Taylor University - Ilium / Gem Yearbook (Upland, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 182 of the 1913 volume:

The Gem of 1913 T lis, the eighlh numlxT of the Gem, goes forth to |oin its predecessors, witli a feehng of its unworthi- ness to enter into equal competition with those which have gone before. They were indeec] books that were a credit to Taylor University. This book has not been published vith the idea alone, that it would surpass the other numbers, and set such an ideal as would discourage any future publication. A grander pur- pose has been sought. Phis purpose is, that it might be a mirror reflecting Taylor University as it is. The members of the Staff feel that the labor, which they have expended upon this book, has not been without its rich reward They have tried to do something for their Alma Mater that will make her heart re)oice; lust as a mother would be glad that her departing boy tries to do something, or leave something that will bless his mother. Some books may be written and they may pass into his- tory; thus standing as monuments of the past. Other books may be written and their contents read by the multitudes, and yet they might soon pass away. Why some books should live, and others die, is a ques- tion readily answered. It is because their existence depends upon the nature of their subject matter. If this should be inferior and lacking in depth, then the life of that book would be short. On the other hand, if the matter were of the very best, then the book would be read by future generations. The Gem Staff have sought to bring before the reader only such things that we know vould uphold the standards of our school. Should any one take exception to this state- ment, we ask that you read again, and gather the wheat from the chaff. We wish to thank those who by word and deed, have contributed so willingly to the pages of this book. There have been many who have tried in every way to make it a grand success. We realize that if we had not had this assist- ance, the Gem might never have been a realization. Dedication THE EIGHTH EDITION OF THE GeM IS LO INGLY DEDICATED TO DR. GECRGE W. MOONEY, WHO TOOK AN ACT1 E PART IN THE FOUNDING OF TAYLOR UNAERSITV, WHOSE DENOTION TO OUR SCHOOL HAS BEEN PROX ' ED BY THE UNTIRING ZEAL WHICH HE HAS PUT FORTH TO PROMOTE ITS WELFARE. imn ' s Eve View of School How the Average Student Reads The Gem FIRST FI E MINI ' TF.S. Looks for himself in all llie groups with which he posed, and finds his name wherever he can possibly do so. This is the most enjoyalde period of inspection. SFCON ' D F1 E MINUTES. Does the same for his girl ' s name and picture. THIRD FI ' E MINUTES. Hunts every roast on himself. LAST FI ' E MINUTES. Makes sure of c erylhing. then shuts ' .he book forever. After this, if matters do not concern him otherwise, he con- cludes by saying that the Gem is not as good ?s it ought to be. How The Gem Ought To Be Read Take It up at your odd moments; have a just pride in the more solid literary efforts, and do your best at kindliness in falling into the spirit of every joke. Look at your Gem three or four times a week, till you are thoroughly familiar withi it. It was worked up with much labor to cheer your heart for years to come. Be sure to enjoy it from cover to coxer, for you may be on the Editorial Staff yourself some time. Dr. Monroe Vayhinger Attended High School at Delaware, Indiana. From Moores Hill College he received the degree of A.B., A.M., and D.D., and from Garrett Biblical Institute he received the degree of B.D. He attended the University of Chicago and was professor of Mathematics and German in Moores Hill College, later professor of Philosophy and German in the same institution. He has held pastorates in the Indiana Con- lerence. Since 1908 he has been President of Taylor University. i Pe of. Burt W. Ayres Was a sludenl of De Pauw Univeisily for tfiree years. Coming to I aylor Uiiiversily he recei ecl the degree of B.S.. and afterwards took work in ihe same inslltiition for the degree of A.M. and Ph.D. i ' rom 1889-90 he was superintendent of the Redkey schools; 1890-92 -upermtendent of Montpeher schools; 1892-93 superintendent of Warren schools; 1893-97 bookkeeper at Dunknk Lumber Company; ! 897- 1902 Dear of Normal Dtoarimenl, Taylor Unversity: 19G2- ' 06 Dean of Taylor University and professor of Mathematics and Phi- losophy (1903 Dean and Acting President of Taylor University); 1906-09 Dean of Central Holiness University; 1908- ' 10 Actin? President and President of Central Holiness University; since 1910 dean of Taylor University and professor of .Mathematics and Pb.ilosoi ' hy. I ' kui. Roiitm E. Buow.N Giadualed from ihe Danv.llc Hifh School, lllmois. in 1905, and ihc same year entered Taylor Universily. After leaving Taylor he entered the University of Illinois, and in the year 1910 received the degree of A.B. While in High School he was laboratory assist- ant in Chemistry, and also held the same position in Zoology at Ihe University of Illinois. Taylor Univer- sity secured him as professor of Chemislrv and Physics in 1910. He IS also Registrar of the University and Principal of the Taylor University Academy. Prof. Newton Wrav Prof. George Shaw Received the degree of A.B. from DePauw Univer- r- l J c u i i i sily. Later he became a law student and attorney at Graduated from Hamlin University, receiving the law. From Drew Theological Seminary he received degree of A.B. From Drew Theological Seminary he Ihe degree of B.D. At one lime he was amanuensis , , , to Dr. J. M. Buckley, Editor of the Christian Advo- - ived the degree of B.D. Alter this he was cate. Pastor in the North Indiana Conference and Dean of the Theological Department in Central Holi- ness University. Iowa. He is professor of Church History, and English Bible in Taylor University. Prof. Shaw has written. -.Acquainted with Grief. and The Spirit in Redemplion ; besides numerous articles Ln Ihe press. New York Conferences; professor of Psychology and English Literature in Centenary Collegiate Institute, at llackellslown. New Jersey; professor of Theology and Philosophy and Dean in .Asbury College; professor of Theology and Greek Testament in Taylor Universily. While a professor in Taylor University he was given the degree of D.D. by thai instilution. He is author of Fun and Finance— A Discussion of Modern Church Novelties. Church Finance— A Message to the Churches. The Lodge— A Counterfeit, and Holiness and the Greek Tongue. Prof. Sadie Miller Was a teaclier of wide experience before coming to Taylor; liavmi; been inslruclor of large classes of Piano Forle. ' oice. and Sighl Reading, in Carbon- dale. Pennsylvania, and in ihe neighboring lowns. In IW7 she enlered Taylor University, g ' radualmg in Piano For ' e in 1909. and in Voice in 1910. She is inslruclor in Piano Forle. Harmony, and Sighl Read- ing. Professor Miller is ihe Preceptress of Taylor University and is a poetess of some note, having UTit- Prof. Edith Olmsted Pursued the study of voice under Mme. Fern Pickard Slevens of Nov ' I ' orlc City, and Iric Dudley, musical director of the llhica Conservatory of Music, llhica. Proi Aijce M. Tailor New ' ork. For two years she studied Chorus work under Prof. Hollis E. Dann, of Cornell University. In th fall of 1909 she look charge of the School of Vocal Music at Taylor Univeisily. JO adua of the Chicago Mu al Coll which school she iec a director of Music the beginning of the Director of ihe Schc ed Ihe degree of B.M. She was , Humboldt College, Iowa. At .■inter term in 1913. she became of Music in Taylor University. Prof. G. Prepared for College Inslilule. He spent Iwo yea compleling his college coul wilh ihe degree of A.B.. wilh ihe Master ' s degree. Union Theolonical Sem.na Presbytery of Long Island of Greek and Latin m As 1912. he became a memb Faculty as Professor of Greek Francis Lee jt Ihe C cnteni jry Co llegiak ■ars ,n U ' esley Uni vcrsity se at Ne « Yc irk Un, and later he . xa: i gra Zl ' te J He recc •ived a B.D from ry. He , s a r ner nber of the IWQ- ' in he w. 3S pr ofessoi burv Coih Ege. In the fall ol er of the Tay lor Un ivcrsity Prof. I. B. Peavv M. Ped.. was educated at the Edinboio Stale Nor mal. Grove Cily College, and the PennsyKania Stat College. He taught in the pLblic schools, and was foi Pro[ . Matthew Lun ' Dqui.st Received ihe degree of Bachelor of Music, and Master of Music, at the Midveslern Conservatory of Music. Des Moines. Iowa. He has also done advanced work under such noted artists as Heinrich Pfitzner, Stern Conservatory, Berlin, Germany; Hans von Schiller and Edwm Schneider, Chicago Musical Col- lege; E. M. Bowman. Paolo Galico. and the Institute of Musical Art. New York City. He has had ex tensive experience as teacher in some of the best con- servatories. He was teacher of Piano Forte in iht Brooklyn Conservatory of Music. During the fall term of 1912. he was director of the School of Music in Laylor. and for the remainder of the year taught the advanced pupils. He is now teaching at Marion Conservatory. fve years pr ni Pennsylvama. Late: Edinboro State Nor of Biology and j BHH fl w ' JMHMil pVBS S k Kr M J K ' ' 1 Proi. Laura B. Scott Gradualed from ihe Norlh Denver High School, and received ihe degree of A.B. from ihe Unlvers.ly ol Denver in 1905. She was assislant principal ol Whealridge High School, and laughl English, German. Algebra and Lal.n, Since 1910 she has been professoi of German and English in Taylor University. Prof Ethel H OUSEHOLDER Gr iduf ted from the Norr nal School of ihe Nebraska Wcsl -yan Univei Miy. Af er lh,s she was in Iructoi in M aihe matics. jnd Engh h, in Ihe Colur nbus High Schoc 1 o f Nebra ka. She er lered Taylor Un versily H%Vt he year of 1910 and received the degrees of Ph and A.B. from this inslitulion. Al piesenl. she nstructor o: Malhemalics and English in Tayloi Prof. Mary Dale Benton Graduated in 1910 from ihe classical course of Oakland City College, with ihe degree of A.B. Al- lended Indiana University m 1912 for PosI Grad- uate work. She WES tutor in Oakland Clly College 1908-10. and professor of Latin and Greek In Illinois Holiness Unlversily 1910-12. Al present she is head of (he Lalm Deparlraenl of Taylor University 1912-13. Prof. Florence Evelyn Cobb Allcnd=cl Kcnl ' s Hill Woman ' s Collc-ge and fror Ihls mslilulion received ihe dejrec of A.B. Lale she look up wjik in Curry ' s School of F.-ipression i Boslon, and jradualed from ihis school. She is pro fessor of Expression in Taylor Universily and ha charge of Physical Culture for ihe ladies. M. R ' i ' S.N ' E. D Shilling Studied an uilh the Inlernalional school. She look private work in Canlon. Ohio, and also in Newark. New Jersey. In 1912 she attended the .Art Institute at Chicago. For six years she has held the position of teacher of Drawing in Upland public schools. She IS now professor of Art in Taylor University and is slill continuing her work in ihe Upland public schools. This year she will graduate from Expression m Taylor Universily. 13 Minnie Ordell V. lls Professor of the Commercial Department, is a grad- uate of Ihe Ealon High School in Ohio. She attended Ihe Nalional Normal Universily, Lebanon Ohio, Ohio Normal Universily, Ada, Ohio, the Indiana Business College. Richmond. Indiana, and Bliss Collece, Colum- bus, Ohio, She laui;ht for a number of years in the public schools of Ohio, and also in the Indiana Busi- ness College, Richmond, Indiana, where she was prin- cipal of the Department of Stenography and Type- Paul Kevan Roy Brown B. R. Offer N. E. Hanson (Chemistry) (Physiology) (Penmanship) (U. S. History) (Geography) Emma Tanner Ethel Magneuson Rurti Copley Clara Caris (Adv. Grammar) (Arithmetic) (Reading) (Grammar) (Spelling) (Swedish) Officers of Coll Motto: Jus Possesionis. Colors: Steel Gray and Old Gold. Flower: Crimson Rose. P ' ' e ' dent Guv W. Holmes Vice President Emma Tanner 16 ege Seniors Secretary Orrel Allen Treasurer William L. Kidder Poetess : Mrs. W. L. Thompson Prapliet May Draper Historian Quv W. HoLMES Mis Orrel Allen vhere she Claims Ohio as ihe St. Johns as ihe town. She has spent two years in the Taylor University School of Music, and three years in the Academy. She holds the unique dislinc- lion, of being one lady who has held seven different offices in the Philalethean Society, among them the Presidency. She is the Philo reader for 1913. Miss Allen IS a lady wilh many commendable qualities. Guy W. Holmes President of the class of 1913. honored the Key- stone state by making his first appearance there. Judg- ing by his recent visit to that stale, it still holds the highest place in his esteem. He came to Indiana in 1904. He graduated from the Academy of Taylor Lmversily ,n 1909 and from ih: School of Oratory in 1910, He IS very industrious and makes an un- tiring effort in the pursuit of knowlcdse. By his life, he expresses the hope of Washington. ■■) hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enoufh to maintain, what 1 consider the most enviable of all titles; the character of an honest man. 17 Mtss Emm, Tanner First smiled in Kniman. Indiana, In 1908 she grad- uated from the Rensselaer High School. While in Taylor she has held the offices of secretary, treasurer, and chaplain in the Philalethean Literary Society. Her life has been an inspiration to many students. She inlicipates service in the foreign fields, as a co-worker of one of lh 1912 graduales. Flora Ellen Brooks Was born al Noblesville, Indiana. She gradualed from the Noblesv.lle High School in 190H. Desiring to teach the rising generation she attended the State Normal, and the following year taught. Seeing great possibilities in the business world, she took work in a business college and graduated in that work. Later, coming lo Taylor University she entered the college. She was secretary of her class in 1911 and has served faithfully as college stenographer. She is of a pleasing disposition, and has a fondness for basket ball. W ' lLIJAM L. KiDDLR Was born near Penn ■an. New 1 ' oik His school career began when he entered the district school Com ino lo Taylor University he entered the Academy but during his Sophomore year in College he left school, spendint? Iwo years in ihe ministry. He re-entered Taylor University in 1911 and will receive the de- gree of A.B. in 1913. While a student here he took an active part in the Philalethean Literary Society and has held many offices. His life will be spent in the l.S Olive May Draper Iowa should be proud of Olive May Draper; for she IS a very worthy maiden. The public schools, and Sutherland High School, gave this lady a good start in her education. During the year 1907-08 she taught public school, then attended Central Holiness Univer- silv 1908-10. In 1910-11 she taught in a Holiness school in Missouri. Entering Taylor in 1911 she learned that she was worthy to graduate wilh the class of -13. After completing her work in school she will Walter L. Thompson Enlered upon ihe journey of life near Anderson, In- diana. The followino schools have been great fac lors in educahng this man: Anderson Normal, Houch- lon Seminary, and Indiana Universilv. After being converted, and filled with the Spirit, he received a call to the Gospel ministry. After completing ihe Con- ference course of study, he was a pastor for seven years in the Weslcyan Methodist Church. Later he laujrht in the Wesleyan Methodist College, Central S. C. He entered Taylor in 1912 and will graduate from Ihe Greek Theological course and will alio receive the decree of A.B. His life will be spent in the mniitry. Ml «. Bun ICHE L. H. i RTSO N Thompson Was b orr 1 near ■ the : beaut. ful lake Chautauqi ua in Western N, LW Y ork. She atlen ided Faconer Hish School a. ad Hon; :hlcr 1 Semin lary. No V York. She taught foi .ir years in New Y ork publ ic schools, and Ihree years in the Wesleyan Methodist College. Cen- tral, South Carolina. She entered Taylor University in 1912, and will graduate wilh the degree of A.B. She has been a great help to her husband in the past. In the future we trust that her labors wilh her husband may be fruitful. Burt W. Le vis Is a nair , ' e of (he e mpire s tale. Af:e .,. . altending Hi gh School for !■ wo ye. ars he , :nteri :d Sla nfo rd Sem- ma r.V, New -i ' ork and g ladualed frc .m tha t in istilution. He : h ,as tak, :n post grad uate w jrk i in Slai ifoi -d Sem- ina ry. and ' as a 1 student m Syi ■acusi = Univ ■ersi ly. He IS a 1 minister of Ih e Pen lecoslal Chu rch of thl e Naza- len ,es. The Univ. ersily of Ihe Slat e of Nei IV York ca le him a life c nlifical le for t each ne. This ; centle- ma n ( entered Taylc ir in 1 hi. fall of 1912 a nd wdl re- cei ve Ihe de f A.B . He .VI 11 lake p osl- graduale vo rk m Ta- Hor ne ■xt ye ir. Retrospection of HAD started out upon a journey. The day was beautiful and all about me the trees and grass, in act, all nature was trying to make me joyful. In truth, I was joyful, for here I was, startmg out with some |)leasant companions for the city of Seniority. We had just come from Academyville where we had spent many happy days. In order to reach the city, toward which we were going, it was necessary to pass through Freshman Junction, Sophomoreville, and Juniorburgh. In all these places there were fierce giants, such as: College Algebra, Greek, and History. In order to go from one town to the other one must beat back all these foes. I had learned all these things from Catalogues, and from other pilgrims who had gone through the city of Seniority, and were now out far beyond in the great world. I had just gone through Freshman Junction, when my companions left me to go into other lands. But as I trudged on almost heartbroken that I was to make this journey alone, I had the pleasure of a great surprise. Just as I was about to enter Sophomoreville a certain Tanner joined with me and with her was one called Allen. These two maidens were very enjoyable company and I was glad that we had met. As we hastened on we found that we could easily do our work bv asking help from God and reading from our Bibles as ve labored. College Seniors After the three of us had passed through Sophomoreville we at once came over against Juniorburgh and, to our amaze- ment, learned that three other pilgrims would join us here. One was a Kidder who had formerly been a pilgrim, but had stopped for a few years to preach and to take unto himself a better half. Another was a Draper, a very bright little lady who believed that women should vote. She had raven locks while the other lady, by name Brooks, had very light hair. Then we six pushed on remembering that before us were many tasks. Hardly had we left Juniorburgh and entered the grand old city of Seniority which is noted for great wisdom than a man and his wife attached themselves unto us. They were known to us as Thompson and we did enjoy their presence with us very much. At this time a certain one Lewis, hailing from the east, joined our company. Thus, as I passed through Seniority with these good friends, I was glad as I cast a retrospective view back on all those places through which we had passed, that in place of the ones who had departed from me at first, these good people had joined me. Then as we nine stood at the other end of Seniority, at the Commencement pier upon the river of Life, we bade each other a happy adieu. A Pilgrim Senior. Class Poem of College Seniors When, in vain one has sought inspiration When gone is the treacherous Muse, Then, we buckle on cJetermmation. (hor my classmates I could not refuse!) The class needs a poem — for certain! And the poet (?) must needs sing the lay. So here ' s tor the class of 1913 Who are launched out on Varsity Bay. ' The Bay ' s full of skiffs, small and greater. Some listlessly float with the tide; Some bending to oars, sooner or latei Will merge on the lull ocean wide. But a queer, motley crowd are the barges! Varied hued, varied shaped, varied speed. And when the bay unto the sea merges. The class of ' I 3 takes the lead. See how deltly Miss Aliens cruiser Is managed with womanly skill. Of determination accuse her — I he way ' s found where there is a will ! Demure, patient, faithful Miss Tanner Well ballasted ' s her vessel ' s hold. And lucky I 3 ' s on her banner. She ' s true to the silver and gold. Miss Golden hair Brooks, pessimistic. Who graces this fleet, not by chance, Has fitted out bark quite artistic. To launch on the ocean ' s expanse. And there ' s cheery Miss Draper ' s liner Which she has faithfully toiled to equip. Constancy will well define her, And she ' s all in ship-shape for the trip. In the van is our president ' s gunboat. Nine long years he has floundered the bay- But now on his ear falls the sea-rote. Hurrah. Holmes, away, then away! Close behind is friend Lewis ' s schooner With sails all set to the breeze! If the Thompson ' s skiffs got there no sooner In the rear they, too, enter the seas. Ne. t, IS mariner Kidder ' s vessel. Twas launched some time since the ark. The storms with which he ' s had to wrestle Would have wrecked a frailer bark. I hen we ' re out on the cruise of Life ' s Ocean, Our Pilot will see us safe thru. We leave now with tenderest devotion Farewell ! From ' 1 3 to T. U. Class Prophecy II was a calm still day in June. The Seniors of the College ol Psychic culture, clothed in iheir black gowns, filed in dignified proces- sion into the great chapel, to receive their diplomas from the hands of the learned President of the College. The address of the day was delivered by Dr. Swartz, whose discoveries, a few years previous to th? laws governing mes ' nensm, liypnotism, telepathy and other kindred psychic phenomena, had led to the founding of this College, where hundreds of men and women gathered yearly to study the new science. I listened with great interest to the address on practical applications of telepathy. After the exercises were over, I slipped away Irom the crowd, and walked alone, diploma in hand, to a near by wood, and sat down on a rustic bench to meditate. As I turned my thoughts back over the years, I remembered it had been just ten years since I was graduated from Taylor University. The faces of my class mates came before me and I began to wonder where they were, and what they were doing. Knowing that, in accordance with the recently discovered laws of telepathy it was possible to get my mind in touch with theirs, I waited c uietly. Suddenly, the bnre white walls of a hospital were before my mind. and Miss Allen in nurse ' s uniform, passed back and forth, ministering to the wants of helpless children lying in the tiny white cots. The next moment the scene changed, and I realized that the Rev- erend Doctor Kidder was preparing a sermon to deliver to his cultured audience next Sunday. A grou|i of merry school children passing by, disturbed me just then, and when I again turned my mind toward the invisible, I saw a neat kitchen with rows of shmmg tin ware on the wall, and a charm- ing young matron baking a cake for the family tea. On the floor beside her, a golden haired baby girl was cleaning out the cake pan. I gazed in astonishment for I supposed Miss Brooks would enter upon a liusiness career. 1 waited a long time for any further news but finally learned that Mr. Lewis was a distinguished professor of I heology in a large semi- nary. Mr. and Mrs. Thompson I found on a farm m the west, whether visiting or living there, I could not determine. Mr. Holmes was doing a noble work among the coal miners of Pennsylvania. In vain I waited for some message for Miss Tanner, but as I knew she had gone to China as a missionary ' s wife I concluded that at that time she was probably asleep, which accounts for my failure to get in touch with her. Last Will and Testament of 1913 Senior Class of Taylor University We, the Senior Class of Taylor University, Village of Upland, County of Grant, State of Indiana, being of souiid mind and memory, and considering the fact that our senior-class life is about to close, do therefore make, ordain, publish, and declare this to be our last will and testament, to-wit : First. — From the heights of our seniority and wisdom, we ha e watched with compassion the struggling Juniors as they endeavored to keep pace with our illustrious class. Therefore, fearing lest they might lose their way as they clamber up the rugged heights of development and achievement, we hereby give and bequeath to the said junior Class an electric arc light. This is a token of our love and best wishes for them, and it is also a symbol of our experience, which, we trust, will shine with greatest brilliancy, especially upon those days of their life when the days seem dark and the heights insurmountable. May the thought of this symbol cast over the rugged pathway of the juniors, in the midst of their discouragements and trials, the motto: What man has done, man may do. Second. — Since the Sophomore Class is just approaching the foot- hills of difficult problems and stern experiences, we bequeath to them a compass, trusting that it will safely guide them to the heights of men- tal and spiritual achievement. Third. — To the Freshman Class we hereby give and bequeath a barrel of salt and our best wishes. Fourth. — To the Academy Senior Class we hereby bequeath a large box of ANTIMONY . This substance has a physical prop- erty of expanding noticeablj- when cooling. It also enters into com- bination with other substances to form valuable alloys. How many a graduate of High Schools and Academies is like unto Antimony. While the heat of Commencement week gradually cools, he expands noticeably m his own estimation. Antimony, therefore, is to be a warning against a swelled head. But this is not all. As the antimony enters into combination with other substances to form valuable alloys, so may the academy graduate let his character enter into combination with other godly characters to form a holy commonwealth. Fifth. — To our kind Brother Abbey, who has so faithfully and energetically superintended the work of the campus and the buildings for our comfort and convenience, we leave a hearty Thank you. Sixth. — To the Faculty, who are untiring in their devotion to right and duty, uncomplaining in their untold sacrifices, and holy in their example, we bequeath our deepest, heart- felt gratitude, praying that the blessing of God may continue with them in their work of faith, and labor of love, and patience of hope. Seventh. — fo Dean Ayres we hereby give and bequeath a ton of pure carbon which has the power to break down the strong af- finity that many substances have one for the other. We trust that this will assist the Dean m breaking down the STRONG AFFINITIES that many SUBSTANCES manifest ONE FOR THE OTHER in the library. We also bequeath to our beloved Dean our sincere affection and friendship and gratitude for his holy, consecrated life which he so unhesitatingly devotes to the welfare of Taylo ' - students. God bless our Dean. Eighth. — To the kind and thoughtful President of the Univer- sity, we hereby give and bequeath our heartiest good-wishes for his con- tinued success in leading the University to a place of still greater bless- ing and power. Thanks for his leadership under God in the past; hopes for his leadership under God m the future. Ninth. — To a needy World we hereby give and bequeath our lives in, and for the name of the world ' s REDEEMER. THE 1913 SENIOR CL.