The Gavelyte, December 1908

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. • 16fi there lingers with you _the memory of a single opportunity afforded you, a single kindness shown you, while a student of Cedarville; if there you wPre stirnulc1terl to think a single gr,od thot, or th ere \\as kindlf-'d in yuur heart just on high a 11b iti,,:1, and you be S• > lacking- in gratitude and in the finer sensibility a-; to indulge in super<·ilious cr:ticism or pessimism at the expense 11f your Alrna-.Vlater, th en we point the finger of shame. We really pity you, for .-u~h rririei -m lourlly µr oela irn s a RJJirit of disloyalty as inexcusable and as ,Jt.... pirnlilt-' as thP- disloyalty of that collt:>ge briy who disowned his plain, simplP, old father, to wh om ht' owed all. because the old man, coming from the rural rlistr ict, was n0t clad in the height of fashion. Loyalty is a great thing aftPr all, isn't. it? Much abused to be sure, like many another good thing, out. neve rthPless, an admirable quality. The spirit of loyalty if not the letter is well illustrated by tlrn following old le– gend :- An old Sioux Chief v.af, abon t tc) take leave of this world. A priest was brot to hirn, who began at once to perform the neees1sary rites to aid hi: passagP thr11ngh Purgatory . With an autlwritative wave of his hanrJ, the old warrillr ch'"'chd him anrl mad e this inquiry : "Where are my depart– ed friends?" After some he. itati on, the priest repli l· d ''In Hades." 'T'ight– ening hi s bPI t an,! re-arranging hi,, rnlw, thP. olrl man dismissed the priest with thi-; rP111arkable out charact...- ri stiC' ;,tateme11t., "I go with my people';. PPrhaps thP illustration iRa lit tli-> unfortunats in some respectl", but 1PrnPn1 hP r i• is the SPIRIT of loyalty \\e want to see in it,. Let's be loyal in a ~nod r ,llH=e Yours truly W. R. GRAHA 'l. Clippings ·on P resi dential Qualifications. ""Thi-. i- in 1<·pl.r lo tit,, n1·1il·IP whit·h 111>pr>n11'd la:<t llltlllli<'I' 011 l'rp,-,i(lP11trnl Qunlili– ,·,1Ji<111, and wa,.~11l,1nillP<l l,_y l{ PY. J>r .John .\ lford, or Lo:< _\n1relP.<.'' Ed. PrP. id ent RoosevP lt's rPmark conce rning thP religious beliefs of the fo– turi-> prP. idPnt ·ha·;p attracted much atte ntion and no littl e discussion among <·h111r·l1 mPmlwrs. Ur. 1 1 • M. Rarnqpy of Los AngelPs has made thP following statPments undPr the hPad uf ''The BiblP vs. Roosuvelt": ''ThP prPRiclPnr, along wit.h hiR many ot.h Pr ar<lnonR dnt.iAs, Rf'PtnR to