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

Text from Pages 1 - 236 of the 1910 volume:

THE CHAMPLIN PRESS COLUMBUS, OHIO MURMURMONTIS 1910 VOLUME VI. PUBLISHED BY THE COLLEGE CLASSES OF WEST VIRGINL- WESLEYAN COLLI ' .GE, June, 1910. ®0 i atx, A. 31. Uilktnsou. liljo liaa Bljniim l tntarlf lo be a itmxh of Eiuralion. a frieni) nf tl)f tjniitl] nf WsBt TJirgiuia, atiii an rantfst Bupportpr Df tl|nBp tljinga far lulitrli fflrBlrjiau QlnUrgr atanJiB, uie rrBprrtfully iriitratr lljis nolutnr. A. J. WILKINSON. In till- I ' arly days it was tlic liiippv lliduj ht ul ' sunn ' rclitor of till- MUKJIURJMOXTIS to acilicatf tlic- volumr to an cminout son of West Virsrinia. It may liave been in liis riund that liiograjihy affords truest ins[iii ' ati(m for tlie making of useful lives; or he may simply have aeeepted the opportunity to honor his book by dedieatinj ' it to some loved and worthy friend. The lu-esent Board of K litors is pleased to euutinue thi- riistom and diniMy ha])py in being alile to dedieate it to so useful a servant of the eommonwealth as A. J. Wilkinson. There is probalily no mie. not even tln ' itinerating minister or the politieian. who is l)etter known througli- out the state than he is. His temperament makes him soeiable. his vocation leads him to meet thousands of per- sons yearly, he himscdf — what he is — eauses them to like him iiumi ' iisely. ' i ' licrel ' i irc he has friends fi-niii I ' .I iidirld 1(1 Wi ' llslinri; ' . from Harper ' s Kerry to Kenova. . nd wi- hipid that if a bh ' ssiui; ' bchiniis to him wlm n ' plaees the singh ' blade of grass witli two. nuieh more is it due to -Mr. AVilhinson who has effectively preaidn ' d tin ' L ' dod lextdiooks foi ' sixteen yi ' ai ' s in evei ' v liamlet ami county of the state. This self-made son of the Littli ' . binntain State was born and reared in Harrison County, Imt at the age of ten years supported him.self by doing the work of an errand boy at a hotel. Later hr Avorked on a farm, soon b-aving to become the fireman of a saw-mill at a salary (d ' seven dollai-s a month. A passion for I ' dni ' idion led liini to boolis. teaehers ami tearhiug; ami when a youiiL ' man lie si-i-ured a sdioul nl ' bis own. So sn ssI ' mII ' did he teach that in foni ' years be beeanie jirinidpal of the rirafton Tligli School and in another four years was pi ' o- moted to the Sujieriidencb ' nt of Si-liools for that dty. In this cai)acit,v he served for a (luadrennium. resigning bis position in 1894 to become the State Representative of the American Book Company, the service in which be is still (ddefly engaged. Thi ' horizons of bis educational interests have al x ays been wide. From 1801 to 18iiii he was a member of, and Secretary to the State lioard of Examiners, He was President of the State Educational Association for a year and for eighteen years served the Association as Secre- tary, But much of his service to the cause of ednea+ion lias not been known to the public ; here and there through- out the state are men and women whom he has (|iiietly helped financially to attend some school or college, and other links in this fine chain are being added by youths who ai-e now i n School bccanse the man from Grafton helps mc. .Mr. Vill inson Avas last . ' o cmlicr ideclcd (ii-arjil Si ' cii ' tary of the (irand Tjodge, Indepcinlcnt Oi-der of Odd Fidbiws. i { West A ' irginia, and is now inidcr ap|)ointnn ' id as ()i-aud Keprcsentative to the Sovereign Grand Ijodse of America which is to mei-t in September at Atlanta, Georgia. He is also a member of the Free .Masons, (d ' the Knights of Pythias and of the Order of Elks. His service as an official no ' mbci- (d ' the .Vndrews Abdhodist Episcopal Church in Grafton and his work for the civic betternu ' nt id ' that eit,v have made him es|)eciall.v esteemed and hon- ori ' d l)y those who know him best, Tlic career of ] lr. Wilkinson repeats again the story of Amciican jilnck and pcrse -eranci . Tn the face of un- toward circumstances be lias folbnved the gleam, keeping inlcgi-ity, ( ' liristian I ' aitli ami bnc for hnman kind, until a great cmiimonwcalt li pmndly names him as a well-loved soli. WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN COLLEGE FOUNDED 18V0 West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. PRESIDENTS : B. VV. HUTCHISON, A. M., D D. S. L. B0VP:RS, D. D. JOHN WIER, A. M., D. D. CAKL G. DONEY, A. M., Ph. D. COLORS: Orange and Black. YELLS. W-E-S-L-E-Y-A-N Cliee hee, chee liee, chee ha, lia. ha, Wesleyan, Weslevan, Rah, Rah. Rah, U-Rah, Rah, Boom-a-lacka. Chick-a-lacka, sis, boom, ball, ' S ' Boo ' . Bah, West Virginia Wesleyan, Rah, Rah, Rah. Wesleyan! Editorial Board 1IKI;1!K1;T I.. smith, ll Editor-in-Chiei: ROBERT CLARK, ' Vi Business Managei ASSOCIATE EDITORS. PAUL M. SMITH, ' 12. A.ss ' t E(litor-iri-( ' liirr mii,1 Atlih ' tif.s DEXVEK ( ' . I ' M ' KKN ' S, 1(1 s.s ' t Business Manager : IL N1E JANE MERRELLS, ' lo Kl.icutiou ' ' I ' li t ?:i ' iipli.v GRACE TAMBLYN, ' 13 Music MAYN.MIJ) DOW.XKS. 11 LiteraUm. 0. PHYLLIS PERRhN, 12 Art ($aali iritnh for raurn ' a aakr fnrbrar Co uroni tlic mnrk atlcmptpii lirrr. BlfBt br the atuiicnt uiIjb llpaH ' t mnrU Atib rural br Ijf ttjat atarta tu knorU. jQvyT y Rpv. Carl Grcgt; Oniicy. A. . [.. I ' ll. I) I ' l ' csidcnt (if til. ' Ciillci. ' . ' . Kx-Olli.-i ■ liiliri A. l ' .;ii-llfs Wrstoii. V. V .1. S. Witlu ' i ' s I ' .uckhiiniKiii. W. V Hcv. S. K. Arhutlinat. D.D Whccliu ' . W. V licv. . I. F. ( ' impt(iii. D.I) Pai-kiM-sbury. W. V I{( ' V. E. i). Ihmiiiili. A. Jl Rnwlesbm-g. W. V liisliiip W. F. An(lcis(]ii, Aj. I) Chattanooga, Ti ' iiii Key. R. 15. Ward. I). D Pai-kcrsliurs;-. W. Va Hon. (Jcorgp C. Stui ' Kis.s MorKantown. W. ' a Hon. Sannicl V. Vo,„ls I ' liilippi. W. Va II. .ri. Ilaiv.-y W. llai-iiicr riarkshurt;-. V. Va. li. ' V. C. I!, (iraliaiii. 1). 1) Wlicclini;-, V. Va. licv. Ij. W. Rohcits. I). I) (irafton, W. Va. ( ' . D. Ilowaid Cowcn. W. Va. Col. Sidney W. Ilaniin- Clai ' kslnii-f:C. W. Va. Ri ' v. S. P. Cruiiimit. 1). D Parkersburg. W. Va. A. -M. I ' oniulstone Buckhannou, V. Va. J. C. Rardall Moiindsvillc W. Va. C. r. ArrlilNild Park.Tsburs;-, W. Va. . F. Clark Sistcvsvillc V. Va. Rrv. G. D. Smith Fairmont, W. Va. 10 Rev. Archibald iluciri ' , L). ]) .Maimingtuu, V. ' a. Rev. D. L. Ash, D. D Ni-w ilaitinsvinc W. Va. Hon. U. G. Young ' P.ui-khaniKni, V. Va. V. W. IhlgllCS Wrirll. V. Va. K. A. lii ' gvr. U. D liu. ' khaiiihi.i, W. Va. IIou. II. 0. . Ii.AVhortcr Cliarh-stcjn, V. Va. lion. Gi ' orgc W. Atkinson. LL. 1) Washiiitrton, D. C. 1 . J. I!cn-v Hon. C. V. Lynch (Jlark.sburg, V. Va. lion. R. K. Tliri ' Nhi-r Maxwclton. V. Va. Ki ' v. J. E. Rin), 1). 1) (•hivksl)ni-g, V. Va. l!islio|i .lolm .M. Waldfn. D. I).. LL. I) Cincinnati. (). . iiili ' i ' W ' I ' lioiuas Charleston, V. Va. WillM-r K. Ston. ' Wheeling, V. Va. Ilairv II. Byrer I ' liilipiii. W. ' a. Sutton, W. ' a. College Calendar, 1909 and 1910 September. 1.1. Kirsf Term licfrins. !8. F(inii:il ci|M iiint;. All the I ' ity [lasturs ii|i|icar ami iinitc new students to Sunday Selnjul. October. 2. ' ). (Ireal exeile ril ailHiMj;- the yil-is (IMT I ' l-iil ' essoi- ' riillllliel-. Dues liiil last. 2S. .MiiniMinuontis slalT met and (iryanized. Xcit the last mei ' tin;.;. ■J. ' i. Thanksirix ine-. Knntliall .Men r.ani|Uef, at t)ie Isew Ailinetiin. December. IS. E.xaminatiiins l)e j;iu. Shakespean ' an students ■■ser ' v their ecniraye tn llie stiekint; |)iiint — hut fail. 22. First ' I ' ei ni ends. Hume lor ( ' liristmas. January. November. 2. Day aftei- New Years. . i. See(nnl Term begins. 1. Fir.st Lecture. (Jdvernor Kolk gi ' i ' i ' ts the largest 11. Note passinir in eliapel pusitively lurliidderi. , ew mindier ul ' iir ■eases yet soen. 17. Trip to .Mereautown. It snowed. stu lents mueli imjiressed. 2i;. Dav (it I ' raver for (. ' olleges. 12 February. 1. Athletic mectins; in diapi ' I. Lasts till 1 :: 0. ■i. New Music teaclirr ai-ri es. 21. Linclsey does not eomc 23. Try out for Interi-olle iate Debate. 2(i. Cartoonist appears, ilm-li trepidation among Faculty members and eelebrities. 27-28. Specials. March. 1. ). Triangular Debate. Wesleyan wins, and Jlr. Keller stays up all nialit ringing the bell. 2 ' i. Second Term ends. 21). Easter vacation cuds. 30. Third Term bi ' gins. Professor ililljurn iipp.Mis minus his whiskers, and is talo ' U for a iic« stud ' nt. April. 1. Faculty ]ilny day. .Ml jnkes ronntcnani ' ( d. Dr. Doncy and i ' mressdi- llaiight inlcr ic ■lew students. 2. Advertising becoiiu-s pupular. so pnpiihn- llial soiii ■ even advertise the siii ' eliead. 4. Campus very, very green. 7. ] rurmurmontis goes to press. 13 THE- HAPPY FACULTY 11 CARL GREGG DONhY, A. M., Ll. B., Ph. D. President of the College. THOMAS iiArciiT. A. i;.. West ' irj;ii)ia ( ' iiiifi ' i ' ciiei ' Sciniiuiry. West Viri iiii,-i I ' liiviTsity. Harvard I ' niversity. Actiug-Dean. I ' l-iit ' i ' ssor lit ' Natural Si; ' ien(H s. .1 A: rES J. OKCK, A. M.. I ' ll. D., Ziiiiili 1 ' iii cisit.v, (iciirgi ' tnwn I ' niversity. rrot ' cssor of .MiMlcrn Laiiijiiages. 16 (). II. lIKl.Wlli, A. M.. Oliid Wi ' slcviin riii i-r.sitv. fdi-iicll rjiivci ' sity. ProtVsNdi- (if liMtiii and (ireek. l ' A(iK .MllJUliX, A. .M.. i ' riiic-ct(in riiixcrsity. I)i ' ' l iiis(iii ( ' (illi ' r. rrdfi ' sscii- df I ' hildsdphy iind Kilni ' :il imi. CHARLES E. WillTK, A. M.. Indiana rniviTsity. Vandrrliilt I ' niNi-rsity. rrcifcssiir (if I ' nrc and Apjilird .Maflii-niatii ' V. .1. KVI.AXI), A, il., ' I ' linily ( ' (illi ' fic. Yale I ' ni crsity. Prufussdi- uf History and Economics. 18 ROBERT E. .STAUFFER, A. : r Alt. nnion College, Harvard Uuix ' ersity. J rofessor of English Literature C4RA0E Jl. WV.MAX. A. .M., .Maine Wesleyan Seminary, Woman ' s College. Dean (iT Women. Assistant l ' i-ot ' essor of Latin. 19 CAKHIK ]•:. WohFK. A. . r., ( lliiii Stiiti ' I ' liiNiTsitv. Assistant I ' l-dfi ' ssdi- of liiitin and Knslisli. IIK1,KN 1 ' .. I ' Ari.SKX, Iiiwa State N(irmal Sclii iil. Cliic-aKu Kindriijartrn -Ii ' IkmiI, Cdhniiliia rnivcrsity Tcai-luTs ( ' (illi ' jr ' . Pi-dt ' i ' ssiir (if Pcdagcigy, Ti-aininy ' Tcarlicr. 20 IP % f l •7il-i ' ' m hI 1 M m F 1 KDITIIA ( , I ' AK ' SOXS, I!, ( .. ( ' :izcriii ia Si ' iiiiiKiiy. Khh ' I-mhi ( ' iiIIci.i df Ortitu (ii ' ccly ScIkmiI III ' DrMinatir Art. I ' l-iilVssnr iif I ' lililir Siicnkiii ' , ' -. GEOliCK V. liKOYLES, Ciiliri.i-il Stati ' Xiii-iiial Scl I. I ' .ryaiit-Sti ' atlnii liiisi- iicss ( ' iillcuc, Zann-iaii ( ' iillri;r. l ' riiii-i|ial of Srlinol nf ( ' (inniu ' rcc. I ' rMt ' rssiir iil ' ( ' oiiiiiii ' ri ' i ' . S. .MI ' I-:i; K1;()TZ TKI.M.MKi;, 11. S., Ci ' iitcuaiy I ' nllcfii,-in Institute. Xcw Engiiind (!iiii- sri iitiiry (if .Musii-. . itiiin;il ( ' iiiisi ' r Mtory of JIusiir. Director of Seliool of JIusie. I ' l-ofessor of I ' ianoforte Jlusie. (IMVK Dlir OW ' RX, Student of .1. 11. Kowalski. of ( ' liieiisii iiml of .Mine .Inluinnii Ilesse liuiT. of Chicago and Xew Yorli. I ' rofes.sor of Voiei ' and lliiriiiony. 22 nioii ' i ' iiA roirrHii-U ' diiKin ' s. n. m.. Nortlnvcstern I ' nivcrsity Scliool i ' .Music. • Assi.stant I ' rofps.siir of ' i(ilin ami Ilannouv. , I. UY K. UKiGl.XlSOTlIA.M, Student i t ' Kislicf. ( ' ri ' aK ' cr. Slicrratt and .Mosscr. ProtVssdr id ' Fine Arts. 23 ELIZAIiKTIl llll LI. (iSLKA. West ' irijirii:i t ' oiircr ' cin-i ' Scmiii n-v. (ii ' cijf; ' ScIkkiI iF SlKir ' lliniid. , ssist;iiil I ' l-iifrssdi- i]) Sli(iitlKili(l, lO.M.MA IIAIJ. TAK ' I ' .KT. A. .M.. II, . L. Alt. ildlydkc ( ' (jIIci;. ' . Ubickliii l ' iii iTsity. New KiiK- hind ( ' i]iisiT ntiiry cif Music. . iitinii;il Coiiscrviitdi-y cil ' .Music. Two yc ' iirs in l!cr-iin. I ' afis. Assistiiiit I ' liifi-ssiii- I ' iiinofdi tc :in(l I ' ipc Organ. CL.MDK II. Kl. (i. A. II,. S, T. I;.. West ' irt;Liii:i ( ' (inlVrcnci ' Seminary, Allcylicny Ccii- Icyi ' . I ' .iistcjn riii ( ' rsit . rnifcssiir- n{ { ' iiiii|iar:itis c Kcliyinn a hi I Sncial Science. Scer-etai ' of Kdiicjit inn. •IKSSIK TRoTTKl;. I;, . .. West ' iri;inia ( ' unfercnee Scniinarv, West ' irs;inia I ' nivi ' i ' .sity. Assistant Prul ' essnr nf Mallieinatics. 2-4 To the Student l!v Dr. (nil (!. Ddiii ' V. I i ' (iii ri ' :itiihi|i ' Villi M|iuM liciiiL; II r(illi ' ;c stmlriit. A liiilv sri ' M ' yciiir i;i ' iicnil iciii liy I In- will iil ' (Iml and I ' lir eolli ' gt ' studfiit is iiii iirdiiiiiry ihtsuii. Hi ' is ii chuscii cs- lii c nf men yimr stntiii ' will lie iiurc and whiti ' . sel. Ill ' has clinscii liiinsi ' lf liy irtiii ' (if liis lovi ' and ap- Vmi shiiuld Uniiw that knnwli ' ilfri ' means ciinsciini ' nt pix ' ciation of si-iuilarsliii) and ideals and inner |iiiwe|-. lie piiwer and this is tii lie inlerpreleil in terms nf responsi- has chosen himself to he disenntented with averai; ' e at- liility. Kaeli year yim will tind yourself eaniped npnn tainment. A vision somewhere fell npnn his life ami he new heiijhts. If yon are true, you will nse these eaiitnred has gone out to realize it. hulwarks for still finer eonipiests. niakiuj yo ir strenj th A student is an investment. A hundred 5 -eneratiiins a servant wliieh jiromotes the good of all. lay their treasures at his feet asking him to take them np You should get the spirit of your College. A eollegi ' and to posses.s them. A grateful ami i-xpeetant nation has has a spii-it as you have a personality. No college whose expended wealth untold In make liiiii |iossil le; and spirit is sordid or niieliiistian is worthy to he your alnra parents lavish lo e anil hope and pra. ' er ami sarriliee mati-r; leave it; go where the ruling purpose, the thing u|ion him. Home ami luisiness and elinreli and state are wliieh tin liege most wants to gi e yon. is to have yon undei- hunlens whiidi he must learn to hear with strength live out the life that is lii,-i e and elean ami strong. 1 and i-iiurage. think that is the s|iirit of Wesleyan. I am sure it is the You should clearly tell yourself why you are here. spirit of every teacher and nearly e ery .student ; and yon Motive always counts; and with you it will be either a will i)lay yourself false not ti allow it to heeome your high-souled melody to make life a glory or a ilnll diseurd sjiirit. tun. to drive you to unworthy tasks. Your motive must lie Do not starve your spiritual nature. ( ' haraeter is the (Uitside a selfish interest. The self-centereil man has cornerstone of every la.sting struetnre and character does chosen a poor sun for his universe; it can neithei ' hold not grow out of ni ' gleet. It is nurtureil and hrovight to his jilanets in their proper orbits nor light them on their light in Jesus Christ. It would he a poor outcome for you way. You are here to make a big success of life; and if with all youi ' getting of knowledge, ,vou did not give that is well, provided you measure .success with the right .vour deejiest feelings and best thou.ghts to the cidture of .vard-.stick. You nuist know that greater problems aw ' ait that which is fuudaiiiental. .Make up your mind that here you than ever engaged a formei ' generation. If yon solve in Wesleyan , nn will fully realize yourself, that .von will them merely to obtain apjjlause or wealth oi- ease the be ediu ' ated to a rich. full, strung life of which the world black line of selfishness will mar ,viiur monument; if .vnu shall get the lieiiefit. 26 TME- Coldi-s I ' liriili- .iiiil Cl-riliil. Motlu : :t] £]jin i ni n y nUiiv W. Roberts Denver ( ' . Piekc Officers. I ' lvsiileiil Minnie .l,-ine .Mern-lls .Viee Presiili ' iil ha Lee Wiirner. . . . . Seerctary .Treasurer 28 Come one and all and you shall hear The grandest story of all one year. Of the famous class of Nineteen-ten, The greatest class that has ever been: Of deeds in past and deeds to (ome. Of deeds surjiassed !iy deeds of none. Tu yivf :i ruiuplete ai ' ciuuit (li tlii ' jjast ai-i-miiplish- raents of this class would he to write many xoluiiu ' s. To foretell its future deeds would till many mni-i-. Sn we must be content witli a slinit sinumai ' y. For the last six years West Virginia Wesleyan has been favored by the presence of the class of Nineteen Ten. Xo one can deny tluit we have been instrumental in hi ' apinsj; many Ikiuot ' s upon our rolli ' L; ' e. Think of the t;i- ' ' at footliall ;-ames that ha e been won by the ilarini; bravery and indomitable cinirase of ' ISnbby. lie has also proved himself efficient in other lines. While presi- dent of till ' V. .M. I ' . . . he dill iireat ami ycod vi rk. Whi ' n actio;; ' as yell master the i-urinus movements of his small imiiith, tln ' im-lodious sonnd of bis delicate voici ' . and the graceful gestures nf his anthropological corpus blended tog;ether in inakiug us vi ' ll till the very heavens seemed to shake and the i ' numlatious of the eai ' tb did totter. Our chapel services ai ' a perfect drag when he is ncit there to sing bass. Kvcrybody has beard of the gi ' eat efliciency with which Shorty Pickens has covered seconil base on the baseball field. We could also tell of his great oratory, especially in extemporaneous speaking. Had his attcntiiui been devoted entirely to school work, (he has a girl), wi would havi ' sei ' ii inncli gi-eatcr things out of him during his I ' ollege career. Next comes delibci-ative and easy-going Warner. How he courteil and married him a wife, taught two terms of school and did six years of college work all in five years is a problem for the deepest of thinkers. Yet he has always been ai ' tive in all the social ftuictions of the schoni and never flunked once. All tiicse things he has ih.nc in his own i|uiet unassuming way. Ves. thi ' re is .Moon. Were be as bright as liis name signities he- wmibl make a fine watch charm. As it is he charms no one. Still this man has a great history. AVould that we only had the time to tell it. When we attempt such a task we are smitten with emptiness of words. We would not forget our elder brother Professor Cornwell. This intellectual giant has spent thirty-seven snccessfid years teaching school, ami at present is superin- temlent of the public sidiool .if this city, lie is generally acknowledged tu be th. ' best aoil strongest man that has e i-)- belli this position. After casting about fiO ' nnuiy years he has ciune to the conclusion that Wesleyan is the Cnllcge of Colleges, and that ' 10 is the class of classes. So he has wisely decided to cast bis lot with us. Last and greatest of all we are delighted to say some- thing about iliss Merrells. She is an excellent student, has shown her ability as teacher of •■ Preps ' ' in our col- lege, and is generally acknowledged to b |ual to the iicca.sion. Kven though she be of the gentler sex she has won great laurels as a luiblic speaker. In the great oratorical contest, held at . lt. Lake Park in the summer of .Xinctcen Xine, she put to shauie s ich great orators as . spinall. Steyer and Wise, and held a clo.se seconil to Professor P.ender, the gi-eat orator and lec- turer of Garrett Cotuity. Maryland. With these facts at hand and a personal acciuaintance with the individuals coneiM-ned. it takes no great prophet to foretell their future career. MINNIE JANE MERRELLS, A. B. Minnie Jane. Miimir .Jiiiir ilrrrclls is tU ' i-idcdly Knylish. She was liorn at Stockton-on-Tees, England, sometime durino; the latter half of the Xineteentli Centllfv. l a (ii ' ed hy the i;ods and led liy a |iro|iitiiiiis fate she eame to Aiiierii-a. and heeame tlie only feminine memher of tlie ehiss of lillO. She entered Wesleyan in tlie Spring of 1904. graduated in the Seminary class of 1007, and has long heen a main- stay in Vesleyan s collegiate circles. Jliss Merrells takes with her this year her degree A. B.. and the l)est wishes of the college for snec-e.ss in her chosen profession. 30 BLAIR WILSON ROBERTS, A. B. Bobbie. Bolibic Hobeits entered tlii ' Spininary in the Spring lit ' lilOM. Hi ' ciiiiie fiiim Marshall ( ' ounty, and lirnught witli him a ftodd share of the rustJi ' il strcnjrth fostered Ity n life ainoH};- the hills of .Marshall. Buhhie ' s eareer in Wes- leyan has been almost as varied as it has been sneeessfid. He graduateil from the SiMiiinary in the elass of 19()H, was out one year, and returned to Wesleyan ( ' oUee-e in 1! (17. During Mr. Koberts ' final stay he has taken unto himself a wife as well as a degree and will take part of the !- ' aeultv away with him when he goes. 31 DENVER CALDWELL PICKENS, A. B. Pick. rpsliur ( ' iiuiity is I)cii im- s iiati r licatli. llr cntiT- I ' ll till ' olil Sciiiiiiiii-y in tlir Inll of IDIl. ) mid graduated in tlic class (if 1!I(I7. Ill- was al mir tiiur Mrst aiiKinp the basr- liall |ilaycrs of Wcslcyaii. I:iit of late has bcL ' U so busy tli.it 111 ' lias 11(1 lime for sports — (i ' xc( ' ]it liis laundi I — and indeed liltic time for study. llowe er be takes bis de- cree of A. l;. tbis year and after duly foiirtli will be able to do his double (liit ' f(U- tlic world outside of college. ■Mr. I ' ickcus has been a noted mail in Athletics, has served his society well, and is devoted to his — well, to his Alma Jlater, of e(Uirse. 32 IRA LEE WARNER, A. B., B, FED. Dad. Ira L. Warner hails from RoaiH ' ( ' (Huity. llr I ' litrrcil till ' Seminary in 1905 and has been cmt une term n ' lnrf his entrance. Mr. Warner is a man of affairs. He served as a member of the JMurmurinontis statf in 1;)(IS anil is this year Editor-in-Chief of the Pharos. lie has always lieen active in student circles and a good student. and in the meantime has married him a wife. I ' ndei ' his management the Lecture Course has this year Ijeeome a part of college life, and has met with unprecedented suc- cess. Mr. Warner ' s industry, ability, and integrity in- sure for him success, whether he goes to South America or Roane County. 33 JAMES TIMOTHY MOON, B. PED. Tim. Sciiuu time in tlie dim, but not t ' orgotti. ' n past, was born among the roek-ribbed hills of Garrett County, laryland, a eurly-hcaded boy. lie grew tip to be as bright as his name, and in the fall of 1904 entered what was then the Seminary. He graduated with the class of 1907 and after two years of preparation returned to take his degree. He takes this yi ' ar tlie degree of B. Ped., being one of the first to be granted this degree by Wesleyan College. 34 JAMES J. CORNWELL, B. PED. Prof. Prof. ' Coruwcll is said to be the oldest member ol the class of 1910. He that as it may, after looking many years for the college fitted to grant to hira the degree of his choice, he has chosen Wesleyan. lie has been connected with Wesleyan ' s life and af- fairs more or less since 1907. He has taught in the col- lege, and at iircsciit retains the position at the head of Buekhannon public schools, which he has held for some years. Prof, Cornwell shares witli Ir. Jloon the honor of being the first to receive the tlegree of B. Ped. from Av ' esleyan. - ,,K 35 i(?By- Class of 1911 Colors— Blur an.l White Motto — Facta Xoii Verba. OFFICERS Esther May Ilaught . Curtis AV. Chenoweth President .Vice President Maynanl IJowiii ' s . William II. Hartley .Secretary .Treasurer 36 History B • the shores of the Buekhannnn, Hy Buckhannon ' s placid waters. Stood the -wigwam of the Wesleyans. All around it spread the earapiis, Filled with Sophs and Freshmen scheming, Filled with vain and idle Seniors; While within the statelj ' wigwam Toiled the weary, work-worn. Juniors, Toiled the brave ambitions Juniors. ' ' ■ j Iany things had Wesli-yan taught them, Of all things in earth and heaven. Showed them how to keep from flunking How to make each grade an A t. How to burn the oil at midnight And be up for class at seven ; . 11 these things this class excelled in. On the grand-.stand in the summer Sat the mighty class of Juniors Heard the shouting of the rootei-s. Heard the megaphones ' wild blaring Sounds of music, words of wonder, ■ Helikizook the i-ooters shouted, ■■Rah Rah Rah then yelled the Juniors As they saw their braves were conquering. Joined them in the mightv tumult. The historian of the Juniors Learned their names and all their secrets. How Kay Casto grew so stately, Where Smith goes on his vacations. AAliy Miss Backus is so timid. Talked with them whene ' er he met them, For he was a friend of Juniors. Of each one he learned the manners Learned their names and all their secrets. Learned why Hawkins talked so often, Wh} ' Miss Barnes was always silent. Learned why Chenoweth was so sporty. And Arnctt was prone to digging. All the causes for these foibles, He has written in his archives. There ' s the record of Miss Heaton, Telling why she gets such low grades, Why Bill Hartly loves the faculty, ' ' Why Jliss Haught is fond of English And IMiss Downs is always gloom.y. Tells of Hannifan the heroic. To his Post .so liravely clinging. Would ye learn all of these .secrets. Know the brave and mighty Juniors? Seek ye then these hidden archives Of the mighty class of Juniors. 