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The Kenyan Collegian.Vol. XXXV. FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1909. No. 6.

Jfontjott (Unllwjtatt.Published Every Other Friday of the Collegiate

Year by the Students of Kenyon College.

BOARD OF E.DITOR.S.

Editor-in-Chie- f. . GEORGE SHEPARD SOUTHWORTH. '09.

Associate Editors.

N. W. BURRIS. '09. R. B. BROWN, '11.

F. W. CARR. '09. C. D. RAREY, '11.

W. J. BLAND. '10. R. A. WEAVER. '12.

W. A. THOMAS. '12.

Business Manager H. S, LYBARGER, '10.

Assistant Business Manager CM. CABLE. '11.

Alumni Editor A. K. TAYLOR'06.

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EDITORIAL.is always with a keen sense of pleasure, after

IT strenuously battling with examinations, thatwe for a few days relax and indulge in theunbounded festivities of Prom. week. In all

its pleasure, beauty and happiness,Prom. the Promenade of this year was noWeek. exception to those of the past. In

fact if we were to venture a com-

parison, we might justly say that in many ways

it surpassed those of former years all praise tothe junior class!

The week formally opened on Friday even-ing with an informal dance in Rossc Hall. Thisdate for the informal was in itself an innovationwhich we owe to the remarkable creative geniusof the Junior Class. In previous years theactivities commenced on Saturday eveninginstead. The change is certainly a good oneSeniors take notice how well these Juniors in theirfreshman year were instructed in such mattersof creative genius. It always gives to fondteachers great pleasure to see their pupils follow-ing the precepts of their wise example. Still,credit must be given to this illustrious class of1910, that they were able to winnow the chaff

from the wheat and to follow only those preceptsof 1909 which were coducive to high moral andintellectual achievements.

The informal dance was well attended bothby Harcourt and students of Kenyon as well asby many visitors from other towns. The musicwas excellent, considering the source fromwhence it came.

Next on the program came that play "ANight Off." This we shall pass over with slightcomment, for indeed it seemed to be an off nightfor the players. The audience, however, werevery well pleased and all appreciated the enter-tainment extremely.

Behold the Promenade given in honor of tendignified Seniors! Is this all that remains offifty-six- ? Yes, 'tis even so; the survival of thefittest. Passing on to the dance itself:strains of that glorious "Court House in theSky" still strangely linger about the collegedormitories.

,The seventeen enchores were far

from being sufficient. The fact that Mr. John-ston himself was present with his orchestra gaveadded spirit and zest to the music. The danceas a whole was a glorious success.

The entertainment furnished by the Glee andMandolin Clubs on Tuesday evening was ex-

tremely fine. Credit should be given to Messrs.Tunks and Fullerton for presenting so fine aconcert.

It is hard after such a week of prolongedpleasure and enjoyment to pick up again thedrudgery of daily routine. Yet on the pages ofmemory we all can live over again those pleasantdays and with one accord exclaim "The Prom,was a grand success. "

The Collegian is fortunate in the acquisitionof two new men to the editorial board, Fred W.Carr and William A. Thomas. Henceforth wemay expect the literary tone of the Collegianto be appreciably elevated.

JUNIOR INFORMAL.

The first event of Prom, week was the JuniorInformal given at Rosse Hall, Friday evening,February fifth. It marked the end of a hardweek for the undergraduates, and with the last"exam" over and forgotten they were ready tothrow themselves into the mid-ye- ar festivitieswith a will. The hall was not decorated, sincethat transformation, according to custom, is

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saved as a pleasant surprise on the evening ofthe formal ; but a large orchestra had beensecured and the dance was an unusually happy-affai- r

for an informal. There were a large num-ber of girls visiting on the Hill, and these withthe young ladies from Harcourt, combined toadd the touch which makes this annual JuniorPromenade an event which is looked forward toby all undergraduates from September until itactually is ushered in by the informal dance atthe close of examination week. Although notso elaborate, the informal dance was one of thebest events of the week and was thoroughlyenjoyed by the large number who attended.The dancing lasted until well after midnight andit was with regret that the guests reluctantlywended their various homeward ways at 2 A. m.

Saturday.

THE JUNIOR PLAY.

The farce entitled the "Night Off," playedsome years back by the famous Augustin DalyStock Co., was given by the Junior Class atRosse Hall, on the evening of Feb. 6th.

The play is a trifle overdrawn with a greatdeal of forced comedy, and is an exceedinglyhard task for amateurs; but on the other hand,it posesses a few clever characters which help toredeem the faults and make it fairly entertaining.When such stars as John Drew, Ada Rehan andMay Irwin could not give a successful renditionof the various parts, it is needless to say that theJunior Class deserves much credit for theirambitious attempt.

Although the action of the play was at timesslow and boresome, the young men were alwaysin the spirit of the situation and brought up eachclimax to a height that did not come far fromthe mark. The dialogues were not always inworking order, but the constant applause showedthat the audience overlooked this and werepleased from beginning to end.

Mr. Tunks, in the part of Marcus BrutusSnap, the Fly-by-Nig- ht actor, gave a cleverinterpretation of his part and his well-rea- d

speeches and easy movements helped out morethan one dragging moment.

The part of the old Professor fell to Mr. Blandwho, despite his suffering from a cold at thetime, sustained his reputation of former years.

The female parts, assumed by men, arealways hard, but Messrs. Fultz, Emcrine, Hardyand Martin made them stand out prominentlyin the piece. The remaining parts in the castwere portrayed by Messrs. Wiseman, Siegristand Rood, and to say anything of their actingwould only be a .repetition --of former criticisms, j

Considering the small stage and lack ofscenery and stage paraphernalia, the setting wasas complete as could have been expected. Thewaits were short, the curtain worked success-fully, and the lights did not expire, which in anamateur production seems unavoidable. Theone man to whom the success of the entertain-ment was due is Mr. John Haight, of Bexley,who very kindly assisted the students by stag-an- d

directing the play.

CAST.

(Characters named in the order of theirappearance).

Susan, the brassiest Mr. HardyProwl, usher at the University Mr. WelshJustinian Babbitt, Professor of Ancient His-

tory at Camptown University . . Mr. BlandHarry Damask, his son-in-la- w.

. . .Mr. WisemanAngelica Damask, Harry's wife Mr. FultzMarcus Brutus Snap, a tragedian who objects to

the name Barnstormer Mr. TunksLord Mulberry, in pursuit of his son

Mr. SiegchristMrs. Zantippa Babbitt, Professor of conjugal

management in the Professor's household,Mr. Martin

Nesbe, his daughter and the idol of thehousehold Mr. Emerine

Jack Mulberry, in pursuit of fortune under thename of Chumley Mr. Rood

John, servant at Damask's Mr. ScottSCENES.

Act I. The Professor's Study. "Olivette."Act II. Reception Room at Damask's.

" Camille."Act III. Same as Act I. "The Beautiful

Sabine."Act IV. Same as Act III.

Staged and directed by Mr. HaightBusiness Manager Mr. WhiteProperty Manager Mr. Dunn

JUNIOR PROMENADE.

The 1910 Junior Promenade, held as usual inRosse Hall on the evening of February Sth, wasa great success from the minute the Seniors, incap and gown, marched down the receiving lineto the last strains of " Sing Me to Sleep " at 6:30,Tuesday morning.

Rosse Hall never looked more attractive .thanit did in its well planned decorations of the 1910colors blue and old gold. In the center of thetop was hung a great octagon wrapped in blueand old gold which was connected by solidbunting to a smaller frame of the same shape

some feet above giving the general effect of adome. Down through this hung a chandelierstudded with numerous electric lights. Bothsides of the Hall were hung solid with buntingfrom where a canopy hung over the rows ofbunting-wrappe- d benches, to the ground. Thiscanopy was connected with the dome by longdrooping streamers, which gave a very pleas-ing and artistic effect to the whole scheme.Rows of palms and ferns along the frontof the stage almost hid Johnston's Orches-tra from the sight of the dancers and in thebalcony where supper was served the decorationswere complete with bunting hung walls andsmall tables for four. The catering was unusu-ally good and from forty to fifty were beingserved throughout the evening.

Johnston's Orchestra has never played betterthan it did on this occasion. The particularlygood numbers were numerous and evenly dividedbetween two-ste- p and waltz. "Celeste Aida,""Court House in the Sky," "Mouse and theClock," "The Palms", selections from "AStubborn Cinderella," and "My Rosary" weresome of the more popular ones.

The patronesses were: Mesdames Pierce,Sterling, Jones, West, Davies, Newhall, Smythe,Walton, Devol, Nichols, Hall, Harrison, Wieda,Hitchcock, Trimble, Benson, Lee, and MissHarriette Merwin. i

The members of the Junior Prom Committee,to whom we owe many thanks for a delightfulevening are: Messrs. William J. Bland, Lyle F.Emerine, Royal A. Fultz, Arthur T. Sackett,Charles D. Siegchrist and A. Blakslee White.

"THE VIOLIN MAKER OF CREMONA."

"The Violin Maker of Cremona," a comedi-ett- e

in one act, by Franciso Coppce, was pre-

sented for the second time in Gambier on theevening of February loth, 1909. It was pro-

duced for the first time some ten years ago. Thecast which presented the play on Thursday night,may be spoken of as an "all-star- " one, since itsmembers had all won recognition in Gambier astalented performers. Mr. Marsh, who playedthe part of " Tadeo Ferrari," the violin maker soexcellently has played successfully in manydifficult roles since he first came to the "Hill."

The same may be said of Mr. Riley. Hisinterpretation of the part of "Filippo," the dis-appointed lover, but victor in the contest, wasvery true and he had the sympathies of theaudience from beginning to end. Mr. Tunksadapted himself well to a part which ill suitedhis peculiar gift of characterization. He took

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the part of "Sandro," the successful lover whoseskill as a violin maker was surpassed by hisrival "Filippo." The part was quite unlikethat which Mr. Tunks played in "The PrivateSecretary," and played so perfectly, and toomuch credit cannot be given him for his workon Monday night.

