The Gavelyte, March 1909

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE. 55 - ------------------------- ------ th0 e attending the co ntest to our entire satisfaction. Friday morning the principal of the preparatory department of Buc·ht:el College, the host of the occasion very kindly sho)\·ed our ;:party tbr0ugh their various .buildings explaining their class .work and also the points of interest which could be vie,w~d from the grounds.; :,1. J!1rJday ev.erning, the- ttime ,set for the contest, , arr~1ved with the eight contestants ~nd Jive judge.s;,,all present. Two af the cont-estants labored uncl er diffi culties; omt<.:wh.o· had risen fr om a siok:bed the 8abbatb before, on his arrival the previous evening had , to .send for the doctor. The other managed to pull himself .together sufficiently to. ri se from a sitlc bed that very day to catch the noon train for Akron. Despite - this fact thPy both- made a splendid showing, the first, Ada's delegate, obtaining second place. The co nttst throughout was a very close one; the productions were excellent in thought and composition and were well rendered. Muskingum ·college was awarded 1st place; Ohio North ern Un iversity 2nd place. ~., ;flhat the standarcl of the contests is being raised is proved by the statement of one who having been present at the contest for the last. two_year.s stated that this year's contest far excelled the one of last year in rev-t>ry respect. Our del(-'gate M·r . Kenneth .Willhimson wa s compHmented and agreeably encouraged by the judges. The contest over we repaired to th.e banqueting hall in the city Y. M. C. A. building, there conviviality st rengthened the newly es tablished bonds of fellowship. Through we did not reach 1st place in the contest we are .. safe in ascribing to Miss Verna Bird, ou r alternate, 1s t place among those ., wh o rendered the to2sts. Thus, am id feasting and jesting we continued to the small hours of the morning when we adjourned in the .best of spirits -th ough -somewhat worn out after the excitement and fatigue of the occasion. Alumni Notes. PROF. J . R. F ITZPATRICK, '.04, IWlTOH. It is now only three months until Commencement week wh en we ,expect thP Homf'-Coming to materialize . Duri'ng the past several ·months since UH' orwning of College ~rn, the i.:ommittee, h:we been asking for sugges tions and ad<lrPsses of former studen_ts but so far we have been left out in the cold. Only one . uggestion has been sent in and one person has sent addresses, for whi,·h W<' wi sh to thank thrni. Jt is a SP ttJe,1 fart, if WP do not know whPl'P