Otterbein Aegis Oct 1913

OTTERBEIN TOB 1913 '

HISTORICAL UMBER

A cordial invitation to all COCHRAN HALL LADIES, also the STUDENTS of OTTERBEIN to call at HOFFlvIAN DRUG CO., STATE & COLLEGE AVE. FOR THEIR WANTS.

Ask About That $250 Motorcycle We are Giving Away

Dr. Sanders-"\Vhen I am asked whether life is worth living. I usually answer "that it depends up on the liver."

Miss Jan sen, o ut in country with 1\1iss Bascom-''! wonder why they girdled those trees. That might kill them.'' ·

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Musical Merchandise, Strings, Etc. Tuning and all kinds of Repairing done.

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Proctor- "I see that those fellows ' Kiracoffe and R o wland are workinrr at b Norris' store. Do they have job:, there?"

Shumaker (to Van Sa u n who had told a "new" joke) - '·lfs a wonder that the health officer doesn ' t gel after that one."

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TH ERE'S something away from the nrd1nary about our hat that appeals to the nappy <lrc eel young men, and that omething doesn't ju t ··hap1 en,'' there i::-; a kt of thought gi,·en to e, ery style we how in oft and tiff.

ALL $2.oo

11 new Fall Cap tyle , 50c, $1.00 and $2.00.

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Just In a Fresh Stock of Fine Bulk Chocolates

\V ill make life weeter for your elf and someone else. Try them. Then too everything needful for the toilet r for illne at Dr. Keefer's

There

Is Pleasure In Eating

Don't worry about incidental and accc orie , but go to

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Two Stores. 285 N. High-185 S. High.

Xmas Is Coming

Let u olve the o-ift problem with you. A dozen picture will make plea ing preent". l\Iake your app intment early.

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Amateur Supplies and Finishings.

The Art Floral Co.

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Will cater to your demands f r anything in fine floral cl sig·n and fresh cut flowcL at rea ·,onahle prices.

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be chosen with as much thought for its durability as for its appearance and utili .ty.

specialize in the quality kind ,,f furnishing-s for the student's r oo m o r fo r his Club house.

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Headquarters-Irwin's Shoe Store, and Gammill's Barber Shop.

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Dinner Favors and Novelties for All Occasions.

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Dr Sande r s-"Mr. Schutz, wh ich is stroger than powe r of emotion o r of in• t ell igence ?"

Schutz-"The power of intelligence.'·

Dr. Sande r s-"Give a reason for your belief "

Schutz-"If my intelligence had not been more powerful at Gambier the other day than my emotions I wo u ld have hit the Kenyon coach on the sidelines."

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South Sta t e Street

Have you noticed how dist inc ti ve the fellows look who wea~· TAILOR MADE CLOTHES? Get in that class with your winter suit. It's time to order now. See

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204 N High, Opposite Chittenden. and tell them you are from Otte rbe in-You will be treated right. S. R. WELLS , Agent.

Prices $20 to $40

Fit and Workmanship Guaranteed.

Dr. T. J. Sanders .

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Vol. XXVI WESTERVILLE, OHIO, OCTOBER, 1913 No. 2

A

Memorial

Day in the History of Otterbein University

(Dr. T. J. Sanders, '78.)

N its founrling Otterbein University began in debt! The purchase price of the Blendon Young 11Ien's Seminary-the original plant of Otterbein University-was debt!

From the beginning, because of a lack of adequate income to meet necessary expenses, and because of ever increasing demands incident to a growing institution there was a growing debt!

This condition grew apace till the debt became a mountain, an incubus, a millstone about the neck of the institution, threatening its very life. For years the supreme task of the General Agent was to float the institution -to borrow of Peter to pay Paul. By so doing the credit of the institution was kept up. But it began to be difficult to borrow of Peter. The institu tion was losing its credit and could not borrow money over its own signature. Then came the day of personal indorsement, and good friends like D. L. Rike, Henry Garst, the president and other~ loaned their credit sometimes for all they were worth, and so floated things along till this limit was reached. Some $32,000.00 in times of stress and strain had been loaned froin the endowment to the contingent fund-to say the least, a doubtful expedient-and could not be continued: the debt had become so gigantic that the annual

interest on it, which must be paid, was larger than the pay roll of the whole faculty: the credit was exhausted, and so the breakers were just ahead.

This, briefly, was the financia l condition of the university when the Board of Trustees met in June, 1893.

[Notice: I said, "financial condition," not the social, intellectual, or religious, for there was not a better school to be found. The Christian Association Building had just been completed, the first of its kind in the state and one of the first in the country, -a monument to the loyalty, devotion and christian spirit of the students; the attendance, the largest in the history of the institution, and the incomin·g Senior class numbering thirty-four candidates for bachelor degrees, also the largest in the history of the umversity-these and other things that might be mentioned go to show th~t the Spiritual Side, as opposed to the material was of the highest order and full of promise and hope.)

The President "very earnestly yet hopefully discussed the situation in his report to the board, and recommended that there be an effort to secure $100,000 in sums of $500 and upward, to mature at one time, suggesting two years as the time to fix for the accomplishment of the purpose." After thi::; had been referred to the appropriate committee, a good friend of the uni·

, r i ty a la man a re id n t f \i\ ct r illc l rnpu cd an )th r plan nam I_: t rai c ·, o ooo in < n ) car in um of llC th usand and urn rarcl. all pl ·d1 ·e · t 1 c c nclition ·<l up1 n the full um f ./ U,U()( I incr --urcd \ ithin tl11:· time 11am d-fn m the a<lj urnment f th b ard in 1 !):3 to th adj urnm nr f the in 1 DL 1n th inithl im1 ul , June 1,j 9; there wa pleclf< · cl ·l l ( U( ,. hi· \ a a o-o d b 11 innin · but b f re the end f the month th -rcat fiir ncial I ani' f that year \ er the u n tr , \\ it h the ·i <f a t rna<l and f r a time 1 aralyzed onr eff rt . But n o, emb r the ·J th there , a a Pi h p , uncil held in J hnst , rn, 1 a. Th \\ h 1 educational , r rk uf the hurch wa. fully Ii cu ·ed. in which it~ , it·d and fundamental relati n t all th acti ,i tie. f th church , a~ empha ·iz d. n f the re, mm , uncil , 1 a that th call c uncil · an 1 cl \ i mean f r th r Ii f f th ame. _\c' rdin?l.,' a c uncil for tterbein 11 · · ·alled t m et n Januar in r c ·t r ill 'I he ro 111 ho~ n f r th f 1 < un il va t 1 iet_,r I lall. The lir ·t ff rt , ra t 1 arn th real c ncli tint 1 f th uni, er i ty. '"J here wa n hul<lin o- l ack, all \ a made I ar and plain. It v~ a f und that internally th 11 n· "ra r all pr per u , that th re \\ a .. 1 I ndicl I mt an .·cell nt and o-r vino- b cly of tu len ; that th · financial manao-em nt had be n · nducted \ rith tric e on m . The a\era e annual e.·penditure f the hool. from 1 r'\ to 1 f • e. · lu i ·e f and intere ... t n clehc -a urp · · wh n the o-radc f th d ne w re n idered. o erythino- , a ati fact ry and

nc uraging. a,· th mountain f clcl t. Thi mill ·t me mu:t 1 tal-en < ff th n cl· f th in~tituti< n. l cf< re adj urning-, .,: {()()() in pl <lg;c · , r added tu the afore 111 nti ned •i'l 1( oo making· at Jtal f .•t.',ooo, Januar) 'th, l '!) 1. Ithough th panic , ''t till < n, immc liat ·1 r c iter th adj urnm nt f th • · uncil. "a canva · · bc<)"an of an inten it) u -~1 a· th ·hurch hacl ne,·er h10wn bcfur · to ccure, in nly fi · month·. th remaining .·n-2,000.

'I hi i · n t the time or pla ·e to tell th ·t 1") f that can ra · ·. \1ffi 'C i_ tu say f r th pr ·ent, that \\ hile thi:-conte ·t \\ a n in all it· in ten ity cc 111men cm nt ·am and \\ ith it the me tin:)· c f th board f tru:tee · who _ adjournment \\ ould cl ·ide th ·uccr failure f th C nte t. and \ 1 ith it , cry prubal lv th fat f the uni\' r·ity. , e ar c min:,· up n t t a fatal cla , bnt a fateful day. In Paul Pc\ re' I id \\ e read .. The fat f a nation \ a riding that ni~ht.' up 11 \\ ecln day, Jun 1:Jth, 1 'D l th fate f )tterb in ni r ·it., hung tr mhlin~{ in the balanc .

