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IN THIS IMPORTANT MATTER OF TAILOR-MADE CLOTHES FOR YOU: 
let's forget for the time being that we've got tailor-made clothes to sell and you've got 
money to pay for them; come in here with the idea of seeing how useful we can be 
to you. 
You want good clothes, good value for your money. You want help in choosing the 
thing that's best for you, the color, texture, style. We're here to render just that service: 
we've found that the selling takes care of itself. If we can just show you what we have 
here, explain to you the excellence of our goods, the real values we offer, inform you on 
all points on which you need. or want information, you'll be more eager to give us your 
money than we are to take it. 
Our salesmen are experts in the merchandise they offer; they know all about it. It is the kind 
merchandise that needs simply the truth told about it; there's no reason for anything else. If you're 
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VOL. 5 �COLLEGE VIEW, NEBRASKA, DECEMBER 9, 1909 �
No. 28 
Cultivation of Good Manners 
It would seem that a body of college 
students anywhere ought to conduct 
themselves as ladies and gentlemen, in-
stead of condescending to the actions one 
might expect from a children's party. It 
would seem more so at an entertain-
ment provided for their special recreation 
and enjoyment. But from the conduct 
some display we must conclude that they 
are not yet beyond the days of the 
"third reader," in manners, at least. 
It does not require more than common 
sense and Christian courtesy to refrain 
from tearing down rustic decorations ap-
propriately provided for the occasion, 
throwing things, stamping the feet, and 
rudely hissing any one righteously in-
dignant enough to tactfully remonstrate 
against such proceedings. 
When will we all be grown up enough 
to learn that such things are not jokes, 
not in the least funny, and do in every 
way only cast discredit and reflection on 
those who condescend to such puerilities? 
Not until we learn this, may public 
entertainments be given with any de-
gree of assurance that they will be 
successful, and that the faculty and those 
of the students who are mature in the 
natural graces of orderliness and kind 
comradeship at public gatherings, will 
not regret that they were ever connected 
with such an entertainment. 
Let us remember that we are ladies 
and gentlemen; it is only when we for-
get this fact that we would do such 
things under any circumstances. 
E. L. S. 
Another Change 
The treasurer of the MESSENGER Board 
was recently elected Business Manager 
of the Washington Sanitarium at Takoma 
Park. Congratulations and success to 
Mr. Nethery, though we hate to lose him. 
His departure has caused the election 
of a new treasurer, and Mr. Alfred W. 
Peterson has been chosen. Mr. Peter-
son has been a student here for years, 
and we feel sure that he is the right man 
for the place. Remember to keep Mr. 
Peterson busy by keeping up your re-
newals, and getting all the subscribers 
you can. �
E. L. S. 
Time 
Time is not found; it is made. What 
we call "time," that is, the flight of 
hours recorded by the clock, is simply 
the raw material out of which time is 
made. Time is duration turned to ac-
count. If you want time for great tasks, 
for fine growth, for beautiful accomplish-
ments, for rich resources, do not wait; it 
will never come to you. Make it by se-
lection of design, concentration of effort, 
the vital skill that is born of devotion, 
intelligence, putting one's heart into his 
work.—H. W. Mabie. 
"There is always room for a man of 
force, and he makes room for many." 
"Take the God-side of every argu-
ment, and you cannot lose." 
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Reception for the Freshmen 
Thanksgiving evening, the Seniors, 
Juniors, and Sophomores tendered a re-
ception to the Freshmen in the art room. 
Though this room has long been known 
as the art room, never until that night 
had it so royally lived up to its name. 
The decorating committees from the 
three classes are to be congratulated on 
their good taste. With more pennants 
than a casual observer would have thought 
obtainable in College View, they covered 
the dingy walls of the room until it 
looked like a really and truly college 
place. The room was wired especially 
for the evening and the light effects 
were fine. Carpets and rugs on the floor, 
richly covered divans, and the library 
chairs almost made one think that he 
had inadvertently stepped into the parlor 
of a pleasant home. 
Promptly at seven-fifteen the program 
commenced. There was little formality 
and no coldness. Everybody knew 
everybody else, and so the first quarter 
of an hour there was a conversational 
game. Then came music bv a mixed 
quartet, which was very much appreci-
ated. A talk by the Senior president 
outlined the history of the movement 
that occasioned the gathering and stated 
its object. This was followed by a 
speech from the Junior president calling 
upon the members of the classes for 
support in the undertaking; if applause 
had been in order he would no doubt 
have received his share. There was 
more music rendered by different persons 
and during the evening speeches by the 
president of the Sophomore class, by Miss 
Geneva Dawson, and President Lewis. 
