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O’C LO C K on the morning' of Thursday,
TENOctober
fifth, marked the reopening of
our „College! and Theological Seminary with the
brightest prospects for the new year. The exer­
cises were held' in the Stadiger-Borhek Chapel
in the presence of an interested audience. Presi­
dent Schultze was assisted in the devotional ser­
vice by Dr. Clewell, of the Moravian College for
Women, and by the Rev. Paul S. Meinert, M.A.,
of Nazareth. Dean Rau was at the organ. In
his address Dr. Schultze cordially welcomed the
former and especially the new students, a fine
body of young men of good promise. In view
of the late opening of the term he urged the men
to concentrate on their work so as to make up
in intensity what they lost in time. Then taking
as his theme the idea that they were students at
a college and theological seminary, he de­
veloped that as students, they were to “be eager,
to strive, to have an ambiton. Such is the mean­
ing of the root of the word in Latin. The word
-college in Latin means a gathering in. a collec­
tion. As men at a college, they were to take, to
get. This suggested Wesley’s famous rules'
about money—first to get all you can. Only
here it was not money, but health, pleasure,
profit, especially of the intellectual kind. But
they were also to make all they could.- To learn
facts is not an education. Facts must be used
for Constructive work. j Men must do their own
thinking, make their own religious experience,,
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build their own character. Seminary means a
seed-plot, a place where sowing and planting is
done. Hence a student is a man who must not
only take and make, but also give. Give time,
help, friendship, energy and knowledge to your
companions. Give freely also in the various
forms of church work. The address was closed
with the President’s best wishes for each mem­
ber of thé student-body.
The Rev. A. D. Thaeler, as member of the
Board of Trustees and pastor of the local con­
gregation, spoke hearty words of welcome and
earnest words of advice. He drew attention to
the fact that the college men came from widely
- scattered parts of the country, were therefore
different in their viewpoint and yet were to live
in the close intimacy of. college life. It was
therefore necessary for them to learn to know
and understand each other,, and until that time
carefully refrain from criticism of what they
probably do not understand. He also appealed
to the men to make good in every line of their
work, and especially not to forget the value of
religion. He cordially invited the men to take
part in the- church life and' activity of the local
congregation.
Dr.. de Schweinitz announced that the stone
portico at the front of the Harvey Library was
now completed and welcomed the students in
his capacity as member of the Provincial Elders’
Conference.
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Social IReligion
B E N S O N Y. L A N D IS , ’18
were studied at Eaglesmere last June
TH EtwoR E courses
in Bible study; one “ The
Social Principles of Jesus,” and the other “The
Task of the Modern Citizen in the Kingdom of
God.” The titles indicate the trend. A quarter
of a century ago orthodox thinkers called it
“ socialism.” Today Christianity is the basis of
democracy; social Christianity is no longer
avoided.
It is sometimes accused of being; the cause of
the unrest which somebody has increased three­
fold in the last twenty-five years. Maybe there
is no denying it. Says Charles Stelzle in a re­
cent article referring to this in two far-away
countries: “ The social uprisings among the
Japanese and Chinese is due in a very large
measure to the teachings of Christian mission­
aries.” And so when administer in America for­
gets to denounce the Moabites—who have been
dead these long, long centuries—-and preaches
some very easily obtainable information about
the Brooklynites or the Pittsburgites he cannot
but contribute to unrest. A few more sentences
from the above mentioned article read: “The
gospel as Jesus taught is as wide as human life
and as broad as human experience. Anything
short of this ideal is an insult to Him who gave
it to us and a slander upon true Christianity.
This gospel should have a clear-cut message re­
garding child-labor, women in industry, the
sweatshop, underpaid and overworked men, the
unsanitary tenement and workshop, the scourge
of tuberculosis, and. every other condition that
is breaking down human life and _efficiency.
Without committing itself to any particular
social system, the Church must apply the funda­
mental principles of Jesus to society in all its
ramifications. It cannot endorse Socialism,
Communism, or any other ism.”
Social Christianity, then, defies precedent; it
does not compromise; it will not conform at
times; it is not “ safe”—but it dare not be safe.
It must make'interpretations like the following:
"Modern sin takes its character from the
mutualism of our time. The man who picks
pockets with a railway rebate, murders with an
adulterant instead of a bludgeon, burglarizes
with a “ rake-off” instead.of a jimmy, cheats with
a company prospectus instead of a pack of cards,
or .scuttles his town instead of his.ship does not
feel on his brow the brand of a malefactor. The
shedder of blood, the oppressor of the widow
and the fatherless long ago became odious, but
latter-day treacheries“ fly' no skull-and-crossbones at the masthead.
“ How decent are the pale slayings of the
quack, the adulterer, and the purveyor of pol­
luted water compared with the red slayings of
the bandit or assassin! What an abyss be­
tween the knifeplay of. brawlers and the lawdefying neglect to fence dangerous machinery
in a mill or to furnish cars with safety couplers!
The current methods of annexing the property
of others are also characterized by a pleasing
indirectness and refinement.”
It is time to see that “ boodling is treason, that
blackmail is piracy, that embezzlement is theft,
that speculation is gambling, that tax-dodging
is larceny, that railroad discrimination is
treachery, that the factory labor of children is
slavery, that deleterious adulteration is murder:”
The above paragraphs are from “ Sin and So­
ciety : an Analysis of Latter-day Iniquity,” by
Edward A. Ross, Professor of Sociology at the
University of Wisconsin.
Christianity will first save the social order in
which individuals are entangld. In- building
Christ’s commonwealth those who are to be a
part of it áre measured primarily in terms of
their social relations. The main concern is with
the interdependence that “ puts us, as it were, at
one another’s mercy.”
It will discern the sin of the political boss who
delays the building of a city’s water system and
causes deaths by typhoid, as well as the better
known and catalogued individual sins.
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It may make some supplements to the deca­
logue, for with every new social relation come
new forms of wrongdoing.
I’t will pervade strange places. It has been
said no politics in the Church. So be it; but the
Church will be in politics. It must be there to
prevent the perpetrators against the Common­
wealth that it would build from drawing the very
legislation that will permit their activities. You
may be called a dreamer if you mention your
expectation that there will some day be a Chris­
tian socialist party in American politics. It may
not be a reasonable certainty; but it is not an
improbability.
