Ripon College - Crimson Yearbook (Ripon, WI)

Text from Pages 1 - 130 of the 1907 volume:

HAMMER SMITH ENGRAVING CO 11« MICHIGAN 1 To OLIVER JONES MARSTON Junior Class Officer Whom we all Admire as a scholar Elonor as a man Love as a friend We respedfully dedicate this book BoartJ of (Ctittors Editor Associate Editor Business Manager Local-Personal Athletic Historian Poet Artist Karl L. King Blanche M. Gibson Frank L. Ilaigh Christina Hargrave Thomas Owens Halbert YV. Brooks John S. Dexter Winifred I -aTourctte Ruth T hompson Page Four BOARD OF EDITORS Thom � Owen� Chriitin Hargrave Halbert V. Brook� Earl L. Kin Blanche M. Cibton Frank L. Maigh Kulh Thompaon Winifred LaTourelle John S. Dcxier I President Richard Cecil Hughes, A. M, D. D. 1901- GROWTH OF THE COLLEGE A table will clearly show the growth in 53 69 122 39 69 108 4� � 5 126 - 30 1 3 43 40 57 97 1901 -1907. All Kipon students art watching with interest the growth of our College. Comparing last year with this we may see a decided growth along many lines, hut the upward tendency is far more marked when we look from the condition of five r six years ago to that of tot the number of students: 1902- 3................... 1903- 4................... 1904 5.................... 905-6......................... 30 1906-7.................... Adding, to the last total, art and music students we have the total of 241 for this year. Marked improvements have been made on the Campus. Five years ago Smith Hall (then Middle College) was in a decidedly dilapidated condition. Many generations of college lx ys had wrought havoc with the interior. Today it is one of the best men’s dormitories in the Middle West—a hall that the College is proud of. A similar transformation has taken place in Ingram Hall. Not long ago recitation rooms were scattered over the campus. When the student after a long journey finally did reach his class room he found nothing attractive about it. Today all class rooms are conveniently grouped together in Ingram Mall, and all are tastefully decorated. The departmental libraries also, instead of being scattered in various places on the campus, are now located together in Ingram Hall, just above the general Library. The partitions of old West Build- ing were, a short time ago. removed, and in the place of our old recitation rooms we have Commons Hall, a gift of the Alumni. ()n the two floors above arc con- veniently arranged rooms for men. Bartlett Hall was also improved last summer. 'Hus progress, marked though it is, gives way in importance to other im- provements which have too often failed to receive due recognition because they are less material and tangible. But it is in them that we find the truest progress. Cage Seven the surest signs of growth. The whole attitude of the public, including the alumni, has changed during the period in question. few short years ago the good people of a nearin town were laboring under the delusion that Ripon was a training school for thcologs —a noble work surely, hut not true to fact. Alumni were absolutely indifferent. Townspeople had no pride in the school. In a word, the outlook was dark. With this condition before ns our present state is all the more surprising. The College now stands upon an entirely different plane. Neighboring towns recognize in Ripon an institution representing the best in religious aim. scholarship, and athletics. Alumni now give hundreds with more ease and pleasure than they would have given cents; more than this, their interest is constantly centered in all things that pertain, in any sense, to Ripon College. Townspeople heartily endorse the institution. Our teams find some of their warmest supporters, outside of the student body, in the local High School students. in a sti',1 wider field, in the broader and more far reaching aspects of college activity. Ripon is known and respected by her sister institutions of the Middle West. In all progressive policies she may he found in the van. 11 this has come of itself. Ilcliind it must have been some compelling power, some motive force, and this motive force may be found in the person of l)r. Hughes. A trying time has surely been his. Discouragement has followed discouragement, but through it all and in apparent defeat, his courage has not faltered, nor has his eye failed to see the higher future, the larger outlook of the College. Through his efforts the College has come to stand for something, has realized its larger purpose in large measure. Material progress has undoubtedly come, and that too in large amount, hut it has been a means, not an end. The end has been the training of a student body in the higher things of life, the develop- ment of manliness and womanliness with all that these mean. I low complete the fulfillment of this purpose, the realization of this aim. the future only can reveal, but we are confident that the results will he a satisfaction, a reward for the long years. nd as we look for. and finally see. the results, the quiet, self- sacrificing work of Dr. Hughes and his colleagues must never he forgotten. And so with courage and hope we look to the future, believing that Ripon has but scarcely begun to realize her great mission. Page Kight RICHARD CECIL HUGHES. A. M., D. D. PRESIDENT, PSYCHOLOGY. A man he see ms of cheerful yesterdays hid confident tomorrows. Trusting that the “student-body will live up to anything reasonable,” he puts them on their honor and goes out East where the people tell him that the small college is to he one of the large things of the future. He watches over all phases of college activity with a vigilance which never tires, lie is strong-hearted, far-sighted, and firm in his convic- tions of truth. EDWARD WILLIAM CLARK. A. M. LATIN, ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY. .Is clear as a whistle. The heads upon which nature seems to have in- dicted the curse of barrenness 3rc often most abundantly stored with voluminous knowledge. If the ladies will please remove their hats” we will sec a man who takes “excursions to Europe” regularly, and knows all about earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and “stylish coiffures. He is a complete family chronicle, being versed in the genealogy, history, and intermarriages of the whole line of Roman emperors. MARY CORINTHIA HARWOOD. L. M. MODERN LANGUAGES. — And snatch of grace beyond the reach of art.” Qu’est que e’est que cela ? Miss Harwood. She has that rare gift of inspiring others with a belief in their ability to accomplish something. Greeting every- one with a gentle kindness which shows at once her innate refined and quiet dignity, she manages the languages with an ease and elegance which is another of her many charms. Nieht wahr?” FRANK MORTON ERICKSON. A. M. GREEK. Thy modesty's a candle to thy merit. Professor Erickson is a rare combination of dry good humor and sharp sarcasm. He has the ability to read his students and take a flimsy excuse for just what it’s worth. If he thinks that’s a good bluff,” he says so. Though a man of few words, his silence is the proverbially eloquent one. Led by him into the fields of higher education, new stu- dents feel perfect confidence in his direction. I‘src Ten OLIVER JONES MARSTON. A. M. HISTORY, ECONOMICS. “lie was not for an age, hut fur all time” You will remember that at the close of the last hour we were speaking’’ of a man whose greatest horror is offering a snap course. Now the point 1 want to make is this, that Professor Marston's aim is to get you to thinking, whether you remember anything in the course or not.” But, by the way, there will be an examination on both texts and lectures at the close of the semester. CARL SPENCER MILLIKEN. S. B. BIOI.OCY. How Utile do they see what is, who Ira me Their hasty judgment upon that which seems. A beautiful specimen of enthusiasm is found in Professor Milliken's animated research into bio- logical subjects. Most scientific of all biologists, everything is systematic, even unto tlie “anterior end of his body, where his golden filaments are carefully bisected by a median line.” Presiding with due gravity oxer his laboratories, which resemble a “game pre- serve, lie frequently serves frogs' legs and sweet- breads, garnished with powdered jokes which arc simply irresistible. THEODORE FREDERICK MEIER. A. B. M US1C. When said would die a bachelor, I did not think I should live until were married. When Professor Meier “was in Germany he studied to perfect himself in both piano and violin music. But even in the fatherland Itis mind and heart were in the Fields «if America. So he came back, not only t« furnish litpiid ecstasies to the college, but also to be an ardent supporter of student enterprises. JESSE FOX TAINTOR, A. B. ENGLISH LITERATURE. “Describe him who can, .In abridgement of all that was pleasant in man. If the congregation will look up over the organ they will see a friend who has never wronged anyone in thought, word, or deed; a man who is willing to extend a helping hand to all over the rough places in English, and is ever ready to be to the student a counsellor and friend. Page Eleven EMMA SAPHENE WYMAN, B. I. ART, ELOCUTION. “For I am not ting if not erifieol. Willi great sincerity and genuine skill lias Miss Wyman trained her mind in the truly ennobling and elevating principles of both art and oratory. She is always anxious to he of service wherever she can, and in whatever way. 1'here seems no limit to her resources in the line of helpful plans and suggestions. In her classroom she has her individual method of controlling affairs. Every- one has heard that we will wait till there is no more laughing before wc go on. WILLIAM HARLEY BARBER. S. B. PHYSICS. So wise. so young, thry soy, do ne'er tivr long. By a demure •‘You’ll have to guess again,” Professor Barber has a way of giving students something new to think about. Me possesses the power of working without that conscious effort which characterizes the activity of so many men As a genial, companionable man, at work anti in social circles his charming personality has won many friends to himself. FREDERICK LUEHRING. A. M. SOCIOLOGY, ATHI.ETICS. “Double, doublr, toil nnd trouble. 'The recent decided change of scores in Ripen’s athletic record is due, so far as such a change can he due to one man. to the unceasing efforts of Professor I.uchring. With artful ingenuity lie works up the details of the plots which, with superior playing, are to lay our opponents low. ! I is un- varying charges arc, Remember that they arc coming to Ripon determined to win, hut Ripon is not afraid of them,” and, “'Treat them as guests. ALBERT FRANKLIN GILMAN. A. M. CHEMISTRY. “ t:m nut only witty in myself, but the eouse that wit is in other men. Ripon College will smile for several years at Professor Gilman's endless fund of anecdotes. With a union of wit and originality lie invariably sees in everything that which “reminds me of a storv I heard down South. He is popularly called the Hatchet,” because he hatches up a joke instantaneously. I’.arc- Twelve SARA LOUISE WHEELER. A. M. « f ' PRECEPTRESS. She nil! and she -a-ill not the grants, denies, consents, retrneh, advances, and then flies, Having ever been a favorite with both men ami women. Miss Wheeler is admirably calculated to he the vigilant guardian of the young ladies at Bartlett, for there is no one so rigidly prudent and inexorably decorous as one who ha' been ‘’through the popular mill. GEORGE PORTER PAINE. A. M. MATHEMATICS. ‘ Vis neither here nor there. “I beg your pardon, but I think it will be per- fectly obvious when you think about it.” Marked as arc his ‘‘mathematical merits,” lie has interwoven them with his musical ability until the two are brought to harmonize and complement each other. Self-composed, eminently efficient, he has come to grow up with us in the woolly West, where all the world is in a hurry. With a “Yes, we’ll come back to that,” he is off. SHIRLEY PARR. Ph. B. HISTORY, FRENCH. “ The many still must labor for the one. Miss Farr has brought to Kipon a tine mind, unusual powers of thought, and a “rapid transit system of delivering historical lectures. So fully does she comprehend those mysterious forces which shape human answers that she frequently encourage� a student by an “Exactly! That’s all right. I like a good guess, but have you been so fortunate as to have seen the text?” WILLIAM J. MUTCH. Ph. D. PHILOSOPHY. I)r. Mutch, Professor of Philosophy and Peda- gogy, comes to us from the pastorate of the How- ard Avenue Congregational Church of v Haven. Conn. The “Crimson,’ on behalf of the student body, extends to him a most cordial welcome. I Page Thirteen PROF. EDW. H. MERRELL. D. D.. LL. D. One of liis students says of him: “Or. Mcrrcll, for forty-four years a member of Ripon’s faculty, has won the esteem of every stu- dent who knew him. 11 is strong character and keen insight into human nature made it easy for students to love him. Intimately connected, as he was, with Ripon’s history, ii was with regret that we saw him last year leave the chair of Philosophy, but we are glad to have known this leader of the students of Ripon College. Or. Mcrrcll is known thruout the Middle West as one of the strong men in educational work. The June, 1906, Advance says: ‘He ranks with President Chapin of Beloit, President Strong of Carlcton, President Brooks of l abor, and President Mcrriman of Ripon, as one of the men of rare ability and conspicuous sclf- sacritiec who laid deep and broad the foundations of the grand edifice of western liberal education.’ PROFESSORS EMERITUS. PROF. CHARLES H. CHANDLER. A. M. Dr. Merrell says of him: “Professor Chandlet would have been a marked man in any college faculty, as lie was from the very first in the faculty in Ripon. He was first scholar in his Dartmouth college class, a man of great intellectual strength, a master in his special department, through whose work our college main- tained a first class reputation among the great in- stitutions of the interior. As a teacher he was clear, enthusiastic, exacting, yet ever kind to stu- dents of all degrees of mentality. He loved his pupils for what was in them, and wrought in Christian earnestness for their highest welfare. One of the alumni, voicing the thought of many others, says: 'Professor (’. II. Chandler also commands the highest regard of the older students. His great thoroughness, his passion for truth, his rugged, sterling Christian character, will never be forgot- ten by those who took work in his department and came to know him intimately.’” Page Fourteen 1 r i � Page Fifteen (Dfftrrrei President Vice-President Secretary Treasu rer Bernard I'. Hemp Sara Wills Lillian Crowthcr Edgar Zobel Colors Maize and 151 ue 11 Sis-s-s-s Boom-Ah! 1907 Rah! Page Sixteen BERNARD FORD HEMP. Ripon Wis. M arsh field High School. A. li. A,, M. C. A., Athenian. History Club. ‘'Histories make men wise.” “All smiles, in,I hows, and courtesy was he.” Freshman Debate with Beloit; Sec. Athenian (2); Cla-s Vice-Pres. (2); Class Pres. (3); Pres. Athenian (3); Chairman Debate Committee (3): College Days Staff (3); Second Place in Home Oratorical Contest (3); First Place Junior Decla- mation Contest; Ass’t Mgr. of Glee Club (3); Vice-Pres. Athletic As n (3); Mgr. Basketball Team (3); Pro. Athenian (4); Class Pres. (4); F.ditor-in-Chief “College Da s’’ (4); Pres. Athletic Ass'n (4) ; Fellow in History (4). SARA EDITH WILLS. Roscndalc. Wis. Oshkosh High School. Entered as Soph. Ironi Oshkosh Normal, V.colian. V. II’. C. A., K. 4 . Of all the Girts that are so smart There's none like pretty Sally.” Fcolian Sec. (3); Class Sec. (3): “College Days Staff (3); Y. V. C. A. Freas (4); (Mass Vice- Pres. (4) ; Oratorical Cnion Vice-Pres. (4). LILLIAN EDITH CROWTHER. Ripon. Wis. Ripon nil'll School. History Club; in. If. Club. She is pretty to walk with Ind witty to talk with And pleasant, too, to think on. Class Sec. (I); Class I’reas. (3); Class Sec. 4). EDGAR HERMAN 'OBEL. Ph. G., Ripon. Wis. Entered as a Junior from Milwaukee Med- ical College. A. ft A , M. C. A. Athenian. Orchestra. lie was the mildest mannered man.” Glee Club (3); Freas. Class (4); Freas. Athen- ian 4); Fellow in Chemistr (4); Pres. Science Club (4). Page Seventeen NINA MARY SHELDON. Roscndale. Wis. If tin pun High School. Member of If'is- tonsin Academy of Sciences. .Iris, and Let- ters. Ecolian. History Club. .lye cannot wither her. nor customs stale her infinite variety. Ecolian Sec. (2); Kcolian See. (2); Ecolian Pres. (3); Ecolian Pres. (4). LOIS EMMA FOOTE. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Ecolian. Y. II'. C. . . Herman Orchestra. Graduate of Ripon College Conservatory of Music ‘oh. It was the prettiest talking thing, and the wittiest withal, the neighbors took such de- light to hear it. Member «if Oratorical Board (3). IDA BELLE LOBB. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Entered as a Junior from Oshkosh Normal. How eloquent in every look— Through her expressive eyes her soul dis- tinctly spoke. Ass’t Editor “College Days (4) ; Fellow in Mathematics (4). ANNIE HOUSTON HILL. Merrill. Wis. GalesviUe High School. A. 1 . O. V. IF. C. A. Ladies’ Glee Club. History Club. Fair tresses man’s imperial race ensnare And beauty draws us with a single hair. Class Vice-Prcs. (2); Class Pres. (2): Pres. La- dies’ Glee Club (4). Page Eighteen MARTHA TORREY DEXTER. Ripon, Wis. Ripon Hixh School. Ecolian. Devoted, anxious, generous, void of guile, .hid with her whole heart's welcome in her smile.” Class Vice-Pres. (1); Ecolian Vice-Pres. (3). ROBERT O. WILLIAMS. Llangcmyw, North Wales. Ripon College Academy Y. M. C. A. lie's the very pink of courtesy.” Vice-Pres. Y. M. ('. A. (3); See. Glee Club (3). BESSIE IONE BARLOW. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Graduate Ripon Col- lege Conservatory of Music. A. I’. 0. Stu- dent Boston School of Technology. ‘‘Hast thou not every gentle grace, ICe love in woman's mind and face? Class Treas. (I); Fellow in Biology (2); Fellow- in Biology (3); ('lass Vice-Pres. (3); Fellow in Biology (4). P.igc Nineteen (Dfftrrrs President.........................................Frank L. Haigh Vice-President.................................Ruth Thompson Secretary-Treasurer..................................Flora Brooks Colors Yale Blue and White Sell First-rate, up-to-date, We’re the Class of 1908. Page Twenty FRANK L. HAIGH, Green Lake. Wis. Hartford High School. Rip on College Icademy. Y. M. A. (lire Club. Her- man Club. “23.” “What miracle of weird transforming Is this wild work- of FROST and light. Treas. Athenian (1); Staff Freshman Number “Davs”; Treas. V. M. ( A. (2); (’or. See. V. M. (’. A. (3); Class Pres. (3); Bus. M r. “Crim- son (3 . RUTH THOMPSON. Ripon. Wis. Ripon College Icademy. Ecolian. '. IT. (.'. A. German Club. Tall and most divinely fair.” Ecolian Treas. (I); Y. W. C. A. Sec. (1); Class Vice-Pres. (1); Staff Freshman Number Days” (1); Ecolian Vice-Pres. (I); Y. V. C. A. Vicc-Prcs. (2); Ecolian Vice-Pres. (3); Class Vice- Pres. (3); Y. V. C. A. Vice-Pres. (3); Fellow in Art (3) ; “Crimson” Staff (3). FLORA BROOKS. Green Lake. Wis. Hartford High School. Ripon College .Icademy. Ecolian. Y. IT. C. A. German Club. K. 4 . “True to her word, her work, and her friends. Ecolian Treas. (1); (’lass Sec.-Treas. (3); Bas- ketball (3). JOHN DEXTER. Ripon, Wis. Ripon High School. Science Club. Athenian. “Guess I'll go nut in the garden and eat worms.” Class Historian (3); Sec. Athenian (3); Vicc- Prcs. Science Club (3). P.iro Twenty-one BIRD HITCHCOCK. Brandon, Wis. IFest Salem Ills’ll School. Entered as a Junior from Oshkosh Normal. Y. IF. C. A. Ecolian. Ladies’ Glee Club. ’Tis said that absence conquers love; Hut oh. believe if not! I’ve tried, alas! its power to prove, lint thou art not forgot. See. V. W. C. A. (3). FRANCES FORDICE. Rosendalc. Wis. Rosendale High School. Ecolian. Ladies' Glee Club. Y. IF. C. A. “(), the humor of it!” Ecolian Treas. (2); Pres. Dining Ass’n (2). BESSIE B. BARNES. Waupun, Wis. IE an pun Ills’ll School. Y. IE. C. A. A. I . . ‘7 smell a rat, see him in the air, Let us nip him in the bud. HELEN TOOMBS. Ripon, Wis. Ripon High School. Ecolian. German Club. “She has two eyes so soft and brown, Take care! She gives a side glance and looks down, Beware, beware! Trust her not; she’s fooling thee. Ecolian Vice-Pres. (I); Ecolian See. (2); Class See.-Treas. (2); Days” Staff (3); Ass’t Librarian (1903-7). Page Twenty-two THOMAS OWENS. Randolph. Wis. I Randolph High School. Y. M. C. . . Glee Club. “And hen a lady's in the case You know all other things give place.” Claw Pres. (2); V. M. C. A. Treas. (2); Leader of Glee Club (3); Winner of Home Ora- torical Contest (3). EMILY DEXTER. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. “A quiet lass, who had a look of wisdom in her eyes.” Class Sec.-Treas. (3). SAMUEL T. KIDDER. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. He trudged along and whistled as he went” Basketball (1), (2); Glee Club (1), (2); Editor Freshman Number “Days”; Track Mgr. (2). JENNIE PARMLEY. Mineral Point. Wis. Mineral Point High School. Entered as a Junior from Platteville Sormal. Her voice was ever soft, gentle, low; an excellent thing in woman. J Page Twenty-three CHRISTINA HARGRAVE. Ripon. Wis. Ri oii College Academy. History Club. Eeolian. Ladies' ( lee Club (2), (3). A rosebud set with little willful thorns. And sweet us Scottish air could make her. Class Sec.-Treas. (I); '‘Days Stall (3): Crim- son” Staff (3). LOLA ZOBEL, Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Y. 1C. C. A. Her- man Club. Entered us a Sophomore from Milwaukee Downer. Is she not Passing fair ('lass Vice-Pres. 2); German Club Treas. (3); Fellow in German (3). EDNA H. MERRELL. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Eeolian. German Club. Retter lute than never.” Mgr. Girls Basketball team (1); Eeolian See. (2). WINIFRED LA TOURETTE. Fenton. Mich. Fenton, Mich., High School. Y. 1C. C. A. German Club. Eeolian. For I had hoped, by something rare, To prove myself a poet; Rut, while I plan, and plan, and plan, my hair Is gray before I know it. Library Ass't (2) ; “Crimson Stall (3). I’age Twenty-four BLANCHE GIBSON. Clintonville. Wis. Clintom'iile I Hi; 1 School. Y. ’. C. A. Ecolian. History Club. K. 1� . And sometimes, (or variety, confer With KiM.5 and emperors, and weigh their counsels.” Assoc. Kd. Sophomore Number of Days” (2); Kcolian Sec. (2) : Stewardess Dining Assoc. (2) ; Kcolian Pres. (2); Assoc. Kd. Crimson (3); Vicc- Pres. Board of Control ($); Pres. Oratorical 1,'nion (3): Pres. Dining Ass’n. (3). HALBERT W. BROOKS. Green Lake. Wis. Dart lord High School. Rip on College Academy. History Club. 23. “Not much talk—a great, sweet silence. Track Team (I), (2), (3); Capt. Track Team (2); Championship Relay Team (2), (3); Mgr. College ('ircus (2) ; Sophomore Number Days Stall; Capt. Second Football leant (3); Crimson Stall (3); Athletic Board (2), (3); Vice-Pres. Athletic Ass'n. (3). NEWTON P. RICHARDSON. Menasha. Wis. Menasha High School, (lice Club. A. (I. A. Each IU.OSSOM that blooms in their garden, towers. On its leaves a mystic language bears. Football (2); Stall Sophomore Number Days ; First l.ieut. I. ( A. C. (3). ROBERT SHERWOOD. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Science Club. Glee Club. A college joke to cure the dumps. MAY T. BUMBY, Ripon, Wis. Jttnc«u High School. Y, It'. (■'• .7. Ecolian. “Pleasures and action make the hours seem short Prohibition Association Sec. (I); Vicc-Prcs. Ladies' Glee Club (I); Y. W. C. A. Treas. (1) Y. YV. C. A. Vice-Prcs. (2); Ecolian Vice-Pres. (2) Member Oratorical Hoard (2) ; Ecolian Sec. (2) Y. W. C. A. Pro. (3). LEE WEST. Ripon. Wis. Ripon High School. Science Club. “I am the very pink of courtesy. GILBERT H. TOMPKINS. Wauwatosa, Wis. IPtiuwalosn High School. Science Club. Cheer up. it may not be true. Athenian (1); Football (2); King of I. (). A. C. (3). EARL L. KING. Hyderabad, India. Ripon College Academy. '. M. C. A. History Club. Athenian. I’neasy lies the head that wears a crown. Freshman Debate with Lawrence; (Mass Sec- ’Press. (1); Athenian Treas. (1), (2); Editor Sophomore Number Days ; Treas. Oratorical, Union (2) ; Sec. Oratorical Union (3) ; Sec. Ora- torical Board of Control (3); Vice-Pres. Y. M. C. A. (3); Vice-Pres. Athenian (3); Editor “Crimson” (3). Page Twenty-six CLYDE GIBSON NEWCOMB. '08 The Junior Kid r. A (Dfftrrrs Raymond E. Dixon Jessie Talbot Hattie Morse Alice Walker Colors Green and White gcll I loo! wall! wall! I loo! wall! wah! Sophomores, Sophomores, Hoo! wah! wah! I'iiKC Twenty.djjlit President Vice-President Secreta ry Treasurer L SOPHOMORE CLASS President Vice-President Secretary Treasu rcr (Dfftrrrs Arthur E. Shaar Mary A. Kidder - J. Edgar Moriarity Margaret Brinkerhoflf Color Crimson and Brown Sell 1910 Ripon, 1910 Ripon, Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Rah! Ripon! l’age Thirty FRESHMAN CLASS [OCJ t t u}) 0,P H ixtsf'y V J Kay s er H• Co� 7 F w Stewart JZPfetfe)' G.Knujsh y J-tf Dov is W 6 � t A £-• ? DeBoth AJ.Wieschdoroy , yv H.TIionip oi ' acK G. Nerre M • C. Kcc k J3 S.Gi fforj or } Srookb ----------------- C Fuller C VonJrrveUv '01 S- ? Schemes b d f Powell ay t.F. Vo) K '06 F.L.M ts00 A.L 5wet|an l ff'ThoruaS P-B. Mp’Donc.id T I Jacksoi) E.C .flori arity £■ Forbes ne.VoUn TNorto E8 Pares Q-H.To jipkin s B Richard S ot W. W Mo dye R-Conydon '°j V . Lam A 'ov G Paw lov b A Sail fo rd CC. P.ckert .Ca lemavx r i . Stewa.J D.B.dotie S 0 3- VaWervel Jebo EL. S. A e-wscK wan de ov (E3D Grin P. Ramsey • Captain Team Left End Grin P. Ramsey Left Tackle X. J. Kayser Left Guard a . • • • H. Currie Center , , , E. W. Stewart Right Guard . • . J. E. Pfeifer Right Tackle . . G. Kingsbury Right End • • . J. N. Davis Quarter Rack . • . W. Smith Left Half Rack • • . • E. R. DeRoth Full Back • . J. E. Swetland Right Half Back R. B. McDonald. E. Moriarity, P. E. Nolan Schedule Ripon . 0 Oshkosh Normal 0 Ripon 6 Northwestern . 0 Ripon . 4 Beloit .... 0 Ripon . 17 Marquette .... . 0 Ripon . . . 5 Oshkosh Normal 0 Ripon . 18 Lawrence .... . 6 Second Team Halbert W Brooks • . Captain Ripon t • • 39 Omro 0 Ripon . . 11 West Bend . . 0 Ripon • 46 Berlin 0 Page Thirty-four Kingsbury Stewart Davis Currie Kayscr Swotlninl I)e liotli Pares l.ucring Pfeifer Smith Ramsey McDonald Moriarity N'olan Fir$t I cam John Davis Captain Team Right I'orwanl . Left I'orwanl Center Right (iuartl . Left Guard Hemp Smith . . Davis . Butler . Swctland. Yahr Schedule Ripon . 51 W est Bend High School 13 Ripon 20 Wisconsin .... 41 Ripon . 27 Beloit 21 Ripon 39 Bond tin Lac .... 12 Ripon . 37 Oshkosh High School 14 Ripon 20 Naperville (Northwestern) 23 Ripon . 32 Beloit 17 Page Thirty-six Swctlnnd fc Luchring Smith Kutlcr I Icmp Dn is. Capt. Cook Stewart Miss Irene Gilkey aptain Team Left I-'or ward Right Forward Center Right Guard . Left Guard Schedule Seniors and Sophomores . .36 Juniors and Freshmen College .... 45 Ripon High Miss Gilkey . . Miss Merrell Miss Frost . Miss Murray . Miss Newcomb. I’rister I ’ago Tliirly-ciulu Page Thirty-nine Wills Brook I5ri tcr Morrell Gilkcy Newcomb Murray Frost I.uehring J. F. Beyer (,'aptain April 27 May 4 Mav 9 May 11 May 16 May 17 May 18 May 22 Mav 26 May 30 lforiv F. W. Luehring Coaches A. 1C fiilman J. N. Davis Pitchers J. F. Bevcr Nolan Catchers Resebcrg Brownell First Base Kingsbury Second Base Beyer Dixon Third Base Kingsbury Smith Short Stop Smith Ira Davis Fielders Morgan 1)el oth Schedule (ireen Lake t'itv Team Lawrence University at Appleton . . . Milton at Milton Northwestern University at Watertown Marquette I'niversity at Milwaukee . Carrol at W aukesha Racine College at Racine .Northwestern at Ripon Lawrence University at Ripon . . . Ripon City Team . itu Xmo.| o8ir,| l.uchrinc Kingsbury Bailey Humphrey li. Smith llolvcnstot Morgan Brooks Wakefield (iilman Brownell Cook W. Smith Beyer, ('apt. I. Mavis Nolan KeseberR .1. Davis Base Ball Squad TRACK TEAM SEASON 1906 lalberl Brooks . Captain Team Dashes Low Hurdles High Hurdles Keck Fuller Pickcrt Fuller Brooks Brooks Broad Jump High Jump Vault and Hammer Bickert Coleman Coleman Brooks Picker! Shot and Discus 440-Yards 880-Yards Mile Norton Keck Friedrick Dixon Currie 1 lodge Hodge Rcscbcrg Relay Team—Champions Minor Colleges of United States Fuller 1 lodge Brooks Keck Schedule Ripon ..... 79 Oshkosh Normal ... 33 Beloit . . .45 Ripen . . . 38 Lawrence . . 