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WESTERVILLE, OHIO, JA N UARY 6, 1919 . I
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M iss Ethelynde S m ith, Noted A mer ica n Sop r ano. W ill Give Concert In College Chap el.
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Storie s Submitted Mus t Have Histor ical or P atriotic Bas is- M any Should C ompete T his Year.
Mis!; Smith Comes H ere Un d er Aus pices of L ad ies' Glee Club J .:nt:ar y :o. \\"csterville people who are inte r ested in good mus ic, a r e looki ng for ' wa r d to a:1 unusual treat. 1liss Ethe l\'nde S·:·i th, Ameri ca n ~oprano, wi ll sing in t he Co ll ege Cha1w l o n t h e eve 11 :11 g of Tanuary 20. \,\/he n Miss ~m ith comp letes her coa • t to coast o ur o f 1918- 19 19 she will h ave sun g in eve ry st a te in th e U nion. Sh e ha s app ea r ed o n program · with s uch em in e nt ar t is ts as T h eo. Ka rl e and Ge ra ldin e Farrar. Mi s mith ha s spent year s in p r e pa ration for her wo rk , hav ing begun pi a n o study a t a ve r y ea rl y age, a n d later devo t ing her w h o le at ten t ion to voca l st ud y. \,Vhile J11akio her rn·n cert -tour,. ~h r a ri:tear a t m a ny e du ca t io n al in st itut ion s , and a lmo st inv ari ab ly r e t urn s to ful fi ll r e t urn engage m en ts , whi ch tes t ifie s o f th e p ub lic's d esire t o h ea r he r again. M is . mi t h sings t his season in o lu mh us for Mis s Ka te Lacey and thi s has made it possible fo r t h e La di e ' G lee lub of t he college to sec ur e h er for a rec ita l o n J a nu ary 20. A n ent ir e rec ita l p r g ra m gi ve n by an a rti t of t h is type w ill be .a n unu s ual eve nt for Wes te r vil le. (Co ntinu ed o n page t wo.)
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Owing to t he unu s ua l c nditi o n that ex isted t h i sc h oo l ye ar until C hri s t- 1 1 ma s. s m e o f t h e t hi n g s that a n n ua ll y receive atte nt i 11 have not been pre ented. l t is t he p u rpos e o f t h is arti - , cle to ca ll a tt e n t io n to o ne o f t heseT he Harn es "hor t S t o r y on te s t. It ma y be sa id f r th s w h o a r e 1 no t a lread y fami lia r w ith thi on te s t that seve ra l ye ar s a go :.l r. J . All iso n I THE N E W SCIENCE H A L L Barn es of th e cla ss o f 1 94 es tab li sh ed b . . f Th e chan g ing ·011d 1t 1o n o f t he I f r the scho o l. S e,·e ra l o f th e r ecom 110 1 1 0 aht ttedr edml l a 5 <: ar s , ,p O f t\". I w o rld impo sts upon a ll socia l o r g a n i- , 111 e :1datio11 s of the c omm itt ee ar e th ~· t ousan o ar s , 111 m e m r y o 111 s . . ,. · -· ,, L · B f za ti o n a se ri ous new task. f hc we sha ll do new work in app li ed scio wn e arne o . . . · · b ro t he r, \ , a 1te r . h hn s t1a11 co ll ege m us t face se ri o u s ly e nce a nd in ap p lied hri sti a nit y p. f . . . . . · c la s s o f I 98, t h e 111 co m e rom w 111c . t b d d h f . f and g r a ve ly it s r espo n s1h tl 1t1cs a nd p lie d c ience i in ten ded t o mea n bot h 1s o c evo te to t e os terin g o 1 • • • . . h' h h . . o hl1 g a tt o n w ith r ega rd to th e futu re. I s c ia l scie n ce a nd nat ur I scien ce goo d c, 1zens 1p -t ro ug .,I t -e wnt111 -,_ . . . . • · • . . .' •· . t o r - ft mu t sha1 ur cs 111 hu s111 ess la w · hu srn css a do f w 1, a t m1•g h t b e t e r me cl t 1, e 111s . ·e t nc r es po n 11,1h t y o, \ . . t. r eco n stru ·tto n . l t mu s t h a \'e b o t h a mini tra ti o n a nd ap pli ed econo mi cs 1ca1 or pat n o 1c 11o rt s tory. . . • . . for w a rd a nd b ac kw a rd loo k . \ V1th- a n d ocio log y ar e t o he in tr odu ced . · e le m entar y cou r se, 111 · · g 111 · 1ste · 11t UJ o n a (1eparture l n du e t1111 . T he . .in co m e from th is ch o lar sh 1p ut 1)e 111 1 cit tn but ed a s fo ll ow : fift y do ll ar ' f · .. · . . . r om 1t t ra d1t1 o nal progr a m 1t mu s t a "'n cu ltl' re w tl l be in opera t 1011 . Like• • "'. . . . 