Otterbein University - Sibyl Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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Naughty Eight 'l . JF Ut all the classes we have seen. There is one that is the best. lYith loyal hearts and goodly cheer Their merit is confessed. The noble class of Nineteen Eight. The clan of orange and hlack, The Juniors, staunch. lead all the rest. In nothing' do they lack. The fame of every other class Can not at all compare lYith the fame of which Naught Eight can boast Xllhose lanrels are so rare. Then by our class we'll always stand Let what will. come hetween The jolly class of Xineteen Eight. ll'hom all of us esteem. The Seniors and the Sophomores, too lYith whom we've had to cope. lYill always be to ns good friends And we to them, 'tis hoped. And our friends, the lfrcshmcn. we adore llc love them one and all- They are to ns trne friends of friends Of greatest power. Illui small. Uur college course will soon he rim, And we must then depart, llnt we shall ne'er forget Naught liight Ut whose life we formed a part. ljut we'll rally round old i'fll'Z1Ilg'L' and lllaclcf' .Xnd our college days so dear, lfor our hearts are with thee, Nineteen Eight Hur love we pledge thee here. E. M. S 24

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Junior Class Lulu Gertrude Boolcwalter Blanche Bailey Viola Pearl Henry James Henry Weaver Lafc Ponce Cooper Luther Kumler Funkhouser

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The Class of aughty-Eight Q25 lt was Thursday evening. The minute hand on the clock was slowly msas tiring' the latter half of the hour lctwecn nine and ten. Professor X-- had been taking his accustomed mental reiaxaiion by letting his imagination follow the guidance of one of his favorite l'ren:h authors. The hook finished, he had tossed it on the table and had leaneel lvaglc comfurtal,ly in his Rlorris rocker. The l'rofessor's wife, interesteil in all affairs of the eolle,e world, and always especially anxious on Thursday evenings to hear even the minutes' details of those mysterious and imposing conclaves which we commonly call Faculty meetings, had broken the quiet by inquiring whether any matters oi unusual moment had been discussed by that august lzody at its session that afternoon. i The lll'OfGS-501' assumed, as best he could, an attitude of lmelitting' profundity and said, XYell. no, nothing special. except that we-49' Zip-zum. Zip-zum. Zip-zum-za! Slceebo. Skiho. Rah. Rah. Rah! Zip-a-lac, llic-a-lac. Chic-a-lac-a-late! XYhoopee. llill. for Nineteen-liightl The sound wares of the first startling' Zip-zum, traversing' the short spact between the front yard and the parlor, and reaching the l'rofessor's ear. caused him to stop without finishing' the sentence. lly the time that the inspiring' echoes of XYhoopee. lflill, for Nineteen-Eight were reverherating thru the lwuilll. ln had started toward the door, intending' to invite the sercnaders in: but. alter 2' second thought, and a glance at his watch. he sat down again. They must he showing their appreciation of what l said this afternoon al the Faculty meeting, said llrofessor X- after the people had left. l helper' put out a College .-Xnnual one year myself, and l know what an immense lot of work it means: and I put in a good word for them this afternoon. .-Xnd, by the way. there are some people in that 'lunior Class that lltterbein could not well do without. . For instance, what would Utterbein be without Dad Trimmer? Dad' himself says that he is the busiest man in college. The years of his sojourn in Otterbein mount well up into the teens already-and we decided to-day, that 25