In a word, if a church is to be strong it must
labor to build up its community rather thari it­
self. And therein lies the secret of evangeliza­
tion. It must minister so as to fire waning am­
bitions, to encourage, to train, to create new
ideals. Use will be made of the museums, the
libraries, the lecture halls, the art galleries:—Is it
such a radical performance to open the art gal­
leries to the working man ? Art has such aes­
thetic value. If you gaze at a picture long
enough it >is rumured; that you can receive in­
spiration. But so many people are far from art.
It is in the hands of men who pay high prices for
century-old products of men who could use
brush and color, or chisel. Neither is it art if a
working man improves his home aesthetically—
it is said this is possible; he may polish and har­
monize, but that is not art. This is democracy,
and there is danger that the two ought not to be
mentioned in the same paragraph.
Social Christianity builds and organizes. Wit­
ness the constructiveness of the transformation
of some, small unit such as a rural community,
It simply emphasizes the salvation of the social
organism.
From Stelzle again: “ It (the
Church) must help to raise the standard of living
and thinking to so high a plane that it will not
be necessary to lift.men and women so far when
they, make the decision to adopt the Christian
standard.”
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And unchurched people often are suspicious
off the Church because they are of the opinion
that they are wanted there merely to increase
the membership and build up the organization.
Mr. Laborer can often go to the movies much
more comfortably; he feels that he does not
emerge from his own element; he encounters
no ushers who cannot usher ; and he can always
remain unself-conscious. In its immediate ap­
plication social service has hard tasks. The
priests and the Levites of today do as they did
in a certain old tale, refer the matter of the
wounded, needy man to their sociological commissions; the Samaritans discard “ red tape” in
social services
For there is no alienating of personal re­
ligion ; social Christianity is the worthiest type
of personal religion. The fundamental principle
of what men call the new crusade;—which is
after all the oldest religion—is, “ He that saveth
his life shall lose i t . .. .and he that loseth his life
for my sake shall find it.” They do not appreci­
ate—better, cannot appreciate—their religion
who are constantly thinking of what they can
get out of it, and constantly trying to get that
out. Jesus must have ever and1 ever kept upper­
most the thought of what he could put intb it.
Individuals cultivate it best who do as did Canon
Wilberforce. When asked, “ Wilberforce, how
is it about your soul?” his answer .was, “ To tell
the truth, I’ve been so concerned with these
poor slaves that I forgot I had a soul.”
Sounds like “ not to be ministered unto,”
doesn’t it?
Men like that put Christ’s Commonwealth in­
fo operation. They make it a real thing. Be­
cause of them, as Rauschenbusch writes, it is
“ within us and among us, gaining ground.”
But to quote him again: “ It suffers terrible
reverses. We are in the midst of one now.”
But following the retardation brought about by
world upheaval there will be resurgence—there
must be resurgence; humanity is engaged in a
struggle toward perfection.
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Seeing tbe Sea
J A M E S M. S H I E L D S , '18
E R E comes a time in the lives of most
T H young
men, when the “ Wanderlust” takes
possession of him. A feeling of dissatisfaction
creeps into his soul; causing his everyday life
and surroundings to appear narrow and dull to
him. O'h, for a taste of real life, to be out in the
yrorld, and to associate with men who are free
from the artificiality of our modern life.
Here behold the Spirit of Adventure in all its
glory. Also behold two of its victims, identity
uncertain, burning with youthful enthusiasm,
and the thirst for “ Experience”— enroute for the
sea. The scenes which follow are authentic, and
show in very small part how the other half, and
by far the' more interesting half, live on our
great steamers.
SC E N E I.—Place: New York Harbor. Tim e:
Noon. A great trans-Atlantic Jiner moves
slowly from her dock, in the tow of three urgent
tugs. From the rail passengers shout parting
farewells. Sailors on the for’ard depk are haul­
ing in the shore-fasts, and the Otheh sailors on
the closed deck beneath, coil them in huge loops.
Here under the noise and clatter of the upper
deck, are those of the crew not on watch, great
hulking fellows, blear-eyed, and somewhat un­
steady from recent encounters with John Barley­
corn. They swarm up from below in staggering
groups, with a few, a very few, at all sober, and
stumble aimlessly about.
Forward of the hatch is the ship’s gallery, that
Delmonico of deep-sea sailors, which* specializes
in greasy pork and watery soup. It is a tiny
little room with barely space to move between
the huge steam boilers and presses. Here
Harry, the cockney cook, shouting orders at his
new assistant, holds forth “in all his glory of
grease and peelings. The latter hears, but
understands not. Verily, the alphabet must
have been recently revised! And this is the lad
who was so anxiously longing for Experience,
the day before. This Experience would not
choke him, were not the sight and smell of
greasy food discouraging to all choking. He
stands in an utter chaos, dipping soup and peel­
ing “ Spuds,” for “ all about in reel and rout”
press the sprawling, drunken, heavy-voiced
stokers, firemen, and coal-passers, black with
grime, arid with the fear of God and captain Jost
in the craving of their stomachs. Indeed that
land of peace and quiet, properly known as
“ God’s Own Country,” has been left behind in­
deed.
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SC E N E II.—Somewhere on the Atlantic. It
is late evening, and the glare of the white lights,
flashing over the ship’s side on Old Glory, is re­
flected far down inside by the dim light of a
single globe, lighting another Glory—the “ Glory
Hole.” In this room, which is hardly thirty feet
square, are upwards of sixty bunks, the abode
of stewards and cooks, the “ gentlemen crew.”
This is their sleeping-room, drawing-room,
smoking-den and library, easily and conveniently
combined in one. How nice 1
In a far corner, where the light is low, lies one
of our mock heroes in due state and full livery,
peacefully sleeping and dreaming of raisin pie
and a hamburger sandwich “ with” at Bob’s.
Suddenly something happens. It happens again
and the dream changes. A procession of little,
flat, wedge-shaped creatures pass through the
sleeper’s tortured brain, singing, “ When I get
you alone to-night.” A gain! Ouch! He wakes
with a jerk, scaring a friendly rat from an empty
bunk, and bumps against the bunk of the sleep­
ing Hollander above, while the Polish Jew be­
neath grunts indignantly at the noise.
In a bunk nearby is our other hero, also ¿warm
and excited. His Canadian blood is fired and he
too is on the chase. Exultant whispers are
heard.
“ Here’s one, Jim, a ‘bloody’ big one.- Oh,
you,—here,— I got y’u.
The biggest yet,
matey!”—and he holds up one hand, gripped
tight upoma big, black— Ah, ring off.
