West Virginia Wesleyan College - Murmurmontis Yearbook (Buckhannon, WV)

Text from Pages 1 - 250 of the 1917 volume:

I 1 MURMURMONTIS 1917 in . ' vnnual printed by the Junior Class of West V rginia esleyan College V.i I ri T VTJ. n VMURMURMONTIS, If MURMURMONTIS 1917 An Annual printed by the Junior Class of West Virginia Wesleyan College Vol. XIII UXSTD v MURMUrgMONTIS , J If FOREWORD This book IS offered as an ap- preciation of the past year at West Virginia Wesleyan. It is an attempt to portray the sunshine and the shadows of our college life; and if it can give you an idea or a remembrance of the spirit which we have known so well, the staff will feel repaid for their labors. tvm ' n MURMUreMQNTIS As an expression of our esteem, we The Class of Nineteen Hundred and Seventeen Dedicate this volume to Honorable Samuel V. Woods a Trustee of our College three WmsrvfM r MURMUreMQNTIS four r ' MURMUreMONTIS CONTENTS Book I The College Book II Classes Book III Organizations Book IV Activities Book V Literary five HUavTJ r MURMUreMONTIS If Sltai jjm  M — p — i j4 MureMureMQNTisT If T a special meeting of the Trustees of the College, August 12th. 1915. Rev. Wallace B. Fleming. A. M. Ph. D.. was elected to the presidency of the College. Doctor Fleming was born at Cambridge. Ohio. November 22nd. 1872- He graduated at Muskingum College. New Concord. Ohio, with the A. B. degree in 1894. In 1897 he completed a theological course at the Drew Theological Seminary, receiving the B. D. degree. Later he received the M. A. and D. D. degrees from Muskingum College. His advanced postgraduate work was done at Columbia University, from which institution he received his Ph. D. degree. He joined the Newark annual conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1897. and held successful pastorates at North Paterson. N. J.. Bayonne and Maplewood. During the seven and one half years of his pastorate at Maplewood the Church advanced to a place of great prominence in the conference and a $30,000 stone church was erected. In 1911 he was elected adjunct Professor of Hebrew and Greek, and Registrar at Drew Theological Seminary. Madison. N. J., from which position he came to take up his duties as President of Wesleyan College. Dr. Fleming is proving the ideal man for Wesleyan. He is loved by the entire student body and thru his labors he is placing Wesleyan upon firm ground in every way. The school is growing extensively under his administration. Wfe TT iS T MURMUreMONTIS ? If eighi MURMURMONTIS ' Thomas W. Haught, A. B. Dean of IVeslcyan College Professor of Natural Sciences West Virginia Conference Seminary West Virginia University Harvard University Post Graduate Taught in West Virginia Conference Seminary Keyser Preparatory School West Virginia IVeslcyan College Tommy Haught is one of the most popular and appreciated men who ever belonged to a West Virginia Wesleyan Administration. He spent some time with us in his earlier years as a student. After leaving Wesleyan he spent some years in teaching. Before returning to us he took work at West Virginia University and Harvard. As a teacher and Dean of the College he is doing a great work. He requires fairness and that is all. No Dean has ever been so well loved by the student body and in these few words the sentiment of everyone connected with Wesleyan is expressed: We cannot exist without Tommy. W togrrrf tf VYTii ■ i iJ TMURMUr MONTIS7 History of Wesleyan IN 1883 it was proposed to the members of the West Virginia Conference ml that they locate a seminary. A board of trustees was appointed and directed to receive contributions and proposals of endowment for the new school. On August 29. 1887. the trustees purchased forty-three acres of land at Buck- hannon, and proceeded with the erection of the buildings. In 1890 the school was open for the admission of students. The Rev. B. W. Hutchinson was chosen for the first president. The Ladies ' Hall was built in 1893 and in 1902 the Music Hall was finished, about the same time the Presidents residence was built. The main building was burned on February 4, 1905. The following year College Hall was completed, and a central heating plant installed. The good work of the school soon won her many friends, and in 1912-13 it was possible for two new buildings to be erected. They were the Haymond Science Hall, the gift of Mrs. Virginia Haymond of Clarksburg, and the Gymnasium. The Gymnasium is said to be the finest in the state. Wesleyan is still advancing. This year through the influence of our president. Dr. Flemmg. the rooms in the basement of the main building have been remodelled and equipped with all the modern domestic science appliances. Owning to the generosity of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Clarksburg West Virginia, much new and valuable equipment has been secured for use in the Gymnasium. It has been the policy of the college to make the work as thorough as possible, and only to give credit to those students who meet the common requirements of the best colleges and the universities. The work done here is recognized and accepted by them. ten fidXms MURMURMONTIS Board of Trustees First Election 1907 President-DR. Wallace B. Fleming. A.M. Ph.D. 1898 Rev. S. P. Crummett. D.D., Charleston. W. Va. 1895 Hon. a. M. Poundstone. Buckhannon. W. Va. 1887 Mr. J. C. Bardall. Moundsville, W. Va 1912 Mrs. A. J. Clarke. Wheeling. W. Va. 1910 Rev. H. D. Clark, D.D.. Buckhannon. W. Va. 1912 Miss Hettie List, Wheeling, W. Va. 1906 Hon. Samuel V. Woods, Phllippi, W. Va. 1914 Rev. Frank S. Townsend. A. M.. Elkins, W. Va. 1911 Hon. W. B. Mathews. Charleston. W. Va. 1912 Hon. W. Seymour Edwards. Litt.D.. Charleston. W. Va. 1904 Rev. G. D. Smith. D.D., Clarksburg. W. Va. 1900 Rev. Archibald Moore. D.D., Oakland, Md. 1900 Rev. D. L. Ash. D.D.. Williamstown, W, Va. 1908 Hon. U. G. Young, Buckhannon, W. Va. 1908 Hon. W. W. Hughes. Welch. W. Va. 1893 Hon. R. A. Reger. M.D.. Buckhannon. W. Va. 1914 Mr. R. M. Hite, Fairmont, W. Va. 1897 Hon. Geo. W. Atkinson, LL. D.. Washington, D, C, 191 1 Rev, L, E. Resseger, D.D,, Buckhannon. W. Va, 1912 Mr, N, U, Bond, Oakland. Md. 1914 Rev. Claude H. King. Terra Alta. W. Va. 1909 Rev. J. E. Bird. Charleston. W. Va. 1908 Mr. Andrew S. Thomas. Charleston. W. Va. 1908 Mr. Wilber E. Stone. Wheeling, W, Va, 1908 Mr, P, J. Berry, Sutton, W. Va. 1908 Hon. Harry H. Byer. Philippi. W. Va. 1909 Hon. Chas. W. Lynch, Clarksburg, W, Va. 1909 Mr. R. E. Thrasher. Duo. W. Va. 1910 Hon. H. Roy Waugh. Buckhannon, W, Va, 1912 Hon, Howard Williams, Charleston, W. Va, 1885 Mr, John A, Barnes, Weston. W. Va. 1890 Hon. J. S. Withers. Buckhannon. W. Va. 1906 Hon. Harvey W. Harmer. Clarksburg. W. Va. 1906 Mr. C. D. Howard, Cowen, W, Va, 1912 Mrs, Col, Sidney Hammond, Clarksburg, W. Va, 1906 Rev, S, K, Arbuthnot, D.D.. Parkersburg. W. Va. 1906 Rev. M. F. Compton. D. D.. Moundsville. W. Va. 1910 Rev. W. D. Reed, Oakland, Md. 1912 Mr. O. W. O. Hardman, Middlebourne. W. Va 1914 Rev. James W. Encle. D.D.. Huntington, W. Va Term Expires 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1915 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1916 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1917 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 1918 eleven fegigjS v MURMUreMQNTIS Faculty Rev. Wallace B. Fleming. A. M. Ph. D. Alleghany College. Columbia University. Drew Theological Seminary President Thomas W. Haught. A. B. West Virginia Conference Seminary. West Virginia University. Harvard University Dean. Prof, of Chemistry O. H. Helwig. a. M. Ohio Wesleyan University. Cornell University Professor of Latin and Greek, Richard Aspinall. A. M.. B. D. West Virginia Wesleyan. New York University. Drew Theological Seminary Chair of Bible and Philosophy Charles E. White, A. M. Indiana University, Vanderbilt University Professor of Pure and Applied Mathematics W. J. Ryland. a. M. Trinity College, Yale University Professor of History and Economics B. F. Haught. A. B.. M. A. West Virginia University, Columbia University Professor of Education. Principal of Normal School James J. Deck. A. M., Ph. D. Zurich University. Georgetown University Professor of Modern Languages Mae Neptune. A. B., M. A. Ohio Northern. Ohio Wesleyan Prof sor of English Literature Grace M. Wyman. A. M. Maine Wesleyan Seminary. Woman ' s College Dean of Women. Assistant Professor of Latin John Garlow. B. A. Carlisle College Director of Phy sical Education for Men M. M. Brooks. B. A. West Virginia Wesleyan College Principal of Academy. Professor of Mathematics E. Ray Casto. M. A. West Virginia Wesleyan College Prof, of Biology MURMUrgMONTIS Carrie E. Wolfe. A. M. Ohio State University Ass ' t Prof, of Latin and Greek. Minna L. Harding. St. Johns (N.B.) Conservatory of Music and Oratory, Greeley School of Elocution and Dra- matic Art ■ Professor of Public Speaking Hugh J. Eldridge. Oberlin Conservatory of Music. Dreschler. Budding. Kirkendall. Godowski Director of the School of Music. Professor of Pianoforte Music Rose Wittmayer. Dakota Wesleyan University, Yankton Conservatory of Music. Oberlin Conservatory of Music H Instructor in Voice and History Berenice Craig. DePauw University School of Muic. Sherwood School of Music. New England Conservatory. Vianuagda Motta in Berlin Instructor in Pianoforte and Voice Jean Laing, Colorado College. American Conservatory of Music. Pupil of Herbert Butler Instructor of Violin and Harmony Leta Snodgrass, Student of Wiles. Deilman, Volk, Henrii and Leonard Professor of Fine Arts Lou B. Eldrege, a. M. Central College, Instructor in English Abigail McGavock. A. M. Randolph Macon Woman ' s College and Columbia University Supervisor of Training School. Primary Department Gertrude M. Doblell. B. S.. A. M. DeKalb State Normal. Columbia University Teacher s College. University of Chicago Supervisor of Training School. I niermediate and Grammer Grades Mildred Butler. B. A. University of Nebraska Director of Physical Education for Women Harry Adams Stanseury. B. S. West Virginia Wesleyan College Director of Athletics Rosa Janssen. Weimer (Germany) Female Seminary Instructor in German Cecilia Alexander. Librarian Financial Officer John Aldace Brake. Secretary-Treasurer of the Colle e thirteen WJi rBVf MURMUreMONTIS William Ray Chapman. A. B.. A. M. Wheeling High, ' 12-West Virginia Wesleyan. 15. Wilham Ray Chapman is one of the greatest students ever sent from the halls of Wesleyan. Although offered several positions of dignity and responsibility he chose to return to West Vir- ginia Wesleyan again this year and receive an A.M. degree. He graduates with much distinction in both a literary and social field- Ray leads the singing of the First Methodist choir of Buckhannon and he also tours the state at times singing for revivals and recital work. lBi7 Jmf3 MURMUreMONTIS :2@= Gladys Carter Mayfield. A. B., A. M. Tyler County High, lO-Goucher College, ' 10- 12-West Virginia Wesleyan. ' 14. Gladys Carter Mayfield came to us from Goucher and took her A.B. at Wesleyan. After graduation with great honor she spent one year instructing in Weston High. This year she receives her A.M. from Wesleyan. Her work is and has always been of the very best. In the literary field she has reaped fame and distinction. In the social world Gladys is a leader of great merit. fifteen W rrBJSJ MURMUI MQNTIS sixteen ' jRix Book I The College r LS MURMUI MQNTIS % seventeen If MURMUreMONTIS Ji eighteen 3 i eignieen , . (- -- r MURMUreMQNTIS , nineteen MURMUreMONTIS twenty m L LWvfS MURMUreMONTIS n If twenly-one MURMUreMONTiSli - ify tatiUy-two r MURMUreMONTIS twenty-three ir TriW MURMUrgMQNTIS luenty-four OBTSJi r MURMUreMONTIS U n MURMUreMQNTIS If twenty-six 0XbiS S ' MURMURMONTIS - ' - -.A . .■fTii ■- 4vr- 1 twenty-seven r ' MURMUrgMONTIS twenty-eight iXBvfJi MURMUrgMONTIS twenty-nine Wiiiivf f MURMUre MONTIS , thirty 3 O u MURMUreMONTIS thirty-one W rSrTji MURMUreMONTIS Vf-v ' ; ■ .■•-■i.: thirty-two Book II Classes MURMUreMONTIS College Seniors President John Snodwen Kellison Kice President William G. Merrells Secretary-Treasurer Marie Clark Motto: Finis opus corona t Colors: Red and White Flower: Red Rose thirty-three WkrBVf MURMURMONTIS If J. Snoden Kellison. B. S. Buckeye, W. Va. Flo Lois Griffin, A. B. Belington. W. Va. thirty-four Wk rerrf: ) r MURMUreMONTIS i 7 Margaret Tate Cameron, B. S. Buckhannon, W. Va. Chas. N. Malcolm. A. B. Mannington, W. Va. tkirly-fivf ' WiiXWvf 1 5 MURMURMONTIS Myrtle Lloyd Boylen, A. B. Buckhannon, W. Va. C. Herman Grose, A. B. Buckhannon, W Va thirty-six krwvf f r MURMURMONTIS t Lillian Perry Mayfidle, A. B. Buckhannon, W. Va. William Singleton, B. S. Mannington, W. Va. Ihirfy-seven Wixms: . VMURMURMONTIS Gatewood Preston Cameron. B. S. Buckhannon. W. Va. Arthur O. Harvey. A. B Deer Park. Md. Ihirty-eiglU iTSVfJ VI MURMURMONTIS, Beulah Pauline Lovett, B. S. Bellington. W. Va. William Gladstone Merrells, B.S. Buckhannon, W. Va. thirty-nine WtoaT ft MURMUreMONTIS;- ; ! t Mayme Cowell Casto, B. S. Buckhannon. W. Va. Pearlie Cecil McQuain, A. B. Crawford, W. Va. forty uiTsvfjm r %MURMUr MONTIS ' • ift Hazel Marie Clark, A. B. Harrisville, W. Va. Chilton Bobbitt, B. Ped. Cowen, W. Va. forty-one W to ' sry j r O VMURMURMONTISi Gladys Fitzwater, A. B. Buckhannon, W. Va. Walter R Grose. A. B. Buchkannon. W. Va. forty-two MURMUrgMQNTrSj ' ji Louise Spies, B. S. Buckhannon. W. Va Flavils Fay Smith. B. S. Fairmont, W, Va. forly-lhree • mxmsjm ' MURMUreMONTIS ' i Mazie Powers, A. B. Moundsville, W. Va. EuLALiA Opal Sine, B. S. Buckhannon, W. Va. forfy-four ti XoVf jmfs) V1 Qi ' VvMlirgMUrgMONTIS? LouLA Jordan. B. S. Buckhannon, W. Va. Georgh Hammer. A. li. Weston. W. Va. forty-five [ iJigg-r JigW MURMUreMONTIS Peter James Murdock, A. B. Mt. Lake Park, Md. Anna Reger. A. B. Buckhannon, W. Va. forly-six WiiTsVf -9 « Mijn?iviijr?TvioMTi«= ■ V y y .| ) MURMURMONTIS, Ji;jb ; J Senior Class History HE Senior class entered Wesleyan the Fall of 1912. with a membership of twenty-two. During our four years stay in our beloved college there have been many changes in the personnel of our class. Seven of our original members, by adding credits during the .Summer schools, were enabled to graduate with the class of 1913. while on the other hand our ranks have been recruited from other classes and from graduates of other schools, so that we now have a membership of twenty-six. It might be interesting to note that our class is the second College class that has maintained a complete organization throughout its College Career. The President of the class in its Freshman year was Walter C. Phillips: Sophomore year. Ralph C. Brown: Junior year. W. C. Bobbitt: and this year. John Snowden Kellison. Every organization of the school that has helped to make Wesleyan famous finds stalwart, enthusiastic, and efficient members in our class. We have furnished two inter-collegiate debaters. Bobbitt on the team of 1913. and Smith on the teams of 1912 and 1913. and two inter-club debaters. McQuain. representing the Webster Club during the Winter term, and Bobbitt. representing the Wesleyan club in the Spring term of 1916. We have furnished the Oratorical Association with two presidents. Smith for the year of 1913-14. and Bobbitt for the year of 1914-13. and also with two secretaries. Smith for the year of 1912-13. and McQuain for the year of 1914-1 3. In religious work our class has not been wanting, since Hammer has served as president of the Homiletic Association in 1913-16, and McQuain as president of the Y. M. C. A. in 1915-16. while Smith for three years has been leader of the song service of the Association and Students ' Meetings. The majority of our class are active Christian workers. One of the greatest achievements ever accomplished by a Wesleyan student will remain as a monument to Murdock ' s untiring efforts which resulted in placing chairs in the gallery of the College Auditorium. Members of our class have certainly done their share in putting Wesleyan on the Athletic map. Kellison has the unique distinction of being the only West Virginian who was ever suggested by Walter Camp for a position on an All-Ameri- can Football team. He was Football captain in 1913. Singleton was basket ball captain in 1913. and is conceded to be one of the best all-round athletes in the state. Merrills and Bobbitt have both done creditable work in athletics, the former taking active part in Football. Baseball and Basket Ball, and the latter having won his letter as a gridiron performer in 1913. Miss Clark is a star per- former on the girl ' s basket ball team, and the same is true of Miss Spies. Our achievements in literary work are well up to the standard Misses Mayfield. Fitzwater. Jordon. Boylen. and Lovett are short story writers and essayists of ability, while Misses Mayfield. Reger. and Fitzwater. as well as Miss Powers, excel as readers. Malcolm is noted as a Historian, and Kellison is con- tributor to many periodicals both within and beyond the boundaries of our state. To the Murmurmontis we have contributed an Editor-in-Chief. Bobbitt in 1914- I 3. and two Business Managers. .Smith in 1913-14. and Kellison in 1914-13. In music at least two of our class have distinguished themselves. Miss Clark, and Mr. Smith as vocal soloists, and Mr. Smith also as a Band Director. Miss Clark. Harvey, and Smith have been members of the Glee Clubs. Harvey and Smith have both been honored with the presidency of the Ex- celsior Literary Society, and Bobbitt has been similarly honored by the Chresto mathean Society. Both Bobbitt and Smith have served as presidents of the forly-seven r VMURMUreMONTIS -;; Wesleyan Debating Club, and Smith was one of its founders and thereby one of the originators of the Debating Club idea in our College. Both Harvey and Mc- Quain were charter members of the Webster Debating Club and have served it as presidents. The Misses Cameron are brilliant students in Chemistry and Mathematics. W. R. Grose is the affable and popular superintendent of schools of the City of Buckhannon. Hermon Grose and Misses Fitzwater, Griffin, Jordon and others have taught, most of them in High Schools. While we feel that we have accomplished something we realize that our geat task is yet to be performed, and we undertake our work with strong hearts in the full confidence that we shall do a worthy part in life and shall help to reflect honor upon our Alma Mater. %MURMUreMQNTISiii J uniors William Samuel Jacobs President C. Ney Smith Kicc President Nell Flynn Secretary Doff D. Daniel Treasurer Class Colors: Black and White Class Motto: Non Summa sed Ascendens Class Flower: Sweet peas. Yell: Rah! Rah! Reel Reen! 19 17 Yea! CV- ■.-. $i MURMURMONTIS7 i Anna Spies Buckhannon. West Va. ' Annie ' William Samuel Jacobs Buckhannon. West Va. -Bill Nothing is above, nothing is below her notice. Buckhannon High School. ' 14; Chrest- omathean Literarv Society; Murmurmontis Staff; Y. W. C. A. Of all the people that Buckhannon High has given us we are glad to have Annie. We believe that if we look the world over we would never find such a womanly person. She always goes about the halls with a quiet dignity that speaks wonderfully well for her. She is the only German member of the class and is. of course, a brillant German student of Prof. Beck. This man was once caught studying. Clarksburg High; Mercersburg; Kiskimi- netas: Vice President Athletic Association ' 14; President Junior Class I 5- ' 16; Captain Basket Ball 16; Business Manager ' 17 Mur- murmontis; President Shakespearean Club 16; Varsity Football 13- ' 14- ' 13: Varsity Basket Ball ' 14- ' 1 5- 16; Vice President Chrestomathean Literarv Society Spring ' 16; Wesleyan Debating Club: Y. M. C. A. Bill is our president and one of whom we are more than proud. He has time, be- sides attending to all his work in College or- ganizations, to be a student and after one hears him explain life from a philosophical view, as he believes it. we know he thinks much and seriously. In speaking and talk- ing-well, you could find no better for he be- longs to the senior oratory class. His speech is a necessity at every Thuse. He is known to all the students by his ap- pearances in chapel telling about the Mur- murmontis. and the splendid way in which he has been Business Manager of this book shows us that he will alwpys be a success at this kmd of work. fifty Wtosrrrfl S r VMURMUrgMQNTIS . Brosie Orvilla Sine Buckhannon. West Va. Brosie Serious, studious, and sweet. Secretary Sophomore Class. 1 4- ' 15; Vice President. Excelsior Literary Society, Winter, 16: Vice President. Y. W. C. A. ' I5- ' I6: Pharos Staff. ' 13- ' 14- 15; Secretary Athletic Association, I5- ' I6: Murmurmontis Staff. 17; Piano, Wesleyan, ' 15. Brosie has distinguished herself in many ways since her colleg-e career began. She is is one of the best workers in the class, always ready and willing to take up any task she may be called upon to perform. Whether it be in literary society. Y. W. C. A., class work or elsewhere, she is always ready to give a helping hand; no matter how much work she has on hand, she is ready to help someone else. Brosie is a musician of no little skill, having finished the course in Piano offered here, in 1915. She teaches in the Buckhannon High School and coaches the Girl ' s Basket Ball team. Her ability as a coach is demonstrated by the fact that she turned out one of the best High School girls teams in the State. Brosie is very attractive and F opular. and has created no little sen- sation in many a young man s heart. Raymond Worth Shumaker Buckhannon, West Va. Big Shu A good heart and a level head. Wesleyan Academy. I3; Editor-in-Chief. 17 Murmurmontis; President Athletic As- sociation. I 3- ' I 4- ' I 5- 16; President Chres- tomathean Literary Society. Spring 13; President Wesleyan Debating ' Club. Fall ' 15 Vice President Y. M. C. A.. I5; Varsity Football. Basket Ball, and Track. 1. 2. 3; Business Manager, Pharos. ' 15; Inter-Col- legiate Debate. ' I 3- 1 4- ' 15; Winner Peace Oration Contest. ' 15; Wesleyan Student Field Agent. Vacation. 15; Shakespearean Club; Inter-Club Debate. Fall Term, [5. Inter-Society Contest. Spring. ' 16. Big Shu is the man of the Class of ' 17 who is the most worthy of tribute. He comes from Buckhannon and is living up to the standard of the home boys as students and men of prominence. The list of ac- tivities noted above will show his powers as a student, athlete, and true representative of Wesleyan. The tribute, whatever it may be. from the college, students, or the Class of ' 1 7 will not be as just a tribute as he de- serves. He has been a mainstaay in wbtever organization or activity that he has taken part in during his college career. We expect greater things from Big Shu in whatever endeavor in life of which he becomes a part. in the future. We wish him the best of F MURMUreMONTIS ; If Doff D. Daniels Marshes, West Va. Dog A modest blush he wears. Beckley Institute; Concord Normal 1 3; Baseball ' 14. 