o* m HMVpawrv up ?, i I MBfflSuyyivi 1 1/ . V "^0\J \NV u 'if ivt' - j . BLvK-— — f V EARLHAM COLLEGE RICHMOND, INDIANA From a Student’s Point of View FROM A STUDENT S POINT OF VIEW & OW that I have completed my Freshman year at Earlham, I enjoy looking back over its varied events. I recall the day in September, 1909, when I found myself on the interurban headed for Richmond. Of course I might have taken a steam train, but I chose the interurban because these cars stop at the Earlham gate. When I got off at the Earlham entrance, I looked down the long avenue of large forest trees Page two ENTRANCE TO EARLHAM EARLHAM HALL, GIRLS’ DORMITORY Page four to a group of ele- gant buildings ar- ranged in a sort of quadrangle. I started for tbe beautiful old red brick building, with the big white p. liars, just at the end of the avenue, which I understood to contain the su= perintendent’s of= fice. Upon my ar= rival I was told that it was the old= est of all the build- ings and that at one time it was the BUNDY DORMITORY we entered I was more than pleased with the interior. The spacious parlors and the large Christian Association room ap= pealed to me, and I was told that nearly all the fellows attend the Y. M. C. A. prayer meetings. entire college plant. But now, except for the superintendent ’ s office, dining room, and stu= dents’ parlors, it is used en- tirely as the girls’ dormitory and is large enough to accom= modate one hundred and eigh= ty girls. After I had registered in the office, a very cordial fellow came up, saying that he was a member of the Y. M. C. A. reception committee and that he would show me my room. We then started for Bundy Hall. As we approached the building I was at= tracted very much by its outside and as Pagfc five Then we went up to a suite of three rooms which he said belonged to my roommate and my= self, and that either of us could go to bed at any time without disturbing the other. Three rooms for two of us ! I thought that was very much like being at home. Electric light, steam heat, shower and tub baths on every floor. Everything com venient. My guide informed me that in addition the basement contained baths and lockers for the athletes and even a pressing shop. After looking about a little I started for the treasurer’s office which, they told me, was in Lind= ley Hall. On my way I met another fellow, a mem= ber of the Y. M. C. A. reception committee. I learned from him that Lindley Hall, which is the largest building on the campus, contains the well= known Joseph Moore Museum of twen= ty=five thousand specimens, var= ious laboratories, the chapel, and recitation rooms. So far everything seemed to be in my favor and I was well pleased. I went to the treasurer and asked what it was to cost me a year, in- cluding board, tuition, and other necessary ex= penses, such as light, heat, laundry, etc. The catalog was right. Only $250.00. When I con= sider, a year later, the quality of what we re= ceived for that sum, I am convinced that only a large endowment made it possible. Page seven LINDLEY HALL Anxious to see the entire college plant I again went out on the campus and it looked to me as though there were forty acres or more cov= ered with trees and shrubbery and with drives laid out in an artistic way. Page nine I strolled over toward the building labeled 1 ‘ Library.” LIBRARY Page ten LIBRARY, INTERIOR When I went in an attendant showed me all through it. He said that there I had access to twenty thousand volumes as well as to all the important magazines. I was very much impressed with this. Page eleven PARRY HALL Page twelve Then I went around to Parry Hall. I ventured in and for the first time met a Professor. He seemed to take an interest in even me. He asked me several questions as to what I was interested in and showed me through the building, which was devoted entirely to Chemistry. He suggested that there were other departments at Earlham that might inter= est me just as much. The remainder of the afternoon I spent in 1 ‘ tak= ing in things.” When a big bell rang, a fellow came around and said he would take me down to dinner. About two hun= dred students were seated in a large dining room in Earlham Hall, four boys and four girls at each ta= ble. Students are assigned a certain table for a whole term and thus each group of eight become very well acquai nted and often have camp=fire breakfasts and ‘ £ table reu nions . ’ ’ “TABLE PICNIC” Page thirteen I continued to feel very much, pleased over the prospects and the next day walked over to see Richmond. It is about a mile and a half to the center of the city, and while walk- ing over I met a Richmond business man who asked me if I were an Earlham student. After telling him that I was and how cordially everyone treated me, I asked him if I were an exception. He said, “Oh no! that’s the ‘Earlham Spirit.’ She stands for the spirit Men and women come to Earlham not merely to learn ‘how to live’ but ‘to live.’ You remember that ‘the chief end of man is action, not thought.’ ” Richmond proved to be a splendid city, with modern stores, cordial busi- ness men, handsome churches, no slums, and a general well-kept appearance. They say it is “panic proof.’’ Earlham students have access to the Morrisson-Reeves Library, containing thirty-six thousand volumes. It is one of the best in the state. BRIDGE OVER WHITEWATER RIVER LEADING TO THE BUSINESS CENTER of service and democracy. Page fourteen MORRISSON-REEVES LIBRARY, RICHMOND, INDIANA The next day regular school duties began. Everyone fathered in the chapel arid there the President made an appro= priate little talk. As I looked about and saw three or four hundred students I thought everyone was very happy. I be= gan then to realize that there were other fellows to whom this was a new exper= ience. According to rule I talked with some of the Professors about my course. All emphasized the fact that Earlham stands for a liberal education and for culture. They said, also, that a large number of Earlham men and women had made excellent records in scholarship at the leading Universities in this country and in Europe. Chapel, Seating 1000 Page sixteen Then I was shown the possibilities for men strong in science, how there is a greater demand for science teachers than the college can supply. Also the demand for engineers was mentioned and the opportunity one has at Earlham to lay an excellent foundation for that sort of work. Or if I were interested in law, I might specialize in history and economics. I found that many students take a pre=medical course which prepares them well for the best medical schools. Other students are interested in languages, both ancient and modern. Especially is this true of the girls. Page seventeen I decided, however, to specialize in Biology, and before the CLASS IN BiOLOGY year was over I had become very much interested in the laboratory work. Page eighteen Some students seemed to think m athematics the only thin6 and many of the upper classmen were out at the observatory a £reat deal of the time during the year 6azin6 at the stars and the “comet.” “GAZING AT THE STARS Page nireteen That evening about half past four I went to my room and was surprised to see so few fellows in the hall, but on looking out on where many of them were. There are enough courts to accommodate thirty or forty peo= pie, and the £>irls as welL as the boys use them a £reat deal. THE TENNIS COURTS Page twenty I went out to the athletic field and saw about fifty men playing football. I had assumed that athletics was for the “ football eleven” or the “baseball nine,” but this si^ht was sufficient to convince me that athletics was for everyone — at least at Earlham. There were a number of ‘ ‘ co=eds ’ ’ sitting in the £rand= stand cheering the boys on, and I felt a little lonely standing there watching the other fel- lows play, so the next evening I put on my to£s and went out. I was not quite able to make the team myself, but some of the other freshmen did. It seems that Earl= ham develops her ath- REID FIELD Page twenty -one FOOTBALL TEAM, 1909 STATE CHAMPIONS, 1910 STUDENTS’ PARLOR letes, although a num= ber of high school stars are attracted to her. Several of the men who made the track team this spring had been training for two or three years. From time to time the Christian Associa- tions give big socials in the students’ parlor. Everyone goes and it certainly is a great place to get acquainted - — with the girls. Page twenty-four FARLHAM HALL IN WINTER The fall term went by in a hurry and I enjoyed my work immensely. With the opening of the winter term new fea= tures were introduced. When