37 Schedule 1907 May 4 . May 10 .... May 17 . May 24 .... May 31 . Oshkosh Normal at Ripon Beloit at Ripon Lawrence at Ripon Triangular at Appleton . Interscholastic at Ripon I’ago Forty-two Ik. Fuller I lodice Pickert Norton Friedrick Coleman Brook� , Cspt. Dixon Rcwbfrg Keck Track Team, 1906 Keck Brooks Luehrintt Fuller H'� Ir - One-Mile Relay Team. 1906-1907 Evans Cole Mugglcy McDonald Reed I’arcs Broker- C. Smith Busch Oilman Luebring Stewart O. ZoIh'I I'fcifcr K. Zobcl Fricdrick W. Smith Shaar hpooner Hodge Kayscr llutlcr Fuller I .rooks Keck. (’apt. Hodge Swctland Moriarity Track Squad, 1907 llutlcr Fork .! • Sc,| 2 r� Foot F all Squad i A RESUME OF THE YEAR’S ATHLETICS Ki poll's athletic success has been continuous in all lines since the winning track season of 1906. The football team holds the state championship. W e can thank Coach Lttchring for the best football team Ripon has ever had—a team whose record is a goal line uncrossed until the last half-minute of the season. Northwest- ern. Beloit. Marquette. Oshkosh and Lawrence all fell before the victors. All hail the best team in W isconsin! The basketball team is champion of the minor state colleges under inter- collegiate rules. The season was a most successful one in cvcrv wav. and. since only one man will he lost by graduation, prospects look exceedingly bright for next year. The relay team, consisting of Fuller. Hodge, Brooks and Keek, won the state indoor championship from Beloit on March 16 by a 50-yard margin. Three state championships already won. and with prospects exceedingly bright for winning teams in track and baseball, is the record which Ripon shows for the athletic season of 1906-7. Baseball, the national game, has gained a position as a college sport, and Ripon can look forward to successful teams. Long live baseball! Long live Jakey Beyer, captain of the 1907 team! It is much to be regretted that the girls' basketball team had no oppor- tunity to demonstrate its superiority over those of other colleges, for the team is the best in the history of the college Some of the notable performances during the last year have been: Keck's records of 100 yards in 10 seconds Hat; 220 yards in 22}, seconds; 440 yards in 52! seconds. Fuller’s record of 220 yards, low hurdles, 26$ seconds. The record for minor colleges of the United States made by the relay team, consisting of C. Fuller. L. I lodge. H. Brooks and C. Keck, of one mile in 3 minutes 35$ seconds, made at the triangular meet of 1906. Smith's great drop-kicking during the football season of 1906, and Swet- land's western record place kick of 53 yards made in the state championship game with Lawrence. Ripon loses only one athlete by graduation and we arc to have the best coach in Wisconsin with us again next year. Wc look forward to the greatest of success in all athletics. RIPON WILL WIN! I'agc I’oriy six Page Forty-seven Are Seniors Bessie Barlow Annie II. Hill Juniors Bessie B. Barnes Sophomores Helen Hughes Kllcn M. Griffiths Irene K. Gilkey Freshmen lull I vn lloll Specials Martha M. Robson Lucy F. Herrick Lila K. baniliam Resident Member Hazel Barlow I 'age Forty-eight Honorary Members Mrs. R. C. Hughes Miss Harwood 1 I'age Forty-nine AHA Faculty Oliver J. Marston Seniors Edgar Zobel Bernard 1 lenip Junior Xcwton Richardson Sophomores Dan Brownell John Davis Clinton Fuller Edward Fares Willard Hodge Clarence Miller Orin Ramsey ’age Fifty-one Hodge Fuller Richardson Ramsey Brownell Miller Zobcl Hemp Davi� Frederick Fares L Faculty Mrs. O. J. Marston Senior Sara E. Wills Juniors Blanche (rihsmi Flora Brooks Sophomores Mabel Frost Bernice (iibson Freshmen el lie Newcomb Margaret ’ewc mb Honorary Flla Oclke Fdith Newcomb B. M. Gibson Mrs. Mnrston S. Will� F. L M. Frost E. Oclkc M. Newcomb Brook B. E. Gibson N. Newcomb _L u anf to G-o home. ! I3oo loo ! Poo a r wan t to cro ho'mef To Pa a.nd V)?a.! Fres)) •m e n ! Tre shme -n ( P?a.h I Wah! Page Fifty-five Officers President May Buniby Vice-1'resident • Until Thompson Secretary • Bird Hitchcock Treasurer - Sara Wills Pianist Lila Parnham Usher • • • . | ossie W ilson Committee Chairmen Missionary Jeanette Lamb Nominating Ktlilyn Holt Devotional Social Plora t law son Winifred 1 .a Tourette Bible . . Mabel Prost Intercollegiate . . Ann Hill Poster Helen Hughes o� V,| K. I foil W, M. Frost II. Hushes F. Clawson A. Hill I!. Hitchcock K. Thompson M. Humby I.a T on ret tc J. Wilson J. I .a m I) I.. l-artiham S. Wills Officers President . R. E. Dixon Vice-President E. L. King Corresponding Sec’v . F. L. llaigli Recording Scc'y . K. W. Atwood Treasurer W. Hodge Devotional Committee Chairmen T. Owens Bible Study . J. 1). Brownell Missionary J. D. Brownell Membership . . . . W. J. Sizer Finance W. Hodge Intercollegiate .. . F. L. Ilaigh Social . . C. W. Miller Geneva J. 1). Brownell Handbook M. Edwards Page Fifty-eight Owens IlocIgC King Sizer Atwood Dixon Itrowncll Kaigh Edwards Miller President ....... Nina Sheldon Secretary and Treasurer .... May Bmnby Critic ........ Sara Wills I'slier ....... Nellie Owens PaK« Sixty aSp,| F. It rook« X. Owens If. Morse � . Mitchell It. Hitchcock XI. Pro� ! Hargrave W. I_’i Touretlc X. Sheldon M. Ituinby l . riiOiti| Min If. Toombs It. (tihsnn I' K. f. antora F. KcRle'ton I.. Foote I . Merrell S. Wills M I hividsou I e ter Members K. 1 !. Dixon '09 E. J. 1). Brownell ‘09 E. 1� . I Hemp '07 (). J. Dexter '08 E. E. Dares '09 W J. Davis ‘09 C. l Whelan 10 J. !. Davis 10 J. A. Broker '09 Y YV. Reseberg '09 Z obel ‘07 Cook ’10 Zobcl '09 King ’08 . Sizer '09 Miller '09 Swetlaiul ‘10 Loschinski '11 . I lodge ‘09 o. Broker Zobcl Kins J. Davis Cook Sixer Dixon K. Z«.be! Swetland 1. Davis llodgr KescbcrR Whelan Dexter The llistorx Clui� is a new organization in the College. Its membership is limited to those Juniors ami Seniors majoring in history, and to the in- structors of the history department. Their meetings, which occur monthly, are carried on in an entirely informal manner at the home of Professor Marston. The work of the club is along four lines: to keep in touch with current historical literature: to review some of the more important historical publi- cations; to have a report on current topics; and to have a principal paper embodying the results of some special study. These papers have been re- ports of Senior theses, or in some field of original investigation by an in- structor. tccasionally papers are given by non-residents. Informal dis- cussions follow reports and papers, and every member of the club is expected to participate in the program. Members Professor Marston I Vofessor I .uehring Professor Parr P.ernard P. Hemp Nina Sheldon Ann Hill Lillian Crowther Pdanche Hibson Christina Hargrave Halbert . lirooks Karl L. King I’age Sixty-four King C. Hargrave I.. I'rowthcr X. Sheldon A. Hill Prof. Lucliriug Prof. Marston Rroolcs H. Gibson Hemp Statement “Lerne was, so kannst lu was.” i tin favoriu motto of the (lerman Club, and its members arc eagerly trying to apply this very idea to tlu stores of w-i-s-d-o-m which they dailv accumulate in the German class room. Splendid ♦ as are the German classics, histories, novels, etc.. t« read, laborious as they may be to translate, yet there is one thing which, from lack of time, cannot be furnished by either practice in original oral expression. This, then, is the real purpose of the German Club; and we hope that both its educational and social benefits may. as it continues to grow, afford additional strength t� � the German department, and thereby hear its particular tribute t«� the un- folding glories of our Alma Mater. Officers I ’resident . Mr. Pfeifer Secretary Miss ICrna Xobcl Treasurer . Miss Jessie Talbot l agc Sixty-six L U9.US XlXI§ aStJJ X. I.. ZhIk-1 K. i’.rillilliv W, L.i Tourctic J. I arn� lcy Owens II. Konne M. Ki«l lcr Smith Bast I. Oilkey M. Frost K. ZoIk-I I.. Foote K. Morrell K. Murray A. Walker K. Sliuart Parker P.n eh It. TIiniii|iwii F. Sanford F. Brook I’. Davison llaigh II. Morse J. Talhot K. Sutherland K. Dexter Whelan V.nhf If. TtMimlM Fried riek Dexter Pfeifer MacNeill llerR Statement Among lhe numerous signs of progress to be noted this year, is the or- ganization of the Science Club. As expressed in the constitution of the club, its object is to keep in touch with scientific developments. Since it was desired to make the meetings thoroughly scientific, the membership is con- fined to students taking their major in science and the professors in the Science I)epartmcnts. The programs presented at the monthly meetings have included some original work and the reviewing of scientific journals. ()pcn discussions fol- lowed the presentation of the various topics. At the meetings during the latter part f the year the senior theses in science were presented. President Officers . Kdgar Zobel Vice-President • • • • John Dexter Secretary Ida B. Lobb Members Prof. W. II. Barber (i. Frederick Prof. S. Milliken W illard Hodge Prof. A. E. (iilman C. K. Smith Bessie Barlow E. (i. Smith Ida B. Lobb Robert Sherwood E. Atwood Lee W est Y. De Booth G. Tompkins John Dexter Otto Zobel Edgar Zobel Page Sixty-ciglit oiiui-ajni Hodge Dexter Prof. Gilman Sherwood IX Both Prof. Millikeu Tompkins 0. Zobcl I. l.obb Prof. Barber I'ricdcrick E. Smith West E. Zobel C. Smith B. Barlow Officers [’resident Secretary Leader ( ilee Clui� I «eader Mandolin ( lnl J. Dan Brownell Raymond f. Dixon Thomas I. hvens Ira S. Parker Glee Club First Tenors Allan W. Lavlev. 1910 Robert Humphrey. 1910 Clinton K. fuller. 1909 Harold J. Mac Xi-ill. DIO Thomas I. Mill. 1910 Thomas J. Owens, 1908 Second Tenors J. Dan Brownell, 1909 George . Priedrick. 1909 Abel R. Biigbec. 1910 Lawrence J. I lodge. PMO Raymond K. Dixoil. 1909 Howell Humphrey. 1910 First John P. I lever. 1910 A. Lloyd Cook. 1910 11 avoid i. frost. 1910 Basses frank L. Ilaigh. 1(X 8 John 1C Jones. 1910 Xewton I’. Richardson. l'«)8 flovd D. I lailev. 1910 Ira S. Parker. 1910 Herman ( . field, 1910 Second Bassess W alter |. Rcseberg. 19()9 Karl M.‘Wakefield. P0O William f. Werlelman. P00 Mandolin Club Kdward V. Uwood. 1W floyd I). Hailey. 1910 11 ugh . (logins. 1910 Harold J. Mae Xeill 1910 Raymond L. Thomas I. Owens. 1908 Ira S. Parker. 1910 Robert M. Sherwood. 1908 Karl M. Wakefield. POO Wcgcl. 1910 Resilient Manager I’.usiness Manager Assistant Manager Director . Executive Staff Wilbur A. Sisson John X. Davis. 1909 Bernard f. Hemp. 1907 . . . David II. Holbrook. PX)1 P.lfic Seventy JUO-. JU. . av,- J3f,| Fuller Frost K. Humphrey llodyr HuglK-e Dixon KeseherR MacXeill Richardson Haigh Kricdrick Hill Kidder June� Cook Owens Holbrook Sisson Brownell 11. Humphrey A. Bayley K. Zobcl Wakefield I’arkcr 1”. Hailey Wcgcl (). Zobcl k. Officers President Secretary Treasurer Director Ann Mill Christina I largravo Maud 11 anile v First Sopranos Maud llainley Mrs. Helen Barber Irmaj ardc Jones Second Sopranos Ann Hill Christina I lari rave Pthel Sutherland First Altos Second Altos P.thlyn Holt Mary Kidder Sara W ills I‘.entice (iibson Prances Pordice Bird Hitchcock Page Seventy-two dMi||-X)tOAa«; aJJv.i 1. Jones I . I'oitltce M. Hamlcy K. Holt IS. Hitchcock is. (iib«nn ('. Margrave K. Kurmws K. Sutherland Af. Kidder S. 1 Mrs ISarlu-r A. Hill Cl)f ©rrijfstra First Violins ( iracc Ort liman Irene (iilkty llclcn Barber Aimee Kellogg Louise Thomas Hugh ' io ins Second Violins Margaret Bonncll Mary Kidder Clara Zobel Raymond Wegel I’red Danielsen Viola Otto Zobel Flute I 'rank Kingsbury Cornets K. J. Burnside Walter Keseberg Howard nderson Trombone Edgar Zobel Clarinet Ernest Smith Piano Ian’s Foote Lila Farnbain ()lga Zobel t’aRC Si-vi-iityfow • - y X|U9AAv; oSi:,| Ci. Ortliman Smith M. Uomicll I.. Thomas l£. Z� l cl Kingsbury L. Farnham Kurnsidc C. Zobel Mrs I'arhcr I. Gitkcy O. y.oUcl I.. Foote Daniclwn M. Kidder I’rof. Meier k Oratorical tLlnton Officers President Nice-President Secretary Treasurer Board of Control I rof. ). J. Marston Prof. J. I'. Tain for Blanche (lihson Sara Wills Karl King Bernard Hemp Willard I lodge Albert Broker Blanche Gibson Sara Wi'ls Karl King Geo. I., l-'icld Pat!� ’ S 'vi-niy- i. Brace Bate Anderson FRESHMAN DEBATERS ' Page Seventy-seven Fditor-in-Chief Assistant Fditor . I .oca 1-Personal Athletic . Kxchangc Alumni Staff I Bernard F. Hemp Ida II. Lobb Helen Toombs Raymond K. Dixon J. Dan Brownell ( lnistina 11 art� rave Lovila Mosher Business Manager W illard YY. Hodge I'agc Svvvnty-viglil Raymond E. Dixon Bernard F. Hemp ChriMinu Hargrave Willard W. Hodge J. Lnn Brownell i M Ida B. Lobb I.ovila Mosher Helen Toombs cat cmg ,.i=� rr-2r3 3?: The Academy offers an opportunity for strong and earnest students to do four years of High School work in three years. The work of the Academy is planned to meet the College entrance requirements, and the recitation periods are of such a length that a saving of a year results for those students who wish to prepare for College. The Academy meets the needs also of those students who enter College with some deficiency. Classes are formed especially for this group of students. All facilities of the College are open to preparatory students: they share the advantages of the College libraries and of the College laboratory equip- ment. their work is under the direction of the College faculty and they enjoy in large measure the social life and privileges of the College students. In the various student activities they become a part of the College and have a valuable fellowship of more mature students who are pursuing the same course which they plan to follow. Page Highly Bast Dexter Piehl Cotton Reynolds K. Humphrey i Rsbensen Frost II. Humphrey Senior Academy Class ! I he Commons m«}-. |i(Sr.