Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1920-02-12
Early Days of Shepherd College.
No. 8.
No. 6.

nasty glance al persoBages tnat
touched my own life in the iirsT years
OF my stay at the school.
Closely associated with Price Craig
mil was Charles ]. Miller. AS my
desk was not far from Charley Mill
eIs, and as | liked TO hear him quote
Horace and scan" | would slip in
to a seat with him, but never failed be-
lore ! got away TO secure his assist
ance on my mathematics. Charley
Miller, Price Craghill and George NJ.
Knott constituted our main depend
ance when Analytical Geometry had to
C. mastered. Harry Turner and had
about the same inaptitude for mathe-
maucs, when We got beyond decimal
fractions, consequently we hovered
about these geniuSeS Of the Euclid
type. George Knott was not much on
drawing diagram or in chlrography,
bur the very dickens on thinking out
problems. Miller's work was neat,
exact, and worked out like one who
knew perfectly his ground. The two
Shepherd boys always interested me-
Aleck Shepherd was a slender, very
refined looking boy, with clear olive
most of us in vocabulary. Early in
my college life, when our class was
for some reason reciting while stand
ing, the word nausea" was in the les
son, and Prof. McMurran said tome:
what does that word mean? ?" At this
distance blush to say did not know.
what is it, Aleck ?" said Mr.. Murran.
/ Aleck put the end of his finger on the
/ pit of his stomach, ducked his head
suddenly forward, and opened his
mouth. | challenge anybody to define
nausea" better. never see the word
without recalling that piece OF acting.
/ Davis Shepherd, the younger brother,
was 10 my mind our most gifted speak
er. | do not know what DAVIS did
with his talents in that line, but,
though small, the boys voice pene-
trated to the length of any ordinary
building, and had power ana pathos
/ that were extraordinary. HIS ele-
ment was Cataline's defiance when
banlshed from Rome.
Hugh Allen | recall for his broad
Virginia pronunciation and for his
general lovableness. lin Ransom was
my chum. He was slim, with very
smali hands and feet, wore glasses
and spoke in low tones. He was
born gentleman. When first knew
him he was very much in love, and
was probably the first boy to tell me
of his heart affairs. We used to go
to see Laura Lee together
Inc Osborne boys, Ed and Horace,
we're always associated with THAI
cavalry troop that rode to college daily
| from the western sections of the coun-
| ty. Some of these boys recall vivid
ly, such as Shep Hollis, Earl Glenn.
with the two Lucas boys, Vince and
Ed. know well that when snow was
on the ground and those boys came to
school in their sleighS, we who
boarded" in town had no chance with
our girls. A snug sleigh and a good
morse, and plenty of glstening snow.
| soon learned were too much for any
normal girl to withstand. We who
had no sleighs could only look forward
TO the days when there would be no
snow and when the girls would want
to walk 10 the Potomac bluff and the
country boys must hurry home.
Among the boys who came from the
Harper's Ferry section | recall good
Rando phi Strider, one of the most
popular of our boys, and whose death
early in life greatly shocked every
body. jim Engle was trim, straight,
handsome, and model student. |
have never forgiven him for buryine
his life in government lob. He
should have represented his State in
the Senate or filled some such posi-
ton.
Among the boys who were early
on die ground ard LETT unfadinp i'm
pTCSsions on me were Port Morrison
and Andrew LemaSter. They both
ocSdmc physicians. believe. 0
those feet of Lemastcr's! Andrew had
q solid foundation. Port Morrison's
pretty sister, Brownie, boarded with
Us at Mrs. Lines, and roomed with
,a!e Grof, afterwards Mrs. Henry
EuSey. Strange TO say | associate in
school days DR.. S. T. Knott with Por;
+ MorrSOn- they must have had a
/ ic.iow-fcc'nG which drew them to
+ {; - other and 10 follow the same pro-
/ f-55i1n. paw
Harry. Snyder early developed the
/ re- Of his pen. He and John Hawkins
/ s-9mi to vie with each othcr a. @, row
idr ICY could 20 with Prof M.Mlr
ran , using humor in a cclioe es
say. Harry showed me his call
down" ty Mr.. McMurran, FIR writing
an essay on "A Mosqui O." low
st'a as II may seem, that 5av is
| ne cn!y one | recall the substance Of
thouch J heard hundreds from the col
! leg roftrum. We dealt little in In
NOR in our orations and ssav. hi,
th,s departure of the then-bvd4inp
editor Of the Register created caifS
a laugh and thus saved his cseav-
from oblivion. Harry was veil
MADE, hazeI-eyed, light-haired boy with
Laughing teeth and mischievouS r1ol
YET very quiet in manner and vgi.e
Harry Gctzendanner was tall. ,ie1
ger. had the BLACKLIST of eyes with frr
m them, and a rich complexion. e.
BiiImycF was tall, quiet. popular and
occame first lieutenant" in our col
] loco cnmnnnu b.. 49, ~ "