37 ESTHER MAY HAUGHT, Buckhannon, W. Va. ExecLsiur. V. V. (_ ' . A. I ' l ' i ' sidnif .liniinr Class, •ivsidfiit Y. V. ( ' . A. ' 10 aud 11. MAYNARD DOWNES, Buckhannon, W. Va. ChrestoiiiHtlii ' an. V. W. ( ' . A. Sccrrtai-.v .luiiior Class. Literature Eilitni- Miii-iiiiinnuiitis, l!)l(l. WILLIAM HARRISON HARTLEY, Millwood, W. Va. ExeeLsior. Y. : I. C. A. I ' resident Oratorical Assi - eiation. Debater on Affirmative Inter-e(illei;iate Team. Athletic Director, ' 09 and ' 10. 38 CURTIS W. CHENOWETH, Buckhannon, W. Va. KxcM ' lsiiir. Y.UA ' .A. I ' lTsidcijI . M. ( ' . A. ' il!! :iriil 10. HERBERT LOWE SMITH, Fairmont, W. Va. Ex.-clsii.i-. V, . l. C. . . Kilitni-iri-Chicr . I iii-iiimi-- lUdiitis ' 10. Ch.iinn.iii ■. M. ( ' . A. l.cctiiiT Cdiirsi ' ' 111 and ' 11. BERTIE ARABELLA BACKUS, Salem, W. Va. Excelsior. Y. W. C. A. 39 INA BARNES, Buckhannon, W. Va. Exfc ' lsior. Y. W. C. A. FRANK ELLSWORTH ARNETT, Buckhannon, W. Va. Cbrcstumathi- ' itii. V. .M. ' . A. I ' l-i ' siili ' iit ( ' lircsto- iiiathcaii Soi ' ii ' fy Fall ' i ' l ' i-in. S| iai I ' l-o-ii-aiii ' 10. EARL RAY CASTO, Buckhannon, W. Va. Excelsior. Y. JI. C. A. President Y. 21. C. A. ' 10 and ' 11. Special Program ' 10. 40 GEORGE WASHINGTON HAWKINS, Buckhannon, W. Va. K .-clsi.ii-. FLOYD REUBEN HANNIFAN, Elkins, W. Va. ChlT ' stcllimtllrMll. ALTA HEATON, Buckhannon, W. Va. 41 Junior Class Prophecy ■■ Vli - (icrtmdi-: WhiTc cliil Vdu timl that? Let me X c; it ' tliiit isn ' t till ' ] irtui-c nf mil ' class in ' 11. That big tali fi ' llmv in tlir eorncr — wliy, that ' s ( ' lirniiweth, loolving as liandsimii ' as he did the day he gi-adnated — you should have seen the girls when he came t(i scliddl. They just t ' aiily tumbled over eaeh other to inert liiiu. bnt when tliey fiiund ont that he was a [inMcliei- and vas inaiiied that settled it; lie wasn ' t half so liand- sdiiii ' . (Hi yes In ' is a famous bislin|i. eimdiii ' teil niii ' ecmrerenee last yeai ' . Thai little yirl with eiirly Ileaton, the hardest student in the , see the wrinkles in her faee. They The -i ' i ' v man that hair. ' That ' s Alta •lass. Yiiu can even say she reads tlie (ireek lesson over three times before going to class, but then our Prof, was single. She is now teaehing Greek in a Woman ' s College in New York. That little shcn-t rdlow over there in the corner is l ay Casto. Doesn ' t he look .jolly. ' lie used to tall in bive with ever.v girl hi ' met: he was so good natured we all liked him. He went to Utah twenty years ago a.s a missionary but do you know he has turned Mormon ! At one time ln ' was ' ei y iiiueh in lii e with little .Ma.vnaril l)ii vn(s there at .vonr right but they soon got liver that and I know she nuist feel relieved. She is happil.y uuirried to a wealthy uierehant. a ilr. ; strange 1 can ' t think of hi.s name. Herbert Smith, that little fellow in the renter was one of iiur i ' ry best Y. !M. ( ' . A. workers; we i-eally thought he would be a missiiinaiy, bnt he suddenly fell from ' firaee ' and -was working in a stone i|nai ' ry when Helen rioiild found him, and sent him abi ' oad In eiiltivate his voirr. Yes. dear, he can sing; how wr used to like til hear him lead ' Students ' meeting. ' How times do change! Who would have believed that eurly headed Hannifan, up thei ' e in the enrnei ' , woulil ever have been President of the Senate; but then he stuck very faithfully to his ' Post. ' There ' s Billy Hartley, who used to think that he would be a Doctor and treat eases, but after five years of practice found that one ease was quite as much as he could manage, so he has settled down on a farm in Ken- tucky. 42 ' ' That tall girl is lua Bariu ' s. Ynn rriiu ' iubcr sci. ' ing her name in the motion-songs tlic childn ' ii use in the Kinilergarten. She is primary supervisor in Columbia University. She was the great ' st talker you I ' ver heard. We used to hire her to entertain tlie Professor when we did not know our lessons — luit that wasn ' t hard to do. That sedate looking little gii ' l is Esther Ilaught. How we used to laugh at ln-r pranks and her ready wit. Pate has heen very kind tn lu-r. How she must have en- .joyed her work abroad ! She is now Prof, of Jlodern Language in Woman ' s College, IJaltimore. ' ' Well. well. Prank Ainett. you lia e made a sueeess of line tiling haven ' t you, you are the gill ' s liei ' o now sure enough ! Yes, Gertrude, he is a famous baseball man. ' ' That dignified looking girl at your left is Bertie Baekus. She spent a year at Columliia and then went a.s teacher to China whei-e she iiuiri ' ied a student secretary. The last is (i. W. Hawkins, a liacln-liir. Ah! George Washington, life holds many ,j(iys. lint you have missed them all. Wli,v daughter, it is live o ' eloek and viiu should have had a musie lesson at four. 1 know my bread is liurnt into a cinder; but it has been worth it; how like old times to be lodking at our class |iii ' ture; [ liadn ' t seen oui ' for twenty j-cai ' s. 43 Yell. Class of 1912 Motto — Xon .scqiii, scd sii|ii ' 1 ' mi ' ( Colors — Black auil Wliitc Snphomoro ' , Sophomore, white iind IjImtI; That ' s the siRn to elear the track: Into knowledge we deeply dchc. We ' re the elass of nineteen t vcl ' e. OflBcers. f ' harles C. Reed President Z. R. Knotts Vice President Maida Hall Secretary Rvelvn Fitzgerald Treasurer Sophomore Class Roll RICHARD ASPINALL, Charleston, W. Va. (. ' lin ' stouiathcHii. Y. M. ( ' . A. I ' resiilciit Suciclv l- ' all Term. Yifi. Pi-psidcnt Y. M. C. A. Athli-tir Director. MARY KATHRYN BARNES, Buckhannon, W. Va. Exi ' flsii.i-. Y. W. 0. A. MAIDA VIRGINIA HALL, Buckhannon, W. Va. Cliri-.stomath.-iin. Y. W. (. ' . A. ZOLLOTES R. KNOTTS, Grafton, W. Va. I ' lircstdiiKitliraii. Y. il. ( ' . A. Xk-r I ' n-sidcnt Chres- tunuitliriin Soi- ' ii ' ty. 45 PAUL M. SMITH, Fairmont, W. Va. Kxcc ' lsior. Y. I I. ( ' . A. Associate Editor Mui ' iiiui ' - iiiiiiitis l!ll(l. Associate Editur. Pliaros. Pri ' sidcnt Kx- crlsiiii ' Siicii ' ty, Siirin;; TtTiii. EVELYN FITZGERALD, Richmond, Va. ( ' lirestomatlii ' an. Y. W. ( ' . A. S|iri-ial I ' rogram. Secretary Chestoiiiatlicaii Sni ' ictx ' . ' rrrasui-iT Siiphiimnrc ( ' lass. O. PHYLLIS PERRIN, Berea, W. Va. CHARLES C. REED, Jane Lew, W. Va. Exrclsiiir. V. W. I ' . A. A.ssdi-iati- J ' jdilor, . luniiur- Excelsior. Y. i I. (_ ' . A. Trcasiu ' cr Y. M. ( ' . A. Frusi- iiKUitis IIIIO. Art Senior. dent Sophomore Class. 46 1912 Class History West Virginia AVesleyan College has many things of wliirh to be proud. She feels a pride in her magnifieeni; Imililings, her beautiful campus, and many other things too numerous to mention. P.iit she feels prouder of lu-r Sophomore Class than all else Never before in the liistijry of the college his shi lieen able to pat herself on tlie l)aek and say, That is a model elass. This class is tlie hone and sinew of the Col- lege. If you do not believe nie. we refer you to Dr. Doney who will tell you that tile faeulty was required to elevate the standard of grading in order to do us justice ; and Professor Ilehvig, who having provided oats and corn for the ponies, was utterly astonished to learn that there were none to feed. (AVe had jirepared an abundance fur them.) Diminutive in number, but efficacious in quality is the class of Nineteen Twelve, now the Sophomore Class of the West Virginia Wesleyan College. Just where these youths (?) ci ' H; liom to relate in detail would re- quire pages, but to I ' O brief will say that there is no doubt but what they are descended from some of the oldest families in the world, and that they came from differ- ent parts of The Switzerland of America, one from Old Virginia, and one from the Sunny Isle of Britain. This sagacious Class has won distinction for AVes- leyan in Inter-collegiate Debates, and inestimable honor by its orators, literary writers, arti.sts and musicians. If any are amazed at the rapid advancement this cla.ss has made, let them observe a few points,- which may help to clear up the mystery; studiousness, assiduousness, cour- tesy, originality, leadership, consideration for others, — these are some of the idiosyncrasies, which distinguish this class from all others. Perhaps this history, if such it may be called, has been written in a vain, egotistical manner; but if you do not blow your own horn, who will ? We arc sure the Freshmen are incapalile, the Juniors will not, and the Seniors are too busy tuning their own instruments to pay any attention to us. And now may the Sophomore Class keep adding stars to its crown for the next two years, and when its memb ers have graduated and entered into the responsi- bilities of life, may they be in the front ranks of their professions, and their names be first on the scroll of honor. Historian. 47 Sophomore Class Poem There have been classes larger The Juniors have_ so boasted. And just as good, we know, In self conceit, all know, It iiuiy be some are smarter. They think their fame is posted. Than this year ' s Sophomore. O ' er this year ' s Sophomore. O yes! we all remember. Freshies ti ' ink they know iC all. Great lights have gone before. And tell it o ' er and o ' er But we will not surrender, To great minds tliey seem so smal Not this year ' s Sophomore. ' Gainst this year ' s Sophomore The Seniors know they are learned ; ' The Preps have gooil intentions. As Seniors do, you know, ' To gain some heights, we trow. But more glory sliall be earned But theirs! one never mriitions By this year ' s Sophomore. With this year ' s Sophomore. So that we shall all surpass ; We ' ll work, and dig. and delve. This shall be the BANNER class. The class of NINETEEN TWBL ' E. 48 Sophomore Prophecy ir yi u will go with iii ' to i-oom fiftiMMi I will let . iiii tiiiii. ' ii |)ci ' [j into ;i Soiiliomorc class incftiny. jiul whilr they arc liiisily ciiKnii ' i ' il in transacting business ami oc- casionally having ■ ' scinibblcs I will tell yim what cadi one will do in after years. Till ' first one whom wc notice is the cliairman of the meeting. What will he lio in the future? In fifteen ycai-s he will no longer be Farmer — but Bishop — of tin ' l. E. Church. But who is the ilark-eycil maiden . ' A wee lifth ' .Mite ' Vet there is writti ' U ujien liei ' faei- a determination lo be and do something worth while. After leaving Wesleyaii in Nineteen Hundred ;Mid TweUe she will go to lioston anil study Ehieution. She will iiiak-c a success tra (ding as a reader. After li e years she will go liacd to ' ii ' ginia. Soon a certain membci- of the ' 1:1 i-lass will follow, and she will live tiie rest nf liei- lili ' u|inn the (lid plantation, inspired by tile sweet strains of a iolin. The next one wlioin we notice is a low slcndei- fellow. He is one of the best tenor singers in Wesleyan. lie will study both in New York and Europe and prepare to go on the stage. Vfter ;i short and brilliant career as a singer he will go to V. V. ' . and cumplete the law course, b ' or. ever since Paul entered Wesleyaii he has wanted and insisted upon affairs being carried on legally. Xext to our- lawyer is a maiden. ery tall and slender. After spending her Sojili year in going to scliool and housekeeping she will be so fascinated with the latter that she will go to a training school and learn the Art of cooking. A lew years later we may visit her ill her home on a farm near Ibiekhannon where the girls of V. V. AV. C. will go when they get tired of pork and beans at the Ladies Ilall. The man with the coal black hair and keen brown eyes attracts our attention. On his face is the determina- tiiiii til ilii as he pleases and to make others do as he wishes, lie arises sliiwly. straightens up. looks the class over de- liberately, and begins to speak. Froiii the first wurd every iiiie listens attentively. His goiid enunciation, the wonderful cdiitrnl nf his voice and bis enthusiasm tell us at om-e tlint he has great oratoric:d pnwci ' s. lie will use these a few ye i-s hciiee as a traveling aucfiiineer. As we bulk on the attractive eountcnaiicc nf Katy . we recognize in her the qualities of an ideal preceptress. After completing the Normal course at Wesleyan she will go to a training school for precejiU ' ess at Chicago. Here she will spend seven years in hard study. Then she will secure a ])osition as preceptress of the Ladies Hall at West Virginia Wesleyan College. The last is Hill. We wiuider what such ;i Imiipy- go-lucky Fellow can jiccomidish. l!ut wait. After re- ceiving his 1!. S. degree in ' 12 he will go tn Vale fur fnur years of hard work. In a few years we will read of the wonderful wmk which I ' rof. . is doing as Science teacher at llar aril. ' I ' liiis will the iiiembers of the class 111 ' ' 12 lind their ariiiiis places in the wnrhl. 49 re X KKV, Class of 1913 Colors — Violet and Silver. JFotti) — Ijnlior oiiiiiiii ' incit. l ' :ill 1j. ll()Sl illS . . (-Icmmcr V. Wise OFFICERS President Deny Perriue . Viee Pi-esident Robert Clark . Secretary . Treasurer 50 Freshman Minvli 1, IDIO. Dear JIaynard: Your note asking me to writr a liistory n{ tlir KKKSIl- MAN CLASS did not reach me until tliis nioruing. .Mr. Tregellas said you gave it to him yestenUiy, and he faith- fully and solemnly promised he would see that I received it hefore six o ' clock last night. I can forgive that, hut I can ' t forgive him for leaving that hydrogen sulphide generator open the other day. It is impos.sible for me to wi ' ite an article that would to any extent set forth the immeasuralile and iHustrious greatness of the cla.ss of 1013, liut 1 am giving you a few facts, and you can arrange them as you desire. ' I ' here an- only eight of us, but in that small -numbi ' i ' are atliletes. orators, musicians, scientists and singers. We have repre- sentatives on the Pharos and Murmurmontis staffs, on the Y. .M. ( ' . . . and Y. W. ( ' . A. Cabinets, and some of mii- nuinbei ' have been chosen as officers in the Literary So- cieties. I believe you attended the special program of the societies. Don ' t you think Carl debated well? As I lis- tened to his strong and convincing argument I kept won- dering wliether he would finally be an orator or a musi- cian. You know lie is very fond of his violin and has made sevci ' al public appearances. .Mr. Ward ' s oration was a beaner . If there is ever an urgent call from our beloved count ly I ' m ' orators, tin- 1!)13 class can satisfy the needs of the hour — no matter whether the issue of the day be Woman ' s Suffrage or that Bachelors should shave their Heads. It seems as though our class is blessed with orators; there is the one whose fame is unlimited — Jlr. Wise. Yes. Class History he is a singer, too, and li;is no iieer outside the linnni (il ' lUlUil. lieally and truly, there are tliree musicians among us and you can readily guess that the shy, demure little nuiid, Jliss Tamblyn, is the third. She has a bushel of talent and she is cultivating it for Professor Trimmer de- clares she is one of bis stai ' pupils and will far outshine Ilallcy ' s comi ' t. Have you nud .Mr. Cather ? He is a ' ' cute little chap, isn ' t he? They say he is as gritty as sand, and don ' t you know tlie little cMidger lias the nerve to play on tie ' football team. . s far as the girl (piestiou is concerned. I think be is a total abstainer-. By the way, did you know luibert Clark won a nieil.i! in the Declaituition Contest last spring. ' lie can dechiini adunrably, but to a more adniii-.ible degi-ee can be pla Professor Stautt ' er. Say. lia ' e you heard the .joke: ' I ' ll tell y(oi the jiarticulars the next time 1 see you, how some of the boys were on the campus for a stunt and thinking that Pnd ' essor Stauffcr was chasing them the |iooi ' in- nocent children almost ran tliemsidves to nothing. It was only Bob with his toy jiistol. laynard. it is alnmst bell tiiLn- but I want to ask just one more (pii ' stion. Did you know about Pi-ofessor Haught haying to provide himself with a dark gree?i shade for his office door just because of the penetrating brilliancy of 1!I13? Vonderful, isn ' t it! There goes the bell, or Daibly Deck ' s ]ionderous fist 1 hardly know which. Farewell, Blanche. Freshman Roll ROBERT CLARK, Hemlock, W, Va. .Muriiiuniiniitis lllld. ( ' litir I ' lii-i ' stdiiuithi ' jiii Sdcii ' ty. WiiitiT Tciiii. CARL L, HOSKINS, Weston, W. Va. Kxi-i ' lsiiir. V. y . ( ' . A. I ' l ' rsidi-iit A ' tin ' Frrsliniiin ( ' hiss. S|icci;il I ' l iijii-.-iiii. DERRY BLANCHE PERRINE, Buckhannon, W. Va. Kxc-rlsiur. Y. W. ( . A. GRACE TAMBLYN, Buckhannon, W. Va. ( ' liri ' stdiiiatliciin. V. W. ( ' . A. A.ssiiciate Editor Jlur- luuniumtis. ilu.sic St-nidr. As.soeiate Editor Pharos. BASCOM TAYLOR TREVY, Moundsville, W. Va. Kx -clsinr. V. M. {■. A. JOHN LELAND TREGELLAS, Grafton, W. Va. I ' lll-cstniii.-it lir;ili. CLEMMER WARB iAN V.ISE, Amos, W. Va. E .-.-lsi(.r. V. .M. C. A. Vicr President Y. M. C. A. ' In liiul ' 11. ' iri ' PiTsid. ' iit Kxi-i ' lsioi- Society WiiitiM- ' rellll. HUBERT NASH V. ' ARD, Hambleton, W. Va. ( ' liri-stoiii;itlieiiii. ier Pi ' esident Soeietv. Winter Term. Sjieeial Pniirrani. Athletic Director. Assoeiati ' Editor Pharos. Sei-rctaiy ( Iratorical Association. RAE GATHER, Flemington, W. Va. ( ' lircstoMiathean. 53 Freshman Class Prophecy Oiu ' I ' vi-nini while walking along the street, I saw ail old gentleman approaching me. As he drew near 1 saw that he was not the ordinary type of elderly men witli whom we meet so often, Imt on the enntrary was a man of marked individuality. He had a dignified carriage and his face w-as that of a man of education and refinement while his clothes were of the kind generally worn liy ii.ien of his age. While I was wondering as to whom he might lie, a sudden gust of wind lilew his hat from his liead, and carried it almost to my feet. 1 picked it up and handed it to him. He thank- ed me very politel y and as he was going in the same direction as myself, wc walk ' d along together. I told him my name and that I was a student in the college. He asked me many f|ue.stions ahout our school and the work that we were doing. We talked on various subjects but he never mentioned who he was or what his business was. We had walked some distance during our pleasant conversation, and as we approached a small cottage, he told me that it was his home, and that he would be at home the next evening if T cared to call on him. T thank- ed him for his invitation and told him that I would come the next evening at eight o ' clock. I then l)ade him good night and continued on my way. Soon afterwards I met some friends and the old man was forgotten for the time being. The next evening I called at the home of the old gentleman, and was admitted by him into a room where a wood flre burned in a grate. After being seated I looked a ' , out me so as to get a better idea as to the furnishing of the room. 1 saw that it was fitted up like a den with a gri ' iit many curios on the walls while one side of the room was taken u l)y a large bookcase, filled with scientific works, so I concluded from these that my new friend was a man of science. My friend then inquired as to whether I was interest- ed in the scientific events of the day and upon my answer- ing in the affirmative he told me the following stoiw : lie said that he was a professor of science in a very excellent but little known college, and that while at work one day in the laboratory the idea came to him that he could invent a machine by which he could foretell events of the future. lie said that he had stai ' ted work on it in the city, but on account of so much noise, he could not do much, so he had come to the country, where he could work on it without interruption. After working many 54 muutlifj lie had at last completed the luacliini ' , and was ready to make his invention known to ' the worlil. While he was telling me this story, 1 thought that if 1 could only get him to let me use this machine, 1 could get .some material for m} ' prophecy of the Freshman Class. I told him my thoughts and he said that he would gladly let me use it, and told me to follow him into the next room. This room was fitted up like a workshop and on a bench in the corner of the room I saw a machine that I took to be his wonderful invention. It was an intricate piece of workmanshiii, made of glass and metal, with an attachment similar to a field glass. The professor then told me that if I wouhl look into it and think of anyone whose future I wished tu know that I would see a scene in their future life finni wliieli 1 might draw mj ' own conclusions. He then pressed a button and told me to look. My mind then turned to Carl Iloskins, president of the freshman class. At first I saw only a l right screen of a silky like material, but as I looked a picture began to shape itself on the screen. In a moment it became very clear and I saw a man whom I recognized as Carl Hoskins, not the one of today but a man about f(n-ty years of age. He was upon a stage in a large auditoriiun filled with people. He was playing upon a violin, and judging from the expression on the faces of the audience, it nnist have been 3 very fine selection. At this instant the scene liegan to gi-ow dim, and in a moment it was gone. I then thouglit (if the rest of the class and saw scenes from their lives, from which I have drawn tint following conclusions. Carl Iloskins will be a great violinist and composer of music, and some day will startle the world with his wonderful selections. Jliss Derry Perrine will he a great worker for the Y. W. C. A. in the colleges of America. Miss Grace Tamblyn will be a foreign missionary and will do great work in India. Robert Clark and Clemmer Wise will be ministers of the gospel and will hold high positions in the W. V. W. C. as professors. Hubert Ward will be a great orator of international reputation. Rae Cather will be a doctor in one of our large cities. J. L. Tregellas will be an electri- cal engineer. After seeing these wonderful scenes. I turned to the professor and told him of all the wonderful things that I had seen. This seemed to please him greatly. After stay- ing for some time longer, I departed after thanking him for my pleasant evening ' s entertainment. Several days later as I was walking along the street, past the cottage, it occurred to me to go in and see the professor again, but as I entered the gate I saw that the cottage was deserted, I knew then that my friend had gone back to his home. I never saw him again but several weeks later the world was startled by a wonderful invention and I knew that the professor had attained the honor due liiin. Prophet. 55 kKAW Academic Seniors Howard Class of 1910 YELL Red anil Black ! Red and Blaok ! Whip])i ' ty whack! WhipiK ' ty wliack I We ' re the class I ' l ' iuu tin ' Devil ' s Den, IkiM-ard! Howard! 101(1! Mottu — Xon Palma Sine Lahore. Colors— Red and Black. OFFICERS Leslie Brooks President Mabel Pcatliei- Secretary Ira Hardman Vice President Ernest Sidwell Ti-easurer 58 Clarence D. Howard The Aeadeiiiie Class of Nineteen Ilundi-eil and Ten, in (li ' dieating- tliis page to i Ir. C. 1). Howard, wish in this way to show their appreciation of the many benefits they have received from one whom they know as an npriglit Chi ' istian genth ' man. By the generosity of ilr. Howard, the class is enabled to leave to the school a monnment that will kee]) green its memory, and even when the storms of years have crnnd)led monuments of stone, and as long as the memliers of the Class of Nineteen Ten shall call to mind the memory of onr happy school days, so long shall the memory and inspiration of noble life, the example of Clarence D. Howard, remain fresh in onr minds an endur- ing monument. 59 Howard Class Roll Lcsiii ' liKKiks. I ' ui ' kliainiiiu. V. Vm. Tbiuiiiis .1. Hhiii ' . .h ' .. Vrst..ii. W. V.i. •Id! n Dill ins Ciiniy. KaiKiwlia Head. W. ; . .Maliil ( li r l- ' ratlicr. I ' aisniis. V. ' a. ha 11. llardiiiaii. Iloriirr, W. Va. K.hvaid Earl .Miller, (nwrn. W. Va. Georfce Stanli ' v I ' ii ' n-r, Kiiij; viiii 1. V. ' i. Ilelon Raiiir. i;iiikliaiiiiiiii. W. ' a. Kiiu-st Stiltziiiaii. Sclliyvillc, V. ' a, Etln ' l Siiiiili;rass. Hili-kliannnu. W. ' a. Fred Stansl.iii.v. . larshcs, V. Va. I illiaii Won,!, I. •II, I ' l-iiiishoKi, V. Va. 61 Howard Class Roll Jlaiy Elizabeth l?