( aSw,| Owen Dexter Kidder Itronk Wot Richardson Sherwood Toiii| kin King I fninK What Caused the San Francisco Earthquake HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF 1908 The September sun shone down on a beautiful world in the fall of 1904. Brilliant colors decked old Mother Earth with a splendor well worthy of a younger dame. But if there be degrees of beauty, surely the most beautiful sight that sun beheld was the two and thirty new Freshmen on the campus of Ripon College. We came for usefulness, however, as well as for ornamentation, and im- mediately showed ur businesslike intentions by holding a class meeting and electing officers. Thus prepared we went forth to meet a hostile world. Once in the fray, however, the hostility was not so marked. Our arch enemy, the Sophomore Class, was sadly deficient in lighters, and indeed, was forced to call upon the Juniors and Seniors for help lest it should be torn to pieces altogether. Even then, all it gained was the ability to make a more graceful retreat. s for an other troubles, the Freshies soon found that a bold front was as valuable as a strong arm. I'nfortunately. the '08 s of Lawrence had also learned the value of a bold front and in consequence we met. in the Freshmen debate, the only defeat which our class has suffered in it entire history up to the present time. But with pain came pleasure. Frolic and fun filled the playtime. Sleigh rides, banquets, and parties served t« till up unused hours, to please the sense and. incidentally, to diminish the weight of the pockelbook, and. lest anyone should accuse us of fearing to show our colors, we suddenly bloomed out. one fair spring day. in Yale blue neckties. Thus smoothly and sweetly the year moved on with the exception that we were called upon to mourn the passing away of one of our number. For one semester she was with us. Her presence graced our banquets: her smile lightened our classes: and yet. although some knew that she could not last much longer, still it was a great blow to all to lose in sc� short a time our classmate. Miss Hattie Ethel Mitchell. In a land far away Mrs. Hattie Ethel Newcomb now nurses the class baby. The bereaved class feels that possibly it is all for the best and hopes that sometime we may meet again. Another fall came around. Some of the 08's did not return, but to atone for the loss we welcomed a few newcomers. To hail the new college year we raised our banner on the walls of East Building. A prompt siege and bombardment took place, beaded by the class of 1909—new claimant for Freshman honors. Long the battle raged. t last, when only four eminent Sophomores were bound hand and foot, salvation for the Freshmen appeared in the person of the President, who was fearful for the safety of East Build- ing, should the Sophs do their worst. Fortune continued kind to us. Though outnumbered two to one. we managed t � retain our supremacy. Tn spite of Freshmen efforts to the contrary we had numerous parties in which scrapping formed prelude, interlude, and post hide. Page Kiglily liv� Next we demonstrated our literary ability by getting out a number of the College Days. in which we showed ourselves to be a class of genius. Never before or since lias a copy of the “Days received such Mattering attention from various college papers, nor will the like ever occur again. But the brilliancy of our next act far overshadowed that which we have just mentioned. With our usual vigor and promptness we chose Professor Marston as our class officer. Right there we demonstrated our ability to know a good thing when we see it and to grab for it. Sadness and deep sorrow followed close upon the brilliancy of this achieve- ment. The catastrophe of the year before was repeated. Ida M. Brewer, in her new home, now rules the nominal head of the house. Though wishing her all joy. with fervid earnestness we pray for no more weddings till 1909. We had a lot of fun. and did a lot of work, and— became Juniors, with a consequent accession of dignity. With no lack of interest in the class frays of the underclassmen, still we did no puerile acts ourselves. “When we became men. we put away childish things. We therefore entered with enthusiasm into the task of bringing the world to a realizing sense of our presence and importance. In consequence. little time was wasted in bringing Vale blue into prominence in the Shape of armlets, hats and pennants. Picnics, parties, and the Annual further signalized the year. As to the future? It lies before us. It is unlikely that the future will ever lie behind us. And the rest of the acts of the class of 1908. all that it did. all that it wisely refrained from doing, all that it wanted to do and the Faculty pleasantly sat down on, are they not written in the “College Days?” And the class passes on, and the 09 s vainly strive to reign in its stead. HIAWATHA ON THE CAMPUS. In this state of our Wisconsin, Dear Wisconsin of the prairies. Stands the little town of Ripon. Stands • � ttr well loved Alma Mater. In the college on the hilltop, On Til 1C hilltop of all Ripon, Roam the happy college students. Careless, carefree, friendly students. Oft they sally forth to battle Strong in courage and in power. Just to show the other warriors Where to find the mighty champions. Here thru many years of plenty. Dwelt the tribe of Ripon College; Dwelt at peace with all their neighbors. Oilier tribes in other places, lint a time came when no longer Smiles were seen upon the faces Of the oo-eds in the college. Fair co-eds of Ripon college. All the maidens sad and tearful. Silently withdrew from public Where the curious braves could see Shut themselves up in their wigwams, Which the vulgar call the Hen-Coop, And refused all aid and comfort In their season of distresses. What the cause of all this sorrow. St� complete and unexpected? Listen, readers, you shall hear it. Hear the reason ior this sadness. AH the braves in a sail moment When their wits left them completely. Solemnly agreed together To henceforth, yea. and forever Cease to chase the shy young dear, who 1 urked about upon the campus. And. to seal their solemn compact Formed a new and gruesome order. Which they called for lack of other, “The Order of the Anti-Chasers.” Then for three long moons so sadly Went the maidens unattended To the war feasts and the pow-wows That were held within the college. Save a few. to whom the matter Seemed a joke, because their warriors them. Page Mistily six Stoutly did retusc the others Who attempted so pursttadc them That co-education longer ;: «lot needed in our College. I'lms lor three moons things continued In this strange, unnatural manner. nd the faces of the warriors Grew all careworn and unhappy. Gradually with spring approaching. Spring with all her gentle (lowers. One by one the braves regretted nd deplored their act of folly. Secretly they told the maidens Of their sorrow and repentance. I low they hoped to he forgiven For their act of titter folly. Bui at lii'st the maids all sternly Did receive the fallen warriors. Saying that they too had learned to l.ove. enjoy titter freedom. Illit e’er long at the unhappy Look upon the warriors’ faces. They in turn repented also. t And they told of their repentance. Now mice more upon the campus Maid and brave dare stroll together. Since of anti-chasing warriors Only two are now remaining. The high chief and his assistant Sit alone in stately glory. ( tired forever and forever Of an awful, dreadful habit. To which once they were addicted. That of chasing, chasing, chasing. -II� . “Caesar sic dicat ttmli cur egessi lictum. ( Academy translation) : “Caesar sicked the cat on the cur: I guess he licked him. - -Ex. THE RIPON-LAWKENCE ROW. From I tie Komi ilia I d- see be th papers.” said Mr. Hogan, that l.awrinee Univoorsity has decided cut olY athletic rela- tions with Ripon college.” S is.” said Mr. Delaney, “'rite un- tarnished reputachion i th’ Metho- dist institnehion was bein’ be- smirched by the Kiponiles. h’s aw- ful. but it’s the trooth. For don’t Prisidint Plant iv l.awrinee say so himself. “‘Ripon has altimpted to dictate to l.awrinee.' says Riant .. AVe won’t stand it.' sc Plant . ‘Fer years l.awrinee has dominated the athletic relations between the instituchions. Now just because the byes fr’tn the mushroom college have won a few victories they think they can talk for thimsclves.' he sc . 'It is a mistake.' se he ‘They must be tought a lis- son. W e wili break off athletic rela- tions with thim. Thin they canned win for another while and maybe they will ricoguizc that it they want t'i play with us, they must do as we say.’ he se , sez he. ‘That Imneli from Fond du Lac county are too selfish.' sez Prisidcnt Rlantz. 'Sure, they do be wantin’ t win all the victories. Here they do be heatin' us in debating, and not cotuiitt with that they have t‘ heat our boys in mimin' and jumpin’ and tin-owin’ weights. It's not fair.' he e . ‘An’ didn't the football cham- pionship belong to l.awrinee last fall. We had it won. We told thim so They knew it all along. Yet didn’t they go and pile up th' big- gest score of the season on our l«ae K !|M rl«r. elevin.' sez he. 'T'was robbery: highway robbery. “ 'We’ll show thim. We won’t play with thim in the future. We won’t play in any games that Ripon ath- letes are entered in sez Plantz. 'We won’t send a team to the triangular meet this spring. Without ns. how- are they goin' t' hold lit’ meet? They can't do it,’ sez he. 'We are going t' sind a team to Madison on the re- lay carnival. Ripon can't play with us. so they will have t' keep out.’ I think Plant , is right ’ said De- laney. “If Ripon is going to win all the games what’s the use of l.awrinee playin’ thim? ’Twill be a good joke sez Piautz. ‘They think they can beat us. but we’ll fool thim. We won’t play tliint. “‘Sure, and’ arn’t they a thryin’ to claim the basketball championship.’ he sez. ‘Hut they ar’n the champions. Ilovv can they be? Sure, they didn’t play us. We’re the champions. Ripon lias got to beat us before they will be champions. An’ if we cut off all athletic relations with thim how are they goin’ to play us?’ ‘‘l.awrinee has the roight spirit. said Mr. Delaney. If they don’t want t’ get beat tit’ only way is to stop playin’. Because Ripon happens to be a little better than l.awrinee they should not be thryin’ t’ show their superiority by heatin’ the Mithidists. “It’s right ye arc. said Mr. Ho gait. It you want to keep on the right side of a kitten don’t rub his fur th’ wrong way ' By “Jem.” Pace Eictuy-seven )l{Sp-. ll{Si'.| 0� B,1 JUNIOR STATISTICS Name Aim to Adores Hates Karl be dignified dates parties Mac marry men cats Gill make dough pipe girls Frances grow thin jokes tumbles Dickie waste time blossoms quitters Chrissie spend a good time work Emily bo wise languages nonsense Bess dress violets mice Frank be happy long walks annuals I-ola look pretty pears criticism Bobbie shine Alma obscurity Edna be early the West sin Blanche get a title tall men “showers Bird go to L. U. Law. Fresh. preachers John get a girl bugs culture Nellie keep order athletes noise Lee farm girls to be alone Winnie be good freedom monopoly Hallic run some coasting vacations Jennie teach Study fussing Sam try them all scraps sameness Flora tease basket-ball rows Tommy fight blues Blanche fudge Ruth be useful art foolishness Class graduate Prof. Marston quizzes Age Tendency Lack Feels Carriage chase width fussed Marriage laugh breadth rushed Pillage smoke sand lonely Tonnage joke room small Crihbage fool ambition shut out Selvage chew the rag time gay Shortage learn a beau useful Sausage scream conceit crushed Manage rave nothing frozen Ravage giggle self-control in clouds Kidage bluff sense smart Postage be late speed good Homage squelch a diamond grouchy Plumage talk expression sure Garbage dig ideals crawly Scrimmage blush accomodation hopeful Adage spoon spunk pensive Rampage change decision disappointed Stoppage stick variety contented Rummage be sensible speech quiet Damage Mormonism constancy uncertain Bandage snort binding at home Hugage llirt grace flighty Courage help humor calm 3 years reform diplomas important THINGS WE CANNOT UNDERSTAND Why Fredricks and Nellie are no longer seen together. When Billie Irvine does his studying. Why Lila doesn't decide. Why Lawrence won the Freshman debate. Why Shaar is always late to breakfast. Why the Profs insist on Quizzes. Why Carrie Nash does her studying in the library now. Why Maud takes art this year. Why a Lawrence debater stayed over. Frances Sanford’s interest in missions. CAN YOU IMAGINE--------- Mr. Atwood with a girl. Mr. Haigh without a disgust. Sam Kidder with the same girl twice. Prof. Marston not accommodating someone. Miss Griffiths without Keck. One of the Humphreys alone. Tommie Owens without a smile. Prof. Gilman without a joke. Hoggins saying grace. A year-book without a slam. M -Ut M Billie- I taught the Latin class today. Nellie—W hy, Billie, what? Billie—An object lesson. Kaiser—Leaning heavily against the building. Observer—“What's the matter, old man? Kaiser (weakly)—“I took breakfast at the Commons. Miss liar—“What do you call that cave over in Kilhotirn City? Sam—“Devil's Caldron. Miss liar—“I had forgotten what it was that belonged to the devil over there.” Nolan eating a sausage sandwich : Ramsey: “Didn't suppose you’d indulge in dog. Buck. Buck: “Oh. this is a well (bred) dog.” I’agc KiRlitj nine SEEING RIPON THROUGH A MEGAPHONE Here's your Sceing-Ripon automobile, ladies and gentlemen ll the -ights ol Ripon College campus and surrounding scenery for a dollar All ready? Let Yr go. Jack. This large red building on your left that looks like a shoe factory is Ingrain Mali. It contains a complete library, museum, laboratories ami lee turc-rooms. Each lecture-room is completely equipped with hot air. and in order to keep cool, the furnace is only in operation on warm days. This is for the benefit of the janitor, so that he will not have to work when it is cold The students you see through the windows of the biology lab. are cutting earth-worms into yard lengths. Those leaving In the rear entrance arc cutting classes. The ones enjoying themselves on the front steps are merely cutting up. Scissors for this purpose are not furnished by the college, but each student is expected to provide his own. This is East Ihiilding. It contains the President's otlicc. which is the power-house that runs the college. The downcast-looking young man coining out of the door has just been upon the carpet and received a lemon. That is why he looks so sour, lie is going now to pack his trunk, because they need him at home. On the second floor of the building are the music and art de- partments. Xo one is being murdered there: it is onl several violin and piano students practicing at once. The result, as you readily appreciate, is not pleasing to the untrained ear. The chapel is also in this building. Most students endeavor to attend at least once a year. We are now approaching Smith Hall. This, ladies and gentlemen, is one of the oldest buildings on the campus, and the loudest. This dormitorv is sometimes called Rough-house. The inmates arc fond of music, an 1 there are in the building a German band, and several loud hatbands. You will observe someone dressing before each window. 