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09 PUBLICATION by THE « CLASS of 1919, IN WHICH WE HAVE ATTEMPTED TO PAINT A TRUE PICTURE OF THE LIFE AND SPIRIT OF OUR ALMA MATER Iowa Wesleyan College To do our part, toward the growth a?id development of a Greater Iowa Wesleyan: To picture life at Wesleyan as it really is: To make our appreciation for the things received here a little truer: To make our loyalty to our Alma Mater a little stronger; and To weave so?ne fun among the facts: These have been our aim. £o Cfje J3elobeb on of 3foUm Wttiltpan tobo Ijabe placet) tljeir libes on tlje altar of sacrifice anti carriet) tfje emblem of fjumanitp •to tfje battle front, toe reberentlp bebicate tfjis iBook Edwin A. Schell, Ph.D., D.D. Phi Kappa Psi OUR PRFSIDENT I ■ ■ OttD ■ THE 1919 CROAKER Officers of ministration Hugh A. Cole, President Hoard of Trustees Adam Weir, Chairman Executive Committee Herbert N. Jeffrey Field Secretary Thomas J. Myers T reasurcr THE 191 9 CROAKER poarb of trustees Edwin A. Schell, Ph. I)., D. D., Ex Officio Term Expires 1921 C. S. Rogers, M. S.........................Mt. Pleasant E. T. Willits..............................Mt. Pleasant Hox. W. I. Babb, LL. D.....................Aurora, 111. Hon. YV. B. Seeley, LL. B..................Mt. Pleasant T. S. Pool.................................Mt. Pleasant Hon. J. F. Deems............,.................Burlington W. A. Hanna.....................................Danville Term Expires 1920 Hox. Gardner Covvli-s, A. M.............Des Moines George L. Mix ear, D. D.....................Oskaloosa W. J. Steckei..............................Bloomfield C. L. Tennant, D. D.......................Centerville Chris Haw ....................................Ottumwa Thomas Osborx. D. D. (Secretary)........Mt. Pleasant George T. Pulliam.............................Moulton Term Expires 1919 E. J. Shook, D. D.......................Mt. Pleasant Mrs. M. B. Hustox.......................Mt. Pleasant Carl S. Williams, M. S. (Vice-President) Chicago, ill. H. F. Gilbert, D. D........................Washington T. J. Myers, I). D. (Treasurer)........Mt. Pleasant J. W. Neasham.................................Ottumwa Hox. H. M. Havxer, LL. B..................... Marengo Term Expires 1918 W. F. Kopp, M. S........................Mt. Pleasant U. S. Smith, D. I).........................Muscatine W. P. Stoddard, D. D.........................Grinncll Hugh A. Cole, LL. B. (President)........Chicago, 111. Hox. W. S. Withrow, M. S................Mt. Pleasant Adam Weir ..............................Mt. Pleasant H. L. McGrew............................Mt. Pleasant - w Reemt E. Luebbers, Ph. D., D. D. Economics and Sociology Dean Sigma Phi Epsilon THE 1919 Arthur L. Eaton Latin and Greek; Registrar A. B., Black Hills College 1896 A. M., University of Chicago 1917 Beta Theta Pi CROAKER Harriet L. Barber Education; Dean of Women B. S., Columbia University 1901 A. M., Columbia University 1911 THE 1919 CROAKER Lucy Adelaide Booth Professor of History A. B., Ohio Wesleyan University 1885 A. M., Ohio State University 1892 Ph. I)., 1894 Phi Beta Kappa John W. Edwards Professor of Chemistry and Physics B. S., Ohio Wesleyan University 1895 A. M., Tuft’s College 1897 Phi Delta Theta THE 1919 CROAKER Florence McKirrin Librarian Diploma, Washington University Summer Library School, 1906 Library School, University of Iowa, 1908 Henry G. Leist Professor of German A. B., Central Wesleyan College 1892 A. M., 1895. Graduate Student University of Berlin, 1895-1897 D. D., Iowa Wesleyan University 1909 THE 1919 CROAKER n Kate Hull Instructor in Home Economics Home Economics Diploma, Iowa State Teachers College 1914 A. B., Iowa Wesleyan 1916 Charles M. Rauch Professor of Psychology and Philosophy A. B., Wabash College 1897 A. M., Princeton University 1900 D. I)., Iowa Wesleyan College 1917 THE 1910 CROAKER Ruth ScKREIXER Instructor in English and Latin A. B., Iowa Wcslcyaji College 1915 Phi Mu Harry E. Jaques Professor of Biology B, S., Iowa Wesleyan University 1911 M. S., Ohio State University 1917 Kappa Delta Psi THE 1010 CROAKER Minnie B. King Principal of Academy and Instructor in French A. B., Heijmuth College, Ontario, 1886 Leroy B. White Professor of Mathematics A. B., Kalamazoo College 1903 A. B., Chicago University 1903 A. M., Chicago University 1910 THE 1919 CROAKER J. W. Blair Professor of English A. B., Tabor College 1900 A. M., Washburn College 1904 A. M., Kansas University 1911 Kappa Delta Psi Mary P. Warhurst Professor of Oratory A. B., Iowa Wesleyan 1917 B. E., Columbia College of Expression 1912 Omicron Sigma Pi THE 1919 CROAKER A. Rommel Dean Conservatory of Music THE 1919 CROAKER Flora Baldwin Instructor in Vocal Music New England Conservatory of Music Pupil of James Saurage, Isidore Luck-stone, and G. Magnus Shcctz, New York L. L. S.MELSER Instructor in Violin Simpson College 1897-99 Chicago Musical College American Conservatory, Chicago Student under Listzmann, Butler, and Drake THE 1919 CROAKER Dear Bud: You know when father told me he teas going to take me to Mt. Pleasant and show me the little town where he went to school, I was afraid I would he terribly bored— but I am having the time of my life. Polly and I took this picture just as we were coming on to the campus. Don't you think it is pretty? There was a nice old man —I called him Dad”—that took us around and shozved us everything. We took another picture from the same place we took this one. It is— THE 1010 CROAKER —Hershey Hall, where all the girls stay. Just the way it looks, I know it must be a grand place. I'll tell you a secret. You know I am going to go East this fall to school. Well, wouldn’t be a bit peeved if father would send me here. From what Polly says it just seems like everyone is acquainted and just get along fine. Long before I teas ready to go, we had to go up the long winding tvalk that leads to the— THE 1919 CROAKER —Pioneer Building, which is awful old. By this time “Dud” and I were well acquainted and he told me something about this building. My! it must be a hundred years old—and they use it every day. It seems funny to think that when it was new one of the professors lived in one of the rooms upstairs ivith his family. It looks so small beside the— THE 1919 CROAKER i ;! —■Main Building, but both of them arc built in such a quaint fashion and looking so very inviting, though I must confess there are lots of things I would rather do than study. The east room on the third floor used to be the chapel during the time of the Civil War, but now it is used for a museum. I should like to have a whole day just to go through it. And, horrors! Downstairs were some of the ugliest things. Toads! I can see them yet. They have the— —College Bell in the middle of the campus, but they don't ring it any more. Isn't that a shame? I would much rather have it call me to class than an impertinent little buzzer. One year the fellows carried it clear out of town and it was there all winter—but the best was when they sent the clapper to Senator Harlan at Washington, D. C. first class mail, with all the postage due. IVasn't that some joke? The bell is real close to the— —Chapel. The students have to go every day at a quarter of ten for a short service and hear the announcements of the faculty. Polly says the students used to cut chapel something awful, until the faculty made some strict rules and made them come. The Seniors have to sit right under a dome-like affair, which makes a dandy place to let confetti and things down on them. I'd like to do it some time. When ive went out of the building, we went right through the big pipe organ, and came over to the— THE 1919 CROAKER —Conservatory of Music, which used to be the main building of the old German College. It has been moved somewhere in Missouri, and the buildings left for IVes-leyan. Dr. Rommel, who is at the head of the department, is just a splendid man and I talked a long time with him—but I was scared at first. Talk about ghosts! IVe looked into the cellar of this building and everything ivas full of cobwebs and things. I expected a regular Klu Klux Klan to come out and get us any minute. Just south of the Conservatory is the— THE 1919 CROAKER —German Chapel, which hasn't been used for a long time. Some day. the college authorities are going to remodel it and make a library out of it. It icill make a dandy library—and of course they will be using it then. Polly always gets in a hurry and literally dragged me from the campus and took me up town. On our way there we passed the— CROAKER —City Library, which the students use so much. They are there studying all the time and I guess at the first of the year, when a new Dean of Women comes, that the girls from the I lull have to go to the City Library every evening to study. I ivondcr ivhy? Mrs. McKibbin, who is the librarian at the College, had charge here for a long time so that she certainly know's the work. This picture is of the P. E. O. Fountain dozen town. P. E. O. was founded at Wesleyan and this was erected by the original chapter and given to the town. It adds much to the beauty of the park and often reminds the loyal sisters of their beloved organization. Wasn 't it A lice in Wonderland that told the king's court that they wire only a pack of cards ? That is the zOfly with my rambling letter like a book”, but I cannot fairly describe zvhat I have seen. You must see it. Au revoir. Bab. 'By every hill whose stately pines Wave their dark arms above The home lehere some fair being shines, To warm the wilds with love, From barest rock to bleakest shore Where farthest sail unfurls, 1'hat stars and stripes are streaming o’er,— God bless our Yankee girls!” THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1010 CROAKER Rilea W. Doe Mt. Pleasant Beta Theta Pi Football “W” ’14, ’15, ’16, ’17 Captain Athletic Council ’14, ’15, ’16 President Senior Class Glee Club ’15, '16, ’17 Manager Managing Editor Wesleyan News ’15 Assistant Business Manager ’17 Officer in Charge of Military Drill Dramatic Club Iota Phi Much like a steam entjine in trousers” Mae Shipley New London Pi Beta Phi Hypatia Assistant Librarian Assistant Teacher in Academy “Why don't the men propose, mamma, Why don't the men propose?” Mabel E. Core Barnes City Phi Mu Hypatia Glee Club ’15, ’17, ’IS Manager Glee Club ’18 A twinkle in her eye, a twinkle in her feet, .7 jolly little tjirl as you will chance to meet.” CROAKER Luther W. Heller Wayland Phi Delta Theta Hamlinc President ’18 Business Manager Wesleyan News '18 Senior Class Play Iota Phi He’d wake a good senator ” Katharine Schell Mt. Pleasant Alpha Phi Hypatia President ’17 Glee Club ’IS, ’17 Executive Board Red Cross Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’16 Wesleyan News Staff ’18 Iota Phi Ruth Holiday Grandview Phi Mu Hypatia Wesleyan News Staff ’17 Assistant Editor ’18 Vice-President Y. W. C. A. ’18 Girls’ Debating Team Iota Phi A (hip off the old block.1 My wind to we a kingdom is: THE WW CROAKER Violet Ashe Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’17 A perfect woman nobly planned To warn, to comfort, and command.” Ruth Phillips Mt. Pleasant Here’s to the maiden of bashful sixteen.” Paul O. Sandmeyer Mt. Vernon, Mo. Kappa Delta Psi Hamlinc Iota Phi Pi Kappa Delta Freshman Debate ’16 President Sophomore Class ’16 Instructor Commercial School President Y. M. C. A. ’IS Dramatic Club ’IS College Debate ’IS Glee Club ’18 President Student Senate ’IS Heaven bless thee. Thou hast the fairest face I e’er looked on.” ''M THE 1919 CROAKER P UL L. Ratliff Mt. Pleasant Phi Delta Theta Hamline Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’18 Don’t worry about your work: do what you can. Let the rest go and smile all the time.” Susie Spee$ Birmingham Hypatia Iota Phi Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’18 Honor System 'IS Dramatic Club ’IS Instructor Mt. Pleasant High School Send him to war, Susie, he'll come back a different man.” Harold Gooch Ottumwa Football '14. '15, ’16, '17 Baseball ’14, ’15 So sense has he of ills to come, So cares beyond today.” THE 1010 CROAKER Philip C. Logan- Mt. Pleasant Beta Theta Pi Phjlomathean Debate ’15 Business Manager Wesleyan News ’16 Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’16 Glee Club ’17 Athletic Council '18 Iota Phi “I want (who dors not want) a shield To solace all the woes of the battlefield” Edward Weston Mt. Pleasant Sigma Phi Epsilon Philomathcan Editor-in-Chief 1917 Croaker Editor Wesleyan News '17 Football Basketball U. S. Army “Success comes in cans. A good stock on hand.” Marie Phillips Mt. Pleasant “We can only be valued As we make ourselves valuable.” THE 1919 CROAKER P UL L. Ratliff Mt. Pleasant Phi Delta Theta Hamline Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’18 Don’t worry about your work: do what you can. Let the rest go and smile all the time.” Susie Spee$ Birmingham Hypatia Iota Phi Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’18 Honor System 'IS Dramatic Club ’IS Instructor Mt. Pleasant High School Send him to war, Susie, he'll come back a different man.” Harold Gooch Ottumwa Football '14. '15, ’16, '17 Baseball ’14, ’15 So sense has he of ills to come, So cares beyond today.” THE m ) CROAKER Mabel Walker New London Hypatia Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’IS Secretary and Treasurer of Senior Class Assistant Librarian ’18 Stone •walls do not a prison make Nor library work a bookworm.” Howard Ballew Moulton Sigma Phi Epsilon Football ’14, ’15, ’16 Captain Glee Club ’16, ’17 Assistant Biology ’18 “He thinks too much: such men are dangerous. N. B. Not now. Carrie Wentworth Brighton Phi Mu Hypatia She has lovers in every land. THE 1010 CROAKER Frances Toothacre Burlington Phi Mu Hypatia Glee Club ’15, '17 Y. W. C. A. Cabinet As quiet as a mouse is she And yet no trap has caught her.” H. C. Fraser Mt. Pleasant' Sigma Nu Hamline Iota Phi Chaplain U. S. Army Felicitous in vocabulation.” Ruth IIeppe Newton Pi Beta Phi Graduate Conservatory of Music A splendid brain whose cover is a curly head.” Elsie Noble Wayland Clionian Graduate Conservatory of Music True as the dial of the sun” - CROAKER Wit kpm When our grandfolks all were young As the Wcsleyans arc today A little college came to life On the plains of Iowa. It hadn’t any money And it hadn’t any style, But it made for education And it came to stay awhile. Oh, they tramped on foot To this college on the plain, They skimped and they worked And saved up to come again. They wore homespun clothes, And they lived on pork and corn, For of persevering stuff True Wesleyans are born. Yes, they set the sands astir In the hourglass of fame And every year we’ll turn it up And start it, new again. For every grain’s for honor And every glint’s for worth, 'Flic treasures that abounding, Shine out on Wesleyan’s hearth. Oh, we’ll ride or we’ll walk, It matters not at all, For the poor and the rich Find a home in Wesleyan’s halls, We will strive for grander heights, Better women, stronger men, And while we work and fight We’ll shout for Wesleyan. Flora Baldwin. THE 1919 CROAKER Juniors. THE 1919 CROAKER Wayne L. Peterson Olds Phi Delta Theta Hamline Secretary to the Dean ’16 Secretary to the President '17 Editor-in-Chief 1919 Croaker President Hamline ’17 President Junior Class Iota Phi “You can fool all the people part of the time And part of the people all the time, But you can’t fool all the people all the time.” Vida Martin Centerville Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean Treasurer Y. W. C. A. ’16 Y. Y. C. A. Cabinet ’17 Treasurer Ruthean ’16 President House Council '18 Treasurer Red Cross '18 Student Honor Committee Iota Phi “She is neat, she is sweet. From her bonnet to her feet. Ellen Gardner Wellman Pi Beta Phi Ruthean Glee Club ’16, ’17 President Ruthean 'IS Secretary Ruthean ’16 “If ladies be but younej and fair They have the ejift to know it. THE 1919 CROAKER Roma B. Irons Mt. Pleasant Phi Mu Hypatia Glee Club ’16, ’17 Iota Phi “She thinks: and she know that she thinks, and •what she thinks, and why.” Arthur Ollivier Albia Kappa Delta Psi Philomathean President '18 Freshman Debate ’16 College Debate ’17 Wesleyan News Staff ’17 Student Honor Committee ’IS Assistant Editor 1919 Croaker Pi Kappa Delta Iota Phi Man delights not we, nor woman either. Lucretia Turkin'ctox Columbus Junction Hypatia Treasurer ’18 ■ “A never failing student who puts pep into her work.” THE 1919 CROAKER Earl E. White Mt. Pleasant Sigma Phi Epsilon Hamline Secretary ’17 Freshman Debate ’16 Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’18 Assistant Chemist ’18 Wesleyan News Staff '18 President Forensic League ’18 Business Manager 1919 Croaker Iota Phi “It's a knowing man who knows enough to know there’s a lot he doesn’t know.” Burxice Grooms Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Hypatia Artist 1919 Croaker A second Jeanette Rankin.” Genevieve Morrow New London Pi Beta Phi Ruthean Glee Club ’16, ’17 President Y. W. C. A. ’18 Vice-President Hcrshey Hall ’18 Iota Phi Men are such squashy things: They look well enough but they won’t wear.” THE 1919 CROAKER Lora Buck Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthcan President ’18 Graduate School of Music '16 Forensic League ’18 Dramatic Club '18 Wesleyan News Staff ’16 “So wise, so young, “She cannot live long—single.” Gladys Weaver Mt. Pleasant Omicron Sigma Pi Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Glee Club “She is a girl who does her