-X.SS OF TA ' LOR UNIVERSITY. The above written instrument was subscribed by the said Senior Class in our presence, and acknowledged by them to each of us; and they at the same time declared the above instrument, so subscribed to be their last will and testament; and we, at their request, have signed our names as witnesses hereto in their presence and in the presence of each other, and have written opposite our names our respective residences. Dated: March I, 1013. at Upland. Indiana. Bill Nve, Upland. Indiana L. S. John Doe, Doeville. Indiana L. S. Richard Roe, Roeville, Indiana ._ _ L. S. By Burt W. Lewis. Officers Junior College Class President Vice-President.. Secretary Treasurer J. C. Eason Historian.. C. R. Illick Gertrude Bridgewater J. M. Hernandez Piophet. Poet Jacob Bos R. I. Stone H. R. Chalfant school He ei 1907 anc Taylor „ Theolofjic Icred Co Harlford Cily Grcu.l his hfe work. differ ed Pc 1 Ihc al De J. Onlario, n, place lage La culaled fall o( larlment. Mr. El C. Eason Canada. He public tended i, being ihe son of a minister. Prairie Collegiate Institute in in May 1910. He came to 1910 and entered the Greek In the fall of 1911 he en- ison IS now preaching on the He expects to make preachi Raymond Derr Gertrude Bridcewatfr Our good friend, Raymond Derr, is a native of Pennsylvania, having been born at Kutztown in that ' = a native of the stale of Nebraska, though an flale. After completing his work in the common English maiden bv descent. She went to England when s,x years of age. She attended higher elemen- tary schools and Birmingham Midland Institute. Two years after her return to .America, she spent some lime in a Bible School. She graduated from the Chi- cago Evangelistic Institute in ihe spring of 1911, and entered Taylor in the fall of the same year. She aces the cla.ss of 1914. ng C. Raymond Illick Sang his firsl song m Tanncrsv.lle, Pennsylvania. He spent Iwo years in the High School al Frackville. Pennsylvania. In 1904 he entered ihe Williamslon School of Mechanical Trades, from which place he graduated three years later. He followed his trade for three years. In 1910 he entered the College of Taylor University. He is now the basso singer of the University Quartette. Jose M. Hernandez Is a native of Porto Rico. He came to Taylor Uni- vcrsily in the fall of 1906. where he was converted horn Roman Catholicism to the Christian failh. He graduated with the Commercial Class of 1907, and from the .Academy m 1911. After finishing his Col- lege course he expects to study medicine, preparing for his life ' s work as a medical missionarv. May the noble efforts and achievements of Mr. Hernandez be crowned with tri Jacob Bos Was born n Chicago, Illinois, and received his earlv cducaLon in ihat place. He began his Academy work in Central Holiness University. In ihe fall of 1911, following Ihe example set by many of his friends the previous January, he entered the halls of Taylor. He ' completed his Academy course in 1912 with enough advance credit to rank him with the class of 1914. He IS a very diligent student and a man of excellent princi- ples. He IS looking forward to ihe ministry. Homer R. Chaliam Began his career near Dresden. Ohm. He gradualed (rom the public schools in ihe spring of 1906. and enlercd Dresden High School in ihe fall of 1908. from which he gradualed wilh ihe highesi honors in 1911. He entered Taylor University the following fall where he has been striving earnestly and faithfully to reach Ihe goal with the class of 1914. Richard Ira Stone Is of Irish Canadian descent, born in Ontario. Can- ada. He went west to Saskatchewan in 1904. the same year graduating from the Moosonin High School and the Regina State Normal. He taught school two years, and ihen gave up teaching to prepare for the ministry. In 1908 he graduated from the Moody Bible Institute, and then preached for a year and a half in the city of Chicago. He came to Taylor in the fall of 1910. He IS now preaching in Hartford City, while pursuing his school work. He contemplates taking up pastoral work in western Canada. K. S. HiRAlDE tive from Japan. He was graduated from the Tokio Biblical Institute in the spring of 1906, after which he spent four years preaching the Gospel in his native land. He came to America in 1910. He spent one year in the college of Adelphia and then came to Taylor in 1911. Mr. Hiraide is an interest- ing speaker and often addresses large audiences regard- ing the condition and needs of the Japan of today.. Junior Class History H lSTCR IS an account of battles fought and vic- tories won; a record of trials and blessings; a story of life ' s progress whether it be of the individual, the institution, the race, or the nation. Thus, we too, as a Junior class have a history. Whether or not Providence has led us through the dark paths of trial and hardships, or along the sunny lanes of bless- ing and comfort, we rejoice today that He has led us to the halls of Taylor. We find ourselves as a class of Juniors ready to struggle on, and eager for the time when we shall have completed our college education. As Freshmen, full of zeal and courage, we mastered the difficulties and problems which came to us. If we had looked into the future, at that time and seen what lay before us, we probably should have become doubtful whether or not we could ever be able to finish our task. But we set about our labors with a firm determination and did with all our might what our hands found to do. Disappointments, but also en- couragements were ours. We were beginning to learn that life IS either a problem or play. We decided, that as col- lege beginners, we would face it as a problem, and not as play. Our Sophomore year contained many events which we might enumerate but for lack of space. What was impressed upon our minds in this year was, that our supply of knowledge was very scant and meagre. We were beginning to know that we knew nothing and therefore, according to an ancient philosopher, were becoming wise. Not only were our intel- lects developed and expanded, but, we believe, also our hearts. 1 he peace which passeth all understanding was given to us. 1 he exceeding riches of his love was filling our souls, and in this, our Sophomore year, we realized that hde is a source of all wisdom. 1 he possibilities of a life hid with Christ in God opened up before us and we found joy in following on. Perplexed, yet not disappointed, we sought to know Him whom to know aright is life eternal. Success crowned the efforts of our second year, and after a profitable vacation spent here and elsewhere we returned to Taylor ' s halls, as Juniors. This year we are just one year behind the Seniors. However, if we cannot be Seniors, we will try to be the best Juniors, Taylor University has ever had. We are still drink- ing at the fount of knowledge, feeling that our thirst has not yet been quenched. If it be His will, we shall tarry another year, when final college victory will be ours. However, when the battle in school is over, we do not expect to wear a garland of roses, but rather a crown of thorns. Life ' s most strenuous duties will be encountered, but we can do all things through Christ who strengtheneth us. Since history is an account of the past and the future belongs to prophecy, we will place our illustrious and noble Junior class in the care of the prophet and permit him to foretell our future. Junior College Class Poem lege  iass BE TRUE Be true. This stern injunction from our God And from our consciences, wfiicfi do not rest Until their best they ' ve done in making us The best that we ' ll consent to be. again Upon our heavy ears comes ringing clear The voice of Justice, Duty, and of Truth And, the appeal of poor Humanity Who seek for noble souls on which to lean In one united call comes clear today soul be true. Unto thy God be true. To Him, Who reigns With righteous law, inexorable, divine. And yet with wondrous love; each life He plans And leads us onward with His kindly hand To life ' s best things. To Him, my soul be true If these dim eyes of ours could only see The path in which He leadeth us along How it was wrought and what a loving heart O ' erflowing with compassion, passing e ' en Our understanding, placed each trial, sore Each tear, and too, each joy along the way How gladlv would we follow at His call 1 o Him, my soul, be true. Unto the world be true — the saddened hearts Of poor humanity call out in vain. They reach with trembling hands for what is real But grasp instead the vanishing, the false. For but a few short days their trust they place In these vain things honing that they at last Have found what satisfies their hearts ' desire. But soon It fails and hope again is gone. And faith is shattered. Once again I pray To poor humanity. O soul of mine, be true. O let them find in you, in me, a life Whose frank profession is a little less Perhaps than many of our fellow men. But in us let there be a life indeed That IS so noble, great, and clean and true And sweetly humble, so that they can see A lip ' s profession is a needless thing fo one whose act rings clear and true. Humanity in hope shall lift her head And see a vision of life indeed. Unto thy school be true. The noble walls And stately halls of our college stand Our Alma Mater — best in all the land Forget not soon the sacred place of prayer The unity of humble hearts, the joy Of lessons mastered and victories won. She needs her friends. Let us be loyal, true And bear her burdens until free at last. From each unkind encumbrance she stands. A mighty blessing to our needy land. Unto thyself be true. O soul, there is within Thine own heart ' s yearnings after larger things The voice of God, and our best self that still Is all unsatisfied with aught that ' s less Than God ' s own image in its rightful place E ' en our poor hearts. O soul of mine, be true. Live with unclouded vision through the days. Let every act be to the Master ' s praise And as to thee His boundless grace is given. Assist some other soul to enter Heaven, While here below. For Heaven will be begun On earth in every individual heart. Which follows at God ' s call and does His part Our talents let us lay at Jesus ' feet. Our feet be swift to follow at His call Surrender all to Him — the All and All. O Junior Class, be true. Junior College Class Prophecy I know I cannot read then- (ate. And yet I must prognosticate Somelliing about our Junior Class. For all preceding we surpass. The future shines with brilliance bught. It dazzles the prophetic sight. But in the radiance divine, I trace the indicating line, Which marks the trend of heroes brave. From school days to the honored grave. Together through the coming year. They walk as Seniors without fear. But as Commencement Day flings wide. The Future ' s Door — their past divide. In answer to the many calls. Which aye appeal to noble souls. Each life Its glad assent it gives. And for a holy purpose lues. Had I a pen of Shelley ' s skill. And words voluminous as well, I might describe with fitting grace, ] he only lady of our class. To foreign lands her feet are turned. To preach the Christ Whom she has learned, And as she sows the precious seed, Souls turn to Christ, and live indeed. Hiraide, to Japan will go. Teacher of Greek in Tokyo. His skill and wisdom noised abroad. But greater still — his faith in God. Another goes to a foreign strand. Carrying a pill bag in his hand. The natives th ' nk him wondrous wise. As they see him anaesthetize. As Johnny Illick heals their ills With knife and medicated pills. He tells of One Who came to save Their sin-sick souls, and make them live. Hernandez, too, a great M. D. (Johns Hopkins University) 1 o audiences who look so wise. Doth love to still philosophize. I know not how his paths have led. He has a notion in his head, A government position stands For him in Porto Rican lands. At ' l ale. I see our Chalfant ' s name, Of wondrous mathematic fame. Lecturing on the fourth dimension. Without a fear of contradiction. 1 hree others, preach the sacred Word, lacob Bos ' voice is heard From out a city pulpit, grand. His thoughts are read throughout the land. With I. C. Fason, too, his name Is noised abroad with worthy fame. The western prairies hear his voice. And many sin-sick souls rejoice. But now, the vision partly fades. For to one ' s self the Future ' s hid. But if a humble heart ' s desires Meets with the plan, my God requires. Then on some western plain afar, Where hungry yearning spirits are. With God ' s Own unction would I go. With words that come with fiery glow ; Until the prairies wide shall ring With praises unto Jesus ' name. I bus in some humble place. His will I just desire to fulfill. 1 he vision fades, but comes again. I watch It? changing forms, and then. Beyond the Heaven ' s pearly gate. 1 see our Class — our honored eight. In purest robes of wondrous sheen. Our Junior Class— 1913. The vision fades. One prayer I make. I ask of God — for Jesus ' sake. To Christ — and to each vision new Of our best selves — O keep us true. Piesidenl Vice Presidenl OFFICERS College Sophomore Class Secretary Clara E. Sauer James K.nic.ht Treasurer Paul Kevan Rov Brown Historian James Knight Motto: Non virtus sine labore. Colors: Pink and Green. Class Flower: Pink carnation. James W. Knight Was born m Wexford, Michigan. He grew up in Ihe woods of Michigan where he spent the first thir- teen years of his hfe doing as hltle as possible. He moved to Ohio and began working in a telegraph office at the age of sixteen. He entered the Academy of T. U. in l 503. He left school after two years study here, and came back and finished the Academy in 1912. He has joined the ranks of the Gospel ministers. For the past three years, he has been first tenor in the Uni- versilv Male Quartette. His chief characteristics are humor, kindness and humililv. He is a friend and an mspiraiion to all who know him. Reba Talbott Clara Sauer Was born at Madison. Indiana. After graduating from Ihe Madison High School and from the Great Falls Deaconess Hospital she look one year ' s work in Ihe Chicago Training School. She entered Taylor University in the fall of 1910 and graduated from Ihe Academy the next spring. She has rendered effi- cient and self-sacrificing service to the sick among us. .ind during the serious illness of our beloved President, Dr, Vayhinger. her services proved to be an important factor in his recovery. After finishing her work here, she expects to minister to the needs of the Chinese Was born in Ih e so uihe ,n par t of Ind ana. She Bduated from he Orle ans H eh School in 1910 and ercd Taylor he folic win g all. She ha been en- jssed in Che „1S y 3 nd die coming to ivlor. She ha P Jt he edi al knowledge inlo prac- e at Taylor a nd. has oft -n rehe ved an a hing heac soolhed inlo qu elnes P in racked be dy at the 1 of her owr w ork and P eas re. A fie r finishing r C.llere work sh exp eels to ente r a Medic al College Rov O. Brown Was born .n Rice Counly. Kansas. He beean his Hich School work in Danville, Illinois, and compleled li in ihe Greenville Academy in 1910. He entered Taylor University as a College Freshman the following fall, and, after one year ' s absence spent in leaching, h? acain look up his college work at Taylor in ihe fall of 1912. He has recently become greatly interested in medicine. P L!L MaTSOS KeVAN Was born in Dakola. He graduated from the Lo: .Anseles Hish School m the winter of 1910. The fol- bwino falfhe entered Tavlor Universilv. His senia ci.spositicn ha ihe Tavlorlle of History i bv the name ,. His ambitio nd F.conomics. of -Shorty. way inlo the he is to become a He is general ris of all professor ,- known Anna Belle Guv Was born at St Maiys, Pennsylvania. She re- c=ived her earlv education in Pennsylvania and grad- uated from the Beachwood High School in 1908. Fol- lowing her graduation she taught school for two years. She entered Taylor University as a College Freshman in lh= fall of 1911. Her work as a student and as a member of the Thalonian Society has been faithfully and well done. She expects to spend her life leaching ihe Gospel in some foreign land. DoANt AVERV V,n born in Mason, Michigan. She graduated from Ihe Mason Hifh School in 1909. She laughl school one vear and entered Taylor University ,n the fall of 1911. She has proved her ability as a student and has adopted the Master ' s plan for her life work by follov%ina the Gospels instruction: ' If any would be great among you, let him be servant of all. iRts Abbey Resided in Carbondale, Pennsylvania, the place of her birth, until she completed her High School course. Desiring to pursue a College course and also to continue her study of music, she entered Taylor in the fall of 1910. She graduated from the Piano Forte depart- ment ,n 1912 and will complete her collece course in 1915. She has unusual ability as a musician, and the fact that she ranked among the best m her class in Col- lege Algebra proves that her talent is not confined lo Roy Knight . Was born at Wexford, Michigan. After graduating at the Lakeside High School in Ohio, he taught school for one year. He enrolled in Taylor University in Ihe fall of 1911. He has held the offices of censor, chaplain, president and janitor of the Philo Literary Society and will represent his society in the vocal con- test in June. He sings before breakfast, says the Dining Hall girls. Ci ARENCE Olson Earnest Gigg Was born al La Gransje. Indiana. He giadualed from Ihc La Grange H.oh School m 1911 and enlercd Tavlor Ihe followms autumn. He has a posilion as Raymond Cripps The lall.sl man ,n school, began his Academy work I HIJK l JH ' ° ' ' Washinglon Court House, Ohio. He in C. II. U., and finished the course m T. U. m the look most of his High School work in Ohio Univer- spring of 1912. In addition to his college work he assistant chemical laboratory instructor and is one of the sity at Athens, Ohio. He spent one year on Ohio IS loyally defending the Thalo Socety-and women-s editors of the Taylorite. He i. a very capable stud- orlhern University, before he entered Taylor in .he cnt. His lire has been consecrated to the service oi Ihe richts. (?) Master in behalf of the lost souls in Japan. fall of 1912. He IS preparing for the ministry. Sophomore Class Poem Poets and bards of olden lime, In chants and hymns and lays sublime, Inspired the heart by their re f ram. Of those who died, some cause to gam; But these whose deeds I would portray. Are fighting battles yet today; Pray stand aside and listen, while I call them up in single file. The first to appear of the Sophomore Class, Raymond Cripps of Ohio, a young married He has given his life, whate ' er be the cost. To preaching the gospel and saving the lost. Miss Clara Elda Sauer, Who is commonly known as Jane, Is another stone in my tower. Another link in my chain ; Madison, Indiana, is The place of her home and birth. And her destiny ' s far of! China. And the uttermost parts of the earth. Here behold another member Of our Sophomore Crew, Born the seventh of September, Eighteen hundred ninety-two ; Carbondale her native city. In the far-off keystone state. Bidding fair to be a pretty. Modest, sweet girl graduate. Music IS her fond ambition. Washing dishes on the side. Thus to earn her own tuition. While at home she doth reside. Earnest Guy Giggy the ne.xt one to pass. The baby (in years) of the Sophomore Class, But though only eighteen he is very profound And expects to grow old as the seasons roll around. He, too, is a Hoosier, La Grange was his home. Until he forsook it and h ther did come; He will preach the old gospel of good will to man. In the Kingdom of Sunrise, ' the land of Japan. 1 all and stately like the pine tree. Like the pine tree of the Northland; From the land of Minnehaha, From the land of Minnesota, Comes another of our comrades, Clarence Olson bra e and warlike; Wise is he to mi.x the war paint. Skillful he to paint the wigwams; Patiently he sits and studies, ' Neath the eye of the great chieftains; Studies he of the great Spirit. Of the love he bears his children: Soon he, too, will be a chieftain, Teaching others love and kindness. Teaching them to love each other To refrain from war and bloodshed. Far away his father ' s home was. O ' er the shining big sea water. In the distant land of Sweden. Many moons they spent in coming. To the land of Minnesota. I o the land of Minnehaha, Minnehaha, Laugh;ng Water. Fair as the morning is Annabel Guy; Fyes like the azure of mid-summer sky; Age, indeterminate; purpose, obscure, Great expectations her dreams to mature ; Birthplace, St. Mary ' s; her home Williamsport ; State, Pennsylvania; thus ends the report. Blessings on thee, little maid. For in either shine or shade Merry is thy rippling smile Shortening many a weary mile. Though a Hoosier bred and born Thou thy calling wilt adorn Ministering with thy hands To benighted foreign lands Dealing grace and dope by lots. To the heathen Hottentots. Written on the scroll of fame Reba Talbott be thy name. Michigan sends Miss Doane Avery Quiet cheerful little lass Ready aye, to greet in kindness Whomsoever she may pass. Fhis Sophomore comes from the wilds of the West; With ruddy complexion and cheerfulness blest. She can mount a wild broncho with no thought of fear, Ride out at a gallop and lasso a steer; But now she aspires to milder pursuits. And from Wisdom ' s tree she is plucking the fruits. Her passion is music, and she says that her name. Which is Montana Grinsted will e ' er be the same. Still one more from Pennsylvania, Ere my story has been told ; Raymond Derr, a lad from Kutztown, Has a place ' ilhin our fold. One bashful, but very induslrious boy Comes to us from Danville, in old Illinois, As a noted M.D. he will win great renown And the world will do honor to Roy Otis Brown. Following in the wake of the van Here comes another, dubbed Shorty Kevan. Born in Dakota, a typical son Of a Methodist preacher, and brimful of fun. What more shall I say? for time lakes its flight, I ' ve just time to mention Messrs. James and Roy Knight. They come from Ohio and that is enough To prove that they ' re made of the right kind of stuff. Considering now that Knight has come ' Tis time to quit and start for home With many, many thanks to you. The writer bids you all adieu. But lest some inquirer should stir up a fuss, I ' ll just sign my name here, A NoNY Mous. OFFICERS President Vice President - -- Colors: Garnet and Silver Gray. Freshman College Class Secretary Irene Gard Ward Long Treasurer Fran k Young G. Alfred Snider Chaplain Otto Bloomster Flower: Pnncesse de Sagan rose. MoTTO: Facta non Verba. 