Milwaukee School of Engineering - EMF Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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- ' ' r .- J ' { — TftE 1920 EMF- ENGINEERING III. DICTIONARY OF MODERN WORDS (Revised since July 1. 1919.) AT EASE, ateez. A military term ; this command literally means to lean your rifle against your right hand man and roll a cigarette. BUSINESS, biz.’ncs. Private; a popular form of excuse from classes. CHEMISTRY, kem’istry. A study which has become of national interest since revision of this book. DISMISSED, dismist’. Military term. This command is always appreciat- ed ; usually waited with impatience. EDUCATION, edu-ca’-shon. In pursuance of which we spend our goodly shekels and betimes, our leisure moments. The full scope of this word has not been fully understood. FRIEND, fren’. One who deems it a duty to ask of your health and for a five-spot, frequently. GIRLS, guris.’ On whom the afore-mentioned five is spent in case your friend obtains it. HIBERNATE, hi’-bern-atc. To be present in class. INKING, ing’-king. (Mech. drawing.) A natural way of spoiling your first drawing so that it won’t trouble your conscience to do it over again. JUNK, jungk.’ A term applied to pessimists to the results of your literary efforts. KENNEL, ken’-nel. The average student’s room. LINE, lin. That which your friend hands you while sounding you out for the afore-mentioned five-spot. MYTHOLOGY, mythol’-ogy. A student must be well versed in this im- portant branch of study to be able to explain his absence to the Dean without embarrassment. NERVE, nerv. A quality essential to success. 100% (1200-200 B. C.) Used at universities and colleges to grade examina- tion papers. Now. largely regarded as mythical. PRICE, pris. That which stands between a student and a good meal. QUIZ, ICwiz. A name applied to a method used by instructors to pry into the store of knowledge accumulated by a student. However, the method cannot be regarded altogether as a success since it is possible to ignore the questions, although one should know the answers. RESTAURANT, rest-’o-rant. A place of business following out the philoso- phy laid down by the James brothers, Harry Tracy and a few others. SANDWICH, sand’-wich. A popular form of lottery used in above men- tioned business. It consists of a supposed morsel of food, carefully camouflaged by a slice of bread on each side. The psychological princi- ple upon which this is based is the one relating to the curiosity of persons in regard to hidden treasures. STUDENT, stew’-denf. Now revised to student; the stew being discarded since July 1st. 1919. THINKING, thing’-king. A mental process by which lessons are some- times obtained. Page One Hundred Forty-nine

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 St Fs W ' S' ■ :£Z 'THE 1920 EMF' “ m 1 w hiiim [ lU- ir ■;:v.7»v 1 » UNCANNY, un-can’-ny. The word was not taken from can (Latin for dis- charge), it was derived from the Greek, (probably a cafe), meaning re- ceptacle. The Scotch claim on the word is absolutely without founda- tion. The word is used in connection with Nogueira’s ability to sleep in class. VIOLENCE, vi-o-lens. A term thought ungcntlcmanly before the war but rapidly coming into favor as a means of deciding an argument. WAITER, way’-ter. Part time employment indulged in by students to de- fray expenses without working. X. Y. Z. These are unknown qualities, therefore by axiom VI cannot be defined. ‘GALLIA’ All engineering is divided into three parts, one of which is called the Fresh- men, another the Juniors, and the third the Seniors. The Freshmen is bound- ed on one side by Care-free river, known as the lower side. Along the upper side it is bounded by Hardship mountains. Semester Three is a city in the Freshmen class and is inhabited by a fero- cious and barbarous tribe. Some of the heads of the tribe being called : Analy- tics, Electricity, Chemistry and many others. Analytics is fabled to have eaten ten ordinary men at a single mouthful. When this pernicious and infamous foe defeats its enemy it gives no cjitar- ter, those not escaping being massacred. Their chief ball ground is situated on the upper portion of the country in the narrow pass of Exams. Semester Three is being invaded by a band of trained and sagacious men among which arc statesmen, common foot soldiers with much impedament, the spoils of other wars. This expedition being commanded by General Brains, who is a great and sagacious general, having fought and conquered in many battles. His foot soldiers comprise a band of specially trained R. O. T. C. Chief among the warriors is Merriam, a noted orator and statesmen. When this great and glorious statesman is inspired the words that flow from his lips are as the flow of many waters. Brother Helwig, far-famed for valor, while on a scouting expedition was wounded by one of the nefarious weapons of general Chemistry’s band. His eyebrows were not bleached and his re- covery was rapid. The exploits of the remaining men are too numerous to enumerate here. Daily conflab is held with the gods in our advance against the enemy. Chief among the gods are Messrs. Brown. Stewart, Atherton, Ball and Cap- tain Ristine, who is the god of warfare. If we heed not the advice of the gods they turn to our enemies and visit upon us dire calamities. E. F. S. Page One Hundred Fifty ,---------------