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SC E N E III.—Our scene has now changed to
the shipping docks at Liverpool, where the good
ship, Philadelphia, stands fast to her dock, one
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among hundreds. Her passengers have left and
the stewards are ashore with friends and fami­
lies, for most of them are English. Those of the
crew who are not drunk ashore are deep in the
bowels of the ship, sleeping it off. Four bells
strike, and1the sun is just going down From bow
to stern all is quiet, no movement, except from
a little group of Americans on the stern deck.
Slightly apart from the rest, in attitudes of re­
pose and comfort, lie our two kitchen warriors,
unshaven, and—oh, so dirty—but happy. Work
is over, the men are gone. O.nly a slight drizzling
rain mars contentment.
We must forget these two misplaced Hebrew
students for a minute to survey with them the
scene before us. We áre in the midst of the
great docks of Liverpool, the center of the
world’s commerce. Here are great ships from
all ports of the world. And of the twenty or so
great liners in sight, half at least flv neutral
flags, chiefly those of Scandinavia and Denmark.
But these are not all. Across the basin is a
French armored trooper, serving as a hospital
ship, with rows of cots on its decks and the
blackened ends of twelve-inch guns staring from
the turrets like the Coca-Cola man in the drug
store. A Russian flag-ship faces us on the left
and far to the right, with her four funnels tower­
ing over all else, is the queen of all deep sea
liners, the Mauretania, sister ship to the ill-fated
Lousitania, and the fastest steamer afloat.
Smoke issues from her funnels, as if she longed
to rush off on that trip she dare not attempt.
Oh, what a sight for sore eyes, to see the
green of the Parks across the inlet, where the
khaki-clad figures of soldiers can be dis­
tinguished strolling about. But let us drop the
curtain before our “ heroes” tire of the ships, and
turn to diaries and thoughts of home. Next.
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SC E N E IV.—Just within the dreaded Banks.
A high wind, almost a gale, blows directly
against the great bow of the Philadelphia. Stern
Neptune, heaving up huge masses of H 2 O, lifts
and tosses the steamer like a plaything, and
sometimes an ambitious breaker even washes
the lower decks. The speed of the vessel has
decreased fully a third and such a roll has en­
sued that the pans and platters in the saloon
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galley, which banged and chattered before, now
fall from their place and roll about the floor.
He, whose duty it is to keep these pans clean,
bends busily over a sink, rag in hand, and
whistles cheerily at his work.
What cares he for the stormy waves ?
What cares he how the wild wind raves ?
What matters wind and weather?
The pans still come, the pans still go,
And he goes on forever.
Overhead the sea comes in through a port­
hole and falls in a copious shower over the sink.
But what matters even that ? It it HOT down
here and water, cool, salt water, is a gift from
the gods.
Let us take a look outside on the steerage
deck. Two figures in aprons, a little, old Scotch­
man and a young Bethlehemite come rolling
along the deck, staggering under a heavy load
of boxes and milk cans. Spray fills the air and
drenches them to the skin, and quickly they
hang for dear life to the rail as a wave, some
forty feet high, looms up and threatens do engulf
them.
The little Scotchman moves a.head grumbling
and muttering to himself something about “the
troubles that afflict the just” and passes into the
galley, but his companion pauses outside, fills
his Jungs with the bracing air, and turns to drink
in the terrific beauty of the sea. A wild waste of
water, aroused and lashing itself into con­
vulsions, is a wonderful sight, and this with the
feel of the salt and the heaving under foot,
makes life- indeed seem real.
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Is it any wonder that hardships, among such
scenes as the last, where nature bares herself to
man, is not a thing of terror, to be avoided, but
a test of true manhood, to be sought after, that a
new self-confidence and reverence for God may
swell the joy of living? And yet it seems that
the reckless spirit of adventure, once yielded to,
cannot be curbed, but demands more and more,
until it either brings up with a qrash against
some sudden misadventure, or else—behold the
hobo!
This brief conclusion is intended chiefly to im­
press the fact that the writer and his “ guardian
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severely. To be truly great often means to be
greatly misunderstood, greatly criticised. But
(Puilished on the 15th day of the month.)
men must be willing to pay the price; willing to
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Often some one is heard exIt is not only necessary that one should" will­
©reatness pressing a wish to be like ingly stand up to lead on his less fortunate
some great person. It is an brother, byt it is also required that descending
appetency which, at some time or other, pene­ from the level he attained, getting beneath the
trates the mind of every 'active, ambitious per­ burden of the weary, he push onward and up­
son, and fills him with an eagerness to do some­ ward until the satisfaction he thus creates causes
thing marvelous that his mark might -be made him to experience real joy.
in the sand of time. However great this feeling ■ This is a greatness which everyone can
be, we are compelled to acknowledge that some­ honestly experience; a greatness which one need
times there lies beneath it an unexplainable fear not fear. For though the responsibilities are as
I of becoming great. A very strange, yet an in­ vast as any ever met with, they are overbalanced
dubitable truth. It comes as a result of the by the greatest gift to man, love. This is indeed
'recognition of the responsibilites which follow in true greatness, since no man will take out of this
the train of those who- have acquired places of world anything that he has not built into his
rank.
own character or into the character of some one
How many men there are who fear to be else.
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great; afraid to stand alone ! They choose to be
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like others—drift with the tide; go with the
Self®
One of the most important
crowd, swallowed in a gregarious nonentity! It
Confidence
elements of success at the
is the easiest way, but it results in the deteriora­
present
time is self-confidence.
tion of man.
In
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busy
commercial
age, when there is so
Nevertheless we , must not judge them too
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much competition in every branch of commerce,
art or sciencey the man who succeeds is the man
who has faith in himself. If lip does not have
faith in himself, how can he compel others to
have faith in him ? If he is a salesman, and
knows that the article he is selling is'e f no ac­
count, it is à pretty hard thing to convince a
prospective buyer that it is good. Or, if he is a
public speaker, and has no confidence in himself;
it will show at once, and have a corresponding
effect on his hearers. Or, if he is a tight-rope
walker and loses his self-confidence, the result is
generally far from pleasant or comfortable. It
has often been proven that a person can do what
he sets his mind to do, and believes that he CAN
do it.
Entering into the realm of music for an illus­
tration, supposé you recall some amateur per­
formance or recital which you have heard. You
will remember the self-confidence displayed by
some of the performers, and1 the lack of it dis­
played by others, and how you said concerning
the latter, “ If I ccmld not do better than, that, I
would not try.”_
-There may be several reasons for lack of selfconfidence. This requires training in all per­
sons, in some more than in others. .Self-confi­
dence is a mental quality the same as concentra­
tion, memory, etc., and as these require training,
so doeS self-confidence.
