Conway Hall Preparatory School - Log Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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Nov. Dec. S. Not much doing. Preps went to the dance in the afternoon. ?q The fellows cut church — vacation all around. No Y. M. C. A. 30. Those who went home return. Teachers insti- tute, therefore many fair school marms m town. Noel knows some. 1 Some kind person gave Kingsbury an unex- nected bath. Babe” Tabler caught out of his room. Hard work to study after vacation. 2. Reseated in the dining room. Moyer at Prof. Kline’s table. McLane opened his restaurant. Now the fellows have dreams at night. 3. Those who saw the class rush at college were given demerits and Study Hall. Prof. Ohl, Miller, Sinclair, Earp and Zehner were rough- housed. 4. Hutchie” says that Smith’s goods were taken from his room. The fellows were afraid of being stuck so they appropriated it. 5. No Study Hall. Conwayans enjoy the moving pictures. At last the Devil-Preacher game was played. Great game and good spirit. Neither side scored. Perry caught smoking. 6. Chicken for dinner. Baird made his usual trip to Mechanicsburg. 7 Killough elected Football Manager for next year. Big scare. Bergen has the measles. Whiteman’s room fumigated instead of Ber- ggii’s. “Logbook boards chosen by the class of 1909. 8. The day students rough-housed Study Hall. Why didn’t they destroy it entirely? The Devil football team had its picture taken and the bill has not yet been paid. Si- Dec. 10. 11. 12. 13 - 14. IS- 16. 17 - Constitution of Conway Hall Assembly passed in chapel. Skating at the creek in afternoon. Red” McAnney fell in. Chicken waffle sup- per in honor of the football team. Tri-weeklies again. Moyer went to dancing school. Big sensation! A lecture on “Mormanism at- tracted many Conwayans. It was decided to give a triangle with C. H. R. in it to the scrubs who stayed out all year. Reception given by faculty — not enough wo- men. Final exams begin. Fellows who are exempt go home. Exams over. “Conwayans issued. Term ends. Good-bye for a couple of weeks. Jan. 1909 5 School opens and our troubles begin again. “Red” McAnney has long trousers. “Casey arrives from Ireland. 6. Conflicts are many. Everyone in new, but no one can study. 7. “Casey” got his by being ducked and tossed about on mattresses. Says his room had an earth quake. 8 Ricca called to Harrisburg. His excuse was that he left a pair of cuff buttons there and wanted to get them. It worked. Miller has a great auction sale. 9. Beckett went skating and swimming at the same time. Out without cuts by showing tickets to University of Pennsylvania Glee Club entertainment. Many got out but how many went to the entertainment?

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Oct. 31. The students march to station in a body to pay their last respects to Mrs. Hutchison, whose bodj- is sent to her mother ' s home in Ocean Grove. Xov. 1. Slow as ever. Conway. 18: F. M. Academy, o. 2. Smith is given a four-week ' s vacation. 3. Prof. Kline came to Prof. Ohl ' s rescue when the latter could not control chapel. Election day. Out from 10 to 12 to see the returns. Reddie” McAnney made a flying tackle and nearly shoved his jaws into the vacuum in the upper part of his head. 4. Meeting of the old students after chapel. V e enjoyed “A Knight for a Day. ' ’ 5. Whitie” was rough-housed., but he didn ' t care. 6. Meeting of Athletic Association after chape 1 . 7. Conway, 54: Penbrook. o. “Xuf said. Out till 10.15. Everybody got in the game. 8. Week of prayer begins. 9. Who was doing all the fighr ' ng on fourth floor? Xo one. It was only a :ake. 10. Hutchie made known his attitude toward loafers. Very interesting to Tennant, “Dearie. Hosie. 11. Long prayer service so the fellows between floors pay visits. 12. “Thursday always was my Jonah day.” 13. Tri-weeklies again. Long list of names read out for Study Hall. Penn HaT thoroughly discussed by a member of the Reed. Every- one deeply interested — even “Josh Kurtz. 14. Snow six inches deep. Conway, 30: Harrisburg Tech. o. We joined the ranks of Dickinson for the day and saw College defeat Bucknell, 6-0. Prof. Ohl did great detective work by catching Emmert. Hercules.” “Pete ' and Tennant out of their rooms at 11.30. Sure we re out. 15. Regular church attendance. X ov. 16. Blue Monday. 