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HAVERFORDIAN
VOLUME XXVIII
M&.rch, 1906, Through February,
I907
IRA JACOB DODGE, 1907, Editor-in-Chief
Department Editors
SAMUEL J. GUMMERE, 1907
JAMES P. MAGILL, 1907
(ColUgt)
{Alumni)
Associate Editors
HOWARD BURTT, 1908
T.
ALFRED LOWRY. 2cl, 1909
WINTHROP SARGENT, Jr., 1908
MORRIS LONGSTRETH. 1908
Business Managers
J.
WALTER W. WHITSON, 1908
PASSMORE ELKINTON, 1908
(SubtcriptioH Dtpartmmt)
(Advtrtistng
HAVERFORD COLLEGE
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CONTENTS
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Alumni
College Notes
Alumni Banquet. February 16, 1906
Alumni Banquet. Baltimore Alumni, March
1,
15
16
February
of,
15,
1907
193
64
Dinner, Class of 1896
193
Notes
17. 42, 65, 83, 105, 124, 147, 168, 193
Presentation of New Dining Hall, S. G.
15
Spaeth, '05
Program for Alumni Day, 1906, H. S.
Annual Dinner,
New York Alumni
Drinker
Reunion. Alumni, November
Reunion, 1898
Reunion. 1906
23,
16J
108
Practises
Bill
Corrupt
(Lecture), State
Senator A. B. Roberts
40
Dryden (Lecture). LeBaron R. Briggs
67
Junior Play. Class of 1907
108
Laws of Friendship. Human and Divine.
(Lecture) Dr. Henry Churchill King.
19
Lecture by Mr. Nicholson
43
Library Lectures. 1906, Henry Churchill
King. Announcement of
19
Library Lectures. 1907, Dr. Watson, An194
nouncement of
Life of John the Baptist (Y. M. C. A.). F.
20
H. Greene
Oratorical Contest, Alunmi
84
126
H. Roswell Bates, Y. M. C. A
Through Persia (Lecture). A. V. Williams
Jaclcson
169
Commencement Exercises
1906
Alumni Banquet, Notice
Civics Department
64
147
128
168
1906
Article! —
Alaska. Arthur Crowell, '04
93
About Amending the Constitution. Hon.
188
David A. DeArmond
Appreciation of Holmes' Autocrat. An. W.
.
.
S.
178
'07
Eldridge.
Charles Roberts' Autograph Collection
College and After. A.
S.
91
176
Bolles
College Gymnasium. The, Dr. J. A. Babbitt. 132
Early History of Haverford School. Isaac
74
Collins
Educational Conditions in New Mexico,
Hiram Hodley. '56
72
Haverford of the Future. Pres. Sharpless...
3
'96
112
Heidelberg Student. A, A. F. Coca,
Joseph Gibbons Harlan, Thomas F. Wlstar.
'68
48
S
Leigh Hunt. F. R, Taylor. '06
190
Men or Money. Which? Jacob A. Riis
29
Our Library. F. B. Guramere. "72
Social Reforms True and False. Chester J.
Teller. '05
1B4
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—
Association Football
—
Awards
108. 171
66
65
171
150
IS
Cornell Trip
Harvard Game
Haverford vs. Harvard
Haverford vs. Cornell
Haverford vs. Germantown C. C
Haverford vs. Merlon C. C
Haverford vs. U. of Penna
Soccer Games
Soccer Schedule
Soccer Team Dinner
20
172
172, 194
126
67
42.
Cricket-
Awards
1st XI vs. Alumni
1st XI vs. Next XV
108
85
86
86
86
87
Haverford vs. Frankford
Haverford vs. Phlla.
Haverford vs. Germantown
Haverford vs. Moorestown
Schedule
Exchanges
86
68
—
Exchanges.
W
S.
Eldridge. '06
22,
44
Editorials
(By I. J. Dodge. '07.)
Against Proposed Operation on Barclay....
27
Annual Alumni Contest The
26
Annual Library Lectures. The
176
Caleb's Letter
Careless Usurpation of Others' Time
Concerning Policy of Haverfordian
Concerning the Resurrection of the Dead...
Conditions Conducive to Growth In Numbers
Constitution for the Haverfordian. A
End of Volume XXVIII. The
Football for the I^m of It
Football Season of 1906
Gym a Part of the Curriculum
Harmful Influence of a Word. The
Honor for a Haverford Professor
Incidental to Opening of College
ss^^s
Ill
71
45
152
70
174
178
90
129
131
110
175
89
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CONTENTS
Page
Editorials continued
—
Influence of College Men In Politics, The.
In Memory of a Great Personality
Intercollegiate Civic League, The
It Is Originality that Counts
Medicine as a Science
.
Merely a Suggestion
Musical Clubs
Musical Trip
.
110
47
174
109
Ill
90
153
127
126
148
148
149
W
Gymnasium
27
New Members of Haverford Alumni
69
46
151
Recognition for Soccer
Practical Belief In a Manifest Destiny
Question of Class Prerogative, The
Recent Library Lectures
Record of Achievement, A
Rejuvenating a good Resolution
Results of Musical Club's Trip
Soccer Season now Open, The
Student Government in Dormitories
Unappreciated Institution, An
Official
1
2
70
130
Schedule
170
Haverford vs. Lehigh
Haverford vs. Rutgers
Interschol.astic Meet
43
21
20
Inter Class Contest
Quadrangular Meet.
170
Columbia,
Princeton,
Pennsylvania, Haverford
194
47
130
25
46
Volume XXVIII
1
What Constitutes a Good Short Story
Winter's
Paoe
Haverford vs. Urslnus
Haverford vs. Medlco-ChI
Haverford vs. Johns Hopkins
Haverford vs. Trinity
Haverford vs. N. Y.
152
153
Gym Program
Illustrations
—
Cricket Team, 1906
Football Team, 1906
No. 5
No. 7
No. 5
No. 8
No. 9
Interior of Dining Hall
Meeting House. The
Soccer Team, 1906-07
FacultyNotes by Dean Barrett,
Fiction
18,
41,
63, 104.
146,
166
—
Children of the Swamp, The, J. Padln,
Dea Ex Machina. I. J. Dodge, '07
'07.
.
183
120
Fireball Sacrifice, The, R. J. Shortlidge,
7
First Mate, The, I. J. Dodge, '07
34
Grandfather Higgins' Escape, W. S. Eldridge, 07
135
Heroes and Martyrs, J. Padln, '07
141
Highland Tragedy, A. R. Scott, '06
138
Idyll of the Grove, An, R. J. Shortlidge, '06
31
In Union, Strength, T. M. Longstreth, '08... 160
Jim Clearj-. F. R. Taylor. '06
38
Laying Down of Conwell Meeting, The, F. R.
Taylor, '06
179
Mill Never Grinds, The, F.' R. Taylor
96
Minister. The, R. Scott, '06
157
Nine of Diamonds, The, J. Padln. '07
10
Outcome, The, R. J. Shortlidge, '06
51
Pity of it All. The, I. J. Dodge '07
144
Ruins of Flores Viva-s. The. J. Padln, "07
98
Through the Tears. H. Burtt. '08
162
Tito, Tup* and Don Pepe, J. Padln, '07 ...
53
Vespers, The. F. R. Taylor, '06
96
Veterans, The, F. R. Taylor. '06
78
'06
.
.
.
Miscellaneous
—
Haverford College A. A. Financial Report.
Haverford Missionary In China, A, W.
W. Comfort
Musical Club's Program
Flans for Haverford Missionary
Year's Work in T. M. C. A., R.
lidge,
Sketches
J.
.
101
192
171
105
Short-
"06
77
—
Another View of the Quality, H. Burtt, "08.
Atateka Lake, R. Scott. '06
Inside the College Library, I, J. Dodge. '07.
.
14
186
13
In the Observatory, W. S. Eldrldge. '07
14
Inspiration of Crane Mountain, R. Scott, '06 165
Mt. Ampersand at Sundown, A. Lowry, '09,
40
Pictures by the Way, Howard Burtt, '08... 186
Plain, The, J. Monroe, '06
13
Signs of Spring, T. M. Longstreth
39
12
St. David's Church, R. Scott, '06
167
Token, The, H. Burtt. '08
.
Schedule
FootballSchedule
Haverford vs. Lehigh
Haverford vs. Rutgers
Track-
43.
107
127
127
W
Haverford vs. N. Y.
Haverford vs. Wesleyan
Inter Class Contest
Sophomore-Freshman Meet
67
88
88
68
128
CONTENTS
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Vers«—
Awakening, The, J. T. Troth, '08
164
Capitol at Washington, The, J. F. Wilson.
'10
189
Conqueror, The, J. F. Wilson, '10
131
Erin's Prayer, J. T. Troth. '08
60
Femina. J. F. Wilson. '10
159
Haverford Alumni Poem, Thos. Wistar, '58 28
In der Wuste, S. G. Spaeth, '05
104
In the Dark Night. G. H. Graves. '06
165
Loved and Lost. T. H. Burgess. '58
50
Page
Prodigal, The. J. T. Troth, 'OS
Quest, The, M. O. Frost, '10
Repesussus Horatio, T. C. Desmond. '08 ...
.
Res Aetemae, T. C. Desmond, '08
Rubalyat, J. C. Thomas, '08
Sonnet, J. F. Wilson, '10
Terra Incognita. M. O. Frost. '10
Toast. A. J. F. Wilson. '10
Triolet J. T. Troth '08
Triolet! J. C.
Thomas ....................
Wintersnacht S. G. Spaeth. '05
why the Lips are Red. J. T. Troth, '08
71
140
82
9
119
175
Ill
145
82
30
33
145
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Haverford College
Volume XXVIII, No. 1.
March, 1906
CONTENTS
Editorials
12
7
Skbtchbs
Alumni Department
Faculty Department
College Department
lo
Exchange Department
22
I
Haverford of the Future
Leigh Hunt— An Appreciation
3
The Fire-Bali Sacrifice
The Nine of Diamonds
.
5
.
i8
:
DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Association Football:
D. Philips, '06
F. D. Godley, '07
H. G. Pearson, '07
C. H. Rhoads, '93
Pre«id«nt
Vice President
Secretary
J.
TreMurer
President
Manager
S. G. Nauman, '06
P. W. Brown, '07
H. Pleasants, Jr., "06
Assistant Manager
Captain
DEPARTMENTS
ADVISORY BOARD
Foot Ball:
W. Carson, '06
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
S. J.
Gummere, '07
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
E. W. Jones, '07
Captain
Gymnasium
A. C. Dickson, '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
Vice President
J.
Other Members— R. J. Shortlidge, '06;
A. N. Warner, '07
F. G. Sheldon, '06
Assistant Manager. ..W. R. Kossmaessler, '07
Captain
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
J.
D.
'07.
T. Fales, '06
Manager.
M. H. March, '07
Philips, '06; T. K. Brown, Jr., '06; R. L. Cary,
'06; W. Haines, '07 ; H. Evans, '07; I. J.
Dodge,
:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
W. Carson, '06
President
Secretary
LOGANIAN SOCIETY.
W. Carson, '06
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
P. W.
Brown, '07
DEPARTMENTS
Track:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager.....
Assistant Manager
K. Brown, Jr., '06
P. W. Brown, '07
A, K. Smiley, Jr., '06
.T.
E. R. Tatnall, '07
'06
J. D. Philips,
Captain
Cricket
Civics:
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
H. Pleasants, '06
F. R. Taylor, '06
P. Blkington, '08
,
Scientific :
R. L. Cary, '06
President
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
D. Philips, '06
A. E. Brown, 'o7
F. D. Godley, '07
B. Windle, '07
J.
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
Captain
ASSOCIATIONS.
College:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Musical:
President
Manager
Assistant Manager
Leader
J.
I. J. Dodge, '07
D. C. Baldwin, '07
Debating:
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
W. Carson, '06
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
CLASSES.
D. Philips, '06
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
W. Shoemaker, '08
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
A.N. Warner, '07
W. B. Windle, '07
S. G. Spaeth '05
Tennis:
President
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
Vice President
W. Rossmaessler, '07
Secretary-Treasurer
C. J. Teller, '05
Y. M. C. A.
President
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
A. E. Brown, '07
Vice President
Rec. Secretary
Cor. Secretary
Treasurer
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
E. Jones, '07
I.J. Dodge, '07
H. Evans '07
1906:
W. Carson
W. K. Miller
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
1907:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
190S:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
J.
R. Scott
T. Fales
H. Evans
G. H.Wood
J. N. Nicholson, Jr.
K. J. Barr
G. K. Strode
W. R. Shoemaker
C. S. Scott
J.
T. Troth
1909:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
B. E. Dwlge, Jr.
T. K. Lewis
R. L. M. Underbill
E. S. Shoemaker
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Vol. XXVIII.
Haverford,
PROPORTIONATE
Pa., March, 1906.
No. I
regret
Beginning with this issue competition
we experience upon seeing the re-
for the Haverfordian Board will be open
to
the
Editors give up their
during the
performed
duties, so ably
feel hesitayear,
we
past
do
voiume
assuming
the newlyjJQj^ 2^
tiring
Board
XXVIII
college
of
acquired editorial mantle.
We
know that we speak for the
when we voice our appreciation
of their work.
Feeling that there can
be no more sincere praise than imitation,
and being opposed to radical changes
for
men in the two lower classes.
sophomores is
called to this competition.
Contributions
may be given or sent to the editor-inand should be marked "HaverBoard Competition."
concluding
In
our brief platform we
state that arrangements have been made
whereby our exchanges from other colchief,
fordian
leges will be more accessible to readers.
unless they would very materially im-
Instead of
prove the paper, we have approved the
fordian
present
general
form
of
the
Haver-
fordian and shall limit ourselves to one
The
especial attention of the
list
all
being filed in the Haver-
Room,
as
formerly, a selected
now be found in the extreme
can
end of the north wing of the library.
or two minor changes in typography.
A proper neophitic
modesty
prev-
from giving a definite prognosis
of Vol. XXVIII under the new Board,
but we record the promise that the magazine shall receive its most conscientious
effort and attention. Apropos of this we
would remind our undergraduate read-
RECENT occurrences in the college
body have brought
ents us
all
unchecked would undermine many
Haverford traditions and our
The Question
j
unwritten system of student
of
i-
Class
Prerogative
it
..
This is the
government.
growing disregard of some
entails
men for the classes above them and the
should not be con-
decadence of the respect due to upper
other college
that interest in
a
if
ers that true success for a college paper,
like
light
to
rather grave condition of affairs, which
interests,
fined to an esoteric group, but be shared
by the college in general.
classmen.
It
is
no new sentiment cropping up
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suddenly
our midst, as the result of
either of the general lax attitude of the
but rather a condition
upper class men or the self-appreciative
which is the growth of several years and
resulting largely from carelessness.
mental attitude of the lower class men.
To avoid any ambiguity that may ex-
in
specific instances,
It is a
matter of observation that as a
ist in
the mind of anyone, we would say
three or four years of study and
that this does not imply that an individual
college life give to upper classmen a ma-
may not have good friends in any class ir
college, and we believe that when men
rule
and judgment that
those same men may have lacked when
turity of experience
practical
common
have reached their third year, respect for
a rule of
the senior class will be so ingrained in
sense that the indi-
them that no intimacy will mitigate their
they entered college; so
it
is
viduals of every class should have defer-
Nor
appreciation of class prerogative.
men in the classes above
do we for an instant mean to advise snob-
And, moreover, it is necessary
for us here at Haverford to continue to
bishness or the ignoring of lower class
ence for the
them.
maintain this sentiment among us since
it
is
the tacit basis of the whole system
of order in the college body.
Two broad causes tend to produce and
foster this sentiment of respect.
is
men. What we want to strive for is such
an understanding and respect between
the classes as will discourage rowdyism
and encourage a sane, wholesome manliness.
There
no doubt that the more important is
EVEN more than mid-vear examina-
coming class by the sophomores.
And,
second, we should place the maintenance
of personal and class integrity.
More difficult it is to analyze the causes
now
the turning point of the year, and
that they are past we look forward with
Th« Recent
more keenness to spring vaca^^jg ^^^^ j,,g ^^j^^^
^^^^^
•""ary
To be consist-
that function against it.
mark
tions, the Library Lectures
the carefully-prepared reception of an in-
events of the closing
Lectures
year.
g^^ ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^.j^j^ j^^^
ent in our argument we should advise
class,
by some
that every incoming
page we want to speak about this recent
means, be taught a proper respect
series of lectures.
for
Thanks
the prerogatives of its senior classes and
for the customs of the college, as the
to the generous
endowment,
the college authorities are able to pro-
cure the best
men available
ence.
them, and
is
own integrity in its conduct toward the
though a required one for us to hear
such men and such lectures. Especially
freshmen, dealing with a firm and force-
is
hand if necessary, in bringing unwilling ones "into the union," but being conand not laying
sistent and impartial,
themselves open to the warranted dis-
formative age when we are all more or
lack of such respect
is
a negative influ-
Then it is necessary that each succeeding sophomore class maintain its
ful
it
a
to deliver
great privilege
—
during
this true
this very
—
al-
important
less actively deciding what we shall make
of ourselves.
Dr. King's lectures were helpful in the
respect of their proteges.
highest degree, and the force of his own
Less tangible but fully as important is
a condition which seems to arise at times
personality
from the fraternizing of individuals of
the two upper classes with individuals of
the two lower.
It may arise as the result
made them inspiring.
Two of his thoughts recur to our minds
pre-eminent.
"Stay persistently
presence of the best
in
which you seek gain."
in
the
the
sphere in
The
practical
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is
ness, or in the acquisition of knowledge,
apparent, and we feel it could well be re-
that in the pursuit of these absorbing in-
membered and applied to all our inter-
terests
He also said
things
psychological value of this apothegm
ests in life.
"There is
:
they
forget
the
so-called
little
—the things that go to make up
own spiritual significance and that
great danger in over-sophistication when
their
we have lost the sense of the values of
of those dependant upon them for train-
really
We hesitate
important things."
ing and example.
to sermonize upon this because thorough
introspection
makes us
feel
certain
are not yet in sight of that shore
;
we
but
we do feel certain that this danger does
The lives of many of the philosophers and great scientists show it but
we need not look so far. All about us
we may see men so engrossed in busiexist.
;
We are glad to be able to print for
our readers part of the speech delivered
by President Sharpless at the recent
alumni banquet.
This clearly outlines
the ideals toward which Haverford is
so consistently approaching.
HAVERFORD OF THE FUTURE
(Conclusion of address by President Sharpless at the recent Alumni banquet)
THEhad
ideals
realization
which some of us have
for a long time seem nearer
than ever before, and
this
of quiet but determined loy-
fine
spirit
alty
points to better things than were
possible a few years ago.
Haverfordians
to
have
I do not wish
any cramped
views as to what our college should be.
Nothing
less
will satisfy
than a unique institution
some of us.
If
you wish to
see the direction in which the college will
develop scan below the surface the de-
velopment of the past few years. To
some of you it may seem to be mainly a
growth in numbers and in buildings. But
if so you have missed the main point.
When a college measures its standards
by numbers and buildings it is not a
great college.
If its
efforts are confined
to noisy advertising through ball games,
necessary
halls,
seairing them.
and we are gradually
We need, of course, ath-
and social opportunities and, as we
know, we have them, probably quite
as much as, in a general way, any of us
desire. At any rate we have in our location and our grounds the physical possibilities to do anything in these lines.
But
if you ask me what has been at the basis
of our recent development, the root from
which, directly and indirectly, it has proceeded, I should say that it was the quality of our teaching force, and herein lies
letic
all
the key to the future.
We must aim to have a faculty as gi )od,
man for man, as any to be found in the
upper positions of the best universities.
As you think of it this may seem to you
an audacious proposition. Would a small
college be able to command and to hold
shows, popular lectures, and
other means to attract the public without
such a faculty?
adding to its real opportunities for edu-
have gone it is solved affirmatively.
cation in its fullest sense, it is not in the
have found that some such men will stay
theatrical
line of the best
development.
as we want to go.
It is
not
We need fitting and
This is the experiment
we have been trying, and so far as we
It means more than salaries.
means favorable conditions. It means
with us.
It
We
—
—a
;
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time and opportunity for study.
It means
land.
For most
reasonable academic freedom.
It means
ahead
financially
It means meeting
demanded by that rather
exacting and difficult body of men, the
certain surroundings.
the conditions
men who are scholars.
would not wish to have it inferred
is all we want at Haverford.
I would not take many of the
I
that a scholar
scholars at our universities if
I
had the
choosing to do and could get them. We
want influential men. Of course they
places
when they get
add departments and
keep as poor as ever, or if they do not get
money, remain small because no more
students will go to them. But here we
would have a college giving the best that
could be had of education in the United
States, with
that
all
those valuable influences
come from a moderate number in
close contact with the strongest men of
the country.
We would have a college
with an atmosphere charged with intel-
—
must be scholars, but we all know there
lectual,
many variations in the ranks of
Some are imscholars as in chickens.
possible socially. They are rough, vulgar and unpleasant. Some are im-
college everyone of you, of course, would
are as
moral and social aspirations
value, but which a multitude of the careful
and thoughtful boys now
fathers
strangers to us would also value.
Num-
and conversation, which would destroy
any charms their scholarship would have.
make them what we chose.
We could
We would
take such and such only as
we wanted.
Some are weak creatures in character
\\'e
morally,
possible
preferring recreations
intellectually strong, but characterless
Some have religious con-
uninfluential.
ceptions which would militate against the
bers would trouble us no more.
would not race with anybody else.
We would use even our football games
as healthy recreations, regardless of their
We would have sport
advertising efifect.
—
Some
for
sport's
indeed,
we have
would hold that their devotion to research is dominant and that teaching and
now
—and could always win or
lose with
spirit
and
ideals of
Haverford.
influencing
young men is only a neces-
sarily evil
concomitant of the position.
All of these would cut out nine-tenths of
but if we had the
means to rake the country I am sure we
would find enough of the right sort, each
possible candidates
;
sake
as,
honor.
Such is the program for Haverford
along which we think we will work. We
see the plan clearly, \^e have finished
experimenting,
^^'e shall go ahead as
we have resources.
are needed?
How much of these
You will smile at the reck-
—to use the language of another
pointing
—would leave a luminous
less
to Haverford, and would advertise in the
One-fifth of tliis should go for buildings
best sense our college to the country.
the rest for Sioo.ooo professorships.
of which
trail
Now
it
will be done
or
late.
only a question whether this
is
—gradually or
It,
at once
— soon
of course, does not
mean
clearing out our present excellent faculty
or any striking revolution.
It
means a
policy to be lived up to whenever circum-
stances permit.
But think what it would do for the
college.
It would differentiate it immediately from any other institution in the
lars
dreamer when he says a million dolin addition to what we have now.
The
good number of
]irofessorships thus endowed would in
itself be tlie making of the new Haverford, which would be only a development
mere statement of
a
of the present Haverford.
One-half of it
should come from the sale of the land in
West Philadelphia as soon as it can be
marketed.
The other half should come
do not know whence. The sooner it
comes the sooner will arise the new conT
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ditions, on the firm organic basis of the
carrying out
olil
college,
and
principles, hnt leading in
iiient
which will nfit i)e an experiment to
its
move-
a
there never existed at any
time such an interesting circle of
literary
men, bound together by feelings
of mutual esteem and good-fellowship,
company, of
through
Charles Lamb. For a locality to have a
single man of letters were honor enough
as
that
large
but
select
a
great
which we hear
in
deal
these days of literary quiescence, but
when we realize that a little less than one
hundred years ago there existed a community of men who met together for a
pleasant evening of literary discussion,
we begin to realize in a small way what a
centre of scholarly activity was the city
of London in the year 1812.
.\round the
hospitable fireside of Charles Lamb there
met
this
assembly
numbered
which
among its members such men as Shelley,
Keats and Byron.
ists
In the line of essay-
the critical world has left us only the
name of Charles Lamb as that of a writer
of the first class, while Clarke, Talfourd
and Leigh Hunt have been allowed to go
We have, in-
down into forgetfulness.
deed, retained a liking for Hazlitt, but his
popularity
has
never
been
equal
to
Lamb's, and for some reason he does not
figure very largely in the
circle of close friends.
at times, but he
prove that quality
worth more than
is none too
is
nuniljers antl that the best
good for Ilaverfordians.
HUNT -AN APPRECIATION
LEIGH
P1-;R11A1'S
traditions
little,
familiar
He was present
seems to have enjoyed
than with Lamb and (JUier. We,
however, know and love the man best for
."^hclley
his
essays,
for he rarely
showed great
poetic gifts, and, with the notable exception of Abou
Ben Adhem, he hardly ever
rose beyond the limits of a clever and
To be sure, his sonwhich he wrote in competition with Keats and Shelley, will
bear the closest comparison with the
other two, and by no means suflfer by the
ordeal.
Yet he never rose above a certain fixed level even in his more ambitious poetic attempts.
So it is that he
must be classed with Lamb as an essayist
if he is to have any lasting hold upim our
sympathies and affections.
In the notable group of which he was
a member, he was, with the exception of
Lamb, the only one to reach old age.
Keats and Shelley lie side by side in an
Italian graveyard, the one on account of
a sickly constitution, the other drowned
in the Mediterranean
both dead when
much more might have been expected
from them. Byron also died young on
accoinit of his manner of living, and the
world is left to mourn and wonder what
might not have been expected from men
who gave such large and splendid promise in their youth, if they had been perpersistent versifier.
net on the Nile,
;
out the tale of years al-
these occasions merely as an invited guest
mitted to
and not as a regular attender.
lotted to the average
fill
ed that fireside there is none who can bet-
man.
But with
Leigh Hunt the opposite is the case he
wrote in his youth that he did not con-
ter claim our attention than
sider the cat
But of all the lesser men who frequentLeigh Hunt.
He always aspired to be a poet, and so
associated
more with Bvron, Keats and
;
and the teapot as indispen-
sable to a cheerful fireplace
;
but in his
later years, when he had brought his more
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mature mind to bear on the
subject,
he
ject, so
fell
connected with his inborn sense
back into the conventional and custom-
humor that the impression, when the
reading is over, cannot but make us smell
ary way of looking at the matter.
the aroma of his coffee, or see the leaves
The man's cheerfulness is astounding.
We know that his family conditions in
over,
ilid
to tabby, and thus
justice
full
Italy were little short of desperate.
his
Had
friend Shelley lived all would have
gone well, but at the poet's death Hunt
was thrown entirely on his own resources
and the questionable bounty of Lord
The latter was, to say the least,
Byron.
ill
at ease with a man and wife and eight
children
alone.
entirely
dependent upon him
The whole incident is one of the
most pathetic and at the same time the
drollest that
we find in the life of this
wonderful man.
But the strangest part
of
in the
bottom of his cup of tea. Morewhen w-e read Hunt we are in the
open air. We can see all around us the
commonplace beauty of an English moor,
which Hunt preferred to all the richly
colored landscapes of
Or if his
Italy.
walk leads him to an unfinished house,
the sight of the bricklayers brings to his
mind a curious old book
;
a pebble in the
path gives rise to an interesting
philosophy
or the village
:
gests one of his most
pump
bit
of
sug-
humorous essays.
No incident or object is too trivial to be
noticed, or to start a flow of thought.
of the whole aiTair is the fact that at this
Gone and
very time of absolute financial depen-
hangings of an Italian villa, and in their
dence, he was writing and sending to
place we have the cheery breakfast room
England some of his most cheerful essays and to judge the man's position
by his cotemporary productions would be
to place him as a well-fed and satisfied
on Hampstead heath, with the sun shin-
mortal
the wall a select picture, and, last and
:
in
easy, not to say affluent, cir-
There is not in Leigh Hunt
cumstances.
any of the
glorification of poverty
and
love of economical living that is
found in Elia, and yet from an outside
standpoint he is just as optimistic as the
ing in
forgotten are the
(this
is
the
luxurious
one indispensable
feature which Hunt demands for such a
room), and
at
next to the sun
window a vine, on
the
in
.
importance, a clean
and well-wooded hearth, on which blazes
with a cheeriness equal to
the
a bright
frugal
But even a rainy
day may be full of pleasure. Here the
hearth is everything, and the dampness
Lamb.
fire,
that of the sunshine.
To those who acknowledge that Leigh
of the outer world, received during the
Hunt does hold a place in their affections,
it is his quality of beautifying commonplace things, and of making an entertain-
business duties of the day, is all disposed
ing and readable
wannth.
trivial
claim.
he
is
production
from
a
subject that constitutes his chief
Charles
of by the presence of carpet slippers and
an easy chair pulled up to the congenial
"Around
Lamb says of him that
"indispensable as a fireside com-
panion," and this is, indeed, the situation
compact form. His essays
seem tedious,
nor do they have the short and unpolished form of careless or hurried preparation. All of his published works show
an appreciatio!! and interest in the subin a terse and
are never long enough to
the
radiant
fireplace,
enclosed
In a tumultuous privacy of storm."
X(ir do the advantages of more strenuous living escape him. In a charming
little essay entitled "Cricket," he praises
the merits of the game, admitting that
he
is
far too
fond of his books for his
own good.
There
is
no doubt that Leigh Hunt
belongs to a secondary class of
men of
;
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genius, men who, as
Arnold says, "have
what is true and ex-
a genuine gift for
and
cellent,
capable
therefore
are
of
emitting a life-giving stimulus, but who,
more fit "to come across a genius of this
kind and to extract his honey."
The limits of literature seem to be iron
bound and capable of no extension.
for some reason or other, have remained
Since Leigh Hunt's time so many gifted
nbscured. nay, beyond a narrow
writers and poets have
own
country,
of
can
their
in
But
all
us
circle
unknown."
recognize
the
come before the
public and demanded a place among the
world's greatest men of letters, that
we
coming upon a man
whose works are unknown to us, and of
whom we have not learned in the class-
have lost sight of all the essayists of that
room. To read a man by rule and to
know beforehand just what one ought to
these
men dreamed of; but when one is
tired
of philosophy,
get out of this or that essay lacks orig-
restful
and greatly decreases the profit.
It is this sense of newness, of freedom
to judge of a writer's merits, untrammeled by the teaching of the schoolroom,
essays
that forms one's chief pleasure in orig-
winter, and be sure of finding something
of
pleasure
inality
inal
work, and it is this that renders us
time but Lamb and Hazlitt.
Carlyle has
profounder thought than ever
us
left
it
some
read
to
is
pleasant and
of
the
cheerful
on humble, domestic affairs of
every-day life such as Leigh Hunt has
written for us. and to these we can turn
in
sorts of weather, in
all
that will
tit
both
summer and
mood and season.
F. R. Taylor, '06.
THE FIRE-BALL SACRIHCE
AT
the time
I
joined the
company
they were making a paying thing
out of the pearls gathered in Utopia, an
With aptness the place had been so named. Out
island in the Central Pacific.
of the
visited
track
of
but twice
line
steamers and
a year
by a special
all
looked to
Hanlin as one with supernatural power.
L topia,
fifty-some
was plainly manifest. Men and women
were alert for every motion he made
nor were their faces burdened any more
with
stayed any time had been driven almost
superstition with
mad with melancholia. But not so Reddy
quackery
it
Hanlin.
His had been a crazy career
at the best
;
his experience had in it data
that were world wide
in
—but mountebank
ever\-thing else, his honesty
was im-
Many a sailor had circumvented the
safeguards and precautions of
former
away a pretty
hoard of pearls, but Reddy broke that
up with marvelous rapidity. It was
agents and smuggled
scarcely a year before every native on
fear
than
with
reverence.
We
guessed he had been working on their
some of his ingenious
how and with what
we did not discover till the night of the full moon in
August last. Our ship was moored of?
I knew a little
the island at that time.
:
but just
over-mastering results
of
peccable.
told,
None of us who made the periodical trips
knew the secret of his influence, but it
was the most lonesome spot
in the world, and all our agents that had
trader,
all
the
native
lingo
had overheard two
—
aw-ful
stuff
—and
women speaking of
sacrifice and harvest of
and I gathered that was the faSo on leaving Hanlin, ostental night.
sibly to row to the ship, the mate and I
went around the promonitory that form-
the
"fire-ball
pearls,"
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We
ed the plantation bay, and then, by the
luminous coronet around his head.
help of the moonlight, landed in secret
were hidden but a few feet from him
and in a constant fret of fear of being
discovered and so breaking up the rites
which we now believed we were going to
further up the beach.
We made our
way around to a hill overlooking the
settlement of shacks and hid ourselves
in some brush near a group of palms.
The hill on which we were led gently to
the beach on the north and south of the
ridge, but directly east it broke off into
a sheer wall
some fifty feet high, at the
bottom of which large seas broke and
foamed angrily.
When the moon, obscured by thin silvery clouds that a light breeze shifted
here and there in mysterious shapes,
had nearly reached the zenith, one lone
form came up the hill along the path we
had followed. We soon distinguished
Hanlin.
On one side he carried a small
round disc and on the other a can. Over
one shoulder hung, as near as we could
judge, some sort of net. He parted the
brush and then hurried along a hidden
path. After a few moments we saw him
climb one of the palms, and, most astonishingly to us, lug the disc, now gleaming with phosphorescent light, up with
him. He lodged it deep in the shade of
see.
Hanlin uttered a loud wail like to that
of the asolian harp he had strung in the
and
tree,
after the space of three min-
utes one figure ascended the
hill
with
slow, springing steps, and at short intervals giving an answering wail to the
soundings from the palms.
The figure
proved to be a woman.
She kneeled and
bowed to the supernal palm, and begged
to be spared. .A.s she arose Hanlin, standing behind her, with a jerk of his wrist
slipped a card into the air that,
boom-
erang like, fell at the woman's feet as if
shot from the disc
in
the tree above.
Eagerly she snatched it and carried it to
The fatal lot had
With a most piteous whimper she knelt and bowed to the palms
again and returned down the hill with
the same slow, rhythmic swinging to
him to be interpreted.
missed her.
her body, and the recurrent moanings in
answer to the wind-swept harp.
the tree, facing the ocean, and descend-
Eight times each of eight women as-
Up he went in the next one, and
cended the hill to learn the cast of fate,
ed.
when he reached
the top
moved back
and forth from one branch to another
and came down. The breeze seemed to
change on that instant and out of the
palm tree came a mournful sighing that
now sank to a whisper and again swelled
Then, too, and with
to a dismal wail.
a similarity to the clouded
moon that
almost immersed us, the disc loomed up
with uncertain yellow light that glowed
and dimmed in miniature ripples like a
field of golden grain before the summer
But to the ninth the interpreter
made no answer.
He
of the
fire-hall
waited in silence a moment, then carried
the card the
woman had given him to
the edge of the rocks and cast it in.
The
sank to the earth
and
ill-falcd
victim
bowed her head, but not a sound did she
utter. Hanlin took the band from around
liis head and waved it in the air.
Then
came up the hill fifty men and women,
wailing piteously in answer to the wailing of the night wind in the palms. They
winds.
Hanlin himself was now standing before the palms on the open
whimpered thanksgiving and descended
again.
flat
over-
looking the sea, and evidently waiting.
He was fantastically garbed and wore a
formed a silent circle aroutul the sitting
woman, leaving an opening toward the
sea.
falter,
Slowly she arose, and without one
stepped to the
1)rink.
The harp
:
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
iK'gaii its
uailings again, but louder still
woman.
fell
the fire-ball
lin
sacrifice
had
removed
all
and
was the honest
R. J. S., '06.
traces of the rites
This
left in silence.
charlatan.
i
Res Aeternae
Nineveh boasted of grandeur perpetual,
Carthage her widespreading commerce and pride
Greece of her valor and wealth intellectual,
Yet all in the roll of the ages have died.
Babylon laughed at the Deity scornfully,
Rome, drunk with power, grew haughty and bold
Out from their ruins the echoes sound mournfully,
" Things that eternal are, never grow old."
;
;
Where are the dreams that our ancestors cherished,
Dreams of magnificence, glory and power ?
Gone as the breath that they breathed has perished,
Vanished forever like things of an hour
1
Corinth, the waves of the quiet Aegean,
Image the stars that looked down on thy fall
And the streets once trod by the feet of armies
;
Now bloom with the roses that grow on thy wall
Thebes no longer exists but in storj-,
The splendor of Athens was but a day's sun
;
And the captains that marshalled their legions to glory,
Have mouldered to dust like the trophies they won.
Gone are the towers of Tyre and of Sidon,
Now otily names that the poets employ
;
Gone are their rulers, faded like memories.
Or the last gleam of sunshine that shone upon Troy
Over the nations of haughty dominion,
The tide of vengeful destruction has rolled
By the long course of the ages is written.
Brightly and clearly, in characters bold
*"
palm,
They leaped
below Hanlin scattered a shower of pearls
into the air;
in the
to the rocks
who broke from the circle and ran to the
together, and as they
been answered by the god
The miserable group wailed again, and
as they swung down the hill the mate
and I sat dumbly by and watched. Han-
there arose a shriek from one of the men,
side of the fated
9
;
;
The God of Hosts is a God of Judgment
Live by His will! Ere His wrath, uncontrolled.
Smite thee to death and He crieth
Ye perish
My laws are eternal and never grow old.' "
;
'
;
T.C.D., '08.
a
THE NINE OF DIAMONDS
THE medium looked
and
late the
wise for a min-
then began to re-
ute or two,
following story:
swamp. At last I came to a place where
ground rises considerably above the
the
of the coast.
level
About five years ago
had a very
strange experience.
I was sitting one
evening in my study reading the "Revelations from the Spiritual World." All
of a sudden I heard three loud raps, as
if someone had struck upon the zinccovered roof with a hammer. I looked
up and listened.
A full minute must
have elapsed before I heard a faint noise
coming from the door. Just as I turned
my eyes to see what it was a strong
draught of cool air rushed in, and the
lamp was put out. How long it was
before I recovered enough to strike a
match I could not tell you. It may have
been ten minutes. I groped around in
the darkness and shut the door. Then
I lit the lamp.
The light from the lamp
fell square upon a piece of paper
upon
which the following words were written
in a scrawly hand
"Come to the gambler's house at once.
Peace be with
I
In the distance
I
Something tugged at my heart, and I knew
that I was near the dread place.
With
eyes focused upon that distant light, I
caught sight of a flickering light.
walked on, unmindful of dangers.
Sud-
The pain,
denly I ran into a sand bank.
as the thorns of a prickly pear plant bur-
my hands, was noth-
ied themselves in
ing compared to the sensation which
I
felt
when a band of sea birds rose from
the
bank and flew all around me. flap-
ping their wings and uttering an angry
"kiah
I
kiah !"
\Mth
bleeding
disentangled myself.
Leaving
kiah
!
hands
!
the last dunes behind,
I
turned to the
and walked upon a beaten path.
a whirl the band of black birds
flew over my head again and disappeared
left
With
ominous
distance, uttering their
the
in
"kiah! kiah! kiah!"
At last
:
reached the house.
I
.-\n
old
negro woman stood at the door, holding
Nodding, she
a candle in her hands.
You can imagine my surprise at
Had a brother
from the other world come to visit me?
a large, square
Why should
I go out so late at night?
Rut it was an absolute command. As a
bed lay a
man with glazy eyes and an
emaciated
face.
medium I could not disobey.
The gambler's house at midnight—
tough task,
assure you
The stretch
portrait
between the coast and the edge
of the swamp where that man lived is a
table,
crooked palms rise
there
you."
reading those words.
I
!
of land
desolate place.
Tall,
here and there.
At night, when the sea
the
room.
tlie
prickly pear,
was
bunches of
chairs
the
path every-
was bare.
Wild vines and thorny cactus
where.
grow pell null in the soft sand. Through
a
medicine
bottles.
burning piece
at
and
of
cotton.
was a pack of
under the cards a dollar bill.
these
for
with
intercejjt
hung a
bedside stood a small
with
Xe.xt to the saucer there
Except
Banks
the bed
Floating in a saucer full of cocoanut oil
cards, and
crowned
Over
L5y the
loaded
branches, making doleful noises.
sands,
room.
which was completely lit up by
light of a lamp in a corner of
breeze blows they rock their shrouded
of
me into
On a very plain
silently led the way, and ushered
a
things,
padded
a
rocker,
couple
the
of
room
The man in the bed looked
me a long time.
Then, raising him-
this waste, following a
winding path,
I
un his elbows, he almost shrieked:
"They are all around. Can't you drive
made my way toward
the edge of the
them awav ?" and sank back into his pil-
self
;
!
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II
lows. He pointed toward tlic small table
and muttered something unintelligible.
The negro woman walked over, took
the dollar from under the cards, and
handed it to me, saying: "Pray for him
and return to-morrow at midnight."
nie.
Then she ushered me out.
had not gone a hundred yards when I
found my way blocked by a hedge of
'"malla" and wild vine. Had I taken the
*
I
*
*
rose late the following morning. The
started once more, with a
I
The night was not as dark as
had been upon the two previous occasions
a few stars twinkled above and
venture.
it
—
lessened the terrors of the darkness.
events of the previous night nished back
wrong path?
to my mind. Had it been a dream ? No
my hands bore the marks of the prickly
pear.
I jumped out of bed and sought
my pocketbook eagerly. If the dollar bill
was in it, then it was no dream. With
trembling hands I opened it soul of my
soul instead of the bill I found one of
the cards which I had seen upon the
to the right
swamp beyond.
gambler's table the evening before.
of
—
!
turned
it
— was the nine of
over
it
I
dia-
What mystery was this? Had
that woman given me a card when I
thought she was giving me a dollar?
monds.
All that day a vague uneasiness swept
over me.
I
myself
promised
that
possessed
of
unconquerable desire
an
to return to the gambler's house.
before midnight
I
started
Just
and began to
walk hurriedly. As I reached the path
which leads to the house the same ominous "kiah kiah kiah'!" of the evening
I
thought not.
I
I
I
turned
and walked rapidly until
nearly ran into another sand bank.
I
Had
lost the path again ? It seemed strange.
At last
caught sight of the flickering
I
light in the gambler's
window.
Almost
simultaneously my eyes wandered toward
"the palm
fire
souls" and the
of the lost
A bluish little tongue
hovered over the top of the tail,
while over the swamp
hundreds of pale little lights sprung up
and licked the air, disappearing only
crooked palm
;
and be swept away
to spring out again
by the breeze.
*
I
would not make a second journey for a
nine of diamonds. But toward nightfall
my uneasiness vanished, and I became
hope
of getting to the end of the strange ad-
*
*
When I entered the room I found the
gambler cold and stiff in his bed.
I
glanced over the room.
I shall never
forget the spectacle that
my eyes met.
The walls, the ceiling, the floor, the bed,
the table
everything was shrouded in
black. The burning piece of cotton had
ceased to burn. The lamp in the corner
—
seemed to come from the very heart of
On reaching the house the
dim light over the scene. In
hands the dead man held the portrait which had hung over his head.
I
looked at it. It was the portrait of a
events of the previous night were re-
pretty
!
!
before struck my ears.
Only this
time it
the swamp.
peated to the extent of
my getting an-
other dollar.
On the following morning I found
another nine of diamonds in my pocketbook.
More mystified than ever, I ap-
pealed to the
good spirits to enlighten
me, but without any success.
all
day, but
when night
fell
I
prayed
the
same
uncontrollable desire took possession of
cast only a
his
young girl, bearing a strong reUnder the
jjack of cards there was not a dollar bill,
semblance to the dead man.
but the everlasting nine of diamonds
The old negro worrtan whispered in my
car: "It's all over," and ushered me out
without another word.
My head was like an oven. The cool
evening
air
seemed to do me good.
walked on, lost in
I
my thoughts, until I
a
!
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
12
sank knee deep into a hole.
I
had taken
wrong path and gone right into the
the
swamp.
grabbed to
I
pull myself out
my hand clutched a wooden box.
and
It
uncanny noise.
was a coffin! Curiosity overcame my
fears.
I struck a match and held it over
the coffin. Inside of it there was a skull,
a few bones, a rusty poniard and
nine of diamonds. They seemed to have
been put in there that same evening. As
I stood there pondering I could not help
with an
rattled
It
monds?"
thought
I
I
heard a rustling
my head.
Then I shuddered as I
heard once more that ominous "kiah
kiah kiah !" A few more lights sprung
up around me, danced awhile in the air
and then disappeared.
With a heavy
over
!
heart
left
I
the dismal place.
—
asking myself the question
skull
:
"Has
this
any connection with the portrait?
What is the meaning of this nine of dia-
Friends, that strange adventure has
always remained shrouded in the deepest mystery.
I once heard that the
gambler had staked his daughter's honor
in a game of Monte, and
lost
Qiiieyi
—
sabef
!
J. Padin, '07.
SKETCHES
who died of a broken heart at her lover's
St. David's Church
That broad flat slab conceals
desertion.
TT was
a beautiful
Sunday afternoon
those rare days when
God and he are in per-
in Jiuie, one of
one
feels that
fect harmony, and death is only the door
The whole atmosphere
to a better life.
of the
old.
tributed to
revolutionary
church
con-
my mood — the cool of the
the remains of one the most dashing and
heroic
of the Revolutionary generals.
This one close to the church wall covers
perhaps the young children stricken by
some dread fever. The very threshold
the doorway bears an inscription
of
sacred to the memory of the first pastor,
the
who lived to a green old age, and died
stately pines, the honeysuckle straggling
peacefully, to be laid to rest by his son,
stone walls, the
ivy-covered
roof,
over the graves, the stern old stones
forgotten past when men
women with "like passions as our-
telling of a
and
selves"
came here to meet and to wor-
ship.
If
tell
their
only those inscriptions could
stories
!
be supplied by the imagination.
Per-
rich
father,
mother,
brother,
—thev
sister
had all met the same fate, but was it not
happy fate, a birth into a new life
a
Why then
But many of them
are hard to make out, and the gaps must
They were all
and poor, young and old,
elected to succeed him.
there,
should that long line of
people, clothed in black and with
bowed
For
heads be weeping and sorrowful?
turned to go,
noticed four
men
rosewood
case
tall
pine
as
tree could tell us of an old couple
who
carrying
a
varnished
of love and kindness,
toward a
far
comer of the yard, where
haps those stones near that
lived a long
life
I
I
the fresh earth and the old stones lookc'
honored and revered by the whole neighThis solitary stone by the
borhood.
wall commemorates a young girl, soon to
id
be married, perhaps, in this very church,
disturb the peacefulness of my thoughts.
strangely incongruous.
They had pass-
me in my revery, but they could not
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Reverently
watched
I
the last solemn
;
words were said, the earth was thrown
in and the men and women moved softly
away, leaving the father and mother
But again I
alone with their lost one.
thought "God and Man are in harmony
the dead have only found a larger and
:
;
gave the author the idea of an old
TTall
When he entered, and
English abbey.
the heavy oaken door swung shut behind
him, the illusion was not at first broken,
for a heavy, musty odor was present, and
he looked up expecting to see about the
among the bare black rafter
walls and
beams, dust-covered and bloody escut-
R. S., '06.
a nobler self."
13
cheons, battered armor, and along the
The Plaines
I
shed which served as a station,
watching the train as it glided into the
tle
western distance along that straight line
cutting the Arizona Desert. The smoke
hung in the shimmering atmosphere in
a
trail
behind
breath of
air,
swayed by a
held between two
it,
hardly
as
if
mightv forces, the sun boiling down
from above, and the heat reflected from
the glaring sand.
As
the eye
as
far
could see in any direction stretched limitless
sand, limitless sky, and between
them
that
hazy wavering which tends
A feeling of lone-
to confuse the senses.
crumbling
floor,
STOOD on the platform of the lit-
liness, of helplessness came
over me, but
But he did
effigies.
;
instead he got an impression of a
vast
number of books, methodically ar-
not
ranged everywhere on shelves, and the
spell was broken
He realized that here
were entombed men's thoughts and not
!
their bodies.
Arranged
shape
the
in
of
—
east wing,
devoted to a large reading
table and periodicals.
The shelves of the
west wing are occupied mainly by works
of reference, and
its
alcoves by books
pertaining to the social branches.
downed there would be no help for me.
bright
interest
my
wandering
searched the landscape for
senses
I
some varia-
Turning my burning eyeballs out
towards the horizon line I barely made
out a range of low-lying foothills, but
tion.
they only aggravated the frenzy of my
imagination, for to me they meant simply
more
of
that
accursed
sand.
It
seemed to me that I was lost in that
glowing sea of sand. I reeled, but just
then a piercing whistle cut me like a
knife, rallied my vanishing senses, and
set me on
Thank God, a
my feet again.
train for the
East
sight! /. Af., '06.
in
The
new south wing, with its ringing
cement floor, is cosmopolitan.
books in almost all languages
SURROUNDED
a
by
larches
Here are
;
here one
may behold the undignified flirtation of
a Gray's "i\.natomy," with a
little
dark-
eyed French novelette, or Euclid's "Treatise
on Mathematics," casting sheep's
eyes
across
the
aisle
at
"Jane Eyre."
Here also are the invaluable collections
of
old
manuscripts
and
Babylonian
tablets.
But the north wing is the most interall.
Here is a perfect mystic
maze of books, and in the centre a cou-
esting of
ple
of tables,
covered with catalogues
and i>eriodicals.
The Inside of the College Library
St.
from a square enclosure in the centre,
where sits ensconced not the muse of
learning, as one might expect, but the
librarian.
You enter the building by the
I battled with it, for I knew that if once
To
a
George's cross the four wings radiate
In this wing are books
touching all branches of human knowl-
and
oaks, overhung by ivy, flanked by
and, as if one floor were not
enough, there is a second gallery groan-
Alumni
ing beneath vast quantities of erudition
precise
Elizabethan
garden.
edge,
"
:
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
14
—and Government
Yes,
for
statistics
interest,
and
pure
my coat and rolled up my sleeves.
ofi
!
simple,
"Well,
haven't been asleep more than
I
and if you do not want to find a certain
liook, the north wing is by far the most
a couple of miniites,"
fascinating.
.\nd
/./.A, '07.
reflected,
I
"for
just about time for that last local."
it's
so I grasped a smooth handle,
threw my weight on the lever and then
locked
The midnight
it.
limited
was
due in ten minutes, but the Wilmington
Another View of the Dttalty
*
the time
I
reached the top the iron gate
But I slipped through an
"exit" gate, jumped on the end of the
last car, and was soon dozing in my
clanged shut.
For some reason
seat.
other
or
my
mind always rehearses in reverse order
the events of the day just before
I
fall
and so, after congratulating myself on not missing the "owl" train, I
found myself gliding over smooth ice,
asleep
express preceded it by five and so I
wiped the perspiration from my forehead and turned to watch the local
"owl."
]\Iost of the male passengers
were dozing in their seats, but a fellow
:
^HE bell was ringing as I came up
I
* the steps three at a time, and by
;
in
the last car
stared curiously in
direction as the train flew by.
the express passed and
I
my
Just then
turned to re-
They flew back with
a clang, and the ticker on my desk awoke
lease both levers.
and
to
started
p-a-s-s-e-d
O-K."
say
"I_,-i-m-i-t-e-d
Then after a pause
"Hello 113! hello 113! hello 113! are
—
became black and tlie
skates turned to chalk I was conscious
that I was being called upon, but the
express
Hold the B
you there ?
freight wreck at
I awoke to hear the brakeman calling
"Haverford!" but the train was already
pulling out of the station.
I picked up
my suit case and made for the door,
professor, instead of asking a question.
almost
cutting
circles,
which
soon
parabolas
and
ellipses,
themselves
resolved
into
equations representing the same figures,
the
wliile
ice
;
Tommy
MathBut
was only the conductor punching my
said
"Tickets!"
while
—
upsetting
conductor,
//.
shark snatched my pencil from me.
it
the
who
came in with, "Next station, Haverford."
Bur/, 'oS.
Before settling down again after
ticket.
brief interruption,
the
window and caught sight of a small
I
In the Observatory
glanced out of
tliis
tower, brilliantly liglited, in which a man
THE astronomerFor two hours
his chair.
his eye
with shirt sleeves rolled up stood before
had been glued
to the eye-piece of the
a
row of huge upright levers.
to wonder, as
T
I began
dropped oflf again, what
sort of a life this fellow led in his lonely
tower
serted
;
but again the mathematics asitself,
and the blacklioard
linally
swallowed up everything.
The glare of the
I started up guiltily.
electric lights, reflected from a row of
huge upright levers, increased the temperature of the hot, stuffy
in sjiite of
room
zero weather outside.
—hot
I
took
shifted restlessly in
hours the dull "tickhad sounded monotonously in his ears. The narrow slit in
telescopes; for two
tick" of the clock
the
spherical
dome admitted
light of the full
the white
moon, and tiie soft glow
half revealed the objects in the circular
The telescope was fastened to
moon by the clock, so that for all
the motion of the earth, the moon was
room.
tile
always
in
the field of view; the astron-
omer was just as rigidly locked
to the
THE HAVERFORDIAN
locked
telescope,
satiable desire of
by the one
tliere
man
in-
—the longing "to
know."
The moon
turies,
is
Men
watch.
and
a
tiresome
it
to
So our astronomer shifted
unchanged.
and yawned.
restlessly,
object
have studied it for cenhas remained practically
right
:
down
crawled over that cavernous surface like
a bee
on an orange.
great
beast
yawn in half and gulped
unyawned portion, and all
reached
But when this
edge of the
the
moon, and began to lower itself off with
a heavy rope, insolently disregarding
the laws of gravitation, then our astron-
omer gasped
horror.
in
And just then something had to tickle
Suddenly, with
a gasp of astonishment, he sat bolt up-
•5
his
nose
He brushed at it impatiently,
!
he bit his
jealous of the slightest interruption
the
the tickling continued.
There
was a black object on the face of the
moon, and it was moving! Life on a
dead world
Life that must exist with-
thought of drowsiness left him.
!
out atmosphere.
And wliat a giant it
was
A good-sized town could be seen
on the moon, but this colossal object
must be at least twice as large as New
!
York City.
It
moved slowly across the
moon, drawing its circular body along
by six great legs, each as long as the
Delaware River. Its lumbersome bulk
;
but
was unendurable.
He drew his eye away from the
telescope, and saw
a tiny spider hangsilken
ing on a
cord before his other eye.
So this little speck was his great
giant
The disappointment was grievous.
But the spider had prepared its
own destruction a portion of the web
It
—
!
;
again tickled the astronomer's nose, and
a
great,
omnipotent sneeze blew the
giant to the other end of the universe
and startled the chronometer into losing
a
IV. S. £., '07.
tick.
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
Alumni Banquet
THE
nineteenth annual alumni din-
ner
was held
at
the
Bellevue-
Wood, '96, and Chester J. Teller, '05.
The oldest alumnus present was Cole-
man L. Nicholson, '50.
Stratford Hotel, on the evening of Feb-
ruary
About two hundred Haver-
16.
Presentation of
fordians were present.
The guest
of
honor was Dr. Henry
Churchill King, president of Oberlin College,
Ohio, who at that time was deliv-
ering the fourth annual series of Haverford Library
Lectures on the subject,
— Human and Divine." Dr.
t~\ N the evening of Friday, February
^^ 9th, the donors of the new dining
hall, to the number of about one hundred
and fifty, were entertained at dinner by
the Board of Managers and the Faculty,
magnificent room which has lately
"Friendship
in the
Rufus M. Jones was the toastmaster.
President King spoke on the influence
and power of the small college. President Sharpless spoke on the progress,
needs and ideals of Haverford College.
Others who responded to toasts were
become
Dr. Ernest W. Brown
tlinroughly
;
L. Hollingsworth
the New Dining Hall
a reality through their unflagThe tables were arging generosity.
ranged in the shape of a horseshoe, the
presiding officers and oldest alumni
being seated at the bend, near the door,
.^fter a delightful banquet had been
enjoyed by
all
the
guests
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
i6
President Sharpless arose and announc-
style,
ed that there would be a few informal
speeches preparatory to a general in-
He ended with the hope that all alumni
to the delight of
all
his hearers.
should be able to consider the new din-
spection and critical examination of the
ing hall as a safe harbor of refuge in
wing by all those personally in-
time of need, and thus, by returning con-
In his introductory remarks
tinually to the scenes of their youth, be
entire
terested.
President Sharpless
commented on the
loyalty of the alumni in responding with-
kept always "within touching distance"
of the college.
He
The last speaker of the evening was
mentioned several individual cases which
Walter Carson, '06, president of the
Senior Class, who, on behalf of the un-
out hesitation to the call for funds.
exhibited this loyaltv with peculiar force.
He then summed up the details of construction
new hall,
connected with the
dergraduates, accepted the gift of the
He spoke in particular of the
alumni.
and gave the donors an accurate ac-
new system
count of the use made of their contribu-
has transformed the dining room from
tions.
an athletic
The president was followed by George
Vaux, Jr., who spoke on behalf of the
His remarks were of a general nature, interspersed with humorous
trustees.
He pointed out the fact that the
man was needed in the organcharities of the city, and made a
of self-government, which
field
to a comfortable
hall,
where the material wants of life may
be satisfied in peace and quiet.
At the conclusion of the speeches the
guests scattered to various parts of the
stories.
new building, and thoroughly inspected
college
every corner of the kitchen, cellar, halls
ized
and club rooms.
The company
finally
strong appeal to Haverford graduates to
adjourned, after a most delightful even-
take part in such work.
ing,
with the
their
seed had fallen on good ground
President
Sharpless then
introduced
sincere
conviction
that
Frederick Palmer, Jr., whose dining hall
and that their efforts had added another
new con-
valuable factor in the development of the
experiences under the old and
ditions made him an eloquent witness to
the
effectiveness
of
the
alumni's
new Haverford College.
5'.
gift.
G. S., 'oj.
He related his adventures in entertaining
fashion from his first introduction to a
Haverford meal down to his present life
of ease and prosperity under the selfgovernment system. His remarks im-
pressed the alumni anew with the fact
that the
dining hall had been a most
crying need.
As another witness to the remarkable
change wrought by the passing from the
old to the new, Dr. Bolles was called
upon.
He received a great ovation as
he rose to speak, and resi)onded with a
most telling address. He was followed
by James B. Drinker, '03, who repreDrinker
sented the younger alumni.
held forth in his usual George Ade
Baltimore Banquet
TWENTY-THREE
graduates
Haverford College met
at
of
dinner
the Hotel Rennert, Baltimore, on
Thursday, March i, to "consider the adat
formation of a local
visability
of the
Alumni
were
Association.
Those
President Sharpless.
Eli U. Lamb, 1856.
George V. Valentine, 1856.
John C. Thomas, 1861.
Prof. Marshall Elliott, 1866.
Prof.
Henry Wood, 1869.
Dr. Randolph Winslow, 1871.
Charles V. Thomas, 1871.
present
THE HAVERFORDIAN
James Carey, Jr.,
Dr. Winslow.
1872.
White, Jr., 1875.
-Miles
R. Henry Holme, 1876.
and an organization committee
was appointed consisting of Dr. Randolph Winslow, Mr. Carey Coale and
Dr. Dunton.
retary,
Dr. H. M. Thomas, 1883.
Francis A. White, 1884.
Ellicott,
Mr. Miles White, Jr., was
and Dr. Dunton sec-
elected president
A. Morris Carey, 1881.
William M.
17
President
1884.
Sharpless,
who was
the
John Janney, 1887.
Dr. W. R. Dunton, Jr., 1889.
guest of the company, then spoke on the
T. S. Janney, 1890.
ideals.
present conditions at Haverford, and its
His address made a very strong
impression, and the speakers who fol-
Carey Coale, 1891.
Henry S. Conard, 1894.
J. Leiper Winslow, 1901.
S. M. Whiteley, 1902.
Fitz Randolph Winslow,
George Peirce, 1903.
expressed
ideals
suggested.
for various
reasons
Dr. Winslow made a number of humor-
ous remarks on cricket.
Professor Henry Wood spoke of
Haverford as a college, and as an edu-
Ephraim Hopkins, 1858.
Joseph S. Hopkins, i860.
John E. Carey, 1870.
cator,
Francis K. Carey, 1878.
erford.
M. Tatum, Thomas K. Carey, Henry J.
Harris, Richard L. Cary and Alfred B.
whom expressed them-
selves as favorable to the formation of
a local Association.
The toastmaster was Miles \\'hite, Jr.,
who called on Dr. Dunton to state the
object of the meeting.
Dr.
Dunton spoke
while there
were
Haverford,
who were
of
sixty
the
fact
graduates
for
resident
in
formed.
Alma
that
Mater.
such
an
He therefore
Association
was then called upon
speak on music at Haverford.
to
George Peirce spoke briefly upon the
toward
the older Alumni and Professor Elliott
concluded the evening by remarks upon
the "Uplift at Haverford" and the backward gaze.
W. R. Dunton, fr., 'Sp,
feeling of the recent graduates
Secretary.
or
should be
their
Hav-
of
formed with semiannual meetings for the purpose of promoting good-fellowship among tlaverfordians and of keeping alive the love
moved
President
Haverford,
that
about Baltimore and Washington, and
while a number of them had been casually meeting, a still larger number had
met but seldom. He felt that an Association
commended
Professor Frank Morley, formerly of
Regrets were received from George
of
warmly
Sharpless' views for the future of
W. W. Handy, 1891.
all
the
of
old days at Haverford; following whom
they were unable to be pre.sent.
Morton,
approbation
Eli M. Lamb and George V. Valentine
then gave a number of reminiscences of
1903.
Acceptances were also received from
the following, but
lowed
be
This motion was seconded by
NOTES
'78.
selected
Cyrus
P. Frazier has just
postmaster
of
been
Greensboro,
N. C.
Isaac T. Johnson has resigned
'8J.
from the position of treasurer of the
John C. Winston Publishing Co. to take
charge of a large manufacturing establishment in Urbana, Ohio.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
i8
'94. A.
ver,
Mahlon Z. Kirk, of Den-
M.
Colorado, and
Mrs. Kirk visited
'OJ.
Marshall
E.
Scull
has
been
been elected treasurer of the John C.
College on February 8th.
Winston Co.
John S. Jenks, Jr., was recently elected a manager of Girard Trust
of the Wilmington Whist Club bowling
'02.
Ex-'98.
Company of Philadelphia.
'00.
& Lowry Company, fin-
ishers of cotton goods, and
in
team, which was recently beaten by the
College team on the College alleys.
Howard H. Lowry is treasurer
of the Coulter
W. Pusey 2d was a member
W'.
is
stationed
Greensboro, N. C.
'03.
The engagement
Ex-'05. John L.
John Thompson Emlen was
married on March 6, in Germantown, to
Miss Mary Carpenter Jones.
announced
enhaupt, of Ossining, N. Y.
the John
'00.
is
of R. L. Simkin to Miss Margaret Low-
C.
Scull,
who
Winston Co.,
is
is
with
said
to
have been the only non-union man who
could operate a monotype machine during the recent apprentice strike.
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
Cnndiicted by
PRESIDENT SH ARTLESS recently
read a paper on "Presbyterian
and Quaker in Colonial Pennsylvania,"
before the Presbyterian Historical Society of Philadelphia.
been published
Professor
in
The lecture has
the Society's journal.
Gummere
contributed
an
article on "Originality and Convention in
number of
and Professor
Brown has an article in the January and
February inmibcrs of the Popular Science Monthly entitled "With the British
Association in South .Africa." The latter are illustrated by ])hotographs taken
Literature," for the January
the
Review
Quarterly
;
Dean
Barrett
books are for use in college
ondary school laboratories.
Dr.
Babbitt's Thesis
Society for
vertebrate animals and form a companion volume to
mals, published
one on invertebrate anisome time ago. These
annual meeting
in
its
in
May,
proceedings.
He has lately been elected a member of
Board of Directors of the ".American
Gynmasia," the i)ublication supported by
the
the
organization
for
Xational
Physical
lulucation.
The formal opening of the new dining
hall
occurred on Friday evening, Feb-
Boartl of
designed to be a guide to
its
and for publication
Ginn & Company have brought out
a book by Professor Pratt, under the
caption "A Course in Vertebrate ZoolIt is
on "The Nasal
been accepted by the American Rhinological, Atological and Lar^-ngological
ruary 9th.
the dissection and comparative study of
sec-
Turbinates as a Vasomotor Index," has
during the tour.
ogy."
antl
.\ dinner was given by the
Managers for the faculty and
donors of the building. \\ ith few
exceptions, the donations lor this latest
tlie
improvement in the college equipment,
were in comparatively small amounts,
and the subscribers' jist numbered about
three hundred and twenty-five.
The
great majoritv of these were ahunni of
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Tlaverford,
loyal
their
who
gave proof of
again
which the college is doing.
stantial
contributions
frienils
and
desire
support
to
educational
After dinner speeches were
Several sub-
made by
President
\'aux,
'84,
not
These
among the alumni.
their
projects.
were
neighbors
of
the work
of
appreciation
19
made
by
numbered
gifts
latter
were especially gratifying as giving evidence of the good-will of the donors and
Jr.,
George
Sharpless,
Dr. A. S. BoUes, Fred-
eric Palmer, Jr., James B. Drinker, '03,
and Walter Carson, president of the
Senior Class.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
LIBRARY LECTURES
THE"Haverford
annual
fourth
course
Library
came on St. \'alentine's day the re-
tea
in
the
lectures"
freshments and decorations were
all
in
the shape of hearts.
Professor A. Schinz, of Brs'n
MawT
Henry
Churchill King, of Oberlin College. The
subject of this series was "The Laws of
Friendship, Human and Divine."
President King spoke of the funda-
before the "Cercle Frangaise de Haver-
mental rules of friendship which, he held,
consist in the laws of personal relationship both between man and man, and
versification in poetry.
was
by
delivered
President
College, delivered an interesting lecture
ford" on Tuesday, February 13.
He
spoke on the differences between the
French and English modern systems of
He explained
tions
the requisites of an ideal personal relaHe
tionship, either human or Divine.
ture
God and man.
between
said they were,
sonality,
then
first,
a significant per-
integrity,
community of
He illustrated his
lecture by several ver\- interesting selec-
from French
literature.
The lec-
was delivered in the new assembly
room. It is to be hoped that more un-
dergraduates
in
will
attend these lectures
the future.
interests, self-giving and, finally, respect
for the
other.
liberty
and personality of the
We generally receive from any-
thing exactly what we put into it
the
;
hence
more we give to our friendships the
we obtain from them.
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Haverford vs. Germantown
On Thursday afternoon, February 22,
better the results
the college won an interesting but rather
Our acquaintance with God is deepened
in exactly the same way as is an acquaintance with a human being. What
easy victory from
are the conditions that
must be filled in
order to bring a man into the closest relationship with
God and man? The an-
swer is association
— devote time to de-
veloping friendships.
The second of the annual faculty teas
year was held in the reading-room
of the gymnasium on Wednesday after-
this
noon, February 14. On this occasion the
guests were the Junior Class. As the
Germantown by the
score of six goals to two.
kicked off and in the
first
Haverford
few minutes
both sides had scored a goal. Haverford scored twice more before the half
ended, the score being 3 to
i.
The second half opened by an excellent exhibition of team work on the part
of the college forwards, but they could
not shoot well.
Pleasants, Rossmaessler
and Lowry played well for Haverford,
while Priestman excelled for Germantown. Line-up
:
THE HAVERFORDTAN
20
Germantown.
Haverford.
on Friday evening.
lege
G. Priestman
Goal
Phillips
D. Newhall
A. T. Lowry...Left full-back
Lister
C. T. Brown. ..Right full-back
Seeds
Taylor
Left half-back
Right half-back. .Shoemaker
Drinker
Pleasants
Centre half-back. .C. Newhall
Rossmaesslcr. .C. forward.. .A. G. Priestman
Sub.
Left inside
Spaeth
Kelly
P. W. Brown. .Right inside
Biishnell
Right outside
Reid
O'Neill
Left outside
Young
Goals Rossniaessler, 2; Brown, Spaeth, 2;
.
February 23,
1906, under the auspices of the
gymna-
sium department of the Athletic Asso-
The contest was well attended
ciation.
and went off on time in a way that was
.
.
—
O'Neill.
Kelly,
Reid,
Time— 35-minute
Referee— Waldron.
halves.
very creditable to the management.
A
dinner was given to the contestants
in
the (lining-room before the meet, and at
close most of the boys attended an
its
supper in the new assembly
There were 88 entries, from the
informal
room.
following
schools
Brown
Blight's,
:
De
Preparatory,
On Saturday, February 24, the college
-Academy,
Episcopal
Lancey,
Haverford,
Moorestown
team played the Merion C. C. first team
on our grounds. The score was 2-1 in
No score was made
Merion's favor.
during the first half until it was almost
over, when Lester shot a goal from
Almost imme]\Iifflin's pass to centre.
.\cademy,
Germantown
Haverford vs. Merion
diately after MifiBin scored a lucky shot.
Friends",
Friends' Central, Germantown Academy,
Lawrenceville,
St.
Luke's,
Swarthmore
Preparatory, Tome Institute and Yeates.
President Sharpless presented silver cups
to those winning first and second places
the
in
Lawrenceville
events.
different
That ended Merion's performance. In
the first ten minutes of play in the sec-
won the most points, with Haverford and
ond half Spaeth kicked a beautiful shot
from an outside pass to centre. Line-up
^Manager Sheldon, Carson and their as-
:
Merion.
Haverford.
:Morrice
Goal
Right full-back
Phillips
Lowry
Brown
...Hare
Thayer
Left full-back
Pleasants. .. .Centre half-back.
Left half-back
Taylor
Right half-back
Drinker
.
Rulon-Miller
Johnson
Wood
Lester
Episcopal close
seconds.
Dr.
Babbitt.
sistants dcser\'e much praise for the way
which the meet was conducted.
in
The events were as follows
220-yard dash
— Won by French, Haverford:
second, Johnson, Haverford.
Horse
Side
ville:
— Won by Annin. LawrenceWhitby,
second.
Lawrenceville;
third.
Rossmaesslcr ..Centre forward
Right inside
Doughten
Right outside
Reid
Thayre
Young
Sayros
second, Donaghy, Episcopal; third. Pearsall.
Morris
Yeates.
Left outside
Left inside
Spaeth
Mit'tlin
Soiider, Episcopal.
Flying Rings
High Jump — Won by
ville;
Professor F. H. Green, of the West
Chester Normal School, addressed the
Y. M. C. A. on the evening of Wednes-
— Won by Baker, Haverford;
Ingersoll,
Lawrence-
second. Van Dyke, Lawrenceville: third.
Eicli, Blights.
Parallel
renceville;
Bars
— Won by Fennessey,
Law-
second, Souder, Episcopal; third.
Haverford.
Club Swinging
Fritz.
day,
February
"The
Significance of
14.
was
the Life of John
His
subject
the Baptist."
second,
ford; second,
Interscholastic Meet
THE
nastic
\'eates;
third,
McCarthy,
Lawrenceville.
Horizontal
fifth
— Won by Pearsall. Yeates;
Willianis.
annual intcrschnlastic g\m-
and indoor
athletic
meet
was held in the gymnasium of the col-
ter,
—
Bar Won by Baker, HaverGraham, Episcopal; third. Win-
Lawrenceville.
Tumbling
— Won by Meade, Episcopal; see-
(Uid, StoufFer,
renceville.
Episcopal; third, Annin, Law-
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Dnsh — Won
20-yarfl
H.
by
Langsdorf.
third.
Hess,
L.
De Lancey:
Friends' Central: second. Smith.
De Lancey.
Chairman.
:
Dr.
A.
J.
Babbitt
judg;es of gymnasium events, Dr.
Messrs.
wick,
Ewing
ChadBushnell
and
Jenks,
judges of the athletic events,
:
Messrs. Cary, Thorn, Hopkins and Phillips ;
executive officers, F. G.
and
Walter
Carson
;
Sheldon
marshals, S.
G.
Nauman, R. J. Shortlidge, A. K. Smiley,
H. W. Doughton, Jr., F. D. Godley, W.
R. Rossmaessler, M. H. March, C. K.
Drinker clerk of the course, H. Pleas:
ants. Jr.
vania
:
;
starter, J.
the meet, winning the
star of
horizontal bar event and the tumbling.
Devan. of Rutgers,
Captain
The officials of the meet were as follows
was the
21
and Ed-
wards, of Haverford, also did well.
The Haverford team consisted of the
men
following
T. K. Brown, captain
:
Sheldon, manager
'06;
Shortledge,
Brown,
'08:
'08;
'o^;
Bushnell,
;
Cary,
;
'06;
Stratton,
Edwards,
'08;
Shoemaker, '08; Dr.
'08;
Scott,
Carson, '06
;
Babbitt, instructor.
Rutgers Team
:
Devan, captain
Hill,
;
manager Green, '06 Geis, '07 Heath,
'07 Thompson, '08 Morrison, '09 Dr.
Dodge, instructor.
;
;
;
;
:
;
Turner, of Pennsyl-
announcer, R. Scott.
Musical Association
'"T'HE musical
the
clubs will spend the
Easter vacation on a trip South,
giving the first concert at the New Cen-
gymnastic team of the college de-
tury Club, Wilmington, on Wednesday,
Gymnasium Meet
^
ON
Friday
feated
Rutgers team by the score of
evening,
March
2,
38-10.
A large crowd witnessed the event,
April
18.
The following evening they
will
give
a concert in Lehman's Hall,
Baltimore.
The entire itinerary has not
which was interesting, if somewhat one-
been
decided upon, but Washing-
fully
It
was
perfectly evident from
Haverford would win.
Captain T. K. Brown was handicapped
ton and Lancaster will probably be in-
start
that
cluded.
by a sprained wrist, but in spite of this
he did splendid work, winning second
for
sided.
the
place
on the horizontal
bar.
Bushnell
The management has also arranged
concerts at Germantown Cricket
Club, Manheim, March 2;^
Wayne,
March 30, and Tioga, April 3.
;
Breath of Spring.
Winter winds in the fir trees
Rustle, and endlessly sing
A dirge in the far-away northland;
And where is the breath of spring?
Summer winds in the pahn trees
Rustle, and soothingly sing
A love song in the heart of the southland;
There is the breath of spring.
A.
Yale
Literary Monthly.
T.
/.., '66.
EXCHANGES
AS
announced
selected
in
another cohimn, a
Haverfordian
of the
list
Exchanges will be on file in the north
wing of the lihran-, making them more
accessible
that
to
than
heretofore.
\\'e
trust
more men will take the opportunity
Princeton campus.
We
were much interested in the article and
grave on the
recommend that it be read.
The fiction is good in this number,
and we mention especially "Whose Way
is Hid" and "The Gates of Birth."
share a pleasure that has been too
exclusively held by the Exchange Editor.
UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA MAGAZINE
With the thought of giving up this department, we appreciate more fully what
a pleasure
exchange work
is.
It
is
a
privilege to be able to review the many
exchanges that come from all parts of
this and from
some other countries, and
way to breathe the atmosphere of
so many and diverse institutions.
in
a
We have become more or less conversant with the pleasures, the sorrows
and the aims of many
grown
to
feel
colleges,
and
acquainted with editors
whom we know only as
More than all, and we blush to
say it, we have even lost our erstwhile
and authors
names.
bashfulness and hesitation
in
the pres-
ence of our women's college exchanges.
Gradually this paper has become one
our best-liked exchanges.
of
ways
It
is
al-
of interesting stories, credita-
essays and sound editorials.
We
would say, however, in criticism that a
magazine sold at its price should be
printed on better paper to do itself full
ble
justice.
best
its
The January number offers as
story
" 'Midst
the
Shadows."
The dialogue is forced at times, but the
"Uncle Jules" is a transfrom the French of Maupassant.
story is vivid.
lation
\Miile the use of a translation
may not
seem appropriate, it seems to us
that, where such judicious selection is
used as in this case, it is worth while.
"Some Virginia Mountain People," in
at first
\he
THE RED AND BLUE
full
Febraary number,
is
a well-written
study of these very interesting people.
Richard Mansfield has contributed to
"Kelly" and "The Strange Narrative of
number an article entitled
Dr. Talbot" are both interesting stories.
the February
"All the World's a Stage."
It is inter-
and because Mansfield
esting in
itself
wrote
The exchange review is well
it.
THE HARVARD MONTHLY
.An address by President Eliot
treated.
is
the
leading article in the February number.
In treating a question of local interest
THE NASSAU LITERARY MAGAZINE
President Eliot expands upon some top-
L'nder
the
title
Princeton Grave"
in
"The
Mysterious
the January
num-
ber is the explanation and contradiction
of
that
very tenacious yet unfounded
which has involved the good
names of .Aaron Burr and the unfortunate
young lady who occupied this isolated
tradition
of general interest to college men.
Bernard Shaw finds a warm defender
in the writer of a criticism of "Mrs.
Personally we
Warren's Profession."
have never taken Shaw very seriously,
although, with his unconventionality and
fertility of new and novel ideas, he does
ics
THE HAVERFORDIAN
seem to epitomize the present social and
intellectual
unrest.
with the author
is
We hardly agree
when he
says,
"Shaw
published by the \\'oman's College of
Baltimore, as a regular exchange.
WESLEYAN LITERARY MONTHLY
not fit for his public, they say, but in
truth,
it
is
they
who
not
are
fit
for
Shaw."
THE KALENDS
We are glad to receive this paper.
The story entitled "The Soul of the
Dog," in the January issue, has narrative interest and is well done for a story
of its kind.
"In the Darkness of the
Hold" and "A Start in Life," both in
the February number, are good sketches.
The Moontain Way
Upward along the rough-hewn mountain side.
Where briers tear and rocks bestrew the way,
.'K
pathway leads
— and there no flowers bloom
Or scarce may any living thing abide;
For through ravines, whose crags shut out the day,
Tt creeps on ever upward through the gloom,
And yet. if one but climb, as all men may.