\\ h n th ommitt had .-amin d th l n it \'\! as f u n 1 th t n ed cl f r he u np 1 n f th I n< A· Plan.

Th a me ting- all 1 f()r 1 :O 1 ! m. 11 :> cha1 1 t attempt t c Jt11pl t ffc rt. .. \ h re I am? in°· t let an thcr pen 111 re facil than min . t 11 f thi · n tal I --ca ·i 11. 'I her , a a ) un; : man th r lan 1 i B t f th la.. f !)·> ,, h wa t rep rt f r th R lig·i u T 1 C)}) • and here he o·i, e th prophec that he v uld . ome da be the crreat dit r f a ~r a pa1 r in ur reat 'it_,7. 1 h ___ f lln,\ ino- i. a part f hi r p< rt t; I· '11 fr mTh 1el · pe fjune20th, 1,Jl.

Wednesday-The Great Day.

· Th enthu ia tic pen that \ rit

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these lines, still throbbing with the memory of that wonderful day, \Vednesday of commencement week, is very liable to protract unduly its description of the day's scenes. Certainly the fatefulness of those hours would justify a much lengthier account than the columns of the Telescope could accommodate. It was a day to become historic -a day that two generations hence grandsires who recall it among thei:student reminiscenes will tell their grandchildren of, glowingly and gratefully still. The acute author of th~ new church history will assuredly set it down as the day on which the Church was saved-certainly from disgrace, well-nigh as certainly from disa ter. It was one of tho e times when epochs hinge on mi1iutes, and the cour e of years is fixed in the passing of a single hour. The morning sun ro e on anxiety and apprehension; at evening it set upon rejoicing, confidence, and larger hope.

A clearer sun never looked dowr. upon a brighter day. The little coterie of leaders who had toiled so faithfully and strenuously through the desperate campaign of the past few months wa;. in early consultation. They felt t11at Otterbein's fate must be decided that day. There were great elements of hope. The mails of the previous day had brought nearly a thousand dollars. The early mail just at hand had fifty more. But counting carefully through the sub cription list. they found they yet lacked almost $6,000 of the necces sary $80,000 to clinch the pledges. 1t was determined to fill in the gap by night if possible. A mass meeting was announced for four o'clock, S. E. Kumler to preside.

During the day busy people flitted hither and thither intent on all mann~r of college business. The trustees were

in session during the morning. At half past two the Co-operative Circl~ held its annual meeting-an enthusiastic gathering, where the reports of the officers showed most excellent progress during the year past. Mrs. Sanders was re-elected to the presidency-a merited reward for her remarkablv efficient administration. The most important action taken was the rescinding of last year's resolution to refund the Circle's receipts until they reached $10,000. The significance oi this vote will appear later.

Meanwhile the alumni had elected their o.fficers, retaining Judge Shauck as president, and chosen the following gentlemen alumnal trustees for a term of three years: Geo. A. Funkhouser, G8; R. B. Moore, '83; Irvin G. Kumler, '91; Ulysses S. Martin, '92; John A. Shoemaker, '94.

The following ladies were chose,1 visitors: Mrs. Vv. P. Shrom, '71; Miss Cora McFadden, '77; Mrs. Mary N. Keister, '78.

By this time four o'clock had more than come, and a great crowd was gathered in the chapel. Chairman Kumler was in his place. The Euter · pean band, stationed in the gallery, rendered music. President Sanders was called upon and responded most feelingly; but his heart was too full to let him say much. Prof. A. B. Shauck and Fred H. Rike, of Dayton, followed in two ringing, stirring speeches. But time wa precious-too precious for even such speeches. The hour for the final effort had come. There was a pause. At length D. L. Rike, unflinching, unvarying supporter and helper of Otterbein-God bless him-got upon his feet. He had given already, he said, all he could possibly give; it was ruinous to give more, but he couldn't help it-he would be one of five to give $500 api~ce just then. A moment after

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he nc f tet iece. an l cvcra 1 me 1at. \~ J. 'hu y d ul · · 11er ( ·ift mahn~ it a r un th v fr cl im · interet qui k n rino- ann un em nt .. ·e at th de k et · l vn the atch d th f tin<, gT ne\ ul cription \\ gr etecl \ ith enthu ia tic < pplau e and hich 01 ell <l t a umc h e particularly · · 'ant gift, eith r in am nnt r in rilice i imJ lie I. , ra rec< gnizerl. '] he 1 and pr · · f 'l hur day C\ et ich th had .~p intrum nt cl a tlH 1 a • ,, I u Yu 1t e n t c u. h red fr m a ri u u re e . and and vi h d them in \ ith th gift fr m the audien .

Th mpan_) l·ne, that th c, and , aited alm t br athl ly. But they er hardly pr 1 ar cl f r an immediate den ue· m nt. Jud~p J. hauck wan c rn r f th r 111. , a c rtain man wh f r rea n 1 11 withh ld hi name, , he ·.; n te I ha\ in m hand. I h1 " hi,n tc 1 p rfe tly r p n il le. In fact, if th bli~ation i n t paid in i ·t) la.,r I \\ ill he rf ully pa r it 111 T elf. 1 he er one h Id hi brea h' Fred Rik bent rer hi.

hi V i · n w f t up .·

That audience that minut m on tr mend hat alm t r eked the

·t he held he aic.

1 hr u< ·h it all came hr akin the thun<l rinb· ton · · uf th c 11 g 11, from the thr at: < f the d liriou h· hap1., ·tudcnt ·lwute 1 truly a it n \:_ er ha I been bcf r Dut :\Ir. Kumlcr ,·a h lpin<· Ir·. ·an ler t the hig·li plati rm. ilenc c ul l ~car cl h pr cured for her ·1 ak. he t< I ) briefly f the action by which the C :perative ircle had et free their fund:, remind cl her hear r f th ··>o.00) et t b rai l.ancl nldl ul,cribin~ f r the ~ir ·le , ·2 .500 ca h an l ··> •.->Ol 111 re t be paid in t\\ o ear.;. 1 hen lung~ and hand·, and feet and the h rn verhead, an I the 1 ig 1 a .., drum ~rave them lvc - to elem m ·trati n ao-ain. " ;i\ c u a tune," cried the chairman, and the band broke into tri· urnphant march mca ure~. 11 the fl r bel 1\V men mhraccd n anc tlH r. and ,,ept on on anlth r'- .hull r:. ,. cy in the h )tl c \ a dr , and every ft. cc h n . nl r the m 11 who ha.,1 t il d mo ·t f r the r ult w r ub<lu d an I tend r. ~heer. w re pr I cl f !" anclcr~, f r '· n le am r I . L. Pike and for J hn ri:rinal a Iv cat f the u _ c ful 1 Ian and ~-i\ en , rith a r yal vill. Lut Ir D. L. Rike had 1. tl ug-ht an l a me :-;ar..; 'h amc tr the phtf rm and in a ic that em()ti n alm< t 'h h I, r alle I Iiriam '. the 1 1 c a "~' in t th {_ triumph d rl ri u1., . ' "\ u rn a) g-i human h n r t { vhc m y tl \ rill. hut it i th L rel wh , ha made p , ii 1 our cl liv ran th;_ cla_,r, ju ta ur I a he led the hil lr n f I rael thr ugh th a. nd th auclien e. in a reverent hu~ h re p nded. ".\men. men. in that ·pirit th y rent a icw minute later from that ever-m m rahle meeting.

D ar r ad r the uc e - f th imem rable <la., . a eel the Life f ur beloved Otterbein. But e are in an-

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other great effort. \Ye are rapidly approaching another cri is.

Should we fail - but we must notwe will be disgraced, dishonored, degraded in our rank to a second class college and our diplomas will not pass current in the college world. \Ve will not do the larger and better work tha , it is our duty to do so.

The time is rapidly passing; the clay

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is approaching and will not wait. This is a matter o f paramount importance.

