Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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W c s l RUTH PETERSON -, 1'M'4'X1v .vo rnznm' mm' fybx .vo 1'Cn', C711 bw' zzffk Ibn .vlzzzrlf-film' bzmynzzf IMT n MII- n'ffr'1' 011 175 bm . lily! yy by . ff 1 l i If x I X, X at ff' f Jgf li J ' 1 Oh fortunate maiden! Venus has endowed you richly with her own beauty and made psychology a joy unto your soul. See to it that you become not puffed-up and overly demonstrative. When moved to a boisterous display of your emotions, stop for a few moments and ponder upon the achievements of your class mates. FLORENCE ROBERTS There is every indication here of a frivolous and hair- brained character. The finger tips reveal an overwhelming tendency to procrastinate but this is more than off set by your indifference to the evils attendant upon the day of judgment. I would warn you from becoming too violently attached to strange persons. It is dangerous and unbecoming. The length of your thumb speaks Well for your success as a bare- back rider, but perhaps some of the curves shown here promise still greater reward in following the profession of chorus girl. EDNA TEMPLETON Here there is 'etvery indication of a serious and studious nature. The lines plainly indicate a deep seated aversion to the theatre and all things theatrical. An almost prudish attitude towards social gayieties of any sort and a desire for entire solitude, cause one to fear that you will be an old maid. The life line is short however, indicating poor heart control and the lines branching from it show an absolute disregard if not actual hatred of men. 21 X

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il l I , i 'x ii J 1 fl 1 I W7 W 1 .. I I 1 ' 1 I I, UI ff. MARJORIE KILBURNE 'Z-I JIIIT11' fhl'lZg', zvfih rm' roznzd l'h6'l'A'5, Tha! alzwrifsjflzds aim' lIl'Z'6'l' sfcks. I' The peculiar arrangement of lines in this hand reveals an erratic and feverish temperament, well adapted to mathe- matics and annoying the faculty. Happiness, however, can only be found in following a street piano. The two short lines at the base of the palm indicate a talent for strenuous proctoring and the odd breaking up of the life line fortells your grewsome end by lynching at the hands of the long suffering day-students. ELIZA BETH IXICKEE lf :wax l7,ff'I715fflf sigh! fo ,ver Szrfh llfglz 1'l'.W7fI'1' and l'0lI5fl?lIl'1' fll.ff7l'I1l sn ny? 111117,-ff7l'I'.n There seems to be some confusion here. The gods evi- dently intended you for a stump-speaker but various other influences have thwarted .this gift. Does not the impulse often seize you to mount upon the table and declaim at great length? I see also, by the slant of the little finger, indica- tion of a passionate and over-bearing nature. A pugnacious temperament like yours may best be subdued by some active, out-door employment such as coal-heaving, but, as Iperceive that you have a well developed artistic taste, I advise you to take up parachute-jumping. CLARA NOYES Oh, Ma! Mon' lzjbs han' lm1g11frg1'. ' The peculiar shape of the thumb would seem to indicate a retiring and unassertive nature, and a great lack of deter- mination. Try to forget yourself and gain, if possible, a greater degree of self confidence. Assert your rights more forcibly, and do not let people impose upon you. The lines indicate a mathematical inclination. Do not develop this, but devote yourself more wholly to Art, and to acquiring a graceful manner of intruding and haranguing. Altho' now your speech is slow and hesitating, by great concentration and application you may develop greater ease and fluency. 20

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The Story of 1911 N the autumn of IQO7 a brand new baby class arrived at Rockford College. She was a baby because she was so very young and so very innocent and not because of her size-Oh dear no,-she was quite the biggest of the four sister classes, and those who had known the others from baby- hood up, said that she was bigger than they had ever been. Her name was 191 1, but for short they called her '11, This name did not mean very much to her thenq she accepted it as a matter of course, but it seemed a far away thing with little connection to her happy rollicking self. Later it came to mean more,-but I am getting on too fast with my story, An older sister who had gone away the June before had left to her a dress of old rose color and this too she accepted carelessly, for in her baby ignorance one bright color was as pleasing as another. Really dressed for the first time and bubbling over with the pure joy of beingalive, she started outon a rambumcious tour of investigation, not to con- quer the world, tshe thought that was hers already, l but to look about herat the many strange and interesting things in the new life and to learn tl1e games her older sisters were playing so intently. Their games were all so different and confusing. Some were played in the dark after the lights had been put out, and these were very exciting and made her round eyes open still wider and her breath catch in little shocked gasps of delighted nervousnessg then there were games played in the big, bare rooms with numbers on the doors. These she did not like so well, for the grandma's and aunties took part and always seemed to be it g somehow it made the play a little stupid. And lastly there were the really truly games that she learned either on the tennis courts or in the gymnasiumg among these basket-ball was her favorite. She played basket-ball very well indeed, and, as she grew more steady on her feet and learned not to shut her eyes and open her mouth wl1e11 she saw the ball coming, her next older sister asked her to play the game with her. She con- sented, and they played together one night, little 'II quite covering herself with glory and conceit, for she won the game easily and surprised both her 22