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May 7e 1941 ¥ola 2 Ho. 24
Editorials
The beautifulj rushing Crabtreo Falls gave
forth a message to u s 9 as wo stood gazing at
its splendorB On and ca i t flows, never be«°
oanlng xroary* TJoa too* as Christiana, should
never be weary in well doings but continue to
give forth the gospel to others* I f this water
•would bo harnessed* it would give such power*
I f we are hooked up with t^od, we can have power *
in our lives* The beauty of this falling waters
glistening in the sunGhinc* could bo seen far in
the valley below* Are our lives so beautiful
that others wait to bee one followers of Christ?
Is our light ve:,y dim or can it bo seen at a
great distance? Lot us try to live out the
challenges that Sod’ s out-of-doors presents to
us®'
— Martin
Eastern Mennonite School stands out as a
lighthouse on the h ill as a person observes
it frcm the Valley Pike* It can rightly be
referred to as a lighthouse for it is giving
a testimony to the world--a world that is
groping in darknesso Hay each of us trim our
lamps so that the rays of light may shine
more brightly©
The faculty needs the cooperation of each
student* May we make the most of the remaining
weeks, of school* As vie nark finis to our
’jTork may we not bo too far behind the Seniorss>
Certainly a Junior this year does not want to
be a Junior next year when wc will have our
now annexe — Baer
*The crest of religion is a sense of need®”
——J © R© Mumaw
Answers Given at fee Christian Workers *
Conference at Lindale
Sunday School Teacheri "An I a good Sunday-school
teacher?*5
Answers Are you preparing each Sunday’ s lessor
carefully? Is your life a consistent test*-
imony? Do you pray regularly for each of
your scholars?
Sunday-school Superintendents t5lm I a successful
superintendent?”
Answers Are you Interested in every mane waaaa
and child in your Sunday-school? Do you show
that you are by greeting them individually
every Sunday? Do you pray regularly for your
teaching staff? Do you add interest and
variety to your Sunday«echool? Have you
learned that it is a greater' success to get
twelve men to work than to do the work of
twelve non?
Pastor« "Am I a faithful shepherd?111
Answer* Are you feeding the lembs as well as
the sheep in. your flock? Are you a prompt
and interested participant in every Surday-school
and Church function?
— Edith Showalter
Coming Events
Thurs* Hay 8 Second contingent of Washingtonians
leave#
Sat* 10 College Jrc~Sr0 Outing
Tueso IS Avian
Thurs 0 15 Scriblerus Talk-Fest
Frio IS Avians and Girls » Sparkling
Springs ’
— Me To B«
May 7S 1941 «3»
Suggestive principles for tho Guidance
of Holy Spirit power
~-J» R» liumaw
1 9 Walk 5a Spirit
One itiust bo .filled with Spirit for
Christian livings
2® Obedienoe to tho Word
There amist bo a willingness to act as the
Spirit prompts* I f -are do not respond to
His voice,* He cannot guide us with power.
3 , Aoquaintano© of yourself to the Word
The Word cf God is the sword of tho
Spirit® Do not expect to have tho fullness
of the Spirit*s power when you are not willing
to take time with His Word„
4 o Given to prater
We secure Holy Ghost power by living with
Gods
5® Faith
Hast be fu ll of faith to bo fa ll of the
Holy Ghost power*, Let God have His way
in your life and the "how to bo filled*1 will
take care of itself*
—■Mary Frey
Rainbow
Don’ t have ranch time-“ article must bo short—
editors busy—more space needed-more scratch
feed, too~->try to economize.
Tuesday3 perfect day-—three oars start fivo
minutes late, 7i50“ **good roads (for a while)—
narrow roads, mere paths*, no roads— roebys
sandy—bouldersa scraping oars, preoiplces««
jostling, bouncing, aching crcrons, and black
and blue elbows-—e:jcaggerated*
Beautiful scenery*—'broad valleys, steep h ills ,
woodlands—“log cabins—-foot bridges*— fords—
blooming trees— flowers &
Gates to open**»gates to olose—whoro’ s Ezra?
His finger*s pinched in the doer— very brave
about it.
Pontiac rot up to par-bad oase of hiccups»
Visiting schools, educational-^good teachers—
fine ideas**-delicious soup.
