Iowa Old Press
Drake Times-Delphic
Drake University, Des Moines, Polk co., Iowa
May 1885
Local and Personal
There was a tea party at Chancellor Carpenter's not long
since.
The students prayer-meetings are not as interesting as they
should be.
Miss Loduska Wirick has left school to accept a position in Iowa
Reform School for girls.
J.W. Burk and wife from Kellog visited at B.B. Burton's recently.
B.B. Burton was lately visited by his brother J.B. Burton and
family of Kellogg.
C.L. Gifford has quit school for this year.
Mr. Hughes returned to his home in Missouri in March.
L. Erickson made a visit to his home, in Lucas county recently.
Miss Bea Lanning returned to her home near Marion, Iowa, about
the last of March. She is rapidly gaining her health.
The language we sometimes hear used on the ball grounds, is not
the best.
Mr. Sherman Baerd of Massilon, Ohio, lately paid his friend and
class-mate Tom Russell a visit.
Mr. Slayton, late of Ackley, Iowa, is now our postmaster.
Miss Loduska Wirick has the sympathy of her many friends here in
her sad accident. May her recovery be speedy.
Charles Martindale and bride passed through the city one day
lately. They came out and spent a few hours shaking hands with
old friends.
Tom McAneney has embarked in business in Cottage Grove. We wish
him success and hope the people of University Place will
patronize him. He keeps a very neat meat store, well stocked.
Dr. G.A. Mershon of Newton, Iowa, helped his father in the new
store a few days. His wife and children were also visiting in
University Place a few days.
A surprise party was given Prof. Shepperd one night not long
since at the residence of Marshal White. The gentlemen present,
Lon Allen, Ira Hoff, Prof. Wright, J.F. Beeler, C.G. Saunders and
Prof. McAneney presented him with a handsome volume of
Longfellow's poems.
LITERARY SOCIETIES
Alethean - J.A. Dyer, editor
-Lillie Beem is at home.
-Mr. G.A. Bush has moved down in the city.
-Mr. C.W. Martindale of '84 has been visiting friends at Drake
recently.
-Mr. B.B. Burton's possessions are quite varied - he has a horse,
a buggy and a baby.
Athenian - S. Siberell, editor
The officers of the society are:
President Miss Minnie Mythaler; Vice-President Welch V. Daniels;
Secretary J.H. Taylor; Marshal J.W. Wilson
-C.F. Aiken of the Law Class of '84 is practicing law in the
northern part of the State.
-Mr. Luse, who was on his way to Ottumwa stopped off and gave his
son, Mr. D.N. Luse a call.
-Miss Loduska J. Wirick, one of our most zealous workers, is
teaching in the reform school at Mitchelville.
-G.O. McBroom, who has been teaching in the town of Corydon is
again in school. He has been an Athenian almost five years.
Philomathian - Mame Carpenter, editor
Mary Settlemeyer, President; J.I. Painter, Secretary; L. Higgins,
Treasurer.
Pending the election of Marshal for the ensuing term, some
dispute arose as to who should hold the office. The matter was
finally compromised by electing all the aspirants, four in
number, each to serve one evening. The lucky ones are C.G.
Saunders, C.C. Dowell, Jennie Carpenter and Ella Dungan.
Miss Bea Lanning, after two weeks of sickness has gone home
accompanied by her mother. Bea suffered much from the hands of
inexperienced watchers, before her mother came to the rescue. We
hope she has entirely recovered.
Berean - C.O. Denny, editor
-Miss Bush's allegory ranked among the best productions of the
month.
-Bro. Dow's new "boarder" and other cares have kept him
from our meetings for some time past.
For June exhibition - C.M. Barnes, orator; D.A. Wickizer,
declaimer; T.J. Low, outline; S.B. Letson, Poet; C.O. Denny,
essayist, and Miss Lily Wisner, musical director. For reunion,
F.A. Morgan, toaster; S.W. Scott, historian.
LAW DEPARTMENT
J.W. Witham, editor
Benjamin Franklin Harsh, class '84, has located in East Des
Moines, and is getting into practice as rapidly as most young
lawyers.
David Miles Martin is in Kansas, but whether practicing his
profession or not we do not know.
J.D. McKinney, class of '84, has located somewhere in Story
county, and we hear is piling up the shekels at an amazing rate.
C.F. Aiken, class of '84, called on us the other day. He thinks
he has struck it rich at Milford, Dickinson county, where in
company with a Mr. Case he has gone into the general law and real
estate business.
Wm. G. Porter, class of '84, after teaching a very successful
school at Center Point, Iowa, returned to this city and has
recently located in Nebraska.
Elmer Hairgrove, class of '84, has committed matrimony. Oh!
Elmer, did we ever think you would come to that. How the mighty
may fall!
F.R. McCabe, class of '84, took quite an active part in the
campaign last fall and delivered some very telling speeches for
his party. He has settled down as a plain justice of the peace,
having been elected to that office by the people of the East Side
by a rousing majority.
The particularly bright star among the graduates so far, in our
opinion, is found in the person of W.H. McHenry, Jr., of this
city. Mr. McHenry belonged to the class of '83 and represented
his class at the Commencement. To-day he is among the foremost
members of the Polk county bar, and has more cases on the docket
than any other member.
The twelve who now compose the class are as follows:
W.H. Keating, Belle Plaine, Iowa
G.C. Kennedy, Waterloo, Iowa
F.D. Dennis, Albion, Iowa
G.A. Bush, Clear Lake, Iowa
W.A. Saunders, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa
C.L. Hays, A.A. Haskins, J.W. Witham - all from Des Moines, Iowa
S.M. Kegley, Ames, Iowa
R.C. Bolon, Lineville, Iowa
Charles Hawkins, Maryville, Mo.
Geo. Marshall, Ohio
[transcribed by S.F., June 2018]