Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

Text from Pages 1 - 254 of the 1906 volume:

Printed by the REVIEW PRINTING COMPANY, Monmouth, Illinois, WW i DEDICATION. To our faithful teacher and steadfast friend PROFESSOR L. E. ROBINSON of the Chair of English this volume is affectionately dedicated by the Class of nineteen hundred and six. To Professor L. E. Robinson. Into a larger world to lead the mind, Vaguely aspiring to be free and soar Beyond this prison and, perchance, explore Some unclaimed realm for human good designed; Or Aspiration ' s moving goal to find; To give Emotion ' s troubled sea a shore; With hand of Faith to sow Truth ' s living spore, And see its fruit in Wills tamed, strong, resigned; — Professor, these thine aims! But what dost thou Receive for sacrifice, and toil, and pains? An earthly name? Or worldly wealth? Such gains Are paltry! Life for lives thou livest now, And Love ' s reward a thousand hearts shall blend With thine, the students ' helper, guide and friend. —Robert M. Kerr. INTRODUCTION. WITH MALICE TOWARD NONE, WITH CHARITY FOR ALL. WE HAVE, TO THE BEST OF OUR ABILITY, ENDEAVORED TO MAKE THE ' 06 RAVELINGS EQUAL TO THE BEST. AS TO WHETHER OR NOT WE HAVE SUCCEEDED WE LEAVE THE READER TO JUDGE. THE EDITOFS. The Ravelings Staff. EDITOR-IN-CHIEF CLYDE E. MATSON. ASSISTANT EDITOR ESTHER DAME, BUSINESS MANAGER JAS. R. RHODES. ASSISTANT BUSINESS MANAGERS W. J. STEVENSON. JAS. F. LECLERE. ASSOCIATE EDITORS Literary— Herbert R. Clarke, Dotha Mckelvey. Miscellaneous- F. Ray Elder, Mildred Gilmer. Social— Anna Pinkerton. Alumni— Arthur Smith. College — Nancy Irwin. Athletic — Frank McLean. Chronology— Bertha Campbell, Blanche Wilson, nnis Marshall, Lee Gabby. — — r - Monmouth College. JmgL ONMOUTH COLLEGE may look back over the fifty years of her f II | Rast with a very justifiable feeling of pride. In those five decades her growth has been constant and rapid, her sphere of influence in the educational world ever widening. One secret of her success lies in the fact that she has not sought to cultivate the in- tellect only, but has united spiritual with mental development. Another secret of the success of Monmouth Col ege is to be found in the character and ability of those who have been selected to guide and direct her course. Dr. David A. Wallace, her first president, laid her foundation, a foundation strong and firm, capable of weathering the storms and tempests of time. His rugged personality has left an impress upon Monmouth College which the lapse of years cannot efface. Long may the memory of this faithful Iwor-ker who tided Monmouth College over the first critical years of her life be kept greea in the minds of her children ! Dr. Wallace was succeeded by Dr. J. B. McMichael. the first fruits of whose labors abundantly attest his wisdom and skill During the nineteen years of his presidency, Monmouth College grew in dignity and strength; new buildings were added; a fuller equipment was provided, and an endowment fund built up. Dr. S. R. Lyons followed Dr. McMichael. Under his administra- tion the Law Endowment was secured and the course of instruction en- larged. For a fourth tine Monmouth College was called upon to choose a president. Again, an especial Providence seemed to direct her in the selection of Dr. T. H. McMichael, son of the former president, Dr J. B- McMichael. The mantle of the father has indeed fallen upon the son, and under his ableadmistrtion we havereason to anticipate a still more brilliant history for our Alma Miter in th ' 3 future than in the past. Then, here ' s to Monmouth College, with her wisdom and her know- ledge. May her life be everlasting, and her sturdy sons and daughters as many and as true as the stars overhead! Long may her glorious red and White proudly flaunt the breezes, victorious ever in all she undertakes! — N. [. Monmouth ' s Semi-Centennial (yi CM ITH June of next year Monmouth iCollege completes her first 1MII1 half centurv. There is a feeling among- the alumni and friends of the institution that this event should be celebrated in some worthy fashion. Already the plans are well on the way. These provide for new buildings, increased endowment and a splen- did jubilee celebration. Two memorial buildings are contemplated. The first of these is to be a ladies dormitory known as Wallace Hall in memory of Dr. David A. Wallace: the second a Science Hall in memory of Dr. J. B. McMichael. The classes prior to 1880 are giving their efforts to Wallace Hall while the memorial to Dr. McMichael is receiving the attention of all later classes. In each class a secretary has been appointed and through these secretaries an active correspondence is being carried on. The response thus far has been most encouraging. It shows that Monmouth ' s Alumni are loyal to their Alma Mater. This work will go on during the coming year and from the gradu- ates it will widen to all old students and from these the concentric circles will reach out to the wider circle of Monmouth ' s friends. II is earnestly hoped that by June of next year the announcement can be made that these buildings have been assured. It is hoped to make the commencement time of 1906 a grand rallying time too for all of Monmouth ' s widely scattered children. The plan is to make it a home coming time for the thousands who have brushed against her walls and listened for the sound of her old bell. Many of these have attained fame and distinction. Other have in more humble places made just as great a success in life. Monmouth is proud of them all. She in- vites her children to her jubilee. She knows they are busy. She appre- ciates what it may mean to have them withdraw for a few days from the- world ' s activities — lawsuits must be postponed — patients will be given a chance to get well— pulpits, hundreds of them, will go preacherless — rnis- chievous scholars in schools of all sorts will be left to follow their own inclinations — benches in our courts of justive will be left without an occu- pant — seats in Congress and in many State Legislatures will be vacant — banks will be without their high officials — the wheels of mighty business enterprises will stop — buildings will want their supervising architects — government prisoners will be turned over to the care of subordinates — pick and shovel in the Isthmian Canal will gather rust for a time -all these things may happen if they all come but nevertheless Monmouth calls her children home to her golden anniversay. She knows that many of them will come. She wishes all might come. Yes let every one who is interested in Monmouth unite to make her jubilee time the biggest time in all her history. May there come from this celebration such an impetus that it may be indeed the beginning of ilarger things for the old college on the prairies. Faculty and Instructors. THOMAS HANNA McMICHAEL, President. uth College, 188fi; A. M., ibid, 1889; B. D„ Xenia Semin Westminster College, 1903. RUSSELL GRAHAM, Vice President and Professor of Social Science A. B., Monmouth College, 188 i; A. M., ibid, 1889; B. D„ Xenia Seminary, 1890; D. D. Westminster College, 1903. JOHN HENRY Mc MILL AN. Professor of Latin. A. B., Indiana State University. 1874; A. M.. ibid, 1877; graduate student University of Chicago, 1894: Lift. D., Western University of Pennsylvania, 1897. JOHN NESBTT SWAN, Pressly Professor of Chemistry and Physics. A. B., Westminster College, ]88i ; A. M.. ibid, 1889; graduate student Johns Hopkins University, 1888-89; Ph. D , ibid, 1893. ALICE WINBIGLER, Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy. B. S., Monmouth College, 1877; A. M., ibid, 1894. FLORA BEL PATTERSON, Law Professor of History. A. M., Penn College, 1896; student in History, Michigan University, 1891-92. LUTHER EMERSON ROBINSON, Professor of English. THOMAS BEVERIDGE GLASS, Professor of Greek. A. B., Monmouth College, i«92: eraduate student University of Chicago, 1895-97 and 1898-1900; Fellow iu Greek, 1S99-1900. FRED COLE HICKS, Professor of Modern Languages. A. B., Cornell College, (Iowa), 189S; graduate student in Ger Johns Hopkins University. 1898-1901; University Scholar, 1 in German, 1900-01; Ph. D., ibid, 1901. GEORGE HERBERT BRETNALL, Professor of Biology. A. B., Cornell College (Iowa), 18915; A. m., ibid, 1897; graduate student University of Chicago, 1901-02. GERTRUDE D. HENDERSON, Professor of Oratory and Director of Women ' s Gymnasium. Graduate Columbia School of Oratory. BLANCHE MORROW, Assistant Professor of English. A. B., Monmouth College, 1898; graduate student University of Chicago, THOMAS C. MuURACKEN, Assistant Professor of Latin. A. B., Monmouth Coilege., 1904. CLYDE KIMBLE WARNE, Athletic Director and Assistant in Mathematics. B. S., Upper Iowa University, 1899. JCHN S. BATES, Instructor in General Engineering Drawing, B.. S., Civil Engineering, University of Illinois, Ladies ' Advisory Board. Mrs. J. C. Kiluore— President. Mrs. H. H. Pattee— Vice President. Mrs. J. N. Herdman— Secretary. Miss Alice Woods— Treasurer. Mrs. T. H. McMichael— Member Ex-officio. Mrs. W. J. Buchanan. Mrs. John Burnside. Mrs. August Johnson. Mrs. J. C. Dunbar. Mks. W. H Sexton. Miss Carrie Smith. Mrs. Jos Stevenson. Mrs. W. H. Frantz. Miss Sarah Gibson. Mrs. S. R. Hamilton. Mrs. W. H. Irwin. Woman has ever had her place in the progress of any great under- taking. Realizing this fact, the faculty of Monmouth College organized the Ladies ' Advisory Board, in the year 1874 Dr. Wallace was at that time president of the College and by letter he notified each member of her appointment. This Board consists of fifteen members and their term of office is three years. The object the Board is to cooperate with the Board of Trustees and Faculty giving such assistance as is possible in the way of advisory oversight in connection with the buildings, public functions, and matters having to do with the comfort and well-being of the student. The Board is not appointed to be a Workatory but merely an Advisatory Board. But it has not only done its duty as an advisor, but it has gone further and shown that its plans are not merely theoretical, but practical as well. Actuated by the spirit that goes with a sincere and successful endeavor, it has carried out its plans and done much work of a substantial order. The results have been most gratifying. We cannot step into a recitation room, or even one of the halls, without coming under the influence of their work. They have multiplied and strengthened the chords which invite the student to aesthetic and inspiring ideals, by brightening and beautifying the class-rooms and by providing them with articles of convenience and utility. It was through their efforts that the teachers ' desks and chairs, also the students ' chairs, were provided for the class-rooms. It was they who had the ladies ' waiting room remodeled into a comfortable and convenient study and rest room for the ' girls who must stay at college between hours. Last year, with the help of college friends and by their own wise generosity, they gave the much needed im provements to the interior of the main college building. Of the several gifts and endowments that have lately come to Monmouthf this has been one of the most highly appreciated. It has made the work of both studen and teacher much more pleasant and profitable. It has not been the privilege of many of the students to become per- sonally acquainted with the members of this board, but by their fruits they are known to every one of us, and we feel that they are our loyal, sympathetic and enthusiastic friends. Appreciation. BGAIN WE are called upon to bid_ God ' s speed to departing mem- bers of the faculty, and although it is with regret that we see them go, we wish them every success in their new fields. Prof. Chas. S. Wengerd, who for the past three years has been at the head of the Piano Department of the Conservatory, and to whom much honoris due for the high standard set by this department, leaves us this year to open a private studio at Akron, Ohio. His departure will prove a great loss to the Conservatory. Mr. C. K. Warne, Director of Athletics and Assistant in Mathe- matics, a ' so leaves us. He has accepted the assistant principalship of the High School at Waterloo, Iowa. During the three years that Mr. Warne has been here, he has done much for athletics in Monmouth College. We wish him success in his new duties. Miss Morrow, Assistant Professor of English, because of ill heallh, has found it necessary to ask for a year ' s rest. Miss Morrow has been unusually succ ssful in her work, and we regret very much that she is 1 ot to be with us the coming year. We hope for a speedy recovery of health. Seniors. Characters — A Phonograph and the Annual Board. Scene — The Annual Board Office. The Board present desperately working in the last stages of inertia. Knock at the door. The Board, (in choi ' us) — Come in. (Enter small boy with large package.) Small Boy — With the compli- ments of the Ravelings Board of 1905. (Exit). Editor, (untying package) — A phonograph! Board, (in chorus) excitedly — Turn it on. Editor reads direc- tions and touches key. Phonograph begins. The class of ' 05 is undoubtedly a smart set. What better example of cleverness can we find than Emma Robinson. I have heard it said that Emma is a shy, modest, retir- ing young lady, but she certainly is extremely versatile. Whether it be solving a knotty Calculus problem, baking a pumpkin pie or presiding A. B. L. in one of its most irritable moods she is equal to the occasion. Will Porter is also easily capable of change. Among other proofs he has played basket ball, base ball, ard foot ball and has not found it necessary to take another year in college either. Concerning his future, it is said that he is unde- cided as to whether he will be a pedagogue, a demagogue, or pre- side over a synagogue. i The Pho- nograph becomes ominously silent. The Annual Board become alarmed Phonograph continues in a hushed tone.) Alas! ' Tis now rumored that the demure, philosophic Jessie Gra- ham, even after choosing the lesser of two evils, is now seriously con- templating making her debut in that most charming of light operas, ' ' The Singing Girl (Phonograph con- tinuing in a brighter tone.) But don ' t be alarmed, Mr. Bryson, an unimpeachable authority, absolute- ly denies the above statement and as for himself he says that bis high- est ambition is to be head miller in a Graham flour manufacturing con- cern. Charles Wagner has always been of a scientific turn of mind and while in college he did such excellent work in both chemistry and campustry that it is not necessary for him to be in college this term. Although he learned to talk slow, neverthe- less the noble art of persuasion is his. For Let no man accost me without a mighty reason, comes from Janatte Tinker ' s diary of two years back. Strange to say Ja- uette has also done special work in campustry. I hate to say what I now must for they tell me that Tay- lor is a very steady fellow at home, but although an excellent student, the fact still remains that he has not entered into his work here with his whole heart. Gossip says that if Grace McKin- ley does not set up a second-handed diamond store after graduating-, that she will accept a position as ' professor of Domestic Economy (?) in a Ladies Home Journal cottage. Henderson (Brrr-rr-buzz-zz May Henderson Brrr-r-r) the inevitable, the irresistable, the irrevocable New Yorker, who has made quite an improvement in the jests and jollity, quips and cranks and wanton wiles of Monmouth. But (Phonograph continuing in a drolling voice), the opposite influ- ence has the smiling countenance of David Cherry wrought. It wasn ' t his fault he was born tired. He has devoted much of his time to Pish (ing) and Reid (ing). At an impressionable point in her career, a certain young lady read Vanity Fair too seriously. That was Alpha (the beginning) but the end is not yet, however, as her pre- vailing virtues are hard study and perseverance tempered by mirthful moods and charming elusivenes ' s. We feel sure that a deep White mark will be left on this old world ' s countenance. Paul McClanahan has won much distinction as a declaimer, orator, debater, and deep .student: conse- quently there is a bright Jewell awaiting him. A fine fellow is that man Gor- don. He is quiet and studious and has never been known to depart from the even tenor of his wsy. He has always stood in the shadow of his own light and I have never suc- ceeded in getting an interview with him. But as for Edith Calhoun, who is ever budding over with wisdom and mirth, always rt ady for a laugh or a joke or a lark, she actually took time for a little tete-a-tete with me and the result was — (Phonograph almost explodes then buzzes on in- cohorently for about two hours and finally continues in its usual tone ) ' Now Glenn Porter ' s point of view is from an entirely different angle. He is mere prone to self-commun- ing solitude than noisy revels. His principle virtue is that he is a good student while the worst fault he has is admiring the ladies at a distance. After much exhaustive reseach and many personal interviews I have found thatWilda Barnes, for the good of all concerned bid fare- well to our western coed to spend her time at Oxford, but two years seems to have made sufficient im- provement, for now she is a gentle, joyous maid with thoughtful mein. Somehow or other I have always been mislead as to Joanna Mitchell. Appearances of a truth are often de- ceitful. Sometimes the most unas- suming gray is lined with the most brillant plaid. The delight she takes in worrying her instructors and the number of spreads she has attended in the laboratory is a cau- tion. And that reminds me of Harold McClanahan. He got tired of the far west so started back east to finish his college career. We are rejoiced, yet surprised, for its only sixteen miles more, that he got no further than Monmouth. All the cats and dogs in the neighborhood flee in terror from him. He will make a successful physician. Interpreting the strange and mys- tic loquaciousness of Mary Clark as best I could, I judge that after she leaves the pomp and vanity of this college world she will spend many happy days in a little white school house on the verdant prairies of Iowa. Of their own merits modest men are dumb so I didn ' t gain much from Barnes ' s confidences but judg- ing from heresay I know that he is a nustler even when it comes to wo rking the Faculty. He is a true son of the Get-There-Eli college. It will not be wealth, nor rank nor state, but git-up-and-git that ' l] make Milford great. I have observed tha Fletcher Gardiner is counted ' just an alright fellow ' and I ' m not at all surprised, for he is sober and industrious with a well developed bump of humor. Then he plays foot ball well too. It is true that he is largely given to material things, lacking in senti- mentality. It seems to be fore-or- dained that there is a diversity of genius. Three years at Monmouth well demonstrates that Nora Corette be- lieves variety to be the spice of life. She has a diversity of know- ledge, a stock of originality, and a well equipped supply of funny stories. I wish I could tell you just what I think of Frank Galloway, but I don ' t want you to think that we have circumnavigated the periphery of the sphere of universal know- ledge and dignity for we must yet speak of a few more who reside in the scholastic atmosphers of Sen- iordom and I would not lack words to do them justice. Olive. Sprowl believes that the economic well being of humanity depends upon unscrupulous neat- ness and a smiling countenance. She has a very practical mind and the finished grace of appreciating the mercenary side of the literary (?) profession of ' Books, stationary, etc. (Phonograph buzzes about fifteen minutes before it begins the next and then continues.) A sight so gorgeous that even the sun Wa ' y)ned, Erma Babcock finds her chief nleasure ( ' ?) in reading poetry. She herself is a fit subject for two sonnets. Her specialties are midnight spreads, early morn- ing walks and driving to Galerburg on Sundays. ' ' To Charlie Blair may be ascribed the honor and glory of possessing marked political sagacity, for al- ready he has a strong inclination for the Wilson Tariff. His pro- clivitiies lead him to the bar, but like the ordinary lawyer he never bluffs. That ' s Chollie. Since Miss Pollock has been with us only a year and is naturally a shy and reserved girl, I am not a confident of hers, but from observa- tion, I know that she is a good stu- dent and in her quiet way enjoys a merry time. (Phonograph pauses then in a very expressive tone sings Wait Till the Clouds Roll by Jennie. ' ' ) Every one who is capable of ap- preciating Neal McClanahan will concede that he is something of an — er — well erratic genius. It is not yet decided whether nature has talented him more with the haldi spot of an orator or the African jungle of a musician. As the result of some self-subduing-inner-mnn-in- vestigations I find that Neal is — (Phonograph goes bang-smash, and is beyond repair.) Senior History COLORS— RED AND BLUE, EMMA ROBINSON, PRESIDENT. â–  to ' HK STUDENT roll of Monmouth College is divided into four i parts: one of which the Freshmen inhabit, another the Sopho- mores: the third, those who in the tongue of themselves, are named Semi-Centennial, in our, Juniors. All these differ be- tween themselves in language, in institutions, in laws. Natural animosi- ity divides the Freshman from the Sophmore: knowledge and dignity from the Senior. The Seniors are the most important of all these, be- cause that farthest from the childishness and verdancy of the Prep they are distant. The underclassmen most often resort to these and they im- part to them those things which appertain to the elevating of youthful minds. They are nearest to the faculty who inhabit beyond the student sphere and for four years have discussed almost daily certain weighty subjects with them. For this cause the Seniors go before the remaining students in favor and wisdom. There is no doubt but that when Freshmen, they gave forth an oath among themselves that although the kingdom was occupied by a most firm people, they would try to possess it, and according to custom give due honor to Father Washington. In the meantime, the enemy assembled from all parts of the kingdom for the purpose of blockading, besieging or carrying away captive, but notwithstanding all this, ' 05 held the feast while the enemy