(iyliin, Biickhaunon, V. Va. John Keml)all Lovett, Weston, V. ' a. Howard Clark, liuekhaniion, W. Va. Ralph jMeWhoi-tcr, : lcWhorter, W. Va. Lucy Keightly Daw.son, Clarksburg, AV. Va . Earl Moat.s, Ilarrisville, W. Va. Sidney Ross Gould, Abbott, AV. Va. Edward D. Rowlands, Winifred, W. ' a. Daisy Clark Hardman, Jane Lew, W. Va. Ernest Sidwell, Montrose, W. Va. John R. Hall, Weston, W. Va. Harry Adams Stansbury, Marshes. W. ' a. Eiiinia Rebecca Savage, Parkcrsliurg, W. Va. 63 Howard Class History Durinfi tlic KmH Tcriii nf Xinctecn Iluiidrcil nnd Kight. Tlic cliiss |iriiiM-iMl( ' (l t(i select ii name of wliieli it ecnilil ahvjiys he pi-nud. Tins nnme was found in that cif Hon. ( ' . I). Ildwai-il lit ' ( ' iiwen. West Virginia. avIki is a mend)er of the lioanl of Trustees and always a hiyal friend to Wesley an. The elass was continually performing stunts dui-- ing the Spring Term of Nineteen Hundred anc] Nine. Al a reception of tlie Haggerty Class when their hopes wei-c high and they wio-e expecting great things of their I ' l-esi- dent and toastnuisti ' r, to their sad disappointment tlu- learned that he — ( Dick 1 had gone to the country iu ii call accompanied liy liis fi ' iends — tlu ' .luniors. A little later the .luuiors h ' l l their reception at the Xcw Arlington lintel. The tahh ' . aeemnmodating ahout forty guests, was heavily loaded with the uumy good things to eat. For two hnurs the feast continued, ae- ciunpanied with many .iokes, while the lluekhannon Or- chestra furnished plenty of music for the occasion. At the einsing of the feast, tiinsts were gi eo liy various nu ' mliers of the class. ( )ne that was highly ap- preciated was given liy the guest of honor — ; lr. ( ' . 1). Howard, who spoke of the future prospects of Wesleyan. of his interest in the school, and especially his connei-tinn with the class whi ' li now lieai-s his name. At the opening of the Kail lerni of Nineteen lluiidi ' ed and Nine the class immediately reorganized as Seniors, electing officers as follows: Pi-esident, Leslie Brooks; vice i)resident, Ira Ilardman: secretary, JIahel Feather: I easurcr. Krnest Sidwell. This clas.s ha.s always played a very important part in athletics. It furnished five men on th ' ' varsity foothall team of ' 08, one of whom was the manager ; also four men for the Oil sfpiad two of whom were the cajitain and man- ager. Jt also furnished Ihn-e first team hasehall men feu- the ' (I!) season, and has dnnated more to athletics than any other class. This i-lass has hi ' cn far more :ictive in in- tellectual contests. On ,Ahireh tifteeuth, 19](l. Brooks and ljo ' ett defeated Jlarietta ( ' ollcge at ilarietta, Ohio, in an intei-collegiat ' deliate. It also furnished six members on the special programs given hy the Literary Societies. In rc-cognition of the merits nf the TO class Mr. Howard donated 740 squai ' i- yarils of c ' mcnt walk, laid iin till ' e:im|)us grounds in front of the Ladies Hall, and extending to the College huilding. This is the greatest monument that has ever been ilonatcd by :uiy class. Let us as memhcrs nf tic llnw:ird class iie cr cease to do deeds nf honor Worthy tn he recorded in tin ' pages of his- tnry. :ind let us iioirch oii v:ird ami upward until the heights of great men arc attained, and then, we can look hacdc with pi-icle on tlu ' class that nc ' er failed, the class nf Iwcniy twn, lh:il hrniighl iclnry I ' nr Old Wesleyan in :dl she Irii ' d In dn. Historian. 64 Howard Class Poem The seniors hearts are all atune, AVith this the liappv time of June, Hearts, brimmed o ' er with joy and mirth. See .ioy refleeted in the earth. Some in debate have proved their sl;ill. This faet with pride our class dotli thi ' ill ; Wliilc some by music ' s magic ai ' t Have power to move each listener ' s heart. Joy gleams in every drop of dew, Joy beams from skies serene and blue, Joy dwells in every senior ' s breast, Our toil is o ' er, now soon we ' ll rest. Our victories, whate ' er they be From all dishonor must be free For no dishonor e ' er can .soil The victories won by honest toil. Let skies be blue and weather fair Our hearts are light and free from care Our labors have already won Some victories: but we ' ve just l)egun. There all our i ' -tories in life, Whate ' er its conflicts and its strife By the Howard Class must all be bought Ry earnest labor, bravely wrought. 65 Howard Class Prophecy, 1910 M ' liilr examining some did curios in my grandfather ' s attii ' line day, I notiecd an odd I(i(diing brass ease on one of the slielves. I pieked it up. and lieing mildly interested, I carried it down stairs and inquired as to its history. But liefore I give its history, let me give you a description of it. As I have already stated it was made of brass. It was about the size of a cigar box, and weighed six or eight pounds. A coml)ination lock held tlie lid securely. But tlie thing which struck me as most significant was the extraordinary size of the hinges in comparison to the size of the ease. In i-eply to my in(iuii-ies I was told that in his youth ray grandsire had been somewhat of a traveler. And that one time while on a hunting trip in India he had come across in the jungle a dying Hindoo Fakir. He had admin- istered to the man ' s wants as best he could and in return the Hindoo had given liim the ease; but had died before he had explained how it was opened oi ' what it contained. Xo one being curious enough to break- the locdc, the case had for a period of twenty-five ycais or iimre been hidden awav with its secret eoneealed. Upon seeing me so deeply interested the old gentle- man had given me the ease and laughingly suggested that [ unravel the mystery. The next day I returned to where 1 was going to school and took my new possession with me. As soon as 1 was settled in my room I bi ' gan experi- menting with the lock of the case but all to no avail. Jleanwhile I w ' as elected class prophet. One day while studying the case I noti I a diflFerence between the hinges, one -being slightly larger than the other. 1 pressed upon the larger of the hinges with one hand and with the other I gave the combination knob a sharp turn. And lo ! the miracle was done. The lid came slowly back. Nestling in its soft lining was an amber colored disk. In the center of this disk glowed a huge yellow stone from which strange darting lights came. One night I awoke and found the ease in my hand. Remembering that I had locked it in ray trunk before re- tiring I could not account for its presenci ' in my hand. Rut there it was as plain as day. 1 turned on thi ' light and opened the ease. In place of the large disk, there were several small ones precisely like the original. And the yellow stones reminded me of the eyes of savage bea.sts glaring around the room. 66 ] jiicki ' d nur up anil lielil it to the light. At first all np|icari ' (l to lie lilurrcil. Hut while I huilfi ' d I saw a visidii, and while I gazed sixdllnnuid tlii ' vision hiM-anie elearei- and 1 recognized the interior of the U. S. e.apitol. The vision elianged to a view of the |)re.sideut and his ealiinet. Foi ' a few mintites the faees all appeared strange to me: lint gradually I made oiit the president ' s face to 111 ' tliat of Leslie Brooks, the president of the senior elass of 1910. Near him sat his private seeretaiy whom by iiis wealth of auliurn i-urls. I recognized as I). Rowlands. With little ditticnlty I made out the memliers of the cabinet to be as follows: Klaii-. Hall, (ioidd, .Moats. .Mil- ler, Hardman, Fred and Harry Stanslmry. Slowly the ' ision faded away until all had disaiipcared. I then picked ii|i anntlier disl;. In this I saw what appeared to be an il. E. conference. Here 1 saw ClarU, Curry, Lovett, Siihvell and Stutzman, in the eloth of their calling. None of them seemed to be any the worse for the wear of time, with the exception of Lovett whose hair was growing thin on top. And while I looUed the second dfsk became blank. The next disk- I ]iickcd up showed me a variation of scenes. One was Daisy Ilardman, leaning on the arm of the president of the U. S., another was of JIabel Feather, who with great dignity held down Miss Wy man ' s job at the Hall. iMisses Roylen and Raine were advocating Votes for Women with great success, ili.ss AVooddell had become head instructor in the business department of Wcslcyaii and .Aliss Snodgrass had written the most (lopular no el of the day. iliss Dawson had become the happy lii-idc of one of the ministers mentioned. I looked at this disk a monu ' nt longer and as nothing more showed, I picked up one of the renuiining two. On this one I saw no vision except a notice of Jack .AlcWhoitn-. He h:iil made his nanu- famous in the world by amputating the leg of a chair. But one disk remained and it was like the last one I had examined. It merely showed me a notice of DeWitt Hall who was one of the uuist noted reporters in the U. 8. At this tinu ' he held a pi ' ominent ])osition on the staff of the Biickhannon ]!annci 1 replaced the disks in the box and closed the lid. 1 had a glimpse into the future from which I write the lirophecy of the class of IHIO. rrophct. 67 Academic Juniors Class of 1911 St.MiiiiK J. .Milli ' r Class. ( ' iildi ' s — .Alaiddii and Sihi ' i- (ri-ay. .M(itt i — Virtus omiiia viiirit. YELL -Juniui ' sl JuniDi ' s! we fet ' l fine. We ' re a class of 39 ! Seniors! Seniors! watch them fli They are a class of 23 . OFFICERS Everett G. Coflfman President ( jlenna Perrine Secretary Charles R. Clovis Vice President 0. C. Hall Treasurer 68 Class of 1911 Sterling J. Miller Class Early in the Fall Terra of 1909, an event took plaee in the halls of Wcsleyau that is destined to he a landmark in the history of our College ; nay, not only in the history of our College but also in the history uf our nation. Doubtless, within a few years, this event will rank with such events as the Declaration of Independence or the establishment of AVesleyan. The great landmark to which we I ' efer was the organization of the Junior Academic Class. This class is the largest in the history of our col- lege consisting of twenty-five boys and fourteen girls, several of whom were born great and those who were not so fortunate have alread.y achieved greatness by proving themselves fit sub.ieets to become members of this, Wes- le.van ' s greatest Class. Already Prophets have seen among the members of this Class, orators who bid fair to rival the world ' s great- est orator, Demosthenes; ministers who will rival Gypsy Smith in Evangelistic work; presidents who will rank even higher than any who have as yet lead our nation on to sucoess ; teachers who at some time in the near future will cause Wesleyan to rank higlii-r than even Yale or Harvard. In fact this class is known as The Class that does things. Even the college Seniors acknowledge that they are fortunate in having such a class to whom they can go for advice when something comes up that requires genuine gray matter to find the direct way to victory. And at this early date they have formed the habit of con- sulting the Junior Academic Class when in doubt. On the whole, Wesleyan is prouder of her Junior Academic Class than any other, and well she may be for the records of this class far surpass those of any other in her hi.story. To the Preps of AVesleyan we wish to say that they can choose no wiser course than to follow in the footsteps of these eminent Juniors. To those who doubt what we have said about this Class we invite their attention to the aecompanj ing cuts. If you will carefully examine the faces you will see writ- ten there exactly what you have read in this article. 69 Junior Class Roll William Enii ' st Ballentine Oral Charli ' s Hall Hazel Vautlykc Roberts Cliarlrs 11. Cliivis Uraee Harris Estella Rogers Everett Guy ( ' otfinan ( ' eeil Gleuu MeCoy • Louisa Spies Kdgar Huff (Airry Edward Clyde Morgan Lula Stump Louis Edward Faliriou Addie Louise Post Okey Earle Spencer Cl. ' nn Roseoe Fit .liugh Rol;erta Anne Regar Allen S. Theasher Carle George Weltman Ellis Benton AVhaley 71 Junior Class Roll Josi ' jiliiiii ' Clark Fillmore Compton, Jr. Lois Clark Paul JleXeil Crouch Willis Elzir Dean Avii Hazel Fearer Spencer K. Goodwin John Snowilcu Kcllison Basil Linger Arley Van ilcCoy Lillie Belie Moore Page llilhui-u, Jr. Jolm Luther . orris (ilenna ilaiul Perrine George Paul IJolierts Georgia Smith Greta P inma Teets Harry Trijipett 73 Preps, Sub-Preps, Semi-Sub-Preps Deer Pap Senc-c a trn-ilil,. liole uorne JjuekhtUniiiii. V. Va. Feb. till ' twdth. IDIO. i left yew it sei ' iii.s like a eoons age. They hav bis; ' si-IkjoI house up heer — neerly as big as yore r hit in simpsuuvilh-. I ti ' ll yi ' W it is a whopper. Thare are elasses heer and eeeh uwn ha.s a pre.sident and otHsers just like the Snag Run literary. Thare ai ' e Jewniors and Seeniors. The Jewniors wear little red eaps like them that advertise soda. I ' d like tew see wun go throo the field wliare Uncle Jims ole Herrford hull is. I asked .sum fellers what i wuz. Wun sed a rulie and the other a sub-prep. The pi-eps stuily Harvey ' s sranimai- and sum of the sub-pi-rps have the fifth reeder. The Freshies and ]ire]is ha -ent any presidence. We gi ' t the frunt seets in ehaiiel and thai ' e are enutf of us tew i ui ' ty neer run things, if we wood. The Seeniors belong too 1910 and the Jewniors are 1911 but we are scattered from Dan tew Bersheeby fur theres Doc Post will graduate in ' 16 or get married wuu and Heyward wont finish till 1923 and wont then ouless he gets a cheek frniii lioiiie. Alrite we have a member of the faculty which is Doc Post hu teeches pemanship and Judge Roseoe Rings the beell. Then billy Brook and Bruce Lowther are the most popular fellows in skool and they are preps. A feller aint jjopular onless he only has 3 cents and owze a big lawndry bill. Besides we ha ' S ' 2 re-hedded fellers whitch iz one better than the Seeniors and Roy Law haz a case on Minnie Jane who iz in the faculty. 74 Wuu nite last Avprk ue had a iiici ' tiug of awl preps. subs, and freshics the Si ' cniovs and rulligegycs. AVi- awl blacked our faces and swore solemn not teAv i-eveel the promseedins. Aftei ' pi air liy Diiteh ' an Dine and Sing- ing; AVe ' ll hang ilinie -Jane to a sour lemon tree we wur called tew order by Eli Williamson hoo is a preecher and the champion runner in skool and used too darkeys. He called on any wun to sped. C ' issero JForgan hoo things he looks like Danyel Welister got up ami run his fingers threw hiz hare and begun : 1 lieseaeh yew si ' Z he in thnnderin accents sol ' t and low I heseaeh yew gentel- men in the name of those hero.se of Bunker Hill boose posterity yu are, tew brook no moar the insults beeped upon yew by the jirowd and hawty Seeniors and Jewniors and eoollege stiwdents. Rouse ye preps rou.seyee in vure mite and wijie them like and avalanche acrosse the dark wave until not wun of the sarjicnts iz left in the fold. Yi ' a ci-ily said .fudge Roscoe and Tubby Nestor lowde he talked like a tish but the rest of us awl cheered and stomped our feat. Then up Jumiied Eli and sed az fur me give me Coca-Cola or give rae death. Ours tew do or (lii ' l Let (Uir slowgun be down withe tryants! We eheered sum moare and Jlint lowther asked CTrosecup for a sigaret. They yelled Down with the tyrance and it look- ed like we wcjod go on the war path shure but at this oriticle .junction Tubby Deen and Strachu- witbdroo takin all our peanuts and Xotax. That madi ' us feal like ipiittin when Ridley Anderson si z in hollow tones look! and we saw what looked like a moovin |iillar of bre lietwcan the colleg and Doc Doneys which scared us all speechless even Pete Murdok until we found it wuz JIuidc Rowlands n-hicli was wur.se yet and we awl tuk tew our heels and run like Hale Columby. I tore my new Dutchess pants and i wisli yrw would send lie uuinny tew by a lu ' w pare. Im noi quitte liroke but Im badly bent. Yore lovin sun (Jeorg . 75 cp ri. Vf rVl C: ii, £=: ■ Cav c,ht at CHftPtu Te-q. 2,U. mill llllUMMtMiieiMllMirMtllHIl ' HVi .iHililtM1M ( Music at Wesleyan TliiM-e is a traditiiin which I ' hiUi has handed down to us through the Jews: tliat. when tlu ' - lmighty had finish- I ' d our world, lie turned to the angels and said, Pun- ones, what think ye of the work of my hands? The highest Arehangel responded for the vast num- ber of the unf alien, God, the Creator, but one thing is lacking in thy great work. Command that the voice of music may fill with its clear, sweet sound this fair new world; and tliat day and night, from sea. hill, and vale, it may offer to thee its tlianksgiving. Then God said. Let the voice of hai ' mony be heard everywhere. And man and bird, ocean and river, gave back their hymn of praise. When the niemlters of the West Virginia Conference began to plan for the erection of a Seminary at Buck- hannou, they too saw that something was lacking. Al- though music at that time was being tauglit in some of the educational institutions of the State, yet at none of them was it made an important and sei arate department. Conseipientl.v these good men determined to establish a School of Jlusic in connection with the propo.sed Semi- nary, .so that the voice of harmony might some day be lieard throughout the State, and that the youth of West Virginia might .join in the hymn of praise. In 1890. the first school year, the JIusic Department began its work, with a faculty of two and an enrollment of thirt.v-four. Each .year the number of students in- creased until 1905, the year in which the main building was burned, when the enrollment was approximately one hundred and fifty, and the faculty consisted of five mera- liers. The three following years saw a marked decrease in attendance as well as general interest; but. during the past and the present school years, the conservatory has been steadil.v regaining her former .standing, and, con- sidering all things, is a.s well jiatniuized as any other de- jiartment of the College. The course of study has also lieen extended. The work retjuired for graduation as laid down in the first i-atalogue edition, covered only that of the sixth grade of the present curriculum. There Avas only one year of theory prescribed, and no literary rerpiiuements what- ever. At ])resent, the technical cour.se of study extends through eight grades; two .vears of harmony, one of analysis, and a thorough course in theory and musical history are required. Each candidate for graduation must also have completed a literary course cr|ual to that i ' ci|uired for college entrance. The School of JIusie has been lo.vally supported not only -by the people of West Virginia but liy those of the adjoining states as well. With their continued help and co-operation, the Wesleyan Conservatory of ifusic will soon hold a prominent place among the nuisical institu- tions of the country. 79 The School of Music Faculty. Samuel Klotz Trimmer, Director School of Music. Pianoforte, Organ, Theory of Music. Olive Dhu Owen, Voice, Piano. Bertha Porter Kolicrts, Violin, Piaud, Ilarmmiy. Theory. Emma llall Tarliet, Pianoforte, Pipe Organ. (iertrude Vaughn Davies, Voice, lieatrice May Pitzwnter, Piano. Maida Virginia Hall, Piano. Dora Frances Clialfant. Piano. Laura Lowe. Piano. Voice. Seniors, Class of 1910. layme Cowcll Young. Piam Alary Mabel Hanson, Piano. Louise Jlay Lanham. Piano. Mallei Wilson, Voice, firacr Taiiililyn. Piano. Edna Brown, Voice. Belva Eilev, Piano. Juniors. M:iggi ' Mcrn-lls, Pianc Rachel Bee, Piano. 81 What Is Music? The art of the heaiitiful and phrasing. — Quintilliau. The universal lansiuaii ' e. wliieli. when all other lan- jiUiiyes were ciinrinuiiled, flu- i-oni ' usion of Babel ii ' ft un- eoiii ' cmnileii. — I ' rofe.ssor Wilson. ■■ .Miraeulons rhetoric! cxi-ellint;- elociuenee! — Isaac ' alton. A kind of inartii-ulate. iinfathoiiiahlr speeeli, which Irads us on to tlie eds;e of thi ' infinite. — Carl yle. The highest of all science. — Bach. The medicine of the hreaking heart. — Thint. The sweet comparison of lalior. — Sir J. Lnlibock. That which has the power of making heaven de- scend to earth. — Japanese Proverb. The voice of liberty. — AV. S. Walker. The voice of prayer. — Shever. One of the most foreilde instnum-nts for training, for arousing and for governing the mind and the spirit of man. ' — Gladstone. The fine art which more than any otlier ministers to human welfare. — Herbert Spencer. 82 The Zooloorical Orchestra of W. V. W. C. The festive Bird plied the drumstiok. while The i io ' n revealed the hones: The ' Possum played a Reed instrument That save the hrciadest tones. The Ilorne(r int ' s organ jHiint Was rather sharp and thin; The Vlial-ey (he) was so AuK ' ust-ah, Tlii ' y did away with him. The Goose eould C ' lara(net). and ' I ' lic tiddler was a Ke(a)rl; The Ivaty-did a soug and dance While the aeeoinpanist Maid-a whirl. The Nickelodeon furnishi-d the soloist; for None eould play Jjo(we) so avcII ; His horn was Blue and tipped witli hi-ass; He also rang- die hell. Oh. Ijong-nieter was a measure, Sa(y the) mule had to hray For when the Wood ' ' -wind turned the Pages, The Kid was seared away. The Bee could play upon the i.-oodi : They wished she hadn ' t eonie. For all the music that she knew Was Hum, Sweet Hum! 83 Rubcnsiein Club Mac Avoy M.mT ' TMBHT The Picture Tlu ' re ' s ii pool in tin ' ancient forest, There ' s a jiool in tin- iini ' ient forest, The painter-iioet said, Snid the jiainter-poet still. That is violi ' t-lilne aiul eiiiei ' akl That is violet-blue and emerald. Prom the faee of the sky o ' erhead. Near the breast of a rose-.sreen hill. So, far in the aneient forest. And the heart of the ancient forest To the heart of the wood v ' nt 1, The paintei ' -poet drew. But found nn poiil of emerald. And painted a I of emerald o vicdetdilne for sk} ' . That thi ' illed me tlirouyh and tliroiiuii. Then liaek to the anident forest J went with a strange, wild thrill. And I found the jiool of emerald, Near the breast of the rose-green hill. 87 O. Phyllis Perrin, Berea, W. Va. Senior in Art. Pliyllis entered si-hool in the fall of 1907. During her stay at We.sleyan .she has not devoted her time en- tirely to art. She has always been active in the Student Organizations, having served her society on the Special Program, and as an officer. Jliss Perrin is the only art senior this year and so takes all tln ' honors of gradu- ation from this department. Art Department Virginia Sti ' inpli Jliss Walls iliss Bonar Lueile Hilleary Dora Weber Lula Higginl.iothaiu Mr. Arnett Miss Powers ilary P. Higginbothara, Director. Senior. 0. Phvllis IV-rrin. Department Roll. -Mi.ss Jloore Jlr. Ilarvoy Jlr. Warner -Miss Perrin Ruth Ferguson -Miss Hall Mr. Tegarten Carl Young Euia Lewis JIary Close Miss Precious Miss Pyre Jliss Savage Mr. Moon Jlr. Jloats 89 P ilillia (). I ' arsuiis, JJ. O. I tliiuk tliat I Imi ' ;md revcrcm-f all arts equally, only putting m.v own just above the otiiors because in it I recognize the union and combination of them all. It seems to me when God conceived the world, that was poetry; when he formed it. that was sculpture; when he colored it. that was painting; when he peopled it Avith living beings, that was the divine, eternal drama. Charlotte Cushman. 93 The Aim of the Department ' Incentives come from the soul ' s self; the rest avail not. — Browning. To Teach the Dignity and Worth of the Art of Expression Oratory has become a recognized factor in the lives of Wesleyan students. The advantages gained in a sys- tematic training along this line, are invaluable. The instruction seeks to bi-oaden the intellect of the student, to strengthen his imagination and to develop his per- sonality; in shoi-t to arouse him to Ijring forth the high- est and best within him. He is led to create ideals from a comprehensive study and a keen appreciation of tine literature and to form ideas from which he gains the ability to think for himself. The orator must communicate his ideas through voice and action, and therefore these must be brought into harmony and co-ordination with the mind. Oratorv has in every age and nation wielded a more general and potent intluenee than any other art. Some may say that the present centui-y is one of inactivity along this line ; but so sure as history repeats itself, so sure as a time of adversity is followed by a time of pros- perity so surely will eloquence again assume its important place in determining the future of men and nations. The universities are the first to catch the returning light, and the renewed interest in public speaking among students can be taken as a good omen in the revival of oratory. The oration, essay and declamation contests at home, and the intercollegiate debates abroad, prove that Wes- leyan is fully aroused and is preparing her .students to become leaders among men, to instruct, convince and persuade. 94 BEATRICE MAY FITZWATER, Buckhannon, W. Va. lis.s Fitzwatfi ' I ' Utui ' i ' il sclioul iu VMS. iSlic has been a student in both the Dei)ai ' traent of Expression and the Department of Miisie, and this year is graduated with honors from lioth departments of the CoUege. MINNIE JANE MERRELLS, Buckhannon, W. Va. .Miss Merrells this year talces the degree of A. B. from the College. During her stay at Wesleyan she has also done full -wni-k in tlie Department of Expression and this year adds tn li.i- i;raduation from the College the bonor iif i;raduMticin I ' ldin this de])artment. MAUDE WILSON BARNES, Weston, W. Va. i Iiss Barnes was gradnate l fmrn tlie Seminai-y in the class of 1008. After lier graduation she entered the De- received the distinction of lieiug the only young lady partment of Expression and this year receives her di- ever elected president of the Chrestomathean Literary ploma of graduation from tliis (b ' partment. !Miss Barnes Society. 