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23 A^ March, 1896. PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS OF PENNSYLVANIA (GETTYSBURG) COLLEGE. "STAR AND SKNTINKL" Offire, (JetlyHburg, P. GETTYSBURG COLLEGE LISRARY GETTYSBURG, PA. ADVERTISEMENTS. Importers and Jobbers of Nos. 16 and 18 W. German Street, BALTIMORE, Offer to the trade their large and well-selected stock of Make a specialty to have on hand everything required by Pharmacists. A complete stock can at any time be selected or wants supplied. tigjfc, ALONZQ L. THOMSEN,^ RACK, WINDKIt. SHARP AND LEADENHALL STS., P. O. Box 557, Baltimore, Md. I bog to call to the attention ot the Trade that I have re-cently added to my Plant a complete set of Drug Milling Ma-rhm. Tv 011 lir most Improved pattern. G. B. SPANGLES, Successor to J. W. Eicholtz & Co., DEALER IN €tS S€8fi&?. —DEALER IN-Hats, Shirts, Shoes, Ties, Umbrellas, Gloves, Satchels, Hose, Tockei (Books, Trunks, Telescopes, (Rubbers, Etc., Etc. AMOS ECKERT. IBOJ^RJJDXISTCST By Day, Week or Month. RATES REASONABLE. HOUSE EQUIPPED WITH ALL MODERN IMPRO VEMENTS. Grocery Store In same building. Full line of Goods kept and sold at small profits. House and Store located on Cor. of College Campus, opposite Brua Chapel. 8@"Public Patronage Solicited. SAMUEL H. TATJQHINBAUGH, Prop'r. ENEELY BELL COMPANY, Troy, N. Y., MANUFACTURER OF SUPESIOB BELLS. The 2,000 pound bell now ringing in the No. 127 Chambersburg St., GETTYSBURG, PA. j tower of Pennsylvania College was manufac- JOHN E. PITZER, MEMBER POST 9, G. A. R. I tured at this foundry. The College Metcuty. VOL. IV. 1 i THE COLLEGE MBSCIPRY, ^Published each month during the college year by the Students of Pennsylvania (Gettysburg) College. GETTYSBURG, PA., MARCH, 1896. No. 1. UMN O STAFF. Editor: D. EDGAR RICE, '96. Associate Editors : EDNA M. LOOMIS, '96. GRAYSON Z. STUP, '96. HENRY W. BIKLE, '97. WEBSTER C. SPAYDE, '96. WILLIAM E. WHEELER, '97. HERBERT D. SHIMER, '96. ROBBIN B. WOLF, '97. Alumni Association Editor: REV. D. FRANK GARLAND, A. M., Baltimore, Md. , Business Manager: WILLIAM G. BRUBAKER, Assistant Business Manager: E. A. ARMSTRONG, '97- 96. "_• . fOne volume (ten months). . . . $1.00 iEKMS-\Slngle copies, . . . ' 15 Payable in advance. All Students are requested to hand us matter tor publication. The Alumni and ex-members of the College will favor us by \ sending Information concerning their whereabouts or any items ^they may think would be interesting for publication. All subscriptions and business matters should be addressed to the business manager. Matter intended for publication should be addressed to the Editor Address, THE COLLEGE MERCURY, Gettysburg, Pa. CONTENTS. EDITORIALS, --- 1 OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AS THE POET OF COLLEGIANS, 3 TALE OF A MOUSE, 6 AD THAI.TARCHnM, 7 COLLEGE LOCALS, --- 7 WILLIAM M. ADKERMAN, . --- 9 ALUMNI NOTES, -10 ATHLETICS, - --- 12 FRATERNITY NOTES, ___.__ 12 TOWN AND SEMINARY NOTES, --- 13 LITERARY SOCIETIES, - - --- 14 EDITORIAL. THIS number of the MERCURY marks the beginning of the fourth year of its existence. In looking back over its history of the past three years, we feel that it has succeeded in fulfilling the hopes with which it was started, and has represented the various interests of the college as satisfactorily as any could wish. It must be admitted that it has not always pleased all its readers, and in every respect, but yet we believe it has succeeded in satisfy-ing every reasonable expectation. There is, however, considerable room'for improvement, which could be made if Only a greater interest were taken in it by the students. The literary character could be raised if articles were writ-ten especially for publication ; the locals could be made more interesting if "jokes" were handed in to the editors ; and the alumni, as well as other departments, could be improved by a more hearty co-operation of the students. So many appeals of this kind have already been made, however, that it is almost useless to repeat them. Financially, the MERCURY has been a suc-cess, and a nice little sum could soon be handed over to the societies, if our subscribers and advertisers were more prompt in meeting their obligations. We regret to be compelled to mention this matter, as it is, to say the least, uninteresting, but self-preservation makes it necessary. The subscriptions of a number of alumni are considerably overdue, and in addition some of our advertisers have neglected to make remittance. We believe that in many cases this neglect may be attrib-uted to pure thoughtlessness, so we take this occasion to remind you that a due consider-ation of our Business Manager will be very much appreciated by us, as well as by our lit- GETTYSBURG COLLEGE LIBRARY GETTYSBURG, PA. |(u?H>- THE COLLEGE MERCURY. erary societies which are anxiously waiting for a dividend. The term ot the present staff will soon expire, and we hope remittances will be made promptly to the Business Manager in order that he may settle his accounts in an agreeable way. * * * Is has been suggested that as there have been no class reunions for the last several years, the coming Commencement should be made the occasion of several such reunions. We desire to bring this suggestion before our alumni with the hope that some may become sufficiently interested in the matter to take the initiative steps. Several reunions could, we believe, be arranged without much trouble, and besides being enjoyable to the participants themselves, would add much to the pleasant-ness of the whole Commencement. * * * THE recent meeting of the Board of Trustees adjourned, leaving all in as much uncertainty as the previous meeting. The committee ap-pointed on Dr. McKnight's resignation was continued, but all definite action in the matter has been postponed until the regular June meeting. Meanwhile we shall all continue to guess and speculate as to what will be the final result. * * * THEFT AT YALE.