Aegis September 1902 by Otterbein University

OTTERBEIN UNIVERSITY Off.::rs Fir t-Class

Collegiate Courses It has an exc llent Faculty, comfortable recita tion rooms, well equippl;d la boratori s, beautifully furnished halls for the four literary societies, an excellent gymnasium, a beautiful Christian Associa tion building, art studio, music conservatory, and a science building. It has collegiate, rnusic, art, and busine s departments. The work of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. organizations is especially helpful in the religious lite ot the students. It is a Christian College and thoroughly up to date in its depart1nents

of work. First term begins September 10, 1902 Winter term begins January 6, 1903 Spring term begins March 31, 1903 Commencement June 17, 1903 Summer School begins June 23, 1903 For Information address

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HE meeting of friends is one of the pleas ures of life, and nowhere do we see this more exemplified than at the opening of the school year. Old students come together with the feeling of a common interest and equality that exists in few other stations of life. The feelings that are so universal to one leaving home and friends are soon laid aside for the jollity that goes with school life. Yet, there is always another class that does not feel so much at home. These are the ones who have entered college for the first time. They are struggling with the problems that, in a great mea ure, determine their standing during the \\hole of college life. It makes little diflerence what their former vocation has been, they, alike,

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enter a field where environment is strange and they are compelled to adapt themselves to it. But to the old in their revival of friendships, and to the new wrestling with their problems, THE .IEGI wishes to extend greetings and wishes of a joyous and prosperous year. GAIN the time has come when students pour in from all parts of the country either to begin or to continue their work in college . Each year proves the fact that greater interest is being instilled in the minds of the young men and women concerning the need of a thorough preparation for life's work. It is becoming recognized that no longer is the man without a college education compe tent of taking up the responsibilities of the great professions of life. The preference, that has been given to men who hold degrees conferred upon them by colleges, noted for thorough work, has had a tendency to throng the universities with the young lives filled with aspirations to do and to be something in the world. Yet we find that there is always that haste which tempts the student to shorten his course by endeavoring to do four years' work in three. This is not only dangerous to the student's health but is likely to make college life drudgery and to discourage the pupil in his undertaking. But above all it is likely to prevent thoroughness which is the great feature of all success. The world is not caring so much for the number of years you spend in active service but it is seeking that which borders upo~ perfection. The educated man is given pref erence not because he has a degree, but because that which he does has marks which

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show more tl:an ordinary skill. If greater recognition would be given to this fact, there would be fewer who fail in term grades, and we believe that there would not be so many compelled to quit the course before com pletion.

IN the past years the alumnal editors have ll found it difficult to gain information con cerning the whereabouts, and business of our graduates. This column has not been neg lected because it was thought to be of little importance, but it has cost extra efforts. We have at different times had our attention called to the fact that this is the most import ant part of the paper to those who have been absent for some time. We wish that our readers would assist us this year by sending us items of this nature. Although of little importance to you personally it will be of interest to classmates who perhaps have not heard from each other for years. We desire that you do not be backward

about furnishing us information concerning yourself. In this way THE .lEGIS may be made a medium of information much desired by our alumni. Will you not help us? IT has been decided that a change will be !l made in our paper this year. We have felt that our space has been too limited and we must neces5arily enlarge our paper. It is the purpose of the business manager that there sl:all be a special cover for each issue. Arrangements are being made by which we will be able in each number to give to our readers articles written by former students, who have had experiences not only suggestive but interesting. If we are successful in our plan they will be, De!:>criptions of Travels Abroad, Actual Experiences of Life in For, eign Lands, Pointers Concerning Eastern. Education, and Life as Seen by the Politician It is not expected that any of these will crow~ out any of the regular material of the paper, but it will be merely an addition.

Optning J1a~rtss... s0mt Educat10na1 Prob• ltms PROFESSOR WILLIAM

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COUNT it a great privilege and honor to make this morning what has come to be called the "opening address." To stand at the threshold of a college year, and to be the future participants in its affairs as we ex pect to be, falls not to the 'general lot of man kind. We are a chosen few, no better, let us remember, than thousands of others, except that we may be a little more favored in for tune or with a determination to seek a larger preparation for life. A year in college means m1:1ch everyway we view it. In money, it represents a year or possibly years of toil and sacrifice on the part of some one. In time, it is no small fraction of an average human life, while in opportunity, it is quite beyond our ability to describe. We have the advantage this morning of the

p1ospect v£ew.

Most oi us have learned that the landscape as we look upon it from some eminence, before our feet have trod its hill sides and valleys, has more novelty and charm

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than one upon which we have turned our But not only is education much concerned backs, and through which we know the wind to day in matters pertaining to the nature of ings of the long and toilsome journey. And phychic-phenomena or mind development, but yet it need not b& so. May the thoughts and it is involved in a wider sense with the present resolutions of this hour find a happy realization complex conditions of life. Here the problems in the picture that we shall make, each one for that press in upon ns are difficult, and vary in himself, in the days and months that lie just kind and in the degree of intensity with which ahead of us. they call for solution. A quarter of a century We do well to remind ourselves of the fact, ago the educated man had little difficulty to which is itself interesting and important, that command position and a proper remuneration in these day:. of aggregated wealth and labor for his service. There was little or no com the educational industry or outfit, so to speak, petition, and doors opened to him without is the largest concern in the world. The challenge or contest largely in the direction of teachers and pupils of the schools of all grades his choice and preparation. To-day all this is and character constitute a larger army than changed. He finds himself in the midst of a ever assembled on any field of battle, and a stirring throng, all of them like himself, am greater host than all who 11re in any way em bitious, well-trained, sincere and industrious, ployed or concerned in any other business or inviting and almost coaxing for a chance to pursuit, It is likewise true of the money in. win success. Nor is real merit always re vested in the machinery of education, and the warded, for everywhere the influence of a amount that is annually expended to carry on friend counts more than a diploma or exper its operations. It this is an age of commer ience. The climb upward is a long and tedious cialism and industrialism, it is not less an age one, compared with that of our fathers for places of education. If new problems and new dis of equally relative importance. coveriei,; are co11stantly occurring in business On the other hand, the young man without and politics and statesmanship, commanding education has no chance at all in the profes• the ability and wisdom of the maturest judg sions, and even in purely industrial pursuits, ment and the ripest experience, it must also be he can not hope to rise above a mere clerical said that in the alluring and ever widening position or one requiring some form of skilled fields of educatiofl, new conditions are condi labor. To make the situation more difficult, tinually arising and testing the thought and the skilled mechanic, who has spent little or patience of those who labor here. No doubt no time and money on the development of his to the uninitiated it seems that there can be no mind, often receives a larger remuneration for new educational problems. The field has been his labor than one who has gone through the worked o long and so earnestly that nothing schools and brings to the duties of life a larger remains but to take up a given course or view of its meaning and end. system of instruction, and when that is com And yet it must be admitted that on the pleted, the work is done. Nothing can whole the trained mind has the advantage of possibly be further from the truth. The whole the skilled hand. Life should ll'ever be subject of method is constantly needing revision, measured by the standard of money or prop anJ when once we remem her the progress erty. The hardest truth with which the made in our knowledge of matter and the church and reformers have to do to-day is the processes of nature, it would be surpassingly old declaration that ''a man's life consisteth not strange if the mind with its more wonderful in the abundance of the things he possesseth." operations and possibilities had yielded its It is not what a man is worth but what he has gr~atest victories or revealed its innermost done that tells the story of his usefulness and secrds. power. The recognition of thi fundamental