15; Captain-elect Baseball ' 16; Basket Ball I4. ' 16; Captain Reserves Bas ket Ball ' 14; Y. M. C. A; Assistant Business Manager. Murmurmontis; Treasurer. Junior Class -IS- ' 16. Dog came to us blushing and he will most likely wear the same blush when he leaves us after graduation. Blushing usually portrays innocence, but Dog is not the in- nocent, backward fellow you would expect him to be. He can hold his place with any one on the basket ball floor, the baseball field. or with the ladies. We do not know whether he will ever succeed as a doctor of med ' cine. becc use lately, his tendencies have oeen pointing very strongly in the direction of becoming a manufacturer or a Miller. Th ' ? milling business is becoming very good ?nd our advice is for Dog to stick to the s -gar country, the ever- gladas. Nell Flynn Kingwood . West Va. Nell A hght heart Hves long. Randolph Macon Woman ' s College. 13; Excelsior Literary Society; V. W. C. A.. Girls ' Basket Ball Team. 15; Rooting Club; ecrstary Junior Class. 16. This care-free and whole-hearted girl is just the kind th?t makes herself agreeable to everyone. t hus we all are interested in her and espfci lly. one. namely Pet She live J on F ourth Floor of the L.adies ' Hall, and this is encu ' h for us to know that she enjoys fun and having great times with Miss Wymi n. fifiy-hvo r MURMUreMQNTIS ' i 4 ? i m 1 H - 1 m wL i L ' ii k 1 |rS 1 1 m H Nt T. i J IT 1 1 Bi . L P B fw . 1 L Chas. K. Allen Wilkinsburg, Pa. -Hank Don ' t call me for breakfast, boys, the day is too long. Wilkinsburg High. ' 12; Ejccelsior Literary Society: Y. M. C. A; Varsity Football ' 13. ■ 14. ' 15; Varsity Baseball ' 14. 15; Manager Class Basket Ball 16; Glee Club t 3. ' 1 4. ' 1 5 ; Vice-Pres. Glee Club ' 15; Assistant to Editor- in-Chief. Murmurmontis. 17. Bachelors Club. ■ 15- ' 16: H-R Bunch. Hank came to us from Pennsylvania. When he first joined our class, we realized that he was a man of great ability. Besides being a good student, he has made an en- viable record in athletics. He has quite a little musical talent and may be heard almost any hour of the night, with the bunch, sere- nading the girls at the Hall. In fact. Hank s ability seems to be almost un- limited, for no matter what he may be asked to do. he is always on the job. willing and smiling. He is very popular among the fair sex, although he is one of the most prom- inent members of the Bachelors Club. Without him the H-R ' s would often be at a loss as to how to proceed when attempting to pull off a stunt, ' for ' Hank ' is the mainstay of that organization. J. Claude Law Jane Lew. West Va. ' ' Red A lion among ladies. Wesleyan Academy. ' 12; Men s Glee Club; Excelsior Literary Society: Normal. 1 5; Class Basket Ball Team. Throughout his stay at Wesleyan Red has always been known as having an ex- tremely great interest in the co-eds but indeed he does not confine his time to just this. Truly he should be called a man of am- bition for he is a teacher in the Buckhannon Public Schools and during Basket Ball Season, coached some of the High School class teams. Besides all these things he does his college work well. Then, we are proud of this Junior class member because he is a singer, and es- peciall ' known in the College Mens Quartet. fifty-three % X9V7: S jMURMUreMONTIS If a Paul W. Workman Fairmont, West Va. Paur A bundle of nerves and energy. Wheeling High. ' 12; Cheer Leader I 3- 14- 15; Track Team. 14; President. Excelsior Literary Society. Fall ' 15; Business Manager. Pharos ' 1 5- I 6; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. I 5- ' 16; Inter-Collegiate Debate. ' 15; Inter-Club Contest Debate Winter. ' 16; Inter-Society Contest. Spring. 16; Second Prize. Fergus Oration Contest. ' I 5. After Paul came to us in the fall of 13. from Wheeling High, he showed us what good work a cheer leader can do. Thru his untiring efforts our athletic teams were given the best cheering that had been known for some years before and every Wesleyan stu- dent should remember and not be m different to this fact. However Paul ' s best work is done in the debating Club. In all Debates he shows us his ability both by his material and the way he orates. No one knows yet what life-work he has chosen, but from the way he did the work of a surgeon in the Ger- man Hospital scene of the Junior Class stunt. we might think that he would make a success of this work. Nevertheless we do know he is very happy when he can have his own Will (mot). C. Ney Smith Blaine. West Va. Smithy By his works ye shall know him. Keyser High School: President. Chresto- mathean Literary Society. Fall ' 15; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; Cheer Leader ' I 3- ' 16; Literary Editor. Murmurmontis. ' 17; Inter -Collegiate Debate. 13; Inter-Club Debate. 16; Man- ager of Debate ' I 3- ' 16. The Junior Class is honored by having the cheer-leader of ' 1 3- 1 6 as a member, and altho Smithy has never been interested in hol- ding a position on any athletic team, still he is a great Athletic enthusiast and judging from his chapel debate, he is one of Wesleyan Debating Club ' s best members. It is said that he makes an A to Prof. Haught in chemistry and that his term re- cords show nothing less than A. We under- stand he has two ways of reciting to the profs ' -one by knowing the stuff and the other by talking so fast that it is quite un- intelligible. He is able to convince them by both methods. We owe many thanks to Smithy for the way he has worked in pre- paring the literary part of this book. fifty-four ' uffKSUM-]iW ftMunwNniiN ws 1..0 ' . {irc y-i-XMSV- ' nLA- xTMURMUrgMONTIS h SWSi; « ■i .— tf w - . ' - ' ' — %if ' • ' • ' = Flo Bailey Buckhannon, West Va. ' ' Flo ' As merry as the day is long. Literary Editor. Pharos I5- ' I6; President Sophomore Class. Fall Term 15; Y. W. C. A. Flo is a valuable and faithful member of the chapel choir. In every class she is a good student and it is said that she answers more questions inTrigonometry than all theothers. For a sunny and kind disposition, no better could be found for only once this year has she been angry and that was the time when she and Prof. Casto were having a little argu- ment . As to what she will be, we can only surmise but now she is the class sufferegette. Isaac Post Buckhannon. West Va. He is too wise to be all good. Wesleyan Academy ' 13; Oratory ' 13; Wesleyan debating Club; Cheer Leader. ' 14- ' 15; Chrestomathean Literary Society. Ike is one of the boys from Buckhannon who has distinguished himself as a student, espjecially as a literary student. He has covered himself with glory many times by winning prize contests in oratory and by reading. He has shown his oratorical powers many times by stirring the f ep and en- thusiasm in the students, urging them to help their teams by cheering and yelling, during their hard fought battles. We are expecting great things from Ike in latter life. As a statesman, he will sway many audiences by his eloquence in appeals to go back to the soil ' and develop the resources of our coun- try, especially, the orange growmg districts of the sunny South. Ike will have to cater to the women more than hedoesat pres- ent, in order to get the sufferage vote of the country, if he ever wishes to be recog- nized as a leader in the United States Senate, to which he is aspiring. MURMURMONTIS r If Walden Hathaway Buckhannon, West Va I hurry not, neither do I worry. Shepherdstown Normal; Wesleyan Com- mercial, ' 13: Ejtcelsior Literary Society; Secretary. Wesleyan Debating Club. Spring I6; Recording Secretary. Y. M. C. A. ' 16- ' 17; Lecture Course Committee, ' I 5- ' 16. Hath IS one of our easy-going, good natured young men who may be seen any time wearing a smile on his countenance and a contented look as he slowly drifts along the walks of the campus. He always fights clear of the girls, not that the girls may win his heart, but he does not like to hurry. Hath does not make a proclamation to announce his arrival or presence anywhere. ' ou can always find him. willing to work when there is any work to be done. He is one of the best workers in the class, always ready with a willing hand to help any one or with any- thing. He acts as if this were his motto:- Many willing hands make light work. ' We are looking forward to the time when we hear of this slow easy-going fellow in the Engineering work of the country, solving some of the great problems of the Cival En- gineers. Perry Robinson Buckhannon. West Va. ' ' Roby He ' s quiet but he dehvers the goods. Wesleyan Academy ' 08; Murmurmontis Staff. ' 08; Debate. Special Literary Program ' 08; Excelsior Literary Society: Y. M. C. A.. Volunteer Band. Perry has preached several years, and now returns to complete his work. After graduating in the Academy ' 08 Roby left Wesleyan and traveled through the western states, but he was unable to find a place which pleased him in any way as much as his old West Virginia school. After being away for several years he entered Wes- leyan again in the fall of ' 15. There are only a very few other students who have the same honor as he. and that is he is a married man. fiffy-aix TJiTSVLmls f MURMUreMQNTISTV If Ralph Hall Buckhannon. West Va. Hall Studious of ease and fond of humble things Buckhannon High School. ' 13; Chresto- mathean Literary Society; Murmurmontis Staff. Hall is one of the best me.i of all the Class Baske Ball Teams and he does play good ball too. Altho very quiet and unassuming as he goes about his work still we know that he is doing real college work. He is very serious-looking at ail times and the only lime he does smile is in French class. As yet. he has never thought of being a friend to any one of the fair sex. Ward E. Gamble New Martinsville. West Va. ' Ward ' ' The world knows nothing of its greatest men. Excelsior Literary Society ; Webster De- batmg Club: Y. M. C. A.. Marshall College ■12. Ward IS a Latin scholar of no mean ability and this is the way we came to form his ac- quaintance. A man of higher standard could not be found anywhere and we expect great things of him. We seldom hear him speak when in the Halls or on the Campus, but it IS when the profs question him that we find he is a person having a great store of knowledge. fifty-seven WJl Tsrvf ' iv«u ' i«v Mrrf sutf JMUfawMi ' y. - aJ .L v jMURMUI MQNTIs7 Xi ' W. Guy Morrison Beckley. West Va. ' ' Guy ' A student ( ) and athlete. Athletic Director. ' II, ' 12. 13 . ' 14; Foot- ball 13. ' 14. ' 15; Basket Ball and Track 13. 14, ' 15; Captain Basket Ball ' 13; Captain- elect Track ■ 16; AH State End. Football, for Three Years; First Man to Win Four W s in One Year; Shakespearean Club; Wesleyan Debating Club; Excelsior Literary Societv: Y. M. C. A. Guy came to us fom Beckley. W. Va., long years ago, a very green, unsophisticated youth who had always fought shy of the girls. But, within a short time, along with the educa- tional effects of the college, came a new and sensational disease, the girls, which attacked Guy. The giris are Guy ' s greatest failing. He has never been known to have a failing in athletics or college work. But. Oh! those girls. The sailor, with a girl in every town, has not a thing on Guy. because he has a girl in every W. Va. town and a few towns out- side the state. Guy seems to have a literary trend of mind and thought, being a very good reader and orator, but we wish he were a writer, not poet, to give to suffering humanity the secret of his success with the girls. Carl V. Miler New Martinsville. West Va. Bessie A lover of the ladies three, or five. Magnolia High School 11; Captain-elect, Football 16; Varsity Football and Baseball ■ 13- ' 14- ' 15; Track Team ' 14- ' 15; Y.M.C.A. Bessie is an honest to goodness man who hails from New Martinsville. He is one of the exceptional fellows who is a student and an athlete. Bessie has scored many points in Track. Baseball, and Football for old Wesleyan since he entered college . He is little but can run. He has out-run nearly a dozen Indians a number of times. He will bear watchmg in ' the future, for he puts all he has into anything he starts to do. Bessie is very popular with the ladies. There is one he favors more than the rest, but it is evident that he may become entangled in the McCoy-Hatfield as a result o ' this and we wish to give warning to him. i: ; fifty-eight MURMUI MQNTIS Vivian Ligget Buckhannon. West Va. Loaded with conscientious thorough- ness. Buckhannon High School: Y. W. C. A. Every morning we see Vivian come to the Library with as many books as would be possible for her to carry and we know that she spends her evenmgs doing ' ' reference work — being one of a very few who keeps note books up-to-date. This makes her a favorite with the professors. Luther Flynn Arbovals, West Va. Blondy gentle beast of good con A very cience. Shepherd College Normal. 13; Chresto- mathean Literary Society; Vice President. Y. M. C. A. l - ' ie; Treasurer. ' 6- ' 7: Vice President, Webster Debating Club. Fall ' 15; Secretary. Volunteer Band. 13-16: Blondy sfjends part of his time teaching, for it seems as if he absorbs erudition so rapidly that every few days he goes as a substitute teacher to the local public schools to impart a share of his ample store of knowl- edge to the pupils there, and comes back to us for still deeper study, for to say that he is profound is putting it mildly. When Blondy finally leaves Wesleyan and migrates back to the wilds of Pocahontas County, the namesake of Capt. John Smiths rescuer, he will do wonders among the natives of that isolated and benighted land. Judging from his active work in the Volunteer Band, we surmise that he will not remain there many years, but will find his life-work in a foreign country as a teacher. fifty-nine r MURMUreMONTIS If W. D. Judy Ci rcleville. West Va. Denny Men of few words are the best of . M. C. A.; Excelsior Literary Society; Chaplain Ejccelsior. Spring, ' 12; Wesleyan Normal 15; Treasurer. Senior Norma! Class. 14-1 5; Elocution ■13. Denny is one of our nearly-weds. at least we think so. We do know that he is an earnest and deep student and judging from the kind of work that he has been doing at Wesley- an. he surely will win a wide reputation as a pedagogue. He already has acquired the habit of dignity and of saying something worth while when he speaks. William O. H.nkle Buckhannon. West Va. Prof A man of many jobs. V. Pres. Junior Normal Class ' 1 3 and Pres. ' 14. Chaplain Ejtcelsior Lit. Society Spring Term ' I 3 ; Treas. Oratorical Association ' 14-15; Pres. 15-16; Chairman Mission Study ' 15-16; Member of the Deabting Team 1914; Wmner of the State W.C.T.U. Essay Prize 1915. Prof. is another of our students who is happily wedded. We know already that he intends to do pedagogical work after he has completed his college work, and a happy choice he has made for he is a man of pro- found wisdom and learning. He is so earnest and enthusiastic about his work that he has now begun teaching in the local public school and the reports are that he is doing splendid work. sixty MURMURMONTIS t Gordon Grover Jones Buckhannon. West Va. Preacher A serious student. West Kentucky Seminary and Teachers ' Training School; Methodist Protestant School of Theology. West Minister. Md.; Y. M. C. A. ■ ' Brother Jones has the largest family of any student in Wesleyan. His home is in Buckhannon at the present but as he i s a preacher, he is compelled to move rather often. Jones is quite an English student and often takes up much time with his long philosophical discussions of the questions that come up in the daily class work. This. of course, delights the other students because while he is talking, other questions are pre- vented being asked by the instructor. He has a thirst for knowledge and a great passion for doing religious work so we feel sure that he will have quite an mfluence for good when he gets out into the world. Harvey A. Sheets Buckhannon, West Va. Sheds Built for endurance and not for speed. Glenville Normal; Salem College; Salem Normal Course. ' 12; Webster Debating Club; Track Team 1 5. Sheets has made good in his varied career and we hope for some great things froTi him in the future. He is the biggest man in the Class of ' I 7 and we expect him to be a bigger man in the affairs of the educational world in the near future. Sheets came to us from Salem College with a reputation as one of the best ' weight men in the State. He has been holding the weight job on our Track Team for two years and will hold it until graduation is our prediction. He has made good as the principal of a school before coming to us, and his tendencies are pointing in that direction after finishing his college course. This year. Harvey made good in another line of endeavor, loce. and took unto himself a Frau. for better or for worse. We extend our heartiest congratulations and best wishes to him to make good in that form of endeavor as he has done in all his undertakings, heretofore. sixty-one ii X Vf KHUfuatA stmamHaoik AJL? jyi5LtlkU lQNXIs ffiL I: Irma Workman Fairmont. West Va. Irma ' A disposition to make every corner cosy. Editor Pharos. IS 16; President Y. W. C. A. ' I 5- 1 6; Secretary Freshman Class, ' 13 ' 14; Girls Basket Ball Team. 14; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. ' 1 4- ' 1 5; Elxcelsior Literary; Mur- murmontis Staff; Winner Second Prize Ison E say Contest. ' 15; Inter-Society Contest. ■16. Irma is one of the most active class mem- bers we have and never could we find a busier girl. As soon as she came to Wesleyan in the fall of ' 13. she found an interest in all college organizations. Her ability as a leader has been shown by the wonderful work she did as President of the V ' oung Womens ' Christian Association, for she was able to bring this organization up to a higher stand- ard than it had ever had before. Those who attended the Jubilee Meetings of the 50th anniversary of the Association know how willingly she gave her efforts to this work. She IS an all-round student and an honor to all Wesleyan. Her one short-coming is eating sandwiches just before the lights- out bell. Harry V. Looney Spencer. West Va. Looney It is not good that man should be alone. Basket Ball. ' 14; President Men ' s Glee Club. ' 14- !5: President Sophomore Class. ■|4- ' 15; Baseball. ' 15; Treasurer Men ' s Glee Club, ' 13- ' 14: Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ' I5- ' I6: Keeper of Archives. Athletic Association. 1 6; Murmurmontis Staff 16; Business Manager of the Glee Club ■15- ' 16: Y. M. C. A. Lecture Course Committee. 1 3- ' 1 6; Chrestomathean. Harry is from Spencer. W. Va., the county- seat of Roane, where the State Insane Asylum IS located. Now. just because his name is Looney. that does not signify feeble-minded- ness or insanity but the opposite. Looney is one of our promising young men who should soar to great heights in political power and eminence as champion of the Labor Unions and the Workingman ' s rights. He is rather socialistic in his theories of the rights of the Workman, in that, they should share equally the fruits of capital. We have sufficient evidence of Looney ' s steadfastness and loyalty in the behalf of the Workman to identify his tendencies and thoughts as centered in this cause. In the near future, the predictions are that Looney will link himself with the movement to improve the environment of the Work- man. The best wishes of the Class of 17 is with him because the Workman rules and always will. sixty-! tvo •nxMOMii aBvaaKB ' MURMU I? MONTIS - Our Class, the Class of 17, enrolled with distinction. This dis- tinction lay in enrolling the largest class which had matriculated at Wesleyan up to its entrace. We are compelled to share this position with the classes that preceded us and with two classes which followed us. Our minds were unprejudiced and open. In our Sophomore year, however, we took up very strongly with a Baptist Doctrine, the remission of sin thru the application of water. The Freshmen were the sinners. We are an entertaining bunch and we undertook to entertain ourselves at the Gym. The Freshmen wished to aid us but, in their mistaken zeal, only succeeded in removing some of the light we already had. We invited them to the feast and they came, each with a Sophomore on either side of him. It was after the spread that certain of them received the benefit of Clergy at the pool. This year we have been making Wesleyan Athletics possible, supplying a large porportion of the men for each team. We have also studied Field Hospital Methods of the German Army, improving upon the treatment in such a manner that the patients are all cut up over it, giving stump-speeches in its behalf. In their condition they can be expected to do no more, because, after the amputations, even their breath was too short. nxty-three ■ ' V MURMUreMONTIS : r I Alas! Alas! 1 love a lass; A lass 1 love, said he; But alas! alas! this lass I love The lass, she scorneth me. The lass, at last she came to love. To love at last came she. But alas! the lad another had When at last she spake her yea. C.N.S. ' I7. sixty-foiir IMiii vf i MURMURMONTIS , Officers Sophomore Class President Harry Vance Vice-President W. Foss Curtis Secretary Edna Howard Treasurer Charles Leonard Colors: Dark Red and Black. Flower: Red Rose. sixly-fice • mmi ' Jf MURMUreMONTIS Sophomores W. F. Curtis. -Curt. Bonackville. W. Va Chresto, Y. M. C. A., Athletic Teams. Nell Geyer. Sorrel Top Buckahannon. W. V. Y. W. C. A., Chresto. Girls ' Basket ball Team. B. H. Barnes. Specs. Renick, W. Va. Excelsior. Y. M. C. A. WiLMA Burnside, Pump Handle Buckhannon, W. Va. B.H.S. ' 13, Normal ' 14. sixty-six 0XmS § r VMURMURMONTIS Charles Leonard. Bud. Salem. W. Va. Y. M. C. A. .Class Treasurer. Nellie Parks. Brown Eyes. Spencer. W. Va. Y. W. C. A.. Chresto. Academy. ' 14. H. Y. Clark. Hum . Hemlock, W. Va. Pauline Bolton, Spit irc. Spencer, W. Va. Y. W. C. A., Chresto. sixty-seven Wkrarrz: j UMURMUreMONTIS C. G. Blake, Cecil, Lewisburg. W. Va. Y. M. C. A.. Varsity Athletics. Virginia Stewart, Brownie. Mannington, W. Va. Y. W. C. A. Thomas Zumbrunnen, Zum. Moundsville, W. Va. Y. M. C. A.. Webster Debat. Club. Homiletic Ass ' n. Edna Howard, Fats, Cowen, W. Va. Y. W. C. A., Excelsior, Class Sec ' y- b taixly-eiyht TardStf g MUreMUreMONTIS ' If H. W. Vance. Fats. French Creek. W. Va. Chresto. Varsity Football. Wesleyan Debat. Club. Ethel Harris. Doc, Elkins, W. Va. Y. W. C. A.. Chresto. Normal. ' 16. C. K. Wagner, Wag. Everett. Pa. Y. M. C. A., Varsity Athletics, Football and Baseball. Alyce Meredith. Pete. Spencer, W. Va. Y. W. C. A.. Chresto. sixty-nine Xrm ff ' MURMURMONTIS i John Hupp, Prof. Hundred. W. Va. Webster. Chresto. Y. M. C. A. Ethel