1 g ive n ea ch ye ar to t h e librar y for . . be w 1ll111 g t o lay ho ld o f the n ewer w ise certa in fo r m of app li ed p h v 1cs t 11e pure I1a se o f boo k· d ealing with · . . . . fo r ms o f 111 stru ct1 011 whi ch w1ll a dapt a nd m ec ha nics . t h e s h_or t s t o r y a nd bo oks o n Am er i- it t o m o de rn co n d itio n s. · 1n t h e lie Id of app li ed r eli g io n it is ca n his to ry; fo rty d o l lar s is giv en to . f . 1 1 01 1 O O th e winner of fi r t pla ce in t h e co n tt er >e m .' - t h e th o ug h t o f th e com mitt ee th a t t ,s t , e purpo se test ; t wen ty do llar s, to th e pe r o n lege t o se n se t h e nee d s o f th c t im e p r ac ti ca l co u rses in r eligiou cdu ca win ning seco nd pla ce; a nd te n do ll a r s, a n cl havin g ? o ne s~ to r e s p o n cl _by t io n includi n g m i io ns, p syc ho iogy 1'
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o f r eli g io n, S und ay Sch ool wo rk a nd o t he r a ll ied subj ec ts sho u ld be introcl d Th . • h er e is no q u estio n t 1, a t t e uce · . I c: lei f · · · o ge n er a ne o soc ia l sc ien ce will tterbein Graduate Will Do ·· d · · · 1 Canteen Work for Y. M. C. A . n ee< m o re co n I e rat1 o n 111 co m111 g year s t han h ere t o for e. Th e kn o wled g e o f m e n and of na ti o n s in their Mi s M er le M . Ma rtin has sai led (Con tinu ed o n page two.) ph ys ica l de\'e lo prn ent. Tht d egr ee of mutua l r ela ti o n sh ip i no w r ecogniz for Fra n ce to do cante e n work fo r th e fi n a n cia l s tr ng th wh ich it has attain- ed a s m o r e imp o rta nt th a n eve r . Y. M . C. A . 1I iss M'a rtin is a g radHarry Cook W rites Lettei: ed in t h e pa st five y ea r s is p erhap s Sec o nd , fi na ncia t ' de velopm e nt. T o uate o f Otter bein Co ll ege, and ha s for t o P arents £~om .France th e m os t s t ri king of its h i t or y. It m ee t t he a bove co nditi o n s, to inau gu sever a l yea r s been a h igh s hoo l d oes n o t pro pose no w t o m ake any rat e t he co ur ses a nd t o develo p ade tea che r in Ohi o to wn s. Sh e orga n orpora l Harry P. Coo k , with th e r a d ica l o r udd en depa rtur e fro m its quat e eq uipm ent in th e wa y o f 1abo r - ized th e ph y sical cul tur e ,depa rt ment 368th Mo tor T ran spor t Co r ps in u t• a l way o f do in g thin gs but it is in a t o r ies and libraries wi ll r eq uir e no of Por tsm o ut h hi g h s_chool in 1917, F r ance, writes h o me from Sedan that te r e ted in m ee tin g th e co nditi o ns small ex penditure o f m o n ey. l t mu st a nc! h er kn o wl e dge of athl et ics w ill be hi s r egimen t is now a ssi st ing in th e of th e tim es. T o do o it mu s t d e no t/ ,be exp ec ted th at immedia tely of mu ch ervi ce in Fran ce. S he has hau ling of food to t h e peop le of the , ve lo p a lo ng tw o lin es. t hi ca n b e r ea lize d. It w ill tak e a lso coach ed p lay s in a h ig h schoo l, deva s tat ed co unt r ies. T h e lett er mai l- ( Fir t, edu cati o n al. l t is no qu es- ti. me a nd m o r e m o ney than the in- an d in a wo rn.an '~ . dramati c society. B efo r e sailing Mi ss Ma r tin too k a ed ovembe r 28 s tates that t h er e wa s ti o n th at · edu cati on o f a ll fo rm s w ill s tituti o n w ill ha ve a t it s comm and fo r no news a s t o w h en h e wo ul d be ab le a sum e a m o r e prac ti ca l a nd socia l so me tim e, but it is hop ed t h at w it h co u rse o f on e we ek a t Barn ard Co l' 1 ca n t ee n coo k er y a n d · prac t 1ca to ge t ho m e. T h er e we r e s ome r um natu r e. It -wi ll b e m o r e de m oc rati c th e in co m e fr o m th e new endowm ent 1eg e 111 o rs to th e effect th at their corp a nd mo r e p opu lar. A coll eg e like and fr o m oth er n ew sou r ces it may se rvi· ce, gymnast· u1111 wo r k , F ren c h woul d be tra n s ferred to t he Army of Otte rb ein with o u t a ttemptin g to spe- b e possib le t o int r o d uce some of t hi s 1a n g u age an d 111· s t ory, a n d o ti,er su b · t s of Y<l 1ue t o wor k e r.s 111 · t he R ed Jee Occupa ti o n. If t hi s i t h e cas e, cia lize in a ll fo r ms o f h uman lea rn in g wo r k in the n ear fu ture. T ria mu t be ab le t o wid e n it s scope of inng le hut s. S h e also att end e d lecCo rp o r a l Coo k will be in France for O n e g reat n eed of th e in St itu~ion t ures by ex perienced Y . M. secretartru ct ion so a t o a r o use th e intere s t so m e t im e. He is in good hea lth . 