'This is for the benefit of the passersby. This is the Commons. Latin co. with, or together; and Trench “manger. to eat. Mere the student body receives its daily bread, besides hash, and a few other things. The farther up you go it is used for a dormitory. In the basement is the gymnasium, with all the latest appliances, including a vibrat- ing dr suspended running track. This i� for the purpose of making the run ners light on their feet, otherwise they are apt to break through and alight on the heads of those beneath. Guarding the entrance to this building is what is known as the Cotton dog. but this name is misleading, for it cottons to no one. but has a most unfriendly disposition. short time ago a fire broke out near the kitchen, which aroused the authorities t such an extent that the next day it was announced in chapel that steps were being taken to provide the building with tire-escapes. They failed to mention where the steps were being taken from, however. I‘a no Ninety From here we sjfet a fine view of the stand-pipe, and also Ri|K)ii College Cam- piis Annex, or the cemetery. No, this is not the woodshed. This is called Athenian 11 all. Notice the benches strewn around the campus. In the daytime they are occupied by the lb A. A. M. A. T. S. S. or the Uefore-and-After-Meals- and-Then-Somo-Smoking-Club. In some cases the burnt matches are as much as three inches deep on the ground around them. Kvcnings the benches are also very popular, but those are a different kind of matches. Bartlett Cottage, the largest girls' dormitory of its size on the campus. It is live stories high, and there is something doing on even lloor. Notice the fire-escapes. These are not much used, however, as there is a faculty preju- dice against leaving the building by means of the fire-escapes, and the young ladies would have no escape when fired. Notice the ledge around the tliird- storx windows. This is for cooling fudge. There are about thirty inmates of this building. The preceptress is so tall that she docs not need to climb the stairs, but can stand on the ground floor and pul her head into any of t.he top-story rooms when it becomes necessary to maintain order. The gentle- man you see standing on the front step is Keck, the fastest sprinter in the State. That is why he dares to spend so much time there. The man who is being removed from the side door in an ambulance is a stranger in town who went to call on a Bartlett girl. 11 is nervous system will need repair. 'This ends the tour, ladies and gentlemen. All out! -Si� , Billie, to the janitor who is dressed for an event: Say. Mr. Bradshaw, where’s Gus?” YVillard I lodge, seating himself upon a text-book: Well. I think I’ll spend the rest of the hour on ‘Organic Chemistry’. In Chapel: Prof. Tain tor: We should see things in their just proportions. If you look into my face you won't sec my hands plainly. 'The same is true in any landscape-----” Freddie, having returned with a lady remarks: Any fellow who would take a girl to Ellery's Band must have an awful crush. Billie: “Can you direct me to Pickett’s?” Uncle Josh: “Turn to your left at next corner and take the telephone line.” Billie: “Can I get it all in the buggy? Rigo Xincly om- DEDICATED TO THE FRESHMAN CLASS lictore the assembled mob he stood. His clear, piercing eye never quailed in the midst of this awful danger, lie faced them like a hero. Other men in the same position would have been frightened unto death. But not so Arthur, for his masterful, commanding presence seemed to hold the vile rabble in check. They dared not rush on him and tear him limb from limb. And the mob clamored for his blood. Behold this picture of a Freshman class meeting, with their worthy president in the chair, who. although his life is constantly in danger, has. by long experience selling Holeproof Sox. become reckless of consequences. Then a change comes suddenly over the assembled multitude. They seem to forget their eagerness for bloodshed of the previous moment. Some- thing of a humorous nature happens and all with one accord they busy them- selves with imbecile laughter. The president sinks back in his chair with a relieved sigh. The danger is past. And so the meeting goes, changing from one mood to another, as the fancy seizes them, not knowing at any time why they are thus moved. Now seri- ous. now frivolous, now excited, now raving, now anxious, blit for the most part foolish, they meet, they do nothing, they adjourn : and the next time the} go over the same program with a little more foolishness. For a conglomerate mass of simpering foolishness the meetings of the Freshmen class are not to be surpassed. Yea. verily, and it was so! The members of this verdant class are endowed with so much class spirit that it only takes three meetings a week in order to procure a quorum. Seldom do enough of their number awake from their eternal slumbers to become conscious that their presence is required for the weighty deliberations of their class. n occasions, by dint of persuasion, violence, coercion, bribes, threats, etc., a sufficient number meet to hear the secretary's report and ad- journ. This far and no further do they generally go. Many things of importance ma be up for consideration, for the Freshmen class carries the burden of most of the important details of the college on its shoulders. They enter with abandon into an hour’s discussion of whether they shall have a sleigh ride or a dance. After electing a poet, voting for a sleigh ride, choosing purple and pink for the class colors, which last measure was carried In the unanimous vote of the class, then the light and frivolous matter of the choosing of the question ior the Kipon-Lawrence debate is brought up. After a long and exhausting discussion of almost a minute this question was voted. Resolved. That college girls should have beaus. And so on. It were impossible to describe the heights of foolishness to which a Freshman class can go. It is one of the sad things of college life. I’ag«? Ninety-two We can only weep silently for them, for although they pass on in the course of time, their place is taken by another tribe of-the verdant greens, and we must all bear the disgrace and shame of another Freshmen class. ODE TO BARTLETT Hail to thee! Thou storm-rocked tem- ple. Home of all that's good and fair. With thy tower and lofty spire Piercing thru the fragrant air. Thou tlte seat of all our sorrows. Thou the balm of all our woes. Thou the home of all our fair ones, Thou from whence all virtue Hows. Demurely «lost thou stand among us With thy load of maiden hearts: Drawn t • thee as by a magnet Co the prey of Cupid’s darts. W here «lost get thy power to move ns 1’ondlv to thy magic do«� r? in a net are all our strong ones Bound to thee f«� r ever more. Oh. thou Bartlett! Noble Bartlett! Once again we sing of thee. Down the ages may thou ever The fair Queen of Ripon be. OWED TO SMITH Thank you very much. Smith llall-itcs. For vour w«� r«ls so rich and rare With their little hunch of jolly Pierce ! through with heated air. «- are sorry for your sorrows Anti condole you for your woes. But sure it is a slam on Bartlett To say that thence all virtue flows. If. demure, we stand among you. It is only maidens' arts: Overtime we work that magnet And we pray for Cupid's darts. Ask us not whence comes the power To move men to the magic door. Easier far t«- move you from it. Water from above we pour. Once again Smith Hall, we thank you. Once again we say to thee. Down the hill may Smith boys ever Come to see that fair Queen-bee. In French: Miss Harwood: Mr. yon may put the first ten sentences on the board. Soph.: I haven’t my sentences here.” Miss II. “Well, you can write them on your feet. (Sophs, do have big feel.) Blanche: Going t« Oratorical? Gould: “Can’t! Strapped. Blanche: “Where's that check from home?” Gould: “Oh. that was a mink check. The Bartlett girls sweep their rooms with a glance. In Milton: Dickie: I declare Milton to have been king of fnssers. Buck : 'T affirm it was because be was blind. I’:«}!� Ninety Ihro- WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT? I am a Cook in one « f the small Burrows in the Cole regions of our country. In spite of my lowly calling I have high ambitions. I desire some day to be a Gould, or an Earl, and I have even aspired to be a King. How- ever, I had Grace enough not l go in for Art with an empty purse. So I came out here to Brace up and make a few March's for myself. ( hie day, 1 sauntered out of the Burg in which I live. It was a line spring day. though the hrost lay heav on the ground. Soon I left the To.vne far behind, whistling a lively Krcnch tune as I went. Before I knew it. the spring had gotten into my veins. I saw glory in every Bush, and smelled fragrance in every withered Blossom. I felt Spoon(i)er than I can ever remember feeling in my life so Karr. 1 actually felt Mooney. 1 would then and there have been willing to become anybody’s Hub, if I only could be reckoned among the Pares. To Sizer up. I felt frisky as a Lamb. Why. I even blamed the Bum-by w ho felt discontented among the flowers. So I walked on past a few Barnes. I concluded from the feelings which were eating me that I’d better Walker off. But. alas! Sorrow lurks at the Koote of every Hill. nd the Toombs are ever within sight. Kor does not Paine hang on our very Gates, as it were? A sharp turn in the road. I no longer felt like the happy Miller for the beauty of the landscape was marred by the sight before my eves. On the ground near Annie) Hill was a person, lie didn’t look much like a Gibson man for he was doubled up so that one could not tell if he was a Kidder a man. I was tilled with re-Morse at once. Running to one of the many Brooks near by. I soaked some Got ton in it and ran back to my Ward with Bate(d) breath. He looked up then, and let out a Piehl of laughter. M Inal rose. My man!” I snapped. I thought you had a Paine. And I turned to go by. This was loo Mutch. To be laughed at for trying to relieve human suffering. That was the limit. I felt Mad(d)cr every moment. I was ready to light a Duel. lust then that personage called to me: Shay. M lust her! Holt on! You might help me Wheeler up the grade. pointing to the wheelbarrow full of Hemp standing near him. Shay! I was oncet Butler to a Kayscr. he continued thickly. And I saw now that he was Kuller than I suspected. Oh, go West! I said, not be! to keep a straight face at this announce- ment. Wal. I guess I know who I be.” he stammered—pointing to a Brown(cll) he wore on his coat. Look a' here. Mhisther. I was Lord Lovell's Butler, if ye plcash. But. Shay. he broke in. Won’t me oV woman more'n lam-Bast me when I git 'onic. Sh’ always Scliolcs”—and be added something which sounded like by Wallic. Maybe it was. IViRr Ninety four He rose to go. He was pretty full, but still he was really Dexter(ous) in the way he got over the ground with his barrow. Hut it was hard work and he sweat pretty freely. )nce he stopped to rest. “Would ye like to Beyer? he asked presently. Huv whom? 1 asked. “Me ol‘ woman. Me und the Shafers would be mighty glad to help her out of the Glenn. She makes this Swetland for we uns. alright, alright. W e had come by now in sight of the house. The ol‘ woman was evidently watching for Lord Lovell's Hutler. for she came living from the house in hot haste, grabbing Atwood as she went past the pile. “Ain't she a Bird, eh —the man cried. I Broker in mcsclf.” And he looked as if he admired the swiftness with which his better half was covering the space between them. My ideas were conflicting. My most definite conviction was that the woman decidedly needed a Newcomb. Then 1 fled. WHEN THE PROP'S. ARE QUIZZED BY STUDENT BODY Prof. Marston: (a) Discuss briefly the politics of the world. lb) Enumerate the causes and effects of all things from the beginning down to modern times. (cl If you have time: Solve the Ear East problem. Prof. Milliken: Describe fully, and in order, every worm known to science. Give draw- ings of each. Prof. Clark: Tell all you know about Roman customs, life, education, archeology, re- ligion. Draw conclusions from each, and compare with the life of today. Prof. Paine: Construct two parallel lines meeting at a given point. Prove conclusive!} why they arc parallel. Prof. Tain tor: Outline all the plays of Shakespeare. Give names and dates to each act and scene. Take 150 pages in advance. Prof. Gilman : Review in outline all the experiments of the year. Enumerate all chem- ical elements. Discuss fully. Nioi iy five Prof. Luchring: (hitline Dennis' three volumes of Social Progress of Missions. Tell value of the Study. Write history of missions in the future. Prof. Barber: What is electricity? Tell all there is to tell about light, heat, magnetism, and comment on the errors in the text. Prof. Harwood: Conjugate all irregular French verbs. I 'se each in a Sentence. W rite the history of Herman daily life (in Herman). Nave it in l� v Chapel on Thursday. Can't accept anything later. Prof. Wheeler: l 'se each Creek verb in a compound sentence, putting each into the subjunctive mood. Kxplain sequence of tenses. Prof. Farr : Hive all the dates in American history. Name two events which makes each memorable. -xr. + .. M The narrowing effects of four years at college: First Year: ()h. girls. I am just simply frantic over the football eleven! Second Year: Dear me! You talk like a Freshman. What would college he without a baseball nine!” Third Year: I really appreciate your splendid enthusiasm, girlies, but just contemplate an existence with no basketball five!” Fourth Year: There's only one man in the world for me.” In front of the Hall every night they do stand. A fair, slender girl, and a short, little man; Tis strange how the hours will go bv in a jiff. And he is still standing—talking to Hriff. Tell me not in cheerful accents. Life is all one blissful dream. For the man was born a liar. Who calls our milk cream.” Mr. Pfeifer (wriggling from one side to the other in his chair): If 1 don't take care. I’ll be a Laplander. Miss Ycwcomb: You’d better not try it while I sit here. Tompkins (after the tire)— Well, I’m glad we had one good fire here this winter.” Xim ly six. EVOLUTION OF A COLLEGE MAN. Freshman— I wonder why I Ik world's so sad. And everybody has the blues; I wonder why the I’rofs. look mad. And quizzes rain like dews? I wish I hadn’t come to school. I'm sure much learning is a bore. ml every mother’s son’s a fool Who stays a minute more. To-day I made an awful bluiY. It was a wondrous stab, ’tis true; The master took his glasses off And looked me thru and thru. 1 find there's fun in living vet— I've licked a Freside, won a bet: I give each girl a lively whirl. 