With strength and courage like to those of old.
And win the summit he can see, they say,
The glorious blood-red sunset, and a sky all gold.
—
H.J. Auckincloss.
Yale Literary Monthly.
An Evening^ Prayer.
Sunset
— and yonder the moonlight
Pales on the silvery sea.
And with shades of the evening soon light
Will
shadow the
lea.
'Tis restful to go, while the
gleaming
Of twilight drifts through the glare
Of the day, on the riversides roaming.
Where meadows are fair.
Or to sit after struggles and sorrows
Alone in some dim cloistered way,
.\nA to weave in the maze of to-morrows.
S. B. L.
The hopes of to-day.
Williams" Literary Monthly.
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HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
Volume XXVIII, No. 2.
April, 1906
CONTENTS
Editoriam
25
The First Mate
Haverford Alumni Poem
28
Jim Cleary
.
Our Library
29
Sketches
Triolets
30
An Idyll of the Grove
31
Winteisnacht
33
34
38
.
39
Facxtlty Department
41
Alumni Department
College Department
Exchange Department
42
42
44
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DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Association Football:
President
Vice President
D. Philips, '06
F. D. Godley, '07
H. G. Pearson, '07
Manager
C. H. Rhoads, '93
Assistant Manager
J.
Captain
DEPARTMENTS
W. Carson, '06
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
S. J.
Gummere, '07
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
E. W. Jones, '07
Captain
A. N. Warner, '07
F. G. Sheldon, '06
Assistant Manager... W. R. K.ossmaessler, '07
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
Captain
M. H. March, '07
Other Members— R. J. Shortlidge, '06;
J.
D.
Philips, '06; T. K. Brown, Jr., '06; R. L. Carv,
'06; W. Haines, '07 ; H. Evans, '07; I.
J.
'07.
'06
J. T. Fales,
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W. Carson, '06
President
Secretary
Dodge,
:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
LOGANIAN SOCIETY.
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
W. Carson, '06
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
P. W.
Brown, '07
DEPARTMENTS
Track:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager....
Assistant Manager
Captain
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
P. W. Brown, '07
A. K. Smiley, Jr., '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
'06
J. D. Philips,
Cricket
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Captain
D. Philips, '06
A. E. Brown, 'o7
F. D. Godley, '07
B. Windle, 07
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
J.
J.
D. Philips, '06
C. K. Drinker, '08
W. Shoemaker, '08
Treasurer
Manager
Manager
Leader
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
A. N. Warner, '07
W. B. Windle, '07
S. G. Spaeth '05
Tennis:
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
President
W. Rossniaessler, '07
Vice President
C. J. Teller, '05
Secretary-Treasurer
V. M. C. A.
President
Vice President
Rec. Secretary
Cor. Secretary
Treasurer
President
H. Pleasants, '06
Vice President
F. R. Taylor, '06
P. Elkington, '08
Secretary-Treasurer
Scientific
:
President
., Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
D. C. Baldwin, '06
Debating:
President
Vice President
M. H. March, '07
R. L. Gary, '06
I. J.
Dodge, '07
W. Carson, '06
C. K. Drinker, '08
CLASSES.
M. H. March, '07
Musical
President
Civics:
Secretarj'-Treasurer.
ASSOCIATIONS.
College:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Assistant
P. W. Brown, '07
H. Pleasants, Jr., "06
ADVISORY BOARD
Foot Ball:
Gymnasium
A. C. Dickson, '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
S. G. Nauman, '06
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
A. E. Brown, '07
E. Jones, '07
1906:
J.
1907:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
190S:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
R. Scott
T. Fales
H. Evans
G. H. Wood
J.W. Nicholson, Jr.
K. J. Barr
G. K. Strode
W. R. Shoemaker
C. S. Scott
T. Troth
J.
1909:
President
B. L.
Vice President
Dodge, '07
Secretarj-
H. Evans '07
Treasurer.
I. J.
W. Carson
W. K. Miller
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Dodge, Jr.
T. K. Lewis
R. L. M. Underbill
E. S. Shoemaker
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Vol. XXVIII.
SINCE
Haverford, Pa., April,
the adoption of student gov-
ernment in the dining hall, there
has been a growing sentiment in favor of
extending it to the dormitories, especially
Barclay.
student
Government
the
in
Dormitories
Came
This
movement
to a focus recently in
an infomial gathering of representative
men from all
classes, called together
by some of the
Seniors.
This meeting in itself was not very sat-
No. 2
1906.
embodying
the details of such govThese will be posted about
college so that everybody can see and
consider them before another meeting of
the Association. This to be done before
the question of student government itself
would be directly voted upon at all.
ernment.
What will be the result?
Instead of the motion for student government being put before an unprepared
College Association meeting and being
isfactory, because, as was to be expected,
blindly carried or defeated, this
there was a great deal of argument, pro
will
and con, of more or less desultorynature
that did not throw much light upon the
measure
difficulties
of
the
problem.
One very
was made, however:
namely, that whenever conditions seem
wise
suggestion
ripe for this matter to be
brought up
before the student body, this informal
committee.— which consisted of more than
ten men,
shall claim it.s privilege and a-sk
for a meeting of the College Association.
—
method
enable the men to see just what the
will
mean
to
them
— what the
rules will be. and whether or not they will
remove some of those innate prerogatives
so dear to the Haverford heart. Then, after
thoroughly considering the questions at
come together and vote
upon the separate rules, if the body is
issue, they will
then of the opinion that such student
government is feasible.
Now as to the merits of the question
When the matter has been explained to
itself.
the meeting a committee will be asked
tion of student government to replace the
if
granted by the meeting,
present faculty supervision of the dormi-
draw up
a tentative set of rules
tories
for,
shall
which,
There is no doubt that the adop-
would be a decided step upward,
—
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26
and as such should receive the serious
considerations of the men in college.
npHE date for the
*•
It
Oratorical
annual
Alumni
contest has
not been
would not necessarily mean the cessation
definitely fixed, but it will probably occur
of all those joyous activities with which
about the end of April.
the hallowed halls of Barclay occasion-
The Annual
^^
Aiumni
tie
ally
resound, and which
exist as long as
of
species
the
college
we hope
present
man
is
will
healthy
extant.
Personally, we are not sure that senti-
ment is yet ripe for self-government. We
should prefer to wait and see that a few
irregularities
of
conduct in
doggerel from "Alice in
Wonderland"
ontest
It
would aim primarily at the care of college
property, and then try to modify a few
of the existing customs which might well
be replaced by more rational conditions.
noticeable
Oratorical
The thought of
brings to our mind that lit-
..
jjj^^g
"j'j-ig
which
rvms
come,'
j^^g
the
Walrus said, 'to talk of many things, of
shoes, and ships, and sealing-wax
of
cabbages and kings.'
—
The public does not sufficiently appreciate
these "speaking" contests, mainly
because
of
well-worn
varied
the
subjects
and sometimes
But the
treated.
preparation this competition entails, with
the dining hall adjust themselves prop-
the personal treatment of the speaker,
But after hearing the sentiments
of the meeting and talking personally
with many men, we are rather surprised
turns such subjects into productions that
erly.
make
at the manifest approval of the measure.
It is clearly in
favor among the Seniors
well
it
worth the
undergraduates to attend
while
of
all
the contests.
But more important than the benefit to
the audience
is
the gain derived by the
and in a more conservative way among
contestants themselves.
the Juniors and Sophomores.
ous prize offered to the winner is a great
of the
tation
two
This hesi-
latter classes
should
stimulus
;
The very gener-
but every man gets a reward
not be regarded as a sentiment against
in
the measure, or even a lukewarm feeling
ing in the contest, and from systemati-
about it. and should not discourage the
cally working up some subject.
Seniors from keeping the idea alive.
the personal gain derived
from speak-
We hear everywhere the complaint
It
from an appreciation of the responsibility which these two classes will
have in maintaining the custom next year
time
—when the
Men in all walks of life are constantly
arises
If
the
real test will come.
measure
is
to be
adopted
it
that nowadays we
in
training,
do not spend enough
the good old-fashioned forensic
and there is a great deal in it.
being called upon unexpectedly to speak
should be adopted this spring, so that
in
the new class shall realize it as an exist-
upon the part of a college graduate if he
ing condition.
in the
It
public,
and
it
is
gross
carelessness
should not be adopted
has not trained himself so that he has
how-
command over himself and his thoughts.
W'e know with what added respect we
recently came to regard a business man
face of a strong minority,
its maintenance must depend upon the general sentiment of the
college body. And this is all it needs
public sentiment, which will place its
stamp of approval upon certain limits
of conduct, and then we shall have a
regime in Barclay which will be more
satisfactory than the present one and
ever, because
probably no more stringent.
of one of our cities.
While not possess-
ing a college education he had not neglected this phase of his training.
It
was
known there was graft in a certain municipal asphalt deal, and yet the measure
had passed the first reading in Council
and it looked as though it would go
THE HAVERFORDIAN
At the next reading he appear-
tliroHfjh.
mous
his
in
27
disapproval
of
it,
mainly
men so much,
ed as a rc]iresentative taxpayer, and. by
because
a logical exposition of faas, forced a
This is only a typical instance we cite
and thus limits close association, and
consequent close friendship,- -to small
groups of men. There is a peculiar friendship which is best derived by living in close
show
proximity to one's fellow-students, which
Council favorable to the measure to vote
against it.
to
that
every college
this
is
a
training which
man should possess when
he goes out into whatever walk of life
he may choose, and this training is most
quickly and most easily obtained from
practice in debate and extemporaneous
speaking.
EiXCOURAGED
probably
by
successful, resulting from the first oper-
we understand the management
Against a
^^^ hetn advised to perform
Proposed
a
Operation
Hall
upon Barclay
sccond one upon Barclay
—namely, to
erect a sec-
Qj^j dividing wall
which shall
separate entirely the north end from the
centre,
continue
the
—
is
lost if you have to descend and ascend
four flights
of stairs every time you
want to borrow their newspaper.
No. Rather than desecrate Barclay by
another partition
let us consider, along
with our student government, the question of removing the old one.
the
conditions, erroneously considered
ation,
separates the
it
present partition
down to the first floor, open a new entrance at the north end. and, as a result
of the awful dissection, have practically
"TN L RING the coming spring vacation
»—'
will be conducted the first concert
trip
of the Haverford College jMusical
Clubs.
Since it is merely an experiment,
The
it
only lasting about four days,
the iwusicai
Clubs
and Only going as far south as
Baltimore but it is important
;
as it may serve as a precedent for a new
Whether or not it will
become a custom will depend entirely
upon traditional conditions, and the recollege activity.
three separate dormitories.
sults of the trip
This is in accord with the ideal college
dormitory as now accepted, but we do
not feel that conditions here demand
phesy that
such a change.
In the larger colleges
and universities there is hardly any attempt made to cement together a group
of men as large as we have here, and it
be very extended.
will not
Spring Trip
it
;
but we can safely pro-
will
not only be a great
benefit to the members of the clubs
the Musical
and
Association, but will also
be helpful to the name and interests of
our college.
The clubs have had a very successful
season thus far, and
great credit is
due
would be impractical anyway but here
we strive for something different. Public
the management, the leader, and those in-
opinion places the close association of
they have made for the trip.
;
lerested.lor
the
careful
arrangements
Barclay and the other dormitories,
An enthusiastic spirit has been shown
high in importance in forming and main-
both by alumni and undergraduates, and
life in
taining our Haverford spirit in the past.
with the continuance and co-operation of
Everybody who has lived in Barclay
since the present wall was built is unani-
these interests a pleasant and successful
trip will surely result.
——
——
Haverford Alumni Poem.
(Written for the annual dinner of the Alumni Association of Haverford College,
February
i6th, 1906)
III.
I.
We are not many— we who stand
The sons
And
of
We
Haverford to-day.
fewer yet the
poet-band,
That barely fills that rare demand,
To add the tribute of a lay.
To help to while an hour away.
love to linger in thy shade,
To wander in thy Academe,
To feel our restless spirits laid,
Where once we loitered, laughed
and
prayed;
Again once more a boy to seem,
And be the better for the dream.
We are not many, nor as old.
Or famed, as other schools may be;
Scarce four-score years, less
five,
enfold
Haverford, we ask of thee,—
Despite the clamor of the day.
.\nd,
That yields to sports of low degree,
The utmost tale that can be told.
Of struggle and of victory
That mark our noble history.
—
But years and numbers what are they
Without the living fruitage fraught?
Achievement only gilds the day
And crowns with glory or decay;
And older, larger fields, less wrought,
—
Lay smaller claim to serious thought.
First place in college rivalry,
Put scholarship above mere play.
And let true culture hold the sway!
Do not inflate the youthful mind
With boasted feats of legs and arms;
Let thy ambition, more refined.
Aspire to see thy sons inclined
To seek the higher lore that charms.
And spurn the rude excess that harms.
IV.
II.
If
We love to scan thy modest past.
Dwell on the living and the dead,
The precious dead whose virtues last.
We will not name them. They are cast—
—
instead.
If not in costly brass
In grateful hearts they taught and led.
youth,
with older
And what the sure reward must be
Of brave, untiring
He loved. Of firm but gentle frame
No more — my words are lame.
Half praise the loving spirit jars,
And love the willing pen debars.
His ashes 'neath the box-tree rest.
We planted where we laid him low;
No more by cruel pain distressed.
No more by ceaseless toil oppressed;
And once again I hope to know
That faithful friend of long ago.
industry.
How quickly careless ease would fly.
And
aspiration
Those college
—
But no, dear Harlan* we must name!
His purity was like the stars
could see
eyes,
The fruitful sheaves that round them lie,
reach
days,
the
sky!
those college days.
What radiant tints their memory throws.
Like golden gleams of sunset rays.
That ever charm the backward gaze.
And make
thrice
blest
each
one
who
knows
That priceless boon that with them goes!
So while around thee shines the bloom
Of youth, compared with older Halls,
We bless the day that gave thee room,
And set thy candle in the gloom
A
living
light
from out thy walls.
To cheer the soul, whate'er befalls.
Thomas IVisler, Class of '58.
Joseph Gibljons Harlan, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. Died 1857,
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OUR LBRARY
IT
but
avoid
impossible to
is
made, the world
the platitude altogether odious ?
is
truisms,
Platitudes,
have
appropriated
nearly all of the world's wisdom
the old
;
education was simply acquiring a wellselected stock of them
and they certainly seem to be better training for the mind
than
those
desperate
new
;
to
efforts
a
more crude.
my subject, and shall ask what
of excellence.
.\
It
is
far
harder for a
pick
to
his
way
from the metal, than it was when
library
pealed to a
poem or the novel apmore limited body of pur-
chasers and had to pass the test of a
classics
higher intelligence on the part of the
Charles Lamb, to be sure,
public.
That is one cause. The other
cause lies in changed methods of educa-
relation
themselves.
;
like those
the essay or the
used to be a collection of "clas.sics"
flanked with books which stood in a quite
ancillary
—
through the trash and rubbish, to tell the
tinsel
college work.
have changed.
It is not only the wallowing
young reader now
our own, under new conditions of
Libraries
it.
fatally popular books of Mr. B. Kidd
cheap essays, have obscured old ideals
use one ought to make of a good library
like
be better for
cheap criticism, cheap science
course
platitude about platitudes I shall apply
directly to
will
During the transition, however, there are
obvious disadvantages. The people have
risen to literature, but literature has been
forced to descend and meet them halfway.
Standards are lower and ideas
in poor fiction that counts in this process
think
which are dignified by the title of original work. This
along
When adjustments are all
tarj' change.
platitudes
when one writes on such a subject
towards the
included in his list of "books which are
About thirty years ago, when grad-
not books" all those works "without
which no gentleman's library is complete ;" and this whimsical and delightful
tion.
exclusion has been fortified in recent days
by a clever essayist who drew up a list
of "books which have hindered me." Yet
general plan from a modification of the
nobody knew better than Charles Lamb
what a classic really is. and nobody did
more to strengthen the hold of all good
books on the affections of the reader.
Two causes have contributed in modern
times to weaken the authority of the
English classics, undo some of Lamb's
best work, and promote that disease of
literary indigestion which was almost un-
jects,
known fifty years ago.
In the first place,
uate instruction really began in our universities,
American education shifted its
traditional
English
system,
— required
work in a uniform group of standard sub-
— to the Teutonic system of free
choice and specialized studies.
At first
this was applied mainly to graduate work,
but
it
soon spread to the colleges.
far as the library is
So
concerned, the effect
of this change was to blot out the old line
between study and reading. Under the
control of academic and comparativelv
methods
this
revolution
perhaps more gam
tlian
loss
rigorous
:
had
suddenly,
the centre of the library-readers' popu-
however, came the irruption of summer
one may use such a term, has
schools and extension lectures, the "sylla-
from the upper middle class to
Books are
lower middle class.
bus," the rapid "course of reading," and
lation, if
shifted
the
cheaper, more plentiful, more accessible
that deplorable half-baked culture which
persuaded hard-working folk that a sub-
;
and in the long run, this is a most salu-
ject like Medieval History or Italian Art
—
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THE HAVERFORDIAN
30
the name of criticism.
Here it is, as I
the
student in his
or Elizabethan literature could be mas-
in
few weeks of erratic reading,
catch-words and bewilmouthed
loudly
dering lantern-slides. You walk to-day
into a library which has been swept and
think,
tered in a
that
college
library ought to have great searchings of
heart.
necessities
"Scientific''
have
let
trampled over by these invasions of the
amount of literary trash under
the plea for literary "investigation." But
"cheap" reader, the topic-hunting scholar
there are
and the extension-person.
still
in a vast
the old uses of reading,
still
the old ideals of the permanent and
the noble in books.
and there is no need to strive and cry
on the streets over academic and literary
degeneration. Still, there are some quite
evil results of the movement which need
used to stand for
Haverford College
ideal, and her
A reaction, as I believe, is setting in,
graduates, wherever they went, bore the
reputation of well read men.
dents have an
Her stu-
even wider opportunity
—
In the long reach, the best is
now.
bound to win all this dust stirred up by
feet not yet familiar with the ways of
wisdom, all this chatter of little folk about
little writers, will disappear, and the old
Foremost is the lapse of
Not to waste time on the
the classics.
for Sainte
question what a classic is
Beuve sets us right there it is enough to
pointing out.
—
this
note the
fact.
Xo one need take Shaw
seriously
(it is
suggested that his name
;
classics,
with some new ones, will hold
But
and the
be spelt with a P)when he intimates half
in fun and half in earnest that his plays
as before the high places of letters.
are as good as Shakespeare's and Shakespeare's as poor as his; but the claim
clamor is still ripe, happy the man who
is
symplomatic.
George III
thought meanly of Shakespeare
;
let
down in order to meet modern
these
best,
these
classics,
himself
to follow them, and will not need to join
talent.
no disgrace for one to think
There
'Lorna Doone" good fiction, to prefer it,
even, to "Clarissa Harlowe' readers have
always had their whims, and trahit sua
quemque voluntas. The pity of it is when
the proposition is made and circulated
is
'
out
settling
still
but the
appreciably
Shakespeare
seeks
is
cleaves to them, leams to love them and
modern idea is that the critic, not George
III, shall
while the dust
the penitence and the renunciation
which are sure to come. He will have
fought the good fight, and followed
in
Goethe's fine old resolve
.
.
uns vera Halben zu entwohnen,
;
Und im Ganzen, Guten, Schonen,
Resolut zu leben.
!•.
B. Gutnniere, '~2.
Triolets
Her smile seemed for me.
Was
only a lip-smile?
'Twas full sweet, for a bee
it
(Tho' the smile seemed for me)
Brushed her lips in mad glee,
As we stood by the turnstile.
Her smile seemed for me;
Was it only a lip-smile?
Her smile was for me,
'Twas
a
heavenly
heart-smile
Fly away, foolish bee,
For the smile was
for
me,
You are robbed of your glee
By the glorified turnstile.
Her
smile was for me,
'Twas a heavenly heart-smile!
J.
T. r., '08.
^
AN IDYLL OF THE GROVE
AFTER
two
weeks
of
our
the countrj',
I
The lower branches
needles.
"Hush, Don !" she said
stay
had at last,
in my rambles, chanced upon the very
spot I had been seeking for the subject
of my next painting. It was a little group
of pine trees lodged deep in a thick wood.
Some seclusive soul had cleared a circle
in this grove, and time, with the aid of
the winds and the rain, had covered the
area with a thick, slippery mat of pine
in
of
the
in
a
quiet,
commanding tone, that brought a look
from the dog and a slight wag of his
tail.
With
rather
more of
hesitation
embarrassment than of ease, I said
beg pardon for this intrusion."
"I believed no one knew of my
treat here," she
and
:
"I
re-
answered, while flipping
a short whip she carried about the dog's
ears,
and then, looking up, "but for the
surrounding trees were cut away, but
beyond the growth was wild and close.
In the centre stood a quaint, rustic summer house, hexagonal in shape, made of
cedar, and the sides were close woven
with crooked twigs. The whole scene,
redolent with piney odors, was sunk in
a cool, shadowy gloom, and only here
and there the sun cast fantastic patches
of light, that were constantly changing
shape with the gentle, easy swaying of
sake of art I presume you must be suf-
In some such nook
and walked leisurely away with her hand
resting on the dog's head.
I
gazed after her, muttered some
phrase about a stately, graceful pine, and
the branches above.
the
ancient
druids built their
where now the
confession.
relieved
by
shrines,
priest of solitude hears
The quietness was barely
insinuating,
tlings of the leaves, while
subdued
rus-
now and then
fered."
"I
to urge
a
slender,
area.
maidenly figure
across
the
I
responded, "but
I
am sorry
my plea as an artist merely."
This was somewhat bold, perhaps, but
there was something indefinable in those
hazel eyes of hers that brought
it
out
unawares.
"Come, Don !" she said, and without
further
turned
remark, turned into the
to
my work
with
wood
inward
re-
proaches.
Every day thereafter I came to that
a squirrel would pass by or the deep,
mellow note of the wood robin would
roll through the trees.
The whole scene
was of that quiescent sort that is restful
yet oppressive, empty yet full, asleep,
yet pervaded by dreamy wakefulness.
[ brought my easel one day to begin
the sketch.
Alone in such living silence
I could feel the power and majesty of
the spot, and I tingled with a sense of its
beauty.
I had been at work for some
moments, and was entirely absorbed in
my task, when I was unpleasantly startled by a deep, grunting growl, that
seemed close on my back. I arose with
a jump and turned to see a great, lumbering mastiff standing by the side of
would be glad to have your per-
mission,"
bewitched spot to sketch.
I tried
every
hour of the afternoon, and would sit
in a restless, half-expectant manner, but
the longed-for interruption never came.
I
must acknowledge
I
had made more
progress in that first hour of work than
in
all
the rest combined.
That sweet
voice, gentle manner, shy, reserved atti-
tude, and spirited and expressive face,
haunted me strangely. Every shadow
grew into a maiden's form, and every
rustling of the leaves was the swish of
a maiden's skirt.
Almost despairing,
I
dropped sketch-
ing for a few days and likewise delicacy,
and looked into the history of the neighborhood. "Yes," said the owner of the
country store, "the Worths are an old
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32
mighty
and
family
esteemed
here-
abouts."
then
Just
might obey
;
seemingly each
but
blindly or open-eyed picks
mastiff of the pine
that
grove passed
road without the
the
in
window.
.And maybe,
would
I
"He belongs to Miss Worth and goes
A precious booty
with her everywhere.
beautifully flushed by her exercise, can-
tion,
a
but
I
she
asked.
name in some connec-
forget where or what
it
is."
"There's a little settlement about three
"She's a lady,
I
can
you," con-
niles from here of that name, and the
"There's not a
country round about is very picturesque
tell
my infonnant.
or prettier in the county.
like the filly she rides,
Spirited
Spirited,
and attractive."
and quite an artist,
too, I've heard tell."
"Very well," she assented, and we put
off.
no liner nor prettier lady in
the county, and quite an artist
;
that little
legend conveyed volumes.
enthusiastic
artist,
or
I
This was the
fear
that
and explanation of my afternoon ramblings, would not have been finished. But
at last it was, and I got it into the art
Of course, I shall not claim it
drew much attention, but no art ever
drew better for one day I was sitting in
one of the galleries, and I was suddenly
exhibit.
;
by a gentle voice inquiring of
one of the attendants concerning the sale
My picture and that
of picture No. "jj.
Was Miss Worth to be its purvoice
chaser?
I never felt such
tremulous
emotion in my- life, and I went out into
ihe street almost guiltily.
thrilled
!
II.
What little hope buoy will love not
Miss Worth, herself an artembrace
ist, had bought my sketch, and had she
any personal reasons other than that the
subject was her own silent retreat?
Love in its birth and development has
never yet obeyed any established law,
and no thought has evolved a law it
time
had visited
I
few days before, and
a
with lively emotions
my
now become merely an excuse
first
that section since the incident of the art
c;a!lery
At that time of my career I was a very
!
Pinewood?"
"Where's
"I've heard the
tered by.
painting,
was
"Beth, let's go toward Pinewood," I
hazarded one warm day when I was riding with my sister.
tinued
it
me to that pine
would see those hazel
I
Here she comes
now," he added, as Miss \\^orth. dressed
in a brown corduroy riding habit, and
he has to guard, too.
finer
soul
own path.
eyes and hope.
said.
I
think,
kindly chance that led
grove, and then
"That's a splendid dog,"
its
was
it
rode along.
I
"Why so fast?" Elizabeth remonstrated, as iny
eral
horse suddenly left hers sev-
necks behind.
"I guess a fly stung him," I answered,
trembling inwardly.
fear
I
I
had spur-
red him, however, for ahead of us, and
moving our way in a lively canter, came
a girl in a brown suit, riding a bay horse,
and a big mastiff was following.
I
looked at Beth and my heart complained
1
had not come alone.
ventionality and the
Alas, the con-
strong
propriety
stimulus of a younger sister's presence.
Hut
to
my great astonishment Eliza-
beth cried:
"Why, it's Mildred Worth,''
and before
I
the situation,
It
is
caught
could clearly comprehend
we had been
intensely
unawares
introduced.
embarrassing
in
to
be
any circumstances
you do not care to explain, but especially
in
a secret you scarce dare own to your-
self.
And with the thrill of the after-
noon's experience still in me, it was (|uite
disturbing to have Elizabeth break
the dinner table that night with
:
in at
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Tell
iiic,
you never meet
I'rank, dul
33
the tender sight
canu- upon at the pine
I
a
Through the door of the summer house I saw Mildred, weaving a
chaplet of daisies. Her back was toward
"Yuu would better confess you were
me, and perhaps I played unfair. Daisies
a beautiful girl before this afternoon?"
must
"I
beauty,"
1
confess
she
is
rather
replied.
tlustered," she returned.
.\.
few weeks
after
above took place,
I
grove.
strewn
lay
the
conversation
called one afternoon
all
around the rough bench
she sat upon, and
a
front of her
hung
was fascinating to see her
cool,
in
mirror.
the W'onh home.
Frequent visits
make fast friends or cold ones, but even
Don condescended to be quite intimate
white arms curve over her head as she
by
in
at
Perhaps he was a welltrained dog, and followed the footsteps
this
time.
of his mistress.
Re that as it may, this
time Mildred had gone for a ride, expecting no visitors, the maid said.
Re-
made my way through the
woods to the old pine grove. The spot
was rather more familiar now than in
turning,
1
It
thrust a daisy here and tucked one there
her bright brown locks.
The pretty
seemed the very expression of
exquisite, innocent life. "Don," she said
to the dog beside her, "would he like me
now ?" And for answer Don turned his
head toward me and, with a low cry, she
turned also, for in my eagerness I had
vanity
started forward.
When we left the grove the sun was
the days I sketched there, and I intended
The
was
to rest a while in reverie.
at
was never known as one given to
sentimentality, but I have come to believe all are capable of it on occasion.
Many laugh at the idea, and call it soft,
but I find such are usually endeavoring
the trees stood motionless.
I
the
setting.
air
still
and
From afar
wood robin
to entrench themselves behind their bul-
mellow note of a
Don walked ahead of
us, and now and then he would turn
and wait till we came up with him. I
thought I read a melancholy happiness
wark of scorn, only to be the worse cul-
in his eyes, as if he
prits when they are exposed to the temp-
secret.
tation.
off
the
broke the silence.
made a third in the
R.J. S., 'o6.
So pardon me if I try to picture
Wmtersnacht (Winternight)
[Translated from the German of Nikolaus I^enau.]
The air stands rigid in the cold.
Beneath my footsteps creaks the snow;
Thin sheets of ice my beard enfold,
And ever onward I must gn.
A festive stillness reigns through all,
The moonlight rests on fir and pine,
Which, longing ever for death's pall.
Their bent limbs to the earth resign.
O frost! Come thou into my heart,
My wild, hot heart, with thy cold might,
That /'i'arf therein may have its part
As here among the fields of night.
5. C. S., oj.
THE FIRST MATE
QUICK,
jump,
or
down
go
we'll
the other thought of a
ago, he thought would never see husband
sir!"
!
:
wife and two little children, who, an hour
with her."
"Aye! aye
awa}' her tears
And as the rolling ground swell thrust
or father again, and he breathed an un-
a white launch close to the sinking barge,
couth prayer to his wife's God and then
the last of the three men comprising the
felt
Hardly had the
graceful little tender got out of danger
when, with a groaning cough and then
a muffled roar, the rough old barge listed
to port and slowly sank, stem foremost.
The launch was tossed and twisted by
waves from the whirlpool which soon
ashamed of himself afterward.
But the mate of the barge felt welling
crew jumped aboard.
of the' old hulk save some immense bub-
up in his heart memories of a great
mother love, and he thought to himself
of his dignified mother in her New
York home, and of his father and an
erstwhile hardness in him was softened.
Awakening from his revery, he looked
up.
Now he could get a better view of
the yacht which had seen their signal
some
just in time to rescue them. Like a white
Almost with bated breath the sailors
in the launch had watched the boat turn
turtle and plunge to Davy Jones' locker,
swan upon the water it lay, and appeared
even more graceful than the hundred
others of her type he had seen. Above
the enameled whiteness of her stern were
subsided, and nothing marked the grave
bles,
which continued to
rise
for
time.
held by
the
terrible
fascination
such a sight possesses.
which
When the great
from the vortex reached their
craft it aroused them from their trance,
and the two parties looked at one another for the first time, and then began
ripples
the easy, flowing conversations of
ters of course
in
and only
think of them for a few minutes
the
when
moved. Even the rough bargeman's dress did not disguise his athletic
form and clear countenance, and he
to be
hardly be taken
lines,
of
New
the
bold
a
picture
—
the whole made
which caused him to tingle
stops and deck canvas
with a sailor's admiration.
Upon the deck was a group of people,
interested
in
the
drama they had
just
witnessed, and impatiently waiting the
return of the launch.
gold-braitled captain, stciod a girl, dress-
ed in a blue and white sailor suit.
sat apart.
He alone seemed quiet, and appeared
could
graceful
Upon the l)ridge, beside the blue-clad,
The mate of the barge, the last man
jump,
"Fenella,
letters,
Her
curves of bow and stern, gleaming white
they find they are safe.
to
gold
York."
men
of the sea who take such things as mattheir lives,
—
for
a
common
shipped upon an ore barge in tow
from Philadelphia to Savannah.
sailor,
Of his two companions, one realized
with an embarrassed kind of thankful-
With
her marine glasses she had lieen viewing
the
incidents
she
since
had
first
spied
the distress signal on the old barge, some
time before.
.As the laiuich
approached
the yacht she looked intently at the oc-
cupants, then,
in
as
her mind, she
if
settling
left
something
and
the bridge
joined the group on the deck, in time to
see the sailors climb aboard.
ness that a certain Mary would not have
Helen Forbes, with great surjirise, had
to read of iiis disappearance in the great
recognized, or thought she recognized,
storm of the night before, or if she did
the mate as Jackson Briggs,
read it, that he would soon return to kiss
had seen about a year ago when he was
whom she
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35
She had im
were being entertainetl on this cruise by
time to wijiuler how he g'ot here, but as
Mr. and Mrs. Forbes. Then he went
below to get into a change of clothes,
still
senior at
a
cullciio.
he climbed upon the deck she spoke his
name.
Briggs jumped as though shot
he heard
when
while the guests returned to their diversions as though nothing .so exciting
as a shipwreck
strange faces until they came to Helen's,
and a romantic meeting
had just taken place.
\\ ben Jack came on deck again it was
when
deserted, so he started to walk up and
it.
His eyes went about the
circle
of
gaze stopped and he realized
saw once again, and at such a
dramatic moment, the girl whom
his
roommate, Tom Hardy, had always
iiis
that he
down to compose his thoughts and to get
laughingly called his "Jonah."
he walked aft, and there he saw Helen,
standing at the stern, looking down at
Why?
Stanton's
The twin propellers churned up the
water in two furrows, which fought to-
New Haven, two years be-
gether for space with their white dragon
first
Forbes
musicale, in
time Briggs had met
was
at
Mrs.
and then united to pass off in a
trail of foam, which seemed to
stay like a blazed pathway on this limit-
Since he was not very fond of
teeth,
music, and they had several common ac-
white
fore.
quaintances to talk about, they had gone
into the
palm room, and there, just as
Jack had reached the point of professing
a
previous
unsusceptibility
to
girls,
a
less plain of water.
"Helen."
The girl turned at her name, and then,
down in a green
potted orchid had fallen from above and
without speaking, sat
him fairly upon the head.
was the deuce of a scene," he had
sworn softly to his roommate, after they
had restored him and carefully softened
rattan chair.
struck
"It
his shirt front with copious ablutions of
cold water.
Then
the
"Helen, I have been thinking that it's
about the luckiest thing in the world for
me that you happened to see us an hour
ago."
"Well, Jack,
had
clinched her reputation in Hadley's mind
was the fact that Jack had been entertaining Helen on commencement week,
when he got that peremptory letter from
second event which
that was, but
For pity's sake do
aboard."
passed through
mind as he was recovering himself and returning her greeting.
He met the assernbled people, who
were all friends of Helen's, and who
All this in a flash
can
understand
cannot understand
how
how
satisfy
a
person's
curiosity by giving a more lucid account
of it than you
own expenses.
I
you should be aboard a barge, out here
bills,
enclosing a check for those
"which because of their nature
must be paid,'' and telling his son that
until he had proved himself something
more than the idle spendthrift beseemed,
he preferred that Jack should meet his
I
off the coast, and a sinking barge at that.
his father,
Jack's
Then
the boiling wake.
Well, the
Miss
used to the rapid flight of events.
gave when you first came
"Oh, it's nothing so remarkable. You
know since last year I have been working in Savannah for the firm of which
your father is a member, and part of
my duty was occasionally to come up
north with the barges and direct their
placing at the ports. All that happened
was that in the fierce storm last night
our hawser broke and we sprang a bad
leak.
We were the last of the tow,
:
THE IIAVERFORDIAN
36
and before the other boats realized we
were gone, we were separated from
them. Our one boat was so badly
smashed it- was useless, and we were
just going to launch an impromptu raft
when we saw that you had seen our
those refusals, but
I
did
manage to live
through them, because I did not know
then what life and love really were.
"Xow I know.
"My experience has taught me what
Jack and Helen found themselves again
on the after-deck, and left alone in the
manner which betokens strange chance
is. from its heights
its
to
and patience and waiting for the
time when I h.ad a real right to ask you
to marry me have taught me what love
is.
If only you had not smiled that time
when you told me that when I had actually done something in the world you
would like nothing better than to hear
or the machinations of romantic friends.
me say those things again.
The golden glory of the afternoon had
given place to the silver sheen of moonThe yacht was now in sight of
light.
shore, and was bound for its anchorage
I
They
talked
tor
some
time
about
the strange meeting, and then the party
was summoned to dinner.
in the
That evening
Hudson.
All the host of recollections that asso-
ciated
Helen Forbes with the best memwith Jack
life had been
ories of his
and he had long ago decided the very
weighty and embarrassing question definitely in his
at college, but, strange to say, for a year
who in his chemistry days had
been accustomed to read ahead to see
what the result would be, and put that
down in his notebook.
Not that he
rushed at conclusions. Did not the author know more about chemistry than
and was not a year's durability the
accredited test for love?
"Helen, when you knew me last I was
what I am now.
Then I was spoiled by the ease with
which things came to me. I don't wonder you used to laugh at me when I
would continually propose to you like
the soft-headed fusser I must have been.
a
I
child
compared
used to
feel
to
dreadful after each of
Then she
spoke, but
that
so quickly.
in
voice so different from her usual
a
laughing voice, in a voice that was warm
and rich.
"You might as well know right away
that
I
was
in
earnest then, Jack, and
that I feel the same way now, and more-
— —that you have done
—that you have changed durI feel
something
ing the last year, and that you are more
like
what I wanted you to be.
too.
have thought of you for the
last }'ear,
thought of you as you used to
of complete separation he had been in
love with her, and that was test enough
How often
have wished you had been in earnest."
over I know
mind.
He was in love with her.
He had had his "case" on her while
he,
;
He looked at her. She had bent over
and seemed to be almost sobbing. After
all he had been a cad to say a thing like
Briggs constantly during the past year,
for him,
really
life
depths
signal."
"I,
be, and thought of you as I imagined
you would be if ever you came back to
me, for I didn't know just how you
would feel about me after you had
changed.
Honestly,
I
didn't.
Jack."
She looked him full in the face now
for a moment, her eyes reflecting the
soft gleam of the moon. Then she looked
away over
the
streaming behind.
a
ocean,
so swiftly
They were silent for
moment, awed by that world-old pas-
sion that e.xists anew whenever two souls
discover each other.
Finally Jack spoke in a low voice
'"Helen, dear,
fable that savs
I remember an Eastern
when Paradise was fad-
:
:
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rose
was
sand,
saved and treasured by an angel,
who
employ of
ing
from
earth
tlie
a
single
gives to every mortal, sooner or later in
his
life,
a single breath of
flower, which
is
immortal
this
worth a thousand other
37
precarious
to a
"Well, dad, this
I
position
in
the
ship brokerage firm.
a
pretty sudden, but
is
think I shall consider it.
I
had already
accepted their offer, but I guess you can
up
Keen,
&
square
it
"The rose is here."
Forbes,
for
As soon as Briggs could excuse him-
mistaken you have had a watchful eye
over me ever since you told me you
breaths.
self
from the party
day, he took a
lather's office.
after
landing next
hansom and went to his
There was no formality
about his entering, for everybody recognized him at once with pleasure.
lie entered the private office and saw
his father bent over his desk.
dad."
••Hello,
'i
man wheeled around in his
he old
chair, a look of
proud joy in his face.
"Hello, boy."
These greetings and a firm handclasp
with a long look into each other's eyes
were all, but they sealed forever a year
A year
of suffering for them both.
whitened
which had
the
hair
of
the
mother and father a little, but a year
that had fulfilled the father's expectations and had made a man out of the boy.
Mr. Criggs finally sat down at his desk
after the first greetings were over, and
with
unless
I
little
while in
their
accident
his lather
humor,
Jack said
"But. dad, there is one thing
had not lost his old sense of
"•the boy" retained enough
of his college ideas to prefer a business
bringing in its annual twenty-five thou-
I
must
confess before I accept your offer and it
might change your mind. I have made
final arrangements to assume the lifelong captaincy of a certain little bark."
"No, I should not call her
lie hesitated.
that either.
I'd better call
her
my first
male."
"Her!
i.er
First
mate!
Boy, you are
your metaphors. What
do you mean?
"Well, dad
Come to the point."
Helen Forbes has con-
;
Mr. Briggs looked at him a moment,
then arose from his desk and again clasp-
ed his son's hand.
"God bless you, my son."
Then a gleam of humor came into his
and he continued
first mate?
Let me tell
If history lives up to its
you something
reputation and repeats itself, > on had hLitcr begin right now by calling her the
fine,
for
have just had
"But that will keep until dinner to-night,
w hen mother can shiver over it also. I
don't know whether you know it or not,
but mother and I have corresponded
pretty regularly since—"
"Yes, boy; I did know it."
Both were silent for a moment, then
s.nted to be my wife."
Evidently
I
employ," he continued.
and he tells me that after a severe trying
out you have proved yourself so efficient
they want to put you into the PhiladelBut I begin to think I need
])hia office.
an active partner here, and before you
answer them definitely I wish you would
my modest offer."
much
"Evidently you have not heard of the
pleasant
rather mixed in
Jack thought a moment.
Helbert
pretty
thought I could get a job there."
went through a file of letters.
"Here is a letter I just received from
Mr. Keen, of Keen, Helbert & Forbes,
consider
am
stern face,
•'Did you say
:
captain."
i^,^(e^^^ey<
/.
/. D., 'oj.
JIM CLEARY
MY
brother and I had been trudging
along
sunset
all
day,
we began
and as
to look
it
neared
about for a
our supper and sleep.
While we were debating the question
between us, a very respectable colored
man, with a neat turnout, drew near us
and as he came up we fell into converasked him if he
I
sation with him.
in the neighanywhere
barn
knew of a
place to cook
borhood for us to sleep in over night,
and it was from him that I heard the
We
little that I know of Jim Cleary.
the
came
to
were told to walk until we
and
right,
forks of the road, turn to the
we would soon come to a brick house
took the cup from the top of the pump,
but we were disappointed.
I
worked the
handle vigorously for a while, but no
water came, and upon looking closely
at
the cup
it
seemed probable that no
It was
water had come for some time.
the ordinary white
porcelain
cup,
so
common in the country, with little brown
cracks running all over it, like the county
boundaries on a map. It lacked a handle.
Furthennore, it had a deposit of
black grime inside of it, as if it had
caught some rain water and dust from
covers you'll find some horse blankets
in the stall by the door."
About one hundred yards
from us in a garden patch was an old,
bearded man, in a tattered, broad-brimmed hat and well-worn overalls, cutting
a very prosperous crop of weeds with a
scythe. We took him to be Jim Cleary.
In the hope of getting a drink of
spring water I approached the kitchen
door to inquire, noticing as I went the
worn-out appearance of the back of the
We did not go so far as Jim Cleary's
house, contrasting so strongly with the
house that night, but when we saw a
brick house ahead of us upon our left,
in the clear, warm sunlight of the next
front.
The typical farm house bench
stood on the porch against the wall, with
and a frame barn.
"You can go in there," said our negro
friend,
"and nobody
will
disturb
you.
Nobody lives there but Jim Cleary and
his sister,
and he is deaf.
If
you want
morning, both of us recognized it at
once as the place to which our guide
We were hot and
had directed us.
thirsty, and the anticipation of a cool
drink of well water delighted us.
The
side of the
house toward the road gave
an
passive
air
of
respectability.
The
fence was in good repair, and the house,
with
its
closed shutters, looked as well
preserved as any house
built
probably
the roadside.
wash basin and cocoanut shell of
The porch floor was composed of heavy boards, worn so uneven
that there were cracks an inch wide beits tin
yellow soap.
tween the pieces, and hills and hollows
all over it around the knotty parts of the
wood.
The sight that met my eyes when I
looked in the open door of the kitchen
was one
so strange that
never forget
it.
I
think I .shall
In the middle of the
about 1850. The long and tangled grass
in the yard brushed the dust from our
room upon a common kitchen chair sat
an old, gray-haired woman, with her
shoes as wc passed from the gate to a
pump standing in the shade of two mag-
back toward me.
nificent
ma])les by the dusty
roadside.
We were happy in the i)rospect of shade
and water after our hot and sunny
tramp of two hours. I raised the handle
to draw some water, and my brother
She was bent slightly
her hands one
of her knees, thrown across the other.
Her dress was a basque of the pattern
in vogue twenty years ago, with shreds
of the material hanging from it in short
forward, clasping with
streamers.
Her skirt was of a coarse.
THE IIAVERFORDIAN
chocked
texture,
ami
her
roughest kind of brogans.
shoes
the
Over her
39
we went away from
the place without
being seen or heard by the old
man in
shoulders was a thin shower of silvery
As she sat she rocked to
white hair.
the garden patch or his demented sister.
and fro, muttering unintelligible words.
"Can I get a drink around here," I
asked her. I received no reply, and so
rejieatcd my question, and still got nn
not
reply.
kitchen his
I
looked around me.
Evidently the
main part of the house had been added
to this curious little two-windowed kitchen. At the far side was an old-fashioned, open fireplace, with a big iron
crane.
It was filled with rubbish, to be
A
burnt, no doubt, when convenient.
modern cook stove, with no sign of fire
in
it,
stood by the wall near the door,
and upon it in belter- skelter fashion
were piled pots and kettles of various
shapes,
a
some
clean,
others not.
rough dresser stood another
Upon
pile
of
unwashed dishes, probably the accumulation of several meals, for there were
more than were needed in one meal for a
single couple.
Such were the old woman's surroundings in the old kitchen with
the blackened rafters.
Still she sat, keeping up her senseless
droning and ceaseless motion, in spite
of my third question to her.
Who and what is Jim Cleary?
The
know.
man's
colored
I
do
state-
ment of the evening before is all that I
ha\-c
even as a basis
imagination,
for
but to judge from what
must be
saw of the
I
of discomand unhappiness. One little knows
what stirring tragedies are hidden by the
humblest roofs, what soul-trying diffilife
full
fort
culties
lost
—
may have been met and won or
lost in the
insanity.
is
darkness of a driveling
May it not be that Jim Cleary
another
Charles
Lamb,
on
a
far
greater scale, living a life of toil and sor-
row in his old age, that was unknown to
\Vlio knows what
the pitiable old woman, croning over her
the cheerful essayist?
meaningless mutterings, might have been
in
her youth
!
Who can say what bright
prospects lay before her;
who can tell
whether hers was the fault that blasted
them? It is not only in the educated
centres of art and culture that one can
see heroic mastery of circumstances by
indomitable will. What loneliness must
be the portion of that old man, sitting
beside his
fire
in the
long winter even-'
There was
ings, his solitude increased and deepened
an atmosphere of strangeness about this
by a negative companionship, with no
prospect but another day of toil! Well
outward sound that
seemed uncanny to me, and I left the
door without trying to disturb her
again.
I returned to the pump and explained the situation to my brother, and
entire oblivion
to
it
is
for such as this old mountaineer
that rewards
are not limited
to
this
earthly existence.
F. R. T., '06.
SKETCHES
Signs of Spring:
TO
the
which
apparent or not.
philosopher the manner
ordinary
mortals
in
greet
must be extremely ludicrous.
Everybody feels so happy that he doesn't
care much whether his eccentricities are
spring
forgiven.
He is sure they will be
And these eccentricities are
as diverse and interesting as human na-
ture itself.
The first and most persistent type of
"unhibernator" is the poet whose spring
THE HAVERFORDIAN
40
not as a remunerative as the
poetry,
if
spring
millinery,
claims
rightfully
as
when someone tripped over a root. During our journey the sun had been stead-
No
ily
other identifications are necessary than
we
the absent look, the amble that is truly
of
rural and the frequent occurrence
which, fortunately for us, had been burn-
prominent
a position in the cycle.
"doves" and
poor man has been
descending and it was nearly set when
finally
came out upon the summit,
ed clean and bare, so that, unlike the
"shade,"
tops of most of the Adirondacks.
this
forded a clear view in all directions.
"maid"
and
"loves."
As
sufficiently
maligned in the past we will
As we came out upon the rocky clear-
pass on to the more subtle indications of
ing we saw below us the three Saranacs,
^^'hen
vernality.
who
he
habitually
af-
it
dotted with islands, shining in the sun-
— "burnished sheets of living gold."
growls about the unchristianity of an eight
o'clock breakfast sets his alarm for five
light
and really gets up when it goes off, and
goes out to watch over the ornithological
Cranberry Lake behind it, and oflf in the
destruction
spring
is
of
the
coming.
be girds up
storied
worm, then
When the athlete-to-
his loins
and indulges in a
pleasant two-mile jog before breakfast,
When
you would
rather see it melt than freeze, when you
would rather walk on the grass than on
spring
is
arriving.
Just beyond old Boot Bay stood with
distance the Tuppers
and
thread of Racquette River.
the
silver
Far away on
the horizon pufTs of black smoke betrayed
the existence of large towns
:
but they
were too far off to interfere with the
natural beauty of the scene, and we did
On our left the mounVermont were visible, the pale
not mind them.
tains of
when winter has
blue
ranges
been converted and then been baptized by
the pleasing little .\pril showers, then
sky.
A puff of white in the valley, a
the sidewalk
;
in
short,
spring is indeed here.
But a sharp lookout must be kept for
In
these signs, for they are transient.
little
nearly
blending
with
the
moving object and long afterward
and we knew a train was
a faint whistle,
passing.
We turned and looked towards the
three or four days the early riser leaves
the worms to the robin and returns to
east,
chops at eight. The athlete runs in the
.-Marm clocks are dispensed
setting sun.
Marcy and Mclntyre.
the
twin sentinels
:
Saddle Back and
the
afternoon.
and the whole countryside settles
down to a more rational and leisurely
where all was now in shadow save
the peaks shining in the Inst rays of the
with,
enjoyment of the spring fever.
Only the
poet never ceases.
T.
M. L., 'oS.
others
we saw
all
— Lake Placid, Pine Pond,
Lake Clear in the distance and .Ampersand Pond at our feet, which, as Dr. Van
Dyke has well
said.
"No lazy man has
ever visited."
And
as
light faded
we looked
the
and the shadows deepened,
one by one the mountains faded
away and the lakes were swallowed up in
until
Mt. Ampersand at Sundown
afternoon we had climbed up
ALLfrom
Round Pond
shore
the
of
along the hot. damp forest trail, the silence of which was broken only by the
humming of gnats and mosquitoes, and
thf occasional s(|uash of the wet leaves
the evening mists, until all had been lost
Amjicrsand Pond down
in
the valley, with the evening star in
its
to sight but
bosom, which alone seemed on guard,
watching over the wilderness as it slept.
.4.
L., 'og.
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
CoiuliK-lcil
THE
by
Leicester Ford, and they have since been
Modern Language As-
reprinted in one of the "Ariel Booklets."
tion of the
sociation of America contains an article
by Ralph \\'. Trueblood, entitled "Mon-
Average Man." The paper
makes an effort to show that the enduring popularity of the French philosopher
taigne
is
:
the
due, not to the unquestioned literary
influence and excellence of the essays,
but to the fact that they embody the comfortable and commonplace philosophy of
a
type hitherto unrepresented
ture
is
Dean Barrett
current iinmhor of the publica-
in
litera-
—the average man. The argument
continued to indicate, however, that
this characteristic of the essays
Montaigne himself
and of
much the
not so
is
expression of his natural turn of mind
as of his conviction that the truest philos-
On the title-page they are called "Poems
of Benjamin Franklin."
In the introduc-
tion the editor quotes Franklin's own re"I need not tell thee that many of
them are of my own making," and adds
that he has "been able to identify but
one or two pieces as from other pens."
Dr. Mustard points out that about eighty
jjieces
were clipped from well-known
mark
:
—Dryden, Pope, Thomson,
age, Lyttelton and Armstrong— and that
English poets
W alsh, Young, Prior, Swift, Gay, Sav-
more than fifty pieces were derived from
a humorous miscellany entitled "Wits
Recreations," which was published in
London in 1640.
ophy is to be found in the golden mean of
At the recent meeting of the
voluntary mediocrity.
Inter-
collegiate Football Rules Committee, the
The second edition
Dr.
of
Bolles'
"Home Library of Law" is about to apthe
pear,
first
having been
One of
ing of Mr. Walter Camp, of Yale; Prof.
the
field was written many years ago by
fessor
Parsons,
of
the
"Law for
Men."
book
Dr.
Bolle.s'
same
Dennis, of Cornell; Mr. Savage, of Ober-
Pro-
and Dr.
Chairman;
this Committee to act as a Central Board
of Officials and serve until December,
The purpose of this Committee
1906.
Harvard Law
School, and entitled
is
Business
broader
in
ing
and aims to state the leador more
general
principles
of
law
that
scope,
apply
to
all
stead of the old-fashioned
was practically
published
early in October of last year.
the earliest books covering
revision of playing rules
completed: and a special Central Committee of Five was appointed, consist-
classes.
In-
heavy vol-
ume, bound in sheep, the matter is pub-
Prof.
lin:
Fine, of
Babbitt, of
is
Princeton;
Haverford,
as
to ensure the proper interpretation of
rules,
and enforce the spirit of the Com-
mittee's work.
appoint sectional
will
It
geographical
committees
lished in six small volumes, well printed
for different
and easily handled.
the country, and, while for the present
ber of the Yale
contributed
an
In the
March num-
Law Journal Dr. Bolles
article on "How Law
Uooks Should Be Written."
serving
stand
and,
largely
as
a
desired,
if
in
Central
divisions
advi-sory
of
capacity,
Board of Appeal,
appoint
officials
for
college games.
Dr. W. P. Mustard has recently printed some interesting notes in the New
York Nation on the verses which served
football
"Poor Richard's
Almanack" (1733- 1758). These verses
cials, in
were collected and edited in 1890 by Paul
tion.
to enliven the pages of
will
It
ist,
communicate directly with,
and their presidents; 2nd,
managers and captains; and,
faculties
3rd,
all
known
efficient
football
offi-
fornuilating plans for organiza-
:
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
NOTES
'42.
City
Robert P.owne died in New York
March 4th, 1906.
*92.
Christian Brinton had an illus-
trated article in Appleton's Booklovers'
C. Linn Seiler composed another
comic opera, entitled "Billy B.," which
'02.
was given on March 29th and 30th by
the Dramatic Club of the Haverford
School.
Magazine for February, entitled "Russia,
through Russian Paintings."
Robert P. Lowry is employed by
'04.
The engagement of J. Henry
Scattergood to Miss Anne Theodora
'96.
the Oirard Trust Company.
Morris is announced.
E. P. West has been transferred
'04.
Richard C. Brown is in the employ of the J. B. Uppincott Company,
'97.
by
Westinghouse
the
Company from
Pittsburg to Philadelphia.
publishers, Philadelphia.
01.
W. H. Kirkbride had an article
in Pearson's Magazine for December, entitled "Joseph, Chief of the Nez Perces."
'02.
John R. Thomas and George
Maxwell
.\utomobile in Washington, D. C.
'04.
llclbert are the agents for the
Caspar Wistar has been appoint-
ed to serve next year as Professor of
Mathematics and Natural Sciences in the
Institute Inglese, at Santiago de Chile.
'05.
ried
to
Effingham C. Murray was marMiss Marie de Montalvo on
-March 26th in
New York City.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL
Haverford vs. Penn
SATURDAY, March 10, witnessed
the
first
intercollegiate
soccer
It was played at
windy that accuon
day
so
a
Haverford
shooting
was imjiossilDle.
and
rate passing
score
of 2 to i.
the
Haverford won by
chose to
the
and
toss
Haverford won
The
ball
was in
kick with the wind.
Penn's territory most of the time, and
at last on a long wing pass Spaetli shot
game of the -season.
the first tally for Haverford.
Within five
minutes after Penn
kicked
had
ofif
Spaeth again ])ushed the ball into the
net. Tile half ended soon afterward with
the
ball
in
Haverford, 2
Penn's
;
Score
territory.
Penn, o.
The second half was mostly
but the splendid work
Penn's,
Lowry, C.
Brown and Philips, Haverford's two fullhacks and goal, kept them from scoring
till
near the close of the game, when
\ iddows tallied with a pretty shot. The
liall was out of bounds frequently and
was very hard to handle. Tlie lavcrford forwards played well together and
passed excellently, but they did not seem
Lowry,
to shoot as well as might l)e.
Pleasants and Spaetli played the best for
Haverford, while Widdows, Kane and
of
.
1
Morris excelled for i'rnn.
l,iiie-nn:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Kane
Hochin
Goal
Brown
Lowry
C.
.
.
.
The Ardmore Boys' Club
The Ardmore Boys' Club on April
nth successfully completed its second
>ear.
It was established in the fall of
Penn.
Positions.
?lavcrford.
Philips
Right fnll-back
Keating
Left full-back
Pleasants ...Centre half-back... H. Morris
Ewing
Left half-back
Godley
Shortlidge .. .Right half-back ... Schopback
Pepper
and this year had nearly fifty members,
with an average attendance of about
Inside right
Harris
twenty.
Outside right
Linesmen
Smith
Mont-
use the old Grammar School gymnasium,
Inside
left
Devvecs
Outside
left
Brown
P.
Rcid
Spaeth
Young
Referee
1904 under the auspices of the College
Y. M. C. A, for the boys in the vicinity,
Wiildows
Centre forward
Drinker
— A.
— Bishop.
gomery and R. M.
Time
Gummere.
of
halves— 35 minutes.
The college allowed the club to
and there, one evening a week, the boys
collected to play such games as carroms,
crokinole and checkers, with an occasional fifteen
The Lehigh Meet
concluded on the 17th ult.
Lehigh,
at
where the Haverford team won by the
The contest was
close score of 25-23.
Captain S. W.
very even throughout.
Brown, of Lehigh, did the best work for
his side, scoring twelve points
minutes of basketball.
A sav-
was also established in which
ten or a dozen boys had accounts varying from a few cents to a couple of dollars.
One or two evenings were spent
ings bank
The gymnastic season was successfully
43
;
listening
to
singing by a quartette of
followed by ice cream
and cake for the boys and workers.
college fellows,
Bushnell,
of Haverford, came next with nine.
The results were as follows:
Horizontal Bar— Tied for first place, S. W.
Mr. Nicholson, secretary of the Anti-
Brown, Lehigh, and Bushnell, Haverford.
Saloon League of Pennsylvania, lectured
before the Senior and Junior classes on
Flying Rings— First, T. D. Scott, Lehigh;
second, E. A. Edwards, Haverford.
Tuesday, March 30, in the new Assembly
Hall.
He explained the methods, aims,
Side
Horse- First,
Carson,
Haverford;
second, StoufJer, Lehigh.
Parallels— First, S. W. Brown,
second, C. T. Brown, Haverford.
Lehigh:
and results of the League's work and
put the matter before his audience in a
new and stronger way than that in which
Club Swinging— First, Shortlidge,
Haver-
it
is
usually considered.
ford; second, Frankenfield, Lehigh.
Tumbling— First, Bushnell, Haverford; sec-
ond,
S.
W, Brown,
Lehigh.
On Friday, March 23, State Senator
Football Schedule
The
football
management announces
the following schedule for 1906:
October 6— Medico-Chi, at Haverford.
October 13— Lehigh, at South Bethlehem.
—
October 20 Rutgers, at Haverford.
October 27— Ursinus, at Haverford.
November 3— Franklin and Marshall,
Algernon B. Roberts, Princeton, '96,
spoke on the "Corrupt Practices Bill,"
and gave an interesting account of this
measure which came before the Legislature at Harrisburg at the recent session.
He also gave his hearers an impressive
talk upon the value of personal interest
at
in local politics.
Lancaster.
November 10— Johns Hopkins,
at
Haver-
The Junior Class announces the even-
ford.
November 17— Trinity, at Hartford.
November 24— New York University,
Haverford.
at
ing of Friday, May 18, as the date of its
Junior Reception.
^
EXCHANGES
"O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us
To see oiirsels as others see us!"
sang Burns, and we always have his wish
in
mind when we review the magazines
that
We look through the
come to us.
exchange columns to ascertain how othand in our criticisms we try
to the hest of our ability to give our exchanges the opportunity to learn how
others see them.
In doing this we try
not to forget the Golden Rule, and always remember de mor/ias nil 7iisi bonum,
so that no matter how harshly we may
sometimes speak about a paper (for, you
know, to quote Bums again, "It's hardly
in a body's pow'r to keep, at times, frae
being sour") you may be sure that we at
least do not consider that paper dead.
ers see us,
THE REDWOOD
In the March number of this magazine
there
is rather a dearth of fiction.
Its
place is taken, in part, by verse, with such
varying subjects as "The Battle of the
Cats" and "The Prayer of St. Ignatius."
The Redwood
narrowed
possibly,
interests,
a
but
too
ought
little
it
closer together the hearts of the Boys of
the Present
and of the Past."
AMHERST LITERARY MONTHLY
The February number of the Amherst
magazine is full of interest. We apprecithe
verse
—
"Lonesome-
especially
The fiction is good, and as for
ness."
and
that philosophical treatise, "The Atheist,"
verv appearance makes us turn to it
although it could hardly be called a
"good, tight argument without a leak in
This paper
its
is,
its
certainly to accomplish its laudable purpose as set forth on the editorial page,
"To record our College Doings, to give
a proof of College Industry and to knit
ate
WILLIAMS LITERARY MONTHLY
in
is
tastefully arranged
among the first. Nor are its contents disappointing.
"The Summons" is, perhaps, a
trifle
too
melodramatic,
for.
though scarcely three pages long, it conmurder and a suicide as a criticism to this sketch and to "Through the
Night" as well we should like to mention Mark Twain's remark, "It is easier
to manufacture seven facts than one
tains a
it
anywhere,"
it
is
vividly told,
and
its
connotation sets one thinking.
;
—
—
A LULLABY.
Sail, httle
sea-nymph of mine.
Swift in your sea-coral boat.
Rocked on the foam of the ocean's dark
wave,
emotion."
On the sea of dreamland float.
THE HOLY CROSS PURPLE
Swing.
The stories and verses in this Massachusetts magazine are clever.
We com-
little
moonbeam of mine.
Soft in the
Rocki-d
In
in
tile
still,
starry sky,
cradle of moon's silver
realms of dreamland on
orti.
high.
mend "A Filipino Pearl," but we must
object to the statement, "Being .\meri!"
cans, and what is more, Bostonians
"William Wilson, alias Markheim," is a
well
written
similarity
article,
dealing
with
the
between these two stories of
Poe and Stevenson.
Sway, little rosebud of mine.
Sweet watch thy mother will keep;
Tossed by the drowsy winds, kissed by the
dew.
In
the
land
of
dreamland
sleep.
Thf Mount Holyoke.
W. S. E., '07.
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A.sa S. Wing
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J. Rol)erts Foulke
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J. Barton Townsend
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Asa S. Wing
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Frank H. Taylor
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HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
Volume XXVIII, No. 3.
May, I906
CONTENTS
Editorials
45
Erin's Prayer
60
Joseph Gibbons Harlan
48
61
The Loved and Lost
The Outcome
Tito, Tup^ and Don Pepe
50
The Veteran's Day
Faculty Dkpartmbnt
Alumni Department
College Department
.
51
53
63
64
65
:
DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Association Football:
President
D. Philips, '06
F. I). Godley, '07
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
J.
J.
-.
Manager
Buslinell, 3rd, '08
C. H. Rhoads, '93
Captain
ADVISORY BOARD
Foot Ball:
Gummere, '07
S. J.
M. H. March, *o7
C. K. Drinker, '08
E. W. Jones, '07
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
J.
Other Members— R. J. Shortlidge, '06;
J.
D.
;
'07.
LOGANIAN SOCIETY.
T. Fales, '06
A. N. Warner, '07
F. G.Sheldon, '06
Assistant Manager... W. R. Kossmaessler, '07
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
Captain
M. H. March, '07
Philips, '06; T. K. Brown, Jr., '06; R. L. Cary,
'06
W. Haines, '07 ; H. Evaus, '07; I. J.
Dodge,
:
W. Carson, '06
President
Secretary
W. Carson, '06
Captain
Gvmnasium
S. G. Nauman, '06
P. W. Brown, '07
H. Plea.'sants, Jr., '06
Assistant Manager
DEPARTMENTS
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
A. C. Dickson, '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
Vice President
W. Carson, '06
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
President
Vice President
P. W.
Secretary-Trea.surer
Brown, '07
DEPARTMENTS
Track:
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
P. W. Brown, '07
A. K. Smiley, Jr., '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
'06
J. D. Philips,
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Captain
Civics:
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
J.
B. Windle,
07
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
Captain
R. L. Cary, '06
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
D. Philips, '06
A. E. Brown, 'o7
F. D. Godley, '07
F. R. Taylor, '06
P. Elkington, '08
Scientific :
Cricket
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
H. Pleasants, '06
,
Debating:
President
Vice President
*
W. Carson, '06
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
Secretarj'-Treasurer
ASSOCIATIONS.
College:
President
Vice President
Secretary
CLASSES.
1906:
J.
D. Philips, '06
C. K. Drinker, '08
W. Shoemaker, '08
Musical:
President
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
Manager
A.N. Warner, '07
Assistant Manager
Leader
.....W. B. Windle, '07
S. G. Spaeth '05
Tennis:
President
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
Vice President
W. Rossmaessler, '07
Secretary-Treasurer
C. J. Teller, '05
Y. M. C. A.
,
1907:
President
Vice President
Secretarj'
Treasurer
1908:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
J.
R. Scott
T. Fales
H. Evans
G. H. Wood
J.W. Nicholson, Jr.
K. J. Barr
G. K. Strode
W. R. Shoemaker
C. S. Scott
T. Troth
J.
1909:
I.
;
W. Carson
W. K. Miller
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer.
M. H. March, '07
Treasurer
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Dodge, '07
I. J.
D. C. Baldwin, '06
J.
Dodge, '07
J.
B. L. Dodge, Jr.
President
H. Evans '07
W. H. Morris, '08
Vice President
Secretary
Teasrurer
P. Elkinton, '08
T. K. Lewis
R. L. M.Underhjll
E. S. Shoemaker
An Interesting Fact
About our prescription work, is, that none but the l>est
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of the best College of
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Haverford, Pa., May,
Vol. XXVIII.
No. 3
1906.
SINCE the present Editorial Board
After the June issue we shall regularly
has had charge of the Haverfordian
discontinue the Exchange Department in
we have gnven a great deal of thought
the paper and in
to the question as to whether or not the
Alumni and College Departments. While
meeting the joint
the Haverfordian is primarily a paper for
conc.rning
P^per
the Policy
demands of undergraduates and alumni in the best
of Th«
Haverfordian
is
the
the
arrangement would be
bi-weekly newspaper, and
ed
to
a
change the shape of the Haverfordian,
making it more strictly a literary magazine.
But after careful consideration we
see that the college
is
not yet ready to
support two papers and keep them up to
the standards necessary to justify such a
They could be financed successfully, but the difficulty would be in sus-
change.
taining literary
support after the
first
interest of enthusiasm was passed.
Thus we have to give up any serious
considerations of this sort with the expressed hope that some near future year
such a change made, and direct
our own attention to the needs of the
will see
paper as it now is.
is
to
make it a common meeting ground for
manner. Previous
that a better
place enlarge the
the undergraduates, yet our policy
boards as well as our own have consider-
possible
its
Alumni and those in college where
former may by occasional articles
some of the experience they
have gained to those who are yet under-
contribute
graduates and may in return receive news
of
all
that
is
of each other.
happening in College, and
That the Alumni is inter-
ested in these things
fact
that the
is
indicated by the
circulation in
College
but a small per cent, of the entire
culation of the Haverfordian.
is
cir-
Therefore, in view of the change proposed for the magazine we solicit during
the next month from the Alumni and
undergraduates, suggestions of policy
and methods of improving either the
College or Alumni Departments so as to
make them more interesting.
We also
request that at all times the Alumni and
the secretaries of local associations send
in notes about members of the Alumni.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
46
JUDGING by the record of the Soccer
whom was largely due the team's success
Team during the past season, when
Haverford won the championship of the
this
Intercollegiate League,
which consisted
of Harvard,
officiii
Pennsylvania,
season, the management, and
men on the team
the
good
work in the face of a rather lukewarm
other
for their
support by the undergraduates.
Recognition
Columbia, Cornell, and Hav-
Assocution
erford—we have come to
Football
the decided conclusion that
evening not long
ONEFreshman-Sophomore
Debate, we
Association Football should be a recognized college sport and that the official
were more than usually oppressed with
our cares and were brushing off some
ago, after the
H. be awarded to members of the teams
under the usual conditions governing
such awards. The success of the team
this past winter has been of such importance as to rank it with any one of
the four recognized branches of athletic
activity
—
gymnasium, track and
football,
cricket.
The game has passed out of the stage
of trial, and is
—and should be— recoga
The reform
nized sport in this country.
in football
sudden
game
was partly responsible for its
increased
itself
but
popularity,
warrants
its
the
maintenance,
and beboth for the sport there
cause it is an interesting game to watch.
is in it,
Lately we seem to have lost sight of
the fundamental excuse for college athletics
—namely, that they furnish health-
ful exercise to the players.
If we should
be so old-fashioned as to think about it
we would see that soccer has this attri-
loose ashes and
An Unappreciated
Institution
carefully
,-,
.
exammmg
*=
our
mantle to see
it
if,
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after
all,
was not woven of sackcloth,
when chance directed our footsteps toward the gymnasium.
When we arrived we were astonished
by the sight we beheld. Men from all
classes were gathered there and anticipation lit up all countenances.
There were staid and dignified Seniors
there the Juniors were represented, too,
and the ever-present Sophomores were
there, metaphorically licking their chops
:
—
for
this
the annual
was the time appointed for
Freshman Cake-walk. Yes!
That is the unappreciated institution.
Soon all were gladdened by the sight
of a mountainous cake at least three feet
in diameter being carried in by a troupe
of lusty burden bearers. Then the eyes
of everybody were glued upon the fateful
door in a manner that reminded us of
lasting all through the winter, it gives the
—
cus — the door from whence soon poured
best possible exercise without abnormal
the troupe of fantastically dressed fairy-
Following immediately
bute in its favor.
after the football season, as
taxation
physical
It is essentially a
to
does, and
it
those
who
game of skill
play.
—a game
where mere weight is no great advantage
—yet a game which may be played even
by the unitiated with enjoyment and benefit.
We
least
feel that
this question
should at
be brought up before a meeting of
the Athletic Association very soon, and
given a
fair
we wish
to
hearing, and, in conclusion,
commend
the
captain,
to
the Roman populace at a gladiatorial cir-
like
forms of the contestants.
How we should like to dwell at length
upon the sight we beheld.
What a host
of interesting characters
we could con-
But soon
jure up before your eyes.
came the most delightful time the climax when the successful contestants
cut the cake. It was a moment not soon
—
—
to be forgotten
!
To be sure, it might
have been done in a more orderly manner, hut we should pardon what we con-
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eluded was a sudden eas^cmess upon the
part of some
and be off about their studying.
But, as at most feasts, there was the
to get their small morsels
skeleton in
ever-present
the forms of
many Freshmen, who for some reason
47
ing from the knowledge that they were
abroad representing and advertising their
college that the Alumni took a renewed
;
work of the clubs and in
undergraduate activities in general and,
interest in the
;
Haverford was in a very
gratifying manner brought before the
finally,
that
And this is the real point of this editorial.
notice
of
We advocate that in view of the edifying
college
and its standards.
or another, did not go into the cake-walk.
many unacquainted with the
and stimulating influence of this exhibition more Freshmen shall be induced
hereafter, by moral persuasion or otherwise, to participate in it.
Then it will increase in interest, become even more enjoyable, and summon
others from the dark caves of worry, as
it
did us, so they, too,
IN response to a widelj' awakened inand character of
terest in the life
Joseph Gibbons Harlan, aroused by the
mere mention of his name in the Alumni
may go away
Poem, written by Thomas
In
Witli minds from care and sadness lifted
Memory' of
ttt-
'
j_o
JSo,
.\nd hearts which mirth had rendered gay.
Present
an
,
VVistar,
a Great
Personality
i,i
i
we are able
to
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article
about
him written by the author
of the poem
AFTER the concert
trip of the Musical
—
who knew Harlan personThere was something very signifi-
ally.
cant in the
life
of the
man that made
we are able to
look at it from a perspective, we feel that
it has proved even more of a success than
The au^^'^^ anticipated.
The Results
him greatly loved and respected while
he was alive and sincerely mourned for
when he died, in 1857. It was because
of the
diences at Wilmington and
we have requested this article about his
Musical Clubs
Lancaster lacked something
life.
''"^
to be desired in respect to
Clubs
is
over and
though not in appreciation, but the
concert given in Baltimore was worth
the entire trip.
There it was that the
Alumni showed a most active and loyal
interest and by their co-operation with
size,
the
management made the concert
a
of this wonderful personality of his that
a
In connection with this we also print
poem written in memory of Professor
Harlan by T. H. Burgess, in 1857.
We
appreciate very much the contribution of
this
and as an exordium to it
words of the author introduc-
article,
print the
ing the essay:
great success.
The clubs felt the absences of several
"Replying to j-our request for a short
Haverfordian" on the
for "The
character of the late Professor Joseph G.
members, who were unavoidably prevented from going on the trip, but, despite
article
these circumstances the enthusiastic spir-
made
it of those who went carried the project
through as though no unexpected withdrawals had occurred.
The results of the trip are
—
that those
who went were bound closer together by
a new and pleasant responsibility result-
Harlan, particularly as to the traits which
hira so popular and respected with
the Haverford authorities and students of
his time, I feel that, after the lapse of
nearly fifty years since his death, I can add
little to the expressive notice of him
and the e-xcellent memorial minute of the
but
Faculty published in the History of Haverford College, pages 245 and 270."
—
JOSEPH GBBONS HARLAN
It is truly said
that great teachers, Hke
the poets, are bom and not made. Surely
no mere outward training could account
for the moral, intellectual
and
discipli-
nary powers of Thomas Arnold, Thomas
Beecher or Joseph G. Harlan.
it
We think
was not so much the rare intellectual
attainments, fine sympathetic nature and
acute perceptions with which these men
were gifted that made them great, but
rather that, combined with these faculties, it was an unusual endowment of
the spirit of grace that made them what
they were and constituted the "divinity
that shaped their ends." They were all
indeed great teachers, learned, dutiful,
self-denying, humble, kind, as being
teachers
—seemed almost
to take care of
itself.
While
at
teaching
Westtown,
Harlan, unaided, mastered the intricate
sciences of the higher mathematics and
astronomy.
Coming
directly
from
Westtown
School to Haverford, Professor Har-
and prohad preceded him, and was at
once confirmed and maintained in his
new sphere of service. Everybody at
Haverford loved and respected him, for,
while manly and dignified in bearing, he
was approachable to all, and of even,
consistent temperament, not without a
vein of quiet humor, but
lan's reputation for popularity
ficiency
themselves under the eye of the divine
"Ne'er roughened
breaks
Master.
That humor interposed too often makes."
Harlan, born and bred on a farm in
Chester County, Pa., was educated at
Westtown Boarding School, and was for
some years a teacher of the higher mathematics in that school, succeeding such
eminent teachers and authors in that
branch as Samuel and John Gummere,
Enoch Lewis and Samuel Alsop. He himself also was a successful teacher at West-
town and the idol of the boys from the
first.
His agreeable personality and nat-
ural dignity and sweetness of manner at
once claimed the confidence and won the
No one ever
heart of every pupil.
thought of disobedience or disrespect to
"Master Harlan." With him a slight
frown of disapproval, or a smile of approbation was all that was needed either
in the classroom or on the play grounds,
for at Westtown the teachers mingled
—
freely with the pupils out of school
and a significant glance from his expressive blue eyes was enough to suppress
any budding disorder. He demanded the
utmost decorum in the classroom, but
under his wise and tactful supervision the
discipline
that bugbear of so many
—
by
those
cataracts
and
While helpful and encouraging to the
student, he was equally lenient
and considerate with the less promising
and the dullard. It is safe to assert no
student ever had occasion to say to him,
as a boy once said to Dr. Arnold, of
Rugby: "Why do you speak angrily,
sir? I am doing the best I can." Whereupon, the famous Doctor relates, he was
greatly ashamed of himself. And, while
it
may be confessed there were some
"hard cases" among the Haverford students at this time, with Professor Har-
clever
lan,
one can hardly imagine the follow-
ing incident in the experience of Thomas
Beecher:
Beecher had recently come
from an Eastern college to take charge
of a ward school in Philadelphia, where
the discipline was at very loose ends.
"To give you an idea of the discipline of
that school," he said, "one day I asked
a boy. Brown, "Shut the door, please.'
Brown answered, "See you in h 11 first?'
'In that case," answered Beecher, sweetly, 'I will shut it myself,' and so he did.
This went on, getting worse and worse
for some weeks, until one day, on some
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insolence from one of the large boys, he
down, put his head in his
hands on the desk before him, and sobbed like a baby with discouragement and
"Then," he said, 'I prayed somegrief.
what after the manner of the shipwrecked sailor, "O Lord, if there be a
Lord, now is the time to put in your
oar."
Soon after this he had conquered. The pupils now intent on learning, there was no need of discipline, the
school disciplined itself." "Brown," he
adds, "got very fond of him and followed him about like a dog, thankful if
he could only see him now and then and
utterly broke
'
get a word. He turned out a good fellow and made a good man." Beecher,
too, became a great man, albeit in the
but
different
clergyman.
kindred
Both
in
profession
of
a
secular and relig-
ious affairs his influence with his people
was unbounded, and he was facile princeps in the town where he lived.
What
he sought to do was to educate his people, for
he was. as he said himself, first
of all "a teacher."
Professor Harlan's influence on those
about him, both older and younger, call
it the force of personal presence, magnetism, or what you will
was altogether
remarkable, and the distinguishing feature of his character. His firm but gentle spirit semed to per\-ade his classroom
and even the larger Assembly Hall when
he presided, and was felt by everyone
present.
Each student put on his best
behavior in that room and instinctively
wished to please that master but friendly
mind. There was not a student at the
college but would rather deny himself
than incur the risk of his displeasure, or
knowingly offer him the least affront.