stood without, under the wall, They now having had over their forces through the defiles and borders of the first year, and having come into the borders of the Sopho- more year, they were ready to lay waste the plans of their successors The ' 06s, when they were not able to defend themselves, sent to the police to ask aid. Notwithstanding, some skirmishing occurred, the Freshmen were harassed and a few policemen overturned. Although at this time few in number, they understood no reason which might deter them from any purposed design, and believing that their authority should prevail as much as possible among the people whose good will they had perceived was excellent toward them, they placed their colors above the campus. The enemy immediately made an attack. The contest was fought a long time with doubtful battle and sharply. When, being overwhelmed in numbers, they were not able to sustain the attack of the enemy longer, or keep the colors from the hands of the enemy, they withdrew. After all these things the fortunes of both being somewhat broken, ' 05 came into the Junior year. In the early part of which Cor-neil-ious McClanahan engaged in oration contest with the same with whom the Mon- mouth students oftimes had engaged, (not only in this manner but also in other things and not only in our own but also in the borders of them generally), whose representatives notwithstanding having been able were not equal to him. The contest being had, the ambassadors, almost the whole college and its chiefs came together to congratulate him. This thing so aroused the minds of the classmen, that with the greatest alacrity and eagerness they went about to have a feast to do him honor. The day after that day all assembled and many speeches were made of honor and encouragement. The next year Paulus, of equal rank and station succeeded his brother Cor-neil-ious. During that ye r the greater part of the Juniors applied themselves to obtaining instruction and to the writing of history in which they considered and determined about almost all affairs of College, both public and pri- vate. If any folly had been perpetrated, if any blunder had been commit- ted, if there was any peculiarity in choice, or any excess in affection, the Juniors noted it and determined the recompense or punishment. If any deserved honor, he was honored, but if any, either in public or private: did not accord with customary decrees, to him many roasts were awarded. To give the history of the last year is the highest difficulty, because events are not able to be seen accurately unless in the distance. As from the record of the individual you may read the history of the class, I leave future pages to say: How oft they have strolled in unknown places, how oft they have stood oppressed with great and heavy burdens, how firm they have stood on the waves, now uft they have stood on the heights. Now they, twenty-eight in number, march forth with zeal and cour- age toward the borders of the next territory that they may also possess it- This territory is broader and farther extended on all sides, but great things are expected from the class of ' 05. They leave the old borders with regret and with best wishes and good will to those remaining. Ihr Junior History. COLORS — SCARLET AND GRAY. INEZ M ' LEAN, PRESIDENT. ifW ' . ISTORY is divided into three parts, ancient, mediaeval and «■ â–  modern. The history of the Junior Class is likewise divided BB ' into three parts: Freshman, Sophomore and Junior. Now all Freshman Classes are green. That is of the fixed laws of nature. But there are various shades of green, and those competent to judge, all say with one accord that the Class of 1906, was several shades lighter than any other class, either before or after. Yes we may have looked green, but tnat soon wore off. And by the time we had upset the Sophomores ' pole and torn their colors into shreds, to say nothing of laying their vanquished heroes low, the college began to realize what kind of material the Freshmen were. Time is too scarce and life too short to give a minute account of what we did that year. But this one fact must be added. At the time of the Freshmen Banquet, the whole college and half the town availed nothing against us. As Sophomores we received more than our share of A ' s, did our allotted amount of scrapping, and made our mark in the history oi Mon- mouth College. Picnics, moonlight and otherwise, poverty socials and good times generally, filled up the time to its fullest extent. And now we reach the third stage of our history. But why go into details? Actions speak louder than words, so we refer you to our deeds, past and present. Suffice it to say that we are still climbing, and that we will stop for nothing till we reach the top. For |he present then, adteu. M- G, Junior Bureau of Misinformation CONDUCTED BY THE EDITORS CLYDE MATSON ESTHER DAME BEULAH STEWART— How can 1 overcome a tendency to nielanclwlia? Naturally 1 am of a light hearted temperament, tint this year my spirits lack their accustoined buoyancy. ANS. — Meditate on the starry heavens and the picture on memory ' s wall. STELLA WILEY— How can. I increase my height ANS.— This is impossible. No means for increasing the height has ever been found. WM. STEVENSON— Where is the best place to study art ANS.— In Florence. EDNA WHITEHALL — Bo you consider it good form to talk in chapel? ANS. — We certainly do not. Then, if ever, one should be quiet. MAYME HAMILTON— Do you think it advisable for a girl to attend a Domestic Science School? ANS. — Yas, it should be a part of a young- lady ' s education to be at home in the kitchen as well in the parlor. ROBT. KERR— If one is not naturally charitable how can lie cultivate that grace. ANS — Begin by giving away the tnings he doesn ' t need, old hats for instance. ANNIS MARSHALL— What do yon consider the most admirableof the canine eliarach ristics? ANS. — Fidelity. BERTHA CAMPBELL— I am accused of being a jollier, how can I re- fute this accusation? ANS. — We should advise you not to attempt it. Do not let public opinion swerve you from natural trend. JOHN PARS HALL— How can one best make known to the lady in whom he is especially interested his secret infatuation. {Please answer quickly.) ANS. — You failed to enclose a stamped envelope for personal reply. We now fear our answer would be too late. ADA ST. CLAIR— Would you advise a pupil to correct tier professor? ANS —Certainly. Often a pupil knows more about a subject than her professor who will be glad to take every opportunity to inform himself. INEZ McLEAN ? --?--? ? ? ? ? ANS. If the lady will send a stenographer and five bolts of paper we will be glad to answer her questions. FRED SHARPE— How can I cease being a Junior? A NS — Don ' t try it: a Junior class is a fine class to be in. JOHN LANT—How can one cultivate the art of conversation! ANS. Be a good listener and show your interest by being ready to respond with a pleasant laugh and a bright ' yes- ' ura. ' EVA MILLEN — How can I learn to smile Ans. — Take every oppor- tunity to do so. JOHN ROBINSON — How can I cultivate my sporting propensities My folks live here. ANS. — That makes it a hard question, however, see the Delineator for June, 1906. FRANCES LANPHERE— Bo you think it is necessary for one to study ANS — Yes, studiousness is a good virtue. Learn it in your Junior year, forget it when you ' re a Senior. J AS. LECLERE — How many subjects will the Faculty allow a fellow to flunk in -without firing him? ANS. — We regret to say that the Faculty are oft times very lenient, however, we should judge four subjects a term the limit. ETHEL PORTER— % whom was Prof . McMillan first called John Henry? ANS. — There have been various claimants for this honor, but records say that his father is the guilty one. ETHEL McCOY —How do you spell that word which refers to the thing for which all are in College? ANS. — You doubtless mean our stedies. HENRY DRIEMEYER— Would it be too much forme to ask the nature and purpose of that publication it is reported you are about to issue? ANS. — By no means. We are glad to see you taking time from your manifold duties to notice our humble efforts. Please call at our office any morning after i a. m. and receive descriptive pamphlets. RAY ELDE 1 — My looking-glass tells me I am a lady-killer. What do the ladies say? ANS. — Buy a new looking-glass. EMMA Pi FER— Do strangers ever visit this College? ANS.— Yes, when there is some special attraction they often do. J AS RHODES— Whyamlin Monmouth College? ANS.— We can- not answer but will gladly give ten dollars to anr one who can. ' ELMA DEVINNY — How can I smile ivithout showing my dimples? ANS. — We are afraid that it cannot be done, but would suggest that you try court plaster. ARTHUR OWFN — I hare no special talent for music but should like to be able to appreciate good music Sow can I cultivate my taste for it? ANS. — Take every opportunity to hear a good musician. BLANCHE WILSON — How can one give spreads on the campus and in the belfry without being caught How far is d clown town Saturday night? ANS. — The campus and belfry are hardly the right place to entertain. We cannot answer your second. FERNE THOMSON— Where is an ideal spot to spend one ' s honeymoon? ANS. — Let the groom decide this. MILDRED GILMER— How many sittings for a picture may one hare with propriety? ANS.— Four sittings ought to give satisfaction to the vainest. EVERETT STEWART— Do yo u think one is justified in cutting cha pel? ANS. — We certainly do. It allows one a large quantitiy of time to devote to original research not prescribed in the catalogue. ANNA PINKERTON— 1 live a long ways from the College; do you think it worth while for me to carry my books back and forth? ANS.— No, leave them at the college, you can easily get your lessons between bells if you will improve your minutes. ARTHUR SMITH— Do you think Florida a healthful winter resoii? ANS. — It has hitherto been considered so. Why do you ask such a question? FRANK McLEAN— I have a lean and hungry look, can you xutjtjtsl a remedy? ANS. — We advise you not to study so much as probably the lean and hungry look you mention is the result of overtaxation of the brain. HERBERT CLARKE— What ' s the good of class parties? A NS.— After much inquiry we are unable to answer your question for in some cases class patriotism must fade away and the heart alone dictate. LUELLA OLIVER— How can I overcome shyness? ANS. — Mingle more in the motley crowd. THEODORA McKELVEY— Would you advise a girl to talk sense or nonsense to a young man whom she has to entertain far an evening? ANS. — Nonsense. FANNY HICKS — What hours do you consider 1 he most profitable far laboratory work? ANS. — Those when the professor is out and the assistant present. NANCY IRWIN— What is a sure cure for freckeles? ANS.— We should advise you to beware of the sunshine and especially the moonlight For further information study one of Mary J. Holmes ' s heroines. LAWRENCE BAKER — Do you consider it good form to wear a sweati r every day and Sunday too? ANS. — No, such a thing ' would never be tole- rated among New York ' s four hundred. w- rasv DO folios â– â– â– â– â–  â– â– â– :.â– â–  £?-, U uj U U U U U Ll Li lJ Li U U Ll M OfflCV ' ;JL R1 Q Q0 k? — Lk- sim - 1 — — 5-x- Sophomore History. COLORS— ROYAL, BLUE AND WHITE. MARY ETHEL SENSEMAN — PRESIDENT. NCE more we have the pleasure as well as the honor of recording i J another chapter of the history of the class of ' 07, and well do we deserve it. Last year we told you what we had achieved in the past, and some of our ambitions for the future. Some have been realized, some have not. Last fall came the annual class scrap and we bowed our heads but not our hearts to defeat. We were out-numbered, not out generated; de- feated, not conquered. At the time we sorrowed, but now we look upon it differently, for it is one ' s defeats and not one ' s victories that show him the path to snccess. And successful we certainty have been sitfce then. It was amusing to say the least, to witness the stunts that we put the Freshmen through last fall down in the gym. And the banquet (V) on the 22nd (V). Allow me to quote a few words from the Daily Review of that date. Sophs win the honors. Closed their campaign with original and successful method of attack and cap- ture. The manner in which the Soph ' s campaign was conducted, was or- iginal and unique enough to have deserved the success wiih which it was crowned. And glorious it was indeed to hear the voices of the upper class men saying Tenala, Tenala, Hail to the victors. When one wishes to obtain special information along any line, he places himself under the influence of men whose study and experience have made them master minds and authorities. Would you be a barris- ter? Study Lincoln, Garfield, McKinly. Would you be statesman? Study Jefferson, Jay, Gladstone. Would you become versed in Military Tactics? Study the records in the secert archives of the class of 1907. Kind reader we promised you last year that you would hear from us ever and anon, and we surely have fulfilled our promise. Were not the majority of last fall ' s football team Sophomores; did not three Sopho- mores win th-3 indoor meet this winter; was not one of our men on the Coe-Monraouth team debate; and are not our football, track and baseball managers all ' 07 men? In speaking of the Sophomore girls, it is not necessary to say that they are the best in school. They are the prettiest and the wittiest that can be found. That they are loyal also goes without saying, and the blow-outs they gave us this year were the society events of the season. And now, kind reader, we must bring this chapter of our history to a close. We have tried to give you a true account of ourselves for the past year, but owing to lack of space, it has been impossible to go into details. Next year, however, we expect to issue a booklet entitled Mas- ters of the Mighty or The History of the Class of ' 07, We have been successful in the past, we hope to be in the successful in the future. Would you learn our secret? Then listen, The heights by great men reached and kept, Were not attained by sudden flight; But they, while their companions slept, Were toiling upward in the night. —J. M. Freshmen History. (fer- CLASS COLORS— ORANGE AND BLACK. LAURA WATT, PRESIDENT. HS THE HISTORY of a nation is traced by its great achievements and failures, the history of the Freshman Class can also be traced by its achievements and lack of failures- Our sympathy for the vanquished, causes us to hasten over numerous events happening during the year, which have given us a distinction enjoyed by few Freshmen classes. As we trudged home, upon that memorable morning of the class scrap, leaving the dazed and defeated Sophs to bind up their wounds and wonder how it happened, there dawned upon us the fact that when it came to brawn and valor, we were second to no class in the college. For the particulars of that scrap, for the story of how each Sophomore was tumbled over and held in the mud, while the cheering crowd witnessed the mingling of Sophomore colors with Sophomore axel grease, and the nailing of the orange and black to the pole, we refer you to any student. They were all there. With pity in our hearts, we remember how kindly the nine big men of the Sophomore class accompanied us to the Gym before going to their kid social. How cute they looked standing in a row, in their short trousers and wide collars. Some of them even consented to aid us in a practical demonstration of that old adage, spare the rod and spoil the child. And our banquet— but why should we sing our own praises? It is sufficient to say that in spite of the strenuous efforts upon the part of the Class of ' 07, we lacked but three of our entire number at the hour ap- pointed for the banquet. The hour appointed for the banquet, de- serves mention. Owing to what some have termed a childish impatience to plunge into the glories of the crowning event of the Freshman year, we made use of the early hours of Washington ' s birthday instead of the waning ones. In this way the whole affair fell upon the twenty-second instead of extending into the twenty-third, a day which we did Dot wish to commemorate. In athletics we have had able representatives on every team, foot- ball, base ball, basket ball and track. If we have been in a large measure successful in our undertakings, if you wonder at the results obtained, we point ' with pardonable pride to our inspiration. While we realize that anything we can say upon this interesting subject is superfluous and unnecessary, we cannot close this history without reminding you that the girls of ' 08 include the prettiest and most popular of the school. If we are to judge the futu-e by the past, the success of the Class of ' 08 is assured We admit that some of us have suffered from the usual Freshman malady, but we are convalescent and hope to have entirely re- covered by next year. Asking you to be generous regarding our mistakes in the past, and reminding you that we will make ourselves known in the future, we, as Freshmen, bid you farewell, J. C. S. Preps. Infants young and very tender, Stock of worldly wisdom slender: Verdant sprouts and tiny twiglings, Full of simple, foolish gigglings: Thus are we of Prepdom fated Ever to be estimated. We defy such accusations, Aimed to soil our reputations. Who knows what grand heights of glory. We of College Purgatory May attain in years to follow? Some day we may beat all hollow Seniors grave and allwise Soph ' more In their proudly vaunted book-lore! Talents now but embryonic, Into genius histrionic May develop, and astonish Those who once us did admonish, For possessing in our infancy, Such cherubic innocency. N. I- Conservatory Faculty. T. MERRILL AUSTIN, Director of the Musical Conservatory. A. B. Thiel College, 1882; A. M., ibid, 1888; graduate New England Con- servatory of Music, Boston, 1887; finishing courses under Ford Sieber and Heinrich Ehrlick, Berlin, Germany, 1890-1891. CHARLES S. WENGERD, Advanced Piano, Harmony and Counterpoint. Graduate student Northwestern Conservatory of Music; Oberlin Conser- vatory of Music, 1900-1902; studied in Stern ' s Conservatory of Music, Berlin, Germany, 1902-03. Piano in finishing- classes of Franz Gruinke, Counterpoint and Fugue with Prof. Leowengerd and Voice with Clayander Heineman. MRS. ALICE BEBOUT HOBART, Teacher of Violin and Piano. Oberlin Conservatory of Music; Violin under Professor J. A. DeMuth and F. G. Doolittle, Piano with Letitia Wattess. KATHERINE HANNA, Teacher of Piano. Knox Conservatory, 1901. H. WYLIE STEWART, Teacher of Voice. Monmouth College Conservatory of Music, 1905. Music Department. «y|«y«%| E PEEL that Monmouth College would not receive the credit IjjlJ M due her in the minds of those under whose notice this book may fall, if we were to omit the mention of our Conservato- ry. Monmouth College Conservatory is one of the most flourishing departments of the institution, and promises even greater things for the future than have been realized in the past. The courses of study offered are at once thorough and practical, embrac- ing instruction in Piano, Pipe Organ, Violin, Voics, Harmony, Interpre- tation, and Counterpoint, as well as lectures on Musical History. These lectures are given at the close of the bi-weekly recitals which have been special features of this year ' s work. Prof. T. Merrill Austin, instructor in Pipe-organ, Voice and Inter- pretation, is a man of rare ability as well as of pleasing personality, and is widely known in all musical circles. As director of the Conservatory much credit is due him, for it is mainly through his unceasing efforts that Conservatory has attained the high position of which it may justly boast. Under his wise management it has grown to be one of the best institutions of its kind in the middle west, and to him is due the highest commenda- tion. Mrs. Hobart, instructor in Violin and Piano, is known and liked by all, not only on account of her musical ability but because of her friendly, unassuming manner. Under her direction our Conservatory Orchestra, of fourteen pieces, has been organized, and through her able instruction, is becoming a feature of the Conservatory. Miss Hanna, instructor in Piano, is a graduate of Knox Conserva- tory. Both as teacher and friend is she beloved by all her pupils and acquaintances. Prof. Wengerd, leading instructor in Piano, is a man of marked genius, and during the two years he has been connected with the Conser-- vatory, has proven himself an instructor fully competant to hold the important position which is his. Mr Wylie Stewart, instructor in Voice, has in tfie year that has elapsed since he began his work here, won the coniidenee and admiration of all music lovers, and promises to become one of the Conservatory ' s most able instructors. The Choral Society, with a membership of more than one hundred, under the direction of Prof. Austin, is another organization of which the Conservatory is justly proud. Under the auspices of this Society, a May Festival is held every year. Last year the Society sang the Messiah, and this year ' ' Elijah was given. In addition to this, a miscellaneous program and an orchestral concert by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra were given. The Soloists who took part this year were: Mrs. Sheffield, Mr. Holmquist, Mrs. Theodora Worcester, |Mr. George Chadwick, Mrs. Genevive Clark Wilson, Mrs. Eleanor Kirkham, Mr. E. C. Towne, Mr. Arthur Bereford. This year ' s Festival was tne most successful of any that have been given. The past pear has shown a marked improvement over the work of all preceding years. The number of graduates was more than double the number of last year, the Vocal, Piano and Pipe Organ departments, all being represented. And we feel confident that the years to come will show the same improvement and increase. Monmouth College Conservatory of Music certainly has a bright future. Music Seniors. ORGAN. WINIFRED WHERRY. Miss Wherry is from Wyoming, Iowa, but has been here in the Conservatory for the last three years. She is our first organ graduate but shows that she has had excellent schooling She has accepted a posi- tion as organist of the First U. P. of Monmouth. PIANO. MABEL, MOORE. Miss Moore is from Missouri, but will play coon songs in Virginia next. She has much talent and ability and a sympathetic touch. She has shown herself quite a musician this year having played the part of both a