1 always like the last one met. I guess I'll stay another year. And hit the teamwork while I’m here. I’ll be a sport that is my forte, nd join a frat.. I must, tis clear. Junior— It is my earnest, expectation. To right the wrongs of my generation. To solve the problems which press for solution To increase in my brain its convolutions. Me thinks I'll never know a thing. Xor do I care one single whoop— Oh. would I were a bird on wing. Not penned up in this coop. When I look thru the years in retrospection. I pause in amaze at my reflection. To find for my growth an explanation; Could anyone guess my derivation? Why can't vacations hurry up? 1 don’t see why I linger here. For brimming over is my cup. 1 pause, and drop a tear. Sophomore— O dear! ’tis sad—but still 'tis true. 1 need some dough- indeed I do! 'This party fad is awful bad For Dad (and his son. too). There is much to improve in all legislation. In even our Faculty’s compilation; And as soon as I get thru nn graduation I shall commence a reformation. I’ve gathered knowledge in goodly store. And now I’m about to go free: Vet, I regret to think that no more I’m a part of dear old R. C. Senior— Last year I thought I could not stay And finish up my year- no way; Hut now I see—’twixt you and me— That studies must be held at bay. I have learned to love the steady hands Which here guide wavering feet. And if I should wander to foreign lands “Alma Mater would still sound sweet. Pjiro Nincly-scvcii. Alumnus— Backward! turn backward. li lime in your lliglu, Make me a college man just for tonight. ;.et me live over the dear days of yore This I desire and will ask nothing more. Bring back to memory the meals that we ate. The clock that was silent, the dear old room-mate. The girls that have squelched us. the games that we von. The money we spent, and the races we run. The horse of the IVexy. the squirrels in the yard. The fires that we went to. the strawberry card. The quizzes we Hunked in. the way that we bluffed, 'flic spreads we attended, the pipes that we puffed. The brat we belonged to. the chum that we worked. The nightshirt parade, and the lessors we shirked. The long walks we took, with a man or a maid. The famished condition which led to a raid. Oh. dear to my heart is each year of the four. And would we could be college men evermore. -ir. Vj . .jj� . Letter from a Freshman to a young lady on the occasion of an accident which had befallen her. also acknowledging the receipt of a piece of cake: Smith 11 all. Ripon. is. My Dear--------- : I hereby acknowledge the receipt of a piece of cake, and do solemnly swear it is the best cake I never ate. and 1 am much indebted to the predestination which has worked out its prescribed course through countless ages until it culminating climax was reached last Friday eve. causing you. the recipient of this manuscript, to spra n your dear little tootsie-wootsie. and so eventually cause compassion to be visited upon you by your mother, in the shape of a cake, diabolically' called devil’s food, and you. in the great kindness and depth of sympathy which characterizes your multitudinous acts of daily kindness, bequeathed unto me an infinitesimal portion of the same, because, as Provi deuce willed. I was in the vicinity when the dire and ominous catastrophe occurred which brought a strange terror tugging at our heartstrings, para gorically speaking, for we knew not the consequences of the aforementioned calamity. Rut now that we are convinced that the accident was but a pass- ing visitation of that kind Providence which rules over us. as a warning for us all to retrace our steps from the straight and crooked path which leads to everlasting banishment, we take heart once more (ami anything else that happens to be lying aroundL for now that we are assured that you will be Page Ninety-eight. preserved to us again in all the renewed vigor and happiness of youthful en- thusiasm we arc forced to return to our normal state of daily living, knowing that all danger and sorrow will soon he past, and you will he restored to us anew in renewed health and vigor, ready to take up life's battles wdth a cheer- ful and willing spirit and a song on your lips, to go forward to the attainment of those high ideals to which you have so nobly pledged your young woman- hood. I led that there is no more to he said. Words cannot convey to you niv depth of feeling and the tender sentiments I hold toward you. I trust that you will appreciate my attitude and know all the things 1 have left unsaid, although I would have dearly loved to have given expression to them here. For the present, amen. (Signed) ------------------------- WE CANNOT FORGET--------------- That the Sophomore banner still waves. Dan I’rownell’s appearance after the Freshman-Sophomore scrap. I low the Freshmen were entertained at the Sophomore party. That Mr. Hodge goes a long time without shaving. “Dad Miller’s black eye. Mr. Ramsey's white trousers. The expression on Prof. Meier's face the first time he appeared in chapel after the holidays. Prof. Gilman's “That reminds me.” How gracefully Prof. Mars ton can he hit with a basketball. Miss Gibson’s hell at the dining hall. The two reasons for being an anti-chaser.'' That Part let t is an extremely popular place for a few young men. That the Freshmen did not get over the habit of “ scrapping when the Sophomores left them alone, so they “scrapped among themselves. The Little German band. That the “Freshmen made a ghostly appearance one night. The difference in the expression on the faces of the Lawrence delegation before and after the game. The heartfelt embrace of Pres. Hughes and Prof. Letthring at the licloit- Kipon football game. The imposing dignity of our chapel quartette. That the mascot did his share toward winning our championship. That we registered for the second semester at the home of Dr. Hughes. That “Huh kept his man from going to sleep. That “(’cresco is a sore temptation to anti-chasers. Page Ninety-nine. Tho ability of Mr. Xobel t express his patriotic fervor to the tune of Mr. Dooley. Miss Will’s query, Does it strike you that I am dignified? That the third assistant increased the popularity of the library. That Miss Hum by and V. W. arc one and inseparable. That Miss h'ordiee does not believe in bluffing. That Mr. Ilaigh did not know that P.artlett closes at 9:30 Sunday even ings. The late Miss Merrcll. That the Freshman class president was seen often with a young lady, but her name was Maude. That Miss Sanford's favorite song is Watch on the Rhine. That there are reasons why Mr. Smith liked his position in the telephone office. THE JOYS OF SPRING Written By a Freshman With a Disgust. Also With a Pen Spring is a very pleasant time of the year. It is much beloved In all. There is nothing to detract from the loveliness and charm of spring. There are no roads with mud three feet deep, making it an impossibility to go any- where. There is no such thing as cold. warm, moist, and dry weather coming all at one time, causing anyone who dares step outside to contract tonsilitis. consumption, pneumonia, smallpox, or spring-fever. There is no such thing as having it ninety in the shade one day and ten below zero the next. No. in spring everything is surpassingly lovely. Re- sides the charming hot. cold, moist, dry. rainy, windy, snowy, foggy, slushy, sloppy condition of the weather, spring brings many other joys. In fact, many things are sprung on us. In the spring the young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of base- ball. The commencement of baseball signalizes a happy time for all con- cerned. 'There are no smashed fingers, sore arms, wrenched shoulders, eyes knocked out. etc. The little children playing innocently on the campus never get accidentally hit by the ball, causing them to go into convulsions and finally to premature death. The ball never goes through a window, scattering terror and broken glass in its way. Oh. no. all these things are alien to the endearing spring sport of baseball. Oh. spring, how we delight and revel in your joys! Me wish you were always with us. We are lulled into unconsciousness bv your gentle, balmy breezes. You make us forget that we exist. Yon lead us into intoxicating day-dreams. If von were here continually we might remain asleep forever, which, perhaps, would be our proper state. I’.igc One Hundred. JOTTINGS OF THE GLEE CLUB TRIP Taken on the Run Tuesday. March 2( - Wauptm. Visited the State Prison. Mas ar. invit- ing appearance. Some fellows said they guessed they’d come back some day. They'll probabh have to. Mill and Wakefield couldn't gel out. Had to eat supper with the con victs. Concert very successful. Next morning sev eral fellows made a hundred yard dash in ten scc- ons to catch train. Wednesday Randolph. The town which semis the most students to Ripon College in proportion to its population. Home of our leader and business manager. Played baseball with the High School team. Defeated them 9 to 1. One more victory in athletics. Concert broke all records for attendance and receipts in Randolph. Tommy's parents in the front row. wearing the smile that never comes off. Hurrah for the Welsh! Thursday Cambria. Rain all day. Stood around under awnings and watched the time go by. Received at the High School b the bearded lady. Jones at home. Roland Evans in the back row cheering us on to victory. Coggins asked the blessing at dinner. Does so well, he is asked to repeat for supper. All fellows take warning and learn one by heart in case of emergency. 3 a. m. Friday at the depot. What are we waiting for? Train an hour late. Depot locked. Pleasant evening. Train at last. It will not stop. Piehl to the rescue. Rushes on track, sticks his thumbs up and train stops. Friday—Camp Douglas for breakfast. Town thinks a regiment has arrived Humphrey ge . mixed with the hill of fare. Black River Falls—$3.00 a day hotels. Packed house. Holbrook anxious to get oil platform in middle of song. Reception at High School. Meet the whole population. Cnivcrsitv students present. Hurrah for the reception. Fan Claire—Saturday and Sunday. Everybody treated like princes. Vis:t Mr. Ingram. Reception Sat urda evening. Pretty Fan Claire girls. Several lose their hearts here. Who says Fan Claire is all right? Hill. Coggins and Bailey get lost. Sing in church Sunday. Where did Dick and Dave go after church? “Jim Deyo to the front. I’agc One Hundred One. Mcnnninitic. Monday, April i. Visit Stout Training School, especially cook ing department. Daiuly little opera house. Ver successful concert. April fool gag was about seven. W’ilbur is under the weather with tonsiiilis. Chippewa Falls, Tuesday. Club the attraction in the big stores. Drew customers. Church crowded to doors. Wilbur unable to play. Procure talented accompanist, helps success of concert immensely. Augusta, Wednesday. Nome of Miss Lila Farnham. but she was not at home. Wallie has our sympathy. Augusta a great city. Theater packed. En- thusiastic crowd. McNeill has to behave here. Marshfield. Thursday. Reception committee attractive. Quite a novelty. The girls entertain so nicely. Tommy almost loses his cane. Did you see him blush? Ilrownell and Krcdericks enjoy Marshfield immensely. The Newcomb girls on the scene. Why do Dan and iTeddy hang back? Our dear friend. lhert Broker. 0 ). also appears on the horizon. Grand Rapids. Friday. Visited paper mills. Goggins and MacDonald carry water here. Yahr on the scene. Little informal hop after the concert. Most of the fellows hop home to bed. Wausau, Saturday and Sunday. W ausau people ven appreciative. En- joyed concert and us immensely. Minister said they were entertaining angels unawares. Thank you. Bugbee very happy. Sammy Scholes. ‘05. very much in evidence. Sunday morning three feet of snow. Quartette does stunts. Tommy 'Tucker sings for his supper. Tomahawk, Monday. Passed through Merrill. Got out and made a noise like a song and yell. Miss nnie Hill, ‘07. the reception committee. Getting colder and wilder near Tomahawk. In the back yards of civilization. Parker and W akefield at home. Uproarious audience. Reception after concert. II. Humphrey steals Parker's girl. Hill finds a cousin and is happy. Lawrence University well represented. Three cheers for Tomahawk. 'Tuesday, a. in. Call the roll. Dixon and Atwood still in Tomahawk. Foul play somewhere. A band of savage Indians had been seen just before dusk. Weeping, wailing and gnashing of teeth. W aupaca. About 150 axe-handles from town to depot. ()ld soldiers in evidence. Just received pensions. 'Trying hard to spend it. Humphreys from Wild Rose take ten seats to hear their boys warble. Received many encores. Dutch band minus Herbert. Menasha. W ednesdav. Can’t go anywhere from here without starting at Xecnah. Dick is bashful and won't sing solos. Says they're laying for him. Some of the fellows visit Lawrence University in the afternoon. Coach Graves a fine acrobat and tumbler. Also saw some line tumblers in a store window. Holbrook again with us. Lawrence University sends delegation to concert. Pmje One Ihimlrfil Two. Oshkosh. Thursday. W alked about three miles here. Almost ready to give up the ghost. Nearly all of us attended the vaudeville at the Bijou. 11 was just like fruit gets after it is a few years old. A frightfully melodramatic scene. At last I have you in my clutches. For twenty long years I have pursued you. (jive me hack my collar button. Curtain. Sang in the (Jrand Opera I louse. There was a grand audience and they said the concert was simply grand. Fond du Lac. Friday. Nearing home ami loved ones. Tired to death. Terrible blizzard hit the town. Saw some Kipon girls. They looked good to us in Fond du Lac. Sang in High School and for the malgamated Confederation of Women's Clubs. We pleased the ladies. Reception after concert. Wisconsin Cniversity man said. You're better than the C. of W. (llee Club. Thank you. keep the change. 'There was punch at the recep- tion. Some of the bovs took more than one glass. Bill the Kaiser. '08. en- tertained informally during the day. Hurrah for Bill! 