Westminster College - Argo Yearbook (New Wilmington, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 216 of the 1907 volume:

PUBLISHED BY Slip Junior (Elans nf 19Dr MpHlmtttHtpr doling? New Wilmington. Pa. Ninrtmi tiundrrft anii six VOLUME III THISVOLUME IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED TO •prnfrsaor (Cbarlrs jFrrpman. 9.. OUR BELOVED TEACHER AND FRIEND, AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE ESTEEM AND RESPECT HELD FOR HIM BY THE CLASS O F Ninrtrrn ljttniirrii auit sntrtt. Introduction Class of 190?. disregarding the discouraging experiences of its TT predecessors, has proceeded to the publishing of this, the third volume i|L ol TJh [rgo. In 50 doing we have recognized the importance of the movement and have been willing to sacrifice a little, perhaps, in order that it might not be abandoned. However the amount of our sacri- fice, as well as the perpetuation or abandonment of the movement is at the hands of the student body; and in view of this we sincerely hope they will give this annual the supporl thai the movemenl It has been the purpose of the Board of Editors to paint in by picture, prose and poetry, in the colors of the Class of 1907, college life peculiar to Westminster. To accomplish this we hav upon the co-operation of the students. For their response, as we shown, we wish to express our sincere gratitude. We also wish t acknowledgment of the receipt of two very able articles from t Wallace and Dr. D. R. Miller. And with apologies for its imperfections and literary d 1907 Argo out upon the sea of examination under the truce flag of an honest effort of ■iticism and. 1 matured mini nerits. creditable way, I the phases of been dependent as the interest make thankful  pens of Dr. A. G. ects we launch the hope, appreciation. Sail, Argo, sail out to sea Bearing our fondest thot : Bearing the joys and hopes and fears ' That college days have wrought. Out on the wide deep we send thee Where many a hark is lost: Where statelier ships with wealthier store Like thee by the tempest are tossed. Fear neither pirate nor storm — Thy treasures are not for these: Thy mission to carry to kind hearts afar Bright outlooks and fond memories. Go, little dream boat, go — Out where the billows roll — And bring us again the Golden Fleeci That envy and -malice stole. Editorial Staff J. FRANK SHRADER, Editor-in-Chief. J. WILLIARD ACHESON, Associate Editor. NELLIE McAULEY, L.terary Ed.tor. ELIZABETH DONALDSON, Associate L.terary Editor. W. E. BROWN, martha McMillan, Artists. ROBERT F. GALBREATH, Business Manager. HARRY A. CANNON, Associate Business Manager. Board of Trustees From First Synod of the West. From Synod of Pittsburg Term Expires 1906. J. A. Henderson, D. D., D. W. Carson, 1). 1).. I). F. McGill, 1). D., J. A. Doutiiett, I). D.. I fox. S. S. Mehard, William Hill. Esq. Term Expires 1007. Rev. A. R. Robinson, Rev. J. S. Garvin, Ph. I . Rev. Wm. J. Snodgrass, W. D. Ikons. I). I).. J. J. Porter. Esq.. W. C. Wallace, M. D. Term Expires 190S. S. W. Gilkey. D. D., Rev. R. A. Jamison, Rev. H. H. Houston, Rev. A. s. Aikin. Hon. Jas. M. Galbreath, T. J. Gillespie, Esq. Term Expires 1909. Wm. H. Vincent. I). D., ■ Rev. H. S. Wilson, J. S. Witherspoon, D. D.. A. II. Bell, Esq., Jas. P. McKinnly, Esq., Rev. ( ' . D. Fulton. Chosen bp the Alumni Term Expires 1906. D. G. McKay. D. D., R. K. Aiken, Esq. Term Expires 1907. J. C. Taggart, D. D., Rev. G. H. Getty. Term Expires 190S. J. K. McClurkin, 1). D.. W. J. Shields, A. M. Term Expires 1909. S. B. Donaldson, Es , ., Jas. A. McLaughri ' , Esq. Chosen by the Board Term Expires 1906. R. S. Fbazier, D. D., Rev. J. A. Alexander. Term Expire 1907. II. II. Parrish, Esq., Jas. H. Lochart, Esq. Term Expires 190S. D. W. McNaugiier, Esq., M. M. Patterson, D. I). Term Expires 1909. Jas. W. Grove, Esq., Hugh Kennedy. Esq. Officers of the Board M. M. Patterson. D. D.. Wilkinsburg, Pa President J. W. Witherspoon, D. D. Allegheny, Pa Secretary David W. McNaugher., Jr., Monongahela Bank Bldg., Pittsburg, Pa ... Treasurer Rev. J. H. Veazey, New Wilmington. Pa .Financial Agent Executive Committee M. M. Patterson, D. D.. Eon. S. S. Mehard, S. B. Donaldson, Esq., W. D. Ikons. I). I). The President E. (--Officio. Our President-Elect, Kobert McWatty Russell, 2). D. Westminster Alumni Association Officers t W. II. ! r i !. D. I).. ' 69 ' Rev. Ii. I.. Porter, ' 90 Recording Secretary Miss Annie Houston, ' 02 Corirspoiuliiif Secretary Rev. G. II. Getty, ' 81 John McNai gher, D l .. ' 80 Executive Committee James A. Chambers, Esq., ' 00, Bruce M Choky. ' 01, .ii w h Km ' 02. A uditors Wai.tki: ftf. Lindsay.. Esq., ' 87, .1. A. Dppf, D. ! .. ' 81. Faculty The Rev. Robert Graces Ferguson, I). I)., President. John James McElree, A. M., Professor of Latin. ( Iharles Freem w . Ph. D., Professor of Chemistry. Lois Knott. B. L.. Professor of German and French. Eva Prances Davidson, B. S., Substitute Professor of German and French. John Abram Shott, A. M., Professor of Physics and Mental Science. The Rev. James Oscar Campbell, D. D., Professor of History and Political ami Moral Science. James McAllister Shaffer. Professor of Mailt emati s. William Templeton Hewetson, 15. A., Professor of English and Librarian. James H. Grier, Professor of Creel: Ai.mon W. Vincent, Dirct tor of Music. Mrs. Agnes Vincent, Assistant in Music. Sarah Foster Brownlee. Principal of Ladies ' Hall. Lin mi: EIodgens, Instructor in Art. Grace Ach eson, Instructor in Elocution. Senior History ES, little Freshmen, we were once at your stage too. hard as it must be for you to realize it. Long ago, in the fall of 1902, we came to favor this scat of learning with our presence. It was not necessary for the other classes to hear us reciting in our class-room very many times before they were perceptibly awe-struck by our unusual ability. From the first the faculty ami our fellow-students instinctively felt that in following the rough path of knowledge we would leave no stone unturned and that no mountain would prove too great for us to overcome. And their intuitions have not proved false. In athletic- oui ' record has been exceptionally brilliant. In our Freshman year we were victors in nearly all our contests. The Sophomores ' 05, we must admit, succeeded in lowering our green and white, which floated so majestically over the athletic field. This served to spur us on to more determined endeavor. In the football and basketball games we played with that worthy class, victory was ours. Everyone remembers the discouragement of the ' o.Vs when, after spending the greater part of the flight in pasting around the town the posters upon which they had used so much of their time and genius, sunrise showed scarcely a trace id ' their labor. Returning for our Sophomore year, we missed the faces of several of our classmates, hut in their places were new students ready to join our ranks. So. with our number about the same, we kept on in our march down the path of glory. Who that attended our banquet to the Seniors will ever forget its unprecedented splendor? Among social events of our college world it stood unrivaled, so people said, until the Class of ' 07 banqueted the Seniors of ' 05. The marvelous scope of our power was more fully comprehended after we had given our Junior orations. Every Friday night for weeks the Chapel would he thronged by an eager and enthusiastic audience who would thirstily drink in the 17 I MM streams of eloquence flowing from our inspired tongues. We may proudly say that for the first time in years we all gave our orations in our Junior year. The crowning glory of our Junior year, the pride of our whole college career, was our Argo. Many of our gifted classmen found themselves famous when the masterpieces contained on its pages were revealed to the world. Now thai the illustrious Class of ' 07 has followed our example by publishing this Argo, we take pleasure in picturing these two immortal works of literature going together down through the centuries, models for all annuals yet to he. Xow. in our Senior year, great difficulties are experienced in determining in which branch of knowledge we excel. Even the faculty cannot come to a satis- factory decision in the matter. Professor Freeman claims that chemistry is un- doubtedly our forte; Professor Shott dot ' s not hesitate to say that it is in physics we rank first: whereas Professor Ilewetson is equally certain thai as students of English we shine most brightly. That Dr. Campbell, too. has a view of his own iii regard to this question was shown by a remark made the other day: Why, bless you. he said, they take to history like ducks to water, these Seniors. Dr. Ferguson did not have a chance to teach us until tins year, hut he is already con- vinced of our superiority in the mental sciences. Which member of our highly respected faculty is right, we do not presume to judge. We modestly leave that decision for more competent judges than we: for, as you may have noticed, one of the most prominent characteristics of our class is a modest and retiring nature. We are not given to boasting. We Leave our glorious deeds to he heralded by others than ourselves. ' 06. Senior l oll J. A. Barr, Edith B. Galbreath, Evelyn M. Bigger, H. L. Gordon, H. A. Cannon, Grace Graham. Pearl B. Carter, E. E. Hazlett, S. E. Calhoun, Alonzoa Mae ffoagland W. F. Christie, W. V Irons, C. F. Clutter. R. S. Johnson, G. L. Cochran, Hugh Lambie, L. J. Davison, Auley McAuley, James Dougherty, J. H. McBane, L. R. Deevers, Mary M. McCalmont, Jane Douthett, A. M. McClurg, W. .1. Everhart, R. S. McCown, Ethel Finney, Helen A. Melville. J. C. Negley, Lucile G. NTevin, C. L. Peairs, G. M. Pierce. D. I. Pose, William Eotzler, E. P. Sampson, Amy A. Seidel, Julia Ruth Snodgra Newton A. Tannehi Laura Thompson, Scott Xevin Watt. 24 JUNIOR HISTORY «r Class of 1907 TOKY, it lias been said, is a ' hi ' story and if this be true the illustrious Class of L90 ' certainly has a history, for the story of ffpk its career is one ol ven great importance. f As a class we had our birth early in September, 1903. And H was a notable birth, for a larger Freshman .las- had never been enrolled at Westminster. Nor was the size of the class mil id ' pro- portion to the rapidity with which we made ourselves fell in the college world. Our progress was marked by wonderful strides. Our struggle tor independence was not long and discouraging. Our prestige grew greater and greater with each passing day and our supremacy was made manifest when our green and white hauiier was seen .-till waving after the Last desperate onslaught of the Sophomores. But do not think us boastful : our enemies concede that we are modest. Having demonstrated to the full satisfaction of all judges of authority our right to an existence iii the college community, we quietly began to seek that intellectual and moral training upon which our future success will directly depend. We came with a purpose, We will leave with it deepened. The whole process is one of purpose- development. And any action may he judged good or had in the degree in which it contributes to or hinders the consummation of this process. During this period, however, our pent-up energies would not remain dormant. In basketball our live defeated their rivals in the Freshman year, and when Sopho- mores we held the championship of the college. Our track team squad broke all previous records on the home field in the two-mile relay race. Our rivals were 27 horror stricken. They barely challenged our sovereignty till the end of the .year, when they gathered courage enough to raise a flag. The story is familiar how on that bright June morning our brave warriors lowered the colors of the Freshmen is known to all. and now let it be recorded among the archives of Westminster. Prom our quiet study r is we were called, also, to the social balls, and there forced to head our energies to l he development of another side of life. Did I say forced? Yes. forced like thirsty cattle to a brook. Our gallants, as well as our athletes, have showed their alertness. But the zeal id ' the class was not lost. Purpose remained, though perchance slightly changed, with some of our devoted members. Again we are called from our quiet musings to become leaders in literary and Christian work. The hoys are well known as debaters, orators and Y. M. C. A. workers; the girls do themselves and the class honor as reciters, essayists and Y. W. ( ' . A. workers, it is in these fields of activity that the genius of the class is shown. The parasites were dealt with by the faculty ' s pruning knife. The too- anxious ones stepped on to take their places with our predecessors. But the spirit of 1907 remains. Our purposes are becoming convictions. The preparation for life is on in earnest and only the future will reveal the results of the process. We are nearing our final year in the shade of these classic walls. The closing days will soon come, hut they will not he the end; they will he in reality as well as in name the commencement. As a class we may be dissolved, but we go on. Then the history of the individuals which we now pass over will be written. Their marvelous achievements will be recorded on the scroll of time. And the highest glory of the Class of 1907 will come when this scroll is unrolled before the eyes of admiring descendants. S. K. C, ' 07. J.W ACHESON. E.E.Anderson Hazel Bennett w.e brown. JOSEPH WILLARD ACHESON. Adelphic; Venable Club; Tetra- lectic; Adelphic Declaimer II ; Ed. College World- of Holcad II-III-IV; Asst. Ed.-in-Chief Argo HI; Football Manager-elect Achie has been with our class since its organization, bavins com- pleted li s preparatory work at .Mon- mouth. He is a faithful and efficient Student and is a promoter of every- thing that tends towards advancement in the activities of the college. E. E. ANDERSON. Adelphic; McAuley Club; Junior Contest III. Eddie. an industrious student, en- tered the class of ' 07 in 1 !)  .- . When a boy he became thin through too strenuous labors, so he is now resort- ing to a restorative called Get Fat Quick. It is hoped that be will recu- perate. Anderson is a loyal Adelphic and a brilliant future is predicted for him. HAZEL BENNETT, Chrestoniatli : Town. Hazel is one of the faithful ones of our class, having been a member since its organization. As a result of her quiet, unassuming but persistent man ner she carries an enviable record in her college work and holds the highest esteem of all who know her. She has announced her intentions to study do- mestic economy after graduation. WALTER E. BROWN, Adelphic: Venable Club; Class Track Team I II 1 1 : Pres. of the Class III; Artist for Argo. Brownie has been with the class since the Freshman year. His modest and unassuming nature have won for him the respect and admiral ion of his classmates. His chief trait, persever- ance, has made him successful as an artist, athlete and student. ♦The Roman numerals indicate the number of the Collegiate vear when the office was held. Thus: 1-Freshman. Il-Sophomore, Ill-Junior and IV-Senior. 2V ROBERT FERGUSON GALBREATH. Adelphic: McAuley Club; Bus Lecture Pres. of ness Mgr. of Argo III Course Committee III IV Y. M. C. A. IIMV. We are led to respect Boh on ac- count of his name, but then — well — they had him named before Dr. Fergu- son found it out. On further acquaint ance, however, we are forced to re spect and honor him on account of his manly character and admirable traits ANNA DELLA GROUNDS. Leagorean; Town; Cor. Sec. Y. W. C. A. III. Delia, thoughtful maiden, our class yet boasts a gem. which brighter lustre [lings than the diamond flash of jew- eled crown on noble brow of kings. A pearl of boundless price whose good- ness shall not decay, whose gentleness is a spell to all. and a blessing on everyone ' s way. ARTHUR W. HENDERSON. Adelphic: McAuley Club; Winner in Geneva Debate III: Pres. Orator- ical Assn. Ill: Sec. Athletic Assn. III. Hendy, or Wondering Artie, from Allegheny, joined our number to aid in solving the mysteries of the col- lege life. He considers a f.n horn a noble weapon of defense Doubtless we shall see his fame spread f ir and wide by his ability with the pen and on the platform. NELLIE GERTRUDE KLINE. Leagorean: Hall; Nell did not join our class until the beginning of the Sophomore year. She is a good student and has seldom been known to flunk. Xell always has a pleasant word for everyone and is a very charming classmate. She has al- ready added much glory to our class. WILLIAM LEROY MARKS. Philo; Van Club: Tetralectic; Basketball Team II III; Football Team IMII: Baseball Team [-11; Track Team II- ( Capt.HII ; Pipe of Peace Orator III; Class Basketball Captain II: Class Football Captain II. Bunny lias been not only one of the greatest athletes that Westminster has ever known, but he has shown marked evidences of scholarly and so cial ability. Add wit to joviality, and generosity to wit, and color them all with a manly character and you will have Bunny Marks. NELLIE McAU LEY. Leagorean; Town; Tetralectic: Junior Contest III; Literary Editor of Argo; Class Treasurer I; Pres. Y. W. C. A. II1-IV. Of this winsome little lassie Poets inspired might gladly sing, But for this our present purpose She ' s just the cutest little thing. In the class-room she ' s a genius. For she ' s seldom known to fail, Very temperate in habit, ' Cept she ' s so fond of Adam ' s ale. HARRY CRAIG McAULEY. Adelphic; McAuley Club. Harry is one of the more quiet mem- bers of our class and is the possessor of a genuine blush. He is a diligent worker in the co-educational phase of the college as well as in educational pursuits. He is also a faithful worker in the literary society and Christian Association of the college. NELLIE FRANCES McCLAREN, Leagorean; Town. For the sake of contrast compare Nellie Frances of today (on the left), with Nellie Frances (on the right), nine months old, ' S(i. Whatever hour in the day you chance to enter the mil- linery store, there you will see Frances with a bunch of ribbon in one hand and a chemistry book in the other. Nellie is a delightful classmate and a good student. 32 SARAH BARDLEY McCOY. Leagorean; Hall; Junior Contest III; V. Pres. Y. W. C. A. Ill- IV. Sarah is a bright, cheerful classmate and is a diligent worker in the Chris- tian Association and literary society. As a student she stands in the front ranks of the class. She is the posses- sor of a pleasing personality and car- ries cheer and brightness with her presence. J. READE McCRORY. Philo: Kelly Club: Junior Contest III: Rasketball Team III; Treas. Y. M. C. A. 1II-IV. This Irish gentleman joined out- ranks in the Junior year, coming to us from Tarkio College. In contrast to his wild and wooly habits of the west, those who know him best called him by the meek and gentle name of Mush. He is bright, studious and apparently in love with some one far away. JOHN GRAHAM McKAY. Philo; Van Club: Tennis Cham- pionship II; Football Team II-1II; Baseball Team I II; Philo Essayist III: Class Football (Capt.) III. Jack is the really truly stude of the class and is Westminster ' s leading exponent of the strenuous life. The impetus, life and modernizing influ- ence of his personality have been felt, in the literary society, oratorical and athletic associations, in athletics and in the social life of the college. RALPH CAMERON McKELVEY. Philo; Town; Preliminary Orator I: Lecture Course Committee III-IV; Holcad Staff Alumni Ed. II-1II-IV; Class Treas. Ill: Junior Contest III: Toast to Alma Mater at Junior Freshman Banquet III. McKelvey is one of the literary members of our class, having shown marked ability as a poet, orator, mu- sician and student. He is also a lead- ing factor in the New Wilmington so- cial circle. 33 TLORETTE McN EESE, Leagorean; Town; Junior Con- test III. Floretite is noted for her brilliancy in chemistry and for her thorough knowledge of conditions in Greek. At one time she was known to explain Avogadro ' s Hypothesis after forty had flunked. The condition of her health has since been critical. As a student and writer, Miss McNeese stands among the foremost in the class. KARL MARTIN MILLER, Adelphic; Venable Club. Karl comes from the rough hills of Washington country, where he pre- pared for college at Hickory Academy. He entered school a third Prep, and has maintained a steady pace onward. Karl is a diligent student and a worker in the Christian Association. He has maintained the bashfulness that his baby picture suggests. JOHN RICHARD MITCHELL, Philo; Town; N. W. A. C; Track Team II; C ass Track Team [-II; Mgr.-elect Basketball Team IV; Class Basketball Team III. Dick was a pretty baby — you can ' t tell what time will do. He was horn and raised in sight of West- minster College and his studious hab- ils and gentlemanly traits, as well as a liking for athletic sports, reflect the influence of a college atmosphere on the man. ELLA MAY MONTGOMERY, Leagorean; Hall; Tetralectic; Ed. of Holcad II III -IV; Junior Contest HI. Ella possesses one of the few in- ventive, creative minds in our class. With careful and thoughtful habits of work, accompanied by broad views and broad sympathies and colored with the hues of a reserved, unassuming and quiet disposition, she contributes her brightness to the light that reflects d gnity and honor upon our school. 34 62 Grace Newell. f !Jas. G.Patterson EUGENIE GRACE NEWELL, Leagorean; Town; Treas. Y. W. C. A. III. A casual acquaintance would doubt- less pronounce Eugenie Grace Newell a sedate, saintly, sane maiden. Alas! appearances are deceptive. In reality she is frivolous, witty and extremely fond of fun even at her tender age. S ' he ' ll be a noted character some day, perhaps as a joke writer for Puck. WILLIAM MARMADUKE ORR, Philo; Van Club; Football Team HI. William Marmaduke Orr, the boy orator from back east, is a typical stu- dent of the industrious type and faces every difficulty with the same cool- headedness that he does bis studies. In spite of the handicap of a small stature, he starred as a guard on the fastest football team Westminster has ever seen. HERBERT PATTERSON, Philo; Kelly Club; Tetralectic; Basketball Team l-II-(Capt.)III; Tennis Championship (singles) [; Class Pres. H. Pat. takes an active interest in all forms of college activities and is a conspicuous character in the social life of the college. The force of his hon- est convictions, backed by the courage to live up to them, has contributed an influence to our college atmosphere truly elevating. JAMES GARFIELD PATTERSON, Adelphic; Wilson Club; Class Track Team HI. Yes Prof was a baby once, al- though it may be bard to believe. His wisdom, judgment, foresight and busi- ness ability, combined with responsi- bility, are the characteristics of men far in advance of bis tender age. As a professor in Hazeology .lames leads them all. GEORGE ALLEN PERKINS. Philo; Town; N. W. A. C. We call him Perky or Fat. I will conic for either. His eventful 1; in Xew Wilmington is now crown with the management of the N. W. C. He is a crackerjack at chemist and a comer anywhere. Fat ' s motto Pikes Peak or hust. ALICE BELL PHILLIPS. Leagorean; Tetralectic: Hall. The girls of ' 07 are both fair and trui For wit and learning renowned; Far famed for wisdom profound. But none of them all surpasses you, Oh, Alice with eyes of blue. Your modesty merits our praise, While joy we would wish you in a! of your days, And success in whatever von do. WILSON REID, Adelphic; Town. Wilson has been in the class longer than any other on the roll, having en- tered as a second Prep direct from Ire- land. He is a young man of strong Christian convictions and has no bad habits. Wilson has lost the feminine appearances of his youth that his baby picture indicates. EDWARD MAGEE RENO, Philo; Kelly Club. Edward M. Reno, familiarly known to his fellow-students as Possum. is a native of Freeport, Pa. Edward is one of those fellows who says but little and thinks much. He is always ready with answers in the class-room, and his principal qualities are those of oratory and a large appetite. Pos- sum expects to stay with us one more year and then take up the study of law. 36 E .Salisbury I X J-Fran hrade:r ) X Jno. C. Smith- ) $ WILLIAM EBEN SALISBURY, Ailelp ' hic; Town. Bill is a native of the rural dis- tricts to the west of New Wilmington and is on the pursuit of a sheepskin under the difficulty of havi ng to travel about three miles each way to and from school. His intentions for the future have not yel been announced. HARRIET KATHERINE SHARP. Eeagorean: Hall. Harriet Sharp is one you know. Who never tr.es to make a show; But in her own good quiet way, She learns her lessons day by day. Away to Europe she has been. The noted places she has seen ; And. to insure good usage of her tongue While there, she knelt and kissed the Blarney Stone. JAMES FRANK SHRADER. Philo; Van Club; Tetralectic; Winner Geneva Debate II; Ed. -in- Chief Aryo HI; Asst. Ed. of Holcad lil-IV; Literary Ed. of Holcad II- III ; Athletic Ed. of Uulcad tll-IV; Pliilo Debater III; Sec. and Treas. Orator- ical Assn. Il-III: Sec. and Treas. Tennis Assn. II-III; V. Pres. Y. M. C. A. III-IV. -Noted always for his energy in everything he undertakes, Jimmie is a foremost figure in Westminster ' s in- tellectual, social and athle ic circles. He Is our editor. JOHN CALVIN SMITH. Philo; Kelly Club; Fool ball Team 1 U-III; Philo Orator III ; Senior- Soph. Banquet Toast II; Baseball T« am II-III. Whether at work or at play, .lack enters into whatever hp does with a vim and a vigor which have at all times characterized his nature. He is a jolly, good fellow and we feel con- fident that he will achieve success in whatever vocation he may choo 3. The Class of 1908 HE seventh day of September, L904, was indeed an eventful day : per- haps eventful for more reasons than one, but especially and deservedly so because it marked the entrance into Westminster of one of the greatest classes if not the greatest class that has ever graced these classic halls. From our earliest infancy we had dreamed of the benefits of a college education and at last our hopes were realized. Our time had come — but mingled with the joys which that day brought with it were our fears; fear of the entrance examinations, fear of the Sophomore Class, of which we had heard so much — however we concealed them. It was a calm September day when the immigrant train pulled into the peace- ful little village of New Wilmington. We disembarked and with the kind advice of some upper classmen managed to find our way up town. That afternoon we were summoned to Chapel services, during which we were under the careful scrutiny of the faculty, as well as the Sophomore (. ' lass, for s urely we were worth noticing. As soon as we entered, the apparent joy of the faculty manifested itself in their expectant faces. At last a class deserving of the appellation learned had come to Westminster. Nor were we surprised at our reception. Our mother nature had been exception- ally kind in bestowment of her gifts upon us. We were endowed with perceptions that were quick and accurate: with reasoning [towers that were profound and ex- haustive; with energies that could leap all harriers and yet these attributes co- existed with such modesty as prevented any display of self-consciousness upon our part. Thus full panoplied and well equipped we entered upon our studies firmly resolved never to slacken our pace until we attained the goal where await us the triple crowns of learning, wisdom and honor. 