Such a man is destined to be a leader of
men. Had Prof. Harlan been permitted
to fill out the allotted span of life, we
may not venture to estimate the bounds
of his usefulness, both as president of
the College and in the world at large.
Arnold Beecher Harlan
all born
teachers, men who, particularly the first
named, sacrificed much of worldly prom-
—
!
!
!
49
sake of their high and holy
men who chose the
profession of teaching and were not
ashamed of it, not as a stepping stone to
their ambition, but for its own sake, as a
means of the greatest usefulness. These
men knew and followed the secret of the
great Teacher Himself service. "Who
ise for the
calling as teachers
;
—
would be great among you, let him be
your sen-ant." With what double force
do these words apply to the teacher of
youth
He must first be in all things
a worthy mentor himself, and then willing to spend and be spent in the ser\'ice
of others. Such was our faithful friend
and preceptor, Joseph G. Harlan. He
died in harness, after a lingering and
painful illness.
It was pathetic to see
how bravely and patiently he struggled
on to the last.
First he relaxed, and
finally gave up the taxing astronomical
!
work at the observatory, which, it
was thought, had much to do with causing his decline. As usual, armed with
books and papers, he was seen to cross
the College grounds to and from his
night
classroom in Founders' Hall, to his residence, near the old P. R. R. Station,
until within a few days of his death. No
Haverford student of that day can ever
forget the sadness and gloom that followed the announcement of his untimely
death at the age of thirty-two years.
The thought of our "Loved and Lost"
one was all absorbing. Study was impossible.
A holiday was given. And
the students wandered about the College
halls
and campus singly, or
in
small
groups, as under the shadow of a great
affliction.
The Senior Class was ap-
pointed pall bearers, and tenderly they
bore their precious burden to its final
resting place in the neighboring meeting
Subsequently the writer
house yard.
had the satisfaction of planting a weeping box tree, which he had raised from
a seedling, over the grave as a last tribute of respect and affection to the be-
loved
and
honored
subject
of
this
sketch.
Thomas Wistar, '58.
;
The Loved and Lost
In jiifiuory
(»f
Joseph
('.,
Hnrlan, Professor in IlaverJ'ord College.
—
Wlien faded leaves were
falling
he fell as a
laded leaf;
The Reaper, with the autumn flowers, hath
bound him in his sheaf!
to die before the sun had reached
midday throne
Since God had called him ere the pride of
manhood's years had ffown;
'Twas fit to die in those calm days, when
spirit robes were flung
O'er hill and forest, where the pride of summer green had hung:
When low laments the waning year sang in
'Twas
fit
And
of
chirp,
cricket's
reigns
where he used to gaze
Long hours, to trace the backward course
of thousand trembling rays;
The very telescope seems sad, and now its
noble eye
his
tlie
save
silence
Died 1S57
Which if 'twere animate would weep, is downcast
from the sky;
The hands are
pulseless now, which
once
motions gave;
eye that saw the "brighter stars" is
closed and in the grave.
familiar
The
The dirging clock, like some lone guard, forever at his post.
wind's refrain
And all bright, beauteous things were changed lor winter's coming reign.
Slow beats the funeral march of time and
mcjurns the "loved and lost."
All save eternal lamps that shine in wide blue
heavens above.
Reflecting
down to
of light
and
Along the path where duty led his footsteps
lowly earth God's smile
love,
And tit it is for us to mourn the good, the
"loved and lost."
"Though he be dead, he speaketh
When melancholy nature mourns the ravage
of the frost.
But even while the warm tears
is
the sigh
A witness of the truth hath joined the whiterobed multitude,
A chain of love-links reaches up to bind our
souls to his,
of that briglit
pulse-beats throbs to this.
world
beautiful the dead appeared; that
grief-clouded day.
An if the soul's glad pinions stayed
the
first
fin-
gers of decay;
How pure that, look of hope fulfilled, radiance on his brow;
forehead so serene, as if 'twere
thinking now.
Rest, rest, thy problem thou hast solved, the
proud result we boast;
Go, leave the work behind for us. who mourn
thee, "loved and lost."
The
lofty
We walk about, or linger where wo nft were
wont to meet.
The class-room and the house (jf prayer have
each a vacant seat!
The windows
The
of
his
yet"
liis
all
we
'tis
We cannot ask
him from that home with
walls of amethyst,
Where looks he not on setting stars or fields
of stellar mist;
He gazeth not with wondering praise upon
the gorgeous might,
Dciwn which the love
llipw
deeds as fadeless flowers.
Arc twined a wreath of memory;
claim as ours.
fall,
halt-subdued,
like
ever trod.
One of the world's true noblemen is gathered
home to God!
room
are
books are all alone;
graveyard hath another
heart's a sadder lour.
closed,
his
moiiiid,
our
Where God
His majestic works
walks
in
through the heavenly height
Nor peers through ethers deepest blue,
where liglit oi planet wanes.
To ponder fires that feebly gleam thmugli
Heaven's far window panes.
Rut with his God, as angels do, he sees, he
feels, he hears
The glory of eternal works, the music oi tlie
spheres.
"The gentle and the good die
they're
first;"
crown;
They go up in a smile of Heaven, which we
fittest
for the
take for a frown.
Oh! may that smile fill up the void, lu ihoic
who miss him most,
.And take the place oi tears that
the "loved and lost."
ll.ivcrfonl
CiUU-ge.
iJlh
mo.,
fall
for him,
1857.
:
THE OUTCOME
Were you ever forced to wait for a
train at a station in
country
tled
district,
some sparsely setespecially in mid-
summer, during the dry spell? If not
and you wish to experience as lazy an
hour as this world can grant you, just
manage some time to drop into a town
like Redwood, about four in the afternoon on a day in August. Of course,
the railroad
must have but one
track,
II.
But to get back to the station. We
were there to meet Frank Akon. Frank
was an old friend of mine, a big, hearty
chap, with an
unassuming assurance
about him that pushed through with a
swing anything he undertook. He was
always the life of any party, and Katherine,
my sister Emily and I were look-
ing forward to a week of
the area usually given to a station plat-
good times.
Not that Katherine and Frank had ever
itself
form must be gravel, and the station
a small, one-story frame structure.
had described
Some such picture greeted Katherine
and me when we drove up to
meet the four o'clock train that Wednes-
And then, too, I had introduced them
T^Iorris
day afternoon.
The Morrises were spending
few
weeks at our place, as was their custom
in the summer, for our parents had been
friends in youth, and were good friends
still.
As for Katherine, most free cordiality marked our acquaintance, and she
seemed a second sister in our family.
a
But still, Emily and I
appearance to her to
the slightest detail, and she had seen
seen each other.
his
various pictures of him, as he of her.
over the 'phone one time.
So we all felt
pretty well acquainted.
This introduc-
had happened some time ago, and
was merely the prelude to a dinner engagement we had once had, which, by
It might be
the way, never came ofT.
tion
well to note, however, that in speaking
to Katherine some days later of the oc-
There was a certain jauntiness and
manner about the girl that was
contagious and dissipated any awkward
restraint when one first met her.
And
yet she had a rare combination of re-
currence the
serve with her frankness, that
to us as he alighted.
ease of
let
one
hard to characterize a personality in one word, but hers might be
It
is
For a
sweet charm was in her manner; a
strength of character that drew immediate respect was in her bearing and still
the life and vivacity of her every look
and movement dared one to try to break
through the circle that her indescribable
reserve drew around her. I had given up
called
deliciously
At last the train pulled in and Frank,
dusty but good-natured as ever, waved
"Got
first
a
river
his
"You'll have to do the best you can
I
answered.
"But let me present you to
whom you have heard."
Aliss Morris, of
Hat-tipping varies with almost every
It is often, I believe,
an un-
conscious revelation of character.
Here
individual.
comes one individual
hat well
now and had resolved to enjoy to the
and anyone
fond of the
the pleasure of the association.
Ned?" were
with a sun bath for a couple of miles,"
trying to solve the riddle for some time
full
near,
words, as he looked himself over in
abject dismay.
stimulating.
;
me
"I liked Mr. Akon's voice."
know she was not to be analyzed offhand.
thing she said to
first
was
who
lowers
his
down to the level of his waist,
will
guess he
ladies
;
is
somewhat
whereas, watch this
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
52
man
carry his
hat
a
little
above the
height of his head, extending
the full length of his arm.
it
almost
He will hoki
there till he passes, with also a slight
it
bend of his body. This is the true ladies'
man, who feels his power over them.
Then a third advances who performs the
His thoughts
office as briefly as possible.
evidently are elsewhere, and the fashion
is
only a form anyway.
It is
possible to
view it from another point also, and take
it
:
as a measure of the man's regard for
the one he
is
addressing.
The method
intangible.
perfectly
ditions like these, and their friendship
the secret.
And so with our little group. Those
we passed
days of canoeing and riding
together were gone
But the inevitable week's end came at
and we found ourselves at the station again.
It was the morning train
and we were the only people
I was chatting with Frank
passes the lady, the energy he puts into
these help in fixing the sum total
of the regard.
But all this is merely incidental to the
fact that Katherine remarked to me that
evening she liked the way
Akon tipped
his hat.
I
had not been aware it was at vari-
ance with the method employed by others,
but it was evidently so from the fact
Katherine spoke of it.
Here, then, were
two things about Frank entirely favorhis voice and his method of raising his hat. A clear morning argues a
bright afternoon, and a bright afternoon
able
—
a pleasant evening:
jtarty
it
looked as
if
our
we
last
at the station.
all
almost before
realized they had begun.
this time,
—
is
once knitted closer together by some
subtle alchemy of which nature alone has
at
of tipping, the time he starts before he
it
youn^
two
Put
people into close relationship under con-
and Katherine was writing in the gravel
I saw that she was
with her parasol.
scratching Frank's
it
was not
till
name and mine, but
a few weeks afterwards
gave the occurrence any thought.
It was one evening in the September
following. We were in town again, and
that
I
I
was taking leave of Katherine after an
evening
hall,
we stepped
.\s
call.
into the
she startled me with the remark
"Frank Akon asked me to marry him
night."
last
—
"And you said ?"
"Would you have cared what I said?"
she asked me.
"[ have
was to be congenial all around.
no right to answer that
till
I
know what you told him."
am
"I
III.
to
tell
him to-morrow
after-
noon," she replied.
There is something about an open-air
makes friendship fast
and liearty.
There may be some
romance about it, but it happens in life
as well as in fiction that the words and
the hills and the streams have an influence on youth that is well-nigh incalcula-
"1 shall
fellowship that
ble.
The calm afternoon,
in
and seems, someinstinct
with
a
power
and life which
how,
not
can be felt and yet
analyzed.
The
fine night air is charged with an invisible
a|)i)eals
I
come at night to learn it, too.
I'll
answer
your
([uostion
then."
"Very well," she said.
"(lood-night."
Do you remember the idea
in
those
the midst
the best in everybody,
that
may.
lines
of some drowsy landscape, makes one see
activity
if
powerfully
liut
is
"Strange we never prize the music
Till
the swcet-viiiccd bird has tlown;
Strange that we should slight the violet
Till the lovely tlowers are gone."
This was surely
my case.
have, but do not valtic until it
We often
is
too lato.
!!
!
—
THE HAVERFORDIAN
When
I
home
reached
night
that
I
dazed.
Katherine on the point of
marrying!
The idea was so new it was
felt
astounding.
I
had thought her my best
had not really
lurid
light.
53
My steps led me in the
direction of the Morris home.
\Mien I
was opposite it a brilliant flash showed a
girl's
face in an open window, watching
friend for years, and yet
the storm in an intense reverie.
believed I loved her, but the idea of los-
was restive also? I returned to
my room with hope in my heart.
Next day Katherine met me at the
door. I knew w^hat her answer had been
without inquiring. But
"Well?" I said, calmly, yet with a
ing her shook me through and through.
It was a revelation of what she really
meant to me, and I knew it was love.
Perhaps at the station that day Kathwas comparing .\kon and me. I
had spoken in no way of love, but I knew
the decision was being made between
us, and where would it fall ?
That night I could not sleep. It was
after midnight when I arose and went
erine
She,
then,
nervous eagerness.
am still free, Ned," she answered.
"But no longer so," I interrupted, and
"I
she yielded to my embrace.
A thunder-
A few days later I met Akon. He
took my hand frankly and said
"Mine
come up and it was threatening rain.
Flashes of lightning would
burst into livid flame and waver off
was infatuation, old man, and will pass.
But it seems to have taken me to wake
you both up. Congratulations."
out into the streets to walk.
.storm had
:
across the sky in widespread sheets of
J?. /.
S., '06.
TITO, TUPE AND DON PEPE
Three Porto Ricaii Gamins
But somehow Tupe could not arrive at
CURIA.
L.\
I.
a clear conclusion in regard to the de-
Chug! Chug! Chug!
stroying capacity of the monster.
That
Tupe was coming down the rampla at
He had seen a strange monfull tilt.
iron barrel, the devil alone know'S all the
ster puffing noisily
by the market place.
It was a funny locomotive, with an iron
imagination came to his rescue.
barrel attached to
would put himself in the place of the
monster and act it out.
And he did.
He began to wave his arms and to throw
road, frijolcs!
And the way it
it.
moved and crushed
on the
the stones
—you couldn't beat that!
mischief it can do
his
legs
!
However, his vivid
backwards.
He
Then he put on
Tupe had stopped and looked with won-
the fiercest look possible under the cir-
der at the funny locomotive.
cumstances.
tainly
must have
thought.
"I
bet
a
it
fine
is
"It cer-
whistle,"
better than the
whistle of the Catano ferryboat.
toot, toot
—baa
!
he
Toot,
Of course it must be
And if it runs away without the engiAnd if it cuts big
neer pshew, anda
Don Manuel on his flour-bak stomach
—
Tat,
tat, tat, that
!
would be fun!"
Finally
he
started
down
the rampla as fast as he could go.
Chug! Chug! Ch—
The runaway monster struck something.
From a side lane a tall artillery
soldier
had emerged just
in
Tupe to ram with his head.
time
for
The man
had not heard the panting noise of the
run-away roller, neither had Tupe
:
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
54
thought of the possibility of such a fearful encounter.
He swallowed the last
smiled approvingly and, casting his tat-
"chug" and tried to switch out of the
way, but the brakes were out of order.
The sudden concussion had unbalanced
tice a new set
tered coat and hat aside, began to prac-
of hand-stands.
Don Pepe would
would be
Tito and
him, and
see
they
jealous.
With a curt
And while Tupe was laboriously try-
oath the soldier rapped him on the head
ing to break his neck by dint of frivolous
The harm was done.
him.
first
and then sent him
flying into the
And
gutter with a well directed kick.
Tito
gymnastics,
appeared,
Don Pepe on his back.
carrying
was long be-
It
fore Tupe recognized their presence.
He
roller.
did not want them to think that he
was
As soon as the soldier was at a safe
Tupe came out of the gutter
and, placing his thumb on his nose, com-
showing ofif because they were there
At last he rolled over and came up on
menced to yell at the top of his voice
weakness on the part of his
enemy, so he considered himself entitled
do it a hundred, ten-sixty times if I
Hallo
wanted to. It's devilish easy.
there, Tito! Hallo, Don Pepe!"
Tito answered in a half-hearted way,
but Don Pepe did not take the trouble to
return the greeting. With his arms folded on his breast and a smile on his dark,
pock-marked face, he looked at Tupe.
Suddenly his arms fell from his breast,
his eyes twinkled and, taking a few run-
His next broadside of
ning steps, he executed a pretty head-
that was the end of the
runaway steam
distance
cursed Galician!"
Then, balancing himself on his toes, ready to run
"Patoii,
case the soldier should take his re-
in
marks
he awaited
developBut the soldier paid no more
attention to him. According to Tupe's
code of honor this was an unmistakable
seriously,
ments.
sign of
to the last shot.
insults, then, was a masterpiece of alliter-
ation.
He repeated it three times, and
his feet with a snap.
Having recovered, he looked
spring.
over his shoulder and addressed
own
then once more, that the retreating cow-
in his
ard might have no doubts as to its mean-
the
and purpose.
After that he felt
happy again. He had been kicked into
verda ?
ing
the gutter before, but this time he
got even.
grass
is
He began to whistle a popular
for flip-flaps,
fine
Now the steam roller was forgotten.
A black pavona flew dangerously near,
conical
He picked up the
hat crown which
served
him as headgear and resumed his way
down the rampla in a decorous manner.
is
Pepe!"
*
*
*
The three boys walked
they
and the
latest
discoveries
made in
the
haunted houses, Tupe could not keep
back his encounter with the artilleryman.
interrupted
Don
know who brought that mahere to La Capital, don't you ?
"Hey,
tunnel which leads under the walls and
into the cemetery he placed his first and
The result was a long,
shrill note, which was immediately answered by another in the distance. Tupe
one of the
After they had exhausted all
knew about the gossip of the town
Pepe, "you
middle fingers in his mouth and whistled
to the walls
in
Ironeras.
When he came to the opening of the
through them.
7io
Caiamba, you couldn't beat Don
and lodged themselves
but Tupe ignored it.
Tup
way: "Hallo Tupe!
peculiar
had
air.
soft,
" CfuiJJas, I could
chine
fellows,"
Why, the Yankees. Yes, the Yankees
make those fuimy locomotives. Rememjjcr
that
that big ship with three smoke-stacks
entered the bay
right
before
the
THE HAVERFORDIAN
war and
—pufF —got sent away soon
55
and that all of them, including C/<?zr/a«,
and Maquinley,CM\ do nothing but make
!
after? Of course you remember it, Tupe,
XXX flour to
was you,
of
package
dried sausages while I was diving under
Porto Rico. Maqninley used to make soap
and the King of Spain never did that, or
the sloop to get potatoes."
the
and you,
for
Tito,
too,
who
faaicldaj,
stole
lard and sausages and ship
it
the
Don Pepe stopped and tried to find the
way
best
tion.
"Cara —
Those Yankees are devils.
Padre Juan says that they don't believe
in God or in the Virgin Mary, and I
\
think he
right.
is
I
know
don't believe in cock-fights.
Felipe and
year
I
smokes ten
an adver-
won't be any use in my getting
that
guinea rooster that Felipe prom-
Kara-kara-kac-ka
— that rooster
certainly can fight, fellows
No, it won't
!
They'll stop bull-fighting,
Oh, but they can't take
too.
Rico.
two
were fighting
in
it
it
be any use.
Once last
Clevelan
saw
then
ised me.
they
that
I
Diablo, if they take la Capital
tisement.
launch his next informa-
to
Queen either!
cent cigarettes.
Chufias,
Porto
of course they can't!"
"Cai5w««," exclaimed Tito and Tupe.
They smiled then at their impudence.
3'oung cocks behind one of the ware-
houses in La Marina, and the devil take
me if one of those giraffe-looking, yellow-haired Yankees didn't come and put
his
hand
say:
sort of soft on
Oh,
malo.'
I
my head and
cock-fighting,
'Pickaninis,
inocho
wish you had heard him
Worse than the Italian who mends
old tin cans down in Luna street.
And
talk
!
another time
—oh, they
will all go to hell,
Yes, another time I
am sure, Tupe
saw one of them making eyes at Paquita,
Don Hilario's daughter, and saying nice
I
!
and
softly,
'
Margarita,
Margarita,
was one of those felReAnd the worst of it is that
viocho bofiito.'
It
The sun had gone down now, and the
short, tropical twilight was fast giving
way to the shadows of the night. The
dark silhouette of the massive walls of
JMorro Castle rose in the distance a veritable example of the grim power which
—
had held two-thirds of America within its
clutches.
No hospitable lighthouse shed
rays over the dangerous reefs of Isla
Cabra. Except for a few scattered red
its
lights
the batteries of San Agustin
Santa Helena, all the north and
in
lows who came in that coal steamer.
and
member?
when they
northwestern portions of San Juan were
plunged in the gradually increasing
say 'Margarita, Margarita,'
they charm the girls so that they go half
crazy.
1
the
It's
devil
that
helps them.
know."
1
Tito
and
These were the days of maragainst
law and "precautions
tial
the
Yankees."
There was a long silence. Tupe had a
sudden inspiration.
"But oye,
Don
suppose
that
the
Yankees take
Pepe,
Porto Rico
They are blockading La
Capital already.
There, don't you see
the smoke of their ships?
They have
been out there several days."
breath.
darkness.
Don
Pepe
caught
their
Then Don Pepe spoke hurriedly
:
"Oh, they can't do it. I know a soldier
who says that the Yankees can't fight.
The boys had been humming popular
As they rose to leave the ttonera
their attention was drawn by a light
moving outside of Morro Castle, at the
airs.
entrance of the bay.
"That is 'El Concha'
steaming out
watch for the night," spoke Tupe.
"Something is going to happen soon. I
guess I won't move from here to-night."
to
.\
tle,
naval battle outside of
Morro Cas-
with no danger for anyone except the
—
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
56
Tupe had
why, it surely must be better than
a bloody bull-fight, or a street brawl
with sharp stilettoes. He wasn't going
and aroused a muffled response from the
dead vaults of the cemetery. Tupe woke
up with a start. During the thirty seconds of intense silence that followed he
thought he could hear a low rumbling
among the far hills of Bayamon something like an awful repetition of the
to miss that
bell's
combatants, that must be fun
once heard a bookish
!
fellow
litle
about Trafalgar and Lepanto
of ships
killed
talk
—hundreds
people
sunk, several million
;
When the trumpet of Morro Castle
sounded the third "taps" Tito and Don
Pepe left Tupe alone in the trotiera.
Exhaustion had overcome the little watchman,
and Tupe now lay sound asleep, his head
reposing between his knees.
Half an
hour after his companions had gone
away his eyelids had gradually begun to
grow heavy, and a feeling of great tiredness had crept over him. Between vacillating nods he had sworn softly, calling
himself an ass and a sucking babe because of his inability to keep awake. But,
try as he might, the drooping eyelids had
It
was
late,
almost eleven.
The lights of the
got the best of him.
blockading ships, the
roaring
waves washing the reefs of
Cabra,
watchdog re-echoing
in
the
of
Isla
bark
lugubrious
the
of
de
some
distance
the
sound, only more indistinct
;
but it
was nothing else than the tunnel, which
leads into the cemetery,
echo
within
finely
its
juggling
the
acoustic walls.
Then the second stroke was sounded, and
''Las
a cold drop ran down his back.
TUPE WATCHES.
II.
—
a7n'tnas,"he whispered, and then became
He had never heard this
silent again.
bells, but he knew
was the rousing call
the "purgatory souls" in need of
nocturnal
play
of
what it meant.
It
for
prayers and masses.
Yes, the "souls"
would now stream out of San Jose's
Church and come down th€ ramp/a in
two long lines. In white cloaks and
high, conical hoods, they would come
down the rampla mumbling some Latin
chant, shaking and rattling bones, ready
to pounce upon any sinner who happened to be awake and prayed not for them.
With red and yellow lanterns they would
scrutinize every nook and corner, and
woe to the wretch that fell in their
clutches
Tupe trembled as he thought
!
all
these things had, in their turn, held
his attention. Their charm, however, was
now dissipated. Tupe lay sound asleep,
dreaming the dreams of the outcast, rehearsing in his confused mind a thousand and one childish pranks, and longing now and then for a look at the face
of
that
unknown
of these things.
Had not Ana
Maria,
the old negress, seen them one night not
long ago?
Had not Canute, the orange
vender, been scared to death by a troo[)
of these ambulant "souls?"
The
stroke was sounded omiOh, if he could only remember
his ]irayers!
The good old Padre ]\\il\\
had taught him the
\ve Maria,
the
Credo, the Salve, and the Lord's Prater,
but he had forgotten them. He was no
goody-goody
But now he was sorry.
lie started " Ave Maria," but got hopethird
nously.
father
so
roundly
aljused l)y his mother.
.
*
*
*
;'.:
*
*
And along about twelve, when Tupe
was in the most distant realms of Dreamland, the large bell of San Josh's church
began to toll its nightly requiem for the
"souls in purgatory."
The first stroke,
deep, vibrant, immeasurably lugubrious,
sent its echo far beyond tlic city limits.
!
lessly lost.
He tried the Lord's Prayer,
but it had been so inadequate for bread-
winning
in
the past that he had laid
aside as useless.
it
And now those "souls"
!;
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
He did not dare
were coniintj after him.
look out of the tronera,
but he could
hear their mumblings, the
rattling
of
he could
feel
bones and, oh, heavens
!
But just then the cursed lizard darted
ofif
he could see his high hood
;
and his pale lantern.
tried
his prayers
was awful
It
again, but
He
!
odd
the
snatches refused to be linked together.
use," he sobbed, "they've got
no
"It's
They will grab me with their
clammy hands, then kill me, and
me sure.
cold,
then
—
hell!
It's
Don
Pepe's
fault.
I
!"
could pray before I met him
The bell kept
on
tolling,
the
decided to sneak out to the opening of
to see
how far the "souls"
were, and to try to determine whether
It was
an awful resolution, and he was stupefied at his own boldness
Inch by inch,
straining every muscle to deaden possible
noises, he commenced to approach the
aperture of his hiding place on his hands
and knees. Without as much as breathing, he stopped now and then to .catch
or not he could escape by flight.
!
the sounds.
the
into the ironeia.
Now he sat down and commenced to
review his
Oh, but he was sorry
life.
that he had broken so many street lamps
he could only escape he would tell on
anyone he caught throwing stones at
them. He was sorry that he had upset
fruit and candy stands for pure deviltry
he was sorry that he had waged merciless war against all harmless cats and
dogs he was sorry he had cheated at
marbles and at dice
that he had persecuted and tormented the beasts of burden of jibaros "rubes" and beggars.
Ah, if it only were the devil who was
coming after him, then it would be difIf
A frightened lizard darted
—
—
ferent.
The devil he could scare away
by making the cross or sticking a pin
into the knot which he carried tied in his
pants below the knees. But the "souls"
you could not scare them away, unless
you were a "decent Christian" and could
rattle off all the prayers
unless you
—
;
could say the Pope's name without thinking of "potato," and unless you went to
church and believed
there
was no hope
in hell all the
for you.
close to his face and paralyzed moment-
had only known
movements. But he recovered
and continued his laborious approach.
Finally he got out far enough to feel
bones were growing
arily his
The cool night air played
the lireeze.
with
the
his
but
did
in
his
head.
again.
He
heard
curls,
volcano
listened
heavy, measured
ing a burden
;
tread
of
not
relieve
Then he
first
men
the
carry-
then he heard voices an-
swering in chorus to some unintelligible
chant, and then
The
shock sent him back
;
louder and
the tronera
of
;
and
more threatening,
keptTupe in a maddening terror. Made
desperate by the impending doom, he
echoes,
and landed on Tupe's neck.
reaction
the freezing stare of those glassy eyes
of the leader
57
—yes, he heard the froo,
Oh,
time
if
he
Espera! the chants and rattlings of
tened attentively.
fainter.
Tup
"Sure," he
lis-
said
to
himself, "they are under the tunnel now.
They are going to the cemetery. They
Then he
are not coming after me."
thought a little, and sank down again
in
despair.
"Oh," he exclaimed, "they
are going after bones and skulls.
They
They've left
have run out of them.
somebody watching there at the entrance.
froo,froo of starchy cloaks, and the rat-
Now I can't get away."
He did not dare
look, after all. They were too near. He
would not move. He would simply close
cession of white-cloaked, conical-hooded
tling of hollow bones
his eyes
and wait.
!
The bell had ceased to toll.
The pro-
and chanting "souls" had passed under
the tunnel
and disappeared among the
—
—
—
—
;
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
58
Tupe
avenues of the large cemetery.
which had so scared him, but he
felt
still
sure that the entrance of the tunnel
was being guarded by a "soul" armed
with a bone as big as an elephant tusk.
It was trying to remain there.
At last
he got up and looked stealthily over the
wall. Down in the cemetery, winding its
way toward the central chapel he could
distinguish a procession of red
lights.
He thought he saw coffins instead of
hoods, but
if.
"if.
"ie.
-^
i^
if.
TITO AND DON PEPE WATCH.
HI.
could not hear any longer the froo, froo
He had a good
Tito was superstitious.
reason for being so, for he could trace
maternal ancestry to the wilds of
his
Congo
—wherever
that country for "nigHis mother was superstitious
he knew that.
His grandmother had been a renowned "charmer''
and "pseudo-witch."
He wasn't sure
about the "pseudo." but there wasn't the
least doubt as to the truthfulness of the
gers" might be.
:
With such an ancestry to
back him up. he could not help being
melancholy at twilight neither could he
other word.
;
The
sky was
eastern
brighten up
beginning
to
when Tito and Don Pepe
lair and came down to
They were not surprised to
find Tupe.
him asleep, but they were rather
amused by the IcxDk of terror on his face.
When Don Pepe shook him Tupe rose
up and shrieked: "Suelia!" Then, rubbing his eyes, he asked whether the souls
were still in the cemetery. He recounted
find
the events of the previous night.
Don
Pepe's answer was characteristic
"You darned old idiot, did you
put
dog tears in your eyes before you went
They were no 'souls.' Ha!
to sleep?
Of course they weren't.
didn't see their cloaks, or their
you
didn't
hear a
little
bell
You
hoods
tinkling
—
the leader's bell
did you ?
What you
saw was a regular night funeral. Well,
not quite a regular funeral, but it was a
funeral
all
right.
Didn't you see those
who came from
They've all have got
sickly looking soldiers
Cuba last week ?
the yellow fever, and are dying by the
They bury them at night. It is
dangerous to do it by day. That's what
you heard. EI Padre Juan was chantbarrel.
ing his
'saecula saeculonim.'
!"
They were
no souls
"The devil." snapped Tupe. "I didn't
know that Hey, Don Pepe, let's break
some street lamps before the sun conies
I
out
!"
from catching uncanny
When the evening breeze made
his
noises.
night
left their
ha! ha!
keep
itself felt
ears
by its coolness and salty odor
then, surely enough. Tito would hear the
voices of his two uncles
—the slaves who
were drowned in the sloop "Conquista-
He would also hear the "soul"
grandmother Antonia whispering and blowing hot breath on his cheek.
That is why he and Don Pepe were
watching together that night when
But here comes the story.
dora.''
of
his
After trying every means to keep
awake, the two boys had resigned themselves to chance.
A
tronera
place to keep awake.
But
with his eyelids open.
You
is
a bad
was extremely important that Don Pepe should
not succumb as long as Tito remained
what might happen.
a
hell-bird,
a
fire
it
can't
tell
A ghost, a ditende.
ball
Curious things happen
—you
at
can't
night,
tell.
espe-
cially when one is a nigger with a witch
of a dead grandmother against
him.
Me caso eti — he was sorry he hadn't recome to watch for naval batMaybe it wasn't a funeral that
scared Tupe. They might come, the
fused to
tles.
and caramba, he was sorry he
was watching!
And now Don Pepe
would not keep awake. He could not see
"things," that's why he would not keep
awake and help his friend.
"souls."
!
:
:
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
It was not long before Don Pepe commenced to snore. Yes, it was like him
to do such things when there was real
danger of his being mimicked by some
skulking devil. To make things worse
the sea breeze was blowing fast, wafting
from
along many and many an echo
Pena Para and other places, where hundreds of people had been drowned. Tito
moved uneasily and tried to wake Don
much
Pepe, but without
success.
His
snores and muffled hisses were becoming
59
dog, or perhaps an ambling cat.
But to him they were all either ancestors
a distant
or "skulking devils."
Heavens
Ramp ramp ramp
was that ?
!
!
Don Pepe consigned him to the lowest pit he
could think
and went
of,
Tito now decided to do like the os-
He would close his eyes and ears
trich.
come
like
those
The two little traitors
to
They had
!
now
watch, and were
upon them!
them, either
!
orously.
the "curia"
was degenerating!
He
Pepe woke up.
around and then spoke
shuffled
"Say, Tito, old idiot, you are the most
unreasonable fellow
I
ever saw.
can't do anything without
black ancestors.
If a cat
why don't you say 'Zape
will drive him away
!
You
seeing your
comes around
That
scat
!'
!
If the devils begin
to smell bad around you just stick a pin
your pants,
That will fetch
the devils away.
Tito, caramta, you are
not a deacon's boy
Deacons' boys are
If
they
focused upon the mouldy walls of Alorro
Castle, an "effect"
which made the old
fort sparkle like a huge, diamond in the
dark.
traitors
There was a short silence. Then Don
Pepe added half philosophically
!
display of eleven powerful searchlights
just like Tupeand I do?
not black, anyhow
And no funeral to scare
What a disgrace Chufias,
had stayed awake they would have seen
the gunboat "Concha" sneak back into
the bay when the blockaders had been
They
increased from two to eleven.
pyrotechnic
would have seen also the
in that knot you carry tied in
!
asleep
How scornfully would Tupe have looked
noises."'
He crawled on all fours to
where Don Pepe sat and shook him vig-
Don
to
sleep again.
have all sorts of cats and skulking devils
don't
Some-
that?"
— to keep the ghosts away.
They
what
!
one w-as walking in the tunnel.
"Don Pepe, Don Pepe, did you hear
more and more alarming. "If he don't
stop," thought Tito, "we are going to
hissing at us.
!
But they missed it.
Ah, chtiflasf
The two little
!
They slept.
In the morning, when the
mists were rising slowly over the sea,
and the copious dew had gradually filtered down to their bones, the two little
rascals woke up, and were surprised to
see the shadows fast disappearing.
"W'heq^the grass-hoppers chirp and the
mosquitoes buzz you don't have to drive
them away. They have nothing to do
with the animas.
They are only bad
"Caramba, Tito, you ought to have
awakened me. You are a cheat!" was
weather."
Tito gave something back in return, and
But again the night air moaned and
the reverberating echoes of the sleeping
city
disturbed the peace of poor Tito.
Don Pepe's salutation to his companion.
they both rubbed their eyes.
were gaping and
stretching their limbs, the sound of husky
•And
while
they
He would hear his name called now, and
voices reached their ears.
then he would hear
Surely, voices and guitars
some creaking like
Again
the tread of a "cloaked ghost."
it
would be a grass-hopper, or a coki, or
They listened.
They were
were
rampla.
They
coming down the
cheering.
!
Xo, they were singing again.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
6o
Now they
Nearer and nearer they drew.
could hear them distinctly.
the
of
yes,
it
So
was one
It
"Arrum-ban-baya, arrum-ban-baya
A que el Yankee aqui se encaya"
popular airs with new words;
was this,
showed their glowing admiration for the
floating wonders.
No, the batteries would not salute.
"Arrum-ban-baya, arriim-ban-baya,
Ahi viene el gran ^'iscaya."
No wonder, then, if the supposed Cervera fleet took
and
upon itself to remind
It formed
it
the fort of naval etiquette.
Apuesto un gayo, apuesto un gayo
Ahi viene el gran Pelayo."
que
itself in a
semi-circle and, steaming right
for the entrance,
it
emptied several tons
of steel and iron into the city before the
These songs were punctuated by vigorous "long lives" and "bravos" for Cervera and the Spanish fleet.
For, sure enough, those eleven
steel
compadres had time
monsters approaching Morro Castle so
— the long expected
—
fleet,
the
out of a neighboring
!"
Such a man, such a
Oh, well, it was too early. Spansentries and look-outs go to sleep
the
streets,
And then,
dismantled churches, unclaimed
property, un
the batteries could not begin the racket
It
while El Senor Gobernador was asleep.
ing!
— but that
;
is
Erin's
Prayer
Tliou, patron saint of brogue and bravery,
Benignly hear our prayers as they uprise-
As day-dawn vapours softly climb the skies.
Wink absolution on our roguish knavery.
O jovial saint, serene in thy calm reverie,
Look lovingly upon us, let thy sighs
Plead for us with the God of destinies;
keep us pure from taint of slavery.
Thus let thy people, innocent and free.
thousand years of happiness.
us humor quaint to bear the
Still let us, cliildrcn of the soil, aloud
Cry, not in vain, to thee; our isle still bless,
Well let us learn thy lesson, loyalty.
Fulfill a
grant
— morn-
j.p.roY.
On Seeing Parrish's Poster of St, Patrick.
Still
history.
was a memorable night and
Of course no; it was plain as daylight.
Still
is-
at the
Yankees
It was a memorable morning for Tito
and Don Pepe. Frenzied women in the
It"s
menced to salute.
sabe usted?
there
i)V7!C7-a
top of their voices, "Run for your lives.
fleet!
ish
!
sued two young scamps, crying
marvel of all the marvels, the eighth
wonder, the most
But, say, it was
comfunny that the batteries hadn't
at their posts,
their last
Great was their
dismay and hurried their retreat when
star-spangled banners
serenely, could they be other than Cer-
vera's fleet
to finish
Santo Cristo!
Fluttering above
the smoke, like the crests of fighting
cocks,
the compadres beheld
eleven
song.
cloud,
y. T. T., 'oS.
THE VETERAN'S DAY
The evening before
The Forty-ninth Regiment of Penn-
celebration
the
my native town the firemen bring their
sylvania Volunteers, containing the com-
in
panies enlisted from Great Oak County,
tall
were as fine a lot of men as could be
found among the first troops to answer
the call of Lincoln. In the Public Square
of Conwicks stands a shaft of granite
and wreathe the shaft in greens.
the ivy or the more airy spray of a fine-
commemoration of
leaved vine, and around the stone can-
forty feet high as a
ladders to the Soldiers'
Monument
They
soften the flinty features of the stone
Federal at the top with a
warm leaf of
The list of battles, twelve
non at the base and upon the steps of
number, in which they took part, fills
up one side of the tablet at the base.
the foundation are laid the contributions
Here is Shiloh, where their gallant Colonel Transome, who is still active in
State politics, lost his left arm.
Below
are Spottsylvania and the Battle of the
Wilderness, where many tough fellows
who farmed the Brandywine meadows
kinds, but every bunch tied
their services.
in
fell
;
again,
there
is
Port Hudson and
—how they must have fought
of the citizens, flowers of all colors and
remembrance of
up in loving
the stout fellows
who
Who knows
fought for our happiness.
what old lady may have gathered those
nasturtiums, and carefully wrapped their
stems in tin foil as she told the little bov
at her knee of a grandfather, more myth-
who was sent home from
Gettysburg
ical
march of their
r>wn homes! The list is ended with the
fall of Richmond, their services
completed at Appomattox Court House.
Show me the battleground where a stub-
Pittsburg to die with his young family
there, within a two-days'
than
real,
around him ? And as she wraps the yarn
around the stems, who better than she
can estimate the struggles against povare crowned in the person
erty which
her? Or is
woman in the land as
born fight took place under McClellaii
and its name will be upon their monu-
of the little grandson beside
ment, or where Meade rolled back an in-
she goes with him in the lengthening
evening to place the flowers upon the
vasion,
and
I
will
point
to
the
where the Pennsyivanian stood
shock of
They
Civil
place
in
the
battle.
are
grand
War veterans!
there a prouder
steps of the
to
old
fellows,
these
Our nation
has
As she reads
moniunent ?
him the list of battles here, the offion
and the personnel of the
cers there, the counties represented
another
side,
done well to set aside a date in the early
spring when everything is throbbing
with new life for a Memorial Day of the
conflict in which our country was reborn.
It has always seemed to me that it was
regiment upon the fourth, the little lad's
taken in the spirit intended for it.
ing sun. as he looks far
Our
Fourth of July has degenerated into a
debauchery of violence and noise. Our
religious holidays are even more sadly
abused because of their more sacred origin.
The two distinctly .\merican holi-
days are respected more
spirit
in
their
true
— Memorial Day and Thank.sgiving.
face grows serious.
Together they look
uniformed statue,
with his slouching cap and heavy cape,
his face glowing in the light of the wan-
up
at
the
curiously
away into that
freedom of
Silently they walk
which he fought.
home through the darkening streets, the
little lad awed by a sense of strangeness,
the widow intent upon her thoughts of
western country,
for
the
the past.
In the
morning the annual ceremony
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
62
of
Veterans' march
the
performed.
is
amidst the awed silence of the specta-
When I was a boy, back in '91 or '92, I
tors,
can remember when as many as forty
honest citizens of every class marched
firmly up in their old worn uniforms of
their
blue and their battered caps and newly
tattered
oiled muskets, following the
silken flag of the
to the
company, to do honor
memory of their dead comrades.
The Colonel, with his left sleeve pinned
up out of the way the worthy green
grocer, more portly now than when he
wore that suit for a sterner purpose
:
then comes the little old car-cleaner, with
in
the Wil-
Pennsylvania
Railroad
an honorable limp, gained
derness.
The
would go far before it could find a more
faithful servant than he.
the worthy chaplain.
Then there is
He keeps a grocery
store and has a little church outside the
town where he preaches to the country
folk.
In '92 all the veterans marched
per-
;
and asks a divine blessing upon
comrades who fell in the wars, for
those whom the passing years have removed, and for the small remnant that
held together.
is still
In previous years
the march was continued to the bur}-ing
ground, where most of the
dead
lie
Nowadays the short journey is
buried.
made in carriages, and the crowd follows
the
dignified
hurry.
procession in
Under the
large
respectful
trees
of
the
Cedar Hill Cemetery, where the mosscovered graves are ranged in rows, the
old men form silently into a short line.
A word from the Colonel and the rifles
click, another syllable and the old arms
stittly aim them, a subdued command
of "fire," and the dead salute breaks out
under the oak trees they repeat the action and again the hills send back the
echo.
A third salute flashes forth and
:
then
the
smoke
floats
dreamily
away
haps they did in '93, bvit they only num-
among the tree tops, leaving the dead to
bered thirty-eight that year.
another year of unbroken solitude.
In
'94
there were thirty-two in the procession,
The soldier upon the monument still
and two rode behind in a carriage. The
next year the carriage was not there, but
its occupants did not march, and the little
band only numbered twenty-nine.
Last spring only nineteen old men, with
snow white beards and slow steps marched to the music, while the spruce youngsters of Company N, N. G. P., who
hardly smelled powder in '98, marched
behind in natty khaki. Proud was he
who in a khaki suit could march among
the blues with a father upon his arm.
The little band files up to the flowerstrewn monument and the hoary chaplain faces his uncovered comrades in the
full, strong glow of the morning sun.
confronts with his granite face the soft
*~v
evening light of Memorial
Day or the
whirling snow on the northwestern wind
his hairs
grow no whiter
the bitter blast cannot fray
his
;
:
;
uniform
but his pro-
totype will soon be a thing of the past.
The sons in the khaki uniforms will in
dead salute over the
moss-covered graves beneath the cedar
their turn fire the
trees in the cemetery.
will
Then they, too.
be gathered to their fathers, and
other hands will perform the ceremonies
until
wars
and
fightings
shall
cease.
Then shall the children of that generation say, "What manner of men were
these,
v^
our sires?"
F. R. T., '06.
'
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
Cnnilucted by
a Fellow of the Philadelphia College of
Physicians.
library has
lately
received
Barrett
Many substantial citizens of Delaware
County have urged President Sharpless
to become a candidate of the Lincoln
Party for nomination looking toward a
seat in the Lower House of the Penn-
Dr. James A. Babbitt has been elected
The
Dean
from
Miss Anna Morris, of Philadelphia, a
complete set (one hundred and fifty) of
the double-folio plates of Audubon's
"Quadrupeds of North America ;" also
a set of Xuttall's "Xorth American Syl-
sylvania
va."
cipal
Legislature.
If
successful
in
securing the nomination at the Media
convention of this party on
stand
will
election
for
May 10, he
on the regular
in
Xovember. His prinbecoming a candidate is
his
share in the attempt to
election day, next
motive
assume
to
in
break up the political ring in this county
the Electrical Laboratory have been en-
and thus better to secure purity in pol-
The
facilities
and scope of work
larged this spring by the addition of a
itics in this
communitv.
7I :; horse power, 200 volt, 3-phase, W'est-
inghouse induction motor and auto-starter.
The W'estinghouse representative in
the transaction was Mr. E. P. West,
"04.
By means of this and other new equipment, many important tests with alternating: currents mav now be made.
Professor Frederic
Palmer,
Jr.,
has
been granted leave of absence for next
year,
in
order to pursue his graduate
Philadelphia was the natural centre of
a very wide-spread interest in the Franklin
Bi-centennial celebration, which took
place during the week beginning April 16.
Prof. F. B. Gummere and Prof. E. \V.
Brown were prominently connected with
various features of die week's proceedings, while
many other members of the
Faculty attended some sessions.
Prof.
work in physics at Harvard University.
Gummere read a paper on "Repetition
Alpheus
Bowdoin College, and is a
candidate for the Harvard degree of
Ph. D. at the approaching commence-
and \'ariation in Poetic Structure." Prof.
Brown, with Sir George Darwin, was a
delegate for the Royal Society and he
also was the delegate for the Royal Astronomical Society for which he presented an address.
Sir George and Laily
Darwin were entertained for several days
at Prof. Brown's house, and while here
Lady Darwin planted an oak in front of
ment.
the gvninasium.
\\".
University of
Smith, a graduate of the
\\ est
\'irginia,
and
for
four years a graduate-student at Harvard, will have charge of the
Physics
Department during the absence of Prof.
Palmer.
^Ir.
Smith is now an instructor
in physics at
Oh, Maiden!
Voung and
fair
and sweetly cliarmin^
By thy countenance disarming.
Every tear of hurt and harming,
Every thought of earthly care;
May thy virtue shine forever
And may Time's hard trials never
Stain thy purity or ever
Dim thv matchless beautv rare!
—
;
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
Alumni Day
THEyearprogram
much
same
for
this
as that
the
is
adopted last year. The details have
not all been settled upon by the committee in charge and will be announced
by a circular letter, which will be
mailed the latter part of May. A special train will, if possible, be provided,
leaving Broad Street at lo.io A. M., and
arriving at Haverford in time for those
it to get in line for the Commencement Exercises. The afternoon
Cricket game this year will be between
two Alumni Elevens, instead of between the Alumni and the College
Eleven. The Captains of these teams
will be announced later. A number of
Alumni who considered themselves too
taking
unless a large number of
Alumni make a whole day of it. It is
believed that Haverfordians are coming more and more to regard Alumni
Day as a legal holiday, when their
place is at the College. During the past
years strong Alumni organizations
success
have been formed in neighboring cities,
and it is hoped that large delegations
will come on from Baltimore, New
York, etc., for the entire day.
It is
urged tliat each Class Secretary see to
it
that his Class
is
well represented in
the line which will be formed in front
of Founder's Hall at 10.55 A.
M.
//. S. Drinker,
igoo.
Chairman.
expert to play on the duffer team and
The fifth annual dinner of the Haver-
who did not get places on the Alumni
ford Association of New York was held
Eleven last year will thus be enabled
at
to play.
lows
The program will be as fol-
:
—Special train leaves Broad
lO.io
— Commencement Exercises
Roberts Hall.
12.15 — Presentation of Cricket prize
front of Founder's Hall.
12.30— Lunch on the campus.
2 — Cricket game, Cope Field, expert
in
II
in
(captains
to
— Duffer Cricket game, Walton
Field.
2.30— Alumni Baseball game, E. B.
and A. C. Maule,
'99,
No. 54 West
City, on
M. Twenty-five
The dinner was
Association, and a very keen interest in
Haverford and her future was manifest.
Abram S. Underbill was the guest of
the evening, and delighted his hearers
with his reasons for sending his son tq
Haverford.
Speeches were also made by James W.
Samuel Parsons, '61
'59
Walton Field.
Alumni Committee meeting in
5.30
—
Roberts Hall.
7 Supper on the campus.
Alumni oration, by Francis R.
8.15
—
—
1900, Roberts' Hall.
Cope,
9.15 — Undergraduates' concert and
Jr.,
illumination on the campus.
a thorough
;
James Wood, '58 J. Stuart Auchincloss,
'90 John Roberts, '93 Alfred Busselle,
;
;
;
and Walter C. Webster,
'94,
cap-
tains,
Alumni Day cannot be
1906, at 7 P.
6,
Cromwell,
2.30
'05,
April
members were present.
be an-
nounced later).
Hay,
Club,
New York
street.
the most enthusiastic ever held by the
Street for Haverford.
Alumni Elevens
the Republican
Fortieth
Officers
for the ensuing
elected as follows
Cromwell,
L.
;
were
President, James W.
vice
'59;
P. Collins, '92
:
'95.
year
president,
Minturn
secretary and treasurer,
H. Wood, '96.
was urged on behalf of the Associa-
It
tion that every llaverfordian resident in
or near New York, or knowing the name
and address of any llaverfordian so residing shoukl send the same to L. Hoi-
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
lingsworth Wood, secretary of the Asso-
New York City.
ciation, No 2 Wall street,
Those present were James Wood, '58
James W. Cromwell, '59 Samuel Par'61
Haviland, '65
Arthur
sons,
:
;
;
;
Thomas Woodward, '66; E. D. Thurston,
'/i;
Smiley,
Daniel
'78;
Stephen
W. Collins, '83 J. Stuart Auchincloss,
'90; J. N. Du Barry, '90; Minturn Post
;
Collins, '92
F. F. Davis, '93
;
;
John Rob-
Alfred Busselle, '94; D. S.
Taber, '94; Walter C. Webster, '95; G.
Raymond Allen, '96; William K. Alsop,
'93;
erts,
•96; L. H. Wood, '96; Elliot Field, '97;
John Storey Jenks, Jr., '98; Frederick
'02
Swan, '98
J. Bernard Haviland,
;
;
Parke L. Woodward, '02;
S.
Marshall
Busselle.
NOTES
'80.
White,
Richard
of
Baltimore,
has recently returned from an extended
tour of Southern Europe and Egypt.
April
entitled
"A
Sculptor of the La-
bour, Constantin Meunier."
Edward Thomas sailed for Liv-
'97.
erpool in the steamship Merion, April 14,
'8J.
A. Morris Carey, of Baltimore,
made a brief call on April 16.
He had
not been at the College for a
number
for a five-months' stay, chiefly in
*98.
of years.
ried
John Cowgill Corbet, Jr. was instantly killed in alighting from a train
at Spring Garden Street Station, Philadelphia, on March 31.
Mr. Corbet had
been employed since graduation by the
Haines, Jones & Cadbury Company.
'88.
*92.
trated
Christian Brinton has an illusin
article
"The
Century" for
Eng-
land, in the Lake District.
to
Thomas Wistar, Jr., was marMiss Mary Beatrice Starin in
Germantown, on April 21. Among the
ushers were J. H. Haines, Dr. Samuel
Rhodes, S. R. Morgan, A. G. Scattergood, F. R. Strawbridge and M. M. Lee,
:
all
of '98.
Ex-'OO.
Lieutenant
Mallei
Prevost
Grayson Alurphy, U. S. A., was married
to Miss Maud Donaldson in Philadelphia
in Easter week.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
ASSOCIATION FOOT BALL
in
On March 31 Haverford met and defeated
ing game.
This match was the second
of the intercollegiate series and
drew a
crowd to Walton Field in spite of the
weather.
Haverford was
very strong on defence and rather weak
on offence, while just the opposite was
threatening
I,
Harvard o.
star
who
Haverford
Philips
Lowry
C. Brown
Drinker
Pleasants
Godley
Reid
P.
true of Harvard.
goal,
Harvard's territory.
ford
the ball
Score— Haver-
Han-ard by the narrow margin
of I to o in a close but rather uninterest-
The
The game ended with
shots.
Harvard Games
of
game was
five
times
Philips,
stopped
at
difficult
W. Brown
Rossmaessler
Spaeth
Young
Positions
Harvard
Parker
Goal
Right full-back. .McLaiirin
Kidder
Left full-back
Bird
Right half-back
Centre
Squires
Left half-back.. Thackaray
Outside right
Inside right
Centre
Mayer
Gordon
Osborn
Inside left ..A. W. Reggio
Outside left ..A. N. Reggio
THE HAVERFORDIAN
66
The Cornell Trip
Amid the enthusiastic applause of sevand spurred on by
eral waiting engines,
high Valley Railroad, of the agony endured by the faithful ones while waiting
in
awful doubt for the tardy diners, and
the pithy comment of Manager Xauman
of the accommodating train which waited
and the delirious evolutions of Captain
Spike, the Haverford Soccerites left the
train-shed of the Reading Tenninal in
need be said.
good order, on the morning of April
6.
The trip to New York was uneventSeveral
ful.
over
trips
the
entire
Subway and L systems of New
York finally landed the company at
Morningside Heights.
Here they sepvarious
arated
to
lunch,
and
later
at
the
houses
"frat"
for
somewhat
reassembled
An
gymnasium.
endless
trolley ride followed, and the eleven were
at their last gasp when the Oval was fin-
reached.
ally
The
cheerful
news was
soon spread abroad that the suit case
containing the uniforms of "Art" and
"Smith" had been left on the vengeful
trolley.
While the rest of the team sat
15 minutes for those great men. nothing
ten
in
an
All troubles were forgot-
exclusive
sleeper,
inhabited
by none but the sacred team, and Ithaca
was reached
in
the early hours of the
Our hosts, who met
following morning.
us at the station, represented a variety
of nationalities, and
we
spent most of
the morning learning to pronounce their
names and viewing with them the beautiful campus and buildings of the UniThe game itself was exciting
versity.
from start to finish. The "Cosmopolitans" showed a good knowledge of soccer, and, with a little more team work
and training, would probably have won.
It is only fair to them to state that their
star full-back, Douglas, was injured very
early in the game and was thereafter
in stupefied silence (all except "Smith").
practically useless, although
Art desp>atched a mounted policeman in
continued playing.
pursuit of the elusive car, which was mir-
nellians
aculously caught and brought back
first
he pluckily
As it was, the Cor-
spite of its determined struggles. Of the
game little can be said which would not
had the lead at the end of the
The secby
i
to
O.
under
way
before
ond half was well
the complexion of the game changed.
border on the uncomplimentary.
The lucky "Ham" suddenly
playing in fairly good
strong wind, in the
style
in
After
against
half,
sent
in
a
a
long shot and, to the surprise of every-
and scor-
one, the ball rolled first through the legs
ing a goal through a beautiful shot by
"Smith," the team slumped miserably in
those of the Dutch full-back and finally
and failed to break the
past the hands of the Greek goal-keeper.
the second half
tie
first half,
which Coluinbia had created by a
score
shortly before
half
fault lay mainly with the
time.
The
forwards, who
of the Scotch half-back, then through
With the score a tie, Haverford worked
The "Ham" again
came to the rescue, and a second shot
hke fiends for victory.
had dozens of chances to score, but in-
slipped just inside the post, being
Not disheartened by tills unsatisfactory ending, however, the team left New York that even-
bled by the well-greased Achilles.
variably missed the net.
ing with the determination to beat Cor-
and clinch the championship anyOf the little misunderstanding
about the ferryboats, of Manager Nauman's crafty manipulation of the Lenell
way.
out any abatement in
tlieir
fumWith-
speed, the
Haverford forwards continued to bang
away at the goal, until "Smith" made
a third tally by a neat and well-executed
Time was called soon after, leavshot.
ing Haverford the victor by 3 goals to
I.
Too much praise cannot be given
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Captain Pleasants for his persistent stir-
son closed at the end of the last quarter.
ring up of the team and for the fine ex-
Bushnell,
ample he set by his own brilliant playing.
The result of the game left Haverford
next vear.
the champion, with a score of 7 points,
three games having been won, and one
67
'08,
was elected captain
for
On Wednesday evening, April 25, Professor
Le Baron R. Briggs, of Harvard
Special mention should be made
University, gave an extremely interesting
of the able management of Nauman, and
and instructive lecture on Dryden. This
the second annual lecture of the
is
Thomas Shipley Memorial Fund.
drawn.
of the unflagging hospitality of the Co-
The line-up
lumbia and Cornell men.
was as follows
Haverford
Cornell
Positions
Chrysseidy
Philips
Goal
C. T. Brown Left full-back
Vander Dose der Bye
Lowry
Right
...Douglas
Wilson
Reinecke
full-back
Rossmaessler. .Left half-back
Centre
Pleasants
Lawson
Right half-back
Drinker
.Dragoshinoff
Young
Left wing
Delcasse
Left inside
Spaeth
P. W. Brown Centre forward Van Byrnefeldt
Zerallos
Right inside
Smith
.
.
Reid
Referee— S. W.
.
McDonald
Right wing
Mifflin, Harvard.
Time of halves — 35 minutes.
Goals — Spaeth, 2; Smith, McDonald.
The annual spring reception to the college by the Y. AL C. A. took place on
Thursday evening, April 12, at 8 o'clock.
The speaker for the evening was Dr.
Comfort, who gave an interesting and
helpful talk on the place the association
should take in each man's life and actions.
Shortlidge,
'06,
the
president,
retiring
made way for the new presiding officer,
I.
J.
Dodge, '07, and the evening closed
with a reception, at which refreshments
were served.
The past year has been
we
productive of many good results and
The soccer season has been a successone although we did not win the club
ful
:
the
that
feel
Society
is
a
great
help
to the whole college body.
championship again, we have won something we value more.
The intercollegi-
ate cup presented to the league by
Cap-
tain Milnes, of the English Pilgrims, who
country
played
in
in the
trophy room
we
this
hope, for
last fall, will
this
be
next year and,
many to come.
Captain
Pleasants is to be congratulated on hav-
ing developed a team from practically
raw material, which none of the college
teams defeated.
Pleasants
The Sophomore
contest
Freshmen
for the Everett
speaking
Society medal
took place on Tuesday evening,
May i,
and was won by J. Carey Thomas, '08.
Drinker,
Those who took part were
'08; Troth, '08; Thomas, '08; Elkinton,
'08
Dodge, '09 Killen, '09 Loewen:
;
;
stein, '09
;
;
Phillips, '09.
entertained
the soccer team at the Hotel Colonnade,
at the close of the season, and, we believe,
Track
from all accounts that have reached us,
that the dinner
Following is the schedule for this season's track work:
ed captain for next year.
May 12.
was a great success in
every way. Rossmaessler, '07, was elect-
Meet, Wesleyan University at Middletown,
Intercollegiates
The gymnasium team, under the leadT. K. Brown, '06, made a very
The seacreditable showing this year.
ership of
at
Harvard,
May 25 and
26.
The Inter-class
1906.
sports were
— Results were as follows:
won by
THE HAVERFORDIAN
68
Shot-ptit— First, A. T. Lowry, '06; second,
Birdsall,
E. F. Jones, '07; third,
tance, 33 feet, II inches.
Dis-
'07.
220-yard hurdles— First, T. K. Brown,
second, Bushnell, '08; third, Myers,
Time, 29 minutes and 4 seconds.
'06:
Hah-mile run— First, E.
C
W.
Frank-
May 5, Alumni at Haverford.
May 8, next 15 at Haverford.
Saturday, May 12, Moorestown at MooresSaturday,
Miller, '06;
Time,
sec-
Philips, '06;
Height,
'08.
Tuesday,
town.
Thursday, May 17, Philadelphia at Wissahickon Heights.
Saturday, May 19, Germantown at Haverford.
'o5;
second, Birdsall. '07; third, Ramsey, '09. Dis-
23,
Harvard
at
Haver-
May 26,
Cornell at Ithaca.
Wednesday, May 30, Pennsylvania at Hav-
—
First, T. K. Brown, Jr., '06,
220- Yard Dash
and P. W. Brown, '07; second, W. Kennard,
'06, and J. P. Magill, '07.
Dash
Wednesday, May
ford.
Saturday,
tance, 102 feet, 10 inches.
— First, Brown, '06; second,
Magill, '07; third, Rossmaessler,
'07.
Discus Throw — First, Jones, '07; second,
Wood, '07; third, Lowry, '06. Distance, 99
erford.
Saturday, June
2,
All Scholastic at
Haver-
ford.
Saturday, June 9, Merion at Haverford.
Friday. June
15,
Alumni
vs.
Alumni.
SECOND ELEVEN.
Saturday, April
28,
Frankford
Haver-
at
ford.
feet 5 inches.
Race
at
ford.
Hammer throw— First, A. T. Lowry,
Relay
Frankford
April 28,
'09.
5 feet 4 inches.
100- Yard
that of the third is not here inserted.
Saturday,
Mott,
K.
ond, Gary, '06; third, Bushnell,
fol-
FIRST ELEVEN,
second, Reid, '06; third, R. Scott, '06.
II minutes 5 seconds.
High jump- First, J. D.
'09.
Manager Godley announces the
lowing schedulesfor the first and second
cricket teams.
Owing to lack of space
'07;
Tatnall,
second, Reid, '06; third, R. H.
Time, 2 minutes, 20.2 seconds.
Two-mile run— First,
Jr.,
Cricket
— First, 1907; second,
1908;
Saturday,
heim.
Tuesday,
third, 1909-
Run — First, Tunney, '06; sec-
Quarter-mile
ond, Kennard, '06; third, Warnock, '08. Time,
56 seconds.
Saturday,
May 5,
Germantown
at
Man-
May 8, 1st XI at Haverford.
May 12, Wissahickon at Haver-
ford.
Thursday,
May 17, Haddonfield at Haver-
ford.
120-Yard High Hurdles
— First, Brown, '06;
second, Rossmaessler, '07; third. Brown,
'08.
Time, 17 i-s seconds.
Broad Jump
Saturday,
— First, Brown, '06; second,
Jones, '07; third, Rossmaessler, '07.
Distance,
20 feet 8 inches.
Mile
ler,
'06; third,
Young, '06.
May 19, Philadelphia at Haver-
May 26, Glenside at Haverford.
Saturday, June 2, Linden at Camden.
Saturday, June 9, Gibbsboro at Gibbsboro.
CLASS GAMES.
Run— First, Tatnall, '07; second. Mil-
49 4-5 seconds.
Saturday,
ford.
Time, 4 minutes
April 24-25, 1908 vs. 1909.
May 1-2, 1906 vs. 1907.
May 14-15, winners play for championship.
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make
to
results
lacking on our
to
satisfactory
dressed College men.
the better
"We make things right"
& Goize,
Little
Leading Tailors
116 S. 15th street
to Golle^e Men,
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A Stationery Department
with an aim to producing
highest grade work only
St.
Mary's Laundry
Commencement Invitations
Dance Invitations
Dance Programmes
Banquet Menus
Wants your family wash.
Class and Social Stationery
Calls for and delivers
Visiting Cards
—
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Samples on request.
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phia.
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President
Asa S. Wing
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Trust Officer
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David G. Alsop
Actuary
Assistant Trust Officer
J. Barton Townsend
Samuel H. Troth
Treasurer
Secretary
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;
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:
HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
Volume XXVIII, No. 4.
June, 1906
CONTENTS
Editorials
.....
The Prodigal
69
71
Educational Conditions in
New Mexico
Early History of Haverford School
The Year's Work in the Y.M.C.A.
The Vespers
Faculty Department.
.
78
81
Repercussus Horatii
82
72
Triolet
82
74
Alumni Departjient
College Department
77
.
83
84
:
DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION.
Association Football:
D. Philips, '06
F. D. Godley, '07
"08
J. Busbnell, 3rd,
Pre«ident
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
J.
C.
H. Rhoads, '93
Manager
ADVISORY BOARD
foot Ball:
W. Carson, '06
Gymnasium
Gummere, '07
S. J.
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
E. W. Jones, '07
Captain
J.
M. H. March, '07
Other Members— R. J. Shortlidge, '06;
J.
D.
Philips, '06; T. K. Brown, Jr., '06; R. L. Cary,
'06; W. Haines, '07 ; H. Evans, '07; I. J.
'07.
LOGANIAN SOCIETY.
T. Fales, '06
A. N. Warner, '07
.F. G. Sheldon, '06
Assistant Manager.. .W. R. K.ossmaessIer, '07
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
Captain
W. Carson, '06
President
Secretary
Dodge,
:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
P. W. Brown, '07
H. Plea-sants, Jr., '06
Assistant Manager
Captain
DEPARTMENTS
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
A. C. Dickson, '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
S. G. Nauman, '06
President
Vice President
W. Carson, '06
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
P. W.
Brown, '07
DEPARTMENTS
Track:
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Captain
Cricket
T. K. Brown, Jr., '06
P.
W. Brown, '07
A. K. Smiley, Jr., '06
E. R. Tatnall, '07
'06
J. D. Philips,
D. Philips, '06
A. E. Brown, 'o7
F. D. Godley, '07
B. Windle, '07
Chairman
Vice Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
J.
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
Captain
Civics:
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
R. L. Cary, '06
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
Dodge, '07
I. J.
D. C. Baldwin, '06
Debating:
President
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
W. Carson, '06
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
CLASSES.
1906:
'06
J. D. Philips,
M. H. March, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
W. Shoemaker, '08
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
R. J. Shortlidge, '06
A. N. Warner, '07
W. B. Windle, '07
S. G. Spaeth '05
1907:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Tennis:
President
H. W. Doughten, Jr., '06
W. Rossmaessler, "07
Vice President
Secretary-Treasurer
C. J. Teller, '05
1908:
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
Treasurer
Musical:
President
Manager
Assistant Manager
Leader
Y. M. C. A.
President
Vice President
Secretary
Treasurer
F. R. Taylor, '06
P. Elkington, 'oS
Scientific :
ASSOCIATIONS.
College:
President
Vice President
Secretary
H. Pleasants, '06
,
.W. Carson
W. K. Miller
J.
R. Scott
T. Fales
H. Evans
G. H. Wood
J.W. Nicholson, Jr.
K. J. Barr
G. K. Strode
W. R. Shoemaker
C. S. Scott
T. Troth
J.
1909:
„
I.
J.
Dodge, '07
H. Evans '07
W. H. Morris, '08
J.
P. Elkinton, '08
President
B. L.
Vice President
Secretary
Teasrurer
Dodge, Jr.
T. K. Lewis
R. L. M. Underbill
E. S. Shoemaker
An Interesting Fact
About our prescription work, is, that none but the best
and purest drugs are used
in filling
them.
Men with
the practical experience of years and who are graduates
of the best College of
do our dispensing.
Pharmacy in the United States,
Come and visit us.
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Leading Photographers
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.
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We engrave dies and
stamp
your writing
paper par excellence.
Send for our samples of
stationery or stamping
Wedding Invitations
Annocncements
,
Church. At Home and
Calling Cards.
We
you
samples
upon request.
Flashlight Work a Specialty
The HosKins Store
908 Chestnut
St.,
Special Rates to Students
^
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w eymann
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PTs
State
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Leading Soloists and Teachers— for their own use— their best
endorsement.
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Philadelphia
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FILMS
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MOUNTS,
PAPER, PLATES,
CHEMICALS, &c.
Films 10 per cent, discount.
Medical
Department.
The Uni-
CRICKET
versity and BellevueHospital
Medical College.
TENNIS
1906
WOOD & GUEST
43 North J3th Street
Philadelphia
Session of 1906- 1907.
CRICKET: We have added a new line of
The Session begins Wednesday, October 3, igo6, and
continues for eight months.
For the annual circular
giving requirements for matriculation, admission to
advanced standing, graduation, and full details of the
this season.
TENNIS: We make a specialty of fine Rackets
and offer the best English and American makes
in -wide selection.
course, address Dr. Egbert lycFevre. Dean, 26th Street
and
First Avenue, New York.
N. B. Ask for Student rates.
A Sound Mind in a Sound Body
is
an achievement of which a man may be justly
This condition is brought about only
proud.
by the use of the right food.
We make a specialty of Canned Goods
in
gallon tins for institution needs.
Alfred
Importing
Lowry & Bro.
Grocers
23 S. Front Street
and
[
80-39=41 Saved
Progressive mer-
chants recognize the virtue of Tartan Brands
and wisely keep them in stock.
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for
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We are showing over 700 styles of goods this Spring—
favorably
known at
all
the
nearby
Colleges
all
new.
Our work is very
and Preparatory Schools and the
Haverford boys are especially invited to call.
Suits and Overcoats, $25 to $UO
Full Dress and Tuxedos, $35 to $60
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Enlarging. Developing and
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A. M.
^Manufacturing
OPTICIi^NS
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126 S. i^ih Street
We Make
Eye
Accurate ]
\
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and
and Costumes.
Everything
hing done in a first-class manner.
manner, Prices
reasonable.
nable.
Write for Estimates.
Moderate
j
BUCK & CO.
Theatrical Outfitters,
Amateur Theatricals Furnished with
Spectacles
Stylish
Price
Glasses
Printing
Developing and Printifig for Amateur Photographers.
High Grade Photographic Lenses.
119 N. 9th Street.
Removal Notice,
Established 1827
We now occupy our new building.
Complete
line of
Car-
riages for
Town and
Country use
rli
r^^^^l^r
on our floors
FRANK MULLER
Manufacturing Optician
1631 Ghestnut St„ Phila.
Old Address.
1
72
I
Chestnut St.
Smedley & Mehl,
LIMBER and COAL
READY FOR
DELIVERY.
REPAIR ESTIMATES FURNISHED.
GoIIin^s Garria^e Go.
1719 Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA
Newman's
Art Store
1704 Chestnut Street
Manufacturers of
All kinds of Frames
Coal 2240 lbs to ton
Importer of Engravings, Etchings, Watet
Prompt delivery
Phone No. 8.
Colors, Etc.
Ardmorc
Special discount to Students
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Hose and Hose Goods
steam Hose. Air Hose,
p:ood assortment to
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Garden Hose, choose from.
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Engine Hose, Suction
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Racks,
Fitting;?,
Nozzles, Sprinklers,
Reels,
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n;
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'
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Starting in 76, some of the original salesmen, young fellows then, are
young
still
here and
still
!
Thoroughly experienced in providing for and serving an intelligent public we claim
ability,
from this experience, to do it right.
Every garment bears our name which guarantees you style and good
making, while the price is fair and the value there
— MUST be there —'cause you can,
it
if
you wish, get the money back.
Range of prices
"^
:
Stylish
new
Spring
Suits,
$15
to
$40.
New shaped Spnng Overcoats, $13 to $35,
the best cloththere U. It's
right here
by us Bnd sold at
one profit— no mid1b
ing
made
dleman.
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COLLEGE MEN
will find
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CLOTHE^S
a great advantage
to order their
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The Haverfordian
Ira Jacob Dodge,
1907,
Editor-in-Chikf.
DEPARTMENT EDITORS
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Thomas C. Desmond, 1908
{alumni)
(FICTION)
:
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(COLLEGE)
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Walter W. Whitson
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Single Copies,
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Entered at the Haverford Post-Office, for transmission through the mails as second-class matter.
Vol. XXVIII.
Haverford, Pa., June,
No. 4
1906.
IT is with hesitation and diffidence
of this culmination of the college course.
our feelings at this commencement time.
We should rather not voice the complexity of emotions that fills
H.wM.mb.r.^g
here at Haverford than it does at insti-
that we attempt to put into words
Et this season.
The sev-
of Haverford
erance of undergraduate re-
Alumni
lations
class is
with the graduating
our predominating thought, and
we should prefer to leave our sentiments
to
feeling,
nevertheless
we could not
close the year without wishing bon
voy-
age to 1906.
Commencement means more
tutions where
us
to
men don caps and gowns
business
after
the
over,
and receive
of
examination
is
their
sheepskins
in
company with men they may never have
seen before.
The close associations at
Haverford make it an unusual event both
for those who go and those who stay behind. But this very association keeps it
from being anything more than the substitution of business or professional life
All
commencements are very much
for that of college, for the graduate steps
alike.
Classes graduate and leave col-
out into the ranks of the alumni
lege with mingled feelings of regret and
anticipation.
Other
them with a touch
classes
look after
the welfare of the college.
As the Senior Class steps into the fraHaverford graduates it may
of sentiment, then
up into their places, and affairs go
on pretty much as usual. And yet commencements are ever
new, because
the actors
are
always changing.
How we wish we could offer some new
ternity of
thought at this time, but, failing in that,
a
we can only look at the practical aspect
for the class of 1906.
step
who
are actively and materially interested in
well look back upon its course with satisfaction.
In scholarship, athletics and
college activities in general
tinguished
criterion
itself,
we
and
if
it
has dis-
past records be
anticipate great success
—
THE HAVERFORDIAN
70
Tllli spirit at Haverlord at present
ress.
is
prog-
that of healthy
noticeably
The new buildings and equipment
place as well suited to those from a
a
from this immedi-
distance as to those
ate vicinity.
should see that reason-
It
show the visible advance that is being
able care is exercised to render Sundays
and those who have
Conditions
Conducive to read the recent alumni adGrowth
dress by our President know
ini^umbers
^j^^
jj^^j toward which the
College is steadily progressing under his
as
rnade,
guidance.
Intellectual
gains
are
also
being achieved by the development of
the curriculum
;
the unwonted use of the
pleasant as possible
who
for those
from force of circumstance remain at
the College and there is a general sentiment that it is unseemly with our fair
dining hall that men should, on Saturdays and Sundays, be forced to compete
for sustenance under the Darwinian law
;
of the survival of the fittest.
And then,
library upon two occasions this year, by
again,
men who
made, so that students might be accom-
had been strangers there be-
should
it
see
fore, serves as
an index of the remarkable change wrought by simply varying
modated
a course hitherto manifestly safe and in-
cause of distance,
nocuous.
them to travel home.
But those who were fortunate enough
box"
that
provision
is
for a reasonable remuneration
during the vacations of the year, if, beis
it
unfeasible
for
certain that as Haverford grows
bound to have more students from
It is
to hear the informal "question
it
held during the recent reception to the
other States, and conditions should be
United Charities Association upon the
College campus must have been impressed by two facts, namely, first, that
we have much to be proud about here
made as favorable as possible for them
—
Haverford, and, second, and more
important, that people from a distance
at
knew very little about the institution.
The policy of Haverford is wisely conservative,
and a large college is not de-
sired, but a small college with a
list is
waiting
better off than a college which has
not its maximum number.
college
is
less
provincial
come,
to
when its
stu-
for,
as
it
certainly
is
while for a student to
worth
come to Haver-
ford from any distance,
it is
however great,
also of a certain value to the college
to have him come.
IT
is
at all
times interesting to read
contributions by alumni of exper-
ience and prominence, but to those who
expect to teach and
Then, too, a
dent body embraces representatives from
all
is
in
who are interested
educational work, the arti-
entitled
A Record of ^le
Achievement Conditions in
over the country.
"Educational
New Mexico"
will be of exceptional interest.
Just now, at the time of advancement,
And in dealing with his subject the au-
the time for alumni and undergradu-
thor has given a very clear idea of what
is
what they can to help in the
growth of the college. A committee is
quietly working along these lines, disseminating information about Haverford
but they need co-operation and encouragement especially from graduates who
ates to do
—
reside
—
in
other States.
And it is the
conditions
tnrv.
is
in
general are
in
the terri-
Hon. Hiram Hadley, the author,
superintendent of public
instruction
and one of the pioneer educators in New
Mexico. He graduated from Haverford
in 1856, and has devoted most of his
For twenty
life to educational work.
New Mex-
duty of the college, if it desires to pro-
years he has been located in
gress in the direction of numbers and
and is an authority ujion the subject
about which he has written.
widespread infitiencc, to make Haverford
ico,
——
—
THE HAVERFORDIAN
OXE
Barchiy
viding^ wall in
is
that
new di-
necessary
interviews,
would
shoulil be
made with
it
mitigate the careless usurpation of other
Careless
men's time, which, according
Usurpation
to
of other
^.j,;]^
People's Time
These do not include social calls and
the main arguments brought
to hear in favor of the
Upholders,
its
^j
now
pre-
WC SCOUtcd
f^^st
i
,
1
1
•
such an argument as lackmg
weight, but observation has led us to
believe that this
is
really a potent issue.
Even at college men have to devote some
time to study and reading, and during
the evening, while this needful but de-
pressing ordeal
is
being performed,
it
takes very little to subtract a half hour
of studying.
71
This time must either be
the other man's
even these
due regard for
but
a
time and,
not
during the accepted
The
fellowship
if
possible,
study
hours.
and good comradeship
that we have here are the strongest
arguments against the proposed wall,
hence we should hesitate about abusing
it,
so that it might serve as an argument
for the wall.
But, after all, the time that might be
saved per individual with the wall would
not be worth the fellowship and spirit
that would be lost.
Besides, a sentiment
made up later, or, as is usually the case,
not made up at all. And we all are too
prone needlessly to interrupt other men
along this line will do more than a wall
during their solid hours of study, upon
only preserve, but refine the sociability
the most trival and insignificant pretexts.
which college
to prevent this thoughtless waste of time,
and with the sentiment we should not
men essentially possess.
The Prodigal
Crowned with a crown of calm inscrutable.
Fate sits enthroned within the court of chance.
While I, Fate's fool, kneel at his feet and hold
The golden goblet given me of God,
Within whose crystal chalice Fate doth blend
Small gains of time and ruby wine of life.
— And like as thirst-mad
Ravish the desert pool
lips, insatiate.
— drain the draught.
I
And now it flows my veins a liquid fire!
— mad — mad! In pure, unchecked excess
I'm mad
Of madness crying out aloud; the cup
Collapses in my fevered hands! Once more
Unto my lips I press its lips Great God,
What foul and filthy dregs are these! That fire
From those veins vanishes I grow acold
The madness leaves mine eyes — I see but dim
—
—
—
This body draws together softly shrinks
Melts and is seen no more, and naught except
A gray damp mound of burnt-out ash, to tell
—
Where
lately
stood a lordly citadel.
/. T. T., 'oS.
EDUCATIONAL CONDITIONS IN NEW MEXICO
HAVING been invited to prepare an
article
on
educational,
political
tized.
