Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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Nighty-Night lyr I G H T Y-N I G H T is one of the time-honored ( ?) institutions i of the school. Each year on the rainy night which always immediately precedes the Girls ' May Party, the Freshman and Sophomore boys get out their night garments and parade the streets, hold a Maypole dance of their own, etc. May 23. 1912, was the date of the last Nighty-night. It was a night long to be remem- bered — led by Pierce ' s German Band. But it was a howling success and the faculty dread i!s coming again.

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TKMBEB L ' S. ir.I3 COLLEGE fiOyS IN m WM Jlembers of Freshwon and Sophouiore Classes Cla hod DonuJo Ti Saturday AT FLKST VEAK STCNT ' ' ' ' Til Tin Fire Soj ' bs Ba-lly S urm of Fro ' hjf reeled Some loJ?° , °» l Colo, ' ' Bcon„ in hour • ' ty -Foliop Ar- • rp ih,. ♦an I ;:: ThB Sopbomore aod F p: s r B ■ ' lfc» folleg - co-jid nit be cor ' . jM off lb- anni .noil V ' ■ •■ „«. ' ' » ' ' ' „;, broSc out Saiitdjv i.ijlli do,,, isr l „,.i-r „r, • ■ ' ■ V.i I tunob .t Ibf nr,. ,«r „..■», „„ • lor . ' ■ ' • !; „ .rt ' ' ' ' ' ' , l»» ' ll, The Freshman-Sophomore Pole Scrap. A FT K R several false alarms by tampering upper classmen, the president of the Sophomore class finally attached the colors to the pole and gave the Freshman president his one hour ' s warning at 5:11 Saturday morning, September 21!, 11112. At tl:ll the Freshman forces were charging the defensive Sophomores clustered around the pole and at 6:15 the Freshman colors were floating at the top of the pole, while the Sophomore colors were fluttering down. The Sophomores were good scrappers but they were completely outnumbered and it was only an occa- sional outburst on the part of the Stewart brothers that made things interesting till time was called at 7:11. 1 ' . C i: T w K N T V

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A Diary Picked Up in the College Halls. Swipity- Swipe. Siinday, Feb. 9 — Started diary today. At Y. M. C. A. in evening. Date at night. I sure do care for lier but just the same 1 am afraid of McCoy. Monday, 10— Cut German because I had a liad cold. Sta. ed at home at night. Tuesday, 11 — Classes in morning, took recreation hour, gym class. Stayed at home. Wednesday. 12 — Classes in morning. Chapel. Ruth there. Commit- tee meeting. A date that was sure good. Thursday. 13 — Classes. Gym class. Rulh is at wedding toniglit. Friday, 14 — Same dope. Ruth is away. Wliy does she go and why in h am I so jealous. Saturday, l. ' j — Ruth home today. Fooled around all day. Had date in evening. I sure do. Sunday, IS — Church. Dinner at Habeiman ' s. Sted leaves in ninrn- ing. Best date of my life tonight. Monday, 17 — German today. Cot the roses, no date. 1 wonder what she is doing. Here the record remains unfinished. The tiger or the lady, which? Entered for (he candy by on- who has been there. 1. . n ice box sat upon a porch Within the sight of all. Temptation urges all the men To pay that box a call. The owner wakes some Sunday morn. And finds the box is clean; And now she says that College boys Are very, very mean. Chorus: — Swipity, swipity, swipe, swipe, swipe. To swipe is our delight. We lift the milk off every porch, iMost every other night. We limp with oysters and with fudge. And ice cream by the can. For swiping is upon the course Of Every Colle.ie man. 2. Sure! .Mrs. Frantz has lots of fruit Beneath her cellar door: And when we bring her back the Jars, She ' ll fill them up once more, .lohn Henry owns n nice ice box. Killed full of cherry wine. (Contimifil on Seciiul I ' .ikcI