Illinois College - Rig Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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WILLIAM KITNER JAcKsoNvn.I.E, Ii.1.1Nols Jacksonville High School 1913. Final Honors '17. Departmental Honors '17. Preliminary Honors '15. ship '18. Ma jor-History and Social Sci- ence, A. B. It seems as though I had been writing about Bills all day. It was Bill Russel this morning, Bill Berryman at noon, and now it'sxyou, Bill Kitner. I come to you, Bill, at the setting of the sun, and as I have often marvelled at that sun, its splendor and its age, even so have I marvelled at you. For you, too, have a sort of radiance about you, not once can I recall you listless, or down-in-the-mouth. I wonder whether you carry your volubility to your couch. You said, 01100, that talking was your hobby, and one too often indulges his hobby, you know. It was a fad of yours, I believe, to hunt pedigrees, and I have once or twice come upon you in the library, with a thick tolne before you, from which you copied the ancestry of some Span- ish Don. You must have felt rare pleasure in the Well! -- no kmgxb . . Hoyle, 'fi :hs Q59 search, for gCl'lC2lI0gICS, l1ke art, are long, and a sy, NSW 'TEX family tree is not easily climbed. Ecclesiastes was 'L a friend of yours, I see, for you told me your phi- A losophy was, All is vanity and vexation of Spirit. fly .' I The aphorism is a good one. After graduation, Y I fifty . ' you are going to search for the Ultimate Reality, Vfgfl like a true philosopher. The Ultimate Reality now- - adays, bears strange resemblance to a dollar. I would gladly be persuaded it is not. Strange are the AJ 1 things I've heard about you, Bill, but none of them was stranger than yourself. 24 University of Illinois Scholar-

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1 r.oBEn'r1v1. CAPPS A J.u:KsoNvlI.l.ls, I1.I.lNols Whipple Academy 1913. Sigma Pi, Vice-President '16, President '16, Critic '17. Ora lorical Assn. '15-'16, '16-'17. Society Debater, '15-'16, '16-'17. Collegiate Debater, '15-'16, '16- '17. ' Class Treasurer '16-'17. Y.M.C.A. Cabinet '16, '16-,17. Treasurer. Dramatic Club. Secretary Athletic Assn. '16-'17, Secretary Board of Control ,16- ' '17. - - Class Secretary Alumni Fund Assn. Big Veda Editor-in-Chief. Major-Chemistry, A. B. Bob, more generally known as Skinnay , has in Illinois College a record which will rank well with the record of the historic Capps family. A member of the third generation, he has displayed that clear, analytical thinking ability characteristic of his ancestors. Though reserved in manner. his worth was easily discovered by his fellow stu- dents and hc has been given no small part in the activities On the Hill. This Big Veda of which he is thc Editor-in-Chief, speaks more forcibly than words of his sterling qualities. Bob has dignity but not without humor. His clever stories are always welcomed by the fellows and have been something of a factor in gathering about him a large number of friends. ' l tk' ' Elec tra af: 0 A - f 0 ik' gait V, .- f . ,Z f' . ff' sgY 'v - , V Z' fyfd' g--JL fi 45 23

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JOHN LESLIE MITCHELL P1T'rsF11sLn, I1.LlNo1s Pittsfield High School 1913. Foot-ball ,13, '14, '15, ,16. Class Secretary and Treasurer, ,16-'17. Secretary Book Store, '14-'15. Secretary Athletic Assn. '14-'15. President Athletic Assn. '15-'16, '16-'17. Big Veda Board. ' Major-Chemistry, A. B. 'tHe dwelt in the untrodden ways , this two-hundred pounder from Pike Countyg and he was innocent and free from guile when he came here. True, he had proclivities, but who would have suspected that he would become a famous fusser . AH, Mitch, you jolly dog! And once he thought of majoring in Latin. But he soon found himself. Moreovet, he found football and girls. At the former he is a bear , and as to the latter -1 you should see the book in which he keeps track of his dates. A bit vain all lions areg fond' of a joke or a pleasant hour of 8500 and predominately cheerful and good-natured. The things that people remember about Mitch are his Ol 84-s F0055 sincerity and his smile. 25