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JESSE GLAISON EATON ., History "Socrates" New Freedom, Pa. Irving Literary Society; Class Chairman, '21; Chaplain of Irving, '21; Class Foot- ball, '21; Elocution Contestant, '21, '22; Treasurer Irving, '22, '23; Student Govern- ment Council, '22; Inter-Society Debate, '23; Lieutenant R. O. T. C., '23; President Irving, '24; Captain Co. A., R. O. T. C., '24; Intercollegiate Preliminary Contest, '24; Y. M. C. A. Cabinet; W. A. G.'s; Officers Club; Charter Member of Scabbard and Blade; Theological Associations. I "Choice word and measured word above the reach of ordinary men."-Wordsworth. HEAD to contrive, a hand to execute." This is characteristic of Eaton. From the day he entered the Prep. School in '19, until the present time, his ability as an orator and debater has been unequaled. He has always shown a willingness to partici- pate in any college activity, and if a stranger should enter the classroom while Eaton was reciting, he would at once think that he was listening to Socrates discussing some deep philosophical subject. How- ever, it is generally conceded that all great men have some degree of nar- rowness in some particular subject. Eaton is not an exception; after a thorough study of Philosophy, Logic, and divers Astronomical observations, he still maintains that there is but one "Stella" in the universe of any con- cern to him. Forty-seven