Campbell. Jane. Buckhannon. W. Va. Y. W. C. A., Chresto. Creed Simon, Runt. Buckhannon. W. Va. Chresto. Webster Debating Club. Y. M. C. A. Katehrine Bodlev, K. B. . Moundsville. W. Va. Y. W. C. A.. Chresto, Normal ' 16. seventy Wkjwvf j MURMUreMONTIS S! Maynard Linger, Capt.. Webster Debat. Club, Chresto, Y. M. C. A. Edith Falkensteine, Hank. Terra Alta, W. Va. Y. W. C. A.. Music ' 16. Girls ' Glee Club. John Post. Johnnie, Buckhannon. W. Va. Soph Oratory, Y. M. C. A. Margaret Parks, Blue Eyes. Spencer, W. Va. Y. W. C. A., Chresto, Academy ' 14. seveniy-one -fe ' MURMUreMONTIS If Blaine Engle, Socrates. Buckhannon, W. Va. Webster, Chresto. Y. M. C. A ' Mabel Cunningham, Mab. Pickens. W. Va. Y. W. C. A.. Academy, ' H. D. B. Rogers, ■■Bull. Y. M. C. A., Homiletic Ass ' n, Webster Debate Club. seventy-two MlT Vf ! MURMUreMONTIS 2g@= Clippings H. W. Vance. B. S. M. D. Physician and Surgeon Sago. West Va. Make your app ointments. Time limited. Office Hours: 6: A. M. to 12:00 P. M. 12:30 P. M. to 6:00 p. M. Both Phones 6:30 P. M. to 10:00 P. M. MILLINERY Spring opening Friday and Saturday, March 10th and Nth. 1925. A display of spring styles that cannot be beat. Miss Pauline Bolton Spencer. W. Va. Miss Kathryn Bodley has accepted a position as Prof, of French in Bethany College. At a recent meeting of the Board of Trus- tees of West Virginia Wesleyan College, the following vacancies were filled: Miss Nell Geyer was chosen to succeed Miss Grace Wyman as Dean of Women. Miss Bessie Rowley, a former student of Susanna Cocroft was selected to succeed Miss Mildred Butler as directress of physical education for women. West Virginia School Journal. PATRONIZE the POST GARAGE The newst and most up-to-date garage in the state Repairs at reasonable rates — Gasoline 20c SPEEDY SERVICE Corner Kanawha and Victoria Sts. John Post. Mgr. Buckhannon. W. Va. GET YOUR PORTRAITS Painted at Parks Studio! All work guaranteed Instruction given in oil. water color, china. pastel, crayon, charcoal, and cartooning $100 per lesson Nelle Parks. Manager Margaret Parks, Artist 27 Kanawha St.. Charleston. W. Va. ! ! ! SEE ME If you have junk to sell. I have opened an office in the Hicks Building and will be there every day to buy all kinds of junk — Brass Zinc Copper Rope Rags Rubber Paper Scrap Iron 1 will pay the thing. highest cash price for every Maynard Linger Webster Springs. W. Va. New Soda Fountain Ice Cream, Sodas. Pink Lemonade. Peanuts. Popcorn C. G. Blake. Prop. White Sulphur Springs. West Virgina SOCIAL PROBLEMS OF TODAY by Virginia Stewart — Browning. Net price $1.25 Houghton Miffln Company Boston-New York-Chicago Attorney Blaine Engle of W. Va. has been appointed by President D. B. Rogers to succeed the late Judge Brandies as associate Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court. — Washington News. EASY STEPS TO LATIN AND GREEK Taught in 20 Lessons Miss Wilma Burnside Station Island. New York Citv Rev. T. M. Zumbrunnen. a circuit rider of the Ronceverte District, has held several successful revivals on his charge. eveniy-ihree f r ' v TMURMUreMONTIS Rev. B. H. Barnes returned last week to his post in China. Pittsburg Advocate. The World Work recently pubHshed an article written by Gen. Leonard C. Steele concerning his successful defense of the Texas border along the Rio Grande. Miss Alice Meredith of this city has taken charge of the Industrial Home for Girls at Salem. West Va. Spencer Times-Record. Miss Ethel Harris, a student of Greeley, has acepted the position as teacher of Ex- pression in Davis-Elkins College. Elkins Inter-Mountain. Jennings Meade King. America ' s Famous Tenor Singer, has returned from abroad after three years ' study under Caruso. — New York Sun. COMING SOON!!! Ethel Campbell, former Speaker of the House of Kansas. She is advocating More Rights for Women. Town Hall. Dallas. Tex. Advocate. The Redpath Bureau has been fortunate in securing Humboldt Yokum Clark to imjjersonate Uriah Heep in David CopF er- Held. President Rogers has sent as Consul to Constantinople. Hon. Creed Simons of Horner. West Virginia. Frank Brooks, a graduate of the Agricul- tural Department of Wesleyan College, who went to South America a few years ago. is now visiting his mother. He is a thriving farmer in the Argentina Republic. Buckhannon Delta. Leonard ' s Premium ' Canned .Salmon The best on the market. Charles C. Leonard. Portland. Oregon. Miss Mabel Cunningham entertained in honor of her friend Miss Edith Falkenstein America ' s greatest pianist, last evening. The affair was swell. —Toledo Blade. Miss Edna Howard has accepted a position as organizer of eight-weeks clubs in Ohio and W. Va. under the supervision of the Y. W. C. A. Association Monthly. Editor of Grafton Sentinel I hereby announce myself as a candidate for Prosecuting Attorney of Taylor County. J. C. Hupp. Karl Jerome Wagner who was recently apfX)inted to take charge of the U. S. Geologi- cal survey of the Antarctic Continent is reported to be doing excellent work. Mrs. Wagner is with him. — Washington Post. CURTIS ' SOAP Best for your skin in cold weather. 5c per cake Special offer— Send 4c in stamps and I will send you. postpaid, a generous trial cake of Curtis ' unscented soap. W. Foss Curtis Co., Dept. 3 Michigan Bldg. Chicago. seventy-four %QiXwvf MURMUrgMONTIS Fresh resnmen Colors: Green and White Molto: Vouloir C ' est Pouvol ' - F ' ower: White Rose OFFICERS President French Smith Vice President Russell C. Burnside Secretary Fae McClellan Treasurer SiMON Carpenter Historian Virginia E. Arbuthnot seventy-five itrwvf f r ' V MUrgMUrgMONTIS If Ada George Phillippi, W. Va. Philippi H. S. • 1 3. Y. W. C. A., Senior Normal F. N. Smith Wesleyan Academy 13. Class President, Excelsior, Y. M. C. A. Henrietta Spies Buckhannon, W.Va Buckhannon H. S. ' 15; Girls ' Varsity Basket Ball Harry L. Chambers Cameron, W. Va. Cameron H. S. ' 15; Y. M. C. A.; Excelsior; W7bster Debating Club. Lillian Ruth Treiber. Buckhannon. W. Va. Buckhannon H. S. 14. Marteney Trusler Buckhannon, W. Va. Buckhannon H. S. ' 15; Y. M. C. A. T MURMUr MONTIS JC, Dolly Hudkins Buckhannon. W. Va. Buckhannon H. S. 15: Junior Normal: Girls Varsity Basket Ball. John Russell Aikens Hundred, W. Va. Wesleyan Academy, 15. MsR.jORiE Cunningham Clarksburg, W. Va. West Milford H. S. ■|5; Y. W. C. A.: Chres- tomathean. C. W. Smith Weston. W. Va. Pres. Academy Class 13; Chrestomathean: Varsity Football 15. Jessie Hartman Elkins, W. Va. Elkins.H. S. ' 14: Y. W. C. A. Chrestoma- thean; Senior Normal. C, D. Springer Flemington, W. Va. Flemington H. S. ' 15; Y. M. C. A.; Reserve Football Team ' 13. Senior Normal. seventy-seven MURNlureMQNTIS H. W. Swisher Buckhannon, W. Va. Leswisburg Academy 13; Chrestomathean. Reta Pearle Shumaker Buckhannon. W. Va. Buckhannon High S. ' 15: Chrestomathean. C. B. McWhorter Weston. W. Va. Chrestomathean: Y. M. C. A.; Reserve Foot Ball Team 15. Maye Craig St. Mary ' s. W. Va. St. Mary ' s H. S. ' 15: Y.W.C.A. Excelsior; Senior Normal. Charles Marstellar Buckhannon, W. Va. Broaddus Institute 15; Chrestomathean; Y. M. C. A. Clyde Bailey Buckhannon. W. Va. Buckhannon H S. •13;Y. W. .C. A. sevenly-eig hi MURMUrgMONTIsT Mattie Matheny Terra Alta W. Va Terra Alta H. S. ' 15; Y. W. C. A,; Chreto- mathean; Senior Normal. Floyd Resseger Buckhannon, W. Va. Wesleyan Academv ' 15; Basket Ball ' 14, ' 13, •|6; Football ' 14, ' I 3,; Y. M. C. A. -ARA Berry Sutton, W. Va. Sutton H. S. ' 13; Y.W.C. A. ; Chrestomathean Senior Normal. Doyle Boggs Buckhannon. W. Va. Dessie Bright Heaters, W. Va, Sutton H, S. • I 5 ; Y. W. C. A. ; Senior Normal, M. A. Workman Citie, W. Va. Wesleyan Academy ' 15; Excelsior; Pres. Wesleyan Debating Club; Winter Term ' 16. Pres. Homiletic Association 14, 13. Inter- Collegiate Debate, ' 13, ' 14. ' 13. seveniy-nine -i is- :te MURMURMONTIS - , John H. Bolton Spencer, W. Va. Sistersville H. S. 15: represented S. H. S. in Wheeling-Parkersburg-Sisterville Debate 15; Chrestomathean. Y. M. C. A. V ' Florence Jones Thomas H. S. Thomas. W. Va. 14; Y.W.C.A. Senior Normal. Russell C. Burnside Good Hope. W. Va. West Milford H. S. ' 15; Reserve Foot Ball Team; Y. M. C. A. Leone Rohrbough Belington, W. Va. Belington H. S. ' 15: Y.W.C.A. Chrestoma- thean; Senior Normal. John D. Downes Buckhannon, W. Va. Wesleyan Academy 15; College Band. Fae McClellan Smithfield. W. Va. Wesleyan Academy 15; Local Editor of Pharos: Y. W. C. A.; Secretary of Freshman Class. eight ij ,r- MURMURMONTIS i f J Tf J. W. Garrett Flemington, W. Va. Flemington H. S. 15; Chrestomathean; Y. M. C. A.; Reserve Foot Ball Team; Sen- ior Normal. Virginia Arbuthnot Parkersburg, W.Va. Parkersburg H. S. ' 15; Y. W. C. A.; Chresto- mathean. Bethanne Carter Wheeling. W. Va. Wheeling H. S. ' 13; Y. W. C. A. ; Chrestoma- thean. Jas. W. Talkington Buckhannon, W. Va. Leni Harper Flatwoods. W. Va. Sutton H. S. ' I 5: Y. W. C. A.; Senior Normal Paris Shay . Tunnelton. W. Va. Tunnelton H. S. 15; Webster Debating Club; Senior Normal. eighty-one - MURMUreMONTIS ? (T Va n Vesta Bonar Cameron. W. Va. Cameron H. S. ' 13; Y. W. C. A.: Excelsior; Senior Normal. Newman H. Dyer . Webster Springs, W. Va. Webster Springs H. S. ' 13; Class Oration Commencement 13: Pres. Senior Normal Class. Berta Lynch West Milford, W. Va. West Milford H. S. ' 13; Y. W. C. A. Chresto- mathean. Ernest L. Beck Bellaire. Ohio Bellaire H. S. ' 13; Varsity Football and Bas- ketball; Y. M. C. A. Wesleyan Debating Club. Beryl Gibson Pisgah, W. Va. Chrestomathean; Girls Varsity Basketball Team. Y. W. C. A. Ernest M. Pritchard St. Mary ' s, W. Va Wheeling H. S. ' 13; Chrestomathean; Y.M C.A. eight y-( WO wmBvm . VMURMUreMQNTIS Beulah Wheaton Burning Springs. W. Va. Wesleyan Academy ' 1 5, Y. W. C. A. : Chres- tomathean: Senior Normal. Shirley Burgess Wayne. W. Va. Y. W. C. A.; Excelsior: Rooting Club. Harold Fallon . . Buckhannon, W. Va Buckhannon H. S. ' 15; Reserve Football Team. Mary Kellar Hundred. W. Va. Wesleyan Academy 15. Simon W. Carpenter. , Buckhannon. W. Va. Wesleyan Academy 15: Men ' s Glee Club; Y. M. C. A.; Chrestomathean: Treas. Fall Term: Class Treasurer. Nelle Tremley Terra Alta. W. Va. Terra Alta H. S. ' 15: Y. W. C. A.: Chresto- mathean: Senior Normal. ,1111 11 FfcS ; lU eighty-three wosirfw 1 w MURMURMONTIS Carl B. Frum Bridgeport, W. Va. Shinnston H. S. ' 1 5; Y. M. C. A. Ruth Mary Webb Shinnston, W. Va. Shinnston H. S. ' 14; Y. W. C. A.; Excelsior. Paul P. Holden Buckhannon. W. Va. Buckhannon H. S. 13; Chrestomathean; Webster Debating Club. Mabel Taylor Pennsboro. W. Va. Pennsboro H. S. ' 15; Y. W. C. A.; Excelsior. Edwin M. Phillips New Freeport. Pa. iii i.iSi eighty-four ixwvfjism MURMUreMONTIS The History of the Class of 19. HE real beginning of the Freshmen Class is unknown. Author- ities differ on this point, but the circumstances which brought it about most probably took place in the year 1914-15. The exact nature of the circumstances themselves cannot be authentically stated. However one September day of th year 1915 there was an annual excitement in many homes throughout our beloved state. The cause of this excitement was the thirst for knowledge that the offsprmg in these homes had acquired during the four fruitful years in high school. The boys and girls were to start their college career and as many other wise students they selected West Virginia Wesleyan College for the starting place. Having landed safely in Buckhannon the dreadful task of enrolhng was before the collegians-to-be, many found it quite different than what they had gone through with in hgih school. But realizing that — faint heart never won an education they soon were enrolled and proceeded to pursue knowledge with vengeance. Finally after several attempts these studious people were organized into the College Freshman Class. (With much interest the officers were elected, the results of the election were — French Smith, rpesident; Russell Burnside, vice president; Fae McClellan, secretary; Simon Caprenter. treasurer; Virginia Arbuthnot, Historian. Since the organization of the class is the most important thing that has been done and history is still in the making the class of 19 will be heard of again not only as a whole but thorough each individual. No member of this class could do otherwise than make his class and school famous. eighty-five SParrf t MURMUrgMONTIS 7 eighty-six wirBVfy : r ip gTMURMUreMQNTISr l i Normal S ormai oeniors CLASS OFFICERS President Newman H. Dyer Vice President Jessie Hartman Treasurer Joy Washburn Secretary . . ■ Mae Craig Colors: White and Yellow Flower: Daisy Motto: Docindo diserimus eighly-seven LXWCfjm T r MURMURMONTIS iMM t Hon. H. Roy Waugh eighty-eighl g Srrgrrri Yl T jt MURMURMONTIS i ri j j j Hon. H. Roy Waugh HE Senior Normal Class of nineteen hundred and sixteen feel honored to have as their patron Hon. H. Roy Waugh. He is an educator and politician of state-wide reputation. The people who know him best are still more deeply at- tached to him because of his great interest in church work. Me is Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday School at the present time. Mr. Waugh was born January 4, 1879 near Kanawha Head, Upshur County, W. Va., receiving his initial education in the schools of the same county. In 1901 he graduated from West Virginia Wesleyan and from the law course of the State University in 1904. He has held several of the most important positions in the State Government and is now one of the most prominent attorneys in Buckhannon and the State of West Virginia. ' Wtosrrf ff ' r MURMUreMONTIS X ' Senior Normals Newman H. Dyer Webster Springs, W. Va. President of Senior Normal Class. Ada George Philippi, W. Va. Formerly a student of Broaddus Institute. Philippi. W. Va. Leone Rohrbough Belington. W. Va. Young Women ' s Christian Association. Cleytice Cannon Harrisville, W. Va. oung Women ' s Christian Association. Jessie Hartman Elkins. W. Va. Vice President Class; Chrestomathean Liter- ary Society; ' V. C. W. A. Beatrice DeVaney Thomas. W. Va. Chrestomathean Literary Society; Y.W.C A. ninety S!T MURMUreMONTIS u Sarah Berry Sutton, W. Va Excelsior Literary Society; Y. W. C. A. Carlton B. McWhorter Weston. W. Va. Chrszto Literary Society; Reserve Football Team; Y.M.C.A.: W. V. W. C. Band. Joy Washburn Clarksburg. W. Va Clarksburg High ' H, Y. W. C. A.; Class Treasurer. Shirley Burgess Wayne. W. Va. Y.W.C.A. ; Excelsior Literary Society; Root- ing Club Vesta Bonar Cameron. W. Va. Secretary Excelsior Literary Society, Winter Term ' 16; Y. W. C. A. Lessie Nuzum- Salem. W. Young Women ' s Christian Association. Va r MURMUreMONTIS Louise Van Camp New Martinsville, W. Va. Girls ' Varsity Basketball Team; Y.W.C.A. Cabinet: Magnolia High, ' 13. Ethel Harris Elkins, W. Va. Chrestomathean Literary Society; Y.W.C.A. Florence Jones Thomas, W. Va. Chrestomathean Literary Society; Y.W.C.A. Nelle Trembley Terra Alta, W. Va. Chrestomathean Literary Society; Y.W.V.A. Leni Harper Flatwoods, W. Va. Y. W. C. A. Lota Ford Konon, W. Va. Chrestomathean Literary Society,; Y.W.C.A. mndy-two If IMz rsrrf MURMUreMONTIS If Dessie Bright Heaters. W. Va. Young Women ' s Christian Association Beulah Wheaton Burning Springs, W. Va. Y. W. C. A.; Rooting Club. Mae Craig St. Mary ' s. W. Va Excelsior Literary Society; Y. W.C. A. Mattie Matheney Terra Alta. W. Va. Chrestomathean Literary Society: Y.W.C.A. Veda Brake Harrisville, W. Va. Young Women ' s Christian Association. Paris Shay Tunnelton, W. Va. Excelsior Literary Society; Webster Debat- ing Club; Y.M.C.A.; W. W. W. V. Band. ninety-three ■ MUrgMUreMQNTIS ' f? 0 Senior Normal Class Prophecy lONDERFUL isn ' t it said the President. Almost incon- ceivable replied the Dean, thirty years ago today, you as President and 1 as Dean of Wesleyan College witnessed the graduation of that class. There was nothing to say unusual nor particularly striking about the class. It had the usual number of old maids, handsome but apparently too old to marry, young girls too giddy to marry, and young men with flunking records unexcelled. But 1 never dreamed of what this class was destined to accomplish. Do you realize the fact that every member of that class, old maids and all, has married and married well; that the boys who were then known as ffunkers are now among the most successful business men of the state? Teaching, said the president, is a great profession and you must remember that every member of that class engaged in that profession for a number of years after grad- uation, with marked success. Yes, it is almost inconceivable, to think of any one class furnishing a president and a dean, our successors at Wesleyan, and at least a half dozen of the most learned and success- ful teachers on the faculty of that great University, yet that is what It has done. In the business and professional world that one class, the Waugh Class of 1916, has made Wesleyan famous. I regret Dean that we were so soon replaced in our positions by members of that class, but as honest men we must admit that we never could have accomplished for the school what these men have accomplished. Yes and Woman Suffrage in West Virginia, said the Dean, was won mainly by the efforts of the women who were members of that class. And just think of it more than a dozen of these women have been elected to high official positions and have many times been honored by the voters of the state with positions of trust, and in every instance have made good. Truly, it was a great class. (Ex- tract from the conversation of Ex-President Fleming and Dean Haught formerly of Wesleyan College, at the meeting of the State Educational Association, held at Burning Springs, West Virginia, on June 1 6 and 17, 1946.) ninehj-four %Qirwvf i MURMUreMONTIS; 4ii : n Normal Juniors Laco Greathouse Mount Clare. W. Va. Dolly Hudkins Buckhannaon, W. Va. Clyde Bailey Buckhannon, W. Va. Bethanne Carter Elm Grove, W. Va. Virginia Arbuthnot Parkersburg, W. Va. Cecil Springer Flemington, W. Va. ninety-five 0XmSi r MURMUreMQNTIS If Earl W. Oclebay Mr. Oglebay is a well known iron and steel magnate of Wheeling, W. Va. and is widely and favorably known among business men of the state. He is a member of the State Board of Regents and has much credit due him for his aid in extending the work of the Experiment Station at the State University. Mr. Oglebay has contributed a great deal to the agricultural advancement of the state in many ways. East of Wheeling he maintains the Waddington Farms, where experiments in agriculture and stock raising have been conducted for several years without personal profit. In addition to supervising the experimentation farm. Mr. Oglebay has brought about the establishment of an agricultural department in connection with Bethany College. The Panama-Pacific Exposition committee lately unani- mously designated Mr. Oglebay as the most useful citizen in West Virginia. ;Jl ninety-six =B 3ij9Ttj£tf MURMUreMQNTIS; v q Earl W. Oglebay Class SENIOR ACADEMIC Harvey Claude Goff President Lestie May Reeder Vice President Harry Slawter Treasurer Helen Carrico Secretary Laco Greathouse Historian Addison C. Gould Poet Motto: Nihil sine labore. Colors: Blue and White. nitwty-seveti MURMUrgMQNTIS If Seniors Academy Harvey Claude Goff Goffs. W. Va. Harrisville Normal, ' 10 ' 11, ' 12; attended W V. U. summer school, ' 13; district supervisor, 13, ' 14; former member State Board of Exam- iners; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; President Webster Debating Club. Fall Term, ' 15; Vice President Chrestomathean Society, Winter Term, ' 16; Assistant Business Manager of Pharos. Claude is quite popular and a great literary student. The study of Spencer is his long suite. Alice Marjorie Burgess Wayne, W, Va. Marjo is act ive in Christian work, and is a friend to every one. She greets all with a smile and always returns good for evil. Chairman of the Missionary Committee of the Y. W. C. A.; Volunteer Band. Girls ' Glee Club. Excelsior Literary Society. Laco Greathouse Mt. Clare, W. Va. Taught school four years; attended Fairmont Normal one year; first base for the Juniors; Chrestomathean Literary Society; Y.M. C. A. Webster Debating Club. Carrie Allyne Fleisher .Remick. W. Va. Carrie comes to us from Greenbrier Co.. and illustrates our State Motto very well. Her life should be devoted to woman suffrage, for inde- pendence is one of her chief characteristics. Y. W. C. A. ; Chrestomathean Literary Society. James Leslie Harvey Buckhannon, W. Va. Chretomathean Literary Society; Wesleyan Debating Club; Exchange Editor of Pharos Staff; Varsity Football. ' 15; Class baseball catcher. Jas. Leslie used to teach the young idea to shoot but gave up his profession to come to Wesleyan and graduate with the 16 class. Helen Carrico Rowlesburg. W. Va. A happy friendly girl who is always loyal to Wesleyan. She used to be very industrious and desired a Workman for an associate, but now that she is becoming Young she is content to rest and say. Law. Pete, I ' ll Swan, Excelsior Literary Society; Y. W. C. A. Girl ' s Glee Club. ninety-eight kmrr: r MURMUI MONTIS L Victor Hugo Hardman Jane Lew. W. Va. He is one of the brilliant students of our class and we predict a great future for him. A star in Biology. Y. M. C. A.. Excelsior Literary Society, Class Basketball Team. Harry Slawter Bridgeport. W. Va. Fairmont Normal spring term. 09, ' 11.10. and taught four years in the public schools. Not so dangerous as name would mdicate. but very quiet and unassuming. Chrestomathean Literary Society, Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. Class treasurer. LuciLE Pearson Billings .Parsons. W. Va. A student of piano, violin, vocal, and elocution. Music can nobler hints impart. Engender fury, kindle love; And combined with eloquence can move. And manage all the men with secret art. Chairman Musical Committee of Y. W. C. A. George H Zinn Huttonsville, W. Va. Zinn is always there if there is anything doin ' . and enthusiastic over athletics. He was one of Glenville ' s track winners in 13. and won the half mile for Wesleyan in 14. He was also on the winnmg relay team. J. W. Beeghley Weston. W. Va. Jesse has kept himself out of Weston long enough to graduate and we predict a great future for him in any line of work which he may follow. Excelsior Literary Society; Y. M. C. A. Class Basketball Team. Lota Ford . . . . .Kasson. W. Va. Lota is one of that pleasant type of girls who is interested in all the good things in school. At- tended Broaddus Institute last year, but came to Wesleyan to join a banner class Chrestomathean Literary Society. ninety-nine W n-sTfjE MURMURMONTIS James H. Heavener Clarksburg, W. Va. Jim is the Thorpe of the class. Despite the fact that he has no Faith this year, he still engages in athletics, being a Varsity man in football, basketball, baseball and track. Gregory R. Beddow Weston. W. Va. An attractive young man, very fond of the girls and a great favorit e of Prof. Casto ' s. He sings in the chapel choir and can make a noise on almost any kind of an instrument from a French harp to a bass drum. He is a member of the College Band. Ada May Spencer, , , Rennicks Valley, W. Va. Ada is a consistent worker in all of the Chris- tian organizations and a careful student. Her work in the organizations shows that she is inter- ested in Wesleyan. Excelsior Literary Society: Y. W. C. A. Volunteer Band. Clyde W. McCamon. (Pete) Charleston W. Va Has been a student at the Sistersville and Char- leston High Schools, and the State Preparatory School, at Boulder. Colorado. Pete is always jolly, and his hobby is riding Caesar. Member of Y.M.C.A. Arnett L. Kidd Buckhannon, W. Va. Arnett always greets you with a kiddish Hello ' which takes well with the girls. He never misses an opportunity to take a walk with two or more of them, which shows that he is no more a kid. His hobby is physics. Lulu Florence Hall Wallace. W. Va. A very jolly and industrious young lady, but her desire for the Hammer ' seems to have waned since last year. Y. W. C. A., Pianist Excelsior Literary Society fall term, 13. one hundred m XdVfj . sr MURMURMONTIS S. Reid Moore Edray. W. Va. Formerly a student of Marshall College and Dunmore Business College: Excelsior Literary Society; Reserve Football Team 14; Track Team 15. Paul Fleming Buckhannon, W. Va. Paul comes to us from Pennington Seminary. Finding that he would belong to such a class as the one of ' 1 6, he immediately came to Wesleyan. Chrestomathean Literary Society. Lestie Mae Reeder Buckhannon, W. Va. This quiet young lady is always busy, but never too busy to greet her classmates with a bright sunny smile. She is so good that the Faculty permits her to room out in town. Y. W. C. A., Chrestomathean Literary Society. Pharos Stafl. Claude F. Browning Logan. W. Va. Claude is the senior class ambassador to the Ladies ' Hall. We hope that Ma will not put him on the Dumba list, because a suitable person to fill his place could not well be found. Ada Virginia Allman Buckhannon, W. Va. Ada first opened her eyes at Lorentz. and from this point of vantage she watched the various classes that graduated from Wesleyan until she saw one so great that she decided to join it. Jay Rohrbauch Buckhannon, W. Va. Jay is always to help in organization work, especially if there are any girls in the organization. Excelsior LiterarySociety ; Y. M C. A. one hundred one ■■.