"There was not much in the way of amusement or entertainment when I was growing up. The old United Brethren Church that was first built at Wren had been removed. We used to have preaching and Sunday School at the schoolhouse. Bill Dixon was one of the preachers who came often.

Then there were the neighborhood dances. These were quiet and well behaved. Everybody knew everybody else and there was no rowdyism."

"Father had a part in the organization of Philomath College and I went there after I got through at Mt. Vernon. President WALKER and Prof. SHEAK were my teachers. President WALKER was strict. You had either to learn or to get off the job. There were strict rules about the students engaging in dancing. One Saturday night there was a dance at Keyser's (sp?) Hall. Many of the students broke rules and were there. In stalked President WALKER with his top hat and side whiskers, and looked about to see who was guilty. On Monday at chapel he gave us a good lecture. He could not expel so large a part of the student body, but he gave us to understand that such a thing was not to happen again. Then Billy STILL built a new house on a hill west of the LIGGETT place. He said we could dance there and we did."

"Dances were well conducted, but there was occasional drinking. No one ever dreamed that a woman would smoke or take a drink. Dances commonly continued until daylight with a big dinner at midnight. All the modern dances seem to me to lack something when compared with the waltz."