Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

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flRCQ Junior Orations One of the phases of college activities which is absolutely essential to the all- round development of college students, is Junior Orations. ' ' The productions of the Junior Class this year far surpassed those of other years and it was evident that careful preparation had been given them. A list of the orators and their subjects and the date of delivery is given as follows : — January 12, 1921. ' America and the American Citizen ' Women in Industry - - - ' America First - - - - ' The Educated Man - . - ' Student Government - - - ' The Call of the Job - ' The American Craze January 14, 1021. ' The World Is Too Much With Us ' Democracy and Education ' immigration and Organized Labor ' The Challenge to Leadership ' The Dreamer ----- ' The Home and the State ' A Message from the Stars -Harold Cox Verna Krause Marcellus Nesbitt J. R. Clements Martha Paxton C. W. Duff Pauline Gilkey Harold Kistler Harriet Wilson Robt. M. Campbell Mabel Stewart Lumen Popp Edith Parker W. M. Earrelly January 18, 1921. The Jap in America American Manners This Restless World - Thou Shalt Love Thy Neighbor Wanted — A Fool - - - A Dreamer and a Doer - - . Art and Science - - - Our Opportunities - January 21, 1921. National Egotism . . . . American Manners - - - . The Bigness of Little Things America ' s Need of Poets The Kinetic Theory of Fleat Sailing, Not Drifting - - - American Ideals - - - The Need of the Present Day fWilliam McKinley, the Man - Helen McClelland Marie Tait W. J. Harper McKnight - Dorothy Ralston Lowrie Anderson - Isabel Johnston Robert McClure - Margaretta McKnight Wm. E. Anderson Katherine Kenned v - Ellis Bell Helen Irvine Osmond l layward Marguerite Winters Marie Grace Welsh Mary McDowell Earle Book — Senior f — Sophomore The following people were chosen to compete in the oratorical contest this June: Pauline Gilkey, Marguerite Winters, Mabel Stewart. Helen Irvine, Flarold Kistler, Harper McKnight, Ellis Bell, Lowrie Anderson. Ninety-two

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flREQ u So reads the title of the Annual Junior Play presented by the Class of ' 11 at the Old First Church on the night of December eleventh, nineteen hundred and twenty. The play was surely up to the standard of other plays put on by former Junior classes. The whole community seemed to be there, including some of our Amish Dutch friends, and everyone recognized that it was the Junior Play due to the fact of the beautiful (?) curtain known to so many; that one which depicts Mt. Vesuvius; it is so life-like you can almost see it in eruption. The parts were well taken care of by the different members of the cast, hon- orable mention should be made of Bob Bennett alias Marcellus Nesbitt, the hand- some (?) lover and prize winning liar of the evening. We should not forget either Bishop Doran alias Ray Butler, the persistent little Bishop and his now famous words, But 1 want my money. A write-up of the play would be incomplete without some mention of Helen Irvine and Martha Paxton, we might call them Vamps or the Siamese Twins, they are the pair who got Mr. f alston alias Sherman iie, into some difficulties with his wedded wife. We should not forget Miss Williams, who so successfully coached the play. Cast of Char. ' cters Bob Bennet ------ Marcellus Nesbitt Mr. Ralston - Sherwin Wylie Van Deusan - - Henry Evans Dick Donnellv ------ Russell Clements Bishop Doran ------- Ray Butler Mrs. Ralston ----- Katherine Kennedy Owen Ralston ------ Helen McKenzie Ethel Clark ------- Grace Sowash Mabel Jackson ----- Helen Irvine Sabel Jackson ------ Martha Paxton Martha, the maid ----- Helen McClelland m Act 1 — A broker ' s oflice in New ork. Act 11 and 111 — Mrs. Ralston ' s country home. Ninety-three