Not: long ago the writer was speaking with a
music teacher of long experience on the subject
of self-confidence in recitals. She stated that
the lack of this valuable asset was the causé ôf
more7 failures than all other causes combined.
Just as an example. A person is to play at a
public recital for the^first time. He would
naturally be somewhat nervous. But suppose
he knew his selection well, had it memorized.
On his way to the place where the performance
is to be given, he meets a friend. He tells this
friend about the recital, who immediately be­
comes excited-, and says, “ My, aren’t you
nervous ? I should think you would be afraid to
play before all those people. What if you would
forget your piece ? I would not do what you are
going to do for ^anything !”
This little speech seems harmless, an(l without
evil intent, but it would necessarily have a dis­
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couraging effect on the performer. And the re­
sult in seventy-five per cent, of such cases would
be a slip or complete failure in the performance.
¿ A . good rule to lay dowmfor yourself is this:
Never approach anything which you want to do,
with the thought, “ Can I do it?” but “ I Can, and
Will, and1 not only will do it, but will do it
W E L L .” ,
-A.nd you will. This plan has saved many from
failure, and will save a great many more, if they
will try it. YO U T R Y IT, and you will believe
in it firmly.
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Enemies Of Modern education is becomGulture
m°re complex every year
and new ideas are being intro­
duced in every stage. This diversity confronts
the student as he enters school, and he is obliged
to choose from the many courses offered. The
result, in many institutions, is the introduction
of the elective system of choosing branches of
study. This:..system is widespread, and may be
found in all grades of schools from the kinder­
garten to, the university.,
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One drawback of such a method is the fact
that so many choose the easiest possible course
by which they can claim a degree. A student
who is looking for a royal road to knowledge
loses his right to the title. . Such a person surely
cannot be consumed with the zeal'and earnest­
ness which the term, student, indicates.
The elective theory has been extended to such
a point that the liberal studies have been sadly
neglected in many institutions. This is not a
matter of small importance; it strikes at the
heart of culture. Many things may well be left
to the choice of the individual, but too often the
liberal arts are completely obscured in the desire
for an. easy course or for specialization along
some specific line. It is true that specialized ac­
tivity is the watchword of modern life, but some
common bond of interest must be retained be­
tween the various classes of specialists. It is
quite proper that a man should be thoroughly
acquainted with his own line of work, but if this
is done to the exclusion of all other interests, his
mind will become too narrow for intelligent
communication with his fellows.
(C on tin u ed on p a g e 1 1 .)
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’ T is an a w fu l h ash, th is F r e s h m a n trash ,
T h a t h as en tered o u r w a lls th is fa ll.
Jo h n A m o s C o m en iu s h as p ro v e d he’ s a gen iu s
In m a k in g th is w o n d e r fu l haul.
F o r n e v e r b e fo r e in th e an n als o f yo re ,
H a s such a con glo m eratio n ,
O f d e a r little sain t an d th em th at ain ’t,
C o m e h ith er to seek fo r salv a tio n .
N o w I h a v e a hunch th at the m an o f th e bunch
I s Sch n eeb eli, f a ir N a z a re th ’s pride.
T h e S o p h o m o re s claim , w h en th ey m ention h is nam e,
T h a t th e y y e a rn to do hom icide.
A n d R ic h te r— the o th er— he’s ju s t lik e h is b ro th er—
C o u ld com plim en t fa ir e r be p a id ? —
H e su re lo v e s the ch icken s, he’ s fu ll o f the d ickens
A n d re a d y f o r a n y c ru sad e.
T e d V o g le r ’ s a fe llo w , w ith no stre a k o f yello w ,
A tro m b o n e so lo ist t o o ;
H e Strik es up a tu n e lik e the sh rie k o f a loon,
A n d C u p ie sta rts fe e lin g q u ite blue.
S o m e fe llo w s th in k th at d e a r B ro th e r F in k
I s a g r a v e d ig g e r h ere in d isg u ise.
B u t ta k e it fr o m G e r ry , he’ s f a r too m erry,
A n d n o t n e a r so solem n a s S m yse.
B ill S te in in g e r h a ils fr o m C o o p e rsb u rg ja ils ,
H e ’ s so c ro o k e d he’d steal baled h ay,
A n d y e t he’ ll m ain tain , w h en ask ed to exp lain ,
' T h a t he sim p ly is bent th at w a y .
N o w sh arp en y o u r sigh t, h ere’s P a u l A lb rig h t,
H e ’ s n o t so little at th at.
B u t I ’ ll sta k e m y la st “ bone” i f th e tru th w e re k n o w n —.
H e d o esn ’t b elie v e m uch in fa t.
D id y o u h e a r a n o ise ?
I t ’ s the S to c k e r boys,
R a m p a g in g ab o u t the halls.
T o p re s e rv e the peace, th ey r e a lly sh ou ld cease,
A n d a n sw e r teleph o n e calls.
’ T is H a s s le r ’ s claim th at h is h ig h e st aim
I s to stu d y h is F re s h m a n m ath.
M a y he so e n d e a v o r an d fa lte r n e v e r
F r o m the stra ig h t an d n a rr o w p a t h !
M ille r it seem s is g iv e n to d ream s
O f A lle n to w n g irls so fa ir .
T h a t’s a ll v e r y nice, bu t ta k e o u r ad vice,
Y o u ’v e n o th in g on B eth leh em th ere.
L a s t, but not lepst, is th at go o d n a tu re d b east
F r o m B in g a m on th e R h in e.
T h e r e ’ s a lw a y s a g r in on W im m e r’ s chin,
A n d he’s a lw a y s re a d y to dine.
N o w , F r e s h ie s , b ew are, o f y o u r m an n ers ta k e care.
R em em b er y o u ’re a ll v e r y green .
T h e S o p h o m o re s h o ld th at the w a te r is cold,
A n d th e fu tu re is y e t to be seen.
S a m : “ F a r e s , p lease.”
( L a d y h an ds him a clo th es-p in .)
S a m : “ W h a t’s th is f o r ? M o n e y is w h a t I w a n t ”
L a d y : “ B u t I w a s to ld a clo th es-p in w a s go o d on an y
lin e .”
B e w a r e o f B a te s an d h is tr u s ty p liers. H e h as re ­
c en tly escaped fr o m the E x te n s io n D iv is io n o f th e S te e l
A cad em y.
E v e r r o a d (in r e fe c to r y ) : “ I ’m g la d to see m o re
tab les h ere th is y e a r.”
J a m e s : “ I ’d be g la d to o i f th e re w a s m o re on them .
P a s s th e su g a r.”