We can not here stop to tell all the good 
things that the President said, but his 
whole speech told in no uncertain way 
that the faculty are strongly in sympathy 
with the movement and will do all 
that they can to help the cause along. 
Miss Dawson, in behalf of the Freshmen, 
promised co-operation, and Mr. Waller, 
of the Sophomores, pledged support and 
good will. �
He addressed himself es- 
pecially to the Freshmen, promising to 
help them over the stony places in 
the path and not to molest them in 
their pursuit of happiness. �
At nine- 
fifteen all was over and everybody went 
away carrying "the smile that won't 
come off." 
A New Epoch 
It is not the privilege of every genera-
tion to witness the inauguration of a new 
epoch. New things are rare, and really 
significant events happen but seldom. 
Still more seldom are the times when 
the event that marks the beginning of 
better things is recognized when it comes. 
Yet Thanksgiving night at the reception 
tendered to the Freshman by the three 
other college classes all these rare com-
binations were to be witnessed. 
It is not often that a body of individ-
uals sets deliberately to work to create a 
new order of things. But such a body 
met when the constitution of the United 
States was drawn up, and a body with a 
similar design met when the officers of 
the three upper classes assembled in 
secret convocation to start something 
doing in Union College. They had little 
idea of what they were going to do when 
they first started, but the framers of the 
national constitution were no better in-
formed. They had no legal right to take 
the steps they did, but neither did their 
famous forerunners. �
These, as those, 
considered only the common weal, and 
stood not upon the order of their going. 
The reception on the evening of 
Thanksgiving is only a sample of the 
work that has been started. Back of 
the good time that we had that night is 
a promise of many better times to come. 
Class life and class activity in Union 
are to be harnessed to work out for 
us a solution to the social problem 
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that confronts every college community. 
A certain amount of social life is nec-
essary to the welfare of the students, 
but that social activity must be car-
ried on within certain bounds and lim-
itations and there must be some sort of 
organization about which social life can 
crystallize. In other colleges, fraternities 
and literary societies furnish that nu-
cleus of crystallization; in Union no nu-
cleus had been found. Literary societies 
have not served the purpose,"frats" are 
tabooed, class organizations have been 
erratic. 
If the good work started in the art 
room the other evening goes on and bears 
fruit, it will mean that in the years to 
come Union College will have traditions 
of her own which will impress themselves 
upon the new student. �
If the high 
standard that we reached on that evening 
be maintained, it will mean that the new 
student in Union College will feel that 
boisterous and rude conduct is entirely 
out of place and will not be tolerated. 
The accomplishing of these things will 
mean the raising of the general tone of 
the student body and the introduction 
into it of principles of honor and dignity 
that will make it safe for the Faculty to 
grant privileges which it dare not now 
grant. The granting of these privileges 
will make the relation between faculty 
and students more cordial and thus will 
be broken down that spirit of criticism 
that is so apt to spring up in any insti-
tution. And so we might go on naming 
the good things that the new movement 
promises, but we have not the space. 
It is enough to say that we are expect-
ing much from this small beginning and 
that we realize that the best can be ac-
complished only by each student doing 
his best. Individual effort is the basis 
of all social activity. �R. N. S. 
4. 
"In the great clock of time there is 
but one word—Now!" 
Thanksgiving Reception 
On Thanksgiving eve, a delightful 
social time and program was given in 
an unconventional way in the dining-
room of South Hall, at which the en-
tire faculty and student body were in-
vited guests. 
The room was appropriately decorated 
with shocks of corn, around which 
were piled pumpkins and apples, and 
with jolly looking Jack-o-lanterns. 
Moving around the room and shaking 
hands took up the first part of the even-
ing, after which a short program was 
rendered, consisting of readings by 
Miss Anna Anderson and Miss Mc-
Cutchen, and of musical numbers by 
Professor Nevison Roberts, Miss Ada 
Madison, and Miss Anna Ray Simp-
son. 
After a short intermission, we were 
again called to order to listen to a sym-
posium conducted by Professor Cavi-
ness. The subjects of the speeches he 
called upon different students to make 
were different phases of the question of 
how to make our college social life suc-
cessful. Miss Eva Lynn Seaward, 
Eugene Waller, Miss Leona Tuley, 
Miss Ruby McGee, and Mrs. Rowell 
expressed their ideas on this subject in 
different ways, though all agreed that 
sincere personal friendliness should be 
the key-note of our school life. 
The students most certainly appreciate 
this effort of the entertainment com-
mittee of the faculty to bring the stu-
dents together in a social gathering, 
and by their appreciation, express a de-
sire to receive an invitation to attend 
another like function. 
The energy wasted in postponing until 
tomorrow a duty of to-day, will often do 
the work.—O. S. Marden. 
Too low build they who build beneath 
the stars.— Young. 
