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Newspaper
Hanover College Triangle
Location
Hanover, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1911
Page
4
A student column questions the lack of enthusiasm for the basketball season this year and asks if a surprise against Franklin on Friday could lift spirit. The piece suggests a town-wide celebration after the game to improve community mood.
A joint meeting of the Y M C A and Y W C A is scheduled for Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. Residents and members are urged to attend.
A bashful man recalls a failed social moment when complimenting a woman on her age. He tried a graceful line but caused her to redden and retreat, then quipped that he did not mean it. He asks how he should have phrased it.
A reminiscence recalls William Thomas Keith, once a clerk with Charles Lamb, who received a book from Lamb with a lamblike inscription. The flyleaf states: William Thomas Keith, from Charles Lamb, and notes that in this book the interest increases the further you progress.
Recent meetings of several literary societies were active as term ends and required work looms. Officers are commended for guiding the adoption of the new faculty rulings and the sessions reflect diligent effort.
At the February 25 gathering Union Lit men drew a good crowd and covered many topics. Speeches by Farrell Almond McLaughlin Montgomery and K Montgomery impressed attendees. A lively debate on the next worlds fair location favored San Francisco over New Orleans with Teeple R Millar Johnson for the negative and McLaughlin Rogers and R Millis for the affirmative.
The Chresto Society held a Friday meeting with a program of essays and declamations by Helen Cain Mary Booz Jeanette Neleigh Ethel Niles Mabel Tweedy and Lola Wilson An oration by Mary Lombard on Passing of Leadership A debate on Ham Let’s sanity favored the affirmative with Mary Hawk and Mary Chapman in the opposing camp
Ten members debated the motion at a recent Philal meeting with heavy participation due to increased work. The forum centered on the resolution that patents should not confer monopolies, featuring George Boyer Carlyle P Gordon Vancil Iddings Averitt Watts Hufford and Sellars.
Christian Association at the Assembly hall Saturday night March 4 at seven thirty. Attend and bring a friend. Dress smart, smiles encouraged, and good cheer expected.
Wabash students triumph in the oratoriacs contest as the state event continues. Hanover’s delegate remains to be chosen due to other duties, with a likely selection this spring.
A long ago elephant stamp hoax fooled several philatelists by promising a single rare stamp showing an elephant with a bird’s beak and wings. The scheme claimed a New York collector possessed the only copy from a doomed republic. In truth, no such stamp existed and rivals confirmed none were genuine.
Professor Blackie recalls visiting Coleridge at Highgate in a biographical sketch. He notes two vivid details: Coleridge was old and infirm, and he claimed to have discarded speculative philosophy finding sole satisfaction in the first chapter of the gospel of John.
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