University of Wisconsin Superior - Gitche Gumee Yearbook (Superior, WI)

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OUR NORMAL IN 1X96 Humidity Sark To turn around and look back, on request, over twenty-five years, and report in fifteen lines what one sees is “some” job. A few things, naturally, appear distinctly among the many less clear. 1 see the boys wearing collars that would make fairly long modern skirts for a small Normal student—though it would seem best to leave out the starch. As to the other extreme, no hose of cither persuasion arc to be seen. In fact, the students then and now differ chiefly in externals—in style of dress, in slang, in amusements—no movies or automobiles then. On the serious other hand, there was the same stern devotion to duty in the hall then as now, as opportunity arose—opportunity for the boys, as the girls had only a twentieth of a boy apiece, a fraction that has increased to almost one-third at the present time. Yes, the effect on the boys was just the same. Classes used to be all girls; some now are all boys. Formerly there was no question as to who were the “co-eds.” There has been a decided improvement in scholarship, especially in the last ten years. The school has not changed one whit, however, in the matter of possessing the livest, best-looking, keenest, and most likable group of students in the state. —PROF. C. W. SMITH. (En tl|? Editor uf tlir (£itrlip (turn? You asked me for an article On by-gone scenes and days, And I consented meekly. Forgetting my shiftless ways; And I sat me down one evening To write the pleasant tale, I sought for inspiration— Alas! Twas no avail! For I picked up some old Gitches From my bookshelves’ hidden nooks, And I soon was lost in reading The dear old clever books. With pictures, jokes, and stories Of students long since gone, Of faculty and janitors, With sketches deftly drawn, I beguiled the fleeting moments Till hours three passed by, And my task now quite forgotten I read on with smile and sigh. The Gitche’s wondrous magic Brought back those other years, And I lived again the fun of them, Their work, their hopes, their fears. (Coatinucd on Pi|c 134) 8

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