10 '.1g lo o ked fo r, a t1 d lo ng so u~h t ts a ies who have worked in France, and of a g reat er nu mb e r of stud en t s. On th e da y that th e arm is t ice was A co mmittee of several year s' stand -1 scien ce ha ll. U n less t h e p ri ces of was given opport ury ity tp t ry out signed , th e 368th wa s in the t hick of in g ha s bee n at work from time t o bui ldin g mate r ia l at1 d labo r ar e pro- specia l " st u11t s" she hap learned fo rthe fi g h t a t Seda n. T hey we r e a bl e time to ,deve lop an ed ucat ional policy ( Contin ued on page five.) ] the am use me nt o f th e !>PY.S over seas. ( Co nti nue d o n page two.)
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d ; t 0 fW th he . 488 totll crin :n th e warm es t s c rt of a r ccc p- s 110rt story contest may be made a (C . d f ) G l.a dden F . . E•van · Engineer stat1o ne a a,s mg n , . big thing and eminent\ worth while- 1 o.ntmue rom page one. . D C wdt<s to J<,s. E.,o P"'""• " 0 " · Y to extnut< themselses 1 from th< 1 · an ·• d M F M . V an us k 1r . k , Ea t · " Fo r her prog,·amm b a ttl e wit . h t h e o ss o f on y one 1,,an · Dr. r rs. . . . cd numb. e rf sh-,e worthy of the very best among us. College avenue, that he 8has received \ h ad th e a ppealing ~i cac ~a aria . r ~ i, . \ The problem offers opportunity , Cook aid that it took them two . . ·111 \ ·Carm c 11· and ga ,·e 1t with. a d1 tin - \ f 0 1. t \1e d.is p Iay o f the finest k1\I · m . , week s to realize that the war ha d the· apporntment of master engineer the U. S. rmy. This is the highest • g uish ed g r ace a u d a quality o f. t o ne every type of writing. An examina- 1ended. rank of non-commissioned officer. \ th at wholly captiYated th e audiei_,ce. tion of the stories ubmitted last year ~Ir. and )..lrs . Cook have also re· Mr. Evan has charge of the materials H er s~prano is so ma_tured a nd fii:e- will disclose almo t every type of \ ceived word from their other son, Dr. used in his regim ent, which is doing ly trained th at tl~ e mnate_ .b_e a uti es st yle from the homely negro dialect A .D. Cook. who is in the Philippines, research work in the searchlight field. ?f it are b~o ucrht mto ~ratifyin cr ~~- \ to impa sioned eloq uence. The prob- He, with ~lr s. Cook and their daugh· The corps is located at Tenleytown , a· i~ence, w~ll lc 01: th e mt~r_p retatl\ c \ems of conS t ruction, of imagination, \ ter, is located at San Fernando. which suburb of Was hington, and is the s1d~ sl_1c I particularly at t1st_1 c and of character delineat ion, of adap tation is 150 mi les from Manila . The le t· . km . dorng . • d o f wor k ·Ill sat1sfy111 cr. Delightful. t oo. 1 h er of language to a par t'i cu Iar en d are as ' ter was written . larges t umt this . . five weeks ago, a t the army. The Evanses will prob_- di ctwn. a nd th e cxpresSt0ns o_f fa ~,01 big a yo u ,nsh to make them. To which time they wer e expe cting to or· ablr be lo cated_ in \Vashingt(;'n un~1I a ccorded w ere mo re than m ented. use a slang phra e you can use "every- ganize a hospital at San Fernando, 5 spnng. NTh~!, a~ _52tl Wrtcstn --------thing yo u' ve got" Ill working on thi but becau e of th e epidemi c o f the · mfluenza, which 1s ragmg 111 the avenu e, . .v ., as 1 ing on, · · SHORT STORY story pro blem I ·land , he ha s• been . unabl . e •to accoin· I-
