West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 208 of the 1904 volume:

■ till Ji. Hniohl .Si ll ' - ' December Sunset. ' Beautiful cloud ! Wiih folds so sot and fair. Swimming in the pure, quiet air ! Thy fleeces bathed in sunlight, while below Thy shadow o ' er the vale moves slow. MURMURMONTIS Volume I PUBLISHED BY THE •0 4 CLASS ..OF THE.. W. V. C. S. ' L i- To DR, JOHN WIER, OUR BELOVED PRESIDENT, Whose energetic nature has lifted our school to higher planes of edu ' cation, this volume is gratefully ' dedicated Dr John Wier. D. D.. A. M., F. T. President of Seminary. John Wier, D.D., A,M., F.T. Litt. Dr. WhER, was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, coming of sturdy Irish parents. He received his early training in private schools, hiit later studied in six of the leading colleges and universities in America ami luirope. taking the highest Academic degrees. Early in life he made up his mind to be a minister, and afterwards held success- fully the highest position in si. different conferences. In 188S, he was , hos?n as the fii-st ]iresident of the Anglo-Japanese College, after its transportation to th? Method ist I ' jiiscojial Church. Shortly aftervvard? he was re iuested by the Bishop to accept th ' office of presiding-elder of the Northern .lapanes? District, then about one-third of the Enijiire. From this work he was called as foreign president to Tokio, the seat and centre of Methodist educational work. He was a member of the committee ot five who distributed the entire missionary funds, also the commission which pro- vided chaplains for the field and Christian literature for the army and navy during the Chinese and .Japanese war. He was leader in l)ringing about a change in the entire missionary ixjlicy, which meant the purity of American and .Taiwanese workers, and the [ilacing of natives in the best educational positions as soon as they were fit for them. He is the author of different works in Ethics and New Testament Theology and Religion, which are used as text-books in the Methodist schools of .Japan. His entire period in Japa n was one of intense political activity. He has circunmavigated the globe twice, visiting numerous bible scenes in the Holy Land. He returned to America and was elected president of Scio College in 1899. In 1(10!) our Seminary was blest witli the coming of Dr. Wier. During his stay with us he has secured over two hundred thousand doUars in endowments of one kind and aniitlier. He is a man who is equally at lionie among all races of people and makes man - friends wherever he goes; is simple and unassuming in appearance and deportment, kind and genial in manner, standing liigli among the student body, honored. resi)ected and loved by everyone. - The Faculty, Frank B. Trottkr, AJI., ice-Presi- dent of the Seminary, was bom Fcliruary 27, 1863 in Ohio, where he Hvetl until he was twelve years of age. His family then nioA-etl to a farm in Preston Connty. West N ' irginia. At the age of twenty-four, Professor Trotter entered Roanoke College in Virginia, from whieh he was graduated three years later. Soon after graduation, he accepted a position as teacher in the Seminary, and with the exception of ' 91 and ' 92, which were sjient at Harvard, he has been in our school since that time. Since 1894 he has held the position of ' ice-]3resident, and a part of this time he has served as Presitlent. In 1895, Pro- fessor Trotter married iliss Ijillian Steele, the daughter of a Methodist minister. They lia ' e a very pleasant home in Buckhannon. The Professor is recognized as one of the ablest men in the Seminarv. Frank B. Trotter. A. Ivl , Vice-Pres. W. (). Mills, Ph.B., Mathematics and Pedagogy, was born .July 24, 1860. on a farm near New Paris, (_)hio. Until he was sixteen years of age. he attended the puljlic schools and worked on the farm. He attended the Western (.)hio Normal at Euphemia and taught school until September, 1,S8], when he entered Otter- bein. University. He continued to attend college and to teach until his graduation in the Philoso|.)hical course in 1888, when he came to Buckliannon as Assistant- Principal of the West A ' irginia Normal and Classical Academy. The following year he became Principal and remained in this work until .Jime ' 97, when he was elected a teacher in the W. ' . C. S. Professor Mills has been twice married; in 1886 to Miss Edna Ginn of Galena, Ohio, who died June 4, 1892, and in 1897 to Miss Nellie Dougla.ss of Buckhannon. Profes- sor Mills has made a specialty of mathe- matical studies, and his fairness has won for him the respect and love of every student in the school. Prof. W. 0. Mills, Ph. B. Hklex G. Wktmork. Lady Principal, s])ent her early life in southern New York, wliere she was under the instruction of her father, a Presbyterian minister, until slie was twelve years of age. She then moved to Michigan where she entered the ]i d lic schools. She was graduated from ( ' asso))olis High School in 18i)(), and tlicn studie(l one year in Ann Arbor High School, two years in the I ' niversity of Michigan. During ' 96 she studied under Francis 1 ' . Paulus of Detroit and the following year taught in Ann . rbor Art School. During ' 98 she studied in the Artist .Artisan Institute of New York and after teaching one year entered Chase Art School. She entered the Seminaiy as Art teacher in 1901 and became Lady Principal at the beghming of the winter term of that year. Jliss Wetmore ' s ad- ministration of the Hall has been a very successful one. Helen G. Wetmore. Lady Principal. Thomas William H aught, A.B., Sci- ences, was born at Conoway, TylerCounty, West A ' irginia, November 2.5, 1871. His early education was received in the dis- trict school and at the age of eighteen he b. ' gan work as a teacher. After teaching two years he entered the Seminary in the spring term of 1S91. this being the first year of the school ' s history. He was graduated at the Seminary in 189-t and at the West N ' irginia I ' niversity in lS9tj. In 1896 he became a member of the Faculty and after teaching three years entered Harvard University where he took two years ' special work in the sciences, after which he again took up his work at the Seminary in 1901. Professor Haught is recognized as one of the strongest members of the faculty. He is a profound thinker an l a very popular and successful teacher. T. W. Haugkt, a B. James J. Deck, Modern Langvias ' s and Gri ' ek, was born in Zurich, Switzi-rlanil. in 1860, liis father being a clergyman of the Zwinglain church. His early edu- cation was received in the schools of his native city, and his love for nuisic led him to visit repeatedly the Catholic church. At length he became a communicant of that church and soon after a Jesuit. Coming to America, he studied at St. John ' s College at Frederick, Md., Harvard University and Woodstock College, .Maryland. When he had finished this work he Ava.s ordained to the pri(st- hood hiy the then papal delegate. Cardinal Satolli, and resinned his teaching care i at Georgetown University, Washington, I). C. A growing dir gust for Catholic dr)ctrines, however, led him to give uji his priesthood, separate him,self from the Catholic chiu ' ch, and become a memlier of the M. E. chvirch of which he is now a member. Professor Deck taught at Up- land, Indiana, before coming to the Seminary in the fall of 1901. He is a man of many tongues and a very successful teacher. James J. Deck. Je.ssik Trotter is the daughter of . lr. and .Mrs. James Trotter of Marietta, (.)hio. The greater [lart of her life has been spent among the West ' irginia Hills. After receiving a thorough training in the pulilic school and simimer Normals and having ta ight several terms, Mi.ss Trotter came to tlie Seminary. Having gradvate 1 with honor here, she entered the University at .Morgantown, but returned to Buckhannon liefore completing the covn ' se there. Miss Trotter has remained in the school sinc that time, and she holds a position ot respect among faculty and stuilents, both on account of her loyalty and devotion to the interests of the school and her th( r- ough and efficient work. Jessie Trotter. Madi ion Btathkrs, A.H.. was licnn August 29. 1877. near Ahua, West ' ir- ginia. Ho received his earlier education in tlie ])ublic schools, and in .subscri|:)tion schdiils of higher degree than the ooinniiin pul)lic school. In the spring of 189ti lie entered the Seminary as a student, anil in 1899 graduated in the literary course, hax ' ing the |)ost-graduate work out besides. At the beginning of the fall term of ' 99 he enteretl the West Mrginia University and two years later received his A.H. Ihiring.the fall and winter of 1901-02. he held a ].)iisitinn in the general office of the Penna. Railroad Company. In the spring of 19(12. he was tendered a jiosition in the , ' eminary, which he accepted, and later his industriou.s and genial spirit secured for him his present position as Principal of the Preparatory Department. Professor Stathers is kind and obliging, gentlemanly at all times and under all circumstances. Kverv student is his friend. Madison Stathers. A.B. Nkli.i]-; Maude Daiphim;!-;. A.B.. was burn in Xiiva Scotia and reared in Provi- dence. Rhode Island. Her early school days were s]5ent in Peace Street Cirammar School, from which she graduated in 1894. The same year she entered Providence Classical School, and after her graduation there in 1898. she entered Brown Univer- sity, from which she graduated in 1902 with the degree of Bachelor fif Arts. At tlie iijiening of the fall term of 1902. Miss Daujihinee came to the Seminary as a teacher in I ' jiglish. She is not only an excellent instructnr. but a genuine lady as well. Her kindness and gentleness have won for her the honor of all who know her. Nellie Maude Dauphinee, A.B, IvA I). McCray, A.B., Elocution and Physical Culture, was born in the classical town of Meadville, Pennsylvania. Her early education was received in the public schools of Springboni and in the High School of Butler, Pa. She graduated at Allegheny College in 1900. Jliss McCra - also took two years ' special work in elocu- tion in Allegheny and special work under Professor Clark of Chicago University. She began teaching at the Seminary in 1901. She is one of our most popular teachers, is kind, earnest, and practical, and very much devoted to her jmifession. IvA D. McCray, A.B. fiKii. W. Hriivles, Principal of the Business Department and Treasiu ' er of the school, after he had taught for several years in the public schools, entered Con- cord Normal School at Athens. .Mercer County, where he spent the greater part of two years giving his attention to Nor- mal work. He took a course at the Athens Business Institute in 1S9S, and afterwards at Bryant and Stratton Business College of Baltimore. In 1900, he completed the Normal course, at the same time acting as instructor in bookkeeping and shorthand in the Business Institute. Durhig the next -ear he was at Greensbor(i. North Carolina, in the employ of the Central Business College, and in 1901 came to the Seminary. His work here has been most efficient and pleasing. Geo. W. Broyles. I-)vA ]■;. URdYi.KS has ill fharfie tlic classes in slKirtliaiul i)f the Business De- partment. Slie f ;ra(liiated from the public schdols of her home in Monroe County and afterwards spent several years in teaching. Entering the Concord State Normal School, she finished one of the re(|uired courses in 1900. At the Elliott Commercial College of Wheeling, she received instruction in Stenography, and with the beginning of the present school year came to the Seminary to take the ]3osition she now holds. Miss Hroyles is a very ]io])ular teaclier. Eva E. Broyles. Jri.lA A. Hk. di;r ' s entire life has l)eeu s])ent in West ' irginia. Her home is in Braxton County near the centre of the State. She received her early school training in the puljlic schools of her home ( ' (luiity. During the winter and spring terms i)f ' (IS she studied shorthand and typewriting in the Seminary. The fol- lowing year, she took post-graduate from the author of the system. In 1902, she graduated in jienmanship anil drawing from the Zanerian Art College of Coluni- lius, Ohio. Miss Bender has also taught three years in the pulilic schools of her native State. She took up her work as teacher in the Conmiercial Department al out the fir.st of December, 1902, and her work has proved highly satisfactory. JuLrA A. Bender. Mrs. Carrie M Martin. Matron. Mr. Kellar. General Superintendent of Grounds and Buildings. Board of Trustees. Term __ Expires October 1904 Hon. H. C. McWhorter, President, 1903 Rev. C. B. Gr. h. m, U.U., 190.3 Rev. S. P. Crummett, 1903 A. W. PdUNDsToxE, Esq.. 1903 J. C. Ii. RDELL, Esq 1904 Hon. T. P. J. coBs. A. M., 1904 Rev. AsnuRY Mick, 1904 Robert A. Reger, M.I)., Treasurer, 1903 C. W. Archbold, Esq., 1904 Ex-Gov. G. W. Atkixso.v, LL.D.. 1902 John A. B. rnes, Esq., Secretary, 1902 .J. S. Withers, Esq., 1902 Rev. L. W. Roberts, D.D., 1902 Rev. D. A. Denton, 1904 Bishop ]:. r!. Cr. nston, LL.D., 1904 Rkv. ARCHiiiALD Moore, D.D., 1904 Ri:v. D. L. Ash, D.D., President Wier, Charleston, W. Va. Wheeling;, W. ' a. Buckhannnn, W. ' a. BuckhaniKin. V. ' a. Mdundsville, W. ' a. New .Martinsville, West Mrginia. Huntinstnn, W. ' a. Buekhannon, W. ' a. Parkersburg, W. ' a. Charleston, W. A ' a. Weston. W. a. Glenville. W. ' a. Oakland, .Md. Weston. W. ' a. Portltmd. ( )regon. Wheeling, W. ' a. Clarksburg, W. ' a. Buekhannon, W. ' a. The Origin of the West Virginia Conference Seminary, Rev. C. H. Graham. Prp?iiliii -Eliler nf Wheeliiio; District METHODISM was born in a College, and it has never departed from the funilamental |irinci]5les of its nativity. It was therefore natural that the members of what is now known as the West Virginia Conference planned early for the higher education of their con- stituency. That this was a difficult prol lem anyone familiar with the history of West irginiawill reailily a lmit. The social, political, and denominational conditions existing at the time of the organization and for about three decades following were unfavorable to the establishment of educational institutions; but the lack of intellectual culture and its neces- sity to the universal good and to the success of the church were so thoroiighly impressed upon the minds of a number of the leading members of the Conference that they were continually watching for tlevelopments. Methodist leaders have ever encouraged the various forms of general education, and they have not only endorsed the educational institvitions of this and other states, but they have stimulated the spirit of moral and intellectual culture wherever they have been located. The first efforts of the West ' irginia Methodists culminated in the founding of the North ' estern Academy at Clarksburg. This instituticm was, by the Schism of 1844. lost to the church, but his- tor_ ' will justify the assertion that the good results were more than commensurate with the investments. For a number of years the Conference sent her young men and young women chiefly to Allegheny, Mount Union, Ohio Wesleyan University, Beaver Female, and Pittsburg Female Colleges. We rejoice at the number of per- sons who have attended these and other institutions of learning and who have been graduated with honors and are blessing humanity today by their noble and u.seful lives. When the smoke of the battle of the Civil War of 1861 cleared avrav and Rev. C. B. Graham. D.D. West Virginia added a star to the natimial flag, the spirit of higlier education sprang into new life, althougli many discouragements re- mained. Tlie leaders in the church went forth with faitli in (iod and with hope inspired Ijy tlic natural resources of the state and its pos- sibilities to conquer in His name. It is well to recall the fact that a very large majority of the philanthropic institutions of this nation are the result of tlie convictions and sacrifices of the ministers of the gospel, and the origin of the West ' irginia Conference Seminary i.s not an exception. The Centennial of Method- ism seemed an opportune time to e .ect a monument commemorating the origin and the success of the church, and the Revs. J. W. Kcgcr. .1. (i. ] ' , ii v. and K. W. Ryan, were ap- pointed as a conuuittee by the Annual Con- ference of 1S76 to receive propositions for a Conference Seminary. The town of IJuck- hannon secure 1 .16, .570. 00 of a subscription the committee b ' a local committee composeil (i. A. Newlon. C. W. Heavener. and C. C. F. Mc- Whorter. This was reported to the ensuing Conference, but as there was onh- one ])ro])osition sul)mitted the suliject of location was deferred. Seven years later the subject of the Centennial of the Organization iif the M. K. Church aroused the Conference again to action, and a committee composed of H(.vs. A. .1. Lyda, .1. W. Webb. S. E. Jones, ]■;. H. Orwuen. Joseph Lee. W. G. Snodgrass. .1. X. Fullerton. Samuel Steele, and (i. H.Wil- liams was appointed to prepare a plan for a ]5roper observance of the occasion. This committee reported recommended a form of receiving the offerings of the jirople for tlie Conference Seminary and for the Ccjnference Claimants ' Fund. This report was adoi ti-d and arrangements made to carry out its ])ro- visions. The following year. 18S-t, the Con- ference being in session at Buckhannon, a b(]ard of trustees was appiiinted for tlie Sciii- iuary Fum ' i — A. J. Lyda. 1 . L. Stuart. 1). 11. K. Dix, T. 11 Hughes, and Samuel Steele. This board made the following report at the ensuing Conference at Charleston: The Rev. S. P. Crummett. Hon. H. C. McWhomer. and tendiM-i ' d the same to of Capt. A. .M. Poundstone. A M. POUNDSTONE. EsQ. contributions were in it so larg:e as ex- pected, yet we ha -e made an encouraging couunencenient and reconunend the a]i- ]i(iintnient of the foUowing as a Hoard of Trusters: Revs. A. J. I yda. L. H.Jordan, J. A. FuUerton. Samuel Steele, Iv H. trwuen, L. L. Stuart, H. J. Boatman, and . . R. Rohrbough, ministers; Huns. H. C. .McWhorter. H. K. Lisk, J. C. -Mc- Crew, Cajjt. A. M. Poundstone, B. F. Mar- tin, Judge Samuel Woods, Henry Logan, Xathan Goff, Sr., laymen. The Board thus appointed and their successors, for there were changes made at almost every Conference, spent nuich time in visiting the localities that were eager to secin ' e the Seminary. Hnckhannon, Charleston, I ' arkertburg. Klizab. th. Clarksburg. Salem, Philijipi. and Wheeling were the chi ef com- petitors. Many ministers, who b - their kbors and zeal in behalf of this insti- tution aroused the interest thus causing these places to liecome lively liidilers for it and who thereby did much towards the broad foundation upon which it was startel, may not have their names enrolleil upon the scrolls of honor among men, but they are recorded on the roll kept by the All Wise (_)ne and their faithful work has its reward. It was at the board meeting, Juh- 13th, 1887, that Buckhannon Avas declared the successful contestant. It is not proliable that anyone who took part in tliat meeting will ever liavc it blotted from iiis memory. so inttnse was the inteiest on the subject. The next thing of importance after tin- location was the securing and holding of the interest and influence awakened for the place selected, for it is well to remember that tlie ■• efforts of the friends of the Seminary through- nut the State had not only to arouse the Methodi.st people, but. as in all .Methoilist n- vivals.it became contagious ami otiier denom- inations were awakened and euthiised on the subject and certain local interests seemed for a time to endanger the greatest success of the general denominational prosperity and it took Rev Aseiury Mic ; i ■ H l l alittlotiine for all to acquiesce in the ilccisi(iu of the b mrj. Three days after the location of the Seminary the board met in Buckhannon to select a site for it. They carefully examined the available and suitable land in and about the town of Buck- hannon and on the twenty-ninth day of Aufrust. 1887, they selected the beautiful plateau upon which the Seminary structvu ' e now stands, and purchased from Levi Leonard, 43 acres, 1 rood, and .3 poles at the price of .S.5,.5.57,87. The Annual Coirfer- ence at Parkersburg during October of the same -ear ratified the action oi the board and authorized them to proceed to the erection and furnishing of a suitable building for tlie Seminary, which they did. On September 3d, 1890, the main building was reatly for use, and the school was formally opened, with Rev. B. W. Hutchison, President, and Prof .F. B. Trotter, J. F. Ogden, anil Miss Enmia B. Tavenner. faculty. One month later, the Annual Conference in session at Weston, with Bishop C. 1). Foss, D.l).. LL.D., presiding, went over to Buckhannon, and formally dedicated the building, and thus the West Virginia Conference Seminary was fully and success- fully launched upon the educational sea. fUancing back over the history of the Seminary, we believe we may safely sa - tliat no one regrets any efforts or sacrifices that may have been made for it from its origin to the present time. Our First Years. Prof. F. B. Trutter. The Seminary ci|ieneil its doors for tli ' reception of students on September 3d. 1S90. with four teachers, namely : Rev. B. W. Hutch- ison, Presitlent ; J. F. ( gden. Frank B. Trotter and Miss Emma ' . Tavenner; in addition to tliese Dr. I). T. E. Casteel vohinteered his services as teacher of Ph ' siology and later of (ireek. and Mrs. Hutchison became instructor in music. Later in the term Miss Ida X. Kent was secured as instructor in music and elocution, and Miss Amelia V. Reeves as in- structor in Art. She was succeeded in a few months by Miss Maude B. McFarland, who re- mained for some years. At the opening of the spring term. Prof. I). E. Philips, now Professor of Pedagogy- in the University of Denver, was elected assistant. On the opening day fifty-two students assembled to begin work, which number increased to seventy-two before the term closeil. In the winter the number dropped to sixty-six, Ijut in the spring increased enough to make the enrollment for the year two hundred anil one. Thus began the work in the Seminary; these were tr -ing times compared with the present. ( )iu ' equipment consisted of the main building, furnished with one piano, one organ, and about three hundretl chairs. No window blinds, no tables, no office furniture, no carpet for rostrum or office, no library, no apparatus of any kind in the classrooms, no accommodations for the literary societies except the bare halls, and above all, no money. But happily the teachers were ambitious to make the new work succeed; the students were patient and industrious, and the town people especially kind and helpful. With perseverance the work was carried on, and before many months things assumed a better shape. Kind friends furnished carpet for the office and rf)strum. someone else, blinds; a book reception gave the nucleus of the librar -, first installed in the small room where the book C. W. Archbold, Esq. store is iiiiw kept. The desks, ikiw in Niiin- liers 5 and 6. came from the old Wheeling College, vvhieh was discontinued this year. lOarly in tlie year the students were divided into two e(|ual companies and organized the ]ii-csciit literary societies, drawing lots for the balls. Those to whom the North Hall fell met in Room Number 8 and were organized by I ' rof. Ogden and chose their present name. Those of the South Hall met in Room Number 2, and were organized by the writer and chose their name. The - continued to meet in these I ' ooms for some weeks until some furniture ' f K could be secur( d for the halls. Kind friends f ' . K among the ladies of the town met and made the carpets for the halls. This was the formation of these two most important aux- iliaries. Thus opened and passed the first year. The second yearo|)ened with but one change in the faculty; Miss Tavenner retiring and Miss Dora J. Uadn-.en taking her place; at the close of the fall term however, the writer withdrew in order to enter Har ard I ' niversitv for the remainder of John A. Barnes. the year and J. R. Trotter took his place; term .Mr. 1 ' ' . M. Marple was elected assistant. This i)rol)al)ly was the most trying year in the history of the school. The attendance, in the spring especially, was large, and about the middle of the year Prof. Ogden ' s health failed and all his work had to be done by the others. His illness continued until July and resulted in Ins death. The vacancy thus caused was filled b} ' the election of Prof.C. .1. ( ' . Bennett, now Professor of Pedagogy in San Jose Normal School, California. The Faculty was further .strengthened this year in tl ' .e spring term by tlie election of Prof. [ ' . 