Concordia College - White and Blue Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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WILLERT BEER Des Plaines, Ill. Braves. This is our big, beloved Beer. He is a wild and woolly playmate, but we wouldn't part with him for anything. He will sponge out copper coins and coflin nails until it hurts. Let us tell you how he developed his mad, dust- raising speed, although he ordinarily just shuiiles along. Peep into his bed- room before 6:30 in the morning. You would think by the thoughtful arrange- ment of things that he was prepared for a fire or a rebellion. His trousers are hanging so that one jump will land him right into them. His shoes are placed within; easy: reach. His coat, shirt, collar, and tie are in advantag- eous and premeditatedly selected posi- tions. Everything seems to be waiting for one royal rush. A bell rings. Gang- way! A hop, skip, and jump, and our friend Beer is dressed within the snap of a finger. Within thirty seconds iiUrsus'Lrushes through the corridors, down three flights of stairs and arrives in the idining-hall just on time for breakfast. MARTIN DREWS Milwaukee, Wis. Swift Trio, Glee Club. The class has been in session.br more than an hour when suddenly in pops our poky swift. 5tDrews ' is as slow as he is sure. His excuse for be- ing late so often is generally that the streetcar had a flat rim or a puncture, etc.I etc. Now and then he- gives a. new one, which shows he still possesses some daring flashes of originality. While he is handing out a healthy har- angue to his classmates, they usually keep at a distance for he invariably uses them as leaning-posts. He is al- ways thinking and talking about his lessons. If it isnlt that, it is about good things to eat, for his mouth is continually watering. We know he doesn't chew tobacco, but one- rarely sees him without a bar of candy which he crunches pitilessly between his massive jaws. If you wish to know where he sits in class just go to the seat that is buried beneath a stack of books.

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CARL ZIMMERMAN Woodstock, 111. Student Body Pres., Class Pres., Staff tEdJ, Glee Club, Orchestra tSech, Octette, Sanhedrin, Secyi. of Prima-Secundar Permit us to introduce our monitor, HZimmie.H Mentally he is so acrobatic that the convolutions of his mind can twist out the most novel ideas possible. Physically he is as Spry as a spring rooster, especially, we dare say, when he succeeds in getting a good number on a German composition. Frequently but not always, Zimmie flashes a pair of horn-rimmed circular wind- shields on his nasal promontory or what-you-may-call-it. These suggest that he reads a good deal. Really, he devours whole libraries of books with ghoulish glee. And when he uses his typewriter, it rattles a rat-a-tat-tat at such a furious, teeth-loosening rate that honestly, it scares the life out of one. Where our monitor shines bright- est is in his office of Primus Omnium, alias Primus Onion. Since he wields this infallible power, he holds the student body in tyrannical subjection with his winning smile and honest, sincere friendship. FRED BOELTER Detroit Mich. Class Vice-Pres., Glee Club tTreasJ, Basketball, Baseball, Librarian, Courier Ed. StaE, Bellboy. All hail the busy bee of our collec- tion of rare birds. He is bellhop, basket-baller, base-baller, and a burly bucker. Ainit it so, HButtsi ? He is a representative of that mechanical city of Detroit. He likes to tell us of a machine they have back home into which they dump old junk and rubbish, then turn the crank, and out pops a batch of little Fords. These they ten- derly care for with boiled benzine until they are weaned. He tells this in such a cut-and-dry manner, just as if it happened everlastingly in Detroit. This is characteristic of his whole make-up and of his judgments. He is always slow to decide; calmly and de- liberately he weighs every opposite argument before he gives his opinion. He arouses the ire of his fellow stud- ents each morning by ringing the bell promptly at six otclock. In that miser- able business he is always at his worst, for he clearly loves to hear the waking yawns and angry yaps.

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EDMUND FRESE Readlyn, Iowa. Brook Farm. Whentyou happen to be strolling peacefully along the main floor of the Wunder dormitory, you may of a sud- den be tackled from the rear and sent sprawling all the way to Borneo. In the midst of the cyclonic catastrophe you hear a soft chuckle and an easy drawl: HWhy dont you see where you are looking ! Of course, you are mad enough to punch his nose, but, any- way, you dont feel like doing it, be- cause when you look around, after you have once assembled yourself and arisen from the floor, and you see HFratzH standing there with his hands in his hip-pockets and with a sympa- thetic smile on his face, you just can't hurt the poor boy. Then he approaches the victim with a teasing grin and pleads: Aw! come on now, donlt get sore about a little thing like that? Well, such heart-melting words as those would make anybody want to squeeze him. BUT, now don't get the impression that he is the class teddy- bear. I341 THEODORE FRUEN DT Chicagol Ill. Treas. of Student Body, Pres. of Athletic Board, Staff tAsst. EdJ, Courier Ed. Staff. Octette, Invitation Committee. HAye, every inch a gentleman, is the unanimous verdict of our class as far as Dinty is concerned. Though his calm disposition and quiet nature ordinarily refuse to be ruffled, he has a tiny ticklish spot which is rather hard to find. Just mention real casually that you dont think there is a. single nice girl in the whole city. Ah! Watch the fire gleam in his eye, and the fur- rows form on his otherwise smooth brow. Most probably you will not hear a single word, but very likely your hat will be thrown out right after you. When you watch HTed perform on the ice-pond, you gradually realize, as you see him gracefully glide about on his elongated pedal extermities, that skat- ing at least is one great art of which the Greeks knew nothing. There are dreary days on which he brings out his comet and proceeds to drown out all the war whoops with which he is grccted.