Grand Island College - Islander Yearbook (Grand Island, NE)

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THE ISLANDER i Calendar Dear Diary :-School is starting out with a crash and a bang andtevery- body is entering into the whirl of things. I'm so busy I will only be able to give you a note now and then. September 12-Y. M. and Y. W. had a rollicking good mixer for us new folks. I'm having no difficulty getting acquainted. September 13-Y. W. had a Hello party for the Big and Little Sisters. Feels good to be looked after by someone. September 16-Amphictyon Literary Society had open house. September 19-Seniors entertained at Esther Rice's. They elected new officers. September 22-Fight! Sophs vs. Freshies! Result: Freshies wearing green caps. September 23-Athenian Literary Society entertained everybody. September 28-The college bought two Cadillacs. Now we can ride in Class! October 1-Tied game with York! Very nice day for ducks! Muddy? No! October 5-Initiation of new members of the Royal Order of the Knight of the Blue Circle. Who'se in it? Sh-a secret. G. I. Club had watermelon feed. Haynes is new President. October 7--Football game at Salina, Kansas. Came home with small end of score, 51-0. October 12-Junior class party at KnoX's and Islander staff elected. October 16-Glee Club organized. Mr. Stabley to be our director. Went to Hastings to Baptist Convention and performed right away. October 19-The Stripettes honored the faculty and faculty wives with a tea in the Club room. . October 28-The Rainbow Quartette, first number of College Lyceum course. Much enjoyed by large audience. November 5-Home Coming-Big banquet- fFirst appearance of Glee Club in their Tuxedos.J Many former students home. Big game with Doane-scoreless. November 11-Armistice day. Pres. Wells gave address at the park. The Cadets marched in the parade. Freshmen had their first party in the gym. Getting organized, they are. November 18-The Glee Club broadcasted from Clay Center. Culture Spreading is fun even if the Cad does have to be pulled in. November 19-The Minstrel Show. Did yo' eba see such da'kies befo' ? November 22-Our Gridiron squad fairly took Omaha Uni-score 20-0. They even banqueted our boys at the Cavalry Baptist Church there. - In chapel, Mr. Hinton gave clever style show of manners of dress in Burma. November 28-Fenwick Newell Concert Co., second lyceum number. En- joyed by many. December 5-Edwin M. Whitney, Monologuist, presented delightful pro- gram-one of the lyceum numbers. December 8-The Sophomores are proud of their victory in the inter-class basket ball tournament. December 12-Begin having pictures taken for the Islander. December 14- Coffee served to the boys by the Stripette Real Christ- massy affair. MEET! 1928

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THE ISLANDER December 16-Glee Club and several professors go to Marquette and en' tertain. December 23-All excitement-Going home-last minute shopping. Vaca- tion-Merry Christmas, Goodbye. January 1-Thelma Gregory and Paul Parker returned from the quadren-. nial Student Volunteer Convention at Detroit. January 9-Everybody back from Christmas vacation. Santa was gen- erous and everybody's happy. January 18-Registrations over and the second semester starts. January 19-Sigma Tau Delta met in Prof. Stabley's bachelor abode. He knows how to perculate coffee too, so they say. January 20-Many basket ball games-some successful, others not, but all very exciting. Sometimes the band plays, which aids in pep. The Cadets have been giving exhibitions of their drilling between halves. January 28-The Glee Club set out on a four-day tour to Holdrege, Oxford and Wilsonville. Just so the Cadillacs and Pontiac will hold out. February 8-The most popular boy and girl? Who are Mr. and Miss G. I. C.? February 14-Many pretty frilly Valentines received by the Dorm. girls. Who can all the admirers be? Heart Sister Week introduced in Y. W. What can I do to make my Heart Sister happy? February 17-Mr. Charles Spalding, of the Conservatory of Music gave us a delightful concert in Chapel. February 27-The various antics being exercised in the hall was evident that someone was being initiated. It was the Stripettes. Hurry, Hurry, Hurry, an all school play, was a grand success. February 29-Leap Year Day. Not many can boast having received four proposals in marriage as did Prof. Stabley. Some women have good taste, he thinks. March 2 and 3-Lots of excitement during the Basket Ball tournament. About thirty teams participated. March 9-The Stripettes held their annual Banquet at the Yancey Hotel. March 13-Mid-semester exams are facing us again. How does time roll by so quickly? March 23-Some of our feminine debaters went to Doane and although not winning, they had a delightful time. March 24-Our Cadets went to Fremont to display their ability to drill before the State Teachers Convention. The Islander is almost ready for the press. It won't be long now! April 1-An early Sunday morning breakfast at the Y for old and new cabinet members of the Y. W. C. A. April 9-Senior Recognition Service. The first of its kind in the history of the school, but to be an annual affair hereafter. April 13-Campus Day. Much Working by both students and faculty. April 15-Glee Club gave a sacred concert at Polk Sunday morning and at York in the evening. April 29-Another two day trip by the Glee Club. This time to Stroms- burg and Lincoln. May 15-The J unior-Senior Banquet at the Union Pacific Dining Hall. May 22-Seniors all heaving a sigh of relief, since their thesis are com- pleted and their school days are nearly over. May 27-Baccalaureate Sermon for our graduating class. my-21928 l-H