own thinking and needs hut little advice. Ernest E. Newquist Dudley Kappa Delta Psi Hamlinc Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’17 Assistant Business Manager The 1919 Croaker Editor Wesleyan News ’IS President-elect Y. M. C. A. Iota Phi Dramatic Club ’18 “I often tell myself that there is more in me than people think. THE 1919 CROAKER Katharine Firebaugh Pi Beta Phi Ruthean Dramatic Club ’18 Wesleyan News Staff ’18 “Generally speaking, a ‘woman speaking. Edward W. Day Sigma Chi Coach of Athletics “A man must devote some of his things than study.” Lilian McGrew Hypatia Phi Mu “My Mt. Pleasant is generally Mt. Pleasant time to other Mt. Pleasant mother's parrot. THE 1010 CROAKER Florence Weaver Mt. Pleasant Omicron Sigma Pi RutHean Vice-President ’18 Iota Phi “.I woman convinced against her will is of the same opinion still. Frances Jamison Oakville Phi Mu Hypatia Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’17 President Sophomore Class President Pan-Hellenic ’18 Social Chairman Hershey Hall ’18 Official Board Red Cross Dramatic Club Iota Phi She smiles on many just for fun. Orville C. Dean Mt. Pleasant Phi Delta Theta Hamline Football '17, 18 Captain-elect Basketball ’15, ’16, ’17 Captain Track ’16 Band Freshman Football ’16 time for a thoughtless man to “It’s a waste of think. THE 1919 CROAKER Grace Hacie Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean Wesleyan News Staff ’18 Highest desire and ambition in life—to be plump.” Lloyd E. Moats Grant City, Mo. Sigma Phi Epsilon Harlan Oratorical Contest Freshman Football ’15 Dramatic Club '18 What 1 have been taught, I have forgotten. What I know, I guessed.” Florence Truxell Mt. Pleasant Ruthean Vice-President ’18 With an eye to see life’s sunniest side.” THE 1919 CROAKER Frank J. Snider Kalona Sigma Phi Epsilon Hamline Athletic Council ’17 Freshman Football Captain Football '1(5, ’17 Track 'IS, '16 Glee Club '16, '17 Rest first and then work.” Annette Iles Mt. Pleasant Omicron Sigma Pi Y. W. C. A. Cabinet '18 Student Senate ’IS Iota Phi Director Red Cross A very quiet girl whom you must not judge by the amount of noise she makes” Pauline Gilfillan Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Hypatia Dramatic Club If she be there, there is happiness too.” THE 1010 CROAKER Edgar B. Carson Fremont Sigma Phi Epsilon Hamlinc President Freshman Class Yell Leader ’17, ’18 Better be dead than serious Lucille Robertson New London Omicron Sigma Pi Hypatia Dramatic Club '18 Treasurer Junior Class ’18 Red Cross Executive Board ’18 Tell me, pretty maiden, are there any more at home like you?” Sherman Oatman Sigma Phi Epsilon Football ’16, ’17 Glee Club '14, ’15, ’16 Unit R, Hospital Corps Mt. Pleasant THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Glenn M. Frye West Burlington Beta Theta Pi Hamline Freshman Oratorical Contest ’15 Freshman Debate '15 College Debate ’18 President Sophomore Class Glee Club '18 Lucille Pontius Memphis, Mo. Pi Beta Phi Hypatia Mae Johnson Winfield Alpha Xi Delta Ruthcan THE 1019 CROAKER Louise Reaxey Columbus Junction Phi Mu Hypatia Wallace Carpenter Mt. Pleasant Sigma Phi Epsilon Hamline Dramatic Club Bessie Green What Cheer Omicron Sigma Pi Hypatia V. W. C. A. Cabinet ’IS Assistant Librarian ’17 Freshman Oratorical Contest ’16 I. THE 1919 CROAKER Gladys Greesox Richland Alpha Xi Delta Hypatia Helen Crabbe Pi Beta Phi Ruthean New London Harold H. Ward Salem Hamline Band Football ’16 Glee Club '18 Orchestra ’18 THE 1919 CROAKER Otis W. Dean Mt. Pleasant Phi Delta Theta Hamline College Band ’IS Basketball MS Helen Osborn Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean Y. W. C. A. Cabinet MS Girls’ Debating Team ’17 Dramatic Club M8 Rachel Lee Hypatia Nanking, China — THE 1919 CROAKER Mamie Peterson Olds Phi Mu Hypatia Band '18 Orchestra ’18 House Council ’17 House President ’18 Karl Ellis Delta Kappa Delta Psi Hamline First Place Freshman Oratorical Contest ’17 Winner Harlan Contest ’17 College Debate ’18 Iota Phi Pi Kappa Delta Pauline Scott Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean Glee Club B. M., School of Music ’16 THE 1919 CROAKER Claude Heckman Ottumwa Sigma Phi Epsilon Hamline Director College Band ’17, ’18 Director Orchestra ’17, ’18 Iota Phi Marie Nehre Batavia Pi Beta Phi Ruthcan Glee Club ’17, ’18 Dramatic Club Paul L. Sterner Mt. Pleasant Kappa Delta Psi Hamline Tennis Association President ’17 Glee Club ’18 Athletic Council ’18 Lieutenant Military School Instructor Commercial School CROAKER THE 1919 Marie Walker Pi Beta Phi Ruthean Batavia Dorothy Lamme Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Hypatia Glee Club ’17 Asst. Manager ’18 Wesleyan News Staff '18 Treasurer Sophomore Class Josephine Vandall Osceola Omicron Sigma Pi Ruthean Dramatic Club ’18 THE 1919 CROAKER Jessie MacMillan Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Hypatia Myrtle Pierson Burlington Berdine Coles Mt. Pleasant Oinicron Sigma Pi Ruthean Secretary 18 Dramatic Club ’18 11 f 4 THE 1919 CROAKER IIazle Ballew Hypatia Phi Mu Moulton Lloyd M. Nye Agency Kappa Delta Psi Hamline Freshman Oratorical Contest ’17 Instructor Commercial School U. S. Army Esther Gilfillax Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Ruthean THE 1919 CROAKER William C. Perdew Ottumwa Kappa Delta Psi Hamline Iota Phi Freshman Oratorical Contest ’17 Gospel Team ’17 Freshman Football ’16 Y. M. C. A. Cabinet ’IS Student Senate ’18 Glee Club ’IS Dramatic Club ’18 Bonnie Grooms Mt. Pleasant Alpha Xi Delta Hypatia Glee Club ’17 Florence Smith Birmingham Phi Mu Hypatia Y. W. C. A. Cabinet ’17 THE 1919 CROAKER Laura Nigkolaus Mt. Pleasant Ruthean Mt. Pleasant Secretary ’17 Richard H. Whitney Mt. Pleasant Phi Delta Theta Hamline Secretary ’18 Vice-President Sophomore Class Dramatic Club ’IS Vera Payne Hypatia THE 1919 CROAKER Mary Spry Ruthean Mt. Pleasant Vera Hartley Alpha Xi Delta Salem Marie Tomlinson Omicron Sigma Pi Ruthean Wesleyan News Staff Mt. Pleasant THE 1919 CROAKER Fay Hunter Danville Phi Mu Hypatia Graduate Conservatory of Music ’17 Warren East Seymour Kappa Delta Psi Philomathcan Glee Club ’IS THE 1919 CROAKER Russell Greek Mt. Pleasant Phi Delta Theta Hamline Hortense Jeffrey Kansas City, Mo. Delta Delta Delta Transferred from University of Nebraska Melvin G. Roth Wayland Beta Theta Pi Philomathcan Instructor Commercial School Secretary to the President U. S. Army Ila M. Glotfelty Batavia Omicron Sigma Pi Hypatia Y. W. C. A. Cabinet Secretary Dramatic Club ’18 THE 1919 CROAKER Jfor ou, 0 Bemocracp Come, I will make the continent indissoluble, I will make the most splendid race the sun ever shone upon, I will make divine magnetic lands, With the love of comrades. With the life-long love of comrades. I will plant companionship thick as trees along all the rivers of America, and along all the shores of the great lakes, and all over the prairies, I will make inseparable cities with their arms about each other’s necks, By the love of comrades, By the manly love of comrades. For you these from me, O Democracy, to serve you, ma femme For you, for you I am trilling these songs. THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Donna Allen Charles A. Kemble Carl Anderson Mildred Kemble Eva Areincdale Wesley Kettlekamp Florence Antrim Elmer Knowles Hazel Anvvyl Gladys Leach Mildred Bailey Vaughn Long Walter Carper Francis A. Longnecker Lucille Cartwright Marybelle Matthews Grace Clark Francis W. McIntosh Gladys Cline Lillian Mohr Kenneth Dameron Wilma Monger Clarence M. Daniels Kenneth H. Moomaw Marguerite Daughtery Gladys Xeiswanger McCabe Day Victor B. Xteiswanger Thelma Dayton Blanche Newell Myra De Yarman Francis E. Newquist Ruth Duncan Day Newsom Harold B. Eckey R. Glen Peterson Roscoe Eliason Thomas Poulter Leonard Feldman Frank S. Runyon Walter Eye Paul Schaffner Leah Garrett Effie Scott Violet Gardner Raymond Schaffer Dorothy Gilmore Ina Shaull Mary Haines Josephine Shearer Stephen D. Harlan Dorothy Shields Milo Harshbarger Vera Shipley Pete R. Haseltine James M. Smith Harold O. Hayes Byron Talbott William A. Hemmings Ellis Tovrea Verne Douchty Edith Thomas Maria Hess Blanche Thomas Robert Ray Hileman Ruth Watts Lois Hobson Clay M. Weir Leo Hoover Harry S. Wenger Mabel Howard Gladys Wenger Harold L. Huston XT ... T Leslie A. Wilson Neva Iles Walter L. Wilson Ina Jamison Vera Wilson Lenore Jolley Ralph Ward THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Susannah Poulter Raymond Foss Louis Johnson Ralph Sheets Louis Bassett Carol Johnson Harold Cline Beulah Van Syoc Grace Cornic Geneva Resor © ■ □■OB P ■ □ ■ □ , ■’ □ ■ □ ■ □ ■ P ■ □ ■ a ■ □ B • □ ■ a □ ■□ THE 1919 CROAKER Btamonb Jubtlee Commencement May 29-Junc 6, 1917 Tuesday, May 29 8: 00 P. m. Graduating Recital—Piano and Voice Miss Hazel Nickolaus 8:00 p. M. 10:45 a. M. 4:00 p. M. Friday, June 1 Commencement Secondary School—Address Rev. J. A. Glendbnning Sunday, June 3 Baccalaureate Sermon President Edwin A. Schell Hugh A. Cole, President Board of Trustees, Presiding Diamond Jubilee Address Hon. W. L. Harding Monday, June 4 8:00 a. m. College and Academy Examinations 2:00 p. M. Meeting Board of Trustees 2:00 p. M. to 4:00 p. M. Phi Mu Reception 4:00 p. m. to 6:00 p. m. Pi Beta Phi Alumni Reception 6:00 P. M. to 7:30 p. m. Alpha Xi Delta Dinner 7:00 p. M. Fortieth Annual Conservatory Recital Tuesday, June 5 8 : 00 A. M. College Examinations 8 : 00 a. m. Alumni Business Meeting, College Library 9:00 a. m. Meeting Board Trustees 2:00 p. M. Social Reunion 8 : 00 p. m. Senior Class Play—“The Man from Home” Wednesday, June 6 9: 50 a. m. Last Chapel Exercise 12:00 M. Alumni Luncheon, M. E. Church 3 : 30 p. M. Commencement Exercise—Add ress Hon. H. M. Havner Conferring of Degrees 8:00 p. M. President's Reception, Harlan House THE 1919 CROAKER Begreesf Conferreb tn 1917 Diamond Jubilee Honors DOCTOR OF LAWS Huber William Hurt DOCTOR James A. Glendenning James M. Brown John F. Robertson Horace B. Haskell BACHEL JEnid Beman Beulah Billingsley Emma Bloomquist J. W. Carson Jessie C. Carter Mary Creath Floyd Duncan Eva M. George Ruth Green-Fa e Hayes A. C. Heath Warren Huebner Miriam Jarvis Zella Jordan J. Harold Kemble John Lodwick Bertha McChord Harold McCullough Elmer E. Lymer DIVINITY Edward M. Freeman Harry B. Scoi.es C. M. Rauch John W. Pool OF ARTS T. J. Pettit Esther Prixtz Agnes Reaney Florence Resor Carl Roberts Edythe Rothexstein Elmer Saxdmeyer Marie Schick Anna Singer La Rue Sowers Ruth Thorson Anna Van Brussel Martha Van Brussel Earl Vandagriff Grant Venell Mary P. Warhurst Helen Weaver Lucille Whitney BACHELOR OF SCIENCE Glenn P. Campbell Ethel Forsyth Donald Lawson Archie Marsh Fred 'Fayi.or Lowell I). Thompson THE 1919 CROAKER 4 .. s-w jfootball COACH DAY When the 1917 football season opened last fall the outlook was not the most promising. In two years Wesleyan had won but one game. This, together with the fact that most of the undergraduate football stars had entered the service of the nation, made clouds hang heavy over the Wesleyan gridiron. However, Coach Day went to work with fine optimism. The ruling passed by the Iowa Conference, making Freshmen eligible for football, caused our hearts to lighten. All of the men with the exception of three Seniors and two Juniors were without college experience, and only a few of the Freshmen had had the advantage of good high school training. Coach Day came to Iowa Wesleyan with a fine record in football circles, having been chosen as All-Rockv Mountain full back while attending school at Denver University. His good-natured but thoroughly dignified bearing has done much to keep the athletics of the school going in spite of the fearful inroads caused by the war. THE 1919 CROAKER ®fje Easton Our first two games were played with the two strong Illinois teams, Lombard and Knox, the former defeating us 21 to 0, and the latter 24 to 0. Our third game resulted disastrously, Wesleyan suffering defeat at the hands of the State Teachers, 36 to 0. Some excuse for the score is found in the fact that Snider and Weir were taken from the game soon after the whistle blew. Our fourth game was our first victory over an Iowa Conference team for three seasons, Wesleyan defeating Simpson 13 to 0. At no period of the game was our goal in danger. After our fine showing against Simpson, the team took a hard trip to Rock Island, where, after dressing on a “2 by 4” intcrurban car, we were rushed on to the Augustana gridiron, meeting a 36 to 6 defeat, Haseltine making our lone touchdown. Four of Augustana’s touchdowns were made the entire length of the field by interception of forward passes. The following Friday Wesleyan met Carthage College in a game on the local field which resulted in a tie (7 to 7), our team suffering by a series of questionable decisions by the referee. Our second victory was over Highland Park, who fell at our hands defeated 14 to 0. In the Penn game at Oskaloosa, luck broke in Penn’s favor during the first five minutes of play, when they registered two touchdowns. In the second half Wesleyan came back and scored a touchdown as against a field goal by the opponents, making the final score 16 to 6. The closing game was played on Thanksgiving Day, in Mt. Pleasant, when our football machine, which had come to itself, defeated the fast 42nd Infantry team of Camp Dodge 28 to 0. This team had previously beaten Colorado College and had tied Utah University. Summing up the season, we reach the conclusion that it was a real success. Coach Day faced the problem of pitting a team of inexperienced Freshmen against teams made up for the most part of veterans. Wesleyan’s line was not outplayed during the season, the backficld being our weaker department. However, our latter games found the Purple and White interference playing a consistent brand of ball. With our big string of Freshmen with us next year, and a number of fast high school men in our squad who have their feet turned our way, Wesleyan should grab the 1918 pennant. THE 1919 CROAKER RILEA W. DOE Captain Q. B. Last season was the fourth in which Doe has represented the Purple and White on the gridiron. Though hampered by lack of weight and height, he has ever been an example of what a fellow can do who has the stuff. This year he was one of the few Seniors in a team almost wholly composed of Freshmen. Mis influence on the team has been of a wholesome character. Wesleyan will miss the little quarterback who was so small from the shoulders down. I THE 1919 CROAKER j ; HASELTINE R. H. B. Pete is a speedy little half, who before coming to Wesleyan hailed from Ottumwa High. He has been the spectacular player of the season. With a faster backfield which will be ours next season, Pete will be accredited with still more touchdowns than he registered this year. WEIR R. G. Weir has just 245 pounds to control, and he does it well. In the Simpson game, his playing was so noticeable that, though six different men were pitted against him, he continued to tear big holes through the line, our backs taking advantage of them. He will come back stronger than ever next year. LONG Long is a sticker. He continued to come out for scrimmage the entire year, making the regulars at the close of the season. Long will no doubt be among the regulars next fall. THE 1919 CROAKER HYZER L. T. Although a Senior, this was but the second season on the gridiron for Hyzer. His large physique enabled him to be a tower of strength in the line. He lost but five minutes of play during the season. The vacancy made by his absence next year will make a hard gap to fill. THE 1919 CROAKER GOOCH L. E. Gooch was one of the three Seniors on the team. Handicapped by an injured shoulder the entire season, so that he could not raise his left hand higher than his head, he played a star game for Wesleyan. He was exceptionally strong in breaking up interference. His four years at Wesleyan have gained for him a host of admirers among the fans. His absence next year will be a marked subtraction. THE 1919 CROAKER ANDERSON C. Anderson came to us last season from Oskaloosa High. From the start he showed the marks of good high school training. At center he played a stellar game, not losing a minute all season. He will be back to snap the ball next fall. DEAN Captain-elect R. E. Next season will be the last season for Dean at Wesleyan. He is fortunate that the honor of captain conferred upon him by his teammates comes at a time when the prospects for next year are so bright. Orville is a good fighter, and will be on hand next year to help inject the ginger into Wesleyan’s winning team. O ATM AN Although a little fellow Oatman is full of the fighting spirit and was doing good work on the end position when he was called away to the Hospital Corps. We all hope that when his war duties are ended, he will again report for duty on the gridiron. I ii THE 1919 CROAKER SNIDER F. B. Snider, together with Captain-elect Dean, were the only representatives of the Junior class throughout the season, on the team. Although Snider’s real position is at end, on account of the lack of backfield material he was placed in the backficld, where he played a snappy game. Me was especially reliable in backing up the line. His return next year will count much for a successful season. HARSHBARGER L. H. B. Ike, as he is familiarly known, has made a good account of himself as a halfback. After the Simpson game, the referee, Pete Walsh, declared he had never seen better open-field running than that exhibited by Harshbarger. Several