1. JeTd ins, who has since at different times ren- dered valuable service. Such was the beginning and equipment of the school and its progress through its first two years. Whatever prosperity the school iijoys today had much of its foundation in tlie energy, industry, and perseverance of tliose davs. also at the o])ening of the prmg Robert A. REGE . M. D. Kev. Afohieald f ooPE, D. D. Rev ■_. W. RcEEFTS. D. D. I r ,i . ' _:: Officers, PrcsidcnI. TiK i.m a W. HAiciHT ]S!)4 Vicc-Prcsidt iit. W. H. Cutricht 1S91 Floyd Strader 1892 Ora McCdXKEV 1893 S. B. Blair 1894 (iXY Bn.LL iLKY 1895 Elsik .Marplk 1896 Eleanor Rider Williams 1897 Frank Villiams _)X 1898 (Iertrude RoiiKRTs 1899 LrriE Reiu 19(10 CiNNETT G. Farr 1901 Simian . .Maiiie Rvsmisell. Tridsurrr. Thomas W, Curry. Members of Our Alumni, [C isignifics Classical Course; S, Scientific; .V. (irmal: .4. Art; M. Music; L, Literary.] Class of J 89 J. .Maude Braiuion, L. ilrs. Lyell .Mullens Buckhanncjn, V. ' a. Wm. B. Ciitright, N. lawyer Buckhannon, W. Va. Ethel Hall, N, Mrs. Geo. N. We .st West Tnion. W. A ' a. Blanche Horner, .V, deceased. Henrietta Horner, N. at home Eavton. W. a.. Class of 1892. Lucy Bailey, .1 , Mrs. R. S. Fowkes Buckhannon, W. a. . rthiu ' W. Chambers, C. pastor Chicago, 111. Bertha Hanson, .1 , Mrs. G. H. Balsley Buckhannon, W. Va. Oace Hart, M. Mrs. C. B. Johnson St. Mary ' s, W. Va. Geo. A. Pegram, C, professor in Rust University Holly Springs, Miss. J. Fldvd Strader, C. attorney at law Elkins, W. Xn. Class of 1893. William E. Baker, S, attorney at law I ' lkins, W. ' a. Charles A. Barlow, N. physician Benwood, W. a. Lizzie E. Chidester, A. Mrs. G. W. Billingsley .Allegheny, I ' a. Luna S. Hartley, .4, teacher of art ilasontown, AV. ' a. John S. Harvey, C, pastor Democracy-, Ohio. Reta B. Heavner. S. Mrs, Frank Maxwell Buckhannon, W. ' a. A ' iola C. Kiddy. N. .Mrs. G. W. Fish Buckhannon. W. Xa. William G. Lloyd, A ' , pastor Sutton, W. ' a. Carrie M. Loudin, .V, Mrs. H. . . Darnall Buckhannon. W. ' a. George G. Lovett, .V, physician Falls .Mills, W. A ' a. Orie McConkey, N, principal high school Clarksburg, W. a. Maude McFariand, M, Mrs. Dr. G. S. Wells Sistersville, W. Xa. George E. Morris, S, deceased. Roy Reger, C, teacher Manila, Philippine Isl. Geo. E. Rohrbough. A , teacher : Watson, Colo. George D. Smith, S, pastor N. Martinsville, W. ' a. Class of 1894. S. Brice Blair. .S. attiiniev at law .Mouiulsvillf. W. ' a. Pearl Dorsey. S, at hnme Moundsvillo, W. ' a. Thomas W. Havight, C. teacher m Seminary BuckhaniKin. V. a. Alvaroe (i. Hufihes, S. student in West ' ir};inia I ' niversity. . .Mdrgaiitown, W . ' a. Jesse H. Koch, .V, pastor Aiu ' ora. W. ' a. Myron C. Lough. S, teacher State Normal Fairmont. W. ' a. William H. [McMillan. A ' , teacher Nashville. Tenn. Winfield S. Morris, C, principal public school Marlinton. W. a. Anna Shrader. N. Mrs. Isaac Ross Goose Creek. W. ' a Allen E. Teets. N. dentist Clarksburg. W. ' a. Charles 1. Zirkle. N. editor Republican l ' hili]jpi. AA ' . a. Class of J 895. Ciuy W. Billiugsley, ( . clerk in railroad office Allegheny, Pa. .Minnie Carper. ,-1, Mrs. Frank Aldrich Rosemond, 111. AA ' ill L. Hammond, S, merchant Moundsville, W. Va. James L. Karickhoff. A ' Peck ' s Run, W. Xa.. W. Frank Jenkins. C. machinist Weston. W. ' a. Bruce JIcKinley. .S. teacher Oaknnilges. Ind. Ter. Lewis McMillan. C, teacher in |)ublic schools C!ood Hope. W. Va. Myrtle M. Parriott. .1. Mrs. Dr. W. B. Fletcher Cameron. W. ' a. Lclia yi. Rapp. L San Bernardino. Cal. Edward Rohrbough, C, teacher State Normal Glenville, W. ' a. lone M. Stone, L, teacher, Muskingum, Colo New Con cord, ( hio. Kate Wuichester. .1 . at home Buckhannon. W. ' a. Class of 1896. Mary V. Anderson. , Mrs. John Boyd Rock Cave. W. Ya. Ada Darlington. A ' , teacher in public school Jarrett, W. ' a. Oclell Fling, A. at home Buckhannon, W. Va. Audree Ford, A ' Mrs. C. D. Howard Cowen. W. ' a. William W. Hughes. S. lawyer Welch. W. Ya. Mary Jones. C. student in Allegheny College .Meadville. Pa. G. Roy Karickhoff, .S, deceased. Klsie Marple. .S. training-school Chicago, 111. William .M. Pollock. C. clerk Washington. D. C. Arthur L. Post. C. student Johns Ho))kins Baltimore. Md. John J. Rice, S. student of law New Freeport, Pa. Lydia Schmth, .1, student art school Cleveland, ( )hi(i. Bertha Swiger. L. teacher public schools Bridgeport. W. ' a. Jessie Trotter, C, teacher in seminary Buckhannon, W. ' a, Patrick Ward, N. merchant Davis. V. ' a. (iilbert R Williamson, C, pastor Guyandotte. W. Xa.. Ora Wilson. A ' , Mrs. Clark Lorcntz Lorentz, W. a. Class of 1897. .loseph !•;. Anderson, S. teacher pulilic schools Buckhannon. W. ' a, Charles C. Baker. .S ' . at home Beverly. W. a. Beriiai-il L. Baker. .S ' . assistant postmaster Beverly, W. ' a. Lillian 1). Bender, A ' , teacher public schools Sutton. W. ' a. William Blair. C. pastor Richmomlvale. I )hio. L ' elia Brake, L, teacher Marshal College Huntington. W. ' a. I-;rnest B. Carlin. S, lawyer Sutton. ' W. ' a. Minnie L. Core, L, teacher Mt. Morris. I ' a. Thomas W. Curry, L. merchant Buckhannon, W. ' a. .lames T. Dailey, L, lawyer Kingwood, W. ' a. Cecil Henham. .S, physician Sutton. W. ' a. Frank Freeland, C. physician New York. N. Y. Wm. A. Haggerty. C. student in iuuvc rsity Boston. Mass. Estelle Hall, L, at home Morgantown. W. ' a. Arta F. Hawkins, A ' , principal pulil ic schools Piedmont, ' . ' a. Woodford Hinzeman, N, teacher public schools Berlin, W. ' a. Bertha Hopkins, N . teacher public schools Lloydville, W. ' a. l- ,lla M. Hyer. L, Mrs. Hugh Swisher Sutton, W. ' a. Kmory I. Ireland. A ' , civil engineer Fairmont. W. ' a. Harry Lutz, S. student University of ' irginia Charlottsville. Ya. Bessie Martin. L, Mre. Frank Wea er ihirgantown. W. ' a. Zella C. Metheny, N. Mrs. E. M. Stanley eranda. W. a. F ' rederick W. Nash. L. Dept. of Education ■eranda. W. a. Leonora Reeder. A Mrs. Leonidas Bennett Rural 1, ' ale. . a. Carl Reger. C. architect Keyser. W. ' a. Eleanor M. Rider. L Mrs. Fred L. Williams Buckhannon. AY a. Cieorge A. Shahan. C. pastor Wurdstown. N. Y. Alpheus W. Smith, C, student in Harvard Cambridge, Ma.ss. Dorothy Stewart, A. teacher Broaddus Institute Clarksburg, W. ' a. Luella ' ernon. A teacher public schools Elizabeth. W. ' a. Creed C. Wartl,  S, at home Peel Tree. W. a. Class of 1898. ' ictor Albright. C. student in (.). W. I ' Delaware. Ohio. James V.. Bird. C, student Allegheny College Meadville, Pa. Edward K. Carter. L. teacher iIidillcl.Miurne. W. ' a. Fannie E. Ford, at home C ' owen, W. ' a.. WilUam E. Craijj. C. student in (_). W. U Delaware. Ohio. Mattie Dailey, L. stenof rapher Morgantown, V. ' a. luilah B. Davis. L. stuilent in Wilson College Chambersburg. Pa. Stella M. Elliott. L. Teacher McAlpin. W. a. Willis H. Franklin. S. student AUeshony College Meadville. Pa. Alberta Halfpenny. L. teacher Annex. Va. Roy R. Hardrsty, ( ' , merchant Rowlesburft. W. ' a. Delia Haymond, L, ilre. Frank Morgan Cherry Camp. W. ' a. Blanch Lazzell. L, student in W. ' . T Morgantown. W. ' a. Ernest D. Lewis, A ' , student in W. . I ' Morgantown, W. ' a. I.«slie E. Long, L. lawyer Wheeling. ■. a. IjCster J. McMillan. C. teacher San Luis. P. L Percy W. Metheny , ( ' . teacher Independence. W. ' a. Elonzo T. Morgan. .S ' , Department of Interior Washington. 1). C. John H. Roln-liougli. .V, teacher Werner. W. ' a. Frank O. Smith, ( ' . at lionie Bridge]xirt, W. ' a. Leila F. Smith, Mrs. O. R. Williamson Gu -andotte. W. ' a. Mabel H. Wiant. student in Woman ' s College Baltimore, Md. B. Frank Williamson. iS. student Allegheny College Meadville. Pa. Olitha S. Withers. L. student in Seminary Buckhannon. W. ' a. Class of 1899. Hattie H. Anderson, A ' , teacher BuckhaniKiu, W. ' a. J. Howard Anderson. C. student Allegheny College Meadville. Pa. Guy L. Caskey, C, teacher penmanship Buffalo. X. V. Allen B. Outright, C. teacher Ivanhoe, AV. ' a. Wm. H. (lilmore. .S. at home JoUytown. Pa. Edgar M. Hall. C. student in Allegheny Colh ge Meadville. Pa. Cora Hens ell. L. teacher Ravcnswood. W. Va. James H. Jackson, C. student in West X ' irginia I ' niversity. . .] Iorgantown. W. ' a. (). Dee McCoy. .S ' , student of meiliciue Baltimore, .Md. Grace Metheny, L. at home Buckhannon. W. ' a. Will K. Jlorris, C, student Morgantown. W. ' u. (iertrude Roberts. S, student Meadville. Pa. Maude Rusmisell. L. student in Seminary Buckhannon. W. ' a. Roy See. S, lawyer Buckhannon. W. ' a. Grace Sloan, L. at home Buckhannon. . ' a. John W. Snyder. C. teacher Thornton. W. a. Madison Stathers, L, teacher in Seminary Buckhan i W. a. Edgar JI. Stallings C, railroader Cumberland. . ld. Elmer 10. Trotter. ( ' . clerk of court Marietta. ( )hiii. lliimiT W. Williams, lawytr Clarksljurj;, W. ' a. Howard ]■;. Williams, L, home Duo. W. ' a. Horace Withers, L. student in West ' irginia I ' niversity MorgantcAvn, W. ' a. Class of 1900. Ina Hanii ' s, L, teacher.. .Middle! lourne. ' . ' a. Walter Uarnes, j, student University ilorgantown, ' , ' a. Anna M. Bender. A ' , teacher Chapel. ■ ■. a. Dellett Iv Bronson. C, teacher Frenchton, W. ' a. Samuel 10. W. Burnside. L. teacher Clarksburg. W. ' a. Harry H. Byrei-, L, law stuilent Philippi, W. ' a. Oran B. Conaway, L. student West irginia I ' niversity ilorgantown, W. ' a. Wm. Fallen. N . pastor Holly Grove. W. a. Flora Friend. L. student in hospital New York City. X. Y. llarie A. Graham, L. C)hio We.sleyan I ' niversity Delaware. C)hlo. Fdna May Griffin. L. at home West Union. W. Va. 1 !(ira Hamilton. .Y. teacher Bearsville. W. ' a. Suiipson Hamrick. C. pastor Cowen. V. ' a. Iva D. Hardman. K, student in Seminary Buckhannon. W. ' a. Geo. W. Hawkins. L, student in Seminary Buckhannon. W. ' a. Lulu Higginbotham, L. at home Buckhannon, W. a,. Mary Higginbotham. A, at home Buckhannon. W. a.. Fred B. Hildebrane, L. teacher Layman. C)hio. Bernice .Johnson. A ' , teacher Kirk, W. Xa. Lillie B. King. L. teacher Buckhannon, W. Ya. Claude H. King, C. student in Allegheny College Meadville. Pa. Fraid C). Leonard. C. student in ■. ' . U Morgantown, W. ' a. .Joseph McElhattan. L. student ileilicine Baltimore, ild. Charles L. Parks. L. student .Medicine Columbus. Ghio. Frank Iv Barrack. A ' IMnsdale. Iowa. Xaina B. Happ. L. teacher Buckhannon. ' Y. ' a. Jjcster Reeder. L, teacher Markersville. W. ' a. David Bright Reger, C. teacher Rural Dale. W. ' a. Lucy L. Ried. L. teacher .Medley, W. ' a. ' ' irginia Rider. L. Training-school Bridgeport. (,)hi(i. Samuel H. Rhter. S. teacher Cherry Camp. W. ' a Delia Sanders, A ' , teacher Crawford. W. ' a. Thos. S. Sharpnack. C. student ( Ihio Wes. University 1 lelaware. Ohio. Ivie Shrivc-r. L. teacher Cowen, W. ' a. May Smith. L, student in Seminary Buckhannon, W. ' a. Amos E. Smith, A ' , teacher Walkersville. SX . ' a. Charles .A. Sn der. L. pastor Wyatt, W. ' a. lOdward L. Whisler L. student of .Medicine Columbus. Ohio. Class of 1901. Fanny Rebecca Jones, L. teacher Knottsville, W. Va, ( )ila Earle Karickhnff, L, student in Seminary Buckhannon, W. Va. tieorge Currant Keller, S. student in Seminary Buckhannon, W. Va. Edward H. Knabenshue, N, teacher Belington, W. Va. Edwin Russell Lloyd, C, surveyor Lloydville. W. a. Columbia Lovett, S. at home Weston, W. Va. James William Mahnod, pastor West Virginia. John Franklin Marsh, iV, principal public schools Cairo, W. a. liessie Jane .Alarsh, jV, teacher Morgantown, W. ' a. Trevy Xutter, S, principal public schools Rowlesburg, W. vl. James Edward Shrader. A ' , principal public school Littleton, W. a. Bertram Sigler, druggist Pennsboro, W. Va. Lida Jane Six, at home St. Cloud, W. A ' a. Ethel Diora Stump, teacher Copen, W. Va. Homer Ray Waugh, principal public schools Sutton. W. a. Charles Frederic Anderson, C, student C). W. U Delaware, Ohio. Ella Ethel Beegle, .1 , teacher music (Uenville, W. ' a. Carolyn Bender, .V, teacher Chapel, W. a. William Todd Blume, C, minister Wellston, Ohio. Thomas Jefferson Boston, C. teacher Xutter Farm, W. a. Arthur Kent Brake, C, teacher Buckhannon, W. a.. Alice Lucile Comly, student C)hio AVcs. University Delaware, Ohio. Frank Cutright, principal public school Jane Lew, W. ' a. Cinnett Crant Farr, C, student Meadville, Pa. Ada Ciordecke Graham, L, at home Wheeling. W. ' a. Clarence William Hall, S, teacher Confluence, Pa. James Hall Jenkins, S, teacher Petroleum, W. ' a. Mary Darling Johnson, C at home Huntington, W. ' a. Class of 1902. Alliright, Xellie Jane Kingwood, W. ' a. Ash Isaac luiierx- Bert, W. a. Barnes, Eatta Merillat Middlebourne, X. a. Compton, Edgar Mareellus Cirafton, . a. Eckess, XVUie Katherine Rock Cave, W. ' a. Ford, Genie Worth Inilependence, W. a. Gorby, John Henry X. Martinsville, W. ' a. (iould. Almina Louisa Wheeling, W. ?i. ( o-ittin, Mornie Belle West Union, W. Va. Grose, Nana ' irginia Buckhannon, . ' a. Hamrick, Mary Martha Addison, W. ' a. lluiiil ' an. LyiUi Judsoii Cil)iiiia. . ' a. Hardesty. l ' :tta Kloy Hurkhannoii. W. ' a. Hifittiiiliiitliam. I ' Htta I ' Buckhannoii. V. Va. Hyer, Cliarlcs .lacolj Sutton, W. ' a. H er, ( U ' di-se luhvin Sutton. W. Xa. Jenkins, .Mary lOdna Petroleum, W. a, Lawson, Croner Corbly Good Hoi)e, W. ' a. Lov(-tt, Nora Wakleck Weston, V. ' a. Lowe. Iva Byrle Buckhaniim, , V. ' a. MaoAvoy. Jo Louise Buckhanncin, V. a. Martin. Kattierine Pennsboro, W. Va. McKay, Roy Hay man Ravenswood , W. ' a. Morgan, Nancy Purley Alexander, W. ix. Neely, John Howard Lightburn, W. ' a. Pollock, Gertrude Sloan Buckhannon. W. ' a. Reger, Mary Rebecca Buckhannon. V. a. Robinson. Wilbert Howard Millsboro. W. a. Robison. Willa Maude Buckhannon. W. a. Sharps. Ciertrude .■ .Buckhannon. W. a. Simpson. Kssie Caldwell Buckhannon. V. ' a. Smith. Jessie Buckhannon. W. ' a. Smith. Blanch Camille Buckhannon, V. ' a. Stemple. Belle Amlxiy. W. ' a. Stonestree. James I ' jlward Buckhannon. V. ' a. Stout, Benjamin Franklin Parkensburg. W. Va. Strader. Wilbur Jackson Beverly , W. Va. Thompson. Frank Meredith Oakdale, Pa. Winchester. Phyllis Buckhannon. W. ' a. Woody aril, lOvue Umaha Buckhannon. W. ' a. Young. Camilla Buckhannon. ■. ' a. Young, Houston Goff Craignuu r. W. ' a. Our Boys in the Philippines. A Notable Expedition. HK PURPOSE: The Spanish-American war has been tlie direct cause of three remarkalile expeditions by sea. Taken together these three form a significant commentary upon that faith in the other man. which so characterizes the American genius. The first expe(htion carried vanquished Spain back to the peninsula. The second brought teachers from Culia to the mainland to study Americanism in a great sununer school at Harvard. — a generous and graceful act on the part of our government; this expedi- tion was as .joyous as that other was sad. The third is most notable. First, with the scourge of the sword, We went to the dusky race, ]5roke with a blow the chains That fettered; now, in their place, Bring we the bonds of peace, Invisible, lighter than air, Stronger than engines of war, Binding the near and the far. Aliens of aim and of blood. In a mighty brotherhood. In the Philippine Islands there existed no already establislied body of teachers — in fact no teachers in the real sense, none qualified by either education or disposition to prepare the Philippinos for their new citizenship. They were divided into some sixty tribes, with each a different language, with scarce a single bond uniting them into one people for any common imrpose. No other result is so primary in its order and importance in building u]) a people as that they should attain the use of a common language; hence this army, not of conquest, but of education and unification. Since the creation of the world men have gone down to the sea in ships to conciuer the treasure held in Sea ' s deep bosom, to pirate the white-sailed servants of com- merce upon the trackless main, or to reach and despoil some other ' s sovereign reign, but never before in the World ' s histor}- has any country sent out a body like this. Temperate people have gone down to the land of their tropical neighbor and made contiuest, set up iron government, collected taxes and revenues for the home govern- ment, protected the Xorthern liusiness man in his taking to himself the plantation and tlip factory, but never before iliil a nation fjo thus to educate and to elevate. We are experimenters. Between those benighted people and us is a great chasm, to bridge which this powerful army of teachers was sent. The teachers were selected with great care, and besides training, hope and enthusiasm, each carried into that wilderness some- thing of faith and love, much of lovaltv. The Voyage. More than five hundred of us having come u]) from all parts of the Union, from West ' irginia nine, of whom the Seminaiy sent four — Prof. Walk, Roy Reger, .J. Lester McMillan, and Will. E. Morris, — at ' Frisco wharf were gathered a restless company, excited, expectant, uncertain, strangers to each other and to the multitude upon the pier, who had come to see us off. There was a hurried search for baggage. Hasty farewells, a nervous show of transportation, and we pushed past the vigilant watchman up the gang-plank to the decks of the Thomas, which was heaped with hantl luggage of every description, suit cases, telescopes, grips, baskets, bundles, bird cages, cameras, coats, umbrellas, nuisical instruments, steamer-chairs, and what not — a confused mass. It was noon of July 23, KKIl, a warning l last from the whi.stle signaled visitors ashore and loitering passengers aboard. Another note and the cables were loosed, the anchors weighed, the plank lowered, and the ship moved slowly away. The p(Mi])le on shore began to sing, My Country, ' tis of thee, Sweet lanfl of liberty, ( )f thee I sing, But the passengers did not sing. An hoiu ' later we passed through the Cloldcu (late and received a choppy welcome from old Pacific, As we watched the vanishing shore line, there dawned u]ion us a sense of separation from home, and friends, and country. Your stomach seems a little weak, was remarked to an athletic pedagogue from West Mrginia, who was among the first at the rail. I have thrown up ever ' t hing but nw commission and I will do that as soon as I can, was the comment of another. There was room and to si are at the dinner table that night and waiters were not hurried. rOight days landed us at Honolulu. Before we reached the dock the naked, native, brown boys were darting about the sides of our ship, diving for coins like frogs at the splash of a stone. Passing through the market of nameless fruits and fish and odors, we passed out along the sidewalks lined in shady spots with native Women making fl owers garlands. For three days we were feasted and baniiueted and driven. We climbed Dia- niontl Head and Punchbowl, bathed in the surf at Waikiki, and stood dumb with admiration liefore the indescribable irandeur of the Pali. We investigated every- thing, tasted everthing, photographed e -er -thing, and left feeling that we were leaving behind us almost everything, as our good ship stood west again for an addi- tional run of seventeen days across the unbroken ocean. We were now near the end of the month upon the water. It jiassed like a dream in the night — no letters, no morning papers, no knowledge of the outside world, and yet we were happy. These necessities of civilization seem only artificial conveni- ences after all. The morning clouds cleared away and yontler the shores of Samar rose out of the sea. Just ahead, upon a solitary rock to the right stood the light- house of San Bernandino, and beyond, above the clouds, rose the nioimtains of Southern Luzon. We had reached the Philippines ! We passed Cavite and entered the bay and dropped anchor before Manila in the waters made historic by the most brilliant event in connection with that other great expedition. The voyage was over, our holiday ended, and we entered again the world of work. A two weeks ' stay in Manila and each had been assigned his post of duty. Nothing so trying ever confrontetl some of us. as to leave all the others and start out to find each his lonesome part, travelling by strange means, through a strange country, with and to a strange people, alone, unknowing, and unknown. There were no schoolhouses. no teachers, no books, no school boards, and we could sjjeak but few wonls with those for whom we were to labor. But we recognized very soon that our government is zealous, anil assisting us as fast as possible to sur- mount and remove the countless ini]5ei.liments to a successful execution of our charge. Books came, boards were organized, houses were built, and native teachers were furnished us. They are jjaid much liettcr than vmder . panish rule, and vmder our direct teaching and supervision they rapidly learn English and something of om- methods. Night- schools for adults were established, and about January, H)() 2, training schools for native teachers were establisheil in a few ]3laces. Young men and women from the better class, Spanish mestizos usually, found it to their advantage to learn English, because they could earn from two to four times as much, after acquiring a little knowledge of our language, as they could earn before; besides, those teachers who did not fall in line with ovu- plans and acquire our language were dropped and their places gradually filled by those who were a|3])roaching fitness to labor under our regime. The year ' s work showed plainly that the JIaestro Americano could do little at teaching the little Philippino; that it was poor economy to pay about two-thirds of the one thousand American teachere then over there from $1,000 to $1,500 a year to teach little district schools, but that the best plan was to reduce the number of American teachers; to keep in the service only enough for the larger towns and to establish many training schools for native teachers and send them out to teach their own people. For these reasons the department issued notice after the year ' s work that anyone wishing to sever his connection with the department might doso. Many entered business or a profession in the islands, whilemanvbelievingtliat duty or prospects called them home came back to God ' s country. The natives in general were courteous to the teachers, but the treacherous hand of fanaticism struclv some of our bravest and best the mortal blow. Dread Cholera claimed some of us for her own. (.)thers of our number still labor for a race whose destiny lies wrapped in the clouds of the mysterious future. No one identified with this gigantic, this philanthropic movement can doubt the ]iin-ity lif jiurpose cf our government towai ' d its trust to better those ignorant men across the sea in our far-away possession. It is the source of great pride to know that as its agents, both nati(m and teacher stand unchallenged as to purpose and earnestness in this great work. This movement stands imique in history, an experiment, a great sacrifice by a highei ' for a lower race. Has it paid? Not unless it has been laid upon us by Him as a part of our work in His great plan that those to whom light and knowlerlge are given in greatest abimdance sliall take them to those in the dark places of the earth. The author of this article acknowledges the Log of the 77r) ifis- as th: ' source of much of the nuitter herein contain?d. B. F. Martin. For Whom the Class is Named. Senior Class, 1903, Motto. Per Ansusta ail Augusta. Colors. Crimson. Yell. B. F. Martin is onr name. Forward is our cry. March on ! march on ! march on ! Alert are we. 1 )on ' t you see ! Ree, rhi. rha, rili, boom, kah. Tit. tat, too. kiboom. kibam. kiboo. In 1903 through we ' ll be. Now three cheers, hurrah, hm-rali, h-u-r-r-a-a-h. Senior Class Roll. 1. Claiidk Earle CtDODwrx, Classical McMechen, W. a. Entered Seminary, spring temi 1900. Excelsior fall term President. President Y. M. C. A. Y. M. C. A. Editor Collegiate. President of Junior Class of 1901-02. 