—A few weeks since the authorities of Yale discovered that some one had stolen $10,000 worth of the rarest speci-mens of taxidermy, etc., from the Peabody In-stitute. The theft is a remarkable one iu more senses than one. It was discovered that one of the Professors' sons was the guilty party and upon being charged with the theft confessed that he had taken about the amount stated and had sold half of it to European and Ameri-can dealers. He is an expert on taxidermy and spent several years of special stud)' abroad. It is a sad commentary on the depravit)- of man. Restoration will no doubt be made to the Institute but no power on earth can restore to this young man the loss sustained in the tarnished reputation which will henceforth be his in life. For a few thousand dollars he has sold himself to sin and must henceforth bear among his fellows the mark of Caiu. G. * * * COLLEGE BOYS EXPELLED.—Twenty-one young men of the Sophomore class were ex-pelled from Ottawa University last month. The boys had given a banquet to feminine members of the class at a down-town restau-rant at 10.30 o'clock at night. The Faculty had made no objection to the banquet but in-sisted it should be held early in the evening. The class was summoned for discipline. The young ladies in tears submitted to the demand of the faculty which required them to sign a declaration of regret. Two of the young men joined them in this but twenty-one were ob-durate and were accordingly expelled in a body. The event enforces its own lesson. The authorities evidently took the position that strict discipline must be enforced if it cost the institution more than half a whole class. It seems strange that so many young men have no proper conception of the need of respect for authority in college, in the church as well as in the State. Who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock. G. * * * DR. MCKNIGHT AND THE PRESIDENCY.— It is to be regretted that Dr. McKnight felt constrained to insist on the Board's acceptance of his resignation. After such a successful ad-ministration of the affairs of the college for nearly twelve years, with his peculiar fitness for the position, and with such a prestige of advantage in this position as the Doctor has earned so well, all friends of the college must feel a deep sense of the loss sustained to the institution in his retirement. During these twelve years Pennsylvania College has pressed rapidly to the front under the zealous adminis-tration of Dr. McKnight. He worked faith- > I THE COLLEGE MERCURY. jiilly and enthusiastically. He won many [friends to the college, secured many new stu-lents, much additional patronage, and added property and endowment to the extent of sev-eral hundred thousand dollars. The Doctor las earned his retirement from the presidency. G. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES AS THE POET OF COL-LEGIANS. I I GR.EFF PRIZE ESSAY BY L. P. EISENHART. There is a peculiar glamour about the old town of Cambridge—it is that of poetry. Here and there along its quiet streets flanked by majestic elms and throughout its beautiful environs are spots and scenes made sacred by its poetic sons. The silent windings of the river Charles, whose praises Longfellow sung from his home near-by, complete the beauty of the quaint old town. To the north are the grounds of Harvard College. "Nicest place that ever was seen, College red and Common green, Sidewalks brownish with trees between." Along its northern front might have been seen at the beginning of the century a yellow hip-roofed house, one of those mansions of early New England. This was the birthplace and home of Oliver Wendell Homes. A fondness for old Harvard arose from his boyhood ram-bles over the college green. One year at Philips-Andover ended his pre-paratory work. In "The School Boy," read at the centennial celebration of the school, he calls up the town and its quaint acedemic scenes. "How all comes back ! the upward slanting floor. The masters' thrones that flank the central door, The long outstretching alleys that divide The rows of desks that stand on either side,— The staring boys, a face to every desk, Bright, dull, pale, blooming, common, picturesque." Next year he entered Harvard, a member of the Class of'29, and soon knew the ways of good comradeship. The rolling cannon-ball that "comes bouncing down the stairs" and the midnight song were then as now the bane of the tutor's life. Holmes saw in the college career not only the learning, but also the full rounding-out of the man from associations. This the collegian gets from the close contact, of his societies. Holmes was a member of the Porcelain Club, whose members reckoned themselves of finer stuff than common clay pottery. He also shared the pot of pudding at the feasts of the Hasty Pudding Club. These clubs, the foremost in society life at Harvard, have many famous names upon their rolls. Thus while at college there were traces of his fondness for the "Brahmin caste of New England."