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truth in our whole system of education, from that stage of it that begins in the home at the mother's knee, up through the public schools, the colleges, and the professional schools to the university, will solve many of the perplexing questions that involve the welfare of society and the nation. It is not true that American education is training a generatiou of greedy money-getters or tame-seekers. The history of education in this country shows clearly the fact that the moral side has never been neg lected, is the reason for this, more than any thing else, is that education has been carried for ward in the past mainly by the church. One of the resolutions adopted by the National Educa tional Association last July is this: ''We urge public school authorities of the country, teach ers and parents, to give strict attention to moral instruction in our schools as the true founda tion of character and citizenship." With this goal in view, the schools will do more than train the hand or fire the ambition of our youth for wealth and position. High thinking and n0ble living, as represented by those who are truly educated, will continue to claim as they have always done in the past the greatest rewards. In passing, let me refer in this connection to a new profession-the profession of philan throphy. Men and women of wealth are studying how they may most wisely dispose of their means. Have you observed how many are founding schools for the training of the hand, the head and the heart? Only :1. few months ago an editor remarked that the country was goiog mad on the founding of schools I shall not undertake to say whether he was wise or-otherwise; but there can be no mistaking the meaning- of this unparalleled pouring out of money for educational purposes of all sorts. The day has come when we are as enthusiastic over humanity as over rocks and bonds, and even in the distribution of money, men everywhere are learning that the largest dividend is redeemed manhood. In the educational world tG-day, it would not be a great task to make a list of at least a

score of questions that call forth more or less discussion. Some of these have been be queathed to us by the nineteenth century, and belong more essentially to the nature and end of education. Others come to us with our new conditions, and are the result of new ideas of American life and opportunity, such as the expansion of our territory, the increas ing development of our natural resources, and the claims of the world upon us for the spread of our religion and civilization. These prob lems, as all can see, are industrial, intellectual sociological, religious; they are personal, com munal, municipal, national, world-wide. There are two of these problems which I wish to consider as my time will permit, because I think they will more especially fit our case, and therefore attract our attention. The first is the question of shortening the college course. It is claimed by many that four years are too long a time to give to the work at which the college aims and which it actually accomplishes. This is especially true now, they say, with the_ growth of the high school and the greater importance being at~ tached to technical and professional schools of all kinds. The high school has reached such degree of efficiency both in methods of inst rue. a tion and in curricula of study that it is easily doing the work of the Freshman year in co 1lege. ~Ioreover, it is done with less private expenditure of money, and what is more • im. . portant 10 the mmcs of many, it enables th parent to keep under his watchful eye the wel~ tare of his children at le~st one year longer. Thus the college course is diminished by th· . . IS fi rst year o f trammg, under conditions . , no doubt, sometunes better than the college can affotd, and many tim s, no doubt , (a 1- i'nf,cnor. · Another tendency is sec.n to shorten the college course by allowing the professional school to do the work of the college Senior year. It is argued that the th eological sc mi nary in its three or four years' course can furnish the studies really essential to such a career, with better instruction and under con ditions far more helpful than can be done in

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college. So, also, in the schools of law, medi discipline of study, the knowledge gained by cine, and even the technical sciences. This study, and the wide and liberal choice of would leave as the distinct and legitimate work studies which the college offers. There are of the college, only the Sophomore and Junior studies the would be farmer need-;, and if he is years, and some go even further and urge that to be a clear-headed and well-informed farmer the first two years of the college should be he will get, more than he needs the prolonged done by the high school or academy. This and laborious study of language and mathe view almost eliminates the college from our matics. If the college is to exist primarily for system of education, and if it is true, there is a the training in intellect and heart of the masses, vast waste of time and energy and money. then it follows as night follows the day that it I shall not have the time to consider the must offer what the masses need and what they question in all its bearings, though it is of most desire. The college will fail of its high serious interest and concern to the friends of mission and will cease to be the people's school higher education. It must be coniessed that when it refuses to furnish what an intelligent whether we like it or do not like it, this is the aud sensible public demands. real situation, aP.d it does not take a very wise In Harvard College in 1898-'99, there were man to predict that our educational forces will 185 I students. All of these were required to receive , some new adjustments in the near take from twelve to fi 1teen hours of recitations future. As a rule people are not willing to or lectures each week. My authority says hold on to the old methods, even when they that the freedom of choice was practically abso have been tried and proved by their good re lute, and the field for its exercise exceedingly sults, when new methods are thought to be wide. Under these conditions, Harvard stu better, and savers of time and money. dents chose courses as follows: English There are weighty reasons why the college 2217, history 1832, economics 1131,:Romance should be eliminated nor neither its term of languages 944, German 681, philosophy 678, study diminished. In the first place, the col classical languages 653, chemistry 440, mathe lege is not solely for the training of men and matics 297, .fine arts 210, physics 189, and women for the professions. That was largely astronomy 108. You will notice that English its mission half a century ago. The college is far in the lead, history next, and economics graduate, it was understood, was to be a third. Is there any reason for this choice? I preacher, a lawyer, a doctor, or a teacher. In think there is, and it is to be found in the fact the evolution of our educational idea5, the that the college stands for life and the develop college has broadened its mission, and offers ment of character. These three leading stud not only the general training that is recognized ies are more closely related to life than Virgil's as essential in these vocations, but also the .tEneid or the Differential Calculus. Every training that is necessary for life of any kind, man needs these whether he expects to prac if life is valued at its highest worth. It is the tice medicine, push the plane, or drive the diffusion of education, and the higher the edu engine. He needs these in his life as a citizen, cation the better, that is to uplift the masses in his daily contact with his fellow men, in the and glorify life. In no age of the world, and broadening and elevating of his own personal certainly at no time in the history of our own character. He needs them because he is a part country, was it more necessary for men and of a community which expects him to contrib women to be clear thinkers as at the present. ute his share to the general welfare, and then: The farmer, the merchant, the manufacturer, fore to speak and to write \Veil, to know the the agent, needs depth and breadth in learning history and lessons of the past, to see clearly and culture quite as much as does the lawyer the nature of present-day problems and to take or the minister, I am now thinking about the a hand in their settlement-these are the first