95 Department of Expression Editha O. Parsous, B. O., Director. DEPARTMENT ROLL Seniors. Minnie J. .Mcrrells Bcatric-e V. Fitzwater Maude W. Barne-s JIalii ' l Siiodffra.s Juniors. Ivirli ' liav (_ ' ast( Private Work. Frances Bonar Sara Munson Ada Withers Mary Bertli.v Xellie Cliidester Hazel Rolierts B. R. Caste Eileene Batson JIabel Snodgrass .Margaret Elder JIaude Barne iliunie ilerrell.s D. A. Hall Beatrice Fitzwati ' r Sophomore Oratory. Evelyn Fitzgerald Phyllis Perrin Amy Hall Mabel Snodgrass Richard Aspinall Ira L. Warner B. G. Coffraan Robert Clark Frank Arnett Edward Dick Burrell Long Charles Reed B. W. Roberts Denver Pickens J. Timothy Jloon Earl Moats Z. R. Knotts Paul Smith S. R. Gould Leslie Brooks Clemmer Wise Edward Rowlands Hubert N. Ward 96 Maude Barnes Pranees Bonar Ada AVithers II. L. Smith CLASS ELOCUTION Senior Class Work. .Minnie Merrolls .Mar-y Bcrtliy Regular Classes. L. R. Pahi-ion U. Earl Spencer William .Judy E. G. Coflfman E. R. Casto Beatrice Fitzwater Sara Munson E. C. Morgan P. M. Smith Maude Barne.s Leslie Brooks SPECIAL CLASSES Parliamentary Drill. E. G. Coffman S. K. Goidd Hubert Ward Prank Arnett PUiyd Ilanifln Bertie Backus Amy Ilyer Normal Training. Lucy Dawson Emma Savage Mar,iory Young Children ' s Class. Paul Doney Junior Young Tlug ' h Doney 97 MacAvoy School of Commerce With the estiiblishnieut of the West Virginia Con- ference Seminary tlie School of Commerce liad its be- ginning. Though conducted in the same building with the Seminary it was a school unto itself bearing the name Seminary Business College until 1902. Then under its present management it was made a reg ular department of the Seminary subject to the same rules and regulations governing other departments. This department began in the year 1890 by offering a course of training in bookkeeping, penmanship, short- hand and typewriting covering a period of three to tivi ' months. But as more efficient training was demandi ' d. other l)ranchi ' s were introduced and the time required for completing the course correspondingly lengthened until in the year 1903 it was expanded into a two-year course. Again in 190-1, when the Seminary became a col- lege, other subjects were added to the curriculum of the School of Commerce and the course made to coincide in time with the Academic eour.ses of the College. This is proving to be a very popvdar course. Advancement has ever been the watchword of the School of Commerce and its aim to train young people for tlie liusiness needs of the day — not merely to till clerical positions Init to become business masters. Industry alone does not insure success. It is but one element. Brain counts most heavily and tlie man who does not think is already a failure. Xo longer has the banker, the mei ' - cbant, the railroad nuinager time to apprentice his clerks, bookkeepers, managers or superintendents. These em- ployees must come to him already trained or I ' emain in subordinate positions. In the School of Commerce young men are trained to think as well as to do — they learn to il(j things and to know why they do them and what re- lation the work in hand bears to other things about them. In the history of this school many obstacles Im lieen encountered and overcome. Scant ec|uipment, crowded quarters, tlie burning of the liuihling. — not one of these has caused a stej) backward Init in spite of all hindrances the course of the School of Commerce has lieen steadil.y forward. We reflect upon a past of which we are not ashamed. We rejoice in the successful present and look forward in liopes of a future of even greater usefulness. 100 School of Commerce Elizalioth Billingsley George W. Broyles, Principal. Fred C. Post Derry B. Perrine Gould, Sidnov Ross Commercial Science Course. Seniors. Hiill, Frank Dmvitt Wooddcll. Lilian Curry Juniors. Ryder, JIaud Spencer. Okey Sjiies. Louisa Threasher, Allen R. One Year Bookkeeping Course. Ili ' dges, Charles T. Hefner, Wilson Hedges, Lynn P. Lorentz, George Gilion Ross, Estcl D. Luikart, John H. ewlon, Guy Adam Xewcorab, Alliert C. Pifer, Clarence Teece Sliinn. William S. One Year Shorthand Course. . niisf ninu ' , licta Chloe I ' li ' rthv, J(]hn Howard Eekess. Daisy Fanis vort!i. Ralph L:.ue. Carl Morgan, Levi Oeheltrec, Nellie Wolfe, Zelma 102 MMmmw If f LWD Excelsior Literary Society Founclod Scptemlicr 11, 18!)0. Jlotto — Esse c|u;iiii Viderc Colors — Piuk and I ' .liu ' . 1910 SPECIAL PROGRAM £-vce sior I itorary Society Annual Special l ' rri zrun SATURDA Y gVEMW J-cbriinry iifl, 0, «? r O ' CLOCK EfiB (9ilamlIi m■■ I ' KiU.liAM. Ini-m-ai-on. R,i S O Tamblun 7 ' f.i- ' .:lu - of Si ' ir [a)-IL0L-f n- ' v- a-.. (d) IflBwIln MV .- ' h ' Y«u , «, f,„,.. Th, S.UvUf,l n. ' Fuhin- C,i, ... n Mi nofthc Ttmoa , ,..„, I ' m A l.,-h.. ' n-A,mf •If: ' .l .... .... Wl, 1 h.- . o ■ Hvnnf. CmH ■ Wm- -.1 •1 Amna«« .i ' 1 1 ' li ' t OUini n Two M-IUmt . Alltr ■•I;,, 1 A ' tiv O ' l oTJwIgrs 108 Kxcclsior Hail Excelsior Literary Society Xevcr lirfdrc has thi ' i-e lieen such a demand for meu : genuini ' , vliiili ' hr:irti-d, tnu ' liearted men: men whd can see their dutv and sei ' ing- dare to (hi; men wlm liii e lieen trained to think (|uii-kly and net wisely. It is to tlie Christian collci; ' ! ' Iliat thi- viirld is looking for siieh men. No organization in a sdiool is so potent a faetor in the development ol ' a student as the literary .society. West Virginia is looking to AVesleyan College for lier future leaders and many of tliem are being trained in Kxeelsior Hall. In the early days of ' Cesleyan the literary societies aljsorlied |iractirally all of the stmlcnt ' s activities out- side of the class rooms. Athletii-s had not the spirit and enthusiasm of today: lecture courses were irregular and Christian Associatiims were undreamed of. No greater tribute can be paid to the woi-th and efficiency of Ex- celsior society than the fact that although our school is second to none in our State in athletics, although Wes- leyan supports the strongest lecture course of any school of its size, although the Cliristian Associations are alive and active. Excelsior still maintains her standard of work and still claims her share of tlie student ' s time and talent. The many friends of Exeelsiorism will be delighted to hear of the progress nuide in the past few .vears. The walls have been i-epai)ered : a beautiful gi ' and |)iano has been recently purchased. The hall is now completely furnished in the most artistic manner. Every thing is of the very best. Space forbids our giving a (b ' tailed ac- count of the work done, but the interest and enthusiasm in the jn ' ograms has never waned. The hall is tilled at every meeting. During the fall tei ' iii of this year forty- four names were added to our roll. Our .students have won high honors both on our own programs and in con- tests with other colleges. May our society continue to be an honoi ' to Wesleyan and inspiration to her friends and a blessing to all new students, is the wish of every loyal Excelsior. 110 Excelsior Roll Ander.son. R. V. Ann.«trong, Ed. iliss Barnes, Katheiino iliss Bonar, Bertlia Miss Backus. Bertie Miss Berthy. JIary Casto. E. Ray Miss Cummings, Aiulry Dean. W. E. Fahrion, Louis Miss Perer. Hazel Hall, F. n. iiartley, V. H. iliss Ilaught, E.sther .Miss Iiartley, Elizabetli Miss Harris, Grace Hall, R. h. Lovett, J. K. Luikart, J. II. Moon, ilark McCoy, ftlen Maleomb. Charles Mi.ss Ocheltree, Nellie Jliss Perrine, Derry Reed, C. C. ; riss Raine. Helen Miss Robinson, Mary .Miss Armstrong Baycs. .1. .M. 3Iiss Barnes, Ina Jliss Brake, Ijanra iliss Bee, Ray Chenoweth, C. AV. Clovis, Charles Miss Clements. Margret DeStetfino, Xiek Fitzlnigh, C. R. Carrett. A. E. Harvey, J. A. Hoskins, Carl Jliss Ilanlin, Augusta Hall. D. A. Ilat ' n ' -ay, A ' -ildeu • ludy. William L.aw, Roy t!. iliss Lewis, Ora loon, Timothy JleCoy, Arley Xester, G, E. liss Proeious. Daliab -Miss Pervin, Pbyliis Roseoe. .1. S. .Mi.ss Ryder, .M.ni.l liss Rogers, Kstelle Berthy, Howard Balelltille, W. E. Jliss Bonar, Franees iliss Boylen, JIary Miss Beahler, Goldia Cutlip. Alevie Miss Chalfant, Frank Jliss Crane, Jessie Dawson, Lucy iliss Ferguson. Ruth Goodwin. S. K. Hall, U. C. Hubbs. Harold Hardmau. Daisy Miss Hoskins, Bertha .Miss Ililleary, Miniiii Kellison, .1. S. Law. Claud J. lurdock. Peter !Miss Merrells. ilaggii; liss Jlerrells, Jlinnie Xorris. J. L. Miss Perrine. Glena Miss Powers. JIazie Rowlands. E. Miss Robinson. .Mabel Strader, A, D. Smith. II. L. Stambaugh. . . G. Miss Sine, Opal Thrasher, A. S. Weltman, 6. C. Wise, Clemmer Miss Wooddell Moon, Charles Hawkins, G. W. iliss Brown. Edna Lambert. 0. P. Stutzman. Ernest .Miss Snodgrass, ilabcl Jliss Sutton. .-Vudry Miss Teets, Emma Williams. J. D. Williamson. E. II. .Miss Withers. . da Jliss Law. Lona Miss AVestfall. Jessie Brown. R. C. Sidwell, Ernest liss Snodgrass, Ethel Smith, P. M. Jliss Ward. Flora Whaley. Ellis .Miss Wilson. JIabel Mi.ss Young, Mamie Trevey, Bascom Miss Sharps, Ada Jliss Jennings. Bessie 111 ' V. ' s ' - ] ] 1 V i {jtuiii Chrestomathean Literary Society Pounded Septembpi- 11. 1890 Motto — ' Vivtu.r; et Labore. Colors — Yello :irid Whiti ' Officers 1909—10. Fall Term. Mr. Aspinall. Presidont. Mr. Brooks, Vice President, iliss Brooks, Recording Secretary. Mr. Coft ' inan. Treasurer. Jliss Deck. Pianist. Mi.ss Feather, Chorister. Mr. Dick, Critic. Mr. Moats, Jfarshal. D. C. Pickens. Correspondin;. ' Secielary. Winter Term. Prank E. Arnett, President. Zelotes E. Knotts, Vice President. Basil Linger, Treasurer. Evelyn Fitzgerald, Recording Secretary. Filmore Conipton, Chorister. Spring ierm. ilr. L. Brooks, President. Jlr. Miller, Vice President. Air. Blair. Treasurer. Sliss Alays, Recording Secretary. Mr. Gould, Critic. H3 D. C. Pickens. Corresponding Secretary. Robert Clark, Critic. Richard Aspinall, Marshal. Virginia Maj ' s, Pianist. D. C. Pickens, Corresponding Secretary. Jliss Tamblyn, Pianist. Miss Hall, Chorister. Mr. Arnett, Marshall. Cliresto Special Performer Chrestomathean Literary Society It was Emerson wlio said, The true test of civiliza- ticiu is not the census, nor the size of its cities, nor the crops, but the kind of men the country ' turns out. licalizins this truth, and i-onsciims that t ' hi-estomatlu-ans must prove tlie greatness of I ' hrestomatheanism, we ar - proud of the men and women we )ia -e turned out. i pace will not |iermit us to make mention of our many memliers who are tilling the different vocatiiins ii ' life, liut we are glad to say our present dean and three of the trustees of our school are former Chrestos. Since the issuing of the last annual Chrestomathean- ism luis kept pace witli the rapid progress of the school. The hall is now well furnished. The floors have been adorned with a costly and beautiful carpet so that one may find himself more comfortable while attending so- ciety than by his own fireside. In the fall of 08 occurred the presidency of AVanl Lanham followed by Floyd R. Hanifan and iMiss ilaude Barnes. The special was held on May first. Robert Clark and Joseph Barnett deliated. Resolvi ' d that tlie numbi-r of Normal Schools in AVe.st Virginia should be reduced. Denver C. Pickens gave as an oration Should Prohibi- tion be a . ational Issue, and (_ ' lyde O. Law discussed The Philosophy of Reform. Jliss Louise Lanham on essay, read a paper on the American Juggernaut. and .Mr. I-)avi l K. Dick on. Our Raid;. On reading, iliss Beatrice Fitzwater gave a denunciation scene from the Lion and Jlouse, and Miss ilaude Barnes Jlichael Strogoff. ilr. Kii-havd Aspinall. l- ' rank E. Arnett and Leslie Crooks ha c pri ' sided over the society ' s destinies during the iiri ' sent year of 09- ' 10. The speeial program was held on February twenty-eighth. Sidney R. Gould and Frank E. Arnett debated the ([uestion Resolved that Trusts and Monopolies are a positive In.iury to the Pco- [ile Financially. As oi ' atiou Hubert N. Ward gave The . ced of Reform in Our Country. and Leslie Brooks The New Eldorado. The Essays were by Miss Evelyn Fitzgi ' inld on Experience and Jliss Louis Brooks The I ' riee of Success. Miss Irene Jackson representi-cl the society by reading The Lost AVord. and .Aliss Amv Hall Tin- I ' .ov. 115 Chrestomathean Roll Anictt AspiiKiU I ' .hii.- 15i-()()ks I ' .rooki ' Tn-sallis Tripprtt Ijcwis ( ' ompton .MrWh.u ' ti-r V:ir l Wnincr Joliii ( ' lu-i-y Miss Uavie.s .Miss Deeli .Mnynard Down: ' Jean Dnwnes Eng-lf Uvakv .■ Iiss Fitzgerald .Miss Fitzwatcr .Miss Gay Groves G.iuia .Maida Hall F. ( ' . iVist . iiiy Hall Hanifan Hai ' dman 11 ay ward Stalnaker Knotts Catlier Clark Van Dyne Crites Croueli Miller Ivhvard ( ' tu ' ry .Morgan .Miss .Mllllsnil O ' Brien Pickens Pieree Miss Porter .Miss Feather . ddie I ' .ist Aliss Riley Miss Roberts Paul Kiiherts liss Savage .Mis.s Scott Miss Barnes Stansbury Miss Steniple Jliss Suminerville Miss Stump Miss Ilorner Jliss Jackson .Miss Lanliam Jliss Watson Miss .Mays Jliss Weber Mi.ss Lowe Eugenia Young Mr. Zickafoose (). P. Hill Kalph Poberts Edna Walls Beatrice Walls Ri lenour Carrie Post X. L. Lowtlier iliss Hedges A. B. Lowther Fledges ITeffner Miss Ilays Hall 116 Oratorical Association Officers. President AV. II. Ilai-tley Vice Pre.si(lent Robert Clarli Secretary II. N. Ward Treasurer Leslie Broolis Debating Teams. Affirmtitive Negative Scio. Leslie Brooks Richard Aspinall ( ' . V. Cli,.n,, .-th John Lovett William Hartley John Lo ett Wesleyan ' s Debating Record Vc ha c met Marietta at Buekhannnn nnce and defeated her once. W ' r- hiiM ' met JIarietta at JIarietta imcc ami defeated her once. We have mi ' t Bethany at BiirklianiKUi onei and defeated her once. 118 Oratory and Debate in Wesleyan In the early days of the Seminary, the forerunner of the college, few organizations were effected in the school. As we grew older there came a need for organizations, till there were the Literary Societies. Christian Associations, Athletic Association and other organizations that were necessary for furthering educational advantages. Early in the winter of ' 09 another need was .seen, and as a result, on January 23, 1900, several of the men of the school of expression and those who were interested in debating and oratoric al contests met in the general office of the college for the purpose of organizing an a.ssociation whereby we might have some means of de- veloping our oratorical powers, and in time compete with other colleges. President Doney was chosen temporary chairman of tlie first meeting until a permanent organization was ef- fected, iliss Parsons, Dr. Doney and Profs, ilaggerty and James were present and expressed themselves as lieing in sympathy with the proposed plans. The permanent organization resulted in the election of Floyd Ilanifan as Pres.. W. H. Hartley, Vice Pres., S. K. (Jouid. Sec. and II. L. Smith. Treas., under whose managenu ' Ut began the career of the oratorical associa- tion. A constitution was soon adopted and plans were made for an inter-collegiate contest. JIarietta accepted our cballenge and the first contest took place at Wesleyan on JIarch eighth. In this contest AVesleyan was represented by Richard Asjnnall and C. W. Chenoweth, meeting W. W. Dollison and II. G. Meister of Slarietta. The question was, Resolved, that the Right of Suffrage should be limited to those who can read and write. Wesleyan upheld the affirmative and won by a unanimous decision of the judges. During the fall of ' 09 a triangular debating contest was arranged for with Marietta and Bethany Colleges, on the question, Resolved, that the government of the United States should own and control the Telephone and Tele- graph Systems. A preliminary try out was held early in the winter term, choosing four debaters to defend Wesleyan. Leslie Brooks and J. K. Lovett were chosen to uphold the affirmative at Marietta, while Richard Aspinall and W. II. Hartley were chosen to remain at home and support the negative against Bethany. The contest was held on JIarch fifteenth, which is now held as a great day foi ' Wesleyan. for on that even- ing the affirmatives won a unanimous decision, and the negatives won a two to one decision. As evidence of the high college spirit and enthusiasm existing on that even- ing, the faculty immediately declared the following day a holiday, which was taken up in parades, receptions and a general celebration of the great victory. Before the Murmurmontis is in the hands of its readers Wesleyan will have met and defeated ( ?) Seio College in a contest to be held sometime in May. The Oratorical Association has made a grand beginning and as long as such spirit animates the members and the students of Wesleyan there need be no fear for its future. 120 ATUh-ETKS wMMi m ' WM: ?v Athletic Association 1909 and 1910. liliiir V. Roberts. President. Louise Lanham, Secretary. II. A. Stanslniry. Vii-e President. Thomas W. Ilaught, Treasurer. Ernest Stutzman. Keeper of Archives. Directors. Denver C. Pickens. Senior. William II. Hartley, Junior. Richard Aspiuall, Sophomore. Hubert N. Ward, Freshman. John Kellison j Fred Stansbury V Acader Paul Roberts ) Or ' Ue L. Post, Alumni. (.). Kerr Price. Football Cnaeh. Managers. II. A. Stansbury, Football 1909. Leslie Brooks, Football 1910. Hurrell Long, Ka.sebiill PMI9. Fred Stansbury, Baseball 1910. II. A. Stansbury. Track 1909. Jolm K. Lovett. Track 1910. Captains. Fred Stansbury. Football 1909. John S. Kellison, Football 1910. Teece Pifcr. Baseball 1909 and 1910. 123 Athletic Sports in Wesleyan By IlaiTV Adaius Stansbwi ' } ' . In Athli-tics we li;ni ' been ailvancing until at thi- liri ' si ' iit time, altlmugli we i.li uut lead, we stand among the first Colleges in this section of the United States in the matter of clean athletics and in that we are sei ' iously to hi ' n ' {-honeil with in the contests in which we engage with our rivals. Though other schools have much larger student bodies. o u ' momentuni liids fair to endure till we are not only among tlie first but in tlie front rank lead- ing all the re.st. Tlie standaril (if Wesleyan ' s athletics has always been high, but ,iust now we have reached a stage where there is little room for imiirovement in the class of games sched iled or in the elimination of undesirable features. Professionals are no longer tolerated as they once were and as they still are at schools of supposedly high stand- ards in athletics. Athletic relations have been discon- tinued with Athletic Clubs and with those Colleges which d(i not maintain ven a decent standard of sport. ( hir schedules are representative. The baseball schedule which ajipears in this department shows the wiile range of our prestige. Never before have we had such a i-iilleetion of games and these games are with schools which if Wesleyan comes to the scratch and her athletes do what they are capable of doing will be a mighty step toward that athletic paradise for which all colleges are striving. Why heretofore has Wesleyan not excelled ? The answer is plain to a strict observer of athletic conditions and of the undercurrents that in great measure regulate athletic standings. 8i)irit is the prerequisite of any col- lege athletic team. I hope our worthy rivals at ilarshall College will pardon me if 1 dwell a little on one of their weaknes.ses for the purpose of illustration. Marshall has twelve hundred students; nearly fmir times as nmny as we have, still we defeated them by a large score last sea- son in football. What is the reason for this? A lack of spirit on the part of the stiulent body and the lack of a man or group of men with interest enough to take hold of things and make them go. A lack of men with the faith and ability enough to get into good standing with colleges worth while. This. also, is the thing we .seek for when we try to find the reason Wesleyan delayed so long in getting into permanent athletic relations with col- leges of real worth and athletic standing. We Avould hardly dare accuse our student body of a lack of sjiirit. We are notorious on aivmuit of ha ' ing sn much. Still time was when it was not so and a part of oiu ' student body is still infected. Ibiwever, we are glad to say that 124 there is an element that seeks advancement and this element is in the majority and is making Wesleyan take her place among the leaders. An uninitiated jierson nuglit sdmetimcs tliink that debating was al.out to take the plaee of athletics as a means of collegiate intercourse in Wesleyan, hut to the writer, though his view may he somewhat tiiased. it seems that if those in authority would lay as much stress on athletic contests as on debating contests and by their jjosition would encourage one as fairly and as enthusiasti- cally as the other that there W(]idd l)e no question as to tbi ' supremacy of athletics. Hut be that as it ]nay the present year will close leaving athletics in Wesleyan Col- lege in far better condition than ever before. Our football team last fall, as set forth a few pages further on. was more nearly a credit to the college than ever before, and. to one viewing the coming season from the writer ' s position, it seems that great improvement over last season ' s record is inevitable. In baseball the present season has shown great advancement. The schedule is hailed l)y many as out of the question, yet we feel that the present advancement of Wesleyan ' s ath- letic strength and standing is due more to the higher standard of games schi dule l than to any other one thing. We need not speak of track work and liasketball, for all know that their iniiirovement has been coordinate with that of Wesleyan s ma.ior sports. We feel that a great future is before Wesleyan in the held of athletic sports, and we feel that Wesleyan. to he true to her spiiit and her heritage, must measure up to her opiiortunities. As this article is licing written an all-important step is being taken,- the combining of an athletic coach and Y. M. C. A. secretary. This step added to the high stand- ard of schedules maintained should at once bring us to the place where a gymnasiiun as well as a student man- ager are not onl.v necessities, hut possibilities, .ves. actual realities. Let us lio|ie that Wesleyan ' s athletic standard and advancement will continue to improve. 125 ' Varsity Line Up, Season 1909 Coach — O. Kt ' iT Price. Manager — II. Adam.s Stan.sluiry. Captain — Fred Stansbiiry. L. E.— II. Stanslniry. R. T.— Kellison. L. T.— Root. R. E.— ilax Toomb and Arnett. L. G.— Curry, Ed. L. Il.- ex Tooiub. C— Long. R. II.— Calloway. R. G.— Brooks. Q.— Fred Stan.sbiiry. F. B.— Van Dvne. Substitutes. Smith, II. L. Young. Curry, Joliu. Gillispie. 