Sophomore and a Senior. MAUD CALVIN. Miss Calvin comes from Roseville. She is a conscientions and thorough musician and has a fine technic coupled with a musical intelli- gence. GERTRUDE EIGHME. Miss Eighme ' s home has always been in Monmouth, and she has spent her last two years in the Conservatory here. Before entering our Conservatory Miss Eigbme spent a year in the Colorado University. She nas a talent and keen appreciation for the art she has chosen to cultivate most carefully. She will teach next year. VOICE. WYLIE STEWART. Mr. Stewart certainly possesses a great gift in his voice, a voice that is clear, rich, sympathetic, and under excellent control. He has aided in the Conservatory this year as the assistant teacher of voice. He will hold the same position next year. NFXLE PORTER. Miss Porter has a soprano v: ice of unusual natural beauty, flexi- bility and power. She also shows that she has enjoyed excellent vocal instruction. She is a member of the Wagner Quartette. Her home is in Monmouth. HELEN TINKER. Miss Tinker is also a Monmouth girl and a member of the Wagner Quartette. She has a contralto voice of great richness and depth. Miss Tinker is to take up Lyceum work next year under the management of the Redsath Lyceum Bureau. Aletheorian Lois Buchanan Bertha Campbell Sue Cassel Mary Clark Theola Clark Grace Davidson Erma DeVinney Sadie Dougan Margaret Gault Mildred Gilmer Grace Gilmore Belle Hamilton Anna Harper Fannie Hicks Nellie Hyer Ethel Lowry Ada Maskrey Grace Miller Emma Pilfer Ethel Porter Nellie Preston Grace Ritchie Ada St Clair Vera Skewis Eva Spicer Feme Thomson Martha Warner Bertha WeaKley Maybel Weakley . Ethel Weed Margaret Weed Winifred Wherry Stella Wiley Agnes Young Amateur des Belles Letters. Gertrude Anderson Katherine Anderson Erma Babcock Wilda Barnes Millie Bigger Maud Blair Mabel Burns Edith Calboun Maud Calvin Carrie Colthurst Nora Corette Mabel Cowden Esther Dame Florence Dow Blanche Elder Florence Findley Beth Graham Jessie Graham May Henderson Maude Hood Nancy Irwin Merle Jewell Mary Kyle Adah Krieg Frances Lanphere Clara Matthews Annis Marshall Edna McClurkin Etta McFarland Dotha McKelvey Grace McKinley Eva Millen Joanna Mitchell Mabel Moore Inez McLean Carol McMillan Bessie Nelson Ellen Nichol Luella Oliver Maude Orth Margaret Pierce Anna Pinkerton Edna Pollock Nettie Pratt Emma Robinson Nora Scantlin Ethel Senseman Mazie Sprague Olive Sprowl Maria Spicer Beulah Stewart Jennie Smith Janette Tinker Nelle Turkington Laura Watt Alfa White Blanche Wilson Edna Whitehill Eccrttean. Lawrence Allen George Anderson Marion Anderson Milford Barnes Chas. Blair Walter Blood Graham Bryson Robert Bryson Joseph Calhoun Paul Calhoun Chas. Campbell Homer Campbell David Cherry Geo. Chiekering Herbert Clarke James Clarke Frank Cowick Carl Crosen Earl Delzell Henry Driemeyer Dan Ferguson Lawrence Fulton j Lee Gabby «t Walter Getty t . John Glenn John Hamilton •: - Royal Hughes Harry Hutchinson Roy Jamieson Willard Jones Fred Kyle Roy Linn John Martin Clyde Matson Sylvester Matteson Chas. Monteith Ross Moore Wm. Moorehead John McAllister Harold McClanahan Neal McClanahan Paul McClanahan Harry MeClellan Chas. McCracken John McGeoch Geo. Mclntyre Eugene Nixon Pierre Norwood Sheller Peacock Fred Parrish Robert Rhea Jonn Robinson Leslie Sherrick Ray Smith Thos. Smith Zen as Spicer Wm. J. Stevenson Wylie Stewart Fred Swan Mills Taylor Will Turnbull ir Chas. Wagner Foster Weir Earl Wells . Robt. White Burch Wiley Philadelphian. Wallace Baird C. Lawrence Baker Wallace Black Henry B. Brown Joseph Cleland John Crozier Earl E. Elder F. Ray Elder Dalton Galloway P. Fletcher Gardiner Wm. P. Gordon Thomas Hamilton Frank E. Hill Will Hoyman Ralph Kyle John Lant James LeClere Robert M. Kerr Harry McCleery Frank McLean Matthew Neil Carl Nelson Arch Owen Arthur Owen John Parshall Alfred Phillips Glenn Porter William Porter James P.. Rhodes S. Fred Sharpe Arthur G. Smith Arthur Sprague Everett Stewartl Wm. Warnock Emery Williamson Samuel Picken Joseph Picken Chas. McConnell John Robinson .McCLANAHAIS, McCLANAHAN GALLOWAY, Philo-Eccritean Contestants. DEBATERS. ROBERT M. KERR, Philo ' s debater, comes from California. Mr. Kerr bas shown re- markable ability along- literary lines during his three years in college. He is a clear, logical and forceful thinker Last spring he won first place on the Elliot Cleland Oration Contest besides winning essay on the Philo- Eccritean contest. This winter he won the preliminary oratorical con- test and will represent the College at the Inter-Collegiate contest next fall. PAUL McCLANAHAN, Eccritean ' s debater was born in Keokuk, Iowa, but for the past four years has resided in Monmouth. In his Freshman year he won Ec- critean declamation contest. Las ' spring he won oration in the Philo- Eccritean contest and last fall represented Monmouth at the Inter-Colle- giate Oratorical Contest. He also lea ' l the Monmouth debating team in the debate with Coe. Mr. McClanahan has been one of Eccritean ' s best workers and well deserves the honor conferred upon him. ORATORS. NEAL McCLANAHAN, Eccritean ' s orator was born in Keokuk, Iowa, but now resides in Monmouth. As an orotor he has shown remarkable ability, winning the Inter-Collegiate contest and representing Illinois at the Inter-State. Last spring he won declamation on the Philo-Eccritean contest. He was also a member of the debate team. R. PRANK GALLOWAY, Philo ' s orator comes from the Hawkeye state. Mr. Galloway is one of Philo ' s most efficient workers and is a speaker of great force and earnestness. Last fall he managed a very successful football team. Essayists. ARTHUR SMITH, Philo ' s essayist is a son of Illinois coming from Somonauk. Two years ago, Mr. Smith won declamation on the Philo-Eccritean contest. He is a pleasing speaker and is a writer of more than ordinary ability. He is a member of the Junior class. W. GRAHAM BRYSON, Eccritean ' s essayist comes from the Buckeye state, graduating from the Xenia High School. As an essayist he has shown much ability representing ' Eccritean several times on Open Meeting. He is at present Editor-in-Chief of the Oracle. DECLAIMERS. CLYDE E. MATSON, Eccritean ' s declaimer, is a Monmouth boy graduating from the High School in 1902. Mr. Matson won Eccritean declamation contest in his Freshman year. For the past year he has been a member of the Philo-Eccritean Lecture Course Committee and is at present Editor-in- chief of the ' 06 Ravelings. He has taken an active part in Eccritean and in college affairs generally. JAMES R. RHODES, Won his place as Philo declaimer by hard consistent work. He has represented Philo several times on Open Meeting and is a speaker of no small ability. He is business manager of the ' 00 Ravelings and is secretary and treasurer of the Lecturer Course Committee for the next year. He was also a delegate from Illinois to the Inter-State Contest this year. Oratorical Association. OFFICERS. Graham Bryson, . . . President R. Frank Galloway, . . Vice President F. Ray Elder, . Secretary and Treasurer «b HE COLLEGE tenderfoot if questioned concerning the Oratorical 4 I Association would no doubt deny the existence of such an organi- zation. But when half way through his first year, he wakes to find Preliminary Oratorical Contest, staring at him from every tree and window, and on inquiry finds that each Sophomore and Junior ROBT. M. k-ERR. PAUL McCLANAHAN. has been solicited to take part in this tryout, he realizes not only that such a factor exists but also that it is potent. The personnel of the Association consists of a federation of the Philo and Eccritean Societies, its aim is to promote the student ' s inter- est in Oratory. At the opening of the present year Graham Bryson was electe d president; Frank Galloway, vice president; and Ray Elder, Chancellor of the Exchequer. Thus organized tha Oratorical Association retired into the tall grasses and remained hidden from public gaze until March when it came forth to arrange for the Preliminary Contest. When the evening of the contest arrived 6 worthy competitors presented themselves and after a hard and close scrimmage Mr. Kerr was declared the one best fitted to champion Monmouth ' s cause at Inter-Coilegiate next fall. Mr. Kerr ' s oration was a masterpiece and showed years of careful thought and preparation. His delivery was excellent and there is no doubt but that Mr. Ken- will represent his school with highest credit. This year through the instrumentality of the Oratorical Association Monmouth was accorded a privilege which can come to Illinois but once in eleven years and to our own school not again in half a century. That the privilege of entertaining the Inter-State Contest was appreciated was evidenced by the manner in which arrangements for it were made. Enter- tainment for the orators was secured, amusements for the delegates pro- vided, and the auditorium beautifully decorated for the evening. At 7:30 o ' clock May 4th, Guy C. Smith, president of the Inter-State Oratorical Association, announced the first speaker, then followed eleven orations, each one strong in thought and diction. In delivery the orators represented every style of training, from the monument to the wind- mill, yet each possessing peculiar power. The program, although last- ing almost five hours, did not once become wearisome, and the audience listened with increasing interest realizing that, from the men before them, one was to be declared winner of the Inter-State Oratorical Contest, an honor than which none is more coveted. When the decision was announced giving Mr. Devers of Indiana, first honors; to Mr. Clark of I owa, second, the audience seemed well sat- isfied, although many had had another as their favorite. To the Oratorical Association of the College belongs much credit for this successful contest, for along with the privilege came also much hard work, but as says the Rusticus, Having saw her duty she done it noble Thus ends another chapter in the history of the Oratorical Associ- ation of Monmouth College, which, though unseen, idoes cheerfully all that is required of her, and through whose instrumentality Monmouth has been enabled, in the past, to hold a high position in college oratory. Monmouth-Coe Debate. Early in the fall of 1904, Monmouth received a proposal from Coe College of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, for the formation of a Debating League. Monmouth entered heartily into the plan, and a constitution was drawn up, providing for three annual debates, the first and last to be held at Mon- mouth and the second at Cedar Rapids. The preliminary arrangements having been made, Monmouth sub- mitted a question for debate — Resolved, That Congress should provide by law for the arbitration of conflicts between Labor and Capital. Coe chose the negative. Monmouth now began the process of selecting her team. In the last of the Pall and first of the Winter Terms, the two gentlemen ' s societies held their preliminary debates, each selecting three debaters. These two teams met in Inter Society Debate on February 14. In this contest Eccri- tean Society upheld the negative and Philo the affirmative. The negative received the decision of the judges. From the six men competing in this debate three were chosen to meet Coe Neal and Paul McC ' lanahan and Wallace Black. In these three we felt that we had a team that would do us credit and woithiLy strive for Monmouth ' s honor Messrs. Nichols, Knight and Phelps composed the Coe team and th y proved unusually strong. The two teams met on Aprid 14. The con- test proved .to be very close, two judges deciding for Coe and one for Monmouth. Naturally Monmouth was disappointed but we felt that we had been defeated by worthy opponents and were willing to give all credit to Coe for their excellent work. So Monmouth has lost the first of the three debates, but when our team goes to meet Coe next spring, we hope, with the experience gained this year, that they may be . able to reverse the re- sult. H. R. C. Y. M. C. A. and well at- tended. Through- out the year there has been much prayer by the members and com- mittees for special help and guidance, and this has been answered. S. D. Gordon, Mr. McKnight, Stu- dent ' s Secretary for Illinois, and J. Campbell White each brought us messages of truth during the year. The number of volunteers to the Foreign Mission Field has been in- creased from five to eighteen. It has been the general opinion that in Monmouth our work was not evangelical, since a large majority of the young men are professing Christians. But the active members have felt for some time that we should strive to help answer our prayers and to carry out the work suggested by the spirit of our meetings. To do this we needed a stronger and more distinct organization. Our prayermeetings are now held at nine o ' clock Sabbath mornings. OFFICERS. President — Robert M. Kerr. Vice President — Walter Getty. Secretary — Arthur Sprague. Treasurer — Carl Croson. CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. Prayermeeting- Sam ' l Picken. Bible Study— Paul Calhoun. Missionary — J as. LeClere. Membership — C. McCracken. Finance — Carl Croson. Inter-Collegiate — Arthur Sprague. Social— Jas. Rhodes The work of the Y. M. C. A. for ' 04 and ' 05 has been, on the whole, very gratify- ing. The prayermeet- ings have been good Y. W. C. A. President, Vice President, Cor. Secretary, Rec. Secretary Treasurer, Nora Scant] in Agnes Young Ethel Lowry Gertrude Anderson . Louise Reed CHAIRMEN OF COMMITTEES. Membership, . Dotha McKelvey New Students, . Feme Thomson Bible Study, Katherine Anderson Religious Meeting, Stella Wiley Missionary, . Annis Marshall The work of the Y. W. C. A., during the past year has been under the guidance of Janette Tinker, with Nora Corette, Fan- nie Hicks, Bertha Campbell : Dotba McKelvey, Nora Scantlin, Emma Robinson, Jennie Smith, Mable Moore, and Mazie Sprague as members of the cabinet. The association has done good work this year and there has been a wonderful de- velopment in â–  spirit- ual growth as well as a great in- crease in num- bers. At sev- eral times dur the year, w have had with us a number o f the state sec- retaries. MissTay lor came to us di- rect from the Ge- ne va confer- ence in Sep- tember. Later in thefalhMiss Paddock came, especially in the in- terest of missions. Miss Voss was with us a number oftimes during the winter and spring term. To the summer conference at Lake Geneva, we sent the president. JanetteTink- er and Winifred Wherry as delegates. The Illinois state conference was held in Peo- ria last fall and the Association was represented by Millie Big- ger, Louise Reed, Nora Scant- in Dotha McKelvey, May Hen- derson and Emma Robinson. The regular Y. W. prayer meetings or circles, have been held on Friday evenings. The attendance has been large and a great interest in the Y. W. work has been manifest. The new officers for the coming year took up the work at the beginning of • the spring term. We bespeak for them a prosperous year. sfik C D TP CJJ Reminiscences. May the undergraduate strive to emulate the achievements of those who have gone before, as he listens to a few reminiscences of the glorious past. ' Tis in his power to make the future still more eventful. Stealing is at best a delicate business and often leads into ticklish situation. But it has an indefinable charm, an unexplanable attraction that appeals irresistably to the fallen sons of Adam. To this charm and to this attraction, in the days before the war, an ambitious Freshman fell a victim. Under cover of darkness and in company with some kindred spirits, he raided a pig-pen just on the edge of town, and confiscating a small swine, hid it under his coat and set sail. But they were hotly pur- sued and our hero, cumbered with his porcine burden was outrun by his accomplices and had time barely to dodge behind a gooseberry bush before the ' farmer dashed by. But just as the Freshman was emitting a sigh of relief, the pig squealed, as pigs will, ag ' d the jig was up. I suppose that in the wildes fight of his imagination, the little pig never dreamed that his untimely squeal betrayed one who in after life would achieve fame as an honored college professor. In the old days — the heroic age — the color rush was held in the col- lege building. There were giants in those days and the blood used to flow a foot deep in the halls. The modern color-rush is a mere skirmish compared to the dire conflicts of those days. One year in particular there was a battle of unusual carnage. The scene was the college cupola, the slaughter was terrible, and the sentence was twenty-four hours in the calaboose, But the incarcerated warriors, far from being dis- graced as jailbirds, were canonized, and for many moons wore around their noble brows, halos of glory. Those who wrassled in ' 70, may have a rather sulphurous recol- lection of the ardent Senior (whose genius would have done honor to a Prep), who quietly put some phosphorus in his pocket during chemistry recitation, intending to experiment in his room. But in anticipation of wishes, the phosphorus combusticated before the class was out, and as a result of the ensuing conflagration, the Senior left college for a month till his hands grew on again. • — T. H, T. P. Shonts and J. F. Wallace FT P ' l is it the good fortune of a small college to have two of her â–¼ t Alumni ielected, simultaneously, to such world wide positions of honor and responsibility as Monmouth College has had in the selections of Theodore P. Shonts and John F. Wallace as two of the chiefs of the Panama Canal Commission. Their rise, in the world has been rapid and much along the same lines. After leaving college they secured positions analogous to their chosen vocation, that of engineering. Energy and push characterized their lives and they were promoted rapidly from one position to another in engineering ' lines until each be T. P. SHONTS. J- F - WAJULiACE. came president of a railroad. From these offices they were called by our President to build the Panama Canal. Adding to their chief characteris- tic the fact that they were college chums and in their intimate acquaint-. ance in the business world always have held the highest regard for each other, we predict a speedy uniting of the Atlantic and Pacific. Theodore P. Shonts was born in Craw ' ord County, Pennsylvania, fifty years ago. While he was still a young boy, his family moved to Iowa. A few years later Mr. Shonts entered Monmouth College, gradu- ating in 1876. He started his engineering career by becoming a railroad contractor. Soon he was superintendent of the Indiana, 111 mois and Iowa Railroad, then general manager and later its president. A little over a year ago he was elected to the presidency of the Toledo, St. Louis and Western Railroad which position he held when called to the Canal Com- mission. John F. Wallace was born in Pall River, Mass. His father became president of the College in 1856 when Mr. Wallace was but five years old. His early life was spent in Monmouth. He entered College in 1866, leav- ing in the early seventies. He had a passion for engineering and after leaving college secured a position in Hancock County and lat ?r in the gov- ernment works at Rock Island 111. Leaving here he went to work for the Iowa Central railroad building the Keithsburg and one other large bridge across the Mississippi. During the World ' s Fair he had charge of the immense traffic over the Illinois Central and a few years later became president of this road at salary of $50,000 a yaar. He occupied this post; when chosen Chief Engiueer of the Panama Canal, WW Eccritean Peanut Night. BCCRITERN SOCIETY on the evening of the fourth of November, celebrated the election of their contest team by their annual Pea- nut Night Banquet. Those who were elected to represent Eccrit- ean in the Philo-Eccritean contest were Paul McClauahan, de- bater: Neal McClanahan, orator; Graham Bryson, essayist, and Clyde Matson, declaimer. It was certainly one of the most delightful of the many enjoyable events in the history of Eccritean. The reception was held in the society hall. The peanut battle, which has always before been a feature of the evening, did not take place, but the peanuts in decorated sacks, tied with pink ribbon, were given as souvenirs. The guests then went to the Gymnasium where an elegant banquet was served. The Gymnasium was beautifully d ecorated in pink, the society colors, and autumn leaves. The walls were nearly covered with the bright leaves of the oak and maple. The toastmaster was Neal McClanahan, who introduced the speak- ers in a very pleasant manner. The toasts were as follows: Peanut Night, . . . Chas. P. Blair Our Contestants, . . Henry P. Driemeyer Response, . . Eccritean Contestants Our New Members, . Milford Barnes Response, . . . Walter Getty The Ladies, . . . Charles Wagner Response, . . . Nancy Irwin Monmouth College, . . . John Martin Old Eccritean, .... Lee Gabby Response, . . Rev. J. H. Brown Philo Peanut Night. S m HF EVENING of Nov. 4th was set aside by the Philadelphian £1 Lilerary Society in which to do honor to her newly elected con- test team. The honored were: Uobt. M. Kerr, debator: Frank Galloway, orator: Arthur Smith, essayist; James Rhodes, de- claimer. Right hearty was ithe celebration entered into and it will long be remembered as one of the most successful in Philadelphian history. Early in the evening appreciation of the good will was shown by the usual gift of peanuts. At about 8:30 p. m. the guests began to arrive at Hod- gen ' s Hall which had been artistically decorated with red and gold, the society colors. Immediately began a terrific battle in which the missiles were only peanuts it is true, but whose motto seemed to be tit for tat. After the reign of King Peanut the guests withdrew from the scene of bat- tle and listened to a short but interesting literary program. The merry crowd then proceeded to Hodgen ' s banquet hall where an elegant four course banquet was served. W. R. Lytle presided over the toast program and those who so ably assisted him were: ' To Monmouth College, . . Frank Galloway New Members, . . . Glenn B. Porter Response, . . . Arthur Sprague Our Ladies, . . . James R. Rhodes Response, . . Miss Inez McLean Our Contestants, . . . Wallace J. Black Response, . . . Arthur G. Smith Philo, .... Robt. M. Kerr KAPPA ALFA SIGMA PARTY. The girls of Kappa Alfa Sigma entertained their friends with a Violet Party on February