The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 21, 1918 Page: 1 of 4
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PUBLISHED EVERY TUESDAY DUBINO THE SCHOOL YEAR BY THE STUDENTS' ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
VOLUME XI
OEOBOETOWN, TEXAS, TUESDAY, MAY 21, 1918
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GENERAL CONFERENCE
WORK AT ATLANTA
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CONFERENCE ADJOURNED SATUR-
DAY AFTER AN INTERESTING
AND BUSY SESSION
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The eighteenth General Confer-
ence of the Methodist church came
■ to an end Saturday l>y adjourn-
ment. The Conference has been
one of the most systematized and
progressive conferences in the his-
tory of the church and has more
vital questions to discuss than any
I conference of the church.
The election of the bishops was
one of the most interesting proceed-
ings of the week. The new bishops
elected are: Dr. H. M. DuBose, Dr.
W. F. McMurry, Dr. W. N. Ains-
worth, Dr. John M. Moore, Dr. U.
Y. W. Darlington, and Dr. James
Cannon, Jr. Dr. Franklin N. Par-
ker was elected bishop, but after
I long deliberation, declined the high
office and Dr. Cannon was elected
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in his place. Dr. DuBose, now
Bishop DuBose, has for some years
been one of the most prominent
Methodists , in the South. Since
> 1915 he has been editor of the Meth-
dist Revietv. He is the father of
our well known and well loved Mrs.
. Barton. Dr. John M. Moore is from
the North Texas Conference,though
he has lived in Nashville for a num-
( ber of years. He has been secre-
.
tary of Home Missions for a num-
ber of years. Dr. Darlington is
from West Virginia, where he is
w«ll known, find is a prominent
preacher. Dr. Cannon has been
largely identified with the national
fight for sobriety and temperance
and his election comes as a recog-
nition of the importance of that
work. Dr. McMurry has been sec-
retary of the board of church exten-
sion since 1904. He is succeeded in
that office by H. A. Boaz, who is a
Southwestern graduate. Dr. Ains-
worth is a prominent Georgia man,
whose election is a subject of re-
joicing on the part of the rank and
file of the preachers everywhere.
He will hold all the Texas Confer-
ences next year. Under the new
system whereby the churches are
divided into episcopal districts, Dr.
Ainsworth will preside over the fif-
teenth district, which includes all
of Texas. t
Of more general interest even
than the election of the bishops is
the question of laity rights for
women. By action of the confer-
ence the women were allowed the
same rights as men, but the epis-
copal veto makes it necessary that
the measure be passed by two-thirds
of the annual conferences before it
becomes a law.
Those of ns who know Rev. H. D.
Knickerbocker will be interested to
know about his big service in At-
lanta, in which two hundred ''hit
the sawdust trail" toward lives
more worth while. A newspaper
correspondent says: "For a half
hour after the preacher had finish-
ed, tears, shouts and songs filled the
building, while scores, mostly men,
were hitting the trail, many of them
being soldiers, a Colonel among
them." The Dallas News says:
"Of all the sermons preached in
Atlanta today by bishops, profes-
sors of colleges and leading doctors
of divinity, perhaps the most re-
markable and successful was the
one preached by the Bey. Mr.
PATRIOTIC RECITAL
BY
MISS MYNA ROBERTSON
Miss Laura Kuykendall will pre-
sent Miss Myna Robertson in a Sen-
ior recital on Monday evening, May
27th, at 8:30 o'clock at the Univer-
sity auditorium. The program will
be patriotic in nature. The young
ladies assisting Miss Robertson will
appear in national costumes, the
auditorium being decorated in ac-
cord with the occasion. The entire
program will be unique and enter-
taining in every feature.
The Program.
The Whistling Mother Richmond
Miss Robertson
Patriotic Solo.. Miss Barrett
My Own U. 8 Edwards
Your Flag and My Flag Nesbit
The Bridge Guard Kipling
Kilmeny Noyes
British Merchant Ship Smith
Fleurette Service
Miss Robertson
Medley of National Airs
S. U. Sextette
.Under direction of Miss Etelka Evans.
."Gentleman, The King" Barr
Miss Robertson
Patriotic Solo Miss Barrett
In This Sign We Conquer Barclay
Miss Robertson
ENTERTAINED
Monday evening the delightful
home of Prof. Tinsley was thrown
open to the members of the "S"
Association, their friends and the
faculty. The guests were welcom-
ed by Prof, and Mi's. Tinsley. The
home was made very attractive by
the effective decorations of sweet
peas and white roses.
