Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 160 of the 1917 volume:

GeM 3SSO  Qt7 S L 9 A book devoted to an exposition of that invisible thing known as the Earlham Spirit. r DEDICATION CLn tli c- Spirit nf izurlhain I o that upward looking, onward pressing Spirit, to that Spirit of Faith, of Truth, of Beauty, to that wonderfully fine and fragrant Spirit that w e conceive to be characteristic of our Alma Mater, 111c iicitirutc this batik Tfntmnvb There has been much loose talk concerning the Earlham Spirit. Any- thing that happens on the campus or is in any way connected with the col- lege is straightway attributed to this all-pervading, all-animating force. Alumni speak tenderly of it. Chapel speakers eulogize it. We are one and all a hit proud of it. But in the midst of all this talk about it some of us have come to wonder just what it really is. We have come to feel that it would be a worth while thing to attempt to analyze this indefinite something that characterizes our college. With this idea in mind we have set about the building of the Sargasso. In these pages we have tried to catch something of the sweetness, something of the depth, something of the strength, the truth, the beauty, and above all the humanness of the place and of the people. We have tried to look with clear eyes at the shimmering, dancing stream of life that (lows so abundantly and to fix a bit of its elusive atmosphere. We re- alize the impossibility of our task; we feel keenly the imperfections of this, the result; we fear greatly lest the perspective of our picture may confuse some; but if in the midst and ruck of things we have given one true word that may strike home clear and sure as the revelation of our Ideal, then we arc content. CLASS OF 1917. U,ahlr nf (Emttntts 1. The Spirit of Familistery. The Paternal Spirit. The Fraternal Spirit. Tin Community Spirit. 2. Thi ' Spirit of Serious Purpose. The Devotional Spirit. The Student Spirit. The Culture Spirit. 3. The Spirit of American Youth. Tlie Competitive Spirit. The Fun Spirit. I. Information. Six r . , i ; ' .• . ' 1 11 ■)■ The Sjiiril of Familistery. Seven Sljr Spirit nf iFamtltBt rg I once wandered through the marble hallways of a great university. Men and women scurried past me, busy, intent, self-centered. Some- way the place seemed cold and hard and academic. Then the locomo- tive carried me until I stood before the doors of a little college. The change was wonderful and heart-warming. Through the dusk the campus lights gleamed softly; two laughing girls nodded to me as they strolled past arm in arm; a tall man who sometimes teaches mathe- matics waved a cheerful greeting to me; from the athletic field came the joyous shout of the team; then from back somewhere a bell rang out a genial welcome to the evening meal and I knew that I was again in the heart of our Mother Earlham, back in the cheerful, warm, friendly, homey atmosphere of the place by the side of the road, where people are just folks and every man is your brother and the whole family live together within the walls of our Alma Mater. The Spirit of Familistery. The Paternal Spirit. The Fraternal Spirit. The Community Spirit. Eight Sit? ®ask nf % Ufantltjj By Robert Lincoln Kelly The Great Teacher conceived tin. ideal society ;is ;i family of which God was the Father and in which He assumed the role of Hit; Brother. Earlham is a Christian institution and has been organized from the first with this exalted family ideal in mind. The members of the faculty do not so much assume the prerogatives of a father as an elder brother. They know the students by name and more than this they know the students themselves. They seek their companionship and it is their greatest joy to share their lives. The faculty is most of all an influence and strives to direct the innermost impulses of the human person- alities intrusted to their care. It is the most inspiring task that has been assigned to men. Laura Cornelia Gaston. Clara Comstock. The Robert Lincoln Kelly, Martha Doan, Sargasso Ph.M.. LL.D. MS.. Sc.D. Edna Johnson, A.M. Laurence Hadley. A.M.. Ph.D. William Newby Trueblood, A.M. 11117 Wnr iFantltg In the accompaning pictures it is Highly probable that You may be able to recognize the Faculty. If you look closely, you may be Able to find them all assembled As if In silhouette Cor a regular meeting in The room with the green carpet. The Faculty of Our College is one of its most Utilitarian as well as purely Ornamental possessions for Without it school would be very, Very dull. Indeed they (its members) fill A long lilt need and have their place .lust as does a crank on an Automobile, or other implements Of destruction. Hut We would nol compare our College with mi automobile, for Vmi might think we are Tired. Which we are nol. I ' or we have our Faculty to amuse us. Ten Edwin Pritchard Trdeblood, A.M. Edwin Morrison, M. S. The Sargasso Elsie Marshall, A.B. Allen David Hole, A.M., Ph.D. Francis Charles Anscombe, A.B. 1917 R VYMOND BlNFORD, M.S.. Ph.D. Horace E. Whiteside, B.S. John Dougan Rea, A.M. We love Our Faculty. They are so Human. In This respect they are like lots Of perfectly nice people we Know. Although sometimes we may he Inclined to feel Rather chilled when in the Presence of President, yet Whin you have lived with him For some lime (;is has Mrs. Kelly) you Find that he is mostly human and That your fears are groundless. And Likewise, for Example, take Prof. Shoup; t See him reading in the library and To have to Head the things lie assigns to He read iii the library, might Make one conceive him to he a 1 larsh and cruel man, which Is nni the ease, lor everyone Knows he plays ragtime .lusi like Miss Studley or Anyone. And again, one who might Have seen Miss Doan onlv Berth Miller, A.B. William Orville Mendenhall, A.M., Ph.. The Joseph Herschel Coffin, Lloyd Van Doren, Dorothy Virginia Robertson, Sargasso M.S.. Ph.D. M.S.. Ph.D. A.M. im; Kami. L. Sholf, A.M. Ross A. Hadley, A.M. On a coasting party, (or Rather, off, lor she was not Always on) and had seen her Hurrying rapidly down hill in Pursuit of the sled, might Have thought that she always Weill (hat Way, that is, as if in loo Big a hurry to speak to Anybody, which is not true, for She did speak lo a hump which She met Quite informally, on the Way down. No, our Faculty are An approachable lot. We Like them. Though of Course we May have said in a moment of Temporary disgust over An entirely exasperating N. P. or An unexpected quiz, things that We would not have said in a saner Moment, or in The Sargasso. And they are kind lo us. Now Have you ever, just For Example, gone to Mrs. Ballard With a senseless mess of fc J9 Carolyn Hutton. Henry A. Bextsox, A.M. T 1 1 E S M(, vsso Jesse Franklin Beals, B.S. Lily Mills Hiss, A.B. Bertha King, A.B., K.N. Harlow Lindley, A.M. Philip W. Furnas, A.M. 1917 Majors and Minors or Some inane registration blank and Had her straighten you out in No time? Or Have you ever had a Math, problem As impenetrable as your Own skull and did you take it, your Problem, we Mean, to Dr. Hadley and Did he not sit down and give you as Many hours of his time as your Ignorance demanded? This is a rhetorical Question, for we know He did. They, our Faculty, Act that way. Now of course we do not claim That our Faculty is Perfect, lor that would be untrue And this is n tine story. No. We are glad Ilia I They are nol perfect Tor it they Were they would have to Leave us and go up n high. And Bald heads would but we will nol Discuss that phase ()| the mailer. One tiling, however. ; Thai is the base, or Rather, summit insinuation thai ad Paul Howard Brown, B.S. Millard S. Markle, M.S., Ph.D. The Sargasso Florence Long, B.S. Elgia Lela Wittwer, A.B.. Ms.D. Alexander C. Purdy, B.D., Ph.D. Mary Adelaide Jay Ballard, A.B. Arthur Matthew Charles, A.M. 191 ' Our Faculty lacks Hair. It does not. We have Seen other Faculties and we hasten To assure you that, while it is Not very evenly distributed, yet We know That our Faculty displays more Cubic kilometers of filamentary Excrescence if laid end to end Than any other Faculty in A ten mile radius. No, In point of hair, and doubtless In general scenic beauty, our Faculty stands alone, except When they are all together, which Is a different thing. Yes. taking them all in All, we are strongly In favor of our Faculty. They Are always ready lo work With, lor. or just unprepositioned Us. They are ever ready To play or joke with or By us. ' liny arc ever ready to (live their best and finest to Making old F.arlham just Aboul the lust college we I lave attended this year. We Offer them all honor and respect. a I r 1 , ?; i 1 .,, . ft V The Trustees of Earlham College Top row. Left to right— Edward D. Evans, Enos Harvey, Leander J. Woodard. Mary L. Sackctt. Christine R. Osborne, Deborah M. Furnas, Oliver P. Clark. Allen Gurney Mills, John E. Parker. Bottom row— Mary B. Bruner, Joseph A. Goddard. President Robert L. Kelly, Mary A. Stubbs, Amos K. Hollowell, Benjamin Johnson; Richard Warren Barrett (absent). SI)? Inarft The Board of Trustees of the College is an organization that is not very well known by the students, but which exerts a powerful influence over the course of our existence here. Two or three times each year (here are vague rumors that the Board is here and perhaps we catch a glimpse of them in the dining room, but beyond that our knowledge of them is limited. Undoubtedly, however, the friendly, fatherly spirit of the college is a reflection of their policy, and it is to be hoped that we may come to he more intimately acquainted with the authors of this policy. Tu i ntj Snrm iCtt Most of us arc familiar with the old nursery rhyme thai depicts the thrill- ing existence of the old lady who had so many children that she didn ' t know what to do. This multitudinous family lived in a shoe, and a merry lite it must have been, [n much the same way does Mother Karlham house her clamorous offspring in two snug shoes, Karlham and Bundy dormitories. Life in the dorm is a liberal education in itself. One is trained effectively in patience, regularity and prudence as in no other place. No one who lias ever lived in Bundy Hall will ever feel just comfortable again when standing beneath an open window. No one who has ever tasted the pleasures of a midnight feed will ever worry about just a common, everyday meal. No one who has ever sat through a session of the Student Council will fear to take a seat in the legislature or other position of trust and power. Seriously, dorm life is worth while. The friendly spirit, the comradeship, the sociability of the life, the possibilities for development of the finer ele- ments of human relationship; the wholesomeness and cleanness of it all, make it an ideal seed bed for the development of character. Earlham Hull il Night. Twentj -one ' Life in llir dorm is a liberal education. President, Robert Loree. Secretary, Lclaml Calvert. Imtfiy dtufottt (faixwttimmt Fewer times this year than ever before luis a serious individual lapped at a startled door with the cheering information that you are wanted to appear before the Student Council up in Prof. Hadley ' s room. There have, per- haps, been less calls this year, less trouble of all kinds for the Student Gov- ernment to meet than ever before. Midnight sessions have been a minus quantity and peace and quite reign throughout the halls. This absence of destructive work has given opportunity for the Council to turn its attention to a field that has heretofore been neglected, namely the en- couragement of the social life of the dorm. The members have been plan- ning several ways in which the Council may become a vital, constructive ele- ment upon the campus and not merely a watch dog and a court of punish- ment. One new move ahead is toward a regulated class scrap, and more innovations are promised later. Twenty-three it i JLt a. ■ ' 3fe . W i .§ ' ; T Fr President, Lucile Hiatt. Secretary, Marianna Dickinson. lEaribam Ball tutottt ((kntmtmntt Girls are supposed l always be good, but just to prevent any latent, Eve- like tendency to the opposite, a staunch and vigilant Student Government is maintained in the girls ' dorm. Of course loud noise during study hours, mid- night feeds, surreptitious buzzing would never enter the heads of an Earlham I tall resident, that goes without saying, but, well, it looks better to have some central authority td deal with any ease of manslaughter, arson or movie madness that may arise. Hut this year that central authority has had. as is the ease in Hundy. remarkably little to do. An interesting joint committee composed of members of the Student Councils of both dormitories has been formed under the name of the Inter- Dormitory Committee. This group takes upon its shoulders the regulation of affairs in which residents of both communities are concerned. Their jur- isdiction extends even to the palaces of the silent art over in town and woe be it to the unlucky Freshman who ventures to lead his Earlham Hall friend within those mysterious realms without i .w discretion. Twenty -f ' ' v . roommate is a great institution. Twenty-five jKnnmmatra From the first anxious inquiry of the just arrived Freshman to the last The words of parting after the fatal day which is at once the Alpha and Omega in Sargasso a student ' s life throughout the course of the four years which intervene, the Roommate, like the poor, we have always with us. Whether designated thus, with a conscious pride, Mother, this is my Roommate — or so, with a masque of brusqueness, Hey. Old Lady, come meet my Dad, — our Roommates have a vital and cherished place in our gallery of College memories. The sharer of our joys and failures; our hopes and disappointments; our umbrellas and handker- chiefs, perhaps; our genial moods and our sudden outbursts — as, when, for 1 ( . 17 instance, we inadvertently stumble over a chair in the darkness; — the one who knows us underneath, and still consents to live with us, — there ' s some- thing in it all which makes a bond of congeniality and good comradeship which is priceless. Who is it knows my flunks and D ' s ? My Roommate Who is the one original tease? My Roommate Who pulls the covers off my bed? And pours cold water on my head? I loiii to shoot him full of lead. My Roommate Who borrows gloves and skating shoes? Who. when I ' m broke, pays up my dues? Who is my antidote for blues? Mv Roommate Where roommates room. Tu entj -six Whul is home without i roommate? The S u (, vssn ®{f? (Eampita 191; If it is true thai one of the great factors in the moulding of the human character is the surroundings in which that character is allowed to de- velop, then Earlham College should otter a wonderful opportunity for growth and development. Spread out around us is a broad stretch of beauty that cannot but imprint its mark upon the lives that are being built lure within the shades of the great old trees. Breadth of soul goes hand in hand with breadth of physical surroundings, so the philoso- phers till us. and certainly here the wide acres otter a place for us to expand, to breath deep and to think clearly. Over the whole broods the quiet spirit of beauty, of peace, of nature at its best. •cv-jy Ifcife- — - —---a v]MA% - x HAfS 1 %n ■■ jftTnn D, II ' wk. jjfv 5w ' 1 LJT 1 ■■  t E wBt 1 iW k . 