■ Wiiims - MURMUrgMONTIS E. J. Johnson Buckhannon, W. Va. Daddy Johnson early became the victim of Cupid and now enjoys the distinction as being the only married person in the class. He will some day. no doubt, rival Billy Sunday in his evangelistic powers. Excelsior Literary Society; Y. M. C. A. Secretary of Homiletic Association. Lessie Marie Nuzum Bristol. W. Va. Less is active in all forms of school life. She is a brilliant young lady and we are glad to have her in our class. Her cheer has made her quite popular among all. Clarence C. Durst Amboy. W. Va. Prominent in all kinds of religious work, and a good reader. Y. M. C. A., Homiletic Association; Volunteer Band; Reserve Football Team. Sadie M. Rexrode Montery, Va. She is one of the great Christian workers in our school and has spent several years in Africa as a missionary. She is enthusiastic about her work for the Master, and plans to return to the foreign field soon. She has had work at God ' s Bible School and Missionary Training Home. Y. W. C. A., Volunteer Band. Excelsior Literary Society. Addison C Gould Weston. W. Va. Better known as Lefty and destined to be one of the greatest of Wesleyan ' s girdiron warriors Junior baseball pitcher; Captain Class basketball team; Chrestomathean Literary Society; Y. M. C.A. oHC hundred fuo I D TfjS ' MURMU MONT S If Class History O write a history that would do justice to the class, which in many respects is the greatest class that ever graduated from the Academic Department of West Virginia Wesleyan College, would require too much time and space, therefore we make this a brief history. As an organization, the class had its beginning in the fall of 1914, when a few young ladies and gentlemen met and organized the Junior Class of that year. This class has shown great vim and foresight in all of its activities and as a result secured the most Useful Citizen of West Virginia, as its class sponsor, Mr. Earl W. Oglebay of Wheeling. Mr. Oglebay is a member of the State Board of Regents and is known all over the state as an iron and steel magnate. He has subscribed liberally to funds to carry on the teaching of Agriculture at Bethany College and the State Uni- versity, and has for a number of years, maintained the Waddington Farms near Wheeling where experiments in scientific agriculture and stock raising are carried on without personal pirofit. The West Virginia Panama-Pecific Exposition Committee unanimously designated him as the Useful Citizen of West Viriginia. ' The class demnostrated a marked degree of ability and good judgment when it succeded in substituting a series of baseball games for the regular class fight and showing its superiority over the Senior Class in baseball. The class arranged a post office and handled all kinds of mail (also male) and parcels post packages at the County Fair held in the gymnasium November I, 1915, and was awarded the prize for taking in the largest amount of money of any of the college or academic classes. This accomplishment awakened pride in every member of the class and is suggestive of the ability of the class to do the thing it sets out to do. This class is made up of young men and women who will occupy important positions. We entertain the brightest hopes for their future success, and trust that each one may continue the good work begun here, and prove to be a blessing to himself and those with whom he may come in contact. Class Historian. one hundred three i j; MURMURMONTIS? g If Class Prophecy Buckhannon. W. Va., March 15. 1936. N overwhelming crowd attended the dedication of the new Wesleyan Agri- cultural Hall yesterday. This large new building was donated to Wesleyan University by Gov, Claude Goff . President of the ' 1 6 Class. Gov. Goff was inspired in agricultural activities by Hon. Earl W. Oglebay. sponsor of the Famous ' 16 Class. The members of the class came from all parts of the world to attend this dedication and were honored by being seated in a group upon the platform in the Large Lecture Room during the dedicatory services. President Wallace B. Fleming made the opening address, in which, he introduced the Academic Class of 1916 in the following manner to the five thousand univers ty students and the many visitors who were present: H. Claude Goff. Governor of West Virginia. Clarence C. Durst. Missionary Bishop in Northern India. Lulu Florence Hall. Governor of New York, Laco B. Greathouse. America ' s greatest scientist. Helen Carrico, U. S. Senator second Senatorial District, Victor Hugo Hardman. Inventor of the Perpetual Motion Machine. Lestie May Reeder. President of Reeder College for Girls. James H. Heavener. America ' s greatest Athletic Coach. Lucile Pearson Billings, World ' s greatest Violinst, Harry Slawter. President of Harvard University. Addison C. Gould. High-point man at the Last Olympic Meet.. George H. Zinn. President of the B. O. R. R., Alice Marjorie Burgess. World ' s Greatest Missionary, Claude E. Browning, the leading poet of America. Jay Rohrbaugh. Professor of History. W. V. U.. Arnett L. Kidd, Professor of German. New York University. Sadie Rexroad, Missionary to Africa. E. J. Johnson. Prof, of Philosophy, Drew Theological Seminary. Paul Fleming. Professor fo English W. V. W. U.. Ada Allman. Suffragist Leader in England. Samuel Ried Moore. Well-known Steel Magnate. Clyde McCamon. a student at Oxford. Lota Ford. Multi-millionaire Automobile manufacturer. Lessie Nuzum. Prof. Domestic Science. Weseayn University. Jesse W. Beeghley. West Virginia ' s Greatest Scientific Farmer. Ada Spencer. President of International S. S. Association. Gregory R. Beddow. Generalisimo of the U. S. Army, Carrie A. Fleischer, President of the American Equal Suffrage Association. After the introduction by Pres. Fleming. Gov. Goff delivered an address on West Virginia Today, in which he spoke of Wesleyan University and its import- ance to the state as an educational institution. At eight P. M. Hon. Earl W. Oglebay gave a banquet in honor of the members of the Sixteen Class, at the Wonderland Hotel. one hundred four W ixms MureMureMQNTis ; S t Academatic Juniors President . . Leslie V. Roberts Vice President IciE Hope Clark Treasurer Homer l . Deem Secretary May Carrico Historian Chauncey A. Bailey Motto: In omnia paratus Colors: Maroon and Black Flower: Deep Red Rose one h u ndred five QlTsvfJ VMURMUI MQNTIS one hundred .s .r -ijiBVf MURMURMONTIS 1 Academic Juniors Virginia Lee Maxwell, Buckhannon. W. Va. I Should Worry and get Wrinkles IciE Hope Clark. Hemlock. W Va. One Sweetly Solemn Thought Hillora R. Lewis. Buckhannon. W. Va. I ' ve But One Idea About The Girls. And That ' s To Love ' em Leslie Vandyke Roberts. Elizabeth. W. Va. My Mind To Me An Empire Is Waldo A. Six. Hundred. W. Va. Mammy ' s Li ' l Sugar Plum Glenn W. Butcher. Buckhannon, W. Va. If You Talk In our Sleep Don ' t Mention My Name Rl ' th Bland Grimes. Sprinkle Me With Kisses Beecher Dunn. Beckley, W. Va. Pullman Porters On Parade William Dunn, Beckley, W. Va. I ' m Looking for a Shady Tree Birchie E. Talkington, Folsom. W. Va. All Dressed Up And No Place To Go Bonnie Farnsworth, Troy, W. Va. ' I Love To Have The Boys Around Bryan P. Lantz, Jacksonville, W. Va. He ' s A Devil In His Own Home Town Athanesius Boyades, Banaenethryzst. Greece This Is No Place For A Minister ' s Son Chalsncey a. Bailey. Thornton. W. Va. I ' d Rather Be Kissed Neath The Mistletoe Bough Than Spoon Under Any Old Tree Homer L. Deem. Slate. W. Va. Good Bye Girls. I ' m Thru Lawson Forman Ward. Volga. W. Va. Every Day Is Ladies Day Alva Mower, Horton, W. Va To Have, To Hold, To Love Jo Creasy. Hermiston. Oregon She Used To Be Slowest Girl In Town May Carrico. Rowlesburg. W, Va, If This Rose Told You All She Knew Neva M. Giffin, Rowlesburg, W, Va. For Everybody That ' s Lonely, There ' s a Girl That ' s Lonely Too ' Leland F. Str der, Crawford, W. Va. I Wonder Who ' s Kissing Her Now one hiftidred seven IfUi TBVfJ W ' n i MURMUreMONTIS - S History of Junior Academic Class OME people are physically full but mentally empty; at least we find this so with the Academic Freshmen and Seniors. But the Juniors are both physically and mentally full, so you can expect great things of them. Since the organization of our class, early in the year, we have had our way to fight, our troubles to overcome, and great obstacles to surmount. We have bravely withstood the overbearing and haughty Seniors, have far surpassed the uprising Sophomores, and condescendingly humored and tolerated those abominable Freshmen. While we have not made as brilliant a record as some other classes, we are not discouraged. We have among us those whose minds are as great or greater than any found in Wesleyan today, and in whom determination is firmly seated. We have not received much outside help, neither do we need it, nor do we expect it, from either the haughty Senior or the humble Freshman. For as someone has said, If we would be well served we should serve ourselves. This we have done and if the Junior class is not as brilliant as it should have been, we at least have the satisfaction of knowing that we have done our best. Our Junior boys and girls are especially noticeable in every line of College activity, in athletics, in literary work and in spoonology. The tall, broad shouldered, deep chested boys formed a basket ball team early in the year, which, in our estimation will sweep every class team before like chaff before the wind. Anyone of these boys can rise up before his Junior sisters in the literary societies and speak with the language of a Demosthenes, thus proclaiming his future greatness. The winter term of our school is well on its way and as we look back over the past we see that our time has not been idly spent. We have worked together, stood side by side helping each other, and have always been ready to extend a helping hand to an outsider. We have dug our way through the rough and rugged fields of Greek and Latin conjugations, which are such an eyesore to the Freshman, who IS ever ready to stretch his neck and rubber into the upper regions in which he has no concern. But now as spring will soon be here and we shall see the leaves burst forth and hear the joyous songs of the birds among them, we can safely and thankfully say, Well done ye good and faithful Juniors, ye have done well over a few things, therefore, in the coming year ye shall be ruler over many things. ' — Class Historian one hundred eight WtogrfjS r H vMURMUreMONflsTl S!T Senior Elocution Pearl Corbin Mount Clare one hundred nine % Lrwv7jm sr r MURMUreMONTIS Junior Elocution Bonnie Farnsworth Margaret Anderson one hundred ten njmrwvfym ' : MURMUrgMONTIS, ' jjlQh Senior Oratory William Samuel Jacobs Buckhannon. W. Va. Raymond Worth Shumaker Buckhannon. W. Va. one hundred eleven UBirJ W; V MURMUrgMONTIS i i 55!? one hundred twe LlW3J y(5lX r H ' UMURMUreMONTIS Sophomore Oratory Blaine Engle Harry Vance Chas. Malcolm Luther Flynn John Hupp Ethel Harris Thomas Zumbrunnen HuMBOLT Clark Katherine Bodley Ethel Campbell Flo Bailey Paul Holden Walden Hathaway Cora Maxwell Ward Gamble John Post Asa Lewis Maynard Linger John Kellison Foss Curtis William Singleton Perry Robinson Beryl Barnes one hundred thirteen MURMUrgMONTIS I J -kmrk -y l . U!f Unclassified m USIC Don Grover Neva Giffin Claude Goff Mary Kellar Henrietta Spies Margaret Anderson Virginia Lee Maxwell LuciLE Billings Alva Mower one huvdred fourteen Humbolt Clark Margaret Parks Harry V. Looney Lillian Trieber Edna Howard Beryl Gibson Paul Fleming Virginia Arbuthnot lOSSil r MURMUreMONTIS !S!T Art Students Mabel Morgan Mannington, W. Va. Eva Spencer Lewisburg, W. Va. Maude Morgan Mannington, W. Va. one hundred fifteen W IST JW MURMUreMONTIS ; ; If one hundred sixteen Book III Organizations MURMUreMONTIS. Murmurmontis Staff CLASS OF 1917 West Virginia Wesleyan College Edilor-in-chieJ R. Worth Shumaker Assistant Editor-in-chief Charles K. Allen Business Manager William S. Jacobs Assistant Business Manager D. Doff Daniel Literary Editor C. Ney Smith Assistant Literary Editor Paul W. Workman Calendar . Irma Workman, D. Doff Daniel Joke Department Brosie O. Sine, Nelle Flynn, Harry V. Looney Kodak Department W. GuY Morrison, Claude Law committees Carl V. Miller Walden Hathaway Ralph Hall Perry Robinson WiLLi. M Judy Isaac H. Post Ward Gamble Vivian Liggett Flo Bailey Anna Spies Luther Flynn Harvey W. Sheets Grover G. Jones Wm. O. Hinkle one hundred seventeen UiJLLBVf 1 r MURMUr MQNTIS 07te hundred fighteen I ' ?V MURMUr MQNTIS one hundred nineteen MURMURMONTIS zj jj one hundred twenty If WS JBVf F MURMUrgMQNTIS The Young Men ' s Christian Association T has now been sixteen years since the Young Men ' s Christian Associa- tion was organized at Wesleyan, and during all of that sixteen years, it, with the Sister Association, the Young Woman ' s Christian Association has been the great factor that has made Wesleyan different from other Colleges, there is the place that class distinction has been broken down and kept down, there is the place that brotherhood reigns, this is the great leaven in the great lump of humanity at Wesleyan. The work of the Y. M. C. A. has been carried on in the same e. cient manner this year as in years past and we will not take time to mention all the things we are doing, but only the more important things as we see them. All the depart- ments of the association have been in a good healthy condition. The Y. M. C. A. Lecture C ourse has had a good year under the manage- ment of Thomas Zumbrennen. and the course has been a good one. The Smith Spring Holmes Company; The Weber Male Quartet; John B. Ratto; Bartolotta. the Italian Tenor and Orchestra; Dr. S, Parkes Cadman; The Edward Clarke Concert Co.: and Dr. E. O. Ott, were the attractions on the Course. This year ' s course was a succe.ss and with a special number some of the debt from last year has been made up. The Special Evangelistic Meetings under the leadership of Dr. W. Wofford T. Duncan, pastor of the James M. E. Church, Brooklyn, N. Y., were held Feb- ruary 7th to 14th. They were a great ble. sing to all who attended and the hall was crowded every evening. These were some of the best meetings that we have had at the College in years. In his quiet, direct, sincere and far-reaching way Dr. Duncan reached the hearts of the student body and won many to the great Captain and Leader. Another thing that deserves special mention this year is the seating of the balcony of the auditorium with good comfortable chairs. This has been needed for a long time and at last it has been accomplished by the characteristic self- sacrifice of the Y. M. C. A. boys. The work of the Y. M. C. A. this year has just gone a little farther to demon- strate that for one to miss getting acquainted with his Christ while in College, he is missing a large part of his Liberal Education as well, and the salvation of his soul. The Wesleyan College Young Men ' s Christian Association has nothing but bright prospects ahead. one hundred Iwenty-one i msi MURMUreMONTIS L one hundred twe7ity hco IMti j Bi-rj MURMUreMQNTIS 4jfti Young Women ' s Christian Association IHE Purpose of this Association shall be to unite the women of the insti- tution in loyalty to Jesus Christ, to lead them to accept Him as their personal Savior, to build them up in the knowledge of Christ, especially through Bible study and Christian service, that their character and conduct may be consonant with their belief. It shall thus associate them with the students of the world for the advancement of the Kingdom of God. It shall further seek to enlist their devotion to the Christian Church and to the religious work of the institution. President Irma Workman Vice President Brosie O. Sine Secretary Eulalia Sine Bible Study Ruth Grimes Mission Study Mar.iorie Burgess Social Marie Clark Jubilee Louise VanCamp Music LuciLE Billings Religious Meetings Myrtle Boylen Rest Room Helen Carrico Association News . Margaret Parks Summer Conjerence Beulah Wheaton one hundred twenty-three r MURMUreMONTIS If one hundred tweniy-four ' • 4 iirTm ymj ' MURMUrgMONTrSi Wesleyan Debating Club IHE ideal of the Wesleyan Debating Club is expressed in its name. Wesley was pre-eminently a debater. He grasped his subject in its entirety; he saw all the details and their relation to each other; he keenly discriminated between the essentials and non-essentials; he presented his argument with a force that brought conviction; he showed the coolness of a general and the quickness of a genius in turning difficult situations to his own account. Toward that ideal our club has been the means of advancing every one of its members. It has brought together twenty-five young men. who are especially i nterested in public speaking, in such a way that their association has been a mutual stimulus and an inspiration. Through the friendly rivalry which it fosters and the high ideal which it holds up it has deepened this interest into a firm determina- tion to be a convincing speaker, and through its regular bi-weekly debates it has given opportunity for the practical work necessary for the realization of this ambition. The work of this year has been unusually successful. The silver cup offered by Miss Harding to the winner of the contest with the Webster club has heightened and kept up the enthusiasm. The membership is at the maximum allowed by the constitution and several others are seeking admittance. Carefully prepared work has characterized the programs throughout the year. one hundred fwerdy-five If r MURMUreMONTIS , on ' hundred tirenty-aix QlTsVf 4j A TMURMUrgMONTIsT i Webber Debating Club HIS organization having had its beginning in the Winter term of 1914 is I comparatively new; but notwithstanding this fact, judging from the talent and the achievements thus far represented, it is destined to become one of the permanent institutions of the school. The majority of the club members are of college rank, however the normal and academic departments are represented. It is the ambition of the club to furnish intellectual development for any student who is enthusiastic over debating. There is a decided improvement in the work of this year over that of last year, in that the interest and enthusiasm has greatly increased. This is due largely to the efforts of Miss Harding, the head of the oratorical department, who is succeeding in placing oratory and debating on a par with other school activities. The officers of the club at present are as follows; Minnie L. Harding Directress Blaine Engle President Maynard Linger Secretary John C. Hupp Kice President Leslie V. Roberts Treasurer one hundred twenty-seven SixmsS c, r MURMUrgMONTIS ' i - Inter- Club Debates T the beginning of this College year Miss Minna L. Harding of the Department of Expression planned a series of inter-Club debates, one debate to be held each term thruout the school year for three successive years. The Club winning two out of the three debates in a single year is to be the winner for said year. The Club winning the honors for two years out of the three shall become the owner of a large handsome loving cup which Miss Harding offers as a trophy. The Fall term debate was won by the Wesleyan Club while the Webster Club was winner in the Winter Term bout. The debates are held during the chapel period and the period immediately following. The loving cup was first presented to M. A. Workman and R. W. Shumaker, Wesleyan representatives in the Fall Term debate. Near the close of the Winter Term it was transferred to the Webster Club, being presented to P.C.McQuain and Maynard Linger, winners of theWinter Term debate. Both presentations were made at the regular chapel service by Dr. Wallace B. Fleming. Much enthusiasm is being created by the debates. CHALLENGE Chapel Announcement The Webster Debating club is hereby challenged to enter into a conflict of words and arguments with the Wesleyan Debating Club for the forensic supremacy of the college. Should the Webster Debating Club decide to accept this challenge, let them manifest themselves, so that the question may be agreed upon and at the earliest possible date, the floodgates may be opened that the oratorical eloquence may flow forth in its most eloquent manner. Signed The Wesleyan Debating Club, Committee R. W. Shumaker, Chairman C. Ney Smith W. S. Jacobs November 23. 