Last, but not least in importance, comes MissWilcox, who played "Giannina." the violinmaker's daughter. All who were on the "Hill"last year when Mr. Long's play, "The NewCommandment," was given, can testify to MissWilcox's ability and charm as an amateuractress and the least that can be said in praiseof her work on Thursday night, is that she haslost none of that charming ability.

On account of the short time given forrehearsing, some of the lines were confused, buton the whole the stage work went off verysmoothly. The work of "making up" theplayers and managing behind the scenes duringthe performancee, fell to Mr. Haight, to whomgreat credit is due.

The "Comediette" was preceded by several"acts" of various kinds which made a verydelightful "first half" of the evening's enter-tainment. The part taken by the children ofthe Sunday School was very prominent, and thecleverness which they displayed in going throughtheir dances, bore testimony to conscientiouswork on the part of Miss White who, with MissWelker and Miss Condit, had the matter incharge.

The entertainment was given for the benefitof the Parish House fund and over thirty dollarswere cleared. This sum was good considering theinclement weather and the moderate pricescharged for seats.

The program for the first half of the entertainment follows:Solo "Mattinata" Tosti

Mr. Marsh.Selection Monolog.

Mr. Fullerton.Solo "Daffodills" Greman

Miss Condit.Selection " Shamus O'Brien " Shiel

Mr. Soares.Piano "Perfumes of Italy" Leybach

Miss Young.Whistling Solo Selected

Mr. Rood.1. Good-Nig- ht Drill (Repeated by request).2. May Pole Dance.

Children of the Sunday School.Mr. Harkness accompanied on the piano.

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GLEE AND MANDOLIN CLUB CONCERT.

The home concert by the Kenyon CollegeGlee and Mandolin Clubs on Tuesday evening ofProm Week, was probably the most successfulaffair of its kind ever held at Rosse Hall. Boththe Glee and Mandolin Clubs did excellent work.The Kenyon College Glee Club of last year underthe leadership of Mr. Cahall was considerednearly perfect. It is of great credit to thepresent leader, Mr. Tunks, that the singing onTuesday evening was considered by many to befully equal to that of last year's Glee Club.When the number of new men on the club andthe noticeable absence in college of good voices,are taken into consideration, Mr. Tunks maywell be congratulated upon the successful enter-tainment. The principal features of the concertwere the solos by Mr. Macowatt and the whist-ling by Mr. Rood. Part second of the programwas well executed, the students sitting inform-ally about the stage. The quartette and man-dolin trio were very good. Mr. Fullerton asleader of the Mandolin Club, deserves equalcredit with Mr. Tunks for out of apparent chaoshe produced a mandolin club that in executionmay be said to have surpassed that of last year.

After the concert a farewell informal washeld. The music by Jackson's Orchestra wasexcellent. The dance was for the benefit of theathletic department and was well attended bynearly all of the weary but happy revellers ofthe previous evening.

The program was as follows:

FIRST PART.

1. A Song of College Days C. B. AdamsGlee Club.

2. Popular Medley.Mandolin Club.

3. (a) The Temple Bells )(b) Kashmiri Song Lawrence Hope

Mr. McCowatt.4. Mariner's Love Song Paul Ambrose

Glee Club.5. Wild Rose Mr. Dowall

Mandolin Sextette and Mr. Rood.G. Bells of St. Michael's Tower. . .W. Knyvett

Glee Club.7 . Selection from "A Stubborn Cinderella". .

HowardMandolin Club.

8. (a) Less Than the Dust(b) Till I Wake - Lawrence Hope

Mr. McCowatt.9. Sweet and Low Barnbv

Mandolin Club.

10. Venetian Boat Song Charles CadmanGlee Club.Intermission.

Intermission.

PART SECOND.11. Quartette

Mr. McCowatt Mr. TunksMr. Cable Mr. Siegchrist

12. Ragtowne.Messrs. Fullerton, Thomas and Blake.

13. Songs of Kenyon.Glee Club.

14. Alma Mater.

Charles Dale Seigchrist, 1910,Business Manager

Charles Donald Rarey, 1911,Assistant Business Manager

Walter Fuller Tunks, 1910, - LeaderFrederick George Harkness, 1912,

AccompanistFirst Tenors Walter Robson McCowatt,

'09; Walter Fuller Tunks, '10; Hadley KingRood, '10; John Lliatt Scott, '10; James HoagCable, '11.

Second Tenors KirkBassettO'Ferrall, '09;Edwin William Todd, '09; Walter Clark Darling,'11; George Esler Fullerton, '11; KingdonThornton Siddall, '11; William Goodwin Curtis,'11; Lecky Harper Russell, '11; Charles DonaldRarey, '11; Harold King Downe, '12.

First Bassos Henry Kelly Davies, 'OS;Mark Huntington Wiseman, '10; William Archi-bald Thomas, '12; Frederick George Harkness,'12; Clifford Theodore Williams, '12; RussellTwiggs Young, '12.

Second Bassos Van Allen Coolidge, '09;Charles Dale Seigchrist, '10; Bartelle HilenReinheimer, '11; Harlow Henry Gaines, '12;Warner Dayle Cook, '12; Edward Cyrus Under-wood, '12.

The Mandolin Club.George Esler Fullerton, 1911, - Leader

First Mandolins George Esler Fullerton,'11; William Archibald Thomas, '12; RichardRoberts Harter, '11 ; Francis Keith Lawrence, '12

Second Mandolins Mark HuntingtonWiseman, '10; Kingdon Thornton Siddell, '11;Sydney Franklin Culver, '12; Warren ScovilleCorning, '12.

Guitar Alfred Blake, '12.Cello William Ellsworth Gorsuch, '11.Traps and Drums Hadley King Rood, '10.

THE KEN YON COLLEGIAN

BASKET-BALL- .

BASKETBALL.

Kenyon, 22. Buchtel, 33.On January 23d the basketball team jour-

neyed to Akron where they were defeated bvBuchtel. Score 33 to 22.

Handicapped at the start by the strangefloor and by the injury to Crippen, nevertheless,the team played desperately and kept the scorein doubt until the very end. Our boys playedmuch better in the second half but Buchtel'slead was too large to overcome.

Lack of coaching was plainly evident in theKenyon team and this same fault has been evi-

dent in every game played so far. The menrisk long shots when a little team work wouldprobably result in a basket. Captain Cordilloplayed in his usual form and kept Kenyon in thegame at all times.

Line-u- p and summary:Buchtel, 33. Kenyon, 22.

Jahant l. f SandersonBisch R. f BentleyRead c HenryIredell (C.) l. g SchneererWilliams R. g Cordillo (C.)

Substitutions Simpson for Schneerer, San-derson and Cordillo interchanged.

Field Goals Sanderson, Bentley 2, HenryCordillo, 5, Jahant 3, Risch 4, Iredell 2, Wil-

liams 4. Foul Goals Risch 7 out of 12; Cordillo4 out of 8. Referee Parratt. Rules Inter-collegiate. Score at end of first half Buchtel 18,Kenyon 10.

Kenyon, 27. Denison, 38.On Saturday afternoon, January 30th, Den-

ison defeated Kenyon in one of the most impor-tant games on our schedule. The week beforeDenison had given Oberlin a bad scare at Oberlinand in this way had brought their standing up.

The game throughout was sensational andtime after time the spectators were brought totheir feet by some long shot. Henry andBentley made some wonderful shots in the firsthalf and due to their efforts the half ended withthe score a tie. Score 17 to 17.

The second half started off with a rush, firstone team making a basket and then the other,tieing the game up again. Captain Cordillo wasbetter guarded in this game than in the previousones and due to this he could not make his usuallarge number of baskets. Towards the latterpart of the game Kenyon tired and the Denisonearn drew ahead. The game ended with the

score 38 to 27 in Denison's favor.

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Henry put up his best game of the year andmade Livingstone, who is considered one of thebest centers in the state, go some to keep up.Bentley also put up a rattling good game and itwas his work that kept the game so interestingin the second half. Rockwood was the star forDenison. He made five baskets from a guardposition and also guarded his man well. Liv-

ingston and Pine also played well.Kenyon, 27. Denison, 38.

Bentley r. f PineCoolidge-Sanderso- n . . l. f RogersHenry c LivingstonCordillo (C.) R. g WhiteCrippen l. g Rockwood

Field baskets Bentley 0, Pine 4, Rockwood5, Rogers 4, Henry 3, Livingstone 2, Cordillo 2.Foul baskets Livingstone 7, Cordillo 5, Pine 1.Official Kiblcr, Ohio State. Time of halves20 minutes.

Kenyon, 33. Otterbein, 39.

The Kenyon basketball team took theirannual trip to Otterbein on Saturday, February13th, and were defeated by the score of 39 to 33.The game was rough but very interesting. Apeculiar thing happened when, after Bentleywas removed from the game, it was found thatKenyon had no more subs. It was necessaryto allow him to remain in the game. For thesecond time this year Captain Cordillo wasremoved from the game because of the foulscalled on him. Kenyon easily outplayed theWesterville boys and made two more fieldbaskets but the consistent foul throwing of Libe-ca- p

proved our ruin. Throughout the game hetossed in eleven fouls. At the end of the firsthalf the score stood 28 to 17 in Otterbein's favor.Henry was easily the Kenyon star, making six bas-

kets to his opponent's two. Sanders andLibecap played the best game for Otterbein.The lack of coaching was again very much inevidence in the Kenyon playing and this broughtabout our downfall.

Line-u- p and summary :

Otterbein, 39. Kenyon, 33.Clymer l. f BentleySanders R. f Henry-Cordill- o

Libecap (C.) c Schneerer-Iienr- y

Bailey l. g. . .. Crippen-Coolidg- e

Lloyd R. g . . . Cordillo-Sanderso- n

Summary Field goals: Otterbein, Sanders 6,Clymer 4, Libecap 2, Lloyd 2; Kenyon, Henry (,Bentley 3, Schneerer, Cordillo 5, Coolidge. Foulgoals: Libecap 11, Cordillo 1. Referee, Kibler ofOhio State. Length of halves, 20 minutes.

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THE 1909 FOOTBALL SCHEDULE. MEETINGS.Manager White in giving out his football

schedule states that he has a game with everyteam in the big Nine except Oberlin and thereason for not playing Oberlin is that they couldnot agree on dates.

