College of Emporia - Alla Rah Yearbook (Emporia, KS)

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INTERIOR VIEW OF CHAPEL.

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Needless to mention the beaker from lab that once strayed o'er the campus Returning again to its place but now over-brimming with nectar. Summer vacation arrived and returned in the autumn these students Chiefly notorious for heads much expanded. Now boast they of actions Pertaining to past and to future. In flag scrap the Freshmen were winners Since they greatly outnumbered the Sophomores, tho strict regulation Decreed that the pole a mere sapling should be. Next at Altman's the Tenners Had such a jolly old party that robbers of wraps got away with Scarcely a scratch for their daring. Before all the guests had departed Raindrops were hurrying down in ever increasing profusion. Several social events in the course of that memorable winter Served to bind firmly some cases which were previously experimental. Gladys no longer now wavers 'twixt three for just one is sufficient. Mary yells: Ray-ray-ray tho yet rather faintly, and Helen Admires Art in his various phases. To Freshman charmer Wanders Ham Berger. At homes of Perkins and Rice were more banquets Which for adroit wit and merriment wholesome were unsurpassed. Later, misfortune encompassed our track athletics, for Braden, Running a thirty-yard sprint in the halls as a trial of fleetness, Fractured his arm 'gainst the wall and spent weeks in recovery. Sorrows, Joys, and defeats in the cup of the Sophomores frequently mingled. Wiser they entered their junior year and the problems it offered Encountered. Another recruit to our numbers was Bessie, whom Parkville Brought to a high plane of wisdom in book learning, cooking, and love. This year again did they go in a hayrack to homestead of Hughes. There all the feminine classmen showed skill in the frying of chickens, Making of coffee and other concoctions alluring to mortals. Gathering one evening at Elsie's they roasted marshmallows on sticks held Over a bonfire. The first college annual by unstinted effort They in this season produced. Understandings 'twixt youths and the maidens Came to mean more. Now even invulnerable Cae1ebs with golden Arrow was smitten. The juniors had not yet o'ercome their delight in Pranks of their childhood, for entering chapel one day clad in ghastly Caps and gowns imitated they digniied Seniors. The banquet Occurred in the spring which the Juniors give to the Seniors. At length Degrees were conferred on Nought Niners and with them we lost Ac and Van whose Brilliant achievements permitted to graduate. Autumn the Tenners Showed forth in role of the topmost of students. No longer now boast they Unlimited learning to compass. No longer the narrow horizon Restrains their far looking vision. Yet mirth is by no means forgotten. Parties and dinners and spreads friendships fetters united yet closer. Elsie the class entertained for choosing our paraphernalia. Hearts were unveiled for inspection at Edna's and much information Revealed. Hearts in profusion were seen at Gladys' exquisite Dinner in honor of Viv who was going to Denver. The class play Pro and con they discussed with the watchword: Classic or modern- That is the question. At length the production of Strongheart was favored the Vote of the many. Rehearsals came thick and fast as the spring brought Nearer approach to the climax of college career. As the days flew After each other in ever more hastening succession the Seniors Reached much more consummate heights than as Freshmen they dreamed of. Lessons Were not neglected tho many attractions were offered. The junior- Senior banquet a splendid success proved to be with its visions, Its dreams of fair maidens, its toasts apt and witty, its viands so perfect. Then the commencement day came, and degrees were just being granted when Say! It's morning, old man! Been asleep here all night? Well, wake up! --L. F. B. 17

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Junior Class History. Now it came to pass, in the reign of King Hank, that there came into his realm, even unto the great college on the hill, a band of pilgrims. And lol they were very young and fair, and the sign of verdancy was upon them withal, and they knew not what to do. For this reason they were called Freshites, which, being interpreted, means green And they were delivered into the hands of the Sophites, a very fierce people which infested the territory next them, and for several weeks there was sore oppression. And Fear walked in the way, and the afflictions of the oppressed were as grasshoppers for multitude and as the sands of the seashore innumerable, and they hid themselves in the caves of the fields and even behind the noble pines on the blue-grass campus, and when recitation time came, lol they were not prepared. Now there was a tree of knowledge planted in that place, and the Freshites ate thereof, and were enlightened and ceased to be sore afraid. And they said, one to another: Behold, why wait we here, fearing the haughty Sophs? Are not we as strong as they? Let us gird up our loins and assail them in fight, yea, even assail them in a flag-scrap. And there rose up a judge unto the Freshites, and behold, they planted a flag, and the Sophs took it not. Then had the Sophs great respect for their conquerors, and oppressed them no more, and the land had rest for thirty weeks. And it came to pass in the second year of the reign of King Hank, that the territory of the Sophs having been vacated, the Freshites took possession thereof. And they said, one to another: Behold! have we yet upon us the signs of verdancy? Are we not cultured and enlightened in the ways of the land? Have we not good table manners, and is not our church attendance all that Brower can desire? Lo! we will abandon the name Freshite and come into possession of our lawful inheritance. And from that day forth for some time they were known as Sophs. But they departed from the ways of their forefathers and went seeking after strange pleasures. Yea, they forsook their classes, and the wrath of those high in authority waxed hot against them. Yea, some were even banished from the Garden of Knowledge, having allied themselves with strange frats, wherein the members did work iniquity in the eyes of the Profs. For there rose up unto them great Hank, and thus spake he to the Fac. Behold, shall not this be for a sign unto the following generations that no secret society may exist in my realm? And the Sophs were diminished thereby, yet they waxed strong, and having run the race and finished the course, they came into the inheritance of juniors. Now a Junior in those days was a wonderful thing! Next in rank and in learning were the Seniors, who wore strange gowns, and spoke queer words and had bad cases. Then saith the juniors, Shall not we do even as they? Shall we not wear caps in Stuart Hall? And on the next day, behold! they wore gay caps and the Seniors were quite abashed, and there was great applause from the land of the Preps. Now there prevailed at this time a queer custom in that land, for there rose up a great man who spake up unto those seated in 1-hapel. To me shall all absences be excused, yea, all absences from chapel, from class, and from church. Likewise to me shall all tardies be referred, and whosoever excuseth them not is not wise. Now these are the rules thereof. If an absence in not excused in three days, he by whom the offence in wrought is guilty in the eyes of Brower. Nevertheless to him will I give a slip, even a gay slip, yellow in color, and upon receipt of this token shall he be received into class and restored unto favor. And the Juniors did well in the sight of the school, and made noble excuses, yea, even Williams made noble excuses, and Brower was well content. Then saith the juniors: 4 Are not we a noble class? Do not we excel in all kinds of learning? Have we not sharks among us? Behold! we will put forth an annual which shall be for a light and a lamp unto all other classes. For an exceedingly small sum will we put forth this annual, and all the school shall see of the stuff of which juniors are made. And on these books doth the fame of the Juniors rest-yea, even the fame of the learned Juniors of 'l1. 19