Let all hearts be quickened, united, united in one high and holy resolve tl' do what we can to uphold the hands of our President and achieYe signal success in the month of December, then our college, made secure, will have ::i new birth and enter upon the large r life.

The Modern American Girl

(Ethel Shupe, '14.)

There is a much credited belief that the ancient, time honored customs and manners which we modern American,. have cast aside are useless and decayed. and that today carries much to admire and rejoice over. \Vhile this is unquestionably true with regard to a great many of our modern cpstoms and ideas, there is at least one phase of life in which our much reputed advancement has been degeneration. I refer to the modern ideas, ideals, and social standards which control the developement of the modern American girl.

There is no meekness in the eyes of the young girl today. She is "smart" and "amusing," but she does not bring a smile to the lips of old age nor fill the hearts of young men with a desire to protect her and screen her from aH that might hurt or contaminate. Her eyes invite and challenge. Her bearing announces too much independence.

People are proud of the girl's achievements in the classroom, her adaptability when conditions force her into factories, stores and offices. She is greeted with a smile when she elbows her way into the crowded lunch room or trolley. Stopping to analyze her pos1t10n in life, it is evident that she belongs in a class of her own, a

class in the stern working world. In preparing for this pitiles contact with the world, how little has she been taught to protect herself from evil in others, or how to flee evil in self.

What of the modern girl's musical tastes? She will beg the organist to abandon the organ for the piano, Bach and Handel for ragtime, and will soon be writhing through the Turkey Trot, Bunny Hug, or Tango Dance, stopping just long enough to be refreshed with punch having in it sufficient champagne to brighten the eye or flush the cheek. She entertains a caller with the very latest song picked up at the local department store. There is a strange fascination in the ragtime stuff. One beats time with the foot, but catch the words. How much of the e fooli h words does she understand. Perhaps she is only channerl by the rollicking tune, but wherever she goes she hears just such music. The mothers and guardians of the modern girl may blindly believe that times have changed and the girl must change with them. "Society," not mother, has played the more important part in molding the girl's character.

But perhaps the girl has no mother. She may have been deprived of parents and her life has been saddened

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and made lonesome by having no one to help her choose her companions and her amusements. The cold and busy world is not concerned in her. Let the girl who possesses father or mother appreciate her rich blessings by receiv ing parental advice.

There is the girl who feels that helping at home and learning to do house work does not amount to anything. The girl who takes up work in the big world as a wage-earner may excite the envy of the girl helping at home. But she is keeping "abreast the waves" in an effort to keep afloat, and the girl who wants to be "in the swim" is ignorant of human nature.

The home girl may think her work neither important nor interesting. She works apart from the excitement of the race, in the seclusion of. the home . There are no wages, no promotion to aspire to, and she cannot tell what she has done, or what she will be called to do next. A matrimonial career may be presupposed for her, she sees all about her the men she knew marrying stenographers, dancing teachers, sales-girls, and trained nurses. The girls who had specialized on home making were thrust into the world to shift for themselves, and the men they would have married brought home as brides girls who were industrially trong and domestically weak. It is undoubtedly not perversity in the young men, but merely propinquity.

What is the young girl wearing today? V./ e find her clothes in the stores patronized by the middle class, the prosperous folks. Here we see the split skirts, spider-web stockings, and low cut pumps with dazzling buckles and sparkling heels. Fashion has given the girl such styles, or rightly termed weapons, which cause her to become a woman long before her hour.

The attitude of Europeans toward

the American girl today occasions some surprise, but more indignation. The general idea of how the Modern American girl appears to the mass of Eur·Jpeans may perhap bring enlio-htrnen 1 not only to the deluded American public, but to the meek American parent. Perhaps to educate the parent is th,: real reform which might be effected by bringing in outside criticism of th·e daughter's personality. Those people who see her where, because ''no one knows me," she is most natural, arc more competent_ to judge her than those whose vision has been warped through near-sightedness.

The phrase "No one knows me" is apt to count as derogatory evidence in the summing up of a character. Au European diplomat gives this estimate of the American girl. ''The Americail girl is a well-groomed, assertive, totally illiterate composition of good looks and good manners. She is an evolution of all that great wealth and self-effacing parents with no grandfathers could combine to produce. vVith none of the European girl's fresh innocence, she has an ignor· ance of all affairs outside herself. She has all the hardness of a woman of the world, with none of the charm or real intelligence which cloaks most worldly women's knowledge. She i. simply the disconcerting product of hybrid civilization."

Many girls today are studying and traveling on the Continent. A large proportion of the girls are chaperoned by mothers or elder women supposedly competent to look after them. The actual amount of protection afforded by these chaperons is a questionable quantity. Not only are American girl,, impatient of all restraint or advice, but American mothers, aunts, and older friends are not always so ~onscious of their responsibility as could be desired.

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Neither they nor their charges, as a rule, have the faintest idea of European customs and institution Re· lying on their nationality to carrv them through forbidden places, they have greatly reduced their fine birth· right. It is characteristic of the American girl that she has no consciousness, no realization of others outside of I. Little is she ashamed of carrying on artistic bit of shallow flirtation with a strange Italian officer, in which he tells her that he spends each of the twenty-four shining hours in ardent adoration of her shrine, and that no infernal torture or heaYenly blisc.; could ever erase her image from his heart.

The present European idea of the \merican girl is suf-fi.ciently humiliating to prove that reform is surely worth while n9t only from an objectiw, but from a subjective point of view. \Vhile the opinion of the world counts much in the formation of character, the opinion of one's best self counts more. The American girl's unpopularity has been largely a matter of the desintegration of her own self-respect into ::i. flightiness which the genuine honesty of her nature would not consistently countenance. GiYe her something positive as a foundation for introspection, some definite quality of character on which to base the" future of her individuality, and she will make of it a finer thing than any product of flattery and superlative praise. Nothing can

he more deadening to the growth of any creature than to cry its perfection when it is a quarter of the way upon its ernlution. If these girls had any uf the true philosophy of life's severa 1 ages, or had been brought to recognize the entire superiority of seventy over seventeen, they would lose much of the arrogance for which they have been criticized, and at the same time acquire a much happier and more serene con· ception of life for themselves

Not only for the rea on of the European idea of the American girl, but above all for the reason of her own cheapened womanhood, should the ,\merican girl make use of her senses. :,.Jo girl in the world has had her advantages and her opportunities. u girl in the world has a larger share of native cleverness and clearsightedness. To have everything and then misuse it! Her future surely holds for her something finer than careless degeneration. It surely holds for her a wider influence than petty tyranny over her own country, a broader womanliness than is compassed by egotistical heedlessness. But the next decade must prove it, for her chance is vanishing, and if she does not hurry to grasp it, it will soon be out of reach. To assert something better than her independence, to raise on high something more worthy than her own conceit, is the mission of the Modern American Girl who is a True American.

The Heart of Nature

(Helen Mayne, '15.)

"Why I 'a-er beg your pardon," exclaimed the astonished boy as he looked up from his chemistry book and saw the girl he had nearly knocked down and right by the college entrance gate, too. "I really didn't see you and am orry to have been so rude."

"Oh you're pardoned," she said courteously, "I was looking at that lovely tree and didn't see you, either." The two stood looking at each other for a full half minute taking in each detail. Then the girl walked a way t J Burnett Hall. But the boy watched her disappear.

She was a girl of the western type. about medium size, with very black hair, and a clear tanned skin whose glow and richnes was very striking.

She was not especially pretty but my t what eye ! They were great big, dark brown eyes and so very frank and expressive you could ee her very soul in them. Robert Clark, for that was his name, got a demerit for being late to chemistry class, just thinking about those eyes. But he said, "\,Vell I guess it was worth it."

Robert was rather tall and broad shou ldered, had straight brown hair, very white teeth and was a manly looking boy although he ~id have a pretty big, yet firm mouth. Although he wao:; a country boy, no one would have known it save from his healthy glow and clean democratic manner. The boys all called him "Bob". Bob hacl come to college from a little country town Greenover, Conn. He had come with great desire to study medicine and do something, not merely be a doctor. Although Edwards was a large school Bob had made good on the foot-

ball team. Ilis irresistable strength and sunny smile were known throucrhout the whole school, and this was his Junior year. He was a hard worker and paid little attention to girls but he could not forget this one whom he had just met so strangely.

