Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 228 of the 1905 volume:

Monmoum s v -cgc Library Monmouth, Illinois dedication To our aulr leader, luisc rntmscllor, and sgmuatbrtir friend |lr Thomtts ffimxxm tl k nt president of ftlonmouth College this uulumr is affectiunahiy dedicated bv the OHass of Nineteen Hundred and Fiue. m Introduction. CHANGE IS THE ONE IMPORTANT FEATURE OF THE MODERN COLLEGE ANNUAL. CONFORMITY TO THE PAST IS INTOLERABLE; SOMETHING NEW MUST BE HAD THE EDITORS TRUST THAT THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND APPRECIATION OF THIS FACT WILL BE NOTICEABLE IN THE PAGES OF THIS VOLUME. OF COURSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN INCONVENIENT AS WELL AS UNWISE TO IGNORE CUSTOM IN ALL MATTERS. BUT IT IS BELIEVED THAT ALL CHANGES HAVE BEEN MADE IN THE ATTEMPT TO MORE CLEARLY APPROACH THE ANNUALS OF THE OLDER AND MORE ADVANCED INSTITUTIONS OF OUR LAND. AS TO THE MEASURE IN WHICH THIS ATTEMPT HAS BEEN REALIZED THE READER IS LEFT TO JUDGE. THE EDITOKS. The Inauguration. j|EFs.FECT as a day in June. October 27. 1904, dawned upon our beautiful city. !t was auspicious of the great events to transpire. Monmouth was that day to honor herself and Dr. T. H. McMichael by publicly installing him as her fourth President; Doctors Wallace. McMichael, Lyons, and again Dr. McMichael, fordoes not the noble father live again in the worthy son? These were all great and good men, but we believe not one of them was more fitted by nature, education and grace to fill the high position with credit to himself and profit to the institution than he who is now our pilot, Dr. Thomas Hanna McMichael. No man is perfect and a fallible being will err occasionally; but where could we find one whom we could more safely trust? With confidence we put in his hands the precious interests of an institution whose prosperity and permanence is of vital importance to the United Presbyterian Church and through her to the cause of God in the world. Heaven has endowed him with a physique calculated to bear the immense strain, and a mind broad and deep and reverent. A man in such a position should be a good man, full of the Holy Spirit and faith, as well as a thorough scholar, with a practical and impressive personality. The conviction that he was such a man led to his choice and every student and friend of the college rejoices in the advent. The installation services were in the Auditorium. About 2 p. m. the citizens, visitors, schools, students, faculty and Alumni gathered on the Campus. A spirit of joy and con- gratulation animated the throng The procession formed in front of the main college building in the following order: Student classes, the President, Chaplin and speakers of the day. College Senate and Trustees, the Alumni, Faculty and Ladies ' Advisory Board. Schools and High Schools. Ked and White was everywhere. Artistic banners waved at the head of classes. The line of march was to Broadway, east to the President ' s house, then to the Audi- torium. The mcst picturesque and pleasing scene was near the Auditorium, where the student body formed into two lines an avenue through which passed the rest of the preces- sion into the building The bright pageantry and class yells were a typical exhibition of college enthusiasm. The inaugural exercises began a little later. The audience packed the spacious auditorium. Prcf. J. N. Swan. Ph. D.. presided. The faculty, the officials and the conservatory choir occupied seats behind the speakers. Prof. Austin at the giand organ, rose to the occasion, and a ficcd of melody entranced the audience. The invocation was given by Prof. J. C. Hutchinson and all joined in Old Hundred. The first speaker was T. C. McCracken. who brought greetings from the student body. His well chosen words were a credit to himself and voiced the feelings and sentiments of every student. Prof. Russell Graham next spoke in behalf of the faculty. This was followed by Kev. H. F, Wallace, brother of the first president, who expressed the greetings of the first administration. He was followed by T. P. Shontz, class of ' 76, who brought glory to the Alumni, as well as congratulations to the present working force. That he was interesting and practical, the walls of the Auditorium might testify, the bright floors of Eccritean hall prove he is also a generous soul. The choir then sang the anthem, Praise the Lord, Oh Jerusalem. There were fur- ther greetings from the College Senate by Dr. Kyle and from sister colleges by Dr. Thomp- son of Tarkio. They expressed hearty good will and Dr. McMichael feelingly responded. Hon. J. rVoss Hanna, after a short but eloquent address, then formally invested the new president with the insignia of his office, the college seal. Dr. McMichael accepted the em- blem with thanks for the confidence reposed in him. After the anthem 1 Will Extol Thee, Dr. McMichael delivered his inaugural address on the Mission of Monmouth College. We can only give a few thoughts from the excellent address. He spcke with deep feeling of those whose brains and hands had builded what we to-day enjoy, of the faithful- ness and self-sacrifice, not only of the founders, but of the multitudes who gave her aid by their means, services and prayers. He spoke of Monmouth College ' s noble history and fol- lowed with the question, What of her future? Is it not throbbing with possibilities? Monmouth is one of a great Sisterhood who manufacture power. Her mission is that of the small college and judged bypractical results is more important than thatof the university. Monmouth is a Christian college. She furnishes the brand of education for which the world is to-day crying—reverent, unselfish, self-sacrificing: Its ideal the Man of Galilee. The evening exercises began with the rendition of Elisa ' s Dream by Prof. Austin at the organ and invocation by f ev. W. J. McMichael. President McMichael then introduced the speaker of the evening, Pres. Stanley A. McKay of ShurtlifF College, who spoke on The Place of the Denominational College. The chorus of one hundred voices gave great pleasure to the audience. Kev. Joseph Kyle read scores of letters and telegrams of felicita- tion. After the reading of a little poem of greeting to Dr. T. H. McMichael, the chorus sang The Lost Chord. Then all repaired to the gymnasium, where a reception was held in honor of Dr. and Mrs. McMichael. Both buildings were decorated with autumn leaves and were wonderfully beautiful. Though all enjoyed the day, we hope and pray that there may not be another installation for at least half a century. PAUL H. McCLANAHAN. BIT ' - | HB- Jfl RRi.«. ' ,- 2l?« JMI ll 111 I ' lw ' f 18 mSP. I IT Pm i I ' rrHmif ii| TL ' _ Cr9- ' M j jffl JHj - - Btfi y ' ' aiffli . ? ' • ' ' T £ l WSIi ' cm k BHta J2, .. AS THE STAGE APPEARED. The Ravelers. EDITORS-IN-CHIEF CHAS. P. BLAIR EFkMA A. BABCOCK BUSINESS MANAGERS CHAS, WAGNER WAYNE PRINGLE MILFORD BARNES ASSOCIATE EDITORS Literary—Graham Bryson. Nannie Rice Miscellaneous--Neal McClanahan. Jesse Graham Social—Paul McClanahan, Joanna Mitchell Athletics-Walter McMillan Chronology- ' May Henderson, Chairman. Alfa White. Edith Calhoun. WE LOOK BEFORE AND AFTER ' AND SIGH FOR WHAT IS NOT. ' Faculty and Instructors. THOMAS HANNA McMICHAEL. President. h College, 1886; A. M,. ibid. 1881; B D.. Xenia Seminary. 1810; D. D.. We: College. 1903. RUSSELL GRAHAM, Vice President and Professor of Social Science. A. B , Monmoulh College, 1870; A. M . ibid, 1873; B D, Xenia Seminary. 1873: D D.. We College. 1893. JOHN HENRY McMILLAN. Professor of Latin. A. B., Indiana Slate University, 1874: A, M , ibid, 1877: graduate student University of Chicago, 1894; Western University of Pennsylvania. 1897. CLEMENTINE CALVIN. Professor of Elocution. A B., Allegheny College. 1882; A. M., ibid, 1885. graduate student JOHN NESBIT SWAN, Pressly Professor of Chemistry and Physics. .liege. 1886: A. M., ibid, 1889: graduate studeni Johns Hopkins University, 1888-89; 1891-93; Ph D . ibid, 1893. ALICE WINBIGLER, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. B. S.. Monmouth College. 1877; A. M . ibid, 1894. GRACE HELEN WOOD3URN. Assistant Professor of Latin. B . Indiana University, 1885; A M.. ibid. 1894: graduate student University Chicago, 1894-95. FLORABEL PATTERSON. Law Professor of History. A M.. Penn College, 1896; student in History, Michigan University 1891-92, LUTHER EMERSON ROBINSON. Professor of English. A. B . Drury College, 1894; A, M.. ibid. 1897; graduate student University of Chicago. 1900, THOMAS EEVERIDGE GLASS. Professor of Greek. A. B.. Monmouth College, 1892; graduate student University of Chicago, 1895-97 and 1898-00, HARRIET GOODRICH MARTIN, Assistant in English. A. B , Smith College, 1899, graduate of State Normal School of Mass. Westfield. 1892. FRED COLE HICKS. Professor of Modern Languages. Cornell College (Iowa). 1896: graduate student in German a.-.d French at Johns Hopkins University. 1898-1901: University Scholar, 1899 1900: Fellow in German, 1900-01; Ph. D.ibtd 1901. GEORGE HERBERT BRETNALL. Professor of Biology. Ph.B.. Cornell College (Iowa) 1896; A. M.. 1897: University of Chicago. 1901-02. THOMAS C. McCRACKEN. Assistant in Mathematics. A B., Monmouth College 1904. CLYDE KIMBLE WARNE. Athletic Director. B S . Upper Iowa Unive:sity. 1899. Appreciation. ns for our losses and as often losses follow on the heels of set over against the other, perhaps to balance character. Our beloved Alma Mater seems to be no exception to the rule. This has been a remarkable year, noteworthy because of almost unprecedented pros- perity and now grievous loss. Almost every year some member of the faculty is wanted elsewhere, and with regret, we bid them God ' s speed. This year three, able, earnest builders believe it to be their duty to change their location to places where they feel they will be no less useful to the world, though our institution will miss them sadly. Miss Martin, who for a year has ably assisted Professor Robinson in the English de- partment, will henceforth teach the same branch at Simmons College, Boston. She will fill an important position but as her gain is our loss, we cannot be expected to offer joyful con- gratulations. Miss Grace Woodburn, Prof. McMillan ' s assistant in the Latin department, has by years of devoted and successful work, proved her ability, and formed ties which will not be easy to sever, but doubtless her grief will be banished by the expulsive power of a new affection and we console ourselves that the community will not lose her influence. We hope her genial presence will often grace our college gatherings. Miss Clementine Calvin also takes her departure. She has been connected with the institution much longer than either of the others, and certainly not one of the faculty has given more complete and universal satisfaction. The loss seems irreparable and the expressions of sorrow by her many friends both in college and in the city are heartfelt. Sy her strong and lovable personality, she awakened enthusiasm even in her least promising pupils. Monmouth ' s success along oratorical lines has made the Professor of Elocution known and desired in other institutions. We congratulate ourselves that it is not the larger sphere which caused her to sever her relations with Monmouth College and accept the chair of elocution in the Meadville Theological Seminary but affection and fi ' ial duty to her revered father whose home is in that city. She will ever have a devoted friend in every student who has been under her training. Senior Class. HOPE ANDREW. With malice toward none, and charity for all. Simultaneously, Hope made entrance into people ' s hearts and took up life ' s duties near Xenia, Ohio. During her years here, she has formed many happy relationships but she asserts that none are so pleasant as that of daughter-in-law to John Henry. ' She is engaged as chief correspondent for the Colum- bus Junction Safeguard. We predict a promotion. WALLACE BARNES. ■Full rious morning have I seen. — Shakespeare. Winked at t h e th a knowing look cf recognition on Nov. 25 1879. He has lived a checkered career; being a veteran of the Spanish- merican war, having cc- cupied the editor ' s easy chair, being business man- ager of an Annual, and also posed as backstop for public sentiment during foot-ball season, There is still Hope for him. Full many a flower is born to blush unseen, And waste its sweetness on the desert air. --Gray. Came to Monmouth College to get an education. Got it. Going to keep it. TIMOTHY CAMPEELL Enough with over measure. --Coriolanus. Iowa was honored in 1883 by Tim ' s birth. Little did his parents think they were entertaining a future president (of Y. M. C. A)., but angels are often entertained unawares. Tim is a moderate youth and even those curly locks do not suggest vanity. He has shown marked ability, especially in the Lecture course work and Greek department. CHARLOTTE CLANEY. And still they gazedand still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all she knew. We regretfully emit the date cf Char- lotte ' s birth, but she said to one of the Ravel- ings Board, It ' s a secret. She is a good girl, an active member of Y. W. C A., and has kept early hours. As to her future- school ma-am, missionary, or something else? HAROLD GILMER. He that hath knowledge, spareth words. when Harold gave his first oratorical selection. Ha has read more than any man in Monmouth, -and is noticeably present at our athletic contests. Chica- go University will be his headquarters next year, and we Juniors, recommend him to Prof, A. A. Stagg as a promising member of the rooting squad. MARGARET CLARK. To love was a liberal education. Margaret announcsd herself ready for a stroll sometime after ' the civil war. She is a preacher ' s daughter, lived in Illinois until she- came to Monmouth. She has since been living in ' War- ren County. She delights in ethical discussions with prominent Y. M. C. A. workers. NELSON A. HALL Master spread yoirself. --Mid- Summer ' s Night Dream. Hitched his wagon to a star in 1881; listened to his father ' s preaching for 18 years; was a model young man until love made him a poet. He has been President of the Student Body this year, and represents Philo in debate. Nelson is undecided whether to follow in the footsteps of Calliope or his father. PAULINE COLLINS. se to err, too good to be unkind. I made my debut into this world of sin and sorrow April 26, 1881, and I ' ve been sorry ever since. I ' m bashful; I haven ' t any future laid out, but I ' m studying in the stars and hope to know soon. I ' d like to teach school if I could have just two schol- THOMAS McCKACKEN. Why then do you walk as if you had swallowed a ram rod? Epictetus. Entered college when his class-mates were in long dresses, soon became an Em- bryo Professor, and thus they were allowed to overtake him. Was a successful teacher in Bellfontaine high schools. Is a hearty eater; an all-round college fellow; and ex- pects to become one of the powers that be. LILLIAN HOLGATE. little girl, how 1 wonder what you be; etc. Lillian has arrived at the ripe age of twenty-two and now sends her biography in poetry but lack of space forbids publication. After having spent four years in Monmouth College, she writes that she is being graduated because the faculty can put it off no She is a good remedy for blues. ADAM MILLER. A lion among ladies is a most dreadful thing. Mid-Summer ' s Night Dream. Shuffled on this mortal coil in 1881. Named for his ancestor, we suppose, but the Dr. asserts that he has a full set of ribs, never- theless notwithstanding. Adam has taught school some, but gone to school more. As an athlete, he shines and we wish him success in his wrestling with the world. EMIL HUTCHINSON. She ' s pretty to walk with, witty to talk with, and p!easant too, to look On the tenth day of the second month in the reign of Abraham Lincoln and the third year (hereof, Emil haughtily made her debut into fashionable society. After a time, she entered college and is now ready to step forth into the world. We pro- phesy a little white school house with eight windows and a door. JAMES A. PEACOCK. When found make note of. -Dicken Come sputtering along in 1 882. Not very proud for he lost many feathers last year in pulling the Annual out, and on account of the Oracle is moulting prematurely. Chief enjoy- ment-- Riling up the faculty and adjusting mat- ters with Prof. Graham. Jimmie is a good boy, a pillar of the 1st Church. Expects to become a justice of peace. HENR ' ETTA JONES. Her modest looks, the cottage might adorn; Sweet as the primrose peeps beneath the thorn. Goldsmith. Etta appeared on the scenes as a farmer ' s daughter. She was soon brought to town and began the dig for A ' s. If A ' s mean what they are intended to, Etta has certainly secured the good will of the powers that be. She will graduate as soon as the faculty can spare her. MAUMCE KEES. Young in limb, in judgment, old. —Shakespeare. First began to notice the ladies ' bonnets in Newton, Iowa, 1881. Left the parental fireside to enter Monmouth in 1900. Generally known as the cat-napper; in other words, Prof. Bretnall ' s chief flunkey. Best claim to distinction—Ex-President of the Oratorical Association. His fu- ture days will be days of Grace. LENA MISENErV Never let yourself grow worried, or hur- ried, or flurried. —The Burgomaster. Lena discovered Monmouth in 1882. and has ever since besn known as a great explorer. Nothing ever destroys her equanimity and school life will indeed be lonely when Lena ' s ever cheerful smile is with us no more. Her highest aspiration is to become a shepherdess. KUSSELL STOKY. He reads much, is a great observer, and looks quite through the deeds of men. Julius Gaesar. This is no Story and yet it is a Story. It is one that has to be told so much that everyone is tired. Russell liked the appearance of this old world on the start, and has been enjoying it ever since. He is a model youth and has a whole string of sweet ' hearts. CLARA PRATT. That it should come to this. Hamlet-. Born 1882. died C ame to Monmouth to please her father, vex cupid, and worry her landlady. Her accomplishments are many and varied, but her chief aim has been to work somebody. Clara has become a celebrated soloist, and is also proud to have won money on the Bible Rendition Contest. Her future is in the hands of another. about Belle is that she has a sister who is now a Junior. She was president of the Y. W. C. A., and a prominent member of the basket ball team. She will be a mission- ary to the heathen. Happy heathen ! CLARENCE WATSON. Of their own merits, modest men are dumb. Clarence first came among us many moons ago. He alighted from No. 6 with his carpet-bag strapped to a pet pony. The Y. M. C. A., took him in tow and for quite aspell he was kept in seclusion; but he finally escaped and now may be seen searching for a picturesque class- scrap which he may photograph with his constant compan- ion—a camera. EDWARD SWAN. Now by two headed Janus, Nature has framed stranger fellows in her time. --Merchant of Venice. Esau grun his first grin--one that has never come off-- at his father ' s home in Burlington in 1882. He entered college and immediately created a stir. His knowledge tank became too full and he had to cut spring term because of Doctor ' s advice. Judging from his thesis, he will be become a notorious (?) chef. BELLE ROBINSON. Rickety, rackety, cis, boom, bah, Robinson, Robii rah, rah, rah I The Belle was tolled first in a small Iowa town. One of the many good things History. Colors—Blue and Old Gold. LENA MISENER. President. For the fourth and last time the class of ' 04 has been asked to relate through the Ravelings a few of her mighty deeds of valor. After this year these deeds will be related in the late standard histories of the world. It is with sad hearts that we think of leaving old M. C. and all that makes her so dear to us, to enter upon the active duties of the cold world, but our lives shall ever be brightened by the fond recollections of our college days which shall be as a fountain of happiness to cheer us when life seems hard and dreary. Many changes have taken place in our class during the four years we have been here. Our number has been reduced over half, some having dropped out by the way, others have been thrown out by the powers that be. Names such as Nate, Foland, Wilson, Dukie. Tinkham and Deac, recall to us happy days of old. When our thoughts wander back to our Freshman days we are not at all surprised that one-half of those who were in the faculty at that time have since resigned, some in broken ealth and shattered nerves, others to seek an easier life. In the fall of 1900, Monmouth College received a surplus of energy of greater activity than all the radium produced in the next ten years. In fact this energy was too much for the college authorities so they had to resort to police force to control it. As Freshmen we needed no rooms for we camped on the campus from Sept. until June. It would take volumes to relate the history of this first year alone, so in the limited space we have here, we can only mention a few of the many, many incidents of our col- lege course. How well we remember the night we painted ' 04 in gold on the front of the auditorium. With that night began we won every battle. :iful figures in blue and old long war with 03 in which You may tell of Waterloo or Gettysburg but these were as mere child ' s play com- pared with the battle of February 25, 1901. Washington ' s birthday proved to be only the calm before the great storm. Sheet iron and planks were no barrier to ' 04 when she deter- mined to move. So we soon had the Soph ' s huddled in the cupola and begging for mercy, but just at the moment of victory, the sheriff and his posse lead by Dr. Lyons appeared on the battle field and all were taken prisoners. On the morning of the 26th the Chicago papers came out with a two column write-up and big head lines. Riot at Monmouth, ' ' A fierce battle with police, Twenty ' seven students refuse to pay fines and are sent to jail. Our Sophmore year was also very eventful. The social at Duke ' s opened the season. Perhaps some of this year ' s Juniors can tell you of what we did February 22, We are sure that some of them enjoyed the ride to Larchland and the midnight walk back to Monmouth. Our junior year was a year of socials and picnics and who knowing the charming ladies of the class, could blame us for this? Who of our number could forget the marsh- mallow roast in the gym, or the picnic in Misener ' s grove, or, in ' fact. any of the many other good times we had together? The class of 03 seemed to have an ancient hatred for our class. When their old condemned cannon, which they expected to place with much ceremony on the campus to protect their ownership over things in general went off, they at once without a particle of proof suspected 04 of the deed. For over a year they tried to have us sent to Joliet but every grand jury decided that there was no possible evidence against ' 04, and even if there should be evidence, the court was no place for soreheads to take out their spite. There are two things which seem to show that ' 04 took the cannon, first, the bravery of the deed, second, the thoroughness of the work. Both the things are characteristic of ' 04 As Seniors, we are known to you all, so we need not trouble you farther. Merely allow us to say that we are certain that no class has ever had better times or more exciting adventures and at the same time held such a high record in college work. Junior Roll. Blanche Wilson Alfa White Winifred Wherry Charles Wagner Janette Tinker Mills Taylor Wylie Stewart Olive Sprowl Mazie Sprague Jennie Smith Fred Sharpe Emma Robinson Wayne Pringle Will Porter Glen Porter John Parshall Mabel Moore Joanna Mitchell Walter McMillan Will McClenahan Paul McClanahan Grace McKinley Neal McClanahan Bertis Marshall Nancy Irwin May Henderson Jessie Graham Wm. Gordon Fletcher Gardener Frank Galloway Lee Gabby Margaret Dew Nora Corette Mary Clark David Cherry Edith Calhoun Graham Bryson Walter Brown Charles Blair Burt Blair Milford Barnes Erma Babcock HONORARY MEMBERS. T. H. McMichael Sir Thomas Lipton General Doemup Pope Pius X Teddy Rosevelt Admiral Togo History. Is it not our right as Juniors to tell for the last time of the success in our college life, of the viciO ' ries-we have won for ourselves and those we have helped others to win, both as scholars and athleres? But of course we will not forget to mention the de- feats we have met, altho. they are few and amount to nothing when seen on the same page with ouJ Like all others who first enter college, we were looked down upon, sneered at. and called green by our wiser school mates, but this was not the case after we had captured many of the Soph ' s most irdy men while on their way to their first class social. They were glad to make friends with us