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duties of every ed1,1cated man and woman. Such culture, with instruction in a wide range of subjects equally as valuable, if not so popular and personal, is pre-eminently a pro duct of the college. It takes time and pa tience. The high school has never imparted it, and as now constituted never will. No one admits that the protessional school makes of any man a scholar, or a broad, liberal, highly cultured gentleman. It docs make a man an engineer, a doctor, a chemist. With these tendencies to specialism more active than ever before, we need to insist that proper founda tions be laid, and if there must be a shortening &omewhere before the graduate or professional sthool is reached, it must be looked for in the earlier stages of the com'm on schools. We are not ready to exchange a cultured imagination, a keen intellect, a sympathetic heart, and a good conscience, for a little better professional training, or a little more profe sional knowl edge. Young men and women, you will save time at the other end, by taking more time at this. The second problem has a more univer al interest and in its wid:::r-reaching influences is probably more fundamental. Three-fourths of all the institutions of higher learning in our republic are controlled and supported by the various churches, and the question is not whether these schools are to live or die, but what is to be their charact~r. Will they con tinue to be the centers of a positive and aggres sive religious life, having great revivals and witnessing the power of the Holy Spirit to raise up men and women for the ervice of the church, or are they to be seeularized and at best half-hearted in the establishment of the kingdom of God in the hearts of men ? As r,eligi.ous schools, where are we drifting and in what harbor shall we at last find our elves? American colleges have been divided into three groups or types; first, those planted and supported by the church; second, those de pendent on the support of the private individ ual or that of ihe coll'munity; and third, those maintained wholly by public or state funds.

It is obvious at a glance that these types are not exclusive, for most church colleges are sup ported in large measure by the contributions of private persons, and in the past, at least in some sections of the country, have even re ceived some aid from the state. But the classi fication indicates a marked trend in the growth and expansion of these institutions in recent years, and if it continues to hold, the advan tage of trength and attractiveness will increas ingly favor the state institution. The large appropriations of money by congress and state legislatures for public purposes of all kinds are becoming wider each year in their scope, and even now include many features distinctly edu cational. How far this may go, and to what extent already existing- state institutions may develop in the line of popular educatio11 rather than technical or advanced only the future can answer, but there can be no question whatever that the result will be educational facilities and equipments not yet drea, , ed of. Unless our whole system is reorganized and the church is alert, there will be still greater confusion, and we hall some day wake up to the realization that the church school has lost its throne of power for good in th . tninir1 6 of our youth. There are not a few p-=ople who iw,bt that the time has co•ne when wr.: m..y hand over the whole busine s of tducatioll to the state. If education were siwply the g1 ing of instruc tion in the various branches of knowledge, or the carrying forward of ceri ,1 i11 li 11es of re search, there would be little need of these mul tiplied institutions, an<l much of the V,t. t sums of money invested in endowments an<l equip ment might be turned with gre~ter power into other cha1111d . I can see no rt:"ason why the Presbyterian church or the U,lirLJ Brethren church should erect greol buildings anJ estab lish permanent fund,, for t achi1 g v. hat men have learned concerning tl1e ch rd:t r of rocks or the habits of bugs, or even the beauty of the Greek language and fiterature, unless these are in some way connected with th building of character and the redemption of the race. Baptist and Methodist theologians may quarrel

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on the subject of baptism or communion, but I disparages the chuch school far more than the do not believe their mathematicans would have state university. A great university, sustain any dispute about the axiom that between the ed with public money and controlled by boards same two points there is one straight line, and constituted by executive and legislative auth only one. So far as I have observed, the edu ority, is not very likely to stand for a very cated preachers of all our schools and theo high grade of religious life or thought. It logical seminaries are taught that "it is I" is will be a sad day both for education and better than ''it is me." If education has for for the church when our schools lower its highest object discipline and knowledge in the standards of Christian living, and cease dependent of the ennobling of life and heart, actively to urge and persuade our youth to then for one l shall have no objection to the enter the paths of truth and rightiousness. proposition that the sooner the educational That the college of the church in America is machinery of the country is organized and thu-; endangered, I sincerely believe and am controlled by the state the better. It will frank enough to assert. The laxness that per then be done with more system and with less vades society generally with respect to morals cost. Our state institutions are growing in is <1 ccentuated in college communities and, in favor; they are the pride of the people, as they dedd, is too often condon~d by them. It has ought to be; but with all their wealth and in modified college dicipline and administration fluenc<?, can they do what the church believes to such an extent that to exercise any influence ought to be done by the higher education for or authority over the private life of the student mankind? has come to be regarded almost a tyranny. In I would not say, ex cathea1a, that the de the matter of personal conduct, we shall all nominational college will die if it yields to the agree that ''the college has the right, abstract secular promptings and tendencies of the time, and absolute, to make any demand which it but I write with promptness and with empha sees fit to make." The interpretation of that sis the conviction that it will be shorn of its right, and its application in government, strength and glory the moment it surrenders its should not, perhaps, be unalterably fixed. A position as a faithful ally of the church. Of distinguished writer says, "No college can the three types of collegs referred to a minute afford to lower its moral requi iements to please ago, the church college has the highest claim, anybody, and it can not afford to imperil its because it stands for the truth that the relation students by allowing any who followed evil between learning and religion is close and \i practices at home to indulge in them during tal. The history of education, both in ancient their college life." Another says, "The col and in modern times, is sufficient proof for lege has the right to demand of students con such a statement, and to accept any other is to duct not required in the home, if the college overlook th(' profoundest lessons of the past, has, or proposes to have, any character itself. and to doubt the final triumph of Christianity. If the student smokes, drinks or swears at There must be no breach between education home, on that very account he ought to be a~1d t~e church, and we must not let go the taught better in the college." high ideal that our schools must be positively Does it not seem that this is good sense and Christian and religious. If they are not that sound reasoning? I am persuaded that not in their aim and product, they have little to many parents would send their children, or offer as ground of appeal for the bcn <' volence consent to their going, to schools in which of Christian people. There is too much truth these things were encouraged or largely prac in the statement frequently made that the dif ticed. It young people themselves object t-0 ference between state institutions and tho13e of such restraint and oversight of their personal he church i:s nominl'l rather than real, and It affairs, let them seek institutions where man•

