Mount Morris College - Life Yearbook (Mount Morris, IL)

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V s 3523 'fe as From a Senior's Diary ,nm IIE second ter1n of the school year 1.911-12 l1ad just 42 V QjLj.Jg1j' ', begun. One morning President Miller announced my I . in chapel that the Academy juniors would meet at jj ' j 12:15 p. m. At tl1e appo111ted t11ne they, and so1ne . that were 11ot juniors assembled 111 the English el l, room. Oscar Xeher presided over tl1e meeting and was Q elected 1Jl'CSldC11lL of the class. Colors were selected and S0011 a silk flag of brown and gold was ready for any emergencies. They anxiously waited for the Sen- iors to start the fun, but they were o11tn111nbered and outclassed and prudent enough to keep under cover. 1 1 , QF J! 753 It was a cold winter night in February, 1912. That CVCIIIIIQ' . . . junior . . . painter witl1 some ladders held a conference and the j11nior was told where ladders were tl1at wo11ld reach the top of any of tl1e college build- ings. Eleven o'clock tl1at night . . . ten or twelve juniors . . . ladders, trunkropes, stealthily crept. North wall ,. . . Old Sa11dstone. In a short time tl1e ladders were lashed together Zlllfl i11 position against the wall with the 11pper end at the third story. A paint brusl1 and black paint had been secured and the nervy president of the class climbing with them to tl1e top of the ladder soon succeeded i11 decorating' the old wall with a huffe black 6 6 tl1irtee11. al ,fi at Once started, the juniors were not satisfied with this achievement. Class spirit was undergoing a transformation in KI. KI. C. The following night again found a group of juniors assembled for a purpose. About mid- night they hastened by the scene of the previous night, into College Hall, through tl1e attic past tl1e big bell and onto tl1e belfry. .IX little later tl1e snap of the silk flag of brown and gold announced that tl1e juniors were tl1e first to raise tl1eir flag. ,+I M .sz But where were the Seniors? The wall of Old Sandsto11e answers tl1e question, for a half-hour later tl1e juniors discovered that tl1e thirteen l1ad bee11 covered with a coat of red paint and beneath it a skull and cross-bo11es. The Seniors had done their work 3.11tI fled, and tl1e l11lSCl1lCf l1ad to be 1111ilO1'1C be- fore daylight. The ladders were again brought, a can of white paint secured and i11 the morning a big white thirteen showed that the juniors finished tl1e job. ol ,+I ,st T11 tl1e morning the wavi11g silk Hag a11d tl1e white thirteen caused a stir among the students. The Seniors schemed all day, but the juniors kept a sl1arp watch and the Hag more than completed its twenty-four l1ours. The second morning the tlag was taken down by the juniors, several rousing yells given for the benefit of tl1e Seniors. and that all might know that the juniors had finished first again. at Q3 ,SC The Seniors are going to have a banquet tonight, was the word passed along 0116 afternoon in February, 1912. That SVCIIIIIQ' a junior strolled lZIlI'Ol1gl1 the Dining llall kitchen and noticed the preparations for the banquet to take place im1nediately after prayer meeting. and soon six juniors decided to have a banquet before prayer meeting was over. About 71330 p. m. the juniors entered, made their way to the college b1'ead box and transferred from its depths to a pillow case about three dozen of the best of sandwiches. Finding nothing else edible they retreated to the room of one of them. There the liooty was divided, one share going to a certain young fellow from Iowa who unlocked the back door before leaving tl1e kitchen in the evening. n TYMMOUN1' MORRIS COLLEGE Nl!!- fz 2 A he Ll