School over— Codar C liff Falls, cool,, steep9
jagged*—wet feet— obstacles bravely surmounted—
crawl up— fa ll dona again#
Back to carc—home—‘hot* haggard, happy„ hungry
we*—thonkss Brother Daniel.
— Sara Jane Weaver
Gospel Tour
Tho Gospel tour group had another privilege to
testify for Christ during the past week-end.
Programs wore given at llattawana^. Allensville,
Marbinsburg and Pinto* Excluding a few exceptions,
a flat tiro ond a little (?) car trouble$
the trip was an enjoyable one* T<ro were privileged
to be in the "Big V alley", the garden spot
of this particular part of Pennsylvania, I t was
with regret that we could not spend raore tine in
Christian fellowship, But as Brother Gehmn puts
its ’•'The King*s business requires haste***
«»Russell Baer
As Ithora SfS® Ua
We expected the yj&shiagtaaians to have a
good time- We hope they‘put out a special
number of the Weather Vane. Seme of us have
wished that they would have waited until Sunday
morning to let us Imow they were beck®
* * *
It was a thoughtful gesture on the part’ of
tho President of Goshen College to pay us &
vigit and to take an active interest is: ':ur
class work# To m j» student who never expected
Brother Miller to speak to him# he said® at
the end of a class period, "My* that m s a -
pretty big mouthful# wasn’ t it?"
* * *
"17Oj, thoy are the College Invitations to the
Junior-Sanior Outing*" Pro tty , origrbm., ap*=>
propriate are aaly a for; words to describe the
invitations the Juniors gave this yoar0
* <«
Because there is something very holy about
the twilight and because all the girls can
meet in one group outside it is • roty pleasant
to have G irl’ s Prayer Circle on cne of the f; ant
terraces® Bu& tho laughtor and care 16; s conversation
that castes floating down f m i wind 3 0
above ie most rude and irreverent* and,, may I
says a little hard to forgive*
* * * {V
' Once is just plain once, but more
than once a day you w ill hear seme- i '1
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one saying "©need" or "onoet" or
evon nwanteo" /t.
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Scholars
Bo you know v»imt must occur this week? May
8 , 1941 is a crucial date for five College
Seniors j, Their theses are duo or. this date.
Don*t feel too harsh tcward us if re iv>.
od to be preoocupicd and fail to notioo you.
Mahl«at*s "den" is in the Agricultural Labo *»
atory, Chester, Irvin, and Hart ha w ill be rjl sk-ing"
their brains in their respective rooss*.
George will bo found wherever he can find a
roosting placo0
I f you would visit these people you would see
books9 papers and encyclopedias surrounding
them# Please do not disturb anything an bhat
might prove a calamity as they loaow whore
everything ie placode
“ -George T* Hiller
Drift
Thursday aftomocn in Biology the question
arose as to what a Chamoloon was, Anns: She©".si*
was auro it was some kind of a horse, but Ft y
Ploraman said that it was an.ape. phen
Dorothy Ilostoller said that ahe m s sure :.t
was some kind of bird* Violet Simmons was
certain that it m s a f ish®
Upon our asking Brother Hostottor ho srid
that it was a lisic.rd®
—•Doris Shenfc
A challenge
Onoo again a challenge - is before us as xro
visited the Buckhom Sunday-school in West
Virginia and realised that there should be many
more Sunday-schools such as this one®
As we listened to the testimonies of these
mountain people our hearts were stirred® Each
one that attends that little Sunday-school m s
given a chance to -bake parts They gave testi«
monies as to what they expect of the teachers
and also appreciations for a camimnity Sunday-school
® Othc.'s gave waya An which they can
help their teachers and hot/ they can add to the
Sunday-schools
X wish that all could have heard the testimony
of one man0 He spoke on '■“Is Sunday-school worth
a sacrifice7* This man with a family of little
ohildron walks four miles over the mountains*
He s a M it is worth the sacrifice* I f a Sunday-school
would have been there twenty yoars before,
ho would have boon saved from a Jail and a penitentiary
sentence« He m a ts his children to
ha-ro nos? what he did not have when ho was a child»
Pray the Lord of the harvest to send reapers
into this needy fie ld .
— Euth Eborly
See Virginia F i r s t !