39 COLLEGE FRESHMEN Freshman College Class Prophecy It was a bnglil summer afternoon and I was sitting in my office I waiting the afternoon mail. Tfie sun was streaming m at the window and my heart was light and happy. At last the mail came and with It, seeming disappointment, for all I received was a catalogue. I was tempted in my disappointment to throw it into the waste basket, but on second thought I stopped, and read it. To my surprise. I found it to be a catalogue from Taylor University, sent to me by my friend the new President, Rev. G. Alfred Snider, D.D. I was delighted to hear from my dear old Alma Mater. As I sat there, thinking of my old college days, ' a sunbeam seemed to take form, and approaching the desk, asked if there was anything I would like to know. My mind instantly went back to my first year in college, when, with my dear old class mates we underwent the trials and sorrows of the Freshman. So with a love and interest for my Alma Mater 1 asked if I might know the fate of my dear old Freshman class. The sunbeam seemed to be delighted with the recjuest and answered at once. Thy wish, O man, is worthy a member of that glorious cla«s. You were favored and honored above most men, in having such c ' as- mates. They have passed through many fortunes and many lands, but all have been true to the training received in dear old Taylor. First, your President, Ward Long, who led you through many fortunes and trials, is now the pastor of a large church, which is noted all over the country for its piety and devotion. He is still filled with the Holy Ghost, and with Eva is doing a great work for the Kingdom of God. Then, your Secretary, Ir ene Gard. has ever upheld the glori- ous banner of woman ' s rights; she is now doing a great work helping Anton in his great mission of saving souls in Chicago. She has ever been true to the Christ she found in Taylor. You know, O man, th fate of your Vice President, whose kindness has broueht this subject to your mind, by sendins you the catalogue. He is faithfully perform- ing the duties as President of the now great University named for BishoD William Taylor and founded by Dr. Thaddeus Reade. Your Chaplain, Otto Bloomster, is still worthy of the name. He is still forging ahead with the impetus received at Taylor, and is now doing a great work in Pennsylvania. The last of the officers, our Treasurer, Brigham oung, with his little wife, is faithfully performing the work on their pastorate. While most of your class mates are ministers and their fortunes cic somewhat the same; yet they have all performed their work faith- fully. The missionaries also are doing mighty things. Miss Grace Wilson IS in China, Miss Copley in Africa, Miss Smith in Korea, and ' Dave ' Bloomster and Helen are in India. ou have cause for being proud of those who have given their lives in loving service for Him who died for them. Then, the doctors of your class are also worthy of mention. Doc ' Bentley is in New ork, Justin Morrison is in Indiana, and Kimbrough is in Texas. All are winning both names of popularity and the fleeting dollar. They are doing noble work as they carry the Christ spirit throughout their sork. I he one-time girls of your class, but who have now found their highest hopes fulfilled, are living in happy homes. Fernmae is with Stag, Miss Magnusen is with Otto, and Mary Keesling is Bos. Edna Bennett has also found the happy lot of a pastor ' s wife. Miss Chalfant has been true to her ideals and is still alone, though she IS kept quite busy helping her brother in his work. Our one business man, Cloyd Dickerson, who has proved himself worthy of the class is still in the business world. The other boys have all been successful. Ed Antle is now at the head of his district in Indiana. Phillips has gone back to Iowa where his ministiy is a blessing to all. Fred Hill is also a great factor for saving souls in Indiana. Christy is traveling the length and breadth of the land preachmg the Gospel of Christ and the great doctrines of Methodism. Mis. Peteis, the lone married woman, is proving a greater help to her husband because of the training gained m Taylor. Then Vere Abbey — But here I was awakened by the telephone bell and discovered that I was still sitting in my chair wilh the citalogue lying on the floor. I regretted very much that I did not have the opportunity of thanking the sunbeam, for it had suddenly disappeared. — VeRE Abbey. UELKNA yhMCHXAL KAL„ SCPAFI ' iES C;:APiiL THE NEV SKKV.ICAL LABORATORY SOME OF OUR ROOMS Academy Senior Officers OFFICERS President ._ _ _ T. P. Lee Chaplain ., HoMER LeE Vice President N. E. HansON Historian N. E. Hanson Secretary GracE ElLINGHOUSE Prophetess GoLDA M. HULTS Treasurer F. J. Hall Poetess DoRA M. RegESTER Grace Margaret Ellinchouse .S . k Miss Am Spaulding i Was born in ihc slale of So.ilh Dakola. When six years old her parents moved to Norlh Dakota. She began her High School work m Driscole High School and finished U in ihe Taylor Univcrsily Academy. She IS one of ihe mosl devout girls in Taylor. Such lives as hers, lift our Christian and intellectual ideals to a higher pla Mmm ' ' Cecile B. Kidder M Bound around by pine clad hills, overlooking ih:- K ' sparkling waters of Seneca Lake, stands ihi- pretty I HF village of Watkins, New ork. Here Cecile B. Kid- y dor was born. At the age of four, her parents moved with her lo the city of Elmira. .At thai place she spent _-.. ._, Z - - lj __ j 1 |_f . j aiiended the common school Lee Tan Piew and the High School of ihal city. She graduates from Was born in Singapore. Straits Settlements. He ' e Taylor Academy with the class of 1913. spent some time in Anglo-Chinese School at Singapore. In 1910 he left his native land, crossed the vast ocean .ind came lo Taylor University. The honor of the presidency of the Academy Class of 1913 was bestowed upon him by the members of his class. He is also the Art Editor of the Gem Staff of 1913. After further study he expects to enter the medical missionary work. -i.5 Was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and now lives at Marble Hill, Missouri. After completing the course in the graded school she entered Will Mayfield College and then entered Taylor University. She has held Ihe ofhce of recording secretary of the Thalonian So- N E Hanson Was born in Norlh DaUla haMno arnvcd on ih.- worlds slagc of acl.on in Turtle Lake. He received Ills early educalior in ihe common school of ihal place. He laler allended ihe Norlh Dakola Agricultural Col lege, and later the Central Holrness Universilv of Os- kaloosa, Iowa. He entered Taylor University in the fall of 1911. He has taken an active part in the stu- dent organizations, having held the offices of President of the Thalonian Literary Society. Athletic Asso- ciation and the Eulogonian Debating Club, and is a m-mber of the Gem Staff of 1913. He will devote hi; life to Christian work. Dora Mabel Recester Was born in Kansas, but afterwards wandered ovei the plains to Colorado Springs, Colorado, where she new makes her hom; , and where sh- received her gram- mar school education. During the Christmas holidays of 1910 Fate wisely brought her to Taylor University. She IS a member of the Philalethean Society and has held some important offices m that Society. Homer Rav Lee of born Ha ille the stale of Ohio, having be and IS still a resident of that place. .4fter completing his common school studies, he taught for three years before coming to Taylor. He is prepar- ing fo.- the mission field. Frederick Joseph Hall Was born al Madison, Indiana. A few years laler lie moved lo Kenl. Indiana. Al ihe common school of GOLDA M. HULIS Began her career near Upland, Indiana. Her earlier educahon was acquired al ihal place. In ihe fall of •09 she cnlered ihe Fairmounl Seminary where she speni iwo years in ihe Academy. Miss Huliz possesses ihe j , , j , _ _ j . , _ j ,, iggg rare ability lo appreciate opportunilies near al home. This was evidenl when she enleied Taylor Universily m Ihe fa ll of 1911 lo complete her Academy course. he entered Taylor University. He expects lo foil electrical engineering as his life work. Marvum Margaret Yonan First started upon the journey of life in Urumia, P sia. where she began her educi Leaving Persia she came to CI public schools. From ihere sh has been recordin tary of the Thalo her life to It Fisk ' s Seminary. and studied in the e to Taylor. She relary and corresponding secre- anian Society. She expects to devote nary vork. M Rv Helena Lockhe rt Was bj.n ;n Pillsbum, Perniylvania. Lal-r sh: re ;ided in B: : Ve.non, PennsyK;nia. wh-re sh: re- : iv.-d moil of h;r Acadcm c Ira n ne. In ih; fall ol AmOX 11. R. IkriELSATER Cullivaled his hrsl smile in Slory Cily, Iowa. Pre- vious In coming lo Taylor University in 1912 he had studied in Oak Park. Illinois and Cieero. Illinois High School. He is expecting lo eventually enter the minis- try. 1912 she entered Tayl, ih? Senior Acidemy cla inu mathematics and sen University wh;re She expects to :e her life work. Raleich 1 1. LwiNC Came upon the stage of action at Eldorado Springs, Missouri, and now resides at Brooklyn, Illinois. He has one year College and one year of Theological work besides completing the Academic work with the class of 1913. He contemplates entering the Christian ministry. ■. , : %„ Paul Vavhincer Was born al Indianapolis, Indiana. Hii Jucalion was accriired in different scfiools. He Mrs. Maud Was born in Plalle Clov. in ihe Stanford and Syract ing Taylor. For some lim( be a good helpmecl lo h cntaeed in the work of ihc i A. Lewls New ' ork. She e University before she has proved hei husband who ha Firs Ethel L. Mabuce faylor in VS. his father ha of the school at ihal lime, work of eleclrical englneeri: epied th? presidency peels to ma ' ic a life nbarked upon ihe sea of life al Marguand. Missouri, this place slill being her home. She came lo Taylor in ih; fall of 1911. Previous lo this time she had spent some lime in Will Mayfield College and Chicago Inslilule. Her deeply religious life well pre- pares her for her life task as a Christian worker. Mrs. Phebe Teleschow Busick Wa5 born al Henry Counly. Ohio. Her common school work was laken al Grover Hill. Ohio. Two years after ihe dealh of her husband, A. A. Busick, J. D. Henrv Dru.schel John B. Vickerv Firsl benan lo grow lall in ihe counly of Cork, Ire- land, . fler complelino ihe common school branches Is an lowan by birlh, having been born al Reck and one-half year of High School work he entered Rapids, from whence he moved lo Eagen. Soulh Dakola. Ohio Stale University where he look a course in dairy- she look up the Academy and Vocal courses in Taylor He cnleied and graduated from ihe High School al ing and mechamcal drawing. On June 2, 1908 he en- University. She graduates from the Academy this year Easjen. He entered Taylor Universilv in 1912. He lered Taylor University. h-|is life will be devoted lo and ivill finish the Vocal course in 1914. She is l rst expects to take up the practice of law when he has com- ihe mission field. ioprano in the Ladies ' Quarlel. pleled his education. 50 Myrtle L. Powers Was boin al Industry, Kansas, and laler moved lo Colorado Spr.nos, where she received a pari of W- edricalion. She ihcn conl.nucd her sludies al Orleans Annabel C. Jackson Was born al Wahham, Illinois. Laler she moved lo Winlersel, Iowa. She spenl four years al Cenlral Holiness University. Oskaloosa, Iowa. In 1912 she entered Taylor UniversUy where she became a mem- ber of the Academy Senior Class. Miss Jackson has Seminary. Orleans, Nebraska. In January 1911 sh- . j .|„ University. She is a member of ihe Philaf been honored by her literary sociely with ihe office of came lo Taylor University. She expects to devote her corresponding secretary. I:fe to the home mission field. ihean Literary Society. 51 Florence Pearl P!ou2Eholder Was boin at Bladen, Nebraska. She attended Ne brask,-. Wesleyan College and in September 1911 cam; Senior Academy Class History N recording the history of the illustrious class of 1913, it IS not the purpose of the writer to give a detailed account of the proceedings of the organization, but rather a brief summary of the motives and merits of the class. Th,_ hisiorv of the Academv cUss of 1913 is not the history of an ordinary class, but of one of extraordinary talent along various lines. The members of this organization are young men and young women whose attainments are a credit to themselves and an honor to the institution that claims them. The formal organization of the class occurred in the fall of 1912, with a membership of more than twenty. Several ha e entered the class since then, and, although some of the former members are absent, the membership, at the present, IS larger than that of any preceding year. Among the present members are representatives, not only of the various states of this country, but of different nations in Europe and Asia. The class is composed entirely of Christian young men and young women whose sincere purpose to do the right has enabled them to meet, and successfully solve the varied and perplexing problems of school life, and whose high ideals have won tor iliem the position they now occupy. The completion of the course of study we are now pur- suing, we regard not as an end, but merely as a means to an end. Our present attainment is, by no means our goal, but merely a stepping stone to nobler heights and grander achieve- ments. When the ties that have united us as a class shall be severed we shall still be joined by the tender cords of friend- ship, and whether we shall enter upon anoth er period of prepa- ration or go out to meet the stern realities of life, we shall go inspired by the cherished memory of these pleasant days and years of preparation. Kis Flower It grew in a place unnoticed, Unseen by the eye of men. A beautiful, fragrant blossom With a heart of gold within. 1 he honey bee drank of its nectar. The breeze spread its perfume alar; And at night while Nature was sleeping It « ' as wooed by a lonely star. It freely gave of its sweetness. On the air its perfume it breathed. And naught that came near the blossom. But from it some good received. And God ' s songsters sang more sweetly. When they saw His perfect flower. Contented to bloom unnoticed. Through the sunshine and summer shower It envied not the roses, Nor the lily, stately and tall. That grew where all might see them. By my lady ' s garden wall. I will do what I can. it whispered To the zephyr that ( ame that way. God has placed me here for a purpose. And so I must bloom in His way. He saw that the world needed brightness. Just here in this lonely place. So He put me here where the birds and bees. Might see my sunshiny face. And the birds will carol my praises To cheer the hearts of men; They will tell that the God Who watches me. Will ever care lor them. So the world was made belter and brighter. By the flower that bloomed apart. For It gave the best it could offer. From a pure and fragrant heart. Let us learn this lesson my comrades, That God vould have us to heed. Wherever we are, there are hearts to cheer By a word, or a kindly deed. And wherever Fie may lead us, Tho It be in a place alone. Let us labor with love, remembering, I hat He watchelh above His own. f-et us be like His flower, tho He put us In a desert place apart. Giving the world Love ' s message From a tender, obedient heart. So ever keep looking upward Thru storm and trying hour. And each in the place where He willeth May be His perfect flower. Academy Senior Prophecy It was a beautiful spring morning. The sun was just peeping over the eastern horizon, shedding a soft radiance over the earth, and all nature seemed to be springing forth to meet the new day. Just as the sun appeared on the horizon, a gardener entered hi; garden and walked slowly and contentedly among the beautiful plants and flowers. How his heart delighted in their beauty, and he rejoiced in the goodness of the Creator in giving him such riches. While meditating in this manner, carefully noticing each plant, lifting tenderly the drooping tendrils that they might enjoy the sunlight, and talking with them as he would commune with friend, his gaze fell upon one very small plant almost hidden by the larger ones. To hira It was a new friend. He lifted the tiny branches, loosened the earth about It, and with greatest eagerness, watched it? growth until it had become a strong, sturdy vine. It no longer needed his constant care, but rewarded its benefactor with beautiful blossoms. One by one they came, the most beautiful and fragrant roses of the garden and as they came he plucked them and sent them with their message of hope to brighten and cheer the pathway of some who were sad. i he minister ' s face brightened when he saw them, and in his soul was born a new thought of the love of God. I he pale face of the suflerer beamed with happmess and in his eye could be seen a ray of hope. The tired mother forgot her anxious cares, and even the business men took time to reflect upon their raie beauty. The duty of the roses was simple, yet well performed. They were not left to fade and wither in the garden, but were sent forth to tarry comfort and cheer to hearts that were sad, and although small, yet their sweet message transformed darkness into light and sadness into hope. So after many years of tender care and careful preparation, the Academy class of 191 3 is attaining real success in life. 1 heir prepara- tion had scarcely begun when they separated at Taylor, and each one has pushed forward to reach the farthest goal. As tenderly as the vine they have been trained and at the end of years of earnest effort, inter- mingled with the joys of school life they have gone out to carry mes- sages of hope to saddened hearts. Many of its members, may be found telling the story of the Cross, not only in the home land but in the distant lands as well. In Africa, China, India and Persia our class is faithfully represented, and by their patient sacrifice and labor they are changing the darkness of the night of heathenism into the bright light of day. In our cities we may also find some of our girls faithfully toiling with no less sacrifice than those in foreign lands to change the despair and sad- ness of the fallen ones, into hope. A few of our class have taken the professor ' s chair in some of our colleges; others are practicing medicine and still others are in successful business. Whatever was undertaken is being faithfully accomplished. The long years of training and growth are being crowned with success, and step by step the class is drawing near the ideals formed at Taylor. Junior Academy Class OFFICERS. Homer Kirk President Clinton Bushey Vice-President Albert Da ' is Ciiaplain Della Brook Secretary Mrs. a. C. Hoover Historian Kenneth AyRES Treasurer Irl GUSS Sergeant-at-Arms Colors — Green and White Flower — White Rose Mollo — Virtue only enables. Milton H. Anderson (Thalo-Eurekaii) K.ENNETH AyRES (Pliilo-Eurekan) Charles Bloom i (Philo-Euiekan) e-. ■ •- - - .- ,-. .;9 Leslie M. Brookle (llialo) Armando Bustamanie (Philo-Euiekan) J. G. Compher (Philo-Eurekan) C. E. Culver (Thalo-Eulogonian) Albert Davis (Philo-Eurekan) ROV ELLINGHOUbi;. (Philo-Eulogonian) . ■ : V 4 y ■m ( r , 1 - . Irl Guss ( Philo-Eurekan) H. A. Kirk ( I halo-Eulogonian) Barton R. Pogue ( Philo-Eurekan) r :l Willie Siuart (Thalo-Euiekan) Reka Topp (Thalo) Lois Vayhinger (Philo) ;.- ; GiLBERTA WraV (Thalo) ■ _ r JosF.Fii P. Blades Oral C. Brown Arlie Courtner J. R. Gardner Academy Sophomore Roll J. H. Griffith Edna M. Hackstadt Miller Harding Henry Hoo er Mrs. l. dnes j. Paul Jones Robert N. Morris Maude Payton C. C. VanNess Ida Ste ens Fern Potter Miles C. Perr y Maude Whybrew W. E. ' eater Jeannetta . ' oung ACADEMY SOPHOMORE GROUP Academy Freshman Roll John Barnes Lu ' ADA Bkown Rav Browning Lemon M. Burson Arihur C. Carroll J. S. Coulter Newell Cross W. B. Curless Horace Dawson Bessie Dancey P. B. Fritch C. C. Frlth Ok:le Goodnight Leland a. Griffith Von a. Hanson Ewald R. Henry Osa Hollenback Glenn E. Huggins E. C. Hunt Axel H. Ekbladt Andrew Jarbow Leo a. Johnson Esther Keesling Ruth Keesling Joseph Korzon Everett Landis Alfred C. Lee E. O. McNuLTY Everett Nixon Irvin Oster Victor Peavy Horace Robson James Royer Lillie Skow Lenora Simons Ralph Smith Raymond Stillings RoscoE Stuart H. R. Strong Mabel Strong William L. Wood Newton Wi?ay Paul C. ' ull T ' mdr t c ' rf - ' ' - CJ xrf ACADEMY FRESHMAN CROUP C=3 GOI J. E. Leisi Harlev Moore William A. Miner Burton R. Offer Anyone who has ever known Burlon R. Opper Will never forgel him. He is a man of Irue worlh. Pre- vious lo enlering Taylor University he was a fisher- man, carpenler. farmer, and leacher. While in Val- paraiso Universily he was called lo ihe ministry, and chose Taylor as ihe most suitable place to prepare for ihe work of ihis hish calling. He has not only besn president of ihe Philalelhean Literary Society but he has held other offices in it. He has won the Inler-Club debate and the Kerr Oralorical Ccniest. The pr.-ach- ino of Ihe gospel will be his life work. i born in Penr 1 end took one ■ r:d Wash.nalc •an,a. He limshed the grade of Hich School work. Lat.-r iusiness and Normal School ;n Pcnr isylv, ania He spent : the yea r i9oq- 10 in Me ■r an Male Co liege. He ente red layl lor Uni iversilv in 1 ; .0 -nd will be g radui a led fron 1 ih. e Engl ish fheol lo-icai Coui ■sc. Whih ■ in ! ichoc .1 he join ed the Thaloniar IS. h. will dev, Dte hi! i hfc ■ to Ihe sirv of Ihe Me ihodist Episcopa 1 Chu rch. C-l WlLLUM Z. HORBURV First drew breath in ihe keyslone state. This state gave him his start in education. He was converted at an early age and took an aclive interest in Christian work. Coming to Taylor University he remained here two years and then entered (he evangelistic, and pastoral work in his native stale si.d in olher slates. In 1911. he graduated from the Theological Seminary at Fair- mount. Indiana. He will graduate wilh the class of 1913 from the English Theological course. He expects lo be in evangelistic work after completing the Greek Th-ob-ical course. ?: r- fei Ck! THEOLOGICAL S TUDENTS The School of Theology O NE of the most important, though not one of the largest departments of Taylor University, is the School of Theology. That it is important will be conceded by all, for it IS the department which prepares men for the highest calling that mortals may receive. From the standpoint of the young .minister, it is also im- portant, for, in pursuing this course, he is following the injunc- tion of St. Paul: Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of Truth. In these days, when the demands upon a minister are so great and the opportunities for other honorable occupations at a good salary, are so numerous, the young man who hears and heeds the call to the ministry is looked upon as unnatural in most colleges: but in Taylor this is not the case. A great many of those who are preparing for the ministry in our school are not enrolled in the Theological department, though they usually take some subjects that come in this department. Any student who is fortunate enough to have for an in- structor either. Prof. Wray, who is professor of Systematic and Exegetical Theology, or Prof, Shaw, professor of Bilsle and Church History, can scarcely fail to be thoroughly equipped for Life ' s work, especially if he be a minister of the GosjDel. They are both learned and spiritual men, the former being a sound and able exegete, the latter a fire baptized preacher. One thing which makes the Theological training m Taylor University of surpassing value is that her instructors are very conservative in their criticism of the Bible, and they believe and teach that the whole Bible is the inspired word of God. Besides this, the revival spirit is among us almost continu- ally and very frequently we have verified to us the fact that our God is the same yesterday, today, and forever. And that. He still saves and sanctifies souls as He did in days of old. It is this demonstration, perhaps, more than anything else, which has inspired those who have gone out from here to such noble efforts, and which led them to believe God for the salvation of souls, e en where others have failed to see results. The prospect for this department of our school is bright, with a promise of being an instrument in the hand of God for ihe salvation of many more in the coming years. S. W. Snider. v_. tI)£-P =]RTAOr- Or-FINtflSB Rlith Wray Was born nol so many years ago in New ' ork Slale. Al ihe age of eight years, she began ihe study of music at the Lockporl School of Music, Lockporl, New ■ork. Later, she studied under private teachers al Shclbyville and elsewhere. After completing the piano course al Asbury College. Kentucky, she entered Taylor University in 1909. She continued her piano study al Taylor, and at the Marion Conservatory. Miss Wray graduated from the Academy with the class of ' M. She IS a loyal Thalonian and has taken hon- ors for hei society. She will graduate from the Tay Icr University School of Music wilh the class of ' 13. JUANITA RoRAEAUGH Is a native of Iowa. Her high school days were spent in Manning. Iowa. In 1909-10 she was a student in Meridian Woman ' s College. She graduated from the teachers ' certificate course in piano. Central Holiness University. She entered Taylor Umversily in 1913, and will graduate from the diploma course in piano. While in Taylor she has taken active pari in the Tha- lonian Society; being music critic and instrumental con- testant. She will spend her life work in the foreign fields after receiving the degree of Bachelor of Music and completing the Theological course. 68 Instrumental Music Students School of Instrumental Music T HE, Department of Piano at Taylor has made unpre- cedented growth durmg the past year. Not only has a hcautiful Music Hall been an advantage, with its splendid equipment of grand pianos, but the depart- ment has had an unusually fine corps of teachers. The course for graduation has been strengthened and a degree course has been introduced. A series of Artists ' Recitals was inaugurated this year by Prof. Matthew Lundquist, the Director, who brought to us the eminent Swiss pianist, Hans Richard, in December; and Heinrich Pfitzner of the Staff of the Stern Conservatory, Berlin, in March. Both are recognized artists and their play- ing was an incentive to all students of the piano. Ruth Wray. Vocal Music Studen School of Vocal Music HE Vocal Music Department of Taylor University has always been one of the strong features of the school and we trust that it may continue to be so in the future. Four years ago, Miss Edith D. Olmsted, a graduate of Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, was secured as head of the Vocal Department; which position she still holds. Her able management of the department has placed it on par, as an edu- cational feature, wilh any other branch of learning in the school. The singing, especially the congregational singing, at Taylor, never fails to create an impression on strangers who visit the school from time to time. The sound of two or three hundred voices, raised on devotion ' s lofty wing, expressing the freedom and gladness of hearts redeemd from sin, brings a thrill to the heart of the listener; Heaven comes down, earth seems a dream of delight and shadows silently flee away. The new Music Hall has proved a valuable addition; giving better facilities for private practice and instruction, thus inspiring in teacher and student a deeper interest in the work. J. W. Knight. Oratory Students School of Expression OtRATCR IS the greatest of arts. Its influence has Leen lelt in all ages. The early Greeks and Romans gfttrgS loiind that by the development of Oratorical power miul they could acquire the ability to sway the passions of the multitudes. Hence, we find that schools of oratory were in existence before the Christian era. In fact, the only means of distributing information in those early years was oratory. Today, the passions and sentiments of people are influenced by the power of oratory. Although the newspaper and the maga- zine have to a certain e.xteut superseded the orator, they have not in any way diminished the need of developing the art of expression. The success of the aspirants to the various offices in the government depends largely upon their ability to influ- ence men by speech. The voting in the legislative halls is de- termined by the speeches of orators. The decision of the judge who presides at the law court is affected by the eloquence of the lawyer. The multitude is incited to revolution by the fierv eloquence of a leader. The angry mob is quieted into passive- ness by the soothing power of speech. The propagation of the gospel depends largely upon the oratorical ability of preachers, hence the vital importance of cultivating the power of speaking. The chief function of Taylor University School of Ex- pression IS to thoroughly train its students in the art of expres- sion, that they may present the Truth in a forceful manner, and so win the heaits of men. It is of paramount importance that the student apply himself diligently to the task of training the voice and body that these may readily respond to the volitions. Almost everyone has certain organic defects and abnormalities which tend to constrict the vocal organs and reduce their effi- ciency to a minimum. These defects are given logical treat- ment, and the various mannerisms are corrected so that the stu- dent may express his thought in the most effective manner. The training of the mind and body is a scientific process and must needs be applied faithfully and conscientiously. Not only is the theory of Elocution made use of in the class room but also the student is required to do practical work by frequently appearing on the platform. He is also given opportunity to take i)art in public recitals. Under the leadership of Professor Cobb this department has grown in popularity and strength, until it has become one of the most potent factors in the life of the University. No student can afford to graduate without having taken at least one year of Expression; and certainly no student who intends to enter the ministry, or, who intends to engage in any kind of public speaking, ought to graduate without having taken at least two years in this department. J. H. Griffiti-i. Religion and Reform I RAiLR Band The Prayer Band OFFICERS. President _ Leo Johnson Vice-President C. C. Fruth Secretary LiLLIE SkoW Pray for my soul. More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of ' ■ ' ■ ' ' For what are men better than sheep or goats Fhat nourish a bhnd lite withm the brain. If knowing God, they hft not hands of prayer Both for themselves and those who call them friends For so the whole round earth is eveiway Bound by gold chains about the feet of God. Because some of us believe this and because we feel the need of it, we come together as a Prayer Band twice a week to seek the face of the Lord, if perchance He may give to us a fuller revelation of Himself. So we lift hands of prayer first of all lor ourselves. Many of u-; expect to obey God ' s voice whxh says, Go ye. And the command to go carries with it the command first to tarry until. So we tarry because we know that, if we expect to labor in a spiritual kingdom, a thorough knowledge of spiritual laws is most essential to our success. 