Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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After this demonstration the Faculty instructed us to wash the hands and faces of the Preps, those almost human-look- ing Newfoundland-cared objects, which Prof. Churchill will tell you were unearthed by Prof. Needham in one of his bug- ological expeditions against West Galesburg, near the pebble clad banks of the gently flowing Cedar Fork. I remember having heard a rather pathetic description of a party the before-mentioned Seniors once gave. It was a sad party, consisting principally of stale jokes twined gracefully about wall flowers, and supporting as a background ice cream and bakery lady fingers. They held a class meeting, and decided they would ask the Juniors to unite with them Cthe Juniors paying the expenses of the penurious Senior studentsj in a class party. The mighty phalanx of '97 lined up, and on a broad grin, edged with cardinal and silver monogrammed Thanks, sent the roasted invitation back, while side by side with it lay our decidedly unanimous Non. The next day in the Senior camp there was much weeping and gnashing of false teeth. However, they had made all due arrangements for renting their pumps and borrowing their fans, so they could not give it up. ffl, iffy X , rl it ' ,K 3. r W . s if I. r na vm vo x A X X . 1 Perhaps, darling reader Cdear is obsoletej, you may think we have been too harsh in our treatment of the poor Senior, Whose much tutored mind still sees hayseeds in his hair of every kind, but if you will for one moment coax the kaleido- scope of time your way, it will prove to you that even when the turf shall be green above the last milestone of our fame, and when the long lapse of ages Cwhich the Seniors never would tellj has made our locks white as snow, and when the sentinel moon has for the last time listened to the gentle murmurings of the sympathetic willow leaves, as in sad, low moans they soothe the wildly-tossed flow of our ambitions, it will prove to you that we were not. And if in after life, by the hunted look in his eye or the rose on his cheek Cthey were always noted for the way their cheek rose when taxes were leviedj, you should recognize a member of the brass band of '96, be kind to him, for although his hand be palsied with age and his voice weak from much usage, he, too, will join with Freshman, Sophomore and Prep in showering botanical specimens of merit on the Ujlfhzst Wbrlhy f11m'of's. ,ff I I f y. l 1 1 lull w., 1 D -1 I, x X f7 f! Sl li rr ll lf' elf 1 1 wr ,,n,..J..p- I7 D-3 M-f-y.- A sylph am l.

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Sophomore Iaoo. 9ffiC6I35. FRED SLAYTON, PRESIDENT. ALICE BROTHERTON, VICI3 PRESIDENT. BESSIE CROWNOVER, SECRETARY. FRED MCFARLAND, TREASURER . Mofrro-4 'lfln-c, fm. COLOR-Light Blue. YELL-Biff! Bah! Boom! Which! What! Whom! Early, Late, Always Great! Ninety-Eight ! O WRITE or not to write, that is the question. Whether 'tis nobler in THE GALE to suffer the jibes and jeers of envious upper classmates, or to take up our pen in fear and trembling and the true tale of '98's existence tell to the world. The current of our college life has in the main flowed smoothly along, with scarcely a ripple to mar its peaceful surface, save where, here and there, some snag of compulsory drill or rhetoricals has reared its unsightly head above the surface to threaten the unwary voyager with ship- wreck. Our attendance at drill, however, has been very commendable, considering the many other weighty burdens that have rested upon our broad shoulders. To be sure, one of our members by his non-attendance caused Captain Weeks' company to forfeit the privilege of Haunting over their heads the glorious emblem of our national independence and had his name subjected to public ignominy thereby, but had his numerous and important engagements been known, the martial critic would rather have commended the patriotism which led him to enroll at all. We have even condescended to accompany the Lieutenant to the restaurant and eat ice cream-at his expense. Our class parties have been things of beauty and a joy forever-after they were over. Especially did we congratu- late ourselves upon the success of our Washing ton's birthday reception-until the bills were sent in. Q Of orators we have our full quota. Who that has listened Sophs.- A race of upstart creatures.