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hood, religious manhood, is not emphasized say the larger of these two classes, either con and required. In his recent tour through New sciously or unconsciously, by their labor bene England, President Roosevelt said many good fit mankind. While those belonging to the things, but this sentence deserves to live: second are fully aware of the fact that their in "There are great problems before us as a nation, fluence on affairs is detremental rather than but the really greatest problem is the problem beneficial. To this latter class belong all the of making better men and wo.nen of us all?" mighty chiefs of crime; Saloon O\\ ners, pro To this great task, education under Christian fessional gamblers, sharps, thieves, forgers influences must in a special way address and that most corrupt, most incorrigible, itself. There never was a time when the sharpest and meanest imitation of the Al church of Christ needed so much the strong mighty's handiwork, the Boss Politician. arm of a consecrated education as it needs it The goverment of this country is a vast af now, and never in the history of education has fair. The men required to keep it moving there been a time when the church needed to properly would constitute a small army. exercise wiser and more judicious control of Thousands of officers are filled every year by these centers of good or evil. Let us not appointment or election. In the more import make our church schools sectarian, but let us ant elections the choice of the voters is final. make them and keep them in fact as well as in In the realm of minor appointments, Civil Ser name CHRISTIAN COLLEGES, in which a broader vice reigns supreme. and grander education may be secured than But Oh ! how many times are the very words any state university can offer, and from which "People's Choice" and "Civil Service" but a the supporting denomination may continue to draw its best trained and most consecrated bitter mockery ! At how many industriial feasts where brain, workers. intellect and merit might feed, do the vile po I trust that in the hurried consideration of litical harpies swoop down and snatching up these two questions, some new thoughts have been awakened to be followed by some new the choicest viands in their filthy claws and resolutions of loyalty to the Christian college. carry it away to fatten some political favorite. The American Demagogue is thrice danger You are to be congratulated, young men and women, that an institution which exalts ous to justice, because he traffics in beginnings. culture and religious character opens its doois His seat of action is at the party caucus, and to you and bids you welcome. We are here pollmg place. Here his word is respected for again to begin a new year. Vacation is gone, the simple reason that his dupes fail to com and the opportunity comes once more to enter prehend his motives. With his bro.idcloth upon the delights of study. It may never coat, his silk hat and counterfeit 18k c'ia come again. Accept it with open hands as the monds, he is a wolf in goat's clothing. We gift of God. will not find in all the army of laborers a more indefatigable worker. His dh,tructive energy is never relaxed. Day and night from New Years to Christmas th is sly reptile glides in and out among his herd, leaving no track, LOUIS A. WEINLAND, '04 creating no disturbance, but constantly im VERY man \\.ho earns his bread by the planting in new lives the venom uf dissati:;fac sweat of his brow, in th!s broad land or tion or political hatred. His methods are other lands can be readily placed in one better known to himself than to me. Suffice of two distinct classes. it to state that a more unscru pule us scr ound Those who belong to the first and I may rel could not be found.

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OTTERBEIN .JiGIS. In campaign times when one sees a sign "Free Drink" who does not instintively know that some ward politician is at the bar con stantly taking advantage of the many half wit ted fellows who thus place themselves under obligation to him and sell their God given rights for a penny drink ? How many young and proniising minds have seen their first step to a life of dissapation and obscurity through the generosity of this monster. I say generosity; but a more bit ter sarcasm could not be uttered, for every dollar so liberally handed out by these men comes indirectly from the tax payers. The salary of elected officers is increased from time to time by the legislative assemblies to make provision for their share of the cam paign fund. It is a sad condition of affairs, indeed, when money directs the thoug .ts of men who have positions of trust in this free land, America.; when the chief e:eecutive of our republic is compeiled to respect the opinions of such men before confering positions of honor and trust upon men who posess a pound of grey matter to their ounce; where the impulses for thrift, which are implanted in man's nature for a good and legitimate purpose, must be distorted to such an extent that for a dollar a vote may be purchased; when to accomodate these charac terless mercenaries, honest men must be daily insulted by the enraging propositions of the Demagogue. Why should this be ? Why could there not be some law to imprison any man making the slightest move in this direc tion? A much better condition of affairs could be brought about I am sure if all the Political ty rants could in some way be herded together at ~ne of our sea-ports and with money in their pockets to last a natural life time, and liquor enough at their disposal to flood the state of Ohio, they were shiped to Africa or Australlia and each of them given the exclu sive charge of a family of monkies or gorillas upon which they might exercise their nefarious

schemes. We would pity the monkies but as a nation we would be rid of one of the worst curses that has ever been ir.flicted upon us. But no, the American Demagogue has come to stay, and sad as it seems, his life continues to be one of greater ease, prosperity and peace the longer he stays. His life is one of ease, because others earn his bread for him. His life is one of prosper ity because he has continually a throng of men to do his bidding. It is one of peace! Why should it not be? Others fight his battles for him, while he sits quietly at home and chuck les at the tranquility of his own life and the causes that bring it abont. The prince of peace dwells in every wicked man's heart. The richness and extent of his abode in each one varies directly as the enor mity of the crime existing there. It may be that in some, his quarters are cramped and poorly furnished, in others, larger and more commodious. But in the heart of the Ameri can Demagogue there is for his use a palace, a castle. So limitless is the corruption lodged therein, that there is ample room for the arch fend to hold his demoniac council. His guests might feed at tables spread for thousands. His departments are hung witb gaudy tapestry that will delight the most critical eye. The extent and richness of his domain are infinite. His reign is absolute and secure. Here he never needs fear successful attack, and every thing that could be conducive to comfort and convenience is found there.

