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

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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”.

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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.

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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.