now and many were heard to say, This will surely be the best Freshman class which has entered school for many years. All went well and none dared molest us until the night of the twenty-first of February, when the Sophs made a weak attempt to capture some of us and carry the prize away. But such was not to be the case. They were doomed to disappointment. On the next day we did some fancy stunts and made both ' 04 and the police cry, Enough. The banquet was an event which will be long remembered with pleasure by every member of ' 05, although the Great George could not be there himself, he was there in Spirit and his name and fame was upon every lip. Many another time we were gathered together during this, our most eventful year, to enjoy a sumptuous spread and an evening of pleasant entertainment. As Sophomores we were again the leading class. Some of our number had enlisted elsewhere, others had become wise enough, yet our members were sufficiently bright to com- pose a class upon which fell the leadership of the whole school. In the early fall we met our first defeat on account of the enemies ' overwhelming number. While our colors floated gladly upon the top of a pole on the campus, we bravely met the onslaught of the barbarian army. Each one of our brave soldiers fought gallantly, but the gods were against us. and no defences could resist the terrible charge. The pole broke and our colors were torn to shreds. This was the beginning of the Kavelings. urn was soon to come, for we ' were considerate enough to provide an extra Freshman banquet, one by which every one could pick a Freshman from a eople for many weeks following. We do not need to tell you why 06 rode in the patrol wagon instead of in the usual conveyances. This part of our history is familiar to you. As Juniors, the year opened by one of our worthy members. Neal McGlanahan, win- ning the State Contest in oratory. We celebrated this victory by a banquet to our honorable Dut our course to the multitude of member, whom every boy envied and every girl was glad to know. But this was not all,- for his brother, Paul, will represent M. C. at the State Contest next year. Our career has been watched carefully, as the movements of every commander are watched, and all are ready now to say, Well Done. Many are not with us who came in the first procession across the campus to the college, but ' 05 is to-day the same in spirit that it always has been. We will not tell you more of our life at this time, of the minor scraps, of the Leap Year party given to us by our glorious girls, or the picnics and bob-sled rides. In everything we excel. We do our best at all times and help others to learn what they can do. In this little history we have told you truly of our life, and by doing that, feel you sympathise with us in our defeats and glory in our victories. History. Colors--Scarlet and Gray. RAY ELDER. Pres. A second chapter in the his- tory of ' 06 comes fresh from the press as we write. Of course it ' s history for it records the deeds of great men. it tells of scraps and rumors of scraps. of color rushes and tie ups, of ban- quet deals and leap year parties. There is a glowing account cf a social, early in the fall of 1903. given by the fair young ladies of ' 07. while the valiant (?) knights, with battered hats for helmets and knotted ropes for lances, performed their favorite stunts on the campus, much to their own discom- fiture and the amusement of spectators. It relates how, when they were released, they swcre one and all by the L:ederkran , and called to witness the fowls of heaven that they ' d have vengeance. And when the.r fr.ends, the enemy, presumed to hold a poor man ' s biouvac out at East End. the wearers of the blue and white advanced in solid phalanx. A lively skir- mish! A han: ' ful of captives! And then a blast from the Ram ' s Hern sounded retreat to the campus, where the captors all fell a-quarrel:ng as to what sort of entertainment the vic- tims should provide. There, says the historian, they showed that their magnanimity and re- sourcefulness was no less than their valor for, failing to agree on anything, they decided to re- lease the captives, esccrt them back to their bivouac, and retire for the night, for. said they, it was already gett:ng late, be ng past nine o ' the ' clock. The same authcr gees en to celebrate in stanzas echoing with the din cf battle the famous, Charge cf ' 06 Brigade : how by three several attacks and skillful retreats the scarlet and gray struck consternation into the evening ' s ranks, and won for themselves an im- mortal name; how a fourth and final attack was about to be made upon the center and both flanks at once when the White and Elue bowed to Fate ' s decree and came down. It was then torn into inglorious shreds by its pretended protedors and has never since been seen. A dark and much mooted question is further on treated at length. The secret of the Liederkrans, or Fifty yards of bunting. This is a story of Mohawks, and White Caps, cf the Ku ' Klux and the Dopers. But the evidence is not all in. and the case is enshrouded in mystery. Every class has a fame peculiar to itself and is lovable in its way; the Seniors, for the ease with which they adjust the late unpleasantness ; the Juniors, for their frankness and love of innocent (?) diversions; and the Freshmen for their color. The Sophomores ?--well. we think Socrates would call them the most interesting class in college. They are so infin- itely various, you know. Last year they were green enough in appearance and conduct. But ' tis believed by many who are qualified to judge, that this year ' s Freshmen class fairly outdoes them in this particular. The Class of 1906 continues to climb though the rocks be rugged. ' ' and the way not strewn with roses. Halfway up the mountain side we smile as we look at the verdant hills below us and fondly recollect the happy hours there spent. But our treasure is at the summit and there we would be also. Watch us climb next year ! HMAN Colors-Blue and White, FLORA TURNBULL, President. Ours is a most boast, it is the emarkable class. If there is one thing for which a class wishes to ons for which they are responsible. The Freshmen have made no pretense in this direction but have contented themselves with following the well-beaten paths only to excel in the excellence of the work done. This is an admirable characteristic and we will now try to briefly sketch our doings. ' When we first hit school we were perhaps a trifle green, but only for a short time. Before the fall te m was over we had met the Sophs and they were Our ' n. We were somewhat criticized for putting our colors up first, but, kind reader, look who we are. People that can do things have a right to do them, And the little flag was not our only victory in the fall. Did we not capture eleven of the Sophs ' -among whcm was their president, put them on the rock and dictate a little speech which they repeated after us? And you ask about the banquet? It was one of the---nay, the swellest, affair that ever happened in the history of the college. It was such a brilliant success in every particular, that all attempts of former years pale into insignificance beside it. The Sophs realizing that it would be folly to try to interfere, refrained from all warfare except the use of a little perfumery which perhaps would have broken up a Soph social, but was easily conquered by the Freshmen. You will perhaps recognize in this the Chinese method of warfare. And in indoor athletics, did not an ' 07 man win the cup and another one get second place? Our class is also well represented on the ball team. Five of the team are Fresh- men. In social events we are the upper crust in when we don our best raiment and high collars, or in other words our glad rags. ' ' the whole social world steps aside to let us pass. While we are not egotistical we feel compelled to accept for ourselves the remarks the Doctor made to us one night last fall: You are the best Freshmen class 1 ever saw. But, kind reader, we must bring this chapter of our history to a close, and all too soon we must bid these dear old college walls a sad farewell. Then on the threshold of a new life with all its stern realities, in looking down through the vista of years we see a brillant future stretching out for the class of 1907. We see her members holding positions of trust and honor. The great divine, the illus- trious lawyer, the far-seeing statesman filling theHall of Congress with his eloquence, all have their representatives in the present class of Freshmen. Soon the world ' s history will be our own and in the succeeding ages the corridors of time will echo to the praises of ' 07. but not good bye, and we promise that you will hear from us And now au revoii and anon. M. M. Preps. E are truly thankful to the worthy Juniors for this page on which to tell of all our achievements and hopes. We can assure them that since we first landed in Monmouth our chief objed in life has been to follow in their footsteps. Indeed some of us have already copied them so religiously that our ability to learn has increased so much that study now occupies only a small part of our time; our main efforts being directed towards finding out the latest stunts of the upper classmen and to discover what capacity we have for such things. To our sorrow, our teachers have observed our power of development and have lengthened our lessons and added tests innumerable to occupy our leisure time. Perhaps they also intended, in this way, to prevent the further development of some of our most obvious faculties. Surely Monmouth College has a bright future before her with such possibilities bound up in her Preps. We have already, with Miss Woodburn ' s aid, fought in the Trojan war and become intensely interested. We have even journeyed into the lower regions with Eneas and Achates, and some of us have received the golden branch of passport into the college world. 3n HUcmoriam. (Krrtrudt M t? IWnv 1G, 1882.— Fdi. 15, 1U04. Sunset and evening star, And one clear call for me! And may there be no moaning of the bar. When I put out to sea. But such a tide as moving seems asleep, Too full for sound and foam. When that which drew from out the boundless deep Turns again home. Twilight and evening bell And after that the dark! And may there be no sadness of farewell, When I embark. For tho ' from out our bourne of Time and Place The flood may bear me far, I hope to see my Pilot face to face When I have crost the bar. Alumni. EMINISCENCES such as are here recalled may seem to the casual reader, trivial and commonplace. Cut to those who were hearers or participants, they retain through the years the spice of humor and the recollection of them at any time brings back the laugh that helps to make one young again. One of the things most in evidence when the student gathers in the fall, is the appetite of large and healthy dimensions begotten by a summer of work and recreation. At the Club, the clamor arose for escalloped oysters. Up to this time. the steward had had more acquaintance with tubers than with bivalves. It was not surpris- ing then, yet it was funny (for the fellow who was with him) when walking into the gro ' cer ' s where he was accustomed to purchase his table supplies, he asked first of all, lest he should forget -- How do you sell escalloped oysters? The Science of Mathematics is generally considered to be of a cold and calculating temperament having about it little or nothing of the romantic, poetic, or emotional. When the members of the class in Solid Geometry had been sent to the board, the professor, with the speed and precision of a rapid fire gun hurled at each the problem for the day. Then sweeping his eye back down the line he discovered one put cut cf acticn. Well, Mr. I—what ' s the trouble ? With a look and a tone expressive of utter surprise and doubt as to the existence of any such thing in the whole realm of mathematics, he replied: I was to find the felicity of a Freshmen of a cone, etc. Needless to say there were others who failed to derive any such blissful extractions in that dominion of chalk and eraser. Certain preachers, lawyers, teachers and others, to the number of about fifteen, will remember the evening calls made en masse upon their friends. One of these calls led them near by a large wood pile and as they proceeded, each carried upon his shoulder a heavy stick of cord wood. Arriving at the friend ' s room and the door being opened, they walked in depositing the wood decently and in order in the corner. That student ought home. as the advert have been grateful, since he was now enabled to exercise at of the physical culturists say. and would not need to resort to the tennis or baseball field for several days. But thus, often are the best of motives miscon- strued. He did not give his guests hearty welcome or bid them tarry. It was mostly this same company, who, taking a stroll one Sabbath afternoon (tell it not in Gath), arrived at the athletic grounds. Seeing a farmer approaching in his buggy, they formed in line and while one acted as gate keeper the others filed into the grounds, each handing over as he passed a card or piece of paper in lieu of a ticket. Once inside, they applied their eyes to the cracks between the boards to note the effect. Had that horse been blind and had there been a precipice on the road within a half mile of that place, he would certainly have walked right into it unchecked while the good man was endeavoring, none the less at the risk of his neck, to discover what could be going on in the athletic park of Monmouth College on Sabbath afternoon and wondering perhaps what members of the Faculty would be in attendance. J. C. H. ' 94. The students of twenty-five years ago will remember Bliss standing after the chapel prayer one day waiting for Prof. Wilson to say Amen. In those old days we stood during the prayer. Some had fallen into the habit of sitting down before its close. The president one day admonished all to remain standing until the Amen was proncunced. The next day it was Prof. Wilson ' s turn to lead. One of the peculiarities of his prayers was that he never closed them with Amen. When he finished en that day all sat down but sub-Fresh Bliss who remained reverently (?) standing waiting for the Amen that was never said. £ Conservatory Faculty. T. MERRILL AUSTIN. Director of the Musical Conservatory. A. B, Thiel College. 1882; A M.ibid 1888: graduate New England Conservatory of Music, Bos finishing courses under Ford Sieber and Heinrich Ehrlich, Berlin. Germany, 1890-91 KATHERINE HANNA. Teacher of Instrumental Music. Knox Conservatory. 1901. CHARLES S. WENGEKD, Advanced Piano. Harmony and Counterpoint Graduate student Northwestern Conservatory of Music; Oberlin Conservatory of Music 1900-1902; Stern s Conservatory of Music, Berlin, Germany, 1902-03. Piano in finishing classes of Fran Gruinke, Counterpoint and Fuge with prof. Leowengerd. and voice with Clayander Heinem MRS. ALICE BEEOUT HOBART Teacher cf Violin and Piano. Oberlin Conservatory student; Violin under Professors I , A. DeMuth and F. G. Doolittle, Piano Letitia Wattess. MUSIC DEPARTMENT. jjT is with a pardonable measure of pride that we take up the pen for the purpose of telling you something of the work of the Music Department of Monmouth College. Two year.; ago this department had fifty students en- rolled. This year there is an enrollment of one hundred and eighty-five, exclusive of the Chcral Society, which brings the total enrollment up to two hundred and forty-one. The wonderful strides which the Music Depart- ment has made in the last two years are largely due to the work of Professor T. Merrill Austin, who is just complering his third year as head of the Conservatory. To his untiring efforts the wonderful increase in the number of music students is due, as well as the in- creasing favor with which the Conservatory and its work are being received by the pecple of the city. The educational value of music is well known and the people and students of Men- mouth are coming more and more to realize how important a thing this is. One thing which has had perhaps as much to do with this as anything else is the course of recitals running the year. These include pupils ' recitals and public term recitals, which are given near the close of every term, contributing much to the musical entertainment of Monmouth, as well as creating a taste for high class music. Two years ago the work was begun with fifty students in the Conservatory. A Chcral Society was organized which has played a prominent part in the work of the department. During the year no attempt was made by Professor Austin to render any of the great mas- terpieces of chorus work, though the concerts which were given were very far above the average in merit and a good foundation was laid for future work. Last year much more was accomplished in the Conservatory than the year before. The gift of the pipe organ by the Misses Delia and Nellie Davidson has been a great help, both to the work of the Choral Society, as well as enabling the department to enlarge its field of individual teaching, The crowning event of the year was the Music Festival held in May. During this Festival of three concerts the Choral Society was assisted by eleven soloists and the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. In the first concert a miscellaneous program was given by the Choral Society, assisted by the soloists, Mme. Ragna Linne, Mrs. Eleanor Kirkham Mr. Holmes Cowper, Mr. Gustav Holmquist and Mr. Arthur Dunham. The second concert was on the following afternoon, given by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, assisted by Mrs. Genevieve Clark Wilson, Mrs. Sue Harrington Furbeck, Mr. Franz Wagner and Mr. W. C. E. Seeboeck. The third performance of the Festival was the rendition of Rossini ' s Stabat Mater by the Choral Society, assisted by four soloists and the Symphony Orchestra. The solo parts of the Oratorio were sung by Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Furbeck, Mr. George Hamlin and Mr. Arthur Beresford The Festival of last year was a success in every way and it had been the intention ever since to give one of a similar nature this spring. The Festival this year was on the 23rd and 24th of May. Three performances were given as last year. The first pro- gram consisted of a popular concert of miscellaneous choruses by the Choral Society, also the rendition of The Ten Virgins, by Gaul. The afternoon performance of the next day was given by the Orchestra and soloists. The third concert was devoted entirely to the rendition of Handel ' s Messiah, by the Choral Society, accompanied by the Chicago Or- chestra. The solo parts in both concerts as well as solo numbers were taken by the following soloists: Mrs. Genevieve Clark Wilson. Mrs. Adah M. Sheffield. Mrs. Eleanor Kirkham. Mrs. Marie White Longman, Mr. Holmes Cowper. Mr. John B. Miller. Mr August Boroff, Mr. Gustav Holmquist. Mr. Arthur Dunham, Mr. Sol Marcosson. Mr. Franz Wagner. Another feature of the music department which bids fair to soon be a prominent one, is the [orchestra under the leadership of Mrs. Hobart, instructor in violin. This orchestra consists of fourteen pieces and has worked up a repertoire of which no orchestra so soon after its organization should be ashamed. The orchestra gave one concert during the year which was both a pleasure ro the audience and a credit to itself. Mrs. Hobart deserves much praise for the perseverance with which she has earned on this enterprise and we believe that complete success will crown her efforts to give us a good College Orchestra. So we rejoice with all lovers of good music in that we have a musical faculty such as Prof. Austin, Miss Hanna. Mrs. Hobart and Prof. Wengerd, who are doing all in their power to make the Conservatory one of the most successful departments of Monmouth College. It was certainly a wise step which was determined upon by the authorities of the College when they decided to make the Conservatory an active, aggressive depart- ment of the College, rather than the subordinate position which it had before occupied. To-day this department is recognized as one of the most important of the institution and we believe that its wonderful success of the last three years, is but a promise of future success of greater magnitude. Music Seniors. Oh. music, sphere descended maid. Friend of pleasure, wisdom ' s aid. -Collir The trio who this year complete the course in music prove that the Conservatory work is not only done well, technically, but also that it helps one to catch somewhat of that pas- sionate love for the art which is so necessary for the best development of talent. And surely if under the supervision of our excellent instructors, the students come to realize even a bit of the inner meaning of music as they see it, one could not wish for a surer passpor to success. MiSS EDITH LEIGH has studied in the Conservatory for two years and has developed remarkable talent. She has shown special ability in composition. We learn that Miss Leigh ' s Lullaby will soon seek its fortune in the musical world. MISS LELIA ANDERSON is a Monmouth girl. Even in her youth she manifested a love for music. She has been a successful teacher of this art for some time. MiSS WINIFRED CAMP3ELL has done excellent work in this department for the last two years and rarely do we have a student who displays more talent than she. The words of Miss Britlain seem fittingly to express Miss Campbell ' s idea. This is the luxury •of music. It touched every key of memory and stirs all the hidden springs of sorrow and of joy. I love it for what it makes me forget, and for what it makes me remember. THE WAGNEK QUAKTET. A P: oduct of the Conservalo ry. NELLE PORTER, 1st Soprano. HELEN TINKER. 2d Alto. Under the management of the Southern Lyce with the Slayton Lyceum Bureau for twenty-two twenty-one States, from New York to Colorado. BESS BLACKBURN. 2d Soprano. LULU JOHNSON. 1st Alto. eau. for six weeks, during the season of 1902-03. and during the season of 1903-04. they rr.ade a tour of STUDIOS OF THE CONSERVATORY. o u I h D H O 1 £ s Z 0L o - -a r o a i ■ ii .• ' -j- s £ . I i- y m r — — — - j i o S ■ ■ B 1 2 7 g reWfff¥«fc IT ' A I m 3 t_ w 5 3 ? = S H 1 • ' ; :  i J8f 4 O I ===== f a ' rZ LS r?§gp Mk3 4 J M %fJ .Literary (Societies. Qf pM ' J ' Amateurs des Belles Letters. 