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HALL OF AGRICULTURE
Is ELABORATE STRUCTURE

the inside dimensions being q feet
10y 1870 feet. n u well arranged. th"
laboratori".. class rooms. stairway
aud halls being most complete
With an claborateIy carved door.
way. the entrance hall 60 the FIRST
iioor is featured with growing arches
corridor ten feet wide. with t.Ic
floor. runs the leuCth of the buIiu.
aud divides 30 through the center To
a." lott "a small room has been utfed
NJ for "a reference library. Will, ad.
joining it is laboratory and class
room - feet long 10y l5i2 feet wide.
Near the end of the corridor 20
larger room has been arranged for
the physics laboratory. This room Us
twenty-five feet wide and forty ami
one half feet long. and. with its ur.
nishings. is one uf the most important
features of the entire building.
ON the right side of the corridor.
next 10 the entrance. q general office
and smaller private Office have been
handsomely furnished \ class room
which may later be converted into a
laboratory. is next The dimcus on
OF this room are 3lt2 feet by - feet.
\ side entrance. less pretentious
than the front. faces the east. ON
one side d. the janitor's closet and
supply lift. While ON the other ar. the
toilets. BEYOND the side entrance is
large class and study room.
40i. feet by - feet
Building Flreproof.
Two iron stairways. absolutely fire.
proof. lead 10 the second floor 4
corridor. n feet wide. run, the length
of this floor and enters the main col.
lesc building. over the front eutr.nc.
is the biological laboratory. g feet
long and % feet wide. while the pro-
tcs>Cr's private office and biiauc.
room is by %. The chemistry Iabora-
tory is the largest room on the second
foo-. and is also the finest equipped
500 the building 10 is 44is feet vide
and 80 feet long. ana contains ap.
rIr1tus equal 90 that found Do auy col.
iegc
On the other side OF the corridor al
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had such an historic past. may she be-
more so Boo the future. ] was much
impressed with YOUR college song this
morning and. although I am not as
familiar with 10 as should Doe. man
aged To- catch these Few words.
For has she not stood
since the time of tho food
On th" banks 90 Tho old Buffalo
j am not a poet. but af the risk of
~recklng The whole song let me- sug
ccst these lines.
MAY she flourish and grow
TIL the millennium dlwus
ON me banks at the old Buffalo
Greetings From Butler.
i h"uHa e.. How. Th H. sNf.ra. ID
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said Mr. Cochran. els a natter OF uni
N"rsal rejoicing. wish TO extend 81
N"Td 90 welcome ro my old fellow
student Brother Champ CLARK. lie
then told Of MIR Clark s. entrance into
10" college. sut rycited n few humor-
Gus incidents which occurred during
his college life az Bethany
! remember one time. said Mr.
cochran. when We were studying TO-
fe'h'r 100 the science department He
W. senior and sophomore. o.. SAT
"a i'N seats ahead .f me. and turning
around one day. Lr said. Cochran. "
am ever candidate Tor president.
Will you vote for Mcr' Briac Ken.
lucky Democrat I promised him char D
would. and u wasn't my fault that 1
didn't 10 justice had been done and
truth had prevailed ] would have had
that opportunity"
Mr.. coehran's Address
IL was the far-seeinE mind of s.sx-
anier Campbell that boz 1-tI. placed IN
,he Charter ~ Bethsny College. the FOL
lowing provision That fhc Trustees o.
said College shall have power to estate
.~h department 81 AErirultur. In ss.I
e.llsks- While this ampi" power Was
given IN tho charter. no such d.partrr.nf.
"as ever instituted until 1871. when trt~
action was taken by th. Trustee amt
~" department 81 Agriculture e-tal.