For 200 years, without opposi-
tion,
save from the tribes they sought
and economic conditions in New Mexico,
having special reference to the fitness of
New Mexico for Statehood, I decided to
other missionaries, these intrepid bearers
confine this article to a truthful exhibit
ing that time they gained almost abso-
of educational conditions, as I view them
lute and undisputed control of the minds
to convert, and without competition from
Dur-
of the Cross pursued their work.
after nearly twenty years of active con-
and the hearts of the
nection with the education of New Mex-
of what now constitutes New Mexico.
In
ico.
my treatment of this topic, I
shall not permit
myself to be influenced
by a consideration of what
my
efTect
statements may have in creating a senti-
ment favorable or unfavorable
fitness of the territory for
the
to
Statehood.
The origin and civilization of the peowho inhabited this region previous
ples
to the
coming of the Spaniard is one of
At that time this people believed that
education was chiefly the prerogative of
comparatively
small
number of their more favored young
men were sent to existing colleges, became well eduQated for the times, returned and became dominant factors in
all kinds of administration. But the mass
common people were illiterate.
of the
This was the people and these were
conditions that
the
New Mexico
A
Church.
the
the perplexing problems of the archaeologist.
entire population
United States
the
nating with the treaty of Westphalia in
became possessed of as a result of the
Mexican War. At the date of 1850 few
Americans were in New Mexico. Much
as I regret to say one word against the
1648, all central and western Europe was
paternalism of our great Government,
antagonism existing between the Church of Rome and
During this
the followers of Luther.
cannot be honest and say less than that
Coronado
entered
in
1540; Martin Luther died in 1546. During the succeeding hundred years, termi-
violently agitated by the
exceedingly turbulent period Spain re-
its
it
Government has ignored
National
the
duties to these wards of hers.
that they
t
were ignorant
;
Grant
the Govern-
mained loyal to the Mother Church.
In New Mexico during the same
period, with varying successes, the struggle for mastery between the Spaniard
and the native people was carried on,
ment until very lately has done nothing
with the general result of victory for the
and thirty-sixth sections of laml, and permits the proceeds from the leasing of
these to be used
foster
connnon
to
Spaniard.
It
was perfectly natural and
accord with
human
gress gave to
what she would naturally be entitled to
exijerience
that
come
schools.
and
senti-
anil
saturated
with the
feelings
ments that then prevailed in Spain. They
brought with them the zeal for the propagation of their religion that has ever
characterized the devoted Fathers of the
Roman Catholic Church. So zealous
were they that by 1617 eleven churches
had been built and 14,000 natives bap-
New Mexico, in lieu of
when she becomes a State, the sixtocuth
the early Spanish invaders should
in
In 1898 Con-
to correct this condition.
In this country of plateaus
mountains, frequently these sections
are without value.
Yet, by careful man-
agement, from
source the
schools
are
stantial aid.
the only
dered
its
this
common
beginning to
receive
So
know,
aid the
far as
I
sub-
this is
Govermnent has ren-
common scliool education during
more than half a century's possession.
;;
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
If
the people arc
illiterate,
who
is
to
Maine? If tlie Government had shown
the same paternal interest in New Mexico that she has manifested toward the
Porto Rico, the cry of
Philippines and
"illiteracy"
wonld have ceased a quarter
She acquired by con-
of a century ago.
quest
a
people comparatively helpless,
them to struggle alone in
helplessness
and inexperience,
their
when every interest of patriotism and
humanity has demanded the reverse.
and has
left
Following the termination of the ^lexIn
ican War the Americans poured in.
1880 the A. T. & S. F. R. R. was built.
The newcomers brought with them the
education
firmly
own minds.
They
idea of free, popular
established in their
first
73
two have been developed into good
institutions
doing substantial work, and
the third has
done
well.
It
but fair
is
to sa\' that the second has received
Gov-
erment aid, as usually accorded to such
colleges in territories.
In 1893 two
Normal Schools and a Military Institute
were created and provided for. These
have all been developed into most creditable institutions and are doing as good
work as is done by similar schools any-
A school for the deaf has just
where.
been opened, and one for the blind will
be opened in September.
In
1891
Legislature revised the
the
existing inefficient school law.
made provision
vision
Board of Education
;
This re-
for a Territorial
created the office
met here the idea that education was a
function of the Church and belonged ex-
of Superintendent of Public Instruction
clusively to
series of text-books
it.
Soon several Protestant religious denominations began to plant their misThese did
sions and establish schools.
a great work,
them.
But
and much credit
these,
too,
failed
the masses, although they did
is
due
provided for the adoption of a uniform
increased the powand duties of County Superintendents
and made provisions by which
funds for the support of schools could
;
ers
;
be raised.
reach
The cause of the common school re-
much to
ceived a great impetus, and schools were
to
foster educational spirit.
established in
all
parts of the territory.
number, in addition to contending with
and overcoming the difficulties incident
to the making of homes among a practically foreign people, have been com-
Those of the towns and cities are sustained nine months annually, are well
graded, and people from the East who
patronize them pronounce them equal, or
superior, to what they have left behind.
pelled to plant the seed of popular edu-
The
The newcomers, comparatively few in
cation, attend to
nurse the
plant.
its
germination, and to
Public
sentiment
in
schools in
New Mexico, as
elsewhere, are not so
good as those of
rural
the cities, but every school district sus-
favor of free schools had to be created
tains
from limited individual resources means
had to be provided for sustaining them
legislation had to be secured and organ-
months, ai^d the average length of term
a
school
for
from three
to
six
of all the schools in the territory for the
past year was 114 days.
ization for administration effected.
I vi'ish space
permitted me to go more into details.
Under these adverse conditions, New
Mexico can show educational progress,
guage taught
which she feels much gratification.
In 1889, by act of the Legislature, the
University of Xew Mexico, the College
of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, and
the School of Mines were created. The
at
The English language is the legal lanin
No pro-
the schools.
vision is made for teaching the Spanish.
Our law requires that all teachers must
understand the English language.
Of
the 600 schools in the territory,
it
not improbable that
in a
I
think
very small
THE HAVERFORDIAN
74
number more Spanish than
Ensjlish
is
Educational
spirit
and enthusiasm
is
in
the atmosphere, and the native people
But this condition is ahnost exNearly
tinct, and will soon be unknown.
all the children and young people among
the natives understand and use the Eng-
have caught these and are clamoring for
more and better educational advantages.
Of course, a large por-
teaching I have not known more tracta-
taught.
lish
language.
and
tion of the old people, the fathers
my half a century of experience in
In
more faithful, or more efficient stu-
l.ile,
tongue, but many of these with gray hair
Neither have I ever known any
among American young men who, with
are picking up the English.
no greater opportunities, have attained
mothers,
hold on to their mother
still
Experience shows that the young man
dents.
more satisfactory success in life.
who has a knowledge of both Spanish
and English possesses the educational
qualifications of greatest immediate comAll the former distance
mercial value.
and apparent antagonism, the result of a
difference in nationality and religion, has
passed away, and harmony and cordial
co-operation
Briefly,
it
my conviction that New
is
Mexico, during the past fifteen years, has
known a greater and more satisfactory
than that exper-
educational progress
ienced in the same time by any other portion of the civilized world.
Hiram Hadlcy, 'j6.
educational affairs exist.
in
EARLY HISTORY OF HAVERFORD SCHOOL
THE
following extracts from the let-
one of the
most interested and helpful founders and
ters of Isaac Collins,
supporters of the institution
now called
Much will depend of this selection, and
I
hope we shall be favored to find a per-
who
son
possess
will
qualifications,
and
Ilavcrford College, have been furnished
and
by his son, Stephen G. Collins, of the
Society at large.
They explain the sort of
class of 1856.
school
they
desired
establish
to
and
some of the difficulties of its infancy.
Phila.,
I
mo. 3d. 1831.
Saml. Parsons.
Esteemed Friend
:
—The stockholders
of the "Central School" having adopted
a
constitution and elected their officers
will
all
who
enjoy the
is
the essential
well
confidence
known
of
the
The experiment is at last about being
whether the Society of Friends in
country are in favor of and will sup-
tried,
this
port
a
college
planned and conducted
as a sectarian institution.
the benefits
If
successful
resulting to our Religious
Society will be numerous and extensive,
and if unsuccessful I apprehend it would
and managers, and emi)owcred the latter
not be attempted again for manv vears.
to select and purchase a
Well knowing the deep interest thou
and how much will
depend upon the due administration of
farm for a site,
and to erect suitable buildings for the
institution, as well as to solicit subscrip-
tions to the full
amount
stock ($60,000), for
all
of the capital
which sub-com-
mittees have been ai)pointed, the next
most importrmt business will be to obtain
the consent of and elect a suitable Friend
to ])lace at the lu'ad nf
tlu'
institulinn.
feels in this project,
the
institution,
more
especially
for the
year or two, it has occurred to me
that there is no person in our Society
so
first
eminently and entirely qualified to discharge the important duties devolving
ii|"'ii
ilie
superintendent as thyself, and
THE HAVERFORDIAN
risht, and among the possibles, to
if it is
prevail on tlicc.
I
know
it would gratify
the stockholders, and in their opinion en-
of the capital stock and,
sure the
filling
in
establish
fine,
friends and
the confidence of
effect our object.
\\'e should be pleased
have
thy
opinion
of the persons I have
to
named, and of the probability of their
accepting our offers.
We are informed that Richard Mott is
its
of the Society at large, in
the success of the experiment.
/3
now very desirous of selling his mills
and farm and removing from Mamaro-
Considering the numerous and important relations thou now holds with
neck. and
the Yearly Meeting of New York, I con-
sequestered spot.
fess
do not
I
very sanguine that
feel
the proposition
now made would meet
thy acceptance, and indeed
I
fear that
it
does appear to us as if he
should no longer bury his talents in that
has
It
suggested
been
us that
to
Jos'h Bowne and wife might find it their
places to accept such a situation.
thy services and influence in the present
managers w-ould be will-
believe the
I
trying situation of that Yearly Meeting
ing to give $1000 or $1200 and find the
could not be dispensed with, yet
family everything except clothes.
I
felt
We have applications from
willing just to state the wishes of the
stockholders and friends of the Central
young men
School here.
teachers
Thy sincere friend,
Isaac Collhis.
several
of
the office
for
classicaf
—
one of them a son of George
Sherman, of Trenton, who is now at
Yale College, about 19 years of age, is
said to possess superior talents.
Phila.,
4 mo. 25, 1833.
*
5(:
My dear Friend — I feel inclined to
write
thee
difficulties
ford
a
few
lines
persons to
fill
in
obtaining
si:itable
the various offices of su-
—
:(!
4 mo.
it:
1st,
1836.
My dear Friend — As the examination
respecting the
the managers of the Haver-
School find
^
:J:
Phila.,
:
:
of the
students
at
Haverford
School
commences on 5th day next, I hope we
shall have the pleasure of thy company
matron and teachers all
our inquiries have as yet proved unavailing, and it really seems at times as if
and that thou will stop with us while at
our house when they leave the School,
on fourth day after the examination
we should utterly fail.
We had some hopes
closes.
perintendent,
that
William
Evans and
his wife would be willing
and find it their place to go and fill the
offices for superintendent and matron,
but upon mature reffection they have
it
probable that
mo.
17,
arid
to
1836.
P.
:
Cope
myself have addressed a joint letter
Humphrey Haviland soliciting him to
subscribe again to the stock of Haver-
finally declined.
Is
Phila., 5
My dear Friend —Thomas
we
could induce
William and Ann Willis, or Joseph Tal-
ford School.
letter
Will thou please hand the
to him,
he should be
if
in
New
York during
the
or Samuel
Meeting, or,
if
of
Joseph Talcot or some other friend who
mav reside in his neighborhood. If he
cott and wife, or Richard
Mott and wife,
Adams and wife, to accept
appointment? We think it is
quite time an engagement was made with
this
some persons, if the institution is to be
opened this fall and winter, and we must
continue to make offers to all whom our
friends mav consider suitable, until we
is
in
sitting
of the Yearly
not, send
it
to
him by
New York do have some conversa-
tion with him and urge him to give us a
he cannot conveniently
us money. The Legislature have
tract of land,
a;ive
if
THE HAVERFORDIAN
76
Association to increase
authorized the
the capital stock from
60 to 100,000
dollars, and we are very much in need
of more funds to raise the water from
Cobb's run to give the school and
grounds a full supply of excellent water.
We
should
erect
some
more.
Will any of our stockholders
Our friends here are generally pretty
well,
and from
accounts
last
All these require
Thy sincere
Isaac Collins.
money, and we now
We have 73 students entered, amply
pay
to
all
our
current
ex-
penses.
George Hamilton, of New Bedford,
and H. H. Holinshead, have subscribed
$1000 each to our funds very recently.
Still we require more and must have it.
Has J. S. Shotwell returned from
France and when are we to receive the
legacy of
M. Smith's of $500?
Sincerely
remain
I
Thy friend,
Isaac Collins.
riiila.,
6 mo. 21st, 1836.
My dear Friend: — Previous to your
Thomas P. Cope
and myself wrote a letter to Humphrey
late
friend,
apparatus
Phila.. 7
owe $10,000.
sufficient
were
With love to thee and thine I remain
buildings and increase our library and
and philosophical
and improve the lawn, etc.
all
well at the School.
additional
chemical
in
New York give us a lift?
Yearly Meeting
mo. 6th, 1836.
—
My dear Friend At the last annual
meeting of Haverford School Association a resolution was passed directing the
:
Managers to endeavor to obfrom all the stockholders a relinquishment of any dividend or interest
that might accrue to them (by the bye,
such a state of the funds of the Association will never probably occur) and
accordingly a form was prepared, bound
in a book, and most of the stockholders
here have already entered their names,
and all no doubt will. It was intimated
by S. Bettle and George \\ illiams at the
annual meeting that if this release was
effected the institution would receive
some legacies in due time and I conPioard of
tain
—
sider
both
jjledged
those
persons
as
to leave
funds by
will
virtually
to
the,
School ;'" not having heard from thee or
At the last meeting of the
managers this book was directed to be
sent to New York, and Samuel Parsons,
W. F. and L. F. Mott and others were
from II. Mavilaud since, we feel desirous
appointed to
of knowing whether our letter and the
city
Haviland, and sent with it to thy care a
copy
of
"History
the
of
Haverford
book were delivered or sent to H. H.
We need much more funds for some additional improx'cments at the School, and
institution.
stockholders
solicit
Mott, biu
'lis
of town, and
wealthy and
liberal
to attend to this business.
necessities.
t)nr
jniblished
and
will
l;ist
annu.'d
report
be sent to our
is
New
^'ork friends.
rounding the school we have subscribed
$2000 and
will
])robably
require
$500
if
so,
it
will fall ujion thee
Please turn over thy bundle of letters
and see if there are not several from me
that
To improve the lawn and gmunds sur-
the
repcjrted that they are out
are therefore looking around among our
friends to meet our
in
and State of New York to subscribe
to it.
The book has since been forwarded to New York to W. and L.
await an answer.
,\lTeeti()uately
1
remain
Thy friend,
Isaac Collins.
THE YEAR'S WORK IN THE Y. M. C A.
IN a review of an institution such as
the
ciation
it
To turn to a brief resume of the past
Young ^[en's Christian Asso-
year.
The
fasten to
while
the
very
is
difficult
to
tangilile facts by which to measure its
growth or increase. In the development
of stronger manliood toward wliich it
may say, "It has
done me good," but there is no way to
find the sum total of such good that may
enrollment
average
been
has
attendance
at
96,
the
Wednesday evening meetings has been
The Sunday evening attendance
41.
has averaged 24, partial explanation of
strives, the iiuHvidual
which
have been done throughout the collegiate
men absent from college over Sunday.
A few outside men have addressed these
meetings, but for the most part we have
body.
prise
Numbers oftentimes, in an enterthis, are misleading.
The
like
depth of purpose of the few
is
always
hati
is
found
student
in
the large
number of
Many
leaders.
of
these
meetings have been marked by a deeply
spiritual tone.
It
may be well to note
more vital than the lukewarmness of the
many, and nowhere is that more evident
than in the Young Men's Christian As-
the subjects of two that were most con-
sociation.
life,
It
has been a common remark at Hav-
spicuously
so.
One
conversion and
its
dealt
with
Paul's
application to daily
while the second was based on the
Student \'olunteer Convention at Nash-
meet enough opposition to become really
ville, to which we sent two delegates,
who seemed to have brought back some
erford that the Y.
M.
C. A. does not
The subject of the mis-
strong, that to join the Association
is
real inspiration.
the custom which
all
in
sionary spirit in daily life aroused hearty
a measure true.
But no one can deny
abundant opportunity
ber of fellows present at that meeting.
that there
is
still
adopt.
for real, live enthusiasm.
This
is
A man does
response on the part of the large num-
The Bible classes this year have been
This work is often
not always need the prospect of a track
largely attended.
meet to make him take proper exercise,
though this is an undeniable stimulus.
of an Association, though numbers here
The man who exercises diligently, sim-
are not so
ply out of respect for his physical na-
tion and study.
The average attendance
in these classes
has been 51, while the
ture, deserves, on the other hand, higher
praise.
And so in our spiritual life. To
keep a careful regard for the highest
things of life should be a pre-eminent
ambition in the heart of every individual,
even in the absence of any opposition.
The strength of any Christian work is
due to the sincere consecration of the
individual.
It
is
the
man-to-man
influ-
ence which will count in work of this
kind, and if there is one thing above an-
other on which
we would lay emphasis,
the fact that this personal influence
it
is
is
the one thing to bring men to an en-
thusiastic
support of things good and
things true.
taken as the register of the spiritual tone
significant
as daily applica-
enrollment has reached 88.
The attendance at mission study has
been much less than this, averaging 11.
\\'hat might be called the Home Missionary work of the Association has been
The work at
Coopertown is reported more prosperous
attended with success.
this
year than ever before, while the
Preston work has about maintained its
average. The leaders of this work have
emphasized the fact that the people of
Preston seem to need older men in the
leadership, and have asked that a general appeal be made to the college com-
munity to support
this
work.
Not the
THE HAVERFORDIAN
78
good we do ourselves as much as the
good we do others is what counts. Let
body, and over eighty of the one hun-
the next administration meet this need
been subscribed to date. The canvass for
Preston.
in
this
The Boys' Club, held in the old gymnasium
its
Merion Cottage, has stopped
at
dred dollars necessary for this work has
work for the year.
It
has been very
money continues until
this year,
and it
is
hoped
the
to
end of
make the
sum up to $125, in order to pay for the
deficiency of last year, which was made
Sixty
up by some friends in the community.
The alumni membership, begun three
dollars are in the treasury to continue
years ago, has reached 23, which number
the club next year.
is
successful,
with
an
enrollment
of
and an average attendance of 20.
The boy whom
the
45,
Association has
been supporting for some years in Ramallah, has graduated from the school
he was in and has taken up the profes-
In a financial
gradually increasing.
way
the Association
is
good condi-
in
tion, as the treasurer reports a balance
of $246.23.
Trusting
in
Him to whom we look
for our guidance and help, we pray for
sion of carpenter.
The Haverford School, at Hoshanga-
constantly growing success on the part
Young Men's Christian Associa-
bad, India, a trade school, attended by
of the
80 boys is still supported by the college
tion of Haverford.
R. J. Shortlidge.
THE VESPERS
ALONG a vague wood-path beside a
locks in the June breeze, and the murmur
boy was
His
surprising agility.
of the stream, now and then rising to a
clear, flashing stream, a
walking
with
dress was of deerskin, except for a curious
litle
red woolen cap and a coarse
jean shirt beneath the coat.
His outer
garments showed wonderful nicety of
fit and care in construction.
The beaded
moccasins would indicate that his journey was neither' far nor
difficult.
He
glided noiselessly along with a swift but
perfectly natural gait,
making no
at-
tempt at concealment, and whistling as
he
went the
air
of
the
"Te Deum
The sun flecked the floor
of the woods with numerous patches of
golden light, shining now and then upon
Laiidamus."
swish
and gurgle, and then a long,
smooth, green glide below a short waterfall.
The boy was happy
;
there could
be no doubt of that from his actions.
He followed the course of the stream,
going up the right bank by the vague
footpath, crossing and recrossing by the
red stones until he came to the
rude door of a log hut, built against the
large
steep side of a
hill.
Without knocking
he drew the deerskin thong and pushed
the door open.
Inside there were two
couches with rough sides, raised a few
inches above the floor and covered with
the face of the boy radiant with health
hemlock boughs and blankets. A cupboard of rough-hewn boards stood in one
and good spirits. The surroundings were
corner.
harmony with his youth, the fresh
and fallen
green moss on the rocks
trunks, the gentle swaying of the hem-
the logs the sun shone
in full
Through
the small
window
upon the
in
floor,'
around the beds with moccasins,
pouches, stray bits of leather, and a net
littered
THE HAVERFORDIAN
home manufacture. Upon the wall
hung skins and hides of difTerent aniof
79
Such negligence
and you must
your books as
Throughout the morning
is
sinful
spend an extra hour
at
mals, a couple of heavy douhle-barreled
flint-locks, three powder horns and as
penitence."
many leather bullet bags. The boy walked across the room under some dried
through large pages of Latin,
and frowning over Church history while
venison and skin stretchers hanging from
the sunshine
the ceiling to another door cut low in
stream laughed at
wooden wall, over which was a
rough woodeu cross. He cautiously open-
times
the
the boy
worked at his books, painfully
toiling
fell
aslant his page and the
him
At
him and
without.
the hermit would help
then hear him recite; then, again, he
ed it a crack, peeped in and quietly with-
would spend long periods upon his knees
drew
at the shrine, wrapped up in divine medi-
where
he sat down upon a log bench and dangled his feet. Finally from the interior
came a low, monotonous chant in a rich
masculine voice, that started the boy to
his feet again.
As it ceased he pushed
open the interior door, and entered a
low cave, lighted only by two candles on
each side of a shrine, above which stood
Before
an effigy of the Virgin Mary.
this, his hands crossed upon his breast,
and his eyes gazing, intently upon the
to the outside of the hut,
face of the
statue, knelt a figure in a
brown robe and
cowl, with a golden
hanging from the cord at his
waist.
The back of the small cave was
in darkness when the boy closed the
door and he remained motionless by the
rough earth walls in the obscurity. Ficrucifix
nally
the figure
at
shrine
the
relaxed,
tation
At one time he
and seclusion.
broke into audible prayer, earnestly beseeching that he be given strength to
meet a crisis on the morrow. "O, God I"
he continued, "do Thou help me to tell
this youth, when he shall attain his seventeenth year to-morrow, everything as
his father directed about his birth and
rank. And do Thou pardon the iniquity
of his parent against Thy anointed repre-
our holy King Charles."
While the good Father was thus engaged the boy would let his book slide
between his knees and look out of the
window, as much absorbed as was his
sentative,
teacher within the cave, until the herrecalled
mit's
return
"You
grow dilatory,
him
to his
task.
my son," the monk
remarked, as he entered upon such a
"To at-
crossed himself and turned toward the
scene as this for the third time.
boy.
and
knowledge
must
the history of the Holy Church one
take his mind off all carnal affairs of the
world and concentrate it upon the writings of the Holy Fathers only. Can you
now tell me what led up to the exconimunication of Henry IV of Navarre?"
And so the Father scolded the boy and
the book grew heavier every moment,
the sunshine was brighter and warmer
and the stream really sang as it flashed
wavering gleams through the cracks in
Again the Father withdrew
the door.
for his prayers, and the boy looked out
So
of the window until he returned.
the morning wore away, and one hour
tain the
"Why do you interrupt my orisons,
my son?" said he in a grave and measured tone.
before
I
"I thought you had ended
entered,
my
Father,"
replied
"You have been very slow,"
continued the Father. "What detained
you so long upon your way did you
the boy.
;
have difficulty?" " None, Father;
I
did
your errand and was returning, but the
birds sang so sweetly and the sunshine
was so bright that I lingered to enjoy
them."
"You did wrong, my son, to let
these material things interfere with the
spiritual,
and here have
matins, and vou only
I
finished
now
the
returned.
of the divinities
THE HAVERFORDIAN
8o
later than usual the hoy laid aside his
book and entered the cave for noonday
twittering of the day birds ceased, the
prayer in the light of the wax candles.
hawk greeted him, and a whip-poor-will
began to moan upon the opposite slope.
Once more he must return to the cabin.
With slow and loitering steps he crossed
After a simple meal the hermit with-
drew again
to
the
leaving the
shrine,
hov free for a time. Once outside ecclesiastical history and Church Fathers were
and the boy was again as
active as he had been in the early morning. He ran along the bank he stripjied
into
the
oflf his clothes and plunged
water he sang a hymn from pure deforgotten,
;
;
and then he lay flat upon a sunbaked rock in midstream and drew in
Somehow he
the congenial warmth.
light,
seemed
to
know
the
stream.
It
could
him and tell him of vast forests
source and great ships and
houses near its mouth. He loved it and
felt that he could trust it for it was a
part of his life, a close friend and comAnd then he would lie in the,
panion.
shade upon the grass and watch the
talk to
near
anxious cry of the wide-mouthed night-
the familiar threshold,
he
that he entered for the last time.
my
son,
had
my
"Oh,
"Come,
Vespers," said the hermit.
Father," broke out the boy,
to
"My son!"
"'tis so beautiful outside."
sternly began the holy
man.
It
was
enough, and together they entered the
shrine, the hermit kneeling before the
candles and the boy in the gloom of the
door.
Slowly the Father began the evening
its
service in clear, earnest tones,
totally
absorbed
becoming
in his religious revery.
whip-poor-will wailed out his note back
of the hut, above his very head, the bov
.A.
thought,
nesting of the birds until the time came
away.
once again to return to his book. The
afternoon dragged wearily and the monotonous variation from Latin to his
the
mother tongue made the boy drowsy.
Still the hermit continued the unending
succession of prayer and work, work and
chant, and the afternoon wore away.
The boy was finally summoned to help
prepare the evening meal. It was eaten
in silence, the Father wrapped in deep
meditation and the boy intent upon his
venison. Another hour of freedom took
the boy once more outside and he sat
upon the top of the hill and watched the
glorious, red sun set behind the mountains of hemlocks
and spruces. The
which
known for years, and little did he realize
and
Father droned
the boy
swung open
door and
slipped
Taking
flintlock,
cave
through.
the
still
Stealthily
a
noiselessly
powder
horn and bullet-bag, he left the hut like
a shadow.
fully
He paused a moment doubt-
upon the threshold
and looked
back into the room, and then at the great
full
far
moon,
rising over the
hill.
From
down the valley came the song of a
vesper-sparrow.
He hesitated no longer,
but drew from under his shirt a small gold
locket, attached
string,
and,
silently stole
it
to the deer-skin latch
shouldering
his
musket,
away down the valley by
the side of the rippling stream.
F. R. T., 06.
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
Ciimluctcd by Dean Barrett
Professor
L.
V>.
Hall
will
probably
spend the summer in New England.
Gummere has taken
Professor F. B.
a cottat;e for the summer at
South Dart-
mouth, on Buzzard's Bay, Mass.
Professor W. W. Comfort and Secretary O.
M. Chase will remain at HavMr. W. H.
erford during the summer.
Rufus M. Jones will spend the summer working on the extensive history of
the development of Quakerism, of which
is
Harvard Commencement,
will
go to northern Indiana to camp for the
remainder of the summer.
Professor A. E. Hancock has taken
the house of one of the Harvard professors and expects to spend the summer in
Cambridge.
Professor D. C. Barrett
will
be
English
Summer
spend the latter part of the vacation
northern
New England.
Professor H.
S.
Pratt will be at the
Marine Biological Laboratory, at Cold
Spring Harbor, Long Island, for six
weeks, beginning July 2. Afterward he
will go to Casco Bay, Maine.
Professor A. C. Thomas sailed from
Philadelphia June 2 for Liverpool. He
expects to spend most of the summer in
Kendal, in the Lake District. He may
do some work in English History.
Professor W. P. Mustard and Mr. F.
Palmer,
vacation.
Jr., will
School
and
Dr. J. A. Babbitt expects to spend the
professional work.
in the
delphia to organize the Central Board of
Football Officials and to adjust schedules.
A general conference of officials
on interpretation of rules will be held
under his direction about September 25,
in New York.
President Sharpless expects to remain
the College until July 17, when he will
make a trip to England, on college busiat
His principal destination will be
Cambridge.
He will return on the
ness.
"Campania," leaving Liverpool on September I.
The Board of Managers has sold some
West
Philadelphia for the sum of $1 t6,ooo.
The proceeds will be placed in the general endowment fund.
The land sold is
sixteen acres of its land located in
on the Jacob P. Jones estate, of which
about sixty-five acres, equally valuable,
remain in the hands of the College.
go to Europe for the
The former will travel in Italy
He will return early
autumn to New York and Phila-
Unfortunately for Haverford, ProfesW. Brown has decided to sever
sor E.
and France and the latter will spend the
his connection with the College.
time
accepted
in
Zurich, studying in preparation
work next year at Harvard.
Mr. L. H. Rittenhouse will be engaged
for his
sity.
He will, however, remain at Havsummer of 1907. He
erford until the
for an engineering cyclopedia.
Later he will devote some time to the in-
came here in
articles
new power-plants and reworks in and about New York
lated
Citv.
of
He has
an appointment to a professorship of mathematics at Yale Univer-
during the early vacation in writing some
spection
give a
course of lectures.
in
Cambridge for a few weeks, and expects
in
now nearly half
In August he will attend an
summer at Chautauqua in scholastic and
Professor W. W. Baker, after attend-
to
personally writing, is
written.
Collins will also be here, except during
the rnonth of July.
ing the
The first volume, which he
he is editor.
1
891 and was a fellow of
Christ's College, Cambridge,
to
1895.
from 1889
He is a fellow of the Royal
Society of England
of the Royal Astronomical Socictv, and a rnember of the
;
THE HAVI'IRFORDIAN
82
American Mathematical, the American
He
Philosophical and other societies.
years
in
for
many
a
engaged
has been
moon,
motion
of
the
of
the
new theory
which
is
-now
nearly
completed.
Yale
be constructed from this theory.
American
Mathematical Society to be
New Haven during the first
University has undertaken to supply the
held
form and publish new tables of the moon's motion to
week of September,
assistance necessary to
Pro--
Brown will spend the summer at
Xorth Edgecomb, Me., and will probably attend the summer meeting of the
fessor
at
Repercusstjs Horatii
I
want no home of sordid wealth.
I
want no tow'r or marbled dome,
No nian.sion wish of gilded pride;
No echoing halls or portals wide.
me a home 'neatli the forest trees
Where the woodland vines are clinging;
Build
Here let me live, where the violets bloom.
And the wild wood-thrush is singing!
O the smell of the blossoms sweet on the air,
And the boughs that wave in the breeze;
The dancing ferns and the velvet moss,
And the cool, green shade of the trees!
Where, in every nook of woodland dell.
The May apple's shoots are springing;
Here let me live, where the violets bloom
And the wild wood-thrush is singing
!
Thine be the searching for wealth and power,
Thine be the cities of hate and strife;
Thine be the toil for the treasures of earth;
Thine the rewards of a barren life;
-But let tne live where the violets bloom.
And with Love the woods are ringing:
Where Love is the King that rules all hearts,
And the wild wood-thrush is singing
!
T. C. Z)., 'oS.
Triolet
Adorable
Dora—
Shitre ye've wan kiss for Barney!
Lass, give it— bcgorra,
Adorable Dora,
It's oft tlint
yc'vc swoic
I
Was fine at the lilarney!
Adorable Dora,
Shure ye've wan kiss for Barney?
-/. T. T., 'oS.
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
NOTES
•52.
William E.
May
Newhall died
'65.
Benjamin E.
Vail,
of Railway,
Judge of Union County, was appointed by Governor Stokes, of New
Jersey, a Judge of the Circuit Court.
X.
]..
'76.
H. Taylor has recently
F.
street.
re-
Philadelphia.
J.
Henry
Scatter-
was best man. Among the
ushers were Benjamin Cadbury, '92; W.
S. \'aux. '93
L. Hollingsworth Wood
and C. H. Howson, both of '96.
good.
2d, 1906, as die result of a fall.
'g6,
:
E. B. Taylor,
'00.
Jr.,
who has re-
cently been connected with the
Western
signed his position as second vice presi-
branches of the P. R. R.. has received a
dent of the Westinghouse Electric and
promotion and takes up his new work in
and about Pittsburg.
Manufacturing Company. But a short
time ago he returned from an extended
trip through JMexico.
He expects soon
to travel through Europe.
'85.
The engagement
is
announced
Robert Louis Simkin was marMargaret Lowcnhaupt on
^lay 1st. at Ossining. N. Y.
'03.
ried to Miss
of William F. Wickersham, principal of
\\'csttown
Boarding
School,
Miss
to
\\"inona Crew, of Friends' Select School.
Miss Crew is a sister of
Prof. Henry Crew, who was Professor
Philadelphia.
O. E. Duer.
'03-
is
connected
trict office in
San Francisco, fortunately
escaped injury during the recent earthquake.
Physics at Haverford from 1888 to
of
Ex-'89.
lii.s
ler.
Cornelias
Jansen
announces
engagement to Miss Christine Foss-
The engagement has been
partment of the \\'estinghouse Company, has recently been elected a junior
member of the American Society of Me-
of Lincoln, Nebraska.
'92.
Bernard Lester, of the Sales De-
*04.
1891.
an-
and an associate
American Listitute of
chanical
Engineers
member
of
the
nounced of William H. Nicholson, Jr.,
to Miss Kathcrine Leonard Lea, of Phil-
the
adelphia.
which he is an officer.
'92.
Electrical Engineers.
Walter M. Hart spent a few days
in Philadelphia
to
who
with the Westinghouse Company's dis-
during May on his
Cambridge. Mass.
vote the
way
He expects to de-
summer to study in the Har-
vard Library, before
returning to
h'm
Amber Club.
He is located at
Pittsburg.
Pa.,
of
'04.
E. P. West, who has been located
in the
Philadelphia office of the Westing-
left that company
work for the L. T. Edwards Engineering Company.
house Company, has
to
home in Berkeley, Cal., where he is instructor in English in the University of
California.
'96.
George H. Deuell died May 5th,
1906, of pneumonia.
'96.
Paul D. L Maier was married
on April 28th to Miss Anna M. Shinn,
at Friends' Meeting House, Twelfth
Alexander is with the
Jones & Laughlin Steel Works in Pittsburg, where he is connected with the
'05.
A.
E.
engineering department.
H. K. Stein is taking the apprentice course at the Westinghouse Company's works in Pittsburg.
'05.
:
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
The annual
exercises
of
the
i8, at
its
8 P. M.
The hall was packed to
utmost capacity, there being about a
The entertainment consisted of an original play, entiThe
tled "Woman and Superwoman."
"Mike Newcomb"
plot was as follows
and "George Mendel'' are to have a tea in
their rooms on the afternoon of a cricket
match with Cornell. A telegram arrives
thousand people present.
:
for George, saying that his aunt, who
to chaperone
until late.
the afTair,
will
is
not arrive
At this point "Jack Reade"
bursts into the room, dressed in the cos-
tume he is to wear to a mask ball. He
is captured and imprisoned and made to
take the part of George's aunt.
Cricket Chorus
Junior
Class were held in Roberts Hall, on May
The girls
C.
Birdsall,
— Edward C. Tatnall. Joseph
George
B.
Comfort. Walter L.
Ernest F. Jones, James P. Magill, T.
Cornell B. March, George H. Wood.
Cat Quartet— K. J. Barr, Paul W. Brown,
T'dui W. Nicholson, Jr., Edward C. Tatnall.
Croll,
POSTSCENH CURATORES.
Arthur E. Brown, William S. Eldridge.
Room of Mike and George at Col-
Scene:
lege.
Time:
Afternoon
of
cricket
game
with
Cornell.
—
Haines,
Hamilton
Committee Wilbur
chairman; Ira Jacob Dodge, Harold Evans,
Samuel James Gummere, Michael Henry
March, John Whitall Nicholson, Jr., Howard
Hey Shoemaker.
The quadrangle
of the campus was
strung with Japanese lanterns and there
arrive and Jack is in the midst of his
chaperoning when the real aunt appears.
after
Curtain.
near the sun-dial furnished music.
refreshments were served to the guests
the play, while a band stationed
The
gymnasium was tastefully decorated, the
The cast was as follows
Muriel Nelson, George's Aunt, the Woman
prevailing colors being green and white.
Emmett R. Tatnall
Jack Reade, the Super-Woman,
Samuel J. Gummere
tractive by the musical numbers, written
Rastus Washington, Janitor,
Jnhn W. Nicholson, Jr.
George Mendel, A Junior. George C. Craig
Mike Newcomb, George's roommate.
Michael H. March
Howard Newcomb, a Freshman, Mike's
Brother
Howard H. Shoemaker
Van Tuyl Livingston, Jack's roommate,
Ira J. Dodge
The play was rendered especially atby J. W. Nicholson, Jr.
The Alumni Oratorical Contest
for
Seniors and Juniors was held on Tues-
day evening,
May 22, in Roberts Hall.
The speakers and their subjects were as
follows:
Alex. Miller, a visitor from Cornell,
1.
A Roman Stoic.
Alexander N. Warner
"Buck" Herbert, a Junior... Wm. H. Haines
Buttons, Valet to Mike and George,
2.
The Torch Bearers,
3.
Modern Despotism,
4.
Walter Carson
Stephen A. Douglas Patriot,
Jose
Elliott
Padin
Harold Newcomb. Mike's Uncle and an
old lover of Muriel Nelson's,
5.
Francis D. Godley
Marian Baker, Jack's girl..W. lUitler Windle
Alice Smith
Wm. R. Rossmaesslcr
Molly liaird
Karl J. Barr
Eliza Johnson, a Washerwoman,
Paul
W. Brown
.
.Harold Evans
Bartram Richards
—
Warren Koons
Harold Evans
Betty Miller, Sister of Alex.,
.
Miller
The Golden Rule,
Donald Cornog Baldwin
The Strength of the Hills,
Ira Jacob Dodge
The contest was won by Harold
6.
Evans, '07.
:
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
85
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
CRICKET— 1906
B.
M,
R.
W.
Pleasants
108
5
38
4
Godley
96
I
12
o
47
8
o
Whh an eleven considerably weakened
by the loss of C. C. Morris. R. L. Pearson and others who left last spring, the
season was opened on Saturday, April
28th, at
Brown
A. E.
2
Frankford, when the Country
First XI vs. Alwmni
Club won by 4 wickets and 3 runs. With
the exception of J. P. Magill and A. T.
Lowry, Haverford seemed unable to
master the bowling of the Frankford
team, particularly of W. S. Evans, who
On Saturday, May 5th, we again had
acknowledge defeat by Dr. Lester's
to
picked team of Alumni.
A glance at the
Hilles played a careful innings for the
however, and the names of our
opponents will show that the playing of
the undergraduates was not at all dis-
home team.
The score in detail
creditable.
HAVERFORD.
that
A. L.
obtained six wickets for 34 runs.
I— F. D. Gndley, c. Winter, b. Potts
— A. T. Lowry,
2
4— J. P. Magill,
S
Winter,
c.
— E. A. Edwards,
3
!.
o
Evans... 23
b.
Potts, b. Evans...
c.
w. Pacey
b.
— H. W. Doiighten,
Jr., b.
— S. Giimmere, Pacey, b. Evans....
—T. S. Evans, b. Evans
o
7— H. Evans, b. Evans
8—J. D. Philips, c. Potts, b. Evans
o
9
— H. Pleasants,
Pacey
10— C. Brown, not out
— A. E. Brown, Hilles, Pacey
7
12
Extras
7
6
7
c.
J.
6
Jr., b.
II
were scored
11
Total
96
them boundaries)
(five of
the
for
eleven
first
the features of the game.
were
The score
HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
I— F. D. Godley, b. Patton
10
2— A. T. Lowry, b. A. C. Wood
11
—
D. Philips, run out
16
4—J. P. Magill, b. A. C. Wood
4
3
5
J,
— E. A. Edwards,
c.
Sharp, b. Lester. ...
6— H. W .Doughten, Jr., c. Wood, b. Patton
7
b.
c.
o
Lester's batting and the fact
30 byes
3
25
2
Evans
score,
7
— C. T Brown, run out
2
— H. Evans, run out
9 — H. Pleasants,
and
10—
Gummere,
Sharp,
— A. E Brown, not out
8
3
Jr., c.
b.
Lester.... 29
c.
b.
Priestman
S. J.
M.
R.
78
6
36
I
W. S. Evans
90
34
6
Pacey
Heston
51
6
o
15
3
I— W. W.
6040
Foulkrod,
Jr.,
c.
.
Lowry,
b.
Pleasants
2
3
26
— W. S. Evans, Pleasants
— Pacey, Pleasants
b.
— A. L. Hilles, not out
6
— B. Saddington, not out
9— A. G. Singer, did not bat
10— C. H. Winter, did not bat
II
— C. B. Heston,
Jr.,
Extras
Total
.126
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Priestman
Patton
.
.
30
8
I
R.
I
17
I
I
3i
2
48
o
15
2
78
3
30
2
HAVERFORD ALUMNI.
I— C. C. Morris, c. Magill, b. Pleasants. 5
2— H. H. Morris, c. Evans, b. Godley... 23
3— R. H. Patton, c. Godley, b. Pleasants. iS
4_A. C. Wood. c. C. T. Brown, b. A. E.
18
Brown
—
J.
A. Lester, retired
45
6— A. G. Scattergood, b. A. E. Brown...
7_S. W.
6
Mifflin,
c.
99
Edwards,
b.
A. E.
Doughten,
b.
A. E.
Brown
8— J. W. Sharp, c.
Total for six wickets
M.
Lester
5
did not bat
W.
B.
44
48
Wood
i
20
4—J. W. Potts, b. Godley
5— F. R. Hansen, st. C. Brown, b. Godley o
8
31
7
b.
7— R. W. Hilles, c. Magill, b. Pleasants.
Extras
W.
B.
Potts
FRANKFORD C. C
8
2
II
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
3
Brown
l
'7
'2
:
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
86
— A. G. Priestnian,
9
b.
Pleasants
lo—J. H. Scattergood, not out
II
.
— A. L. Bailey, not out
Extras
— F. D. Godley,
o
I
9
2—J. P. Magill, c. Smith, b. Wood
15
i
3
11
3
4— H. W. Doughten, Jr., c. Richie, b. Ma-
c.
Smith, b. Marien
26
— E. A. Edwards, run out
rien
I5^
Total for 8 wickets
M.
i
— S. G. Spaeth, not out
W.
R.
Pleasants
96
i
59
3
Godley
36
o
33
i
54
i
— H. Evans,
w. Smith
— C. T. Brown, Wood, Smith
9—
Gummere,
Smith
10— H. Haines,
Smith
Roberts,
—A. E. Brown, Smith
b.
24
o
b.
o
Extras
6
Total
131
7
8
Brown
57
4
o
b.
1.
c.
S. J.
b.
c.
A. E.
48
o
6— H. Pleasants, Jr., b. Smith
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
B.
5
II
o
b.
First XI vs. Next XV
The second team in the annual match
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
defeated the first eleven in a close match
Cope Field, May 8th. Pleasants, with 50, made almost half the first
B.
M.
R.
W.
Smith
Marien
112
7
6
66
2
34
26
W.
30
I
29
o
o
o
9
I
22
o
played on
Next Fifteen.
God-
Wood
12
Guest
18
Score
ard.
:
First
XI,
102
;
Second
NEXT XV.
Godley
Godley
W. Kurtz, 2d, b.
J. W. Nicholson. Jr.,
1.
b.
Edwards, b. Godley
c. Godley
J.
C. K. Drinker, c. Evans, b. Godley
E. F. Bainbridge, c. A. E.
Brown,
4
— Smith,
5— W.
Lowry
o
4
b.
Brey, not out
3
o
18
A.
E.
21
b.
H.
Godley
Richie,
5
i
c.
C.
T.
Brown,
b.
5
3
16
—
o
10
1
11
b.
6— E. R. Richie, b. Godley
7— A. E. Marien, c. Magill, b. Godley
8— D. H. Roberts, b. Godley
9—J. S. Stokes, c. Magill, b. Godley
8
E. Wright, b. Pleasants
Myers, c. Philips, b. Brown
F. C. Bailey, b. Godley
J. C. Thomas, b. Godley
2
Edwards,
c.
Pleasants
i
i
B. Clement,
Pleasants
Brown
5
w. Pleasants...
b.
Richie,
3— A. C. Wood, Jr., c. Evans, b. Godley.
2
C. F. Scott, c.
1
W. Nicholson, Jr., run out
J.
— G. McAllister, not out
5
o
i
Extras
5
Total
64
14
First XI vs. Moorestown
This game, played at Moorestown, on
1
— E. Guest,
I
2— D. R.
S. G. Spaeth, c. Edwards, b. A. E. Brown 37
W. H. Haines, c. Doughten, b. Pleasants..
P. W. Brown, c. Philips, b. Godley
3
T. K. Sharpless, b.
2
MOORESTOWN FIELD CLUB.
XV, 117.
May
Richie
bowling was fully up to his stand-
careful 37 for the
ley's
Spaeth batted a
while
score,
eleven's
2th, resulted in a decisive victory
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
B.
M.
R.
W.
Pleasants
72
5
26
2
Godley
94
8
18
6
24
o
14
i
A. E.
Brown
for Haverford, notwithstanding the fact
that five wickets fell for "ducks." Smith,
cf Moorestown, secured six wickets for
34 runs, but Godley put his efforts in
the shade by obtaining the same number
for a total of 18.
Spaeth batted well,
hitting eight balls to the boundaries for
four,
'i'he
score
First XI vs. Philadelphia C.
C
Haverford defeated Philadelphia at
Wissahickon, May 17th, by the score of
itK) to 65.
Lowry and Pleasants made
the most runs, with 57 and 45 respectively to their credit.
The score
THE IIAVERFORDIAN
HAVERFORD.
F. D. Godloy,
J.
P. M.igill,
c.
ted a magnificent 55. and the howling of
Welsh
Norris, b. Welsh
Harris,
c.
8
Godley and
14
order.
b.
A. T. Lowry, c. Dixon, b. Norris
E. A. Edwards, b. Norris
57
2
H. W. Doughten, Jr., I. b. w. Norris
Spaeth, 1. b. w. Norris
C. T. Brown, c. Clark, b. Norris
H. Pleasants, Jr.. b. Woolley
J. D. Philips, c. Mason, b. Gray
H. Evans, c. Dixon, b. Norris
9
S. G.
o
45
o
11
i
Extras
13
160
H. Pleasants,
51
6
A. E. Brown,
Welsh
48
I
36
2
Extras
H. L. Clark
24
o
21
o
Gray
Woolley
36
o
15
i
36
2
15
I
5
3
Philips, b. Pleasants
10
H. Mason, c. Godley, b. A. E. Brown..
S. Welsh, b. Godley
J.
L. Gray, run out
Graham, b. Pleasants
Tripp,
b.
Middleton.. 16
w. Clark
o
b.
7
26
Green
o
t:
•155
5
i
H. Clark
F. .A. Greene
Middleton
P.
Mann
B.
M.
R.
W.
126
4
38
(5
94
66
2
41
I
I
57
4
18
o
13
o
19
C.
T.
b.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
H. L. Clark, c. Magill, b. Pleasants
C.
c.
Jr.',
1.
w. Middleton
7
G. Woolley, c. Lowry, b. Pleasants
c.
53
Total
PHILADELPHIA C. C.
T. H. Dixon, c. Lowry, b. Godley
Smith,
Clark
H. Evans, c. Jordan, b. Middleton
J. D. Philips, not out
W.
S.
b.
1.
Brown,
R.
J.
b.
14
3
c.
Jordan,
c.
G. Spaeth,
M.
E. Norris,
Ger-
ton
B.
L.
high
Magill. b.
92
S.
a
155;
'3
Green
A. T. Lowry, c. and b. Clark
14
E. A. Edwards, c. Middleton, b. Clark...
o
H. W. Doughten, Jr., c. Jordan, b. MiddleP.
J.
C. T.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
Haverford,
HAVERFORD COLLEGE.
F. D. Godley.
S,
Total
was of
Pleasants
Score:
mantown, 17.
o
A. E. Brown, not out
Norris
87
I
Brown,
b.
A.
Germantown C. C.
E.
Brown
2
M. Harris, not out
9
W. Logan, b. A.. E. Brown
Extras
o
II.
65
7
A. Greene,
F.
3
Total
N. Middleton, c A. E. Brown, b God-
Icy
ct
C. T.
Brown, b Pleas-
ants
o
T. C. Jordan, c C. T.
Brown, b Godley...
B.
M.
R.
W.
Pleasants
90
4
33
4
H. Clark, c S. G. Spaeth, b Godley. ...
L. E. Madeira, b Pleasants
W. B. Mann, b w Godley
A. W. Goodfellow, c and b Pleasants
Godley
54
i
lO
2
W.
33
o
10
3
P.
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
A. E.
Brown
Germantown C. C.
Considering the fact that Manheim
First XI vs.
had four teams playing Saturday, May
19th, and that only nine men turned up
1
B. Mellor, b
Lowry
;
the disparity in the scores.
Godley hat-
o
2
o
o
o
o
H. Tripp, b Pleasants
R. H. Spaeth, b Pleasants
A. B. Morton, not out
Extras
o
2
Total
17
BOWLING ANALYSIS.
on Cope Field to play Ha^erford, it is
not surprising that the College should
win but there is no apparent excuse for
3
3
H. Pleasants, Jr
F. D. Godley
A. T.
Lowry
B.
M. R. W.
36
3
9
5
30
i
7
4
2
o
c
I
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THE HAVERFORDIAN
88
TRACK
The results of the track meet between
Haverford and New York University
on Walton Field, May 4th, were as fol-
Results of meet with VVesleyan, at Middletown, Conn., May 12:
100-Yard Dash
—Won by McCormic, WesTime, 103-5
leyan; second, Kent, Wesleyan.
seconds.
lows
:
hurdles
i2C)-yard
ford; second, Sullivan, N. Y. U..
—
Run Won by Smith, Wesleyan;
Gray, Wesleyan. Time, 2 minutes,
14 seconds.
Half-mile
— First, Brown,
HaverTime, 16 1-5
second.
seconds.
Half-mile
second,
— First, Banderman, N. Y. U.;
Haverford.
Reid,
Time,
2
minutes
4 4-5 seconds.
onds.
erford.
Time 173-5 seconds.
— Won by Miller, Haverford;
second, Benson, Wesleyan.
Time, 10 minutes
23 seconds.
—
Two-mile
— First, Miller, Haverford; sec-
220-yard dash
220-Yard Dash Won by McCormic, Wessecond, Kent, Wesleyan.
Time, 24
leyan;
seconds.
ond. Smith, N. Y. U.
— First, Sullivan, N. Y. U.
second, Tonsor, N. Y. U.
Time, 234-5
sec-
One-Mile Run
— Won by Tatnall, Haver-
ford; second, Gray, Wesleyan.
Time, 4 min-
utes 44 4-5 seconds.
onds.
One
—
120-Yard Hurdles Won by T. K. Brown,
Haverford; second, J. Bushnell, Jr., Hav-
Jr.,
Two-Mile Run
—
dash First, Sullivan, N. Y. U.
second, Tonsor, N. Y. U. Time, 102-5 secloo-yard
mile
— First, Tatnall, Haverford; sec-
ond, Hyatt, N. Y. U.
Time, 4 minutes 49 35
seconds.
220-yard
220-Yard Hurdles
an;
second,
— Won by Kent, Wesley-
K.
T.
Brown,
Haverford.
Jr.,
Time, 26 3-5 seconds.
hurdles
— First, Brown,
Haver440-Yard Dash
ford; second, Johnston, N. Y. U.
Quarter-mile
— First, Craigin, N. Y. U.;
second, Tonsor, N. Y. U.
— Won by McCormic, Wes-
leyan; second, Moore,
Jr.,
Pole Vault— Won by A. T.
— Tie for
High jump
Bushiiell,
first
between J, Phil-
Haverford,
Jr.,
tied
Lowry and J.
at
9
feet
6
inches.
Haverford, and Wylie, N. Y. U. Height,
5 feet 6 inches.
Broad jump
Broad Jump
— First,
Brown,
second, Tippett, N. Y. U.
Haverford;
Distance, 20 feet
— Won by Kent, Wesleyan;
second, T. K. Brown,
Jr.,
Haverford.
Dis-
tance, 21 feet 2 inches.
—
7J4 inches.
—
Pole vault First,
Bushnell,
Haverford;
second, Lowry, Haverford. Height, 10 Icct
Vi-inch.
High Jump Won by Philips, Haverford;
second, Gatch, Wesleyan. Height, 5 feet sJ^
inches.
Shot Put
Putting shot— First, Schwartz, N. Y. U.;
second, Jones, Haverford. Distance, 36 feet.
—
Throwing hammer First, Lowry, HaverBrown, N. Y. U. Distance, 113
— Won by Dearborn, Wesleyan;
second, Jones, Haverford.
Distance, 39 feet
6 inches.
Hammer Throw — Won by Jones,
ford; second.
ford; second, Dearborn, Wesleyan.
feet 3 inches.
119 feet 9 inches
Total points— N. Y. U., 64; Haverford,
Bushnell, of Haverford, made a
lege record of 10 feet ^-inch in
vault.
Time,
Wesleyan.
55 seconds.
Time, 53 2-5 sec-
onds.
lips,
vs. Wcsleyan
Haverford
Haverford vs. N. Y. U.
new
the
56.
col-
pole
Discus Throw
Haver-
Distance,
— Won by Dearborn, Wesley-
an; second, Jones, Haverford.
Distance, 117
feet.
Score:
Wesleyan, 64; Haverford,
48.
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HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
Volume XXVIII, No. 5.
October.
1906
CONTENTS
Editorials
89
The Charles Roberts Autograph Collection
Alaska
Haverford College Athletic Association
loi
91
Faculty Department
104
93
In the Desert
104
Plans for a Haverford
105
The Mill Never Grinds Again With
the Water that is Past
96
The Ruins of Floresvivas
98
Alumni Department
105
College Department
107
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DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
ADVISORY BOARD
F. D. Godler. 't^
B. Oemenl, 'oft
M. H. C. Spcrs, '09
C. H. Rhoade*. Vs
President
Vice-President
J.
SecreUry
Treasurer
DEPARTMENTS
Foot Ball
Other Members— I. J. Dodge, '07; E. F.
Jones, '07; M. H. March, '07; J. H. Wood, '07;
Drinker, '08; J. P.
C. T. Brown, '08; C.
Elkinton, '08.
K
W. Brown, •07
Chairman
P.
Vice-ChairmaB
GL K. Strode,
Manage!
M. H. Marc*. '07
Aswtant Mmaga
C. K. Drinker, 'o»
E. T. Jones, '07
Captain
LOGANIAN SOCIETY
W. H. Haines, •07
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
E. A. Edwards, '08
W. B. Rossmaessler, •07
W. R. Shoemaker, '08
Captain
DEPARTMENTS
N. W. Knftz,
Tatnall,
E.
W. Sargent, Jr^
E. C. TatnaB.
Scientific
Brow^
Debatinc:
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Cricket
Captain
J.
P. Elkinton, 'cM
A. E.
College
President
Vice-President
Secretary
A. E. Brown, '07
M. H. March, '07
President
W. H. March, 'or
Vke-President
C.
CLASSES
R
W. S. Eldrid^
G. C. Craig
SecreUry
E, Wright
Bushnell, 3d
C. F. Scott
Treasurer
Gt W. Emlen, Jk
J.
1909:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
A. E. Brown,' 07
M. C. A.
SecreUry
Treasurer
ipoS:
President
Vice-President
Tennis
President
G. H. Wood
E. F. Jones
President
Vice-President
T. K. Sharpless, •09
President and Manager... W.
Windle, '07
Assistant Manager
F. O. Musser, '08
Leader
J. W. Nicholson, Jr., '07
K Drinker, 'oi
M. H. C. Spiers, '09
1907.'
M. H. C. Spienh 'o»
Treas«rer
Musical:
Dodge, '07
D. C. Baldwin, '06
Secretary-Treasurer
E. R. TatnaB,
J. B. Clement,
W. R. Rossmaessler, '07
ASSOCIATIONS.
I. J.
Secretary-Treasurer
C
P. W. Brows, 'V
C. K. Onaik^T,
R L. Cary, '06
President
E> A. Exlwxnli.
J. W. Nicholson, Jr^
K. DrUeer, '08
F. D. Godky, •«7
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Y.
W. Brown, '09
Vk*-Prcsident
Association Foot Ball
Captain
P.
E. F. Jpacs,
Captain
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
H. Evans, 'ot
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Track:
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Not elected
Not elected
Civics
Bushnell, 3d, '08
J.
y P-Magfll, '07
Ptesideot
ViccPresttlent
Secretary-Treasurer
Gymnasium
Chairman
H. Evans, 'oj
G. K. Strode, 'dt
President
Secretary
E. E.
Marck
Bard
G. S.
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R. S. M. UnderhiS
J. C. Greea
1910:
Etodge. '07
President
'>nee-Pres»deat
Secretary
H. Evans, '07
W. H. Morriss, '08
Treasurer
J.
I.
J.
P. Elkinton, '08
President
Viee-PresidesC
SecreUry
Treuurer
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Vol. XXVIII
Haverford, Pa., October, 1906
No. 5
TT is with a marked degree of pleasure
mer, but no extensive alterations were
*
made.
that we resume our editorial pen af-
The fact that all the accommoda-
Naturally
tions for students are crowded to the limit
our chief interest about this time lies in
brings before us the fact that increased
ter the lapse of three months.
the prospects for the ensu-
dormitory room must soon be considered
We are glad to
with a new Science Building,
which at present is the crying need of
Haverford.
In greeting the new men in college, on
behalf of the undergraduate body, we
would say that we are glad they have decided to come to Haverford, and in their
growth into true Haverfordians we know
Incidental
to the
ing year.
Opening of
inform our graduate read-
College
that
ers
the
Freshman
Class is the largest in the history of the
college, and the total number of students
is
greater than ever before.
The number of Seniors is swelled by
eight new men, graduates of other colleges, who have come to take the Senior
along
that they will get a training that will
year at Haverford.
make them
As soon as the college year ended last
June, work was begun upon the new
decision theirs has been.
power plant. This is not yet finished, but
work is progressing rapidly upon it, and
when it is completed it will be thor-
be said to Freshmen that might aid them
oughly
ticular
adequate
demands upon
it
for
the
increasing
for
many
years
to
come.
The dormitories underwent the usual
improvement and repair during the sum-
realize
what an invaluable
There are many things that could well
in getting definite objects in college
in
life,
but
and
we refer them for their par-
problems to the Faculty and reupper classmen, who are always
glad to aid, in any manner, new men in
college. We can sum up our own sermon
in this general motto, "Don't drift." Get
liable
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We take this oc-
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fore you definite objects and ideals as to
casion to invite all men in the three lower
your
physical,
social
intellectual,
and
classes,
chemistry.
desiring to do so, to enter the
competition
spiritual lives.
vacancy
the
for
on
the
Board.
vitally in-
The Editor-in-Chief may be consulted
terested in foot ball just at present
about requirements deciding election at
NATURALLY we are
—
all
new rules and in
As usual, Haverford
in the success of the
our own prospects.
will
Football
have a light team, and
any time.
LAST year,
assurance and speed must
For the Fun
of It
and
the year,
a winning team.
the Library was not open in the evening.
Eight of
we heard complaints because
Not only is it inconvenient
Merely
ing material among a few of last year's
scrub and the
will
mid-years
but all through
be relied upon to develop
the old team are back and there is promis-
dates
about
finals particularly,
new men, but the candi-
not approach in weight the
men whom the team has lost.
Coach Thorn
is
greatly missed from
su
to
about eight
realize
in
^^ evening that a book or
estion
reference needed the next
day is then securely locked in the Library,
which closed its doors at six o'clock, but
engaged
also the Library offers an excellent place
almost
to study quietly without interruption, and
impossible for him to get here for the
to study with all necessary books at hand.
the field practice, but as he
in business in
Philadelphia
is
it
is
work, and any time devoted to it during
No other place on the campus offers such
the day will be at great personal sacri-
a
His energy and spirit of leadership
are felt among the team, however, and
much benefit will be derived from the
study as the Library,
fice.
technical coaching he will give the
men
during the season.
He has adopted this very wise but unusual policy as the basis of foot ball here,
"To play the game for the fun
there is in it."
With this platform,
whether we win or lose our games this
season, we shall, here at Haverford, lift
the game to the level of a true sport.
that
is,
scholarly
atmosphere
conducive
to
—not even Barclay
Hall.
Perhaps the need is not urgent enough
warrant it being open during the
evenings throughout the year, but it certo
tainly
is
for the
mid-years and
month preceding the
finals.
And yet we are
and believe that the "Open
Library" would be appreciated and used
nay more, that we might look forward
to the day wiien its influence would be
optimistic
—
so potent that a
new species of student
might be developed here, which, eschew-
Board
THEnoimce
C.
of Editors regrets to an-
ing theatres, society and other ordinary
the withdrawal of Thomas
Desmond from college, and his con-
would spend their
academic ramblings among the books in Alumni Hall.
sequent
resignation
from
7'
the
Board.
collegiate
pursuits,
evenings
in
scholarly,
;
.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
92
world there are representatives from the
Clymer, Henry Laurens, Robert Morris,
earliest colonial times to the present, a
the Lees, and Livingstons,
famous
characteristic letter of the once
Lorenzo Dow being among them.
Of
and
in later
times, Abraham Lincoln, are represented
by letters of great historical value.
the European prelates are letters of Car-
In one of Clymer's letters the servant
Manning, Newman and
question is discussed at some length, and
dinals Antonelli,
in one of Henry Laurens' he writes wish-
Wiseman.
In literature the collection
is
many
most in-
ing to engage an English master, giv-
of
ing the branches to be taught and the
from Dryden
to Swinburne, prose writers from Francis Bacon to John Ruskin, novelists from
necessary requirements, quite interesting
Richardson to Sir Walter Besant, are all
America's poets, prose
represented.
Benjamin Franklin.
writers and novelists are well represented,
most entertaining letters are those of
Martha Washington, wanting her miniatures set on bracelets,
and Abigail
teresting,
containing
great value.
letters
British poets
and also many foreign writers of note.
Among the most interesting letters of
English poets are those of the Brownings, Robert Bums, Lord Byron, Cowper, Coleridge, and Wordsworth. Burns'
letter
is
from an educational standpoint.
Deane's
letter
the
extols
Adams,
referring to a friend suffering
with St. Anthony's fire, and Rachel Jackson, speaking of
New Orleans.
One more letter needs special mention,
ing with "I always remember Mrs. Ham-
that of the unfortunate
and Miss Kennedy in my poetic
prayers, but you both in prose and verse.
dre.
Major John AnThe specimen in this collection is
unusually fine and
It is
"May cauld ne'er catch you but a hap,
Nor Hunger, but in Plenty's lap
Amen!"
extremely valuable.
written in 1778, from Reading, to
Caleb Cope, in Lancaster.
Those interested in philosophy, science,
much profit in remany specimens repre-
or art will also find
ferring
to
the
The letter of John Keats, written to
Fanny Brown, is possibly his most pas-
senting these classes.
sionate love letter, and is the one referred
of
to
by Matthew Arnold in his Essay on
Sidney Smith's and Dean Swift's
Keats.
letters are conspicuous for interest among
the prose writers of English literature.
Letters of
fields
of
Of the President's wives, perhaps the
particularly characteristic, end-
ilton
Silas
character
interest
especial
in
other
are those of John Bright, Piron,
The result of Mr. Roberts' forty years
untiring
labor
passed by few
is
a
collection
sur-
any private collectors.
Haverford College is greatly enriched by
if
such a collection as it now possesses
through the kindness and generosity of
Mrs. Roberts.
So, in a spare hour, anyone may sure-
IV and
Mary II, of England William IV writ-
old letter which takes
ing to a Quaker, using the Friends' lan-
before the telegraph and telephone, be-
Racine,
William
Melancthon,
;
guage
;
and Mary
II,
writing
when a
ly find
something to interest him in some
fore steam traffic
him back to days
and automobiles,
—to
when the "express" was waiting
child to her mother.
times
American history such men as
Washington, Adams, Jefferson, Hancock, Benjamin Franklin, John Dickinson, Patrick Henry, Silas Deane, George
while he was writing the letter, and it
must go by that post or wait a week or
In
perhaps a month for the next conveyance.
;
THE CHARLES ROBERTS AUTOGRAPH COLLECTION
In 1903, Haverford College received
from Mrs. Charles Roberts the gift of
her husband's famous collection of autograph letters. Mr. Charles Roberts was
a graduate of the college and for thirtyyears a member of its Board of Man-
Convention, 1786; framers of the United
The letters are kept in a fireproof room especially built for them in
dents of the United States
agers.
States Constitution
Congress
;
members of the first
Generals of the Revolution
;
Washington's aides-de-camp
the
;
Brit-
ish and the French Generals in the Revo-
lution
Presidents
and Vice-Presi;
Cabinet offi-
Senators and Congressmen.
cers,
Roberts Hall.
the
;
In other fields the collection represents
Mr. Roberts made his collection between the years i860 and 1900, and his
aim was not merely to possess the letter,
English royalty from Henry \'^II to Vic-
but that the letter should be a characteristic one of its author, hence there are
ary Vvriters of all countries, theologians,
English statesmen and premiers from
William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, to Gladstone and the Marquis of Salisbury.
Prominent in this set are Edmund Burke,
Richard Cobden, John Bright, Benjamin
Disraeli,
William Gladstone, Warren
Hastings, Lord North, Sir Robert Peel,
William Pitt, Lord Palmerston and Sir
William Temple.
In French history nearly all the French
European
kings are represented, from Louis XI to
many letters of rare interest and value.
During the last year Mrs. Roberts had
thousand or about one-half the
whole number of these letters catalogued.
four
The collection, while especially strong in
American history, by no means confines
but includes
itself to that subject,
bishops,
clergymen,
royalty
and
artists,
liter-
excepting only Edward VI and
Mary the Catholic; the most prominent
toria,
ad-
Louis XVIII, and the most prominent
In American history the most valuable
French statesmen among them being the
Due de Sully, Colbert, Cardinal Mazarin,
statesmen,
generals,
mirals, etc.
collection
;
that of the signers of the
is
Declaration of Independence, there being
only
other
three
complete sets
in
impossible to obtain
;
men being almost
for instance, that of
Thomas Lynch, Jr., who was drowned
at sea
while still a very young man.
There are also complete sets of the
to the Albany Convention,
of the Stamp Act Conmembers
1754;
gress, 1765 members of the Congress ot
1774; the signers of the Articles of Confederation
all the members of the old
Continental Congress, and the Presidents
of Congress delegates to the Annapolis
Delegates
;
;
;
Besides the French and English there
the
country, the letters or even the signatures of some of these
Louis Philepeaux, Rumusat, Talleyrand
and Thiers.
is
a good representation of the sovereigns
and statesmen of the other European
among them Catherine II, of
Russia Charles V, of Germany Charles
XI and XII, of Sweden, Ferdinand and
countries,
;
;
Isabella, of
of
Spain
Prussia;
Sweden
Frederick the Great,
;
Gustavus
Adolphus,
of
John De
Witt, John of Austria, and Louis Kos;
Paul
I,
of Prussia
;
suth.
Clergymen of all creeds and countries
form a large and interesting part of the
collection.
In
the
American
religious
ALASKA
The conception of Alaska in the minds
from my own of a year ago, a very hazy
Juneau is through these inland waters,
which never feel the swell from the
Beautiful snow-capped mounocean.
The average person has heard of
tains, their sides densely wooded with fir,
of the general public is, I think, judging
one.
the Klondike gold mines, the seal fish-
spruce, and pine, shut in the passage on
and the rigors of the climate, but
that is about as far as his knowledge
goes. The Portland fair has done much
both sides for nearly
All the
to bring Alaska before the eyes of the
brown
eries,
people.
During the summer hundreds
very full of game, such as deer, black and
and goats, but especially
which there are thousands. It
bears,
deer, of
of persons took advantage of the reduced
is
excursion rates and made the trip. There
them through the forests.
are at present two important steamship
lines which run boats on a regular sched-
from
ule
Seattle
and
San Francisco;
these are the Pacific Coast and the Alas-
kan Steamship Companies.
Some of the
steamers carry only passengers and mail,
days
—for my
I
letters to
reach there from Alaska than it does now
from San Francisco, which is about six
These steamers make it just as
easy and almost as cheap to buy all
days.
of
fruits,
stocked with fish
and halibut.
such
as
cantaloups,
full
of
wild
—salmon, rock cod, bass
The very cold water makes
the flesh of the fish especially fine and
Hair seal are very plentiful, but are
firm.
a whale was in Alaska.
time
kinds
of the bays are
often took a shorter
it
five
Many
geese and ducks, and the waters are well
scarcely ever molested.
from home that
—about
almost impossible, however, to pursue
hear
while others take also freight.
whole length.
its
many dense Alaska forests are
My first sight of
We saw a great
many of them sporting together in the
different bays which we were surveying.
Mining copper and gold is the chief inThere was
dustry of southeast Alaska.
hardly a port at which
we stopped that
did not have its copper or gold mine. The
in
supply of copper on the large Prince of
Juneau as in Seattle. Many articles of
merchandise sell at the very same price.
I visited only southeast Alaska, going
as far north as Juneau, the capital, which
is about three hundred miles north of
Seattle.
The whole coast line is very
rugged and broken. It is just as if, at
some pre-historic time, great masses of
lava had flowed into the sea, and on coming into contact with the water had
cracked up into thousands upon thousands of small, jagged islands with many
deep and narrow ship passages between.
Except for a stretch of some twenty-five
miles, the whole voyage from Seattle to
Wales Island is apparently without limit.
peaches, oranges, plums, pears,
etc.,
You see signs of copper in almost every
stone
;
there are dozens of mines over the
island, but they are
still
stages of development.
in the
very first
To open a cop-
per mine requires very expensive machinery, so that only very wealthy per-
sons or corporations can afford the initial
outlay.
Two large mines which we vis-
ited had already spent over $400,000 each
for bis: smelters, modern mining machinery, tunneling, etc., and only one of them
was just then beginning to receive any
returns.
The two most common kinds
of ore are the glittering yellow copper
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
94
sulphide and the beautiful green copper
sulphate, which, before being exposed to
the weather, looks just like green bottle
The top of Copper ]\Iountain, the
glass.
most of the canneries, maintains several
hatcheries of its own.
That at Loring
hatched during the summer over
000 eggs.
1,000,-
peak (about 4,000 feet), on
Prince of Wales Island, is composed al-
dustry, but no lumber
most
entirely
taken out of Alaska. The whole of Prince
New
claims
highest
of
this
green
sulphate.
Lumbering
is
quite an important inis
allowed to be
being registered
and
staked out every year, but there are
still
ment forest reserve, and no timber can
There are also many
gold mines, but few of them have begun
operations.
The Treadwell mine, near
Juneau, is, however, an exception. It is
about the largest gold mine in the world
last year it cleaned up over $2,000,000
worth. It contains a very low grade ore,
but the owners have installed the most
modern machinery and are able to make
the mine pay enormously. At present, in
this part of Alaska, there is no placer
mining done.
be cut for any purpose whatever, except
are
a great many left.
Next
to
mining, the most important
of Wales Island has been made a govern-
by special permission from Washington.
This has very much retarded the growth
of mining, but will preserve for all time
the deer and other wild game, as these
forests are almost impenetrable
for the
white man.
The very rough and mountainous nature of the country in southeast Alaska
will, I think,
prevent any very extensive
agriculture.
Garden truck, however,
is
grown very successfully. The long hours
of sunshine in the summer months make
industry is the canning and the salting of
such products as potatoes, turnips, rad-
There is hardly a town which
does not have its cannery or its saltery.
The largest cannery is at Loring. Every
summer during the two or three months
of the open season it puts up 80,000 cases,
It emfour dozen cans to each case.
ploys about 135 men, mostly Chinese
from San Francisco, a few Japanese and
some Indians. Most of the canneries use
only modern up-to-date machinery, which
shows many very ingenious inventions
for cleaning, cutting up, washing, and
canning the fish. The whole process is as
ishes, lettuce, cabbage, peas, and all kinds
salmon.
clean as
is
possible to make
fish enters the cutter,
it;
after the
only the steel
gers of the machines touch
it,
fin-
while a
strong jet of cold water, brought from
some nearby mountain stream, plays on
The mountain
it and washes it clean.
stream as a rule also runs all the machinery.
There are several government
of
berries
mature
very
quickly.
In
Juneau, on the longest day, the sun rises
about 2.50 A. M. and sets about 9.10
P. M.
The salmon berry, much like a
very large raspberry, grows wild every-
The straw-
where in great abundance.
berry also grows wild, but
is
not nearly
so widely distributed. Wild flowers, such
as
lilies,
columbine,
blue
asters,
bells,
and a host of others, whose names I did
not know, grow in wonderful profusion
wherever there is an open space in the
forest.
On all the mountain tops above
the timber line they cover the ground
with a most beautiful carpet of many
colors.
In most of the important towns,
such as Ketchikau, Loring, Wrangell,
Juneau and Sitka, the Indians maintain
very attractive flower gardens.
however,
mostly
imported
In these,
flowers
are
hatcheries to keep the rivers stocked with
grown.
young salmon.
In all the towns we visited, except
Juneau, the Indians furnished the bulk
In addition to these, the
Alaska Packers' Association, which owns
THE HAVERFORDIAN
95
They Hve mostly in
The animals most frequently seen are the
These are gen-
bear, the seal, the beaver, the whale, the
by
the smoke from which escapes into the
room, as only a very few houses have
grampus, the eagle, etc. Now that the
Indians have come in contact with the
white man, they often erect plain marble
shafts. In one place I saw, waving over
of the population.
two-story frame houses.
an old cast-iron stove,
erally heated
The interior of the average
Indian house contains many evil smells.
chimneys.
the grave of quite a prominent chief, who
As quite the natural
had just been buried, a large, brand new
American flag. Evidently he considered
As is common with
it a powerful totem.
most of the Indian graves, this chief had
consequence these Indians suffer a great
built over his a pretty little grave house,
deal from skin diseases. There are several notable exceptions, however, the
while scattered around
All
the
waste
from
the
cooking,
old
bones, and even sometimes the ofFal of
slaughtered animals
is
the floor and decay.
allowed to lie on
most striking of these being the Metlakahtla Indians.
The men are fine, strong,
handsome people, and the women and little children are really very pretty. These
Indians, through
ter,
the aid of their minis-
a Mr. Duncan, with whom they emi-
grated from British Columbia to their
present
have
location,
become
highly
It is said they never smoke,
swear or drink. There are some si.x or
seven hundred of them, and they have a
fine church, a school, gymnasium, fire
and water departments, and own and
civilized.
it
and nailed to
its sides were many of his personal beOne of our men got from a
longings.
grave totem, in a deserted Indian village,
what had been, before the weather rusted
good Winchester rifle. The totem
poles which the Indians erect in front of
their houses are generally more elaborate
it,
a
than the grave totems.
They are often
30 feet or more in height and about 2
feet in diameter at the base. These poles
tell
the history of the
man and his family.
At the top of the
are supposed to
pole is his distinguishing totem, a beaver,
bear, eagle, or some other animal, and be-
for study in connection with the Alas-
low is a long series of elaborate carvings,
showing the family's lineage, often tracing it all the way back to the Raven,
totem poles which
which, according to the Indian legend,
operate a large cannery.
One of the most interesting subjects
kan Indians
is
the
The Indians
they erect in front of their houses and
was the origin of all life.
The grave totem is
generally a very grotesque carved wood
representation of some animal, which is
often carve out of black stone miniature
the distinguishing totem of the family or
house.
over their graves.
tribe
;
every family
is,
or at least was,
supposed to have its own peculiar totem.
totem poles from eight to thirty inches
in
height.
These are kept
inside
the
They can be bought, but are quite
expensive, the regular market price be-
ing one dollar an inch.
Arthur CrozvcU, 'of.
'THE MILL NEVER GRINDS AGAIN WITH THE WATER
THAT IS PAST"
The old cotton mill along Cobb's Creek
He had noticed my presence with a turn
is a most facinating place, on account of
of the head, and then had sunk back into
unusual surroundings.
its
The row
of
houses, evidently built for the use of the
mill hands, the corner stone
by the old
William Penn mile stone, the Catholic
Church and Friends' Meeting House
all give evidence of a former bustling
activity that had long ceased to exist before the scream of the modem trolley
whistle echoed in and out of the sashless
windows. In the rear of the building is
the old wheel house. A luxurious growth
of grass and weeds clings desperately to
the soil of the rotting shingles, destroy-
ing by its own weight the foothold upon
which its life depends. The remains of
old wheel have long ago crashed
through the rotten wood work, and lie,
a twisted mass of oak and iron, in the
swampy pit below, from which a tiny
the
stream trickles out into the old tail-race
and
is
lost
among
the tussocks.
water arch has caved in
;
The
the plaster
longer holds the stones together, and
no
it
seems only a question of time till the
whole structure will crash down into the
black silt and mud.
his
reverie,
interest of
completely absorbed by the
own dreamy intentness.
his
He was a well-dressed and intelligentlooking
man
seventy-five or
of
eighty
and heavy eyelashes
upon his deeply wrinkled face. His forehead was so furrowed that at first sight
he seemed to be a misanthrope of the
years, with a beard
darkest kind, but the
little
circular lines
from his nose to the corners of the mouth
made such an idea impossible. His face
was now at rest and had that far-away,
dreamy look of one whose thoughts are
back in the past or else void of sensibility.
