Northern Illinois University - Norther Yearbook (DeKalb, IL)

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-, l L Q - l - Qbur illarultg Svnlh' One lell i11 l'0I'l'lkLIll laiibls 111e11 eo1111'a1lely, 11nlli11el1i11g agznnst the 1v01'hl 'l'oe. lle livefl such l1111'1'o1's as ive are spnreml to guess, Yet 1-anne bzlvk t1'11sH'nl, 1111rlis11111ye1l. One gives to lmrciken 111011 their li1'111, sure, powers again 'li1'fllllS nerve and sinew, yes, will anal spirit too ln crafts lllllZI'lCKl ato strive, to seek, to find, and not to yielclf, One sought like yoiing Sir Garetli to swoop flowxi. on all things base, and can them rleaclf' A Knight of Air-4-he won his spurs, tlll'0IlgIll f:1itl1'l'ul, lmrml a11p1'e11tioesl1ip. One lives true the 'l'1'i1111gle's liest signilieaiiee-gives liope, 1-o11nsel, fl'l0llllSlll1J . L ffoorl ehecl' ,, . 'l'hr1se, ol' Willhlll il Will'-t'l'lFil.lfl'll city has lll2lllC use and llung asille, She serves i11 siniplest, kinclest, gI'2lt'l0llS w0111:111l1ood. All 1v1'o11gl1t 1111' ns ns we wonhl we inight have wimiglit, expresserl lm' us 11111 1111 potent purposes. All nearriecl uni' the lI0l'lf1l,2.I0 of our scliool I 1 All lived the uKl0C1l0l' lf02lf'lllllg',, olf our glllt-IC-WOI'lil VERTTAS. 1 JULIA L. G11,1s1111T. Page Eighteen

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...M .,,,,,,,, -- , Az Annihrr Sam 31-lim -3, 9 lC c-hililreu were givon a copy ol' g l'he Night l3el'ore l'lu'isl'uias ancl of 1-ourse we wore it out. lflspeeially mlelightl'ul was tho lrontispieee-a Santa Ulaus on top ol' a very steep rool'. .lle was rlresseil in the eonventional roll Q'.r4j3 suit, trinnneml in white c-otton, hut his lace was a not too mueh inllateml Wlien at the gawlcy. very Q-onliilent age ol' eighteen, l 4-ame to school with icloas olf my own about what l woulrl anil would not take, l was shown into the sauc-tum. sanetorium. 'l'hore the power that was anrl is and ever shall he in that school --well to put it sl-lngilv he sat flown llat on all my theories ol' ecluc-ation. I 9 '.. ilirl. not oppose him, l mlirl not ll-ar him, l only marveleml at this St. Nick in civilian clothes. Ol' eourse there were times when l took him seriously enough. Whi- the front row in lflistorhv ol' lflclucation anil the .Vs always were 1-alleil on, l mloul n l sal in Q mean to criticize anyone's teaching, hut l lear the X's, Y's anrl Z's in my class sutlfereil neglect. The Ns invariably reeitocl-anml it was serious with the ghastly pic-ture of llousseau or was it Postaloxzi staring at you l'rouu the chalk rack- But his eyes how they twiulcleil, a right jolly ohl ell, Anil l laughecl when l saw him, in spite ol' myself. A wink of his eye anfl a twist olf his heacl S0011 gave me to know there was nothing to ilreaml. B tfftel 'l nl woull 1'l n t l u ll l il l llln 1 ll' lf 1 w ie IU 4 asc ie 'o misc: ss tie llllll2lllAll'S. woum 1: 'nz fooling 'gWl1y you ought to he giving me a Uliristinas present. And l'm not saying that he hasn't left us all with gi l'ts more cligestihle anml lasting than the usual linger ol' Christmas joy. s From Inga Arutzen's Playing Hookeyf' Page Swenleen

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'hr Glall-Gbnr Anmner 'Twas in April of 101.7 that Uncle Sam sounded reveille. Ac-ross all America the notes of -the bugle hlew clear and strong. We heard them here in DeKalb and to ns they said- 'Hl NEED A COUNTILY-WIDE UNPPY ow 'l'Il0U1lH'lf AND l'Ulll'0SlC, A si-MEAD ov 'l'lll'l TRUTH l!0N1,7I+lltNlNG Tllli uuuc..', The eight Faculty Four-Minute Men, the speeches in campaign, the new war courses offered were Normal's response. I NEED 'PHE HELP OF WOMEN-'Po KNPP NVAHM l,lAltMICN'l'S AND 'Po MAKE 'PHE - DlcEss1Nss WHICH sllrxm. AMl+1Ll0llA'l'E 'PHE sUPEE1HNos OF 'I'llE woUNDED. The 237 garments knitted, the 12,802 dressings 'Folded hy flying lingers showed the spirit of the girls of norther11 lllinois. . 1 NEED GOOD-l'llEEIl Eel: 'PHE lIOMl'IS.ll7K, 'PHE san AND 'PHE WOUNIJEILJ, The Christmas greetings and packets, the scrap hooks and candy and gum carried our messages of cheer. 1 NEED MONEY-MONEY 'Po nEi.iEvE SUlf'If'ElilNG 'PIIIIOUGII 'PH E MINLSTIIATIONS 011' 'PHE RED Guess-U and Normal sent ?li1,435.825 WMONEY E011 AMHULANUIZS 'l'0 'Pl:.xNsl'oi:'P 'PHE WOUNDICD-,7 and for 55650.00 the Senior Class sent TH li NORTHER3 UMONEY T0 CARE von 'PHE lJES'l'l'I'U'l'E f'lllliDllEN-H - and from Williston Hall the response was 5540.503 NMONEY T0 KEEP 'PHE MEN EPP. 'l'liYslcv.xi,mf, nEN'mLm', AND Mo1mLLY- and to the United War Work Funds we subscribed 253,613.15 .OUIZ answer to Uncle Sa1u's call for 'lnoney-21i5,739.47. DUT noun 'PHAN GAIIMICNTS AND mmssixes AND noi:E 'PHAN MONEY, I NEED IUEN-MEN s'PAUNoH AND 'PEUE wno WILL EH.i. 'l'llE imNKs OF 'l'llE 1'lI'lVA'I'ES-v and ninety-seven wentg WMEN TIRAIXED IN TiEADElISlI.ll' 'Po lJllil'IU'l' nv wuH:P.1xnE-,' and our quota was ten non.-eonnnissioned officers and fifteen commissioned officers. And then in the hugle call we heard the note ol' sacrifice-the pain-and joy of giving. --on the sleeves of some ol' our soldier lads are wound stripes. -and on the Hag' with its 122 stars, the angel of death has turned four to gold- Our part on the Great War! JESSIE M. AUSTIN. ' 1 I Page Nineteen