Erskine College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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Rorzizal' l'lClR'1'ON Mooiui. ROBERT I-IORTON MOORE H Shorty Peace dwells not 11011.-t111's I'l!0'0L U, fav' Bcfrays 110 Sf?l'I'I'2' of 1'Ufm5C. bb LL If you, a stranger in Due XVest. should hap- pen to be at the postoftice at noon, and hear some one remark, You've penty of time, come on, let's go to Forbidden. take a careful look at that individual, for it is Shorty Moore. This Wonderful assemblage of mind, muscle and seriousness began scrutinizing earthly objects at Fayetteville, Tenn.. on November 9th, 1885. After taking a course in Femal- ology in the lllolino High School, Shorty heard rumors of an instiution in South Caro- lina where the science of Wficket Making was taught. Upon receipt of this information, he took the train for Due lVest, matriculated at Erskine one September morning in 1905, and fifteen minutes later was on Forbidden making wickets. Finding a society pin necessary be- fore a touchdown could be made. he became a Pliilomathean. He has served that society as secretary and rice-president. CI-IARLEY HADDON NABERS Charley 'TH nzalec Hire gloriozzs by my fvcn. --Jud funzozzs by my f7l'IlSh.'U lnnnortal versatility, thou art doomed to be inearnated in a product of Laurens County, S. C., Charley Haddon Nabers, who first played with the sunbeams on November 13th, 1889! Charleyfs parents early saw the latent genius in their light-haired babe. and took him to Anderson to give him the benelit of the best education possible. After linisliing the scliools there, he joined us in September. ioooi Quite versatile, Charley is a scholar, student, journalist, artist. essayist, poet and Y. M, C. LX. leader. , He won the Sophomore essayist medal in IQON, and has contributed more to the success of the ERsk1N1.xN than any other member of the class. He is also Art editor of the ll:ltSliINlAN.X. lispecially inter- ested in Y. N. C. XX. work, Charley has repre- sented the association at the following conven- tions: .rXshyille, 'O7: Clemson. 'O71 Columbia, '08, and Montreal, '08 20 Y t , kll.XRI,l-,X llxnnox X.XllI'fRS.

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50113121-W Xfl011A11 WICGILL ANDREW MOFFATT MCCILL CC D! Duck Thu 1111111 'zul11,1.v1' cyv is F'Z't'l' Illl l11'111.wIf. There entered this world August 6. 18556, at Bethany, S. C., a concentrated bunch of squall. afterwards called Andrew Moffatt McGill, to distinguish it from the thousands of such bless- ings that daily arrive. Duck having gradu- ated f1'OlH the Bethany High School, where he won a clebater's and a declaimer's medal, came to Erskine in IQO5. In the Euphemian Society. of which he is a member. Duck, at regular intervals, fondly informs the others, You call me chief, and you do well to call me chief, much t0 their edilication. Duck is generally admitted to be a pretty good fellow, as far as he goes-he is live feet. six inches. WILLIAM CAMPBELL lVlcLAlN Cam 'But cz .S'lIlfO0f1Z and .ffuidftzst 111i11d with tlzozzglzts and calm a'cs1'1'ts.' The president of the class of 1909 Xfvllllillll Campbell McLain, became a resident of this tcirestrial orb January 7 1889 taking up his abode in Alexander County. N. C. In his biief span of years he has seen thc interior of sex eral 'educational institutions: Statesville Graded School Statesville Academy Oak Ridge Institute and the University of N. C. Since his entrance into the Sophomore class at iscine am ms Jun uusy forging dis! tinctions. In IQOB hc xx as assistant lII'llI'lgLl' of httn assistant manager of tht base ball tcfun. lIe has been presidtnt of the Phil0in'1tht-an ociety 'ti 'ell 'ts of tis c 'm is Poetry and Short Story Editor of the l'lsSNlN- iw and Philomathean editor of the l1ts141N- 1xN.x. ie imin'1ry ct tst t was ciosen to represent thc solltgc thi: yen' at tht South Carolina Intercolltghte Uratorical Lonttst 'it breenwood. . A . , ,, If U! G. , Y , 1' . 3- V Q c 1 .. c 3 -I' V x. 1 ,V C E11 , C l. In l 1 l l l I, J V L L l 3 the track team, and for the past two years has g . L . K S' . . s w 1 . l lass Ca , , 4 . L. . In tl pi cl 1 int 1 h A .1 , , . L ,Q . N .K A L A C L 1 s I9 - 1 XXlI.l.l.XKl L.xx11-1:1211 Ilcl..x1N. Y

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. M155 BELLE NICIiEI.S. BERNIE LYNCH PARKINSON H Parl-:ie H BELLE N ICKELS- Belle Her lo'z't'li11U.r.r I llt Z't'I' d'lIt'Tt' !'11l1'l she sizzflvd nn mv. VVithout consulting the alnianac, we feel safe in Stating' that there was an alqnorinally hright Aurora Borealis on Noyeniher 5. 18544. for on that night, at Xlountyille. C.. was horn Belle Nickels. ,ln the fall of 1900 she entered the Junior class of Linwood Cole lege, and graduated there with honor in june. IQO2. and in the succeeding Septeniher enrolled as an Erskine Freshman. She afterward- taught school three years before she laeczuue a nieniher of the present class, entering as a Junior in 1907. Since that 'time she has per- formed an acceptable service by stopping all stray questions in Prof. Grier's room. A ineniber of the Calliopean Literary Society. she has been secretary for two terms, and president for the same length of tinie. is b111z'1'fy was so great that Newton lllligllf llCIi'L' deduced 1110 law of graz'z'fafi011 from if. Born near Fayetteville. Tenn., January I. 1887, Bernie Lynch Parkinson received his preparatory education in the Molina High School. Entering Erskine in 1905, he con- nected hiniself with the Philoinathean So- ciety, of which he has been vice-president and president. Parkie was Sophomore declaiiuer on the semi-annual in 1907. and Junior dehater i11 IQO8. l-le won the LlCClZll1ll6l'lS iuedal in his Freslunan.year and the del1ater's medal in his Junior year. llc represented the Y. N. C. A. at Clemson in IQO6 a11d at Montreat, N. C.. in IQOS. He is Literary editor of the E11S141N1,xN and Athletic and Y. M. C. A. editor of the ERs1i1N1.xN.x, Though appointed hy his so- ciety to speak in tl1e Greenwood preliminary. he resigned 011 account of ill health. 21 liifiaxlli Lx xcu lfxicigixsox.