 
Duratinnal 
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The Devil's Slide 
ALPHONSO N. ANDERSON 
Above the town of Healdsburg, Cali-
fornia, there rises a large oak-crowned 
peak, known as Mount Fitch. Often the 
young people of the neighborhood wind 
their way up the west side of it through 
manzanitas, madronas and poison oak to 
the summit, where a fine view of the town 
and the broad valley with its winding riv-
er, vineyards and hop-fields is obtained. 
But there is excitement in the descent. 
The eastern slope to the river's brink is 
steep, almost precipitous; small trees are 
scattered here and there, and the earth 
is gravelly, and free from brush. Its 
name, "Devil's Slide," is well deserved. 
Down one goes from tree to tree, slipping, 
sliding, rolling, loosening dirt and peb-
bles, and wearing out clothes and shoe 
leather. To stop is nearly impossible. 
One person comes tumbling after another 
until he reaches the bottom, where he 
must pull off his shoes to shake out the 
dirt. It is indeed a perilous descent. 
There is a moral to this story, if you 
will but hear. In life one is constantly 
tempted to take the downward path, the 
path of pleasure and excitement. Such 
amusements as dancing, theatre-going, 
card-playing, reading pernicious litera-
ture, and other sins more or less corn-
monto young people, are all Devil's 
Slides. The descent is swi ft and full of 
exciting pldasure, but the end is far 
sadder than that which one finds at the 
bottom of Old Fitch's Devil's Slide. 
Life is not, as some men of detached 
moods or purely critical temper have 
assumed, a spectacle of which the secret 
can be mastered without sharing in the 
movement, it is rather a drama, the 
splendor of whose expression and the 
depth of whose meaninig are revealed to 
those alone who share in the action.—H. 
W. Mabie, in "Books and Culture." 
College Spirit 
E. C. KELLOGG 
[The following article was printed in the 
MESSENGER of May 15, 1906. There being 
considerable agitation over the subject of col-
lege spirit and glass organization at the pres-
ent time, and recognizing the excellency of 
the ideas expressed in this article, we reprint 
it.—Ed. ] 
I believe in college spirit. I believe 
in class spirit. 1 would be glad to see 
the Freshmen class, the Sophomore class, 
the Junior class, and the Senior class or-
ganized as classes. There is much that 
is dear and pleasant in this association 
that will go with us throughout our en-
tire life. There is in this thing, as in 
everything else, the possibilities of the 
good and of the bad. There is a wrong 
class spirit. The spirit that uses its in-
ventive genius to make other people 
uncomfortable is the wrong spirit. The 
spirit that works to its limit to make 
things pleasant, and to make others 
happy, is the right spirit. I would be 
glad to see in the Freshmen class two 
hundred students. I would be glad to 
see in the Junior class two hundred stu-
dents. I would be glad to see in the 
Senior class two hundred students, pro-
vided it could be arranged so that we 
would not have to listen to them an 
hour each on commencement day. 
Now just as we may have a class 
spirit, so may there be a broader college 
spirit; and the college as a whole should 
have extending through it that unifying 
influence, that disposition that makes us 
have an interest in and regard for one an-
other, and that broader spirit which takes 
in the broader humanity and gives us 
the purpose of doing good. This may 
not be accompanied by a great deal of 
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noise. Personally, I do not believe in 
college yells. I never heard a college 
yell that sounded good to me. But I do 
think it would be a good thing to have a 
college song. Let our poets gather up 
all that is dear and loved and cherished 
about Union and put it in suitable verse; 
and then let our musicians arrange en-
chanting music—it would not need to be 
overly classical to my mind—and then 
sing it so charmingly that we could never 
in after years get away from it. Let 
our ways wend however far from Union 
College, we would carry the influence, 
and help to make two hundred strong in 
every year of the college work, all with 
loyal spirit to the high purpose of the 
institution. 
Why? 
WINNIFRED PEEBLES ROWELL 
Teachers make many requirements 
that doubtless seem unnecessary to the 
average student, who has not developed 
an unerring instinct for cause and effect. 
For example, I, who am a teacher of 
English, assign a theme to be brought 
in on a certain date. I give minute di-
rections for the endorsement and me-
chanical form of the theme, knowing all 
the while of a certainty that at least one-
fifth of the themes presented will differ 
in some respect from the careful direc-
tions I am giving. One of the necessary 
items will be missing, or the endorsement 
will be made on the wrong side, or the 
order of items will be disarranged—all 
this by conscientious students who would 
not knowingly fail in any way of meeting 
my requirements. 
Having naturally an inquiring mind 
as well as a liking for accuracy in the 
endorsement of themes, I have set myself 
to find out the cause of their apparent 
inconsistency. As I have analyzed it, I 
find these main reasons: i. Inattention 
at the time the assignment was made. 
