Abbeville progress. (Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, La.) 1913-1944, 1917-01-20


- ''"uth paraded its twenty enllsre
"'iiD'rN and jeered az Adelphi. whic
,"d'u oiiE produce fifteen. In Tho IN
'"''i'" produced its first governor
''" '"r three years swept I'm an the I'm
- - N'"H"'Ie youngsters on the Strenctl
III 81 me glorious future which tho s,cic,,
al generously provided IT'S members 7,
''e sos the two societies huiIt Gr,
- .''''',' "'ad heat IN cost and equip
= ''l'l''' ana started out on the long tosE
r. of paying for them.
u Alter that the rivalry Spreod opt into
" i"nS skirmiSh line with bunJr,d
'.-'''"s points. We owed more mopa,.
> IMAM Adelphi did-but we puIIod 90
~fander lecture courses TN, ho,
'"'no-Dut we had two magnificent
r'"Sler buNts of Cicero and Dem,s.
'"'h'S. They had more Interstate oro
'"'cai winners than we-but v.o b,d
' vice rs many debate winners Tbo,.
"'u 'lied and decorated walls in tb,fr
"''''hS haII--but we had snIandi,t
NJ "' leather upholstered chair. n.
were ritualiStic: we vere ,lr.,,.,i,..,,
'''','' ih'y were careless in parIio-
century Practice; we held firmly -
,.' '""I rules and grew rich in fines
'"'F would START dchate an rho =.
..'"niIity OF Cub" and end il on tb. a., /
'""'Iiity OF Whi>EorS. ON m, OH.
''Ilu' they charged that al t.o onJ -
+ o. '"ft\ five minute or9tiou L,. ,,.., -
our lending men. during NV rrash,,.,,
-, '"e speaker had to wakcp tbs
chairman In order that the resi- Of rho
'"''e'y might be fined for sIconfno IN
''''E point we viewed each other win
'O''" ana defiance. II added zrst - Il
our meetings and made hard vorl. -
pleasure. II made us outdo o,,,,.,I,.,,',
'"'h year in our annual omen p..,i,,,,,
u" winch the outside world v.,. ;,,,.i.7, |
In. '',H 'ila' reminds me thar away back /
"''ul nine o'clock | started to RON |
',',Nl one OF these same open uaatin,,,
w men ! shall now do or forever hnI,i
NY peace 'o'"
ne years rivalry always cuImin,tod
To '"'Se open meetings We beid ~, !.
'H succeeding Thursday nights in en-, n
"'e spring. FIRST AdeIubi norc,.,,,'', II;
nile we Gnothautii sat win ,,,,,',, KID
'.,.N ana Tried not to show ON, "
'"uSeihrnt AT their bOyiSh efforts m, II
M week we unclaimed our so,rina TX
81 orators md most pcppory dcbotarS M
u" must say that the AdaIDbjan. f., e
u "u'l'hce always acted like , In, 80 =
'n"''fi' 50 far as appreciation of tr,,.. =,
N""ii went. Then we spent tba no1-, =
at d~i"FSinc each Others last ,,o,, -
: ana preparing for the next disr..,, q
NO one. realized better tbo, r w
me WIS Il loyal member of Ono *,
'u''i l was not doing my fun sb,r. -
MAINTAIN her glory. ! attended ro,,, 80
~ PAID as much In fines rs ,,,or, ~ ~
0ou,u hoId my own against opv -=-
&c AdeiphianS in rough-ond-+,,,,
'"ih apout our merits ON thu MO-
"puS' But as debater. nm oro,o,
u ne winner or any sort of II fu,,,ro
Ut member, | was a ghastlv foiluro ut {
ad not contributed a peep 70 Tho laug
he OF the society. 1t worried mo m blu
realized that there must be humble 10
Up followers and sapperS and minor, Orat,
very army as well as tall to,.o.i sOcie
huihehts OF gold braid. Tbar him
cred up and began to san and min, This
'iphi to the very best of NV ohiI;.. eithe
haraSSed Adelphi from every ouor as +;
ala II unremittingly and reiont but
ly. If ! could NOT mike c,otL.'i,, out !
I'd | could ut least keen ,da,1,i phi c
ried. I harassed theru h,. -, gin Il
'ie basement and turning our their care
IS. | coaXed a waterma,o,, 90. impoI
"h'er""'h over into ours. To. cii"Se
or WIN Tom Andrews / persuodod TO see
udrkleS from the town TO On into | Ia
meeting and sing banjo seIoo me al
: The frivolous Ade,nbi,,, n.y., days
ri them with great relief ma, fine il
RS gave a final encore fro,, ~ To he
door with line of ratroo. - lege.
a. "rote that encore myself II PM
III about Adelphi. and / sin tbini. glnnin
$ my finest literary effort and th
nj spring il was evident ave, 80 TO ct
hat unless sonetbi,, - ~ he cou
done, Adelphi would make our CHI
meeting sound like pale. tfmud was
III churchyard. Adplphi wos "'ecu'
~! prosperous. She had the in ,''ii'eril
u orator. She had the best de- 'i'Ne
III SCHOOL She had bumoriS, I"r
was in tremendous d.,,,,1'' ~ for his
, affairs. She had ., ', !" "Pete
al received genuine money from you s.
tuaI magazine, and she had 9 you per
I which sang original SONGS 'hau'l
Il this we had notbin,, an. g = our mic,
~ to put up. except a poor old patriot.
,ho taught school for several storm.
before coming m coII,,,, -, II did
verse made the college paper arrange
IiAculty. We were greatly de- didh =
over the outlook. Went 10
how felt that this was M, i''''H'.
10 90 great deed for my so- ~" ,''''
oi by Grating for it-fbe td.., >','"''
g cold Shiver>-but by putting "",I "'
mo OF crimp in the Adplr,hi anu i''''
l. mis- was a most uncon- ~ =,
Feeling to have. because . ,,''''',i -
ave the slightest idea how 10 , ~" " .'
out. No crude methods ike ~. ,r,,'' ''''''l'
uiNuiphide I'm The hall or cur Luz, -"' resi-
,he neat. would do That wour5 - "'
mining race by hiring some an ~. W ,' d
''d ones rival. had 10 make - =,
smear up It's own meeting. NJ. wv VI
an awful ambition. N8s MI ~ ,....,. y,
fSed by plans five sizes too N,s f,. -,
me- They E.,,- ,, I've '''' ''