Iowa Wesleyan College - Croaker Yearbook (Mount Pleasant, IA)

Text from Pages 1 - 268 of the 1915 volume:

IMBiiflininiiiiiiiiini 1915 CROAKER Compiled and Published by the Junior Class of 1915 of Iowa Wesleyan College From afar in the future's dim vista Comes the tread of a marching throng, 'Tis the tramp of men and women Who raise their voices in song. And that song is a song to Old Wesleyan, Of faith and loyalty pure; And the moving hope of the marching throng Is that Wesleyan long may endure. And what moves them steadily onward, Toward the goal of honor and right? 'Tis the Wesleyan Spirit unflinching Neath the flag of the Purple and White. ©0 iEhmu H-iCymm (Pur Uran Whom iur lour as tijr ffrnmourr anb lEmbofctmrnt of tljr ©rar Ulrslrijan spirit, utr frrfrtratr tljia, (Pur Slook STfytf 1915 titraaker £ taff FLOYD HAGIE RUTH WILLITS . RUTH SCHREINER JEAN WILSON Editor-in-Chief Assistant Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager IBepartment H bitar COLUMBUS HAYES RALPH HILEMAN AIMEE CORE PERCY CARIS Athletics Forensics Jokes Artist Asanriate Editors AMY ZIMMERMAN HOWARD GOEHRING KATHARINE DRUSE RALPH CAMPBELL RUTH SLOGAN Co ttyose wtyo liaur been in surty sympa-ttyetir relation witty ttye Croaker, as to go ttyis far: Co ttyose mtyo are opening a Iflesleyan Annual for ttye first time, and to euerg interested reader (6rrrttmis Ctyis book is ttye result of many ttyougtyt-ful and wearisome tyours. Hie tyaue attempted to styow you as you are, to record mtyat you tyaue done. If yon styould find upon ttye pages of ttyis book some sweet rentembranre of ttye days spent at old Hfesleyan, mtyere friendstyips were formed ttyat yon will euer tyold dear, ttyen ttye ’15 Croaker staff can say ttyat we tyaue performed ttye duty mtyirty was intrusted to ns. COLLEGE CHAPEL Mere tlje faculty and students meet for daily de-uotion. Jn tlje louier regions flip chemistry shark brexus obnoxious odors to torment ambitious students in tlfe library aboue. Upon tlje chapel rostrum forensic battles are fougljt and here men are chosen to represent Uleslegan in all forms of forensics. JElje rljapel is tlje first place to mhiclj tlje Jffresljntan goes, tlje last place mljirtj tlje Senior leaues and tlje one place aboue all mljirtj tlje Alumnus loues to uisit U r ( r C “V r—v ,r . ■“ v V iMljere history leahs the student through inextri-rable mazes, and art flourishes. Where literary geniuses spring up and mathematical sharks Ijolh siuay. fflany are the class scraps mlyrh its malls haue witnessed anil many are the secrets whirl? it has h li secure behind the closed boors of the “Croaker room” wye ' r Vf ' V ,r ' THE CONSERVATORY HJl|ere Hr. Hommel Isolds fortlj, anb from mljirlf iaaue anul fjarroiulng harmonies (?) unbrr tlje gnibanre of iSJiaa SSalbiuin. Herr tlje glee rluba, orrljratra, anb banb fnmtent the eara of neighbors anb paaaera-bg in orber that tljeg mag go out to bring Ijonor anb glorg to Weslegan. Cljis maa formerlg tlje Ijonte of tlie (german College mbirlj maa moueb to JSJarrington, DHo. -'S' '•5 HARLAN HOUSE ©nr “Prrxies” Ijontr is one of tlje buildings of mbirlj Wesleyan ts most proud, it is a famous pioneer mansion of iotua, mljirlj upon tlje deatlj of Senator Sjarlan in 1899 mas deeded to tlje college by Ijis daughter, Ulrs. ICinroln, as a Ijome for tbr college president C 'I , ,r - GERMAN CHAPEL iffornterlg tlje rljapel connected uiitl| tl| 8erman ©ljurelj, tijr present pi are of meeting for tlje college prayer meeting and tlfe future librarg building of Soma 339eslegan T --vC ELIZABETH HERSHEY HALL Clje nernesi and mast popular building on tlye ttles-leyan campus. Wljere tlje co-eds obey tlye mandates of student gouerument and learn the meaning of uiork as uiell as plag. Could the parlor malls aud ueranda steps tell tales, many mould be ttje mystery solued thereby 5$ I , |i[ � � lX v VsVX.s 1 :L XNN i PIONEER BUILDING ©nr contained tlje entire equipment of tlje “i®f-•pieasant Institute”. Slut It in XB43 upon a twenty acre plot of ground, it ljulds tlje distinction of bring tlje oldest college building west of ”3Ilje iFatbrr of Waters .1-9 iS ' - N ex x WWW'.WVAiW Dr. LYMER’S HOME ®lfe latest addition to tlje group of buildings oiuned by I. HI. C. 3Elje Ijome of our beloued Uean from mljam euery student finds comfort and ad-uire for any trouble or difficulty C - i r r . ’ '..v ( _ zr.S3 METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH (Eire beautiful cljurclj of wljtrlj UHt. pleasant Ib bo proub, uiljere euery stubent flubs a welcome, aa well as an inspiration from tlje fine music anb touching sermons. (Elje rljnrrlj is pacbeb twice eaclf Sabbath r LUCY A. BOOTH O'? 1910 4 (jBSAKBR 'N FSH joL ■C r r r v. C IX8MfWjimoiy; 4VWW� ' W V W.'N iz±zzzrrszr p •) ;■) 1 « • ys JOHN WILLIAM EDWARDS A11 Appreciation. John William Edwards, B. S., Ohio Wesleyan; A. M., Tufts College, Mass.; Grand Commander of Iowa Masonic order; Phi Delta Theta. Professor Edwards came to Mt. Pleasant, la., in the fall of 1898, where he was elected to the chair of chemistry, which position he has filled with credit to the institution and to himself. He was elected member of the city council for the years ’13 and 14. Professor Edwards has won a place of high esteem among his students and fellow townsmen, where his counsel is valued and sought in educational, civic, and fraternal affairs. I rszr r -r ( i - ! i i a i v s Ms.. ;l IWi ARTHUR L. EATON, Registrar Professor of Latin Language and Literature. A. B., Black Hills College, 1896. Graduate Student in University of Chicago, 1901, 1904, 1908. Beta Theta Pi. HENRY G. LEIST Professor of German and Hebrew Acting Professor Biblical Literature. A. B., Central Wesleyan College, 1892; A. M., 1895. B. D., Garret Biblical Institute, 1895. Graduate Student University of Berlin, 1895-97. D. D., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1909. ' Hi EDWIN 0. KOCH Professor of Greek. A. B., University of Wooster, 1904; A. M., University of Missouri, 1911; Graduate Student Ohio State University, 1912. 1 ini J. W. BLAIR Professor of English and English Literature. A. B., Tabor College, 1900; A. M., Washburn College, 1904; A. ML, Kansas University, 1911. 1910 r 'V a±z±3 r v X HARRY E. JAQUES Secretary of the Faculty. Professor of Biology. B. S., Iowa Wesleyan, 1911; Graduate Student Ohio State University, 1910-’11-12-13. $ ETHEL LYMER Professor of German and French. Ph. B., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1909. Graduate Student Iowa Wesleyan University, 1909-10. Graduate Student Michigan University, 1912. Pi Beta Phi. r r r liLJil ,J|| frrli ‘ft 'V CORTES JOHNSON Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy B. S., in C. E., University of Mich, igan, 1904. FLORA BALDWIN Instructor in Vocal Music Pupil of New England Conservatory of Music, Boston; James Saurage, Isidore Luckstone and G. Magnus Sheetz, New York. «NNMMMNM� NN 1 S-- tte m i cv w £L EDWARD A. FIMMEN Acting Professor of Economics, Political Science and Sociology Ph. B., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1911; Graduate Student, Columbia University, 1911-’13. Phi Kappa Delta. MARGARET E. McCARTNEY Acting Instructor in Oratory and Expression Graduate Cumnock School of Oratory, Northwestern University, 1907. Pi Kappa Delta. idio - vx 'y sr C c r f K V GEORGE W. BEAL a Pliysical Director; Instructor in Academy Phvsics and Mathematics A. B., Hillsdale College, 1912. Delta Tan Delta. VI! ;. MINNIE B. KING Acting Principal of the Academy; Instructor in Academy English and Mathematics . B., Ilellmuth College, Ontario, 1886. K N NN XS VVV V S NS X VK VS V Vs S V 3 '% A. ROMMEL Dean Conservatory of Music swvsw : JULIUS WINTER Instructor in Violin and Cornet Pupil of Herm Schaettner, Director of City Orchestra, Teplitz, Bohemia. Four years’ service in the 42nd Infantry Regimental Band, Austria. Two years member of Orchestra (Forty-eight pieces) Teplitz, Bohemia. One year member of Orchestra (fifty members), Marienbad, Bohemia. Eight years leader of Old Veteran Society Band, Teplitz, Bohemia. ■V. Pupil of Moscheles, Dr. Gustav Schilling and August Zoellner. Degree of Association of College of Musicians, University of the City of New York, 1887. MAY HILLS Principal of Art Department A. B., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1899; Student, Art Department, Iowa Wesleyan University; Student, Gertrude Estabrook’s Private Studio; also Art Institute; Diploma, Northwestern Summer School. Pi Beta Phi. A. B., Northwestern University, 1907. Alpha Phi. r V T VJ REEMT E. LUEBBERS Professor of Economics, Political Science, and Sociology. (Leave of Absence for study in Europe.) A. B., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1909. S. T. B., Boston University, 1911; Ph. D., 1912. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ULLENA P. INGERSOLL Professor of Oratory and Expression. (Leave of Absence for Part of Year) B. S., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1909. Student Columbia School of Expression, 1910. Pi Beta Phi. M. BLANCHE SWAN Librarian B. S., Iowa Wesleyan University, 1896; M. S., 1899. Graduate Student State University of Iowa, 1904. Pi Beta Phi. stww i0i a .......Nwv'nxWv xnwwwWnw WNW WAX S’ • f ' i r ■ % .-'n •- vv § S $« A NV ' V huxs r )S i Imiict UHrsIrijatt © ankagiumg Hanqurt j H ( i ! it .v At Elizabeth Hershey Hall, Thursday, November 27, 1913. | | ' TOAST PROGRAM Toastmaster ................................................... Dr. Lymer A WESLEYAN ART EXHIBIT “Look here upon this picture and upon this.” “Age of Innocence’’...................................Louis Leubbers “Where ignorance is Miss ’Tis folly to he wise.” “Through the Gate”.................................Grant Venell, 1917 “Thus times do shift, each thing his turn does hold New things succeed, as former things grow old.” “Stepping Stones”..................................Dorothy Withrow, 1916 “1 am not that which I have been.” “Anticipation” .......................................... Ralph Hileman, 1915 “Tis expectation makes a blessing dear. Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were.” “The Landing of the Pilgrims”...............................Ruth Toothacre, 1914 “There is a charm both in our recollections of the past and in our hopes of the future.” “Gleaners”...........................................Dr. Osborn, 1897 “Piecemeal they win this acre first, then that, Glean on and gather up the whole estate.” jj| 1 “Moses Presenting the Law to the People.............................Dr. Leist vi “Can one desire too much of a good thing?” Vi r ,C r' ptrtt at UUBBleijtm “The Wesleyan Spirit’’ cannot be described or analyzed. It cannot be bought or sold. But it is a contagious, invisible something which permeates the atmosphere and infects all healthy minds and bodies that come within her walls. It is the spirit which makes a Wesleyan rooter form himself—as George Fitch says—into a “sort of human cataclysm composed of a vast howl, enclosed in a thin rim of face, and decorated with a fringe of wildly moving arms and legs. ’ ’ It is the “Wesleyan Spirit” that impels the athlete to leave a warm fireside to fight to the very last on a cold, muddy gridiron. This same “Wesleyan Spirit,” though flowing in other channels, has nourished our college into the great institution which it now is, and then won untold honors for her. The “Wesleyan Spirit” is that all services are worth while—those of friends and townsmen, as well as of the faculty, alumni and students, of the rooters as well as of the athletes, of the debaters, orators, the editor, the literary man, the manager, the minister, the musician, the artist. “The Wesleyan Spirit” sees reward in sen-ice. It is an old spirit, and has been taught from the beginning of time. The freshman usually catches the “Wesleyan Spirit” germ at the fall reception, which is given at “Hershey” by the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.’s. It immediately begins to grow into such dimensions that he soon must become “bigger” to accommodate it and still be comfortable. If he forms a favorable impression of the Hall and its inmates, the freshman, if a member of the sterner sex, will in all probability get sufficient exercise to keep the young spirit in perfect bloom, by his tri-weekly trips for the purpose of renewing Hershey Hall acquaintances. Then by bringing it along with him to the annual Thanksgiving Banquet and carefully feeding it upon the various courses of class and college spirit menu, the freshman soon develops it into a mature miniature “Wesleyan Spirit,” which when associated with countless like spirits, will know no bounds. Thus the live student who enters Wesleyan at the middle of September can easily have that “True Wesleyan Spirit” before three pages have fallen from the calendar. Try it, Freshmen! , , , , , J ’ Island Lake SKSSsKKS' ■ft-WIFE' ill VMM IMHNMNM Wqz College nom The Annual College Boom., given in the College Chapel by the various classes and organizations, under the auspices of the Y. M. and Y. W. C. A.’s, was one Of the big features of the college year. The 1914 Boom was a scream from beginning to end. and interest and enthusiasm never lagged from the time the first curtain was drawn until the “nigger’’ minstrel was clapped off the stage at 11:30. The first stunt took the form of a few major college activities which were staged by the Academy students, and plainly showed that the “Preps” have had their eyes open and know how things are done at Wesleyan. The next time the curtain was pulled, one lone Freshman had possession of the stage, while a shingle hanging at his door said, “Wanted, a Wife.” After ten minutes of side-splitting laughter the audience cheered the young man and his fortunate prospective helpmate into the background and behind the curtain. “Mrs. Jarlcy” of the Sophomore class then displayed her beautiful wax figures. She had a rare collection among which were “Bo Peep,” “Jack and Jill,” “Simple Simon,” “Two Lovers,” and others equally as attractive. For particulars see opposite page. ‘ Miss Wishard of the Girls’ Glee Club then took out countless A Winding Walk charge of the situation, and ground old maids (“Ladies in Waiting”) from a large machine in the rear of the stage. None of the girls were recognized, so no harm was done. The fifth and most complicated act of the evening was staged by the 1915 Croaker Class entitled the “Croaker Stew.” This was a weird and solemn sketch put on by an energetic and solemn class. The setting was a large kettle in the process of stewing and boiling down all college activities, the result being the 1915 Croaker. This act made the big hit of the evening. The noble Seniors who staged the sixth stunt of the evening had for the audience a rare treat in a little two act comedy drama entitled “A Reunion After Thirty Years.” This little act perhaps received more rehearsing than the other acts and the authors of the sketch should submit their production to Pathes or Keystone. The evening’s merriment was brought to a howling close by a black-faced minstrel, acted out by the Men’s Glee Club. Few songs were left unsung and they because of the late hour. The Boom was given to a packed house and the Christian associations felt well repaid for their efforts, for besides reviving the old-time Wesleyan Spirit, they were able to report a favorable income. Between Classes '■’O A 'A C Co-eds that know a good thing when they see it. (Eampustry Tho I take a college course and forensics, and take not Campustry, I am become as a brass sound and a dateless bachelor. And tho I have the gift of fussing and understand all mysteries and all knowledge and tho I have all self-confidence so that I could get dates, and learn not Campustry—I am nothing. And tho I bestow all cash in the candy store and tho I give my time to be consumed, and know not Campustry—I am nothing. Campustry endureth long and is sweet. Campustry tireth not; campustry goes not out of style, is not passed up. Doth not weary one unseemingly, seeketh' its own, does not quickly become tiresome, especially when darkness lingers. Rejoiceth not in tightwads, but rejoicing in the chink. Loveth one thing, believeth some things, hopeth all things, endureth many things. Campustry never faileth, but whether there be promises they shall fail, whether there be flattery it shall cease, whether there be knowledge it shall vanish away. For on the campus we see thru the dusk darkly, but in the parlor face to face; there we know in part, but here we know even as we are also known. And here abideth Jeff, Don and Stan, but the greatest of these is Stan. X ✓— JIM JOiuiLj fhfWlP u llllili Irnrrlll ! |||| r« ,r '.v P , v v ,— .. SIrack qitaft � � � N« Cross Country to Oakland Arnold Ronold Vivian Edna Three Mile Run—Covered Bridge Don Pete Harold K. Jean Miriam Esther B. Mile Run—To Hospital Louis Howard B. Esther P. Martha Half Mile—to Antrims “Teaser” G. Enos Harold Mac Florence Hattie 440 Yard Dash—Tracy’s Pond Elijah Lawrence Ruth Hazel 220 Yard Dash—Cole’s Pond “Stan” “Humpy” Viola Maud Two Mile Run—Down the “K” Laird Cummins Rhea Ruth Hargrove Deal 100 Yard Dash—To Hamline Hall “Jeff” Anita Cross Continent Walk Ralph ‘Jane’ Howard Helen Russell Eva s .VOWNOTWWiMiMW nptiomor? (juratory banquet MAY 11, 1914 Toastmaster . W. G. Breitenstein TOAST PROGRAM Introduction . . La Rue Sowers Argumentation . . Gladys Hastings Climax Conclusion Edward Wahl Homer Hendrickson Ol 11 « � ws«rtsv « va' X+-..U. ■ ■ • y , I N :'« j5 7 i ill all NatJier WTTraU � UK CU and« f a didactic nalur � uch a tlx __ ! Ulc lioiid 4 edao itson require 1 icntlrc a ml i cl In «vi.-i. kv I. I tier. on e— y ■ ' -v y amws I Aint THE WESLEYAN NEWS® JIT. TJ-KASANT.‘IOWA. MARSH 1 1 ■UH� M6r 1UI« 4� .t ion n ii.)o oil:«. j Summer School At Wesleyai Wesleyan Wins Out Again HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF Iowa Wesleyan Now Stands Tire Top In bratoiy i cslcyan Activity Civ 1 Promise For Next Summer for Ill ; lift ■ l|T„r III .1 pel I llli loteiyear.Iowa WceUyaiilV- u-,.ir.em,-,| i„ Mr. Sian;,., nj awarded lira place In Hie iv ll� xij|e oratorical Av.-ii Ti c .-• tiled wa. lieJd � t • ln cil III 'm� .M-liio 1 11 1. ' '11111'. - -1 - ' ' s - -itcliliil f r am way I C.1I1 make 111 colltge 'il more elttHml nr.lw Nllle of Iowa Wnk'j� li nc«S Uiat a Su in met Sclrx ;ld here during the all week - Till. l n t I he f. W ■r-f inlcr- The preen! I r MrJnev lallon lii rraiTon ..one III agriculture arc umr.Mlic We Defeat Central Wesleyan's Oratorical Record | withe m be give, .. vxii a. «i mttl llie new lay rojolret Ij '. Saturday night WcMtyjn l.fo ill oSd.br.'iiie victory fell • atil« and oruip teacher. in :c' vilir K-avii, tiy defoatlog Mia % art«l l« «lMc:,m. or. lad Wdayiy ScUl eiupl,a«ii ■ alii. ■n.rl..}Miia.leas ’.nHllO � o« Uyv.1 «.Ujnn„Uira| llni |l,r; ... , W,V Un: In II,elf L.t appearance before Slate Oialnrlcal CV ,lc.t had t«rn! vll tLc WWiIng U teach le , . • Wfl,. u. NtauUl twit I. VglOW I© IMllll W W«WI ir !i£i— ? hav ; : lean cu-cllc.) tl.r vWllnrf In Uxket -i-c lime amt for Ilir Mll.tlmelrillml ' li'i 1, I -li riling. Tlie lineup mi •biftol In l ««, d Mir awcU lon. tar. Wee H “ ’ thi. ir.i'jir I , all.tn IVaIi t, , 11 .nc Icjflii bid w«i Stale Wo • tocher. • . h .'Hit.gain l� allow W .e, a vi.wior Irjan hid « ■ Stale lonofK Wo j� % � Adt � 'rk tViWfc ' ............ W� '� , -III U I Ilir 11 Scl.� d Iml'dlne. wbcrranei ntill tin Ik iih en v.il and lie playixl (an excellent mmc. Tlie HuUlinxfi | ilbpU.ed ex.ellrnl leatn wmk an l| were cr etc«l 111 n.nVIiur Ilir 1 111 ; l v.n lire I1 i;r I'-t iliei I M many. ca r clianeo f r |l e Ui.Vcl and tlie c' v iruardlnx f lloncan an l Walilj licld llie .- -rc d .« u Wild | 1 yr l a i dclitiriKy-an-ie tioldo v. Tli � many • ami Amo l.nl II.c lanjcat; p, ,|nl � n ro Hie (,� ,! line. •TSatr pie .Vtiatkm . iKUbteiux H,ey u. a m.mot fn l,U •anal cranny faxlii-n eater Interol In Ilir ecciloi. Wal and mide live ‘la'vkelv ’ Do M'.Lno na. w easily ae. letflUjl for IIimi, Woleyari ranked! In tlie tltr r l er dcKiiatlon. | V Sr.1 ulicii It came to' Tlie lineup: Wole.an folirtl put � a. exlly Verln r. It «� nearly rluM-lliIrty ulien Mr T-me. ..f t •.♦(• .I leer, llie rwidenl f live Sme A vuvial I'm. j-jllnl llie lx.n� - tn order. Alter an-pouneinir llie nart o 4 llie Judjn-.. lOrtivKonk Jones of VftlUr-a. Sm. K. itaikcia; On Inline ;' . Mp'i f ritiuinua. lie. J. II. Win WoP.n Maud, iajnxd Waterloo; 1‘rpf.J I. I!r «n J. r.l,u)«'rk im l� er Llrelrll I. UK) Jlaudi CjU-llne . Wol'Ci lluih-.in : Walil I’elia r f llliynlxrr ncr I f IlliyntierKer. S i«r n e Van l er Uaden ' if I lo (’.v,le I t ll.er l U� ean � . j.-ellenl equipment I. a.allalAe. MM 11 'ampbcll. Iliei upty nuperinlendeut; 11� planning l elUMi In primary1 work. Stic lu. IikI a number oj year, etpcrienrc In Kuclilry Hu- In . Mnlnex prtmaiy � 'lu l� . aral I. fa. miliar wllli all le d work. Her e!i v. ..Ill be iiumIc eepeeUlly «� !u� -j We l rural learficia. and ahe ulli alw dln-iiw ll e rural � eli .� l prubleni,' Tlie olliri depart oielil. � III Uee iually' • aluable Omler«:. e le.iir. will field eavli day. In wlilcli leacli may card .lu .iruv UaB. aiad a k i|oe� t xa� Uicy 'temre. Tlie leailKo. dotilr.j; normal train log can cater llie wffexl any IIw taking ulalr.er fort of tlie 4u Uicy wWn allle-wgli U W wiWi bell mdSpuied tlie title .f to Like all. A bulletin I now bed Bret rank, uv.fe tiinra; pm,Ini ullivli nIII give a. ■I. • � • 'irilviiiMr'n . iban any ' !l'vr college In llie .|it . ; pn reiu and oilier ldk ihaU m.' mK Spai n i Var! Wmc lire Alter July � , W«5i Wj� Wl 1 .«AV I k ' SS Vs N N ' V). Sv Shi' ITU'slnjart Niuus The Staff Russell Barnett Mark Flanders Edith Powers Louis Leubbers Lillian Piper . Editor-in-Chief Managing Editor Business Manager Assistant Business Manager Subscription Manager Edna Benjamin..........................................................Social Maude Calhoun............................................Assoc, and Literary Stanley Newell......................................................Athletics Mary Torrence..........................................................Alumni Allen Eliason...................................Intercollegiate and Exchange Max Van Horn..........................................................Academy Georgia Sidles.........................................................Locals Published every Wednesday by the students of Iowa Wesleyan College Inomm ( rs VXN N VsN XV. £L MMKKWB propljery of ’15 And behold, the curtain rises on the third act of the drama of the class of 1915. The first act took place in the early days of the members of this distinguished class. The second part was enacted during the college 00111 86, but now the rising action continues in this third division of time. First, there appears upon the stage a flourishing body with cheeks slightly colored, as if by some extraneous matter. Her stylish clothes tell us immediately that she is an actress—not a low, cheap sort, but one of the stars in Shakespearean productions. We are not at all surprised when we discover her name on the program—Madame Petrosen. And lo, another has taken up the same art: Mademoiselle Drusee has achieved greatness in interpreting the sentimental part of Juliet. This fair maiden has abandoned everything in order to lavish all her devotion on her art. And now a third person comes forth, sad and forlorn, seemingly just returned from a trip “out west.” (Keosauqua). Madame Drusee questions him “Who are you?” He speaks, “I am Neal Campbell's Hump. I’ve been tortured and harassed by a girl, and her name is Maude.” Poor fellow! Perhaps as time goes on he may be successful in winning the Judge’s daughter. A tattered figure saunters in. He has a brush and a box of paints. These outward symbols are all that is left of what was once happy-go-lucky “Perc.” Hazel Johnson, our demure sister, enters. Madame Petrosen inquires “Is it truly you?” “No”, she says, “I’m Truitt.” Three maiden dames appear in Salvation Army garb. “Who can they be—?” One says, “has Stan arrived.” We know this must be Fern because she was always strong for Stanley. Another articulates “I have been too anxious, so these modest clothes conceal my grief.” Poor Bertha! For this one was she. “It must be ten o’clock” sounds another. This is Aimee C—, who never will get over Ilershey Hall regulations. I11 romps Columbus Hayes, the eternal boy, who begins to sing “Beulah, Beulah.” He may well shout this for the above named is on his arm. Amy Z— has sent a note stating that her work among the Chinese is so fascinating that she can’t break away. We fear Amy is destined for a single lot. And behold! in walks our noble Stanley, who has made a place in the world by means of his great oratorical ability. He raves on and on and finally we get the gist of his discourse—“I have her, I’ve got her, she’s mine, etc.” At last his efforts have been rewarded, Viola is his. lA Edith Lee, always known for her quietness and peace, has become a nun. She helps the lowly and forsaken—May heaven bless her! Ilileman and Hagie both report that they are in Chautauqua work, the former as lecturer, the latter as manager—And, to be explicit, they have both won their hearts’ desires(?). Here comes an hilarious creature—we see it is Ruth Will its, who is now accompanying the great bass singer, Chas. Cornick, a former classmate. Very fortunately their tour from New York to New Orleans permits them to stop off a little while. Howard Goehring slouches in—he has retired to his farm in Fremont, and has raised—most everything in general—He has a wife and we think her name is Helen. Our grand opera singer comes next. She has ceased to speak English and now rattles off French operas at a very rapid rate—This surely is Ruth Logan. Floyd Duncan steps in, a type of “perfect physical manhood”—he has won all the aluminum drinking cups in Iowa, and is now taking many in other states—he practices law as a side line for one profession is too limited for him. Here comes a little matron who looks as jolly as ever. She is perfectly happy as shown by her beaming smile. This is Jean Warrington. The door bangs— Ruth Schreiner arrives—“Well, I suppose you want to know what and why I am. I tried teaching a few years—this spoiled me for matrimony as I became too fussy. I then wrote a few books, but these were unsuccessful, so now I am a militant suffragette, and I’m suffering yet.” The door softly opens, and in walks Rev. Barnett—lie is late, of course, but nevertheless welcome. He tells of his parish in Rome and then pronounces his blessing upon Wesleyan’s most famous class—The curtain falls. Thus endeth the third act of the drama of the class of ’15. r In A Cnmntvncimmtt It always comes. It is just a question of time, nothing more. The 1914 Commencement Day will be a great day in the history of our College, for on that (lay the largest class that lias ever graced Wesleyan’s Ilalls will receive their “sheep-skins”, step out and be numbered with the Alumni. On that day Friends, Alumni, and Students will meet again, feel a new touch of the “Wesleyan Spirit,” talk over bv-gone days, make new resolutions and bid farewell. What is so rare as a day in June? Then, if ever, come perfect days; Then Heaven tries earth if it be in tune, And over it softly her warm ear lays.” ‘Now is the high tide of the year, And whatever of life hath ebbed away Comes flooding back with a rippling cheer, Into every bare inlet and creek and bay.” ‘Joy comes, grief goes, we know not how; Everything is happy now, Everything is upward striving; ’Tis as easy now for the heart to be true, As for grass to be green or skies to be blue— ’Tis the natural way of living.” James Russell Lowell. BP ©maker ts ©ut Peacefully and calmly through the sunshine I strolled toward the college. Nearing the campus all reflections were rudely interrupted by a strange and fearful uproar and soon a scene of wild pandemonium burst into view. Everywhere were students holding large, imposing-looking books. Some were shrieking with maniacal laughter, and one of these was heard to say, “I knew he’d get his some day. This sure was coming to him!” A few there were who sat placidly gazing at some one page with a rapt and dreamy look. These had found his or her picture and were content. “I’ll fix that guy,” an angry youth muttered threateningly. “The big slob, to tell that, and now I'll be in bad for sure.” One girl hurried past with flushed cheeks and hands tightly clenched, saying sadly to herself, “It's not fair! My name isn't in their Old Track Squad at all!” Suddenly a small band of students steal softly and fearfully out the back way, and with many backward looks of terror hastily make their way countryward. No longer bewildered, I remember that it is Croaker day at Wesleyan, for there goes the unhappy editor and his fellow-conspirators, until the wrath of the neglected ones dies out. iOlLfj . A V HERBERT JEFFERY Lincoln, Neb. “Yon Silas hath a lean and hungry look; lie talks too much, such men are harmless.’’ Ottumwa High. Wesleyan News Staff, ’11-'12. Pres. Hamline, '13. Pres. Senior Class. Pres. Tennis Association, '11-'12. Tennis Team (W), '11-'12-'13. Capt. Tennis Team '12. Phi Delta Theta. Iota Phi. ANITA CRIPS Ottumwa, Iowa “Her laugh rings out the livelong day.” Ottumwa High. Girls’ Glee Club, '12-'13-'14. Reader for Men’s Glee Club, '13-'14. Heroine Senior Class Play. Hypatia. Pi Beta Phi. JOHN DAVIS Milton, la. “He who filches from me my pipe and Piper Ileidsick, robs me of that which enriches him not, but makes me poor indeed.’’ Milton High. Glee Club, '12 and '14. Phi-lomathean. Phi Delta Theta. MAY ROBERTS Mt. Pleasant, la. “I got no patience with the blues.’’ Mt. Pleasant High. Girls’ Glee Club, '12-'13-'14. Manager Glee Club, '13-'14. Ruthean. Iota Phi. Senior Class Play. STOCKTON SWANKY Mt. Pleasant, la. “The force of his own merit make his way.” Wesleyan Academy. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, '13-14. College Debating Team, '13. Gospel Team, '14. Hamline. Pi Kappa Delta OLIVE MAUCH Mt. Pleasant, la. “Has an affinity for German.” Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. ALBERT NEUTZMAN Mt. Pleasant, la. “My motto: Don’t cry over spilt milk; up and catch the eow.” Wesleyan Academy. Glee Club, ,09-,10-,ll-,12-’13-’14. Leader Glee Club, ’14. Philo-Hamliue debate, ’ll. Basket Ball (W), ’11-’12. Winner Harlan Oratorical Contest, ’13. Third local Contest, '14. Philomathean. Pi Kappa Delta. Sigma Phi Epsilon. INEZ KING Mt. Pleasant, la. “She finds the world forever fresh and new.” Mt. Pleasant High. Pres. Ruthean, ’13. Iota Phi. . ■ V ' ' ETTA ANTRIM Mt. Pleasant, la. “She’s pretty to walk with, witty to talk with and pleasant to think upon.” Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. WILL CAMPBELL Mt. Pleasant, la. '‘Whyfore this tumult? Whence this noise?” Mt. Pleasant High. Harlan Oratorical. Baseball (W), ,11-,I2. Football (W), ’12. Gospel Team, ’ll. College Debate, ’14. Glee Club ,ll-,12-,i3. Philomathean. Pi Kappa Delta. Beta Theta Pi. Class Play. LEMMA BECK Morning Sun, la. “Just a quiet kind.” Morning Sun High. Hypatia. Alpha Xi Delta. HJALMAR STROM BERG Mt. Pleasant, la. “Maidens were his smallest care.” Wesleyan Academy. College Debating Team, ’14. Foot ball, ’14. Basket Ball, ’14. Pi Kappa Delta. Dewitt sowers Mt. Pleasant, la. “And when a lady’s in the case, Yon know all other things give place.” Bloomfield High. Manager Senior Class Play. Hamline. Pi Delta Theta. JENNIE DAVIS Milton, la. “A violet by a mossy stone, half hidden from the eye.” Milton High. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. WILL LODWICK Mystic, la. “Yea, Lord! his bark is worse than his bite.” Centerville High. Glee Club, ’ll-’12-’13-’14. Manager Glee Club, ’13. Pres. Sophomore Class. Basket Ball, ’13. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet. Assistant Manager Athletics, ,12-,13. Hamline. Iota Phi. Beta Theta Phi. Class Play. FLORENCE SEELEY Mt. Pleasant, la. “A face with gladness overspread; Soft smiles, by human kindness bred.” Mt. Pleasant High. Girls’ Glee Club, ’12-’13-’14. Manager Glee Club, ’12-’13. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’12-’13. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. REBA TENNANT Mt. Pleasant, la. “She has a heart for one or two have found it.” Fairfield High. Girls’ Glee Club, ’ll-’12. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. WILLIAM GOODHEART BREITENSTEEN Burlington, la. “I have the nerve to fuss but not the inclina-tion. ’ ’ Burlington High. Football (W) ’12-’13. Wesleyan News ’ll-’12. Senior Class Play. Philomathean. Sigma Phi Epsilon. NELL JACOBS New London, la. “Lost, three-fourths of my voice, including all the deepest elements.” New London High. Girls’ Glee Club ’12. Hypatia. GRACE WEIR Ottumwa, la. “Always happy, never grieved; “But, alas! full often peeved.” Ottumwa High. Hypatia. LAIRD HAGIE Mt. Pleasant, la. ' ‘ When love and duty clash, let duty go to smash. ’ ’ Wesleyan Academy. Football, ’10. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, ’ll-’12. Wesleyan News staff, ’ll-’12. Pres. Forensic League, ,12-,13. Glee Club ’13. College Band ’13, ’14. Philoma-thean. Iota Phi. Sigma Phi Epsilon. Class Play. r RUTH TOOTHACRE Middletown, la. “A sweet attractive kind of grace.’' Wesleyan Academy. Mantle Oration. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’13- ’ll. Hypatia. Iota Phi. BERT JORDAN Mt. Pleasant, la. “To he in love excecdcth a college education.’’ Salem High. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, ’11-’12-’13-’14. Pres. Hamline, ’14. Pres. Forensic League, ’13-’14. College Debating Team, ’13. Business Manager Wesleyan News, ’13-14. College Debate, ’14. Gospel Team, ’12. Winner Forensic Medal. Pi Kappa Delta. Class Play. Sigma Phi Epsilon. EDITH POWERS Moulton, la. “Serene and resolute, yet gay and self possessed. ’ ’ Moulton High. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’13-’14. Wesleyan News Staff, ’12-’13-’14. Business Manager Wesleyan News, ’13-’14. Pres. Student Self Government Association, ’12-’13. Hypatia. Alpha Xi Delta. J. F. REX Syracuse, Kas. “Quiet men are at times most surprising. C. H. U. Academy. Southwestern College. Delphian. Philomathcan. DOLLIE BARKER Mt. Pleasant, la. “Patient, plodding and persevering.’’ Mt. Pleasant Academy. Success School of Shorthand. Henry Countv Normal. Ruthean. CHARLES E. PETTIT Mt. Pleasant, la. “In looks he’s meek, in speech lie’s mild; He thinks of home, and wife, and child.’’ Wesleyan Academy. Glee Club, ’05. Leader Glee Club, ’12. College Band and Orchestra. Mantle Orator, ’14. Iota Phi. INEZ CLARK Birmingham, la. “I’ll have my rights if the whole world to smash.’’ Birmingham High. Graduate of Drake versity—College of Oratory and English, mant (Nebr.) College B. Sc. and B. Di. • - V, 1 ' ‘V X rv GEORGE KOCH Mt. Pleasant, la. “Nature made him, then broke the mold. Mt. Pleasant High. Class Basket Ball, ’14. Hamline. EDITH SAUNDERSON Keosauqua, la. “Modesty is one of woman’s best adornments.” Keosauqua High. Girls' Debating Team, 'll. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, '11-'12-'13. Vice-President Y. W. C. A., '12. Pres. Y. W. C. A., '13. Girls'Glee Club, '13-'14. Hypatia. Pi Kappa Delta. LULU KEMPER Wapello, la. “The quiet kind whose nature never varies.” Wapello High. Hypatia. ROY MAHEW Washington, la. “He often burns the midnight oil.” Washington High. Hamline. Class Play. HARLAN STONE Seattle, Wash. “A man of goodly size forsooth, who sings as few can sing, in truth.’’ Wesleyan Academy. Pres. Freshmen Class, ’10. Captain Freshman Basket Ball Team. Gospel Team, ’ll-’12. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, 'll-’lg-’13-'14. Pres. Y. M. C. A., ’12. Captain Senior Basket Ball, ’14. Football, ’ll-’12-’13 (W). Class Play. Captain Football, ’13. Glee Club Soloist, ’13. Pres. Philomathcan, M3. Sigma Phi Epsilon. MARY TORRENCE Mt. Pleasant, la. “A quiet disposition, earnest and brilliant.” Wesleyan Academy. Girls’ Glee Club, ’12. Wesleyan News Staff, ’12-’14. Pres. Ruthcan. Iota Phi. LEONARD SIMMER Agency, la. • ' A big noise done up in a small package.” Agency High. Editor Wesleyan News, ’12-’13. Business Manager Wesleyan News, ’ll-’12. Freshman Debate, ’ll. College Debate, ’12. College Debate, ’13. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, Ml-’13. Philomathcan. Pi Kappa Delta. BLANCHE THORSON Mt. Pleasant, la. “Love fears to haunt the breast where wisdom lies.” Ul j ' x As -x ) ,r - V ' a r MA Lr LEE Nau Chuang, China. “Thy modesty is a candle to thy merit.” Wesleyan Academy. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’12-’14. Delegate World Student Christian Conference, ’13. Vice-President Chinese Student Christian Association, ’13-’14. Associate Editor Chinese Student Monthly. Delegate Quadrennial Student Volunteer Convention, ’14. Hypatia. Iota Phi. EVA WILSON Centerville, la. 1 ‘ Tis true that she is much inclined To chin and tall: with all mankind.” Centerville High. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’11-’14. Pres. Y. W. C. A., '12-’13. Member Forensic League, '13-'14. Senior Class Play. Hypatia, lota Phi. Alpha Xi Delta. EDLA KRENMYRE Farmington, la. “The time is out of join; oh cursed spite! That ever I was horn to set it right.” Farmington High. Gospel Team, ,11-,12. Pres. Debating Association, ’10-’ll. Wesleyan News Staff, ’ll-’12. Ruthcan. Girls’ Glee Club, ’13, ’14. EVA WILLIAMS Mt. Pleasant, Ta. i' M v' a... ..1.,nY T c A §muu’t MY FRIEND Oh, hour from which my every hope has flown, When all ambition and all strife seem vain, When gods, once smiling, turn and do not deign To listen to my cry or heed my moans, And men, once fawning, will not condone My faults, at heart. nor aid me to regain The things I sought for and secured through pain, Grant me at least one fHend to call my oivn. And while, although I wander far, I find That naught remains of glories I have won, I shall not halt, for at my journey’s end I know someone is waiting who, outlined Like one tall cliff against the fading sun, Knows all my faults—yet loves me more—My Friend. E. R. Powers. iv iv r N ' v pxE) 1 A- V Class nf ’14 • This is not to be a history of the Class of ’14. History is a collection of more or less agreeable or disagreeable facts, and implies that the events narrated have long ago ceased to live. The class of 1914 is not reaching its close but its beginning ; we are more in need of prophecy than history. Therefore, if this brief prelude to the achievements of our class may recall in future days thoughts not here recorded and smiles not caught by the camera, if it beckons us occasionally away from the monotony of the present and invites a truant imagination to return once more to former scenes to live four years of college life in an hour, it has fulfilled its mission. It will not matter then that our class furnished some three or four captains for various branches of athletics, some nine or ten members to Iota Phi, leaders and managers of glee clubs, Y. M. and Y. W. presidents, debaters, orators, and all the other machinery of college. Of course, each class contributes its share, and the records show their achievements. That is history. We will more often turn to the lighter side of college days when we think of our class and our college. We will recall with pleasure our class fights and glory in the fact that we were the last class to employ the old-fashioned and barbaric methods which held sway before the advent of the push-ball. The cold nights spent in the cupola of the main building, the mad battle with chairs and furniture, the escape of the girls from the dormitory, and sundry subsequent restrictions, these were our inalienable rights as Freshmen and Sophomores. Then there was the picnic we had when we were Juniors! I remember that Mat Cox made the coffee—it was good coffee, too. It was all gone before we discovered that the spring from which we got the water was the overflow from the Irish-town frog pond. It was this occasion that inspired that thoroughly original class yell: Pork and Beans! Pork and Beans! Marshmallows, wienies and buns! Drink Cox’s sanitary coffee. “The flavor lingers.” This may not be the exact text, as no copy is extant, but only those of the good old class who practiced it that evening by the camp fire in preparation for a demonstration in chapel the next morning will ever know, for the yell was never given. Robert Burns once wrote that, “The best laid plans of mice and men, gang aft aglev.” He might also have added frogs. Yes, indeed! We were not lacking in the social side of college life. To be sure, Stone and Stromberg and George Koch considerably lowered the otherwise r -■ ( mmiww� 11 high standard set by the class, but their indifference in this regard was more than counterbalanced by the zeal of Mayhew, Pogemiller and Jeffrey, who became benedicts early in the year, before the spring flowers had bloomed and the Seniors appeared with little fuzzy mustaches. Jeffrey’s success is said to have been due largely to an accidental circumstance. In his Sophomore year he dared John Davis to have their heads shaved. The dare was accepted and they appeared at chapel the next morning with glistening domes, bald as the full moon on a winter night—the envy of Prof. Pimmen and the Dean. It is said that Miss Crips noted the bumps on his head which insured a brilliant career, and immediately became enamoured. In class athletics we held undisputed championship. In our Junior year we humbled the class of 1915 so completely that their self-confidence did not return until well into the next year, when it became necessary to repeat the operation. Previous to this second drubbing the Croakers had cast about for material with which to furnish their book and not finding what they wanted ready to hand, hit upon the idea of starting something really clever themselves. Accordingly they decided to abduct the Seniors’ caps and gowns on the evening before Founders’ Day, when, according to long-established custom, the Seniors were to make their first appearance invested in the dignities of their rank. The plan was only partially successful. The Seniors made a midnight raid on the Croaker office in retaliation, and then scoured the town for enough caps and gowns to supply the deficiency. It was a breathless audience that awaited the appearance of the Seniors. Gowns of various degrees of “color and previous condition of servitude” were visible and our worthy president had evidently shared his toga with some less fortunate brother, for he appeared with only a cap, which was perched upon his head like the Roman eagle on the battle standard. We marched down the aisle and took our seats in triumph, for the college tradition had been preserved. At that time we had not begun breaking precedents and were frequently cited by the Dean as examples to the under-classmen. Oh, happy innocence! Later methought a bright angel had passed by and shrieked out aloud, “IIow are the mighty fallen, fallen, fallen, fallen from their high estate!” We must not linger longer over the past. These are only a few scattering hints imperfectly told, but the author of this short sketch hopes that it will lead you often to wander in quiet nooks of your memory, there to meet with classmates of 1914. L. H. . PERCY CARIS Mt. Pleasant, la. Unsteady of heart, and of swift veering mind In regard to the girls as some of them find.” Wesleyan Academy. Physical Director of City Y. ’ll, ’12. Baseball Team, 12- 13. Band and Orchestra, ’13-’14. Pres. Band, Football Squad. Croaker Artist. Sigma Phi Epsilon. HAZEL JOHNSON Agency, la. “My doctrine is lay aside contention and he satisfied. ’ ’ Agency High. Hypatia. ALLEN ELIASON Letts, la. “A man after his own heart” (but he would rather a girl were after it). Letts High. Wesleyan News Staff, ’13-’14. Hamline. ELENA PATTON Mt. Pleasant, la. “Age cannot wither her, or custom stale her infinite variety. ’ ’ STANLEY NEWELL Wapello, la. “Not many hairs between him and heaven.” Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, ,13-,14. Leader Freshman Debating Team. Leader College Debating Team, ’12. Winner of Forensic Medal, ’12. Winner Local Oratorical Contest, ’13. Winner State Oratorical Contest, ’14.. Wesleyan News Staff, ’13-’14. Gospel Team, ’ll-’12. Glee Club, ’ll-’12-’13. Manager Glee Club, ’13. Hamline. Charter Member of Phi Kappa Delta. Iota Phi. Sigma Phi Epsilon. RUTH WILLITS Mt. Pleasant, la. “If there’s mischief brewing she’s at the bottom of it.” Wesleyan Academy. Girls’ Glee Club, ’ll to ’14. Assistant Editor of Croaker. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. HOWARD GOEHRING Fremont, la. “Don’t let study interfere with pleasure.” Fremont High. Baseball, ’12-’13. Captain Baseball, ’13. Athletic Council, ’12. President Junior Class. Captain Class Basket Ball, ’12-’13-’14. Hamline. Phi Delta Theta. Croaker Staff. RUTH PETERSON New London, la. “Her air, her manners, all who saw admired her.” New London High. Adrian College, Adrian, Mich., ’12-’12. Delta Delta Delta. AVX N NVVVVS W 1910 .'•N RALPH CAMPBELL Mt. Pleasant, la. “If I had a bad case I’d go and see a real la wyer. ’ ’ Mt. Pleasant High. Football, ’13. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, ’13-’14. Baseball, ’12-’13-’14. Croaker Staff. Philomathean. Beta Theta Pi. Glee Club, ’12-’13. RUTH SCHREINER Mt. Pleasant, la. “She mixes reason with pleasure and wisdom mth mirth.” Mt. Pleasant High. Girls’ Glee Club, ’13-’14. Manager Girls’ Glee Club, ’14-’15. Business Manager, Croaker. Ruthean. Iota Phi. FERN WALKER Latty, la. “Never idle a moment but thrifty and thoughtful of others.” Wesleyan Academy. Hypatia. AMY ZIMMERMAN Marengo, la. “Her memory lingers.” Wesleyan News Staff, ’13-’14. Y. W. C. A., ’13-’14. Croaker Staff. Hypatia. Pi Beta Phi. FLOYD HAG IE Mt. Pleasant, la. “All great men arc dying and I don’t feel very well myself. ” Wesleyan Academy. Wesleyan News Staff. Athletic Council, ,ia ,12. Glee Club, ’12-'13- 14. Manager of Glee Club for ’14-’ 15. Basket Ball (W), '12-'1.3. Foot Ball Squad, ’11-’12. President Hamline. Editor-in-Chief. Croaker. Sigma Phi Epsilon. .JEAN WILSON Centerville, la. “One of the gay and laughing creatures, With the earth’s sunshine on her features.’’ Centerville High. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’13-’14. Assistant Business Manager, Croaker. Hypatia. Alpha Xi Delta. AIM EE CORE Barnes City, la. “Let me have men about me that are fat.” Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’13-’14. President House Council, ’13. Hypatia. RUSSELL BARNETT Mt. Pleasant, la. “Oh, why don’t the women leave me alone?” Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, ’13-’1:3. Vice-President, Y. M. C. A., ’13- ’14. Glee Club, ’13, ’14. Freshman Debate, ’12. College Debate, ’13, '14. Football “W”, ’13. Baseball “W”, ’13. Winner Forensic Medal. Editor Wesleyan News, ’13-'14. Philomathean. Charter Member Pi Kappa Delta. Beta Theta Pi. Iota Phi. iQia !S r r s' 4s .-v FLOYD DUNCAN Mt. Pleasant, la. “His devious way is lined like the Mississippi river—by bluffs.” Mt. Pleasant High. Football, ’ll-’12-’13. Basket Ball, ’ll-’12-’13. Captain Basket Ball, ’12- ’13. Coach Basket Ball, ,12-,13. Beta Theta Pi. MARY STALL Mt. Pleasant, la. “Oh! what a joy it is to be dying with love. Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. Pi Beta Phi. EDITH LEE Eddyville, la. “And still to her charms she alone is a stranger. Her modest demeanor is the jewel of all.” Eddyville High. Hypatia. EDNA OWEN Mt. Pleasant, la. “Far from the gay cities and the ways of men.” Ruthean. z-'- 1 BERTHA SAUNDERSON Keosauqua, la. “A maiden never bold; a spirit so still that her motion blushes at her self.” Keosauqua High. Girls' Glee Club, '13-'14. Hypatia. Iota Phi. KATHARINE DRUSE Libertyville, la. “There’s nothing ill can dwell in such a temple.” Whittier Academy. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, '12-'13- '14. Member of Forensic League, '11-'12. House President, '14. Croaker Staff. Ruth-ean. Pi Beta Phi. Iota Phi. RALPH HILEMAN Centerville, la. “He doesn’t play in the band, but he toots his own horn.” Centerville High. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, '12-'13-'14. President Y. M. C. A., '13-'14. Hamline. Iota Phi. Croaker Staff. Phi Delta Theta. RUTH LOGAN Mt. Pleasant, la. “A string that has no discord. Wesleyan Academy. Girls’ Glee Club, '11-'12-'13-'14. Secretary Girls' Glee Club, '14. Croaker Staff. Ruthean. Iota Phi. COLUMBUS HAYES New London, la. ‘‘Because he is small is no sign that he is little.” New London High. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, '13-'14. Pres. Y. M. C. A., '14-'15. Sophomore Debate, '13. College Debate, '14. Baseball (W), '13. Winner of Forensic Medal. Athletic Council, '13- '14. Croaker Staff. Pi Kappa Delta. Iota Phi. Philomathean. Sigma Phi Epsilon. ... «J f v 'N VIOLA CARSON • Way land, la. Farmington High. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet, ’14-’15. Hypatia. Alpha Xi Delta. HARRY M. BURNS Burlington, la. Wesleyan Academy. Gospel Team, ’14. Ham- line. EDNA EVANS Mystic, la. Wesleyan Academy. Student Volunteer. Ruth- ean. ISABELLA PUTNAM Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. ( .WW� S W Sw , M H HARRISON BARKER Mt. Pleasant, la. Wesleyan Academy. Football (W) Delta Theta. MARTHA VAN BRUSSELL Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. GLENN GRANT Fairfield, la. Wesleyan Academy. Athletic Council, ’12-’13. Football (W), '13. Basket Ball (W), ’14. Glee Club, ’13, '14. Sigma Phi Epsilon. GRACE HOWARD Marengo, la. Marengo High School. Girls’ Glee Club, ’14. Iota Phi. DONALD WARRINGTON Bloomfield, la. Bloomfield High. Philomathean. Beta Theta . 'Ci ,, BARON CRANE Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant High. Athletic Council ,13-,14. Hamline. Phi Delta Theta. DOROTHY WITHROW Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant High. College Orchestra ,13-,I4. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. EARL TOVREA Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant nigh. Football (W), '12. CECIL HAMILTON Milton, la. Milton High. Hypatia. LaRUE SOWERS Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. Pi Beta Phi. 'N '“'V S' : f WINIFRED DILTS Salem, la. Salem High. Ruthean. Pi Beta Phi. CLARENCE JOHNSON Mt. Pleasant, la. Wesleyan Academy. Football (W), ’13. Phi- lomathean. LEROY AKERSON Keokuk, la. Keokuk High. Gospel Team ’12. Student Vol- unteer. Philomathean. GENEVA SCHELL Baxter, la. West Des Moines High. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. Ruthean. Private Sec’y Dr. Schell. Pi Beta Phi. Iota Phi. MARTHA BENBOW Fort Madison, la. Fort Madison High. College Orchestra ,13-,14. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. Hypatia. Alpha Xi Delta. Iota Phi. W f ™ K A f- ( V., RAYMOND FRIZELLE Salem, la. Wesleyan Academy. EDITH BOND Muscatine, la. Muscatine High. Girls’ Glee Club. Hypatia. Leader Student Volunteer Band. ANNA VAN BRUSSELL Mt. Pleasant, la. Mt. Pleasant High. Ruthean. CHURLEY BLOOMQUIST Kingston, la. Wesleyan Academy. Gospel Team ’13, ’14. Member Forensic League. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’13, ’14. Freshman Debate ’13 (Leader). Soph. Debate ’14 (Leader). Winner Forensic Medal. Philo. Pi Kappa Delta. Pres. Ministerial Club. Sigma Phi Epsilon. MARGARET PUTNAM Mt. Pleasant, la. Girls’ Glee Club, ’13-’14. Glee Club Accompanist, ’14. Alpha Xi Delta. HOMER HENDRICKSON Mt. Pleasant, la. Wesleyan Academy. Gospel Team ’ll, ’12, ’13. College Debating Team, ’14. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’14-’15. Philomathean. Pi Kappa Delta, Iota Phi. 101© A ' ; JAY L. HUNTER Danville, la. Wesleyan Academy. Football 14. Soph. Debate '14. Band '14. College Orchestra 14. Philomathean. Sigma Phi Epsilon. MAUDE CALHOUN Keosauqua, la. Keosauqua High. Wesleyan News Staff. Hypatia. Pi Beta Phi. VIVIAN VERTREES Morning Sun, la. Morning Sun High. Ruthean. RONALD JOHNSON Agency, la. Agency High. Philomathean. Sigma Phi Epsilon. BETTY JOHNSTON Lone Tree, la. Lone Tree High. Graduate Nurse Iowa Methodist Hospital. Hypatia. Pi Beta Phi. X A MARK FLANDERS Knoxville, la. Knoxville High. Wesleyan News Staff. Gospel Team. Philomathean. Iota Phi. JESSIE CANNING Hiteman, la. Albia High. Girls’ Glee Club. Hypatia. Pi Beta Phi. 1 1 VN NWs Vv VN V r r v- RUTH FOSKETTE Chicago, 111. Austin High, Chicago. Girls’ Glee Club. Ruthean. Pi Beta Phi. Iota Phi. FLORENCE BUCK Mt. Pleasant, la. Wesleyan Academy. Girls’ Glee Club ’ll, ’12, ’13, ’14. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’14, ’15. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. Vs EDWIN TAYLOR Burlington, la. Burlington High. Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’14-’15. Freshman Debate ’13. Hamline. Pi Kappa Delta. Sigma Phi Epsilon. WhMW - ;) r ( f WlWMSS l LAWRENCE TRUITT Agency, la. Agency High. Philomathean. Sigma Phi Epsilon. LILIAN PIPER Mt. Pleasaut, la. Mt. Pleasant High. Wesleyan News Staff. Ruthean. Pi Beta Plii. EARL MAUCH Mt. Pleasant, la. Wesleyan Academy. Glee Club ’13, ’14. Basket Ball (W), '12, '13, '14. Capt. Basket Ball, '14. Football (W), '13. Tennis (W) '13. Philomathean. Beta Theta Pi. JEANNETTE BUCK Mt. Pleasant, la. Wesleyan Academy. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet '11, '12, '14. Pres. Y. W. C. A. '14-'15. Girls' Glee Club '11, '12. Member Forensic League. Ruthean. Alpha Xi Delta. Iota Phi. GLADYS HASTINGS Birmingham, la. Birmingham High. Y. W. C. A. Cabinet. Pres. Hypatia. Pi Beta Phi. nphnmnri' Class History Iowa Wesleyan, “Specter of Things that Be,” smiled as he dipped his pen in the ink. “Surely, surely,” he wrote, “of the class of 1916 there is much to be said. In the fall of 1912 they came, seventy-five of them, with that unusual quality for Freshmen—apparent common sense. They learned that Freshmen have picnics, and they had one, such a jolly one with plenty to eat, that succeeded in making a class of them and it was a fortunate thing, because soon the quarrelsome Sophomores challenged them and they had the privilege of installing the “Push Ball Contest,” instead of having a free-for-all scrap. Yes, and the Freshmen beat them, and wildly exuberant, marched around the long-suffering square proclaiming their victory. The girls were proud of their men and later gave them a kitchen party where everyone, even Dr. Luebbers, wore aprons and helped prepare tilings. Then in the spring they had an indoors picnic, bcause it rained, and even that was fun. “With the fall they had lost sadly in numbers, but not in pluck and ‘pep’. They challenged the Freshmen, who outnumbered them three times, and fought like good ones. They had another dandy picnic—this time way down the ‘K line’, after which they came trailing home through the moonlight. They captured the Freshman banquet songs, to the disgust of those worthies, and sang them gleefully. “Sophomores are holding fourteen important offices in the Literaries and the Christian Associations this year. Four of them were in last year’s Wesleyan News Staff, and four are in the new one. Then, too, of the fifteen new Iota Phi elects, seven are Sophomores. They are a willing-to-work class and a good natured one and they will go on winning honors if I’m not mistaken,” finished the Specter, as he shook the ink from his pen. rid mmi'. am ! - ■' ■ .iO P i V l| Vi 11 Jffresljmatt Class OFFICERS Earl Vandagriff...................................President Wilfred Smith................................Vice President Emma Bloomquist .... Secretary and Treasurer Harold Kemble...................................Yell Master Colors, Cream and Brown. ROLL Howard Ballcw Eugene Barnhart Edith Barnes Permor Barnes Madge Barrett Elijah Becker Aenid Beman Esther Benbow Emma Bloomquist Beatrice Boyer Stella Burns Glenn Campbell Merle Caris Jessie Carter Jessie Clark Frank Colclough Edna Collins Leo Connor Mabel Core Mary Creath Vere Dean N Roy Druet Henry Dukes Carl Edblom Edna Evans Ethel Forsythe Virginia Fox Clarence Gabeline Ruth Green Berry Halden Warren Hall Fae Hayes Warren Huebner Pauline Jacobs Paul Jericho John Johnson Lorraine Jones Harold Kemble Lucile LaBreck Velma LaBreck Donald Lawson Lewis Lucbbers Archie Marsh Florence Milligan Helen Milligan Gladys Minear Harold McCargar Harold McCullough Florence Ottowa Margaret Palm Myra Parr Esther Printz Agnes Reaney Marie Schick Ruth Scoles Ruth Schriver Abby Sinclair Wilfred Smith Ethel Suair Hannah Stalker Fred Taylor Ware Taylor Lowell Thompson Frances Toothacrc Alfred Trembly Lucretia Turkington Earl Vandagriff e Grant Venell Helen Weaver Edward Weston Lucile Whitney Hazel Wishard Hattie Wolf Nora Wray Miriam Young r Vv-X r CIjp (graduating Class TOP ROW—Heller. Luchbers. Marsh, Peterson, Lawson, Roth. McCargar. BOTTOM ROW—Logan, Sidles. Toothacre, Russell. Sidies, Stroinberg, crooks. mi ’V'XSV A (group of Acahrmir tuftrnts TOP ROW—Oatmnn. Roth, Sidles, Buck, Benjamin. Rankin. Harrison. Gallaher. MIDDLE ROW—Morrow. Pierson. Van Horn. Deal, Stillwell. BOTTOM ROW—Caryl. Eggers, Axthelm, Roach, Farr, Farr. “Cheep! Cheep!” the little red bird simply danced up and down in his excitement; his old friend the gray squirrel poked out his head, “Hello, Red, what’s the matter?” he squeaked. “Say, that small man that used to be around here all the time is back, he came back with his suit case and an awful important air, and he’s been eating seed cakes and talking in the kitchen like a magpie,” screamed the little bird. “Well, well, and what did he say?” barked the little squirrel. “Well, he has just graduated from the Academy down there at Wesleyan—I don’t know what that is, but he did—and he was telling all about what he’s been doing. Last year he was a ‘Third,’ and when he went there they had a picnic and lots to eat. Great pickings, I presume. They are right in connection with the college and just do many of the same things. Then they had a Thanksgiving banquet—most everything they do is eat, I guess,—and toast afterward. Isn’t that a queer dessert ? He said that Beulah Billingsley toasted for them. “Then when he went back this year he was a ‘Fourth’ (according to the calculations of these humans) and the excitement began. Another picnic and another banquet, this time Louis Luebbers toasted. He said that they had a basketball team and lots of ‘pep’ and challenged everything in sight. In the spring their basketball team changed into a baseball team and played high schools. They often had joint meetings of their literary societies and had fine times and more eats. The girls even had a bunk party one night at Ilershey Hall. “Why, they even help to edit a paper and have some of their numbers on the Y. M. and Y. W. cabinets and sing on the College Glee Clubs and take ‘Campus-try’ and do ’most everything. The little man says that they are awful busy and are very important to the school.” “Gracious!” said the squirrel. “I should think so, but I really wonder how he’ll act this summer.” E. J. B. ; SiWwmmN 1915 CroAker COACH BEAL For the first time in the history of the school athletics were placed in the hands of a nonstudent coach. Coming from a year’s successful experience in High School coaching, with a previous all-around athletic record at Hillsdaje, Coach Beal jumped into the work as soon as he arrived. No schedule had been arranged when school opened, but under the coach’s ca-pablo management, with assistance of Prof. Fimmen, this matter was soon arranged. Although the foot ball team was not able to win half of their games, several defeats looked like real victories until the very last. The basket ball season passed into history with no mean record under the new coach’s instructions. Base ball prospects are very bright and should rank well with the other athletic teams. f a i CAPTAIN STONE “Good Boy from Milton” “Stonie” FULLBACK Playing for three years on the line, giving at all times his utmost effort, Stone was brought back this year to the fullback position. On the offensive he played a hard, line-smashing game, and ran excellent interference. On the defense he was probably the strongest player of the team, making in one game eleven straight tackles. He justly earned the captaincy which was bestowed upon him just before the first game. This year finishes his foot ball career with Wesleyan, for whom he has always fought so earnestly. BERRY HALDEN “Tough Guard Halden” “Berry’1 GUARD A product of Moravia High. With a High School experience Halden proved to be a bigger man than his size would indicate. He was a scrappy player with plenty of nerve to assist him. On offense he drilled holes for the backfield men, while on defense he drilled thru the line of the opposing players. Next year he will be of still greater strength. FLOYD DUNCAN ‘ ‘ Touch-Down-Duncan ” “ Dune ’ ’ HALF Having played on the varsity last year, “Dune’s” strength added greatly to the success of the team. His open field running and drop kicking were his strongest features, but he was also a hard line plunger and made several long passes for good gains. In losing Duncan the college loses one of their strongest backfield men. EDWARD WAHL “Tried and True” “Ed” GUARD With no previous experience this big Dutchman went into the game with his full strength forming in reality a wall. He was a hard tackier and frequently broke up plays behind the line. He had the peculiar habit of always plowing a hole for the man with the ball, which caused no small amount of consternation for his opponent. With two more seasons of foot ball before him, and with his strength and weight he will be a valuable man in the future. MAURICE THOMAS “Signalling Tommy” “Tommy” QUARTERBACK With a High School experience “Tommy” made a strong showing this year. He ran the team well, was eery efficient at passing and kicking and strong on defense. On offense he was the hardest man on the team to tackle, fighting for every inch. At the close of the last game he was chosi. captain to lead the 1914 team to victory. CHAS. POGEMILLER Catapult ‘Pogc’ ” Poge” HALF Brought back from an end position, he proved to be the greyhound of the squad. So slippery did he seem that the opposing side always had difficulty in stopping him. He, too, was good at kicking and running interference, while his short end runs seldom failed to gain ground. Poge” is another of the backfield men that will not be with us next September. LAWRENCE ROTH Staid and Steady” Roth” TACKLE Roth was one of the smallest men on the team but his nerve and fight made up for this. In all the games he showed his opponent a scrap well worthy of a much larger man. On defense he repeatedly broke thru the line and tackled the opposing man for a loss. We hope that next season will find him ready for another year of foot ball. GLENN GRANT Immovable Center” ‘ ‘Teaser’’ CENTER Grant was a new man in foot ball, and for some time could not decide where he wanted to play. At center he played a strong defensive game, while on the offensive he was very accurate in passing. In the Knox game he broke thru the line, blocked a punt, picked the ball up and with two steps of twenty yards each scored our final touchdown. He has two more seasons to play. HARRISON BARKER No Yellow Barker” Barker” TACKLE Barker played a hard consistent game thru the entire season. One of last year’s men, he seldom failed to open a hole on offensive; on defensive he very frequently spoiled a gain for the other side. He has two more years for foot ball and should be stronger than ever by next fall. WM. BREITENSTEIN '‘Dead Sure Bill “Bill” END Bill came in after the season had started, but got into the game and by his hard playing won a place on the Varsity. His previous experience served him well, for he was very efficient with his shoe-string tackles. In the Alumni game he took Stone’s place at full and played a strong game. This is Bill’s last year, so next fall will not find him in a foot ball suit. RUSSELL BARNETT “Flash-light ‘Barney’ ” “Barney” END With no previous experience Barnett soon showed the coach that he was entitled to an end position. He was continually breaking up interference, oftentimes getting the man with the ball. Several times on forward passes “Barney” got away for good gains, making our only touchdown in the Pella game. He will be a valuable man on the 1914 squad. CLARENCE JOHNSON “Some Guard” “Johns” GUARD Johnson is one of the heavy-weights of the team and filled up the hole next to center so that the opposition had great difficulty in getting thru. He was in the game all the time, putting up a hard, steady scrap. Next year with his experience he will make an exceptionally strong line man. EARL MAUCH “End Run ‘Dutch’ ” “Dutch” END Mauch came out this year for the first time, used his feet and head so well that he proved to be one of the fastest men on the squad. Whenever he caught a pass it meant that he had made a long gain. On running down punts he was usually on top of his opponent before the latter could get started. “Dutch” will be back for another year of foot ball. KNOX VS. WESLEYAN When school opened the middle of September several changes had taken place in connection with athletics. Through the additional funds secured by the increase in fees, a coach was on hand to train and mould the athletic teams. Coach Beal issued his first call for candidates almost before the students were settled and foot ball practice started immediately. It was soon discovered that only four old men were back in the harness, making the task of the coach doubly difficult. Fortunately the backfield men were all old stars, with the exception of Thomas, and soon were working together. The green material on the line made up for their lack of skill and training by steady, driving work. One week before the first game Capt. Shipley left for Northwestern, making necessary another change in the backfield. Halden, one of the new men, was placed at quarter, with Thomas calling signals from half. Wesleyan’s first game was with Cornell at Mount Vernon. It was expected that our first opponent would have the stronger team, and there was not a great deal of surprise when the team returned home defeated. The score showed very plainly the ever-fighting spirit of our team. With the count 31 to 0 against them at the end of the first half, the team came back so full of fight in the second half that Cornell was unable to score. The game, however, showed the weak places of the team, and Coach Beal began immediately to remedy them. Thomas was placed at quarter, “Poge” brought back to half and Halden shifted to guard. The line men were given extra hard work and when on the next Saturday Knox appeared on the home gridiron, the varsity team was far stronger than the week before. A victory over no other team on the schedule would have delighted the Wesleyan people as much as over Knox. To win over Knox, the pride of the “Little Five,” always putting out strong, hard-working teams, means much to any college. MONMOUTH VS. WESLEYAN w«w� KMWMNMm Shortly after the ball was kicked off to our team, quarter-back Thomas carried the ball over the goal line for the first touchdown. Pogemiller added another point by judicious use of his right toe. Again Wesleyan started for the Knox line, but paused long enough for Duncan to drop-kick the ball between the goal posts for three more points. In the second quarter Grant blocked a kick, picked it up, and made a forty-yard run for a touchdown. This ended the scoring of the first half. Score 17 to 0. The Knox team came back full of fight and determination, entirely living up to their reputation. As much as they worked, however, they were unable to secure but thirteen points during the half, giving our team a well-earned victory. One week after the Knox game Wesleyan invaded Illinois territory in an effort to secure the scalp of Lombard. Duncan scored a touchdown for the Wesleyan team and Pogemiller kicked goal, but Lombard got away with a long forward pass that tied up the score. Luck was in favor of the Lombard team and the “purple and white” men had to return home with a “no victory, no defeat” game. I)es Moines was the scene of the next contest. After a long, hard trip the team had to rush directly from the train to the field, thus giving them but little time to settle down for the game. Wesleyan lost the ball by a fumble on the kick-off, and a few minutes later the Des Moines team had pushed the ball over the line for a touchdown. The second score came in the third quarter when a forward pass was intercepted and carried almost to the goal line. Capt. Stone played a wonderful game, breaking up a great many plays. Thomas and Pogemiller played a strong charging game, while Duncan made his punts count much in our favor. The second home game on the schedule proved to be another especially exciting contest. The game with Monmouth enabled the purple and white team to give the spectators a real exhibition of the Wesleyan spirit. VV0V VA N I a A ,5 rr 5') V- c s l V V- r( nCL ’ y.....—,,,,.......CL ww«l ' wSi wir 'M w w «w i W M� wiww� wi rTniiii wwrin mr1 ■ --ri,, , Mm l , m lliir. % t ALUMNI VS. WESLEYAN The Monmouth team started with a rush that literally swept our men off their feet, piling up fourteen counts in the first quarter. But the spirit of fight had been aroused in our team, and .Monmouth could not score another point. Capt. Stone’s squad did more than hold Monmouth, for slowly but surely they fought their way down the field until as a result of their efforts two touchdowns were scored and the game was a tie. The Carthage game proved to be the freak game of the season. Carrying the ball down the field time after time, the team wearing the purple and white were unable to cross the goal line a single time. The ball was in Carthage territory during practically the whole game, yet not a single point could be scored. No matter how hard the men fought, their efforts seemed wholly unrewarded. On the other hand our opponents had no chance to score and the third tie game of the season was the result. The following week found Coach Beal’s team playing the “Dutchmen” at Pella, but ill fortune again held sway and the scrap ended with a score of 9 to 7 favoring the Dutch. La Grange called off their game which was to have finished the season, whereupon a game was scheduled with the all-star Alumni team. The game was full of interest, the people on the sidelines watching with excitement the work of “Tally,” Garretson, Heller, Courts, Swaney, and the other old fighters. “Tally” and Garretson proved the real ground-gainers for the Alumni and broke through the varsity line during the first quarter for the only Alumni touchdown. In the second quarter “Poge” made the first touchdown for the varsity, while in the last period “Tommy” carried an intercepted pass over the line for the final count. Thus the season wound up with no large number of games won, but still with a record of which the college, could be proud. Three of the backfield men will not be back next year, but the line will be seasoned material and next year’s prospects are indeed bright. v § MNNIMQiSmNMMMM! THE FOOT BALL TEAM Earl Mauch........................................................... Left End Lawrence Roth....................................................... Left Tackle Ed Wahl...............................................................Left Guard Clarence Johnson......................................................Left Guard Glenn Grant ...................................... ........................Center Berry Halden..........................................................Right Guard Wm. Breitenstein.....................................................Right Tackle Harrison Barker......................................................Right Tackle 5 Russell Barnett..............................................................Right End s Maurice Thomas ............................................................ Quarter Chas. Pogemiller........................................................Left Half Back Harlan Stone, Captain........................................................Full Rack Floyd Duncan...........................................................Right Half Back Hjalmar Stromberg ............................................................. Albert Peterson ......................................................... Tackle Jay Hunter .................................................! 11!!!!! 11!!! Tackle THE RECORD Oct. 3. At Mt. Vernon ....................Cornell 31 Wesleyan 0 Oct. 11. At Mt. Pleasant ...................Knox 13 Wesleyan 17 Oct. 18. At Galesburg.......................Lombard 7 Wesleyan 7 Oct. 25. At Des Moines ....................Des Moines 12 Wesleyan 0 Nov. 1. At Mt. Pleasant ...................Monmouth 14 Wesleyan 14 Nov. 8. At Carthage .......................Carthage 0 Wesleyan 0 Nov. 15. At Pella ..........................Antral 9 Wesleyan 7 Nov. 28. At Mt. Pleasant ...................Alumni g Wesleyan 14 THE BUNCH . r r him III! s h 5 511 1 ' S' t f THE WESLEYAN BASKET TOSSERS isssaK 5Elj£ i aSikrt iBall rasmt Almost before the foot ball season had closed, basket ball practice was in full sway. Only three places were open to be filled by new men, but for these three positions there were so many real worthy candidates that the task of selecting the regular team was extremely difficult. The first game resulted in a decisive victory for the home team, when the Des Moines men had to leave our floor with the small end of a 46-26 score. Good a.! I teamwork and accurate basket shooting were very much in evidence on both sides, but the Wesleyan five were far superior as all-round basket getters. The new men all showed up in great shape, playing hard, consistent games. For the next game the “Purple and White” quintet traveled to Ottumwa, where after one of the fastest and hardest battles fought on the Ottumwa floor, our team came out. victors by two points over the packing town “Exiles.” Weston was placed at center in this game, and although it was his first college game he held the opposing center to no baskets while he spotted three for himself. Every man put up a real scrap, and contributed his share toward the winning of the game. Lombard was the next to meet defeat at the hands of the Wesleyan Basket Tossers, losing to the tune of 34-12. Gabeline succeeded in caging the largest number of baskets, as he had in the first two games, with Capt. Mauch and Grant pushing him for honors. The team work was excellent, making a fast, exciting game. The Knox game proved to be the roughest and fastest game on the home floor. The opposing team, led by Capt. Prince, was composed of heavy, fast men, and proved more than a match for our men. Wahl took Duncan’s place at guard, who was laid up with an injured foot, and held the opposing star to two baskets, at the same time caging one himself. The Wesleyan aggregation put up a good game, that made Knox work all the time for their victory. Des .Moines evened up matters in the return game by defeating the local five 38 to 25. Our men could not get their team work going and had to be satisfied with the small end of the score. By dropping the next game to Monmouth the season’s record was tied with three wins and three defeats. The game was close, clean, and exciting. During the second half Capt. Mauch’s team almost succeeded in overcoming the lead which the Monmouth men had piled up during the first period. When the whistle blew, however, we were four points behind, with a 30-26 score. Pella entertained the Wesleyan aggregation with another dirge. This time we succeeded in getting 27 points while the “Dutch” were amassing 37. Coach Beal’s men were hampered by the size of the floor, and could not get their basket-shooting machine working. The season’s record was again evened up when we won the return game from Monmouth. The visiting team were completely outclassed. From the very first the result was evident, even though the Monmouth team exerted itself to the limit. Neither team used a great deal of team work, but our men were able to locate the basket more frequently than their opponents. The trip to Galesburg when the home aggregation played the Knox five a return game proved disastrous to the extreme. The Wesleyan men could not � V'v r iiliiii m iiiiii CJ ' vw: I PjIfP III Hi $ w.� stop the excellent team work and basket shooting of the Knox men and when the last half was over the score was 57 to 22 for the “Purple and Gold.” On the last trip of the season occurred the final invasion of Illinois territory, with the center of attack at Lombard. The Lombard quintet won the game by a close score for there were only a few points difference. The season closed with a win over Pella. As in the first game with the Dutchmen roughness prevailed, but the visiting team was unable to place the ball in the cage and accordingly went down to defeat. Duncan and Wahl played a good guarding game, while Weston performed well in the pivot position. Although we did not win every game, the “purple and white” quintet succeeded in winning its share, and in every defeat made the opposing team extend itself to the limit to cop the big side of the score. Duncan, who has put up an extraordinarily scrappy game since he entered school, is the only man lost at the end of the year. Although he has been very material in the success of the team, with a little more development next year the team should be as strong as ever, and again make a record for Wesleyan. Some time after the season was ended the basket ball men who had won “W’s” met and endeavored to elect a Captain. The vote stood a tie, however, and no choice could be made. The matter was left in the hands of the Athletic Council who elected Ed Wahl, the sturdy guard of the season, to lead the team during the season next year. THE SEASON’S STANDING At Mt. Pleasant 26 Weslevan 46 At Ottumwa 40 Wesleyan 42 At Mt. Pleasant 12 Wesleyan 34 At Mt. Pleasant 39 Wesleyan 27 At Des Moines 38 Wesleyan 25 At Monmouth 30 Wesleyan 26 At Pella 37 Wesleyan 27 At Mt. Pleasant 14 Wesleyan 37 At Galesburg 57 Wesleyan 22 At Galesburg 34 Wesleyan 31 At Mt. Pleasant 23 Wesleyan 33 “■ ■ V BASEBALL SQUAD ISaarball The baseball bug began buzzing around this year almost before the snow bad vanished, and soon stung all the old fans and prospectives into action. Two weeks before the spring vacation, the athletic field was in fair condition, and each afternoon found a flock of hopefuls chasing “flies” to every corner of the field. Only a few of the ’13 men are gone, leaving vacancies to be filled, but with the wealth of material on hand a strong team can be picked. Even the old men recognize that to retain their positions means consistent, hard work, with a chance even then of losing the position to some new, speedy man. With “Fritz” Taylor again on the job, Coach Beal will not have to worry about his pitching department. Fritz’ record last year, his first season of college baseball, was remarkable. This season he should be able to twirl the little sphere still more effectively than last. Pogemillcr, who did the receiving last year, and whose hitting was so instrumental in making scores, was elected at the beginning of the season to act as Captain and to lead the 1914 nine into action. Goehring, premier third baseman, Campbell, first sacker, and Barnett, last year’s shortstop, make a strong infield, and will give the youngsters a real chase. Hayes, from last year’s team, Marsh, Barnhart and Thomas are fighting for the outfield places. SCHEDULE Monmouth at Mt. Pleasant. Penn at Mt. Pleasant. Central at Pella. Central at Mt. Pleasant. Monmouth at Monmouth. Penn at Oskaloosa. Lombard at Galesburg (double-header). Lombard at Mt. Pleasant. u r r ‘ V'v -'x , f s'i V Taylor in the Box THE 1913 SEASON Captain Goehring’s lovers of the national sport wound up the last baseball season by splitting even on games won and lost, but claiming twice as many runs as the opposing teams. Wesleyan first met Leander Clark who succeeded in getting four of the five scores made. The first victory of the season was plucked while entertaining the Carthage nine on the local diamond. Although they tallied more hits to their credit, they were not able to convert them into as many scores as did the Wesleyan batters who had an eye for bunching their hits to best advantage. The game with Pella was a one-sided affair, with Howard and his followers on the big side. By judicious use of the squeeze play the opponents’ defense was completely baffled, and before the game closed eight scores had been checked up in our favor. In contrast with the wretched fielding of the Central men Wesleyan put up a lightning fast game without even a bobble to mar it. Taylor in the box had the “Dutchmen” at his mercy, as he fanned an even dozen and held them to a scoreless game. Penn College was the next to suffer defeat. Disheartened because of the loss of their catcher from the game, on account of injuries, the “Quaker” aggregation were unable to get into the game and consequently went home with the small end of a ten to one score. Our team then invaded Central and Simpson territory. In the Central game Captain Goehring was found on the sick list. Several costly errors and bad luck in general gave the contest away, with a 4 to 1 score. The Simpson game was perhaps the best of the season, a pitchers’ game from beginning to end. We were forced to accept a 2 to 1 defeat. However, this was not so bitter for the fast Ames team had been contented with a like score from them earlier in the season. ......,::::i3E=c=:............t I’oKc” at Bnt Jli f fini JJoUi SEJ.. S ?U m r i 11 i L ACADEMY BASEBALL So active was the Baseball Bug this year that not only were the collegiate men aroused to action, but even the Academy stars were caused to move. With Gal-laher as manager and Glenn Lee as captain the Academy boys soon had a team working together. Several games with nearby High Schools will give them the right amount of exercise to study well, as well as develop them for the varsity when they get into College. THE TEAM Glenn Lee, Captain...........................Catcher Dave Armbruster .............................Pitcher Phil Logan.................................First Base Ben Gallaher.............................Second Base Harry Morrow..............................Third Base Siierman 0atman ............................Shortstop Joe Sidles................................Left Field Albert Peterson..........................Center Field Perry Cummins.............................Right Field Win •-•‘-'tv.'S Ssf (unmts Shortly before spring vacation the Iowa Wesleyan Tennis Association elected officers. Although this organization has been formed for only two years, they have been quite active, and every spring sees a series of interesting matches. Last year after a somewhat incomplete tournament Herbert Jeffrey, Enos Lauterbach and Earl Maucli were chosen to defend the “purple and white” in the match against Carthage. In the singles Jeffrey, by great serving and fast work on the return, defeated Karr Parker, the crack man of the opposing team. After splitting even on the first two sets in doubles, Lauterbach and Maueh lost the final and deciding set to Lawless and Kearney. Out of the three matches which have been played with Carthage, Wesleyan has been victorious in two and matched even in the other. A tournament among the local players will be worked off and before the season is over several outside matches will be secured. Herbert Jeffrey, who played such a fast game last year, will probably lead the team, composed of the winners of the local tournament, into the fray again this year. With the large amount of material working out a fast winning team is expected. The fair ones are also taking a great deal of interest in the game and this year for the first time a tournament for the girls will be played. . sS Utearera of tfye “W” 1914 Harlan Stone...................................Football (Capt.) Will Campbell .................................Baseball Herbert Jeffrey................................Tennis (Capt.) Chas. Pogemiller ..............................Football, Baseball (Capt.) Albert Neutzman ..............................Basketball Wm. Breitenstein ..............................Football 1915 Floyd Duncan...................................Football, Basketball (Capt.) Floyd IIagie...................................Basketball Howard Goeiiring ..............................Baseball (Capt.) Percy Caris ...................................Baseball Ralph Campbell.................................Baseball Russell Barnett ...............................Football. Baseball Columbus Hayes.................................Baseball 1916 Harrison Barker ...............................Football Glenn Grant....................................Basketball, Football Earl Maucii...............................;....Football, Basketball (Capt.) Clarence Johnson ..............................Football Ed Waiil ......................................Football, Basketball (Capt.) Earl Tovrea....................................Football 1917 Maurice Thomas ................................Football (Capt.) Berry IIalden .................................Football Ed. Weston ....................................Basketball Fred Taylor ...................................Baseball Clarence Gabeline ............................Basketball Special Lawrence Rotii ................................Football ) J S fH ,r ; 0 i Lm ,___________________________________________________ iForcttstrs As We Look Back Iowa Wesleyan has just closed another most successful season in the realm of forensic art. Although a number of valuable veterans were lost by graduation last year, new recruits have stepped into their places and have admirably upheld the splendid record of the old school. In oratory she has gained a reputation highly enviable. From each of the last two State Intercollegiate Contests, she has carried away first honors, a thing which in most colleges is rarely witnessed by one student generation. She now holds the undisputed title of having won first rank more often than has any other college in Iowa. In addition to winning first, old I. W. C. has taken high positions any number of times. It has been rather difficult to obtain a record of the State Contests earlier than 1892. However, we offer this partial list of oratorical victories. 