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N!! ifg N32 K Senior Poem lIere's to the jolly good Seniors The illustrious class of '13, The effect of whose efforts and labors Still remains by the world to be seen. .Xlready the noise of the contiict llas sounded its din in their ears. Yet they've sallied forth gallantly-bravely, Conquering much through the past few years. .Xnd now ,neath the tiag of Seniordom The banner of white and maroon, They pass from their Alma Mater To meet life's battles-so soon. .Xt the head of the gallant number Moves the President of the class. In the role of the belle and the actress, It is true no one can Ruth surpass. Then comes a jolly. good fellow Our Vice President, Mr. Shearer, lle pretends he's a staunch old bachelor. lint don't believe all you may hear. Another one of our number The same inalady seems to have caught, lint Horner is asking help daily To aid in putting this evil to naught. Still another bachelor is Murphy Our debater with statements so clear He says he loves VVaterloo dearly And will go there every year. In the ranks of this happy number Are found those of every class There are those who cheer life's gloomy way. .-Xnd make dark troubles pass. ' So if clouds are dark and threatening And sunshine is not to be had NVe'll make a long visit to Ada .Xnd all return happy and glad. Mabel, gentle, sweet and serene Gives joy in her kind quiet way. A girl who is always trim and neat But never has much to say. In manner very much like her Iflizalleth Fike you will find, She's energetic and industrious And to all her friends very kind. And when weyre inclined for music After the trouble and work of the XVe'll eagerly call upon Dorothy day To sing in her sweet soothing way. Nor should we,forget Miss Reiken XVhose fame as pianist is great And as she secures more new music VVe eagerly stand by and wait. When it comes to business and action For any proposed plan. NYe search out NVarner Glotfelty He is sure to do all he can. Ministers too are of our class VVho rouse men by discourses long: Buckley and Templeton care for th By wise exhortations so strong. XVisdom and scholarship have we And one always will be 4WiseH But when it comes to giving yells He is sure to take the prize. VVe iind our homes in many climes In places far and near, But few of us come from the land Where sand and rocks appearg Mr. Betts comes from this realm From the mountains-why don't you He grew up among the cactus Thi? fellow from Idaho. Mr. VVolfe hails from La Place e flock know. From the land where the big corn grows But here he has made his record good And is able to tell all he knows. Mr., Bonar lives on a farm Not far from the dear old Colle .-Xnd of his ability in oratory VVe can say we have some know And here at the last comes llruba QC ledge. ker Wlien vexed ready with some retort But there is not much to sav of him For his story like him is short. Our class with the author makes eighteen, A happy and jolly band .X troupe that is less afraid of work Cannot be found in the land. And we sally forth to meet the tria That Fate places in our way ls For with the lessons we have learned NVe hope to win the day. -Gail Brubaker. N MOUNT MORRIS COLLHGI-EN JY JY 20

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ite ZFX? RCN On Class Day at the close of the school year the juniors were permitted for tl1e first time as a hostile party to view the Seniors Hag and on that occa- sion they generously permitted them to keep it. Q29 Q59 V95 September 16, 19125, was the beginning of another school year. Many of those who were juniors came back to finish their courses. llut now they have a different name. Now they are the dignified Seniors of 159113. Shortly after the beginning of the school year they organized and soon placed them- selves at the head of things doing. 5? at 99 at About a week after the class was organized an idea came to a Senior that led to . All was quiet until the following noon three Seniors were summoned from their classes and informed that the stack at the new heating plant would be raised inside of the next thirty minutes. Enough said. One went for a brush, another for paint and in a very short time paint was being applied in the shape of a thirteen to the end of the stack which was soon to be raised ninety feet in the air. One time President Miller approached and it looked like short life for the new thirteen but he turned and went back to the College llall before noticing the freshly painted smoke-stack. XYhen the fore- man gave the word that number commonly known as unlucky started on its lucky ascent to a position far beyond the reach of faculty and junior. But the records of liebruary 5, 19153, show four unexcused class absences, due to the delay of the workmen in making the second hitch on the smoke-stack when they raised it. Q! el 5 At if :ISU a. m., on lfebruary '31, Prof. Hendrickson's room was the scene of much excitement. Eighteen boys and girls were pinning arm bands on their sleeves and practicing in low tones class yells with which they were none too familiar. just as Prof. Sorrenson had finished praying for everyone of whom he could think the Senior Class of 19153. marching in single file, took places on the north side in the chapel. Two of their number placed the silk flag of maroon and white from window to window, and then the class yells were given, em- phasizing especially the maroon and white. The juniors made no attempt for the flag, and the Seniors again were victorious. at as at I A Senior while on an etymology totir last fall discovered a very nice looking watermelon and forgot it not. Four Seniors and one junior set a time for the removal of the citrullus vulgaris from its place of growth. An hour before the specified time, two of the party went to the place to make sure that the light frost of the morning previous had not induced the owner himself to remove it. He had. They were not satisfied to leave the matter drop without some fun, so three other fellows were let in on a scheme unknown to the three who were to be members of the watermelon party. About ten o'clock, the fel- lows notified last stationed themselves not far from the melon patch so as to be on hand when their part was to be played. ,-Xt the appointed time the four Seniors and the one junior went to the melon patch and just as they were about to discover that the melon was gone, they were terrified at the appearance of three human forms from an adjoining lot. Run? XYell l should say yes. lt didn't take a second warning to start the shortest member of the Senior Class home at a pace which he has never before nor since equalled. The western Senior didn't show up for some time but he Hnally came back to his room, and each one is as silent as death when some one wants to talk on this particular subject. lt is still a debatable question as to who did the chasing, excepting a very, very, few. QQZHMOUNT MORRIS COLLEGEX