I n spite o f H en k S’ k een o b serv atio n , so m eth in g has
h appen ed rig h t u n d er h is n o se o f w h ich he is not aw a re .
L u th e r C le w e ll finds th at h is sp a re tim e can be v e r y
p ro fita b ly spen t th is y e a r b y a c tin g a s m o to rm an f o r the
T r a n s it C o m p a n y betw een N a z a re th an d B eth leh em .
A m o s F u lm e r fe e ls con fiden t th at th is y e a r w ill see
him behind th e fo o tlig h ts, f o r he h as been p la y in g the
r o ll o f B a k e r all sum m er.
A n d y : “ P o p , did y o u b rin g a n y F o r d s fr o m D e t r o it? ”
P o p : “ N o . B u t I b ro u g h t a T r a f - f o r d .”
T H E F R E S H M A N D IR E C T O R Y .
Go t o :
J im S h ie ld s fo r fa c ts c o n cern in g a P o o r A p p etite.
B a te s A lle n fo r fa c ts co n cern in g a L o n g L if e .
G u ten so h n fo r T h e C a r e o f T ie s.
H e y S c h le g e l an d d iscip le R a lp h fo r T h e T re a tm e n t
" o f S c a lp s.
B ro . D ech fo r in fo rm a tio n r e g a r d in g S o u th B e th le ­
hem.
F u lm e r fo r C o lla rs ( g iv e len gth o f n eck an d size o f
s h o e s).
C u p ie fo r the la te st id eas o f V a c a tio n .
S a m W e d m a n fo r T h e A r t o f S m ilin g .
K u e h l fo r H o t W e a th e r S u g g e stio n s.
R o w la n d an d G e r r y fo r In g e r s o lls an d F o r d s .
R ic h te r fo r in te re stin g d a ta on th e m u ch u sed and
d a ily d em an d ed artic le — P a p e r.
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9
“ wflben the Sw allow s Ibom ew arb fflv"
F ift e e n n e w m en h a v e en tered th e w a lls o f M . C. in
o rd e r to p u rsu e v a rio u s c o u rses o f stu d y. A go o d sp irit
e x is ts am o n g th e fe llo w s an d a c c o rd in g to in d icatio n s
the term T 6 -T 7 w ill be a v e r y su c c e ss fu l y e a r. I t m igh t
a lso be p ro p e r to -devote p a rt o f th is “ L o c a l P a g e ” to
p o in t o u t th e m an y ac tiv itie s th e stu den ts o f M . C . w e re
e n g ag ed in d u rin g the p a st sum m er.
T h e C o m e n i a n w elco m es the fo llo w in g n e w m e n :
F r e d e r ic k W e in lan d , a g ra d u a te o f P o m o n a C o lle ge,
an d F r e d e r ic k T r a ffo r d , fr o m D e tro it, both o f w h om
w ill en ter th e J u n io r T h e o lo g ic a l C la ss. A ls o A u b r e y
C le w e ll an d A b ra h a m T h a e le r, w h o e x p e ct to take
sp ecia l cou rses.
M ille r, S te in in g e r, W im m er, R ic h te r, Schn eebeli,
V o g le r , H a s sle r, A lb rig h t, F in k , J . S to c k e r an d P .
S to c k e r co m p rise th e F re s h m a n C la ss.
A m o st p leasan t e v e n in g w a s spen t on O ctob er the
s ix th w h en P r o f . an d M rs. S c h w a rz e g a v e th e ir an n u al
recep tion to th e stu d en t-b od y in Stu d en ts H a ll. M a n y
in te re stin g s to rie s w e re relate d b y d iffe re n t stu den ts re­
g a r d in g th e ir su m m er e xp erie n ces. A f t e r re fre sh m e n ts
h a d .b e e n s e rv e d th e h ap p y o ccasio n w a s b ro u g h t to a
clo se b y th e sin g in g o f “ C o lle g e T ie s .”
T h e fo llo w in g m en o f la st y e a r ’s g ra d u a tin g class
h a v e re tu rn e d to ta k e up w o r k in the T h e o lp g ic a l D e ­
p a rtm e n t: W e b e r, S p a u g h , W ed m an , H en k elm an n and
K u e h l.
K u e h l rep o rts th at he spent a v e r y p ro fitab le su m m er
se rv in g as P rin c ip a l o f one o f the D a ily B ib le V a c a tio n
S c h o o ls in D e tro it. A c c o m p an ied b y L a n d is, he also
atten d ed th e Y . M . C . A . C o n fe re n c e held a t E a g le s m e r e
d u rin g th e la tte r p a rt o f Ju n e . B o th re p o rt a go o d tim e.
A ll su m m er the m achine gu n s in the S a v a g e A r m s
w e re c a r e fu lly exam in ed b y In sp e c to r W eb er.
T h e B e th le h em S te e l C o m p a n y an d O ’ R e illy ’ s m an­
ag e d to k eep H e n k e lm an n b u sy. H e a lso spen t a w e ek ’ s
v a c a tio n v is itin g R o y H a s s le r in th e go o d o ld h isto ric
to w n o f L ititz . B e sid e s th is he spoke at a C. E . m eetin g
held in the B eth leh em R e fo r m e d C h u rch an d a lso con­
du cted a s e rv ic e in the U n ited E v a n g e lic a l C h u rch at
Em aus.
T h e L u th e r a n C h u rch o f W in s to n -S a le m w a s fo r tu ­
n ate in se cu rin g S p a u g h as th e ir O rg a n ist d u rin g the
sum m er. In ad d itio n to th is he a lso did som e office
w o rk .
C o n d u c to r W e d m a n spen t a v e r y stren u o u s sum m er
p u llin g th e ch ain fo r th e A tla n tic E le c t ric a l R a ilw a y Co.
W e h ear he is co n sid ered an e x p e rt in cou n tin g ch an g e
an d h elp in g la d ie s on_the car.
terest o f th e c o lleg e p lay. W h ile th ere he v is ite d V o g le r ,
’ 16 , w h o is at p resen t S e c r e ta r y o f the In te rc o lle g ia te
D ep artm en t o f th e Y . M . C . A . in N e w Y o r k C ity.
M u e lle r an d S tro h m e ie r m ad e th in gs liv e ly fo r th ree
m onths in P h illip sb u rg , N . J . T h e In g e r s o ll p lan t o f
th at c ity k ep t th em b u sy tw e lv e h o u rs a day.