injuries throughout the season prohibited him from making as strong a showing as he would otherwise have made. He will figure strongly in the back-field next fall. SMITH Smith comes from Seymour. He played a hard and peppy game through the season. He will return next year; and with the experience he has had this year, he should be one of the best line men in the squad. THE 1919 CROAKER VENELL R. T. 1917 was VenelFs first year on the squad. With his 180 pounds of ability, he played a great game for Wesleyan. The harder he is hit, the harder he fights. His increased weight next year will make him one of the strongest line men in the Iowa Conference. SCHAFFNER L. T. Having been kept out of several games on account of injuries received in the Simpson game, Schaffncr was not able to finish the season in the best of form. As a line man, he is among the very best. His toe meant much to the team, as in every game in which he played he out-punted his opponent. He is a Freshman and will return next year. McIntosh Sub. Coming to Wesleyan with very little training in football, McIntosh showed real ability. He finished the season in good form, and will figure strongly for a regular position in 1918. THE 1919 CROAKER LETTER MEN 1917 Jfootlmll Rilea Doe (Captain) Carl Anderson Orville Dean (Captain-elect) Frank Snider Harold Gooch Fred Hyzer James Smith Francis McIntosh Rue ben Venell Paul Schaffner Milo Harshbarger Clay Weir Pete Haseltine Bert Neiswanger THE 1919 CROAKER pasebaU Baseball has long been one of the major sports at Iowa Wesleyan. Last year it was found necessary to abandon this sport temporarily, owing to the disorganization incident to the declaration of war, the large number of enlistments, and the emphasis placed upon military training to prepare the candidates for the Officers’ Training Camps. This year, although working under the compressed schedule, which brought Commencement early in May, baseball was revived, and at the first intimation of spring the diamond was again resounding to the crack of the bat. A short schedule was arranged, including a game at Commencement time with our time-honored opponents from Illinois, Knox College. The freshman class furnished almost all the material for the nine. Schaffner, with more than a local reputation as a hurler, was invincible on the mound. He is easily one of the best college twirlers in the state. Next year there is little doubt but that the Purple and White will again turn out one of its great teams that for so many years have been almost unbeatable. GTenntss Tennis at Wesleyan is of the past and of the future. For the immediate present there is little to write. As far back as can be recalled, Wesleyan has placed a tennis team on the courts and played intercollegiate matches with varying success. Last year the Tennis Association decided to abandon the old clay courts and install modern ballasted courts in their place. It was intended that these courts were to be finished last fall. The labor shortage prevented the consummation of these plans and they were not finally completed until early in May. The courts arc, however, exceptionally fine and were worth waiting for. They are drained and ballasted and it is safe to say that no Iowa College is better equipped in this regard than Wesleyan. THE mo CROAKER ORVILLE DEAN Captain Dean has just finished his third season of basketball at Wesleyan. He played a good consistent game this season, and rarely over was outplayed by his opponent in the matter of points scored. He has been honored by being the Captain of a winning team. THE 1919 CROAKER tEfje i-beaston Wesleyan has the right to claim second place in the Conference this year. There were many surprises during the season so far as the results of games arc concerned, many of the weaker teams occasionally winning over the leaders. But so far as consistent winning is concerned, but one college in the Conference surpassed Wesleyan. Four games of the season stand out strongly, namely: those with Knox, Cornell, St. Ambrose, and Simpson. With Knox we had one of the best games of the season, our opponents winning by a margin of four points scored in the last few minutes of play. Wesleyan takes this defeat as no humiliation as Knox won the championship of the “Little Five”. Our game against Cornell gave that school a great surprise. Lack of sleep, resulting from poor train connections the night before, handicapped our team. Until the last six minutes of the first half, when Kepler, the cnlongated center of Cornell, got away for a long string of baskets, Wesleyan was in the lead. The second half Wesleyan came back strong, but not sufficiently so as to win the game. Although the score looks large, 33 to 20 in favor of Cornell, it does not signify the real difference in the teams. Coach Finger of Cornell said he considered it the strongest Iowa Conference team he had played. After playing Cornell, Wesleyan journeyed to St. Ambrose, which had won every game on its schedule, and was conceded to be the strongest team in the “Little Hawk-eye Conference”. Wesleyan defeated St. Ambrose 24 to 12, the first time this school had met defeat on its home floor in three years. The climax of the season’s success came when we met Simpson College on the Ottumwa Y. M. C. A. floor. At the beginning of the season we journeyed to Indianola to play Simpson, which we did more to accommodate Simpson’s schedule than our own, as we had been practicing but two or three evenings, while Simpson had been grinding away for a month or more and had played two games. The game resulted in 21 to 18 defeat for Wesleyan. After some extended correspondence, in which Simpson refused us a return game at Mt. Pleasant, it was finally agreed to meet on a neutral floor, and have the real game of the season. Simpson came to Ottumwa absolutely confident of victory, having defeated Drake two nights before 54 to 5. Wesleyan was just as confident of victory. And how they played! From the first blow of the whistle we had the game salted down. Simpson could not work the ball past the center of the floor. In fact, our opponents became so frantic that they threw the ball without looking, one player deliberately throwing the ball in Wesleyan’s basket. The first half ended in our favor 11 to 3, the last half 18 to 8. It was a great day for the Purple and White, and with the fine material coming to us next year, we will better than repeat our record next season. THE 1919 CROAKER Wft MILO HARSHBARGER Captain-elect L. F. Ike played the star game for Wesleyan this year. He averaged a little less than four baskets per game. He is a fighter who doesn’t know how to quit, and plays a typically college style of ball. He will beat the head of what looks like a championship team next year. PHIL LOGAN Sub. Phil made good wherever he was put in the game. Although handicapped in size, he was a good fighter, and kept his head even though the game was a hair-raiser. In the Simpson game he was a surprise. This is his last year at Weslcvan. THE im CROAKER BYRON TALBOT C. Although his first year of college basketball, Talbot played a level-headed, consistent game for the Purple and White. In all but one game he had his man faded on the toss-up. Long shots are his favorites. He will make center position impregnable next year. PETE HASELTINE R. F. Pete held down right forward for the season. Although light in weight, he managed to put up a hard fight in tight places. He was especially strong in times when Wesleyan needed just another basket. THE 1919 CROAKER OTIS DEAN Sub. Orville’s little brother was not discovered until the middle of the season. In the games in which he took part, he showed ability worth developing. PAUL SCHAFFNER R. G. Schaff did not get into the game until three had been played. Although he had never played basketball to any considerable extent, he developed during the season until at the close he was air-tight in his guarding. He will return next year. THE 1919 CROAKER 1918 Reason Wesleyan 18 Simpson 21 Wesleyan 31 Monmouth 14 Wesleyan 20 Des Moines 18 W cslcyan 24 Penn 23 Wesleyan 24 Hcdding 22 Wesleyan 16 Monmouth 21 Wesleyan 20 Cornell 35 Wesleyan 21 St. Ambrose 12 Wesleyan 17 Knox 24 Wesleyan 57 Carthage 17 Wesleyan 18 Simpson 8 Wesleyan 22 Pc lift 26 1917 Reason Wesleyan 32 Des Moines College 16 Wesleyan 30 Highland Park College 15 Wesleyan 36 Penn College 23 Wesleyan 26 Drake University 36 Wesleyan 15 Simpson 17 Wesleyan 26 Central University 24 Wesleyan 43 Parsons College 16 W esleyan 26 Monmouth College 21 Wesleyan 53 Parsons 18 Wesleyan 30 Christian College 21 Wesleyan 36 Monmouth 31 THE 1010 CROAKER Rah! Rah! Rah! Zip, Boom, Bah Razoo, Razoo Johnny Blow your Bazoo Yip zid-i-ki uvi fV-E-S-L-E- Y-A-N THE 1910 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Jffileti's (glee Club PERSONNEL First Tenor Frank Runyon Ray Moline Harold Eckey Roscoe Eliason First Bass Glenn Frye William Perdew Kenneth Dameron Paul Sandmeyer Second Tenor Harold Ward McCabe Day Harold Hayes C LA U D E H ECK MA N Raymond Foss Second Bass Louis Basset Warren East Paul Sterner Wesley Kettlekamp Reader, Mr. William Perdew Soloist, Mr. Wesley Kettlekamp Accompanist, Mr. Charles E. Shook Director, Miss Flora Baldwin Manager, Mr. Wesley Kettlekamp QUARTETTE Harold Eckey, Cornet Claude Heckman, Trombone Harold Ward, Horn McCabe Day, Saxophone THE 1919 CROAKER PROGRAM I9tf) Annual ®our The Drum......................Dudley Buck String Quartet (a) Andante from Surprise Symphony ..... Hayden (b) Prayer and Rondo ........ Harris Messrs. Heckman, Perdevv, Kettlekamp, Hayes Reading, “The Truth—For Once” ...... Arthur Train Mr. Perdevv (a) Greeting to Spring ........ Strauss (b) The Miracle of Love ........ McKee (c) The Winds Are All Hushed ...... Wilder Solo, One Fleeting Hour .......... Lee Mr. Kettlekamp Violin Obligato, Mr. Heckman A Serenade at Hcrshcy Hall Quartet (a) My Sun .......... di Capua (b) Pale in the Amber West . . . . . . . Thompson (c) Come, Sing a Merry Song ....... Arke Messrs. Runyon, Perdevv, Sandmeyer, Kettlekamp intermission Jazzao Band Prof. Frye, Director Reading, “Our Guide” ........ Mark Twain Mr. Perdew In Vocal Combat ......... Dudley Buck For a number of years past, the Brooklyn “Apollo” club at its annual gatherings has been in the habit of singing in friendly competition two characteristic tenor and bass songs. It has been found impossible to determine to which section of the club the honors should be awarded. The problem is therefore submitted to an impartial public. Brass Quartet (a) Grand March from Aida ....... Verdi (b) Sextette from Lucia ........ Donizetti Messrs. Heckman, Eckey, Ward, Day a. The Stars and Stripes Forever.......Sousa b. March! March! .......... Fanvell c. When the Boys Come Home ........ Speaks THE 1919 CROAKER PROGRAM IStfj Annual Cour March, “Away, Away” . Brackett Reading Miss Barrett Selected Gipsy John Clay Slave Song Teresa del Riego Shadow March Protheroe Lorraine, Lorraine, Mr. Moats Lorree . Spross •Underneath the Stars . Spencer Mammy’s Little Coal Black Rose ..... . . IV kiting The Long, Long Trail . . . . Elliott Bug House Dreams Mr. Doe Anon. In Vocal Combat . Dudley BuckAwi Wiedersehn Romberg Marchcta The Quartet Schertzinger Bright Be Our Pathway Mr. Vekell . . Bailey Battle Hymn from “Rienza” Reading . Finale Miss Barrett THE BRASS QUARTETTE THE 1919 CROAKER )t Alumni B ecorb The publication of this latest edition of the Alumni Record has filled a long felt want at Iowa Wesleyan. For years, friends of the college have believed that the old record, giving as it did meager and often misleading information concerning the alumni or even in some cases omitting altogether, was inadequate. Hence the publication of this 1917 edition of the Alumni Record was undertaken and is felt to be a timely and valuable work. The present book aims to give the names and residences of all the alumni of the college, and any other information that might be valuable or interesting. In some cases this was found to be impossible, but in every case, everything possible has been done to obtain news of these people. Not only is this an Alumni Record: it is also a history of the College. All fraternities, sororities, literary societies, and organizations of the college have been written up. From the founding of the college in 1842, the pioneer institution west of the Mississippi River, to the present time, the vital points of Iowa Wesleyan’s history have been given. Each president and officer of the school has his place in the book. The Black Hills College whose alumni arc honorary alumni of Wesleyan has also been written up. The work connected with the publication of this book was headed by Ben Mur Wilson and H. N. Jeffrey. These men, with their corps of assistants, probably spent no little time and effort in the preparation of this book. What strategems and maneuvers they employed or how much midnight oil they burned is not written, but we all owe thanks to those who have given time and effort to the publication of the 1917 Alumni Record. HEN HUR WILSON II. N. JEFFREY THE 1919 CROAKER (girls' (glee Club PERSONNEL Second Soprano Marguerite Daughtery Marie Xehre First Soprano Mary Haines Dorothy Gilmore Neva Iles First Alto Dorothy Lamme Genevieve Morrow Josephine Shearer Thelma Dayton Gladys Weaver Ina Jamison Ina Shaull Dorothy Shields Second Alto Vera Shipley Ruth Schreiner Mabel Core Ronnie Grooms Gladys Ward Quartette Genevieve Morrow Dorothy Gilmore Ina Shaull Vera Shipley Mabel Core..............................Manager Ruth Schreiner...........................Reader Pauline Scott.......................Accompanist Miss Baldwin............................D i recto r THE 1919 CROAKER PROGRAM )t Concert ®our GIRLS’ GLEE CLUB The Deathless Army . . . . ... . . . . Trotere The Glee Club Violin Ducts: Au Dich ........... Czibulka Dainty Butterfly .......... Loesch Josephine Shearer, First Violin Dorothy Gilmore, Second Violin Little John Bottlcjohn .......... Mason Serenade, Soprano Obligato ........ Neidlinger Miss Gilmore and Glee Club Reading, The Old Man ........ Eugene Field Ruth Schreiner Solo, Love’s Echo .......... Newton Marie Nehre Quiet Hour in Hershey Hall The Glee Club The Dream Robber Lang A Song of Spring Bartlett The Glee Club Reading, The Fresh Air Camp ...... $, . Anon. Ruth Schreiner Quartet, Forget-me-not ........ Giese Dorothy Gilmore, Genevieve Morrow, Ina Shaull, Vera Shipley The Home Fire The Glee Club ITINERARY Mt. Pleasant State Hospital.......... Webster ............................. Barnes City.......................... What Cheer .......................... Winfield ............................ Wapello ............................. Mt. Pleasant ........................ December 18 December 26 .December 27 December 28 December 29 and 30 December 31 ...January 14 THE 1919 CROAKER College panb Claude Heckman, Director Solo Cornets Harold Eckey Edward P. Rutledge Robert Griggs First Cornets Wayne Peterson Paul Miller Second and Third Cornets Roscoe Eliason Vance Rice Solo Clarinets Mamie Peterson Lee Huston Averill Hammer Harold Glattley First Clarinet Charles Carpenter Second Clarinet Raymond Bartlett Flute and Piccolo Rilea Doe George Lines E Flat Clarinet Harry Wenger Alto Saxophone McCabe Day Baritones Robert Con lee Byron Talbot E. W. Day, Soloist 11 or ns Walter Eye Harold H. Ward Vaughn Long Ray Schafer Trombones Victor Neisw anger Roy Phillips Otto Wilson Lloyd Keith Lelah Heckman Basses Charles E. Shook Andrew Shook Drums Phillip Jones Harold Hayes THE 1919 CROAKER Concert program Iowa Wesleyan College Hand February 19, 1918 Claude Heckman, Director Edward P. Rutledge, Cornet E. W. Day, Tenor FIRST PART 1. The Diplomat March..................................................Sousa 2. Souvenir de la Suisse, Cornet Solo ...... A. Liberati Edward P. Rutledge 3. Selection from “Tannhauscr”........................................Wagner 4. Humoresque—Who’s Next..............................Herman Bellstedt, Jr. 5. Slavonic Rhapsody.........................................C. Friedman SECOND PART 6. Sextette from Lucia............Gaetano Donizetti Messrs. Rutledge, Eckey, Heckman, Xeiswanger, Wilson, and Con LEE 7. Barber of Seville—Overture ....... G. Rossini 8. Vocal Solo ........... Selected Mr. E. W. Day 9. The Chocolate Soldier ........ O. Straus Synopsis: Introduction; The Chocolate Soldier; Come, Come, My Hero; Sympathy; 'The Bulgarians; Tiralala; Thank the Lord the War is Over; Falling in Love; Forgive, Forgive; That Would Be Lovely; Dance; The Letter Song; Finale (Come, Come, My Hero). 10. All America—March ....... J. S. Zamecnik Star Spangled Banner THE 1919 CROAKER $uptte' Eecttal Conservatory of Music February 14, 1918 1. a. Rustic Dance . . . . ' . . . . . d'Ourville b. Mazurka .......... Ludovick Margaret Rommel 2. Sleep, Little Baby of Mine........Den nee Miss Marie Nehre 3. a. Hungarian Air.....................Hoffman b. Rondo ........... Kuhlau Virgin-ia Bishop 4. Night Hymn at Sea...........Goring Thomas Miss Josephine Shearer 5. Pilgrims’ Chorus............Wagner-Lange Miss Idabell Howe 6. a. Rose of My Heart ......... Loehr b. The Carnival . . . . . . ... . . Molloy Miss Selma Long 7. Les Sylvians .......... Chaminade Miss Marguerite Dauchtery 8. Duet, Gather Ye Rosebuds ........ Newton Misses Haines and Shields 9. Nachtsuscke, Nos. 1 and 4..............Schumann Miss Leah Garrett 10. a. When Dead Leaves Fall.................Lloyds b. ’Tis Spring............................Lloyds Miss Dorothy Gilmore THE 191() CROAKER )t Wt$lepan J etos Ernest E. Newquist..................Editor-in-Chief Luther W. Heller.................Husincss Manager Ruth Holiday........................Assistant Editor Rilea W. Doe............Assistant Husincss Manager THE EDITORIAL STAFF Dorothy Lam me Arthur Ollivier Earl E. White Alden Doud Carol Johxsox Mary Crowther Grace Hacie Marie Tomlinson K ATH aRIX E EIREBA UGH Katharine Schell THE 1010 CROAKER dramatic Club The Dramatic Club organized this year by Mrs. Mary P. Warhurst, instructor in Oratory, has been one of the most successful departments of Iowa Wesleyan. From the first, the club has been a decided asset to the College and its life and enthusiasm has made it very popular. The Dramatic Club started its career by contributing thirty dollars to the Army Y. M. C. A. Fellowship Fund. Directly afterwards, it pledged one hundred dollars in the Wesleyan endowment campaign and at different times plays have been given for the benefit of the Red Cross. Instead of giving a series of farces, Mrs. Warhurst selected three long plays, “What Happened to Jones,” “The Blossoming of Mary Ann” and “Green Stockings”. All of these proved so successful that from now on the Dramatic Club will be an established department of Iowa Wesleyan. THE 1919 CROAKER CROAKER Jflembers of tfje dramatic Club Alden Doud Helen- Osborn Dick Whitney Mary Crowther Ern est N evvqU 1ST I LA Gl-OTFELTY Susie Spees Katharine Firebaugh Robert Payne Paul Sterner Wallace Carpenter Pauline Gilfillan Vera Payne Burdine Coles Lloyd Moats William Perdew Day Newsom Paul Sandmeyf.r J OS E P HIN E VA N DA L L Lois Hobson Lucille Pontius Rilea Doe Lucile Robertson Fred Hyzer “WHAT HAPPENED TO JONES” Cost Jones Lloyd Moats Bishop of Ballarat William Perdew Prof. Ebenczer Goodly Paul Sandmeyer Richard Ilcatherlv Alden Doud Policeman Paul Sterner Superintendent of Sanitarium Robert Payne Indian Day Newsom Mrs. Goodly ...Josephine Vandall Mrs. Goodly’s Daughters p Marjorie J ;... Lois Hobson Cissy Helen Osborn Minerva Susie Spees Alvina, Mrs. Goodly’s Sister I la Glotfei.ty THE 1919 CROAKER “GREEN STOCKINGS” Cost Admiral Grice, an old sea dog...................Ernest Newquist William Faraday, a well preserved man of 65........ Alden Doud Colonel Smith, a man of military bearing..............Rilea Doe Robert Tarver, an empty headed swell.................Lloyd Moats Henry Steele, a young man about 30.............Richard Whitney James Raleigh, a man of 35.....................Wallace Carpenter Celia Faraday, an unaffected woman of 29 with a sense of humor Mary Crowther Madge (Mrs. Rockingham)..............................Susie Spees Evelyn (Lady Trcnchard)...........................I la Glotfelty Phyllis (the youngest sister, age 20)..............Burdine Coles Mrs. Chisholm Faraday of Chicago (Aunt Ida) Josephine Vandall THE 1010 CROAKER Mentor Class $lap Class of 1917 “THE MAN FROM HOME” Cast Daniel Voorhes Pike................. Kthcl (Iranger-Simpson............ 'The Grand Duke Vasili Vasilivitch Earl of Hawcastlc................. The Honorable Almeric St. Aubyn.. Coniptesse de Champigny........... Ivanoff........................... Horace (iranger-Simpson........... Lady Creech....................... Mariano........................... Ribierc........................... ........Grant Venell ........La Rue Sowers .....J. Harold Kemble ...Harold McCulCOugh ...Low Eli. D. Thompson ..........Aenid Reman ......Glenn Campbell ........Archie Marsh ........Helen Weaver Clarendon Havinghurst ....C. Wilbur Craver THE 1919 CROAKER aUotoeen Jfetftftial One of the most enjoyable social functions of the College year occurred on the evening of October 31st when the girls of Mcrshey Hall entertained at an informal party at the old brick house on Main Street. The old stories, which are now and then brought to life, about its subterranean passages and the ghosts of the men, who before the Civil War, used to hurry slaves from their masters to the Canadian borders, did wonders in giving the “spooky” effect to the affair. The decorations were especially appropriate—the latest effects in interior trim—being made up of autumn leaves, tin cans, cow bells, and rattling log chains. Each class put on a stunt, and the sacred rites of bobbing for apples and fortune telling were by no means omitted. THE 1919 CROAKER jfffltlttarp Until the outbreak of the Spanish-American War, Wesleyan had a regularly organized military department under the supervision of a United States Army officer, commissioned and sent here by the War Department. When the men marched away to free Cuba the officer was withdrawn and along with him a great deal of the equipment. The Department was not restored until April, 1917. President Wilson signed the Declaration of War on April 6th. On the following day a squad of men were actively drilling on the West Campus under the supervision of Postmaster Stanley Miller, a veteran officer of the Spanish-Amcrican War. Military Training was immediately made compulsory and Wesleyan has the distinction of being the first American college to adopt military training as a part of its curriculum. The department was immediately recognized by the War Department, as a part of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps. Wesleyan will always be under a debt of gratitude to Captain Miller, who without thought of compensation drilled the men for long hours in the afternoons. The large number of Wesleyan men who won commissions, as well as the non-commissioned officers and privates, can not speak too highly of the benefit of this training to them. It was hoped this year that the government would be able to detail an officer to take charge of the department, but after extended communication with the Secretary of War, this was found to be impossible. Fortunately for the college Rilea Doe, a senior, just back from the Officers’ Training Camp at Ft. Snelling, Minn., was secured to instruct the men in the rudiments of Military Science. With the assistance of a number of students who had had some training he was able to continue the department through the year in a manner that reflected credit to himself and will prove of great service to the men themselves. Military 'Draining will continue as one of the Departments at Iowa Wesleyan, even after the close of the war. To prepare our young men to lead the armies of democracy is one of the great duties of the American College. Incidentally might be stated the fact that Wesleyan has furnished soldiers for four great wars, Mexican, Civil, Spanish-Amcrican and Philippine, as well as the present titanic conflict that has claimed so many sons of Iowa’s pioneer institution of higher learning. CAPTAIN' DOE THE 1919 CROAKER Kettlekamp First Sergeant Kemble Second Lieutenant THE 10 0 CROAKER £fje I et Cross Mary Crowther... Katharine Schell Vida Martin..... Mrs. E. Lines... Annette Iles.... With the entrance of the country into the War, the girls of the school immediately organized the local unit of the Red Cross and have spared no efforts in making their influence as complete as possible. The College has a one hundred per cent membership and has established classes in surgical dressings. This work is carried on under the leadership of Mrs. E. Lines and fully approved products arc being sent in great numbers every week. During the coming year, the work will be pushed more vigorously than ever and will remain an established department. ...Chairman of Executive Hoard ......................Secretary .......................Treasurer .....Director Surgical Dressing Shop Director Surgical Dressing THE 1919 CROAKER God save our splendid men, Brine them safe home again. God save our men. Make them victorious, Noble and chivalrous, They are so dear to us. God save our men. THE 1919 CROAKER CROAKER Boll of Honor Majors Harry A. Wishard Adelno Gibson Captains B. A. Jeffrey Warren Beckwith First Lieutenants Leo Conner Harold Chapman Ralph Stafford Joe R. Zeller Georce Jones Carletox Fraser Harold Kemble De Witt G. Sowers John W. Davis Albert Randle Kenneth L. Johnson Ray I. Tennant Paul W. Wilson Floyd Duncan Second Lieutenants Arnold Zurawski Harrison Barker Grant Vex ell Baron Crane Russell Barnett H jalmar Stromberg John Lodwick Carl D. Whitney Dale Tribby Paul Lauterbach John W. Earley Officers’ Training Camps Daniel B. Heller Floyd Hagie Laird Hagie Wm. G. Breitenstein Harold Moffett Son-Coin inissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of All Branches of the A nn y Merle Caris Clarence S. Johnston Roy P. Anderson Merle Baxta Harry Zink Eugene Barnhart Stanley Watts Wells Andrews Sherman Oatmax Beryl Shearer Frank Ollivier Ned Richards Paul Davis Dwight Tribby Farxco Bridger Paul Jericho Harold Lyman Ralph B. Morris Hervey Morris Ralph Kixsixger Emmett Patterson Ernest Patterson Dwaxe Durst Everett Griffith Warren Rogers Mayne Loxgxecker Neil Kracaw Will Stone Robert Tribby Leonard Bristow Paul V. DeWitt Charles B. Quick J. Arnold Hale Robert D. Fye Herbert Blakeslee Earl Tovrea Wilbur Craver Charles Wells Everett Shipley Forrest Thomas Ronald Johnson Don Tribby Fremont Hendrickson Enos Lauterbach L. D. Thompson Delbert Pidgeon Victor Vloomquist Ralph Campbell Virgil Blakeway Floyd Garrett Paul Green-Glen Van Steenwyck Lloyd Nye Earl Zickefoose Clarendon Having hurst Arthur E. Hunt Leslie Utter Raymond Frizelle Charles Gruber Maurice Loftis John Secor Ernest Frederick Glenn P. Campbell David Armbruster H. B. Lang Carl Roberts Paul W. Willits Simon.R. Boyer THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1019 CROAKER £1 Boll of Honor (Continue )) Non-Commissiotied Officers and Enlisted Men of All Branches of the Army (Continued) Edward Weston C. E. Lauterbach Irwin Sinclair Rea D. Hightshoe Charles A. Hearne Clyde B. Hightshoe W. S. Moore, Jr. Luther W. Heller Ralph Hilemax Columbus Hayes George W. Beal W. G. Clark James Torrence Clarence Armbruster Orville Dean Melvin Roth Ware Taylor George Koch Albert Peterson Nurses Betty Johnson La Rue Sowers Navy Lieutenant Elbert Rogers Frank Taylor Will G. Lodwick John Poulter Cyril Garrett Harry C. Morrow Walter E. Duke Guy Davis Darrel Williams Edwin W. Schell Milton Baumcarten John H. Huston James B. Ross Walter Melcher Louis Luebbers Army Y. M. C. A. Newton Moats R. E. Willcox Harry V. Goodrich Earl Vandegriff Wm. E. Lauterbach THE 1919 CROAKER College Poom Picturing Life As It Is Presented in Five Acts Under the Direction of the Christian Associations November 26, 1917 Renting of the Pickaninnies....................Academy Mesmeric Fantasia.............................Freshmen Class in Campustry..........................Sophomores The Council of Nations.........................Juniors Patriotic Pantomime............................Seniors The Annual Stunt of the Y. M. C. A. and Y. W. C. A. Cabinets was presented by the five classes of the school and was a great success. The titles of the class stunts give a fair idea of the character of the scenes. As all Senior affairs should be, the Patriotic Pantomime was quiet and impressive. The Council of Nations took up the case of the Kaiser and a few dabs were taken at people about school. The class in Campustry did the time honored custom justice. Rueben Venell as the Mesmer-izer put them all to sleep, and the Pickaninnies were “there”. THE 1919 CROAKER jWL C «L Paul Saxdmeyer.................President William Perdexv...........Vice-President Raymond Foss...................Secretary Calvin Richardson..............Treasurer Francis Newquist..........Administration Ernest Xewquist....Religious Education Earl White................Campus Service Ernest Frederick....Community Service Paul Ratliff.......Life Work Guidance CROAKER THE 1010 ®ije gear's cttottte£ of tfje gsoctattons As we attempt to sum up the year’s work of either one of the Associations, separately, we find it is very hard to do since the young women and the young men have worked in such close cooperation all year. Hardly one project has been planned and carried out by one without the help of the other Association. In fact, this has been the aim of the young women and men this year, thinking thereby more could be accomplished. And the results have not failed, for 1917-1918 has proved to be a very prosperous and happy year, one in which not only all the old customs and traditions have been carried out but also a year of new and up-to-date projects which have been launched and which have accomplished new and desired results. Because we are laboring in abnormal times, necessarily on account of war conditions, we were expecting new difficulties and unforeseen problems to arise which would tear us away from the regular routine of former years—a good thing perhaps for in Christian Association work as in all other work, it is possible to get in a rut and stay there. So we were not surprised to find the ranks of workers, both of men and women, wofully depleted at the beginning of the year. The boys were called away to the Service, consequently making it necessary for the younger men to bear the brunt of the work, a matter of which we arc not complaining however, for they have done their duty and proven themselves efficient leaders. Also for various reasons, which we give the war credit for, the number of girls was considerably decreased and at the beginning of this year there were back in school only five out of the eleven officers and cabinet members. 'This necessitated making up the loss with “raw recruits” who soon, however, became as veterans. The first party of the year was the annual Y. M. and Y. W. mixer, shortly after Matriculation Day, held at Harlan House. “Successful” is not the word to use to describe it! The number of guests so far exceeded preparations that a grand scramble was created when the games were begun. A “hurry up” call even had to be sent to the Dairy and Luberger’s in order that none might go away empty saying “we were hungry and ye fed us not”. The biggest thing that was done this year by the student body happened one bright October day in chapel. Coming as a bolt from a clear sky to most of the students, the big campaign for money for the war work of the Y. M. C. A. was suddenly launched. But it had been so carefully mapped out, cut and dried, as it were, by the committee, that it started off with a boom and continued with much vim. Before collections were begun, Dr. Luebbers and several of the students, who had been delegates to the Des Moines convention, spoke, acquainting the students with the matter and in general “pepping” them up to do their patriotic duty. Then soldiers, designed and cut from cardboard were sold for ten dollars apiece and as they were sold were pinned on Old Glory which was draped on the pulpit. Because THE 19 19 CROAKER Osborn. Spees. Morrow. Walker, Glotfelty lies. Martin. Crowtlier §. m c. n. Genevieve Morrow.. Ruth Holiday I LA Gl.OTFELTY President Vice-President Secretarv Mable Walker Mary Crowther Helen Osborn Florence Smith Bible Studv Publicity Finance Bessie Green Social Service Susie Spees Annette Iles Vida Martin Missionary Religious Work THE 19 9 CROAKER the pledge made at Des Moines was only five hundred dollars, the pasteboard soldiers were only about sixty in number, but the students responded so generously that the supply of “soldiers” was soon exhausted and slips of paper had to be used instead. At this chapel service $1185.00 was pledged by the faculty and student body in less than an hour, and as a fitting “grand finale” the faculty excused classes for the rest of the day. Speaking of soldiers reminds us of the candy which the Associations made and sent to the Wesleyan boys in the camps at Christmas time. The “wherewithal” for the ingredients used in the candy was furnished, half by the men and half by the women. And Miss Hull very generously gave her time and the Domestic Science kitchen to the cause. About forty good candy makers from Hershey Hall and other homes in town spent a day and a half making, packing and wrapping forty-five pounds of candy to send Christmas Cheer to the boys in France and in the camps. Thank you letters have been received from many of the boys, showing us that they appreciate remembrances from Wesleyan. The religious spirit as shown by the Associations this year has been very deep. In the first place, four thriving classes down at Sunday School arc flourishing—two for the young men and two for the women under the leadership of Dr. Lcist and Coach Day, Mrs. Kopp and Miss Swindell. Then the regular Association meetings on Saturday have been very vital and interesting. They have been conducted on a broader plan than ever before and are as unlike the old-fashioincd prayer meeting or ordinary Bible study class as day is from night. However, they have been thoroughly Christian in their spirit and also vitally related to college life and interesting and appealing, particularly, to the college boy and girl. A great many meetings were led by students besides the following outsiders who brought “new food for thought”: Freeman Havinglmrst, Miss Long from the Bible Training School, Dr. Booth, Miss Barber, faculty adviser for the Y. W. C. A., Rev. Osborn, Mrs. Swancy, Miss Swindell, Lydia Pool, Dr. Lucbbers, Dr. Rauch, Ed Weston, Rev. Weston, and Stanley Miller. Owing to the conservation of time and the compressed schedule, the Association meetings have been merged into the New Democracy classes. Both the men and the women have been divided into small groups for the study