Edwards was a very large school situated at the outer edge of Highlancl, Mass. The buildings were set up on a hill among lovely oaks and maples. In the valley below was a little stream Silver Creek, with all the loveliness tha~ goes with such a place. The school provided for medical, law, literary, domes -• tic science, music and art courses. It was quite large and brought many students.

Beth Rogers lived in Camp Ford, Wyoming. Her life on their big ranch was quite free. Her mother had been a college girl at Edwards, but for love's sake had gone to vVyoming with Thomas Rogers. Little Beth had been taught of school and the highest ideals from her mother's lip \Vhile very young Beth showed a great liking for drawing and painting. She would say, "Oh mother, won't you show me how to draw pictures?" She drew pictures of everything she saw, sheep, cowboys, and trees. I ature and her pony were her truest friends. Beth had grown up with the great idea of going to college and learning to be an artist. \Vhen eighteen, her mother said, "The time has come for you to go to Edwards, the school of my g irlh ood. Maybe you will hear something of your Aunt Elizabeth N ea!, whom we have lost trace of for so many year . Beth wanted to go to school yet she hated to leave her western life. She begged to take her

pony, Fritz, with her and was finally given leave to do so. She and her fathe:had to ride twenty miles to get to the train. So it was, that the matron of Burnett Hall, an old friend of Beth's motlier met her at the Highland station. The girls liked Beth because of her happy frank way. She was known a~· the "girl of the golden west." She threw herself into her work wholeheartedly. Fritz kept her from getting homesick. Every day she took him and her paints and easel to the woods. Her love of nature ,vas meaning much. The teachers were amazed at her work and talent. There were prizes offered, so Beth determined to win the one for the best nature painting.

The day these two met was the first of October and the trees about the old school had on their gayest garments. Of course Deth soon found out who her new acquaintance was for the girls haci told her of him.

But try as hard as he might Bob could not meet her. He found out sh~ was Beth Rogers, an arti t from the far west.

One day Bob was walking as he was accustomed to do, along Silver Creek. Ile thought he heard a noise and looking, saw a pretty brown pony. Very near, hard at work before her easel, stood the girl he had been dreaming of and looking for. She was dre sed in a riding costume and her cheeks were flushed with the plea ure of her work. Beth turned and saw Bob. Jie thought this was his opportunity s, introduced himself. Then, Bob noticed the picture on the easel and remarked about its truth to nature They felt they knew each other better after this. The days following, Boh aw Beth quite often. She did not care much for Bob, but he was one of the kind who takes every thing for granted. At Christmas vacation Beth went home

with her roommate Nell Barclay. She staid longer than Nell on the pretense of resting. \Vhen Nell came back and Beth did not, Bob thought and thought. That evening a knock was heard at the Barclay home in Lawrence, Mass. Beth went to the door and there stood Bob. She was so surprised she almost fainted. Bob ·told her he had missed her so much and wanted her to go back to school. They talked of their work. Then Bob, well, he said, "Beth, I have been wanting to tell you for a long time. The first time and everytime I see you and when I don't, well Beth, really, I love you." His eyes were keen as he watched her. Beth wa-, silent then, "\Veil Bob I came up here to get away from you so I guess I don't love you very much. I love my art and really I don't think I want t0 see you any more." The next week found them both at school but they saw little of each other. Deth painted hard and Bob studied almost madly to help forget his trouble. One evening Nell and Beth were dressing for a party. Nell put on her pink chiffon dress, then started to light the extra gas light. The match fell on the thin dress and she was soon ablaze. Beth was frightened but thought hard. She pulled up the rug, wrapped it around Nell, smothering the flames so quickly that, the girl was hardly scorched. But Beth's hands were terribly burned. Iler suffering was intense and after a month had scarcely been relieved, the doctor said skin graft would be necesary. Beth's heroism had been heralded throughout the whole chool, so many offered themselves for her sake. But Bob was chosen because of his very healthy condition. The graft wa-; successful and Beth went back to her work after two months' suffering. The art prizes were to be awarded soon. Beth put her -picture, "The Heart of

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1 ature,'' on exhibition. This was the picture she was painting when Bub found her down by Silver Creek. The day of awarding the prize found a great crowd present. The judges annou11cec1 that tirst prize had gune to Ueth Rog-ers for the best nature painting. The crowd cheered and Beth was \·er) happy. Afterwards Bou found her and congratulated her in his happy way. This was the first time that Deth had an opportunity to thank him for helpin~ to save her life. , he really felt she owcrl him much and told ell he wasn't s J bad after all.

All the while, Doh had been making much advancement in medical lines. Ile did much original research work and was promoted to the senior hospital, an honor for a junior. Ilis greaL ambition was to some day establish a hospital of which he should be tll'~ head.

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School closed and Beth and Bob spent vacation at their homes. Then came back in the fall cager for wurk. Beth missed Dob that summer although she would not admit it.

Near the middle of September, !}oh was called to his home town on account of the sickness of an old lady. She was an eccentric maiden lady. Elizabeth N ea!, who called Bob her boy. She sent for Dob and the ductor thought it might save her life ii h~ came. The lady improved rapidly and Bob returned to college.

Beth missed Dob more and more while he was gone. She said "l have my art and the girls 'and father all(t mother's letter and what more do r want." The missing wasn't all 011 Beth's part, either. Bob certainly wa,; glad to get back.

It was the first of October and the tree were lovely in their colored garments. Bob saw Beth and said ·'Come let's walk." He thought she looked

unusually pretty in her pink linen. It brought uut the pink of her checks and bruwn oi her eyes. They went dow•1 by the uld college entrance gate. lloh laughed, "Beth, ck; you remember how we lirst met right here." They walked on almost in 'i lence seeming to under stand each other, then rambled down to Siher Creek and tarted up the path to where !Jeth painted her prize picture.

"Which way," asked Dub. "Oh, this one,'' answered lleth. Hob's face brightened and he said, "If you go tha. way, you must take me this time and always after." Beth's br0\.\'11 eye-; looked up into Bob's blue ones and he knew he had found his an,m·er. "Y cs," said Beth "we will go up this path together, just fur ·Jm,e's uwn sweet sake.' " They went up to their "heart of nature spot" and watehcd the sun set in all its glory feeling their joy wa" complete.

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\ week later, [lob recei \'Cd a telegram stating that l~lizaheth • cal had died and telling him tu cume. Jle told Beth ahuut it. "\\'hat was the name'' she asked turning pale. "Elizabeth ).'"cal," replied Bob. "\\'hy I had an aunt Elizabeth }J cal.'' !\ob described her and Beth knew she had f, 1unci her aunt. The lady's last words had been something about a "pillow." Looking. they found there a will. It stated that one half nf all her )j;J()ll,OO'l inrtune, should go t() Robert Clark fo,· use in medical wurk and the other hal1 to her niece Elizabeth Rogers, in case the said girl he found, if not, all should go to Robert Clark.

Jfoh read it to Reth and she said: "Two souls with hut a single thought, Two hearts that beat as one."

Bob answered: "Two souls with but a single fortune, Two hearts that need just one."

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A V I TAL CA M P A I GN.

In the clo ing paragraph of his hi torical article in this month's is~ue of Lhe Aegis, Dr. Sanders refers, very briefly, to the endowment campaign that is now being carried on by Pres. Clippinger. This campaign though quietly conducted, is none the less one of vital importance to Otterbein University.

As ome of our readers know Otterbein has been for many years a member of the Ohio College Association, and for some years a member of the North Central College Association. These associations have e tablished certain standards which mu t be met by all colleges which desire to hold membership therein. These standards deal with scholarship, teaching force, e'luipment, endowment etc.

Otterbein' s member hip in these associations signifies that she i:; a first class college in all res1'ects. Failure to measure up to any one of the e~tablished standards would mean ejection from the associations. To be dropped from the associations would mean that Otterbein would be forced to take her place in the ranks of second class colleges. Decent from a first class to a second class college would mean, not less efficient work, but nevertheless a disgrace, a dishonor to the college and a detraction from the present high prestige accruing to one receiYing a diploma from the college.

At a recent meeting of the Ohio College Association the fact was discov· creel that Otterbein i of very highest rank, stands far above the necessary :::tandarcls, in all points save one-that of endowment. The standard set by the associations in this field is $200,000. Here is where Otterbein is lacking she having only $100.000 endowment, and the time which has been given for the raising of the necessary additional $100,000 expires in the month of December.

