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u THE 1920 EMF .jg SiSay» •V p M “W” for wolfc, so bright and so fair; And Walter A. Bieter, with pompadour hair. “X” for the unknown we never can tell. After working for hours, we quit with, “Oh h-----.” “Y” is for yesterday, we might have improved. Instead, we played hookey and came back reproved. “Z” is for “zigee,” our favorite yell. ’Twas usually followed by that good one “Well, well---- is for “Andy.” You’d never guess That he wrote these few lines. (What a poor mixed up mess.) THE MAKING OF A “ONE-FINGER ARTIST.” Among other impressions the average “Frosh” gathers during his first week at the School of Engineering is the one that while the instructors like a man who writes a neat hand, they fall violently in love with one who uses a typewriter. Gradually this impression begins to produce action and the “Frosh” comes into possession of one of the complicated instruments that he secs so easily manipulated in the office. Having acquired a typewriter by one of the following methods viz., to wit: Buying, begging, borrowing or renting, (stealing one is next to impossible) he is confronted by the problem of operation. The much heralded touch system requires time to learn and as he has several other things on his mind about that time, he generally accepts Mr. Kienth's suggestion of relying on the Hunt and Peck system. This system is one of the oldest as well as the most popular among ama- teurs. having been devised by Messrs. Long Hunt and Quick Peck in 1897. The operation under the Hunt and Peck system is very simple: the writer merely hunts for the key he wants and when found, pecks at it. It also offers the advantage of permitting the use of one finger on each hand only, thus saving the operator much valuable time should he subsequently lose the other three fingers. These exclusive advantages at once attract the “Frosh” and he practices diligently, but the well known elusiveness of the little ivory key causes 4’s to appear where T’s should bloom and r’s to occur in the space allotted to e’s. And the “Frosh” has ample opportunity for lurid thoughts and mental hymns of hate as he pecks and pecks and pecks. Gradually the keys become tired of their game of hide and seek and remain in one place long enough to be poked at the proper time. Finally the “Frosh” develops into a one-finger ar- tist. but by that time he is no longer a “Frosh.” WALTER A. BIETER. II-B. “TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.” Tf a joke is labeled in your name. Don’t take it to heart, or get insane: Wouldn’t it be awful if we never did smile? Why. that’s what helps make our Annual worth while. So don’t get sore if we pop you one. For, as we said before, ’tis only in fun. czz Page One Hundred Seventy-three
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If r- TIHE 4920 EMF ..X-----X. (0ur Alpljahrt r U “A” is for Arrowood, Arnold, and Apker None of them ever read more than a chapter. “B” for Beaver, Bauer, Bowker, and Brown; They nearly got lost in this big wicked town. “C” is for Clarence, (on Schaffer it fits) ; A man who can always depend on his wits. “D” is for Detwiller and Dixon’s fair form When he comes out arayed in a LATE uniform. “E” is for Elmer—Bartell so they say, And the Earl of Buchanan is with us to stay. “F” is for flunking, (Felton never did) Though Kientli and Shapiro are hard ones to “kid. “G” is for Greeson ; Bless his dear soul! And Gavan. whose poems from Riley they stole. “H” for Haines, Hayes, Hume and Hertz And Hendrickson, you bet! He gives us a tune on his clarinet. “I” is for interest, you’ll admit we are there, When it's up to II-B, we’re doing our share. “J” is Johnson, a good name and true; An overseas fighter; Class president too! ■ %£ “K” for Koch, Kempf. Keys, and Kohler; The first had a girl but somebody stolc’er. “L” is for Laverick and Lancaster E. F. How he would look dressed up as a chef. “M” is for Monday: “McDaniel you’r elate,” And the Dean takes on at a terrible rate. “N” is for nights, in summer so fair. Go ’round to the parks and you’ll find 11s there. “O” is for Otto, Winsinger the great. He’s got some ideas beneath his bone “plate.” “P” is for Petzold, (his mother says “Frank”) We think some day we’ll nickname him “Hank.” “Q” is for quizzes, we all so enjoy. “Oh, that again, we were but a boy!” “R” is for righteousness, not one of us has. We’re all for the Gaycty and music with “jazz.” “S” is for Smalley. On him we depend To shuffle the “pigskin” and hold down the end. “T” is for Thomas—Brookshire they say. He believes that listening, not talking, will pay. “U” for understanding, to knowledge the path. Though most of us lack it when studying “Math.” “V” is for Volta, the son-of-a-gun; He discovered the stuff that makes the “juice” run. Page One Hundred Seventy-two
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