Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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Long to be remembered will be our, scrap in Chapel over The White Plug Hat. That was a high hand we were playing that day. We would have won, playing the Joker but Dr. took a hand in the game, got a cinque on us, played the Deuce and won. • ' ■ It had been an eventful day at Monmouth College. Five o£ the Sophs had appeared at Chapel in spring articles of dress. What a wave of admiration swept over Chapel as Cook marched gravely up the middle aisle, and took his seat in the front row, the center of attraction. Thene.xt day meeting one of the five he thus addressed us: Last night the Freshmen, furious with rage, that we had something which they, owing to the hard times, and the depleted slate of their pocketbooks, were unable to duplicate, entering my room while gentle slumber held me in its fast embrace, did basely steal my - my pants, (for breath ) Couisoling our brother by telling him that the Freshmen were not responsible for what they did, we went to school that afternoon, and. as we expected, found the missing articles reposing peacefully behind the big picture in Chapel. The same trade-mark stamped upon their bosom as that with which hey had decorated the Chapsl chairs a short time before. But it almost repented us that we had made it impossible for them to work the old and sorn out joke, when we saw the eager, upturned faces of that p3or deluded class, watching for the p ints that nB er came. When Chapel service was ended, with pale face and streaming eyes they tottered down the stairs, and, on their knees, they prayed that we might buy them for a tv;,7i ' and say no more about the matter. Ay! amid the dust and dirt of the lower hall they begged this poor boon, while all the assembled students, and the professors, shouted in derision, and gave them the horse-laugh. But we had no time for such things, and so we lett them to their sad. sad fate, while we kept on advancing up the ladder of fame, as we always will advance, until we stand upon its topmost round. All too soon the time will come when we must bid the dear old college walls a sad farewell. Then standing upon the threshhold of a new life, with all its stern realities, and looking down through the vista of years, we sje a brilliant future stretching out for the class of ' g5. We see her members holding positions of honor and trust. The eminent divine, the illustrious lawyer, the far-seeing statesman— filling the halls of congress with his burning eloquence— all will have their repre- sentatives in the present class of Sophs. Soon the world ' s history w ill be our own. and, in succeeding ages, the corridors of time shall echo and re-echo to the praise of ' 96. FINISo — - - -

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Glass l i tory o! ' 96. 5 Class TREsinENT— Miss DOW. Class Colors — V,- , rt;;, fir Class Yell of ' g6 — Howa, Howa, mensa, wah, ho Calla, walla, wah ! wah ! Ki, ) ' i, hui, yah, hoo. Ninety-six yough, yoiigh ! lr C ) PV — - WHEN we were Freshmen, we spake as Freshmen, we thought as Freshmen, we understood as Freshmen, but when wo became Sophomores, we were able to down the Freshmen. Our history as a class, during the past year, has truly been an eventful one. O ! that the mu.ses would inspire our pen. so that With eye in a fine frenzy rolling we might be able to portray in all its vivid reality history of illustrious ' g6. The word Sophomore is of Greek origin, and means ' ' 77.v II ' i ' sl- Oiu-s. How aptly the name applies to the present class. The Prep, as he gazes upon our clasic features is filled with admiration, and longs for the time when he shall be called a Soph. The Freshman turns a shade more verdant than he is, as he realizes how insignificant he becomes when compared to us. The Junior and Senior liow in humble submission to our superior intelligence. In Athletic s also we stand at the head. Who has not heard of the famous foot ball team of ' g5. What class can show such an aggregation of foot ball players, base ball players, spinsters, etc., as ours. We fear however, that two of our best foot ball men are soon to leave us — our redoubtable center-rush and our invincible auburn-haired, half-back. A certain Freshman is said to never be satis- fied with what she has but is always wanting J . ' o v. While our auburn-haired, half-back is said to be contemplating a trip abroad. Some say to Italy. To sec Florc}n ' pcrhups. Our girls are few, only four. But they more than make up for their fewness by their quality. One of them is said to be very brave. Late one night, hearing what she thought was a burg ' ar pro.vling around, she, en-Dow-ed with remarkable courage, bravely went to a neighbor ' s, almost a block away for John.

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