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J — „. . f I M ' te ft IT Mafc 4C , 9 Tt ■ a i i _lW H Ji ' H B ?i In H •■SL 5 JSt 1 J| r «C 1 ■ ' L K - - r . a! J Philo, Wallace Black Walter Brown C. Lawrence Baker Joe Cleland Jay Ferguson Tim. J. Campbell John Crosier John Cunningham F. Ray Elder R. Frank Galloway P. F. Gardner Harold Gilmer William Gordon Frank Hill Nelson Hall Thomas Hamilton John Lant James Le Clere Robert Kerr Frank McLean Wm. McClenahan Adam Miller M. L. Neil Carl Nelson Arthur Owen Arch Owen John Parshall William Porter Glen Porter Hugh Rhodes James Rhodes M. H. Rees John Robinson Fred Sharpe Henry Swantz W. H. Tucker C. C. Watson William Warnock William Young Ray Vance Aletheorian. Bertha Campbell Mary Clark Theola Clark Margaret Clark Charlotte Claney Grace Davidson Anne Dew Margaret Dew Grace Galloway Florence Gibson Mildred Gilmer Fannie Hicks Stella Kyle Edith Leigh Bertha Richie Ada St. Clair Feme Thompson Mary Warnock Lora De Vinney Vera Skewis Agnes Young Margaret Robir.scn Certrude Fcrie Adi Maskerey Gertrude White Eertha Weakley Mable Weakley Ada Steel Florence Steel Belle Hamilton Georgia Weed Ethel Porter Nellie Hyer Nellie Preston Winifred Wherry Lizzie Murray ECCRITEAN. Milfcrd E. Barnes Chas P. Blair Walter F Blood Willard Bradford Graham Bryson David Cherry Frank Cowick Henry E, Dnemeyer Dan Ferguson Harry Fulton Lee Gabby Kenneth Gordon Willard B, Jones WE. Hogue Harry Hutchinson John Hamilton Bertis Marshall C. E. Matson S. Matteson Chas. Monteith John McAlliste. Earl McClanahan Neal McClanahan Paul McClanahan Thos. McCracken John McGeoch I. A. McMillan Eugene Nixon Walter Oaks Fred Parrish J,m Peacock Shellar Peacock Wayne Pnngle John Robinson Thos. C. Smith W. G. Stevenson Wylie Stewart R. M. Story F. B. Swartz Mills Taylor Will Turnbuli Chas. Wagner Mac Wallace Harold Wa tt Foster Weir Wallace Barnes Herbert Clarke Clyde Bla;r John P. Brook Earl Delzell Tom Saunders Geo. Lafferty John Martin Pierre Norwood C. C. Patton T. E. Swan Philo Contestants. DEBATER. MR. NELSON HALL will represent Philo as Debater. Mr. Hall has marked ability along all lines of literary work and has won honors as a contestant. He represented Philo last year on oration. Mr. Hall has been a contributor to the literary department of the Oracle, also president of the student body during the past year. ORATER. MR WALLACE BLACK Philo orator, hails from Washburn, Illinois. His talent as an orator became evident last year in the Elliot-Cleland oratorical contest in which he won first place. Mr. Black has three more years in school and will certainly do good work both for Society and College on the platform. He is doing good work at short ' Stop on the baseball team. ESSAYIST. MR ROBERT KERR Philo essayist is one of our far western students, coming from California. He obtained his place as a member of Philo contest team by the hard consistetnt work which he has done while in college. He stood well as an individual debater in last year ' s Inter-Society team de- bate and this year won first in the Elliot-Clelland oratorical contest. Besides being prominent in local organizations, Mr. Kerr is also president of Illinois Inter-Collegiate. DECLAIMED MR. FRANK McLEAN. Philo declaimer, is a native of Illinois. This is his third year in Monmouth College. Last year Mr. McLean proved his ability as a declaimer and public speaker by winning first place on Philo declamation contest. Eccritean Contestants. DEBATER. MR. RUSSELL STORY. Eccritean debater, won this position by the work which he has done on the Society platform. He is a deep and logical thinker and has on more than one occasion represented Eccritean creditably, Mr. Story was one of the editors of the ' 04 Ravelings and is this year editor of the Oracle. Besides being a good student he has also taken a prominent part in athletics. ORATOR. MR. PAUL McCLANAHAN will represent Eccritean as orator. He has unusual ability and has won honors on the Col- lege platform as well as on Eccritean. He won second place last year in the preliminary oratorical contest and first place this year. He has represented Monmouth on the Prdhibition contest platform. In society Mr. McClanahan won first in the Freshman declamation con- test and has also represented Eccritean on Open Meeting. ESSAYIST. MR. THOMAS C. McCRACKEN, Eccritean ' s member of the College Faculty will represent his society this year as essayist. As an essayist Mr. McCracken is a man of unquestioned ability and his past work well justifies the trust placed in him. Mr. McCracken represented the student body at the Inauguration of Dr. McMichael. He has been assistant professor in mathematics and will continue a mem- ber of the Faculty next year. DECLAIMER. NEAL McCLANAHAN, Eccritean ' s declaimer, needs no introduction as a speaker. Last fall he won first place on llli- nois Inter-Collegiate and represented the State ' on the Inter-State contest, at Notre Dame. In- diana, winning fourth place. He has also carried off honors in society contests and is recog- nized as a singer of marked ability. McCRACKEN. N. McCLANAHAN. P. McCLANAHAN. STORY. Oratorical Association. OFFICERS: PRESIDENT MAURICE REES VICE-PRESIDENT ' - - - - - - - PAUL McCLANAHAN SECRETARY AND TREASURER ...... GRAHAM BRYSON PAUL McCLANAHAN. Mr. McClanahan will represent Monmouth College the coming year in the Inter- Collegiate Oratorical Contest of Illinois. Mr. McClanahan is a public speaker of more than ordinary ability, and since he entered Monmouth College he has made a record equalled by but few students. In addition to local contests in which he has carried ofF honors, he has represented our Prohibition Club on her Inter-Collegiate platform. He will also represent Eccritean in the Inter-Society Contest as orator. Our Orator Oratory has at different times occupied a very high place among the different branches of work in Monmouth College. It has been some years however, since the same interest has been manifested along this line as is shown by the students of the College at the present time. The interest which has been shown in the last two or three years has this year brought about results which show what Monmouth College can do in Oratory. NEAL McCLANAHAN. It is with great pleasure that we write a few lines as an expression of our appreciation of the honor which Neal McClanahan has brought to our class, to our College and to the State of Illinois as their representative on the Inter-Collegiate and Inter-State Oratorical contests. Ever since entering College three years ago, Mr. McClanahan has been doing consist- ent work on society and contest platforms. He is one of Eccriteans strongest members and his appea r ance on her rostrum is always a pleasure and profit to those who hear him. Last spring Mr. McClanahan went on the Preliminary Oratorical Contest winning first place over three other orators, making him Monmouth ' s representative in the Inter-Collegiate. This was held last October in Monmouth, Mr. McClanahan winning the contest. His oration was en- titled The Prophet of Emancipation. ' ' In this oration the life and work of Count Leo Tol- stoi, the champion cf the oppressed masses of Russia, was handled in a masterly way and by his strong, earnest delivery Mr. McClanahan carried his audience with him from the opening to the closing sentence. As the winner of the Illinois Inter-Collegiate, Mr. McClanahan became the representa- tive of the State of Illinois in the- Inter-State. This contest was held on the Fourth of May, at Notre Dame University. In the Inter- State Oratorical Association there are eleven States, each one of which was represented by the best orator her schools could furnish. The eleven orators on the contest represented ninety schools and twenty-five thousand students and each one fully justified the decision of the judges who gave them the right to appear in that contest. Without hesitation or mistake throughout the program the orations were deliv- ered, any one of which might well have been given first place without discredit to the other ten. We who heard the contest were certainly proud of our orator. Both his oration and delivery have been wonderfuly improved since the Inter-Collegiate contest and he held the closest attention of the audience throughout his performance. Though given but fourth place, we all felt that Illinois had been nobly represented, and when we saw how close the mark- ings of the judges were, and considered the talent represented in the contest we began to real- ize that Neal NcClanahan had indeed brought great honor to Monmouth College. Y. W. C. A. President Vice President Membership Bible Study - Prayer Meeting Y. W. C. A. CABINET. OFFICERS. Belle Robinson Corresponding Secretary Lena Collins Recording Secretary Treasurer - - Ada St. Clair CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES: Emma Lytle Missionary Henrietta Jones Social ' Margaret Clark Inter-Collegiate Fanny Hicks Grace Galloway Mabel Moore Erma Babcock Mary Millen Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of Hosts. The Christian work of the College, as carried on by the Y. W. C. A. during the year has been aggressive and successful. The year ' s work was begun by sending two delegates to the Conference at Lake Geneva. At the opening of College a re- ception was given to the new girls at the President ' s home. Ten delegates represented our Association at the State Convention at Galesburg and brought back inspiring reports. We were represented at the Missionary Conference in Xenia by the Misses Collins, Claney and Sprague. who brought back interesting and inspiring reports to our Association. The Y. W, C. A. Circle started last October, was a new and most pleasant and profitable feature of the work. The prospects for the coming year are very bright. With an energetic President and Cabinet, we feel that much will be done in the future for the Christian training of the young women of our College. ' BELLE ROBINSON. Y. M. C. A. Y. M. C A. CABINET. President Vice-President Membership Bible Study OFFICERS: Timothy Campbell Recording Secretary Milford Barnes Treasurer - CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES: Maurice Rees Prayer Meeting Fred Sharpe Missionary Carl Nelson Neal McClanahan Robert Kerr Charles Wagner Thos. C. McCracken 3e not overcome of evil, but overcome evil with good. ' The work cf the Y M. C. A. for the yea- 1903-04 has been marked by many encouraging, as well as a few discourag- ing features. The attendance and membership has been large, the interest gratifying. Our prayer meetings have been led by devoted leaders, doing much good among the students. In the early fall we had a meeting to hear the reports of the Geneva Conference delegates. We also had two delegates to the State Convention at Rockford and two delegates to the Xenia Students ' Conference. During the spring term we were addressed by Rev. W. R. Hotchkiss, Traveling Secretary of the Student Volunteer Movement; W. W. Dillon, State Secretary; Lester McLean, of Chicago; J. Campbell White and Elbert McCreery, representing the U. P. Volunteer Movement. The work for the coming year is being planned and we ask the prayers of all for Divine guidance that the Association may accomplish the best work possible. Prohibition Club. PRESIDENT VICE-PRESIDENT SECRETARY TREASURER WALTER BROWN MILLS J. TAYLOR BURT BLAIR JOHN ROBINSON CONTESTS: INTER-COLLEGIATE ORATORICAL. Monmouth. Illinois. First place won by Neal McClanahan. PH1LO DECLAMATION CONTEST John Robinson - - - First Joseph Cleland - - Second INTER-STATE ORATORICAL CON- TEST. Notre Dame University. Neal McClanahan fourth place. PHILO ORATORICAL CONTEST. Robert M. Kerr - - - First Ray Elder - Second TRACY BIBLE RENDITION CONTEST. Mabel Lynn - - - First ECCRITEAN DECLAMATION Wyhe Stewart - - Second CONTEST. Fred Anderson - - - Third Wylie Stewart - - - First Clara Pratt - - - Fourth Willard Bradford - - Second Kappa Alpha Sigma. SORORES IN COLLEGIO. Hope Andrew, ' 04. Pauline Collins, ' 04. Erma A. Babcock, ' 05. Joanna Mitchell. 05. Lena Blanche Wilson, ' 05, Grace McKmley, ' 05. Nora Corette. ' 05. Jennie Smith. 05. Nancy Irwin, ' 05. Mary Hamilton. ' 05. SORORES IN UR3E. Lora Sykes Cora Brunnemer. 03. Nancy Rice. 05. Isabel Dunbar, ' 08. SORORES EX UR3E. Lucy Harris, ' 02, Helen Dunbar Eakin, ' 02. Edna Foster, ' 03. Mary Eakin Jessie Arnot Pearl Love Bertha Alexander Aleta Soule Edith Munford Moser Mabel Packard Robison May Wallace Margaretta Eutts Zeta Epsilon Chi. FOUNDED 18 SOFkORES IN COLLEGIO. Clara Worden Pratt, ' 04 Jessie Edith Graham, ' 05. May Henderson, 05. Ethel Senseman. 07. Louise rseed, ' 07. Elizabeth Graham. 08. Lillian Erownell, ' 08. Louie Graham. ' 08. SORORES IN URCE. Isabel Stewart. ' 00. Ma-tha Hanna. ' 01. Nell Porter, Ol.ve Bell. Elizabeth Blackburn, 02, SOFkORES EX URBE. Louise Doig Anderson, ' 00. Delia Davidson, ' 0 I. Helen McGowan. Bess Thornton Dot Tyler. |unia Pollock. 01. Lucia Blake Wilson, ' 02. Mary Elizabeth Brent, 02. Isabel Irwin, 03. Josephene Culbertson, 03. Theresa McConnell. Bess Gowdy Speer. Margaret Owens. Last fall, ten very systematic girls decided that pla y like work, must have seme method in it before the best re- sults can be ob ' tained. So thinking they entered the same kennel of fun and frol ic and cal led themselves Fidos. Shortly after the club was organized, two new members were taken in—Gertrude and Katherine Anderson, and they afterwards joined them in their merry makings. Of all the jolly times those girls have had this year, we feel sure that none will bring more pleasan 1 memories than those little informal meetings, where Care and Study made an immediate and uncondi- surrender to Fun, which would then reign supreme. They have slept together, Rose at an instant, learn ' d, play ' d, eaten together: And wheresoe er they went, like Juno ' s swans. Still they went coupled and inseparable. Grace Duff Gertrude Anderson Flora Turnbull Esther Dame Florence Findley Dotha McKelvey Mabel Lynn Emma Lytle Nora Scantlin Katherine Anderson ennie Kinsman Mabel Moore ■ra THE PENNY CLUB. The Nine Muses. CoIors: — Black and Gold. Kilo—Charlotte Claney. Melphomene — Agnes Young. Thalia—Gertrude Fort. (Calliope— Vara Skewis. Urania ' -Ferne Thomson. Euturpe— Bertha Campbell. Polymnia— Winifred Wherry. Erato- ' Grace Galloway. Terpsichore—Margaret Clark. Among the beautiful pictures That will hang on memory ' s wall; Is one of dear Mt. Olympos. That seemeth the best of all. Not for its gnarled oaks olden. Famed in many a lore; But ' twas there the Muses gathered In the year of 1904. The joy of those happy hours spent There, on each Friday night, Will in future years, life ' s pathway Gild with a hallowed light. May our circle ever -prosper. And true laurels yet be won, Till Klio foldeth up her scroll And History ' s tale is done. THE NICKEL CLU3. m Philo Peanut Night. ODGEN ' S HALL, beautifully decorated, on the evening of November six, opened its doors to the Philadelphian Literary Society which held its annual banquet in honor of those elected as representatives for the Philo-Eccritean contest. These champions were Nelson Hall. Debater: Wallace Black. Orator: Robert Kerr. Essayist: Frank McLean. Declaimer, The guests num ' bered over one-hundred. After a peanut war a musical program was ren- dered and then the guests sat down to the banquet table. At the banquet, greetings were read from the nine Philo winners of debate of the last decade. The toasts were as follows: Toastmaster-REV. HUGH SPEEFs. To the Society CHAS. PHELPS. Response T. J. CAMPBELL. To the new Members M. H. REES. Response ■ ' ■■■. • • ■ WILLIAM TUCKER. To the Ladies RAY ELDER. Response - • ■ MISS BUELAH STEWART. To the Contestants • FRANK GALLAWAY. Response ■ ■ • ROBERT KERR. Eccitean Peanut Night. On the evening of October 30, near two hundred met in the Society hall to celebrate the election of a contest team. The contestants elected were: Russell Story, Debater; Paul Mc- Clanahan, Orator; Thomas C. McCracken. Essayist; Neal McClanahan, Declaimer. The event will long be remembered as one of the most successful in the history of the Society. Early in the evening the Faculty were made happy by the usual gift of the juicy pea- nut. After some time the guests adjourned to the Elocution room where the peanut battle waged hot, but as no fatalties resulted, all were able to proceed to the gymnasium and partake of an elegant four-course banquet. The decorations of the gymnasium were a credit to our artist, Mr. Frank Swartz, and his able assistants. Corn stalks interwoven with p nk surrounded the clcak rcoms. On all sides were emblems and colors of the society. The honored alumnus, Pres. McMichael, beamed down on us from an elegant frame on the east. The Toastmaster was Thomas C. Mc- Cracken, and the following toasts were offered: Peanut Night RUSSELL STORY Our Contestants CHAS. J. WAGNER. Reponse ECCR1TEAN CONTESTANTS. The Ladies HERBERT CLARKE. Response MISS PAULINE COLLINS. Our New Members W, GRAHAM BRYSON. Response MILLS J. TAYLOR. Monmouth College PAUL McCLANAHAN. Old Eccr.tean HUGH MARTIN. At the close of the program Mr. McCracken announced that Mr. T. P. Shontz, ' 76, and John A. Campbell of Chicago, had solicited the privilege of fitting out the hall with a new carpet. They offered the gift as a compliment of the excellent work done by the Society, and as a token of the ir lasting regard for Old Eccritean. The announcment was received with great applause. At three a. m. the banqueters adjourned. THE KAPPA PAKTY. @N JANUARY twenty-eighth, the girls of Kappa Alpha Sigma took advantage of the privileges of leap year and entertained the young men at the home of Jennie Smith- Signs posted over the house gave the young men hints as to the proper way to act at a leap year party. During the evening an auction was indulged in and fabulous sums were realized on some of the articles. One young man even secured a diamond. But some things more precious than diamonds were sold, for, during the evening, these same young men went to the highest bidder. Is it any wonder that excitement ran high? After this novel means of enter- tainment, refreshments were served and a mock athletic contest was held which proved ex- tremely interesting. The event will long be remembered in Kappa circles. THE ZETA PAKTY. The horns of Miss Louise Reid, on February the 29th, was the scene of a most enjoya- ble leap year party given by the Zeta Epsilon Chi. The young ladies on this occasion even surpassed their usual grace in entertainmsnt. The game of Spider Web was very artfully prepared and the young men, lured on by dainty refreshments and beautiful decorations, were soon hopelessly, entangled in the meshes. The purpose of this was recalled when the young ladies in a very charming manner proposed. The answers as yet have not been made public, but judging by the spirit of unanimity which prevailed during the remainder of the evening, the editors were led to believe that such were not unfavorable. THE FIDO PAKTY. On Hallowe ' en the Fidos entertained their gentlemen friends at a progressive party. The witches had that evening been using all their supernatural arts and consequently each young man found a strange, ghostly apparition instead of the fair one he expected. The ghostly company were first escorted to Mrs. McCollough ' s. on Broadway, where the good fairies came into play and quickly turned the ghosts again into Fidos After spending an hour here in a unique and novel style the company went in turn to Mrs. McSride ' s and to the home of Florence Findley. The time was passed in true Hallowe ' en sport and it was in harmony with the night that the delightful evening was closed around the embers of a camp fire. May Party. O sooner had the darkness settled over the campus than peeping stars looked down upon a scene of unusual activity- A myriad of bustling forms rushed to and fro and the very atmosphere spoke of coming festivities. Soon lights be- gan to glimmer and in the shadows of the watchful trees were held whisper- ing consultations as the final arrangements for the May party were made. But in a flash these ministering spirits vanished in thin air as more stable forms in flowing robes began to assemble from all sides. Soon unseen hands lit up a myriad of lights and the campus blazed forth bright as day and revealed to the wondering eyes the mar- velous transformation which had taken place in the once familiar scenes on the campus of Monmouth College What had once been the tennis court was now the throne of her maj- esty, the beautiful green of The May. From countless lips burst the measured accents of Ne ' er did Grecian chisel trace A Nympth. A Naid or a Grace With finer form or lovelier face. As though the expectant merry-makers she passed in the m ' dst of her courtly attendants. And here under the very shadow of old M. C. took the coronation of one of the class of ' 04 and the May party had begun. Appollo ' s harp poured forth sweet strains as the dancers took their places before the throne and began the intricate and beautiful manoeuvres which has always character ' zed this part of the festivities at Monmouth Gollege, Then some time was spent in the heartfelt congratulations which were given the queen. And in the remaining hours, wit and wisdom was only excelled by beauty and bravery and merry laughter was heard on every side. And only when the first rays of blushing dawn be- gan to appear, did the sleepy-eyed mortals turn their steps homeward, and as the curtain slowly decended, the returning fancies were seen writing the history of one more May Party in Monmouth College. BARNES. Mgr. Foot Ball The foot b; opened on the home groun victory over 1 score of 1 8 to season of ' 03 th a Wesleyan by a While the game was not a hard one, it showed that the team could play foot-ball. Only straight foot ' ball was used. The backs, Capt. Pringle, Norwood and Owens, aided by a strong line, carried the ball for good gains, both through the line and around the ends. The contest with Macomb Ath- letes proved harder than expected. The score standing a tie with six points each. Both tDuch-downs were somewhat in the nature of flukes, Macomb securing their points by a run from the center of the field. Our score came immediately afterwards. On the kick-off. the ball sailed across the line, and before a Macomb man could fall on it, Capt. Pringle, by a splendid dive, landed on the ball for a touch-down. The least said of the Lombard game the better. Lombard secured 2 touch ' downs and Monmouth none, but it was not through superior play ' ing on their part. From the kick-off Monmouth advanced the ball constantly but when within a few yards of the goal, the official 190k a turn, and by a decision not in the official guide, gave the ball to Lombard. Once again near the close of the half, through his liberality in allowing them four downs, Lombard gained the required distance and a touch-down. During PRINGLE, Capt. the game Monmouth gained nearly twice as much ground as her oppo- nents, but were not allowed to score. The contest, like nearly all of them ■with that school, developed into one of staying qualities, in which Mon- mouth had the better of the argument. A two days ' trip to Augustana and Coe Colleges, resulted in a vic- tory over Augustana 1 6 to 0, and a defeat by Coe 25 to 0. The Au- gustana game was won largely through the fine kicking of Monmouth ' s captain, who secured two field goals. Owens added to the total by a touch- down. The Coe game was evenly played in the first half, but the strain of the previous day began to tell, and in the second half Coe secured four touch-downs. In the return game with Augus- tana, Monmouth was again victorious by a score of I 1 to 6, Augustana secured the first touch-down and our hopes were small until the last few minutes of the game, when two touch-downs came in succession; the first on a blocked punt, Pringle se- curing the ball and running two-thirds the length of the field. Story added the other soon after. The Penn team was defeated in an easy game, score 1 7 to 0. The event of the season was the game with Knox, in which our team proved the stronger. Capt. Gro- gan ' s team began with a rush and ad- vanced the ball far into Monmouth territory, but lost it on a fumble. Monmouth, by steady line plunges and good runs by Gardner, carried the ball down the field where it again changed hands. For the remainder of the half the ball was carried up and down the field, neither side being able to score. The punting of both captains was fine, Pringle having the ad- vantage, just missing two field goals. In the second half Monmouth advanced the ball by steady gains and after strong resistance by Knox, Marshall hurdled the line for the first touch-down. The second touch-down was made by Hall on a thirty yard run through tackle. The game was clean throughout and the finest exhibition ever seen on Monmouth field. The rooting of the students was a del ightful change from that shown in most games, and if the same spirit is con tinued. great results may be expected. The closing battle on Thanksgiving day with Lake Forest left sorrow in the Monmouth camp While the team played good foot-ball, it could not withstand the fierce rushes of the opposing backs. The first half ended with the score in our favor, 12 to 6. but the hard fight left the team weakened and tired. In the last half Lake Forest added more steam and the game was lost by the score of 22 to 12. Foot Ball Teams. WALLACE BARNES, Manager. WAYNE PRINCLE. Captain. A. J. TAFT. Coach. Varsity-- Second Team- Story ..... Left End .... Nixon Clark • LeftTackle ■ ■ ■ ■ Matteson Brooks ..... |_ e ft Guard .... Robinson LeClere ..... Center .... McMillan W. Barnes .... Right Guard .... Rhodes Hall Right Tackle Rees Marshall • • • • ■ Right End .... Cowden Gardner ■ Quarter Back .... Wilson Pringle. Capt • ■ • ■ |_ e f t |-| a |f . . ■ Arch Owen Hastie .... Full Back .... Tucker Owen Right Half ■ ■ ■ ■ M. Barnes FOOT BALL SCHEDULE. Iowa Wesleyan ....... Monmouth 1 8 Macomb Athletics 6 ....... Monmouth 6 Lombard 12 ■ . ■ • ■ • • • ■ Monmouth Augustana ••■••■ ■ Monmouth 16 Coe 25 ......... Monmouth Augustana 6 ........ Monmouth I 1 Penn ......... Monmouth 1 7 Knox ......... Monmouth I 1 Lake Forest 22 • Monmouth 12 Basket Ball, Track and Base Ball C, K. WARNE, Physical Director. The past season in Basket- Ball has been one which will always be recalled by the stu- dents with pleasure. Much of the success of the team is due to the able coaching of Profes- sor Warne and Captain Marshall, and the hard work of the team. A good schedule of games was arranged by Manager Fulton, including games with the strongest teams of the west. A total of fourteen games was played, nine of which were victorious, Monmouth secur- ing 444 points to opponents ' 357. By this fine showing the team has a strong claim to the western collegiate championship. Beside this splendid record made by the boys we can place that of the young ladies. equally as good. Of the eight games played six were victorious; 71 points were scored to 36 for the opposing teams. Monmouth College may well be proud of its team of young ladies and it is safe to say that they would hold their own with any of the western teams. The interest in indoor athletics centered in the contest for the loving cup. to be given to the one winning the highest number of points. The meet consisted of five events: Dip, rope- climb, high-jump, three broad- jumps and potato race. The cup went to Norwood who won the meet with a total of 361 points to his credit. The ladies ' Gymnasium class finished their work by an exhibition in drill and club swing- ing, given in the Kirkwocd opera house. Afterwards the first and second ladies ' basket-ball teams contributed to the enjoyment of the evening by an exhibition game. For several years the track and field work of the college has been a negative quantity. There is no reason why this should be so. Other schools of the same class with Monmouth put out good track teams yearly, why cannot we do the same? The material is always on hand and can be made use of if the proper spirit is behind it. In allowing this part of our college athletics to run down, we lose one of the best and most enjoyable parts of athletic life. What is finer than a field day, with enthusiasm at the boiling point, with the stands filled with cheering boys and girls, waving banners and urging contestants on to victory? If ycu have never had the pleasure of attending one, get to work and do your utmost to arouse inter- est in this branch of athletics, so that you may have that pleasure by another year. The base-ball season is on and the team is hard at work to keep up the record of the pasl two seasons. The task will not be so very easy, for with a team made up almost en- tirely of new players we cannot be expec:ed to start in where last year ' s team left off. Eight games have been played so far, five of which were victories. Knox claimed one, Iowa Wesleyan one and Bradley one. A st.ong effort will be made by the team to wipe out these defeats in the remaining games. PEDEY. OUR TEAM CAPTAINS. Basket Ball Team. HARRY FULTON, Manager. BERTIS MARSHALL, Captain. C. K. WARNE. Coach. FIRST TEAM. MARSHALL. Captain--Right Forward. BLAIR. Left Forward. PORTER. Center. WATT. Right Guard. FULTON. Left Guard. McM ' LLAN. Sub. SECOND TEAM. Right Forward. BLACK. Left Forward, JONES. Center, CUNNINGHAM. Right Guard. POPsTER. Left Guard, HUTCHINSON. SCHEDULE. A. 13 Company H 37 Company C 29 Keithsburg Elks 20 Burlington Y. M. C. Keithsburg Elks 24 Geneseo 1 8 Company C 26 Burlington Y. M. C. A. 23 Coe College 17 Augustana 29 Ottumwa Y. M. C. A. 37 Washington 3 Company H 63 Augustana 18 Monmouth 22. Monmouth 25. Monmouth 30. Monmouth 37. Monmouth 34. Monmouth 32. Monmouth 28. Monmouth 24. Monmouth 53. Mcnmcuth 28. Monmouth 19. Monmouth 57. Monmouth 8. Monmouth 47. Girls ' Basket Ball Team. FIRST TEAM. LAURA SYKES--Right Forward. EMMA LYTLE. Capt-Left Forward. MILDRED G!LMER--Center. FLORA TURNBULL--Right Guard. GRACE GALLOWAY- -Left Guard. BELLE ROBINSON, Sub. SECOND TEAM. Right Forward-BETH GRAHAM. Left Forward-NORA CORETTE. Center-JENNIE KINSMAN. Right Guard-AGNES YOUNG. Left Guard-MABEL COWDEN SCHEDULE. Washington 7 ....... Monmouth 12 Little York I Monmouth I 1 Macomb 4 ........ Monmouth 7 Augustana 5 ■■•••■• .■ • Monmouth 4 Little York 2 Monmouth 1 2 Washington 2 ...... . Monmouth 16 Augustana 2 ... Monmouth 7 Macomb 4 ■ Monmouth 2 A -a {• li 1 j J w J? - £ ' ■■ f g - JPl SSI jLj Base Ball Team. CHAS. P. ELAIR, Manager. HARRY FULTON. Asst. Manager. WALTER McMILLAN. Captain. Catcher, JONES. pitcher, McMillan. Capt, 1st base. BLAIR 2nd base. PORTER. 3d base, BR1DENTHAL. S. S.. BLACK- R. field. COWDEN. L. field. ANDERSON. C. field. NIXON. Subs.-FULTON, YOUNG. BASE BALL SCHEDULE. April 16 April 20 April 30 May 2 May 9 May 13 May 14 May 17 May 21 May 25 May 11 May 28 June 2 June 6 Hedding at Monmouth. Bradley at Monmouth. Monmouth at Eureka. Knox at Monmouth. Iowa Wcsleyan at Mt. Pleasant. 111. Wesleyan at Bloomington. Bradley at Peoria. III. Wesleyan at Monmouth. Knox at Galesburg Mo. Osteopaths at Monmouth. Iowa Wesleyan at Monmouth. Hedding at Abingdon. Eureka at Monmouth. Knox at Monmouth. Rooters ' Department. Hoo. Rah! Hoo, Roo, Depa. La! Depa, Loo! Rah! Si! Ki! Yi! Hot, c old, wet, or dry! Get there Eli! Monmouth. We play foot ball, we do! We play foot ball, we do! We play right well! We play like ! We play foot ball, we do! Rah. Rah this way! Foot ball we play. Monmouth ' s O. K. Rah! Rah! Rah! Thro the lines we break! Touch downs we make! Monmouth ' s hot cake! Rah! Rah! Rah! One. two. three, four! two, four, three, four! Who the deuce are we for? Monmouth! Hoo- Rah- Rah! Hoo- Rah- Rah! Monmouth! Monmouth! Hoo-Rah-Rah! Ah-she-wow-wow! Ah-she-wow-wow! Monmouth wow! Je-haw! Je-haw! Je-haw-haw-haw, Monmouth! Monmouth! Rah, rah, rah! Monmouth. Monmouth is our cry! V-l-C-T-O-R-Y. Manchau Chinee! Chuck- a- luck- a-chinee! Ri-ti-bim-bum! Allee-samee go some! Bridenthal Club. Cateress, MRS BRIDENTHAL. v (||HO HAS not heard of Bridenthal Club, the jolliest M rown? H, scst, wittiest club in gather three times a day, a troop of happy, hungry students, W with marvelous appetite and wonderful capacity. The club numbers thirty ' two members, who represent all occupations, and are many of them stars in their profession. Listen while we call the roll of fame: Football captain, our well known Pring; basketball captain, Pedie Marshall, the all round athlete; baseball captain, Pete Mc- Millan; basketball captain, Emma Lytle. This much for athletics. We have the wonder- ful musician, the incomparable Wagner, who often renders his symphonies for us. Also Winifred Wherry and Mazie Sprague are our piano artists. We board two Professional men, a Taylor and a Smith. As a club we are very fond of dumb animals and keep a Campbell and a Swan for mascots. We have the Eccritean essayist, McCracken and the Y, M. C. A. President. Moreover, almost the entire Annual Board hang out at Briden- thal ' s, to say nothing of the Oracle Board. In short, Weir not the whole show, perhaps, but Weir the band wagon, and lead when others follow. Our girls, bless their hearts are sweet and shy. They eat little and talk less !) The boys eat lots and talk more. We are always glad to entertain visitors, and try to make ourselves agreeable when they come. If you don ' r believe this ask Jeanette Tinker, Warren Brownlee, Clyde Matson. or Edith Calhoun ' s cousin. Our table manners are of the best--not more than one uses the Chinese method of going after things. We have three tables, a big one, a Bigger one. and a little one. Our cook, the dusky Mary, is a pearl among cooks, and Mrs. Bridenthal and Maud are prime favorites. Potatoes and breakfast foods are our stand-bys. pie our staple and Cherry our best liked fruit, while everybody loves honey. Here lessons are laid aside, and troubles forgotten. So here ' s to Bridenthal Club! May her days be long and sunny and the crowd always go eat. and enjoy themselves. 1 1 . 1 1 ' ' ■ • ' W 5 1 1 N ■-■ ■ ' 1 ' m - ' ■ ' ST. V MH I 1 CJ iv ' I 1 I . ■ M . £3 B AlH ' -l!! V 9 JS | ! il | M I J i ill ianif 4 Ik- v i V . 1 rail £1 iJ ' jr Win ' bP m I fa 2t r 3 ■ ra 1 nl ■ W ■ 1 bV 4 ;. ' m lid 1 Titus Club. Cateress-MRS. TITUS. jOUT one o ' clock on a morning last winter the residents along West Broad- way were slumbering peacefully, when suddenly they were aroused by the sound of yelling. One good dame wakened her husband by a frantic shak- ing, telling him there was a fire as she heard people shouting. The faithful husband, thoroughly awakened by such news, jumped out onto the cold floor and rushed to the window, but turned away with disgust and wicked thoughts as he saw a bus load of young people passing the house singing and yelling, What ' s the matter with the Titus Club? They were just getting home from an oyster supper at the home of Miss Flora Turnbull. and the lateness of the hour had not yet cast a damper on their merriment. Thus we were always, whether engaged in roasting each other, or at our literary. which furnished amusement during the winter evenings and included musical and literary en- tertainments, mock funerals, weddings, and best of all a Christmas tree for some 18 waifs whom we gathered up in the south part of the city. We have athletes and captains, managers, professors, presidents and committeemen among our list. TO THE TITUS CLUB. Of all the clubs of all the years The best one without question Is Titus ' and its greatness Just now attracts attention. Our stewards search for miles around To furnish our supplies And nothing but the very best Greets our fastidious eyes. The Field ' s club pride, that flew so high Took quite a sudden fall When answering their challenge Our boys won at basket-ball. The Freshman and the Sophomore Class Presidents we claim While seven men that won an M, Add luster to our fame. The Fido girls, without a doubt Much credit to us bring. For when you speak of quality Why they ' re the entire thing. A double wedding and a wake Made us of wide renown, We also gave a Christmas tree To some poor tots in town. We ' ve reached the limit of our space And only just begun To tell the real worth of our club Would take from sun to sun. So here ' s to Titus: Drink her down; And history has decreed That first upon her honor roll In fortune we shall read, Prof. Warne. Wallace Barnes, Frank Galloway, Herbert Clarke, James LeClere, Wm. Porter, Harold Watt, Eugene Nixon, Harry Fulton, Milford Barnes, Robt. Kerr. Flora Turnbull. Mary Kyle, Jennie Kinsman, James Rhodes, Ray Elder. MaBel Lynn. O. G. Yerberry, Charlotte Claney, Carrie Colhurst, Esther Dame, Grace Duff, Earl Delzell. Wilbert Hogue. Nellie Hyer, Chas. Monteith. Roy McAlpin Mable Moore. Ross Moore. Dotha McKelvey. Clara Matthews, Carl Nelson. Jessie Pierce, Mary Ramsey. Nellie Ramsey, Bertha Reynolds. Nora Scantlin, Will Turnbull. Field Club. Ciub life is an essential feature cf college life. It develops and polishes character by rubbing the dust and rust off those who are anxious to improve their etiquette. The Field Club is es pecially adapted to secure this and since in these days of war, a country may be besieged without a moment ' s warning, we have our fertile field and store house safely guarded. We are situated en a hill, impregnable, having a Fort e) next in strength to Gibralter. We are well able to hold our fortifications, for in cur number is a Bricker, who has exper- ience in handling brick We also have a rich mine cf Steel fe) ore to bar cur gates against any foe. Within this magnificent bulwark, to keep us well supplied in provisions, is a Miller and a Gardner. Now. a word about other brilliant features of this club. Despondencies caused by flunks, etc., are scon cast away when ccming ; n ccntact with the musical Hall We beast we are not like many other clubs, in that we are not old, seme of us areYoung. Our talk around the table is net cull, but witty. Sharp (e) and sensible. To shew that cur conversation is of the highest type, the mention of a few prominent names will suff ce to show along what line our thoughts run. We have such personages as general Lee. volunteer Cunningham. Miss Rcbinson and her brother, John, founder of the Independency of England. Davison, the great American poetess, and Hxks. the weather prophetess. Eesjde these there a few new men in the field. who are rapidly making their fame, such as McAllister, historical writer of unfamiliar illusions: Skewis, authoress cf Lone Novels; Neill, author of Practical Talks for the industrious. This excellent club may always be distinguished for its colors. Brown and Black. The Bartlett Club. Cateress-MRS. MARY BARTLETT. Stewards-MR. HERBERT CLARKE. MR. FRANK GALLOWAY. Man is a queer animal Three times a day he must be fed and fed right. Otherwise there is trouble. Students are the queerest cf mankind. They must be fed three times a day and that better than anyone else. Their order is a hard one. But ' twas filled at the Bartlett Club. The best of cooking and the best of times were theirs. Of fun there was no end- not even when the worst came. Roasts and jokes ever met with a hearty reception. And the crowd— ' twas the best in school. lolly, gocd-natured, and true were qualities, character- istic of all. Laugh and grow fat ' ' was exemplified in more than cne instance. But it is always the good who die young. So it ' came our turn. We were just at the height of our joys when the storm broke. It not only rained but it poured. The epidemic of typhoid spread disease and death among our ranks. More than half our number were stricken down while many others were incapacitated for their work. At last the club broke up. A year ' s plans were set at naught. Happy friends were parted and the best crowd in Old Monmouth dispersed. May another year again behold the bright and cheerful faces of those unable to return this spring. But we can never— nor would we if we could— forget the happy days we spent together as a club. U wJ Mrs. Schloss says they don ' t want the ordinary run of students. Students start for the center of populace. Story gees to room at Schloss ' . Clara and Charlie meet all trains. Miss Patterson, arriving on late train, surprises them. Where are John Henry ' s and Prof. Glass ' mustaches, and Prof- Hicks ' goatee? Sir Dan of the Belt, accompanied by his mama, arrives. Enter Thomas Smith. Separate Ch, McMichael. Great excitemer Reception for n Church—all out Associa receptions. La both ■ in honoring Dr nd Mr: Dates are out for Peanut Night. students. Lena says there are 36 letters in the alphabet. Steadies have dates. Clara Pratt looks lonesome. Nancy Irwin and others commence to flunk. College really commences. Pring arrives. Burt Blair says, I ' ll Dew all I can. Second Church reception. Prof. Glass to Miss Calhoun, What does K i s ' mean? ' ' Great confusion. Annual Board elected by the Juniors at Miss White ' s. Sentimentality must give way to modern improvements. The bridge is doomed. Sorrow reigns supreme among as- tronomy students and close communionists. )im and Graham are especially saddened by the awful devastation. ]im and Jess take a walk in the country, accompanied by a dozen girls. Mazie takes a ride in an Irish buggy Senior Social at Etta Jones ' . Margaret Clark is not present—entertaining company from Little York. McCracken goes back after the baby. Gilmer takes a girl. Mabel Benson goes driving with )im Root. Second Church choir distinguishes itself. Freshman-Soph scrap. Upper classmen attend social at Hodgens ' . Nelson gets hyp- notized and barks at the electric light. Graham protects Nora. Clark wrathy. Junior picnic at Olmstead ' s. Some go wading, others get lost in the open fields. Girls in one wagon--wheel comes off. On the way home Sharpe holds Gabby ' s hand for 30 minutes—thought it was Clara ' s. Widows organize. Charlotte Claney, In two years I ' ll be sitting on the pyramids. Prof Hicks, (looking over the class,) I guess no one here is absent. Toughey ' s mother leaves. Eccritean Open meeting. Adam Miller, No. I did not marry that girl, the Lord was gracious to me. Prof. Robinson looks up the derivation of the word ' hike. ' Belle Turkington says she can take long steps since she has been walking with Russell. Voices of chickens heard back of the Presbyterian church. Certain young man, No, 1 don ' t think I ' ll go. What ' s the use in spending a dollar on a girl unless you make it 28. Chicken roast and Indian war dance. Students start making cider. Hope, trying to kill the cider, says, I guess it ' s a hopeless case. No , said Barnes, I guess it ' s a HOPEFUL case. 29. Philo Open Meeting. Hazing on the Campus. Marshmallow roast by Preps and Freshmen. Prof. Glass says, Not quite engaged yet. Miss Campbell. 30. Leila says, No, I ' m not coming back next fall. You see Tommy graduates this spring. Chicago 108. Monmouth 0. Stagg ' s nervous centers are wrecked. Delzell, I want some more honey, Moore. New students count the days till Xmas. ■21. 1. Blackburn people arrive. Clara gives party in Davids honor. Story and Owens return. 2. ORATORICAL--NEAL WINS. What ' s the matter with the Juniors? Reception to visitors. 3. Junior Banquet for McClanahan. Cherry forgets his lady ' s name. Pring to hi; Toughey goes driving. Miss Martin gets lost in the south part cf town 5. Dr McMichael says there is no course with social life as major. Prof. McMillan agreeing with Dr. McMichael springs tests every day. Pogue goes walking with the boys, has a friendly ' ? J chat, gives ; Sophs put out their Proc ' s. Watt and Owens get sore about it. Jess ' birthday. Reproduction of great classic drama, When w LafFerty in town, Taylor doesn ' t go to supper. 1 1. LafFerty and Brownlee depart. Great sorrow for the ' 03 ' s 1 2. In prayer meeting Charlotte says that some of us may be called to work in foreign fields. ' Miss Patterson takes a day off. Great rejoicing. 13. Aletheorian Open Meeting. Hill and Tim both attend. 14. Counter attractions—Pawnee Bill and When Johnnie Comes Marching Home. Some attend both. Prof. Hicks. We don ' t translate the swear words, please. Lombard game. Big crowd from Monmouth to watch Lombard steal. Kenneth Gordon gives new yell to the college. Jess and Jim attend the street fair. Toughey departs. Exclamations go hunting. Others go nutting. Upper classmen thinking to promote class scrap put up the Soph, colors. 19. Soph ' s greatly afraid for the result haul down their flag. 20. A. 3, L, Open Meeting. Marshmallow roast interrupted by exclamations. 21. Miss Winbigler loses her Q. When Prof. Warne calls he finds that the young lady, on whom he intended to call, has retired. 22. Lena Collins borrows a Bible to take to the convention. Lena Misener says that she and John Robinson don ' t need a candle. 23. We win from Augustana, Lora Sykes acts as comforter to one of the Swedes. Hall thinks Prof. Graham ' s moral convictions are sometimes false. McKinley ' s burro does valiant work in initiating members into Eccritean. 24. Juniors work hard. A few couples stroll out to Weed ' s. Monmouth gets her fill of mud and hard luck, Coe, 25; Monmouth, 0. 25. Everybody attends church, Paul McClanahan doesn ' t know which Anderson sister is his girl. 26. Invitations are issued to the grand Inaugural Ball. 27. Grand Inauguration. Exclamations have handcar ride. Oracle published. Why did- n ' t Hicks take Miss Alice to the reception? Little Henry leads student body in grand promenade. 28. Class flags disappear from the Auditorium. Everybody on the bum after the excitement. Delzell to Mabel. You ' ll be easy to keep, won ' t you? 29. Jess and Jim walk to Galesburg, Picked up on the way back. 30. Eccritean Peanut night. Whose name did Cherry send up by the page? Clara sells lecture course tickets by guaranteeing to supply customers with dates for each number. Jim Clark is the first applicant. 3 1. Clara says. We hugged close to the door. Stevenson wants to know who he took to the Fido party. Let him inquire of the witches. 1. Elder plays truth- Owens goes to Galesburg. 2. Herr Hicks to Hope. Ebersetzen Sie meine Schatz my sweetheart. ) 3. His face is round and rosy. His cheeks are full of lumps, His eyes are almost hidden. Our Timothy has the mumps Mum show. Bully for Lena. Guy buys lecture course ticket. Feme appears in a new gown. Oil bill is low during Tim ' s illness Dan Ferguson. on reaching Smith s, finds that his girl has gone. Philo Peanut night. Fern and Tim prevented from going because of swe!lness. Paul McClanahan and Taylor visit A. B. L. before chapel and find the floor decorated. Leila says. Tom doesn ' t live here. Besides, 1 have other fish to fry. Cherry and Alfa have a date. Who made it? Ada St. Claire to Prof, Bretnall. Pressure is sometimes very definite. Sophs dress prepared to fight and call it a poverty social. Suzanne Adams Co. Carl Nelson and Mabel Lynn make their debut. Prohibition man treats boys to keg of cider back of the gym. 12. Jim Rhodes says he doesn ' t believe in having a steady. 13. Knox-Lombard game. Nickel Club organized. Dr. appearing at A. B. L. door, Young ladies. Exclamations attend the Salvation Army. John Robinson falls asleep in S. S. teacher ' s meeting. 15. The man from Pennsylvania visits Edith, Wonder if he enjoyed dinner at Bndenthal. 16. Galloway has mumps, Blood goes to. As you like it. 17. Big history tests. Edith says she expects to flunk. Why? Miss Winbigler warns class against dice and cards. Says she has flipped pennies in her day. The greatest event since the battle of Manilla.-WE BEAT KNOX. Graham becomes a victim to the new swell fad. Hogue loses his bet and sits on a high chair and is quiet for three meals. 20. Zeta initiation. Irish biddies and negroes seen around the college. 21. First skating of the season. Gertrude Anderson selects a new hat for Story, 22. Nelson Hall leaves Nichols by the back door. Hogue attends his own funeral. 23. Ina Law Robertson at chapel. Gilmer Jr., gets his hair cut. 24. Nickel Club has a big blow out. Oyster supper given to the foot-ball men atHodgens ' , after which the boys visit Coach Taft. 25. Tests in all departments. Grace Galloway has conflicting dates. 26. Thanksgiving. Clara smiles sweetly. Why? Luck against us. we lose both games. 27. Lena, Beth and Margaret are made happy. Story attends church and gives a tenth of his foot-ball bets. Bill Young makes a date. 28. First crowd goes to Cedar. Who got the pie? Barnes gets rattled and exchanges skates. Hogue. I don ' t want to change places, I ' m Flora ' s right hand man. 29. Too cold for devotionals. Everybody thankful. Dr. Brown as he turns out the light. Prof. Glass, we observe the ten o ' clock rule. 30. School again. Webb Johnson goes to class singing. Lord Bless and Pity us. 1. Everybody goes skating. Prof. Robinson tells Jim Peacock that it would take a studen to know some of the questions that he asks. 2. Rev. Guy McCracken leads chapel. Freshies win the color rush. 3. Wagner Quartette. What ' s the matter with the Juniors? Beulah Stewart gets the mumps. Rees attends concert with Feme and Tim. A. Nora Scantlin, in A. B. L. says she has heavier work than Ethel Senseman (Clarke is a heavy weight.) Basket Ball team goes to Muscatine. 5. Team returns. Reception for Miss Cole at Alfa White ' s, Titus Club has numerous weddings, the Rite Reverend Prof. Warne acting in the capacity of preacher. 6. Sunday. Norwood takes his regula r trip to the country. 7. Patten says that Balboa discovered the Mississippi. 8. Miss Dew thinks it is so quiet in college. Why don ' t Blair hump? 9. Anderson girls admitted to Phi Doggo Frat. 10. Hill hears Miss Young sing, To the Hill I lift mine eyes. I 1. Why is Mazie so well informed about Xenia Seminary? n . Prof. Graham says Tim Campbell is of unsound mind. 13. Barnes leaves Reynolds by the back door. 14. Prexy proposes that the Student Body elect deacons to care for the widows. 15. Mabel turns Oaks down for Soph, social as it wouldn ' t treat Clyde right. 16. Campbell says there are eighteen points in favor of his getting married. 17. Jess, on exhibiting some moccasins, is asked if they are Jim ' s shoes. I 8. Prof. Matthews in town Clara says she expects to flunk in exams. 19. Mrs. Ferguson entertains the young ladies who have called upon her 20. Small attendance at church. Everybody crams. 21. Exams in earnest. Boys wear cuffs. Graham departs leaving Jim in possession of the field. Mac Wallace and Mr. Kerr flip coin. 22. Everybody goes back to the tall uncut. 26. Papa gets our returns from the mill of knowledge. 6. All 1 come to school for is to do gym work. —Mary Clark. 7. School commences. Swan ' s little brother enters. Class in tragedy flunk as the slock trains a-e delayed, and the ponies have not arrived. Ber.ha Campbell caught primping. Black begins to take the Lee side of the street. Margaret Clark and Mazie spring new chafing dishes. Mazie ' s specialty is g-aham gems. Prof. Swan to Neal,-- Can you drink from a bottle half full of water? Neal.-- No. but I can drink from a jug. I 1. Dr. Willett at Auditorium. Boys ' play at Keithsburg. Elder sleeps at the lecture. 12. Boys win at Keithsburg. The Latin Prof, proves to his class that he is king by a test. Sir Thomas Mac and Walter seek pastures new. 13 Why did Vera and Anna Dew return a day late after Xmas vacation? Story and Dr. debate as to which of them should have the bulk of authority. Rees and Campbell have their room stacked. 14. Game with Geneseo. Geneseo had planned to win every game this year but they didn ' t count on us. First official dance of the year. 15. Girls win at Little York. Delzell beats Hill ' s time. Pretty cold. 16. McAllister sports new set of craps and earns pin money. Coasting on Hardin Hill. Boys spend early morning in Little York station. Fine accommodations for travelers. 17. Gertrude, — Isn ' t Paul a cunnin ' little fellow? Communion at 2nd. Students attend 1st. 18. Prof. Graham asks Pete if they have telephones at Biggsville. Still colder. 19. Roney Boys ' concert. Some skip to eat turkey. Tracey tells his Hindoo story. 20. Rain. What was Prof. Glass thinking of when he left chapel bareheaded. 21. Big game—Muscatine vs College. Our boys thwart the plans of the Co. C. referee by giving us the winning points. Mazie loses her appetite. 