2 Iark Ellidtt Savrk. Literari . ' Ravenswond. W. ' S ' a. Entered Seminary fall term l ' .l(HI. Excelsior. 3 JoHX Franklin Thriickmortdn, Literari Hmidred, V. Va. Entered Seminary spring term 1898. Excelsior. 4 Urne Caldwell Post, Literary Buckhannon, W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall tenii 1900. Chrestomathean. Quarter Back on Foot Ball team. Catcher Base Ball. Manager Basket Ball team. 5 Birdie ( )ra Dcjuglass, Literary Frenchton. W. ' a. Entered Seminary spring term 1899. Chrestomathean. Member Basket Ball team. 6 Linnie Louise Brake, Literary ' Auhuni. W. Va. Entered Seminar - winter term 1898. Exiehior. Memlier . W. C. A. 7 Eljenezer Solomon Leonard, Literary Huckhannnn. W. Va. Entered Seminary fall term 1900. 8 Bruce Borror, Normal Horton, W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term 1899. Excelsior. 9 Elmer Bkmoth .Modre, Classical and Scientific Wanlef s, W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term 1900. Chrestomathean. .Member Y. M. C. A. 10 Lillian Auijusta Cressler, Literary Bnckhannim, W. ■a. Entered Seminary fall term 1901). 11 George Lee Queen, Normal ilineral, W. ' a. Entered Seminary spring term 1899. Chrestomathean. 12 Charles Eubert Barnett, Literary Market, W. Va. Entered Seminary fall term 1900. Excelsior. Manager Base Ball team. Social Editor Ce llegiate. 13 Julia Bessie Cross. Literary Racine. Ohio. Graduate Racine High School 1S99. Entered Seminary fall term 1900. Excelsior. Vice-President W. C. A. Exalsinr Editor Collegiate. 1 Barta Marie Vail. Elocution Ripley, W, Va. Entered Seininarv fall term 1S99. Excelsior. Treasurer Y. W. C. A. Social editor CoUtfiiatr. 2 Lawrexce Mkric Harxard. Clossicol MX. Lake Park. JId. Entered Seminary fall term ISOl. Prc-idcnt Excdaior Society. ' ice-President Y. M. C. A. S Lkx. Sti ' TZMAX. Normal uml Literary Selbyville. V. ' a. Entered Seminary spring tenii 1890. Exclsior. Jlember V. AV. C A. 4 Hugh Samvicl Byrer. Classical Pliili|)pi. V. Va. Entered Seminary fall term li ' OO. ' lircstnnuillna i fall term Presi- dent. Miniber Y. M. C. A. .Manager Font Ball team. Chrcstoma- tlniiii Editor Collegiate. 5 Leoxwrd Fentcjx ' aught. Literary Buffalo, V. ' a. Entered Seminary spring term 190(1. ( ' hrrstiniKitheoi:. .Menilier Y. M. C. . ' ' -. 6 Arihie Hall, Lite rory Buekliamion. W. A ' a. Entered Seminary fall term 1900. Clircstomatheaii. Left Tackle Foot Ball team. Pitcher on Base Ball team. 7 FosrsT Wilhuh Ste.mi ' LE, Cla.isical ami Literary .Aurora, W. ' a. Filntered Seminary fall term 1898. Excelsior. 8 Bex.iamix Fraxklix Haxcht, Classical . twood. W. a. Entered Seminary fall term 1900. Chrc. itamathean. Member .M. C. A. 9 Otis Grv ' II.sox. Litirary Harrisville, W. A ' a. Entered Seminary fall term 1902. S])ring term President Chnstiimo- th ' an Society. Member Y. ,M. C. A. 10 WiLMA Shirkey. Litereiry .Maiden. W. ' a. Entered Seminarv fall ti-rni 19(1(1. ( ' lir( !tnm(ilh( tii. .Mcmlier ' . V. C.A. 11 Clare Wade Post. Literary (jood Hope, W, ' a. Entered Seminary winter term 1899. Exahinr. Right Half Back on Fort Ball teanr ' ice-President Senior Class, 12 LiXDsAV H, Imiwlhr, Xnrmal Harrisville, V. ' a. Entered Seminarv fall term 1902. ChreMnriKithean. .Mend.ier V. M. C.A. 13 Alice .Mai ' de Stcht, Art Parkersliurg. AV. a. Entered fall term 19(10, Excihie.r. Member Y, .M. C. A. 1 Mary Mahel Hanshn. Chissiail Buckhannon. W. a. Kntered Seniinarv fall term 1899. Excelsior. 2 Arthiir Hall, Chsxiail Elizabeth, W. Va. Kntered Seminarv siiiiiincr term 1900. Excelsior. Member Y. M. C. A. 3 Ethkl Shirkey, Literary Maiden. W. ' a. ICntered Seminary fall term 19(10. Chr(Sto7nathean. .Member W C. A. 4 Elizaukth Earlf. .McCdRMicK, M iisic liueUhannon, W. Va. Entered Seminary fall term 1899. 5 Hexry (Quince Le vis, Normal : Hinkleville, W. Va. Kntered Seminaiy winter term 1899. Excelsior. Right Taekle on Foot Ball team. 6 .Jacob Eluert Wells, Classical Wallace, Ya. Entered Seminarv spring tenii 1900. Excelsior. Member Y. M. C. A. President Senior Class. 7 Gohen Clarke Arnold, Literary BuckhaiUKin. W. Va. Entered Seminarv fall term 1900. Clirestnmathean. 8 Tho.mas .Jefferso.v Lewis, Classical and Scienlijic Hinkleville, W. Va. I ' ntcred Seminarv winter term 1899. Excelsior. 9 French MoRciAN, Classical Buckhannon, W. Va. F ntered Seminarv fall term 1901. Buckhannon High School graduate 1898. 10 Blanche Stonestreet. Literarij. Art Buckhannon. W. Xa. F ntered Seminarv fall teim 19(10. Excelsior. Jlember Y. W. C. A. 11 CuARLes Luther Lynch, Scientific Craigmoor, M ' . Ya.. F ntered Seminary- fall term 1898. Excelsior. Jlember Y. M. C. A. 12 Elza Otis Fling. Litirary Buckhannon, W. a. F ntered Seminarv fall term 1901. Left end on Foot Ball team. Left Field on Base Ball team. Treasurer Senior Class. 13 .Mary 1u)Na .Jenkins, Music Petroleum, W. Va. Entered Seminarv spring term 1899. (iraduate in Literarv course 1902. Excelsior. ' Member Y. W, C. A. 14 Nellie Jane Albright, Literary Ivingwood. W. ' a. ICntered Seminary fall term 1899. Graduate in .Music 1902. Cliresto- mathiun. President Y. W. C. A. Y. W. C. A. ICditor Collegiate. 15 GKORfiE William Strothard, Literary Somerset, Bermuda Islands. F ntered fall term 1901. Excelsior. Member Y. M. C. A. 16 Doyle Chester Barnett. Scientific anel Normal Jarvisville, W. A ' a. iMitered SeminarY- sjiring term 1899. Excelsior. 17 Belle Katherine Stemple, Literary Ambov, W. Va. Itlntered Seminary spring term 1899. Graduate in Art 1(102. Excel- sior The History of the Senior Class, IX THE literature of the past, history has been prominent, and at the present time ranks second in importance to none. The class of 1903 has seen ])ro]3er to have their names enrolled in the annals of history. Of this they are eminently wortln. The same space is not given to every period or to ever - transaction. Each year graduates a class different from the one preceding, as one man differs from another; and, as every man has different characteristics, so each class differs from the other in importance and greatness as well as in deviltrv and tlisolietlience. After a careful examination of the events in the three past vears of labor, with their suggestive desires for intellectual supremacy, we present a brief sketch of the Renjamin F. Martin class. There was gathered in the fall of nineteen hundred that usual proportion of magni- fied pigmies and the unusual nvnnber of those bright students who have won for themselves the honor of being the brainies t class of ' 02. After much trouble, however, we succeeded to enroll as Freshmen. The Freshman year of our school life is lost in the shadows of the past, yet we had the full staff of class officers who bravelv protected the Martin fledgelings, and in due time we were tagged as Juniors. During the year of our Junior existence, we e.xperienced many storms, but by our superior intelligence we taught the Seniors and faculty that ilartins could not be caught in a trap baited with chaff. TheSeniors realized this factwhenthey by their inferior ability endeavored to cage the crimson tinged Martins of ' 03, while the fac- ult ' were thoroughly convinced that some effort must be put forth to clip the feathers of thosebirds of ' 03 who were daily adding to their wings of thought. The first attempt at trapping the swift winged .Martins was at the Junior banquet, when the Seniors thought it better to plan and conduct this to suit themselves. On this occasion, the Juniors quietly yet forcibly gave them to understand that the Martins could not Hy without assistance. A few weeks later they thought they had us in a eage:liut by our secret .sessions at midnight, at the ilawn, and at sunset, we succeeded in escaping the supposed cage and scattered those precious thoughts of the Mills Cfass to the four winds. Traps were daily set, but the Martins, with their quick eye and strong wings, easily eluded them — much, to the discomfiture of the Little Potato Class of ' 02, who had succeeded in winning the much-needed sympathy of our beloved faculty. Thus the year closed with the Martins still at liberty. After a fcnv intervcniiiu; iiumths vc fcniml nurselvps mice again flying toward our old nest where Throngh Trials to Triumph, we became the Seniors of the hrooil. Since then we have eaten daily of the fruit of knowledge which was gWen us. until we are now strong enough to spread our wings and soar away to more iniiKirtant fields. Kistori. n. Dr. D. K. Pearsons, For Whom the Class of 1904 is Named. Dr, D, K, Pearsons, The name of Dr. Pearsuiis has become familiar to our readers tlirovigli theiSeminary Endowment Campaign, concluded in December last. Dr. Pearsons is a New Knglander by birth. Raised and educated in ' ermont. he engaged in the practice of medicine, and continued therein till near mi ldle life. In the early days of Chicago he went thither, becaine a real estate broker, and grew with the City. His success in bui-iness was marketl. As wealth rapiiUy came to him he sought for its best disposition. In his -icw, education wastheway tolife ' s success, antl he would hel]) bring education to all who are worthy. He therefore turned his attention to the smaller culleges. It was the siiuill college he deemed best capacitated to train the youthful mind. Here .students came close to their instructors, and were really taught and moukled. Dr. Pearsons has not desired to found colleges, but to assist tho.se already existing to better facilities. He proposed to College presidents to raise amounts which he would supplement. In this waw he has given personally, during his latter years, some $4,000,000, and induced institutions to raise three times more. The Doctor holds schools closely to the terms of his propositions. While he has made numerous offers not all schools have saved his offers. The institutions which have succeeded and have wisely administered their endowments he regards with nuich favor. It is really a delight to him to see a school win. Dr. Pearsons is the very soul of integrity. Sham, chicanery, inconsistency are to him supreme abominations. As a philanthropist and friend of worthy young people he ranks high among Americans. He is an adherent of the Congregational form of Christianity, and a stern belie-v-er in Christian education. It is the positively Christian school he seeks to help. In Mrs. Pearsons the Doctor has one who fully enters into his benefactions and enterprises. Our Seminary is surely under deep obligations to him. The plain facts of our history, character and outlook laid before him. attracted his business eye and en- listed his sympathy. We saved the Doctor ' s offer, and Ave are sure we have his confidence and good will. The Class of 1904 has adopted his name. It is the class publishing this .Annual, and promises to be the largest graduating class in the history of the school. The D, K. Pearsons Class. 1904, Motto. Take things as they Cdine. Colors. Olive and Silver. Yell. Razzle dazzle, li(iii])le high, Sig, Rah, Boom. 1904. CIVE US ROOM.- Junior Class Roll, 1 Karle (iciRDdX Lowe. Literary Buckhaimdii, W. ' a. (iraduato Buckhammn Hijih Schcml. 1002. Entered Seminary fall term. 1902. Chrestomatheun. t)n Base Ball team. 2 Austin George H. tha v. y. S ' ornwl Lantz. AV. ' a. Entered Seminary spring term 1898. Chrestoimitheaii. 3 Robert Harold Sigler. Scientific Pennsbnm. ' . a. Craduate Pennsbnro High Sc-liool, 1900. l- ,ntered Seminary fall term, 1901. Chrestomathccin. On ]5ase Ball team. Photographic editor M iirmurniontis. ■i Stella Blanche Trout. Literarii Roanoke. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term, 1900, 5 Maggie Belle Shaw. Art Kasson. W. ' a. Entered Seminary spring term, 1902. Chnstnmathean. 6 Florence Williams. Elocution Marshville. W. Va. Entered Seminary spring term, 1901. Excelsior, ilember Y, W. C. A. 7 Daisy Smith, Literary Morgantown, W. ' a. (iraduate Morgantown High School, 1902. Entered Seminary fall term, 1902. Excelsior. Jlember Y. W. C. A. Associate Editor of Mur- munnoittis. 8 Clara A ' irginia Fling. Literary Buckhannoii. W. ' a. Entered Seminaiy fall term, 1900. 9 Jesse Frank AVilliams. Classical Marehville. W. ' a. Entered Seminar)- spring term, 1901. Excelsior. Jleinber Y. M. C. A. Right (Inard on Foot Ball team. On liase Ball team. President of the I). K. Peai-sons Class. ' 04. 10 Anthony Fielding Mi.Cue. Cla.ssical unci Scientific. . . Pereinger. W. a. rCntered Seminary spring term, 1901. Excet. ' :ior. Jlemlier Y. il. C. A. Substitute on Foot Ball team. Business Manager Murinwmontis. 11 Thomas Rcihert Hall. Literary Grays Flat. W. ' a. l ' .ntered Seminary spring term, 1902. Excelsior. Member Y. M. C. .- . 12 Albert Lewis Rose, Scientific Corley, W. ' ii. Entered Seminary fall term. 1900. Chre.stiiiiiiitheon. 13 Byrd Lea Pickens. Lit( rary Buckhannon. V. ' a. Entereil Seminary fall term, 1901. 14 LoELLA Roberts, Literary Buckhannon. V. a. Entered Seminary fall term, 1901. Excelsior, ilember Y. W. C. A. 15 Homer Sanford Baumgardner. ChLisical Craigmoor. W. a. Entered Seniinarv spring term, 1901. Excelsior. Member Y. M. C. A. President First B(jvs Basket Ball Team. 1(1 I ' lTT LiiuDd-N HroHEs, Littmri BuckhaiiiKiii, W. Va. Cirailuate Buckhanuoii High Schiiul, lii()2. EiitrTPfl Seminary fall term. 1(102. Chrestomathcan. 17 HionnERT McClaskev Rlair, Lilrnirn and Chissicat AVestnn, W. a. Cirailuate Weston High Sohiidl, 1901. Kntered Seminary fall term. ItlOl. Chrcstomathean. Literary Kditcir Miirmurmoiitix. ' ioe- President Junior Cla.ss. IS Hicss LiLLi.w Talbot, Elocution Laurel, W. Va. Entered Seminary fall term, 1900. Chrcsiouiothenn. Captain of Basket Ball team. 19 Nkli.ii-: Cunningham, Literary Buokhanuon, V. ' a. iMitei-ed Seminary fall term, 1900. Excelsior. 20 Cleoi ' Has Swecker, Classical Cent iry, W. a. Kntered Seminary spring term, 1901. 21 1 arle Ray Casto, Literary and Nornud Rural I lale, A ' . ' a. loitered Seminary fall term, 1900. Excelsior. .Member V. .M. C. A. 22 Sylvester Carson Groose, Litcrart Sago, W. Va. Entered Seminary spring term, 1901. Oire.ttomatheoii. 23 Annie May Hardman, Literari ,IaneU ' v. AV. ' u. Entered Seminary spring term, 1901. Excelsior. Member Y. W. C. A. Assistant Editor-in-ohief ' ■ Mtirmurmoniis. 2-1 X ' lcToK Golf Bender, Clossic(d ChajM ' !. W. ' a. Entered Seminarv fall term, 1900. Chr(stomathian. .Member V. .M. C. A. Treasurer Class of ' 04. 2. ) Nellie Grey Kiddy, Literari Buekhannon, W. Va. Graduate Buekhannon High Sehool, 1903. Entered Seminary fall term, 1902. 23 Joseph X ' inc ' ent (imsoN, Lilirary Tunnelton, W. Va. Entered Seminarv fall term, 1901. Chrcstomathean. Treasurer V. M. C. A. Left Guard Font Ball team. Associate lulitor of Mur}nur- montis. 27 Anna Ca.milla Morrison, Literary Flat Woods, W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term, 1900. Exc:lsior. V. W. C. A. Secretary. Associate ICditor ' Jurnmrmontis. Secretary of the Cl£.ss of ' 04. 23 Luther Sherman Buitton, Sri(ntific and Normal Newberne, W. ' a. Entered Seminary sjjriug term, 1899. Excelsior. Corresponding Secretary Y. .M. C.A. Associate E.litor Munnurmontis. 29 Nellie Mt.Masters Rumble. Art Wheeling, W. Va. Entered Seminary fall term. I ' .Ol. Mendier Y. W. C. A. .30 Charles Aubrey Jonks, Literary Deer Park, Md. Entered Seminary fall term, 1900. Chrestomatiiian. Secretary . SI. C. A. Editor-in-Chief of Murmiirmontis. 31 Leta S.nodorass, Art Rosedale, W. ' a. Entered Seminarv fall term, 1901. Excelsior. Member Y ' . W. C. A. 32 Hakrv ( riLLEX Young, Scientific Huekhaiinnn. W. ' a. luitered Seminary fall term, 1900. .33 Madge Chidister, Mimic HiickhaniKiii. W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term. ISO ' .). Associate Ivlitor Miinnur- montis. 34 Edward Rutherford Groose. Scientific Sagd. V. a.. Entered Seminary spring tenii, 1001. Chrestomathean. 3.5 Barxetta Ball, Normal Elizabeth, W. ' a. 36 Lela Huff. Literarij Buckhanncin, W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term, 1900. 37 .James Russell Fraxklix, Litirarij Hundred, W. ' a. Entered Seminary sjiring term. 1901. Excelsior. Jlember Y.M.C.A. .38 EnxA Lewls Loudon, Literari Bnckhanmin. W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term, 19()0. 39 Clyde W.atson, Clnssicnl, Scientific find Xormal Bridgeport, V. ' a. luitered Seminary spring term, 1902. Excelsior. ileml)er Y. il. C. . . 40 Kathkrixe Morrison, Literarij Rock Cave. W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term, 1901. Jlember Y. W. C. A. 41 B. S. Brake .Janelew, AV. A ' a. 42 Gladys Mahel FARNS Vl RTH. Music Buckliamion, W. a. (iraduatc Buckhannon Hish School. Entered Si ' niinar - fall term, 1900. 43 John Henry McCrey, Cla.s:sical Buckhannon, W. a. Entered Seminary fall terra, 1900. Clirestonudhean. Member Y. M. C. A. 44 Bertha Waugh, Literari Johnson, W. ' a. Entered Seminary fall term, 1901. Clirestomcithean. 45 Jerome . Hall, Scientific Buckhannon, . Xa.. Ciraduate Buckhannon High School, 1902. Entered Seminary fall term, 1902. Chrestomathean. 46 Edx.v Margaret Burr. Classicnl Buckhannon. AY. ' a. Entered Seminary, 1899. Chrestomatheaii. The History of the Junior Class, •jd NOTED Englishman unce saiil that the I- ,n jHsh people were like a liancl of A% their own beer, froth at the top, dreiis in the bottom, and clear ami sounil I in the middle. The students of the Seminary may be likened to this same bai-rel of beer — the windy frothy Seniore at the top, the insignificant Freshmen at the bottom, and the cool-headed and sound .Tuniors in the midille. Since the organization of our class in September. 1902, we have had our wa - to fight, our troubles to overcome and great obstacles to surmount. We have bravely withstood the overbearing and haughty Senior, have siu ' pressed the everv ready ani.1 uprising Freshmen, and have condescendingly humored and tolerated those abomin- able Prc))s. Our deviation from the pathway of former classes by the attempt to produce and introduce to the public a Year Book, has not received due aid from those who should be most interested in its welfare. . The trusty Seniors have succeeded to the hole vacated by the Small Potato Cla.ss and receded into it, whence they occasionally gix ' e an unsidjstantial utterance that they hope oiu ' undertaking will succeed. The Seminary Colhgiate has also tendered its aid by saying that thev hope this small undertaking of the Junior Class may. with their good wishes, become a success. The faculty has also kindly given their consent and good wishes. B it as someone has said. If we would be well ser -ed. we should serve ourselves. ' c have been forced to follow this to a great extent, and if our publication is not received by the public with the success our labors merit, we will at least have the satisfaction of knowing that we hax ' e done our best. Our Junior boys and girls are especially noticeable in their athletics and literary Work. The tall, liroad shouldered, strait limbed boj ' S formed an invincible phalanx on the gridiron last fall, which swept the Seniors. Fre.shmen and Preps before it like chaff before the wind. These same boys rise by the side of their Junior sisters in the literary societies and speak with a power and eloiivience which proclaims their future greatness. The s]5ring term of our school is now well along on its way. and as we look back over the past year we see that our time has not l)pen idly spent. We have hung together, worked side by side, helping each othei-. ami ha e alwax ' s been ready to give a helping hand to an outsider. We have dug our wa_ ' through those detestable German, French and Greek conjugations, which are so great an eve-sore to the Freshman, who is ever ready to stretch his neck and nd)i)er into the upper regions in which he has no business. But now as s]iring has come, and we see the grasses shoot ujiward and hear the joyous song of the bird, we can safely anil thankfully say, Well done, ye good and faithful Juniors: ye have done well oxer a few things, therefore in your comin.a; year ye shall be rulers over many things. HisTORI.W. Junior Class Prophecy, V. MISSION of the Class prophet is clearly apart from that of any other Worthy diviner. I ' nlike the patriarchs who formerly bivouacec! down East, he does not make a poor living by leading chosen people, or like the later day pretender of obscure origin persume to exercise an infallible care over the weather; still less does he chronicle in the spirit of him who speaketh disparagingly on the future of Foot Ball. These dig pits for their interment and truly are unappreciated in their own canton. Unfeeling trifiers have cast a stigma on the profession, but he cannot be a false prophet who preserves the germ of truth, lost, perhaps, in the mass of faults an; I follies that belong to all men alik( Hut the best paid prophet cannot work without inspiration. So setting out dead, as it wt ' rc. broke, a sad-eyed youth jirecijiitated himself into the realm of fancy. (), it was a blissful jjlaee. Bargain prices prevailed on all hands. ) ' Aer thing went at less than cost, very much less. The home-wrought zejihyrs fanning the cheeks of the chance constitutionalist were fragrant with new made brantls of patent medicine. Moreover fudge wa.s never stolen, and no one could say that the head dispensers did not like fudge as well as anyliody else. Eternal niirtli prevaile;!, — Freshmen ])ro]3agated jokes. When this duty-bound pilgrim asked if tlie boss was in, a multitude of waiting Demi-goddesses went off for to see. since there was no bell in all that region. In an unguarded moment, this untutored lad, this uninitiated one, with bated breath ejaculated: — At last, at last, here reigns no haughty lord or artless mistress. The lover ' s ardor can no more be wet by the unap]ireciati e. Hut there came the moody seer. (The maidens hatl gone to their various employments.) ( )ld Father Circumstances had bared his head, yet he wantonly assmned no artificial locks. He wore low cut shoes, for it is always summer there. He carried in his ' engeful grasp a package whereon was written the mythical inscription I ' roplieey, U1I):!, Rejected. ' ■Presuming Sir — Preceding out of cartli ' s o iter outerness, you ask me to strain mv(prophetic) lyre, to soun 1 all futurity, to displace Daggerhorse the oracle, of your predecessors? I hesitate, Imt approaching exaltation, despite all, is heralded by no means past successes. If I were to digress on the e.xcellcnce of yourclass.it would be to commend that studied part, blest be their mention, who have already bvu ' nt large consignments of the ten o ' clock oil and who are to preserve yoiu ' ' solitiarity ' to the latest hour. (Names cannot be mentioned here). As in all faculty blessed, the prescribed mun- ber will have to serve in the far East. There are many of you who will be well yjre- pared to succeed the ardent sufferers who have so persistently depicted the ' True Condition. ' What a work of lo -e it would be to give each the presidency, and on the Prohi- bition ticket, but it cannot be; men will yet be carried into power through vulgar machinations. Hegin early, be a ]iost-niistress and great rewards will come out of the frugality. Some already have enjoyed a coveted luxmy in the possessiim of hard-work desks and private dens and a heartless lackeys connuissioned to do a niastei-s ' s bidding. The Omnipotent alone knows how long this will go on, we don ' t ; Ijut in tlienanie of ' human equality ' and ' race com]5actibility ' it cannot continue forever. Divers ones of the fairer, I know, have charged you to question me particularly concerning their post-graduate state. ' Tis Hard-man to say, but on the near shore of the troubled waters is (lib, one mightily informed in the gentle art. I may speak only on less graver exigencies. Attain to thy high entl, and in some distant Morrow-son you ma ' rejoice in the pleasure of deserved achievements. Take warning at the ' fix ' of certain onis of lil()l5 and others, pugnacious hangers-on, from earlier clans whose knowledge of ulterior things does not excuse an ignorance of the onmipresent RED PRINT. Like unto the errant fowls of the Campus, give little thought to the futiu ' e; for they spin not, neither are they fed, still they grow old and fat. Proceed advanceward for time elongateth itself as many dull Cluqiel s])eeches. PRorHKT. Junior Class Officers, V. G. Bender. Treas. Jesse Williams. Pres. Anna Morrison, Sec ' y. Herbert Blaip, Vice-Pres. The Freshman Class, Motto. D(nlgp the (.)ffice. Colors. Black and Wine. Yell. Hi, booiii, zickcty, zack. Here we come, clear the track. Tho ' we ' re Freshmen, we ' re not slow, We ' re the class that makes thiufis go. ' Freshman Class Roll, 1 Weaver B. Kugers. President. 