Lafayette College - Melange Yearbook (Easton, PA)

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The Squirrel Club Nu Charge ' Established 1912 THE Local Order of Nuts which has been in existence for many years at Lafayette has linally attained its long-sought-for ambition. It has been granted a charter by that great national organization, The Squirrel Club. The securing ol' this charter will benefit not only the petitioners but the college-at-large, in that the segregation of this species permits them to indulge in their caprices without molestation and also removes an affection which, has long been a source ol' worry to the men of Lafayette. Honorable mention should be awarded Caldwell and Miller for their activity in securing the charter. Fratres in Ui-be George Erie Hughie fthe convictj Frntres in Facultate Cooke Rankin Bye Fratres in Colleqio Nineteen Hundred and Thirteen Caldwell Cunningham Bond Miller X Nineteen Hundred and Fourteen Carhart Speer Trembath Moffat Nineteen Hundred and Fzfteen Porter Krick Maxwell Weir N tnetcen Hundred and Sixteen Pcnfield Scarlett Goldthwaite Livingston Twins 309

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The Progressiveness of Doktor Rushem IN this age of changing and constantly varying methods in the educational system of administering punishment, we arc pleased to learn that at least one of our beloved faculty, the learned Doktor Rushem, professor of German, has kept abreast with the times and is using the most up-to-date and extremely interesting method of instilling that delightful language into non-receptive eraniums. The grammar through the language, and not the language through the grammar, is the motto which daily inspires highly intelligent and really practical conversa- tions in pure German between the Doktor and his dilatory students. Our purpose is here to extol the usefulness and practicability of the system, and the infinite wisdom of our Doktor. We can do this best by merely presenting to you a sample of one of the daily recitations in its minutest details. As the 1914 classieals Cthey were the first fortunate beings to be diverted by this experimentj filed into the room, they were greeted by the cheery salutation of the Doktor. tg Guten Morgenf' V Not seeing the logical reply, all compromised by keeping silence, but with beaming smiles of comprehension upon their intelligent visages. After casting a characteristic quick and penetrating German glance about the class, the Doktor put a question which had already become habitual: Wo ist Herr Moffat? Here Herr Moffat comes into the room actually appearing as if he had exerted himself to get there. His appearance did not prevent the Doktor from directing toward him a rapid cross fire of German which made the wretched Herr Moffat stare helplessly at the Doktor for mercy and then imploringly toward the class for pity. The Doktor, who is compassionate, pitied him and concluded his eloquent philippic by asking the simple question, Warum sind sie spat? This question aroused such pleasant memories of the preceding night in our hero that his tongue could not articulate an English word, not to mention Deutsch. Our Doktor, who is also merciful, left him to quench his blushes and continued the recitation. ' The opening remarks which follow are usually given each morning in order to help us get our bearings and settle the disputes about the weather, etc., in order that the class may proceed intelligently. The Doktor: Was ist heute? The class immediately began to dispute the day of the week so vehemently that our Doktor was both pleased at the enthusiasm and fearful of the results. At this juncture our hitherto silent brother Laird said in a loud and emphatic tone which would brook no denial, Heute ist nicht gestern. QWhat infinite wisdom.j The Doktor: Wie ist das WetterP So many different opinions were advanced in so many different languages, that no end seemed near, until the same invincible authority shouted in his stentorian voice: Es ist hell! fWhat an unparalleled intcllect.j After the Doktor east a grateful look toward this hopeful pupil, he continued his catechism: Regnet es? The class in a unanimous voice, Neinl CThe Doktor looks pleasedj 310