WSLLAFEERTBARC, M thus read a parfc of the oaaun-
- drum, which,, when unravelled, gave us a clue as to
where the thirteen geography students from the
Nonual department were to go with their instructor
, Brother Daniel Lehman, on the annual excursion,*
7Te were all in high spirits as vie left the School
at 7 s15 A® Ho, and headed towards Augusta County9
where we obtained three Shorn 1 tor boys who very
efficiently guided us to our various surprises#
On and on we drove* in and over the Blue Ridge
mountains on a very rude,, dusty, but picturesque
route* Those of us in James Shank’ s car were Entertained
part of the way by the chirping of our
pot canary which resulted from a large stone
striking the oil pan (ash pan as Margaret Horst;
called i t . ) Howe-ver, I must admit that we were
all relieved when the noise ceased*
At the sign "Crabtree Falls” wo parked the oars
and started on an interesting mountain climb
pausing at each of the four large falls in the
stream to enjoy its grandeurs The final vista
at the top was the climax in beauty and scenic
look-out* Dorothy Geil could hardly adjust her
imagination to visualising the huge boulder on
which Tie built a f ir o 0
We couldn’ t remain forever on that mountain top
experience *srith the summits bathed in glory like
the Prince Immanuel’ s land.” Lloro fun followed
when we forsook the path and descended along th©
creek by jumping from rock to rock the best way
we could, Elsie and $ara Jsme decided to sit and
slide down once*
quite impressed by a large ate -m shove-I and
asked i f it could-lift112 acres* Shcmeant 12
tons*
As gu;.per-time approached Brother Daniel said
we would fast. He must have meant feast- for that
is what we did when our guides led us to our
final surprise at the home of Truman, Kary, and
Elisabeth Showalter« Although we were dirty and
tirod we were able to abundantly enjoy the
ohiokon-noodlo soup, iced tea, wafers, and all
the oarmel ico cream that we could eat*
After an inspirational prayor circle we returned
to our Alma Mater with gratitude on our
lips to Brother Lehman and the Shoimlters for
planning .for us such a delightful day with God
in Ills wonderful world!
«—Carolyn King®
Chef
A few days ago X asked the cooks, Mary and
Nannie# if they would be kind enough to write out
five recipes of culinary importance* I wish to
thank them for their splended response in writing
the recipes,
X will feature a rocspa in each of the succeeding
editions of tho Weather Yane0 I f you are
wise you w ill keep the recipes for future us'e*
It would be outrageous if you got hungry for Dewy
Buns and you couldn’ t make thorn. Remember you
canTt take Mary and Nannie along homo*
Rice and Cheese (Recipe language)
1 cup rice
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1 cup tomatoes
1 medium-sized onion
5- tibl.3sp6or.e- su-rar*
3 teaspoons salt "v~':
s/4 lb8 American cream choose
Boil rice in water, add onion, tomatoes, salt
and sugar» When rico is thoroughly cooked, place
a layer of rice in baking dish* then layer of
dried cheese, and so on until filled* Top with
dried cheese and bake for 45 min. Oven 350° Fo
Servos six*
— Herman Yoder
Fog
A monitor, while sitting at tho table in the
Study Hall, can expect to receive many unsual
requests from tho day students. These requests
allow the hours to pass b, very rapidly. I shall
mention a few0
Dorothy— 1"May I return this book to a ,ir l ? I ’ ve
found mine hero in Study Kail*®
Elva— ®May I go to xrash my face? I an so sleepy
I cant stay awakeom
After returning with a smile, Elva was asked,
”Are you avjake?®
Lula Mae--“What is the subject of this sentence?®
Olive— "May I go to the office to get peraission
to study in Rhoda’ s roam?”
Doris— ""May I go to the cloak-Our next stop was Shreando Lake* JEhyono who room to study?®
thinks that all college students are too dignified Dorothy— "llay I go to tho Library?**
should have seen these Juniors and Seniors wading* — Martha WiEterd
M old mill operated by water psvwjr , and a grapevine
rear by which was 2.7 inches in circumference were
Breeze «4 -
12. M erican History class B> » very stirring
question for debate m s i ”Resolved that u * J« A.
