Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rollamo Yearbook (Rolla, MO)

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Senior Class 1923 C ONCLUDING four stormy years within the jxjrtals of the Missouri Sehool of Mines and Metallurgy, University of Missouri, Holla, Mo., the Class of 1923 passes on (or Hunks) down the dusty corridors of school history among the “mosshaeks. has-beens, and other ahunni. She does so. moreover, with a most poignant sense of failure— dismal, disheartening and utterly damning failure. There can he no equivocation, depreciation, reservation, or even inlegra- in the matter— 1923 has failed. Each year, as was his wont, the (supposedly) c lean-shaven under- ckssman lias gazed ill awe and admiration upm the senior ' s hairy mug— hike some fair ilug unfurled to the breeze, The flowing mustache and prolific beard Waves in the wind or tangles in the. frees, And beckons him along the weary, four-year trail. “Some day,” he sighs. “I, too, shall sprout a crop of whiskers free. With undulating side-burns, isolate my ears, And grow a heard so that inferiors may The ancient freeman’s badge of dignity.” As Omar would have said, “Oh, that were paradise enow!” But when the famous Class of ' 23 put all its razors on the shelf last summer and awaited nature ' s course in smiling confidence, no whiskers came to decorate each barren map. The d- — n things wouldn ' t grow! S fact, some few men have exfoliated superficially and satisfactorily, but the average senior has fizzled— drawn a blank. The high standard of attainment in athletics and other student activities (with and wilhout A mi shy ' s now famous “O. K”) has been fully maintained by the class this year, as always. And scholastically ! ' 23 has ever been a veritable stronghold for the ideals of American scholarship. Through thick and thin, harassed on every hand, and beset by: Banking systems, grading by letters and hieroglyphics. b numbers and the logo ri thy ms thereof (Naperian and base 10), by grade points, student activity points, and pencil (mints, by 90-hour laws, change of curriculum, change of requirements, change of venue, and change of life, by tardy marks, late marks, naughty marks, German marks, absences (both time slaughter and with intent lo prolong holidays), huts, and total disappearances, by advanced standing, intermediate sitting, and negative hours, by quizzes, examinations, preliminary surveys, and crude approximations; in short, by red tape, mob rule, and martial law . the class has yet held its devotion Lo the gleaming lamp of knowledge inviolate, and has crashed through the tangled undergrowth to ultimate academic achievement. In lighter vein, the Class of T 23 indulged itself by an hilarious holiday known as the Senior Trip, and which proved to be the snakes propeller. A detailed description of this pleasant little picnic may be found elsewhere in the panoramic pages of this austere volume, but space be found here as well for a brief mention of “Blackjack Joe Guilerus and his concrete ore pillars. Some of the more serious men so enjoyed the trip that, they insisted upon making it a second time. Officers W. S, Frame. 11. S, Pence A. A. Boyle R, E. Murphy ... .President .Vice-President .Secretary .Treasurer