, 1908-09-26
HHPPENIkGS OF THE MEEK
IN LERENIE SOCIETY.
By BESSIE HAILEY o 0

and pleasure to continue devoted SER
vice. There Is no such word as fail
in her vocabulary Of the university
and she looks forward with Joy to the
future heights Of labor and achieve
ment for IT, Prot. Ridgaway could
see nothing but hope in the present
outlook. and confidently predicts a stu.
dent body numbering 1000 within five
years. He Is absorbed In his chosen
profession and turns energetically to
the task Of the long gull and the
strong pull all together which will,
achieve a great future for the school.
Prof. Stoner spoke of President Mer-
lea In a very eulogistic way, saying
they were old %neighbors in the long
ago. In her connection with strong
educators in various institutions, she
has never seen his superior. Wyo-
ming now offers more to her women
than any other STATE. Lieutenant Co
burn made a most favorable impress.
sion in his first appearance in his new
capacity. He promises to throw all
his energy into the betterment of his
department and his ambition Is to have
the hest corns If cadets IN tbe conn.
trv. He will rive heartv .,,nnor. o,a
co-onerat;on ut ali tiues 70 ~. nras,.
lent and fe,lowmemhers Of the facr,.
tv mr. Downev anotbar ahnmnus ot
the university, was pleasingly remin-
istic, pointing out the superior advant
ages enjoyed by the students of the
present era and s,v,ne abe often w,sh
eS she .cnu,d bava hoa tba ~tro,ning
provided NV the enlarged courses. -,
todav-wished indeed that eba co,,d
begin all over again ana occunv ono
q, Miss Adsit,s little red cboirs p,o,
Fitterer smoke for the new members
and his talk waa one ~ tho gem. ~
the evening He touched with much
svmpatbv mon the nosition If tho old
err members onotinn H. ccr,n+u-a
which dectares that "yo,r o,d mon
snail nee r,sions and ,o,r ro,ng uon
shall dream dreams In hi. on,nior
the vounp workers w,,l d. wo,, ~ nj,
'ov in the ,o,,stena ~ those vh,
have horne the burden ord hoo. "a
the dav in ~lavtny foundations s-t,Ivinv,
always tn fulfll the lofty dream. for
service and achievement in the inatI,
tution which already stands sacond IN
" to their alma matters in their love,
and LOYALTY Miss Ads,t re1.tod an,
anecdote Of her recen+ Wait IN tho,
east when sba ass,ste., IN. the caIoh.e
tion Of tho sixth ~ the SON,
of a friend The youth anr.aoro. IN
his frat suit and Miss Ads;t remarked
How nice Won do Iookln onicl came,
he r~esn6rSe "yoc hot ver ne ola,
girl, I'm GLAD I'm alive Che on,noa'
that while IT Womb ba scarco,u rroror.
to address President Crar,,n 10 "o1a
how" in the nresent c;rcuuatancos
she was going to sav "she was Glad
she was alive ANYWAY and ass,,ra
him that su arrreoiated tho -occastan
ami wanted to come AGAIN nr p,ct,.
called attention 4, The lateness ~ the
hour and to tho we'll known fact that
'.The longer the smoke tbe yreater H.
tire" He briefly e~mnhasizad the qrea.
opportunities betore the normo1 Dc
partmert ana axrressaa NJ. aa,,gh+ a,
the pr,vjlepe of bavinr . bond IN Il.
~deyelopment. Mr.. p,,rraya was urged
tn sneak from the viewnoint ~ a nav
benedict and gave come gooa odvics
tn HE former comnanions in ~.,rgIo.
hlessedness. mr. wargeland .5wel. nm.
on the fac, that n had bean her nr,vI
leee tn see great -axnans,on IN tha ~.
rions inst ,tnti WITH Witch She 10,