!lh"f at the earnest request ~ Nj Earl
". tEl'iay. ~ West Virginia. "A cradu-
A." ~ Tho college AMI an advocate -
scientific agriculture
To the delight ~ the Trustees and
friends - m" Culler" AR buIrhav r-n-
fidnd o." lands and indictments Win
u.ru o. carry uu o.. U.rarftutuf ana
Ia nrallN crowned HiS Ereat rfrts o.
me 'ullrE". hv ers,fir- here. this MATCH
loss Hall wherein Instruction IN science.
AMI aEriculfur" snail hereafter le given
70 all -" students. Ir Ir other CulIse..
or University. 90 mv knowledge. in
America or Europe to-day. is there 80
superb a building devoted 90 theS.. prtr-
poses. TIE erection - The brleiav nan
~ Agriculture Ia bethany College. mems
mat great and forward etep in useful
earning BIAS here been fakcn and that
no" wisdom Of seventy VsarS ago mas
now been given new ~, ana sent forth
ON it, mission In fl- world Nav no
student in any of tie regular courses -
study. ever carry away from THIS col
l"Ee here after, a diploma. without hav-
INK upon tt the signatures % the In
structors II this department
A. To tho new BOruitorv.=
During the darkest DAYS Of the COL
lege. met here an Old graduate who.
seply depinrinE the iuwiy financial con-
dition. finally said IN regard 20 tho future
90 fh" college. There can 20 no rcsur-
rcctiOn without there is nret "a death
J c!d not then believe 800 bis application
u this d"rtrir" o. Tho affairs n TIE
COLLEGE. but since Z arm convinced fhat
something akin 10 this may lave taken
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b. chat th't ar. row beginning 20
zeal ~ Pho .mIartan.e q %. In part.
D. SEQ lu 's, Tts' our colleges
have been swing considerable atten-
u'r 'u o.. ,.4.~..sl f.uIar.uta.s Of
'- cation arI l4., taken Co.. '--la
interest lr o.. bash features TL.r,
A-- 10 .n .iu--h '.r,.e and ,tl.r Az
'.'n' .i--lar. to r-k. polished ed
1' TOTS. '-ou-h STUDY devoted to his
fIl 'O .-.H MICS o. ma,. ,ui. loo. ut
"!err. enough study 300 Tire special
p. Docs fu Fltr' fr -t-fe. lHf there
has De- nothing done Tor agriculture
''iFi SKATE .H. Tor lining with
other institutions .u taAlu- 40 SAC
Study ~ th.s important subject
U1 Goo warn ta, Young man
a-tii-t short cuts. THE broad cll-
f'r' a1d u t-f'-irr of che subject 10
SO .tf counts. l.t .t MOE TAX. up ths
special v'rN fso soon. N, NAV lIl he
20 i..s'- tW. o. th- h.lrs % day bat
fh' r,St ot o.. time wc must Boz. COM
mon people. .. .s uieuaf.l tn lI1. a.
s..h.
am glad tra, the CHRISTIAN coll
joyce etN lttiu-. History shows
mat sixteen oHf - eighteen Ir,-l-
'.'fs "f 't. United states. and eight
Our 90 Mine .ldr.s 81 the present So
10 me- bench. Wr' were educated Ia
college. were eradicate oi small de-
r"Miua'iHua colleges
This nation shall occupy a great
place 8. .u 'Ie -G4rh shall bee taught
.ron "a Christian standpoint. Rcm-m-
Der that cysrythfu. iu life is copied
from God aaI that we cannot enter
On" Kingdom above without a touch OF
Dcd. sly advice is that Bethany shall
stay ga Christian college and continue
10 teach the truths from Christian
ttaLdp ont Tor some day scieu SITS are
going To b" wise enough TO under
stand the Bible"
Chancellor Mccormick.
Samuel - Mccormick. ID. d.. chan
c'llor az the University ~ Pittsburgh.
was next Introduced by the chairman
In part. hc spoke az follows.
President Cflmti.tt. . bring 90 sou
10" EI'riins~ "n' ihr cons ratu!atl.'I- F.
o. ~" luisrrri'' OF itttstIr-h The !
dedication ot th"-- two beautiful anI I
s"fti'ahle l.tlaiug- marks a very iu- T
taut forward step 800 the u'-tnrt "f T
'ihtuE college. On This. uiI other iU- .