H a g e n ga th e re d an e x t r a am ou nt o f m u scle w o rk in g
in the N e w D o rp M o r a v ia n C em etery. B y an u n an im ou s'
v o te he w a s elected a m em ber o f th e G r a v e d ig g e r s ’
U n io n .
K e m p e r s a y s : “ T h is is an a g e w h en an E d is o n sh ou ld
be in e v e ry hom e.” H e c e rta in ly o u gh t to k n o w , fo r he
spen t his su m m er m o n th s w o r k in g fo r th e B eth leh em
T a lk in g M ac h in e Co.
S to lz an d S h ie ld s h av e an en d less nu m b er o f ta les to
relate c o n cern in g th e ir th ree w e e k s’ ex p e rie n ce on the
deep. F in d in g th e li f e in P e n n s y lv a n ia to o m onoton ous,
th ey secu red em p loym en t as w a ite rs on the “ P h ila d e l­
ph ia,” s a ilin g fro m N e w Y o r k to L iv e r p o o l. O ne roun d
trip satisfied th e c u r io s ity o f both an d n o w th ey are
h ap p ily s in g in g “ M y C o u n try ’ T is o f T h e e .”
T h e B eth leh em S te e l
Com pany w as
a so u rce o f
em p loym en t fo r the fo llo w in g m e n : A lle n , S ch w ab ,
B illh e im e r, F a r o , B ah n sen , F u n k , an d S h ield s.
B a c k to th e fa r m is a
da ys. N o n n e m a k e r an d
e atin g it, fo r th ey a re
G r a n g e rs a ft e r sp en d in g
fa rm w o rk .
slo g an com m on ly u sed th ese
E v e r r o a d a r e s tro n g ly advo-*
both co n sid ered fu ll fled ged
th e ir v a ca tio n in d o in g h ard
S p lie s w o rk e d a fe w Weeks in a p ap er m ill an d m an­
aged to g et tw o o f h is fin g e rs m ashed . T h e rest o f the
tim e he spen t in w a itin g f o r co llege to reopen.
F u lm e r, w h en not b u sily en gaged w o r k in g in a p rin t­
in g office, p layed b all in the P h ila d e lp h ia C h u rch L e a g u e .
A t the sam e tim e h is roo m -m ate, C le w ell, w a s b u sy
m ak in g g u ita rs in th e N a z a re th G u ita r F a c to r y .
B e st w ish es an d c o n g ratu latio n s a re exten d ed to E d ­
w a rd M cC u isto n , 4 6 , on his en gagem en t to M iss M in n ie
H e rm a n y , o f B eth leh em . H e is n o w w o r k in g in the
offices o f the A u d itin g D ep artm en t o f th e B eth leh em
S te e l C o m pan y.
A lla m , ’ 16, is a m em ber o f the tea ch in g s ta ff o f the
M o r a v ia n P a ro c h ia l Sch o ol.
C le w ell, ’ 16, is en gaged in so c ia l w o r k in th e c ity o f
D etro it.
A lle n , ’ 16, an d W e se n b e rg , ’ 15 , a r e both s e rv in g as
in stru cto rs in the N a z a re th H a ll M ilit a r y A c ad em y.
H a r o ld L o p p , ’ 14, fo r m e r ly a tea ch er at th e M o ra v ia n
P f o h l w a s k e p t b u sy h a v in g a g o o d tim e in W in sto n S a lem .
P a ro c h ia l S c h o o l, is a t p resen t w o r k in g w ith the c h a rity
o rg a n izatio n in N e w Y o r k C ity . H e spen t S u n d a y , the
eighth , v is itin g a t M .C ,
M o s t o f T u r n e r ’ s tim e w a s gpent w o r k in g fo r th e E n ­
g in e e rin g D e p artm e n t o f th e C ity o f B eth leh em . On
Sep tem b er 30 he m ad e a trip to N e w Y o r k in the in ­
R e v . C. H . W en h o ld , J r . , Sem . ’04, w h o h as recen tly
ta k e n a c h a rg e in S t. K itts , B . W . I., pu blished in terest­
in g d ia r y notes o f h is trip in the Bethlehem Times.
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R e v . J . R e in k e , o f K in g sto n , Ja m a ic a , is sp en d in g a
fe w m onths in B eth leh em .
R e v . R u fu s B ish o p , Sem . ’ 12 , d e liv e re d ad d re sse s in
v a rio u s p lace s co n cern in g h is w o r k in B lu e fie ld s, N ic ­
a ra g u a .
R e v . R ic h a r d S h ie ld s, S em . ’ 16, is n o w statio n ed at
A n tig u a , B . W . I. I n th ree m onths he exp ects to ta k e
up w o r k a t S a n to D o m in go .
M a r k R u p re ch t, a m em ber o f th e sam e c lass, is ta k in g
a p o st g ra d u a te c o u rse a t P rin c e to n T h e o lo g ic a l S e m i­
n a ry .
D . L . R ig h ts, Sem . ’ 15 , fin ish ed h is p o st g ra d u a te
co u rse at H arvard D ivin ity Scho ol.
H e n o w h as c h arg e
o f ih e M o ra v ia n C h u rch in G reen sb o ro , N .C ., an d also
te a ch in g in the S a le m A cad am y, an d C o llege.
D u rin g th e su m m er R . R ie m e r, S em . ’ 12 , s e rv e d a con­
g re g a tio n at R itm a re , N . J . H e is n o w c o n tin u in g a p o st
g ra d u a te co u rse a t Y a l e U n iv e rsity .
T h e C o m e n i a n exten d s .co n gratu latio n s to F r e d e ric k
S th u ltz e , ’00, on h is m a r r ia g e to M is s A lic e R o m ig , a
g ra d u a te o f th e M o r a v ia n C o lle g e fo r W o m en and
d a u g h te r o f th e late R e v . W . 11. R o m ig , a t G rin n cll,
Io w a , on O cto b er 3.
D r. S c h u ltze spen t p a rt o f the su m m er v is itin g the
M o r a v ia n C h u rch e s in N e w Y o r k . H e also con du cted
the G e rm an se rv ic e s w h ich a re h eld in th e O ld C h ap el
e v e ry o th er S u n d a y .
D e an R a u spent p a rt o f his v a c a tio n a t L a k e Geneva,*
N . Y . O th e rw ise he w a s b u s ily en g ag ed in B eth leh em .
B o th D r . G ap p an d D r. S c h w a rz e rem ain ed in th is
v ic in ity d u rin g th e en tire su m m er w ith th e excep tio n o f
p re a c h in g in v a rio u s o u tsid e pu lp its.