1 hen we remember that we have friends, some of whom are sin- ners lost, eternally lost, except they find salvation in Christ. Should we not pray for these? And some of our friends are seeking the lost m far distant lands, and some in the homeland are feeding the sheep. From these comes a new Macedonian cry — Pray for us. And we cannot forget that a lost needy world lies m darkness all about us. So we niuot needs pray for that. We pray because we believe that prayer is an el!ecli ' .- l workmg force in the kingdom of God. Unseen, to be sure, but because it is unseen, because we cannot explain it, or measure it in volts and amperes, shall we say that nothing is accomplished by it? Wherefore, being persuaded that God is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek Him we have earnestly sought His face, and have been rewarded. Our souls have been fed, our hearts have been made strong and courageous to meet the enemy of our souls, the Spirit has come to our school, sinners have been saved and believers sanctified. I ruly we can say with the poet : More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. Olive May Draper. The Student Volunteer Band OFFICERS. President RoEERT MoRRIs Vice-President H. A. KiRK Secretary _ Marv ' oNAN Treasurer Mary Knt-.suNG The Student Volunteer Band is one of the most important organizations m our school. 1 his is an organization with which no Christian School is unacquainted, but wh.ch seems to play an important part in the school life of faylor University. It was organized in 1900, and since that time, has been an important factor in keeping before the students the great missionary spirit of Bishop William Tay- lor, from whom the school received its name. 1 aylor is a missionary school, and is sending more missionaries to the foreign field than all the other schools of Indiana combined. At the present time about forty of our students are members of the Volun- teer Band. Fhe devotional meeting is held each Monday evening from 6:30 to 7:30. We have taken up a new plan for our devotional meetings this year; each leader is appointed several weeks in advance and is given a subject to discuss, pertaining to some special phase of missionary woik in some particular field. We have found this plan to be very beneficial and instructive. I he Volunteer Band also conducts a prayer service each day from 12.00 to 12:15. 1 here is always a blessing upon cur own souls when we take time to pray lor the lost m heathen land . Let us t.ike heed to the command- ment of lesus. Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest that He may send foilh laborers into His hnrvest. And let us keep the prayer con- tinually on our lips, Here am I, Lord, send me. H. A. klRK. YouNC Mln ' s Holiness League Young Men ' s Holiness League OFFICERS. President MlLLER HARDING Vice-President JOSEPH CoULTER Secretary -- Da ID Bloomster Treasurer -...- Edward Bos I he oung Men ' s Holiness League is a movement, God raised up for His own glory, of which the League of Taylor University is a local branch. It is inter-denominational. Meetings are held every Sunday afternoon at 2:15 and many times God ' s Spirit is poured out, refreshing the hearts of His people. I his League is a blessing and uplift to T. U. and for God ' s people u ho are working for their Master in bringing this lost world closer to Him. May God raise up men out of this League like Huss, Luther, Llooper. Wyclifl, and others who died for the cause of Jesus Christ and His righteousness that others might live. In lh!s association many have received their call for then life ' s work. Many can be found in the mission fields who have been members of this league and today are doing wonderful things in the name of Jesus Christ. Many mr.y also tje found filling pulpits in diilereiit parts of this country, pleaching the glad tidings of salvation. The membership at T. U. is not for young men only liut also for young ladies who are a great blessing to the league. May God bless the ' ' . M. H. L. in advancing His kingdom on earth. Edward Bos. Prohibition League Prohibition League OFFICERS. President _ Ward LoNG Vice-President Seth Snider Secretary George SnideR Treasurer C. Raymond Illick Reporter B. R. Opper Fhe Prohibition League of Taylor University is an organization Our local oratorical contest is set for March 2 1 si and we hope of which every student may well be proud. It offers a training for the (q ake a good showing at the state contest. Taylor men have carried active duties of citizenship, and has for its object, the education of „n i : ii I . c i i . . I i 1 u J 1 ' ' olt Ironois in all but live state contests in whicii slie has engajed. and students on one of the greatest problems confronting the nation. . i j . , III T I I 1 1 there is no reason why she should not win this year. Uuring the past year our local league rendered valual le service to the local town officials in routing a blind tiger out of town, and we ' 1 = ' °f P ' -oh.bilion is more than a mere theory, or a wh ' m still stand ready to lend assistance whenever the opportunity is afforded. li Faylor men and women; it is a deep, abiding heart desire, and This is another proof of the oft repeated prophecy that wherever a those who go out from here, h.iMng been surrounded by this kind of seiious conflict uith the luiuor traffic is going on, there in ihe midst of an atmosphere, and instructed in the art of warfare against ih? liquor it will be found I. P. A. men and women. , n i u i i i 1 ( 1 J . .; halhc, are sure to be constant and aggressive workers tor the destruction The work of our league the past year has been in conjunction with the literary societies of the university, and several interesting and proht- ° coii.mon oe. able programs have been given. B. R. OPPt.R. Obituary Some one lias said, 1 he bridge to the goal is built of the dead. lohn C Ovenshiie was born in the state o( Michigan, where he spent the most of his youth. His early schooling was acquired m the schools ul l ellevue, Michigan. In 1902 he entered 1 aylor University, where he continued his studies along the lines of Commercial and I heological training; graduat- ing 111 the lattei course in 1908. While at I aylor. Brother Ovenshiie was married to Miss Ethel Bow les. who, shortly after his graduation, went with him to the African mission field. I here they tolled for three years. She relates of him, how that after going to Africa he often said to her, I am so glad we came, and if God should will it, I would gladly lay down my life for precious lost souls. I hey tell us, that |ohn C. Ovenshire is dead. But that is a mistake. Such a life cannot die. He lives in the hearts of his friends u lid loved ones; he lives in the hearts of those he led to Christ. His ex- ample and influence will, like that of Oliver Mark Moody ' s and scores of others, continue to live and to inspire every Student Volunteer and lover of Christ to greater endeavors and sacrifices for the Kingdom of God in Its redemption of the world. Literary Organizations Thalonian Literary Society OFFICERS. President :;...: SeTH SnIDER Vice-President F. C. PHILLIPS Recording Secretary Della Brook Corresponding Secretary ANNA Belle JacKSON Censor T. P. Lee Treasurer N. A. ChristeNSEN Assistant Treasurer Annabeli.E Guy Literary Critic _ N. E. HansON Music Critic -. LoiS Allen Editor George Snider Chaplain HoRACE RoBSON First Judge _ FraNK ' oUNG Second Judge L. M. Brooke Third Judge MvRTLE L. POWERS Sergeant-at-Arms EwALD R. HeNRV Teller J U ANITA RORABAUGH Teller Mrs. C. P. Culver Janitor C. P. CuL ER TtuLOMAN Literary Socii Thalonian Literary Society When Patrick Henry said, Give me liberty, or give me death, a nation sprang into existence. Wh en Nelson raised the flag on which was written, England expects evevv nian to do his duty, the combined fleets of France and Spain went down in defeat before the guns of England. When Thales, lie immortal Sage of Ionia, chiseled ove: the gate, to the temple of Diana, the motto. ' Know Thvsell, he gave ex- pression to the greatest fundamental necessity for character building. Know Thyself and then thou shalt know that fhuu art part of eternity. Know Thyself and thou shall learn the worth of man Our Society was organized in 1850; but the truth upon which it stands is as old as man himself. Cur motto, Know Thyself IS our ideal, for that we aim, and for that we strive. We chisel it not upon temples of stone, but carve it upon the hearts of men. Cur purpose is not to adorn the art galleries of the world, but to bless humanity with trained men, great men, true men; men who know themselves, men who can turn the thoughts of humanity into new channels, and the feet of the weary into more beautiful paths. Cur history reveals the fact that tlie 1 halonian Literary Society has produced such men. Men shout in Glory today because on a Thalonian plat- form trembling knees have been strengthened, stammering tongues have been made eloquent, and men have learned to speak the word of Truth with power. The whiskey traffic has I eon mane to cjuai! before the thundering eloquence of our men. The appeals of a Flargett have made perdition mourn. The songs of a Hill have made Heaven glad. The fiery elo- quence and zeal of Turbeville, Arrasmith, and Stuart have m.ade the hills of Iowa ring with the songs of new-born men. The halls of the white house have given residence to the voice of a Thalo — Rutherford E. Hayes. Well may we be proud of our Society. Gladly we wave our colors, the pink and gold — emblems of youth and opportunity. ' Pink and the gold, Colors we upiiold, Lift iiei banner liigfi, Dare to do or die Under liie pink and ihe gold. ' N. A. Christensen. Philalathean Literary Society OFFICERS. President O. H. Bloomster Vice-President J. M. HERNANDEZ Recording Secretary Clara Sauer Corresponding Secretary Mary KeesLI NG Treasurer A. C. Lee Literary Critic Rov KnigIIT Music Critic Lois Vayhinger Censor DoRA ReGLSTER Chaplain GuY HoLMES First Judge Roy O. Brown Second Judge Ethel MagNUSON Third Judge Ray Browning Sergeant-at-Arms _ VICTOR PeAVY Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms Albert Davis Janitor James Knight The Philalethean Literary Society 1878-1913. Thirty-five years ago in old Fort Wayne College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, there was born a little organization known as the Philalethean Literal y Society. For a while it was feared that the infant would not live, and its fond (?) mother, the Thalonian Society was troubled with grave forbodings (fearing that it would live). However, the youngster rallied and soon surprised even its mother by its ' igor and growth. It developed a strong constitution which perhaps was due more to its environment and to its own personal effort than to heredity. As time went on, the child increased in wisdom and size and in favor with the students and faculty. It was not long until the younger society began to engage in friendly tests of strength with the elder society and, though it was often worsted in these tests, it did not despair but bravely kept on trying; learning through every defeat something that would make future victory more certain. Together these two societies have come down through the years each having its own indefinable personality. The friendly rivalry between them has been beneficial to both as iron sharpeneth iron. The Philo has slowly but steadily increased in efficiency; those who have gone before us have left us a goodly heritage. Other Philos have labored, and we have entered into their labors. We ha e an enviable record to sustain, for many times in recent years our society has shown its loyalty to Tay- lor, and has proved itself a worthy competitor for first honors in the Inter-Society contests. Only last year she took first place in every event but the gold prize debate. The Philalethean Society does not exist solely for the purpose of winning honors in contests, O no! her purpose is to train men for effective service for the Master, and to make all her members what her name signifies, Lovers of Truth. Present Philos, and those who are to follow us, let us lift high the banner: putting a new content into our motto, and zealously defending it. Let us seek to know the truth as it is in Christ Jesus that we may have the largest and truest free- dom vouchsafed unto man and thus glorify Him whose we are and whom we serve. B. R. Opper. Philalethean Literary SoCiLi EULOCOMAN DlBATLNC ClUB Eulogonian Debating Club OFFICERS. President N. A. ChristenseN Critic G. W. HoLMES Vice-President D. A. BloomsTER , , ■ ' „, , , Cliaplaiti W. C. HoRBURV Secretary R. V. Browning Assistant Secretary E. R. Henrv ' treasurer N. E. FIanson Censor H. G. RoBSON Sergeant-at-Arms RoY EllingHOUSE Eulogonian Debating Club On the e ening of February 3, 1906, some earnest and diligent students of Taylor University met in the Oratory room and organized a club, the purjsose of which, as stated in the constitution, was to de elop oratory, debating, and parlia- mentary dnli, and to promote general research, that we may thereby broaden our mental faculties. This was the first meeting of the Eulogonian Debating Club. Did the club succeed? If a Eulogonian should answer this cjuestion directly, he would either have to eulogize or to upbraid himself, neither of which does he desire to do. There is a better way. Welfare is success. Consequently, we will tell what the club has done. The club ' s history up to June, 1910 is not marked by any great achievements. Six intcr-club debates were held, of vhich the Eulogonians lost five-sixths. However, the club was not daunted by such defeats. It still cherished its motives; it still maintained its spirit; it slill [pursued its object; and it re- newed its activities with greater ardor than ever before. Since June, 1910, the ardor of the club has been main- tained. Six intei-club debates have been held, of which the Eulogonians have won five-sixths. Besides, all of the de- baters chosen for the inter-society contest debate in the last two years have been Eulogonians. A few comparisons will show further what the club has done. From the standpoint of the victory in the inter-club debates, the Eulogonians have passed from sixteen and two- thirds percent before 1910 to eighty-three and one-third per- cent since that time. From the standpoint of debates won in the same period, the ratio is one to five or an increase of four hundred percent. From the standpoint of victory in the inter- society prize debates, the Eulogonians ha e leaped from twen- ty-five per cent in 1910 and 1911 to one hundred per cent in 1912 and 1913. From the standpoint of representation in these debates, Eulogonians have gone from thirtv-scven and one-half percent to one hundred perccni m the same four years. Like comparisons could be made concerning our orators, but space will not permit. When we began this article, we said that we would let what we had done speak of our success. Consequently, hav- ing given the facts stated above, we withdraw, leaving the question of our success to you. F. C. Phillips. Eureka DrBATiNc Club 95 The Eureka Debating Club OFFICERS. President J. G. CoMPllER Critic _ J. M. HkrNANDEZ Vice-President Irl Guss ,-, , ■ r- r- v Chaplain _ _ C. C. Fruth Secretary J. R. GARDNER A . . o , r ' .i.r.i, u,r r-,M, Serseant-at- Amis Paul ULL Assistant Secretary CHARLK.s BLOOAH =■ ■ i- i v Censor H. R. HeTTELSATER Janitor FRANK lOUNG Eureka Debating Club The Eureka Debating Club of T. U. is coni()osed of young men who wish to learn the art of public speaking, develop the power of logical reasoning and gain some knowl- edge of parliamentary law. This club seeks, like many other organizations of the school, to stimulate a desire for research on the part of her members. We feel safe in saying that the Eureka Debating Club is one of the most important organiza- tions in the school. No person has ever been a member of this club that cannot truly say that it was good for him to have been a member, and that the hour spent in the Eureka Debat- ing Club was a very profitable one. We believe in training the intellect, and by training the intellect we give a large place to the spiritual side of man ' s life. Men have gone out from our club all over the world to bless mankind and to lift up the banner of King Emanuel, and to raise the standard of morals. While we have had a great club in the past we do not belic e that it has attainerJ perfection, but that it has made a good beginning and, ere it has arrived at the summit of achieve- ment, will be a much greater blessing to the school and its stu- dents than It has been in the past. May she ever go on ful- filling her purpose, and the Maroon and White ever be found floating in the van of the conflict. May its members be found always exemplifying the love of Him who spake as never man spake. The great purpose of the club is to (it its members that they may better serve the present age, and may it all their powers engage to do their Master s will. Our motto: The Mind the Measure of Man. S. W. Snyder. Die Ausbildungs Gesellschaft PrasidenL FrauLEIN ScoTT eingeechneben sind, oder voiher Deutsch wenigstens em Jahr studierl CI, i A haben und auch alle deien Deutsch die Mutleispiache ifl, send der bekretar F-raulein ABBE ,,, . i , , £. li i . IVIetgliederschart wahlwuideg. Schalzmeister Frau BusICK 5; versammeln sich zweiman in Monate und singen und splelen. ProBiammkomite ' Herr KnigHT Die Oidungen unde Spielen sind gewohnlich in Deutsch duich gefuhrt. ( Fraulein GOYINGS Diese Gesellschaft war erst voriges Jahr eingerichtet, und hat Fins von der folgenreichsten studentischen vereinigungen ist die keine Gelegenheit gehabt sehr viel auszufuhren ; aber wir fuhlen dasz Ausbildungs gesellschaft. Die Absight dieser Gesellschaft ist die die Ausbildungsgesellschaft zu guter Zeit eins der ersten Gesellschaften Ubung in dem fliezenden Gebrauch der deutschen Sprache, und die von 1 aylor Universitat sein wild. Eriernung deutscher Sitten. Alle die jetzt in der deutschen Klassen FraULEIN AbbEY. 9S Musical Organizations Taylor University Orchestra OFFICERS. CLARINET Business Manager Clovd Dickerson ° ' Brown Paul Vayhinger Secretary Lois Allen FLU FE „ r „ A. O. BUSTAMANTE T. P. LeE Treasurer RoY BrOWN Librarian VICTOR Peavv CORNET C. Morrison Burton R. Opper E. C. CULXER M. BoWEN MEMBERS BARITONE VIOLIN J D. Druschel Vere Abbey Albert Davis dacc dASSU Cloyd Dickerson Gilberta Wray Victor Peavy Lois Allen Ruth Sigafoose PIANO H. BowEN Henry Hoo ' er Lois Vayhinger Taylor University Orchestra BOUT four years ago the Taylor Symphony Orchestra was organized by the students of the school for the purpose of furnishing music for the entertain- ments of the school, as well as for other engagements that are sure to come to a first class orchestra. The beginning of the school year 1912 saw the orchestra well launched and making good progress under the leadership of Prof. Claudius of Chicago. The resignation of Professor Claudius at the beginning of 1913 was a great disappoint- ment and a hindrance to the orchestra. Several students lost interest for a while, but by the help of the faculty the associa- tion was reorganized and a set of officers were elected who are able to keep the organization in good condition, and who will take an active interest in it. The library has been replenished with up-to-date music and in the future the orchestra will be able to furnish first class music for all occasions. J. D. Druschel. te t-v. Taylor University Quartette The members of the Univeisily |uaiteUe lor the past year were, jarnes Knight, first tenor; Homer A. K.irk, second tenor; Burt Opper, first bass; C. Raymond Ilhck. second bass. The past year has been one of unusual success for the quartette. Before the school was out m 1912, they had been called to several Conventions and meetings. It was during the summer, hcwexer, that they made their best efforts. From the close of school on June 6th, until the end of the season, September 1st, they were engaged every day. and many days they were at two or more places. Many of the engagements of the past year, were in places where they had given previous entertainments. Those who know them, feel that they have truly represented the school, not only by their music, but also by their spirit. Churches oi Conventions who desire special music, or an evening program, should write the president of the University. Homer A. Kirk, second tenor, has taken pastoral work, and Ray- mond Stilling will take his place in the quartette during the coming season. Special Students Athletic Association Athletic Association OFFICERS President GuY W. Holmes Vice-Preiident S. W. Snider Secretary Lois Va ' . HINGER Treasurer Anton Hettelsater Baseball Manager , Basket Ball Manager Tennis Manager Ray V. Browning Irl Guss T. P. Lee Athletic Association W mm ITl 1 the completion of the gymnasium in view, and with the linght prospects ahead for Athletics at I aylor, a movement for the better development of all the departments of Athletics was begun, and a reorganization of the Athletic Association was effected. The organization has received the earnest endorsement of the Faculty. It was primarily intended to create a desire among the students for good, wholesome games among them- selves. We do not have inter-collegiate athletics, football, or boxing. A student, after having joined the Association and paid his dues, feels a certain responsibility, as well as a certain right, to all the privileges of the gymnasium. It causes him to take an interest in the games of the season. The attendance and enthusiasm shown at the basket ball games during the winter have thoroughly proved this to be true. This year, more than any preceding year. Athletics have been emphasized in Taylor. The Physical Training classes — the men ' s class under the direction of Prof. Brown and the ladies ' class under Prof. Cobb — have gone through a thorough training. Much interest is shown also in baseball and tennis. The annual baseball game between the new and old students ended in victory for the new students. With the opening of our gymnasium and the recognition of the Athletic Association and the interest shown by the stu- dents, the prospects for future athletics are bright. The neces- sity of a sound, strong body is fully recognized by the students. We want to see this side of our life developed as far as is right and consistent. C. R. Illick. i.ssKET Ball Teams )amson ( Prize Poem) A clamorous throng on Gaza ' s narrow street. Pressed on its eager way ' mid dust and heat, Toward Dagon ' s temples; as they onward trod. Shouting betimes the praises o( their God; Because, forsooth, when all to ihem seemed lost He had brought great deliverance for their host ; And now the noisy multitude elate. With sport and feasting come to celebrate 1 he great event. The proud Philistine lords. Chief men of war with spears and flashing swords. Plume-crested helmets, shields in bright array. Contribute to the glorious display. And soon they to the temple gate had come, .And entering, gather neath the lofty dome Of the great edifice, whose colonnades. And fretted arches, striped with many shades Of varying colors, quaint and rudely done, A gaudy show these ; the Orient sun Down blazed o ' er all with his accustomed might. And made its polished surface dazzling bright. The temple filled; ascending from the ground. Some climbed upon the roof where ranged around. Three thousand seats, whence spectators might see The furnished sport, whatever it might be. When all were seated, from the throng a priest Came forth and said: A sacrifice and feast This day to our God Dagon we do give. Because we by his wondrous power do live ; He hath delivered Samson to our hand. Who hates us and doth devastate our land; But now he lies a captive at our will. Condemned to