Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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FEBRUARY L. It is reported that Mina Eakin is seriously ill. 2. Aitken leaves town. 3. Carrithers wins the debate for Dorris. 4. Roderick breaks a lamp chimney. 5. Roderick informs Sam that he will have to cut down expenses. •V. Tom Harris stays at home. His vaccination takes in two days, in- stead of ten. 7. I saw. Prof. Brosius, excitedly : What did you saw? 8. Boynton house. Burns — fell. 9. Drake debaters arrive. 10. Drake-Monmouth debate. Brains won the debate. Dress suits won the reception. 11. Drake delegates miss the train. Bob Dunbar isn ' t sorry. 12. Delia spends all day planning her part in Cupid ' s campaign to make two seniors happy. 13. French shows his good taste ( for alcohol. ) 14. Peter ' s bed ' ' makes an impression on him. ' ' 15. The Kid gets his valentine a day late. 16. Roderick and Peter discuss proposals. Aitken vouchsafed no inform- ation. 17. McCaughey disagrees with the Encyclopedia Brittanica on hypnotism. It will be changed. 18. Arthur Tubbs takes his collar to the laundry. 19. Roderick eats Nan ' s pie. 20. Roderick not able to be out. Eccritean reception. Randies misses his dinner and supper. Freshmen banquet. Senior vacation. Another senior extra. Senior class meeting. Modesty keeps Irvine from the meeting. 24. Sophomore banner appears in chapel. Weather bum. Sophomore and Freshmen ditto. 2(1. Tinning sits in gallery. No collection there. Faculty impressed by the devotion of the Sophomores. Does the Kirkwood party wear dress suits? 59

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JANUARY 1. Will Robinson is happy. Lucy will be back in two days. 2. Will is still happier. Only twenty-four hours longer to wait. 3. Conflagration at Mrs. Hunter ' s. Ceiling falls on Roy and Kenneth. Their clothes were fatally injured. 4. More red tape. 5. It is rumoi-ed that Fred has lost his Pearl. 6. McMicken had a private conference with Prof. Maxwell. 7. Cupid gets ahead of the railroad and comes in on the last train. 8. Everybody puts their New Year ' s resolutions into practice by going- to church. 9. Wars and rumors of wars. Seniors buckle on their armor. 10. Ochiltree gets on lire. Fire supposed to have started from matches in his pocket. 11. Another fire. Free the victim — same cause. 12. Result: No more matches stolen from the chemical laboratory. 13. The little boys in the sociology class are informed that they will have to take front seats if they can ' t behave. 14. Terrible scandal. A keg of lager beer left at Dr. Campbell ' s. 15. French doffs his sweater and dons a biled shirt. Hi. McClelland and Irvine go to the cake walk. 17. McClelland expresses his sentiments on the cake walk question. IS. D. Sharpe recites without asking more than half a dozen questions. 19. Eleanor thinks she has the murnps. Tries vineg-ar. 20. Jo goes skating with another boy. 21. Jo is ill. Attributed to too much skating. 22. After many weeks of arduous labor, Prof. Swan secures his catechism diploma. 2. ' !. Wright goes to chapel. 24. Aunt Eva and Aunt Anna say they don ' t feel a(u)ntiquated. 25. Uncle Howard goes calling. 2 i. Junior social. Senior colors burned. Indian war dance and other exciting events. 27. The seniors get out an extra on some little social held the night before. 28. Sam and Mabel study ( ? ) physics. 29. Tom goes to church to hear music. 30. Bertha and Dick go to the concert. 31. Sociology class : Chicag - o is an agricultural center. ' ' Miss Chal- fant: ' Taint either.

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MARCH 1. Ralph Howison and the Pope at Rome taint. Miss Winbigler had n ' effect on the Pope. 2. Helen Donnan is seen with a commercial traveler. 3. Last call to registration. 4. Helen and Torild go for a stroll. 5. Helen and Torild go to church. i. Howie ' s red necktie is the only thing- that saves him from being taken for Dorris. 7. Prof. Graham experiences some difficulty in leading chapel exercises. 8. The one initial dodgers are out. 9. Spring weather in which a young man ' s fancy lightly turns to walking home from chapel with her. 10. A. B. L. contest. Bertha receives roses from an ex-army officer ( ? ) 11. The Gentlemen ' s Mandolin and Guitar Club give their dress rehearsal to the faculty and lady friends. 12. Sabbath : Irvine crams for sociology exam. 13. The girls get up early to cram. Of course the boys don ' t ( ? ) 11. Concert at Big ' gsville. Gait wears his spring suit. 15. The boys have a hard (cider) time at Mediapolis. 16. (Morning Sun) Brown and Young take their ladies to the concert in a C-A-B. 17. Harold does not take Lucia to the concert. 18. Grade cards received. The faculty confer the degree of D. D. on Cusick. 19. Dr. Campbell preaches against license. Joe impressed ; consults Lucy. They will not need one. 20. Jo called home. Bob loses his appetite. 21. Concert at Alexis. The ten-cent show holds too lat to allow Prof. Brosius to catch the train. 22. Did Dorris C Irvine ' s B ' s. 23. Dunnan agonizes the Milton class. 24. The gentleman who knows how to quit talks in chapel. 25. A. B. L. ' s and Aletheorians have their pictures taken. So do some others. 26 . Callie takes Cunningham to church. 27. The Cook walks off with Velma. 28. The negro minstrels receive Mr. Irvine at the opera house. 29. Prof. Graham: None of the faculty ever were drunk: simply anil- lustration. 30. Lots of snow. Bill has to study, so can ' t go bob-riding. 31. A. B. L. (and other societies) go bob-riding. 60