22. Millie says she doesn ' t intend to take advantage of Leap year. Special decks assigned. Rhodes chooses one much worn. In A. B, L. ' This is perfectly absurd. ' ' 23. Is Cuckoo the assistant foot ball captain? Girls return from Macomb victorious. 24. Hill takes Miss Young to Sunday morning church. Too cold—everybody else sleeps over. Shellar freezes his ear while asleep in bed. Dreimeyer goes into camp. 25. So cold in chapel that one verse of No. 33 freezes among the rafters. 25. Girls robbed by Augustana. 5-4. Who did Barnes have a date with? There is more than ONE girl at Reynolds. Rees entertains tonsilitis. Cold, cold, cold. 27. Boys eat ' em up at Burlington, 24-23. Tie games our long suit. 28. Kappa ' s entertain with royal doin ' s at Miss Smith ' s. Frances Lanphere flunks in Ger- man, Parrish, in Sociology, strange coincidence. Miss Patterson enjoins Jim to choose ■ his vernacular. 29. Freshies get sporty and take Delzarte from Leila Anderson. Doc and Mrs. Doc visit society. Dance in the gym by some bold spirits. 30. We snow Coe under, 53-18. Sort of balances up the foot-ball score, you know. Black nerves himself and Hill takes a back seat. So Young ! ! 31. Coe manager visits Miss Colthurst at the Sem. Exclamations go bob riding. Farmer Hayseed paying the bill and asking no questions. 1 Wizard of Oz. Clyde Matson spends evening at the Sem. Please bear this in mind and repeat every night until Commencement. Edith mixes letters. Brook understands. 2 Little York vs. our girls. Little Yorkers ' cheers die out as we make the final score 12 to 2. G ' ound Hog sees his shadow— ditto, Prof. McMillan; Cold weather for six weeks more; Latin tests for sixteen. Martin cools thermometer. 3. Black beats Hill ' s time for the Freshman Banquet. Mattie plays a skin game. 4. Nora turns Pershin down for Freshman Banquet. Monte Carlo sta r ts up in earnest. 5. Thomas Dixon, Jr., at Auditorium. Skeleton miraculously escapes from Biological Lab. to attend. 6. Grace McKinley flashes a new diamond. Jim mikes 8 successive dates. Big dance. 7. Dr. in prayer meeting at first prays for those who attended the dance. 8. Cherry has a date on First street. Preston boarders have skating party. 9. Washington Academy girls gat sniped 16-2. Coach Bobbie is happy just the same. Doc and Mrs. Doc give reception, no dancing. Soph meeting, something doing. 10. Joint Open Meeting. Prof. Swan lecrures on the Pipe Habit to Johnson, )ones, Matte- son and Wallace. Beth Graham powerful sleepy. Rumors abroad concerning 03 cannon. 11. Eccritean Dec. Contest. Soph Leap Year Social. Grace Duff is out with her lantern searching for a man. Team of six men soak us at Augustana. 12 A. B. L. spread. Delzell before all Eccritean and A. B. L. proposes to Hope. 13. Jackson- Crawford Recital. Mabel Lynn gets five valentines. We thought there would be 21. Base-ball practice commences. Ralph Cowden invited Lombard girl for Freshman Banuqet. 14. Lant takes means to find how cold his room is but it becomes exceedingly warm. Day of prayer for colleges. Everybody brushes the dust off his Bible. 15. Field Club girls give leap year skating party. 16. Seniors entertained by Misses Holgate, Misener and Pratt. Hope and Barnes united in mock wedding by the Rite Reverend Thos. McCracken, with )ohn Henry ' s consent. 17. Freshman Proc ' s out. Miss Patterson does ' nt hold class. Mrs. Ferguson entertains. 18. Matteson and Martin leave town. Mabel Cowden meets my friend, Mr. Stevenson. Bible Rendition Contest. Mabel Lynn wins prize, but Cherry gets the money. 19. Jim McCoy hasn ' t a date for Freshman Banquet, so wants it postponed. 20. Tempus fugit, ditto Freshmen. How many girls did Brook ask. Freshmen most dis- appear. 21. Mazie says if there would be a fire in the Sem. the first things she would rescue would be her chafing dish and Arch ' s picture. Query--Who put the sorghum in Matson ' s overshoes? Sophs become sick. 22. McGeoch sick. Grace Davidson loses out. Library serves as lunch room. 23. Freshies come home. Nixon gets lost. Everything quiet. Dr. feeling much i 24. Brook and Matteson ask what cards sent to a person ' s room means. 25. Orchestral concert. Basket-ball boys start on trip. 26. Girls beat Augustana. Story is taken for a waiter at Hodgens ' . 27. Kerr stays till 3 a. m. at Fergusons ' . Big dance. 28. Sabbath School at Reynolds ' afte r church. Swan sleeps thru date. Kerr sleep church, too much date. Merrill preaches on profanity and Pollock on dancing. 29. Pedey sick. Mud, mud, mud. Zeta leap year party at Reid ' s. Iieved. thr 1. Freshman girls entertain at Hodgen ' s. Upper Classmen also enjoy the festivities. Some go in 1 Oc hacks. 2. Louie Graham proposes to Hicks. Spring has come. 3. College vs. Co. H. Who knoweth not the result? 4. Bessie Pierce gave an oration in A. B. L. on the, Use of the beau (bow), 5. Chickering has three proposals and accepts all. Intends going to Utah. 6. Prof. Robinson says that LafFerty never appreciated poetry till last spring. Why? 7. Shellar beats Wylie ' s time and takes Clara home from choral. 8. Term recital. Admission free. Big crowd. NA ' here did Clara lose her watch? 9. Fido party at Florence Findley ' s. Bob Wilson decides to take to the woods. 10. We beat Augustana. Last game of the season. Vance loses his pie for the rest of the year. 1 1. Philo Dec. contest. Robinson wins out. Anne Dew swipes Bible Songs. 12. Indoor contest. Norwood wins by one point. Nixon swells up. From now on he wears four medals. 13. Ella Andrews and Eva Millen cut church to cram. 14. Prof ' s, commence to take an invoice of student ' s intellectual stock. Everybody who has clothes enough to pawn goes home. 15. Clara and Erma move again. Wame and Grace Duff plead not guilty before the Burlington police. 16. Swan leaves town. Nancy inconsolable. Barnes to Mrs. Reynolds, aren ' t you aw- fully lonesome? 17. Bertha Campbell says that Mazie ' s Arch isn ' t to be a one horse preacher, but a little Shetland pony. 18. Students await letter from papa telling them to study next term. 19 How many notches has Margaret Robinson in her stick now? 20. What ' s up, Tim? Rees takes Feme to church. 21. Pedestrian Club go to Galesburg. Who did Hall take to ' Green Eyed Fairy? 22. Knox Glee Club in town. Janette with another man. Mame H, enters school. 23. When Mr. Wellman asks Jim to accompany him to the lecture, Jim refuses saying he has something better. Kids all return and are advised by Dr. to lather well. 24. Miss Wmbigler in astronomy, Pauline, of what practical use has astronomy been to you? Pauline, Well, I ' ve had a good many walks by moonlight. 25. Dr. and Mrs. McMichael entertain the powers that be. Cherry returns. 26. Delzell and Martin lose the vine they had hidden under the walk. 27. Emil Hutchinson appears in the kissing scene in the class play. Fudge party in entrance to the Auditorium. 28. How many girls did Delzell ask for the last lecture? Beulah here again. 29. Paul wins out on Prel. Oratorical. Sharpe a close second. Neal goes stag to the contest and the banquet afterward. 30. Last lecture of the season. Behind the scenes at the Sem. by Milford Barnes. 31. Sloppies organize. Landlady to McCracken, Did you see anything of a silver spoon? April fool--you ' re it. Wylie says he won ' t be married for a year. Mabel Dunham. One steady is worth a dozen roustabouts. Miss Holgate wears roses. Where did they come from? Easter bonnets in evidence. Who stole the meat? Tim begins work on the Gazette. Parshall, -- I don ' t want my arms cut off, I may need them some day. Election everybody rides and smokes cigars. Beefsteak roast east of town. Eva Millen caught washing her hair. Montaville Flowers in the Little Minister. Clara appears in borrowed garb. Dr. calls us down for assuming a sitting posture too soon. BIanche— Did he drown? No, he didn ' t drown. Dedication of piano in Eccritean. One centers have spread in A. B. L. hall. Seniors have rough house over the cap and gown question. Emil lays down the law. Mazie says she can ' t tell all about her Xenia trip. Ethel goes home for good. Sen ' ior play practice: Repeat every Saturday night till commencement. Mr. Oaks is asked where water boils at 204 ° Fahr, and replies, On the stove. Prof. Hicks,- Why, Miss Wilson. Miss Ramsey has conflicting dates. Lena Misener, ' Td like to go to the bad lands. Rees says he is going to Utah after class day. Calendar Social at the gym. Jess with Wylie. 05 Gipsies in evidence. Mary Mil- len sells herself for two cents. Watt says Jennie is a dear girl and buys one dish of cream with two spoons. Hall and Bl ack enjoy a shower bath. First game. Hedding 2 ' M. C. 9 ' Anne Dew entertains a man from Iowa State Univ. Warm time, the ice cream melts away. Where did Lena and Foxy have supper? Skin deal. Watch the street cars. Baker falls down stairs, too much alcohol in the Laboratory. Dr. McMichael and Prof. Swan match coins at Prof. McMillan ' s. Dr. wins. Bradley vs Monmouth. We win. For hair cut cheap, apply to Hugh Rhodes. Mrs. Graham to Wylie. Oh is it another one? Walter Brown receives a fat let- ter—therefore he smiles. k Rees says when affection is divided it is lessened. Weir says he can ' t sing in the choir on Sunday nights on account of Dotha. Lillian ' s red headed preacher in town. I i 1 1 flunks. What joke did Anna Pinkerton hand in to the Ravelings? Joanna says she is twenty and can take care of herself. Lena ' s birthday. Indoor picnic at Reynolds. Lena Misener embraced by H. S. infant. W. C. T. U. speech in chapel. Everybody takes a walk in moonlight after choral. Junior-Senior Banquet. Barnes in town. Little Ones do naughty stunts. Hope and Barnes go driving. Little Ones reprimanded in chapel. Seventeen girls take to the woods. Millie and Winifred try to jump the creek. Bill Young leaves his ball mitt with a young co-ed in Eureka. We swipe ' em up 10-0. Mac Wallace puts on his Sunday face. Ralph Cowden disturbs the peace of the history class by his snores. Knox game. Hard luck for us. Score 8-3. Mabel Cowden entertains a young man from BiggsviMe. McMillan and Ethel Porter attend the game. Grand Jury. Seniors have a holiday. McClanahan at Inter-State. Chappies retire at 5. Geology class take a trip to Olmsteads. Lill Holgate entertains the preacher. Mr. Dunham in town. Wengerd and Hicks bowl. Annual Board do some tall work. The little minister visits Gertrude Hughes. The little minister still in town. Rain. Rain. Rain. Can ' t go to church. Team plays Iowa Wesleyan. We loose. Bill makes a hit with the ladies. Faculty game. Prexy, the star. Prof. Swan in his suit of many colors. Grand Jury Nichol fans out because there is no evidence. Geology trip to Burlington. Yell for Meek at the League game. Brown holds Lena Misener on his lap. Return on freight. Geology class wear new rings. We trounce Illinois W ' esleyan at Bloomington. Janette wears a new diamond. Mrs. Coleman here. Girl ' s first ball game. White ' s win 10-6. Lillian Holgate gives a house party. Boys ' house party donate lilacs to the girls ' house party. jess,-- Our Gym ' Jim ' isn ' t especially fine. ' ' Marshmallow roast out near Hardin Hill. Soph, picnic at Olmstead ' s. Where did the wraps disappear to. Freshman Picnic at Olmstead ' s. Who got the ice cream. Ralph takes his first girl. LEILA Anderson ' s Commencement Recital. Last choral practice. Knox game. We lose. Picnic at the river. Church--92 ° in the shade. Grand May Festival. Monmouth College. IKE sunshine to the growing corn; Like showers upon the thirsty plain; Or dewdrops of the early morn That twinkle on the golden grain. Or like an old forgotten tune That moves our hearts, we know not why; Or like a cooling breeze at noon. When summer ' s sun is blazing high. Like a lamp, that ' s shining through the night Across the fields, to light us home; Or like a liner ' s signal light That flashes far on wave and foam. Like the sound of an old church bell. Or the fond light in a mother ' s eye. Or rosebuds in a prison ' s cell, Or a rainbow, arching all the skies. Like a light-house on a lonely shore; Like a fountain in the desert wild; A signboard on the trackless moor, Or mountain berries to a lost child. So be thou, Monmouth College, still. Where erring winds can find their Where thirsty souls may drink their fill. And grow more like thee every day. NELSON HALL (t Yesterdays. UR yesterdays are of the past, We cannot change them if we would But we have left our memories. Ah! would we change them if we could? How many things we might have done, If we had learned the old refrain: Give to the world the best you have. And the best will come back again, But we did not give our heart ' s best, There were so many things to do. Our school days were such busy days. Not e ' en to ourselves were we true. Would those yesterdays had ne ' er been, Whose memory is incomplete. When we left the thorns with others. For ourselves took the roses sweet. But whether those memories bless or burn. Our yesterdays are passed away; Although we pass this way but once. We still have with us to-day. Give us to-day and to-morrow; Lives are measured by deeds not years; Let us stop some heart from breaking; Let us kiss some eyes of their tears. Then take from us those yesterdays. That were not the best we could give, We yet have a chance to show the world We can truly, be, love, and live. And we have lived life to its full. When victory o ' er self we ' ve won; When our yesterdays each stand forth. With mem ' ry of some good we ' ve done. -JESSIE EDITH GRAHAM ' 05. 4,346,777 Spook St., Hot Row, Hades. April 16. 2000. A. D. My dear Mr. Editor of the Ravelings: Although I have descended into the mysterious depths of shades and ghosts. I have not forgotten my promise to send you an account of some of my remarkable experiences. I am comfortably quartered on Spook street, and on the whole am very well pleased with my sur- roundings. In fact, i have met so many of my former friends, particularly those of my college acquaintance, that I have not had a chance to be homesick. My journey down here was rather monotonous and tiresome. An invisible spirit guided me through a labyrinth of dark and gloomy tunnels until I arrived with much weariness of soul at the bank of the river Styx. I had not waited very long before a boat hove in sight. The closer the bark drew to me, the more puzzled I became about the solitary boatman on board. He did not look at all like the Charon I had expected to see. in fact h:s features were strangely familiar to me. Could it be? Yes, it surely was Dick. I was overjoyed to meet an old acquaintance so soon and gave him a hearty handshake. But where is Charon, Dick? I asked after I had been safely seated in the beat. Charon? he repeated. Oh he retired from active service long ago. Got too old you know. I ' ve had charge of this boat for a long while now. I suppose you ' ve met a good many of our old Alma Mater friends? I inqu ' red. Yes, heaps of ' em. Some went pretty far down, too, he added with a chuckle. Say, I ' ll take you around to see some of them, if you want me to. Think I can get a leave of absence from Pluto. Of course I was only too delighted to have such a trusty escort and readily cenrented. The next day Dick, true to his word, called for me and we set out on our tour. Little did I guess what astounding sights were in Store for me, what revelations! Little did I expect to find- but you will know in due season. We had not gone very far before we came to a magnificent stone palace. Little red demons were rushing in and out of its numerous doors, and altogether it seemed to be the seat of active business. This is Pluto ' s palace. explained Dick, as we mounted the marble steps. Here, Hicks, he called to one of the little demons who was standing by the doorway with his eyes fixed far above us in meditation, show us to the Council Chamber. No one is allowed to enter this awful chamber except the specially elected, said Dick as the aforesaid demon threw open the door. In the center of the room Pluto was seated in all his majesty on a golden throne. Surrounding him were venerable councillors, but occupying the place of honor on his right was our former president of Monmouth College, Dr McMichael Why what has happened to his hair? I asked, and could not restrain a laugh, for it was singed to the roots. Well you see, Dick replied with a shy twinkle, it got so badly scorched on the way down here that it never grew out again, From the Council Chamber, with the same little demon in the lead, we passed down broad winding stairways, down, down, till I was almost suffocated with the heat. This is the business department of Inferno, said Dick as we stopped before an arched doorway. Within I beheld hund-eds upon hundreds of clerks perspiring over account books or thumping on type-writers. Seated at a high desk above them all and keeping stern watch was Mr Buchanan, pretty well blistered it is true, but on the whole quite natural. He is the business manager of Hades, said Dick, and very successful he is, too. Why he has reduced the expense of fuel and gas one-half, no small matter when things are run on such a large scale. From the palace we hastened on till we came to a musty archaic looking building, over whose door hung the sign, Mortuae Linguae. This is the department of dead languages, said Dick, naturally the only kind that thrives down here. Passing up a steep stairway leading into one of the entrances was a long procession of riders on ponies. Alas! little do they know what dire fate awaits them, mused Dick. Those ponies are taking them straight into the mouths of fiery furnaces and other horrible tortures. We first visited Prof. McMillan ' s room, where we found the Professor seated at his desk with his grade book open before him. He nodded a pleasant ' hello ' when we entered. I was reminded of former miseries when I looked at the sea of students before us, perspiring with the greatest agony over a test. If any cribbing was attempted, the guilty party was forthwith lapped on the head with a red hot rod, manipulated by Miss Woodburn. As we left she was just in the act of giving Mr. McCracken a vigorous poke on the head, which, by the way, was already badly singed from previous corrections. In the Greek department we found Prof. T. Beveridge in all the ecstacies of bliss, for, behold ye, the cold senseless busts which formerly cast their spectral shadows in the Greek room are now animated and living beings. With them the jovial professor consorts day and night, unmindful of the hot blasts which continually sweep through the room. One thing in- terested me particularly. To and fro throughout the room a little martin bird fluttered, chirping sweetly now and then, tho ' its wings and feet were badly singed. We were passing down a broad avenue when thunderous tones greeted our ears. We stopped and listened. Rising from the hum of a thousand voices came the words, Oh thou that rollest above, followed by Young Lochinvar. and By Nebo ' s Lonely Mountain, etc. 2000 A. D., I murmured to myself as we passed on, and Miss Clementine still using Cumnock. Our progress was soon stopped by a jutting cliff which towered into boundless regions above. On the very summit of these heights of sublimity. said my guide, scaled only by a few swells--Prof, Robinson with Shakespeare, Milton, Browning and other geniuses. After we left this cliff the road began a rapid descent. The heat became overpower- ing and we were blistered terribly. Finally we came to a cavernous opening over which was posted the sign, Abandon hope, all ye who fall herein. Once in a while a faint groan of agony floated up from the depths. In this hole of despair, said Dick, bursting into tears, were cast Profs. Swan, Graham and Bretnall. Who would have thought it, I gasped. Would that time permitted me to tell of more sights I saw that day, such as the faculty ball room, shocking to relate, and Pluto ' s wonderful treasure box, wherein, among other in- teresting relics, were the fair Miss Grace ' s diamond ring. Prof. T. Beveridge ' s 1904 crop of spring hair, and Prof. John Henry ' s famous whiskers. But the spirit who is waiting to deliver this letter has long ago grown impatient, so 1 am forced to draw it to a close. If it has been too warm in parts, my surroundings must account for that. Yours sincerely, SPIRIT OF A DEPARTED STUDENT P. S. I forgot to tell you that I failed to see Miss Alice. Dick said that she was tak- ing a trip to infinity, where she spends most of her time unraveling the mysteries of the solar systems, in that part. S. D. S. The President ' s Retrospect. J SAT me down the other night And thought of this past year Of all the worries that have come To me since I ' ve been here. [ thought the boys were in the hall And raising rough house there. Their talk and laughter deafened us And ru bbers filled the air. | told them they must quiet down. Like gentlemen behave; ! tell you it took lots of nerve, But then, you know I ' m brave. And then I thought of many nights, With morning drawing near, When 1 had no rest at all My weary soul to cheer For ' round the college lurked some boys On mischief, surely bent And I had watched them from afar, Until the night was spent And then 1 thought of chapel time When 1 must stand and wait Until the noise should quiet down Of students coming late. And when the first Psalm 1 announced They didn ' t seem to hear, Although Three stanzas we will sing, I said, both loud and clear. For, when they sang two stanzas through. The half of them would stop, And shutting up their books in haste, Into their seats would drop. My thoughts became, thus, somewhat vague, But soon there came my way A vision of the baseball team In trains, on Sabbath day. And :n the depot sat around And talked about the games. I fear that they devoured will be Cy future firey frames, And then the girls oh dear, oh me, The boys are bad enough. But when it comes to bossing girls It surely is hot stuff. 