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Pennsburg, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania
Saturday - March 30, 1901

SPRING TERM OUTLOOK

With the opening of the spring term will come new students, new duties, and
new recreations. This last term of the year promises to be one of unusual
interest. Abundant provision will be made not only for the mind but also for
the body, and so at Perkiomen this spring will be found a wider range of
athletics than ever before and each particular branch will be represented by
a strong team. Base ball, of course, will be the prodominating sport and an
especially strong team is expected. The base runners now at the Seminary will
be strengthened by a number of new men. Mr. THOMAS has been elected captain
pro.tem, and has alreadY put his men through some training. The diamond will
be thoroughly prepared for the coming season by a good dressing and rolling,
so as to remove the last vestige of a rock. An interesting schedule has been
arranged which ought to put joy into the hearts of every local fan. The
schedule is as follows: Muhlenberg at Pennsburg, April 20; Lehigh at
Pennsburg, April 27; Susquehanna University at Pennsburg, May 2; Kutztown at
Kutztown, May 4; Ursinus College at Pennsburg, May 11; Bank's Business
College at Pennsburg, May 18; University of Pennsylvania, Freshmen, at
Pennsburg, May 25; Lafayette at Pennsburg, May 30; Ursinus College at
Collegeville, June 1. A series of three games will also be played with the
local team. Track Athletics are absorbing much interest and the boys are
training every day in the cross country runs. It is the purpose of the
students to send a representative to the preparatory school meet held by
University of Pennsylvania. It will be an honor to be the first man thus sent
out by the Seminary. Tennis will also receive its due share of attention and
its very probable that the five courts will have no rest when once the season
opens. The golf link laid out last fall will be prepared for use at the
opening of the new term and it is expected that the participants in this
delightful game will be increased by faculty and students. These sports
together with long walks and mountain-climbing expeditions ought to make not
only students of brain, but also students of brawn.

NEW INSTRUCTORS

In addition to a number of experienced and successful public school teachers
with Normal school or high school diplomas or their equivalent, the following
new instructors have been appointed for the Spring term: Irwin H. DELONG,
A.B., Catasauqua; Blanchard A. BLACK, A.B., Alexandria; William H. HUNTER,
A.B., Camden, New Jersey. Mr. DELONG is a graduate of the Keystone State
Normal School, of Franklin and Marshall College, and will graduate from the
Theological Seminary at Lancaster this spring. He has also studied one Summer
at Chicago University, where he expects to secure his Doctor's Degree in
Languages. He has had practical experience in tutoring and will teach Latin.
Mr. BLACK is a graduate of the Lock Haven Normal School, Mercersburg Academy,
Franklin and Marshall, and is completing one year in the Theological Seminary
at Lancaster. He has had three years' successful experience in teaching and
will teach pedagogy and history. Mr. HUNTER is a graduate of the Camden
(N.J.) High School, of the Friends' Central of Philadelphia, and of the
University of Pennsylvania. He has had successful experience as a tutor, both
in Camden and Philadelphia. All the above gentlmen are most highly
recommended as men of accurate scholarship and sterling Christian character,
and they will undoubtedly prove a valuable addition to the teaching force of
the Seminary.

LECTURES

A series of free lectures has been arranged for the Spring term. These
lectures are intended primarily for the students, but the public is cordially
invited as well and a considerable number usually avail themselves of the
opportunity. Among the lecturers already announced are the following: Rev.
N.B. GRUBB, of Philadelphia, an illustrated lecture on his recent trip to
Europe; Col. George Nox MCCAIN, of the editorial staff of the Philadelphia
Press, father of Miss Edith MCCAIN, teacher of violin and mandelin at the
Seminary, "The Newspaper of the Twentieth Century;" Dr. W.W. BIRDALL,
President of Swarthmore College, "The Religious Element in Education;" Dr.
J.M. PHILLIPS, recent Professor of Biology in a college Los Angeles, Cal., an
illustrated lecture, "The Yosemite Valley, the Big trees of California, and
the Grand Canon of Colorado;" Dr. John Henry BARREWS, President of Oberlin
College, Oborlin, O., "What I Saw in India;" Dr. N.C. SCHAEFFER, State
Superintendent of Public Instruction, Harrisburg, "Thinking and Thinkers."
The Principal is also trying to make arrangements for a lecture on "Liquid
Air" with numerous practical demostrations.

ENROLLMENT OF STUDENTS

The Spring Term opens on Monday, April 1st, with prospects for the largest
attendance in the history of the School. Not only are all the rooms in the
building engaged, but three students are assigned to almost all the rooms and
a considerable number of the students have to room in town. New students have
already been enrolled from Philadelphia, Chester, Lancaster, Montgomery,
Berks, Lehigh, Bucks, Northampton, Monroe, Schuylkill, York, Adams, Tioga and
Bradford counties. The Seminary building is being overhauled and repaired and
everything will be in readiness to give the new students a hearty welcome and
to make them feel thoroughly at home. The Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., Young Men's
and Young Women's Christian Associations have arranged for a reception to the
new and old students at the opening of the term with brief addresses of
welcome and suitable music for the occasion.

The End.

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