Absent-mindedness and mind-wandering 
are phases of this condition. 
2. Poor 
memory for details. Persons troubled 
with poor memories have generally not 
learned how to get definite impressions 
of what they hear and see. 3. Failure 
to realize the importance of accuracy in 
minute details. It is generally difficult 
for students to realize that there is a rea-
son back of every requirement. 
In the particular matter I have cited 
as an illustration, one day in the Eng-
lish teacher's work-room would convince 
the most careless student of the justice 
of the requirement. But it is not for the 
teacher's benefit that I plead as much as 
for the students. The loss of a few 
hours out of the teacher's time because 
of the carelessness and inattention of 
some of his students is of little moment 
compared with the building of such 
"wood, hay, and stubble" into the 
characters of the students. The three 
conditions I have mentioned are under 
the student's control. Every time 
he allows himself to fail in any particular 
that tends to develop in him power for 
accuracy and attention to detail, he is 
slipping a cog in his education. In 
God's universe everything moves with 
the precision of clockwork. Man alone, 
because of the confusion wrought in his 
nature by sin, must laboriously train him-
self to work in harmony with divine 
laws. And it is in small things that 
this training must begin. "He that is 
faithful in that which is least, is faithful 
also in much." 
"Think naught a trifle, though it small 
appear; 
Small sands the mountain, moments make 
the year, 
And trifles, life." —Edward Young. 
Do not divide your life into two periods 
—those of preparation and of service. 
Let your preparation period be full of 
service. —M. E. Kern. 
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A New German Youth's Paper 
At the recent General Conference Com-
mittee Council held at College View, Ne-
braska, it was voted to publish a monthly 
paper for the German-speaking youth. It 
has been decided to call this paper Der 
Jugendbote (Youth's Messenger), and its 
object will be to encourage a deeper mis-
sionary spirit in our German young men 
and women, and to acquaint them more 
fully with our educational institutions 
and the progress of gospel work through-
out the earth. 
TheSabbath-school lessons, which have 
been published in the Arbeiter, will have 
a place in this paper. A reading course 
will be conducted, taking up first EM. 
J. N. Laughborough's book, "The Rise 
and Progress of Seventh-day Advent-
ists." The paper will contain timely and 
appropriate articles for the improvement 
and unifying of our German youth, with 
a view of awakening an active mis-
sionary spirit among them, thus prepar-
ing them to fill important places in the 
Lord's work. It will be an eight-page 
monthly, the first issue being mailed 
about the middle of December, and the 
subscription price will be fifty cents a 
year. 
To assist in entering this publication 
as second-class matter, we need a large 
number of subscribers before the first 
issue is mailed. Will not all join in 
helping us secure this needed list of sub-
scriptions? Address, International Pub-
lishing Association, College View, Ne-
braska, or your Tract Society. 
"All that you do, do with your might; 
Things done by halves are never done right; 
One thing at a time, and that thing done well, 
Is a very good rule, as many can tell." 
"There're men enough, there's money 
enough, there's power enough; let's con-
secrate them." 
The Winter Term of Union College 
Notice is hereby given that the time 
of registration for the winter term of 
Union College, which was announced in 
the Annual Calendar for December 22d, 
23d, has been postponed to Wednesday, 
December 2gth, on account of the holi-
day recess, which closes that day. New 
students should report in the College 
chapel at nine o'clock of that day, when 
registration will be free. A registration 
fee of $1.00 will be charged those who 
enter later. Recitations for the winter 
term will begin Thursday, Dec. 3oth. 
Two-term classes beginning with the 
winter term are Elementary Chemistry, 
Advanced Chemistry, College Algebra, 
English Epistles, Danish Epistles, Ro-
man History, Commercial Law, Survey-
ing, and Elementary Rhetoric. One-
term studies beginning at the same time 
are Elementary Bookkeeping, Civil 
Government, Logic, Pedagogy, and 
Business Correspondence. New classes 
in other subjects will be formed if nec-
essary. 
Besides the foregoing studies there is 
a regular program of subjects running 
through the year, about one hundred 
twenty-five in number, which offer so 
great a variety of matter, in so many 
different grades, that students can usu-
ally find work adapted to their needs, no 
matter when they enter. While the 
Faculty recommend students, when con-
sistent, to pursue regular courses of 
study, yet they cordially welcome those 
who can attend school but a short time, 
and are glad to assist them in selecting 
those subjects best adapted to their 
needs, without regard to courses or 
grades. 
For free copies of the regular College 
Calendar, the Industrial Manual, and 
the Winter Term Announcement, ad-
dress the President, C. C. Lewis, Col-
lege View, Nebraska. 