What are the prospect ? The word comes from Pres Clippinger, who is rlevoting practically all of his time to this great campaig-n, that "The most that can be said is that the outlook is hopeful," but we the students ::if Otterbein have implicit faith in our leader and the sources from which he has to draw.

The Crisis is fast approaching! '\~hat will be the result? Alumni anrl friends of Otterbein the answer is yours! May you rally nobly to the support of Old Otterbein in this her hour of need.

'01. Rev. A. R. Hendrickson was appointed to the pastorate of the First United Brethren Church at Altoona, Pa. in the recent session of the Alleghany Conference. During the pasL year Mr. Hendrickson was located at Portage, Pa. where he had supervision over the erection of a new church which was dedicated on September 1i; . Much credit is due him for the manner in which he took up the work already started, and carried it through to com· pletion.

'92. Lebanon Valley College started the present year with a gain of 25% ir, the number of college students over la st year. This increase in enrollment is largely due to the energetic efforts of the president, Dr. George D. Gossard.

'10. Prof. D. L. Cornetet, of the Portsmouth, Ohio, High School, visi!ed his parents and friends in Westerville over the week end, October 10-13.

'85. Miss Tirza L. Barnes and mother spent the week end, October 5th, at Cambridge, Ohio, attending the Hom~ Coming Celebration.

'11. Mrs. Estella Gifford Weaver, 01 Johnstown, Pa. was visiting relatives and friends in \Vesterville recently.

'92. Miss Leonie Scott, is home again after having spent the summer month.,; at Lake Side.

'70. Bishop G. M. Mathews was the presiding officer of the 81st annual sessicin of Sandusky Conference, during which he delivered a series of addresses and preached the annual conference sermon.

'87. Rev. E. M. Counsellor who recently reh10ved his family from Lima, Ohio, to westerville, conducted chapel exercises, Sept. HJ.

'12. Mr. J. I-1. Flora, recently resigned the Secretaryship of the Y. M. C. A. at Newark, Ohio, to enter the insurance business. His business address is now 812 Jefferson Building, Peoria, Ill.

'98. Mrs. Anna Baker _ ewton and little son, of Terre Haute, Indiana are visit in g home and friends in vVesterville.

.'01. Rev. U. M. Roby, pastor of the U. B. Church at Barberton, Ohio, suffered a siege of sickness which confined him to his bed the latter part ei September.

'08. Rev. L. P. Cooper represented Bonebrake Theological Seminary at the sixty-ninth annual session of the St Joseph Conference, held at Waterloo, Ind. Sept. 10-14.

'08. Mr. and Mrs. Ira Barnes of \fl/ esterville are happy over the recent arrival of a baby girl.

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'97. Professor Alma Guitner, of the Department of German language and literature of Otterbein, delivered a very interesting address in Chapel on Friday, October 3rd. Prof Guitner took as her subject, "Social Spirit of Otterbein," contrasting the social life of today with that of the early students.

'13. Mrs. R. H. Brane, spent several days visiting friends in Lexington, Ohio, during the latter part of lasL week.

12. Mr. H. P. Lambert, of Andersou, Indiana, spent Sunday and Monday, October 5-6, visiting friends in vV esterville. On Monday evening he received the degrees making him a fullfledged Mason.

'60. Mr. Joseph J. Smith of Columbu :: , is suffering from a broken leg receive j in an accident caused by a runaway team. Mrs. Joseph J. Smith is a member of the class of 1860.

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10. Rev. W. A. Knapp, pastor of the U. B. Church at Buffalo, •. Y., delivered several addresses during the sessior, of Erie Conference, held at Erie, Pa., Sept. 2-7.

'87. Dr. Frank E. Miller, Prof. of mathematics at Otterbein was called to Lancaster, 0., for several days the opening week of school, on account of the illn ess of his father.

'13. Mr. C. A. McLeod, was here from Akron visiting his parents on October 10.

'08. Mr. and Mrs. G. C. Hamilton of May, West Virginia, v isited in vVesterville among frie nd s and relatives during the first few days of Octobe r

'05. Rev. C. Vv. Hendrickson, and wife visited in Westerville and Dayton for several days before entering upon his pa toral duties in Johnstown, Pa., where he has been stationed by the conference.

'78. Dr. T. J. Sanders opened the series of chapel addresses on Friday, Sept 26th by presenting a brief history of Otterbein's material progress since th•2 founding of the institution in 18-16 Dr. Sanders related in a very interes :ing manner how funds for the runnini:; expenses of the college were raised, giving bits of history not generally known to the students.

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11. Park Wineland has accepted a position on the faculty of the How,~ Military School, Howe, Indiana.

'07. Rev. S. L. Postlethwaite, has been transferred from Mt. Pleasant lJ . B. Church to the First United Brethren Church of Johnstown.

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11 -' 09. Miss Ada May Buttermore and Mr. Charles Kohler were married at North Lawrence, Ohio on Sept. 1th.

'11, '1 2, ' 13. Messrs, Frank E. vVells, Guy McFarland and L. M Troxell attended the game between Otterbein and Antioch on Saturday, October 11.

'11. Rev. L. M. Moore goes from the McComb Charge, to the U B. Church at Rising Sun, Ohio, as a result of the appointments made by the Sandusky Conference

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12. Mr. R. L. Harkins who was visiting friends in Westerville, during the opening days of school, is now living i;-J Dayton, Ohio, where he is attending the Bonebrake T h eological Seminary.

'01, '06. Dr. and Mrs. Frank Oldt and children sailed from San Francisco on October 1, on the Mongolia, of the Pacific Mail Steamship Line. They go to resume their work in China, after a year's leave of absence. Upon reaching Sip Lam the first duty of Dr. Olclt will be the supervision of the erectioH of a hospital. The Foreign Missionars Society has already procured the funds necessary for the proposed building.

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The writer was much pleased with the September number of The Spectator, published by Capital University. I ts neat, simple arrangement with its striking cover were the most notabk features. There could scarcely be an adverse criticism made regarding the literary portions of the magazine were i not for the fact that several larg~ "ad '', were placed between various articles. This detracts greatly and, although probably of quit€ a benefit to the business end of the publishing company and to certain advertiser , th-= arguments are much in favor of placin,; the "ads." on the last pages of a paper 1Pade up as is the Spectator.

The Dlack and Red, published by orthwestern College, \Vatertown, \\'is., came to us last month with quit L an elaborate cover design, including folding extension of back cover. Simplicity most often offers us real beauty. Had the cover been of a more simpl~ style and had a good cut or two appeared in the paper, in the opinion of this Sanctum, it would have presenteJ.

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'12. Mr. F. 0. Clements of Dayton, Ohio, delivered a lecture under the auspices of the Indianapolis Dental Saciety, following the monthly dinner of the society held at the Denison Hotel, of that city. In the course of his lecture. ·which has been referred to as "the most important event in the hi tory of the city," Mr. Clements insisted on "less mystery and more "common sense" in fighting the social e,·ils.

a much better appearance. The first article of length, ''Triplets," is a yery interesting story, above all things natural and true to life. No flights c+ fancy and over-gilded expressions ap· pear, thi being a thing very commoli to many college students who undertake literary work.

The first fire drill occurred Saturday e,·ening. These drills will continue to occur at any hour of the day or night.

It wa so good to haYe Sue find enough time from her ''moving" to pay us a little farewell vi it. She leaves Dayton sor;n t. l take up her "charge" in Pennsylvania.

The first change of tables has bee.1 ·made in the dining room. Some folks are pleased, but others-.

Ruth l\Iaxwell \'v'as home over Sur.day. \Vonder where patz was?

Grace Moog's father and mother made her a week encl visit.

The following were Sunday dinner guests at the Hall: Mr. and Mrs. l\Iar1.in, l\Iisses Verda Miles Ruth EldricJa-e ' b and Esther Van Buskirk, Messrs. Gilbaugh, \Vagle, Hall, Plott and Troxell.