O n O cto b er th e th ird th e s e rv ice s at the L a u r e l S tre e t
C h a p e l-w e re con du cted b y D r . M o ses. M u c h o f h is sum ­
m er w a s a lso sp en t in B eth leh em .
In s tru c to r H a s s le r spen t h is en tire v a c a tio n in L a n ­
ca ste r C o u n ty, “ T h e G a rd e n S p o t o f th e E a r t h .”
T h e A lle n to w n T e n n is C lu b kept H o ffm a n busy. W ith
H a r r y W ie la n d as h is p a rtn e r he w o n a s ilv e r cup
o ffe re d *to th e ch am p io n s in dou bles.
“ C h am p io n W il­
liam s, p le ase ta k e n o tice.”
I t w a s an nou nced at the o p en in g e x e rc is e s on the
m o rn in g o f O ctob er 5 th at H e n r y A . K u e h l h a d been
appoin ted a ssista n t lib ra ria n and S a m u e l W ed m a n cu s­
to d ia n o f the m useum .
A t 9 o’ c lo ck o f th e sam e m o rn in g, in the lib ra ry , a
m eetin g w a s h e ld o f the E x e c u tiv e C o m m ittee o f , the
A lu m n i A s s o c ia tio n .
T h e fo llo w in g w e re p re s e n t:
P r e s id e n t P . S . M ein ert, o f N a z a r e t h ; D . H . K e e c h , o f
A lle n to w n ; , D r. E . d e S . B ru n n e r, o f E a s to n ; D r. H . E .
S to c k e r, o f S o u th B e th le h e m ; V ic t o r G . F lin n , o f N e w
Y b r k , and P r o fe s s o r s M o se s an d G app, o f B eth leh em .
T h e D ra m a tic A s s o c ia tio n h as a lre a d y started w o r k
on its p la y fo r th is y e a r. T h e m em bers w ill p resen t
“ T h e M a n on the B o x ,” a 'breezy com ed y in th re e acts,
ad apted to th e sta g e b y M is s G ra c e L iv in g s to n F u r n is s ,
fr o m H a r o ld M c G ra th ’ s p o p u la r an d liv e ly n o v el. I t is
one o f th e m ost d e lig h tfu l p lays o f th e p resen t day.
B u b b lin g o v e r w ith h igh c la ss com edy, th en a to u ch o f
p ath o s, to b e fo llo w e d b y a scen e o f excep tio n al
d ram atic stren gth , is a b r ie f o u tlin e o f th is m o st e n jo y ­
able o f p lays. I t h as been a trem en d o u s su ccess on to u r
an d in stock.
T h e c a st th is y e a r w ill be e n tire ly n ew w ith th e e xc ep ­
tio n o f tw o m en, T u rn e r an d A lle n , w h o h a v e h ad
se v e r a l y e a r s ’ exp erien ce. H o w e v e r, th e try -o u ts b ro u g h t
fo r th som e e x c e p tio n a lly g o o d m aterial. T h e r e -w ill be
eigh t m ale an d fo u r fe m a le p a rticip an ts. A ll realize the
im p o rtan ce o f th e w o r k an d h a v e sh o w n a w illin g n e ss to
help m ake th is th e “ b est y e t” o f th e an n u al p lays.
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T h e g e n e ra l slo g an o f th e Y . M . C . A . is S p irit, M in d,
an d B o d y . T h e en tire m an is ta k e n in to co n sid eratio n
ip th ese th re e w o rd s, but each p h ase o f th e hu m an life
can, an d m u st be develo ped . N o m an can e v e r ac q u ire
m o re th an o ne body, but he can develop, th e b o d y w h ich
Tie has. I t is the aim o f
th e Y . M . C . A . to d evelo p the
en tire m an.
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T h e Y . M . C. A . at c o lleg e m u st o f n e cessity b e som e­
w h a t d iffe re n t fr o m th e 'c ity “ Y . ” T h e A th le tic A s s o c ia ­
tio n ta k e s ca re o f the p h y sic a l tra in in g , w h ile in the
stu d ies o f o u r c u rric u lu m w e h a v e am p le o p p o rtu n ity to
d evelo p the m ind. S o th e o n ly th in g th at is le f t to the
c o lle g e Y . M C . A . is th e sp iritu a l sid e ó f the m an. In
m an y co lleg es eye'n th at sid e o f the tria n g le is 'p a r t ly re ­
m o ved b y v a rio u s re lig io u s o rg a n izatio n s, such as C h ris ­
tian E n d e a v o r, S u n d a y S c h o o l an d a sco re o f other
ac tivities, so th at w e som etim es w o n d e r w h a t th ere is
l e f t f o r th e Y . M . C . A- to do.
C o lle g e m en a r e a p e c u lia r c la ss w ith w h ic h to deal.
T h e y a r e a p ro b lem to th e C h u rch , a pro b lem to the
com m u n ity, a p ro b lem to th e ir p a ren ts an d frie n d s, a
p ro b lem to e v e r y one but th em selv es; Y e t th ere is a
g r e a t deal to be exp ected o f them . I t ta k e s an e xp ert,
h ow C ver, to d eal w ith them . T h e co lle g e Y . M . C . A .
h as a w o r k p ec u liar to its e lf. T h e r e a r e p ro b lem s in the
liv e s o f stu den ts w h ich the C h u rch can n o t settle, p ro b ­
lem s w h ic h th e fa c u lty can n o t p a ss a d ecisio n on, such
pro b lem s and difficulties á re th e ta sk o f th e c o llege
Y . M . C . A . H o w to so lv e them is o fte n v é r y difficult
to determ ine. W e see w h e re th e ’d ifficu lty lies, bu t w e
can n o t find the p o in t o f con tact. T h e c o lle g e m an h a s
a sou l. M a n y a m an h as h idd en b en eath a heap o f
fr iv o lity , fo o lish n e ss, an d care lessn ess, th e m ak in g s o f a
r e a lly g re a t m an. C a n th e Y . M . C- A . c le a r a w a y the
o b stru c tio n an d g e t a t th e so u l o f such m en ? I f it can
it is acco m p lish in g its task .
E n th u sia sm f o r w o r k in g in th e “ Y ” is at h ig h w a te r
m a rk a t M . C . T h e n e w m en, a ll o f them , p ro m ise to be
e arn est w o rk e rs . W e o n ly hope th a t th e en th u siasm
w h ic h h as th us f a r been sh o w n w ill n e v e r die out.