Edgar Jlllen Poe BENJAMIN F. CUNNINGHAM, '03

N this day and time, when men everywhere seem to have their whole minds concen trated upon one thing and upon one thought, namely money making; when every thing seems to be turned to the accumulating of fortune, because it brings influence among men, and when so little is cared for except

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the increasing of those things that will bring this fortune: It is time to call a halt. When the aim of our college is slmply to deal with those things that are practical and more and more to eliminate everything from the co•use which does not seem to them as the practical; when the ambition of parents is to make their front yards coal mines, their flower gardens to grow potatoes, when the aesthetic side of man's nature is forgotten, is it not well for us to close our eyes to the sail ing of ships and our ears to the humming monotonous sound of machinery ? Is it not well that we should call one of our old poets, and let him take his lyre and, let him play on until we imagine that once more we are in the green meadows catching butter flies ? That once more we are in the gardens breathing the fragrance of roses and lilies ? Let him play on until we imagine that once more the barren mountain sides are filled with trees, the branches of which are filled with birds building thtir nests and caroling their songs of love. The poet whom I have asked to bnng such scenes before you is Edgar Allen Poe. Edgar Allen Poe was an artist, I mean a painter. It seems to me of all American poets his " descriptions are the grandest. But before dis cussing his works I shall admit one thing, that the practical lessons to be learned from the study of Poe are few, f<tr he deals very little with every day life. However, if picturesque scenery is anything to mortals ; if there is any good in the study ing of the beautiful, it seems to me then it must be of the greatest importance that we should not only read Edgar Allen Poe, but that we should also study him. After all is not beauty one of the greatest virtues of life? To me it is of the greatest interest to note that the great ethical Teacher and his disciples used the word,-which how ever we translate good, for example on the Mount of Transfiguration Peter said "it is beautiful for us to be here." It i:, scenes such

as these that Poe brings_ before us. Poe's poems are filkd with beauty and if we associate with his characters we are bound to be influenced to the beautiful by them. The author's descriptions are real and ideal. It matters little which he pictures they are both beautiful. They are gloomy and joyful, but still his descriptions are grand. Whether it be a wedding or a funeral, there is no differ ence, beauty reigns supreme in both. It you would ask Poe where to find the unfortunate man, he would say amidst scenes of beauty. Take his poem, "A Dream Within a Dream." I do not ask you to read it for the lesson he teaches, but rather for the pic~ure he paints. Take this kiss upon the brow, And in parting from you now, Thus much let me avow: You are not wrong who deem Tha t my days have been a dream; Yet if hope has flown away In a night or in a day, Is it therefore the less gone? All that we see or seem ls but a dream within a dream.

But it is the second stanza to which I wish to invite your at:ention. The poor 11nfortunate one is placed with the m ighty crc:u, to his right, standing- on the sh ore , \\ ith a ft. w grains of ~and i_n his hand. Th..,r,'. he is, weeping, while grams are dropping. H , r it: I stand amid the roar Of a turf-tormented shore , And I hold within my hand Grains of the golden sand! How few! yet how they creep Through my fingers LO the dt:ep While I weep, while I weep! 0 God, can I not grasp Them with a tighter cla p? 0 God, can I not save One from the pitile·s wave? Is all that we see or se~m But a dream within a dream?

This is not an exception to the rule, for how ever doleful may be his subject, still the back ground will be grand. This is true even of "The Raven." I w1·11 rea d w h en t h e raven enters,

OTTERBEIN J!GIS. Open here I flung the shutter, when, with many a flirt and flutter, In there stepped a stately raven of the saintly days of yore. Not the least obeisance made he, not a minute stopped or stayed he ; But, with mien oflord or lady, perch'ed above my cham ber doorPerched upon a bust of Pallas just above my cham½er doorPerched, and sat, and nothing more.

But to me the most beautiful picture is that of Annabel Lee. Every word seems to sug gest a picture, just as if in that one word his whole soul he poured. After many misfor tunes the poet seemed to be conquering his temptations and he was gaming prominence among the literary men when his wife was taken away by the angels, using his words. The whole poem is beautiful but I will just read the last stanza : For the moon never beams, without bringing me dreams Of the beautiful Annabel Lee; And the stars never rise, but I feel the bright eyes, Of the beautiful Annabel Lee. Aud so, all the night-tide, I lie down by the side Of my darling-my darling-my life and my bride, In the sepulchre there by the sea, In her tomb by the sounding sea.

Did I say he was an artist? I ay more; he was a mus1c1an. If the compositions of a Handel and Rubenstein are pieces of music, the poems of Poe are pieces of music. When the proper person touches the keys correspond ing to the notes, and when the proper people hear, the scene is changed to a mountain or to a valley with flowers blooming on every hand. No leis was Poe a musician. When he talks of streams you not only see water, but you hear the splashing. When he talks of winter you not only see the snow and feel the cold but everything sounds like winter. Pay if you will strict attention to this stanza: Hear the sledges with the bells Silver bells! What a world of merriment their melody foretells! How they tinkle, tinkle, tinkle, In the icy air of night! While the stars, that over sprinkle

All the heavens, seem to twinkle With a crystalline delight; Keeping time, time, time, In a sort of runic rhyme, • To the tintinnabulation that musically wells From the bells, bells, bells, bells, Bells, bells, bells, From the jingling and the tinkling of the bells.

