College of Idaho - Trail Yearbook (Caldwell, ID)

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iif hunilml iiiiiclrt ' il Cecil must have eaten a tcrrihle lot tluriii}; vacation or else his form is covered hy that new sweater. Looks very healthy, very healthy, indeed. Sweaters everywhere. I keej) calling: on Lucile Stephens every other one; guess my eyes are irresistahly attracted toward that sunny sweater. Out in the hall. Freddy was playing with a string of heads. I ' ll bet he gave them to himself for Xjrias. SIkjws a suppressed desire to have heen a girl. .Tan. 3 — Everybody is going to ;:leep in my elas.ses today — they say that Springer lec- tured on dreams this morning — he said that sometimes day-dreamers turned out to be famous people; guess they all want to he hig men (like Springer; big, all around man). They should be like me — make good resolutions. Have just now resolved t(i have my luilr cut tomorrow. Jan. 8 — I didn ' t get around to liiirs ' till yesterday. Everybody is complimenting me today on the handsome shape of my head. I ' ll keep my hair cut hereafter so I can get more of tho.se sweet somiding phrases. Today Dick Potter started coaching girls ' basketball. I know something will lia)ipen to the ]ioor boy. Jan. 9 — I ' m terribly worried about Clarence Miller. He seems to want to dream all the time. There must be some deej) seated reason. He forgot all about getting dressed this morning and went over to breakfast in his pajamas. Poor boy, he needed nourish- ment when in such a state of mind, but Mrs. Holt did ' nt see it that way. He even had to carry a jiillow around to make his dreams nice and soft. I think he got a heap out of classes today. I ' m still anxious about Dick. Jan. 11 — Sure enougli! Didn ' t I le Great increase in girls out for basketball Pooki and Jim out to go in for highway robbery — they make such ing up the Student Body meetings. you? Potter broke .some slats today (on a chair). II success of hold- Jan. I ' J — Had my shoes .shined today! Reminds nu of the last time, about a month ago, when I used Mrs. Hayman ' s desk rag for the purjio.se. Well, she immediately began to chew the rag, so I haven ' t had the heart to try it since. Hugh sure put a good shine on his face, so I thought I ' d risk my .shoes for the sake of ap])ea ranees. A member of the Senate could not fail to take advantage of such liberality. Jim Jackson .seemed to want to .show off today, so we let him do a fancy ballet in costume for tiie entertainment of the students. It ' s safer to humor the whims of a person in Jim ' s state of mind. Jan. 14 — .Spring must be coming! -Ml the seats in the Presbyterian Church had new coats of varnish. They surely looked ])retty. Everybody got stuck on them. Jan. 10 — I ' m beginning to notice a peculiar luilging of the students ' foreheads. I can ' t imagine what is the matter. I never get the big head at this time of the year. Jan. 17 — I came near to asking Miss Brown today if she had a friend in the Penitentiary at Boise, but I was afraid she would be too delighted at my interest, and would waste an hour or two of my time talking about him, so I refrained. I know that the yirls seem to wear the sweaters of their masculine friends, and from what Miss Brown had on today, he must be getting free board and lodging in Boise. Jan. 18 — From what I hear about the student body electi(m, today, it must have been a corker! Wild excitement ])revailed, when Jerome Smith, for campaign ] ropaganda, prom- ised to kiss every girl who voted for him. I heard, too, that along with Jerry ' s name on tlie ballot the miss who voted for him signed her name. Of course, the kisstomary can lidate

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til ' Itunil It ' I I i ' thh t u DECEMBER The following consists cf Prof. Sinitli ' s rcsi-a relics for Dccoinhcr. Dec. I — There have been some wonderful o|)|)orlunities to sliiily iiii ' lMliolisni these Thanks- {rivin;: days. I take it that I ' rof. .Springer ' s alxl inal size is clue to tin- over-development of the digestive glands. They seem to he |uite eflieient at any rale. In contrast consider I ' rof. }Iayman; he is a very dainty eater. However, he made a record on Thanksgiving! He is a man of iron, so 1 su]i|iose these jiartieles of h.ird metal .lided him in grinding and disposing of so much nourishment. Dec. () — I had a great argunietit uilh .Springer today .ahout the .Soul. He says it is identical with itself. I insisted that it was the results of action and interaction between the a- ions and dendrites of successive neurons which have been integrated in the central nervous sy.stem and .as such coiistitule .1 physiological unity to which all impressions are referred. Sjiringer insists th.at .aia|uired ch.iraclers arc iiiluritcd .anil tli.it man didn ' t descend from monkey. T will admit that sume folks seem to li.ave inlieritiii monkey characteristics. Dec. S — Tliat industrious HoliiTt l ' arrar won the Cleaver debate medal tonight. He did it by Russian the ipiestion in Holshevik style. The mention of color red seems to have a peculiar efl ' ect on the optic nerve. 1 cs]iecially noticed Prof. Rankin. He must be ) ccu- liarly sensitive to suggestions of long wave length etherial vibration--. l)i-c. It — Last night was the foolball oyster fi-cd, but (icr.ildine .Sanford couldn ' t even tell me whether the oyster was a Pelccy]ioda or a (;astro])oda. I fear that I can never instill the true scientific spirit in Miss Sanford. .Some of my other students must have jiartaken in this stew party last night also. Table manners should be revi.sed to allow one to dissect such food in a true scientific manner. Korccjis, scalpels and scissors shoidd be furnished at every banquet to allow the guests to an.Lly c their food. Think how th.at would lii- -lo|) the scientific spirit!!! Dec. I. ' ) — The ? ' reshmaii-,So]ihomorc di-bale w.as tonight. ' I ' lic sophomores won unan- imously, jiroving conclusively tlie biological priMci|iie ilial adajilation results from accumu- lated cxjierieiici ' . Dec. J(l — The elVeets of the (iorlie -s Christmas party must have lieen dis.astrous. I noticed blisters on the lips and cheeks of scver.il ])articipants. I suppose th.it mistletoe must have some jieeuliar efl ' ect on the skin. I heard Ereda lirown singing No-. l, No-Al yesterday; they were together last night .and then- don ' t seem to be imidi left of him with his face all scratched and clawed u|i .as it is. l ' ' rid.i has sever.al blisters on her face. Dec. ' - The bewildering .a]ipearance of a fcm.ile is wholl .1 m.ilti-r of dress anil is not a sex attribute. This was ]iroven lonighl li lli.al bewitching little maiden known as Cynthia, alias Earl Sccoy, in the W M. play last night. 1 used to think that the human race was an exception to the biological )irinciple that the male is the most brilliant. Rut now I prove that women just use camoullagc. Christmas vacation begins tomorrow so I shall .stop this diary until my enviroinnent is more conducive to theorizing. .1 AM ' ARY .Mr. Il.avni.an m.ade .1 New c.ir ' s resolution to kee]i .1 diar . We doubt if he will keep it 11)1 very long, but it makes no ilitTereiiee to us if he eompleti-s this month. .Ian. 2 — I.and knows why I started this confounded thing, es]ieeially just now when .ill the students come pouring in again after their holidays. Don ' t they know that we wish they would stay away? I ' ve been noticing things today. Everyone looks dilTcrcnt.