of World Democracy, as based on Jesus’ principles. These classes have been intensely interesting, to say the least, and we see in them a fine impetus for such classes all next year. The men’s classes have been led by Dr. Schell while the leaders for the girls’ are Mrs. Galcr, Miss Barber, Dr. Booth, Professor Edwards, Professor Jacques, Dr. Rauch, and Dr. Lucbbers. While great things have been done this year, greater things are in store for next year. The new material that is coming from our own High School in Mt. Pleasant and from other High Schools all over the state will mean to us a bigger and better Y. W. C. A. and Y. M. C. A. as well as a bigger and better Wesleyan which we are looking forward to next year. THE 1919 CROAKER Ollivier. lies, Martin, Snndmcyer Specs. Perdcw, Crowthcr Honor Ostein Paul Sandmeyer President Judicial Committee Seniors Mary Growth er Susie Spees Annette Iles Juniors Vida Martin Arthur Ollivier Sophomore William Perdew This year saw the beginning of something new for Wesleyan students—a something which is destined to fill a need at Iowa Wesleyan—namely the Honor System. Officers were elected and a constitution drawn up but very little active work was done this year. However a good deal has been started which will be completely carried out next year and will make the Honor System at Wesleyan a real live factor in the years to come. THE WO CROAKER jforensrcs p COACH H'KBHKItS Again we arc able to record a state victory for Iowa Wesleyan. For the third time in four years Wesleyan has returned from the State Contest with first honors; and the last time more unanimous than ever before. For we received five first place decisions from the judges, thus surpassing any decision ever rendered Iowa Wesleyan at a State Contest. The winner, Clarendon R. I Iavinghurst, a descendant and successor of those Havinghursts who hold such a precious place in the memory of Wesleyan’s pioneers, failing to receive a better decision than third place in the State Contest just four years previous, returned last year, a finished product and claimed the State Contest by the best decision possible. His oration, “The Crucial Problem of Democracy,’’ brought out the problem of saving the city and making it the supreme factor in developing our country. This year, as a result of the declaration of war, we lost our oratorical veterans whom we expected to “carry on” our usual success in oratory. Wc were represented in the Divisional Contest this year by Karl Ellis, whose plucky and determined efforts have shown us that position does not always indicate real quality. Nevertheless we arc certain that another year will find us holding our usual place among the state’s orators. Next to our success in oratory, we herald our victories in debate. With Dean Luebbers as our time honored and improved coach, we have been climbing the ladder toward glorious success. Being schooled in the affairs of the world, through his line of study and research, and aided also by his experience as debate coach for several years, he is unusually well equipped for his position. This year our debaters contended with Upper Iowa on the question of compulsory military-training and whether the United States should accept it as a permanent policy. This y'ear, we lost Coach Luebbers, much to our regret. He has resigned to enter a larger field of activity, and judging from his success in debate and other college activities, wc expect and hope for him a most successful career. ICARL ELLIS THE 1919 CROAKER Moonuiw, Ellis, Kemble Sntercollegtate debate Question—Resolved: That the United States should adopt compulsory military training as a permanent policy. Wesleyan vs. Upper Iowa Affirmative Team Negative Team Upper Iowa , Wesleyan Julian Ellis COLGROVE MOOMAW Brown Kemble Wesleyan at Upper Iowa Decision: Upper Iowa 3. THE 1919 CROAKER Frye. Samlmeyer, Day Sntercollegtate Hebate Question—Resolved: That the United States should adopt compulsory military training as a permanent policy. Wesleyan vs. Upper Iowa Affirmative Team Wesleyan Day Frye Sandmeyer Negative Team Upper Iowa Welsh Lowe Hillman Upper Iowa at Wesleyan Decision: Wesleyan, 2; Upper Iowa 1. THE 1919 CROAKER CLARENDON HAVINGHURST Winner of State Oratorical Contest 1917 THE 1919 CROAKER ome interesting information about iotoa W tsftzgm First College west of the Mississippi River. First Co-Fducational College to grant Bachelors and Doctor’s degree to a woman. Has won State Oratorical Contests more times than any other Iowa college. First College in America to adopt Compulsory Military Training after the Declaration of War on Germany. Has furnished 151 soldiers and sailors for the present war. More than any other Middle Western College in proportion to the number of students. Has the oldest chartered literary society in the State. SOME FAMOUS ALUMNI Wray Beattie—Head of first Protestant College in Brazil. George B. Corkhill—Prosecuted and convicted Guitcau for murder of President Garfield. Edward W. Hearxe—Organized Y. M. C. A. in Philippines and Panama. Horace M. Havxer—Attorney General of Iowa. Gardner Cowles—Publisher of the Des Moines Register and Tribune. Clifford Thorxe—Railroad rate expert. Thomas Nixox Carver—Professor of Economics, Harvard. George Rommel—United States Bureau of Agriculture. Le Roy M. Yerxox—Founded and built first Methodist Church in Rome, Italy. CROAKER P. E. O. SISTERHOOD ORGANIZED JANUARY 21.1869 MT. PLEASANT. IOWA ORIGINAL SEVEN ALICE BIRD BABB HATTIE BRIGGS BOUSQIJET ALICE COFFIN FRANC ROADS ELLIOTT SUELA PEARSON PENFIELD MARY ALLEN STAFFORD ELLA STEWART Erected by Iowa Grand Chapter • 19 17- Forty-six years ago a band of seven Iowa Wesleyan College girls met in the old History room and there originated what is now the P. E. O. Sisterhood. On September 25, 1917, in memory of the founding of P. E. O., the sisterhood presented a bronze tablet in the college chapel. Following the presentation, the tablet was unveiled by Miss Alice Babb, a daughter of one of the original seven. The John Williams Company of New York were employed to work out the design, and the beautiful tablet, artistic in line, cast in bronze, and recounting the names of the original founders, three of whom have long since greeted the eternal morning—will henceforth remind all visitors to the college buildings, the date and event and its nationwide significance. The tablet was placed permanently in the History room, where the original meeting occurred. P. E. O. was first formed as a college sorority, but though college born, it was not college bound, and in due time Original Chapter A was merged into Beta Chapter of Alpha Xi Delta, while P. E. O. found its greatest adaptation to the women of America, outside of college, now numbering over five hundred chapters. THE 19 19 CROAKER rt Department May Hills ’99 Principal Since the entrance of the United States into the European conflict, the attention of all the students has been turned to the more utilitarian courses, in all the courses of study, but there is in the Department of Art, under the direction of Miss Hills, a real value and a fascination which has kept the students interested in her work, and has kept her roll book filled. We can scarcely say too much for Miss Hill’s ability and know that there is no artistic touch or technical detail to be omitted in her work. Her charming personality makes work with her a real pleasure and not a task. THE 1919 CROAKER e 1919 Croaker Early in the spring of 1917, the biennial election of the Croaker Staff was held in Harlan Hall, resulting in the election of Wayne Peterson as Editor in Chief, and Earl White as Business Manager. Arthur Ollivier was chosen as Assistant Editor and Ernest Newquist as Assistant Business Manager. A regular Staff of twelve members were immediately chosen and plans made for the publication of the book. However, when we returned to school this fall, it was found that most of the Staff had left school and that there were only twenty-five members of the Class of 1919 left. With the consent of the members of the class, the whole class became the Staff for the publication of the Croaker and everyone of the members have had some part in the preparation of the book. Anyone who is classed as a Junior has been working on the Croaker. The unusual conditions caused by the Great War have made the publication very difficult, and it was only that we might have a memorial for the boys who have gone into the conflict, that we attempted to put out the book at all. We regret very much the absence of our classmates and cherish the thought that although we are separated, perhaps never to be reunited, the ties of brotherhood still bind us in spirit. THE im CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER JJjji Delta ®ljeta THE 1010 CROAKER i Delta {ffifjeta Founded 1848 MIAMI UNIVERSITY Official Organ.................................The Scroll Colors.................................Argent and Azure Flower...................................White Carnation IOWA ALPHA CHAPTER Established 1871 FRATRES IN FACULTATE John W. Edwards Herbert X. Jeffrey FRATRES IN LRBE Cornelius Van Brussel John W. Palm Ledru Willits C. E. Smith Adam Weir Max Kinney Robert Willits James L. Hall C. S. Rogers Russel Weir FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Paul L. Ratliff Orville C. Dean- Rich ard H. Whitney Otis W. Dean Seniors Luther W. Heller Juniors Wayne L. Peterson Sophomores Russel Green Freshmen Reuben F. Venell Ray R. IIileman Walter L. Wilson R. Glen Peterson Clay Weir Pledges Francis A. Longnecker P. R. Haseltine Leslie A. Wilson William Hemmincs Leo Hoover Milo Harshbarger Paul Schaffner Harry S. Wenger THE 1019 CROAKER THE 1()1() CROAKER g tgma $1)t 6pstlon Established 1901 RICHMOND COLLEGE Official Organ.................Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal Colors.....................................Purple and Red Flowers...................................Violets and Roses IOWA ALPHA CHAPTER Established 1913 FRATER IN FACULTATE Reemt E. Luebbers FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Howard Ballew Seniors Edward Weston Frank Snider Juniors Edgar Carson Earl White i Lloyd Moats Robert Payne Claude Heckman Sophomores Charles Shook Wallace Carpenter Charles Kemble Freshmen Wesley Kettlekamp Walter Carper Donald Harlan McCabe Day Harold Hayes Frank Runyon Victor Neiswanger James Smith Harold Eckey K E N N ET H D AM ERO N Pledges Louis Johnson THE 1010 CROAKER y $5eta tKfjeta THE 1919 CROAKER peta Qtfjeta Founded IS39 MIAMI UNIVERSITY Official Organ Colors......... Flower ........ The Beta Theta Pi .....Pink and Blue ..........Rose ALPHA EPSILON CHAPTER nactivc Establ is lied 1S6S FRATI'S IN FACULTATE Arthur L. Eaton’ FRATRES W. F. Kopp A. W. Miller Fred Van Hon William Evans Fred F. Hall IN URBE Milo B. Huston Paul B. Galer Karl I). Melcher W. R. Campbell Ware S. Taylor FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Seniors Rilea W. Doe Alden L. Doud Phillip C. Logan Melvin G. Roth Sophomores Glen M. Frye THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Ilappa 3Belta t Founded 1917 IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Colors.......................Blue and White Flower ........................Violet FRATRES IN FACULTATE J. Will Blair Harry E. Jaques FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Seniors Fred E. Hyzer Juniors Paul O. Sandmeyer Arthur Ollivier Sophomores Ernest Newquist Lloyd M. Nye Paul L. Stern:er Freshmen William C. Perdew Karl Ellis Francis Newquist Warren East Roscoe Eliason Ernest Fredrick Ray Schaffer Vaughn Long Lee Huston Glen Van Steenwyck THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1010 CROAKER JDljt jfflu Founded IS52 RANDOLPH MACON Official Organ Colors......... Flowers........ ..........Aglaia Rose and White ......Carnation OMEGA CHAPTER Established 1914 SOROR IN FACULTATE Ruth Schreiner SORORES IN URBE Inez King Anna Stewart Caris Mae Roberts Helen Keith Ruth Green SORORES IN COLLEGIO Ruth Holiday Seniors Carrie Wentworth Frances Toothacre Mabel Core Frances Jamison Juniors Roma Irons Lillian McGrew Louise Reaney Sophomores Hazel Ballew Fae Hunter Florence Smith Mamie Peterson Irma Thomas Lillian Mohr Freshmen Gladys Wenger Donna Allen Marybelle Mathews Pledges Dorothy Shields THE 1919 CROAKER Belta Founded 1893 LOMBARD COLLEGE Official Organ...................Alpha Xi Delta Colors............Light Blue, Dark Blue, and Gold Flower.......................Pink La France Rose BETA CHAPTER Established 1902 SORORES IN URBE Etta Antrim Lauterbach Julia Allen Emma Falkins Wili.its Nellie Tribby Gili.is Edith VanCise VVillits Lucy Davis Weir Fay Duncan Ethel Car is Augusta Myerdick Clara Bird Kopp Edna Dana Crane Elizabeth Lauer Westfall Jeanette Buck Hileman Lucille Whitney Grace Helphrey Grace McDonald Huston Laura Evans Miller Nellie Clark Hall Katharine Jackson Randall May Davis Gussie Evans Florence Seeley Ruth Willits Ruth Anderson Galer Bess Randall VrAN Brussel Florence Buck Hagie Miriam Withrow Ruth Hall Taylor SORORES IN COLLEGIO Senior Violet Ashe Pauline Gilfillan Burn ice Grooms Dorothy Lamme Pauline Scott Esther Gilfillan Violet Gardner Josephine Shearer Juniors Lora Buck Grace Hacie Sophomores Mae Johnson Vera Hartley Gladys Greeson Freshmen Ina Jamison Lois Hobson Lenore Jolley Vi da Martin Jessie McMillan Bonnie Grooms Helen Osborn Gladys Leacii Grace Clark THE 1919 CROAKER ?Beta $f)t THE 1919 CROAKER t $t pefa $fjt Founded 1867 MONMOUTH COLLEGE Official Organ......................................Arrow Colors..............................Wine and Silver Blue Flowers..................................Wine Carnation IOWA ALPHA CHAPTER Established 1867 SORORES IN FACULTATE May Hills Mrs. H. N. Jeffrey Mrs. E. Lines SORORES IN URBE Lottie Burnop Eaton Mattie Stearns Gloeckler Katharine Lang Holland Verna Westfall Hall AIA RG A R ET CAMPBELL HUGHES Lulu Penn Ingersoli. Bertha Ausrurger Johnson Belle Requa Leech Mary Hll.me McCoid Edna Burd McEldowney Marriet McAdam Clara McAdam Miriam Young Melcher Florence Morony Miriam Morony Florence Andrews Palm Ella Penn Eliza Palmer Lillian Piper Martha Potter Lillian Kendig Rogers Laura Roberts Rineheimer Ruth Schriver Mary I. Snyder Emily Putnam Stover Alma Westfall Staerler Mary Firebauch Swaney Sophia Timmerman Bertha Snider Tribby Ida Van Hon Marguerite Hall Weir Nellie Wallbank Anna Crane Whiting Sylvia Palmer Wait SORORES IN COLLEGIO Seniors Mary Crowther Mae Shipley Ellen Gardner Juniors Genevieve Morrow Katharine Firebauch Helen Crabbe Sophomores Marie Nf.hre Marie Walker Lucile Pontius Lucile Cartwright Freshmen Dorothy Gilmore Ina Shaull S pedal Wilma Monger Pledges Ruth Heppe Hazel Anwyl Marguerite Daughtery THE 1919 CROAKER ©micron isugma $i THE 1919 CROAKER ( micron Isugma Organized 1917 IOWA WESLEYAN COLLEGE Colors...............Old Rose and Silver Grey Flowers....................Pink Sweet Pea SOROR IX FACULTATE Mary P. War hurst SORORES IN UR BE Helen I). Weaver Edythe Rothexsteix Ruth Thorsox Zella Jordan Axxa Singer SORORES IN COLLEGIO Juniors Annette Iles Lucile Robertson- Marie Tomlinson Bessie Green Eva Areixcoale I la Gi.otfelty Gladys Cline Mildred Kemble Gladys Ward Florence Weaver Sophomores Burdine Coles Josephine Vandall Freshmen Blanche Thomas . V - • V Pledges Neva Iles THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER 3fota Mi HONORARY Established 1909 MEMBERS IN FACULTATE Ruth Schreiner Reemt E. Luebbers MEMBERS IN UR BE Mary Firebaugh Swanky Herbert N. Jeffrey Eva George MEMBERS IN COLLEGIO Seniors Alden Doud Susie Spees Paul Sandmf.yer Ruth Holiday Juniors Phil Logan Mary Growther Fred Hyzer Rilea I)oe Ernest Newquist Florence Weaver 1918 Elections Arthur Ollivier Katharine Schell Genevieve Morrow Francis Jamison William Perdew Charles Shook Karl Ellis Earl E. White Luther W. Heller Vida Martin Wayne Peterson Claude Heckman Annette Iles Josephine Vandall Roma Irons Frances Tooth acre Mae Shipley Paul Galer Julia Ai.len Carl Roberts I THE 1919 CROAKER appa Belta HONORARY FORENSIC FRATERNITY Established 1913 Official Organ.............................The Forensic Colors...........................Cherry Red and White Flower...................................Red Carnation IOWA WESLEYAN CHAPTER FRATRES IN FACULTATE Mary P. Warhurst Reemt E. Luebbers FRATRES IN URRE Will Campbell Albert Neutzmann FRATRES IN COLLEGIO Senior Paul Sandmeyer Juniors E. W. Day Arthur Ollivier Sophomores Karl Ellis Glenn Frye Freshmen Charles Kemble Kenneth Moomaw CROAKER C THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER ppatia 3Uterarp g orietp C THE 1919 CROAKER Uppatta Htterarp doriety Organized 1890 OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Katharine Schell President ... Lucretia Turkington Louise Reaney V icc-President Vera Payne Secretary ... Lucretia Turkington Treasurer ... Lois Hobson ROLL Donna Allen Mabel Howard Florence Antrim Pauline Gilfillan Hazel Anwyl Roma Irons Eva Areincdale Neva Iles Hazel Ballew Frances Jamison Mildred Bailey Dorothy Lam me Margaret Brown Rachel Lee Mary Crowther Lillian McGrew Lucile Cartwright Jessie McMillan Marguerite Daughtery Mamie Peterson Thelma Dayton Lucile Pontius Myra De Yarman Vera Payne Ruth Duncan Louise Reaney Burnice Grooms Lucille Robertson Dorothy Gilmore Mae Shipley I la Glotfelty Katharine Schell Gladys Greeson Florence Smith Ruth Holiday Blanche Thomas Bonnie Grooms Frances Toothacre Fay Hunter Lucretia Turkington Mary Haines Irma Thomas Maria Hess Vera Wilson Lois Hobson Mabel Walker THE 1919 CROAKER uti)eatt Hiterarp ocietj C THE 19 9 CROAKER Butfjean lUterarp octetj Organized 1856 OFFICERS First Semester Ellen Gardner.................... President ...... Florence Weaver................. Vice-President ... Blrdine Coles........................Corresponding Secretary Genevieve Morrow.........................Recording Secretary... Ruth Phillips..................... Treasurer....... Faculty Adviser.... ROLL Second Semester ...........Lora Buck ....Florence Truxeli. ......Mildred Kemble ......Gladys Weaver AIARVBELLE M ATTH EWS ....Marie Tomlinson Ina Jamison Lenore Jolley Mildred Kemble Gladys Leach Marybelle Matthews Wilma Monger Lillian Mohr Blanch Newell Laura Nickolaus Marie Phillips Ruth Phillips Fffie Scott Ina Shaull Josephine Shearer Dorothy Shields Vera Shipley Pauline Scott Vida Martin Marie Ward Genevieve Morrow Burdine Coles Marie Tomlinson Esther Gilfillan Helen Crabbe Marie Walker Marie Nehr Mary Spry Florence Weaver Leah Garrett Mae Johnson Helen Osborn Katharine Firebaugh Grace Clark Florence Truxell Lora Buck Grace Hagie Gladys Cline Myrtle Pierson Ellen Gardner Josephine Vandall Violet Gardner Ruth Watts Gladys Weaver CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Hamlme Hiterarp octetp Organized 1855 OFFICERS President..............................Luther W. Heller Vice-President.....................Glenn M. Frye Recording Secretary.........................Dick Whitney Corresponding Secretary........Ernest Newquist Treasurer......................Wayne Peterson Faculty Adviser................Paul Sandmeyer Prosecuting Attorney...................Walter L. Wilson ROLL Paul L. Sterner Luther W. Heller Ernest Newquist Roscoe Eli a son Kenneth Moomaw Glen Peterson Ray Schafer Francis Newquist Harry Wenger Glenn M. Frye Victor Neiswanger Lee Huston Harold Hayes McCabe Day Walter Carper Reuben Venell Wesley Kettlekamp Vaughn Long James Smith Orville Dean Tom Poulter Ray Hileman Paul Schaffner Charles Kemble Leo Hoover Francis Longnecker Clay Weir Walter Wilson Otis Dean William Hemmings Kenneth Dameron Leslie Wilson Dick Whitney Paul Sandmeyer Claude Heckman Wayne Peterson Earl E. White Donald Harlan Frank Runyon THE 1019 CROAKER $fjilomatf)ean lUterarp i octetp THE m ) CROAKER $fnlomatfjean Hittvaxy Sbatitty Organized 1858 OFFICKRS President...... 