You not only see the snow but you feel it, and you not only see bells but you hear them. See what a different scene he pictures in the next stanza; notice the difterent words he uses. Listen if you are able to detect the wedding bells. • Hear the mellow wedding bellsGolden bells! What a world of happiness their harmony foretells! Through the balmy air of night How they ring out their delight! From the molten-o-olden notes, And all in tune. What a liquid ditty floats, To the turtle-dove that listens, while she gloats On the moon! Oh, from out tbe sounding cells What a gush of euphony voluminously wells, How it swells! How it dwells On the future! How it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing Of the bells To the rhyming and the chiming of the bells.

Oh, I could spend the whole evening, read ing stanza after stanza and you would be more and more convinced that Poe is a musician. The musician sits at his itstrument and lets his fingers run lightly over the keys, and we hear the striking of keys, but as the man's soul en ters his instrument, listen to the melody. In other words the musician touches keys and there is music, Poe touches words and there is music. o poet has been more harshly criti cised and while I do not excuse him for his evil actions. I affirm that no one could write such fine music without having deep pure thoughts. To the great God who is both more just and more merciful than we. May we not hope that He will give him a place among tile singers. Methinks sitting on the

OTTERBEIN AJGIS. bank beside the stream as clear as crystal, are Edgar A. Poe and his Annabell Lee. There he is playing him music too divine to be heard by mortal ears.

Jitb1¢tics opening of each school yeor the students and alumni are interested in the make-up of the team that is to rep resent their college on the gridiron. Most of the teams over the state are already in train ing and their supporters have some knowledge of the old players who are to return and in what form the new material is showing up. Of our old line, Benner at center, Stauffer at guard, and Linhart at tackle, will be miss ing. Of the back field, Hughes at quarter and Lloyd at full, will be missing, having graduated with last year's class. One hardly dare express an opinion of the new material at so early a date. The practice having been light the men have not had a chance to display their ability as yet. How ever, there are several sturdy l 1oking fellows whose outward appearance and apparent enthusiasm are very encouraging to both coach and manager. Otterbein in the past has made an enviable reputation on the football field. It is a duty incumbent on every student that this reputa tion, which the students of former years labored so hard and under so adverse circum stances to establish, be sustained. Let every student put forth his utmost effort to revive the old spirit, which has been so characteristic of Otterbein students in the past. By so doing we shall be sure to be represented on the field by a team of which neither students nor alumni need be ashamed , and when the Thanksgiving game is played and the season ended we can all share the honors. John Shively, class of 1901, will enter Yale this year to complete his theological studies.

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Our representatives at the Geneva confer ence this year were, Elsie Lambert and Jessie Mummaw. They .report a grand and helpful conferance. The Bible Study committee will soon have the work arranged for the year. Girls let us each find a home in one of these classes, and put forth our best efforts and make our work count for much this year. The Association girls will be interested in knowing that our state secretary is Miss Clar issa Spencer. We regret very much to have lost our former secretary, Mrs. Lowry Pyle, but we are assured that a very able woman is taking her place. The first devotional meeting held by the Young Women's Christian Association, Sept ember 16, was led by the president, Miss Iva Riebel. The meeting was well attended and very helpful. We urge every girl in school to find a home in the Christian Association. The opening reception given by the Young Women's Christian Association to the new girls on Wednesdy evening was a very enjoy able affair. The time was well spent in get ting acquainted. A short welcom~ address was given by the president and a musical pro gram was rendered. Light refreshments were served.

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We expect every new man to join the As sociation. It is encouraging to note that all but a very few of the new men are active christians, There were about sixty men at the opening receptton following the first devotional meet ing of the year. Owing to difficulties which

OTTERBEIN AiGIS. have hindered the rendition of a program at other informal receptions, the committee thought it wise to dispense with the program. We regret very much that a few of our lead ing men will not be in this fall, but we find among the new men excellent material to sup ply the vacancies. We were represented at the Geneva confer ence last summer by four delagates; C. Judy, H. V. Bear, D. F. Adams and C. W. Snyder. The conference was well attended and with the exception of the cold rains was vay pleas ant. On Sept. r8, the Bible Study rally, led by Mr. Riebel, resulted in an enrollment of forty in Bible study. We hope to double this en rollment at least. Mr. McLachlin '02, of Hi ram college, who is successor to Mr. Rugh as our state secretary, was present and delivered an excelent address. Ten names were pre sented by the membership committee, and were voted in as active members. Mr. Rugh is now traveling in the middle west for the Volunteer Movement to which position he has been called for one year, after which time he will sail for China in the interest of Asso ciation work. The outlook for the association this year is very prom1smg. We have planned for a larg~r attendance and more efficient work in religious meetings. The devotional commit tee is arranging to have more thorough prcp eration on the part of leaders, and to secure outside talent for the discussion of various phases of life work. We believe that by pro viding something worthy of being heard by all the men in college, the men will come to hear it. The attenda11ce has been good, but we hope to see it better. 'Ne have planned more eiaborately for Bible study. We have arranged for a large number of classes and have organized them with a view to more defi nite work.

Jllumnals J. M. Martin has returned from a tour to Europe. Mr. Martin is a member of the class 1896. John C. Blackburn, '95, is reported as being one of the most successful attorneys of Greens burg, Pa. Miss Olive Robertson, class of 1902, has secured a position as instructor in music, at Front Royal, Va. William Lloyd, of class 1902, and Frank Oldt, of class 1901, will enter Ohio Medical University to study medicine. H . M. Kline, 'or, and C. R. Frankham, 196, enter 0. S. U. to study law, A. W. Whet stone, '02, and E. A. Sanders, '02, to study fores~ry. Miss Harriet Cormany has accepted a posi tion as instructor in music at Danville, Ohio. Miss Cormany is a graduate of music in the class of 1902. J.P. West, '97, has resigned his position as instructor in the high schools at Middleport, 0., to accept the superintendency of the schools at Waverly, 0. Rev. J. I. L. Resler, class of 1876, Presid ing Elder of Allegheny conference, has moved his family to Westerville, for the purpose of educating his sons and daughters. Among the alumni that visited Otterbein during the opening week of the term were: R. A. Longman, '96, Walter L. Barnes, '98 1 John G. Huber, '88, aud Ola Rogers, 'or. ~· H. E. Shirey, '02, is located at Lancaster, Pa., where he is superintendent of the Harris burg Divi~ion of Oder of Americus. Hollis is a hustler and knows how to deal with human nature. William Arthur Zehring, class of 1898, has been visiting colleg-e friends at this place.

