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

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 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'

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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