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The Student Volunteer Movement 
The time for the National Convention 
of the Student Volunteers is rapidly 
approaching, and the query has been 
raised, "What is this movement and its 
object?" 
The Student Volunteer Movement for 
Foreign Missions started some twenty-
four years ago, at Oxford, England. It 
spread from there to the United States 
and Canada. As its name indicates, it 
is an enthusiastic organization among 
Christian students looking toward for-
eign mission work. It is really a part 
of the Y. M. C. A. and the Y. W. C. A. 
work. At present the movement in the 
United States and Canada is distinct 
from that in England. 
This is one of the- very best organ-
izations that has arisen among the stu-
dents of North America in recent times. 
Its aim is, "The Gospel to all the 
world." It is nonsectarian, interdenomi-
national; it reaches all colleges and uni-
versities, wherever there are Christian 
students. Membership in the organ-
ization consists in signing the pledge, 
"I am willing and desirous, God willing, 
of becoming a foreign missionary." 
The chief public work of the move-
ment is the holding of quadrennial con-
ventions, when delegates from schools 
in United States and Canada meet to 
hear reports of progress, addresses by 
the leaders, and to study foreign mission 
work. The delegates are active repre-
sentatives of the Christian organizations 
in their schools. 
From the support received from dele- 
gates and Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., the 
movement publishes literature, supports 
its officers, and a number of traveling 
secretaries, who visit schools in the in-
terests of foreign missions. 
The results of this movement are in-
estimable, there being nearly two thou-
sand Volunteers now in the foreign fields. 
These are under the direction of their 
own church mission boards. The move-
ment is not so much concerned with the 
church of its Volunteers as it is with 
getting them into the foreign fields, 
touching the world's plague-spots with 
Jesus' power. Its leaders are such men 
as John R. Mott, and Robert E. Spear, 
men mammoth in influence and devo-
tion. In a word, this movement is well 
worth the sympathy and interest of 
young people whose aim goes a step 
farther, "The Advent Message to all 
the world in this generation." �
M. M. 
The Training Bands 
The word "hand" is overworked at 
Union College. One meets it at every 
turn attached to the name of some organ-
ization, until a new student may become 
bewildered to know which is which. 
Therefore a little explanation of the 
nature and work of the "Training Bands" 
may not be amiss. 
The "Training Bands" are somewhat 
of the nature of training classes, where 
definite lines of Christian service are 
studied and practiced. Meeting only 
during chapel hour twice a week, they 
take no amount of time from other 
classes; membership is voluntary; the 
success of the band depends on the en-
thusiasm and faithfulness of the mem-
bers. 
"What is the use of my belonging to 
one of these Training Bands?" some one 
will ask. Because you are here at Union 
College to get the best education possi-
ble, and make of yourself the best man 
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or woman possible from the material in 
you. This is a duty you owe your pa-
rents, your associates, and your God. 
These bands are meant to develope prac-
tical Christian experience and character, 
so you should join the one that will help 
you most in the line of work for which 
you are preparing, and you will find both 
pleasure and profit in it. 
Any one who enjoys the reading of a 
good book, would appreciate the Reading 
Circle. Mrs. Rowell has oversight of this 
band, and as some of its work is tone in 
connection with the English classes, it 
gives a double benefit. Just now the 
circle is taking up the Junior Reading 
Course outlined in the Instructor, and is 
reading that charming book of Gordon's, 
"Quiet Talks on Service." 
Did you ever hear a group of canvass-
ers telling their experiences? If so, you 
know they can be enthusiastic. If you 
expect to be a canvasser next summer, 
you had better join the Canvassers' 
Band now and get preparation as well 
as experience. Leo Thiel is the leader. 
At present, the general qualification of 
successful canvassing is the study of 
this band. Study of special books will 
be taken up later. 
The lines of study of the Bible Work-
ers' and City Workers' Bands were so 
similar that they have united. The re-
sulting band is more practical, in some 
ways, than the others, because its mem-
bers go to the city and hold actual Bible 
readings. Professor Huffman, the lead-
er, says, "The Band is studying meth-
ods of giving Bible readings, how to 
prevent prejudice, how to meet preju-
dice, how to enter the homes, how to 
awaken and keep up an interest in Bi-
ble study, and how to use our periodi-
cals in house-to-house work." 
The interest in the Missionary Volun-
teer Band is in inverse proportion to its 
membership. Its members are looking 
forward to foreign fields, so they take a 
very keen interest in the countries they 
study. Mrs. H. U. Stevens, the leader, 
reports that they are studying Mexico at 
present. 
