Northwestern Oklahoma State University - Ranger Yearbook (Alva, OK)

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The Worthy Worthmores A College Tragedy in One Act. Dramatis Personae (See following pages.) Time— Any Old Time. Place — A class room in School History. Enter a Professor and a class. Prof: Ah — hem — let me see — What ' s the lesson today? Chorus: The last chapter in the book! Prof: Well, and what ' s it about, Miss Rolf? Babe: (Timidly). Please sir, it ' s about some students that wanted to be Seniors. Prof: Well, why were they not Seniors? Babe: (Timidly). Well, you see they run up against a decision and they, — that is, — I never argue with a referee — so they — that is, so we gave up. Prof: That ' s right. Very good. So they are Juniors then, Miss Keown? Delia (looks at Helen.) Helen (looks at Delia.) Prof: (Sharply) Next? Etha Pryor: Well, the faculty says they are, but how can they be 1915 Juniors when they graduate before the class of 1916? Prof: Bright boy — go to the head. What civil rights has a Worthmore, Miss Smith? Faye: None that they want. They can ' t vote in a Senior class meeting. Prof: What advantage in being a Worthmore, Miss Bone? Ruth: (In despair) I don ' t know any. Rose: (Interrupting.) Why everybody knows a Worthmore has to have schol- arship honors, or you can ' t graduate without being counted a Senior some time. Prof: Clever girl. Go to the foot. Lela: (Holding up her hand.) Please sir, what class will we belong to if we graduate — Worthmore ? Prof: Well, — er — well, what do you think about it, Miss Nichols? Mattie: I think it makes no difference, just so you do graduate. Melvin: (Breaking in.) Say, Professor, I got the best little scheme for figuring that out and remembering the graduating class I belong to, — it ' s just the same as the size of my collar. I wear 1 5 4- (Bell rings.) Enter Roland Ingels hurriedly. Roland: Hey there, Professor! Wait a minute. I ' m here. Don ' t mark me absent. Prof: Very well, I ' ve marked you as present in the Worthmore Class. Class dismissed. (Curtain.) 30

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The Senior Will (By N. I. W.) We, the members of the Senior Class of the Northwestern State Normal School, of the City of Alva, of the State of Oklahoma, being of sound and disposed mind and memory — do hereby revoke and make void any and all other wills, at any time heretofore made by us. And we do desire our execu- tors, hereinafter named, to pay all our just debts, funeral expenses and ex- penses incidental to our departure as soon as the said memory of our leaving is so soothed as to permit. Item: We give, devise and bequeath to our beloved fellow Juniors, 1,246.311 1-4 duly written and corrected lesson plans, together with 154 well taught, trained and lovable model school children, to be entrusted lovingly to your tender mercies, together with four well-meaning, kind-hearted critics to be duly your own without contest or dispute, and in addition thereto all privileges of passing in and out of the Science Hall doors on the East and West side of said hall on the first floor of said building. Furthermore ; all lectures, regarding methods, discipline, special peda- gogy, and mudsills, hereto all entertainment of grade children at special chapels, to assist home institutions, namely, mills, bakeries, print shops; on excursions, picnics, and on any and all pleasure trips — for the children. The above-named items to be held as your own for all time until profitably dis-, posed of. Item — Section II. In addition to the above enumerated articles, we bequeath to you the epitome of exactness, through coaching culmination of pedagogical excellency Professor William Hugh Wood, as it were. Item — Section III. Furthermore we devise to you the painful hours of ' tis and ' taint at the merciless discretion of Professor Sloat. All privileges of enrollment, all re- served rights to produce a Senior play. All papers known, in the office of the above-named institution, as recommendation papers. Special privileges of making cowpaths across the campus of the here- tofore named institution in addition hereto, and with all due reverence the right of sitting in pairs while attending chapel exercises. Furthermore the first ten rows of seats in Section B in the Auditorium of the Northwestern State Normal School heretofore described. We do set our will and testament hereto, and do nominate our beloved class mother, Miss Heneretta Pyle, to be guardian of our worthy emulators, the Freshies of ' 16. In witness hereof we have set our hand and seal this twenty-third day of May, A. D. nineteen-fifteen. THE SENIOR CLASS OF ' 15. Signed, sealed, published and declared. 29

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RUTH BONE, Philomathean ' H- ' IS. By my soul there is no power in the tongue of man to alter me. LELA MAE LIGHT, Sorosis; Glee Club; Special Primary. Always wears a smile. HELEN MARIE KEOWN. Sorosis; Special Primary. A little peaceful home bounds all my wants and wishes. DELLA MAY KEOWN, Sorosis; Special Primary. Her ' s is a spirit deep and crystal clear. 31