3BB Of nature il its best. Twentj -eight nNm| f ir-r? wi ■ Spread out around us is a broad stretch of beauty. ALUMNI The Sargasso Wltat % iEarlljam spirit 3s 1917 It v;is March the seventeenth, nineteen hundred and seventeen. Around a table in Hotel Sherman a group of enthusiastic men and women were meeting for the seventeenth annual banquet of the Chicago Earlham Association. Into the midst of this conservative assembly, un- biased by the nearness of perspective that has hampered the present col- lege generation in their interpretation of the Earlham Spirit, the direct question as to what that spirit really is was dropped. The replies were varied and personal, yet they present an underlying general trend that is interesting. A few of them are quoted below. The Earlham Spirit is one of co-operation, loyalty and love which only Earlhamites can appreciate. The Spirit of conscientious am earnest effort toward a fuller life. II is the spirit of Christian fellowship. The Earlham Spirit is the spirit of fellowship that teaches us to see beyond ourselves. Faith, Fellowship, Friends. Earlham Spirit: true com- radeship of friends, the joy of books, the inspiration of beautiful surroundings. The epitome of brotherly love in practice. An intangible warmth of friendliness. ®ltr tEarlljam Bpxvxt Mark C. Mills, Editor ' 16 Sargasso. College spirit by many people is most often visualized in connection with those more r less forced demonstrations of student enthusiasm that are so strongly reminiscent of the time when the leader of the pack mounted ;i slump and the members in unison howled at the moon before starting on the hunt. Then there is that other story-book conception of the loyal alumnus who on all possible occasions wipes a tear from his eve and murmurs: Ah, the honor of the dear old college. Of course in real life a man of this kind would never live to be an alumnus, lie would hi ' too good and sentimental. He would die young. To ask a man only one year out of Earlham to write of the Karlham spirit is about equivalent to asking a live year old child to write a formal es- say on Adolescence. The mental reactions of a man one year out toward the spirit of his college are perhaps keener than they will ever he at any other time. It is a lime of transition from the student view point to the view point of the alumnus. In the first plaee from a cosmic point of view Earlham is one of many small denominational colleges in the country and its spirit is not fundamen- tally different from the spirit of some of the other colleges of the same type. There are to he sure marked hut relatively minor differences just as there are between homes. One thing that I have especially come to realize in the past year is the fact that while Earlham as an institution remains the focal point of the Earlham spirit the greatest manifestations of the spirit of the college are to be found in the lives of those many college generations that have passed through the institution. The spirit of the older exponents of the Earlham spirit was and is essen- tially one of worth while loyalty to Earlham ' s best ideals. While Earlham now is in no sense a plutocratic institution. I have wondered whether we stu- dents of recent years who have had better facilities for work will live up to the high standard of those students of the past who with less of equipment developed perhaps as a class more of the qualities of sacrifice and initiative. Undoubtedly the standards of scholarship have been raised, but can it he possible that a trace of the spirit of insincerity has crept in at the same time and that we have gotten into the habit of talking in rather large terms and of claiming rather more for ourselves and our college than we rightfully should? Perhaps the claims are only the usual claims of student bump- tiousness. ' the Earlham spirit will continue to grow as it has in the past and il it is to be the same spirit of the open eyed search lor truth, of loyalty to high ideals and of service there must not be less of these qualities in the lives of the successive generations of Earlham students. To maintain the worthy ideals of the Earlham spirit of the past will require thought as well as senti- ment, deeds as well as words. 1917 Thirty-one lining Slngrtljrr II you want to know a man or a woman, break broad with them for a quarter of a year. Watch and see it ' tiny come down to breakfast and, if they do, if they have already begun to be cheerful. Watch their table man- ners; do they forget to pass the cream; do they feed noisily; are they con- siderate of the waitress. And at the end of the time you will know them better than their roommate knows them, probably, for people are never more themselves than when satisfying the fundamental instincts of life. And just because of this fact, cases that take their origin at table, that is table eases are the worst kind; they are always fatal. If you can eat with a person three limes a day for two months, and still feel that unscratchable tickling of the heart, then it is a pretty strong certainty that your future to- gether will he a congenial and happy one. There arc tables and tables. ' Thirty-three Uihr Say g tttftntt5 1917 It was ;i very dark night, and in the basement of Lindley Hall everything was silent. The centipedes slumbered on the walls undisturbed; mice scut- tled from one corner to another; and a rather small, but ugly snake drag- ged its horrid shortness across the rotten wooden Floor of the cellar. But that happened in the reptilian age of our Day Dodger history. In the aeons that have elapsed since that, a race of vertebrates has been produced, people with backbones, the Day Students — those who rent a telephone, stage a play, and re-enforce with strength every activity of the college. What marvelous works are thine, oh change! Yet traces of the early ages still cling to those basement walls, as do some descendents of those ancient centipedes. Chaos still lives in those dens, and to the north, especially, broken chairs, maimed tables and shelves whose function has not yet been deter- mined, testify, as sutures on mammalian bones, the close relationship to earlier and more savage ages. Struggling between desires to study, to dis- cuss, to vent their superfluous energy, the inhabitants of the dungeons, known as the hoys ' den, often make lite as miserable for certain language professors by day. as do cats for the nervous business man by night. Hut a wonderful thing has taken place, something which will be as great and far-reaching in its ultimate results as the big piece of ice that glided down over our continent ages ago. A Senate has b een formed by the Day Dodger hoys and soon the dark cell (see illustration) with its low-hanging pipes will become a place habitable by civilized man. (dance at the per- sonnel of the newly elected officers of this organization and see if you do not think them capable of accomplishing this change. To the south is a sunnier, cheerier suite of rooms — the diurnal home of the Day Dodger girls. They laugh, eat and talk all day. and hold a Council meeting twice a year one at the beginning of the school term to com- pute the number of mirrors needed, and another near the Christmas tree lime to decide upon sonic small hul tangi- ble way of expressing their gratitude to their benefac- tresses, certain ladies of the Faculty whose thoughtful- ness has added to the lite of .1 Cubist interpretation of ' I); ' - v Dod 8 er « ir,s - TabIes the I). I), boy ' s dm. rocking-chairs, pictures, rugs, curtains, piano and at some ' I ' ll i it -four The girls have i cosy place. lucky times, Bowers, take from these rooms almost every vestige of the pre- molluscan ages. No snakes now crawl across the cement floor, but even as I boast. I hear a scream, and turning, see a girl poised, slipper in hand, on a chair, vowing weakly that she will kill that awful thing. Then scrutiniz- ing the alahastined walls, I perceive a thousand legged bug, doing a Inn- era 1 march as formerly. I realize thai traces of the prehistoric ages linger also in the den of the Day Dodger girls. But even then, the Day Dodgers have evolved far enough that giving them no handicap for their compara- tive small number they se- cure as many honors, acade- mic, social, and athletic as any group of students of our college. Just a 1). I). Snap. Day Student Organization President, Windsor Harris. Secretary, Eleanor Ballard. Girls ' Student Council President, Jennie Meranda. Seniors, Lillian Rice, Eleanor Clifford. Junior-, Gladys Fouts, Gertrude Pardieck. Sophomores, Pauline Foster. Freshmen, Mabel Loehr. Boys ' Senate Pn s dent, Windsor Harris. Senii irs, Mis Briggs. Juniors, In in Shultz. Sophomores, Lee lutland. Freshmen, Ralph Nicholson. Tliirtx six The Spirit of Serious Purpose. Thirty-seven The Sargasso Uiljr spirit nf ftmmta $htrpnB? I ( j j y Over half a century ago ;i little handful of earnest men and women pushed back I the edge of civilization and founded an institution for higher learning. Burning within those men and women was the light of a mighty purpose, the gleam of a strong resolve. They faced life as a great problem which they proposed to meet squarely and sincerely. And today (lure is left in the heart of their institution a lingering flavor of their seriousness of intent. More, perhaps, than any other institution of its kind in the middle west is Earlham devoted to the doing of its par- ticular task. There prevails on the campus a quiet, forceful, earnest air of purposiveness. The joys of life are not submerged, but first things art ' placed first. In its final analysis the business of the college is to in- struct, to develop, to educate, and Earlham is going steadily ahead doing those things, regardless of the fact that in many other schools the side shows have swallowed up the main tent and the greater ideals have been lowered to lesser ones. Earlham is still doing her job. It is the spirit of the place. Divisions of Spirit of Serious Purpose. The Devotional Spirit. The Student Spirit. The Culture Spirit. rhirty-f.ght We have just spoken of the brave men and women who founded Earl- ham College and the serious stamp that they have left upon the place. Tliis serious stamp is no better shown than in the religious, the devotional life of the institution. We are pre-eminently a religious college. Not religion in the narrow sense, but with the broader meaning of devotion to God and to hu- manity. The campus is alive with that spirit. Here it has been made pos- sible for ns to give expression to the life of faith that is welling up within every human heart, here it is that we are aide to come in closer touch with the great Source of all strength. Here prevails a sanity of belief, a firmness of conviction, a fairness of creed that is a wonderful revelation to one weary alike of the blatant evangelism and the cynical materialism of so much of our American life of today. President. Marguerite Norton. Secretary, Ruth Petry. ullje f mmg Unman a (Wirtattau Asanriatum I happened to know a girl who three years ago entered college from a small town community. Most of her life there had been cramped and nar- row and she came in as green as they make them. At her arrival she was met by a delegation of Y, W. C. A. workers. She was eased into the Earl- ham life with the least friction possible. Before coming to college she had not been interested in religious activities, but here she saw the finest girls in school devoting time and energy to this association and she fell easily into line. She was a girl with a natural talent in certain lines; within a month that talent had been discovered by a diligent committee member, and the girl was happy in the doing of something she liked. Later in the year a member of the Cabinet had a long talk with the girl and they worked out some of the things thai she most desired to do and the way to them. In the meantime through the pull of the new friends she was being drawn into girls ' athletics and the college social life. All this happened quite norm illy and naturally. Three years have passed and those years have brought a great change to thai girl. Assisted in no small part by the inspiration of her Association friends and work she has grown into a strong and characterful woman. It is a story thai could he told half a dozen limes every year, the story of the inspiration of Y. W. work. Fortj J I. I r President, J. Clyde Little. Secretary. William Harlan. ®ltr iEarlham f mtttg jRpn ' H (Christian Aaisnriatinn I shall never forget the time four years ago when for the first time I s;it in a Bundy Hall Association meeting and listened to a hundred earnest and sincere men talking out freely the things that they held in their hearts. It struck me as a wonderful revelation, something astoundingly differen from the half-hearted, effeminate type of thing that I had grown to associ- ate with tlie term religion. Hire a man whom, yesterday, I had seen plow through a quarter of a ton of brawn on the football field, stood up and sim- ply and forcefully expressed himself in reference to some of the great fun- damentals of life. And then a man whose intellectual force I greatly admired contributed his share to the discussion; and so on through a list of fellows to whom I instinctively looked up. And as I sat there I contrasted this scene with the things that I had known and for the first time in my life I dared to utter a really sincere prayer of thanksgiving that I had fallen in such a pleasant place. And I have not found that prayer a blind one. (Ebaurl The Htm and chatter of voices; the sound of many feet; clatter of books Sargasso and seats, and in the hall the last strains of E-o-triumphe subside — Miss Gaston ' s chording and President ' s lifted hand still the troubled waters. Sliall we sing hymn number thirteen? The magic phrase is the sesame which opens a door into rest and calm. In the well-loved songs of masters of old, the youth and hopes and joy and faith of living hearts praise the great Spirit of Life. The concluding