* Holmes was also a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society, which had more of a literary character. Bryant, Emerson and many others have written poems for its annual meetings. The first of Holmes' occasional poems, "Poetry : A metrical essay," was read before it. Subsequent gatherings called forth others. In many of these verses the humor of the col-lege poet is in evidence. While at college he wrote several comic and satiric poems for The Collegian. "The Height of the Ridiculous" and "The Spectre Pig" stamp the future wit. Sprinkled among these boyish rhymes are several graceful verses, with delicate touches of humor and satire. "Go, plant the lily on the shore, And set the rose among the waves, And bid the tropic bud unbind Its silken zone in arctic caves." Harvard claims as her sons the leading American men of letters. In their writings are brought up the life and scenes of their col-lege days. To them Alma Mater was very dear. But Holmes has always been her most devoted son. There was a filial love that grew stronger with age. "As now we lift its lengthening chain. That held us fast of old, The rusted rings grow bright again, Their iron turns to gold." ' He was her bard and songster for more than fifty years, the laureate of Harvard life. At her anniversaries, alumni banquets and other dinners, his verse-toasts were the charm. He *An expression used by several authors, of which I do not know the source. THE COLLEGE MERCURY. was her chosen minstrel to mark the passing of two hundred years, and again was he turned to a half century later. At the former the young doctor jested about the founding and early life of the old college. Fifty years later the genial Autocrat glanced back over this span and called to mind the faces and songs of "that joyous gathering." He sketched five scenes of Harvard life in his steps back-ward through American history. Then he turned and with a poet's sight read her his-tory as it shall be "when the third ripe century stands complete." All of these poems show Holmes' love for fair Harvard. It is "the fountain of youth," around which "Age forgets his staff And lays his glasses down. And gray-haired grandsires look and laugh As when their locks were brown." Class spirit is something refreshing in the humdrum of college days, and is wont to flash out in contests and athletic games. Class fellows are united by a friendship stronger than the college tie. Holmes has sung of the golden girdle which held together "the Boys of'29." Among the fifty-eight were many whose names are treasured by memory. Here are the Unitarian divines, Channing and Clarke,' Pierce, the astronomer, and Chandler Robbins, and there Smith who "shouted a song for the brave and the free, Just read on his medal, 'My country,' 'of thee !' " But Holmes has always been its central figure. He has given the "Class of'29" an unfading lustre. Never was another college class so commemorated. His are ideal class odes, in which the mirth and frolics of college boy^s are happily mingled with the thoughts and senti-ments of old age. He was the life of those cheer}' class reunions. It was the fire of that old gun loaded with "college-day dreams" that the boys came to hear. In their appre-ciation he found his reward. To him it was a pleasant task, which in time he could not give up. " 'Why won't he stop writing?' humanity cries: The answer is briefly, 'He can't if he tries; He has played with his foolish old feather so long, That the goose-quill in spite of him cackles in song.' In a group of judges, doctors and states-[ men, and greeted by their merry smiles the old college-boy's calendar was turned back to '29. And as he held "the cup of blood-red | wine," he saw "In rosy fetters prisoned fast, Those flitting shapes that never die, The swift-winged visions of the past." How the old college scenes came up ! The bump, bump of the cannon-ball, the sleepy tutors, the gray-haired professors. And then the associations ! Here was Bill and there Joe, Jim and George. They had no titles, that was | a mistake. These two were not Judges, they were Ben and George who "battled in discussion hot, Shall we wear gowns? and settled: We will not." And as the narrowing circle met each year to pass the "loving cup" around, the shadows of the absent came and the fifty-eight of '29 were one again. At times he did not bring merry verses of college life, but noble tributes to those who during the year had left their circle. These breaks in friendship's girdle pressed close the pathos of human things. "And can we smile when thou art dead ? Ah. brother, even so! The rose of summer will be red, In spite of winter's snow. Thou wouldst not leave us all in gloom Because thy song is still, Nor blight the banquet-garland's bloom With grief's untimely chill." Here and there through his verses ranged many fine figures, illustrations and allusions. "The Old Cruiser, 'Twenty-nine" with her masts and merry crew sails her course un-harmed by blowing squalls and frowning clouds. Father Time, who entered college with them, shared their fun and yearly made the name Classmate more dear, is their oldest classmate and will be their last survivor. In the later poems are still the vim and force of his school-boy days. "Age cannot wither him nor custom stale his infinite variety, and there is as much powder in his latest pyrotechnics as in the rockets which he THK COLLEGE MERCURY. sent up half a century ago."