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( Con tinu ed fr o m page o ne.) The sto ri c hall have a their basi s • r::' :!1 s ing! Home for Christm as! . o me in cident in o me e. tab Ii h ed fact Overco me by I one o mene ss in meri can h istory. The st o ries and a s udden irre isti b le lo ng shall be original. and f uch char ing t ee the folks at home, a cter a to empha ize clearly the virMi s Helen Ensor decided on tu e of good citizenship. and shall conthe afternoon of th e day before si st of n o t less than six thousand or hri tma~ to go t o her home in m o re than fifteen thousand words. Olney, lllinoi s for a brief vi sit The historical element shall not be \ with h er parents. Accordingly I perverted or colored so as to destroy she 'phoned to the Columbus its pure historicity. s ta t ion. fou nd that a train left A co rrect type-written cop y of for in c innati at thr ee o'clock each o f the thre e priz e-winning Chri stma. morning, scheduled torie s shall be furni hed by the to arrive an hour before th e writer to be deposited in the archive , ·e t bo und train was due to of the Otterbein Col lege. The col- \ leave in cinnati. he secured a lege shall have the option of publishreservation, was to ld that the ucce ful · \ ing each or al l of the T'ullman would be on the track ~torie in ome ptriodica \ connectep at ten o'clock, and then prepar w ith the U niv ers ity. The t o ry itself A d{undd box of assorted chocolates, with fruit nut ed fo r h er journey. he can an on ant centers covered with F h • . • in each ca se hall be the property of chocolate ; regular $1.00 value renc vanilla celed an engagement for Chri l the writer and may b e sold or pub Saturday special, at .. .......'..... ........... ...... . ma dinner, hade goodbye to her li sh ed by him or her, but not so a to friend , and started. About ten interfere with the college's right to thirty ~he e;ltered the Pullman, publish a tated above. and being weari ed with the ru h The competition shall be open to of departure , . o o n retired. A regular member of the junior and she ank h li sfully into a con senior clas e of the co llege who have tented sleep he thought to her been in attendance in the niver sity \ self. •· 'ow when J wake up , 1'11 at lea t one year previous to the year I of their contesting. • - - - - - - : : : : : : : : ~ ~ - - " " ' " '_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.;._ _ _ _ _ _ _~ b e on my way home."
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\ Vhen she <lid waken it wa hri stma morning, ix; o'clock. and her Pullman wa still in olumhus train yard s ! A port er offered the comforting in formati n that no one knew when the delayed train would arrive. o, a true victim of cir cum . tance, Mis. En or came hack to Wei,terville and her hi tmas dinner encanceled gagement.
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Cardinal extends best wishes for a ed by ro utin e and rules . made neces- / very p ro sperous happy New Ye a r. sary by seve ral hµndred s tud e nt s. ·chuck such fee li ngs-and go over P ublished Week ly in th e interest of Byiones. the se phi losophies of life ,vhie.h Na t Ot.terbein ·by the . The . A. T. C. is g one! No more , Goodwin gave in "Th e Bumbie Bee": OTTERBEIN PUBLISH! G do we hear --s u ch phrases as " L eft ! ''Brainy men la ug h , (whi le bunches BOARD, Right! Squads left! Halt I" or hear of nuts sit together in solemn silen<ie). \\ es ter vi ll e, Ohio those gay songs of th e army. "Oh! ' Tickle a man and yo u can se ll him Member of the Ohio College Press the ar m y, the army, th e democratic eve r yt h ing ; get him so r ~ a nd he won't A ssociation army," and th e one .a bout the ser- buy und er any circ um stances. geant . \-Ve don't hear th at regular Enter a ba n k wi th a s mi le and STAFF Editor-in-Chief ........ H elen Keller, '20 thud , thud , t hud, thud, as the boy s yo u r credi t's good; walk in wit h a As istant Editor .... E ther Harley, '2 1 tramp the st r eets. We don't see the gro uc h, a sca red look, or a p leading Awkward Sq uad parading on Co l- I voice and your cred it's rotten . A sk o ntribut ing Editor Helen Bovee, ' I 9 lege Avenue and Grove streets be - any banker. Grace Armentro ut, ' 19 tween the hotll'S of fo u r and five. We j l ut apes imi s ti c cove'r on a book Busin ess Mgr. .. K athry n W arner, ' 19 don't s tand and wa t ch O ld G lory go le t a nd no one wi ll r ead th e s tory in up and come down w ith the e labora te s id e. ,: Ass istant Business Managers Knock yo ur compe tit or, say eve ry Elizabeth McCabe, '21 ceremony and rigid at tention as we used to. \Ne don't have the