1875 Clay B. Whitford........Beta Theta Pi........Represented I. W. U. in State. 1876 Clay B. Whitford .......Beta Theta Pi........Represented I. W. U. in State. 1879 Edwin F. Kauffman......Phi Delta Theta.......Represented I. W. U. in State. 1S80 Parkf, W. Kauffman ....Phi Delta Theta.......Represented I. W. U. in State. 1881 Parke W. Kauffman ....Phi Delta Theta.......Represented I. W. U. in State. 1883 Samuel Craver ..........Phi Delta Theta......Second Place in State 1885 John F. Riggs...........Phi Delta Theta......Second Place in State 1887 Edwin S. Havigiiurst ....Phi Delta Theta......Represented I. W. U. in State 1889 John Newsome.................................. Represented I. W. U. in State 1892 Scott Alva Power........Beta Theta Pi........Represented I. W. U. in State 1893 Scott Alva Power........Beta Theta Pi........Represented I. W. U. in State 1894 Hiram T. Robinson ............................Represented I. W. U. in State 1895 Chas. P. Frantz.........Phi Delta Theta.......Placed in the State 1897 George J. Smith ........Phi Delta Theta......Second Place in State 1898 Chas. N. Pace...........Phi Delta Theta......Second Place in State 1S99 Nelson Drue Wells.......Phi Delta Theta.......Represented I. W. U. in State 1900 Thomas Osborn ................................Second Place in State 1901 N. c™ .....Beta Tlieta Pi........) ££? 1902 Glenn Mitchell..........Beta Theta Pi.........FIRST PLACE in the State 1904 Frank M. Beaty ...............................Third Place in the State 1905 Henry Meunster ...............................Second Place in State 190S Karl Krenmyre...........Phi Delta Theta.......FIRST PLACE in the State 1909 Oscar Schwif.ring ............................Sixth Place in the State 1910 Edward Stodghili..............................Sixth Place in the State 1911 Harry Wishard ..........Phi Delta Theta......Sixth Place in the State 1912 Clarendon Havinghurst. .Sigma Kappa Zeta......Third Place in the State 1913 Daniel B. Heller .......Sigma Phi Epsilon...FIRST PLACE in the State iqi i xTpmpr o- t i' ip i (FIRST PLACE in the State 1914 SMNUS1 Newel:...........Sigma PH. Epsilon...{ Represented L W. C. in Iatawtate. In debate, Wesleyan students are renowned throughout the middle west. This year we are debating in a triangular with Simpson and Upper Iowa Colleges. The Sophomore team meets the Monmouth College second year representatives, and the Freshmen are hoping to defeat the Knox Freshmen in a dual contest. The Forensic outlook for next year is so promising that the “ Mother of Iowa Colleges’’ is confidently expecting to add many more victories to her forensic annals. A Vkr( - X Sy L 1 _ j j-rTTJjj JT n n s' ..V'N Vs w 11 w.’yiNwimyx.. DANIEL B. HELLER Daniel Boone Heller is a man whom every Wesleyanite is proud to have known, not only because of the great honor which he brought to himself and his college, but because the success which he has achieved was accomplished under almost overwhelming difficulties. Mr. Heller spent eight years at Iowa Wesleyan, graduating from the Academy in 1908 and from the College in 1912. During these years it was his privilege to both hear and take part in many forensic battles. A year previous to “Dan’s” enrollment as a Freshman in College, Mr. Karl Krenmyre won first honors for Wesleyan in the State Inter-Collegiate Oratorical Contest. While the excitement of the victory was at its highest a strong desire grew within him, and Heller decided then and there that during his four years in college he would leave nothing undone which might make it possible for him to bear the Purple and White to a similar victory. With practically no experience as a public speaker, and seriously handicapped by an impediment in his speech, he resolutely set his eye upon the coveted goal and began work. In order to augment what little natural aptitude for public platform work lie possessed, Mr. Heller not only competed in the many local oratorical and debating contests, but also made lecturing tours each winter to adjoining towns. In this way he added materially to his knowledge of platform mastery, which in the end was to win for him his long wished for goal and repay his efforts. In the local contest Mr. Heller was chosen to represent his school in the Eastern District. Here again his oration “Public Opinion” and his forceful and convincing delivery won for him first honors over eight other college orators. Having successfully gained two of the three desired steps to oratorical fame, he began with a new determination to prepare for the State Contest where he was to meet the fifteen strongest college orators of Iowa. The final contest was a fierce one, but when the last orator had left the rostrum and the last echoes of the battle had died away, the judges announced for a third time that Heller was again on top, Iowa’s best orator. '-X V §vi I ftmmvvA'' STANLEY NEWELL Tho Croaker should have assigned a special reporter to keep track of all the victories and contests with which Stanley has been connected during the past three years. He has skipped around over the state from one “speak-fest” to another and each time after all the “fuss and fume” has cleared away, we see him emerging from the scene with a new forensic honor for old Iowa Wesleyan. In his freshman year, he was leader of his class debating team, which met the strong Simpson freshmen. As a Sophomore he led the intercollegiate debating team to victory in the triangular debate, also with Simpson. However, it was not until the fall of 1913 that he entered the field of oratory. His thorough analysis of subject and straightforward presentation easily won for him the local oratorical contest, a distinction which every student covets. Later in competing with the eight strong colleges of eastern Iowa, he was awarded fourth place, a still greater honor. But it was in the State Contest that Mr. Newell especially distinguished himself for there he met the most powerful orators from fifteen different Iowa colleges. And yet in spite of such competition, he conclusively proved to the judges that Wesleyan again had the strongest orator in all the colleges of Iowa. Before the publication of the ’15 Croaker, Mr. Newell will have represented us in the Interstate Oratorical Contest, which this year will be held at Earlham College, Ind. We feel confident that our representative will rank very high in the final markings and that he will bear the interest of the Purple and White with credit both to himself and to Wesleyan. s r Y AFTER THE VICTORY olumg Principle of Industry dfeuiell Two powers preside over the productive world; Capital and Labor. These two agents, preeminent, and all powerful in the realm of industry, have undergone a marvelous transformation in the past fifty years. America, once a simple agricultural nation, is now a throbbing center of industry. Mechanical invention and business efficiency have transformed the simple life of our fathers into a complex industrial civilization. Our factories have been consolidated, our industries have been centralized, and the wealth of our nation has been largely appropriated by a few captains of industry. While Capital, the propelling power of industry, has been growing steadily, Labor, the other great agent of production, has not been idle. Men of toil have lost faith in the benevolence of the rich and look with disdain on the crumbs of concession which fall from the tables of luxury. The common man has realized that the only way to cope with combinations of capital is with a combination of labor. Monopoly of money must be counterbalanced by a monopoly of work. To meet this situation the labor union has been organized. In the last, decade uncounted thousands of humble toilers have fashioned themselves into a mighty weapon for social protection. On one hand, America has called into existence great combinations of capital; on the other she has raised up a transcendent host of industrial workers who are now demanding justice. Capital and Labor have built transcontinental railways, pierced the heavens with towering structures of steel and spanned the mightiest waters with herculean bridges. Capital and Labor have tunneled mountains, harnessed rivers, and with the Panama Canal, cut in twain a hemisphere. Yet these two powers which should be co-partners in production are now bitter adversaries. Instead of cooperating, Capital too often scoffs at Labor; too often Labor employs professional bomb throwers to enforce her mandates. Strikes and lockouts are frequent, riots a common occurrence and every legislative act seems only to widen the breach between Capital and Labor. How shall we conciliate these two opposing forces? This is the great and vital question of the hour. This is the bounden duty of responsible government. j “s............................... ' V % ■'O Once it was believed that the mere organization of labor would in itself solve the problems of industry. Economists declare that if a combination of money brought about high prices, then a monopoly of labor should bring about high wages. If capitalists have succeeded by controlling the supply of wealth, then the laborer should prosper by commanding the supply of labor. Monopoly of labor is the insistent doctrine of the hour. Does a man not belong to the Union? He shall not work! Does an employer not hire union men? His workmen shall be struck down and his wares boycotted! Monopoly of labor must be preserved at the expense of convenience, at the loss of production, even at the sacrifice of human life. Because of these conditions we are tending toward an era of lawlessness. Unionism sounds her mighty trumpet and in stentorian tones demands a better wage for the working man, forgetful of the tragic law of industry, and unmindful that when labor forces a higher wage, capital retaliates by setting a higher level of prices. Higher wages—higher prices, these are the upper and nether millstones between which labor is ground to dust. “But more tragic still, labor striving blindly to free itself, proposes, not freedom from bondage, but merely a higher price for its bondage. This is the cruel paradox of industry.” Important as it is, this question of wages and prices is not the dominant issue in the labor situation. A spirit of class hatred is abroad in the land. The great mass of toilers are filled with bitterness toward the rich. The professional organizer has poisoned the mind of the laborer until he counts all employers, just or unjust, his bitter foes. This suspicion breeds distrust between employers and laborers, and a malignant spirit of class hatred threatens our country’s security. The bitterness engendered by the struggle between Capital and Labor is more dangerous to America than a foreign army encamped within her borders. On the day when the poor entrenched themselves on one side of the street and the rich barricaded themselves on the other, Athens was at the zenith of her splendor. After the battle the city, once the pride of civilization, was a waste of ruins. Class hatred partitioned Poland and dashed to pieces the promise of a mighty empire. Today in America class hatred has reached a crucial climax. Beneath the outward calm of society may be heard the deep toned muttering of a dis- A YEAR AGO THE PURPLE AND WHITE PARADE contented laboring people. Man is pitted against man, human hands are crimsoned in fraternal blood. Had you visited Lawrence two years ago you would have seen class hatred incite the people to a mad riot and stain the streets with the blood of little children. You would have seen hordes of rebellious wage earners pour out of the factory doors demanding a living wage. You would have seen women, forced by the withered hand of want to beg in the very streets for bread. You would have seen relentless Capital answer their pleas with a storm of brutish bullets. Visit any large industrial center during a strike and you will discover that the rich scoff and scorn the poor; the poor despise and detest the rich. Behind every comment that is written, back of every angry word and oath that is uttered, back of every bit of exploded dynamite is this spirit of class hatred, which if not checked will sooner or later burst into the consuming flames of anarchy. This is the ominous cloud that looms above the horizon of America’s future. Here is a problem, nation wide in its significance, whose solution affects the whole industrial world. How shall we avert a catastrophe, not only imminent but inevitable ? For want of a better solution, a vast host of dissatisfied laboring people are turning their faces toward Socialism. The supporters of this movement, numbering only two thousand several decades ago, polled at the last election, nearly a million votes. This alarming increase in the Socialist party indicates. and measures the growth of this industrial friction. But let us not allow the industrial pendulum to swing too far in this dangerous direction. We must not permit the Socialist to dictate the course of our industrial evolution. We must preserve intact a republican government which is our heritage. There can be but one final solution of this vital issue. Its principles may be summarized in one fundamental idea—Cooperation. Capital and Labor must cooperate. It is not our task as Americans to attempt the mere conciliation of Capital and Labor. We must do more than conciliate! We must do more than establish compulsory arbitration! We must burn into the hearts of Capital and Labor the great and lasting principle of Cooperation. In this program of cooperation, Capital has a mighty task to perform. Capital must say to the laborer: Show us that you are interested in our business and we !' 1910 will raise your wages. Show us that we can trust you and we will make you a financial partner in the business. Convince us that you have the interest of your employer at heart and we will use the joint profits in making your lives fuller and happier. This must be the attitude of Capital. On the other hand the labor union must revolutionize its methods. “The motive of the union is right, the principle seeking improved conditions is right, but the method is wrong. In the union, every man obtains membership on a common basis, seeks a common employment, at a common wage. As a result the man of great ability and superior personality becomes simply a unit in a mass where the unaspiring are greatly in the majority.” The toilers of today are supremely powerful yet vastly ignorant. But it is not the power of the union, it is not the ignorance of the laboring class which is bringing down upon our industrial centers such an avalanche of strikes and labor disputes. It is this dead level scale of union wages, it is this distribution of power in the labor union among ignorant and educated alike which is rocking the very foundation of our whole industrial system. Now if the union would ever exercise its true purpose it must cast off this communal yoke. A scientific scale of wages must be established. The laborer must be paid according to his efficiency. Labor must be able to say to Capital: Give us cooperation in the regulation of wages and prices, make us a partner in the business and we will give you sober, intelligent and efficient workmen. Capital must meet Labor on this broad platform of cooperation. Thus did Henry Ford of Detroit. There is no alternative. This reform must come. We must not wait and compel the workingman to take his rightful dues by force or dynamite. We cannot coerce the laborer; he is a man, a citizen, one of the common brotherhood of Man. We may order a stone from the quarry or iron made into an arch, we may command a brute and whip it into submission, but from men, fierce, tumultuous, rebellious, we must obtain mental and moral assent. We now invite the political cooperation of the laborer, consult him in matters of public policy, appeal to his patriotism in national crises; we must likewise secure his industrial cooperation. The LEAVING THE STATION WITH OUR HERO laborer is now a co-partner in production ; we must educate him to dignity, honor and cooperation. Cooperation will effect a marvelous transformation in the field of industry. Make the laborer financially a partner in the product and you will make him a man. He is no longer a machine working blindly for a mere living wage. When tall 1 (.'Vl'W'WWWVWWWWWW fiJlu r-:;' tsse8SSi ... '-5; S - s v ....i..« .r V MWWMM you arm him with ambition and hope, the mightiest weapons in the development of individual character, you light a star in his sky which draws him on to harder work and stiffens his mental and moral fiber. This principle of cooperation will react equally on Capital. Class hatred will be swept away. The Capitalist will receive added returns from re-organized labor. The output of factories will be increased; business will be quickened and the organization of new industries will be stimulated. Thus Capital and Labor approach each other as a moral obligation, as a business partnership, as an economic necessity. In this movement for cooperation, Capital and Labor must be spurred on by an awakened public conscience and supported by a united people. We must eradicate, not ameliorate, poverty; we must recognize the human factor in economic life. We must realize that the future of the country depends not upon our money but upon our men. “Ill fares the land to hastening ill a prey, Where wealth accumulates and men decay.” Listen, Americans, to the lessons taught us in the language of events. If we would preserve and educate democracy, if we would exercise the latent sovereignty which lies sleeping in every uncast ballot, if we would level the barriers of class, if we would unite the forces of Capital and Labor; then we must thunder in the ears of every statesman, every legislator, every political leader in the land: We demand for the laborer a minimum wage law and for the capitalist a maximum annual profit; we demand that the laborer be efficient and that the capitalist be willing to share his enormous profits; we demand that the labor unions choose as their leaders, not social degenerates, but responsible men with homes and families; we insist that the capitalist use a part of his wealth to alleviate the condition of his workmen; we demand compulsory compensation for injuries, government control of new capitalization and satisfactory police regulation of labor conditions! These things we demand in the common interest of Capital, Labor and Morality. ljmm 4 si; OUR DELEGATION AT THE STATE CONTEST '.............. Jordan Hayes Strombcrg InfrrruUegtatr Debate AFFIRMATIVE TEAM Question: Resolved, That when a State Court declares a measure unconstitutional, upon a vote of the people taken by referendum, the measure shall become a law of the State. WESLEYAN vs. SIMPSON Wesleyan Team Columbus Hayes IIjalmar Strom berg Bert Jordan Simpson Team John Simmers Raymond Sayre Joyce Miller Simpson at Wesleyan Decision': Wesleyan, 1; Simpson, 2 ■ 'vSv W. Campbell H. Hendrickson Barnett Intiu rnlU'0t£iti' itehatr NEGATIVE TEAM Question: Resolved, That when a State Court declares a measure unconstitutional, upon a vote of the people taken by referendum, the measure shall become a law of the State. WESLEYAN vs. UPPER IOWA Wesleyan Team Will Campbell Homer Hendrickson Russell Barnett Upper Iowa Team A. G. Felter S. A. Mahuron C. C. Carrothers Wesleyan at Upper Iowa Decision: Wesleyan, 1; Upper Iowa, 2 'N Hunter MMNMMNN) Wahl Bloomquist nplfontnrf Debate WESLEYAN vs. MONMOUTH Question: Resolved, That the issuing of injunctions by Federal Courts in cases of strikes and labor disputes should be prohibited. Wesleyan Team Jay Hunter CHURLEY BLOOMQUIST Edward Wahl Monmouth Team Henry Eddy James McCoy Harold McConnel Monmouth at Wesleyan Decision: Wesleyan, 1; Monmouth, 2 WSVO.WW Ml _ - !i!i!i Kemble Printz Thompson SfrpBljman Utebatr Question: Resolved, That the Federal Government should own and operate the railroads of the United States. WESLEYAN vs. KNOX Wesleyan Team Harold Kemble Esther Printz Lowell Thompson Knox Team Billet Clark Smith Last year concluded a series of three debates between the Freshman classes of Simpson and Wesleyan, two of which were won by Wesleyan. This season, the first year class has taken on a new opponent in the Freshman team from Knox College. Above is the team which expects to win a favorable decision in the home contest on the fifteenth of May. Each one has had a year’s experience in literary society work and is perfectly at ease on the debating platform. We are anticipating great things of this team not only now, but also in the Sophomore and Intercollegiate Debates. r T to IK S' ■ iffrrsljntcm Sr bate Question: Resolved, That the Federal Government should own and operate the railroads of the United States. WESLEYAN vs. KNOX Wesleyan Team Knox Team Henry Dukes Louis Luebbers Grant Venell This is the other Freshman debating team which will meet the Knox aggregation on the opponents’ platform at Galesburg, 111. Although this is the first time that they have appeared on a college debate, their classmates feel confident that they will bring home the victory. Each of the three men is an experienced speaker and from the strong arguments which they presented in the preliminary contest, we believe that the Knox freshmen will be defeated. The future record of Wesleyan debate hinges largely on these students, who begin debating early in the college course. ' v Luebbers Venell Dukes IJLft :; f' 5 . • j $ M m 1 r i r: Y. M. C. A. CABINET, ’13- 14 TOP ROW—Newell, Swanev, Vandagriff, Stone, Bloomquist, Hayes. BOTTOM ROW—Barnett, R. Campbell, Jordan, Hileman, Lawson, McCullough. Ralph Hileman ...............................President Y. M. C. A. CABINET, ’14-’lo TOP ROW—Luebbers, Kemble, Vandagriff, Hileman, Wahl, Hendrickson, Bloomquist, McCullough. BOTTOM ROW—Van Horn, R. Campbell, Huebner, Hayes, Taylor, Newell, Barnett. Columbus Hayes ............................President u ! vk 1 i i 4 - ..................................... — f The Young Men’s Christian Association at Wesleyan is one of the most potent factors in promoting a spirit of fellowship among the student body. It is only through the efforts of this and the Y. W. association that the members of different classes and organizations are brought together for religious purposes. At the beginning of each year a joint reception is given for the purpose of getting acquainted. About the middle of each year the Y. M. gives a Booster Banquet for the purpose of promoting fellowship among Wesleyan men. At these feasts, toasts are made, songs sung, yells given and Wesleyan spirit aroused anew. And every man leaves with a more sympathetic and brotherly feeling toward both professors and classmates. The Y. M. C. A. has weekly meetings where they have some Christian worker address them on live and practical subjects. These addresses are generally given by members of the faculty, or by one of the local ministers. The two Christian Associations have a furnished room in the main building, where their cabinets meet weekly for devotional and business meetings. vi fr o V'.VA Hello, yes. Why, Mary, is that you ? Yes, do come up this afternoon and go to Y. W. with me. Oh yes, the Y. W. has just gotten along fine this year and has done such splendid work. I really don’t know what we would have done when we were Freshmen, if it hadn’t been for the Y. W. girls. Why, I should say so! Yes, they met every train and took us to our boarding places and we just couldn’t feel strange or ill at ease with them after the opening reception, which this year took the form of a “Kid-party.” Yes, indeed, it was so informal, you know. And there was the joint Y. M. and Y. W. reception and the college carnival, and— Don’t we do anything but play? Well, I guess we do! 1 just wish you could have attended some of those wonderful meetings when Mrs. Stevenson was here—we just couldn’t help being inspired to big things. Oh, are you? Well, I won’t bother you any longer then. Yes, I’ll meet you this afternoon at the main building and then I can tell you about the big box supper, and the Wesleyan Boom and our splendid devotional meetings, and all the other fine things the Y. W. is doing. What? Oh, yes, I want you to meet all those fine Christian girls. Oh, yes— Yes, the meeting’s at 4:15. Yes, all right—goodbye. r c • v A pfF ;C Y Y THE CITY “Y” LOBBY “Come on along ’ men, touch elbows and mingle in the lobby of the City “Y.” It’s a large, pretty, popular place prepared for you. Greet the Secretary, meet the Physical Director and beat your chum at the checkerboard. Take out a membership, get a locker, rent a towel and make yourself at home. You are always welcome. If you need a room, get one in the “Y Dorm,” steam heat, electric light and water. Just like the one you left at home. Get in the “Gym” class under the leadership of Mr. Physical Director. He will limber up your muscles, remove awkwardness and give you a work-out on the horse, bars, or with the dumb-bells that will make you feel fine. When you are through, take a shower bath and plunge into the pool. That swimming pool is still better than the one that in your boyhood days you have run away from home and mother just for one clear cold plunge. Take advantage of it. ' .•' N EDWARD WESTON (Acting Secretary) DAVID ARMBRUSTER (Physical Director) When the spring-board and pool are no longer attractive, just retire to the reading room or lobby to muse through the papers or chat with the fellows. If you are down in the mouth, go to the “Y” and you’ll get a new grip on life. Cheer up! put your shoulder to the wheel; walk on the sunny side of the street and congratulate yourself that you are alive and able to take advantage of the best Y. M. C. A. building in the world for new students. Get the habit. ' -NX V V- X 'WWW THE POOI. TIIE “GYM” CLASS 1910 3n iWnitm tcmt (X Alexander Anderson {general erretary of tlje City XX. iXJ. C. A iSortt epf. X878. Dtediffeb. X4, X9X4 3E3CZZZZEik r 1 .