Illinois College - Rig Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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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

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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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WILLIAM HUSSEL WCJCFIJSCJN, Il.l.lNols Jacksonville High School 1910. Phi Alpha. Social Committee ,16-'17. Foot Ball '14, '15, '16. Tennis Manager '16-'17, Manager Rig Veda. Major-Chemistry, B. S. Well, Bill, it's no lie to say I've listened with real interest to the yarns you told me now and then, the exploits of such a one, or perhaps the doings of yourself. You managed to run in a good many expressions with no place in the dictionary, and no credit hereabout, but having a natural suggestiveness that was worth more than orthodoxy. I like to see you smile, Bill, just as I like to eat a good meal when I'm hungry, or hear af kind word when I'm blue, it does me good, and your face was made for smiling, Bill. Do you still buy candy for the girls? You used to buy it for the co-eds, you know. Ah, Bill, though you have tusseled on the gridiron times out of mind, I fear it has softened, rather than toughened that heart of The bookrrorex- yours. NVe took education together, Bill, just as we have taken several other things, and perhaps you remember how, in the course of a recitation, you'd .-,andy fall asleep, perhaps two or three times. Do you know I used to envy you that unconcern that enabled you to go off that way--right under Bob- inson's nose-for I would have liked to do it my- lla self. But slumber did not dull your brain, and 5, when you woke-if perchance you did so before the hour was up--you could talk as well as the best. I'll say good-bye to you, Bill Russel, but I'm hoping to see you again some day, when luck is bad and sympa thy runs low. 6 Q , -,- 3 : rc .I largest orner ,A ft . A, gM..'f,A9'0.. 26