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Oh, hundud li ml II was elected. Vere Sower, ' . I ' res., Kr.iiiees Stevens, Sec., Kriiest Hri)wn. Treasurer — all will u|)luild .leroiiie in his presidential iiolicy. I felt sorry for Elsie Suit when 1 heard that even Dr. Salomon couldn ' t cure her dollv. Also, Maiidic (I don ' t mean the educated movie mide) wanted somehody to p) to Wilder with her — .she even was willinjr to conduct someone tlu-re in her little carl, hut none would fro. Too had ! .Ian. 19 — Today, we had a {rroup of chorus d.incers ] erform for our henefit(?) I know that 1 am laekinj: in several ways, especially in the develoiiment of my artistic apprecia- tion, hut 1 do think those pirls needed some training ' in rhythmical steppinp-out. They called themselves Mrya Tellas and had some kind of contraptions on their heads. .Tan. 22 — I ' ve been so busy preparin}; jaw-breakinj; (luestions that I ' ve neglected you, you idiotic diary — can ' t sec how I ever did ha])|)en to commence you; but New Year reso- lutiims cnnnnt be broken. To continue, now I can write yo i because 1 think I oujiht to kce]i the students company in misery — they all look down-hearted, poor thinfrs. Wonder if tluy can read my writing — No, Mr. Pollard, that word is kant, not pant. These e.xams will be the death of me yet. A whole week of ' em, evervbody lookinfr plum, and feelinp friummer. Oh, well ! tho.se students oiifrbta be jrlad they ' re not Faculty — to have to mark these nifrhtmares they hand in as if doinfr us a service. Jan. 30 — Well, well, well, the new semester started and evervbodv alive and kicking. Oh, boy! I ' ll say they ' re kicking — Just like Maiidie. . nd T just heard about the Post Exam Jubilee. I never go to such things because I have to change my shoes, and it ' s too much trouble for the pains; by the way, pains is right when speaking of my other shoes. .• s I say, 1 didn ' t go, but I heard they all jubileed and a e themselves full of ice- cream. I c;in grin once more without feeling self-conscious. I sure bate to think of writing down another oioiith ' s events in this fool thing, but resolutions is resolutions. Well ! here goes — Feb. 1 — Oh, shoot! I guess I bid better wait until Feb. 1 rolls ari und before I try to write ' er down. I ' m sleepy anyhow —(ioodnile ! ! FEHHIAHY Taken from t ' onfessions of a Hedonist — Prof. S|)ringcr. Feb. 1 — The psychological effect of a Po.st-Exaui Jubilee is very injurious to the delicate mechanism of a student ' s mind in the opinion of Dr. Munsterburg, and I agree with him. The lessons were even worsi ' than iisu.il lod.iy. 1 bilievc even Miss Cummings failed to answer a question. Her hair looked pale today. Dr. Howne said that the good dye young. I am worried about her health, too. .My rord had a metal deadlock this morning which I couldn ' t break. It was so good I fe.ir it will die young. .My own health is rajiidly failing. Feb. 3 — I descended ti the library today :ind found ;i workman there filling uji a hole ill tlu- library floor. I couldn ' t analyze the .situation, so inquired, and rfas informed that Owen had taken a grim precipitation from the chair and that the fate of the floor was despaired of. I shall have to give Mr. Cirim .i test tomorrow, to see if he had any sup- ])ressed desires to injure the lloor. Feb. .5 — In accordance with that famous saying of Socrates that Procrastination is the thief of time. all the students are out skating today. The atnu)s])here nuist be very procrastinating today because my Ford .seemed to be in a iieculiar psychological .sta ' e this morning. That F ' ord almost drives me to physiological psychology when it refuses to respond to the a tioM theory and the tisls which I a|iply ! Perh.i|)s I shouldn ' t u ' se