126 Pboto by QarL Football Season 1909 The football season of 1909, lias liccn, in many re- spects, the most sueeessful Wesleyan has yrt rxporieneed. Of eight regular games played we lost only two, and these were to teams entirely out of our class, while the result of games played with teams representing the strongest foot- ball schools within the state gives us .second place among AVest Virginia schools. Thi.s showing .seems even more n-- markable when we consider the fact that our schedule was one of the hardest ever attempted liy a Wesleyan team, being composed nf schools that include some of the best football schools of Pennsylvania and Ohio in theii ' schedules. To one who has |ilayed through lioth seasons, the fol- lowing facts seem to account for the great success of the year as e(nnpared with the season of 1908. In till- first place, by the return of 0. Kerr Price we secured a coach who, in addition to his knowledge of the game and coaching ability was thoroughly conversant with conditions here, and as the team was mainly made up of the former .season ' s players, with each man ' s ability, thus the team at the beginning nl ' the season, .started at practically the same point at whii ' li the season of 1908 ended. In the second place, the must rigid train- ing rules were religiously observed, and the result was that the team was in the best of condition physically, during the entire season, and no pla.ver suffered serious enough injury to keep him from practice more than a day or two. Time out was called by our team in only two games last season ; in fact, we met no team that excelled ours in endurance. The fir.st half of the 0. U. game was the fastest ever played on our grounds, as time was not I ' alled by either side during the half. Again, our scrub team last year was the best in history, comparing fa ' orably with the varsity of some previous years. In the Scio game the line up in the last half was composed of practically all reserves, and yet we scored more points than were made in the first half with the regulars in the line-up. To the splendid spirit shown liy the second team, the success gained last season is in no small measure due, and many of these players will doulit- less be fo ind in the regular line-up during the coming season. In the next place, the regular team was idiaracterized by a fighting, never say die, spirit, the Old Yale spirit that never quits till the whistle blows, and never did a Wesleyan team more splendidly exemplify this than in the two losing games played last .season. In the Marietta game, after the Ohioans had made a touchdown in the 128 first miniitp and a half of play, nineteon minutes of as hard football as was ever witnessed on those grounds passed before the Orange and Black goal line was again erossed, although the average weight of the Jlarietta team was fifteen pounds greater than was that of our team. In the game with W. V. U., only half as many points were seored by the University team in the last half as in the first, although the Old Gold and Blue was playing in the finest form they had shown during the season. Last, but not lea.st, the spirit shown by the entire school, and the support given the team by every student, has bei ' ii piM ' ha|)s tlie most potent factor in the success gained uu tlic gridiron in 1909. No school can have a good football team regardless of the material and train- ing which go to make the team unless students and faculty unite in giving their heartiest support in evciy way possible, as no player can put forth the very best that is in him for his school unless he feels that the school is with him in his efforts. Never has college spirit been higher in AVesleyan. and never has a team received lietter STipport than did ours last Fall. The trainload of stu- dents that accompanied the team to Jlorgantown. and cheered their team through a losing game, ojienrd tin- eyes of the people of the state to the fact that in loyalty and college spirit the student body of Wesleyan is unex- eelled. F ' rom the success of the last season, and the prospects for tin- next the football season of 1910 cannot liut be the bi ' st yet. Tlie schedule for next Fall is even harder than that of 1909, l)ut with the prospects we now have in the line of coaching and material, as well as financially, it is safe prophecy that the name of Wesleyan will be even higher at the end of the next season, as a football si-liool. than now. Football Record, Season of 1909. AVesleyan.... U Ohio University. Wesleya ....110 Scio College .... AVesleyan ... Afarietta 26 AVesleyan . . 2. ) Alarshall 6 AVesleyan .... Bethany AA ' e.sleyan 38 Glenville Normal AVesleyan .... AV. V. U 49 AVesleyan ... 26 Alumni 5 129 I ' holu by Mac Avo Varsity Line- Up, Season 1909 .Manager — ISurrell lacing. Captain — Tece L. Pifer. Third Base— Pifer (C). Second Base — Arnett. Left Field— Fred Stansliurv. First Base — Ijanliam. Right Field— Van Dyne. Short Stop — (Jrne l st. Catchers — Long and Shari)s. Pitchers— n. Stansbury and Leland I ' ost. Substitutes — PieUens and Blake. 131 % Season 1910 Manager — Fred Stansbury. Captain — Teee L. Pifer. OUTLOOK Compared with previous seasons and schedules the baseball outlook for 1910 is very encouraging. As this article is being written more men are working daily in the athletic field than ever before in the history of the college. Prom the amount of energy with whicli the management has labored, and the amount of enthusiasm the players are manifesting, it seems that 1910 miist be Wesleyan ' s banner baseljall year. When this volume appears the season will be history. Even though all the games may not have been won, we are sure that Wesleyan ' s showing against the hardest schedule she has ever attempted will be creditable indeed. Manager Stansbury has arranged the following schedule : SCHEDULE AT HOME. April 18 and 19, Betliany College. April 29 and 30, ilarietta College. May 3, Marshall College. JMay 13 and 14. Ohio Wesleyan (Probalile). May 18 and 19, JIuskingum College. May 23, Otterbein University (Probable K June 8, Hiram College. June 13 and 14, Ohio Nortlicrn Cniversitv. ABROAD. May 4, Lafayette at AVest Lafayette. May 5, Scio College at Scio. May 6, Jluskingum College at New Concord. May 7, Otterliein Univei ' sity at Westerville. May 9, Ohio Wesleyan at Delaware. May 10, Ohio University at Athens. May 27, West Virginia University at Morgantown. Jlay 28, Grove City College at Grove Citj ' . May 30, Westminster College at New Wilmingt m. May 31. Pittsburg College at Pittsburg. June 1, Washington and Jefferson College, at Wash- ington. 133 Track atlileties in AVesleyan are comparatively new hilt in a short time they have fallen a prominent place in the out-door activities of the srlidol. Away hack in the days of the old Sem , a field day or two was held, hut nothing was done in interseholastic track work and this important phase of athletics was again neglected until the year of 1908. In that year a college field day was held only a short time before commencement. It was a distinct success from both a financial and an atldctic standpoint, and it paved the way for future work along this line. JIueh of the success of this first year was due to the efforts of the manager, ilr. Fred Van Voorhis, himself a tracd athlete of no mean abilit.v. Last year (li)0!)) Jlr. Harry A. Stansbury was made track manager, and the date was fixed at al)out the first of May, it being the intention to enter the world of inter- collegiate vaf]i athletics and compete with some othci- schools. The field day , as it had formerly been called, now became known as the try-out ' ' and emphasis was placed upon the meets to lie hehl with other institutions. In accordance with this idea, the manager eliminated some events of a purely burlesque character, savoring more of a Fourth of July celebration than an athletic con- test, and confined the entries to the regular events usually scheduled. One exception was the five-mile run, or Baby JIarathon, which attracted ' onsiderable attention. In the local ' try-out, six men were the winners of first place in the various events and these became our track team for 1009. They were each presented with a gold medal presented by some business man of the town. The only meet held was that with the team representing Fairmont State Normal School on IMay 31. Wesley an was the winner by a score of 49 to 47, winning seven of the twelve events. The memliers of the team and the events in whieli they took part were as follows: George Van 134 Dyne, capt ain, 440 and 880 yard dash ; Ward Lanham, 50 and 100-j ' ard dashes, 120 yai-d hurdle, running broad jump and running high jump ; John S. Kellison, shot put and hammer throw; Harry Stansbury. pole vault; and Hubert X. Ward, iine-inib ' run. Wesleyan also had the distinction the same year of being represented at the T ' niversity of Pittsburg meet in manager. The try-out is to be held on April 23. Mueh greater interest is being manifested than ever before, and traek athletics l)id fair to occupy a place almost as promi- nent as baseball and football. They do not require any very costly uniform or equipment, and in preparation. hard work and consistent training count for mueh, so that they are especially attractive to many students. In the iiiiistitution of the Athletic Association, thcv have that city. Ward Lanham. winner of the ilashes in the home meet and in the one with FairiiKrat. was entered there in one of the dashes and came in fifth, winning over the representatives of every school represented excepting Carnegie Technical School. For the season of 1910, John K. Lovett was appointed IJhoioby Cla.k been recognized by the awarding of a trac! what similar to those given in baseball and requirements for securing the track ' ' W candidate shall have won .some event in an meet. The sweater is orange witli a l)lac monogram. k AV , some- football. The ' are that the intercollegiate k ■AV C. in 135 Tliiit liasketball should be an important game has been (b ' lnonsti ' ateil. when, this year, a large college of the East aliaudoned a muidier of its athletic games and re- tained basketball. AVesleyan. keenly alive to all things that mean prog- ression, has taken a stand for phy.sieal exercise for girls. In September 09 fifteen girls came out for basketball practice and although tlie inclemency of the weather made systematic practice impossible, much good material developed, and the team played clean, swift basketball. As in any physical work for girls, promoters of liasket- ball find serious prejudices to overcome. Opponents con- tend that it is too rough, that the thirst for victory is put above character and that the liasketliall field is a place for men only. It is gratifying to note that iiumy of our foremost edu- cators of the day, both men and women, have taken the affirmative side of the question and lent their voices to the Pholo ky cry, Let the j ' oung women of our schools have an equal ehanee with the men. The experience of the past year-s seems to pro ve con- clusively that the girls ' teams do not violate the rules and that they play with true s])ortsmanlike spirit, when, often, the men do not. If the players will come to realize that they are not enemies ; that it is not war, that it is spox-t ; they will find in basketball, as in any other contest, a splendid auxiliary to the building of character. V. VV. C. A. Cabinet Photo by M.c A y Mac rtvoy Young Women ' s Christian Association 1909—1910. Xot by might nor by jiower, but by my spirit saith the Lord of Hosts. Officers. President Mamie Young Si ' i retary Esther Ilaught Vice President Phyllis Perriu Treasurer Virginia Jlays Chairmen of Committees. Membership Pliyllis Perriu .Mission Study Helen Raine Finance Virginia Mays Intereollegiate Rachel Bee Religious Meetings Derry B. Perrine Social Dai.sy Ilardman Bible Study Irene Jackson Xominating Bertie Backus Conference Jlaliel Wilson 139 The King ' s Daughters Circles Hand-in-Hand Circle. Hertie Backus, President Rachel Bee Mary Bertha Frank Chalfant Grace Harris Ada Sharp Lillian AVooddell Whatsoever Circle. Mabel Wilson, President Lona Law Addie Post Augusta Ilanlin Louise Lanham ilamie Young Maude Rider Goldie Beahler Dora Weber Elizabeth Stemple Lalah Scott Emma Savage Jessie Crane Lucy Dawson Rita Somerville Carrie Post Estelle Rogers 140 Sunbeam Circle. Belva Riley, President Mazie Powers Elizalieth Ilartly Priscilla Adams Bertha Bonar Prances Bonar Fannie Smith Carrie Gatts Ora Lewis Audrey Cummings Phyllis Pei-rin Mvrtle Cozzens Youne Women ' s Christian Association The jji-ogi-i ' ss Muiili ' liy thr Yoiiiij; Wdiucii ' s CluistiiUi Assoeiation in the past year has been licitli rajiid and permanent. The assoeiatidn is i-ciiiiinj; ' iiiipie and iinire tci be the center of all religidus and sncial aeti ities of the sehool. The work of eacdi department has been earried on with {2;reat zeal. Several new ]ihases id ' the work have been introdueed and are proving very .sueees.sfnl. The intercollegiate eonnnittee ha.s started a lilirary for tlie girls and throngh their efforts many ' olumes have been secured. This committee has also kept us in touch with other associations of the State, through their correspond- ence. A fund has been stai ' ted for tlie purpose of loaning mone.y to conference delegates; the money to be returned, without interest within three years after the student leaves school, thus making the fund |iermanent. A iilan for systematic f;iving has been intioduccd by whiidi each member pays five cents a week. Then members have taken loyal hcdil of the plan and the treasurer finds n(] difficulty in meeting all the bills. The wcjrk (if the liibh ' and Mission classes deserves especial attention. . three yeais ' course in Bible study is offered to the young woiiu ' n; efficient teachers have been secured and the enrollment has been encouraging. Three classes have lieen engaged in mission study ; we ha -e lieen very fortunate in securing Jlrs. Core, a returned nns- sionary. as teacher of a class on India. The weekly devotional meetings have been well at- tended : a series of subjects relating to college life have proved very interesting. The cabinet meets each week for prayer and consultation. As we look back upon the past year we truly have reasons for thanksgiving but there are yet many and greater things to be accomplished. True to our motto, Not l).v ndght nor liy power, but by my spirit saith the Lord of Ilo.sts, ' we shall be able to do all things. 141 Y. W. C. A. Roll Barnes, Kathryu Harnes, Ina Backus, Bertie Beahler, Goklie Bee, Raeliel Billingsley, Mrs. Elizalictli Bonar, liertha Bonar, Frances Boylen, JMary Brake, Laura Brooks, Lois Chalfant. Frank Clemens, Margaret Cozzens, Myrtle Crane, Jessie Cummings, Audrey Davies, Gertrude Deck, Mrs. J. J. Doney, JL-s. C. G. Downes, Jraynanl Downes, Jean Dorsey, Myrtle Dawson, Lucy Eckess, Daisy Fearer, Hazel Feather, Mabel Ferguson, Ruth Fitzgerald, Evelyn Fitzwater, Beatrice Hanlin, Augusta liardman, Daisy Harris, Grace Hartley. Elizabeth Hathaway. Maude llaught, Jlrs. T. W. llaught, Esther Ileflin, Lena Hilleary, Lucile Horner, Genevieve Hoskins. Bertha Jackson, Irene Ki ' llai ' . Daisy Lanhain, Louise Leggett, Beulah Law, Loua Lewis, Ui ' a Marple, Grace ilays, Virginia Milburn, Mrs. Page Mooi-e, Fannie Parsons, Editha Paulsen, j Irs. Helen Perrine, Derry Perrine, Glenna Perrin, Phyllis Porter, Theodora Post, Addie Post, Carrie Powers, Mazie Proeious, Dahlia Proudfoot. Florence Rider, Maude Riley, Bclva Roberts. Hazel Roberts, JH-s. B. Y. Robinson, Mary Rogers, Estelle Savage, Emma Scott, Lalah Sharp, Ada Sine, Eulalia Smith, Fannie Somerville, Rita Specs, Louisa Stemplc, Elizabeth Sutton, Audra Teets, Emma Walls, Beatrice Yilson, Mabel Withers, Ada Wolf, Carrie Wolf, Zelma Wooddell, Lillian Wyman. Grace Young, Mamie Toung, Marguerite 142 . M. C. A. Cabinet Photo by MaeAvoy Young Men ' s Christian Association Christo Et Ecclesiae ' Officers. President C. W. Cheiinwith Src vetary Vice President Uiehard Asi)iiiall Treasurer A lvisor Professor O. V. lii ' oyles Cabinet. Religious Committei ' Cliarlcs ( ' . Reed. Chairnuin Social ( ' (innnittce Bil)le Stud.y W. II. Hartley, Chairman Lecture ( ' oursc Mission Study Robert Clark, Chairman Conference Fund . . .S. Ross Goul ' .Charles C. Reed , K ' ichard Aspinall. ( ' Iiaii ' inan . .. .1. L. Warnci-. Chairman . . . . H. T. Trevey, Chairman 145 Summer Conference Gleanings Truth is the arrow ; man is tlie bow-string. — J. JI. McDonald. Freedom and rationality are two names for the same thiny. and their highest development is the end of human life. — Prof. Butler of Columbia. We are not here to make a living, lint to make a life. —G. D. Alden. An edueated man is one wIki is untu his .job. — G. L. McNutt. You ean never sow your own field full withoiit throw- ing some over the edge. — Bishop McDowell. We must have a better activit.v between our activity and our time alone with God. — John R. Mott. Jlost people are living only in the upper layers of tlieir life. — John Douglas Adam. Jesus Christ lifts the mortgage of our past. — John Douglas Adam. Never let your desire for wealth exceed your desire to do good. — G. D. Alden. The Y. M. C. A. Library Apace with the advancement with the se eral organi- zations of Wesleyan is the jn ' ogress of the Young Men ' s Christian Association. A very conspicuous insignia of this is thi- ad.junet of a long felt need. — a library. Tliis was made possible by the publishing of a College Calendar, and the hearty co-operation of the students and alumni. The calendar, although an experiment, proved a gratifying success and assui ' cd an anniuil edition. The function of the library is to afford a ready refer- ence for the Bible and Mission classes as well as choice reading for the student body. There are now about one hundred volumes sei-ured and a number of others have been contributed. It is to be hoped that many will see the advisability of such donations and will assist in the effort to mould the lives of our youths for future citizen- ship. The Bible and Mission students are now enabled to study more widely and increased interest in this phase of the work is manifest. 146 Y. M. C. A. Work Truly it cau bo said that the Yuuug .Men ' s Christian Association of Wesleyan is more and more eaeli year ae- complishing its purpose as expressed in its object, to deepen the spiritual life of its members and promote Chi-istian fellowship among them. iiu l to lead students to devote their lives to Jesus Christ. The Association is stronger today than it has ever been before, — .stronger both spiritually and financially. And most gladly do those who love Wesleyan and her traditions watch the growth and jirogress of this most important phase of col- lege life. To a young man entering Wesleyan College the Y. M. C. A. extends a most cordial welcome, and its influence during the school life of that young man is ever toward the pure, the clean, the Christ-life. The education sought and obtained at Wesleyan is many sided, — mental, moral, spiritual and pliysical. Witli this end in view, the aim of the Association here in school is to get hold of a young man and, along with other knowledge he is obtaining, turn him out a strong, clean Christian, and a man who can lie relied upon to do the work of Jesus Christ wherever he ma y be durini;- his life time. This our Christian Association is accomplishing. It is a noble work and an inspiration to other factors of col- lege life. We pray that in the future years, as our school expands and grows, the influence and power of the Young Men ' s Christian Association may also be increased, and that through it, every student who comes to Wesleyan may be led into the broader and more complete life, found in the channels of Y. BT. C. A. work which teaches alike the cultivation of SPIRIT. JIIND and BODY. 147 Y. M. C. A. Lecture Course (Aiiumitti ' O Chainnan, Ir;i L. Waruer. II. L. Smith E. G. Cuffman Committee, Prof. Thomas W. Ilaught C. W. Chcnoweth Gov. Josepli V. Folk, Alton I ' ai ' kanl. Edward T. llauvrman. Attractiiiiis. The Icctiu-i ' I ' liuisc is one of the most prominent reatiiri ' s (d ' the Y, .M. ( ' , A., and is, tinaneially, the most sueeessful of all the student enterprises. Originally, it was a jirivate affair directed l)y mem- liers nf till ' faeulty ; liut it was turned over several years ago into the hands (jf the students and since that time it has heen vinder tlu- auspices of the Y. if. C. A. Until within the last six years the course was unable to pay expenses. But .since that time it has gi-adually grown stronger until now it is the strongest one in the Leland T. Powers, The Vhitney Brothers, Judge Ben. B. Lindsey. State. The course this year was b.v far the strongest we lia e e er had. Yet in sjiite of the fact that it cost over $21)0 more than an.y previous one, we had at the end cd ' the .vear the usual amount of clear mone,v. The patronage of the course was almost doubled this year, thus making it possible for the new committee to very materially strengthen the one for next year. The students and citizens of Buekhannon have a just right to be proud of the course their loyal patronage has established. 148 FVPLICATICJN PmMTM THAT TRe-e THB ' ' 50RBP ' ir 7r-m hKL =-- . c.O±.Juu (fc IvJiw SiuxwYV (krl • ' ' 1 itJ :i;S ' l - Editorial All great schools have their foils and I ' liihles, else thej ' would not be great schools. Survej ' ing that sentence critically, it seems entirely liromidic and alisolutely unnecessary, Still one must start an editorial by saying something, unless, perchance, one happens to be x litterateHr, when the inevitalde custom is to start l)y saying nothing. However this is not a literary compendium. It is an editorial that is to be cluttered with and hanipi ' red by facts. Wherefore, having elucidated tliis matter, let us proceed in a dignified and scholarly . This is the page that members of tlie .MURMUR- MONTIS Board usually use in expl.inations. apologies, confessions, and other borrowed rhetoric. We have no such intentions. We merely wish to set forth for your enlightenment and understanding a few facts. There has been no volume of MUR.M UK.MO.XTIS pub- lished since the 1908 volume. During tbe tliri ' c years that have passed since its publication, Wesleyan College has taken more rapid strides in advancement than at any time in licr previous history. Knowing the high .standard of the preceding volumes of this publication, and knowing also that the higher standard of real college life, the keener sense of real college spirit, and the larger vision of real college men and women embraced in Wesleyan s rapid and permanent advancemeut demanded tlie publica- tion of the best volume of our College Annual yet pub- lished, we have endeavored to surpass all former editions. Whether we have succeeded or failed, at tliis time we do not know, AVe ha ' e done our best, and it is before .you. Here the thanks of the Board are due to Student Body and to Faculty for their loyal support, and to all who in any way have aided us. We luive been exceedingly fortunate in that this pulilication has been the venture of the eom- Irined college classes. We owe to the four college classes especially our aiipreciation of their material aid. AVe are sorry that everything that has been handed in could not be published, lint we have tried to make tliis a book representative not of one class or kind, liut of the whole of Wesleyan College. We have tried to pulilish a clean wholesome book, a book that will lie aci-c]itable to faculty, student body, and friends of the school. We hope that this volume of MURMURMOXTIS will ■■|iay out financially. If it does not. you will l)e stung. If it does, i ' will l)e stung, for witli wliat is left over of iiur money wr will take a vacation and have a big time, or on more mature icMcction, wc will liny ■■dope to keep us from falling asleep while wc burn the nudiiight oil in an attempt to catch up ' with our classes and pass our final exams. Sincerely. The •■Bored . 152 The Pharos Founded 1900 as the Seminary Collegiate. Changed to the Pharos September 1004. Taken into the management of the Student liodv 1903. Published Monthly during the College Year. Board of Editors. Ira L. Warner. ' 10 Bditor-in-Cliief William TI. Hartley. ' 11 Business ilanager Associate Editors. E. G. Coffman. Aead Ass ' t. Editor-in-Chief Amy Hall, ' 12 Chrestomatheau Soeiety Paul Roberts. Aead Ass ' t. Business Manager Paid M. Smith. ' 12 Y. M. C. A. Minnie J. .Merrells, ' 10 Alumni Grace Tamlilyn, ' i:i Y. W. C. A. P. D. Hall. Com Athleties II. N. Ward, ' 13 Loeals Maida Hall. ' 12 Exchange ilabel Feather. Aead Locals ( Woman ' s Hall i Bertie Backus, ' 11 Excelsior Society Di - Page Jlilburn. Faculty Book Review 154 Thing. ' The Specials The week bevrinning will be an unusually bus teresting one for the s It will begin with Jui Lindsey ' s famous leclui will C ' TIO ' nrat ' teres t we tiati the contests irk in the societies lefit very materially by I ' they would create. Icials will be well worth The performers repre- best talen ai g ' orlsof A a]l be THE PHAROS sic; Teaching Children to Stui Modern Methixls for Tt-ac ' Some Living Things; A Guide to Reading; Psy and tht ' Teacher. ulty H. nus v. F. Williamson Mem Library . Gilbert R. William- ' — . pastor of the M. at Oakland. Md.. has 1 a library for our eparlment in memory ther. B. P. Williamson, line of hf pnmiinei gregati J lis and me gratify og success 1 work. From Bostn Maine. where he ha located Success pfFortj ihp yi Vi ' ell Pmf . k tionp i anH L-B Pr m- The Pharos Editorial. Since the publication of the last annual, the Pharos has undergone impoi-tant changes. Originally, the paper was a private enterprise and was in no way responsible to the student body for its successes or failures. Although it was very successful under this regime — having had such men as Deacon, Jake and Roy for its controlling editors — it was hampered from a lack of interest and co- operation on the part of the students. For this reason, a change seemed desirable. Consecpiently the paper was bought from the managing editors by the student body and, since that time, has been directly dependent iipon them for its successes and subject to their control. The change has had, in a measure, the desired effect. There has been a slow but certain incrca.se of interest among the students in the welfare of the paper. The pa]iei- lias improvril in propoitinii to this increase of in- terest. It has been enlarged ; better material is being used : and a higher standard of literary worth has been reached. But yet the condition is very far indeed from being ideal. Actually less than one-half of the students are subscribers to the paper and not more than one-tenth of them ever contribute even so much as a .joke ! Verily there is room for improvement yet. There has been more or less complaint througliout the year because we have not published more fiction. Clearly, we cannot publi.sh what has not been written. In this one respect — and this one only — we are inferior to a majority of the college papers. This deficiency does not seem to be due to any lack of ability Init rather to a lack of interest, a kind of Rip Van AVinkle lethargy. We have hoped to overcome this by offering prizes ; liut, alas, nothing less than a San Fran- cisco eartlKpiakc will suffice. 