41 We looked upon our self-constituted counsellors, the Sophomores, as a sort of necessary evil in college life which had to be tolerated. Our first real test of strength presented itself on the fourteenth of October. It was the day of the annual two-mile relay race. For weeks our runners had been training, with never a hope iu mind of returning- victors, hut merely from a spirit of loyalty to the class, a spirit whose fires have always glowed brightly in the breast of every true Sopho- more, ' flic day came; the race was run: we lost hut our defeat was a defeat of which we might well he proud. We had one consolation, and that was we had done our best, and angels could do no more. During the remainder of the fall term there was nothing else with which to occupy our minds except learning, and little need he -aid here how we shone in the class-room. During the winter term we played a game of basketball with the Sophomore Class and made a creditable showing, considering that the opposing team was made up of ' Varsity players. At the Springfield meet we distinguished ourselves by taking second place. This comprise.- a lew of the important events of our Freshman year. When we returned this year we had assumed the dignity of Sophomores, and yet it was possible to do this without any enlargement of the caput, which is troublesome to most Sophomore classes. However, realizing the manifest incom- petency of the Freshman ( lass, whose members were lacking in the knowledge of how to conduct themselves, we were forced to prescribe a few rules of government for this verdant aggregation. Then came the annual relay race, and we certainly did make short work of those Freshmen. Thus we submit a brief review of our past achievements and yet the half hath not I n told. And now for the future — we make no pretensions to the gift of prophecy, yet we can say without the slightest hesitation that no class ever had a brighter future before it. Time alone will reveal the marvelous deeds that now lie latent in our class — and may we all see the day when in looking back over the archives of Greater Westminster we can point with the finger of pride to the time when the Class of 1908 was in the lime-light. ' 08. The Freshmen 3 HEBE are various reasons why the Class of L909 is a remarkable one. In the first place, it is in its members. Not that it contains more constituents than the usual Freshman Class, for it can boast of only forty members, sixteen girls anil twenty-four boy ' s. Hut it is re- markable in the sources from which it draws its members. They come From India ' s far oil ' borders. From Egypt ' s storied strand. From Europe ' s troubled waters, As well as our own Fair land. Then, again, it is a bright class. This fact was forced upon them, not by a lew boastful members, but by the professors themselves, who assured them of this in daily recitations and in the grades which were sent home to proud parents. Greek (by hard riding) was hut sight reading for them. Latin constructions were mere res ludcndi, biology a game with the microscope. English a pleasant stunt at book-making, and higher algebra — well, let x equal higher algebra. It is a remarkable class, too. in its earnest, faithful attempt to follow the ex- ample of its patriot ' 07. Like that class, it is marked by its considerate, gentle- quarrels mar its class meet in; No ■Ives on par 1 1 le ' s manly behavior. ' o unsee break its beautiful unity. No class numerals fit private property. Upon the whole ' 09 is a great and admirable class. o class before it can hoast of such a record, no future Freshman Class will ever he able to produce such history. Yet •)!) is a modest class. Although quite aware of its many merits, its one desire is. not to gain present praise, hut. when it has gone the wav of all its predecessors, to leave behind it Footprints in the sands of time, Footprints, that perhaps another Sailing o ' er the college main. A forlorn and greener brother, Seeing, may take heart again. ' !). 43 The Prep History Dear Juniors — In last year ' s Argo your worthy ( ?) predecessors con- suming with a sense of their superiority ( ?) concerning the sacred ( ?) person of a Junior, suggested to the Preps: Follow the Juniors . In our respect for age and superior advantages, we decided to accept their advice, and began to scrutinize the sublime model held up for our halting imitation. The present history deals with our observations during the past year, and our attempt to live up to our motto. And first, we have discovered that the choicest fowls do not always roost on the highest branches. (This is a double-barreled allegory.) Secondly, thai the wearing of a cap in chapel enhances neither the comliness nor the reputation tor politeness of a young man. even though a Senior. Thirdly, that -.Mark Twain ' s method of raising chickens. doesn ' t pay. (We have learned this from experience — the experience of the Seniors.) Fourthly, that in the evolution of a college graduate, not all Juniors become Seniors. Fifthly, most Seniors find more pleasure in reading the ' ■Descent of Man. than in reading Paradise Lost ' though the latter would he more instructive. (This is another allegory. ) Sixthly, that a good motto to follow is, Practice what you preach. ' You seem to have forgotten this after warning us to Beware of the horse. Seventhly, that the best way to take a vacation is to follow the college calendar and not to skip recitations. In concluding we wish to thank the present Juniors for their kindness and condescension in inviting us to write here a chapter in our history. If that chapter is brief we must plead as our excuse that we have largely wasted the past year in trying to follow the motto suggested above. Indeed, for ways that are dark and tricks that are vain, the last year ' s Junior Class, like the Heathen Chinese, is peculiar. Respect fully yours. The Preps. 44 Music EE moral and aesthetic influence of music is admitted by all. Our interest in life is noi wholly centered in material pursuits. Our natures being highly complex should he expanded and cultivated in various directions, especially in whatever tends toward elevation and refinement. It is an old theory that the arts arc related to cadi other — thai one great principle underlies them all. and like so many branches, they ixvow out of one trunk. It is the problem of the arts to represent life. Every painting, every piece of statuary, every poem, every drama, gives us something of life, a representation of ourselves and our passions. Music does the same only to a higher degree. According to Schopenhauer, while the other arts give us a picture, a mere representation of life, music gives us the life itself: that music speaks so true, in such powerful terms, and it pictures our feelings so correctly, that the heart yields irresistibly to it. and that it affects us much more powerfully than other arts. The Germans are remarkable for their love for and cultivation of the art of music, — these characteristics prevailing to a most pleasing degree among all classes of the race. Their children are induced into its charming beauties and helpful uses from their very earliest years. Of a steady going, rather practical life, the Teutonic race yet seeks relief from care ami finds delightful rest and recreation in united song or in some other form of pleasing ensemble, thus wisely uniting the practical with the poetical life. Indeed it is rare to find a German, not in some degree at least, a musician. As Richard Wagner has said. The Italian employs music in love and the Frenchman in .-ocietv. but the German cultivates it as a science. ' This might, perhaps, he better expressed as follows: The Italian is a singer, the Frenchman a virtuoso, the German a musician , for of him it may be said, he loves music for its own sake, and not as a means simply to delight or to attain notoriety: hut instead, because it is a divinely beautiful art which he re- serves, and which, if he yields himself up to its service, will he all in all to him. To a certain degree, the line arts, Music, Painting, and Sculpture, are open to us all; for though there are some persons who have neither time nor talent to he proficient in them, yet all may at least learn to love and appreciate them. This knowledge is alone sufficient to influence hearts and Lives for good, making manners more graceful, the work of teachers more acceptable, accomplishments more varied, and work more productive of beneficial results. 45 In America it is one of the best signs of our time that Music is becoming so universally cultivated. Westminster lias musical instructors who have studied for many years with the besi masters in America and Europe. Mr. Almon W. Vincent, the Director of the Conservatory, is a student of the New England Conservatory, a gold medallist of the College of Music of Cincinnati and a graduate of the Royal Conservatory at Leipsic. He was lor many years a teacher at the College of Music of Cincinnati and a member of the hoard of examiners: several years Director of Music at Mt. Allison Conservatory, Canada. Kee Mar Conservatory and National Park Seminary, Washington, 1). C. Mrs. Agnes Vincent, wile of the director, is the head of the Voice Department. She ha- studied with the best masters in Cincinnati. Boston, Xew York and Paris. She lias taught lor several years at the Mt. Allison Conservatory, Canada; Na- tional Park Seminary. Washington, D. C, and was head of the Vocal Department at Kee Mar Conservatory. She has held important church positions as quartette soprano in Xew York City and elsewhere. The following program was rendered by Prof, and Mr.-. Vincent : Polonaise, C Sharp Minor Chopin Invocation to A esta, Polyencte Gounod (a) Fantasie in B Major, Op. 42, No. 4 Gade (h) Military Polonaise Chopin Walt Song, Non destarmi, from Romeo and Juliette Gounod (a) National Pilish Dance in F Sharp Minor Scharwenka (b) Caprice in D Minor Godard (a) In the Dark, in the Dew Coombs ( li ) I Know a Hank ' Parker (a) Am Meer S huhert-Liszt The informal afternoon recitals are growing in popularity, besides being of great help to the pupils. They have been most creditably given. Those partici- pating in the first recital of the spring term were the Misses Irene (ialhreath. Ethel Finney, Mary Black and Messrs. Raymond Miller and William Donaldson. The evening recitals are a source both of pleasure and profit to Conservatory pupils and outsiders as well. Early this spring the Chorus Class will give a recital of choral numbers, assisted by some soloists from the Conservatory. The Cantata. Ruth, by Alfred Gaul, will later he given by the Chorus Class. The solo roles will he taken by members of the chorus, as there are numerous well placed voices among its members. Music is a stimulant to mental exertion. — D ' Israeli. Music is to the mind as is air to the body. — Plato. Music is almost all we have of heaven in earth. — Addison. 46 Elocution Department Public Speaking OB ;i number of years past public speaking has been receiving a pro- nounced increase of attention from the various institutions, almost all of which have their chairs of oratory. Why do we find this renewal of interest in a subject which had fallen almost entirely beneath the notice of cultured people? Until recently the term elocution generally called to mind painful visions of a self-conscious Miss, whose display of writhings and twistings, facial contortions and affected speech dishonored a .ureal master by claiming Del- sarte the parent of the style. Oratory was equally liable to he misunderstood as the bombastic, loud-voiced effort of the youth whose aim seemed to he noise and display. Let us consider what the allied terms orator} ' , reading, expression ami elocu- tion mean. According to Webster ' s Dictionary, oratory is the art of public speak- ing in an eloquent or effective manner. To read is to interpret. Expression is a vivid representation of meaning, sentiment or feeling. Elocution is expressive delivery. We see then that elocution is a very comprehensive word embracing all correct phases of speaking. Since, however, the word elocution has fallen so low in public opinion, the term public speaking is now more generally used, as it has the same meaning and is a more distinct term. Public speaking is therefore expressive delivery. Now we are better able to understand the reason of the increased interest in the subject. Educators say that their observation has con- vinced them that training in this study yields practical ami highly educational results. Surely it is an advantage to one to he able to express himself with power in public; and the benefit accruing from actual contact with the thought and method of statesmen of the past and modern times is obvious. Also the emotional side of the student receives training. The scientific spirit of our dav tends to repress all emotion. It is hail form to feel or to display feeling ' . It is a recognized fact that one cannot really express sympathy, love, patriotism or courage, who does not experience these emotions in his heart. He, then, who studies the delivery of a masterpiece of patriotism with, sympathetic understanding finds himself fired by the same e tion. Who can ever listen to a reading of Caleb Cushing ' s grand defense of New England without wishing to assist in the effort. Training in this work developes poise and self-confidence. It opens the eyes of the student to beauties in literature which are never suspected in the reading id ' the lines. Have you seen the marvelous pictures or caught the subtle charm of the music in Longfellow ' .- Sandal phon ? To be able to enjoy humor where- ever found is one of the blessings of life, but to interpret humor for the enjoy- ment of others is a greater blessing. JL w v y i w . A very important part of the work in this department is the training for distinct enunciation. As one authority says, A distinct articulation is the first requisite for good speaking ' Words, says one, should lie delivered out from the lips as beautiful coins newly issued from the mint: deeply and accurately im- pressed, perfectly finished, neatly struck by the proper organs, distinct, in due succession ami of due weight. Shakespeare, who was actor as well as playwright, understood the necessity of distinct articulation and of simple ami natural de- livery, and he gives us a splendid lesson in public speaking when he puts into Hamlet ' s lines words of instruction to the players who are to reproduce the scene of his father ' s murder, speak the speech ' etc. Tt is the aim of the instructor to bring the work of the Department of Public Speaking into the prominence it should have: to make for it a place as a working educational factor in the college life. ■rformances have all been under the il some very successful and artistic s students evincing much skill and •five roles. Following are programs Dramatic OTEWORTHY has been the work accomplished in the dramatic line Nin the last two years. The direction of Miss Acheson, olays have been produced. Iramatic talent in their res_ if some of the recent productions: Nance Oldfield. a comedy idapted from Charles Reade ' s romance. Art, a Dramatic Tale. Cast of Characters Nance Oldfield (a famous London actress) Miss Acheson Susan (her cousin and companion) Miss Anna McLaughlin Nathan Old worthy Mr. .lames Stranahan Alexander Oldworthy (bis son) T. C. Campbell Robert Allen Barr Synopsis Act L Scene 1 — Drawing room in Mrs. Oldfiell ' s town bouse in London. Act II. Scene 1 — Fifteen minutes later. Same scene. Time — Early part of the Eighteenth Century. Musical Program Administration March Crystal Quartet Duet — Sunflower Dance. Op. 11. No. 1 IF. E. llcClyma Misses Dines and McVey. Poppies DcKoven M. Luther Peterson. My Alamo Love Crystal Quartet In the Days of Old Crystal Quartet 48 The Taming of the ShreW HE Taming of the Shrew ' was played in the Chapel Monday evening, April • ( . 1905, to an audience of almost 200. The play was a pre- sentation of Booth ' s version of the Shakespeare play and was notably above the standard of recent local drama. J. ( ' . Campbell and Miss Ann McLachlan took the leading parts and proved themselves to have special talent. Good music was furnished by the Mandolin and Guitar Club. Cast of Characters Petruchio (a rich young gentleman of Verona) f. C. Campbell Baptista Minola (a rich old gentleman of Padua) C. Fulton Katharine (daughter to Baptista) Miss McLachlan Servants to Baptista : Biondello R. McCown Pedro L. Marks Servants to Petruchio: Grumio . McDonald Curtis (an old woman) Xellie McAuley Nathaniel W. K. Long Gabriel I). Calhoun A i ' ook Bachop A Music Master .1. C. Smith A Tailor M. Cox Wedding Guests Miss Beatty, Miss Douthett, Miss Melville Synopsis Act I. Scene — Hall in Baptista ' s House. Act II. Scene 1 — Hall in Baptista ' s House. Scene 2 — Hall in Petruchio ' s Country House. The play was by all odds the besl that has ever been given here by the college students and was so recognized by the large audience which received it with every evidence of complete enjoyment and satisfaction. Indeed, it was far superior to many performances on the real stage which arc heralded as great events. (Jreat credit is due Miss Acheson for the manner in which she trained those who took part in the play. She had good material to begin with, but the training she directed and enforced was very evident in all the parts. In addition to the leading char- acters, who did their parts to perfection, special attention should be made of A. McDonald, as Grumio, who caught the true spirit of his comic character and captured the house: Ross McCown as Biondello, who showed a keen apprecia- tion of his character and rendered it true to life; Miss Xellie McAuley, as Curtis, who represented an old lady in a truly artistic way; Mr. C. Fulton, as Baptista Minola. Mr. .!. C. Smith as Music Master. and Mr. Milo Cox as ' •Tailor, ' ' also performed their parts with special credit. One of the striking features of the play was the wedding scene, which was brilliantly rendered. The costumes, which were procured in Philadelphia, helped greatly in making the play more realistic. The music by the Mandolin and Guitar Club was an important and pleasing feature of the evening- ' s entertainment. They rendered in a very excellent manner many of the late and popular musical productions. Altogether the entertainment was one of unusual merit and deserved the liberal patronage which it received. 49 Two Scenes in the Taming of the Shreto Art Department HERE is no truer sign of a broad and liberal culture than a genuine appreciation of the highest forms of music and art. He is a man with but half a mind whose ears are dull to the one ami his eyes blind to the other. Not long ago a great and simple man. in speaking of music, lot fall this striking phrase: The Glory of the Eternally Beautiful Music. Every lover of music will sec at once the truth and beauty of the expression. But not less quickly will every lover of painting recognize the aptness of the phrase as regarding art. The man or woman who is blind to the beauty of these two worlds is missing a part of the greatest glory of life, and his mind, in these respects, lies like an uncultivated garden. Nor do we need, as many suppose, a technical education in order to appreciate an. Skill in painting may give a large knowledge of the mechanical pari of pro- ducing a picture, am! yet no work of the painter shows any glory of eternal beauty. Among the Russian pictures at the St. Louis Fair was a rough, un- finished-looking painting of a shepherdess and some sheep. It was a in oils, done by a poor, oppressed, eighteen-year-old Russian peasant lad. who could neither read or write. He had seen an artist at work in his village, and when the man returned the next summer, the hoy showed him the sketch, and was at once urged and helped to go to St. Petersburg for the training he needed. Thus we see that there may he great skill, hut no perception of beauty ; and, on the other hand, a wonderful, poetical conception of the glory of all true art, and little skill. The man who has both skill and time artistic instincts is a genius. The most of us. however, can he appreciative, even if we have little or no skill, and can. by observa- tion and study, he able to know a good picture. Westminster College has an Art Department which, while sadly Lacking in much needed equipment, lias been able to produce work. Why? Because of the high and true ideals of art entertained by the instructor; and because there is a continual effort to attain, even in a small measure, in every pupil ' s work, the best and truest artistic results. Of the long and tiresome struggle to train hand- and eyes; of the careful, stroke by stroke, production of a picture, or of the repeated firings and tests before the design on the china is fully developed; of all these things, only those in the department can know. But the results — the finished work — these the college world ought not to pass by! Why is it true that many a student graduate- who knows nothing of the work of the Art Department? We should justly think him a strange student, who had never heard a musical recital during the college course. Is he the less ignorant who has tried to appreciate art? We plead for a fuller recognition and co-operation of department with department; so that no student shall leave school without some training along all lines. By opening his mind to the beauties of this world, the student of Westminster will go forth to the battle of life not only armed as was the knight of old. hut, like him. also bearing in his heart the lofty inspiration to courage and honest work that comes with a true love of the eternally beautiful. 53 Y. M. C. A. ROM the beginning it has pleased God to use young men to spread the acquaintance of Jesiis Christ among men. Christ, a young man Him- self, drew young men to Him. James and John, Peter and Paul were all young men. The Christian work from that time to the pres- ent lias been largely carried on by young men. Among the developments of later years there has arisen the work known as the Young Men ' s Christian Association, especially designed to get hold of young men. Its influence lias been great and its growth rapid until today it is known the world over, and the more it is known the greater is its appre- ciation. In Canada and Japan, in China and India., in Burmah and Ceylon, in Syria and Persia, in Asia Minor and Turkey, in Africa and Chile and in other places the Young Men ' s Christian Association has been and is the means of bringing men who have ' never known the name of Christ to the knowledge of His savin- grace, and in nearly all of these places, as well as our own home land. C the branch known as the Student ' s V. M. C A. This movement is more extensive than any other intercollegiate organization — athletic, social, literary, political, or religious. It is a striking fact that the tie of associated Christian effort hinds college men closer than any other bond. Westminster has reasons to he proud that she has a part in this world-wide organization; that which is bringing so many men to the knowledge of .Testis Christ; that which is transforming so many lives; that which so infinitely raise the value of a life in the world. Who is wise enough to measure the value of a human life? We can not tell what its influence may he in the world. The life comes in contact with the lives of others, and through this generation it reaches on to the remotest generation of time. The scientists tell us how far it is to the farthest star, but no human being has been able to calculate the influence for good one life may he. Realizing then the infinite value of one human soul, we state the purpose of our association at Westminster: 1. To unite all the young men id ' the college who desire to promote the spiritual life, activity, and influence of the eollege. To win students to become followers id ' .lesns Christ. 3. To guard young men against the temptations and perils which beset college men both in ' the realm of body and mind. I. To deepen the spiritual life of the Christian men. 5. To increase their efficiency both in individual and organized Christian work. (). To be an aggressive spiritual force within the sphere of the influence of the college. 7. To influence men as they go forth from college to place their lives where they will count most in the work of ' the church to advance the Kingdom of Christ. To sum up in a few words, we are endeavoring by word and action to teach our college men to transform truth into action in their own lives: to make them. SO far as we can. w hat God intended them to lie. not only the recipients of the world ' s bounty hut contributors to the world ' s good. E. S. Mc. 54 y. w. c. yi. HE Young Women ' s Christian Association w as organized in December, 1889, and since that time has held a very prominent place in the lives and interests of many of the college and preparatory girls. There have been lips and downs in its sixteen years of existence. Hut at all times the quiel hour on Tuesday evenings set apart for its meetings, has been considered a most helpful one in the midst of pressing duties and, studies. It is in these meetings that the girls are drawn toward each other and grow to feel their sisterhood in the Master ' s king- dom : and the interchange of thoughts, ideas and experiences is one of the mo.