cheery body's a crook except yo ur se lf , and Virgin ia Blagg, '22 Cir cula t ion Mgr. .. Mary Sidd a ll, ' 19 bugle ca ll to ro u se u s ea rly in th e no o n e wi ll believe yo u ; say good morning and lull u t o s leep at night. thin gs or nothing of yo ur compe tit o r, Ass ista nt ir ·ul a ti o n ManagersMary Ti n st man, '20 No longer do we hang o ut of th e a nd b e cheerfull y op timi sti c abo ut Marve l Sebert, '2 1 windows to watc h th e boys dri ll (as yo u_r own proposition , a nd yo u put it Athletic Editor leo oppock , ' 19 we did at fi r st. ) In fac t, Otte rb e in is ac r oss. Peop le clon_'t like th e sad, so lemn, Local E ditor .......... R u t h Hooper, '19 se t t lin g back into her o ld ways of " beso rrowfu l s tu ff; they like th e brigh t, A lumna ! Editor .... Prof. G uit ner, '97 fore th e war." It see ms natural to s ta nd aro und s unn y se ntim e nt s of life. Exc hange E dit o r .. Edi th Bingham, '20 Goo d merchants se ldom deliver Literary Editor .... Vida 'W ilhelm, ' 19 before and after c hape l a nd talk w ith our o ld friends, witho ut being rud ely t heir goods in b lac k package s; eve n Addres all co mmuni cat ions to T h e mole s ted by some sergeant or ot h er. black caske ts are o ut of date. Ot terbein Tan and ardina l, 20 W. l t seems j ust as natural to d r o p int o I Yea rs ago we use d to k eep the par Main t., · ·westerville, Q h io. o u r seats imm ed ia te ly upon arriva l in lor closed ti g ht, th e s hades drawn alld ub sripti o n Price, $1.50 I r Year, chape l, to take a few h as ty peeps into I Iight s o ut ; now we flood th e parlor payab le in advance. o ur next lesso n, in s tead of s ta ndin g wi th li g ht, ope n w id e th e w ind ows, E ntered as seco nd cla s matter unt il a s harp vo ice ca lled, ''Seat s !" run up th e shades, star t th e vict ro la, e ptember 25, 19171 at the postoffice The fe ll ows co m e t th eir classes a t p layer p·iano, sing or dance, and ca ll at vV este rvi lle, 0., und er act of a natura l rate of peed instead of it livin g. marching in wi th a mi litary tramp. Soc ia li sm has no t co m e into its ow n Nlarc h 3, 1879. S ho ul dn't wonder but that th e profs beca use it is pessimistic. Acceptance for mailing at specia l are_g la ~ to have us a ll _remain th e fut! / T h e Democrats co uldn ' t ge t in to rate of pos tag e provide d for in ec. period in s tead of hav 111 g th e ge ntl e- I ofl1ce for years becau se th ey wanted 1103, Act of Oct. 3, 1917, a ut horized men march out ten minute s early. t o tear d wn ratller than build up ; Oct. 24, 1918. Soon we w ill begin t o h o ld y . M . . o u t o f office th e Republicans tried th e A. a n d Y . W. C. A. in th e fam iliar "Country going to th e dogs" s tu ff me eting p lace in th e A . sociatio n a nd lost. A certa in h ote l ma n wa s a gro uch Bu ilding. And ba ketba ll will become nd gym ! the a nd became so d isagreeable t o eve r y- · A h , fi ll th e Cup:-What boots it t o the pop ul ar past im e! gir ls are espec ia ll y fo nd of thi s recre- body else th at he sw un g on hi s own repeat H ow Tim e i. s lippin g un de rn eath o ur ati o n (?) and doubt less will be g lad jaw a n d we nt clown for the co unt ; I w he n it is resumed . T h e B rid ge is don't even know hi s present addre s; fe et : nb o rn Tomorrow a nd dead yes ter bound t o be less Jone. ome these hi s plac e wa s taken by a ma n with a br igh t moonlight ni g ht s t ha n it h as s mil e a nd if t he serv ice is eve r slow da yWhy fr et about th em if Today is been the la s t few month s. It ·is g reat it's because th e r e's su ch a crowd. to h ave th e o ld fe ll ows comi ng back T h e gro uch has no u se for th e swe et I to sc hool after doing a ll that U n cle world, because th e wor ld has no use -T h e R ub aiyat. Sa m had for th em to do. yes, the for a g r o u ch. wa r is over and the S. A. T. C. ha s Good men la ug h .a nd men with a With the N ew Y.ear. P er haps a word of exp lan a ti on 1s 111 disappeared. but th ere i a lot of lau g h hav e much good in th em; yo u order to th ose of o ur o u