2 Flossie Sxodgrass. Secretary. 3 Bessie Gibsox. 4 Samuel T. Steele. 5 Garnett Wise.max. 6 Chester Mearxs. r J(JHN H. GiLLMORE. 8 D. C. OiRs. 9 C ' harlios Hartley. 10 Lakix Riiukrts. 11 Oliver Liggett. 12 P. P. Wells. 13 Fred W. Cvpp, l-l Lois Sim.moxs. 1.5 KarlAi.max. 16 BoVD HUFE. 17 BovD D. Henxings Freshman Class Roll, 1 Roy McCuskev, Vice-President. 2 Ritchie Ireland, Treasurer. 3 William P. McCuE. 4 Fred Forester. 5 Lewis Core. 6 Herbert L. Smith. 7 Gkorgk F. Ashenhart. 8 Clyde Law. 9 RosiE Mace. 10 Grace Hardesty. 11 H. R. Heckert. 12 Homer A. Hoskujs. 13 Mabel Wier. 14 Emery Core. 15 Stacey E. Eib. 16 Earle Swearingen. 17 Ira B. Thomas. History of the Freshman Class, HIO HISTORY of the class of ' 05 could be better written two years hence, because as an organization it is young and its work has been of little importance. In justice however, to the willingness and earnest- ness of the members of the class of ' 05, it must be said that their failure to have become known by their deeds, is due to no fault of the class, but to the long established custom in schools and colleges for the Fresh- man to stand aside for his brothers, tlic ever present and popular .Tunior, and the most gra ' e and revered Senior. Although we have not made as brilliant a record as the other classes, we are not discouraged. AVe have among us those whose minds are as strong as any found in our American youth, and in whom determination is firmly seated. Earnestness and integrity are tM ' o of the chief elements of character. Earnestness nerves one for every conflict in life and carries him into the thickest of the fray. It enables him to overcome the greatest difficulties and finally leads him to ictor -. Integrity sustains one in e ■ery emergency. Some one has well said that the moral grandeur of independent integrity is the sublimest thing in nature, and we believe that if any or all of the names of the class of ' 05 go down ujion the pages of history as men and W(imen worthy the honor and esteem of a noble and true-hearted people, it will l)p the earnestness and integrity of character that (jlaced them there. Hl.STORIAN. The Prophecy of 1905. ON A I5I ' L rTIFUL Slimmer o -enim;- in June, I stood at the shrine of Apollo at Delphi. The prophetic oracle had long, long been mute. Upon my approach, however, Apollo awoke from his slumbers and recognized me as a member of the class of 1905. In answer to my question as to why he liad been slumbering, he replied: Since the ancient Greeks have reached their zenith nothing worthy of my prophecy has taken place until the graduation of the Freshman class. I prophesied for the learned (Ireeks and Romans, said Apollo. ' Mint I am wholly incompetent to judge the future of the class of 1905, the latchcts of whose shoes the Cireeks are not worthy to unloose. Under the influence of Apollo, I fell in a trance and dreamed that I was making a toiu ' of the world in one of AUman ' s improved air-ships. Athens was my first stopping place. There I saw (Ullmore trying to sell Diogenes an improved tub and lantern. Ireland was running a school of philosophy in opposition to Socrates, and Appelles wa,s taking art under Thomas. While there I attended an oratorical contest in which Rogers completely crushed Demosthenes. At the approach of Hazel, ' enus fled in shame from her throne, lly next stop was at London. While there I attended Racket ' s opera, where I heard the Ladies ' Quartette, which was composed of Helen, Grace, Zella, and Mabel, sing to the delight of thousands. I -isited a public library and noticed that Shakespeare ' s works had been replaced by a number of volumes bearing the name Hardesty. Just before leaving London, I was informed by Ambassador Smith that Core had dis- covered that the axis of the earth stuck out at Buckhannon instead of at Boston, and further that it made its appearance on the very day the class of 1905 graduated. I then sailed for Washington and spent a day with President Hartlev. The next day I visited the Senate chamber and called on Senator McCue. He had just secured the passage of a bill changing Ground Hog day to the 30th of February, and was- now advocating a bill which compelled women to takeoff their four-story bonnets at theatres. As I was going up Broadway, I met Dr. Huff who has discovered a remedy for homesick Preps and Flmd ers. He is getting rich from the large sales of the remedy. I also met Ashenhart, late president of the National Bachelor ' s Club. As I was approaching a beautiful mansion, I heard a low. sweet lullaby. I paused at the door and saw Anna. She recognized me and told me that fieorge was just out. She also told me that Bessie, who had been searching for the Holy Grail so long, was now in possession of the Cupp she lo -ed so much. I then went back to visit my Alma JIater, and staid all night with Liggett on Meade Street where mv dream was ended. Class Poem, 1905. Within the Soiniiiarv walls, Of this little mountain to n, Is a band nf earnest students Whri will svirely win renown. As Freshmen we ' ve worked tojjether, Throush one year ' s fleeting time; Each striving with the other To reach a goal sublime. And as we journey onward, ( ) ' er many a weary road, The friendships formed and cherished, Will lighten every load. With the future wide before ' us, Together we will , strive. That these hills may re-echo the ' honors Of the class of 190.5. The Prep, Class. 0 PH fr5 ■4 lillJr Colors. Homesick Blue and Pale Green. Motto. Sum punkins. Officers. President I. EMf;RY Ash. Vice-President Lieut. Can ' t.steel. Secretary Mi.ss M. B. Yale. Treasurer Golden-Headed Steel. The histon ' of this class is more than usually important, and so it has been thought best by the class President that the history should not be written now. We leave the same for future Annuals. To the Prep, oh, ye preps! How long will you continue to wander aimlessly and live in the regions of the despised ! I see you unconsciously tapping your living veins. Every day yovir misspent life is but another nail driven in yoiu ' socia l coffin. Stop your waywardness and have sense, or soon you shall lay yourself in a lamentable grave which shall never see the resurrection sun. Jlay your ignorance teach you wis- dom, may yoiu- weakness teach you strength. Literary Societies Chrestomathean Literary Society, Motto. ' irtute Pt labore. GDlors. Orange ami White. Organized September 11, 1890. Officers. President Vice-President Secretary Treasmrer .... Fall. .Hugh Byrer. . L. F. V, UGHT. .Ora Douglass. .R. H. SiGLER. Winter. S. R. PoE. B. F. Haught. Bess Gibson. Boyd Huff. Spring. O. G. Wilson. G. L. Queen. Annie Horner. Herbert Blair. Chrestomathean Roll of Membership, Al.HRKiHT, XkLLIE. Andrp; vs. Bird. AsHKNHAHT. RiRR. Edna. ] vri:r. Hkndkr, V.G. Rlair. Brown. Brake, Josie. Brakk, a. K. Brakk, Bloxdie. Chapman ' . Ada. CoMPTdN. CiKlK. CiiNowAV, Guy. Dout;LAs. Ora. DOWXES. Fll LER. FULLERTOX. Giiiscix, Joe V. GiHsox, Bess. G1I.MIIRE. JoHX. (iEorge. Pearl. Hardestv, Grace. Hall. Jerome. Hexxixgs. HiLLERV, Fred. Haught, B. F. Hatch, J. A. Hamrk ' k, C . K. Hamrick. B. S. Heavxer. Hodges. HosKixs. Huff, Boyd. HORXER AxxiE. Irelaxd. Jexkixs, Bertha. JoXES. KixG, Ora. Karickofk. Law. Lowe. Mc ' .Millax, Robert. McMiLLAx, Miss. Martz, R. C. Matheney, Bess. Mearns. McClay, J. F. Moore. Morris. MgCray. Murphy. ! L xowN, Charles Maxowx, Ro.ss. Xewbury. O ' Neal. Parker. Iva. Poe.S. R. Post, O. C. Queex. G. L. Reese, Burtox. Rose. Shirk Y, Ethel. Shirky, Wilma. Staxshury. Shaw, L G GIE. Steele. SiGLER. Talbott, Bess. Vaught, L. F. Wilson. Wells, P. P. Wells, Brozexa. I S o o Chrestomathean Spring Term Officers, 1903, PoE, Critic. Blair, Treasurer. Queen, Vice-President. Lowe. Marshal. Brake. Chorister. Wilson, President. Compton, Car. Secretary. Miss Horner, Secretary. Miss Albright, Pianist. Excelsior Literary Society, Motto. Esse quam Videri. ' Colors. Pink and Blue. Organizer! Septenilicr 11, 1S90. Officers. Fall. President C. E. Goodwin. Vice-President L. M. B, rn. ri). Secretari Iarie Vail. Treasurer Charles Lynch. Winter. C. W. Post. J. F. Williams. LiNNiK Brake. Spring. L. M. Barnard. Charles Lynch. Lena Stutzman. Weaver B. Rocers, Anthony F. McCue. Excelsior Roll of Membership, Ash. Barnktt, C ' harlks. Ham., Arthi ' r. HARXAni). Harnks, Harvev. Brake. Linxie. l RlTTdN. HArM(;ARi xKR, H. S. Bond. Hes.sie. JJlI.l.lNCSl.EA, Arlice. Cork. 1 ' ' .mory. Core, L. S. CUNNIXOHAM, NkELIE. Cross, Bessie. Crpp. Dkerien. Dorsev, Hessie. Dye. Everhart. FlTTR( I. FoRlOSTEH. Frankmn, .1. K. Franeein, ICssiE. (looDWIN. ( ' lEORliE. Hard.man, F v. Hausk, .1. H. Hause, V. F. Hall, T. R. Hostler. Hartley. Harrison. .Jenkins, ICdna. .loHNSON, (iooDIE. Kellar. Keslino. Lynch. C. L. Li(;(i(JT. .Mason. W. L. .Martin. Marple. .M ' -CiE, A. F. McCuE, W. I ' . McCleary, (Irace. McCusKEY. Morrison, .Anna C. Post, C. W. Po.sT, Mattie. Ro(iERs, V. B. Roherts, 1 ' .. V. Rihlet. F y. Reger, 1). B. Stout, JIaude. Sutton, Chas. Stemple, Belle. Stemple, Forest. Strothard. Smith. H. R. Stoxe.street, Blanche. Shrader. StUTZMAN, IjEN ' A, Sjiitii, Daisy. Smith, Jessie. Stout, Isadora. Thompson. TowxsHENL), (Irace. Throckmorton. ' ail, Marie. Vincent, Maude. Wells, J. !•:. Wood. Helen. Williams, Jesse. Williams, Floren ' ce. WiLLIA.MS, Zella. WooDHURN, .Alma. I o o X Excelsior Spring Term Officers, 1903, Lynch, Vicc-Prcsiflent. Cork. Marshal. McCi ' K, Treasurer. Vv.rry. Chaplain. Th(imps(in, Critic. Miss Stutzman, Secretari . Barnard, I ' reMent. Miss Bond, Chorister. Miss Williams, Cor. Secrdarr, iHB M- n ly , ' ' ' 5;t-— ' )MiM ' Xfi -J ' ' ' B ' x! - ' A, 1 . S Sk: ftirf N ' r ' IraSCr ' y EB|F: - - ' B KLUr - ' r r— I ' Baffcf V ' BwJAifrll ' JIT m Vm 1 vW ' ■ J ' iK y ' trdp ' ' -C Kr ' ' - ' . ' S M -- . ' . hJ HH H I H . ll :f..-3«? Pf Iff . : ..,:, - -v :- M 1 ; . f ' lLVsi ' i LVvVs m % Wi . . BB- vt ,ilt • .. t •ON THE BUCKHANNON. ' 111 the mirror of its tide Tangled thickets on each side Hang inverted, and between Floating cloud or skv serene. ' Y, M. C. A. Motto. Christo et Ecclcsise. Advisory Officer. Prof. J. J. Dkck. Teacher of Bible Class. Prof. W. O. Mills. The Y. M. C. A, Roll of Membership. Ash. Baumgardner. Barnard. Ball. Bender. Brake, A. K. Brake, B. S. Britt(in, COMPTON. Casto. Core, L. S. Deerien. Franklin. FiTTRO. fullerton. Goodwin. Gibson. GiLLMORE. Hall, T. R. Haught. HOSKINS. Haugh. Haws. Hostler. Jones. Karickoff. Kellar. Liggett. Law, W. T. Lynch. Moore. McCue, W. p. McCusKY. McCrey. Murphy. O ' Neil. Ours. Perry. Post, C. W. Reger. Ross. Shr der. Smith, Herbert. Smith, H. R. Str( ithard. swfaringen. Tallman. Thompson. Thomas. ' aught. Wells. Wilson. Williams. Wood. Photo 6y Jie se. Officers Y. M. C. A. Britton. Cnr. Secretari . Gibson, Treasurer. Goodwin, President. Barnard, Vice-President. Jones, Secretary. The Young Men ' s Christian Association, HH Y. M. C. A. was orfjanized in the spring of 1901. G. G. Farr was the first president and also a delegate to the Tri-State Convention held in Wihhington, Delaware. The year followhig, F..M. Thompson was the president, and he with Mr. Gorbv were the delegates to the Tri-State Convention licld in Wlieeling, W. ' a. The association from its organization has progressed. It started life with a charter meml ershi]! of sixteen. It now has sixtv. The first year it sent one delegate to the annual convention. This year it sent twenty-six. Tlie purpose of the association is to build Christian character and helji save the unsaved young men of the Seminary. With this in view a Young Men ' s Devotional meeting is held eveni ' Wednesday, and a flourishing Bible class conducted this year by Prof. Mills is held once a week. Every Sunday afternoon a general students ' meeting which has done much towards moulding the character of the institution is conducted under the auspices of the Y. W. and Y. M. C. A. ' s. The association has not broadened as college associations have. The need has not yet l een felt. But as the school advances, the association must and will advance. Already there is a great need for a Y. M. C. A. building, and we pray the day may soon come when some big-hearted man will adorn our beautiful campus with a magnificent building. Some time tlie memorial will perish. The cruel winds and cutting blasts will sift it on the sea of thre, but the influence forgoodthat it will exert will five whih ' God lives. UOt hv Tr}!S:ht, Voyl-u -patycr, }) l b j mij Spirif se th the X orj of H asis. Zeah- 4- ' -S. The Y, W. C. A. Roll of Membership. Albright, Nellie. Ball, Netta. Bender, Julia. ]?ei;r, Blanche. BiLLINCSLEA, ArLICE. Bond, Bessie. Broyles, Eva. ]5HAKE. LiNNIE. Chapman, Adah. Cro.ss, Bessie. Uauphinee, Nellie. Dorsey, M. y-. I ' dgel, Daisy. Franklin, Essie. (iEORGE, Pearl. Gibson, Bess. HoLTz, Alma. Hardman, May. Humphreys, Belle. Jackson, Elizabeth. Jenkins, Edna. Kemper, Orma. Kile, Bessie. King, Ora. KooNTz, Anna. Lawrence, Elta. Matheney ' , Bessie. JIcCray, Iva. McNeil, Pearl. Morrison, Katherine. Morrison, Anna. Post, Mattie. Roberts, Loella. Ross, Dee. Rumble, Nellie. Shirkey, Ethel. Shirkey, Wilma. Stonestreet, Blanche. Smith, Daisy. Smith, Lasa. Stout, Maude. Stout, Isadore. Sandusky ' , Hazel. Stutzman, Lena. Snodgrass, Flossie. Snodgrass, Leta. Teets, Anna. Thorn, Audrey. Townshend, Grace. TwYFoRD, Stella. Vail, Marie. Wetmore. Helen. Whiting, Bessie. Wood, Helen. WiER, Winnie. WiER, Mrs. John. Williams, Zella. Williams, Florence. Winchester, Phyllis. Officers Y.W. C. A. JIarie ' A1L, Treasurer. Bessie Cross, Vice-President. Anna Morrison. Secretary. Nellie Jane Alhright, President. m |V The Young Woman ' s Christian Association. ' HI ' ! ' (JrXd Woman ' s Christian Assuciatidn of the West iri;inia Cont ' erpncc Seminary was orfianizcd Nov. 16. 19(10, by Miss Con- stance MoCorkley, State Secretary of the ' irginias. The following ' «V ' ];7 officers were elected: Lida Six. president; Eloise Roberts, vice- president ; Bessie Cross, secretary ; Stella Tw -ford, treasurer. At the time of organization the charter members numbered twenty-eight. Miss Six re|)resented the association at a convention held by the ' irginias at Roanoke. ' a. At the close of the first year the Young Woman ' s Christian Association, though young, proved a great hel]5 to the young ladies of the Seminary. In the year 1901-02. the association grew rapidlw The officers for this year were: Kittie Martin, president; Eloise Roberts, viee-president ; Edna Jenkins, secretary-; Stella Twyford, treasurer. Miss Martin represented the association at the annual convention held at Blackstone, ' a. The third year of the association, 1902-0:3. a great interest in this work was mani- fested. The officers were: Nellie .Jane Albright, president; Bessie Cross, vice- president; Anna Morrison, secretary-; Marie Vail, treasurer. The delegate. Nellie Jane Albright, attended a convention held at Staunton, ' irginia. The association, since its beginning, is educating an orphaned girl in India. A Bible study class, consisting of four of The King ' s Daughters Circles, is held weekly. The aim of our Young Woman ' s Christian Association cannot be better stated than in the words of the constitution: The object of this Association shall be the develop- ment of Christian character in its niendjers, and the prosecution of active Christian work, particularly among the young women of the institution. The Sunbeam King ' s Daughters Circle, Kdxa Jknkins, President. I ' liKto. Iiy Reese Snodgrass, Kon l. I awrciicp, Mace. Snodsrass, .Morrison. Horner, C ' ha])nian. Wood- burn. Oibson, Jenkins, Riblet, Smith, Franklin. Koontz, Leonard, Hardman, Stout. The Hand in Hand King ' s Daughters Circle, Nellie Jane Albright, President. Photo t y Rctse. Nickson, Lowe, Arnett, Rider, Dorsey, Hyer, Sandusky, Rumble, Metheney, Albright, Stout, Umphreys, Roberts, Elizabetti Stonestreet. The Good Samaritan King ' s Daughters Circle, Bessie Cross, President. ;afL B v. 0 ! I ' V -T ' ipi . Smith, Stutznian, Smith, Cross, Morrison. Newberry, Vail, Photo by Formaii Brake, The Whatsoever King ' s Daughters Circle. P ' lorence Williams. Presiflent. McMillan, George, Green, Feather, Williams. .MfXeil, Ivl el, Williams, Billingslea, Jack.siin, .MrC ' l( arv. Ball. Epworth Ministerial Association. Motto. Pro 1)01) et I ' xclesia. Officers. Presidenl Secri ' tary and Treasurer, . L. M. Barnard. . J. H. McCray. H. S. Bumoardxkr. K. M. Conipton. Roy McCrsKEY. C. O. Watsox. Members. L. M. Barnard. C. E. CiDODWlN. J. H. McCray. J. E. Wells. E. B. Moore. Arthur Ball. T. J. Le vl '  . G. W. Strothard. F. .M. Thumpsox. o o ( ) The Conservatory of Music. THE HALL OF MUSIC. Sitjlcr. SHE BOARD of Trustees of West ' irginia Conference Seminary did the right thing when they inaugurated the Department of Music. From the very incipiency of the school, music has been regarded an essential branch of study. Through the early years the course of study was somewhat limited, confined principally to the piano, but notwithstanding its limita- tions the work of the school had a telling effect throughout the state in stimulating a healthy desire for the study and improvement in the Divine Art — Music. Not until the fall of 1900 was the Department organized upon the high plane of an actual Conservatory course. When Mr. and Mrs. Jelley entered upon the work the first attention was given to the complete organization of the department to enable the Music work to take rank with the best schools of our countrj ' . The sub- sequent growth and influence all attest to the commendable judgment of its pro- moters. At the meeting of the Board of Trustees in June, 1902, they were Convinced that a building was a necessity for the acconunodatiiin of the depart- ment. Means were at once provided, and a plan was secured, giving to the Conservatory a building containing thirty practice and teaching rooms, not including the small hall, 22x34, designated to be used for a choral room, private recitals. Theory cla.sses, and Music History. Our present equipment places us in the lead of any institution in the state as to advantages pro -ided for the study of music. The Board of Trustees has recently voted means by which new pianos were secured, giving the Conservator} ' nearly thirty pianos in actual use in the building. A number of pianos throughout the town are rented and used by the pupils in daily practice. The Conservatory gives special attention to the following branches: Piano Forte, Voice Culture, Harmony and Musical Theory, Violin, and all orchestral instnunents, and Musical History. One of the strongest features of the Conservatory is the interest manifested in her Choral work. The school maintains a chorus of one hunilrod voices. In lEOl the Oratorio of the Creation was rendered, with Miss Flora Williams of Wheeling, soprano; Mr. James Moore, Detroit, Michigan, tenor; Mr. Walden Laskey, Toledo, Ohio, bass. In the year 1902, the Messiah was rendered, with the following artists: Miss Rachel B. Frease, Pittsburg, Pa., soprano; Miss Winifred R. Reahard of Pittsburg, Pa., contralto; S. T. Bedoe, tenor; Ernest Gamble, McKeesport, basso. This season Mendelssohn ' s Klijah will be given, with Misses Anna Newcomb Wanamaker, Cleveland, Ohio, soprano; Miss Kate L. McCJuckin, Philadelphia, Pa., contralto; Mr. A. V. Cornell, New Vork, tenor; Mr. Gwilym Miles, New York, basso. The famous string quartette that gave us such excellent services last year has been engaged for the Elijah — the Hahn- Parke Ladies ' String Quartette of Cincinnati, Ohio. The Piano Department, All students of the piano are required to pursue the most thorough mo J r:i system of technical training practicable, special attention being given to hand formation, the cultivation of touch, interpretation, and correct musical taste. Beginners and those not far advanced are especially welcome, as they possess few or none of the erroneous ideas and bad habits which are so easily formed by incorrect teaching, or l)y careless practice, and which ]jrove, in many cases, aim ist insurmoimtaljle ob- stacles to high cultivation. Thev, therefore, receive more rapidly the correct funda- mental principles, and can, as a rule, make steady and rapid progress, uninterrupted by the tedious process f)f ludeaniiiig bad habits. ' ' k J - ' Mrs. J. J. Jelley, Principal of Piano Department. Mrs. .Jelley was born in Ohio and educated in the Ohio Normal I ' niversity. She was married in the year 1880, her husband being the director of the Music Department of the above named institution. For three years alter marriage she studied the l)iano umler Mr. Frank R. Webb, who shortly after was called to Staunton, Va., taking charge of the department of Music in the Female Institute. During the same time she studied Harmony and Counterpart under her husband. At the expiration of the three years she was elected Piano Instructor and two years later was made principal of the Piano Department. From 1887 to 1888 she studied with Jliss Amy Fay, author of Music Study in Ccrmany, also the promulgator of the renowned Deppe Method in America. She also spent nearly a year in the College of Music at Cincinnati, Ohio, and later in 189.3 and 1894 two years were spent at Oberlin College. She studied with Mr. Wm. H. Sherwood, the renowned Virtuose and Concert pianist, durinir the summer vacation of 1902. t fliss Ethel Barnhill, Assistant Piano Instructor. Miss Barnhill was born in California, Missouri, being graduated from the High School in her native town. She entered Findley College Conservatory of Music, which was under the direction of Mr. Jelley, with Mrs. Jelley as Principal of the Piano Depart- ment, and she was graduated from the institution in 1894. The next two years she had charge of the Piano Department in the Clarksburg College, Missouri. At the ex- piration of these two years she resigned and began a course of study with Mr. Wm. H. Sherwood of Chicago. In the autmnn of 1898 she was elected Piano Instructor in a new college located at Huntington, Indiana, but was called home a month later by the death of her mother. In 1899, she came to the Seminary as Assistant Instructor with Mrs. Jelley. Miss Barnhill is very ambitious, and by her pure, im- selfish life has endeared herself to all our students. This last year she studied in Berlin, Germany, and for a short time in piano in Vienna, and will return in time to begin her work here again in September. Bessie L. Whiting. Miss Bessie Whiting received her pubUc school training antl early musical education in her native city. Northfiekl. .Minnesota. At the age of eight she began the study of piano in the Conservatory at Carleton College. In the fall of 1901 she entered the Sherwood Conservator} ' of Chicago, where she studied under the famous artists, Wm. H. Sherwood and Charles N. Lanphere. She has always given careful attention to the study of the violin, pipe organ and vocal art. In the fall of 1902. she took up her work as teacher in the Piano Department at the Seminarv. Alma S. Holtz, Mus.B. Miss Alma S. Holtz is tlie daughter of ! . Earle D. Holtz of the .M. E. Church, Whepliiig. She was graduated from a four years ' course iu Music at Mt. Uniou College with the degree of Bachelor of Music. Afterwards she studied umler Dr. Theodore Salmon who taught in Beaver College. There she received the aildii ional degree of Music Bachelor. Miss Holtz has also studied under Lyman F. Browne. Christian Thelein, and Miss Whissen, besides having pursueil a course in pi]X ' organ. She has taught several years in Wellsville. Ohio, and one year in Wheeling. Miss Holtz is an enthusia.stic worker, affable and obliging in her dealings with students. J. J Jelley, Director. Conservatory of Music. Mr. Jelley was Director of the Department nf Musie of the ( )hio Xormal I ' niver.