- -- s, .V Wmm' v- V Sfamltne SJtterartj onettj $ f 9 ; a 3 % «r « '•f r ’5:’ sr : p % Ji i 1 f f T s « 1 1 Jv if J f ? ' % 3f I l y t J ?. • w Wt TOP IiOW—Burns. Goehrjng, Taylor, Vnndagriff, Hilcman, Wahl, Edblom, Colclough. MIDDLE ROW—Thompson, Kemble. Lucbbers, Marsh, Lawson, Mahcw, McOargar. BOTTOM ROW—Jordan, Eliason, Hagie, Swaney, Barnhart, Newell, Taylor. iJlSli 1 i ! .'NWiSfwf f...... C-r-f'' r I Ifamlmr Sltterarij nirtrty OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President .............. Vice-President.......... Recording Secretary..... Corresponding Secretary Treasurer ............. Ralph Hileman .. Edwin Taylor ..Harry Burns Allen Eliason Floyd Hagie OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President .............. Vice-President ......... Recording Secretary_____ Corresponding Secretary Treasurer ............. Earl Vandagriff Ralph Hileman .Allen Eliason .Bert Jordan Harry Burns Hamline Literary Society was organized on February 20, 1855, and is the pioneer society of the institution. Early in that year it was incorporated under the laws of Iowa, its charter bearing the date of February 22, 1855. It received its name from Bishop Leonidas Ilamline, an eminent orator and divine then living in retirement at Mt. Pleasant. From its organization, the Society has occupied its present quarters on the third floor of the Old Main Hall, which last year was entirely refurnished and is now one of the finest literary halls in the state. During the Civil War Hamline suffered severely, as nearly every member capable of bearing a gun, went to the front. However, it maintained a continuous existence and recovered its usual strength after the struggle. In January, 1856, the Ilamlines invited the Rutheans to cast their lot with them and share a common hearth and home. The invitation was accepted and Ruthean removed from her hall on the second floor to find an abiding place within the walls of Hamline, where the two societies have lived amicably together ever since. In debate and oratory Hamline has an excellent record, five of her men having captured the State Oratorical Contest for his Alma Mater in the last fifteen years. The roll of her alumni is long and they may be found everywhere, filling positions of honor and responsibility, reflecting credit upon their society and their Alma Mater. T - i SUtttjPan i itevary nrtetg i! S, . S Sfc4 S«S8 � SSSi VS W TOP ROW—Krenmyre, Clark, Vertrees, Barker, Mauch, Foskette, Burns, Druse, Willits, Dilts, F. Buck Antrim. MIDDLE ROW—Stall, Putnam, Seeley, Withrow, J. Buck, Sowers, Van Brussell, Dean, Evans. BOTTOM ROW—Roberts, Schell, Piper, King, Torrence, Green, Logan, Van Brussell. .— ' 'K ?KJS«SSS®sJjSSiSSs$S X cCL. iRutljeatt SJIterary ortrhj OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President...............................Inez King Vice-President .................................. Recording Secretary.........................Ollie Maucii Corresponding Secretary...........Mary Torrence Treasurer ............................Ruth Logan OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President.........................Mary Torrence Vice-President....................Ruth Foskette Recording Secretary.......................Janette Buck Corresponding Secretary...........Isabell Putnam Treasurer ...........................Stella Burns The Ruthean Literary Society was organized by Senator Harlan while President, in 1856, under the name “Cornelian.” They were organized in an upper room of the old Pioneer Building. After the Main Hall was built they occupied the southwest room on the second floor until more recent years when they have shared Hamline Hall. In the first year there was considerable discord among its members which finally resulted in some of the members severing their relations from the Cornelian ring and calling themselves “Calliopeans.” However, during the following year the two opposing groups were reorganized by President Berry into what is now known as the Ruthean Literary Society. Today, Ruthean’s roll holds the names of a large per cent of the college girls, and is filling a great place in Wesleyan. mwMwrn Mi JL Jsl i i 1 1' TOP ROW—R. Campbell, Mnuch, Venell, Weston. G. Campbell, Akerson, W. Campbell, Truitt. MIDDLE ROW—McCullough. Hayes, Rex, Hendrickson, Stone. Bloomquist, Johnson. BOTTOM ROW—Huebner, Barnett, Stromberg, J. Johnson, Johnson, Flanders, Dukes. rr -X-J SJttrrarij i nnety OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President ...........................Harlan Stone Vice-President .....................Will Campbell Recording Secretary.............................Ed Weston Corresponding Secretary.............Mark Flanders Treasurer ................................Clarence Johnson OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President ......................Hjalmar Stromberg Vice-President ...........................Clarence Johnson Recording Secretary.........................Warren Huebner Corresponding Secretary....................Russell Barnett Treasurer....................................Henry Dukes Philomathean drew its first breath in the fall of 1858. It had its regular meetings in class rooms until some ten years after its birth when it secured its present commodious hall. Shortly after this they became incorporated and obtained their charter from the state on the fourth of April, 1868. “Philo” has been a very valuable part of the college and can point to a history of peace and prosperity. Its graduates can now be found in every part of the globe, and many are occupying positions of honor and trust, and are beckoning the present Philomatheans onward and upward. Htjpatta SItterarjj TOP ROW—Collins, P. Milligan, Turkington, Wishard, H. Milligan, N. Jacobs, Howard, Walker, Calhoun, Canning, Wray, Printz, Minear. La Breck. SECOND ROW—E. Wilson, Core, Carter, Burrett, Beck, Johnston, Crips, Hasting, Fox, J. Wilson, Jones, Weaver. Saunderson. THIRD ROW—Bond, Lee, Young, Creath, E. Benbow. Wolf, M. Bcnbow, Beman, P. Jacobs, Bloonxjuist, Scoles. BOTTOM ROW—Parr, Snair, Johnson, Weir, Forsythe, Reaney. if r iff Yw2 W Hypatia ICttrrary mrfety OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President ........................Amy Zimmerman Vice-President ...................Gladys Hastings Recording Secretary...............Edith Saunderson Corresponding Secretary................Anita Crips Treasurer .......................Bertha Saunderson OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President ........................Gladys Hastings Vice-President ....................Emma Bloomquist Recording Secretary..................Mary Creath Corresponding Secretary..............Aenid Beman Treasurer............................Aenid Beman Although a much younger society than any of the other college societies, being founded February seventh, 1890, yet through its persistent efforts and accomplishments, its present enrollment exceeds that of any other literary society in the College. The work being done in this society, as well as the others, is of high order, and is the result of a true literary spirit. “Iiypat,” as Ruthean, found a home in with an older brother, and is now sharing the luxuries offered by the newly refurnished Philo Hall. ST Vx mi I arlan ICttprary octpty TOP ROW—Armbuster, Gallaher, Morrow, Stillwell, Rankin. Peterson, Hendrickson, Roth, McCnrgar, Axthelm. BOTTOM ROW—Heller. Lee, Rhea. Roach, Van Horn, Brooks, Oatman, Logan, Lucbbcrs. X X K ’N, 101© Harlan tCtterarp • mru'ty OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President..........................Lewis Luebbers Vice-President .................Harold McCargar Recording Secretary......................Freemont Hendrickson Corresponding Secretary..............Max Van Horn Treasurer ....................... Albert Peterson OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President ............................Piiil Logan Vice-President .................Dave Armbruster Recording Secretary.................Harry Morrow Corresponding Secretary....................Fremont Hendrickson Treasurer ........................Sherman 0 atm an It is very improbable that the group of young men who in the year 1869 conceived the idea of, and later effected the organization now known as the Harlan Literary Society, ever as much as dreamed of the great mission it is now filling. Named after such a worthy gentleman as Hon. James Harlan, United States Senator, the society has proven itself worthy of the name, and like the prominent part which Senator Harlan performed in the founding of Iowa Wesleyan, and later as a member of Lincoln’s cabinet during our great national crisis; so has been the work of this society. While its membership is limited to Academy men. yet the work done in Harlan ranks well with that of the upper societies. She now claims as alumni men who are making good and reflecting honor on their Literary and Alma Mater. 1 SCWWWW Otmttan fEtterary oru'ty TOP ROW—M. Sidles, Deal, Eggers, Russell, Caryl, A. Farr, Stromberg, Toothacre. BOTTOM ROW—Richardson, G. Sidles, Winter, S. Farr, L. Buck, Benjamin, Farr. IQIO 'N dinntan Suterary orirty OFFICERS FIRST SEMESTER President .....................Frances Toothacre Vice-President .......................Mary Sidles Recording Secretary...............Edna Benjamin Corresponding Secretary.......................Lora Buck OFFICERS SECOND SEMESTER President ............................Lora Buck Vice-President.....................Dorothy Russell Recording Secretary ..................Mary Sidles Corresponding Secretary....................Georgia Sidles Treasurer......................Alpiiild Stromberg Seven years ago a group of Wesleyan Academy coeds under the supervision of Prof. Minear formed themselves into an organization and began a hard struggle for existence in the literary world of Wesleyan. Under the name of Clionian, they fought their way steadily to the front, and occasionally aided by their brother Harlan have at last completed an organization which rivals either of the other societies in the work being done. To really know the spirit and standard of work being done by the academy girls, one must attend one of their joint programs with Harlan. You may count yourself fortunate indeed if you are allowed behind their closed doors. V- ' ‘NS ««(«! k.' ‘ ' ' Nvx n'nx- N W.W ' � � � « M� V ' V S S ' 'N ■ V, x -v (Tlir AA'ttU' anb STIir- tHase (Independent) A little brown bird in a blossoming tree Was singing and swinging so merrily, That the wind came by and paused to know What was the reason he warbled so; And the bird replied, “With my little brown bride, 1 have builded a nest, you see, And I fear no harm for love is a charm, And nothing can injure me.” Then the wind laughed long with a sneering note, And he spoke to the bird with a boast in his throat: “I have roamed o’er the earth from mountain to sea And never a charm like this.can there be; For I neither love nor fear God above, Yet never an equal have found;” And he tore the nest from the little bride’s breast, And scattered it over the ground. Then the song died out and the vale was still, And God looked down from the height of the hill. But only a tear drop told that he saw, For God in his wisdom had made a law That the rain shall fall and the fates shall call Whether we scoff or pray, And the nettles shall grow and the roses blow Together till Judgment Day. Laird Hagie, M4. r n TOW.WftW.N ffk H, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till earth and sky stand presently at God’s great judgment, seat: But there’s neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth. IQ! a r ,c , X flljt Delta (Uietn Founded 1848 MIAMI UNIVERSITY ,r A ( Official Organ................................Scroll and Palladium (Secret) p Colors...................................................Argent and Azure Flower .....................................................White Carnation Jnuta Alplja Chapter Established 1871 FRATER IN FACULTATE John W. Edwards FRATRES IN URBE - aV John W. Palm Adam Weir C. R. Willits Edgar Westfall Max Kinney Clarence Smith C. S. Rogers Cornelius Van Brussel Ledru Willits J. L. Hall C. D. Whitney Glenn Tallman FRATERS IN COLLEGIO Seniors Madison L. Cox Herbert N. Jeffrey John W. Davis Dewitt Sowers Juniors Howard Goehring Ralph Hileman Paul Jericho Robert Fye Pledges Sophomores Baron Crane Harrison Barker Freshmen Fred Taylor Eugene Barnhart Frank Colclough Earl Vandagriff Ililll I r r | r r I I [ n? ||| i Vvn (MSS® lipta STtjrta |Jt TOP ROW—R. Campbell. Lodwick. Becker, Barnett. Taylor, G. Campbell, Thomas. Gabeline. BOTTOM ROW—Duke .. W. Campbell. Pogcmiller, Munch, Huebner. Warrington. Vcnell. Duncan. 'v c u 1 rx ( C( A ftm% VWA WW W NM M N(MNNMiMwN� v- § | v •‘h ty t 6?.i 1 5 Sleta 3IIjeta |Jt Founded 1839 MIAMI UNIVERSITY Official Organ.................................................The Beta Theta Pi Oolors.............................................................Pink and Blue Flower ......................................................................Rose iUplja Epsilon Chapter Established 18( 8 PRATER IN FACULTATE Arthur L. Eaton E RAT RES IN URBE J. A. Schreiner W. F. Kopp Arthur W. Miller Fred Van IIon Will H. Evans Fred F. Hall Milo B. Huston Paul B. Galer Karl I). Melciier Pliny A. Walter Dale M. Westfall FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Seniors Will G. Lodwick Ciias. 0. Pogemiller Will R. Campbell J uniors Floyd C. Duncan Russell Barnett Ralph C. Campbell Freshmen Glenn P. Campbell Warren IIuebnkr Ware Taylor Henry D. Dukes Grant W. Venell Sophomores Donald R. Warrington Earl D. Mauch Pledges Maurice Thomas Clarence C. Gabeline Elijah J. Becker I ] it TOP ROW—Neutzman. Kemble, Truitt, Taylor, L. Hattie, Hale, Johnson, Bloomquist. MIDDLE ROW—Bnllew, P. Hagie, Newell, Hayes, Luebbers, Wahl, Grant, Brcitcnstcin, Weston. BOTTOM ROW—Edblom, Hunter, Jordan, M. Caris, McCargar, P. Caris, Stone, Marsh. { ' V'V'X r Y pt|t iEpsUon IQIO ft |Rjt iEpatlon Founded 1901 RICHMOND COLLEGE Official Organ.........................................Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal Colors.............................................................Purple and Red Flowers.........................................................Violets and Roses Imaa Alplja Chapter Established 1913 FRA TER IN FACULTATE Reemt E. Luebbers FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Seniors Laird Hagie Wm. G. Breitenstein Harlan Stone Albert Neutzman Bert Jordan J unions Percy Caris Stanley Newell Floyd IIagie Columbus Hayes Sophomores Glenn Grant Ed Wahl Laurence Truitt Ronald Johnson Edwin Taylor Churley Bloomquist Jay Hunter Freshmen Harold Kemble Ed Weston Merle Caris Pledges Archie Marsh Howard Ballew Harold McCargar Louis Luebbers Carl Edblom Arnold Hale Sherman Oatman I25ZL iv- |A 11 pi J eta pljt ■ ’' I-v V V ; m V TOP ROW—Young:, Piper, Wishard, Druse, Wray, Schell. MIDDLE ROW—Calhoun, Clark, Crips. H. Milligan, Dilts. BOTTOM ROW—Zimmerman, Canning Eoskette. K. Milligan. Sowers, Stall. mmmm' , ; 5 1 f c f b'-i S' h, ff v.. • Vi T T v - s ¥ :—T33ZT TT™: 1 Pi eta pi|t 1 Founded 1867 MONMOUTH COLLEGE | Official Organ | Colors Wine and Silver Blue I Flowers | louia Alplja (Eljapfpr | Establish cd 1867 | SORORES IN FACULTATE Blanche Swan Ethel Lymer Ullena Ingersoll | SORORES IN UKBE Lottie Burnop Baton Nellie B. Walbank Olive Gass Lillian Kendig Rodgers Martiia Stearns Gloeckler Mary I. Snyder Mae Hills Bertha Snyder Katherine Lang Holland Della Greenleaf Sowers Marg’t Campbell Hughes Grace Swan Lula Penn Ingersoll Sarah Taylor Bertha A. Johnson Sophia Timmerman Hattie Ketcham Hattie Gassnek Torrence | Belle Requa Leech Margaret Torrence | FANNETTE O’Kell Lines Ida Van Hon Hattie G. Me Adam Sylvia Palmer Wait Clara Me Adam Mable Piper Mary Hulme McCoid Nona Spahr Florence Andrews Palm Mary Firbbaugh Ella Penn Stacie Turney Anna Crane Whiting Laura Roberts Eliza Wallbank Palmer Alma Westfall Lalia Jay Pyle § Verna Westfall 1 SORORES IN COLLEGIO f Seniors Sophomores Freshmen |, Anita Crips Miriam Young Florence Milligan Juniors Betty Johnston Helen Milligan Katharine Druse Geneva Schell Nora Wray Amy Zimmerman La Rue Sowers Hazel Wishard Mary Stall Jessie Canning Jessie Clark | Lillian Piper 1 Ruth Foskette tm nn JUpIja 3tt iwa TOP ROW—Beman. Davis, Printz, Powers, F. Buck. Wolf, J. Buck. Ottowa. MIDDLE ROW—Withrow, Seeley. E. Wilson, Jacobs. BOTTOM ROW—Putnam, Willits, J. Wilson, Antrim, Tennant. Whitney, E. Benbow, M. Benbow, Carson. 101 5 _ r 'x Alplja 36t Helta Founded 1893 Official Organ Colors. Light Blue, Dark Blue and Gold Flower 2Jrta (Eliapt r Established 1902 SO ROHES IN URBE Clara Campbell Walter Mabel L. Duncan Florence Coolidge Augusta Myerdick Julia Allen Clara Bird Kopp Emma Falkins Willits Edna Dana Crane Nellie Trixy Oillis Elizabeth Lauer Westfall Fern Armstrong Grace Helpbrey Editii Van Cise Willits Grace McDonald Huston Lucy Davis Weir Laura Evans Miller Fay Duncan Nellie Clark Hall Etbel Caris May Evans SORORES IN COLLEG 10 Seniors Sophomores Etta Antrim Florence Buck Lemma Beck Jeannette Buck Jennie Davis Martha Benbow Edith Powers Viola Carson 1 Florence Seeley Margaret Putnam Reba Tennant Dorothy Withrow Eva Wilson Freshmen § Ju niors Esther Benbow Jean Wilson A enid Beman Rutii Willits Florence Ottowa Esther Printz Pauline Jacobs Hattie Wolf KwwKr' ' Lucille Whitney $f$g$S SSS!S9U8iS itt$ ±SlMMmWeS; � « w x ?v,vS S AWCW wnmv«mnmnmnm lota Pit HONORARY Established 1909 MEMBERS IN FACULTATE Ethel Lymer R. E. Luebbers MEMBERS IN URBE Margaret Torrence Mabel Piper Paul Galer Julia Allen Ethel Van Tuyl MEMBERS IN COLLEGJO Ma Li Lee Seniors Eva Wilson Chas. Pettit Herbert Jeffrey Mary Torrence May Roberts Laird IIagie Will Lodwick Ruth Tootiiacre Inez King Ralph Hileman Juniors Stanley Newell Katherine Druse Ruth Schreiner Russel Barnett Columbus Hayes Ruth Logan Ruth Logan IIomer Hendrickson Sophomores Mark Flanders Geneva Schell Ruth Foskette Martha Benbow Jeannette Buck Grace Howard Pi Kappa Drlta TOP ROW—Hayes, Bloomquist, Swancy, Stromberfr, Campbell, Hendrickson, Jordan, Taylor. BOTTO MROW—Xeutzman, Newell, McCartney, Saunderson, Fimmen, Barnett. ■ at L i j MAY HILLS Jut iFt«0 Arts at ttU'sUujan The Art Department of Iowa Wesleyan is very skillfully conducted under the direction of Miss Hills. The college is to be congratulated in procuring such an able instructor in this, her chosen field. With her experience and artistic ability she has made this year one of marked success in the history of this department. Miss Hills is an alumnae of Iowa Wesleyan, also receiving a degree from the Art Department. She has studied at the Art Institute of Chicago, and received a diploma from the American Institute of Normal Methods at Northwestern University. She has since studied with various talented instructors in Chicago, including Estabrook, Van Court, Schneider, Crane, Houser, Frazce, and Wight. The department offers study in all the important mediums, oil, water color, pastel, charcoal, ink, china, design and application of design in the arts and crafts. The pupils’ work is on exhibit and the studio is always open to critics and lovers of art. THE CONSERVATORY OF MUSIC Iowa Wesleyan College is to be congratulated upon the success of her conservatory of music. It is recognized as one of the best places for musical instruction in the middle west. In fact her fame has spread through many distant states. The musical course has attracted many of the collegiate students. In the years past, at least one-third of the students of the collegiate course have been students of the music department also. Since the beginning of the Conservatory of Music, thirty-seven years ago, Dr. Rommel has been the able and efficient instructor in piano. His ability as a teacher has always been recognized as that of the best. Dr. Rommel received his musical instruction from teachers of note, both in this country and in Europe. Twice he has been president of the State Musical Association and has recently been elected a life member of this organization, being one of its founders. He has won the degree of Association of College of Musicians, University of the City of New York. Miss Flora Baldwin is the instructor in voice and has .just completed her third year in this capacity. She is a pupil of the New England Conservatory of Music, Boston, and has studied under James Saurage, Isidore Luckstone and G. Magnis Sheetz, New York. Miss Baldwin has had marked success in every line of work she has undertaken. The success of the Girls’ Glee Club has been due to her efficient training. Prof. Julius Winter is the competent instructor in violin and cornet. Under his supervision the College Band and College Orchestra were organized, which now play such an important part in college activities. Mr. Winter has also studied in Europe, being a pupil of Herm Sclmatter, Bohemia. For four years Mr. Winter was in the Austrian Regimental Band, and was leader of the Veteran Society Band at Teplitz, Bohemia, for eight years. 111 ............... .... M MW CnUrgr iilanh TOP ROW—Hogan, Cruickshank. Marsh, Pettit. Winter, Wahl, Talbot, Becker, Morrow, Prof. Winter. MIDDLE ROW—Mills. Connor. Smith. Fvc. Tovrea. Hagie, Taylor. McCargar. BOTTOM ROW—M. Can's, P. Can's. Iowa Wesleyan may well he proud of her college band, which is composed of about twenty college and academy students. It. was organized early in the fall by Professor Julius Winter and was supported during the year by the students and faculty of the college. It has not only rendered many excellent concerts, but has on many occasions aided materially in winning football and baseball games. Professor Winter has been connected with the Conservatory for a number of years and is not only an excellent musician but a very efficient leader and instructor. He must be given due credit for keeping this organization on the boom. The members of the band should also receive their share of the praise, for it was through their untiring efforts and ability that the band was made successful. SWNNWW NV. W fc College ©rrheotra TOP—Pettit. Marsh. FIRST ROW—Prof. Winter, Smith, Connor. Hogan. M. Caris. P. Caris, Wahl, McCargar. Taylor. SECOND ROW—Craver, Winter, Mills, McCoid. Fve, Campbell. Axthelm, Winter. BOTTOM ROW—Withrow. Hall. Withrow. Smith. Bcnbow. Rainey. Sidles. Another organization which has greatly benefited the college is the orchestra. It is also under the supervision and leadership of Professor Winter and is composed of Conservatory students. The orchestra mastered many difficult selections and besides giving several entertainments played at the basketball games, thus instilling a stronger “Wesleyan Spirit” in the students and supporters of the team, and added “pep” and determination to the Wesleyan basket tossers. Yes! we will all boost for the band and orchestra again next year and give Professor Winter our loyal support. ' — Pr0$rammp Geibcl “ ’Tis Morn” - Glee Club Reading, “The Littlest Rebel Miss Crips People Quartette, “Thy Home Is Still Thy Home” Kvhnholdt Messrs. Newell, Lodwick, Davis, Neutzman “The King a Hunting Goes” - Macxj Glee Club Solo, “Bandolero” Mr. Stone “In a Year” • - Yon Der Stuecken Quartette ‘ ‘ Soldier’s Chorus ’ ’ Glee Club Reading .... Miss Crips Stuart Gounod Selected Selected Mr. Stone Arion Waltz Junta Ifflusleijan Men’z (SIuu dub PERSONNEL Albert Peterson Stanley Newell First Tenor Sherman Oatman Ralph Campbell Will Lodwick Glenn Grant Second Tenor Floyd IIagie John Davis Russell Barnett Wilfred Smith First Hasses Harold Kemble Earl Maucii Harlan Stone Albert Neutzman Second Basses Harold Kemble Grant Yenell A. Rommel......... Miss Ethel Lymer__ Miss Anita Crips.. Mr. Harlan Stone. .. Mr. Albert Neutzman Mr. Stanley Newell. .... Director Accompanist .....Reader ......Soloist .....Leader ----Manager FIFTEENTH ANNUAL TOUR ITINERARY December 22nd January 1st .... Ottumwa, Iowa December 23rd January 2nd ... . Iowa December 24th ....Warsaw, Illinois January 3rd, 4th Iowa December 25th . . Memphis, Missouri January 5th .... .Columbus Junction. Iowa December 26th ... .Centerville, Iowa January 6tli ... . Iowa December 27th, 28th . Moulton, Iowa January 7th .... Morning Sun, Iowa December 29th January 8th . .. . Iowa December 30th ...Farmington, Iowa January 9th .... Iowa December 31st . ... Keosauqua, Iowa ' ' 'IWWW ' W. ‘.V.W «wwv % «v ww««v N n -:.;v-. --;-.x-.n--:s -.: Lnua Hffralryan (Stria’ (Slrr dub PERSONNEL First Sopranos Ruth Logan Grace Howard Secon d So p ra n os Edith Saunderson Miriam Young Florence Seeley First Altos Florence Buck Ruth Schreiner Second Alios Edith Bond Ruth Foskette Miss Flora Baldwin....................... Miss May Roberts......................... Hazel Wisiiard Myrtle Lund Bertiia Saunderson Frances Tooth acre Jessie Carter Miriam Ramsey May Roberts Anita Cribs Rutii Willits Ruth Scoles ..................Director ...................Manager i 2 3 4 JJrnarmmur Les Sylphs - - - Bachman-fVolf Four hand accompaniment—Miss Willits and Miss Putnam The Glee Club The Snow Storm .... I Rogers The Glee Club Reading—The Lion and the Mouse Miss Roberts Three American Lullabies Little Papoose • - - Cadmau Rockin’ in de Win’ - - Neidlinger Cradle Song - Vdnnah The Glee Club Solo—The Nightingale - - - Batten Miss Lund 6 The Hat of Other Days • Eldridge The Glee Club 7 Reading—Mandy’s Organ Miss Roberts S Fly White Butterflies - Gaul Soprano Obligato, Miss Lund The Glee Club 9 Trio—Barcarolls - Campano Misses Lund, Logan and Young 10 Whistling Solo—The Birds and the Brook .... Stults Miss Canning 11 Wesleyan Songs The Glee Club Miss Myrtle Lund, Soloist Miss May Roberts, Reader Miss Jessie Canning, Whistler Miss Margaret Putnam, Accompanist ITINERARY March 19 ..............State Hospital March 28 Bloomfield March 23 ....................Brighton April 9 Mt. Pleasant March 24 ....................Packwood April 11 Winfield March 25 ......................Agency XX m 1Q1 5 „f Mentor Class $Jlay TWELFTH NIGHT THE CAST Duke Orsino............................................Harlan Stone Valentine .....................................................George Koch Curio ............................................................Roy Mahew Sir Toby Belch.....................................Wm. G. Breitenstein Sir Andrew Aguecheek.....................................Will Lodwick Sebastian............................................. Bert L. Jordan Antonio .........................................................Laird Hagie Malvolio ............................................Stockton Swaney Clown .................................................Wm. Campbell Fabian ........................................................Albert Neutzman Sea Captain............................................De Witt Sowers Viola ..........................................................Anita Crips Olivia ...................................................May Roberts Maria .....................................................Eva Wilson SYNOPSIS OF SCENES Act I Scene 1. A Sea Coast 2. Before Olivia’s House 3. Orsino’s Palace 4. Olivia’s House 5. Before Olivia’s House Act II Scene 1. Olivia’s Cellar 2. A Street 3. Orsino’s Palace Act III Olivia’s Garden Act IV Olivia’s Garden Act V Scene 1. Before Olivia’s House 2. Olivia’s Garden .n 1910 “ ©lj uia some pmuer tl|£ giftte gfp us ©n bss mtra lues as ttljers see ue.” DEDICATION © you, mljo by your neuer reasing efforts anb actions Ijaue mabe your names anb boinys mortify of repro-bncfion tjereiu: So yon, rnljo aregoob enough to appreciate yonr oum joke, take it to tjeart for a moment anb tljen forget it; ®o you, mljo Ijaue mabe tlje folloming pages possible; oyou, rnljo Ijaue mabe ttjem necessary; Anb to you, rnljo are sore because your name mas left out, $0e bebirate tlje folloming pages. SELECTED BY A FKESIIMAN COUPLE AND AN ACADEMY COUPLE Oil love, let us love with a love that loves, Loving on with a love forever; For a love that loves not the love it should love I wot such a love will sever, But when two lovers love this lovable love, Love lover with a love that is best. And the love loving lovable, love lasting love Loves on in a pure love’s loveliness.” 