Ilth, at the home of Miss Joanna Mitchell. Blue and white paper hearts were in evidence all over the house, and bowls of violets filled the air with fragrance. The entertaining was clever and unique. In the course of the evening each one present received a cap and whistle which will ever bring to mind the happy evening. ZETA PARTY. Society history in Monmouth College during the year of ' 04- ' 05 would not be complete without the mention of the functions given by the Zeta Epsilion Chi sorority. In pleasure and genuine enjoyment these events have rarely been surpassed. The reception to the members of the Kappa Alpha Sigma sorority at the home of Misses Jessie and Elizabeth Graham on Friday evening, Nov. 25th, the gentlemen friends of both so- cieties being guests, was an occasion long to be remembered. On Tuesday evening, Jan. 27, at the home of Miss Janette Tinker was given a taffy pulling, the gentlemen friends of the members being present at the festivities. A ' ' Dutch Party, however, was the climax to the social efforts of tie Zetas. This unique form of entertainment was given at the home of Miss Louise Reid, an equal number of the sterner sex being on hand to participate in the sport. ' ' Dutch games afforded no end of amusement. A Ifour course Dutch lunch served by Dutch maids rendered com- plete an entertainment of which the girls might well be proud. Prom those who have been the favored ones on these happy occa- sions comes unstinted praise for the fair ones who have proven themselves such admirable and gracious hostesses. FIDO DINNER. The Fidos celebrated St. Valentine ' s Day this year by entertaining their gentlemen friends at the home of Miss Maud Orth. The occasion took the form of a seven o ' clock dinner. Between courses each guest wrote a valentine to her partner in verse. After the repast was ended a fortune teller was found nestled in a bow-window among innumerable hearts of red and white. The results of her consultations with Pate were both interesting and encouraging. The perseverance of each guest in fol- lowing directions while playing ' ' Hide the Slipper was rewarded by a novel gift. The evening, closed by music, proved one of the most delight- events which has taken place in Fido circles. JUNIOR-SENIOR BANQUET. On the evening of May 12 the Junior Class gave a banquet to their Senior friends who are so soon to leave Monmouth College. Their loss will be especially felt by the Junior Class because these classes have lor three years been friends and rivals. The reception was held in Eccritean and Philo halls. The guests were received by the president and reception committee in Eccritean Hall. When all had arrived they went up to Philo where an election was held, the members of the Senior Class all being candidates. Many surprising things were found out about the Seniors as to who was considered: the 1 uziest, the faculties pet, the greatest tlirt and also who swiped the envel- opes. Then soon afterward each one discovered which animal he most resembled. At about eleven o ' clock the guests proceeded to the Conservatory Hall where a four course banquet was served. After the banquet the fol- lowing ' toasts and responses were given. Toastmistress — Miss Inez McLean. To the Forty-niners, . . F. Ray Elder Response, to the Semi-Centennials, Edith Calhoun Monmouth College. . . . Mills Taylor Response, Music, selected, Quartette. Remiuinsces, . . . Milford Barnes Preview, . . . Franc es Lanphere To Conservatory , . . BHnche Wilson Response, . Amabel -Moore, Wylie Stewart From the Rice to ihe Core Paul McClanahan From tha Core to the Rind, Charles Blair After the toast program Miss McLean called on each one of the Seniors to give some advise or any parting words they wished to the Juniors. It was a ' complete surprise to them, but they all responded in a very happy manner. At a late hour each one went home feeling that they had had a very enjoyable time. MAY PARTY. For many years the girJs of Monmouth College have kept up the traditions of the May Party, which is given by them to the Faculty and young men of the College. This year, as last, it was held on the campus which, lighted and beautifully decorated, proved an ideal place for the party. The result of the election of the May Queen who is chosen by the boys of the college from among the girls of the Senior elass, is always awaited with great in- terest. Miss Emma Robinson was the honored one this year. Promptly at 8:45 the procession wound down through the crowd to the tennis court. The girls who were to take part in the May pole dance, two Ladies in Waiting and a Maid of Honor preceeded the Queen who was attended by two little pages. Miss Robinson, who is stately and beautiful, looked truly queenly in her lon s coronation robe. The throne, which was prettily decorated stood in the northeast corner of the tennis court and here the Queen was crowned by little Doro- thy Buck. As soon as she had taken her place on the throne the dance began. This was very beautiful, the dancers wound and unwound the green and white ribbons for more than half an hour Some of the steps were very intricate and difficult but the girls went through it all with much grace. Refreshments were served on Dr. McMichael ' s lawn by the girls. At a late hour the guests went home feeling that the May Party this year was to be remembered as one of the pleasantest occasions of the college year. Athletics. BS ANOTHER year of athletics in Monmouth College has rolled away, we view it with no little satisfaction because, while we have suffered defeats, we have joyed in victories. For the last few years Monmouth College athletics have been looking upward and the present year records no exception. The student body are awaken- ing to such an extent that this year we have had a hearty, vigorous col- lege spirit in athletics. ' •Old M. C. may justly be proud this year of the valiant men who upheld the Red and White on the gridiron. Their one hundred twenty eight points to their opponents ' fifty-five speak for themselves. But while great credit is due the team, we must not forget our coach who labored so faithfully for us. Coach Taft has demonstrated his ability and we desire to have him with us for the coming year. In indoor athletics some changes have been made. The old system of regular and systematic instruction in classes has been followed, but owing to Professor Warne ' s time being taken up in the mathematical de- partment of the college he has charge of the boys ' classes only, while Miss Gertrude Henderson, of the chair of elocution, has had charge of the ladies ' classes. Bertis Marshall was also introduced as a coach in bas- ket ball, a move that was appreciated by the student body as Mr. Mar- shall has ever been popular among the students for his ability along ath- letic lines and especially basket ball. An indoor meet was also arranged this year between Monmouth, Hedding, Augustana and Lombard Colleges. Monmouth was in the field this year with a track team, the first for some time; and did some good work. Meets were held with Illinois, Knox and Lombard Colleges. Our base ball team also was a good one and pulled out a winner at the end of the season. This year Monmouth College had the pleasure of entertaining the Military Tract Association in their meet. It was a great satisfaction to the Monmouth students to see the successful manner in which the meet was pulled off. This resulted, not only in a good advei ' tisement for Mon- mouth College, but left us with a much improved park; one on which seven records were lowered during the meet. Monmouth College is rapidly and surely preparing to take her old place — at the top and we hope soon to see the day whe she will stand first among her class of competing colleges, in fact we want ' : A Clean Sweep for Monmouth. Foot Ball Team. Herbert Clarke, Captain. Frank Galloway, Manager. A. J. Taft, Coach. SCHEDULE. Parsons College Monmouth 6 Macomb Monmouth 30 Penn 21 Monmouth 6 Illinois Monmouth 75 Northwestern 22 Monmouth Knox 5 Monmouth 5 Lake Forest Monmouth Augustana 6 Monmouth 6 FOOT BALL M MEN. Clarke, Capt, Nixon Gardiner Picken Matteson Norwood LeClere Arthur Owen R. Kyle Hill Cowden McMillan SQUAD. Cherry Rhea Stevenson Galloway Elder Smith Rhodes Mclntyre Carrothers Baird E. Stewart Barnes White Rankin Arch Owen Crpson F. Kyle R. Steward Basket Ball Team. W. M. Porter, Captain. Walter McMillan. Manager. Bertis Marshall, Coach. FIRST TEAM. SECOND TEAM. W. Porter. E. Glenn C. Blair R. Smith G. Anderson W. Black W. McMillan W. Jones S. Hamilton H. Hutchinson SCHEDULE. Co. H MuscatiDe H. S. Lombard Muscatine Co. C Augustan a Lombard Augustana Seaton Muscatine Co. C Eureka Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth Monmouth C. K. WARNE. Indoor Athletic Team. E. Nixon, Captain. J. R. Carrother.s. Arch Owen An Indoor meet was arranged this year between Monmouth, Augus- tana, Lombard and Hedding ' ' Colleges. Hedding failing to appear ,the final score stood — Monmouth, 1508 points; Augustana 12884, points; Lom- bard, 1080 points. Mr. Nixon won the highest number of points with Mr. Hall of Augustana ' oecond. Base Ball Team. Webb Johnston, Manager. Walter McMillan, Captain. TEAM. W. Jones W. Porter E Nixon W. McMillan E. Glenn J. Rhodes J. Picken L. Rodman Ervin S. Hamilton R. Cowden W. Black G. Anderson SCHEDULE. Redding 2 Knox 6 DePauw 6 Bradley 3 Bradley 4 Knox 4 Eureka 1 Knox 3 Parsons 3 Illinois Wesleyan Eureka 4 Hedding- 3 Iowa Wesleyan 3 Knox 6 Monmouth 7 Monmouth Monmouth 5 Monmouth 1 Monmouth 9 Monmouth 3 Monmouth 4 Monmouth Monmouth 5 Monmouth 9 Monmouth 5 Monmouth 4 Monmouth 8 Monmouth 2 CLIFFO RD BELL. Track Team Prank Hill. Manager. Pierre Norvtoon, Captain. Clifford Bell, Coachi Alter Hamilton Owen, Arch Blood LeClere Peacock Croson McClellan Picken Gardiner Nixon Stevenson Norwood Owen, Arthur Smith Dual meet with Illinois College at Jacksonville. Illinois College, 66 points; Monmouth, 51 points. Dual meet with Knox. Knox, 59 points; Monmouth, 66 points. Dual meet with Lombard Lombard, 40 points; Monmouth, 64 points. Girls Basket Ball Team. Mildred Gilmer, Captain. Florence Dow, Vera Skewis Mildred Gilmer, Nellie Preston, Mabel Cowden. GIRLS ' SCHEDULE. Little York Monmouth Little York Monmouth Washington Academy Monmouth Washington Academy Monmouth ' â– 1 TJH 1 ' i 49 Hf • . ffj ffl B jjl v Hi VHF MKP is r 3w Bb â– 1 Hockey Team. This year is made memorable by the introduction of a new game into college circles. This game, an old English game, is called (Shinny, -when played by boys with clubs and tin cans) Hockey. As an outdoor sport, this game, or it ' s like, has been much needed in Monmouth College, for while the boys have been playing foot ball, base ball, etc., the girls have had little that they could do, but with the advent of this game, in which great interest has been manifested and in which all the girls could have a part, GERTRUDE HENDERSON. teams lhave been chosen and arrayed against each other and thus the girls have not been without the training and benefit of an outdoor athletic sport. Fidos. MEMBERS IN COLLEGE Mabel Moore, ' 05 Edna McClurkin, ' 08 Esther Dame, ' 06 Maude Orth, ' 08 Dotha McKelvey, ' 06 Florence Brady, ' 08 Florence Findley, ' 07 Laura Watt, ' 0 Nora Scantlin, ' 07 MEMBERS OUT OF COLLEGE Flora Turnbull Jennie Kinsman Emma Lytle Grace Duff Mabel Lynn Zeta Epsilion Chi. SORORES IN COLLEGE Jessie Edith Graham, ' 05 Mille Elizabeth Bigger, ' 07 Mary Frances Henderson, ' 05 Nellie Morton Pratt, ' 08 Mary Ethel Senseman, ' 07 Edith Merle Jewell, ' 08 Mary Louise Reed, ' 07 Adah Blanche Krieg, ' 08 Elizabeth Thompson Graham, ' 08 Florence Elizabeth Dow, ' 08 Alice Janette Tinker, ' 05 CHARTER SORORES Isabella Cooper Stewart, ' 00 Louise Anderson Free, ' 00 Delia Chloe Davidson, ' 01 Junia Anderson Polh ck, ' 01 Elizabeth E. Blackburn, ' 02 Mary Elizabeth Brent, ' 02 Josephine Culbertson McCaughey, ' 03 Nelle Frances Porter Helen DuBois McGowan Harriet Tyler SORORES EX COLLEGE Martha Jane Hanna, ' 01 Elizabeth Gowdy Speer Lucia Blake Wilson, ' 02 Margaret Owens Elizabeth Garvin Thornton ' Olive Bell Isabel Rankin Irwin, ' 03 Louise Bell Theresa McConnell Lillian Brownell Clara Worden Pratt, ' 04 Kappa Alpha Sigma. SOROSES IN COLLEGIO Erma Babcock, ' 05 Nora Corette, ' 05 Grace McKinley, ' 05 Mary Hamilton, ' 06 Margaret Lord, ' 07 Beulah Stewart, ' 06 Joanna Mitchell, ' 05 Lena Blanche Wilson, ' 06 Jrimie Smith, ' 07 SORORES IN URBE. Lora Sykes Nancy Hardin Rice Cora Brunnemer, ' 03 Nancy Irwin SORORES EX URBE. Lucy Harris Speer, ' 02 Aletha Soule Helen Dunbar Eakin, ' 02 Edith Munford Moser Edna Foster, ' 03 Mabel Packard Robinson Mary Eakin Margaretta Butts Jessie Arnot Hope Andrew, ' 04 Pearl Love Pauline Collins, ' C4 Bertha Alexander Bating Clubs. Allen Club. M AME NATURE has been bestowing- hsr good things upon raan- V4 â–  kind for ages past but not until the formation of the Allen Club z ' did she mete out with such prodigal profusion the riches of her storehouse. Indeed she was even more, lavish in the elect ones chosen to form this popular organization. Small wonder therefore that the Ravelings management of ' 06 desired that special mention be made of the Allen Club to give the book prominence, classic permanence and insure the sale thereof. Solomon in an unrecorded proverb saith, Mirth and merriment are the best stimulants to healthy digestion. ' ' We have not a dyspeptic in our fold. Indeed so well has the above tonic done its work that Spra- gue from a puny craving for food has developed to a point where appetiz- ing stimulants are urnecessary. It is our celebreties, however, of whom we are proud. There is Flossie, the Assistant Base Ball Manager, who also delivers formidable phlllippics against the Y. W. C. A., over which Nora and iCaptain Her- bert hold sway. Tears gather in every eye as we think of parting with Mazie but she has our heartfelt sympathies as she consigns herself to the treacherous sea of double blessedness at Keota. Among our famous are Jeremiah Staylate, Jack the Easy, Bess, formerly associated with the Monmouth Gas and Electric Com- pany, Pat the Only, Pussy, than whom none can purr more sweetly, Everett, the ladies ' man, Peter, preferring shows to parties, Fanny, the Partial, Merle who eats ' em alive, Grandma, and the Ethelian twins, Lowry and McCoy. Our past, glorious as it has been, is but indicative of what lies be- fore. The victories of this year are but the stepping stones to the con- quests in years unborn. Then hail to Allen ' s, gay, sprightly club of mirth and social joy, where boy and girl may fun all they can but not get gay; eat all they can, but not overweigh: be all they can and none say nay. Katherine Anderson Gertrude Anderson Bess Butler Florence Dow Lena Rodgers Beulah Stewart Nora Scantlin Ethel Lowry Laura Watt Edna McClurkin Mazie Sprague Bertha Campbell Fannie Hicks Ada St. Clair Nora Corette Ethyl McCoy June McClurkin Wm. Warnock Wallace Black Fletcher Gardiner Frank Galloway Everett Stewart Fred Kyle Fred Sharpe John McAllister Arthur Sprague James Rhodes Samuel Hamilton Carl Croson James Cleland Herbert R. Clarke Bridenthal Club. W Graham Bryson Edith Calhoun Robert Bryson Walter Blood Joe Calhoun Millie Bigger Erna Babcock Bhas. P. Blah- Paul Calhoun David W. Cherry Clara Coyner Henry Driemeyer Walter Getty Bess Keith John Ijant Sylvester Matteson William Moorehead Walter McMillan T. C. McCracken Chas. McCracken Ella Nichol J. Pierre Norwood Miss Parrish Fred Parrish Tom Smith Fred Swan Wallace Turnbu ' l Mills Taylor Burch Wylie Chas. J. Wagner Lena B lanche Wilson Miss VanDerplatt BT THE Bridenthal Club when good fellows get together three times a day — good will reigns supreme. It is there that studies are laid aside, cares forgotten and flunks cease to be a cause of worry for then is the time to eat, drink and be merry and toasts and roasts are in order. We have the fool to make us mt-r- ry with but little wisdom to make us sad — in fact it is so enjoyable a place that Celia leaves her haunts in the Forest of Arden to join our happy crowd. Ours is a worthy set consisting of thirty-two hale and hearty mem- bers, who dine on the fat of the land, and it is with a generous appetite that we partake of the choicest delicacies. Our club has won distinction far and wide because of its i.lustrious members. To give the club dignity — and an occasional squelch when we need it — we, have an } onored member of the faculty. Prof. McCracken. Pete the baseball captain, and Pierre the track team captain, are both members in good standing Nor are we without a little romance for we have with us Orlando, alias Chas. Blair. We have several musicians (their talent lying for the most part along the line of ragtime) who helped us Wylie away the long winter evenings. Our boys are all sturdy and brave, and our girls — although they are rather deficient in number — are witty and pretty and true girls. It is with great pride that we entertain our friends among the stu- dents and fac.ilty. Our specialty is Thanksgiving dinner. But we must close, so Here ' s to the Bridenthal Club — the best of clubs. Sloats Club. fT WOULD take many volumes to give a complete history of this already famous organization One of the largest clubs in the col- lege, it has maintained throughout the year its boast of having the best of everything. If you want girls, why we have the best there are: if you want boys, we can supply all kinds from swells to muckers: if you want good eating, why our ' s can ' t be beat. If you want athletes we can furnish on short notice, teams for all athletics, girls ' , boys ' or mixed We hold the champion walking team of the College — a team of seven hav- ing walked to Burlington in less time than it takes to tell about it. We have some famous personages among our number. Among the most distinguished is Gen. Kuropatkin Fulton who is still on his re- treat. Cupid Monteith is thriving well on club fare. Alfalfa ' ' Kerr continues to dream dreams and to entertain all by his famous Kangaroo Yell, B. B. My Gosh, S. L. Wells, High Pockets Campbell, Tod Sloan Nixon, Woggle Bug Hoyman and Rosa are all able to crack jokes and smiles whenever called upon. Also Weir, author of the touching ballad, Ma Hearts in Ma Coat Sleeve, Honey, boards with us. In the social realm, we took time from our busy life to give a Christ- mas tree entertainment to brighten the lives of some twenty little folks from the city ' s poor. Then we had a bob-party and an oyster supper at the home of Miss [Lanphere. Another enjoyable evening was spent in Biggsville as the guests of Misses Mary Kyle and Clara Matthews And the mirth and pleasure at the meal times have served to drive away many an attack of the blues. But, our page is full and we can only add the list of the members who have, during the year, boarded with us: Maude Blair Wilda Barnes Charles Campbell Carrie Oolthurst Earl Delzell Esther Dame Blanche Elder Mary Ewing Lawrence Fulton Ethel Henderson Will Hoyman Robert Kerr Mary Kyle Ralph Kyle Frances Lanphere James LeClere Etta McFarland John McGeoch George Mclntyre Dotha McKelvey Clara Matthews Annis Marshall Charles Monteith Mabel Moore Ross Moore Eugene Nixon Will Porter Margaret Pearce Alford Phillips Emma Pifer Bertha Reynolds Will Turnbull Foster Weir Earl Wells Robert White Edna Whitehlll Milford Barnes Field Club. v to UST east of Eighth Street on Second Avenue is the abode of the â–  r Field Club. It was always with a feeling of pleasure that twenty - -J six Monmouth College students appeared three times each day at this club and it was with a feeling of satisfaction that they left. How could it be otherwise with two • ' Bakers? What this club lacks in quantity is made up in quality. We have the manager of the Track Team; the Asst. Biologist; One whois authority on any aDd all subjects: then there is John Robinson who will some day make his mark in the world as a famous whistler. We might boast of one, who as long as she lives single will never grow old, but we fear she will not be Young much longer. Two of our members were somewhat previous and tried to elope during the spring vacation but were unsuccessful. Their initals are Wallace Baird and Grace Davidson. A few years hence Arthur Smith will be known as the famous bass soloist, but as yet he has many rough waves to Ford. And there is Inez McLean, our most noted of Juniors. Her favorite past-time is playing the piano after meal and ever and anon those a little tardy, eat their desert to the sweet stains of Chuck! Chuck! We have but two Senoirs — Winifred Wherry, Monmouth ' s first organ graduate and Edna Pollock, dignified, yet merry. She can ' t be with us much longer as a certain young man was heard to say, O Prom- ise Me; five Juniors and numerous Sophomores and Freshmen. Our boys were challenged to a basket ball game and to be a base ball game by the Allen Club and while we did not boast of having profes- sional players, we accepted the challenge and came out victorious both times. If the roll should be called at club the following would respond: Wallace Baird Lawrence Baker Rodney Baker Henry Brown George Chickering John Crozier Grace Davidson Elma DeVinney Sadie Dugan Dan Ferguson Dalton Galloway Robert Gamble Anna Harper Frank Hill Bertha Jones Harry McCleery Inez McLean Grace Miller Carl Croson Edna Pollock John Robinson Arthur Smith Vera Skewis Hannah Steele Winifred Wherry Agnes Young }) i v ; J i B i:d. The Token. IT F MAN ' S immortal, there ' s a proof, I trow, Vouchsafed by Heaven to all men here below: Hast thou a grain of Truth? With care ' will grow, — Small token of the bounteous harvest now, — Reward for weary arm and sweating brow Will come at last, with power to bestow New life upon the toiler. Thus I know Life ' s germ is merely sown when Life doth bow Before Time ' s scythe. A tender stock shall rise, And, blindly groping, pierce Death ' s ugly crust: Then, budding, branching, flowering toward the skies, Afford a habitation for the just. Then love and live the Truth: it is for thee The germ whose flower is Immortality. — Robert M Kerr. Junior Prophesy. , | yf | H.Y, HELLO Pike. Who in thunder expected to see you I LIM here? was the greeting- which one passenger gave another as they passed through the gates of the Chicago depot one beautiful day in June, 1926. Hello, Elder, where did you drop from, was the beaity response. Oh, I ' m just on my way back from Monmouth where our old class of ' Ob ' has been holding a reunion in our new .Memorial