-iifuu"rs fsIrIt". and .I fN. l.u,af 7
thrA all mea~IfthiN share Etrr. 'nl- .
lehrrirr is dollar given q" aIl -u.n
institutions Moreover. money rufffI- .
tuted o. "u" stimulates gwen Geo t.., .
either. so that every such dollar r.tI4. .
means multitude uf dollars given O., .
%. cau~" nt education.
''rs"nail aiu Eia1 FOO 90 special .
gifts 7" care property fur students t
entrusted ?" 'ullsg. i- 90 primary 4
1utN bomltori's there fore ar. good =
To train students entrusted 60 a colieg.. +
d. also primary dutr T.i- LuIlut. D
OF ar. pglehay's. devoted o. science. ,
and agriculture. makes possible the /.
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the stage. The program was opened
with the rendition OF The Star Span
elcd Banner by Mcister's band
Or. Cramblett Presides.
Prof Thomas r. Cramblett. 4 NJ
IL. H.. president Of the college. pre-
sided as master Of ceremonies and in
reduced the sIakers Rev. J. !. Nor
gan. pastor OF the Bethany Christian
church. pronounced q fervent PRAYER.
in which he thanked God for the col
lege and its history and for the men
and women II has produced. He PRAYED
for blessing upon the students and
friends Of the college and uuon the
other institutions and interests repre-
scented In the assemblagc
Aifcr extending q cordial welcome to
all. DIR. Cramblett in a few well chosen
words introduced as the frst speaker
Of the day the Hon. VI. VI. Cochran. OF
Jniontown. Pa, the generous donor
't the Percy g. Cochran Hall. Ia be-
ginning his address Mr.. Cochran paid
q personal tribute 10 President Cramb-
lett. saying that he believed that no
man could have arranged such an oc-
cas,on 50 well. THAT he has done so.'.
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sore touch directly the higher values
90 lif,
arpur1tnu -Dm"Vn-f. .r co.." '.Hnm.r-
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lt. fI.. forces H' nature u4r -.rt ants.
.ri lat Oh become masters ir tn" mt-
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t.. SOL f.. .f -H. i..fI.
President Hedges.
Prof. Thomas D. hodges. LID
president COZ frn University OF West
\Irru uIe next introduced. and 900
900 '...Ifu. manner conveyed The
greet ... ... .Hr.r.rrl of that
u--f. Hr lu rrI. ur Hodges said
90 DEL with peculiar pleasure that
1000 permitted fp .F. part Boo this OK
'r... fI.. wl.a.. IUH ann permitted
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I'IrHt . OIL. .Iiir aI fur state.
n..I .H r"u...f".. nrsf fhe men
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tcontinued on Tenth PaSsJ
The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-11-15
The Dedicatory Exercises

''V DNN'N"tVTV IFtTCIttS
we're held in the chapel hall Of the
main college building This room
was proiusoly decorated in the college
-"lors. green and white. and presented
4 beautiful appearance. The morning
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doors OF Chicago's greatest penal con.
vent, she may help In our battle 10
liberate these thousands OF helpless
captives.
And there Is another motive I'm.
pelling her 10 want you TO know this
story. Dorothy Nichols Is still young
only twenty-five years old. She has
the same ambition with which God
has blessed us all Above all things
she longs TO succeed In life-to sue.
ceed In the best, the nohlest sense OF
the word. But after the story ! shall
tell you Just what her ambition is,
then you will understand better. II
may be that you are just the one who
can make possible the realization Of
her dream.
Personally. Miss Nichols IL a very
interesting young lady. In spite Of the
suffering that has been inflicted upon
her. Miss Dorothy Is not gloomy OF
morose. but happy and CHEEKY and
very hopeful In disposition The artist
has given US q striking likeness in the
portrait which We reproduce here
with.