The schedule is as follows:

Sept. C Columbus East High at Gambier.Oct. 2 Otterbein at Gambier.Oct. 90. W. U. at Delaware.Oct. 1G Wittenberg at Springfield.Oct. 23 Reserve at Cleveland.Oct. 30 Case at Cleveland.Nov. G Heidelberg at Gambier.Nov. 13 Denison at Granville.Nov. 20 Wooster at Gambier.Thanksgiving O. S. U. at Columbus.

Manager White had opened negotiations forgames with Carnegie Tech. at Pittsburg, andWest Virginia at Morgantown, but the gamescould not be arranged on account of conflictingdates.

THE CHESS CLUB.

Every Saturday night in the Sterling room,some five or six members from both the facultyand student body spend together a very pleasantevening over the most ancient of games. At thelast meeting it was decided that the Chess Clubshould be re-incorpor- ated as "The KenyonCollege Chess and Checker Club." Accordingly,a cordial invitation is extended to all men whocare to indulge in either of these games to droparound on Saturday evenings.

The ability of the various members of theclub will soon be put to a severe test. Mr.Capablanca, who is probably one of the mostbrilliant chess players in the United States, hasconsented to spend an evening on the Hill, andto play six boards simultaneously with the sixbest players of the club.

Capablanca is a Cuban by birth and duringthe last few months has made a brilliant recordin the chess world. A few weeks ago he defeatedE. P. Elliott the western chess champion. Mr.Elliot was one of a team of twenty-tw- o playerswho opposed Capablanca in his simultaneousperformance at the Minneapolis Chess Club.Out of the last two hundred games which theyoung Cuban expert has played, since he startedout on his western trip, he has not lost a singlegame. If any member of the chess club shouldhappen to win from this invincible conqueror,it would be a great feather for Kenyoij College,

Assembly.

Meeting held January 29, 1909. PresidentBrigman in the Chair.

Following the roll-ca- ll and minutes, Mr.Bland resigned as Secretary of the-Assembly- , onaccount of the pressure of other duties. Hisresignation was accepted.

Mr. Cunningham, as Secretary of the Execu-tive Committee, made his report. This reportwas accepted as read.

The election of a man to fill the position ofSecretary to the Assembly was then called for.Mr. Emerine and Mr. Lybarger were nominated.Mr. Lybarger withdrew, leaving the field toMr. Emerine who was accordingly unanimouslyelected.

The report of Mr. Cassil, Chairman of theHonor Committee was then made and acceptedby the Assembly.

It was moved and recorded to place the Rulesof the Honor Committee in the By-la- ws of theConstitution. Mr. Coolidge proposed an amend-ment to the effect that the Rules should be readand signed at the first regular Assembly meetingof each year. The motion, as amended, wascarried.

It was moved, seconded and carried thatresolutions be drawn up by authority of theAssembly to boycott the merchants of Mt. Ver-non because of their selfish stand in regard toKenyon literary publications. Messrs. Wise-man, Lybarger and Tunks were appointed todraw up the resolutions.

Announcement was then made that Col. J. J.McCook, one of Kenyon's most famous alumni,would open the Students' Lecture Course on theeve of January 30th. The Committee is to becongratulated upon the beginning it has made.

It was moved, seconded, and carried, that acommittee be appointed by the chair to formu-late an Indoor Baseball League. Messrs. Carr,Fullcrton, Coolidge, Kite, Mason and South-wort- h,

(E.) were appointed to serve.Capt. Cordillo made an encouraging report

on the progress of the Baskct-Bal- l team to date.The meeting was then adjourned.

Meeting held on evening of February 17th,1909. This meeting was called primarily topass on the changes made in the Constitution bythe Revision Committee. Several other mattersof more or less importance came up, however,which caused the meeting to extend over aperiod of an hour and three-quarter- s.

After the roll call and reading of the minutes,Mr. Carr was elected to succeed Mr. Cott on the

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Dormitory Committee, whose departure fromcollege caused a vacancy.

Messrs. Bland, Wiseman and Theobald,spoke on various subjects of interest to theAssembly.

Mr. Theobald moved the Assembly to adopta resolution petitioning the Faculty of KenyonCollege to grant men who "make" the DebatingTeams, credit in required English. Credits insuch work are given at the majority of collegesand there is no reason why they should not begiven at Kenyon. It is hard, nerve-rackin- g

work and the men who are successful in itdeserve more than the bare honor of making theteam. Dr. Reeves is behind the movement andwill second the petition when it is presented tothe. Faculty.

Capt. Cooliclge offered some strong induce-ments to men who will come out for track andthen Mr. Bland took up the main subject of theevening, the Report of the Revision Committee.The Assembly considered each section of theConstitution individually and carefully weighedevery point before it was allowed to pass. Thework of the Committee had been done extremelywell and there was little that could be improvedupon. The Constitution, as reformed, is pub-lished in the Collegian.

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Nu Pi Kappa.

At the regular meeting of Nu Pi Kappa heldon January 27th, 1909, Mr. Gorsuch was electedinto the society and Mr. Dickinson was initiated.

The question to be debated upon in theKenyon-Dcniso- n debate was then taken up anddebated on : " Resolved, That the building of twobattleships a year in accordance with the presentpolicy of the United States is an insufficient rateof increase to our naval forces."

Mr. Hardy and Mr. Southward upheld theaffirmative against Mr. Burris and Mr. Theobaldwho talked for the negative. The judges,Messrs. Attridge, Wood and Dun, decided infavor of the negative.

Reports by Mr. Scott and Mr. Brigman, ascritic and censor, respectively followed.

It was decided, before adjournment, to dropfrom the rolls all members of Nu Pi who havenot been present this year or who have takenmore than five cuts.

Philomathesian.The officers who preside over the workings

of Philo this vear are:William Bland, President; James Cassil,

Vice President; Bartcl Reinheimer, Secretary;Goldsmith, Curator.

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At the meeting held on January 2Gth, 1909,Mr. Bates was elected to membership in theSociety and Mr. Hayward's name was proposed.

The program set for the evening included adebate on the subject, "Resolved, That K'sshall be awarded to Managers of Athletic Teams. ' '

Messrs. Lybarger and Cassil upheld the affirm-ative and Messrs. Emerine and Kinder spoke onthe negative. The judges awarded the debateto the negative.

Mr. Cott then addressed the meeting, hissubject being "Why Men Leave Kenyon."

At the next regular meeting of Philo, held onFebruary , 1909, Mr. Hawyard was voted amember of the society. It was decided thatPhilo should take the negative in the debate ongovernment policy in regard to battleships. Thedebate for the evening was on the questionwhich is to be used in the Kenyon-Deniso- n

debate. Messrs. Rood and Goldsmith took theaffirmative and debated against Messrs. Martinand Lybarger. Mr. Fullerton and Mr. Gaines,acting as judges, gave the decision to theaffirmative.

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Executive Committee.Meeting of January 13, 1909, called to order

by Chairman Dr. Reeves. Other members pres-ent were, Dr. WTalton, Messrs. Barber, Cassil,Curetan, and Coolidge. Manager Rarey re-ported $125.00, total amount collected fromseason tickets, with $12.00 outstanding. Ex-penses to date, including O. M. U. game, $31.60,leaving a balance of $94.00. He was granted abudget of $12.00 to take the team to Delawareand authorized to guarantee Western Reserve$35.00 in place of $32.50. Manager White ofthe football team submitted a contract withCase which was ratified. Mr. D. K. Martin waselected Track Manager. The meeting adjourned.

Meeting of January 20th called to order byChairman Dr. Reeves. Other members presentwere Dr. Walton, Messrs. Curcton, Cassil, Tunksand Cunningham. Minutes of the last meetingread and accepted. Manager Rarey made thefollowing report on the O. W. U. game:

Guarantee $35.00Expenses 31.35

Profit $ 3.G5

Leaving a total amount on deposit of ,$97.90. Abudget of $20.00 was voted to take the team toAkron. 1

Mr. Lybarger, manager of the Collegian,reported as follows:

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Received From advertising $17.00From student subscriptions.. 9S.00From alumni subscriptions. . 07.50

S1S2.50Total expenses 117.72

Balance receipts since September G4.7SOn hand in September 9.44

Total balance $74.22Manager White submitted the following foot-

ball dates: Otterbein at Gambier, October 2;O. W. U. at Delaware, October 9; Reserve atCleveland, October 23; Wooster at Gambier,November 20. These dates were ratified

It was voted to grant Manager Siegchrist ofthe Glee Club stationery. Mr. Cott reportedthat the athletic dance would be given onFebruary 9. Mr. Cassil was made a member ofthe dance committee. The following baseballdates were ratified for Manager Bland:

Otterbein at Westerville, April 3.Otterbein at Gambier, May 27.It was voted that the three managers who

use Benson Field should take care of the fencesurrounding it. The meeting adjourned.

Meeting of January 27, called to order byChairman Dr. Reeves. Other members presentwere Dr. Walton, Messrs. Cassil, Cureton, Bar-ber, Coolidge, Tunks, Sackett, and Cunningham.Minutes of the last meeting were read andaccepted. Is was decided to keep Denison onthe football schedule and Manager WThite wasgiven the power to choose as he thought best,between the University of West Virginia andCarnegie Tech. for a football game on October 9.Manager Bland submitted the following baseballcontracts: O. S. U. at Gambier, April 28;Reserve at Gambier, April 16. These dateswere ratified.

Manager Rarey reported as follows on theBuchtel game:

Receipts $40.00Expenses 37.50

Profit 52.50The manager also reported $101.10 in the

basketball treasury and offered the followingcontracts:

Marietta at Marietta, Feb. 19.Ohio at Athens, Feb. 20.Guarantee $40.00 in each caseManager Martin of the Track Team, an-

nounced that May 22 had been decided upon asthe date for the Interscholastic Track Meet. Itwas voted to turn over $.30.00 to the TrackTeam as soon as possible. Mr. Rarey waselected assistant manager of the Glee Club.

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Meeting of February 3 called to order by-Chairm-

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Dr. Reeves. Other members presentwere Dr. WTalton, Coolidge, Cassil, Cureton, andCunningham. Minutes of the last meeting wereread and accepted.

