Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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SENIGR CLASS CD JOHN MCCLELLAN AXE, . LUTHER HARTMAN BASEHOAR, STANLEY BILLHEIMER, . THOMAS BRUCE BIRCH, . . DAVID ALEXANDER BUEHLER, SCI-IMUCKER DUNCAN, . WILTON CLYDE DUNLAP, HARRY ACRERMAN ELLIOTT, . GARNE'f GEHR ,... CHARLES SCI-IAEFFER HARTER, ROBERT NELSON 'I'lARTMAN, . SAMUEL GRING HEEELBOWER VVILLIAM I-IERSH, . . JOHN EDWARD HOICI4, . . JOSEPH BRADLEY MARKNVARD, ALBERT OSIVALD MULLEN, LUTHER CROUSE PETER, AUGUST POHLMANN, . . DAVIS ALVIN KEARNS PRESTON, CHARLES LEWIS RITTER, . VVILLIAM GRANT SLIFER, WILLIAM LYNN SMEYSER, . GEORGE FRANKLIN SNYDER, ADAM CORNELIUS STUP, . HERMAN FRANKE SXVARTZ, MARTIN LUTHER TATE, . . CHARLES WILLARD WALIQER, . EDMUND JACOB WOLF, . ROBERT BRUCE WOLF, 1 21 Belleville, Pa Gettysburg, Pa Reading, Pa Bloomsburg, Pa Gettysburg, Pa Gettysburg, Pa . Pine Grove Mills, Pa Gettysburg, Pa Charnbersbu rg, Pa Tylersville, Pa Baltimore, Md Newville, Pa Gettysburg, Pa Oswego, N.Y Scotland, Pa Baltimore, Md Bellwood, Pa Baltimore, Md Lewistown, Pa Keysville, Md Rohrersville, Md Wellsville, Pa Port Royal, Pa Frederick, Md Gettysburg, Pa Everett, Pa Meyersdale, Pa Centre Hall, Pa Centre Hall, Pa

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SENIOR HISTOR K I room was felt in the caravan, and in answer to the new-felt want came the present magnificent college building. But before this was completed Brua Memorial Chapeli' made its appearance, and then, foreseeing that the labor- atory was insufficient for such an illustrious company as '91, the old gym- nasium had to give way to the tasteful and well-equipped scientific depart- ment. Nor is this all that was effected by the wonderful transition-period inaugurated by '9I. Realizing that all things work together for good l' and that all parts of the man must be looked after, the new gymnasium, with the chair of hygiene and physical culture, stands as a monument of the wise appreciation in which 'Q1's merit and importance were held. To say that all these privileges and additional advantages for facilitating the journey have not been appreciated by the class of ,QI would be untrue. Its members realize the effort and cost of all these improvements and added paraphernalia, and have shown their pride by being always at the head in every good word and work, and whatever tended to promote the welfare of Alma lVIater. In music ,QI has contributed a leader to the College Orchestra and one to the Banjo Club, besides adding to the Choirg in athletics ,QI was looked to for a goodly number to act as mainstay in sports of all kinds, whilst the first Physical Instructor came from its number. In science ,QI boasts some very promising and shining lightsg a specialist in evolutionary research, one in 77Z6ZZ'L'7'Z'6l 7726672-665, several skilled in alchemy, and one so well versed in the theory of agriculture that he has addressed rural assemblies publicly on two different occasions, and so on czciz'nfi1zz'z'zzm. Thus the individuality and ability of ,QI has manifested itself in a quiet, unostentatious manner throughout the long journey. When ,QI reached juniority we were delighted to greet a company of four from Selinsgrove, and it is but just to say they have proved a valuable addition to our number, for never before had the old institution on the banks of the Susquehanna sent out a more intelligent andsocial body of men than those who decided to link their destinies with '91, anditravel on its excursion together. It is sad to think that at this point in our history we must record the death of one of these very four whom we held so dear. When I-Iarry Erwine died after a briefillness, there was not a student who did not feel the loss. Noble, generous and loving, his life had been an influence truly Christlike. ,QI continues to mourn his loss, although we know that he completed the trip by a shorter route than had been laid out. This is the one real sad event that has overtaken '9I. All the other recollections are pleasant and free from sorrow. We leave the old halls gladder and wiser men than when we entered, and finish the history as we began it, joyful and happy that the journey was ours. 20

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791. We used to dwell in Prepdom, That kingdom in knowledge rife, Where many, when once entered, Are likely to spend their life. But with the fates propitious, We made a lucky stride, And without a single falter, We reached the other side. And entered the College halls, So rich in classic lore, And filled with learning's treasures, Which we oft-times ignore. We then were seven and thirty, Freshmen we were, and green. We courted high-Winged fancies- All Freshmen do, I ween. But with the closing scene Which comes once every year, The boys were seen assembling With trembling and with fear. And then their high-winged fancies Were seen to take their Flight, And from amid our presence Some disappeared from sight. The rest remaining steadfast, Continued then to be All of the noble thirty, In meek humility. For the Freshman's verdure had faded, The Sophomore's wisdom had Hed, And humbly we looked upon knowledge As something far ahead. We now are nine and twenty,- I would we were one more, But he who made the thirty Was called to go before. Early in life's morning, We missed him from our band, I-Ie had passed beyond this cloudland To a better, brighter land. Z2