grind the rigorous prison mill. Now Samson was of that peculiar race. Which from of old enjoyed God ' s sovereign grace. He was made judge of Israel by divine Appointment: and was si, th one in the land: A Nazarite from birth, exceeding fair. Nor barber ' s razor had ever touched his hair. Which grew in seven locks of ample length. And held the key to superhuman strength ; Which strength he oft did wield against the foe As well the following tales will serve to show Now once upon a time his brethren found Complaint against him and with fetters, bound His hands and feet ; and that he might atone 1 he imagined grievance, left him there alone. The Philistines came upon him, and had fain Their enemy destroyed and Samson slain; But e ' er a man had touched him, from his hands The fetters fell and likewise all his bands Became as tow ; and then it came to pass. That when he found the jawbone of an ass; And with a shout, upon the foe he fled; Heaps upon heaps, a thousand men he slew. Again, there was a time when he went down To Gaza; tarrying all night within the town; The Phihstmes thought to trap him when ' twas day, But in the night he arose and went away. Carrying upon his back the brazen gate; Nor wrecked he aught of its tremendous weight. But once too o(t he with temptation played. For Samson loved a fair Philistine maid; And she with studied art and cunning wiles. At last from him the secret did beguile. Alas! How many men since Samson ' s day. This same mysterious art hath led astray. Slain by a woman ! What a strange design Of strength and frailty in her doth combine. At first he tried to deceive her with lies; But she by ready tears, and feigned surprise With fond solicitation plied her art. Until at last he told her all his heart; That if his hair was shorn by human hand. His strength would be as that of any man. And so one day when he was ill at ease. She coaxed him to recline upon her knees; And while he soundly slept she shaved his head; Then waked him with a start and loudly said; The Philistines be upon thee, now beware! So he arose, but wist not that his hair. His strength, his God, were gone, and only he. With human strength must fight his enemies. Said he: Just as afore time I ' ll go out And shake myself and put my foes to rout. But five Philistines then concealed from view Did what before a thousand could not do. With clubs they beat him till he could not rise Then bound him hand and foot, burned out his eyes. And through the streets they dragged him to the place. Where wearily he eked out his disgrace. In dungeon damp, where sunlight ne ' er came ; Or if it did, to blindness ' twas the same; Morning was night, and night the same as morn; Chained to a mill, he ground Philistine corn; Ground corn to feed his foes! Where is the bliss 7 hat once his cup o ' erflowed, where love ' s warm kiss. That ravaged once his heart? Ah, sad, sad tale, God spare the telling when the mighty fail. Thus man by sin is held in durance vile. Trapped by some fair Delilah ' s wanton smile. Shorn, bound, and blinded, in succession fast. I hen doomed to grind in prison pen at last. And Samson long the prison did retain. Meanwhile his hair began to grow again. The feasting o ' er, the sacrifices done. The people clamored next for sport ; and one Whose name was Sorek, by whose craft was led The band that captured Samson, spake and said: Why not today bring Samson to the ring? He ' ll make sport meet for nobleman or king. At sound of that dread name a lusty shout Went up, and forthwith from their midst went out Ten stalwart men, in soldiers ' stern array. And brought the captive forth without delay ; At sight of whom, the mob broke out in tears. Cries of derision, gibes and taunting jeers. There he was driven round and round the track. The stinging lash plied meanwhile on his back ; oked to a chariol, with an ox for a mate, While rode behind the king in royal state. At last exhausted with the toil and pain. He fell to earth and scarce could rise again; So now they loosed his yoke and let him go ; And he in broken accents, painful, slow. Said to the lad who held him by the hand ; Lead me to where the two great pillars stand Beneath the temple; let me stand between. One arm encirchng each that I may lean Upon them; thus to rest my weary frame. Accordingly they to the pillars came. And Samson left alone to meditate bewailed Within his heart his grievous state; And thus he prayed, turning toward the skies His sightless orbs: For loss of my two eyes. Let me be now avenged. O God ; more foes Let me now slay at death, than all of those Whom in my life I slew; give back the strength Which once my limbs possessed, that now at length, rhy people may be free; let me be slain Among my foes; O give me strength again! His prayer was heard; yea; as he spoke the word. With mighty thrill the spirit of the Lord Came o ' er his being as in days of old; Quivering with new found strength, he laid strong hold Upon the pillars, bowed with all his might. His every fiber tense; O wondrous sight. Thus to behold a man whom God doth fill With power divine to execute His will. The giant pillars trembled neath the strain; 1 he great dome rocked and swayed and rocked again. One frightened moment all were hushed and still. Like calm before the summer storm; then shrill Cries of dismay, shrieks, imprecations, prayer. Curse and entreaty rent the startled air ! But nothing did avail; roof, dome, and spire. With one wild plunge made wreck and ruin dire. Prayers were too late: entreaty was in vain; Ten thousand men were numbered with the slain. The deed was done, the fearful ruin wrought; Slayer and slain to common level brought. So perished Samson by a cruel fate ; Sad to behold, awful to contemplate; That one who seemed a glorious shining star. Rose, flourished, fell, a flashing meteor. Then came his brethren and companions all. And took and buried him in Eshtool. James W. Knight. The Will and the Way (Prize Among the oft-quoted maxims in our language there is none finer, or more replete with sterling truth, than that which often falls so lightly from men ' s lips: Where there is a will there is a way. No doubt there are limits (o one ' s capability in human affairs; in every sphere of activity men may meet with obstacles which even the utmost energy cannot overcome. Almost every man is more or less the victim of circumstances, which sometimes operate so powerfully that it is impossible to crush his way through them. But the frequency with which such occasions occur is greatly overestimated ; and the far! that mountains so often dwindle into mole-hills when we once resolutely determine to cross them, shows that, after every allowance for excep- tional cases, the old Saxon saw is still true, and that he who intensely wills to do a thing will find a way. An intense desire itself transforms possibility into reality. As Virgil says of his boat-man, men are able because they think they are able; so to resolve upon attainment is often attainment itself. It is indeed wonderful, at times, to see what marvels are accom- plished by men acting under the impulse of a powerful will. Smiles, in his Self-help tells of an English carpenter who was observed one day planing, with more than usual carefulness, a magistrate ' s bench which he was repairing; and, when asked the reason, replied, Because I wish to make it easy against the time when I come to sit upon it myself. Singularly enough the man actually lived to sit upon that very bench as a magistrate. Nearly all great men — those who have towered high above then- fellows — have been remarkable for their energy of will. It was one Essay) of Napoleon ' s principal characteristics to regard nothing as impossible. His marvelous successes were due not more to his vast military genius than to his almost superhuman strength of will. He toiled terribly, half killing his secretaries, and threw his whole force of brain and hand upon his i ' ork. Impossible, said he, is a word to be found only in the fool ' s dictionary. When told that the Alps stood in the way of his armies, There shall be no Alps, he replied, and the road across the Simplon was the result. It is true that many persons have to begin the voyage of life against both wind and tide; and it seems at times as if they were doomed to wage with fortune an eternal war, but whoever heard of a man ' s failing to succeed at last m any business wh ' .ch he had stuck to faithfully for ten years? Look at Bulwer Lytton. His whole life was a series of temporary failures, crowned with ultimate triumphs. His first novel was a failure, his first drama was a failure; his first poems were failures; and so were his first speeches. But he fought his way to eminence — fought it through defeat and ridicule, till hnally he stood on one of the summits of the three-peaked hill, the compeer of Dickens and Thackery. l ook at Disraeli. From his birth the odds were against him. Without a liberal education lir won the honors of literary skill and scholarship; without aristocratic connec- tions he became a star of fashion In the most exclusive society in Europe. Coughed and hissed down on his first essay in Parliament, he told the House that the time would come when they would hear him, and he persevered until they, under whose laughter he had writhed, were made to writhe in their turn, under his terrible sarcasm. There was never a time in the world ' s history when high success in any profession demanded harder or more incessant labor than now. Men can no longer leap at once into eminent positions, but every man must ascertain the strong faculty of his mind or body, fitting him for some special pursuit, and with steady perseverance and bulldog tenacity of purpose, direct his utmost energies to bring it to perfection. Above all things a deep and burning enthusiasm is wanted in every one who would achieve great ends. No great thing has ever been done without it. It IS a quality that is seen wherever there are earnest and deter- mined workers — in the silence of the study or before the expectant class; in the training of the military school or amid the roar of cannon. Ability, learning, accomplishment, opportunity, are all well, but they do not, of themselves, insure success. Thousands have all theL ' e and live and die without benefiting themselves or others. On the other hand men of mediocre talents often scale the dizzy steps of excellence and fame because they have firm faith and high resolve. It is this solid faith in one ' s mission — the rooted belief that it is the one thing to which he has been called — this enthusiasm, attracting a Columbus to discover a new world, nerving Paul to stand before kings and emperors, impelling a Lincoln to assert his convictions under the prin- ciple that right makes might — that marks the heroic spirit; and, wher- ever It IS found, success, sooner or later, is inevitable. There is but one true way in which to meet the troubles and trials of life, and that is to encounter them unflinchingly. There are some persons v ho deny that men owe their positions in life mamly to them- selves. They explain all the differences in worldly success by the magic word fortune. Others attribute all great and rare success to that indefinable quality which they call genius; and, no doubt. there are native differences in the intellectual stature of men, but not to the extremes imagined. The old saying remains true, There is no royal road to learning, and it matters not what are a man ' s natural fights; he can never attain, in any profession, to high success, without going through a vast deal of work, which, taken by itself, would rightly be called drudgery; and hence someone has defined genius as an immense capacity for taking trouble. What IS the difference that distinguishes the musician or the painter from the mere amateur? What is it, but the long-continued discipline of hand, of ear, of eye, which has made all the faculties of body and mind subservient to the purpose of the art? Nothing can be a greater mistake than to suppose that genius dispenses with labor, what genius does is to inspire the soul with a power of perseverance in the l?.bor that is needed. It is incessant practice which makes a man fkillful at a game. You listen to a Beethoven, a Strauss, a Richard, a Phtzner, or other great pianists, whose touch seems miraculous, and whose fingers glide rapidly over the keys, and you almost imagine that they are instinct with thought and feeling oozing from the tips, as if the soul had left its inner seat to descend into the hands; but, upon inquiry, you learn that from the age of six or eight to manhood, he sat on the piano-stool from morning till night, practicing almost without interruption, except for meals and elementary instruction, and that incessant toil was the price of the skill which affects him like magic. It took an enormous will force to spend those youthful days at the piano, necessitating the denial of many social functions and congenial diversions in which the generality indulge, but the price paid, was a minor consideration when compared with the eminent success which was the reward of such efforts. It cannot be too often repeated that it is not the so-called blessings of life, its sunshine and calm and pleasant experiences that make men. but its rugged encounters, its storms, tempests and trials. Early adver- sity, especially, is often a blessing in disguise. It is the rough Atlantic seas, the cold, dark, winter nights, and the fierce northers that make the British and the American sailors the toughest and most skillful in the world. It is the misfortune of many young men today, that they begin life with too many advantages. Every possible want of their many-sided nature is supplied before it is consciously felt. What motive has such a young man to e.xert himself? Having supped to the full life .- sweets, he finds them palling on his taste; having done nothing to earn its good things, he cannot appreciate their value. Mere hardship, of course, will not make a man strong, but is an important aid in the development of greatness. It has been justly said lliat in deprivation alone there is untold might. Imprison a gill of water in a solid rock and deprive it of heat, and it will burst its flinty bonds as did Samson the cords of the Philistines. Great men can no more be made without trials than bricks can be made without fire. But persistent labor urged on by an iron will insures success. This inflexibility of purpose in the Duke of Wellington is what characterized him as The Iron Duke. The entire Peninsular cam- paign was but one long-continued display of an iron will, resolute to conquer difficulties by wearing them out. In that fearful contest be- tween England and France, which lasted nearly a quarter of a cen- tury, French impetuosity and prowess proved an unequal match for English pluck and resolution. This IS a day of social unrest and upheaval, a day of wars and rumors of wars. None but the fittest can survive, and the most reso- lute are the fittest. ' oung men, let us aim high, and let that aim be backed up by energy and invincible determination; an honest purpose once fixed — and then death or victory. Amid the vicissitudes of modern activity we need this force of will power to carry us through the struggle and to enable us to prove faithful to the trust which the Great Master has committed to us. With a lirm faith in Him and a vivid consciousness of our ability to succeed in whatever sphere He has placed us, let us plant our feet firmly on the threshold of the future, and in this supreme hour of all ages, seize the opportunity, that knocks at our door, and rise to the height of privilege offered us by the Almighty, to bear some worthy part in uplifting our common humanity. What is this, but the golden moment that awaits manly decision to seize uopn the moral possibilities of life, in the opening of the twentieth century, a diadem of oppor- tunity that an angel might covet. J. C. Eason. The Victory of Shirley Dickens ( Prize Story) It was one of those typical evenings on the iVladison sheep ranch, which was about sixty miles from the new town of Douglas, in that part of Wyoming that is now Converse County. The day had been one of those soft cloudy days that are sure harbingers of an approach- ing snow fall, and indeed. Nature was not untrue to her signs, for at sunset the snow began to fail, and it was not long until the earth was covered with a mantle of white. In the camp, things weye livelier than usual as a number of men from the Morton ranch, which was situated over on Antelope Creek, had come to spend the e vening in a jolly way, which meant another game of poker to settle old accounts, and possibly, the little brown jug ' would be consulted between games. Among the Morton men were Hartman, the foreman, a hearty Scotchman, whose greatest failings were cards and whiskey: Coal Oil Joe, a bony easy-go-lucky Mexi- can, who had gained fame among the boys for drinking more coal oil m one night at the Eagle saloon than any of the other boys drank of whiskey; Mike Cullen, the witty Irishman, who never swore except when he deemed it expressive, and that was most of the time; and to the sur- prise of the Madison men, a little, hollow-eyed, greasy-fingered, yellow- faced dive keeper, by the name of Strangler, had come over with the Morton men, for the purpose, the Madison men thought, of helping the Mortons sin back the money and the laurels which they had lost to the Madisons. Of the Madison men in camp that night were Jim Starke, the foreman, who was of German-Scotch descent, a big-hearted fellow, but, like Hartman, a slave to whiskey and cards; Jack Starke, Jim ' s brother, young on the job, but in habit like his brother; Jack Jennie, an Eng- lishman, and Hugh Harvard wh ' ch name by the way no one believed to be his real one. In the camp he was always called Hugh; where he had come from nobody knew; he never spoke of home, and if anv one asked him where his home was, he would always answer, Where I am welcome, and Hugh was usually welcome except among the card sharks who feared his sense of justice. It was natural, therefore, that Strangler acted a bit uneasy when he saw that Hugh was in the camp. Hugh was in many respects different from the rest of the boys. He seldom swore except when he became angry; never drank to excess; never entered fights of his own; but frequently struck terror into the hearts of the gangs, in the dens at Douglas by appearing in time to prevent the robbing of some poor devil, as he called those, who had fallen into the hands of some of the gamblers and who, after risking their lives on the plains, while earning the money, were then losing it to the gamblers. Of the gamblers ' victims Hugh was the true and trusted friend; of Jim Starke he was the very idol; and it was a well-known fact that were it not for Hugh, Starke, would have been in his grave. Twice Hugh had saved Starke ' s life; once it was m the rear en J of the Eagle saloon, when Starke, in a drunken brawl, was nearly over- powered by three notorious gamblers. Hugh appeared on the scene just in time to shoot the knife out of the hand of the one who was intent on stabbing Starke in the back. The other time was at the close of a poke game in which Starke had won everything on the table, when a half dozen rowdies had conspired to waylay him on his way to the camp, and either make him give back the money or take his life. Hugh heard of the conspiracy and found out that the crime was to be committed out on Dry Creek, about thirty miles from the town where Starke would camp over night. It was about 9 o ' clock when Hugh heard that Starke ' s life was in danger, and he at once rushed to the livery stable, ordered his buckskin saddled, took a look at his six shooter, mounted his horse and was soon on the road that led to life or death. The buckskin horse seemed to understand that race with death, for with dilated nostrils, out- stretched neck, and matchless certainty, he sped towards Dry Creek, through the dark of the night. How long Hugh had been en the wav. no one will ever know, but he arrived on the scene just in t;me to sec Starke pull his revolver in self defense, only in the next moment to be overpowered by four masked men. At this very moment Hugh gave a shrill cry that startled the would-be murderers, and gave Hugh time to leap from the saddle and enter the bloody struggle that soon afterwards ended in victory for Starke and Hugh, though both were seriously wounded. Starke had been stabbed in the back while Hugh had been shot in the breast, and in the same night, Hugh and Starke had ridden back to town and reported the assault: but no men were sent out, and there were no arrests made, although Strangler and others were su pected by a number of Starke ' s friends. At the Hospital to which Starke and Hugh were taken, Hugh had wavered between life and death for weeks, but owng to his fint constitution and faithful care, he had finally rallied. It was here th;;! Hugh met Sh ' riey Dickens, the superintendent of the hospital. When Miss Dickens had heard of Hugh ' s heroism, she watched by his side day and night, except when Starke insisted upon her taking a much-needed rest. After Hugh had begun to rally. Miss Dickens had offered him a position in the hospital and had urged him to quit the ranch life, but it was without avail. Hugh had heard the call of the plains and that call was irresistible. Buckskin called: his Winchester called: the plains, spread out in the golden purple haze of the Indian summer sun, called: the ti ' ted rocks, the deep canyons, and the snow crowned summits of the Rockies called: and Hugh had responded: Starke often said that it was a good thing that Miss Dickens had not asked him to give up ranch life, because he could never have refused, and he would not have known hiw to act exceot on the ranch. On this particular nigh ' of our story. Hugh was unusually quiet. Beinsj asked to nlav cards, he refused. When asked to drink he said, No, and seemed to amuse himself by rolling and smoking a cigaret now and then, while resting on a bunk near the window through wh ' ch he could see the snowflakes fall lazily upon the landscape. Hugh seemed to pay but little attention to the game that was being played between Cullen, Strangler, Starke and lennie, but if any one had observed closely he would have noticed that Hugh frequently glanced at the heavy scar that Strangler had over his left eye. By I 1 o ' clock Starke suggested that they should draw the game to a close, but Strangler would not hear to it, and his hollow eyes only gleamed with a more ominous lire as he glanced at the money on the table and his bony fingers shuffled the cards with greater intensity. 1 he game went on and the money rolled in the direction of Strangler. Without, a lonely star could be seen in the sky, while now and then some preying wolf or hungry coyote would give voice to blood-chilling yells that would sound unearthly to those who do not love the wierd sounds of nature, and about 12 o ' clock, Hartman sug- gested that they close the game, but Strangler again refused. At this juncture lack Starke exclaimed. The deck is marked! Instantly Strangler ' s hand went to his hip pocket, but there was one who was quicker. In the twinkling of an eye Hugh had whipped out his gun, and Strangler found himself staring at a loaded revolver, before he even had time to pull his own weapon or to rake the money Into his Dockets. Upon examination, it was found that the cards were marked, so that any one who knew it when dealing would be able to slip any card from the bottom of the deck that he might choose for himself. The cards were Strangler ' s. He had brought them with him and evidences were against h ' m. What was to be done? Curses were heard from every corner of the room, but no one moved as the muzzle of Hugh ' s revolver stared the crowd in the face. Hugh at this juncture took complete charge of the situation, he took the money which Strangler had won from the ethers and divided it among them. In addition he took thirty dollars of Strangler ' s own money and trave ten dollars to each of his opponents saying to Strangler as he did it You are just paying them for their time. Strangler was furious. He dared not move, but his eyes rolled with hatred that longed for revenge and made the scar over his left eye more prominent. As soon as Hugh had made a division of the money he demanded that Strangler ' s pockets be emptied. I he demand was speedily executed by Jack who seemed to enjoy the episode immensely, whereupon Hugh laid his own revolver aside, turned to Strangler who was white with rage, and said, Now we will play the game square. and as he thus spoke he grabbed the gambler by the throat, carried him out of the camp, lifted him up m the air and finally brought him down with such terrific force that it seemed to make every bone m the gambler ' s body groan for mercy. But there was no mercy. The lion s anger had been stirred, and, again and again, the gambler was hurled against the ground until he seemed but a mass of aching bones. Nobody interfered; it was the law of the plains that was tak ' ng its course, and Strangler ' s promise never to mark a deck of cards again and furthermore to betake himself out of the country, was all that saved him from further justice. As soon as Hugh had finished his task Strangler ' s horse was brought, and Strangler placed upon it, and only the tracks in the newly fallen snow revealed the next morning in what direction he had gone. On the morning following this eventful night, everybody was astir early, in the Madison camp. The Mortons were going home. Starke and Hugh were going deer hunting. It was a wonderful morn:ng. The snow covered the earth with glistening beauty. The sharp frost sent the blood tingling through Starke ' s and Hugh ' s veins as they moved slowly over the hills toward a dry fork of the Cheyenne River. On a high place near the river Hugh halted and looked out in all directions. To the south, in majestic grandeur stood Laramie Peak; to the north, the Big Horns in romantic beauty pierced the sky. snow clad, purple hued and sunkissed. What a wonderful sight. exclaimed Hugh, and how sad that we cannoi enjoy it forever. To think that we mortals are compelled to look upon these beauties only to enjoy them for a short time and then to leave them forever ; better had we never seen them. A lew- more days, then comes death, then separation from these hills, these close mountains, and dear old buckskin; how cruel is fate, how hard is life! Why after all are we mortals forced upon this earth, only to live for a while, then to die forever? Would that fate were not so cruel! Shut up, interjected Starke. I thought you were religious. If you believe what you are saying, why then do you always try to do the fair and square thing. Why do you continually risk your own life in order to save the lives of others? Because, answered Hugh, that is the only way to live, that ' s the way I get the most out of life, by helping some poor devil out of trouble and thrashing the lite out of a long-fingered cheat like that low- lifed Strangler. Here both ceased and for some distance neither spoke. Finally. Starke said. Hugh, do you know I believe that there is a God? Hugh caught himself, and Starke continued. Furthermore I believe that we are to live forever. I wish that it were not so, for if we do, then I know- where I am going. I am going to hell, if there is any, and there must be, else God would not be just. Starke paused and Hugh said. If I believed that I would — the sentence was never finished, as Hugh pointed to some tracks in the snow which proved to be deer tracks and now began the chase that finally if ' i ' lted in a veniscn supper for the camp. That night Starke and Hugh did not go to bed. How long they sat up. no one knew, but Jack swore ih- t the fools «at UD until 3 o ' clock m the morning, talking religion. 