Drake University - Quax Yearbook (Des Moines, IA)

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F425-A3'1f'i?.ff I am. a part KN Y--!,,,,,.,,7jf-4 inseparable X X , .1 V and unchangeable Q Juli- of this University. Ihave filled my ' position in a 'way ' unequalled by my predecessors and A U - U A which can never 7- ti: be.excelled by any who may follow. I am, to state a concrete fact, the leading Donkey of Drake University. My accomplishments have caused much astonishment in the world of science, chief among these is my ability to talk. I can say many words- words-words-words. I think I may modestly say that my gift second in importance is that of furnishing amusement. Why, it is an honest and undisputable fact, established by many and varied experiments, that when I shamble into the class- room staipl professors will smile. The value of that smile is inestimable. It causes new life and vitality to be thrown unto philosophy and theology. If I stalk through the halls maidens titter and young men grin broadly, and visitors realize that they have met something unusual. Again, when I poke my head into the library heavy-eyed scholars glance up, long-faced theology students grow broad of countenance, then serious again, wondering wherefore the creator hath made such a being. Yet, after all, it is but I and I am only 541+ P. S.-The appearance of my hair is not the least in- dication of the nature of the cosmos of ideas within.

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was published in February, 1873. i Have been extant twenty-eight years. Although I sell at a moderate price, I am still in the first edition. Illustrated well by blue eyes and wavy brown.hair. Frontispiece is suggestive. X Public opinion is that while I am in good I literary form and my carriage is superb, - X Ilack richness of content and that the interest is not well sustained, that while -..- - a slight reading is not without profit, a deeper consideration is not desirable. My colloquial style is perhaps too stilted. The dramatic element is weak, diminishing gradually to the close. The sales would have been larger had I been labeled comedy Qlialstaff or Bottomj while as it is, only the most discerning are able tg pierce my melo-dramatic role and see the real comedy, beneath which, when viewed as a whole, is most admirable. Up to the present date I confess being some- what a disappointment to my authors. They have lately sold the copyright and it is hoped that by this change of management and under my new hyphenated title, Ishall acquire 3, certain popularity, at least, with the dilletante. frufuxiuflg

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I am Donkey No. 2, of : Nad A J, this great school. l ' X00 My t-rainin has x ff g B- been more limited 's 'X fl along some lines 2 than that of my W, companion, but my - talents are more msn' 111- ' varied and can bet- ter be rendered serviceable. In some ways I can truthfully be called the, shadow, the imitator, but, when it comes to the genuine characteristics of the Donkey, theseI possess inha superlative degree. In the first place I am tricky. Many times have I raised havoc and looked as innocent and unconcerned as-as a Donkey. Things have dropped, and things have been broken, there have been explosions and the school has been put in a commotion, and people have wagged their heads, saying that it was the leading Donkey, but no one suspicioned Donkey No. 2. Also I can kick, and kick to some purpose, too. During a protracted siege of my kicking the very foundations of the University trembled, and the professors grew perplexed and then distracted in their inability to comply without com- plying. Another thing, when I open my mouth intelligible sounds issue forth, by the hour I can reel offyarn after yarn, interesting and fascinating yarns. pathetic and humorous yarns, long and short yarns, all of which have in times past formed a part of my experience when I was in Cleveland, Chicago or'Arizona. Should my services be needed in any of theabove stated lines I can be found in the main hall of the main building any time between 7:45 a. m. and 6:00 p. m. My name is QWZMWQ