Miss Nichols was born in 81. Louis
but has resided In Chicago since In
fancy. There she spent her girlhood
days. And the pity OF IL! most Of
those girlhood days we're spent In
penal servltude 70 Rome! Dorothy's
father was a Protestant. her mother
an Irish Catholic. From her babyhood
Rou,aufrna vvas instilled into Dorcthy's
very life. There we're three children
In the family. a brother, George, two
years younger than Dorothy, and q
sister, Mary Nichols. three years
older.
In 1908 poverty overlook the family
as the result Of the fathers long sick
ness. and the home was broken up
Mary Nichols went to live with fam
lily Of deyout Irish Catholics IN Chi
cago. the brother. George. remained
with the mother. while Dorothy was
sent 10 live with a family named
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jected to almost every indlEnity and
familiarity at his hands.
Finally, one day when alone in the
house with the little girl Who had
been placed In his home for protec-
ton. John Holm accomplished his
hellish object, after horsewhlpping
and overpowering little Dorothy. This
took place on the twenty-hrst day OF
January, 1904.
That evening Dorothy ran across
the street to the home OF a nelghbor, a
Mrs. Schermerhorn. aud told her ter
rible story Horrihed at the tell.tals
marks Of violence, Mrs. Sehermerhorn
called in her sister, a Mrs. Wormelsy,
who lived next door,
The states attorney az DeKalb, NJ,
was notified, and the next day Dorothy
was examined By q doctor and John
Holm was arrested and lodged In jail
at Sycamore, III, and the case was
brought before the grand jury. In the
meantime, Dorothy was given shelter
by the neighhors who had befrlended
her. AT this time there vas strong
talk OF lynching Holm.
Il Is selfevident that 9 goodly sum
of money was raised among the fire.
quenters OF the Holm resort TO protect
this unsavory brute. for Just al this
juncture the inevitable priest arrived
on the scene This particular priest
was no other than "Fathers Finn. OF
Rochelle. III, with whom WA. Lloyd
Clark debated at Rochelle April 18th,
1896, (see VIM. Lloyd Clark's book
let, The Great Debate,T page lsl
And so the Catholic drse-net wa1
frightened around another little victim.
Convent doors are ever yaVuing to
engulf in the blackness beyond all tho
Shiny secrets OF inhuman lust, pro-
ylded. of course, that the Tapist and
the seductionist can oaer financial In
dueements. So Father" Finn showed
some bogus papers that he claimed
gave Dorothy into his authority and
dragged her away from her friends tO
Continued on Page 2, Column -
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growing out Of the irst In this par.
ticular case. however. Can q human
brute who commits a nameless crime
against a little girl escape the peni.
tentiary In the state OF Illinois because
he has been protected by a convent
fun of gaunt.vlsaged. grating nuns
and certain unsavory. heayy.jowled
priests BY lmprisonlng through legal
ohicanery the victim OF his rapeg
We reproduce above a photograph
OF the last "bill" mailed by little
Viola's Romlsh female iailers 10 Henry
G. Martens Oct 3, 1912 This Is a per.
feet reproduction OF the original bill
which ls on hle In The Menace Office.
Scan this remarkable document we'll.
To me Il is a stupendous curiosityl
That peculiar court order forced from
the suplne and Rbme-fearing Walker
which committed Viola Martens to the
tender custody Of these Catholic nuns
particularly specified that this
tribute-money was 10 DO paid by
formerly Mary Martens. for the use
and behoof Of the Nazareth Academy,
for the support. education and main.
tenanee Of Viola Martens" so you can
gain some little idea Of the monumen.
tai gall and the insensate greed of
these sweet Sisters Of ST. Joseph" in
sending this bill 10 the father whom
they had robbed OF his child 10 hide
the CHASTITY deed Of Daniel Corkelll AZ
the same time Il Is refreshing and sig.
lificant TO know that this same Cor.
kell was forced 10 cell the house he
owned al 1922 Western avenue. Chi.
cago, TO raise money-for whoml BY
the way. this Daniel Corkells present
Chicago address is 223s Fullerton ave
nue..