t of town khaki t o be see n aro und h ere ye t, and se ldom hear a crimin a l la ug h ; the r ea ders who may wonde r w hy they some occasiona l sa lutes, a nd a grea t voice with a sm il e w in s." - T h e Ohio Wesleyan T r ansc ri pt. ,hav e no t be en r eceiving th e T.an and many intere stin g experie nces to be a rdinal. That exp la n a ti on can b e related, so we don't fo r get yo u, E XCHANGE - E. A. H . give n in a singl e worcl-" Flu". Af t er so ldier -boy! Amo ng the students enr o ll ed at o ur brief Thank giving vacation we Cheer U p! be rlin are tw o real French g irl . we r e preparing to return to the work " ur li fe is lar ge ly in o ur ow n T h ey come from 1 e nn es and N im es of pub lishin g th e Tan and Cardi n.a l, undi st urb ed until the Chri stmas re making," soc ial scientists tell us. A nd and have both had work in Fre nch cess. But th e spread of th e "Fl u" in if thi s he tru e w hy no t make thi s uni ve rs iti es. They came to America Coc hr an Ha ll se n t th e whole bu sin ess life j u t .a s happy and worth -w hile as n Sep tem ber 16th and ente red be r depa rtm en t and mo t of th e re s t of poss ibl e? We se ldom pa ss a clay t hat Jin o n sch o lars hip s w hi ch th e Ameri o ur taff to their h omes, thu s makin g we don't al low o urs e lves t o worry ca n governme nt ha s g iven to the it impo ss ibl e to pu t ou t even one ver some trivial th ing. And th e Fren ch government. l n return the more iss ue, exp laining o ur forced va wors t of it is, the m ore we a ll ow o ur - latter wi ll return the sc ho lars hip s to selves to fret over pe tty 1matters, the th e same numb e r o f Ame ri ca n gir ls ca ti o n. B ut we are h op ing that the New more we ar e los ing co ntrol of o ur di s- who w ill ente r F r ench universities I w h en t h e war is ove r. The r e are 150 Yea r will bring more se ttl ed tim es p si ti o n and ab ili ty for happines s. Abo ut the best 'place in the wor ld ch o larships in a ll a nd the work is for .a ll co ll ege activitie s. and to the s ta ff of th e Tan and ardina l t h e 01 - to te s t o ur real gen u ine sportsman- b ein g ca rri ed on un de r t h e auspi ces po rtun ity of p ubli shing th e paper s hi~-:--o ur abi lity t o p ut up :vith Fate's of th e Ass_ociation o( A meri_can Co l eve r y week without further interrup clec1s1ons good or bacl- 1s 111 thill leges. It 1s a most 111ter est1n g form hu rryi ng, sc ur rying Un ivers ity li fe. of America n assistance t o the war ti o n. And now t o all of yo u, tudent , A long w_ith th e pleasures of a Un iv er- worn Fre n ch Nation .-Oberlin Re Faculty, A lumni, Friends, th e Tan and s ity ther·e goes an irritablene ss affect- vie w.
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ti on of Handel' s Messiah before an Mrs. Dwight T. J o hn ( ell audience of thre e thou s.and in th e Shupe) of Hudson, Wi sco nsin, died Memorial Hall at Dayton on Su nd ay December 3, 19 18, after a long illness . afternoon , December 22. The co n- , he leaves her hu sband and littl e" cer t is mentioned with highes t praise daughter to mo urn her lo ss. -by the Dayton press. ' 16. M iss Myrtle Harris died at h er '15. Rev. Jame A. Brenneman of home near Westervi lle, December 8 Deshler, Ohio, who was in army work fr m influenza con t racted at ome r for th e Young Men's hri.stian As o ton, · Qhio. where he was teac hing in cia ti on in this country · sai led from the High ·ch ool. ew York City for France on vember 28 to engage in simi lar work '06. ·Miss Etl1el . Re ss ler . of Conemaugh, Pa. , _'\xa"s also a victim of in overseas. fluenza, ·whith caused her death Dr. Levitt E., Custer, '84, and _L . J December 10 at her home. Her body Luzern Cust_er, JO, of Dayton, Oh_10, I was brought to V,.l es terv11l e for b u ria l S (D ' and Mrs. J. A. hoemake r a1sy accompanied by her father, Rev. J . I. Cus ter), •95; of Pittsburgh, Pa., came 'L. Res ler, '76; Mrs. Rufus ·1 . Mi ll er to Westerville la st week to a t tend th e (Lyd ia Resler), '82, of Phi li psburg, funera l serv ices of Mr . Mary A. Cus- Pa .; and Mr. a1id Mrs. Frank J. Res ter, who died December 31 at th e ter, '93, of Co lumbu s, Ohio. home of her so n in Dayton, Ohio. 1 Rodney Huber (Dona -. .r SI k . . . W '16. Mr s. \,\. . mrs. 1oema er 1 s t1 11 111 e terv1 11 e . · Beck) d ied December 15 at th e h ome at t11e h ome o f 11er 1ate mot11er, 83 1 . . of h er parents 111 Dayton, Oh io, .after \lv est C o II ege A venue. a short illn ess from influenza resu lt-