* The memories [of his school days at Andover, called up when le was hearing the alloted three score and ten, [are as fresh as a college-boy's vision of last [night's fun. Holmes is a departure from the Puritanism Jof New England's yesterday. He believes that there is a time to laugh as well as to weep, lumor is the essence of his class poems, flow-ing as from a natural spring. "I never dare to write As funny as I can." ^And from a near-by pool comes "the pathos touching all Life's sins and sorrows and regrets, Its hopes and fears, its final call And rests beneath the violets, "t Aheir mingled waters oftentimes appear in lany of the poems, so ' 'that when the reader's I eyes are brimming with tears, he knows not whether they have their source in sorrow or in laughter. "J "Don't you get a little sleep after dinner every day ? Well, I doze a little, sometimes, but that always was my way. Don't you cry a little easier than some twenty years ago? Veil, my heart is very tender, but I think 't was always so. ******'*** Don't you stoop a little, walking? It's a way I've always had, [ have always been round-shouldered ever since I was a lad. on't you hate to tie your shoe-strings? Yes, I own it—that is true. Don't you tell old stories over? I am not aware I do." Nor does the comic vein destroy or even mar the beaut}' of the poems. The most hu-rorous poems are of no less perfect grace. 'The Last Leaf", and "The Old Man ims" will remain unique. Scattered imong the poems are many maxims and pithy sayings of wit peculiarly happy in phrase. "Moral for which this tale is told ! A horse can trot, for all he's old." Holmes along with Whittier and Lowell :akes up the trio of American patriotic poets, lis literary life began with that outburst of feeling, "Old Ironsides," which added more than fifty years to the old ship's life. How-ever, he took no part in the slavery discussion before the Civil War and was reproached by ♦Beers' Outline Sketch of American Literature, page 176. tWhittier's Poem "Our Autocrat." jNorth American Review, Jan., 1849, page 201. manj' for his seeming indifference. But when Fort Sumter fell and the war became a reality, his school-boy patriotism was ■ awakened, and he gave his pen and tongue to the cause of freedom. His war lyrics are unique for their sentiment and intense feeling. "He always has displayed the simple instinctive patriotism of the American minuteman."* This is seen in the poems read to the class during the struggle, the first of which is an ardent call to duty. "Enough of speech ! the trumpet rings ; Be silent, patient, calm, God help them if the tempest swings The pine against the palm ! " He had complete confidence in the nation's strength. Although we had been made tame by almost a century's toil and would be slow to drop our tools and take up arms, yet he did not forget the truth, "When once their slumbering passions burn, The peaceful are the strong " Loyalty to his country and love for old Harvard are together in the song written for the laying of the corner-stone of Harvard Memorial Hall, built in honor of her fallen sons. These musical lines are the expression of his boyhood feeling calmed by long studies of life, and in them are the sentiments of fer-vent poetry. "Hushed are their battle-fields, ended their marches, Deaf are their ears to the drum-beat of morn, Rise from the sod, ye fair columns and arches ! Tell their bright deeds to the ages unborn ! Emblem and legend may fade from the portal, Keystone may crumble and pillar may fall; They were the builders whose work is immortal. Crowned with the dome that is over us all!" Holmes has been called an egotist, and, in fact, he does like to talk about himself, but because the I is jovial it is well passed by. "I have come with my verses—I think I may claim It is not the first time I have tried on the same. They were puckered in rhyme, they were wrinkled in wit; But your hearts were so large that they made them a fit. ********* I have come to grow young—on my word I declare I have thought I detected a change in my hair ! One hour with "The Boys" will restore it to brown— And a wrinkle or two I expect to rub down." How much more his class-mates must have *Stedman's Poets of America, page 299. THE COLLEGE MERCURY. enjoyed it! Through the colored glass of friendship the lines had added beauty and were loved by all his fellows, for he was the boy who "sung their last song on the morn of the day That tore from their lives the last blossom of May." It was the cheerful face back of the verses that his class fellows liked to see. They did not want him to give his person dramatic hiding. Holmes shows originality in the choice of his subjects and in his meter. His class poems are simple in style, and pervading all is a fine sense of melody. Their rhythm is natural and easily gains an attentive ear. Holmes is a lyrist, a natural songster. There is a pleas-ing jingle in the verses that almost compels one to read them aloud. "Where, O where are life's lilies and roses, Nursed in the golden dawn's smile? Dead ns the bulrushes round little Moses, On the old banks of the Nile." Poems for college feasts join with the olives in giving tone to the menu-cards, and like these dainties their impressions are fading. "It cannot be expected that verses manufact-ured to pop with the corks and fizz with the champagne at academic banquets should much outlive the occasion."* And yet the songs that made the old boys laugh and forget their "ermined robes" and LL. D.'s are echoing still. Their notes of humor and pathos struck a higher key than the society verse of every day. These lyrics and class songs mark the ideal minstrel of college lays. And it was in lyrical poetry, the most sterile soil of letters, that the clever Autocrat found the ivy which placed him among American poets. A wizard of the piano-keys makes most magic in the sounding melodies of his own creation. His own minuet is phrased by him with unwonted delicacy of feeling. And only the lyrist himself can give to his verses the ex-act fitting of sound and sense. How much greater beauty there must have been in these lyrics to the listening fellows gathered round, when punctuated by the poet's niceties of ac-cent, enforced by his kindly countenance and ♦Beers' Outline Sketch of American Literature, page 176. lighted up by merry twinkling eyes likely to sadden ! "Has there any old fellow got mixed up with the boys? If there has take him out, without making a noise. Hang the Almanac's cheat and the Catalogue's spite ! Old time is a liar ! We're twenty to-night! We're twenty ! We're twenty ! Who says we are more? He's tipsy, young jackanapes ! show him the door ! "Gray temples at twenty?" Yes ! white if we please ; Where the snow-flakes fall thickest there's nothing can freeze !' 