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

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rose in the cold gray dawn to be present at the ceremony. This was followed by a breakfast, and although our rival classes appeared to consider the event as not worthy of their attention, I am sure they could not but admire the class that was soon to enter upon its last year. At class day, too, we lent our sup- port to make the day as successful as possible. When at the close of the exercises the president of the Seniors transferred the cap and gown to the junior president, we felt that at last we were to attain that state for which we had been striving for three years. We came back last fall glad to wear the cap and gown and enjoy the honor and distinction of the Senior. Early in the year the Sophomore class invited us to a dinner-but where it was to be given remained a secret. How- even we hadenuoyedthen'hospnahtytoo ohen Unask any quesuons,and at the progressive dinner which it proved to be, all former banquets seemed indeed but insignificant. lt is with due caution that I mention that which brings sadness to the hearts of the junior class-the cane hunt. Eager for some excitement we hid the cane which was to give the Juniors many aweary hour of hunting. For days they walked the campus gazing apparently into the heavens,znnlindeed Ilieanlitsanlthatsoniecithe Prepsfearedthey'had gone mad from over study. But it was nothing as terrible as that, they were merely searching for the cane. To cut short the sorrowful tale, it is enough to say that we are joyfully awaiting the banquet to which the Juniors have inyited us. There are not many months left of our last year at Rockford College, and as we look back upon the many good times as well as the hard work qfor I assure you we have done some of this! we are very loath to have the year close. For us it means the end ofa college life that has been indeed a happy one, and the beginning of a more serious life for which we have been in training since we entered college. XYe have worked together for the class and for the school, and in this united purpose we feel that our best work has been done. But in leaving we do not intend to forget as we hope not to be forgotten. VVe are sure that our interest in our Alma Mater will not lessen but that her welfare will ever be a concern to us for the sake of the years we spent together at Rockford. E141

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xi 'RTLH ILXRISER l Juniors The ''always-to-be-depended-upon'' when there is hard work to be done. Myrtle shines on decoration committees and is usually to be found poised on the top step of a ladder over in the gym, with a pink paper carnation in one hand and a Latin dictionary in the other, for she is not one of those who are afraid of letting their studies interfere with their college educations. Greek is her weak point, we are told, but from one who traces her ancestry to Pythapgoras, such favoritism is to be expected. XXlI.IIliI.1IIN.XIl.l3,XlQl llCl.lJ ff!.fflie'N In capacity of chairman Billie has served on two Recep- tion committees for the Prom, managing them most suc- cessfully as thc balance of 25c at the end of the year would indicate. She has displayed unusual talent in dramatics, having taken the part of Beatrice in Much Ado About Nothing, and Hermia in Midsummer Nights Dream. Billie may be found most any time in the library buried in history references which she hopes to put to some good use when college life is over. Wilhelmina is very proud of her Dutch ancestry, deriv- ing her name from William of Orange. Among her dis- tinguished relatives she numbers Aunt Kate. l MVIS-li t1RliliNli t'!,nn Louise is one of our most dazzling society lights, and her sparkling eyes and irresistible laugh have won many a captive heart for her train. She is quite crazy over Psychology and has exhausted nearly all the possibilities of the catalogue in the line of Philosophy. Whether this denotes a distant relationship to Plato has not been defi- nitely ascertained. It is certain that on her mother's side the line of ancestry goes back unbroken to Helen of Troy. With such noble blood in her veins, it is to be expected that Louise will do honor to her class. U61