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ing in pneumonia. Her hu sband had received hi s discharge from Cen tral Office r s' Training Camp at Camp Gordon ju t two we ek s before her death. Funeral serv ices, 111 which Bishop Mathews , Dr. G. . F unkh o u se r, and o th ers participated, were '96. Mi ss Lula Baker spent the h oli - cond u cted at th e h ome of her par day vacati o n in New York City, the 1 ent s and interment was made in guest of h er sis ter, Miss Mary New- P leasan t Hi ll , Ohio. kirk Baker, '06. They spent one Su n ardinal ex tends day in Bridgeport, Conn., with Mr. ' 17. The Tan and and Mrs. Harry :M. \ ,Vi lli ams, 'OS, '06. sympa th y .a lso to vV,illiam P. Hollar, of Bonebrake Theological Sem inar y '15, '14. Howard W . E lli ott of Camp Dayton, O hi o, whose wife s ucc umb -' Sherman , and wife (Mi ldred Cook) ed to influenza during the h o li days. spent Christmas in Westerville visit '05, '07. Profes so r and Mrs. E. M ing at the Ell iott and Cook h omes. Hur h (Mary Lambert) reached thi s Geo r ge L. Stough ton, '92; Edwin cou ntr y a short time ago on furl o ugh -P. Durrant, '04; and A.G. Crouse, '75 , from Freetown. vV es t Africa. where were appointed .a s minute men to rep Professor Hursh is principal of Al re se 11t the vVesterville Methodist bert A cademy . reception was ten church in the Centenary Movement. dered them on the tenfh of Decem They will v1s1t var io u s M eth od is t ber by the people of th e U nit ed churches in Frank li n county to arouse Brethren churc h of Anderson , In interest in the centennia l of Metho diana, their home during furlough. dism to be ce lebrated next sp rin g. '78. Mrs. W . Kei ter (Mary '15. Rev. Penro e l\lI. Redd. who was ease) of Wes tervill e is vi iting her engaged in army work of the Young hristian Associa ti on at Camp son, I rofe sso r A lb ert . Keister. ' 10, Men' Sheridan, Alabama. has en ter ed pas and family in Mt. Vernon , Illinois. · toral work at Eas t Pa les tine . Ohi . '97. Mr s. Charle R. Fra11kham ( Ada Markley) f olumbus, Ohio, spent '18. vVilliam 1. ·o rnfort, who is with la st Th ur sday at the ho me of her par - th e nited tate s hippin g Board, ents, Mr. and Mrs. J. vV . Markley on with headq uarters 111 Philadelphia, East o ll ege Aven ue. was in \,Vesterville in December. He , . . wa s spending a thirty clays' furl o ugh 13. Mi ss Esta M ose r, teacher 111 th e . . • fl h f · 1110, c 111e y at t e I1ome o 111s . s f w· 111 . r e n, 0 1110, wa s . H 1g 11 c 11001 o . d ' •f j paren t s 111 Arcanum. marne ovem1>er 26 to 1v r. 1 aymond H. Bower s of Massillon, Ohio, '72. Samue l J. Flickinger of Hamil an ensign in th e nited States Navy. ton, Ohio, a veteran new paper man After a short wedding trip the bride- of th e B uckeye State, who retired groom returned to the navy and the from active work a few years ago, has
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r e turn to sc hoo l so n . La s t y ear , diam o nd w ere quit e nu m e r o u. a ft e r hri tm a , thi year in d icati n s of "so m e thin g " a r e 111 evi de nce by th e di p la y f h o use h ld furni s hin gs in seve ra l places.
He r : ''Y o u e n t imen ta l boy, wh y <lo yo u ha,·c m y pi c t u re in you r wat c h Do n' t fo r ge t th e E th e ly nde Smith o n ·e rt! ,ca e ?" H im : ·· 8e,aus I th ot y 11 mi g ht M e r y l B la ck pe n t her hri s tm a s l e::i. n1 t o loYe m in ti111 t! .'' hi . he \'aca ti o n t11 Za n cs" ill e, but r e turn ha bee n ill t h e pas t w eek Pr ivat e la re n ce H a hn ca m e ho m e Trom hi ca go th e S u n day befo r e eel t sc hoo l S un day. · h r is t ma and ta ye d until T hur day m o rni ng fo ll ow in g.
