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I was not at all surprised when I read this, because he could not help but succeed, for always at College he worked with a will at whatever he undertook to do; and his interest in the Mission Study Classes had shown that his heart was in the foreign field, so these things considered he could but make a successful missionary. "Go to the town of Westminster and attend a preaching service in the Methodist Protestant Church with the College students, and you will soon find that you are not the only member of the 1904 class in the room; for you will see "Your class President, Mr.White" seated in the pulpit awaiting the arrival of the congregation. Listen carefully and you will hear the same deep, pleasing voice that won the elocution medals years ago. He has changed scarcely at all; when he talks not a sound, save his voice, is heard. His sermons are those that thrill the soul and benefit man- kind. His name was mentioned last year for nomination as the President of the Conference; but this year it will not only be mentioned, but he will be elected and will fill the position exceedingly well." After reading this, I paused and thought of what prominent positions these boys were all holding; surely they have shown to the world that the young are now prepared to fill very responsible positions. Before I dared unroll the paper farther I stopped to think of her whose fate was next. She was Sloany to us all, dear old Sloany! How often had she amused us at the table with her interesting remarks about "Irwin." When we would hide her letters, she could scarcely eat, but her appetite would return when the letters did. We all knew that she could only have a happy future. I will now relate what the roll said: "Far in the wild West in the little village of ---, there is a neat pretty cottage with large, red roses climbing on the porch, the most attractive little house imaginable. The library is cosy, and there in the twilight you may see your own dear Sloany-but Sloany no longer, by name-playing a dreamy waltz and a gentleman sitting near is lost in admiration. Presently she stops and they commence to talk; he speaks of St. John's College and the Com- mencement Ball of ten years ago. Surely this is no other than the Irwin, whose letters we saw frequently at Western Maryland College. After graduating, Bess went to Boston and studied music for several years, then she was a well- known teacher in ---- College; but such a life did not satisfy her every desire. She went home and lived with her parents untH two years ago when she became the mistress of a "doctor's home." "In one of the most fashionable and best theatres in London at present the star is Miss Sterling. When she comes on the stage as Lady Macbeth, you would scarcely recognize the same Marianna of years ago. She was always handsome when on Alumni Hall Stage, but now she is "perfectly Iovely'I-e-taller and more slender. When she be- gins to speak, you will, however, recognize immediately the same clear voice as of old.and the ges ures bring into 76