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

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 1920 E ———ni.c ... EDUCATION AS IT IS Brother freshmen, you of the class II, what have you gained from college life? Buddy, let me tel you sumpin’. (I merely state my case because I believe it to be fairly representative of a good many.) I. like so many more of you, came here last fall, fresh from the service. I was entering into the world again, freed from many of the niceties of civilization, full of strange ideas, beaucoup kinds of language and possessed by an awful thirst. In fact, I was raw and uncouth—possibly a diamond in the rough, but if so, in the very rough. One semester has worked wonders. Today, I am a polished man. I admit it. I am polished to a high degree. Three months of surging and heaving about in the bottom of these one-armed arm-chairs has pro- duced a luster, which, my tailor informs me, will remain with me, unless my finances unexpectedly blossom forth to the strength of a new unit, until I pass into a decayed old age. This change, although at first gradual, is. nevertheless, miraculous. It creeps on us, while we sleep; unwary, we do not notice it until it has already become deep seated. After becoming deep-seated it becomes deep-elbowed and now it shows an alarming tendency to spread in all directions. Soon. I expect I shall sparkle both fore and aft until I resemble a Kentucky blue- grass glistening in the morning sunshine; only I shan’t have any mountain- dew. (Please excuse me mixing the metaphor, but what else can you mix nowadays ?) Brother this has been undoubtedly a great thing for us. I hope we all realize the benefits of this very necessary part of a man’s education. Most assuredly, we received it at a timely period in our career and we should be extremely grateful. But now that we are polished to the extent of being almost blase—to say nothing of being practically passe; should this part of our course continue? I think not. Why should we be rubbed at for the remainder of three years, when we are already burnished to the power of shine? Again, let us consider the bubbling youth, so fresh from high school, who will follow in our footsteps. Ought he of the unsophisticated mind and immature thought, receive this portion of his training so early in his life. Are not his years too few and tender to be given this worldly appearance? Should he not wear his blushes on his cheek instead of on his clothing—for another year at least? He should. What then, shall we do about it? I think that the school, as a modern, enterprising, new-idea institution, should install a different type of furniture. They should secure a supply of chairs and set- tees such as is found in the better class (the kind I prefer) of hotel lobbies. That is all I would ask at present as T buy my own stationery. Personally. I do not think that those table-armed, hard wooden monstrosities, which we at present have, arc fit for any man to sleep in. Let us then unite for com- fort; comfort means happiness. And remember: “The happy mind is an intelligent one” (I read that somewhere.) Surely, with the prospect of us becoming intelligent, the faculty and all concerned will give us their most hearty co-operation. Yea. verily, yea! Page One Hundred Ninety

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 k m THE ELEVATOR GAME This is a good indoor pastime and may be played by any number of play- ers, the rule of the game being, the more the merrier. The three parties to the game are: The box or elevator, the king player or elevator man and the other players, who are classified into three groups, tenants, faculty and students. Primarily the game was played by two parties of players, those on the inside and those on the outside. In this simple form the king player acts as referee and by opening the gate gives the signal to play, whereupon those on the inside attempt to get out while those on the outside struggle to get in. Of course, in this early form of the sport, the play was always more or less rough-house and lacked the subtle- ties and niceties of play, which were afterwards introduced. I will attempt to enumerate a few of the situations, which arise in the modern game and some of the forms of play practiced by some of the most skilled devotees of the parties. The fifth floor situation. This situation of course may arise on any floor, but is named after the floor on which it mostly occurs. In this situa- tion the box must be entirely empty, with the exception of the king player, and there must be a far greater number of players on the outside than the box will accommodate. The majority of the players use the ordinary “strug- gle play” and each one who succeeds in entering scores “one.” A skilled player, however, usually prefers to make what is known as a “dash play.” To make a successful dash play one requires long practice, much nerve and an over-developed sense of capacity. The player who wishes to perform this daring feat must first place himself at least half way across the hall; usually it is preferable to get the back against the wall, in order to secure a high-speed kickoff. Care must be taken as to the timing of the dash or the play will not count. The player must wait until the box is crowded to the bursting point and the struggling players show a tendency to cease struggling and recede slightly: then he must spring, hurl himself across the room, cleave the exterior crowd and fling himself inside the box, in such manner that his feet clear the gate. This latter part is easy as he may stand on the feet of several of the players already inside. However, if he succeeds in the manner specified, he scores three and is known as an “ace.” Closely connected with the “dash play,” is the “deaf play.” It may hap- pen that the king player attempts to frustrate one or more of the other players by saying, “that's all.” (This being a privilege which he has!) It is now the object of the entering player to pretend not to hear and to gain access anyway. This play when successful scores two and the player is known as a “deuce.” In conjunction the dash and deaf count as six and the player is called a “joker.” and the situation is known as “deuces wild.” On the inside of the box. there are innumerable delicate situations which may arise and many refined methods of playing them. For instance, many players fill their suitcases with brick, lead, scrap-iron, wooden brains and other such forms of confetti; the satchel, thus weighted, they rest on the corns of the other players, from time to time. If the player is a lady, she probably wears a hat with its jib boom well aft and therewith scores sev- eral other players in the eye, scoring something or nothing as the case may be. This form of play is known as “love fifteen,” and there is no come- ov; Page One Hundred Ninety-one