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Sept. 1~. "The Second ~Iilc." wa,, the subject ui President • ' ewman's addres fur the meeting. 1le spuke 011 qcrificcs as being uf law uf life . \\'c :-;l10uld sacrifice in the home, brother or sister doing more than is expected of them. Professors at Otterbein arl! :-;acrificing large salaries for the Cause of Christian education. ~!any of uu:parents arc dcpriYing themsel\'es uf necessities to keep some of us in c o llege. ,\ Christian should he willing to go the second mile. The person who rommancl:.. our respect is the one who i:-- willing to go the second mile.

Sept. ~-i. 1Ir. ::\fartin, the i\thlcti, Director, brought the men an inspir ing- mcssag-c on "Enthusiasm in its Re lationship to Us and \\'c lo lt." The speaker said now is the time to kno\, and tn rerci\ e the truth. Enthusiasm is needed ll(Jt only in athletics hut in business, politics and in our Chri~tan life. l any men fail in life for lack of i:1spi ration. \\' c should direct our interest in right channels, nut to selfish ends, hut looking fun\ arcl to scn·c others. 1f our college life is to meau the most to us we must keep up ct1thusiasm in the cla<.sroom, in athletics, and abu\'e all in our spiritual life. \Ve cannot attain to our best unless we take into fellowship and follow after Jesus Christ. Prayer has won football vie tories and will inspire us onward if we li\·e close to God. Enthusia-;m in our politics and civic life, is needed hut a -;trong Christian character will keep us cheerful and lead us to find success.

On Oct. 2, Dr. ::\Iiller led the Bible

Study Rally and spoke on "The Value 1 f llihlc Study." The speaker opened his helpful address hy saying that. "\\ hcnevcr men band t o gether to help each other l feel like taking off my ha , to them.,' ' \ \' e are con ·ciou - oi our exi stance, of right, and wrong. ~le11 have been trying for centuries to soh l" the mysteries as tu how we came int,, existence and where we are going. The Bible has offered the only satisfactory solution. It is authority. Thl! lliblc is the best guide bl ok and gi\·c~ currcct information. Thousands ar,· li\·ing in peace hecause they ha vc hee11 anchored in the \\'uni of God. • ,, study in college i-; so prolitable in th e building of character and ·aving of men as nihle Study.

After the address a large number ot men enrolled for Bible Study.

The meeting on Thursday. Oct. !Ith , conducted by Prof. \ \- agoner wa-; a very interesting and helpful une. The meeting being in the interest of thl! linance committee of the association, the speaker very aptly directed his remarks to the opportunities of the mnd · ern college student on the one han,!, and the corre-;ponding responsibility of the student to the world on the 11thcr The speaker denounced the modern short cut way to the bread and butter line. \ \' e arc to be the leaders in all the varioth activities of this world, in a very brief time, so that in order to make good, the very broadest preparation is absolutely necessary. The world docs not always have to gi\'e, bu. occasi o nally asks to rccein. It is therefore nece ·sary that we learn to

give both of ourselves and our mean-,, as much as possible. At the close of the meeting a financial campaign wa-; held and over $200 were pledged by the members of the association.

The general purpose of the College .\ssociation is to dense men's lives; to develop distinct convictions upon the vital relation between religion and life. The :'.'Jorthern Light.

Y. W.C.A.

September 23. Miss Myrtle ·winterhalter, Leader. Subject, ''Lights Along the Shore."

r. r. Dli$s's "Let the Lower Lights l ' f1 " · ,e urnmg, was sung as an ope111ng piece. If the lo\\"er lights are not cared for properly, one may meet disaster. The old lighthouse keeper who never neglects his lights believes that the whole world is looking at his light5 and will know if one is neglected. So with our lives. Some one is always watching us. \Ve may think we are Ycry insignificant and not helpful tn anyone, but the little boy who continued to worship God among older men, finally influenced the life of every man present.

Our lives, as the Lower Lights, shine far enough away to influence others. \V c must not let the light shine onlv from the outside and have nothino- i~ • 0 planted within. Ships may not pass the lighthouse for <lays and it may seem useles to keep the lights burning. Dut we do not know, so it is best to keep them bright and clean.

September 30. Miss Stella Lilly, Leader. Subject, "Falling Leaves." "Falling Leaves" at once suggests the autumn time when all the fruit an i all stores are gathered in. \ Ve think 0 , the sunshine and rain which make the l recs grow, and back of it all.

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God. The tree rounded out, not thl! one-sided one, is the tree we admire. So we admire the many sided life. \V c ..1.re charmed with the bright leaves, not the dark ones. Our lives should be kept pure and bright. The tree that bears fruit is most desirable, and th,~ life that bears fruit is equally so. All winter the tree looks bare and lonesome, but there is new life deYeloping within. \Ve fail sometimes in our lives, but new strength and life may be gained if we trust in God. A healthy life will take in sunshine and be happy. The better our lives are rounded ou:, the more ways we have by which to go to God for help.

October 7. :Miss Grace Brane, Lead· er. Subject, ·'A Cup of Cold \\Tater.'· The topic may be considered as a missionary topic. Every kindness we do is a missionary act. "Whosoever shall give lo drink a cup of cold water, he shall in no wise lose his reward.'' When Jesus sent out the disciples He gave them a sermon, telling them tu baptize in his name. Some times we think that our little deeds are not recognized, but Christ says that a cup 0f cold water given in His name shall be rewarded. But we must not expect re-ward for everything we do.

A cup of cold water will revive one when he is almost gone. No one has fallen so low in sin that he may not be rescued.

October ] t Subject, "The Slough of Despond."

The leader, Miss Jamison, told th..: story of Christian's experiences up 10 the time of the Slough of Despond \Ve girls often fall into the Slough of Despond, but we call it the "blues ." \Ve ought to remember that behind each cloud there is a silver lining . The reason Christian fell into the Slougl-:

of Despond was becau e he wa· not watchino- \ here he vva g ino--he wa. reckle. s and heedle, -· \\ e mu. t watch that we 1-eep in the riaht path. There wa a tairs by \\ hich hri~.tian c _ uld have climbed out of thilotwh, but he c ul<l not see. Ju. t .-,

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i. there a way t get rid of our blue . .'omeone ha ug;e ted the remedy, "Do somethina f r omeb dy quick." \ \'hen hri, tian wa. in the I ugh, 1: wa. ··IIelp ,, who re cued him. c d i~ our Help v ho i ready to lift us out of ur de p ndency.

The U. B. people of \~ e. ten ille are h rrinning a movement to build a church. This i a n1.ttch needed ·tep and one that will prove to be of cry great benefit, both to the c llege and t wn. pe 1 Ic. At pre ent the hapel i"" beino- u:ed for a multitude of thin°·.. T'hc act of u ing the room a. a playhou e on one ni ht and a a church the ne.'"t, does not agree with the be t ideas f all f us. Be i<le in the regular rent, the ) have paid out 3 or 4 time!-en urrh to 1 uild a o-ood church, a reliable authorit~ a. ert • pecially on their part will thi action be very beneficial. \Vith the church propo ition off their hand.---, the o-ood people of the town will be more free and able to help the college alon~ and are , illino- to do o a oon a the church que tion 1 ecome settled.

The Junior had the fir t p1d1 f the year on the la t day of la. t month in the c lleg gymna ium. 1 hey had e. pecte l t haYe it in the c untry bu1 bad ,, cath r preYented. After a number f Ii -ely game h t '·dorr ' and ther eatable were erved.

n the night of the 6th, the enior. met at C k and tarted n their fir~t pu:h f the year. On hay-wagons they drove t Central C 11 o-c where the Ladie ' Aid ociety f the Presbyterian church , erYed th m \ ith an

c~-cellent chicken upper. An mm. ually good time v a reported.

erie of chapel addre n intere ting topic ha. been arran~ed. 'I'he subject , ill relate to chara teri. ti s of Otterbein and one a<ldres•' wi11 be made each Friday mornin?. At the pre ent writing t\ 'O have be n deliYered. Dr. antler. began the serie with an intere. tino- talk on 'Th i\faterial pirit f Otterbein.' I J ~,.ave a brief, but exceedino-ly intere ting hi t ry of the uni er ity expandinoup n the fact that the old chool ha~ alway too 1 firmly for Chri tian Eduation.

n the f llowing Friday, October 0, Profe.. r Guitner gave u an e -cellent tall regardino- "Th ial pmt i1t tt rbein." One intere ting thino- r~latecl wa the fact that Otterbein wa:· the fir t hool in thi. state and nc f the fir t in the nited ~'tate to bee me c -educational.

