Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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18 THE COYOTE Mae M. Priest, Orophilian. Born some- time in the 8(i ' s at Norfolk. Nebraska, not in the asylum, but in a Methodist parsonage. However, she has not the reputation of being wild. Indeed, tradition has it that in her youthful career, she was exceedingly re- served and bashful but her association with Wesleyan has overcome this to some extent. She records (some of) the doings of the Senior class, and also holds the position of secretary of the Y. VV. C. A. Will accept the right offer as permanent private secretary Undecided whether to teach or keep house next year. Willard L. Hadsell, Theoxjhanian. His first recollections are of a 10x12 house on a homestead in Lancaster County Until he became preacher he drove mules, but decided that he must abandon either preaching or mules, so at eighteen he came to Wesleyan as a sub prep. He took second place in the State Oratorical Contest tw o years ago, and four years ago first place in the Declamatory Contest. Sometime in the misty past he stud- ied CO Methodology, and while studying or reciting, fell in love with Erla Coral. Results —wedding bells October 25, 1905. Moral- Take Methodology. Ruth Mylander. Ruth comes three hundred miles to be a Senior. N ot only does she show her loyalty to the institution by graduating with her class, but she brings her two sisters to take her place after she is gone. She will- ingly spends a part of her time in study, but is a firm believer in the old adage, ' All work and no play —Consequently she joins in w hatever fun the Seniors have on foot and even enjoys perpetrating tricks on the boys. Ask her about sneaking out of the back door. Ruth is an enthusiastic Student Volunteer, and after further preparation, expects to make China her field of work. Robert S. Trumbull. This wonderful youth first saw the light of day in the Empire state, but came to Nebraska when still very young He received his early education in a country school, was graduated from the Brunning High School, after which he spent the first tw o years of his college life at Hast- ings College. He came to W esleyan in 1905 and has been a loyal member of our class ever since. Likes to study chemistry, which is his hobby. Married? ' No, but he ' s en- gaged—most of the time— -in analytical work at the experiment station.

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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.

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THE COYOTE 19 Blanche McClain Coffee. She is not quite a Cheyenne girl, but she comes from the canyon and prairie country of Northwest Nebraska. A child of the old Southern aristoc- racy, but not very old herself. She was our Junior president, and a dandy too. Very dignified and distinguished-looking— especi- ally when riding in a chariot, making a dummy, or wearing a yellow cap, she sup- ports the dignity of the class before the fac- ulty. Doesn ' t think it right we shouldn ' t be allowed to be as mean as w e please, but really doesn ' t please to be mean, if we can. She is a loyal member and president of the Theo. Oliver H. Langdon, Everett They say he is Irish, but he didn ' t come from the ' ' auld sod, so w e think this must be a mis- take. Would rather come to blows than receive one. Was never known to give but one in his life-St Patrick ' s Day, 1905. Mr Langdon is an M. E. preacher, past, present, and future, and is devout, energetic, and conscientious in his work. He allows noth- ing to interfere with his pastoral calls— not even an important Senior meeting. It seems a trifle queer— He has never found but one needy parishioner — a ' ' Village Sm ith ( y ) . Ethel Briggle, like the sunflower, is a pro- duct of the plains of Western Nebraska. Her pedigree is a mixture of the sentimental French the sturdy Dutch and the brave Scotch. She exhibits these characteristics m a most enviable proportion. She affil- iates with the Willards, of which society she has been president. She also holds the same oflice in the Y. W. C. A. The only instance of misconduct charged to her, is that she once leaped upon the furniture during Y. W. Cabinet meeting at the unannounced advent of an innocent and no less frightened mouse. Her hobby is Woman ' s Rights. Clyde Elbert Garner. Spent his early life on a farm neRr Minden, Nebraska. Has had experience not only in raising wheat and corn, but also in raising a moustache. Holds down one end of the choir of the home church. Does not place his ambitions too high, but hopes to be worth (y of ) a nickle (Nichol) some day. Has been in N. W. U. for the past four years with the exception of the first semester of his Junior year, which time he spent in obtaining experience along the line of school teaching.