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

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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.

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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

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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