Amen finds most of the singers seated — we Americans are so basty T ! — but is the Spirit of- 1917 fended? All. we believe that the Spirit looks deeper. Then from behind the desk come to us words of cheer, of beauty or of duty from the Book, and from the hearts of all, though from the lips of one. ascends prayer. And in return come strength and courage and new hope to meet the day. Perchance be who is leading us today is timid and cares not to bare his soul in single, public prayer, and he will ask us to repeal together that model or example left us by our Lord. But is the Spirit here offended? — We think that he looks deeper than the lips, and hears unspoken just as spoken things. And now by story, music, science, knowledge, we strengthen our ideals and hear of things which make us know of the worth and power of living, and send us out, as comrades, two and two. who have refreshed themselves a I a green spring and now continue on their farther journey. Forty-two r ' The Relit ions Life of Earlham is Important. Forty-three The Earlham Sunday School. ®lt? 2Mtgt0ttj3 spirit in lEarlltam The tries on the Heart whisper it. the birds in the hedge and the pines warble it. and down in the grass the deep-hearted violets contentedly nod their assurance of the truth of its existence, the Spirit of the Living God. When we enter Chapel, the very walls seem to echo with the songs of praise, and the words of prayer that have here been flowing forth for many years from the great hearts of earnest men and women. In every corner ol our Earlham life that spirit seems to live. The medium between the cir- cumscribed human soul and the limitless Kingdom is so clear, so translu- cent, that we evei- feel the sense of the Indwelling Presence, and are ever eager to yield to the primal instinct to love and worship the power that pro- tects and leads us, as it led and protected our forefathers. We all come sooner or later to feel this we come to know that there is something about Earlham that encourages and enables us to express to our own soul, and to one another, without affectation or emotional display, the deepest thoughts of our minds. As naturally as we talk to one another at the table, as naturally as we laugh while coasting in the keen winter air. as naturally as we gather around the piano in the Girls ' Parlor to sing some popular songs, just so frankly and unrestrainedly do we enter into earnest devotion to the Maker ol ' our world. In hall a dozen different ways we Bnd practical expression for the relig- ious conviction which is the warp and wool ' ol ' onr lives. The Associations. with their tense hall hours, when with the company of a hundred others we lace the problems of setting our sail, of finding our field, of serving our God, when in holy silence we dare to look up into God ' s face with our puny Fortj -four problem and our puny life and solve the lirsi with the giving of the sec- ond, il is in hours sueh ;is these that we gain spiritual stature; and then the Chapel services, with the men who speak clean and true the honest convic- tions of honest hearts, pointing mil the ways to better living; the Sunday School, the Mission; these, and other institutions oiler outlets for our relig- ous energies. Religion here is a manly thing. It is not something For Tools and weak- lint ' s, not something to wear as a garment, to be removed at will, not some- thing Of which to he ashamed. It is this attitude, this Tearless quest of spiritual light, this spirit of devotion that makes Earlham different, that sets our college apart I ' rom other institutions; a place where men may see God without being ashamed to tell others of their experience. In the quiet, the beauty, the naturalness of Earlham, as in a well ordered home, we are free to live, to laugh, to love; Tree to lei our own selves be in harmony with the Infinite Spirit. 1917 The Student Voluntt Hand. Forty-five Kami. ii m College has become an institution of national reputation dur- ing tlic last ten or twelve years. There have been numerous concrete evi- dences certifying to this fact. The graduates of the college are now admitted lo all of the American graduate universities on the basis of hour for hour credit for work done. Tins means that with the scholastic attainment which the college has now reached, graduates of the college are accepted as candi- dates for the Master ' s Degree in the graduate universities on the basis of one year ' s work for such degree. This is the test which was applied some years ago by the U. S. Bureau of Education in determining colleges of the first class. Dr. Kendrick C. Bibcock, formerly specialist in Higher Education in the U. S. Bureau of Education, now Dean of the College of Liberal Arts, Sci- ences and Literature at the University of Illinois, some years ago referred to Earlham College and four other American colleges as having made unusual progress and having attained a high degree of excellency during the past few years. The college is given first class rating by the Board of Regents of the State of New York and by the State Boards of Education of many states. Dr. S. C. Capcn, the present chief expert in Higher Education in the I ' . S. Bureau of Education, visited the college a lew years ago and expressed the highest de- gr of appreciation of the organization and the work done. Tlie Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching regularly publishes Earlham College in ils supplementary list of colleges which are approved by that Foundation but are disqualified on other than academic grounds From participation in the funds of the Foundation. (The other grounds in this case being tint the college is owned and the trustees are ap- pointed by the Church.) The General Education Board has not only placed Earlham College on its approved lisl 1ml has made a conditional oiler to in- crease the endowment mi ils usual terms and is now making payments to the endowmenl in accordance with lliis offer whenever the college authorities make requisitions upon il. A few years ago al the request of the University of Berlin, the Association of American State Universities issued a list of col- leges and universities in the United Slates whose graduates are entitled lo the same academic consideration in the Universities of Germany as the graduates of the universities belonging to that Association. The most recent single indi- Some of the Faculty. cation of Earlham ' s present high standing was the admission of the college last fall as a member of the Association of Collegiate Alumnae. The college is a member, and President Kelly was the chief organizer and was for two years the President of the Association of American Colleges. Earlham is also given full rating by the North Central Association of Colleges and Sec- ondary Schools. In other words, the college is put in the first class by every existing standardizing agency and has attained an eminent reputation, of which every friend of the institution may justly he proud. F. irty-seven The Sargasso Sltr Utu ntt § jjtni In one v;iy at least Earlham is an old fashioned college. Here, despite the increasing pressure of outside distractions, it has been main- tained that the fundamental and final business of a college student is to study. At times, of course, and with some people, that is an unpopular doctrine. There are in any college a multitude of highly interesting and 1017 profitable things demanding attention and even more in a small school such as this where we try to carry on most of the activities incident to a college career. Hut these other things are secondary here. The student spirit of Earlham has been commended by visitors from other parts of the country. Ii has been recognized by the authorities whose business it is to rah ' the colleges of the country. It has been proved when Earlham graduates have met the competition of other schools. Abroad on the campus, a direct outgrowth of the great purpose of the men who built and are building Earlham, this spirit is driving men and women on to a greater growth in mental stature and a liner co-ordination of their powers. I ortj eighl Professors and Their Haunts. The Sargasso SENIORS Aajrirattn 11117 As ships, out-sailing, watch the friendly shore Grown distanl lade dislimn against the dawn. And still sail on, a-hungered for the sea, So we, by some fair vision seaward drawn. Shall keep our sacred memories evermore. And we who lace with clear and hopeful eves The challenge of this wide, uncharted land Beyond the circled skyline of our dreams. Shall, conquering, on its highest ranges stand And view the timeless deep that lies beyond. We would not rest in quiet in the shade Of low-drooped boughs of ease; may each new morn Awake us to a Irish and joyous world. Where we may work with strength that will not scorn Thi ' doing of these tasks we have essayed. A. E. K. LOLA MARGUERITE HAWORTH ( Lollie ), St. Joseph, 111. A.B., English and Latin. Anglican 2; Classical 2. 3; Phoenix 1-1; Science 2. 3; V. W. ( ' .. A. 1-1; Cabinel (. on- • ■ ■ Small, interrogative, Languistic, Energetic, Latinious, peptomistic. SARAH CATHARINE WYATT, Grover Hill, Ohio. B.S., Mathematics and Geology. Phoenix 3, I. Sect. I; Science 2, 3, 1, Sect. 1; V. W. C. A. 1-1; V. Pres. Woman ' s Athletic Assc. 1; Class hockey . ' ?. I; Varsity hockey I; Polity 2-1. Quiet Sarah Wyatt, Quiti ' worth while- -try il. AUDNA REBECCA GALLIMORE ( Fido ) Wilmington. Ohio. A.B., English and Bible. Present only 1916-1917. V. W. C. A.; Polity Club; Orchestra. Interesting, eyederous whirl, Of vivacious, mi-gracious girl. SILAS WnXARD WALLACE ( Si, Grouch ), Spring City, Tenn. B.S., Chemistry and Zoology. Chairman Hallowe ' en Comm. P.M. ): Freshman-Junior Frolic Comm.; Sen- ior Play Comm.; V. M. C. A. 1-1; Student Council 2. : ' .; Baseball 1. 2. 3, Coach 1. Manager 2. Capt. I; Class President 1. Our President Si. Winslow or high. Fiitv-one SAMUEL JANNEY HITTON ( Sam ), Sandy Springs, Md. A.B., English and Mathematics. Anglican . ' 5, I, Pres. 3; Ionian 3; Press 1-4. Treas. 2, Adv. Mgr. 3. Editor 4; Science 1; Coll. Soc. Comm. 4; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 3, 4; Sargasso. Asst. Circ; Student Council 3; Extension Debate 4; Phoenix-Ionian Play cast 1, 2; Foot- ball 2. . ' 5. 1; Class Pres. 2. Pepful, versatile, Soulhish, Ambitious, generous, loud-mouthish. ANNA EUPHRASIA KIRK ( Frazzle ), Lyons, Ind. A.B., French and English. Anglican 3, I. Sect. 4; French Club 2, 4; Phoenix 1-1; Science 4; Y. W. C. A. 1-1; Assoc. I ' d. Sargasso; Phoenix-Ionian Play cast 2. Poctish. unassuming Euphrasia, Help, please, tease and amaze ye. NORA MAY WOOD ( Woody ). Windfall. Ind. A.B., History and English. French Club I; Phoenix 1 ; Senior Soc. Comm. 1; Student Council 3, I. Chairman Proctor Comm. I; Polity )!. I. Hot-cold, high-low. here-there, True blue, to you, everywhere. WILLIAM IIAYDOCK HARLAN ( Hill ), New Burlington. Ohio. B.S., Mathematics and Physics. Classical Club I. Pres. I; German Club . ' !; Ionian 1-4, Pics. I; Science Club 2, 3; Student Volunteer 3, 1; Y. M. C. A. 1- 1. Sect. I; Polity Club 3. I. Hair curlious. quiet, philosophic, Dependable, joking, methodotic. Fiftj -two ANNA PAULINE RATLIFF ( Polly ). Fairmount, Ind. A.B., English and Botany. Anglican 1-3; Phoenix l-4,V.Pres.4; Hallowe ' en Comm.; Y. W. ( ' .. A. 1-1. Cabmel I. Woefully, willfully witty Is Polly, more ' s the pity. HELEN IRENE HATFIELD. Winona Lake, Ind. A.B., English and Botany. Presenl only l!ll(i-1917. Science Club. Y. W. C. A. Speakful, friendly, always pulling. In for three square meals or nothing. MARIANNA DICKINSON ( Sweet Annie ). BoonviUe. Missouri. A.B.. English and History. Anglican 3, 4. Sect. 3; Phoenix, Pres. 4; Science 3; Class Soc. Comm. 2, 3; Chrmn. Coll. Soc. Comm. 4; Chapel Stage Comm.; Interdormitory Comm.; Y. W. C. A. 2. 3, I. Cabinet 4; Sargasso Assc. Ed.; Student Council 3, I. Sect. I; Phoenix-Ionian play cast 2; As You Like It 3; Honor Student and Bryn M.iwr Scholarship; Peace orator I. Face-shifterous, studious, actrissic, Winsome, capable, pacific. LEIGH A. HUNT, Chicago Heights. III. B.S.. Chemistry and Physics. Science Club 2, 3; Y. M. C. A. 2, 3, I; Student Council 1; Class Treasurer 4; Sargasso Associate Ed. Non-buzzerous, quiet, deep, Movie mad hut knows a heap. Fifty-three ROBERT HIRAM LOREE ( Bob ), Rockford, Ohio. A.B., History and English. Anglican 3, 4; Inter-Dormitory Comm. Chairman 4; Y. M. C. A. 1-4; Cabinet 1; Student Council 2. 3. 1. President 1; Exten. Debates 1; Gospel Team 3, 4. Determined, patient plugger, Student Councilerous naughtiness slugger. LORETA OLIVE RUSH ( Hi-reta, Hush ). Fairmount, Ind. A.B., English, Phylosophy and Education. Anglican 2; Phoenix 1.2. V. President 2; Y. W. C. A. 1. 2. 3. Cabinet 3; Sargasso Art Ed.; Class Basketball 1. 2. 3, Captain 3; Class Hockey 2; Varsity Hockey 2; Hockey referee 3; Archery 2, 3; Annual Member Y. W. C. A. 3; Polity 1 2 Rushing, brushing, lots of Punch. Happy hausfrau, we ' ve a hunch. BELVA HANNAH NEWSOM, Elizabethtown, Ind. A.B., English and Education. Anglican 1. 2: French Club 3. I; Phoenix 3. 1; Sciein teer I; V. W. C. A. 1-1; Class Basketball learn 1. Studious, droll, conscientious, Helpful, thoughtful, unpretentious. 1; Student Yolun- MAI1Y HISS. Plainfield, Ind. B.S., Mathematics and Household Economics. Anglican I; French Club I; Phoenix 1-1; Science Club 1.2.3; Hallowe ' en Comm. 2. I. Chairman I; Y. W. C. A. 1-1; Student Council 1. 2. Film Fiend, faithful friend, Her cake and fudge we recommend. Fifty-four OTIS JAMES BRIGGS ( Shorty ). Gansevoort, X. Y. A.B., Zoology and Bible. German Club . S; Glee Club :5. I; Sargasso Asst. Circ. Mgr.; Basketball Squad 2.:?; Track 1.2.:?; Football 1,2,3. Business, push, leather-lung, Speedy, though he ' s undcrslung. LILLIAN MILNER HICK. Richmond, Ind H.S., Mathematics and Household Economics. Science Club 1, 2; Sargasso, Asst. Circulation; Senior Sue-. Comm. Worderous, systemous, registrar fair, Frat pin from we know not where. MARY ZELENE BRYAN ( Happy ), Rossville, Ind. A.B., Household Economics and French. French Club 4; Science Club :?; Hallowe ' en Comm. I; Y. Y. C. A. 2. .1 I; Ass ' t. Circ. Sargasso 4; Sect. Class ;5; Marshal 1. Continental grin. Franklin Man. Happy, friendly, broad in span. JOSEPH CLYDE LITTLE ( J. C , Liberty ) , Liberty, Ind. A.B., Mathematics and Philosophy. German Club 1; Press 1-1. President 1; Editor Press . ?; Pres. Indian a Inter-Collegiate Press Assc. 3; College Gym Comm. 1-4; Student Affairs Hoard 1 : Y. M. C. A. Cabinet 2. I!. 1. V. Pres. :S. Pies. 4; Sargasso Asst. Circu- lation ; Student Council 1 ; Debates 2. .5; Ionian Play Cast 1; German Play Cast 2; Football ' .). I; Baseball 1-1. Captain L Gospel Team 2; Stale Oratorical Delegate . i; Y. M. C. A. Minstrel I; Class Soc. Comm. I; Honor Student I. Rhodes Scholarous, roughneckish, whole-Zolas, Libertarian, athleteric, high-rollerous. Fifty-five CHARLES EMERY LEWIS ( Charlie ), Charlottesville, Ind. A.B., Mathematics and History. German Club 2, 3, 4, Pres. . ' 5, 4; Ionian 1, 3; Y. M. C. A. 1-4; Cabinet 4; Sar- gasso Bus. Mgr. 4; Student Council 4; Debating Team 3; State Oratorical Dele- gate 4; Manager Football 4; German play cast 2. 