I had only read a few pages when I
realized, more by instinct than by actual
sight, that he was looking at me, and
by force of habit I raised my eyes and
met his squarely fixed upon my face. My
susceptibility to embarrassment immediately overthrew me and I returned to
my book rather confused.
His calm
glance had such a mixture of pathos and
firmness that I compelled my eyes to stay
upon the book, although I knew he was
looking at me.
go to this place to read
"Do you know the history of this mill,
and muse or dream, as the fancy strikes
me, listening to the trickle of the water or
the songs of the birds, and surrounded by
that damp and musty smell of stonework
young man?" said he, breaking the silence
that was beginning to make me desperate
in the hot sunshine.
a cotton
One afternoon, as I came around the
corner, I saw an old man sitting in a
dilapidated window sill looking down into
the pit. I sat down a little beyond him
other facts as
and opened my book, but did not read
until I had looked him over carefully.
looking at him and waiting for his ne.xt
I
frequently
under his stare.
I
replied that
building
inill
I
knew only that it was
long out of use, and such
itself.
I
could pick up from the
My answer seemed to
satisfy him, for he
thought about
it
si-
lently for a time, while I sat expectantly
venture.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
"\\'ell, I
could tell you a lot about it,"
was superintendent
here when the old place was doing its
best.
I lived in that house yonder where
you see those chickens. It was a good
home, but that's all past now, thirty-eight
long years ago, and I haven't been here
since," and he relapsed into silence, while
I began to read again, thinking his communicative mood was ended.
I had almost forgotten him, when he
interrupted me again. "Do you live near
here?" "A half-mile up the pike, at the
he began again.
"I
corner of the road," I replied.
"Why, is
your name Roberts?" he asked with re-
newed interest,
bility
half eager at the possi-
of meeting with a familiar name.
"Yes, Roberts," I answered, "Cecil Rob"Cecil Roberts," he mused, "you
must be named for your grandfather;"
and without waiting for a reply, he rattled on in a half-childish way, "I used to
know Cecil Roberts he was one of the
best farmers in this locality. His father
sat head of the meeting up here on the
hill.
I was a Friend, too, in those days,
though I don't look much like it now."
This remembrance of my grandfather interested me, and I asked him more parerts."
;
ticularly about him, for
my own father
blessing,
97
my boy," he said in the kindest
of tones, "in having no father to direct
you, and yet," he added in a lower tone
and as if to himself, "some fathers might
be happy to die when their sons are
young." I did not understand what he
meant, but a silence ensued that was only
broken by the old man's farewell as he
walked off with a feeble step, leaning
heavily upon a stout cane.
That evening my mother told me what
she had known of him through my
father. He had risen rapidly in the millwork as a young man, and at 21 he had
married and settled in the little stone
house. My mother believed that his son
and my father had been exceedingly good
friends during their boyhood and part
little
of their college course.
In the last years
young Reynolds (for such was the old
man's name) had been spoiled by his
father's money and lack of training. He
had gone from bad to worse, until my
father, to his great sorrow, had parted
with him forever. My mother knew little
more than this about the young man, for
my father had been extremely reticent
about it all his life, but she believed the
son disappeared
heard from since.
and had never been
The blow killed the
had died when I was a baby, and I knew
very few of those anecdotes that fathers
boy's mother and broke his father's spirit
delight to tell their sons about their an-
position and went west.
cestors.
knew nothing.
The old man had secured a pleasant
to so great an extent that he gave up his
Needless to say,
Beyond that she
haunted the mill
I
topic, and his moodiness fast disappeared
pretty steadily for a while in hopes of
as he brought back to mind those days of
seeing him again, and
his youth.
"My father lived on the ad-
joining farm, and your grandfather and
grew up together. We attended the
new school together over there across
the fields when it was opened, in '33."
my patience was
rewarded in about a week. As I came up
to him he was standing on the other side
I
of the building, but looking down at the
And so he rambled on until he came to
and said, "You seem to be fond of this old
place." "I am," I replied, "it's so quiet,
and then I used to play around here so
my father. "Your father was a fine
young fellow and a good farmer. I've
often seen him here at the mill when he
was a boy. You certainly lose a great
wheel pit as before.
He recognized me,
much that I feel as if I knew it like a
person."
"Your
father
played
in
the
same with my son when they were chil-
THE HAVERFORDIAN
98
"Were my father
dren," he continued.
and your son very intimate?" I asked, to
"Yes, as
keep the conversation going.
loving as brothers until after they were
through college
;
they saw very
each other after that."
be cruel to go further,
again, and the old
I
little
of
knew it would
so I was quiet
man resumed his de-
Not having opened
my book, I stood by him in silence. "You
are very much like your father was at
your age, and I hope you are as steady,"
he began again, "but any boy must miss a
father's care," and he sighed as if he had
spondent expression.
He
experienced the truth of his words.
started to leave the banl< of the old tail-
upon
which
we were
"Would to God that my own dear
eyes.
son were your age again, and
start him right
able to
I
but the mill never grinds
;
again with the water that is past," and so
he walked feebly away by the side of the
building
old
thin,
his
;
white hair and
wrinkled face lit up intermittently by the
red
light
of
the
setting
shining
sun,
through the empty windows of the building that had seen the best years of his
activity.
He
passed up the road and by the
meeting-house,
and
saw him
never
I
again, but his last sentence remained infixed
delibly
my mind,
in
nor have
I
ever heard a sadder e.xpression of lost
standing.
opportunity than the old man's as he
my young friend, my son,"
His voice
said he, as he held my hand.
bade me good-bye on that beautiful summer evening, "The mill never grinds
was
again with the water that is past."
race
"Good-bye,
thick,
and he did not attempt
to
—
conceal the tears that were starting to his
F. R. T., '06.
THE RUINS OF FLORESVIVAS
The sunset had been glorious.
Upon
a
background of pale
countless gold-fringed clouds
lay
the imposing chimera.
amber
scat-
tered, forming a huge archipelago, whose
ample bays and sharp capes accentuated
And later, more
frowning clouds rose from the
southwest and commenced to race madly
toward the east, expanding and concentrating their masses so that they formed
dark,
the wild irregularity of its contours. Be-
innumerable fantastic objects.
low, the Caribbean, calm and unrippled
their
except by the occasional plunge of some
fleeting gull, completed the duet of smil-
saturated
with
Later the
full
ing sky and calm sea so common in the
eastern hills and
But with the approach of night
the golden fringes faded and the sharp
A tremendous
outlines were blurred.
black cloud, shaped like a dragon's paw,
emerged from below the horizon and
a
tropics.
spread
itself
slowly
over
archipelago, hiding under
the
its
aerial
blackness
wake
there
came a
the
And in
cool
odor of
moon struggled over the
was soon overtaken by
huge, bull-hcad-shaped cloud,
hid
its
breeze,
seaweed.
face almost entirely.
ant relented and the
which
The assail-
moon peeped at us
from behind its horns, but it was not long
before another, and still a third cloud
came and hid it for the rest of the night.
And then more clouds rose from the
—
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
northwest, and they, too, began to race
The tamarind-trees were swaying gently
;
the fan-Uke opening and closing of
the palm branches could be heard distinct-
banana leaves were
.The tiny life of the
flapping violently.
chaparral was silent few fire-flies ventured abroad the glow-worm had sought
.The odor of seashelter for the night.
weed had become stronger. Already a
pale flash, accompanied by a muffled
booming, had lightened the northwestern
ly;
the
shallow waters of Floresvivas, where we
had
eastward ....
broad
.
.
;
;
.
.
99
to pole
Then, suddenly, as the
devil
would have it, Caracoles, it
got dark, and dark dark as a wolf's
guzzle, and before we knew it down came
—
the
Cristianos,
rain.
Now the breeze ceased its sighing. This
was howling.
The torrential fury was
—worse
down from heaven to drown Cain's tribe
having stolen Abel's sheep.
for
every
And what
worse.
bit
Mateo do but say:
Yes,
did
Tio
"Quick, let us pole
Floresvivas and take shelter in the
to
We'll get drowned if
we don't." "Tio Mateo," I jump up and
answer
;
"Floresvivas ?
cursed place.
coming.
figurense
than the holy deluge that Moses called
ruined bell-tower.
sky.
among the man-
the boat
grove channels.
Floresvivas is a
Haven't you seen the ugly
its swampy soil and the longnecked birds roaming among the reedy
crabs in
Periquin sat in a corner watching the
Tio Mateo,
approach of the storm and beating back
grasses?
with thick clouds of smoke the advance
guard of foraging mosquitoes. At times
he would twirl his moustache and bite
his cigar as if he were struggling with
some irresistible temptation. These were
the symptoms. Come, Periquin, spare us
drowned."
"Ca-ram-ba!" burst out at last our old
"There is going to Le enough
friend.
rain to drown Sena Fifa's seven cats.
The ten thousand devils from the ten
thousand pits are coming upon us on all
Rain?
prefer to get
But Tio Mateo had a thicker crust than
We had to pole to Floresvivas and hide in the cursed tower. And
a rusty shark.
the worst of it is that when we got there,
he took off his wet clothes and made himself comfortable to sleep, saying:
further waiting.
fours.
I
And thundered?
there will be enough to
kill
wake me when the storm
Ah, Tio Mateo had a crust
thicker than that of a rusty shark. Soon
he commenced to snore like a steamship
whistle that is out of order.
It was
"Periquin,
blows over."
Why,
fierce.
Sena Fifa's
seven
seven cats, as I said before."
Enough
scare
to
Suddenly, when
Sena
Fifa's
was not thinking
I
was a night like this
Rain, flashes,
thunder, mosquitoes— a night that would
scare Sena's
Well, it was a bad night,
anyway you look at it. And if you consider what I saw
well, I guess it was
worse than this. If you don't believe it,
about anything particularly, unless it was
listen.
be.
It
:
—
—
Tio Mateo and I had been fishing all
day.
Well, at the approach of night we
home, like good Christians, well
with our luck. We rowed under
San Anton's bridge, and came to the
started
satisfied
the ugly crabs who,
feared,
I
a hole through the boat
might bite
—suddenly, as
I
heard a queer noise about me.
There was a winding stair in the tower
said,
I
which led up to where the bells used to
Well, I was leaning against that,
when I heard the queer noise. I listened,
shuddering. It wasn't Tio Mateo or the
Caracoles, someone was coming
rain.
down the rotten stairs Ramp Ramp
!
R-r-ramp
!
I
!
could hear them creak, too
!
——
—
—
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
lOO
I shut
my eyes, and as quietly as possible
my face was close
I let myself drop until
place
you could
;
by looking
that immediately
tell
him.
at
asked him
I
if
he
lieve it, I heard a rattling noise, like that
heard the ora pro nobis.
He had not
"Something queer about this
heard it.
made by a sprinkler, and my face was
cursed tower," he added, and listened at-
soaked with a shower of cold water?
tentively.
Then, would you be-
to Tio Mateo's.
I
crossed myself, and as I finished I heard
distinctly a Dominius nobiscnm, ora pro
Then, above the din of the storm,
clear, infernal laugh coming
nobis!
I
heard a
from the mangrove channels.
It
wasn't
swamp bird.
It
was a
the squeak of a
laugh
—a
hellish laugh.
Then came the worst.
satisfied with his exploration.
by a dying man Then the deep tones of
a bell began to be heard right above us.
A bell ringing right above us Santo
Dios dc miscricordia! Tong! Tong!
Tong The knell of the dead Deep and
Right above us
Tonglugubrious
Tong-golonk
Right above us,
golonk
—
!
!
!
A cold sweat ran down my back.
I
!
!
compadres.
was exhausted.
Then I tried to awaken Tio Mateo.
Cristianos, nothing on earth could budge
or to speak.
that man.
I
When he slept, he slept. He
must have known that the storm wasn't
quite over.
Tio Mateo was wise, even
Then suddenl}-
dc buenas a priiiicra
ruin.
:
terrified; stayed there as
— knees
the storm seemed to concentrate around
that
was long before we dared to move
Then Tio Mateo grumbled
"Something wrong
between his teeth
Something
about the infernal place.
Then we stayed there as if
wrong."
It
the floor
in his sleep.
Flash
after
flash
thunder after thunder— cielos!
peal
;
I
the end of the world was near.
of
thought
And the
!
—
my prayers many times over and
crossed myself until
A deep sigh, as if uttered
peat this tale.
!
Then I heard the steps creaking again.
Whoever he was he was going upstairs,
said
First there was
a deep sigh uttered upstairs. Ah, conipadres, my hair stands on end as I re-
if
petrified to
then my
my waist felt cold
feet felt cold
]\Iy
!
felt cold ; then
;
but I thought it was fear petrifxing one
to the floor.
Then I
Suddenly Tio Mateo pulls me by the
"Periquin, the place is
arm and yells
:
creaking on the stairs began again. Down
flooded.
came the footfalls and I closed my eyes,
and didn't breathe.
"Dominns nobiscum, ora pro nobis
Amen," and I got- sprinkled again. Was
it blessed water
agua bendita? I could
tell
not
I was so frightened.
Then, in
the boat and let the devil take the in-
—
;
the distance,
there sounded
again that
mocking, hellish laugh.
"Tio Mateo Tio Mateo !" I whispered
"Por la Virgcti del Carmen, do wake up
!
there
is
something wrong in this cursed
Floresvivas
is
Run to
going!
Tio Mateo was a
truder and his bell."
You could
wise man, even in his sleep.
not petrify him, and you could not drown
him even if you petrified him.
Out we plunged, the water to our
waist. The rain lashed our faces and the
soft soil yielded
under us.
"Pull, Peri-
quin !" screamed Tio Mateo.
like a red
surelv
!
demon.
pulled
I
The place was going,
And that bell still kept on toll-
Tong!
—Tong!—Tong! But
place."
ing.
He woke up and put on his wet coat.
He snifl'ed the air and numbled: "San
not petrify
me
!
Not
as
it
could
long as there
last
we
The mangrove
to
At
was danger
of drowning.
Quintin, there is sulphur in the air."
Tio
reached
boat.
Mateo knew a great
that
which it was tied was under water; but
deal
about
the
—
.
:
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We jumped
The boat was full
of crabs and swamp reptiles. They had
it
held the boat safe enough.
in.
Sa)ito
Crist o!
escaped the flood and had sought shelter
Huge hairy crabs, with large
there.
nippers
and bullet-shaped eyes
alacranes
full
:
small
of them.
snakes
water
;
were now under San Anton's bridge. In
the distance I heard the mocking laugh
Then a band of birds of prey
again.
whirled around and flew toward the sinking ruins. I crossed myself, and so did
Tio Mateo.
—the boat was
There was no time for
lOI
"The
Then he said
sacristan of the old church of
Floresvivas once
pawned
a
holy sprin-
finicalness, however, and we rowed away,
kler and Saint Peter punished his soul to
with our infernal load.
make
now?
"Narrow escape," said Tio Mateo
when we were at a safe distance and I
;
crushed a crab with my foot.
"Narrow
escape,"
crushed another crab.
but
I
answered,
how do you account
for
and
escape,
all
silent.
One may hear
but it is forbidden to tell about it."
was enough to petrify Sena
It
Fifa's
those
The storm was now upon us and Peri-
He placed his first finger over his lips
to keep
chiton!
seven cats!
queer things that happened there?
and beckoned me
Understand
Never
apparitions.
And that laugh
speak to anyone about it.
it,
Narrow
nightly
quin would not speak another word.
We
/.
P., '07.
HAVERFORD COLLEGE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
Financial Summary, CoIIegfe Year J 905- 1 906
GENERAL FUND.
Br.
Deficit.
To Dues from Undergraduates
$
To Dues from Alumni
To Interest on Deposit Account
To Special Contribution
To Appropriation from Skating Pond Surplus..
To Deficit
,
697.50
210.00
26.59
3.50
150.00
176.38
$1,263.97
Cr.
By Appropriation to Football
$
185.00
Cricket
370.00
Gymnasium
185.00
Track
185.00
$176.38
Surplus.
102
THE HAVERFORDIAN
By Expense Interscholastic Meet
150.91
Bj' Printing-
3.50
By Deficit former years
184.56
$1,263.97
FOOT BALL.
Dr.
To Balance
To Gate Receipts and Guarantees
To Appropriation from General Fund
To Miscellaneous Receipts
$ 856.35
684.15
185.00
25.90
$1,75140
Cr.
By Traveling expenses, Guarantees, etc
By Equipment
By Medical and Special Supplies
By Officials
By Cost of Grandstand
By Expenses Intercollegiate Rules Committee. ..
By Miscellaneous Expenses
By Balance
$ 633.44
447-56
124.08
73-00
141-92
75-00
171.28
85.12
$85.12
$1,751-40
CRICKET.
Dr.
To Balance
To Balance Shipley & Vaux Donation
To Appropriation from General Fund
To Appropriation from Trust Fund
To Special Contributions
$
127.86
48.23
370.00
50.00
52.50
$648.59
Cr.
By Equipment
By Traveling Expenses
By Prizes
By Miscellaneous Expenses
By Balance
By Balance Shipley & Vaux Donation
$
71.98
147-43
33-00
43- 10
304-85
304-85
48-23
48.23
$648-59
THE HAVERFORDIAN
103
GYMNASIUM.
D
r.
To Balance
To Receipts from Exhibitions
S
35302
506.25
To Appropriation from General Fund
To Miscellaneous Receipts
185.00
3700
$1,081.27
Cr.
By Equipment
By Share due Musical Association
By Guarantees
$
5905
118.37
80.00
By Traveling Expenses
By jNIiscellaneous Expenses
By Balance
1 10.48
184.48
528.89
528.89
$1,081.27
TRACK.
Dr.
To Balance
To Gate Receipts and Guarantees
To Appropriation from General Fund
$
.42
i73-8i
185.00
$359-23
Cr.
By Equipment
By Guarantees
By Traveling Expenses
By Prizes
By Miscellaneous Expenses
By Balance
$
13.50
85.00
150.32
57-40
43-66
9.35
9.35
$359-23
Cash balance
800.06
$976.44
$976-44
Respectfully submitted,
C. J. Rho.vds,
Treasurer.
Philadelphia, October i, igo6.
—
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
Conduc'.ed by Dean Barrett
AT
the date of
writing (October 2d)
the student-body for the present
tions to
total
upper classes give an increased
year will, apparently, be made up as fol-
dormitories
lows:
commodate all.
Graduates
4
Seniors
32
Juniors
26
Sophomores
Freshmen
47
39
The
enrolhnent.
is
capacity of the
not quite sufficient to ac-
There have been few changes in the
In the department of physics,
Dr. A. W. Smith, last year an instructor
Faculty.
in
Bowdoin College, will take the place
I\Ir. Frederick Palmer, Jr., who has
been granted a year's leave of absence.
Thomas K. Brown, '06, and Roderick
of
Total
148
The actual number of Freshmen who
have taken up their work at the present
time
is
forty-four, but there
is
a strong
more will register
probability that three
Scott,
'06,
remain
teaching fellows
;
at
the. College
as
and Richard L. Cary,
'06, will act as assistant in
the chemical
before this number of The H.werford-
laboratory.
IAN is issued.
During the summer some improvements have been made.
Chief among
The increase in the number of Freshmen makes the entering class the largest
these
the College has yet had, and several addi-
ing plant, erected at a cost of $25,000.
In
The
Desert
is
a new central heating and light-
(In Der Wuste)
[From the German of Nikolaus Lenau.]
not a vain and hopeless thing.
Plodding through the desert sands of life,
Stumbling toward the far horizon's ring.
Ploughing out a course with toil and strife?
Is
it
Even if our feet, amid the dust.
Scatter traces of their rambling path,
Storms, pursuing with a vulture's lust.
Soon devour them in exultant wrath.
Singly and in caravans we go
Toward the far-off land of rest and peace.
While a thousand banners, drooping low,
Tell us that our efforts must not cease.
I
am plodding likewise, weak and slow,
Blindly guessing, struggling in a dream;
the redhot gleaming desert's glow
Kindles longing for some cooling stream.
And
mc get away from this dry land.
Full of longing hopes and sudden fears,
Where the ever thirsty, gaping sand
Lifts its panting mouth to drink my tears.
Let
i".
C.
5.,
'05.
PLANS FOR A HAVERFORD MISSIONARY
Robert L. Simkin,
preparation
for
missionary
foreign
'03,
religious
continued his
the Christian Association, met last spring
a
to consider the advisability of undertak-
last
ing to contribute toward the support of
service
as
by graduating
spring from the Union Theological Sem-
New York.
During the summer he has been in England, making the
inary, in
acquaintance
of
their mission-
To those of us who knew Simkin personally and who believe in the generosity
many meetings.
of Haverfordians, the moderate plan pro-
He finally secured an appointment from
London Yearly Meeting to go out
to
China this winter as a supported representative of that meeting.
He has also
won the approval and support of his
own Xew York Yearly Meeting in undertaking his life-work.
It
in
English
prominent
Friends and addressing
Mr. and Mrs. Simkin
ary labors.
appears that throughout his years
seems easy to accomplish.
An
Advisory Committee of twelve graduates and undergraduates has been seposed
lected, to be in
ever
charge of raising what-
sum may be decided upon as prac-
ticable for the first year.
In assuming such a responsibility,
Haverford will be but following in the
many larger institutions, which
of preparation Sim.kin has cherished the
steps of
hope that, whatever other organizations
he might be chosen to represent in China,
have realized the great deepening of mis-
might also be chosen to represent
Haverford College as a Haverford mis-
appointm.ent of an Alumnus to such ser-
he
sionary.
Upon learning of this deep per-
sonal
solicitude
upon Simkin's part,
some of his friends hereabouts took steps
to fulfil his desires.
A number of past
and present Haverfordians, representing
sionary interest which has come from the
vice.
let
When the occasion presents itself,
us at Haverford give Simkin such
support
as
will
Haverfordians
convince him that
are
behind
him
all
in his
noble undertaking.
JV. IV.
Comfort. '04.
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
NOTES
'49.
The degree of Doctor of Laws,
'77.
George G. Mercer died in Phila-
May 28.
rarely given by Haverford, was conferred
delphia on
upon Albert Keeble Smiley last June,
in recognition of his work in the interests
at Haverford,
or International Peace.
at
'60.
James Tyson, M. D., of the Fac-
ulty of Medicine, University of Pennsyl-
vania, delivered the
commencement ora-
tion to the Class of 1906.
'70.
Thomas K. Carey died in Balti-
more on jMay 29.
After graduating
Mr. Mercer studied law
at University of Pennsylvania, and then
Yale, receiving his Doctor's degree
He was
from the latter institution.
Alumni orator, 1889, and member of Phi
During his entire
Beta Kappa, 1898.
professional
career
in
Philadelphia
he
was prominent in political and economic
movements.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
io6
George H. Deuell, editor of The
Phi
Beta
Ha\trfordian,
1895-96,
Kappa, 1899, died on May 28.
'96.
H. Hodgin and Miss
Olive L. Jenkins were married in Richmond, Ind., on August 22d. They are
living at Guilford College, N. C., where
Samuel
'98.
Hodgin is teaching English.
Dr. Samuel Rhoads
'98.
'02. E. W. Evans is entering the second year at the Law School, University
of Pennsylvania.
'02
is
acting as
Gummere expects to re-
Greek and Latin
Harvard next spring.
Ex-'03.
his
one of the registrars in his division in
the Twenty-second Ward, Philadelphia.
He was appointed under the new per-
R. M.
ceive his Ph.D. in
at
A. G. Dean has announced
engagement
in
marriage
Miss
to
Therese Holland.
'03.
C.
W. Davis has resumed work
as an instructor in Oak Grove Seminary,
Vassalboro, Me.
sonal registration law.
'03.
Swan was married
to Miss Helen A. Wood, of Boston, on
Frederick A.
'98.
August
29th.
F. E. Barr is engaged in the prac-
of law. with an office at 904
Land
Title building, Philadelphia.
They were married by
Friends' ceremony in the Flower Hospital,
tice
New York City, where Swan had
been taken a few days before, owing to
a severe accident which happened to him
while riding on a crowded trolley car
which was run into by an automobile.
He is at present recovering rapidly. His
business address is i W. 34th Street,
New York, where he is associated with
M. P. Collins, '92, in the Bankers Invest-
'03.
E. F.
Hoffman has been trans-
ferred to the pastorate of a Methodist
church in Hamburg, Pa.
Ex-'03.
C.
W. Kelsey has for some
time been general sales agent
the
tour he obtained one of the trophies.
'03.
R. L. Simkin has been appointed
to the Freinds' Mission at
ing Company.
for
Maxwell automobiles, with offices at Tarrytown, N. Y.
In the recent Glidden
Chungking,
China, and will leave for his post in No-
Robert N. Wilson has returned
and physics at
'98.
to the chair of chemistry
Guilford College, N. C, after a valuable
He was married, May ist, to
vember.
Miss Alargaret Lowenhaupt, of Ossining,
N. Y., who will accompany him to China.
year's work along those lines in the Har-
vard Graduate School.
Walter Hinchman is again teach-
'00.
ing at Groton School.
'03.
I. S. Tilney is with N. W. Harris
& Co., Pine and William Streets, New
York, learning the business of the bond
broker.
has been
Henry S.
'00.
convalescing
months,
abroad for several
from a severe nervous breakdown.
Drinker
Arthur R. Yearsley has anhis engagement to Miss Elva
'OJ.
nounced
'03.
S.
N. Wilson has been appointed
instructor in mathematics
in
the
West
Chester High School.
'03.
F. R. Winslow is a resident phy-
sician at the hospital of the University of
Ashe, of Coatesville, Pa.
Maryland, Baltimore.
'02.
A. G. H. Spiers
is
Harvard for his doctorate
mance languages.
studying at
in
the
Ro-
'04.
H. N. Thorn is again head coach
of the foot ball team.
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
W. S. Bradley announces his en-
'04.
gfagemcnt to Miss Remington, of Phila-
Harold
'04.
Morris
H.
is
entering
upon his third year of medicine at the
He spent
University of Pennsylvania.
last summer in
England and Scotland.
M.
Commencement last June.
at
Princeton.
'06.
J. D. Phillips is with the Bell
Telephone Company in their German-
ent in the employ of the Jones & Laugh-
Company, of Pittsburg.
lin Steel
He and
H. K. Stein are living together in Wilkinsburg.
R.
the
in
is
purchasing department of the Baldwin
Locomotive Works.
Ward Fleming
M.
first
has
Law School. He has been made a member of the Sharwood Law Club.
Jr., was mar-
ried to Miss Mabel Craven at West Chester on the 19th of last June.
is
teaching at
S. G.
Nauman is teaching tem-
Pa.
'06.
A. T.
Lowry
is
in
the
lumber
business in West Philadelphia.
He is as-
Thorn in coaching the
foot ball
team.
'06.
James T. Fales is studying law at
Northwestern University, Evanston, 111.
com-
year in the Pennsylvania
Albert K. Smiley,
Shortlidge
J.
porarily at the Yeates School, Lancaster,
sisting
Benjamin Eshleman
pleted his
'06.
the West Chester Normal School
'06.
Charles A. Alexander is at pres-
'05.
'06.
M.
town office.
He is now an instructor in German at
'05.
the degree of A.
S. G. Spaeth received the degree
'05.
'05.
'06.
W. C. Carson, Clementine Cope
Fellow for 1906, is studying at Harvard.
E. B. Richards is also there, studying for
delphia.
of A.
107
They spent
the summer at Lake Mohonk, N. Y.
'06.
W. K. Miller has entered the
Law School of the University of Penn-
sylvania.
'06.
Gordon H. Graves is teaching at
George School, Pa.
'06.
Henry
Pleasants,
Jr.,
was with
the Haverford delegation at Northfield
last
He has entered the Medical
June.
School of the University of Pennsylvania.
'06.
W. H.
nounced
his
Haines,
has
Jr.,
an-
engagement to Miss Alice
Janvier, of Orange, N. J.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
Foot ball practice started on Monday,
September 24th. H. Norman Thorn,
'04, will again be head coach.
This year,
however, he will be unable to get out in
the afternoons.
A. H. Hopkins, '05, and
A. T. Lowry, '06, will be the field coaches.
Thorn will come out every night and to
every
game,
and
thus
keep
in
close
touch with the work.
Freshman
Class,
Captain Jones should
have no mean team this fall.
The schedule is as follows
—Medico-Chi, Haverford.
—Lehigh, South Bethlehem.
Haverford.
Oct. 20— Rutgers,
Haverford.
Oct. 27 — Ursinus,
Nov. 3 — Franklin and Marshall,
Oct. 6
Oct. 13
at
at
at
at
at
Lancaster.
—Johns Hopkins, HaverHartford, Conn.
Nov. 17—
Nov. 24— New York University,
Nov. 10
The team
will
greatly miss the ser-
vices of ex-Captain Lowry,
Brown, Reed
and Smiley, but with all the rest of the
men back, and possible material in the
at
ford.
Trinity, at
at
Haverford.
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io8
The annual cane rush took place on the
The
cane men were Bard, Ramsey, Green for
afternoon of the day college opened.
Ayer for
Those having two hands on the
cane were Marsh, Ramsey, Bard, Spaeth,
Green, of the Sophomore Class, and
Ayer and Frost, of the Freshman Class.
The Sophomores won by the score of 14
1909, and Wilson, Frost and
1910.
to 12.
Hames
the chief speaker.
Refreshments were
W.
Class '85 prize bat to S. G. Spaeth, '05.
W. H. Haines,
Class '85 prize ball to
'07.
Class '85 prize belt to P.
W. Brown,
'07.
OTHER PRIZES.
Improvement bat to J. B. Clement, '08.
C. R.
The annual Y. M. C. A. reception to
new men was held Thursday evening,
October 4, at eight o'clock, in the new
Assembly Room. R. L. Simkins, '03, was
H.
prize fielding belt to
Doughten, Jr., '06.
Second Eleven.
average
Hinchman prize bat for highest
in intercollegiate
matches to H.
W. Doughten, Jr., '06; average, 66.
Christian Febiger prize ball for best
bowling
averages
in
intercollegiate
matches to H. Pleasants, Jr., '06; aver-
served after the meeting.
age, 10 2-7.
At the commencement exercises, held
on June 15th, 1906, seven men were
cricketer, F.
granted the degree of Master of Arts,
T. K. Sharpless, '08.
Prize cup to best all-around Freshman
twenty-nine the degree of Bachelor of
Arts, and eight the degree of Bachelor of
Myers, '09.
Prize bat to best
Freshman batsman,
Prize belt to best Freshman bowler, T.
Lewis,
'08.
Class of '85 prize ball, for interclass
Science.
championship. Class of 1907.
The following athletic announcements
were made on commencement day last
ber of points during the year, T.
June:
New records made
Cricket— F. D. Godley, '07.
Track E. C. Tatnall, '07.
—
Soccer— W. R. Rossmaessler,
K.
Brown, Jr.
Captains for year 1906-7:
120-yards hurdle
'07.
Prices Azvardcd.
CRICKET.
First Eleven.
Colors to J. D. Philips, '06; J. P. Magill,
TRACK.
Walton cup to man scoring most num-
'07.
Brown, Jr., '06.
Two-mile run
— 16 m.
— 10 m. 22
I
T. K.
s.,
W.
s.,
K.
Miller, '06.
Discus throw
—99
ft.
5 in., E. F. Jones,
'07.
Pole vault— 10
Cope prize bat for best average to A.
T. Lowry, '06; average, 25 4-5.
Congdon prize ball for the best bowl-
'09.
ing average to F. D. Godley, '07; aver-
T. Lowry, '06
age, 8 21-45.
Rossmaessler, '07.
ft.
Yi
in.,
J.
Bushnell,
SOCCER.
H's awarded to H. Pleasants, '06; A.
;
J.
D. Philips, '06
;
W. R.
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HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
November, 1906
Volume XXVIII. No. 6.
CONTENTS
Editorials
109
Dea Ex Machina
120
Terra Incognita
in
Alumni Department
124
The Heidelberg Student
112
College De^kktment
126
The Latest Thing in Rubaiyats
119
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DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
ADVISORY BOARD
'07
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
F. D. Godley,
B. Qement, *o8
M. H. C. Spiers, '09
C. H. Rhoades, '93
Foot Ball
\8ice-Chairn)an
P. W. Brown, '07
G. K. Strode, 'oS
Manager
M. H. March, '07
Assistant Manager
C. K. Drinker, '08
£. T. Jones, '07
Cftptain
G. K. Strode, '08
Other Members— I. J. Dodge, '07; E. F.
Jones, '07 M. H. March, '07 J. H. Wood, '07
C. T. Brown, '08;
K. Drinker, '08; J. P.
Elkinton, '08.
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DEPARTMENTS
Chairman
H. Evans, '07
President
Secretary
J.
LOGANIAN SOCIETY
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Gymnasium
P. Magill. '07
Not elected
Not elected
J.
W. H. Haines, •07
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
E. A. Edwards,
Manager
W. B. Rossmaessler,
Assistant Manager.
W. R. Shoemaker,
Captain
J. Bushnell, 3d,
.
.
.
Track
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
'08
'07
'08
R
Assistant Manager
Captain
H. Evans, '07
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
'08
E. F. Jones, '07
W. \V. Kurtz, '08
Tatnall, '07
E.
W. Sargent, Jr., '08
E. C. Tatnall, '07
Manager
DEPABTMENTS
Civics
P.
W. Brown, '07
J.
P. Elkinton, '08
Scientific
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
R. L. Gary, '06
Dodge, '07
I. J.
D. C. Baldwin, '06
Cricket
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
A. E. Brown, •07
E. A. Edwards, 'o3
Manager
J.
C. K. Drinker, '08
F. D. Godley, '07
Captain
Association Foot Ball
P. W. Brown,
C. K. Drinkisr,
Tatnall,
E.
J. B, Clement,
Chairman
Vice-Chairman^
Assistant
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
W. Nicholson, Jr., '07
Assistant Manager
Manager
Debating
R
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Manager
'07
'08
'07
CLASSES
1907:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
'08
W. R. Rossmaessler, '07
Captain
ASSOCIATIONS.
College
President
Vice-President
Secretary
A. E. Brown, '07
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
T. K. Sharpless, '09
M. H.
C Spiers, '09
President and Manager... W. B. Windle, '07
Assistant Manager
F. O. Musser, '08
'07
Leader
J. W. Nicholson, Jr.,
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
Assistant
A. E. Brown, '07
C. L. Miller, '08
Manager
Y. M. C. A.
Wood
E. F. Jones
W. S. Eldridge
G. C. Craig
E Wright
J.
G.
Bushnell, 3d
C. F. Scott
W. Emlen, Jr.
1909:
President
Tennis
Manager
G. H.
1908:
President
M. H. March, '07
Treasurer
Musical
M. H. March
C. K. Drinker, '08
M. H. C. Spiers, '09
C.
E.
Marsh
G. S. Bard
R. L.
M. Underbill
J.
C. Green
1910:
Dodge, '07
President
Vice-President
Secretary
H. Evans, *07
W. H. Morriss, '08
Treasurer
J.
I.
J.
P. Elkinton, '08
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
M. O. Frost
F. Wilson
E. Cadbury
M. Eshleman
J.
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wet feet and colds. With spring
steel runners, pressed steel sup-
ports, second growth white ash scat and frame, it is
light yet practiciily indestructible, and handsomely
It is the only alcd that girls can properly
Ask at your dealer's, and don't take
anything else. If they don't keep it, let us know.
finished.
control.
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, Pblladclpbia, Pa.
Patcniees and Manufacluren
Young
Result
— selling to
more young men than
anyother store in town
When you are ready
to buy your new suit
and overcoat. See the
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itock we are showing
prices that range
from $10.00 to $27.50
at
OBf cirdboard model sled will ihow you juit how it
works and gire yoa lots of fun. Sent free by mail
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regarding lizej and pricei.
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for us.
built
Men, with every turn
and twist of fashion
embodied in it.
Steering makes it
from accident
them
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ciation
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is an achievement of which a
This condition is brought
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Schools, and the Ilaverford boys are especially invited to call.
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1631 Chestnut Street, Philada.
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Ira Jacob Dodge,
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XXMII
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Haverford^ Pa., Xovexiber, 1906
ORIGINALITY
is
an element of suc-
cess in every field of achievement,
and colleges should be striving to train
men in this as well as to educate them in
the fields of academic learn'•
'*
They not only should
ing.
Originality
that counts
through the mails as second class matter.
No. 6
the schools and colleges as it is that of the
tradition
which
exists
in
those institu-
tions that students should quickly learn
to
conform
certain
to
thought and conduct.
standards
of
Nowadays, when
a man enters college with individual char-
have at their command facts
acteristics,
that have been true in the
college body that his "peculiarities" shall
past or at present
;
they should be able to
go further and to reason out from their
knowledge of well-known truths, new
theories or conditions.
New inventions
it is
generally the pride of the
be rubbed off by the end of his Freshman
year.
And the process is generally so
successful that he soon becomes a "typical college man,"
and it is often possible
constantly impress one with their sim-
to
and we wonder "why we never
thought of that."
The principles were
clothes or the
familiar enough
almost as surely as the dialect betrays
plicity,
—what we lacked was
the ability to visualize
something that
was not.
tell
a man's college by the cut of his
way he combs
his
hair,
while his speech reveals his Alma Mater
a Yankee or a Southerner.
Now this system is wrong in the main.
—every Certainly we have follow accepted
phase of
—evolves as men come custom many
but men should
forth who have
maintain
—
be encouraged
Science, literature, art, music,
to
activity,
in
original
which seem
ideas
ideas
to be in every conceivable
case merely a fresh combination of well-
known elements.
But if conventional thinkers are being
produced it is not so much the fault of
things,
to
their
indi-
and not be compelled to live
according to the mind of the crowd nor
forced into common moulds of habit and
viduality
We need more faith in the
freedom of a man's own will to choose.
convention.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
no
a shame
Less of precept and more of practive.
The times do not demand dreamers or
that such men should have to feel a diffi-
They demand those who have
dence about extended personal conversa-
the stamina and the training to advance
tion with a professor, which is exactly the
a httle further than those around have
condition that now exists in College.
idealists.
They
progressed.
demand
ized the needs of the men.
And it is unjust to the professors.
original
thinkers.
It is
It
on them that public sentiment
a slur
is
should not realize at once that they are
capable of deciding a man's
perfectly
IF
there
is
a small, unwarranted, per-
nicious influence in our College to-
day it is the attitude taken by the students regarding what is called "bootlicking." Within the memHarmful
ory of the Senior Class this
Influence of
a Word
word has been introduced
Tfie
Although at first
used in a mildly humorous way, it has
lost all its original harmlessness and is
undoubtedly destroying what was one of
the most pleasant features of Haverford
the close and inspiring relationship
life
between the students and the able men
who compose our faculty.
here.
—
It
not necessary to point out the
is
true value in class.
fessors placed in a peculiar position about
any
relationship
—scholars who have been
undergraduates
with
outside of classes.
is
Now this matter has gone too far.
It
time for College sentiment to take
it
up.
It
is
time for every
man to rebel
against the false sentiments that cluster
about the word "boot-licker."
It is
time
for the personal influence of professors
over students again to be as helpful as it
used to be in the past.
THERE are many encouraging fea-
invaluable gain to undergraduates to be
derived from personal contact with the
If men feel diffident
about approaching them, so also are pro-
tures
campaign,
about
the
although
recent
the
Reform
have
people
professors here
voted their willingness again to slum-
chosen as much for their broad manhood
Th.
i^ii
I tie influence
ber under misrule and dis-
as for their specialization in their sub-
of College
honest government in this
Men
The ReCommonwealth.
form Party about Philadel-
jects.
This relationship, so potent here
in the past,
and
one of the chief advan-
in Politics
tages of a small college, we are allowing
phia was led almost entirely by college
to slip from us because of the power of
men, and this general awakening of such
cowardly epithet "boot-licker."
men to their duties of leadership is the
this
Do not be
are hoodwinked by men
who are merely
most hopeful feature of modern politics.
ethical training, the knowledge of
economics and history they receive and
marks and
exliibiting false
their
interest to attain them.
They can pick
graduates to take the lead in politics and
It is unjust to the students.
deceived
into
striving for
out the
thinking
men who
are
that
really
professors
interested
The
to
broad aspect of
life
equip college
keep pure and healthy the life of the
and who are striving to get the most out
of their work. There are many men who
desire to go deeper into subjects than is
possible in class.
There are men who
have doubts and problems whom profes-
nation.
sors could greatly help
to accept the trust of public offices,
if
they only real-
It
meant something for our honored
President to allow himself to be
as a candidate to the
named
Legislature, yet,
when such men express their willingness
it
is
:
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the
omen of the approach of new and
better social
and
conditions in
political
the University until he
Colleges are social institutions, and no
man who leaves college does so without
assuming definite social obligations that
he must fulfill. He owes it to society to
strive by his best influence to improve
its condition and at least to guarantee
his vote and endeavor in the cause of
clean and honest government.
went abroad to
study several years ago.
Haverford Dr. Coca was
work and athletics
prominent
was
a
member
and
of the Cricket Eleven
English Tour, 1896.
His life in Ger-
While
this country.
III
at
in literary
many has well enabled him to paint the
picture of German student-life which we
publish in this issue.
The following letter is one that will be
Haverford readers. The
interesting to
author, "Caleb," after a long period of
MEDICINE to-day offers itself as
something more than a mere profession,
it
offers
itself
as a science to
which men may devote their entire skill.
Few fields of research afMedicine as
iord discoveries which are
a Science
SO Valuable to the race as
service here as mail carrier and driver of
the College wagon, retired from active
work last September.
— 1906
2d Day loth Month 29
Isaac Sharpless
that of medicine.
is
Dear Friend
Cannot Express my Feelings Towards
my Friends at Haverford College for ther
Kind Rememberance of me thee Will
Kindly thank them for me
I
at present devoting himself
After
to research work in Germany.
graduating from Haverford he studied
I
Caleb Worrall
vania, and from 1897-99 also did special
Hear from the College ask My Friend
if he Has time to Let me JCnow
Pratt, re-
Chase
ceiving the degree of Master of Arts here
in 1899.
am thine Very Respectfully
am sorry I Cannot Help thee on thy
Way To Harrisburg as I Will Love to
medicine at the University of Pennsyl-
work in histology under Dr.
How things is going on How -Is Old Bill
He served as an instructor in
Poor Old Bill He May Miss Caleb.
TERRA INCOGNITA
When Daphne plays, I know not why,
But woven
I
in the
through Presi-
dent Sharpless:
1500 North nth St. Reading Pa.
Dr. Arthur F. Coca, '96, the author of
the article entitled, "The Heidelberg
Student,"
He recently wrote
this letter to the College
harmony
hear a deeper, softer tone.
Apart from other chords, alone;
A strain that starts to lilt and play
Like laughing brook in sunlit May,
But always ends with wistful sigh
When Daphne plays.
And yet 'tis all in vain I try
To penetrate the mystery
Of that fair, unknown world which lies
Behind the sapphire of her eyes
That land whose borders I descry
When Daphne plays.
M.
O. F.,
'10.
;
THE HEIDELBERG STUDENT
When the student comes to Heidelberg
he comes to the oldest university, and to
the most beautifully situated university
with a
the four years with his Alma Mater.
As shown by
town in Germany.
narrow valley
cf the Neckar, just at the point where
the river, emerging from the mountainous Odenwald, guarded on the left by the
Gaisberg and Konigstuhl, and on the
right by the Heiligenberg, flows out upon
the level plain across which it winds to
join the Rhine.
Nestling in the broad
Heidelberg
lies
in the
lap of the Konigstuhl overlooking the
fond recollection
of that
little
with which the Haverfordian remembers
the
autograph, "Stif-
the
founder,
tungsbrief,"
of
Ruprecht
which
I,
is
Kurfurst
perhaps the most
treasured relic of the library collection of
manuscripts, the university was founded
in 1386.
In view of the seniority of the
institution,
it
is
not surprising to learn
that many of the customs in vogue among
German students have arisen here and
are here most devotedly cherished.
The first business of the student is to
town, and thrown into strong
relief
by
a background of heavy foliage,
lies
the
find a lodging,
the
simply into a question of funds and of
picturesque castle. To attempt a descrip-
choice; for in his search for rooms he
most striking object of the town
tion of the
—
many natural attractions of
the spot would carry us too far from our
We can only add that the pano-
subject.
rama that stretches before the traveller
as he stands upon the heights behind the
castle
—the broad
fertile
plain
of
the
Rhine bounded on the west by the Haardt
moxuitains, which are plainly visible on
•
clear days ; to the northwest the busy,
the southwest, the
ancient
city
of
Speyer, famous as the burial place of the
early
German
rulers;
hamlets here and there
little
;
feet the original of so
towns and
and right at his
many photogra-
—
cheerfully aided by a half dozen or
:s
more of free agencies, conducted by
book stores, etc., throughout the town.
The lodgings are almost always furnished, and many consist of one or more
rooms. A breakfast of rolls, butter and
coffee is commonly included, but as a
rule the other three or four meals are
taken at a restaurant.
modem city of Mannheim on the Rhine
to
which task resolves itself
For about a month it is permitted to
attend any of the lectures free of charge.
Before a fixed date, however, the student
is
required to matriculate and to pay the
fees for the courses which he has elected.
Since the university authorities take no
^the pretty
notice of the student's actions beyond ex-
village of Heidelberg itself
such a scene
produces an impression not soon to be
acting the payment of fees and attend-
forgotten.
beginning his university career, and
vures, etchings and paintings
—
To those who have remained in the
ance upon practical courses, if he is just
the
allurements
of
society,
if
duelling,
place long enough to become familiar
travel, or
with its charms, it were no wonder that
strong for his powers of resistance, an
the Heidelberg student in his riper years
»hould
contemplate
his
sojourn
there
entire
doing nothing at
semester
may
pass
hearing a single lecture.
all,
be too
without his
And this is a
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very
common
experience,
—the experi-
ence, by the way, of one of the present
professors.
The examinations are given orally and
is, any one may attend
them as a spectator. The advantage of
"3
many other features of the same sort
must impress .upon even the most casual
observer the high regprd in which the
beautiful- in nature is held by this people.
The wjiole mountainous district, desig-
in public; that
nated as the Odenwald and the Schwarz-
he
wald, extending from Darmstadt to the
may learn in advance what is to be ex-
borders of Switzerland, is traversed in all
pected of him in any subject; the disad-
by footpaths which are kept
good condition and plentifully furnished with good sign-boards by so-
this
custom
to
the student
vantage, to any one
is
that
who can recall the
mental anguish which precedes -the ordeal even when it is to be endured -in
relative privacy,
is
:-
obvious.
>-
We have referred to the environment
of Heidelberg as influencing the lifeiof
directions
in
called
"Verschonerungs-vereinen"
—
so-
cieties whose purpose is indicated in their
name.
Under
";Vereinen"
the
direction
guide-books
are
of
these
published,
may
with the aid of which a perfect stranger
for granting
may walk from Heidelberg
the advantages of the river for aquatic
the highest peaks apd through the finest
sport, in what way can a mountain range
parts of the region- with practically
the
student,
and the relationship
seem, at first, a slight one
;
no
risk of missing the way.
with
good
roads affect the life of a student?
The
Furthermore; after having contributed
answer to this question is not hard to find
when once we understand what these
•*;
mean to the German.
s6 largely to the cause, it may be, indeed,
on account of having so contributed, the
bom lover of the
beauties of nature, wherein he may be
of reimbursing himself, and on every
opportune occasion flies from his "nar-
or a rural
plain
The German
is
provided
a
said to differ little
from the American;
German adopts the only logical means
row cages" into country and forest, over
and vale, with his knapsack on his
but he must be given the credit of exhibit-
hill
ing, as evidence of his devotion, a higher
back, a stick in his hand, and a feather
degree
in his cap.
of
Everywhere,
public-spirited
generosity.
And to many a student this
town, country and
respectable variety of tramp-life seems to
same high purpose is evident
all the grand and
beautiful works of nature as well as that
of embellishing by art those places which
lack natural charms.
Everywhere the
public parks, squares and gardens, ar-
offer greater reward, for the moment, at
designed, richly provided with
elberg offers a convenient starting-point
in city,
forest, the
—
^that
of preserving
tistically
any rate, than the tedious lecture hour.
In addition to the innumerable short
walks in the immediate vicinity, by any of
which a totally new impression of the
neighborhood may be obtained, Heid-
trees, flower-beds and fountains, and kept
for
constantly in perfect order; the many,
Odenwald
lofty, substantial towers, situated, often
at a great distance from the towns, upon
which towers have
been erected solely for the purpose of
giving travellers the advantage of a perfectly
unobstructed view these and
to
the
either
into
the
north,
FRATERNITY LIFE.
particularly fine,
—
excursions
westward
through the Neckar valley, or southward
into Schwarzwald.
high elevations from which the outlook
is
longer
The whole complexion of the social
life
of the student depends upon whether
he is or is not a member of one of the
,
THE HAVERFORDIAN
114
incorporated
question
which latter
measure determined
fraternities,
in large
is
or have some
At certain seahowever, they may be more fre-
to attend, unless he be
student fraternities are
sons,
every night during the first
distinctly classified into the "Corps," the
quent,
and the "Turnerschaften," all of which are incorporated
and have adopted distinguishing colors
and shape of cap and into a motley array of sectarian, scientific and other societies, some of which ape certain customs of the first three, none of which,
Most of these
however, wear colors.
week of May.
"Burschenschaften,"
;
classes are represented in
all
the large
it
is
to indicate its purpose, but internally it
entrance hall
is
very large, and its walls and ceiling are
decorated with tasteful frescoes.
A flight
of stairs at the right leads to the second
common interests.
The "Turnerschaften" are gymnastic
way
The "Bur-
The
characteristic.
floor,
fighting.
g.,
The fraternity house stands at the foot
and annual conventions of
delegates from societies of the same class
are held for the purpose of discussing
little
e.
of the Konigstuhl, directly beneath the
castle. Externally, there is nothing about
universities,
clubs and do
ill
other very good excuse.
by his social status.
The German
twice a week and every member is obliged
on which are the executive rooms,
toilet and coat rooms, and several bedrooms. A short passage beyond the stairleads
the
to
apartments
On the
"Hausmeister."
left
of
the
are
two
large rooms, the "Kneipe" room and an-
The former is
schenschaften" are the descendants of the
other used for dinners.
student political organizations that took
carpetless
such active part in the politics of the
country during the revolutionary period
heavy wooden tables placed in the form
of the letter U, wooden chairs and a
which ended about the middle of the last
piano.
century.
a number of huge porcelain pipes, on
The "Corps" are the oldest of the fraternities,
and have always been purely
social organizations.
One of these, the
;
its
furniture consists of three
On the wall by the entrance han^
each of which
is
recorded the fact that
they are gifts from departing members
to those left behind.
The walls behind
"Saxo-Barussia," is composed almost ex-
the tables are covered with photographs
clusively of nobility ; its color is white.
of former members, taken individually
Since practically
the social inter-
and collectively on special occasions the
course of university students takes place
oldest of these are daguerreotyi>es, and a
through the
the
all
fraternities,
an account of
number of others represent the "Men-
doings of a typical
representative
sur."
will be of especial interest to the
can collegian.
I
;
Ameri-
Standing upon a ledge which extends
—
almost around the room, and arranged in
Through my friend, R
have twice had opportunity to look in
upon the "Allemania," one of the "Burschenschaften ;" first at one of the regular
meetings and again at the "Mensur."
THE "kneipe."
My visit to the "Kneipe" occurred
April 30th, on which evening is held the
"Maifest," or celebration of the advent
of May.
The regular "Kneipe" is held
the order of seniority,
are the photographs of the present active members.
Light is supplied by a large chandelier
suspended from the ceiling. From the
ceiling
hang also several genuine drink-
ing horns, long since out of use, but
treasured as relics of an honorable and
important history.
Before describing these characteristic
official
assemblies, it will be well by way
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of
preliminary
explanation
to
outline
more important regulations
to which the members are subject. After
the
briefly
qualifying socially the prospective mem-
unusual responsibility, he begged me not
to call for him till ten o'clock.
the way,
is
R— by
,
an interesting and, I believe,
an exceptional specimen of the class we
a handsome young Ger-
ber must give his word of honor to re-
are considering
main in Heidelberg at least three semesters he must take two hours sword practice daily, and he must attend
every
man, a crack swordsman, member of an
eight-oar racing crew, a clever and enthusiastic violinist, a natural orator, and
apparently the most popular member of
but at the same time a
his fraternity
most industrious student and unassum-
;
"Kneipe," or regular meeting of the so-
At the end of each month the en-
ciety.
tire
expenses
the
of
society
for
that
:
;
month are ascertained and divided equally among the members. The average individual levy is between ten and twelve
that he has paused in the middle of his
Upon entering the so-
passed the "Physicum," to take his Ph.D.
member presents a song-book
and a beer-stein, each inscribed with his
name and the date of presentation, both
of which remain in the permanent possession of the society. Within six weeks
For the first semester of membership he is given the name of "Fuchs," and
which he will
He wrote
the five-minute oration between eight and
ten o'clock that evening and met me
promptly at the appointed hour.
We passed through a capacious vestibule, at one side of which the "Hausmeister" and his son were busily engaged
in filling steins from a large cask of beer,
and entered the "Kneipe" room. With
during this period does no actual fight-
a loud voice
ing, but devotes
associates,
dollars per month.
ciety each
after his admission each new member is
expected to choose one of the elder men
as
"Leibbursche," or personal
his
ad-
viser.
himself exclusively to
sword practice, under the instruction of
the university "Fechtlehrer."
At the end
of the semester he may take part in the
.
"S
ing to a fault.
medical
I
course,
was astonished to learn
that
is,
after
having
in natural science; after
complete his medical studies.
rules
R— introduced me to his
and in accordance with the
governing this formality, recom-
mended me to their hospitable treatment.
As he finished, they all rose, shouted the
"Mensur," his opponent, naturally, being
appropriate response, and after raising
also a "Fuchs."
their
After having fought
well on two separate occasions he becomes
a
"Bursche,"
and
in
addition
to
the
"Mutze" or color-cap, is permitted to
wear his colors in a ribbon or band
across his breast.
steins
to the level of their
eyes,
banged them recklessly upon the table
again, whereupon I was conducted to a
seat and provided with stein and songbook.
As in all the incor-
The aimlessness of pure conviviality is
porated societies, the members of "Alle-
relieved, in these meetings,
mannia" are bound to be strictly honor-
duction of an informal musical program
able in
further-
consisting of alternating vocal and instru-
more, if one is suspected of a dishonor-
mental solos, each of which is followed
by a song from the song-book, sung,
without accompaniment and in unison,
all
their dealings, and,
able action or of immorality in
its
nar-
rower sense, he is liable to investigation,
and if found guilty, is expelled.
It happened that on the occasion of my
visit R
had been chosen to deliver the
oration, and pleading the excuse of this
—
by the intro-
with the greatest enthusiasm.
While conversing with
my neighbors
made mental note of the scene and the
actors in it. The members were marked
I
—
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ii6
by
a
uniform
smoking
'jacket
and
"Miitze" or fraternity cap, while the few
guests from other fraternities wore their
own caps. There was one other beside
myself who wore ho cap, and he was
destined to furnish the chief amusement
of the evening.
My attention having
been drawn to him by circumstances
which will be duly related, I was in-
formed that he was a first semester stu.~dent who had made himself obnoxious
,'by reason of his self-conceit, and who
""imagined that the invitation which had
been sent him for this evening was but
preliminary to his election as a member.
I do not doubt that to this day he is
,
serenely unconscious of the fact that he
was the Joke of the occasion.
A favorite custom at these meetings is
for two members to lock arms and at a
single draught to empty a stein of beer.
1
have not been able to discover whether
performed as a marie of mutual esteem, or upon a challenge from
one to the other, but whether from one
or both considerations, the woiild-be candidate felt it incumbent upon his honor
this rite is
the
ceremony of welcome to May, the
"Lieblingsmonat" of the German calendar.
After a rousing song, each one
seized his stein, which, in the meantime,
had been refilled, and took his place in
A few moments later a
line of march.
single file of hatless men, most of them
in gold-braided smoking jackets, each
holding before him a stein of beer, could
have been seen winding silently through
the narrow streets toward the market
place, where, upon our arrival, we formed
a circle about the large stone fountain
which stands in the middle of the square.
The few spare minutes were utilized by
the company for brushing up their memory of the lines of the song of welcome,
and as the last note of the hour died
who had
away a signal from R
—
,
mounted the stone base of the fountain,
brought forth the opening line with a
precision and enthusiasm that was truly
The song was followed by R 's
fine.
oration, in which he recalled the discom-
—
forts of the winter season in
much the
were showered upon him by the conspirators, who, by this and other means,
endeavored to warm up the poor fel-
same vein as Ulysses did the hardships
of his wanderings, and after describing
with glowing language the delights of
summer, he called upon his companions
to rejoice with him upon its return, and
to signify their satisfaction by emptying
low's feeling of self-importance to the
their steins in the usual manner.
to accept the invitations to drink which
This done, we retraced our steps to the
bubbling point of loquacity.
Within the hour after I began to count
the number of times he took part in the
ceremony
less
just described, he drained
than
eight
finally, after
half-liter
steins,
fraternity house,
and soon after were on
our way home.
no
THE "mENSUR."
and,
maudlin nonsense had suc-
My visit to the "Mensur" was one of
and he was no
those experiences which, by reason of
longer able to co-ordinate his movements,
their startling contrast with the ordinary
much less his ideas, he was led away by
events of the "simple
two of the younger members amid the
them a lasting impression.
mingled jeers and feigned regrets of his
Friday afternoon R
tormentors.
would like to attend "a German bloodfeast," accompanying the invitation with
a few suggestive passes; and upon my
ready acceptance he appointed the "Old
ceeded noisy
It lacked
hilarity,
I
now but a quarter of an hour
to midnight, and the signal was passed to
prepare for the climax of the evening
life,"
leave behind
On a certain
— asked me whether
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117
Bridge" as the place, and nine the next
heavily padded
morning' as the hour.
with a soft but thick leather glove, rein-
Promptly
at
9.15,
therefore,
after
a
and the hand covered
forced in the back to the finger tips with
short walk up the Neckar valley, we en-
metal plates.
tered the door of the time-honored inn
heavy metal goggles with no glasses in
the apertures, and so arranged that the
on the Hirschg^sse and proceeded at once
the scene
to the two large rooms above
—
of action.
After a most ceremonious in-
troduction to the officers of the day, fol-
lowed by presentations to the other members of "Allemannia," I began to look
about me.
The smaller of the two rooms, both of
which were carpetless, served the double
purpose of dressing-room and surgery;
on one side the tables were covered with
weapons, and protective coverings for
€yes, neck, body and arms, while on the
other were wholesale quantities of mafor surgical dressings, antiseptic
terials
solutions, instruments, etc.,
and before a
window a crude imitation of a dentist's
chair.
purposes
wearer's glasses can be adjusted to them
and protected by them. The face and top
of the head are thus left unprotected, and
against these parts that the attack
it
is
is
directed.
To
the
;
and here
here the combats take place,
>
uninitiated
the
weapons are
heavy affairs, possessing a
which
almost completely encloses
guard
the hand, and is decorated with the German national colors. The blade measfearfully
ures about a yard in length, three-quarters of an inch at the hilt and one-third of
an inch at the tip, and its double edge for
about a foot from the tip
is
sufficiently
sharp.
As usual, two fraternities were represented,
The larger room likewise served two
Over the eyes are strapped
and R
"Allemannia" and "Frankonia,"
as it happened, was serving as
—
,
second for his
fratri.
The two principals
were displayed copious
quantities of sandwiches and wine, together with cigars and cigarettes. The
furniture was limited to a half dozen
tables, a few benches and two or three
dozen wooden chairs. Countless blood
splotches on the floor of both rooms told
to be an essential item of property in the
the story of previous encounters, and on
the two appear for several minutes to be
the walls hung other evidence in the form
of photographs of similar assemblies, one
of which bears the date 1857.
endeavoring simply to stare each other
also
We arrived just as the first pair
support the back of a chair, which seems
scene to be enacted.
upheld
a horizontal posi-
tion by his comrade,
and in this attitude
is
out of nerve.
The seconds now appear, each with a
weapon and clad like the contestants, but
leather, looking
clothing above the waist is removed and
bonnet.
a white muslin shirt put on, over which
are placed padded shoulder guards, and
the whole covered with a heavy apron.
The neck is thoroughly protected by a
troad padded band wound around several
times and extending almost to the point
of the chin. The fighting arm is also
The fighting arm
in
of each
seven w-ere entered for the day's program were preparing for the fray. All
—
take their places
opposite each other, each using as a half
further
protected
by a head-dress of
much like a rural sun-
The combatants, still wearing their fraternity
caps,
approach each other and
raise their weapons, with the arm in rigid
extension, till the blades point full at the
zenith
;
the other hand rests in a leather
ring attached to the belt at the back.
The seconds, after assuring themselves
—a
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
ii8
that the interval between the men is exactly a sword's length, take a crouching
a fearful wound reaching from the left
ear nearly to the corner of the mouth;
position on the side opposite the fight-
whereupon the judge, a
ing arm, each with one foot placed before
band-headed veteran, decided that he had
been sufficiently punished and turned him
over to the tender mercies of the sur-
the foot of his principal, and only the
signal
is
wanting to precipitate the con-
battle-scarred,
geon.
flict.
At the word "los," shouted by one of
the whole head, at least a considerable
The poor fellow seemed quite dejected,
and with better reason than appeared
upon the surface, for it was said that
the judge had also decided that he had
not shown sufficient fortitude under his
segment of
injuries
the seconds, I am obliged to confess that
I withdrew my gaze for a moment
from
the scene, for I was convinced that if not
it
must be
lost
by one or
blow.
After removing his blood-soaked cos-
The signal, however, was followed only
tume, which was delivered to a "diener"
to be sponged off, the unlucky "Frank-
other of the duellists at the
first
by a preliminary formality, which consisted in the crossing of the weapons
above the head a few times, and the sub-
onian" proceeded to the dentist's chair,
where the surgeon awaited him.
Here,
was
sequent removal of the caps.
in
The positions above described were
once more assumed, and at the second
sulted, however, to the immense relief of
quickly made whole again, and it is the
writer's humble opinion that he retrieved
by his absolutely unflinching behavior under the merciless needle of the none too
gentle surgeon, all that he had lost before
the writer, in nothing more fearful than
the blade of his opponent.
signal the battle
began
in
earnest with
three or four mighty sweeps, which re-
the midst of his comrades, he
of his principal in such a position as to
The dressing had barely been applied
and the plain black dressing cap put on,
before the second pair were glaring at
each other from their respective chair-
intercept any subsequent blows
backs in the next room.
the loud clanging of steel.
"halt," also given
At the word
by the second, each
second thrust his weapon before the face
opponent.
tions
were
Hereupon
from his
the original posi-
immediately
assumed,
the
usual signal given, three or four blows
again exchanged and the combat again
This conflict
came quickly to an end, for the two were
unevenly matched, the victor, who was a
member of neither fraternity, having been
invited to "take part."
He took part with a vengeance
interrupted.
The time occupied by these two acts
from the first "los" to the second "halt"
was less than fifteen seconds.
At intervals of from two to three minutes such a scene was repeated until
finally
the
younger of the two
—
"Frankonian" of about nineteen years
having had his skull laid bare by a slash
:
in the
first
half of the first encounter, that is, in
less
than
five
seconds,
he
had twice
reached his opponent's skull, while a few
minutes later he cut an almost perfect
Greek cross in the other's left cheek, from
which the blood spurted so furiously that
he was compelled to withdraw, defeated,
of course.
of three inches, from which the blood was
The third event, on the contrary, was
streaming down his back to the floor, his
a very long one, lasting three-quarters of
face bathed in blood from several minor
an hour, and, finally, after each principal
"scratches" of one or two inches, received
had received at least half a dozen wounds.
!
:
:
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
goes
toward
match,
ing out the bent blades of their weapons,
facial disfigurement,
At this point the novelty of the business began to wear
off,
and since the
remaining four pairs were said to be only
tolerably skilful,
and as they were total
strangers to me, I paid
my respects to
my host and withdrew.
From conversations which I have had
•with several past
sport, I
masters in this gentle
can say that the sensations
tendant upon participation in
at-
corre-
it
spond precisely with those experienced
by the batsman in an important cricket
pain enters as
little
into the latter.
The parallel may be par-
ticularly
observed
into the
in
the
former as
fact
that
a
far
getting
one
"set."
As to the danger involved in these enfrom the almost certain
which, by the way,
is considered no misfortune, serious injury to important structures is by no
means uncommon, and death, though
counters, aside
rarely, does sometimes result.
We arrive here, not at the end of our
but at the self-imposed limits
subject,
The writer
of its present consideration.
has only to add the apology which is due
the chance reader of what he has presented.
In accepting the invitation of the
The Haverfordian
Editor-in-Chief of
to "write
up" the student-life at Heidel-
berg, no thought has been entertained of
telling the
lected
match, and that actual fear of physical
—
119
none of which, however, was of major
seriousness, it was declared a draw. The
men were both heavy, and in the intervals
their friends were kept busy straighten-
which they held, not with bare hands but
in sterile gauze moistened with alcohol.
!
whole
story,
paragraphs,
and
being
if
the se-
with
those
which the writer found himself personally acquainted, will be able only to give an
honest picture of the German student,
drawn as it is with a hand so unused, and
"scratch" in the one, like a "chance" in
in colors so plain, the result attained will
the other, if it comes to one early in the
not fall short of his expectations.
Arthur F. Coca, 'p6.
THE LATEST THING IN RUBAIYATS
Wake for the Muse, who did one Time inspire A Rhyming Dictionary 'neath the Bough,
Omar Khay>'am with an undying Fire,
A Pen in Hand, a Pot of Ink, and Thou
!
Drives off Originality and strikes
Each Poetaster with a mad Desire
Beside me, Omar, in the grateful Shade
Such Inspiration were indeed enow
Think, in this battered monthly Magazine,
Whose Covers are alternate red and green.
When Rhyme and Metre are prepared for you, How Poet after Poet with his verse
Why need Things never used before be tried ?
Abode a While and then no more was seen
Before the Phantom of true Poesy died,
Methinks a Voice within the Poet cried
;
Now the new Era, bearing new Desires,
The thoughtles Soul of Parody inspires;
While the glad Hand of some fool Editor
I
You, gentle Reader, glancing at this Verse
How oft hereafter will you read and curse;
How oft hereafter, sneering, speak of me
It has filled my empty Purse!
Puts out, and Authors send him Stuff by Quires. What matter!
Shakespeare, indeed, is gone with all his Plays;
And when you, too. Posterity, shall look
On Parodies of these no more we gaze.
Amidst the Dust in some envolumed Nook,
And in your studious Errand reach a Spot
Still
Imitation kindles in the Mind,
And many a Donkey "after Omar" braya
Where lies this Scroll—pick up an unread Book.
J.
C.
T. '08
!
DEA EX MACHINA
We all knew Hadley well, and when
he blew in on us the other evening at the
club we could tell at once that he was
brimming over with one of his good
stories.
We were comfortably seated in
those big leather chairs in the smoking
room.
Across the
hall
could be seen
groups of men sitting in the
grill
room, and beyond them were
tables, bright with green billiard cloth,
around which were young well-dressed
fellows in their shirt sleeves. Amidst the
click of the ivory balls a hearty laugh
several
would often come from them that was
pleasant to hear.
It did
not take very much to get Had-
ley started, and he soon told his story.
ing intervals of supine application on the
part of my friend.
examination
begone face, and swallowing great
mouthfuls of clear mountain air, Holton said we should have to walk.
"'Walk?' questioned I. 'Walk?'
" 'Unless something comes along that
will give us a lift,' he answered.
"Then it was my turn to gasp.
way it began was with a
whiz-z-z-z and a crack, and then with a
sound
that
resembled
the
despairing
sigh of some lost soul in Purgatory, the
big touring car in which Holton and
I
were ascending a foot-hill of the White
My friend made a
Mountains, stopped.
hurried, fervent ejaculation, and then as
—
though taken aback by his language, its
motive power spent, the big machine
—
started to
retrace
its
footsteps,
marks, to be more exact.
or
tire
Holton pressed
Walk
We had started early that morning from
Tom Dunlap's lodge on Sunset Crest,
bound
Blue Mountain
House,
where I had promised
Helen Wright and her aunt I would meet
them by dinner time that day. It was
now two o'clock; we had made the trip
for the
sixty miles away,
because of the grades,
very leisurely,
"Well, the
But this time a brief
and with a woe-
sufficed,
and even stopped to whip a couple of
likely looking trout streams, so we were
yet twenty miles from the hotel, as
closely as we could judge, from the disWell, I imagine I
tance we had come.
looked rather woe-begone myself when I
because Holton sudrealized all this
denly burst out into guffaws of fool
laughter, so that he had to sit down on a
rock by the roadside and get his breath.
"'Rather hysterical, aren't you?' I
snapped, and with that he was at it
;
certain foot-levers in great haste and
brought the car to a stop, and with much
thankfulness I climbed out and cast my
eyes back over the rocky incline up which
we had come, while Holton rambled and
muttered about 'Differentials bad break
again.
reading what
is
up against it,' etc.
"Evidently something had happened.
This Holton finally made me realize by
which
I shall
show
finish
my story.
his trenchant, decisive language.
Sever-
about girls and thought I made a fool of
times before had
we had our difficul-
myself over Helen, but he doesn't under-
ties, but they always
vanished after vary-
stand how deeply a fellow feels when he
—
al
"Now, ordinarily, I can take a joke, but
I couldn't see
so I
anything funny just then,
am rather glad of the fate that he
has met, which I have just learned from
"You
see,
he
in
this
envelope, and
you fellows
was
when I
decidedly
blase
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I
evening clothes, and besides, Helen's aunt
knew how precise Helen was about keeping dates, and I knew how the dear girl
would worry if I did not arrive when I
had said I should. Why, she might even
was always warning her against men who
is
at least
he didn't then.
did not follow the strictest conventions,
have thought that there were bears in the
saying, 'The dear only knew' what they
would do after marriage if they did not
preserve the most perfect respect for
mountains, or that there had been a cloud-
their fiances before.
burst, or anything,
happened
to
—even
think that
if
I
she never
might have
made the trip in an auto (creations, by
the way, against which her aunt was al-
ways warning her).
"However, when he got through
laughing, and I realized that we should
So I carried a suit
case!
"Well, to shorten a long story, we
walked four hours before we met a person or saw a dwelling, and although we
had rested often, and I had many times
thoughtfully lightened Holton's flask, I
was just about ready to open the lunch
we sorted
basket, namely, a can of pressed turkey,
out the impedimenta that we would actu-
and camp for the night, when, afar off
in the middle distance, we descried a
man.
Columbus discovering America,
Balboa the Pacific, or even a Maine
farmer a speak-easy, could never have
have
ally
push ahead on
to
need,
and then
foot,
with great labor
pushed the automobile out of the road
into the thick underbrush beside it, and
covered it with a big tarpaulin that we
had been using occasionally as a tent
during our past three weeks of touring.
Now it was serious business upon which
we were embarking, and as I look back
upon it I congratulate myself that I
showed the stuff of which heroes are
made. I believe I made some such remark to Holton and likened myself to a
martyr, whereupon he started his assinine laughter again and agreed that I
was like most martyrs, because like them
I had a flame at the end of my journey.
We had ridden at least ten miles since
experienced the exquisite joy that
me
at the sight of that
filled
homo sapiens.
Even Holton remarked at it and said he
would not have been so surprised had it
been a girl.
"When we approached and got a good
view of him, neither one of us was so
knew how far we should have to walk
before we should meet even man or
beast let alone a human dwelling place,
happy as before. He was rather shabbily
dressed, though his clothes bore the aspect of having once been of good quality.
He wore an old brown slouch hat, but it
was his face that filled me with apprehension. It was too shrewd for the man's
garb. There were no bad lines in it, in
fact it was a strong face, but even its
strength looked out of place there. 'Something wrong,' I said to myself as I drew
but
my belt tighter.
seeing a habitation,
and heaven alone
—
after
carefully
possessions that
we
concealing
all
our
did not need, and
blazing the trail of the decrepit car,
started
on up the hill.
light, in fact, I think
we
at
House without mv
one of those dry 'leatherstocking' laughs.
pressed turkey,but I just had to lug a bag
— couldn't think of being there
I
the Blue Mountain
man, can you direct us to
some place where we can spend the night,
and get something to eat?' questioned
Holton as soon as the stranger had
reached us; and then, in answer to a
searching look from the man, he weakly
burst out into a recital of our mishap.
The man heard it through, and then gave
Holton traveled
he only stuffed his
tooth-brush and pipe into his pockets,
along with a flask, and two boxes of
along
" 'My good
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THE HAVERFORDIAN
122
room, there were more useful and
as though he, too, like Helen's aunt, had
this
a grudge against automobiles and gloried
satisfying things to be seen.
"Well, we had not much more than got
But more important
and far better was the invitation he gave
to come and spend the night with him,
with the added comfort that there would
be a weekly provision wagon along the
next day, upon which we could probably
outside a door that appeared to lead to a
pantry or the kitchen. 'They must have
ride to our destination.
the fairest girls
"We started. Holton and the stranger
walked ahead, retracing our steps until
they reached a wagon track that led up
ton and I both rose, hardly noticing that
the mountain.
fles,
in their downfall.
even
the
poor
I
followed, thinking that
this mounwould be acceptable,
hospitality
taineer could offer
and admitting to myself that my sushad been unfounded and were
due largely to the old brown slouch hat.
picions
before
started
heard light footsteps
I
a servant, after all," I ruminated, and just
then there appeared in the room one of
—
have ever seen, she
made me think at once of Helen. HolI
was carrying a platter of wafand it would have been a pretty howto-do had she really been the maid; but
she was not; we were presented to Miss
Wildes, the daughter of the house, who,
the girl
it
appears, had been the artist who con-
cocted the royal banquet of which
we
After walking for about twenty minutes
were
had
we reached his house and I was agreeably
known we were there, for she was not so
partaking.
Evidently,
she
was ideal for
embarrassed as Holton or I, and kept a
view, and the white cottage attractive in
very demure demeanor for a poor lonely
surprised, as the situation
its setting of trees and
shrubberies. There
country
girl.
We finished the dinner,
—supper they called —and went
was a bracing odor of balsam and ozone
up there, and as we got nearer I detected
the still more bracing odor of a broiling
beefsteak.
The house was rather well
finally,
up and a good library of books
graced the big living room, which sur-
Mr. and Mrs. Wildes and went off to
Well, fellows, you would
have died at Holton, he could only babble about Juno, violet ej'es, June roses,
etc., etc., until I was thoroughly disgusted.
After all, this was the time I
should have been with Helen, and as
darkness fell around us, slowly dimming
the green mountains, and as we heard the
mournful chirp of crickets and tree-frogs,
my hard luck was forced home to me.
But as for Holton, he was a perfect idiot.
I had never seen him so foolish.
You
see, this girl's beauty, which could not
be denied, stnick him forcibly, at the
psychological moment, as Jack Reade
would say, it was like finding a jewel
among pebbles, or an orchid on the
prairie, to find her there,
I am poor at
fitted
prised us, and, as I afterward remarked
to Holton, hinted of University Extension and home-reading courses.
But sur-
prises seemed to be increasing, for later,
when the mountaineer introduced us to
we saw a very sweet middle-
his wife,
aged lady w'ho would have graced a city
drawing-room better than this lonely
mountain dwelling. We both thought her
verj- attractive, and I was thinking with
pity what her life must be here, nothing
more than a scant living, snowbound in
winter, and a slow, tedious existence,
\vhen the mountaineer, whose name was
Mr. Wildes, by the way, appeared and led
us to the dining-room.
Iv
I tell you, I hard-
took time to notice the tastefulness of
it,
outside to the porch which looked out
over the irregular green valley.
awhile Holton and
I
After
broke away from
take a smoke.
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THE HAVERFORDIAN
you see what I mean, and
Holton was hard hit, I can tell you. As
luck would have it, when we got back
there. Miss Wildes was through with the
dishes and it was not long before I was
similes, but
entertaining
the
old
while
couple,
Launcelot was out strolling with Elaine.
Worse and worse, the moon came up,
pretty soon giving us a magnificent scene,
and that just about fixed poor Holton.
While I landed nothing more than eight
mosquito bites, he seemed to have got a
shaft fairly between his fourth and fifth
ribs.
"When we retired that night, I twitted
him about his conquest, and Holton, the
cold,
unsentimental,
the
supposed
the
woman-hater, actually blushed.
"The next morning he was up when I
awoke, and when I went down stairs to
see if I could be of any service, I found
Holton,
immaculate,
the
Harvard
This was al-
the
graduate, peeling potatoes.
most too much, and I had to laugh when
I saw it, much to his apparent embarrassment. But when breakfast was over
he gave me news that fairly extirpated
all breath from my body, by announcing
that he was afraid to leave his auto so
long, so he had been invited by Mr.
Wildes to stay there while I rode to the
Blue Mountain House on the rural provision wagon and brought back the necessary parts
for
repairing the machine.
:
123
I explained things and we finally
made arrangements with a blacksmith,
who also ran a sort of garage, to send
down the parts necessary with a man to
Well,
adjust them.
I
did not go, I
felt
like
washing my hands of Holton entirely for
his perverseness, and when Helen asked
me to go to Mirror Lake for a few days
with a party that was starting, I left with
no compunctions.