'COLLEGIAN.' LIST OF AUTHORITIES: Holmes' Poems, Household Edition. Beers' Outline Sketch of American Literature. Stedman's Poets of America. Richardson's American Literature. Also the following articles: "Scribiler's Monthly," Vol. VIII "North American Review," LXVIII. "'New England Magazine," March, 1892. All quotations not otherwise accredited are from his works. TALE OF A MOUSE. Within the shelter of these walls A tiny rodent dwells, It rambles thro' the classic halls, It climbs anon the stately stair, It finds out secrets unaware, And yet it never tells. Remote from scenes of noisy strife, No pussy cat to fear, I leads a free and peaceful life ; At night it roves along the walls, Explores the still and silent halls, Till morning rays appear ; And then it hurries out of sight, —A footstep draweth near,— Its little eyes how strangely bright, Its silky coat how smooth and soft, Its tiny tail held straight aloft, It scampers off in fear. Sometimes it sallies bravely out And ventures into class, Oh, then the boys do raise a shout; It runs around beneath the chairs, Amuses all the boys, and scares Each timid little lass. How does it live, the little mouse, What does it have to eat ? Does it find food in this great house? Of cheese it gets a good supply, And lots of plain but wholesome "pi" To serve for daily meat. It is a timid thing of course, But somehow, strange to say, 'Tis never frightened by a "horse;" But let a savage boy appear It scampers off in wildest fear, And hides itself away. For boys are cruel things, you know. And do not care for mice ; Thy'd frighten it to see it go, M^MMi THE COLLEGE MERCURY. They'd torture it in wicked play, Or even kill it, any day. And think the fun quite nice. Then let it live, poor tiny mouse, As happy as a king, There's room for it in this big house ; And let each student when he comes Bring in his pocket lots of crumbs To feed the little thing. A. R. W., ,99. AD THALIARCHUM. (Adapted from Horace.) Seest thon not Soraete standing still, Serenely high, Gleaming a snow-white hill Against the sky ? The forest trees now bend their branches down, So meekly low, Their yielding summits crowned By wreaths of snow, And streams stand motionless thro' all the land, Checked by the cruel Frost King's icy hand. Drive back the chilling breath of sleet and snow, Stir up the fire, Brighten the flame into a glow E're it expire. Heap with unsparing band the welcome wood This winter day, And while enjoying warmth so good Oh Thaliarchus, pray Bring forth from Sabine jars thy pneient wine, And let us drink to your good health and mine. Trust to the gods, who rule the stormy deep With mighty hand, At whose nod the wild winds sleep, O'er sea and land. When every sombre cypress on the hill Is motionless, The ancient ash is still, The woods have rest. Ask not, what fortune will tomorrow see? Count all that Chance may give as gain to thee. Enjoy, Oh Youth, the happiness of love, While yet you may, E're the dark locks thy brow above Shall turn to gray. Now strolliifg in th*^7.*7^,^:.¥.Mai«iuWl«««U«^^ THE COLLEGE MERCURY. I ministry, resides with his family in Emmits- I burg, Md. Greatly afflicted in the loss of his I hearing and impaired sight, he yet remains an I earnest student and frequently inquires after I the welfare of Gettysburg college. '61. On the ist of Feb. Rev. J. B. Reimen- ■ snyder completed fifteen years in the pastorate I of St. James Lutheran Church, New York | City. He has met with unusual success in his work. '63. Rev. E. J. Wolf was in Philadelphia at the meeting of the Luther Union and de-livered one of the two principal addresses. Dr. Henry E. Jacobs, '62, Rev. Chas. Al-jbert, D. D., '67, and Rev. Wm. M. Baum, D. D., '46, took part in the Luther memorial ex-ercises in the Academy of Music, Philadelphia on Feb. 13. '76. Rev. A. G. Fastnacht has entered upon : the 20th year of his pastorate at Union Luth-j eran Church, York, Pa. '74. Rev. J. B. Wolf, of Glen Rock, Pa., is still confined to his bed. Neighboring pastors ! have been assisting him in filling his pulpit appointments. '76. Rev. W. F. Rentz, pastor of our church at Atchison, Kan., on account of a persistent throat trouble, has not been able to preach for the past two months. The members of the faculty of Midland College and Seminary have dndly supplied the pulpit very acceptably. '77. On March the ist, F. P. Manhart ad-dressed Christ Lutheran Church, Gettysburg, ?a., on the subject of the Deaconness Work Df the Lutheran Church. '78. Rev. Adam Stump, of York, Pa., has been elected treasurer of the York Lutheran. He is now both editor and treasurer. '80. Rev. M. F. Troxell, of Springfield, 111., recently delivered an address on "Public Charities" before the Single Tax Club of that city. The/ournat of the following day pub-lished an extended abstract. '80. Rev. C. W. Heisler, of Denver, Col., is spendiug a few clays in California, deliver-ing his lecture on the "Life of Christ." He pent a few days at Los Angeles, and was re-ceived with great pleasure and cordiality by his many friends in that city. '81. Rev. W. P. Swartz has lately been called from Wilmington, Del., to Poughkeep-sie, N. Y. '82. Rev. H. H. Weber, General Secretary of Church Extension, will