The Gavelyte, April 1913

L E DA h'. V ILLE COLLE G J::. evc rill goud produ c tions . The qu a rte tt e sa ng, "Poor Li ttl e Lamb " with an ex– pre io11 whi c h wa enjoyed b y a ll . "M a sa 's in t he Co ld , Co ld G round " and, " Bi g Be ll' aringin'" we re some of the other n umb e r . A humorous p rod uc– ti1,n e11titl ed " Siri g in ' Sk ew! " was full o f lau g ht e r ·i iie e 11t e rtainment wa gnud throug h-o ut and the c lub could we ll be pl aced among th e firs t in uch o rg;,. ni t.a ti ons . Literary Societies. A word mi g ht be said conce rning th e Litera ry Soci e ties tak en together. T he re a re now three soci eti es among the st ud e nts T he new soc iet y, kn own a th e C rit e rion , wa fo rm ed durmg thi s las t s emes te r Th is soc ie ty conti nu es to u,e the old s yst em o f c redit s The mee ti ngs wh ich have bee n hel d in the Chapel Hall, ha ve bee n w e ll a tt end ed and good prog rams a re be ing p rodu ced at e very meeting. Th e membe rs o f the Crite rion are full o f s pirit, a tt empting to mak e as good a bowin g as poss ibl e tor th e firs t s emes te r of th e socie ty . '!'he Phil osophi L and Philade lphi an Societies have both adopt ed the new s yst em of fin e . Thi s sys tem is prov ing its elf to be very sa ti s facto ry and far bet t e r wo rk is b ein g done t han whe n the old system was in vogue. E ve ry one re a li zes that h e hi mse lf is los in g wh en h e fails to pu t effort into h is productions. Several wa rm d eba tes hav e already be en argu ed on t he floors of both societi es, and it i well wo rth th e whil e to att end one of the meeti ngs. Th e division of th e suc ie ties has put more int e rest in to a ll thre e. Lets ke ep them going. and ge t ou t of t li em wh at we s hould. 5 Inter-Collegiate Prohibition League. We liad wi t h us , a few days ago, Rev Cha s. W . Young o f Cleve land, a field secrern r y o f th e Int e r- co ll g ia te P rohi bi ti on L eagu e. R ev. You ng was h e re o rganizing a league and succeed ed in ge lling e ighte e n to s ig n membe rs h ip ca rd ~. and SPvera l more have join ed since . T he object o f the league is to get stud en ts more int e rested in the temper– ance work . Tl.re principle th in g of t he league is the oratory cont es t system . [, ir~ t , each league has its " Local" co ntest , t he n the " Sta te", b etween the vari– ous colleges of tire state a nd the " I nte rsta te" a nd th e ' ·r ati onal". T hi s sys– t em goes 011e stl'p higlre r tha11 the p re. ellt ora to ri cal a soc iaticn of which this co ll ege l1as heeri a metuber for severa l yea r . Th e du es o f this league a re on ly seve11ty five ce11t.' pn year, a t lr ird o f thi s stay ing in our own league fo r the t XJ crises o[ 01ir re:prese1itati ve. On accou nt of it bein g too late we w ill not se 11 <i a representative tu the cou tLSt th i yea r. Le t us remembe r and get an early st,1 1t ;111cl keeptlr s rnoveme11 t goi ng for next yea r .