'ice- President Treasurer Secretary Alden Doud Frank Snider Edgar Carson Arthur Ollivier Phil Kogan Warren East Byron Talbot Arthi r Ollivier ..Melvin Roth Alden Doud Warren East Milo Harshbarcer Pete Haseltine Walter Eye Elmer Knowles Harold Eckey Melvin Roth ROLE THE 1919 CROAKER Harlan Hiterarp is orietp THE 1919 CROAKER 111 Harlan Htterarp £? octet| Organized 1869 OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Ralph Sheets.................... President Ralph Sheets Harold Cline.................. Vice-President John Stuart Sidney Bloomquist............... Secretary Louis Bassett Tom Poulter......................Treasurer...................Chess Brooks Louis Bassett..............Prosecuting Attorney................Tom Poulter ROLL Louis Bassett Sidney Bloomquist Chess Brooks Glen Brower Harold Cline Ellis Cornic Raymond Foss Dale Nihart Tom Poulter John Poulter William Poulter Ralph Sheets John Stuart Otto Wilson THE im CROAKER Cltontan Htterary £s ocietp THE 1919 CROAKER CItontan Htterarp is octetj Organized 1909 OFFICERS First Semester Second Semester Geneva Resor..................... President Thelma Billingsley Thelma Billingsley............. Vice-President ..............Dorothy IJohl Elsie Noble................Secretary and Treasurer..............Cora Du Bois Meta Hohl......................... Pianist Meta Hohl ROLL Thelma Billingsley Cora Du Bois Agnes Bloom Grace Cornic Maye Hanna Meta Hohl Carol Johnson Suzanne Poulter Dorothy Hohl Jennie McBride Signe Lindeen Geneva Resor Elsie Noble Beulah Van Syoc Lydia Wright Elya Coates Mabel Shephard THE 1919 CROAKER Confession Since, according to the ordinary rules of international law, the use of GAS BOMBS in warfare is scarcely to be tolerated, we feel at this time it is necessary for us to make some explanation for our mode of attack in the next few pages. In case of breaking the rules the defending side has the right, however, to retaliate, and now we will dedicate a few lines to “The Unseen Foe” who stole our copy and also the college checks: the faculty whose jokes we have listened to with a spirit of long-suffering: the people who don’t deserve any thrusts, for ’tis better to do too much than not enough: and those who got a good fit. What we arc to say is just in fun and we earnestly hope it may be regarded as such. THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 ©lye 2Jtttle Croaker Volume I Published Only Once Number I Entered at Post Office as First Class Dope under Iowa Libel Laws Edited by Baron Munchausen ct al. Business Manager Rotten Price $3.00 A Copy of the 1919 Croaker Free with Each Little Croaker WHAT WE GIVE YOU ADVERTISING Free of Charge EDITORIALS What People Think DRAMA AND ART Not Worth Mentioning JOKES All Camouflage ADVICE Worth the Price THE 1910 CROAKER ©etucation To All the Narrow Minded Souls, Whose Friendship We Lose Through the Quips of This Little Croaker, We Affectionately Dedicate the Following Pages. THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER LIVE WIRES ? ? ? OX OUR CAMPUS Violet Ashe Luther Heller Wallace Carpenter Warren East I LA G LOT FELT V Carrie Wentworth Robert Payne Melvin Roth Myra De Yar.man Elmer Knowles Helen Crabbi- Marie Phillips Pauline Gilfillan Frank Snider Vera Hartley Mae Johnson Lora Xickolaus Myrtle Pierson Lucile Cartwright Leah Garrett Thomas Poulter Orville Dean IT hat is so rare as a day in June? A poet has harped on his long harpoon, But our answer comes bubbling forth eft soon, It's a dear Pi Phi that will not spoon Or a Beta at church by Sunday noon Or a Phi Mu chapter -without a prune Or a check from dad that came too soon Or a math class dismissed before noon Or the K line on time, or too soon Or a ukelele that’s in tune Or an Alpha house with too much room Or an editor's desk ivithout a gaboon, These, oh poet, I’d like to croon. Arc a damsiterarer than a day in June. “Talk about man!” exclaimed the suffragist. “What has man ever done for woman ?” “He’s furnished her with a model she’s been trying darn hard to imitate,” came a voice from the rear of the hall.—Transcript. Ike: “Are you in love with some particular girl?” Pete (hoarsely) : “Yes, old man, I am.” Ike: “Is she in love with you?” Pete (tearfully) : “I think so.” Ike: “Then she can’t be a particular girl.” All the concrete isn’t in the pavements, nor is all the mahogany used for chiffoniers. THE 1919 CROAKER May and Dick Make us sick With their fussing And discussing. This poem was contributed by a Freshman who is not very observant—as anyone could sec by the accompanying picture. Hope the parties concerned will accept apologies for this little limerick. However, there is no need to worry because as every one knows, there is no truth whatever in the verse—although “The course of true love never runs smoothly”. This is the exception that proves the rule. Aren’t Freshmen green? They never do see anything! ABOUT THE CROAKER OFFICE Not Found Found Typewriter Blank Copy Paper Snapshots Profanity A Yale Lock Deficit Gray Hairs Optimism Ambition Excess Profits Tax-Seniors Most of the Juniors Efficiency Neatness Miss Barber: “Do you understand that, Mr. Snider?” Snider: “Yes, ma’am.” Miss Barber: “Then the rest of the class does.” Poetical Lines Found in Pontius’ Pocket The Devil makes the wicked wind, To bloiv our skirts knee high; But heaven kindly sends the dust. To fill the bad boy’s eye. She: “Ouch! I’ve bitten my tongue. He: “How I envy you!” THE 1919 CROAKER HAS BEENS Prologue Gone but not forgotten Says the old, old stall. But the students think it’s rotten, That it’s gone at all. Canto I There was a bell which used to ring, To classes it did call. The students they did gaily sing, As it rang for one and all. But says someone, “Be up-to-date, Cut out the campus bell, The students may be rather late, But then we can’t yet tell. So electric bells arc ringing; That is—when they do not shirk, But the students are not singing As they’re rushing late to work. Still we love to hear the message, From the ancient campus bell, After our athletic games Saying everything went well. Canto II There was a man who used to sing Spring and summer, winter, fall, All his gang he used to bring And serenade at Hershey Hall. All the co-eds used to answer, Clapping hands and with a smile, As the stalwart youths did carol Popular songs all the while. But says someone, “Be good mannered, Do not so applaud.” The serenaders, at no answer, Merely said, “My Gawd”. Still the stalwart youth is singing, But doesn’t serenade the Hall. Songs of wonderment he’s bringing, That there arc co-eds at all. CROAKER THE 1919 U' ■i CROAKER Scenes Quiet t our Grandmother Nu rse Reserved for Sn yd er’s first “Case” Metnori es — THE 1010 CROAKER m m m founded 1918 Official Organ..........Bulletin Board Colors..................................Anything Dirty Flower .......................................Dandelion Slogan.................................“On to Chicago” Motto.............................“Ten Cents, Please” Aim..........To hear Billy Sunday and see a Burlesque GRAND PRESIDENT CLIMBING FENCE She tried to stop the publication of the Croaker but had about as much luck doing it as she is having in getting over the fence. LAMBDA CHAPTER THE GANG Frances Toothacre Mabel Walker Ruth Heppe Ruth Holiday Mae Shipley ?????? • ••••• SHOULD WOMEN VOTE? How would they look filling out a ballot when we have the following illustrious example of how one filled out a Croaker information blank. THE 1919 CROAKER Name............................Vera Hartley............................. Home Address.........................Salem, Iowa........................ Class............................ Sophomore ............................ Fraternity......................Alpha Xi Delta........................... Literary Society......................................................... School Activities and Honors............................................. .................Principal Activity—Making class on time................ .....................Sub-Activity—Making passing grade................... ................Honors—Mt. Pleasant High School graduate................. So far as we know, everybody of College standing has graduated from High School, with the possible exception of some of the Seniors. One soul whom you can always train, Your willing slave, whose every force Is yours to use and answer for— Who is it? Why, yourself, of course. —Ex. THE 1919 CROAKER No. He is not one of the characters of a continued story in the Cosmopolitan. When he came this fall he was all right, but now— THE SIX DAY SCHEDULE and you see the result. Oh, beg your pardon, we mean six day schedule of classes. As our friend the raven would say, “Nothing more”. WE DON’T WANT TO START ANYTHING BUT WE CAN’T HELP MENTIONING THAT —Mrs. Warhurst has no business Dodging about the campus. —Military Training affords the very best exercise we can get in school. —Ratliff makes good use of his car. —Ballcw is sadder. —We like Day’s style of collars and ties. —Schaffner ought to be in Iota Phi. —Feldman is a good student. —It’s pretty hard to keep the Croaker from coming out. Here's to the censor u-ith his Big, black brush: Who amputates and expurgates All our choicest gush. Our copy looks like Jim Jam Jems Before you get a look, But like the Literary Digest When his blackballs have been took. How does Calvin Richardson take married life? Ballew says “According to his wife’s directions”. THE 1919 CROAKER WHO IS IT? Extract from Gladys Leach’s paper on surgical dressing— “Measure down Zl 2 inches from torn edges on each end—dear.” Appears like her mind wasn’t tied up with her work. FRESHMEN, NOTICE “How can you write clearly if your thought is hazy, vigorously if your will is flabby, concisely if your mental habit is sprawly?” (Taken off bulletin board in English room.) PREXY AT THE BAT A POME Band leader of I. W. C., How your mustache ’muses me! Do you know the girls all laugh It that tiny hunch of chaff ? ’I'hat fuzzy Charlie Chaplin hit, The campus winds will tangle it. Germs will lodge among the hairs, Disease will seize you unawares. That caterpillar on your lip Must bother you whene’er you sip, How did you work up courage ’nough To produce that downy fluff ? Dr. Booth (in Freshman History) : “Mr. Carper, tell me of the rise (rice) of the monasteries.” Carper: “That was the food the monks ate.” A TOAST We can’t efface her, ice can’t forget her; We love her still,—the stiller the better. THE 1919 CROAKER LIFE’S LITTLE IRRITATIONS Firebaugh’s notes. Psychology Class. Prof. Blair’s greeting to a tardy-student. Carson’s pleas for Vacations. (Vacations are all right. You get me?) I’m not prepared today. College Bred—A Four Year Loaf. CATECHISM Q. What is the picture? A. It is a building. Q. What is a building? A. It is an office. Q. What is an office for? A. Where men go when they think they are transacting business and nobody will bother them. Q. Are there any of those men around here? A. Yes. Lots of them. Q. And do they go to their office and think they arc transacting business and nobody will bother them? A. Exactly. Q. Do you know anybody like that? A. Several. Q. Do I know them too? A. Yes. Q. Who arc they? A. Oh, Doc and Doud, Ballew and Hetty Green and Carper and Wilson and Moomaw and several more besides Hileman and Perdew. Q. Are they old enough to have offices? A. Yes, most of them. But you have to be so old, you know. End Lesson 1 To Let:—One empty dome. Inquire Pete Haseltine. Dr. Lcist in German Class: “What is the difference between life and love?’’ Louise Reaney: “I don’t know. What is it?” Dr. Leist: “Life is one fool thing after another, while love is two fool things after each other.” Mopping up gravy from a plate with a piece of bread may not be “good form” but it is “good taste”. THE 1919 CROAKER 1L IW HIGH SPOTS “Your money, or I’ll throw you off the cliff,” demanded the holdup man in the wilderness. The millionaire chuckled and strode on for he realized it was only a bluff.— Judge. AT THE DOG SHOW Whitney: “My dog knows as much as I do.” Hortense: “Why don’t you get an intelligent dog?” Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS Are Worth While PI BETA PHI Our motto is dress and our aim is speed, Our lessons don't worry us because ice can bluff, We like the Phi Delts because they take us to Martin’s, The Alphas don’t like us, but we should worry. Sevex Succinct Facts 1. Annual Threat If the College doesn’t treat us right we will hand in our charter. 2. Annual Boast We are a fraternity, not a sorority—“You know, girls, when a sorority reaches a certain standard it becomes a fraternity,” etc. 3. Annual Rushing Argument We have 193 chapters, not counting those in academies and sewing circles. Our alumni have the finest homes in town. Last year we gave three cents per capita to maintain a settlement school—ad infinitum. 4. Annual Lament We do not have a single Pierce Arrow in our chapter, but we can all wear decollete gowns at a Formal. 5. Our Talents Fussing—both varieties. 6. Accomplishments A Pi Phi is always leading lady in the class play. Facts (Unvarnished) We can never keep any fraternity secrets. What Ellen does not tell, Dean finds out. One shouldn't hide his candle in the weste basket. Here is a practice game but a hy not get in the tournament? 7. THE 1919 CROAKER HIDDEN SINS OK THE FACULTY Dr. Schell’s date with Dr. Booth and Miss Barber in his wife’s absence. Prof. Blair’s mania for musical comedies. Dr. Leist’s attendance at the picture show. (Old stall—has to take the children.) Dr. Rauch—Too much confidence in his classes. Miss Baldwin—“The wearing of a Frat pin.” Miss Barber—“Places I have been.” Dr. Luebbcrs—Too accommodating. Mrs. Warhurst—Her temper. Miss Schreiner—Dates with the students. Dr. Booth—Couldn’t find out. Prof. Jaques—The dissection of his neighbor’s cat. Dr. Rommel—Punctuality at chapel. Miss Hull—Gossip. Prof. Edwards—Attending prayer meeting in a distant city. Prof. White—A Baptist. WHY GO TO COLLEGE? Lcnorc Jolley: “Prof. Edwards is to teach our Christian Democracy class.” Francis Jamison: “Edwards—a Christian Democracy class!” Lenore: “Well, he goes to Sunday school. Didn’t you ever see his Sunday school pin on his coat?” All: “That’s his Masonic pin.” N. B. A True Story. Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS Do the Business OM1CRON SIGMA PI This is to call your attention to our spring party that we had at the hotel, and we would like to say at this time that the proprietor said he would put us out if we got too noisy. That explains why Mrs. Warhurst did all the talking. Eva Arcingdalc didn’t think it would be polite, either, if we made a noise, and she knows it, she knows it, she knows it all. We would go to Y. W. C. A. every Saturday, if Burdine wasn’t so flippant. SOME INFORMATION We Have Three members of Iota Phi: We all worked on Campus day: We find the Honor System a good means for political gain: We never cut classes or never gossip. Now, dear Editor, that is all I have to say. Our regular information bureau is out of town today and everybody said I should write it. It is needless to say our best members arc Juniors. Secretary Pro Tem. THE 1010 CROAKER S? Q I ADVICE Who By? Keep a Diary, lie on time. Eat Chocolate. Have a philosophy of life. Always be prepared. Canvass your lesson. As we go through life, let us live by the way. After a Hard Day’s Work on the Judicial Co nit nit tee of the Student Senate ’XOTHER POME We Here coming from the picnic And icere wandering o’er the land. The moon wrs shining brightly And I held her little—shawl. 