- ity from October 1879 to 1889, resigning the position to accept the directorship of Findley College Conservatory of lliisic. where he remained until 1899. He then resigned to accept the directorship of the Conservatory of Music of the Seminary. The Professor says : — We aim to place the department upon a plane that will meet with approval everywhere. Our motto is ' Earnest and Conscientious work. ' He has a friendly and dignified attitude towards the students, with a high con- sideration for the religious and moral training of the student-life entrusted to his care. Mandolin and Guitar Club, Prof. Rice, Director. Violin. Firtit Mandolin. Ed. M. Comptox. Floy H. RDESTy. jes.sie l. gillmore. h. zel s. ndusky. Nellie Stuart. Second Mandolin. Winnie L. Tr. sk. Fred E. Hess. H.4TTIE Dix. Cleon ' Xeil. Mandolinette. W. L. M. soN. }[andola. Pitt Hughes. Guitars. Arthur K. Br. ke. Is. dore Stout. W. DE H. Post. Bessie Bond. Cl. ude M. Fittro. a: H D O Q Z O Q 2 X W. F. Rice was l)orn in Rock I ' lirt, .Missouri, where he spent his early Hfe. At the age of eleven he moved with his parents to that renowned college town, Oberlin, Ohio. During the last ten years Prof. Rice ha.s enjo3 ' ed the influences of this excellent school. From early childhood .Mr. Rice has been a passionate lover of the violin, and nearly the entire period of his liiuc while in C)berlin was spent in the Conservatory of Music. Since he has been a-ssociated with the Seminary, his depart- ment has gradually grown and is no longer an experiment, but is regarded as a substantial fact. He is popular with faculty and students. Seniors in Music. Edna Jenkins Elizabeth McCormick. Juniors in Music. Madge Chidister. V l Gladys Farnsworth. Pianoforte Recital, Qass 1903. Seminary Chapel. Miss Edna Jenkins. Miss Elizabeth McCormick. 1. Male Chorus. 2. Concerto I ) minor — Oj . 40 Mendelssohn. Andante Allegro. Miss McCormick. Accompanied by String Quartette and 2nd Piano. 3. Gondoleira Liszt. Ballade,— G minor. Op. 2.3 Chopin. Miss Jenkins. 4. Quartette. 5. Concerto C major — Op. 15 Beethoven First Movement. Miss Jenkins. Accom|3anied by String Quartette and 2nd Piano. 6. Polonaise. C minor Chopin. Caprice Espagnole Moszkowski. Miss McCormick. 7. Scherzo — Op. 32. Two Pianos Schnrwenka. Misses McCormick and Jenkins. The Department of Art, Helen G. Wetmore, Teacher. Maiide Stout, 1903. Mrs. Hammoxd. Nellie Rumble, 1904. Maggie Shaw, Leta Sxodgrass. Pearl McNeil, 1905. Ahdie McCrum. Miss Marie Arnold, Miss Nettie Ball, Mrs. Chas. Barlow, Miss Iva IX McCray, Mrs. Rider, Special. Miss Dauphinee, Mr. Fittro, Mlss Mamie Hyer. Mr. Burr Simpson, Miss Belle Stemple, Miss Helen Wood. Miss Julia Latham, Miss Alma Holtz, Mrs. J. J. Jelley, Mrs. Frank Trotter, Miss Bessie Whiting. The Department of Elocution, IvA I). McCrav, Teacher. J903. Marie ' ail. 1904. Florkxce Williams, Bessie Talisott Special. Arlice Bii-lingslea, v. G. Bender, Mr. Brown, Mr. Baker, Charles Barnktt, Bessie Cross, Mr. Em, J. R. Franklin, BovD Huff, Anna Koontz, E. B. Mo .iRE, G. L. ( ueen, Blanche Stonestreet, Mr. Trippett, Ethel Edgell, Bessie Gibson, Mr. Harrison, Or a King, Mattie Post. Dee Ross, AuDRA Thorne, O. G. Wilson, A. K. Brake, Herbert Blair, Bessie Dorsev, S. R. Fowler, J. V. Gibson, Goodie John.son, Ireta Lowe, S. R. PoE, H. R. Smith, F. !•:. Tallman, Zella William.s. The Sem First ' ' Foot Ball Team, ' 02. Lejt Guard, tlrnsox. Left Tackle. Hai.i,. Left End, Flixg. Left Half Back, iMearn, Manager, H. S. Hvrkr. Coaches, Peck and Kenxa. Center, Ash. Right Guaril. Williams. Right Tackle, Lewis axd Lym-ii. Right End, A. K. Brake. Quarter Back, O. C Post, Right Half Back C. W. Pd.sr. Full Back. Thompsox (Capt.) Sub. litut(n: Heav.xer, McCue, (!ii..M(ire, Marts. CO H o o The Foot Ball Record of ' 02, THE FALL of 1902 saw the organizati(jn of the first real foot ball team in the Seminary. Previous to this time many attempts had lieen made to be well represented upon the Gridiron and many ex- citing games were played ; Init we never had the services of an experienced player. This year Mr. Ed. Kenna, one of the greatest ]nmt and drop kickers in the United States, was engaged to coach the team. Through his training a strong and aggressive team was developed. Out first game was with Weston and ended in favor of the Seminary with a score of 34 to 0. Then Clarksliurg met its Waterloo by a score of 18 to 0. The third game was with the L ' niversity of W. Va. Our team at this time was badly crippled and the residt was a crushing defeat. This was the only game lost. Elkins and Mountlsville were the next to go down Ijefore the onslaughts of the Sem team, the former by a score of 60 to and the latter by 70 to 0. As none of the games had been arranged before the opening of the season it was difficult to secure a good schedule and many of the games arranged for after the opening were cancelled for different reasons. Consec[uently some disappointment was felt because more games were not played. But the crushing defeats administered to our opponents made up gloriously for that deficiency. Next year we expect to have a good schedule and a strong team. Already games have been arranged with some of the leading teams of the country. Athletic Directors. iW W ' ' f Si H r ' j ] Bk m - - F H « H H POE. Stathcrs CURRV. Ash. Flixg. Miss Albright. Base Ball. W. V. C. S., = = = = 7 riarietta College, = = 2 W. V. C. S., = = = = 9 Bethany College, = = 4 in -f. -S « S 3 s pq o w nj PQ 3 o 1903 Base Ball Kl ' LV this year may he said to be tlio first of college athletics in the Seminary. The svipporters of tlie orange and b ' ack in foot ball and basket ball hand the victorious pennant to the popular student — the base ball man. Xo Seminary team has entered the season with so favorable an outlook. James Lucas, the famous pitcher, has been coaching the boys for four weeks, and Manager Barnett has arranged games with the leading college teams in West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Captain Fling has a body of men whose science and skill cannot be questioned. At the time Murmur.moxtis goes to press, we have played two games and won two victories. The writer regrets that this article cannot be postponed for a few weeks or until the close of the season, for we know that more games mean more conquests. April 18th, we played Marietta College on our own grounds and defeated them b) ' the overwhelming score of 7 to 2. Our boys went into the game a little fearful of the far-famed college athletes, but soon they realized that the sinew of the Seminary could compare fa •orabl • with any college. The enthusiasm of that evening would have inspired the most dead-headed student that loes not favor and encourage athletics. April 23rd. our team and student body were disheartened and discouraged when the manager of the Bethany team in his stupendous Chapel speech told them, that they would have to get a few points on the game before they beat Bethany College; in the afternoon he was amply repaid for his courtesy when the Seminary team showed him that chapel speeches and wind woulil not play the game. Bethany ' s first pitcher was a boy that they had raised and had put on exhibition for the first time this season. When our bo. ' s fairly began to knock the ball out of the com- munity they changed pitchers, but alas! the. ' coukl not have made changes enough to keep clown our score if all had been pitchers. It was a case of out of the frying pan into the fire for both of the college giants struck out but four men while Hall of the Seminary struck out nineteen. Bethany left her scalp on the Seminary belt with a score of 9 to 4 and went back to the Banks of the Buffalo where she may stand until the next flood without meeting a greater sm ' pri.se than she met at the Seminary. Since these games two of the strongest teams in West N ' irginia have telegraphed Manager Barnett cancelling their games, thus making room on his slate for two National League games. Basket Ball Team, Henderson. Sandusky. Talikitt (Captain). Arnold. I)i)UGL.A.SS. Pettit. Basket Ball Team, Haws. Currv. BKTTiMiKR. Sutton. Baumgardner. Lynch. Chle. Ibublicatione. Murmurmontis ' Vol. I. Class 1904. May, 1903. 1 Cha.s. a. Jones Editor-in-Chief. 2 Annie May Hardman Assistant Editor-in-Chief. 3 A. F. McCuE Business Manager. Associate Editors. 4 J. ' ' . GiiisiiN Athletics. 5 Sherman Britton issocinte. ■6 Daisy Smith Associate. 7 Madge Chidister Music Department. 8 Anna Morrison Literature. 9 Herbert Blair Literature. 10 R. Haruld Sigler Photojp-aphy. Fl ' hnurmQ Editorial ' ' KRV intelligent man has an object in life; some goal which he wishes to attain. Every man makes a record which shall stand or perish according to its merit. Thus it is with schools and classes. Each class endeavors to accomplish something which has not been attemptcil by a previous cla.ss, no matter in what line the advance may be made. The members of the Pearsons Class of 1904 have endeavored to give our Alma Mater a record that fadeth not away ; a monument that shall endure when the past has been forgotten and the futm ' e eclipsei-1 by the setting sim. (Jur work is not of bronze, nor of steel. No marble shaft surmounts a granite pedestal. Such things crumble and are gone. (Jur monument is greater than that, and as we present this first edition of Murmurm(intis to our friends, we feel confident of its pleasant reception and of its preservation by thiw wiio know and love the Ivy on the Southern Wall. t)ur aim has not been to tell of things lumoticed and unknown. We have en- deavored to tell of the year as it has been, mingled with a glimpse of the past and a prophetic glance into the future. As the da ys have gone we have endeavored to gather the best of the doin ' s and to present them in the most interesting way. We hope not only to receive a welcome for this Murmurmoxtis, but that we have paved the way for future etlitions published by future classes. If, in the years to come, this book will recall to all of us the memory of the past, of the brightest and happiest period of our lives, the faces of friends we knew and lo ' ed, the jokes we enjoyed, the feasts in which we partook, the life we lived, our mission will not have been in vain, for we know that To live in the hearts we leave behind. Is not to die. )i lY - ' -v The Collegiate, THE FIELD for a tichodl magazine was for a long time unoccupied at the Seminary. There were attempts made at times to estabHsh a paper that would meet the demands of the rapidly growing institution, but they were only inaugurated and never fully matured. A monthly called the Seminary Herald was irregularly published through the school years 1892 to 1894. but after that time the enterprise seems to have been wholly abandoned. For the few years following the failure of this endeavor the school periodical fell apparently from the minds of the student body and no one seemed to be sufficiently concerned about this need of tl)e school until the latter part of the winter term of 1900, when a movement was initiated by students, W. H. Franklin and C. H. King, which resulted in volume 1, Number 1. of the Seminary Cell giate. The effort was a success and nothing since has occurretl to hinder its steady progress. The CfilUgiate is not a personal enterprise but one which comprehends the whole student bodv. Its interest is the interests of the school and whatever success it may attain lieloiigs to the school as well as the Board of Etlitors. Its object is to promote the welfare of the students, to secure and spread the reputation of our school, and to show to others in a slight degree the work that this institution is accomplishing in the lives of the young men and women of our state. To what degree it meets its design is a question that depends upon the amoimt fif effort exerted by the board and upon the enthusiasm with which the students accept and assist it. The management for this year has endeavored to make th CoHc ia e represent- ative and better than it has hitherto been, yet the board realizes that more could have been done by its having exerted more strenuous efforts and by its having been assisted by the student body more than it has been. Tiatever pleasure or good has been done, both for the school and students, is a source of satisfaction to the managing editors, and in whatever they have failed to make the paper reach the expectation of the students they very deejjly regret. They have tried to make the matter of such a varied character as to gratify the most exacting student. The literary, humorous, editorial, and newsy parts have been made prominent in pro- portion to the requirements of each in this school. The managing editors extend their thanks to the students and faculty for their co-ojieration and to the associate editors who have untiringly done their duty. The Collegiate board for the vear is as follows: Managing Editors, (Jeo. C. Kellar, ' 01, antl I. Emery Ash, ' 02; Chresto- mathean Society, H. S. Byrer, ' 03; Excelsior Society, Bessie Cross, ' 03; Alumni, T. W. Haught, A. B. Locals, Marie Vail, ' 03, and Charles Barnett, ' 03; Y. M. C. A., Claude E. Goodwin, ' 03; Y. W. C. A., Nellie Jane Albright, ' 03; Athletics, S. R. Foe. Barxktt. Mi.ss Crc; Miss Albright. Hyrkr. Kkllar. Managing lulitors, Ash. Goodwin. Miss Vail. Haught. Poe. The Collegiate Editors, T ' ' -|.; )jpe,j in the A spelling claFS (if Pino Ridge School for three winters and can read ' The Boy stood on the Burninf; Deck ' in medley or concert, or give it as a solo. That ' s good. said the registering official and he wrote, ' -.March, 1897, spring term of school, George Currant Kellar. Courses of stuily : (1) Beginners ' Latin. (2) Lockwood ' s Rhetoric. (3) Arithmetic. (4) Grammar. The officer then looked at the youth before him and wondered whether he should add snipe-hunting as a possible fifth study; but a look of earnest resolution there, showed to him that the lad meant business and he wrote it not. Such was the modest beginning of our Chief of Staff ' s career at the Seminary. Brevity forbids our chroni- cling nian - important details concerning him and his school life among us, but I cannot forbear to mention one thing more, namely — that Mr. Kellar is a powerful believer in the Jjadies ' Hall. I. Emery Ash, the subject of this sketch, first identified himself, with the student body of the Seminary in the fall of 1899. He entered the Classical course and in three years finished his work in that department, being graduated with the Class of 1902. At present he is taking post-graduate work and teaching in the Preparatory dei)artment of the Seminary. As a result of his interest and ability in Athletics the Football Team has chosen him manager for the coming year. On the Collegioti ' staff he ranks as one of the managing editors. He expects to enter the profession of teaching and with that end in view is making a special stud.v of the languages. Barta Mai-ie ' ail was born and reared in Uiplev, Jackson County, liut she intends to spend the remainder of her life in the Deaconess Home at McMechin. Marshall County. After completing the course of study as prescribed by the Rij ley High School, Marie entered the Seminary in the fall term of 1899, and will he graduated with the Class of 1903, being the first person to complete the course in Elocution. This course of study completely equips her for Missionary work, while the Deacon looks after his charge. As a student, she is energetic, never tiring, and persevering. As a con- stitutionalist she is punctual, always at her corner of duty, diligent and long- suffering. The future opens up very flatteringly for her. Prof. T. W. Hauglit wa.sljorii in TylerCovinty in the year 1871. His life was spent at home attending and teaching district schools, until the spring of ' 91 when he came to the Seminary. He remained in the Seminary until ' 93. when he entered the W, ' a. University, being graduated from therein 1896. From ' 96 to ' 99, he was a teacher in the Seminary; from ' 99 to ' 01 a student in Harvard University ; from ' 01 to ' 0.3 a teacher in the Seminary. The following is a ijuotation from an autobiography and speaks for itself: — I am about five feet nine inches tall, weight one hundred and fifty pounds, wear usually a rather serious ex])ression, Init am rarely sad. I am lacking in self-confidence, have never been a favorite with the ladies, am not married, but am quite hajjpy, Charles Barnett. commonly known as Shorty. was born some time in eighteen hundred. A fter sjiending a few years at his home in West Union. W. ' a.. he entered theSeminary in thefallof 1900. During his stay of three years here he has had many interesting experiences and a few serious accitlents. As a result of his fonilness for Athletics, he was chosen manager of the baseball team the spring of 1903. but his favorite occupation at the Seminary is pinching. He was graduated in the liteiar ' course in 1903. After completing his course here he expects to enter the ' . a. Uni- versity, where he will prejjare himself for tlie profession of law. It was back in the fall of 1899 when Father Time poured forth from his horn of Senunary bequests a package apparently trifling and labeled From Kingwood,W. ' a, Before the parcel was opened the preceptress had it taken to her office, where a pigmy girl was free to breathe the air of Dormitory life, and since that time, strange to say, that office has been her favorite resort and the preceptress her boon comi anion. No one dreamed of her being able to accomplish much, but through the benevolent spirit of Prof. .Jelley she was graduated in music in the spring of 1902. Being thus elated by her accomplishments she returned in t ' le fall of 1902, and enrolled herself as a Senior in the literary course. She goes out with the Class of 1903. Nellie Jane Albright is president of the Y. W. C. A. and editor of Y. W. C. A. notes for Collegitite. Claude E. Goodwin. ' 03, entereil tlie . ' . C. S. in the spring of ' 99 as a student of music and classics. Mr. Goodwin was elected president of the Freshman Class ' 01, and also of the Junior Class ' 02. He served as president of the Excelsior Society for a term and president of the Y. il. C. A. for one year. Goodwin is a member of the Athletic Association and almost a constant inmate of the Ladies ' Hall. Though a mere fioy he has hatl numerous antl -aried affairs, but he now confesses that Cupid ' s arrows sometimes lodge in the wrong jjlace. Bessie Cross of the Collegiate staff was enrolled as a Junior in the Seminary- at the beginning of the fall term 1900. She is an active member of the Excelsior Society and during this school year has represented that organization in the columns of the Colleyiatc. In the fall of 1900 and again in 1902 Miss Cross was chosen pres- ident of one of the King ' s Daughters circles. In the spring of 1901, she was elected president of the Y. W. C. A. for the school year, 1901-02, but she was unable to be in school that year and the vacancy was filled by the Vice-President. Miss Kittle Martin. Miss Cross again entered the Seminary in the fall of 1902, and was chosen secretary of the Class of 1903, of which class she is one of the representative members. Hugh S. Byrer, the subject of this sketch, was born in Phili|)iii. W. ' a. He entered the Seminary in the fall of 1900 and has attended every term since. Mr. Byrer has served in several important positions and has always done his work well. His committee work has been marked with push and energy. We dare say that no other student is more proficient in this kind of work than he. He is a loyal member of the Chrestomathean literary society and has served as president of the same. As man- ager of the first foot ball team this year, he revealed powers of organization and business ability. He is also a member of this year ' s graduating class. Mr. Byrer is preparing himself for the study of law, and we predict for him an Albright future. Solomon Randolph Poe was born in the past, but unlike the subjects of more obituaries is still living. Although he was born very yotmg, very early in life he con- ceived an ardent desire of becoming older, and so zealous has he been in the acquire- ment of age that he has found but little time for the various frivolous pastimes and pursuits of most youths. However, after spending some years of his life in his chosen work, he became convinced that age and wisdom should go together, and near the close of the last century he entered the Seminary. On account of his veneration for all things old. his school life has been chiefly employed in the study of the classics. During Mr. Poe ' s sta_v at the Seminary he has not been without his share of the honors which the students have in their power to bestow upon their members. He has served his literary society in almost every capacity from marshal to president, and also represented her on the special program in the spring of 1901. He was chosen a member of the Board of Athletic Directors for the present year. Last but not least he was made Athletic editor of the Seminary Collegiate of the school year of 1902-03. The Pringle Tree, The site f)f the Pringle Brothers ' Camp above is the spot of greatest historical interest in the Buckhannon ' alley. The Pringle Brothers, the earliest white settlers in this section, lived some months in the hollow trunk of a Sycamore. The one now standing is a later growth from the original tree. 9 literature. A Halloween Feast, HK SEMINARY girl believes in genuine Hallowpeii ocli ' l)rati(ins. ' ' ' Something very weird and ghostly has a pecidiar attraeticinffdrjher.TTShe enjoys any- thing so frightful that it makes her very blood eunlle and her hair stand on end. Yet she takes particular pride in sup])ressing any demonstra- tion of feeling, which would reach the ever-listening ears of the faculty. As the much-longed-for night approaches, the lady princijial ' s curiosity is roused to its highest pitch. On this particular Halloween, however, she failed to discern in the quiet demeanor of the girls any signs of appi-oaching disturbance. When betltinie came the girls cjuietly dispersed and went to their rooms as usual. After an hour the cat-like tread of the preceptress might have been heard as she went through the halls listening at every door to catch the faintest sound of moving within. Only the snores of the sleeping girls greeted her ears. Reassured by the prevailing still- ness she sought her own apartments and soon her heavy breathing told that she wa. asleep. The subject which had agitated her mind for several days, however, wa.s not absent from her even in sleep. In her dreams she sees the hallway dark and cjuiet. As the old clock on the stairs points to three, a door suddenly opens, two white-robed figures glide out and slip stealthily into every room as they pass through the hall. Soon girls are seen emerging from almost every door and the walls echo the sound of gentle footsteps and suppressed voices. The figures move slowly toward the stairway and ascend in a broken line as if trying to be as noiseless as possible. The scene now changes to the attic which is on the fifth floor. At the head of the stairs a door opens into a large store room which has a forlorn, deserted appearance. The room is filled with trunks, boxes and old br oken furniture on which the dust has been collecting undisturbed for several weeks. A dim light shining through a smoked lamp globe and reflected from the dingy walls helps to dispel the darkness and utter eheerlessness of the place. The door now opens and the girls come in, shivering with cold and drowsily rubbing their eyes. On counting the number present they find that some of the girls sleeping nearest the teachers have not been wakened. C)ne girl agrees to waken them even at the risk of being caught. She starts out on this dangerous mission to return presently with the startling announcement that the elocution teacher is quietly watching performances from her open door and that doubtless she will soon find her way to the scene of the feast. A rush is made for the door. Trunks are quietly brought and piled against it to the very top. The girls then repair to the other side of the room to plan the enter- tainment of their expected guest. They all agree to save her as much exertion as possible by immediately carrying her to her room and putting her to bed. As she fails to appear, preparations for the feast are now begun. An okl bed is placed in the midst of the company, the lamp set near it, the articles