1 tu-ned them over to my wife, Eut some times even she Unable was to cope with them So back they came to me. At parties they would stay all night Or else go out to skate. And take the boys along with them And kept them up too late, They would persist in dancing ' round And wasting precious time. If I need never think of them I ' d think of bliss sublime. The Seniors staid, whom I had thought Would surely be all right. Came very nearly being jailed For taking things at night. Some idiotic students sent A telegram or two. And in a neighboring city Caused a mighty howdy do. And then some other students Took a ride in palace cars And only their swift running Kept them from behind the bars. These a r e not all the worries I have had to bother me. But ' twill show you in perspective What a hard life mine must be. What with contests and inaugurals What with typhoid and the mumps, Faculty games and other worries, All ca es seem to come in bumps. MILDRED GILMER, ' 06. The Scribbler. F course you are acquainted with Dick, the scribbler. No? Think a moment. Surely you are familiar with that thin, stooped figure, ambling dreamily along the streets. A pair of shabby, threadbare trousers and coat, topped by a shock of raven locks that visit the barber semi-annually, and a pair of mon- strous blue goggles---that is the description which suits Dick best. He rooms in that old rambling house which you often pass on your way down town. It matters not to Dick that the only view from his window is the inspiring sight of a dirty alley and several tumble-down barns. His thoughts are ever in the clouds and such surroundings little trouble his esthetic tastes. Dick smiles contemptuously upon the vainglorious world. What fools mortals be, he says, who neglect their souls, their minds, their everything, in order that they may fill their pockets with filthy lucre. No distracting visions of ladies fair disturb his peace of mind. He is immune to all their charms. Poetry is the one mistress he serves. To her he has dedicated his all, upon her alone he heaps his undivided devotions. Every week he mails several fat budgets to various publishing houses, and just as often does he receive said fat budgets with the usual thanks, but regret to say. etc. The days of these returns are blue days for Dick, days when his pinched face looks more pinched and his sunken eyes more sunken. But he still clings to a hopeless hope. Once indeed, the Blood and Thunder Cheap News Gazette , of New York, actually published one of Dick ' s poems. Dick walked on air for a whole week after this great event, and actually bought a new neck- tie by way of celebration. After a night ' s frolic you have passed his room, and though it was in the wee small hours of night, a light still flickers from his window. Could you look within, you might see Dick bending feverishly over his work. How his unflagging pen sputters as it reels off verses by the yard. Page after page of closely written manuscripts lie about him in wild confusion. Dick ' s pen scratches faster than usual to-night. His imagination takes the wings of an eagle and rises to dizzy heights. Figures pile upon figures, metaphors and similes topple over each other in a confused jumble. But his pen sputters on heroically. The clock strikes three. The light, after a few feeble puffs goes out and with it also Dick ' s flame of inspiration dies and his pen drops wearily upon the table. With a sigh Dick seeks his needed rest. But dreams disturb his slumbers. He fancies that he awakes one morning to find himself suddenly raised to the pinnacle of fame, News papers blaze forth his praises in glaring headlines: Dick Simple ' s immortal masterpiece. The Passions of the Soul, ' greatest production of the age. Poet ' s fame assured. etc. His landlady no longer frowns over back rent, but begs him to remain forever free of charge. Men from all parts of the country flock to see him. Even the President can take a few minutes from his strenuous life to call upon him. My dear Mr. Simple. the President is saying, allow me to congrat-- when Dick suddenly wakes with a start to find himself em- bracing the bed post and vainly trying to shake hands with it. Poor Dick! You think him hopelessly silly and ridiculous. But think twice before you laugh at the simple scribbler ' s foibles. Have you yourself never cherished any vain il ' lusions, some fond idols, are you not still cherishing some? You may lock them up in your heart and let the world know naught of them. But are they not there just the same? Dick Simple appears in many guises in this world of ours and we will not laugh at him. for can we claim to be entirely free from some self-delusion ourselves? We may not scribble verses and seek a poet ' s fame, but are not all of us chasing some foolish bubbles? The Monmouth College Ghost. T was always a tradition in old M. C. that round the college building in the dead of night there lingered a ghost. Perhaps, tradition said, ' twas the ghost of one who in his college life had been adventurous but having lost this spirit during his absence from this terrestrial sphere had returned one whiie to pro- tect his much abused yet much loved Aima Mater. The students of the twentieth century, however, declared themselves fearless and without super- stition. Should they weakly yield their inalienable rights to college property to this ghostly protector of the college halls? Gradually this feeling increased and took more definite form. In the fall of 1903 as the weather grew gradually colder it seemed as if the chill of the air roused all the fire and daring of the students. All this spirit of defiance of tradition and law seemed to crystallize one chill day late in October. In one corner of the old chapel that stood on the college campus was gathered a group of boys- ' a serious look on their faces which only appeared there when intent on som; mis- chief. In an opposite corner were gathered a number of girls whose sparkling eyes and ex- cited whispers bespoke a daring plot. At about ten o ' clock that night dimly moving figures might be discerned upon the campus stealing quietly from shadow to shadow. At last they reached the door upon the west of the college building. The plot became apparent; their decision had been made—they would test the truth of the tradition and if need be dare that college ghost. Cautiously the key (of skeleton type) was turned in the lock and one by one the girls and boys entered the grim old building, a fit habitation for spectres. Twas yet too early for spirits to be abroad so it was without fear, though some caution, that they crept up the stairs to the dim and dusty attic. What exclamations of oh! and ah! as the candles were lighted and all was made ready for the chafing dish feast. Gradually, however, through the warming influence of the viands, caution was thrown to the winds and with shouts of laughter they pursued one another up and down the stairs. Every lurking fear was forgotten. The clock of the nearby church had just struck one when suddenly upon the shouts of merriment broke the slow, ominous tolling of the college bell. Every voice was hushed, the face of every girl grew pale; eyes were turned towards the door-way but no spectral sight appeared. The boys, however, after a moment ' s silence be- gan to question and accuse, in vain, trying to discover who of them was the perpetrator of so foolhardy a trick for sometimes there were more than ghosts abroad, they said. This incident put an end to their more noisy merriment and soon they wended their way through the dark and lonely corridors to the outer door. Well. ' said one. 1 guess we ' ve busted their old superstition this time. And hasn ' t it been fun? Guess we ' ll try him again. the old fake. ' ' As he said these words he came upon the outer steps. Was that a figure by the tree? In the dim light he could see the white hair and ghcsrly figure imputed to that traditional protector of college hal.s. His heart leaped---di cretion was the better part of valor; and whispering to the fair one at his side, We ' re in for it; let ' s run, without worcf of warning to those following, straight to the west they sped. There was no looking backward. As one after another came upon the steps their eyes met the same figure, but now slowly approaching. With no word, but swiftest action, south and north they rlew. As the last loitering couple emerged from the building, almost upon them was the figure; in every direc- tion could be seen those flying braves. There ' s someihing doing Oh, joy! And without further ado they started to run. But the figure was moving faster now, it was almost upon them. Looking back they could see the glow of the cavernous eyes; could see the outstretched arm. Was it possible that a ghost could pant like that? It was gaining upon them; in another instant the bony hand fell upon the girl ' s arm. They were caught. The grasp of the hand grew tighter and tighter; the glowing eyes were bent upon them. In silence they stood. At last, in sepulchral tones these words were uttered, I know exactly who you are. Do you not understand what this means? A day of reckoning will come. An instant they stood there; then the ghost com- manded Go! No further word was needed and in haste they receded from ghostly view. Some unsuperstitious ones declare that it was not a ghost at all; that the trouble was all brought about by the person who rang that bell. Yet in the minds of most, tradition was vindicated; the ghost had stood guard over the college halls. N R. Dos Floris Ferl HE wild flower lifts its head To the warm light overspread. It grows nor reasons why, As if it should never die. It envies not the garden rose. It blossoms on nor cares who knows, And sweetens every wind that blows. Its beauty is because it grows. And when gray winter sends his snows. It says: I ' ve lived. I ' ll live again, and goes. There ' s many a Sensitive Plant, I trow, In marsh or break or in wild hedgerow. That has its life of beauty so. And although it toils in its place unseen. It brightens and sweetens that spot, I ween. With its rainbow hues on a background of green. Make rich thy soul, O human flower, Tho fate deny thee fairer bower. Lift up thy head to the sunlit shower, And grow ' to the fullness of thy dower. L. E. ROBINSON. The Buried Hatchet. ENEATH the grand old forest trees. With hatchet buried in the ground, ' )jlPI The old braves form a circle round. And smoke ' with glee, the pipe of peace. So let us circle here to-night. And though we smoke not. as they do fThe Lord and Doc. forbid us to) Yet in our hearts that pipe glows bright. Our combat was a mimic strife. Our quarrel but tradition ' s lore. And yet that struggle held in store The passions of our real life. We fought it out as soldiers do, We planned, endured and hoped and feared, How failure stung ! How victory cheered ! Is aught in life more real or true? We know our strife caused useless pain. That peace is better far, and still We sometimes miss the fine old thrill It brought, that never comes again. The stifled whisper in the dark-- The weary vigil through the night- - The struggle in the waning light, Of many a long remembered lark. Our prayer for your future life Is that ' 05 may ever be From petty malice just as free As you were in our classes ' strife. NELSON HALL. il I roufilesome.RQovtvi Ufe Monmouth College Scriptures. ALPHA. -I. In the beginning the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea and all that in them is. 2. These things made He in five days, and on the sixth day He perceived that there was yet one thing lacking. 3. For there was none to have dominion over the fish of the sea, or over the fowls of the air, or the beasts of the field. 4. So the Lord created Barnes, sur- named Wallace, to rule over all the earth; and the Lord saw that it was good, and He rested on the sev- enth day. BETA. 1 . Now it came to pass that there abode in the |and of Illinois, over against the village of Kirk- wood, a race of mighty men, even Monmouthites. 2. And there were among them some, who, because of their exceeding great strength of body and cerebral durability, did play Futbaul. 3. And they were skilled in all manner of Strate- ' orms and Takls and even Nek- Tris. 4. But that they might learn yet more, they did join themselves one with another, even into a Futbaul Teme. 5. And there was among them one, Pring, surnamed Wayne. The same was a Hotte Thyng at Fullback, even a peacheroon when i l came to line bucking. And he was a youth of marvelous skill in all manner of devices known ' n Futbaul. 6. But chief thereof was a small stunt known as the Plaz--cic, 7. And he was appointed captain of the Fut- baul Teme. GAMMA. 1 And it came to pass that there was no money wherewith to purchase for the Teme out- fits. 2. And among the Futbaul Plaires there arose a loud cry, Wherewithal shall we find money to purchase these outfits? 3. Now Dutchy, surnamed Barnes, saw a chance to make a Hitte, and did butt boldly in and spake in a loud voice saying: Behold there is none like unto me. For I am a Warm Baby. 4. Therefore if I see thee an hungered I will feed thee at the Bijou; ( will clothe thee in Mole- skins: If thou art sick I will visit thee. 5. Yea. if perchance thou dost visit the Health-orfice and get Boozed, and art conveyed subtlely thence to the Lockup, I, even I. will bai ' thee out. 6. And when they saw that Dutchy spake as in a parable, they all shouted with one accord- ' So be it. DELTA. 1 . Now over to the eastward there was another race of men, even the Knoxites. 2. They also, did play Futbaul and waxed exceedingly bold because that they did prevail over all others of their own country. 3. And they did speak scornfully of the Mon- mouth.tes. 4. And said. We will now cross over into the land of the Monmouthites, and there will we meet those foolish chaps, even in a game of Fut- baul we will meet them. 5. And we will make them to be a standing Josh amongst all the people that are in the land 6. For, verily we will destroy them utterly from off the face of the earth; we will put them ' on the Hog. 7. Now there was one known to some of the Monmouthites. to be a wise man, Ajax Taft whose surname meaneth in our tognue. Vengeance 8. And t hey did speak unto Dutchy saying Behold, he shall teach us to play Futbaul mightily, so that none may prevail against us. 9. And thou shalt pay him certain pieces of silver. 1 0. Now when Dutchy perceived that in their words was wisdom, he spake unto certain Monmouthites, even unto the Most Omnipotent Council. 1 1. Saying. Let us now give unto Ajax cer- tain pieces of silver so that he may show al[ manner of stunts unto the Futbaul Plaires. 12. Now the most Omnipotent Counci knew in their hearts that it was good, but because that there was not much mcney in their coffers they consented not straighway. 13. But his tongue Dutchy stayed not. He spake, saying, Cast ye your bread upon the waters and it shall return to you an hundred fold. 14. And he sat down and did talk long and big with them. 15. And when the Most Omnipotent Coun- cil saw that it was thusly they were sore ashamed and did bind themselves to pay the price. EPS1LON. 1. And Duchy, surnamed Barnes, set a time when the Futbaul Plaires of Monmouth and those of Knox should meet upon the Gridiron. 2. Even the eighth and tenth of the month, November. 3. And at the appointed time multitudes of people journeyed to the Gridiron. 4. And some bore horns and some canes. s ome ribbons and some whistles. 5. And there arose a mighty clamour among the Bleacherites, with a voice as of many waters, yea even strong waters. 6. Now there was a certain Monmouthite, Marshall, surnamed Pedey. His height was six cubits and a span and his breadth was marvel ' ous great. 7. His Rep did cause fear to descend upon he Knoxites and they were sore afraid. 8. And he had an helmet upon his head like unto the Pot that Mother used to bake in, and Greaves upon his legs, and upon his nose was a piece of rubber, even a Nose-Guard. 9. And all the Monmouthites were clothed likewise. ZETA. 1. Now it came to pass that the M-ites and the K-ites did struggle long and mighty, and the conflict waxed warmer and warmer. 2. As the water panteth after the waterbrook, so panteth Pring after a Plaz-cic. 3. But be not deceived little children, for t ruly saith the profit. The Plaz-cic is exceedingly difficulty to compass. 4. And lo, there arose from among the Bleacherites a noise as of a fire, or a flood, or a whirlwind. 5 And after the whirlwind a still small voice, the voice of Gardier, by surname Pete, giving the signal. 6. But Pring did not kick a Golfr-umfeel be- cause of a Mighty North Wind. ETA. 1. It came to pass in the second onslot that the Monmouthites prevailed against the Knoxites. 2. And they made one touchdown straigh- way. 3. Now there was one among the Knoxites Willard. by name, and he was supposed to teach unto the Knoxites the game of Futbaul. 4. And his fame had gone abroad; yea, he did gain a mighty Rep. 5. But verily it was a Pipe-dream. Selah. 6. For even as the winds scattereth the sands on the seashore so scattereth the Monmouthites the Knoxites before them. 7. And Willard was sore amazed and did dance up and down near the Gridiron, even upon the sidelines thereof. 8. And when the Monmouthites scored one touchdown, Willard became wroth, and spoke in divers tongues, even as Prof. Glass upon the tennis court. 1. And it came to pass that the Monmouthite prevailed mighty over the Knoxites. 2. Yea, they did smite them root and branch, t o a certain Brook, but in crossing it they were Teeth and Toe-nail did they put the Hooks Into smitten and driven back. them ' 2. And again the foolish Knoxites did think 3. For Ajax surnamed Taft. had revealed to encompass leftend. much unto the Monmouthites. 3 But ln passing aroL . n d, t h e Marshall did overtake them and he did hold them. IOTA. 4. And now hark ye ! The Knoxites went up through the Barnes of the Monmouthites: but 1. Now. said the Monmouthites one to k aljc u- j u j f „ the wise A;ax had foreseen this and had arore- another, Let us now show unto the foolish j ■ c j li l j time made it firm and established. Knoxites a few real stunts. 5. Then the Knoxite. whom surname was 2. And there was a sound as of the noise cf r j ■ a 1 . a . „J „,„ k„ Grogan said. .Alas, we must destroy and pass oy battle, and Gussie. surnamed Hall, which beinc 1 • 1 -j 6 on the right side, interpreted meaneth Auditorium, struck the line ' ith a marvelous jolt. 3. Verily he did strike it with exceeding force 6. But the Story had not yet been finished and he did. as often told by A|ax and did labor val- iantly, even the Knox line. 7. And the whistle did blow. 4. And he passed through to the other side . , , , , 8. And the Bleachentes shouted with joy. and scored a touch-down even as sounding brass or as tinkling symbols. 5. And the Monmouthites did make a third , , ' , T , , , , 9. And Aiax said unto the Referee, lake ye touch-down, but scored no points. the sum of all the Plaires, even as many as went 6. Because that LeClere, the center of the f ort h upon the Gridiron. Monmouthites, had forgotten to say unto a cer- , Q And (hese are (he names rf the men . tainKnoxite, Permit me, my dear Gaston. S[ory LeClere, Marshall Clark, Barnes, Gardiner. KAPPA Brook. Hall. Hastie, 1. The Knoxites did now betake themselves Owen, Pringle. Junior Alphabet. A is for Alfa, All radiant and White. B is for Blanch, Who is certainly alright. C is for Charley, A sort of Tinker. D is for Dave, A very deep thinker. E is for Erma, Our editor in chief. F is for Fanny, Of words very brief. Gr is for Galloway, Gordan and Gabby. H is for Hogue, Sly as a tabby. I is for Irwin, The girl who rejoined us. J is for Jessie Who makes quite a fuss, Iv is for Kourage. Which all of us show, L is for leap year, To make time more slow. M is for Milford, A star hanging high. X is for Nancy, A girl rather sly. () is for Olive. A hazel-eyed lassie. P is for Pring, Who never is sassie. Q is for Quick Describing the Junior. R is the rest Who will soon be Senior. S is for Sharpe, One, and all of us. T is for Taylor. Who never did cuss. U is for Upper, The classmen in power. V is for Virtue. We ' ve had to this hour. W is for Walter, A lad rather sad. X is the extras. We charge up on dad. Y is for you. Our kindly reading brother. And Z is a letter With which we won ' t bother The Oracle. BOARD OF EDITORS. Russell M. Story— Managing Editor. Nelson Hall— Literary. Pauline Collins, Maurice Rees-- Local. Emil Hutchinson, A. W. Barnes- -Exchange. Clara Pratt- -Alumni. Lena Misener—Society. J. H. Peacock—Business Manager. Lillian Holgate. Charlotte Claney. T. E. Swan--Miscellaney. ' ' Limericks. THE CHURCH GOER. There was a young man who said There— I will sneak out during this prayer ! But the squeak of his shoes So enlivened the pews, That he sat down again in despair. GENTLENESS. There was a fair maiden of Siam Who said to her lover O Priam, You may kiss me, of course. But you ' ve got to use force For God knows you are stronger than I am. RETORT COURTEOUS. There was a young lady of Wilts, Who walked all through Scotland on stilts. When they said, Oh how shocking! To see so much stocking. She said How about you and your kilts? TRUTH. There was a young lady named Maude, Who said she was awfully boared. For all men she hated Both single and mated— But in a dark corner—Good Lawd ! HOSPITALITY. A tenderfoot out in the west Said Afternoon tea ' s such a rest! So they knocked off his hat As they punched his nose flat. And shot all— the checks off his vest. SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES. There was an old lady of See. Who invited the curate to tea. He said, You quite shine In the housewifely line Oh. this is so sudden! said she. THE LADY F ELPHIA MISS CHICAGO. Certainly, if you wear his frat pin, it is the same as an announcement, and your college friends have every right to think you are engaged. JIM WILEY. If you ask a young lady to accompany you any place, it is under all circum- stances your duty to escort her home. MAE. Yes. if you went so far as to the point of signing the marriage certificate, he of course has legal ground to bring a breach of promise case into court against you. My advice to you is that you be more careful in the future about going into a thing if you have to back down. GKACE. It is absolute proof of his love, I think, if he writes you three letters a day, but don ' t you think it a waste of stamps. RHODES. If you have difficulty in remem- bering what girl you are going with now, I would advise you to get a frame, where the picture could be changed every few weeks. For further information as to frame see Milford Barnes. HOPE. It was certainly a little out of the ordinary to send you flowers C. O. D., but don ' t break off on that account. It was perhaps a mis- understanding. W. TURNBULL. It undoubtedly was very impolite for those young people to talk about you but your course is correct; if you don ' t want to talk, just keep mum, BLANCHE. It would be better and more in accordance with custom to give the telephone number rather than the street and number when central calls number in your ear. ROBBIE. Your class could hardly be ex- cused from laughing, when you said you had been corresponding with a lady in Philadelphia for two weeks straight. Be more careful of pub- lishing your correspondence, they might tell your wife. WILL. McCLENAHAN. It was very un- kind of Mr. Hall to accuse you of flirting with the girls in laboratory when you were only trying to help them. He was perhaps jealous, but be mote careful in the future to avoid all appear- ance of evil. LITTLE EMMA. No. you are not bound to put his picture in your new locket, just because he gave you the locket. Yes, you have a right to put one in each side, if your affection is divided. LENA. I find in looking up the time table, that you can very conveniently stop off in Chi- cago and visit your friends. The Y. W. C. A girls understand and would not object. LYNN. It was very rude of the boys to open your letters, but be sure to post your own letters after this and the trouble will be averted. ENGLISH, Greek is a very nice language, but a dead one, you know. Use your own judg- ment in selecting a tutor. EMIL. If you don ' t want to wear a cap and gown at your commencement, let your class understand your position on the question, even if an umbrella must be used to explain it. Conversations. Dan Fe-guson to Can ' t- Find- Out. Dearie, I don ' t believe you love me as much as you used to. Mrs. Thorwalscn, with Esther ' s washing, enquires at Thomson ' s door. Is this where that Dam girl stays? Florence Findley in essay. Hitch your Wagon to a Star, says with feeling, Freshmen, follow after the noble Sophs. Girls, take for your ideal some brilliant-headed young man. Grace DufF on extempo class. This year has meant a great deal to me, for it has brought me into close touch with members of the faculty. In criticism the vice president WARNED her against such actions. Mazie Sprague I had many lasting experiences while on my trip to Xenia, some of which, she ARCHLY said, I will not mention. | ' h- l_ t. May I imprint a kiss on your hand? E--t- L ' i ' h. No that would be quite out of place. Emil-. Miss President, here is Robert ' s Rules of Order, and for pity ' s sake teach those boys a few things about Parliamentary order. Jennie Kinsman, after the wedding of H. Watt and Grace Duff at the Titus Club My lever was the husband of my friend, Prcf. Robinson. When I sit down to study a poem. I want no musical accompani- ment. ' ' Beth, absent-mindedly at the table one day. Please, I would like the Shellerton. Hope, on the evening of April 6th. Girls, I just feel like a little girl going with her first beau. Jennie Smith, when listening to a good night song. You don ' t generally say good night at such a neck-break speed. Prof. Robinson. For to-morrow we will take the chapter on ' Painting ' in the ' Philosophy of the Beautiful ' . Some of you probably know the art of painting already, but you all need more study. Paul McClanahan. The moon doesn ' t look as big to me as a dollar does. Trainman to Doctor. And your business in college? Oh, well when you get through college and rub up against the world you ' ll see. Conductor to Elder. You -■— fool, if you would get your --- --- big feet out of the aisle, I wouldn ' t need to fall down every time I come through. - - - . Three students of M. C. For pity sakes, fellows, don ' t let it get out at home that we three slept in a bath tub and paid as much as the guys on the second floor. Bryson, So blasted crowded were we, 1 had to get out to change my mind. Elder. Had to back in, couldn ' t think of turning around. McCracken, By the saints, I can ' t see how this tends to broaden a man ' s view. 12:30 all groan, Room, room, room to stretch. To Notre Dame student. And who did you say that was with the long robe? ' ' Father O ' Hagerty. Looks more like Mother O ' Hagerty to me. Recent Discoveries. Prof. Glass finds in the original copy of Genesis that the story of Noah sending forth the dove out of the ark is all a mistake. The word should be translated, a Martin, and should read, Noah sent forth a Martin, out of the ark and it found a green thing. By Harold Watt.