successful spin-off of the traditional snipe hunt was worked to perfection in the fall of 1905. It was described by Elmer Jurkat as "one of the best known minor incidences in the history of student escapades." He described the prank as follows: Among the newcomers that year at "Aunt" Mary Murdock's eating club were Bill Begg of New York and Dave Brigham from the City of Brotherly Love. Boarding-house eaters are noto– rious complainers and one evening someone suggested that "Aunt" Mary's menu might be pleasantly enlivened with a mess of snipe. Several nights later a dozen of the boys pro– ceeded to the deep woods on the Conley-White– law Reid Farm. Begg and Brigham, being city folks, and thus unacquainted with the proce– dure, were generously allowed the easier task of holding the lantern and the bag. It was sometime after midnight when the boys began to "realize." So they set out blindly for civilization and finally stumbled onto Brid– geman's Race-track. It looked like a road, and they were glad to be so lucky; but about the third time around some of the signs on the fence began to look familiar. The truth dawned on them, and seeing a house nearby, they pro– ceeded to arouse the inhabitants and inquire the way to Xenia and a possible hotel room. "Xenia, why man you're in Cedarville," was the amaz– ing reply. They were not long then in getting back to their rooms, but they were a long time letting the cat out of that empty snipe bag. It was three years before they ever told what had happened, and in the meantime no one dared ask. 23 I. Trustees Minutes, September 19, 1894. 2. Xenia Gazelle, September 20, 1894. 3. Cedarville College Catalog, 1895-96, p. 8. 4. Cedarville Herald, luly 26, 1890. 5. Ibid. 6. Xenia Gazelle, October 2, 1894. 7. Ibid. 8. Trustees Minutes, February 14, 1895. 9. Ibid. 10. Trustees Minutes, May 16, 1895. II. Cedarville College Catalog, 1895-96, p. 7. 12. Cedarville College Catalog, 1902-03, p. 7. 13. Ibid. 14. Trustees Minutes, May 20, 1896. 15. Cedarville College Catalog, 1902-03, p. 7. 16. Imago, 1895. 17. Cedarville College Catalog, 1905-06, p. 8. 18. Elmer lurkat, Fifty Years of College Life. This historical sketch appeared in the Cedarville Herald from May 12,1944, through lune 23, 1944. Elmer lurkat was the only son ofProfessor FA. lurkal. Hereafter referred to as College Life. 19. Elmer lurkat, College Life, May 19, 1944. 20. Ibid. 21. Ibid. 22. Ibid. 23. Ibid. Aunt Mary Murdock's Eating Club. Aunt Mary is seated on the end of the first row. One of the two boys sent on a "snipe hunt" by the others, Bill Beggs, is seated second from the left. Chapter V/ 41