156 No featui ' c of stmlcnt work can so quickly win honor for tlic studiMit body or liring them into discredit as can their luihlieation.s. In a dozen different ways, they betray the icU ' als of the scliool ; its moral life; its standards of education anil efficiency: and its interpretation of the ineaninfr of existence, Ilenee, a paper, to be of value to a college, should be the representative of the truest and noblest principles for which the school stands. It should assiduously avoid gixini: ex]U-ession to anything that would in any way injure any indi idual of tin- school or the school as a whole eitlicr at home or abroad. Nothing l ut the very best the students can produce should appear in its pages; it should contain tlie be.st or nothing. These have been the ideals of the present editors. How nearly we have attained them or how far we have fallen short of them is for you to decide. We liopc. however, that our efforts have not been in vain and that we have succeeded in continuing the steady growth and improvement the ])aper has had from its beginning. B.y the time tliis reaches its readers oui ' work as editors will be practically finished. We wish to thank you — contributors, subscribers and all — for youi ' hearty co-operation in the work. Whatexer success has l)een achieved is due very largely to your interest and assist- ance. If the succeeding editors are treat ed as kindly as the present ones have been, the future of the Pharos is assured. 157 -JT LTTTREy West Virginia Wesleyan Tho words and music of this song were composed and iirraiiKcd l ,v I ' rofessor James J. Deck for Jlvirraur- nmntis llHO. Tin- sung is here pnl)lished for tin- first timr. and is affectionately presented to West ' irginia Wi ' slcyan ( ' ollege. 160 .3 3 .A I J; ' y 3cMt ' Cf Tj i . ' • - ' J. ;  ■ D -- 7 r VvV ' ' ? J i i: ! ' ' . Pi i ' 1 1 1 U — t- ' 1 V 1 1 ' -2. ftd , ' htl H-Aii aCtZ ! 0 ££ iJft 4: lf M -n ii The Making of the First Murmurmontis By Charles A. Jones, Tile pulilic-atioii rif this liHil Miii-iiiurinontis by tin- I ' ditoriiil staff of the Wi st Virginia Wesleyan College, witli tlie united support of the entire student l)ody, and the tiutlier sense of things accomplished, things to excel , hears little relation to the days wlien the very name of the l)ook had not been thought of and tlir fact that such a book could be i.ssued was in itself a matter of grave doubt. Somewhere back in my prep days in Bnekhaunon, the lamented A. Lee Post, who then instilled into us the rudi- ments of Eeed Kellogg s Grammar, called attention one day to the statement in a prominent magazine that West Virginians stood .second only to the Swiss in undaunted- ness. Presumably, it was something of that spirit wdiieh engineered the first volume, of which this will be the first genuinely college successor. It was a bright September afternoon in the fall of 1902, — only seven years ago, and et long enough for times and thoughts to have changed with an ever-changing personnel in the student body, — that the class of 1904. known as the D. K. Pearsons ' class, from the Chicago philanthropist who gave !| 25.000 for the Seminary ' s endowment, met for thi ' first time in the old and loved Chrestomathean Hall, merely to form an or- ganization temporarily. Just what had ln-cn talked about besides class politics few knew. Few, if any of us, had heard rumors of an Annual. Editor-in-Chief, ' 04. But Joe ' . Gib.son had heard rumors and liad dreamed dreams. The previous Commencement the class of 1902 had published a special issue of The Semi- nary Collegiate. the predecessor of The Pharos. It had had some extra pages and a smattering of color work — .iust enough to aronse the ire of the .juniors who had cir- culated a bogus edition, adorned with a photo of Bucdv- hannon ' s c|uaint street cleaner as a frontispiece, the ire of President Wier to the contrary notwithstanding. Some- how, the seniors of the following year, our .junior year, had thought to inorea.se the idea just a little, and make the next Commencement number a book. reflective of the Senior class. It, therefore, happened, that at this opening meeting. CTibson dropped the suggestion that we juniors, and not the seniors, should puldish the first annual, lie said noth- ing of the senior plan, — that came out later. To most of those assembled that afternoon, an annual was about the same as Halley ' s comet. We had seen such things, but they came from the big colleges. Most of our mem- bers never gave the idea even a passing thought. But the constitutional committee appointed that day, something most classes do not have, and something ours never needed save for this one idea, met and amid the if it be deemed wise paragraphs regulative of conduct, in- 162 sertcd a paragraph that we should iniblish an annual. That coustitutiou was ailopteil, and President Jesse Wil- liams appointed a committee to do the work. He had three editors-in-chief and six assistants. Afterwards when we learned better, the writer became editor-in-chief, iliss Anna May Hardman became the assistant editor-in-chief, and A. P. McCu ' . the business manager. The associate staff was composed of Joe V. Gibson, Daisy Smith, Madge Ohidister, Herbert Blair, R. Harold Sigler and L. S. Brit- ton. The seniors liad scarcely gained an inkling of the move, Init we were perhaps unduly apprehensive, and se- curing a supply of blanks from the printers, in which the |ii ' ospectus set forth in glowing terms what we meant to tell about the school and the college, we flooded the stu- dents and alumni with these at the earliest possible mo- ment. We sold 200 copies on our first attack, and felt quite encouraged. But the attitude of the students was that of a semi-curious body. Some of the seniors felt we had taken their rights, and some of the students held on the last to the idea that the book would not amount to any- thing. The most strenuous opponent, who hi-bl tt ' to tlie last, we remembered with a full jiage cartoon. AVe had all kinds of ideas and no ideas at all. Tlierc was no pattern we know of. No school was just like the Seminary, and the field, to us. was one ab.solutely uncover- ed. It was ouis to set the pace. We met in groups and committees and discussed and knew little more than we did before. We had a strenuous time of it in some re- spects. Looking back now, with more knowledge of the fact that seldom in most colleges do such hooks pay out. it is rather amusing to think that when we asked the Senior class to take pages and pay for them, we promised if there was anything cleared on the books, we woidd turn it over into some general fund for the student body. There was nothing to turn over, some of us paid expenses on our own hook, but we had graft charges to fight never- theless. It was Xmas time before we had draftcil the initial plans, later still before we signed a contract, and then we had until JIarch loth, when our Bufl: ' alo publishers de- manded the copy, one of the most strenuous periods in a career. I have no doubt now that our endeavors and in- terest, for some of us felt the movement was a large one, was at times amusing to our fellow students. This found vent in the fact that a movement to have a permanent office for the annual committees and buy an office desk all our OAvn. brought a mass meeting one night after societies and the gift of an office desk made of two saw horses and three rough boards to the editor, and to bogus chapel an- nouncements that appeared from time to time. However, we could take a .joke, and the work went ste;idily. if not altogetlier silently, on. Tlie naming of the annual was t us a luomcntous luat- ti ' r. We knew that the Seminary was soon to be only an lioniui-d name and we wanted a permanent name for the book. The committee which chose it represented all factors of the college life, it was not a .jiuiior meeting. Names were suggested by all who wished, and they were quite numerous. Professor Frank B. Trotter, then vice 163 president and our Latin preceptor, suggested the name that was adopteil. ' ' The Murmur of a Mountain is what the name of •■Mi ' nuirmontis means, and it is surely suggestive of West Virginia. I have never heard hut one ol),jeetion to the name, and it eame from a man who thought the word was too long. Its chief opponent for favor was ' ' Seminarian , applicable then, but never after, for ni ' xt year the name of Seminary ' ' passed out in a big bonfire. AVe had to hustle for material. The literature sub- mitted was not extensive, and we had to pick here and there to get what we wanted. E en the literary society special orators hesitated to let us have their orations previous to their delivery, and had four meetings before they finally granted our request. President Wier was pleased with the dedication of the book to him, and we sold the school ten copies — not a hundred — for advertis- ing purposes. The senior class learned that the juniors were to publish the picture of Dr. Pearsons, for whom the class was named, as a little recognition of our work in getting out the book. Not to be outdone, they took down the picture of Mr. Martin, for whom their class was named, which hung in the chapel and had it photographed for in- sertion. AVe found encouragement in the advertisers, we were confident all the way along, but we had to be iiath- finders everywhere. Finally there came the first days of March. Scarcely for a month had a day passed without almost as many hours of yearbook work as of lessons. But now the copy had to be in on the fifteenth. Copy did not seem half as important to others as to us, and it came late. The fifteenth fell on Sunday. We cut school Thursday afternoon. Friday and Saturday. Professor Trotter consented grudgingly that we might if we must, but he was interested in our success. For sixteen hours out of twenty-four, we i)Ound- ed copy in the old rooui at Brake ' s. Saturday night came, and with it the dumbfounding news that Prof. Trottei- was to visit us to see the copy. The jokes probably would not make us afraid now, but it did then, and some sixty-six pages of manuscript hastily went to the attic, while the sound of footsteps took us to the barn. But it was a false alarm. Professor Trotter did not come. One of the boys went down town and procured a feast, and after much hammering of the typewriter, arranging of dummies, and sawing wood, we finished at three o ' clock Sunday morn- ing, three hours before the only train that day, and sent it on its way to Burt ' alo. Sunday says the end of the joke column, and that was what it meant to us. Seated just before the close in a silent moment. 1 looked over that 180 pages of typewritten copy and saiil to myself, If this makes an annual, I shall be as much surjirised as anyone. Saturday, May 30th. five days hefore Commencement brought the first box of precious books from the express office. Our publishers had been burned out, and were behind time. The box reached the Seminary just before the time for the final ipiiz in (!eouu-try, and was rolled into the president ' s office. There it stayed while math ruled for the la.st time, and then alone I entered and opened the box. There is little else to tell. The first 164 Munmirmontis stands as its own record, and the record of its staff. That afternoon Miss Ilardraan and tin- editor pre- sented President Wier with the first eopy. and he lauglied most heartily at liis dwn roast. Only in the history of the Ilauglit courtship case, the event of the year, in j(dve and cartoon, was there a sigh and a tear. hut even they laugh now. Reposing in a valued nook in my lilirary is a row of hooks comprising every Murnuirmontis that has ap- pi ' ared, and a copy of this edition shall .ioin it. I shall hope tliat it may excel the previous five volumes, but I am con- ceited enough to believe that the other four have not ex- celled the first. As memory treasuries for the periods which they cover. I am glad to have been as.soeiated with the movement which brought them about, for in their pictures, their memoi ' ies. are recollections which grow iliramer as the years go by, and yet which we cannot well afford to lose, for youth and college days do not come again. The Murmurmontis brings them back to us. 165 Pholo. by M.e Avo] The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Peggy I guess most (if yini fellows have lieard (if the spectaoular eveuts Icadintr u|) to, and culiiiiiiatiiii; ' in the di-aiiiatic death of I ' rexy ' s liighly distingiiislicd and justly eelehrated watch-dof; ' Peggy, haven ' t you. ' asked the philosophieal .hinior as he tenderly placed Kogers latest edition in tlic far corner of his room and reached for his French 15i-iar. All linoks followed in fr-antic haste the afore-mentioned latest edition and the matches were passed. After making sure his pipe was well lighted, the talkative Junior [ihiced his feet upon the table and con- tinued: Soon after transferring his worldl.v possessions to our beloved city and establishing himself as the official (Us]icns(ir of bright ideas to the student liod.v. Doc con- ceived the laudable inspiration of entertaining the Faculty at a card jiarty. At the appointe(l hour the guests arrived and lost no time in shuffling the numerous decks which had been borrowed for the occasion. The real sensation of the evening, however, canu ' when the startling discovery was nmde that some nefarious miscreants had fllehed the re- freshments and lugged them out through the kitchen window. Suspicion naturally pointed to certain students liut Doc. to all outward apjiearances conducted him.self as a real sjiort. for naiy a howl did he make. However, a few mornings later the Prexy was seen to wear a gleesome s mile, and that night he gum-shoed out of town and hopped cross-ties to Tygarts Junction. Foot-sore and weary he boarded the limited for Washington; arriving there his actions on Penn.sylvania Avenue were such as to arouse the suspicions of a loitering Pinkerton who shadowed him. and soon discovered the end of a dog chain pi ' otruding from his i)0(d et. ilistaking our esteemed Pi-exy for a fox-hunter the modern Sherlock Holmes gave up the chase, only to learn later to his great chagrin and utter disgust that some time lietween sun down and sun up Sjicaker Cannon ' s prize dog had disappeared. You fellows no doubt remember reading of the sensational abduction, for at the time all the society papers gave long and graphic descriptions of this famous canine. 16? ' ' It seems that the f our-f ooteil aristocrat had been born and reared in the city of AVashington. where she became liighly cultured partly on account of her distinguished associates, among whom was T. R. ' s favorite eollie. In- deed it is rumored that she had attended house parties, cliewing dog biscuits, and enjoyed other luxuries in ihi ' kennels of th ! Four Hundred. It is furtlier said that she once ate meat frmi! the hand of the Duke l)c Abruz i. From her infancy up she had such maguitlccnt educa- tiiiiial advantages, and her associations in general lieing of such high class, she was often pointed out to dis- tinguished visitors as one dog through whose veins only the most ro.yal blood flowed. History tells us she was originally presented to Uncle Joe for the purpose of guarding the Committee on Rules while in executive ses- sion. By whom, we are not told. There is a tradition, however, among the members of the Lower House that she once completely chewed up an insurgent and hurled his mangled carcass to the pavement below while she stood by with a fiendish grin as the amlnilance carried his remains to the morgue. You can imagine the consterna- tion in official circles when the fact of her abduction be- came known ; and for weeks after letters of condolence and sympathy poured in on the distinguished citizen of Danville. 111. ; from all the crowned heads and potentates of Europe and the Orient. The nuist efficient and astute members of the secret service were placed on the case but there was ab.solutely nothing doing. She had di.sappeared as completely as though the earth had opened up and swallowed her. But whatever might have become of Uncle Joe ' s pup it is a well known fact that a dog very much like her bayed at the nuion as she wandered among the tlower beds and ]iine trees which ailoru the campus of Wesleyan College shortl.v after the disapi)earance of the Washington beauty. The new acquisition to the personnel of the college took an exceedingly prominent part in pro- tecting the Executive Mansion against the inconocla.stic marauders who in times past, were wont to pilfer the grub. Meanwhile Doc ' s smile grew broader. For some time things moved along nicely and Peggy, as the guardian of the rear veranda was christened, caused quite a decrease in the bills for Doc ' s culinary dc|.art- ment. Finally one deep, dark night our popular ex- Professor Mark, his pockets filled with common udxeil candy, while going to consult with Prexy regardins .some recent depredations, encountered the ferocious c,Mri:i ' , who nustaking him for some mischevious student jao- ceeded to lay violent hold on the calf of Prof ' s left leg. Long and loud did the Department of Mathematics hoivl as he struggled with the vicious brute who seemed de- termined to annihilate him on the spot. Fortunately Doc heard the commotion and hastened to the rescue. After a short, btit decisive struggle, he succeeded in carrying the unfortunate Mark to a place of safet.v, whereupon the victim went into a trance from which he has never com- pletely recovered. On the following day when the news of the awful catastrophe spread throughout the school, the indignation of the sympathetic .students reached such a point that the ultimate fate of the erratic Peggy seemed onlv a matter of selecting the most dialiolical of the inanv 168 tdrtures that had been suggested by a score of prolifie luiiuls. Later in the day, however, some of the cooler and mure eaU ' ulating heads deeiih ' d on a vitrolie procedure the tiendishness of wliich has never before or since been recorded ou the i)ages of history or fiction. Tliat niglit tlie notorious Peggy was spiriti-d away from her accustomed haunts by a trio of silent but de- termined youths. When the students filed out of chapel the next morning they met in the long gloomy corridors a sight which chilled the blood in their veins, and caused each separate and distinct hair of their various lieads to stand on end lilie the (piills of a fretful porcupine. For there lay the once beautiful Peggy, shorn of the long sil- ken hair which had formerly been her pride and her glory. Great grewsome streaks of orange and black sur- rounded her eyes and formed a ghastly, grizzly emaciat- eti body. Haggard and worn she lay there a veritable picture of dejection and misery, such as comes in the early morning to disturb the fevered brain of some prodi- gal who has soaked himself in wine until bis vision be- holds nothing but snakes and demons. Dazed by the frightful spectacle tlie students wandered aimlessly away speaking to each other in hushed tones anil whispers. The remainder of the story is sliort as it is sorrow- ful. When Peggy once more walked out into the sun- shine she found herself ignored by her former associates, and unable to endure the ostracism she wandered around for several days growing more melancholy and sad, until at the close of one balmy spring day, just as tlie evening sun was dropping below the horizon, she crept away by herself, and alone and deserted, died of a broken heart. That night several of her former friends followed with solemn tread and slow, her desecrated body to a grave in front of College Hall, in which they laid her away for that tinal sleep where dreams are only dreams of hap- piness. Wlieu the stoiy was finished, the listeners arose and silently stole away to their resi)ective rooms leaving the Junior alone with his pipe and his philosophy. 169 Pholosby Mac Avo y My West Virginia Home ' Jlong the liills of West Virginia, By the large oaks and the pine. Where you get the scent of eh)ver And life seems so sublime. There my heart is wandering ever And the l)onds that nanglit ran srxrv. Take me baek to that sweet river. By my AVest Virginia home. At the peep of daylight dawning. With the dew upon the clover Waving slowly to tiie breezes Of a silvery July morn. With the river slowly flowing In the summer sunlights ghiwing, .My heart seems always going To my AVest A ' irginia home. In the gas lights of the village. Where 1 used to sit for hours, AVherc I listened to the nuisic, AVhere I scented fragrant flowers. When the whi])]ioorwill was calling And the evening dews were falling, .Memories seem to lie enthralling For mv AVest A ' irginia home. In the sullen heat of midday. AA ' hen the land is parched and dry. . nd the plow boy treads his furrow ' .Veath the ardent summer sky ; Even then my thoughts are turning AVith a never ceasing yearning To the silvery sky that ' s burning By my AVest Virginia home. — Rov S. Stalnali 171 A FlPe OECAH A Story That Were Best Untold If these events that are here for the first time set forth in print were a fairy tale, I would fix the date of iny story as onee upon a time ; if fietion. I would name the exact date ; but as this is only a plain, unvarnished nar- rative, from a most veraeious pen. of what perelianei ' still lingers in memory of living men, I will say that if you had been in a small town about three miles from Sand Run, W. Va.. at about five o ' clock ou a windy moi ' uing during the first year of the exile of Theodore th ' Beloved, you. oh reader, woidd have beheld strange sights. For in the city that fringes the lianks of the iluddy Jaw-I3one there was an unwonted stir ; lights shoue dimly through the foggy air, and the sound of Hapjacks being turned on recently heated griddles saluted the ear; a lit- tle later, the streets wi ' ve filled with a hurrying throng that wended its way toward the alleged depot that serves as an excuse for trains whistling when they approach oiu ' fair city. And as the identity of some of the dim shapes that fiitted silentl.v along the mist.v streets on that memor- able morning has since been revealed, I, to whom these strango things are known, do hereby lift the veil that has so long hidden them from human knowledge. First, a tall, ungainl.v form appears that pursues the even tenor of its way down the street with a dignit.v that Tari|uin the Proud himself would have envied. This, kind reader, was not our stately Prexy. nor one of the town ' s policemen, but Roscoe tlie Punctual, who goes thus early lest he miss the train, which is dui ' tn h-avc in two ho iis. Then, venturing timidl.v forth fioin the edifice locally known as the Haven of Rest , and marching sedately, two by two. a band of maidens led b.v some of the most tr ist.v lady members of the Pacult.v. and with the igilant Prof. Stauft ' er bringing uji the rear. Xext a land of stalwart youths that iiiarehed li.v with the .dassi- cal with my sldcdd or upon it ' look on theii ' manly countenances. These are the Footliall Team. Then a vast, disorganized, unclassified horde, a rabble that pours along the narrow street witli most unseendy clamor. These are the Preps and College Students. Last, but far. far from least, a belated, lonely figure that arrives at the station Ireathless with the attempt to keep up with his fellows. This is not soiiii infant escaped from its mother ' s loving care, as you may well suppose. Init the youth whose •fiuuks in class are credited to Little Goose . Thus the ]n ' ocession ends. When all .