- Twenty invaluable exercises for the reduction of flesh. The discoverer is now compiling a volume containing the re- sults of his discovery, fully illustrated by cuts of himself in the midst of his exercises. By Wade Alter. -- EVOLUTIONIST. HYPNOTIST MUCH-LINGUIST. A new method by which any one possessing the secret can talk while inhaling as well as exhaling. A great discovery and should tend to eliminate all silences in conversation, which are naturally embarassing. Mr. Alter has as yet confined his secret to a circle of friends. Fcr further particulars inquire either of Mr. Alter or his co-laborer, Mr. Gilmer, either will be pleased to dEmonstrate their work. By the General Public. -- WHY WATSON NEVER TiRED OF REHEARSING THE CLASS PLAY. Ah, exclaims Watson striking an attitude, I guess I hold my share of the audience, in he:, friends, by the time this is finished I guess 1 can encompass Jericho and as usual blow my horn just a little. THE BEST BRAND OF TOBACCO. The above discovery was made after years of experience and a great expenditure of cash. In his book the author gives an accurate account of his treats and difficulties. Plenty of advice for beginners. Highly recommend by the late General Duke. WATT. ■ John Martin. -- By Frank Sv HOW TO WORK A GRAFT. ' Mr. Swartz has spent years in pursuit of this subject, has experienced many reverses of fortune, but is now ranked among the foremost grafters of our country. The above named discoverer and author is also preparing a volume, entitled. Work- ers, By one who has been worked. This should be especially helpful to young men. By Nora Corette.-- AT TWO, ON THE MORNING OF APRIL EIGHTH. That the door was locked, she was alone, and the key was on the inside, This dis- covery caused much consternation and no small excitement. It should be a warning to many and prevent any other similar episodes. MKS. SLANGLEY ' S HEART TO HEAKT TALKS. It is not the prettiest girl who always has the most company. Pretty is as pretty does. The most entertaining girls are not always those who talk most. Nature ' s own color wears longest. Don ' t believe all you hear, especially if you tell it yourself. An admonition especially adopted to a few in Monmouth College. Though the latest style envelope is generally the letter most joyfully received, ' tis the one from home would cause the most consternation if it were stopped. To know how to cook well is a better accom- plishment than to be able to dance gracefully. It will save more harsh words after you are married. The slowest to make a promise is the readiest to keep it. It take: a pretty smart fellow to play the fool sometimes, but the faculty are all smart, all the time. The ways of the idiot are past finding out. The man who makes a fool of himself only saves some one else the trouble. Think how much labor Martin has saved us. People in love think other people ' s eyes are out. Some Juniors are so broad-minded that they are flat-headed. A love match (in Monmouth College) doesn ' t always burn to the end of the stick. But for the frames some pictures wouldn ' t be in it. Beware of starting off like a sky-rocket; you may land like a thousand of bricks. He laughs loudest who laughs at his own jokes, for example, listen to Hastie ' s stories. If a young man has money to burn, it is dead easy to get some nice girl to strike a match. Because a student ' s room is dark on Monday night, it is no sign that he is at prayer meeting. Clarence Watson ' s for instance. Blessed are the busy, for they shall obtain more business. You can ' t tell by the way a girl sweeps into a room what kind of a wife she will make. Watch her sweep it out. The worst kicker does not always have the big- gest feet. Mary M ' s are real small. A student ' s ability to make dates does not show his knowledge of history. A good memory often comes in handy to forget with. Look after your alcohol and the fudge will look after itself. Freshies, when you don ' t know your lesson, go away up in front and sit down. Short Drama in Two Acts. Theme Time passeth and much change doth bring. -Geo. McDonald. Act I. Scene I. Place- --Greek Room—Time 1904. Dramatis Personae— Greek Professor and Class. Greek Prof, The study of the ancient lore, enriches and amplifies our vocabularies, enabling us even in our daily conversations to employ heavier and more stately language. Act II. Scene I. Place Sitting Room. Time Five years later. Dramatis Personam- Greek Prof, and It. Greek Prof. Bess its itle heartie, heartie, do it ike to go a yidie iddieing on its dadie ' s bootie ootie? ' Who knows about the cannon deal? The Grand Jury gravely ask. No evidence could any find. So they blamed it on the Class. Who knows about the telegram Burlington police received? Not a fellow knows who sent it. So all are of blame relieved. Who worked up those secret (?) dances? What sinful ones filled the hall? If any one knows report them. But nobody knew at all. Who is it shuffles out the cards? Who is it can throw the dice? No one for a second could think Students knew aught of such vice. And who does all the swiping act, From milk to a silver spoon? That indeed is a secret, Which none can tell you but the mcon. We ' ve got to blame it on some one, This awful midnight revel; So let ' s just pack it all off on THE ONE WHO PLAYS THE DEVIL. E.G. ° 4 Eternal Questions. ???????????? ? ? ? ? ? ? Where Hope got those beautiful wild flowers? ? Why the conductor took Doctor for a student? ? Why Beth ' s lip was sere on morning of May 10? ? Is Parshall really the busiest fellow in college? ? What Barnes read in Lena ' s note book one day? ? i Bryson? ? Who flirted hardest with the waiter ■ McCracken? ? ' Elder? ? Why Smith did not get up his dance? ????????? Why Gertrude Fort calls Mr. Kerr Sunday? ? If Prof. McCracken realjy has seventeen girls? ? Why McMillan took Miss Porter to Knox game? ? How many letters Dotha really gets? ? What time Nora and John reached home from Omaha trip? ? Whether or not Watt got his pond ducking? ? How Rev. Pollock could steal second? ? Why Glass let Greek out early before Knox game? ? Who broke the swing—Flora or Jim? ? Why Grace Duff looks so lonely this term? ? Why May paid Matteson ' s street car fare at Burlington? ? Who met Lena in Chicago? ? Who tied Prof. Hick ' s coat sleeves into knots? What he said on the occasicn? ? Whether it pays, in the long run, to be a steady? ? Why the chronology editor was sleepy, Monday. November 2? ? Why Nora S. went with Ely to the basket-ball game? ? Does Miss Woodburn ever smile? ? When did Barnes s:eal the cows? ? Does Milly B. ever laugh? ? Whether or not does Elder ever brag? ? Why Seniors never mention the cannon or the Ravelings? ? Why dees Ella Andrews skip so many classes? ? Did Will Turnbull change his room? ? When does Dr. Mc. sleep? ? Why for did Mabelle Benson quit school? ? Can ' t we recite without studying? ? If not. why not? ?????????????? ?????????? An Experience After Dark. N ' It was moonlight. Her pa came out. He swung his feet. I write this now Upon the mantel. It was moonlight. We swung our feet. I squeezed her hand. It was moonlight. We swung our feet. I clasped her waist. Her slender waist. It was moonlight. ANOTHEK. The hammock swayed. She was in it. So was I. Strictly in it ! My arm moved. I murmured. My arm encircled She murmured. And time flew In all directions. ■ With thee conversing I forget all time. 1 have so loved ' thee ' but Cannot, cannot hold thee. To love, to bliss, their blended souls were given And each, too happy, ask ' d no brighter heaven. The hours I spent, with thee, dear heart. Oh then let us love with a love that is loving Loving on with a love forever. Now what could artless Jennie do? She had na ' will to say him na ' , At length she blush ' d a sweet consent, And love was ay between them twa. Farewell, forever. Farewell to thee. Were I a star I ' d shine for thee alone. Wait till the clouds roll by Jennie. Moony, moony shine on us. Drink to me only with thine eyes. Thou shalt dream of me the night long And be true to me by day. Because I love you dear. A little talk with Edith makes ' it right, all right. ' I am waiting, ever waiting. j HARRY. EMMA. I STEWART. I PRATT. I TIM. } FERN. i AGNES YOUNG FRANK HILL. i MABEL. | CLYDE I WATT KINSMAN. j DRIEMEYER. SPICER, j RHODES. ( FLORA TURNBULL. | MERILL. | SMITH j BRADY. SMITH. j FINDLEY. j STEVENSON. I CLARK. j BROWNLEE. | LANPHERE. I PARRISH. I LANT. j LEIGH. CHARLOTTE. | HOYMAN. A General Examination. i Give the time and place on which the Freshmen hordes met and defeated the Swarms of Sophomores. Give the circumstances of the battle, with part played by John, the Wielder of the Meerschaum. II Tell of the alliance which at one time existed between the Great Nelson and the House of Leighs and for what reason this band was broken. Discuss fully the probabilities of any future alliance of these houses. Ill Locate in college life, and tell what you know about: 1. Cabs and cabbies, 6. Girls and girlies. 2. Holden. 7. Side talks with side walks. 3. Ten o ' clock rule 8. Red tape. The old man. 9. Swiping chickens. Spoon and spooning. 1 0. Flunks. IV Name and give your opinion of the cannonical members of the Senior class. Was Jesse James a party to the crime? If not, why not? V Tell in ten words all you have learned since you came to Monmouth. What part of this was learned outside of school? Who taught you? Her age, VI Given five dollars. Subtract from this Y. M. C. A. and hop fees, 2 cab fares. Krudenier fund, tobacco bill. May Festival tax. Y. W. C. A. bazar. To determine your financial con- dition. VII Give internal and external significance and idealistic retrospection of the following poem and tell how it satisfies poetic justice: Fern she had a little dromedary His fleece was black as night And any where that dromedary went ' Twas never from her sight. VIII Translate into English: Boyibus kissibus sweet galorem Galibus likibus, want some rfiorem Papibus catchibus. little boyorem Kickibus boyibus out of the doorem. IX What was the foreign policy of Charlotte Claney? Did she favor close alliance with Egypt? If so why? X Let x=no Sophs. g 2 § o $ 8. Si 3 12 2 ; hiS- ' ■Z 2 9 Z 5 S S- to N 3 § zr % -3 ! . H s ' o  — i jb ? |- 1 | S „. c . M a «. S. (b ' ! o p o 5 § 2 ■ gr g § °, o I £ « C 2 s p q- y. ct ° w = S § E o g p s 13 r s tr 1 g a. H £ - w 2 g- 5? r= b O K £ E S s o % o Q 3- H be 3=3 m m fcai, m ASK LENA COLLINS OR IAMES LECLERE. Some Things X ' Ray and Dark Room Revealed to Physics Class. BABCOCK — Arm always out of place. CORETTE— Used to a dark room. DEW— Easily shocked. GILMER— Tongue-tied. GRAHAM— Stone-hearted. HALL—-Hair like unto porcupine quills. LECLERE-- -Head slightly swelled. N. McCLANAHAN---Great quantity of back bone. P. McCLANAHAN— Lots of nerve. W. McCLENAHAN— Smarter than he looks. P1NKERTON— Couldn ' t be shocked. ROBlNSON---Liked to hold hands. WEED--Smile wouldn ' t come off. WHITE— Heart-broken. NOTICE OF REMOVAL. MISS CLARA PRATT MISS ERMA BABCOCK from 601 East Broadway to 3 1 4 North Third Street. CAKD OF THANKS. We wish to express our gratitude to Hinds y Noble for their kind assistance in the securin; oF our sheep skins. Seniors. SCHOOL FOK EGOTISTS. In session all year. Apply to President or Secretary, for particulars: Wylie Stewart. President. Wm. McClenahan. Secretary. Eugene Nixon. Vic e President. Board of Directors— Cyrus Bridenthal. Dan Ferguson, Ray Elder. Wm. Stevenson. Jno. McAllister. --The Faculty. ANTI DATE CLUB. Organized in the Eeginning. To secure admission apply to Grand Bachelor, giving recommendations as to your character. Past. Present and Future. All meetings a secret. Flower— Bachelor Button. Emblem — Stag. Grand Bachelor—Ralph Cowden. Semi Bachelor— Mac Wallace. Master Bachelor-Jim McCoy. Bachelors in good and regular standings- Webb Johnson, Willard Jones. John Robinson. Fred Sharpe. Walter Brown, Geo. Anderson, Clarence Watson. Wm. Tucker. John Parshall. STORY ' S SOLILOQUY AT EVENTIDE. I ' m pleased and yet I ' m sad. BROWNING. Full many a weed its sweetness wasteth on my attic ' s air. Not oft two dimes, do my hip pockets share. How sweet thy gentle fumes, oh Meerschaum mine, Satan ne ' er sowed thy seed, oh plant divine, Pungent are thy fumes, strong is Secrist ' s dunn, I know not which is stronger, no not I CLIPPING FKOM THE TKAGIC COMEDY. Entitled HENRY D Oh Jerusalem, Jerusalem. Had I but studied Greek with half the zeal I wasted on that girl, It would not, now, have left me, desolate. The butt of ridicule, Bankrupt in heart and purse. REFLECTIONS OF A DEFEATED CONTESTANT. Did you notice how the audience groaned when the decision was announced? Never saw a judge yet who had the brains of an insect. I ' m such an unlucky dog. if I sat on a fence rail the blasted thing would get up and buck. Not one of our really great men were successes in college. Of course no ' -Foolish to think they were. I ' ll show those guys who I anv-wait until 1 get time to prepare Then look out. Precise. Proper. Particular. Periodic. Punctual. McCRACKEN. If all my smiles united were In one continuous smile, I ' m sure that I have grinned about A happy half-a-mile, -DOC COWDEN. We wish to advertise our latest style of Rocker. Especially adapted for use at Seminary. Report of Bhxon Committee. There has been much speculation rampant in and around Mon- mcuth ever since last September as to the medals which grace the broad chest of a certain Mr. Blixon. The annual board realizing this and desiring to be of service to the general public appointed a special repre- sentative to interview the gentleman and learn if possible the meaning and history of these trophies and report to them. This the agent did and the following facts were gleaned from his quite lengthy report. In his record the representative treats of the medals in the order in which they were received. Beginning with the small bottle shaped one which Mr. Blixon wears directly over his left collar bone and closing with the large cresent worn on the opposite shoulder. We will try to follow this same order. fcMf It seems that it was the custom in the village of Pleasant-field, from which Mr. Blixon eminated to hold semi-annual bazars. At these any mother owning a babe be- tween the ages of five and six months, by presenting it to the city au- thorities, after purchasing two one-pound cans of Koyal Baking Powder and paying a nominal fee to cove: the cost of the award, might receive a medal for her pet. Mr. Blixon ' s parents fulfilled all of these require- ments and he was awarded the trophy which he now prizes so highly and which means so much to him. Could we but do justice to the story connected with the obtaining of the second medal we would have a produ tion and eulogium. which would be used by future generations as declamation, ora- The village Pleasant-field is thronged to the gates. Men have come from the most remote quarter-sections and are all assembled on the broad plaza. To-day all are to celebrate the games in honor of Demeter and Hushkush. A silver voiced herald commands all to be seated. A great hush falls upon the expectant throng as they realize more fully that on this day the mighty, the valiant are to meet in final conflict. The first event, and the one in which our interest cen- ters is the five stadia dash. All is in readiness. Three youths appear upon the broad course. Notice him who is nearest the town pump. It is our Blixon. He treads the ground like a buck in spring. The runners stoop, the gong sounds and the race is on. One runner, having mistaken the gong for a dinner bell fails to start. The prize lies now between two. Ye Gods, which shall it be! The first, second, third stadia are past. All are past save the last. They touch the hitching post and turn for the last course. Blixon is but a few paces in the rear. Slowly but surely the space between them lessens. Now Cyrus can feel the hot breath of Blixon on his cheek. The crowd thundered their applause and the hills roll back the echo. A deep groan which sounds like distant thunder comes from the excited rabble for Cyrus, the swift footed, plunges for- ward and lies prostrate with his artificial limb wrenched entirelyout of fine. The line is crossed, Blixon knows no more until he awakens under a mighty elm and hears the soft hum of the mosquitos as they chant the victor ' s chorus and the soft accents of a damsel ' s voice whis- pering, Dearie. Dearie, thou didst seen thy duty and done it noble. This in part is the story of Mr. Blixon ' s second prize of honor. But what of that large Cresent trophy you ask? It ' s history, while briefly told, might yet form the plot of a six act drama with a climax which would shame Shakespeare. Mr. Blixon as regards this medal seemed less communicative than he had been in telling of the others but the reason is quite evident when the story is finished. Some of our experiences we hold too sacred for pagan ears. If you have seen this piece of gold- smithing you have noticed written across the top the words High jump and the characters— Ht. 4 rs. 2 B. W. The first words you readily understand but the sec ond needs some explanation. Mr. Blixon at the time this medal was received was at ' tending school in an adjoining district. One of the agricul- turists living between the school and Mr. Blixon ' s home owned a very greedy and fero- cious canine. Many times had he been warned and advised to kill the brute but it was valuable to him as a guard and by promising to keep it chained the neighbors consented to its existence. One evening as Mr. Blixon was returning home from school, while crossing a pasture, what, to his utter horror did he see but this awful open-mouthed man eater coming straight for him. Mr. Blixon in telling this bit of history rose and paced up snd down the room. On came the dog, my blood, said Blixon froze in my veins, my hair began to rise on my scalp, which gave me the thought that motion was not yet impossible. Dropping my books in the vain hope that ths brute might fall over thsm 1 took the homeward direction. Fence posts as they flew past looked like comb teeth. Creeks, sleeping cows, blackberry patches were cleared at a single bound. Glancing over my shoulder 1 was horror struck to see thatmyterrible nemesis was not only on my wake but was coming steadily nearer. Panic siezed me, cold horror gripped my heart strings and despair settled black on my soul when I saw directly across my path a fence, four rails and two barbed wires. All is lost thought I, then with the strength born of a frenzy, I made a mighty leap. He was safe. His friends, as soon as he was able to tell of his narrow escape fell on their necks and rejoiced. A committee was appointed to notify the owner of the man-eating, swift footed monster that such monsters would not be tolerated. On their way to his home they passed the point where Mr. Blixon had, but a few minutes before, made his most marvelous high jump and there to their joy they found the lifeless re- mains of the dog. divided into three sections. Because of his great speed he had struck the rails with such violence that his corpus had gone through in three separate divisions. The medal was struck by Blixon ' s friends. Space forbids the story of the many other medals. Respectfully Submitted, BLIXON COMMITTEE. Scraps From Nowhere. Some sing the dainty little foot That boasts a Spanish arch. And in the ball room captures hearts The while it leads the march. But here ' s in praise of that which wears A number thirteen sole; That kicks the foot-ball high in air And lands it at the goal. First year Germa.n Freshman is late; Hicks locks at him, Fresh ie lies in nate. Lives of students all remind us We should make our lives a grind. And departing leave behind us, Ponies for the next to find. OUR PREPS. Ohl how regardless of their doom The little urchins play. No sense have they of ills to come. Or care beyond to-day. Life ' s an enigma, a problem, And when all of the figuring ' s done A million of us are ciphers For each who is NO. 1. We hope you ' ve had a Jolly laugh And trust you won ' t feel blue If in this mass of random chaff A little is on you. Just take it pleasantly, And when you look about You ' ll see that you are better off Than those who were left out There was was a fair maiden named Annie, Whom we thought of course had no man-e But Cupid, one day Sped an arrow her way. And since, it ' s been all up with Annie! Who? Dew. I now do plainly see, This stubborn class and I shall ne ' er agree. Wallace Barnes. Hi, there, Clarisy! We ' re terrible fond of you, You ' re lots of fun Why must you run To your Wyley Will so true. Boo. Hoo. For of such is the kingdom of heaven. Ed. Swan. ' Tis better to have love and lost Than never to have loved at all. McGecch to Gertrude. Miss Martin to Miss Woodburn— You ' ll have to get your diamond tested. Miss Woodburn to Miss Martin— You won ' t need to test yours, you already know it ' s Glass. We young ladies etc. Miss Winbigler. Dr. McMichael What was the duty of the deacons of the early church? Lena Collins— To take care of the widows. Seniors, Seniors, ere we part Give, Oh give us back our heart. Leila Logan, Beulah Stewart. Feme Thomp- son, Nellie Hyer. 1 thought she was an angel Until--Oh, can it be; I saw deep worry cross her face. And she roared out. Oh Gee. -Edith Calhoun. What pace is this thy tongue keeps 1 know a cheek whose blushes. As they trembling come and go, I would gaze upon forever. If it did not pain thee so. --Black. Ye gods and little fishes. Milly Seniors and Freshmen. For if she will, she will, you may depend on ' t. j Good boys love their sis And if she won ' t, she won ' t, so there ' s the end [ so good have grown, on ' t. --Etta Jones. Out upon £ t — I have loved, Three whole days together, And am like to love three more If it be fair weather. --Smith. Her lamp goeth not out by night. Breaks, breaks, breaks! Oh ye tactful, pity me! 1 would that my tongue wouldn ' t utter The thoughts that arise in me!--Neal. Prof. McMilla That I love other sisters Better than my own. --Peacocks. How green you are and fresh. --John Dew. Laughter holding both her sides. Lillian Holgate. If you want to find a feller Who the blissfulness can tell, Of a parlor, Monday, Tuesday, And the other nights as well. And how the proper maiden there The day ' s sad care can quell, --Ask Matson. This will only confuse you, but you had better learn it. ' Tom McCracken-- There are two ways of doing this problem; you can either take your choice, or choose which one you wish. Senior Theme on Paradise Lost-- The devil went from the region of e:ernal bliss to that of eternil blister. Lena Misener (experimenting in Biological Laboratoryl-Mr. Reeswill 1 have to clean my own skeleton? Use Sapolio.--Wm. Gordon. I have fought a good fight. I have finished my course. --Senior. Hope to Barnes-- Will-a-you-a-go-with-a-me-a? Prof, McMillan--The cavalry in the rear of the room will please ride forward, dis- mount, and hitch their horses to my desk. 1 don!t want anyone to call me up at 10 p. m.. Saturday, to know where the lesson for Mondav is. --Miss Patterson. As soon as the people conjugate. --Wylie Stewart. Well, I guess you ' d better get in motion there. --M r . Hamilton. Louie Graham in German class-- Willst du dich mit mir vermahlen? Prof. Hicks- Yes next . When the Widow Club is mentioned to Lena Collins, she replies. -- Just you wait ' till I ' m eligible. Gilmer.-- Prof. 1 expect I could talk seven hours en these verses and not exhaust them. Prof. Robinson-- ! expect you could. Prof. BretnaI-- Mart;n, what do ycu call sugar and starch by themselves, in a class? Jno. Martin-- Groceries. Story ' s excuse for getting in after 5:30-- My head came in contact with the ice and it has been Akin all the way home. 1 love to climb on the platform, And see all the people stare. When with clear, ringing tones, Or most plaintive of moans, 1 thrill the expectant air. --John Ewing. What ' s in a name? Story. Black, Barnes. Baker. Bigger, Blocd, Brook, Brown, Camp- bell, Cherry. Dame. Dew, Elder. Gardiner, Hall, Kerr, Marshall, Moore, Peacock, Porter, Rhodes, Rice. Swan, Sawyer, Sharpe, Steele, Taylor, Tinker, Tucker, Turnbull, Weed. There ' s no one so hemely but loves a looking-glass. Heard in girls ' waiting room. Prof. Bretnal--(To dreamy Junicr. } What would be a good way to insure plenty of well ventilated rooms? Sleepy Junior-- Build an air castle. Clark (after Knox gameV- ' l knew ycu fellcws feel mighty good over this game but you don ' t feel half as good as I do. Perrcf.n-- Girls shculd be arrested fcr cruelty to animals. Every truthful person is simple. --Prof. Robinson. Editor of Oracle (to aspiring young writer)-- A powder magazine will give you the high- est position quickest, especially if ycu contribute a fiery article. Barnes (day after Chicago fcot-ball game. )-- Well fellows, there is still Hope. Lena Collins-- That old sweet-heart of mine is getting to be so common. Prof. Graham-- One ha ' f of the population of Canada is males, the other half is female. Weir-- When I was a child, I thought as a child. I speke as a child, and since I came to Monmouth, I still retain my childish ways. Wallace (In Geology class)-- This material is not fit for a dam. (after applause) well Wm. Porter-- Names areoften insignificant; there is no soda in soda water, ycu know. ' We are sorry, but-- A goat ate all our other quots And then began to pun; 1 cannot help it he softly said I am so full of fun. WHAT ASTKONOMY TEACHES. The stars couldn ' t clearly see whether it was Florence or Gertrude H. who m at the May Party. of the Heavenly bodies (not even the Seniors] know anything of the Silver Spoons. Astronomy taught Parrish and Lanphere, when the hammock broke, that a great number of stars are visible. This little poem collided with our atmosphere on the night of the May Party Editors. Said a young cadet to his Juliet, I ' m like a ship at sea; Exams are near and much I fear That I shall busted be. Found near Venus--Editors. No wonder me darling is cross-eyed, ' Said love sick Pat to his mother; For both of her eyes are so pretty, ' That one wants to look at the other. ' Oh no, said she, A shore I ' ll be. Come, rest your troubles o ' er. Then silence fell and all was well, For the ship had hugged the shor This poem was much longer, but on account of our instruments, no more of it could be read- Editor The boy sat on the moon- lit deck. His head was in a whirl; His eyes and mouth were full of hair, His. arms were full of girl. From arithmetical astronomy. Have you ever been through Algebra? Yes, but it was in the night and 1 didn ' t see much of the place. ' Pertaining to a Heavenly body. Prof. What is a talking machine made of? Class. The first one was made of a rib. Visible only through a high-power Glass- Editors. Ice cream he bought his darling, And she ate and ate and ate. Till at last her heart she gave him, To make room for one more plate. Visible to every one on almost every day-- Editors. Be not like dumb driven cattle. Be a hero in the school. Look up high to the Seniors, Or they ' ll look down on you. As an appreciation of their work in this book we dedicate this page to OUK AKTISTS. IDA GLENN. HUGH McCOY. 