Hiram College - Spider Web Yearbook (Hiram, OH)

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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

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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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College. An important advance step was taken two years ago by the literary societies in contracting to establish and maintain an annual oratorical contest to which any college student might be admitted. The first contest was held in the Christian Church on Friday evening, May 5, ,Q3. There were four contestants who appeared in the following order: Mr. F. A. Turner, '95, t'Galileo g Mr. A. A. Hunter, YQ4, A Ruling Spirit, Mr. J. E. Lynn, '95, The LatestiOrator of the Puritanic Spiritgi' Mr. Claude E. Sheldon, '93, The Spirit of the Age . The orations were all of acknowledged merit and pleased the audience. Mr. Lynn de- livered his oration with splendid effect and was declared winner by both audience and judges. To him was awarded a gold medal. Mr. Sheldon easily won second place and received a silver medal. The Faculty, appreciating the efforts of the students and their oratori- cal spirit, arranged for regular instruction in elocution and oratory and secured Prof. A. M. Newens, of Drake University, Ia., to take charge of the work. The department has met ,with favor and fair patronage, which facts are sufficient evidence of Prof. Nevven's ability as an artist in his line. This department in conjunction with that of Music, gives a public 'K Recital 'i once each term. Repeated attempts have been made to secure Hiram's admis- sion into the Ohio Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association. A delegation was sent to the Annual Contest at Akron, in ,92, and another to Marietta the next year, to present Hiram's claims for admission. Nothing tangible was accomplished. In February of this year, the contest was held at Alliance. Mr. A. M Kenyon, Mr. A. M. Newens, Mr. D. J. Osborne and Mr. J. P. Allison attended as delegates, and it is to their earnest efforts that we owe Hiram's admission into the Association as one of the ten Ohio Colleges. J, .ff in, 4, iv, 4s 'P 'P 'P 4 PREPARATORY SOCIETY.-This year has witnessed an impor- tant reform in the working methods of the Delphic and Hesperian societies and a solution of what has long been designated as the society problem. Hiram has experienced in recent years a remarkable and significant growth-a growth unprecedented in her history. The growth it is evident had modified the conditions of the problem which the Literary Societies were organized to solve. Needs had been added and not satisfiedg neither could they be satisfied under existing methods. The societies failed to effect 17