3; Phoenix-Ionian play cast 1; Extension Debate Team :?; Honor Student. Businesslike, studious attitude For tins degree of Marlaltitude. HELEN LEILA SUMPTION, Kendallville, Ind. Anglican I; Y. W. C. A. 1-1; Asst. Class Treasurer 1; Polity Club 4. Sometimes naughty, lull of tricks. Hut the kind of friend that sticks. JENNIE MERANDA, Richmond, Ind. A.M., German and Education. Anglican 1; President Day Student Girls I. Day Dodger president, quiet kind. Studies bard but not a grind. EI.DKX HALFORD MILLS ( Jersey, Big-un, Smiles ), Valley Mills. Ind. A.M., Biology and Bible. Classical Club I; Science Club I; Ionian 1; Press Club 3-1. Business Mgr. Press I; (dee Club 1-3; Soph-Senior Banquet Comm. 2; Minstrel Comm. 1; Y. M. C. A. 1-1. V. Pres. I. Cabinet 2. 3. I; Sargasso. Circ. Mgr.; Student Council 2. 3; Winner Extempore 3; Varsity Football 3. I. All Stale Guard 3; Track 2. 3. I; Gospel Team 1. 2. 3. 1; Treas. Class 1; V. Pres. Class 3. Galli-Curci voice, Spicelandish ways. Heel ' trusty proportions, and bow be plays! Fifty-six JOSIAH PHILLIP MARVEL, ( Joe ), Richmond, Ind. A.B., German and History and Economics. German Club 2; French Club 2; Glee Club 3, 4; Col. Soc. Comm. 2, 4; Alumni Banquet Comm. :?; Chrm. 1). I). Soc. Comm. 2. 3; Shakespeare Pag- eant Comm. I; D. D. Play Comm. Chrm. . ' 5, 4; Sargasso Associate Ed.; Ex- trusion Debate L Gospel Team 2; Polity Club 4. Always going, never there, Sharp of tongue, but always fair. RUTH ALICE PETRY ( Peterie ), New Paris. Ohio. A.B., German and English. Anglican 1; German Club 3, I. Treas. 4; Science Club 1. 2; Hallowe ' en Comm. L Y. W. C. A. 4-4. Sect. L Hockey Varsity 3, 1. Mgr. Hockey . ' 5. Capt. I; Y. Pies. Woman ' s Ath. Assc. 3. Quick of wing, plays the game. Small but mighty just the same. MARGUERITE JULIET NORTON ( Bridget Margie ) Carthage. Missouri. A.R.. German and History. German Club 4-4; Phoenix 1-1, V. Pres. Comm. 3, I; Chrm. Senior Play Comm.; V i; Col. Soc. Comm. . ' ' ; ( lass Soc. W. C. A. 1-1. Cabinet :5. 1. Presi- dent I; Sargasso Calendar Ed.; Student Council 3 1. .!; Class Basketball 2, 3, 1; Polity Club I. Lusty, trusty vocal grin. Lowellv though her case has been. Phoenix-Ionian Play cast BYRON DEAN KITH, New Paris. Ohio. A.B., German and History. German Club 2, 3, I; Pres. Day Students : ' .; Polity Club Play Cast . 5. Day Dodgerous, History shark, His bile ' s not as bad as his bark Fifty-seven Dav Student LAWRENCE ELDON LINDLEY, West Middleton, Ind. B.S., Geology and Biology. German Club 2; Glee Club 1-4, Pres. 4; Ionian 2. 3; Coll. Soc. Comm. 3; Y. M. C. A. 1-1. Cabinet 2-4; Sargasso Managing Editor; Student Council 2; Cos- pel Team 3; Pres. Student Affairs Board 1; Class Pres. 4. Thoughtful, punctilious, Amelious,. Sensitive, honest, buzzealous. MARY LOVELL JONES ( Mary Lovell ), Milton. Ind. A.B., English and Philosophy and Education. French Club I; Madrigal 2-1. Pres. I; Phoenix 1. 3. Sect. 3; Student Vol- unteer : ' -. I; Y. W. C. A. 1-4, Cabinet 3, 1, V. Pres. 1; Student Council 2. 3; Y. NY. C. A. Play Cast 1; Class Sect. 3. Musical charms (Purdue ' s preferred ' em.) Motto. Reductio ad absurdum. ELEANOR ELIZARETH GIFFORD ( G iffy ), Richmond, Ind. A.B.. English and Biology. I). I). Executive Play Comm. 3; Class Soc. Comm. 2; Y. V. C. A. 2. 3; Sar- gasso Associate Editor; 1). I). Girl ' s Student Council 2-1; I). I). Girl ' s Play Cast 1; 1). 1). Play Cast 2. Plumpy, womanly, pleasing, Literantial, helpful, leasing. CHARLES GILBERT SHAMBAUGH, Rockford, Ohio. A.B.. History and English. German Club2; Ionian 2. I; Bible Class Leader I; Y. M. C. A. 1-1; Associ- ate Editor Sargasso; Debate Team I; Peace Orator 2: Pres. Polity Club I. I )ogmatique, lucky, oratic, Gestiferous, kind hearted, emphatic. Fiftj -eight LELAND THOMPSON HADI.EY ( Jiggs ), Richmond, Ind. A.H., French and English. French Club I, Pits. 1; Glee Club 1-4; Director 3, I; D. 1). Play Casl 2; French Play Cast 3; Hand 1-3, Director 3; Orchestra 2-4. Glee Club, French Club. Musical art. Strong on this here solo part. CLARA ELIZABETH WINSLOW (•■Clarissa ). Kansas City. Missouri. A.B., Geology and English. Phoenix 1-1: Science Club i : ' .; Student Affairs Hoard I; Y. W. C. A. 1-1. Cabinet I; Asst. Cir. Mgr. Sargasso; Student Council 2, ' .]; Prcs. Woman ' s Atb. Assc. 1; Class Hockey 2-4; Class Sect. 1; Polity Club 3, 4. Mentioned above, but will say in passing She is humorous, Missourish, questioning, sassing. ESTHER HISS. Plainfield, Ind. H.S.. Mathematics and Household Economics. Anglican 3; French Club I; Madrigal 1. 2. I; Phoenix 1-4; Science Club . ' 5; Senior Play Comm.; Hallowe ' en Conim. I: Y. W. C. A. 1-1; Orchestra 3. I; Chrm. Class Soc. Comm. I. Quaker demurity, wistfullish smile. Social committity, pep all the while. I. El. AM) S. CALVERT ( Doc ). Selma, Ohio. Mathematics and Geology. Press Club 2- 1. Adv. Mgr. Press I; Science Club 1 ; College Social Comm. 2- I; Class Soc. Comm. 2-1; Y. M. C. A. 1-1. Cabinet . ' l; Sargasso Asst. Adv. Mgr.: Student Council :;. I: Football 1-1. Capt. I; Baseball 2-4, Mgr. : '  ; Student Af- fairs Hoard I; Class Prcs. . ' 5; Pres. Student Affairs Assc. I. Footballish, pleasurlitic, Clarksome Skv-larkish. generous, likesomc. ALBERT HARRY WILSON, New Paris, Ohio. B.S., Biology and Mathematics. Ionian . ' 5; Science 2, 3. Seldom with us, hardly know What to say that ' s really so. LUCILE I II ATT. Fairmount, Ind. A.B., German and English. German Club 3, 4, Sect. 4; Madrigal 1-1; Phoenix 1-3; Y. W. C. A. 1-4, Cabinet 3. 1; Student Council 1, 4, Pres. 4. Slightly Furnastical. colleague of Miss Doan, We asked her tor bread and she gave us a calling. MARY CATHERINE CARTER. Russiaville, Ind. R.S., Home Economics and Mathematics. Phoenix 1-3; Science Club 3; Y. W. C. A. 1-4; Sarga sso Asst. Circulation Mgr.; Student Council 3. 1. V. Pres. I; Polity Club 3, 4. Fluffy, ruffly Mary, Some Russiavillian ' s fairy. HOWARD KENNETH NIXON ( Nick ), Portland. Ind. A.R., English and Psychology. Anglican ' . ' : Ionian 1. 2; Col. Soc. Com. : '  ; Y. M. C. A. 1-1. Cabinet 1; Sar- gasso I ' d. I; Student Council 3; Winner Extempore 1; Phoenix-Ionian play east 2; Gospel Team I; Polity Club ' ■ ' . Noisy Nick, aggressive, progressive, I ' .dilorious, ideations, expressive. Sargasso Staff. Mention should also lie made of the Sar«a-sn artist . e are are deeply indebted to Miss James, Mr. Leigh and Mr. Kine. who have contributed so freely of their time and genius. JUNIOR CLASS OFFICERS First Semester — Hobart Hoskins, President. Freda Morris, Secretary. Sec ind Semester — 1 onald K. Kellum, President. Helen Pence, Secretary. Sixt -twi Kumar GUobs The S i«, sso Bell, Mildred Brown, G. Romaine Butler, Addie !.. Caldwell, Vnna Sims Calvert, .1. Donald Carter, Achsa Chenoweth, Norma Clark, Thomas Cloud, Cecil Crabb, Isabel Eley, Edwin Evans, Robert Fesmire, Carl Fischer, Louise Folger, Herschel Fouts, Gladys Haramy, John Hill, Frank Hivnor, Lena Hoskins, Hobart Jackson, Robert Jefferis, Lowell Johnson, Mary Kelly, Lois Kellum, Donald K Hum, Jessie Ruth Wildman, Kirkpatrick, Martha I i igh, I toward Loofbourrow, Sibyl McLane, Elsie Mendenhall, Marj l. ffett, Exie I.. Moffi tt, Ruth i Isii Morris. Freda M. Morrison, Louis Pardieck, Gertrude Pence, Martha Pence, Helen Price. Rudolph Randall. Myron Y. Reed, Fredda Reid, Clair Rollman, Welcome Shera, Ruth Schultz, Irvin Templin. Bryan Thomas, Esther Tippey, J. Me nit Wallace. Isabel White. Mildred Whitely Paul Wildman. Walter Wendell I i9i: Sixty-three SOPHOMORE CLASS OFFICERS First Semester- Paul Gordon, President. Ruth M. Cox, Secretary. Second Semester — Lyle Power, President. Ruth A. Brown, Secretary. iiplumunT (Hass The S VRGASSO Vdams, Mabel Florence Bacon, Charles Marion Bakemeier, I Itto Henry Barr, Thomas Raymond Binford, Mabel Binford, V nema Blair, James Raymond Blossom, Ruth Olean Brown, Harold Brown, Ruth Amber Carman, Leonard Henry i lhawner, Lowell J. Clark. Zola Cutrell, Ernest Cutter. Mildred Davenport, Gertrude Davis. Ernest Davis. Iva Sarah Davis, Ruth Dennis. H. Cecil Dickinson. Oren Doty, Irene Duvall, Margaret Louise Foster, Pauline i ■ ' irdon, Paul Wiley Haccker. Mary Xanmi Harris. Windsor Boyd Hathaway, Phoebe Anne Hiss, Dorcas Anne Hodson, Esther Lorena Hoerner, Jerold Riser Hoerner, Richard Norris Hunnicut, Raymond Jenkins. T. Raymond Jenkins. Russell Lewis Johnson, Mania I. Jones, La Verne Jo,hs. Orpha Kampe, Wilbur William Kirkman. Hilda Lamb, Wendell Marlatt, Mary Esther Marvel, Elisabeth Johnson McHenry, Mina Medearis. Ruby Meek. Susie Lenore Merwin, Louise Dewey Mills. Mary Edna Morse. Kent S. Mover. ( irace Mabel Xeaderhouser. Edna Nelson, Kenneth I (rr, Mary Louisa Osgood, Ella Jennett Outland, Eugene Lee Painter. Helen M. Parker, Margaret Ruth Patrick. Leeberta B. Payne, Wessie E. Peacock, Lois Petry. Robert Lowell Pi mtius, Guy Victor Power. Lyle Quigg, Mary Kathryn Reath, Elmer Lloyd Rogers. Morris Ruger. Amelia Sage. Edna Carolyn Scott. Loma Sellers. Clara Edith Sherrill, Ellen Levantia Sieweke, Edith Margaret Smith. Byard Hale Smith, Paul Samuel Snyder, Donald Bertram Stanley. Morris Symonds. Olen Taylor. Lewis Titsworth, Russell Toler. Kenneth Underbill, Paul Hawkins Vesey, John D. Vlaskamp, Arend Willis. Louise I ' ll 7 Sixty-five freshman class officers first semester, howard mills, president, mary hunt, secretary second semester, John K ' r,L:i ' baker, president, mildred henley, secretary. Sixty-six freshman rltuui adams, I. una letha baker, John george ballard, eleanor mahalah ballard, juanita ballard, nelle beery, beecher beissman, aileen freda ♦blew, chris bowers, beulah boyd, ruth bradley, carolyn gertrude buffington, leota marie bunting, Catharine may carman, leonard henry carter, helen chamness, Oliver vaughan chandler, cecelia margaret cheesman, carrie nancy gertrude dark, waiter samuel clawson, francos alien crain. cecilia agnes dalbey, raymond butler davis, ruth davis. russell mclain dennis, h. Cecil deuker, henry jr. devine, elenora beatrice dewese, edythe dickson, mar] Constance dilks. mildred dorcas eastwood, mary audrey edwards, grace elder, diaries herhert elleman, robert k. ewing, cortez a. m. fowler, lillian gertrude gettinger, mary vivian glass, arthur preston glass, robert lee hadley, milton herschel hall, millard lavon harkness, elizabeth p. harlan, el freda lucretia harris, lelia helen harris, ralph r. han ej . jesse mahlon haworth, edith heironimus, dorothy helen henby, elma adelia henley, mildred florence hill, myron elmo hollingsworth, penina ida hunt, carroll robert hunt, mary james, evalyn gertrude jessup norris elizabeth johanning, mark waiter jnhnsou robert howard jones, Virginia alice keelor, logan earl kemp. ruth helen kendall, vivian kenworthy, Catharine kenworthy, thomas evans king. John m. koehring, roland lane, melissa leiter. lester s. lesher, palmer d. lewis, almeda lietzman, westine loehr, edgar John loehr. mahel Caroline loofbourrow, byron davisson Ii arc. dolan herhert maddox, Joseph thom as mains, marion elizabeth maze, ruby frames mendenhall, olive jane mills, howard samuel morgan, mary eleanor mover, grace mahel mcbane, alice men ij . mar) edna mcfail, agues Josephine nicholson, ralph sv. nusbaum, Juliet amelia osborn, eugene f. . iverman, edna d. pardieck, victor herman pearson, lova loucella pitts. cyril w. pratt, adrian pusey. lora raiford, eugene rober ' ts riggS, helen rodenberg, malinda 1. m. rogers, charlotte e. rust, helen m. shera, nina sarah spahr. John richard Stanley, katherine Joyce Stanley, lucille ill. steely, cecil d. Stephenson. Wendell o. stuart. ivalu g thomas. rohert Joseph thornburgh, naomi thorp, j ' ames thurston, marie tomlinson. morris n. tuttle. benjamin aiman wehh. earl m. webb, norval e. weed, william dietrich williams. isma violet wilson. mildred leola winslow. donald winslow, oneita w 1. charles h. w Is. maryam yagle, mary elizabeth zimmerman. cvelyn inez Tin: Sargasso 1917 Sixty-seven Tjjnnnr 8tutottte 1917 To give space in the Sargasso to the men and women who have dis- tinguished themselves in academic work is a new thing. But there is slowly coming into the Earlham College life a new standard, a new ideal. More and more is scholarship becoming recognized as a worth- while thing, a thing in its way as deserving of recognition as are athletic prowess and oratorical skill. Four people have this year been designated as honor students and three others have been deemed worthy of honorable mention. They are : Honor Students Charles E. Lewis J. Clyde Little S. Janney Hutton Marianna Dickinson Honorable Mention Loheta Rush Marguerite Norton Lawrence Lindley Miss Dickinson lias this year been awarded the Bryn Mawr scholar- ship and will take up her work there next fall. Sixty-eight ifimuir tn fitttlr In addition l achieving local rec- ognition ;is an honor student, Mr. .1. Clyde Little has this year won an- other and a greater honor, namely the famous Rhodes Scholarship. This car- ries with it three years ' residence and travel in Europe, the major purl of the time being spent in Oxford, England. Mr. Little w;is chosen from among the representatives of several of the lead- ing institutions of higher learning in the shite, after having passed a Irving preliminary examination. The ap- pointment, which is based on not only mental, but physical ability ;is well, dicates in the successful applicant ;i fine balance of character and a e of ;ill around development. This is tlie second time that the honor of sending a representative to xford has been granted to Earlham, the first man to be thus recognized iving been George Hamilton, class of ' Oil. The Honor Studentt (flluba m h ffirgaut2att0U0 A man who has been a keen observer of many colleges was recently coni- menting upon the character of Karlham. He made as his most noteworthy observation, the statement that Earlham supports more organizations to the square inch than any college of its size with which I am familiar. This is probably an exaggeration but it contains a kernel of truth that we mighl well stop to think about for a moment. In this statement lies one of the sources, both of Earlham ' s greatest strength and her great weakness, in certain lines. In the first place, the presence