The Cedarville Herald, Volume 67, Numbers 1-26

r Serial story of the boy next Lt’s Don's story. But the name could just as well be Walt or • Jim or Boblor any other. • And, of. course, the fifth entry in the little address book really „ hasn't been written yet. But it will be -— and we hope to have a hand in making it come true. *■ • t • When Don and millions like him went to war, they were given the best weapons and equipment in the world. Equipment turned ^ out fast by machines that were turned by plentiful, low-priced electric power. • When these boys come home again, electric power will be' ready in even greater abundance — to serve new industries and create new opportunities. For power makes production — and production makes’jobs. • The electric light and power companies are prepared for peace V as they were for war - - thanks to foresight, planning and sound business management. • They’re keeping rates low as costs rise. And they’re supplying - well over 80% o f America’s electric service — the best, as well as the most, that any. nation enjoys.' ■ J Hear “Report to the Nation,” outstanding news program i the week / every Tuesday evening, 8:30 over station WHIO. DON’T WASTE ELECTRICITY JUST BECAUSE IT ISN’T RATIONED! W. A. COCHRAN, FARM BROKER South Charleston, Ohio. L‘. B. 434 — Telephone 4561 "WE GET IT DONE / / Get ready to build ,that home you have ,dreamed about by buying bonds regularly, putting them away to meet the necessary down payment when changes in restrictions, priorities, etc,, allow private home building in this area, a BUY YOURSELF A HOME Finance your home, buying through our easy pay­ ments just like rent.with monthly reducing plan. BUY BONDS HERE Do You Want to SELL OR BUY A FARM? CONTACT We have money to loan on farms at attractive in- •terest fates with easy repayments, If you own a ■s....................... ..... ■.*■■ farm and desire financing or refinancing we will bo glad td consider your needs. •avingc&Xoan Association OF XENIA, OHIO, 4-6 N.' Detroit St. All Accounts Insured.up to $8,000 50th Anniversary^ Cedarville College By Elmer Jurkat (Continuedfrapi first page) ^ may also have been because there were a few other things going on at the same time. Down in Cuba an A- mericun ship .had mysteriously ex­ ploded, and Mr. Hearst was mildly suggesting that we polish o ff Spain’s sheet-iron navy. The morning pa­ pers were full o f strange names and places: Cavite, Gracia, Cervera, San­ tiago, Zamboanga, .Sharfter, and San Juan Hill. In Baltimore a Cedarville boy was turning out every day a fresh poem about the war. His name: Dick Nisbet, Jingoes screamed “ Remember the Maine” , and bands' everywhere played “ A .Hot Time in the Old Town To-night.” There, were also two other mCn involved whose .last names even this week's'newspaper reader will recognize. One was Roosevelt. The other, Mr. Dewey. Remember? 1899 saw a liig increase, in the num­ ber o f graduates, as the class includ­ ed Tom Turner, Jennie Morton, Bruce Collins, Mary .Little, James Heron, Lida Elder, Clara Conner, and Belle Winter. Jim Heron was supposed to be the class’s shining light, with Tur­ ner second,-and Belle Whiter crowd­ ing them both. Belle, of the keen, i n ­ tellect and quick answer, whose sparkling speeches enlivened many, a dull alumni banquet. The college had been started in or­ der to provide ministers of the gos^ pel, but even they need relaxation sometimes, arrd. it was not long until ether subjects besides Greek and Sys­ tematic Theology we're~b'eing exam-, inedi There was a debating group; •and a Dramatic'society which bestir­ red, itself to present at the local op­ era house, “ The Merchant of Venicq” , handsomely costumed by Prof. Byron King of Pittsburgh. Homer McMil­ lan was Shylock; Dave Spence, Gra- tiano; Anna Orr,‘Jessica; while Junia Pollock played Portia, the ageless ’ feminine champion of justice. The boys