T h e cabin et h ad a s h o rt bu t v e r y sn ap p y an d h e lp fu l
THE
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m eetin g. E v e r y m an on the cabin et sh o w ed a keen
in terest in the w o r k and e x p re sse d a d e sire to help m ake
the Y . M . C . A . a sin g u la r su c c e ss this yeay.
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B e c a u se th ere w a s no A lu m n i b aseb all gam e in Ju n e ,
o n e w a s a rra n g e d fo r O cto b e r 14, but the gam e w a s sud­
d e n ly ch an g ed to the p re v io u s S a tu rd a y w h en se v e r a l o f
the A lu m n i team cou ld not h av e been p resen t on the
14th. O n ly s e v e n A lu m n i played , and R ic h te r an d S tro h m eier, w h o w e re su b stitu ted at the la s t m inute, rou n ded
out a w in n in g com bin ation. T h e infield starred , w h ile
fo r M o r a v ia n no m em b er o f its team p la y e d re m a rk a b ly
p o o rly n o r re m a rk a b ly w ell. T h e y did th e ir best, an d the
re su lt w a s so b ecau se th e ir b est w a s in fe rio r.
T h e final
sco re w a s A lu m n i 8, M o ravian 2.
B a sk e tb a ll p rac tice s a r e also not so f a r distan t. O f
la st y e a r ’ s squ ad C ap tain K u e h l, T u rn e r, W ed m a n , A lle n ,
H ag en , S to lz , J . S h ie ld s, M u e lle r and S tro h m e ie r re ­
tu rn ed , an d th e re is go o d m ate ria l am o n g th e n ew men.
T h e nu m b er o f m en o u t f o r th e team s w ill n o t be less
th an la st ye a r. T h e sch ed u le is n e a rly com plete an d in ­
clu d es g am es w ith A lb rig h t, S t. Jo s e p h ’s, L e h ig h , T em p le
an d L eb an o n V a lle y .- G am es a r e p en d in g w ith U rsin u s,
L o y o la and o th er colleges.
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Enemies of Culture
(C on tin u ed from p a g e 7.)
Seeing tbe Sea
(C on tin u ed from p a g e 5.)
angel” not only feel that they have profited
physically, mentally^ and morally from their ex­
perience as “ galley slaves,” but they enjoyed it
immensely.
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D u e to the late o p en in g o f o u r fa ll term and to the
su m m er clean in g, w e fin d o n ly ,a fe w e x c h a n g e s at hand.
B u t th ose fe w , w h ich a re m o s tly com m encem ent nu m ­
b ers, a r e e x c e p tio n a lly good.
A s g re e tin g s to out- old frie n d s an d to th e n ew ones
w e hope to m ake, en th u siasm at th is y e a r ’s o u tlo o k lead s
to the p ro m ise o f a b etter C o m f .n ia n , and to exc h a n g e
ed ito rs, w e w o u ld su g g e st m o re fr ie n d ly criticism , ap ­
p r o v in g the go o d an d p o in tin g out fa u lts th at th ey m ay
-b e -c o r re c te d , th u s b ein g o f m u tu al benefit. T h e E x ­
c h an g e colum n is too o fte n n eglected , and th e space app o rtion ed to th at d ep artm en t u nfilled. T h is w e re indeed,
a g rie v o u s fa u lt, fo r th ro u g h th is m edium o f exc h a n g e
do w e n o t o n ly com e to k n o w each o th er as p u blicatio n s
but h a v e , an in sig h t into the stu den t life an d ac tivities
o f th e co lleg es and. sch o o ls w ith w h om w e exc h an ge,
g iv in g us su g g estio n s an d id eas b y w h ich w e can im ­
p ro v e o u rse lv e s and lik e w ise hope to g iv e o th ers the
benefit o f a n y efficiency to w h ich w e m ay h av e attain ed .
T h e y e a r is b e fo re us, o u r su ccess d ep en d in g upon o u r
effo rts.
G e ttin g a rra n g e d and o rg a n ized fo r co m in g w o r k has
p rev en ted m o re th an a gla n ce at the con ten ts o f each o f th e editio n s, but a w e ll a r r a n g e d tab le o f-c o n t e n ts in
se v e ra l, has. directed th e w r i t e r to n u m e ro u s a rtic le s an d
e d ito ria ls w h ich cou ld not be p a ssed w ith o u t h a v in g been
read.
Some would maintain that this is a modern
world, that one must follow modern methods to
succeed, that "on ne pent pas porter partout avec soi
le cadavre de son pere.” - What could be more
■The Ju n e c o n trib u to rs to College Chips h av e m ade
false ! Every one of us carries with him the body
th at issu e m o re th an an in te re stin g one. I t b reath es a
of his father in all he does. The experience of p a trio tic sp irit w h ich is go o d to see and in sp ire s one to
our ancestors is woven into the fabric of our do afl in his p o w e r to fill the dem and fo r a p u re and in ­
existence every where we turn. Modern activity co rru p tib le citizenship, w h ich is n o w in such g re a t d e­
in every line witnesses to our dependence on the m and. “ I s A m e ric a T r u e to H e r I d e a ls ? ” an d “ W h a t is
past. Without the foundation of generations of an A m e ric a n ?” a re qu estio n s w o rth c o n sid e rin g an d a re
w e ll co n sid ered in th e space a llo w ed them . T h e au th o r
Jabor our intricate system of material affairs o f “ T h e H o m e and A m e ric a ,” w e ll says, “ T h e hom e is
would crumble in ruins. Why, then, should we the fo u n d atio n upon w h ich the n atio n is fo u n d ed .”
attempt to sever all connection with past ages in
The Perkiomcnite fo r J u n e g iv e s its re a d e rs an ad e­
matters of much greater importance than qu ate idea o f w K at P e rk io m e n is like. T h e n u m ero u s
cuts m ake it esp e c ia lly a ttrac tive.
material affairs?
T h e p le a sin g ap p earan ce o f the Ogants Mosaic and its
Let us therefore acknowledge our dependence ex c e lle n t q u a lity sp eak s w e ll fo r the ta ste an d a b ility o f
on the past in education. Let us all become its p u b lish ers and m ake it a w elco m e visitor./,
familiar with the higher ideals' of the genera­
T w o Sep tem b er issu es h a v e a rriv e d . T h e y a r e the
tions, so that the universal bond of culture may D. M. L. C. Messenger an d th e Black and, Red. T h e
continue to unite every class of mankind, and e d ito ria ls on “ In d o le n c e ” an d “ U s e fu ln e s s ” a r e n o t o n ly
v e r y read a b le but con tain id eas v e r y ap p licab le to life .
lift men above the sordid, nearer the divine!
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