The Gavelyte, May 1906

' I ~elvf>s honorably. l!Pv. Middl ton., 1 all preceeding yf'ars. Rev. 8ander 'on and Rev. Milligan I A majority or the members have acted a judges of the event and I been brougt1t together to work for gave the speakers thE> following- / the same end and tlwy have shown grades: that bani~rn c~tn bt:: surrnountPil and I•~arne t McClvlend !)l l:i-27. ' unity in3tall d and th,tt they nn all Alberta Creswell 91 1-27. I apprc~eiate merit in one anoth r. Carrie l•'inney 9 2-3. I A small portion of the mt'mbers LeRoy Henderson 7 21-27. ne€ld som thing to erad irate thPir William Ritter H2 2-!i. j germs of inertia an<i indifl.'er 11ee and .Tohn Nash 1 2-;-( they undoubt dly need Romething in Earnest Mc:Clellurnl the dedared the form of a tonic for their f Pt·ble winner of the event spoke well and wa I suciety , pirit which has degenerat d a very formidable competitor from to absolute zero. the .:tart. All of the other rivals can I Let us be of a g neruus spirit not be classified in any other cla ' I and hope for thf' inaugeration of than that of excellent us they all !some wholesome :.;pirit of loyalty and delivered their dedamations well, I devotion to the Philo Society that dii,playing rare ability. The meet- will counteract th" many distractions ing held on April 23d was alive with I which enter in. interest and was one of the mo t in- The meeting held on April 2:3d. teresting met>tings of the year. was one of the most entPrtaining The meeting was characterized by meetings of the year. The deelaim– the splendid music and exte111pora- ing and the excellent music rendered neousspeaki1,g. Mr. John Nash read were the chief featurf's of the pro– an interesini; essay which sho\\'ed grammes and the soeiety .was favured .xor.1e ~erious thought and Mi,s .Jen- with a vo~al olo by Miss elle Ptte Orr delivered an oration which Catherine Turnbull which was highly wa~ above the average. appreciated by all present. A very inter"sting debate was held Phi lo Society. on the question, ''Resolvt-d that Flag -- Rushes should be Prohibited." and ev- The mf'rit .ind success of the Philo I ery phase of the question 11·a:; dealt lllPl:'tings will distingui h the year with and carefully weighed and con– naught six from all others and the sidered by both affirmative and neg– yP.1r \\'ill stand pre-eminent nmong atiYe. Mr. L. T. Marshall and Mr.