Nebraska Wesleyan University - Plainsman Yearbook (Lincoln, NE)

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THE COYOTE 27 Miss Edyth Harris ! how weak art thou my pen To land this maid, who breaks the hearts of men ! The average being she is far above ; She revels in beauty, also art and — A perfect, slender form ; a pretty wrist ; Somewhat above sixteen, but never — Two fondest hopes are of her heart most dear •— Of ' stars ' in the realm of expression to be the peer, And (she ' s glad to explain the second as best she can) In the club of suicides to win a man. ' Twas from the grand old state of William Penn — The state of coal and oil, gas and men— A score of years ago came Howard Kline, Whene ' er a Latin noun he must decline. Or Greek verb conjugate, it is no woe To him : his constant friend is Cicero. He looks adown life ' s path, and has his eye On the chair of Latin, Harvard Uni With morals high, and talents not a few, He ' s well equipped his life work to pursue. The Hoosier state produced our Clinton Collett A prodigy indeed— a second LaFollette. To be a lawyer is his fondest hope To gain this end with anything he ' ll cope. From stormy, cow-boy life out West he ' s weaned. And here, he ' s found to be a Coffee fiend. He s business boss of the Junior staff. Of ' ' The Wesleyan he s business half. The scribes of the Theos, and Y. M. C. A. He hopes to be President some sweet day. Bertha Behle — born was this gentle maid The year that Wesleyan ' s corner stone was laid. She takes a musical course with variations— But we are told ' tis largely variations — And thus prepares to be an ' acompanyist ' But w hom she ' ll accompany ' obscurum est. ' Y. W. girls entrust their funds to Bertha, Also to Theophania, she ' s worth a Good deal to make things go. Her heart invites, And her hand e ' er works to further ' Woman ' s rights. '

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26 THE COYOTE Not long ago, where the Loup its way has worn At ' Riverside Ranch ' a little maid was born. As years rolled by, Miss Haskell yearned to know Where quickest would her many talents grow, So turned her steps to our fair institution. Why she likes mathematics so well, a solution Too easily found, she ' s the only girl in the class. But her virtues are so many this fault can pass. A Willard : Y. W. ; Bible Study she spreads. She expects to live on one of Montana ' s homesteads. A gentle zephyr from out the ' Golden West, With kind consideration, did molest Miss Berger, and carried her to oui- fair gate. She thought it best to share the Junior fate When she had spent two years with the Nor- malites. Finds in the chemical labs, her delights. And all spare hours as a temperance advo- cate, She spends at the legislature of our state. As chief ambitions are so very high Not yet has she the where with all to buy. The Johnsons are as common as the air, But R. K. Johnsons you will find most rare. There is no height of fortune or of fame To which this ardent youth w ould not attain. With every college work he ' s sympathetic Both intellectual and athletic, And a zealous devotee of ' green and white. ' Of the Oro ' s gold he had the oversight. Loving the girls is his present avocation. While chivalry is his chosen occupation. When first our class had doned her yellow rags She gave H. Whitehorn all her money bags. This lad, ' tis strange to say, loves ancient love, And feeds his soul on Calculuo. galore. He writes by heart the tale of Troy ' s sad fall And tells at sight the diameter of ab all. And thus possessed of Wisdom ' s richest charms. He ' ll settle down on some Nebraska farm To fit himself for this, his chosen trade He ' ll spends some years in Oxford ' s classic shades.

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28 THE COYOTE Chester Clark spends all his idle hours Sharpening up his intellectual powers. The special studies into which he hurls Himself, are mathematics, science and girls, If it w ere given him to choose his fate ' Twould only be that he might graduate. His future business will be to seek a mate, And his address— is Matrimony State, Where soon he ' ll found a new Utopia, For all his friends of Orophilia. A college Junior, Y. M. and Everett man Nor is Bickel ashamed to own his clan. Twas love of mirth that brought him to our hail- When mirth permits, he lists to study ' s call. The favor of the fairer sex he seeks, With his lovely eyes and Mushing cheeks. And with the fairest lady of our school as a wife. He 11 settle down to lead a banker ' s life. If Fortune smiles upon him as her heir He some dear day will be a millionaire. And Townsend, Harvey G. , came here for fun Sometime about the fall of Nineteen -one. Ah 1 little did he think at that far day That maiden ' s charms would hold him in their way. His choice of books, he says, is Les ' Misera- bles— It comforts him in all his family troubles. His politics are spelled by ' G. O. P. ' His religious views he finds in just ' M. E. ' He gives the Y. M. boys their daily ration. But teaching is his future expectation. A child was born out West beyond Red Cloud— Frisbie,by name- with many powers endowed. He showed good taste in entering Wesleyan ' s gate In time to join the class of Nineteen- eight. That class, when it perceived his talents rare. Entrusted all its records to his care. When on the diamond, yellow fights her way. The sure right arm of Frisbie saves the day ; And at the bat he ne ' er was known to fan, If all goes well, some day he ' ll be a man.