-t beneficial features of the meetings. The work of the association is divided into eight different departments. A committee is appointed by the cabinet to have special charge of each department, and additional members are appointed when needed. The Membership Committee makes canvasses among the girls and. presenting the association as strongly as pos- sible, tries to enlist the interest and co-operation of every girl in college. The Bible Study Committee lias organized a Bible Class, in which the study of the Acts is proving most helpful. Three Mission Study Classes are being conducted together with the young men. The Devotional Committee plans for the meetings ami meets with each leader. Besides the [nter-collegiate Committee, another means for keeping in touch with the sister associations of this state, and even nation, is afforded at the con- ventions, to which it has been the privilege of the association to send several dele- gates during the past year. The Presidenl and Vice President attended the summer convention at Lakeside; Miss Sarah McCoy represented the association at the stale convention held at Scranton in November, and the Student Volunteer convention at Nashville, Term., in February was attended by Miss Barackman and Miss Park. The reports of these conventions have been most helpful ami interesting, and have stirred up the girls to a livelier interest in what is being done by the Association girls. The visits, two during the past six months, of our State Secretary, Miss Brinkerhoff, are always encouraging, as she brings reports and hint- and helpful messages from other college Associations. The value of the Association in college life can not he over-estimated. It helps lo hind the members into closer union and to unite them in purpose which, if guided aright, can accomplish great thin gs. Another line along which a student may de- rive benefit is the influence the Association will have on her personal life. Her thoughts, are turned toward high ideals and she is encouraged in as many ways as possible to live up to these ideals, and make her life one that -hall count in the sphere of work that lies before her and for which she is now preparing. The Bible and Mission Classes bring her into touch with fellow-students she would not other- wise meet, and the receptions and other informal gatherings afford social opportu- nities for meeting young people with aims and ambitions like her own. E. F. 55 ' Bible Study II K Bible is attracting the attention of men in all vocations of life. S} - stematic Bible study is gradually becoming the habit of cultured men. Many of these men arc holding the highest positions and are the busiest men of the day. President Roosevelt says: We plead for a closer, and a wider, and a deeper study of the Bible, so that our people may be in fact as well as in theory ' doers of the Word and not hearers only. The members of our V. M. ( ' . A. have come to realize that they can not suc- cessfully prepare themselves for their life ' s work or live the life they should while in college without a greater knowledge of the Bible, and so we have our Bible Study Courses as follows : Freshman Course: Studies in the Life of Christ, by H. B. Sharman. Sophomore Course: Studies in the Acts and Epistles, by E. I. Bosworth. Junior Course: Studies in Old Testament Characters. by W. W. White. Senior Course: Studies in the Teachings of Jesus and His Apostles, by E. I. Bosworth. Preparatory Course: Studies in Li fe and Works of Jesus in St. Mark, by W. D. Murray. Bible study makes us better men tomorrow than we are today and by a syste- matic study, as we have in our courses, we will find ourselves higher up the moun- tain path of Christian experience when we have completed the year ' s work than at the present time. In our Bible Study Classes we are enabled to view the Christ as lie walked up and down this earth and we get a glimpse of the closer life and experience in the lives of the members of the class and we see life anew and are better prepared to study the Bible in a new light and pattern our lives after the perfect man. The men who have carried on the Bible study work at Westminster have found ii the most interesting and beneficent work they have attempted. They have been men who stood at the head of their classes and were the busiest men in college. They have gone out better equipped for the battles of the world than those who neglected the opportunity of Bible study. A lair knowledge of the Bible is in itself a liberal education, as many great masters in literature have testified. It has so entered into law. literature, thought, the whole modern life of the Christian world, that ignorance of it is a most serious disadvantage. The Bible is the one book that no intelligent person who wishes to come into contact with the world of thought and to share the great ideas of the great minds of the Christian era can afford to he ignorant of. All modern litera- ture ami all art are permeated with it. — Chas. Dudley Warner. Hartford, ' 08. 56 Te tralectic Club 1ETBALECTIC CLUB is one ,! ' the Later organizations of Westminster. It was organized in the winter term of 1903, and is composed of twenty members, five from each of the literary societies. The men and women of our college each have two literary societies which earn- on their work separately, and the purpose in organizing Tetralectic 5 Club was to bring together both men and women to pursue literary work. The charter members were chosen by Miss Oliver, the Instructor in Elocution at the time of the organization of the club. Since that time at the end of each school year the remaining representatives in the club of each literary society select new members to represent their society in the place of the graduation mem- bers. The club meets every two weeks on Saturday evening in one of the society halls. The President appoints a committee of two members to have charge of the meeting. A program consisting of three or lour numbers is carried out by different members who have been chosen by the committee in charge. The subjects discussed are usually questions of the day or the works of prominent authors. For diversion, several musical selections are introduced into this program. Although the chief purpose of the club is literary work, it has also a very pleas- ant social side. After the program tin ' members renew their youth by indulging in such undignified games as Pussy Want- a Corner. ' Flying Dutchman. Scotch Reel, Three Dee]). ' Presbyterian Dance. and others of like character. Last, but not least come refreshments, which are heartily appreciated after the preceding strenuous hours. At half-past ten the club adjourns. The present membership of the club is as follows: CHRESTOJM ITU VUOKEAN Edith Galbreath, ' 06, President. Helen Melville. ' 06. Ethel Finney, ' mi. Elizabeth Donaldson. ' 07. Jane 1 kntthett, ' mi. Lucile e in. mi. Ada Park. US. Ella Montgomery, ' 07. Nellie McAuley, ' 07. Alice Phillips, ' 07. rii ADELPHK W. Y. Irons, ' 06. W. F. Christie, ' mi. H. Patterson, ' 07. W. F. Marks. ' 07. .1. F. Shrader, ' 07. R. S. McCown, ' mi. L. J!. Deevers, ' 06. W. J. E verba rt, ' 06. F. J. Davison, ' 06. .1. W. Acheson, ' 07. ' m;. 58 The Holcad jUUUl X the language of one of with (In. 1 avowed purp ■ firsl editors,the Holcad was Hrsl published m li with the avowed purpose of affording a means of communication II between tin- college and the alumni, and as well of affording an ad- vantage to the students themselves, inasmuch as its columns would be open to them, thus giving an incentive to improvement in writing and literary taste. And this then — to bring loo-ether students, alumni, and friends into one body of interested workers — is the pri- mary object of the Holcad. It has for its sphere the advancement of all that per- tains to the welfare of the college. An institution is successful only as her friends, executive officers and students are kept in harmonious co-operation. Now the Holcad aims at nothing less than the advancement of the besl interests of the college in this way: hv keeping he fore her friend- what she is doing to deserve their support, and how she i- assisting in the execution of their plans for her advancement. The college journal has for its second object the literary training of the students. The management and publishing of a college paper offers special oppor- tunities for cultivating and developing literary talent. Training obtained in this way is such as may afterwards prove of greaf advantage. In reflecting the literan work of the student body, the college journal is a sign of the school ' s standing, and as well an exponent of the animating spirit characteristic id ' the school. Thus, though especially the student organ, and peculiarly the property of the Student body, the Ilohn, has for its held the undergraduate world of Westminster, tlie alumni body and its circle of friends: for its function, the bringing together of these elements into harmonious co-operation. And for its particular rights and privileges the ll ,l ul may justly claim the liberty of the press, liberty to report and discuss, liberty to commend, liberty to criticise and reprove, liberty to argue existing conditions, and liberty to suggest reform. The editorial -tall ' for the vear beginning with follows: Editor-in-( Ihief . Assistant Editor arch number, L906, ls as . . . Ella Montgomery, ' 01 Literary I )epartmen1 Social I tepartment. . r. F. Shrader, ' 07 S3. C. Bell, ' os Eva Henderson. ' 08 A. W. Henderson. ' 01 Ada ( ' . Park. ' 08 Music and Art Emily Redmond, ' 08 Alumni R. C. McKelvey, ' 01 Athletics I. F. Shrader. ' 01 College W orld r. W. Acheson, ' 01 Business Manager S. K. Cunningham, ' 01 Assistant Business Manager J. W. Acheson, ' 07 E. M. Intercollegiate Oratorical dissociation ESTMTISrSTER is one of six colleges which form the Intercollegiate Oratorical Association of Western Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Ohio. At the time of its organization in 1895 the association con- sisted of eight colleges of Western Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but in 1900 Muskingum was admitted and the name was made to include Ohio. W. U. P., due to lack of interest, was represented only a few times and then dropped out entirely. West Virginia University won three contests and then withdrew her membership in 1900. Thiel has not been represented in the last two contests. The colleges which took part last year are : Allegheny, Bethany, Geneva, Waynesburg, Muskingum and Westminster. We are justly proud of our record in the association, having taken four medals and received second place three times. West Virginia has taken three medals, Alle- gheny three and Geneva one. VVe have had two presidents of the association — J. A. Chambers, ' 00, and Ross S. McCown, ' 06, who is the present president. Great interest is taken in the contest by the various colleges. At present a friendly rivalry exists among the schools, and more genuine college spirit has been stirred up than ever was apparent before. The man sent to represent Westminster is chosen at a preliminary contest held in April from among six contestants, three being chosen from each society. The preliminary contestants for this year are: Philos, G. L. Cochran, J. C. Bell and James Dougherty ; Adelphics, J. H. McBane, Wm. F. Rotzler and R. F. Galbreath. Our orators who have taken first place are: H. B. Hezlip, 1895; H. R. Miller, L899; H. T. Getty, 1903, and F. J. Warnock, L904 ; and those having taken second place are: W. E. Crooks, 1900; W, B. McCrory, 1901, and J. A. Stranahan, ' 05. W. J. E. W 60 Our Winners in the Tri-State League GeneVa=W estminster Debate BE fourth annua] debate between Geneva and Westminster Colleges was held at New Wilmington on March 1, 1906. The question for debate being: Resolved, that the Interstate Commerce Commission should have power to regulate railroad rates in interstate commerce. The Geneva debaters. Geo. A. Bole and Everett McGary, having choice of sides, chose the affirmative, while W. V. Irons, ' 06, and A. W. Henderson. ' 07, supported the negative for Westminster. Geneva was confident of victory, as usual, and indeed she might well he, for she had g 1 men and the better side of the question. Both teams put forth good argument, hut everyone felt that the tine logic and masterful style of Westminster ' s men had won the contest; and we were not mistaken, for when the judges. Dr. J. C. Temple of Alliance. ().; Dr. A. E. Maltby of Slippery bock and Prof. Grant Norris of Braddock, returned a unanimous decision in favor of the negative, we realized that victory mice more perched mi the banner of the .Blue and White. Mr. W. V. Irons of McDonald, Pa., entered the Sophomore Class in the winter of 1903. He is one of the most active workers of the Philomath Literary Society and was chosen by it to he one of the college ' s representatives in this debate. Mr. Arthur W. Henderson of Allegheny, after completing his preparatory work in the Erie High School, entered the Junior Class in the fall of 1905. He is a member of the Adelphic Literary Society and was elected by it to he a representa- tive of the college in this debate. This is the third consecutive victory for Westminster over Geneva in this annual contest, and we as students and as a college may he proud id ' these two young men, who by perseverance and hard work have done so nobly, and may they ne ' er forgotten be. The first Geneva-Westminster debate was held March 5, 1903, at Beaver Falls, and was won by Geneva. Our debaters were II. C. Bildebran, ' 03, and II. Bailey, ' 03. The second was held March (I. 1904, at New Wilmington, and was won by Westminster. Our debaters were W. C. Press, ' 04, and L. G. Bennett, ' 05. The third was held at Beaver Falls March 2, 1905. Question: Resolved, that the railroads of the United States should he owned and operated by the federal gov- ernment. Our debaters were W. .1. Everhart, ' 06, and J. Frank Shrader, ' 07. who supported the affirmative. In this contest Westminster was awarded a unani- mous decision. G. L. C, ' 06. 62 Our Intercollegiate ' Debaters Inter-Society Contests STEAXGER who visits this town shortly after the opening of the summer vacation sometimes gets the wrong impression as to the real purpose of Westminster College. It may seem to him that the stu- dents, instead of devoting their time to the study of the classics, chemistry, mathematics and the like, have been devoting their time and energy to sign-painting. Everywhere about him, on the sidewalks, on steps, on fences, and sometimes even on the housetops, he will notice one of the following words: Philo or Adelphie painted in glaring colors. Xow if this stranger be curious and seek to know the reason for all this, he will learn, not that the college is an institution for the instruction of sign-painters, but that these signs are one of the results of an inherent right belonging to the winner of the annual inter-society literary contest. These contests, which annually take place on the last day of school, are be- tween the Philomath and Adelphic Literary Societies, and consist of four classes: declamation, essay, oration and debate. Intense excitement prevails and as the result is announced the winning society celebrates its victory amid cheers and the whirling of hats and waving of colors. But aside from these transitory results there are other results far more lasting, [f society work in general is considered on a par with the class-room exercises, these contests must then be double in value, for the results are twofold. In order to win such a contest, or even to make a favorable showing, each participant must throw his w hole energy into the work, and for six months or more must be in con- stant training. This training cannot be without its good results, as everyone who has ever taken part in a contest will testify, and the research work required in three 64 of the classes fully pays for all time spent. In fact, of so ranch value to the student is the debate considered, that he is often given credit for a term ' s work in one of tlie regular branches of study. In addition to the benefit received hy those who take part, there is the benefit received hy the societies. A kindly rivalry stimulates society loyalty, this results in better work. Each member of the society sees the importance of individual effort. The contestants are among the besl men in the society; their standard of work depends in a great measure upon the general standard of the society ' s work, and this in turn depends upon the work of each member, so that the outcome finally rests upon the individual members of the society. Then again, these contests are the means of keeping the alumni in touch with the college. Each alumnus is interested in the society to which he belonged and displays as much interest in the outcome of these annual contests as do the under- graduates. Taken all in all. it is w.dl that the two male societies at Westminster vie with one another to see which is the better. The contest, which is the outcome of this rivalry, is a benefit to the students, it has its part in making the college life inter- esting and by it the alumni are kept in touch with their Alma Mater. ROTZLER, ' 06. Adelphic Contestants W. J. Everhart ROSS S. McCown is a native of Ten- nessee. He joined the Class of ' 06 in the Soph re .war. and has been one of its most capable leaders ever since. He has shown remarkable ability in all the duties that have fallen upon him. He was Ed- itor-in-Chief of the Argo II, and is Pres- ident of the Y. M. ( ' . A., and these places he has filled well. He has ever been an aide and loyal Adelphic. Last war he won a prize on Junior contest. This year he represents his fellow-Adelphics on Inter- Society contest. The oration will lie con- tested by him. Mr. Mel ' own is also Pres- ident of the Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Association. William J. Everhart is a resident of Sharon, Pa. He graduated from the Sharon High School in the Class of ' 03, and in the fall of the same year he entered college, joining the Class of ' (Hi. He has heon a hearty co-worker in this class throughoui its illustrious career. For the last two seasons he has been a member of the ' Varsity football team. He is an ex- cellent all-around man, beim - especially enthusiastic and diligent in literary work. Mr. Everhart represented the Adelphic Society on the debating team last year and did his full part in winning the Inter- Collegiate debate with Geneva. He will again show his talent as a debater by rep- resenting his societv on tin ' annual contest. R. S. McCown 66 L. J. Davidson Harry A. Cannon, declaimer for the Melphics, is a native of West Middlesex, Pa., ami graduates with the Class of ' 06. He is faithful and true to the best inter- ests of the society. He has represented the Adelphie on open meeting, and is good not only on declamation hut in all phases of literary work. Mr. Cannon has excel- lent business qualifications also. As busi- ness manager of the Argo he has put all these into practice, and has been success- ful beyond anticipation, lie is a hard and earnest worker, and he takes up literary work with even more enthusiasm than that with which he attains success in other lines. That he will represent Adelphie with ability and to their entire satisfac- tion is a fact admitted by all. Lewis .1. Davidson, Adelphie essayist, comes from Downieville, Pa. lie is a member of the Senior Class, and is an active and loyal member of the society. Dasl year he was chosen to represent the Adelphie Society on Preliminary contest, and he did it in such a way that his so- ciety is proud of him. Mr. Davidson played an end on the ' Varsity football team during his Junior year. He l as shown remarkable ability in all lines, and especially in literary work. His work in the society has been of the best quality, and he is without doubt the best man available tor essayist. Mr. Davidson was also Vice President of the V. M. C. A. for tin- year just closed. 67 Philomath Contestants J. Prank Shrader, Philomath debater, -pent his preparatory years at Muskingum, entering Westminster as a Freshman in Class of 1907 he has been recognized as an energetic and active worker, being chosen Editor-in-Chief of their class an- nual, The Argo. Soon after his initiation into Philomath Literary Society his ability and willing- ness as a literary worker were recognized, and in the fall of 1904 he was chosen a member of the debating team which won unanimously from Geneva College in the annual Geneva-Westminster Debate of that year. J. F. Shrader As a member of the stall ' of the college paper. The Holcad, he holds the office of Assistant Editor-in-Chief and has charge of the Athletic Department of the paper. John Calvin Smith. Philomath ora- tor, was horn and lives at New Florence, Pa. His preparatory course was taken at [ndiana State Normal, from which insti- tution he graduated in 1903, entering as a member of the Class of 1907 at West- minster in the fall of the same year. Ever since his entrance into college lie has been an active and interested worker in all class, literary and athletic work, holding prominent class offices and being a member of both ' Varsity football and base- ball teams. As a member of Philo Liter- ary Society he is recognized as a member of both ability and willingness, and he- cause of his work in the society he was J - C. Smith chosen to represent it in this contest. (.8 J, (i. McKay . I 1 1 n (i. McKay. Philomath essayist, was born at Franklinville, Cattaraugus ( ' ounty, New York, but has made his home at Greenville, Pa., up until recently, when i is parents moved to Indianapolis, hid. Mr. McKay toolv his preparatory work at the Greenville High School, and after graduating in the Class of 1903 of that school he entered Westminster as a Fresh- man in the middle of the following year and will graduate with the Class of L9t)7. During the lime he was oul uf school McKay was engaged as a reporter tor local papers and different news bureaus, and s i after entering college lie became an active worker in the literary society. Becaus ' e of his ability and determination he was chosen a member of the Philo Con- test Team. John C. Campbell, Philomath de- claimer, lives at Mclveesport, having en- tered Westminster as a Prep and later be- coming a member of the Class of 1908. In 1 nter-Socicty contest last year Mr. Camp- hell was a member of the Philomath team and as declaimer was successful in obtain- ing the decision over his opponent. As a member of Philomath Society he takes an active part, performing in regu- lar and open meetings, and in all the dra- matic work of the Elocution Department of the college he carries a leading part and is considered successful in hi.- under- takings, J. C. Campbell 69 Adelphic Bottom Row. Wilson Reid, P. (i. Dick. A. H. Scott. S. M. Jamison. Norman Igo, W. F. Brown, Perry Knhn. Second Row. .!. ( ' . Heinrich, W. I.. Cowden, Merrill Pinkerton, Walter Marshall. Robert Taylor, .1. II. McBane, S. R. Fulton. Karl Miller. S. E. Calhoun, D. C. Hankey, John Black. Third Row. Robert Warren. ' I ' . R. Patterson, Harry Schwartz. J. 15. Fulton, Harry A. Cannon, John 0. Welch. J. Willarcl Acheson, W. J. Everhart, H. C. McAuley. R. L. Taylor, A. McAuley. Fourth Row. E. R. Graham, A. W. Henderson, Mr. Ewing, Clyde C. Hartford, Hugh Famine. L. R. Deevers, W. E. Salisbury, Frank Graham, IF F. Gordon. W; F. Rotzler, Mr Miller. Peter Nelson. Top Row. E. V. Clements. E. F. Anderson. ], ' . F. Galhreath, C. G. Vance, M. C, McFeeters. F. J. Davison, W. W. Cleland, R. S. McCown, F. F. Hazlett, ( ' . F. flutter, D. F 4 Leagorean Bottom Row. Margaret Porter, Ella S. Barr, Sarah McCoy, Ruth Snodgrass, Irene Thompson, Laura Thompson, Eleanor ( lark. Nellie McAuley, Lucile Xevin, Ella Montgomery, Ada Park. Delia (i rounds. Middle Row. Harriet Sharp, Evelyn Bigger, Alice Phillips, Emily Matthews, Alice Freed, Isabella Dillon, Jeanette Broad, Nell Kline. Grace Martin, Lavenia Seott, Elsie Clark, Anna Barackman, Mary McCalmont. Top Row. Mabel Matthews, Luna McClintock, liable Dickey. Lou McGinnis, Alonzoa Mae Hoagland, Bertha Magnus, Florette McNesse, Eva Henderson. Grace Newell, Monna Gailey. 74 Philomath Bottom Row. W. H. Wood. R. ( ' . MeKelvey, .1. R. Mitchell, F. W. Christie. J. A. Barr. II. Patterson, W. L. Marks. G. A. Perkins, I). II. Dickey, A. Grier, F. L. Thompson. B. Myers. Second Row. .lames Dougherty, .lames Gilmore, E. R. Sampson, P. J. Simison, X. Bennett, A. A. McDonald, Frank Shrader, S. X. Watt, W. X. Goehring. Clurk Bell, J. C. Smith, .1. F. Brown, F. Reno. Third Row. J. G. McKay, J. C. Xegley, C. D. Peairs, F. C. Bachop, R. J. Dobbs, J. F. Scholl, ■!. ( ' . Campbell, .1. R. MeCrory, Blaine Zuver, T. A. Stewart, F. Bailey, li. S. Johnston, W. V. Donaldson. Top Row. W. M. Orr, John Challener, F. McClintock, W. W. Clark, A. M. McClurg, Hugh Paxton, G. L. Cochran, I). A. Doyle, W. V. Irons, X. A. Tannehill, John Shrader, .1. S. Cooper. Homer Krohn. 76 Chrestomath Bottom Row. Emily Redmond, Davida Finney, Margaret Bell, Corinne McKee, Nettie Smith, Alice Wray, Ethel Finney, Minnie McMasters, Emma Scott. Middle Row. Violet Scott. Roberta Dickey, Clara Dickey, Pearl Carter. Charline McKee, Lettie Metz. Martha McMillan. Grace Graham, Irene Galbreath, Bertha Alexander. Top Bow. Margaret Donaldson, Margie Cochran, Eazel Bennett, Grace Knox, Jane Douthett, Eclitb Galbreath, Elizabeth Donaldson, Helen Melville. 78 Kelly Club Bottom Row. Mr. Fisher, I). A. Doyle, D. B. Clark. II. Sands. II. Lambie, L. J. Davison. Middle Row. W. X. Goehring, II. P. Cox. S. X. Watt. J. C. Xegloy. P. J. Simison, J. 1?. McCrory. Top Row. J. C. Boll. H. Patterson, J. C. Campbell, E. M. Reno. J. C. Smith, A. A. McDonald, D. R. Calhoun, A. Grier. fdcAuley Club %f f crt 1 14 f t - -■ , Bottom Row. R. Warren, W. Marshall, J, ' . F. Galbreath, M. McFeeters. Second Eow. Harrv Schwartz, II. M. Ewing, E. E. Anderson. S. K. Cunningham, I!. S. McCown. M. Pinkerton. Third Eow. W. W. Cleland, A. W. Henderson, W. F. Rotzler, E. E. Hazlett, IT. L. Gordon, John Heinrich. Top Eow. A. McAnley, H. C. McAuley, L. R. Deevers. 81 Van Orsdell Club Bottom Row. J. F. Brown, F. Bailey, Hugh Paxton, F. C. McClintock. Middle Row. . lames Gilmore, John Shrader, J. A. Barr, Frank Shrader, W. L. Marks, (J. L. ( lochran. Top Row. L. Galligher, W. V. Irons. X. A. Tannehill, F. W. Christie W. M. Orr, J. (i. McKay, W. H. Wood. 82 Venable Club Bottom How. W. E. Brown, C. ( hitter. W. L. Cowrlen, S. E. Calhoun, X. [go. Second Row. R. Taylor, J. I!. McEane, II. A. Cannon, P. G. Dick. S. R. Fulton, D. ( ' . 1 1 an key. Thikd Row. ( ' . Mill.r. J. B. Fulton, ( ' . ( ' . Hartford, K. M. Miller. J. 0. Welch, W. J. Everhart. Top Row. I). [. Rose, ( ' . C. Vance, E. Clements, A. H. Scott. S. M. Jamison, J. Y. Acheson. 83 Wilson Club Bottom Row. Paul TN ' id. B. E. Myers. Middle Row. Ralph Houston, Blaine Zuver, L W. Weinmann, J. i. Patter Top ROW. 1 . II. Dickey, ' I ' . A. Stewart, Homer Ivrohn. .lames Dougherty 84 Athletics E have the President of Leland Stanford University as authority for the statement thai college athletics in its essence is by-play, most worthy and valuable for many reasons, but only an adjunct to the real work of the college; and it is in the full recognition of- this fact that the athletics of our institution is managed. Nevertheless it is with a feeling of pride that we state what we believe is an acknowl- edged fact, that Westminster ' s athletics is hotter than those of the average college of her class, for no matter if it is but a small part of the aim of the college, any organization is only as strong as its weakest part. The summary of the ' Varsity teams given in the following pages of this book -how what they have accomplished during the past year, and it has been no better than an average. I!nt ' Varsity teams are not the whole, but only an interesting part of West- minster ' s athletics. Westminster has about one hundred and seventy-tive men. and of these about forty played on her teams the past year: this leaves a few less than four-fifths who took no part in her ' Varsity games. But do these have no part in Westminster ' s athletics? They do. and a very beneficial one. Every year there are about fifty candidates out at some time or other for the football team, about thirty for the track team, about twenty-live for the basketball team and about thirty for the baseball team. Of course all these can not make the teams, and many do not care to. bul they derive many benefits and are better lifted for the more im- portant duties of college life. Then there are gymnasium classes which meet every afternoon in the week from Thanksgiving to spring vacation. The women ' s classes, in Charge of Miss Acheson, meet on Mondays. Wednesdays and Fridays, and from twenty to thirty attend; and the men ' s classes, in charge of the Physical Director. Mi ' . Hugh Lambie, meet Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, and from forty to sixty attend. We will say a few words about how athletics are managed at Westminster. The ruling body is the Westminster Athletic Association, lor membership to which every student of the institution is eligible. Above the Athletic Association is the College Advisory Board, which is composed of two members of the College Board of Trustees, two members of the Alumni Association, three members of the Faculty and two students. This board decides upon coaches, equipment, relations with other colleges, etc. We do not think that athletics are practiced to excess at Westminster, hut would encourage every Westminster man to take part in them ami give his hearty support to all ' Varsity ' s teams. We should not forget that ancient Greece never lose higher than during the days of the Olympian games, and not a few of the great work of the Greek mind can he traced to the influence of these contests. And row as then strong bodies arc an important factor in the great mental undertakings, and it is proper that we should develope our physical powers during this period of development of our other faculties. ' 07. 