On Friday, October 10 Dr. navcly , a to peak t u on the ub j ect, "Thl\:1 ral pirit in Otterbein" but Dr. I-I twh ecretary of Forei n Mi. sionary ciety, as pre ent and the tim~ wa g·iven to him. The peaker gavt~ u a forceful and intere tno- talk which hcl l the tri te. t attention f every ne pre ent. Ile brouo-ht to our eyes and mind. the 1 eautie of nature and

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poke of the joy of Ii ing in this world and the ork we ha e to do here.

There yet remain f the erie of talk the follo in t pie

The oral pirit. The eli i u pirit. The Den minational pirit. The thletie pirit. The eademie pirit. The uture pirit.

The fir t onday · t of thi lar a n e e opho re dr er and fea ted at Hotel e Fre hmen ent r f- ere and had a od eed.

The la ele tio ult d a f llo f the ear re · ar me er ittee ildre

ecretary, Opal Gilbert. Trea urer Ethel Hill. hairman cial Committee Edna iller. ell Leader Ray Gifford. Academy. Pre ident Roth eimer. ic Pre ident Edith \ hit . cretary Trea urer e. 11 Leader

mmitt H rr illiam E an "THE CONQUEST OF CANAA n · · m · · Tarkin p n

he, like "Joe Louden'' had gotten into trouble at home, had run away, hau lost sight of his parents and friends, had closed his heart against his youth, but that if "Joe Louden" could go back and "make good," that he could do it too, and that as he listened to the tory he had made up his mind to start for the old home town that very night. And that's the reason I would rathc, tell the story of''] oe Louden," who got a bad name as a boy, who suffered every kind of hardship, who was finally reduced to the companionship of a "yellow dog" of very cosmopolitan, ancestry, but who never whimpered and who finally conquered Canaan."

A play at the theatre is interesting but how much more absorbing is the interest in hearing one man play fourteen different characters, set all the scenery and give all the stage business, without the aid of any mechanical appliances, but depending entirely upon his voice.

·'The Conquest of Canaan," has met every where with the most flattering and enthusiastic welcome. Mr. Blanb is donating his services here in order to raise funds for the varied acti\-ities yt the Public Speaking Council. On1y 300 seats will be available for this recital. You should make it a point t•i be among the fortunate ones.

The characters and setting of the play are as follows:

Joe Louden, "who got a bad name a:a boy"; Ariel Tabor, an orphan, Joe's "pal"; Mr. Henry Louden, Joe' father; Judge Martin Pike, Canaan's millionaire; Eugene Bantry, Joe's half brother, at college known as "Prigamaloo ' ; Mamie Pike, Judge Pike's daughter, in love with Eugene Bantry; Mr. Jonas Tabor, a rich bachelor, Ariel's uncle; Mr. Eskew Arp, Squire Buckalew, Cul. Flitcroft, "The Conscript Fathers"; Norbert Flitcroft, an adjunct at the

ball; Mr. Brown, clerk at the "National House''; Mike Sheehan, keeper of beaver Beach and a friend of J oe's; The Commonwealth's Attorney in the case of "The State vs. Happy Fear.·,:

The Setting.

Time-The present. Place-Canaan, a town. Seven years elapse between Acts 1 and 2; several weeks between 2 and 3.

Act I-Circumstantial Evidence. Scene 1-Enter Chorus. Scene 2Mamie Pike' ball. Scene 3-"Ye'll take the high road and I'll take the low road."

Act II-The Jury Retires. Scene 1-A Bad Penny Turns Up. Scene 2-Give a Dog a Bad Name. Scene 3-Joe's Client. Act III-The Jury Comes in. Scene 1-In the Heat of the Day. Scene 2-The Trial.

Freshman-Sophomore Declamation Contest.

ln the second week of November will be the tryout for the Freshman-Sophomore declamation contest. This is a very worthy feature of Otterbein's activities and demands the attention of every Freshman and Sophomore in the college. Let each class endeavor to have the most representatives and carry off the large prizes. The prizes are $15, $10 and $5 respectively. The final contest will be held shortly before the Thanksgiving vacation.

\Vith our entering into the National Prohibition Oratorical Association wc are naturally much interested in every phase of the prohibition question, so the Forensic Editor of the Aegis has decided to publish brief extracts on the subject from time to time.

"The University of California has struck a forward note in the training of

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tudent for modern citizen hip. \7\7ith the openin?" of the year, the department f Education launched a ne-unit lecture c ur ·e on 1 he ocial pect ,)f the Liquor Problem, to con i t i f mrte n lecture one a week on rarious pha e of the problem, with the pcrs nnel of the Ice urer compri ina pnfc. or of alifornia and tanford nivers1t1e prominent profe ional men of .. an co, and David tarr Jondan, hancellor of tanford. The our. e is open to tuden t. and citizen. hut credit i. o'iven only to tudent who attend, pa an examination on the entire couL c, and write a ] ,500 word thei c n the ubject of any lecture. The ur. e ha proved very popular, the fir. t 1 cturc being attended by 1f>2, the cond by 2f>,"5 with an average f r the first ft ve of~ 00.''

Debate Question Chosen.

fter a conference \ ith the debate re1 re entative fr m Heid Iberg and fo. kinr>·um Ile ·e the que tion for our triangular debate thi year wa. cho:en: ·· J e~ oh-ed that municipalitie · of the nited tate.' havino- a populati n f 2 Tl 000 r m re, h uld own an l perate their treet railway y tern,:-; c n titutionality conceded." ote: lt i. agreed that the alternative of muniipal m ner ip , ith private operation be e... luded from the que tion.

The date f r the try-out ha been t f r the fir t week in oveml er. " let e ery man who i intere ted in d hate try for a place on the team I r f Blank reque t that there be at lea ,t f rty men to try out. Otterbein·::pro. pect for debate were never o bri. -ht a. they are thi year.

The enrollment f mu. ic tuclent 1.ontinually increa ing. Quite a number have igned this week.

The fir. t of the \~ oman' Mu. ical Club entertainment wa 0 ·iven last Tue day e\·ening, at Mem rial Ilall. Madam L ui e Homer appeared and wa .. well recei,·ed. An unu ually laro-e number of Otterbein student and I rof e or attende 1 the concert. l\Iem rial Hall , a tilled each per on pre. ent repre. en tin a a ea on ticket. 1 here will be very few indiYidual ticket to be had thL ea on.

The Choral ociety wa organized fonday evenino-, October 13. e ,_ cnty-fiy·e or m re voices were desired, hut only fifty , ere pre ent. The deficiency in number may be accounted for by the fact that there were everal other meetin · 0 oin n at the same time, and many f the t wn people ha<l not been told of the meetina of the ociet.,. The Yalue of the horal )ciety cannot be o,·er-e timated, and th (• who can ing hould take advantage of thi. trainino- under Profe . r Dendino-er.

The Glee lub ha been partial!_' cha en. Fie t ten r. are lackino-, and n thi. ace unt a c mplete choosing could n t be made. Mc r member will be a lclecl lat r but the followin~ ha,·e been permanently cho. en.

First Tenor.

D. Bandeen, F. \V. Kelser, R. H. Huber, D an Fleming and R. \~TatL. Second Tenor.

·. E. La. h, If. ·. Plott, A. F. Blank:, a:Jd . \ ocl.

Baritone.

R. pe a.rd, 1 L Ree. e and P. F. Zuerner.

Basso.

E. E. patz, R. ._ eneff and \V. R. Huber.

FOOT - BALL SQUAD .

F OOT BALL .

This year marks a period of real foot ball spirit in Otterbein. The team itself is made up of players who arc gentlemen of the highest type. Much of this is due to the clean upright coaching of Mr. Martin and Albert A. Exendine. The team this year ha an exccpti nally good start. In the firsl place, it started well by winning over \ Vesleyan in a clean and fast game. This was followed by a hard fouo-ht game at Kenyon. Although the team did not win, it was fighting against on!:! of the best team in the state. The third game was somewhat easy but it showed how well the boys can play. Not only is every member of the team

doing his be t but the faculty and student body are doing their share in the winning of the games. In the fir,;~ place there were two hundred and twenty-five rooters at Delaware on September 27 and the rooting of those two hundred and twenty-five wa as good as We leyan' seven hundred. This wa n t the end of the rooters for the next Saturday about fifty journeyed to Kenyon to show Gambier what o-ood rooting is. The home game wawitnessed by about 300 students.