-ire at the station, each one is shown his l)rii|ier [ilacc ou the tiain that is awaiting; most of the Preps are stowed in the liaggage Car. the contingent from the Ladies Hall and the Facult.v in the Smoker, and the Football Team in the Dining Car. Ere this, oh reader, you have dotjbtless arrived at the conclusion that there must have been some unusual oc- 173 casion for this gathering, and it shall be explained tn Vdu. The Fiiotliall Team that represents the institution, loeated in (lur tiiwn, whose avowed purpose is that of transform- ing eallow youth into Bishops. Statesmen and Captains of Industry, goes forth this day to battle for the State Cluimpionship with the gridiron warriors that wear the ■•Old Gold and Blue! The train left the station only one hour liehind the scheduled time, much to everyone ' s surprise, making its first stop at Weston, a small town that is noted for tlie ehieken dinners served at one of its hotels. AVe bacdved slowly into the station, for fear of alarming the natives, and after a short stop to allow some of the College men, who had never been so far away from home before to see the sights, we made as dignified an exit as was possible, under the circumstances, from the Bug-House city, and proceeded on our way. Only one event worthy of note occurred before our next stop and this happened while we were passing the well-known village of Jane Lew. Rev. Lovett, in his des- pair over the refusal of the conductor to stop the train at this station, attempted to hurl himself to cerain death, and was only restrained by the utmost vigilance on the part of his friends. At Clarksliurg a halt was made to allow Pi ' ofs. Ilaught, Stauffer and Ryland to procure some liquid refreshments at the (Jlen Elk saloon and to purchase some Turkish Trophies, then we resumed our journey. Upon arriving in Fairmont, we made a short stop of two hours, and set out on the last stage of our journey, arriving in llorgantciwn in time for a late dinner. Each one dined wherever fancy or necessity dictated ; some at the home of friends, some at a convenient hotel or res- taurant; some purchased sardines and cheese at the cor- ner grocery ; a large numl)er of the college .students, e.s- ])eeiall.v, who had been warned to be very careful of their tlict when traveling, on the lunch which the} ' had thiiftily packeil in handkerchief or shoe 1)0X, and that is all, with tlie exception of the Football Team, who fares sumiitunus- ly on water and toothpicks. Shortly before three o ' clock, the entire ■ Orange iiiul Black ' ' delegation look their way to the football Held, located on the University grounds, and a few minutes later the WesUr ' .van pigskin kickers appeared on the field, fol- lowed shortly after by the W. V. U. team, who kicked to the visitors and the game was on. From tlie start it was apparent that the lighter Wesleyan Team was outclassed by the ' ■Old Gold and Blue , but notwithstanding this fact the Methodists fought desperately every second of the sixty-iive minute game, and did not quit until time was called at the end of the second half. Too much credit can- not be given to the rooters who, with an ardor unchilled by the cold November winds that swept o ' er the en- sanguined field, cheered their defeated team to the echo, even drowning the rooting of the much larger crowd of supporters of the home team. As the final score is a mat- ter of nunor importance, and the space given me is scant, I will refrain from mentioning it. but I will say that ere the game ended darkness was fast settling on the dismal scene. 174 In much the same manner as Napoleon might have left the (lark field of Waterloo, we withdrew from the scene, and, after solacing ourselves with supper, sought the rail- way station to embark on our return journey. Plere it was found that the locomotive of our train had broken down under the strain of the long wait, and anxiet.y over the outcome of the game, and a wait of some time ensued until another could be procured. This was fortunate, in a way, as many of the students, being unused to cities, had wandered awa.v from their leaders and had lost themselves among the side hills and ravines of Morgantown. By the united efforts of the Police Force and Fire Department they vere found and restored to their sorrowing com- panions. Owing to the darkness and contusion attending the embarking for the return trip, it was impossible to keep the different parties separated as they had been in the morning, the only part.v that was still intact being that from the Ladies Hall. In fact, the number in this party had not only diminished, but was actually double its for- mer amount. The train made a few stops on its return trip, one of these to allow Williamson to recover his hat. which had fallen out of the window while its owner was leaning out to count tlie passing telegraph poles, in order to ascertain the speed at which we were running. On the whole, quiet reigned, as the pleasant notes of a tin horn exercised a soothing infiuence on the weary crowd. As the train entered the great Fairmont coal region, the light from the blazing coke ovens that lined the track showed many of the weary ones reposing peacefully in the arms of ilorpheus, or some other AYcsle.yan student, in sweet forgetfulness of the trials and triliulations of the day. Jlost of the Faculty snored loudly in the rear coach, aroused fmm time to time liy the libatimis of ice water that were respectfully poured down the backs of the necks by certain Preps. The la.st part of the return trip seems doomed to be shrouded in eternal mystery, as up to this time no one has been found who was not asleep during this portion of our journey, but suffici ' it to say that in the cold gra.v dawn of the morning after, we arrived safe, and not unhappy, in our home town. And that my storv may not close without some fitting |uotation to mark its end, I will say in the words of a poet who sang of the wander- ings of anothci ' Imnd of Heroes. Slant litore puppes . (With apologies to Bill Nye. Thomas C ' arlyle, and all other authors, living and dead, for fear some of ' em will be offended.) 175 A Guide for New Students YdU say you are a new student and you have just liiiislicd enrolling: or ' ■rollius; in ' as we call it. Hal Ua ! That is a joke luit ycju will see worse ones than that if you will look at that liuneh of guys out there on the eanipus with those little five-eent red head-lights. They are the Trep Juniors. Xo. imleed. we dim ' t hiri ' anycun ' to look after them but just let them lun around that way. Oh, they do get lost sometimes in the ma e of streets in our eity l:ut their ydutli and ln ' adgcar are sufficient trade- marks and evei ' yiioily just says tn tliiMii go to your left to reaeh college. (Jet your eye on that girl there tiying tn Hirt with me. They say she ' s from .Muigantown but I stung her dead ! See that building over there? AVell. now. that ' s the ■ 1 bo lie of the Reckless, otherwise Ijadies Hall. Yes, that ' s where we kee|i the girls and if you want one all you have to do is to tell iliss Wyman and she ' ll let you take your pick. Sure, they all li,-i -e to mind her. can ' t even go scheming unless she says so. There ' s only one man stays over at the Hall but you don ' t want to go fooling around him, tiying to steal cake or anything else. Why, he will get out his toy jiistol and pop away and you won ' t stop running till vou ai-e safe under tile bed in vour room. Now if you look real elose maybe you can see the hedge without a microscope. You say you can ' t see it. Oh, well, you have to get used to it before you know when to locd . Come on, let ' s go back the other way. Don ' t be scared 1 No one is dying or being tortured. That is only Prof. Triiiimer giving a music lesson, (.th. he ' s a holy ti ' rror. When he gives a lesson he .stands up and waves his arms for all the world like a windmill and yells at the top of his voii-e. lie marks time on the girls ' shoulders, kind of soft at first, then all of a sudden he comes down on them, whack ! Why, we had one girl laid up for a week after a lesson. Yes the building does look kind of funny and I reid;on that ' s why we call it the ilusic Box. There ' s the bell for chapel and as everybody has to go to chapel here you had better get broken in. The lioys go in on this side and the girls on the other. Sure, the faculty sits on the platform, The Seats of tlu ' Miglity you know. That ' s the President that is going to lead. You say you saw him in the hall and thought he was a new student. That is a good one alright ! One time there was an athletic meeting in chapel and we were getting into a terrible mix-up. Dr. Doney thought he would play the Good Samaritan, so he stepped forward kind of easy like 176 and askerl Jlr. Chairman, do I belong to the Athletin As- sociation? Boh t ivnod around, so fidiii mid smiling, and .said, Why you (hi if yuu have paid your dues. Then Doe had to retire ! Sure Prof. Trimmer plays the piano. Did you get on to that hitrli note? Xo it is not in the jiieee. erazy, he .iust puts it in fur tlie eft ' eet. Now that lady he is smiling and iirelnng ' hi.s eyelirows at is the voeal teaeher. Yes, they have an awful ease and do most of tlieir flirting during the prayer. You ought to wateh them. It ' s as good as the Nickelodeon. Yes. we always have prayer liefon reading the Bible. AVell. oni ' morning Ryland. that little guy there pulling his ear, lead. lie omitted prayer and started to read the P ihle. lint the eollege hoys wi ' ren ' t to be clieateil and they meekly bowed their heads and prayed all the time he was reading. You (Uight to see him walk. oh. I ean ' t be- gin to di ' sei-ibe it. That is one jdaee where seeing is be- lieving, lie never wears but one glove and carries the other, hitting his knee with it, killing flies, I suppos ' . No. that next man is not a mummy — it is Prof. Ilel- wig. He was never seen to laugh but once and that was when Dr. Jenness made a chapel speech. It so astonished everybody that the faculty met in solemn conclave and set that day apart as a holiday to he observed as long as time shall last. The one with the lilue Winsor tie is Prof. .Milliurn. lie pan tell more tales than any other member of the faculty. Get him started and there is positively no stop- ]iing him. They say that one night he began talking in Student ' s Jleeting and little by little the students vanish- ed. Rowlands was the last one out and it was then eh ' ven o ' clock and Prof. .Milhurn showed no signs of running down. Early the next morning Roseoe went U]i to the as- sociation room and listened at the door, lie heard a voice saying. And that reminds me , then he Hed down the steps six at a time. That ' s the Dean sitting next there. He iloes look kind o ' sour but is ])erfectly harmless, warranted not to kill. The man with the little gray mustache and the slight- ly bald spot is th ' German. French, — oh yes, and the Hebrew teacher. One day ' Sir. f ' henoweth was making a chapel speech, praising our faculty clear up to the skies. We have, said he. the best faculty in the Tuited States, or in the world. But Professor l)iM-k w;is the only one who clapped. That man who looks as though he ni ' eiled to get his suit pres.sed is Prof. White, the mathematics teacher. One morning he was leading chapel and in the middle of his jirayer he forgot what was to come next. You see he had 177 written it out and eomraitted it. Well, he started at the beginnin r and went all over it lint he couldn ' t recollect the rest su he had to sa.y ' Aiiu-n ' and fade away. Who is till ' one that is blushing .so and has so many dimples. ' Why that is Prof. Stauffer, the teacher I was telling you about, who stays over at the Ladies Hall. The girls just raved over him the first week or so of school but they (juit before long. Don ' t know what was the mat- ter. The little lady there is Jliss Wolfe. She and Prof. Ryland used to be kind of friendly and one night he went to see her at the Hall and stayed till the wee sma ' hours. The next morning they were both late to their seven-forty-five classes! Over sle|)t. don ' t you see? The lady with the bangs is Miss Wyinan, the pre- ceptress at the Ladies Hall. Yes, her bangs are right in style and all she la(d s is one of those turban effects. Did you say who is that teacher in the black dress trimmed in green. ' Well. 1 sliould hope you don ' t call that green; why, it nmkes the grass and the freshies look pale. Who is she ? Oh. iliss Tarbell-er, Jliss Tarbucket- er-ah — . well just make a noise like it and everyone will know whom you mean. Holy smoke I They have kept us at eliapel so long that the closing liynui is Day is dying in the West. Say, did you ever go snip ' -liunting? No? Well, it ' s jolly fine sport. A (■r iwd of us fellows are going tonight and you can come along. I [ay be we will let you hold the bag. 178 Guess Who! There ' s a ymmgstcr. of si ' lf-ooiiceit (•liniuic. Speech polysyllahie. Piiphonie, You ' ll know him. I ween, For his niekname is ' ' Dean, ' ' And his favorite word is sardonie. The bugaboo of all the shy men. Can surely lie labeled Miss , Though the Hall girls are dreams. She is thwarting their sehemes. Keeping them from the altar of Hymen. For the ladies he eares not — well, a fig. No need to tell you that is Though the girls lisp and smile. It is not worth their while: For he still prefers boys who like A ' di.L (.)f modest and courteous men. Thoughts, habits, and character clean ; With abundance of tact, (Which some others have lacked) Why. of course, that ' s our new ' Acting Attentions promiscuous ln ' d ju ' offer. If girls would accei)t them. That ' s At first they ' d all smile. But after a while, Each girl was transformed to a scoffer. The sulijeet can scai-cely be found On which he can ' t pound and expound, He ' s taught Science and (freel . Modern tongues lie can speak And, on field day. he runs like a hoiuul. In appearance, we ' ll all have to own. Is less like a war-horse than pony ; Yet he wins every fight For his methods are right And the students all sweai- bv Doe The midnight oil burns, yes, and will Imiii. For those who have classes to If they could use the gas That is flowing in class It would last them all night, and flieii still burn. 179 Some Experiences In China Dui-iug iiiy short stay in China I luivc li-arucil tliat if you want to In- trutliful yun must form ami cxpi-i ss opinions very, very shnvly. else yon go astray. Sim-e we are in the land of oppo.sites from the western kin-rtlom, I have eoueludeil tliat we eannot evi-n say. ■ ' Wliat we see we know, for in a few days we see soiin ' thing else whieh proves to lis we did not know. Ve eome liere and see so many new sights, sti-ange people, and peenliar enstoms that the temptation is to write of those only and j ' orget wherein they are like the rest of the human family and even the eivilized part of the family. The delegate to the Rochester convention got the idea exactly wh n he said he now thought of China as being just over tlie mountains. ' When we onee ar- rive here ( ' hiiia and tlie missionaries are no longer vague and far away, hut we live here very much as we do at li nm-. Our houses are like those at home. It is not neces- sary to wear Chinese clothes, though .some do; here in the ports we can even buy imported food to set an exclusively foreign tabh ' if we choose to do so, though to those of us who learn to like it, some Chinese food is delicious far bevond our own. Think of suc-h delicacies as lotus hull) [ludding, stomach of tish, sea slug, pea sprout greens, bamboo sprouts and lichen all fixed and flavored and stewed and eaten with a bowl of rice and chopsticks. It ' s fine liut too rich for us to eat often. Something that we have seen this winter will prob- ably be of interest to you as it was to us newcomers. The millions of China, the awfully dense population is already well known to you but another phase of it is not so fa- miliar. North of us there is a district, where, on account of floods or drouth, nearly every year they have — more or less famine. AVhen winter comes they leave there by the thousands and eome to the cities of this part where the government gives them free rice. Most of them come with their wadded garments tattered and torn, some have a comfort for each family but mostly none. On arriving here they buy, for a few pennies, an almost waterproof straw mat measuring from 8x10 feet to 10x14 feet, which they bend to touch the ground on two sides. One end forms the door, the other is filled in with straw or clots of dirt. This is the home, sweet home of anywhere from two to ten people. How do they all live and eat and sleep in there ? I do not know, but they do. Only the children can stand up ; while at home. The grown people can only sit. And the point of supreme interest is this. We sometimes 180 think of our Wesi ' -yan College town with its population ol ' four thousand, as very nearly a eity. liut a population of ten thousand people came here and lived during the winter months, on the outside of this city, just as I have described. But this is not the Chinese people, only the poor, po ' erty and famine stricken part, some are well to do aud still others are wealthy, as you would decide if j ' ou could walk down their little narrow streets and see the men with their beautiful silk and fur garments, for the Chinese like good and costly clothes. IIow very human I Another thing impressed us very much when we ar- rived. Vc live in a grave yard. Under our nice green lawn and rose bushes, and lettuce beds there may be a luuidred or two ancestors, some are there for we have seen. Outside of otir wall on all sides are mounds of graves, graves, and nothing but graves, and the road which leads from the eit.v to our home has cut through graves. But few are the places in China that are not more or less a graveyard, especially the hills which are not cul- tivated. So we really Icnrn that ghosts are not, though the Chinese firmlv believe in them. Xiit two weeks ago a woman in our congregation, tliough not a Christian, whosi ' husband had deserted her and married another woman, was advised, by her mother, to kill herself so that, as a ghost, she cotdd follow and haunt him. This she proceeded to do by strangling her- self luit she was found and saved by a Christian, In conclusion, just a word as to why we are here, why come here, among these people with a civilization strangely old and stale and marvelous? AVe would say, let them retain their peculiar customs, let them eat their b(jwl of rice with chopsticks, let them continue to use their difficult language, let them wear the peculiar dress and even their long hair: but let them learn the gospel of our Savior Jesus Christ and save their souls, not to wan- der about this world and haunt the enemies of this life Init to dwell in raan.sions prepared for them before the foundation of the world. With greetings to dear old Wesleyan friends, Host sincerely. Lena Stutzman Armstrong, Sem. ' 03. Chinkiang. China. 181 Spring Song Spring am Mcniiiiir. Fei ' l it in di- iiii- Bees ain ahuiiniiiu ' . Dartin here and dere. Every liiid alnistin ' A lilne sky o ' er head All things athirstin ' Nothin ' cold an ' dead. Cows am ahuvin ' . At de pasture bars Smith win ' am alihiwin ' WaliiiiS lip d ' ' flowers. Piarth am awakin ' Prom her long winter rest Ev ' ry liird am amakin Its iiwn tinv nest. Time come for plowin ' Breakin ' up de sod Den I ' m allowin ' Dar ' s lichen an ' a God. (Editors Note. — This poem was handed in for |iiilili- cation, and we were unable to ascertain the author.) 182 Legion D ' Honneur llandsciini ' .st .M:in — Warner. IldiKiralilc 1 I ' ll t inn — Groves, Laziest Wan — Clu-i ' .dwctli. Biggest Bhiffei ' — Boh Roberts. Worth Mentioning — Brooks. Greatest Sport — Tim Moon. Most Likely Baehelor — Harry Stansluiry. 8eeond Ghoiee — Sidwell. ilost Useless Man — Pi of. Stauffer. JLigna ciuii Laude — Peanut Hill. Jlost Spiritnelle — Fred Stansluiry. Next Best — Kellison. Most Sentimental — Reed. Admirer of Tall Women — Aspinall. A Little Shorter— Gasto. Biggest Liar — Pieree. Most Graceful — Goose Ward. IMost Persistent Seliemers — Fahriou and (ioodwin. Jlost Peisisteiit Fliits — Harvey and Judy. Greenest Country Lad — Compton. Just a Little Paler— Paul Smith. Thinks most of Himself — Superlative. Hanifan. Comparative, Rowhiu 1. Positive, Piekens. 183 Where the Thanksgiving Turkey Went When it liad bee-n noised iiliroail that ouc of the Thanksgiving ' turkeys already dressed anil liaving passed the first degree of eulinary preparation, had mysteriously gone hence from the cellar of the Ladies Hall, there was no little concern and agitation among the Hall girls. The ileparted fowl represented one-seventh of the Thanks- giving dinner and the inevitable lesnlt wonld be a short on the turk. Besides iliss Wyman declared all dates invalid and refused to reeei -e further applications till the bird was retui ' ned, dead nr alive, without any de- ficiency in its i hysieal organism. Tlie question was who took the turkey? ' ' The girls wei-e accused of putting it out of the window to the boys. Some said that it had Ijcen cooked over a gas light and eaten on the fourth Hoor. All agreed that it was a stunt and nobody seem- ed to arrive at a probable conclusion. The actual participants in this nefarious crime were convinced that the secret of this affair was yet in their possession. They did not realize as they winked at each other when the subject was approached in chapel and faculty meetings that they had been caught in the very act and watched eagerly during its execution. In respect to the ol ' licial jiositiou of those complii-ated in the deed and trusting an eai ' ly repentance and con- fession we resolved to keep the story under cover. But as the year has gone by our last hojies have vanished. In- stead of reform and conciliation we have witnessed only vandalism and tyranny. In the hope of a speedy humilia- tion and elimination of this oligarchy we propose to dis- close the whole stunt as it was then doulitless recorded by St. Peter. On the day preceding the event we aie about to nar- rate. Professor Ilaught had replaced the stained glass of the office door by a transparent one in order to banish the schemers from the hall. This action naturally sug- gested a stunt. After a brief counsel another student and myself set out at a late hour ju ' cpared to decorate the new window in the vaiious colors provided in our equip- ment. Entering at a side door we began at once to carry out our resolution. Suddenly we were frightened by the stealthy approach of footsteps and peering through the dindy lighted hall we recognized another group of fellows armed with paint and brush. There was no need of ex- planation. It was evident that our mission was one and the same. 184 M ' lieii till- ' glass had recoivi ' d tlu- ai-tist ' s finish, de- signed with skull and bones, we jiroeeeded out on the cam- pus. Tarrying in the deeper shadow of a tree to exchange a few remarks before we should turn in we were at- tracted by a noise at the Ladies Hall. It was the raising of the dining room window. We crept cautiously around the corner till we could command a better view and by the rays of a light within we saw the resident professor slip a large fat, dressed turkey down the brick wall. We could see Doc. ( Prexy ) jumping up for the prize like a banty rooster, bvit Mill)urn got it fir.st. The English teacher descended and the procession started for the river. Broyles carried the gobbler and White some cooking utensils, Eyland in front striding long and sticking his heels in the ground ; Stauffer liehind walking like a bow- legged chicken and Ilelwig frowning like a balking don- key. It Ijecame a hilarious group as they continued theii- .iourney towards the old brick plant. Milburn told a new .joke, and Post sang Mary Had a Little Lamb ' , till Ilel- wig smiled and Ilaugbt laughed aloud. On reaching a favorable spot a fire was soon kindled, the turkey strung on a pole and put to roast. The cooking apparently was a success and the gobbler was soon being rudely dismembered on a nearby log. When each oiu ' of the part.v had gathered about for his portion of the feast .Milburn proposed a thank-offering and Doc said grace in a loud and solemn tone. The fea.st ended with a toast to the ladies by Ilelwig. The bones were tied up in a band- kerchief, labeled to Jliss ' yman and returned to the fnnt door of the Ladies Hall, So ends the story of the gobbled gob ler gobbed by a gobbling facult.y. 185 44 Rubenstein Recital The Rubenstein Club rendered the folloAving pro- gramme, on the evening of April 1st, 1910. Voeal Solo Holy Quietness Vocal Duet W ' eighed and Wanting Prof. Ilehvig Reed and Dean. Vocal Duet - ' Why Do You Wait? Vocal Solo Why I Love I ' ieken.s Nora. Bill Wilson. Vocal Solo An Eye That Never Sleeps Vocal Solo A Charge to Keep I Have Miss Wyman Dad Warner. Trio ■•jMy Faith Looks Up to Thee Vocal Duet He is Mine and I am His ' n Aspinall. Casto and Di Stefano. Addie and Ilanifan. Chorus ' -In the Days of Thy Youth Prep. Juniors. Printer unable to make out the word but is something like Goose. ' 187 Catechism for Students Question 1.