86 FOOT-BALL Football Season of 1905 starting to write of Westminster ' s football team of the season of 1905 ' jrl we must begin by saying that we will be compelled to deal in superla- Jll tives. The superlative degree is the only way in which we can even speak of the team ; and the writer regrets that there is no higher degree of comparison with which to express himself. After the opening game the result telegraphed the expectant ones at home was always the same, We have met the enemy and they are ours. ' In the beginning was the coach, and the coach was with the team and the coach was the team. From the first the system of play introduced by our coach, Jack Lang. ' the sometime Pittsburg tackle, seemed to tit the team like a new suit of clothes. It was just the style of play needed for our players. And when once started it seemed as though nothing could stop it. That the players could put all the jump necessary into it to make it go was evinced by the fact that the coach only once or twice remarked, You could do better nor that, if you tried. The first game scheduled was with W. J. at Washington. Although a trifle nervous, yet the boys got together and gave Piekarsko ' s proteges a run for their money to the tune of 21 to 0. This was all that was needed to show the team its true worth and ability. It might be well to remark in this connection that .lack Smith is a fine center and Hankey can play a good game at tackle. Our next game was with the University of West Virginia at Mprgantown only three days after the W. J. game. But not at all dismayed, after a long and tiresome trip of two days and a night on the deep, Jack Lang ' s pupils, as the Morgantownites were pleased to term them, entered the lists and when the dust of combat had cleared away triumphantly carried away their opponent ' s pigskin, to have painted on it Westminster 15, W. V. L T . 0. Captain Locke, full-back; right guard, Gordon; and left half-back Lambie displayed their ability in this game. On the next Saturday, with hopes and fears as their only stimulant, they tackled the renowned Western University of Pennsylvania, commonly called W. U. P. My friends, have you ever heard of the Old Westminster Spirit ? It is only necessary to mention it to recall it vividly to the minds of all of you, provided you have at one time attended this institution. Well, never in all the history of West- minster ' s many glorious battles on gridirons, floors and diamonds was this West- minster Spirit so much in evidence as on October 7, 1905, in the game with W. U. P. Although fighting against overwhelming odds in the form of a well-trained and well-coached team of extraordinary calibre, on foreign grounds and with every- thing against them, yet had old Father Time only jogged a little faster the game would have been a tie. But as it was a touchdown resulted in the last twenty seconds of play and the score stood 11 to 6 m favor of W. U. P. Milt Scott, by his well planned and well executed play on an eighty-five yard run. scored a touchdown for his team. Benny Elliott, right tackle, and Happy Orr, Left guard, played fine hall in this game. It had now become a settled fact in the minds of Westminster ' s students thai they had a football team of championship calibre. But just to show that there was no mistake about it, and that the Goddess of Chance had not been unduly partial to them, Our Boys journeyed to Meadville to have some fun with our ancient rivals of the • ' Amen Corner. It was a shame to take the money, as the slang of it goes, but our backfield men and ends were getting a little fleshy; so instead of putting them on the track, the coach made them run up and down the Allegheny gridiron with the pigskin in their arms, only stopping occasionally to listen to lectures by Professor ' Texas Dan Bridges, late of W. .1.. on how the game ought to be played from a standpoint of a player on the losing side. Well, the score was 33 to 0, and thereby hangs a tale concerning the ability id ' Burly Clark, left guard : Jack McKay, left end. and Captain Fred Locke, full-back, to play fast and aggressive football. Next came Geneva at Heaver Fall.-. It didn ' t seem to make any particular difference to Our Boys whether they were as heavy per man as they were, for they just waded in, and when the sad tale was told afterwards the score of 4G to 0 had to be placed on record as the result of forty-live minutes of play. It was in this game that Roy .Marks, our right half-back, received the ball on the kick-off and through excellent interference ran the length of the field for a touchdown, a trick which has never been turned in a game between the two institutions. Bight guard Fverhart and left tackle Doyle also played great football in this game. If every game of the season had not been a climax. 1 should say that the climax came on October 28, at Cascade Park, New Castle, in the game against Grove City College. Needless to say, it was the fulfillment of a pleasant anticipation which had become lodged in the minds of the home rooters. They wanted Grove City ' s scalp, and they wanted it badly. The only question was, how much? And the answer came back in such tremendous figures that it well-nigh took the breath away from some. It was a slaughter of the innocents, but the band (New Wilming- ton) heartlessly played on and their tune always was Westminster -Hi, Grove City 0. Boss Scott and Fred Locke displayed their football ability in this game. Hut we were not yet satisfied. The Franklin, Pa., Athletics wanted a prac tice game on election day. We went, we had a look, we took the game. And the score was IT to 0. and the zero did not belong to Westminster either. Here Milt Scott again demonstrated his ability in running a team to perfection. But it is useless to go on in this strain. You all remember how through com- passion we only defeated Geneva in the second game IT to  . and how the two Slippery Bock games added 91 points to our sum total for the season, and the return game with Allegheny resulting 35 to 0 in our favor. The season closed with Westminster having won nine out of eleven games, with a total of 309 points scored, against 32 points by opponents, having only been scored on twice in the season of 190. ). L. If. D., ' 0G, Mgr. 89 The Squad Two Effective Formations UTUjSTG the season of L 906 Westminster was represented on the basket- ball floor by one of the fastest teams in the history of the eollege and a team that can easily claim the intercollegiate championship of Western Pennsylvania. The schedule included all the representative teams in this section, and in nearly all of the games the team had little trouble in running up high scores. The following is a schedule of the games, with the result of each: WESTMINSTER. A I ' HOME. OPPONENTS. in Dec. 9, L905 — Buhl Club 2-t 55 Dec. 15, 1905 — Alumni 5 77 Jan. 8, 1906 — Hiram College 13 31 Feb. 5, 1906 — Allegheny.. . ' . 14 43 Feb. 10, 1906 — New Castle 7 106 Feb. 24, 1906 — W. U. P 13 39 Mar. 5, 1906 — Tamaqua 30 58 Mar. 10, 1906 — Geneva 13 Abroad. 33 Jan. 12, 1906 — . U.T 16 13 Jan. 19, 1906 — Allegheny 21 31 Jan. 30. 1906 — Geneva at Heaver Falls 20 51 Jan. 31, 1906 — Beaver at Beaver 17 20 Feb. 13, 1906 — Youngstown at Youngstown 32 23 Mar. 12, 1906 — Buhl Club at Sharon. 20 M A.NAGER. 92 Basket Ball Team Bottom Row. Hugh Lambie, L. R. Deevers. Middle Row. B. F. Elliott. J. R. McCrory, H. Patterson (Capt), W. , Marks. Top Row. Tern- Kulm. A. A. .McDonald (Mgr.), B. A. Zuver. 93 Spring of 1905 UB distinguished manager, Walter K. Long, early secured the services of (). ). Williams, who is well known in minor league circles, to coach the team. In due time the old members of the team elected I). B. Calhoun captain, ruder the superior coaching of Williams and the brilliant pitching and fielding of Calhoun, the season opened auspiciously, to say the least. Many old members of the team were hack in fine form and much new material of promise was on the field. The first game was played on our home held with the Mercer Athletic Club. Westminster won easily and this put spirit anew into the whole team, and college as well. Then the hoys settled down to good, hard, earnest practise in preparation 94 for the battle with the Barbarians from the North on their own field. West- minster won again, the white and blue triumphed l an overwhelming score, and all Westminster ' s friends shouted, Hail, hail to thee. Bui why continue the narrative? History bui repeats itself, and lesi yon grow weary of having victory after victory recounted to you, I will choose the must re- nowned victories and thus show yon the stuff of which all Westminster ' s teams are made. After Grove City ' s and Allegheny ' s colors had trailed in the .lust, probably the most notable event was the contest with Washington and Jefferson College. This was looked forward to by all Westminster ' s enthusiastic supporters as the time when she was to corroborate all the sweeping statements and elevate her glorious reputation. She proved herself and won the game in the ninth inning, when it looked like a victory for W. J. Everyone was jubilant over this victory, hut our joy was suddenly turned to sorrow when we were recalled by the faculty for playing an ineligible man. A line trip had been planned, hut all of no avail. The team came home a.- from a funeral and settled down to their studies with amazing vigor. When the atmosphere had cleared and all were able to see. we mourned the loss of our proficient captain, who had gone to play with a summer team. At this critical time Jas. A. Stranahan was elected captain ami the resl of the season ' s history was a noble effort of a fragment to uphold the good nam of a whole army. The season closed with a united feeling of joy ami sorrow. Every player laid down his hat with the honest conviction that he had dm;, ' his best. John ( ' . S.u rrn. Trac% Team of 1905 RACK Athletics have always held a high place in the estimation of Westminster students. For a number of years past we have made an excellent record in this line of college spurts. In track meets with other colleges we have usually been victors, in few instances taking second place. At the annual relay races held on Franklin Field. Philadelphia, we have had special success. Out of four contests there we have returned twice with first prizes and once with second prize. It has now become a matter of pride with as to keep up the standard of former years. The season of 1905 was an average year w ith us. We won second place in the races at Philadelphia ami in the meet with Washington and Jefferson. First place 97 was ours at Geneva, Beaver Falls. A meet at Allegheny was arranged for at Now Wilmington, but at the last moment cancelled, owing to the fact that a number of accidents happened to her track men which left her without sufficient number to enter the contest. The inter-class relay was won by the Seniors, who during four successive years have been victors in this event. The interest manifested in other events held on the same date of the relay race was not so great as it might have been. This was. perhaps, due to the fact that we were in the middle of the base- ball season at that time. However, taking the whole season in review we may con- sider it up to the standard of former years. A number of our best runners have graduated with the ( ' lass of ' 05. Stew art, Adams, Clark and Yourd have gone out. This leaves a large opening for much new material, which we hope will develope for the coming season. If a really deep interest were taken in track athletics there is no doubt but that we could turn out some strong teams. But this interest will only come when we recognize the value of the department of college sports as compared with others. Briefly stated, its advantages are these: First, in addition to the benefits of open air exercise which is common to all forms of college athletics, basketball ex- cepted, it is not nearly so drastic on the contestants nor is the strain of exercise so long continued as in other forms. Then, it is open to the greater part of the student body. In football and baseball the student must have his strength well developed before entering a contest. Only a few can play these games as now played without injury to themselves. But very few are debarred from the track be- cause of physical inability. In the reaction which has set in against violent phys- ical exercise, against football especially, we hope that attention will be turned to the track and that it will soon have the followers which its merits deserve. G. A. Lewis. ' 07, Mgr. Tennis N account of the small number of courts ami the lack of facilities, the Tennis Association is limited to forty members. This association lias charge of all the tournaments, both at home and foreign. Among these, for the past year, the most important were the ones held between Grove City and Westminster. The first, a tournament of singles and doubles, was held at Grove City on Decoration Day. [n this meet Westminster lost. The second of the series was played on our home courts, resulting in an easy victory for our representatives. Westminster ' s repre- sentatives in both cases were: Doubles, John McKay and Walter K. Long: Eerbert Patterson and John Campbell; singles, John McKay, Herbert Patterson, Johnson Moore and Walter Long. The regular spring tournament in singles for the college championship was held Commencement week. John G. McKay of Greenville defeated all comers and won from Herbert Patterson, the holder of the championship for the year preceding, thus gaining the championship for the spring of ' 05. John C. Campbell and Herbert Patterson have held the championship in doubles for the last two years. In the spring of ' 04 they won from E. A. Tennett and Audley Stewart and gained the championship, which they retained for the spring of ' 05 through failure to receive a challenge. The present officers of the association are: G. L. Cochran, President; F. W. Christie, Vice President: J. Frank Shrader. Secretary and Treasurer. 99 The Denominational College By A. G. Wallace. I). D. HY should there be a denominational college? What is its work? What is its value? These are legitimate questions. They are asked by many earnest, thoughtful people who arc seeking to know what is right and duty. They are asked in the face of undenominational institutions under general Christian influence and control, and in the face of the many institutions of lower and higher grade supported by the state and well equipped for a general education at nominal cost, or without cost, to the stu- dents. Why should we assume the control and support of additional schools for the training of our sons and daughters? The answer we give should commend itself to the thoughtful, and especially to those identified with the church which the college represents. There is in all departments of life and business a strong demand for the best culture and the highest education. The advance in this respect has been remark- able. At one time, and that not long ago. a college education was the privilege of the few, and they almost exclusively persons preparing lor what were called the learned professions. If after graduation a young man returned to the farm or entered some ordinary business he was supposed to have wasted his time and money in the years of his college course. There were a few seminaries for young women, but the idea of the college proper for women was as yet entertained by very few. The general range of activity in life was as narrow as the curriculum of the schools. The few daring explorers in the world of knowledge made wonderful discoveries; the thirst for knowledge was stimulated, the demand for more increased in a mani- fold ratio. The facilities for education were enlarged, and the course of study was broadened; new industries required a higher degree of intelligence, and with all that has been done, the public demand is unsatisfied. Men of wealth give vast sums to found or enlarge colleges and universities, and men of small means give in even greater liberality that colleges may be brought within the reach of their sons and daughters. College graduates are found in every department of life ' s work: in the counting house and on the farm, in the office in the city, in the mines in the moun- tains, in the schools and in the homes — everywhere the college graduate is giving new grace, a higher tone and greater power to this day. And yet the demand is not satisfied. The new age is upon us with its urgent call for yet more intelligent and better men and women. Everyone has an interest in the college or other institute for higher learning. It is not founded and maintained for the benefit of the few, but for all. The normal school and the state university are open to all, and so also are the colleges sustained by personal beneficence. The door is open to everyone, and an unnumbered multi- tude obtain the much needed knowledge and mental training, even if left dependent 102 entirely on their own resources. The desire for such education is awakened by the nearness of the means of obtaining it. This opportunity is bringing out of ob- scurity and dependence many who are helping to make the new age. From the homes of the poor they come, working their way to the front; on the farms, remote from the great centers of activity, they feel the impulse of the awakened lite, and hasten to the fountains of knowledge: in the mountains and on the plains they hear the call, and sacrifice all else that they may answer it. Who will measure the value of the power thus added to the mental and moral forces of the world? In this age uir attention has been turned to the material. We have been dazzled by the great wealth accumulated by a few: we have become almost beside ourselves in admiration of the wonderful development of our resources, in the enlargement of our industries, in the extension of our commerce, and in the national power among the nations of the world to which we have attained, insomuch that we have in a measure lost sight of the higher and better things id ' thought, of spirit and character. We must come back to the true and real. The wealth of a nation is not in its gold and stocks, but in the intelligence a nd virtue of its people. In our colleges, in the small as well as the large, is the power that is making the nation great. These remarks are general: we now advance a step. The demand is for the best culture: men and women of the highest type of character are the great need of the present time, and the need will increase with the growing intelligence of the people. It is not intelligence alone, but intelligence with moral character that gives power. We are from above; we are of God and not a development from an order below. We attain our true position just as we approach God. Truth, holi- ness, integrity, righteousness, all bound together with love, are essential elements in manhood. Herein is the secular education of our public institutions defective. They are of necessity limited in their range of instruction. There is abundant pro- vision for intellectual development, but the moral is incidental. The course of study is broad, but it is not high. It deals with the mental, but not with the spiritual. It- science and philosophy have not God as the original source of all truth, of all knowledge and of all power. It is in proportion as God enters the thought, desire and purpose of life that we rise to the proper plane of our nature. The knowledge of God and the recognition of our relation to him is at the basis of character. That knowledge is in His Word and that recognition is by faith in God. Here is the necessity for the Christian college. To it the whole field of knowledge is open as to others: its curriculum is as broad as any university course may be. but it has this more and above all, the study of the higher mysteries of God and Divine grace and the pervading atmosphere of the Christian life. There is no narrowness in religion, for it has the breadth of God and humanity. The best culture is that which has the graces of the Spirit of God; the best character is that which is modeled after .Jesus. From the Christian college flows forth into the world a stream of virtue which, like the waters gathered by the mountains from the clouds, converts the arid land into a garden of the Lord. 103 With these Christian institutions whence the necessity for the denominational college? It is found in the fact that we thereby come nearer the cell of life from which all growth is. In our social structure we must look to the individual; it is in the individual that we find the initiative and the intensity which brings results to the initiative. The undenominational college, supported by general contributions, (must conduct its work on broad linos; its character is Christian in a general sense, but it is not intensely Christian. Its range of study is very wide to meet the general demand for a life-wide training, and there is a constant pressure to lower the dis- tinctively- Christian element which thus easily becomes a pervading influence rather than a. direct, all-controlling force; it is Christian rather than religious. But that personality is just what is wanted in the highest educational system, that definite- ness of ohject, that energy which lies in the consciousness of responsibility. Positive religious force is the specially great need of the present time to give tone to the public sentiment, which lias lost much of its vitality in the debilitating atmosphere of our tropical worldliness. The denominational college is necessary for the life, growth and work of the denomination. A denomination exists for the maintenance and propagation of what it believes to he important truth. Its institutions are based on this. We may decry creed, hut the justification of the separate existence of a church is the belief of its members that in addition to that which is held by Christians generally, there is certain truth which they are in duty hound to teach, institutions which they must maintain and features of the Christian life which they should exhibit to the world. It follows as a legitimate conclusion that it must train its own members accordingly. Hence the necessity of schools under its own control. Whatever may have been at one time, it is now beyond question that a church must train its own people, and especially that it must raise op its own ministry. It is not sufficient to depend on ministers trained in its own theological seminary, hut the whole body of its mem- bership must have that quickening and strength of life which can be had only by the presence of that intelligence and culture in the homes which the higher educa- tion gives. The church that fails to make provision for this is doomed to early death. There is no alternative here. We must sustain our colleges or go out of existence. This may he seen more clearly by a reference to the missionary work in non-Christian or heathen countries. The church that gives prominence to educa- tion is the one that after awhile is seen to have a strength and permanency which others do not have. Nor is that all. We must not only sustain our colleges hut we must give them adequate equipment for their work. The world is advancing with remarkable rapidity. The field of knowledge is widening. Scientific investigation is adding to it every day. A generation ago we thought we saw its bounds, but now they are far beyond our vision, and every part of the enlarging range is full of what is most important for us to know. The standard of intelligence is rising. Our educational institutions must meet the outgrowing requirement. All about us is God ' s world 104 and we owe it to our children to give them the best there is in it. We owe it to our homes to bring the accumulating stores of knowledge to our sons and daughters. We owe it to our ministry to give them a place in the front rank in education. Not that they must be the equal of the best in every department, but they must have that breadth of knowledge, that mental training, that understanding of present forces in society and that spiritual need common to all, which will enable them to be the instructors and leaders of the most intelligent in the doctrines, the laws and the work of the Kingdom of God. There is no point at which we may say that our work is done, for continual advance is the law of education and of educational institutions. The work of the denominational college has been indicated by what has been said. With mental training its special work is the development of the highest type of Christian character, moulded in the principles and spirit of its church, and trained for its work. The Word of God is the great text-book ' , and the interpre- tation of that Word should Lie according to the established and accepted principle- of the denomination. We live in no fear of heresy, we would give large freedom of thought, but the principles of a church are the body of truth which its college is established to teach. Wise and true education requires large freedom of investi- gation: denominational standards are not clamps and bonds upon the mind of professor or student, but they embody the religious faith of the church which it i.- the object of the college to maintain. These standards are not text-books in science or philosophy, but they are a body of truth having a direct relation to the soul, and to be used with the Bible as a manual of life. There should be no hesitation here. Without offence, without any unseemly obtrusion, the religious principles of the de- nomination should be the principles of the college, the cast of character peculiar to the church should be cultivated in its school, and its work, in common with the work of the Church Universal, should be kept steadily in view. The work of the denominational college is not only to prepare leaders for the church, but to be itself a leader in giving direction to popular opinion, in presenting higher ideals in life, in giving a clearer conception of what is required of the Church of Cod and in inspiring all within its halls with a holy purpose to work for God and the Kingdom of Christ. It is the college nearest the home, and in closest touch with the work of God ; for the practical purposes of life, it has a mission which none other can fulfill, a mission than which there is none higher. When its spirit i that of Christ, and His great soul-word, Mar shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God, is its law, it will fulfill its mission and send forth a generation of men and women that, in every position from the home to the pulpit, will bless the world. 