0 chide not the love when its lovely love loves With lovable loving caresses, For one feels that the loveliest love love can love Loves on in love’s own loveliness, And love, when it does love, in secret should love, ’Tis there where love most is admired, But the love that don’t care where they love Make the public most awful tired.” TALKING ABOUT BOTANY Mabel Core: “I've got a lot of specimens, and I like the work all right, but I hale awfully to press Dutchmen’s Breeches.” AN EXPLANATION Burns tells how he got his Doctor’s degree: “Miss Booth gave me a I) in history, and then not to be outdone the English Prof, gave me another D, so I had a I). IX” VN v. Bob Fye: “Say, Fimmen, 1 heard a trade last for you.” Fimmen: “Well, Bob, I’ve heard several about you.” Bob: “Well, now I wonder who’s going to do the most lying, you or I.” AT PRAYER MEETING Truitt: “Say. if you had sat down on my hat, you sure wouldn’t have been able to say any prayers tonight.” Miss Sowers (discussing Romeo and Juliet). Prof.: “And what did you think of the love scenes?” .Miss Sowers: “They are all right when properly acted.” r X-- mmtmmHvv UL.m+i NNNMMMMMWMMMIt' • rfirr % !il Esther Benbow says that love is a ticklish sensation that you can’t get at to scratch. PLAYING “TRUTH” Amy Core: “Miss Howard, who of all on the campus would you rather have a date with?” Miss Howard: “Mr. Becker, because he is so nearly my size.” Amy Core: “Me for ‘Mitt’ Nauman then.” After Kemble had told about catching Geneva Schell, and saving her from a bad fall. Taylor: “Well, what I want to know is, how long did you hold her?” Stone talking to “Batty” about his Thesis: “Gee, but I’m getting tired of this grind.” “Batty”: “Let’s get married.” “Jeff” says: “This Dutch is getting as expensive as the dickens. $1.15 for a book, and now I’ll have to pay 75 cents for a pony. It isn’t worth the credit.” Stanley: “I tell you it pays to have an economical wife. My wife said we could use the $1.50 for a cab to lots better advantage.” YES,IT PIIGHTHWE BEEN WORSE. FOR INSTANCE,--------------------- x erfw O’wAn • YOU STOLE ..... CflpflNO Gorin riRsx. y 7 hr N. lQia r ££L C I X y 9 iP? A FEW CHOICE SELECTIONS ‘‘Turn on. good friend, we’ve undertaken to show you, if I’m not mistaken, what other people see in you; The daffy things you say and do; and if perchance your cheeks should burn with anger, make another turn; Read on apace, and you may find fun in some other fellow’s grind.” CLASSICS “For none more likes to hear himself converse.”—“Dune.” “I am so fresh that the new-mown blades of grass turn pale with envy as I pass.”—Burns. “Oh, rare the head piece, if but brains were there.”—“Pogic.” “Well, now, it’s this way.”—Percy. “Three things doth shine, the moon, the sun, my hair.”—Hale. “For every inch that is not fool, is rogue.”—Barnett. “I hear a hollow sound, who rapped my skull?”—“Ding” Hall. “Too green to roast.”—F. Hendrickson. “What a falling off there will be.”—End of Semester. “He doth indeed show some sparks that are like wit.”—Dee Thompson. “His heart is dilated with the most unbounded love.”—Weston. “Stuck on himself, and has no rival.”—Joe. “I am struck dumb by the depth of my own thought, and stunned by the soundness of my logic.”—“Jeff.” “Men even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be.” —“Stormy.” “Too short by half.”—Sherman. “God made him and therefore let him pass for a man.” (Stop and think.) “A book’s a book though nothing in it.”—Editor. “As long as the moral law.”—Peterson. “Holds the time and distance record for talking and not saying anything.”— Ackerson. “Not dead, but sleeping.”—Coach. AT STAFF MEETING Aimee Core: “Say, Floyd, what is your swear word?” Floyd: “I’m not partial to any one, I change my swear words every time I use them.” Aimee: “I change mine every time dad gets after me.” r k % Ul ■ r JUNIOR ENGLISH CLASS Anita: “I read the Orphan, it is just a real love story.” Prof.: “It didn’t amount to much then.” Anita: “Yes, it did—it’s just fine.” Miss Boyer, having named the hooks of the New Testament perfectly. Dr. Leist remarked, “You ought to he a preacher, or the next thing to it. a preacher's wife.” SURE “Pete”: “There is going to be a total eclipse of the sun in August.” Phil: “When will it be, in the day time?” Frances: “Don, do tell me what the moon is.” Don Lawson: “I am not prepared, ask the Secretary of the Y’ for information.” Dr. Lymer in Senior Education told of one man’s experience in proposing. “They were out skating and broke through the ice. On the way home they were so cold that he thought proposing might warm them so he asked the momentous question.” Later Ollie Mauch was heard to remark, “I think it was a mean trick for the Dean to tell such a story now that the ice is all gone.” ALMOST Bill: “Did you see ‘Everywoman’ in Burlington last week?” Thomas (blushing) : “Oh, no—not quite.” You can’t drive a nail with a sponge, no matter how many times you soak it. j§. fill w rr r 7 TIMES ARE VERY DIFFERENT NOW FROM TIIE TIMES THAT USED TO BE You often hear it noised about, how the world is growing good, But when a fellow tells me that, I smile and say, “Knock on wood.” Now et’s go back to boyhood days, and rehearse our lives anew, And compare the things that they do now, to the things they used to do. Now if the world is growing better, there’s one thing you will agree, That times are mighty different now, from the times that used to be. They used to say of girls those days, sweet sixteen was never kissed, But now they’d wonder how it was, that she was ever missed. They used to wear a neat plain dress, at morning, noon and night, But now a hobble diaphanous skirt, that won’t shut out the light. Modest ways they had those days, no skirts slit to the knee, But times are mighty different now, from the times that used to be. Young men those days went courting, afoot down through the lane, Now it’s, “Dad, the auto’s out of date, I want an aeroplane.” Those days they danced the old quadrille, playing Dixie on the fiddle. Now it’s turkey trot and bunnie hug, while they writhe and hug and wiggle. Now the world may be growing better, to a man up in a tree, But times are mighty different now from the times that used to be. They sang “Sweet Annie Laurie” and “Tell Mother I’ll Be There,” Now it’s “Everybody’s Doin’ It,” “Oh, You Kid” and “It’s a Bear.” A lady was a lady, you bet, they didn’t have a wrestling match nor smoke a cigarette. They didn’t wear those real short skirts, which make men look longer, see, Hut times are mighty different now, from the times that used to be. When father said, “Son, when school is out, come straight home in a hurry.” lie did it then, now he goes to the skating rink, says, “ Ilec, dad, I should worry.” Now mother says to Nellie dear, seated in lovers’ runabout, “Please don’t stay after two A. M.” Nellie says. “Now, mother, cut that out.” Now the world may be growing better, but you can plainly see, That times are mighty different now, from the times that used to be. No oriental rugs were in their homes, telephone, electric this and that. But “God Bless Our Home” was on the wall, and “Welcome” on the mat. No autos then on Sunday morn, to go one hundred miles away, But a mile or two and that would do, in the one horse open shay. Those were the days of real sport, they were happy just as we, But times are mighty different now from the times that used to be. Appropriated. A CRUEL WORLD Peterson: “Well, I'd like to know what Jesus Christ would think if he’d come down here and see how things are-going.’’ “IT PAYS TO ADVERTISE” (Clipping from the Evening News) “Wanted—A position as house-keeper. Widower with children preferable. Suitable references furnished. Apply in writing. Edith Rogers Powers, Hershey Hall.” 4-16-da lt-p UNIVERSALLY CONCEDED Conductor (to one of the Glee Club girls): “Your fare, miss.” She: “Do you really think so?” KEEP THE CHANGE Bill C.: “Say, Prof, I'm indebted to you for all I know.” Prof. Leist: “Stop, I pray, don’t mention such a trifle.” ONLY STANDING ROOM LEFT Tramp (to himself after hasty leave taking): “What a brute of a dog—not only made me get up, but had the nerve to take my seat.” Wahl: “Say, Freshie, do you know about the Freshman don’ts?” Thompson: “No, but I know all about the Freshman dues.” Beggar: “Please help me recover my child.” Kind Woman: “Is your child lost?” Beggar: “No, mum, his clothes are worn out.” IT WOKE HIM UP Neutzman: “I saw a game of ball between a ‘Hungry Nine’ and a ‘Starvation Nine’.” Coach Beal: “What was the score?” Neutzman: “Nothing to ate.” “A lot of so-called society leaders are never heard of until they figure in some kind of scandal.” It is a wise saw that possesses wisdom teeth.” rr y j-r-r V-' JUST IMAGINE Esther Printz ...........................................................Sarcastic Ruth Scoles................................................................Dancing Leroy Akerson .........................................................Interesting John Davis.............................................Successful at being cute Esther Benbow.................................................Modest as her sister Grace Howard...................................................................Fat Harlan Stone......................................................An artist Hjalmar Stromberg.................................................A Senior Percy Caris...................................................Sticking to business Geo. W. Beal..................................Without those bewitching eyes Reba Tennant.................................................True to one man Vivian Vertrees ............................................................Silent Aimee Core.................................................................Slender Jeannette Buck....................................................Without Ralph Grace Weir.........................................................Without a frown Bertha Saunderson .........................................................Talking Edith Lee...........................................................As Joke Editor Amy “Popham”.......................................................Not chewing gum Edith Powers......................................................On the Glee Club Jean Wilson................................................................(Ditto) Edith Saunderson.................................................Sneaking a date Ruth Willits....................................Not trying to be fascinating “Stormy” Jordan....................................................Not whistling “Bill” Breitenstein..............................................................A minister Churley Bloomquist ...............................................Smoking “Bill” Lodwick.....................................As he was four years ago Dewitt Sowers.........................................................Not stalled Russell Barnett................................................Escaping Eva Wilson Prof. Johnson...........................................With hair on his head Milton Nauman..........................................................At chapel Edwin Taylor................................Picking Schells at Lake Geneva Miss Rader....................................Wearing a fraternity Lavalliere Albert Peterson...........................................In short trousers Miss Booth..........................................................As a chaperon Prof. Edwards.....................................................At home Hileman.............................................Exiled for several years “We earnestly commend those men who are too busy making good to nurse a grouch.” 3ZSZX 1 1 mm MUSTACHE CLUB •Sowers _____ •Bbeitenstein ....President Excuse Board Committees on Raising Mustaches Jeffrey.......................Ways and Means Davis..................................Public Improvement IIagie Bros....................Advisory Board Neutzman.................Drainage and Sewerage Rex ...................................Finance Swaney ........................Fire Department Departed Member “Ev” Shipley Patronesses Mary Stall Ruth Tooth acre Anita Crips Florence Buck •Charter Members Dean (to careless Freshie): “Young man, are you here for business or pleas Freshie: “Pleasure, of course; this ain’t no business college HAVE YOU SEEN HIM? There was once a fellow so tall That he overtopped the trees, And whenever he wanted to scratch his head He had to get down on his knees. Say, Campbell, I bet you can’t tell me who has killed the most chickens.” Aw g’wan, Lodwick, Shakespeare said Hamlet’s uncle did murder most Neutzman: “I know what I want.” “Batty”: “You must know an awful lot Joke Editor: “Why didn’t you run that joke about the egg? Editor: “It was a little too raw.” A PSALM Dr. Henry G. Leist is a good sport, I should worry. He mal eth me to rise up in class time, to throw my gum out of the window. He ahhorreth cuts and colledeth alarm clocks in abundance. He leadeth thru paths of translation for the German’s sake. Yea, tho I read “Immensee” and “ Herold” and holdeth my tongue in the class room, he maketh me sweat neath the collar, when I lose my place in translation. His jokes and his puns never dwindle. He pre-pareth them with care beforehand in the presence of his wife, then cracketh them next day in his classes. His mirth runneth over. Yea, tho he speaketh in chapel for money all the days of his life, his jokes never faileth and he shall dwell in the hearts of his students forever. So Be It. 3EZE “TWO TRUTHS ARE TOLD” “My daughter,” her mother’s voice was strong, “You must set this matter right; What time did Charley leave When he was here last night?” “His work was pressing, mother, dear, And his love for it was great,” Fair Mary said, “He went away Before a quarter of eight.” Then a twinkle came to her big brown eyes, And her dimple deeper grew; “ ’Tis surely no sin to tell her that, For a quarter of eight is two.” “THERE’S A REASON” The reason why these lines appear Is because there was a fear, That without their hidden plot, This would be a vacant spot. KUSSERS KLUB (ALPHA OF IOWA) (Strictly Honorary) Royal High Supreme Exalted Kusser......................“Doc” Barnhart Keeper of the Vocabulary..................................Grant Venell 57tli Degree Kussers Spontaneous Combusters Clarence Gabeline “Dutch” Mauch “Bill” Breitenstein John Davis Joe Sidles “Bob” Fye Keeper of the Fireworks Howard Goeiiring Keeper of the Kuss P. Door Albert Neutzman Pledge G. W. Beal Motto—Quality, not Quantity .JilV1! § Vs§ ''v$ •% v' ,xSsvw w wvw ' v, ’ jusri I VP 8SM katsl itelirt Dear Paw:— They is somethin doin here at DR. SCHELLS CoLLeGe all the time. 1 thing only just about quits bein finished, till somethin else begins to start. I done told you about the nose breakin game where the fellers rooled the ballon aroun and tried two throu it up in the atmosphere, an about thee kicken game where every-won comes out and yells there eyes out so as how they wont need ter see them fellers get hurt an all blooded over, an i guess i has already tol you in my last letter bout that er swell do we done had over too the girls college. An then i also mentioned a fact that our inStiTution up heir havin a day what theey call POUNDERS DAY, and bout the class what is a goin to quit in the Spring comin to thee mornin worship all cast down as tho every wons sweetheart had died. Well PAW when i wrote you those leters i didnt no as much as i do now. One of them fellers which lives at won of those houses which keeps a BULL dog and has funny signs painted on there front doors an wears there pants rolled up from the bottom, is getting to be auful friendly to me an he done tell be all bout it. He sed that founders day was set a-side for the STudENtS to play jokes on thee teachers or somwon else that they dont like, and he sed that they is too classes in the ColLegE proper—the SeNiOr claSS and the JUNIOR cLass. He Said that thee seniors wasn’t mourning on founders day cause thier best friends had died but cause thee JUNIORS had swiped there caps and gowns, he didn’t say what the caps and gOwns were for but won feller done tell me that the Seniors ware them so as not to be took for a freshie. the freshie aint in no class, they is just here to advise the authoriteis. And he said that it was a mean low down trick to play on a senior cause they feel disGraced to bee tooken for a freshie in founders day. he sed he thot he new hoo took the gowns cause he saw miSS corE thro some suitcases and things out of her window to mR, liagiE who is a JunioR, and he sed he didnt think it was her washin cause this was after dark when Prayer-meetin was a-goin on. He sed that thee seniors was all at prayer metin, cause they had too go or else dR, Schell wont recommend them for a job when they is thru a bein educated, they is auful sic—(good bye Paw i has to quit cause i done broke the lead in that red pencil you bot me last fall and my jack nife is lost) YOUR Lovin Son Sid. Illl! ............... .....f WHISTLES V-xi ? r 7 f . | 5 | When any small boy whistles, ’Mid the clover or the thistles, Or on the crowded thoroughfare as well, We hear him for his heart’s in rhyme, He’s been to the Princess or Pastime, And we note the strains of that old song, “Blue Bell.” He gives “Moonlight” all anew, “Making Eyes” and “Tammany,” too, “I’ll Be Waiting in the Gloaming, Sweet Genevieve.” “Miss Phoebe Snow of Buffalo,” “My Baby of the Bungalow,” “Take Me to Your Heart Again,” ’most any eve. “Coax Me,” “Alabama Blossom,” “Teasing,” “Niggah Loves His Possum,” “You Mustn’t Pick the Plums from My Plum Tree,” “Will the Angels Let Me Play?” “Where the Colorado Wends Its Way,” “You’re the Sweetest Flower That Grows in Tennessee.” “I Long to See You Once Again,” “Mandy Lou” or “Maggie Flynn,” “Where the Sunset Turns the Ocean’s Blue to Gold,” “Agnes,” “Dreaming, Love, of You,” “Tell Me Will My Dreams Come True?” “You’ll Want Someone to Love You When You’re Old.” But the warblings have ceased And our memories released Revert to “The Dear Old Home Down on the Farm,” And our stomachs they do ache For our mother’s johnny-cake “Back ’Mid the Clover and the Corn.” Selected C S '( ,Cv •S r THE BRYAN CLUB (The Mournfully Melancholy Mob of those who also ran) Graduate Member Sowers Hendrickson Goehring POGE MILLER Claudius Kief Hayes Active Members Druse Duncan Hileman Seeley Departed Member Jas. Wilson Lodwick E. Wilson Gabeline Mr. Burns: “Did you read in the papers about the lower birth rates?” Mrs. Burns: “That will be good for traveling salesmen.” Inquisitive Freshie: “What book helped you most last year?1 Wise Soph: “Dad’s check book.” ’TIS TRUE A little co-ed now and then Is relished by the best of men.” DON’T MENTION IT Nell Jacobs: “Pardon me for walking on your feet.” F. Hagie: “Oh, that’s all right, that’s what I use them for myself. Z X % y' ' r $ fi p !;!' mu !HI ml m . ■'....Vv. When the leaves begin to fall, And the woods is full of campfires, With the picknickers and all, I taik my gal to football games, With a pennant on my arm, And I got to cuddle up reel close To keap my cumpny warm. 1 like to fuss in winter, When the snow is on the ground, And the rodes is good for sliddin, And thiar skatin on the pond. We make candy in the kitchen And pop-corn balls and all, Then we leave about ten thirty And beat it for the Hall. 1 like to fuss in springtime, When the sky gits clear and bloo, And the grownd squrls come a-crawlin out And the robin hops round in the doo. I taik my gal to ball games, And watch the athultes so grand A sweatin on the diamond, With us shiverin' on the stand. J like to fuss in summer, In the shaid of the campus pines, And let Prof. Edwards chase himself, With his kilograms and dines. Yes, I luv to fuss in summer And, come to think it thru, 1 like to fuss most ennytime. Now, on the dead, don't you? ' ...v v- .X f v ' i.WNOv A PICTURE ON THE WEST CAMPUS, TAKEN YEARS AGO V.. V .. GlGl ;wv;wwx-.w: .mvmwwovViw V ... f wtMMroilwwww A Wv „.X V's A k A |A: B : A SONG (One of the Latest Hits) Sung by Esther Benbow and Hattie Wolf “There was a goat, was feeling fine, He ate nine red shirts right off the line. His master took him by the back And tied him to the railroad track. Say au revoir but not good bye, That goat he was too wise to die, He tried with all his might and main, Coughed up those red shirts and flagged the train.” “WORK FOR THE NIGHT IS COMING” What if it takes the midnight oil, And weeks and years of endless toil. The book worm will at last be free, When he makes Iota Phi. VEGETABLY SPEAKING Wahl: “Did you see Artie Choke?” Percy: “No, but I saw Ruth Foskette turn-up her nose and beat it. She has been peaved for a (cab)age. She doesn’t seem to care-at all how red-dish she makes her face, but just says to Elijah, Lettuce worry.” OUR CREED i .. I Down With Ten o’clock rules. Eight o’clock classes. Intellectual vacuum. Sharks who show us up. Restrictions of all kinds. Pill smokers. All knockers. Profs who hold classes over time. iil ! CHAPERONS Anita, “Jeff”—Geo. Koch. Y. M. C. A., Y. W. C. A.—Miss Rader, Prof. Kock. Freshmen—Prof. Blair. Ralph, Maude—Coles Pond. Ralph, Jeannette—Florence. Girls’ Glee Club—Miss Baldwin (and Heller at Batavia] Don, Jean—NONE. Laird, Ruth—Chapel. De Witt, Mary—Chem Lab. Clyde, Nina—Conservatory. Akerson, Miss Evans—Miss Howard. Upper classes—Prof. Leist. May hew, Weaver—Asylum Clock. Elijah, Ruth—The Moon. Edith, Albert—Court House. Lodwick, Florence—Withrow. Jessie Clark, “Litz”—Q. Conductor. A LITTLE GERMAN CONVERSATION (In English) Anita (to Herr Leist who is wearing his clergyman’s coat) : “Oh, Dr. Leist, why are you wearing that coat?” Prof. Leist: “Why, Miss Crips, wasn’t it you that called me?” s' IT w 1 .WXVVk 5 fflS I i ? VW s V B 5 | ||||| IBI r r if i :■:$ § i11 M M 1 |l • - |i - if 111 i lartfiri i i Prof, (to Fraulein Mauch): “Did you count my Frau as part of the Faculty?' Fraulein Mauch: “No, I didn’t.” Prof.: “That’s all right here, but at home she is President of the Faculty.” Fraulein Willits: “Prof, did you meet your wife during a leap year?” Prof.: “Can’t you tell from my looks?” Fraulein Willits (later): “He is mighty small.” AT THE GLEE CLUB TRY-OUT Dr. Rommel: “What are you doing here? You haven’t a voice.” Aspirant: “No, but I have a dress suit.” ft 5 vxl Vi lAl iiy i i t? AN OLD GAG She: “The moon is a dead body, did you know that?” lie: “Say, let’s sit up with the corpse.” ?????? Freshman: “What does Ralph Hileman do for a living?” Soph: “Why, he takes collections in chapel.” Flunk and the class flunks with you, dig and you dig alone. ’Tis love that makes the arms go round. Teacher: “Explain 'out of sight, out of mind’.” Pupil: “Unseen, insane.” EXCUSES ENCOUNTERED BY THE PROFS (But Never Overcome) I never can study on a rainy day like this. I never can study on a snowy day like this. I never can study on a cold day like this. I never can study on a hot day like this. I never can study on a beautiful day like this. I never can study the day before a holiday. I never can study the day after a holiday. But They All Amount to This “I never can study.” AS WE HEAR THEM Newell—I should worry. Rcba Tennant—I no want to. Dr. Lymer—I strongly advise that— Goehring—Oh, Ilerold. Grace Weir—Oh, those awful Juniors! Florence Buck—Ish Ga Frett. Ethel Forsythe—Gee! Prof. Johnson—That is all for today. Prof. King—To be sure, dearie. Miss Baldwin—A-man (so be it). Dr. Booth—Does any one know where he is, he wasn’t at chapel Miss Rader—You, and you, and you, and you. Fimmen—A hair in the head is worth two in the brush. Dr. Leist—Meals served at all hours. •« “DOUSE THE GLIM” Hershey Hall’s alluring lights attract Full many a stude, no doubt; But I would rather go to Hershey, When all the lights are out. SUBMITTED BY NOAH “I suppose no one will have gravy on Thanksgiving because of the trouble between Greece and Turkey.” A HAPPY THOUGHT Prof. Johnson: “Give an example of an imaginary spheroid. Bright Student: “A rooster’s egg, sir.” THE SWEETEST WORDS After Finals—“You have passed.” From a Pal—“The drinks are on me, boys.” From Your Best Girl—“Never mind the flowers and we don't need a cab.” From Home—“Enclosed find check for $50.00.” Wire From the State Contest—“Iowa Wesleyan first, Parsons fifth.” From Prof at Chapel—“Unable to meet my class, take the same lesson.” DIPPY OVER DAFFY DILLS If Jack and Jill go to house keeping, will Billboard ? Would a tight sash give a window pane? If a bar of soap can dance, can a wash rag? If a chauffeur is fat, is he gasoline? If the man in the moon had a baby, would the skyrocket? If “Fritz” pitched would “Dutch” Mauch? —Selected. Glenn Lee, he crept into the house, The cuckoo clock struck four. Glenn crept up close beside the clock, And cuckooed eight times more. ’TWAS MIDNIGHT Mary: “And you say that you would put yourself out for my sake?” Dewitt: “You’re right, I would.” Mary: “Then do it, please, for I’m awful sleepy.” § iM; i Prof.: “Fools ask questions that wise men can’t answer.” Student: “That’s why I flunked.” A LEGITIMATE REASON Miss King: “Mr. Van Horn, you are hopelessly dull, what do you think your head is for?” Van Horn (drowsily) : “I guess to keep my collar on.” ON THE BASKETBALL FLOOR Referee: “Foul on Gabeline.” Gabeline: “There’s no feathers on me.” Mauch (butting in) : “No, this is a picked team.” UP IN THE WORLD Stranger on campus: “Beg pardon, but could you tell me where I could find some one in authority?” Stromberg: “Sure, what can I do for you?” CAN IT BE? Prof. Blair: “There are places where people don’t even gossip.” Anita Crips: “Where ???????” DO LOOKS DECEIVE? At Y. W. C. A. reception. Inez King and Ollie Mauch dressed like little girls and eating animal cookies. Inez (as she found a cookie with a raisin on it) : “Oh, Ollie, I have a raisin.” Ollie: “You don’t look to me as though you ever had any raisin.” THE RESULT OF AN ECONOMIC MIND Percy Caris (telling about running his auto into a flock of sheep and describing the way the wool flew). Fimmen.- “Was there any tariff on that wool?” Percy: “Yes, it was nearly all tore-olY” (tariff). Freshman Girl (after watching the surveying class at work on the campus) : “What are they doing over there, taking pictures for the Croaker?” Anita (who has been acting as nurse for Betty) : “Etta says I’m just getting in practice, cooking for Betty, so I won’t have to practice on you.” “Jeff”: “Poor Betty, I suppose that’s why she has been in bed so long.” ' .X ,r . j. V 'V f'y • V n I ft: i|i iff i AWlN ME n'x IE 'E ' .. v ® WTOWWftWWS' f I f- f |||l|| V I 2 DISCRIMINATION Armbruster: “If Miss McCartney doesn’t teach all the steps to the girls this summer, I will with a monkey.” Jessie Carter: “I don’t want a monkey, I want you.” Hazel Wishard: “Professor Blair, 1 can’t come in the afternoon division for I have Gym” (Jim). Nora Wray: “And I have Art and Gym” (Jim). Esther Printz: “And I have Horace and Gym” (Jim). SINGERS AND THEIR REPERTOIRES “If Love Is Madness Then I’m Insane”......................Clyde Rhea “Snuggle Up a Little Closer”..........................Howard Goehring “Two Little Love Bees”................................Stanley and—? “My Hero”...............................................Viola Carson “You Can’t Expect Kisses From Me”.........................Grace Weir “My Beautiful Lady”.........................................Arnold Z. “I’m Single for Six Weeks More”................................“Jeff” “I’m Looking for a Nice Young Fellow”.....................May Roberts “What’s the Use of Moonlight?”