The Gavelyte, October 1913

CEDARVILLE COLLEGE 5 welcomed us. Tihein a preiac,lher g;ive u1s, a talJk ,and t'hen the Presid n ,t, why he u·p and welico,med m,, a .secionld :tia:ne ,and I rth,o,ught he must be espedi•al'ly gl,ad to see me, 'cams,e 1he '}1ooked rig,hrt at me, and I wasn't doin· not'hin' bad, e,irt;her. "'Doc," (rthrut'·s hillil) said that Mr. " Jerk-it" wa,s trea,s:urer ·andr t1h1art we ,sihioulid pay •our "intuition" to him. ·well, after C'hapel, I found rhim and re•arny I ne•ver talked to such a leng,tby listener in ,a,Jl 1rny l.iife. The next day me and "Skininy," (thart's, my TO'Om-imate) w nt to olass and our first cl-ass was in Prof. Al1am.'s r•oom, who mo,ved just across the 1 h-atll from M'ie•s RH:cihie. No explanation is given for this change, and I'm sure I 1 srhoru,Mn?t wor,ry mry 'head over rt. Well, next, Skinny and me, we wenrt into Geiriman -and s,a.y ! ju sit to hear that teac'ber 1Jalk .in German was a 1cfa'CUS ! A feiw days later ,a r eception was announced at ch 1 aip·e1l fior the new studen•tc: and I deteinn,ined to go. Now in Cedarivil,le you have to get a girl to go ,any pliace. So I sayis, to rnysrelf, " I mrirg;h t as well be.gin a sp,airkin' now ·as• any time." An!d· s,o I piidrn out a real g,eI1Jtle lo 1 oking gal and I wrulk1s, up rto 'er ,so-rt of trembily like· and I says, "May I •brave ,the presump,tion ·to a,s 1k •t!he tfavo,r 01' it:he exqurisHe ibhs·s of your company to the receptfon Frild,ay n•i,ght." We11, ,,he s1ort of ,gig,g,1-ed and blushE'cl and didn't say 1aniyitbiI11g. Trhen I got afrn,id ,S/he d 1idn't under– s•tancl, so I blunted orut: " In ,othe,r wo,rds will y,ou s 1p-ark with m e ?'' •At trhat s•he ,giggled wio;rse .t!'D.an ever and I ,got red in the ,face and then she •says, "Yes," and I says, "I' 1 m sro glad." We11, from then to Frriday night I fairly wa:lked. ODJ air. II didn't c1are a hit the next day when I as,ked what irt meant to •get 1situn,g •and ,E"1O,me, boy,s say tihat IProf. Lann– ing kept a •b,ive 1 O-f bees in Ms, hl!bo•rato,ry and let the,m sting all Fresh– men who didn't be!h,ave. 'iV-ell, on Friday we w-en't ,to, t!h'e rie•crepHon, t •he g,al and me. After the rec c,p-tion whEIIl we wenrt h,o,me, I thoug'hrt I -b'ad ,made a good im– pression on he-r, ,so I a:sks •anothe,r t,r1i 1 al ·rund srhe s,lams th-e d-oor in my face. Hut fat!her! I 1S1tm owe the liiV'ery biiH and 'P~eas,e! 1 won't d•o it again, soon The we-aJtheir is all r 1ain at Ced,arville. The to,wn is ~ ome we t. Tlbe boys, s,ay irt's 01b-out •td.1I111e for "'Doic" t •o, c-om•e aga1h. "Skinny" has only kicked me· out of 'bed four times, brnken two win– dow panes 1an'd t •hree chai·rs since we began roo.mling together. Don'rt forget the money. Your son, l\ fi.ss F1udge-Co1me here, Paul. Paul T.--I'll do anyth'inig for you. MAX AXE. Profs . AHen and Lan,ning recently s,p,e,n1t Sabha.th at Clifton as– sisting Rev C. M. R1itc'hiie, orf the U. P. ,dhu.rrc'h. Prorf. Allen gave an excellent address on "Tlhe Importance o,f Bi'ble Study."