spend the latter part of this month in New York State. '83. A Lutheran congregation has been organ-ized at Goldsboro, York county, Pa., by Rev. C. W. Baker, missionary secretary of the York County Conference. '83. W. M. Duncan lately sent to the min-eralogical cabinet a specimen of limestone from his quarry at Eureka Springs, Arkansas. '84. Rev. A. S. Fiehthorn, of Norristown, Pa., has declined the call as an assistant to Dr. Albert at Germautowu, Pa. '85. Rev. Daniel R. Becker, of Mt. Carmel, visits Gettysburg quite often in order to see his wife who is here, in hopes of improving her health. '86. Rev. W. F. Berger has been called from Camden, N. Y., to Fairmount, Ind. '87. Rev. T. L. Crouse was installed on Sun-day, Feb. 9, as pastor of the Lutheran church of St. Thomas, Pa. Rev. Herbert Alleman de-livered the charge to the pastor, and Rev. E. H. Leisenring delivered the charge to the peo-ple and performed the installation service. '8g. Rev. Cyrus E. Held has received and accepted a unanimous call to the Brunswick Md. Mission charge. '89. Paul Kuhns, of the First National Bank, Omaha, Neb., has been highly compli-mented on a clever bit of detective work he accomplished in capturing and securing the conviction of several rogues who attempted to swindle the bank. '91. Rev. Stanley Billheimer paid a visit to his parents Feb. 22nd. '91. R. Bruce Wolf, of Eureka, Kan., we are glad to learn, is recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. '92. Rev. Geo. J. M. Ketner and wife, of New Chester, spent Sunday, Feb. 23, with Mrs. Ketner's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Warren, of this place. '92. Rev. Charles Bikle, a recent graduate of the college and seminary here, has been in-stalled pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, at Spruce Run, N. J. '92. Calvary Lutheran Church, Baltimore, Md., Rev. Geo. Beiswanger pastor, is having a phenomenal growth. The chapel is crowded at nearly all the services, and the work pro- THE COLLEGE MERCURY. gressing in every way. On Feb. 16, General Secretary Weber of the Church Extension Board visited the people. '93. Gellert Alleman, son of Rev. Dr. M. J. Alleman, a student at Johns Hopkins Uni-versity, of Baltimore, received a letter from Berlin, Germany, announcing that he has been elected a member of the German Chemical Association. Mr. Alleman will graduate from Johns Hopkins University this spring. '93. Rev. A. A. Kelly, of Gettysburg Semi-nary, has been called to the new pastorate, the Trindle Spring congregation, near Me-chanicsburg, Pa. '93. Marion J. Kline has recovered from his severe attack of sickness which confined him to bed for some time. '93. Frederick H. Knubel will have an article on "The Lutheran Symbols and the Holy Scriptures," translated from a paper by Prof. Noesgen of Rostock, Germany, in the Ltdheran Quarterly for April. '95. L. H. Waring delivered his lecture on "Ups and Downs in Germany,"to a crowded house in Philipsburg, Pa., recently. ATHLETICS. WILLIAM 1-:. WHEELER, Editor. Since our last issue interest in the base-ball team has greatly increased. At the call of Captain Leiseuring for all applicants to report for indoor practice fully thirty men responded and presented themselves as applicants for the various positions. A fair idea of the abilities of the men was obtained, after several weeks of indoor practice, and it is anxiously hoped that they will show the same snap and energy in the diamond as was manifested in the cage. The box is the weak place and considerable doubt is expressed as to filling that posi-tion. There are several applicants, but Brown, '99, seems, at the present writing, to have a "cinch" on it. His speedy and most deceptive curves look very nice in practice games. The field has been put in good order for the coming season, and clear weather is waited for that active practice may begin. Manager Armstrong has almost completed his schedule and from the following dates a profitable and successful season is anticipated: Apr. 17. Wash. &. Jef. at Gettysburg. Apr. 18, Frank. & Mar. at Lancaster. Apr. 25, Indians, at Gettysburg. May 8, Western Md. at Westminster. Mav q, Frank. & Mar. at Gettysburg. May H. Ursinus, at Gettysburg. May i.s, State, at State College May 16, Bucknell, at Lewisburg. May 23, West. Md. at Gettysburg. The applicants for the relay race to be run at U. of P., April 25, have been training on the running track during the past few weeks. Quite a good showing was made by the men, and especially from the lower classes. . The material for a good running team is here, and only needs development. Gettysburg has not been very careful of her interests in this part of athletics during the past, allowing material, I and good material at that, not to receive the proper care and attention. It is hoped that all interested in track work will show their interest by hearty co-operation and sup-port. FRATERNITY NOTES. EDNA M. LOOMIS, Editor. PHI KAPPA PSI. Carty, '96, and Reitzell, '96, will represent us at the Phi Psi banquet to be given March 7th, at Philadelphia, Pa. C. G. White was initiated Feb. 13, 1896. Eisenhart, '96, has been awarded the Graeff prize for the Senior essay, subject "Holmes as the Poet of Collegians." Reitzell, '96, vice-president of Penna. I. C. A. A., will attend its annual meeting to be held Mar. 7, at Philadelphia. D. C. Forney, '56, recently celebrated his 49th birth-day by giving a Phi Psi dinner to J. C. Kohler, '65, H. L. Jacobs, '82 and W. H. Hoftheins, '82, of Pa. Eta, all of Hanover, Pa. We wish him many happy returns of the day. , Reitzell, '96, and Lark, '98, recently made flying trips to Baltimore and Washington. PHI GAMMA DELTA. Bros. Edgar A. De Yoe, '99, of Ramsey, N. J., and Ferdinand E. Kolb, of Allegheny, Pa., were initiated into the fraternity, Feb. 21. THK COLLEGE MERCURY. 