"Holton fixed his auto all right and
came to the hotel, where I found him
upon our return. He was serene and
happy, yet repentant for what he had
done, so I forgave him and we finished
our trip together. I could never get him
to tell me any more about his visit, so I
came to the conclusion that he had been
disillusioned, and really felt ashamed for
what he had done. That was where I
was fooled
Just listen to this"
With that Hadley drew from his
pocket an invitation and read as follows
!
"Professor and Mrs. J. Mason Wildes
request the honor of your presence
at the
wedding of their daughter,
Grace Elizabeth Wildes,
to
Walter Willits Holton,
Friday evening, June the twentieth."
We all knew Holton and immediately
flooded Hadley with questions.
"Well, I'll tell you," he said, "appear-
—deceived
Nerve! Why, I should have thought
Holton would have had more sense; but
he was immovable. I coaxed and pleaded
ances deceived us
him not to give up so weakly, to be a
man; then failing in that, I pointed out
the wrong he was doing all around, I re-
after all.
called the innocence of this country girl,
Francisco earthquake. He and his family
but it was all unavailing, stay he would.
seek the simple
So I made the trip alone.
I
and we
just struck
pause over
they
plicity.
I was fooled, and so
its
details,
for
shall not
were
me, at any
yours truly.
rate,
Helton's eye wasn't so bad,
It seems that Wildes is that big
geologist up at Yale that just put out
that
wonderful theory about the
life
many.
We made forty professional visits
have been
before
that
won out in the end.
traveling
brought me to the hotel,
market house
and to Helen.
—
for once,
and the drinks are on
all
year,
also,
San
during the summer
them
in
their sim-
may Holton
but he didn't care and
He's been hard hit
and I think his business inter-
THE HAVERFORDIAN
124
ests will pick up when this is over.
is
funnier
is
still,
that
this
What
Elizabeth
Wildes had graduated in Helen's class at
Smith the June before we met them, and
if the family had not been so secretive
about themselves we should have known
it at once instead of supposing them
mountaineers.
Here, boy,
However, all's well that—
a hansom for me, will
call
you?
"So long, fellows
the twentieth.
;
I shall see you all
on
I'm to do the duties of
best man, you know."
I. J. D., '07.
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
CLASS OF 98 REUNION
The eighth annual reunion of the
Class of '98 was held at Haverford on
October 27th. After the Ursinus game
several of the members took a long walk
along familiar roads, returning to an excellent dinner, in the new assembly room,
Those present were:
Dr. W. W. Cadbury, J. G. Embree, J. H.
at seven o'clock.
Haines, A. S. Harding,
J.
S.
Jenks,
W. C. Janney,
M. M.
Jr.,
Lee,
Dr.
S.
Rhoads, A. G. Scattergood, F. R. Strawbridge,
J.
W, Taylor, T.
Wistar and
President
Scattergood
took the chair and read letters from O.
I.
J.
Sterner,
F. A. Swan, Dr. W. J. Taylor and P. N.
who regretted that they could
Wilson,
not be present.
After an informal dis-
cussion
business
of
Haverford
class
interests,
matters
and
and a Class Day
chorus or two, the meeting adjourned to
the comfort of a Lloyd Hall study, until
the inevitable handshaking time arrived.
The general feeling is that considering
the gymnasium, Lloyd Hall, new dining
hall,
R. D. Wood.
After dinner.
P. Moffitt, P. Stadelman,
'98
Roberts Hall and cricket pavilion,
ought to have another term of four
years.
NOTES
'8t.
John C. Winston, Chairman of
'92.
Augustine W. Blair was in Phila-
the Committee of Seventy, is doing active
delphia for a few days during August,
work for the Lincoln party in Philadel-
visiting his friends
phia.
the chemist of the Experimental Depart-
and relatives.
He is
ment of the Florida State University.
'65.
Rufus
M.
Jones
course of lectures at a
delivered
a
summer school,
held by English Friends, at Bakcwell,
'95-A.M.
in the
A bronze tablet was placed
Law School of the University of
Pennsylvania on Alumni Day, June il,
England, during August
1906, by the Class of 1898,
cated to
'92.
Stanley R. Yamall is acting prin-
murdered
May 20,
Germantown
graduated
from Earlham
of
the
Friends'
Law, dedi-
Roy Wilson White, who was
1900.
Mr. White
School during the absence on leave of the
1894, received his Master's degree at Haverford
regular principal, Davis H. Forsythe.
in 1895, and the degree of LL. B. at the
cipal
in
THE HAVERFORDIAN
He was
Law School, 1898-1900,
and was a student of the Civil Law Uni-
University Law School in 1898.
a fellow in the
Miss Frances Lillian Taylor, at Lansdown, Pa., on October 17th, 1906.
Guerney Newlin is engaged
law in Los Angeles,
Ex-'02.
versity of Paris, 1899-1900.
125
in the practice of
Henry Scattergood was married to Miss Anne Theodore Morris on
Cal.
the 13th of last June, at the bride's home,
of the editors of the Law Review of Har-
'96.
J.
Nova.
in Villa
'02.
W. P. Phillips was elected one
vard University.
fine
'98. Fred. A. Swan was married on
August 29th to Miss Helen Wood, of
Boston. About a week before the wedding he met with a serious accident on a
trolley car which was run into by an
automobile, resulting in several broken
The wedding ceremony took
place in the hospital in New York City.
bones.
Dr. Wm. W. Cadbury, '98, and W. Bat-
Phillips
record in the Harvard
'03.
S.
has
made a
Law School.
N. Wilson is teaching at the
West Chester State Normal School, West
Chester, Pa.
'04.
W. P. Bonbright is with the Yale
& Towne Manufacturing Company, 242
Fifth Avenue,
New York, where he is
at home to all Haverfordians.
tey were ushers.
The engagement of John L.
Mary Elizabeth Bettle, of
Ex-'05.
Ex-'98.
C. A.
Vamcy is engaged in
the mining business in the State of Wash-
Scull to Miss
Haverford, has been announced.
ington.
Ex-'06.
'00.
Frederic
C.
Sharpless
is
now
C. J.
Malone is in the Penn-
sylvania Law School.
practicing medicine with Dr. Branson, at
Bryn Mawr.
'OJ.
'06.
J. Monroe is in the Engineering
Department of Cornell University.
E. C. Rossmaessler
is
receiving
congratulations on the birth of a son.
'06.
F. R. Taylor and J. Tunney have
entered the Pennsylvania Law School.
'01.
W. W. Woodward
graduated
from the University of Pennsylvania
Medical School last June and is now at
the Episcopal Hospital.
K. De Armond was married
Emily Janney, at the Friends'
Meeting House, 15th and Race Streets,
on October twenty-seventh.
'01.
J.
to Miss
"Brigham" Young (W. A.) is
Oak Grove Seminary,
Vassalboro, Me.
'06.
teaching at the
'06.
R.
Friends'
W. Sands is teaching in the
Academy
W. H. Kirkbride is in the employ
of the Lewiston Clarkston
Company at
Locust
Valley,
H. P. Fritz is living in Phila-
Ex-'07.
'OJ.
at
Long Island.
delphia.
He is fully recovered from a se-
vere illness.
Qarkston, 111.
Ex-'07.
'02.
Norris A. Scott was married to
C.
J.
Claassen
is
the State bank, Jansen, Neb.
cashier of
—
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
FOOT BALL SCHEDULE
Nov.
the
—^Johns Hopkins,
—Trinity, Hartford, Conn.
— New York University,
at
lo.
ford.
Nov. 17.
Nov. 24.
Haver-
at
at
Haverford.
SOCCER SCHEDULE (Not Complete)
—
—
—
Haverford.
HaverDec. — Germantown C. C,
ford.
HaverDec. — Philadelphia C. C,
ford.
Dec.
— Pennsylvania, Franklin
Field.
Dec.
—Columbia, Haverford.
—Merion, Haverford.
Dec.
Nov. 6. Belmont C. C, at Elmwood.
Nov. 28. Cornell, at Haverford ?
Nov. 30. Boys' Club of New York, at
I.
at
8.
at
at
12.
at
14.
15.
Dec. 22.— P.
at
Jan.
C.
C,
at
—Belmont, Haverford.
—Princeton, Princeton.
—Germantown C. C, Ger-
Jan. 19.
Jan. 26.
at
at
combines
;
Played at Haverford, October 6, 1906.
1906.
The line-up:
Haverford.
Medico-Chi.
Edwards
I.
e
Bradlier
1.
t
Lowrie
Wood
!.
g
Bucket
Killen
c
(Ayer)
(Frost)
Sautee
(Thompson)
at
mantown ?
Feb. 2.— P. & R. Y. M. C. A., at Tabor.
it
HAVERFORD, 4 MEDICO CHI, O.
St.
Martin's.
because
FOOT BALL
Green
5.— Philadelphia
Jan. 12.
mainly,
which the college and university settlements do not do.
Mr. Bates' talk was in part a practical
talk on social conditions as they are
found in New York City, and for the rest
an appeal for enough Christian influence
to regenerate the dwarfed lives of the
class of society to which he has given
up his life.
& R. Y. M. C. A., at
Haverford.
city,
Christian teaching with practical charity,
r.
g
Haggert
r.
t
O'Toole
Jones
(Leonard)
r.
e
Meyer
Haines
q.
b
Christ
r.
h.
b
Cooper
1.
h.
b
Blocker
f.
b
Birdsall
(Wright)
Ramsey
(Jones)
Rev. H. Roswell Bates addressed the
Y. M. C. A. on Wednesday evening, October ID. Mr. Bates is the pastor of the
Spring Street Presbyterian Church in the
lower west side of New York, and in
connection with his church maintains a
settlement house.
This "Neighborhood
House," as it is called, has the reputation
of doing as much lasting good among the
tenement dwellers as any settlement in
(Magill)
Bard
(Miller)
A.
C.
Brown
Brown
Time
of
Halves
Redan
— 15 minutes.
Curtis, University of Pennsylvania.
Hitchener, Rutgers.
Haverford.
Referee
Umpire^
— Brown,
—Haines.
Head Linesman
Goal from Field
—
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:
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HAVERFORD,
5
LEHIGH,
;
Trevorton,
O.
127
Touchdowns
Lehigh.
—Jones,
Haverford.
Played at South Bethlehem, October
HAVERFORD, O; RUTGERS, O.
13, 1906.
About
accompanied the team to Bethlehem and were
repaid by seeing it win from Lehigh 5 to
The game was an exciting one to
O.
watch.
Lehigh fumbled often, and a
red and black jersey generally covered
the ball. On one of these fumbles Tatnall secured the ball on Lehigh's 20-yard
The next few plays yielded subline.
stantial gains and Jones took the ball
over for a touchdown. C. Brown would
have scored another touchdown in this
half if Referee Smith had not penalized
Haverford fifteen yards for a questionstudents
seventy-five
able decision of hurdling.
Played
at
Haverford,
October
20,
1906.
The heavy Rutgers team, aided by a
very slippery field, kept Haverford from
Rutgers had a good heavy line,
which Haverford was not able to pierce
consistently. The strength of the Haverford team lies in its fast end runs. The
condition of the field and poor interference kept them from being effective.
scoring.
Several attempts at field goals failed.
When two teams are nearly equal this
year's lo-yard rule
difllicult
A field goal
makes it much more
for either to score.
The line-up
after this penalty failed.
In the second half Haverford completely outplayed Lehigh and had the ball
in their territory practically all the time.
Haverford used the kicking game large-
Haverford.
Rutgers.
MacNeil
Leonard
1.
e
Tatnall
1.
t
Wood
1.
g
Leslie
Cox
Good
Spaeth
c
Brown well outkicking Sheridan.
Birdsall
r.
g
Black
But the lo-yard rule, with a little aid from
Lehigh's defense, kept Haverford from
scoring. An attempt at a field goal was
Ramsey
r. t
Thomas
Magill
r.
Haines
q.
b
unsuccessful.
Bard
1.
h.
b
r.
h.
b
f.
b
C.
ly,
(A.
The line-up
Haverford.
Lehigh.
Troutman
e
1.
(Magill)
C.
Brown
1.
t
Wood
1.
g
Spaeth
c
Burlingame
Sheridan
Westerbeck
Birdsall
r.
g
Shaikley
Ramsey
r.
t
Street
Jones
r.
e
(Wallover)
Bakewell
Haines
q.
b
(Haug)
Hoppin
1.
h.
b
Lawyer
r.
h.
b
Spiers
f
b
(Wigten)
A.
Brown
(Miller)
Bard
(Hutton)
C.
Brown
.
— Smith, Bucknell.
Mercur
—
Umpire Lamson, University of Pennsylvania.
Linesman
Referee
(Nutt)
Fisher
Corbin
—Gillender, University of Pennsyl—
—
Referee
Umpire Wallace. Linesman Brown,
Haverford. Time of Halves 20 minutes.
vania.
Tatnall
Thorpe
Booze
Brown)
Jones
Ayer
Nutt
(Wallace)
e
—
HAVERFORD, 23 URSINUS, 16.
;
Played
at
Haverford,
October
27,
1906.
Haverford won a very interesting
game from the Ursinus team, which had
held Dickinson to a 4 to o score the Saturday before. Haverford's team work,
that had been lacking in former games,
was more in evidence. The Haverford
'Varsity found Ursinus weaker than was
expected and outplayed them at every
point.
Ursinus scored a touchdown in
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:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
128
the first half on a trick play.
used mainly straight foot
Haverford
Bard,
ball.
however, scored a touchdown on a cleverexecuted forward pass.
ly
—
:
with many good individual plays.
Ramsey, Bard and Spaeth played well
for the Sophs, as did Frost, Hutton and
Langsdorf for the Freshmen.
filled
Ursinus' other two touchdowns were
The line-up
made against Haverford's second eleven.
Jones and Haines were the only regulars
who played through the whole game.
The last touchdown by Ursinus was afwas up, the timekeepers being
Sophomores.
Freshmen.
Lewis
Green
Ayer
Wilson
1.
e
1.
t
g
Marsh
1.
ter time
Killen
c
tardy in communicating the fact to the
Thompson
Watt
r. t
Frost
Sharpless
r.
e
Shoemaker
Myers
q.
b
Ramsey
1.
h.
b
Bard
r.
h.
b
f.
b
Brown
were excellent ground gainers for Haverford, and Ramsey and Spaeth played
Captain Jones and C.
referee.
well on the defense.
Time
Haverford.
Bard
Ursinus.
1.
e
Alspach
1.
t
Quay
Wood
1.
g
Ellis
(Green)
Spaeth
c
of
Halves
Umpire
Lowry.
Sholan
g
r.
Spaeth
The line-up
Morris
Schultz
Judkins
Hutton
Langsdorf
Martin
— 15 minutes.
Referee
—Jones.
(Leonard)
Tatnall
(Frost)
Cook
(Killen)
Birdsall
r.
g
Heller
r.
t
Hoover
(Emlen)
Ramsey
r.
e
Abel
(Ayer)
Haines
q b
Paist
Sophomore-Freshman
annual
tober 15, was won by 1910, 44 points to
One Hundred Yard Dash
— First, Frost, '10;
second, Roberts, '10; third. Palmer,
Brown
1.
r.
h.
b
Roth
h.
b
Hain
I -5
f.
Kerschner
b
—
—
Brown, Bard, Roth, Hain.
downs Haints, 3; Paist.
—
Goals from touch-
—
Two Hundred and Twenty Yard Dash
Warnock, '09.
third,
Time, 26 seconds.
Schultz,
'10.
One
Hundred
and
—
after rushing the ball consistently to the
Freshmen's 2-yard
line,
the
Sophs
fumbled and a Freshman got the ball.
interesting,
lump
Twenty
'09;
being
feet
Yard
High
3
second, Cary,
'10.
— First, Judkins, '10; second.
Spiers, '09; third, Bard, '09.
The Sophomores deserved to win the
foot ball game with the Freshmen, but
—32
Distance
inches.
High
The game was very
Palmer, '10; third,
— First, Ramsey, '09; second, Green,
Hurdles First, Bard,
Time, 19 4-5 seconds.
1909, o; 1910, O.
Time,
'09.
2 minutes 10 3-5 seconds.
'09;
—
Referee Gillender, U. of P.
Umpire
Teas, U. of P.
Touchdowns Jones, 2; C.
Time,
Langsdorf, '10; sec-
First,
ond. Baker, '10; third, Thompson,
Shot Put
(Clement)
'10.
seconds.
First, Roberts, '10; second.
(Miller)
Brown
II
Half Mile Run
(Hutton)
Jones
C.
The
Athletic Meet, held on Walton Field, Oc-
27.
(Jones)
Magill
A.
SOPHOMORE-FRESHMAN TRACK AND
FIELD MEET
Height, 4
ft.
II
inches.
Four Hundred and Forty Yard Dash
Langsdorf, '10; second, Warnock,
Mott, '09. Time, 54 1-5 seconds.
Broad Jump
—
First,
third,
Langsdorf, '10; second.
Bard, '09; third. Spiers, '09.
S% inches.
— First,
'09;
Distance, 18 feet
THE HAVERFORDIAN
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Allows interest on deposits. Acts as Executor, Administrator, Trustee, etc. Insures Titles to
Real Estate. Loans Money on Mortgages or Collateral. Boxes for rent and Valuables stored
in Burglar Proof Vaults.
A. A.
JOHN S. 3ARRIGUES, Secretary and Treasurer
HIRST, President
W. H. RAMSEY,
P. A. HART, Trust Officer and Assistant Secretary
Vice-President
DIRECTORS
Jesse B. Matlack
A. A. Hirst
W. H. Ramsey
W. H. Weimer
H.
J.
Ii.
F. D.
Randall Williams
Elbridge McFarland
Joseph A. Morris
Wra. C. Powell, M. D.
J.
M. Cardeza
Gilliams
James Rawle
LaLanne
Manufacturer of
Hedals, Cups and Class Pins
C. 5.
POWELL
JEWELER
5 South Eighth Street
PHILADELPHIA
Special attcntios given to
Repairing of Watches and Jewelry
EaUblUbed
1108 Chestnut St., Philadelphia
LjsADiHa Houam pon
OOLJJtam, SCHOOl. and WmOOIHO iHVITATIOMm
DAHCe fROaKAMS, Mehub
taron orocrino clsewhere
FIHM mnoRAViHa O0
Compare Samplu
AJio Prucu
ColiCQe IVfen wUl findU
taje to order their
fro».^orwho
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£r«at ».dvail.
ALL Kjnoa
George T. Donaldson
j 1_
ClOthe^
ARDMORE, PA.
m&kei • SPECIALTY of their TRADE
KRESGE 6 McNeill
Exclusive Tailors lor Colleg* Men
I22I
J.
W&lnut Street Philada.
Papers and Sundries
llmS
F«1
for
Cameras
-
-
-
-
Home Portraiture and View Work
Enlarging, Developing and Printing
R TWADDELL
SHOES for all Athletic and Ordinary
wear, Smart in Shape, Correct in Fit,
Moderate in Price
1210^1212
MARKET STREET, Philadelphia
SEND FOR PAMPHLET
THE HAVERFORDIAN
THE SUBJECT
DREKA
Stationery and Engraving House
1121 Chestnut
Street,
Philadelphia
COLLEGE INVITATIONS
FRATERNITY MENUS
BOOK PLATES
RECEPTION INVITATIONS
MONOGRAM STATIONERY
Those who bring- pictures to us
know that our mouldings comprise
a large variety. And it is becaust
we know how to use the experience
DANCE PROGRAMS
ENGRAVINGS FOR ANNUALS
VISITING CARDS
that our frames
please patrons
and do the subject justice.
The little Art Shop
WEDDING INVITATIONS
Sround the Corner
FRATERNITY STATIONERY
Coats of Arms Painted for Framing
Heraldry and Genealogy
Otto Scheibal '«N-^«hst.
Williem Diiiicen
Haverford,
and Salt MCfltS
Pr ovisions, Poultry, Butter, Eggfs
F*a.
and Lard
OYSTERS, FISH AND GAME IN SESSON
Exceptional
TeMerlug
FoE" C©IEege
Men
BOYD & ZELLEU
I024 WaJnul Street
Philadelphia
»
and the
Reeds' CollegeMan'sClothes
acquainted with Reeds' and
ARE you
College Men's Cothing?
Do you
"Careful Handling and
their
realize that their College busi-
ness is probably the largest of any outfitting
house in the country?
success
Nothing is gained without effort
breeds success. The right kind of goods at fair
—
prices
have made this great business possible.
Quality"
WILSON LAUNDRY
Bryn IViawr, Pa.
Autumn Suitt *nd Overcoal$, Furniihings, Headvlear
and outtittings generally are ready
Messrs. Hamilton, Jones
1424=1426 Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA
& Wood, Agents.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
ILE
ORIGINAL
mNli
1884
1906 M
In the
Battle of Competition
Merit wins
The
Hammond Typewriter
Has repeatedly demonstrated that it
do everything done by other
typewriters, do it better, and in addition do work impossible on other
writing machines.
will
The Hammond Typewriter Co.
FACTORY AND GENERAL OFFICES
69th to 70th Sts. & East River
NEW YORK CITY
PHIUD'A BRANCH
33 Sk 35 S.
1
0th St.
PHILADELPHIA
THE HAVERFORDIAN
FENNER
E. M.
Eugene C. Tillman
Confectioner
Shirt Maker
29 North 13th St.e-t
Importer
BRYN MAWR, PA.
Win. F. Whelan
ARDMORE, PA.
Telephone 52
P. J.
Whelan
Wm. F. Whelan & Bro.
Practical
Plumbers,
Gas
and
Steam
Fitters
ARDMORE, PA.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished
Jobbing Promptly Attended to
Lyons Brothers
Lawn Mowers
Sharpened and Repaired
BICYCLES and Repairing
Brj-n Mawr and Ardmore,
Pa.
Van Horn & Son
Fine Shoe Repairing:
YETTERS
Anderson Avenue
Ardmore. Pa,
B. Sta^hl
and
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**
Decorator
27 S. Eleventh Street
Bell Phone Walnut 52-26
Philadelphia
Keystone Phone Race 71-19
Mail and Phone Orders promptly attended
to.
Ardmore Tailoring Co.
SUITS MADE TO ORDER, also
Philadelphia
to hire for College Entertainments,
Theatricals and Tableaux.
Cleaning, Altering and Pressing
Lancaster Ave.,
Ardmore, Pa.
FOR
FRANK BRINKERHOFF
J.
Florist
Kaplan Bros,
North Ninth St
Costumes
Pa.
Take Shoes to room 43 Barclay Hall, either Monday,
Wednesday or Friday, and we will have them neatly
repaired and return the second following evening,
BCRTT and LONGSTRETH, College Agents,
Shoe Repair Shop
COSTUMERS
121
Philadelphia
Men's Furnisher
Optician and Photo Supplies
Shoes and Shoe Repairing
Developing and Printing for amateurs,
GO TO
4229 Lanc&iter Avenue
Philadelphiik, Pa.
L. A.
ROUNTREE'S, ARDMORE, PA.
BUSINESS
UILDERS
We are Printers, makers of Stationery, Booklets,
Reports and all kinds of
PRINTING
ARDMORE PRINTING CO,
Ardmore, Pa.
Merion Title Building
Henry J. Norton
and Steam Fitter
Lancater Pike above Anderson Ave.
ARDMORE, PA.
Practical Plumber, Gas
Ventilation, Drainage and Hot Water Heating
specialty
Water Wheels
Wind Mills
a
H. S. STILLWAQON
MAIN LINE REAL ESTATE
and Insurance Broker
Rosemont
Phone SS
-
and
-
Ardmore
Pbone 103
JOHNS. TROWER,
CATERER AND
CONFECTIONER
5706 Main Street
Germantown, Phila.
TELEPHONE
K. C. & B. F. HcCABE
Ladies' and Gents' Furnishings, Notions,
Dry Goods, Art Needle \\'ork, Knife and
Accordeon Pleating, and School Supplies
A&ents for Sin&er and Wheeler & "Wilson
Sewing Machines
Philadelphia Store
;
134
S,
Fifteenth Street
Chas. W. Glocker,Jr.
Confectionery Caterer
Bryn Mawr Avenue
Telephone Connection
BRYN MAWR, PA.
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FINE CANDV
Bon Bons
— Chocolates
Made In Philadelphia, fresh every day
Guaranteed Alisolutely Pure
The Arcade Stationery «^ Book Show
9 Lancaster Ave.
"Eat Colonial Biscuits'
Ardmore, Pa.
Try a package of
Colonial Jessona Crisps
Sharpless &aSharpIess
MEN'S FINE FURNISHINGS
18 South Broad St.
19 Souih I5fh St.
loo yards sourh of Broad Srteet Station
Haverford Laundry
Wyoming .\venue. Haverford
PERSONAL SERVICE
PROMPT DELIVERY
Philadelphia
ii8 S. I5TH Street
The Best Printing
Perfect Service
Reasonable Prices
t combination that's hard to beat.
Building Stone and Sand furnished.
Excavation of all kinds done.
" Maltn ol the Beaer KinJ o( Printing"
Both Phonei
PhilaJelpliia
BRYN MAWR HARDWARE GO.
Hauling and
WM. A. HAYDEN
Try ai
The Leeds & Biddle Company, Inc.
1010 Ckerry St.
Yarnall
Manufacturinii Optician
R. T. BURNS, Prop.
Special Rates to Students
Make
William S.
CONTRACTOR
Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Grading and Road Making a Specialty. Cellars
and Wells Dug.
Cesspools Dug and Pumped.
Estimates Cheerfully Furnished.
EDIV^RD CAMPBELL
Landscape ^rchiteci
Hardware, Cutlery and House FurnishIng Goods
ARDMORE TA
BRYN MAWR, PENNA.
Gardens Designed and Planting Plans
Prepared
CLOTHING
ARMSTRONG STUDIO
Ready made and to Measure
JOSEPH F.WALLS
With WM. H. WANAMAKER
Market and I2th Streets
ARTIST AND PHOTOGRAPHER
814 Arch St., Phila.
Philadelphia
SPECIAL RATES TO STUDENTS
Gentlemen's Wardrobes Kept in Good Order on Yearly Contract'
A TA LONE
.
Rhone
TAILOR
Ardmore, Pa,
S. P. FRANKENFIELD SONS
Successors to
UNDERTAKERS
Josiah S. Pearce
33 E. Lancaster Xve.
ARDMORE, RA.
Phone, Ardmore 9
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Pre-eminence in Quality
at
Moderate Price, our Standard
LITTLE & GOLZE,
116 5. 15th Street,
LEADING TAILORS TO COLLEGE MEN
Phila.
'IVE MAKE THINGS RIGHT'
Our New Store
Increased
Laundry
Mary's
St.
ARDMORE
1520 Chestnut St.
facilities
Wants your family wash.
Reduced expenses
Is in a position to
Calls for and delivers clothes from
Gentlemen's Linen
to Philadelphia.
handle it.
Lower prices ^ ^
Devon
given domestic finish and all flatwork guaranteed to be done satisfactorily. Only Springfield
water and best laundry soap used on clothes.
E. Bradford Clarke Co., m.
GROCERS
PHONE i6 A, ARDMORE
Standard
OUR SPECIALTY
First Quality
Typewriter Exchange
,
XOOIvS Typewriters ^
For Wood Working and
Metal Working Machines
"WILLIAMS" AND No. 2 "SUN"
J«
,022 ARCH STR^irTpHILA.
1233 Market Street, Philadelphia
Bell, Filbert 4482 A
Keystone, Race 4600 A
Window Qlass
Plate Glass
Skylight and Floor Glass.
Rented
AGENTS FOR
jt
WILLIAM P. WALTER'S SON'S,
Sold,
Repaired, Inspected
Rolled
Cathedra!,
beautiful
tints.
Em-
A full stock of Plain Window
bossed,
Enameled and Colored Glass.
Class.
Every variety for Architects' and Builders' Use.
A full line
of Gkiziers' Diamonds.
Benjamin H. Shoemaker
205-207-209-2n N. Fourth SI.
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PHILADELPHIA
The Provident Life d^nd Trust Compdoiy
of Philadelphia^
ASSETS
$73,263,086.72
Surplus and Undivided Profits
belonging to the Stockholders
4,701,293.84
Surplus belonging to Insurance
Account not including Capital
Stock
!•
ft*
i>
K
7,495,933.28
DIRECTORS:
OFFICERS:
Thomas Scattergood
Asa S. Wing
T. Wistar Brown
Samuel R. Shipley
T. Wistar Brown
Roberts Foulke
Richard Wood
Charles Hartshome
Robert M. Janney
Marriott C. Morris
Frank H. Taylor
Asa S. Wing
James V. Watson
Jos. B. Townsend, Jr.
John B. Mora;an
President
Vice-President
Joseph Ashbrook..V.-Pres. and Mgr. Ins. Dept.
J.
Trust Officer
Actuary
David G. AIsop
.Assistant Trust Officer
J. Barton Townsend.
Treasurer
Samuel H. Troth
Secretary
C. Walter Borton
.
Office,
William Longstreth Frederic H. Strawbridge
Joseph Ashbrook
409 Chestnut Street
SaJe Deposit Vault.r
J. F.
GRAY
29 South
Men's and
Young Men's Suits
Eleventh Street
Single and Double BfC«ste4
Near Chestnut Street
PHILADELPHIA
$J5, $16, $J8, $20, $25, $30
Our
right-ready-to-piit-on
equalled by best tailors,
j< ji jt
Suits
are
only
who would make you
wait a long time, charge you from half again
HEADQUARTERS FOR
A.
G. Spalding and
to twice as much as
Bros.
SUITS WILI
ityle
MacDonald
.
Athletic
and Golf
.
.
Goods
<:L'RP.4SS
ours in
and qual:
TRADE MARK
.
we do, and then THEIR
y^r
& Campbell
1334-1236 Cliestnut Street
PUl&dclphu
Wm. G. Hopper,
Member
Harry S. Hoppe*,
Member Philadelphia
Philadelphia
Stock Exchange
Sorosis Shoes
Men
for
Stock Exchange.
Wm. G. Hopper & Co. Sorosis Shoe Co.
of Philadelphia
Bankers ^ Brokers
When your shoes are ill-fitted sooner
or later your feet will hurt.
28 South Third
Street
Bailey, Banks
&
SOROSIS
STAG SPECIAL
$5 oo
STAG
3 50
4 oo
College
Biddle Co.
Photographs
Jewelers
Diamond Merchants,
Finest
Stationers
Work
Prompt Delivery
The Stationery Department supplies the
Special Rates to Students
highest grade of
College and Fraternity
Stationery
Pro^ammes,
Dance Cards
Class Day Invitations
Class Cuts,
Menus, Etc
Sp«ciil Deiign* and E»tJinat«» aubmifttJ free o(
1218-20-22 Chestnut St.
Our
shoes are not shoes with good soles or
;
Telephone
Connection
Keystone, Main 12*74
be insured against this mistake.
good this and that they are entirely good.
Long Distance
Bell, Lombard 365
centered on more important matters.
Get a SOROSIS FITTING now and
Orders for the purchase and sale of Stocks
and Bonds promptly executed.
Local Telephone!
on your mind, which
the encroachment
is
Philadelphia, Pa,
Perhaps, too,
at a period in life when you cannot afford
cli»rj«
\3\3 Chestnut St
Philadelphia
Take-the-Elevator
pusi or wiimooK TXtUunuta co., PBaADSuHiA
:
Christmas Number
15he
HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
December, 1906
Volume XXVIII. No. 7.
CONTENTS
Editorials
129
Heroes and Martyrs
The Conquerer
131
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College Gymnasium
132
Toast
141
143
The Pity of It All
144
W'liy the Lips are Red
145
Grandfather Higgins' Escape
135
Faciltv Departme.vt
146
A Highland Tragedy
138
147
The Quest
140
Alumni Department
College Department
148
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DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
ADVISORY BOARD
'07
D. Godley,
F.
B. Clement. '08
H. C. Spiers, 'og
J.
M.
C.
J.
Rlioads, '93
DEPARTMENTS
Foot Ball:
Chairman
Other
07
08
M. H. March. 07
C. K. Drinker. 08
E. T. Jones. 07
Manager
Captain
Chairman
W. H. Haines.
Vice-Chairman
E. A. Edwards.
Manager
W. B. Rossmaessler,
Assistant Manager. .. .W. R. Shoemaker,
E. F. Jones,
;
E.
F
P. Magill,
J.
07
Not elected
Not elected
DEPARTMENTS
Civics
H. Evans.
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Kurtz, 08
07
W. Sargent, Jr 08
E. C. Tatnall, 07
Scientific
07
P.
W. Brown. '07
J.
P. Elkinton. '08
A. E. Brown,
E. A. Edwards,
Debating
R. L. Cary. '06
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
E. R. Tatnall,
.
Captain
'07
07
W. W.
Assistant Manager
Dodge,
J.
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
:
Manager
I.
07
08
07
08
J. Bushnell, 3d, 08
Track
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
—
LOGANIAN SOCIETY
Gymnasium
Captain
Members
Jones. 07; M. H. March. '07; J. H. Wood, 07;
P
C. T. Brown, '08; C. K. Drinker. '08; J
Elkinton. '08.
G. K. Strode.
Assistant Manager
'07
G. K. Strode. "08
W. Brown,
P.
Vice-Cliairman
H. Evans.
President
Secretary
I.
Dodge. '07
J.
D. C. Baldwin. '06
Cricket
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
.'\ssistanl
W. Nicholson. Jr.,
J.
Manager
C. K. Drinker,
Captain
.Association
07
08
07
08
07
F.
D. Godley.
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Foot Ball
P. W. Brown.
C. K. Drinker.
E. R. Tatnall,
J. B. Clement,
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
07
M. H. March, 07
T. K. Sharpless. 09
M. H. C. Spiers, 09
.
Manager
Leader
Tennis
.W. B. VVindle, 07
G. C. Craig
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
J,
W.
A. E. Brown,
Manager
Y. M.
I.
J.
Dodge, 07
W. Emlen. Jr.
C.
R.
L.
E.
Marsh
G. S. Bard
M. Underbill
J.
President
Vice-President
Secretary
H. Evans, 07
W. H. Morriss, 08
J. P. Elkinton, 08
Treasurer
Bushnell, 3d
C. F. Scott
C. Green
1910:
C. A.
President
Vice-President
Secretary
G.
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
07
08
C. L. Miller,
Wrieht
E.
J.
1909:
O. Musser, 08
Nicholson. Jr.. 07
F.
Manager
Assistant
W. S. Eldridge
1908:
A. E. Brown.
Treasurer
Musical
President and Manager.
.'\ssistant
G. H. Wood
K. F Jones
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
07
ASSOCIATIONS.
College
President
Vice-President
Secretary
.
1907:
08
R. Rossmaessler, 07
W.
Captain
.
March, '07
H.
.M.
..C. K. Drinker. '08
M. H, C. Spiers. '09
CLASSES
07
08
.
.
j
M. O. Frost
F. Wilson
E. Cadbury
M. Eshleman
J.
Treasurer
R.
AN INTERESTING FACT
.\b()ul
our prescription work,
and purest drugs are used
in
i.'^,
that
fillinjj
practical experience of years and
iionu
tiieni.
but
the
liest
Men witii the
who are graduates of the
BEST College of Pharmacy in the I'niled Stales, do our
dispensing.
Phone, 13 Ardinorc
Come aufl visit us.
The Haverford Pharmacy
WILSON L. HARBALGH, Proprietor
^
THE HAVERFORDTAX
I
GILBERT & BACON
?
1030 CHESTNUT STREET
Calling
C
?
Cards
X
\
-
LEADING PHOTOGRAPHERS I
Tea Cards
everything
pertaining
to elegant
stationery.
I
I
We engrave dies and
6
stamp your writing
paper par excellence.
Send for our samples of
stationery or stamping
I
I
6
Wedding Invitations
.\xnouncemexts
Church. At Home and
Calling Cards
I
I
We mail you samples
upon request.
Flashlight
Ttie Hoskins Store
908 Ckestnut Street
Work a Specialty
Special Rates to Students
PhilaJelpMa, P..
KEXIBIE FDTEIL
—
neJIed that Steers
^ T") EATS cTcryother
sled
ij because the steering
-i
bar curves the spring
This steers
steel runners.
The Suits and Overcoats
that Young
Men Want
We have them. Maintain a separate factory
in New
York city and
the sled without dragging
the toot or scraping the
a special organization
runner sidewisc, so it goe^
Every garment
to make
them for us.
and
much farther. Draws like anv
especially
other sled but
and twist
embodied
a
Is
safe
great
easier.
deal
is
faster
lighter
and
Steering makes it
—
—
With
from accident
saves
.M«]i,
prevents
wet feet and colds.
spring
built
Young
with every turn
Result
its
cost by saving sho«
for
of
in
fashion
it.
— selling to
more young men than
anyof her store in town
'V hen
steel runners, pressed steel sup-
you are read v
your new suit
ports, second growth white ash seat and frame, it is
to buy
light yet practically indestructible, and handsomely
and overcoat. See the
broad and handsome
stock we are showing
finished.
It is the only sled that girls can properly
Ask at your dealer's, and don't take
anything else. If they don't keep it, let us know.
Control.
Model Sled FREE:
Our cardboard model sled will »how you tust how ii
works and give you loic of fun. Sent free bv mail
with illustrated booklet giving tull information
regarding sizes and prices.
S. L.
ALLEN & CO., Bex ilME. PhlMelpbIa, Pi.
Patenrees and Manufacturers
at
prices that range
from 110.00 to $27.50
William H. Wanamaker
Clothing Manufacturer
Twelfth on2 Market Streets
I
6
THE H.WERFORDIAX
F.
WEBER & CO. Do you wear
Spectacley*
because eye-glasses won't
stay on ?
Try the
Shu r-O n
They look right, hold tight without
Engineers'
and
Draughtsmen's
Supplies
feeling tight.
Blue Print Papers and Blue and Brown
Printing, Drawing Boards, Tables etc.
Daniel E. Weston
ARTISTS' MATERIALS GENERALLY
Philadelphia
1125 Chestnut Street,
Merion Title and Trust Co.
We Made It, It's Right."
Diamonds
Watches
Class Pipes
Class Pins
Medals
ARDMORE, PA.
Capital authorized. S230,000
Capital paid, SI2S.OOO
Jewelry
Fraternity Pins
Cups, Etc.
Official Jewelers of the Leading Colleges, SchooLs
and A.ssociations
1123 Chestnut Street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
THE
DIEGES & CLUST
"If
OPTICIAN
1705 Chcstnot St.,
Receives deposits and allows Interest thereon.
Insures Titles, acts as Executor, Trustee, Guardian, eta
Loans Money on Collateral and on Mortgage.
Safe Deposit Boxes to Rent in Burglar Proof
Vaults, $3 to J20 Per Annum
Philadelphia
JOSI.\H S. PEARCE,
President
FOOT BALL
Department.
fledical
-Session of
Thp Uni-
H. W. SMEDLET,
Secretary
SOCCER
SWEATERS
Wood & Guest
versity
and Bellevuu
Ho.spital Medical College.
43 N. Thirteenth Street
1906-1907-
The Session begins Wednesday, October
PHiLADELPHIA
3,
For the
months.
1906. and continues for
annual circular giving requirements for matriculation, admission to advanced standing, graduation, and full details of the course, address Dr.
Kgbert LeFevre, Dean, 26th Street and First
Avenue, New York.
eiglit
We are the largest importers of Asso-
Soccer:
Foot Balls and Boots
ciation
in
America.
Boots. $2.50. $3.00, $3.50, $4.00; Balls, $2.50,
$3.50. $4.00.
Sweaters
at
:
$4.00,
Ask for our special Coat-Sweater
equal to those sold at $5.00 else-
where.
N. B. Special Student rates.
—
A Sound Mind in a Sound Body
a man may be
is an achievement of which
This condition is brought
about only by the use of the right food.
Progressive merchants recognize the virtue of Tartan Brands and wisely keep
justly proud.
(
80-39=41 Saved )
tliem in stock.
We make a specialty of Canned Goods
in
gallon tins for institution nccfis.
ALFRED LOWRY 6 BRO.
Importing (Irocers and Coffee
23 S. Front St.
Market « 12th Reading Terminal
and I2NI23-I25 North Eighth St.
I\o;isters
PhUadelphia
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THE HAVERFORDIAN i, Prim.J by the
Westbrook Publishing Co.
GUARANTELD
Publishers of School and College Periodicals
MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS
6 Nor4 ISOi St.
STRINGS & SUPPLIES
<-
PKiladelphia, Pa.
H. A. Weymann & Son
923 Market St.
Phlla., Pa.
WESTON & BRO.
Merchant Tailors
920 Walnut Street
PHILADELPHIA
Are making good quality
Suits
't
will
for
Overcoats
*'
Trousers
"
$25.00
25.00
5.00
pay to call and examine our stock
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The Haverfordian
Ira
Jacob Dodge,
Editor-in-Chief
1907,
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the IlaveriorJ
at
Vol. XXVIII
WITH
Pist-OfFic-,
fir
transm'ssion
ver>-
of
stances
into
just
pride
may Haver-
Then there is great credit due to ManaMarch for the smooth and well-
ger
planned progress of the season.
college
displayed foresight and
jj^e
responsible
for a
winning
This year, Coach Thorn
foot ball team.
was unable to be present on the field
more than once a week, but he has
men the theor}- of the game
by occasional lectures in the evening,
and has worked out the new plays. Hopkins has ably assisted Thorn and has
developed
No. 7
circum-
Naturally we look to the coaching sys-
taught the
matter.
the
analyze them.
as
second class
all
most Satisfactory seasons it has ever had, and
1006
yet so many elements have
entered into its success that it is hard to
first
as
Taking
has just completed one of
tem
mails
consideration,
igo6.
The Foot Ball
Season of
the
Haverford, Pa., December, 1906
ford look back upon the foot ball
season
through
into
a
very
successful
field
He, in turn, has been assisted by
Lowrv and Hayes.
Captain Jones has been a quiet, but
coach.
tive ability in
He has
marked execu-
arranging minor details of
the trips, which have contributed
much
to the comfort and condition of the men
on the team.
W'e began the season with prospects
of a very light team, and the aim of the
coaches was to develop fast, quick play.
That they succeeded was apparent to
those who saw the speedy, systematic
work of the team in the last few games.
We were fortunate, since our team had
many light players on it, that the men
were all ver)- near the average in weight.
As a result, there was a balance and
uniformity to the team that enhanced
speed which could not have been attained with a less uniform distribution
of weight.
There is no doubt the new rules have
masterful leader for the team, and has
given great advantages to lightness and
maintained a team spirit on the field that
speed in comparison with the past, and
has gone far
in
securing our victories.
so
they
have
distinctly
benefited
the
1
THE HAVERFORDIAN
3D
game here at Haverford. The rules have
ment must take a decided position against
had a thorough trying out, and it is the
popular decision that they have greatly
improved t'Jie game.
It is encourag-
the prevalent spirit of carelessness, and
ing to know that not a serious accident
must raise the present standard of conduct, which is below that agreed upon
when the college body adopted the sys-
has occurred to a Haverford player this
tem.
season.
It
The team will lose four or five men,
but the prospect
would be well for classes and tables
over and let us re-
to talk this question
next year seems
new the spirit of a sensible discipline in
for this year at the
the dining hall, instead of weakly allow-
The squad had
many promising men on it, who ought to
ing such a beneficial institution to lapse
better than
for
was
it
beginning of the season.
develop into good players next year, and
into a fatal stage of
degeneracy and de-
cline.
seems a reasonable statement that the
it
season of 1907 need not
of 1906.
below that
fall
THEbegan
soccer foot ball season definitely
just as necessary occasionally to
IT revivify and re-establish
is
lutions in our lives
make such
to
good resoand conduct as it is
constructed
Reiuvenaiing
Good
a
Resolution
fulfill
We are so
resolutions.
individually
that our resolves
come habits before we can
be certain we shall always
them.
is
the proper course to follow,
and
much
en-
throws himself into
it
with
thusiasm, but gradually loses his grasp
upon it through lack of interest or "stickwe generally credit him
with lack of stamina and staying powers.
A group of men thinks and acts very
much like an individual, and in our college body, good resolutions must become habitual customs without exceptions
before this permanence can be asto-it-iveness,"
—
—
sured.
While no decided breach of the rules
has occurred that has not been reported,
there has of late been a decided falling
from the spirit of student-government in the dining hall. If this institution is to stand, and the college body has
off
decided that
it
is
to stand, public senti-
with the victory over Cor-
which occurred on Walton field the
Wednesday after the Rugby foot ball season closed.
The Soccer
Season
Now Open
must be-
When a man realizes a course of action
nell,
ning
We were par-
fortunatc in win-
ticularly
our first intergame, as soccer
abeyance during foot
that,
collegiate
had been held in
season and the regular training had
hardly commenced.
Since the game with Cornell, Haverford has defeated Harvard, at Cambridge,
and University, on Franklin Field. Columbia, the only remaining member of
the League, forfeited her game to Haverford and thus gave us the intercollegiate
ball
championship.
While with the close of the Intercollegiate League games the real season
ends, association foot ball will continue
all
winter by games
with
neighboring
teams.
Soccer no doubt furnishes one of the
most rugged and enjoyable forms of exercise possible for the late fall and winter months
that it is appreciated is attested to by the fact that Captain Rossmaessler usually has four full teams on
;
the
field
—
for practice
two on Walton
and two on Merion.
field
THE HAVERFORDIAN
ONLY within recent years has gymnastic
been
exercise
a
Still
the plan,
Cymnasllcs
a part
sical
more recent is
to
so-
in phy-
him mentally.
In order that
this theory may be better and more wide-
now adopted by
throughout
ultimately
—of developing him
health and strength as well as of
training
^^^ ^^^' collcges and universities
oi the
himself but
ciety at large
part of the first two years training in the
first-class colleges.
man
the
required
131
this
ly
understood, Dr. Babbitt has consented
to
write the
article appearing in this
under the caption, "The College
issue
Curriculum
country, of making g>'mwork not only required during the
Freshmen and Sophomore years, but of
Gymnasium."
nastic
nasium Directors, was so unprecedented
The Editorial Board takes pleasure in
announcing that Howard Burtt, '08, T.
M. Longstreth, '08, and Winthrop Sargent, Jr.. '08. have been elected members
of the Haverfordian Board.
The next
that at first it was received as too radical
elections will be held about the first of
grading men
course.
in
it
as in
any scholastic
This proceedure, which was ad-
vocated by the Society of College Gym-
a step.
Now public opinion has swung
Februars', 1907,
when new members will
around, and it is general! conceded that
be elected to replace the retiring Senior
colleges have the obligation primarily to
editors.
THE CONQUEROR
If
thou wouldst be profoundly wise
Seek not the truths that volumes hold.
But read within a maiden's eyes
The love of ages manifold.
At all the sages long I scoffed,
Nor deemed it truth they strove to show.
Till
I
"All
spake
my love, serenely soft,
know it is, because
— know.
I
men are fools," the sages cried,
"Deny you may, but cannot prove,"
And so, although I know they lied,
I
took it baffled to
my love.
"Who loves," quoth she, "is not a fool,
Who does not love is not a man.
And hence by well established
There are no fools,"
rule
— dispute who can.
So they who came my love to meet.
With weighty words and logic grave.
Sank with a smile before her feet
To hear the teaching that she gave.
/.
F.
IV.,
'10.
:
THE COLLEGE GYMNASIUM
The
College
course
more
the
student
curriculum
variously
mind than
no
its
in
pation in college government as a mem-
of
that
pre-
Now a center
icribed gymnasium work.
director given full and active partici-
offers
estimated
This but evidences
an increasing tendency from a pedago-
ber of the faculty.
of enthusiasm, now an object of slander,
gial
always occupying an intermediary "after
par with mental training.
hours''
position
in
the
student course,
standpoint, to place physical on a
As it is always more practical to con-
holding a position of importance only
sider
relative in both faculty and student mind,
principle, the following are suggested
and for
status should be reassured,
its
that purpose
it
here reviewed.
is
gymnastic
Primarily,
or
calisthenic
work was adopted as a relief from mental
strain, a safety valve for pent
in large
degree a disciplinary measure.
How-
ever, with the rapidily increasing Ameri-
and
popularity
phy-
can
respect
sical
development, and an awakened re-
of
cognition of the importance of physical
work and
upon mental
progress scientific principles were gradually introduced, and gymnastic systems
based
developed,
upon physiological
and psychological laws; in other words,
gj^mnastic work became a science, and as
such, deserves its proper place and dethe
influence
—
abstract
Gymnasium
grading
and ex-
amination.
The vital importance of physical
(d)
work in the college life.
Each year nearly fifty new stu-
(a)
dents are launched upon Haverford
life,
from
and
varying
equally
school
conditions
degrees
of preliminary
diverse
physical training.
Inasmuch as the gym-
nastic team has been a necessary and per-
outgrowth of the gymnastic
course (a mute evidence again of the
varying- degrees of muscular control and
haps
evil
preparation and qualification, (this
large groups), it seems wise, at the beginning of each year, to hold prelimi-
degree here, but of vast import
nary tests as a basis of selection for ad-
Its national significance, as a factor in
in large
in certain foreign countries)
is
but an-
vanced classes.
Repeatedly has
other evidence of growing esteem.
In
than
impossibility of planning similar work for
monstration.
Army
topic
training.
(c)
it
concrete
(a)
The purpose and function of
gymnasium work.
(b)
The scope and place of physical
up physi-
— must be admitted
energy
cal
by
most
American
colleges
at
the
present time, gj'mnastic work has been
given a regular place upon the curriculum with proper credit in grading; its
period of
work has been blended with
the regular college recitation period, and
this
proven the occa-
interested audience, one
most
amused and entertained by the
sion of a
or
futile
nastic
efforts
work,
to
of beginners
in
feeble
gym-
perform some of the
most simple feats of bodily co-ordination,
set as gfAmna.stic tests.
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Many an entering Freshman is unable
from underto chest dip between
to raise his toes to the bar
hanging position
tile
:
parallel bars, to turn a simple
sault or even
somer-
support the body weight
After
133
careful
examination,
physical
proper assignment may be made, and no
student, without grave organic defect,
need fail to find some course of gymnastic
both
prescription,
safe
and
valuable.
We do not desire acrobats, we do not
from one hand, beginning sophomores
evidence an ahr.ost amazing change in
relative ability, and at the end of two
desire
years' prescribed work, such an exhibi-
arterial coats and thickened cardiac walls
tion
would be almost an impossibility.
To be sure, the audience above alluded
to, now and then, contains some recalJunior triumphing over his esfrom physical thraldom, but his
citrant
cape
presence
inconsequential.
is
These
tests
more
answer
Bodily co-ordina-
handle
tion
and
self
readily
and
easily,
body
and
grace,
an
erect
figure,
the
the
to
ability
one's
power to fall
and chest
body position, or stand
unusual strain minus injury to bone and
tendon uniform conditions of digestion,
skin circulation, lung capacity, and genshoulders,
with
—
—
bodies, capable of resistance alike to ex-
posure and strain, a clear eye and athletic
a
skin,
:
natural
;
eral vitality; all these evidence the pur-
gymnastic mental training for
and muscular reaction
and at Haverford such opportunities are
response
provided and
deserve
due respect and
credit.
elasticity
broad
stifT
beyond a student's years a hastened old
age we want rather firmly 'Knit, resilient
quick
than
question of the topic.
Sandows, we do not want over-
development of fibrous tissue with
In the
(c)
same pioneer
with
spirit
which physical educators have evolved a
scientific system, combining both mental
and
have
development,
physical
endeavored
to
they
establish adequate stand-
ards upon which to examine and grade
proficiency
in
gymnastic work
—a task
by no means
light.
pose and importance of this work.
be given
appropriate place in class
retrograde changes
grading, its mark must be commensurate
The
we obser\'e in many
its
individual cases at senior graduation, and
with those
after two years of idleness, but strengthen
it
this
argument.
No uniform course of two years
(b)
in
If this
department
any other department, be
language or science.
A group of most earnest teachers in
this
branch, department heads in their
grading could meet the physical demands
For one group
students.
all
of
of College
body building and "setting up" exercises
cently
are absolutely needed, for another, cor-
study, namely, the acquiring of an ade-
rective
gymnastics,
for a
third
group,
involvmg mass muscular
movements and sufficient exercise for
previously trained gymnastic mind and
extremities. In the Swedish National Educational system as adopted for American
team
work,
we find an adequate course to
meet the demands of the first group,
and for the second, lighter work of the
American system and individual and pricolleges,
vate direction are arranged.
respective colleges, known as the Society
quate
Gymnasium Directors has remade this a subject of special
basis
upon which
gyninastic grading.
to
determine
In other branches,,
such marking depends upon actual
quirement of
knowledge,
ac-
improvement
and progress as noted in daily recitation
work, possibly in minor degree to class
deportment, and finally upon a student's
practical ability to handle the subject in
hand. It therefore has seemed rational to
make the gymnastic grading an examination depend upon a four fold test.
First
THE HAVERFORDIAN
134
upon natural elements of gymnastic abil.
ity possessed by the candidate at the ex-
tinct
—these being evidenced bv
itself, and represents a type disfrom any other athletic individual.
The
physically erect,
amination time
make and re-
the general factors, which
cant in
broad-shouldered,
deep-chested, sound and strong college
and strength and
man is the man of influence in college,
are proven by the physical examination
and where athletic jurisdiction and influence from faculty quarters is sufficiently
strong, his mental and intellectual influ-
physical
veal
health
and routine strength tests secondly, upon
a concrete knowledge of gymnastic
science and principles involved in the
system this being by written or oral test
on the floor; thirdly, by a series of tests
;
—
representative
ment,
tests
gymnasium improve-
of
involving
of
co-ordination
ence may be equally potent.
The
gymnasium work
systematic
one-half
the
college
arms,
to skate in summer and
constantly directs brain
tinued to exhaustion pomt.
toward
provement.
This endur-
ance test is, of course, a difficult one to
The
obtain with any precision.
system
is
entire
cumbersome, conHaverford its elaborate
and is already, modified,
necessarily
sequently,
at
activity
swim in winter,"
and nerve
cell
bodily
calisthenic
im-
Again the necessar\- discipline of class
the military response to command and quickening of nerve and
drill,
muscle reaction, are a mental as well as
gradually
Finally, it must not
be forgotten that, in the period of relax-
add
ation from foot ball, athletics and cricket,
In many colleges physical work is still
when inclement weather menaces outdoor exercise, the gymnasium affords an
series will be,
and
system
abbreviated
substituted,
which
will
is
eventually
respect to the department.
physical stimulant.
embryonic and has not reached faculty
outlet
co-operation and esteem, and we consider
energ}-,
this
to
be
due
largely
to
inadequate
means by which to gauge proficiency.
(d)
As
a concluding tribute to the
collegiate importance of gymnastic work,
consider for a
moment its probable and
upon college
possible influence
tone.
a
for
constantly
pushes this influence to the front, and,
as in the trite statement "a man learns
finally
limbs, and both combined, and
by some form of vitality test, an
exercise involving mass effort and con-
year
and
For two years of his college life,
student
work
life
attends
prescribed
regular
for
periods
developing
of
those
elements in his being which constitute
his ideal of a college man.
The "college athlete" is a term signifi-
for pent-up
and
physical and mental
directly elevates
moral ten-
dencies in student life.
At Haverford the gymnasium does,
and must represent an integral part of
the college
life.
due curriculum
As its work
credit,
its
proficiency, largely based
ment,
must
be
receives
standard of
upon improve-
consistent
with
other
courses of work, and finally, must prove
to loyal alumni,
tributed the
who so generously con-
handsomely equipped build-
ing, that its work is absolutely essential to
Haverford.
Dr. James A. Babbitt.
"
—
;
!
!
GRANDFATHER HIGGINS'S ESCAPE
Grandfather Higgins was dead there
was no doubt about that. Yes, he was
dead, and the anxiety about his health,
and the conjectures about his wealth
were over.
Grandsons and granddaughters found from the will that the
suspected miser had nothing to leave,
and
except a paltry thousand dollars.
necks met his eyes.
;
His
house, of course, had gone to his brother
everybody had expected that.
But what
had become of his money? He did once
have money; surely the reports of his
dragged out a large
pulled
it
chest.
He
over to the fireplace, and sat
down and rested a bit
"Davie said
I
was to have the chest," he muttered, and
v.ent to work with the keys again.
At last the lid was opened. A row of
curious-shaped bottles with long, twisted
Each contained a
liquid of some vivid hue
sparkling
red,
;
brilliant green,
flashing yellow, bright
Fastened to the lid by a red wafer
pink.
gold were not without some foundation
was an envelope, addressed to "Ezekiel
Jonathan Higgins, Esq.," and Ezekiel
And what could an old man like him
tore
have done with it?
"To My Brother Ezekiel:
"By this time you and all the rest will
Ezekiel
Possibly his brother
knew more than he was willing
all, Ezekiel was a queer
and would soon be another
"Grandfather Higgins."
"Grandfather's money would have
been such a help," complained cousin
John. "I can't imagine what he did with
it.
I know that he had at least
" then
to
After
tell.
stick,
too,
—
another conjecture
And the new Grandfather Higgins
what did he do? Well, when the funeral
was over, and they had all gone home, he
sat there in his inherited house, and
chuckled.
"Ye
I
have nothing to
You alone, Ezekiel, will have
You
a legacy that is worth anything.
did not know, Zekie, did you, that Davie
was a scientific experimenter? Well, he
was, and the money he used to have has
gone for knowledge. The results of it
all is in this chest.
I leave it to you with
my blessing."
This quaint letter, with its mingling of
the
first
and
third
persons,
caused
Waiting' for
poor, unoffending, helpless bo.x, and then
something of the humor of it must have
caught him, for he broke into a crack-
lad,
ye
might
'a'
He broke off, muttering.
—
because
death,
leave you.
Wishin' for your
left
your brother some' at along with this old
wonder what
my
He, he!
money, hey? Well' 'everything comes
to them as waits,' Davie. He, he !" And
he winl»-?d slyly at the old painting of his
brother over the fireplace.
house."
know that you need not have wished for
gran'ther Ezekiel to drive a kick at the
ye tu- Hee, were they?
Davie,
open, swearing softly.
fooled 'em, Davie, lad.
Ye fooled 'em.
"But,
it
'e's
done with
's
"I
money?
Could he a'
Struck by a sudden thought, the old
man rose and hobbled across the room
to the closet. After much fumbling with
some old keys, he got the door open,
His long, skinny hand
up the bottle with the yellow
liquid.
"For reducing flesh one spoonful after meals," he read, and replaced
the bottle with an oath. The pink stuflf,
so the label announced, was to be taken
by all who wanted to "grow fat." There
ling
laugh.
picked
—
were labels "for chills," "for baldness,"
"for indigestion ;" and then some odd
ones, "for hunger," "for dreams," "for
religion,"
cal
than
and one label, more nonsensiall
the
others,
"for transpar-
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136
The label to this bottle bore the
ency."
message
"This preparation
renders one transparent for
" and then
additional
—
:
unfortunately, a great blot covered
up
"What
a chance!"
If the stuff really
grinned Ezekiel.
"I
head.
where he pleased without spending a
He could ride on cars, he could
go "dead-head" wherever fares were
;
he could
—heavens
He could
!
enter any house and walk off with what-
For transparency was
ever he pleased.
only another word for invisiblity.
"I must try it and see
if it
heritance, after
If
all.
What
a dunce he
was to die poor with a bottle of this !"
He stood the bottles in a row on the
In a row there he placed
lid of the chest.
them the yellow bottle "for reducing
;
the
one "for dreams." the
red
green one "for transparency," the blue
one "to cure gout," and all the others.
"For dreams" caught Gran'ther Higgins"s
"I wonder if that means to get
eye.
dreams or to get shut of them? But I
must try this transparency."
He walked away, picked up a tin cup,
and, by the faint light of the fire, pored a
draught.
Am
getting
I
sank
back
into
chair
his
and
The logs kept blazing, and the
dancing flames quivered and flashed in
the rows of bottles.
A knocking at the door startled Grandfather
Higgins.
viseetors,"
out.
ye not t' yell so; you hurt my
Are ye blind, ye fool? I tell ye,
tell
"He must 'a' stepped out a bit," Harry
"Well, I'll go in and wait."
"The drunken mole," grunted grand'ther Higgins
following his guest. But
gran'ther was much slower, and before
grumbled.
;
son was already examining the precious
Gran'ther grew nervous.
bottles.
"Here, put that down," he said; and
receiving no
"What
grumbled,
he
a
and
time
for
hobbled
He opened the door, and met the
bewildered gaze of his eldest grandson.
"Come in, Harry," he said.
the dev'l did that door
"Now how
i'
get open?" muttered Harry.
been the wind."
"Must 'a'
"Ho,
He stepped in.
granddad !" he called.
answer,
"Put
down,
it
I
say," he repeated, and snatching the bot-
away placed it on the mantel.
Harry looked startled.
"What all," he began
then, "I
fired contrivance
Still,
it's
a rum
must be dreaming.
place."
He rose nervously from the
chair, and walking towards the door,
tle
—
crashed
He
right
stopped,
denly.
into
;
Higgins!
Gran'ther
catching
breath
his
sud-
"What on earth's the matter with
me?"
"Ye're drunk
with
—
that's
ye
you,
what's the mat-
clumsy
gran'ther, and then stood
mouth open.
transparent?"
waited.
!
here I am."
ter
"Yeh, what a dose.
He
What is it?"
hear ye, boy.
he reached the fireplace again, his grand-
works.
does, Davie's left me a pretty good in-
flesh,"
!
worked, he could go
cent.
it
I
"Guess he's asleep or out. Ho, grandwhat did you leave the door open
dad
for?"
the rest.
charged
"I'm not ez deef ez Davie uster be,
Harr)'.
ijit,"
still
began
with his
Harry's collision with him
had pushed gran'ther before a great
oaken sideboard, and left him staring
into its mirror.
He saw the started expression of his grandson, he saw the
whole dimly lighted room but he could
For a moment he could
not see himself
do nothing but gasp and gasp. Then he
remembered and laughed softly. This
was fine. But the image of Harry in the
—
!
glass caught his attention.
tles
again
!
At those bot-
He turned around with a
savage snarl on his lips, and rushed over
—but paused and watched.
reading
a
label.
Gran'ther
Harry was
listened:
——
THE IIAVERFORDIAN
"For
This
transparency.
"No, no, not forever.
He
was
think
Let
rocked his invisible body back and forth.
"Forever!"' he groaned, and clenched
me
Harry
snatched the bottle.
and
"It will last forever!" he wailed,
"Forever!" screamed Gran'ther Higsee."
he could
that
"forever, forever."
renders one transparent forever."
gins.
All
ness.
preparation
137
jumped back, and stood for a moment
with his eyes on the bottle, fascinated.
Then he turned and bolted from the
the hard arms of the chair till he fancied
room.
sighed
"Wait,
wait.
Oh,
Harry,
wait
he could see the nail prints, yet he could
not
'forever.'
He
no salvation.
see
Not 'forever,' boy, tell me, not
!
the
label.
Confused, and feeling unutterably alone,
grandfather closed his eyes to keep off
"This preparation renders one transparBut
" and then that blot.
ent for
—
head would keep
swimming, and he sat there, groaning
;
softly.
—
At length he
He tried to think calmly. No one could
(remembering Harry's actions) hear him. They would divide his
bag of gold they would sell his home
and his possessions his pipe, his favorWhat good would
ite chair, everything
He
the power to steal do him now?
would think he was dead. Where could
Nobody would make room for
He
him.
He would starve, too.
shrieked aloud his knees gave away, and
he live?
;
The rotten
fell against the chest.
wood smashed in, and the glass bottles
he
shattered.
—a
self faintly
—
.
—
hobbled
ah
breathlessly
again
as he
!
ers
and that wrinkled
in his life.
label, then,
broken myself," he wailed.
to
his
chair,
and
He limped
sat
down,
mirror
be proud of, surely, those curved should-
That
myself,"
the
He was opaque
Pure delight took hold of him
saw his bent form. Not much to
happier
painfuly
to
he was restored.
!
gran'ther. "I am made of glass, and I've
broken
—
!
face,
father Higgins rejoiced.
have
He caught
sort of mist?
and watched. Yes, yes his
He could
knees they were appearing
still
see through them, as one sees
through a fog but they were certainly
growing niore solid. His hands, too. He
screamed
"I
Was it
his breath
—
They
and ven-
calmer,
a delusion, or could he really see him-
;
could keep nothing after he got it.
felt
tured to open his eyes again.
see him, nor
!
Still his
the dizziness.
was it
"forever?" What would he do? He was
dead worse than dead. A mere ghost.
Harry's eyes were better than his
Suddenly the unnatu-
room seemed to be whirling around.
the
tremulously at
leaned
ralness of his invisibility struck him, and
"
peered
he
back in his chair and tried to think what
he could do. But the situation was too
complex for his simple ideas. He could
screamed Gran'ther Higgins. The front
door banged.
"Don't leave me now,"
gran'ther wailed piteously. "Don't leave
me now
he
—almost a sigh of resignation;
becoming more calm,
and,
!"
"Forever!"
fingers.
his
see
"forever,"
fore.
for
yet
Grand-
He was never
could not have said
he was as solid as be-
He reached for the bottle on the
—the only unbroken one.
The
groaning.
mantel,
was odd, sitting there in the easy
chair, and looking right through his
knees to the green-plush seat. Rut the
oddity of it did not appeal to Grandfather Higgins neither did the uncanni-
green liquid blinked slyly at him. The
blot on the label was as black as ever.
It
;
Then he noticed that the botte was tightly
corked,
and that the
stopper was unbroken
!
seal
over the
He peered into
!
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138
the tin cup, and a drop or two of red
reflected
liquid met his excited gaze.
The face was wrinkled and yellow
Great Scott
He had taken the wrong- stuff! He had
from
"For
Dreams." Yes, the red bottle, smashed
on the floor, was uncorked.
Laughing
confusedly,
grandfather
Higgins stared at the wicked green fluid.
He remembered his plans, and started to
uncork the bottle then he saw himself
taken
a
dose
the
bottle
in
the
green
brilliant
shoulders were bent
—
but,
still,
liquid.
;
the
was his
body not better than no body at all ? Suppose the transparency were to last forever. Then all of the dream flashed across
his memory, and he seized the queershaped bottle savagely, and dashed it to
the floor with the others.
JV. S. E., 'oj.
;
A HIGHLAND TRAGEDY
At last we were going to the Natural
The younger children had been
Bridge.
clamoring for the
week,
— for
trip
events, indeed
all
Piney
Little
the previous
picnics
were
woodland and views of clear
mountain lakes, the trip would have been
pleasant even if there had not been the
of thick
children's endless tattle to enliven
it.
In
—and those of us who were due course then we reached the Natural
older were nothing loath either. 'To be
Bridge, a geologic formation of sufficient
splendor of
splendor and uniqueness to justify even
mountain day, we were not
that name printed in capitals on the U. S.
going to have as good a time as if we had
gone last week, when there would have
end of the lane through which you must
been with us a certain maiden, now ab-
pass to get to the caves, and here we left
more than one member
our mules, for a small consideration, and
not in the
accepted the services of James, the son
sure,
despite the autumnal
this glorious
sent, but dear to
of the party
—but then that
is
survey maps.
There
is
a
farm
at
the
and heir-presumptive, as personal con-
story.
So we put our books aside for the day
ductor.
—legitimate holidays being always
But
not of that chasm, or those
lowed— and bundled
caves, or the whirlpool where the endless
the market
al-
it
is
into
wagon, three on a seat, with our lunch
in, too, and trotted of? eagerly, behind
the brown mules.
The trip, some three
hours long, was uneventful and uninteresting, therefore,
to
record,
ticipating.
L
for one,
but at the
who were par-
time jolly enough for us
had never been
over these roads, so that the children vied
with each other
in
pointing out to
me
falling water is beaten into tangible foam,
meringue on a lemon pie
no, it is of none of these that I shall
tell you to-day.
Nor is it of the picnic
that looks like
—
itself, the
excellent sandwiches, the tooth-
some sardines, the peach jam and the village ginger-ale,
fit
substitute
for
luke-
warm spring water.
No, nor is it of the
up-and-down-stream
rambles
that, fol-
the features of the country and since the
lowed, when we skipped nimbly, some of
monotony of the deep, dusty sand roads
was continually being relieved by patches
boiling current, with scant mi.shap,
us gracefully, from rock to rock over the
for
—
THE HAVERFORDIAN
139
we had come prepared and wore sneak-
to be had for the asking.
ers or spiked shoes.
of paper
der their sunken, listless eyelids.
open in summer for better ventilation,
something sadly needed even in the more
substantial farm houses of the country.
The vines which once strove hard to hide
No, the one thing
which left the greatest impression on us
was that farm house and its barn, where
we housed our mules, and its inhabitants,
who looked curiously out at us from un-
Go forward
reader, to the
with
me,
then,
gentle
Perhaps the scene T
fall.
am about to describe is taking place today,
grandmother,
for did not the old
who had come from Virginia "before the
war,"
say
granddaughter
her
was
to
come back in the fall?
It is
where glass once was, but which are left
boards
pier flowers.
just as shiftless as ever, with
its
patched
fence and rude gate hung on ropes.
wind whistles through
The
of holes that the
it
and makes
its
timbers rattle like dry bones, while the
solitary red
cow looks on listless, blear-
eyed, and the three white pigs, long since
grown
brown with a summer's
accumulation of mud, huddle against
each other, squealing joylessly. A buggy
a dirty
and a Dearborn in the middle stages of
decay seem vieing with one another as to
which shall look the most dilapitated,
and a rusty harrow leans disconsolately
against the fence, mute protester against
the
common
farmer's
extravagance;.
Scrawny, shivering chickens wander aimlessly to
and fro.
The farm house itself
—one room downstairs and one up, and
a lean-to kitchen — another indicator of
is
what
among
Inside, the
room is warm,
but still not cheerful, for the stale air of
be
you can taste it and smell it as
Ornaments are few, though there
felt,
enlarged to
full
the
and
tember are gone the way of many hap-
and the poor worn-out dog shivers uneasily by the porch. The barnyard looks
so
of
withered,
we saw in Sep-
those poor nasturtiums
well.
is
long since
have
decades is there and the heat cannot only
a chill afternoon in late October.
itself
grayness
rain-worn
bleak
the
The dry cornstalks rattle in the stiff wind
barn
Rags and pieces
windows
the spaces in the
fill
is,
of course, the inevitable photograph
through some col-
life-size,
lege-boy agent working his way by sum-
mer toil
gilt
—always
be found in a great
to
frame, commemorating some other-
wise long-forgotten relative.
Rag car-
pets or frayed oil-cloth cover the uneveti
and the stains of tobacco juice are
floor
But the people among the
poor are always more interesting than
everywhere.
their houses, just as
among the rich the
mansions more often hold your attention
than the gilded butterflies within. Therefore, look for a few moments at the
ily
collected
heat-burdened
their
in
fam-
James, the boy with matted hair
and the inevitable suspenders for you
room.
—
can always
tell
the farm boy from the
gentleman's son by the ever ubiquitous
suspenders of the former
—who showed
us around the caves last September, is no
where in sight.
Indeed,
I
believe he has
Adirondack
farmers, for thrift, though it seems much
more like waste. For the slabs that serve
for shingle and clapboard have never
been painted save by wind and weather.
gone to the station to meet his returning
sister.
His mother, whom we remember
seeing at the door as we drove by on that
masculine, the sort of
woman who has
A can of fresh paint is a luxury.
dropped long ago
signs of age and
passes
the
It is
never-to-be-forgotten picnic, stolid, dull,
all
cheaper to go to the mill and pick up the
who may be thirty or sixty, as the fancy
abandoned by the scornful jaws
of the hungry saw, lying in the road, and
strikes you
slabs,
is
— indeed, probably she herself
— strange as may
not quite sure
she,
it
THE HAVERFORDIAN
I40
appear, sits quietly by tlie Franklin stove,
"befo' the war," or maybe she recalls the
for the work in a farm house never seems
present writer, a
to get done
young man, with strange yellow "pants"
and a flannel shirt and very old shoes.
But if so, it is only for a moment, for is
all
through
but this time the chores are
;
for is not the occasion of the
;
home-coming a great one? Her youngest daughter, brown hair uncut, untrimmed and unbrushed, eyes listless, expressionless
face dull and ignorant,
;
lies
afore-mentioned,
dred years old, rocks quietly in his chair
years ago
and seemingly receives as little attention
from the family as the chair itself. The
Troy,
person
lively
mother, v.ho
is
is
the
grand-
old
bustling about and put-
The same old black
ting things to rights.
has
gone
to
Riverside, a station on the D. H., fifteen
sister,
only
red-haired, hatless
not that the sound of wheels outside?
James,
The old man, who
was pointed out to us as being a huncurled up at her feet.
tall,
miles from the farm, to meet his older
who went away to school eight
"to a young ladies' school in
—
grandmother told us
is coming home now.
Even if that school has not been a young
"
as the old
with pride
—and she
ladies' school,
still
the girl has seen too
much of the bright and the good side of
bonnet which greeted our approach that
life
bright September day,
farm of her childhood or the "folks at
home," who have starved and pinched
themselves to keep her at school with
the fond hope of her returning to relieve
their last years.
That meeting after
slattern
separation—of
eight
years
still
conceals the
wisps of gray hair, and the same grimy
corncob pipe rests lovingly in the corner
of her mouth.
She is as garrulous as she
was that day, when, in the kindness of
her heart
— believe she has one
I
—she charged us only
rent for our mules
!
still left
thirty cents stable-
Perhaps she is even
now reminiscing about the "ledy" from
' 'Ginia," who paid her that little sum
and who came from the same part of the
State
whence she
herself
to
be any longer content with the
—
mother and well-dressed daughter, of ignorance and education it is too touching, too full of pathos, for the rude pen
of the present author. Allow him, there-
—
fore, gentle reader, to
draw the curtain.
had migrated
R. S., '06.
THE QUEST
My Lady of the Changeful Moods doth say
That I, who of her winsomcness have sung,
Have sung in praise of others, and among
The maidens I have met along life's way,
She is but one of many. Tell me, pray,
Could I have known how fair she was, had I
Not looked upon the maids who passed me by.
And looking, found her fairer far than they?
Why can she not perceive that while wove
A wreath of song which vagrant fancy brought
I
To many a
chance-met maid, before I knew
it
was her I sought.
Building dream-temples to her, far above
My shrines to others, long since lost to view.
Of her existence,
M.
O.
F.,
'10.
HEROES AND MARTYRS
It
was late in the afternoon.
In front
towards Santurce-Arriba.
of one of the thatched hovels, which in
hand he carried a
times past lined the Military Road along
left
suburb of
the
Santurce,
there
family group which would have
the
attention
naked
with
tots.
all
of
any
grave mission to perform
the restlessness of their years,
her eyes with
her hand, gazed intently down the dusty
road, as
if
her salvation were coming
from that direction.
A picture of object
poverty and the hunger that drives the
most resolute soul
into
madness
last rays of the setting sun
fell
!
on
One might
have thought that the youngster had a
world.
in this
As he walked along, he seemed conscious
of his importance and responsibilities.
This youngster was Pimpo, Ramona's
eldest boy.
Pimpo was the man of the
house, the hope of the home to which no
Every
father had ever brought bread.
walked five miles to the
district jail to beg food for his mother
and brothers who were too poor to buy
afternoon he
who
any.
guard over the prisoners liked him because he was such a manly little fellow.
He brought cigarettes and did all their
errands without a murmur.
So every
afternoon one of the soldiers would take
Pimpo's tin-pail into the prison's courtyard to have it filled. There, placed in
a corner, it was often filled to its brim
if
there may be "death in life."
"Will
he come?"
And the tots tugged and pulled and
begged bread until the patience of the
woman was exhausted.
"Mamense cl dco, chiqnillos!" "Suck
your thumbs, brats," she said harshly,
The Spanish
soldiers
the }ard.
in
What mattered if it was
only leavings off the plates of criminals,
some of them with diseases ?
Ramona, such was her name, was
growing nervous.
She paced up and
down in front of the "hovel, fingered the
tered
kerchief around her head, scratched, mur-
mured and tried to shorten the distance
which separated her from the object of
her restlessness by sheer straining of the
While running her fingers over
eyes.
the kerchief around her head, she found
a cigar stump which she had put in one
of the folds. She knocked off the ashes
and stuck it in her mouth, to soothe her
And she waited.
Just before sunset, a dirty, ragged little
boy of ten crossed San Antonio's bridge
and made his way along the road
kept
by the leavings of the prisoners who ate
but did not mean a word of it.
nerves.
his
this
emphasize mockingly the truth that
"Dios imo," sighed the mother.
in
The
group, and their rich background, as
to
and
A serious look
Two
passerby.
shielding
a roll of black bread.
was upon his youthful face.
long-headed and big-bellied,
She,
In his right
pail,
was a
drawn
were making life miserable for a ragged,
care-worn
woman, apparently their
mother.
tin
if
What mat-
the stuff he got every afternoon
was only rice boiled with salt and bacon
Mother and brothers
were at home hungry and did not care?
into a vile paste?
Pimpo received his pail and thanked God
that there was a prison where he could
go for food.
"Por Dios, Pimpo, what kept you so
was the mother's exclamation of
relief when, at last, the boy entered the
late?"
hut with the pail.
"Mother, I had many errands to do for
the
soldiers.
That kept me.
I
have
brought enough food for you and the
brothers."
"
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
142
They all gathered in the middle of the
Ramona filled two shell-dishes and gave them
hut and sat on the damp ground.
younger children who devoured
the stuff voraciously.