Owing to the withdrawal of Manager Martinfrom college the position of track manager wasleft vacant and Mr. Coolidge was instructed totransact the business of this department until amanager might be elected. Meeting adjourned.

Meeting of February 17 called to order byChairman Dr. Reeves. Other members presentwere Dr. Walton, Messrs. Cureton, Cunningham,Coolidge, Barber, Tunks, and Cassil. Minutes oflast meeting read and accepted. Mr. Kinderwas unanimously elected manager of the TrackTeam. A contract was submitted for a meetwith Otterbein on May 15 and ratified. Abudget of $5.27 was granted Manager Bland forexpenses, and one of $10.00 to Manager Whitefor expenses incurred in making out schedules.

The following football dates were submittedby Manager White and ratified by the Committee

Wittenberg at Springfield, Oct. 17.Denison at Granville, Nov. 13, with a return

game the following year.Mr. Sanderson was elected assistant football

manager. Manager Rarey reported as follows;

Expenses (including Denison game) .... S3S.00Receipts (gate and additional season

tickets) 15.30

Less in Treasury $ 22.70Balance last reported $101.10

Less 22.70

Balance in Treasury $7S.40The Otterbein game resulted in a profit of

$0.40.Manager Siegchrist of the Glee Club reported

as follows:Receipts of Concert $95.75Expenses of Concert 1G.00

Balance $79.75Outstanding 1.50

Possible Balance $81.25Glee Club Expenses 25.57

Balance $55.08Budget of expenses 2.00

Total amount turned in to Dr. WTalton. .$53. OS

Manager Siegchrist was voted a budget of$2.00 for expenses. The meeting adjournedwithout further business.

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CONSTITUTION OF THE ASSEMBLY.

ARTICLE I.NAME.

This organization shall be known as theKenyon College Assembly.

ARTICLE II.OBJECT.

To be an organization in which the authorityof the student body shall be vested and by whichsaid authority shall be exercised.

ARTICLE III.ORGANIZATION.

Section 1. For the purpose of convenience,the members of this organization shall be con-sidered as being divided into the following sixsections: The first five sections to consist ofthe members of the five national fraternities(named in the order of their establishment).The first section to consist of the members ofDelta Kappa Epsilon: the second, of the mem-bers of Alpha Delta Phi; the third, of themembers of Psi Upsilon; the fourth, of themembers of Beta Theta Pi; the fifth, of themembers of Delta Tau Delta; and the sixthsection to consist of those members of thisorganization not members of said fraternities.

Sec. 2. For the purpose named in ArticleII, this organization shall be divided into thefollowing dependent departments:

1. The Department of Football.2. The Department of Baseball.3. The Department of Track Athletics.4. The Department of Basketball.5. The Department of Tennis.0. The Oratorical and Debating

Association.7. A Glee and Mandolin Club.8. A Dramatic Club.9. The Kenyon Collegian.

10. The Kenyon Orchestra.

ARTICLE IV.MEMBERSHIP.

Section 1. All students of Kenyon Collegeshall become members of this organization uponpayment of an athletic fee of two and one-ha- lf

dollars assessed on semester term bills. Mem-

bers of the Faculty of Kenyon College shallbecome members of this organization by specialelection.

ARTICLE V.

officers.Section 1. The officers of this organization

shall be a President, Vice President, Secretary,

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Treasurer, Assistant Treasurer and the followingstanding committees:

(a) An Executive Committee.(b) An Honor Committee.(c) A Dormitory Committee.

Sec. 2. The Executive Committee shall con-sist of nine members and shall be constituted asfollows: The first member, who shall be chair-man, shall be chosen from the members of theFaculty but shall have no vote except in case ofa tie. The second member shall be the Treas-urer above named, also chosen from the membersof the Faculty as hereinafter provided, but shallhave no vote. The other seven members shallbe chosen from among the members of thestudent body as follows: One member to bechosen from each of the national fraternitiesnamed in Article III, Section 1, and two mem-bers from among that portion of the studentbody not affiliated with any of the abovementioned fraternities.

Sec. 3. The Honor Committee shall bechosen in the same manner as the last sevenmembers of the Executive Committee, with thisadditional provision: It shall consist of threeSeniors, two Juniors, one Sophomore and oneFreshman.

Sec. 4. The Dormitory Committee shall bechosen from among the members of the Seniorclass in the same manner as the last sevenmembers of the Executive Committee with thisadditional provision: In case a constitutionaldivision has no Senior, a Junior shall be chosen.

Sec. 5. These officers with the exception ofthe assistant Treasurer and Honor Committee,shall be elected annually by ballot at the regularAssembly Meeting in May of each year.

Sec. G. The Treasurer shall be elected bythe Assembly from the members of the Faculty.The Assistant Treasurer shall be elected by theExecutive Committee from among their ownnumber, upon organization of that bod)'. TheHonor Committee shall be elected at the firstmeeting of the Assembly in each collegiate yearand shall hold office during that collegiate year.

Sec. 7. All vacancies in office shall be filledby election at the first meeting of the Assemblyafter office shall fall vacant.

Sec. S.. Each of the six sections of the stu-dent body shall be represented on the threeabove named standing committees every year.

Sec. 9. The President, Vice-Preside- nt, Sec-

retary, Treasurer and Dormitory Committeeshall take office immediately upon election andshall hold office till the election of their succes-sors. The terms of the Assistant Treasurer andthe Executive Committee shall be the same asthat of the Honor Committee; namely, thelength of the collegiate year.

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ARTICLE VI.

MEETINGS.

Section 1. The Assembly shall meet reg-

ularly on the first Monday evening in everymonth, unless, in the judgment of the President,there are imperative reasons for postponing thismeeting; in which case it shall be held as soonthereafter as possible.

Sec. 2. The Assembly shall meet, on call ofits President, whenever in his judgment such ameeting is necessary, or whenever five membersof the Assembly request such a meeting.

ARTICLE VII.DUTIES.

Section 1. It shall be the duty of the Pres-ident to preside over all meetings of the Assem-bly, to preserve order, to appoint all committeesnot otherwise provided for, to see that therespective officers and committees rightly per-form the duties assigned them, and to call specialmeetings as herein before provided.

Sec. 2. It shall be the duty of the Vice-Preside- nt

to assist the President in the per-formance of his duties, and to exercise all thepowers of the President in the absence of thatofficer.

Sec 3. It shall be the duty of the Secretaryto keep a roll of the members and a record of allproceedings of the Assembly in a book devotedto that use; to keep the official Constitution ofthe Assembly and to copy therein all amend-ments made to the Constitution.

Sec 4. It shall be the duty of the Treasurerto receive all the moneys of the different depart-ments of the Assembly, and to keep a separateaccount of each, and to pay all orders signed bvthe Chairman or Secretary of the ExecutiveCommittee.

Sec. 5. It shall be the duty of the AssistantTreasurer to collect all fees, dues and subscrip-tions of the Assembly itself, to pay the same tothe Treasurer and to otherwise act as theassistant to the Treasurer.

Sec. G. It shall be the duty of the ExecutiveCommittee:

To meet on call of their chairman or at suchtimes as they may agree upon.

To elect the assistant Treasurer of theAssembly as herein before provided.

To elect the business manager and theassistant business manager for each of thedepartments named in Article III, Section 2. Acandidate must receive five votes to be elected.

To require a report from any business man-ager or his assistant as often as they may deemnecessary. In such reports no money shall be

considered to have been paid out by a managerunless he have vouchers, or other satisfactoryevidence, to show for the same.

To control the disbursement of all moneysbelonging to the Assembly.

To adjust all difficulties arising in the relationof the different departments.

Sec. 7. It shall be the duty of the HonorCommittee :

(a) To draw up a set of permanent rules,which shall be incorporated as a by-la- w in thisConstitution, for the conduct of all tests andexaminations, and to see that said rules are ex-

plained to each new student and duly signed byhim not later than two weeks after his regis-tration as a student of Kenyon College.

(b) To enforce all the said rules.(c) To inflict the following penalty :

(1) The penalty for all violations of therules, after the offender shall have been provedguilty in the judgment of the Committee at ahearing where he shall have full opportunity toprove his innocence, shall be expulsion from theCollege.

Sec 8. It shall be the duty of the DormitoryCommittee :

(a) To meet on the call of the President ofthe Assembly who shall preside until the electionof a chairman. The chairman shall then presideat all meetings of the Committee; shall convenethe committee whenever in his judgment or inthe judgment of the President of the College itmay become necessary; and shall otherwise actas its official head.

(b) To hold regular meetings once everymonth, these meetings to be held in consultationwith the President of the College.

(c) To maintain order and discipline in theCollege dormitories.

(d) To enforce the rules of the Trustees andFaculty forbidding the keeping or drinking ofintoxicating liquors in college grounds or incollege buildings.

(e) To apportion all assessments upon thedeposit for general damage.

(f) To report to and consult with the Pres-ident of the College upon janitor service.

(g) To undertake such other responsibilitiesas may from time to time be imposed upon it byvote of the Assembly or by the President orFaculty of the College.

(h) To advise the Assembly to inflict thefollowing penalties for violation of the dormitoryregulations:

1. In the first instance, a vote of censure bythe Assembly. The motion for this vote shailbe made by the chairman of the dormitorycommittee.

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2. In the second instance, suspension offrom one to four weeks from the usual privilegesof the College Dormitories.

3. In the third instance, punishment at thediscretion of the Faculty.

(i) To draw up a pledge embodying theabove rules and to see that it is signed by all newstudents of the College after being thoroughlyexplained by their chairman or someone appointedby them for that purpose.

ARTICLE VIII.DEPARTMENT MEMBERSHIP.

Section 1. Members of the Assembly shallbe eligible to membership in any departments.

Sec. 2. Members of the football, baseball,track, basketball and tennis teams, shall bechosen by the coach or athletic director, andcaptain, or by the captain alone in case there isno coach or athletic director.

Sec. 3. Members of those departments,having department constitutions accepted bythe Assembly, shall be chosen as specified bytheir respective constitutions, copies of saidconstitutions to be entered in minute-boo- k ofthe Assembly .

ARTICLE IX.DEPARTMENT managers.