1 held that little shank, I-Joiv fast the evening flies As ice talk about the weather And I gaze into her—lunch basket. I gazed into that lunch basket And icishcd 1 had a taste. There set my lady charming With her arm around my—umbrella. Embracing that umbrella, ‘This charming little miss. Her face was beaming brightly And I slyly stole a—sandwich. —Anon. Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS Can’t Be Beat KAPPA DELTA PSI Our Motto: To cop all the offices on the campus. Our Flowers: Omicron Sigma Pi Our Colors: Red, White, and Blue Our Foundation: Sandmeyer and Perdew Our Card Sharks: Sandmeyer and Hyzer What we boast of: 'The only frat in school that is 100' Red Cross. We never have a flunk. We arc not bad boys! Did you ever notice how many of us got into Iota Phi last year? Let us introduce some of our prominent members: East—Our Bad Man. Wears sandpaper collar. Sterner—Commercial Department. Newquist—Big rakeoff on Wesleyan News. Perdew—“Success, my boy, comes from long hours of hard work.” Write for Catalogue THE 1919 CROAKER FAVORITE SONGS Lives of editors all remind us 'I'hat their lives are not sublime: For they have to Work like thunder To get this copy out on time. Even then, Moomaw and Holiday say we are slow as the dickens. A sorority pin may cover a multitude of sins, but it never made a homely woman beautiful, neither did it ever metropolitanize a corn-fed. Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS For Service PI KAPPA DELTA A Sort of a Camouflage to Cover the Workings of a Choice Hunch of Windjammers Official Organ: Mouth Organ Official Song: Tune—Blest be the tire that finds itself chuck full of air. Words: Secret Anyone can get into this organization provided he will follow the rules. Many a man has gone clear through school without getting in because he didn’t abide by the rules. You may have the best line in the state but you have to abide by the rules. Is that plain? Once you have made the organization, you need never take part in oratory again. Your future is all done up in a package and made the past—so you should worry. Many good men have belonged—but you better not say anything to them—it will make them sore. Earl White—Moonlight Bay Frances Jamison—Khaki Bill Orville Dean—Sister Susie’s Sewing Shirts for Soldiers Fae Hunter—Keep the Home Fires Burning Rii.ea Doe—Lily of the Valley (A Nut Song) Ernest Newquist—Long Boy Gladys Weaver—There’s a Long, Long 'Frail Ellen Gardner—He's a Devil in His Own Home Town Freddy Walker—Oh, Boy! Lucile Robertson—Over There Frances Toothacre—Just to be Near You THE 1919 CROAKER WHY THE CROAKER STAFF SITS UP NIGHTS “Did you get a good picture of me?” “When will the Croaker be out?” “Will I get a discount if I pay for my Croaker after March 15th?” “I know a good joke on somebody, but I won’t tell it.” “If you put anything in about me, I won’t buy one.” “The Croaker should have lots of humor but nothing that will hurt one’s feelings.” “Don’t tell any jokes on the Faculty.” The Mill Boy of the Sloshes Taken While Yet a Boy and Before lie Had Gained IIts Rep. Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS Pull the Dough PHI MU We also are a Fraternity and “Frances is with us yet”. You know in picking material, you should take many different types, in order to balance the organization, and we have no duplicates. We can’t keep everybody from knowing that we arc not the oldest fraternity in the country. Wc have an idea that there are some bad boys in school besides the Phi Delts. Our standing is good in the Pan-Hellenic Council, and they listen to what ye say. Most of us are interested in the soldier boys. Wc have two new brothers-in-law this year. Outside of all this, wc don’t have much to say, except maybe—but wc promised not to say anything about her talking so much. THE 1919 CROAKER Big Prize Given for Best Title for This Picture SAME OLD LINE Douds (in Psychology) : “Dr. Rauch, if you were stranded on a desert island, and you could have only-one book, what one would you choose?” Dr. Rauch: “The Bible, of course. What one would you want?” Douds: “O, something on dry farming, I guess.” Snider, the janitor, Snider, the singer, Snider, the roughneck, Sure is a dinger. Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS None Better PHI DELTA THETA Motto: I want a good girl, and I want her bad. Office: Craig Building. Open all hours. For fear your eyes arc poor, our pledge pin is big. We rely on Peterson and Heller for our brains. The rest of us are athletes. They say smoking is bad for the voice. That’s why we can’t make the glee club. Our saints—Harshbarger, Schaffncr, Haseltinc, and Dean. Our sinners—The rest of us. If one of us has our lesson, that is enough. The rest can copy his. To lend: Safety Razors—Phi Delt House on Initiation Week. For sale: Our dress suits. For rent: Our frat pins. For further information, sec Hall girls. THE 1919 CROAKER Katharine Fircbaugh (speaking of the word “paradox”) : “Does that have anything to do with religion? Oh, no, I remember, that’s orthodox.” Oft in the Stilly Night ARE YOU A DETECTIVE? If So, Discover Freddy’s Busy Day A Man in Advanced Lit Class Sandmeyer’s Real Wife Susie Specs’ Authority Holiday’s Lost Photo Ratliff’s Talking Machine Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS Get Results ALPHA XI DELTA Now Booking for the 1919 Tour under the exclusive management of Paul Ratliff. (Successor to Pan-Hellenic Council.) To find the number of Alphas on the campus, divide the enrollment of the school by four and multiply by one-half. You will be looked upon with favor by these girls if you own a car or a little money, but may “get in” without any attraction. Things that might be— K. Z. an active. Violet Gardner a Freshman. THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER WORD SIGNS Bad Weather—Rbaney Strong Wind—Ballew Happy Girl—Jolley Vacation—Holiday Quicksand—Sandmeyer Forestry—Ashe Echoes—Schell Never Satisfied—Mohr Boy Scout—Kettlekamp Pedestrian—W alker Comforter—Shaull A Perfect ( ?) —Day Rough—Harsch Also Rough—Shook eve-nme at half pa.-iT'se’ Mr Lloyd Moats, alias Jones” enacts the character of Robert Tarver In Green Stockings . Tarver is an empty-headed youn swell and Moats is THERE. ew S Sho vJ — Who Is Your Advertising Manager, Lloyd? Jaqucs: “How can you tell the different trees?” Florence: “Why, by their barks.” Little Croaker ADVERTISEMENTS Yea Bo This space reserved for Beta Theta Pi (Say what you please. It is bound to be right.) N 333F030 6161 3HI THE 1919 CROAKER PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS They have been loyal to the College and to the Student Body, and their co-operation maizes this book possible. Don t forget them and they will not forget you. THE STAFF One good turn deserves another THE 1919 Be sure of value Be sure of style You know that it’s easier sometimes to f give an example than a definition. That’s the way we feel about the word value. It would take a lot of space to tell you about the value you’ll get at this store, but it would only take a few minutes to show you and convince you. In the picture you sec one of the new Varsity styles by Hart Schaffner Marx You won’t find any better all-wool quality anywhere; nor finer tailoring; nor smarter style; well worth having. These clothes will wear a long time and look well as long as you wear them; real values. Copyright Hart SchatTncr Marx In the interest of national economy, it's your duty to look for value in everything you buy. Don’t buy less of the things you need, buy better things, and the less you’ll need. Hub Clothiers The Home of Hart Schaffner Marx Clothes OTTUMWA, IOWA THE 1910 CROAKER I stood on the bridge at Oakland When the clock was striking the hour The water rushed by quite madly Into the plant that furnished the power. NOW WE KNOW Carson just what circumstances move this flaxen haired boy to reel off a yard of poetry in chapel now and then. WE ALSO KNOW Bad from this picture that Carson was all fussed up when at Oakland (and not a bad looking chap at that). AND WE ALSO KNOW Bad how nice the scenery is there, and that it is just a splendid place for picnics. THEREFORE Boy we know that he had a date when he got this picture taken, and also that he spoke in chapel the next day. We haven’t handed the Seniors any compliments for, like Washington, we cannot tell a lie. Doe: “What are you doing this period?” Doud: “Waiting for the next.” THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Home of Kuppenheimer CLOTHING JOHN A. LAUGER The man or boy who comes to this store for his clothes, headwear, and haberdashery, will get the best that’s made and he will always find fair and pleasing prices. NORTH SIDE SO I'ARE PHONE 160 ISLINGTON'S IGGEST USIF.ST EST Ladies, Misses and Children's Ready-to-l'Vear Store THE ROYAL CLOAK CO. “Womens Good Clothes’’ 'Three Stores in Iowa: Burlington, Keokuk, Davenport VISITING TEAMS WELCOMED AT MT. PLEASANT HOTEL Banquets and Dinner Parties a Specialty THE 1010 CROAKER THE BRILLIANT JUNIOR CLASS Day The Dark Horse Dean The Bachelor Carson 'The Woman Hater Irons The Most Bashful Gilfillan The Biggest Giggler Hagie The Biggest Sport Grooms Firebaugh Buck Teacher’s Pet Martin Most Unpopular Newquist Champion Cusser Morrow Jamison Moats Truxei Biggest Bluffer F. Weaver G. Weaver Payne White Roughneck Robertson Platform Star Ollivier Biggest Cheat Peterson Crookcdcst Politician 'FurKINGTON Best Spooner McGrew Date Shark Gardner Meekest Snider THE 1010 CROAKER Your Friends Can Buy Anything You Can Give 'Them Except Your Photograph C. HERBERT DYALL, Photographer COLLEGE PHOTOGRAPHER . 119 North Main Street LESLIE A. MILLER Plumbing and Heating Company Phone 66 • MT. PLEASANT, IOWA SAYLOR’S 503 JEFFERSON ST. BURLINGTON, IOWA THE SHOE STORE Where Your Every Shoe Requirement Can Be Fully Satisfied ■■I THE 1919 CROAKER EAT AT J?ortf) :%tbf ftestaurant Meals and Short Orders students; trade solicited ie JlcUi I)ome Pakerp CHRISTIAN REINHART, Proprietor Bread, Cakes, Pies, Buns, Confectionery SPECIAL ORDERS FILLED PROMPTLY Phone 122 125 North Jefferson St. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Jfarmerk Sc jflerdjants ■iBank MT. PLEASANT, IA. DEPOSITS $700,000.00 The Friend of Iowa Wesleyan H. C. Weir, President Ross Walker, Cashier TI. A. Geeseka, Vice-President Fred C. Woodson, Ass’t Cashier THE 1919 CROAKER College Grocery Lunch Goods, Student Supplies, Staple Groceries HALF BLOCK SOUTH OF HERSHEY HALL L. M. HALLO WELL WHEN IN OTTUMWA, EAT AT THE “Iowa Cafe” Quick Service, Courteous Treatment, Reasonable Prices, Cleanliness Come and See Regular Meals 35c Fine Sleeping Apartments in Connection 124 EAST SECOND STREET, OPPOSITE COURIER BUILDING Over One-Half of the Cars on American High-nays Are FORDS THERE’S A REASON J. L. SCOTT CO. MT. PLEASANT, IA. J. H. JERICHO CO. DRUGS, KODAKS The Store WE HAVE A KODAK FINISHING DEPARTMENT. WORK GUARANTEED THE 1010 CROAKER THE SHOVEL CLUE Motto: Yerbum Omnia Vincit The Shovel Club is perhaps the only really ideal organization in existence. Branches exist all over the world, and have always been arid always will be in a very flourishing condition. There are no standards as to the necessary “line” for membership—you yourself are responsible for your standing in the organization. History It is with no little pride that we point to some of the prominent members of the past and what they have done is an incentive to better work on our part. There are no more romantic deeds related in history than one escapade of one of our former members—now very deceased—Nero Rome Chapter No. 2094539856 Dues all paid when he died—He literally shoveled his way to an acquittal when accused of murdering his mother-in-law and during the cold snap when he set fire to the city ’tis said his line was never better. And in the same way he got out of a good many crooked real estate deals. College Club It is scarcely fair to challenge anyone’s membership in the “Local’’ but it is certain that Ncwquist said Holiday had a very poor line. The lines of our faculty are superb, entitling them to the rank of “The Big Scoops”. Our departed brother, Chaplain Fraser, is yet with us in spirit and has advised Doud, like the ancient oracle, to “forsake the calcium” and commended Doe for his gallantry as “Field Marshal of the Keydets”. Heller was criticised for joining Iota Phi, but the groans only come from “failing” members of our club. To The Croaker This is a true statement of our standing at the present time and the following named officers will probably continue until the school year is over. Officers ?narked thus (”) are likely to lose their standing however. Respectfully submitted, Dick Whitney, Scoop Reporter. E. W. Day ” Roadmaker for the “Eddyvillc Bearcats” A. Doud ” Proof reader. Joke Section Iota Phi Elections Lloyd Moats Chairman of Committee on Scholarship Orville Dean On probation. THE 1010 CROAKER YOUR BANK SHOULD BE THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK When you come to Mt. Pleasant, “A good place to live,” to educate your children, you will want a bank, GOOD, SAFE, and ACCOMMODATING. We offer these advantages and on the strength of them WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS. The accounts of students are given special care by us. REMEMBER THE NAME FIRST NATIONAL BANK “Oldest Bank in Henry County” A. V. COLES Fresh and Salt Meats, Pure Home Rendered Lard All Kinds of Cooked Meats on Hand SPECIAL RATES TO STUDENT CLUBS 125 N. JEFFERSON ST. PHONE 240 MARTIN’S Homemade CANDIES LUNCHES ICE CREAM THE 1919 CROAKER Mi THE 1919 CROAKER DON’T YOU WEARY OF THESE? PET SAYINGS OF THE FACULTY Dean Barber: “Now at Columbia—” Dean Lucbbcrs: “Still carrying on business at the old stand—” Prexy Schell: “God bless the Girls.” Miss Baldwin: “Now boys—” Dr. Rauch: “I hope all you girls get nice husbands.” Prof. Blair: “Visitors always welcome.” Prof. Edwards: “Next time I get married it is going to be by the justice of the peace. He only charges $1.50.” Prof. Jaques: “Hastily done—Please redraw.” Miss Hull: “Girls, have you heard—” Dr. Leist: “That excuse is old. Get a new one.” Prof. Eaton: “But the faculty has decided—” M rs. Warhurst: “Put more facial expression into that.” Prof. White: “Now when it comes to the moon—” Miss Schreiner: “Class will not meet today.” Miss King: “After this week wc will use only French in class.” Dr. Rommel: “Now I mean 8:00 o’clock; not 8:30.” Dr. Booth: “When I have once made up my mind, don’t ask me to change it.” WE’LL TAKE A HALF HOLIDAY WHEN— All the faculty come to chapel. Doe quits crabbing. Payne comes to Jr. Ed. on time. The girls play basketball at the Y. We have an all-college dance. Ollivier smokes. Miss Truxell sings a solo in chapel. Pete Haseltinc leads Y. M. Lucille Robertson has a date. Miss Baldwin forgets the Amen. Clay Weir goes to war. F-iercc lessons L-ate hours U-nexpected date N-ot prepared K-nockcd out. THE 1919 CROAKER Latest'Models in READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS Complete Line of Spring Suits, Coats, Silk and Wool Dresses, Silk and Wool Skirts, Waists and Petticoats at Popular Prices VISIT OUR STORE WHEN IN BURLINGTON AND SAVE MONEY 213 AND 215 JEFFERSON ST. BURLINGTON, IOWA flOLLY BRAND I CHOCOLATES Clinton-Copeland Co. Burlington. Iowa THE 1919 CROAKER For the Girl of Fashion, For the Man Who Cares J. M. BURD SHOE CO. Burt Shoes for Women, Bostonians for Men y --------------------------------------------) {R)t jflt. peasant Jfree $res Established 1866 JOB PRINTING Linotype Composition at Regular Rates Stanley Miller, Editor and Publisher MT. PLEASANT, IA. At a time like this, when the future is so uncertain, it is important, for your own sake and for the sake of your country, to practice THRIFT. Being CAREFUL of one's EXPENDITURES is the heart of thrift. It is easier to be careful of expenses if one KEEPS an ACCOUNT of them. In order to have a RECORD on which to base an account put your money in the bank and pay all items by check. DEPOSIT WITH THE NATIONAL STATE BANK MT. PLEASANT. I A. A. D. HAYES COMPANY DEALERS IN Gram, Seeds, Coke, Coal, Cement, Plaster, Sand, Gravel A COMPLETE LINE OF MILL FEED Grinding Done Quickly on New Attrition Mill, Motor Driven O. H. Keith, Manager Phone 102 THE 1019 CROAKER ADVERTISEMENTS IOTA PHI Established—Every Spring Official Organ—Bulletin Board Aim:—To get people through their Junior and Senior years without having to study. Motto:—We should worry about study. We’ve got a pull. Founded some time during the Dark Ages, this fraternity (?) has existed ever since. Once a year the faculty holds a lottery to determine who shall be members the next year. It all who earn this honor were elected it would soon be only a tradition at Wesleyan: if all were elected who think they should be, membership would exceed 200 annually. All twelve of the members arc elected except the eleven that Dr. Schell and Miss Barber appoint. Initiation (Secret) (The candidate need not be blindfolded since like all Iota Phis, he can see anything anyhow.) Oath of Initiation: I