of so many organizations de- mands ;i corresponding effort on the part of the students to keep them all running. Work piles up mountain high upon a few individuals who have managed to get themselves affiliated with a variety of activities, and the re- sult is ;i consequent slump in general efficiency. On the other hand, the op- portunity is present for a diversity of interest; and. because of the com- paratively small numbers connected with the various organizations, the indi- vidual is assured of a greater chance and a larger share of responsibility. On Hie whole it would seem that we are just at present well supplied with these interest and lime demanding groups, and our next effort should he to make them contribute more effectively to the cultural spirit of the place. Si ■ in The College Social Committi Marianna Dickinson, Chairman. College Socials are lols of fun. One Always tjets some Girl who has temporarily been Possessed of ;i dumb spirit, or one draws The fellow who Would make the Sphinx yawn with Weariness at his brilliant attempts at I lumor. But one lias a good time Anyway, thanks to the faithful few Who plan them all and Put them through and give Us What is left of the eats next Morning. The Sargasso Augltrmt (EUtb 1917 You can always Depend On Anglican. A quiet, sedate Organization it is. with A hardy, youthful spirit that Keeps it going deliberately about its Work year after year, trying As best it May. to harvest a liner appreciation of the Really worthy tilings of Literature, and to Create in its members a Stronger taste for Literary lore. This Year the Scotch Ballads have been studied to Begin with,— ballads, and then som e Novels. More recently Attention has been turned to the work of Those nearer home, and the literary Productions of the Mason and Dixon Country have been looked into, accompanied by Sketches of the North and South before The war. Also Through the Club Mr. William Macy was secured to give A lecture On James Whitcomb Riley. Much Original work has been done by Members And the year has heen altogether a I ' rolilahlc one. ■ r ' ; 1 1? ii- : ANGLICAN OFFICERS President, Philip Furnas. Secretary, Euphrasia Kirk. Seventy-three The Sargasso rintr? (With I ' ll 7 Do you Know the septomogineticalous Difference between the Icanthropoticalorerous mognostoeoles And a moth ball? Could you tell An electrical charge from a Pullmeter? Could you state at a moment ' s notice the Bacteriological significance of Bacillus Streptogollbygracious? And Yet You live In a world densely populated In most of the standard directions with A dipthrochronic collection of Scientific facts, most of which have Some direct bearing on your Peace and Happiness. Suppose ' in your ignorance you Should some day innocently Masticate a portion of the horribly Poisonous Molesculaterous Tricuspid? You would Die. And your temporal Departure would he a witness of the immutable Laws of Chemistry and Your ignorance Would not Excuse. To alleviate such unfortunate and Disastrous lack of knowledge concerning The great laws of tile world Is The established aim of the Science Club and It is doing this with all the Force of Moving picture and lecture. SCIENCE CLUB OFFICERS First Semester — President. Antonin Alford. Secretary, Sarah Wyatt. Second Semester — President, G. Romaine Brown. Secretary, Exie M ffi-tt. • Ppmtix lattft 1917 Phoenix is a Valuable addition to Earlham. She (for I guess it is a she ) caters To one of the Great, fundamental longings of the human School girl heart, namely for some Place to go on Friday night, and something to do after you Get there. Phoenix combines the amusement- Producing facilities of a Town meeting, a vaudeville performance, a Trip to the circus, and A dog fight. This last mentioned may Have a peculiar sound, bid anyone Who has ever witnessed the Actions Of two canines busily intent in settling A point of order, or More firmly establishing an Established precedent, will I ' ndei ' stand. Phoenix is Cosmopolitan in her tastes. Her programs Range from candle-lit Productions of the Courtship of Miles Standish to Acrobatic ' Performances by Mina M. accompanied by a Select troupe of trained Friends. But whatever happens, Phoenix Is alive and pushing and Hie Friday evenings are worth the fine it Costs to miss them when one is So unfortunate as to Buzz. Seventy-six PHOENIX OFFICERS First Semester — President, Esther Hiss. Secretary. Sarah Wyatt. Second Semester — President, Marianna Dickinson. Secretary. Loui se Willis Seventy-seven The Sargasso 3flntan lEitrranj iwtrty 1017 It is With a heavy heart that the author turns To chronicle the sad decline This year, Of an old and Respected institution. I shall never forget How, as a meek and impressionable Freshman I entered the sacred portals of Ionian Hall and Was duly initiated in the mysteries of keeping My feel ' Off the chairs. I shall never Cease To be thankful for The training in parliamentary drill and vocal Self defense that I gained in those Youthful days And it is Sadly that I write that Ionian seems to Be in need of A surgical operation of some sort or At least a spring tonic. Numbers have Dwindled woefully and the sense Of individual responsibility Has disappeared Except in the case of a Faithful few. It Is imperative that those who are Left in charge for Next year give the organization A strong impetus because the Old spirit of The group still Lingers. Se entj -eight IONIAN OFFICERS President. William Harlan. Secretary. Paul Gordon. Seventy-nine The Sargasso Sljr (6 rman (UUth l ' .ll 7 There is no need To attempt To persuade you that a working knowledge Of the German language is a Valuable asset. Suppose You buy a eake of Ivory Soap and you wish to read the Instructions Which are printed in German as well as in Original tongue, where would you Be If you knew no German? Or suppose that Tomorrow a friend should present you With a Dachshund? Without a Knowledge of Dem Deutscher Worte (as The Freschmen say) you could Never hope to address your pet in his Native language. And, in Addition, your knowledge of German can afford you A great pleasure in the matter Of the study of The finer things of the Germanic literature. A literature that is brimful of the Beautiful and The musical. Likewise, it is only In this manner thai you may Gain a truer appreciation Of the German civilization, which, despite The present unpleasantness, We must not undervalue. It is for these Greater objects that The German Club is Organized. i ightj GERMAN CLUB OFFICERS First Semester — President, Charles Lewis. Secretary, Lucile Hiatt. Second Semester — President. Gertrude Pardieck. Secretary. Mildred White. Eighty-one The Sargasso ®ljr QJlaismral (ftUtb 1917 How did a Roman blow His nose? Or Did the Mores allow a Roman Nose to be blown? And were the fashionable Togas of the Augustan Period cut on the bias or without? And did The Early Greeks Have a monopoly of the shoe shining Industry? You ought to know the Answers to these questions and to several Others which you might be Called upon to elucidate (note Latin Stem) If you were a bona tide (good Latin Also) member of the Classical Club. And have you ever had The thrill of discovering that your Favorite brand of Tooth paste takes its name from A fine old word that Scipio Used to use every morning after Breakfast? The memory lingers. If You have never felt this joy You should hold in mind that the Classical did) is The short Cut to such pleasures, and To a host of others that lie in The study of The lives and the ways and the words Of a great and a wonderful Age. Eighty-two CLASSICAL CLUB OFFICERS President, William Harlan. Secretary, Leeberta Patrick. Eighty-three The Sargasso SI}? 3mul} (Ulub 1917 La Circle Francke (as it was once Pronounced in Chapel) Drinks. Its members Drink. They drink tea. Assembled in a cosy Group in the quiet (at night) retreat Known as Miss Gaston ' s studio, they Si]) thi ' invigorating Beverage and discuss together with true French vivacity almost any Problem or Subject under the sun. They are A merry hunch and the Uninitiated person, like myself, finds Their jumbled jargon a baffling and Annoying mystery, especially when Accompanied By various nods and eye shif tings, as is Much the case and quite after the French manner, I Understand. The French Club is Especially active in the matter of Dramatics, being always just about To, or just through giving some Play or other. Le Bourgcoise GcnlilliomiiH Was given earlier in the year, featuring Kiev ' s dressing gown and A duel. Later a more elaborate attempt Is to be made in a play whose Name is loo intricate for one Whose ignorance of French is Co-extensive with the language To attempt. Eighty-four FRENCH CLUB OFFICERS First Semester — President. John Haramy. Secretary. Ruth Kelhim. Second Semester — President, I. eland Hadley. Secretary. Evalvn lames. Eighty-five The Sargasso UJafirtgal 1917 II is An established precedent that all Writeups of Madrigal begin with Some super-melodious Reference to the singing sisterhood. We Fear to disregard that precedent lest the Assembled company opposite turn into a Stinging sisterhood or a wringing sisterhood And bring editorial hairs down with sorrow To tiie grave. Yes, we reiterate it. Madrigal Is a singing Sisterhood. They sing upon the Slightest provocation and Sometimes even with less than that. Under The wildly whirling baton of Miss Wittwer. They lea]) impossible vocal chasms And (to continue the metaphor) pour Forth liquid notes of intangible Harmony from birdlike mouths. By Taking turns in singing in chapel They have also attained to A measure of self control And habitual repression that stands Them in good stead When on the held of conflict so To speak. What They can do was shown by the splendid Christmas music, music that a shamefully Large number of the college Failed to hear. A little Later they are going To give another entertainment. We Wish them the greatest success, for Their perseverence and Devotion deserve a rich Reward. MADRIGAL CLUB OFFICERS Director, Miss Wittwer; President, Mary Lovell Jones. Secretary, Lois Kelly. Eighty-seven The Sargasso ®ljr Jtoaa (fihtb 1917 One of the most conservative men in Earlham Was speaking the other day of The tilings that had been of most profit To him in College. I think. he Said, that it was the most fortunate thing That has happened to me during my college Career that I was Elected to the Press Club when I was. He Then went on to show how he had been Trained in promptness, responsibility, effective Expression and Business methods. There is, for Example, splendid training involved in writing Copy for a menacing printer stretching Forth a grimy hand to catch the falling Sheets and slam them into cold type That is going to be read critically by The most critical readers in the world. College Headers. And where could better Social instruction come than Is Afforded by the annual sparker, when The members array themselves in Fine raiment and banquet Royally? Yes, taking it All ' in all, the Press Club is an organization that Tends to develop every side or the character of Its Members. Ei In. ught J t % % J % ft i l 1 s I PRESS CLUB OFFICERS President. J. Clyde Little. Editor-in-Chief, S. Tanney Hutton. Eighty-nine The Sargasso f oHtg (ttlub 1917 The Polity Club is the intellectual Club of the College. They dare Approach any Problem, from the Cosmic interpretation of Sherman ' s Classic dictum concerning War to a heated discussion Concerning the merits Of a League to tight for Peace. Students and Faculty and Their wives are welcomed as members To this club and they meet Together in the Association Room to settle the problems Of the universe. Is War wrong and II ' so why is it not right? Is Germany ' s submarine policy A mere subterfuge? These And a thousand Other questions hold The floor. And then sometimes A special speaker is Imported and fires a few guns just To show that his intentions are Also peaceful. The Polity Club has suffered this year In thai the war has I ' psct some of its plans to secure Nationally famous men to Talk upon international Questions. Perhaps next year may Find conditions more Favorable. Ninety POLITY CLUB OFFICERS President, Gilbert Shambough. Si i retary, Mildred Bell. Ninety-one 1917 ®b? ©rrhratra Out on the football Field They talk much of the splendid Training gained in Working together and centering All energies in the Accomplishing of a common Purpose. Football tlocs not have a Monopoly on the co-ordination stuff. To Really develop team work Take three or four violins, some Clarinets, cornets and trombones, a Drum, some dorm students. Miss Button, Some Day Students, and Jigs Hadley and Turn them all loose in A good substantial Room together. There are Hound to be results. One of the Most obvious is the Earlham Orchestra, a worthy Result in itself. Another result Is the development of Miss Hutton ' s Patience to a super-human degree. There are also various by-products Which, like the Squeal of the pigs in the Chicago pork factories, cannot hi ' Conserved and estimated in any tangible Way. Unlike the squeal, these By-products are melodious and pleasing as Is attested by the fact That the Orchestra is always popular And in demand. Ninet) -two f f f T f vl t _ 1 JF V. 1 ORCHESTRA Miss Hiittnn, Director. Ninety-three tUic Earllram (Eanijius Black stretches underneath the stars And silver flecked on every tree, A girl ' s voice humming softly vagrant bars Of unpresuming melody. The fragrance of spring lilacs borne On air as cool as is a great gold ring, A word exchanged between two friends — This is the campus in the midst of spring. P. W. F. . imi -fi hi r ' - 1 g I : if i ■ f ' i 1 i -- ] ■ Ninety-five Sljr lEarlltam flagrant Lack of space prevents an adequate presentation of tire beauties that wore unveiled to us last year in the form of the wonderful Earlham Pageant. Money, time and energy were spent freely to make it what it was, the finest tiling that Earlham lias ever witnessed. A great crowd was present both afternoon and evening and no one but carried away a deep and abiding memory of the splendor and the completeness of the impressive staged drama of Quaker life. : ■ , ■■sm, . ■ fc ' l-i. ? a? -|. -. % ■■J t •■ t r v f I ; ?