105 Despair of the Flun%er You must wake and call me early, call me early, room-mate dear, For tomorrow ' !! be the busiest time of all the college year, Of all the college year, room-mate, the busiest day, I say, Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. There ' s many a dunce they say, room-mate, with zeros and flunks galore, There ' s Freshmen, Junior and Senior, there ' s Prep and Sophomore. But none so stupid as I. room-mate, in all the school they say, Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination clay. I sleep so sound at night, room-mate, that I shall never wake, If you do not call me loud when the day begins to break. But I must cram Greek roots and Trig, Physics and French, I say, Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. As I was strolling toward the hall, whom think ye I should see, But Doctor ' standing gazing with despairing look at me. 1 thought of that big flunk, room-mate, he gave me yesterday, Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. They say I ' m here for sport, room-mate, that loafing is my crime, They say I cut my classes, that co-ed takes all my time. I ' ve tried to bluff them, room-mate, but it doesn ' t work, they say. Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. My faithful Pony shall go with me tomorrow to the room, But Profs, will be there too, room-mate, to watch me meet my doom, For faculty knows my inmost thought, sees through me with x-ray. Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. 106 Exams are here again, room-mate, t puss or no to pass, To cram and ride my Pony, or flunk and leave my class. The day of reck ' ning ' s here, room-mate, the time is past for play. Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. Will there ever come a time, room-mate, e ' en in the future blest, When the Profs, shall cease from troubling and the Hunkers be at rest? I ' ll cram once more, room-mate, I must, dim through as I may, Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. You must wake and call me early, call me early, room-mate dear. For tomorrow ' !! he the busiest clay of all the college year, Ol ' all the college year, room-mate, t he busiest day 1 say. Tomorrow ' s examination, room-mate, examination day. E. M., ' 07. The Amish Dutch 1ST studying the social conditions of a country or community the most important factor entering into the study is the people, their history and their characteristics. But far be it from me to undertake the task of compiling a history of the people connected with the college, for 1 fear 1 might tread upon some very tender spots. There is, however, one class of people in this neighborhood which is familiar to all who know Xew Wilmington. These people have become so characteristic of the place that we now associate the Amish Dutch with New Wilmington just as we associate the smoke with Pitts- burg. We who have become used to them tail to notice their peculiar qualities which have helped so much to give our college town its distinguishing mark. The stranger, however, coming into town is attracted by these interesting look- ing people before his eyes have rested on the college itself. As he walks up the street he sees a peculiar looking wagon coming towards him. Jt is a little square wagon, yellow topped with drop curtains at the side, and has one seat well back from the dashboard. The Amish Dutchman never travels in a buggy, because this would bring him too near the idea of his American brothers. Pomp and style are things which a Dutchman detests, so he travels in his curiously constructed wagon. As the queer looking object draws near, the stranger looks with interest at the family under the yellow top. lie sees the father, a big. muscular looking man, his kind happy looking face shaded by a broad-rimmed hat. lie has a brown beard and his hair is so long that it falls over his shoulders, nearly hiding the cape of his long brown coat. By his side sits his sad, meek looking little wife. She wears a plain, tight lifting dress with a short gathered skirt. On her head is a sombre In-own bonnet, and a little plaid shawl is thrown over her shoulders, which doesn ' t look very warm in comparison with, the big, brown coat of her good man. Sitting hack of their parents, on the bed of the wagon, are the children, exact miniatures of their father and mother, and in similar attire. The wagon stops, and the family pile out. Ami the stranger thinks his carfare was not wasted, since he is fortunate enough to see the family start, down the street. The father takes the lead, the mother follows and behind her in Indian file come the little Dutchmen. The first place in line is a birthright not to be traded for a mess of porridge, and if one of the little fellows in the rear tries to take that place he is pushed hack in line very unceremoniously. After the father has led the way into one of the stores and the door has been closed after all the little Dutchmen, the stranger inquires about the history of these people. The Amish Dutchman migrated to this portion of the country from Mifflin County. Ohio, during the year 1850. lie bought several large tracts of land in Lawrence and Mercer Counties, and like our forefathers settled down to make a home for himself and posterity where he might worship according to the dictates of his own conscience. 108 There are two distinct classes of the sect, The Black Toffers, and The Brown Toffers, very easily distinguished by their clothes, their wagons and their differenl forms of worship. The Black Toffers have a chosen leader w ho travels from house to house holding services. Early every Sabbath morning these people gather at a farm house and hold an all day session. The Brown Toffers have a church which is located half way between the tow n and the Junction. They are not as strict as the Black Tollers. ' hut the t reed of both sects is much the same, and mighl he stated something like this: — Be honest. Be yourself and .lie industrious. The Brown Tollers ride long distances to get to their little church. When the family arrives the men go in at one door and the women at another. In the little vestibule the women remove their plain, brown bonnets and put on little w hile ones instead. These bonnets arc not worn on account of their becomingness ; the Amish women dons her little white hoiinet because she thinks it is a sin for a woman to enter the house of God with her head uncovered, and vain and worldly to let her pretty hair he seen. After they have tied their bonnet strings firmly under their chins, the women enter the room where the service is held, marching quietly down the aisle with their children ' s hands in their. The men enter by another door with the hoys, and sit on the opposite side of the room. The service then begins and proceeds much as our service does. Although to strangers their manners seem strange and unusual. 1 doubt if anywhere in Pennsylvania there is a gathering of people whose worship is more sincerely earnest and more devoutly religious than that id ' our unassuming neighbors in their little country church. They are not an educated peo ple, hut they are men w ho possess greater worth than can he obtained from hooks: earnestness, honesty and unpretentious piety. As we look into their kind, happy faces we see clearly they have answered the question, Who is my neighbor, and have obeyed the command, Little children, love one another. And the women, though lacking perhaps in the refinement of the schools with it charm id ' cultured grace and loveliness of mind in all its sparkle of wit and glow of wisdom, have yet the ideal form of womanly education; strength of soul in all purity and goodness. As we see them sitting demurely in their straight-hack pews we think of Spencer ' s sweetly severe visions of the virtue of womanhood. Next to her sate goodly Shamefastnesse, He ever durst her eyes from ground uprear. He ever once did looke up from her desse (seat). As if some blame of evil she did feare That in her cheeks made roses oft appeare. And next to her sate sober Modestie. Holding her hand upon her gentle hart: Ami her against, sate comely Curtessie, That unto every person knew her part; And her before was seated overthwart, Soft Silence and submissive Obedience; Both linckt together never to dispart. 109 When the Amish Come to ToWn Professionalism in College Athletics TIM present situation with reference to college athletics in general, and to football as played in our colleges in particular, shows a lamentable decadence in the practice of the approved forms of college sport. Commencing with the past season and continuing through the winter, we have undergone a storm of discussion as to the changes in the rules that will do away with the objectionable features in football. Much of the opposition has been based on the alleged brutality of the game and on the liahilt v of the players sustaining serious injuries. And. indeed, that injuries, sometimes serious ones, do result from violent collisions and personal contact in football is not to he denied. Bui by attacking this phase, the root of the question is left untouched. The real reason for the out-cropping of so many serious defects in our chief college sport can he based on the professionalizing of what was once but a means of recreation. And what applies to football will apply with varying degrees to the best of the other athletic games. Many evils have pre- sented themselves as the direct result of professionalism insidiously creeping into and permeating the various forms of college sports to such a degree as to well-nigh destrov their true spirit. Taking the present game of football, then, as a type let us determine to what extent professional has supplanted amateur sport in our schools, and the kind and the degree of the evils resulting from it. The chief hindrance to preserving the amateur character of the game is the playing of inter-school games before great crowds. Under the influence of this the game has reached its present highly specialized form, and has come to be. not a sport, hut a profession. The chief fact to he noted in favor of the assertion that football from a means of recreation and sport has come to he a profession is that it demands prolonged training. To one who sees a football game for the first time it is a wonder how the players sustain the many falls and knocks received by them during the play. The onlooker has left out of account the weeks which these men have spent in very thorough and careful preparation. Weeks of special training are necessary before venturing into the game. Practice is often begun in the spring term before the season in the fall, and during the summer months the squads are collected in the mountains or at the seashore. Mechanical devices such as the tackling-dummy and charging-machine are employed to toughen the muscles and heighten their development. The squad is continually trained ami improved from early Septem- ber until after the great matches in November. Thus as in other professions, the game of football requires a long period of consistent training. To develope a winning team, then, requires a professional coach, with his often exborbitant salary, long practice hours, and a rigidly enforced system of (raining. It is not surprising, then, that a premium should he placed on those of sufficient strength who have been through this routine, and have become highly proficient in their special positions. The technic of the existing game, which requires such excellent natural qualifications, and so much hard work has given rise to the tempta- tion to enroll men by questionable methods. Thus it has come to pass that candi- 111 dates for positions on college teams are frequently required to answer, on their honor, questions which reveal their past records and their motive for entering school. So intense was the rivalry between the six universities which practically control the athletics of the East this last season, that an unusually watchful eye was kept on the different preparatory schools. With such a competition for the best avail- able material it is not remarkable that interests should clash in a manner which, if not savoring of professionalism, at least suggests a rather unhealthy state of athletic morals. As a direct result of this rivalry, and as an example of the danger of profession- alism resulting from the premium placed upon the best ability can In 1 mentioned the ease of Thompson, who made a great record for himself as guard at Exeter Arademv two years ago. ' This young Hercules first announced his intention id ' entering the Vale Freshman Class. Soon after this became known, some mysterious influence was brought to bear upon him ami he decided to matriculate at Harvard. But again he changed his mind and was scheduled for Vale, where he finally went, ami according to the Vale athletic authorities, passed his entrance examinations. But he had not yet found a permanent abode, lor in the night he left Xew Haven and without a word of Warning to Yale he appeared on the campus at Cornell. It is not known what influence, if any, took him to Cornell. Even if his motives were entirely proper, it teaches the lesson that something radical should be done io cheek- the apparently increasing commercial spirit which many schools of today are displaying in order to strengthen their athletic teams. Thus professionalism has been increased by the evolution of football and has brought with it many evils which are not conducive of good to those engaging in the sport. Not the ' least of these evils, aside from those which have been given especial prominence by the recent discussion for and against the game, is the complete absorption of time and thought required. of those who take part in it. Such an effect is inconsistent in practice with the devotion to duty, which is the first duty of the college student. Then, again only eleven highly specialized experts comprise a team, and the spirit and object of properly conducted athletics, which should be for the benefit of the greatest possible number, is lost. The playing of inter-collegiate games before large crowds has resulted in large sums of money being received in gate receipts, and this is both a result of profes- sionalism, and a means of perpetuating it. The desire for large gate receipts marks the game as a commercial enterprise, thus stamping it as a money-making scheme, ami effacing the last vista of amateur sport. It is a prevalent belief that the recreation of all college students is much better when directed by the students themselves, but when professionalism, due to the nature of the contests, is so wide-spread as to hardly admit of suppression, and when the contests themselves have acquired an ill-featured commercial significance, then it is time to do away with the intense rivalry between institutions; to abandon the spirit of competition solely for the sake of victory, and to return to the long- lost sight of, but true notion of athletic contest, sport for the fun of it. J. W. A.. ' 07. 112 Ji Football Game I feel like a war-horse in armour. And am ready to hurdle the line. 1 11 get down the field with the kick-off; Oh. glory and fame shall ho mine. I 11 butt those G. C. ' s with my shoulder, And knock them all heels overhead. My sweetheart will sir in the grandstand, And tremble for fear they are dead. Our eleven will route ' em and scout ' em, Whenever they get in the way, And the rooters from over the country Will flee from the field in dismay. The game was a fierce one. I tell you, It ' s a marvel I ever came out. A follow jumped down on my stomach. Then splintered his fist on my snout. They kicked and they slugged and they tri My stars, how they did play ns dirt. Four fellows were stripped of their jerseys, And had to go home for a shirt. But we gave them enough of the game, hoy The bruises don ' t trouble us more. We licked ' Old Grove City ' again, And fifty to nit was the score. Uncle John ' s Corner IK) has not heard of it? Why, Uncle John ' s store has stood almost since the cornerstone of Westminster was laid many years ago. ll- famo lias doubtless reached around the world and penetrated even darkest Egypt and India. Imagine two of our dignified alumni meeting in the shades of the pyramids and talking over old college days. Ever hear anything about Uncle John ' s Corner? asks No. 1. Oh, yes, replies No. 2. I was back there a year ago and it did my heart good to sec the old place again. I just stopped a minute to speak to Uncle John and I overheard one young fellow say to another, Looks like a Chapel speech. Hope it will he like a cat ' s tail. ' ' How ' s that? ' asked another. Oh. fur to the end. ' Ha! ha! Really no one can explain why this particular spot is so attractive as to check so many feet. Surely it is not the beauty of the place nor the scenery that would charm the artistic eye: the library would he a better place for the lover of literature. The chemist finds no chemical compounds there. Bui for the loafer that is the identical spot. Never blame those sailors of old for being unable to pass the sirens w hen the youth of today can not pass a little store with a couple of trees in front. The building has no reputation for architectural beauty but it can supply some of the necessities of life, such as peanut brittle, popcorn and kisses. We would not swap that peanut brittel for a sip of Job ' s nectar. No. siree ! On the side, th.e store hears some names carved to stand as long as it stands and to he a lasting reminder of the individual.- who haunted the place. Well, to continue what we were saying, some of the youth of Westminster find that a convenient resting place (resting, not roosting). They gather here in groups, they line up on both sides and talk. If only they had not passed the marble stage before they came here this would he an ideal place for marbles. As it is at present they just stand there and talk, especially in the fall and spring. In the winter the breezes play around too lively for solid comfort hut in the spring the corner is all ready fur business. After the edict of the faculty is read in the spring, saying that the young ladies will he allowed out in the evening until seven o ' clock, then Uncle John ' s corner becomes thronged; not by the girls, however, for they have hardly the courage to go up through. It is like running the gauntlet to make a trip up street. Still, some of the young ladies go up town in the evening to get the mail. It makes no difference if the last mail did come in at eleven, there might have been a mistake in the distribution, and surely there is a chance of getting some male. They walk serenely up through without looking either to the right or left, although intuition tells her he is there, and then he boldly steps forth and joins her. They stroll and enjoy life until seven o ' clock and perhaps disobey laws as irrevocable as those of the Medes and Persians by staying out later. But then there are two souls w ithout a single thought. 114 Think of tin ' stories told n the corner, the jokes played, the plans and pints laid. Oh, if only those stones could speak what tales they would unfold! Perchance they would tell of certain plans of the Class of ' 0 t to paper the Ladies ' Hall, or a few minor events after that. These things are not to he mentioned above a whisper, however. They are sacred to the memory of ' 07. As for the jokes some of them planned here are practical and some are very much the other way. Presumably it was here that some husv heads were put together and concluded that as a general rule the students were of too sedentary habits and in order to remedy this the hest plan was to remove all the chairs in the college building; quite a neat scheme, hut a few of the chairs should have been taken to Oncle John ' s corner to relieve the .-train of standing day in and day out. It is said that the pavement wears out more rapidly at this particular spot than anywhere else in the burg. And lasi summer a new walk had to be laid. Maybe next summer there will he scats and other improvements. Nevertheless a greai many lusty yells for old Wot minster have gone up from Uncle John ' s Corner. S. B. M., ' or. Do Your Best By David Reed Miller. D. D. You are the sum of your energies. You are the product of your endeavor. You are what you build. Other hands may toil on the courses, hut in the scale of achievement you are your own responsible, accountable architect. There is no gravity road running to the summit of your hope. There is not even a path. Yon must not only climb each step of the way, but you must blaze the way as you go. The peaks of life lie above its canyons and you must carve your trail up the face of the cliff. You may call the world to your aid but you are the pre-elected pioneer of your upward destiny. Let others lead you and you fail. You have trodden in their footprints instead of making your own. The sunshine that warms you is theirs, not yours. You shine by their reflected light. You are a satellite — a moon, a star, an asteroid. The best fruit of the vintage is yours when you tread the winepress alone. Yo matter how high you raise your ladder, the lower end will be right at your feet. You mount from where you are to whatever end you hope for. Hand over hand you rise to your ambition. When you reach the end of your endeavor you will find a direct path to the starting point. The lower end of a toboggan pays dividends on the upper end. The one is the inevitable corollary of the other. Pike ' s Peak lies at the top of the mountain, Manitou at the bottom. No matter what the grades or curves the cog-rails bind them together. Stay by your train and your train will settle your terminals. The alpha and omega of every honest endeavor are irrevocably linked. 116 The stadium of life is a circle — from (Jod to God. Though far you roam you will return at last to the starting point, hut with accelerated motion. Every good thought made your own is one of Gods angels. The more pure thoughts, the more angels on the patli of life. Good thoughts are celestial messengers. Their wings are burnished in heaven. They are God ' s ministers — yours and God ' s, God ' s and yours. But you can not have angels on the uplands unless you have God on the plains. Horeb ' s sapphire heights are for those who follow the cloud and fire on the waterless wastes of Arabah. Be true to yourself. Do not put a mask on your soul. Look up and feel that God is looking an honest man in the face. To follow expedience is to manacle conscience. Put not thy soul in the power of another. When conscience becomes bondslave to greed, manhood toils at the kilns and renders its tale of bricks. Chains on the will is the suicide of wisdom. To strangle your pilot is to lose your port. Untruth is undoing. It is a sealing of the fountains of moral freedom, a dispersion of the rivers of God which are full of water. It is kindling the fires of Gehenna on the altar of Mount Zion. A heart of smoke will burst into flame only when touched by a torch of divine fire. Satisfaction with your environment is a sorry ambition. A Christ who can not rise above a Xazareth is not the Christ. To live on a level with one ' s birthright may be falsehood to one ' s hope. Xo Galilee can hold a Jesus to its level. Truth is ever ascendent. Be true to that which is true, no matter where it lies. The sunbeam may rest upon the earth and expend its mission there, but it is heaven-centered and heaven sent. The lark may make its home-life where it will, but its wings hold freedom with the stars. Its liberty is not abridged when it wattles its lowly nest to the meadow reeds. It is as true to itself in the grass as in the heavens. To be true, be yourself. Be a voice, not an echo. Truth grows in many fields but the blossoms are yours for the plucking. Give what you have and try to have the best. The sapphire gives its best when it gives its blue. The amethyst gives its hest when it gives its purple. 117 The ruby gives its host when it gives its red. The emerald gives its best when it gives its green. The diamond gives its best when it holds all prismatic glories in its lustrous grasp. God asks for what yon have, not fur what you have not. Be true t i your own luster. Polish the best you have and lot it shine. You arc God ' s jewel. Make the host of yourself. Not. by stealing another ' s lire nor by borrowing another ' s tone, hut by adding the beauty of the good to your heaven-given nature and by shining with whatever hue and radiance are natural to you. You can never he another. You must he you rself. The sapphire can not give forth the irridescence of the opal though it strive forever. When it loses its individuality it is valueless. It has lost its place in the brotherhood of gems. Devolope your own resources. Bring to the world your hidden luster. Despise not the grinding id ' the lapidary. Senior Characteristics Helen Melville: Of winning speech, endearing, artless, .kind, The loveliest pattern of a female mind. Newton Tannehill : He could hold his tongue in ten Languages. Glenn Pierce : Everyone is the son of his own works. James I ougherty : No man is born without ambitious worldly desires. II. L. Gordon: Shut not thy purse-strings Always against painted distress. Amy Seidel : Her air. her manners, all who saw admired. Leltov Deevers: A merrier man, Within the limits of becoming mirth. I never -pent an hour ' s talk with. ICdith Galbreath : Ne in her speech, no in her ' havior. Was lightness seen, or looser vanity. Bui gracious womanhood and gravity. William Everhart: How could it come into your mind To pitch on me, of all mankind. Against the sex to write a satire. And brand me for a woman-hater? Adam McClurg: In life there are meetings which seem Like a Fate. Rankin Johnston : Though sprightly, gentle; though polite, sincere And only of thyself, a judge seven — Pear] Carter: Sweet nes.-. truth, and every grace Which time and use are wont to teach. The eye may in a movement reach., And read distinctly in her face. Auley McAuley: He wears the rose of youth upon his cheek. Jane Douthett: 0 horn to soothe distress and lighten care, Lively as gentle and innocent as fair. Lucille Xevin : The light of Love, the purity of grace, The mind, the music, breathing from her face. : Grace Graham : Virtue in her appears so bright and gay We hear with pleasure and with pride obey. Lee Cochran : And when a lady ' s in the case, You know all other things give place. Alonzoa Hoagland : Linked sweetness long drawn out. J. II. McBane : Free from deceit his face and Full as free his heart. R. S. McCowen A mist of words like haloes ' Round the moon. D. T. Rose: A rose with all its sweetest leaves yet folded. W. F. Rotzler: He was a scholar and a ripe and good one. E. R. Sampson: The man that blushes is not quite a brute. Ruth Snodgrass : Too bright and too good For human nature ' s daily food. Evelyn Bigger : She is not made to be the admiration of all, but the happiness of one. Earnest ( lalhoun : There is no art To show the mind ' s construction in the face. Charles Clutter: 0, sacred solitude! divine retreat! 120 Lew Davison: ■ ' A combination and a form indeed Where every god did seem to set his seal. Emerson Hazlett: Thou art pale in mighty studies grown To make the Stoic institutes thy own. Charlie Peairs: Just as the twig is bent the tree ' s inclined. Ethel Finney: To hear his soothing tales she feigns delays. What woman can resist the force of praise? Mary McCalmont: Trusting in God will all her heart and mind, This woman proved magnanimously kind. William Irons: Great in his triumph, in retirement great. S. N. Watt : Shade of a shadow, spectre of a dream. Laura Thomson : She liked whate ' er she looked on And her looks went everywhere. Hugh Lambie: On their own merits modest men are dumb. J. C. Negley : Men are but children of a larger growth. H. A. Cannon : Could I love less I should be happier. Frank Christie: Lived in his saddle, loved the chase, the course, And always, ere he mounted, kiss ' d his horse. J. A. Barr: Give thv thought no tongue. 