solemnly swear by Dr. Lucbber’s lectures, Dr. Rauch’s recitations, Dr. Schell’s cheers, and all the other sacred college institutions, that I will forsake all my ways of studiousness, will never have a lesson in time for class, and will flunk in at least three hours next semester. I will crab at the bunch elected next spring, will gossip about the faculty choices, and will tell all I know or may discover about the secrets (if any) of the fraternity, especially to non-members. Secrets:—The skeleton head means that we are dead from the neck up. T he green eyes arc typical of the way in which non-members regard us (the green-eyed monster). The pen, as you see, has never been dipped in ink, hence it signifies that we never use it. Nobody knows what the Greek letters stand for, so you won’t need to know either. We have no knock (except that used every spring at election time), grip, or password since we meet only once a year and don’t need them. THE 1919 CROAKER C. M. TAYLOR CO. ELECTRICAL SUPPLIES AND BICYCLES Packard Mazda Lamps, Student Lamps New and Second Hand Bicycles, Repairing, Tires, Etc. 9$ NORTH JEFFERSON ST. PHONE 28 When in Need of Any Drugs or Toilet Articles Call in at The NYAL Store J. M. DUGDALE ICE CREAM PARLOR NORTH MAIN Lagatnarcino-Grupe Co. WHOLESALE FRUITS AND VEGETABLES FOUNTAIN SUPPLIES Schlitz “Famo” Good Luck Oleomargarine BURLINGTON, IOWA THE 1919 CROAKER WHO’S WHO IN AMERICA Charle Edski Shookem, Engineer PIANO and TUBA A Specialty NOW TOURING AMERICA Miss Barber, in Junior Education: “Say that again, Mr. Moats. I think I almost caught a gleam of intelligence in your answer.” MUSINGS OF FOSS I can sew and I can sweep, I can knit and a secret keep, I can cook and dishes wash, I’ll make some boy a good wife, b'gosh! IN PSYCHOLOGY Hyzer: “How long can a person live without brains?” Sterner: “I don’t know. How old arc you?” CROAKER Lammk Tryin'C to Hide From the Staff Photographer Never Try to Beat Anyone at Their Own Game WHO SAYS WE HAVEN’T A TRACK TEAM? Standing, Broad Grin—Frye Hop, Skip, and Flunk—Snider Throwing the Bluff—Pontius Hurling Hot Air—K. Z. FIREPROOF CONSTRUCTION A Freshman stood on the burning deck And as far as he could learn lie stood in perfect safety For he u-as too green to burn. WEBSTER UP TO DATE Bluff—To cover a deficit of brains with an issue of brass. Celebrate—To cut classes and lounge on the campus. Cut—A cruel attempt to deprive the class of the pleasure of one’s company and the benefit of his recitation. English—Our mother tongue. Father seldom uses it. Faculty—An organization to furnish new jokes to students. Flunk—A process by which one becomes a Special. Period—Fifty minutes of torture. Pony—Beast of burden used by students who are weak in the head. Quiz—A means by which students recall how little they know. Recitation—A game of bluff. Study—An obsolete term. Pete: “Where’s Hawk this year?” Hemmings: “He’s head lineman for a wireless telegraph company. THE 1919 CROAKER l)ote( pui'lmgtou FIREPROOF M hen in Burlington Make This Your Headquarters Special Attention Given Cafe Parties J ctd JBra elton parber fefjop THREE CHAIRS LINC VIRDEN, PROP. 1917 EDITION Iowa Wesleyan History and Alumni Record Every Grad, Student, and Friend of Iowa Wesleyan will want a copy of this great book. 448 pages solid matter on best book paper, in fine gold embossed cloth binding. The most complete work of its kind ever attempted by an Iowa College. Get one and see it for yourself. An invaluable reference book for your own Library. Indispensable. Published decennially under the auspices of the Alumnal Association of Iowa Wesleyan College. PRICE BY MAIL $2.00 Address BEN H. WILSON. Treasurer I. W. C. Alumnal Ass’x MT. PLEASANT, IA. THE 1919 CROAKER The EVERETT Piano—One of the Three Great Pianos Other Pianos Carried in Stock Arc Bush Lane, Estey, Harvard Schumann Victor Victrolas, Victor Records CHAS. E. McLERAN PHONE 33+ MT. PLEASANT, I A. F. B. CRANE JEWELER AND STATIONER For Twenty-five Years Iowa Wesleyan s Jewelry and Book Store R. BROWN CO. CHOICE CORN-FED BEEF, PORK, MUTTON, AND VEAL. PURE HOME-MADE LARD A SPECIALTY. FISH IN SEASON PHONES 63—91 MT. PLEASANT, I A. THE 1919 CROAKER WHAT WE DON’T KNOW NEVER HAPPENED Wc know: The day Lucile Pontius didn’t go to the matinee. (She had the measles.) Who climbed down the fire escape one night last fall. Why the faculty arc so peaceful. Why K. Z. went to the party. Why Miss Barber goes to “The Grand”. Where the Phi Delts spend their leisure time. All about the “Barber-cue”. Why Francis went to Burlington to “Have a Heart”. Why Pete bought a new suit on Saturday, March 1st. What happened at the Y. M. C. A. one midnight. Why Luebbcrs doesn’t get to speak at chapel. Where the college dance hall is (not). Why a few girls go to visit in New London certain week ends. Why “Babe” left the Hall. What the corn-bread is made of. Where Jeffrey got all the students in the catalog. Frank Snider had been fussing the night before and as a result he had his German lesson poorly prepared. In spite of this fact, he translated fairly well for a short distance, but after reading “and I put my arms around her”, he suddenly stopped and could go no further, and said, “That’s as far as I got, Professor Leist.” Professor Leist replied: “That’s far enough, Herr Snider.” At the Bank: “Miss Walker, is this your father’s signature?” Freddy: “As near as I could get it.” Prof. White (in Astronomy) : “What are the facts upon which you base your conclusion ?” East: “I haven’t hunted up the facts yet. It was hard enough to think up the conclusion.” THE 1919 CROAKER Love ohd Labor Whose hand Qreai 9 CROAKER THE 1010 LET THE COOKE’S UNDERTAKING CO. Do Your Picture Framing NORTH MAIN ST. PHONE 360 Eastman Cameras and Films High Class Kodak Finishing Kodak Albums NORTH SIDE STUDIO “THE KODAK STUDIO” MT. PLEASANT, IA. SEND VOI R FILMS IN BY MAIL AND WE PAY RETURN POSTAGE FOR THE GRADUATE Hertzler Boesch Co. Footwear BOOTS, PUMPS, OXFORDS which arc in turn Graduates of the foremost Institutions of Footwear Education. Enjoy shoes of beauty and true style distinction by treating your feet to a pair of our shoes. They fit and are “SHOES OF QUALITY BURLINGTON, IOWA CROAKER THE 1919 SPELLMAN’S French Dry Cleaning and Dyeing Hats Cleaned and Blocked PHONE 260 115 N. MAIN gintta Carrigan Where AW College Girls Get Their Fashionable Millinery J. S. SCHRAMM CO. BURLINGTON, IA. DRY GOODS AND READY-TO-WEAR GARMENTS A Satisfactory and Profitable Place to Do Your Shopping Conic and See the New SilJcs, Dress Goods, Wash Goods, White Goods, Hosiery, Gloves, and Utide linear Visit Our Ready-to-Wear Department on the Third Floor You Will Find the Latest Models in Coats, Suits, Dresses, Waists, Skirts, Etc., at SATISFACTORY PRICES Centra JMery anb Confectionery GEO. LUBERGER, Prop. Home Made Fresh Bread, Pies and Cake, Fine Candies, Oysters in Season Ice Cream Delivered to Any Part of City NORTH MAIN ST. PHONE 90 MT. PLEASANT, IOWA THE 1919 CROAKER THE 1919 CROAKER Burlington’s Big Store Twenty-ei.tht departments under one roof, including dry goods, cloaks, suits, millinery, jewelry, rugs, draperies. Victro-Ins. novelties, etc. The Service Company American liik 3fn£urance Co. DES MOINES, IOWA Investigate Our Ncvj Policies Double Indemnity Protection Total Disability Protection Continuous and Limited Forms Full Information Cheerfully Furnished by T. L. WHITE District Manager MT. PLEASANT, IA. DRUGS Again we ask you to call on us for your drug-store requirements. We sell the San-Tox Preparations, each one guaranteed to be satisfactory to you. See us for brushes, combs, fountain pens, Thermos bottles, boxed stationery, candy, Peredixo Face Cream, Tooth Paste and Talcum Powder. H. T. WAUGH A. D. S. DRUGGIST THE 1010 CROAKER ADVERTISEMENTS SIGMA PHI EPSILON For pledge pins apply at Registrar’s office. For flunks look to the actives. If you want to see the rest of us—go to Camp Dodge. Star of the East—Moats. Official Snow Plow—Pledges and Snider. Official baggage smashers on first week of school—All of us. If to the Glee Club you wish to belong Just wear a Sigma pin And for you Flora soon will be strong. If you want religious advice, ask White for it. “We’d like to have dates but they cost money.” Patronesses Heckman Shook Wesleyan lost out in Oratory this year because we didn’t represent it. If You Don’t Care What You Say! The Sigs keep their beds made well. . “ “ never smoke or play cards. “ “ believe in the honor system. “ “ arc classy dressers. “ “ never part with their pins. never bluff. “ “ give annual formals. “ “ are college boosters. “ “ make a hit with the faculty. the )f ) CROAKER HOAGLIN’S Department Store EVERYTHING FOR EVERYBODY Coats, Suits, Millinery, Furs, Carpets, Rugs, Draperies, Wallpaper, Dry Goods, Notions, Gents' Furnishings Shoes and Underwear for the Whole Family Expert Tailoring and Dressmaking Pay Us a Visit It Will Pay You J. H. Wallbank Sons “THE SATISFACTORY STORE” The Home of Hart, Schaffner and Marx Clothes Correct Styles for Young Men at the Right Time THE 1919 CROAKER '■-L IL. SOPHOMORES As They Sec Themselves H ECKMAX—Caruso Dean—John D. Sterner—Prince of Tonight Rachel Lee—Little Miss Muffct Shook—Mahomet Perdew—Theodore Roosevelt Marie Ward—Ella Flagg Young W. East—Jim Thorpe Burdine Coles—Sylvia Pankhurst Gladys Greeson—Billy Burke Mae Johnson-—Marguerite Clark Josephine ' a n da ll—S a ppho Glenn M. Frye—Longfellow Dick Whitney—Caesar Pauline Scott—Martha Washington Hortense Jeffrey—Mae Marsh Wallace Carpenter—Woodrow Wilson Vera Hartley—Hetty Green Helen Crabbe—Laura Jean Libby Marie Nehre—Sarah Bernhardt Helen Osborn—Jeanette Rankin Dorothy Lam me—Katharine Ridgeway Esther Gil fill an—Goddess of Liberty Vera Payne—Pocahontas Harold Ward—William S. Hart Marie Walker—Mary Pickford Mamie Peterson—Louise Alcott Myrtle Pierson—Joan of Arc I la Glotfelty—Grace Richmond Marie Tomlinson—Florence Nightingale Lucille Pontius—Theda Bara Louise Reaney—Mark Twain Etta Searcy—Susan Anthony Mary Spry—Madame De Forge Melvin Roth—Apollo Bonnie Grooms—Madame Duff Gordon Ruth Heppe—Beethoven Jessie MacMillan—Lillian Russell Laura Nickolaus—Madame Petrova Jimmie Smith—Jackie Sanders THE 1919 CROAKER The Essentials of Good Printing It takes more than type, ink and paper to produce fine appearing magazines and books. Yet, these things are essential and we have them. In addition to these, however, it requires the skill which is born of close application and experience. For many years our administrative as well as our mechanical departments have devoted their thought and energy towards producing printing and binding of a superior class, with the result that today we arc in a position to supply the highest grade of product at reasonable prices. Our company makes its chief aim the satisfaction of its customers and performs whatever it promises. Your inquiries solicited. The Economy Advertising Company IOWA CITY, IOWA THE 1919 CROAKER HAVE YOU HEARD? That the 1919 Croaker was a success? We did. That William Blair was to be married? No danger. That Prcxy Schell, in his day, was a regular devil? We don’t doubt it. v That Miss Barber cuts classes when she wants to? Nobody objects. That Hershey Hall has good cats? That’s a lie. That Phi Mu sang good on their serenade? How could they? That we behave well in Psychology class? ???????? That Mamie wants a man? She said she did. That our blackboards were washed last year, loo good to be true. That Prof. Edwards gossips? That’s nothing new. That Mrs. Warhurst lost her temper? She’s never caught it from the first time yet. THE 1919 CROAKER S HORTAGE SO AIEWH ER E An advertisement of a popular musical comedy which a few of our best students (Specs) attended, has this to say of one of the attractions: 60 PEOPLE 30 COSTUMES A FRESHMAN’S DILEMMA If a body meets a body At a mixer in the fall Should he really feel acquainted, Ever ask for dates at all ? I have called up every girl Whose name is on my card, They’ve scorned and ridiculed me, All have turned me down so hard. FROSH Seems to me it’s inconsistent When a feller meets a girl And she says “I’m glad to meet you”, Sets his head all in a whirl, Later meets him on the campus, Passes with an icy stare, Leaves him feeling quite embarrassed Standing with his cap in air. I’m already quite disgusted, College girls are mighty queer, I dop’t think they’re much improved By being educated here. Guess they favor upper-classmen, Sophs and Juniors all get by. Seniors have no difficulties, D----- it, fellows, why do I ? .LAiredM,, MprercvAC j Corc rcv ! ds Attervfiorx! LOOK back over the past years and ask yourself what other Engraving Institution, specializing in college annuals, has wielded so wide an Influence over the College Annual Field? Ask yourself if College and University Annuals are not better today because of BUREAU PROGRESSIVENESS and BUREAU INITIATIVE? You know that the BUREAU OF ENGRAVING, Inc. inaug urated the system of Closer Co-operation with college annual boards in planning and constructing books from cover to cover. Our marked progress in this field commands attention. Our establishment is one of the largest of its kind in this country. Our Modern Art Department of noted Commercial Art Experts is developing Artistic Features that are making Bureau” Annuals Famous for Originality and Beauty. And again, the help of our experienced College Annual Department is of invaluable aid. Our up-to-the-minute system, which we give you, and our Instructive Books will surely lighten your Burden. A proposition from the Natural Leaders in the College Annual Engraving field from an organization of over 150 people, founded over 17 years ago, and enjoying the Confidence and Good Will of the foremost Universities of this country, is certainly worth your while. Is not the BUREAU OF ENGRAVING, Inc., Deserving of the Opportunity of showing what it can do for - YOU? BUREAU of ENGRAVING, INC. MINNEAPOLIS - MINNESOTA r u 7 ous'0 o 0r g no y . i r...................... THE 1919 CROAKER Solua Wt$ tym College 1042 - 1918 MOTHER OF IOWA COLLEGES Seventy-six Years of Superb Work for the World Member North Central Association of Colleges CAREFULLY SELECTED FACULTY ENTHUSIASTIC STUDENT BODY ABOUNDING COLLEGE SPIRIT THOROUGH AND GENUINE WORK Baccalaureate Courses in Liberal Arts Literature Philosophy Sciences Music Courses in Domestic Science, Agriculture, and Physical Training Good Libraries Well Equipped Laboratories Valuable Museum Twenty Acre Campus Eight Buildings Expenses Reasonable Living Accommodations Exceptional Excellent Gymnasium Splendid Modern Dormitories Women Men Hershey Hall Seeley Memorial College Year Opens September 17th For Catalog and Details, Write EDWIN A. SCHELL, President Mt. Pleasant, Iowa THE 1010 CROAKER WHY WESLEYAN FOR A WELL ROUNDED OUT COLLEGE LIFE, YOU CAN NOT MAKE A BETTER SELECTION THAN WESLEYAN Wesleyan is the oldest college in Iowa. Clustering about the school is all the fine tradition and romantic history that only the years can give. Wesleyan is a standard, fully accredited college, with an unchallenged scholastic prestige. Wesleyan is ideally located in a beautiful city of homes and ch urches. Wesleyan students arc loyal, enthusiastic representatives from the very finest homes of Iowa. Opportunity for participation in outside activities that count so largely in the development of the student are exceptional. For the Athlete For the Debater Miscellaneous: Greek Letter Fraternities and Sororities, Honorary Fraternities, Y. M. and Y. W. C. A., Literary Societies, Glee Clubs, Wesleyan News Staff, Croaker Staff, Band, Dramatic Club, and MILITARY TRAINING For Catalogue and Illustrated Booklets, Write EDWIN A. SCHELL, President Mt. Pleasant, Iowa Football Basketball Track Tennis Baseball Gymnasium Inter-Literary Contests Inter-Class Contests Freshman Team Varsity Intercollegiate For the Orator Freshman Contest Hamline Annual Harlan Divisional Contest State Oratorical THE 1919 CROAKER i GlJje Class of 1919 —take pleasure in presenting the seventh volume of the Iowa Wesleyan College Croaker, and sincerely hope that it is in harmony with the spirit of our Alma Mater —that our labor may have been of advantage and do credit to the Faculty and Administration —that it may in the future call to mind many of the happy associations we have had with our school mates —and that it may ever be a reminder of the spirit of sacrifice that sent our men to the colors to make our ideals of Christianity and Democracy a reality, never to be lost. We are especially grateful to all the people who have given of their time and work that this volume may have been a success, and especially we feel under an abiding obligation to: —Mr. C. Herbert Dyall, who worked with the Staff and in a hundred ways aided our work —Mr. Will Dyall for so artistically mounting the cuts for Pi Beta Phi and Alpha Xi Delta —Mr. Tom Poultcr for the larger part of our “school” pictures —Mr. John Jericho who furnished us free of charge the pictures of the college buildings —the Economy Advertising Company who have shown us every courtesy —Mr. Luther feller of the Wesleyan News whose co-operation with the Croaker Staff has been entirely whole hearted —Mr. J. J. Sher of the Bureau of Engraving whose efforts we greatly appreciate —and our advertisers and the student body whose interest have made our undertaking a possibility. CROAKER THE END THE 1919 CROAKER “g f)oulb Aulb Acquaintance be forgot”
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