1916 Cedrus Yearbook

19 16 PIGLO HALL Philo Society 0NCE more our constitution has been radically changed by action of the Faculty,and once more we have recovered from the shock and come forth a better and more purposeful society. The change referred to was the abolition of compulsory literary performance. As might have been expected,quite a few have dropped out of the society as a result of this ac- tion. But instead of weakening the society it has strengthened it. Those who have left us are of course individuals who took little or no interest in the society,and were in fact a clog to progres- sive action. With their removal only those are left who wish to profit by the exercises. Tho there was a loss in quantity,there was a rise in average quality. Pardon us for patting ourselves on the posterior expanse of our cephalic epidermis; but we think we have the best programs that any literary society has given in Cedarville College for several years. We have in a definite and united manner taken Up a line of work which cannot but prove of educational and cultural value, the study of a number of poets of England and America. The first program was devoted to Kipling,the next to Tennyson,and so on. We purpose to study the poets of Ohiosome time in the near future,and then perhapsthe poets of Greene county. The programs already given have been attended by closely packed audiences. Ouraim has been,and is, to make each program better than the one before. Ed. 67