1 he next morning, however, Starke and Hugh again set out. but at this time n a snuth-ea-terly direction. In a couple of days Starke returned, but Hugh had left the country. A tew years went by. The October sun was again shining on Wyoming sage brush and cactus-covered hills. No tooth of time had made any perceptible change in the landscape: the sheep still grazed on the hillsides and drank from the creeks: the cowboys were making their fall rounds, and now and then settling some old feuds with the sheep men. The town of Douglas was still carrying the air of a pioneer town. The saddled horses were tied in rows in front of the saloons. The cowboys loitered in the streets with their six shooters dangling in their belts and their spurs rattling on the sidewalk. It was 4 o ' clock in the afternoon and train time. People were wending their way toward the depot to meet the strangers that might come from the east. Among those that went to the depot, was Shulev Dickens. People tipped their hats as they passed her, for they all knew the smiling superintendent of the Hospital. When the train pulled in, a tall young man with the bearing of a college athlete stepped from the train and greeted Miss Dickens with a smile that she only, could understand. Together the two walked up the street until they had passed the brick saloon where they were attracted by a street fight that was being waged by a number of ranchmen. The stranger glanced at the situation, excused himself from Miss Dickens, gave a shrill cry and leaping into the fray, grabbed two drunken cowboys by the neck and brought their heads together with such terrific force that both fell un- conscious to the ground. The battlefield was soon cleared and the stranger had accomplished, in a few moments, what the armed police would not have dared to do at all. When the stranger gave the shrill cry a number of the crowd had exclaimed, Hugh, for he it was. As soon as he had a moment ' s time he extended his hand to a number of friends and to Starke, saying to the latter, Dear old boy, I am glad to see you again, will you be at church tomorrow? To this Starke responded in the affirmative and Hugh walked away. Miss Dickens, who had watched this daring deed, with a sense of fear mixed with pride, which she could not hide from his questioning gaze. The next day was Sunday. The Methodist church was packed to its utmost capacity, due in part to the incident on the street the previous day, for the crowd, upon inquiry had found out that the stranger, who had so quickly ended the street fight, was none other than the Rev. Hugh Harvard, the new pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, and in part, to the fact that many of the people in Douglas had known Hugh before he had gone east to enter Taylor University. People were there from every walk of life; from the lowest dive keeper to the superintendent of the Hospital. When the minister stepped into he pulpit and his eyes swept over the audience, the events of his past lite passed through his mind with tremendous rapidity. Toward the rear of the church he saw Starke; near him sat Jack, Cullen, and even Strangler. How Hugh ' s heart ached within him as he thought of those men who were without hope. He breathed an earnest prayer that he might be able to help Starke who had helped him in his college days. And Shirley was there. Did he not remember how she had met him and Starke in the edge of town on the day after the deer hunt, and how she had urged him to be every inch a man, furthermore, how she had stood by him during the trying days of early college life and then how she had rejoiced when he had excelled in debate and oratory and now she was soon to be the queen of the Douglas parsonage. How rich and wonderful life seemed to him; but how empty to those forlorn sons of the plains to whom he vs ' as about to speak. The choir had just finished singmg that matchless hymn, I am Going Home to Die No More, when Hugh rose to his feet, stepped to the pulpit and took for his text John 3:16, then followed a sermon that, as Mike Cullen puts it would make the holy angels shout for joy, and as Strangler expressed it, would have converted the old Nick himself, if he had listened. Hugh indeed, had a new message to the people of the west; not a message of denunciation, but a message of love and hope. He spoke of his earlier days of hope and despair, told of his conversation with Starke on the day that he went deer hunting and waving his hand towards Starke said, There after all is the man who pointed my vision to the Son of God. This had a tremendous influence upon the audience. Never before had they heard a minister speak on this fashion. Indeed the ministers usually treated the men of ihe plains as if they were w ' thout a place among men, much less, fit for the company of Jesus Christ. Hugh led the minds of the hearers back to childhood ' s tender years, back to mother ' s knee and father ' s fireside; he gave them pictures of their Heavenly home of endless life and light; but above all he pointed them to the Lamb of God who takelh away the sins of the world. He pictured to them the reunion in the skies, where homes and famihes severed on earth shall meet never to part again. Strong men wept as they had not wept for years, Starke ' s face was wet with tears and Shirley ' s face displayed that rapture that Heaven alone can give. Finally when Hugh closed, he asked the people to rise and sing, I am going home, I am going home, and requested as many as were going home to please come and give the minister their hand. Among the first to come was Strangler who amid sobs told Hugh, as he pointed to the scar over his own left eye, that was what he had received when he had tried to lake Starke ' s life out on Dry Creek. Then followed a number of others, Coal Oil Joe, Mike Cullen, Hartman, and poor Jim, who was entirely unable to control his feelings but weeping like a child he sobbed out For God so loved the world, and (even me) that He gave His only begotten Son. When the others had left the church, lim turned to Hugh and .=aid, I here is just one correction to make in your sermon; you gave me too much credit and not enough to Miss Dickens, for this here doings this morning. ' ou know that if you and I had not been in the hospital we would never have had the hope, yes, the assurance of Heaven. What Jim said was true. The victory of Shirley Dickens was CL ' niplete. N. A. Christensen. Definitions (To those not well acquainted with things in and about our University, it might be well to elucidate as far as possible some of the most important things; so that by reading, anyone might come to know much about Taylor University.) A professor is a person who is supposed to know a great deal. They may be married or unmarried. Married ones are preferred as they are usually safer. They are found mostly in class rooms and other places where the means of acquiring knowledge are found. Their special occupation is to administer exams, to dull students. A student is an animal which absorbs knowledge. It usually has one brain and is supposed to be mostly ears and eyes, with a compara- tively small mouth. They feed on books and other rubbish given them by the cruel hearted professors. A library is a place where noise should not be made. Sometimes, however, students of opposite sex engage each other in talk and for- getting their surroundings raise their voices to quite an audible whisper. 1 he library is composed of books, seats, tables, papers, magazines, electric lights, and a timeless clock. A human being called a librarian usually sits on an elevated platform and observes the doings of those who read from the books. A dining hall is a place where students and professors go to get acquainted. Sometimes samples of food are passed around. There are six waiters and a head waiter. The waiters move around and pre- tend they are busy. The head waiter grumbles very much and sings bass . 1 here is also a cook and other helpers. In truth the dining hall IS one of the places of much interest. A Faculty meeting is composed of professors and sometimes a disobedient student in attendance. Various subjects apropos to school policy aie argued. Sometimes decisions are made and sometimes they are not. 1 he doings of this assembly are supposed to be secret, but at times various things leak out. A steam heating plant is a place which is especially made to keep two firemen warm. Should any heat ever reach the College build- ing or the dormitories the students would certainly smother. I here are two boilers, some motors, and an air-compressor in the Taylor Univer- sity heating plant. A dormitory is a place where students live. It is divided into cells — each cell being occupied by one or more students. Should a student be caught sweeping the dirt from one of these cells he would immediately be ostracized by the other students. Social Privileges are vary welcome visitors. When they are announced from the platform there is always much smiling on the part of some. As a result of the arrival of social privileges you might see the same couples that you saw in the library going to some lecture or entertainment. A small boy about the size of a man. Bare-footed with his father ' s shoes on. He had his hair cut curly and wore chin whiskers. He was born, at a very early age, on the 31st of February, 1930. When last seen he was shoveling smoke off the roof of H. Maria Wright Hall. He looked like a vinegar barrel on a summer night. He had a job as head push of a bank. That is, he pushed dirt out the bark door and in this way. and also by wearing odd shoes he was trying to earn enough to purchase two tickets for the Hans Richard recital. oem Swiftly as the flight of morning Four short years have gone. Now our joys are tinged with sadness. For we must pass out and on. We have fought and lost, or conquered. But are stronger for the fight; And the life that lies before us. Beckons with prospects bright. Here upon the dear old campus We have always tried to be, lust our best, and good and true So no one our faults could see. We have toiled and studied late. Often burning mid-night oil. Never tried to cheat ourselves, Never tried the Dean to foil. After we have gone apart There will be no one to pine We have buried deep the hatchet Passed the peace pipe down the line. Hark! the world to us is calling; Past are our Academy days. But the friendship we have formed Will go with us on our ways. As in life we struggle upward, Joys may fade or pass away. But we hope that dear old Taylor Will grow brighter every day. J. P. Henry Druschel. Rare Specimens ' amiliar Sights Chicken at the dining halh 1 he hbiaiy clock with the coriect time. One who breaks over ttie social privileges and is not caught. The College Seniors all at chapel. An Academy Freshman ' s picture for the Gem. Miss Lockheart stepping softly. A student who will admit that he has ever received a turn down. Baker not jollying the girls. The woman who admires a hen-pecked man. Jack Compher entering the social world. Henry studying diligently. Shorty Kevan without a girl. Chapel to close exactly at the right time. Someone getting to breakfast on time. A Taylor student with a million dollars. Profs. Cobb and Olmsted not together. Olson gathering laundry. Prof. Brown going up to the college at about 8:20 A. M. hatless. Holmes collecting material for the Gem. The Biology class dissecting rabbits. Hall taking private lessons in social German. Prunes for supper. A speech in chapel, by the Dean, on deportment. Otto Bloomsler studying Swedish. A. Hunt for the Strong. Seth Snider carrying the mail. Couples talking together in the hall. A number of students trying to keep the radiator warm on a cold day. Kimbrough wearing an overcoat. The electric light in front of Speicher turned on when the moon is shining. People selling tickets for recitals. B. W. Lewis showing Prof. Lee how to teach Greek. A Hymn I love thy presence, Lord, Beyond all earthly joy. The rapturous praises of thy love My ransomed tongue employ. I love thy face to see. When storms around me rise. When bitter wmds of sorrow sweep From out the darkening skies. When all my way is dark. When hope is all but gone. One glimpse of Jesus ' face to me Brings peace and holy calm. I love thy presence. Lord, The smiling of ihy face. The visions of thy wondrous love, 1 hy watchful care and grace. When I m peaceful joy Pursue my homeward way. Thy presence still shall be to me. The promise of the day. I love thy presence, Lord, O let me e ' er abide Beneath the shadow of ihy wings. From every storm to hide. Oli ' e May Draper. Somnambulisms of a Senior It was a wild night in March, the wind howled about the house, as I sat studying a volume of Biology VII, in preparation for a final examination. Probably the hard study, and the warm fire by which I sat, caused me to wander off into the Land of Nod. And now the book, which lay upon my lap, seemed to change into a newspaper of the latest publication. On the first page was a headline of large proportions, telling of a great excitement at Taylor University. The article went on to relate how several of the students had been deprived of social privileges; and as a consequence were making a strike to gain their end. Another column showed how a large number of students, having been required to write essays, to atone for chapel absences, marched into chapel, and piled their productions upon the rostrum. These, heaping high, toppled over and buried all the Faculty except the Dean, who happened to be standing at the time. The next item to attract my attention was one relating to a shoot- ing affair at Taylor. It seemed that a notorious character by the name of Cupid, had been seen lurking about the society hall on Friday and Saturday nights, and, with his arrow, had pierced the hearts of several of Taylor ' s most promising young people. The newspaper faded away and it was m after years, when I found myself at a notable gathering that proved to be a reunion of the class of 1913. It was a very pleasant treat to be back with my old class again. I was introduced to a tall and portly gentleman of whom they spoke as being a District Superintendent in Western Penn- sylvania. He proved to be the old President of the College Sen )rs. So it went, and to one after another I was introduced. I learned that they all held honorable positions. Among the visitors I found some of the members of the Faculty of 1913. We discussed old times in Greek, Latin, Biology, History, the morning chapel lectures, and not even the dining hall was forgotten. I learned that the Dean still held his useful position at Taylor, while one of the professors was at the head of a large missionary hospital in a foreign field; others were college presidents and some held professorships in several of our large universities and last, but not least, a few were home makers. The meeting closed with hand shaking and well wishing for each other. My mind had now come back to my fireside studies, and I had now turned myself, diligently to my Tennyson, when there came a loud knock at the door, which I opened and found a messenger who summoned me to an urgent meeting of the Gem Staff. It seemed that one of the large Academy classes had sent in six individual photo- graphs to represent their organization. A poem of seventeen hundred lines was contributed. It seemed like a Chinese puzzle and a Her- culean task to provide for these productions. But these battle-scarred veterans of the editorial force would have carried this incident through to victory had not the business manager reported that fifty students would wait until next year before ordering their copies of the Gem. The last attack turned victory into a retreat. The ladies fainted. Holmes jumped out of the window and took to the woods; Thompson leaped into a passing automobile and escaped ; Opper and Hanson got away in a balloon; Lee rode off on a horse, while Kidder boarded a tram that ever kept whistling and ringing its bell, but always failing to start. I awoke with a start ; my book had fallen to the floor ; the wind was whistling more loudly, and the retiring bell was ringing. Wm. L. K.IDDER. How slyly does ihe lempler Iry To sleal ihe hearl of man. He lurns ihe Irulh inio a lie. And blinds whoe ' er he can. How ofl we ' ve seen h.s blighling work. And heard ihe words of ihose Who know nol ChnsI and, like ihe Turk. Would add iheir cruel blows. We ' ve heard il sa.d ihal Chnshans all. Are weak and cowardly folk And Ihal 10 heed ihe Savior ' s call Could only scorn provoke. And likewise loo, some men conlend. Thai Christian schools as well Are (eeble in ihe aid ihey lend Toward making men ' s lives lell. They seem lo ihink ihe brulal game. Class fighls and hazing pranks Musi mark ihe man who ' s worlh ihe name. And genllemen are cranks. If ihis be Iruc. ihen we ' ll concede The failure of our school. For we have never learned ihe need. Of living by ihis rule. Inslead, ihe Irulh which we ' ve been laughl, Has been quile ihe reverse; The bailies which have here been foughl. They ' ve blessed, but did nol curse. The] Taylor fSpirit We do nol scorn ihe heallhful game, We welcome all lis good, Bui sports which often blighl and maim. We shun ihem, as we should. The college spirit fires. It must upon such food be fed. Wilhnul Ihis 11 expires. Well be that as il may, my friend. Of this may you be sure. Thai Taylor ' s spirit will nol end, Bui ever more endure. Before her son ' s and daughler ' s ey. And daily brought lo view. Examples of Irue sacrifice Which stir our hearts anew. Her former glories do nol he. In gridiron victories. But noble deeds which can nol die, Each student plainly sees. How Bishop William Taylor ' s pra All sincere hearts inspire. And Dr. Reade ' s devoted care, .All men who know, admire. Today, some olhers whom we know Deserve a place of fame. In Taylor ' s soil good seeds they sow To glorify His name. 129 They strive nol for ihis worlds vain pri! True riches ihey desire, Their willing toil and sacrifice Our hearts with courage fire. Such lives can never fail lo give. To earnesi maid and man, A glimpse of whal il means lo live According lo God ' s plan. And Ihal ihey labor not in vain. I point you lo the field. In .Afric heal, on wintry plain Their deeds a harvest yield. Though zeal for Taylor may nol lake The course of noise and show. Its sileni force is sure to make God ' s kingdom here lo grow. And so for Taylor ' s spirit true, 1 lift my voice in praise To Him who doth ihis grace renew. In Ihose who love His ways. We ' ll give lo God. and Taylor loo. Our voice, our life, our all. And render service full and Irue, Till Christ our Lord shall call. The Pursuit of Truth What is Truth? This unanswered question of the Roman Proc- urator Pilate, addressed to the Christ, has been repeated in the mind; of thinking men of all ages. Ever since the time of Thales and his co-laborers Anaximander and Anaximanes, the earliest Greek philoso- phers, have there been men of reflective temperaments who have felt constrained to investigate existing beliefs, and to critically examine th; entire fabric of their knowledge in order that they might apprehend Truth. The inquisition of Truth in the realms of the objective and the subjective has been specifically undertaken by Philosophy. It is the undisputable prerogative of men to question the why and the how of things: to endeavor to comprehend, as far as his finite intelli- gence IS capable thiough ratiocianation, the universe of reality. He is born into the world amid a confusing mass of intellectual opinions and religious beliefs, and although the particular environment in which he was reared has a determinative influence in shaping his thought and consequent actions, nevertheless, when he comes to a place where he realizes himself to be a rational thinking being, an ego, and begins to reflect, then are the prevalent opinions and traditional beliefs sub- jected to a more or less criticism, and Truth in all its grandeur and sublimity, becomes the object of his aspirations. For man will have a philosophy of some sort or other in spite of himself. He must believe something, even though he may take the side of a skeptic and deny the possibility of attaining Truth, yet m the very denial he expresses a belief; but the tiue Philosopher is he who undertakes the search for Truth with absolutely free, presuppositionless inquiry, being equally universal and comprehensive in his effort, and concerned only to know the Truth. Now, intelligence is the active, living organ of Truth, and man is preeminently intelligent because of his reasoning faculties by means of which he is able to discriminate ideas that have been apprehended by cognitive faculties. I hese ideas taken in the aggregate form knowl- edge, and this knowledge, in fact all knowledge, is a priori and a posteriori ; that is to say, we derive our knowledge intuitively and experimentally; for instance, the ideas of space and time are examples of inherited knowledge, for the simple reason — to follow the Kantian expression — they are necessary a ' priori preconditions of the possibility and reality of all phenomena. On the other hand, the idea that flame causes heat is an example of experimental knowledge; for if I put my hand in flame I experience a sensation of heat and whenever the sensa- tion of heat is present with me I trace the effect of heat to the cause flame, because experience tells me that the two are inseparable. It must not be inferred, however, that all Truth is obtained by the mere exercise of the reasoning faculties. There are postulates of Theology wh ch we accept as Truth, and which cannot be mathe- matically demonstrated as such, but yet they are self-evident when we put the test of applicability. It does not follow that because we cannot prove a revealed truth syllogistically, its validity is therefore negatived. For the nature of our minds is such that we cannot logically comprehend certain truths, e. g. absolute existence or divme being. Nor do we make use of a subterfuge in asserting the incompetency of the human intellect to grasp transcendent truths. In spite of the seeming paradox that God is essentially spiritual and the human mind cannot conceive of spirit in special relationships, unless there is mater- ialistic predilection, we can affirm the truth of divme being, theologi- cally. Moreover, this truth becomes palpable by testing its appli- cability. For if we consider man in his ethical relationships we find him dominated to a greater or less degree by an instinctive sense of fu- ture reward and punishment which will be meted out to him by a higher power. Besides, the spiritual element of man s nature, although less prominent in some than in others is the direct psychic response to the Absolute. Fuitliermoie the fact that races of people, wlio never heard of a Supreme Being, have an inherent sense of worship and compliance to some pou ' er — a worship which finds its true exemplification in Christ- ianity — is indubitable evidence to the candid inquirer that God is. In addition it is averred that all truth has a religious significance in that its perfect, ultimate embodiment is — God. But how does th? mind in the midst of theological, philosophic and scientific incongruities extract this kernel of truth? Thus, it resorts to syncretism, and by the manipulation of terms declares that it has disclosed the truth? The unbiased mind does not. Then how may it avoid philosophic aberra- tions, pseudo-scientific assumptions, and theological disputations, the cogi tation of which brings distraction, mistrust and unbelief in its train? Obviously, to accept unquestioningly the dogmatic assumptions of cer- tain classes of thinkers would be to disfranchise the intellect by laying aside individual initiative by which knowledge is increased. Merely to doubt is not to commit sin as has been erroneously taught by the church; for by doubting the mind is led to make inquiries and it is by inquiring that we come to recognize the truth. We believe with Professor lames that he who lives in the midst of doubts and refuses to cut the knot with the sword of belief, misses the good of life, although to base our beliefs on an unreasoning faith which rests upon mere blind tradition is but to reveal our mental inertia. Consequently, in order to avoid the mazes of speculative thought and the dogmatism of supercilious ecclesiastics, the mind must free itself of all biased and preconceived opinions and seek to know the truth as it directly affects the lives of men in its living, active vital relationships. We do not disparage faith, however, for