of food placed artisti- cally on it. The merry company- then gathers around, some sitting on pieces of broken furniture, others reclining in Oriental style. The delicious sandwiches, pickles, cakes and fruits are all served in ideal school-girl fashion, with plenty of real fun thrown in. As the preceptress sees these things in her dreams she argues with herself that there can be nothing so very wrong about such amusements; in fact it would be perfectly allowable if only she might enter as a girl to share it all. A,s the feast continues, the faint light of early dawn peeps through the windows. Soon the girls are seen stantling abovit in groups as if planning something. Now they all move noiselessly out of the room and tlown the stairs. The sweet melody of Home, Sweet Home now floats on the still air of dream- land. A smile spreads over the face of the sleeper as the music, at first so faint, grows more and more distinct, until she is wide awake to the fact that the girls have been having a real feast and have stopped on the way to their rooms to waken her with this beautiful music. The Temple of Feelosofee, HE school year of 1902-1903 will always be considered the greatest in the annals of the West Mrginia Conference Seminary. Future generations will admire and reverence the intellect and achieve- ments of the man who founded this templ e, far more than we respect the strength of Goliath and the Temple of Solomon. WTiile these coming races will consider the securing of the Endowment and the erection of the Music Hall as rapid strides towards the collegiate goal, yet they will reiterate the importance of another achievement, another triumph, another elevator to wisdom, as beyond human conception ! The cornerstone of that great edifice of moral and natm-ai science was laid on the morn of April the first in the year of our f ord nineteen hundred and two. Slow was the jirogress, for delicate was to be the finish. But at last it was completeil, and January the twenty-third will ever be remembered by philosophers as a day of universal jubilation. The time, we verily believe, will come when that day shall have become an international holiday. Yes, the spirits of Plato and ugly Socrates will visit earth and hover about the grave of the fountler, to do homage to his honored dust. For in the silent hours of the night, at a time when the curious are wrapped :ii slumber, at a time when the wary Doctor himself was sojourning in the land of Nod, the finishing touch was apjilied. the last ornament was added, the final painting was completed, the dedicatory service was performed of the Temple of Feelosofee. The edifice which we in our weakness attempt to describe, although it stands on the barn lot of the man who planned it, is a grand and imposing product of man ' s ingenuity. It is a curiosity, a phenomenon. Already vast multitudes of persons have visited the proud Doctor, to gaze upon the Eighth Wonder; to admire its elaborate decorations, the eloud-scra|)ingdome. and theijaintingof the Ass fleeing the wrath to come. We are reliably infornie l that Athena is chained within the sacred walls of this structure, and that .she freely imparts wisdom to all who can secure (the Doctor ' s) permission to commune with her. (iJne enters intellectually needy; he comes forth with his cup of wisihrni full to running over. We know this to be true, and we do not think it will lie ilciubted, for this unprecedented, this unearthly learning has not been manifestei,! in the founder alone. A certain Kelly, a citizen of our to«n. has been greatly benefited, and the Class of 190.3 seeks admission. .Many great discox ' erers and philosophers of the past have not received due recog- nition at the hands of their contemporaries but we hopefully trust and confidently believe that the greatness of the Temple of Feelosjfee in this enlightened and progressive age will not escape the notice and commendation not only of the .digni- taries in our fair land but also of the rulers of the world and universe ! Jiii iB ' Our Greatest Need, S VI-; stand cm the tlm ' .shdlil of the present century anil Icjuk liack at the unsurpassed achievements of the one just .gone, we are made to ex- cLaim from the depths of our Ijeings, What hath God wrought! AVeh may it Ije said of the hist century, that it was the greatest in scientific discoveries; greatest in inventions; greatest in educational progress; greatest in the betterment of moral.?, and greatest in everything that tends to lift mankind to a higher ])lane of living. The needs of the past century were many, and it was these that stimuUtted men to their achievements in the realms of invention and scientific discovery. How true it is that necessity is the mother of invention ! Notwithstanding the noble achie •ements, the steady ad ancement and the satisfying of many needs of the ]3ast centtiry, the present loonLs up l.iefore us with many necessities. One cou ld speak of -cry many wants that will present them- selves as we move on through the years, but none seem to be of more importance than our common needs. Those that meet us every day seem to have precedence over all others. Food and raiment are the first great wants of our nature. Very few of us know what it is to be hungry antl to be in want of raiment, and unless We lia%-c felt the pangs of hunger and shivered in the cold bla.sts of winter, we cannot know how necessary these things are. Education is considered one of our greatest needs. In fact, it stands among the greatest. It is this that makes a people more progressive, more jirosperous, and more intelligent. Education makes better lawyers, physicians. ministiTs, teachers, and better toilers everywhere. It is indispensable. We need it for our present training and our future usefulness. Education is the bulwark o f t)ur civic institutions. Edward Everett says, iMlucation is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army. Someone else has said that education is to unfold nature ; to strengthen good, and to conquer evil; to give self help; to make a man. Surely education is among om- great needs. Without it men would be coarse ami imrefined and the nation w iuld l ecome the prey of riot ami anarchy. Again, better social conditions in some sections of our land are a great necessity. There are people who have become so rooted and grounded in scjualor and crime, that they think nothing of better environments. They live very little better than the beast of the stall. Contentment is a virtue, but men ami women should feel pulsating in every vein the impulse to a life higher than that of the brute creation. One might go on to enumerate need after need that is indispensaljle to our peace and happiness, but there is one need, which is the ftuitlamental, the lied-rock, and we think, the greatest need of all and that one is — men. We do not mean by the term, men, those whose lives are given up to vice, debauch- erj- and crime; neither do we mean those who have no purpose in life, but we mean those whose hearts are in sympathy with the struggles of their fellows; those who are meeting the stern realities of life with fortitude; tliose whose lives are not given up to ignoble ease ; those who cannot be bent liy any scheme of injustice. Broad-minded men. pmv-hearted men. fearless men. true men. are our greatest need, for if we have men of this stamp in our nation all of these other wants will be provided for. How su]ierficial is the conception of some as to what makes a man! A clothing house, in advertising its goods, says that clothes make the man. Was there ever a statement so absurd? Shall we call him a man. though he weai-s the very best of clothes, whose soul hides foul thoughts, whose horn ' s are spent in planning the down- fall of his fellowmen, and whose life is given up to licentiousness? No! Never! It is not what a man possesses that makes him a man, but it is his worth. It is the quality of common sense, the sweep of thought, the purpose of life, and the size of soul that reveal the true man. To use the slightly altered words of another true manhoml consists in nobly thinking the highest thoughts that can be reached; in hating with ardent sold all liase. ignoble schemes ; in matching a steadfast will against the tempter ' s arts; in feeling the mighty thrill of kindling aspiration; in taking up the cross and following Christ unmurmuringly ; in feeding the hungry mouth and clothing the nakc l back, and in loving God with all the heart and soul and strength. Our nation, in its past history, has been -er - fortunate in always having men for the great problems that confronted it. Away back in the colonial days when the mother country heaped insult upon insult too grievous to be borne. Washington, the champion of freedom, came forth and by his sturdy manhood, which was always true to the principles of right, led Freedom ' s sons to a glorious victory. In the dark days of ' 61 to ' 65, it was the tender-hearted Lincoln, with his trust iir Prm-idence, who steered the old ship of state through the rocks and shoals that threatened our destruction. Wlien Cuba was struggling to he freed from the cruel Spanish yoke and the United States assumed the task of heljjing her, there was at the head of this nation one whose manhood was unimpeachable and whose conservatism and cool-headetlness has scarcely been equaled anywhere. ). .McKinley. whom all man- kind have learned to loxe. we admire thee! We knew thee, we believed thee, we trusted thee, we loved thee ! There will be great problems confronting the people of the [iresent centurx ' . and the neetl of true manhood is as necessary as ever before. The century needs men with the strenuousness of a Roosevelt, men who will go down into the hurly-l)urly of every- ■day life and lift their fellows to nobler purposes. There is need of true manhood in the homes of our land; for from the home come ihose who are to assume the responsibilities of church and state. If the) ' are to be of tile greatest possible good their training under the paternal roof must l)e of the best. He who has been blest with a family cannot give himself up to neglect nor stoop ti) low things and expect his children to be blessings to humanity. The word home suggests many plea-sant memories. In our imagination, we see landscapes suitable for the brush of any artist. We liciir the cheerful song of the birds, the lowing of cattle, and the merry laughter of our childhood ' s companions. We hear the loving words of parents as they sootli ■ ovu ' troubled brea.sts; we see father and mother bent with age sitting by the old fireside calmly, peacefully awaiting the end. The home that lacks true manhood will not bring such jjleasant thoughts to the mind, but thoughts of misery and wretchedness. The men who are to meet the responsi- bilities of state affairs, must com: from honi. s wliere the jjrincipljs of true man- hood are inculcated. There are jjroblems confronting the nation today which must be solved by men. We want men in our Senate chambers whose hearts a re in tmie with freedom ' s song; men who live in the hearts of the people, and men who are bound to no political machine. In these days of sharp contentions among the political parties, it is a grand thing to see a man who will at all times stand for the right. The nation wants men whose lives throb and ]iulsate with civic righteousness. The nation wants men — true men Who can neither l)e bought nor sold ; .Men wild scorn to violate trust Genuine gold. The nation wants men — ]5ure men Free from the taint of sin ; Men whose lives are clean witliout And pure within. In this age of combinations of capital and of labor organizations, there is a great need of leaders. The contention between capital and labor is assuming wonderful proportions and if there is not a check put upon it, the nation will be engulfed. The labor question is a cloud upon tlie sky of in r national progress and unless it is scattered it will break sooner or later with all the fmy of a tornado. It must be settled ! We must have men at the head of the trusts ! We must have men at the head of the labor organizations! Many claim that the remedy for all this is arbitration. They think that all laljor troubles, by this metliod, will be amicably settled. They see no more suffering; they see no more the gleam of the sword and bayonet guarding the public works. Others think tliat arbitration is not exactly the thing, for by this method the most petty differences will be submitted to a board of arbitration thus causing a great deal of annoyance. They say, better than arbitration (especially than enforced arbitration) is nnitual acciuaintaince, respect, confidence, and ease of approach. If these principles are rooted antl ground in the hearts of men, we believe the problem will be solved. In short the men on Ijotli sides need tlie truths as taught by .lesu Christ inculcated in their very beings. A great deal of evil exists today lieeaiise men lack moral courage and backbone. We want courageous men in our cities and nation to uproot the many evils that exist. We do not need more laws restricting the evils so much as we need men who will enforce the laws already on the statute books. Let the great light of truth lie Inu ' neil on the dark ])laces of our land, and crime, misery and debauchery of all kinils will .seek the dark caves of the earth. Let men of authority be stimulated with the idea of better government antl armed with the hn . and the gambling den, the house of prostitution, and the hell-born rum shop will seek localities more favo rable. Of all the evils the saloon is the most autlacious law-breaker of our laud. It rolis homes of their hajipiness. It steals brains. It is the greatest blot upon the fair name of our country, O for men whose lives are devoted to the iverthrow of this monster and all other evils connected with it! () for men in the halls of Con- gress who will pass such laws as will exterminate this octopus ! If this kind of men is forthcoming in the present century the jirolik ' ni will l)e soKed. Then will this monster with all the hiileousness of the bottomless pit and all kindred evils be dri -en liack from the front street ; back from the public highways ; out of the alleys; out of city and town ; out of A-illage and hamlet ; out of state and nation; back into hell whence they came. Then «ill peace and harmony pervade the home and nation. Then will our men be strong and full of noble purposes. Then will the nation join in an anthem that shall l)e set to the music of the sky. Then will the lirotherhood of man be recognized by the high and the low, the rich and the poor. God of our fathers, for this country we ask men who will be blessings to the home, helpers to the nation, and opposers to tlie evils that Ijring so much suffering to man- kind. Give us men with clean li -es antl pure souls; men who are ever striving to- ward the heights of noble manhood; men who cannot lie bought by paltrj- gold; men who are building not for self. 1)Ut for humanity ; not for time, but for eternity. The Ivy on the Southern Wall. The clinging vine f)n the sonthern wall Has reai-cd it.s tendrils -eak and small I ' p to a dizzy height ; With love and tenderness it clings T(i the siinilii ' e wall wliiise firmness brings, To tlie heljiless, strength and might. A tiny plant but yesterday, WTiose slender form would liend and swav At the flight of a passing bird; While with eager eye And low breathed sigh It looked at the majjle growing nigh And thought — would it ever gi-ow so high? But never a word of complaint was heard From the fragik- ])lant as the spring Ijreeze stirred The leaves of the proud young tree; Content to li -e and its blessings g ' ve To the world in sight or obscurity. The plant so small and the building tall Stood side by side where the warm rays fall, From the smi whose smile brings life to all In the early days of spring. The ivy viewed the imposing sight And dazed by its neighbor ' s awful might Shrank back with a tremulous look of fright, Like a sensitive, hmuan thing. As it shrank, a little hand touched the stone, ' Twas warm and kind, and the ivy, grown Too frail to stantl the storms alone. Clung with a tenderness all its own To its kindly new-found friend. New life luiw each verdant leaflet filled. Whose pulsing throb would not be stilled Nor rest, until the goal, it willed To surelj- reach, were gained. The Ivy on the Southern Wall (Continued). And as time passed on and the summer sjone Gave place to winter ' s glowing dawn, Sweet autumn ' s cooling shadows. The vine on the wall had grown so tall That the maple tree seemed very small From where the ivy looked o ' er all The surrounding woods and meadows. When winter cold in its icy fold Had wra|3i)cd all Nature young and old, A-nd the fierce, strong blasts as uncontrolled As a wreck tossed high on the ocean bold, Stormed and howled and beat. The vine clinig tight and viewed the sight (_)f a world all clothed in snow ' white. And decked in countless diamonds bright, Slumbering at its feet. Again its robe of richest green The ivy donned, and where was seen O ' er palace grand or more perfect screen, More lovely or more charming scene Than the tlancing, glancing, shimmering sheen Of the ivy tall on the southern wall. Then keen and true The colli winds blew From the north, and the ivy richer grew; Until in a mantle of every hue Of crimson and brown. It now looks down On the maple bare, whose empty store Is a pitiful sight. But with gay delight The ivy in radiant splenddr light Looks prciudl. - down, with haughty frown. Forgetting the day not far awa. - When with eager eye and low breathed sigh. It looked at the maple growing nigh And thought — would it ever grow so high? Mrs. E. L. WUliams Aaron Burr, HE worUl is inclined to go to extremes in placing its stamp of -alue on the ■- most conspicuous pul lic characters. It is true, there is a great middle class of prominent men. who are rated, after they are gone, at something near their real worth: but the people must have their hero, their demigod, their type of all perfection; the - nivist also have their monstrosity, their type of all villainy. From the same trait of human nature tliat tends to adore too nuich, springs the tendency to despise too much. The drama nuist have its hero and its villain: and if either fails of perfection in his role, the imagination supplies the deficiency. The American public makes idols of its great men, but has no mercy for its fallen heroes. Some of the greatest characters in history were not so great nor so perfect in real life as posterity has made them, and it is certain that some of the villains of history were not so knavish as they have been pictured. History in general, is true, because it [pictures human nature as it really was and is, but it is not always true in the particular; it overdraws some charactei-s at the expense of others. If an} ' American statesman has ever failed to receive the merited apjjlause of his generation, or has failed to receive the impartial judgment of posterity, that man is Aaron Burr; a man who fought bravely to secure the independence of the Colo- nies; a man who rose to the highest position at the bar and was offeretl a seat upon the bench; a man who aspired to the highest position in the gift of the American people and who filled the second [jlace with a tlignity and grace that have never been equalled; a man who contemplated a concjuest, and who was tried for high treason by members of the part}- which carried out exactly the program of conquest that he had outlined; a man who bore his downfall with patience and dignity, and whom neither political persecution nor poverty, nor the perfid}- of his friends could force to speak one word of recrimination or complaint. Aaron Burr, left in infanc} ' without father or mother, spent his bo}-hood days struggling for etlucation and culture, and became a man of extraortlinary worth. His brilliant talents, political skill, his tact in conversation and debate have rarely been equaled. With his wonderful abilities he conmianded the respect and admi- ration of his countrymen; but after a surprising success in more than one effort for high position, he fell like the great Napoleon, only to rise again. As a soldier and officer of the Revolution, Burr, without complaint or murmur, fought with such ljra -i ' ry and acquitted himself so heroicall} ' that he received the admiration and special favnr of General Washinjiti in. Hut liefcire flie i;li rinus end ' (if that fierce and l)l(i )dy struggle, Burr had met his hated and ileadly rival — Alex- aniler Hamilton. These men were then rivals in lo -e and war. and later rivals at the bar, and finally ri als for political advancement. While each of these brilliant men was impartiall - honest in his aims and beliefs, yet the means each used to- accomplish his motives constitute his life ' s mirror from which is reflected the true characteristics of his nature. The gratitude of this great nation is fitly due Mr. Hamilton because of hi.s great and substantial endeavors to make this a great and substantial government; but as he merits praise for his faithful labors, so he merits censure for the means used to attain his ends. We camiot, in estimating the character of an individual, leave out of consideration his conduct in the most important of all human relations: and if in that relation we find him to have been selfish, cruel, and deceitful, we shall feel justified in callin.s hini an inconsistent man. Hamilton ' s methods were always stealthy, like the step of a tiger ready to spring upon his prey. (Jn the other hand. Burr ' s attitude toward his most formidable rival was alwa ' s one of ceaseless forbearance. (He always Ijore Hamilton ' s political abuses with patience and dignity). Though Burr never consented to become a sacrifice, and atone for the idle gossip of a political opponent, yet he never de- nounced the injurious slanders meant to trailuce his fame and impeach his honor. At the beginning of the nineteenth century. Burr was one of the nation ' s most prominent and most distinguished statesmen. So wide-spread wa.s the recognition, of his worth, that his fellow citizens put him forward as a candidate for the presidency. The popular vote failing to make a choice between Burr and Jefferson, the matter was referred to the House of Representatives for decision. After balloting for thirty-six times that body declared Thomas .Jefferson elected by a majority of one vote. Undismayed by reverses and defeats. Burr successfully sought the nomination for- governor of New York State. If elected, he confidently expected to step from the gubernatorial to the presidential chair. Hamilton ' s jiowerful influence was exerted most vigorously and fiercely to prevent Burr ' s election. A change of but thirty- six hvmdred votes would have made Aaron Burr governor of New York and most likely the next president of the I ' nited States ! More than that number of votcre who had intended to support Mr. liurr were imdoul)tedl - influenced at the last moment b ' a false and libelous hand-bill which Mr. Hamilton caused to be circulated among the citizens of New York. Burr now saw his ho]jes ruined by his antagonist, and knowing .Mr. Hamilton ' s influence to be an insurmountable barrier to his success, he therefore challenged him to fight a duel. Un a beautiful ,July morning in 1804 the two long liitter rivals met on the fated field of Weehawken. Hamilton raised his pistol and fired. No human witness can ever prove whether he aimed at his antagonist or fired wildly into the air. One point is certain, he fired first. At the discharge of Burr ' s pistol Hamilton fell, mortally woundei I and soon died. Although Burr killed his foe according to- the rules of the code of lionor then in force, he has been called either assassin or murderer by authors of school books, thus instilling into young minds a prejudice which only research and study can effectively remove. All hopes of ever becoming President having been banished from his mind, Burr turne ' l his steps westward to seek the gratification of his aml itioii in a different field. In the meantime the United States had acquired possession of the vast and fertile Louisiana Territory. President Jefferson appointed