She removed the
tobacco from her mouth and ate a spoonful.
Then she gave the rest to Pimpo,
and replaced the tobacco.
"Mother, why don't you eat?" protested Pimpo.
Here, if you don't eat, I
to the
—
don't
"Hijo, answered the mother." I had
enough with a spoonful. It fills me to
see you eat. If my children are satisfied,
I am satisfied.
Be a good boy, Pimpito
eat that and run down the store to get
me some rum. My tobacco and my rum
are enough."
That night she put the
early.
I
tots
to
bed
bugs
of
all
descriptions
—ugly,
creeping creatures. Pimpo himself, brave
little
"Mama, do you hear a noise out
Pimpo's
kitchen?"
the
scared
Pimpo, dropped asleep
at the
feet
of his mother, as Ramona bent over the
ironing table.
sounded in the darkness.
"No, dear, I do not hear anything.
Twice
he
protested,
but
twice
was close to twelve o'clock.
mona kept on ironing.
By the
She was behind
As long as
her work and must finish it.
candle
lasted
she
had
to
work.
There was a look of dogged determinaNature retion on her haggard face.
belled against the task of hard work and
no food, but that mother was stronger
than nature. She was giving the lie to
the often
is
made assertion
indolent and
fice.
his
mother gave him the same answer.
"I'll bet," he said to himself, "that she
left those shirts of Dona Urraca out
kitchen
there in the
and they
will
be
stolen."
"Mother, did you bring the
night?"
shirts in
last
But he got no answer.
Something came to his throat and
chocked him.
He felt impending disaster.
At noon
the
next day the hut pre-
The mother had
some expensive linen in the kitchen,
and it had been stolen. Twenty shirts
at five dollars a piece
Ramona had not
sented a sad picture.
left
—
stopped to figure
uncertain light of a tallow candle, Ra-
the
Go
to sleep."
it
Last year a
out.
She had
similar theft had ruined her.
It
in
voice
should not say "to bed," for
they slept on the ground on a heap of rags
with
She was soon asleep from sheer exhaustion.
in
And now there came this second
calamity.
Wild, her hair in disorder, she
bolted out of the hut and ran
—what? The
— what?
road
to
thief,
the shirts,
find
down the
police,
the
But let us go back to the hut. The
two tots are crying their eyes dry and
their throats sore.
Poor Pimpo sits in
a corner, his
fists
clenched in impatient
rage.
incapable of self-sacri-
her
fight.
rum kept her alive.
The candle burned
Tobacco and
"God, when
strong I'll—
I
I'll
grow
shoot,
and
to
be
big
I'll
kill,
I'll—."
And he drove his fists into his mouth
itself
to nothing.
Groping in the darkness, Ramona closed
the windows of her hut, and in the stifling atmosphere, dropped by the side of
her children.
debt.
that her race
Her peculiar nervous organization
upheld her
been washing her hands off to pay the
from sheer rage.
That afternoon. Dona Urraca, the
owner of the linen came to the hut. She
was a rich, fearful Spanish lady, and
Pimpo always trembled in her presence.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
"Here, brat, where is your thieving
mother! The shirts were stolen, eh? I
know the httle game of your thief of a
Not home, eh? She will produce the linen if it takes the rack and
the thumb screws to do it, by all the
mother.
Saints!"
She went away, and
with
Pimpo sighed
strange light in her eyes, and then the
whole truth dawned on him.
Ramona mumbled some unintelligible
words and threw herself on the rags.
Suddenly she turned around.
"Pimpo, go to the store and get me
rum." It was a sharp command. Pimpo
left
the hut with the bottle mechanically.
relief.
When Ramona came home that night,
presented
she
143
The rags
that
a
heart-rending
sight.
had covered her were
That was the last he saw of her. Two
weeks later, at the orphan asylum, where
he and his brother had been taken, he
was informed by a priest that the body
By the odor of eggs and
on her head, Pimpo became
of his mother had been recovered in the
painfully aware that his mother had been
waters under San Antonio's bridge; that
—-probably by street boys in the
he should forget her, because she had
tatters
the
now.
filth
abused
He almost suffocated at the sight.
He noticed a
only he were big!
city.
died a suicide, and her soul had gone
If
to hell!
/.
A TOAST
to the smart set that studies and
crams
Beforehand in diligence thrifty.
But a health to the knight of the make-up
exams,
Who howls with delight at a fifty.
Success
They have given the college their labor
—and
we,
Who were never intended for scholars,
Have as cheerfully given the second flunk fee
Of five of our much needed dollars.
We
furnish
the
sinews
—they furnish the
brain,
So let the professors all damn us;
Their motto
is,
"Labor with
infinite pain,"
And ours, "dum vivimus vivamus."
;.
F.
w., -w.
P., '07.
—
;
THE PITY OF IT ALL
The
earth
Christmas.
was being decorated
for
The first real snow of winter
was whirling along the sidewalks and the
wind was rattling the shutters of all the
houses along Pembroke Street.
The snow was damp and covered all
the lamp-post and housefronts with its
moist whiteness.
Even a black crape,
hanging upon the door of one of the
houses, was not proof against it, and its
solemn color was fast disappearing under a coating of snow as though nature
were trying to stifle its message and
life
had been beating with cruel vigor
against this house for years and nobody
had ever noticed that before.
Inside the house one would pass, with
only a quick glance over one's shoulder,
opened into that dimlyroom where drafts of air
the door which
lighted front
stirred the white draperies of a couch.
One would hasten on and enter the other
room, which, despite
its
the
dwarfed life of the house for years.
A woman sat before an open fireplace
wished to hide all traces of grief at this
in this room, gazing into
embers,
Only a few people were passing on the
street, for it was nearly midnight.
Did
any of them notice that the wind seemed
charred log.
draped
house
with
unusual
vigor.'
unhome-
appearance, had been the center of
glad Christmas time.
to be striking the shutters of this crape-
tense,
like
across
which
a mass of dying
rested
a
half-
A bright fire would have
been incongruous here
—
would have
it
—
much of hope and joy of
passion, where now all was cold but the
savored too
;
red glow of the ashes lent
its
dim illum-
Surely not that young man and girl who
ination only to enhance the tragedy of it
were just passing; their minds were too
all.
full
of the future to notice that.
did
the
soon
after,
Xor
who passed
Occasionally a
would
start
and
feeble,
try to
blue
flame
kindle the log,
grandchildren celebrate Christmas eve
woud soon die out defeated, like
vainly striving to expand when
bound down by shackles of circum-
they were too reminiscent of the past,
stance, or a bit of falling ashes
elderly
couple,
returning from seeing their
youth of years ago scarcely
and
in the
felt
the cold, sharp wind,
ticed a house
ceptionally
let
alone no-
whose shutters seem ex-
loose.
A cab driver drove
by on his hansom, and, although he did
notice the crape', he
est
or pity.
And
no special interyet, why ramble on
felt
and describe all who passed? Are people usually so ready to lend interest to
passing sorrow that these belated pleasure-seekers should be held up and
scanned. No, nolxjdy wondered that night
why the wind seemed to pick out this
spxDt as a playground for its boisterous
And what was more natural than
sport.
that they should not,
for the gales of
but
a
it
life
would
make the light fitful as it fell upon her
and deceived one into thinking that
now and then;
but she was not living in her body then
her soul was in the past.
A brooch lay in her lap and it gleamed
against the black folds of her gown.
Her hands had been nervously fingering
it, but now they had dropped down at
her sides as she gazed gazed ^gazed
face
her expression changed
—
—
into the
—
fire.
She thought of the years of thankless
service she had given to her father,
—
who
was now lying in the other room wondering how she had ever endured her
life as it had been.
Oh, if only she had
!
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
been appreciated!
If
he had only real-
ized that her devotion to
a
sacrifice,
him had been
and had not taken
it
matter of course that a daughter's
as a
life
145
And now they were over.
Her duty had been fulfilled only her
love ren'.ained but now that was differand duty.
—
:
W'ith the passage of the years,
ent.
it
and, despite the hopes she had had
had changed and ripened.
No longer
was it a thing of warmth and color now
it
was a cold, ethereal, abstract devotion that was to the love of the years
gone by as the moon is to the sun.
And he? Other interests had en-
then for the fuller fruition of her
own
gulfed him, for men are more fortunate
she had assumed the burden
and
than worr.en, and
the
father.
and
soul
belonged
to
Things might have been different had
her mother lived, but when she died the
responsibility of the invalid father had
been shifted upon the daughter's shoulders,
life,
;
adding the weight of each
year, was now bent and faded beneath it
all.
Only that one time had she wanted
to change. If only her father could have
this
realized one hundredth of her suffering
herself.
gradually
then,
the care of him, instead of devot-
but
burning
Oh, she was bitter, bitter
She picked up the brooch unconsciously and held it with quivering fingers. Again she saw him who had been
the love of her life as he had sat there
beside her at this fireplace those
long
She remembered how he had
asked her to keep the trinket he had
given her, despite the fact that she had
vears ago.
him her decision. And then
and lived over again the
remembered
she
Oh, had it been
his
going.
agony of
the fire had
course?
How
the right
She
had seen
night
mocked her that
all the
the
flames
consumed there in
then
heart
and
hopes of her womanly
just
told
The
.
log that had been
;
with their endless strifes
between love
all
suddenly
sometime,
for
The light filled the
room and brought out the pictures, the
crackled into flame.
furniture, the well-worn books that she
had been used to for the past years. As
room she
she gazed about the
Empty
!
Then
She bitter?
ion ?
the
instinc-
looked toward her father's chair.
tively
Xever
room,
she
caught her breath.
She had made a false decis!
Quietly she moved out of
through
passing
and,
the
chillv hall, where the rattling of the shut-
ters beat
an accompaniment to her steps,
she went to where he
was lying.
Only
a moment did she stand there gazing on
!
she had plunged into the engulfing years
Her
a mistake.
How different would life have
—
if
ing it to the love and desires of her own
made
Yes, she had
decision had been false to nature and to
been
heart.
known
the truth be
one memory of a crowded life.
when she finally yielded her whole
life to
if
woman was to him now but
lonly
the peaceful face
—softened now by
—then
lines
which it had not known for years
she
bent
over and kissed one of the
folded hands.
/.
/.
D.,
'oj.
WHY THE LIPS ARE RED
(From ''The Vintage")
Love, at the living wine-press of the lips,
Stands master-vintner, while the purpling grapes
Of mutual desire, without delay.
The tender pressure of His feet obey.
And lo, love's wine's divinely soft caress
Has left a crimson stain upon the press
/.
T. T., ex-'o8.
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
Edited by Dean Barrett.
Several
members of
the
faculty
ex-
pect to attend sessions of learned socie-
during
ties
Professors
Christmas
the
vacation.
Gummere and Comfort will
go to New Haven for the annual meeting of the
Modern Language AssociaMustard
Professors
tion.
Philological
Association, to be
held
in
Prof. Mustard has
Washington, D. C.
methods
sessions.
Prof. Bar-
officiating,
among the details dis-
President Sharpless has
made a num-
ber of speeches during the autumn, prin-
on
cipally
He
subjects.
political
ad-
dressed Tea-meetings at Haverford and
Germantown on the subject of "Adult
in England," and on December
nth he addressed the Civics Club of
the
its
in
new rules and
cussed.
Institute of America, in
Washington.
Prof. Pratt is Secretary
and Treasurer of the American Society
of Zoologists and will go to Columbia
L^niversity for
in the
for securing uniformity in in-
terpretation were
at
Archaeological
difficulties
suggested changes
requested to present a paper on
some classical subject at this meeting
and will also attend the meeting of the
been
Present
tee.
Baker
and
meeting of the American
will attend the
Middle-Atlantic Commit-
spices of the
School
college on
"Political
Conditions in
Pennsylvania."
In the annual report of the President
to the
Board of Managers, several inter-
esting
points
are
Among
discussed.
go to Providence for the annual meeting of the American Economic
them is the policy of the college relating
to special students.
Haverford endeav-
Association.
ors to keep this class of students at the
rett
will
On November
Prof.
Hancock
Alumni address before the
delivered the
Central
23rd,
High School, and is, during the
cial
Of the fifteen spe-
point possible.
lovi-est
students of last year, six found
it
advisable not to return, five became regu-
present winter, giving a course of five
lar and the four
lectures on Shakespeare before the Wil-
dents with serious purposes.
mington Century Club. Prof. Comfort
had an article in the publications of the
of a science hall to be built for about
Modern Language Association for June,
1906, entitled "The Character-types in
the old French chansons de gests." The
sightly
Physical
laboratories,
American Economic
tention
drawn to the fact that an in-
publications of the
Association,
containing the papers and
discussions of
has
a
the
paper on
last
annual meeting
"Railway Rates," by
Prof. Barrett.
$150,000,
remaining are good stu-
and the removal of the unwing of Founders'
temporary
now used
Hall,
is
proportion
dents
taking
is
courses and
is
it
tendency
is
the
for
creasing
this
The need
Chemical and
are
urged.
of Haverford
technical
Atstu-
engineering
suggested that, unless
counteracted, the char-
On November 30th, Prof. Babbitt pre-
acter of the college as an institution pri-
Board
marily for training in and by means of
sided at a meeting of the Central
of Officials of the American
Inter-col-
Foot Ball Rules Committee, held
at the Bellevue-Stratford, under the aulegiate
marked degree.
will be changed in a
Perhaps the most inter-
esting point, in
many
the
liberal
arts,
respects,
enunci-
THE HAVERFORDIAN
ated in the President's policy, is thai relating
to
faculty.
system
pension
it.
The Board
in
the
for
charge of the
147
foundation.
The prospect of a
comfortable and secure old age, which is
this
offered
professors
to
those
in
institu-
Carnegie Foundation for the Advance-
tions
ment of Teaching has issued its plan for
pensioning professors in colleges and
Carnegie fund, will
advantages of the
cause the best men
to acept positions
such colleges and
receiving
universities.
The provisions of this plan
universities.
are
but they do not apply
tion,
liberal,
to
Denominational institutions
Haverford.
requiring a majority of their trustees to
the
in
As a result of this situa-
Haverford must either provide a
pension scheme equivalent
value to
in
that of the Carnegie Foundation, or find
hold membership in a particular denomi-
itself
nation are exempt from the benefits of
cient and
gradually bereft of
most
its
effi-
most promising men.
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
The first of the Alumni reunions for
the current year came off on the evening
About seventy-five old
of N'ovember 2^.
Haverfordians were present and voted
the evening a grand success.
the
evening before the
final
dent,
Morris,
'04,
and Henry
Great enthusiasm was evi-
and the new foot ball songs went
a dash and vigor that boded
off with
well for tlie spirit in college.
foot
ing closed with a "long and fast" for the
ball
Alumni
and undergraduates was held in Robert Hall.
Eshelman, '05, presided, and speeches
were given by Dr. Hancock. Drinker, '00.
of
Cope,
'02,
"69.
As it was
game with New York University, a huge
mass-meeting
Chambers,
The meet-
all adjourned to the gymnawhere an informal smoker was
held.
The freshman cake walk came
next on the program, in which there
were eleven
couples
entered.
team, and
sium
NOTES
Dean
'88.
William
Draper
Lewis
'02.
C.
W. Stork has returned from
study abroad and
now an
spoke for the University of Pennsylva-
a year's
Memorial services held
in Christ Church, Philadelphia, in honor
instructor in English at the University
nia at the recent
of Pennsylvania,
of James Wilson.
'02.
W. H. Kirkbride is in the em-
'01.
ploy
of
R. M. Gummere was elected Sec-
retary of the
Lewiston Clarkston Com-
the
pany at Clarkston, 111.
is
Ex-02.
in
Harvard Graduates Club.
Guerney Newlin is engaged
Los Angeles,
the practice of law in
Cal.
A.
G.
H.
Treasurer
of
the
'02.
Club.
was elected
Harvard Graduates
Spiers
'03.
J.
B. Drinker
Trust Company.
is
in
the
Girard
:
;
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
—
COLLEGE CALENDAR
Glee and Mandolin Concert in Robert's Hall, Thursday evening, December 2oth.
Halves 25 minutes each. Final Score
erford, 23 Johns Hopkins. O.
Haxerford, o; Trinity,
Played
FOOT BALL
Scores of Foot Ball
at
o.
Hartford, Connecticut, No-
vember 17, 1906.
Team
On a gridiron covered with mud, HaH.
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
— Hav-
;
Oct. 6 Medicho-Chi
Oct. 13— Lehigh
Oct. 20 Rutgers
Oct. 27 Ursinus
Nov. 3 Franklin & Marshall
Nov. 10 Johns Hopkins
Nov. 17 Trinity
Nov. 24 New York L'niversity
.
.
Total
.
.
o.
verford and Trinity fought out their an-
4
o
5
o
nual
o
side being able to score.
23
16
4
23
o
c
o
68
o
127
16
game on the Trinity field, neither
The game was cleanly played, devoid
of slugging, and
filled with punting and
open play. Haverford"s goal was threatened twice in the first half, but on each
occasion the line held in splendid
man-
and the ball was taken away from
Trinity on downs. Haverford attempted
one field goal, but on account of the mud,
ner,
H.A\ERFORD, 2^; JOHNS HoPKlXS, O.
Played at Haverford, November
10,
C. Brown was unable to get off his drop-
1906.
though
Haverford,
outweighed,
in
more interesting game than
would indicate.
a
score
pecially
ford.
the
good ground-gainers for HaverHaverford worked the forward
many times successfully.
Michael,
Stewart and Abel played well for Hop-
that the teams were very evenly matched,
distance
rarely able to
make her
line,
muddy condition of the field
precluded getting off the swift end runs
which Haverford has used so effectually
in
other games.
The game commenced at 2.35 by Donnelly, the Trinity fullback,
The line-up
Johns Hopkins.
Haverford
Sharpless
Tatnall
Wood
Spaeth
1.
e
I.
t
Stewart
Michael
I.
g
Haas
g
Sawyer
Moss
Jarvis
c
Birdsall
r,
.'
Frost
Leonard
Brown
Hutton
(Clement)
Brown
Frost caught the ball on Haverford's 30-
yard
Line rushes gained 5 yards
Haverford kicked.
Maxson, of
Trinity, ran the punt back for 15 yards.
line.
and
t
r.
e
Ridgely
Trinity failed to gain through the line
q.
b
Chesney
1.
h.
b
r.
h.
b
and Pond kicked, Haverford losing the
ball on a fumble on her lo-yard line.
Line plunges by Trinity brought the ball
f.
b
Costello
Hart
Webb
—
Touchdowns Hutton, Jones, C. Brown.
Goals from Touchdowns — C. Brown. 2. Goal
Safety— Che>'ney.
Brown.
from Field— C.
Referee Gillender, U. of P. Umpire Myers.
Linesman— Mcndelhall, U. of P. Time of
—
kicking off to
Haverford, who defended the south goal.
r.
(Abel)
Jones
C.
was
through the Haverford's
while the
kins.
P.
The game showed
by a narrow margin.
as Trinity
Brown were es-
Captain Jones and C.
pass
de-
Hopkins team
feated the slower Johns
kick with accuracy, and missed the goal
—
to
Haverford's 3-yard
line,
but the line
held like a stone wall, and Trinity lost
the ball on downs, C.
of danger.
Brown punting out
——
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Trinity again tried
line-bucking,
The
but
up and Pond punted.
Jones
made ten yards on an end run. A forward pass by Haverford was caught by
gave
it
149
line-up
Haverford.
Trinity.
Sharpless
Budd
(Henshaw)
e
1.
(Ayer)
Frost
1.
t
Off
10 yards before the
Wood
1.
g
Dougherty
was called down. Trinity made 7
yards around the end, but again lost the
ball on downs, and Haverford punted.
Spaeth
c
Birdsall
r.
Trinity,
who made
ball
Carpenter
Ramsey
r.
g
George Buck
Grove Buck
Leonard
r.
e
Collins
q.
b
h.
Pond
Maxson
Mason
Donnelly
P.
Brown
t
Trinity netted 4 yards by line plunges,
Bard
1.
and then a forward pass gave her the
bail on Haverford's io-)ard line. A touchdown seemed imminent, but again the
Haverford line was equal to the occasion,
and Trinity lost the ball on downs. C.
Brown immediately sent the ball far up
the field, and the Trinity man was
downed in his tracks by the Haverford
ends.
The half ended with the ball in
Trinity's possession on her own 35 -yard
Jones
r.
b
h. b
f.
b
C.
—
Referee Wrightington, Harvard. Umpire
Minds. Pennsylvania.
Head Linesman and
—
Timer Macjohnson,
Trinity.
Linesmen
Cunningham. Trinity, and Hutton, Haverford.
Time
make steady gains by line-bucking or
end runs, and the game resolved itself
into a kicking contest, in which C.
Brown, of Haverford, slightly out-punted Pond, of Trinity. Each side made an
occassional first down, but soon kicked.
With but 25^2 minutes to play, the ball
was in the center of the gridiron, in
Haverford's
possession,
made made
its
plunges.
ten
yards.
three
line
run
After failing to
Trinity
Jones, catching the
beautiful
in
Two end runs were blocked,
and C. Brown punted.
make
and the team
distance
ball,
through
when the whistle blew.
a
started
and
on a
broken
field
punted,
The ball was in
Haverford's possession on her 40-yard
line.
The team work of both elevens was
and so evenly were the lines
matched that punting was the feature
Pond's work for Trinity was
of play.
excellent,
Halves
of
—30 minutes.
Attendance
1,000.
Haverford, 68
;
New York Univ., o.
November
24,
Haverford's unbeaten team put a
fit-
Played
at
Haverford,
1906.
line.
In the second half neither side could
Brown
end to their successful season's
work by swa"mping New York, 68 to o.
ting
The team was developed slowly but
surely,
and
did
not
reveal
strength until the final game.
York team,
their
full
The New
was good, but
Although beaten badly, New York played a good losing game and fought gamely to the
individually,
they lacked team work.
finish.
Haverford played fast, new style foot
Wide end runs, forward passes and
quarterback kicks were reeled off with
rapidity.
Behind magnificent interference, Captain Jones, C. Brown or Bard
would tear around the ends with thirty
ball.
or
forty-yard
runs.
Rarely
has
the
team shown such "helping" spirit.
Often the runner would be carried by his
team mates for yards with one or two
New York men hanging to him. Haverford was fast, sure, and irresistible.
The game
started shortly after 2.30,
of a brilliant order, while for Haverford,
with C. Brown kicking off to Van Home,
the punting by C. Brown, and the line
who was downed on
plunging and end runs of Capt. Jones
were conspicuous.
Here New York lost the ball on downs,
showing poor judgment for not kicking.
his
20-yard
line.
.
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
150
On the first play, Haverford was penal15 yards
ized
for holding.
SOCCER
Brown
C.
On November
missed a try at a goal from the field, and
Club
New York kicked from behind the 25yard line. Wood caught the ball and ran
team, 2 to
back to the 35-yard line.
it
Magill car-
forward pass,
and in two more plays Jones was pushed
over for a touchdown.
ried the ball 25 yards on a
This started
and from
now on until the end of the game, it was
all Haverford.
If New York got the
ball they would soon have to kick and
Haverford would score another touchdown. New York did not have a chance
to score, never having the ball past their
the
Seven Seniors played their
Wood
Haverford.
game
last
signalized
sprinting for
Haverford's
touchdown.
last
ended
most
valuable }ears of Haverford foot ball by
a brilliant playing, both offensively and
defensively.
The work of C. Brown,
Bard, Ramsey and Haines was also of
Captain
Jones
his
four
New York.
Haverford.
Magill
1.
Smith
e
Frost
Friedberg
1.
t
Wood
I.
g
Koar
Spaeth
c
r.
g
Decker
Keefer
r.
t
Auffault
r.
e
Arnold
(Wilson)
Birdsall
•.
(Jones)
Leonard
(Sharpless)
Haines
q.
Carey
b
i.
Played at Haverford, November 28th,
igo6.
In an
match, Haver-
inter-collegiate
ford beat Cornell at soccer by 2 goals to
Baker scored the two goals for Ha-
I.
verford in rapid succession toward the
end of the
Baker's work at
half.
first
center forward, and the defensive play-
ing
of
Captain
Rossmaessler
and
C.
Brown were the features.
Haverford.
Cornell.
Shode
Furness
Baker
1
Chryssidy
Sarmiento
c. f
McDonald
Shoemaker
i.
Bushnell
o. r
Windle
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Drinker
Godley
Brown
Warner
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Wilson
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Molevsky
Sampaio
De Bye
Wood
—
—
—
On Saturday, December 8th, the soccer
Harvard,
2-1,
at
Cam-
bridge.
The Ardmore Boys' Club has again
started for the winter months.
in the
old
It is
held
Grammar School gymnasium,
About twentyThe work is car-
next to Merion Cottage.
five
boys are enrolled.
ried on by the College Y. M. C. A., under
Brown)
Bard
(Hutton)
1.
Jones (Capt.)
(Clement)
Brown
Brown)
Dougherty
b
h.
r.
h.
f.
b
Van Horn
(Capt.)
—
—
Referee Smith, Bucknell. Umpire GillenTime of
Linesman Myers.
U. of P.
Halves 30 minutes. Touchdowns Jones, 4;
Bard, Hutton, Wood.
Goals
C. Brown, S
from Touchdowns C. Brown, 6; Haines, Hut-
—
der,
—
;
—
the leadership of
H. Evans, '07.
Mouen
b
(A.
ton.
Haverford, 2; Cornell,
team defeated
(Ayer)
C.
Belmont Cricket Club won from Haverford on November 6th, 4 goals to o.
—
The line-up
Ramsey
soccer
very interesting game.
Referee
Bishop.
Linesman
Gummere.
Smith. Goals Baker, 2; McDonald. Time of
Halves 35 minutes.
the highest order.
(P.
in a
his
departure by blocking a kick, picking up
the ball and
Cricket
scoring,
own 50-yard line.
for
i,
Alerion
Haverford
3rd,
the
defeated
—
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Haverford College
Volume XXVIII, No. 8.
Ja^nuary,
I907
CONTENTS
Editori.,;
151
Social Reforms'—^True and False.
The Minister
.
.
.
In
Femina
the
Dark Night
^59
I'acultv Dei
i(Vi
TIip
1-15
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Ti->L-.>ti
mknt
Through the Ye;.
The Awakening
tain
154
.
In Union, Siren^
n Till Inspiration of Crane ^^oun-
.
164
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DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION
ADVISORY BOARS
F. D. Godley,
B. Qement,
M. H. G. Spiers, '09
C. J. Rhoads, '93
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
J.
Other Members— I. J. Dodge, '07; E. F.
Jones, '07; M. H. March, '07; J. H. Wood, '07;
K. Drinker, '08; J. P.
C. T. Brown, '08;
Elkinton, '08.
C
DEFABTMENTS
Foot Ball
W. Brown, 07
G. K. Strode, •08
Chairman
ASce-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
H. Evans, '07
G. K. Strode, '08
President
Secretary
'07
'08
P.
LOGANIAN SOCIETY
M. H. March, •07
C. K. Drinker, '08
E. T. Jones, '07
Captain
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
Gymnasium
Chairman
W. H. Haines, '07
Vice-Chairman
Edwards, '08
.E.
Manager
W. B. Rossmaessler, '07
Assistant Manager
W. R. Shoemaker, 08
A
Captain
Track:
J.
Chairman
DEPARTMBNTS
Civics
Vice-Chairman.
Manager
E. R. Tatnall, '07
Captain
P.
W. Brown, '07
J.
P. Elkinton, '08
.
Scientific
R. L, Gary, '06
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
W. Sargent, Jr., '08
Assistant Manager
H. Evans, '07
President
Vice-President
Secreta:ry-Treasurer
Bushnell, 3d, '08
.E. F. Jones, '07
W. W. Kurtz, '08
;
P. Magill, '07
Not elected
Not elected
J.
E. C. Tatnall, '07
J. Dodge, '07
D. C. Baldwin, '06
I.
Cricket
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
A. E. Brown, '07
E. A. Edwards, '08
Manager
J.
Debating
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer .
W. Nicholson, Jr., '07
Assistant Manager
C. K. Drinker, '08
F. D. Godley, '07
Captain
Association Foot Ball
P. W. Brown, '07
C. K. Drinker, '08
E. R. Tatnall, '07
'08
J. B. Clement,
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
A. E. Brown, •07
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
President and Manager.
Assistant Manager
Leader
Tennis
J.
.
C. Spiers, '09
.W. B. Windle, '07
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
W. Nicholson, Jr., '07
A. E. Brown, '07
Assistant
Manager
C. L. Miller, 'oS
Y. M. C. A.
Dodge, '07
H. Evans, '07
\V. H. Morriss, •08
I.
.
Treasurer
J.
J.
M. H. C. Spiers, '09
G. H. Wood
E. F. Jones
W. S. Eldridge
G. C. Craig
E. Wright
Bushnell, 3d
C. F. Scott
J.
G. W. Emien, Jr.
1909:
F. O. Musser, '08
Manager
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
T, K. Sharpless, '09
M. H.
.
1908:
President
M. H. March, '07
Treasurer
Musical
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CLASSES
ASSOCIATIONS.
College:
President
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Secretary
C. K. Drinker, '08
.
1907
President
R Rossmaessler, '07
.W.
Captain
M. H. March, '07
C.
R. L.
1910:
President
P. Elkinton, '08
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
E. Marsh
G. S. Bard
M. Underbill
J.
C. Green
M. O. Frost
F. Wilson
E. Cadbury
M. Eshleman'
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Haverford, Pa., January, 1907
world sometimes
THEexaggerated
appears with
faults,
if
not with
pessimistic hoplessness, to the young man
No. 8
men, or an uprising of the poor seems
imminent because of the amassing of
large
that
fortunes,
those
responsible
in or just out of College.
In the light of
for the conditions are after all citizens,
visions
and his ideals
and
and patriotism is a strong motive.
When
A Practical
his
Beliet in a
present
institutions
conditions are generally realized to be
Manliest
conditions
may seem hope-
bad,
Destiny
lessly sordid
and irremedi-
Too real may seem the distorted
able.
such
men
are
among the
help to solve the problems.
the individual
is
first
After
to
all,
generally to be relied
As young men in the world we
pictures painted by political orators or
upon.
by contemporary magazine writers who
must learn to meet present conditions as
they are, not necessarily to bring our
ideals any lower to meet them,
but to
be able to span the distance and to place
ourselves in any niche that circumstances
write only to
sell
their
copy,
heedless
how they blacken with their sensational
ink, the characters of men and of instituIt may not be a fault, yet it is a
tions.
truth that young men take these things
rather seriously. And yet after the elec-
—
—
may demand us to fill.
The late Senator Hoar was first of all
tions,
an optimist and along these
the
forth these doctrines in his ".Autobiog-
even though they were adverse,
impending calamities did not fall,
and after investigating the magazine
ston,- it was found that after the few trivialities that inspired the article were set
aside, the
man was a respectable citizen
and a patriot.
ber
It is
often wise to remem-
when the political outlook seems to
be in jeopardy from the conduct of some
"The
raphy."
which
lesson
lines
I
set
have
learned in life which has fmpressed upon
me daily and more deeply as I grow old,
is
the
Hope.
lesson of
I
believe
Good Will and Good
that
to-day
is
better
than yesterday, and that to-morrow will
be better than to-dav.
I
believe that in
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152
many
errors and wrongs, and
all\'
marked by the labors of the rhetor-
my
countrymen of all
classes desire what is good and not what
is evil.
The fate of the nation depends
in the last resort on individual char-
ician
—though excusably so—and an easy
style
and clever plot manipulation have
acter."
writing after leaving College, but to the
spite
of
even
crimes,
not been reached.
Comparatively few men continue their
few who intend
AS
who
and enforced literary critic
we have come to take an interest
in the question as to what constitutes a
"good" short story. A leading magaeditor
„
What Con-
zine recently offered a five
stitutes a
thousand dollar prize
Good Short
the "best short story" and
_,.
.
story
intrusted
authors
who
possess
to
The story
an ornate literary style or exceptional
plot construction.
ever,
EXCEPT for the Civic Department
of
has
the
story must be directly told and must deal
indicated
was with pleasure that we learned
ago that the Debating De-
our old rivals, the Philomathean Society,
of Pennsylvania.
but mere style."
Last year the contest
with them was omitted and it seemed
,
as though the custom
might disappear.
may seem to casual observers that
we have already too many interests in
It
College that engage the time and attention of the
the
Although many of the stories appear-
Survival
^^jy j^,^, jj^^jj. ,ia,„es
partment has arranged for a debate with
—"anything
stories will be found.
the
recently,
a short time
stories : they
But the literary value
of a story does not depend upon mere
plot interest, any more than upon mere
.st>le.
Tn spite of the emphasis laid upon
plot by the magazine writers and the
stress laid upon style by novices, the
happy medium is where the best short
their
of the Dead
It
until
seemed to have lapsed into
inactive existence and
the
more of these qualifications \<\ their short
must have plot, adventure,
romantic setting, a good character, or
wliich
lecture,
an
Resurrection
The magazines to-day demand one or
Society,
occasional
departments
concernino
with a universal theme.
Loganian
an
given
various
All the judges agreed that the short
nature,
Only occasionally, if
can either one of these raise a
story into literary merit.
the world's best short stories.
human
sim-
directness,
and an appreciation for dramatic
climaxes and conclusions, and who write
on subjects of strong human interest.
These are far more necessary than either
was a very plain narrative of a
man's life, well and simply constructed,
but with none of the conventional "literary" adornment.
It was so told as to
move naturally and inevitably to a climax. The story dealt with fundamental
human passions and was written with the
self-restraint
and the directness that
make up the characteristic strength of
of
we
plicity,
tributed,
touch
College,
that the best stories are written by the
they judged the best out of all those con-
a
do so and to those
would say that while the editor welcomes
the pronounced plot interest of a story,
he must admit with the literary critic
for
decision
the
three very competent judges.
to
writing while in
a''e
men, and when we consider
at Haverford the
number of men
ing in the magazines are written by col-
proportion of available activities is indeed large. Rut on the other hand, they
lege students, the usual college fiction
are so varied that every
rather stilted and hybrid.
It
is
is
gener-
man in College
may find one or more interests outside of
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which he may turn,
and that is just as it should be. Everythe curriculum to
man should have some interest
mere study some interest that
will bring him out of himself and compel
him to contribute something.
As arguments for these special Departments of the Loganian Society,
which include the Civics, Scientific, and
college
—
beside
Debating Clubs,
is
it
only necessary to
point out that the first two furnish means
by which men may keep abreast of the
times in sociology, politics, and science
W'hich are not offered in any courses.
They should serve as clearing-houses of
the thought along their respective lines
concert in Baltimore was especially enjoyable and it would be worth while if
programs were carefully
planned and made interesting they would
tend greatly to broaden men and to bring
into
their
if
practical use
much
that
is
purely
academic as absorbed in a lecture room.
Debating, of course,
is
more
limited
to a few men, yet it is something that the
body
College
would
with
regret
see
given up entirely, and so we are pleased
at the
prospect of a debate this year.
management could arrange
the
a
for
concert there this year.
A LONG with skating and mid-year
**
examinations, gymnastics
receive
a large share of the attention of the College
An
during these winter months.
program is arThe winter's
ranged for the gvninasium
'.
Gymnasium
team, which promises
to be
^
Program
very good this season, and
they will meet Princeton, Columbia,
Pennsylvania, Lehigh and Rutgers, either
interesting
,
.
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153
exhibition or contest, besides
enter-
ing some candidates in the inter-collegi-
Penn-
ate contest held in University of
sylvania Gymnasium on March 22.
The inter-scholastic meet arranged by
Haverford will be held in the gymnasium
This is
the evening of February 15.
always an interesting event, and for the
recognition it brings the college, has well
deserved to become an annual event at
Haverford.
THERoberts
Musical Club's Concert given in
fore
Christmas
Hall
the
Thursday be-
was a very successful
The Glee and Alandolin
affair.
The Musical
Club*
Clubs,
article,
by Mr.
written
True
"Social Reforms,
False,"
which follows, was
Chester
Jacob
Teller,
as well as the special num-
A. AL, '06, the holder of one of the Teach-
Seemed to deserve
equal commendation and
combined to give a very
ing Fellowships at Haverford last year.
^ers,
and unconventional college prowhich
was very pleasing even if
gram
from a musical standunity
it lacked
typical
point.
THEand
The trio, including piano, violin,
and cello, rendered several
numbers that
offered a variation from the customary
program.
Unfortunately a limited trip, such as
the Clubs took last spring, is not being
considered this year, and yet all who
went on that concert trip last year look
back upon it with great pleasure. The
Instead of pursuing his studies in philos-
ophy
at
Harvard, as he intended, Mr.
Teller has given up his life to social work
in
New York Citv.
Erratum.
—The serious misstatement
Haverford had defeated University
of Pennsylvania in soccer on Franklin
that
Field,
occurred
in
the
review
of
the
soccer season in the December issue.
We would say, in correction of this,
game was a tie, 0-0, and hope
may rectify an error
which we regret exceedingly.
that the
that this correction
;
SOCIAL REFORMS— TRUE AND FALSE
A NEW YEARS THOUGHT
the history
saddled us with the additional problem
of the world have the words "social re-
of assimilating the immigrant millions,
form" been so pregnant with meaning as
to-day. At least never before has reform
been so much the common concern of
all classes,
statesmen and philosophers,
money-makers, even workingmen as is
and especially in the large seaboard cities,
the gateways through which those unfortunates must pass, all evils are aggrav-
when the air is so filled with
best feel the pulse of the American body
Probably never before
in
—
these days
—
and problems and prayers, and
issues
complexity of society grows daily
the
more complex.
Social
interest
obtains
every corner of the modern world
in
giant tendencies are struggling with one
another
for
the
Underneath
mastery.
ated
;
"conditions," as we say, are at their
worst.
Naturally, it is there that one can
and sound the depths of the disthat quiver over two continents.
There, moreover, can be heard
the murmur of conflicting opinions and
the work of earnest men, misguided at
times, but always earnest, may be seen
social,
turbances
;
We take a momentary glance at
the unstable crust of worn-out conserv-
there.
atism may be heard the muffled din of the
a few of their theories.
struggle, a struggle
but begun,
which though now
destined
is
bring about
to
great changes, and to usher in a period
adjustment,
Time was, not so long ago, when since
was thought to be
the poverty of the poor, of whom it was
the prime social evil
loftier
said that they "shall not cease out of the
thinking and of better living.
land," the obvious remedy lay in the dis-
These reform forces that to-day hurl
themselves one against the other in the
prevailing turmoil, rise and expand,
weaken and persist according to fixed
law. No false reform can hold out long
of
social
finer
of
in
the search
some other remedy
needy by those
upon whom "Fortune" has smiled more
benignly. Where luxury existed side by
side with want, and beauty with sordidness, the question was merely one of reapportionment. The argument was simple and the conclusion irresistible
The
plain duty of every man was to share his
worldly goods with others.
Relief societies, therefore, were the typical insti-
is
found, which, when studied in its turn,
tutions of social betterment; the friendly
is
in
against a truer one, for as soon as
advocated
it
tested; once
it
tested,
is
its
The
unsatisfied need leads men onward
shortcomings
still
is
its
themselves.
reveal
until
Thus does
turn found faulty.
unending
here and now
the
discovery
of
error,
there,
lead
us
now
gently
nearer to the goal of truth.
Here in America, where the triumph
of a
lofty
mission
conception
over
individual
of
tribution of doles to the
:
visitor
was the
typical
social
servant.
"Charity" was the password, nor was it
long in sounding "down the line." Yet,
strange to say, for some reason, the giv-
our national
ing of alms never brought about the
golden age, except in the minds of a few
has
givers, who after graciously receiving the
selfishness
;
!
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blessings
of
complacently
poor,
the
blessed themselves for their "godliness."
\\'hile relief agencies still exist as parts
155
who
other hand, by the numbers
daily
desert the ranks for the cause of social-
Not new laws grafted on
ism.
to old
of a general relief policy, they are viewed
institutions
by many as relatively unimportant. Today, the dominant note in social service
change in the institutions themselves. An
industrial system which permits coal
"prevention"
is
rather
than
"cure."
While formerly we asked, "How can we
remedy this case or that?" we now inquire, "How- can we prevent dependence
in the first place?"
In a country where
wealth and prosperity abound, and God
lavishes
his
manifold blessings,
surely
are
but
wanted,
a
radical
own
barons to turn fortunes into their
pockets, while the poor miner toils on
eternally in the darkness
sistence
is
for bare sub-
fundamentally too rotten to
be patched by any legislative makeshifts.
An industrial system that depends on the
life-blood
of
millions
of
ill-fed.
over-
some way of shifting the
worked children for its successes, is not
resources of the nation to meet its needs
one to be repaired here and there by
there must be
!
Can we not discover some better method ?
Can we not be charitable to the needy
before they become needy? Can we not
make prevention take the place of palli-
meddlesome politicians. No the entire
structure must be pulled down.
True
democracy with its basic virtues, liberty,
equality and fraternity, demands a new
system for the production and distribu-
ation ?
tion of wealth.
Surely, there must be enough
for
all
Though the doctrine seems axiomatic
difficult.
For
The governmentalizing
of industry is our single hope.
Socialism
the most part,
must win in its struggle against the present regime. Such is the reasoning of a
enough, the application of
somewhat
!
it
has been
the
principle
has
taken
the
form
of
host of w-eary, discontented soldiers in
an
agitation
for
better
laws,
for
the
the battle
more representative legislative bodies, more responsible executives,
and more untrammelled judiciaries, and
election of
for political and civic reform generally
throughout the land.
Thus we have re-
cently seen increased activity on the part
of such bodies as the Civil Service Re-
form Association, the National Child
Labor Committee, and the Consumers'
League, and such political reform move-
for reform, of thousands of
courageous leaders who see social salvaonly in a new economic system
which they claim will be as great an
improvement over capitalism as capitalThat their
ism was over feudalism.
philosophy is faulty is the belief of many.
That they represent a militant worldmovement backed by elements of truth
and justice, few who have scanned their
tion
literature will deny.
ments as have lately occurred in many
of our larger cities. In place of charity,
the keynote of latter-day reform is legislation.
It is argued that since our ills
are. in the final analysis, economic ones,
the logical method of attack is through
the enactment and enforcement of better
But have they found the solution to
our perplexing problems? Can Social-
social regulations.
the causes of our social
While the movement for legislation
grows apace by the steady addition of
new converts to its creed, it loses, on the
instances
ism bring us the relief we seek?
its
claims
true,
it
tutions
are
True,
preached by thousands
has forced its way into the instiof learning and
learned scholars there
to
the
:
converted
the
true, it has traced
wrongs in many
economic
conditions;
of reform
which preceded and accompany it, it can
yet,
like
the
other
gospels
THE HAVERFORDIAN
156
not be stamped approved, nor can
be
principles
granted
claims
their
its
to
truth.
economic
composition
should be impugned
for
of
society
sore
the
dis-
tresses of the masses have looked deeply,
but not deep enough.
Far back of the
external conditions is the internal principle
;
far back of the
physical arrange-
ment of society is the spiritual order of
Deeper, far deeper, than
morality.
all
the institutions is man, who in association
with his fellow man, makes up the institutions.
to
adjustment can only be secured by
this
new generation in
new exigencies peculiar to the age,
the education of each
The fact is that those who believe that
the
of each individual to all his fellows, and
It
behooves us to trace the evil
source,
its
not to a source, but
very first source.
its
the
and in the social duties of each person
which spring from those new and
changed conditions. Unless each child
learns not only all the moral lessons of
new duties peculiar to
all
time, but the
his
own time also, a few years of in-
creasing complexity in life will make the
path of duty so obscure that some
in-
But if
these lessons are instilled into the minds
justice
of
all
must necessarily
future citizens,
inculcated,
and
if
result.
social duties are
social responsibility
em-
Let not the profundity
phasized, then the harmonious adjustment
of the reformer who goes further than
we have hitherto gone, deceive us. Let
justment of man to man, lies the hope of
us assure ourselves that he has gone fur-
better things.
must be brought about, and
in this ad-
and blessedness the product of
True social reform, therefore, concerns
and less with the institutions of
men, more and more with men themselves
less and less with worldly wealth, more
and more with human worth. Only from
institutions can be accepted without in-
within can the flower of civilization un-
otherwise
ther,
his
thinking
thought through to the end,
can be, indeed, the truth.
is
is
not
not,
nor
No
social
theory that makes man the result of conditions
itself less
;
volving us in the throes of contradiction.
fold itself; only in the slow
The motor power of civilization is born
education of a yet nobler and abler race
not of dead environment, but of the
of
liv-
and tedious
men can we really find amelioration.
ing Will within, and no teaching can be
Let us lend our efforts, therefore, more
which pins its faith in bet-
persistently to the task of cultivating the
entirely true
ter times to the
formal organization of
a people alone.
After all, a society can never be better
than
the
strive
to
consists
individuals
make
in
the
it.
who comprise
Its
true
it
solidarity
harmonious adjustment
vital
principle in humanity, and with a
firm
reliance
in
order of things,
a spiritual progressive
let
us sincerely resolve
each to do our part toward the attain-
ment of that general social
which all so much desire.
C.
t^
J.
harmony
Teller,
'o^.
:
THE MINISTER
It was a beautiful Sunday in June,
and the congregation had turned out in
full force to
hear the new "supply,"' for
out
trying
succession
a
of
candidates supplied by the bishop, with
a view to getting a
man to occupy the
for
up,
then
pvdpit steps.
The congregation sat silent in amazement, and those same
women who had
already elected him or repudiated him in
own minds, with the intention of
their
convincing
pulpit permanently.
glanced
watch,
his
down, blushed, and started to descend the
and the vestry-
the old rector had died,
men were
bled
were
husbands,
their
dis-
The chancel was packed with flowers,
mayed or triumphant as went their pre-
and the choir gloriously garbed in white,
while the summer dresses and light suits
But the startling events were
and the matrons turned
once more to look and well might they
of the people made one
feel
the
true
freshness and joyousness of spring.
A stir of curiosity rustled through the
church as the "supply"
left
the vestry
door and stepped before the reading desk.
They had never heard of him and were,
consequently, all the more anxious to see
He was tall and thin and angu-
him.
and he had red hair and
a smooth face but there was that about
him that made you look at him again,
and yet again. He read the lessons well,
for he had a deep voice and one which
lar and serious,
ferences.
not
_\et
look
;
;
the
corners of the
to
church.
And as the service progressed,
farthest
the people, in general, listened, and the
ladies,
who always run the parish, who
for, see
!
the minister has left his
and that, too, right in the middle
His carefully arranged
notes have been brushed carelessly from
the desk to the floor below, and the young
man, face flushed, but eye kindling, is
pulpit,
of his sermon.
standing in the aisle near the
first
pew.
And listen, he is speaking, slowly, sadly
"My friends, I have long known that I
He
;
carried
over,
—"I —
know
was to be asked to be your 'supply.' "
winced slightly
at
the word.
that a number of men more worthy than
I
have filled this pulpit for a similar pur-
pose, but to be appointed to a parish like
this one has been the ambition of
And
therefore
I
my life.
have spent weeks of
the
preparation on a sermon whose outward
brasses and w-ash the linens, whispered
essence rem.ains in those few sheets you
one another that he would do pretty well.
see fluttering there on the tiles, but whose
At last came the sermon. The hymn
was over, and the young man climbed
inward essence has been, if I may say so,
Every
a part of me, till this moment.
sentence has been polished to painstaking
exactness.
Every paragraph has been
decorate
the
chancel
and
clean
the steps to the pulpit and announced
his
text.
Well-termed phrases, careful
massed paragraphs, fol-
parallelisms,
And then
lowed
broke.
He
voice
stopped,
suddenly his
tried
to
go
on.
He
fumstuttered, and
in
stately
succession.
weighed, every figure, every period, tested.
I
have read
have delivered
it
it
over and over.
aloud and
in
I
thought,
until it has grown into me, but for all that
:
THE HA\'ERFORDIAN
158
cannot give
I
over
me
that
it
to you.
it
is
has come
It
mechanical,
formal,
it proceeds
from my head, not
from my heart or my life. I must ask
your forgiveness and your sufferance,
but I cannot do otherwise."
And then he took a Testament from his
pocket and opened it and read
lifeless,
" 'Yea, I
have loved thee with an ever-
lasting love.' "
and again
" 'Ye will
"
:
not
come to me that ye may have life.'
—
mechanical formality of the oration
man stood revealed, speaking out of his own heart.
The chancel
instead, a
guild
forgot
and
speculations
their
faces of beautiful
dren,
faces of strong
in
all
young men
that concourse,
chil-
young women,
Nay,
the minister
saw
only one face, a face he had not seen
for ten
first
long,
lonely
years,
a
face,
the
sight of which, over all that interval
of time, had caused him to drop his notes
and
to
falter
in
his
carefully prepared
oration of ten minutes ago,
was it?
No,
a lifetime, so long did he seem to have
Sloughed off like an old skin was the
stiff,
ened by suffering, faces of eager
been speaking, and ^et he must
still go
few people in the rear of
the gallery had noticed, just before the
on.
Only
a
sermon, a
tall,
graceful
girl
glide
in,
dressed in white, with a black hat and
black at waist and throat, but those
who
listened,
because
moved.
Their husbands, who had so far
had noticed her, remarked that she was
turned an indulgent ear to the youth's
singularly beautiful, with the beauty of
address, now knew he had a message for
sadness and disappointment.
But they
had not seen the swift, upward glance of
them, too
;
they
their
felt
hearts
summer boarders ceased
the
young speaker, and they, as well as
admiring their neighbor's hats, the chil-
the
dren turned away
from the windows,
the rest of the congregation, were ignor-
with their views of luxuriant June foliage
ant of the source of his marvelous in-
—young and
old, rich and poor, wise and
spiration,
for
foolish, attentive and indifferent, spiritual
sent the
deathless passion
and sceptical
—
all
listened
as one
man,
while that thin, tall form stood before
them proclaiming his message of despair
and hope, of condemnation and salvation,
a message which came with all the con-
vincing authority of a living experience.
Transfigured by the power of his
words, he seemed no longer
own
stilted
or
elocutional, but a singular grace possess-
ed him, and his eyes shone forth with the
light of one who has himself seen.
in
that
glance "she had
in
her eyes
through him and made him hers," as he
had never been before.
Twelve years ago he had met her and
all the fervor and adoration of a maiden love. He had kept his
passion to himself, for he was poor and
had few prospects, and she was rich and
accustomed to luxury. Yet he had not
given up hope, but had come to look
upon her as the guiding star of his life,
and under the inspiration of her influence
loved her with
oblivious to the sea of eager faces there
had consecrated himself to paths of duty
and service, which were destined to
before him, hanging on his every word,
develop
But the young man, for his part, was
all that was good and noble in
But because their lives had followed different lines, he had not seen
— faces of men and women who might him.
have told him much about the great outside world, faces of scholars
all
that
who knew
modern exegesis has
concerning the Bible and
its
revealed,
teachings,
faces of quiet, home-living people whose
spiritual life has
been purified and deep-
her now for ten years.
He never ceased
and when he heard of her
betrothal and marriage to a man whom
to love her,
he considered
even more unworthv of
her than himself, he realised that he had
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
been burning his heart out
159
hopeless
ing, unconsciously, the simple services of
and he resolved on what seemed
the only course left by which to get
away from himself and his despair.
meetings of his college days, he
brought the people to their knees with one
Studying hard, lie entered the ministry
and sought to give the highest expression
to his passion in service to men.
like a shepherd amidst his silent flock,
in
the
flame,
impressive gesture, and standing there,
he
offered up a prayer of such living power
some
that
of
now over-wrought
his
Ten years it had been, and yet that
single upward glance of his to the
crowded gallery had swept him back to
hearers broke down and sobbed aloud.
it seemed
him he loved w-ith even a higher and
a holier love.
The same inspiration for
him was still hers the influence of that
and tottered weakly to the vestry door.
The oft'ering had been forgotten, the ser-
The prayer over, he lifted his hands in
and bowing his head, turned
blessing,
his early youth, but this time
to
vice interrupted, but the choir, with rare
presence of mind, took up the recessional
;
"niaidon passion"
now more
still
and the people
gripped him, but
powerfully
than
and
ever,
moved
filed
out
in
silence,
too
was
not until the June sunshine met them
that the tension broke, and eager groups
deeply
drawing an inference from his own love
for the heart he had hoped to win, he
painted, with his eyes on her face, in
to
speak, so that
it
began discussing the marvelous sermon,
and the startling event of the morning.
soul-compelling word-pictures, the love
The vestr\men,
of the Master for the hearts of a people
rushing-
in
to
con-
who did not or would not come to Him
gratulate the young minister, found
for life.
lying on the couch in the robing room,
It
was
over.
In one
last
passionate
in a
plea for the living, henceforward, of a
real,
And a girl in white, with
black ribbons at waist and throat wept
dynamic life, he spent his fire and
ceased.
dead faint.
unrestrainedly in the farther corner of
And then, forgetting the rigid
the gallery.
order of the Episcopal ritual, and recall-
R. S., 06.
FEMINA
She trembles at a mouse she faints at blood
She ponders in the glass, what style of
;
dress
best
ness
May
display
her
grace
and
comeli-
;
As summer winds, so shifts her fickb mood;
She waxes petulant and sheds
a flood
Of trivial tears she cares not to repress
She drops from ecstacy to dire distress;
She loves o'er petty slights and wrongs to
brood.
All this she does yet lo when ruin lowers
She steels the fragile nerve and plays the
;
stoic.
Laughs
in
the
him
face
of
terror
;
dares
the
grave
And like a rock impregnable she towers,
Braving all dangers with a soul heroic
For man, who is at once her lord and slave.
/. F. W., '10.
!;
:
IN UNION, STRENGTH
My story had been returned for the lawn and farther on the fields stretching
time.
My wife, with an almost down to the winding creek were
sixth
jaunty
which
air,
I
the occasion, handed
thought
matched
ill
me the pretty type-
written sheets with
drenched with a misty moonshine, and
the
serpentine
vapor
from
rising
Again
"Just two months more, dear,"
ous
"Two months and a half."
"Two months and a half
editorial adjurations to realism
then,
and
from
flood
and
to me,
me
I
above.
have
Stupid things," she added, consolingly.
trophe with the fairy scene.
"Stop
it's
was too
thought, "and novices,"
fell
This was the
true.
week of June, and
I
had promised
stop writing in September,
if
to
unsuccess-
and accept my father-in-law's busiAs yet, I was unsuccessful.
The editors demanded realism, and I had
ful,
ness offer.
furnished only dreams.
Long
had
catas-
The thought
last
Let's
out on the porch."
It
cutthroat
a
go
doesn't
too ideal."
I'm sick of that.
it.
He says
it
introduce
was abominable.
"Nonsense," I said,
aloud. And, instinctively listening for an
answer, I became aware that there was
somebody beside myself avv-ake and up in
the house.
A door creaked, and a pan
"Let's hear what he wrote this time."
"Oh, there's nothing new.
your tale lacks realism, that
the
occurred
imagined how they would
after that no more of these editor's notes
ring true, that
the
stream, radiantly blended with the lumin-
in
the
"Burglars,"
kitchen.
I
I
added under
my breath, as another pan rattled.
Then my first great inspiration came.
"Here," it flashed on my mind, "here
is my chance for realism."
Hastily tearing the unfinished ode, "Ad Hominem
Lunas" from my tablet, I slipped on a
I
bathrobe and quietly crept to interview
stayed out in the balmy night, brooding
my burglar.
He was seated in the middle of the
over
after
Eveline
retired,
mv coming eight-hour-a-day fate
and when
I
a useless
proceeding,
it
was
kitchen,
could
not
ed he would try to
did crawl into bed,
for
I
"Two months and a half," "two
sleep.
months and a half" or "get realism,"
rang in my head with
monotony,
until I jumped out
wearying
of the covers and sat down by the win"get
realism."
masked and cool.
was an epitome of my
was celestially unreal. The
The
view
plague.
It
had expect-
He did not even get
up.
The
silence
was almost embarassing.
"It's a ver>- pleasant
evening," he be-
gan.
"\'^ery
pleasant,"
"I hope
dow.
I
nm at my appearance.
I
I
managed
to echo.
haven't disturbed anything."
I was too amazed at his impudence to
measure up to his cool politeness.
"
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
"The question isn't whether you leave
things
in
their
places,"
I
blurted
out,
"but whether you leave them at all."
To complete my amazement, instead of
replying, he jotted down some things on
I had not noticed,
"Ha," I thought. "Smarter than sup-
a tablet that
posed
:
"Law, Sam, couldn't you guess?"
"Dick," was all I could gasp.
For
Dick was our next neighbor but one,
and an honest man, and this was Dick.
"Well," he said, gradually getting hold
of himself.
my little call this evening."
I nodded, wondering how he knew my
name, and jotting down on my tablet
prised at
sundry memoranda concerning the omniscience of thieves.
"But this
letter
will.
I
believe,
satis-
factorily explain my peculiar situation."
"The explanation will be most welcome and interesting, but a few minor
details first. I presum.e, that as you know
my name you could favor me with my
age and occupation, and, say, my wife's
maiden cognomen."
"Wasn't Mrs. Boyce called Daisy
Mathers?"
No common thief this, and my realistic
hopes were shattering.
"Won't you take off your hat," I said,
desperately.
"It must be warm, and I'd
really like a few personal anecdotes from,
your point of view."
"May I smoke?"
"Certainly."
"And won't you?"
I guiltily
chose a cigarette, wondering
"I don't
mind
telling you,
but it's a queer tale."
probably data for a future haul."
Looking up, he said, "I imagine, Mr.
Boyce, that you are considerably sur-
i6i
"Wait," I said, "and we'll get comfortable."
"You may not know," he went on after
had come back from the cellar and we
were comfortably seated in the dining
room, "that I used to write short stories.
But all the editors sent 'em back with
'not enough imagination' or 'too matterI
of-fact' scribbled across the back.
got
I
my last yesterday morning, and it drove
me
So
wild.
I
rushed
down
to
jMr.
Str\-per, the head of police and explained
things to him and he thought awhile,
and then he said, 'Mr. Dick, you're an
honest man, and I know you're an honest
man. and I'll let you do it.' And so he
wrote that letter which gives me permission to break into your house."
"But I don't see yet."
"Wait
I
!
I
knew you wouldn't care, and
did it to have the chance and material
up an ideal account of an ideal
in which nothing was stolen
and nobody arrested, and if the editors
don't like it I'll give up and apply to
your father-in-law for a job.
to write
robbery
I
could contain myself no longer.
what Eveline would say, as she cannot
I became
stand smoking in the house.
from my
alarmed,
as
the
clouds
positively
gathered
in
volum.e.
But so
pipe
visitor's
in
courtesy
and I
outdone
me
far he had
that
point.
was silent on
"Dick." I cried, "our fortunes are
made. \\'e'll collaborate. Our mutually
complemental predicament will enable
But before I could finish he had me
suggested, "may
the noise there was a weird, shrill shriek
"Before we begin."
I
I
not have the honor of your name?"
A
convulsion seized the burglar.
His
from his lap and dynamic
chucklings emanated from the rolling
tablet
figure.
slid
Finally he burst out with
—
waltzing around the room, his mask, my
robe and the glasses keeping time.
In
on the stairs.
My wife had fainted on
the landing.
In my excitement, I hastily
threw a glass of water in her face.
viving,
her
first
dazed
"Have thev com.e?"
question
Rewas:
—
—
"
:
:
THE HAVERFORDIAN
1 62
— yourself, my
"Calm
dear.
was
It
nothing
"But haven't they come yet?"
and another man rolling around in the
dining room, and I thought he was a
murderer.". Here Dick went off again.
"And and that's all till the water was
poured on and I thought they were soak-
—
"Who?"
"The firemen?"
I was getting alarmed
my wife's
at
daze.
ing me instead of the
I
"Eveline,
try
explain
to
you
w'nat
mean."
fire."
Hurry
took in the situation.
up,
Dick, take off your togs and cut some
bread and you, Eveline, cut the tongue.
had
supposed you had gone moon-walking, as
you often do, I 'phoned to the fire company, and when I'd dressed and started
down to see where it was, I saw vou
"W^hy,
I
smelled smoke, and as
I
We've got to get up a good lunch
these
fooled
firemetti.
And
while
for
we
worked I told Eveline the plans for our
henceforth happy and prosperous careers.
T. M. L. '08.
THROUGH THE YEARS
He was sobbing as if his heart would
break.
The very idea of it
!
A whole
minutes later the two are digging caves
side by side in a
sandy bank. Presently
remarks
"But you don't know where I was yes-
pound of ginger snaps and not one had
"All right, Charley,
been saved for him
Stella
just you
terday."
;
wait
till
I
get as big as you,
and then I'll pay you back!" He clinched
his fists and swore eternal hatred toward
"Where ?"
his older brother.
"Don't have to
;
Suddenly he stopped crying. A wellknown voice came from the terrace across
Stella pauses
for a while before
the street
!"
"Ho Willie Ho-o Weelie
He jumped up and waved his hand
!
frantically, singing out in reply
"H'lo Stella!
Come on over."
"I don't dare," says Stella, accompany-
"I won't tell you."
I
don't care."
she
ventures again.
"Bet you never been down the river
on a boat."
"Huh,
that's
nothing.
I've
been to
Washington."
Then there is a silence, punctuated by
the scraping of the oyster shells upon the
ing her negation with a slow shaking of
sides of the caves.
the curly head.
antagonize Willie further, and says with
".\\\ right
I'll
come over to your
house then," and after a hasty glance
backward he trots across the street. Five
sudden inspiration
;
"Oh,
say,
let's
Stella decides not to
play this
is
Panama
Canal and you be Teddy Roosevelt!"
THE HAVERFORDIAN
"Ah, no, let's pla\- these are salt mines
my Aunty Nan tells about, and we
like
We'll have to be blind
are the minors.
though, and oh, say,
big, large explosion
let's
have a great
!"
I'll
be Mr. Jacobs."
"Xo, you can't be Mr. Jacobs, 'cause
you must be INIrs. Jacobs."
"Well I won't play then I can be a
man as much as you can I can whistle
!''
lots better than you
you're a girl
;
"Can not!"
"Can so !" And to prove her assertion
Stella began to whistle vigorously.
Willie's face
I
fell.
don't care anyway," he said
And so they spent an hour or so together, playing this and pretending
that,
became so violent
that they "got mad and called each other
their
but no Stella appeared.
;
One day Willie ran hastily in to ask
his mother why the "Gloverses had hung
a white dress on their front door?"
"Poor
child,"
thought,
she
"he
wouldn't understand if I did tell him
he
is
affair
is
if
;
but
whole
kept ignorant until the
over it will be easier for him to
So she put him oft".
bear."
Three days later a white hearse drew
Willie
in front of Stella's home.
knew what that meant. He knew that
up
at last. "Be Mr. Jacobs if you want."
until
when she did.
Xe.xt week the doctor came twice every
day and then suddenly stopped coming
;
;
"Well
him again, and what she would look like
altogether
"All right; you be Mr. Jones and
163
quarrels
by their right names."
Then it was time for Stella to prepare
when
long train of carriages halted
a
near a house, that someone there had
He hoped it was not Stella.
died.
here was Peter
Well,
he would ask him, for
;
knew everything that went on.
"What? Didn't you know that Stella
Glover was dead? She died last MonPeter
day
for dinner and Willie's guilty conscience
;
my sister's going to the funeral."
Willie
went
straight
to
the
garret.
him hurrying back home before his
mother should discover his absence.
Thus these two had played together day
in and day out ever since Willie's father
had gone across to call on the new neighEvery
bors and had taken him along.
day they ended up by quarreling, every
There, crawling over piles of old furni-
m.orning they greeted each other with
they
delight.
grief
sent
But when Willie looked and called for
Stella next day, she was nowhere to be
Then he remembered that she
found.
had had a cold yesterday, and decided
that her mother was keeping her indoors.
Later in the day the doctor's carriage
ture and winter carpets, he sought a dark
corner
and
are those
down
la}-
who
—
to
cry.
There
say that children don't
understand, don't appreciate the signifi-
cance of death.
Well, do grown-ups un-
derstand and appreciate?
did,
would
that
And even if
prove that their
is
profounder or more sincere?
Emerson says, "The only thing that grief
has taught
me is to know how shallow
Ah, but Emerson was not thinking of childhood's sorrows when he said
it
is I"
that.
They
are
real,
they are sincere,
they are profound while they
last.
The
stopped at Stella's home— "not our doc-
child does not restrain his emotions at
and
At dinner
his mother remarked that Stella was dangerously ill. So all he could do was to
watch the doctor come and go, and wonder when Stella would come to play with
the crisis, and reserve
tor,
'cause our doctor's a allopath
their doctor's a
homopath."
them to be expended in a sigh or shake of the head
whenever the name of the deceased is
mentioned.
Years afterward when Willie had actu"become a man" he attended another
allv
—
!
!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
164
and as he was riding along beman who had
been his constant chum through school
and college as he was gazing out of the
window at the hot, dusty road and listening to the exchange of platitudes among
the other pall-bearers as he was wishing
the whole uncomfortable ceremony over,
and longing to be away, away from
scenes of grief; suddenly there rose up
before him the vision of a pretty, childish
face and he heard a childish voice saying
"Come on over mamma says we can
put up the tent and play house." Ah, the
funeral
;
hind the remains of the
;
;
;
memory of days
last
thing necessary to arouse his emo-
tional activity
— or
it
—the
straw as it were
last
may have been the contrast be-
tween the bustle and worry of the conventional rites which forced him thus to
display publicly an emotion too sacred
even for words, and the unrestrained
flood of childish sorrow whose simplicity he had left behind him forever whatever the explanation, his eyes filled with
;
tears
at
the
recollection
of their petty
disputes and their unceremonious make."
ups.
.
.
"j\Iy but he takes
that never, never can
"Bill?
Oh.
well,
it
hard, don't he?"
it's
They
natural.
were great friends, you know."
return
It
—
:
may have been
that this
H. B. '08.
was the
THE AWAKENING
(a sonnet)
Let cowards clamor for the
Sleep
of
I,
Grant me, O God, my full three score
With pleading moans assail unheeding
and ten.
ears
And
full
shrieking,
cringe,
their
to
That, hearing
bellies
resow such
spirits
in
the deeps
Of everlasting anguish. Myriad years.
As many as the memories all the tears
Of Hell but show, shall putrify their
sleeps
!
in
my heart the moans
of men,
of fears,
Forgetting that the Silent Reaper reaps
But
—but
too, might well cry truce with life
No
Sleeps,
I
may
take
all
mine hours and mold
them, so
That each a step in that high stair shall
be
Whereon pain-burdened
mount to thee.
/.
man
may
T. T., Ex-' 08.
;
:
THE INSPIRATION OF CRANE MOUNTIAN
Oh
thou sordid, cramped being, atom
ing from that barren pond nestled in the
of humanity, tied to thy desk in dingy
hollows of the ridge, on whose banks
office or spacious city apartment, for once
dead
break the bonds of trade and take a blan-
day
!
me
ket on thy shoulders and climb with
majestic Crane, the highest peak in the
Southern Adironacks.
tall
Confined within
prison walls of skyscraper and palace,
thou knowest nothing- of the
freedom
of the woods, or of the beauty of nature
in
her
Therefore think not
vastness.
of the cold as
thou
self
on thy elbow
call of the
;
listen
to
two thousand
—
thy-
bare
the
weird
light.
hoot owl, solemn, mysterious,
ulous shriek of the screech owl, or the
startling whirring,
ripping, whip-cry of
the night hawk.
Strain thine ears
to
of the world
smell,
and thou
canst, the deep, searching odors of the
pine-woods,
the
balsam,
the
hemlock,
or the faint scent of decaying trees
ris-
feet
is
over
below.
No man's
the infinite sky and
its
man when thou risest to the heights
when thou doest here the
work thy Creator has given thee, when
humble imitation of the silent world
around thee, thou abidest under the
shadow of the Almighty.
R. S., '06.
in
IN THE DARK NIGHT
would walk alone in the sunshine,
In the sunshine alone and free
But in the dark night and the silence,
.^h
then I would be with thee.
I
!
can work all day in the city
With never a friend to see
But when the hard day is over
I
Then let me come close to thee.
I
out
m\riad stars rolling on in scorn of thee
and thy pettiness, powerful, majestic,
wonderful, but not so wonderful as majestic, as powerful as thou canst be, thou
of thy nature,
;
Gaze
washed by the pale caressing
Beyond the hill, there on the edge
little
below thee
.
cliff
aeolian harps of the maples on the mounside
.
pine tree, rough, jagged rock and
all is
catch the evening breeze playing in the
tain
.
habitation is there to disturb the grandeur
soft,
foreboding, or the shorter, sharper quer-
offspring.
stunted
the inoonlit valley spread before thee two
raise
on thy
liest
fragrant, balsam conch, but
stand like naked ghosts
and day out, night in and night
out. grim relics of a former epoch of
luxurious growth, of which the present
seeming splendor is only a deformed and
trunks
in
can toil all day in the battle.
Fight hard and yet happy be
But dear, after the struggle
Oh, let me hold fast to thee
G.
!
H.
G.,
'06.
;
:
FACULTY DEPARTMENT
EDITED BY DEAN BARRETT
At morning
collection
on December
"This
the
is
main advantage
be
to
tenth. President Sharpless addressed the
gained by it, and I do not know that it
students as follows on the requirement
accomplishes
of Freshman evening report
very
"We shall drop the matter of reporting
in
the evening for
Freshmen
after the
the Christmas holidays.
But the
this.
one,
desirable
not
result
only
is
a
for
the
Freshmen, but for all other classes.
If
the students of the college are to seek
their recreation, or their business, or any-
"I have long since ceased to consider
this of any particular service in the
mat-
thing else outside of the college walls
in affairs
not connected with the college,
ter of restraining
Freshmen from going
to places where they should not go, and
that, I suppose, was the origin of the
custom.
A good many years ago the
going to break down the Haverford
feeling.
It has broken it down in the
It is an important matter, not for
past.
moral protection, but for the preserva-
regular
religious exercises of the day
which correspond to this collection were
tion of the right spirit in the college that
held in the evening, mainly,
night of the week.
If
seven nights
week
for the reason that
it
I
suppose,
required the pres-
it
is
we have the students in the college every
the students from 8.30 to 9
o'clock, and kept them from being some-
better.
where else. When this collection was
changed to the morning exercises, the
evening reporting was substituted for the
whole college during the whole year,
and that has gradually been reduced
from the whole college to the two lower
classes, and then to the Freshman Class
in
ence of
all
for a comparatively small portion of the
college year.
What can be said in favor
of it is not that there is a certain amount
of restraint that keeps Freshmen from
going to places where they should not go,
but that there is a tendency to keep
them together as
a class in the college
through the earlier part of their course
possibly also it sets the custom of re-
maining
in
the
unity
in
tiie
a
result
if
country.
and preserving
class which would not
college
they were scattered about the
in
the
they were here
it
would be
"This is the object that has been sought
the
reporting of
appreciate that it has
ing
sit
the
Freshmen.
I
somewhat disturb-
eft'ect on the students who wish to
down and work and have to keep this
matter
of
on
reporting
their
minds.
Whether the good and the bad sides of
it
counterbalance,
I
do not know.
I
should be glad if the Senior and Junior
at one of their class meetings
would take this matter into consideration, and give me their advice whether
it is advisable to keep up the custom or
classes
not.
"Again,
it
does satisfy some parents
that the College
their
boys.
I
is
keeping an eye upon
appreciate
also
that
against this j-ou can put the general objection to restrictions that are not necessary.
It
Haverford
has been our policy here at
to
abandon
restrictions.
If
;
THE HA\"ERFORDIAN
a restriction does not justify
positive good, it is an evil.
itself as
a
Many of you
know by hearsay the conditions that existed
the
here twenty years ago.
amount of
vastly
in
period.
liberty
and that
afforded
now
is
excess of that of the former
a matter, therefore, about
It is
which there is a fair chance for discussion, and as I apprehend that the upper classes are better able to judge the
167
matter than I am, I should be glad if they
would give me their opinions in the matter.
I
think that if they agree, their de-
cision
will
be
the
regulation
in
the
future."
President Sharpless then spoke of the
opening of the College Library
evening.
In the future
in
will be
it
from seven to ten. provided it
enough to warrant this change.
is
the
open
used
THE TOKEN
Here is a piece of linen, scarcely more
I doubt if you
than six inches square.
anything unique in it, and you
would probably have trouble in singling
it out from among a number of its kind,
even after you have read the following
will find
delineation.
chief,
It
is
a square, white ker-
with a very narrow hem.
I
can-
not tell how many threads to the inch it
contains, nor do I know aught else about
the fineness of
its texture
it does not
appear to be more than ordinary serv;
linen.
The hem is attached by
means of open work, of the openest kind,
iceable
and each corner is a separate little square by itself. Here you see
a scar, which commemorates a tear about
half an inch long but, of course, the first
thing that you noticed when I unfolded
it was the embroidered monogram over
There is nothing, I rein this corner.
peat, in this piece of cloth which is so
peculiar that you could not duplicate it
over and over again, even to this fancy
I
should say
:
;
letter
"L."
But—
Why do I keep you, a mere bit of
under lock and key as if you were
pure gold? Because of your fineness of
texture? Because you are pretty to look
cloth,
Because the embroidery is skilfully
done? Because her hand has touched
}0u ? Because you nestled close to her
slender waist, or rested once on her
bosom? Why then should 30U be so
precious ? She did not give you to me
at?
she does not
know that I possess you.
No, it is not because you once belonged
to her, because you were often with her,
or because perchanced you have touched
her lips. It is because you were there at
our last meeting; becaiise you saw her
speak to me because you saw her smile,
because you
full of love and gentleness
;
;
heard her laugh in almost childish glee;
because you saw her grow sad again and
full
of sympathy
;
because you saw her
.
my hand and say, "Auf Wiedersehn ;" because you saw me watching her
press
departure with a stupid amazement and
went on around
I keep you a
want you to talk to me
oblivion of all else that
me.
This
is
prisoner and
the reason
I
about her and describe the gracefulness
of her manner, the color of her e3-es, the
depth of the soul which speaks from
them; speak of her! Of her always;
And when vou think vou have finished.
H. B., '08.
begin again.
:
ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
J906
The Class of 1906
held
its
first
REUNION
in-
formal reunion in Barclay Hall, Friday
A business
evening, December 21, 1906.
opened
meeting
and
matters, past, present and future, were
brought up, discussed and settled. Of
special interest, of course, was the report of the Committee on the Construction of the Gate to the Driveway on the
north side of the campus, which the
Class of 1906 and its friends presented
the
proceedings,
Those present
reunion were
Brown, Jr., W.
Carson, R. L. Cary, A. C. Dickson, H.
W. Doughten, Jr., J. M. S. Ewing, W.
H. Haines, Jr., H. B. Hopper, W. Kennard, Jr., J. Maloney, W. H. Haines, Jr.,
}iIaloney, W. K. Miller, J. Monroe,
J.
F. B. Morris, J. D. Philips, H. Pleasant,
Jr., D. J. Reid, E. B. Richards, D. H.
the
at
E. F. Bainbridge, T. K.
Schweyer, R.
J.
Scott,
R.
J.
Shortlidge,
A. Stratton, F. R. Taylor.
Roderick Scott, Scc'y.
as a gift to the College, at its graduation
in June.
NOTES
Tyson died
home
near Baltimore, Md., November 28, 1906,
'92. ^\'illiam H. Nicholson, Jr., was
married to Miss Katharine Leonard Lea
in his 81 St year.
in
'44.
'84.
Jesse
George, \'aux,
Jr.,
at
his
has been ap-
Philadelphia, on
'97.
November the sixth.
Edward Thomas is now a Fourth
pointed a member of the Board of Indian
Assistant Patent Examiner in the United
Commissioners by President Roosevelt.
fills the vacancy created by the death of Philip C. Garrett
Mr. \'aux recently ana year ago.
ngunced his engagement to Miss Mary
James, of Cambridge, a niece of Professor William James, the famous psy-
States Patent Office, Washington, D. C.
This appointment
chologist.
Ex. '99. Louis Round Wilson, A. M.,
of the University of North
Librarian
Carolina, has published as the
first
vol-
ume of "Studies in Philosophy," a dissectation
entitled.
"Chaucer's
Relative
Constructions,'' Chapel Hill. N. C.
1906.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
'00.
C. H. Carter, Ph. D., writing
from Syracuse University, has an article
in the "Modern Language Notes" for
N'ovember, entitled "Xymphidio," "The
Rape of the Lock," and "The Culprit
Piallad,"
in
the
publication
Modern Language Asociation
of
the
for
De-
cember.
Professor Arthur M.
A. M. '96.
Earlham College, read a paper on "The Virtuous Octavia," at the an.
Charles, of
Fav."
Ex '.01
Evan Randolph was married
Hope
Miss
to
the
169
Carson,
daughter
of
Hampton Carson, on Xovember the sev-
nual meeting of the Central Division of
the Modern Language Association, in De-
cember, at Chicago.
enth, 1906.
George John Walenta was marMiss Madeline Jones, at Haverford on December 20.
Mr. and Mrs.
\\'alenta will live at 2232 North Broad
'01.
'04.
W. ^L Wills has announced his
engagement to Miss Julia
Ireland.
Joseph H. Morris has announced
engagement.
'05.
his
ried to
Street, Philadelphia.
Ex* '05.
