Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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)ein]n(D)ir ©Da [ Throug-h the kindness of the Monmouth College Extra. which is published whenever occasion seems to demand, we furnish the follov -ing ' interviews and pictures which the reporter, Mr. T. L. Capps, got from the members of the Senior Class. We disclaim responsibility for any- thing here said.— Editors. ] MARTHA HANNA: Yes, indeed, my college days have been pleasant. Of course, I have great attachment for my class, but notwith- standing this fact I have been often urged by one of the .Juniors to come an- other term. I hardly expect to do so. I don ' t know yet just what I will do the next few years while I ' m waiting, but I always make it a point to enjoy myself. GEORGE BARR: Well, good morning. Oh, yes. hunt- ing up something- about us ' Well, I came to Monmouth ' cause I was tired of the farm, and then I wanted to in- crease my mental qualities : and then I ' m great on having a good time. I haven ' t decided yet just what I will do, but expect to go as a missionary to some place or other. Well, good morning, but don ' t be in a hurry. I never am. ELIZABETH WEED : Well, I think that I will get up a vaudeville troupe next year. I have had some experience in this kind of work and have been very successful. I do think that there would be a splen- did opening for some woman along this line, and have decided to go into it for the edification of the saints. DELIA DAVIDSON: Oh, goodness gracious me! There comes one of those reporters around to interview me. Oh, yes, you want to interview me, and want to know what I ' m going to do? Well, I hardly know, but I think I ' will go East next year to complete my education. If I can get a Count, or even an Earl, I may go to England to live.

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elusions with us on the base-ball diamond. You all know how we dressed them up to the tune of 16 to 6, giving to us the base-ball championship, which we again asserted in the following spring when we defeated the Preps. ' ' When, ' neath September ' s glowing sun, the foliage of the trees scat- tered throughout the campus was changed from green to red and gold, a no less wonderful transformation took place in the Class of 1901. We, the erstwhile wicked and bloody Sophomores, assumed the dignified mien, the sober ways befitting upper classmen. We buried the tomahawk and the knife and relegated to the boyish under classmen the color-rushes and the painting, being content to walk the streets, serene and satisfied with our new-found dignity. During our Junior year we bravely attended to every duty. O ' er the ashes of Horace we bowed in humble submission. May his rest be long and deep. Unflinchingly, we wrestled with Demosthenes, and we still bear marks of the struggle. We conquered at last, and he was laid to rest. But, students yet to come, He is not dead, but sleepeth. But why continue this narration ' ? It is not necessary to record the details of how the faculty have tried to stick us year in and year out. We need not harrow your feelings with our endless warfare against zeros. We can only, in a brief way, recount the principal events which have happened in our school years. The history of the class has just begun. Only a few weeks more and each member will go his way, mingle with the busy throng, and do his part toward completing the history of a great nation. So with fond memories of the past clinging to us, such as stealing the bell clapper, dedicating the gymnasium, ' ' greasing the blackboards, and float- ing our class flag from the rafters, let us go out into the world resolved to make history interesting. G., ' 01.

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S TEWART COLLINS : At first we could get Stewart to say nothing at all, but when he once started he talked freely. Well — per- haps — I don ' t know — but then I think that I will become a professional base- ball catcher. I ' ve had experience in this and have one hand left yet, and by working- this along ' with the Chris- tian Instructor as an advertiser, will make a living. — .B aifea NORA SMITH: ' ' Well, I positively refuse to tell you anything about myself, and besides I think that it ' s not anybody ' s business what I ' m going to do. But then, as you are a personal friend of mine, I will tell you that I am going to teach. I am very glad I came to Monomuth College. ELBERT McCREERY: When the reporter went to call on Mr. McCreery he was very busy, but after some hours he came out and greeted him with a smile. Oh, yes, I will tell you anything I know, if you will keep out that dreadful break I made up at Philo when the A. B. L. girls were up — when I said that we would all be awfully glad when the Montgomery meetings were over. ANNA ROBB : Well, sir, that is rather a pointed question, sir, and, sir, I don ' t know that I will tell you. But if you promise not to tell, I will tell you that I expert to go back to Ohio, and then to Penij- sylvania. I have heard so much about that State that I think I would like lu go there. ' ' WILLIAM McDOUGAT.: The reporter visited Mr. McDousra ' , who is the representative from Chari- ton, Iowa, but he g-ot no information from him; for although he talked much, he said nothing, as usual, of any importance. Like a great many Seniors, he does not know exactly what he will do, and we have no doubt that he will make a success of it.