Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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' The Ravelings — 1928 » --, ,; . - classes Page Twenty-

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The Ravelings — 1928 RUDOLPH NOTTLEMAN Assistant Professor of Social Science — 1925 A. B. Monmouth College, 1912; M. A. University of Illinois 1913; LL. B. Yale University-. 1922. LOUISE GRISWOLD Instructor in English — 1926 A. B. Oberlin College. 1904; A. M. Uni versitv of Wisconsin, 1926. MARIAN WHEELER GOODRICH English— 1925 A. B. Whitman College; M. A. Monmouth College; Phi Beta Kappa. B College EVA LOUISE BARR Modern Languages — 1922 S. Monmouth College; A. B. Goucher M. A. University of Washington. LOIS BLACKSTONE Office Secretary Page Twenty-

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The Ravelings — 1928 Classes Everyone ' s college life begins in the Freshman class. It is probably right- ly named. In most instances, college life envelopes these people when they come fresh from their respective high schools. They are at that stage in life in which they believe themselves to be the conquerors, and that, with their proud, even perhaps blustering manner, college too can be subdued. But, in a few weeks they settle down and realize what they generally have failed to take into account, — that they must prove themselves if they are to in- spire confidence among their fellows and the upper classmen. The Fresh- men who get off on the right foot are well on their way. Those who do not, are seriously handicapped. By the end of the year, the characters that make up destiny of college life are fairly well established. The Sophomore year at college is often a troublesome one. It is often the testing year. Within its limits may be decided whether or not a person can keep his head and weather the trials of school life. Once sophistication lays hold on an individual during his second year at college it is hard for him to recover. The Sophomore who triumphs over the obstacles as they come is a long way toward success in college life. And then the Junior year looms up almost taking away our breath. It has come almost as if it had sprung upon us out of nowhere. It is hard for us to realize that half our college life is gone, — that two years have gone so swiftly, and we have only two years more. Oh! how we wish we had made the first two years count for more! But we can do a great deal in the two that are left. We learn much more about the members of our class, and become bet- ter acquainted with them as the year rolls ' round. Exams come — are over with, — and this fact stares us in the face : when we return to school in the fall we will be Seniors. As Seniors, the class begins its last year of school life. It is much smal- ler now than when it enrolled four vears ago. It takes up less than half the room in chapel that it did during the Freshman year. But it is not so much the quantity as the quality of this group that is of paramount impor- tance. The Seniors are the staunch, old pilots of campus life. They have been here longer than the others and the} - know that the responsibility i theirs. They have reached the time in life where they begin to realize how ill prepared they are for life. But they are ready to swallow this, along with the realization, which becomes stronger as the year wings onward, that they are soon to become alumni. Many hearts are heavy on commencement day. when the Seniors have completed the course of the Classes. Page Twenty-eight