Science Hall. There were just three dozen taere and we had the time of our lives. But why weren ' t you there? I couldn ' t leave the last engineering contr act I hid on hands in time to get to Monmouth. Clarke is lin the far west and I ' m now waiting for him to join me here. We ' re on our way to the Sahara Desert to carry out plans for its irrigation. But come let ' s sit down and you tell me about yourself and all our old classmates. All right, sir. It ' ll do me good to talk over my trip. Well, in the first place, I ' m holding forth with the Regal Shoe Co. You aren ' t needing — ? No, go on with your tale. We all met on last Wednesday afternoon and each proceeded to tell what business he was engaged in. I ' ll try to tell you as nearly as I can remember. Jim LeClere is the foot ball coach iu Michigan University. I understand that they haven ' t lost a game for two years. Mildred Gilmer has become a poetess. Luella Oliver is Professor of Latin in a prominent High School. Frank McLean has won some fame as a lecturer. The Hon. W. Jennings Stevenson, our old friend ' Brick, ' is a suc- cessful farmer just north of Monmouth. He is said to be a moving spirit in farmers ' conventions and to contribute valuable articles to the Illi- nois Farmer. He recently was sent the legislature, and, by the by, Flos- sie made quite a hit in social circles at the capital. Lee Gabby is a noted specialist in Vermont. Ada St. Clair is gracing a preacher ' s manse in Iowa. Jim Rhodes is the business mana- ger of the Cbicag-o Record-Herald. Esther Dame is the head doctor in the Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. Lant has recently been elec- ted on the Prohibition ticket to the position of Surveyor of Henderson County, Illinois. Elma DeVinney is a missionary to Japan. Henry Driemeyer takes charge of personally conducted tours, the route through Scott-land preferred. Frances Lanphere is an artist in New Orleans. Ethel Porter has just completed the greatest literary hit of the season, a treatise in two volumes on World ' s Fairs I Have Visited, McMillan Company, Publishers. Dotha McKelvey is Professor of Music in connection with Vassar College. Beulah Stewart, having always been much interested in a certain doctor, has proved herself a charming mis- tress of a docor ' s home. Fred Sharpe is a Junior in Monmouth College. Bertha Campbell is a trained nurse in Kansas City. Baker is Professor of Biological Science in Monmouth College Nancy Irwin has won great fame in literary circles in Boston. Robert Kerr has made his influence felt as a Y. M. C. A. organizer. In this work he has had the able advice of a re- turned missionary. It is said to be astonishing how they can ' Marshall ' folks into line. Inez McLean is a successful dressmaker. Arthur Smith is a law- yer in Canada. Anna Pinkerton was called back to Monmouth as diploma orator for A. B. L. last year. At present she is travelling in California. Mayme Hamilton has become well-known by her fortune-till- ing powers. Everett Stewart is quite a society man they tell me; he ' s an important member of several clubs and a lion among the ladies, it seems. Arthur Owen is living on a great cattle ranch in the fa ' west. Parshall is professor of Physical Science in Monmouth College. We were not surprised to learn that his recent text-book is dedicated to Mrs. Fannie. The lady whom we formerly knew as Feme Thomson is living in Central Iowa. Stella Wylie is a traveling secretary for the Y. W. C. A. in Mississippi. John Robinson is employed under the Central Lyceum Bureau as humorist, his fame resting chiefly upon his stories in dialect. There were four members of our class who were unable to be pres- ent besides yourself and Clarke, the Misses Piffer, Whitehill, McCoy and Wilson. Just before adjournment greetings were received from Blanche and now that I think of it, I believe she signed herself by a name begin- ning with B. But, man alive, it ' s 3 o ' clock and I was due at the office long ago Here ' s my card. Drop in and see me before you go, won ' t you? So long! A Vernal Lay. m HEN gentle zephyrs ' gin to blow, And budding- trees their green unfurl, And woodland streams in murmurs low Announce that spring has come. Then laddies ' thoughts a wand ' ring go And soar aloft on winged dreams. Aye -whether laddie will or no — Spring ' s siren voices woo his heart. His dustv books neglected lie; Forgotten now are Homer ' s lays Of Trojan war and battle-cry And woes of luckless Grecian lass. What careth lad for any maid Who lived three thousand years ago, When fdnco ' s dreams for months have played About a living Helen ' s charms. So dreameth laddie day by day And buildeth many castles fair — Yea, towering e ' en to milky way — O ' ercast with rainbow colors bright. Ah, laddie, rear thy mansions high While yet the spring of life is thine, Ere youthful aspiratious die, Ere stormclouds burst and tempests rise. A Crisis. (SLGGESTED BY JUDGE SEWALL ' S PENANCE IN HIS OLD AGE.) A LA EARS after the stories of the witchcraft had passed into Salem ' s I m history, after the people ' s minds had been rid of that insaL e c_ superstition, and when the blood of innocents had ceased to stain free American soil, I was taken sick with a dreadful fever. My physical health had been impaired by the long strain of public service as judge: my mind, unaccustomed to continued idleness, began to revert to the events of my past life; memory seemed to give to her pictures more life like reality; and the smouldering fires of conscience became more in- tense with the increasing certainty of my death. Overwhelmed by this two- fold burden of sickness and remorse, I sank rapidly. Finally I became delirious. The doctors say that I alter- nately raved like a madman and wept like a child. How long I lay thus until the incident of the following story happened I know not. One day I dreamed. I think it must havj been just at the crisis of the fever. You know how o ten you find yourself in the midst of dreamland without know- ing how or when you came there? You are thrown into the very middle of a dream which, to all appearances, h is no beginning unless it be in the disordered fancy of the brain in its waking hours. Such was the case in this instance. The first that I remember (and I recall it as vividly as if it had been but yesterday: it has been twelve years I I was standing in a great circular room shaped like a pear standing on its blossom end. A dim, unsteady, violet light redeemed the room from total darkness; and a faint odor as of burning sulphur tainted the hot, dry air Glancing [upward I saw near the high pointed apex of the circular walls a horizontal ring of violet fire flickering in a brazier. This I at once surmised to be the source of t he strange light and smell. When my eyes had accustomed themselves to the semi-darkness, I could see that I stood on the bank of a dark, foul stream in the middle of which drooped a giant weeping willow As I stood staring in silent wonder, a ball of the violet lire from the brazier above came sputtering and streaming down. It struck the willow tree and scorched the foliage from a number of small limbs Even as it did so, I heard a stifled groan that seemed to come from the trunk of the willow Then, with a splash and a sizzle, the violet fire dropped into the muddy waters: and forth- with there arose a cloud of dark brown fumes that filled the room with an awful sickening stench. My first feeling of wonder and curious awe now gave place to one of serious apprehension. What connection there may be between the olfactory nerve and memory or the conscience, I never could exactly make out. But as I inhaled those nauseating fumes both memory and conscience were ab- normally stimulated. I thought with the deepest and truest sorrow of all the people I had unjustly condemned to death, of the number of times when I bad perverted justice for a handful of money, of the bursts of passion of which I had been guilty, of the impure thoughts and unrighte- ous deeds, and I recognized that in the river before me was the essence of all my sins. I groaned in anguish under this affliction of conscience and hid my face in my mantle. Presently I again looked up, fear yielding to curiosity, and saw, to my amazement, that from the wounded branches there oozed a thick dark fluid like clotted human blood. A momentary feverish glow passed over me, yielding quickly to the tightening embrace of a chill. My heart beat feebly. My breath came in uncertain gasps. A terrible weight oppressed me, and, bowing imy limbs with its crushing force, threatened to bear me down into the loathsome, slimy stream. Shudder- ing with horror, I shrank back. A sudden rush of hot air from above. A blinding light. I threw myself upon the ground trembling in every fiber. Oh! How I longed for death. But perhaps this was death. Per- haps this was h-e-1-1!! Oh! For annihilation. When the gust of wind was past, I felt a slight but brief relief. The air now seemed to be rising in a swift, warm current. The ground upon which I lay became parched and dry as the sands of the desert While I lay tossing about uneasily, I was startled by the sound of clanking chains. Again curious to see what was going on, and unable longer to lie on the broiling ground, I rose. What a change had taken place in one short moment. The dark, foul stream, no longer calm and sluggish, now raged a perfect torrent. The waters glowed with a bright phosphorescent light that gave the river the appearance of the Phlegethon of Hades. The light enabled me to see more plainly than before. The walls — the vast, circu- lar, pear-shaped walls, ending in a point above the brazier — which had before seemed jet black, now shown like polished brass. I approached one side of the great enclosure and looked more closely. I saw that this brazen hue was due to a network or tapestry of yellow metal chains with which the walls were covered. But whence came those noises? Upon closer examination I saw that the tapestry was slowly revolving. This motion had produced the clanking sound. An exceedingly bright light suddenly flashed its rays through this huge cage in which I had found myself. I looked about to discover the source. Far above my head the round brazier was all aglow now with a brillant white light that rivalled that of the sun in intensity. I look again towards the tapestry, when, lo! I seemed to see in every polished link the reflection of a man, every reflection of the same man, but in a dif- ferent attitude and action; every action a crime, every crime — my — own! Thus before my terrified gaze passed the panorama of my sinful life. I turned and fled from the wall toward the weeping willow tree. Its branches moved gently in the upward current of hot air. Among them I saw a pair of hands beckoning me to come. All the time the ground was getting hotter, the light brighter. The river raged more violently; the willow limbs switched frantically and the outstretched hands continued to beckon. The tapestry now revolved with fearful speed, but strange to say, I still could see with greatest distinctness every one of the horrid reflections. For a moment I stood thus bewildered. Then there came to my ears a low rumbling sound as of distant thunder. At the same time I felt the ground beneath my feet begin to quiver, and the heated atmosphere, taking up the motion began to whirl. The wind and noise rapidly in- creased; the wind became a hurricane; the rumbling, a deaieniDg roar. Small bits of the substance burning in the brazier were whipped from that receptacle by the fierce wind, and sent flying through the air like minia- ture meteors. The willow limbs lashed one another furiously, while below the river tossed its angry waves. O! This is hell I cried, terror-stricken. The words had scarcely escaped my lips when there came a crashing report which, it seemed, must rend in a thousand pieces my cavernous metal cage. The earth shook violently and on each side of the river next to the walls of the vast enclo- sure it rose in a mighty upheaval while next to the stream it remained as it was before. Then both noise and wind ceased. A new terror now seized (if such athing as an increase of my fears toerc possible . ) What if I should fall into that boiling current! A cold sweat broke out all over my body. Overwhelmed with fear, I sank upon the burning ground. No longer was it dry and parched; the awful heat seemed to be causing it to sweat, and the slimy moisture that exuded from its surface scalded my hands and limbs. Words cannot portray the agony of that moment. I felt myself slipping slowly — slowly but surely slipping — down the bank into the fiery torrent. I clutched wildly at the ground. If I could only get hold of a projecting rock or friendly shrub! But my fingers grasped nothing more substantial than slime. One foot touched the boiling stream. With an agonizing groan I jerked it |back only to feel a moment later a similar pain in the other foot. Can a soul pray in hell? Must the lost remain forever lost ' ? My life had been a prayerless life from childhood on to manhood and old age. Sometime and somewhere I had heard and remembered the prayer of the publican. I thought of it now when all hope seemed gone. My feeble strength was failing fast. I turned lengthwise with the bank to keep my feet out of the water, but to no avail. My last hold was giving way. Knowing I must fall, I looked upward and prayed, God be merci- ful to me a sinner! And then I fell, but not into the deadly water, for those hands that had been so long beckoning to me reached quickly out and caught me. I swooned away. Hours may have passed; it may have been but a few minutes until I seemed to come again to my senses, the memory of the fearful experience still clinging to my mind. I lay with closed eyes. I dared not open them for fear. But why should t I longer fear! I suffered nothing now but weakness. I seemed to be clothed in clean robes, lying on a couch of softest leaves while I inhaled the balmy air in long deep draughts. Some- one seemed to be stooping over my prostrate form gently stroking my brow. At length, when assured of safety, I ventured to open my eyes. I looked into a face of angelic beauty which beamed upon me with infinite tenderness and love and vanished. I turned my head and gazed about in wonder. Was this, could this be, the scene of my past tortures ' ? It re- sembled it in no way whatsoever, and yet I felt within me that I had no been moved, only a short distance, at any rate. If this were really the place, then the metal walls hhd withdrawn outward and upward until they coincided with the deep blue sky, Instead of the brazen links with their hideous reflections I saw the beautiful stars of the heavens, in whose zenith, where the brazier had been the full moon shone. All this burst upon my wondering vision as I lay upon my back where the angel left me. I lifted my head. Before me, where I felt the willow tree had been, stood a large cross; upon it hung the form of the Christ. There were the blood-stained hands and feet, the pierced side, the drooping head, I re- cognized them all. With some difficulty I got upon my feet and with tottering steps went toward the cross. At its foot, where the river had been, a little spring- sent forth a tiny stream of water clear as crystal. I stooped down beside it, and taking a little water in my hand, raised it to my lips. I drank and was refreshed. Then kneeling by the cross, I poured out my soul in grateful adoration. While I prayed I felt again the pressure of that gentle hand on my brow, and I heard a familiar voice saying, The danger is passed; he ' s saved. Here the dream ended. I opened my eyes upon the real world to find myself in bed and very, very weak. About me stood the doctors with anxious faces. But nearest to me holding my pale hands in one of hers, and with the other occasionally stroking my forehead, was my younger sister, —nay only living relative, -the faultless nurse whose tender minis- trationshad saved my life. The delirious stage was over. The crisis of the fever — yes, the cri- sis of my life — had passed. — R. M. Kerr. 1 r T Q ° ! ( H tljj lr MX III ) 0 1 The Scrap. XL. HERE ' S a custom in the College, Which is very well known here. Of a scrap between the Freshmen And the Soph ' mores every year. Now this scrap is qute important, And a color rush ' tis called, And if you have ever seen one, ' You no doubt have been appalled By the blood-shed and the carnage That have followed in its wake, For they give and take no quarter Scrapping for their colors ' sake. Now two years ago last autumn There occurred one of these fights, And the tale of all its conflicts Every Junior ' s heart delights, For ' twas when the met they students Who the Seniors are this year. If you ' ll pause here just a moment I will make the story clear. ' Twas a dark and somber evening, When no Soph ' mores could be found, That tne Freshmen with their colors Painted ' 06, all around. In the morning when the sunshine Showed the Soph ' mores what was done. They in passions great of anger Swore that they would spoil the fun. Quickly then to town they hied them Purchased there some turpentine. And before day was much older They had spoiled the printing fine. Then with quite a show of courage Climbed a Soph ' more up the pole, And he balanced on the cross-beam There, his colors to unroll. Theie they fluttered in the breezes, O ' er the heads of passers by, And the faculty and neighbors Looked at them and heaved a sigh For those colors waving gaily In the autumn sunshine there, Were a challenge to the Freshmen To defile them if they dare. So a guard was set to watch them And to keep them safe from harm Till the Freshmen, hot for battle Should send forth the wild alarm. It was not till after chapel That the Freshmen, bold and brave, Charged upon the ranks of Soph ' mores Who, their colors, fought to save. Round the pole they surged as billows Surged around a rock at sea, When the mighty winds are blowing, And the ships before them flee. Round and round the pole they circled Till ' twas one disordered mass, And it was with difficulty We distinguished either class. Once or twice a boy endeavored To ascend the pole a space, But before he could reach safety He dislodged was from his place. Filling hands and arms with splinters, Losing buttons, ripping seams, Down the pole the Soph ' mores pulled him, Spoiling all his fondest dreams. When at last they learned with sorrow That they could not climb the pole, Back and forth with mighty effort Then they rocked it in its hole. And with groan, and crash, and crackle. Soon it fell down to the ground. And around the beam and colors Sophs and Freshmen could be found. Here and there o ' er walks and campus, ' Mong the trees, and on the street Two and two in struggling couples Sophs and Freshmen you could meet. And torn shirts and ravelled sweaters Waved triumphant on the breeze, Cutis and collars, coats and neckties — Who would stop to think of these? What cared they for bloody noses, What cared they for rumpled hair, What cared they for all the bruises? — These as honors they would wear. What were black eyes to the glory They would gain when all was over? What were lips all cut and swollen, Though they painful were and sore? For they fought with one another For the glory of their class, So their pains were all unnoticed As they rolled their on the grass. And the colors of the Soph ' mores Far away a Freshman bore, And except a few small fragments By the Sophs were seen no more. There were many days and painful Ere those marks all went away, But the Freshmen satisfied were With the battle won that day. —Mildred Gilmer. A Sunset Reverie. n OW ENDS the sun ' s diurnal course. The West, In robes of gold and purple, greets her King ' s Return. And Night, with silent, drooping wings, Broods o ' er the Earth. The stars peep forth — sugj The Unseen, Sleepless Soul, at Whose behest, Men ' s spirit from its earthen pallet springs, Aglow with fervent Love, and soaring, sings: Thy fellowship gives peace, and life, and rest. So, when Life ' s day is o ' er, and thy Life ' s Sun Has passed for aye its brief and only course, May every task assigned have been well done; And thy Soul, freed from fear and vain remorse, Shall lind, not ended Life, but Life begun, As it returns to its Eternal Source. — R. M. Kerr. Sept. 6, 190(5. Dear Brother: You should get this letter soon after you reach Monmouth, and as you will find College life very different from High School, a few hints from one who has been through the mill may be useful. I am very glad you decided to go to Monmouth. Of course as I am an Alumnus, I am no doubt partial, but really it is a good school. You know John P. Wallace, and T. P. Shonts, Chief Engineer and Head of the Panama Canal Commission, are both old Monmouth students. No doubt you will hear of them, as Doc and the faculty are rather proud of these men. According to tradition neither of them were noted as stu- dents, but they were leaders in certain other lines, so perhaps there is a chance for the rest of us. As these two men have acquired such fame in connection with Canal building, I hear that the College authorities have decided to give the stu- dents a little practical training along these lines, and so have purchased the pasture just back of the campus, and are going to require the students to construct a series of canals and dams in it. This training will no doubt prove very beneficial, and the water ways should add to the beauty of the College campus. They would also be very handy for the Sophs when they wished to duck obstreperous Freshmen. You will be a straight Freshman I think. In class affairs don ' t butt in too strongly at first. I never knew the men who led the first term to last more than one year. Take your time, go slow, and when you have your annual color rush against the Sophs, fight like , and your reputation will be well started. Above all, be a Freshman. Don ' t try to chum with the Seniors. If you have to undergo a little hazing, submit gracefully. In your classes you want to work pretty hard the first year and make your rep. You probably won ' t have much time to study after that and a rep is a nice thing to have. Nearly all the Profs can be worked if you know how, and a few pointers may prove useful. Doe is pretty hard to work. He has an ungenerous habit of always catching a fellow in some deviltry. No one knows when he sleeps. He is stickler for tradition, so don ' t try to trample any of the time honored customs under foot if you would stand well with him. John Henry ' s hobby is music and he rides it to death, but don ' t let him catch you riding a pony. With Prof. Graham your football work will help you, but don ' t ask questions not answered in your text. Miss Henderson was not there when I was but the girls call her cute and say she is great on private elocution lessons. One fellow went up twice a week for an hours lesson. He went at seven and generally got home at midnight. Prof. Swan is quite an expert in cookery. He gives advice as to how a man should greet his wife when her bread is a failure. Be inter- ested in this. Alice Winbigler will be your advisro. A neat note book will help with her. When you hear her say in that part, don ' t waste time looking for its meaning. It hasn ' t any. Tom McCracken teaches Prep latin. You won ' t have any work under him, but if you ever want to work him just tell him he is very neat and precise just like an old maid. He quit teaching mathematics because the chalk soiled his hands. With Miss Patterson, an active interest in prayer meeting and regu- lar church attendance may help. Prof. Robinson doesn ' t give many A ' s, but he was never known to flunk anyone. Tell him he is a beautiful penman. That is his one weak point. Martin (Prof. Glass) is quite an athlete. If you put on the gloves with him a stiff jolt on the chin will increase his respect for you. Don ' t be guilty of any familiarities with the statues he has in his room. You may think them insufficiently clothed for cold weather, but don ' t try to remedy it. Delay your work under Prof. Hicks a year or so. Be very respect- ful when you meet him, call him Doctor, and when finally you enter his classes, let him see that you have a good sense of humor These things all count. When talking to Prof. Bretnell, be interested in his wife and baby. Any donation of dogs or cats for dissecting purposes will be credited to you. Prof. Austin is very nervous, fussy and dictorial. He can tell you how to do anything from sewing a button on your, trousers to how the Russians should have held Port Arthur. Rev. Buchanan is financial agent for the College. He will bleed you out of your last dollar. Don ' t try to work him for a scholarship if you value his opinion of you. A thing that will help you with all the professors is regular at- tendance at chapel, and good behavior while there. Don ' t think that be- cause the faculty all have their heads bowed in prayer and their hands over their eyes that they don ' t see you. They might be looking through their fingers. Remember this and act accordingly. Before you have been in Monmouth twenty-four hours, a dozen men will have asked you to join one or the other literary society. Don ' t let them work you. Take your time, visit both, and then join the one that suits you best, and when once a member, be loyal to your choice through thick and thin. While I hope to see you a member of a literary society, I don ' t want to see you join any little would-be frat. It is political death to a man to belong to one of these cliques. The fellows go into these, simply for a good time. If you are the right kind of a fellow you will be popu- lar and have a good time anyway. And now in conclusion, I will simply say that I hope you will like Monmouth, and just remind you not to butt in to strongly at first. Don ' t try to make people think you know more than all the faculty or the rest of the students. Simply be a g ' ood, hearty, manly, straight-for- ward fellow, as you always have been and I know you will succeed in College. Let me know how things are going with you, and if you wish any more advice that I can give you, just let me know. Your chum as ever. Dearth of the Mind. B XAMINATION days are come the saddest of the term, Of frightened girls and nervous boys and teachers cold and stern. Heaped in chambers of our minds our brilliant thots lie dead, They come not to our urgent call as now our grades we dread, The Latin and the Greek are flown as all our tho ' ts so gay, As we ponder on the questions, thro ' all the gloomy day. Where are our minds our active mind ' s that we with wisdom stored In brighter times and better days as o ' er our books we pored? Alas! They answer not our call these once so active minds, And each one ponders long and hard, but only blank he finds. We coax our wisdom back to us, but it seems ' tis all in vain, For all our coaxing will not bring our knowledge once again. And now when comes a struggling tho ' t as still such tho ' ts will come And call some Science or some Trig from out their hidden home, Then the scratching of a pen is heard, tho ' all the room is still, He tries to make his tho ' t stretch out and half a paper fill The teacher searches for the minds to which knowledge late he bore, And sighes to find them with the boys and with the girls no more. — M. H. The Modern Lochinvar. © YOUNG Freddie Sharpe is come out of the west, Through all our college halls his steed is the best; And, save his strong skeleton, he weapon had none, He strode ' long cautious, and he strode all alone. He stayed not for lock, and he stopped not for bolt. He broke the west door where he got a good holt, So, boldly he entered the time worn hall ' Tween doors, hat racks, banisters and all. Then spake out his conscience with mind on danger, O, come ye by right here or be ye a stranger? Or are ye a spy for our lord, mister Doc? The breaking into college by night, to block? ' ' I long trained you, Conscience, my work you disgrace; Thus far have I come, shall I turn back apace? No! now am I come with this good key of mine To open, then take of those envelopes so fine. Yes there are envelopes more lovely by far, But the prices are high, so much so they mar. His conscience was beaten, almost was dead. And thus was the beginning of trouble for Fred. So he pulled out his key, and sly as a fox He threw back the bolt and pulled out the box, He looked down to blush, then he looked up too high, With one in hand, there was another in his eye. He took ' em both out, slipped ' em under his arm, — Then stole away soft without giving alarm. So stealthy his tread, and so pious his face That no one of him would e ' er find a trace. And the Doctor did fret, and Buck he did fume, Whilst the faculty sat ready to deal out black doom. And the studeLts did whisper, ' Twere better a lot, If Freddie those envelopes never had got. And now time wore on till ' twas the time of year When vacation had come and no student was near. So light to the porch ' cross the campus he swung, So light out of sight, those boxes he flung. At the college, round the east porch, under a board, Down next the dirt lies that envelope hoard. So ran the letter and ' twas addressed to Doc, The character of Freddie, it really did mock. Sure enough they were there, and by the horn spoon The Doctor was tickled to almost a swoon; But Freddie repented and swore by his might That he ' d join the Y. M. and live life aright. w The Oracle Board of Editors. W. Graham Bryson, Editor-in-Chief. Wm M. Porter Chas P. Blair Business Managers. Jessie Graham ' .uterar-v Neal McClanahan ,te,al .v Janette Tinker ( Fletcher Gardiner [ Local. Glenn Porter, Exchange. May Henderson, Miscellaneous. Mills J. Taylor, Alumni. Did You Know That ONE HUNDRED YEARS AGO Matteson ' s great grandfather offered to buy the Louisiana Purchase from President Jefferson? NINETY YEARS AGO Indians played ping pong where the President ' s Mansion now stands and Prof. Glass did not know a word of Greek. EIGHTY YEARS AGO Prof. McCracken didn ' t know amo from a Hamburger sandwich painted with mustard. Dr. McMillan began using Blank ' s Hair Restorer and stole that hog. SEVENTY YEARS AGO Herr Hicks was doing stunts on a trapeze in the hayloft. Prof ' Swan was wearing Brownie overalls and freckles. Paul McClanahan had never been discovered. SIXTY YEARS AGO Lewis and Clark discovered Fred Sharpe sitting on the campus waiting for Monmouth College to open. Prof. Bretnall tried two weeks to give the hard sound of r and gave it up as a bad job. FIFTY YEARS AGO Edith Calhoun learned to spell cat. Dr. Graham shot coyotes down in the lower pasture and cut all the thistles in the south forty. FORTY YEARS AGO Glenn Porter was sent home from school for using profane language and smoking cigarettes during recess. Miss Alice of the Mathematical Wonderland took her first walk in Lover ' s Lane. Miss Patterson wore her hair in pig tails and jumped rope for amusement. THIRTY YEARS AGO Dr. McMichael was acquiring green apple stomach aches. Prof. Robinson took his first chew. Rev. W. J. Buchanan sold his hogs for a good price and then wandered around town offering to lick his weight in wild cats or boa constrictors. TWE NTY YEARS AGO C. K. Warne broke the bank at Monte Carlo. Millie Bigger first sat up and began to take notice. Edna Pollock took a cry (double header) because she couldn ' t have the moon. TEN YEARS AGO Blair and Wilson made a twenty year contract. Wylie Stewart wrote Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ay. Miss Morrow learned the motto Hanson is as Hanson does. Florence Dow got into the kangaroo habit and had never heard of a baseball manager. Dannie Ferguson first saw the light of day. The reader must let his imagination have full sway. Il Our Exchanges. A GREAT MISFORTUNE. News has just reached here that our townsman, Mr- Mil- ford Barnes, who is attending college at Monmouth, 111., has again been forced, at the re- quest of his landlady to re- move his goods to other quar- ters. It is strange that his landladies do not understand Milford ' s character by this time. He always means well, although at times he is a little careless. At the time of his last change of quarters, Mr. Barnes had the misfortune to lose a valuable copy of Le Clere ' s Interlinear Transla- tion of Vergils ' Aeneid. He may be sure of the sympathy of the people of Bluff Ion in mourning over his los — Bluff- ton [bid.) Courier, Dec. 4, l OJf. YORK TO THE FRONT. Carl Croaon writes his parents Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Croson ol near here, that he is getting along fine over at Monmouth (III.) where he is going to school. He is surprising every one over there. The teachers say he is a wonder. He Is tak- ing five studies when the other students take but three. Look out for our Carl, Monmouth.— York (Neb.) Courier, Nov. 14, 1904. A FORMER SON OP BIGGS- VIiX,E. Doc Cowden, formerly of this place but now of Monmouth, was in the city a few moments last Sat- urday. When interviewed by our reporter, he admitted that there was truth in the current report that he was the whole thing in Monmouth athletics. He has acquired a new lot of experiences, since he was last in the city, and entertained the boys for several hours relating some of his best. — Biggsville {HI.) Independent, March 36, 190k- RETURNED FROM COL- LEGE. Miss Beulah Stewart well to all our readers is again in town after a year at college. She is accompanied by a dark com- plected gentlemen friend. Dame Rumor has it that there will be wedding bells ringing out around the Stewart place next June. Boys it looks bad that these college fellows can take our nicest girls away from us. — Washington (Iowa) News, May 1, 1905. A FRIENDLY CALL. Dan Ferguson made this office a friendly call last Friday, paying up his subscription for another year He requested the paper sent to Monmouth, Illinois, where he is attending coliege. Dan is some whang to use the popular phrase which he has introduced into Chi- cago. His modesty prevents his telling along what line he excelled down there, but we feel sure. Dan is waking the little town of Mon- mouth up. Call again, Dan!— Chicago (111.) American, Dec. $8, 190k. A UNIQUE PROFESSION. Mr. Wm. G. Moorehead of this city, son of Dr. and Mrs. Moorehead, has returned from his year ' s work at Monmouth College. He considers the year well spent. He has ac quired about one hundred new combinations of the vernacu- lar besides other slang phrases added to his already large glossary. The Graphic ' s best wishes go with him in his chosen profession. — Xenia (0.) Graphic, March 26, 1905. GIVEN A BOX OF CIGARS. The members of the Monmouth Fire Department are today smok- ing William Penn cigars, the com- pliments of the college for th? work they have furnished during the past week in watering the new cinder track.— Monmouth (III.) Atlas, May 6, 1905. MT. AYR MAN IN LARGE FRAT. The Daily Review (Mnn- mouth, 111., March 31) con- tains an interesting account of the organization of a chapter of the Tappa Kegga fraternity at that place. This is one of the largest frats in America, and Monmouth College is consid- ered fortunate. Mr. Joseph Calhoun of this place and well known to most of our readers was one of the organizers Mr. Calhoun is also a member of Eata Bita Pia, which is a local organization, however. — Mt. Ayr (lowa) Record, April i0, 1905. The Faculty Will Get You ma (APOLOGIES TO EUGENE FIELD.) HEN you come to Monmouth College And an education get nd you ' ve just come out of High School Where you ' ve been your teacher ' s pet, You needn ' t think that here again That stunt you will repeat And that Faculty and students all Will think you ' re mighty sweet. For the students they will haze you II you try to nose about And the Faculty may get you If you don ' t watch out. When your pocket book gets empty And your daddy doesn ' t write, And vou ' ve neither stamps nor paper To tell him that be might. You ' d better not go sneaking ' round To see what you can swipe, Nor nosing in the office When you think the time is ripe. You ' d better not be cutting classes, Nor chasing ' round about Or the Faculty may git you If you don ' t watch out. So, when you come to Monmouth, You had better come to work To burn the midnight oil or gas And not to play or shirk, You ' d better get your lessons, And be present every time, And not be late to chapel, Nor commit some other crime, Nor scrape your feet and giggle, Nor whisper all about, Or — The Faculty will get you If you don ' t watch out. My Rosary. (Revised and Embellished.) CONVULSION ONE. The hours I spent with thee, dear heart, Have meant a string of flunks to me I wish that I could tear myself apart Prom dear Marie, from dear Marie. CONVULSION TWO. Each hour a flunk, each flunk a step! Toward losing credits hardly wrung From dear John Henry: at the end I see an E is hung. EXPIRATION. memories that bless and burn O blissful gain, yet bitter loss. 1 kiss that girl, and strive again to learn To ride that hoss, sweetheart, to ride that hoss. — W. J. S. What We May Expect in Next Year ' s Ravelings HOW TO GET OUT A PROC. Valuable advice to underclass- men. John Martin Joint B. G. Owens f Authors. MARRIAGE ' By Gertrude. Anderson. The writer is on the inside and knows. GREAT MEN I HAVE KNOWN. By Homer Campbell. Tells of great men from Julius Caesar to W. J. Bryan. Short story â– TO HAVE AND TO HOLD ' By Agnes Young. ' EFFECTIVE GIGGLING, By Clara Matthews. SHORT REVIEW OF ABBOT ' S HISTORIES. The Reviewer has made a com- plete study of his subject. Earl B. Delzell. ' DEFENSE OF DOWIEISM, by Webb Johnston. ' HEARTS I HAVE SMASHED, by Carl E. Croson. Short story HE GOT AWAY, By Edna McClurkin. Sequel to To Have and To Hold. LIFE AMONG NEW YORK ' S FOUR HUNDRED. by John Hamilton. Jingles. There was a young man named McGeoch Who went with one girl quite a feoeh But he couldn ' t stop now And change his frau For this he isa ' t wise how to deoch. A charming young maiden named Colthurst Went with the Y. M. Prexie furst He dropped from her sight So she got one named White And now Bobbie goes all he durst. There is a professor named Warne Who rises up each single marne And prepares a repast So his wife, dear, may last, He ought to be planting carne. Another young (?) fellow named Sharpe Who upon an old dec does harpe, Upon Darius Green And that flying machine Till I ' m sure his poor tongue will warpe. Thpre was a young lady named Sprague Who endeavored her room-mate to plague For she tickled Pat ' s feet When her prayers she ' d repeat This naughty young person named Sprague. Another sweet maiden named Hyer IDon ' t think now that I wish to guy ' er) But her sweet little smile Was always in style Whenever ner Nelson was ny ' er Dick. Dick, the omnipresent, the omnipotent; Dick, the wielderof the coal shovel, the chief bell ringer, this is the subject of my discourse. Had I before me the years of a Methusela, and had I all the paper and ink manufactured in a century, yet when I had written my way throug-h reams of paper and gallons of ink, I would have just begun to tell you what that word Dick stands for. His smiling face, rarely clean, his once blue overalls now coal be- grimed, his hat which his ears alone keep from extinguishing him, these are the first things which greet the merry student as he wends his joyous way to an eight o ' clock recitation They are the last things seen at night, It is Dick who unlocks the gym, auditorium or recitation rooms when the Profs are late on a cold morning. It is Dick who finds the bas- ket ball, the water bucket or the broom. It is Dick who always with a smile or a joke leaves his mowing, sweeping, furnace punching or raking, to ring the bell that releases exhausted students from one agony to go to another. He stands in the hall, watch in one hand, bell in the other, and with a smile, wink or nod, lets the belated student know that he will hold the bell a few moments until the aforesaid student can reach the third floor. The blessings of many students form an invisible halo around his head for his prudence in holding the bell. When there is something doing at the Auditorium, Dick is always there, smutty of face, his bands black with coal and dust generally, his greasy clothes showing no trace of former cleanliness. In one hand he carries a bunch of keys which he jingles suggestively, and in the other hand he carries a lantern to light his way from one dark hole to another. Windows are opened, doors shut, lights turned on and off, and advic e given with the same jolly laugh and obliging manner. His smile is one that will never rub nor wash off, fade nor shrink. In the gym he amuses the children by performing various stunts on the rings and bars. This college would stop sure were Dick not here to keep things in order. Everything, from the college tower to the college furnaces, hall ' s rooms, radiators, well kept lawn, auditorium, gym, every- thing around the college speaks of the presence of Dick. What ' s the matter with Dick ' . J Let students past, present and future answer, ' He ' s all right! Monmouth College Hospital, HEART DISEASES. Graham — Peacock Cowden — Jones Wilson— Blair Graham — Br.yson Young— Hill Scan tl in — Clarke GJenn — Croson Babcock — Marshall Orth— Moore Bradey — Smith Sykes — Barnes Dow — Johnston Nichol — Hamilton ( Keith — Young ( Hicks— Parshall Smith — McClanahan Jewell — McClanahan McParland— McGeoch Blair— Nixon Wherry — Owen Pollock— Black Henderson — Smith Cowden — Blood Suicer — Turnbull Tinker — Wagner Anderson — Story Colthurst — Barnes (Diagnosed.) Intermittent Out of Danger Chronic Feverish Incurable Dangerous Harmless Contagious Not Diagnosed Relapse Expected Out of Danger Violent Instantaneous First Attack Uncertain Complicated Fatal Protracted Fever iRecovery Uncertain No Remedy Hazardous Critical Will Recover Hopeless Relief Impossible Cured HEART CASES ON PROBATION. (Immediate Relapse Feared.) Ferae Thomson Mazie Sprage Nellie Hyer Harold McClanahan Beulah Stewart Mills Taylor PROSPECTIVE CASES. Watt — Clarke Porter— McMillan Davidson — Baird Duff — Kyle OTHER DISEASES. Hypochondria Mary Clark Graftitis John Martin Brain Atrophy Foster Weir Thermohotairics Ralph Cowden Insomnia Sylvester Matteson  Advice to the Young, BY AUNT SALLY. Arthur S — Small words and those of Anglo-Saxon origin are the best for ordinary conversation. It would be better at a social befoie giving away any of the ice to ask those in charge about the matter. Madge — You should obey that motto, Try, Try Again. Perhaps you can catch some of those who have eluded you so far. Be just as win- ning as you can, If you try to be coy that will help some. Erma — It ' s alright to have two on the string at once if you can con- trol them both. Perhaps some information could be obtained from J. E. G., M. C, ' 05. Billie Migger — Yes, there is a quotation Laugh and Grow Pat but the other you submitted, A loud laugh doeth good like medicine cannot be found anywhere. Freshman — You may inform your fond parent that to our knowledge a Faculty Poker Club does not exist. Not only that but none of them drink, chew or smoke except one who will use cubeb cigarettes. Olive — We cannot give you the information you desire but perhaps you can use the following address: National Matrimonial Bureau, Chi- cago, 111. A. 1 . Z. — If your conscience hurt you, you did right to bring the envelopes back. Baird— If she isn ' t in school this term she ought not tocareifyou go with girls a little. Laurie— Try Pratt ' s Pood but you must use it. Be careful of out- side influences. Jones — When paying midnight calls it is best to be sure of the room before you enter. Hicks — Unless your bat is glued on you had better tip it when you meet a lady. Dago — The place you speak of is somewhere near the North pole. There is another place in Venus but it is of recent date and the cures are not so lasting They guarantee the broken heart to be mended for all time if yon take treatment regularly. P. McClanahan — It was a mean thing for the Prof, to say, but if you get your lesson in class under his nose you must expect a calling down. However, to prevent future occurrences, I would advise throtling the Prof MM P., Nell P.