The Gavelyte, March 1912

CEDAR lLLE COLLEGE ,,,.,- ,:,/, well prepared a they, to do a part of the world's work and that in all proba– bility there are m3.ny thing which were considered quite e sential in college, to which the real world pays scarcely no attention whatever. It i then that we will learn of what sort of tuff you are made, and having found your elf and your position in society, your d es ision as to your course of life will in a large measure determine whether your life shall be a success in the highest sen e or whether it hall be merely a succes as the world counts it, figured in dollar and cent , and, in the truest s ense a mi erable failure. God grant that, what ever else is forgotton, what ever el e must from very necessity he forgotten, the lesson of morality and righte<•u nc·- that have cnme from the lips and lives of the consecrated men and women who have had so larse a part in shaping our lives, may always remain, and act as a source of help and 1n piration a we tnil slo'wly upward. At the recent pre,-idential election held in college chapel, by traw \"Ot e, Hon. Theodore Roosevelt was chosen as president. \\'e are uucJer the im– pre sion, however, that if the students of C. C. were compelled to submit to the rule of that p >werful wielder of the "big sti~k" L1r a day o r two they w,.JUld vote forsome one else, and, to say the least, we are mighty glad that aforesaid straw vote is not decisive . At thi time we are pleased to announc e that the seniors will have charge of the May issue of the Gavelvte and the names of the men on the taff will be a guarantee of the quality and size of that issue. Tli ey arc as follow : Editor-in-chief, Mr. Ream Shroades; Associate editor, l\lr. P D. Dixon; Bu ine s manage r, 1r. Hugh Turnbull. A ~ea p Year Party. Abou t a month or ix weeks ago our college girls held or attempted to h()ld what they termed a "mock wedding." The boys were not slow how , ver in hearing the news, and appeared on the scene in good time, but as luck would have it, some pepper got in the furnace in some unknown way, and then th e boys departed, wishing the girls a happy time, and from that time on for quite a while the girls emphatically declared there would be no "Leap Year Party" in 1Hl2. But nevertheless last Wednesday evening while we were being royally entertained in the halls of the college, the boys each re– ceiv <l invitatiolls, requesting their presence at a leap year party, to be held at Professor McChe ney's Tuesday evening, February 21. As there was no 5thuul the 11ext day it being "\Vn hington's birthday'' there wasn't much f.aid c<Jncc>rni1,g tbe affair, but Friday morning, all the boys were on time, each wonderi11g who the lucky girl would be. Will Lanning was the fir t to make lrnuw11 that he had been "roped in" and seemed very wc:ll plea£:ed. And so •