Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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Chose Seniors N ORDER to do the Senior class full justice and to free itself from all blame, the Annual Board has sent the collection of Senior autographs to some famous graphologists who agreed to read the character of each Senior. They had nothing- to gfiride them hut the handwriting, and S5 LV ' fc rom that alone the following has been produced . Grace Bradshaw — This handwriting is straight and exact, denoting a methodical person, who is, however, apt to be a little too much in a hurry ; one who is persevering and precise and well cut out for an old maid. Yet there is a striking incongruity, namely, the upward stroke of the final w ; for this always indicates a flirtatious and insin- cere nature. This young woman would make a good student, not a dig, but an earnest worker, ready for fun at the proper time. Grace Bradshaw Judson L. Cross — This young man is very obstinate, as shown by the descending terminals. He is easily of- fended, but ready to be friends again — if the other fellow will acknowledge himself in the wrong. It can be clearly seen that he is apt to take life too seriouslv and to be anx- ious to carry the burdens of the whole world upon his own shoulders. He might be capable of tender feelings; probably some of his relatives, cousins perhaps, could speak for that. Our ozvn observation. He knows how to get out an Annual. Judson L. Cross Leta E. Cutler Leta E. Cutler — This feminine hand shows a pre- cise and gentle disposition, inclined to be timid and shy. She would not hurt the feelings of any of her fellow mor- tals even were it in her power. Her aspirations are prob- ably very high, but because of her retiring nature no one knows of them. She is a winsome, wee thing. 22

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they straightway tried to substitute their own oo ; but in vain. President Slocum, however, pitying the agonies of the naughty naughts, had every ves- tige of the sign removed. In the spring the young men ' s fancy, contrary to precedent and prescribed rules, lightly turned to thoughts of baseball, and the result was a game with the Sophomores in which the Freshmen acquitted themselves with dignity. J he following fall, owing to the abolition by request, of the regulation cane rush, the first opportunity of distinction for the class of ' 01 came with the approach of the pumpkin jack o ' lantern season, when, according to an ancient, but long discontinued custom, the Sophomore class gave a barbecue, the finest entertainment of its kind which the writer has ever had the good fortune to attend. 1 he glory of this achievement so eclipsed all other incidents of the year, that little record of them is left. Mention might be made, however, of the ' or ' s which adorned Palmer Hall during the greater part of the year, and also of an unimportant baseball game which occurred with the Freshman class late in the spring. The record of this year would not be complete without the men- tion of an event which shook the College to its foundations. Brown got mar- ried. Brown, that sedate Sophomore, whom no one would have suspected of harboring such wild designs. Truth is stranger than fiction. When the class of nineteen hundred and one reached the Junior year, all personal combats being things of the past, it lent its support to the Freshmen, who, with this aid and their own iron constitutions, won the athletic contest with great ease, not so much as turning a hair at the bread-and-molasses test. To the eternal glory of ' oi be it stated that the first Annual ever gotten out in Colorado College was compiled by this class, and so great was the suc- cess of this work that it was with the greatest misgivings that the present junior class took up the duty which now devolved upon them of publishing another. The Senior year, although an interesting one, has had few events for a historian to chronicle- Insignia day was a red-letter day and the Insignia party was quite a success, as the occasion when that much abused being, Class Spirit, was tried and sentenced to be hung. There have been numerous social functions since of both formal and informal .nature, and there is a shocking rumor that some members of the class were seen sliding clown hill on what looked suspiciously like a ladder, but this report is not well founded and is not worthy of credence in the opinion of the historian. It must be clear to everyone by this time that as a class, ' or has acquitted itself during its College course with the greatest credit. Moreover it has fur- nished to the College leaders in every department. Football, baseball, ora- torical association and Christian association have all strongly felt its influence. A few have been obliged to leave before the course was finished and have left big vacancies, which, however, have been well filled by the members who have come in during the last two years. 21

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Ray M. Dickinson — There is one fact that stands out above all else in this handwriting — the owner is in love. From the small size of the letters one would say he was faint-hearted, and inclined to underestimate himself. He would take things quietly and impassively ; would never push himself forward, but would stay in the back- ground, safely hidden in the corners. Such an R is always made by a home-loving person with domestic ten- dencies. Ray M. Dickinson Elizabeth Elliot — Carelessness and indecision are here revealed, and a tendency to be too critical, together with extreme sensitiveness when the criticism is directed against herself. She wants to be a diligent student, but has a secret leaning towards several varieties of frivolity. However, this writing is indicative of true worth and high ideals, linked with a burning zeal to attain them. Elizabeth Elliot Hildreth Frost — This writing reveals either a gen- ius or a freak. He is childlike .and simple with exceed- ingly good intenti ons, although a little apt to make mis- takes. One with this kind of writing should never ven- ture on the ice, or expect to attain much skill in tripping the light fantastic. It is likely that if he should ever ven- ture into law he would get badly tangled in it. His place is in the ranks of scientists and mathematicians, and there some day, unless all signs fail, he will surely win a name for himself. Hildreth Frost 23