Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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16 THE COYOTE Pearl Hitchcock. President of the Willard Literary Society. Was president of the ' 07 ' s during the second semester in the Sophomore year She says she never did anything fa- mous, as debater, orator, etc. , nothing but play basketball, serve as treasurer, and vc»rk on committees. While Pearl is not so very large, she is not the smallest in the class ; while not so very old, she is not the youngest in the class. Present occupation— teaching in the training school, but she objects to having her friends listen outside the w indows, as it is em harassing. Ambition— not to be mentioned. Favorite season : Spring, for that is w hen the (Buds) come. Warren Simpson Thompson, better known as ' ' Tommy, ' ' Theophanian. Grew up in Univer- sity Place. Graduated from University Place High School, entered the Nebraska Wesley an as a third prep, and is tobe graduated with the class of ' 07, of which he is treasurer. Baby of the class, therefore spoiled. Is said to be brilliant, but Tommy couldn ' t help it, for he has never been out of sight of the university. Aspires to become a ' ' Prof. ' ' Has a character- istic giggle. Is in loveand will soon leave Ne- braska for Kirtland. Ethol Langdon. Orophilian. Ethol entered the Nebraska Wesleyan University four years ago and by means of unremitting application to the duties of college life, has won for her- self the sincere regard of her instructors and fellow students. Among the honors which her societv has conferred upon her, is that of Orophilian Literary Critic. This position she filled with such dignity and tact that her friends feel no hesitancy in predicting that she would grace equally well any position she might be called upon to occupy in the future. Miss Langdon contemplates making school teaching her chosen profession at the close of her collegiate career. Robert Rising Morrow began his earthly career. December 18. 1883, near Bennett, Lancaster County, Nebraska— not far from Salt Creek- still he is fresh. As a youth R ,bert says he had all the ambitions common to youths, i. e. from that of wanting to be a railroad engineer, to a successful happy lover. Have all those ambitions yet forsaken him? With two or three years in pedagogical work and as many in an Eastern Univeristy posting, he will complete his education. Though not a star, when opportunity offers itself, we feel that Morrow will be right there with the proper qualifications for philosophically boost- ng the fame of the class of naught-seven.

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THE COYOTE 15 Alice York. This modest and unpreten- tious Senior passed her early days in Minn- esota, where she attended school in a little log school house. She showed her brilliancy by beginning her career as a teacher at the early age of sixteen. She has been Principal of the Ulysses and O ' Neill High Schools and has a diploma from the Nebraska State Nor- mal School. Not being satisfied with all these achievements she came to VVesleyan in time to join the illustrious class of 1907. In June she will have an A. B. degree (which has been the greatest of her childish dreams. ) Domestic life has no charms for her,— she prefers to teach Latin. L.L.Clark, alias Verne. Born at Ashland, Nebraska, 1885. His early life was an un- eventful, bashful one. He was in love only once. In his later life has outgrown such weaknesses, though his bashfulness remains. For a time was a Diale(;tic, but could not stand such sporty life and has withdrawn from that organization in favor of the Chemical Club, of which he is president. Likes— chicken. Holds a place on the Basket Ball Team. Can ' t decide whether to be a Chemist or a Physical Director in the future. Edna Adell Slater. A Nebraskan by birth and a Wesley an student by choice, coming from Minden four years ago to cast her lot with the class of ' 07. She has endeared her- self to the members of the class by her abil- ity and tact in running the slate as well as by her calm and dignified manner in lead ing the Senior line out of chapel each morn- ing. A loyal Willard, in which society she has been honored by a number of offices. However frivolous she may have been in her youth, she does not merit such an appellation in the Senior year, for her life is (E)arnest now, and bids fair to be more so as the years go by. Lynn Lemon. This most universally known student at Wesleyan. was born some time, some where. He will be Wesleyan ' s first grandson, his father being an alumnus. The people of University Place once tried to aid him by sending him as a missionary to the Philippines, but to their sorrow could not raise the necessary funds. He spends con- isderable time in the bacterology laboratory trying to find the secret of making hair and faking credits. After graduation he expects to go to his farm in Canada as boss of a score of laborers.

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v THE COYOTE 17 A. Elizabeth Isham has been growing for some time. When very young she reveled in the sand piles of India. But later, i;iaving a thirst for knowledge, she brought her parents back to America, where she has since made her home She has won herself fame, in the Theophanian Society, as a reader in the English department, and as an assistant in the Histology Laboratory. She has also dis- tinguished herself as an ambulating library and as an enduring pedestrian. Roy Emerson Curtis. The son of a preacher and a member of the class of ' 07, so he s all right. The past three or four years he spent at Simpson College, where he was the Senior Captain of the military depart- ment. At Wesleyan this year, he holds the position of Athletic Director. Upon graduat- ing from his academic course, he expects to enter the Army as second lieutenant and hopes, at the same time, to become as great an orator as Hobson. He is very proficient in the maidenly art of sewing. Yes, girls he is pretty but he loves another. His visible characteristics are good humor, a sar- castic smile, and an inordinate conceit, nourished by the excessive admiration, secret and otherwise, of the Senior girls. Katie Webb. This child was born in 1482 (so she says) and in the state of Nebraska at that. Yet she is very young. She went to school of course, but no particular ' place is mentioned up to the time of her incarceration in Wesleyan Univeristy. Kitty is an ambit- ious student, being particularly anxious to get through college. Along with her ambi- tions she has numerous likes and dislikes. Those things she likes best are puppy dogs ' and horses. Her dislikes are too numerous to mention. At her home in Beatrice she is called Kate. Here at school she goes under the euphonious title of Katrina bon Weber Schmerchelei. William Henry Beers. A preacher by profe ssion, but spends most of his time smil- ing and being the victim of hia wife ' s jokes. William Henry came to Wesleyan four years ago from parts unknown yet. We received him without any questions. He thinks his name is pretty, but insists that he is a bever age and not a casket. Slates were evidently in use when William Henry was a young lad, for— even if he is an old married man— he knows how to scratch them.