Concordia University Chicago - Pillars Yearbook (River Forest, IL)

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RiverForesf,LIlino1s I7 what discord of colors! Rosie, did you say we were to make Kati exam this year? Oh, ye gods, how will l manage to get through? Die edle dritte Klasse! Say, boys, don't we shine as Sophomores in our jerseys, color a la Hiber- nia? Green reminds me of onions! !t's all wrong, Smiley! How do you like apples, cherries and chicken? During the year a class in phonography was formed. Those boys must have some patience! How they do stick to shorthand! No, Mayor, it can't be done! Pass the cheese, please! lt's good! Who put the deluge on Schindobre? Nobody home, Donnereisen! Haw! There are no visitors allowed this morning! Ja, Nuggets, es geschehen noch immcr Wunder! How often did you take tour? lschgabibbel! the end of the year has come, and so has ours-almost! 'Sweet Addison, loveliest village of the plain, Where hash and 'schmear-bread' cheered the studious Swain! Sweet, smiling village, loveliest of the lawn, Thy sports are fled, and all the students gone! Farewell! We greet thee, beautiful River Forest! We are Seminaristen and exempt from tours Besides, the pleas- ure is ours to lord it over the foxes Won't you, please, crack a joke on this solemn morning? Wasn't it a cheap trick to erase our class Stunden- plan from the blackboard? Professor: Wann lebte Socrates? Schueler: Es wird angenommen, dasz er zur Zeit Luthers gelebt hat. On October IZ, l9I2, our new Concordia Teachers College was dedi- cated. Who could count the multitude of friends and Lutherans present? There is compensation in everything. We experienced that truth on the night of February 28, I9I3, when whirlwinds of tempestuous fire reduced our stately Administration Building to a heap of ashes. After a two weeks' Vaca- tion the boys returned, and completed the year in dingy, temporary class- rooms. l..et's go for a vacation, and when we return our class will move to new and better quarters! Ellie gginzrl Qitlcat. 15114-15 A All aboard for Seniordom! Get your train for Diplomavilleln We're here again for our sixth and last coating. Who asked for smallpox and mumps? Somebody got them and the rest were compelled to suffer quar-

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I6 Concordia Teacfieris College doomed to dwell during the following semesters, the dinner bell rang with sounds most musical, most melancholy, from its ancient tower. Dire was the clang of plates, of knife and fork, which mercilessly fell, like tomahawks to work. All human history asserts that- ul-lapphless for man-the hungry sinner-must depend on dinner. We did not get much of a chance to satisfy our famished stomachs, for we had to be on duty every minute as waiters. After all the trunks had been carried to their respective places, we had our second class-meeting on September I6, l9l0. This time, however, We called ourselves 'imembers of the fifth class. This meeting was more the nature of an indoor baseball meeting than that of a class meeting. The results were the following: Carl Busse was re-elected president of the class, while Arthur Binneboese was chosen manager of the indoor ball team. Wm. Buch- holz was elected secretary of the class. This meeting showed a trifle more system than the initial one. Several members were added to our roster. After a little practice we could boast of quite a strong team. Nevertheless, we dared not show our skill, for fear of several austere members of the higher classes. Courage and faith did not fail to bring our boys continuous victories at the expense of the others. Soon the Fox-hide pulling time approached. The last evening before vacation we dared not sleep a wink. lt was an evening, bright and still As ever blushed on wave or bower, Smiling from heaven, as if nought ill Could happen in so sweet an hour. Finally, day glimmered in the East, as the white moon hung like a vapor in the cloudless sky. HNight's candles were burnt-out, and jocund day stood tip-toe on the misty hill-tops. One last breakfast, a last leap for the Addison Cannonball, and we were foxes no more! Although we had suffered during our two years of preparatory work, we had but shared the fate of our predecessors. There was not a cloud but did not have a silver lining! Expecting something good is in itself a joy, and with the thought of forgive and forget! we became freshmen. Hope shall brighten days to come, And mem'ry gild the past! After a most pleasant vacation, we returned to college as freshmen. We were pleased to find an increase of four members to our class roll. Dur- ing that year nothing of unusual interest occurred. Say, who escaped from Joliet with those tassel-caps? And, oh my,

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