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

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 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

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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.”

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 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