University of Maine at Presque Isle - Salmagundi Yearbook (Presque Isle, ME)

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1- i n 1 4 l 5 l , J 1 f 1 4 Z so SALMAQUNDI We are more i'amiliar with the Student lJcl'U t f l' ln nearly all the colleges and sec0IHl2U'.V HCl -'IH 1 our land there are societies aililiated with the National Board and our Students' Christian Association holds tional lioard would its place as one of these. The Na not be able to acconillliih the L'1'2U'1fl Wmli if 'Meg if each individual society, no matter how large or small, did not perform its part with others any more than :an engine is able to propel a train if its machinery does not work harmoniously. The United States is divided into districts and in each district there is a territorial committee, the members of which keep in touch with the societies in their district. Once or twice a year, student secretaries as they are called. visit each affili- ated society. 'Miss Matthew, now in Japan, Miss Bently of India, Miss Wells and Miss Newell, late Student Secretary of India, have visited us from time to time during the last five years. Each year a conference convenes at different places inthe United States where the delegates from sev- eral schools meet for Bible study, mutual help and in- spiration. The one in which we are most inter- ested is the Silver Bay Conference, to which our society by dintof hard work and sacriiice on the part of its members, has sent one or more delegates each year,--two students and one teacher being sent in 1908. One 14-ings for an inspired pen to write the report and bring other hearts into touch with the glorious place and those whom God has kindled with the lire of his Holy Spirit. I will not dwell on the difficulty we experienced in securing our tickets and getting baggage 1-e-checked in spite of our foreliandedness in.. trying o have ar- rangements perfected but we warn the future dele- gates to begin as early and hope they will have better success. . Miss Gould met me at Portland and we proeeeded to Boston on the Hllllying Yankeejv Slttiuef nearly opposite in the train was the Bates College delega- UOIH C0l1SiSl5iUS ef five members who decided tore- Ihain in Boston until the following morning. The weather had been so very warm we enngludefi to Cum, tinue our journey during the coolness. of the nieht and realized afterward that we were wise. D At dawn we were passing ,thlwugh the beautiful peerlield Valley. r The Hoosac Mountains walled us 1 W' . . n on both sides., The sun was beginning to tinge the clouds a delicate pink.i Occasional 0-ape in the C n y crops. mountains revealed level fields with tl-,rift A delightful stream followed the railroad track iirst on one side, then on the other, as We Cmsqedit from

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SALMAGUNDI llefate a1t1on,and when it befrms to dawn on him destroy him he arouses himself and outwits the king and again, aftei the bu11al of Ophelia, he shakes off the melancholy which broods over him and arouses himself to the play of swords with Laertes, and at last, with Strength which is thoroughly aroused be- fore its final extinction, he accomplishes the punish- ment of the malefactors. Hamlet is one of Sbakespearels most admirable characters. He is portrayed under very trying cir- cumstances, yet he is scarcely ever guilty of an action not in accordance with his station. He certainly is a dutiful S001 21 Sympathetic friend, a merciful enemy, and a-model lover, always acting as he thinks best for the object of his affections. t ETTA E. ACKERSON, '09, 29 . -1 '. . ' O- . that the lung 13 sending him to England in order to . 9 . . . . . . 3 The Silver Bay Report. We are more or less familiar with the Young Woni- enls. Christian Association, the great organization which does so much for the uplifting of womanhood throughout the World and whose method of work is similar to that of the Young Menis Christian Associ- ation. ' - There are various departments under the control uf a National Board. Among the members of this Board are numbered such women as Mrs. Thomas Gladding, Mrs. John R. Mott, Mrs. Itobert E. Speer, Miss Helen Miller Gould and others Whose education and experience especially tit them for the work. In order to systematize and make the work effective there are diiferent branches to each of which are assigned certain fields of labor. When We consider the dangers of city life, we may understand something of the importance of the City Department. I n cities of any size is located a Young Womenls Christian Association building Where girls who come to these centers as strangers, may find a home. Pleasant rooms and good meals are provided at a nominal cost, employment is found, and instruc- tion given along various lines such as domestic sci- ence, dressmaking, millinery. At the railroad sta- tions representatives of the organization are ready to conduct girls to a place of safety. Then there is the charitable Work, as a result of which the right kind- of guardianship in every Way is given to girls who come to the city alone. '

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SALMAGUNDI 3 l time to time. The pebbles on its bed were white and smooth and the sparkling water rippled over them in its journey down the valley. When we came to 'a level stretch there was a considerable fall as at Miller's and Shellburne. About live o'clock we reached H oosac Tunnel and for tive miles saw noth- ing but the interior of the car. As we emerged, old Greylock met our View clear .and distinct in the morning light. After ia wait of over an hour at Troy we proceeded to Lake George and by sitting in the rear car avoided changing at .Saratoga and Fort Ed- ward. NVe instinctively felt that the groups of girls who gathered from Troy onward were bound for Silver Bay. i ' ' ' We arrived at Lake George or Caldwell about one o'clock and as the boat was not due to start un-til four, we had ainpletime to remove the stains of travel and to explore this historic region. On the right as we left the train the blue wa ters of the HI-Ioly Lake met our view. It lies along the southeastern margin of the Adirondacks and has gathered within itself a part of all the beauties ot' the Great Wilderness, combining the grandeur ofits wild- est mountain lakes with the quiet loveliness of its peaceful valleys. t It rightfully holds the title Queen of American Watersfl A shoitdistance from the track on an elevation of ground north of Fort George stands Battle Monument. It was erected bv the Society of Colonial Wars of the State of New York and unveiled Sept. 8, 1903. The figures represent General Sir VVillian1 Johnson and the Mohawk Chief, King Hendrick. Un the west side of the die is the inscription 'fBattle of Lake George, Sept. 8, 177537 On theinorth side overlooking the lake is the follow- ing: 4+Coniidence inspired by this victory was of in- estiniahle value to the American army in the war of the Revolution. Facing the east the inscription is as follows: - , - 1903. ' H4The Society of Colonial Wars erected this monu- ment to commemorate the victory of the 'Uolonial forces under Gen. William Johnson and their Mo' hawk allies under Chief Hendrick, over the French regulars 'commanded by Baron Dieskau with their Canadian and Indian allies. T119 South face says: 44Defeat would have opened the road to Albany to the Frenchfi r Directly West is the site of Fort William Henry. The outline is still preserved showing the form of the old fort, nearly square,'tlanked on the West, south, ,uni a part of the east side by a ditch, and on the north side by the lake. The 4-Old Fort Well was