An informal evening was enjoyed
by all. Punch was served through-
out the evening from the punch
bowl presided over by Camilla.
Soon after the brick cream and
cake were enjoyed, "time" was
called and all the athletes reluc-
tantly took leave of the field of
pleasure.
All present agreed that Prof.
Tinsley has as much "pep" and
"fire" entertaining as he always
demonstrates while befriending
athletes and athletics of Southwes-
tern.
Y.M.C.A.T0 RAISE LOCAL
BUDGET WEDNESDAY
WHO'S WHO IN S. U.
Don't say you don't know what
an Echo program would be like,
because we don't, either! Let's all
go to the Y. W. C. A. next Sunday
and find out about it.
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Miss Nello Connell was in Ber-
tram over Sunday and Monday.
Knickerbocker at the Baptist Tab-
ernacle."
Rev. J. W. Mills, a prominent
Southwestern man, also occupied
an Atlanta pulpit Sunday.
The adoption of the church's gi-
gantic mission program, calling for
an enormous effort on the part of
the whole church, is characteristic
of the bigness of the church and of
the bigness of the times.
As students, to whom the leader-
ship of the church and state is to
fall in a few years,, we have had a
peculiar interest in the great repre-
sentative body of the church of
which we are members.
AN EVERY STUDENT CANVASS
WILL BE MADE TO SE-
CURE PLEDGES
The Y. M. C. A. Cabinet Wed-
nesday launches a spring finance
drive toward raising the local bud-
get for next year. The sources of
support have been reduced, due to
many former supporters going to
war. But the budget has been cur-
tailed and made to fit the new con-
ditions, being approximately three
hundred dollars. Each student
will be asked to give as he feels
able, with the clear understanding
that a prompt collection of the to-
tal will be made by October 15th.
The pledges are made payable on
or before the above mentioned date.
The final plans were arranged at
a brief cabinet meeting after the
Sunday evening meeting. The elev-
en members of the cabinet pledged
a total of $60, twenty per cent of
the total to be raised. Wednesday
evening after the regular cabinet
meeting the members of the cabi-
net will each take a part in a house-
to-house canvass with the purpose
of reaching all the students that
night. It is hoped to thus secure
the amount necessary for the Uni-
versity "Y" expenses next year.
If the goal is reached each student
will have to respond liberally.
The cabinet decided on this plan
because it provided an opportunity
for those not returning next year
to have a helping hand in s\ipport-
ing the "Y" and because with a
definite amount pledged each man
will make a special effort to have
that amount when school opens.
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FACULTY TEA MONDAY EVENING
Monday afternoon Dr. and Mrs.
Wunder, assisted by the Mood Hall
boys, entertained with the last of
the Faculty Teas at Mood Hall.
The guests were received in the
open court of the Hall where grace-
ful baskets of flowers and pot
plants made a very attractive pic-
ture. On account of the warm sum-
mer day, punch was served instead
of tea. The punch bowl was ar-
ranged in a nest of exquisite wild
flowers, the outdoor effect being car-
ried out.
The Faculty Tens have been a
great pleasure to both the student
body and faculty throughout the
year and the closing tea was cer-
tainly one of the loveliest of all the
teas and the host and hostess are to
be complimented on their reception
committee, which helped in making
the affair such a success.
We do hope that the monthly cus-
tom will not be dropped next year,
for it is really a very enjoyable one.
TRIGGS AND FRANKS AT
TENNIS TOURNAMENT
Travis Franks made a brief visit
home, leaving here Friday, rejoin-
Triggn at Waco Saturday
and going on to Dallas with Triggs
to represent Southwestern in the
State and Southwest Conference
Tournament. They played Drs.
Wunder and Davidson on Wednes-
day evening and McDaniel and
Schomerus on Thursday, winning
both evenings. They are in good
shape, but will meet the strongest
teams in the State on the Oak Cliff
courts.
Rev. John R. Allen, A. B., I). D.,
Professor Emeritus of Philos-
ophy.
For twenty-five years an active
member of the faculty of Southwes-
tern University and for five years
editor of The Williamson County
Sun, Dr. John R. Allen last week
bade farewell to his host of friends
in the college and the town. If it
was hard for him to sever associa-
tions dear to him as those of the
family, Georgetown and Southwes-
tern are poorer because of the va-
cant place he has left.
Dr. Allen was a stimulating teach-
er of philosophy. Numbers of his
students, now vigorous in the
thought life of the nation, gladly
attribute to him whatever of suc-
cess they have achieved. Though
ever a student of books, he has been
a greater student of life. And this
originality of thinking spurred his
students to think for tlu nisei ves.