while faith is inexplicit knowledge, it is not necessarily error in understanding. We agree with Locke that faith in divine revelations transcends rational knowl- edge, though nothing can be regarded as a revelation which is in con- tradiction with self-ascertained rational knowledge. Of course, the vast majority of men depend, to a great extent, upon the statements of the few; for it is obviously impossible within so short a period, as life, to particularize all the facts of knowledge. We believe, says Lewis, that the sensation of violet is produced by the striking of ethe- real waves against the retina more than seven hundred billion times m a second. Such statements are accepted by us on trust, who know- that there are thinkers, for whom these are irresistible conclusions. So m a religious sense we come to a knowledge of certain truths, that is the forgiveness of sins by faith in external testimony. And why should we engage in the pursuit of Truth? What rela- tion does it bear to human life and the human destiny? These queries necessarily presuppose the existence of error. We cannot acquiesce m the assertion of Pope that whatever is, is right. It would be superfluous to argue the fact of error, for it is too evident, however, the pursuit of Truth is incumbent upon all who would live in harmony with the real. Its bearing upon human life is such that whatever life IS permeated and dominated by it realizes the greatest degree of effic- iency. On the other hand, the life which is a commingling of Truth and Error can never be capable of attaining intellectual freedom. Error, no matter how agreeable, or how nicely adjusted to the spirit of the age, can never save men; it can only lead them further and further astray. But the life which is in accordance with the Truth, is the real life, the universal life, the spiritual life, whose ultimate reality is God. The earnest seeker after Truth cannot fail to find it if he has implicit trust in Him who said, e shall know the Truth and the Truth shall make you free. J. H. Gkiffhii. The Thunder Shower The thunders rolled, the hghtnings gleam. And Nature out of sorts doth seem; And darkening clouds hang heavy o ' er. The wind comes rushmg through the door; The atmosphere seems charged with gloom Which permeates and fills our room ; And it would seem ominous air Did angry Nature ' s mood declare. But nay, not so; this wild display But makes the farmer ' s heart more gay ; To him the look of Nature ' s face Is one of kindness, love, and grace. The awesome roar he ' s glad to hear. The darkest clouds do him but cheer; And ever and anon he smiles As Nature turns on all her spiles. So, out of what doth seem but woe. We find the greatest good to grow For azure skies and sunny days Are not enough, good crops to raise. Without the rain, the clouds, the winds. The purity the lightning lends. The husbandman were lost indeed — All earth full soon would feel her need. Within our lives the thunder rolls, The dark clouds gather o ' er our souls; Fierce thoughts rush through our minds like gales. Like lightning sharp, the tongue assails; •Our hearts are gloomy, we are sad. We see our prospects looking bad ; And as the scene we thus behold. The wrath of God seems on us, rolled. But nay, not so ; disguised as woe God sendeth what will make us grow. For sunny days and azure skies Are not enough to make us wise. Without the troubles, turns, and bends. The purity that heartache lends. We cannot ever hope to be The kind of children God would see. W. E. Yeater. A Letter (Editor ' s Notes — The following epistle was picked up on the college campus by a Senior. Just who the author is will always be a mystery, unless that particular person makes himself known. The sad part is that the one for whom this letter was intended may never read its contents. The editors, for the sake of euphony, have made a few corrections in it.) Dearest — Every time I think of you my heart flops up and down like a churn dasher. Sensations of unutterable joy caper o er me like young goats over a stable floor and thrill me through and through like Spanish needles through a pair of tow-linen trousers. As a gosling swimmeth in a mud puddle so swim I in glory. Visions of ecstatic rapture thicker than the hairs of a blacking brush and brighter than the hues of a humming bird ' s pinions visit me in mv slumbers and are borne on by invisible wings. Your image stands before me and I reach out to grab it. like a pointer snapping at a blue-bottle fly. When I first beheld your angelic perfection I was bewildered and my brain whirled round like a bumble bee under a glass tumbler. My eyes stood open like a cellar door in a country town and m sileni adoration I drank in the sweet infection of love as a thirsty student pokes his nose into the bubbling fountain of the T. U. basement. ;nce the light of your face fell on my life I sometimes feel as if 1 should lift my self up by my suspenders to the top of the heating plant chimney and crow for joy. Day and night you are in my thoughts. our nose is as perfect as if carved from a chunk of Paiean marble. our mouth is puckered with sweetness and myriads of unfledged kisses are there ready to fly out and light somewhere like blue-buds put out of then parents ' nest. My love for you is stronger than the smell of hmburger cheese or the kick of a young cow. It is more selfish than a kitten ' s first catawal. If these lines will enable you to see the inside of my soul and assist me in winning your affections I shall be as happy as a jay bird in a cherry tree. If you cannot reciprocate my soul ' s longing I will pine away like a poi.soned bedbug and fall away from the flourishing vine of life as an untimely branch. In the coming years, when the shadows grow from the hills and the cheerful philosophical frog sings his merry evening song, you, happy in another ' s love, can come and shed a tear and perhaps, catch a cold in the last resting place of your adoring and departed life-long admirer. ours with longing aspirations. Concerted Forces (Winning Prohie All who are engiiged in the crusade against rum recognize that political action is essential to its destruction. The Woman ' s Christian Temperance Union has so declared since the days of the immortal Frances Willard. The Prohibition party has endured in this faith since the far-sighted John Russell founded the party which was to blaze the way for a righteous reform. The Anti-Saloon League and the Church Temperance Societies have continually urged the state and national governments to take action against the traffic in rum. We, therefore, conclude that the active enemies of the liquor traffic are unan- imous in this belief. But we go a step further. We maintain that not only political action, but concerted political action is indispensable. The question, iherefoie, arises, how can such concerted political action be obtained ? The history of progress is the history of leadership. Humanity has ever been ready to follow great leaders. It is said of Napoleon. Wellington, and Alexander the Great, that their presence on the field of battle was more decisive than many regiments. Wellington com- manded a following that smote the conquering host of Napoleon. Nelson immortalized the name of Trafalgar. Washington was fol- lowed by the sons of freedom who crimsoned the snows of Valley lorge with their own blood. As on the gory field of strife, so in the realm of politics and government a Jefferson was essential to the triumph of democracy; a Lincoln was necessary to the emancipation of the slaves; a Roosevelt commanded a following of millions during one campaign; a Bryan continually champions progressive democracy iTioN Oration 1913) and commands a tremendous following; thus only a great leader will ever be able to unite the divided forces of temperance into a solid pha- lanx for concerted action. The history of the Prohibition movement justifies this assertion. It took a John P. St. John, of Kansas, to command the greatest na- tional following in the history of the Prohibition Party. It took a Hanley to rally the sons of Indiana to smite the demon rum with the lash of County Option. It took a Glenn to unite the divided forces of temperance in North Carolina till with sixty thousand majority they rang the ruin of rum in that Commonwealth. But it will take them all to combine the divided temperance forces of the nation into one body, till rallying under one flag they shall write m the nation ' s con- stitution the doom of tyrant alcohol. The call is for leaders; for other Wellingtons to fight for justice; for other Washingtons to fight for liberty and for other Lincolns; who, with bleeding hearts, will die if need be for a cursed and helpless race. Must we then look to the future for such leaders? Verily nay, such men are even now in our midst ! From the Southland has come the hero of Santiago, a fearless champion of human rights, an intrepid foe of the liquor traffic. Congressman Hobson of Alabama, who has already introduced in the House of Representatives a bill to forever prohibit the manufacture, sale and transportation of liquor in the United States; your own state has given to humanity her brave and eloquent son, Hon. J. Frank Hanley, who by words and deeds has helped to sound the deathknell of the liquor traffic; Missouri has produced a 134 Governor Folk, 1 enessee a Senator Lea, North Carolina a Governor Glenn, Georgia a Seaborn Wright, Michigan a Eugene Chafin, and New ' ork a Clinton N. Howard, Each of these leaders in his own field labors for humanity. These leaders must unite. These leaders will unite; for the people whose cause they champion are calling for united action. The call is from a world of poverty that cries for free- dom from the oppressor. The call is from a world of commerce that suffers from the financial robbery of tyrant alcohol. The call is from nine prohibition states that demand that the whiskey trust shall not nullify their laws. The call is from seventy-one per cent of the nation ' s territory that at present has some form of prohibitory law. es, the call is from the nation at large, for only six states have today more wet than dry territory. From thousands of hungry children crying in the city streets for bread ; from seven hundred thousand blear-eyed, bloated- faced drunkards staggering every year into hopeless graves; from a million babes born in poverty to die in filth, whose innocent lives are crushed beneath the iron heel of the world ' s tyrant; yes, from mil- lions of mothers whose ear-piercing cries have reached the portals of Heaven in the silent hours of night while the tyrant has sent to drunk- aids ' graves their husbands and their sons; from these come the insist- ent appeal. The demand is for union with a general in the lead, a Howard, a Hobson, or a Hanley; Whatever they call him what care I, Aristocrat, democrat, autocrat one Who can ' lead ' and dare not lie. But again we ask will the union become a reality? Already the spirit of union is in the air. Already we have felt the conquering power of unity of action. Fhe Webb Interstate Liquor Shipment bill stands today as a monument of co-operation. 1 he .Anti-Saloon League, the Church Temperance Societies, the Women ' s Christian Temperance LJnion. and the Prohibition Party united in flooding congressmen and ienalors with petitions and inspired them to sound the first bugle of national victory. What conceited action has done it can do again. In God ' s eternal name let the work be done! Never before in the his- tory of the Prohibition movement has such unanimity of spirit existed am.ong the leaders. Send this glad rallying cheer along the far-flung battle line. Now, let that unanimity of spirit be concentrated into unan- ' mity of action. Let the leaders unitedly demand political prohibition horn some party already in existence. If their demand should not be heeded, let them unite in one great political party that shall have for ts ch:ef aim the destruction of the liquor traffic. ou ask, will the people rally to the standard of such a party? es, the rank and file have never yet cowered behind the safe entrench- ments sh:le their leaders marched to daring death against serrated steel. .As in the past people have followed great leaders so now they will gladly rally to the standard of united temperance leaders. They will rally as the Crusaders before Jerusalem, as the minute men at Lexington, and as Sheridan ' s men at Shenandoah. 1 hey will follow in the steps of martyrs, till our sanctuaries of liberty shall be cleansed; till our lofty ideals shall be attained; till the curse of childhood shall be banished; till the defamer of womanhood shall be driven from the land; till the debaucher of manhood shall be obliterated: till there shall be neither slave nor drunkard in the land; till den, dive, and brothel shall be forever destroyed; they will follow though on bended knee; follow to the gates of death; yet, follow till the white flag of Prohibition shall wave in triumph over the tomb of tyrant alcohol! The liquor traffic is doomed. Already we see the omens of cer- tain victory. Already the tyrant has been driven from the realm of respectability; science has labelled him a destroyer; business has denied him a place of refuge; the bars of justice, state and national, have pronounced him guilty; Congress by an overwhelming majority has decreed that he shall not defile the liberties of prohibition states or nullify their laws. Hated of God and man the tyrant lingers, but his day of doom IS at hand. 1 he defenders of home and fireside have spoken it, they have declared it by the graves of drunkards, vowed it by the cradles of innocency, sworn it by the altars of God! They unfurl no flag of truce; they offer no armistice; they accept no compromise; but death eternal for the tyrant, is the ringing cry of a righteous people. A saloonless nation by Nineteen Hundred Twenty is our rallying cry. Nor is it an idle dream. Ministers shout it from the pulpits. Patriots re-echo it from the pew. Churches demand it in their con- ferences. ouths cry it from their assembles. Lawyers thunder it from the bar, es, the breezes of Nineteen Hundred Twenty shall yet unfurl the folds of a stainless flag. Then shall America redeem herself; then shall her constitutional preamble be a reality; then shall America stand the marvel of the world, while surrounding nations bend low in reverence. No longer enchanted by the siren song ol commercialism, she shall press toward her destined goal and her banners, cleansed from the blood of her children, shall wave aloft to the nations of earth, an emblem of national righteousness. N. A. CHRISTENSEN. Eupatorian Must bed-time always come too soon .• ' Tired baby hands to playthings chng; Petulant lips cry out for the moon; And Lethe o ' ercomes as mother sings. The childish heart has trials too. Toys are broken, marbles lost. Turbulence, problems, conflicts, who Shall say that his or hers are most. 1 he youthful soul suffers the same. Who recalls not the day of woe. When discontent and a lost game. Made tears of bitterness flow? In student life we burn mid-night oil. We must march at the call of bells, We must pore, and study and labor and toil. Or the record, our negligence tells. I he back once straight is bent with age. Disease lakes hold on the frame, I he oppressed of earth are bereft of their wage. There are hall and blind and lame. t3ut the infant ' s wail, the childish woe. And the moan of maturer years. All show the trail of humanity ' s foe. In sorrcw, and sufl ering and tears. Experience assures us ' tis m vain lo sigh when we might smile; I he inevitable comes and it ' s our gain To pass what is not worth while. 1 he rose wears thorns with comely grace. The oak gathers strength from the blast. The chestnut rests snug in its spiny case. Of all creation shall we be last lo learn the wondrous blessings of life? Flee from the vale of discontent? Mastei life ' s conflicts, its toils, its strife. The Saviour Hinn ' elf through the wilderness went. .And conquerors, then in His name, shall we Rise on the th ' ngs we have trampled down. With fortitude face our enemy. With the Christ of God wear the victor ' s crown. Mrs. Blanche Hartson Thompson. Miscellaneous Mirth Iliick ' s biam started to work and this is what is said, When you are out after night you always come back to the same place from whenc you started. Good Johnnie! Giggy offered an excuse that there were loo many distractions about the place, as a reason for the non-performance of duty along tlie study line. Some one asked if the distractions were in the Greek class. Will someone please give me an illustration of work, asked the professor — no one spoke. At last the slow student said, When Hettelsater carries Miss Gard ' s books. But, said the bright student, the question is, did Hettelsater work, did Miss Gard work Hettelsater, or did they both work the Dean? Prof. Peavy m Biology class, I can jump thirty-nine feet. The students stare in open-mouthed wonder, until they understand that he meant one-third of nine feet. Porto, in Society business meeting, I move that we set the motion on the table. Blades in Greek class, They wore bracelets around their necks. Business Manager, That Company said that for every four pages less that we put in the Gem, they would throw off five dollars. Editor, Then, Burt, if we took all the pages out we might gel It done for nothing. Lemon Burson, I tell you what ' s the matter, I have been making a hog of myself at the Dining Hall. Others beware! If you take notice when Dr. Vayhinger exhorts the students how to use the grounds and buildings his argument always is, the sacredness of property. The dean under the same circumstances would say, Make it a matter of conscience. Prof. Brown coming into the hall, Did some one call me? I thought I heard my voice. One bright day our bachelor professor advertised a ring in chapel. If It were a lady ' s ring, we wish the professor success. Prof. L undquist in Musical History, Hans Richard was born m Switzerland at the age of eight years. First Student: What did you tell that man at the heating plant ? Second Student: I told him he could make some warm friends if he would turn on the heat. K.idder in German II, The lizards were chasing the butterflies. At a later date Kidder again read as follows, The man fell over the cliff and lost his conscience. Lois Vayhinger to Goodnight, Say, tell larboe to hitch the horse to the noon train. Miss Sigafoose to Prof. Lee, Piof., let ' s you and I join hands. Miss Lockhart: I am going to Oskaloosa to school. Parker: Why? Miss Lockhart: ' There are no fools there. Parker: There will be then. Mr. Anderson: The Dean wont talk to me because he is afraid of me ! ! ! Prof. Peavy: Give me a definition for blasto dermic. Mr. Illick: Explosive skin. Miss Keesling threw some salt at Shortie and he said, If I were a blue jay it might have some effect. Miss Lockhart lo Mr. Browning, I ' ll get you. I ' ll get you yet. ? ? ? ? Mr. Illick m Dining Hall making an announcement. If anyone wants to go to house-keeping, set Miss 1 albott. Mr. G. Alfred Snider says butter is feminine gender because it IS soft. During the holiday vacation Miss Miller announced at supper that the parlor was open to all during the holidays. Immediately Jimmie made a bee-line for it. Gaston Alfred Snider filled his lantern and made two trips down into the cellar with it lighted, before he discovered that the electric lights were turned on. The Snider boys had a little company at their room during the holidays, and when jimmie was asked lo write his name and address he wrote, Mrs. Jam Miss I albott (in her sleep) : Let ' s hang the two miles and a half between here and town on a tooth|Jick, and dangle them up and down. Miss Brooks: What for? Miss Talbott: So that we could each have some of them. I he fifth row in the chapel at the Shaw letcure was sure the Bos row. There were Ed Bos and Lydia Bos, Harry Bos and Mary Bos, lake Bos and Mary Keeshng . When Dot and Stag arrived on January 6th, Miss 1 anne beheld Stag from the window and called, Is that you, Mr. Anderson? Mr. Anderson: ' 1 es. Miss T.: Where ' s Miss Covings? Mr. A.: Upstairs. Miss Talbott (butting in): What ' s her name now? Mr. A.: The same that it always was. IVIiss onan — previous to the arrival of Kittie Smith, — ' 1 here IS a girl coming tomorrow who eats with her mouth. Miss Smith after her arrival: I think it would be fine to have a convention of people with neither arms nor legs. Miss Brooks: How would they get there? Someone, before Miss Smith could answer: Why, check their trunks through, of course. Our good brother Browning from Virginia conceived the idea of writing a note to Miss Vayhinger. Due to haste and inexperience he addressed the note to Mrs. Vayhinger. For results ask the parties concerned. Christense n: My memory is getting very bad. By this time tomorrow I shall have forgotten all that I ever knew. Culver: Could you please lend me a five? A young theologian in an outline, arranged it as follows — Theme: There is a great meeting coming (meaning the judg- ment.) I. Everybody shall be there. II. No one shall be absent. Brother Strong when asked in a test to name some kings of the Elizabethan Period, gave Henry VIII and George V. Seth Snider in a debate in the 1 halo Society when addressing the Judge said, Honorable Jury. Mr. Carroll m Bugoloev, A spider bit me once but it didn ' t pa ' n any; it just hurt a little. Prof, in Fnghsh IV: 1 he book gave him great stress, and he ought to be stressed. Freshman: It must take a great deal of grace, for some people to study in the library with all that noise. Junior: ' l es, especially Vere, but I guess the Dean thought he was getting a little too much of Grace. Al umni Not es It will be of interest to foimer students to know something about their school friends. We have gleaned these facts from the Alumni Records of the University. We have not stated anything concerning those who are now in Taylor, since they will receive due consideration in another place in the Gem. William Richard . gate, A. B. ' 97, received a scholarship from Drew I heological Seminary. Ohio Wesleyan University gave him an A.M., in I9l)5 and also a B.D. In the same year he received an M.D., from the University of Illinois. Last year, 1912, he took graduate work in Johns Hopkins University. For six years he -was in University work and then held different pastorales. Mrs. Agate re- ceived the degree of Ph.B. in 1898. Charles Roy Archer, Academy ' 12, is now in the ministry, in the city of Muncie, Indiana. While in school Mr. Archer was a rhalonian and a Eurekan. Burl M. Bechdolt, Academy ' II, is preaching in the North Indiana Conference. Mr. Bechdolt was an associate editor of the Gem m 191 I. Friends will be glad to know that Thomas Bitler is a successful minister. After completing the Academy course in 1907 he took work in Bangor Theological Seminary, from which institution he graduated in 1913. Our good friend William Burgess who represented the Eulo- gonians and also the Thalonians in winning debates, is now a student pastor in the west. Walter Burleson, Ph.B., ' 07, while in school was known as a notorious bachelor, but after leaving school took a wife. He is, at present, teaching in Oklahoma. William Darling, Academy 12, has entered the government service as a mail carrier. Laura Bell Cline, English 1 heological course ' 04, is a minister in the LInited Brethren Church. She was a Philalethean while in school. James Franklin Draper, A. B., B. D. ' 12, since leaving Taylor has been a pastor in an M. E. Church, Somers, Iowa. While in school he acted as instructor of Greek, Latin, Hebrew, and New 1 es- tament History; besides publishing articles for the press. In 1912 he won the Inter-Society Oratorical Contest for the Philos. J. D. Elmendorf after graduating from the Academy in 1911, took up work in the . M. C. A. in Derby, Connecticut. While in school he was an active worker in the Philalethean Society and Eureka Debating Club. Irvin Evans will be remembered by his old friends as a boy who liked base-ball. At present he is pursuing college work m Cornell, College, Mount Vernon, Iowa. Miss Veria Giles, Academy 12, is now a student (Senior) in the Domestic Science Department. McKendree College, Lebanon. 