The Young People's Band is interested 
in home affairs. "How to help the stu-
dents in our own school," is the topic of 
study this week. During the year, this 
band studies all the branches of young 
people's work, as organization of local 
societies, state secretary's work, and 
personal work. 
There is one hand that is worthy of 
the keenest thought and effort of the best 
minds. That is the Religious Liberty 
Band. Every one of our young people 
should make preparation to meet the is-
sue that is just before us over the matter 
of religious legislation. If you are look-
ing for something to develop your ability 
to present Present Truth in a forceful 
manner to thinking men of the world, 
join the Religious Liberty Band. 
The Sabbath-school Band, under the 
direction of Mrs. Edith Cummings, is 
doing very definite work. Every Thurs-
day they practice methods; they have 
actual classes, and drill on teaching and 
reviewing. They practice the methods 
of the different departments of the Sab-
bath-school. The Tuesday programs 
are devoted to the study of qualifications 
of teachers. Papers are read and dis-
cussed. The band is doing excellent 
work. 
Every individual in the denomination 
needs Christian Education, our educa-
tional magazine; for it is especially de-
signed to assist all in the greatest mes-
sage ever committed to man. While the 
magazine is new and sparkling with the 
essential fundamental principles forming 
the basis of true Christian education, in 
its first issue, none can afford to be with-
out it. 
"Four things never come back—the 
sped arrow, the past life, the spoken 
word, and the neglected opportunity." 
NrUILI atib Notrs 
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An Examination 
At the last meeting of the Young Wo-
men's Personal Work Band, Miss Hat-
tie Beardsley gave a talk on "Examina-
tions." She showed that just as "ex-
ams" are beneficial in our school work, 
so they are in our spiritual life—the 
school of Christ. She gave the follow-
ing questions as a good- spiritual exam-
ination. 
1. Does my life please God? 
2. Do I enjoy my Christian life? 
3. Do I cherish in my heart a feeling 
of dislike or hatred for any one? 
4. Am I studying my Bible daily? 
5. How much time do I spend in se-
cret prayer? 
6. Have I ever won a: soul to Christ? 
7. Have I ever had a direct answer to 
prayer? 
8. Do I estimate the things of time 
and eternity at their real value? 
9. Am I praying or working for any 
one's salvation? 
10. Is there anything I can not give 
up for Christ? 
ii. Where am I making my greatest 
mistake? 
12. How does my life look to those 
who are not Christians? 
13. Do I place anything before my 
religious duties? 
14. Am I honest with the Lord's 
money? 
15. Have. I neglected any known 
duty? 
16. Is the world better or worse for 
my being in it? 
17. Am I doing anything I would 
condemn in others? 
18. Do I have a clear conception of 
my place in the Lord's work? 
19. What am I doing to hasten the 
coming of Jesus? 
20. Am I doing as Christ would do in 
my place in Union College? 
Mr. Rowland Dudley is enjoying farm 
life near Webster, S. Dakota. 
Frank Johns is attending school at 
the Western Normal Institute, at Lodi, 
California. 
Doctor Williams gave an excellent 
address to the students on the morning 
of December 2d. His subject was "My 
Travels in Europe." 
Miss Hannah Lauban, of Minatare, 
Nebraska, has arrived and expects to 
remain in College View the remainder of 
the winter. 
Student classes and societies will do 
well to figure with Townsend it they 
want good photographs. Prices are 
right. Studio 226 South iith St. 
Ruth Strong, a former student of 
Union College, who had to leave the 
institution on account of ill health, had 
a successful trip to College Place, 
Washington, where she intends to 
spend the winter. 
Miss Tacy Lytle, who was in school 
three and four years ago, has been visit-
ing friends in the village since Thanks-
giving. Miss Lytle finished the nurses' 
course this last summer at the Iowa 
Sanitarium. 
Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Hall write of 
the safe arrival of the party for China in 
Yokohama, Japan, November 9th. They 
say, "Our party has been taking in the 
sights in Yokohama, to-day. Had about 
eight hours' stop. Have been riding 
around in a jinrikisha all morning. It 
seems almost like a dream to think we 
are in Japan. Hope to reach Shanghai 
in about a week." 
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Makers of Health Foods 
A Few Leading Products 
per pkg �
 
Tri-Grano 
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Nut Cero �
 " 1% lb. can 
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Nut Loaf �
 
Nut Butter 
OVERCOATS 
that button up to the neck are hav- 
ing a wonderful sale and we have the 
best values we have ever shown at 
$15, $18 and $20 
Pure Worsted Suits 
in heavy weight and dark colors—
unusual values 
$12.50, $15, up to $25 
Magee & Deemer 
The Exclusive Men's Store, 1109 0 St. 
NEBRASKA SANITARIUM 
FOOD COMPANY 
Send for complete food list. We 
prepay freight on bills of $5.00 or 
more within a radius of 300 miles. 