formed a Glee Club, under the direction of Miss Belle Beazell; and, believe me, a Mandolin Club, which performed in Clifton and Xenia, The center of culture lay not, how-- ever, in these trifles, but in two lit­ erary organisations, the Philadelphian ,and- Philosophic Societies. The Pho- los, under the Black and Gold, strove continually to outdo the GreCn and -White Philosophic, and the struggle culminated always in the Inter-S^- ciety Contest on - Commencement Week. There were orations, essays, declamations, debates, .musical num­ bers; and the members still argue the merits of their respective societies after fifty years. ' ^ . tAnd theri there was athletics. Bask­ et Ball had not caught on yet. The present gymnasium was not available till 1903, but there were those t,wo other hardy perennials, baseball and football. Like just abput everything velse, athletics, has chnpged some since ’ xhe turn of the century. In early days' you played because you like to, it because there was littl^xenter- tainment, and you were not hamper­ ed by lack -of a gymnasium; or a coach, or a stadium, or even uniforms. True, President' McKinney,, and Rev. James Steele ,of New York, did do­ nate several football suits, and. I pre­ sume, a ball, but there.were boys who. bought their own. •The team of 1890 was probably ■representative of those years. Cal Morton was center, Robb Harper and _ Kin Grindle. guards. There were the three lliff boys, Walter, Wallace and Harry,, and after that it did not mat­ ter much4who played the other posi­ tions, Not that the others were not equally good: ‘ Alvin Orr, Lee Rife, Ford,” McQuilken, Condon, Phillips. And, oh yes, there,was a fellow nam­ ed Scurff. Mr. ■Scarff came from Wooster and Ottawa College in Kan­ sas, and daubled his duties by playing as well as coaching, to the intense discomfiture of Cedarville’s oppo­ nents. Write-ups of the day say that he was “ in poor condition physically", and opposing pjlaycrs wondered what he would have been like if he had eaten his Wheaties. Other teams' re­ member ' Scarff ■as mostly steel springs infused with wild cat's blood, and wished that he would stick to coaching. Football in iho-sp days was’ merely modified -mayhem* and though an era- ly annual reports that "in our colleg­ iate games we always try to play a manly and sportsmanlike game*” there is^no mention of behavior which a bundh of pros were scheduled, j The boys, did rather well for start- ] era. They whipped Antioch once, I London ar/. *Wilberforee , each, and ! oven l.oat Witl .-nbcrg. Never Idst a l-.'Mmo. Some of the. .ai or teams Could i not say that. f . j Baseball, the other half of college ! sports, had an uneven but always in- $897, and even tba girls got interest­ ed and organized a- team, or* rather two teams, since they could find n# opponents, The squad included Vera Andrew, Nglle Lewis, Anna Orr, AUpe Bromagem, Bessie Hopping, Bertha Knott, Fannie Townsley, Nel­ lie Ustick, Mary Little, and Jennie Morton. These were the only .girls* teams in Greene County for four years. They introduced the gpme to otherwise blase Xenians in February o f 1898, playing in the . old skating rink. The Gazette reporter advised, “ This game will be strictly moral and first class, and no lady need be backward about, attending.” Xenia folks believed him. The rink was full and the girls cleared ^100. Apparent­ ly the girls were not always so gen­ tle. . - The president and supervising spirit of the college during these pre- salad dpys was a dour but sincere Scotch Covenanter, Dr. David McKin­ ney. He. was really'an executive in absentia, living in Cincinnati, and coming, up every fortnight on the Pennsylvania decomodation. This made him slightly out of touch, and alumni say that he always accosted students with the same two questions, “ What’s your name?” and “ Have you paid your tuition ?”