His most successful student, the
present occupant of the famous
Borden P. Bowne chair of Philos-
ophy in Boston University, has
said, in the dedicatory pages of one
of his books inscribed to his old
teacher of philosophy, that Dr. Al-
len's was the most forceful philor
sopliic mind he had met. Another
one of his successful students has
said: "What though a fellow some-
times slipped out of the door or
even the window after his name had
been called, still probably no stu-
dent ever left the old philosophy
lecture-room without a larger and
truer vision of the meaning of
life."
But the sphere of his influence as
a teacher was greatly widened by
his ministeries on the rostrum and
in the pulpit. For years it was an
event when he preached; and while
the present student body has heard
him seldom, yet they have heard
him often enough to value highly
his platform ability. We shall all
miss his "voice on our rostrum and
in our pulpit.
Most of all, we shall miss Dr. A1
len in the life of our church. He
was never absent from any service
in his church and his pastor was
buoyed up by his prayers and
aniens. And what prayers! With
the faith that takes no denial and
confidently expects good to be the
issue of all life, "believing where it
cannot prove," Dr. Allen talks
with God as he led the congregation
in prayer were so heartfelt and so
uplifting that we felt it was good
to be there. And his life during
the week was sincere practice of his
faith. It was but to be expected of
him that, when his church called
for recruits to fill up the ranks
broken by the response of her
younger ministers to t|ie call of
their country, he would answer as
LOYAL TO S. U. -
NUMBER 29
SOUTHWESTERN SPLIT
TWO WITH A. & M.
SOUTHWESTERN WON FIRST OF
A. & M. SERIES BY SCORE
OF 1 TO 0
Tlie Aggies came back strong on
Tuesday and defeated South wes-
western 5 to 0. Higginbotham held
the Pirates to three scattered hits
and was accorded good support.
Stokes and Lowe were both driven
from the mound in the fifth. Cur-
tis, Southwestern's center fielder,
relieved Lowe with two on and none
down. He retired the first three
men who faced him via strike-out
route. In the five innings Curtis
pitched, he struck out nine A. & M.
batsmen and allowed no hits. This
was the final game of the South-
western baseball season.
Batteries: For A. & M., Higgin-
botham and McMurray; for South-
western, Lowe, Stokes, Curtis and
Egger.
PAUL BAKER ELECTED
BABEBALL CAPTAIN 1910
Paul B. Baker of Kemp, Texas, is
one of the three baseball letter men
to return this year. This is Baker's
third "S" won in baseball. At a
meeting of the baseball team Baker
was chosen to lead the Black and
Gold on the diamond for 1919. His
ability and knowledge of the game
entitle him to this position.
LETTERS GIVEN IN BASEBALL
Coach Moise awarded letters to
the following men: Baker, Caw-
thon, Egger, Bryant, McDaniel,
Foster, Lowe, Edens, Stokes, Cur-
tis, Young, Farrington and Wilson.
McDaniel received his fourth 'S'
in baseball. It can be truly said
that Mae plays first base in a style
rarely seen in college baseball. The
team next year will feel his loss
keenly, but his position will be ably
filled by his younger brother, W.
B. McDaniel.
FARRINGTON ELECTED
CAPTAIN 1918 BABEBALL
Doyle Farrington was elected
eaptain of the 1918 baseball team
by a unanimous vote. Farrington
is from Houston and because of his
knowledge of baseball is well de-
serving of the honor.
Misses Helen Hitchcock and
Gladys Brewer were in Caldwell
for the week-end.
in days long gone, "Here am I,
send me." If he were eligible for
army service his heroic heart would
ere now have been throbbing be-
neath the khaki. He is a true sol-
dier—soldier of the cross—and the
church that gets him for its captain
will soon discover that he has the
spirit of the Captain of our souls.
Though getting on in years, he will
be seen to be young in the vigor of
his thinking and in the optimism
of his vision.
And now that our emeritus pro-
fessor goes questing forth, like a
young knight, for new service, we
ask the church to receive him and
use him with his ripe experience
and larger knowledge. He will be
found strong and true. God blesS
you, Dr. Allen, and keep you and
your dear wife for many years of
kindly service. We love you.
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Brown, Robert E. The Megaphone (Georgetown, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 29, Ed. 1 Tuesday, May 21, 1918, newspaper, May 21, 1918; Georgetown, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth400835/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Southwestern University.