'The mysteries of (Ira ft on Hall. Saturday, pril 13th. Kipon-- Far within Wisconsin's prairies Wreathed in laurels green. Stands our noble Alma Mater. Ripoll's glorious queen. Home and all in. JUL JUL -SJ Miss Marcks leans up against the registrar’s door. The door suddenly un- latches and Miss M. nearly falls in. •‘Come right in. Miss Mawks. says the I’rof. Miss M. retires with a red face. “1‘rotcids. carbohydrates and fats may be stored up in the body. Any- thing else. Miss Hitchcock?” Bird: Sugar. I’rof. Milliken: “ Then some people arc sweeter than others? Bird: No. sir!!!!” Mabel Frost uses dyspeptic soap. In Physiology: ’This i a long discussion, but I still think consciousness in lower ani mals is a question which we cannot decide. Well. Miss Newcomb, again to—go to the dogs.” I'ajtr One I lini'lr l Three. “LAWRENCE GOT MAD I Yes. it is really true . Lawrence got mad: All the Lawrentian crew Felt. oh. so bad. They came here last fall. When we played football: We beat them—that’s all: Lawrence got mad. Ill II Long years ago they say Lawrence got mad: Happened the same old way. True, but so sad. ()ur boys played football then ; ur big eleven men Ran tip a big score, when Lawrence got mad. I hit things are different now: Lawrence ain't mad. Proxy patched up the row; Of course, we re glad, lint when we win again. With our athletic men. t an we. in truth, say then Lawrence ain’t mad? -M . I11 the Romance tongues everyone learns How to use one. or two. or three, terms. Such as a n’est pas r “qu’est ce |ue o'est |ue cola. And get each of them mixed up by turns. Here’s Clark with a gift naturell. ( f whose value there’s no one can tell; In one role he doth shine Above all of his time: That of praying long prayers in chapel. Miss Wheeler, the head � t‘ Hart let I. A model preceptress von bet : She’s friendh and jolly. Without any follv. And we don't want to lose her—not yet. When our history ITof. came from the I , lie said. “Now. it never will do To give students in college A snap course in knowledge. And to this he’s always proved true. I'ajjc One I tiHnIr«' 1 Four. THE COLLEGE DAYS From College:— Co. meaning together (as in co c lucation). I.ege” (commonly spelled ledge), meaning hill, and Days:— Meaning not nights. Hence. Days on the hill together (as in co-education). The Days is a gross perversion, doubly intricate. It is put in with this context to make vott think: First, that the days instead of the nights arc spent together; ami second, to make you forget that the editor spends many weary nights reading the proof (due at 6 . M.) by the light of an electric «lip and a Missouri meerschaum: and worrying his brain many other nights over missing copy: and still other nights grinding out copy which the local- personal editor said she just could not get time to write. This was necessary, for nobody did anything, just sat on the library tables and chewed gum. And herein lies a great secret. The gentleman from ages past who brought the College Days into existence were gifted with great foresight. Clearly discerning the future, they saw many editors tearing their hair, and saying. Shades of Ceresco and the stand-pipe! My last match for a joke for this issue! Therefore, with great magnanimity of purpose did these saga- cious seers instill into the very name and essence of this project this little bur- lesque. And though all other jokes may fail, and the editor despair, still our college paper will not be without, at least, this one’joke. Every year, on the first day of the first semester, at 12 M. by the town clock, the new editor makes a few nourishes, and with a satisfied smile, writes to the public in general. Me tells how fearful the new board is of taking up this task thrust upon it : and how the departure of last year’s hoard leaves a great place to be so inadequately filled. nd if the quill is wielded -say. about two-thirds as well as before — well, it will be all right. That makes the former board feel good, and maybe the members thereof will pay- up their four years’ back subscription before March first. The College Days. as an institution, is the receptacle for all kicks, com- monly called protests. If one is disgusted be may tell the local-personal edi- tor (that is what the personal editor is for), and the cause of bis disgust will be roasted in the Days. The editorial board in general expects to be impre- cated. That’s in the business. (). yes, business. That makes us think of the business manager. He is paid.- ni-htn----- At the end of the year the manager has perhaps procured a shotgun for the editor, and two fountain pens for himself, and his own bank account is out just an even fifty. ), yes. lie gets paid! Once every year one issue is given over to one class for publication, usu- ally the Sophomores, as a means for wearing off the green left from the Eresh- t’riRi' One Hundred Five. man year. This rule, however, was broken in the ease of the '08s, for we received it in both our l''rcshntan and Sophomore years. In Days to come will be found a repetition of what has gone before. If one should look back over the old issues, he would find many things as they are now, in publications of some thirty years ago. Then, what of the future? Though we may laugh at one side of the matter, he must not forget the other side. As time follows its path, the Days will represent old Kipon, more broadly each year. It will bear a message of the joys and sorrows of college life. It will always bring to the hearts of its loyal sons and daughters memo- ries of the days gone by. XAYV. T. ATE. w w vr- Kather (visiting son in Kipon)—Are you taking Modern History. John? John—Well. I am exposed to it but I hardly think I'm taking it. It goes too fast for me to catch it. Papa's razor on a shelf. Willie found it all himself; Makes a few uncommon feints. Little W illie’s with the saints. Her hair is Beloit yellow. Her eyes are Lawrence blue. But her heart is Kipon Crimson. nd she’s Kipon through and through. “Dearie.” Vacation grows nearer each day. And finals are coming they say; This school is no place for a dreamer of dreams. Lor college is nothing but French verbs it seems: Lor I think of them all the day long. They run through my dreams like a song : And sometimes I think if Miss Harwood could see. The nightmares the bring—she would pity «ne. “Dire.” oh. “dire!” Nothing's so hard as learning you Your principal parts, and your tenses, loo; “Dire. my “dire!” Nobody knows the bucking 1 do. Oh. for the time when I will be through— With “dire!” I’.-igc Oho lluiulrcri Six. SPRING FEVER; OR. THE ANTI-CHASER’S LAMENT | Some months «go « iiumher of reformed Chasers of Kipon College got together and formed n society which was |� o| ul.'irly known as The Anii-Ch:i crs. For some time en- thusiasm ran high, hut the unusually early spring has ilant|M-ued their ardor, and the club has lost almost every member. News Item. | I never saw the sun bright or tile sky so resplendent with beauty : I cannot stay in on a day like this, it would really he shirking a duty— The sk is so blue, and the breeze is so soft, and the birds sing so sweetly, too; And 1 want to go walking with Helen to-day as once I used to do. I’ll ere is only that foolish promise; you know, an Anti-Chaser to be. That stands in the way of pleasure and joy for both my Helen and me. i Kill really, i guess that she isn't my Helen, for yesterday just before dark 1 saw her strolling with Tommy Jones on the road to South Woods Park.) liy, Kill lias gone back on the promise he made, and Kob has returned to his own ; In fact, not an Anti-Chaser is left excepting me alone. I bit 1 cannot sta in on a day like this, and continue to grumble and sigh; And ail) way. Tommy Jones is at home, and Helen is going by. JJ, Questions for Freshman debates: “W hy is a hen?” Toward what has Lawrence a tendency? “Why is corned beef? What is the difference between a fence? What had you rather d« or go fishing? A squelch in time saves nine. Some suggested Freshman Colors: Turkey red and crimson. Cream and white. Dark blue and black. Black checked polka «lot and dark green. In Biology; Prof. .Milliken: Miss Morrell, what are bast fibres?” Edna: “They are little, long, soft things. Prof. M.: Exactly! Hemp, for instance is made up almost entirely of bast fibres. Page One Hundred Seven LIMERICKS There was a young fellow named Bast, lie was one of the swell upper caste: When once he had chased l ie lived with such haste 'That he did degenerate fast. There was a young fellow named Dixon. Whom each of the faculty kicks on; “lie means well. they say. But lie's such a queer jay, Thai I think his top story needs fixinV There was a young fellow named ITaigh. Who graduated at I Vague: 'The approach of a frost lie foretold without cost. But his other ideas were vague. There was a young fellow named Evans. Whose shoes were a long way from sevens; lie had a good rep. s a shouting good Prep.. And the worst of his swear words was Heavens. 'There was a young fellow named Atwood. Who could run as fast as a cat could: If a girl passing by C hanced to look in his eye lie would run even faster than that could. 'There was a young fellow named Dexter. Had a girl, but he couldn't get next her; ’The questions profound 'That he would propound Made her sore, for they sorely perplexed her. K’s for our classmate named King. W ho to ‘08 much credit will bring; As editor though. An assistant, you know. Is quite an essential to King. Page One Hundred Kight. ALUMNI. There is a growing suspicion among the alumni that they belong to the college. Similar thought-vibrations have been caroming upon the mental horizon of the institution herself. Lest this bold assertion be misconstrued, permit us to asseverate that certain records, traditions, and memories still in a fair state of preservation, as well as other reliable data, seem to give color to the hypothesis that such a sense of relationship has existed for several decades, lint many ancient authorities contend that the concept was more or less vague in its psychological structure, with a corresponding nebulous- ness in its concrete, material manifestations. It has llourished most discern- ible as a tender sentiment, sometimes faint, on occasions more pronounced, responding, with warm palpitations, to the appeal of college lyrics and vernal poetry. Response to an appeal for legal lender, however, was feeble to absent, with a few notable ami glorious exceptions. Likewise, severe cerebral concentration and nerve-force, bestowed upon the school and its problems, its prosperity, its efficiency, and its destiny, were at least scatter- ing. not to say negligible, on the part f the alumni. Expressed in other terms, the alumni considered themselves acquaintances and friends of their alma mater, or perhaps even step-sons and step-daughters; but not actually part ami parcel of the very fabric of the institution. s an easily deduced corollary, this misapprehension was shared by the college, and alumni influ- ence in her councils was not omnipotent. Rut a transformation appears. Academic canticles and the heart-throbs of soft, melodious springtime, first born of Life and Love. still receive their due share of attention and affection, with perhaps an increment ; but a dis- cerning and practical apprehension of the value and indispensability of the national circulating medium of exchange in the varied activities and processes of Ripon College has also produced concrete and not lamentable results. Furthermore, questions of college economy and polity now stew in graduate intellectual caldrons, along with the other prime problems of their posses- sors. And the distillate is at times clarified wisdom, potent for good when applied, as it is. Filial time and effort are likewise disbursed for the benefit of the establishment “on the hill at Ripon. the compensation for which is complacency in the good achieved and the opportunity for further service. h requires no seer's ophthalmic precision to prognosticate crescendo in this movement. And herein is ground for our confident optimism. For; consider! The college has no adequate reason for existence, except that it prepares and equips its output for useful and felicitous life in the midst of contempo- rary conditions. Xor can it provide suitable armament and training for a confFct with which it is itself out of touch. Its most intimate and fruitful contact with the world of toda is through its alumni. They know the college, its powers, its limitations, its methods, and its available tools. They also know the twentieth century battlefields: for they are in the thick of the tight. In so far. then, as the alumni are men and women into whose spirits have been budded the strongly-founded, four-square, upright qualities of character symbolized by the staunch structures on the college hill: and in so far as they see with clear vision the opportunity and obligation laid upon them as an integral part of this school, and give themselves earnestly to mak- ing it efficient, just in that measure will this founding of wondrously conse- crated hands and hearts fulfill its destiny. Page One llini lrc l Xinc Any attempt to exaggerate the importance of this oneness of the foster mother and her adopted sons and daughters will fail The seriousness of the situation, so far as it applies to Kipon. cannot he overdrawn. The times demand men that are men: women that are hut a little lower than the angels. If Kipon College cannot furnish them, hotter for it to close its doors. Xo one can tell what will he the history of the next quarter of a century. Hut there are premonitory flashes and distant rumblings of coming storms subterranean groaning. � and shudderings portending seismic tremors that may crumble the things that have been made. The curtain may even now he rising upon a world-drama that will make pale and tame all previous performances upon the mundane stage. At any rate, life in these times is strenuous, swift, complex, and involved. nd for such times, (iod give us men —and women, too! Men and women who know not only how t trace every twig on the family tree of a Creek verb, and to dig up all the roots of a Latin noun: not only how to name and classify all the microscopic monsters in a drop of ditch-water: but men and women who know how to leave the safe places and easy deeds for the feeble, and to take the dangerous places and do the hard things them- selves: who know how to fight hard, but honorably, for an unpopular but righteous cause: who know how to serve their day and generation, posterity, and their Clod, faithful even unto death. Hut this is all strange irrelevancy and unseemly seriousness in a college annual. W e ought either to have made a joke, sung a victory, adored a heroine, or eulogized a hero. We might do it yet. for Kipon's alumni annuals are replete with splendid victories: her roster shows a very galaxv of heroes and heroines, and our stock of jokes is overflowing with ol I reliables that have stood the pitiless test of years. Hut our allotted space is filled. AKTIIl’K W. XKWCOMH. V( . Theses done! Lots of fun! Faculty inspection Wholesale correction— Smiles—none! Man wheeling— Hig feeling— l nlucky hen— What then? Freshmen stufling-— Sophomore trapped— Junior bluffing— Senior capped. Dan I� . and . on the way home from the (Ilee Club Concert. Some one suggesting that he was on the wrong street, he quickly replied. W by. didn't von know that we lived on this street? I’ns� ' One Hundred Ton. I'aRc One Humlml Eleven. CALENDAR September 13. Address by Rev. L. Beveridge Lee. of Milwaukee. 