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He expects to enter Harvard to study mathe matics and receive the A. B. degree from the university. The announcement of the wedding of Mr. Frank Anderson and Miss Grace Brierly is given to occur October 14.

young people have entered Otterbei~ U niver sity for the first time. This is an index to the future. Hello ! Glad to see you! Midget Ties for men at Markley's.

S. E. Shull, '98, has accepted a call to Min neapolis, Minn., where he will move his family aud take up mission work.

Well it will be a pleasure for me to assist you; and by the way, we want you in our club, best in town.

G. S. Gossard, '92, is pastor of Salem church, Baltimore, Md. This is one of the best pastoral appointments in our church.

New students have arrived from all parts of country, some coming several hundred miles to attend college.

A. C. Flick, '94, who has been a professor in Syracuse University, is now traveling in Europe. At the present time historical Italy is his headquarters. J. L. A. Barnes, '94, former pastor of the Broad Street Presbyterian church, Columbus, Ohio, is now in Germany pursuing a course in theology.

I. N. Bower, class of 1902, is owner and editor of Kingston Tribune, We understand the gentleman has been making great im provement in the paper. THE 1.EGis wishes him success.

L. S. Hendrickson, of the class of 'or, has taken un city Y. M C. A. work at Covi; .gton, Ky. This is a work for which L. S. is espe cially fitted. THE l.EG1s extends to him its b est wishes of succt-ss.

J:ocals 'When did you come ? My name is - what is yours? Fresh Lowny's Candy at Markley's. Glad to knuw you; have a room yet? The new student is in evidence on every side and it is gratifying to know, that it has

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Such were some of the expressions over heard during the first week of school. In deed it seemed natural. It is encouraging to notice that at the end of the first week more students had enrolled than during the same time last year. Captain Joe Markley, minus a mustache, has returned from Michigan, and greets the boys with his familiar smile and handshake. Subscribe for THE lEGIS and keep in touch with the news of the college. If you have friends at home send the paper to them. Only fifty cents per annnm. W. M. Gantz, a former student of 0. U., and a graduate in dentistry of 0. M. U. has bought out Mr. Wilson in the Markley block and will take possession in about three weeks. Among the visitors to 'fcsterville, during the first \\,eek of school, were, Mr. and Mrs. Karl Coons, better known as as "Sissy" Coons and Grace Miller. Coons says they have plen ty to eat and are laying up for a rainy day. Success be with them. A dinner was given at the Shaw club on Monday, Sept. 1 5, in honor of Miss Olive Robertson, by some of h e r girl friends. The affair was a very pleasant one :is Miss Robert son only stopped one ddy on her way to where he is mploy d as t a<:hcr in music,

OTTERBEIN AJGIS. The following were present; Emma Barnett, Mamie Groves, Francis Barnett, Marguerite Lambert, Catherine Barnes and Otis Flook. We hope to be able by our next issue to be gin a series of articles written by Prof. Mar tin who, during the past two years has travel ed about 30,000 miles in Canada and Europe. The Pennsylvania Otterbein association held its annual reunion and basket picnic at Oak ford Park, Greensburg, Pa., on Aug. 28, 1902. The day being a beautiful one sixty-five alumni students and friends of 0. U. gathered from all parts of the state. As nearly everybody brought a basket it was not long until all were seated at tables ladefl with the delicacies of the season. The dinner was thoroughly en joyed by all and many pleasantries were ex changed at the table. Mrs. S. U. Keister, '78, re ponded to a toast on "The Daughters

of Otterbein," Henry F. Detwiler, '78, spoke on "Reminiscence of College Life." Short talks were given by Revs. S. W. Keister, '77, 6. R. Seese, 'oo, L. Keister, W. W. Wil The following liamson and several others. officers were elected for the coming year: President, F. 0. Clements, '96, Altoona, Pa., vice pre&ident, S. R. Seese, 'oo. Johnstown; secretary, Maud Ruth, '98, Scottdale. A very helpful and suggestive letter from President Scott was read, setting forth the plans of 0. U. for the coming year. Frank Remaley, 'or, of Altoona, was appointed to receive funds from the members and friends of the associa tion to 'he used in canceling the present indebt edness of Otterbein University. Prof. Newman has taken charge of the chapel choir and will endeavor to increase the effi ciency of the chapel singing. Miss Lena G. Roling, who, on account of an accident, has been spending the summer in Westerville, will return to her work about the first of October. She has been teachin~

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ing in Prof. Wagoner's recitation room and elected their officers and appointed the various committees. They also met in the associa tion building Wednesday evening to hear the reports of committees and adopt colors and a yell.

The Freshmen have been busily engaged for the past week effecting an organization for their large class. They have held meetings in the various rooms of the college and associa tion buildings. They met last Friday even

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Along with the benefit derived in a business way, I can look back over my school days there with much pleasure and satisfaction. Very sincerely, Mrss JULIET HvsKELL.

AMERICAN SHEET STEEL COMPANY, SCOTTDALE WORKS. ScoTTDALE, PA., Aug. 7, 1902.

To Whom This May Concenz: Dear Sir-It certainly gives me great pleas ure to be able to repay in some way a part of the kindness of Prof. Parker and family to me during the time that I spent in school at Otter bein. Mr. Parker and wife are thoroughly equipped for imparting a business training to any stu dent. The manner in which the subject of Book keeping is taught is especially beneficial, it being carried on in the form of a minature business world, each student forming and carrying on a small busir.tess of his own, and buying ::md selling from each other. Prof. Parker's interest foliows each student out into the business world as far as possible and he does all he can to secure a position for each student who completes the course of study. I have an exceedingly good position in the office of the American Sheet Steel Company in my home town, and am drawing wages far above anything that I had anticipated. Tiiis of course was made possible by the training received in the Business Department of 0. U. with Mr. Parker as principal and Mrs. Parker as instructor of shorthand.

