Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-03-02
SHEPHERD COLLEGE REVISITED
BY ]. 0. Knott.

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Virginia town, in speaking OF the diff
hculty they had in centering public in
terest upon the school auditorium
as the place for high-class entertain
ments, said this: 1--WE have never
reached the point that the Shepherds
town community has attained, where
the college is their pride, and anything
OF public interest that is to be discuss
ed will always have increased prestige
by being discussed in the college audi
torium."
Ii has been no little qualification to
me to hear the warm expressions of
pleasure the other numbers Of our
Lyceum course have given utterance
to down the entire line Of their travel
concerning Shepherdstown. Lyceum
and Chautauqua folks are great boost
ers or-otherwise, due to the impress
sions which audiences and local condi-
tons make upon the people who appear
upon the rostrum.
| reached Shepherdstown in time to
look upon the student body OF Shep-
herd College. ! met for the first time
the head OF the institution, Prof W.
ii. ). White. He is easily master Of
the situation, and has body of young
people under his supervision that
should be joy to any man. saw and
heard him in his mastery guidance
OF our college. | rejoiced with him
and with all concerned in the happy
combination that was evident. The
college has developed into one OF in
creased prominence and dignity, and
| promises even better things.
| / nj
Snepherdstown friends for being some
what tame" in speech found af-
forwards that the entire community was
depressed over the critical illness of sew
eral prominent citizens OF the town
| persons intimately connected with those
who manage the Lyceum course. A
speaker soon senses this and feels the
reaction OF it. Besides, had trav-
eled most Of the day and had talked
shop" with my relatives for the re-
mainder of the time. Hence, there
was noticeable lack OF "pep".
The editor Of the Register is a model
introducer. have never been moro
gracefully presented to an audience
Chesterfield could not have improved
upon it,
can not forget that by far the
larger number of the Registers read
ers are much more concerned with nv
impressions OF the town, the college
and the people | saw than what the
people thought of me.
MY mind as tried to speak on "What
the World is Talking About, moved af-
ter the manner of piston rod was
one moment boy in my teens making a
speech" on some commencement oc.
caslon; and then | was the engaged lee
turer, actually making my own people
pay to hear a man talk that thew had
seen and heard all of their lives. Tus,
IN front of me sat Nellie REYNOLDS
Legee, looking so much like the girl
knew IN her teens that scarcely could
repress being startled by her appear.
ance' and her voice, when she spoke
was unchanged. Some one afterwards
remarked to me: "She has retained all
! OF the charms of her girlhood and has
ADDED to these the charms of woman
OF mature years" She has come back
TO her native town to be to it what her
wonderful mother was before her-and
D this is the highest compliment could
bestow upon Mrs. Legge.
Hess Reinhart sat to my right with
bunch OF men, some of them utter
strangers to me. Hess knows of every
, circumstance connected with me from
childhood. His family and ours have
four distinct times interlocked by Knot,
boys marrying Renhart girls, and his
rather was my grandfather's most in
innate associate. Was il wonder that
found my mind constantly playinc
tricks and wishing to deal in reminis-
cences?
The Banks boys, DR.. G. w. and Lee
Doth my playmates before entering
shepherd College, sat near Harry Tur-
ner and Mr.. Charles Wysong. Strange
to say, have not seen the Banks bows
since very early in my ministry. Thev
are finely preserved and bear more and
more the look of their good mother,
who never failed to give me pie or
summer red" apples, when | visited
the Banks home.
was sorry not to see more of Cap
IAN Turner. ! even called at his
nome, but missed him. Mr. Wysonp's
presence was appreciated, yet | wish
Mrs. Kate Rentch Wysong had been
abie to come with him. Ella KELSEY.
VINO was first to shake nv hand
brought to mind the FIRST graduating
class Of the college, and sugg ested that
wonderful Lutheran choir, about which
So much has been said of late Miss
ri a was of the rare music makers in
mat cholr gallery that sang to what
! thought was "vast audience, made
UP largely of Shepherd College bows
and girls, each boy proudly sitting with
his best girl.
Anna Licklider, with half-amused
race looking as though her mind was
DONG seine Cooking back" lust as
NINE was. sat where could see her
e ,rv expression. Florence McAnlv
prodded me for not at first knowing