Lee Academy - Crescent Yearbook (Lee, ME)

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THECRESCENT 33 was going to Kirksville to attend the State Normal School. As he was some- what acquainted in the place he kindly offered to assist me in finding a suitable boarding house. The tin1e passed very quickly and at half past eleven we ar- rived in Kirksyille. Kirksville is a city of about three thousand inhabitants. It is built on the plan of western cities. The business portion is in the form of a square with the courthouse located in the center. The streets run parallel, north and south, east and west. As my newly found friend and I walked down one of the streets, he told me about the place, but I was too tired and too much absorbed in the thought of school to pay much attention to what he said. W'e tried at several places to secure rooms but were unsuccessful. W'hen it was nearly noon he said that he must leave me as he had relatives with whom he was to board. I thanked him for his services, bade him good morning and started down the street. At the Hrst place where I stopped I saw a middlefaged lady in the front yard. She was one of those dear old souls who want to tell a fellow a lot of news and think all he has to do is to listen. No, her rooms were all taken, but there Was Mrs. Smith over cn the corner in the large, white house but the rent was high, and there was Mrs. jones up the street in that large yellow house with tl1e green blinds but that was not a very good place. She was sure I would find a room without difficulty and I did suc- ceed after a time. I spent the afternoon at the college, arranging for entrance. The next day I met a young man from Ohio who had just come to enter. He had not found a room so I invited him up to mine. He seemed to like the lo- cation so we decided to live together. That night we went up town and got acquainted with a few of the boys. On Sunday we went to church and then spent the rest of the day talking of our homes, each telling of the good things of his state. One would have thought from our conversation that Maine and Ohio were the only states on the map. By Monday morning we were well acquainted and started for school together. We had been told to wear old clothes, as we would be used rather rough. The upper class- men were there before us, singing college songs and giving the college yells. We were called to order in Chemistry Hall. IVhile we were there the upperclassmen put boxes and seats in the way leading from the door, and each armed himself with a paddle and lined up on either side to hit us as we passed through and climbed over the boxes. They were shouting like madmen and as I watched them I made up my mind I would ,ight before I would go through. The in- structors gave out our lessons and dis- missed us. Those near the door made a rush to get out. Thoseoutside were trying to hold the door and letonlyone S l 1 l I 9 1 1 4 1 s 1 4 .1 5 1 1 .

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32 THE'CRESCENT HI want a 1113.11 CM-aenfnj f-M. M. Houghton, Boober, Cobb and Gerald have done their best to improve the road from East Vlfinn to Lee, but their logs were not large enough. Oh! You suckers! An exclamation of three Seniors and two Sophs one day. Miss Herrick has recently acquired a line soprano voice and has taken part in several social functions lately, A' Did you see me wink at Bill?7' C. G. Mrs. Verrill has been obliged to go without spending money this spring, be- cause Mr. Verrill has used it all for Mon- day morning treats. Rollin Thurlow recently purchased a pair of pale green shoes at D. P. Rideout's. ,,-.L+ BOYS' CONFERENCE R. B. '12 The address by Mr. Heald and the pleasant reports of tl1e Augusta Con- ference made the boys anxious to attend the Sixth Annual Conference at Bangor this year. The Conference began February 24, with a banquet at Gaiety Hall. Over one thousand boys were seated at the tables. VVelcoming addresses were made after the banquet by Mayor lVoodman, W'illian1 Banton and Hou. Arthur Chapin, President of Bangor Chamber of Com- merce. On Saturday afternoon all the boys were given a free ride on the electrics and steam cars to the University of Maine where they were entertained by the president and students. The Conference ended Sunday evening. We boys not only had a very good time at this convention but also had a chance to better understand practical Chris- tianity. The following attended the conven- tion: Prin. Elmer R. Verrill, Amos Gerald, Vance Houghton, Harvey Hansf com, George Collin, Avon Flanders, Fay McCafferty, llfillard Houghton, Vernard Cobb, George Blake, Raleigh Boobier. Ii1RKsv1LLI2, Missonm. March 27, 1911. To 1'1Lj.f lrffftfllfij' fmrl ,S1Ilzn0Z11zzzZcs of L. N. A. It was a bright clear morning on the ninth of September, nineteen hundred and ten, when I left Quincy, Illinois, and crossed the Mississippi into Missouri. During the trip I had been looking over the country. The picturesque moun- tains of New Hampshire and Yermont, the corn and potato fields of New York and Michigan, and the broad plains of Ontario had interested me. Now as I neared my destination, my thoughts turned from these things of nature to the place and school where I was going. At every station more passengers got on board. Finally a young fellow entered the car and took a seat near me. We soon be' gan to talk and he informed me that he

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34 THE CRESCENT out at a time. I threw ofi' my coat and got into the bunch. About one hundred and sixty of us were pushing and struggl- ing against three or four hundred of them. I was on the outside and somehow I got through the line, I was so excited I don't know how. Then I started to run across the campus and as I turned to look back I saw eight or ten fellows following me. There was a barbed wire fence in front of me. It looked to be low and I thought I could jump it but as I got near, I saw one wire about six inches above my head. All Icould do was to go through. A few minutes later I was in my room, my hands bleed- ing and my clothes torn. That nightI read the following item in the paper: f'The Freshmen of the A. S. O. were given a taste of college life this morning. One of them broke through the line, ran across the campus, tore through a barbed Wire fence and disappeared in the fields, but it was reported later that he returned in time for dinner. On the nineteenth of September we put up our colors and the juniors at- tempted to take them down but were unsuccessful. This is the first class for many years who have succeeded in keep- ing their colors up. That night we went up on the square, built a bonfire and paraded the streets until a late hour. Then we began to study and thoroughly realized that our fun was over until the Freshmen come next year. There are about seven hundred and seventy-nve students in the school here. The science cf Ostecpathy was given to the world by Dr. A. T. Still in 1874. The first school was founded in 18232. Dr. Still is a Civil War veteran of the northern army. He was a doctor and practised until, as he says, until he found it was not the way to cure disease. This is the way he describes Osteopathy. Osteopathy deals with the body as an intricate machine which, if kept in proper adjustment, nourished and cared for, will run smoothly into a ripe and useful old age. As long as the human machine is in Order like the locomotive or any other mechanical contrivance, it will perform the functions for which it was intended. When every part of the machine is adjusted and in perfect harmony, health will hold dominion over the 'human organism by laws as natural and immutable as the laws of gravitation. Every living organism has within it the power to manufacture and prepare all chemicals, material and forces needed to build and rebuild itself together with all the machinery and apparatus required to do this work, in the most perfect manner producing the only substance that can be utilized in the economy of the individual. No material other than food and water, taken in satisfaction of the demands of appetite, can be introduced from the outside 'without detriment. At first