University of Kansas - Jayhawker Yearbook (Lawrence, KS)

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l Q ff it 11 ' V al t 51. I sg 4- Yiugha 77z2m ac Q , 'I lui NU .5 jf .Sf 5fa2g 2ZQ1ZZieQf,M5 it 5 it t Wil' ffze Pram. iff it f I f X My 'X :f9,:f?: f7a12fg7QfeZ!zfr if .hfgi-wcaggeaf reel. Always had. Of course, Freshies are not supposed to hold anything higher than Freshman presidency, if indeed the Soph- omores allow them that, but as the Naughty-twos climbed out of the incubator they had greatness thrust upon them. That was because they hung together. From their number elected two Foot-ball Captains, one and then the other. For the Senior year they moved men into the managerships of Foot-ball, Basket-ball. and Track Team. Didn't. make a play for Base-ball, for they had already held it for two years and didn't like to crown all pieces at one time. What other class can boast of three editors for the Weekly in as many years. besides managers, presidents, and other honors numberless? Successfully the class went on until Jeshurun waxed fat and kicked over his milk-bucket, as it saith in Deuteronomy. That. was when the other calf came out in blue ribbons. Then came a merry mix-up of trickstering politicians, much palaver, and a. pow-wow, which gave back t.he lie. Quiz-time found them ready to receive the mantle of Elijah which Naughty-one dropped as their horses drew them through the goal. V. Which ls the Beginning of the End. When the Faithful started on the last quarter, they found how many had fallen by tht- side. But those who failed to re- turn, as many had failed every year from a shortage in corn or a shortage in coin, said, We will come again next year, for nt-xt year is always the slogan in hopes that next yt-ar the kernels will break off the ears in the corn-field. Those who did come were much shy like they once did if a maid wig-wagged to them across the street. In a mingled atmosphere of poker-chips and Bodenhausen Madonnas they lived and thrived. Pulled wires in the hall awhile, then held unanimous elections in Room 17. Elected Meek pres- ident at the head of a ticket. Mixed up in school politics, spent a few social evenings. then settled down to books. Some were trying to be Phi Beta Kappas, some trying not to be flunks. Played a play. made an Annual, and proved themselves worthy of the Name and Fame they had gained in four years at Kansas University. Kansas, where we live in number so many they will improved. The lads didn't. VI. Set Forth a Few Things not in the Curriculum. When they stopped the exciting game, they found that they really had learned a great deal about the rules of the game since the cards had first been dealt. They were onto the tricks bet- ter than at first. but not half so well as they thought they were at the end of the second year. now as there had been then, but they had gold isn't taken with a pickg there were There were digs learned that all the workers now as then, but they had learned to graft as well. Found out that day, that they might month. it they couldn't run up the Hill the first learn to walk up it by the cntl of the first.

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if .. ' '4 X, . 1 ic? fl 0 I ,lik ff, HN' they laughed a hollow equine laugh. Some renegades in the trear ranks cried, Down! some few were getting their pass-out checks behind the evergreens, but the line of triple brass, measured by the Faculty's Bertillon System. made good. The Chancellor looped the loop three times before he got in an effective broadside, then held a Court of Inquiry all his own, for names were hidden deep in bosoms of sweaters and the Head was reported to be poor at remembering faces. For the rest, the Freshmen Class, aided by the doughty men of Naughty-naught, did battle right valiantly against -fyfanffkfjiyff-5U'5'9all comers. When the colors wont up the steps to the chapel- desk, all said it was a glorious day, -and when the much bedrag- -l gled warriors sang t'Praise God from Whom All Blessings Flow, , the words came with a ring of unaccustomed truth and vigor. ' jg , 169 After the excitement had died down and the lessons for the as it . . . . ,. year were liuished, Naughty-two want back whence they came, 1 fl w x leaving the corridors to the scrubbing gang and the Campus tn ' E' Lf Ji.- ' the weeds. I ' In September, when the rooming-houses tacked up flaming Rent signs, the class came back. With that unanimous vote . which had grown to be the custom of the Naughty-twos, they Odewance ' ,I , Lazgk 1 ll T ll H 9295 . r r , A Glorious Dqq F' N . l i T ,,I r ,flhilf Cfzarrmfzff Garb elected Emery Chief. Though depleted in numbers, the class with the most charm- ing girls and the graftiest grafters on the Hill could not be re- pressed. After xt certain memorable night. when the Sophs .met double their number ot' granger Freshman on McCook and smote them hip and thigh and occasion-ally in the neck. war was openly declared. Naughty-two outgeneraled them. Met them again a. week later. Same result. To the proposition '02 is the better class, wrote Q. E. D. in big black letters. Taught them. Forgot the maxim of the great Napoleon and fought them too often. lt they haden't, would have come out completely victorious the sec- ond May Day. As it was, they made the pole kiss the blistered sod where the blue grass looked up the day before. Then the Council brought out the carpet, well worn by the knees of many suppliantsg turned the lights on the nakedness of the baldheaded truth and on the culprits in all the iniquity of their moral undress. The Chancellor called it unarchy g Haworth, recalling his Soph- omore days, called it the immutability of man : and Williston called it thirty days. They had a regular May Day among themselves, and, adopting manners to stop it next year, ended by saying, ll-laiianaf' after the cuss-words of the Mexicans. IV., In Which the Juniors Move Into the King Row. Half-way to the top and still climbing. Got up so high peo- ple could see them shine. Dropped the purple toga on McGilllvray, and when the spring came, passed it on to Jones. Held two grand parties during the Sophomore year, but resolved to make them show like lead nickels in a pile of double eagles alongside of the Junior Promenade. Bought up a. hall, brought in the Seniors. and xvultzerl through a happy evening, while the heathen raged without. I Throughout. the course, whenever it became necessary to hook a political oflice, Naughty-two seemed to have hold of the

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Learned that if ons- couldn't work the Profs, it was better to work one- selfg and it one didn't make a I to be happy, it wasn't a Hunk. Learned that peculation is like the old domino deal, only stopping when the last domino Ilnds nothing beyondg and to take the best pair of rubbm-rs left. Learned that a Fraternity was a good thing to stay out of until one was sure he wouldn't be a maverick: and joined the first one that asked them. Found out that the reason so many students burned the midnight oil was because so many were enjoying the moonlight at eleven: that it takes an ace to beat a king. but that the right kind of a queen can In-at anything in the deck. When they halted in the midst of the .Tune roses before the portals of the Mecca they had set out for, they were better students than they were at first, albeit they had forgotten what they tried the hardest to re- member: but the-y didn't cry over inability to reca.ll the binomial theo- rem or thc nervous system of the grasshopper, for they knew the hours spent had not been wasted. i Exodus. Thus the class went on until their time came to pass under the wire. Some wo11 out handily, some had to sprint before the last hundred yards were over, some few never reached tho go-al at all. But when the Great Pontifex closed the race, no one but rejoiced that he had entered it. tl l N. M. M. tw Q W XSYQ7-.1 - X N M I , 4 ggfa j f ,, ., 77? y f I .2-vc: 'Ln ,iq fi' '4 f f N .N lxa ,-.q. 4 ,fl I :,,s M15 LL .Z' A J, Yi 'rf ,...- ' Y I, 7 I FA, lof t-'lg' If flu .5 an T'-