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

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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.

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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.

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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.