Section 1. The executive power of eachdepartment shall be vested in a Business Man-

ager, who shall be an undergraduate member ofthe Assembly, elected according to Article VI,Section 5.

Sec 2. The manager of the tennis depart-ment shall be chosen from among the membersof the tennis association.

Sec. 3. It shall be the duty of the Managersof the different departments to arrange all gamesand contests, and to make all settlements withopposing teams.

Sec. 4. No manager of any departmentshall disburse any money except on the authorityof the Executive Committee.

Sec. 5. The manager of each departmentand his assistant shall be responsible for all uni-

forms, properties, care of grounds, etc., pertain-ing to his department, and shall collect all duesand fees of his department.

Sec (i. All the duties not otherwise assignedshall devolve upon the business managers of thedepartments.

ARTICLE X.

DEPARTMENT ORGANIZATION.

Section 1. The members of the football,baseball, basketball, track and tennis teamswho have received their K's, shall elect captainsfor their respective teams at the close of theirrespective athletic seasons.

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Sec 2. It shall be the duty of said captainsto have full charge of teams on the field.

Sec 3. The members of the Glee and Man-

dolin Clubs and Orchestra shall elect leaders forthe ensuing year before the end of the secondsemester of each year.

Sec. 4. Each leader shall choose all mem-bers and have full control of the clubs at allrehearsals and concerts.

Sec. 5. For the election of the captain ofany athletic team, a majority vote of the mem-bers of said team, entitled to vote, shall benecessary to elect, except that a two-thir- ds voteshall be required to elect, if said candidate be amember of a section of the student body holdinga captaincy in one of the other athletic depart-ments during the same collegiate year. In caseof tie vote managers are entitled to vote.

ARTICLE XI.

Section 1. A report shall be submitted tothe Secretary of the Executive Committeeimmediately after the last activity of each ofthe seasons of Departments 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 ofSection 2 of Article III of the Constitution bythe coach or athletic director of said departmentsin conjunction with the captain, -- or in case therebe no coach or athletic director, by the captain,containing the list of members of the respectivesquad who have performed the amount of ath-letic work required under Section 2 of thisarticle for an athletic K, and from this reportonly shall those men be selected to whomathletic Ks shall be awarded.

Sec. 2. Athletic Ks shall be awarded in thefollowing manner:

(1) A seven inch black K, mauve color, tobe worn on white sweater or sweater vest and aone and one-fourt- h inch K, to be worn on cap,shall be awarded to each of those members ofthe football department who shall have playedall of 50 or parts of 70 of the intercollegi-ate games of one season as follows:

Season in games. All. Parts.7 zy2 5

8 4 69 414 0

The same requirement shall be necessary for avote in the selection of a football captain.

(2) A six-inc- h white Egyptian K to be wornon blue Jersey and a one-inc- h white EgyptianK to be worn on cap, shall be awarded to each ofthe members of the baseball department whoshall have played all of 50 of parts or 70 ofthe intercollegiate games of one season asfollows :

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Season ingames. All. Pitcher. Parts. Pitcher.

13 0 4 9 514 7 4 10 515 7 4 10 G

10 S 5 11 G

17 S 5 12 7IS 0 5 13 7

A Pitcher shall be awarded a K, as providedfor in Section 1, when he has pitched all of 30or parts of 40 of the intercollegiate games ofone season as above.

The same requirements shall be necessaryfor a vote in the selection of a baseball captain.

(3) A white Egyptian K inclosed in a circleto be worn only on blue Jersey, shall be awardedto each of those members of the basketballdepartment who shall have played all of 50 orparts of 70 of the intercollegiate games of oneseason as follows:

Season in games. All. Parts.7 VA 5S 4 69 4 6

The same requirements shall be necessaryfor a vote in the selection of a basketball captain.

(4) A white block K inclosed in a circle to beworn only on blue Jerseys, shall be awarded toeach of those members of the track departmentwho shall have won a first place in a dual meetwith a "Big Six Conference" team or who shallhave won one point in the " Big Six Conference"meet, or who shall have broken a Kenyonrecord in winning a first place in any intercol-legiate meet, or shall have been a member of therelay team winning first place in competitionwith a "Big Six" Conference team.

The same requirement shall be necessary fora vote in the selection of a track captain.

(5) A four-inc- h white K over two crossedraquets shall be awarded to each of those mem-bers of the tennis department who shall havewon a place by tournament on the College team.

The same requirement shall be necessary fora vote in the selection of a tennis captain.

(6) Managers of football and baseball teamsshall be entitled to wear K's on caps as pre-scribed for their respective teams.

Basketball managers shall be entitled to wearone-inc- h white Egyptian K's enclosed in a cir-cle on blue caps.

Track managers shall be entitled to wear one-inc- h

white block K's enclosed in circle on bluecap.

Tennis managers shall be entitled to wearK's on caps as prescribed for the tennis team.

(7) Only those freshmen who have donefaithful service in the various athletic depart-ments shall be allowed to wear their class num

erals; these numerals shall be awarded by theoxecutive committee, upon recommendation ofthe respective captains.

(8) The executive committee shall have solepower to award K's.

Presentation of K's shall be made by thechairman of the executive committee inassembly meeting.

K's shall be furnished by the executive com-mittee from standard models in its possession.

ARTICLE XII.AMENDMENTS.

Section 1. Any proposed amendment tothis constitution or by-law- s shall be read andlaid on the table at least one week before actionis taken.

Sec. 2. No amendment to this constitutionor by-la- ws shall be passed except by a three-fourt- hs

vote of the members present.Sec. 3. For purposes of amendment and

general understanding this constitution shall beread twice yearly at the first regular meeting ineach semester before the Assembly by itsSecretary.

BY-LA- WS.

I. QUORUM.

A majority of the members of the Assemblyshall constitute a quorum.

II. ORDER OF BUSINESS.1. Roll call.2. Reading minutes of preceding meeting.3. Secretary's report.4. Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer's report.5. Report of Secretary of the Executive

Committee.6. Report of Committees.7. Election of Officers.S. Miscellaneous business.9. Adjournment.

in.No member of the Executive Committee

shall be elected Business Manager of anydepartment.

IV.Five members shall constitute a quorum of

the Executive Committee.v.

In case of any disagreement in the ExecutiveCommittee or between the Executive Committeeand any Manager, appeal shall be made to theAssembly.

VI. RULES OF HONOR COMMITTEE.1. Hours for examinations: S a. m. to 12 m.;

2 p. m. to G p. M.

2. No books, papers or stationery shall betaken into the examination building except bypermission of the professors, not including mail.

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3. No one shall ask for the spelling of anyword.

4. No one shall leave examination hallexcept to go to the toilet room.

At a meeting of the Puff and Powder Clubheld in Colburn Hall, Thursday Evening, Feb.11th, Messrs. Riley, Marsh and Sturgisbeing present, the following men were electedto membership in recognition of ability shownin recent dramatics: Tunks, Rood, Wiseman,Bland and Martin. Election of officers tookplace at a later meeting held in the SterlingRoom on Tuesday, Feb. lGth. Dr. Reeves waschosen Supervisor, Mr. Tunks, President andStage Manager.

EXAMS ARE OVER.

O what a relief to know that exams are over,and that for eighteen whole weeks we canbreathe freely again. For eighteen whole weekswe can go to bed when we feel like going andwith our minds at ease, knowing that the nextday will not bring forth those horrible examina-tions, to stare us in the face.

What joy to again go to bed and not haveany of those examination nightmares. To go tobed and not dream of being called before theFaculty and summarily dismissed from College,because you worked all your calculus problemsbackwards, standing on your head right beforethe whole Faculty. Not to dream that theGreek would not stand still on the page, andthat after you did pin it down and had writtenout the translations, composition and grammarquestions, that it all faded from your paper andyou had to hand in a blank examination book.

O what happiness not to dream that youhad to take your Philosophy exam orally andthat "Fat" ask the questions in Esperanto andof course the whole class flunked.

O, what bliss not to dream that you crammeduntil your head began to swell, and swelled andswelled until it got so heavy that it would havebroken your neck had you not wakened up tofind your head hanging over the side of the bedand that it is time to get up and take an examin Devil's History.

Many thanks to Father Time for speedingthat week, beginning Jannary 30th and endingFebruary 5th, by so quickly. Thanks to himthat once more your mind is freed from thoseheavy burdens caused by that one little wordExams. That one little word that will cause youto shiver to your dying day. And when we allget to Heaven the first thing we will probablyask is "Please, God, don't give us any exams."

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KENYON ORATORICAL ASSOCIATION.

The Kenyon Oratorical Association has beenrevived with new interest this year. ManagerTheobald has arranged debates with Denisonand Allegheny College, of Meadville, Pa., thelatter debate to be held at Meadville. TheDenison debate comes March 3, at Gambier andthe question is: " Resolved, that the building oftwo battleships a year in accordance with thepresent policy of the United States government,is an insufficient rate of increase in our navalforces." Kenyon will debate the negative side.There are to be man)' competitors in the pre-liminaries soon to be held and added zest isgiven the enterprise owing to a plan which isbeing considered of giving credits in requiredEnglish to those making the debating team.Several other debates are planned and it is likelythat this year will see Kenyon making a strongbid for intellectual honors throughout this andperhaps other states.

OLD GLORY.

Often this year have we had the opportunityto raise our beautiful flag to the top of our newflag staff and there to enjoy the sight of the mostbeautiful, the most glorious, the most wonderfulflag of any nation in the world "The StarSpangled Banner."

On the Sth of February, Prom Day, OldGlory waved the welcome to every visitor on thehill and the wind did its part well in floating thatmagnificent flag straight out from the flag pole,nearly the whole of the day.

Then, on February 12th, the one hundredthanniversary of Lincoln's birthday, the flag wasagain raised to do honor to the man who aboveall others, kept that collection of bright andbeautiful stars together by dint of his wonderfulmind and who with his own life blood cementedthose stripes into an eternal brotherhood.

WThat a glorious sight it was on that brightsunshiny morning, on getting clear of AscensionHall to see Old Glory floating calmly andserenely above everything. More than one manstopped and gazed, and as he looked at that flagwhich means so much, what a thrill of patriotismran through him, and if he did not take off hishat to that flag, it was not the fault of the flag:For if anything should command respect, if any-thing should call forth reverence, it is thatblessed old flag and what it stands for. "Andlong may the star spangled banner yet waveo'er the land of the free and the home of thebrave."