18. nnual Freshman-Sophomore class rush upon and in tile vicinity of Bartlett College. 21. Y. M. and Y. . C. A. alk-around at the (.'ominous. 22. Junior picnic at Green Lake. 24-( ct. 1. I )r. Lloyd gives a series of lectures on I ii 1 !e Reading. 29. The Senior ( lass at Green Lake. 30. Opera House lire. October 4. Sophomore party at Brandon. 5. Y. YY. C. A. “Walk-away. Freshman party at the home of Prof. and Mrs. Taintor. Ripon defeats Northwestern College of W atertown 6 to 0. 12. Sir Thomas Lipton visits the College and witnesses his lirst game of American football. 13. Oshkosh vs. Ripon at Oshkosh. 0 to 0. Ripon second team 39, Omro High School 0. 08 party at Ruth Thompson's. 16. Lecture by Rev. Chas. Payne at Congregational church. 20. P.eloit 0. Ripon 4. at IngaH's Athletic Park. 22. Recital of Ulysses by Prof. S. 11. Clark of Chicago University. 28. Miss W'ainright speaks at the Congregational Church on the subject of Japanese Missions. November 3. Marquette College 0. Ripon 17. at Ripon. 7. Dr. and Mrs. Hughes start on their Eastern trip. 7-9. Y. . C. . girls at the annual convention at Beloit. 10. Oshkosh Normals 0. Ripon 5, at Ripon. 12-18. Week of prayer for Y. M. and Y. Y. C. . 15. Senior party at Prof. Barber's. 17. Lawrence I Diversity 6. Ripon 18. at Ripon. 19. Holiday granted by the faculty because of football victory over Lawrence. I letup and Pares take a merry wheelbarrow trip through the principal streets of the city. 21. W alter Bradley Tripp of Boston gives Henry IV. at the Congre- gational Church. 23. Concert by the College orchestra. 27. Presentation of the official R's to the members of the football team. I’.tKO One Hundred Twelve. December 2. 'The College clock ran lor almost an hour. 6. College orchestra concert at Brandon. 7. Kipon defeats West I lend 51 to 13. iti basketball. Seniors entertained by Prof. ami Mrs. Taintor. 11. I)r. and Mrs. Hughes return from their Eastern trip. 14. Ellery’s Hand gives concert in the Armory. 15. I 'niversity of Wisconsin defeats Kipon in basketball 41 to 20. at Mailison. 17. Banquet for the football team given l Dr. and Mrs. Hughes. 28. Alumni banquet in Milwaukee. 31. Marriage of I’rof. Theodore K. Meier and Miss Lena Maria Field. January 14. Smith Hall furnace refused t � furnish heat for several hours. 22. Rev. bred Stall'of (.rand Rapids conducts chapel exercises and addresses students on “The Ministry as a Profession.” 24. Local oratorical contest. 25. Beloit basketball team 21. Kipon 27, at Kipon. 31. Day of Prayer for colleges. Rev. Win. Lodwick of Hartford. Wis. conducts the services. February 1. Miss Shirley barr begins her work as instructor in the brench and His- ton Departments. Prof. Paine takes up I he duties of professor of mathematics. Prof. Arthur bairbauks of the I'niversity of Michigan lectures on The trade at Delphi. ' 1. ddress by Rev. (iaylord on “Social Democracy.” S. bond du Lac city basketball team 12. Kipon 39. 15. Oshkosh High School basketball team 14. Kipon 37. 15. College co-eds. 45. Kipon High School girls' team 1. 23. North western College of Naperville. 111.. 23. Kipon 20. 25. Beloit College basketball team 17. Kipon 32. at Beloit. March 12. Address of Dr. John P. I). John. 13. Edna Mcrrell arrives at brench class on time 16. Kela meet at Madison. Kipon wins first place. 22. Concert by Conservatory )rchestra. 26. Glee Club starts on its spring tour. 29. State oratorical contest at pplcton. Keck leaves for bond du Lac. 4 p. m. 30. Keck leaves for Rosendalc. 9 a. in. I'agv On,- Itmnlrcl Thirteen. April •1. Fredericks joins the Marshfield Chapter of the Anti-Chasers' Association. 12. Rev. Doan, of Meadvillc. I ’a., conducts chapel exercises. Freshman debate with Lawrence I’niversitA in college chapel. Law- rence wins. 13. Glee Club arrives home from its trip. 18-19. Nome concerts by the Glee Club. 19. Hush contracts the spring fever. 20. Fredericks is expelled from the Anti-Chasers on the ground of incapa- bility of adhering to his oath. 22. All members of the Trig, class on hand. 23. Much Frost. -1 . -i . A young lady who came from afar On history dates was above par: But let me explain That the trouble all came In expecting her pupils to star. A music professor named Meier Nad hopes which kept going up higher. Till in sheer desperation lie went Fast one vacation And now lie's continually nigh her. In esteem this professor stands high. And for funmaking he has an eye. W e might tell you some more, But we fear that before You have heard that soft soap is all lye. A few loving words we must speak Of our absent professor « f Greek. All you who don't know him Just wait till we show him; In vain for a better you’d seek. Our physics professor is line. His department is right up in line. He knows all there is About his own biz. And don't butt in your's or in mine. I'agi One llundrctl 1‘ouflccn. Miss Wyman is clever and quaint. An artist in words and in paint; Never faltering nor fainting. She just keeps on painting— This may look like a slam, but it ain't. Wanted at the Commons. Some one to ring the bell. More heat in the winter. Kggs for breakfast. • Kook of Table Etiquette. A person who can llop pie without landing it on the lloor. Change of breakfast f ds. C hocolate pudding instead of prunes. -mijf. In Public Finance: Prof. Marston, speaking of expenditure in France: In 1243 the expen- diture was one million francs. Yahr: Was that in the I'nitcd States, Professor? Some Favorite Songs. Plow the Smoke Away —Smith Mali boys. Bingo”—Irmagarde Jones. “Daddie”—Miller. There’s Music in the Air”—Glee Chib. I Was Seeing Nellie Home —Joe Swetland. My Bonnie —Whose? “The Man Who lias Plenty of Good Peanuts —Thiel. “Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder — Bird Hitchcock. I want To Be An Angel”—Kvans. My Name Is Morgan, But It Ain’t J. IV’—Fdwards. She Handed Me a Lemon —Harold Frost. I'd Bather Be on the Outside Looking In than on the Inside Looking ()ut”—Bartlett -1 . -ir. -jj . In History: Prof. Marston: In Europe one is not supposed to sit down at a hotel table and eat Ids whole meal without opening his mouth. ’am' Ono ■ I ittnlr« l l'in -rn. THE WORST IS YET TO COME.” nd ii came to pass that on a certain night when the children nf Kipon were wending their way to the evening meal, in concord one with another, «hat a great confusion fell upon them, and they were sore distressed. For it was rumored among them that a lire had broken out in the Commons' I i a• 1 tnd was even then burning. And lo. this was sufficient cause for excitement. -:nce many generations had passed away since there had been a lire in that .juilding. Yea. even the elders and gray-haired ones could scarce recall such in occurrence. For it was a law among the Judges of the children of kipon that no lire should be allowed in the Commons lest the children become •verheated. And behold, even as they pondered upon this strange happen- ing. unsecmU noises were heard about the building. Then most valiantly lid the children rush to aid in extinguishing the lire lest the law be broken. With great courage did one of the mighty men of valor rush into the thick f the confusion and boldly did he lay hold upon the unleavened biscuits, which at that instant were it� the oven, and carried them to n place of safety. nd the Ruler of the children of Kipon did call upon the brave and valiant mes to assist him In conveying thither pails tilled with water. And lo, even as lie spoke he seized a small tin dipper, wherewith he meant to extinguish the llames. nd a member of the tribe of Freshmen who stood by. laid hold upon a sieve that he too might help, but behold, it leaked and was worthless, and in wrath the Freshman quietly replaced it upon the shelf, riius finally was the lire extinguished ami the children partook of their evening meal. I hit lo. a second disturbance was heard outside the walls, and nehold. it was the tire company of the city, which had been sent for in the hour of distress, lint they were quietly dismissed before they had wrought any damage, and they scattered to their homes. And the only inconvenience suffered by the. children of Kipon was the necessity of living u]x n Force and Vigor the next day. which verily had ceased to be a novelty. nd from this hath grown the proverb. Every little bit helps. FABLE—WANTED TO BE A SPORT. (Willi Apologies lo (ioorgi Aitc.) ( nce there was a Kid who started Out t« be a Real sport, lie wanted to Show people that he was a Man. lie had ten Cents a week Coming from his dad and he thought he would Cse it to show the world he was Alive He started hit In walking with Mis hands in his pockets and parting his Hair in I lie middle. That didn't cost Anything, so he Thought he would try some- thing better. He bought live cents Worth of matches and some cigarette Papers, and swelled around with Those for a week. But that Crew tame at Last so he bought some 3-for-5 cigars and smoked up hie in two weeks, lie then thought he was Progressing. Next lie thought he would stay tip-Town nights and so he came home at half past Nine instead of eight and he kept on tint 1 he had Cot it up to 12 o'clock. His Pa then came To. and taking his small Son across his knee, lie Fanned hint with a bootleg for some time Forth When lie got through the kid felt like A Sunday School hoy. Moral. Small hoys propose, but the Old man Disposes. I'jige Our lliimlrcd SixUVIl. Pnjjo ( ««« Humlrc ! Scvimiccii. ACKNOWLEDGMENT The Editors take this opportunity to thank all those persons, not of the class f 190S, who have so willingly aided in the publication of this hook. mong these we may especially mention President I lughes. for much valuable suggestion and helpful criticism: Professors Marston. Clark, and Taintor. for aid in various ways: Mr. Edward Atwood. 09. for the major part of the pen- and-ink designing: Mr. (iottld Watson. TO. for the cover design and some cartoons: Mr. Krcd 1C Volk. ‘00. for the first suggestion that the class under- take the publication of an annual. We wish also to thank those who handed in contributions, which, through lack of space, we are unable to publish. VL 1- There was a young fellow named Sizer. ho certainly was a young miser — Took a girl to a show. And his cash she did blow. And now Willie fumes like a geyser. There was a young sport called Prownell. Whom many folks thought quite a swell: ( Mice a young lady sat ( n his new Sunday hat. nd he quickly remarked. (let up. schnell. There was a young Soph, named McCray. Who always forgot what to say: W hen the Prof, asked his age. lie fell in a rage. nd remarked. What's that to you. hey? L is for Lois, whose laughter We'll always remember hereafter. When '07 is gone. And the time comes anon. When we’ve need of more joking and laughter. Miss W .: Too bad to have W ashington’s birthday ever come on Satur day or Sunday. Nellie: Except, perhaps, when it comes in summer. I 11 « - ui’ lliinilrfl Kiglilwii. FAREWELL TO THE SENIORS elcome now the montli of roses, June, with all her charms, is here; Sweel-voiced birds and modest llowerets Do proclaim it far and near. Nature dons her brightest colors. TI10' a little sad at heart For in June, fair month of roses, With the Seniors we must part. From the carefree days of college. Into Life's great school they go; Different paths they now must travel, Different joys and sorrows know. Some will walk thru pleasant places. W here but seldom Care appears; Others, with but little sunshine. Mould their characters in tears. Thus are jo and sorrow mingled. Rainbow'� shine out thru the rain: Sorrow comes, but joy soon follows. And our pleasures temper pain. But before wc breath the parting, M e would say, ere it be late, Now accept the best of wishes. From the Class of 1908. May success attend you ever. May you to yourself be true. Think not only of Life's great things. There are little deeds to do. Little services of kindness. Little words of hope and cheer. For the world needs just such workers. Scattering sunshine far and near. But the lime of parting hastens. I low we dread it. none can tell; But with all the best of wishes. M e would bid you now. “Farewell. I’.ilH' Oiw lltiiidrol 'Ciiii'ln'ii. Editorial It is with a sense of supplying a real need that we issue this book—the first of a prob- able series. It is not solely a means for whil- ing away a tedious hour; it is a link between past and present, bringing, at the same time, memories of college days gone by, and ac- quaintance with the life now being lived on the same old campus and in the selfsame halls. In addition to this, in the years to come it will be an interesting souvenir to the student of today. 1 Our work has been a mingling of pleasure and of pain, but both are gladly given if aught of enjoyment is brought to anyone. So take the book, faulty though it is: may it bring you into closer sympathy with the life ol which you were, or arc, a part. THE EDITORS. HAMMERSMITH ENGRAVING CO. £uttung All under one roof Our Facilities include up-to- date artists and expert mechanics in every department. together will� the most modem equipment. Our I detvs will lend originality to your annual. Our Experience will get your annual out on lime. Write for samples and prices. . M We publish kx CoUrgr 8n it uals £ngraUing printing 116 MICHIGAN STREET MILWAUKEE, - WISCONSIN FOR THE BEST ICECREAM, ICE CREAM SODAS, AND SUNDAES CALL AT REICH IVIUTM’S TRY THE UPTOWN SHOE STORE UP-TO-DATE SHOES H. M. Pinch CASTLE-PI ERCE PRINTING CO. 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