1913. ANNOUNCEMENT After careful and discriminating consideration of the far-flung vociferous challenge launched forth upon the reverberating breezes in chapel last Tuesday morning by the Wesleyan Debating Club; be it known and published to all men, that we, the Webster Debating Club, without equivocation or further circumlo- cution hereby receive and accept said loquacious challenge to a pyrotechnic display of forensic eloquence upon a subject to be chosen by a joint committee appointed by the two clubs, in order that luminosity may be disseminated in radiant scintil- lations until it shall permeate and illuminate the capacious chambers of cogitation of a keenly penetrating and highly sagacious student body. Webster Debating Club P. C. McQuAIN J. C. Hupp Blaine Engle November 24. 1915. MURMureMONTIS Shakespearian Club President William Samuel Jacobs Vice President Ward Gamble Secretary Ethel Campbell Treasurer Harry Vance Members: All members of the Department of Expression and Members received by unanimous vote of the Club. Directress and Critic Miss Minna L. Harding, B. O. one hundred twenty-nine iMiTwrf MURMUI MQNTIS L j one hundred thirty W ixms . 4 Kil JR ?V1I ITPK4r MTr« ' M l _ ■ ■ M URMURMONTISr i „i j? The Pharos Published monthly during the school year by the students of West Virginia Wesleyan College. EDITORIAL STAFF Irma Workman ' 17 Editor-in-chief Lillian Perry Mayfield ' 16 Assistant Editor Paul W. Workman 17 Business Manager Claude Goff, Acad Assistant Business Manager Flo Bailey ' 17 Literary Editor James Leslie Harvey. Acad Exchange Editor P. Cecil McQuain ' 16 Y. M. C. A. Mabel Marie Cunningham ' 18 Y. W. C. A. Lestie Reeder, Acad. Chrestomathean M. A. Workman ' 19 Alumni and Excelsior Beulah Wheaton, Normal Hall Notes B. Fae McClellan ' 19 Local Editor J. Snowden Kellison ' 16 Athletics one hundred Ikirtij-one F MURMUreMONTIS one hundred thirty-two ' Wiiim ' VVMURMURMONTIS VUo . — H 3 MURMURMONTIS, : ( juj Chrestomathean Literary Society S to our history it will be sufficient to say here that Chrestomathean was founded along with Wesleyan and has maintained her place as one of the important organizations of the school. in a brief review of the year ' s work will be noted particularly the new spirit that has entered into the Literary work. The tendencies of a revival was evident all of the previous year, and this developed into a real Rennaissance at the opening of the present year. This spirit was made evident during the Winter I erm when athletics threatened to become a contender for first place in College activities. The loyalty and support of the members at that time placed Cresto on the highest standard she has yet attained. The nature of the programs for the two terms has been unusual and inter- esting. During the Fall Term special numbers were instituted dealing with our Literary Great . Of course these were the Bobby Burns ' Special, Kipling Program and Poe the Magnetic Man. For the Winter Term this feature of special numbers was continued, among which numbers we mention the Patriotic Special, Lincoln Number and The Country Life. With the present en- thusiasm for Society work, the coming year promises much for Chrestomathean and her splendid body of members. FALL TERM OFFICERS President C. Ney Smith Kice President W. Foss Curtis Secretary IcA Clark Treasurer S. W. Carpenter winter term officers President Humbolt Yokum Clark Vice President Claude Goff Secretary Nellie Parks Treasurer W. Foss Curtis one hundred thirty-lhrce mXSTxMS r MURMUrgMQNTISj, ' If one hundred thirty-four M J Wrry s m( ' r H MURMUreNlONTIS SSf Excelsior Literary Society Motto: Esse Quam Videre. Colors: Pink and Light Blue Flower: Pink Rose HE school year 1913-16 has been one of the most successful in the existence of Excelsior Society. The reason for this is perhaps two-fold. We have been fortunate in having officers in charge who were willing to work and capable to lead and direct the Society in those ways which make for success: and there has been throughout the school a reviving of the old interest in things literary. Under the influence of these two things our society has increased in numbers and interest until we feel that we are taking the place which should be ours in the life of the school. The re-establishment of the annual inter-society contest has done and is doing much to increase the strength and interest of Society work. Excelsior ' s representation in the contest this year is as follows: Debate Paul W. Workman, Millard A. Workman Oration , F. Fay Smith Reading Margaret Anderson E say Irma Workman officers for f.all and winter terms, 1915-16. President Paul W. Workman A. O. Harvey Ki ' ce President B. H. Barnes Brosie Sine Secretary Edna Howard Vesta Bonar Treasurer G. B. Hammer W. O. Hinkle one hundred thirty-five %2ll3lrf r MURMURMONTIS If Athletic Association R.Worth Shumaker President W. Foss Curtis Vice President Earle Ray Casto Brosie E. Sine Secretary C. E. White Treasurer Faculty Adviser Carl Miller Wm. Singleton Carl Wagener directors James L. Harvey James Heavner Russell Aiken one hundred thirty-six Harry Looney Homer Deem Frank Arnett % iOSIZJ r MURMURMONTIS J ,._..- one hundred thirty-seven W tosrf ift r MURMUreMONTIS one hundred thirty-eighl LLBVTJm M U R M U reMONTIS Homiletic Association ' HE Homiletic Association is now closing another successful year of its career. This association has only been organized for a few years, and during that time much good has been accomplished, not only in that it has served as a constant reminder in holding the ministerial students to their purpose in life, but giving them a larger view to the importance of the Christian ministry and preparing them to be more effective in their work. This has been a most helpful year to the ministerial students in that they have had a professor in Homiletics who has instilled into his pupils a greater desire for the truth, a more intense love for the Bible, and impressed upon them the sacred- ness of the Christian ministry. President . . Vice President Treasurer . . . . Secretary George Hammer C. C. Durst N. L. Cassey E. J. Johnson C. C. Durst M. A. Workman W. G. Butcher Perry Robinson L. G. Robinson D. M. Tenney MEMBERS George Hammer P. J. Murdock W. M. TiSDALE Thomas Zumbrunnen P. W. Matheney N. L. Cassey George Steaton one hundred thirty-nine MURMUreMONTIS one hundred forty WiiXwvfS t MURMURMONTIS . J tk il The Student Volunteer Band OFFICERS Leader Sadie M. Rexrode Secretary Luther Flynn MEMBERS Prof. E. Ray Casto Marie Clark Rev. Perry Robinson Marjorie Burgess Clarence Durst Euva Clare Spencer Leland Strader Ada Mae Spencer Geo. Hammer Ruth B. Grimes William O. Hinkle r E3IOR years Wesleyan has had among her student body some students iSff -l who were volunteers for Foreign Missionary work. In 1906 these students r ?! met and organized the Student Volunteer Band with Perry Robinson ' ' ' as Leader. When these Volunteers had gone from the school the regular weekly meetings were abandoned for a time. On February 3, 1913 the band was organized with a good membership of new students. Since then the Band has held it ' s regular meetings. The meetings of this year have been well attended and a true Missionary spirit manifested. The needs of the various Mission fields have been studied and prayer offered by the members of the Band, for all missionary work. Some are getting larger visions of life and are realizing the great need of Christianity among the millions of human souls who have never heard of Jesus. For the past two years the Wesleyan Band has been well rerpesented at the State Convention of the Student Volunteer Movement of this state. The von- vention for 1917 will be held at Wesleyan. This is a comparatively new movement among the College students of West Virginia but it promises to accomplish great good. Wesleyan expects to do her part in this great work. Several new members have been added to the Band this year, and a greater zeal for missions is being shown. Arrangements are now being made to give some illustrated lectures during the Spring Term. We anticipate great things for the Volunteer Band of Wesleyan, and in the course of a few years expect her to be represented on every important Mission field one hundred forty-one JMiL r vfW % MURMUreMONTIS If one hundred forty-two %Qixms § ' M ' § MURMUreMONTIS. ' g @ . r Domestic Science IVe can live without poetry, music and art. We can live without conscience and live without heart, Wc can live without friends. We can live without hool s. But where is the man who can live without cooks? HUS saying the Trustees of West Virginia Wesleyan College set to work last September to establish a Domestic Science Department. The citi- zens of the town became interested and in a short time the finances were at hand and the good work was started. in this Department the girls are taught all about household management, preparing and combining foods, with special emphasis on economy in buying. They are also taught serving and the girls say Miss Smith teaches hemming tea towls and napkins via the old route of ripping. Occasionally people became sick even while breathing the pure air at Wesleyan, so the girls are taught Home Nursing, Invalid Cooking, Dietetics, etc. The girls would not have us believe Domestic Science is one grand sweet song or all a flowery path of ease. i. e. — A one thousand word essay on the life of Ellen H. Richards, make out a breakfast menu consisting of three courses for nine and one-third cents per cover and be sure you serve the required number of colones for a man weighing one hundred and sixty pounds, twenty five years old, doing office work. A club is now being formed called the Domestic Science Club, and they say it is not the first domestic Club. Can anyone guess what the first one was? (The rolling pin). This Club is looking forward to the day it will have a club house where the Domestic Science students may live. They expect to have a cottage and run it on a scientific basis. Here the girls will put into practice all their knowl- edge of Household Hygiene. Household Sanitation. Bacteriology, Home Nursing. Dietetics. Cooking. Sewing and Home Management in general, thus making it an ideal home for young ladies as well as a workshop. Some say the Domestic Science Department belongs to the Antis. We are not quite sure but think it is Anti-dyspepsia. Ask the basket ball team or happen into the dining room some day when the table is spread and the feast is waiting. one hundred forly-lhree WkTBiT}) MURMUreMONTIS one hundred forty-four ixmf § Book IV Activities r -S jMURMUraMQNTIS ssr .Mfi ' The Wesley an W BASEBALL football Morrison Morrison W. Shumaker Shumaker Heavner Heavner Singleton Singleton Miller Miller Daniel Wagner Wagner Kellison Stansbury Vance Kellison Lewis Merrells Blake 0. Shumaker Beck Swan BOBBITT Blair Jacobs TRACK Basket Ball Morrison Morrison W. Shumaker Shumaker Heavner Heavner Singleton Jacobs Miller Daniel 0. Shumaker Ward Sheets Resseger Stewart oi}e hioidred forty-five MURMUreMONTIS Captain John S. Kellison ojif hundred forty-six LrwyzjicwT MURMUI MQNTIS ( one hundred forty seven Vm XBVf S MURMURMONTIS Captain William Singleton one hundred forty-eiglit Ij SprarrdS r XMURMUr MONTIS one hundred forty-nine Wiixms: MURMUreMQNTIS JT P ' jrh k J 1 4 ■3 mm Captain I . U ukih .-iumaker one hundred fifty L TSrrrJ m ' sf J MURMURMONTIS i7 4iiO D % one hundred fifty-one W toarfj S l- iJL V M URMU reMONfJBT r - ' n Captain William S. Jacobs one hundred fiflij-lwo 0xm3 [ — S ' ' Q ' ' — s jj one hundred fifty-three Wkrwvfj MURMURMONTIS If Captains Elect Base Ball Track Fool Ball Basket Ball D. Doff Daniel W. Guy Morrison Carl V. Miller Jas. Hearner one hundred fifly-four U kr vf ' V MURMUreMONTIS Varsity Basket Ball Dolly Hudkins Coach Mildred Butler Marie Clark Louise Van Camp Henrietta Spies Nell Geyer Beryl Gibson 07t€ hundred Jiftu-five WurdVfW vMURMureMONTis ; W 11 IlllllHll 1 1 1 ' one hundnd fifty-six Wtosisi niA a lURMUreMQNTIS Wesleyan Yells 1. Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah ! Team ! Team ! Team! WESLEYAN! 2. L— E- W— E— S (3 times) U-Rah-Rah! Sis— Boom WESLEYAN! Y— A— N! -Bah! Rickety-ack! Rickety-ack! Wesleyan ! Wesleyan ! Orange and Black! Rang — Tang! Rang — Tang! Rah! Rah! Rah! Wesleyan ! Wesleyan ! Rah ! Rah! Rah! Wesleyan ! Wesleyan ! Is our cry! V— I— C— T— O— R— Y ! 4. Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Eat em up! (Hand-clapping) Sh h— h h— h h h ! WESLEYAN! Chee-hee! Chee-hee! Chee-ha-ha-ah! Wesleyan! Wesleyan! Rah! Rah! Rah ! Boom-a-lacka! Chick-alacka- Sis! Boom! Bah! West Virginia Wesleyan! P.ah! Rah! Rah! 6. Well! Well! Well! Well! Well! Well! Won ' t we give o!d Helikazook! Kazook! Kazook! Helikazook! Kazook! Kazook! Zippity Zam! Zippity Zam! We Yell! We Yell! Wesleyan! Wesleyan! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Wesleyan! Wesleyan! Rah! Rah! Rah! one hundred fiffy-seven r MURMUreMONTISi ClM Parkersburg High State Scholastic Champions one humlred fifty-eight Wkrwvf ff If MURMUrgMQNTIS Second Annual Tournament [HE second annual high school basket ball Tournament, held at Wesleyan upon March tenth and eleventh, proved to be one of the most exciting athletic features ever held at Wesleyan. The attendance exceeded by far that of any previous occasion and when the whistle sounded for the finals over thirteen hundred people were comfortably seated in the spacious gym. Twenty four teams participated in the games. These teams came from all parts of West Virginia, even the distant high schools of Bluefield and Martinsburg sending stellar teams to add to the intense interest of the tourney. In the second series of games it was necesssary that four teams, eliminated in the first round, be drawn back into the fray in order to make the number of games tally properly for the semi-finals. This made a total of twenty-seven games, twelve of which were staged Friday afternoon and night, eight Saturday morning, four during the afternoon and three Saturday night. Special trains were run from various points so that out-of-town folk were given the best of accommodations. Special care was taken to give great comfort to every team and its accompanying fans. The tourney was planned and directed under the masterful Stansbury. Under him there was a host of subordinates who did valiant work. The teams as a whole were much stronger this year than what they were last. The Parkersburg team, which carried the coveted trophy away with them, pre- sented an appearance equal to most college teams. The Buckhannon High team presented a most wonderful combination and were the team which faced the Parkersburgers in the final game. Many other strong teams were in the series, such as Charleston, Fairmont, Bluefield. Thomas. Elkins, Clarksbur g, Wellsburg and Martinsbrug. The winner of the Tourney. Parkersburg. was presented the large silver basket ball trophy by Dr. Wallace B. Fleming. The silver loving cup offered by Dr. Fleming to the best rooting club was presented to the Buckhannon High School cheering club. Small gold basket balls were presented to the members of both the Parkersburg and Buckhannon teams. These teams, as well as every other team, left the tournament and Wesleyan with a kind feeling toward each separate team entered in the battle, toward Wesleyan athletics, and toward Wesleyan in her great big powerful world. one hundred fifty-nine U fil TBVf . 1 VII irPTVIl irPMOMTI .. M West Virginia Tri- Angular Track and Field Meet JLARKSBURG the central metropolitan city of West Virginia had been waiting with anxiety for the coming of the gladiators who were to strive for victory for their respective schools. All the athletes who were to appear on the arena on May 29, 1915, were tempering their steel to the hardest point obtainable, so that each might be able to penetrate the hardened metal of the other on that eventful day. All were anxious to see the combat, and to know which of the gladiators would be successful, and which institution would be crowned with the laurels of victory. At last the 29 day of May came upon the stage of action to witness the glad- iatorial combat. The luminous orb arose out of his chamber on his course to give light for the new day. His light was tinged with a reddish color giving warning of an approaching storm. Then gradually the clouds began to appear, but with all this the people were in hope for a pleasant afternoon, although it had been rainy the day before and, cloudy then. At the appointed hour the men in Blue and White of Marietta, the Orange and Black, our dear old colors appeared in the field of contest. All were ready for combat while the mighty cumulus clouds were preparing to drench the earth, but with this threatening the contest was opened. The colors were called to their places for the 100 yd. dash, they hovered close to the earth, then dashed toward the tape, A yell from Orange and Black told that Morrison was first and Bessie third. Then the other events followed, but soon the combatants were drenched in rain, while they splashed the mud with all their might to gain the coveted crown at the tape, while the fiery streaks rent the heavens over their heads, now and then one falling and burying his face in the mud. They were so drenched and muddy, that their colors were almost invisible. The contest was the closest one of its kind ever held in the state. All through the contest it was a question which would win, the Blue and Gold or Orange and Black, but finally old Blue and Gold won by I, 14-15 points. one hundred sixly jftrms ' UMURMUreMONTlS If 100 Yard Dash Winner — Morrison of Wesleyan; second, DeForest of W V. U.; third, Miller of Wesleyan; fourth. Roland of Marietta. Time II 1-5 Sec. Mile Run Winner— Blossar of W. V. U.; second. Griffith of W. V. U.; third. Becker of Marietta; fourth. Zinn of Wesleyan. Time 4 min. 48. 4-3 sec. Running High Jump Winner — Stewart of Wesleyan; second. O.Conner of W. V. U.; third. Burside of W. V. U.; fourth. Hineman of Marietta. Distance 5ft. 5 in. Shot Put Winner — Humphrey of Marietta; second, Ruppel of W. V. U.; third. Sheets of Wesleyan; fourth. Hineman of Marietta. Distance 39 ft. 9 3-4 in. 120 Yard Hurdle Winner — Heavner of Wesleyan; second. W. Shumaker of Wesleyan; third. Pond of Marietta; fourth. O. Shumaker of Wesleyan. Time 19 1-5 Sec. 440 Yard Dash Winner — Miller of Wesleyan; second. Morrison of Wesleyan; third. C. Fresh- nour of Marietta; fourth. M. Morgan of W. V. U.; Time 33 3-3 Sec. Pole Valut Winner — Frutsil of W. V. U.; second, Stewart of Wesleyan; third. Burside of W. V. U.; fourth. Heavner of Wesleyan. Distance 9 ft. 4 in. 220 Yard Dash Winner — Miller of Wesleyan; second. Morrison of Wesleyan; third. DeFores- tur of W. V. U.; fourth. Talbott of W. V. U.; Time 24 Sec. Two Mile Run Winner — Blosser of W. V. U.; second. Becker of Marietta; third. Bender of Marietta ; fourth. West of W. V. U. Time I I Min. 8 2-3 Sec. 220 Yard Hurdle Winner — Heavner of Wesleyan; second. Lamb of W. V. U.; third. C. Freshnour of Marietta; fourth. W. Shumaker of Wesleyan; Time 30 4-5 Sec. Hammer Winner — Brannon of W. V. U.; second. Newman, of W. V. U.; third. Sheets of Wesleyan; fourth. Rupel of W. V. U. Distance I 13 ft. 7 in. One Half Mile Run Winner — Steadman of W. V. U.; second. Blosser of W. V. U.; third. Griffith of W. V. U.; fourth. Ward of Wesleyan. Time 2 Mm. 19 3-3 Sec. Discus Winner — Newman of W. V. U.; second. Sheets of Wesleyan; third, Pigatt of Marietta; fourth, Ruppel of W. V. U.; Distance 104 ft. I l-4in. Running Broad Jump Winner — Stewart of Wesleyan; second, Raland, of Marietta; third. Singleton of Wesleyan; fourth Burnside of W. V. U. Distance 19 ft. 3 in. Relay Winner — W. V. U.; second. Wesleyan; third. Marietta. Time 4 Min. 1-1-3 Sec one ku7i(tred sixty-one WfesTgS r MURMUreMQNTIS : @L one hundred sixty-two U JiTwrf i MURMURMONTIS The Bachelor ' s Club of Wesleyan |N December 3. 1915, a half-dozen fellows assembled at the home of J. Hawthorne Post, with apparently no other view than that of having an 51 enjoyable evening. But this was not all, for there was some very im- portant business to transact before the end of the evening. What was this important business? Nothing more or less than to form some sort of an organization against the Fair Sex and the Would-be Fair Sex, for mutual protection in the year of 1916. Now all of these fellows had girls, or at least, they thought that they had, and did not wish to be caught by a local. therefore, the protective organization. It is our thorough belief and motto, in the following sentiments expressed in the few words; The rights of Man untrampled by the women, now or never. It was with this purpose in mind that a very stringent constitution and very strict by-laws were drawn-up, which, all members have been compelled to obey strictly to the letter. This is a strictly socialistic order because all the following members are offers: J. Claude Law, ' 17, V, Leslie Roberts. Ac, ' 16. D, Dana Grover, ' 18. J. Homer Heavner. Ac, ' 16. W. Gladstone Merrells. ' 16. J. Hawthorne Post. ' 19. C. Hank Allen, ' 17. one hundred sixty-three wmim MS r VMURMURMONTIS, Tf one hunlred sixly-four UAj vf )r MURMUreMONTIS ' M i If Page of Presidents, Editors and Managers 1 . William S. Jacobs.. Pros. Junior College Class. Pres. Shal esperian Club Business Manager M urmurmonlis . 2. Newman Dyer Pres. Senior Normal Class. 3. Leslie Roberts Pres. Junior Academic Class. 4. Blaine Engle Pres. Sophomore Oratory. 5. HuMBOLT Clark Pres. Chresto. Liieary Society. 6. Harry Vance Pres. Sophomore Class. 7. Harry Stansbury Manager IVesleyan Alheltics. 8. W. O. HiNKLE Pres. Oratorical Association. 9. R. Worth Shumaker Pres. Athletic Association. Editor in Chief of Murmurmonlis. 10. Claude Goff Pres. Academic Senior Class. Pres. Webster Debating Club. 11. A. O. Harvey Pres. Excelsior Literary Socoiety. Pres. Men Clee Club. 12. Irma Workman Editor Pharos.. Pres. Y. W. C. A. 13. C. N. Smith Pres Chresto Literary Society. 14. Paul Workman Business Manager Pharos. Pres. Excelsior Literary Society. 15. P. C. McQuAiN Pres. Y. M. C. A. 16. Thos. Zumbrunnen Manager Lecture Course. 1 7. French Smith Pres. Freshman Class. 18. M. A. Workman Pres. Wesleyan Debating Club. 19. Chas. K. Allen Pres Bachelor ' s Culb, Manager Class Basinet Ball. 20. Foss. Curtis Pres. IVesleyan Debating Club. 21. George Hammer Pres. Homiletic Association. 