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Co nce r t ! E d ith H ah n ha. he el! v i iting her \ esses. b r ot h er V ri vat e la r en e H ah n , a nd aturday ev eni ng th ; se w in g. ro o m her o usi n Private Gi lb ert Mi ll s in wa s pre tt ily de co rat ed fo r a littl e hi cago t h e pas t wee k. pa1·t y g iv e n by G lad ys l c Cl u ~e, G ladys Yok u m, Edit h av e a n d HarD ut che s Pa n ts, $2.60 t o $ .00. . H ayes . n et $ 1.00 if th ey rip , I0c a butto n. E . J. o rr is.--.'\d v. F o r m er O tterb ein St ude n t Ke nn e th . rn o ld ha s be e n di sc ha rg Dies Serving His Co un try ed fro m th e a r my, and is spe ndi n g a \Vo rel wa s r ece ive I durin g D ecem few days in \ Ve tervi ll e. be r of th e death of \IVa ll ace M iller ~fe n'. P hoe n ix ilk H ose. 75 c to w h befo r e th e war wa a s t ud e n t in 1. 50. lnterwoven Silk Li s le , 35 c to tterb e in. Mr. M ill e r wa a m mb e r 50c. E . J . l\ o rri s .- Ad v. o f a mi litary ban d a nd ha d be e n 111 th e o ve r -sea s fo r ces fo r sev L ie ut. Ru se l Pa lm er. r ece ntl y di sfr o m ervi cc. arri ve d in W eseral m o nth s. \ Vhil e in th e fr o nt c harg ed tcrvi ll e u nda y. H e expec t s t tak e lin e h e r ece iv ed thr ee wo u nd s fr om w hi ch h e was r ecove ri ng n ice ly wh en hi s p la ce am o ng th e Se ni o rs, who wel co m e him ba ·k wit h p e n a rm s. he co ntra cted pn e um o nia whi ch r esul ted in hi s dea th . ~fr. Mi lle r was ( F ig urativel y of co ur se.) we ll kn wn am o ng th e tud e nt s and Le t us m ea s ur e yo u for a n ew suit. wa a mu sician o f 110 m ean abi lity . Fit g uara n teed. E . J. No rri s.- dv. H e has man y fri e nd w h o m o u rn hi s Wilma Ada m s ( looki ng dream il y dea t h · at t h e la nd cape he wa s painting) " Oh , J w ish th at bus h w e re n eare r ."
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EY e ly n Pifer ha b ee n ill wit h to n L eo nard P e rr y and Walte r chutz are exp ec te d back 111 sc h o I th e sec- siliti s at h er hom e in leve land . he i imp ro vin g no w and ho p es to ,o n d e me te r . H e len Ke ll er e n t r tai n ed th ree l1u n gry e x- o ldi e r a t dinn e r N e w Year' e ven in . ( If your e xp ec ted g ues t s fai l. ta ke what th e L o rd p r o vide .)
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o ntinu ed fr m page o ne.) h ibiti,·".! it is ex p ec ted that th e c nM iria'lll George br o ug h t w ith h e r · s tru c ti o n of thi s bu ild ing w ill beg in fr o m th e fa r m , t he mo t de li c io us in th e ear ly spr ing. T hi wi ll b e ;; SODA FOUNTAIN pr e s e el c h ic ke n a nd do ug hnuts , w hi ch thr ee or fou r sto r y st ru ctur e of tl oo r Any K ind of Sandwiches, Home-Made Pies were a pprec ia~ed ve ry mu ch by th o e di m c n ions m o r e th a n twi ce t he ize wh o s hared th em . of aum H a ll and th e m os t modern Special Orde rs any T im e ty le o f a r c h itec t ur e a nd equi p m en t . Mr . R y m er of We s te r v ille, R egular Lunches or Dinners Th e futu re eve nt o f t he co ll eg e to th e g ue t of L au ra White at d inner Oyster s and Fresh Fis h ward whi ch a ll h e r fri en ds a r e lookS unday. ing w ith hig h ex p t>c ta ti o n is th e D ia Orders over the Phone L adies' P hoen ix ilk H o e, a t $ 1.00 mond J ubilee ce leb r a ti o n in l!l22. Westerville, 0 . , North State St. a nd $ 1.5 5. E . J . o rri s .dv. Thi s w ill m a rk th e seve nty • fif th a nochranite s enjoyed a ni ve rsar y o f th e fo un d in g of t h e co l- [\ everal ka t ing party at urda y eve nin g do wn leg e a nd th e birth of hi g he r edu cat ion ================================== by the t ile mil l. in th e e ntire de no minati o n . / Et he ly nd e S mi t h co min g-J a n. 20. Boo t th e ho rt Story Co ntes t!
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