— The best cure for fright is a light. This is es- pecially efficacious if both girls take hold of hands as they light the lamp. These. little frights are very serious and may destroy effective play on the basket ball team if they occur on a trip. ' 05 — Perhaps it would be better to be sure that the Prexie is not at home before attempting any more early morning tower parties. G. Porter — As a general rule when a young gentleman receives an invitation with a lady ' s name in it he is expected to take the young lady to the party. However if the card is overlooked the hostess may correct the mistake. WW Conglomerated Order of Mind Enlighteners. Lord High Mogul Assistant Lord Keeper of the Stables Head Hostler Master Mechanic of the Threshing Machine Most Noble Mistress of Bygone Events Shy lock Chief Executioneer Master of Lower Regions T H. McMichael Prof. Graham J. H. McMillan T. C. McCracken i Ross Moore Florabel Patterson W. J. Buchanan G. H. Bretnall Richard MEMBERS IN GOOD STANDING. Winbigler Henderson Bates Glass Hicks Warne Swan Morrow ON PROBATION. Robinson Kerr Baker Parshall O make your money go as far As you can make it go, j So sang McMichael in the fall. As most of you may know It had only been a few short weeks Since Buck had bled us all. We spent a goodly sum of it For tickets for foot ball For lecture tickets and for all The things a student knows. I guess our money went as far As money usually goes. A. 0. R. H. Amalgamated Order of Red Head?.) Most Brilliant Luminary Pink Galloway Substitute for Noon-day Sun Scarlet Campbell Chief Unquenchable Flame Miss Vermillion Kyle Aurora Borealis Carmine Picken MEMBERS. LADIES. Orange Burns Maroon Dow Crimson Smith Venetian Barnes Gentlemen. Cardinal Barnes Cereis Stevenson Rose Red Smith Cereis Kvle PLEDGED. Swan Webb Johnston CANDIDATES. Mav Henderson Neal McClanahan Lament of Trig Students. IT i HAVE worked till my brain reeled with tangents and sines, I have worked both with curved and also straight lines, I know I ' ve tried hard and my duty not shirked, Yet some of these problems aren ' t worked. II I have labored in daytime, I have labored at night, I have tried every problem to work out just right, I have worked with the risirfg and with setting sun, Yet some of these problems aren ' t done. Ill By myself I have worked them save some three or four, And some I have faithfully tried o ' er and o ' er, I have worked till my troubles in tears I ' ve dissolved, Yet some of these problems aren ' t solved. IV I have thought of this note book by day and by night, In my dreams with logarithms I ' ve had a hard fight, I ' ve worked very hard and I ' m getting quite thin, Yet some of these problems aren ' t in. V I have tried every problem to work many times, I am clearing my brain while I write silly rhymes, But my conscience is clear for I know I ' ve not shirked, Though some of these problems aren ' t worked, New Courses Next Year. Biology XVI— Practical Dog Catching. IThe teacher who has been chosen for this subject has the benefit of a wide and varied experience. Mr. Pete Gilmer was elected. English X— The course on The What? of the What ' ? for the What? as a matter of fact will be continued under the title, English X. Sarcasm V — We are pleased to announce that the above course was added to Dr. Hicks ' department at his own request. The professor is unexcelled in this line, as he has given himself daily practice for years. Mathematics 10, (Prep.) — The securing of a wife and the management of a home. C. K. Warne. Campus I, Boyology — Miss Jessie Graham, ' 05, has been elected to the chair of Campus. She comes ' highly recommended especially in Boy- ology. Such skill was shown in manipulation of the subjects during her own private investigations that those in charge feel satislied and hope for great results. Physical Culture for Young Ladies has been changed to a dancing class. This, however is only a change in name and will not materially affect the nature of the work. Class will meet next year just whenever the professor has time. As a rule a man ' s a fool — When its hot, he wants it cool, When its cool he wants it hot- Always wants it what its not, Man ' s a fool. Faculty Autographs. The close student of human nature will learn some of the character- istics of each member of the faculty from the faculty end of the conversa tion occasioned by the requests for autographs. ' tsrU- ct L. Tr. A t £e 7 r7 What is it? I don ' t know about that. I ' ve heard things about people who put their names on paper. Well, how are you going to arrange these autographs. Will mine be on the same page with the others? Now there won ' t be anything within four blocks of it? I ' ll bet you ' re going to send, them oft ' to some character delines tor. Initials or name in full? Here it is. Now mind you if anything comes of this I ' ll hold you fellows responsible. Well now, how much is this going to cost us ' ? Vou know that is always the first thing Really I can ' t write my name so I can read it myself let alone for the Annual. I believe this is all a joke. Let me see some of the others. Why don ' t you give us a line to write it on. That isn ' t even straight. Now if there ' s a charge of $2.00 bring it around later. I don ' t promise to pay it though. Anyway my name isn ' t to anything. An autograph, eh? Do you want it now? I can ' t write well enough. Ought to have to practice. They usually come for advertisements. What is it for? What will it cost? That doesn ' t look very well but it ' s as good as that Ra.velings up there. Next day. If you have another slip of paper I ' d like to write my name over again, ' ' My what? Oh! Dear, dear, these Annual people. How I wish I was a good writer. ' •Still that is pretty good. Will that do? What! My autograph? ' ' Now you haven ' t a note attached to this have you? Perhaps I ' d better try it several times. I usually put in a little nervous twitch on the S. Want what ' .- ' Oh! An autograph. That ' s a!l right. Jji y K e f I X£ is- - - Ljo What do you mean ' .- In full? Well this is rather easy. Just so you don ' t ask us to subscribe to anything. Well, I don ' t know. My autograph isn ' t very good. I guess I ' ll have to practice a little. Will that do? That ' s the way I generally write it. (n-i c ec Wait till I get a good pen. No I guess that won ' t do, I will try this one. No, I will have to try a new one after all. You know they read a person ' s character by his handwriting. There isn ' t anything at the top of this paper that I am signing my name to is there? Do you want me to write it as nice as I can or just ordinary? Now you ' ll promise not to write out a check above it or anything like that will you? Have you a fountain pen? Oh, I see. ' ' There, that ' s it. Say! That ' s a neat letter head you fellows have there. £x Will a pencil do? People will say that ' s better than I usually do but I ' ll say it was for a special occasion. Is that a good one ' .- ' Guess, I ' ll try it again. Now I guess I ' d recognize that as mine alright. For the Annual? Now you aren ' t going to write some sort of story and put it above my signature, are you? ' Is this to read my character? ' Do you want it vertical or slant? ' It ' s dangerous business to sign your name to anything. ' You might as well put it on a $1,000,000 check as a $1,000. If We Only Knew Why Edna Pollock takes more interest in Freedtnen ' s Missons than other kinds — Why Miss Winbigler keeps quiet about getting the ring in the wed- ding cake — What Dr. said to the Senior Cupola Prowlers — Whether sparks in Miss Morrow ' s parlorcaused the lire at Hamil ' s — What Alter ever did to Hicks — Why Arthur Owen curled his hair — What the crazy woman told Joe Picken — Why Driemeyer helps Florence wash her hair instead ol hiring Mrs. Melaik— Whose picture Gene Nixon wears in his watch — Why Prof. Austin and Dr. McMichael can ' t agree on which Dox- ology (U. P. or M. E.) to use— What that Back Rent joke is — When Gilmer had his last birthday — Why Fannie is Parshall to John — Who really did swipe those envelopes — We Would Tell You. Movers ' Club. FACULTY MEMBERS. Bretnall Warne STUDENT MEMBERS. Corette Gilmer Taylor Rhodes Hill Spragua Keith Niehol WANT ADS. WANTED— $50,000. Mr. Carnegie, we would listen to you. M. C. WANTED— I want a man and I want one BAD. Clara Ethel Coyner. WANTED— A few friends after the Ravelings comes out. Miscel- lany Editors of ' 06 Annual. A Symposium This is Eli. For the benefit of those who do not know him, Eli is the fellow who is said to be born without brains but laughs and talks like a human being. He is the guy who offered to coach the Monmouth Col- lege base ball team and offered to make a catcher out of Jones for $25. He is also the one who told the base ball ticket seller that if a certain fair Senior girl wanted a ticket to give her one and charge it to him. He is the fellow who offered to do as well by a certain Freshman girl. He is the fellow who talks incessantly and irrepressiblylabout Lake Geneva and the girl he beat a fellow out of up there. He is also the springer of that time worn joke, ' Open the window and see the fire escape. He is the nutt who wears an M when ever Monmouth people are not looking. (See pic- ture.) This picture was taken with the purpose of persuading himself that he was an athlete. He teased himself so long this way until his mind gave in and said, Eli, I ' ll believe you. As an appreciation of their work we dedicate this page to OUR ARTISTS. Frances M. Lanphere. Royal Hughes. Earl Elder. m % THE BUSINESS MANAGERS Wish to express their appreciation to the Monmouth Business Men who have made the ' 06 RAVELINGS a financial success. To our readers we recommend them worthy your most liberal patronage. FOR THE Best Clothes Fair Prices and Courteous Treatment You are Cordially invited to the U. S. Clothing Company. 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LeClere and Miss Orr get settled for the year. 11. New students start to Sabbath School. 12. Chapel assignment according to voice. May Henderson sings tenor. 13. Second church reception. Chester makes a hit. 14. Maurice Rees visits in Beulah land. 15. Nora C. begins the study of Paul ' s epistles. 16. Eccritean reception to new students. Smart set serve. 17. Homer C. tells a fish story in Bible class. 18. Miss Dow has a date. If). Miss Dow has a date. 20. Color rush at 7 a. m. Swan does the pole stunt. 21 Junior scrap. No one hurt 22. Miss Dow has a date. 23. Bess B. ' -The Rhodes in Monmouth are fine. 24. Full moon. Everybody strolls. 25. Pring hits Monmouth. 26. Peck ' s Bad Boy attracts attention of the students. 27. Ray Elder changes his religion and accepts Dowism. 28. Driemeyer takes the Scott family nutting. 29. Blood ' s fourth attack on Smith. Mazie up late. 30. Arch leaves. Eccritean open meeting. 8 8 8  8 8 8 8 8 8 8 :j ♦♦ :: :: tx a 8 t: :: 8 « :: J. H. 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It also turns to tie and glove. ♦♦ For birds, and trees, and bumble bees, ♦♦ And best of all, My Lady, fair — ♦♦ They all appear in brand-new gear; ♦♦ New clothes are in the very air. •j I ' m not above those thoughts of love ♦ Concerning which the poets sing. .♦ But just the same it ' s mighty tame ♦♦ To wear a last year ' s suit this spring. ♦♦ And love, you know, will come and g - o: ♦♦ My Lady, fair is hard to please — ♦♦ ' Twould be all wrong to go along ♦♦ With her, in such old togs as these. HER costumes new from hat to shoe, She ' s like a bird of paradise! With such a maid I ' m much afraid I ' ll cut but very little ice. It I poured these fears into her ears, XX She gave her head a pretty toss, XX I love you now, she said, I vow, XX ' But. why not get a suit from SCHLOSS ' ? ' :: xx xx j: xx « :: YOU CAN SEE THEM ON THE WELL DRESSED STUDENTS. Bunu a tx „ A word to the wise is sufficient. .. « :: n x: October. Nora saves Calhoun from disgrace. Cburch at Auditorium. Millseats Dill pickles and looks happ} ' Herr Hicks tells one of his jokes. John Martin has dates to sell. Much star gazing Poster and Dotha grapes. 1. 2. 3. 4, 5. 6. swipe 7. Oratorical Contest at Galesburg. Blood and Driemeyer find the bridge out. 8. 5 a. ra. Faculty returns from Gales- burgs. 9. Nothing doing. 10. Fletcher makes a touchdown in class. 11. A. B. L. Open Met- ting. 12. Milford in his sleep, ' ' Carry, Carry your trunk upstairs. 13. Wagner asks Cherry if he has dropped his line. 14. Dr. helps Gertrude and Neal celebrate their birthdays. 15. Nuts are picked up near Smithshire. 16. Dave goes to church and watches the Fish. 17. Bible Class disturbed by children swinging. Miss Vose visits the girls. 18. Miss Coyner leaves for World ' s Fair 19. The Sophs give up their picnic and eat pumpkin pie at Allen ' s. 20. Students witness the Walters-Sykes wedding from the gallery. 21. Jess, ' ' That wedding took John Henry back to his wedding day, and me forward. ' 22. The O. K. T ' s hold all night session. 23. Pring hits town. Blood hunts Millie. 24. Dr. goes away. Bible contest. 25. Supper at First church. 26. Pierre dreams of a 92 yard run. 27. Little Eva dies again atjDpera House. 28. Clara Ethel visits in Galesburg. 29. Big game with Knox. 30. Hocky begins. Dred cripples some 31. Kappas celebrate. B° a 3 ID S Z z â– â– S X, (d Jo J I 2 u â– s s o?c ; a — -J â– a J a  !h J  1 © t— i = m _oi O O O 0. o C5 J CD o UJ X o jjj H o C 3 2 •- w ,2 r a. a) S3 o s-s w to -j go nJ B.U w ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®@®®®®®®® WOODS £y HALLAM Loans and Investments Quinby Building. Farm and City Loans in any amounts, long or short time. We collect and remit both principal and interest without ex- pense to our customers. Let us help you invest your idle money. Correspondence invited- WM. H. WOODS. FRANK HALLAM. A. MORRIS fresh Cut Flowers always on hand. Second Hand Store DESIGNS FOR FUNERALS A SPECIALTY. Palms ®. Ferns for Decorating Bargains in slightly worn but good as New Furniture, Bicycles bought and sold. THOS HEWITT,. FLORIST. Store Phone 88 House Phone 89 Store, East Broadway. ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®@®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® OLD POSTOFFICE BLOCK Keep CLOTHES and We KeeD the Best of | i I i 9 SHOES. Sole Agents for HANAN ' S SHOES. Model Clothing? Co. Head to Foot Outfitters. If You are Particular Inez Baker. 209 East Broadway, MONMOUTH, ILL. About your foot- wear, you will go to an exclusive shoe store where you can get the latest styles in sound, serviceable | goods. We guarantee our | shoes to fit. 5 E. G. Bowman. Btt ; Tr.yL ? fr ' ST fr V November. 3. 4 5. 6. leeps 7. 8 Better walking. Dr. prays for the toot ball team. Prayer answered — 75 to 0. Eccritean and Philo Peanut night. Everybody sleeps Church at Auditorium. Everybody Ada loses her dancing shoes. Oracle appeals. Great interest in the Miscellaneous Department 9. Herr Hicks ill. Great rejoicing among German students. 10. Tom Smith begins training for Thanksgiving dinner. 11. Prof. Bretnall treats Physiology class to chewing gum. 12. First thimble party of the season. 13. Students all Presbyterians. 14. John Mc. loses his lecture course tickets. Maria finds ihem. 15. J. Martin and June McClurkin enter- tain. 16. Campanari Concert. Not loud enough to keep Blood awake. 17. Mabel, My Bill is worth his face value. 18. Erma ' s birthday. The chickens suffer. 19. Miss Henderson has a piano put in the gym. Tnanks. 20. Steadies attend Ninth Avenue. 21. Football boys at Lake Forest. 22. Dr. McMichael loses a jug of cider from his cellar 23. Tom Smith sleeps in Greek class. 24. Weir and Moore entertain at the ex- pense of the club. 25. Big eatin ' s. First basketball game. Mostly scraps. Pool tables fill corridors of college. Cold weather. Everybody goes skating. Football banquet at Hodgen ' s. 26. 27. 29. 30. I DR. F. E. WALLACE. Surgeon and Physician. Office Hours— 7 to !):30a m.; 1 to 3 p.m. 218 East Broadway. PHONES Ind. 188. Bell 118 L DR. A. G. PATTON Physician and Surgeon Office, Patton Block. Res., 21! S. A St. Phones— Ind. 102 Bell, 189 Phones— Ind. 158 Bell,139R Office Hours— 10 to 11 a. m. 1 to 3 p. m. 7 to 8 p. m. DR. C. SHERRICK 303 East Broadway Monmouth, Illinois. Office Hours: 7:30 to 9 a. m.; 2 to 4 p. m.; 7 to 8 p. m. J. R. EBERSOLE, M. D. Physicianand Surgeon. 116 North A Street- Both Phones. W. H. WELLS, M. D. ® Residence, 520 E, Second Ave 5 Office Over Peoples ' Bank. « ® Both Phones in House and Office. (j C . LINN, | DR. E Office, Rooms 4 and 5 Nat ' l Bank of Monmouth Bld ' £ Ind Phone, 80. Residence, 803East Broadway Ind. and Bell Phone, 32. Office Hours: 10 00 to 12 00 to 4 00 to 8 00 a. m. 00 p. m. 00 p. m. DR. W. S. HOLLIDAY | Physicianand Surgeon. © Office over McKinley ' s Hard- ® ware Store. $ Residence, 216 South First St  Bell Phone 22 Ind. Phone 1022 k Hours— 10:00 to 12:00 a. m. (R 2:00 to 4:00 p. m. ? 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. ® DR. C. A. SKINNER, Office and Residence 221 South First Street Office Hours— 10 to 12 a.m.: 2 to 4 p. m « ®®®®®®®® ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® ®®®®®®£) « rr? '  ; ; fry.!4J ;5li41 IMcGOWAN ' S You will always find exclu- sive and complete lines of New Merchandise in cor- rect styles at this store. Suits, Jackets, Skirts, IVIuslin Underwear, Silks and Dress Goods. College and Class Ribbons. ! GROCERIES Fresh, New and Clean I I 3 Clubs and Boarding Houses £ give us a trial. We •? will save you money- I BRUCE MEEK $ CO. 119 East First Avenue. Both Phones 1893 i 1905 d I - -BIJOU Short Order Restaurant. Open Day and Night. 104 Market Place. H. W. DREDGE, Proprietor. THE NEW TRUST AND SAVINGS BANK, i i Brings to Monmouth and Warren County its first Savings Bank. -:- -:- 3 per cent, paid on all Sav- ings Accounts. -:- -:- 4 Iper cent paid on Time Certificates of Deposits. Fire and Burglar Proof Safety Deposit boxes FREE Open for business Tuesday and Saturday evenings from 0:30 to 8:30. -:- YOUR BUSINESS SOLICITED i i j i i i ; j i j j j . L £: 4 TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: Y I i 4 When in need of anything in the Y j Grocery Line make us a call. Â¥ We give special attention to jj 4 orders for clubs, picnic parties, Y l receptions, etc. ? We always have a full line of £ 4 of choice Candy and Nuts in Y i stock. I Vogt Robertson, y Both Phones. 216 £. Broadway. f jrjrj TrirTr5rir )r fi? WTri!r f)r ?r j!r f ' jrw ' K fa „ simbI iiffiro; «wfi December. 1. College bell rings mysteriously. 2 Nora Corette tells another love story. 3. Prof Bretnall has his hair cut. 4. Getty is homesick. 5. Mazie says she loves little boys. 6. Juniors go brokeon the Four Stars. 7. Grace McKinley begins the study of Domestic Economy. 8. Mabel Moore in German class, That boy came in inverted order. 9. Bridentbal club entertains faculty. 10. No dates. Girls busy .making Xmas presents. 11. Letters are sent home. 12. Bess Keith says she wants her name in the Ravelings. 13. Pete tries an extempo speech in Law. 14. Prince Albert calls on Nancy. 15. Choral Society gives The Messiah. 16 Matt gets good news from Chicago. 17. Beth and Shellar make up again. 18. Crams. 19. Exams. 20. Good, byes. Flossie leaves without checking her trunk. Which one was to blame? The Morton Cafe For Ice Cream, 211 E. Broadway. NATIONAL BANK or Capital and Surplus $350,000. General Banking Business Four per cent, on Time Deposits. Three per cent, on Savings Account. G. S. Tttbbs, President. W. H. Fkantz, Vice President. W. C. Tubbs, Cashier. D. E. Gayer, Ass ' t Cashier. Fred A. Martin, Ass ' t Cashier. Business Established 1878. Incorporated 1896. Capital Stock $200,000 full Paid. A QUARTER CENTURY OF SUCCESS. The King-Richardson Company Educational Publications Home Office Springfield, Mass. Western Branch Chicago, 67 Wabash Ave. FRANK W. JOHNSON, President and Manager Chicago Office. CHAS. J. KROOK. Field Mgr. Illinois-Wisconsin Division. Profitable Vacation Employment for Students. Address Chicago Office for Further Information. And No. 400 Fifth Avenue ft NEW YORK CITY. MERMOD. JACCARD ®. KING CO. The World ' s Grandest Jewelry Establishment. Lowest-Priced House in America for Fine Goods. Importers, Makers, Retailers. Â¥|EAIjING in Diamonds and Gold Jewelry Watches, Clocks .Silver China and Glass- ware, Marble and Bronze, Bric-a-Brac, etc. CLASS PINS and Buttons, Medals and Prize Cups made to order. We will furnish special designs and estimates on request. SCHOOL STATIONERY, Cards and Invi- tations: also Correspondence Stationery, Die Cutting and Stamping. Finest Goods a.t Lowest Prices Founded 1829. MEHMOD, JACCARD ® KING CO. Orders Sent to either our St. Louis or New York Establishment will receive prompt attention — Write for Catalogue. MONMOUTH GRINDING SHOP. RAZORS, BARRBER CLIPPERS, HORSE CLIPPERS, SHEAR.S, KNIVES OF ALL KINDS, AND SKATES, ESPECIALLY LAWN MOWERS, SAWS. S. J. WOLFF, Prop, galesburo COLLEGE HATS CAPS, g SWEATERS, I JERSEYS, GOLF JACKETS, | BASEBALL, TENNIS, FOOTBALL, $ BASKETBALL, ft AND TRACK SUPPLIES W ATHLETIC GOODS SHIPPED DIRECT 3 AT WHOLESALE PRICES. SEND FOR CATALOGUE. £ McLEAN HOLLAND, I EVERYTHING FOR THE ATHLETE 3 ILLINOIS S ft S POLLOCK ' S The Up-to-Date Confectioner and Caterer Banquets, Receptions, Social Events a Specialty. : : : Pure Ice Cream, Ices, Crushed Fruits, and Soda Water. FANCY BOX CANDY. STOP IN AFTER. THE LECTURE. Mind and Body. Both need nutriment. You want the best for the former, how about the lattery Is anything .you eat too pure J ' o. ' the body ? A M GOOD BRAIN is DEPENDANT on a HEARTY BODY— YOU w § can ' t have it and eat inferior and adulterated food. V si We strive at all times— not to see how cheap our 1 Groceries are, but how good. For Picnics see us for paper napkins, doilies and y. ss table covers. SCOTT BROS. £y CO. 202 EAST BROADWAY. GROCERS. January. teffl i- r.P-f 4. Winter term begins. Students unwind red tape. 5 May H gets a birthday cake with twenty-five candles on it. 6. Gertrude and Russell try their new chafing dish. 7. Nelle wears a new diamond. 5. Church at Auditorium conducted by S. D. Gordon. f). Choral is a howling success. 10. Pring hits town. 11. Prof. Robinson, I used to be a sport when I was a boy. 12. Juniors elect two vice-presidents. 13. R. Kyle sleeps in Sociology class. Repeat every day till January 25th. 14. Girls play basket ball with Little York 15. Miss Winbigler buys a Sunday paper 16. Foot ball men get M ' s. 17. John Temple Graves lectures. 18. Crozier takes Agnes and Edna a ride. 19. Prof. Graham advises Driemeyer to bore holes in his head. 20. Carol McMillan recites in History. 21. Beulah springs an Illinois fob. , 22. One month till Banquet. Freshmen begin to get nervous. 23. Flossie Dow appears beltless at breakfast. 24. S. Peacock transacts business in the President ' s office. 25. Robert Rhea appears in side burns. Great success. 26. Soph kid social. Some of the ' kids are captured. 27. J.m and May go to Babes in Toy- land. 28. Rhea conforms to ultimatum. Side- burns come off. 29. S. Picken goes to sleep in church. 