the heavy snows came we went bob=sleddin£. Then often we found £ood skating down on the bi£ college pond below the barn. SKATING POND Page twenty-five Oratory came in for its share of interest. That man Pennington won the State Contest at Indianapolis, and then went out to Omaha and won the Interstate, which puts him in the same class with Beveridge and LaFollette, both of whom are inter= state winners. Earlham has won first place in. the state contest for the last three years, but look at the record for that : EARLHAM’S RECORD IN STATE ORATORICAL CONTESTS Year Winner LEVI T. PENNINGTON Year Winner 1910 Earlham 1909 Earlham 1908 Earlham 1907 Notre Dame 1906 De Pauw 1905. De Pauw 1904 Earlham 1903 {De Pauw jEarlham, 2d. 1902 Earlham 1901 [Indiana {Earlham, 2d. 1900 ( De Pauw jEarlham, 3d. 1899 f De Pauw {Earlham 2d. 1898 ( De Pauw jEarlham, 3d. 1897 Hanover 1896 \ De Pauw {Earlham, 2d. 1895 Earlham 1894 De Pauw 1893 (De Pauw {Earlham, 3d. Page twenty -six Then a little later everyone was talking about debates. The team was chosen by a number of preliminary “tryouts” in which even I took part. The boys won from C. C. HAWORTH (Captain) Cincinnati University and from Albion College, which has for years held the championship in the state of Michigan. Each debater was given a beautiful gold medal as well as a cash prize. RECORD OF EARLHAM DEBATES Year Opponent Winner 1910 Albion Earlham 1910 Cincinnati University Earlham 1909 Wabash Earlham 1909 Butler Butler 1908 Wabash Wabash 1908 Butler Butler 1908 Otterbcin Earlham 1907 __ Wabash Earlham 1907 _ 1906 1905 Butler -Albion Butler Butler Albion Earlham 1904 Butler Earlham 1903 Butler Earlham 1902 De Pauw Earlham 1901_ _ Indiana Earlham 1900 _ Indiana, Earlham 1899 Indiana Earlham 1898 De Pauw DePamv Debating Team, 1910 Page twenty-seven V. D. NICHOLSON Debating Team, 1910 Page twenty -eight H. L MORRIS Debating Team, 1910 The spring term, is the best of all. I worked very hard to make the track team and actually did make it. This is the time of year when “ hay rides ” and picnics are so pleasant. It was during the spring term that the Earlham chorus rendered the great oratorio, “The Messiah.” All who are musically inclined certainly have splendid op= portunities at Earlham. Commencement week still lives in my memory, especially the class play. Then another thing which impressed me so much was the returning of so many Alumni. I believe they love “Old Earlham” even better than I do. They seem to be doing things wherever they are. Some of them are lawyers, some are college pro= fessors, some are business men, some are Y. M. and Y. W. C. A. workers, etc. When you look at them you feel that a college education certainly pays. This one year at Earlham has meant so much to me and I have enjoyed it so welL that I am going to bring some students back with me in the fall. After com= Page twenty-nine mencement I was talking with a classmate of mine who lives in the east and he says he already has two men on his list who are coming to Earlham with him next September. Page thirty EARLHAM TRACK RECORDS 100-Yard Dash — Conrad, 9 % seconds, 1910. 220-Yard Dash — Conrad, 21% seconds, 1910. 440-Yard Run — Brown, 51% seconds, 1910. 880-Yard Run — Coppock, 2 minutes, 5% seconds, 1903. Mile Run — Shoemaker, 4 minutes, 42 seconds, 1903. 120-Yard Hurdles — White, 16% seconds, 1908. 220-Yard Hurdles — White, 26% seconds, 1908. High Jump — Conrad, 5 feet 10y 3 inches, 1910. Broad Jump — Conrad, 22 feet 4% inches, 1910. Pole Vault — Conrad, 11 feet 1% inches, 1910. Discus Throw — Stanley, 110 feet, 3 inches, 1910. 16-Ib. Hammer Throw — Smelser, 124 feet, 10% inches, 1907. 16-lh Shot Put — Stanley, 39 feet 9 inches, 1910. Mile Relay — Brown, Sanders, Barnhart, Winslow, 3 minutes, 38 seconds, 1910. SUMMARY OF YEAR 1909=1910 Football Team tied for Secondary Championship. Basketball Team won the unquestioned Champion- ship among Secondary Colleges. Baseball Team was forced to use raw material, but at end of season was playing exceedingly fast ball. Track Team won Secondary Championship of In- diana, defeated De Pauw and Miami in dual meets, and hustled Purdue. Won State Tennis Tournament. Won State and Interstate Oratorical Contests. Won Debates from Cincinnati University and Al- bion College. Page thirty-one THE NICHOLSON PRESS Richmond, Ind.