121 One of those All-around Seniors from Westminster Campus Memories OOD ev ' ning, lassie, good ev ' ning — what am I dreamin ' about and what makes my eyes so dim? Well, I ' ll tell you, lassie, I ' ll tell yon. I was just sittin ' here taking another look at the old campus; no tellin ' what they ' ll do with it. now that the new President ' s comin ' and they ' re goin ' to build a lot of new buildings, and so on. An ' d ' you know, I don ' t know what I ' d do without that campus. I ' ve lived here so long that those old trees just seem like old friends — an ' well — there ' s lots of things happened on that old campus — more ' n you ' d think. See them fine walks — they weren ' t always there; time was when there were little paths just wide enough for two — no stones nor nothin ' . And there used to be the rustic benches — ' spoon-holders, ' we called ' em — round under the trees, where the boys and girls used to sit and make believe they were studyin ' their lessons — well, maybe they were, but seems to me they were studyin ' lessons one don ' t find in books — lessons in conversation an ' friendship an ' - — yes, in love — which ain ' t a bad lesson to learn either. Then when the grass began to get green and the trees dressed up in their best clothes, (that big fellow over yonder always came out first an ' sort of started the fashion) when spring really had come an ' brought along the whole orchestra of birds and the frogs ' brass band, then that old campus did enjoy itself. There was always some young folks strolling round in two ' s — not two fellows or two girls, neither — an ' it just made me happy to look into their smilin ' faces. Yes, youth is a happy time, an ' boys an ' girls will be happy, no matter what happens: good thing it is too. I used to sit there on fine sunshiny days watching that big door an ' wonderin ' who ' d come out next. Maybe it would be a crowd of pretty girls (girls are always pretty lassies, when they ' re young an ' happy, no matter what they look like) comin ' out arm in arm laughin ' an ' chatterin ' like so many sparrows. Maybe it would be a dignified Senior, his long black gown flutterin ' in the wind; or maybe a case, as they call ' em, walkin ' real slow like, an ' not noticin ' anythin ' round ' em. Whoever it might be, they jest fitted into that campus picture an ' made a sort of queer feelin ' come round your heart. But then, the best time of all was Commencement, then — well, there seemed to be somethin ' the matter with the atmosphere; one felt glad an ' sad an ' cheery an ' sort of longin ' all at once — never felt that way any other time ' cept jus ' at Commencement. And when the Seniors stood up to get the diplomas they ' d worked an ' crammed an ' bluffed (bless their hearts) to get — an ' when those big trees bent their branches down in a fond embrace jes ' as if they couldn ' t let ' em go away — 125 Well, somehow tears got started in folk ' s eves — I know — I ' ve seen ' era an ' had ' em, too. Then there ' s Pipe of Peace night — when Juniors and Seniors come together In bury the hatchet an ' smoke the Pipe of Peace. They ' d make a big bonfire, an ' then all the folks would gather round it. an ' the fire light flickerin ' on their faces, surprised many a queer expression there. I can jest see them now; over on one side are the Seniors, sobered by the thot of leavin ' so soon, never to come back; an ' on the other side the Juniors, lookin 5 very important an ' happy, but still feelin ' sort of queer an ' not know in ' jes ' why. Then there are the Freshmen and the Sopho- mores, an ' away back in the darkness the Preps — if you listen real careful you ran tell where they all are. First, the Seniors give their yell, and the Juniors give theirs, an then you can ' t hear either, ' cause the Sophomores are givin theirs — an ' they jes ' get thru in time to let you hear the last line of the Freshmen ' s, then all yell together till you can ' t make out a thing — even the Preps gettin in for their share of noise. Then all at once everything gets quiet and from the Senior ' s side a fellow steps out into the light an ' begins to speak. He tells of the prowess of his class — his tribe: of all their victories on the held an ' in the class-room; of the mighty de eds they had done an ' the wondrous works they will do in the future. Then he pleads for peace between the tribes, an ' then a brave comes out from the Juniors, praises bis class jes ' like the Senior had done — then with a mighty shout they smoke the Pipe of Peace. But then they can ' t keep quiet any longer an ' again you can bear the class yells, from Senior. Junior. Sophomore, Freshman. Prep — an ' maybe, roused by the enthusiasm that pervades the air. some old alumnus comes back to look again on his Alma Mater, raises bis voice in cheers for his long-forgotten class. Then they sort o melt away and the campus is alone and still, an where so lately all was noise, an joy. an youth — only a few dying embers remained. An ' these soon go out, lassie, just as the feeble spark of my life will go out — some day soon, lassie, some dav soon. ' F. M( X., ' 07. Westminster— ' 07=? There ' s one group of lads and lassies, towering o ' er the other classes; For it easily surpasses all the standards set before. It has made Westminster noted, and the members now arc voted Worthy all to be promoted to the realms where they may soar. Par above life ' s common places and be singing as they soar, 1901 evermore! Come, descend thou, Beauty Goddess, beam upon me with thy goodness. Help me sing of charms of maidens much excelling those of yore. — Sing of youths by far more handsome than Adonis, joyous, gladsome,- — Men and maidens all so blithesome, such as ne ' er were seen before. Eulogize this class of models. — yea. all these who thee adore. — 1907 evermore ! Fair Minerva. I invoke thee. Wisdom Goddess, tell, and quickly, How thy worshipers, Naught-Seven, do to heights of knowledge soar. Search this old world ' round and over, search anjl lool ev ' n now and over, Yet you ' ll find no one so clever, — versed in all our modern lore, — As the members of Naught-Seven, for of wisdom they ' ve the core; Yes, ' 0? evermore ! None could count our deeds of daring, all of which have had their bearing On the good name of our College, causing all to her adore. Xineteen-Seven ' s men of mettle at all times have helped to settle All contested point.- of fettle, in hall games on hold or floor. All concede to her great credit, and their debt of thanks outpour On ' 01 evermore. 127 0 how desolate Westminster. — spite of every rube and spinster All the other College classes freely boast of o ' er and o ' er, — If Naugh-Seven had been vanquished, or from College had been banished ! Desolation, hopes all vanished, dire distress and griefs galore, Pains, defeats, ev ' n without number, would be shown upon the score, Were ' 07 nevermore ! As a plant bereft of flowers, or a field without the showers, Like the bleak and barren deserts where the carrion vultures soar; Lonely, then, and filled with sadness, shorn of wisdom, charms and gladness, All our teachers driv ' n to madness, — such would be the plight so sore Of Westminster, should the lassies and the lads I ' ve named before, Ev ' u ' 07, be no more. A. W. H. The Junior VI ague N the early autumn of the year nineteen hundred and five. the members of the Class of ' 07 were called together to hear the sentence pro- nounced upon them as a penalty for their misdeeds. With what anxiety and dread did we await our doom! At last the critical mo- ment came when Judge Freeman solemnly pronounced the sentence. But what a destiny? The import of the message was something as follows: Members of the Class of ' 07 — It becomes my painful duty to make known to you the verdict passed upon by your superiors. It is as follows: At a time designated by the honorable faculty of Westminster College, each one of you is hereby sentenced to present before the public an oration of your own composition. We wish you success. With that he was gone. But what of the class? Many times had this band of students won laurels upon the gridiron and the battlefield; many of our number had become noted in the class-room, and even before the court of justice we had not cowered. This, however, was different and one and all already felt the weight of the impending burden. Soon, however, the first shock passed over and ' 07, with the determination so characteristic of her members, plunged into the fight. Libraries and reading rooms were ransacked, first for subjects and then for material; teachers were harassed almost beyond endurance, and former friends became bitter enemies. Fits of work and study hitherto unknown among us seized the student and held him in an iron grasp. At such times the midnight oil burned freely, a sure proof of the students ' disturbed state of mind. On the tenth of Xovember the first noted event took place. The happenings on that night were characteristic of all succeeding. Let us throAv upon the canvas a picture of things as they were in that first night. The auditorium is crowded with an expectant people, eager to see the first show of the season. In a small room across the hall are the tre mbling victims, pale as death; all joy, seemingly, banished forever. But hark ! the bugle calls, no more time for tears now. With slow and measured, tread the sad procession wends its way to the front, amid the cheers of heartless spectators. After some preliminary performance to which the Juniors can not listen, the first unfortunate is called up to give an account of his talent. See him as he stands there, the very picture of despair. His face is drawn and sad, his shoulders droop, his hands and limbs shake as with some awful malady, and his voice is beyond control. At last, however, the unfortunate Junior gets 129 started. With one supreme effort he throws off his fear and determines to win a name for himself among the orators of history. With what hursts of oratory does he surprise his audience, and with what literary art does he show his genius! How his voice rises and falls in an earnest effort to please his hearers, and with what gestures does he emphasize his points ! At last the ordeal is over and the now happy junior takes his seat wearing on his face a satisfied grin. What if the ordeal was a hard one, nothing matters now, for triumph has crowned his efforts at last. Thus all the victims of this terrible plague met their doom heroically and came forth triumphant, tried as by fire. Hazel Bennett, ' 07. Football ReVteW The 1905 season at Westminster open Robert Wilson, manager, who prepared th Sept. 20. Geneva at Geneva. Sept. 30. Allegheny at Westminster Oct. T. W. U. P. at Pittsburg. W. . J. at W ashington. State at State 1 . Western Reserve at ( ' level d auspiciously with the following schedule : iction of James Slippery Rock at W (Thanksgiving) G. C tminsu at. Grc City. !I a great deal of indecision and talk Perry Kuhn, Sr.. the famous Slippery Rock tackle, was elected to the position of coach. Right here was where Hoi) ' made good for a man who knew football Erom • ' A to ' . in helping to get out a winning team. Here was a man who had the faculty of leadership, or the leadership of the faculty, as you will have it. at his finger tips. Perry was a judge of good material, a rigid trainer and a man of exceptional aggressiveness. When he arrived on the field the first day of the practice he gave the boys a neat little talk, which ran something as follows: Now. hoys. I know that I am a good coach and demand an extravagant price, but ! can not make a winning team unless each man devotes himself unsparingly and conscientiously to his duty. You abso- lutely and most surely must cut out your pipes, cigarettes, pie, etc., or I shall posi- tively refuse to coach you any longer. The first man 1 catch in the restaurant w ill he made an example of. Now. you fellows are a husky looking hunch and should beat everything on the circuit. Of course you all know the Grove City game w ill be the hardest, hut do not forget that W. .1.. State. W. U. P.. and a few others of the minor colleges must lie beaten. Now I want to see every last one of you here every week-day. rain or shine. That ' s all. N ' ow. boys, take four laps. Everyone now on the field gave three cheers, and a tiger for the coach, and an air of enthusiasm and confidence not before shown seemed to hold the student body. As for material the team looked good to the last year ' s students who sized them up. Of last year ' s team there were left .1. (). Campbell, center; Polly Martin, left guard; Shott and Sammy, tackles: Shaffer, quarterback; Freeman, end and quarter; Hewetson, full, and Veazey and McGill, halfbacks. The new men were Crier, guard and tackle; Vincent, halfback; Peterson, guard, and Wilson 131 Reid, end. And at a later day it was noised about that McElree would be back in school., and that made him a fixture at right end. Veazey and McGill were both protested by the students, but as no one seemed to have the nerve to ask them if they were getting carfare, tobacco, or any other remuneration, they were allowed to play unmolested. After a week ' s practice the coach seemed a little discouraged because the team seemed a little heavy and slow. But a few cross country runs and a realization by some of the veterans, that the youngsters were going to give them a run for their places, put a vim and dash into every day ' s practice. After a short talk Shott was elected captain. Bob ' was going to Xew Castle for supplies, and Shott requested him to leave out the cleated shoes and to bring each man a pair of rubbers instead. When pressed for his reason, be replied, Well, if we swipe anything and are fol- lowed we can take off our rubbers, erase our tracks and escape. The team came to a heated discussion when signals were brought up. But it was at last decided to use two sets of signals, Shaffer to use one and Freeman the other. The X. W. A. C. finally volunteered to give them one practice game a week. This was a relief from the motony of scrub practice, as they had quite a strong line-up at times. The regular X. W. A. C. being as follows: Bight end, Allan : right tackle. Abe Shaffer; right guard, McDowell ; center, Brooks; left guard, Ashmore; left tackle, Eb. Thompson left end. Bill Henderson; quarterback, Hen Jaxtheimer; fullback, Austin Joseph; right half, W. B. Thompson; left half, Sin- clair. The team was in the best of shape after two weeks ' practice. Geneva and Alle- gheny were both beaten by large and decisive scores. Coach Kuhn had a varied style of play, but coached the team most on straight and cross-tackle bucks ami the quarterback run and kick. The chief interest of the students in the daily practice was the sensational playing of Shaffer at quarter and the way he urged the team on, lie could be heard after each scrimmage saying, Boys, work like this would never get you through a civil service exam., harder next time; hit that hole at a iittle different angle; every man in his place and don ' t play for the bell, but work hard, etc. Just before the W. U. P. game Sammy and Grier were caught in the restaurant ami had to take three extra laps the next day. The W. U. P. game was the first real test of the season, but the boys won, 20 to 0. This trip cost ' Bob a lot extra, for Martin, Sammy, Freeman and Veazey had their suit-cases full of towels, soap, brushes, cuspidors, cigar-cutters, etc. It was not said how they got them, but they had to refurnish the Pullman before they made another trip. V. J. and State were to be played on the same trip, but the captain and manager allowed Coach Kuhn to play at V. U. P., so the students recalled the team and the State trip was abandoned. It was thought for a while that the students would disband the team, but cooler heads prevailed and they were allowed to finish the schedule. Western Beserve and Slippery Bock were easy picking and the Grove City game 132 loomed tip dark and forbidding, for they were our nearest rivals and stood about even on scores. Everything took on a different hue on the grounds and at the training table. At school the cry was. Beat Grove City and the town is yours. Students met. and made songs and veils. Some of which follow: (Song: Air, Tammany. ) C iorus : Faculty, Faculty, You be sure and beat G. C, If you fail don ' t speak to me. Faculty. Faculty, Faeul. Faeul. Faeul, Faeul, Faculty, Yells. Rah, Bah, Rah, Blood and gore, Watch our Faculty. -Make G. C. sore. Boom ! Giv ' em the kicks, the kicks. Where? Where? Anywhere. Who? Grove City. Think, thank, thunk, Flim, nam, flunk. G. C. ' s Faculty, Surely is punk. Thanksgiving Day dawned clear and bright, just an ideal day for a game. When Bob went up to see about the surreys and larger rigs he found that they had been swiped by a crowd of students. But not to be left behind, Bob ordered all the single rigs there were left, but found that there were not enough and that three would have to ride in each rig. So just as they came by, bundled three in a buggy, they were fixed something like this: First rig, Freeman, Veazey, McGill; second rig, Hewetson, Campbell, Shaffer; next, Sammy, Shott, Martin; then, Vin- cent, Peterson, Keid; and last. McElree, ' Bob and Grier. Doc. Campbell had been chosen to get a mascot on the way over, and about five miles out of Grove City got out of the rig, and soon returned lead ing a big goat, by about ten yards, and the goat gaining at every jump. Doe. barely escaped 133 with his life, bul with the assistance of Hewetson and Shaffer, Willie was soon overpowered and tied to the axle of the buggy. Everyone arrived safely in Grove City, where everything was in readiness for the game. Our line-up was: Righi cud. McElree; righi tackle, Sammy; right guard, Grier; center, Campbell; left tackle. Shott (Capt.) ; left guard, Martin; left end. Freeman: quarterback, Shaffer: fullback, Hewetson; right half. Veazey; left half. McGill. As the teams tiled mi the field pandemonium reigned for a time, then silence fell on the multitude while Referee Andrew Carnegie gave his final instruc- tions. Veazey was heard to say as they were lining up, Xow, hoys, do be careful and don ' t tear your clothes or get hurt, for it will only lie an additional expense to fix you up. At 3:30 the game was on. Grove City kicked oil ' . Kick fell short. Campbell picked up tlie hall and made twenty yards. Then the voice of Shaffer could he heard, Steady now ! a 2 - - 2ab -(- b 2 = x 2 — y 2 . This signal sent Sammy through tackle for three yards. Hewetson made two around right end. Westminster ' s ball, first down. Veazey makes one through guard. McGill makes three off tackle. End run by McElree tried: a poor pass caused fumble and G. C. secures the ball, drove City made first down in two trials and lost hall on next down. Westminster is held mi the third down. Grove City made an end run and touchdown on de- layed pass. Grove City followers grew wild as G. C. kicked goal. Westminster kicked off to drove City. They lost the hall on the second try. Westminster then began a steady march to Grove City ' s goal and scored a touchdown by Veazey around left end. Veazey tried to kick goal and missed. First half over. Scon Grove City 6, Westminster 5. Westminster ' s followers were tilled with fury. Terry delivered a scathing speech and put everyone in a lighting mood. In the second half Grove City kicked off to Shott of Westminster, who carries it down the field for forty yards. Westminster started to walk down the field to- ward Grove City ' s goal. Quarterback kick. Freeman falls on the hall for a second touchdown. McGill kicks goal, drove City ii, Westminster 11. Grove City kicked oil ' to Westminster. Blows struck in scrimmage. Grove City man was seen rising to his feet with a hunch of Veazey ' s whiskers in his hand that proved to he more than Shaffer could stand, lie jumped onto the Grove City man and was put out for slugging. He left the field weeping and tearing out his hair by hand fuls. Freeman was put in at quarter, and Reid at end. Freeman slowly gave his new code of signals: H 2 S0 4 + AgN0 8 -f Cu0 2 = Change ! H 2 S0 4 -f- Cu== CuS0 2 -f-HOj] McGill made four yards through tackle on this. Then a walk-away was commenced by Westminster, and three more touchdowns and two goals were made before the game ended. Final score — Westminster 28, drove City 6. The team went to the hotel and ate supper. Then they came out on the porch in response to repeated cries from the students outside. Well. -ays Captain Shott. let us all return to our (fid friend Nick O ' Teen. Everyone lit a cigarette, and 134 they sang the chorus of thai familiar old song over and over for the benefit of enthusiastic students. The chorus which they sang was this: Football, football, That ' s the game for me ; Break his hip, hip-hurrah, Soak him on the knee. Leave him on the five-yard line, On to victory. Football, football, That ' s the .name for me. And so ended the most successful season Westminister had ever known. Neq., ' 0(1. ion (otpskat 1905 Tis winter. With a silvery sheen The country round about is overcast. The little brooks beneath their icy root ' s Still trickle onward, with a tinkling sound. Song birds are heard no mure, No leaves deck trees in gold, or modest green, But everywhere death ' s chilling hand is felt And nature seems asleep. Not quite a year has passed, Westminster, Since from thy portals went a joyous band Of youths and maidens. Out into the world. Hearts filled with hope, ambition soaring high, They went. Within thy sheltering walls As students of the Class of Nineteen Five; Through four long years they ' d struggled toward the goal And gained it, nothing daunted. The world has ever need of noble men And pure souled women. From, naught five Into humanity ' s great army went Two score of such — men with a purpose Fixed so firm in mind, that they must needs be hef,rd, Girls who shall sway the scepter of the home And by their influence, lie it where it may Be inspiration unto many lives. Some of our number turn o ' er weighty leaves And delve into the depths of common law ; Some with the surgeon ' s knife and deadly drugs Are seeking skill, that they may prove to be In after life a blessing to their fellowmen. A lew seek as professors to dispose Of what scant store of knowledge they may have Unto their fellow mortals. A goodly number have enrolled themselves As soldiers of the cross, and are preparing To carry gospel tidings to all parts Of this broad land, it may be unto others. As merchants some are toiling, some count gold From out the coffers of our banking houses, A few, the girls, for most part, are at home. How long to stay it is not ours to tell. 1 ' is winter. Gone are brighter days Of college life, and days of youth are sped. Into the future far I dip and see The winter of their lives with glory crowned. The sheaves, my classmates of naught five have gathered, Out in the worldly field are, garnered home. They lay before God ' s throne then And hear his welcome plaudit. Come, well done. R. W. Chronicles Chapter I. 1. And it came to pass when all the students who were in the Hall, and all who were in the town from Furnace Hill to the Sharpsville, the Kellyitcs, the Van- ites, the Venablites, the McAuleyites, and the Blackites, heard thereof, 2. That the Profs, had gathered themselves together to examine the students of Westminster, with one accord ; 3. And when the classes heard what the Profs, had done to ' 06, and to ' 07 and ' 08 heretofore, 4. They did work daily and also nightly, to learn what the Profs, had com- manded them to learn. 5. This they did for many day- and night; some even for a space of ten days, until the appointed time came. 6. And it came to pass that when my master sent messengers unto the houses of friends, they were not permitted to enter. 7. But even upon the door-frames were inscribed the words. Very busy, please do not disturb. and yea, upon the door of one were these words, ' ' Stay out, you clout ! 8. Wherefore they returned at once and told it to their master. 9. Wherefore i was commanded by my master to make an entrance, and 1 found there, three maids, reading from books both large and small. 1U. And I also saw there a strange vessel from which arose steam and a pleasant odor; and beneath the vessel was a flame, very blue and very hot. 11. And the maids said unto me, Eat, and 1 did eat and found the taste thereof good. 12. And from another vessel they poured out coffee and gave it to me, saying, Drink, and 1 drank and, lo, the heaviness of mine eyes passed away and I could think clearly. 13. Then they said unto me, What is your desire? What is your request of us? Speak and it sh all be given you even unto the half of our coffee. ' ' 14. And 1 asked for a Senior English note-book, and they gave it to me, and I departed unto mine own house. 10. Now, it was after the time of lights, and when it came to the ears of the queen that there were those who did make lights in their rooms, 16. It came to pass, that her heart was filled with anger, and she rose up in her might and went to the houses of those who bad made lights and reproved them haughtily, saying, 17. Young ladies, have you permission to make lights after hours? It is not according to the law and 1 must punish you for it. 18. And they all begin to make excuses: one sayeth, Tomorrow I have an oral examination in chemistry and L musl cram fur it; I pray thee, excuse me this once. 137 19. Another sayeth, My physics experiments must be handed in tomorrow, so 1 must work now. ' 20. And yet another sayeth, Tomorrow we have an examination in history and there are four hundred pages which 1 have not read, therefore I can not retire until it is done 31. Then the heart of the queen was softened and her wrath departed from her, so that she forgave them their offense. 22. And when I told it unto those of my household, they marveled exceedingly. 23. When suddenly, as we sat at our work, the cock crew, and we perceived that the morning was near at hand. 24. Wherefore we took council among ourselves and all said as with one voice that we were weary. 25. Then we lay down on our beds and slept until the ringing of the bell. Chapter 11. 1. In the twenty-fifth day of the first month of the twelfth year of the reign of the Chemistry King, he proclaimed in a loud voice, saying, 2. Let all my people come up to my house to be examined. 3. And they were sore afraid and went one by one and stood before him; whereupon he examined them for a space of twenty-five minutes. 4. And he divided the good from the bad, and to those who had found favor in his sight • . He gave a grade of seventy-five, yea, and to some even a grade of ninety- eight. li. And to those who had not done that which was right in the eyes of the king, he gave no grade, and sent them away from his presence. 7. And they went out with weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. 8. And when I saw this great company, that they were filled with sorrow and anger , I said unto them, 9. Wherefore do you weep and gnash your teeth and why are you filled with sorrow? 1 . And they answered me in a loud voice, saying. ••These many days and nights have we studied diligently: and now, behold, it availeth nothing. ' 11. Then 1 was taken into a house filled with people who wrote on thick tablets. This they did for a space of four hours, and w hen I inquired concerning them, one sayeth, 12. It is Prof. Hewetson ' s English examination. 13. And I went info another house and there 1 heard unknown tongues and saw them writing strange words, ami one sayeth softlv, 11. it is French and German tests. 