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LIBRARY NOTES.

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In the first alcove to the right, as you enterthe Library, Mr. Dempsey, of Cleveland, hascaused to be put on the wall, a brass tablet withLincoln's Gettysburg Address upon it. OnFriday exercises were held commemorating the100th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday whenthe tablet was formally presented to Kenyon,and at eight o'clock that night Mr. EverettCathell' delivered his famous address on "Lin-coln." This was given in connection with theLarwell Lecture series.

The smoke problem is one which is interest-ing to every one living in the city. In theFebruary number of the "Review of Reviews,"John Llewellyn Cochrane tells "How the Gov-ernment Solves the Smoke Problem." Hisfirst statement is "The smokeless American Cityis coming in the very near future," and goes onwith a very interesting account of how the gov-ernment has grappled with the problem andsolved it.

Nearly every one of the February magazinescontains some account of the life of AbrahamLincoln, whose 100th birthday we celebratedthe 12th of this month. The "Century" mag-azine has an article called " Lincoln, the Leader,"by Richard Watson Gilder. Along with thearticle are quite a few photographs of valuableportraits of Lincoln. These pictures, togetherwith the well written article, make this, perhaps,the most interesting of all the articles publishedin the February number of the magazines on ourlibrary shelves.

Quite a number of new books have come inwithin the last few days and are as yet uncat-alogue- d.

Mrs. James' P. Stevens, widow ofMr. Stevens of the Class of '59, has given to thelibrary a set of books known as the "Dictionaryof Ecclesiastical Information," bv G. Moroni.This set consists of 103 volumes, written inItalian and is the first authority on Papal Rome.There are a number of classical books amongthis last installment, the most important ofwhich are the following: Dooge's "The Acrop-olis of Athens"; "The Works of Xenophon," byII. G. Dasyus; "A History of Classical Scholar-ship," 3 vols.; "Mirabeau and the FrenchRevolution," Vol. I, by Fred Morrow Fling, tobe completed in three volumes. There are alsosome historical and economic books of greatvalue and a few English books of reference.Among the collection is a book b4 ThomasNelson Page, entitled "Robert Lee," theSoutherner. There is a very interesting little

book by Mary Winearles Porter on " WhatRome was Built With," and one is quite sur-prised on reading it to find out the different kindsand colors of marble that exists in the world.To any one interested in country life and itsinfluence on progress, the book entitled "Chap-ters in Rural Progress," by Kenyon L. Butter-fiel- d

will be very enjoyable.

BEXLEY NOTES.

On the evening of January 2!)th, the Rev.Chas. E. Byrer, Rector of the Church of theGood Shepherd, Columbus, addressed the Mis-sionary Society of Bexley Hall, his subject being"Adventure for God." His coming had beenannounced generally throughout Gambicr andopportunity of preparing for him was giveneveryone who might be interested. He madeBishop Brent's book, "Adventure for God," theframework of his lecture and copies of this bookwere scattered throughout Gambier. Consid-ering all this the attendance, especially on thepart of the College men, was not complimentaryto the speaker nor to the men who were instru-mental in bringing him here. Those who didattend can vouch for the strength of the talkand the effect which it had upon the listeners.After the lecture a social hour was passed inColburn Hall, where light refreshments wereserved.

A very good portrait, in oil, of Mrs. LiviniaC. Colburn, the donor of Colburn Hall, nowhangs in the Bexley Library which bears hername.

On February 25th and 2(th, the Rev. Dr.John II. Hopkins, representative of the FifthMissionary District of the Protestant EpiscopalChurch, addressed the students of Bexley, Ken-yon and Ilarcourt, at various meetings, on hiswork in the Middle West. His appeal for strong,self-sacrifici- ng workers is a very strong one andshould find a response in some earnest man orwoman who is interested in social service.

Immediately following Lent, Kennedy's"dramatized sermon," "The Servant in theHouse," will be presented in Rosse Hall bvstudents of Bexley, assisted by Mr. Tunks aniltwo other players who will take the feminineparts. This presentation of so good a work maybe anticipated with a great deal of pleasure,without fear of disappointment. The proceedswill go towards helping Mr. Reifsneider in hisnoble work in Japan, and no pains will be spared

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in making the production a success both finan-cially and artistically. All that special sceneryand an orchestra can do to heighten the effectwill be utilized and the cast has been selectedwith great care.

Miss Greener, of Columbus, whose work atthe vState Institution for the Deaf, has attractedvery favorable attention, will be in Gambier onMarch 20th, to address the Bedell MissionarySociety of Bexley upon "The Appeal of theDeaf." Her work, which is unique in itself, willno doubt interest many. For instance, therearc few who realize that a crowd of devoted deafmutes "hear" the sermons in Trinity, Colum-bus, every Sunday morning, from the supplehand of Miss Greener. This is one branch ofher valuable work.

(Tunc "Fair Harvard")

I.

Fair school of the sciences, technical queenOf the vigorous Western Reserve,

We stand by you gladly with confident mienFor wc trust in your spirit and nerve.

We've followed your colors, the white and thebrown

In many a scrimmage and game,You may be deficient in class renown,

But we're proud of you just the same.

II.No moss-covcre- d battlements, hoary with age,

No quadrangles, gateways and towers,No wonderful legends to story the page

For this young Alma Mater of ours.She shows no deep wrinkles, or silvery hair,

This lively young technical dame,But she teaches her children to do and to dare,

And we're proud of her just the same.

III.We cannot gaze down the long aisles of the past,

At the ancestral students of yore,But we can be ancestors, rightly so classed,

Whom posterity can but adore.And so as the future becomes the today,

And our little ones play at the game,They may sing to us veterans, wrinkled and gray,

" But we're proud of you just the same."

From Case Song Book.

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STATE ORATORICAL CONTEST OF THEINTERCOLLEGIATE PEACE ASSOCIATION.

In connection with oratory a fine opportunityis offered to those who are interested in suchmatters. For particulars anyone can applyto Dr. Hall who is one of the members ofthe Ohio committee.

Prizes Offered First prize, .135.00; secondprize, $15.00.

Date of Contest The state contest willprobably be held early in April. The exact datewill be given later. Particulars concerning theInterstate Contest will also be given a little later.

Ohio Committee of the IntercollegiatePeace Association Prof. Stephen F. Weston,Chairman, Antioch College; Dean Wm. P.Rogers, Law School, University of Cincinnati;Prof. C. E. Goodell, Denison University; Prof. A.Cleveland Hall, Kenyon College; Prof. C. E.Blanchard, Ohio State Universitv.

Subjects That Have Been Used for Ora-tions The Challenge of Thor, Arbitration vs.War, The Pathway to Peace, The United Statesof the World, The Significance of the HaguePeace Conference, Fruits of War and Fruits ofPeace, The Solving Principle of Federation,America and the World's Peace, Military Selec-tion and Its Effects on National Life, ThePhysical and Psychical Aspects of War, TheConflict of War and of Peace, A Plea for Inter-national Peace, The New-Angl- o Saxon, Inter-national Arbitration, The Origin and Develop-ment of the Peace Movement, Peace is our Pas-sion, A Vision of a Conquest, The United Statesand the World's Peace, International Peace.

New Subjects Idealism and the PeaceMovement, The Social Psychology of War,Possibilities of the Intercollegiate Peace Asso-ciation, Public Opinion vs. a Navy in SettlingInternational Disputes, The Prestige of NationalGreatness as a World Peacemaker, Interna-tional Peace and the Brotherhood of Man, TheSignificance for International Peace of a Per-manent World Congress, A Permanent Inter-national Court and the World's Peace, HumanJustice and Courts of Arbitration, Effects ofWar and Effects of Peace, War and Economics.

Intercollegiate debating is coming more andmore to the front each year. This is especiallytrue in Ohio colleges.

The Allegheny "Campus" recently con-tained an article on the faculty of that institu-tion from 1S51 to 1X54. The personal side of theinstructors at that time was well brought out,and the article was most interesting reading.

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Allegheny, Wooster and Dickinson haveorganized a triangular debating league. Two ofthese leagues already exist in Ohio. They arethe Western Reserve-Oberlin-Ohi- o Wesleyan,and the Denison-Otterbein-Heidelbe- rg associa-tions. This year Kenyon will meet on the plat-form, Allegheny, Ohio Wesleyan and Denison,thus competing with one participant from eachleague.

The Ohio State "Lantern" bemoans the factthat the decreased state revenues this year pre-vent the erection of expected new buildings.

A movement is under way at Denison Uni-versity to secure a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.Most of the Ohio colleges at present have thishonorary fraternity.

Ohio State University Alumni are raising afund to reward members of successful debatingteams. It is thought the prizes will be fiftydollars each.

Recently an organization of all "D" menwas formed at Denison. The object of theorganization is co-operat- ion in all branches ofathletics.

A late issue of the Case "Tech." containedan article on the duty of an alumnus to his col-lege. The article was most interesting. How-ever, we are glad and proud that we can say thatKenyon's alumni are too loyal to need even sucha gentle reminder as that published in ourCleveland contemporary.

PRINCETON.The track schedule for this spring has been

announced at Princeton. The unusual featureof the schedule is the increase in the number ofmeets during the early half of the season, whilethe indoor work is in progress. In the schedulethere are five indoor meets, the first being withColumbia on February 13th. The first outdoormeet is to come off on April 20.

HARVARD BASEBALL WORK STARTED.

Last Wednesday baseball work was begunin earnest at Harvard, under the direction ofCoaches Piefer and Mathewson. All members oflast year's team except Leonard and McCall,who may return again, are in college. Thepitchers look very well this season, in addition toHartford who has had great success againstYale and Hicks last year's veteran, there isMcKay who as a member of the Freshmen lastyear demonstrated that he had the goods. Withthis array of hurlers and Capt. Currier behind

the plate the crimson batteries should be ofchampionship caliber. The infield though notquite so intact, with the addition of some excel-lent new material should round out well. Inthe gardens the entire last year's field hasreturned. Taking all in all the prospects for achampionship team have never appeared muchbrighter.

UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI PLANS A NEWBUILDING.

The University of Cincinnati is putting forthevery effort to raise money for the erection andmaintenance of an engineering college, by meansof a municipal bond issue. For the present stu-dents in the engineering courses will be requiredto do their practical work in industrial shopsabout the city.

THE UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON.Unique among colleges of the world, the

University of Washington will soon be the pos-

sessor of several magnificent new buildingswhich a college would not ordinarily obtain in adecade. Lack of accommodations for the nor-mal increase of students has resulted in adecrease in enrollment of new students thisschool year and the natural growth of the schoolhas been seriously retarded. Now a remedy forthese evils has been found in an appropriation ofone million dollars by the state for the Alaska-Yukon-Pacif- ic

Exposition, which will be heldnext summer on the University campus. Sixhundred thousand dollars of this goes to per-

manent buildings for the University. Three ofthe largest are the Auditorium, the MachineryHall and the Fine Arts buildings, which are des-

tined to become the University Auditorium, theMechanics Hall and the Chemistry building.

These are all of pleasing architectural designand finish, harmonizing well with the presentadministration building and besides serving inan eminently satisfactory manner the uses towhich they are destined will be a distinctadornment to the campus.

Besides these buildings, built by legislativeappropriation, there will be other permanentand semi-permane- nt buildings erected by variousstates, counties and societies, which will serve tohouse new departments and provide muchneeded class-room- s. Although it has not yet beendefinitely decided to what purpose each buildingwill be dedicated, some have been assigned, asfor instance, the unique Forestry building oflogs and native woods, appropriately enough, tothe Forestry. Department, and the CaliforniaState Building, a beautiful example of SpanishMission architecture, will be used for recitationrooms in the Department of Liberal Arts.

ALUMNI PAGE.

THE K EN YON COLLEGIAN.

The editor's plea, in a recent issue of theCollegian, for contributions to the Aulmnisection of the paper has not met with very satis-factory results. It is a strange thing that Ken-yo- n

men, who profess such devotion to the Col-lege, often take little or no interest in some ofher most vital activities, when with no realsacrifice on their part they might do a lot ofgood. It certainly cannot be denied that a livecollege paper, full of interesting topics fromboth undergraduates and Alumni a paper con-taining more than the stereotyped news itemsthat deal with the routine events of college life,the marriages, deaths or new "jobs" of variousAlumni, is a splendid thing for any institution tohave. What we would like to see in the Col-legian is more of the ideas of Kenyon men,their views on this or that matter pertaining toKenyon, and a little nonesnse.

We boast a lot of our Kenyon spirit and yethow little of it is really applied in the rightdirection. How many Kenyon men there arewho are content to be just what they are: Ken-yon men; to attend perhaps an occasionalKenyon gathering; to contribute a few dollarsevery year to coach or endowment funds, andto return to the hill maybe every Commence-ment Week for a few days of such dissolute andintemperate alcoholic indulgence as they wouldnot countenance in their normal lives.

We may well be thankful that they are notall that way. Even those who are, have, deepin their hearts, a sincere love and true loyaltyfor the old college, for when the opportunity toserve the college or to show their spirit is pre-sented to them in active form at a footballgame, an Alumni dinner or suchwise, they areamong the foremost in enthusiasm and zeal.Unfortunately, however, the opportunity ofdoing a little something for the Collegian canseldom be. so presented. That opportunitycomes to the Alumnus during his everyday life,and usually when he has other occupations thatseem more attractive. Yet, how small a thingit is to do, and how easy, when you once get at it.There are over a thousand living Kenyon Alumnibut of this number not more than twenty-fiv- e orthirty contribute regularly to the college paper.If each one of a hundred could send in som-ething anything, but once or twice a vear,the paper would be more than it is now. Whvcannot this be done? Why should a few do itall? Is an hour, or two, out of a whole year'stime, too much for you to give in a cause that istruly helpful to your Alma Mater, when she hasgiven so much for you?

In this connection, the editor cannot refrainfrom mentioning another matter much alongthe same lines. For a number of years pastthere has been expressed a great need for aKenyon Song Book. Until the present bookcame out Kenyon had had no song book sincethe little paper bound volume issued in 1868.Yet there is perhaps no institution today thathas such a wealth of beautiful and really musicalsongs. The editor, therefore, over a year ago,undertook the work of compiling a completeKenyon Song Book and spared no pains to makeit such a work as Kenyon men might be proudof. How well he succeeded in this he cannotsay, but the fact remains that he receivedencouragement from all sides, and did his best.For over a half-yea- r he gave up nearly every-thing to make the book a success in every way.The publishers, who have issued nearly everycollege and university song book for a. num-o- f

years, claim that the Kenyon book is themost complete and artistic of its kind everissued.

Yet how has the book been received byKenyon men, for whom it was compiled? LastCommencement Week, when the book first cameout, but one hundred copies were sold in Gam-bie- r,

and of these the college took half for adver-tising purposes. A little over this number weresold through the mail before the book came out.The result is that the editor is .$750.00 in debt.A part of this debt is being carried by five of theAlumni, the rest the editor is bearing withdifficulty. There are, of course, many Kenyonmen who responded promptly, but there aremany more who, though they know well of thebook and its character, have not taken eventheir single copies. It is to these that the editorappeals, in the hope that they will see fit to givehim at least the minimum support that they can,by subscribing for one copy each. The' booksells for practically what it cost to publish it,152.00 per copy, and will be sent upon receipt ofremittance to the undersigned at 15 West 29thSt., New York.

Alfred K. Taylor, '06.

BANQUET OF THE PHILADELPHIA ALUMNIASSOCIATION.

On Thursday evening, January 28th, theKenyon Alumni Association of Philadelphia heldits third annual banquet at the University Clubat 1510 Walnut Street.

The Alumni had the pleasure of entertainingPresident Peirce. The other guest of theevening was the Rev. N. S. Thomas, ofPhiladelphia.

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The Alumni present were: Messrs. Geo. F.Klock, Rev. Chas. Arndt, James Doolittle, CarlWilliams, Dr. Chas. M. Aves, Chas. Browning,Rev. Chas. Fischer, Albert A. Taltavall, W. F.Douthirt and M. F. Maury.

After a most delightful dinner there was ashort business meeting of the Association atwhich the Rev. I. N. Stanger, of Philadelphia,was re-elect- ed President, Geo. F. Klock, Vice-Preside- nt,

and M. F. Maury, Secretary andTreasurer.

The Toastmaster, Rev. Dr. Arndt, thencalled on President Peirce whose remarksreceived careful attention from the Alumnipresent.

It was declared the sentiment of the meetingthat the proposed changes in the Constitution ofthe College as well as the efficient work of thestudent body, towards self-governm-

ent was adecided step in advance and should receive thehearty co-operat- ion and support of the Alumniof the College.

The Secretary and Treasurer's report for theyear was then read and accepted.

After listening to some informal remarks ofthe members of the Alumni, the meetingadjourned until next year.

M. F. Maury, Secretary.

However much of a task the compiling of theKenyon Song Book was, there was one feature ofthe work that gave to the editor an ever new andfreshened interest in his labors, and that was thepleasant correspondence had with many of theAlumni. It would be impossible to include hereeven the majority of those letters that arcagreeable reading, but out of a bulging file con-taining some six hundred of them we havepicked a few of the choicest.

It is really too bad that the letters cannot bereproduced-her- e just as they are, for the first onegiven below, written by a Kenyon graduate whoattended the academy and college during theyears 1836-18- 42, is remarkable for the clearnessand neatness of the handwriting. Its writer,Mr. Leander Comstock, is still actively engagedin business, conducting, as he does, quite a largecelery growing and shipping industry, withheadquarters in Milwaukee, Wis. Following ishis letter:

"Milwaukee, Feb. 22, 1908.

Alfred K. Taylor, New York.Dear Alumnus: Your communication,

mailed Feb. 20th, reached me this morning.I am of the class graduated in 1842. During

my time, 1830-184- 2, there were no college songsat Kenyon, and I may add, no baseball or foot

ball teams, no college or class yells, and vervlittle hazing. These are all of more modernoutgrowth.

Wishing you full success in your laudableundertaking, and not now having in mind anymatter which might be of use or interest to you,I remain,

Yours very truly,Leander Comstock.

P. S. The handwriting of your signature isvery like that of my class-mat- e and for a timeroom-mat- e, Joash Rice Taylor.

In an altogether different strain comes thefollowing from Mr. William G. LeDuc, '4S.Hastings, Minn. It is written in a small butlegible hand on the back of one of the song bookorder blanks that were enclosed in the circularletters sent out to the Alumni, and we are givingit here in its exact form.

" P. S. I cannot, any more, sing, people who .

have passed 85 years are debarred from practiceof vocal music by law of declaring nuisance.

"N. B. I have no objections to make to theefforts of my classmate Foster if confined toAthens, Tenn.

"N. B. I have no ears for music, or songsinging, as one of my ears went out of commis-sion when I was killed by a street car in LosAngeles six years ago.

"N. B. I have no money to waste for songsneed it all and more for necessities, in whichterm songs are not included.

"N. B. Finally my grandchildren are notgifted with song capacity, and music of all kindsis done nowadays by machinery. Turn a crankand let a Victor record spit it out and somescriptural fellow in olden time said (as written)' I pray thee have me excused.' The first thing Iever bought was a comic song book at an auc-tion, eighteen cents, and my life was madetedious by the ridicule that ensued for the wast-ing of that eighteen cents. Songs. No thanks.Not any.

"Sent by Mr. William G. Le Due, 1840,Hastings, Minn."

It should be said in explanation of the secondparagraph of the above, that it refers to a circularletter, that was sent out with the Song Bookcirculars, in regard to the Alumni Cup and theproposed reunions of the various classes. Evi-dently, however, neither the Song Book norAlumni letter found Mr. LeDuc in a receptivemood.