.............Chorus of Hershey Hall Girls “I’m Just Pining for You”.............................Columbus Hayes “Flirty Eyes”..........................................Florence Buck “Gee! It’s Great to be in Love”...........................Anita Crips “I Can’t Be True So Far Away”...........Duet by Margaret P. and Reba T. “I Wonder Who’s Kissing Her Now”..............................Becker “Meet Me Tonight in Dreamland”................................“Humpy” “Yip-I-Addy-I-Ay” ...........................................“Stormy” “When Dreams Come True”................................Mary Torrence “There Are Too Many Girls in the World”......................Mat Cox “Absent” ...............................................Prof. Johnson “What Can You Do Without a Man?”.......................Flora Baldwin “You Made Me Love You”.................................Will Campbell “That Mysterious Rag”..................................Margaret Palm AND BOOKS AND MAGAZINES FOUND IN THE LIBRARY “House of a Thousand Scandals”...........................Hershey Hall “The Firing Line”..................................The Hall at 10 P. M. “The Barrier”.............................................A Chaperon “Dumb Animals”.............................................Freshmen “Review of Reviews”........................................The Profs .-3L— ;v r ri Alfitttl I v “Far From the Maddening Crowd” “The Unknown Quantity”.......... “The Aristocrats”............... “The Conqueror”................. “Where the Battle Was Fought”... “Our Mutual Friend”............. “The Day of Wrath”.............. “A Study in Shadows”............ “The Music Master”.............. “Handy Andy”.................... “A Strong Minded Woman”......... “A Year Worth Living”........... “Old Curiosity Shop”............ “The Pathfinder”................ “It Never Can Happen Again”..... “The Living Age”................ “The Red Book”.................. “Vanity Fair”................... ‘ ‘ Literary Digest”............ “Scientific American”........... Edwards at Chapel Time ..........C. B. Johnson ..........Wilson Sisters .........Stanley Newell . .Halls of Main Building .............Dr. Lymer ..........Founders Day ........Campustry Dates ...........Not Dr. Leist ..........Prof. Fimmen ............Grace Weir ............Junior Year ..........Croaker Office .........Iowa Wesleyan ......Senior Class Play ................“John” .....William Goodheart ...........George Koch .............Inez Clark ......Not Bill Campbell FASCINATING FACTS Each child owes his parents a good heritage. When moving, tie the bed slats together separately. Just because “Jeff” has legs like a canary bird, it is no sign that he can sing. “There are meters of accent And meters of tone; But the best of all meters Is to meet her alone.” 1 ’d rather be a Could Be If I couldn’t be an Are, For a Could Be is a May Be, With a chance of touching par. 1 ’d rather be a Has Been Than a Might Have Been, by far, For a Alight Have Been has never been, But a Has was once an Are. Any man can make a woman talk, but only a diplomat can make her say what he wants her to say. Do you try to do those you are dunned by? There is no need for a guide post on the way to ruin. Kisses speak louder than words over the telephone. ' A s SN % N s N v The man with money to burn does not always love the smell of smoke. A thief is bound to get the worst of it sooner or later. Many a young man who has stolen a kiss marries the girl. MY AMBITION To get “A” in everything..................................Mary Creatii To get a girl...........................................Allen Eliason To have dates.....................................................Eva Wilson To grow some hair...............................................Prop. Fimmen To be on the Athletic Council..................................“Dunc” To get a steady girl...................................“Mitt” Naum an Not to blush.....................................................Mark Flanders To look tough and be able to dance............................John D. To obtain information..........................................“Bill” Lodwick rr A LAB INSPIRATION You take a little acid, You take a little zinc, You put ’em in a bottle And mix ’em in the sink; You heat with care above the flame, The stuff begins to fizz, You strike a match and with a boom, Up goes the whole blame fizz. fill | Jill § 1 -............. qouheqe Seniors Koch Mayhew Strom berg Lodwick Freshmen Becker Campbell Connor Druet Hall Juniors Eliason Hagie Barnett Hayes Sophomores Barker Flanders Mauch Truitt Kemble Thompson Trembly Yenell Preps. Hogan Peterson Gall a her Rankin Sidles Taylor Van Horn '-'N ■- f- V s jwmwwNWww THE CROAKER ABRIDGED DICTIONARY (Carefully and prayerfully prepared by Committee on Who’s Who and Why) Athletics—(See 4th century bull fight.) A mysterious magic that misleads young men into getting a college education. Bell—A machine owned by the college and used to wake students who have fallen asleep in class. Bluffing—The means used in procuring a diploma. (2) A quality unknown to Freshmen but inherent in Seniors. Blues—A contagious disease prevalent among Freshman girls in the fall of the year. Broke—A condition inherent among fussers. (Syn.) All in, lend me a nickel, I want to be tough. Bulletin Board—A place existing primarily for the benefit of budding artists and other unfortunate ones who wish their names before the public. Campustry—A mild form of recreation, made popular by dry class room lectures. Case—A state of continual association between persons mutually fooled. Commencement—A time of joy to the Freshmen, pleasure to the Sophomore, pride to the Junior, an awakening to the Senior and a relief to the Faculty. College—The only spot in town where you cannot find the sign—No Loafing Allowed. Conservatory—A building often mistaken by strangers for the State Asylum. Co-ed—The only argument for co-education. Coach—A person who has speaking acquaintance with Spaulding’s rule books, and at the same time does not particularly mar the beauty of the landscape. Chapel—A place of devotion (for cases). A time set aside for visiting and practical jokes. Chapel Steps—The hub of the social whirl (at night). Cramming—(1) A temporary renaissance. (2) A feed indulged in twice a .year by bluffers. Croaker—A book, the Editor of which is afraid to publish even half the truth concerning some things, for fear of ruining the college. Dancing—? ??????? Eats—A sound, the velocity of which exceeds that of any other known word. Election—A necessary evil. An event which causes many temporary friendships to be established, and old friendships broken. Enrolling—“A highly ingenious form of extortion.” Faculty—Any dried collection. Flunk—A pass home. The result of too much oil burned in other than your own lamp. Formal—A punishment inflicted upon the most popular. A custom which makes it necessary to have greenhouses and cab-lines. V, I •■'V Hamline Hall—A large room provided by Hamline Literary for the use of engaged couples. Ilershey Hall—A house on the west campus enclosed by a wire fence to keep the chickens in. K-Line—A track built for Wesleyan strollers, but sometimes used by the railroad company. Library—“A place for study and not visiting” (A la Swan). Matinee—An afternoon show, which the girls can attend without Miss Rader’s consent. Rushing—A temporary popularity, mostly among girls. Training—The act of going to bed and not eating anything. T. W.—A man who never has dates except to the lecture course and athletic games, and she a student. JOKES AND STUFF (Bone Heads) Miss Baldwin: “So many ministers preach from the text—A short bed and a narrow covering.” Miss Rader: “Dr. Osborne preached from that too.” Miss Baldwin: “Do they find that text in the Bible?” Betty J.: “I have to read Genesis for Bib. Lit.” Florence Milligan: “Which comes first, Genesis or Exodus?” Nell Jacobs (in a perplexed voice) : “Say, is Jericho one of the books of the Bible? I can’t find it in the index.” IN ENGLISH CLASS Anita and Jeff have the same topic to recite upon, and Anita recites first. Prof. Blair: “Mr. Jeffrey, can you add anything?” Jeff: “No, sir.” Prof.: “It’s a wise man that knows when not to speak.” Freshman (gazing at Mr. Peterson): “Say, ‘Pete,’ your legs would be lots longer if there wasn’t so much turned under at the bottom.” Dutch”: “Who uses all the snuff which is manufactured?” Pete”: “No one nose.” NOT ASHAMED OF IT James: “Are you a Latin student?” Pete”: “No, Swede.” r V 7: A MYSTERY SOLVED One day, either by accident or fortune the Editor found himself almost lost among the tall long rows of books in the rear of the college library. He had not been there long when between some books he caught a glimpse of some one entering and heard the familiar voice of Dollie Barker say, “Why, Grace, you’re just the girl I’m looking for. Why, Grace, just look here!” Fearing that the only opportunity of a lifetime had come and might be gone in an instant, the Editor ventured one peek through the row of books and there were the two above mentioned girls poring over a large colored newspaper which bore the following head lines across the entire sheet, in large display type: “10,000 BRIDES WANTED IN THE PHILIPPINES.” No wonder they are thinking of teaching in the Philippines. TO THE CHAFING DISH The chafing dish is a frying pan with a college education. Its value is to ruin the girl’s digestion. It can be used between the hour of ten and twelve P. M. The fuel used is alcohol, but is the variety which can not be drunk, therefore not intoxicating to use in a chafing dish. The handles are made of ebony because this wood is black. Chafing dishes are made of nickel, and may be used as a mirror, when one’s room mate is monopolizing the only one the room affords. Its limbs resemble those of a spider. The chafing dish is a two-story affair and takes up too much room in one’s trunk. Anything from a lemon pie to cocoa may be made in a chafing dish providing the participants are willing. C ut classes. A bandon everything. M ake excuses. P lan carefully. U se bluffing. S it on the grass. T ake dates. R ush everything. Y ou’ll succeed in this course. Oh, bury the knocker out in the woods In a beautiful hole in the ground, Where the grasshopper hops and the woodpecker pecks And the straddle bug straddles around. Prof. Edwards (in Jr. Physics) : “Mr. Pogemiller, if sounds don’t all travel at the same velocity, what would be the use of having such a conglomeration as this thing we call our band?” T 03 SOME NOTES, LOST BY A MEMBER OP THE MEN’S GLEE CLUB Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Dec. 22nd, 8:30 A. M. Everybody happy but “Jeff.” No. 10 reported broken down. K-line leaves without Anita. K-line stops several times on way to Salem to let the boys take pictures. Some-R-Set and other games indulged in. Arrive at Salem without accident and are met by a fine delegation. Concert begins at 8:15 P. M., fair crowd and all is well until the quartette encore, when Lodwick tries to help “Pete” out on first tenor. They all stop and “Bill” tells Stone to go ahead. Stone obeys. Stone sings and then tells “Bill” to go ahead, “Bill” returns the compliment. “Bill” tells “Pete” to beat it and “Pete” obeys. The quartette changes into a trio and then do a fine thing—they quit, with applause. Everyone laughs themselves sick. Nearly everyone is in bed asleep by 3 A. M. Leave at 9:45 next morning and arrive at Keokuk at 11:45 without accident. Have dinner and practice at 1:30, then visit the dam. The dam suits everyone and no changes in its construction are necessary. Program at 8:15, things go off fine. Newell takes “Pete’s” place in the quartette. Anita makes a hit with her readings and has to make a bow instead of a second encore. Met at church next morning at 9 o’clock. Car left for Warsaw, 111., at 10:15. All go over except Barnett. All go to Grant Hotel except the “womens” who have a parlor bedroom across the alley from the hotel. Bugs are discovered. One bed found moving about. Six of the boys are frightened. Dinner and supper are not as good as home cooking. Concert at 8:15. Forty-eight present at Saenger Hall to hear us. Some Christmas Eve! Six of the boys go back to Keokuk to spend the night. Grant and Davis take two girls home after they have turned “Humpy” and Lodwick down. Stone and Hagie go hunting before retiring and succeed in bottling fifteen healthy bed bugs before retiring, and then have good sleep. Leave Warsaw next morning at 8:45 for Keokuk. Ethel and Anita have a cup of the best coffee in Keokuk, a sandwich and the last order of doughnuts, for breakfast. Neutzman uses the telephone and then is seen with his Mt. Pleasant girl. Arrive at Memphis, Mo., at 11:20. Nearly every one goes to Hotel Kinney. Everyone gets Christmas mail, personal greetings from Dr. Lymer and cards from the “womens” of the club. Some, who have girls at home, receive a box of home made candy. Fine turkey dinner is served and everyone is happy. “Humpy” has another “birthday.” We sing to a dandy audience at the Opera House. John “D” begins acting up and makes hit on pretty girl in hotel. She goes to train with John next morning. Take pictures at hotel before leaving for Centerville. John catches last car as the train pulls out at Memphis. Arrive at Centerville at 2 P. M. Anita’s traveling bag is left on train, two hours later it is wired for, but not recovered. Several people including Anita worry about it. Everybody tired. Two of the boys who are staying next door 1 to the church wake up when the first number on the program starts, but are dressed and on hand for the encore. Wesleyan students give College Yell when the club closed their last number. Wilson sisters entertain entire club after concert, fine time was reported. Leave Centerville at 8 o’clock next morning. Everyone goes but Hagie who stays to wire headquarters for the missing bag. Anita makes it known that all her diamonds and gold bracelets were in the bag. The club reaches Moulton all 0. K. Hagie leaves on an afternoon train for the evening concert at Moulton, gets as far as Sedan and waits three hours on train and then decides to walk to Moulton. Starts walking, meets a farmer in bob sled, rides three miles, walks again, but meets another farmer and rides to town in buggy. Moulton a good town. Lots of dates. Neutzman and Davis need watching. One married woman becomes infatuated but nothing serious happens. Stay over Sunday and give sacred concert Sunday evening. Anita worries about traveling bag and goes home to be consoled. Arrive at Milton all right. Meet Anita at Bloomfield Jet. No bag yet. “Johnnie Davis,” “Harlie Stone” and Barnett are very popular as Milton boys. We sing at High School. Newell, Neutzman and “Prof. Lymer” make addresses. Sing to large crowd at Opera House. Grant and Venell take ride on hay rack. Kemble asks forgiveness from a bunch of girls at station. Arrive at Farmington late next evening. Give concert to fair audience. The club so crowded between numbers that they sit three deep. Anita is hung on the wall in order to make more room. A card is received from the married woman at Moulton. Leave early next morning for Keosauqua. “Humpy” very popular at Keo-sauqua. Practice at 1:30. Boys climb hills all day, several dates. “Mac” gets into the wrong house at night. Give good program. Leave for Ottumwa, several of the club nearly miss their train. Get to Ottumwa in good time. Mr. Crips meets Anita. Some go to restaurant for dinner. Sing at the Y. M. C. A. in afternoon. Boys make use of showers and pool. Sing to a big church full at night. Anita dreads reading to her home audience. She makes the big hit and is called on for three encores. Stone and Anita are very popular here. Leave next morning early for Sigourney. Barnett packs suit case on the street car as he was slow as usual. Arrive at Sigourney about 10 o’clock, and have good time. Barnett got to the evening concert on time, everyone expects a storm soon. Leave at 8:43 for Washington. Practice at 2 o’clock. Concert at 8. Better concert reported than was given by the Oberlin Glee Club who were there a few days previous. Traveling man in hotel was overheard to say he heard the Wesleyan Glee Club in Ottumwa and that they were the best singers that he had ever heard. vv;7 i Columbus Jet. next, not much doing except dates, lots of them. Sang at High School in P. M. Leave for Wapello next day, just a short ride. Wapello is a good town, but is hard to find places to stay. “Tommy” treated every one royal. “Neutz” and Davis forgot to bring the “womens” to the concert so it began an hour and a half late. Give a fine concert when we once get started. The next day at Morning Sun, awful poor audience. Lodwick chases Anita’s chair across the platform but does not get it. The audience howls. Everyone had a swell time but are so glad that the trip is so near over. Burlington, hurrah! the last town. Everyone excited and in a hurry to get through. As soon as the last song is sung everyone beat it for the station. Reached home at midnight. Some one spilt a sack of rice when they got off the train and made the ground look awful suspicious. “Jeff” met the train. Everyone was sleepy the next morning, but were back for hard work. Thus ended the Glee Club trip. Prof. Johnson: “The best cure for selfishness is to get the other fellow’s point of view.” Geneva: “Prof. Leist, may we have a window lowered or uppered?” Alumnus: “Well, how are you?” Barker: “Oh, I’m a senior.” Katherine Druse: “There seems to be a strange affinity between a darkey and a chicken, I wonder why?” “Humpy”: “Oh, that’s easy. One is descended from Ham and the other from eggs.” Bill Campbell: “We all go to college, but we don’t all go for knowledge.” Dollie Barker: “Yes, that is so, for I have it from inside authority.” Mr. Burns: “It is an excellent plan for every young man to pay attention to his clothes, but he should bear in mind that the creases he puts in his gray matter are a great deal more important than those he puts in his trousers.” Anna Van Brussel: “We had the grandest looking young preacher at our church last Sunday, why, he was just simply handsome, he was even better looking than Mr. Vandagriff.” ' 1 ifjl , m i § s § vt § § u-fle | | .-v • A A .X ! :v Nv 10:30 P. M. at the Hershey Hall telephone. Mysterious Voice: “Miss Calhoun, this is Mr. McMillan of the Mt. Pleasant Electric Light Co. Would you please tell me whether the arc light at the corner of Pearl and Broadway is burning or not?” Maud: “Yes, certainly—wait just a moment.” (Looks out of the window and returns.) “Hello, no, it is not burning now, Mr. McMillan.” Mysterious Voice: “Well, if it comes on will you please blow it out before you go to bed?” Maud: “Why, yes, is it connected with the hall?” Voice: “Yes, ask Miss Rader and she will tell you all about it.” Miss Rader (afterwards): “Never mind, dear, it’s just some of the Betas kidding you.” Faculty Member: “In what course do you expect to be graduated?” Student: “In the course of time.” “He prayeth best who leaves unguessed, The mystery of another’s quest, Why cheeks grow red, why eyes gleam, Or hearts are happy, thou needst not glean, Enough to note, by many a sign, That every heart hath needs like thine. ’ ’ •c C r 7 S--- mte ( J y i OFFICIAL ACCOUNT OF THE 1915 CROAKER Presented to the Public for the First Time by the Croaker Staff We Stand for Publicity EXPENDITURES Premium on Life Insurance Policy for Croaker Photographer........$ 76.32 Janitor Fees for Croaker Office........................................ -65 Bolts for Croaker Windows.............................................. -20 Croaker Stationery .................................................. 50.13 Office Desk for use of Editor and Business Manager................... 27.00 Gasoline, and wear on Auto (for the Staff Lark)..................... 172.18 Bill at Clawsons (for nocturnal sustenance).......................... 59.00 Engravings for 1915 Croaker.......................................... 95.95 Binding of Croaker in Imitation Leather.............................. 13.00 Tips to Professors at $4.00 per cut................................. 452.00 Printing ........................................................ 00,000.00 Photography Bills of Junior Class................................. 1,000.48 Autos and Airships after Croaker Day................................ 163.00 Pastime Tickets for Croaker Staff.................................... 93.00 To College Reporter (to suppress scandal)........................... 50.00 Private Secretary for Editor......................................... 75.00 Safety Deposit Box (for Senior Caps and Gowns)........................ 3.75 Additional Refreshments .......................................... 1.428.00 Advertising (to sell books) ........................................ 700.00 Total (could not afford an adding machine)................. ? ? ? ? ? 123.00 RECEIPTS Regular Advertising ...............................................$ Special Advertising Edwin Taylor Jordan-Powers Association Vocal Department Hush Money ......................................................... 4,828.00 Sale of Books For Keeping Fimmen's Name out of Croaker From Board of Trustees for Keeping Out Pool Hall Ads Miscellaneous favors from Alumni and Friends (?) From Prof. Blair (for omitting one joke on same) Total ........................................................ ? ? ? ? ? Deficit, back bills, unknown expenses, etc........................$408,976.00 Poor Hiaumtlja Hiawatha, bent on knowledge, Left his home to enter college; Packed his grip with shirts and collars, Took dad’s blessings, likewise dollars; Then so brave and wise and prudent, Hiked away to be a student. Minnehaha was a maiden Who, with high-school learning laden, Young and full of animation, Landed here for registration. Oh, that old matriculation! Gee, that horrid vaccination. Hiawatha met this beauty, Fell in love, as was his duty; Got to acting kinder funny, Rushed her steady, spent his money, All his papa’s dollars blowing— Well, I think Min had him going. But Hiawatha soon went busted, And the girl whom he had trusted Quit him for a better goer— For a Soph who chanced to know her, And with her had got quite smitten, Poor old Hi, he got the mitten. Mare ttjan a uiatrlj dog is tteebeb to keep ttye uiolf from ttfr ioorJ 1311 mm3. wwxs sy f” YA V W VWW� W s NS Vvv V.-JVA s ' Friends, Students and Boosters: 'TFhe Business Men who have advertised in this book are worthy of your support. ‘Uhey are a loyal bunch, so don’t forget them while in city. THE STAFF B PG GKC2«®€ SS a� S A. D. S. STORE g k 1 8 I I g g § X Purest Drugs A. D. S. PEROXIDE CREAM Enjoy your Ice Cream, Sodas and Sundaes under our large Electric Fan MANICURE SETS AND TOILET PREPARATIONS PERFUMES AND TOILET WATER A. D. S. REMEDIES 3J. Schramm Co. BURLINGTON jl Trade with Us H. T. 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After a cross old teacher told me what I might take and what I had to take, and a small, good-looking fellow copied down what the cross Prof, wrote on the slip, another man, whose hair was not parted but which had departed, told me how much money I had to turn over. 17. The first Chapel services were held this morning. Dr. Schell said that he was greatly felicitated because so many had signed the by-laws. Wonder what the by-laws have to do with running the college. The five new bachelor members of the faculty were introduced. The one by name of Johnson made the best bow. Perhaps it is because he is so long. 18. Everybody is getting settled. At a big Men’s “Mixer” held in the “Y” lobby each man had to give his name and occupation. Of course, I couldn’t go, but the Prof, who took my money at the office eats here at the Hall and he told me all about it. 19. Hurrah for football! Oh, you mud! Several of the football men were practicing this afternoon. We sat in the north windows of the Hall and watched them. Gee! but there’s one big, handsome fellow. I sure would like to meet him. 20. Football practice again today. The handsome fellow was out again tonight. Maybe I’ll get to meet him at the joint Y. M. and Y. W. reception tonight. Nothing doing. I heard this evening that his name is “Tommie,” but they say that he is afraid of the girls and wouldn’t come to the reception. 21. Sunday. Wrote a letter home to the folks and one to each of my seven chums. Gee! but I’m homesick. All the old girls had dates. Wish the new men would hurry up and get acquainted so I could have a date. IN ALL GOOD COMPANY YOU WILL FIND BURD SHOE CO. FOOTWEAR They all wear them, from Freshmen to Seniors. We would like to show you the reason in the shoes themselves. Our Repair Service is Good. J. M. B URD SHOE CO. A. V. COLES Fresh and Salt Meats Pure Home Rendered Lard All Kinds of Cooked Meats on Hand 125 N. Jefferson St. Phone 240 Vienna Bakery and Confectionery GEO. LUBERGER, Prop. Home made Fresh Bread, Pies and Cake Fine Candies. Oysters in Season. Ice Cream delivered to any part of the city. Telephone No 90 North Main St. Mt. Pleaasnt, Iowa 22. Hope we never have another day as long as yesterday. We cleaned our room today. Mr. Morrow, the man who runs the store just south of the Hall, sold completely out of mops and brooms. No wonder he makes a living. 23. The short German Professor led chapel service. He announced the first Y. W. Cabinet meeting to be held this afternoon. One of the girls told me after the meeting that the largest Wilson girl was determined to have a sleigh ride this year to be furnished by the Y. M. Cabinet. 24. Not many of the upper classmen were at chapel this morning. Rev. Ingham from the Methodist Church delivered the Matriculation address. Went to Prayer Meeting in the evening. 25. Sang 409 in chapel this morning and everybody smiled. Ordered a book this afternoon. They charge as much for books here as they do at home, but they cost “dad” still more. Watched football practice awhile but couldn’t get him to look up. My! but I’m homesick. 26. A fellow they call Harold smiled at Esther Benbow in chapel this morning. I wish somebody else would smile once. All the Prof.’s are cross too. 27. More than a week of school gone. Several of the girls went home this afternoon. Wish I could go too. Sure was exciting this afternoon. Our Freshman boys put it all over those big-headed Sophs in the Pushball Contest. My! but we girls did yell. Went to the Pastime with some other girls, but stayed so long that we had to run all the way home in order to reach the POSV r3f'lLV- Cj fXfEL. Hall before time for the last bell. Miss Rader told us very carefully in House meeting the significance of each ring. This sure has been some day. T«f 28. Went to Sunday School and Church this morning. Esther smiled at Harold in church. Wonder if she’ll have a date tonight. Wrote home again this afternoon. f D. M. WESTFALL'S I I I 1 CONFECTIONERY - H I UP-TO-DATE SODA FOUNTAIN SPECIALTIES HOT DRINKS AND LUNCHEONETTES IN SEASON FINE CANDIES NORTH SIDE SQUARE PHONE No. 70 ::S€MX£££SSS $:: :::X;3€JKSX[!3 1 HOME BAKERY i CHAS. WILKINS, Prop. x BREAD, CAKES, PIES CANDIES, ETC. 125 N. JEFFERSON ST. PHONE No. 122 STUDENTS AND “GRADS X f X X X I X Send your mail orders to us from all over the world for Sheet Music Musical Accessories, D. M. C. Threads, full line of colors in all numbers. “Royal Society Threads and Packages. Pictorial Review Dress Patterns. THE MUSIC AND ART STORE PHONE No. 354 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA NORTH SIDE SQUARE BEN H. WILSON, Prop. WESLEYAN 1909 29. Didn’t do anything today except clean house and study. Wish the folks could see me studying awhile. They always said I couldn’t. But what else is there to do? I never saw such backward boys as the ones in our class. No one has even asked me for a date yet. 30. At last one of those backward boys got up a little nerve. Harold and Esther took a walk today. Found out that Dr. Leist doesn’t allow gum in his class, lie’s as bad as the teachers at home. OCTOBER 1. Dr. Schell raised money in chapel this morning to pay for a drum for the College Band. The fellow who has been playing cjuarterback in practice is going to leave school. Wish I could play football. Did not go to Prayer Meeting this evening. 