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Students WHY NOT PATRONISE j reci ' s Linoleums, Oil Cloths and Shades. Our prices are always the lowest. EVERYTHING CLEAN AND UP-TO-DATE. Olectric TTfassage. harder Shop, jCadies who desire the 97 assaye can make up parties of three to six and can be accomodated at hours arranged in advance. J . . U e ' lciemuth, Proprietor. UNDER NATIONAL BANK OF MONMOUTH. students: We make a specialty of catering to your needs in the Jewelry and Optical lines. We have everything you may want. Would be pleased to make your acquain- tance and can please you when you need repairing. JOHNSON S. McCRAYj Jewelers aijd Optician: 105 East Broadway. A lesson in the head is worth two in the book u oocis and JTa am f jCoana and J nvestmenta. First Mortgage Farm and City Loans alwa3 - s on hands in amounts to suit. Interest and principal collected without expense to the lender. Remember your money draws interest from the date left with us. We charge the investor no commission. If you have money to invest, call and see our loans. Suite I, Quinby ujuilding, v fonmouth, Si I. u illiam JVami ton u oods. Jrank J7fil s Jfattam. The shabbiest skirt may have a silken lining. National Bank of Monmouth. Capital and Surplus $335,000.00. OFFICERS: G. S. TUBBS, President. W. H. FRANTZ, Vice President W. C TUBBS, Cashier. F. A, MARTIN, Ass ' t. Cashier. D. E. GAYER. Ass ' t. Cashier. DIRECTORS— G S. Tubbs. Ivory Quinby, Wm. Firoved, G. E. Miller, E. C Linn, W. Stewart, H L Jewell, W. C Tubbs, W. Harrison Frantz, Rob ' t. Porter. Patronage of students especially solicited. Will cash your drafts and receive your deposits, however small. IxxrxxxixrxrxxxzxxxixixxTXXiirxixixixi- :::ii:;::ii::iix:;xxxzx Will You Come | Back to 3 iJllonmoutn ©off Next Year? ege B We sincerely hope you will. Your return p | will probably prove three things. K H I. It will show that you have a right con- B ception and appreciation of the true value of an m m education. E □ , 2. It will demonstrate that you are possessed £ h of that perseverance and persistence that win S K success. m I 3 3 3. It will evince your earnestness of purpose K m to carry out your resolution once formed to fit m H yourself as fully as possible for life ' s great work, k K By all means, if you have not been graduated. K R return to ► P S Monmouth College. B h Finish what has been so well begun. Put jj E not your hand to the plow and then look back, m m Do not begin to build and allow the passer-by to ► « mock because you have not finished. Well-K H begun, half done. Push forward to the end. u lixiii;:ixixixixixixxiixxxxxzxxxxxixxxi;;xxi:;:r.xxir.xxx cxxixil If you put yourself into a Stylish, Becoming Suit, you are likely to put yourself into a good position. We would be glad to advise with you in the matter. It ' s important. Wright Graham, Tailors. YOU T want what you get. get what you want. get it when you want it, at The Quick Delivery Store VOGT ROBERTSON, Both Phones. 216 E. Broadway Monmouth, III. Wallie Robin son 9 LIVEIty 115-117-119 JVorth First St. Both Phones 25. Students Patronize SAM. T. SMITH ' S BAKBEK SHOP. Under People ' s National Bank. Corner Square and South Main St. Hair Cutting, Shampooing, Shaving. Facial Massage and all work in cur line is done in an up-to-date, satisfactory manner. Give us a trial. We will please you. : : : : SAM. T. SMITH, Proprietor. DR. A. G. PATTON, Physician and Surgeon. Office, Patton Block. Residence 218 S. A. St ' Phones--lnd. 102. Thones--lnd. 158 Bell 189. Bell 1392 Offi:2 hoj-s-- 10 to 11 a. m., 1 to 3 p. m. 7 to 8 p. m. W. H. WELLS, M. D. Residence 520 E. Second Ave. Office over People ' s Bank. Both ' phones in office and residence. EDWARD L. MITCHELL. Physician, Office and Residence 1 12- 122 W. Second Ave. Hdj-s-8 to 9:30 a. m .. 2 to 5 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. Bell ' phone 152, Ind. ' phone 152. DR. F. E. WALLACE. Surgeon and Physician. Office hou-S 1 a. m. to 2 p. m., and 7 to 8 p. m. 2 I 8 East Broadway. ' Phones--lnd. 188. Ball 1181. DR. E. C. LINN, OSes-Rooms 4 and 5, Nitioml Bank of Mon- mourh Building, Ind, ' phone 80. Residence—No. 803 East Broadway, Ind. and Bell ' phone; 52. Office hours- 10 to 12 a. m„ 2 to 4 p. m.. 7 to 8 p. m. DR. CHAUNCEY SHERRICK. 303 East Broadway, Monmouth, 111. Offic; hours--7:30 to 9 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. W. S. HOLLIDAY. Phys.cian. Office over McKinley ' s Hardware store. Residence 216 South First Street. I Bell ' phone No. 22. Hours-- 10 to 12 a m., 2 to 4 p. m., 7 to 8 p. m. | : W. J. G1LTNER. D. O Osteopathic Physician. 509 E. Broadway, Monmouth, 111. Both ' phones. Office hours 9 to 12 a. m., 1 to 5 p. m. DR. CYNTHiA A. SKINNER, Office and Residence, 221 S. First St. Office hou-s— 10 to 12 a. m., 2 to 4 p. m O M. DAYMJDE, Dentist. Office over Morns ' Shoe Store. Gas Administered. DR. MARKS. Eye Specialist. Es tablished in year 1884. Eyes examined and Glasses fitted. Satisfaction guaranteed. Over McQuiston ' s Book Store. W. D. ARMSTRONG. Dentist. Over Dunbar ' s drug store, old post-office build- ing, Monmouth, 111. Crown and Bridge Work a Specialty. Russell Graham, Pres. McKinzie Cleland, Vice Pres. R. E. White, Treas United Presbyterian Mutual Benefit Ass ' General Offices at Monmouth, Illinois. A Fraternal Insurance Association for United Presbyterians Only. 3,300 Members, including leading Ministers and Laymen. $4-,850,000 of Insurance in Force XOrite _for Information. HUGH R. MOFFET, Secretary, Monmouth, III. GOOJ) SOLICTORS WANTED. Baker claims to have read everything Heroert Spencer ever wrote. He is in the well-dig- ging business. Weir Cycle Gun Qo HO West: Firs); Ave. Bicycles, Base Ball and Golf Goods, Phonographs and Records, Guns, Etc. Coijiplete Repair Shop in Goqnecfcioi). If you don ' t want a man to graduate with your class, make him business manager or editor of your Raveiings when you become a Junior. j. jf£. JTanna, Tfotary Public, justice of ZPeace, Police 77fci£fistrate. u ho e Jittent on vJurned to Collections. 9 o Side Sssues. Sive 77?e a Call. 77 ake 2 our Wish Known to me and it shall be gratified Hurry up work is my strong hold. LISTEN TO THIS- if your work is not done when promised, you don ' t pay a cent. yzobinson, TJhe Printer. 218 S. 1st. St. ;jxrxixxxixixixix zsxixixrxzX333XXS3X WOELBER The Shoemaker Under Wright 6- Graham. Fine Repairing Done. East Side Square. 1893 BIJOU 1904 55 Short Order Restaurant. Open Day and Night. 104 Market Place i. W. PREPCE Prop When you need anything in the line of (Ksi§ Pnxtores call on the Monmouth Gas Co Office on South Mam St. j€ai 3 Uastman Sanitary -Plumbing. Steam and Hot Water Heating a Spec- ialty. Gas Fittings and Fixtures. S. FIRST ST. MONMOUTH. ILL. Monmouth Grinding Shop. S. ' J. WOLF. Razors, Barber Clippers. Horse Clippers. Shears and Knives of a ' l kinds, and Skates. PRICES REASONABLE. ALLEN ' S STORE. WE SELL GOOD MERCHANDISE. NOTIONS, DKESS GOODS. SILKS, KID GLOVES KEADY MADE SUITS. FURS, CLOAKS. PRIESTLEY ' S BLACK GOODS. READY-TO-WEAR SKIRTS. CARPETS, LACE CURTAINS. MATTINGS AND KUGS. We believe in Good Merchan- dise and as to price ' -well they ' suit you as well as the goods. Four Chairs Four Barbers John C Allen. Electric Massage. Compress- ed Air. CAUGHT AGAIN. Everything Up-to-Date. Strictly Modern. Try Electric Massage for all Face Troubles. Wrinkles, Black Heads, Flesh Worms, Discolorings, etc. Ladies Shampooing and Massaging a Specialty. Spiegel ' s Redlight Barber Shop. COR. S. MAIN AND E. FIRST AVE. R2J OBINSON ' S 3 TAR LIVERY 200-206 North Main Street. First-class single and Double rigs of all styles. Also good carriages for party and theatre calls. Both Phones No. 20. OPEN DAY AND NICHT. A pleasure for the old, A delight for the young-. Come and Oeo us at the Candy JfCitchen, 9@ 90 9@ Southwest Cor. Square. Monmouth, Illinois. No ! Then you can hardly realize what you have missed — not even the enthusiastic descriptions of your returned friends, nor from the best photographs or the most brilliant pen pictures. California must be seen to be appreciated — you must breathe the balmy air, feel the inspiring sunshine, eat the delicious fruits, smell the lovely flowers, see the big trees, the old missions and the glorious Pacific. Do these things and you will know California ' s charm. There ' s nothing like it anywhere under the shining sun. Think it over — can you afford to miss the California trip this winter? Ask us as many questions about the trip and about California as you like — they will be answered correctly, promptly, courteously. Two publications about California sent free, if you mention this publication. F. c. TAPPING, A= ;nt C. B. Q. R. R., Monmouth, III ' ' The World ' s Grandest Jewelry Establishment, We Solicit Your Patronage. Those whose interest lies in that quality of exclusiveness which comes only from the most intimate knowledge of modes, mate- rial, making and from unfailing good taste in the selection, will find our collection most satisfactory. :::::: Diamonds. Watches. Jewelry, Silverwares, Art Wares. Cut Glass, Imported China, Clocks, Music Boxes, Leather Goods, Umbrellas and Fine Stationery. We will mail our 336 page catalog, containing 5.000 engravings, free on request. Mail orders solicited. MERMOD JACCARD jewelry co. Broadway and Locust, St. Louis. Questions fall alike upon the prepared and upon the unprepared. ESTABLISHED 1835. JOHN C. DVNBAR, Retail Druggist. Specialties — Trusses, Shoulder Braces, Perfumes, Toilet Artic ' es, Etc. South Main Street. OTTO T O TTH Eie Retail Dealer in Meats, Oysters and Poultry. 205 East Broadway. Both ' Phones. Thermometers and collesze men both seem to take their ease, But even when they graduate they do it by degrees. WHOLESALE AND RETAIL. Quality, not quantity, Controls. Hotels, Boarding Houses, Clubs and Lunch Counters will find by ordering from us that the Lest is the Cheapest. : : ::::::: PIONEER GROCERY. Tis better to have cut too mucli Than never to have cut at all. Students Show Good Judgment when they get their work done at JERRY ' S BARBER SHOP. The only ground floor shop in the city. CHAIUS ■BA ' R ' BE ' RS T G. Peacock. C. M Huey. Attorneys ai d Counsellors at Law Office in Court House. Monmouth, 111 l. Morris, Second Hand Store. Bargains in slightly-worn but good as new Furniture. Bicycles bought and sold. Old Postoffice Block. jittorney at jCciw, 9 forth Side Square, WfonmoutA, Sit. E. I. Dains, Son Co. Leading Real Estate and Insurance Agents. Both Fones. 212 East Broadway. STUDENTS Call at CAMM ' S For your Class Pins, Watch Work and Commence- ment Presents. 100 South Main St. Mo Eo WMfe OimdemakerTo LARGEST FVUNiTVRE DEALER IN THE CITY. South Main Street Louis H. Hanna James W. Clendenin Hanna Clendenin, Attorneys at Law. Office in Court House, Monmouth, 111. 9 fiss Slla flail, Headquarters for the Latest Styles in ] [illii73ry. East Broadway. j. Sn. oighme Son jCivery and H joarding Stable. typ-to-Vate ftigs of tftt Xincts. || €ast Side 9 orth Wain. S W0W0 I love to wind my mouth up, I love to hear it go, So said the pompous Gilmer, As if he ought to know. Best at All Times JEggSj ik, IB Good dependable shoes for ' all seasons is only one of our aims in endeavoring to please you. •vf 1 1 8  | 1 ® 1 £ in 1 VwfJJi Palace g jn ■ ' , ' -r rS- ■ L Shoe mt jjk Store Jp m} Monmouth, 111. Central Lj urn Bureau Of Chicago. Established 1897 Eighth Year Incorporated 1902 Fred Pelham, Manager, 532 Tribune Building, Chicago Local and Long Distance Telephone — Centra.1 2736. Cable Address-- Pelba.m, Chicago. 1904 EIGHTH SEASON 1905 LECTURERS. Col. Geo. W. Bain Dr. Prank Bristol Mattison W. Chase Hon. Champ Clark Dr. George L. Cole Eugene V Debs Prof. J. B. DeMotte Prank Dixon Senator J. P. Dolliver Dr. J W. Frizzell John Temple Graves Ora Samuel Gray Margaret Halev Col. H. W. J. Ham Dr. James Hedley Dr. Newell Dwisht Hillis Capt. Richmond P Hobson Hon. Chester Holcombe Frederick E Hopkins Dr. Matt S. Hughes Father Francis C. Kelley Hon C B. Landis Virginia Barlow LeRoy Dr. Eugene May Thos. McClary John McGovern Daniel McGurk DeWitt Miller Spillman Riggs Dr. Edward A. Steiner Ex-Got. Bob Taylor Mary Church Terrell Frederick Warde Hon. George R. Wendling ENTERTAINERS. Miss Ida Benfey Fred Emerson Brooks J. Franklin Caveny. Chalk Talk Paul Laurence Dunbar Durno Company Gilbert A. Eldredge Prof. P. M. Pearson Opie Read Ritchie Unique Entertainers Chas. F. Underhill MUSICAL. Campanari and Supporting Co. George Crampton Concert Co. Shanna Cumming Company. Hawthorne Musical Club Wm. T. Houston Co. Kaffir Boy Choir, from S Africa Trje Ladies Harmony Company Mendelssohn Male Quartette and Marguerite Smith Royal Hungarian Court Orches- tra Siegel-Meyer Dainty Combina- tion Wesleyan Male Quartette The Government Official World ' s Fair Indian Band, 35 expert players selected from the var- ious Indian schools, greatest Indian musical organization in existence, organized under the auspices of the United States Government, especially for the Louisiana Purchase Exposition. Territory— Illinois (north or the main line of the Vandalia R R.l, Wisconsin, North Dako- ta, Iowa, Minnesota, Nebraska, (on and north of the main line of the Union Pacific R. R.), S Dakota, Montana, New Mexico, Wyoming, Colorado, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Or- egon, Idaho, Utah, California, British Columbia, Northwest Territory and Manitoba. If through sickness or accident the talent is not able to till the engagement, it isunderstood That There shall ue no claim tor damages, lint a new date will he made The same season, if possi- ble. Locals mean hotel bills Tor Lecturers and L ' ntertarners; tor Companies, hoTels and bay:- gage Transfer. The usual priming Is furnished free, excopl express charges. : -Vio 1 Special Prices to Student Clubs and Boarding Houses The Pure Food Grocery, VW4 Court House Corner, Monmouth, 111. ,£fc£ QyQ £fc£ 9XQ £fc£ ,£fc£ ,£fc£ $ £ Ask any one where to get the Best Photos and you will be told at Root ' s Studio. 213 South Main, Monmouth, 111. J. R. Hanna, Pres. W. D. Brereton, Secy. M. J. E. Brereton, V. Pres. G. E. Patton, Treas. ] [ o 17 117 o Ll t pottery ©o. Largest Stoneware Manufacturers in the World Capacity 6,030,000 Gal, Per Annum, £. ,§fc£ Q 2 £ ,£i £ GU2 6U2 ,Gfc£ CALL ON Wo Mem FOR YOUR guifc ©if @t;eirG©at Suits made to order $12.50 and up Pants made to order $3.00 and up Fit and Satisfaction Guaranteed. Murdock ' s Shoe Store, East Side Square. Sprtggs i Sons, WRl GGISTS, South Side Square. Market Alley Barber Shop, Jasper Parrish, Proprietor. Satisfaction Guaranteed. A Union shop. First Class Workmen. fl. W. Glaw, 0. S.E., 106 East Broadway. Independent ' Phone 280. Thou shalt not make unto thee any exact copy or any likeness of any figure that is in the Geometry, or that is in the Trigonometry, or that is in the Cal- culus, for I, even Alice, will visit my wrath upon you and ye shall be flunked. Fresh Cut Flowers Always on hand. Designs for Funerals a Specialty. Palms and Perns for Decorating. THOMAS HEWITT, Florist. Store East Broadway, Phone 88, House 89 Peoples National Bao k. Capital - - - Surplus and Profits $75,000 60,000 OFFICERS: George Arras by : : : : : President John C. Duobar : : : Vii e President H. B. Smith ::::::: Cashier E. D. Brady : : : : : Asst. Cashier P. S. ORTH, Dentist. People ' s National Bank Bldg. Independent ' Phone 305. p. j. rwiG, The best place for Up-to-Date Shoes at Always the Lowest Prices. IC9 South Main St. Monmouth, 111 7Jhe Jillegheni (Jheological Seminary. Tl-[e building is new and or e of tlqe most complete in the country. Rooms single or r suite. For information respecting courses of study. gymnasiurq, scholarships, financial assislaqce, etc, see catalogue, which will be sent on application to Prof. D. A. McClenahan, Allegheny, Pa. O, $$. Co live 11 Co. South ' J ain Street. i)ri Soods, Carpets, Suits, Cloaks, J ' urs, Otc. Jr g i Srade iff Winery at J ' opular Prices. V fen ' s u at c-Ouer ohoes- -the beat there is. US a dies ' Queen Quality Shoes -none better. Special Jxttention Si ' ven to Students. Good Wear Perfect Fit Foremost in Style are the distinctive features of our Ladies ' Thit-Esi ' $3.00 Shoes. E. G. Bowman. gg 3i? £ ' ■ ; r 2k - 2L 5H8K ' - r Sti. - r l «-r ' ■ r B. ' - r EL • ' r w. ' rM ' - r Sv ' -f ' ery [ranted Prestoyteriiarn) o o | ©©Mntated Rrttnd®§ HDD | tattlta §(eBn(D)(D)D airnd Prayeir eeHnnug MeDp§ if CIRCULATION ' 0 nnn circu lation The best advertising medium in the Church. Advertising rates on application. Send for sample copies. Address all communications to I Oonnted Pre§lD)yternaimi t  PITTSBURG, PA. fc ••«£ mmmmmmmmmm .mmmmm .- fflffi HI WS ' A SSlDHr H _ ..I, i • % M -_t The above rq ay be a good place to go for a picqic, but the place to lot L| books is at Burns ' Book Store. Horsman Tennis RacKets for ' 04-. ■Send _for Complete Illustrated Catalogue. All the latest ideas in designing ' and most tried principles of construction. The Climajc E,jcpert. FIVE JWEW MODELS: The Centaur, double frame; the Climajx:, maltese stringing; the Hors- man Ejcpert; the Paragon and the CatJendish. ML . 1, MM Or ffnCin CC, 354 -Broadway. JVetv yorK- (Sole U. S Agents for F H. Ayers ' Championship ' Ball.) Sweet Dreamland Faces, passing to and fro, Bring back to Memory, scenes of Long Ago. : : POLLOCKS : : CONFECTIONERS AND CATERERS. Special Attention Given to Banquets, Receptions and Social Events. Pure Ice Cream, Ices, Crushed Fruit and Soda Water. Fancy Box Candy a Specialty. U. M. G. Jeffreys. Mgr. H. T. Jewell, Sec. and Treas. UNION LAND COMPANY. Real Estate. Rentals and Insurance. Over Republican-Atlas Office. Ind. ' Phone 46. 211 S. Mam St. Monmouth. SEE PEN MILLER FOR WALL PAPER AND PAINTS. J. M. Thompson, EXPRESS AND PACKAGE DELIVERY. 501 South Seventh Street. All orders telephoned to Monmouth Central promptly attended. Res. Phone Ind. 2262 THE W. C. KERN CO 411 E. 57th St.. CHICAGO. Caps and Gowns mide to order aid rintid. Pennants for all Colleges and Fraternities Carried in Stock. g| ,j Class Pins, Class and Team Caps. T. E. PATTON CO. 207 S. Main Street. Finest line of Wall Paper in the country; also a full line of Paints, Etc. All Work Guaranteed. THE Guest Piaivo Co. R.E. COX,Ma,taaer, 219 S. FIRST ST. PRICES ) J) T I A T T r P THREE TERMS Klin ESSENT PIANOS 1VAVJXX A POINTS TO BE CAREFULLY CONSIDERED, CARRY-ALL LINE. GEORGE R. PETERSON. Proprietor. Passengers 10c. 10c. Leave orders at the Enterprise Grocery. STUDENTS ' ALLEY. THREE ALLEYS. Root ' s Bowling Alley JAMES A. ROOT. THREE ALLEYS 213 S. Main St. STUDENTS ' ALLEY f string on your fin- ger just to remind you that STOP! S (MORRIS A Sells The Swellest JT | (DQOO M S Ladies ' and Gentle- men ' s Shoes in Mon- mouth. 71 E. Side □ - GO TO - Hodgens Restaurant For your Ice Cream and Soft Drinks. It is never too early to mend. An excuse in time saves five. i faple City Steam ulaundry. WORK SATISFACTORILY DONE. South V fain Street, v7 onmouth jttinois. Why is Fanny Lanphere like a priest? Sfflmiery? D B m 209 Cast Broadway. Ttfonmouth, Sll. Miss Woodburn — You need not bring anything to the examination. The class took her at her word and flunked. v fcCullouffh j imber Coal Co. Lumber, Hard and Soft Coal. TJelephone 56, Z72oth !Phones. Jtfonmouth, ft . THE BEST TEACE To ha-ve your picture lateen is at  9 HA ! HA ! F. T. LOJVG, The PHOTOCRATHETt 20 1 South Main Street. Genial Artists. . Artistic WorK. •Reasonable Prices. M. BREWER. Pure Drugs and Chemicals. 207 East Broadway. R. W. HOOD. D. D. S„ Students Patronage Solicited. DR. H. W. STOTT. Dentist. Pillsbury Block, North Side Square. Ind. Phone 35. W. K. STEWART. Attorney-at-La FURNEY JONES, Real Estate and Insurance, Notary Pubjc. 72 W. Side Sq. c. a. Mclaughlin, Attorney- at- Law. Firoved Block, VAN VALKENBURG • SON, Hardware. Monmouth. South Side Square. DR R. T. HUFF, Dentist. Hours:--8:30 to 12:00 a. m., 1:00 to 5:00 p. m. With Dr. Holliday. Monmouth, 111. SAFFORD y GRAHAM. Attorneys- at ' Law. North Side Square. Monmouth, 111. W, P. SCHALL. Real Estate. Loans. Insurance. Second National Bank Building. Ind. Phcne 3%. No. 69 E. Side Square. Do you know LORD, The Coal and Ice Man? Everything First Class, at FRITZ STAASSEN ' S City Bakery, 96 North Side Square. Phones:--lnd. 451 Bell 3922 Every young man whose fancy lightly turns to love this spring should drop in, and see our fine stock of rings. We have all kinds, from the severely plain to A IfljiX- i t ie most elaborate. ,fctfW OlitMf •sin drew Jr. Jranasen flZ 2 IOWA CENTRAL WATCH INSPECTOR. Cor. S. M. St. 1st Ave THE STUDENT ' S BARBER SHOP. J.N.COX, UNDER SECOND NATIONAL BANK. MONMOUTH. ILLINOIS. Try Our Dandruff Cure. A meal at home is worth two in a club. TAJVTITO ' RI M. We clean and press your clothes. A month ' s membership costs you $1.00, then you will be a neat dresser. WE SHIJtfE SHOES Tres ?GLm (3h VollocK. Little Tailors. 115 South Main Street. Both ' Phones. When you are in need of College Books, Tablets, Pencils, Etc., for your work in College, or Notions of any kind, call on W. H. McQUISTON S0N, SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE SQUARE. GOOD CLOTHES. GOOD SHOES. SOLE AGENTS FOR. HANAN ' S SHOES. MODEL CLOTHING CO. HEAD TO FOOT OUTFITTERS. (W £$M®%;? XJ QUALITY AND PRICE To please the most exacting. EVERYTHING GOOD TO EAT. SCOTT BROS. CO., Grocers. 202 EAST BROADWAY. Shallenberger ' s Hack Line... Hacks meets all trains. Will call for patrons at any part of the city day or night. Baggage delivered. Single rigs. THE STUDENT ' S FAVORITE LINE. Both Phones 73. z re Z n o C 3 r— « E r x o c a c 5 THE PION R M EIAT MARK WBLEU SSI SOJV, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DEALERS IN... AT £ A 7 s . 104 South Main Street. Both Phones 54. !• TJhe v fonmouth College |J jj Conservator! ofv fusic. He has certainly worked a latter day it One of the best equipped, most progressive, jj :, most thorough schools of Music in the Iwest. It will have five, probably six teach- jl ers of Music during the coming year. Its Studios are well appointed. tt It enrolled during this past year 240 pupils it in its classes, 82 of whom were men and Jj 158 ladies. The rates of tuition are very ji reasonable. jj Mrs. H. N. Patterson, one of the brightest Jj women in Western Illinois says concerning ♦J Prof. Austin the Director of the Conserva- j+ tory: 1 t miracle for It jj TJhe vT usical Department jj of 9l onmouth College. ' s it . .Jj HE H The Mutual Life ■ ML :0 Insurance Company of NewYork ; RICHARD A McCURDY, President. m - - m WW £58 K% Is the Oldest Life Insurance Company in America and has the | 3f!§ mm argest Accumulated Fund of any Company in the World. II 8,032,818579.121 • ' .■V ch is nearly 000,000 more any other life y M K surance company c syi . ' 1 has accomplished. VVf ► % W. , ™J| in the 6 1 years of wrwwl ' ts existence, the , ,C v company has paid ■ ; W t0, ant accumulated ' ' l V ' f° r ' ts pd ' cy holders It ' ,-. : J i We want several young men of character and ability for the In- s; x f ., (r- tvj) surance work. No field offers such opportunities A? VJ) MM I JUDD HARTZELL, § District Manager. W M4 mm Room 11, National Bank Bldg. Monmouth, 111. Wm i ui iV ; v cifi- ' - ' ; - li ' - ' ; Xc i ' - ' Xo ' fi REPUBLICAN-ATLAS PRINTING GO.. PRINTERS, MONMOUTH, ILLINOIS.