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

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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.

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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.

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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.