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OI m, evening Int week a protâ€" flly W table In the dining hall announced the not that something unusual I“ [out on. it proved to be a birthday celebration than to in“ Hull by her. Ferry Hall Mendl. She was. made happy by “ambiance: frum friends and pupal. ‘\ .\ large number of students and {Hg-ml» ut- t'he htc it. D. 8. Bolt. whmw death occurred In [Ate Forest. February as. met In Ferry Hall Chap- el. em evenlng. to hold a service In manor: of III. work as a Sunday echool teacher. Shortly after hls death letterewerenenttodlwhodor many 5pm put. had at under hlm as stuâ€" dent! 1n Sunder echool; telllng them of.“ denth. end that such a service .qud be held on March 19. and asking~ that each lend some word as to me worth a '0. Sunday school teacher. mny, responses were received, so many. In fact. that only eelectlone from each letter could be read; The chapel was beautifully decor- ated with palm; and other plants. ' 0n the speaker’s desk was a. largé cluster of ’wlme «muons, which had been tent from a distance by a member of one of Mr. Hall‘ 5 classes. Illn- fitment had charge of the meeting. which was opened by song and‘ gerlptnre reading. Then followed ‘selectIOM‘frem letters of those. who had been pupils some twenty years ago. (At that time Mr. Holt taught the- clue of girls? in the Ferry Hall par: lore. These letters nbounded in [name an to his wonderful power as n teach- germ that emit-t it had been in shap- ing: and moulding their lives. One of the members'of hle clan some twenty years ago. Mrs; N. C;‘P‘oor. M,D.,Jot 01116330, was present at the meeting. ,For a year or .two somewhere in the eighties, Mr. Holt taught a Blble class wetting of college girls; Mrs. J Hgluey represented this class and spoke ln glowlng, terms of lwr recol- lecthna of him as a teacher. Among many other beautiful trlbntes paid to "him. she marque personnllty was the greatest lessen of all. He was so slncere and earnest ln hla life that we all knew that what he taught us m something which he himself ex- perleficed. and was living out." Mm Hnrtonjpoke for the class-of this year. She. said that a few Sun- day: before his death hg had shown. her the flylenf at his. Bible on which he hid written the me of every girl who had been a member of his Sun- day school class. ms Interest for “his girls." as he called them, dld not cease at the close of their achool- lire. hm followed them as: they wont-nut mm tn: world. as THE SHERIDAN ROAD NEWS-LETTER. than many lotteta from them mu- led. And whenever he met who whom he had’not‘neea for you! past. his nménom unmask. nothow thoihndWlnawordly-anue. but how were the! Wadi the owl-flan lite. ' meeting closed by a few re- m from In. Sargent. um III. wilhedthlt etch mettle [MI mlght ate it u u lesson to them- wives to no live that theft good set: and d I might live “to! them and blen- 0 her! even utter they had paw ed away. Rev. McKmle, D. D.. of the Oh!- cago Congregational Theological Seal- nary. preached to a large congregation Sunday morning. Fer: Hall students were out In large numbers. Dr. ‘Mc- Clare was out «the city on that day. The named for the morning service wu “Humility.” In the evening the topic wag “The History of One Con- science." Both gel-vices were enjoyed by those who mended. The Senior Class have been so for- tnnate as to aecure -.Rev Wm. 11. Not- man. D. D' Chicago. mcceuor to Dr. Thomas Hall. to deliver the com- mencement sadness. His subject will b‘e announced later. New books hire still coming in for the library. The list is now in the neighborhood of 3,600 volumes. Major and Mrs.1’)avldoon returned from their hunting trip to Southern Illinois. last Saturday. but we did not eat duck the bad weather of last week making hunting impossible. There is someflxing n'ew under the pun, N17... the “Independent order of 'l‘eumnlc~Hiherninns.” which célebra- ted Balm 'Pntrtck‘izi Day by gifting a duck supper at No. 2 table. 4 I i The Preparatory Bible Study Class, under the guidance of Capt Weed, Visited the Chicago Art Institute last Saturday to study the Tissot pictures. ‘ The: untatorlum has been open every day tor'some time mid swipe at the boys a‘re rapidly develnptng. Into fancy swimmerfi. Lleut. Shine is fitting upa set of flying rings over the water. Mont. Alfred Lomax (‘98) and 19.8. Oltphsmt. of Chicago, and John Quin- vlnn. of Evanston. were vlslttng their many..trlenda here last Sunday. . and ldcidenmuy mung the “plebs” how things were “when we yet-e hex-eff Tuesday was the in. day of the fé'urth period, or six weeksfcom quently Tuesday uni! Wedn‘esday were glyen up to examination. All thin-e who have .succewtuuy pulsed mrrmxh this ordm1:nre inow looking “Commenting nth-‘1. 31.0. A.? Web": Afull outfit of my" ml: and Wright tires for whack o! the Cycle Squad hon arrived thin not. The members of the corps are Ml! putting their mdunu Into mp9 to: m work. forward complacent}: to the ' flu! tyelvo week- 00 ocbool. A hurry cull was made upon one o! the ma ollcen‘ last week. to see It burghrs had not entered n neighbor- houle. What wewant to know h. why that pal-64ml" member was called. The tthletlc lmtrhctor wlll pleale rise and explain. HkhSchool Nam.- Samuel J. Peaao of the class of ’92' no teaching Stock in the Hyde Park High school. ' The attendance has been badly broken up during the paettwo weeks because of'eickueee; some have men- sles, eoméfinumpe and some homin- tie. win are all trying to be patient until Wam weather comes. Last Friday the two literary eo- cietiee participated in a joint debate upon the question: ' “ Are trusts a benefit to the public?” Bertha Bell, Bessie ChevertontFrank Gonrad and Thomas Gail of the Adelphiane imp ported the affirmative and Mayme Kenny, Maud Inman, James Troxel and Clyde Haefele argued against ,the question succesefully, as the judges, Miee Stewart, Edna Wilmot and Olney Moore, decided. 'h The grafluates of last year are scattered somewhat, but ”are all busy. Isabel Clark, Mildred Mihills and Ethel Aldridge are at home; Clara Keyes is employed in the county clerk' sqfiice at Waukegan; Ira Hole is in Valp‘atniso. Indz, studying civil engineering; Newman Finney is in the city clerk’s ofiloe- helping hi: father; George Millard and Frank McCaâ€"flrey have positions at the Kel- log‘g Switchboardlactonjy. Olney Moore, astudent from Mil- ton 0011939. Miltoxi, Wia, and Edna Wilmot, a student in “High school Waukeg'an, former members of the class of ’99 of our. schéol, visitei us last Friday. ’ ' ‘ ' - ' l