Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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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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DECEMBER 1. Peter ' s cold is attributed to draughts in the room, 2. Howard McCleery skips society for obvious reasons. 3. Nan Turnbull goes skating with Kilpatrick. 4. A serious collision in Kirkwood. 5. Helen goes home from prayer meeting alone. 6. Bible reading- contest. 7. Everybody who is short of change goes through the red tape of registering. 8. Several students removed to Watertown. 9. Arnoldson distinguishes himself in his rendition of the Spectre Pig. ' ' 10. Kathryn falls down stairs. 11. Traffic resumed. 12. Bess leads prayer meeting. Jim is there. 13. Redpath Grand Concert Company, Carrithers and Tinning out with girls. 14. Carrithers announces that he is going to play first mandolin in the club. 15. Prof. Graham begins to grade on sneezes. 16. Ape Wilson has nothing to say for three minutes ! ! ! ! 17. Mrs. Lyons receives the college girls in a delightful manner. IS. Guy Morrison is in town. Where is he going? 19. Joe, Clinton and Wirt study in the gallery. 20. Some dignified seniors try to intercede for Joe and get squelched for their pains. 21. Clarke club burns out. Peter appears in the role of a hero. 22. June saves her best dress by heroic efforts. 23. Ralph and Augusta, Joe, Fred and John go to Hanover. 24. Hugh is much shocked and surprised at receiving ' a sofa pillow, in- stead of the ebony military brushes. 25. Sabbath : Lucy decides that Will Robinson is all right. 26. Mable feels lonesome. Sam gone. 27. Ralph returns with his Speer. Moral: Advertise in the Ravel- ings ' ' for lost articles. 28. Arthur goes to Paxton to ask papa. 29. Monmouth College Quartette starts out. 30. Elma Lorimer is seen in a terrible rag ' e. 31. Quartette returns with twenty-seven cents apiece.

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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