General Wilkinson governor of the newly acquired domain, and Commander of the Armies on the South. The President knew this man. Wilkinson ' s instructions from the Cliief E. ecutive were to inflame Burr ' s aml)iti(in witli stories of wealth and jiower tn be gained in Texas and Mexico. Burr and Wilkinson met at a private dinner party, and the origin of what after- wards became known as the Great Conspiracy was at this festive board. The fervor and eloquence of Wilkinson ' s sjjeech over the ])ossibilities of the future raised Biu ' r ' s pride and ambition to a pitch of intense activity. Their plans were made and ]ireparations for the contemplated conquest were begun. Burr ' s was to be an open, but Wilkinson ' s a secret, work. Burr had frequent assurances from the most prominent statesmen that his enter- prise, though ]]{iUl, was noble. Jay, Jackson, and Clay promised assistance, and various other favorable circimistances rendered the undertaking apparently auspi- cious. The prol:ial: ilitV ' of war with Spain, the restlessness and disaffection of officers and soldiers in the armies of the West and South, who had become tired of a life of inactivity ' , gave genuine stimulation to a seemingly hopeful enterprise. These favorable considerations might well have flattered Burr that the fates were partial to his adventure. The plans were fully formulated, the preparations for the departure made. The President ' s proclamation against the movement causeil till ' warmest advocates of the plan to aban don their former designs, and to turn their attentions to scenes less dazzling, but more productive of enjoyment. Burr, however, had dreamed too long of the wealth and splendor of the halls of the Montezumas to resign their captivating pleasures for the tamer scenes of a government in which he was daily more unpopular, and which, he now conceived, viewed his actions with migrateful suspicions. For years he had cherished the hope of in ' csting himself witli the regal ]iiiwer of tliat ancient kingdom, antl transmitting its crown to his latest posterity. Coiifi- tlent of the aid of Wilkinson and the men under his command, he continued his exertions after e ' ery prospect of war with Spain had ceased. Burr was iletcnniuetl. Proclamations from President and governors could not deter him. But when he was informed that measures adopted by the government for his arrest were through t.lie advice of Wilkinson, who had proved treacherous loy exposing the scheme and magnifying its object, the courage which had characterized his actions com])letely abandoned him; then, and iKit till then, did he sink under the accunmlated difficul- ties which lieset his path. He was arrested, tried, and ac(|uittiMl. but his cnuntry refused to believe him 10 innocent. Though great men had seen nothing wrong in Burr ' s project. Ijut agreed to favor it, yet the people continued to regard him as a traitor, whom acci- dent alone had prevented from dismembering the I ' nion. That a man of sense and ability should entertain such a notion, relying for aid on associates whom he knew would countenance no treason, is a preposterous and insane supposition. Had Burr fulfilled his gigantic predictions, he would have led his followers, not only to the verge, but into the heart of the promised land. He woidd not have pointed out but Wfiuld have divided the spoil, . bove all he would have left, not only a great, but an enduring name. Mankind would then have esteemed him as an illustrious benefactor. We should not then be compelled to regard his character with mingled contempt and ailniiration, with mingled aversion and gratitude. Burr ' s last yeare were spent in miserii ' and distress; and had it not been for the intensity of his love to his revered daughter, Theotlosia, life to him would ha ' e lost its sweetness. To such a man adversity might cause worrimeut. ]iain, and suffering, but it coukl imjilant no thorns to rankle and inflame. Burr ' s life presents a checkered spectacle fif so nuich success and so much defeat. Once he was far in the -an, and again far in the rear of his generation, but success did not intoxicate, nor reverses dismay him. Loailed with debt, branded with dishonor, and sinking under the weight of years, sorrow and disease, is the picture of his life ' s melancholy, yet not inglorious close. Eleven years after the death of Aaron Burr, when the American armies hail victoriously entered the fallen capital of the Jlontezumas, Col. Dane, a prominent American officer, begged to be allowed to hoist the Stars and Stripes — the sign of capitulation. Permission was granted him. and as the flag reached the top of the pole, his feelings long kept in suspense over-mastered him, and he cried in a loud voice, In the name of Aaron Burr. His brother officei-s looked at him in astonishment, but he made no explanation. None was needeil. The Ten Commandments, 1. ThdU shalt have lui ntlKT presidents l)efiire me. 2. Thou shalt not make unto thee any donkey or any likeness Jof [anything that is in the Hall above nor in the Sem beneath, nor in the house of the president under the Sem. Thou shalt not Ixiw down to them nor serve them, for I, thy president, am a jealous man, visiting the sins of the boys upon the girls unto the third and fourth day of Connnencement week, of them that hate me, — and giving dates unto dozens of them that love me and keep my commandments. 3. Thou shalt not take the name of thy |)resident in vain, for the presiilent will not hokl him guiltless that taketh his name in -ain. 4. Remember the Faculty Rule to keep it wholly. Two nights shalt thou have boys but the other five are for study and in them thou shalt have no lioys, thou, nor thy room-mate, nor thy room-mate ' s friend, nor thy cousin, nor any friend that is visiting thee. For in nine years thy pre.sident became engaged and never stood on the front steps; therefore the president blesses the two days antl hallows them. 5. Honor thy Aunt Helen and th - l nole Tf)nuuy, that thy days may be long in the Seminary, which the West ' irginia Conference provides for thee. 6. Thou shalt not flirt. 7. Thou shalt not break wintlows. 8. Thou shalt not steal the bell. y. Thou shalt not tell tales out of school. 10. Thou shalt not covet thy room-mate ' s case. Thou shalt not covet thy room-mate ' s man, nor his room-mate, nor his cousin, nor his cousin ' s cousin, nor anything that is not thine own. J ' 4;9fl li A True Story, AM traveling upon a vast jilain. The last gleams of sunshine have just disappeared and the evening is fast fading into twilight. Everj-thing: about me seems wrapped in a halo of mystery ' ; the herbs and grasses at my feet assume strange appearances and strange actions; some wave as if agitated by a violent tempest, and yet there is no per- ceptible current of air; the earth seems to heave as the waves of the ocean, and yet there is no perceptible motion; the sky has a gloomy, blurred appearance; and ■- ' ■■■f -7,. i the air seems to be a kind of fog. yet it is transparent. I feel like a wanderer on an enilless journey. As twilight deepens into darkness a gleam of light appears. Hopeful of finding rest for my weaiy feet. I follow this light and disco -er that it comes through the slightly open door of a winclowless cabin. The light diffei-s from any I have ever seen. While I stand and peep through the open door, a low, rumbling noise within startles me. I draw back. Again I hear it, louder this time. Soon the door sl(jwly iipt ' iis and a hideous-looking nionstfr fixes his fiery eyes upon me. I stand terrifieiL Soon the monster Ijegins to apjjroach me. I start to flee. The monster pureues nie. I go round the eabin. once, twice, three times. The monster gains. I try to hasten my speed. The monster snatches at me. Still I hasten. The monster still gains. At last my efforts are exhausted and I fall. The monster seizes me with his cold Irony fingers. Those fiery eyes ; how can I escape them ! I am dragged into the house and a trap door in the floor is opened. There appeai-s a ladder down which I am forced to go. The monster stepping down on the ladder and fastening the trap tloor follows me. Down, ilown. do«n, we go. Seemingly there is no end to the descent. The ladder sways to and fro, as if it might break at any time and crash into tlie depths. At last we are down. Tlie monster seizes me by the arm and leads me to an iron gate, which he opens. We pass through. The nionster mysteriously secures a little lantern. B - the aid of s.-?: its dim light, I am able to get a very imperfect view of my captor as we proceed. ■Great horns protrutle from his head; his face is vicious and rigid, and in his hand he carries a great trident. Soon we come to another iron gate, which creaks IoulUv up(.}n its iron hinges as we pass through it. All is darkness except for the dim light of the little lantern. All is silence except for the noise of our heavy treading. A third gate at length is reached and passed. A change now begins. As we proceed, the darkness in the distance begins to give way to a red glare. Soon pale flames of fire are -isible. Low, mourn- ful soiuids are heard. As we draw near, I disco -er that the flames are coming from a great mox ' ing heajj, and that the sounds are unmistakably the groans of men mingled with the pitiful wails of women and children. I stand for a moment aniazcil. I soim discover that the heap is a moving maiss of hvmianity. Sniiu. howexer, I am urged on by the monster to a place ver} ' near, where there appear three great deep holes in the earth. Here the monster makes an explanation .to me. He tells me that I am on the .Main street of Hades, that he is Satan-in- chief, and that I am to be eternally punished in one of the three holes. He leaves me to take mj- choice while he goes to attend to other business for a short time. As he departs, I step up and look down into the first hole. In it are lions, tigers, wolves, bears, and other animals of all kinds. Some people, who have chosen this as their allotted punishment, are being torn limb from limb, and their bones are being tossed about the hole. Their life blood oozes from the jaws of these animals as these unfortunates are being crushed. A pitiful wail conies up from these sufferers. Thinking surely that I can find a better place than this, I go to the second hole. This is full of all kinds of serpents. They flash their eyes, and lap out their long red tongues as I peep down upon them. Here also are people. Some are being twisted in two. Some are being torn asunder, and then others are being squeezed until their eyes burst out, and the blood flows from their ears. A more pitiful wail from this hole greets me. I pass on hopefully to the last. Here fire and brim- stone provide an awful punishment for the unfortunate. Numbers are in the hole, with outstretched hands, crying piteously for water and leaping from side to side. I am horrified, disheartened. I turn from the holes in dismay. What can I do? I turn and view, as at first, the heaving, burning mass of humanity. Tojny disgust I see that if one poor unfortunate soul is so successful as to ' get out of the flames, he is at once tossed back into them by the little satans standing guard around the heap. Whenever a punished soul, in his effort for relief, struggles over the heaving mass, uttering cries of deepest agony, a hellish smile flits across the little devils faces. Oh ! such a place of horror. How can I endure it? I look for Satan-in-chief and not seeing him, resolve to flee for my life. I start for the iron gates. The glare of the flames fades and the mourning ceases to be audible as I withdraw. Soon I reach the first gate and pass through it. As I hasten for the next, I look back and see Satan in full pursuit, with his little lantern. I quicken my speed even in the darkness. At length, I pass the second gate and dash for the third. As I approach the last gate, Satan is so close to me that the light of his lantern shows my shadow on the gate. I dash open the loudly creaking gate and reach the foot of the ladder. I am up but a few feet when Satan begins to ascend aft ?r me. I clutch the rounds wildly in my ascent. I glance downward and see that Satan is gaining on me. I bound upward over the rounds. Still Satan gains on me. The ladder sways7earfully. My race seems all in vain. At length Satan is near enough to me that by the light of his lantern, I, looking np, joyfully behold the trap door. I summon all my strength and make one more desperate effort to escape. Soon I dash against the door but its rigid chain fails to break. Satan hastens wildly up the ladder towards me, I trj ' in vain again. Satan ' s cold fingers almost clutch my feet. What can I do? Oh ! the horror of his fiery eyes. (!)h ! the terrible punish- ment to which I am doomed. I surge, I heave against the door. Just as Satan touches my feet, I break the chain, burst open the door, and land in safety upon the floor above, to realize that I am in the middle of my own room and that my dream is at an end. ROOMS AT THE LADIES ' HALL. Though the whole world has deserted me, still the ' Murmunuontis ' soothes and comforts m ' sad and dejected spirit. Calendar, January. 1. Dad Jelley elected councilman ; makes a great swell. 2. Farewell ! 3. Miss Wetmore and Prof. Haught return from vacation. 4. Students ' meeting omitted. 5. Students return to Sem. Broyles studies the habits of the Athenians during holidays. Miss McCrey meets the Carr. Miss Dauphinee looks Earnest. Fittro goes Post ' s Bond at Weston. 6. School re-opens. Dr. Wier announces the raising of $100,000 for the Sem- inary. Fittro thinks Post intends to meet his girl. Fittro goes to Gaston, but gets left. Girl does not come. 7. Jones and Miss Hardman have conunittee meeting in hall. Doc Wier makes a tremendous big speech in chapel. States that there are 23 rowdies, 9 whistlers, 7 chalk throwers in school. Barnard, president of the preachers ' club, feels insulted for that body. 8. Daddy Mills gets new pair of shoes. Too Stout for Throckmorton to go walking, so he goes to the Hall. 9. Snow drifted so that some could not get to school. Dr. Wier announces that Sigler wants a room-mate, not a wife. 10. Dr. Wier produces a new skunk hide cap. iliss Rider takes Slathers ' place on chapel platform. Fittro begins to give lessons in skating. 11. A Reunion in chapel at 3 p. m. 12. Miss McCrey entertains elocution pupils. B ' aculty send their regrets. 13. Prof. Dauphiiiee discusses Women ' s Suffrage in Junior Rhetoricals while students freeze. 14. Fittro learns to skate stars ; judging by the scores on the ice. 15. Casteel antl Griffin arc called to the office. Trippet feels slighted and de- mands an apology. 16. Soap grease and corn-dodgers for breakfast at Hall. Daddy Asli tries to take Jelley ' s place and raise crowd to sing in chapel. 17. Maud thinks it is raining and borrows an umbrella from Earle, but an ex- planation from Hritton imveils the whole mystery. Prof. Deck gets his hair cut. Boys give Mclntyre a reception. Mac is overwhelmed with pleasure. 18. Prof. Jelley shows the advantages received from his office, in a new Prince Albert. 19. Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. reception at the Hall. Post and Bond. Wells and Wil- liams practice nursing on Prof. Deck ' s babies. 20. Miss Huff gives Gibson some money in German. It is thought to be intended to pay Mac ' s doctor bill. Recital in Seminary chapel. Reese encored for his singing, and Printer Barnes for his grimaces. 21. Trustees meet. They are expected to go to chapel, but do not go. Rev Tamblyn takes their place on platform, and seems pleased with the change. After his speech there was found on the bulletin board this notice : The Sem. is awaiting a new ]iair of breeches. 22. Deacon misses his library period. Marie wonders what is the matter. 23. Barnett and Miss Dauphinee discuss Bacon in class. Gibson and Jones circulate papers asking for money to buy an editorial office desk. 24. Year-book dedicated to Prexy Wier. Editor-in-chief Jones is presented with a desk and Senior Queen with a book-bag at a joint meeting of the societies in the chapel. 25. Temple of Felosofee is painted. Dr. Wier asks the police to guard his stable. 26. Miss Holtz hypnotizes Throckmorton. 27. Prof. Trotter would not allow Senior Queen to take his liook-ljag into chapel. 28. Hostler gets a new pair of gloves. Queen tells Dr. Wier his troubles. Britton called into office. 29. Miss McCrey commends Steele and Miss Stout. 30. Miss Dauphinee buys one-fifth of a pound of butter for us faculty ' to make some fudge. 31. Misses Dauphinee and Whiting entertain the faculty in Hall jjarlors at a birth- day party. Mr. Queen has motion brought before the Chresto Society to fine Poe, Fowler and Wilson. Queen squelched. Gibson tries to join Excelsior Society, but is cut out on account of his standing in school. February. 1. Day before C!round-hog rlay. 2. MURMURMONTIS. (Jround-hng day. McCue jiimped t ' nnii second floor in Temple of Music. Editor Kellar trots off the campus at 9:45 p. m. 3. Dr. Wier declares that the man who carries a gun where it isn ' t needed is not the man to send where it is needed. 4. Petition signed in chapel asking Legislature to establish a saloon in the Sem- inary. Miss Echia Jenkins, ' 02. wears her cape in German to hide Brake ' s ' ' hand-writing on the wall. 5. Hess makes a proposition to Dr. Wier to pay his tuition by giving the Dr. and me wife dancing lessons. Trotter leads a ground rush on the second floor. ■6. Solomon Randolph West Virginia Poe wanted at the ' phone. Traveling agent of W. V. U. Prof. Waitman T. Barbe made a pleasant call at chapel. Prof. Stathers ' first appearance at chapel after illness. 7. Miss Whiting stands on her head over the lost fiell. Hazel Sandusk, ' falls through a window on the second floor at the Dormitory. ■8. Students ' day all over the world. Thompson while buying ten cents ' worth of gaps at Clarksburg, misseil the train. 9. Boys return from Y. M. C. A. convention. Hostler and Maud fix up their troubles. 10. Downs takes his first lesson in library. 11. Prof. Trotter chases Stemple, (Jueen and Rogers into chajiel. Miss Stout sports new pair of shoes. 12. Miss Koontz very sick. P ' aints three times. Professor Kellar is seen bring- ing her around on the campus. 13. A. K. Brake forsakes his period in library. Edgel wonders. 14. Dr. Wier makes plea that the boys will not go after the girls so much ami em- barrass the preceptress and Tommy. 17. Shrader and Brake amuse the girls with a timing fork in Oerman class. 18. Baunigardner shakes hands with a skeleton in library. 20. Y. W. C. A. suspends devotional meeting for ten minutes to hear Dearien sing. 21. Preacher Club elects officei ' s for E.xcelsior Society. Chrestomatheau squabble. 24. Miss Trotter stops Latin for Jones and Sigler to transact some liusiness. 25. Dr. Wier gives a reception to the girls for standing on Hall porch the previous Monday. 26. Dr. Wier says: Of all things in school, I regard Prof. Haught ' s and iliss Wetmore ' s case the most detrimental to my administration. Exami- nations begin. 27. Queen gives a memory gem in Senior English exam. 28. Examinations end. . 5. 6. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. Williams goes to Flatwoods for his vacation. The lioone Yaki Company in town. The Preacher Club attend the free street ])erforiiiance but their code of morals will not allow them to go inside. Fowler goes to Weston with his tootsy-wootsy and causes a bread famine. Kellar is reprimanded for courting by an inmate of the as -lum. Enrollment for spring term begins. New students arrive. Campus begins to look green. Students report Not prepared in classes. New students filled with awe at Dr. ' s Chapel speech. Editors of Jlurmurmontis substitude work for church. Smith goes to Lorentz to meet Everheart ' s girl. FuUerton finishes his term examinations and enrolls for the spring term. Strothard starts a confiageration, which is speedily extinguished by Fire- Chief Trotter. Chief Trotter resigns position. Afraid fire will disturl) Latin recitations. (iibson receives his final warning from the faculty that his violations of the rules of the Ladies ' Hall will no longer be tolerated. Kellar feels slighted (?). Murmurmontis sent to ])ublisher . (ireat rejoicing among editors. Deacon Haugh jills the pulpit at the A. M. E. Church. Monday morning: Collegiate editors tender assistance to edit year-book. Mon- day evening; Fowler gets wonderfully tangled up in the back parlor. Vaught declares that the painting of the Temple of Felosofee deterior- ates from the ophthalmologistic jjictorial representation of the architect- uality. 18. Says Dcaricn: — Alas [fur tlinse wlm never sin;; Imt die with all their music in them. 19. Gibson accompanies the girls to see I,)r. Wier, but he ennies to a suclilen con- chision that he had Ijetter retire and take his reception later. 20. Parrish declares he is going to rise trouble, if ' Si-ss)- ' don ' t find some pickles. ' ' 21. Cicero is put to shame by Webb in Excelsior Hall. 22. Sunday. , ,rl ' !ll« lll ' ' ' ' ' ' K. 1 I ,, .,. ■ ■ Ai! ' r « V, ' Ui,a,-- ' 01 ' f JOHW f ' j ' ' M- ,j- ' iiiiso ' j; j ' ' ■ - ' ' Wanted, An Arch— ' 02. A diploma — Poe. A Vail — Goodwin. A case — Miss Whiting. Club boarders — McCuskey. A history — Freshman Class. Me stable Artist —Dr. ' ier. Forty male voices — Dad Jelley. A revised Geometry — Senior ( ueen. A .joke with a point — Murmurmoxtis. The person who stole the fudge — Trio. An office in the Senior class — Jake Wells. To be let alone in No. 7. — Tommy and Helen. A copy of JIvRMURMiixTis — Harnett and Horor. A pair of sunmier boots for e.xaminations — McCue. Sleeting of the Freshman class somewheri — Rogers. A seat among the faculty — Kellar. Shrader and Ash. To know if Dr. Wier nose his business — The girls. The Juniors who stackeil our room — (Mioihvin awd Wells. To know the nationality- of Jess Williams, some sa - he is a Pole. The man who wrote the parod.es on Senior Class yells — Senior.class. SENIORS IN COMMERCIAL COURSE. The Business Department, Senior Class. J 903. 1. EUL. H DUXXIXGTOX 2. ROLLIK M. RT.S, 3. C. E. Savre. 4. Eliz. beth Hyer. 5. Lena Mosby. 6. C. C. Dye. 7. D. H. Hamrick. S. G. L. QuEEx. 9. J. H. Hall. 10. A. ] ' . Hodges. 11. W. T. Law. 12. Afta-.sTA See. 13. ]5r(izkxa Wells. 14. J. F. McClay. 15. K. H. Casto. 16. I . T. ( UEEX. (J r (J U G o G G o D 5 i ' ? H S ; ! . 5 Buckhannon Churches, PRESBYTERIAN. Rev. Pollock. Pastor. INTERIOR UNITED BRETHREN. Rev. a. J. Spincsten, Pastor.  S7 «J« Ji ON THE SKATING POND. Mere are our advertisements. They are all from good people. Patronize those who help stu- dent enterprises. V Looli out for Jolies. I West Virginia | : Conference Seminary I t X Buckhannon, W. Va I + DULKrianiiuii, vv. va. ' X -f Preparatory Course -f ' Classical Course -f bcientihc C ourse 4- 1 Literary Course 1 ■ Normal Course ; ; -f iLngineering Course -f + School of Music -f School of Business 4- , I School ot Art | -f School of Elocution -f t ... 1 For Catalogues and intormation, address t PRESIDENT WIER | ; Buckhannon, W. Va. 4- ♦ HERE ' S TO YOUNG AMERICA THE PRIDE AND HOPE OF THE NATION The young people of today will soon be our country ' s citizens. In order to win success they must understand the rising problems of business life. Those who expect to make their way in the world are all seeking a practical education in order to avoid the dangers which may beset them, on their life ' s journey. It goes without saying that those who start out in the world depending upon luck or good fortune to bring them opportunities, will never succeed. The secret of success is to do in the best way what the world wants done. LISTEN TO WHAT EMINENT MEN SAY ABOUT BUSINESS TRAINING James A. Garfield : Business colleges furnish their graduates with a better education for practical purposes than Princeton, Harvard or Yale. Charles Reade : I advise parents to have their boys and girls taught shorthand and typewrtting. A shorthand writer who can type- write his notes is safer from poverty than a great Greek scholar. Andrew Carnegie ; A business education is the most profitable asset a young man can have. IT PAYS TO ATTEND THE BEST SCHOOL when you seek a business education, and a glance to the bottom of this page will show you what school to attend for the best results. Go to a school whose teachers understand business and teach business to their classes— teachers who are hustleri— a school that shows what it is by what it does, and has a good reputation in its community for honest, conscientious work ; one whose students are its best advertisements. Ask for catalogue and other information. Seminary School of Business BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA fVhen you Vefant Good .. Vhoio4; We ' ll insure a likeness and an artistic picture. We watch out for the posing of our subjects to the best advantage. We study the expression and character and make photographs that are like- nesses. When we make the frame for you the work is well done and the moulding a good quality. 