Otterbein University - Sibyl Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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if Dad should ever graduate, we would otier him a pension and a chair in the Faculty, rather than lose the services of so valuable a guardian angel of the fair sex. , A Speaking about old-timers, said Mrs. X-. I was talking with Mr. Ham- ilton the other day, and he was telling me about some stunts the boys did here back in the early nineties. . Yes, responded her husband, l'lamilton left school several years ago and went into business, but he came back this year, giving up a SS3,Utltl job in an incubator factory to manage the tinancial end of the 1908 Sibylf' l'hat reminds me, said Mrs. X-, that jimmy XYeaver tried to get my subscription for a Sibyl the other day. Do you know, -limmy always makes me think of that old proverb about an empty wagon making the most noise. lint they say that he is an exception to that rule, as well as to most others. especially Dormitory rules. l3y the way. and I don't just understand why, but speaking of that man Xiieaver reminds me of what Miss Zellar said at the liaculty meeting this after- noon, replied l'rof. XR. After speaking in the most eloquent terms of a certain young gentleman in the 'lnnior Class, she indulged in a rather pro' tracted panegyric over a couple of the hlunior gi1'ls. She said that .lllanchc ljailey and llot ltarner hadn't caused her a particle of trouble since the tirst two or three weeks. llut she ct 1uldn't understand how such a quiet and bashfnl girl as Illanche could be such a star basket-ball playerg she thought, however, that Dot must have gotten her quiet disposition by spending so much time in the Vollege l.llJl'Zll'j'.H Mrs. X-: 1 was over at the Dorm. yesterday myself, and was looking thru some of the girls' rooms. Minnie l.esher must be inordinately fond of trigonometry for she has all the formulae from Lyman and t2oddard's text- book posted on the walls of her room. Hester l3aird's room is a remarkable study in colors. She is making a collection of gay-colored College pennants. and she told me that she had petitioned the Faculty to substitute Yellow and Green for the Liardinal and Tan, because the latter are not showy enough for Ct1llCQ'L' Cnl11t'r4.'i l'roi. X-: Yes, and l remember Miss llaird and Lulu Uookwalter getting into a heated argument over this very subject in my first year French class the other day. .Xt the mere suggestion of such a sacrilegious thing as changing the college colors. Miss llookwalter was aroused to such a degree that Miss ltaird has never dared mention such an idea since. Speaking of Minnie l-esher-did you ever notice that fellow that always sings with Miss l.esher in chapel? No? XYell, that's Lynn Garwood. Miss Lesher says that he often gets to singing some incoherent. unintelligible lines about the l ederal lnheritance Tax during the musical part of his devotions, in- 26

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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

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stead of the words that are set to the music in the book. The only peculiar thing about Garwood is that he doesn't appear to understand the girls. That massive, distinguished looking gentleman that sits next to Garwood? W'ell, that's Cooper. Cooper is a mechanic. He has been experimenting for several months on a perpetual motion device. and is also trying to discover the secret of terrestrial organic life, in the biological laboratory. He claims to be approaching success in both lines. I judged. interrupted Mrs. X-, from the appearance of the -lunior rows in Chapel the other morning, that there were several people in the class who were winning distinction in their chosen lines of work. Yes, replied the Professor, you are right about that. There's .Xdah Gaut. for instance. She is turning the art students green with envy. with some of her work. She is especially fond of outdoor studies, and I was told that there isn't another girl in school that can equal her in sketching' lIarnlc'ls. In the literary line there a1'e Edna S-treich, Tub Staley, and Ifunk- houser. It is said that last winter. Dr. Sherrick refused to order some text- books on American literature because they only devoted a short paragraph In Miss Streich and her work: and that the early arrival of spring this year was due to its anxiety to serve as a subject for her talent. Staley and Ifunkhouser are prominent members of the tbtterbein iXssociated Press, and have both distinguished themselves in journalism as well as in other lines: Ifunkhouser has invented a wonderful instrument for the use of members of college choruses and has already made an enormous fortune. Tub is also amassing' considerable wealth in the tailoring business. The only fault I have to Find with him is that he is afraid of the girls. Mrs. X-: I don't believe I told you that I had a couple of callers this afternoon, did I? XYell, Mabel Gardner and Maude Ilillman dropped in for about five minutes, but I was certainly glad to see them for even that long. Maude says that Mabel was so awfully busy that she would consent to come only on condition that Maude would walk at the greatest possible rate of speed. and wouldn't stop and talk with any of the boys at the postoffice. Mabel only intended to stay about two minutes, but Maude became so enthusiastic talking about -lunior rhetoric that they were compelled to prolong their call a few minutes beyond what Mabel really had time for. They were telling' me about Yiola Henry: that she had decided to study domestic science in a year or two, but that she hadn't fully decided whether she would teach afterwards or apply her training' in a more usual field. Miss Henry' is in one of your Ifrench classes, isn't she F Prof. X-: 'lt lui, Hui, and that reminds me of what Ilennett was telling me to-day., He said that he had just secured a position as head of the French department in the University of Oklahoma at 3254! a year, and in connection '27