Lawrence University - Ariel Yearbook (Appleton, WI)

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I Conservatory of Illusic N the fall of 1896 Main Hall, Ormsby Hall, and the Observatory were the only college buildings. But Miss Eddy, with her gracious tact, met the homesick girls and initiated them into the happy life of the Hall. How beautifully she controlled her fifty-five girls. I often think of her Monday night talks to the girls, and their application to life in Ormsby Hall. ' Memories of a college life cluster about a few striking personalities and institutions. Of the present faculty, Miss Eddy, Prof. Treat, Dr. Plantz, and Miss Smith were already established. Miss Smith, indeed, had long been a fixture in the library, tormented and loved. Little would the student dream that the dignified Professor Treat of today was then the Prince Charming, who married soon afterward the belle of the faculty, Miss Parkes. While he held the chair of Science, his conduct of a classroom was a demon- stration of the art of teaching. To me this skill was ever a marvel,-a delight, tem- pered, however, with a tormenting fear of defective preparation. Better face Cerebus in Hades than Professor Treat with a partially prepared lesson. Dr. Plantz, whose splendid service has placed Lawrence in the front rank of educa- tional institutions, was then just fairly launched on his career. With a faculty of but twenty-five teachers, it was necessary for the President to teach several classes. Courses in Idealism, Psychology, Christian Evidences, Aesthetics, and Bible revealed the splen- did filling of the man, and are grouped among the choicest recollections of my college life. At graduation, a mischievous fellow said of his poignant grief in leaving Dr. Plantz, No matter how he scolds a fellow to his face, he always praises him to his dad. No institution could produce a second Professor Jones, who was then in his prime. Determined grimly that we should know Latin as our mother tongue, the Philippics were mild to the terms of invective he used with sardonic glee. How we feared and hated him for the first six months, and how we loved him thereafter. There was some- thing Htting in that he should die in his classroom affter teaching Latin there for forty-four years. Page 15

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Stephenson Hall of Science Almost reverently I speak of Dr. Lummis. What he gave to the school was greater than a mastery of Greek, a vision of a rare and beautiful soul. It was a liberal educa- tion to walk down the street with him, pointing out the beauty of a flower or the melody of a bird's song. At his going the paper said, t'Dead,- the best loved man in Appleton. The functions of college life have changed greatly. I wonder frequently if the later days of fraternities and sororities, with their more exclusive and elaborate func- tions, give more pleasure than we enjoyed inthe simpler life of 1896. College life was plentifully interspersed with pranks and fun. Who can forget how Cole and Bright and Westcott painted the new dome,-the pride of Doc Sammy's heart-and Were given the memorable fine of 3515, with appropriate remarks? How they enjoyed earning that fine, clothed in questionable tramp's attire, cleaning walks and beating rugs. Then what fun we had celebrating in every conceivable manner the victory of Wescott's oration beginning majestically, Life's greatest mystery is life! Of course there were parties down river to Potato Point, boat rides to Clifton, sleigh rides to Neenah, bobsled parties' down John street hill and across the railroad Page 17