2). Hm REfE 5 E, Vhotographer, BUCKHANNON. W. VA. The Buckhannon Marble and Granite Co. F. G. SMITH. Manager. CEMETERY SUPPLIES. IRON FENCES. SETTEES. ETC ALL KINDS OF MARBLE and GRANITE WORK. Write for prices ami designs before buying elsewhere. Price of the accompanying design. 818.00. Top slab 12 in. wide. 4 in. thick, 2 feet high. Base Marble, 16 in. wide, 8 in. square, with Marble foot stones. Lettered complete and deliv- ered anywhere on the railroad. Buckhannon, W. Vsl. The Buckhannon Banner t Thomas McCreery, Publisher -♦- t 4 Pn c, One DM.i, Ycir BUCKHANNON. V. l .-i. Published every Saturday morning of the year. Only Democratic paper in the County. Has stood the test of years. Has three cylinder and fine job presses. First class advertising medium. Job Printing Department— ' Bt at equipment in central West Virginia. Catalogues, Pam- phlets, Court Records. Booklets, etc., a specialty. Mail Orders receive prompt attention. ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦♦ We don ' t Prof. Haught: — Why does a glacier flow faster when it carries a load go faster when we carry a load, do we? Student: — We do when we are going down hill. IN CHEMISTRY CLASS; Senior Queen: — Prof., what is the formula for air? Prof: — What would you think? Senior Queen: — I don ' t think. — Prof: — It seems that wav. Prof. Dauphinee: — Mr. Wilson, what adjective would you give to describe Bacon ' s Essa) ' S? Wilson : — Earnest. Verily the Professor blusheth. Post Graduate: — Did you hear Miss McMillan play on the train? Junior: — No, but I have heard her play ' In the Baggage Coach Ahead. ' ■f I t C. G. BERGMAN f CO., JEIVELERS We have a great variety of Gold and Silver Watches, from the finest to the more -4 moderate price; are well made and hand engraved. We especially recommend The T Bergman Movements where accurate time is required. T BUCk ' HANyoN, W. VA. ■f GOODS FOR SALE AT A PROFIT I MANUFACTURE= SADDLES AND HARNESS - - AND DEAL IN - - = BUGGIES AND CARRIAGES I buy in large quantities. By so doing I get a discount, which enables me to sell to the consumer at very near wholesale prices and still make a profit. All goods guaranteed to give satisfaction. Call and see me at my place of business in BUCKHANNON, near bridge. Mail orders given prompt attention. Xv. XT. X J U iN VJ IF IT ' S SHOES, HATS, MEN ' S FURNISHINGS OR MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS TRT SMITH ' S SHOE STORE Everything strictly up-to-date. The ONLY Shoe store in Buckhannon. The LARGEST stock in central West Virginia. E. B. SMITH, PROPRIETOR. J. M. N. DOWNES Attorney-at-Law SSflTsf BUCKHANNON, W. VA. Opposite Court House H. E. YOUNG Merchant Tailor m BUCKHANNON, W. VA. JOHN H. FISHER Jeweler, Optician and Engraver A Full Line of Jewelry. Silverware and Cut tilass. Fine Diamonds in stock. Repairing neatly and promptly done. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. J. W. HARDESTY Leader in Fancy Groceriss, Dry Goods and Notions Fancy Candies ;i spi-rialry Eist Main St. BUCKHANNON. W. VA. THE PALAIS ROYAL Is the Most Up-to-Date Store in Bockhannon You can find everything in the line of MILLINERY AND DRESS GOODS W. B. CUTRIGHT Attorney-at-Law PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF THE STATE BUCKHANNON, W. VA. D. C. HUGHES Architect Blue Prints Made on Short Notice Agent for Cartwright Metal Roofing BUCKHANNON, W. VA. DR. L. H. LINDSAY Dental Surgeon W BUCKHANNON, W. VA. A. S. CABLISH MAIN STREET Restaurant e Bakery Confectioner E. B. ALKIRE, D. D. S. Dentist Office, Hooker Building BUCKHANNON, W. VA. AIN STREET HOTEL NATURAL GAS AND ELECTRIC LIGHT ' •IT ' S ALL RIGHT CALL BELL AND BATH ROOM New Valley Hotel BUCKHANNON, W. VA. MRS. C. W. SHOBE large sample PROPRIETRESS ROOMS CARDS! CARDS! CARDS Some write them plain, some write them flourished — we write them the way you want them. Any name, either plain, medium, flourished or shaded base, 15 cents per dozen. Work will please you. Doubt it ? Order and be convinced. Lessons in Penmanship by mail. Rates upon request. Address, BUCKHANNON. W. VA. TALBOT BROS. CS, CO., Buckhannon, W. Va. LEADING PHARMACISTS And Dealers in PATENT MEDICINKS and IiRlGiJISTS ' SUNDRIES, DRl ' GGISTS ' FANCY aiwl TUII.ET ARTICLES, HAIR, TOOTH AND PAINT BKU.SHES. Prescriptions filled by us contain only the purest ingredients and are compounded by skilled Pharmacists- PEOPLE ' S ' BANKING and TRUST CO. DEPOSITORY OF THE STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA Capital and Surplus. $125,000 CLA ' RKS ' BX ' RG, W. VA. JOHN KOBLEGARD, President HUGH JARVIS, Cashier INTEREST PAID ON ALL SAVINGS DEPOSITS I ' LL GO VOU ON THIS. Kellar: — (to Franklin, tryinij to talk Dutch) ■•. v. Xaw, Sprecken see duck? Gibson (at Y. M. and Y. W. C. . . reception): — Have you matched your card yet and got a partner? Miss Simpson: — No, yes. well. I 1, ' ot matched with Prof. Hau,2;ht Init he is a teacher and I ' m a little afraid of him so I just chawed mine up. Miss Hardestv: — Now. Mr. Rot;ers, if vou wish me to be your friend any longer you will have to refrain. Rogers: — I don ' t know what refrain means, but I am game. (Makes a dive for her). Cue: — Does a hvpnotist use the same power over a human being as a snake over a bird? Prof.: — (looking toward the Hall) — That is only true in some cases. Incorpoiuled Visiting Days: Tuesday and August, 1902 fridaiS, from 2 to 3 P, M. Xlp htir Coxiniy Hospital An Institution for rfte Treatment of Diseases and Injuries. Wltere Sicit and Afflicted can obtain Medical end Surgical Attention, Careful Nursing, Constant Watchfulness and Skilled, Professional Treatment. DR. J. LI COL PIT=£R. Surgeon. Supl. Special Attention to DR. O. B. BtER, Resident Physician Diseases of Ufomen BVCKhANNON, W. VA. Hausauer, Son Jones Printers and Bookmakers, buffalo, n. t. University Publications Issued Since 1902 Cornell Class Book ' 02 O ' lnell Ciiizrrsily Spectrum - (iettysburx College Cornell Class Book •03 Coyneil Cniversity Yackety-Yack - University of K. Carolina Michiganensian - t ' niversily of Michigan Kaleidoscope - - - Hampden-Siihwy College Bric-a-Brac - - - Princeton University Coyote - . University of S. Dakota Cactus - - l- ' niversity of Texas Rat-Tat - St.folin ' s MilitaryAcad ' y Iris ' 02 - - University of Buffato Karuz - Mercersburg Ac ademy Iris ' 03 - - t ' niversily of Bufalo Muse - St. Maiy ' s School L ' Agenda - - Bucknell University Corolla - University of Alalhtnia Sphinx - S. C. Military Institute Murmurmontis - ir. I ' a. Conference Sent. fl. A- TloLR, OriAiHMA] Six i«f:y Gravrs Koon, Bl-sin RtJTB Bentlkv Gio. W. Rkrr •lossfD I . Ki-rriiKDGE Cabcton M. Vail RiCUAHDBON WKOSTKR H. S. Kkkt, Ex-Opficio ESfi Masageb THE CORNELL UXIVERSITTl ' CLASS BOOK. cIjAss of- lOOlJ. ITHACA, INT. Y. June 14, 1902. Y. G . M. Hausauer Son, Buffalo, Gentlemen :- Replying to your enquiry as to how the 1902 Class Books have been received, we beg to state that they have been enthusiasti- cally praised by all who have seen them. The general quality of the work has been excellent and we wish to place ourselves on record as thoroughly endorsing your treatment of the work, and the business-like way in which you have handled it. Thanking you for the suggestions which have been made from time to time, and which have largely aided us in getting the book into shape, we are Yours very truly, The 1902 ' Class Book Committee. A Manager Bkn H. Powfll. Business Managek Associate Ehitors C. N. Campbell J. M. NnwsoMb Thomas Fletcher J. B. Benefield Miss Edith Clark Frank T. West, Eihtor-ix-Chief (Ilir Intlirrsity of (Jpxaa Annual Sam Neathery, Ass ' t MA!,AGEii Associate Editors — cont ' d. -Miss Laura Williamson Howard W. Key E. T. Moore, Jr. E. E. Witt W. T. Boyd Iliiliimr .JIX. G. M. Hausauer Son, Austin, Texas, June 17th, 1902. Buffalo, :i. Y. Gentlemen: - Enclosed please find New York Exchange for $128, which kindly place to my credit. 1 desire to say that your work has been very satisfactory, and the promptness with which you have handled it should be, and is, very highly commended. Not alone has -the book been satisfactory to the students but also to the faculty. Everything has been so tastily printed. There are no errors but on the contrary everything is carefully and well printed. I take great pleasure in reco.m.mending your house to others who desire college printing. Again thanking you for past favors, and hoping to hear from you again ere long, I am Yours very truly, :usi ::es s :anager . The above letters are taken from among many of the same character, the originals of which arc on file in our office. TM TRADERS NATIONAL BANK CLARKSBURG, W. VA. Oil ICERS T. Moore Jackson, Pifsideiit Dr. Fleming Howell, Vife-Presideiit L. S. HouxER, Casliier N ' isitors and friends treated politely and always welcomed. Interest paid on time deposits. We employ the best methods in all things for the highestcredit of this bank and lor the greatest safety to our customers. A. J. FLETCHER, Proprietor THE BEE HIVE STORE. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEAIER IN Dry GmJs and rXotiom, LiuoUui ' ii. Carpets. ' Ti ' igf. TERVS STRICTLY CASH. THE TWO BIG STORES. 209-215 Main Street CLARKSBURG. W. VA. T ic Fidelity Mutual hifc Ifisura?ice Co, ; __,, Of Philadelphia, Pa. INCORPORATED 1S7S. We want Teachers and Students in all parts of West Virginia to act as agents. Permanent or transient positions can be secured. Address. C. GRAHAM ' Milliliter li ' cil I ' irgiiiia and Iaryl,tnJ, MERCHASTS BANK ' BUILDISG BALTIMORE, MARYLAND C. P. STOUT, China, Glass and Oueensware Hotel Ware, Bisque and Terra Cotta Novelties. LONG DISTANCE BELL PHONE 180 311 West Pike Street 12 CLARKSBURG, W. VA. ]. I. ALEXANDER OLANDVS WEST Alexander, West Co. Office: Rooms 30 and 31 Lowndes Building, 3d Street REAL ESTATE „ ADVCDimr- X INSURANCE CITY PROPERTY anJ FARMS ULARKSBURG, W . V A. LIFE COAL and TIMBER LANDS CASUALTY OIL and GAS PROPERTIES FIRE Persons to take applications for a First Class Life Insurance Company wanted. Correspon- dence from students solicited. Pay your way tiirough College by a little effort; or, take an Insurance Policy and use it as Security to complete a College Course. DID YOU HEAR THIS? Prof. McCrey: — Mr. Queen, speak of Longfellow ' s travels. Senior Queen: — Well! he went to Europe, and also to Italy and Rome. Miss Morrison: — May I go to society with Mr. Williams? Miss Wetmore: — You are with Mr. Williams too much entirely. Miss Morrison: — Why we are only together three periods a day and then take a walk in the evening. Wells (in students ' meeting): — I read a story in the Ram ' s Horn and was struck by that— Dr. Weir: — Bv what, the storv or the ram ' s horn? Prof. McCrey: — Mr. Law, where did Foe start to write ' The Raven ' ? Mr. Law: — In his room. EVERY WAGE EARNER SHOULD MOULD AND SHAPE HIS AFFAIRS So he can deposit at least a small sum in the Savings Bank every Saturday night. IT IS AS IMPORTANT TO KNOW How to SA E money as it is to know how to make money, R. T. LOWNDES CO., SJflNGS BANK Open Saturdays until g p. m. CLARKSBURG, IV. I ' A. Campbell Singleton Real Estate and Insurance Agents Renting and Selling Real Estate BUCKHANNON UPSHUR CO U NTT, IV. VA. Insurance J Fire Business AN IDEAL LOCATION Property Climate, water, scenery, healthfulness, I churches of all denominations. Educa- Life tional Institutions unsurpassed. V Accident Residences A MODERN CITY Up-to-date Water Works, Fire Depart- Health r « ment. Paved Streets, Opera House Town Lots NATURAL RESOURCES Employers Public Gas, Coal. Timber, Building Stone, Glass Sand, Fire Clay. • Concurrent Coal, Timber, RAILROAD FACILITIES B. 0.. Wabash, W. Va. Coal Coke. Liability Charleston. Clendenning Sutton all Oil located and under construction.  THE BEST LOCATION in West Virginia for active Merchants, Best Policies Anywhere Manufacturers and professional men. at You Want and for retired business men and others who have children to rear and educate. Lowest Them Hunting, fishing, and opportunities for all kinds of sport. Cost Call and see us. Next door to Buckhannon Bank, upstairs, or write for information, which will be cheerfully given. CAMPBELL SINGLETON 1 • Doors B. DRUMMOND CO. V Buggies Windows Mantels Columns DEAI.ERS IN BUILDING SUPPLIES Wagons Mowers Rakes Roofing AND Drills Paints Builders ' Farming Implements Fertilizer Salt Hardware V Lime, Etc. BUCKHANNON W VA. WILLIAMS CRESSLER THE LEADING GROCERS High Grade Coffees. Teas, Spices, Flavoring Extracts California Cured and Evaporated Fruits Cherries, Peaches. Pears, Apricots Canned Vegetables Tomatoes, Corn, Beans, Peas, Pumpkin and Succotash Green Vegetables Cabbage, Beans, Peas, Tomatoes. Sweet Potatoes and all the early vegetables Fresh Fruits Oranges. Bananas. Grapes, Strawberries and all good things to eat Candies Fancy, bulk and box. Chocolates We do not claim to be the only Grocery Store, but one of the very best in our city. We are here to serve the people to the very best of our ability, and the quality of the goods ive gnamntee to give yati. f art 1071. A Full Line of Olives. Pitted Cherries, China. Preserved Ginger, Pickles and Relishes for Swell Berejttifins. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. J. FRANK LATHAM H THE UP-TO-DATE rocer ' « Queensware a Specialty 2nd Floor • I EVERYTHING IN A FIRST CLASS GROCERY YOU I I = - WILL FIND HERE ,, | gsgeesgfeg sse feg e« g« « i «i« i«c:c: ccsssegsfegge« essggssfe €cccc€€e i Please Remember Always That our first consideration is for our Prescription Department. We dispense only The Purest Drugs and Chemicals Our prices are reasonable for the service we render, and the quality of our goods and the skill with which they are compounded. Our stock of Toilet Articles, Druggists ' Sundries, etc., enables us to offer to the public prices that can be favorably compared with those of any drug store in the country. We are headquarters for Stationery and Students ' Supplies. Also agents for Huyler ' s Fine Chocolates and Bon Bens. Call and see us. G. O. YOUNG RELIABLE DRUGGIST ♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦♦♦♦♦■ rOU IF ILL FIND... X . all Times at T ■¥ -¥ -f ■¥ ■f ■f C. I. FARNSWORTH ' S The Largest and Best I ' arietx of Clothing, Ladies ' and Ocnts ' Fine Slioes, Jlats, Gents ' Fj rnisl ing Qoods, Ladies ' Qoalcs, Slcirts, Waists, Etc. X HIGH GRADE MERCHANDISE AT LOWEST POSSIBLE PRICES -M- -M M- -f- f-M  -  ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦ 4 444 . . „ l 4. I T. R. RIDGWAY | t X t HARDWARE t TINWARE I PAINTS X GUNS t FISHING TACKLE | ETC. t WILL E. MORRIS Lawyer Court Street CLARKSBURG, W. VA. POST BROTHERS Tonsorial Artists Neat Bath Rooms BUCKHANNON, W. VA. M. S. POST G. S. POST C C BOND physician and Surgeon Calls by Day or Night answered promptly... Office on MAIN ST. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. JACOB W. HEAVNER Real Estate and Exchange A gent OFFICE ON LEONARD STREET Buys and Sells all kinds of property. Call and see me before purchasing. Wm. Post, Pres. C. S. McWhorter, Cashier TRADERS NATIONAL BANK Solicits Your Business eapiul, $50,000 Surplus Profits, $} ,ooo BUCKHANNON, W. VA. YOUNG Zt McWHORTER JLTTORNEYS BUCKHANNON, W. VA. Practice in State, Supreme and Federal Courts TALBOT O ' BRIEN ttorneYS-at-Law Office Opposite Traders Bank BUCKHANNON, W. VA. L. B. CHIDISTER Dry Qoods, Notions Cadies ' and 6ents ' TurnlsMngs BUCKHANNON, W. VA. ALTON LUMBER COMPANY BUYERS AND WHOLESALERS OF Hemlock, Poplar, Export Oak And Other Hardwood Timber BUCKHANNON, W. VA. THOS. I. FARI4SW0RTH President A. I. BOREMAN Casfiier BlICKtlANNON mi eapiial,$45,ooo $urplus,$i ,$oo Every courtesy extended consistent with sound banking. Your business is solicited.- ' ' Use ihc... i uhi-Xobieffard Company ' s Cream of Wheat and ! est of J lt io (jhe JLeadinff Sprin( and Tl inter tlf ieat ours Weston, W. Va. Prof. Jelley: — (In Sight Reading), Mr. Reese, give us the scale. Mr. Reese fails and Wilson does likewise. Mr. Reese: — (whispering to Wilson), If at first you don ' t succeed, suck eggs. Prof. Jelley: — That ' s right. Mr. Reese, please repeat. Prof. Trotter: — (To Queen entering the Chapel), Mr. Queen, are you going to mill? Mr. Queen: — Eh! No, sir, I just — Prof. : — Keep that sack out of here then. J. Je. ytsper ' s or ySest yjar ains in Wall Paper, Carpets, Mattings, Window Shades, Rugs, Stationery, Dry Goods, Notions, 5 and 10c. Counters, Clothing, Tinware, Corsets, Carpets, V Dolls, Hosiery, Jewelry, Laces, Embroidery, Shoes, Shirts, Underwear, Umbrellas, Shirt Waists, Pants and Overalls, Trunks, Satchels, Patterns, Picture Frames, Hats, Caps. Tjhe jOargesi 2 ar e j o Senera v erc iandtse t ' n Muc c iannon DR. J. M. HOOK, O. D., Oph. B. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. M - HYGIENIC LENS will Cure Headache Complicated Cases Fitted where Others Fail Conservatory of Music - -- UNDER THE AUSPICES OF TH E Olest Uirginia Cottfcrcitce Scminarv Thorough, Practical and Efficient in all the Departments Send for Catalogue J. J. JELLEY, Director, BUCKHANNON, W. VA. West Virginia University The State University is the head of the school system of West Virginia and offers instruction free to all residents of the State It has a Faculry of nearly seventy members, trained in the leading colleges and universities of the world. It has students from every county in West Virginia, nearly a hundred from Pennsylvania, many from other States, and from various foreign countries. It hasten buildings besides those on the Experiment Farm (not couniing the dormitories, boarding halls and chapterhouses). It has thoroughly modern laboratories, libraries and shops. Its spirit is strongly Christian, but not denominational Its instructors are Christian men and women and strong Christian Associations are maintained among the student body. The number of State cadets was increased by the last Legislature from 144 to 225. If you are interested in a regular college course of the highest standard, or in any branch of Engineering, or the Law, or Agriculture, or Horticulture, or Medicine, or the Fine Arts or Music, or a Military Training, or a Commercial Course, the State offers its services to you through West Virginia University. The Summer School For 1903 will begin June 22 and continue until August 1. Tuition will be free to West Virginians: a small fee will be charged to others. Many regular college courses, special courses for teachers, model and training courses, courses of lectures by men of national reputation, will make the summer school very attractive and valuable For catalogue and other information as to the University or its Summer School, write to D. B. PURINTON, Ph.D., LL.D., President, MORGANTOWN, W. VA. DR. L. H, FORMAN Office Main Street Buckhannon W. Va. F. P. SEXTON ' S fire and Hccident Insurance Office Opposite the Court House 12 Companies represented, whose eonibined assets amount to more than $rti;i,0lX).0O0 00. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. LAFAYETTE C. CRILE Attori eY-at-Law a: CLARKSBURG, W. VA. J. T. SWAGER Fii e Confectioncrv Fancy Creams and Ices 238 NORTH PIKE STREET CLARKSBURG, W. VA. THE RrHL-KOBLEGARD CO. Importers and Jobbers Dry Goods and notions J.LINCOLN PIPER, M.D. Surgeon BUCKHANNON, W. VA. ESTABLISHED 1992 STEPHEN LANE FOLGER 180 Broadway, New York matches. Diamonds, 3cweirv £lub and College Pins anp Rings 6old and Silver medals W. H. ROBERTS DEALER IN GROCERIES CONFECTIONS STATIONERY COLLEGE AVENUE BUCKHANNON, W. VA. CLARKSBURG W. VA. C. C. HIGGINBOTflflM Attorney-at-law BUCKHANNON - W. VA. F. C. PIFER Attorney-at-Law Office, Pifer i ig. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. ENTERPRISE CLOTHING STORE Is the Leading Store for your.. Clotbing Shoes, f)m gents ' Turnishitifl Goods Gvcrything Up-to-Date at a reasonable price S. M. LEVINSTEIN BUCKHANNON, W. VA. Our Mr. E. F. WHITBSCARVER Is the only practicing Licensed Embalmer in the County. Will answer all calls, day or night. He makes this subject a specialty. It it is good and UP-TO-DATE FURNITURE you want, we have it cheap. If it is CHEAP FURNITURE you want we can get it. CARPETS made to order and put on the floor for less than you can get out of the roll elsewhere. We also deal in WINDOW SHADES, OIL CLOTH and LINOLEUM. B. F. WHITESCARVER, Manager Always see us before liuyin r. WHITESCARVER FURNITURE GO. BUCKHANNON, W. VA. HALL HARDWARE COMPANY Complete Stock of Stoves, Ranges, Full Li ie of Hardivare, Paifits Especiaily Zv Z I?m BUCKHANNON. W. VA. A Fi; V ■VARXS. •■ Pruf. Trotter: — (To Dick Poe who has forgotten his necktie), Mr. Poe, if you were a professor in my position and a student who manifestly did not have personal respect for himself or respect enough for the ladies in his class to wear a necktie, should appear before vou for recitation, what would you do.- Mr. Poe: — Well, Professor, it is a pretty hard question to answer, but I believe after due consideration and thought I would come to the well grounded conclusion that it was none of m - business and let the student alone. Prof, collapses. Tommy : — (In Phvsics Class), Mr. Bender, what is our lesson about today? ' Mr. Bender: — (looking bright), . bout eleven pages. Professor, I think. New Student: — Who is that fellow with the light overcoat ? Old Student: — That is Jones, Editor-in-Chief of the Annual. New Student: — He seems to have more business than an umbrella ti. er.- A. a. KIDDY Undertaker and Furniture Dealer BUCKHANNON. W. VA. HEADQUARTERS FOR ALL KINDS OF FURNITURE, MATTINGS, CARVETS, RUGS, WINDOW SHADES AND CURTAIN POLES, A Fine Line of I OCKERS, CHAMBER SUITS, IRON BEDS. SPRINGS AND MATTING. PORTER ARNOLD. President W W. COUGH GEORGE WOOFTER, Vice-President General Manager WESTON STEAM LAUNDRY AND DYE WORKS We Guarantee these Specialties Laundry on Upper Part of Best Work MAIN STREET Quickest Delivery Phone 121 Lowest Prices HERE. Wells: — (In Y. M. C. A. Procession at Clarksburg), Hello, old Boy, I haven ' t time to talk to )oii now — Friend : — Xo, neither have I. I want to go in here and get a drink. ' ells faints. Left Guard: — ' Williams, didn ' t vou have that sweater made extra length? Right Guard: — ' Ves, I get everything large except my shoes. They are only tens! Poe: — My girl is as fair as the Queen of Hearts ICellar: — Mine is as fair as the .- ce of Spades. ' Prof. Deck: — Mister Baker; principal part of schieben? Baker: — Schieben, Lamb, gebucken. Prof, (astounded).— Eh: Indeed! MRS, M, E, VURKIN ... ' Dealer in... Millinery and Notions KANAWHA STREET Mrs. Durkin has had ten years ' experience in the Mdlinery Business and is a skilled trimmer. Handles nothing but up to dite giods, and correctness of styles is guaranteed. Give her a call. For Up-to-T ate Pkotogrdphs ...Goto T. D. rO ' RMAJV ' S CORNER OF FLORIDA AND LATHAM STS. Finishing for Amateurs a Specialty, Work neatly and promptly done. •BUCKHANNON, W. VA. Thompson Music Co. Clarksburg, W. Va. SEE OUR LINE OF HIGH GRADE INSTRUMENTS Pianos KRANICH BACH KROEGER STORRY CLARK H. M. CABLE WEISER With Orchestra Attachments Organs ESTEY WEAVER CHICAGO COTTAGE THOMPSON STEVENS Piano Stvle Piano Players Foot Power and Electric. All Kinds of Sewing Machines, Needles, Oils, Sheet Music and Books. JEROME W. STUART Real €$tate AND Tire Insurance BUCKHANNON BANK BUILDING Buckhannon, W. Va. Prof. Haught (in Chemistry Class) — ■■ Wliat effect docs piitassium Per- ni(iiiganal)c have vipon water? Junior — Colors it red. 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