For two months prior 70 the send.
ing OF this bill. Henry Martens had not
paid the monthly tribute. The nuns
hold-up game as legaliEed by Jadge
Walker was losing It's grip on Henry
Martens soul Something must be
done. So, happy thought. fourteen
dollars worth Of imaginary extras
were cody added to this bill, the
sucker" perhaps win not notice the
difference. and even n he does. why,
what OF itg He Is only a Protestant.
hell-bound "heretic," and, anyway.
We can drag him into court and Judge
Walker will attend TO him a-plenty(D,
OF We can drop a hint TO his "boss''
(John Murphy. OF the Chicago Rail-
ways Col and be will lose his position
oh. we can force him to take his
medicine and say he likes ltl So
reasoned 81. Joe's Sisters"
But remember. even under Judge
Walkers order (which see next week.
nothing whatever Is said about ~ex-
tras"-probably through oversight
And so ] ask every Menace reader 70
carefully note those little extra
charges-"CHAPEL WELLS. S100--
"ELOCUTION, ss.00"-"USE OF
TEXT BOOKS. ss.50''-and this in
America! Words fail me.
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~ROM countless thousands OF
d similar cases Of child.impris-
- onment amid the darkness and
the revolving misery OF the
myriad Catholic private penal lnsti.
tutions that curse this fair land, 1he
Menace has chosen this one concrete
Individual case OF little Viola Martens
with which 10 open the way for the
liberation OF all others.
For this Is a representative case.
The Catholic convent system Is the
ghastly ghoul that for gold guards at
that Nazareth Academy" at LAGRANGE,
III, behind locks and iron bars, sur
rounded on every side BY cruel. gaunt.
black-garbed female jallers. the liz.
tie golden-halred girl that they stole
By legal farce from :he home Of her
father, Henry Q. Martens, an Amer
can citizen and a PROTESTANT
With this case The Menace Is be
ginning an aggressive, ceaseless, vic
torious campaign against the Roman
Catholic conventual system, that in
defiance Of all justice. in utter mock
cry Of all law, Is today the most
shameful, the most degraded, and the
cruelest parasite that sucks the life
blood OF this nation and that In return
spews into the very veins OF the body
polite It's own unspeakably poisonous
efiluvia Of rankest immortality. Be
hind US, as we march unafraid into
this first battle for the freedom Of a
little child who has been sinned
against, We hear the steady, resist.
less, marching tread Of that vast army
OF Menace readers out on the Firing
Lines more than FIVE hundred thou.
sand strongl And remember. this win
be q fight 10 the finish. In this first
test case We shall establish once for
all in open court the answer TO this
question: Can the child OF sober,
industrious, law-abiding American citi.
zen be legally dragged from that
fathers comfortable home, legally i'm
prisoned by the order Of any Judge In
any Catholic institution and that
father forced (under penalty OF a jail
sentence) 10 pay 10 that Catholic In.
stitution twenty dollars every month
for the maintenance OF that childi
The question above states the case
simply. There is a second question
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.Doro.hy, the Stolen Witness
Just Another ClVictm Imprisoned BY Chicago Nuns to
Protect Another Human Beast-The Price Of Sealed
Eps-Eveyday Life in the Houses Of Good Shepherd"
Startling Exposures
BRUTAL CRUELTY AND BEASTLY DEGRADING OF
LITTLE GIRL PRISONERS AT THE HANDS OF NUNS

Holm. AZ shabonnA m. who we're cid
friends Of her mother'a
So. on the hfteeuth % September.
