College Life from Emporia, Kansas • 1

COLLEGE LIFE 'DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF THE COLLEGE OF EMPORIA MONDAY WEEKLY NUMBER 18 EMPORIA, KANSAS, JANUARY 21, 1918 VOLUME XXX POST EXAMINATION PARTY HILSCHER TAKES FIRST TIIK HHEAMEIt" AWARDED FACTLTY KXTEKTAIXS AT ALL SCHOOL CELEBRATION FN EST PLACE IX ALL SCHOOL CX)XTRHT Judges In Clowe Contest CJIve Lihmry Party for Students Shown That No One Holds Any Hard Feelings for Week of Horrors Inflicted. I likelier First and (Jorowline YOU Can Sell Your Books for MORE And Buy Your Books for LESS, AT The of E. Book Exchange Than Elsewhere oiul Placm. I likelier to Kepre- et of E. In State Content, Tuesday evening In recital hall the oratorical try-out for the repre sentative to the state division con test was held.

Three orations were given: "The Dreamer," Harris Hilscher: "America, Awake!" Wal ter Clark: "War. tho Civlllzer." Harry Goresline. Each man had and revised his oration since the first delivery and was well BIG STUDENT MEETING HERE LETTERS FROM THE SOLDIERS prepared for the contest. Reverends Pollock and Mitchell, and Rice Drown were judges. First place was given "The Dreamer," John Kuller, of Sophomore Class, Ukes Camp Custer, But More second place to "War, the (Student Volunteer Conference Here.

Xormal and1 College Will Entertain Delegates From Other Schools. E.sxcially Fuvors St. Louis The grading was based on the com position, thought and delivery of the oration. This contest was one The faculty of the College entertained the students with a "post-exam" party Saturday evening at 7:30 in the dormitory parlors. The guests were asked to come representing books or characters of books.

After the guessing contest in which the books represented' were determined, a program of music and tableau was given. "Oh That We Two Were a Maying" was cleverly acted out by little Miss Hirschler and Frederick Hunt. The song was sung In duet by Flor-Ine Richards and Tom Brown. "Sweet and Low" was illustrated by Mrs. Mergendahl.

A quartet sang the song. Roma Prunty interpreted "JuanLta," which was sung by Meta Van Zant, accompanied by Nira Brigham on the guitar. Alta Ranier and- Bruce Engle made the suggestive background needed for "Carry Me Back to Old Virginia," sung by Margaret Starr. Mrs. Hunt staged the tableau for My -Rosary which Gomer Williams sang.

"Madame Butterfly" was acted by Katherine Keefer, while Margaret Starr sang the song. "When the Boys Come Home" was sung by Margaret Starr. Rachel Wood represented the goddess of liberty, while the guests were all requested to Join in singing together. Refreshments were served to the guests in the dining room. The of the closest ever held in school, an was shown by the grades awarded each speaker by the Judges.

Winning of first place gives Mr. Hilscher the honor of representing the College of Emporia in the state-division contest to be held at Fair- moimC February 8. There will be three such contests in the state. The winning contestant in each di vision will contend for state honors. THOK lOIN(J Til Kill HIT The largest student gathering In Kansas this year will be held in Emporia on February 1-3.

The local Student Volunteer Band, and the Christian Associations of the College and the Normal will combine and entertain the visiting delegates in the annual Student Volunteer Convention. In connection with the conference, a Bible Institute for the promotion of Christian Democracy in Kansas Colleges, will convene. This conference is a direct result of the Students' Conference held at North-field, Mass. Miss Josephine Wilson represented the College at this conference. Last year the conference was heU at Baker and was attended by 265 delegates from Kansas colleges.

It is expected that there will be 250 student delegates and fifty faculty representatives at the Emporia conference. The two schools and the churches of Emporia expect to care for all Marquis Kirby's address is room 201, S. M. Austin, Texas. Lewis Irwin should be addressed os Flying Cadet, Fort Omaha, Omaha, Nebr.

Camp Custer, Mich. January 12, 1918. Dear Friends: I should have written you before now but while at Jefferson Barracks, it was impossible to tell when I would be moved from there and expected to be any day and thought best to wait until I got located in some definite camp before I wrote all my friends. I am located now for six or eight weeks at least and would like to hear from all of my friends at the College. Living conditions got to be something terrible before I left the Jefferson barracks.

