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

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Q.-- iLife ly in the west the sun sank, aeross the sparkling lvrooklet vs that grew longer. darker. ind then from out the tree tops the owlet's doleful hooting. time with shrill frog's ehorus the distant low of eattle. There ahout the hlazing eamp tire Of a gypsy fortune teller Looking out across the waters Sat the elass of nineteen thirteen. Sat there musing, idly dreaming Of the future years to follow. Then into our quiet musings Stepped the clark-skinned fortune teller llegging that we show the silver XX'hich would tell us of the tuture. Quickly lllough spake up and answered Take the silver, only tell us. ,Xnd he sure you tell us truly. Then the dusky maid of fortunes Silently moved in among us, And the following words she uttered. Here sits now a girl. your leader. XX'ho will he a maiden sehool-mum ln the far off land. Nevada. .Xfter many years of lalvor, ln the office will Kliss lfike he. ln the eollege president's otliee lfollowin'-A in the steps of Grace X. Gail will lie the seeretary Of her U. XX'. N. in far otif Seottyille. Soon among the husy women. XX'omen of the town, Blount Norris XX'ill arise a suffragette movement Lead lay whom hut Nettie Rieken. :Xfter four more years of waiting. On the north side of the campus There will stand a luncheon counter, That will please the hungry students Of the dear old .Xlma Xlater, lior Miss Miller will he ready To appease all lean and lonely. liar away heyond the river, Past the mighty Mississippi, .Xda Shank will make her dwelling On the wild hare plains of Utah, .Xml raise ehiekens for a living. Then the fortune teller waited Shook a long and lvony linger :Xt the laughing hoys, then frowning She liegan to tell their future. Mr. Illough will he a lvrakeman. On the railroad to lXlount Morris :Xnd lie kind to all the freshmen XX'ho will come to al. Xl. lfollege. eatlt the lngh, vine-covered rock walls. Class Prophecy Xlr. XXvolf will win much honor Playing lmasket hall at eollege. XX'arner. who is fond of printing XX'ill set up a printing oliiee, ln a town near here-l,eaf River, XX'here he will print the .-Xnnuals lfor the seniors of Mount Xlorris. Clinton Shearer will be a Teddy .Xnd will hunt the wide world over, Then at last will lmuild his cottage Down in .'Xfrica's dark jungles, By the year of nineteen twenty On the Lf S. lecture platform Will appear the greatest lecturer, Mr. Templeton of 'ISL Mr. Murphy will he noted For his skill at architecture. liut for some strange cause or other He will turn his faee toward low a, To the City XX'aterl:wo-loo. There to he a lmrave policeman, Shielding everyone from danger. XX'ill1ur li. a sailor will he, tiaptain of the ,Xrizona. lfirst to sail the isthmus channel Past the shores of Costa Riva. Mr. XX'ise will study musie ln ltalia's genial climate Then returning to his eotmtry. XX'ill surpass l'rof. Paddy liuski. Xlr. llonar will experiment Un the ways and turns of airships Then will journey to the XX'est l'ole .Xnd another world diseover. .Xfter years of arduous preaching Sunday will then he succeeded lly the classmate and the student Ciilhert lletts of 19133. After years of faithful study Klr. Buckley then will leave us. For away among the mountain Nestled down within the valley ls a pretty little eollege XX'here he'll he the nohle president tif the California Lordslvurg. Then the dusky fortune teller l'aused and looked around the eirele, Then with uoiseless tread she vanished Leaving us ahout the eamplire Thinking of the things she'd told us. Then at last the dying emlaers Xlade us think 'if home and mother So we turned ottl' footsteps homeward To the quiet charming village. 'lo our homes and .Xlma lXlater. A-llorothy Nl. Slterrick. N Y ik i j4MOUNT MORRIS COLLlCGE?Yj' nts JR 23

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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

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