Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-04-29
SHEPHERD COLLEGE NOTES.


Springs indicate that the Round Table
meeting at that place last Friday and
saturday was big reunion of alumni
ana former students of Shepherd Col
leee, rs the greater portion of the $50
teachers present had made their
preparation in the local norma
school. Guy r. Avey, of the clas1
OF lel2, principal of the Great Cacapon
nigh school. was one of the speakers.
having been assigned TO discuss the
rlGid enforcement of the compul-
sorry school law A member of the
class of 1910, Wilson p. Sperow, prin-
cipal of the Bunker Hill high school.
was elected moderator for the mex
session, which will be held at
keySer in the spring of 1921, anG
Miss Virginia Rider, secretary. A
feature of the programs was the music
directed by Miss Pauline Sallade, of
Berkeley Springs, a very popular
student in the Shepherd College Sum
mer School last year.
Miss Ella May Turner, Miss Eta
Williams, Miss Jessie Trotter and Mr.
Paul r. Morrow represented the Shep-
herd College faculty at the meetings.
They brought back good reports of the
proceedings and an appreciation of the
reception accorded them by the Berke-
ley Springs teachers.
The enrolment at Shepherd College
has been steadily increasing until now
III students are here for the spr No
term. Five more are expected within
the next few days. Three of them arc
coming from Hampshire county. but
their appearance will not di:placc
Hardy as the ranking county next TO
Jefferson in the number of students
enrolled. Quite a little interest las
been aroused among the counties, since
the young people from Hardy met
few weeks ago to form the first coun-
ty organization in Shepherd College.
George P. Ludwig. of Rio, was elect
ed president, Irene Didawick, of
/ WardcnSvillc, secretary, and ]. Allen
I Hawkins, publicity manager. A few
/ days later, Hampshire, very close
rival, delegated Ray Power, of Creek
vale, as their president, and Wilda B.
Hannum, OF Levels, secretary. Tuck
representatives named Goldie Kidwell,
of Davis, president, and designated
Gertrude DeniSon, of Aurora an6
Georgia b. Phelps, of Davis, cor
respondents. Now there is stir
among the Berkeley crowd and Sula
i'OeHavcn promises that there will be
something doing to make the other
counties sit up and take notice. Alto
gether there is ali increased activity
among the young people to secure new
students and nearly every day Prcsi-
| dent Miller or some teacher is given the
name OF a young person who is look
ing toward Shepherd College
The enrolment for the spring shows
/ 81 from Jefferson county, % from
Hardy, II from Berkeley, l6 from
! Hampshire with three more to come.
from Tucker and from Morgan with
another on the way. The remainder
of the students represent distant coun-
| ties and the States of Virginia and
| PENNSYLVANIA.
| Berkeley county takes some consola-
! tion in a consideration of the enroll
ment fer the whole year. since ii give9
our neighbor second place among tho
counties. The whole year enrolment
to date gives Jefferson 100, BerkeleJ
81, Hampshire 27, Hardy 27. Morga'
/ Is, Tucker 8, Washington, Md, 4. Pres
ton B, Fulton, Pa, 3, Pendleton ?
Grant 2, Hawkins, Tenn. 2, and onu
each from Mineral, Randolph, Nc.
/ bowel, Wetzel, Monongalia, Adams.
Pa, Ford, Kansas, Frederick. Va,
| Pockingham, Va, and Washington, ID
{. Thus the enrolment, including
those who will enter May lst, will,
reach 248, which is 81 more than last
year, and considerably higher than il
has been since the war.
/ TTerc was a big conference of
/ Christian association workers from the
normal schools and colleges of West
. ' rg.n.a held in Morgantown last Fri
say. Saturday and Sunday. Shepherd
oil ge sent Ruth A. Myers and Bess
eim as delegates. Miss Keim re-
turned by way Of Elkins for visi with
'tr tome folks, so she was not present
/ % make rcporI yesterday morning
+ h~E Miss Myers was called on at the
chapel hour for an account of the ad-
iress and plans set forth at the meet
ing. Our delegates incidentally visit
cd with former Shepherd College
students now in the University an
. found time to accept the courtesy OF
Mrs: c. B. Ollie, formerly of Shep-
herdStown. who took them for a pleas
ant drive about the city.
Ever since our boys made their trir
10 HagerstOwn two weeks ago, the,
have bSen quietly waiting for their op-
7ortunt' TO show the Washington
County High School lads the superiority
of our skill at the great American
came o. baseball Jupiter Pluvius
took a vacation long enough TO perm,
tne contest on the local field yesterday
whcn a great frOlic was held. Lud-
wig has been nursing a stiff neck for
a few days but yielded to the wishes
of his friends who wanted to see him
pitch Had he been in good trim there
IS no telling whether a Hagcrstown
player could have reached the first
corner As it was, he struck on