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

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Wisdom versus P. V Q0 JE S f ' f Once on a time the Wise and the Foolish lived togeth . under lx K K Q' Roof, and the Wise sought to teach the Foolish both by Precept and . ff? ff X O Example. But the Foolish took much Delight in the Vain Things of ggi the World and refused to be led. Then suddenly Winter came on X them, the Snow fell and the Winds blew and lo! the Wise O ay fi lu nigh unto Death-smitten with the Crippe. Then up rose I-I F A WISEST ONE OF ALL and hastening from Room to Room sought 5 ' the Cause of this Sudden and Horrible Disaster. Can it be, O Wise A i I l l ll Ones, she exclaimed despairingly, that you have followed the E 'nple T X of your Vain and Frivolous Sisters? Can it be, and her Voice s T' to ' X l N a Whisper, Can it be that you cling to Summer Garb and refuse to Oc My V Warm? But the Wise Ones sadly shook their Heads, for they were Warmly and Unbecomingly clad: yea, even to Thick Hose and High i Shoes and the Wise Ones murmured sadly, Since there is no Cause l there is no Hope and we must die. But THE WISEST ONE OF . ALL urged them not to Despair. Perhaps, she said, even now One of the Foolish Ones languishes upon a Bed of Pain behind an Engaged Sign. If so, you have contracted it from her, for Grippe is the Most Contagious Disease known to Medical Science. Then she hastened away. She met many Foolish Ones hurrying from Building to Building in Elbow Sleeves, Perforated Hose and French Heels, every Face glowing with Health, and her most. vigilant Search found No One whom the Dread Disease called His Own. Thus the VJ inter passed by and Spring found THE WISEST ONE OF ALL Haggard and Worn. But the Foolish Ones appeared Bright and Radiant, for had they not been Swell and at the same time Preserved their Health. Fools rush in where Wise Ones fear to tread, But, strange to say, the Fools come out ahead. 21

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A Modern Cicero 4 Wi T was night, and I was hard at work. Suddenly a cold, clammy hand was V placed in mine and I beheld opposite me - -l the manikin from the Q ' ai Science Lab. With a contemptuous glance-heightened by the gleam I :L from his dissected eye-he stretched forth his left arm, from which the muscles hung in strips. Write as I dictate, came the command from his repulsive tongue. if I obeyed. How long, ye college maids, will ye continue to abuse your I-louf Committees patience? I-low long will your impudence balk them? To what end does J cu. .inrestrained audacity vaunt itself? Does not the vigilance of proctors, the fear of punishment, or the many house-meetings baffle you? Do you not see that your self-government is at stake? Ch the times! Oh the customs! Our president knows it, our girls all see it, yet it goes on. Goes on? Nay, more-it even flourishes and grows stronger. There Inu been-aye haf been- once a time in this school when the faculty had control, but alas! 'tis a thing of the past. 'Twas in the days of yore! I-lave they allowed the edge of their authority to grow dull? A decree has gone forth severe and weighty: it is not the laws that are at fault, you-you - I say it openly-you students are at fault! You live, and you live not for abolishing, but for spreading the evils. Oh ye immortal gods-not one law violated, but many,-all. Do you dare deny it? Why are you silent? Here, here, right in your own members, your own hall, these vices flourish-mid- night spreads, lights after tardy, whistling and shrieking in the halls, lateness to dinner and breakfast and so - I made a noble effort to rise in defence of my beloved schoolmates. Something held me down, and with one mighty scream, I awoke. 20

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There is a man at old R. C.. And he is wondrous dandy, He trots around from morn till night And at his heels is Andy. 22