A member of the Class of 1901, who contrib-uted considerable material to the book and wasvery helpful in its compilation, wrote to one ofhis former colleagues, of the Class of 1899, who

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bad somewhat of a reputation during his yearsin Gambier, as a versifier and a. wit, as well as amusician, asking him so supply the music forone of the songs. The reply that he received iscertainly "choice." No doubt its perpetratorwrote it largely for his own amusement andwhile it can scarcely be applied to the Kenyonof today, those who knew the college some yearsago, before the "Reformation," will probablyfind in it more than one word that rings true.Here it is:

"I cannot attempt to do any work for theKenyon Book traitor to my Alma Mater thatI am. How you and "Skinny" can summon upsuch sublime thoughts about those old becr-stainc- d

walls, I can't surmise. Your lovingthoughts gush forth on the least provocation.' Write me a verse,' says one, 'of yon gray towersand old gray walls, etc., etc.,' and straightwaythere comes before your mind's eye such avision as I never beheld at Gambier. The oldlunks are transformed into faithful sons. Theold college belfry and the dirty winding stairabove it is a heavenward pointing spire. TheAscension observatory, with its far-fame- d Alvin-Clar- k

glass becomes a staunch old sentinel. Bya system of inversion the depths to which wehave become degraded, are now the heights wemay attain for we are loyal sons of Kenyon,tried and true and a lot of other jelly.

"Why not write a song about the lunks assuch? Wriet about the happy-go-luck- y throngwho get through with a shove and a kick. Therewere a whole lot of us, and between you andSkinny and me, I needn't mention any names."

ALUMNI NOTES.

1911. R. C. Gillette, ex-'l- l, is attending theMetropolitan Business College in Chicago, 111.

1910. Paul Vickers Hann, ex-'l- O, has chosenArt as his profession and, with the congenialcompany of Ralph Waldo Wyant, ex- -' 10, andWilliam N. Wyant, '03, has chosen a residencein New York City.

190S. Kenneth F. Luthy, ex-'O- S, whorecently underwent an operation at RooseveltHospital, New York, for appendicitis, has recov-ered his normal health sufficiently to resume hisposition with the American Bank Note Co., ofNew York City.

Dr. Guy P. Conover, ex-'O- S, who graduatedlast June from the Medical School of the Uni-versity of Indiana, is interne in St. Anthony'sHospital, Tcrrc Haute, Ind.

190S. Percival G. Elster, ex-'O- S, is an in-

structor at Howe School, Lima, Ind.

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190G. Ralph B. May, ex-'O- G, has beenforced to give up his business for the present,owing to severe ill health. He has gone toKingston, O., for a year's rest and recuperationin the hope that he may regain his strength.

1900. George Clinton Lee, '00, has given upthe architectural profession for a very goodposition as Secretary of the Central FoldingBox Co., a large manufacturing concern locatedin Indianapolis, and in which Mr. Lee ownssome stock.

1906. Kenneth Murphy, ex-'O- O, has ac-

cepted a position with the Gbrham Co., of NewYork City, having charge of one branch of theirbusiness in the Middle West, with headquartersin Columbus.

190G. Frederick R. Graves, '00, was admit-ted to the bar on Dec. 14, 190S, and is nowaffiliated with the law firm of S. S. Slater, 70William St., New York City.

1900 Silas Blake Axtell, '00, has been con-nected for a number of months past with theLegal Aid Society, No. 1 Broadway, New YorkCity. The Society is supported mainly by sub-scriptions and donations and its work is largelya philanthropic one. It affords legal assistanceto the worthy working class in New York, whocould not obtain it otherwise, and does a reallysplendid work. The branch that Mr. Axtell isconnected with has to deal almost entirely withmarine laborers.

1906. Edward R. Dyer, '00, is attendingthe Virginia Theological Seminary.

Charles M. Ballard, '00, is studying medicineat Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

1905. Dr. James Madison Smith, '05, whotook his M. D. at the Medical School of theUniversity of Indiana last June, is intern in theCity Hospital, Indianapolis, Ind.

1905. C. Coles Phillips, ex-'0- 5, is completinga most attractive set of illustrations, to bereproduced in color, for a novel entitled "TheGood One," by Miriam Michelson, to be pub-lished soon by Doubleday, Page & Co. Thestory has quite a clever plot that hinges on theidentity of two sisters twins one of them afrivolous little social butterfly, and the other agirl with some serious purpose in life. Manyamusing situations are created by the authoress.Both girls are decided blondes, and are mostattractive, but wait and see the illustrations.

1904. Harold Edward Langdon, '04, who isin business in Seattle, Wash., was married on theevening of Tuesday, February 2d, to Miss OliveLewis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lester WarrenLewis, of Seattle. Horace McCook Billingslev,'04, was best man, and Wilbur L. Cummings, '02,was one of the ushers. Mr. and Mrs. Langdon

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will take up their residence at 2332 Del MarBoulevard, Seattle, after April 1st.

1903 Walter T. Collins, '03, who recentlyaccepted a position with the Chicago office ofLee, Higginson & Co., Bankers, is traveling forthat concern in the State of Michigan.

1SS6. Edward M. Fullington, ex-'S- O, ofColumbus, O., entered upon his duties asAuditor of State on January 9th.

1SS5. John F. Smith, 'So, who has been for anumber of years the principal of Findlav HighSchool, was recently elected superintendent ofthe schools in that citv.

1SS2 Irving B. Dudley, 'S2, United StatesAmbassador to Brazil, recently made a visit tothe United States, stopping a short time inColumbus, O., where he met a number ofKenvon men.

1SS2. James H. Dcmpsey, 'S2, of Cleveland,was a member of the Electoral College which metin Columbus on January 9th to cast the ballotsof Ohio for William II. Taft for President.

1SS1. Theodore M. Livesay, 'SI, of Colum-bus, and who was recently married to MissAlthea Mohler of Zanesville, 0., returned, withhis wife a short time ago from a European trip.

1SS0. Newbold L. Picrson, 'SO, who formany years has been in the lumber business withhis brother in Cincinnati, has become activelyinterested in real estate, principally in CollegeHill, Cincinnati.

1S66. Col. John J. McCook, '66, has beenmentioned in no uncertain war as a member ofthe next President's Cabinet, and in the capacityof Secretary of War.

The following article, from a recent Colum-bus paper, may serve as an illustration of the" -- little -- bit -- added -- to -- what -- you've -got-- makes-just-a-little-bit-more"every

rule. Of course itwas a Kenyon man who did it'Sends Back 15 Stamps Left After Sending

Out Bids to the Ball."It has remained for T. P. Linn to set the

pace for inauguration committees of the boardof trade.

Friday morning, Mr. Linn, who acted aschairman of the invitation committee for theinaugural ball, returned to J. Y. Bassell, secre-tary of the board of trade, an envelope contain-ing about 15 two-ce- nt stamsp, the remains ofquite a quantity furnished to send the "bids" tothe big function.

"This is the first time there has ever beenanything left from the inauguration celebrationfund. ' To get anything back is a new sensationfor me,' said Mr. Bassell Friday morning."

For a number of years past the members ofthe Chicago Kenyon Alumni Association havehad an annual dinner on Xew Year's Eve, andthe occasions have never failed to be mostenjoyable ones. The dinner this year, however,"fell through," much to the disappointment ofall concerned. This was largely owing to thefact that the usual organizers of the affair wereout of town. Still, there had to be some sort ofa celebration in the name of Kenyon, and it tookthe form of several and separate informal gath-erings, small, but "all there" with the "Ilikas"and the " Thrill." By chance these "informals"met each other during the course of their spiritedwanderings, so there was "something doing"after all.

WANDER-LUS- T.

Charles M. Hubbard, '9r.

There's the lure of the foaming rapids,There's the voice of the roaring falls,

And the winds that blowAnd the streams that flow,

And the wild free life that calls.

Oh, the camp on the lonely prairieIn the cool of the summer night,

And the hills afarWhere the lone trails are

Bathed in the starry light.

Oh, the toss of the sloop in the trade wind,With the round tropic moon on high,

Or to loaf all day,Where the monkeys play,

'Neath the cloudless southern skv.

Oh, the click of the flashing raquets,Oh, the howl of the husky pack,

And the lonely mushThrough the Xorthland hush,

As we follow the frozen track.

There's the plain, and the stream, and themountain,

Each calls with a voice of its own ;

There's the saddle's grip,And the paddle's dip,

And the gleam of the campfire lone.

Then away from the crowded city,With its endless din and strife,

To the woodland coolAnd the quiet pool,

And the charm of the wanderer's life.

THE REVEILLE.

THE KENYON COLLEGIAN.

Work is progressing upon the "1909Reveille." The only setbacks experienced sofar have been the loss of Mr. H. S. Lybarger, '10,from the board and refusal of Mt. Vernon mer-chants to lend their support by advertising inthe book. The board wishes to urge every manin college to help make the book a success bysubmitting work, either art or literary, to theeditors. The Reveille, while published underthe auspices of the Junior Class, is distinctly aKenyon book and all Kenyon men shouldco-oper- ate to make it the finest possible literaryand artistic production of. which the college iscapable.

The art department is being well taken careof by Mr. II. K. Rood, '10; the art editor.Drawings are being made by Mr. Rood, Mr.Welch, '10, and others. Several drawings havebeen submitted by Mr. Paul -- Hann, ex- -' 10.Several competent judges have pronouncedthese the finest that have ever appeared in anyKenyon year book.

A ROOM-MAT- E.

When the nights are long and the mornings cool,Loth to rise and go to school,I lie in bed and feign to sleepAnd hope my roomy will fix the heat.The alarm is buzzing long and loudVainly endeavoring our sleep to end.But even' morning we both lie stillAnd fake a sleep untilMy roommate fearing cuts,Rolls out of bed and the window shuts.He may cuss a trifle as he turns on the heat,But the last few winks are mighty sweet.The trials of the first up are always bitter,And especially so in the middle of winter,When the wind gets under his evening clothesAnd feels like ice between his toes.

But a roomy to me now means much moreThan having two names upon one door;His cares, his joys and feelings deep,Are mine before he goes to sleep.Perhaps my check is a little slow,Then the two of us his money blow.But the ledgers of friendship will always balanceWithout the aid of any allowance.Thus we live for these few years,And then we part with silent tears.Our paths hereafter may never cross.But our friendship made is never lost.

Kenyon' Student.

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CIGARS, CIGARETTES,FIFES, T03ACC0

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