30. Merle feels her heart beating a mile away. 31. Maude Blair tells J. LeClere that he ' s not the only one who has an M on his sweater. W. P. SCHALL, Real Estate, Loans and Insurance. Second National Bank Building. lad Phone .198. No. 69 f . Side Square. J. Clyde McCoy Lands, Loans and Insurance. Office 21 X South Main St. Mo uth. ill. „ :: Jzmes W. Clendenin, [_ OU j$ . Manna Attorney at Law. Office over uth Trust and Suvings flunk. Monmouth Homestead and Loan Association. Loans on Monmouth Property, $180,000. ALMON KIDDER, President. T. G. PEACOCK, Secretary. DR. F. L. MITCHELL, Office and Residence, 116-122 W. Second Ave. Attorney at Law. National Bank of Monmouth Building. S AFFORD GRAHAM, Attorneys at Law North Side Square, Monmouth, III. Hours— k to 9:80 a. m. 2 to 4:00 p. m. 7 to K:00 p. m. Bell Phone, 152. Ind. Phone, 152 J. H. HANLEY, ;; Attorney at Law. « .9 North Side Square. Monmouth, III. .. What are the Wild Waves saying? j ♦♦ Some day we will go to Monmouth Col- ♦ « lege and buy our Books and  :: Supplies of :: BURNS ALLEN ' S STORE. « WE SELL GOOD MERCHANDISE.  • Silk, Kid Glove, Ready Made Suits, Notions, Dress Goods, ♦♦ 5j Priestley ' s Black Goods, Purs, Cloaks. Ready to :: JJ Wear Skirts, Carpets, Lace Curtains, « !! Mattings, Rugs, Etc., Etc., Etc. « «• ♦ it We believe in Good Merchandise, and as to Prices, well H they ' ll suit you as well as the goods. JOHN C. ALLEN. Artistic Job Printing CX J ITSH PRINTING is sometimes JV a necessity, and we are always ready to help a customer out in a pinch — and what we ' ve told you so often, we tell you again — If your work is not ready when promised you don ' t pay a cent for it. We can show you many samples of work from which to gather ideas regarding your own special needs in our line. If you are busy ask us to call on you and we ' ll do so promptly. We will deliver all orders at your request. 218 South First St. 40 Independent Phone. Peoples National Bank jj CAPITAL $75,000.00. SURPLUS AND PROFITS $70,000.00. OFFICERS. orge Armsby, President. J. C. Dunbar, Vice President. H. B. Smith, Cashier. E. D. Brady. Ass ' t Cashier. February. 1. Nora Scantlin freezes her ears and nose. 2. Ground hog sees his shadow. 3. Mouse in Circle meeting. Girls sing, Safely guarded j_,ord by Thee. 4. Flossie Dow burns her tongue. Allen Club much relieved. 5. Mazie catches fire. (i. Miss Patterson, I don ' t know but that I ought to. ' ' 7. Prof. Hicks reads John 14 in chapel. 8. Roy Linn and John Lant forget to smile. 9. Opie Read tells stories. 10. A. B. L spread. 11. Feme freezes her ear. So does Tim. 12. All go to church: 13. Pat appears in masquerade costume. 14 Ethel Senseman, ' O, look at Blanch. 15. Prof. Hicks reads John i4 in chapel. 16. Jess Graham says she believes she will make an A in every study this term. 17. Philo-Eecritean Debate. Eccrits win. 18. Kyle makes bis dash for life. Clarke swears allegiance. 19. Sabbath. Suppresssd excitement. 20. Freshmen girls become frantic and leave town. 21. Banquet begins. 22. Banquetends. Campus Blade appears 23. Dr. and Mrs. McMicbael surprise debators. 24. Alfa, Things are not what they seem. 25. Croson and Grace Ritchie spend the day in Galesburg. 26. The Woggle Bug and Betsy Bouncer go to church. 27. Flossie Dow and Webb make a hit. 28. Prof. Hicks reads John 14 in chapel. i i i i i j i i i i i j i i « J. R EIGHME SON. Liverv and Boarding Stable. Up-to-date Rigs of All Kinds. East Side North Main, . Monmouth, ill jwww ww WTrwTrwTrwTif wwwwww ww- ww ww ww : :: vv : : : : :vvvvvv : :v : : : : : : : : : : m J. R.. HANNA, President. 1 M. J. E. BRERETON, Vice President : :VV VVVVVX VVVVWVVÂ¥S W, D. BRERETON. Secy. G E, PATTON, Trea.s. MONMOVTH POTTERY COMPANY. 553 | Largest Stoneware Manufacturers in S the World. 1 1 ;s; 1 Capacity 6,000,000 Gallons per Annum. | i • • I March. 1. Wendling Lecture. Jewell begins to give strolling lessons. 2. J. A. McMillan comes to town and gets a cool reception. 3. J. McAllister borrows a Bible to go on Bible Rendition Contest. 4. Roosevelt is Inaugurated. 5. Herbert and Nora go to church but do not sit together. li. Divorce prayermeeting. 7. Bible Rendition Contest, Brothers and sisters occupy front seats. 8. G. Porter starts to raise things on his upper lip. 9. Chas. Blair calls at the Glendening ' home. 10 Indoor Track Meet. 11. Miss Coyner, after you ' ve been in school a year you ' ll learn how to bluff. 12. Sabbath, W. Baird and Alford Phillips cram. 13. Exams. Cram, cram, cram. 14 F. S. Sharpe returns the envelopes. Vacation 22. Spring term begins. 23. Geo. Crainpton Co. 24. Professor— Stevenson. Florence Findley— Here. 25. Miss Vose visits Bridenthal Club. Mills, Are you going to be in school this term, Miss VoseV 26. Es ist ein schbne Tag. Alle ' , Kinder sind gut. 27. Miss Morrow celebrates her twenty- ninth birthday. 28. Edna says, It was a Black night but the Rhodes were good. 29. Conservatory reception. I Who took the ice cream. 30. Wagner leaves for Bellefontaine. 31. Janette looks sad and lonely. |)® S@«®@@ S®@@ S@«@ S@ S g @® @ S@ g@«@ G M Welcome Gift in any Home The Most Popular College Songs 50 New College Songs j Songs of ALL the Colleges Songs of the WESTERN College Songs of the EASTERN Colleges Songs of the Flag and Nation 100 New Kindergarten Songs School Songs with College New Songs for College Glee Clubs - New Songs for Male Quartets - Songs of the University of Pennsylvania Songs of the University c f Michigan - Songs of Washington ar.d Je.Tcrson Colleg Songs of Haverlord Colh-ge - New Songs and Anthems for Church Q.U2 {.Eleven Number!) ,-j 1.50 I 50 D o you know LORD Tke Coa.1 a.nd Ice Man Patton ®L Co., FLOUR FEED AND SEEDSTORE. West Side j Phone 13 Garden and field Seeds In bulk, Salt. Building Mater- ial, Poultry Feeds and Remedies, etc. -:- -:- SEE PEN MILLER FOR. Wail Paper and Paints. J. M. Thompson, Express and Package Delivery. 501 South Seventh St. At Bookstores. Music Dealers, or the i ublishers, Rinds, m z $ Eldredge 3S--33-35 KlCSt ISftft St. ReW lYrfJ £[«V Residence Pho rders telephoned Monmouth entrai promptly attended. P I— ; I ® a Where do you get good photos H at reasonable prices? At ROOT ' S STUDIO 213 South Main Street, Monmouth, 111. «e«eeeee@@eee@®@e@ee«e«@«e®®ee®e«e«e Candy Kitchen, Southwest Corner Square. Our Ice Cream will always satisfy in quality and price. Come in and try our Ice Cream Sodas. Home made Candies and fine Choco= lates, none better. = Fresh peanuts and but- tered popcorn al= ways on hand. H. L. Speakman. ©®S ®S  S S ®@4S« © s S « S S ©S ©S s « « S « ©£ « £ ©« ®® S April. 1. Faculty reception. Students eat onions. 2. Bess avoids neither Rhodes Nor-wood 3. Hop 4. Mc[ntrye, I ' ve eaten so much of this dry breakfast food that I rattle. 5. Bretnall has his hair cut — for domes- tic reasons. 6. Soph social at Prexies. Soph girls treat the college to ice cream. 7. Wilda Barnes says she is going west to rrn a sheep ranch. 8. Gilmer wears a clean collar. 9. LOST— A Y. W. C. A. pin. Finder please return to Ethel Lowry, care of W. Hoyman. 10. Jacob Riis lecture. Aletheorian vs A. B. L. in basketball. Alter ' s pony gets out. Porter-Moore recital. Debate with Coe. Nora Corette is late to breakfast. Profs Swan and Austin wade Cedar 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. Creek. 17. Millie Bigger tries to put her handker- chief in her hip pocket in elocution class. 18. Baseball with DePauw. 19. Freshman social in the gym. 20. Fred Swan faints after asking the blessing. 21. Y. W. C. A. social at Burns. 22. Beulah | wears her new champaign colored hat. 23. Easter. 24. Dave tells a Fish story. 25. Matteson quiet during Chapel. 26. Mary iKyle, I am almost starved I ' ve only gained ten pounds this term. 27. Conference begins. 28. Frank Hill shows his missionary cou- sin a good time. 29. Kerr is arrested and put undercharge of tne Marshall. 30. Conference closes. Monmouth College Conservatory of Music. T. MERRILL AUSTIN, Director. jpVERY STUDENT has an opportunity for Literary work- ' - The College supplies an atmosphere of broad culture. Thus the students gets a thorough musical education and the broader culture besides. Pupils are received at any time, and upon satisfactory e examination, are credited with work already done- Pupils will be considered candidates for graduation when e they have shown requisite musical ability, and will be classed | in a course after giving evidence of satisfactory attainments, e Upon the completion of the required courses and meeting the | requirements of the school, a diploma is awarded. e COURSES. Courses are offered in Voice, Piano, Organ, Pipe Or- | can, Stringed Instruments, Brass Instruments, Har § mony and Counterpoint, Interpretation, History of | Music, Sight Singing and Ear Training. Attention is also | given to Public School music. | SPECIAL PRIVILEGES. The Oratorio Society, the May Musical Festival, the reg- | ular Rehearsals, the Term Concerts. | TEACHERS. I Six teachers will be employed next year. They are all I | graduates of leading conservatories, and some have had the ad- e % vantages of study abroad. | it i j i j i i i f } ) i l f } i } ! IREY IREY STAR LIVERY. Livery, Feed and Boarding Stable, First-Class Turnouts for all Occasions. 200-206 North Main St. Both Phones 20 ti ' ' w â–  • - â–  w -â–  ?•■« Tr-w- rw- wTrwTr wrrwrrw Student Club Headquarters The Pure Food Grocery. The Best to be Had in Groceries is Under the IP BRAND Court He use Corner. Monmouth, 11 May. 1. Pete meets Ethel ' s father. 2. A new gag in chapel — I ' m glad to look into so many pleasant faces once more. 3. The Pickens do their washing. Please pick your pick of the Pickens pile promptly. 4. Inter-State Oratorical Contest. Base ball with Eureka. 5. Military Tract High School meet. Y. W. C A. girls exhibit their culinary skill. 6. Base ball with Knox at Galesburg. Everybody goes to Galesburg. 7. Sabbath. Elma DeVinney visits her sister Joe Cleland goes buggy ridding. 8. Florence Brady — Pretty glasses on his nose, Patent leathers on his toes, My boy, Toramie. 9. Buchanan bands in a bill for back rent. 1(1. Milford Barnes is taken for an en- gaged man because he giggles all the time. 11. Baker makes his date for Junior Banquet. Better late than never. 12. Junior-Senior Banquet (to be con- tinued.) 13. Junior-Senior Banquet (concluded). 14. Rain. A day of rest. 15. More rain. l(i. Still more rain. Track team goes to Jacksonville. May Festival begins. 17. Festival closes. Students too busy to attend 18. Chronology Editors get tired and quit. June 30. Editor-in-Chief and Busness Managers still at it. ' ' ;; Fifty-seven Varieties. :: :: THAT IS THE NUMBER OF ATTRACTIONS « MANAGED BY THE Slayton Lyceum Bureau. H. L. SLAYTON, Pres. C. L. WAGNER, Sec. W. S. W. SLAYTON, Trea ♦! Steinway Hall, CHICAGO. 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Miss Morrow Tf more words rhymed with borrow More verse would be forthcoming On To MORROW. A youth, a maid, a moonlight night, A quiet walk with none in sight. From Cupid ' s bow an arrow bright— But then, ah me, what need to add More words about this lass and lad. Here ' s to the girl who ' s bound to win Her share at least of blisses, Who knows enough NOT to go in When it ' s raining — kisses. 5 SAM T. SMITH ' S CHAIR BARBER SHOP Under Peoples National Bank, Corner of Square and South Main St. Call and see us. SAM T. SMITH, Prop. :. â– - â– .â– -: . â–  â– â– â– .-• â– â–  â–  â–  , ...-..â– :â– â–  â– â–  : :â– â–  â–  ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ •« ♦ ♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦ ••:: HUGH MARSHALL Prescription Druggist, Kodaks arid Supplies. I 102 SOVTH MAIN ST. The Pioneer Meat Market H. J. KOBLER Wholesale and Retail Dealer in MEATS 104 South Main Street Both Phones 54. 8 WEIR CYCLE ®L GVN CO. 110 West First Avenue Bicycles, Base Ball and Golf Goods. Phonographs and Records, Guns. Etc. Complete Repair Shop in Connection    ♦  •♦•♦♦ «♦•«•♦ •♦♦♦♦ ♦ ♦♦  ♦• ♦♦♦ ....so ALLEN LEINS HEAL TAILORS We wa.nt to make Your Clothes PRESSING AND REPAIRING BY EXPERIENCED TAILORS. 2091 South Main St Monmouth, jj uttttti Rttsset.i. Graham. Pres. McKenzte lli.nr.wn, Vice Pres. R. K. White. Ti United Presbyterian Mutual Benefit Association. General Office at Monmouth, Illinois. A Fraternal insurance for United Presbyterians only. 3,300 members, including leading ministers and laymen. $4,850,000 of Insurance iiv Force Write for Information. HUGH R. MOFFET, Secretary. Morvmouth. 111. Good Solicitors Wanted. The place to buy BOOKCASES « BOTH LIBRARY AND SECTIONAL IS AT I HOGUE JAMIESON. I Everything up-to-Date. « Strictly Modern. :s .. Try Electric Massage for all Face Trouble, Wrinkles, Black « Heads, Flesh Worms, Discolorings, etc. xx Ladies Shampooing and Massaging a Specialty. :: % THE RED LIGHT BARBER SHOP, jj BYLAND £r MELVIN | GUS T. MELBURG « PANTITORIUM AND TAILOR SHOP Clothing Cleaned, Pressed and Repaired. We steam, ♦ clean and dye both ladies ' and gents ' garments. XX Suits made to order. Shirts made to order. Agent •♦ for Ideal Laundry of Peoria. Ind. Telephone 558.   104| South Main Street. Over Kobler ' s Market ®®S®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®3®®®®®5 OTTO FOWLER HERE IT IS! RETAIL DEALER IN MEATS OYSTRES AND POULTRY Dell Phone I26K lnd, Phone 142 205 EAST BROADWAY. For Class College, Conservatory Pins of all Description We show you the assortment. Call and see our nov- elties in this line. We would like to be your Jeweler. JOHNSON McCRAY EVERYBOD1ES WATCH INSPECTORS SHELLENBERGER ' S HACK LINE Hacks meet all trains. Will call for patrons at any part of the city, day or night. Bag- gage delivered. Single rigs. Both Phones 73. STROHBER $ HOFFMAN Piano House High Grade Pianos direct from Fac- tory to buyer, sav- ing from $75 to $100 on each Piano. Woman ' s Exchange Bldg. Strohber Hoffman Piano House The Students ' Favorite Line b. f. duncan. Manager. ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®@®®®®®®®®®®®®®®® J. H. HANNA NOTARY PUBLIC JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, a POLICE MAGISTRATE :: a Whole Attention Turned to Collections ..PANTIT0RI1.. We Clean and Pre ss your clo ' hes. A month ' s membership costs you but $1 00 then you will be a neat dresser. We shine shoes. Tresham ® Breed THE LITTLE TAILORS , 115 S Main. Both PKones n ::«« ««««« a :: « ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®-®®®®®@®®®®®® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® M ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® i Long ' s New ® Portrait Studio ® ® ® ® ® ®. ® ® ® Ground Floor, ® ' ® ® Searles New Bui ding J ® ® ® ® ® ® ' I Everything in the ® ® Portrait and ® ® ® ® Amatuer Lines. 226 S. Main St. ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ® ®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®®s®®®®®®®®® Breaks, Cracks, Gags, Grinds. Clara Matthews — I wish I had been born smart instead of good looking ' . Monteith — I will trade with you, Clara. Madge Pearce — I just hid behind Moorehead ' s shoulder at every lightning Hash. Beulah to Paul — Your arms are entirely too long. Weir — There! I forgot to do the very thing I was thinking of when [ did it. W. J. to Alfa W.— May I walk with you? Alfa— Yes, until we catch up with Paul. (Paul is half a block ahead.) Prof. Graham — Miss Wiley, when was the ordinance of 1787 passed? Dr. McMichael— Young Ladies ' Circle meeting tonight at 6:45. There will be a business meeting of the Y. M. C. A. immediately follow- ing. Bob White— What kind of birds do you like best, Carrie? Carrie — Bob White ' s of course. Jas. LeClere (after the lecture)— Well, I ' ll have to sit down and rest for I had to carry Nelle nearly all the way home. Prof. Robinson to Seniors — You not only look awkward and feel awkward, but you are awkward. M. M. M.— You can keep your hands so warm by putting them in another person ' s pocket, especially if there ' s another hand in it. John M (at Bijou)— I guess I ' ll try some of that ox-tail soup. E. Del .ell— You ' d better, John. Its bully. Dr. Graham — In Bryson ' s American Commonwealth — Bryce ' s I mean. You see I am familiar with both names. Prof. Bretnall — Do you think you could enjoy a six-mile stroll, Miss Graham ' : ' Miss Graham — I have. Weary waiting and wishing past I ' ve been taken now at last. — Bryson. When you are in need of College Books Tablets, Pencils, Etc., for your work in college call on WJ. Southwest Corner Square. â–  m oW X FIRST MONDAY. Go to HAWKINS LUNCH ROOM | When you a.re Hungry a.nd he will | fill You up with the best | in the land, North side of 1 Square. Roots Bowling Alley, 213 S. Main Street. What Determines the Worth of a Diamond? How many persons know that there are fourteen distinct grades of ♦♦ Diamonds — that fourteen stones of the same size may all vary in value ' ? : Expert grade Diamonds as follows: Blue white — extra white— white — ♦♦ very good color — good color. And perfect — slightly imperfect — imper- feet. Our stock comprises a large number of the better grades and vari- ,. ous sizes -loose and mounted in jewelry — and each grade is sold lor ex- jj actly what it is. We will be glad to show you our assortment, no matter ♦♦ whether you intend to purchase or not — and to give you any information about Diamonds you may care to ask for. ., Andrew H. Frandsen. Fred ' s Barber Shop l p-to-Date Work Electric Massage and Bath F. N. Wildemuth, Under National Bank of Monmouth Square and Broadway : « «  t: a a a a « :: :: :: :: ;: :: Waterman ' s Ideal Fountain Pen, birthday A prize Or a. presentation. USEHJL, BEAUIIFUL, LASTING Furnisned with every known degree of pen nib. antl to suit all styles of writing. Many ex- elusive designs for the elite trade. Further informat ion booklet and list of local dealers, furni shed where requested. L. E. Waterman £• Co. 173 Broadway New Yor : .:::::::::: :: a :;♦ a We Ha.ve for Sale Keoffel Esser Co. OF NEW YORK M ■®. p I Drawing 1 Materials Surveying Instruments I m 1 111 Madison St., CHICAGO. City Property, Warren Co. Farms, Rich Corn and Wheat Lai ds in St. Fran- cis valley and Southeast Missouri. Fine tracts of Hard Wood Timber in the Delta lands of the South. Plantations $20.00 to $40.00 per acre; rents for $4.00 to $6 00 per acre. BOYD ® TEARE, Real Estate Brokers, Monmouth, 111 | MRS. ELLA BALL, M if. £$ Headquarter for the latest $g styles in MILLINERY EAST BROADWAY. ..Carry-All Line.. GEORGE R_. PETERSON, Proprietor. Passengers 10c Baggage 10c Breaks, Cracks, Gags, Grinds. Prof. Hicks — Mr. McClanahan, you may read the next sentence. P. Mc. — I ' m not quite through with it yet, Professor. Next day Hicks — We are not going to ask Mr. McClanahan to re- cite today so he can safely leave off his preparation and listen to the others, Monteith (after a hard Greek) — Prof, what are j ou going to do for a class in beginning Greek next term? Florence Brady asked the Librarian down town for some paper to wrap her overshoes, in. He gave her a sheet of note paper 3x4 inches. How could he make such a mistake? Gilmer — Its natural to walk pigeon toed. It is for me anyway. That ' s the way a cow walks when she runs. Feb. 18. Freshman Wells, after many Freshmen have been taken and few left, says in asking the blessing, O Lord, we thank Thee for having kept us this far through another day. Olive Sprowl (trying to open west door) — O, darnt that door. A VERY SHORT STORY. Two houses on First Avenue between Eighth and Ninth streets are built almost exactly alike. One day a dark haired student in the pre- paratory department of Monmouth College walked into one house, went upstairs and into what he thought was his own room. It wasn ' t and overwhelming embarassment resulted for the young man and consterna- tion for two young women. 411 E. 57th St. CAPS AND GOWN: Made to Order and Rented. Caps Medals Pennants Banners Fobs Send for Catalogue. WALL PAPER GROOMS PAINTS O. S. FRENCH. President. COAL LUMBER, WEST BROADWAY Struthers Sisters Z The Woman ' s Exchange g Students ' Headquarters for •♦ Bread, Pies, Cakes, Etc. tt Meals served. ♦♦ Patterson block. 1st Ave 1st St H ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦«♦♦♦♦♦ ♦♦♦$ I THE CENTRAL LYCEUM BUREAU OF CHICAGO | II FRED PEKHAM, MaLi a.ger. Established 1897 415-420 Orchestra Bldg. l ♦J An agreement has been recently consumated which ;♦ give? the Central the exclusive control of the II Redpath Lyceum Bureau attractions in the states of Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, Mon- }{ ;; tana and the province of Manitoba JJ 1905 PARTIAL LIST OF ATTRACTIONS 1906 MUSICALS. Gadski (Recitals) Bispham (Recitals) Campanari and Company Maconda (Recitals) George Crampton Company Royal Hungarian Court Orchestra Rosati ' s Royal Italian Band, 2:2 people. MISCELLANEOUS CONCERT COMPANIES. Katherine Ridgeway Company Whitney Brothers Quartette Chicago Lady Entertainers Temple Quartette Company Kaffir Boy Choir from Soulh Africa Juanita Boynton Company Odeon Male Quartette and Nettie Jackson Clare Vaughan Wales Company Harmony Lady Quartette Company Siegel -Meyer-Reed Combination NOVELTY COMPANIES Boston Comedy Orchestra Durno (Magician) Company Hawthorn Musical Club Manning Glee and Minstrel Club of Boston DRAMATIC COMPANY The Louis J. Russell Dramatic Co. presenting The Middleman By arrangement with Daniel Frohruan. (Eleven acting people and a car- load of special scenery.) LECTURERS. J. Adam Bede, Dr. Geo. H. Brad- ford, Dr. Frank Bristol, Dr. S. Parkes Cadman, Mattison W. Chase, Dr Geo. L. Cole, J. E.Com- erford (Illustrated), Prof. J. B. De- Motte, Frank Dixon, Senator J. P. Dolliver, Judge Alfred Ellison. VV. C. Fox (Illustrated), Dr. J. W. Frizzell, John Temple Graves, Ora Samuel Gray, Dr. Thos. E. Green, Col. H. W. J. Ham, Rabbi Leon Harrison, Dr. James Hedley, Dr. Newell D  ight Hillis, Capt. Rich- mond P. Hobson, Frederick E Hop- kins, Dr Matt S. Hughes, Dana C. Johnson, Father Francis ' Kelley, Hon. C. B Landis, Piot. Guy Carl- ton Lee, Virginia Barlow LeRoy, Dr. Eugene May, Thos. McClary, John Mc Govern, Geo. L. McNutt, George C. Miln, DeWitt Miller, Prof. Chas. O. Merica, Edward Amherst Ott, Spillman Riggs, Frank R. Robertson, Dr. Frank G. Smith, William Hawley Smith, Dr. Edward A. Steiner, Gen. Z. T. Sweeney, Ex-Gov. Bob Taylor, Mary Church Terrell, Frank G. Tyrrell, Frederick Warde, Hon. Geo. R. Wendling. ENTERTAINERS. Albert Armstrong (Picture Plays), Bertha Kunz Baker, Miss Ida Ben- fey, Ralph Bingham, Fred Emer- son Brooks, W. O. Clure, Gilbert A. Eldredge, Adrian M. Newens, Alton Packard (Cartoonist), W. D. Nesbit, Prof. P. M. Pearson, Le- land T. Powers, Opie Read, Chas. Underhill.! H The Lyceum Central Bureau controls exclusively all of the above attractions « m .: ' Â