Ursinus College - Ruby Yearbook (Collegeville, PA)

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13. Gkorge Kurtz Orerholtzer. . Classical,............................Phoenixville, Pa. Entered from Academy; Zwinglian; Class President (3 : Prize, Running High Jump (2): Law. 14. Benjamin Franklin Paist, . . Classical.......................Cornwells, Pa. Entered from Academy: Schaff, President i4); First Prize Junior Oratorical Contest; Hullftin Staff 3); Presby terian: M inist ry. 15. Hiram Herr Shenk.....................Historical-Political.............Deodate, Pa. Filtered from Shipiieiisburg State Normal: Zwinglian: Editor-in-chief 99 Ruby: Editor-in-chief » « - • « i4 ; Manager Foot Ball Team 3;: Methodist: Law. 16. Jacob Monroe Stick....................Classical, ■.....................Glenville, Pa. Entered front Glenville Academy: Sch.ufT. President (4 : Orchestra t2). 3 : Manager Glee Club 4 ; '99 Ruby Staff: Ministry. 17. Charles Austin Wai.tman, . . Classical.............................McSherrystown, Pa. Entered front Academv: Zwinglian: Captain Foot Ball Team (3): Business Manager 99 Ruby: Ministry. 18. John Mei.vii.i.E Whittock, . . Historical-Political, . . . Penllyn, Pa. Entered from North Wales Academy: Scltaff: Manager Foot Ball Team (4 : 99 Ruby Staff: Prize, Pole Vault (2 : Law. 26

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JUembcrs. Joseph Pierce Alden, .... Classical................................Philadelphia. Pa. Entered from Academy; Zwinglian, President 4; President Philadelphia Jr. V. P. S. C. E. Union; Freshman Admission Prize Scholarship; Glee and Mandolin Clubs 3 ,(4); Ministry. William Torrens Buchanan. . Classical,.............................Philadelphia, Pa. Entered from Academy: Zwinglian; Local Editor Hullftin 4); Presiding officer Freshman Declamation Contest (4); Ministry. Charles Alliber But ., .... Classical.................................Shamrock, Pa. Entered from Kutztown State Normal : Zwingliatt. President 4); Treasurer V. M. C. A. (4»; Artist, ‘‘W Ki;hv; Hull ft in Staff (3), (4 ; Ministry. Walter Earl Garrett, . . . Classical,...................................Lebanon, Pa. Entered from Lebanon High School: Zwinglian; Director Glee Club (3), 4): Honorable Mention Junior Oratorical Contest; Hullftin Staff (2). 3, 4); Rrnv Staff; Ministry. Harry Dodamkad Johnson. . Chemical-Biological, Providence Square, Pa. Entered from Academy; Zwinglian: Medicine. George Elmer Kopenhaver, . Classical......................................Malta, Pa. Entered from Academy; Schaff. President(3); Glee Club (3,4; Foot Hall Team (It, 2 .(3). '4): ' '» Kritv Staff; Assistant Editor Hullftin (4); Ministry. Harvey Grant Kopenhaver, . Classical...............................Collegeville, Pa. Entered from Academy; Schaff; Ministry. Jay Newton Kugler,....................Classical.......................Linfield, Pa. Entered front Academy: Zwinglian; Base Mali Team 2. (3). 4): Glee and Mandolin Clubs 4); Orchestra (3): Ministry. James Calvin Landis, .... Chemical Biological, . . Pennsburg, Pa. Entered front Academy; Schaff; Mandolin Club (3 . 4); Medicine. Harry Ursinus Leisse. . . . Classical.................... Orwigsburg, Pa. Entered from Academy; Schaff, President (4): Recording Secretary Y M.C. A. 3: 'W Runt Staff. Ministry. Elinor Seney Lutes....................Classical.......................Tiffin. Ohio. Entered Senior front Heidelberg University. Yinnie Olevia Mensch..................Chemical-Biological, . . Pennsburg, Pa. Entered front Perkiomett Seminary; Schaff: Second Prize Junior Oratorical Contest: ''» Rt'iiv Staff.

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l)istonj of the v£lass of ()(j HE four years of a college course may be compared to four acts of a drama, composed of serious, tragic and comic events. Four times lias the curtain risen, and the fourth act will soon join the others in the glorious realms of the past. The final chapter in the history of the Class of ’99, as far as its life under the protecting and fostering care of Ursinus is concerned, must now be written. Four years ago, when the founders of this colony reached this pleasant and inviting country, in spite of the beauty of the scenery, the imposing look of the Memorial Hall, the awe-inspiring appearance of the Senior tribe, and the paternal solicitude of the chief ruler and his attendants—in spite of all these favorable influences, there was, nevertheless, a strange feeling of unrest stirring within the breast of each adventurer, a stifled yearning for the home and all that had been left behind. It seemed hard at first to bear the name of Freshmen, for some of us had really been great before we came here. Some had made Sunday-school speeches, some had been indisputable lords of rural school districts, others had stumped their district for Cleveland, and still others were graduates. Hut the world as yet did not recognize our greatness, and all alike had to be humbled. It required the greater part of the first year to work up this heterogeneous mass into something like homogeneity. I11 those early days great stress was laid 011 marks—for every Freshman had a profound consciousness that his future usefulness depended on his marks. (We have since changed our opinions slightly on that point.) Hut we must not linger—how our colony flourished in its early days,—how valiantly it met its foes,—how it curbed the impetuosity and presumption of the colonial bands that arrived in later years,—and how, after ably exemplifying Darwin's theory concerning the survival of the fittest, it settled down to the peaceful enjoyment of those privileges which descended to it (occasionally by inheritance, most often by virtue of the laws of conquest)—all these things have already been recorded by previous scribes.