They had only accommodations there for about ten thousand men and while I was there they had about sixteen to twenty thousand to care for. They sent about two thousand to St. Louis andi kept them in the Y. M. C.

A. buildings and armories. I was at the Y. M. building with about six hundred men for three weeks.

We had a warm building but only, two blankets for a bed and the food was poor. While in St. Louis the Y. M. C.

A. and the people of. the city didi all they could for the men. The Y. M.

C. A. furnished a picture show or some other entertainment every evening. The people of the town would come to the Y. M.

and take the boys out to dinner and some Frank Chllcott, '16, I5d Company party was macJe an enjoyable affair Officers' Training School, Camp for all. Stanley, Texas. Ralph Smalley, 10th Company Engineer's Officers' Training Camp, THOtSE KANSAS MEN! The Gazette has received a letter from Walter Damrosch, leader of Petersburg, Pa. Verne Jones, '17, O. It.

C. the New York Symphony orchestra, Company 6th Infantry, Chat which has appeared twice at the Col the delegates. A canvas of the two tanooga, Tenn. Military Branch. lege Music Festivals.

Mr. Damrosch says: Reed Crooks, '16, is one of ten men chosen from the captains, lieu "Here is an excerpt from a letter pchools for those who will entertain delegates will be made next week. This means every student must do his or her share. tenants and sergeants in his par from a daughter of mine, Mrs. Pleasant Pennington, who is Some ticular camp to go to France at once for three months' foreign tudy.

The program has not been an where in France as a volunteer Y. W. A. worker. She was at the nounce as yet, but the local com Crooks was a top sergeant in his French seaport when the Rainbow division, arrived, andi I thought her mittee has been assured that some of the biggest men in the country will be here.

tribute to the Kansas men might please some of your readers." times keep them over night. I was The excerpt from the letter fol fortunate in getting three such in lows: Pit EPA IfEPXESiS YEA VEIM LY. Bruce: "Are you going to cram vitations. The Sunday before Christ "At about 10:30 we had to go to mas thirty-two of us boy? attended our last canteen. These were Kan any for the examination?" services, in the morning, at the sas men and if I ever was impressed, Puckey: "Me? No, I don't be Pilgrim Congregational was by them.

They were so grate They had a beautiful ser lieve in cramming, but I sure am going to review like thunder." ful and thrilled at our miserable vice at Sunday School tune then ittle apples that I nearly cried. The the preaching service. Aft the The Hooverizing special for that services they us to captain and a couple of lieutenants escorted us the whole length of the meal was rabbit. company of enlisted engineers and has been stationed at Fort Sill since joining the army last summer. Harold Shannon, ex '18, who was in the same company as Reed Crooks, has passed an examination lor aviation service and will leave Fort Sill soon for training school, probably at Austin, Toxas.

Frank Webb, ex '13, Quartermasters' department, Jacksonville, Fla. Jimmie Russell, '14, who has enlisted for service in the aviation corps, is attending College, while awaiting his call to go Into training and is improving his time by practicing wireless telegraphy under Prof. Miller. Russelis staying with Charles Herzer, at 100 4 Rural, while in Emporia. Philip Ferguson, ex '18, who is a lieutenant in the aviation section of the Officers' (Reserve1 Signal Corps, is up from San Antonio on a furlough of two weeks and is visiting College friends this week.

family for dinner. Mv Everett SHaw, of Emporia, id I drew train. There was no confusion, no yelling, no swearing. The colonel ful of hair that time." one of the richest families of the Herzer: "What did you think church as our hosts. They took us nvited us in to his compartment meet the rest of the officers and that you would get, a mouthful of home in their large enclosed car, chocolate pie?" to express his thanks, I wish you, and after a five course dinner, could have hearji them.

The men (served by a colored man and white One trial convinces the most par ticular ones. Collins Cafe is always had been standing in the mud and singing for hours and hours first. best. and had not a word of complaint. maid) consisting of everything good, fruit salad, fried chicken, fried oysters, sweet potatoes, and closing with a plum they ook us car riding through Forest rirk really would like to write every The Student Volunteer Band met mother, wife and sister in Kansas in the association room at the dormitory Friday night.

Rachel how wonderful their men are. From Emporia Gazette. Wood led the meeting. (Continued on p(g Five).