= ■ Ninety-six ' • :-- V Ninety-seven Around The Campus. Ninet) -eight Dramatics. Amrriran f mttlt watched a man charging (town the cinder track the other day, throwing every ounce of spring and energy into a whirlwind finish of a record-breaking race. Every fibre of his whole body seemed beid or) that one object, Un- crossing of the line, the winning of the meet. He seemed a wonderful, finely poised organism, built to compete, to succeed. And on his face was the edge of a smile. He was running this race for tin- sheer fun of it, the joy of it. He seemed to mi- the incarnation of the Spirit of American Youth. Contents. The Competitive Spirit. The bun Spirit. Ninety-nine - jp ■-■■- ( )ne hundred It is the nature of youth to delight in trials of strength. Springing up abundantly is an apparently exhaustless stream of health and energy, strong racial forces that demand expression in actual pitting of man against man. It does not matter much what the nature of the contest, be it of oratorical skill or a more strenuous one of a physical nature, the innate, human instinct in us is keenly satisfied by the matching odds with a worthy opponent. It is this spirit which animates so much of college life, a spirit which by the very na- ture of the case is likely to he loudly demonstrative, likely to arrogate to it- self a greater part of time and attention than it really deserves. We have tried in the following pages to avoid this hlatant self assertion yet to give a little glimpse of the Karlham Spirit in the midst of conflict. ' Bunk and ! ' . . . Our hundred ami one The Sargasso 1917 irbates m b QDratnry The present year has boon one of the most successful that Earlham de- bates and oratory have experienced recently. Under the persistent coach- ing and inspiration of Prof. Ed. the Debates team was able to defeat our ancient opponent, Albion, thus breaking the tie of victories which prevailed. The extension debates have in their turn been very successful, Earlham hav- ing won four out of the six contests held. In oratory, Miss Dickinson won the local and state peace contests and was, we trust, only prevented from winn- ing the inter-state by the fact that it was not given this year because of the war. Haramy made a good showing in the old line contest and it is hoped that Snyder will present a good front in the coming State Discussion meet. Thi ' list of this year ' s activities is as follows: DEBATES Opponent Winner Question DePauw Earlham Extension Indiana Univ. Earlham Extension Indiana Univ. Indiana Extension Indiana Univ. Earlham Extension DePauw Earlham Extension Indiana Univ. Earlha Ind. Cent Univ. I. C. U. extension [Vesey F. lev Gordon Nicholson Loree Bakemeier I Morse ] Harris ( Hutton [Folger Eley Vesey I Shamhaugh Ship Subsidy -Snyder Dsiay Snyder [Nicholson I Shambaugl J Snyder [Nicholson I Shambaugh ' .arlham Ship Subsidy i Snyder Where held Pendleton New Castle Richmond Greensburg Rushville Rushville Indianapolis Earlham ORATORY State Oratorical Contest, John Haramy, Earlham representative. Winner DePauw. Peace Contest, Marianna Dickinson, Earlham representative. Winner. Earlham. I ocal Extempon I ontcst, Gilbert Shamhaugh. winner. tine hundred ami tWi The present year has hern very successful. Ine !nin lri ' ci and three ATHLETICS Sit? Alltlrlir spirit nf lEarlljam The Not long ago the manager of the football team received a Utter from a Sargasso man who had seen only one side of the Earlham athletic spirit, but bad seen that side exhibited under the most tense and trying circumstances. That man was Referee Jack Jones, a man who we all know as a fair and fearless official. The letter was written in answer to an attempt to get him to of- ficate at a certain game, and after expressing his inability to do so, Mr. Jones went on to tell a few things that lie had learned of Earlham athletics and Earlham men. We take the liberty of quoting a sentence from that letter: I will say. hi ' writes, that I never enjoyed working for anyone more than 1917 Earlham, because they played the game clean and did not argue the de- cision, even though close; they were fighters and not ' rag-chewers, ' and that is what makes a team. They are winning, even if they are not making the largest scores. He has, it seems to us, summed up there the Earlham ideal. We want to win, we are as ambitious, as loyal, as enthusiastic as any school in the world, and our men fight with all that they have, but it is not our ambition now, nor may it be. to win the game at the expense of character or in an unsportsmanlike way. Men may come and men may go, games be lost and won. But blessed be the man who will fight as he can And keep clean till the game is done. 4 7 J - One hundred and four ' _ T ■ ' ■ ' ' The Football Squad. Top Row, Left to Right— H. E. Whiteside, Coach; Cyril Pitts, E.; Wendell Wildman,T.; John Vesey, F. B.; Dale Mills, H. B.; Charles Lewis, Mgr. Mill. He Row, Left to Right- Ernest rmtt. H. B.; Ernest Cutrell, E.; Clyde Little, T. and C.; Paul Gordon, G.; Elden Mills. F. B.; Walter Wildman, G.; Everett Pennington, G.; Donald Cal- vert, C. Bottom Row, Left to Right— Robert Johnson, G.; Janney Hutton, E.; Russell Rees, II. B.; I.eland Calvert, Capt. and Q. B.; Robert Hunt. H. B.; Howard Mills, T.; Donald Kellum, G. • ootbnll scons for 1916: Date Opponent Winner Score Sept 30 Winona Aggies Tie 6-6 ( ct. 7 Miami Miami 58-0 Oct. 14 Butler Butler 27-0 Oct. 21 Franklin Tie 13-13 Oct. 28 Georgetown Georgetown 12-0 Nov. 4 Wabash Wabash 56-9 Nov. 11 Rose Poly Rose P0I5 14-13 Nov, 18 Wittenberg Wittenberg 14-7 Nov. 25 Wilmington Earlham 34-0 Where Played Richmond ( Ixford Indianapolis Richmond Richmi md Crawfi irdsville Terre I laute Springfield Richmi ' iiil One hundred and five ®hr uteam Football writeups arc mostly a ghastly Farce. For Example, Smith could always be Counted on tor a gain by straight football, or Jones fought like a demon every moment, and So forth, the percent of truth averaging Low. Of course we could say a lot of perfectly true Things about our heroes, but we Prefer to take the Team. We had A good team. Of course they did not win always, but There would he no fun in playing if it was A sure thing and our Opponents would Soon tire of playing with us, which would be Disastrous. And we did win some, you know, just to Demonstrate that we could all the time if we Wanted to hi ' rude. Or selfish, which we do not. Yes, we had a good team. They i nc hundred ami six Knew how to get together, to articulate. Their work In open formation was surprising, especially in The iiok ' I dining rooms, where Doe says They sure did good. Honest, now, after all it was a good Bunch, .lust the kind of a bunch that Karlham Has ever been proud of. The kind that play The game clean, even it ' It moans letting Cully ' s gang win. The kind that Don ' t rag when things go wrong and just about worship Coach and get the usual Quantity of charley horses and flirt with the Pretty girls on the train (not too much). The Kind that try to kid a square meal Out of the manager or Maybe rough up a carload of sleepy civilians. Just The kind of clean, springy men that set your heart to Pumping and little ecstatic chills running up And down your spine when they trot out into the Field will) the Maroon and White. One hundred and seven m J f V 4 i | 9 1 IF PfTlMf 3 m fmJm i JVI 7) mm % A Rug • r I i 4 ■ i •.4 Basketball Men. From Left to Right— Cyril Pitts, Guard; Guy Pontius, Forward; Byard Smith, Forward; II. E. Whiteside, Coach; Bryan Templin, Capt. and Guard; Harold Brown, Forward; Ernest Cut- rell, Center. Basketball scons 1916-1917: 1 )ate ( Ipponent Winner Score here Played Dec 9 1. A ( 1. V c. 69-10 Chicago Dec. 15 i. r. 1. 1 ' . 44-24 Bloomington Dec. 1 ' . Ind. Dentals Earlham 23-21 [ndianapi ilis Dec. V Antioch Earlham 26-23 Richmond Jan. 6 Antioch Antioch 36-19 Yellow Spring ' s Jan 1- ' State Normal Earlham 35-19 Richmond Jan. _ ' (, Butler Butler 34-14 Indianapolis Feb. 2 Wabash Wabash 57-11 Richmond Feb. 9 DePauw 1 )ePauw 32-29 Richmond Feb. 13 Butler Butler 35-19 Richmond 1 eb 16 Franklin Franklin 44-19 Franklin 1 eb 23 State Normal Earlham 36-31 Terre Haute Mar 2 Franklin Earlham 30-21 Richmond Mar 9 I lePauw DePauw 29 19 Greencastle ( )ne hundred and eight SlaskrtlmU Were you in The rooting section the night we played DePauw overal the Coliseum? Boy, that Was ;i game, now Wasn ' t it? Do you remember how they Scrapped it out, lirsi a point for l ' s and Then a point For them. And how the Last minute of play came and For the fourteenth time tin Score v;is ;i Tie. Say. didn ' t your heart miss a beat? Didn ' t Your throat get dry and hot and your eyes ached And every thing was just centered down there in those Men? They were playing basketball, I ' d say. That ' s the kind of a team we had this year. Scrap every minute. Temp .just going Crazy and climbing all over them. We Didn ' t win all the games, but believe me, they Sure played. Next year . Just wait. One humlri ' il and nine k 1 f T 7 Truck Squad. Left to Right, Top Row— R. Hoerner, R. Titsworth, R. Evans Whiteside. J. Haramy, E. Mills. R. Blair. R. Lamb, W. Wildman. Bottom Row— G. Hoerner. P.. Turtle, M. Tomlinson, S. Clark. B. Ber Hutton, P. Whitely, Coach N. Webb, R. Loree. Baseball Squad. Top Row, Left to Right — C. Fesmire, R. Barr, O. Symons, V. Vlascamp, G. Pontius, Manager, I). Kellum, R. Davis, II. Folger, L. Carman, B. Templin, II. Mills. G. Raiford. Second Row .1. Vesey, G Little, Captain, G, Ewing, Coach Lewis. R. Hunnicut, 0. Bake- meier, L. Calvert. Bottom Row R Hunt, II. Brown. One hundred and ten One hundred and eleven Athletic Snaps. WOMAN ' S ATHLETICS mtg tn iEarlltam The Sargasso 1017 We arc merry hearts together — let us sing a song of love To our college for her laughter-haunted halls For her free wide-rolling campus, and the friendly trees above. For the mem ' ry spirits in these hallowed halls. So conic all loyal hearts and true, put every care away. Let ' s sing our song to Earlham in our love for her today. Refrain- Let us sing for Alma Mater, rouse the silent hills! When the boys yell Rah! Rah! Earlham, every proud heart thrills, Witli the voice of youth-time sing it. love we all must feel. Till our hands and hearts shall bring it, service true and real. We ' ll be older hearts together, and we ' ll sing a song of love. For the college where we spent those happy days. When we dreamed our dreams as wondrous as the golden stars above. We ' ll remember with a gratitude of praise. So come all loyal hearts and true, ye merry maids and men. Let ' s sing our song to Earlham for the love we ' ll bear her then. Refrain — Euphrasia Kirk, ' 17. OFFICERS OF THE WOMAN ' S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. 1916-17. President - - Clara Winsli '  in President Sarah Wyatt Secretarj -Treasurer— Ellen Sherrill Social Chairman la Clark I lirector Clara Comstock Hockej I reda Morris Basketball Helen Pence Tennis Evelyn Winslow Sports Managers, 1916-17. Track Edith Haworth Baseball Clara Sellars Archen Loreta Rush I . I I Elizabeth Marvel Field Daj -Louise Merwin Hiking Helen Hatfield i Ine hundred ami tweh i BASEBALL 1916. Qara Sellars Evelyn Winslow Halcyon Hastings Exie Moffett Mabel Adams Susie Meek Ella Osgi ii 1 Esther Thi imas Viola t i ie TRACK 1916. Edith Haworth BASKETBALL 1917. Ruth Shera Ruth Petry Zola Clark Martha Pence Edith Haworth Esther Thomas TENNIS 1916-1617. Edna Parker Edna Overman HOCKEY 1916. Eleanor Ballard Ruth Petry Mary Morgan 1 ' orcas Hiss Dorothy Heironimus Edna Overman I- IK n Sherrill Mary Marlatt Sarah Wyatl Edythe DeWess luanita Ballard WOMAN ' S ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION The Woman ' s Athletic Association under its present organization is just completing its second year. The Executive Committee which is the working body of the organization is composed of the officers, the Sports Managers, and the Woman ' s Director. It is due to their untiring efforts and the splendid sup- port of the active members that women ' s athletics has been able to make a rapid advance this past year. With the aim in view of providing some suitable sport for every student and of allowing no one sport to capture all enthusiasm and glory, awards of athletic stars have been made to class teams in all the sports, and to hikers of one hundred miles; and the college letter to varsity teams, individual champions and hikers of four hundred miles. As a culmination of the year ' s activities, a general athletic championship cup is presented to the class having the highest total score in athletic points. The class of ' 1!) was the lirst to have its name engraved on this cup. One hundred and thirteen SENIOR-SOPHOMORE TEAM. Ruth Petry, E Captain Mabel Adams. Manager Ruth Brown Ruth Cox Zola (lark Phoebe Hathaway I lorcas Hiss E Mary Marlatt E Edna Sage Ellen Sherrill E Evelyn Winslow Subs — Mary Hiss Susit- Meek Gara Winslow Clara Sellars Sarali Wyatt E Unrknj (Class (Trams 191B Hockey. JUNIOR-FRESHMEN TEAM. Edna Overman. E Captain Mildred Henley (Sub). Mgr. Eieanor Ballard E Juanita Ballard E Mary Carter Edythe DeW ' ees E Grace Edwards Elizabeth Harkness Dorothy Heironimus E Mary Hunt Ruth Kellum Freda Morris Subs — Marie Buffington Mabel Loehr Mary Morgan E One hundred and Fourteen Baseball. Basketball $as krthall (Class (grants mr FRESHMEN. Ruth Shera E Subs— Edith Haw.. rth. E Captai Mabel Loehr, Manager 1 lorothy Heironimus n Helen Pence Mary Mendenhall Exie Moffett Susie Meek Phoebe Hathaway Leeberta Patrick Edna 1 Herman Audrey EastW 1 Carolyn Bradley Subs— Subs- Mildred Bell Martha Kirkpatrick Freda Morris Mary Orr SENIOR. Loreta Rush, Captain Marie I ' .utrington Ruth Petry, F. Manager Edythe I )cWees Lcra Pusey Mary Morgan SOPHOMORE. Orpha Jones. Captain Marianna Dickinson Esther Hiss Marguerite Norton JUNIOR. Louise Merwin, Manager Mabel Binford Belva New si im Subs — Manila Pence, F. i Captain Clara Sellars Sarah Wyatt Louise Fischer (Sub), Manager Elizabeth Marvel Euphrasia Kirk Esther Thomas E ' Zola Clark E Mary Carter HIKING It was impossible to secure a picture of the .qirls in actual process of biking or of the Captain, Helen Hatfield. That does not indicate, however, that this form of sport and recreation does not occupy an important place in Earlham Hall athletics this year. The introduction of the system of offering athletic recognition for a certain number of miles walked has driven a large number oul into the open, and morning, afternoon and Sunday ' s crowds of girls may be seen taking their way across the campus, beni on making their ' Tour hundred before the end of the year. One hundred and fifteen One lumilri ' il and sixteen ®br lEarlltam ?m? of ijfitmnr College wit has a Qavor all its own. Thai flavor, like the wit itself, is too light t l)i ' accurately weighed and estimated and an adequate concep- tion of it can only be secured by persona] contact with some of its worst examples. On the following pages, cleverly concealed between the advertise- ments and the beautiful lifelike illustrations yon will discover those shat- tered remnants of the joke editor ' s scrap book that escaped the censorial blue