22. Harry Looney Manager Mens Clee Club. 23. John Kellison Pres. Senior College Class. one hundred si.rty-five krwvf MURMURMONTIS 1[ one hundred sixty-aix AX9TgA§ i i ' VMURMUreMONTIST If Y. M. C. A. Lecture Course T T EVER in the history of Wesleyan College has there been a better series [■ of entertainments rendered than the Redpath Bureau has given us this year. Every number has been immensely interesting and in several = ' cases very instructive. The attendance has been large. Great credit must be given to the honorable Thomas Zumbrunnen for his fine management of the season. The season has not only been a financial success in itself but by the end of the year it is most probable that the entire old debt will have been entirely swept away. Also credit must be given to the entire member- ship of the committee. Each member labored faithfully and gave his best to the work. The Committee is as follows; Manager Thomas Zumbrunnen committee Prof. T. W. Haught R. Worth Shumaker Harry V. Looney Irma Workman Myrtle Boylen Walden Hathaway A. O. Harvey Leslie Roberts Ray Chapman H. Y. Clark The season of 1916-17 presents the following entertainments: Adelphia Concert Artists Ralph Bingham William Rainey Bennett Cathedrl Choir Schumann Quintette Nelson B. Darling M. M. Woods or L. B. Wickersham one hundred sixty-seven 1916 Baseball Schedule March 22 U. S. Navy at Annapolis. Md. March 23 North Carohna A. M. College at Raleigh. N. C. March 24 North Carolina University at Chapel Hill. N. C. March 25 Wofford College at Spartansburg. S. C. March 27 Clemson College at Clemson. S. C. March 28 University of Georgia at Athens. Ga. March 29 and 30 University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa. Ala. March 31 and April I Georgia Tech. at Atlanta. Ga. April 3 and 4 Washington and Lee at Lexington. Va. April 5 Virginia Poly. Inst, at Blacksburg. Va. April 6. 7 and 8 Marshall College at Hunington, W. Va. April 28 and 29 Muskingum College at Home. May 5 and 6 Marshall College at Home. May 10 and I 1 Westminister College at Home. May I 5 Slippery Rock Normal at Slippery Rock. Pa. May 61 Grove City College at Grove City. Pa. May 17 Bethany College at Bethany. W. Va. May 19 and 20 Chinese University of Honolulu at Home. May 26 and 27 Washington and Jefferson at Home (three games) June 3 West Virginia at Home. June 5 West Virginia at Fairmont. June 8 and 9 Pittsburg Collegians at Home. June 12 West Virginia University at Morgantown. Football Schedule, 1916 Sept. 23 Marshall College at Home. Sept. 30 Muskingum College at Home. Oct. 7 Washington and Jefferson at Washington. Pa. Oct. 14 Pennsylvania State at State College. Pa. Oct. 21 Marietta College at Home. Oct. 28 Westminister College at Home. Nov. 4 George Washington University at Home. Nov. 1 I Georgetown University at Washington. D. C. Nov. 18 Bethany College at Home. Nov. 25 Davis-Elkins College at Home. Nov. 30 West Virginia University at Fairmont. W. Va. one hundred sixty-eiyht ' MUgrrrf Book V Literary MUrgMUR LMQNTISv ' ' « i — g y7 uT -a: Nicodemus Being the adventures of a certain orphan. AULUS and I were returning to our rooms thru the wind swept streets, discussing transmigration of soul. Paulus is a philosopher and I spend my days in investigating the katabolism of cats. A faint whimper interrupted our argument. We looked up in time to cry to the little waif not to jump, but we could not stop him. The sin of suicide will fall upon the selfish society that refuses him. said Paulus. But the little fellow was no suicide. He struggled to his feet and tried to get away from us but he was too much hurt and too ill to run. We took him home and offered him milk but he would not drink, tho starved to emaciation. We did not know what to do. never having had any experiences with that sect known as suffragettes, who go on hunger strikes. We also tried to find out his name but had to compromise on calling him Nicodemus because he came to us by night. Tho very small Nic showed unmistakable signs of breeding for a cat. He was very young, being only three inches long, but we began to give him an education well befitting his evident station in life. In fact we were fondly anticipating his future when he should be famed as a mouser, smelling a rat by the latest inductive and deductive methods, as taught by the Rising Sun Detective Agency in twelve correspondence lessons, when alas! avarice o ' ertook us and zounds! we fell. A friend and esteemed fellow Biologist (his hated name we now call Moloch) offered to exchange for Nic. a cat at least five inches long. He pointed out that a Philoso- pher and a Biologist, wedded only to their sciences, were no fit persons to under- take the bringing-up of an infant that could not eat yet. But this argument did not have such an effect upon us as the two inches extra of cat did. After coarse parly and bickering we parted with Nicodemus. receiving an animal named Wesleyan in exchange. Alternative courses, now lay before us. We could carry out our first purpose with the second cat, or we could continue stock trading, which seemed to be a prospering business, and by steadily enlarging the captial stock as in the first instance, ultimately, in some good deal, trade for a Ford. Like the true scholar that he is, my friend settled the difficulty by suggesting that we sacrifice Wesleyan on the altar of science, and, in the cessation of his hum- ble existence, try to make possible a more abundant life for the many. You may be sure this fell in with my altruistic aspirations. But Wesleyan had a different answer for it. Because of his innate crudity he could never get beyond personalties, and held most stubbornly to the idea that he was personally involved. One would think that he had a feeling of owner- ship for every one of his lives. Therefore, when the Professor of Biology, whom Wesleyan was visiting during the Holidays, accidently stepped on his head, the cat refused to be persuaded that the act of violence did not arise from anticat v | ' g vMURMUreMONTIST i f — i;  feeling. He wiped the dust of tfiat pedagogical atmosphere from his furry toot- sies. The following poster completes the tail which is necessary to every complete cat. REWARD! REWARD Of 5 Bones to anyone Who will dog the trail and Give information on one Cat Named Wesleyan. alias Pussy. (Signed), I. Cachum Awl, Sheriff of Noah County. Descriptions; Green Eyes, Whiskers, When last seen wore suit of fur. C. Ney Smith. % one hundred seventy isiTjm T F MURMUrgMONTIS Domestic Science Story FTTLyllARY. came the clear, resounind voice from the young girl who was coming 1 toward the house of Mr. Deans. They have promised at home and am going to Wesleyan next year. Really Virginia! was the answer that went back from the girl seated on the porch. Come and tell me about it. what all you are going to take and everything. To begin with dear. 1 am going to take Domestic Science and — Oh! I want to go to a real Domestic Science school. There would be ever so much more fun in it, said Mary. Well! so you want to go to school for fun. came the scornful reply from the companion. Don t be cross dear, come! tell me. what do you know about the school? I will tell you now if you will promise to keep perfectly quiet until I finish. Do you promise? Yes. Uncle Bob just came home from there and he says the town is just fine. There the school offers its Domestic Science course along with all the other courses of music, art. degrees and all; and not only that but you get credit on your college work for it. But the domestic science department in itself is not to be excelled, so he told mother and father; the wood work and walls are all done in white. In the dining room they have china closets full of white china with gold bands around the edges, and in the drawers there is silver and linen. Then too they have beautiful oak tables, those extension kind, with nicely polished oak chairs to match. The kitchen is perfect. Individual lockers right by your table, and each person has a separate stove and cooking utensils. Uncle Bob told me that last week the girls gave a big dinner for all the basket ball men. and they had the best eats; chicken, parker house rolls and everything that goes with a good dinner. Wouldn t that be fun? You know in a regular Domestic Science school you couldn ' t do that because there wouldn ' t be any boys. • Well. I ' m Sh— h— h. Don ' t you remember your promise? 1 may go to summer school there this year because a course in Domestic Science is offered and 1 am just crazy to get started. This year is the first year the course has been offered and it was given mostly to the normal students, but next fall the whole full course is to be offered and 1 am going to speak if I want to Virginia I will just bust chimed Mary. I am going to West Virginia Wesleyan too. F. B. 17. one hundred seventy-one wfearti } I ' t : - . y - Song IVords by Peter James Murdock Tune — A Perfect Day As we come to the end of our college days, As we sit alone with our tho ' ts, And the hours rush in on commencement day With the joy the sheepskin brought; Do you think that is all of our college days And all we keep in our minds? — Sad — the years roll fast in old Wesleyan And the long known friends must part. Well, this is the end of our college days Near the end of our journey thru — But it leaves a tho ' t that is big and strong. With the hope of a friendship true. For memory has painted these college days. With colors that never fade, — And we think of the halls in old Wesleyan, And the hosts of the friends we ' ve made. one hundred sevenly-lwo VmXBVfj- r - VMURMUreMQNTIS Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow ESTERDAY, if a man desired to visit a friend or neighbor, whetfier he Hved one mile, five miles, or a hundred miles, he had to walk. It was not long, however, until he found that he could save his own legs by using those of another animal, so he jumped on a horse. Later he became more unselfish, and wished to take his family along, so the buggy and the coach met this demand. He was not satisfied with such slow travel — for long. Today he travels on trains, in automobiles, and even in air ships. Tomorrow even these will not suffice. So man will grow wings and soar along through the air at his own will. Yesterday if a man wanted to read he sat down with one of Dickens works or Scott ' s, and sometimes even Les Miserables. Today when the world is moving so rapidly, such extravagance of time is unpardonable, so he reads the short-story. Kipling. Monpassant. O Henry and others suplpy his needs. This is indeed a great gain, for it can be read at one sitting. The short-story must have a single predominating incident, a single predominating character, unity, plot, interest and imagination. Unless it has all of these it is not short-story. Tomorrow we predict even a shortnning of the short story. There will be no longer time for reading, so our literature will be after this fashion: A ROMANCE Pretty Maiden Handsome Boy Just a Kiss Lover ' s Joy Hasty He Can ' t Delay Willing She Married They All goes great Till one night Comes in late Love takes a flight. Reno then. Only course Sad maiden Gets divorce TRAGEDY WILL BE THUS: Boy, gun Joy, fun Gun bus Boy dus These two meet all of the requirements of a short-story, so why waste time reading long-drawn out one«. Let us hope for some other great production such as these in the near future. R. W. S. ' 17. one hundred sevenly-tkree WSjt vt MURMURMONTIS one hundred seventy-four W tosTT jft r ■ XMURMUreMONflsT g; Calendar May 29 We win the Track Championship —a mos(! Everybody gets a good wetting to boot. June I Louie and Jane begin to look blue as they contemplate the coming separa- tion. June 16 Commencement, with the usual attendant frivolities(?) June 1 7 Sad farewells. ■■August 10 Harry Stansbury gets his diploma. After all these years! (13) September 10 Students begin to arrive. Of course they are the new ones. September 12 Rumors from the Training Camp at Terra Alta warn us of the advent of a baby elephant. September 1 3 Raleigh baseball stars arrive. September 14 The rest of us pour in. A perfect avalanche. Everybody anxious to see the new President. September 1 7 Dr. Fleming makes his first chapel speech. The girls look pleasant when he called them West Virginia peaches. September 20 The campus seems deserted. Where. O where are all those lovirxg couples? September 25 61-0 is the tune we play for the entertainment of St. Francis. Who said we didn ' t have a team this year? September 27 Term reception in gymnasium. Kelly and Paul Robers show wonderful skill in pedology. October 2 W. L. defeats the Varsity slightly but the Scrubs win from Broaddus. October 9 Bethany meets her annual Waterloo, 65-0. October 12 Leonard is Fruit for the Boston fans. October 14 Red Deem returns from a short visit home and taken a bath. too. October 16 Catholic gets hers. 10-0. Bill Singleton a hero. one hnntired seventy-jive t ilTBvfi October 19 Prep ' Hughes gets his first degree in hazing. Says it ' s no fun barking at the moon. October 23 Penn State defeats our team. That ' s because we weren ' t there to root. October 25 On return from State College ' Lefty Gould says he doesn ' t like the Big League He ' d rather play Broaddus. October 28 Kelly and Neva become fast friends. Changes his song from My Adaline to Neva ' — r Neva ' — r die. October 29 Mammoth thuse on Athletic Field. Heavner ' s speech a ii| feature. October 30 At last we get the Red Skins scalp. Bessie Miller runs 800 yards for a touchdown. November I Big County Fair in gym. Juniors win the race. November 4 Kelly arranges alphabetically a list of girls to call on. November 6 Wesleyan ties Marietta. Jacobs the star. November 10 Cupid strikes Peg Anderson ' s heart — also Lantz ' s . November 1 3 We hold W. and J. to 7-3 score. Bill Singleton the victim. November 1 6 Prof Brooks gives good advice. If fish are brain food. Id advise some of you to eat a whale. November 20 Snow of the white variety. D E cancels. Buckhannon High wins State High School Championship. November 25 The score is 30-0. Berger inquires of Dog. Have you seen my girl — and Dog looks blank. November 27 Don Grover tries to drink out a fire-extinguisher at Fairmont Y. M. C. A., a nd says he feels all put out. November 30 We have all returned. What did Glada and Dog see in the parlor? Ask Neva and Blake. December 3 Most too cold to go scheming. Everybody has the blues. December 6 Browning and Jinks are heard singing: Love me and the world is mine. one hundred seventy-six 9r MURMUrgMONTIS j V im December 9 Hon. H. H. Byer speaks in chapel and tells us how we will lick the University when the little Byer ' s and the little Haught ' s are big enough to play. December 1 2 Our Snowden selected by Walter Camp as a tackle of AU-American calibre. Ex-cheer leader Paul Workman is presented with sweater by student body, and is not seen with coat on for a month thereafter. Talk about the vanity of u omen December 1 4 Splendid program by Weber Male Quartette. Some new faces were observed on the back row. Ask Red and Shu who they were. December 1 7 The twins arrive. Dog and Bud begin to wear the smile that won ' t come off — for two days. December 19 Miss Wyman cuts church — but to her great disappointment she is the only inmate who does so. Tommy Haught smashes a door. December 2 1 . No rest for the wicked now. Exams draw on apace. December 2.1 Last day of 1913 Calendar. Holidays begin. January 4 THURMAN arrives. So does Sue. A big day for Wesleyan January 6 Touching memories. Girls busy displaying Christmas gifts. January 8 Miss Butler begins to ask. Don ' t you think the new coach is e,ood looking January 1 1 We observe that Peg Anderson ' s hair is still red. January 14 The game with Muskingum. Since all the girls had tickets, there were lots of dates. January 17 We play old Wesleyan Stars. Greasy. Goose. Sandy. Doc. show their old-time form. January 20 Lillian Mayfield gives Paul Roberts sijt of her pictures. Almost as bad as Greasy and Genevieve. January 27 Shu is seen at the Ladies ' Hall. Everybody asking, Did you hear about the new case? January 29 The girls ' team again defeats D E on the Elkins floor. Morrison. Shumaker and Workman go along to Elkins as chaperons. February 4 We win from D E by a close score. Ward Fletcher comes to the game and incidentally calls at the Ladies ' Hall late in the evening. one hundred seventy-seven H W ' lasisiw r MURMUI MQNTIS February 5 Harry Stansbury seems to have a lot of business at Mannington. Wonder if he still takes his newspapers to read while he is wailing for Frances? February 8 Thurman flirts with Miss Staunton. Fats Vance on the hunt of a girl. Dr. Duncan arrives to begin meetings. Everybody goes to church for a week. February 10 Dormitory has hash for dinner. February I 2 Hughes wears a clean shirt and is met every few minutes with Whew! Hughes is all dressed up. February I 5 K. B. is using cocoa butter to develop a beautiful complexion. We see the result. February 1 8 Who said we couldn ' t beat W J — 28-24. February 19 We all go home to celebrate George ' s birthday. The basket ball girls lick Glenville. February 20 Our old friend John Blair arrives in town. Sara wears a brilliant diamond. February 22 Hank Allen is still long, lean and lank. The clock strikes every hour correctly. February 25 To our great surprise Bill Singleton ' s name is added to the list of callers at the Ladies ' Hall. February 2S The race between Young and McCaman begins to grow interesting. February 29 Harry sick. Irma is seen wearing black. March 2 Ray Chapman ' s misplaced eyebrow seems to be thriving nicely. Pete Swan still weighs the same. March 4 Sue is cured of blues by having the girls sing K-e-ll-y. ' March 7 Johnson seems to have found the ideal girl about whom he has talked for so long. Begins to dread the long separation during the Southern Trip. March 8 Woman Suffrage speech in chapel. Later in the day Irma and Harry almost come to blows over the subject of Votes for Women. March 10 Big Tournament begins. Lots of good looking youth arrive. Doc Norris speaks in chapel and tells us to Have a Heart. March I 1 Big game at the gym. Fifteen games and lots of rooting. Parkersburg w ' ins the Championship trophy, while Buckhannon carries off the cup for best cheering. one hundred sevenly-eighl MURMUreMONTIS; ' v March 12 All the girls who have new hats go to church. Just for a Change Nelle and Pat go scheming. March 13 Mutiny and Rebellion! W don ' t approve of going to school on Monday. Jacobs returns from Baltimore. Guy has the toothache and Marjo is blue. March 14 Brother Jones takes up half of each class period explaining the point he was trying to make. Ralph Hall flunks in French. Judy looks sad. Why? March 15 Hathaway doesn ' t seem to be getting fat. The baseball team has outdoor practice. Flo receives her semi-daily from Pittsburg. March 16 Brosie Sine wins fame as a coach — What ' s the matter with the Juniors? March 17 Saint Patrick ' s Day. Erin — and several others — go broke. March 18 Exams begin. Red Robinson gets lo Bible on lime. March 20 Baseball team departs. Champlin Press demands our dope. Here ' s wishing the 1918 Calendar writers good luck.. Say! It ' s exam time of the year. Commencement ' s at the door. And many studes are thinking now Who never thought before. THE FRESHMAN CHEMIST Under a spreading line of talk. The Freshman chemist stands; The chap a Mighty flunk is he. With white and trembling hands. And the drawings of his notebook stuff Are wrong as Villa ' s bands. one hundred aeventy-nine MURMURMONTIS If The Wesleyan Megaphone Published monthly if the weather permits. Otherwise weakly. A crude, calloused, caustic, cold-blooded, confidential, collaboration of the constitutionally crazy acts of the mystic curiosities who make this odiferous assortment of unmitigated piffle possible. Or, in other words, we are bringing before you at stupendous cost from unbelievable sources the most glittering galaxy of fantastically fascinating features ever read of in the cannibals of history. It is a marvelous category of the weirdest lads and lassies ever conglomerated by Pen or Sword. APOLOGIA Don ' t get sore — If you have your feelings hurt try Mentholatum or Arnica. Again you should look in the mirror and think what we might have said about you. Remember you have to be very popular to get bawled out and thus be placed in this end of this Almanac. All suits of slander should be brought in the name of the Homiletic Association. The Annual has no funds. Some of the jokes in this department have no point to them. We print them because we thought some of the professors would enjoy them. Moral: — Salve everybody if you want to be a success. one hundred eighty jftrms MURMURMONTIS If EDITORIALS Kindly mail all slander to the editor. Every paper and magazine should have a policy. We wish to state that The Mega- phone is not only up with the times but slightly ahead. We have two; one. accident; the other, life. So we squeeze the lemon with gusto, and let the juice fly where it may. Going to college is just like sliding down the back cellar door, and the professors are the splinters. Lots of fun until you get stuck. We hope that as many as can. of our sub- scribers, will pay their subscriptions. Our socks is getting out at the heels and we need a new pair of galluses. Call around any time. We are looking forward to the commence- ment recitals with smoked specs. All are urged to attend- Bring your smelling salts. We have been reliably informed that the Board of Trustees of the college has urgently requested the Hall girls to quit swiping spoons from the table. They cost nine cents f er hundred. The band has the largest room in school- room for improvement. We were asked to print the actual truth about some of the Seniors in their write-ups. We couldn ' t-the girls read them, too. The editor offers the following advice for the benefit of the new students: Laugh heartily at all the jokes of your professors. Practice will soon make this easy. Then write all of your letters during lectures. Profs, always approve of the man who takes copious notes. Also it helps out mightily with your correspondence. Moreover, wear your coat to all classes. This is a subtle compliment to your professor, just as evening clothes when dining out. Finally, always carry a textbook or two to class if you can find them. ANNOUNCEMENTS The Editor-in-Chief and the Business Man- ager of the ' 17 Murmurmontis invite the Wesleyan Faculty and the entire student body to be the guests of said Management at The Greenbrier. White Sulphur Springs, W. Va., during the summer vacation of ' 16. The Greenbrier is to become the property of the above named management. Said famed summer resort will be opened immediately after the sale of the Year Book. TO ALL WHO PLAN REVENGE ON THE MEGAPHONE EDITOR. -We will not leave Buckhannon immediately after publication as former editors have done, but will hold a reception in the Megaphone Of- fice for all who wish to call. Said reception will consist of a number of specimens of Har- vey s Militia properly aimed; 22-inch smooth bore butcher knives; sharp, two- edged repeating rifles well loaded and fired; soft, soothing, syncopated drops of cynanide of potassium; five gallons nitro-glycerine carefully exploded and H2S04 pistols fired with ease and elegance. Refreshments will be served after the reception in the Editor s Office, consisting of ground glass in Six ' s con- densed Milk; hot carbolic acid with wafers; limburger pie a la copp eras, and Grandpa ' s Wonder soap with gunpowder dressing. All those surviving will be challenged to a duel with pen-knives at fifty feet. Jim Heavner will uphold the affirmative of White is Black in a dual debate tomor- row night in the College auditorium. A ne- gative debater has not yet been chosen. It is rumored that Heavner has debated this question on previous occasions. owe hundred eighty-one r ' MURMUreMONTIS ! M 9 V K-« 9S P BLv ' FOREWORD We Believe that this is a punk college; that the majority of the professors are moss-grown fossils; that the brewery interest controls the Y. M. C. A.; that the Murmurmontis as now edited is a positive menace; that no languages nor matherratics should be required in the College curriculum; that Prof. Deck should be given a gold rredai for his ease and graceful pose in class; that the hope of IVesleyan College lies in the Class of 1919! ! ! A STORY WITH A MORAL Once upon a time I was a nice child, but since coming to Wesleyan I put away childish things and 1 have lived happily ever after. Moral; When in Rome use Roman Candles. — Roach Hardman financial news Paul Workman is broke this week and wants a loan of fifty cents by tomorrow or next day. Call at the Acme Book Store. Bud Leonard announces that he is now ready to wager bets of any sum or character upon the 1916 World Series. Can be found at College office where the stakeholders are located. A HOT ONE Doctor — How do you feel this morning? Patient — I feel as if I had been dead for a week. Doctor — Hot, eh? (Editor ' s note — The author of the above is actually running about the cam- pus loose. A meeting will be called tonight to end his natural existence. Every- body out! Dr. Fleming says to show your spirit in all activities!) notice Point Marion is the easiest wet town to reach from here. -The Faculty AN THE LAMP WENT OUT AN SMOKED! Tommy — Seen Al lately? Rot You mean Al-cohol? He hasn ' t Benzine for a week. Kerisene him last night. Guessilean up against this post and take a Nap-tha. Tommy — Don ' t yet! Gotta nother question for yuh. If two parts of hydro- gen and one o ' oxygen form water, what will chloroform.? Rot — Oh, it might formaldehyde. one hutidred eighty-two Wta vr j V yMURMUreMONTIS Modern Literature From Your Back Yard Rain Barrel to The Back of Your Neck. (The Biography of A. Mosquito) —Prof. E. R. Casto. Spring Fashions, by Marie Clark. Wear the styles I affect. Reveal the human form divine. In clinging clothes that reveal every line. The Tailor ' s Model. by Luther Flynn. Do you know how to dress well? Old Man Arrow Collar has nothing on me. You can do as well. Class Room Conduct. by Prof. B. F. Haught. A pedagogical discipline. DeLuxe. 