1893. the little girl arrived IN Der nov
homa Al tlss time Dorothy vaa
nearly thirteen years Old. And what
home! John Holm aud HE wife we're
Germans OF the most ignorant, vicious
type. With them lived an adopted
daughter. Alice. Who was az this time
twenty-one years of aga This homo
was near a railroad "round house"
and vas a daily and nightly resort for
railroad meni
John Holm proved AZ british as no
was ignorant For four months fol-
lowing her arrival Dorothy was sub
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ny THE oADFLr.

HrORoTHY NICHOLS came al the
II" way from Minneapolis. Nina,
IL 70 The Menace once In Aurora
20 tell the story OF a life filled
With sorrow by the unspeakable
cruelty OF Rome's devotces-a cruelty
that IA sleeplcsa dark ard relentless
as the grave. And she came honestly
working by the way 20 pay her eK.
penses on the trlp-and she came vol.
untarily. she came 10 tell this sad
story 10 The Menace. not In a spirit
Of yensofulness. but that through Civ.
ing 10 our readers plain pictures Of
the awful conditions that exist behind
those grim stone walls and ever locked
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Trucking Chicago Judge and the
Black, Cruel Sisterhood Who
Stole Viola Martens From Her
Father With the Visible Evidence
Outraged Father Seeks Legal
Prosecution Of Daniel corksll, Of
223e Fullerton Avenue, Chicago,
For the Seduction Of Little Viola
In vaIn-"NaIareth Academy" al
LAGRANGE, H., Proven Another
Catholic Prison For Little Girl
Victims Of Namelsss crimss-
More Interesting Lettsrs-start.
ling Sworn Ststementsl
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6 Noa Martens said after night the spnOlher she had
learned to love before she kidnapped from her father,
home BY Catholic BY aid Of legal farce MAMA PLEASE
PRAY WITH NE so THEY WON'T TAKE NE AWAY FROM YOU
AND PAPA DON'T SEE WHY THEY WANT TO TAKE NE
AWAY WHEN AN so HAPPY HERE MAMA, WILL 1T COST
PAPA MUCH TO GET AN APPEALi OH WHY CAN'T PAPA
GET AN APPEAL-H0W MUCH WILL AN APPEAL COST
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nrnfIsFfEn ~ - prsssrxstisa 20
A. meana 90 thla sna ws atNerats ths
ansoiIts separates - cnurrn 49,
stats TIE tanafisn 81 an ghursh prer-
srtf as ths cumruisrrr saucattea 81
sii rhllfFsn 80 - ~ sgs sf fesrtssn
Entsf~f at tks pcatencs at AureuA
Ne. a. ssesrt-riass r.attsf.
RGv. THGo. c WALKER gsltsG
MARVIN Brown. Asssslais Gssss
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ny X. GEORGE sLss, star Correspondent.
The Washington herald., 1912-05-15
MR.. BORAH ATTACKS
'CONSERYATIONISTS'
Rich Mississippi Valley Lands Are
Withheld from Homesteaders,
BE Says.

Senator William E Borah of Idaho
made a notable plea in the Senate yes
terday for the homesteader on the pub
lie domain and Incidentally attacked the
modern "conservatiOnists." His remarks
were addressed to the agricultural ap-
preparation bill. which carries the an
nual appropriations for administering
the forest service, against which many
complaints are now directed. Senator
Borah took occasion to criticize the land
policy Of Secretary Of the Interior
Fisher.
I'VE are no longer giving homes upon
the rich prairies Of the great Mississippi
Valley" said Mr.. Borah. ''The settler
must now seek the arid lands in that
country which stood for half century
marked upon our maps as the great
American desert When reclaimed, /
grant you, these lands aer fertile. When
reduced to habitation l concede they
make homes as desirable as anywhere
under the shining sun. But it takes
labor and much of IL, II takes patience
and endurance more than most men are
willing to give, II necessitates submis-
sion to isolation, to adversely, to hard
ship, to depriving, often tines, the FAM
lily of schools In order to reclaim this
land which as it lies there is wholly
worthless, which serves no one and pays
no taxes to the government"