pencil. We hope that they may tell you, better than all the words that we might waste, the true flavor of college wit. Laugh anyway. Failure to do so will count as a cut. ■ P ? One hundred ami seventeen BUZZING A Stoaljman fesay on lBitzztng Buzzing, according to the ancient Greeks, is one of the most iconerotic sports known to the adult human biped. Stripped of all its incongruitical features, it presents ;i safe and sane means of recreation and a paronitical way of driving dull care into outer darkness that is second only to the fa- mous game of Simon-says-thumbs-up in its effecatious efficacy. In this matter of buzzing Earlham is an ideal habitat. It is the garden spot of the world for growing cases and only a severe attack of Dean blight or a financial depression can prevent the annual development of several peren- 1917 dial, hardy, and entirely fatal affinities. If the mechanical features of the human heart are working with the customary degree of peripalheticous ac- curacy, when the first violets begin to wrangle loudly underfoot and the Bundy dry cleaners get busy removing the daily accretion of misplaced rhu- barb on (he various coat lapels, then if ever will each heart leap up to such an extent that some one of the opposite sex and gender will be attracted by the unusual phenomona and with deletriotousic skill will indeavor to assuage [he happy passion. In the spring the young man ' s fancy lightly turns to thoughts of Earl- ham Hall. Hardly a vacant tret- or empty bush hut conceals some pair of hippy soul- ma U ' s discussing Webster ' s poetry or the probable carfare to California. It lakes a strong head and an india-rubber heart at such a jocund and surruptous lime to turn aside from the lender passion and incubate ones sell in a dark and unwholesome Greek book. However, there he such mortals. They die young. The first indication of (he dread malady is a severe loosening of the mind. The ideational-volitional centers are temporarily disorganized. In the words of the poet, il is a Oozy, woozy something that lakes you by surprise And simply sels you raving mad O ' er teeth and hair and eyes. •ases the patient loses his or her, craving for his or h bu rer varies tarce froir. Earlharc Hall. In -.nine meals Mi. il should and prefers lo moon softly around in his or her dark corner with a woefully- wounded- Willy look in his or her eye, or ey liately to prevent further distress. lose with no better thought than shot mini I can above : Cases li words of the poet quote Well, you ' ll get il and the b Is to meet it like a man. Gel over and i el out of il Ami forget il if you can. ( Ine hundred and eightei -4 frw dipthogetic examples. ■ I ' e; - ' • i - ■ ' i • . i Over In Town. The RICHMOND Just a Reminder! extends a hand of we Ico me to h very Student Price ' s Have been serving Earlham students for fifty-two years. Their store service is beyond reproach, and the quality of their fresh-made candies, ice cream and ices are without equal. Film Finishing Table Pictures BUY A Hart, Schaffner JAMES THORP Marx Suit of LOEHR KLUTE Clothiers and Gents ' Furnishings 725 MAIN STREET Earlham ' s Photographer E. SAGE Earlham Hall Representative Photo Supplies Satisfactory Work One hundred and twenty-one (Ualntimr The Sargasso SEPTEMBER. i()i7 Tuesday 12 — From Borneo and far 1 ' ekin The boys and girls come rolling in. Old students back who vowed of yore That Earlham hash they ' d eat no more Proclaim with broadest grins of glee To each new student whom they see. That o ' er the earth in east or west You must admit old Earlham ' s best. Wednesday 13. — Instruction begins in all departments. Men continually ad- miring the improvement ( ? ) in the appearance of Bundy Hall. At the tactful solicita- tion of the Sophomore girls the Freshman girls decide to purchase green hats this year to be like the Freshman fellows. Nineteen cents without the button or twenty- four cents with tlie button prove popular prices for the verdant caps, while the Sophs begin to realize somewhat the feelings of a millionaire. Thursday 1-1 — Tom Clark pulls the annual Freshman stunt of mistaking a faculty member fur a Freshman. It was Mr. Furnas this time. Wednesday 20 — Jersey Mills calls down Prof. Mendenhall in the hall. Mills didn ' t know him. of course. Friday 22 — Spiz Neal blows in. blows off. and blows out. Sunday 24 — Prof. Mendenhall drops into Lindley ' s room and starts the Baby Stew ail. ( barley Lewis calls him down; starts to. until he finds out who it is. Charley . - , - just came in to listen. Prof ' s any W i$ r second call. fV jr Tuesday 26 — Bunk is in the V Y — hospital with sore throat. (It was vV f A. veil leader ' s tr ' out ). OCTOBER. Wednesday -1 — Nixon and Miss Long make plans for an inter-dor- mitory telephone. Nixon is heartily in favor of the plan and says he cannot sleep o ' nights ihinkin ' out, Friday 6 — Nixon, engaging Bunk as an assistant, tries out the telephone sj stem in Bund) 1 [all. Saturda) 7 — All the squirrels reason is apparent. Several Seniors lea e have the campus and down Clear !reek. taken the Bab} Stewart for a waif ( in. Imnilrol and twetltj -twi SAM S.VIGRAN The Place Where College Men find Better Clothes 512 Main Street Phone 1295 K. K. Tennis Rackets Welcomes Earlham Students at Balls, all times to see correct things in Racket Covers, Suits and Furnishings. Racket Presses, Etc. Krone Kennedy ATHLETIC GOODS 803 MAIN STREET Stop One Minute You Alumnus or Old Student! Send in your subscription today for THE EARLHAM PRESS The Newspaper with the Best Alumni Column of any College Periodical in the State of Indiana. Find out what all of your old classmates are doing. Pin a dollar to your order and mail today to PAUL W. GORDON, Circulation Manager. One hundred and twenty-thrc Sunday 8 — Sass Whitely asks to take Helen Carter to town. I have only two Sunday nights and I want to save them. Friday 13 — Donald Calvert on b.eing in- formed by a Freshman girl of the joys of archery The suggests that it might be more thrilling to prac- SARGASSO tice on the heart! I low does he know. ' . ' . ' Wednesday 18 — The G. O. P. organize and elect Paul Cordon president. He isn ' t old enough to vote but will be within the next four years. I Friday 20 — Cirls join Hughes and Wilson :lubs. Manx families broken up over heated olitical discussions. Much enthughesiasm. •mij Monday 23 — Prof. Binford tells in chapel of wondrous careers of our predecessors. He says : Daniel Webster was inspired by a handkerchief ' - - with the Constitution of the United States on it. But many great men never know what they are cut out for. cut out for. We always suspected something of the sort. Tuesday 2-1 — Day Dodger boys launch an immense toa steps. Boys go — girls go — toad goes — all gone. Thursday 26 — Hughes elected President (in Earlham Chapel). Saturday 2$ — Sophomores find buzzing the cheapest way to celebrate ( n a Senior Camp supper Saturday night. After the Georgetown- Earlham fight Said Xora May, ( h Silas dear. Is it wrong to tackle below the ear? The young man ' s face turned a rosy red. It all depends on the case, he said. Monday 30 — Hot water in Bundy Hall is turned oft for the winter Helen replies I never knew what I was Dav Dodger girls ' ovei feel I III!. turned Tuesday 31 — Miss Doan is gone and Lucille lliatt Has the job of keeping ' em quiet. Lucille ' s all right, but we can ' t help but moan, ( ) what is the dorm without Miss Doan. ' NOVEMBER. Wednesday 1 — Swish-swish, swosh, swosh Junior cords, by gosh. Sass sees a bag come floating down And thinks it chicken nice and brown I le clasps it close, those girls so bold. Have tilled the bag with water cold. ( ) bitter world ! ( Hi cruel fate ! Third Floor Navy ' s never late. Friday 3 — Louise Fischer and Addie Butler hold hands - the Ouija Board- Louise, Goodness, Addie. your hands like furnaces. Horrors! Murder will out. Sunday 5 lanncv becomes enthusiastic and frames dies ' picture- and Janney a Democrat. One linmlri ' il and twenty-four Souvenir Books for Gil l •■ 1 l This issue of the olleges and ochools sargasso _ ____ ___ __ __ __ _________ was produced by us. Founded !|| fr[ | | r MnhLi. Incorporated Nicholson Printing £r Mfg. Go. 26-28-30 North Ninth Street Richmond, Indiana The Senior Play this year -IS- You Never Can Tell By BERNARD SHAW to be given on Chase Stage Tuesday, June 12, 1917 Include it in your programme for Commencement Week i die liunilrcd and twenty-five Jusi Some Snap )iu hundred and twenty-six The Geo. H. Knollenberg Co. RICHMOND, INDIANA Onr hundred and twenty-seven The Sargasso 1917 Nov. I. Monday 6 — Sophomore pocketbook after Freshman party bills. Monday 13 — Some one to D. D. girls: Any girl can marry any man she wants to if she directs all her efforts to that purpose. Pauline Foster, folding her hands complacently. Well, I just have to make up my mind, then. Who ' d a ' thought it ! says that Whitewater is a rejunevated stream, but Friday 17 — Bunk not only wants to argue the question. Sunday 19 — Bunk gets the point to the Whitewater episode. Thursday 23 — Prof. Markle to his Botany class : Now what are the bud scales for? To keep the bud warm. Markle waxes wrathy — Just what I knew some one would say! No — they aren ' t! There isn ' t any warmth to them. Consider for a mo- ment how you ' d feel on a snowy December day with nothing around you but a couple of little bud scales! The class gets the point. Monday 27 — Prof. Morris in chapel tells of work of dummies in building the locks of Satdt Saint Marie. We all feel new hope and inspiration and believe there is some chance for us after all. First thrills received by adventurous and daring students from typhoid vaccine — no one killed but several feel seriously injured — more ways than one of working up Miss King ' s profession. Thursday 30 — Thanksgiving holiday Extempore buzzing prevails. Senior men hack the birds. DECEMBER. Saturday 2 — Sammy Clark ' s latest literary effort entitled, I kissed her sub rosa has been changed to I kissed her sub nosa. Monday A — Prof. Hole tells the wondering class in Physiography that tornadoes travel with a velocity of 100 miles a second. Then ten- sion is great until. h. he says. 100 miles an hour. The class heave a sigh of relief. Wednesday 6 — First indication that Christ- mas is coming. Shoup is noticed observing dia- mond rings in the jewelers. So that explains his disregard of the pitfalls of a co-educational institution. Mlsn Doan ' s varylnc conversational powers, summer and winter. Chirps from the Campus Chippie. By John King. Ivf JUJ.T HEARD Prof. Iindlay say FOR THE Billionth nnc , HQVJ CLASS ' If YOU EVER 5AY it AGAIN TLL GO CRAZY . 1 NOW CLA5S, VE.V£R DO MORAL - I hi AOTIf OL AND | E.UPMONIOOS 5MOUIO| OBStnv c -rut 8 HOUR LAW. JUST Ine hundred and twenty-eight When the burden of writing a number of letters, each of which should have the personal touch, is concerning you, seek the modern letter shop. The work will be as well done as it each letter had your personal effort. When such a task is before you, Richmond Typewriter Exchange Room 311 Kelly-Hutchinson Building Eighth and Main Streets Telephone 1010 RICHMOND, INDIANA Typewriters Rented, Repaired, and Sold. Multigraph Letters a Specialty. Drugs Sundries Kodaks 8U100 iritij Star? The Place for Quality 712 Main Street OUR FIFTIETH YFAR Candy Soda Water Ice Cream FELTMAN ' S SOL FRANKEL PumpS and Oxfords In a variety to please all tastes. Our selection in- sures color harmony with costumes. Feltman ' s Shoe Store 724 Main Street Indiana ' s Largest Shoe Dealers Tailored Clothes of Class Ready-to-Wear Garments and Gents ' Furnishings ALWAYS UP TO DATE Phone 2172 820 Main Street One hundred and twenty-nine 1017 Thursday 7 — Prof. Lindley in chapel: Great oaks from little acorns grow. Lola Haworth: Maybe I ' ll be great some day. then. Euphrasia Kirk: Why, because you ' re such a little nut now? Fridav 8 — Charley Lewis standing at the door of Earlham Hall spies his lady love coining in his direction. He decides to surprise her, slips behind the door and holds it fast. Soon the expected pull comes on the door and Charley releasing his hold roguishly cries Boo ! — at Carl Fesmire. Sunday 10 — Miss Doan asks one of the Fresh- man girls why she is like a Beaux-Constrictor. We hope she received the necessary enlighten- ment. Wednesday 20 — Christmas vacation begins. JANUARY, 1917. Wednesday 3 — Christmas vacation ends. Saturday 6 — Sophs blossom forth in purple and gold jerseys which are easily visible a half a mile off. As if we couldn ' t tell a Soph! Sunday 7 — Six ambitious Freshmen buzz to the church of some of their friends of color. The preacher takes as his text : Lo he that attendeth church is better than he that taketh in six movies. The fellows all are called upon after the sermon to give personal testimony. Tuesday 9 — Miss Doan speaks of Abraham Martin. We know who she means all Friday 12 — Yerla Kurtz and Florence Hadley spent the week end at Earlham — Elden Mills and Merrit Tippey sing in concert: There ' s a little spark of love still burning — etc. Monday 15 — Miss Johnson in Latin class: Now — ' Dulces Amores ' means ' re- peated cases. ' We believe experience is the best teacher so will have to take her word for it. Tuesday 16 — No Chapel. The coal pile gets lower: the temperature gets lower; the dorm gets colder. Window curtains taken down and rugs taken up to supply extra bed covers. Tuesday 23 — Miss Marshall tries to obtain permission from Miss Doan to or- Chirps from the Campus Chippie. By John King. PARDON ME ; BUT PROTESTOR SHOUP ASStO,NEt .SIX HONDRtO PAGES s ILLIN YOU HAVE OueHTtO MX YOOTH WW? X WISH z HAD NOT BEEN 50 HARD ON THEM Mo i COLLEGE PROTESSOHS, WHO HAVE HEARTS Of STONE, SHOULD NOT BC COLLtCE PROTE350R3 One hundred and thirty Have [ on planned to do anything thai will help yon remember the old bunch when you have all separated and gone out into the world? How abonl photographs? Do you think it mould be a good stunt to exchange graduation photographs with your class- mates? Come in and let ns shorn yon the kinds that are always pre- ferred by graduating classes. PHOTOS 722 MAIN 5T RICHMOND. IND V. J One hundred and thirty-one ganize classes in Red Cross work, create a ' marshal ' spirit. The Sargasso 1917 The Dean refuses, for as she says. It might FEBRUARY. Thursday 1 — Janney and Wendell dance the Snowy Roll. All who fail to the drift we would refer to the above mentioned gentlemen for the recipe. : Well I can ' t say I like these shavings we ' re having Shucks! It ' s a ' ««ScMiS:H|5 j[S Graph shcwir f pro£r of Richirond Street Car. Saturday 3 — Russell Davis for breakfast. R. Brown : whole lot better than the board we had last year. — Cheer up Chub. Tuesday 6 — Prof. Lindley in Am. ( iov ' t. class: Now class. I want you to get this — What are Probate Courts? Miss Marlatt, will you tell us? Mary Marlatt : Courts for de- ceased people. Monday 12 — We would like to insert a quotation Elden Mills visited relatives in New London yesterday had gone that far. But you never can tell ! ! Wednesday 1-1 — Missionary Conference — Belva Newsom and William Harlan at- tend — on return trip she discovers she possesses only 30 cents and a bill — what more should she want? Sunday 1 now at liberty, should she carry on so about such a little thing??? the third finger of from the Kokomo Daily : Well, we didn ' t know it -Sass in dismissing Sunday school makes the remark: You are Zola giggles and turns most the colors of the rainbow — Now why 400 miles. -( .iris Mary Wednesday 21 — Miss Doan seeing something sparkle on Frances Pierce ' s left hand advises her to see Miss Marshall. Sunday 25 — Prof. Bentson at dinner questions concerning the hot dogs which are served How do these sausages happen to be so tasty today? Romaine Brown : Some one must have given the authorities some pointers. Bow ! Wow ! Tuesday 27 — Girls wax enthusiastic over prospect of obtaining an E by walk- L. Jones seeing chance of getting out of E. C. with an ath- letic reputation and reduced anatomy becomes an ardent hiker. New rules are added to the Blue Book to preserve the comfort and peace for the few who do not go on early morning walks. Bundy petitions for the soft pedal to be applied as the crowds flock past. They need beauty sleep. Wednesday 2S, 7:00 A. M. — Amy Jessup ex- asperated at the fellows leaving- the dining room doors open, bangs them shut with : I ley. you young heathen, close the door ! The gentle admonition was lost on the fellows but Prof. Bentson came alone in time to Bet the full benefit of it. MARCH. Friday 2 — Titsworth adopts a cat. Wednesday 7. 