'92.
an
Walker Morris Hart, Ph. D., has
article entitled
"Professor Child and
to IMiss
John L. Scull was married
Mary Rachel Settle, at Haver-
ford, on January ist, 1907.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
COLLEGE CALENDAR
FOOT BALL DINNER
Quadrangular Gymnastic Meet, January 20.
Princeton, Columbia, Pennsylvania, Haverford.
Some
the
Haverford's loyal Alumni
gave a dinner at the Merion Cricket Club,
on \\'ednesday, December 19th, in honor
Civics Department of the Lonanian So-
of the season's successful foot ball team.
December 11, on the topic "Politi-
The seventeen men who ended a successful season by whipping New York Uni-
President
ciety,
Sharpless
addressed
cal Conditions in Pennsvlvania."
of
versity 68 to o, together with about the
"Through Persia into Central Asia"
was the title of an illustrated lecture
given by A. V. Williams Jackson, Ph. D.,
LL. D., Professor of Indo-Iranian Languages at Columbia University, before
the Phi Beta Kappa, on December 7.
same number of old Haverford foot ball
captains and players formed the typical
merry Haverfordian crowd.
President
Drinker, of Lehigh University, the father
of three Haverfordians, and President
Sharpless, the "father of us all" were the
special guests of the evening.
;
:
:
THE HAVERFORDIAX
I/O
Coach Thorn, '04, was presented with
and Cary are back in College doing post-
a loving cup, the gift of the undergrad-
graduate work.
uates as a token of their sincere appre-
have
All
men
of the other
The
ciation of his
work in turning out such
team will be
strengthened in tumbling by the addition
a good team.
President Sharpless, Pres-
of
ident Drinker, Coach Thorn, Dr. Babbitt,
Brown
improved.
Leonard,
who was on
Princeton's
There are several other
team last year.
were all called on for speeches by Toast-
make a strong bid for
places on the team, among whom are two
master Hay.
or three Freshmen.
Captain Jones and Captain-elect
The
were
hosts
Sharp, Jr., '88
William
as
follows
W.
J.
Dr. T. F. Branson, '89
;
Audenreid,
G.
;
'90;
C.
J
W. J
Strawbridge, '94; E. B. Hay, '95; W. C
Rhoades, '93
P. S. Williams, '93
;
;
Hinchman, '96 J
H. Scattergood, '96; L. H. Wood, '96
Webster,
'95
;
C. R.
A. C. Collins, '97
;
;
W. J. Janney, '98 A
;
G. Scattergood, '98; A. Haines, '98;
A
00
F. C. Sharpless, '00; F. M. Eshleman
C. Maule, '99; H. S. Drinker,
Jr.,
'00; J. C. Lloyd, '00; C. C. Morris, '04
B. Eshleman,
'05.
men who
will
Manager Rossmaessler announces the
following schedule
—Quadrangular meet, PrinceRutgers,
Feb. 9— Haverford
New Brunswick, N.
Lehigh,
March 2— Haverford
Haverford.
Penn.
March 16— Haverford
Penn.
contest
March 22 —
Pennsylvania.
meet
HavFeb.
—
Jan. 20
ton,
Columbia, Pennsylvania, Haverford.
at
vs.
J.
at
vs.
15
vs.
at
Intercollegiate
at
Inter-scholastic
at
erford.
RUGBY FOOTBALL
Carrol T. Brown, '08, has been elected
captain, Cecil K. Drinker, '08, manager,
and Mark A. Spiers, '09, assistant manager of the foot ball team for next year.
The following fourteen men
"H."
their
'07
:
'07
;
Captain Jones, '07
:
Haines, '07
P.
received
;
Wood,
Birdsall, '07 ; A. Brown,
;
Brown,
INTER-CLASS CONTEST
The first inter-class gym. contest for
was held on December 12th,
ten years
under the auspices of the class of '97,
who want to see the old custom started
again to develop and discover modest
The banner presented by '97 was
won by '08.
ability.
'07
;
Magill,
'07
;
C.
Brown, '08 Leonard, '08 Bard, '09
Ramsey, '09; Spaeth, '09; Sharpless, '09,
and Frost, '10.
Edwards, '08, and Wilson, '10, were
awarded cups for conscientious work on
;
;
the scrub.
There were several amusing exhibibut the best performance was done
by Edwards, '08, who won first place on
the horizontal, parallels, and rings. The
judges were F. B. Jacobs, '97, H. H.
Jenks, '00, and E. C. Rossmaessler, '01.
tions,
Results
GYMNASTICS
—
The gymnasium team this year should
be an excellent one. The only men lost
from
last year's
successful team are Car-
son and Shortlidge
;
T. K. Brown,
Jr.,
Flying Rings Edwards, '08, first; Mott, '09,
second Bally, '08, third.
;
—
Side Horse Burtt, '08,
second; Philips, '10, third.
—
first;
Lewis,
Horizontal Bar Edwards, '08. first
'08, second
Spaeth, '09, third.
nell,
;
;
'09,
Bush-
;;
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
second
—A. N. Warner, '07; W. Sargent,
E. Shoemaker,
I'iolins —
W. Crowell, '09; H. E. C. Bryant,
Cello — W. C. Greene,
Clarinet — C. W. Mayers,
Leader —
W. Nicholson,
—
Bars Edwards. '08, first; Brown,
Mason, '08, third.
Tumbling Leonard, '08, first; Bushnell, '08,
second; Mason, '09, third.
Rope Climb Mason, '10, first; Bard, '09,
second; Roberts, '10. third.
Fence Vault Burtt, '08, first; Edwards, '08,
second Waniock, '09, third.
Side Horse
(Novice) David, '10, first;
Drinker, '08, second; Judkins, '10, third.
Flying Rings
(Novice) Fay, '09, first;
Kenderdine, '10, second; Martin, '10. third.
Club Swinging Myers, 09, first; Scott, '08.
second Shoemaker, '09, third.
Parallel
'08,
;
—
Guitars
Jr.,
—
—
—
;
MUSICAL
The annual concert of the Haverford
Musical Clubs was given in Roberts
Hall on December 20th. Credit is due
Nicholson,
'07,
leader of both clubs, for
'08;
'10.
'10.
'10.
J.
Jr.
GLEE CLUB.
W. Crowell. '09; J. W.
R. A. Spaeth, '09; H. E.
W. D. Schultz, '10.
C.
Second Tenor T. K. Brown, Jr., P. G.
'08; F. C.
J. C. Birdsall. '07; J. B. Clement,
Hamilton, '09; P. V. R. Miller, '09; E. ShoeTenor—].
First
Pennypacker,
'09;
Bryant, '10;
—
maker,
'09.
—
First Bass G. H. Deacon, 09; C. C. Killen,
'09; D. L. Philips, 'og; M. H. C. Spiers, '09;
C. M. Froelicher, '10; W. C. Greene, '10;
W. Mayers, '10.
C.
Second 'Bass— P.
Dodge,
Lewis,
the success of the concert.
'09.
J.
—
—
;
171
W. Brown,
'07;
I.
J.
'o-; J. W. Nicholson, Jr., '07; T. K.
'09; S. T. Martin, '10; C. D. Morley,
'10.
—
Leader
PROGRAM
W.
J.
Nicholson,
Jr.
PART L
SOCCER
Ida
Johnson
Mandolin Club.
II. I'd Like to Go Down South Once Mo'
Parks
I.
The following were awarded the Soccer
Captain
''H.":
Glee Club.
III.
Windle, '07
Piano Soli
(a) Valse "O
la bien Aimee"
(6) Gavotte, B Flat
T. M. Longstreth, '08.
Schiitt
Handel
—
IV. Trio Standchen
T. M. Longstreth, '08.
J. W. Crowell, '09.
W. C. Greene,
V. Quartet
P.
Schubert
Bushnell,
;
Rossmaessler,
C. Brown, '08
08,
;
07;
Drinker, "08
and Baker, '10.
The seal was awarded to Warner, '07
Ck)dley,
'07;
Kurtz,
'08;
Strode,
'08;
Shoemaker, '08, and Furness, '10.
Haverford again won the intercollegi-
'10.
Arranged
only fair to state
W. Brown, '07.
ate championship.
T. K. Lewis, 'og.
D. L. Philips, '09.
R. A. Spaeth, '09.
that they were aided by Columbia's de-
It is
Haverford and Penn's
to Harvard.
fault
to
forfeit
PART II.
I.
II.
Dainty Dames
Mandolin Club.
''Po' Little
—
Trio
IV. Pale
III.
Lamb"
the
Amber West
Glee Club.
V. For Haverford
Schubert
Parks
Seller
Combined Clubs.
M.'VNDOLIN'
CLUB.
—
First Mandolins J. W. Nicholson, Jr., '07;
B. Windle, '07; F. C. Baily, '08; W. W.
W.
Kurtz, 2d. '08; F. Myers, Jr., '09; N. D. Ayer,
C. F. Clark, '10; G. A. Kerbaugh, '10;
S. T. Mnrtin, '10.
Second Mandolins F. O. Musser, '08; D. B.
Gary. '10; J. D. Kenderdine, '10; E. R. Spauld-
'10:
—
ing, '10.
HAVERFORD, 2;
Parks
Glee Club.
Aufenthalt
in
Blake
Played
at
H.A.RVARD^
Cambridge,
I.
December
8,
1906.
On December 8, at Cambridge, Mass.,
on the historical Soldiers' Field. Harvard
went down to defeat before the Haverford soccer team. The day was fine, but
cold, and hard wind was blowing down
the field, which made accurate passing
Captain
and shooting ven.' difficult.
Rossmaessler won the toss and chose
Osborne started
to kick with the wind.
——
—
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172
Harvard soon got together
and for a while it was only the defensive
work of Brown and Godley that saved
the Crimson forwards from breaking
the game.
H.WERFORD, O; UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLV.\NI.\, O.
Played at Franklin Field, December
through.
Baker, at this point, received
In the final
He dodged the waiting full-
ate Soccer Series,
ball.
back and sent a neat shot
thus tallying the
Near
ford.
into the net
score for Haver-
first
the close of the
first
half
Baker again sent the ball into the net
and the first half ended 2-0 in Haverford's favor.
In the second half Harvard seemed to
ley
but
territory,
could
not
score
a
A corner did them no good, God-
tally.
kicking the ball out of danger.
while the ball
remained
then Biddle, outside
forward
line,
left
For
midfield,
in
on Crimson's
suddenly broke away, and
game of the IntercollegiHaverford played the
was hotly contested from start to finish.
The Haverford forwards nearly scored
in the first half,
rank
but the University front
and but for a mistake in
front of goal, would have been one up
rallied,
at half time.
In the second half, however, the Hav-
erford team completely outclassed their
opponents,
and time and again nearly
scored, the University goal being saved
on more than one occasion by its unusual
narrowness alone.
A penalty kick for
Haverford struck the upright ten min-
For Haverforward line gave a good exhibition of team work; in the defense.
going down the side dodged Windle and
utes before the final whistle.
when Reggio put the
by a low hard shot just
out of Warner's reach.
Score Haverford, 2; Harvard, i.
There was no further scoring, and the half ended with the
ball dangerously near the Harvard goal.
ford, the
passed to centre,
ball in the net
—
The game
U. of P. a no score game.
wake up and rushed the ball into Haverford
,
1906.
the
a
—
Captain Rossmaessler, Brown, and \\'arner were conspicuous.
Haverford
Line-up
:
Pennsylvania.
Shoemaker
Strode
Furness
Baker
i.
1
H. Morris
c.
f
Widdows
Shoemaker
i.
r
Bushnell
o. r
dash and vigor that ran the Harvard
Windle
1.
men off their
Rossmaessler
Drinker
Kurtz
The Haverford team played with
The work
feet.
of
a
the
forwards was excellent and they were
well assisted by the defense.
Line-up
:
Harvard.
Harcrford.
o.
Brown
Warner
C.
1
Wood
h
R.
Shophach
r.
h
h
1.
f.
r.
f
c.
Pepper
A. Montgomery
Ewing
Keating
Goodfellow
Bricker
b
.
b
g
Referee Bishop.
Linesmen Pleasants, U.
of P. Godley, Haverford. Time of halves
—
—
:
A. N. Warner. ....... g
Brown
F.
V. Malim
b
T. Thackeia
F. D.
Godley
I. f. b
Drinker
r. f
W. R. Rossmaessler.c. h
W. B. Windle
f
1.
W. H. Kidder
C. K.
Brooks
W. Reggio
C. T.
J.
r,
Biishnel!
r.
f.
n
P.
L. A. Bird
W, A. Forbush
r.
A. N. Refjgio
H. Furness
P. Osborne
P. 1 Baker
c
L. B. Robinson
W. R. Shoemaker...!,
I. o
G. Biddle
G. K. Strode
Linesmen
Referee J. H. Fairiax-Lucy.
i
.
i
—
F.
Harvard A. Leelan, TTaverford.
Haverford, Baker 2. Har\-ard, A. N.
I-^elan,
Goals
—
Reggio.
Time
;
of
halves
— 25 minutes.
30 minutes.
OTHER SOCCER GAMES
—
Dec. 8— Haverford 2nd XI, 4; Radnor
C. C,
Dec. 22 — Merion
C, 4 Haverford
XI,
Dec. 22 — Haverford 2nd XI, 8; Penn
2nd XI,
Dec. 22 — Plavcrford 3rd XI, 2; RadNov. 30 Germantow n C. C. 4 Haverford 2nd XI, I.
;
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ist
3.
2.
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HAVERFORDIAN
Haverford College
Febni&ry. I907
Volume XXVIII. No. 9.
CONTENTS
Editorials
173
The Capitol at Washington
175
College and After
176
An Appreciation of Holmes' "Autocrat"
The
178
Down
Laying
Meeting
of
Conwell
The Children of the Swamp
Pictures by the
Way
Ataleka Lake
Sonnet
187
Civic Department:
About Amending the Constitution 188
Men or Money Which?
190
—
A
179
183
186
186
Haverford Missionary
in
China. 192
Alumni Department
193
College Department
194
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DIRECTORY
ATHLETIC ASSOQATION
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
ADVISORY BOARD
;
P. W. Brown, '07
G. K. Strode, '08
Manager
M. H. March, '07
Assistant Manager
Captain
C. K. Drinker, '08
C. T. Brown, 08
;
LOGANIAN SOCIETY
President
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Gymnasium
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Other Members— I. J. Dodge, '07; E. F.
Jones, '07 M. H. March, '07 J. H. Wood, '07
C. T. Brown, '08; C. K. Drinker, '08; J. P.
Elkinton, '08.
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Foot Ball
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
H. Evans, '07
President
Secretary
F. D. Godley, '07
B. Clement, '08
M. H. C. Spiers, '09
C. J. Rhoads, '93
J.
J.
P. Magill, '07
Not elected
Not elected
W. H. Haines, '07
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Captain
E. A. Edwards,
W. B. Rossmaessler,
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J. Bushnell, 3d,
Track
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
'08
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'08
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W. W. Kurtz, '08
E. R. Tatnall, '07
W. Sargent, Jr., '08
E. C. Tatnall, '07
Captain
H. Evans, '07
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
'08
P.
W. Brown, '07
J.
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Scientific
R. L. Cary, '06
President
Vice-President
Secretary-Treasurer
I.
J.
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D. C. Baldwin, '06
Cricket
Chairman
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Manager
J.
President
M. H. March, '07
Vice-President
C. K. Drinker, '08
Secretary-Treasurer ....M. H. C. Spiers, '09
W. Nicholson, Jr., '07
Assistant Manager
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F. D. Godley, '07
Captain
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P. W. Brown,
C. K. Drinker,
E. R. Tatnall,
J. B. Clement,
Chairman
Vice-Chairman
Manager
Assistant Manager
Captain
Debating
A. E. Brown, '07
E. A. Edwards, 'o3
CLASSES
'07
'08
1907:
'08
W. R. Rossmaessler, '07
ASSOCIATIONS.
College:
President
Vice-President
Secretary
C. Spiers, '09
A. E. Brown,
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
'07
Manager
C. L. Miller, '08
Y. M. C. A.
H. Evans, '07
W. H. Morriss, '08
Treasurer
J.
I.
J.
C. C. Killen
F. M. Ramsey
R. L. M. Underhill
C. E.
1910:
President
Dodge, '07
President
Vice-President
Secretary
J. B. Clement
E. A. Edwards
F. O. Musser
J. P. Elkinton
1909:
Tennis:
Manager
W. Nicholson, Jr.
G. C. Craig
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
T. K. Sharpless, '09
President and Manager... W. B. Windle, '07
Assistant Manager
F. O. Musser, '08
Leader
J. W. Nicholson, Jr., '07
Assistant
J.
1908:
President
A. E. Brown, '07
M. H. March, '07
M. H.
Treasurer
Musical
M. H. March
H. Evans
President
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
'07
W. Judkin
N. Aver
Vice-President
Secretary
Treasurer
P. Elkinton, '08
Marsh
J,
P. Phillips
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XXVIII
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Haverford, Pa., February, 1907
accordance with the custom of The
INHaverfordiax,
this issue completes
and with
the volume,
it
terminate the
services of the Senior editors.
_
_.
ago
°
.
Tbe End
A year
we assumed our
re-
our efforts.
No. 9
The Alumni have, to a great
by advice and criticism
conduct of the magazine in gen-
extent, aided us
in the
eral
and the departments
in
particular.
We would say as a word of farewell,
we are advising our successors to
with
hesita-
and largely
from a
enlarge the Alumni Department and to
We relin-
put in the College Department more gen-
sponsibilities
oj
through the mails as second-class matter.
voiume
tion,
XXVIII
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that
information of the various college
quish them with regret, because of the
eral
actual pleasure and satisfaction the work
activities.
has afforded us, which quite outweigh
In concluding volume XXVIII we
wish to express our thanks to all who
have aided us in making this volume,
the anxiety and tedium connected with
editorial
work.
We can assure the new administration
the discipline and training which
they will receive from this work will be
that
so valuable that it should command their
best efforts
:
also that such training, as
well as the standard of the magazine, are
proportionate to the attention they give
to it.
The greatest pleasure we have had has
been the generous consideration of our
readers,
who have been lenient in their
criticism
and quick to express, by word
or letter, their approbation of certain of
and to convey our especial appreciation
to President Isaac Sharpless, Mr. Hiram
Hadley, '56; Mr.
Thomas Wistar,
'58;
Prof. Allen C. Thomas, '65 Prof. F. B.
Gummere, '72; Prof. Albert S. Bolles,
Dr. A. E. Hancock, Dr. James A. Babbitt, Dean Barrett, Dr. W. W. Comfort,
'94; Mr. Oscar M. Chase, '94; Dr.
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ell, '04
The Board of Editors for the coming
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in
administration
we
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a constitution under which
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tor
The
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The Haverfordi.^n
to
This third
to
editors,
these things proceed-
;
We
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so as to embrace all the desirable features
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It has been adopted by the joint boards
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magazine and
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will be
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legiate
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year so
As a result we feel sure that it is
after
the quality of undergraduate literature
j^^
that every detail might be carefully tried
but,
that the standard of the
The work of drawing up this constiall
;
matter thoroughly,
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tution has been in progress
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be apportioned to the
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out.
is
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ing elections of the Board,
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chooses an assistant from a class below
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of Editors,
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On the tenth of February of each
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of the exact financial status of the paper,
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of union to those members in American
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the value of the paper to date.
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a
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interest
of
will enable the new business management
students in the duties of citizenship, and
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of raising the standards of public
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is turned into a surplus fund which may,
the United States."
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Every month, or oftener, the League
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175
sprang off from the Scottish Established
men.
Church.
Upon the union of these two
They advise that these be printed in the
college papers.
The policy of The
Haverfordiax has been only to use ma-
branches
was
written
questions,
terial
prominent
by
submitted by those allied with the
college,
but because
sympathize with
this
we
so
thoroughly
work, we
shall
be
Presbyterian
the
built
Church.
But
this
merely
period
because
is
of
theological dissensions.
because
the
not
deeper
interesting
revivals
these
and
It is interesting
of
result
all
this
glad to print these articles as they appear.
visible turmoil was the bettering of social
They are all copyrighted articles, written
for the Inter-Collegiate League and
printed by us on behalf of that League
conditions.
and the Haverford College Civics Club.
Hospitals and relief societies
were founded, and the long struggle for
prison reforms was begun in Scotland,
and it is from there that it has spread
over the world.
THE
especial attention of our alumni
and friends is called to the announcement of the Library Lectures in
the College Department of this number.
These lectures this year
The
given by the Rev.
Annual
will be
Library
John Watson, D. D., more
Lectures
commonly known
as
Ian
Maclaren.
The subject announced is, "The History
of
Religion
in
Eighteenth Century.''
Scotland
in
the
This will treat a
very important period of Scottish history
when certain curious revivals swept over
a very- distinguished honor that
ITProfessor
Ernest W. Brown has
is
achieved
in
having awarded to him the
gold medal of the Royal Astronomical
,
„
An
Honor
Society.
^
The
lor a
announcement of
was made several
Haverford
this
Professor
weeks ago, and the official
will occur some time in
presentation
February.
The medal is given annually by the
Astronomical Society to the man who
the country resulting from the preaching
during the year has advanced farthest
the world's knowledge about astronomy.
of such energetic men as Whitefield and
Dr.
was about the middle of the
eighteenth century that the two branches,
years
Wesley.
It
Secession Church,
by Erskine,
and the Relief Church, led by Gillespie,
the
led
Brown has been working for some
here,
at
Haverford,
upon
the
planetary perturbations of the moon from
its
regular orbit, and
that he has been
it
is
for this
work
honored.
THE CAPITOL AT WASHINGTON
With reverent feet I trod thy tiled floors.
Worn by the footfalls of the mighty dead
With holy awe, upon thy brazen doors
The glorious annals of the past I read.
Hushed
in mute wonder, silently T stood
Beneath the arches of thy soaring dome
And overwhelmed, watched the endless flood
Of mighty living, ever go and come.
In fancy rapt, methougfht I saw the sweep
Of countless generations yet unborn.
Who shall thy matchless glories guard and
keep
In all the splendor of their golden morn;
Until my soul, a moment breaking free
Was blended in eternity, with thee.
/.
F.
IV..
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With the closing term for some of our
students, their thoughts are ranging be-
yond college studies and associations.
But how differently they regard the future
These
!
differentiations
t)-pify classes into
which a considerable
portion of mankind is divided.
their future
is
clearly
By some,
••If
it
Aeons
take
form a diamond,
to
Aeons to crystallize its fire and dew
By what slow process must Nature
make
Her Shakespeares and her Raffaels?
not wholly unknown, for
Great the gain
they have secured places into which they
If she spoils
will fit and continue the familiar story of
two."
work
grain on
grain,
thousands making one or
prevision led them months ago to find a
Not all, however, look on diamondmaking quite in this way. What about
new place on leaving the old. And thus
those that are spoiled?
with them it will always be, thoughtful-
concerned,
ness marking their career and yielding
been the gainers had some other enter-
solid
this
as
before.
possession.
squirrel
Their keen sense of
Others
may
dislike
philosophy, but, after
all,
who will question the fact, that a strong,
fat squirrel enjoys existence
more than
Would not all
have
world,
the
including-
prise been attempted?
Then there are others who bank on the
fortunes of fickle opportunity. They are
numerous in all ages
;
are not lessening
a weak, half-starved one?
in our own.
They are possessed with the
Of another class are these who would
be happy if they could follow some pursuit not open to them, and alas, can
never be.
At all times and ever\-whcre this class
Plunging into some pursuit
is large.
from necessity or by command that
could not be disregarded, they have lived
darkened lives, seeing, if at all, only fitful gleams of sunshine.
But what, had
they followed their inclination ? W'ould
they have succeeded?
Some contend
that such a lot would have been happier,
for they would have had the satisfaction
of trying. Prevented, their life has been
adventurous
spirit,
an unending, discontented refrain.
Besides, among so many, now and then
one perhaps would have succeeded, and
and averted by the wise.
So much for the different ways of
his worth to the world, judged from
another direction, and contrast the
side,
its
—the
of
spirit
the
They float on
speculator, the gambler.
the current of optimism, are of uneven
temper, joyful and sorrowful by turns.
Some
larger
the
them win great prizes,
number are borne away
of
mighty
flood
of
have been
won by
American
revolution.
with
wrecks,
this
world
witness
the
Thus in all ages
while the great shore of
strewn
in
them,
on
Some
failures.
of the greatest victories
the
life
thrown
has been
up
by
human miscalculation, many a ship has
made a brilliant voyage by daring
through ignorance to take risks known
looking at the problem.
Let us look in
feel-
might have compensated for all the
ing of the college graduate to-day with
Aldrich has expressed the
that of the graduate in the olden time.
other failures.
idea in a felicitous verse:
Having then a different, we will not say
THE HAVERFORDIAN
higher, regard for his mental apparatus,
he
three
must enter one of the
that he
felt
learned
professions,
because
it
living
^77
The
assured.
is
struggle
no
is
longer for existence as soon as the critical
period,
known,
ever
if
is
passed.
would be unworthy of his long and costly
training to do otherwise. But since that
Unhappy the man who cannot pass it!
time a vast industrial world has arisen,
millions, but
fomi
and mighty power; to command one of
these wheels with the thousands of men
employed to turn it is worthy the genius
of any man.
The college graduate of
to-day has some perception of this, and
college graduate.
wheels within wheels of ponderous
behold
how
!
the
three professions
suffering from the movement.
are
Perhaps
more is said about the decline of ability
in
Christian
the
other, but
ministry
than in any
we do not believe the more
Doubtless this is a very real thing with
ought not to be with the
it
eral
equipment
ever}-
special
With his superior genadvance
for
direction,
in
almost
he does not
if
this point and enjoy his work,
whatever it may be, of all failures, that
pass
graduate
worst.
of the
college
Work,
indeed, he must, in most cases,
the
is
but this to the educated man should yield
pleasure, not pain.
It is the
thoughtless,
demoralized workingman of the lower
who
type
regards
toil
curse,
as a
and
Many
eagerly awaits the announcement of the
who are so eager in the fever chase for
the incident of the victory achieved over
hour when he can throw down his implements of labor.
The college graduate
goes forth with a different feelin;;', and
his work through life should be an enduring joy, for, if not unmindful of his
To discover
opportunity, he has gained a truer con-
popular
explanation
is
correct.
millions are not, in truth, as much nerved
by the hope of gaining them, as by the
joy of conquest.
nature, or
The millions are only
man, or both.
—
aerial navigation, to utilize the nitrogen
ception of life than the popular one
in the air, to build a railroad, or perfect
acquisition of material goods, and the ex-
some other great scheme,
—may indeed
ercise
of
victorious
brute
force.
^the
The
yield a great fortune in dollars, but the
outside world only dimly knows that the
joy of quest and achievement are more
college graduate, through the study of
dearly prized.
Latin and Greek and the deeper explor-
So the sphere of the college graduate
has broadened, and the world is the
ation
gainer.
unless
It is
thought
ought,
true that, in the beginning,
commanding
is
that
of
the
into
sooner or
detaches
later,
mysteries
of
his
being,
gradually or suddenly,
himself far enough
from the
scene,
his
first
world to gain a truer conception of th^
existing;
but
this
problem of
the
life,
that does, under most
and generally does wear away
conditions, yield unfailing enjoyment.
wav of
A. S. Bolles.
as soon as one's
future in the
—
AN APPRECIATION OF HOLMES'S "AUTOCRAT'
Our mass of world literature is divided
many classes. Over against the
tragical we set the comical against the
into
;
serious, the farcical
the non-classical
against the classical,
against the historical,
;
The list of adjectives, posi-
the fictional.
tive
;
and negative,
practically endless.
is
One who attempts a catalogue will find
them presenting themselves with startling
rapidity
—dry instructive
interesting
:
amusing
;
But
religious^atheistical.
;
when a book is worth anything it has
some particular adjective that applies to
it
almost to the exclusion of the others.
One would
call "Hamlet" innobody would deny
scarcely
teresting,
though
that
but tragical
it
is ;
the qualifying
is
from
"Hamlet."
A neutral book, to which
any number of adjectives may equally
well be applied, is apt not to merit even
word
that
cannot
separated
be
Sketch Book," many (but not
Hawthorne's Tales, "Love's
Labor's Lost," "Pickwick Papers," and a
great many others, of which these few
are haphazard examples.
A zvholesome book is, of course, not
only one that does no harm it must also
do good. Swift's "A modest Proposal"
has probably done good, but I should not
call it a zvholesome theme.
Another
qualification is needed
a book to be
zvholesome must not only do no harm and
do some good, but it must also do this
good in a pleasing zvay. The satire must
not be too pointed a blazing hell must
tor," "The
of
all)
;
:
;
shown to frighten evil-doers; the
reader must not put down his book with
a shudder.
There must be nothing that
•not
be
hurts, nothing that offends, nothing that
is ugly, but the wholesome book must be
homeopathic in its treatment. In "True
Raillery"
("The Tatler,")
unless it be the adjective weak.
expressed
much
This series of common-place remarks
has a purpose. This purpose is not to
press
a single
one
to
a very high degree,
prove something that everybody will adThey are simply set forth in prepmit.
aration for the question
tive
—"What adjec-
Oliver Wendell Holmes's
qualifies
"Autocrat at the Breakfast Table?"
he must laugh zvith men, not at them.
"A
Midsummer
Dream" is
"What Fools These
Though here the tonic of
is
Mortals Be !"
Poe's "Murders of the Rue Morgue."
Is
a
it
humorous?'
Undoubtedly.
And so is
Mark Twain's "Connecticut Yankee
King Arthur's Court."
is
When he laughs at the follies of his day,
so
And
Well, yes.
idea
can ex-
it.
Here we learn that the satirmust be good-natured. His quarrel
must be for society, not for himself.
zvholesome, with
interesting?
I
ist
Is
it
this
better than
Night's
its
good laugh is prescribed rather than
any specific reforms. "Don Quixote" is
in
zvholesome, and here, on the other hand,
It is instructive,
the specific reforms are plainly set forth,
Adam Smith's "The Wealth of Nations."
and the extravagances of chivalry are
laughed at unmercifully, but even here,
All of these adjectives will apply to the
mind you, there is no sting in the laugh-
"Autocrat," but none of them fits it.
ter.
perhaps ?
Of
course
is ;
it
and so
is
It
seems to me that zvholesome is the qualifying word
we
want.
zvholesome books we
In the class of
find
"The Specta-
—
And so it is with our gentle ".AutoHe is a critic, undoubtedly but
crat."
he is an optimistic critic
:
—
or, of you will,
—
THE HAVERFORDIAN
a critical optimist.
Oh, he can be stern
enough,
It
I
know.
somewhat of
is,
for
instance,
refuse to argue
a jar to
179
love books, the benefits of mutual admiration, the
unpleasantness of the retailer of
good results when a man be-
facts, the
with a man on the plea that "controversy
lieves in himself, even if it involves a cer-
equalizes fools and wise men,
tain
fools knozv
hypocrisy.
and the
That makes the other
it."
man wince a little
—unless he gets laugh-
Yes, the autocrat can almost lose
ing.
conceit,
and
the
balefulness
of
The wholesomeness of the "Autocrat"
is
the wholesomeness of a spring zephyr.
But when he does
Coming from the woods laden with the
grow impatient, he does not rail as Swift
does.
The difference is that Swift is a
breath of the April blossoms, it blows
gently through the town, leaving everything clearer and brighter.
It is not a
patience sometimes.
critical pessimist and the autocrat a criti-
cal
scoldings
are
threatening tornado that comes to carry
away the whole town because it cannot
make it pure. So, when I had closed the
book and was sitting down to write a
little about it, all of a sudden it came to
at our pet vice,
what
Even
and though he may hammer
optimist.
pleasant,
sort
his
we bear no grudge.
And
of teachings does he give?
Well, the proper use of English. the wick-
edness of puns (which, by the way, he
uses to good advantage himself), how to
me what an entirely zclwlesome book it is.
W. S. E., '07.
THE LAYING DOWN OF CONWELL MEETING
On a clear, hot day in midsummer,
under the shadow of the Blue Mountains,
modern
a long stretch of dusty road was baking
the
to a parched dryness.
touched,
It
was the season
ways, they used good materials, and the
engineer
who
had
the old bridge un-
road,
left
—stone from
its
of excessive heat, preceding the dog days.
culiarly notched coping.
Along the highway the blackberry bushes
hung their leaves listlessly under a white
tiquity
coating of chalky dust.
No breath of
wind was stirring there was no evidence
of living activity anywhere. Even the
birds were driven to shelter in the cool
places of the woods, and the only cheer;
ful
sound,
tropical
in
sun,
air of an-
increased the natural stillness of the place,
man moving along the chalky turnpike.
From his high beaver hat and straightcoat and vest, it was evident
was one of the sect of Quakers.
He leaned heavily upon a stout cane as
collared
that he
Horse River.
Its
one could see the black figure of an old
brazen glare of the
water under the old stone bridge of the
base to the pe-
was unmistakable.
About half-past nine on this hot day,
which being the First-day of the week,
was the rippling of the
the
macadamized
way along
Winter and sumFlowing
down from well-wooded mountain valleys, the White Horse knew neither flood
nor drought, but purled along with con-
he
mossy stones, unmindful of the times and the seasons.
The bridge was a curious structure.
he removed his hat for this purpose he
When our forefathers built their road-
beaver.
VV^hite
mer were all the same to it.
stant flow, against
its
slowly
picked
his
the
smooth parts of the road, stopping now
and again to mop his brow with a large
handkerchief or to lash it over his shoulder to brush off the white dust.
When
showed a head of snow-white hair flowing
down well below the brim of the
The heat seemed to float up all
THE HAVERFORDIAN
i8o
around him in dizzy waves through the
glaring sunshine, and he stopped under
every tree to refresh himself for the next
had passed over that sod to disturb the
natural growth for several years, and
even the appearance of a lane was hardly
stretch of hot white road.
distinguishable.
When he came to the old stone bridge
He
he was evidently much relieved.
stiffly
tree.
and
carriest them away as with a flood
shadow
upon
of the
bridge by a large poplar
a
stone
in
the
He leaned back against the
wall,
a small gate in the stone wall and walked
toward the near door of the house. The
soft sod felt grateful to his burning feet
"Thou
after the stones of the highway.
climbed through the fence and sat
down
The old man unfastened the hook of
closing his eyes for a time, seemed to
Starting from his short rest, he
removed his hat and bathed his wrinkled
sleep.
face freely with the clear, cool water of
White Horse, and then rested his
his hands on the top of his
In a low whisper, and as if incane.
"For the
voluntarily came the words
Lord, thy God, bringeth thee into a good
;
they
morning they are
In the
like the grass which groweth up.
morning it flourisheth and groweth up;
in the evening it is cut down, and witherare as asleep: in the
the
eth.
head upon
is
We spend our years as a tale that
told,
and if by reason of strength they
be fourscore years, yet is their strength,
and depths that spring out of the
labor and sorrow for it is soon cut off,
and we fly away." So the old man muttered as he walked feebly over the daisyhis face speckled
flecked greensward
valleys and hills," and then he was silent
with the patches of sunshine that forced
:
land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains
again.
Finally
he
arose,
took
a
last
drink from the stream, and set out upon
his way once more along the white and
With many stops he
shining highway.
gradually drew near to a little stone building in a grove of oak trees by the roadA roof of mossy shingles topped
side.
off the grey walls. A little porch shaded
two doors and four windows that
The grove was surthe road.
rounded with a stone wall on all sides,
except where the carriage shed ser\'ed as
Beyond the wall stretched
a boundary.
a fine field of corn. Among the oak trees
were regular green mounds with here
and there a white head-stone to mark
the grave of a Friend who had gone beEverywhere in the shade the
fore.
small August daises were blooming, by
the
faced
—
the stone
slabs
at
the
doorsteps,
over
;
;
their way down
through the oak leaves.
watch
His
told him that it was near
the hour of ten so after a short rest upon
the horse block he drew a key from his
;
pocket and unlocked the old door.
The
thumb latch rattled noisily as he lifted it
and entered the room, lighted only by
rays stealing through the cracks of the
shutters.
He opened the windows and
let in
a flood of sunshine that
plain
interior
lit
up the
with a cheerful coziness.
was cool in the meeting-house and very
Only onehalf of the building was thus opened.
The partitions or shutters that had previously been used to separate men's and
women's meetings during the business
sessions were closed.
A large, old
fashioned wood-stove stood in the middle
of the room between the six rows of
It
pleasant after the hot walk.
the grassy mounds, and as irony would
benches.
have it, in the middle of the carriageway
that led from the road to the horse block
Few wheels
at the meeting house door.
tions
The penknives of past genera-
had been plied busily upon the soft
—
wood of the backs of the benches, silent
whose names were
memories of boys
THE HAVERFORDIAN
now cut in stone over the green mounds
under the oak trees. Such was the room
into which our ancient Friend slowly
and stiffly admitted the warm sunshine,
flooding over the gallery rail and giving
a new tint to the sombre brown cushions.
He returned to the door and looked out
over the corn fields once more and then
walked up to the front bench facing the
gallery and took his seat.
As he sat he became more and more
drawn into himself. His eyes at first
shut, were soon opened, but with a faraway, unfocussed, dreamy air, looking
into the unruffled blue of the hot mid-
summer sky.
His head was raised and
thrown slightly back, his hand crossed in
his lap he was removed from the world
and the cares of the world in a deep and
abiding spiritual worship. So he sat for
perhaps an hour and a quarter, all alone
in the coolness of the meeting house,
with no human fellowship.
Finally he
;
rose,
closed
windows,
the
locked
the
door, and W'ithdrew very much in the
same way as he had come.
Another First-day, and again the dark
figure of the old Friend
along the road.
is
seen going
People always looked
Every First and Fourth-day,
in fine weather on foot, in bad, driving
for him.
along in an old bugg}-, the old man never
failed in his two
is
much
like
all
weekly trips.
This day
autumn days, hot and
sultry, with the peculiar
haze of the In-
dian summer.
A sort of coppery tinge
seems to hang
in
there
is
the atmosphere, and
the slightest suspicion of russet
among the oak leaves in the yard. 'Twas
early when he arrived, and after opening
house as usual, he came out and
wandered around under the old trees for
awhile.
Old! yes, they were old, every
thing was old, even he was getting old.
Why, he could remember when the trees
were but a foot through the thickest part.
the
i8i
and he had helped his brother repair the
mossy stone wall when he was a young
Yes, the place looked old, but
fellow.
then it was still substantial.
As he was standing quietly by one of
the trees he heard a high childish voice
from the far side of the yard. He turned
and saw a little girl of nine or ten years,
coming through the gate from the cornfield.
"Once
there
was a
little
kitty.
Black as a shoe,
In the bam we used to keep her
Long years ago."
So the child sang in a monotonous
quaver as she stepped into the meeting
house yard, swinging in her hand a little
She was a pretty
basket.
the real country type.
little
girl of
Fair, yellow hair
and a brown, freckled face made her best
Sunday hat look uncomfortable.
A short
blue frock and a little white apron to set
it
off,
—such was the appearance as she
skipped along, unaware of the old man's
presence.
Suddenly she stopped, and her song
away on the breeze. The meeting
house was open, and she might disturb
died
those within.
Besides,
she was rather
frightened, because she had never been
and she didn't know just what
Alaybe she could see
they did there.
walked
slowly past and looked
now. She
Noin at the rows of brown benches.
nearer
the
went
body was there, and she
inside
door.
"Would thee like to come in for meeting, little girl?"
Ugh,
the voice startled her, and she
turned with a jump.
"I thought maybe thee 'd like to go inside and sit awhile with me," he repeated.
Then she saw that it was the old man
who had taken her up in his buggy three
Sundays before and carried her nearly
home.
1
THE HAVERFORDIAN
82
was just going to see if
the red squirrel had found my acorns
over there in the corner. Did you ever
"Aye, from the end !" repeated the old
man, abstractedly, "from the end, yes 'tis
near the end. Out of the mouths of babes
and sucklings !" and his wandering eye
"Aged 76,"
fell upon the inscriptions:
and upon another stone, "in the 81 st year
of his age." And they were his brothers
Could it be
and sisters
"I am glad thee came this morning,
my dear," he said, rising, "and I'll be
glad to see thee often on First-day
see the red squirrel?"
mornings."
Hand in hand they crossed the yard,
the old man with his slight limp, and
little
"Oh
I
!
didn't
know
you,"
she
an-
swered, shyly, "and then you scared me."
"Perhaps I did, I shouldn't have spoken
"Does thee
abruptly," he rejoined.
so
come past here often?"
"Yes,
sir;
every day to school, about
a mile over there, on the other side of
the cornfield," and then, with a burst of
confidence, "I
the
little
her hat thrown back and
girl,
her golden hair gleaming in the sunshine,
bobbing up and down beside him.
"Here's where he
lives,
knot-hole's his front door.
acorns and hides them
They
you see
;
this
He takes my
in there."
among the green
mounds, and the old man became much
down
sat
interested in the larder of the red squirrel
family.
You don't care,
"I play dolls here, too.
do 3'ou?" she said, with a half timorous
glance, as
bidden.
if
!
"I think I'd better go home now," the
girl
answered, "or mamma'll won-
der what's become of me."
He hobbled back to the open house,
and she tripped lightly to the gate, and
with a cheery good-by, went scurrying
down the road. The old man turned on
the step and looked after her, shading his
eyes and following her little blue figure
until she disappeared over the brow of
the hill. "Truly the lines are fallen upon
me in pleasant places, yea, I have a
goodly heritage," he muttered, as he
crossed the sill.
the privilege might be for-
"You see the roots make differ-
ent rooms for my houses and the acorns
make
!
go and see
from one tree to another. The graves are
hills, you see, in between the houses.
Did you ever play dolls?" Thoughts of
furniture,
and
I
play
sister now lying under one of the
mounds, and visions of a grove of pine
trees, and a soft floor of pine needles and
coves with root houses and rag dolls,
flitted across the old man's memory, but
a
he said nothing.
Receiving no answer,
the
little
girl
babbled on. "These tomb-stones are mileposts, you see.
The numbers tell how far
vou are from the end."
The leaves on the squirrel oak in ConMeeting-House yard were again
coming out, and among the roots on a
warm day in the early spring sat the
well
little
fair-haired girl.
By her side
lay
her dolls, and at her feet stretched a
The
newly-made mound of earth.
winter's snows had passed away from it,
leaving it bare and brown, but a few
blades of grass were already straggling
up upon its surface. At the end was a
small marble stone, upon which were the
words: "In the 80th year of his age."
F. R. T., '06.
—
:
—
:
THE CHILDREN OF THE SWAMP
Periquin was small and cute like a
wardrobe mouse.
His ideas were no
bigger than his feet, and he aped his
grandmother's uncle quite consistently.
Whenever he commenced to twirl his
mustache we took it as a sure sign that
And
he had something in store for us.
that night, a year or so ago, when we sat
in the little plaza of
our house burning
dry palm leaves to drive away the mos-
upper lip so ner-
quitos, he fingered his
vously that
we really thought that
the
threatening yarn W'ould be better than
We threw the last branch into the
and offered him a cigar which he
lighted ceremoniously. Then he began
"Xo, you never heard this one. Pablo,
I
El Cojo, never told you this story.
usual.
fire
know he started to tell it once, but he
had to stop because some of his "spirits"
decided to perform a visitation upon him
—a serious concern, as he
the
last
time
calls
And
it.
attempted to relate
I
it,
was bellowing
lugubriously in the swamp and I took the
hint, naturally, like a good Christian.
The fact is, compadres, that this story
which is no ston,- at all, because it actucannot be fooled with. It
ally happened
is like the storj^ of the Flying Dragon
some
animal
strange
—
that landed on the tower of
.
Say,
compadres, this is a splendid cigar: fine
aroma, gusto
—
splendid
ah,
Yes, like
!
But, of course, you
the Flying Dragon.
know this dragon affair by heart, so 1
The fact is, as
need not repeat myself.
I
said before, that the story
one.
I
told
to
it
is
a serious
an atheist once and he
laughed at me, and, then, that same night
he was suddenly You know what hap-
—
pened to him, Juan
tonio
listen
!
Sh
—
!
!
No
And you too, Andesecration,
and
"On the western edge of the swamp,.
when I was a little boy, which was some
years ago, as you know, there lived an
old
widow with
three children.
They
called her Sena Pepa.
She took in washing, a great deal of it, and spent most
of the day busy with it.
But early in
the mornings and, more often, late in the
afternoons, she went to the city to sell
tortillas,
pone, fruit and live crabs.
Nobody bothered her and she bothered
nobod}- a fact which I beg you to keepin mind. She was happy, seemed so, even
if she had queer ways, and wore the same
red bandanna hankerchief tied around her
head day after day. And the children
Lili, Titi, Feli
they were little nude
angels, although grandmother always.
shook her head when they were mentioned.
Why? Ah, compadres, this is a
fine cigar.
Que aroma! Que gusto!
Yes, they were pretty angels. One had
black hair, the other brown and the third
light
which makes me think that they
came from one single mother and three
—
—
—
fathers,
distinct
although
the
widow
wore mourning for only one of them, and
that one was too devilish homely to have
helped any of the children into this valley
of tears.
Anyway, the deuce take me if
anybody ever cared about the fathers^
The mother was there and the children
were there, and the people shook their
heads and consigned the fathers to different regions of H
Jesus, Maria y
Jose! But that has nothing to do with
the story, as you well know.
—
.
"As I said before, the old widow used
go to town, to the city, in the afternoons, and very often she would not return before night. Then she would put
the children to bed and light a huge fire
to
in the
back yard.
And that is why she
—
!
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
i8.'.
was queer, compadres. What did she
want with that fire? Or with that huge
cast-iron caldron?
She did not have to
money to buy bread for her children and
rum for herself. Also her last bag of
socks every night, or cook crabs.
She was destitute, compadres,
washing
is a
hell-sent occupation.
for
Jesus, Maria y Jose!
And then it v/as
carnival week and she may have stayed
Qitien sabe!
But
later to see the fun.
she was late and everybody who knows
what happened to her is sorry that she
was late. Because, if she had not been
late she would have seen
it is only a conjecture she would have seen, would
Say, comhave seen seen seen
Ah,
padres, this is the best cigar
que gusto! Anyhow, whether what she
would have seen was real or imaginary,
it is the same.
The whole mystery of the
tragedy hangs on it.
"Well, as I said before, she came home
which was not a wise
late that evening
thing to do, as I have told you already.
And although it was carnival week it was
a wild night.
The swamp was infested
with pale lights dogs were barking our
tomcat was purring as he had never done
boil
Diablo, no
she could do those things
by day, like all good Christians. That
is what people could not understand.
No
wonder
;
something did happen to
Cross yourselves, compadres, it is awful
"As I said before, she would come
home late. If the palms howled and tht.
her.
that
Jesus,
Maria y Jose!
swamp birds screamed and all creation
was on the wrong side of Heaven,
like
when the devil hit the renegade
the day
Luther with an ink bottle, she would not
care.
Just hopeless queerness.
wonder
I
that the children did not die of terror.
But they were used to it. Well, one evenwhen she came back oh, I forgot
something. When she was away in town
the children used to play around the
swamp catching crabs and building dams
and canals to collect water. Sometimes
they would venture a mile or two away
from the hut to gather wild fruit or to
—
ing
lasso
young
Or perhaps
lizards
with grass blades.
would throw stones
into puddles to watch the ripples, or spit
defiantly at some sv.amp bird. And when
all these pastimes were exhausted they
would smear their naked bodies with mud
cakes, and laugh jubilantly and say they
looked like alligators. I tell you this to
show you that nothing had ever happened
they
—or
to the children until that evening
af-
knows just when it
when their
evening
ternoon, for nobody
—
sweet potatoes had been eaten three days
before.
—
—
nippers,
of
— don't quite
the
I
The fact
is
or of something
recollect what it was.
that she had not made enough
.
;
cow had come down the road as if a
devil
Jesus, Maria y Jose
had punched
her with a pitch-fork. As I said before,
the night was wild, and wild was everya
—
El Cojo
thing this side of the grave.
says that
was
it
wild,
was the night before
but
I
know
better.
that
Yes,
I
know better, and I can prove it. Well,
when Sena Pepa reached the path that
leads to her hut, all sorts of queer noises
black
lysis
—
the days of the great hurricane
since
and had returned later than usual. It
had been a slow day in the market. Peoand
ple had found her tortiUas stale
worse
.
;
commenced
then, half of her crabs had died of para-
—
—
happened that
mother returned and did not find them.
"Well, Sena Pepa had been to town
;
—
—
banks.
her
to leak out
from the sand
A lady dressed in white crossed
path
goat
and
disappeared.
stood
on
his
Also
hind
a
legs
and
butted a bunch of
There was a snake,
and an alligator, and a one-nippered crab
with a blue shell to meet her before she
irreverently
prickly
finally
cactus.
reached her hut.
And when shs
got there she was pulled from behind.
.
!!
THE HAVERFORDIAN
185
We looked around,
Now you know how higli tortilla venders
closer to the yard.
wear their skirts, so
no use trying
to prove that she stepped on them herself.
She was pulled. Cross yourselves,
compadrcs! Strange things are bound to
happen in this world.
"As I said before, Sena Pepa was
queer.
She was frightened almost to
but could find no trace of the family.
never
cakes and talking wildly to herself:
death,
but
she
it
is
crossed
herself.
At
last
we
soft
mud and followed them up until we
discovered some tracks
the
in
reached a small island where the children
used to play.
Guess what we found,
compadres. There was the mother sunk
to her knees,
smearing herself with mud
'I
even when the goat attacked the cactus.
am an alligator. I am an alligator.'
And when she saw us, up she flew and
Why not?
commenced
JMind you, she never crossed herself, not
I
do not know.
"When she arrived at the hut she called
her children in agony:
'Lili,
Titi,
Feli.
where are you, my dears?' No answer.
'Lili,
Titi, Feli, are you there?'
No
answer. She called them again, but the
tots did not run from under the table to
pull her skirts and ask her for bread and
sweets.
Do you think she fainted immediately like any other sensible woman
would have done ?
I should say not
Sena Pepa was queer, and if you turned
her inside out she would still have been
queer. She rushed in like a beast whose
cubs have been stolen, and ransacked the
place but no children were to be found.
She looked under the hut, but they were
not there.
She rushed out and ran
around the swamp wringing her hands
and cursing heaven. Her heartbreaking
calls for Lili, Titi and Feli were heard
far up the road.
Bcndito sea Dios! She
went out of her head as crazy as a rudderless boat.
What had become of the
children ? Crista de Picdad! It is awful
"On the next morning someone noted
the disappearance of the mother and the
children, and we all went down to the
hut. Things w^ere in great disorder the
caldron was cracked in two pieces, and
the swamp seemed to have advanced
;
—
;
to
'Come,
yell:
Lili,
Titi,
Feli, they won't take you away this time.
Oh, you ought to have seen her
eyes!
She raised her skirts as if she
wanted to hide the children like hens do
their chicks. Bcndito sea Dios! She did
Come.'
To see her
not look like an alligator.
there thinking that she had the children
when God only knows what had become
them.
It was heart-rending, com-
of
padres.
We looked around she had built
a few
dams and canals and had appar-
:
was spending the
morning with her tots. A little pail, a
small spade, and a children's cart were
the objects that she had mistaken for her
children.
These things had been their
only toys. Ah, she was crazy as a rudently thought that she
derless boat!
We searched and
"And the children?
Perhaps they ventured too far
into the swamp and a
"Say, compadres, do you hear that
searched.
—
The evil genius of the
I knew this
swamp is bellowing again.
lugubrious howl ?
was
a
bad
night.
I
must go home.
Biieiias nochcs."
And the ne.xt minute Periquin had disappeared down the broad avenue of royal
palms.
/. P., '07.
—
!
SKETCHES
PICTURES BY THE WAY
am sitting on a log of driftwood,
I
cast up by some spring freshet in seasons
past
;
behind
me the forest, before me
the lake, the forests and the mountains.
—not
Beyond the mountains is a sunset
one of your golden-roseate effulgences
which unmarried ladies rave over and
impressionists endeavor to depict, which
the imagination of the poet and give
fire
the prophet his vision of heaven
sombre,
purple-blue
;
but a
shading into
sky,
down
gliding
Swiftly
the
comes a long row of yellow squares of
light, weaving its way rapidly an.ong
the trees and vanishing off to the left
with a prolonged warning whistle. Some
of the passengers were still dining, some
were preparing to retire all are on their
;
way to the civilization, the comforts, the
culture of the metropolis; none of
to
left
rifts
and right
:
them
know that I am sitting on a log of driftwood beside this dark pool and watching
the fishes jump.
H. B., 'oS.
black, and only rendered the more omin-
ous by the lurid
mountain
of silver streaking
a
ATATEKA LAKE
sunset which has
woe of the thousands of years that have
Atateka Lake has this in common v, ith
other Adirondack Mountain waters
whatsoever your mood, your longings,
your desires it will satisfy you and re-
flown, but also the inevitable fact of sor-
fresh you.
row were concentrated in this image
of despair. The silver streaks are short-
bright
ening, the dark outline of the mountain
a light breeze
ridge becomes less sharply defined as
your
no
cheering
presses
an
message,
infinite
but
and
ex-
rather
unutterable
anguish, as if not only all the sorrow and
its
—
Go down to its shores 0!i a
Sunday
morning,
in
summer,,
when the air is peaceful and warm, when
stirs
when
feet,
the liquid mirror at
partridge
the
springs
with the darkness of the
suddenly from your path and the crested
sky; one or two stars are already out.
halcyon puncuates with one swift, clearcut dash, the distant vista, when the
color blends
Ah me, if it must then be so, be
If
nothing can prevent
it,
it
it
so
must be
browse on the tender leaves
sleek cattle
borne; the stars, too, are silently endur-
with pleasant tinkling of bells and the
Night is their nurse, let her be our
sheep can be heard on the hillside pastures, when the rail is roused from her
ing.
solace; she
nature.
is
is
whispering peace to
all
The placid surface of the lake
dimpled with bobbing fish
;
what
!
are
you also dissatisfied with your own element and seek to breathe a purer
one? Or do you but express exuberance of content in these, your capers?
reedy nest by the splashing of your paddle and the bold eagle circles in majestic
spirals
far overhead through the celes-
—
ness of this hour with your reiterated ac-
and feel all this and you
will
it is weeks since
you entered your church door. Once more
look forth on Atateka this time in early
morning, as you rise from your camper's
cusations, you cheerful crickets and dis-
mattress
You katydids, who accentuate the still-
gruntled frogs, what, oh
of it all?—
!
what is the use
tial
azure
see
never regret that
—
into
the
and
awake
stumble
out
half
sun-smitten
mist
— sometimes
completely hidden beneath that soft white
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
g-arnient
sometimes, as
have seen
187
my
cease
struggles
sordid
the
it
n;e
in
haunts of the microcosm and go back to
exquisite curling rolls like carded wool
and stars and
and anon, a
meteor rips the heavenly dome with one
once,
:
I
with the mist rising from
it
or delicate smoke wreaths, soft as the
down on a baby's coat
like
;
or again looking
some glacier or weird ice formation
summer luxu-
in strange contrast to the
God
wood and
in
And,
streams.
as
air
ever
great golden streak,
the
soul
mighty
in
let
me feel in my
of
silences
the
mid-
riance of foliage and bloom.
night sky; let me hear with ears sharp-
But, after all, the only time to really
grasp and hold the beauty of Atateka
tones of star music which they say the
Lake
—aptly
called "Friend's
the swarthy red
men
—
moonlight or starlight.
is
Lake" by
at night,
be
it
Then thrust me
not within a house or a church's four
ened by
faith,
angels hear;
out;
let
me
with
echoes
hope,
let
me
raise
my
love,
those
pure
look
up and not
the
ever-watchful
sighs
of
praise
and
thanksgiving.
walls, but give me canoe and paddle, and
let
me shove out into the black mirror
and there under those pale stars, feel
within me and without, the Spirit of the
Lord rising up to quell all worldliness
and selfishness. There let me repeat that
sonnet of the laureate's, "The world is
too much with us ;" let me with Emerson "leave my peacock wit behind" and
go back to "the primal mind that flows
in streams, that breathes in wind :" let
Ah,
friend,
shouldst
discouraged,
pointed,
forth
upon those waters and finding thy-
self at last in
store thine
harmony with heaven., re-
own balance and thine own
harmony, quell the raging conflict in thy
and take unto thyself the influ-
breast,
ence of the infinite holiness
when thou comest,
I
would have thee
No mockery of human bolt or bar,
But windows open to the evening wind
And empty halls, with careless doors ajar.
And there should be no sound of noisy woe,
But one sweet girlish voice, in pensive strain
Fraught with some echo of the long ago,
As if her mother lived, and sang again.
Then breathing deep of languorous perfume
I would grow weary, even as I am now.
And sink to slumber in the crimson gloom.
Nor feel the dews of Lethe damp my brow;
from
the
!
R. S., '06.
find
While
misun-
derstood, get thee thy canoe and paddle
SONNET
Death,
thou be disap-
doubting,
chamber would
she
softly
creep
All fearful, lest she break her father's sleep.
/.
F.
W.,
'10.
—
;
CIVIC DEPARTMENT
ABOUT AMENDING THE CONSTITUTION
BY HON. DAVID
DE ARMOXD.
A.
Member of Congress from Missouri.
Printed for Haverford College Civic Club.
Copyright, 1907, by Intercollegiate Civic League.
Is
it
desirable to
Constitution?
Is
consider the
subject
it
amend
the
Federal
of
desirable
even to
Presidency.
of
amending the
Constitution ?
I will
assume, as it appears to me one
may safely assume, that a majority of
who have thought about the mat-
those
Jefferson-Burr
the
Three
made
contest
the
for
—
amendments the
the last hundred
only
ones
years
—are the Constitutional product of
in
the war of 1861-5.
How many amendments to the Conhave been advocated and urged
stitution
ter at all unite in the conclusion that
by
in the
amendment
be
came States under it I do not know, and
if we did know, the information would
the
could
Constitution
improved.
A prerequisite to any amendment must
There are
two methods and only two for amending;
the one through the initiative of the Congress, which may from time to time,
be the opportunity to amend.
long period since the Colonies be-
be curious rather than valuable.
enough
to
know
that
It
many and
is
great
changes have occurred in this country,
and in the world in that time changes
—
other, through the initiative of two-thirds
Mighty agencies unknown, not dreamed of, when the
Constitution was framed are commonplace now. The most momentous prob-
of whose
lems of our day had no existence for the
with the concurrence of two-thirds of
each House, propose amendments
of the States, upon the call
legislatures
the
Congress
shall
;
the
provide
political, social, material.
statesmen of that earlier day.
Govern-
for a Convention to propose amendments.
mental machinery, almost indispensible
However proposed, no amendment can
become a part of the Constitution unless
less then.
by three-fourths of the States,
by action of Legislature or Convention
ratified
in each, respectively.
in Article
All this is provided
V of the Constitution.
are
would have been well nigh use-
entirely
In
many respects conditions
changed.
the constitu-
If
tion-makers of the past and widely-different age provided
for the exigencies of
whose many new things
and new conditions they did not and
could not know, happy chance or the direct agency of omniscience must hare
this period, of
No convention to propose amendments
to the Constitution has ever assembled
all
to-day,
amendments heretofore ratified origiMost of them
nated in the Congress.
interposed.
it-
\'eneration and admiration of and for
and were considered when the Constitution was under consideration for
ratification or rejection, and were informally endorsed when it was ratified.
One other amendment came as a result
the Constitution need not and should not
are almost as old as the Constitution
self,
cause us to forget that men
—great men,
many of them, but yet all mere men
framed it, in the light of their day
everyone of them
is
dead
;
;
that
that nozf the
;
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Constitution
is
for
the
us,
living,
Xo amendment can be made so long
and
not for them or their generation of the
as so many
what we
believe zi'c need rather than what they
believed they and their contemporaries
needed and, if you please to speculate
about that, what you think they thought
we would or might need.
States
dead.
So, the vital question is
;
Why should we so
completely
lose
ourselves in admiration of the Fathers,
so glorify their
wisdom and courage, by
confessing that we are weak and foolish,
and by demonstrating our timidity? If
the Fathers had lacked the moral courage to consider even the question of the
practicability and desirability of framing
the Constitution, the Articles of Confederation would have been accepted as
a frail bond of union.
A tithe of the
courage and independence required of
them ought to suffice for us in the duty
of considering whether there should be
any amendment.
The Congress will not propose any
amendment of importance
—a glance
at
history and even a hurried view of pres-
ent condition surely must banish every
doubt about
that.
It
is
a generation
since the Congress proposed any amend-
189
— might saw
I
withhold
Should not
this
fcn'
their
—as twelve
endorsement.
pregriant fact alone be
sufficient to banish the fears of the timid,
resolve the doubts of those who are un-
decided, and stimulate the courage and
who would
employ the living, instead of invoking
ever and only the guidance of the dead?
Even if the Convention were to come
and go without a single change in the
Constitution, still it would not have been
arouse the energy of those
created in vain.
A centering of thought
upon the Constitution and upon propositions for amendment, and their serious
consideration, sure to attend and follow
the amendment movement, could hardly
to be productive of great good.
fail
Per-
haps but a few amendments would be
still would be ratiBut the entire field would be explored existing powers and limitations
would be better understood wholesome
legislation, national and state, would be
stimulated
abuses
would be more
clearly noted; remedies would be more
zealously
sought and easier found
groundless complaint would meas'.:rably
proposed, and fewer
fied.
;
;
;
ment, and yet there has been ceaseless
subside
agitation for amendm.ent.
reform movements
would diminish
would gain in practicability and promise
and the political atmosphere generally
would be materially cleared.
I submit that it is wise and patriotic
There
is
but one
way to amend the
amendment,
and that is through the action of State
Legislatures, moving upon the Congress
for a Constitutional Convention.
impracticable agitation
useless,
;
Constitution, or even to real, sober, consideration of the subject of
:
to
agitate for a Convention to propose
Amendments to the Constitution.
5^
MEN OR MONEY—WHICH?
BY JACOB A. RIIS.
Copyright for the Intercollegiate Civic League, Printed for Haverford College Civic Club.
Riding in a railroad car, the other day,
with a Western man, a stranger, our talk
strayed to the one absorbing topic
York
—
size, it
its
wealth,
:
New
tunnels,
its
its
crowds.
made and
of
And in say-
spent there; the millions!"
ing it he reproduced, without knowing it,
the point in view of all of us.
The trouble with New York, the trouble with practically all of the cities of
our land, of which it is the type, is that
we who live there have thought
called
"the home-
There had been, half a century before,
to
of the millions, the millions,
truth,
an earlier Tenement House Commission,
appointed by the Senate of the State, to
"Um," said he, chewing meditatively
on a toothpick, "there's a town
Think
!
much
too
far
less city."
New York. It came back
Albany and recommended, as a means
see what ailed
abolishing drunkenness,
man
"furnishing
and comfortable
home." I supposed they laughed at that,
called it paternal government, and put
in that bald shape, it looked like it. There
each
to
a
clean
were fifteen thousand tenements in New
York at that early day. To-day there
And as we sowed, so have we reaped.
and their united intoward
the destruction of
fluence goes
The
discovery,
on this side of
the home.
Great markets, great money centres, our
the Atlantic, that this is nothing less than
Even the
amusements that are there are just a way
of making money, or of spending it.
treason,
Naturally, their politics have fallen un-
a
der the same head.
ing the new world the a,
alas
all,
!
of them in terms of money, never of men.
have become little else.
cities
Graft is not a prod-
are eighty thousand
epidemic, in 1866.
In dread of that New York organized
Board of Health that set about teach-
And as
tion.
to the source and fountainhead of civic
and
uct but a corrupter of politics.
—the people!
dates back to the last cholera
b, c
of sanita-
Pigs were banished from streets
and that
cellars,
first
year 40,000
—
Homes, which should make the real city
let the last Tenement House Commis-
windows were cut to let hght into 40,000
tenement bedrooms that were dark and
unventilatcd.
Forty years we have
sion speak:
wrestled with the powers of darkness and
"They live there," it said in its report
to the legislature, speaking of the two
at last the
virtue,
or the
lack
of
it
millions of toilers in our tenements, "in
an environment that makes all for unrighteoHsness," and so tends to corrupt
the
youth,
the
citizenship
of
the
to-
The day is coming when it will forbid
Meanwhile the sanitarians are trying to make it unprofitable
it.
a man to own one.
to the owner.
morrow.
To get so far has taken forty years
We reaped as we sowed.
3'ears
Twenty-five
of unceasing fighting, of patient waiting,
ago, Jules Simon, addressing his
of striving to mould public opinion, with-
countrymen,
described
great exactness:
smothered
it
family,
ism."
law forbids the building of a
tenement with a dark and airless room in
in
the
"Where
crop
the
a nation, there go
manhood,
with
home
is
with
citizenship, patriot-
New York was long ago, with
out which
if
we
do,
we cannot get anywhere, or,
find
ourselves
tracked and helpless before
It is
to
stuck,
side-
we know it.
going to take us twenty years more
get
where
wc cannot
slide
back.
THE HAVERFORDIAN
Every winter the forces of selfish greed
191
under compulsion of accumulated evibut he learned something he has
—
that care nothing for the neighbor, noth-
dence
ing for the state, and in their utter short-
never forgotten.
sightedness and folly cannot grasp the
meaning of the President's constant
warning that "we go up or down together."' can see only their own immediate
marshal
profit,
their
forces
at
He is the same man
who sits to-day in the White House demanding a fair chance for all the people,
rich or poor, that the Republic may have
a fair chance.
Without
have
as
For,
it.
I
that,
said.
it
cannot
New York
Albany to make a breach in the tenement house law, now here, now there,
Every
an%-thing to let their avarice in.
winter they have to be fought and public
opinion held up to its responsibility. A
ever we do there, the others will do.
single year of inattention, of over-con-
will take.
If 5 per cent., there is no slum
and we should have ten years'
work to do over again.
And there is enough that is yet undone. The last census of the tenements
in Xew York showed that there were in
them yet, 350,000 and over of the dark
rooms the Board of Health deemed fatal
problem
if
fidence,
in 1866.
Since then w-e have found the
bacillus of tuberculosis and the fight with
is
but the type of all the growing
in the land.
It sets
the fashion.
W'e hear much of the slum.
cities
What-
The slum
you
just a question of the per cent,
is
;
25,
it
looms large.
It
pays
build bad tenements that wreck the
to
That is the reason of the fight.
home.
As I said, it is just a question of greed
and of the cold indifference that asks
"Am I my brother's keeper?''
In that
war the generation that is coming has to
take sides. Which side are you on?
The >oung men of to-day have got to
New York will be,
White Plague has been taken up all
over the land. In New York City we have
every year 8,000 deaths from tuberculosis and there are always 20,000 persons
dying from the scourge. Is it any wonder,
when laboratory experiments have shown
that, whereas a ray of direct sunlight
kills a germ at once, in a dark tenement
room or hallway it may live two years,
fight
or three?
college education falls the duty of leader-
the
to a finish.
it
—
growing city in the land and
more and more ours is getting to be a
land of cities will be what the young
men of to-day make up their minds they
every
—
shall
tell
be.
And those twenty years will
the story whether we shall last as a
or not.
A'oblesse oblige!
To
who have had the advantage of a
people,
those
everyone knows
ship.
who reads. New York City has, roughly
All
Which way?
modern experience, all human in-
stinct,
goes to support the belief that the
These are
as
facts,
speaking, half the voters in the Empire
State.
This
is
their
home environment.
Physically and morally, it "makes all for
square deal
unrighteousness."
Is
for the republic?
One young man, just
it
a
cure for other things than drunkenness
lies
in
giving every
man a chance of a
decent and comfortable home,
all
that
at
events without that chance he will not
out of college, answered that question for
be content and cannot be counted upon
upon the evidence before him,
along in the eighties, and straightway
as a good citizen.
himself,
started an investigation of slavery in the
tenem.ent
cigar-making
industry.
The
action he brought about was labeled unconstitutional then
—the fashion
—
if I
in labels
remember right
has changed since
What choice shall we
make then?
How^ shall we rate our
fellow-citizens of to-morrow
in terms
of money, or of men?
If the former,
perhaps you will make money.
If the
latter, without fail you will make men.
—
Which?
A HAVERFORD MISSION IN CHINA
Robert
Ossining,
Louis Simkin was bom in
New York, in 1879. He was
from Haverford College in
having
been, during his college
1903,
course, a representative Haverfordian.
graduated
As President of the Young Men's Christian Association, as a member of the Phi
Beta Kappa Society, and as a member of
was distinguished
the foot ball team, he
October, which was addressed by Mr.
and Mrs. Simkin. Their future hopes
and purposes were made clear to our
audience consisting of practically the en-
dred dollars the first year. Mr. and Mrs.
Simkin
In 1906 Simkin was graduated from
the Union Theological Seminary in
New
York, and soon after was married to
Miss Margaret Lowenhaupt.
Having
December,
China,
for
started
1906.
among his fellows by his nobility of character and dignified presence.
The committee, after
student-body.
tire
consideration, agreed to raise five hun-
is
intended that contributors shall
receive,
from time to time, exact inform-
It
ation of Simkin's work in the remote but
populous
of China, whither he
district
For
has been called for his life-work.
the present,
gratifying to know that
it is
cherished for years the desire to become
Haverford, following the lead of many
a foreign missionary, he at once entered
larger institutions, has now her own mis-
New York Yearly
into negotiations with
sionary
carrying out
among
a
strange
Meeting, of which he is a member, look-
people the high ideals for which Haver-
ing to his appointment by that body as
ford stands.
a missionary to China.
His own Yearly
Meeting being unable
to
than partial financial
assume more
responsibility, Mr.
and Mrs. Simkim spent the summer of
1906 in England, making the acquaintance of many English Friends, and addressing numerous meetings. The result
was that the Friends' Missionary Board
undertook the support of Mr. and Mrs.
Simkin in the educational department of
the Friends'
Mission at Chungking,
West China, while expressing the hope
that some American Friends would aid
in this support. New York Yearly Meeting has agreed to furnish a certain quota.
Simkin's intimate connection with the
spiritual
life
at
Haverford
naturally
turned his thoughts to his old college and
to his fellow-Haverfordians.
A commit-
tee of graduates, after conferring with
Young Men's Christian Association,
arranged a meeting at the college in
the
The undergraduates have contributed
$150.00 and
committee appeals
the
old Haverfordians to complete the
to
sum
which has been pledged. It is believed
by accepting this responsibility
Haverford will become alive to the modem importance of foreign missions and
that
that the spiritual life of the college will
be deepened.
Contributions should be sent to James
B.
The Girard Trust
Drinker, care of
Co., Philadelphia.
Asa S. Wing,
Chairman.
W. M, Longstreth. '72.
F. A.
White, '84.
W. W. Comfort. '04.
Secretary.
H. Scattcrsjood, '96.
L. H. Wood. '06.
J. T. Emlen. '00.
W. E. Cadhury, '01.
J.
J.
B. Drinker,
'03,
Treasurer.
1.
J.
Dodge, '07.
Ernest Jones. '07.
J.
P. Elkinton, '08.
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ALUMNI DEPARTMENT
ALUMNI DINNER
The mid-winter dinner of the Alumni Association will be held at the Bellevue-Stratford
on Friday evening, February 15, at 6.30 o'clock. It is expected that this dinner will be the
largest ever held by the Association.
The subscription price of $3.50 may be sent in advance
to Jonathan M. Steere, care of Girard Trust Co.. Philadelphia, by any member of the Association or by any member of the present SeniorClass.
The following guests are to respond to toasts President Sharpless, President Drinker,
of Lehigh University, Hon. James Beck, William A. Glasgow, Esq., John C. Winston, '81,
and Rev. Watson, D. D.
:
NOTICE
For the double purpose of facilitating communication with the various class organizations and of correcting the catalogue of alumni addresses, it is earnestly requested that each
alumnus who reads this notice may immediately address, to the Secretary of Haverford
College, a post card indicating both his present address and the name of the Secretary of
his Haverford class.
OSCAR M. CHASE,
College Secretary.
NOTES
J
The
896 CLASS DINNER
Class of
held
tenth
1896
annual class reunion and dinner at the
University
Philadelphia,
Club,
ber 2gth, 1906.
It
S.
adelphia, is announced.
Decem-
was found that this
time is more convenient than during the
foot ball season.
Letters were read from
members who were unable to be present,
and a pleasant evening was spent talking
Lieutenant Mark Brooke, U. S.
was married on December nth, at
Washington, D. C, to Miss Marie Faunt'96.
A.,
leroy Barnes.
The following men were present
W. K. Alsop, S. K. Brecht, T. Harvey
The last edition of the class re-
'00.
about '96 men and recalling old college
days.
The engagement of Dr. Joseph
Evans to Miss Lillian Eaxon, of Phil-
'95.
its
port shows that out of forty-six members
of the class twenty-one are married.
Hinchman, J. Q. HunPaul D. S. Maier, J. H. Scat-
Haines, C. R.
sicker, Jr.,
tergDod,
M. Warren Way and L. Hol-
lingsworth Wood.
Paul D. L M.mer, Secretary.
Miss Georgianna Sheldon Filney
on January 14, 1907, at Orange, N. J.
Miss Filney had two brothers at Haverford,
Ex-'59.
William
H.
S.
Wood was
William H. Kirkbride was mar-
'01.
ried to
in
one
in the Class of
1903 and one
1905.
married to Mrs. Cora (Underbill) Elliott
in
New York City on January 17th, 1907.
'80.
Charles F. Brede was married to
Miss Marie Paula Voll on Wednesday,
December 19th, 1906, at Philadelphia, Pa.
W.
'02.
Andrew D. Schrag received the
degree of Ph. D. at Johns Hopkins
June, and
is
last
now Instructor at Western
Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.
Morris, Assistant Secretary of the Gir-
'02.
R.
M. Gummere gave the
Rhoades Scholars' trial examinations, in
ard Trust Co., recently returned from
Boston, during January.
'94.
Paris,
George A. Walker and
where they delivered
S.
to bankers
the $50,000,000 loan effected by Pennsyl-
vania Railroad.
'04.
Robert P. Lowry sailed for Cuba,
where he intends entering business.
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THE HAVERFORDIAN
194
Henry
'05.
Cox
G.
has
left
the
Claassen has
C. J.
Ex-'07.
United States for Porto Rico, where he
will be engaged with many other Ameri-
position as cashier of the
cans in teaching.
position at
left
the
Bank,
State
Jansen, Neb., and is now in an important
Winnepeg, Can.
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
COLLEGE CALENDAR
for an extra share of applause for the
Interscholastic Meet, February i6th.
The Annual Literary Lectures will be
given this year by Ian Maclaren, on the
subject,
"The History of Religion
in
Scotland in the Eighteenth Century," on
the 14th, 19th and 26th of February.
—
1908,
I.
work they performed on the
various
pieces
—
games Jan. 21 1907, o;
Jan. 23—1905, 5; 1906, o.
Several
apparatus.
of
changes in the program were made necessary, chief of which was the omission of
the double trapeze and the substitution
of special tumbling.
The corrected list
of events follows
PART I
Horizontal Bar
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SOCCER
Interclass
splendid
Columbia H. S. Schoonmaker, J. A. Voskamp.
U. of P.— F. Bradford. E. E. Krauss.
Princeton McCabe, Dowd.
Haverford J. Bushnell, 3d, E. A. Edwards,
—
—
R. A. Spaeth.
Side Horse
HAVERFORD, lO PHILA. C. C.^ O.
Played at Haverford January 19th,
;
— E. D. Bryde, H. S. Schoonmaker.
U. of P.— F. Lauton, E. Krauss.
Princeton — Krause.
Columbia
1907.
Haverford defeated Phila. C. C. in a
one-sided game by the score of 10 to O.
The visitors played with two men short,
which handicapped them to a large extent.
The score at the end of the first
Haverford— R.
their
;
Krauss, of Pennsylvania,
and Schoonmaker, of Columbia, came in
A.
Myers,
E.
— Bushnell. Brown, Leonard, Bard.
—Vezin.
Parallel Bars
Columbia — Schoonmaker, M. Thomson.
U. of P. — G. Spaulding, E. Krauss.
Princeton — McCabe, Dowd.
Haverford — C. T. Brown, E. A. Edwards,,
Princeton
S.
was held on Saturday evening,
of Princeton
F.
PART H
QUADRANGULAR GYM MEET
were present, who expressed a gratifying opinion of the whole performance.
In individual work, McCabe and Dowd,
Scott,
Haverford College Mandolin Club.
Balancing Trapeze
oppo-
January 19th. In spite of the inclement
weather a large number of spectators
F.
Special Tumbling
Haverford
The annual Quadrangular Exhibition
vania
K..
Shoemaker.
nents and scored at will.
with Columbia, Princeton and Pennsyl-
T.
Burt,
—
Haverford— C.
second half the Haver-
completely outplayed
ford
H.
Cary,
Club Swinging
U. of P.— F. Bradford.
Princeton Cooper.
half was i to o, Philadelphia holding very
well, but in the
L.
Lewis, J. R. Phillips.
Mason.
Columbia— P.
J.
A.
Flying Rings
J. McCulloch,
W. H. Runk.
Voskamp.
U. of P.— Bradford, H. Levy.
Princeton McCabe, Dowd.
Haverford— E. A. Edwards, F.
R. Mott.
—
—
—
Haverford —
C.
Bailey,.
Tumbling
U. of P. G. Spaulding.
Princeton McCabe, Dowd.
J.
Bushnell, A. C. Leonard.
Announcer
— G. K. Strode.
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