13 Bros. A. S. Fichthorn, '84, and Blint, '90, paid the chapter flying visits during last month. Bros. J. H. Fichthorn and Herr, of Beta chapter, U. of P., formerly of Xi, and Bros. Stahler, '82, and Hoffer, '94, spent several days with us and enjoyed the festivities of the 22nd ult. Bro. A. R. Aukerman, ex-'97, accompanied by his father, paid us a short visit the begin-ing of February. Bro. W. E. Stahler, '80, pastor of Zion Lutheran Church, Lebanon, has been deliver-ing a series of illustrated lectures to his con-gregation, on his recent foreign travels. The Lebanon papers praise the third lecture of this series, which was delivered recently. SIGMA CHI. Dr. Geo. E. M. Herbst, '75, of Oley, Pa., has announced himself as a candidate for the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 9th Penn'a District. Charles W. Humrichouse, formerly a mem-ber of the class of '97, spent the 22nd and 23rd ult., with the chapter. He is traveling for his father's coffee and sugar house, Baltimore, Md. Leisenring, '97, spent the 22nd ult., with his parents at Chambersburg, Pa. Lawyer, 1900, spent a few days recently at his home, Westminster, Md. PHI DELTA THETA. Bro. H. H. Weber, '82, spent the 15th of Feb. in Gettysburg. Bro. E. C. Henderson, Missouri Beta, visited the chapter last week. Bro. C. Reinewald, '85, spent the 22nd ult. in Gettysburg. Bro. H. S. Ehrhart, '93, of Hanover, spent the beginning of the week in town. Bro. J. E. Meisenhelder, '97, spent the 22nd of Feb. at his home. Bro. B. R. Wolf, '91, of Eureka, Kan., is just recovering from a severe attack of typhoid fever. The chapter spent a very pleasant evening on the 29th of Feb. at the home of the Misses Gettier, in Littlestown. ALPHA TATJ OMEGA. Franklin Meuges, Ph. D., spent Saturday, Feb. 29th, at his home. M. R. Zullinger, '98, was home over the 22nd. F. M. Bortuer, '93, who is studying law at York, will finish his course in June. ToW|\l AND SEWJINAFJY NOTES. WEBSTER C. SPAYDE, Editor. TOWN. About two hundred subscribers have been secured for the telephone line and subscrip-tions to the stock to the amount of $5000. During the session of court work was practi-cally suspended, but it will now be pushed to completion, if possible. Now that the neces-sary number of subscribers has been secured, there should be no trouble in getting the stock taken. Governor Hastings and the military officers of the National Guard of Pennsylvania held a conference in Harrisburg, a short time ago, and decided to hold a division encampment from July 15 to 25, 1896. The place for hold-ing it will be considered later. Among the places mentioned is Gettysburg. The pupils of the High School had special exercises on Friday afternoon, Feb. 21st, ap-propriate to Washington's birthday, at 1.30 o'clock. On Friday, Feb. 14th, a committee of gentlemen, Hon. Wm. T. Ziegler, Hon. N. G. Wilson, Messrs. Robert Bell, Paul Hersh, S. E. Wampler and Joshua Happold, appeared before the Count}' Commissioners in behalf of the county monument project. G. J. Ben-uer, Esq., was present by request of the com-mittee, and urged.the fulfillment of the plan. The matter was informally discussed at con-siderable length, but definite action was post-poned. Monday evening, Feb. 17th, about 5 o'clock, smoke was seen coming from the residence of Dr. Stouffer, on Lincoln avenue, and it was discovered that a fire was burning in one of the partitions. It was extinguished without much trouble, but the loss is about $50. An over-heated flue was the cause. The 87th anniversary of the Birthday of ex- President Lincoln was celebrated by Camp MMM^HMH ■■^■■n >4 THE COLLEGE MERCURY. 125, S. of V., of this place, on Wednesday evening, Feb. 12th. The exercises opened with an invocation by Jacob I. Mumper, fol-lowed by an address of welcome by Dr. Henry Stewart, who presided over the meeting. Miss M. McMillan gave several appropriate selec-tions, Win. Hersh, Esq., delivered an address on Abraham Lincoln, and Capt. Long gave some war reminiscenses and recited Mr. Lin-coln's address at Gettysburg, in 1863. The Ladies' Aid Society contributed choice re-freshments, and the evening was an enjoyable one to all present. The foundation of the new hotel to be erected on the site of the old Battlefield Hotel, Balti-more street and Steinwehr avenue, is being laid. The new structure will be somewhat smaller than the one destroyed by fire some months ago, but will be handsomer aud have more conveniences. At a late meeting of the County Commis-sioners, it was determined to postpone further consideration of the County Monument project indefinitely. Owing to the illness of the pastor, Rev. Black, the pulpit of Christ's Lutheran Church was filled on Sunday, Feb. 16, in the morning by Dr. Wolf, and in the evening by Dr. Bill-heimer. About eighty visitors to the Carlisle Indian school came to Gettysburg on Friday, Feb. 28, to visit the battlefield. In the party were General Oliver O. Howard, General Fitzhugh Lee, Judge W. N. Ashman, of Philadelphia, and VirginiusS. Newton, of Richmond. Gen-eral Lee rode in the carriage with General Howard. It is stated that the purpose of General Lee's visit to Gettysburg is to gather data for an answer to General Longstreet's ac-count of the battle and his reflections on Gen-eral Robert E. Lee. On Sunday morning, Mar. 1, the pulpit of Christ's Lutheran Church, of this place, was filled by Rev. F. P. Manhart, of Philadelphia, Secretary of the Deaconess Board of the Gen-eral Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church. He spoke in the