Cornell College - Royal Purple Yearbook (Mount Vernon, IA)

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an on In C ROYAL PURPLE 1912 D 'SSE' DUKES-A species found in the aristocracy. Commonly known as Dukes Mix- ture. This subject was erhaustively investigated by Carhart in the year 1910. He has since continued this study. DUN-A subtle warning of the wrath of the gods Cparentsj, which is about to be wreaked on the head of the unfortunate receiver of the Dun. ELLIOT-One of the recent advocates of pantisocracy. There is some dispute as to whether she lived at the Library or at the Killheffer House. She was mixed up in many crushes. The chief one was on the Dean of Women, whom she desired to resemble in every way. ESGATE-Supposed to have been the oldest Sage of the Brackett House. A very famous fussee who has many conquests to her credit. She claims to be the original. discoverer of those little Robin Hood hats. They say, She's a clipper. FACULTY-A bunch of good old sports, who believe that virtue has its own re- ward Cplus a small salaryl. They spent their lives in laboring with the poor and unfortunate fstudentsj. They were universally honored and be- loved by all. FRAT-A word that appears sometimes in rare old manuscripts. Its derivation and meaning are unknown C U. FLIRT-See Plymesser and La Grange. FRESHMAN-AD infant. One who does not take snap courses. One who does not go to Turner's. A thoroughly unsophisticated person. One who re- sembles a prep, FRTNK-WCll known in the days of the Script'l as a writer of short stories. A star pupil in all his classes. One of the old stand-bys in the Chem., Physics, and Engineering departments. A famous fusser. Fussen-A species of college man. CSee Tucker, Russel, Frinkj. FAIRBANKS-A ghost which continually haunted the Library and Turner's. Her spirit was condemned to walk the earth because she leaked information at thc Jordan house. FREDERICS-One of the great school of romanticists, who saw sermons in the rocks, songs in the murmuring brooks, and beauty in everything. Even the Stone Quarry had charms for her. GEIGER-A famous Danseuse. She was a great friend of Gym. No one of the whole tribe of Brackett could excell her in speed when it came to walking to breakfast. She can play tennis as well as Bill Little can. GERBER-The inspiration of that song, Say do you remember sweet Alice? She is tho't to have been a mart fr for when foun f man were heard to re- fs Y mark, skmner, skinnerf'

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0 gli o' 'v C ROYAL PURPLE 1912 D 1655. ALBERT-The first name of one of the Bernhardts. See Bernhardt. ANDERSON-A genus Homo of the Epworthian period- , A wise old sage who lived at the Wilcox House and k who studied under Hunter and Knight. Famed as C! the Right Tackle on the Senior Football Team. ' BARRIER--A famed actress of the later dramatic period. .. She was connected with the Gearhart House. She was noted for her ease and naturalness. Her chief J faults were Fussing and Cutting Chapel. BET-This obsolete word was used to denote a speculation in athletics. BEST-C7116 of the most ancient of the old school. His C time runs back before the advent of Percy Pritchard and G. Young Cwhich seej. He was noted for his beauty and his calm disposition. He was never in love. BERNHARDT-A learned Gentleman who ate with the Faculty. He was noted for his tho't and verbosity M opposed to silence and fussing. Some critics hold that this is not correct but that the opposite of this statement is true. BLACK-The First Queen of The Mary. She lived and worked science in the prehymn-book period. Her name has been given to a sensation in the nervous system caused by the color waves. This was discovered by Edwards in the year 1908. BROOKS-A student C?j of Randolph-Macom College, who later became one of the most brilliant philosophers of the Brackett House. Her studying was done by an old fire Cliamel in the Furnis. BRYANT--The Goddess of VVork. From this has come the present meaning of the word, One who builds up and tears down. One who tends to de Minisl1. DE BRAE-Two uncommon brothers who were reared in Epworth. They were famed as musicians and as athletes. They were orators, society men and fussers. They were not twins, Their most common remarks were, Ain't it awful Mabel ? and lim going to Traer. I'll be back lVIonday. DENSMORE-The Queen, in whose honor the Densmore Typewriter was named. She lived near the Edge fof thej Woocl. She is said to have a very great affinity for Brick fcheesel. DOXEE-A twins who were born at Nlonticello toward the close of the Nine- teenth Century. One was a great genius with a Holt on Art. The other was wild and wrathful, a strong supporter of Turner and an all-round ladies' man. He lived on the whole VVheat fhousej. V DUDI.EY-Illltll Eliza. One of the most recent advocates of woman's suffrage. Ambitious for the Presidency, a position which she is well qualified to fill.

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0 'Sz' . ve, C ROYAL PURPLE 1912 D meager nlll I i -Ill I iHEI.MER-PL priestess renowned for her serene temperament. Her chief occupations were going to Chapel and visiting at lVIe- chanicsville. She planned to be a Soubrette but abandoned her career to become a missionary. HKDVEY-HiS face leads you to believe that he has all the burdens of the whole world on his two small shoulders. However, it cannot be for how could he spend so much time fussing or how could he sprint so very fast? Is he going to be a preacher, or is he just in love? ,IQIDDER-quilt! of those famous philosophers turned out at Epworth. The founder of the Cornell Red Cross Society. She was cele- brated for her cool, skillful, pleasant, unapproachability. LAGRANGIE-A statesman who advocated a simple democracy. vig A M C I fon Her fame lay in the fact that she never cut Chapel and al- ways got in before nine. She lived at the Gearhart House and came out victorious in everything she undertook. LEE-UTSLI la lVIae. One of a family belonging to the antebellum period. Has had palpitations on the Campus and has been cluttered up with emotion. She w as however fully resuscitated. LONG--A famous fussee. The inspiration of that famous couplet: I want but little here below, but I want that little Loi1g.,'-Mrzllllzfr' Love-A kind of a rose-colored brain storm. IJUTES-A philosopher who preached romance as an end toward the attainment of all that is best and good. He believed that single-blessedness was a crime. He said he was sorry for those who had nothing but a hatrack to Welcome them back at night. ORR-A blaiden who lived a perfectly even life, surrounded by an important simplicity. A devotee of physical culture. A nun who lived in Bowman Convent. lVIINISH-A brave warrior of the tribe of Sherm. He later became a gimlet- eyed scientist. He was never floored by any of his pupils. When asked about anything, he would say, Weill now gentlemen, l will A Lucy Date, and then he would proceed to clear up the matter in the best forensic style. NASU-A famous traveller, who had come far and seen much. Languages had no terror for him. At last he was passing along on a noble railroad when the train passed the place where the Siren of the West lived. He was cap- tured by her beauty and kindness and so stopped at Cornell. NEAI,-A worthy athlete who won fame as a business man. He formed a close E corporation with a superlatively marvelous partner who would have taken the big prize as a Peach-show Angel. PEARSE-A guardian to one of the English Kings. A most persistent advocate and practit ioner of social psychology. His small amount of spare time was devoted to kicking a little football that he might rank according to his height in athletics.