Wabash College - Wabash Yearbook (Crawfordsville, IN)

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There have been several noteworthy changes in the Faculty during the year. At the very start Hymen transposed one of the members and doubled him up in a trice. Later a long regretted vacancy in the Chair of History and Political Science was filled by the appointment of Professor Chas. A. Tuttle, of Amherst. Dr. Cunningham was at the same time appointed Col- lege Pastor and Professor of Oratory. Sunday afternoon chapel was abol- ished at the end of the Fall term and in its stead attendance was required in Center Church or some other approved place of worship. A little later still Mr. E. G. Horton was appointed Professor of Physiology and Physical Culture, and Gymnasium exercise was required of all students. This recog- nitio11 of the value of exercise, and the health which it brings, has been welcomed by all. Everybody does his work better and it is expected, too, that a marked effect will be observed on the place the College will take in athletics. - The remaining change was not of the same pleasant nature, for it involved the deposition of Professor Jim McQuowan, of the mop and duster gang, and his replacement by VVienerwurst. It was rumored tl1at jim ob- jected to the department of natural law and odor, and was heard to mutter as he left, I had rather be a toad, And live upon the vapor of a dungeon. Everything about the College seems to be much more attractive than ever before. Formerly there were some students who attended chapel in imagination only, and who even occasionally came to recitations in the same way. But tl1e new regulations as to absences, demand bodily presence from all-and get it. Some changes have been noticeable in the campus. A great sleet storm in February overthrew entirely two trees and broke a great number of branches from all the others. The whole campus was strewn with the debris for weeks afterward. It is thought that some complete scheme .for laying out the campus and beautifying its paths has been matured. At all events it was observed at the beginning of the year that no less tha11 two whole loads of gravel were distributed in three or four of the worst places. With such extrava- gance as this regularly indulged, we may reasonably hope that by theclose of the next century, rubber boots, wet feet and muddy Hoors will not be necessary adjuncts of our college life. ..!

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Ninas!-1. 0000 Founded upon the eternal rock of truth She stands, a beacon-tower amid the waves, And pours her inextinguishable rays Of light and truth out o'er the troubled deep. The storm may rage and tempests dark may lower The rnaddened billows' ineffectual surge May rise and roar and dash against her feet- She still stands firm. Above the storm-cloud's rage Above the incessant 'rurnult of the Waves, She lifts her head and far away beholds, Outlined along the horizon of Tirne, Eternity's vast shore. And hither 'tis Her guiding rays would lead the mariner, Storm-tossed and weary of the restless sea. Oh! may she ever stand thus firm and sure, A never-failing fountain-head of light! Oh! may her guiding, rays thus ever beam Out o'er the foaming, turbid Waves of life, And lead the Weary Voyager at last Into the haven of Eternityl I 7