interests of that in-stitution. SEMINARY. The Rev. Edwin Heyl Delk, '82, pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Hagerstowu, Md., has been requested by President Lewis, of Western Maryland College, Westminster, Md., to deliver the annual address before the Christ-ian Association, during Commencement Week. On Sunday, Feb. 9, Dr. Billheimer preached in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Harris-burg, Pa.; on Sunday, Mar. 1st, he filled the pulpit of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Steel-ton, Pa. Rev. F. Hilton preached at Martin's Creek, Pa., Sunday, Feb. 16th. The pulpit of St. Mark's Lutheran Church, Steelton, Pa., was filled on Sunday, Feb. 9, by Dr. Richards; on Sunday, Feb. 16, by Rev. A. Bredenbeck. Rev. Erwin Dieterly preached for Rev. Wolf, at Glen Rock, Pa., Sunday, Feb. 23. Rev. W. S. Oberholtzer has been very ill for several weeks, and there seems to be no change in his condition. On Sunday, Feb. 16, fourteen of the Seniors were out preaching. An unusually large number for one Sunday. On Sunday, Mar. 1st, the following semi-narians were away preaching: Rev. A. J. Rudisill, at Freedom, Md.; Rev. J. C. Bowers, at Frederick, Md.; Rev. W. C. Heffner, at Manheim, Pa.; Rev. Geo. M. Diffenderfer in the Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Harrisburg, Pa.; Rev. M. J. Kline in the St. Paul's Luth-eran Church, Newport, Pa.; Rev. Chas. P. Wiles, at Rossville, Pa.; Rev. L. F. Myers, at Dickinson (near Mt. Holly), Pa.; Rev. M. J. Killian, at Arendtsville, Pa., Rev. Koser's charge. LIJERARY SOCIETIES. EDNA M. LOOMIS, Editor. PHILO. The following officers were installed on Fri-day evening, Feb. 28 : President, Baum; Vice-president, Abel; Cor responding Secretary, Friday; Recording Sec-retary, Kohler; Critic, Eisenhart. Notwithstanding the very disagreeable weather of Friday evening, Feb. 28, a large audience was present at the special program rendered exclusively by our Philo brothers of the Seminary. The character of. the program was kept a close secret until the evening for its rendition, and when it was finally disclosed the surprise was a most delightful one. The Seminarians had decided to kindly remember their society, and this they did in a most sub- THE COLLEGE MERCURY. 15 stantial and gratifying way by presenting to her a beautiful piano lamp and stand. The society can not be too strong in its apprecia-tion of this gift. The exercises of the evening were most en-tertaining, and the society was much pleased and encouraged by this visit from its ex-mem-bers. The chair was occupied by Mr. Ehrhart, and the programme was as follows: ROLL CALL, . . . INVOCATION, . G. M. K. Diffenderfer. READING OF MINUTES, . U.E.APPLE. SONG, . . : . . Octette. GREETING, . . Marion J. Kline. PIANO SOLO, . . . Miss Bowman. [RECITATION, . G. M. K. Diffenderfer. RETROSPECTION, . . J. E. Byers. [SONG, . . . . . Octette. RECITATION, . . . J. C. Bowers. PIANO SOLO. . . Miss Wisotzki. PRESENTATION ADDRESS, . W. A. Kump. RESPONSE G. Z. Stup. SONG Octette. [PRAYER, . . A. J. Rudisill. PHRENA. The following officers were installed on Fri- | day evening, Feb. 28 : Pres., Moser, '96; V. Pres., Manges, '97; Rec. Sec , Snyder, '99; Treasurer, Meisen-helder, J. E., '97; Chaplain, Brnbaker, '96; Monitor, Brown, '99; Ass't Lib., Lauffer, '99; Critics, Spayde, '96, Brubaker, '96, Stahl, '97, Reisch, '99. Two new names were added to the roll—C. E. and J. E. Smith, '99. The debating club elected the following officers several weeks ago : Pres., Sprenkle, '98; V. Pres. Weeter, '99; Rec. Sec, Raffensperger, '99; Treas., Living-ston, '98. New names are still being added to the list of membership. Joint treasurers have lately been appointed I by the two societies to collect reading-room dues from non-society men who make frequent use of the reading-rooms. On Wednesday evening, Mar. 4, the con-test was held for representative in the State Intercollegiate Oratorical Contest at Swarth-more, Mar. 20. The judges, Dr. Richards, Rev. Ege and Prof. Klinger, chose I. O. S. Moser as first, with H. D. Shimer as alternate. Mr. Moser's subject is "Lafayette, the Cham-pion of Liberty." THE BELL. (After Edgar A. Poe ) 7.45 a. m. Hear the chapel with its bell— Booming bell, While with the woolly blankets its noise I try to quell, How it roars, roars, roars, In the morning bleak and grey ! When my sleep I'm most enjoying, Comes it's howl—all rest destroying, Driving visions sweet away With its bang, bang, bang. And its clang, clang, clang. With its fiendish clash and clatter On the ever louder swell. O ! that bell, bell, bell, bell. Bell, bell, bell ! O ! the sounding and the pounding Of that bell ! —The Lafayette. —» »—•— WHAT THE WILD WAVES SAID. Do you hear the ocean moaning, Ever moaning sad and low? 'Tis because the fat old bather Stepped upon its undertow. —Tlie University Herald. —« ♦ « Under an ancient elm she stood, A'fairy form in grey— Her eyes were bright as the stars at night And she merrily trilled a lay. I stood in the shadow and watched her face, It was eene and passing fair, As the ditty she sang so merrily rang On the waves of the evening air. I was stirred to the depths of my very soul- Ne'er heard I a voice like that, And I threw all I owned at her very feet, For she was my neighbor's cat. —Exchange. COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS I SURGEONS, •BALTIWIORE, W]D.-* The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Balti-more, Maryland, is a well-equipped school. Four ses-sions are required for graduation. For full informa-tion send for the annual catalogue, or write to THOMAS OPIE, M. D. Dean, Cor. 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