— What is the cliiff end of the Student? Answer. — Tlie student ' s ehief end is to gloi ' ity the faculty and thus enjoy their favor and protecting power. Q. 2. — AVliat nili ' liatli tlic fai ' ulty given to direct us hoM ' we may glorify and enjoy them ? A. — The rule, printed in the catalog may be had by calling at the oflRce. It is contained in the catalogs and fragments of it lunc licen detected in the Dean ' s chapel speeches. Q. 3. — How many persons are there in the faculty head ! A. — There are three persons : Dr. Doney, Professor Ilaught and Dean Rowlands; of these in some people ' s estimation, the first should be last and the last should be first. Q. 4.— What is sin ? A. — Sin is any deviation from the rule of the faculty as set forth above, such as scheming, snipe hunting, stand- ing in the hall, laughing at cliajiel jokes, or any disre- spect to the athletic board. Q. .3. — What is sanctification? A. — Sanctification is that glorified state of the Faculty ' s free grace, whereby we are terrified, in the whole man after the image of fear, experienced only by students called before the faculty. Q. 6.— AAHiat is the duty of all students? A. — The duty of all students is to sit patiently through the chapel hour, not to be annoyed by Cheno- weth ' s oratory. Dr. Milliurn ' s stories or constitutional col- lections; and to remain till one-thirty at athletic elections without wrath or dinner. 188 Q. 7. — What is Jiistifieation ? A. — Justifleation is as follows: College Seniors C Juniors C + Soiihomores B Fresh men B + Preps A Sub-preps A+ Q. 8. — What is thr sum of tln ' Tmi Cuiiiiuandments? A. — The sum of the Ten Coiiimanilments is to love the Ladies Hall, or some individnal inmate thereof with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your strength, with all your mind, and to love your neighbor ' s wife if you have none. Q. !(. — What henetits do Seniors reeeive at Gradua- tion ? A. — Seniors reeeive at Graduation, if girls, a buneh of violets and eongratulations from the faeulty and .Miss Wyraan; if boys, a eopy of Franklin ' s Autoliiography, and an invitation to the Alumni Banquet; and all receive a degree engraved by the College Press and signed by (_i. V. Brovles. 189 Beauty Talks for Boys Tan is Not Disfiguring. Kellison. — Consider a little before trying to bleach your skin. A dead-white bleaehed skin eannot compare in beauty with a healthy tanned skin and besides tan is looked upon with great favor by girls. How to Reduce Weight. Reed. — Abstain from all sweets iuid make your diet solely upon pickles. Exercise for two liours every day and take long walks into the country. To make the cure still more effective it would be best to refrain from drink- ing. Hair Curling — Its Effects. Pickens. — Since hair is a living tissue and since no living tissues can bear such harsh treatment with im- punity, look to it that j ' our hair does not continue to be so abused. When the Nose is Red. Whaley. — Keeping such late hours at night at tlie Ladies ' Hall and worrying over your next date and scheming period are enough to account for the rosy tint of youi ' nose. Early to bed and early to rise is a good precept foi ' tlie speedy cure. How to Correct the Double Chin. Dean. — Firm massage is nearly always Ijetter for this supertiuous obesity than stropping. Swell-Heads. Warner. — You say ymi are affi ' cted witli a [leculiar swelling of the head and a general feeling of puftiness and importance. Your trouble may be that terrible disease, diagnosed by Dr. Goglewoosy of Stradigitarianus as Swell- Head. The best remedy is the magic mirror in which you .see yourself as others see you. If you eannot obtain the foregoing use llorstetter ' s Horse Liniment — good for man or beast. 190 o l Ery Good Manners and Good Form Edited bv Miss Grace AVvman. ( . Shall I tliauk au usi urt wliu brings me home from society ? — Hazel. A. Yon should thank him effusively so he will feel tempted to try it again but still it is not necessary to en- gage in any osculation. Q. Should we shake hands with a man wlieu he is in- troduced at a Y. : 1. and Y. V. C. A. social? — Edna and Beatrice. A. Yes — but do not under any circumstances shake longer than five iiunutes. Q. AMiat is till ' proper way to announce an engage- ment ? — Lu. A. The number of ways arc ton inultituilinous and too saered to lie revealed here for ever.y casual eye. so send a stamped and addressed envelope and a li.st will be mailed you. Q. Is it good form to have successive radiator per- iods ? — Emma. A. No. It is not good form. You should remember that variety is the spice of a case and arrange for a period on the top .stairs, take a walk out College Avenue, or bring him to the hall during Faculty Jleeting. Q. Is it pernussable to ask a boy for a lecture date! — Carrie G. A. Yes, by all means. To lead up to it. smile at him across the campus or wave from yimr window, send him fudge, or invite him to play tenuis. 191 ou ;an ALYVA 5 TtLL A 5tNicjT ,TJuT— ) CANMoT TfcLU MlM HuCH. Harvey is exhibiting a snake-skin in the Hall to a group of girls. Mr. Sidwell, (rushing up), What ' s that for, Botany? Prof. StauiJer — Longfellow could trace his an- cestry back to Priscilla and John Alden. ' ' Mr. Linger — Well, professor, then it looks to me as though John Alden and Priscilla must have been related. Miss Boylan, (reading Dutch) — He is a single man. Miss M. Hall (continuing fervently) — Oh, show me that man. Bob and Mrs. Roberts overtaking a couple leisurely strolling down College Avenue, Bobbie remarks : ' ' We used to go that slow, but we go faster now. iliss Perrine in Commercial English — ' ilr. H- what word is the adverb dearly derived? Mr. H — From the noun dear. Miss P. — But dear is not a noun. Mr. H.— Oh, yes it is. He is a little dear. , from Prof. Milburn — The difference between poetry and prose is the same as between a lady ' s lovely Parisian bon- net and a man ' s blaek derby hat. Dr. Doney, in chapel — I used to love my marbles, and oh I thought worlds of my little rag doll — but I have something better now. ' ' Miss Merrells (in spelling) — Give me a definition for davenport. Student — It is a kiud of kitchen cabinet, I think. Miss Fitzgerald (when the half-holiday for Day of Prayer is announced) — That is the kind of a Day of Prayer I like, it gives one time to pray and something to pra.Y for. Dr. R. to Pierce (who is in the grandstand with his girl) — Hei-e sonny, sit over a little closer to your girl, so I can sit down by you. Pierce (blushing manfully) — All right. Doctor, I ' d rather you ' d sit by me than by my girl. C?= ° 193 Seniors Of Pieken ' s tiiHL ' aud his care, His girl gets the far larger share ; Next his circuit I guess, Then his launch ; I confess I can ' t tell when he studies or where. iliss .Men-ells is ratlier pedantic, And at the same time quite romantic, She is English you know And sighs for a beau Who conies from beyond the Atlantic. Professor Cornwell is a sage, Of dignity, presence, and age. Some thirty-five years, His B. P. ' s in arrears. His name would adorn any page. To Roberts the chief thing in life Is surely his pretty young wife. All else, to his mind. Has a fault of some kind Or gives .some occasion for strife. Ira L. Warner. Who is he? A man whose perpetually busy. All things get a share Of his time and his care ; His liiisti ' makes the onlookers dizzy. Don ' t niisiinderstaud Jlnon. I pray, Still water runs deep, so they say; His words although slow Ai ' e oft quite apropos Slow speech can ' t (|iiiek thinking delay. 194 Juniors It takes no great store of sagacity, To notice Miss Barne ' s loquacity, And they say that sometimes She perpetrates rhymes ; Biit vho trusts Dame Ruiiior s veracity Jliss Ileaton puts all of her care, Xot upon her fair face and bright hair. At no mirror she looks. But cares only for books ; Mere folks can ' t her fancy ensnare. Jliss Ddwnes takes the oiiimsitc [ihin. She has a good time, and she can Get her lessons with ease. Strives always to please, Has a smile for each maid and cai-li uiau. A keen wit. and great depth of thouglit. A manner demure; that ' s Miss Ilauglit. She is dainty, petite. Prom her head to feet. And her friendship is eagerly sought. Jliss Backus has great versatility. Teaches, studies, and sews with agility, She has now iixed her choice On piano and voice Elocution and arts of utility. George Washington Hawkins is quiet, Ilis best friends could never deny it, But he ' s great strength of will. For all he ' s so still. And studv ' s his regular diet. Herbert Smith ' s peaceful, they say. So long as he has his own way. When the.y think he is boss Others sometimes grow cross. Pack their doll clothes and say they won ' t play. Chenoweth ' s quite dignified. The class looks at him with great pridi He is their only preacher, An eloquent creature, Whose skill in debate has been tried. It absorl)s hiiu completel.y, not partly. Tills case which jjossesses Bill Hartley, Xo one could take time. To tell ,vou in rhyme. How he ' d feel if his love should speak tartly. Thougli (_ ' asto weighs not many lbs., He makes most-melodious sd.s.. When he tries to sing. Each song-bird takes wing. And [lolicemen stop short on their rds. Let the weather be dusty or wet. On the diamond at work there ' s Arnett. He ' s a great baseball fan, Yet it ' s never his plan, To pla.y when he ' s lessons to get. Now- Ilanifan has aidiurn curls. Is Irish, and partial to girls. He could not, so to speak, Be exactly called meek. When iitf (in a tangent he whirls. Sophomore Grinds A-p-n-ll. — I am Sir Oracle, and when I ope my lips let no dog bark. K-n-t-s. — ' Tis mighty rude to eat so much, but all ' s so good. R-e-d. — Let the world slide. S-i-h. — Oh, bed; oh, bed, delicious bed, that heaven upon earth for my weary head. M-i-a II-ll. — Good, now sit down and write me all you know. K-t-r-n B. — I ,iust wanted to know, you know. E-e-yn F. — Much learning hath made her sad. P-j ' -l-s P. — The world is not for aye and ' tis not strange, that e ' en our loves and cases ofttimes change. 196 Freshman Grinds C-th-r. — Mathematics is my pastime. Cl-rk. — His cogitative faculties immersed, in co- gibuntity of cogitation. A-y H-11. — Wlien ye will, ye will not. Will not ye? Then will ye? H-sk-ns. — If you have any music that may not be heard, to ' t again. T-mly-n. — Nature supplies all her children with something to do. Tr-vy. — He comes — the Parson — Oh illustrious spark! Tr-g-11-s. — Go to the Klondike and do thy digging. W-rd. — I love its giddy gurgle, I love its fluent flow ; I love to wind my mouth up, I love to hear it go. V-se. — I am so fresh that the grass turns pale with envy when I pass. 197 ll ' l _j;_n 4; o 3 Jt THIS BOOK WAS MADE BY H . P. 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RIDENOUR SKIDMORE -DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF- Groceries, Provisions, Fruits, Vegetables and Country Produce Full Line ofSchrafft ' s Blue Banner Candies STUDENT PATRONAGE SOLICITED Home Phone 213 Hell Phone IS7-B 3 Sedwick St., Buckhannon, W. Va. 203 J. B. ROSS Jeweler and Optometrist FINE WATCH REPAIRING A SPECIALTY Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted Good Work and Reasonable Rates 27 Years ' Experience Headquarters for all High Grade JeWelry 1 1 W. Main Street, Buckhannon, W. Va. The Official Repulilican Paper Sll lpBt|«r IS pttbltran Published every Thursday morning BUCKHANNON, W. VA. ...AT THE EXTREMELY LOW PRICE... $1.00 THE YEAR Advertisers wisli the mediums in -SThieh they adver- tise to make a showing of the number of papers printed. Xdt all will do so. The Republican is willing at all times to exhibit its subscription lists — and any advertiser is at liberty to inspect press room and circulation books. Larger circulation tlian any County Newspaper in Central West Virginia A complete up ' tO ' date Job Printing Depart ' ment in connection LAW RECORDS A SPECIALTY 204 cmslkllTiaim®! h The Place to Buy Your Shoes and Oxfords Our line of Shoes cannot be excelled for Style, Quality and Price It will pay you to take a look at our line before buying We have the snappiest lines of the season in the Drew Shoe for ladies, and the Buckhannon Shoe for men can ' t be beat for Style, Comfort and Wear BENDER MAOER. Proprietors 205 L. L. STIDGER, 24 E. Main St., Buckhannon, W. Va. The buyer ' s friend. The best for your money. One Price to All. We only add one profit. THE VERY LATEST IN Dry Goods, Notions, Shoes, Ladies Tailored Suits, Skirts, Shirt Waists, Carpets, Rugs, JMatting, Oil Cloth, Linoleum, Trunks, Suit Cases, ' Bags, Gents ' Furnishings, etc., etc. Sole A ent for M. BORN CO., the Largest Tailoring House in the World MEN ' S TAILORED SUITS TO ORDER 207 Traders National Bank BUCKHANNOIN, W. VA. CAPITAL, ----- $50,000.00 SURPLUS, ----- 50,000.00 UNDIVIDED PROFITS, - 8,000.00 STATE DEPOSITORY SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT HENRY R. GAY Grocery ana Meat Market Full Line Staple and Fancy Groceries Fruits and Vegetables a Specialty HOME PHONE 91.R 1 1 7 S. Kanawha St., BUCKH ANNON, W. VA. N. V. BIRD ...3ewekr and Opfomwist... EYES TESTED, GLASSES FITTED LODGE PINS AND EMBLEMS REPAIRING IS OUR SPECIALTY 52 E. Main St., Buckhannon, W. Va. NEW TYPE NEW MATERIAL Ql t 1Burkl)anunu IBamt r Published Every Saturday by THOMAS McCREERY, Proprietor At BUCKHANNON, W. VA. $1.00 PER YEAR FINE JOB PRESSES FINE JOB PRINTING 208 The ForiTiaii Surgical Hospital BUCKHA NON, WEST VIRGINIA 209 STUDIO on GROUND FLOOR 59 West Main Street Cr FINE PHOTOS AND- m POST CARDS ' m MADE IN ANY STYLE PICTURES FRAMED AND ENLARGED ALL WORK GUARANTEED TO PLEASE CP- awr. us A CALL AND C.LT OUR PRICLS S) 210 The Students ' Store Fine Watches, Jewelry and Diamonds Expert Watch and Jewelry Repairing (5:= EVERYTHING GUARANTEED? C. yl. COFFMAN RELIABLE JEWELER Re l Ice Cream Making Ice Cream is a science acquired only by care- ful and laborious research and experiment Talbut Brus. have spent years in perfecting the high- est grade of ice cream known. They have learned to blend ingredients and flavors in unexcelled product. The machinery and apparatus are perfect. The Public is welcomed to our Parlors Talbot Bros 211 Berry ' s Department Store This stoix ' started in business a iiuarter of a century ago. AVe are situated in the central part of West Vir- ginia and we are better prepared this season to care for your wants than ever before. VVe carry in our ladies ' department the liest Tailoring in Ladies ' Suits, Skirts, Shirt Waists and Wash Suits. Satisfied customers are the best recommendation for any con- cern. We have plenty of them that have been in our store every week tor 25 j ' ears. We have better lines in our Men ' s ready-to- ve,ir Clothing this spring than ever before. Look at the uiake up of these suits. They are built by the master Tailors of Philadelphia and New York. You get permanent satis- faction in one of these good .suits. Prices from $15.00 to $25.00. eARPET DEPARTMENT A splendid Dru ett in 9x11 size at $12.30. Look over the new styles at $16.50, $25, $27.50 and $32.50 YOUR MAIL ORDERS WILL RECEIVE PROMPT ATTENTION P.J. BERRY, - Sutton, W.Va. 212 BOTH PHONES THE KESSLER HOSPITAL Prompt Ambulance Service CLARKSBURG. WEST VIRGINIA. Surroundings home-like and agreeable. Facilities perfect for all classes of operations. Electrical and X-Ray apparatus. Thoroughly equipped clinical and microscopical laboratory. Examinations made for hospital patients and outside physicians.. All patients receive personal attention of the Superintendent, who has his office in the building. Nurses furnished for private cases. S. M. MASON. M. D.. Superintendent and Surgeon-in-Charge. 213 iEarAttog tu tn MULLINS BUILDING Entrance No. 4 Ch auncey Street Our Work Speaks for Itself LEVINSTElN S DEPARTMENT ST©RE Men ' s, Women ' s and Children ' s Head to Foot OUTFITTERS Clothing for Everybody. Money Saved by Every Purchase. BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA. 215 WILL F. COLWES CHAS. 0. LATHAM COLWES LATHAM Cbe Ceading grocers Our eatables are always I ' resli and good. Give us a trial order. We are agents for the famous Blue Ijabel Canned goods, paeked by Curtice Bros., Roohesti ' r. . Y. Evrr - can is guaranteed to be the very best that is (in thr mar- ket. Visit our China Department. It is tilled with beauti- ful china of all kinds. White china for painting. Special orders for Cut Flowers for all occasions yill have our prompt and careful attention. ■Both Phones I We are tfovrs to serVe Colwes Latham B JCKHAN ON. W. VA. Come to the Students ' Theatre We Use Only the Best Films OLR PICTURES PLEASE EVERYBODY 0. F. SHACKELFORD DEALER IN ALL KINDS OF GROCERIES, PROVISIONS, Confectioneries, Fruits, Vegfetables and Cured Meats 33 Main Street, BUGKHANNON, W. VA. 216 CITY RESTAURANT OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Short Orders a Specialty Always Something Good to Eat Fresh Roasted Peanuts Cigars and Tobacco People ' s Phone Opposite Court House C. C. BOND, Proprietor The New Ajiinglon Hotel Only Brick Fire Proof Hotel in the City Newly Furnished, Best Service, Up-to-Date, Rates $2.00 L. W. ZINN. Proprietor Moin Street, = = Buckhannon, W. Va. - always have on band a large supply and a varied line lititli of Upright and Invei-ted Lights, and Mantles an d Globes for same; also Students ' Portable Lights. Examine stock and get prices before buying else- where Vc will appreciate a share of the students ' patronage. Upshur Hardware Co. 47 East Main St., BUCKHANNON, W. VA. 217 THE WEST VIRGINIA WESLEYAN eOLLEGE DEPARTMENTS: 1. — College of Liberal Arts. Courses leading to degrees in Arts, Science, Literature and Pedagogy. 2. — Academy. Elementary and general preparations; admission to Freshman year in the College. 3. — Normal School. For teachers; gives first grade certificate without examination. 4. — School of Music. Instructions in all branches from elementary to Coaching of Artists. 5. — School of Expression. Prepares for all kinds of public speaking. 6. — School of Fine Arts. Courses in Drawing, Crayon, Oil, China, Portrait, Tapestry, etc. 7. — School of Commerce. Courses in Shorthand, Bookkeeping, Typewriting, Banking, Law, etc. 8. — Summer School. Review for teachers, courses in regular work. Location, Campus, Buildings and Equipment are first-class. Faculty is large, effici en t and strong . Student-Body is wholesome, earnest and growing . The scholarship is high ; so recognized by all leading Colleges and Universities. The moral influence induces proper self-government, is pure and Christian. SEND FOR CATALOGUE AND BOOKLETS. CARL G. DONEY, President, Buckhannon, West Virginia. 218 THE BALTIMORE MEDICAL COLLEGE Preliminary Fall Course Begins Sept. 1 Regular Fall Course Begins Sept. 20 Liberal teaching facilities: mnderu college buildings: comfortable leetui ' e hall and amphitheatre, large and com- pletely equipped laboratories ; capacious hospitals and dis- pensary; lying-in department for teaching clinical ob- stetrics; large clinics. Send for catalogues, and address DAVID STEEETT, M. D., Dean. BALTIMORE MEDICAL COLLEGE N. E. Cor. Madison St., and Linden Ave. BALTIMORE. MD. • • • 1 a1 Jw • • • Union Business College OF FAIRMONT Board of Directors GEO. M. JACOBS J. M. BROWNFIELD L. C. MINOR E. T. KELLEY M. DAVIS How Are You Investing Your Spare Time? DR. or CR. Come to the big school that is growing. Never was the demand so great for competent workers as at the present time. Get in line for promotion, get out of the rut, learn shorthand, typewriting, bookkeeping — learn it hero. THE BIG QUALITY SCHOOL 512 Jacobs Building FAIRMONT, WEST VIRGINIA 219 L. L. CASTO Dry Goods, Silks and Satins, Fancy Notions, Hosiery, etc. WE SOLICIT YOUR TRADE. 22 Main Street. Buckhannon, W. Va. M. S. POST G. S. POST POST BROS. BARBERS Well Equipped Shop. Bath Room Attached. Bootblack Always to be Found in the Shop. GIVE US A CALL. 15 Kanawha Street Buckhannon, West Va. THE A. a KIDDY CO. FURNITURE BUCKHANNON, - - - WEST VIRGINIA Headquarters for All Kinds of Furniture, Rugs, Windoiv Shades and Curtain Poles. A Fine Line of Rockers, Chamber Suits, Iron Beds, Springs and cMatresses. THE LONDON WOOLEN MILLS ALL SUITS $15 $20 All Overcoat UP-TO-DATE TAILORS and Gents ' Furnishings. 9 South Kanawha Street, Buckhannon, W. Va. 221) SMITH BROS., REED and CLARK said to me. Put an add in ilurmurraontis ' 10 and let the boys in W. V. W. C. know about the Fidelity Mutual Life Insui-ance Company of Philadelphia, and you will get some business, and possibly a few smart fellows will take an agency with you this Summei-. Well, as for business, I have insured a large number of students in other colleges in the State and in many in- stances their insurance policy has been the security that enabled them to complete their course. I have had many students as agents. One not only paid his own way through college, but put his two lirothers through the W. V. AV. C. - WRITE s S5 - C. GRAHAM, the West Virginia Manager At BERKLEY SPRINGS, W. VA. and you can et full particulars mmmiiiiiiisiii Al. L. OTT. President W. P. HEISKELL, Vice Pres. E. H. KrPP, Secretary •mm Ott-Heiskell Hardware Co. EsTAULiSHKn 18: 6. Incorporated 1903 WHOLESALE WHEELING. WEST VIRGIINIA 222 All Visitors to the Capital City are Welcome at I8ENSMITH ' S a high-class store offering the best of everything in the Jewelry and Optical line at fair prices. 245 Capitol St., CHARLESTGN.W.Va., Opp. State House College • Pbysiclaits-Surgeons OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. 39th Annual Session Begins October Ist. Modern equipped buildings: unsurpassed laboratories; large and independent Lying-in Asylum for practical Obstretrics; department for prevention of hydrophobia and many hospitals for clinical work present to the medical student every advantage. For catalogue and other information apply to CHARLES F. BEVAN, M. D., DEAN Corner Calvert and Saratoga Streets, Baltimore, Maryland. | 223 THE JACOBS HUTCHINSON HARDWARE COMPANY WHOLESALE EXCLUSIVELY. Hardware, Tinware, Paints, Oil, Doors, Windows. Agents for Reache ' s Base Ball Supplies, Gillette Razors American Woven Wire Fence. Quick Shipments and Quicker Deliveries of Reliable Goods at Right Prices is Our Motto. THE JACOBS HUTCHINSON HARDWARE COMPANY Cor. Second St. and Fairmont Ave., Fairmont, W. Va. FOR PHOTOS If the best isn ' t too good for you, tlien arrange for a visit to Collier s Studio Next to the Gassoway. ELKINS. W. VA. Tlie Bailey House The Traveler s Home Under Same Management As Heretofore L. S. TUNSTILL, Proprietress, Weston, West Virginia The Gissy Studio 111 Main Avenue Weston. W. Va. PHOTOS and PORTRAITS Not How Cheap, But How Good. U. G. YOU] G, Attorurxj-at-ICaui OFFICE OVER TRADERS ' BANK. BFCKHANNON. W. VA. C. C. HIGGINBOTHAM Attorupg-at-ICaui 151 ( KHANNON. WEST A ' lRGIXIA J. M. N. DOWNES AttDrupy m h (EmtuspUnr-al-IIaui Office Oii-ositi: Coiht IIocse BUCKHAXNOX. V . VA. W II T IAM S. OBRIEN Attnrupy-at-IGam Practice in Courts o( Upshur and Adjoining Counties, and in the SUPREME COURT OF APPEALS UrCK II A.X.XO.W VKST VIRCil.MA ALKIRE POST :: :: l nttStB :: :: OFFICE ON CHANCERT STREET. OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE 224 EYE, EAR, NOSE AND THROAT OSCAR B. BEER 14 Chancery Street BUCKHANNON, W. VA. Peoples Phune No. 47 B Consolidated OHice Phone No. 33 Residence Phone No. 33 Jennings fl. King, H. D. 37 East Main Street Buckhannon, West X ' irginia Dr. C. n. Talbott DENTIST Main Street Opposite Court House DR. ALDEN BEAGLE DENTISTRY AND ORAL DISEASES 25 West Main Street „ , , .,,«;. . . Over Levinstein ' s Store Buckhannon, W. Virginia W. B. rSUTTER ATTOR[NBY-AT-l AW 47 West Main Street West Virginia BuGl hannon, H. C. McfVHORTER L. E. McWHORTER H. C. L. E. McWHO ' R.TE ' K A ttorneys aULah) CHARLESTON-KANAWHA, • fVEST VIRCIf Iyi GRANVILLE REYNOLDS DEALER IN FRESH AND CURED MEATS 5fc MAIN STREET, BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA Meals Delivered to All Parts of City W. N. ROBERTS D UER IN Groceries, Confections Stationery 39-41 College ftve. Buckhannon, W. Va. E, H. KELLY LIVERYMAN Look Me Up Buckhannon, W. Virginia Whitescarver Furniture Gompanv DEALERS IN AUU KINDS OF rURINITURB Buckhannon. - West Virginia 225 fVhen you see a job of... PRINTING That Pleases It ' s a 10-to-l shot that it was done by The Knight-Errant Company WORK DONE WHILE YOU WAIT HERBERT L. SMITH PAUL M. SMITH SMITH BROTHERS 79 South Florida Street. Agents for Home Steam Laundry and Dye Works. Laundry Collected Monday Morning, Delivered Thursday. Finest Work GRAFTON, W. VA. Prompt Service WONDERLAND The only place in town where you c an see nothing but HIGH-CLASS MOVING PICTURES OUR MOTTO. Nothing too good for oar patrons. MAIN STREET R. F. POLING, Proprietor The Star Hotel OLDEST AND BEST The Quickest Lunches and Lon§:esi Meals for the price in the City 224-228 Davis Ave. ELKINS, W. VA. 226