should ente*' the present ccrdlicto"
tTust as the first affirmative speaker h 1 can.**
eluded hia speech by saying# ‘Why not go yer and
finish the war now instead of letting Ilit ar destroy
tilings later as he is new?" a great bang
■was heardo The speaker looked sesaewhat c cited*
Yes, it surely did sound like Gemasy v .s no<j&r9
but we were all glad to kuaw it too just t blast*
Tho class, as judges,, decided in favor jf the
affirmative0
We then had a fr©e*»for*-alI discuss!©* a which
each one could present hie 07.11 ideas* C course,
tho whole was; a vrorldly viewpoint—
—Bom 3 ie 1 y
Glances
King of tho third floor dormitory he rules not
by stem decree, but by winning a p ice in th®
hearts of his subjects* Helpful^ 0 asiderate,
friendly5 tactful® understanding* cheerfula jo lly,
likablea original,, gcod-natureda capable, our
dean of non is every boy13 friend and every boy
is his fsdend« With all his fun and good-natured
pleasantries he is still f i m when firmness is
needed and is conoemod that in a ll his dealings
with tho boys ho might be fair to a l l 0 Above all
he is concerned for tho spiritual welfare of his
boys* This is Brother tie Ivin, friend* confidante3
and counselor to the bcyc of Eo M» So
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Iambus
Two-thirty Saturday afternoon^ Paul Martin and
Lester Eshlcmn left tho campus bound for “Grand
Caverns0” Five livoly boys, twelve years of ago,
wham. Paul has in his Sunday-school olaso also went
with them® A oar followed driven by Ruth Brunk
in which. were the girls of the class and Uaaai
Weber«
After arriving at the cavern we registered before
entering !:he place proper* which rac reached
by climbing a short, stoop h i l l . Every cne
thoroughly?1 enjoyed tho excursion through pillared
corridors and ball rooms* Soft strains of the
beautiful hymn* Rock of Ages, swelled and filled
the cavern with nusic too beautiful and impressive
to desoriboa
After buying some souvenirs we drove to a spot
nearby avhore w© built a fire and ate our lunch.*
As ne began eating,, I,oater was presented with a
special "'Delicacy” sent by Mary, the cooks It
proved to b© a good siaed parsnip f
llcffr Lester is very fond of parsnips end so to-day
after having“rSBm“as part of our lunch* he
stopped at the kitchen to infom the cook.G of the
fact I Saturday nocn there wore parsnips on only
two tables, but Lester walked to one of these of
hie atm accord* As we wore packing the lunch
Mary and Nannie brov.ght this contribution all
wrapped carefully in was papor*
VJhen he received it he manfully ate it between
buttered bread* But this is not the end of the
parsnip story* Sunday morning when Emma
brought tho coffee to the table, Lester saidi;.
"Aron1t wo having parsnips for breakfast?*
Emma roplied that we weren’ t , but wondered if
she sould put in a speoial order# Lester’ oca—
seated. Presently in ccanos the waitress bearing
in her hand a dish with a parsnip lying
very proudly thoroglu
— Ha ami Weber
Sunbeams
t!He who thinks more of a few dollars than of
his character is unworbhy of the name
Christian®* —David Yoder
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"Translate the principles of the Word into
oencrate actions*"9 — Betty Weber
— Submitted by Mahlon Hess
Tide Spring
It was about a5.x o’ clock tsa Saturday morning
when the Avlons reached the springe We noticed
that the tide had been up just a short tine
before*, so we walked on through the woods to
observe birds*,
Many birds posed beautifully for us* W3
wore especially pleased with the way the
scarlet tanagor showed itself* Although it
was difficult to find the ovenbird, its <.all
was very evident. Finally it oould be seen
about fiftoon foot high in a tree*
WI believe each muscle in our bodies gets
exercised on this hike*” one girl remarked*
"We climb fences, stoop, walk, end run*"’’
Upon returning to the spring we skit the tide
rise« After a fire m s built and oaoh had
drunk of tho water# tho group gathered before
the spring to eat their breakfast*
*It tastes better to drink water out of this
paper cup, then to stick our noses in first,
and drink it right from the spring," Mpmetta
deoided, as we had folded cups out of tho
paper our lunches wore wrapped in* The bide
came up enoe more just aa wo were about to
leave tho spring*
It was too enticing; scat© of tho girls had
to go wading before they loft the stream;
They also picked some mint tea*
Over forty species were seen including these
we saw while going to and from tho spring* A
little after
to school feeling
while to lot _ ^
such an enjoyable time. \ \ *
—Erma Landis
Ilappy Birthday
May 1 Edith Hoover
May 2 John Stover
May 2 Gladys Shank
May 5 Ruth Brunk
Moy 5 Marie Schulz