17. Bells out of order and everyone is more or less tardy for classes. Prof. Mason disturbed by noise on halls, but was not quick enough to catch the persons making it. He never sus- pected Bashore or Bubeck. 18. Emmert caught throwing glass down the hall. He got fifteen demerits for the deed. 19. Tennant stung for use of the weed in the build- ing. 20. Big send-off for the team. Off in the afternoon. Some one rough-housed Whitie. All attend societies to get out in the evening. 21. Fine attendance at Study Hall. Hutchie wishes he could get the same number to prayer meetings. Perhaps he could if the fellows could work off demerits at the same time. Conway. 6: Wyoming. 29. 22. Take your choice; Girls Church, or Y. M. C. A. Wood is late as usual. Walls and LaRue were rough-housed. 23. Baird and Robinson use their rope ladder. Mack didn ' t get his letter from the Doc- tor.” 24. Still no letter. ' Alack” gets worried. Prof. Ohl and Davis were rough-housed. Some stu- dents played cards all night in the lower world. 2. Thanksgiving vacation begins and the fellows celebrate. Boxes arrive from mother for John, Bill, and others. ' Alack” got his letter. 26. Thanksgiving Day. Big dinner. The fellows go fussing. Ricca missed it for Salazar had his sisters down from Penn Hall. 27. Xo school or literary societies. Ink used to paint the walls of Cardon’s room. The waiters had a candy-making in the kitchen. Everyone went to bed tired.

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Dec. io. Thomas went down town as soon as Y. M. C. A. was over and in less than half an hour was arrested. After spending several hours be- hind the bars his friends succeeded in having him liberated to appear on trial later, n. A crowd journeyed to Harrisburg to see The Waltz Dream.” 12. Students take up a collection to buy music for Glee Club. A faculty meeting saved some from a 3.45 “Make Up.” 13. Miss Delavan and Miss ilson enjoyed a tur- key dinner with Deacon illiams and Mr. Quimby respectively, graduates ot Conway Hall. 14. Reseated in chapel. The Owls were too tired to hold their meeting. Paterson couldn t leave her till after twelve. 13. Thomas and Killough move to 16 on the fourth floor. Bashore went to Penn Hall where he learns the art of spooning. Again Moyer goes to dancing class and glides around like a fairy. 16. Conway. 15; Freshmen. 27. 17. Bergen and “Bo” went sleighing and on the way home their sleighs upset. Bergen is minus his glasses. They should have gone to church. 18. Prof. Hunt changed Red McAnney s seat in algebra and in his next class Prof. Kline again changed his seat. 19. Prof. Ohl is told to mind his business by a stu- dent on the third floor. Prof, stuck his tongue out at him. 20. The fellows always get eats on tick at Mack’s” restaurant. A sleighing party (?) gets a crowd out without a definite time to Dec. come in. Some come in at 12.30 and the others do not come in till about 2. It was decided to have another in the near future. Skating at the creek, ice thin and “Chaddie” went in. 21. Skating causes many to cut classes. The fac- ulty say that the fellows this year study less tha ' n any year before. We doubt it not. Look at Yeckley, Davis, Lorenzo, Hozie, Zboyosky, Feller. Shearer. W. Groome and Durovick. 22. The waiters sent Hardman a box of cereal. Owls hold a very interesting meeting. A great scandal discovered. 23. A big fire up Louther street. The student body is permitted to see the blaze. Mackay comes back to school. 24. Kurtz went fussing in the evening. “Chaddie caught a bunch smoking in Xo. 10. 25. Who put sugar in Ortega ' s bed. Prof. Ohl re- marks on Red McAnney s socks. The fel- lows get cards from Charley Hercules Pull- man. 26. Logbook board meeting at 25 on fourth floor. Prof. Swift took them to Hilton’s. How 1 wish I were on that board. Conway, 13; Shippensburg, 23. 27. How about the Irish yell? Zehner delights in showing the fellows how to touch the ceiling with his feet. His toes touch when he lies on the floor. 28. Day of prayer for college. M e were forced to attend the Methodist Church. In the after- noon Coach Wilder. Whitie. Edwards. Pur- cell and others visited the poor house. Whitie” felt like staying. They wanted to keep Purcell. 115