10. And in another house I saw Latin exams., and in another Greek, and in another .Mathematics. 138 It!. And I went away filled with wonder, and I said. Surely these are a strange and mighty people. 17. And in the evening 1 saw a multitude with downcast faces and weary hands. Some were sick, some were weeping- and some Eew laughed. 18. And I was told that these were they who had taken examinations. 1!). And I was filled with indignation, and I said. Verily iJu.s is a wicked and cruel thing. 20. Why should they be burdened so heavily? Can not the rulers of these people prove their people without these cruel and unjust tests? 21. And they answered me. Nay, not so. some might receive higher grades than they deserve. 22. Even SO, it is a custom handed down to us by our fathers, and shall we presume to change it? Chapter III. 1. And it came to pass in the following week, that the Faculty gathered them- selves together, and made out cards, 2. One for each student, and on each card was written the resnlts of the ex- aminations. :i. (Ami al-o on the hooks of the college they placed the name of each student and the marks he had received.) 4. And they sent the cards unto our J ' athers. 5. And our fathers read them carefully, and returned them to us with many words which we did not like to hear. 6. When the Faculty called us all to Chapel, and the Professors each looked after those who had fallen in the examinations. 7. And they instructed us in new ways of wisdom. S. And we each one received new hooks and departed unto our tasks with renewed vigor. N. G. K., ' 07. Jl Mon in a JWasil ETTY BBEWSTEE, sitting in a pretty cosy-comer thumping the pillows all out of shape, cried, It ' s a shame! A horrid shame! They ' ve no business to keep it all to themselves. Jean, wake up ! And the cushions went sailing across the room at a big arm-chair. A tall figure slowly arose and a drawling voice answered, What ' s the matter now, Betty ? Jean Harland, do you know the Juniors are giving a masquer- ade? The papers say there are to be a few out of town guests, and we are not invited. It certainly is strange, considering we are Sophs, and not on speaking terms with the Juniors. • ' W ell. I just wakened you up to tell you that I am going. Margaret Kenton let out the other day that Jack was to be there. You know that last day at camp he vowed he would recognize me anywhere, no matter what I had on, so I just think I ' ll give him the chance to prove it. Jean hastily smothered a smile at the mention of Jack Kenton, for at the camii that Hetty alluded to big .lack ' s strike, as the rest of them called it, had been quite a joke. Although the crowd laughed and teased him they agreed with Betty ' s brother, who said, I ' ll bet on Jack every time. Just give him a little time and he w ill win out. Betty had always avoided talking about him, so this abrupl announcement rather amused Jean. Would you like to come too, Jean? No, my love, 1 would not. I ' ll help you all 1 can, hut I don ' t have nerve enough to carry the thing through. You know 1 never could act. How are you going to get them ? Conic over here and I ' ll tell you my plans. The next few days both .lean and Betty were very busy. And when Friday evening came, the night of the masquerade, they were ready. At about seven two figures, all bundled up, slipped out of II — Hall and by several by-paths reached the L as they called it. It is a long, low, one-storied building with a large attic. Betty opened a small door and as dean turned to leave her, called Good-by, Jean, wish me luck. She ran lightly up the narrow stairs that led to the attic where she was to wait until most of them had arrived. The waiting seemed long to her, for she was very much excited. Wasn ' t she the only Sophomore that had ever attended a Junior function? A little after eight she went softly down stairs and after a little feeling around found the sliding door and then almost before she knew it was among a crowd of people all talking and laughing. Nobody knew who was who, so everybody knew every- body else. Betty ' s costume was lovely and her bright sayings kept all the people around he r laughing. All around her were strange and beautiful sights. Colonial ladies were talking to Swiss peasants and everwhere were seen powdered hair and flashing 140 jewels. Betty looked around lor .lack, but could sec him nowhere. She was rather disappointed, but her partner for the evening, a tall knight, proved so charming that for the moment she forgot all about .lack. In fact Betty was having the time of her life, the knight was so interesting, when she overheard a couple talking behind her. Just ten minutes more until 1 find out who you are. You know we all unmask at twelve. A sickening feeling came over Hetty. What on earth should she do? She couldn ' t unmask. If only .lack were here. 0! how she longed for him. She answered the knight at random while she tried to think of some way to escape. Plan after plan came to her mind but each one seemed wilder and more impossible, (dancing at her watch she saw she had only three minutes more of grace. There was nothing else to do, she simply must risk it. the knight must help her. Turning to him she began quickly, ' Ms there any way of getting out of here without every- body knowing it? 1 must leave before twelve. I can ' t unmask, I expected to meet a friend and I — Keep it dark. Betty, came from the knight in a very different voice. I ' ll get you out of here. You don ' t mind a little jumpy dust through here. When the cool air struck her hot face Betty began to realize that it was .lack and she was safely out of the masquerade, .lack. I ' ll give you anything you want, you got me out of that fix beautifully. I want a good deal, Betty, said big Jack, drawing closer, do you remember what I was to get if J knew you and you didn ' t know me? ' It must be awfully late, hadn ' t we better hurry home? ' It ' s just twelve. Betty, and quite time to unmask. As Betty came into the room Jean wakened up enough to say, How did you get out? Was Jack there? Yes. said Betty dreamily, it ' s to be in June and pink and white, 1 think. J Finn a Alexander, ' 09. Bosom Friends To Our Alma Mater Hail to thee, oh lair Westminster! Here with mem ' ry of thy pasi years And with visions of thy future, We have met with joy and gladness — For a while beneath thy shelter We shall gather from thy bounty Grains of truth that still shall guide u When we ' ve wandered widely from thee. In a lew short years and fleeting, We shall leave thy sacred portals, Launching forth upon life ' s ocean To invest thy golden talents; But though far away may fortune lead We ' ll revere thy name forever. And exult in all thine honors Which we i ' eel are hut beginning. On. and on, oh Alma Mater! Fain, we would not stay thy progress. When thy boundaries air extended, And the path of thy instruction Widens till within its compass 1 1 embraces all professions ; When from every state and county In this blessed land of freedom Voices join to sing thy praises, And thy fame extends to other Countries where thy sons have journeye We ' ll rejoice in thee and thine. Hently ' s Reward ILLIAM BENTLY, better known to his fellows as Bent, sat at his study table, bis whole attention centered on a book which lay before him. He was a young man, perhaps twenty-one or twenty-two years of age, with a firm chin, steady grey eyes, and a mass of brown hair. Presently be closed bis book with a sigh of relief, and stretched bis large but well-formed body at ease before the cheerful, open fire. I guess ' Specs ' Van Dorn won ' t find any fault with that lesson, he said to himself with the consciousness of a piece of work well done. • ' Specs ' Van Dorn. a little German with a temper that went off like a flash of powder on the least provocation, was professor of the German and French languages in the college in which Bently was a student. He had received his nickname of Specs because be wore a large pair of spectacles perched low on his nose, over which be glared in a manner that made many a luckless student tremble. Bently sat gazing into the fire, bis thoughts far away, and he scarcely heard the door open and Donald Allerton, his room-mate, enter the room. Allerton ' s face lacked its usual good-natured smile; troubled lines were visible around bis boyish month and eyes. For a few moments he sat uneasily in his chair as if uncertain just what to say. Finally he began, Say, Bent, you heard about what happened last night? As Bently heard bis name spoken he awoke from his revery and turned toward Allerton. Why. yes. 1 heard some about it, he answered. They say somebody broke into ' Specs ' Van Dorn ' s stable and painted his horse and cow up in the most fan- tastic manner imaginable. I don ' t suppose half of it is true, but ' Specs ' is so mad be is going to make trouble for whoever did it if he gets any proof against them. That ' s just the trouble, Bent. You know that big knife of yours, the one with your name carved on the handle? Yes, what about it? asked Bently. ' Specs ' Van Dorn found it in his stable this morning, blurted out Allerton. For a moment Bently stared at him as if unable to understand and then repeated the words slowly and questioningly. ' Specs ' Van Dorn found my knife in bis stable? Yes. Oh! Bent, I don ' t know bow to tell you, but it ' s all my fault. Bently now noticed lor the first time Allerton was greatly agitated and seemed to have something on his mind. •■Why, what ' s the matter, Don? be asked. 1 may as well tell you, Bent. I lost your knife there. Two other fellows and I did — -did that last night. You know who the other fellows were without my telling you. Bently stared harder than ever now, but he only said, Tell me all ab out it Don. Allerton sat silent for a moment, then began his story. W 144 About a week ago the three of us were in German class, and we weren ' t paying much attention, and finally old •Specs came down on us pretty hard and told us what he thought of us. You know how mad he gets if a fellow don ' t toe the mark- in his classes. Well, one of the fellows proposed playing a trick of some kind on ' Specs ' to get even and see how mad we could get him. We couldn ' t think of any- thing else to do, so we decided to break into his stable some night and paint his horse and cow for him. You know ' Specs ' thinks so much of that old horse of his he ' d have a fit if anything should happen to it. We had sonic paint of different colors ready and as last night was dark and cold we got everything ready to go out about midnight. We didn ' t think there was any danger of getting caught, and it looked to ns like a pretty good lark. Just before T started I saw that big knife of yours lying on the table and I picked it up and put it in my pocket, thinking I might use it to unfasten the stable door or something. Well, we got to the stable all right and unfastened the door and got in with- out much trouble. Then we began on the horse 1 and painted sentences in German and French on his sides and hack. We used green paint for the most part, but here and there we threw touches of yellow, red and black. On one side of the horse we drew a large skull and hones with black paint and finished up by decorating his neck and legs with hands of r ed, yellow, green and black paint. T tell you, Bent, that horse beat anything Barnum ever had in his lay-out. Then we fixed the cow up about the same except that we gilded her horns with gold paint and fastened on her nose a huge pair of spectacles we had made. When we had finished she looked for all the world like old ' Specs ' himself glaring over his glasses. During this recital Allerton had regained his good natured, easy manner, hut when the story was finished his face again took on a troubled expression. Both remained silent for a moment, then Allerton began speaking again. • Specs ' says he has proved enough to convince him that you are the guilty person, and you see. Bent, I ' ll have to confess to my part in the affair, or ' Specs ' will go on in his blind fury and have yon expelled unless you can prove where you were last night, and how the knife came to he in the stable. Bently ' s face grew serious. Don, ' ' he said, I can ' t prove where I was last night. I was down at the dark-room developing some pictures, and I worked pretty late before I finished. Xobody knew I was there and I met no one on the street. You know I have my own key to the dark room, and can go and come when I like. I couldn ' t possibly prove that I wasn ' t in ' Specs ' Van Dorn ' s barn last night, and my word, unsup- ported by proof, wouldn ' t stand long against the evidence he can bring against me. I ' ll have to confess, Bent, and you know what that means — Til he expelled before the week ' s over. Oh! Bent, can ' t we do something to fix matters up. i can face father, but mother, poor old mother. She ' s built such high hopes for me. You know she isn ' t strong, and I believe it would kill vv for me to be sent home in disgrace. 1 can ' t do it, Bent — I can ' t do it. 145 Like many another | r. weak human being, Allerton had allowed himself to be led into this escapade with scarcely a thought as to what the consequences might In 1 , hut now when broughl Face to Face with the results of his wrong-doing he began td realize the seriousness of his offense, and to wonder how he could have been so weak and foolish. As far as he. himself, was concerned Allerton did not care, hut easy-going and thoughtless as he was, he loved his mother with a passion beyond the understanding of most of his associates, and the though! of going home in disgrace to cause pain and sorrow to that dear, old mother was more than lie could hear. Bently had remained ilent lor some time, hut now he arose from his chair, his face set with a firm resolve. Don ' t you say anything about it to anyone. Don. he said, dust let matters take their course, and if ' Specs ' Van Dora can bring enough evidence against nie to expell mi ' I ' m willing to go. If you keep quiet, Don, those other two fellows will. They ' ll lav low until the storm blows over, [ ' m only a Junior, while you ' re a Senior, and it won ' t make so much difference to me. Hut. Don. it ' s not for your sake but for your mother ' s that 1 do it. Bently paused for a moment and tears came to his eves as he added, Don. I haven ' t a father or a mother to care whether I ' m expelled or not. hut I know what mother would think if she were here. Do yon think I ' d let yon do that. Bent? said Allerton. I ' d feel like a dog it I did. Hut Bently took the matter so calmly, and was so linn about it. that Allerton in his agitated state of mind soon ceased to protest. Don. you ' ll tell her, won ' t you? said Bently awkwardly. You ' ll tell Mar- garet tin 1 truth ? Yes, Bent, I ' ll tell her. I know she ' ll despise me, I despise myself, but — I can ' t help it, Bent. Margaret was Don Allerton ' s sister, hut the two were as unlike in every way as a brother and sister well could he. She was a woman of rare beauty of face ami form and even of greater beauty of mind ami heart. Shi ' as the only woman for whom Bently ever cared in all Ins life, and now as the thought came to him that this matter might separate them forever, his deter- mination to shield Allerton I ' m- his mother ' s sake, whatever it might cost, began to weaken. But he was not a man to turn hack once he had mapped his course, so he set his jaw and tried to drive Margaret from his mind. That night Bently was summoned before the faculty ami put through a rigid examination. He answered the questions put to him in a calm, even voice, and when asked if he had anything to say in his own defense, he answered, I have no defense to make. After Bently left the room the faculty soon decided that he must lie expelled, (iood old Dr. Pollard, the President of the college, argued in favor of leniency, as Bently had always impressed him favorably, and in spite of all that he had just 146 beard he was no! just ready to lose faith in the young fellow. Bui all he said wu of no avail, and the next morning Bently was notified of the decision of the faculty. As Bently was engaged in [lacking np his belongings thai evening, preparatory to leaving the little college town by the early morning train, Allerton came into the room, and packed a few articles in his suitcase. In silence he put on his over- coat and hat, then held out his hand to Bently. Goodbye, Bent, he .-aid. I ' m going down to Haverley on the evening limited to spend a day or so with my aunt. I can ' t stand to be here to see you go tomorrow. With another hand-shake and an incoherent good-bye he was gone. Half an hour later the news was Hashed over the wires From ten miles down the valley that the limited had run into an open switch, and that four passenger coaches had been derailed. Several persons were reported killed and a number seriously injured, hut no reliable information could he secured. Great excitement prevailed as the news spread and it became known that a number of local people were on hoard the ill-fated train. Hundreds id ' people crowded around the little railroad station, and waited until the relief train steamed in bearing the dead and wounded. Nearly the whole police force of the little town was called out to keep the crowd back, and Bently, who was among the seething mass of humanity, was not enabled to find out whether Allerton was among the quiet forms home in silence from the train. When Don Allerton had been hurled from his seat in the train by the crash of the wreck, he had scarcely time lor a single thought till something struck him and dense blackness settled down about him. Now as he struggled slowly hack to consciousness he tried to remember what had happened. He lay on one of a row of white cots, and around him doctors and nurses moved quietly about their work. As he moved restlessly a doctor came to his bedside ami looked down at him. Jn a voice so weak it almost frightened him. Allerton said: Say. Doctor, ana 1 much hurt? Tell me the truth about my condition. You ' re pretty badly used up. old man. hut you ' ll pull through all right, answered the doctor cheerfully. For a while he lay silent, almost exhausted, and in spite of the terrible pain which seemed to he blinding his eyes and driving the power of connected thought from him. there kept heating through his brain the thought, I must tell. 1 must tell. Why diil I ever let Bent do it? I must tell Dr. Pollard the truth ahout it. After what seemed to him an endless time his mind grew clearer, and he called the doctor to him. ' •Doctor, can you telephone to Dr. E ' ollard, the President of the college, and have him come here at once? he asked. You ' d better wait till morning, my boy. You ' re not strong enough to he worried much tonight. No. no. I must sec him tonight. answered Allerton. The doctor hesitated a moment, then said. All right, I ' ll call him up ami ask him to come as soon as he can. 1 17 Allerton waited impatiently for Dr. Pollard ' s arrival, and when the doctor was finally brought to his bedside, he plunged into his subject at once, he was so anxious to free his mind of its burden. Doctor Pollard, he began, don ' t send Bently home tomorrow. It ' s all a mistake. He never did that. He couldn ' t do such a thing. I ' m the guilty one. I don ' t know why I ever did such a thing, but I ' m ready to take my punishment now. Oh! Doctor, you ' ll make it all right for Bently, won ' t you? Let the whole school know that he is as innocent of that as you are. I ' m pretty badly hurt, Doctor, maybe I won ' t live till tomorrow. I couldn ' t rest easy till I ' d told you all about it. Allerton sank back on his pillow, exhausted by his effort. Doctor Pollard had thought him delirious when he began speaking, but as the kind old man listened, a light of understanding broke over bis face. ISTow as he moved nearer the bed and took the limp, white hand lying on the coverlet in his firm clasp, his voice seemed like sweet music to Allerton. Don ' t worry, my boy, said. Best easy tonight, and — your mother will be here tomorrow. Allerton smiled as he closed his eyes wearily, and his pain seemed to have departed with the burden that had rolled from his mind. The next morning Bently made his way down to the hospital and asked to see Allerton. He was shown into the waiting-room and told to wait a few moments. As he entered the room his eyes fell upon the form of a girl sitting by one of the windows. She rose and came to meet him, and he saw that it was Margaret Aller- ton. Margaret, was all he said. Mr. Bently, she answered, I want to thank you for what you did for Don. It was a noble thing to do, but you shouldn ' t have made such a sacrifice even for his sake and for mother ' s. Bently began to utter a few depreciating words, but she stopped him. Don has told me all about it, she said. How can we ever reward you? I didn ' t do it for a reward, Margaret, but now since you mention it, I do want a reward. He paused for an instant, and when he continued his voice was low and earnest. Margaret, the reward I want is yourself. Won ' t you come to me, Margaret, my darling? He stretched out his arms toward her, and his voice and attitude spoke all the longing and love of his great heart. For a moment she hesitated. Her eyes bright, her face flushed, almost driving Bently to madness with her glorious beauty, till she answered soft and low, Yes, Bent, I will. Then the waiting arms closed around her. S. B. Mitchell. ' 07. L48 Letter of Advice to Our Faculty Dear Faculty: — Having often observed with sorrow your habit of quickly seeing the mote which is in the student ' s eye and seeing not the beam which is in your own eye, and having learned from painful experience of the manifold short- comings, we now feel compelled out of the goodness of our hearts to give you some much needed advice. Don ' t forbid strolling. Students like ourselves who study hard are in need of healthful exercise, and what exercise is more beneficial than walking? What if the co-eds are met by a favorite cousin at Uncle ' s Corner or the restaurant? Will the walk be less beneficial if taken with a congenial companion? Don ' t forbid the book-dealers selling ponies. Remember that the way of the student is long and hard and that a little ride now and then helps him wonder- fully. Also remember how willingly you yourselves rode along the same way. Don ' t insist on students passing troublesome exams. Perhaps it is not alto- gether their fault if they flunk. Perhaps if you bad asked easier questions, or the ones they had written in their Johns they might have survived. When calling upon a student to recite, don ' 1 look and listen too closely or he might not be able to consule his ' ' read}--reckoner, or hear the words of wisdom which his neighbor is whispering in his ear. In the fall when passing the exercise ground at night do not stop and investi- gate if you think you hear strange and sweet music (?) warbled to the moon, or sounds as if a board were meeting a suit of clothes more than half way. Be assured that your senses are deceiving you and pass by quickly. Don ' t forbid the girls the pleasure of racing along the corridors of the Hall or feasting at midnight. A little break in the monotony of school routine is very refreshing. Always be generous about excuses. When a student comes to you and asks to be excused for absence from a class and says that he was called to the telephone, etc., don ' t think of questioning his word. Consider rather the ingenuity shown in devising the aforesaid excuse and the courage displayed in delivering it, and pray, don ' t let him have his trouble for naught. On mornings when the students are too busy ( ?) to prepare their lessons, try to have someone give a long chapel talk. Or if this is impossible give one your- selves. It will give the students time to look over their lessons and save you the trouble of a speech to the classes later on. When you have left a reception in the gym. don ' t linger outside or return to investigate. If the orchestra changes quickly from Apple Blossoms to Irish Molly 0, or Tammany, consider that your presence may be both unexpected and embarrassing, and go quietly home. Your friend in need. 0. U. 149 Hallowe ' en at the Hall T has always been a matter of great regret with girls at the Hall thai they are nol able to entertain their friends oftener. As things an- now. however, the smallness of the building and the scarcity of help make it impossible. But in spite of these obstacles there is always one time in the year when the Hall is thrown hospitably open to the public, and the girls hold open house. This is at Hallowe ' en. It was formerly the custom to make the reception wholly a Hallowe ' en party. The Lights were dimmed, skeletons, scare-crows, gypsy caldrons and fortune tellers ' tents met your st irtled gaze in all the rooms, while every one was kept in constant terror by the ghosts and witches which dart about at unexpected times. However, since the girls were obliged to think in all their classes every day for a. week before the grand event (so busy were they preparing all the wonders), and also compelled to say unprepared for a week after (so exhausted they were after the festivities), it was decided to make the Hallowe ' en party less elaborate in the future. So this year it was a. very dignified reception to which the faculty came to shake hands with Miss Brownlee, Miss Hodgens and the girls. We hope that the time is soon coming when our Hall will he larger and when we will lie able to invite the students oftener to teas. We are looking forward then to the time when the town ladies will come to us in line array, and when noble youths w ith bright beaming countenances will trip up the hill happy and overjoyed at the prospects of weekly sipping tea. as they all cosily talk with all the ladies at the Hall. 150 Much yldo ylbout Nothing Time: — It is groundhog clay in the fifth year of the reign of Theodore Roose- velt. Furthermore it is the eleventh hour by Perry ' s clock, but what it is by the correct time goodness only knows. Place: — A small area on the western hemisphere on the side opposite the other side of the equator, that is to say on the other side from Patagonia: viz.. this side here, in this LOCO. It is surrounded by the walls of Westminster College and is a place where you can find out all aboul Nebuchadnezzar and Emperor W illie while you wait. It is bounded on the north by Professor Hewetson, on the east by a black-board, on the south by a hemlock tree that saucily nods through the window, and on the west by a wall with two window- in it. (The windows are for light and ventilation.) Below is China with a hot place intervening, so we are told. Heat for the room is not obtained from this source, however, hut from sources that are within, such as warm discussions and fiery lectures. Philo Hall serves as a lid for the enclosure, while on top of this lid to keep it on and in its proper place is Adolphic Hall. It has an ideal location, as from it almost all places are accessible, even the Ladies Hall and Flunkville. Act. I. Scene 1 : — A grand rush for the hack row in which sage looking Seniors, unfledged Freshmen, and other bipeds participated. In this mixup everybody is not hurt and soon all is quiet and everybody is busy getting the machinery of his thinker in motion. Outside large chunks of weather are descending in the shape of snowflakes. They seem to have been pushed oil ' the edge of their last resting (dace, or perhaps they are just approaching it. and gravity, that wonderful invention of Sir [saac Newton, is lending theni a helping hand. (That gravity is certainly queer stuff. Just the other dav a mountain-climber was telling of an experience he once had with it. He said he had fallen over the brink of a precipice and had it not lieen for gravity he would have been at a loss to know what to do. But pardon the digression. ) Scene :2 : — ' The hieroglyphics on the black-board are indicative id ' the trials and tribulations of the class that has last graced the room with its presence. It may have been the Bible Class, but the proof i- not conclusive. n one panel i- a map id ' Palestine. A star is labeled Jerusalem, and nearby was a bunch of marks suggesting nothing unless it is a gang id ' men with picks and shovels engaged in burying the Dead Sea. which is located in their midst. The grave of Moses, t he Czar ' s winter palace, and other large cities are included with due reference to the parallel.