Rockford College - Recensio / Cupola Yearbook (Rockford, IL)

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lN51gMNj.ll all I R-o- c -it - F- o-R-o R..i,....R..i,..i.R..i,... W... Glee Club past year marked the beginning of a new enterprise at Rockford College, the f. AW organization of a glee club, consisting of about sixty voices, trained by Mrs. Daisy Force 'sg Scott, head of the department of vocal music, assisted by Miss Parsons as accom- 5 Jg. panist. In addition to singing at all college functions, the club made three public 5,2 I L9 appearances during the year. The first was a vesper service in the Second Congrega- ' W-ig.. tional Church of Rockford at which Mrs. Scott, Mr. George Nelson l-folt and Miss Mae ' 119 V Snyder assisted as soloists. This vesper service was repeated one week later at the First Congregational Church. The third appearance was an Old Polk's concert given inthe Second Congregational Church. The club was assisted in this concert by Mrs. Scott, Mrs. Bollman, Mr. Myron Barnes, Mr. Carl Ross, Mr. Ross, Mr. Charles Olson and Mr. Harold Clark. The success of the first year in the history of the organization has been due to the sympathetic and capable leadership of Mrs. Scott, and to the able accompanist, Miss Parsons. The club has contributed largely to the musical and social life of the college. .G Fireside Talks lsn't it Shakespeare or Mark Twain, who says in fine irony that eventually a woman's hap- piness centres in a fireside and a cat? Could Shakespeare have peered into the future and have seen our fireside and our cat, wouid he have made that caustic generalization? We wonder. If Mr. Clemens could have spent a happy evening with us at our Friday evening talks, and maybe could have petted Miss Kingsburys prize tabby, and could have thawed and beamed under the irresistible charm of a crackling blaze and a homey, happy lot of girls, would he, could he, go out into the cold, cold world and freeze into his old, cynical self again, and say trite things of a cat and a fireside and a woman's happiness? Hardly! Our fireside talks are the best evenings in the week. There is a certain charm in a fire place, a homey atmosphere, that makes everyone happy and contented and genial. It has been our great pleasure to be entertained during the past year by Mrs. Etta Mardin, on Education in Turkey, Prof. Towney, of Beloit, on The Epic of the Inner 1.ife3 Prof. Hat field, of Northwestern, on New Wine in Old Bottles, james Speed on Nature Study, Dr Dana Munro, of the University of Wisconsin, on Student Lite in the Middle Agesf' and Mrs. Alice Peloubet Norton, of the University of Chicago, on The Place of Domestic Science in the College Curriculumf' thus giving us a more beautiful perspective of lifeg showing us a broader world in science, and giving us a better knowledge of things than we could ever gain alone. So we can all stand as the proving exception to that sarcastic statement, of doubtful origin, about a girl, a cat and a fireside. 14 i i ., ie. ,S ' l awhxi A

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high tenor. She did not know, yet she was glad she had heard the serenade. Then, when Goodnight, Ladies, was followed by a last cheer for Rockford and a final tribute to that neigh- boring college, she turned sleepily toward the hall to dream that she was a Junior throwing a Senior's commencement roses from the Gym. window to a football eleven in shining yellow suits, singing in the road below. So, in her dream, she had her wish and was once more a part of that eventful and joyful College world. She was no longer the despised or respected Old Girl. -M. P. 1. -.O O .'o ' 9: O P hfqaigg z s 1 944.531 n A . iv S1 il ffff fill 1. 212 i pl 1 wg gg :fr fi 7 ' tif , I 331' f,?.g,,.:gg 3 J' 'A ffl? Ngo . sigh' If 5 l , 1 gl 've f I 5, 3315? t- Slg . 0 2. 1:1 o q-Figs: . JI' s.b.' ,lv t V. Q :Ash ' L. v HR. ' ' '51 5331-1 ' 13A

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-.N ..v ,gg k :559 I fX Xl Xx A J l -, ly FJ ,Zi X Qi f N X 'l X Seniors Q29 President .... . . CARA F SWENSON Secretary and Treasurer . COLORS. l-lip za l-lip za l-lip za 1 .- . . OLIVE K RAFTREE Light blue and yellow YELL: ' TOO Z3 TOO Z2 TOO Z2 roo za ree! roo za ree! roo za ree! 9-O-3 15