2. Gee! but I’m sore today. Had four classes this morning and got bawled out in two of them. Those horrid teachers must expect a person to know everything by heart. 3. Went to a picnic at Coles pond. Ruthean Literary Society invited the new girls to a spread, where we got a chance to get acquainted and to join the Literary Society. 4. He’s gone. The football team left for Cornell yesterday evening where they play this afternoon. How I wish 1 could see “him” play! I just know he will make a touchdown. 5. We had hard luck. Cornell got all the scores. A lot of the girls went down the “K” line. Of course all the old girls had dates, but we poor Freshie girls! Why are the boys so slow? 6. We all went to the river this afternoon on a picnic. We Freshmen, I mean. Some of those other boys might be all right, maybe, after you got acquainted with them. We had some swell time around the campfire and then coming home on the hayracks. The Academy had a picnic, too, but I’m sure it didn’t amount 7. The Prof, with the funny black hair told the front row of Juniors he wanted to see them after chapel this morning. This is the first chance he has had to tell them as they have never been to chapel before. 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Dr. Schell led Prayer Meeting. 9. Went to Y. W. today. An academy girl with a very strong voice sang a solo. 10. Everybody is excited. We are going to have a “pep” tonight, and play Knox tomorrow here at home. Everybody was at the “pep” meeting. Prof. Winters’ band had sufficient “pep” to raise the dead, but could not waken Coach Beal from his nap. 11. Classes are to be dismissed early this afternoon for the game. Rah! Rah! Rah! Zip! Boom! Bah! We won! We won! 17 to 13. “He” made the first touchdown. My, but I was tickled! That tall, awkward end blocked a punt and made a touchdown too. 12. We had the most fun last night. Ilad a spread in Nell Jacobs’ room and the old girls got to telling about experiences that had happened several years ago. One of the girls said that a long time ago some one hauled the “bell” out in a cornfield and left it there. I wish someone would fix it now so that it wouldn’t ring. 13. The big-headed Sophomore class had their picnic today. We girls tried to get some of the hoys to swipe the eats, but they were too slow. The Prof, who stays in the lower room of the noise department took his wife along to act as chaperone. 14. Another picnic today. A part of the Junior class, the Croaker Staff, went out north somewhere. Ralph Campbell took one bunch out in his car, and the rest went out with Ruth Willits in her car. Two of the girls fell in the creek but didn’t drown and one of the other girls fell down. The eats cost them twenty-three cents a head. Iowa Wesleyan Summer School JUNE 15 TO JULY 24 Approved by the State Board of Educational Examiners Review Work preparatory for Teachers Examination. “Six weeks of Normal Training for Credit of Three Points on Salary.” “Twelve weeks of required Normal Train-• ♦ ing. Academy Credit Course. College Credit Course. EXCELLENT FACULTY EXPENSES MODERATE Plan to Spend your Summer on our Beautiful, Cool Campus 15. That tall, good-looking professor who sits in the middle of the back row at chapel got up real early this morning to play tennis with the music teacher, the one who always sings “Amen.” I didn’t get up to watch them but some of the girls told me about it. 17. Went to Hypatia Literary meeting this afternoon, and finally decided to join. Hope they won’t put me on the program very often. 18. The football team went to Lombard today and held them to a tie score. How I wish they had won! I know he played a good game anyway. Am going home at 3:20. 19. Had a fine date last night. Gee! but I’m sleepy. Going to have another date tonight. Almost wish I wasn’t going to school. Those boys there are so backward. 20. Am going to use a toothpick to keep my eyes open. Had to leave early so had to say good-bye last night. 21. The Senior class were going to have an outdoor picnic yesterday but it snowed so they had to stay in Hamline Hall. The girls said they had a fine time. 22. 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Maybe he fell off. 29. Nearly everybody was at Prayer Meeting this evening. I tried to get Aimee Core and Fern Walker to go with me but they said they had to study. 30. Today was Founders’ day. The Seniors were going to wear their caps and gowns for the first time. Some of them did and some of them didn’t. Air. Jeffrey’s cap and gown consisted of a cap, and John Davis, the only good-looking Senior, wore a sweater coat instead of a cap and gown. I understand now why Fern Walker and Aimee Core had to study last night. But what I can’t see is how the Seniors got the Croaker material so quickly. NOVEMBER 1. My! but we had some game today. Did not beat Monmouth but held them to a tie. Our fellows certainly did fight after the first quarter. Every man on the team was just fine. Went to the open house at the City “Y” tonight. It sure was funny to watch Van Horn and Lee see who could slap each other the hardest. 2. Went to church morning and evening and wrote letters this afternoon. 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Grace Weir helped Aimee Core carry the Senior caps from the Hall in a suitcase. I ’ll bet she didn’t know it. 6. Wonder how old Nell Jacobs really is. The Senior girls had a spread for her in honor of her birthday, but she wouldn’t tell her age. 7. The orchestra played at chapel today. Say, but that Freshman boy who plays the cornet is good-looking. 8. I’m so mad. Why couldn’t we have beaten Carthage instead of just holding them to a tie score? That old football team makes me tired. If they would all play like one fellow does they wouldn’t have tie games all the time. 9. Didn’t get up in time to go to church. Went down the “K line” this afternoon with some girls, and who do you think we saw together? Hattie and Harold McCargar. 10. They must not have finished their date yesterday. They took another stroll this P. M. 11. Everybody is getting ready for the Thanksgiving banquet. All the dressmakers are overloaded with work. Don’t think I will have to get anything new. 12. Sang 409 in chapel. Almost time for another football game. 14. Lost again. Pella got nine scores and we only got seven. Aimee Core told me that the Editor of the Croaker had gone to Iowa City to get some new material. Wonder if the Seniors will swipe it when it comes. 15. Dr. Schell blessed the men working on the roof in his prayer this morning. Some of the girls in Dr. Lymer’s classes did too. Wish I had a class under him so that I could get out once in a while. 16. Got up too late for church. Coach Beal was worse than I was for he almost missed his dinner. Aren’t his eyes swell though? Wish he would tell me about HER. ❖ ❖ f 4 THE FAIR STORE Mount Pleasant, la. Redfern Coats, Suits, Skirts, Dress Goods, Curtain Nets, F. McK. Shirts American Beauty Corsets Hamilton Brown Shoes I f | I .y. .♦. .t. ,ti A A A A A A A A A A A A A a A A A A A A A A Tv rVVVV V V TVW TTVT W V W W V V V ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ ❖ •J ❖ ❖ 4 SUITS MADE IN OUR OWN SHOP FROM $32.50 TO $40.00 OUR SUCCESS. 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Wonder who will have the date with Miss Baldwin — Willie Blair or Cortez Johnson. I’ll bet Miss Rader and Prof. Koch will have a good time hunting eggs. I can’t understand though why Prof. Johnson took his telescope. Hope George Beal won’t forget his girl back home while he is with Mrs. Coolidge. 25. Gee! but the Profs, are cranky today. Prof. Blair almost looks as though he had a black eye. Harry Jacques brought back a peculiar chicken for his class to dissect, which he found roaming about the farm. 26. Tonight is open night. Wish I could have a date. I really believe I will have one some of these days. “Humpy” got here before six-thirty for his date, but had to wait as Maude wasn’t through with her supper yet. 27. “Donner und Blitzen!” I’m tired tonight. Decided not to go to Banquet. Went home and I’m going to have a big dinner and then a date tonight. some time last night. Am sleepy today, but we are to have a big football game so won’t get to sleep any. They sure must have had some Banquet last night. The Juniors and Seniors certainly must have had some rivalry. We won today. Rah! Rah! Rah! “Tally” and Garretson played some games but “he” beat them. Gee! but he’s a good runner. After the game he was elected Captain for next year. Gee! but 1 ’m tickled. „ i. . A • J FftlUtTv ON « NO'J.iH’ THE Mt. Pleasant City Y. M. C. A, OFFERS EVERY WESLEYAN MAN THE Best Advantages in the World FOR A TOWN OF THE SAME SIZE THE CITY Y. M. C. A. BUILDING Offers You A most pleasant home in her Dormitory, a healthy mind and body, and training under a most competent physical director. In other words, it offers everythingastudent needs. Membership Fee $5.00 for School Year WRITE FOR RATES AND ROOM RESERVATIONS EDWARD WESTON. ACTING SECRETARY 29. Went to the Preliminary Contest tonight. Stanley Newell won first place, and will represent the school this year. 20. The funniest thing happened today. When Prof. Fimmen started to leave the table this noon, he put his napkin in his pocket. Poor fellow! how he blushed when we laughed at him. DECEMBER 1. Today was “lazy” day for everybody except the grinds. I didn’t do anything except help clean up the room. We went to the Pastime tonight. I didn’t have a date though. 2. My, but it was cold this morning. Awfully slippery too. Met the walk coming up twice on my way to chapel. 5. Girls’ Glee Club was selected and organized today. Several of the girls were surprised that I did not get. to sing. But I know the reason why. I don’t worry. I’d rather sing popular songs anyway. 6. Had my ticket reserved for the Zoellner Quartet entertainment this evening and then they didn’t come. Several of we girls went to the hypnotic show, and we sure had some time. Tried to get Grace Weir to be hypnotized but she said, “You don’t catch me getting down on my knees proposing to some man. ’ ’ 7. So cold this morning that I had to stay in bed to keep warm. Was sleepy anyway so didn’t care whether it was cold or not. Took a little walk this afternoon, but didn’t see anybody I knew. Everybody’s gone home over Sunday. 8. Quite a few of the girls from the Hall went to Burlington today. Romeo and Juliet is to be presented. Profs. Blair, Koch and Johnson also went down to see the play. I couldn’t go although I wanted to very much. Thought maybe I would get a chance to ride up from Burlington with some one if I were down there. 9. Prof. Blair spent the entire class hour telling how he liked the play. He said the actors were not natural in the love scenes. Wonder how he knows. 10. Shopped all afternoon, trying to find a suitable Christmas present to take home with me. Will soon have to do some regular shopping. Heard today that Prof. Beal had to dismiss his Physics class some time ago, because the Dean’s private secretary had borrowed his key. Everybody in the class cried because he couldn’t meet, his class. OUR BUSINESS IS TO PLEASE Everyone THE PLEASANT Everyone with with Quality Fancy Dairy HILL DAIRY Frozen Products Goods FINEST FRUITS FANCIEST GROCERIES FRESHEST VEGETABLES 126 - Phones - 442 J. H. WALBANK and SONS “The Satisfactory Store” The home of Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes Right styles for young men at the right time 11. Went to Y. W. this afternoon to hear Mrs. Stevenson. She is a mighty good speaker and leaves many thoughts. Saw Jeff and Anita Crips go upstairs in the main building at the fifth bell. 12. Miss Baldwin mailed a letter today on a mail train. Wonder who to. Jeff and Anita started upstairs again. 13. I don’t understand it. Do you reckon Jeff and Anita are planning to pull off a joke in chapel ? They went upstairs again today. I ’ll bet the joke must be a good one. Believe I’ll watch them tomorrow. Went to the program given by the Zoellner Quartet this evening. The funniest thing happened. Amandus broke a string on his violin and then said something so loud that I could hear him. I thought maybe he would laugh after he said it but he didn’t. 14. Mrs. Stevenson spoke at Sunday School this morning. Then I came home and wrote letters. The weather is so disagreeable that we couldn’t be out very much. Wish it was spring. 15. Tonight the second number on the Lecture Course was given by Dr. George La Monte Cole, but I went to the Pastime instead. My! but the pictures were good. 16. Watched Jeff and Anita all the time until finally saw them starting upstairs. I went up after them, and found that they had gone to Ilamline Hall. Listened quite a while, but found that it wasn’t a joke in chapel they were going to pull off. Miss Ingersoll left for California. 17. Big doings in chapel this morning. All the football men received sweaters. Gee! but they look swell. Dr. Schell made a nice little speech about each one. Wish someone would give me one of the sweaters to wear. 18. Band gave a concert this evening, and the proceeds will go towards buying new music. We girls sure had some time. Tried to get the Winters boy to wink at us, but he would only smile. 19. Packed my trunk this morning and will start for home this afternoon to spend Xmas vacation. Now watch me! I ’ll bet I have a date every night. JANUARY 5. You ought to have seen the trucks at the depot. They sure were loaded down from every train. I’m glad to be back even though I did have such a good time while I was home. Only snowed one night so that I couldn’t have a date. I’m sure sleepy now. THE Photographs of all the groups, and half the individuals in this book were made by C. Herbert Dyall College Photographer The Pictures Speak for themselves 6. Tried to study all day, but made a complete failure. Don’t believe I can ever get to work again. 7. Got my German lesson so well today that I was complimented in class. Believe I could pass for a German if I wanted to. 8. We sure had harmony in chapel this morning. Prof. Johnson was wearing a red necktie, and Flora Baldwin was bedecked in a red dress. 9. We had singing galore this evening. The Men’s Glee Club gave their home concert and they only broke down eight or nine times. Nit. Bill Lodwick, who took the chair off the platform at Morning Sun, had invented a hammerless piano, and when Miss Lymer tried to strike the first chord his invention wouldn’t work. Everything went fine until they fed that Smith fellow Mrs. Winslow’s Soothing Syrup, and after that his voice and the color of his face changed. Poor fellow! I’ll bet he sleeps all right tonight. 10. Eva Wilson was the lucky girl today. She had a date. She went walking. Gee! but she was tickled. 11. Eva must have had another date this morning. She was late for Sunday School. The Men’s Glee Club sang in church. John Davis was the only one that wasn’t there. Suppose he had to sing a solo at one of the other churches. 12. 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First basketball game of the season this evening. Hope we win. Hurrah! Hurrah! I could jump up and down, I’m so tickled. I’ve got a date. I’m sure going to yell at the game. 17. We won too. Just mopped up with Des Moines. Sure was funny to see “Pete” double up when he shot for a basket. Our fellows played fine. They certainly worked hard. The Juniors played the Seniors this afternoon and what a game they had. The score was 12 to 12 at the end of the first half, and then when the game ended the Juniors had only one more point than the Seniors. 18. Snowed all day. Will be good sleighing if it only keeps on a little while longer. 19. Miss Rader entertained twice today. The august Senior girls at three o’clock and the Junior girls at nine-thirty. It’s a good thing she didn’t have them both at the same time, for maybe there wouldn’t have been any Miss Rader by now. 20. Had a fine thaw today. Everything is wet and muddy. The chapel looks all nice and clean though. 21. 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Another case today. The other girls are getting over theirs nicely now, and can eat pickles and olives again. 27. Chapel was the shortest this morning I ever knew it to be. Someone had put pepper in the faculty song books and the Bible. I just bet anything that George Beal and Prof. Koch did it. They looked guilty when the Dean started to sneeze. Katherine Druse was elected to take Aimee Core’s place as House President as Aimee will not be in school next semester. The Seniors and Juniors are to exchange everything tonight. 28. The two upper classes looked mighty happy in chapel this morning. I’ll bet it was funny to see them carrying in their stuff. Dr. Lymer acted as arbitrator. H e had to tell the anxious Seniors three times to return home before they could understand what he meant. 29. Had to study for exams. Gee! but I’m tired tonight. 30. Just exams all day. 31. Exams all over today. Another date to the basketball game. We won the game from Lombard. FEBRUARY 1. 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Russell Barnett was on time at supper tonight. Did somebody set his watch ahead of time? 6. We got on. Gee! but I’m glad. Stanley gets to represent us in the State Oratorical Contest. 7. We were entertained by the orchestra and “King” in chapel this morning. Whenever the orchestra rested “King” played right on. Dr. Lymer seemed pleased with the work of the orchestra, but not with the efforts of the accompanist. 8. Gosh, but it’s cold. I didn’t get up until John had a good fire going and even then I almost froze. Too cold to go to church. 9. Another girl unable to eat pickles. I hope that I never will have the pesky mumps. 10. Dr. Sternberg was certainly a busy man today. Almost every girl in the Hall was vaccinated. I was vaccinated three years ago and haven’t been able to use the little finger on my left hand since. You don’t catch me trying it again. 31. Elijah and Ruth had a nice date this morning. 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I pity the fellow if Prexy ever gets hold of him. 15. Nice enough day for Stan and Viola to take a walk in the afternoon. They usually do. Wish I had someone that I could take a stroll with occasionally. 16. Coach Beal sat at our table for supper. 1 11 bet his girl back home wishes he wasn’t so far away. Wonder if he writes long letters. 17. Got a nice lecture this morning in chapel. Dr. Lymer told us that the trustees were coming tomorrow, and that he wanted everything to happen in its natural order. The girls said that last year some of the Seniors were covered with flour on the day that the trustees came. 18. Trustees were here all right. Everybody sat real quiet and acted as though something was going to happen, hut nothing did. 19. Have studied quite a lot this week. Hope the teachers will appreciate my efforts and give me a good grade. 20. The Juniors and Seniors played their second basketball today. Jeff played some game and the Seniors came out ahead. Howard Goehring said, ‘‘Hush, let’s don’t talk about it.” 21. This was the funniest day. Everything went wrong. It started wrong, when Laird and Ruth didn’t have a date after chapel. Then I tried to eat peas at dinner with my knife and dropped the knife, peas and all on the floor in a juggling act. 22. Well, I guess nobody went strolling today. Almost everybody went home. Say, that Mr. Ballew must have some case on Martha. He has had a date every night since he got acquainted. MSKgP wim' . Of.'x ' ' -Li-'.y • •' :' i wv mm ; ■.{ys'ijl mm$i 23. Too cold to be out very much. Several people find Hamline and Philo Halls to be very useful this kind of weather. Wonder if Miss Rader advises them to go there. 24. The “K line” train was twenty-seven hours late yesterday. Had to open the draw-bridge on the bridge two miles south of town and then they couldn’t get it shut. 26. Held Y. W. election this afternoon. Jeannette Buck was elected president. 27. Golly! but we had a real speaker in chapel today. He seemed to be wound up, voice, gestures and all, only sometimes the voice and gestures didn’t work together. He lost one word, but found it in a little while on the floor to the right of the pulpit. 28. Prof. Johnson is some politician. Miss Baldwin received some flowers this morning, and then of course she had to take a walk with him in the afternoon, even though she didn’t want to go. MARCH 1. My, but some of the Junior girls were excited today. They found out that an old Prof, by the name of Behymer was to be married today. They wanted to write a letter of sympathy to his wife but Miss Rader wouldn’t let them. 2. The basketball team went to Knox today. They sure will have to go some if they win. Somebody called Maude Calhoun and told her to blow out the arc light on the corner before she went to her room. 3. Knox did win the game last night. They sure have some team. Fern Walker told me today about Prof. Johnson falling off his chair in class one day this spring. I’ll bet he looked funny when he got up. 4. Saw some small things falling out of the lower north window of the Conservatory this morning. Wanted to find out what they were so went over and there under the window was a big pile of chewing gum which had come out of Dr. Leist’s window. Somebody ought to learn to raise chewing gum in the garden. This Annual was Printed and Bound by the lEnntnmg Advertising (Unmpang IOWA CITY, IOWA This Year’s Annuals Printed by us Cornell College, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. “The Royal Purple,” Buena Vista College, Storm Lake, Iowa. “The Rudder,” Plattcville Normal School, Platteville, Wis. “The 1914 Pioneer.” Ellsworth College, Iowa Falls, Iowa. “The 1915 Web.” Simpson College, Indianola, Iowa. “1915 Zenith.” Central College, Pella, Iowa. “1915 Pelican.” Fairfield High School, Fairfield, Iowa. “1914 Quill.” Leander Clark College, Toledo, Iowa. “Cardinal ’15.” Crescent College and Conservatory, Eureka Springs, Ark. “The Crescent,” J14. Parsons College, Fairfield, Iowa. “The 1915 Peira.” Iowa Wesleyan College, Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. “The 1915 Croaker. ’ ’ Manchester High School, Manchester, Iowa. Spirit Lake High School, Spirit Lake, Iowa. Albia High School, Albia, Iowa. “Screech 1914.” Monroe High School, Monroe, Iowa. “The Comet,” 1914. Corning High School, Corning, Iowa. Boone High School, Boone, Iowa. “The 1914 Scroll.” Storm Lake High School, Storm Lake, la. ‘ ‘ The Breeze. ’ ’ WE REFER YOU TO ANY OF THESE iiuiiiiiiiiiiiuiiiuiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiiniiiiiiiiinii CORRESPONDENCE INVITED 5. Delegation left for the State Oratorical Contest at Des Moines. Wouldn’t it be fine if Stanley could win this year? 6. Hurrah! Stan won the State Contest. Viola was so happy that she cried. Nearly all the girls left the Hall after we got the report but Miss Rader didn’t want them to. Some of boys hauled boxes from down town with Mr. Laut-erbach’s wagon, and we 5y.%tc_ had two big bonfires on the campus. Some of the girls were awful mad because their men didn’t come out to celebrate. 7. Had a big “Pep” meeting at chapel. Classes dismissed for the rest of the day. Everybody met 178 to see the people from the contest. The men with purple and white sweaters hauled Stanley and his father all around up town in a purple and white carriage. It was awful muddy but we all waded through it. Enjoyed every minute of the celebration, had a date part of the time. 8. The smoke from the bonfires is nearly all cleared away. Heard today that they were going to take up a collection to pay Mr. Lauterbach for his wagon. 9. Julius Winters’ band gave a concert in the chapel. One of the men looked like he was trying to swallow his horn, but Fimmen said that he was playing a slide trombone and it just looked that way. 10. I guess Parsons feels sort of squelched, for their man only got fifth place in the state. 11. Think Dr. Leist is going to crack another joke some day. Saw his mouth giving indications of mirth in chapel. 12. The Croaker Staff passed around slips in chapel for us to sign if we wanted a Croaker. 1 ordered a leather one. Bet they won’t get any jokes on me. 13. The Sophomores had their Preliminary Debate tonight. School is an awful grind. 14. Someone here from Galesburg today. Went to Quo Vadis in the afternoon. At night we didn’t. My, but I had a good time. When we were at Westfall’s Dr. Schell came in with Miss Rader and Miss Baldwin and sucked straws with the rest of us. 15. Sunday. Went down the “K line” today. Saw Mr. Truitt and Hazel down on the second bridge. 16. Worked all afternoon getting ready for the “Boom.” The Freshman stunt was the best. 17. Dr. Leist didn’t like the “Boom.” The Beta house caught on fire. We all got out of class to watch it burn, but were disappointed. 18. Came to English late today, and Prof, bawled me out. I just hate him. The oratory class gave a recital in the afternoon. 19. I was talking to Percy right after chapel. He acted awful sleepy, said he worked down at the restaurant until mid—night. Didn’t believe it, because I found a long brown hair on his right coat sleeve. I believe Percy’s pretty nice. 20. We debated Simpson and Upper Iowa this evening, but lost both debates two to one. Eva hated it awful. 21. Dr. Lymer punished us because we lost the debate by making us sing 409. 22. Went to church this morning. All the Hall Parlors are in demand as it is pretty cold. Some of the girls were sore about them. 23. Packed a few of my clothes today. Got three letters from Illinois today. He’s crazy for me to come over again. 24. Sang 409 again in chapel. I got called down for not studying, but I was tired out. 25. I didn’t go to chapel, but Nell told me they sang 409 again. 26. Was asked for a date tonight. Didn’t want to go to the lecture, but went and had a good time. 27. Slim attendance at chapel. Everybody goes home. APRIL 6. Back again, and tired out. Oh, the time I had at home! About feel like I could never study again. 7. Am going to quit keeping my diary, as I don’t have enough time, and besides I’m afraid I might lose it. Have been having “oodles” of dates. SOME FACTS Lodwiek: “From the way Jordan and “Batty” Powers are running around together, I believe that they have a pretty bad case.” Florence Seeley: “Well, Bill, if they have a bad case what do you call what we have?” “Judge” Hale: “Say, man, but I have a sore knee.” Student: “Who have you been holding on it?” “Judge”: “Don’t you know?” Jordan (looking out of window in German class). Leist: “What do you see out there of such importance, Mr. Jordan?” Jordan: “Ackerson’s got a date.” Leist: “You’re excusable.” C ourageous R are 0 bserving A ble K ingly E xcellent R ich S mart T rained A cceptable F air F aithful “That’s Us” « tl?£ ’15 Clroah r is JKmtsljeii When the Fifteen Croaker is finished And the last bit of gossip’s been told, When every student has bought one And every copy’s been sold: We shall rest, and faith, we shall need it, Sit down for a day or two Till the students of Iowa Wesleyan Shall see what the Juniors can do. And those who read shall praise it, As they look at the snaps so clear And see the ridiculous pictures Caught when no one was thought to be near. They shall see their own pictures in it, Sophomores, Seniors and all, And those not stung shall praise it For nothing they’ll find to blame, Except a few roasts that may hit them And the secret of wide published fame. For nothing shall slip by the Juniors But all in the book shall be known, And every student shall marvel When the Croaker of fifteen is shown. e K. D. ANOTHER YEAR OF IOWA WESLEYAN’S HISTORY HAS BEEN RECORDED—HER SPIRIT, ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS, EVERY PHASE OF OUR COLLEGE LIFE HAVE BEEN TOUCHED. IT IS THE HOPE OF THE 1915 CROAKER STAFF THAT EACH YEAR TO COME WILL DEMAND A LARGER AND MORE NOBLE VOLUME TO FITLY RECORD HER PROGRESS. iVxttnarapha