Shepherd University - Cohongoroota Yearbook (Shepherdstown, WV)

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INTRODUCTION HIS being the first issue of The Cohongoroola its readers will likely turn to the introduction to see what its editors claim for it. How- Chilli ever, we make no claims, but simply hope that after observing 1tS contents you will be pleased with that which represents the best efforts of its editors. The work in this book is representative of Shepherd College talent, only, and for this reason we feel that it should interest especially those concerned in the progress of our school. We Welcome all reasonable criticism, and hope anyone having such will offer it, for it is through the knowledge of others that we secure our most valuable information. We take this opportunity to thank all those who have in any way aided us in the production of this Annual, and also thank in advance our subscribers and hope that its contents will be successful in affording much pleasure to the readers of The Cohongoroola. MINNEHAHA UTILIZED CWITH APoLoGIEs 'ro LONGFELLOWD Should you ask us whence these stories? Whence these legends and traditions, With the odors of the forest With the dew and damp of meadows, We should answer, we should tell you, From the vale of Sparkling Water On the border of Virginia, On the glad Cohongoroota 'Long the shoies of Wild Goose River From the land of the Mohegans From the land of Tuscaroras Where the wild goose, Vkfawa, VVawa, Feeds among the reeds and rushes. 5

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'I Y 17 v v MN 'K' 1 ..X 1 1 x 7- NK J .4 DEDICATION WE HIGHLY APPRECIATE THE HONOR OF DEDICATING THIS, THE FIRST VOLUME OF THE COHONGOROOTA, TO HON. GEO. M. BELTZHOOVER IN RECOGNITION OF HIS FAITHFUL SERVICE TO THIS SCHOOL H EM? 4

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THE COHONGOROOTA Annual means and where it was found Students of the early history along the waters of the Potomac will recall that the name of the stream was that given above, Cohongoroota, the Indian name for the stream, and which in that tongue meant Wild Goose River. For some time there was a dispute as to the part of the stream to which this name was applied, whether the entire length of the Potomac or only from the union of the North and South Branch, or from the mouth of the latter to Harper's Ferry where the Shenandoah empties. Somewhat similar to this controversy, later on, arose the dispute between Maryland and Virginia and afterwards between Maryland and West Virginia, as to the boundaries between these states. As will be recalled the case brought before the Su- preme Court of the United States was recently decided, Maryland's claim to the bed of the Potomac being aihrmed, while West Virginia is also al- lowed to keep all the territory in dispute. The legend- All quiet along the Potomac printed on our cover and on the title page, will be a familiar one to many of the older readers of the Annual. During the Civil War, when the armies were arrayed against each other on both sides of this historic stream, along which there was so much hard fighting, and a period of inactivity would occur, then the message would be flashed to all newspapers of the country, All quiet along the Potomac. Impatient of what was considered unnecessary delay on the part of the army, especially by the people of the North, the term All quiet along the Potomac came to be used in a kind of a derisive manner and as an open criticism to the generals in command of the armies. We are glad to say, however, that today this term cannot be used as indicating any lack of enterprise on the part of the people along this historic stream. With cultivated fields, magnificent orchards, beautiful homes surrounded with all the amenities of a happy people, the quiet of the Potomac is dis- turbed only by the busy hum of industry as heard in the manufacturing establishments, the song of the reaper, and in the honk! honk! of the auto- mobile as it carries the prosperous farmer with his produce to the market or to visit his friends fifty miles away and returning to his home before bedtime. HE question will naturally be asked what the name given to this ' ' 6