Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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SIDE TALKS WITH THE GIRLS. cr UST to show you that all the good thing ' s are not on the lecture course we wish to „ || quote a few extracts from (a few) really home-grown lectures with which the ® ' g ' ii ' ls have been entertained and amused the past year. We sincerely beg pardon if we are not able to do these lectures justice, or if memory proves imtriistwortlij ' in any degree. Scene opens — Girls in chapel, and lady instructory arrives by way of elevator shaft, very warm and short of breath. Lecture begins thus: — Oh, dear, isn ' t this warm, girls? Let ' s have some windows opened. There, [ guess that will do. Now, girls, it ' s too warm to talk long today, and really, I haven ' t had time to prepare even an outline for this lecture. Last year — but I didn ' t mean to refer to what I said last year, — still I think I must remind you about one point — no, I don ' t either: — Oh, how I wish we could practice gymnastics for awhile, but we can ' t, (girls looked disap pointed.) I think it a good plan to take in the town (applause) by streets, at the same time observing the signs carefully, stopping only long enough to read each one; visit the manuiacturing establishments of the city; visit the markets and feed stores, as this may, in time, prove very useful to you, as it has to me. And I almost neglected to say, as far as possible, walk only when the heir is bracing-, which I should strictly adhere to. Oh. - yes, I want to mention some of the latest points in table etiquette. The very latest is to drink Houillor from a cup. Spoons are for ornament, merely, and should not be permitted

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Track li John Mahaffev. W. ( . Turnbii ' ll. J. C. Beitel, Frank Henry. y . V. Turner, W. .1. I ' inkerton. D TurnbuU, Robert Dunbar, W. J. McAllister. Ralph MoKiralian. Fred Elliott. T. G. llarrLs, .Tohn Hannum, Benj. S. Blake. B. M. Elliott, Earle Sonle. Ralph (h ' aham. A. Hanna. a elsall T ' eam. pootball Peam. i.EW WALLACE, iVatiager. W. T. GRAHAM, Captain. HIRAM NORCROHS, Manager J. T. MILLER. Captain. MEMBERS. Fred Mann. Pitcher. W. T. Graham, Catcher. Ralph McKirahan, First Base. J. G. Schall, Second Base. Lew Wallace, Third Base. Earle Soule, Short Stop. Bert Miller, Left Field. Fred Elliott, Center Field. Earle Wright, Rig-ht Field. Charles Brown, Substitute. MEMBKR8. Fred Brooks, Right End. T. G. Harris, Right Tackle Ralph McCraeken, Right Guard. George Wilson. Center. W. J. Pinkerton, Left Guard F. W. Schmunk, Left Tackle. A, W. Glass. Left End. John W, Hannum, Quarter Back W, G. Turnbull, Full Back. John Mahaflfev. Left Half Back. J. T. Miller, Right Half Back. McKirahan. McKelvey, Turner, Liv- ingston, Milne, Substitutes.

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to stand straight up. thi lal.v always takinji ' th-i g ' t ' iol. m i i s arm an I iK ' ver assisting- him with his overcDat or cane. Your papa Nvill attea I t ' l that (happity) Never have tlie g-.is lit in the hall: it loolis as if you were afraid, that in the ' lark h m ght take something — which he shoulcVnt. At parties or balls, never dance unless iiivited, and lhen. smile pleasantly, consent gladly, and perform gra ■efally; that ' s tlie way I do. B or lun di at a small parly, remove the orange peel in halves and 111 them with ice cream, tied with pink ribbon: it is so deviating. Strawberries should be eaten with a fork — never with a knil ' e. — in their season; I always do. Never permit a gentleman to hold your hand, or at least not for long uninterrupted intervals: I never do. Also, a young lady may not be kissed with impunity: I never was. (Young lady arises with a question. ) ' ' Beg pardon, I ' rofessor, but isn ' t this a mere matter of taste? Prof. — ' -Usually, if the young man is tem- perate. But isn ' t it time for the bell? It ' s so warm to talk. These lectures, I am sure, girls, will make j ou refined and useful: you certainly should be grateful for having an hour off to hear them. The next lecture will be on the ' Softening InSuenees of College Life, ' and on thesameday. Prof. ' IVilson will address the boys on ' -The Road to Eminence. ' Well, good bye, dears: isn ' t this warm?