COLLEGE VIEW - �
- NEBRASKA 
Cereal Coffee 
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Albion Keihnhoff is at present husk-
ing corn at Troy, Kansas. 
D. D. Biggs, of South Dakota, has 
been visiting his brother, Loyd Biggs. 
Fred C. Mathieson, of Fort Collins, 
Colo., recently enrolled for school work. 
Miss Bessie Jones, of Buffalo, Wyo., 
is attending high school at her home 
this year. 
Miss Anna Nelson, '09, has recently 
gone to Omaha, where she will engage in 
Bible work. 
Roy and Samuel Stretter, of Peters-
burg, Nebr., are two of the latest ar-
rivals at Union. 
Miss Mary Puckett, of Panama, Iowa, 
is visiting her sister, Ruth, a student 
of Union College. 
Mr. Joe Lawry, of Newton, Kansas, 
who has been in ill health, has again re-
turned to Colorado for his health. 
Christian Christianson, of South Da-
kota, a former student here, expects to 
spend Christmas with relatives here. 
E. M. Oberg, state agent, is here 
working among the students to put 
them on his staff of King's Soldiers. 
We always enjoy Brother Oberg's visits. 
Miss Hanna Krieger has gone to Har-
vey, North Dakota, where she will at-
tend the Cheyenne River Academy the 
remainder of the year. �
Her parents 
have moved to that place. 
The invitations are out for the wed-
ding of Miss Alma Hiatt and W. Earl 
Rentfro. The wedding is to occur Dec. 
22d, at Miss Hiatt's home in Winfield, 
Kansas. They will go immediately to 
Boulder, Colorado, where Mr. Rentfro 
is attending the State University, and 
will graduate from the literary course in 
the spring. The MESSEIIGER joins a 
host of friends in wishing them years of 
happiness. 
TheFaculty has announced one week's 
vacation, Christmas, Dec. 23-29 incl've. 
A dozen portraits by Townsend make 
a dozen Christmas presents. Have 
your sitting as soon as possible and 
avoid the usual rush. Studio 226 S. Itth. 
Shop at Mayer Brothers 
We have such a galaxy of good reasons why 
you should find your way to our shop that it would 
take many pages to enumerate 
them all; however, we will men-
tion a few of the strong features 
of our business which will surely 
appeal to you as a fellow who is 
on the lookout for the little odd-
ities and novelties of Fashion as 
applied to wearables for men. 
Our clothes are of a distinct-
ive nature in style and fabric-
they are so perfectly good—that 
your Autumn and Winter suit 
and overcoat appropriation in-
vested in them will pay divi-
dends in satisfactory wear. 
Our hats are characteristic 
of Young Blood in color, style 
and trimmings. Rakish Soft 
e416.4Styles. Correct Derbies. Our 
Haberdashery is Smart �
'tis very smart; 'tis truly 
of a nature which contrasts to the best advantage 
with Smart clothes. 
MAYER BROS 
1009 to 1019 0 St. 
. �
Lincoln, Nebr. 
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Do Your Purchasing Early 
Our experience of past years has demonstrated the fact that the 
choicest goods intended for Christmas are always sold early. It is 
these days that our stocks receive the severest test—the test of 
scrupulous, critical, leisurely judgment—but we're confident that 
such an inspection will prove to our special advantage in showing 
forth the fine points of inestimable worth to be found in every depart-
ment of our store. If you look you will not need to buy. If you buy 
you will not need to take the article home with you but you may 
have us lay it away until you wish to call for it or have it delivered. 
)4ikeilne4 
A CLASSY SHOE 
For college men. Swell and snappy. The very latest 
style, Coaster last, high heel, high arch and toe. Blucher 
and button in calf and patent leather. Price $4.00 and 
$5.00. Walk-Over shoes set the style. Try a pair. 
Rogers & Perkins LIII2N9C0011re,eNtEBRASKA 
See C. C. Morlan, Student Salesman 
BOOKS 
HISTORY, SCIENCE and 
RELIGION 
to I off while they last. A post- 
al brings you a complete list. 
G'cA 
Union College Book Store 
College View, Nebr. 
QUESTION 
What is an Optometrist? 
ANSWER 
One skilled in the science and 
art of measuring, and correcting 
the refractive errors and muscular 
imbalances of the eve. 
. 0. 
