Comments on: Without Purse or Scrip in Texas: 28 September – 10 October 1901 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/11/04/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-28-september-10-october-1901/ Where our past is never very long ago Sun, 19 May 2013 20:51:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Ardis E. Parshall http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/11/04/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-28-september-10-october-1901/comment-page-1/#comment-291966 Ardis E. Parshall Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:51:03 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16447#comment-291966 I’m only guessing on the “cry away” part, but since Baylor was/is a Christian university, and it’s Sunday, and there’s a derogatory hint in the term “cry away,” it may be that students were practicing preaching, or holding the equivalent of a testimony meeting.

“S.A.” is almost certainly “South America” — notice that he’s indicating the exotic origin of most of the animals in his list.

]]> By: Julia http://www.keepapitchinin.org/2012/11/04/without-purse-or-scrip-in-texas-28-september-10-october-1901/comment-page-1/#comment-291951 Julia Sun, 04 Nov 2012 18:22:21 +0000 http://www.keepapitchinin.org/?p=16447#comment-291951 ” Listened to the Baylor students cry away…” What does “cry away mean?

Anyone know what the S.A. they saw on the 7th, (along with all the other animals) would be? Scott and I are both stumped.

It seems that being a missionary in the cities is much more expensive than in the countryside.

Julia

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