Hiram College - Spider Web Yearbook (Hiram, OH)

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cxaiexv of The can ' fl, IRAM COLLEGE.-Taking a retrospective glance at the Work N of the year now about to close, we are constrained to regard it a remarkable oneg a year which in the judgment of all has been especially characterized for persistent labor and close ap- plication to study in all departments. An unusual number of changes has been made and new features added. The College cur- riculum has been broadened and strengthened. A special course is now offered to those students who anticipate the study and practice of law and who desire to take some Work along special lines and retain the strong classical features of their course. Prof. E. B. Wakeneld, who has distinguished himself in the chair of Political Science for his clear and forcible instruction, very appro- priately assumes the additional work in law. A like privilege in the Way of special studies is extended to those students who con- template the medical profession. Dr. Harlan Myron Page, a graduate of the Westerii Reserve Medical Institute and also of the Jefferson Medical College, has accepted a call to this Work. His election is a very fortunate one and a sufficient guarantee of a strong department. ik X FK Pls Pls DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC.-Witliorit doubt this has been the most successful year in the department of music. The increase in the number of music pupils has made necessary the erection ofa special conservatory for practicing purposes. Prof. A. G. Harsh- man, of the Dana Musical Institute, W'arren, O., who recently returned from four years, study in Boston, now has complete con- trol of this department, to which he brings rare ability as an instructor both in vocal and instrumental music. FF X PEC is 21 ATHLETICS.-Much has been done during the year for Athletics. Our facilities for practical work were never better. The College authorities, coming to the aid of the Board of Directors, have purchased and put in condition ine athletic grounds. The l5

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in all its undertakings, that the real good it has done and is doing may be appreciated by those beyond its borders. Our book shall speak for itselfg we give it no encomium, neither do we apologize for it, even though we know while some smile oth- ers will frown. Yet may you remember what some one has said, doubtless some one blessed with the experience of ipublishing a junior Annual, Don't assassinate the manipulator of the stops and keys, for he is employing all the talent, genius, tact and judg- ment with which heaven has deemed lit to endow him. The publishing of Annuals is becoming more and more popular in all our institutions of learning, and though this has been an un- favorable year for such undertakings, the number of these pub- ications is on the increase. It were well if we used the papers and annuals published by the colleges of our land more, as a medium of intercourse that we may know each other better. Hiram is all the time obtaining more recognition from its kin- dred institutions, for its standard of work and its spirit of progress so satisfactorily meet the requirements of education. Being admit- ted into the State Oratorical Association of Colleges is by no means one of the least of Hiram's privileges, and hence it behooves our students to heartily support this work. How much latent oratory is stowed away in unsuspected places, even in Hiram, shall soon be known to the public at large. It seems to be the aim of our Faculty to strengthen each year every department of work known in our college curriculum and even to look forward towards creating others. Thus the various needs of our students are meeting their desired attention. The outlook for Hiram's coming years ever grows brighter. l4

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Hira1n foot ball team has done some very commendable playing with such teams as Buchtel, Adelbert, Meadville and Youngstown. What we most need at present in base ball work is a competent coach. Our teams are made up of men of good weight and size, agile on foot, and are capable, with the help of professional training, of developing into first-class players. a, ,- .- cl, si. ns 44 4 fr 4 OUR LADY PRINCIPAL.-At the beginning of last Fall's term, Miss Mary Graybiel, of Buffalo, N. Y., came to Bowler Hall to be Lady Principal of Hiram College. Previous to this time Miss Graybiel had given eight years of her life as a missionary in India, and soon she will return there to resume her chosen work. To have a woman whose life is so con- secrated live among the young ladies of the Hall has been of inestimable value. She has brought the needs of foreign missions nearer the heart of each girl, and thus has given them a deeper personal interest in this God-bequeathed work. The Sunday after- noon talks and snatches of conversation have given a more definite knowledge of the foreign fields, more especially of course, of India. Such good seed has been sown, what shall it yield? When Miss Graybiel was resting from her foreign work, she little thought she would be called to home missionary work in Hiram. She once said no one could be more surprised than she at finding herself Lady Principal of this College. She need 11ot have been, for the one who had so skillfully managed the children of the Orphanage at Bilaspur was well fitted to manage the temporary orphans of Bowler Hall, who had only added a few more years to their existence. She has not needed to lay down rules and con- struct codes of discipline, for the girls have felt her power and she has ruled them well and wisely by her womanly presence. Now we are called upon for self-sacrihce, for India's needs are greater than ours, and so we must give back to them the one whom they have missed from their midst for a few years. We are glad Miss Graybiel has been at Hiram and are conscious that she has done us much good, and we wish her God-speed in her work. DEPARTMENT on ORATORY.-For a number of years an earnest effort, with a plus or minus success, has been made by the Faculty and students to advance the oratorical interests of Hiram 16