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Preface It is with great pleasure that we. the Class of 1906. present this volume of The Ruby to its patrons. A pleasure, in that after having burned the midnight oil for many weeks, we can lay aside our pens and say, It is finished. We have striven to attain to that standard of excellence set by former classes, and, at the same time, have tried to make this volume peculiarly our own production. We have endeavored to picture clearly the different phases of college life, that we may give you a book which will help you. in some measure at least, to live over again your dear old college days,” and that will foster a deeper interest in the present students and especially in your Alma Mater. We trust that no one will take offense because of anything that may appear to be roasting” in these pages, but that you will receive it. in the spirit in which it is given, simply as fun, from your college friends. To all persons who have in any way lent their aid in making the present volume what it is. we wish to express our heartfelt thanks and appreciation. Our work is ended. We send forth the 1906 Ruby with the hope that it may fulfill the mission whereunto it is sent.” Editors.
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Dean George Leslie Omwake, A.M., B.D Dean Omwake was horn July 13. 1871. near Grcencastle. Pennsylvania. Brought up in a farmer's home in the heart of the picturesque Cumberland Valley, noted alike for its agriculture and its human culture, he enjoyed the superior advantages of the well-reared American farmer boy. 11 is elementary education, secured in a common school, was lengthened out by reason of short terms and ungraded courses, over a period of ten years. At sixteen, he entered the (ireencastle High School from which he was graduated in 1890. The remainder of his secondary education, the whole of which extended over a period of eight ears. broken a: intervals by three terms of teaching in the public schools, was secured at the Shippensburg State Normal School from which he was graduated itt 1893. and at the Mercersburg Academy, where he received his di ploma with the class of 1895. The necessity of providing his own means together with the deliberation incident to a tardy crystallization of life purpose, saved the young man from hasty and superficial! preparation for college. He entered I'rsinus College with advanced standing in September. 1895. and was graduated from the Classical Group in June. 1898. lie then went to Yale, where he registered as a student in the Divinity School. While primarily a student in theology, lie also attended lectures and pursued courses in philosophy and pedagogy in the graduate scho: I of the University, hi June. 1901, he received the degree of Bachelor f Divinity from Yale, and in the same year, the degree of Master of Arts in course from I'rsinus. He was awarded several prizes while in the academy and the college, and won one of the h'ogg Scholarships in the Divinity School at Yale. Commencement honors were conferred upon him at each of the five graduation exercises which mark the successive steps in his school career. In February, 1901. while yet a student at Yale. Mr. Omwake was elected by the Board of Directors to the Faculty of I rsinus College. For two years he held a iecturership in pedagogy. In June. 1903. he was elected by the Directors to the position of Dean of the College, an office honored from the time of its inception by the senior professor in the Faculty, Doctor J. Shelly W’eitilierger. who at that time retired from active service. Subsequently bis work in the college was elevated to the rank of a department and he was appointed Professor of the 1 lis-tory and Philosophy of Education. In addition to the work of his department, during ‘.he last two years. Professor Omwake lias given courses in Phychology. Ethics, and the F.nglish Bible. I11 July. 1901. lie was licensed by the Mercersburg classis of the Reformed Church to preach the gospel, but having been called at once to tile college lie has not been ordained to the ministry. Nevertheless, he is frequently called upon for sermons and religious addresses throughout the church at large. The greater part of Professor ( bn wake’s public service, however, is in the educational 8
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