- His'dignity did. not impress all folks equally. Some of the boys put on a fake “ class rush” and rough-housed him up against the blackboard until.reaecued. On*a later occasion a student expressed to him a paving brick, C. O. D, That “ Me” was not in front o f his name for noth­ ing. He told the express people that he had not or lered anything. They 'i-:i'l to ship it back: to Cedarville.- In the early years the college ex­ panded slowly if steadily. It bad started in a farm-house. In-order to' provide brick for the present main building, a kiln was built on the back Corner of the campus, which made use of the native clay. This seems odd now, but Cedurvi-lle has had at least 1'pur kilns in its histiry, and the op­ era house and the 'J. P. Church are examples of the local, product’^ use. The. new building was completed and occupied by 1896. Lacking a gymnasium, the boys had used a down-town store room, but it was a poor .substitute. By 1903 .the Reformed Presbyterian congregation had moved to its new and present building, and Mr. W. J. .Alford pur­ chased and donated the old church to the college for. a gymnasium. This aclditioh has been in use ever since, and stands as a memorial to the do- iv>!’s parents, Dr. and Mrs.-John Al­ ford. The church was not large* but practically the whole auditorium was floor space;'and in a day when other earns were playing in revamped cel­ lars and Odd Fellows’ halls, it seemed as big as a union station.. The nucleus o f many a university has been its library, but Cedarville worried thru its early years without one of any size.r The need for a back­ ground of books was increasingly felt, and Dr. McKinney finally-made •a trip to New York, where, with the help 'of another Cedarvillinn citizen, the Honorable Whitelaw Reid, he suc­ ceeded in obtaining from Andrew Carnegie the promise of a sizeable sum, provided the college could raise ^ a 'matching amount. This they event­ ually did, and the building at the cor­ ner of Main and North streets is the result. Completed in 1908, it was one of the last efforts' o f Cedarville’s famed contractor, John W. McLean.' Years before, the town tavern had occupied the same spot, and the cor­ ner marked the turning point in the Cincinnati and Colulmbus toll irqiad. Charles Dickens stopped there on his way north to' Sandusky in 1842T'hav ) NOTICE! / } I willJake ;m e o f my custo- dWKBdMbiisual who' want the rfiouah. Iowa 939 Hybrid Seed Corn, .Will have the seed in a few -days, at my farm west of Cedarville oh field Road. ARTHUR HANNA FOR SALE— SlabwoOd cut for the ftove or furnace by the cord. Can deliver. Dial*.6*2201 Arthur Hanna WANTED TO BUy COUNTRY and TOWN / PROPERTY NOTICE OF APPOINT#! Private individual will buy . several low .priced country and town proper­ ties. In answering,' give price, size, complete description .and what it will rent for. All information will be held strictly .confidential. Address “ Indi­ vidual Buyer, care this paper. ■ Estate o f Max, Barnard, , Notice is hereby given that C-.D; Barnard has been duly .appointed , aB Administrator o f tHe estate o f Max Barnard, deceased, late o f Spring Val­ ley, Greene County, Ohio- Dated this 2nd day o f May, 1944. WILLIAM B. M c CALLISTER, Judge of the Probate Court, Greene County, Ohio. ■■ * ■ ■ ■ ■ ■ N « . a a * V « Ml mmm miosmm (» f» lajfpard, D«c<j given that duly appoint! the estate e| late o f Spriq , Ohio. . j lay of May, MeCALLISTl ibate Court, j By CL Me The Ohio j. tef-csting history; The Nineties were j still the days of liomespun pleasures, ] Radio, picture magazines, cheap-cars, j the hot-dog stand, the cinema! apd j juke boxes had not yet appeared to j hid foV every idle moment, and some , not- so idle. Baseball was an activity 'hat helped fill Ute (up. , N'o only were there college teams, but every' J town lmd one or two o£Jts own, Ce- i dnrvilie, o f course, had its “ town |team” too. Amateur rules were not j so strict