30 volumes. Tells how to lecture so as not to disturb students who desire to sleep. A book purely for pleasure. How to Study Poetry With True Expression. by Prof. Helwig, B. O. My gestures are perfect. Facial expression unexcelled. I hold my audience spell- bound. Feminine parts marvelously interpreted. Sweet Poems of Love. by W. D. Judy, one of our foremost Irish poets. A treatise of dove-coomg. Prologue on sentimentalism. 1001 volumes on Dope-Slinging. by Harry Adams Stansbury. B. S., Wes- leyan 15. Paper bound. Thirty Years on a Farm — Ray Chapman. The Shakespearian Element in Diamond Dick — George Hammer. Wedding Bells -Sheets. Hinkle and Hupp. Virtue of the Maxixe and the Foxtrot Laco Greathouse. Poe ' s Raven and so Am I — Virginia Staunton. The Great Mexican Pastime — Harry Vance. Pair o Dice — Johnny Withers. One Year of Class Cuttin — Pete Swan. Don Quick-soap — Mrs. Eldredge. 29 Years in a Coal Mine — Ernest Beck. The Perils of Silas Elmer — Virginia Lee Maxwell. The Other Six Wonders of the World — Thurmond. Profs, and Other Fossils — The Editor. Note — We recommend these books. Their authors are Authorities. Poets May Come and Poets May Go. But 1 Write On Forever. one hundred eight ij-lhrec ' MURMUrgMONTIS r i I DIDN ' T RAISE MY BOY JO BE AFLUMKER one hundred eighty-four tiTSIX r MURMUrgMONTIS , ' ; %J lm If I Didn ' t Raise My Boy to Be A Flunker Ten Thousand students with a D have gone Who may never return again: Ten Thousand mothers ' hearts must break For the flunks who strived in vain. Let each mother counsel in the years to be I ' ll break some bones if you should draw a D. CHORU ' 5 I didn ' t raise my boy to be a flunker: I brought him up to be my pride and glee. Who dares to say he could be any punker Must bear in mind the lowest grade ' s a D. Let students all work harder in the future: It ' s time to can the D and grab an A. There ' d be no flunks today If mothers all would say: I didn ' t raise my boy to be a flunker. one hundred eighty-jive r MURMUr MQNTIS h_ Newspaper Clippings FOREIGN DISPATCHES {Special from (he Greek Argonaut) May I. 1916, Athanaesus Boyadis. A. M.. is coming back to our land of promise, cherry blossoms and rising suns. He has spent six years in the U. S. A., the last two among the heathen at Wesleyan College. King Con- stantine and his Staff plan to be at the train to meet him. MEAGER REPORT TELLS STORY OF MUTILATED VICTIMS OF DISASTER. (A. Schemer Press Service) Weston. W.Va., Mar. 20. 1920— A head on collision of the Blue Goose (No. 23) and the Pickens Flyer (No. 13) at Red Rock on the Tygart ' s Junction. Horner and Sago Division, resulted in one of the greatest rail- road casualties of this era. The latest report gives three dead and four probably fatally injured. According to the meagre reports which have reached here the dead are: Miss Staunton. 51 yrs.. Hong Kong, China; Rev. Jones. 63 yrs., Hinkleville, W. Va.; and Dean Hughes, 26 yrs.. pastor of the second Baptist Church of Philadelphia. Pa. Those probably fatally injured are: Thos. Zumbrunnen. brewer, Milwaukee. Wis. ; Ray Chapman, bar- ber. Cumberland. Md.; John Kellison. chauf- fer for Henry Ford. Detroit Mich.; Claude Browning, farmer, Mannington. W. V ' a.; and Herman Grose. Veterinarian. Chattanooga, Tenn. The wreck was the result of broken tele- graph wires on the Singleton-Beck Tel. Co. lines. Operators Vance and Leonard, sta- tioned at Lorentz. did all in their power to avoid the casualty. Pres. Jonas and Supt. town Deem of Coney Island, left said town on a special train to investigate the wreck. RESSEGER ' S ANTI-WET BILL GETS BY OUR LEGISLATORS WITHOUT A DISSENTING VOTE {Goldbloom Press Seroice) Washington. Feb, 12-The closing day of Congress was marked by the usual fond so long old Tops which are usually in order at such times. Strange but true, there was something done by the Solons on the eve of their departure from the Capitol City. The last bill to be brought up for discussion m the Senate Chamber was concerning the anti- liquor question and was labeled Senator Resseger ' s Anti-Wet measure. When the bill was read. Sen. Resseger was given the floor by Vice Pres. Bill Dunn and delivered one of the greatest speeches that had ever been given m the legislative halls of Wash- ington. At three o clock this afternoon a vote was taken on the measure and it was passed unanimously. The bill was rushed to the Representatives, who under the leader- ship of Hon. Ernest Swan, of Pittsburg, Pa., passed it with no opposition. CAPTAIN MERRELLS CALLS PITTS- BURG CREW TO SMOTHER ANNUAL BLAZE (H ' ilien Press Service) Pittsburg, Pa.. Mar. 14 -The local fire de- partment will leave tonight for Buckhannon to attend the annual fire fighting contest to be held in the basement of Wesleyan College this week. This report was given out by Fire Chief Merrells. WAR ON WESTERN FRONT Mar. I7-(Special from New Concord Echo) Mr. and Mrs. Earle Neale now reside here and have been fighting (Continued on page 189) one hundred eighly-six W-fcrsTtjftg MURMUrgMONTIS , OUR LAST MATH EXAM 1 — Calculate the percentage of water in the Track House soup; the per- centage of steam heat in the Ladies Hall when the mercury is shaking hands with the 10 degree below mark. 2 — If three pink zebras could drink six strawberry 0 ars while a wrist-watched. how long would it have taken Harry Stansbury to graduate? 3 — What would Grand Opera Smith rather do for ten hours than study? 4 — It the P. E. O. ' s were to pledge a fellow, how long would it take for him to be a football captain? 5 — How long will it take Prof. Deck to call Boggs and Rev. Cassey nineteen times if he calls as he has been doing, at the rate of six times a day? N.B. — The other five questions were undecipherable. AS OTHERS SEE US Shirley, dear. 1 just adore those graceful, handsome Junior boys Like Bill, Hank Dog. Shu. Guy. with graces everybody knows; Yes, Nell, dear, they ' re mighty sweet, and always talk so loud and low. The Junior boys are hard to beat and gee. 1 hate the time for them to go. My lover is a Junior and when his love he speaks From peanuts to milk chocolate, he brings me lots of eats; Those Seniors ' autos don ' t catch me, for money care I not. For Juniors have the looks, my dear, that Seniors haven ' t got. WANTED! STUDENTS TO GO TO GERMANY. READ this! News Note: — A number of students have been expelled from Griefswald University because they would not drink beer. Beer evenings are held under the supervision of the Faculty. Money for these big times is furnished by the college authorities just the same as the Wesleyan Faculty furnishes money for the big Homiletic Smokers. FARE OVER IS ONLY SEVENTY DOLLARS (The return will be easy) For particulars see Prof. Deck or Fraulein Jansen of the German Department. Wesleyan College. Buckhannon. W. Va one hundred eighty-seven WilT rfjftS If ' ' MUrgMUreMONTIS flMbllT PROMS one hundred eighty-eight O VMURMUreMONTIS. SST (Continued from page 186) the extremely immoral condition of their community. STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS PAST YEAR IN MARIETTA GAME Heavner: Miller, did that blow cut your head open Miller: No. but if I had been hit any- where else It would have killed me. AT TERRA ALTA (Stansbury with football squad at Y. M. C. A. banquet, immediately after grace had been said and all was quiet)- Boys, the old Hell wagon shows up pretty good in the eve- ning sun against the landscape. IN BIOLOGY EXAM What IS a Hybrid? reshman: It is a chicken. I think. Fresh IN FRENCH CLASS (John Post translating) Ma Nicolette est si douce My Nicolette is a dunce. ( Dog. asking Glada for a date the day after Maude left town) Glada: I don ' t care to play second vio- lin. Dog: O Well. I guess I ' ll get someone else, because the orchestra has to play. Wadsworth says he don ' t know whether to go ahead to College or try to make some- thing out of himself. (Kelly. on baseball field on seeingThurmond take two turns at bat) — Get out o ' there. you bum! You need not try to get a monot- ony on that place. Prof. Casto was discussing the theory of Evolution in Biology and some bright young man came up with this remark: Well, if my foreparents came from the monkey. I can have the satisfaction that they were educated in the higher branches. Shirley: Marjorie, didn ' t you see me stand up for suffragettes? Marjorie: No. I didn ' t Shirley. I wasn ' t looking at YOU. (Hall Girls at New Valley Hotel when bouillon was served.) One of the girls, push- ing cup of bouillon toward waitress: Here, take this tea. 1 ordered coffee. Mrs. Eldredge in English class: Do you know Poe ' s Raven? Mr. McCamon: Why no. What ' s the matter with him? Miss Wyman : Virginia, were you at church this morning? Virginia: Yes. Miss Wyman. Miss Wyman: What was the text? Virginia: BE SURE YOUR SINS WILL FIND YOU OUT. ' May. very much excited, expjects a tele- phone call from Hank. Hearing the tube whistle, she rushes madly to it and yells. Elevator! Irma: Harry, did you stand up for the suffragettes Harry: No. I didn ' t. Irma. Irma: Wait till I get you alone tcnight. one hundred eighty-tune r — THE GIRL There are girls in this world who are pretty. There are girls in this world who are sweet, There are girls who are loyal, true, healthy. And some who are painfully neat. But the girls that the world thinks the most of. The one on whom all may depend. Is the girl touched by all of these blessings. Who makes of the world a good friend. Look for her cheer as you go on your way; It will help you to reach greater height. Perhaps in your midst is that very same girl — She ' s the genuine, typical, Wesleyanite. UPON THE PENN STATE FOOTBALL TRIP Greenleaf: Pete, did you take a bath? Pete: No, is one missing? IN ENGLISH NOVEL COURSE, DEC. 2 Miss Neptune: Mr. Morrison, you certainly are cute. For Sale: Gym suits (feminine) Second hand. Apply Ladies ' Hall. Jonas tells us that kisses are just like olives in a bottle — after the first the rest are easy. (Tell us. Jonas, how do you know?) Wilma: G, don ' t yell like that, you ' ll strain your voice. G : Well the more I strain my voice the finer it gets. THE LATEST SONG HIT Shake, rattle, and roll! Music by Bud Leonard, words by Tom Harrison. (Sung in duet). She gave me the key to her heart, the dear — But today she made me knock: For ' twas yesterday that she gave me the key. And last night she changed the lock! Have you heard about the two foreigners we are to have here next year? Who? Letzaw Awiski and Don Cariff Fydoo! one hundred ninety T -SZTarri r MURMURMONTIS, IN BIOLOGY Men are what women marry. They drink and swear, but don ' t go to church. Maybe if they wore bonnets they would. Men are more logical than women, also more zoological. Both men and women sprung from monkeys, but the women sprung the furtherest. IN THE RECORDERS COURT Either the municipal officers are failing to perform their duties or else there are a great many harmful characters loose in College for more arrests were made this week than usual. I, as Mayor, appeal to the officers to help put down the crime now prevalent. The following arrests were made during the last week ending March 4: I — Thurman, for rushing. 2 — Curtis, for breaking dining room speed limit at Track House. 3 — P. C. McQuain, Irma Workman. Brosie Sine and Thos. Zumbrunnen, for loafing. 4 — Hupp, for habitually beating time. 3 — Jonas, for breaking the news on Tuesday morning. 6 — Beulah Wheaton. for harboring a kitty in the Ladies ' Hall. 7 — Prof. Garlow, for leading chapel. 8 — Morrison, for taking a Life every week. 9 — Senior College Class, for forgetting that it is an example for Freshmen in Chapel. 10 — Peg Anderson, misdemeanor, use of Orange and Black paint. 11 — Jim Heavner, assault and battery. Details not given. 12 — Pete Swan, for overwork in College library. Signed, Thos. W. Haught, Mayor. NEW HOTEL POVERTY WHILE IN BUCKHANNON STOP AT THE NEW HOTEL POVERTY Handsome four-story brick structure, designed after the architecture of the time of Eric the Dane. One hundred rooms and two bath tubs. (One in man- ager ' s office and one in the basement.) CUISINE supervised by the famous French chef, Robert le Noir. RATES: As much as you can pay. and up. REFERENCES: Page ' s Chief American Poet ' s and Encyclopedia Brit- tanica. Ernest Beck. Manager. Windy Ross, Head Chef. Russ Rollins. Head Waiter one hundred ninety-one W2it9i )S r MURMURMONTISjJ ' i OWED TO FRESHMEN GIRLS Fickle, fickle. Freshmen girls. How you fool the Senior squirrels: Stuck above the rest so sly. Like you were last year at high. Senior ' s ticket all year round. Bright eyes hold him spellbound; Then you wear a Junior ' s pin. Fickle, fickle, what a sm! Eat a Senior ' s candy down. Tell him he ' s the best in town; Sunday with a Soph you flirt. Fickle, fickle, little skirt. Tell the Senior he ' s a dear. From September thru the year; Then you turn your Senior loose. Fickle, fickle, what ' s the use? WHY NORMAL COLLEGE PROFS GO MAD OR How first year Normal Students fill out their Entrance Slips Question — What is your nationality? Answer — Methodist. Q. — Were you raised on the farm or in the city? A. — Clarksburg. Q. — Are you married or single? A,— Yes. Q. — What previous experience have you had? A.— One. Q. — What subjects have you taught? A. — British and Irish. Q. — Are you fond of sports? A. — I would rather not say Q. — Are you going to make teaching your life work? A. — Not if I can help it. UNREDEEMED FREIGHT One bale of billets-doux, postmarked Don Grover and addressed Elizabeth Street, Buckhannon, W. Va. One box from Simon Levinsteins, containing pins, badges, buttons, and fobs, addressed to Harry V. Looney. Ladies ' Hall. One girl ' s completed basket ball outfit, including jersey, shoes, hair-ribbon — (No address, rest torn off). One box from Point Marion. Pa., $2. 37 (unpaid) addressed to Homiletic Association (Excess freight). 16 Vol. set. How to Act in Public. addressed to The Faculty. I sample Track suit, addressed to Perry Robinson — The above will be sold at auction in Chapel on Commencement Day by Autioneer Karl Wagner. First Freight Agent. Kellar. one hundred ninety-two %%xm ■ jiifcP MURMUreMONTIS; ' %iji If you thnk you can write better articles than we have in this section, write them here. Prof. Aspinall: Why did Moses not go into the Promised Land? Rogers: He had killed an Egyp- tian. Lost — Ambition, Hope, Dignity. Money. Finder please return to Library. Address College Senior. Wanted — To get thin — Pete Swan. Wanted — New pose for my tongue — Thurman. Wanted — Hair Restorer — Faculty. Wanted — Young Ladies to be defi- nite — Bill Swisher. CLASSIFIED ADS Wanted — Stiffs. Why be buried in the potter ' s field when you can be cre- mated? Address Biology Department. Wanted —Young men who are not afraid of chaperons. — Ladies ' Hall. Wanted — Boarders for the Track House Club. Our hash is guaranteed direct from Swindler Brothers. San Francisco, Cal. See Stansbury for credit. You wont get it. Found — Noiseless Radiator. Our agents are getting rich. Parts of Buck- hannon territory for sale. — Red Law, District Manager. Lost — $15 on the Thanksgiving game. Would like to recupe. Applicants address Paris Shay, care of Murmurmontis. Wanted — Wife. Must be a good cook and a graduate nurse. White pre- ferred. Write R. B. 32 Meade Street. Lost — Hair. Finder please return to W. D. Judy and receive reward. EXCERPT FROM LATEST NOVEL (Pub. by courtesy Miss Neptune) — and with a wild cry she flung herself into his arms. She raised her lips to his in a long, sweet kiss of love till they were both out of breath: some two hours later — AT YOUNGS DRUG STORE OR THE BUSY BEE Now, fellers, this is on me. (Business of struggling to get pocket book.) Well, durn yuh. go ahead if you must. Announcement — The Wesleyan College Club will give a dance in the beauti- fully decorated rooms of Depot St. garage next Monday eve. one hundred ninety-three Wiiims: beau-not club A bevy of charming young ladies met upon one snowy evening of last winter term for the purpose of organizing themselves into a club. The name unani- mously chosen was the Beau-Not ' Club. The purpose, motto, and password are all embodied in its name. Whether this is a literary or social club is left for those interested to guess. Only a select lew are entitled to membership. Mem- bers: Sadie Rexroad. Lota Ford, Ruth Webb. Virginia Staunton. Cora Maxwell and Grace Wyman (Faculty adviser). Many applicants for membership in this Club are being refused daily. Announcement — Gossip party in Reading Room at 3:30 next Tues. Come and learn your family history. DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE A new department has recently been added to the College curriculum. It is Domestic Science. Accessories consisting of skillets, tin cups, dish rags and soup bowls are scattered over a table down in the basement of College Hall. Here we see cooking, serving, dish-washing and mopping up. Some very important rules and hints follow: ETIQUETTE RULES Learn how to entertain an olive before entering society. Etiquette experts cannot agree on asparagus, so let somebody else lead off and you follow suit. ' Never blow on your soup to cool it. Fan it with your hat. Under no circumstances, mix beer with your watermelon. Always tip your hat when speaking to a lady, unless she is a maid — then tip her. In eating soup don ' t try to make more noise than your neighbor. You ' ll do that without trying. When the sparkling wine is set before you, don ' t drink more than six glasses. Remember where you are. Don ' t put your napkin under your chin. Wear a soup-colored shirt. Never detour while telling an after-dinner story. You might lose your way and go around in a circle. Always withdraw in a crowd so your name won ' t be connected with a missing hat or wrap. In dancing, don ' t tread on your partner ' s toe — unless she is wearing black shoes. Photographs should not be placed on the piano. The other fellow might call unexpectedly. HOUSEHOLD HINTS If bothered with mosquitoes, move North. Children should not play the piano with a hatchet. Fly paper on a chair shows great stick-to-you-ive-ness. If your husband makes love to the cook — fire the husband. Husbands are easy to get. Love thy neighbor as thyself — if she is not married. Silence is golden. Get rich quick! Don ' t spend five cents car fare to buy a dollar article for ninety-eight cents. If you get bored with housekeeping, you can get board. Never make biscuits that will hang heavy on one ' s conscience. To have a good complexion, soak your face in buttermilk or cream over night. one hundred ninety-four Ha r e V MURMUreMONTIS CAN YOU IMAGINE IN 1930 Peg Anderson, an organizer of Old Maid ' s Homes? Hubert Howard, a pugilist? Lillian Trieber. a farmer ' s wife? Shirley Burgess, Dean of Women at Wesleyan? Red Deem, in grand opera? Lou Callison, a spinster by choice? John Withers, an undertaker? Cha(;ncey Bailey, a dancing master? Cecii Blake, a missionary? Miss Lobdell, a social butterfly? Clyde McCamon, president of W. V. W. C? Miss Wyman, married? Miss Butler, still teaching gym? Glada Miller, matron of an orphan ' s home? What would we think if we should see Dean Haught walking on the grass. Or Prof. Ulrich opening with prayer his class; Or Prexy in the New Valley a playin ' poker And betting on West Virginia like a joker; Or Prof. Aspinall without a joke Or Prof. Helwig begin to smoke Or see our sedate Miss Wyman prancing According to the modern dancing What would you think if we should hear Prof. White some time say I don ' t think we should work today. And hear Prof. Cast o boldly debonair Calmly and deliberately swear; Or hear Prof. Ryland say. There ' ll be no exam, today. These things I ' ll see and so will you When all warm places ' are cold thru and thru. OF ALL SAD WORDS Your grade is sixty-nine