Illinois College - Rig Yearbook (Jacksonville, IL)

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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

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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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CLAY RICHARD APPLE 'l'AMiu.eo, I1.1.lNols YVhipple Academy 1913. dent '17. Oratorical Assn. '15, '16, '1'7. Society Debatcr '15, '16, '17. Collegiate Dcbater '15, '16, '17, ager '17. dent '16-'17. Board of Control '15-'16. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet-'15-'16, '16- '1'7. Rig Veda Board. Ma jor-History and Social Sci- ences, A. B. Honorable Judges, Ladies and Gentlemen:--- And then we all sink back in our chairs, satisfied that at last we are about to hear the truth,-or, at least, that what we are about to hear will bear every sem- blance of truth. And in this we are seldom mistaken. But, though consistent and thoughtful as a speaker, App is even lnore so as one of the fellows in every day student life. His record shows far better than can this brief and inadequate sketch that he has been a leader from the very-first. Many of you that read this value his ac- ' quaintance, a few have a closer friendship and hon-r-r-lzle iucges' - these last who know him best, know him to bc a 1,110 f 45 conscientious, hard-working student, an all- 'lf' I' lf around good fellow, a firm friend-a man of f l ? whom Illinois College may be proud. ., 'I G D' I' J, Q 'W tx l l U , .AQ 27 Sigma Pi, Vice-President '15, Scc1'ctary'15, Critic '16, Presi- Base Ball '14, Captain '15, Man- Class Treasurer '13-'14 Presi-