111. Robert Edward Gornall, English Fheological course 04, will receive an A.B. from De Pauw in 1913. He is a minister in the M. E. Church. Mrs. Dollie Cnpps Haddock, Literary Musical course in 12, received prize in the Hill-Sprague Vocal Contest 1911 and she also won the vocal contest for the Philos. In 1912 she was the success- ful reader for the Philos. At present she is proving herself a great help to her husband. Rev, 1 rue S. Haddock. William Henry Harrison, assistant business manager of the Gem for 1 909, graduated from the Greek Fheological course. Since then he has been pastor at Sims and Sweetser in the North Indiana Con- ference. Conda A. Hile, Greek Theological course m 1905, was assistant business manager of Le Fleuron 05. At p resent he is a minister in the North Indiana Conference. will receive his M. A. from Previous to entering Syracuse om I aylor he s preaching in J. E. Hoover, Ph.B., has been teaching in the Pentecostal Col- legiate Institute and the Illinois Holiness University. When in Taylor he made a record for himself as a student. He was an associate editor of the Gem. Mary Augusta Householder. .A.B., ' 12. is teaching in the High School of Bladen, Nebraska. John Theron Illick, A. B., ' 10 Syracuse University this year 1913. he taught in the south. At the time of his graduation f received the scholarship, in the College of Liberal .Arts. A. Adam Irelan, English Theological course ' 01, the Methodist Protestant Church near Upland. ' N adeda Lazar James, A.B., .ind R.D.. ' 12. who is well remem- bered by the students of 1911-12 as our Persian brother, is preaching. lecturing and selling Oriental goods. Paul M. Jameson, A.B., ' 12, is serving a pastorate in the Gen- nesee Conference, New ' ork. While in school he vooed and on the Latin and Greek professor. Miss Coe. Charles William JefTrey, Academy ' 09, won the local and state Prohibition Oratorical contest when in Taylor. He is now a student preacher in De Pauw University, Greencastle, Indiana. J. C. Kelsey, Academy ' 12, is in Long Beach, California, work- ing at the carpenter trade. All will remember L. Chester Lewis, ,A.B., ' 12, as a great Prohibitionist. He was secretary, vice president, and president of the I. P. A. In 1911 he won the oratorical contest for the Philos, and in 1912 the essay contest for the same society. He is at present teach- ing school. Ella McClellan. Academy ' 12, is at home in Beallsville, Pa. She has applied for a patent on a Hand Ice Machine. Ira C. McNulty, A.B., ' 12, is now attending the Drew Theo- logical Seminary and is also preaching the Gospel. J. L. Ralston. Academy, ' 12, spent one year in Taylor and won the local Prohibition contest and the Parr Oratorical contest and with William Burgess the gold prize debate. Having advanced credits he is now completing his college work in Morningside College. Iowa. Grace Estella Guss Ralston, better known to T. U. students as Miss Guss, graduated from the Academy m ' 12 and is now a stu- dent and housekeeper. Harold Thomas Ryder, Academy 12, better known as Hod I cm, IS in Bloommgdale, New ork. E. R. Ryder, A.B.. ' 12. known to many as Spide, in 1912 won the Hill-Sprague Vocal Contest and the Society Vocal Contest for the Philos. He is now married and is preaching the Gospel. We extend to both the Ryder boys our sympathy, for soon after complet- ing their work m school, their mother passed away. .Arlington Singer, Ph.B., ' 07, was thought by his friends to be a confirmed bachelor, but just before graduating, he married a wife. .At present he is a minister in the North Indiana Conference. J. Catherine Snead, Music ' 03, is at piesent residing in Chicago. Ray Stevenson. Academy ' 09, is a member of the Northwest Indiana Conference. He is a student preacher in De Pauw Univer- sity ?nd IS in the Sophomore year in College. R. L. Stuart. Ph.B., ' 06, was business manager of the Gem m i ' )05. He IS preaching m the M. E. Church in Iowa. S. H. Turbeville. Ph.B., ' 05, during the years 1902, 190 3 and 1905, won the Inter-.Society Commencement debates. He is a pastor in the M. E. Church, having held different charges in Iowa. Reuben F. Walter. Academy ' II, was a member of the Philo Society. He is now farming in Wisconsin. Violet Ward, Academy ' 10, while in Taylor held several offrces in the I halo Society. She also took the Preston prize in Greek and Latin in I 9 I 0. and the college scholarship for two years. At present she IS a Junior in the college for women. Western Reserve, in western Ohio. Frank A. Wimer, A.B., ' 11, won with R. I. Stone the Inter- ociety debate for the Thalos in 1911. He held many offices in the same society. He was editor-in-chief for the Gem in 1911, and presi- dent of his class. After graduating he preached in the North Indiana Conference and is new m Drew Theological Seminary. Samuel W. Metz, a member of the Academy class of ' 03, is now preaching at Antwerp, Ohio. Mrs. Metz, nee Ida Taylor, grad- uated from Piano Forte of our school. Notable Events of the Year (Note: From day to day ye clironicler has endeavored to set dares say they are incorrect, resolve himself into a committee ol one forth ye things of most importance. As to their truth, let him who and prove by sound logic that these things were impossible.) SEPTEMBER. 23. Dr. Vayhinger has a dream and in it he sees Taylor Uni- 27. More registering. New students learning the ways of versity again about to open. 1 aylor University. Reception by the Philos. 24. The more the Doctor thinks about his dream the more con- vinced he IS that Taylor should again reopen her doors. After con- ' 8. Everybody except Mr. Henry xvorks; he plays. Thalo suiting with the former Professors and ordering in new ones he soon l rogram and reception. has things in order. 29. Dr. Vayhinger preached in chapel. 1 he Holy Spirit was 25. Students arriving. Every train brings more. , . present in power. 26. Re gistration Day. Many try to hnd the course which will give them the most learning with the least study. 30. Students begin the awful task of reciting. OCTOBER Recitations better, but still there is much room for improve- ment on the part of some. 2. Things move along as usual except that friends attend the wedding of Dollie Cripps and True Haddock at Gas City. 3. Reception to the new students given by the Epworlh League. Some new couples in evidence. 4. Chalfant sells some 1911 Gems at a bargain. Incidentally boosts the Gem. Thanks, Chalfant. 5. Usual preparations for Sunday. Philos and I halos still after new students. 6. Dr. Vayhinger again preaches. Good service. 7. Nothing much. Hettelsater arrived. 8. Academy graduates have a meeting. Vere Abbey, an in- truding Freshman, invited to leave. 9. Prof. Shaw gives report from World ' s Conservation Con- gress. Or chestra tune up their rusty instruments. 10. Boys wonder whom they will take to the lecture. Some of the young ladies do not know whether to buy a ticket or not. Every- thing else O. K.. 11. Ball game between old and new students. Gem Staff elected. 1 2. Miss Grace Ellison on her way to China pays 1 . U. a visit. New students are getting over their homesickness. 1 3. Prof. Shaw preached m Schreiner Chapel. Everyone was edified. 14. Two more innings played in the ball game. I 5. 1 he mighty Henry knocked a home run. 1 6. The Gem Staff planned their work. Baker gets more serious. Think of quiet Baker! I 7. The long drawn out ball game between old and new stu- dents still continues with the new students in the lead. 18. Some of the students went to hear the Great Commoner at Marion. A wet day. 19. Being a dry day there was a big Prohibition Rally at Up- land. Bobby Morris was the man with the drum. 20. Miss Southard spoke in chapel. All in attendance felt that the speaker spoke great truths. 21. No great happening disturbed the placid quietness of this beautiful day. U. A damp cold day. Much fire needed. 23. Many listen to Eugene Chafin in Marion. 24. Prof. Wray discusses bellow Journalism and Theodore Roosevelt, in chapel. 25. New students and old students engage in a basket ball game. Prohibition program in the evening. 26. Basket ball score in favor of old students. Several couples fail to arrive at the college before the Dean got there. 27. Dean Ayres preached in chapel. Political issues touched upon. 28. Miss Southard led chapel. 29. Democratic speaker failed to arrive. A. C. Lee took a fall. 30. The Progressive speaker likewise failed to put in an ap- pearance. Not many disappointed. 31. Some bad spirit being abroad, an extra police force was called out. NOVEMBER. 1. Progressive-Prohibition debate called off. Prof. Lundquist found a buggy containing some corn fodder on his porch. 2. Political speeches on the Philo program. Straw vote gave Prohibilionisis first and Democrats second since the Progressives stuffed the ballot box. 3. Prof. Lee preached at the afternoon service in the chapel. 4. Progressive speaker in chapel, at 4:30, showed relation be- tween a Bull Moose and a water-wagon. At 7:30 the Prohibition man showed why you could not hitch a Bull Moose to a water-wagon. 5. Election day. Much conjecture as to who will be the next President. ( ?) 6. Woodrow Wilson elected. Dr. Vayhinger home again. Much applause m chapel. 7. Those welcome midterm tests arrived and distributed freely by the professors. 8. Mrs. Vayhinger lectured in Society on her Western trip. 9. Cement work on reservoir commenced. 1 halos went to meet Kimbrough from Texas, but failed to locate the gentleman until they arrived at the college campus. 10. Dr. Vayhinger preached at the afternoon service. 1 1. Mr. Charles Eckhart visited T. U. and addressed the stu- dents in the evening. 12. Putnam House boys gave a spread in the home room. Two Progressive roosters slain for the occasion. 13. Miss Vayhinger left the library quietly. (?) 14. A. C. Lee helped some of the young ladies with then work in the Dining Hall. Motive. (?) 5. College Senior reception at Kidder ' s home. A beacon ht appears m front of Speicher to make bright the pathway of young Volunteers worked in the gymnasium. Rev. Morrison had charge of the three o ' clock service. Rev. Johnson visited the school. Photos taken for the Gem. Many try to look their best, Lee Tan Piew and F. C. Phillips visit Hanson brothers. Shortie Kevan was actually caught doing some manual and old 16 17 18, 10 but faile 20 21 labor! 11. [ohn Vickery coming into Society found a vacant seat be- side Miss Ellinghouse. No danger from John, Vere, he is married. 23. Some couples take a stroll to the river. A signal from the rear failed to stop their onward march. 24. The afternoon chapel service conducted by Prof. Shaw. w,n ■ y ' ' ' ' ' ,, ' ' ■° ' ' - ' - ' ' Impose .vou know where Mr. Williamson lives? 26. The Dean held a reception m his office for a select com- pany of young men. 27. Students pause for a short vacation. 28. Thanksgiving Day observed in the dining hall. Prof. Shaw preached in the evening. 29. Flora Brooks in disguise calls upon Miss Walls. 30. Miss Allen elected President of the Philos. Kevan starts in the drav business. DECEMBER. 1. Rev. Hockman. of the China-Inland Mission, preached to the students. 2. A windy day. All return from vacation, and the grind starts again. 3. Prof. Fleming. Registrar of Drew Theological Seminary, visited the University. 4. Dr. Parr lectured on The Medicine of Mirth; Take a Dose. $2,745 subscribed on the Endowment Fund. 5. A glorious time in chapel. Over $8,000.00 raised on the Endowment Fund. 6. I he famous pianist, Hans Richard, gave a recital at I aylor University. Some of the young men bought two tickets for this occasion for fear they would lose one. 7. Another joint program in Society Hall. Vere Abbey in Philo business meeting: I do not know who shall take what parts on the ne.xt program. 8. Brother Zepp preached to the student body. 9. Revival services l?eem. 10. Flarley Moore recited in Oratory: Blessings on thee, lit- tle man. 11. I he men who do the sweeping, please see me, was an- ounced fiom the platform by Dr. Vayhinger. Chi.pel held in Society Hall. Das Wetter war sehr kalt! 12. Joe Blades in Greek class: I searched it up in the vocabu- lary. 1 3. Christmas Cantata was given by the vocal students in the afternoon. 14. Many of those who were exempted start for home. 1 6. Just a few more recitations. Just a little cash from Pa, And we ' ll soon be speeding homeward To be greeted by our Ma. I 7. Receptions held for students who did not get above 90. Examination questions served for refreshments. I 8. Christmas vacation begins. 19. Guy Holmes left today. Where did he go? 20. Boo ! Hoo ! Everyone gone but me ! 21. Mr. Zepp ' s house Ijurned to the ground. 21. Mr. Horberry preached m the Dining Hall. 23. A very ordinary day. 24. Mrs. Wray entertained at Society Hall. Christmas pack- ages ( ?) distributed. 25. Christmas greetings abound. 26. Taffy pull at the Dining Hall. 27. An off day. 28. Everybody works but — 29. A rainy Sunday. L 30. All wonder where the vacation is going. 31. Miss Scott proposed on the last day of the year, in the afternoon. Almost the I I th hour, wasn ' t it? , JANUARY. 1. Students return at the beginning of the New Year. 2. Registration Day and Guy Holmes not back yet! 3. Lessons begin. How it snows! Prof. Shaw deHvered lec- ture on Kngland. As a result of New ear ' s resolution couples appear. 4. Much ado about nothing on this day. 5. Dr. Vayhinger conducted afternoon services. Revival meetings begin in M. E. Church down town. 6. Some one caught Charlie Blooah and John Illick singing soprano. 7. The couples can hardly endure any other study than ap- plied Sociology. 8. Everybody went to bed at ten. (?) 9. The almost lifeless form of the Taylonte was resurrected. 10. Albert Davis still learning to play the cornet. 1 1 . First basket ball game in the new gym. 1 2. No afternoon service in the chapel. Sunday School Convention at the M. E. Church. 1 3. Billy Wagner appears in a new sprmg bonnet, nicely trimmed by the laundress. 14. Fred Hall is still wearing that happy Grin (stead) of his old frown. 1 3. Holmes House boys late for breakfast. 16. . 11 the couples happy. Great increase in number of 7. U. combinations. Somebody spilled mercury in Physics laboratory. ! 7. Five College Seniors appear under cover of darkness arrayed in caps and gowns. 18. Eurekans slightly defeated in basket ball game. Ladies ' Quartet made their first trip. 19. Prof. Shaw preached to the student body, especially to the young ministers. 20. Eurekan basket ball team was found suspended in the air. 21. After Faculty meeting the members engage in a mi.xed game of basket ball ! ! ! When the mice are away, the cats will play. 22. No school m the afternoon. Students attend the Farmers ' Institute in town. 23. Mrs. Stanley led chapel. B. R. Opper promised a job in the Legislature. 24. Some beans were served in the Dining Hall. 23. A few students cleaned their rooms. 26. Prof. Shaw again preached to the students. 27. James Knight was caught in an attitude of proposal to Miss Dra|)er in the library. Of course, it was only an accident. 28. Brother Clyde Booth and Evangelist K.ell conducted the rrorning chapel service. 29. Vere Abbey after the chapel talk, I here is Grace enough tor me. 30. Day of Prayer for Colleges. 3 1 . Tests in abundance. FEBRUARY ' . I . And Father Winter is really here. 2. A blessed service in chapel. 3. Academy student: Did you notice that electric current was oft? College student No. It was dark so that I could not see whether It was or not. ' 4. Hall was caught in the German class feeding candy to the girls. 5. If you want anything to eat you had better come on time. 6. HO no steam and . ' . no heat. 7. Prof. Brown in Biology VII. I his will be a good point for you housewives. — A great bustle among the young ladies. 8. When shall we three meet again? by a committee which was appointed to do something and after a meeting did not do it. 9. Dr. Vayhinger preached in the chapel service. 10. Miss 1 ilden. National worker in the W. C. T. U., spoke to the student body on scientific temperance. I I . Rev. John Stuart, former Taylor student, led chapel. 12. The school year is one-half gone. I 3. The Sight Reading class please bring paper and pencil to class, Prof Miller. 14. The day for valentines. ' 5. Basket ball Day!!!. The girls ' basket ball teams made their first appearance before the public. I halo girls won. I 6. Evangelist Taylor again preached to the students. I 7. The married men play indoor baseball in the gym. 18. Edward Walker, the noted tenor, gave a recital at T. U. The Thalonians gave a reception for Mr. Walker after the recital. I 9. Davy ' s beard still very much in evidence. 20. Our good friend Jacob Bos made the following announce- ment in the Dining Hall: The Vicar of Wakefield has arrived at the Bookstore. A pause. I mean the book, of course. 21. Work of Literary Societies resumed after the meetings down town. 11. Hiraide came into the Eulogonian club meeting. Being a worthy Eurekan he was called upon for a speech. 23. Prof. Wray preached at the afternoon service. A splendid service. 24. Mr. Abbey entertained his Sunday School class at the heat- ing plant. Much corn was popped. Oiatory Recital by the Vocal Department of Expression. Farewell party for V. B. Korner, Upland ' s popular railway agent, and family was given by Mrs. Vayhinger. 25. I hree men in rough attire awoke the suspicions of the na- tives. Billy Wagner and Griffith were armed to the teeth when they retired. I he fair ones were guarded by brave (?) young men. 26. Hettelsater approached an Algebra problem after this man- ner: Oh, that ' s a dead cinch. But! his courage waned, his nerve went down, and all at once he saw, he knew it not. The next day the professor showed him how it was done. 27. I rustee meeting held in Science lecture room. Dr. Martin of Muncie led chapel. Bishop David Moore lectured at the M. E. Church on Battle of Chemulpo. Everyone well entertained. 28. President Fan-Piew Lee of the Academy Seniors gave a re- ception to the class m the Speicher Parlors. As the honored gentleman was carrying a dish of fruit salad from the Dining Hall, his lower ex- tremities skidded and — well! great was the fall of Chma but glad to say It had its rise. MARCH. Philos. elected contestants for the annual contest. Rev. Morrison preached m chapel. 1 ithing Band was or- ganized. 3. 4. Jimmie ' 5. Baker says, I am soon going to leave. Hettelsalcr went to sleep in the library. Miss Miller sent a piece of pie. Some new legislation on attendance at chapel announced. Seniors especially eflected. 6. The spring term draweth nigh. 7. Spring term officers elected by both societies, 8. Health lecture given by Dr. Dodson of the Rush Medical College. 9. Evangelist Pierson, who is conducting meetings at the Friends Church, brought the message from God. 10. When will that Orchestra ever give a recital? I I. At the chapel service. Prof. Shaw took the number of those who would be ministers or missionaries. I I 8 was the number. I 2. Our good brother Lee, from Alabama, accidentally seated himself beside Ruth, thinking she was Esther. I 3. Prof. Benton was confronted by a ghost and ihis is wh;il It said, Beware! Other lady professors in T. U. have taught their future husbands. I 4. Prohibition League gave a program in Literary Society Hall. I 5. Eulogonian victory in the Inter-Club debate. N. A. Christ- ensen and C. P. Culver against Vere Abbey and Frank ' oung. Eurekans. 16. Prof. Wray preached a missionary sermon in the chapel. I 7. Prof Shaw began a series of lectures on Passion Week. McClish went to sleep in third year English. 18. Heinrich Pfitzner gave a piano recital. Some of the boys took reserved seats in room three. 1 9. Livingstone Day observed. Appropriate exercises in the afternoon and Rev. Porter of Marion preached in the evening. 20. Communion service held in the evening. 2 1 . Davy went home, to be best man at his sister ' s wedding. Prohibition Contest. N. A. Chnstens en won first place. A terrible day for money announcements. 2.1.. T. L ' . Quartette sang at the Prohibition Convention in Marion. 23. Prof. Shaw preached and afterwards a class meeting was led by Prof. Ayres; many souls refreshed. 24. Miss Stevens sad. Perry left for the west. Roy Knight says, Boys, you can see now why I do not enter the social world at T. U. 25. Victor again appears after having the chicken pox and Miss Stocking was glad. 26. Mr. Hockman could not come because of the recent floods. 27. Gem Staff hard at work. bloods prevent some from re- turning at the appointed time. (Note: At this point ye chronicler assumes the role of a prophet. Of the things which shall be, he has tried to state them in accordance with sound judgment and great wisdom.) 28. Wind, rain, and now it is snow. 29. When will he come? Miss Gard. 30. Good preaching service. 31. If you need a man, just ask me — J. D. Druschel. APRIL. 1. Everything going well. Just a few more weeks ahead. 2. The German Club should have met, but other things hindered. 3. A fine spring day. Students were seen studying on the 4. A stranger appeared on the University premises. 5. A rousing old time on the cam|:ius. Several couples were seen on the tennis court. 6. The most blessed day ol all. A good chapel service. 7. The daily grind goes on. 8. In Biology class. Professor: Mr. Druschel, from what flate are you? D. : From the slate of financial distress. 9. It rained all day. First thunder storm. 10. A number of couples got C. O. D. notes, i. e. Call on the Dean. I I. Chapel service led by Prof. Shaw. Everyone was blessed. 12. A number worked on the new tennis and croquet courts; preparing for a good time. I 3. Good attendance at the M. F. Church. Sunday School increasing. 1 4. Some student did not know his lesson. 13. In Latin class. Student: Prof., what case do you like best? Prof., without thinking: Oh: the possessive. I 6. The electric current stayed off all day. I 7. Not much doing. Students getting homesick. 18. Beans once more in the dining hall. 19. Vere . ' bbey was seen in front of the dinmg hall. 20. Interesting talk by Mrs. Vayhinger in chapel. 21. What IS wrong with Wood ' s employee, the Potter? 22. First test in Sociology. Guss was absent. Probably play- ing with Kenneth. li. Everyone enjoying their stay at Taylor. 24. Mr. George Snider received a large letter from a small girl in Ohio. 23. Seth, the mail man, is not well. He is Bu(sick). 26. A day of recreation. Tennis, croquet, baseball, and other things. 27. Chapel service led by a former student. Great interest manifested. 28. What did the Holmes House boys do this day? 29. Anton Hettelsater still busily engaged in trifling aflairs. 30. The student agents practice for their summer work. MAY. Househo 2 3, 4 Ide ing ihat 6, 7 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 had a v 20 This month is a most idle dream to me, Prof. Ethel Jimmie Knight was seen talknig to Miss Guy. Some student wrote a love letter. There vas a well-attended Chapel service in the afternoon. Some one saw Mr. McNulty laugh. Perhaps, he is think- there will be another leap year. Alabama Lee received a notice from headquarters. Who went to breakfast late this morning? Mr. Davis was seen walking with Miss Buck. What next? A call lor small bills by the bookkeeper. First game of baseball won by the victorious side. Sunday. Rained all day. Who said that the head janitor had a cinch? Giggy says, I ' ll try again. A call for volunteers to work, but no one responds. Bustamante was seen petting a common house cat. Contest number two between the Society baseball teams. A calm Sunday. Everyone cross this morning. War department (Orchestra) arm meeting. Who has lost his pen knife or cuH button? 21. If a body meet a body on the T. U. walk. Should a body stop a body for a little talk? 22. Even yet I have horrid dreams about that horrid Gem material, which I had to correct. It was certainly abominable. 23. Ward Long, The year is almost gone, and I will have to settle it soon. ' 24. Some of the lesser youths go f.shing. 23. A brand new barrel of beans at the grub hall. 26. A piano recital; the third of the series. 27. They lingered at the mail box, They lingered on the steps. They did not see the Dean come. For they were love blind preps. 28. Jimmie Knight says, If I could only set my heart upon some one maiden, I would be as happy as Roy is. 29. I am right because I am not wrong, and I believe the whole world will have to wait four long years before it will see a great man — A. Freshman. 30. Silently, one by one, they have passed to that unknown land. Where you and I when the years are gone will join that mighty band. 31. Smart student, Prof.: would not my grades exempt me for the rest of the year? I would like to take a short vacation. JUNE. 2. 3. 4. the trees 5. 6. 7. I lie usual Sunday services. I he beginning of another week. There are not many more. Busfe took social privileges. Beautiful June day. Classes held on the campus, under New couples began to form for the Commencement week. O! that I had studied harder, for how can I be exempt? Picnics are now in style. I heir sole purpose is to go some place with some one, eat something, and return some time. 8. Many began to think of home. 9. OOOOOOOOOOO!!! 10. Oratorical recital. I I. Miss Tanner returns. Where is L. Chester? I 2. Last prayer meeting. Dr. Mooney arrives. I 3. Exams very numerous. Thalo Gala. 14. Philo Annual. I 5. Baccalaureate Sermon and .Annual L.ove feast. I 6. Ma and -Fa arrives. I 7. Debates and Contests. 1 8. Prizes awarded. Diplomas given. Speeches bid each other good bye. 19. Just a few left. N. E. Hanson (Assl. Business Mgi.) Orrel Allen (Lilcrary Edilor) Guy ' . Holmes (Edilor-in-Chief) Waller L. Thonipsoi (Literary Editor) GF£M STAFF Tan-Plew Lee (Art Edilor) (Business Mgr.) William L Kldde (Assl. Edilor.) Flora E. Brooks (Assl. Editor) (Assl. Edilor.) The Editor ' s Page INCE the pubbcalion of the l ' -)l 1 Gem, 1 ay!or Lni versity has advanced in many ways. We beheve that our school has come into her inheritance and that we are reaping the harvest from the sowing of other men. Tlicse men have passed away but Taylor University remains, a monument to their devotion and sacrifice. We should never forget that thrice a day upon his knees, Bishop Wilham Taylor offered prayer for the school which bears his name; and that the founder of the University, Dr. Reade, sacrificed his hfe for the school. Others who have labored for the welfare of the Institution have not done their work in vain. It has been well that Taylor ciid not de ' elop rapidly — for too often that which grows in a few weeks withers with the first frost. We do believe that the growth of the school has been sure because it was rooted in the richest soil and has ever since been refreshed by showers from on high. The struggles through which our Uni ersity has passed have been might factors in giving her strength for future conflicts. The new Music Hail with a gymnasium and a beautiful chapel; the central heating plant; the transformation of the Maria Wright basement into useful class rooms; the new stere- opticon machine; the new bell; the electric lights; the new apparatus for scientific experiments; have all been conducive to the better convenience of the student body. When we look still further at another part of the school, there we behold an able corps of seventeen professors with their assistants — all well versed in their lines of work. These are signs that a new era for Taylor has come. Yet above all these things there has remained in the stu- dent life at Taylor a spirit of devotion to Christ which has characterized the University through all these years. If Tay- lor University should lose this we believe that she would have no excuse for her existence. Dr. Reade, when he founded the school, had before him a divine pi ' ipose; this purpose was, that Taylor University should be a place where 5 ' oung people of limited means could secure a Christian education. In the coming years may Taylor never depart from her founder ' s purpose! The future of the institution is full of promise and it is our sincere hope that on our Alma Mater, shall rest the richest of God ' s blessings. This page has been left vacant for a pur- pose. 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