McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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Yes, that chap with the determined look on his face really means it. Nor- ris, better known as Warty Sayre, is an athlete who wears a purple M, signifying that he has successfully competed in three branches cf athletics. Warty believes in being thorough. Instead of earning only the required three M ' s in one year, Warty earned four. That ' s going them one better, isn ' t it? In baseball, Warty is a pitcher; in football, a fullback; in basketball, a forward ; in track, a pole vaulter, and in the orchestra he cavorts around the tuba. He believes that an athlete should have a musical mind, and a mu- sician should have an athletic frame. The fellow with the protruding ears is Johnston, better known as John- ny. His ability to electrocute, especially in the line of Jewish impersona- tion, has won for him fame as the derby king. Johnny piloted the Sopho- mores safely through that critical Freshman period last year, as class presi- dent. Johnny has accomplished many other things, too numerous to men- tion in this brief article. The chap with the Mike Farady face and trim collar and tie has a name that reminds one of some very unpleasant sounds emitted by angry canines, but when you know him you will find nothing unpleasant about him. George Grauel is the wizard of college hill. If you want anything done in the way of electrical work, Let George do it. He is the ODerator-in-chief of the only wireless telegraph office in Lebanon. And now we win see what damage can be done to the back row. From his high and CONSPICUOUS position en the extreme right, stands our mighty Van Dyke, just Van for short. Van was a star on McKendree ' s football team of 1920, having made more touchdowns than all the rest of his team mates. Another football distinction — he is the only man who was cap- able of playing every minute cf all the games of the season. While Van made a mark for himself on the gridiron, his greatest stronghold is with the girl s. Ask any of them and see. Mr. Kean seems to be rather shaded in this picture. Let it go at that. In a picture is about the best possible chance one has of shading him. In the orchestra, he is a bright and shining light. He plays a cornet like the man who invented the instrument. His grades show that he is a real student, in spite of his many activities. For an adjective to describe him best, we must needs go to his name, and say that he is a Keen fellow. The lad who is craning his neck in order to get his smiling physiognomy

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See the cute smile wedged between the Crewell Sisters? That ' s Marie Shurtleff, and she also hails from the hamlet of Bone Gap. Petite Marie lives in the shadow of greatness, and, of course, can not help absorbing soma of it. Greatness? Yes! She is the editor ' s roomy. Marie is otherwise noted, for she is the true McKendree Catter. No, the sturdy maid with the checked skirt doez not need the support of the brick wall, for she is Mabel Bower, our class pugilist. She not only looks energetic, but IS energetic. Mrs. Sheridan says that if anything is to be dene, to tell Mabel about it, for she is so full of pep. She is a veritable cham- eleon, changing with her surroundings. In the Library, she is as dignified an assistant as Miss Stanley could desire (and that is saying a good deal). Out by the Rock Well, she makes a charming picture of romance. Freeman rays, She was a mother to me, while others on the campus have been known to utterly fade away before her tormenting wit. She regrets enly two things: her middle name and her constant blushes. Now, follow us back to the right, and you will be acquainted with some more of McKendree ' s best people. Just behind Miss Bower is Bonnie Bee Waggoner. You might think we were referring to hair nets, but we are really speaking of the tiniest bit of femininity in the Sophomore Class Lack of stature doesn ' t mean lack of pep in her case, for she ' s always jazzing about with a smile on her lips and coquetry in her eye. Now, we have reached the point where we can show our class giggler. She is an out-of-town girl, and can tell endless tales of Belleville shows which Ralph and I saw. You ' ll readily surmise that Ralph is Etta Bussong ' s beau. Etta ' s folks forbade her the pleasure of attending funerals due to the spon- taneity of her bubbling smile. ' S funny, i:n ' t it, how a picture will bring forth smiles? But the bland smile on Florence Early, better known as Flossie, is of the type that won ' t wear off. She is our biggest tease. Woe unto he or she who is the victim, and everyone gets their turn, sooner or later. The sad part cf it is the im- possibility cf kidding her in return. If she were Zimmie, she would say Ya can ' t kid me. She seems impervious to kidding. However, we think of the vulnerable heel of Achilles, and take heart again. We ' ll kid her yet.

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