DENTIST 
At College View every Sunday 
Lincoln, 11th and I) Sts. over Flarley's Drugstore 
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DON'T 
Wait for the 
Storm 
Prompt Delivery 
Well Screened 
SEE 
J. H. Hukill 
EXCLUSIVE OPTICIAN 
Burlington Block 
Lincoln, = Nebraska 
Bell Phone 
F2143 
Auto Phone 
36 
U. G. CONSER 
General Merchandise 
Call Phone 7 for first class goods and 
quick delivery 
Athletic Goods 
AT A DISCOUNT TO STUDENTS 
q
Cut this ad. out and bring 
to us. We will give 10 
per cent discount on 
the following goods: JER-
SEYS, SWEATERS, GYMNA-
SIUM PANTS and 
SHIRTS, 
VICTOR POUT-BALL and 
BASE-BALL G 0 0 D 5, SUP-
PORTERS, etc. 
Only house 
of its kind 
on 0 
Street 
LAWLOR CYCLE CO. 
1324 0 Street 
Camera and Photo Supplies 
Our goods are the best and our prices are right. �
We 
carry Lumiere plates and films, guaranteed to be twice as 
rapid as any other. Come and see us. 
CORNELL ENGRAVING COMPANY 
249 N. Eleventh Street, Lincoln, Nebraska 
F. J. SIECK 
General Merchandise, Hardware 
Auto Phone 64 College View, Nebr. 
But Telephone Your Coal Order to 
COJ LEGE VIEW LUMBER and COAL CO. 
H. D. ENSLOW Mgr. 
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REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE 
BANK OF COLLEGE VIEW 
OF COLLEGE VIEW, NEBRASKA 
at the close of business 
Nov. 16, 1909 
(Charter No. 928) 
Incorporated in the State of Nebraska 
Resources 
Loans and discounts �
 
Overdrafts, secured and 
$59,507.09 
unsecured �
 
345.53 
Banking house, furniture and 
fixtures �
 
3, 330.00 
Current expenses and taxes 
Paid �
 
607.61 
Due from nat'l banks .... 
8,505.85 
Total cash on hand � 
3, 323. 43 
Total �
 75,619.51 
Liabilities 
Capital stock paid in �$to,000.00 
Surplus fund �
2,857.72 
Undivided profits �
 .... 1,630.34 
Individual deposits 
subject to check.. $52,086.69 
Time certificates 
of deposit �6,885.50 
Cashier's checks 
outstanding �
2,159.26 61,131.42 
Total �
 75,619.51 
State of Nebraska 
County- of Lancaster j Ss' 
I, S. J. Quantock, Cashier of the above 
named bank, do hereby swear that the 
above statement is a correct and true 
copy of the report made to the State 
Banking Board. �S. J. Quantock 
Attest 
James Schee, Director. 
D. R. Callahan, Director. 
Subscribed and sworn to before me 
this 26th day of Nov., 1909. 
H. D. Enslow, Notary Public. 
Subscribe for the Educational Messenger 
now, if you have not done so already. 
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Representing the Educational Department. of the Central 
Union Conference of Seventh-day Adventists 
Published bi-weekly by the Central Union Conference, 
College View, Nebraska. 
To Subscribers:—Terms 50 cents a year (25 numbers) 
for the United States and Canada and 75 cents to foreign 
countries. Paper stopped unless renewal is received 
within three weeks after close of subscription. The com-
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safely. Address changed on request. Make remittances 
to EDUCATIONA MKSSENGER, College View, Nebraska. 
Ad Rates: Advertising rates furnished on application. 
Entered as ,econd-class matter April t. 1909. at the 
post-othce in College View, Nebr., under Act of Congress 
of Mar. 3, 1879. 
Board of Managers 
A. R. Smith �
President 
knnii- r .'11"P MrCutchen 
Alfred W. Peterson 
Eva Lynn Seaward �
 
Mertie A. Wheeler 
D. E. Pettis 
R N. Studt 
Mary Moore 
Orrel Graham �
 
Odren & Muck Barber Shop 
Agents for Merchants Laundry 
Shirts 5 to 10 cents, Collars 254 cents, Pair Cuffs, 5 cents 
COLLEGE VIEW �
NEBRASKA 
Spencer, Van Syoc & Son 
Agents for farm land in the Gulf Coast of Texas. 
Write for full particulars or information. 
Office Phone 102 
COLLEGE VIEW. �
NEBRASKA 
College View Bakery 
Sanitary baked goods. No Lard used 
Any size special cake baked to order 
M. J. Brown, Proprietor 
A. W. HERRICK 
REAL ESTATE, LOANS and INSURANCE 
Houses and Lots, Vacant Lots, Acreage Property 
Some of the Best Farms in Lancaster Co. 
WRITE ME �
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- - Treasurer 
Editor-in-chief 
Associate Editors 
Business Manager 
C. A. TUCKER �
5. 5. SHEAN 
Jeweler �
Optician 
LINCOLN �
1123 0 STREET �
NEBRASKA 
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