Now students and supporters of the foot ball team the season ha a gloriou start, let us all do our best to continue the work as it has been so gloriously begun.

Quarter-back Watts.

Otterbein 15. Wesleyan 6.

On September 27 Otterbein won over Ohio \Vesleyan at Delaware by a score of 15 to 6. Seven of the old men were back on Otterbein's team while only four of the \ Vesleyan veterans were back. The game was clean and hotly contested but Otterbein surpassed her opponents in every stage of the game. \Vatts and Plott for Otterbein played a great o-ame, gaining from 3 to 10 yards on every play. The punting of \Vatts wa a special feature of tht game while the line held \Vesleyan for downs.

For Wesleyan, Selby at full, proved the star. Both teams worked the forward pass neatly.

OTTERBEIN Campbell

Summary. L. E. WESLEYAN Lynch, Perry

Bailey

Weimer, Roth Weimer, Russell Herrick Elliott, Seneff Bronson, Elliott

L. T. L. G. C. R. G. R. T. R. E.

Dumm Klinger, White Beckley Harris, Powers White, Klinger Kapp, Smith, Walker Watts Q. Littich (capt.) Lingrel L. H. B. Gall, TonVelle Daub R. H. TonVelle Plott (capt) F. B. Selby Touchdowns-Plott, Camp be 11, Selby. Time of quar:ers, 12,½ and 15 !llinutes. Safety - Li t tic h. Goals kicked - Plott 1-<.eferee-Conners, Bates University. Attendance-1200. Urn pi re-Powell, 0 hi o State. Head linesman-Dixon, New York University.

Otterbein 3. Kenyon 15. ;\II \Vesterville wa surprised when on the evening of Oct. 3rd, news came that Otterbein had lost to Kenyon by a core of J 5 to 3. However this i no cause for worry as Kenyon has an exceptionally good team. In the first half the teams seemed evenly matched neither one scoring. However, in the second half Otterbein seemed to be lacking in endurance and Kenyon soon made a touchdown. Then Campbell kicked a goal from the field and i: seemed as if there would be a dos.: core, but Kenyon soon put over ahother touchdown and Tasman kicked goal.

Watts for Otterbein was the main ground gainer while Plott played a great game as defensive full back. Campbell made some sensational plays. Tasman and Kinder for Kenyon were the stars but these men are not ordinary men at football, havino- had several years experience in the Varsity game.

Summary.

O'tTERBEIN

Campbell Bailey Seneff, Counsellor Weimer, Russell

L. E. L. T. L. G. C.

KENYON

C. Kinder, Prosser Graham Oniessar, Axtell Gayer

OTTERBEIN JEGIS

Herrick, Walters R. G. Doll, Erb Learish R. T. \Vonders Bronson, Elliott R. E. Kinder W. Watts Q. Tasman (C) Lingrell L. H. Callin Daub R. H. Ludden Plott (C) F. B. Caar, Hallwood Tonchdowns - Tasman, C'lllio. Goals kicked- Tasman. Drop kick-Cam p be 11. Umpire -S wain, Williams Univ er s i t y. Referee-Prugu, Ohio Wesleyan University. Time of halves-15 and 12,½

Antioch 6. Otterbein 74 October 11th. brought another gre -:.t victory to Otterbein when we wun over Antioch on the home field by a score of 7 l to G. Otterbein took the lead at the start and made a touchdown within the tir t three minutes of play.

The entire game showed that Antioch was outclassed. In the first quarter Otterbein made two touchdowns whi l e in the second he succeeded in making four more. The first half ended with a score of 38 to 0 The econd hali started with new men r elieving \,Vatt:' and Plott Th i s seemed to have n; effect on the game for Otterbein made three more touchdowns in the third _ quarter and also three in the fourth.

Watts and P lott did great work m gaining ground. The line played well and was able to make ho les whercve 1 needed.

Campbell and E ll idtt at ends were sensational i n getting forwa r d passes .

YOUNG FE LLOWS

W h o w a nt the ne w e s t Clot he s Styles to be had look for them here , always.

\Ve are showinig many distinctly new, Fa ll S ui t Mode ls, o ur own exclusively.

Smart black and white effects-grays, na \ y and brown fabric 111 immense veriety priced

Raincoats an d Cravenet tes in dependable qualit ies and new mo de l s priced $5 to $15 . T he bi gg e s t O v erc oa t Stock in the state, sp'ecia ll y designed models for young men at

OTTERBEIN

Campbell L. E. Bailey L. T. Seneff, Roth Weimer L. G. Weimer, Russell C. Walters, Counsellor R. G. Learish R. T. Seneff, Elliott,

ANTIOCH Vanderboost Wood Riggle Pitte

Rankin Richardson R. E. Confer Bronson, Watts Q. Fess (C) Neally, Lingrell R. H. Wood Daub L. H. Day Garver, Plott (C) F. B. Jones Touchdowns-Watts 4, Plott 1, Lingrell 2, Daub 1, Bronson 3, Garver 1, Dav 1. Goals kicke<l-Plott 2. Referee-Prof. - Rosselot, Otte1 bein. Umpire-Dr. Gantz, Otterbein. Head linesman-Dr. VanBuskirk, Otterbein. Time of quarters-15 and 12.½ minutes

Bliss 6. Otterbein 2nds. 20. The second team opened their schedule by an ea y victory, Oct. 10th from Bliss Dusiness College, at Columbus. Every man played a consistent game, although Zuerner was the pr in cipal ground gainer.

A "Square Deal"

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If yo u want real dress distinction, real elegance, run in $ d $ and see the Fa ll Suits and Overcoats . . . . . . . . . . 20 an 25

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MEN'S FURNISHINGS

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A fine tr ke of bu ine i per£ rmed b) th colle e man wh determines ·i itincr our t re and ee the all Lin of WALK-OVER SHOES.

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A complete line of Onyx and Holeproof Hose.

Alexander's Bakery

Bread,

Cakes, Pi~, Jelly Rolls, Picnic Dainties.

The same old time quality-as I furnished at \V illiam's-at the new sta n d

16 E. Home St.

IT 'S SOMETHING GOOD TO EAT. IF WE SELL IT .

Next time you're hungry, come around and see u s.

WE 'RE THERE WITH THE EATS.

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Restaurant

G. M . GEIS, (Successor to M. C. Kratzer)

First Class Meals, Lunches, Cigars and Confectionery. 39 North State Street. Come in and ee our new line of

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The Vogue Shop

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Gray (at club when dumplings are brought in )-"\\'hat are those things?" .\rnold-"Those things are stewed foot-balls."

IIott-"\\'e ll I hope that \\'olfe will gn·e us a quarter (-) back wit h each one. ,,

JOHN W. FUNK, A.B., M.D.

Physician

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Office and Residence 63 West College Ave.

\ 9-JO a. m. Office Hours- 11-2 p. m. 7-8 p. m.

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Physician and Surgeon

31 W. College Ave.

Citizens Phone 110 Bell Phone 190

Dr. Snavely-"Mr. Zuerner, what would be one's first impulse upo11 striking one's fino-er with a hammer?" ''Skip"-"To curse."

DR.

W. M. GANTZ, DENTIST

Office and Residence J;') W. College Ave.

]~ell Phone 0. Citizens Phone lG7

G. H. MAYHUGH, M. D.

Office and Residence

15 East College 1\ve.

BOTH PHONES

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Dr. Snavely-"\Vell, ye::-. 1 gues~ that would be the lirst impulse of ouc accustomed to such a thing."

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Making Customers vs. Making Sales

WE LIKE TO MAKE SALES-BUT WE LIKE BETTER TO MAKE FRIENDS. WE NEVER COULD SEE THE PROFIT IN A SALE THAT COST A CUSTOMER.

WE THINK OF THIS EVERY TIME WE BUY GOODS. WE KEEP IT IN MIND EVERY TIME WE MAKE A SALE. ALL OUR SALESPEOPLE ARE TRAINED TO THE SAME POLICY.

"It is better to lose a sale than to lose a customer's confidence."

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