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

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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

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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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an. Feb. 29. After school “Whitie’s” bucnh visited the rib- bon factory. Moyer made a great extempo- raneous debate in the Gamma. Baird and Kingsbury room together. Good results are certain. SO. MacLane and others went to the reception at Irving College. Mack meets another who will give the Doctor a good run for her money ( ' ?). 31. Good dinner. Tooth pick and glass ot water for supper. Even though it is Sunday, the fellows use the iron stair case to get in. 1. “Whitie begins dieting himself and fully a dozen others have to follow suit. Hutchie calls Hosie to office for cutting classes and not studying. Hosie’s thoughts are always Still, therefore he cannot study. 2. The Seniors are given a lecture on “Public Speaking and How to Breathe, by the Head Master. It was very interesting and lasted long enough to keep some from their recita- tions. 3. Yeckley moved to fourth floor and was ini- tiated. 4. A regular pillow fight on fourth floor with lights out. Prof. Kline was almost knocked down the front stairs in his effort to quell the disturbance. 5. Reindollar ducked Killough at 10.30. Revenge is sworn, but he gets it on the wrong one when Edwards enters his room a few min- utes later. 6. Robinson and Baird spend the evening 111 Me- chanicsburg. Big conflagration in the lower part of town. The fellows could not get out the doors so they jumped through the win- dows. Mackay had twenty-five cents, but he could not spend it. Feb. sleep m 7. Spangler takes his regular morning church. 8. Funk and Kingsbury stung for smoking. “Hen.” Humrich gets into deep water and leaves school for a day. Basketball practice and out till eight. 9. Everything comes Prof. Ohl’s way. 10. Cherries for supper. Feller and others throw the seeds on the floor and Bubeck and O’Brien, tread on them with delight. 11. Several enjoyed the reception at the Presby- terian Church. “Bo” McAnney did not get back till a’most twelve. The reception was over at about ten. 12. Lincoln’s birthday, but we had no holiday. The fellows were patriotic enough to cut and make it a feast day. Out till ten fifteen. Cele- bration in town! Big speeches in the evening at the opera house. 13. Valentine parties are popular with these Con- wayans. Edwards had several female friends visit him from Williamsport. Student stand- ing placed on the bulletin board. New sys- tem causes much talk. Killough went to Penn Hall where a sudden playing of a wed- ding march caused him to get badly fussed. 14. Fellows begin to study on Sunday so that their next week’s report will be much better and they will have no Study Hall. IS- “Whitie” leaves school for his health. He will report ior the Latrobe Bladder, of which his brother is editor. The fellows will miss this little fellow. 16. Wood in late again. It is too bad that he can’t break away sooner. Concert in Pratt s room at 10 o’clock. 116