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This is to certify that I have taken the course in the Business Department of Otterbein Uni versity under the instructions of Mr. and Mrs. Parker and can truthfully say that I am more than pleased with the training received there, and the interest that the teachers take in their students. Through the effort of Mr. Parker I have obtained a good position, as do all graduates of this school, and, having the proper training, I find the work easy to u11derstand and very pleasant. The bookkeeping cource, as taught by Mr. Parker, and the course in shorthand, as taught by Mrs. Parker, are both simple and thorough, and any one who will make half an effort, can not help but sncceed. I have found them true to their word in every re~pect and hearti ly recommend the school to any one wi"liin~ to take a business training and would gladly answer any in quiries for any one enclosing stam1, for :5ame. Yours for uccess, JAMES A. DIEHL.

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partment, under the efficent management of B . E. Parker, and Mrs. Parker, has grown from an attendence of about 18 m 1899-1900 to 51 in 1901-1902 . We are glad to welcome into our midst some former students, H. V. Bear, Emma Barnett and Miss Mae Collins will graduate with this years class. Besides these there are Miss Jessie Mumma, Miss Ora Maxwell, Frank Hager and Ira Flick. \Ve hear of oth ers who are coming. Did yov ever see such a "mob" crowd into the freshmen class, more than 40 of them oc cupy the seats set apart for the freshies. And how pleased they look ! You would tl,ink they had fallen heir to a large fortune or some of the girls had propo~als of marriage from a lord or count. There they sit, perfect ly contented, singing, after the hymn anounc ed, from the depth of their hearts filling the chapel with discordant sounds. Just you

watch them some morning ; it will do you good. The citizen's lecture course, which has giv en satisfaction heretofore, will be an except ionally strong one this year. Six numbers appear on the course as fol lows; George R . Wendling, Oct. 1 5, "Un seen Realities ;" A. \V . Hawks, (or The Laughing Philospher) "People I have Met·" ' Hon. Walter M . Chandler, Nov. 20, "Trial of Jesus from a Lawyer·s Standpoint;" Lovetts Hoston Stars. Jan. 17; Chicago Glee Club Feb. 16; Patricolo Concert Cou1panp, March' 21. George R. \Vendling, whose name ap pears fir t, neeps no introduction to an Ameri can audiance, because of his famous lecture on "The Man of Galilee . Prof. Swing says, Great and powerful as Ingersol and Cook are it is a great pleasure to turn from both to hea; Wendling. He adds to great subjects e. pnre and clear style. His language, his logic, his imagination, his enunciation, his method,

OTTERBEIN AJGIS. school." Do not forget the date of this lect ure, Oct. I 5. Tickets for the full course can be had for $r.oo. Single admissions 25 and 3 Sets. Several families have moved into town this fall that the children might have the advan tage of a colleg..: education. Mrs. Kring, who moved from Pitcairn, Pa., lives with her son in the Andrus property on State street. Rev. J. I. L. Ressler, of Johnstown, Pa., moved his family into the house formerly occupied l:iy Prof. Wagoner on North State street. Mr. Ressler is one of the Presiding Elder in the Allc:gheny Conference and has his home now in Tyrone, Pa. The other one is Rev. W. W. Rymer, former pastor at Huntington, Pa., who moved his family in to the house on the corner of Winter and State streets. He has three boys in college. Mr. Rymer is the new agent for the college and we feel sure that he will serve the college well. are all of the old Everett and Channing

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Perfect trains between Columbus, Cleveland, Buffalo, Albany and New York, Dayton, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, St. Louis and Chicago. Ticket Office, 46 N. High St., Columbus, 0.

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OTTERBEIN AJGIS.

STUDENTS,,_.. . . . ._•~ You will always be treated right at our store, and you can find bfl,rtains in.

Choice Groceries, Canned Goods, Etc. ,...,..-.-YOU ARE ALWAYS WELCOME HERE.--see-.

\N. H. CHA./V\BERS,

Postoffice Corne~

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Thompson & Beaver FRESH and SALT MEATS

has a complete stock of Fall Hats on hand. The patronage of Otterbein girls solicited.

'lA/e Cater to students' Clubs WEST

547 North High St.

COLLEGE A VENUE.

COLUMBUS, OHIO

Mrs. n1ner's Old Stand.

"THE BIGGEST SENSATION EVERYWHERE."

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WASHBURN MANDOLINS AND GUITARS~

Colapsable Pocket stere.oscope Apparatus scope wltb lbe ijtronge~t optical effect. The smallest l\'i:°~itrereut colors witb rich icold and silver Htgbl Vt1u111be ntinits,) I ncludln{!' 2" V. F . .Pbot.ographij, dec•Jratious (JllO~e) PRI 'E ONLY $1.00. Senteverywbere v1ew6 of art (geu!orm ;,,.GE.. Ti:, W aN'.1.'l!:D.

•""LlLIPU1 STEREOSCOPE co.

GOLDSMITH'S MUSIC STORE

DISPATCH BUILDING,

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Are n~ed by every leading college club Let us show ~oo ~ 6 ljnest Mandolins and Gult.ar,i 'tu the wurld P ~ ave an l\8ijOrtment of Wasbburns tn stock:· Crtace1s from $15.00 up. Also tbe cheaper grades' a ogues for the asking ·

74 North High St. , COLU/IIBUS, O.

FORREST BUILDING

GROSSMltN'S

Do You Know

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IC O A L For the Best Grades and all Kinds of

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f!E most unportant Improvement or the age In the art r penmanship makes the poorest writer a splendid :i:eno ln a rew weeks by the use of t-his ring Endorsed bv :~1:ninent College Presidents and Boards of Educatiou 1n Europe and America. Sample dozen assorted sizes seut post paid ror $1.00, single R&mp,e 26c. When ordering a single ring, state whetb~r for man, wom.n, or child.

PENN MFG. SUPPLY co.

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H. L. BENNETT & CO., OPPOSITE M E. CHURCH,

S fUDENTS, SEE US OR OUR AGENT, CHAS. YOST•