- of latitude and the pyramids of Egypt. Nor does this artist omit having the Philippine Islands a few miles out from the coast in the Mediterranean with two dots to represent Dewey and Aguinaldo ' •respectfully. ' Whoever was at the next panel seems to have had the proper bringing up. for under the Minor prophets is a list of names headed by Hosea and concluded with ( ' alvin and Moody. 151 Scone 3: — Peering over the desk at us is a cheerful countenance and back of the countenance is Dr. Campbell — not a doctor of medicine and broken bones, but of undeveloped intellects, swollen beads and similar usual phenomena. The chair Doctor belongs to was off its guard when be entered the room and be inad- vertently sat down on it. It seemed to have absorbed some of his teaching, for instead of exercising the spirit of revenge its rusty springs became the instrument of the most soul-stirring, tooth-filing music you ever beard. Act. 2: — -After the heres and presents to this accompaniment, Doctor begins to administer sociology to the members of his clinic. He displays bis genius by pouring it into their left ears while they display theirs by letting it run out of their right. At this point the proceedings are interrupted by a professional late-comer who stumbles around for two or three minutes deciding what chair to burden with his corporosity. Let me read a few lines from Giddings. Doctor has the floor again or rather the new-comer has a seat. Giddings says, Mr. Brown, will you please open the window and let us have some fresh air. The wisdom of this is apparent a moment later when those jaw-breaking words of Giddings are turned loose in the room. Doctor lias to bite some of them in two to get them past his teeth, but notwithstanding he soon has them coming toward us at a terrific speed (Eastern time). Once while be was pausing for a moment to get his breath, a promising Senior was heard to say. I know what that word means. The way those big words fly around makes everybody dodge, but a dex- terious young Junior manages to get one of them by the horns and lias it stuffed for his library, but later sells it to a museum. Another fellow collars one and has it dissected. To add to discomfiture Doctor occasionally puckers his mouth into the shape of an 0, which reminds us that he has enough zeros chalked up against us on his joke-book to start a ring-tbe-cane stand at the Pulaski fair. One fellow of a practical turn of mind, if he had any, had the zeros that he got in one month welded into a watch chain and declared it made a good one excepting that it was too long. Act 3: — -Giddings is followed by a quiz and our only regret is that it does not overtake and cripple him. The expression on Doctor ' s face now gives evidence that a hard question is in the embryonic state. And the fellows in the back row slide down into their breeches while those in front start to crawl into their vest pockets or count their beads. At this critical moment a few short ding-dongs strike their tympanums and the result, wonderful to behold. Act -i : — -As the now happy crowd is bounding out of the door it is met by a crowd of Sophomores whose anxiety to get in is equalled only by the haste of the others to get ottt. yet it confirms the well-known saying that Fools rush in where angels fear to tread. When the fresh air bad somewhat revived the bewildered ones they give Three cheers for Dr. Campbell. ' 07. 152 CHRONOLOGY — TEMPI ' S ruGiT L Seniors order caps and gowns. 2. .1 im I Eazletl starts up a case. :5. Snow, sunshine, snow, slush. I. Milton McGill after flunking in chemistry was heard thanking Prof. Freeman for the help he had received. . . Spring is here; young ladies take priv tp strolls with Bibles under their arms. 6. Miss Bard takes a cross-country walk. 8. Again Prof. Martin, Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof. 9. Senior-Junior basketball game 10. Cases stroll to sugar camps. 11. Kiss ' goes hunting and after snucking up on his bird, capture s it. 12. Brothers and cousins call at Ball. 13. (Jetting ready for examinations. 14. ' •( ' hick appears with red tie. 15. Margarei and Howard take a stroll for a change. 16. Chorus given by Prof. .Martin in Latin room. Irene prima donna. 17. Lovers appear early, is. Rain and church. 19. Cases all go strolling. Mo. Cramming. ■- ' 1. Exams, and crams. 22. Exams. — flunks. 23. Exams, over ; relief. 24. Sharpsville glides gently down the track. Students singing, • No place like home. 25. To April I. G I time at home. 154 April 5. April showers bring forth May flowers. Cheer up. (i. All hack. Large flocks of new students. 7. Baseball team gets to work. Young ladies must nut leave Hall grounds after supper, (i roans. 8. School — clean house — stroll. !•. Rain ! Rain ! ! Rain ! ! ! 10. Si rolling. 11. Dr. Ferguson forbids cozy nook, in -trolling. Large sighing. 12. Seniors get ready for social events. 13. Rain ! 14. Seniors enjoy childhood once more. 15. Bobby and Ruth stroll to city limits — then turn hack!! Hi. Sabbath school — church — dinner — sleep — church. 17. Clark Hell takes himself and lady for drive. IS. 31 ore red ties!!! If. Hoys plan walking to Meadville. •. ' (). Prof. Martin makes class weep by his pathetic reading of Horace. 21. New spoon-holder on Campus at Ladies ' Hall. 22. Gypsies! Everybody has fortune told. 23. Rain ! 24. Why doesn ' t it rain ? We need it. 25. Y. W. C. A. All girls attend. 26. Prayer meeting, all cases attend. 27. A very peaceful day. 28. Large crowd in parlor. 29. Gypsies visit. Volant and Leesburg. 30. -I ust six more Sabbaths — then — freedom. 155 1. I Hue Monday. 2. Y. M. C. A., and line-up for the hill. 3. Mission classes, prayer meeting, and Hall. 4. Eatings in the Science Hall. The feathers are sent up the chimney 5. Cupid outclassed in the race for — . 6. Bugs ' father arrives in town. 7. Bugs 7 ' goes to church. S. Up and at ' em, ' Peck ' old boy ! ' Peck is a mystery to his opponents. 9. Spooks ' gets a base on balls. 10. Bob Russell enjoys a good day ' s sleep. 11. The Globe ' is out. 12. Goehring complains that his ponies are getting too much usage and need a rest. 13. The baseball team defeats Middlesex at Middlesex. Score 12-5. 14. It never rains but it pours. An umbrella day. Hold up two fingers on Tuesday. 15. Baseball game at Grove City. We lost. 8-1. 16. Little baseball practice on account of rain. Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. hold regular meetings. 17. Still it rains. Athletic Association decides to send a team to the W. J. meet. 18. Bethany loses on the diamond, 1-0. 19. Westminster lads get second place at the W. J. meet, carrying off the track honors. Senior party at the President ' s home. 20. The ' Varsity nine defeated at Franklin. Score 2-1. Second team beaten at New Castle. The third team defeats Volant at home. 21. State Secretary of Y. M. C. A. in town. 22. Doctor Dodds is very busy. 23. Patterson makes a recitation in English. We win at W. J., 5-3. Celebration at the Hall. 24. Chicken thieves routed at Graham ' s. One of the thieves runs zig-zag to escape the bullets tired from blank cartridges. 25. The Veneable Club members appear with new club hats. 26. Cannon gets up in time for breakfast. 27. Another week at an end. 28. Black induces Galbreath to attend services. 29. The hardest day in the week to prepare lessons. 30. Prof. Hewetson delivers the goose-eggs. 31. Hard practice for the Commencement games. 156 Jmtr 1. Prof. Peterson gives final instructions to the Chorus Class. 2. The second team puts the ' Varsity to the tall timbers. 3. The Yen able table, north and south side teams, meet on the diamond. Everhart and Miller knock home runs. 4. Many afflicted with spring fever and Sunday sickness. 5. Ashenhurst busy printing Commencement programmes. 6. Houston and Wright stores get in a supply of midnight oil. 7. Students begin to tap their heads. S. Exams. Everhart wears white cuffs. 9. Examinations finished and all is well. 10. Junior contest. McBane w ins out. 11. Baccal aureate sermon. Sermon to the Christian Associations. 12. Class L ' eunion. G-. C. defeated on the diamond. Chorus rehearsed. Pipe of Peace. 1:5. Class-day. Ball game with G. C. We get it in the neck. Alumni banquet. 1-1. Commencement exercises. Game with the All Scholastics, and society contest. 15. ' Tvissing-bug day. Sharpsville busy again. 157 September 6. Vacation ends; Sharpsville resumes business. 7. Non-arrival of trunks. Schedule arranged. 8. More arrivals. Dr. Ferguson beams. K. Miller makes second trip to Hall. 9. Confusion — schedule changed. Hazing of new boys. 10. Students think about two fingers and go to church. N ew girls arise at six o ' clock. 11. New girls first partake of Hamburg. Football coach appears. 12. Boys chase the pig-skin. 1:!. Professor Freeman remarks in chemistry, We must hasten. Senior ( ' lass elects officers. II. Junior Class meeting, officers elected. Hall girls have tender liver for supper. 15. Soph. Class meeting. First callers at Hall received, lfi. Mock wedding at Hall; waken up. hoys. 17. Bridal party go to church. 18. Locke, football captain, arrives. 19. Present at both. Rules given to each girl. No more strolling. Nettie first to sigh. 20. A. A. meets. McClurg resigns basketball management. McDonald elected. 21. Professor Freeman tells how hydrogen is prepared, as a matter of fact. Adelphic-Leagorean reception. 22. Scrubs made touchdown against Varsity. Faculty recital. 23. Miss Met , holds reception. Flag rush. Green and white win. 24. Rest and meditation. Miss Metz limps. 25. Everybody watches Eosa elima de pole. 26. W. J. team selected. Westminster vs. W. J. at Washington. Xo celebration. 21-0. 28. Team goes to Morgantown. 29. Juniors cease to laud Shakespeare for one day. Essays 40 -+- %. 30. Hurrah! Morgantown defeated !! ! 16-0. Celebration at Hall. L58 (irtnhu- 1. Lengthy discourses al church. Lee cream and chicken. 2. PhilorChresto. Reception from eighl to ten. [faculty stay until eleven. Joy ! ! ! ; . Doctor lectures on hazing. Everyone attentive. 4. Bible Classes organized. 5. Booster recites in French. 6. Miss McAuley thinks in English! 7. The frost is on the pumpkin and the fodder ' s in the shock. 8. Professor Shaffer snores in church. 9. Silence ! 10. Two fingers up. 11. Wrinkle Simpson makes a joke! Brevity is the soul of wit. 1-2. Chickens missed from Dosie ' s roost. 13. All ready for Allegheny ! 14. Great victory!! 1. ). Professor McElree goes ( ?) to church. 1 . Hewetson takes coffee straight. 17. Professor Hewetson takes tea. 18. Professor Hewetson takes weak tea. 19. Puddin Doyle looks wise through another recitation! 20. Team practices behind closed gates. Come on. Geneva. 21. We wallop Geneva 46-0. Bah! rah! Geneva. 22. Bill Clark goes to Xew Castle. Why? 23. Open meeting of Chresto-Philo. Beserves lose to X. C. 11. S. 24. Cold day — rain. Students hunt coal-buckets. 25. McCown sneezes. Chalner makes ferocious ' ' sulphates. 27. Lovers with red ties appear at Hall. 28. Grove City up against it ! 19-0. Cheer up, G. C. ! ••. ' 9. A. M. sleep; P. M., more sleep: evening, sleep again. 30. Hallowe ' en party at Hall. Miss Brownlee receives timid young men. 31. Town celebrates. 159 1. Smith and Puddin attend Mission Classes. Why? 2. Black Club chooose Rabbit. 3. Gum tells Prof, that verb is in imperfect future. Prof, laughs. Jack and Ach. get library. 4. Young ladies must not loiter on veranda. 5. Same as usual. 6. Blue Monday. 7. Reserves down Mercer, 5-0. Big boys beat Franklin, 17-0. Good gravy ! ! 8. ' ' Brownie and Emily talk together earnestly. Strange! 9. Juniors shiver. 10. Orations on. Come on, fellows ! ' ' Speelers celebrate. 11. Scrubs vs. Geneva Reserves. Hard hick, Geneva. 12. Everybody goes to church but father. 13. ' Varsity smothers Slippery Rock 69-0. 14. Inter-Society contestants elected last night. 15. Eev. Francis Moran spiels on Success. 16. And the coach comes back from Carlisle. IT. Chrysanthemum fight. IS. Victors appear with huge chrysanthemums. 19. Buzz calls on his friends. 20. Mr. McCown checks trunk for Ashenhurst ' s. 21. Cinn. Brown wants another Y. M. C. A. ticket. 22. Minnie wants conflagrating spoon ; hurry up, Pat ! 23. Get your baby picture taken for the Argo. 24. Mouse in parlor at Hall. Consternation! Cupid very violent. 25. Broken chair, Young ladies may have it for two dollars only. 26. Shakespeare II leaves us with Shakespeace III installed. 27. Something doin ' . Lecture, J. M. Driver. Hall girls happy. 28. Thanksgiving approaches. 29. Turkeys hold useless rallies. 30. G. C. takes water and doesn ' t play ball any more. Thanksgiving day. 160 immbrr 1. Another uight of Junior Orations. Evelyn and Olive eat at the Yen- able Club. 2. The snow disappears. Students recovering from Thanksgiving. 3. Sunday. Large number of students ill. I. Students well again. Skating. 5. Thanksgiving dinner at the clubs. Cold wave. Hall girls wear shawls. 6. Traver meeting. Cases attend. Junior Orations. Great time up in the Hall. 8. Montaville Flowers entertains us with Christmas Carol. !). Everybody imitating, Mr. Scrooge. Basketball with Buhl club in the gym. We done ' em . 40-24. 10. Medi-ta-tion. 12. Adelphic and Leagorean initiation. 12. Oli! dear! Junior Orations again. 13. NotlnV doin ' . 14. Chairs missing from the college building. Who did it? 15. Last load of stolen chairs brought in. Cupid gets library! Quietness in parlor, in. Professor limits a new chair. 17. Students begin to pack for vacation. IS. Doctor Ferguson alarms the students by announcing that he has some- one ' s heart. 1!). Miss Broad names the English poets and ends with Milton, Scott. Even Prof. Hewetson smiles. 20. Students leaving. The Sliarpsvi lie gets busy. •21. Few remain. Social evening enjoyed at the hotel. 22. The remnant wearily wend their way to the Sharpsville depot. Ta-ta! L61 January 2. Tired students baek to recuperate. Copious showers. I. Hunt for rubbers. Ugh ! 5. Big Chapd speech. Dr. Ferguson vs. the Lineupers . 6. Christinas tree at the Hall. Hurrah! Numerous invitations issued. 7. Doyle begins to prepare for the examiners. Everybody else goes to church. 8 Wash-out on the Line. 9. Measles at the Hall. 10. Everybody has the measles — 11. In their minds. 12. -Dosic misses more chickens. 13. -Dosic finds feathers near Gralbreath ' s domicile. 14. Galbreath stays under his cozy corner. 15. Young ladies will be shifted at their feed hoards. Horrors! 16. Exams, draw near. 17. ( ' ram. cram, crams, is. Eatings, Poor Dosic . 1! . ( ' ram. cat. cram. 20. More cram. 21. New diamond at the Hall. Much blushing. Com in it tecs for banquets meet. •- ' :!. Crammiest day of all the year. 24. The bell ringers entertain us. Faculty cases make their appearance. 25. Examinations. 26. Students wear sweaters and white cuffs. Good team work a feature of the day. Irons scores fifty points. 27. Those banquets ! Slush! Wearied looks. 28. Exams, over. Rest, peace, and good will — and soiled cuffs. 29. No standing. All worn out. 30. Brain paralyzed ! 31. New Semester opens at i :45, That ' s going some for the Yankees . 162 Jfahntanj L. Doctor Ferguson makes preparations to meel new students. Two appear. •L Assignments for the banquel out. Groundhog lakes to the tall timbers. Everybody happy? • . Assignmenl committee wear head gears. I. Hall -iris have baked Leans. Extraordinary! . . Decorating at the lintel continues. i!. N ice juicy liver at the I [all. Sharpsville pulls in on time. o rabbits out. s. Professor Shaffer gets a shampoo. 9. Junior-Freshmen banquet. The Hall hell busy. Ki. Deuteronomy breaks tie silence with his flute. 1 1 . Quietness reigns supreme. 1-2. Collars and cull ' s to the smoky city. 13. Gel your valentines. II. The Wright House gets new stationery. Valentine Day. I. ). Good resolutions. Ann resolves never to send another valentine. Hi. A -real snow-storm comes. Everybody enjoys line sleighing. I I . Another banquel coming on. IS. New Castle florists receive immense orders. 1!). Decorating on again. 20. 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Owens Has made more group photos in the past five years in New Wilmington than all other photographers combined ::::::::::::: i xn Hew Wilmington meat market, RUMMEL BROS., Proprietors. ZLVER BLOCK. Fresh and Cured Meats . . . and . . . Poultry of all Kinds. ou want Beef, Mutton, Lamb, Pork or Veal — fed and fattened by our local farmers — the best killed anywhere — you can get it at . . . IRummel Bros flfteat flfcarket. XIII M. B. McClaren ' s Millinery Parlors Are fully equipped in every detail in the millinery line, all styles strictly PR A CTICALandUP- TO-DA TE Work sent out promptly ::::::: Line ot Fancy Work and Notions Union rnone ID Market Street, NEW WILMINGTON, PA. Jewell Martin Choice Cut Flowers Drutis, Stationery For All Purposes and College Text Books Butz Brothers UN. Mercer Street New Wilmington, Pa. NEW CASTLE, . PA. XIV Site luttrli Prrsbgtman. (Our Aiiutrtisrrs Always (Srt iRnutlls - - aru. lis. Sbr Uixitrti Jlrrslnitrnan, pltsburg, fa. XV THE ALLEGHENY THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY. HIS institution is located in the principal center of trie United Presbyterian Church. Students have opportunities to see the Church at work. Missionary and Sabbath School work is assigned to each member or the Junior Class. Students have an opportunity to earn a portion of their expenses. The buildings are modern and thoroughly adapted to the work to be done. The library is large and increasing. No tuition is charged; only a small contingent fee. The next session begins October 3rd. For catalogue and information address the Secretary of the Faculty. PROF. D. A. McCLENAHAN, 2432 Maple Avenue, ■ ALLEGHENY, PA. XVI OLIVER MOORE ' S SHOP. NEW CASTLE, PA. 14 N. MILL ST. TAILOR AND FURNISHER R. S. MERCER ' S STORE. IS HEADQUARTERS FOR STAPLE AND FANCY GROCERIES, CONFECTIONERY AND FRUITS. WATC H THE CROWD AND FALL IN WITH THE PROCESSION. NEW WILMINGTON. - PA. HAVE YOU A SWEET TOOTH 4 SATURDAY CANDY A fine mixed Chocolate Candy 0 QP I fa- put up in 1 lb. fancy boxes at LOUt — • (ON SATURDAY.) For a Hig h Grade Chocolate, FENWAY ' S OF BOSTON AT 60c. Meets Every Requirement. SOLD ONLY BY PAISLEY ' S PHARMACY. COR. PITTSBURG ST. and CROTON AVE. . NEW CASTLE. PA. XVI OUR MEATS settle the question delightfully. The taste tells, and the appetite is satisfied, if you buy your meats at E. E. McFARLAND SONS ' MEAT MARKET, at Mean s old stand where you will find strictly first-class meats. All our fresh meats are raised and fattened by local farmers. We buy no shipped fresh meat. We will be pleased to meet all old customers and many new ones. New Wilmington. YOUNG MEN. Amoung your studies ECONOMY would be a good study to take up. To find the real meaning of the word, Economy, means to trade for our clothing and furnishings with us. Not everything that is cheap is economizing but real goods, up-to-date goods at reasonable prices is what we promise you if you trade with us. A call will convince you. CUKERBRAUM, 63 Washington St. - - - NEW CASTLE, PA. XIX l 1834 1906 | |J Seventy Second Year of jj A AN HONORABLE AND SUC- A V CESSFETE BUSINESS CAREER V E UWER ' S 7 THE POPULAR STORE V j New Castle, Penn ' a. J X X JOHN WRIGHT, DEALER IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS, SHOES, RUB- BERS, CARPETS, LINOLEUM AND LACE CURTAINS. AGENT FOR W. L. DOUGLAS SHOES AND LA MBERTVILLE SNAG PROOF RUBBERS. NEW WILMINGTON, - - - PA. BUY YOUR DRUGS i £ OLD RELIABLE | AT THE McKinley ' s Drug Store McKINLKY FRANTZ, Proprietors. | NEW CASTLE, - - - - PA. I XXI 1905 - 10Dfi This is the 54th year of the institution. It intro- duced the Semester plan, which equalizes values, increases the teaching power of Professors and gives a large range of subjects and electives. The Classical and Scientific courses continue to be the leading courses of study though it is probable that another will be added in the coming year. The Preparatory Course provides for three years of Latin and for two of Greek in the Classical Course or two of German in the Scientific Course. The Ladies Hall was full to overflowing at the opening of the year and larger accommodations will be provided in the future. Commencement June 13th, 1906, — till then send for Catalogue to gleu  UtfUlmingticrn, $Ja. JJtfeetminoter (College FIRST SEMESTER WILL OPEN September 5th, 1906. SECOND SEMESTER WILL OPEN January 29th, 1907. The President-elect will take charge of the College Commencement, June 13th, 1906. After this tor Catalogue or information to lieu. 1 . m. liuascU, p. V. J. E. BROCK WA Y . Telephone ...Manager... 404 East THE ' BROCKWA Y LECTURE BUREAU 6101 Venn Avenue PITTSBURG, VA. Furnishes Lectures, Concerts and Entertainments of All Kinds, and InVites Correspondence HOTEL McCREARY, SUMMER HOME FOR CHILDREN. Electric Light, Steam Heat, Bath Rooms on every floor. An hour ' s drive from New Castle. Good livery and connections. Bell and Citizens phones. Caterers to College Banquets and Sleighing Parties. s. c. Mccreary, phop. NEW WILMINGTON, PA. M. W. LESLIE CO., DEALERS IN MEN ' S FURNISHINGS, CUSTOM, READY=TO=WEAR CLOTHING, HATS, CAPS, SHIRTS, COL- LARS, NECKWEAR, SHOES, ETC 22 PITTSBURG STREET. XXVI oil?? (Eljamplin Printing (Eomjjan PRINTERS for COLLEGES and UNIVERSITIES w WE PRINTED AND BOUND THIS YEAR BOOK CAPITAL, $50,000.00 FIFTEEN PRESSES 74-76-78-80 E. Gay Street, Columbus, Ohio BOGGS BUHL THIS store offers many inducements, but the most forceful is superior quality at small profit prices. Dry Goods and kindred lines of the better class so priced as to prove to those who come that we want and expect their preference by deserving it. BOGGS BUHL — 1 ALLEGHENY, PA. Heating Stoves Cooking Stoves and Ranges QUEENSWARE, GLASSWARE, CUTLERY, GUNS and AMMUNITION Everything in the Hardware line to be found at J. M. HOUSTON NEW WILMINGTON, PA. XX VI 11 R°Y F RRANDOTsJ AV THE 1 A • STATIONER X1 SPALDING ATHLETIC GOODS. JERSEYS SWEATERS SHOES HOSE SUPPORTERS BANDAGES SPALDING SPALDING Goods have the rep- utation among Col- leges. WHY? They are the best. When you buy ATHLETIC GOODS come where the best selection is displayed. UNIFORMS BASE BALLS MITTS GLOVES BATS, MASK ' S FOOTBALL GOODS SPALDING Your patronage is appreciated. We are near you, we want you to be near us, when you are in New Castle, Pa. you have a welcome at ROY F. BRANDON ' S, 65 East Washington St. NEW CASTLE, PA. X X 1 X STUDENTS Show good judg- ment when they get their work done at BROOKS Barber Shop ....Water Street Any old tiling may suit somebody BUT Particular men are suited by : W. P. Grant Artistic Tailor 128 South Washington St., NEW CASTLE, PA. A. W. Harbinson W. S. DODDS Riverside Livery HARBISON DODDS, Proprietors Pittsburg St. and Croton Ave., Nf W CASTLE, PA. High-class rigs and turnouts for business or pleasure. Both Phones XXX Give thy thoughts no tongue, nor any unproportioned thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast and their adoption tried, grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; but do not dull thy palm with entertainment of each new hatch d, unfledg ' d comrade. Be- ware of entrance to a quarrel, but, being in, bear it, that the opposer may beware of thee. Give every man thine ear, but few thy voice: Take each man s censure, but reserve thy judgment. ... ...... COSTLY THY HABIT AS THY PURSE CAN BUY. but not expressed in fancy; rich, not gaudy: FOR THE APPAREL OFT PRO- CLAIMS THE MAN; and they in France, of the best rank and station, are most select and generous, chief in that. Neither a borrower nor a lender be: for loan oft loses both itself and friend; and borrow- ing dulls the edge of husbandry. This above all, - To thine own self be true; and it must follow, as the night the day, thou canst not then be false to any man. M. C. WINTER, MERCHANT TAILOR. HATTER AND FASH- IONABLE FURNISHER. NEW CASTLE. - - - - PA. | WOMAN ' S EXCHANGE « 12 North Mill Street, NEW CASTLE, PA. Fresh Supplies daily of Home-Made Pies, Cakes, Etc. Salted Nuts j Lunch daily except Saturday j BOTH PHONES DR. J. E. CLARK DENTIST Office over New Wilmington Bank Dr. M c Naughton Dentist Office open evenings until 8 o ' clock Shaffer Block New Wilimgton, Pa. X X X 1 1 1 litrijgr jEngraPtng (£g PREPARES ILLUSTRATIONS FOR (ttnllriu Annuals THIS ANNUAL WAS ILLUSTRATED BY THEM. FOR ADVICE AND PRICES WRITE TO lur r lEngratmtg (£0 COLUMBUS, - - OHIO XXXIV Goods Only of the Highest Quality James C. Hutton, Apothecary Corner Washington and Jefferson Sts. f NEW CASTLE, PA. The Modern Vharmacy ITS DKUGS J Jp HEKE ITS ITS HERE L Ml THE BEST Agent for poWell ' s Finest Chocolate Bonbons Prompt Attention to Mail Orders Bell Phone 501. Citizens Phone 76 Audley ' Boyd LiVery M M Finest Horses Up=to=Date Rigf Best Service New Livery Barn Corner Mercer and Water Streets Coal hauling for students pen All Night! Physician ' s Pharmacy J.EDWIN DUFF= Manager Just Jiround the Corner NEW CASTLE, PA 16 JVortb Mill Street F. COLWES DRY GOODS.GROCERIES HARDWARE and TINWARE Twenty-three years in busi- ness. Fancy and Staple Gro- ceries. Large and complete lines of Dry Goods, Hard- ware and Tinware :::::: tj| Good bread can be made wifc OUR IDEAL FLOUR ' We sell me Challenger Washing Ma- chine. All kinds of C andies, Tobaccos and Cigars : : : : Everything Up-to-Date : : : Cor. Main and Washington Sts., HICORY, =PA. Students and Fellow Citizens If you want a first-class hair cut and a good, clean shave, stop at : : : : : : McNAUGHTON ' S BARBER SHOP New Wilmington, Pa. XXXVI IT|HE k inc [ we make, is al- I MI ways a pleasure to giver and recipient alike. We keep up-to-date in our line, and we are now better prepared than ever before to give your wants our attention. : : : : : SEA VETS GROUND FLOOR STUDIO, 12 North Mercer Street, NEW CASTLE, PA. XXXVll C. C. JAXTHEIMER NEW WILMINGTON PA. Watchmaker, Jeweler and Optician Class Pins, Class Rings and Badges of all kinds made to order. Samples and designs furnished on application. Repairing neatly and promptly done. The Place to Buy ROBINSON SON Are Headquarters for Staple and Fancy Groceries Flour, Feed, Grain and Chinaware If you want anything in the line of Fruit and Confections we can supply you. ♦ ♦ IRew ggwelrg Store ©ur Diamono Department is Complete gur ©ptical Department Is perfect ©ur gepatring Cannot be grcelle Every Department is in charge of an Expert We give special attention to Students eyes, also, preference will be given their repairing. . . THcit ftoor to Xawrence Sagtngg grugt Kl g. 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