5:30 — Prof. Bentson and Miss Doan ' s tables celebrate by going coasting 1 . We never dreamed the dignified ones could be so easily upset. What if Prof. Bentson did break his glasses ( )ne hundred and thirty-twi Dennis-Tailored Clothes $20.00 TO $45.00 The Dennis Shop 8 North Tenth Street The Corner Grocery I). (). IIOIHilN Proprietor Can supply you witli your Luncheon Goods Fruits and Candies WE APPRECIATE YOl ' kJ PATRONAGE Cor. S. VV. Third and Nat ' l Road Earlham Students Nusbaum ' s We repair Watches, Clocks, Jewelry, Fountain Pens, etc., in first-class manner, at the lowest possible price. Bring us your work. Also, we have for $2.5  just such a fountain pen as is Dry Goods Notions Cloaks and Suits usually sold for $4.25. In- vestigate it. The Most Complete RATLIFF The Jeweler 12 North Ninth Street. Millinery Department in the City Phone 1024 719-721 Main St. One hundred and thirty-three and both chaperones lose their equilibrium? Both say it was worth it provided they survive their injuries. Fridav 9 — Eley buys a new instrument of torture and becomes known as Uke-Eley. Joe .Marvel loses two pounds and his temper. Wednesday 14 — Joe and Peggy Marvel golf. Peggy drives Joe ' s head for a home run. Joe now has stars in his crown. Thursday 15 — Announcement in chapel of Miss Gaston ' s recital — additional en- ticement in that she requires no charges — only asks our sympathy. We feel that we would need all our sympathy for ourselves. Friday 16 — Bill Harlan rushes into his room and banging on his roommate ' s door yells: Are you in there, Old Lady? Gentle response from Mrs. Bed-maker inside: Yes, I ' m here. Bill has never been the same since. 1917 Saturday 17 — Press Club Banquet. The entertainment was never so entertaining. the inspiration never so inspiring, the conversation never so edifying, as the literary select of our institution furnished their favored ones on this eventful night. Monday 19 — Don Kellum succumbs to the disease known as Measles. Conun- drum heard on the campus: Why wasn ' t Eve afraid of the measles? Because she ' d Adam. Monday 26 — Prof. Hadley in class asks Mina McHenry what makes the tower of Pisa lean. Mina: Goodness knows, I don ' t. I only wish I could find out. Tuesday 21 — Brilliant remark we heard Bobby Glass fire at Peggy Marvel at lunch : Here, take some spaghetti and get a wiggle on you. Wednesday 28 — Prof. Markle in chapel gives movie on Match-Making-. Realizing he is already matched we accept his observations as authority — at least on safe- home matches. The three main steps we would record: (1) Beginning in the pines. (2) Testing for striking properties. (3) Putting the inter-dormitory committee immediately makes preparations for Friday 30 — Spring vacation begins. ' cases together. The increased business. APRIL. Monday 6 — Tables change for last time this spasm. A deplorable mistake was made by putting Elizabeth Harkness and Snowball Taylor at same table. Snow- ball hurrys to get it fixed up, for he says that he isn ' t quite ready for three meals a day for three hundred and sixty-five days a year stuff. Tuesday 10 — Spring vacation ends. Chirps from the Campus Chippii By John King. ( Ine hundred and thirty-four Just Footwear — But Footwear with Style and (Juality We appreciate and solicit Earlham Patronage Gall Again ' Eighteen Hours from Broadway ' We make the kind of Clothes College fellows should wear. We sell the kind of Furnishings you should buy. If you want the NEWEST THINGS -COME HERE. Neff Nusbaum ®¥ lOAM The Shoe Corner 7th and Main Richmond, Ind. JOHN H. THOMPSON PROPRIETOR 923 MAIN STREET GEO.H.NOLTE Carpets Rugs and Draperies GET THE BEST Groceries Fruits Pastry Only Exclusive Carpet House in the city WM. N. HOCKETT Orders Promptly Delivered 904-906 MAIN STREET Phone 1643 Phone 3127 Third and W. Main One hundred and thirty-five The Sargasso Wednesday 11. — Just a bit of scandal on the Faculty. Movie bill at the Wash- ington reads: Polly Redhead — June Caprice, all redheads admitted free if accom- panied by another admission. Mrs. and Coach attend. First carload of girls go on hike. Pass Bundy dorm at 5 :00 A. M. giving horrible imitation of Pippa Passes. Thursday 12 — Second carload of girls play tennis at 5:00 A. M. on courts by Bundy. Bundy pulls cov- ers over head in desperation. Friday 13 — Iron billed woodpecker establishes summer residence on Bundy slate roof and sharpens his beak for half an hour. Third carload of girls go on bird trip, past Bundy, 5:00 A. M. Bundy appears at breakfast care- worn and haggard. There is no rest for the wicked. Saturday 14 — Tennis courts again popular at ear- ly hour. Bundy a mass of physical wrecks. Utter an ultimatum. Mrs. Ballard begins to serve her country a ' la George by cutting down the cherry tree. Remark at the game : Doc Calvert is a good player. He fields good when he feels good. Ain ' t it so? Beecher Beery makes a race for life. Sunday 15 — It rains. Girls drowned. Woodpecker drowned. Alarm clock drowned. Gee, I ' m sleepy. No body at breakfast. Friday 20 — Miss Wittwer in French class : Now can anyone explain this word ' vice ' ? Doc Calvert stars. Marianna wins peace contest at Franklin. Prof. Bentson happens (?) to visit friends at Franklin this week end. We repeat it, there ' s a little bit of bad in every good little prof. Saturday 21 — Mrs. Hiss attempts to tap the dining room bell but it has gone on a strike. Sunday 22 — Prof. Furnas thinks that Marie Buffington ' s white shoe under the table is her handkerchief. lie stoops to pick it up — (Deleted by the censor. Russell Titsworth ' s friends help him to celebrate his birthday and the Sabbath morning by transferring his anatomy and his pajamas so as to ornament the campus. Titsworth makes a noise like a trained seal and entire college population rubbers. Monday 2.i — New schedule effective. Campus scene of much agitation. Mugwump becomes a new term of endearment. Junior fellows wait tables at dinner. Germany ' Schultz learns that Butter Scotch pie flip-flopped in- to the air does not always come down right side up. Bob Evans and Herschel Folger find their life work. Donald Calvert is given the new name of Margaret. Tuesday 24 Harlow Lindley tells bis American History class thai he recentl) spent bis vacation in a district where things were looking pretty black. Ninety percent of the population negroes, you know. One hundred and thirty-six G. R. GAUSE iFtmtnfii Jflmiat C?3 Confectionery and Luncheonette High-Grade Gut Flowers and Plants 919 Main Street Cg3 r$ Visitors Welcome Hp-tn-Sate ICunrhfs c£ Greenhouse Opposite Earlham College -55 S- Telephone 3135 W llsort the Gleaner Phone 1766 IN THE WESTCOTT When it ' s done by Wilson, it s done right Ine luiixlrrd and thim The Sargasso 1917 Thursday 26 — Circus in town. Jesse Beals says he would like to go with Prof. Bentson but does not know how much the Prof, has been around and is afraid that they might get into some questionable shows. Well, Jesse ought to have enough sense, with his experience, to dis- criminate for both. Several tables arise at 4 A. M. to see the animals come in but kick them- selves all day, for the elephant did not get his trunk unpacked until 9 A. M. Bobby Hunt does not go, as he has heard that the show is look- ing for more monkeys. Friday 27 — Basketball men receive their E ' s — Temp tries to carry off Prexy ' s list instead of his letter. Seniors garbed for the first time in caps and gowns forget their dignity enough to smile. Sunday 29 — Prof. Bentson makes a spectacular start by buzzing to the Russian Symphony Orchestra but though accompanied by the Peace Orator, be could not pacify the orchestra. .Marguerite and Lowell go down to station to learn cost of carfare to California. A Freshman ' s dream of college life. A LOOK AHEAD MAY. 5 — Inter-Academic Track. Sacrificing individuals divide their hash and give up their beds to possible future Freshmen. Annual Madrigal Recital, The Egyptian Princess ! 12 — Sophomore camp supper at Prof. Charles ' home. 18 — Press Club camp supper. 19 — Inter-class track meet. 25 — Women ' s Athletic field Day. 26 — I. C. A. L. meet on Reid Field. President and Mrs. Kelly ' s reception for the Seniors. JUNE. 1 — Sophomore-Senior Banquet. Freshman- Junior Frolic. Chirps from the Campus Chippit By John King, Inc hundred and thin i ighl blowers The Geo. Brehm Co. ARTISTICALLY ARRANGED TO Richmond ' s Only Doll MEET EACH Hospital PARTICULAR OCCASION Billiard Supplies Mail Orders Receive Our Careful Attention Sporting Goods and Toys FRESHNESS A ALL KINDS OF SEEDS LEMON S Flower Shop 1015 Main Street 517 Main Street Phone 1093 Richmond, Indiana Telephone 1747 iEarlham § tuitntts Are especially welcome at any time to visit our factories and see Starr-Made Pianos and Player- pianos, Starr-Made Phonographs, Starr-Made Music Rolls and Phonograph Records in every stage of construction. A most interesting and instructive trip through the entire plant awaits your visit. (Eh? glarr patw (JJimtpauu Sirliiunui). Indiana le hundred and thirtv-ninc The Sargass 1!)17 2 — After four years of discreet behavior Seniors are trusted on midnight camp supper. 7 — Miss Doan hears noises not under the classifi- cation of absolute quiet shall be maintained after 10:30. She raids a certain well known room and finds girls concealed every place except between the bristles of Peggy ' s tooth brush. 9 — Public Speaking Department entertainment. 10 — Baccalaureate Service. 11 — Exams over. Bryan Templin heard singing mournfully. Tune is discovered to be Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam. 11 — Phoenix-Ionian Play. Commencement Drive. 12 — Senior play You Never Can Tell immortalizes the class of 1917 in the W ' liu ' s Who and makes them wonder all the more how the College is ever going to get along without them. 13 — Commencement. 13 — 1 P. M. Senior Men ' s Quartet is heard singing in Chapel GOOD-BYE GIRLS I ' M THROUGH. Chirps from the Campus Chippit By John King. Oh dear . ' THEY SAY BlNNY CUT6 UP CAT3 JV7 DREAM OH DEAR, BlNNY SOME CAT- AST ROPHY V ilL BEFALL YOU MORAL. One hundred ami forts Restaurant 908 Main Street Phone lh.V. Bakery 2S S. Fifth Street Phnnc 1AM Bakery Restaurant Eatmor and Quaker BREAD RICHMOND, INDIANA Go to = Carl ' s Barber Shop For First-Class Service On North Ninth Street Wholesale and Retail Short Orders Specialty DR. R S. COX DENTIST Murray Theatre Building Phone 1913 Richmond, Indiana Telephone 2299 Auto Delivery Compliments of LONG BROS. Cash Meat Market OUR SPECIALTY Home Dressed Meats 324 Main Street Opp. Court House- One hundred and forty-one ®lmr iCast Wnr a The Sargasso 1917 What they will say as the street car hobs up and down for the last time. Some of them solicited and some guessed at. Elden Mills — Earlham has meant a lot to me Yes, she was here last year. Bill ' Harlan — When I came here I Newsom. But I wish I Newsom more Marguerite Norton — Aw. now, you mentioned me in the joke section and that is enough, you — I ' resident Kelly — I have been speaking for several years ; I think I will not have any last words but will just trail off. Nora May Wood — Educated, by — dad. S. Janney Hutton — So-long, fellers. Clara Winslow — I shall Si for the good old days. Miss Long — A Yell — oh — aw, I don ' t want to be in your old Sargasso. Howard Nixon — Four years a t Earlham ; and not engaged vet ! Fern Lucile Hiatt — Really, Mr. Furnas — L. Marguerite Haworth — I liked the hash. Lovell Jones — Yes, I am going to teach a year, first. Robert Loree — I got a lot out of Earlham; I ' m going to build a house on it. Rush, Loreta Olive — Last words? I will not have any. My roommate will be with me. Wyatt, Catharine — I sort of feel lost. Willard Wallace — Don ' t care if I do. I ' m off the campus now. i. Shambaugh — Well, that ' s done. L. M. Rice — Cood old sheepskin! Leila Sumption — After Earlham — what? M. Catharine Carter — Shoot, I don ' t feel educated. E. Kirk — Last Search me — oh, don ' t put that in for me!!! You mean thing! Emery Lewis — Earlham has given me a lot . 1 met Mary here. Helen Hatfield — 1, too, have grown in Earlham. One hundred and forty-two p fr ' ■ %%}  Iahn Ollier J ENGRAVING COMPAnV £ ( s pners arid ' thoravers o ii Zier 1 i ua i y ANNUALS fit. i j Illustrations. Desians 4 - Half-tones . Line ' DenDatj Zinc Etchings Three mi Four Color ° Process Plates - Icid Blast Quality yHairi Oftiee and PlnnJ tn s- i t ¥ - a - Jltlanta - Davpnbort-KansasGI ' j SS+ W fdams S reet- SL 11 11 A.O W -Uilivaukee-Souih Bend-Jblvdo One hundred and forty-three sMma Mater, we, thy children Tribute briny to thee; Hail to thee our dear old Earlham, Hail, all hail, E.G.! One hundred and forty-four AUG 04 N MANCHESTER. INDIANA 46962