then, and players from ‘eith* ; tearh might play for the other with j, careless abandon, j1 Basketball was under way here by ing spent the night before in Leba­ non’s Golden Lamb Hotel. There probably was not a single book of his in the entire, township at the time; 1and he would not have believed that five generations later a substantial building would st mil there, housing a -mong other items, a full set of Dick­ ens. . In the fall of 1905 came one of- the best known minor incidents, ip the history o f student escapades. Among the newcomers gulping that year at •‘Aunt” Mary Murdock's eating'club wore Bill Begg of New Y ork . and ,)ave Brigham from the city 'of' Brotherly Love. 'Boarding-house eat­ ers arc notorious complmners, and ope evening some one1 suggested that fAUnt” Mary’s menu might be pleas­ antly enlivened With a mess of snipe. Several nights later a. dozen, of the boys proceeded to the deep woods on the Conley-Whitelaw Reid farm, Begg and Brigham, being city folks, and thus unacquainted with the pro­ cedure, were generously allowed the’ easier task of holding the lantern and the bag. . . . • • It was some time after , midnight when the boys began to “ realize’ . So they set out blindly for civilization and finally •stumbled onto Bridge- man’s race-track. It looked like, a load, and they were glad to be s6 lucky; but about the third time around some of the signs on tlfe fence began to look familiar, The truth dnwned on them, and seeing a house nearby, ihoy proceeded io arouse the inhabi­ tants and inquire the way to Xenia and a. possible hotel room, (To Be Continued) POULTRY Wo pnydiighest prices for rab­ bits, ducks, turkeys, fries, liens, ahd roosters. , g in a v e n p o u l t r y p l a n t W. Second and Beilbrook. Phone 1193 \ your eyes on 1 _ every sittii m f t ra* j f^otn the B r - 1 ' A mated, eitl ; with *heav , l \ with more . .J primaries 1 ■ i ? , | i only one .sit who was a |*1 j . j. has failed •J ^ ILou'se no I ppoj N tme i ta a* « *■a i c ailing Long Di passing leg tional debt 00 is expec similar act Daily the A for increas billion, but publican mi and Means ,ure, was fir ago, when candidate f debt was ly was campai form, fifty, the highest tional ’-debt carry with the two hu •of which ai hundred an tributalde I the balance cing of pea •mental acti r :e QAJ g A . & 04ul& . fo k 'U ic to b if V TH E O H I O 'BEL L O S j T E L E P H O N E CO. ' The 'W'in nounced, as] 000 Ohio m| were servii S. Betwo. 1940 andU men and (i,i eye State same perioi . 1,725 worao Army ser.v ojher. Tin not -include ready in th 1st, 1940; the Navy, or Merchai The Pre a month's ‘ ministratio statements that he ha: health, etc reporters v ' conference return, are ses and po off- the rei still below of- tan. Ti is a heavy has stood Franklin no- Preside longer, take'll to g CO. f To those needing blacksmithing [i ami it is i f , & ous workinlL L& • / | ' ed for h i n l L I l X A l V 8 A ' 1 4 and farm repair work 1 The Mona j. returned tH President^ i I have%taken over the blacksmithing shop -The U. S .I | 1 ............. - f has disnuJ SllOp 1 :.■« ■ against til . . o f the late Ralph Wolford and have rented 1 is no is s u l_ ^ .* 1 1 concern h M C t l t C Q 1 the Building and am now ready to do gen- J c on fe ren e t l y / y ft * tempted Ur eral blacksmithing and grinding, I have spe- -fi q&ence, aR p , % press a n d l ^ cial grinding equipment for Lawn Mowers. V- ’ , . 1 _ ■■ . t 1 ■ . » ■* '1 gnrding L r i i p y c J inimedint*,V V C ,‘ ® # . • present, ■ ij gressional I will be open for business each evening . * ^ Montgom l under w m . ( K dent’s c cH 4 1 I cision l l i ' f f e n m g m ic rase D ahd all day on Saturdays. NO HORSE SHOEING as the Cn II. S. aril ing denn| be made i just whiJ stitutionl may hnvl private ij his ordeil the use resorting W m . F ISH ER INTI CEDARVILLE, OHIO The, Loan Af tion in from 3 tl city lomfl no g e t