Oberlin Academy - Etean Yearbook (Oberlin, OH)

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parts of the human anatomy and many things besides were severed from the patient, and yet at the end of the operation the patient was able to scramble from the table and mingle with the crowd. We saw him do it. Other stunts there were designed to give the visitorthe full worth of his money, and as if various shows were not enough to worry from a man his hard-earned nickels, a display of home-made candies, the work of the Academy girls, made a final appeal to the remnant of loose change, and helped swell the profits of this frankly money-making scheme. Everybody had a good time. No one begrudged his nickels or the remnant of loose change, and all rejoiced with the promoters of the scheme, when at the close of the evening they counted the plunder and found themselves twice as suc- cessful as they had hoped. A-MA1-T DISERIQ JOHN SHAW. cl Fifteen

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THE CARNIVAL January seventeenth was a red-letter day in the annals of the class of 1914. On that date occurred the event which insured the fulfillment of the project which 1914 inau- gurated, and which finds its completion in this annual. Posters prominently displayed announced to the public that a carnival, whatever that might be, would be held in the Academy on that evening, and the approaches to the Academy were marked with guiding arrows on which were suggestions novel and weird as to what might be found at the end of the route. The first impression upon entering the building was that the carnival was a Babel. Musical UD instruments resounded. The shouting of barkers advertising their respec- tive shows mingled with the din or rose above it according to the lung capacity of the barker,'. The halls and stairways were crowded with people moving in all directions, coming out of or disappearing into the various rooms. Could there be any system or order in such a mob? And yet it was soon evident that someone must have been planning and that this was far from being the chaos that it seemed, for once within the doors of the various rooms, the fact became apparent that the Academy had been working with a common enthusiasm for a common end. In the waiting room of the Principal's office we saw one phase Clet us hope it was not the only onej of life at Allencroft. Did Allencroft choose 'this particular room because it. was more at home there? In another a genuine Italian street scene was enacted with the j unk-man plying his trade. In the large study-room an original and thrilling moving picture of a sensational burg- lary was produced. In another the wonders of modernsurgery were shown, by which all One Hun dred and Fourte

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ADDRESSES AT GIRLS' GENERAL EXERCISES An' interesting feature of the girl's general exercises this year has been a series of informal addresses, upon subjects of practical importance to girls. The first one was given by Dr. Miriam T. Runyon at the mid-term exercises of the fall. She spoke upon health, and especially upon the hygiene of student life, dwelling upon the conditions of food, clothing, and the daily routine which have to do with the physical Well-being of the student girl. Early in the Winter term, Mr. Carl C. Nichol, Instructor in Philosophy for Oberlin College, spoke upon How to Study. He made a thorough analysis of the mental proc- esses and the physical conditions involved in successful study, and ended With' a list of practical suggestions which should be of great advantage to any girl who is trying to learn to use her mind according to the laws of its being. The Winter mid-term exercise was exceedingly interesting. The subject was Social Life and Customs, and four ladies contributed short, bright, helpful talks. Frau Pastor Bischoff first told of the social life of German girls, and Mrs. C. A, Guernsey furnished an effective contrast by a report of the Ways of California and other Western states. Mrs. John Wightman then described the social life and standards of a southern city, and Mrs. Kemper Fullerton furnished just the right conclusion when she indicated the qual- ities that mark a true lady amid all varieties of circumstances, and keep her true to high ideals in any situation. A At the opening of the spring term, Mrs. Alberto Shattuck, the former dean of Academy girls, spoke upon the difficult, but ever-present subject of Dress An account of the history of dress brought it before the girls as an important human interest, and prepared them to consider certain fundamental principles of good dress- ing, which ought to take -the place of mere caprice in determining the selection of their clothes. UILUII LII ISI