The excuse isn ' t sufficient I can ' t pay you till tomorrow They won. 30-0 Tommy wants to see you Sorry. I have a date School books — cash only Hash for dinner PESTS FOR THE YEAR Get your picture taken — Editor ' Keep the Belgians from starving!! Votes for Women. How many Lecture Course tickets? Y. W. Candy Sales. Chapel Absences and Special Exams. Your Pharos subscription is due. Rehearsal for Julius Caesar tonight. one hundred ninety-five If Wkiwrf r MURMURMONTIS, ACKNOWLEDGMENT If You ' d scarcely expect students of our ages To write an annual as would the sages; So if we have chanced to fall below Nineteen sixteen and those before. Cast not on us a critic ' s eye. Forget our failures bye and bye. For this you ' ve doubtless heard before; Great writers from their failures grow. L one hundred-ninely-six JCKNO WLEDGMENT The MURMURMONTIS STAFF and STUDENT BODY are greatly mJebted to the firms who have taken space in the advertising sec- tion. With their co-operation it was possible for this book to be published and the STAFF wishes to impress on the STUT ENTS that they SUP- PORT THOSE WHO SUPPORT US. one ninetv seven Levinstein ' s Department Store Headquarters for Men, Women and Children Head to Foot Outfitters Everything for Everybody Money Saved on Every Purchase Buckhannon, W. Va. Who put Harm in the Harmer Gate one ninety eight West Virginia ' s Largest Electric Sign West Virginia ' s Largest Drug Store West Virginia ' s Finest Drug Store West Virginia Wesleyan Students ' Headquarters The store where quality is always considered before price. Not drugs alone, but everything that you would expect to find in a first class Drug. Stationery or Gilt Store, all in large assortment and reasonably priced. Wholesale and Retail DRUGGIST BUCKHANNON. W. VA. Wanted; Jobs. The men of 1916 one ninety nine Buchannon Opera House and Hippodrome Theatres We are showing only the latest attractions. Nothing of an objectionable nature is ever permitted at either of these houses. The object being to instruct and entertain at a nominal price. All films are passed by the NATIONAL BOARD of CENSORSHIP that are used in these houses. We invite the students to visit our theatres M. E. HYMES, Manager Don ' t be afraid to hold your nose It is not disgraceful. two hundred Each year finds The Acme Giving Better Service Our business is growing with this improved service. Let us supply you with Good Books, Fine Stationery, Spalding Athletic Goods, Kodaks, Periodicals and School Supplies of All Kinds Acme Book Store THE STUDENT STORE Colwes Bros. The Quality Shop High Qrade Furnishings for Qenilemen If you Purchase from us you can always rest assured thai the style is absolutely correct and every article is guaranteed (or satisfaction. Exclu- sive agents for ( d. °U. ' Price Co., Chicago The largest and best tailoring concern in America Place your orders with us (or cut flowers for all occasions. Agents for ' Uhe H. Weher Sons Company Oakland Md Colwes Bros. Wagner, — To me, love is better than fame. two hundred one CHARLES B. CASTO Coats, Suits and Skirts Knovv n for their Superior Excellence of Style, Fit and Tailorng Each emphasizes the correct mode, and is Cut and Fashioned by Skilled Workmen It is not an exaggeration to assert that you can purchase most of your requirements right in our store CHARLES B. CASTO Boys leaving Ladies Hall whistle Good-bye Forever. Miss Wyman. No such luck. two hundred two Clark ' s Studio Opposite Corner Court House BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA Photographs, Framing anc Enlarging Post Cards and Amateur Finishing We guarantee all Work to Please Don t call me. Professor, for 1 m sleeping my way ifiru school. two hundred three For Quality and Real Value in Merchandise SEE J. K. Mahone v A High Grade Line of Candies always in stock. Everything for the Student whether it be Wearing Apparel,Groceries,Fruitsor Confections You don ' t know nuthin. two hundred four ECONOMY Is the first stepping stone to success. We do not mean Cheapness, but getting the best value for the price you pay. You will find in our stock of watches, Diamonds, Rmgs, Pms and all kmds of Jewelry exceptional values from beginnmg to end. IVe Guarantee Every Article to Be As Represented We do all kinds of Watch, Clock and Jewelry Repairing, Diamond Mounting, etc. We make no over charges on anything. Call and let us prove the statement. Yours respectively. The Watch Shop IVatchmal ers Jewelers W. R. McCLANAHAN. Mgr. 22 West Main Street Buckhannon, W. Va Freshie: — What is the professor trying to do now? Soph: — Why. Professor Casto is trying to see at what velocity a man drops a hot potato. No, my dear, I have not been drinking. I have been eating frog legs and you smell the hops. Curtiss on Peace: — 1 am against forts and fortifications for preparedness. The way to prepare our country against a pos- sible invasion, is by widening the Atlantic ocean. CLEANING PRESSING Begin right by having your clothes cleaned and pressed at CLARK ' S Where the old students go Clark Pressing Co. Consolidated Phone 44 E. Main St. Kellison — Ten o ' clock by the Gonzales. two hundred Jive tHe aDfertiSinG gaZee e pu UsheD onCe In A tvhlhe VoLu ne Avi --nO. 1- nOTE-Periods maRk tHe enD or sentences in this paper. usuallY. INSOMNIA BASEBALL TEAM HAS NARROW ESCAPE. GRAFTON. West of Virginia. Some time in March. The sweet lads of Wesleyan were placed in a hazardous position last night when they entered the Pullman Car — it was a sleeping car. Weather forecast. Will West Virginia go britches at the election next fall- BOBBITT CALLED HOME COWEN . W. Va. Fall Term. Senator Bobbit of Wesleyan was called home this morning to label his bees, so in case of war, he would conform with the law of having all wild animals branded before being driven inland, in case of an invasion. ' The Senator said he had a stinging time. HYGIENE THIS IS AN EDITORIAL. Science has condemed the kiss and now wants to do away with hand- kerchiefs. The former might be pos- sible, but buttons will have to be removed from coat sleeves before we will stand for the latter. STAGE NEWS Clarksburg, W. Va. Fletch (who might have belonged to the ' 20 class) has become a Chinese Actor. He is making a big hit and never forgets his queue. VANCE PURCHASES A MACH I NE Snatch. Not in W. Va. Fats after much deliberation and forethought, purchased a machine. We are glad to hear that Mr. Vance has done so. He does not drive so very fast at present but he will soon let her out. His make is a reliable one and is guaranteed not to skid. At present he uses to fingers and can turn off a mile in five minutes. Speed a min- ute to a letter. His machine is a Remington. Latest War News. The Uhlans under Gen. Bull-Salve Ske. immediately south of the forest of Bushwa-Zona, drove the defenders of Big-um-booksy into the region of Degenerovitch. LOW BIR ' TH ' rate— MISTAKE THE PEOPLE OF THE U. S. WERE FLEECED OUT OF $300,000 last YeAr. In Spite of the LOW BIRTH rate there still seemed to be one born a minute. MRS. JONES ' HUSBAND DIED LAST WEEK We ExTend all matter of sympa- THY to the bereaveD Mrs. Jones and offer the following consolation that hereafter she wILL know where her husband is at Nights. FASHION NOTE THE GIRLS ARE DRESSING UP THIS YEAR. HOW FORTU- NATE IS WAS THAT HIGH TOP SHOES CAME ' IN STYLE WHEN THEY DID. NO CHANGE IN TROUSERS THIS YEAR. (Bus. Mgr. At least there is not in mine.) MALCOLM STAYS IN BUCKHAN- NON CITY: MALCOLM DID NOT GO HOME FOR SPRING VACATION. HE STARTED TO TAKE A TRAIN HOME BUT WHEN HE FOUND SO MANY HAD BEEN MISSED LATELY, he thot is was not save to take a chancE. RED LAW ' S INVENTION WHILE out ROWING last SUM- MER red desired to smoke — he did — well I said he did. He had one (I) boX of cigars and nO matches. He thRU a cigar overboard AND MADE THE BOAT a CIGAR lighter. Some invention Eh. ON E OF TFIE BASEBALL PLAYER flunked HIS EXAMS BEFORE Go- ING SOUTH. HediDnoTgoSouth. The dilatory cuss should have His wrist watch taken from him. Quality, Style and Prices Right We are better prepared to serve you than ever before, with strictly first class and Up-to-Date Merchandise We guarantee our goods to be just as we represent them. We base our business on a square deal, we guarantee you your money s worth at all times, and prices the lowest compared with the quality of the goods. We earnestly solicit your patronage and ask you to give us a call. BENDER MADER 3 E. Main Street Buckhannon, W. Va Mutual Life Insurance Company is the oldest in the game and their agent would be glad to explain their Contract. We also represent some of the leading Fire Insurance Companies Gioe Us A Call The Drummond Insurance Agency Office over Post Office Buckhannon, West Virginia Mundy Pressing Co. 52 E, Main St. Buckhannon, West Va, Dry Cleaning and Scouring United States Hoffman STEAM PRESS Phone No. 73 How to Flunk, By Hughes. two hundred seven Two of America ' s Best OVERLAND Willys -Knight On display at our Garage We carry a complete line of accessories. Reliable Repair Work Prompt Service Inland Auto Garage Co. Depot Street Buckhannon, W. Va. Dog: Berger, have you seen my girl? tivo hundred eight Tour Friends CAN BUY ANYTHING YOU CAN GIVE THEM -EXCEPT YOUR PHOTOGRAPH MacAvot studio BUCKHANNON ( TKis page -rfas printed b l xe LORENTZ PRESS. Buckhannon. W. Va., printers of l high grade school stationery , in ' itations m announcements, programs, menus. c. M — r w 1 —JLmMMml£r [Mil ' I r 4§M ' The Girl Who Wouldn ' t Eleanor was attractive. She was always invited to parties, balls, and the theaters. She had so much fun that she could not take the time to finish her high school course. She became a little older and began to think of her future — not seriously and only occasionally. Some wage-earning friends advised her to learn something that might serve her in the hour of adversity, should such an hour come. They suggested stenography, but Eleanor Vk ' ould not give up her fun. Adversity ' s cloud did hover by and by, and at thirty-five Eleanor is a blondined waitress. Fortunately, for every Eleanor there are a dozen substantial Marys and Marthas who learn something at the time when learning is possible something that will carry them over the hard places in life — something that will make them independent, self supporting, and economically free. Our shorthand school is sending such girls out into the business world every day. These girls take good places in good offices where they maintain their self-respect and earn good salaries. What we can do for ambitious young women is thoroughly explained in our interesting catalog which is mailed free. Send for it. Don ' t be The Girl Who Wouldn ' t. Mountain State Business College ALBERT GRANT SINE. President Parkersburg - - West Virginia ©he Smblein V fyicier cy Don ' t talk behind a mule ' s back. two hundred nine The UPSHUR REPUBLICAN Official Republican Organ of Upshur County Buckhannon, West Virginia J. B. HILLEARY, Editor and Manager The REGER GROCERY The Store that Satisfies Complete Line of Canned Goods and Fancy Groceries Schrafft ' s Chocolates Fancy Sunshine Cakes Prompt Delivery Both Phones 10 E. Main St Two hundred Un STUDF.NTS SUPPLY SPOP PICTURE FRAMING STATIONERY BOOKS PHOTO SUPPLIES Index to all Advertisements Acme Book Store 201 MacAvov Studio . Insert Alkire Post 221 Mahone. J. K. , , . 204 Auld Co.. D. L. 222 Mt. State College 209 Beagle. Dr. Alden 221 Mundv Pressing Co. 207 Bender Mader 207 New Valley Hotel . 219 Beer. Dr. Oscar B. 22 1 Pharos . 217 Buck. Opera House 200 Pifer. Dr. J. L 222 Busy Bee Restaurant 218 Post Bros. 221 Casto. Charles B. 202 Reger Grocery 210 Clark Pressing Co 205 Reitz Jewelers 222 Clark ' s Studio 203 Simons. Dr. J. B. 222 CoIwesBros. 201 Talbot Farnsworth 222 Dawson, J. Ralph 213 Talbott Drug Co. 214 Drummond Ins. Agency. 207 Traders Nat ' l Bank 214 Forman Hospital 216 Trippett. Dr. K. H. 221 Fowkes. W. A. 211 Upshur Republican 210 Hannah ' s , 22 1 Waldo Hotel 220 Inland Garage 208 Watch Shop 205 Kelly. E. H. 221 Weidenhammer Grocery 222 Knight Errant Co 218 Wesleyan College 212 Latham Hardware Co 213 ' oung. G. O. . . 199 Levinstein ' s Store 198 ' oung Bird 221 Lorentz Press . Insert College and School Supplies of all Kinds LET US SERVE ' YOUR WANTS W. A. FOWKES 15 WEST MAIN STREET BUCKHANNON, W. VA. Who wrote Franklin ' s Autobiography. two hundred eleven West Virginia Wesleyan College BUCKHANNON. WEST VIRGINIA Courses of Study Classical — A College Course Leading to the A. B. Degree. Scientific — A College Course Leading to the B. S. Degree. Pedagogy — A College Course Leading to the B. Ped. Degree. Normal — College Courses Leading to State Certificates. Academy — A Prepatory Course Leading to College En- trance. Special Courses are offered in Engineering, Elocution, Art, Music and Domestic Science. Advantages Location — Healthful, Beautiful, Accessible and Morally Wholesome. Equipment Strong Faculty, Good Library, Modern Buildings, New Gymnasium, New Haymond Science Hall. Wesleyan Spirit — Clean Athletics, Helpful Friendships, Individual Attention, Religious Atmosphere. Ejcpenses very moderate. FOR CATALOG ADDRESS Wallace B. Fleming, Ph.D., President BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA Take Piano — It is good for ihe hair. two hundred twelve Latham Hardware Company See our Stock of Dinner Ware ilso Gas Ranges ' Depot Street, Bucl h annon. West Virginia COLLEGE MEN are wearing the stylish models that we are making up to order from serges, sporty fla n n els and feather weight fabrics of sterling reliability. Supenor quality, workmanship and style cannot be ob- tained even for much more than we ask. BEAU BRUMMC: TAILORING J. RALPH DAWSON MERCHANT TAILOR Buckhannon, West Vin Chorus girls have hard times. They bare so much Tivo hundred thirteen TALBOTT S SUPERIOR ICE CREAM ' Uhe Vaste Uells Talbott Drug Co. A Good Drug Store Either Phone Buckhannon, West Va. The Traders National Bank Buckhannon, West Virginia Capital, Surplus and Earnings $130,000.00 State Depository Member Federal Reserve System SAFE DEPOSIT BOXES FOR RENT Preps: I want to flunk ' em. two hundred fourteen Dear Readers, we wish to call your attention to the most astonishing fact. If you turn to page 223. you will behold one of the most remarkable pictures in captivity. The 17 class has been working for three years to obtain such a picture and was only able to do soat the very last minute, when the entire dummy was ready for the press. The editor thought the picture so won- derful that he was willing to reconstruct his dummy so as to make room for that wonderful pro- duction. The picture is only a small one but is priceless. In years to come it will be worth piles of money. Hank Allen for once in his three years at Wesleyan was caught in a hurry and the wonderfulness of such a picture is to be prized more highly than its weight in gold. We thot it best to show you the picture as well as tell you about it for fear that your imaginative, creative, conceptive, or inventive powers would not be comprehensive enough to allow you a clear, pure, bright, unclouded, distinct, disentangled, or transparent knowledge of the same without the correct reproduction before you. It is our intention to portray to you all remarkable featurs that ever take place in Wesleyan. One more unusual, rare, striking, _and extraordinary event, which took place in the main building, is the fact that ' Stubby ' neglected to put Discuss Fully before all his test questions. Now we think that the prof, should be slapped on the wrist (take care not to break his watch) and severely reprimanded. No student that has a class to the said aforementioned prof, had anything to do with writing this article. After the performance of strict observance we arrived at the logical and reasonable conclusion that the difficulty with too many of the college students is that they expect the return of an ocean liner when they have not sent out as much as a row boat. Every man desires to be a general m his own home. Think of the many times he braces up to the little to be wifey and says what he is going to do and what a general he will make in their little sunshine parlor. When they are living in their little two by two apartments the ' little to be wifey ' finds her husband a general all right a general nuisance. One of the latest development of science is the advocating of better things for babies. One of the medical journals gives a long lists of do ' s and don ' ts. One is — if a baby does not thrive on fresh milk, boil it. Poor baby! From the time one first sees daylight, until the time when he ceases to see he is constantly meeting obstacles. And life has so many of them, it is a wonder to some of us how the rest of us get by. Please tell us what kind of a nut a guy is that drinks grape juice. A grape nut. The little lamb that Mary had Would close behind her go But few adopted Marys fad Most damsels want an auto. Mrs. Revolution should be happy. Why so? Because she has so many daughters and in every town she can visit one of them. A model school teacher was trying to develop the reasoning and imaginative powers of one of her pupils. Johnny, what does b-e-d spell? Teacher. I dunno. ' Well, what do you sleep in? Johnny after much thought. Teacher. I have it now. It spells shirt. Mr. Kellar. what are you going to do with those hinges? Why, prep. I am going to swing the gait of a horse on them. Women can do most things that men can do. it is true. But if you ask most husbands about it, they will tell you of one thing. That the fair sex cannot hang all their clothes on one nail. •ajiq noX ||us inq pra siiqnd jaX ijooq jeaX XjsAd ut pa[|nd uaaq sbi as oC sii j If you give your baby a bottle be careful that it does not fall out of the cradle and break its neck. No! the bottle. two hundred fifteen The Forman Surgical Hospital Careful and Thorough Examination Made of Patients who Come to the Hospital Surgery is a Specialty When notified we will meet patients at the depot with ambulance or cab. Come any day, but when convenient come on Monday, Wednes- day or Friday, by 6:00 P. M. Bell telephone No. 47, Consolidated phone No. 63. Our training school offers exceptional advantages to young ladies desiring to become trained nurses. Particulars given on the subject to those interested. Write to the above hospital. BUCKHANNON, WEST VIRGINIA She had romantic feehngs m her legs two hundred sixteen The PHAROS The Monthly Publication, published by the Stu- dent Body during the School Year, contains Facts concerning Athletics Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. ' s, and all other Activities. TO FOLLOW CLOSELY WHAT WESLEY AN DOES YOU SHOULD BE A SUBSCRIBER OF THE PHAROS It advances New Ideas for the improvement of the College, promotes School Spirit, encourages Liter- ary Work, gives an Account of the Alumni and keeps every one in touch with ail that takes place at Wesleyan. If you are thinking of sending a Son or a Daughter to Wesleyan, write for the ' Pharos and see what helpful work is encouraged by the Student Body. Single Copies, lOc. 75c. a year, if paid before Xmas IRMA WORKMAN, Editor -in-Chief PAUL WORKMAN, Bus. Mgr. Tight? Why, he is so close, he is musty, Two hundred seventeen The Busy-Bee Restaurant G. W. KEATLEY, Propnetor Opens 5 o ' clock A. M. Closes 12 o ' clock P- M. For the best food and most perfect service in town there is no equal ' he Students ' T estaurant 7 S. Kanawha Street Buckhannon, W. Va. The Knight-Errant Co. News, Book and Job Printing The oldest printing office in the county but we do not show our age. Let us show you. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1 9 S. Kanawha Street Buckhannon, W. Va. Pardon me for complimenting myself. Bui I can. livo hundrt ' d eighteen ' ' Hotel With A Conscience Hotel New Valley American Plan $2 and $2.50 per day All Modern Conveniences Mrs. Florence Schobe, Proprietress Buckhannon West Virginia Life is a game of football with time out for fussing. two hundred nineteen The WALDOH OTE L ClarJisburg, W. Va. :: R.J. Gazely, Prop. EUROPEAN PLAN Rates $ 1 .00 per day and upwards. Cafe in connection. Reasonable Prices. The College Man ' s Home. Your patronage solicited. Headquarters for Wesleyan students, when in Clarksburg. Location Convenient. Modern. Abso- lutely Fireproof. Music Every Evening. Every woman is a volume within herself, if you know but how to read her. two hundred twenty Oscar B. Beer, M. D. Office Pradtioner Special attention given to diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat and the fitting of glasses. POST BROTHERS Tonsorial Artists Catering Especially to the Needs of Students. 1 4 Chancery St. Buckhannon. W. V a. Alkire Post DENTISTS SEE US and SEE BFST We make a scientific examination of the eyes without drops. Supply, fit and adjust glasses, and keep them adjusted. Office on Chancery Street. Opp. Court House Both Phones YOUNG BIRD EYE SPECIALISTS Buckhannon West Virginia K. H. Trippett, M. D. Physician and Surgeon R. H. Kelly Livery Feed Stable Office in Peoples Bank Bldg, Buckhannon West Virginia Look me up Buckhannon West Va ALDEN BEAGLE Dentistry and Oral Disease Teeth Extracted and Filled With- out Pain Students, who is your barber? Courtesy assured at HANNAH ' S Experienced Barbers 3 S. Kanawha St. Office in Peoples Bank Building Red Dyer: — A little round, fat, quiet man ot good. two twenty one DR. J. L. PIFER PHYSICIAN and Surgeon Both Phones in Office and Residence Office in Peoples Bank Building albott Farnsworth DENTISTRY that is reliable and up-to-date is what we give you. BOTH PHONES Post-Latham Building Insist that your GROCERYMAN give you Aero Hour Every Bag Guaranteed Weidenhaiiiiner Grocery Co. Reitz Jewelers 8 E. Main St. Buckhannon. West Va. Where the students buy their gifts Diamonds and Jewelry Fine China, Cut Glass and Souvenir Spoons. All articles engraved free of charge Class Pins College Emblems J. B. SIMONS, M. D. Physician and Surgeon Office in Peoples Bank Building BUCKHANNON, WEST VA. The D. L. Auld Company COLUMBUS. OHIO Class Rings Class Pins Wriie for catalogue No light nonsense about her. How about Browning? two twenty two lu ' o tiventv three FAREWELL To those who have read this book, We thanl for patience and time, And may you not regret, na, Not even a single line. To you we wish happiness And may it be without a sigh For friends we are and have been, Tho now we must say good-bye. 17 Staff. W. S. J. tivo twenty four L c yo ] ENGRAVINGS FOR THIS BOOK BY Buffalo V. (jJitUttttbtt mi The CKamplin Pfe« , malccn of this book, prints MdUK ColI««« Cauloss. Annual . Viewi Bulletins ina Calendars, ihaD juiy other print-shop. Write for samples, piiccs and rdcrcflns. EAaUisUl ie93. Aacia $90,000. . ' . _ . ' . THIS INSERT IS PRINTED ON THE CENTRAL OHIO PAPER CO.S 32«44-120 GREEN EUCUD SEMI-DULL ENA.MEL.