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

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HPI PM A. HITCHCOCK lfufwz Among her more onerous duties at college Helen num- bers those attendant on her oflice as House President of Penfield Cottage. Being of gentle disposition she is loathe to squelch the fun loving suburbaners and so usually adds a Bless your dear little heart to the oft repeated calling down thereby softening the effect A Assistant in Chemistry laboratory Helen rescues venture some Freshmen from explosions and breaking test tubes She claims the Garden of Eden as her ancestral est ite and speaks with much feeling of the good old days before the advent of the serpent IDSF PHIBE. M XRRS f j Jo Jo s ambition is unlimited but the frailty of the flesh has kept her from too high a flight fortunately for us else we should never have inherited her from the lament ing Sophomores She claims to be the sole remnant of the once famous Hallowe en Club whose mysterious doings were wont to fill us with awe and wonder The eagerness with which she devours Latin is a source of wonder to her admirmg class mates and hei experience in teaching the youngldea how to sprout has added fresh laurels to her already over burdened brow Her pug nose belies her name It lS hard to draw Jo out to really express an opinion on any subject but once she forgot herself and told someone about her relationship to Wooglm if ICP C Rllllgli C cc r Alice is a recent acquisition of the class coming here from the University of Chicago She is known most com monly as the Alarm Clock and because of her relia bility ln this line 1S usually in great demand along about exam time At the Junior table discussions between Alice and Rachel are frequently heard leading one to Judge that she IS taking Latin I Perhaps Alice s great est delight is golng on bats with Connie Bath are rather thin and it is hard to Judge which is the shadow Alice hopes some time to establish her claim as a descendent of Horace R ACH ABL ROBERTS Rfzflz Rachael as house presldent bears upon her unoffendmg shoulders the whole burden of old R C and so com mands the respect and devotion of her loyal class Her favorite study IS not known but her remarks at the Junior table are usually made in connection with Latin I so that may be her pet averslon Rachael was one of the long suiermg mortals who helped start the Annual on its eventful career and as a result can describe for you accurately the contents of any buslness office ln Rock ford Certain resemblances to Elizabeth the maiden queen suggest that she may have Tudor blood in her veins but she IS very reticent on the subject There aint nothin in it 7 4 4 Y U vw 4 4 4 r 1 ' fi 7, 1 44 ' 97 , 9 , . S L , xp ' Z ' ' 41 H s A T A v 1 N U , 4 1 g ,, 17- 0 , . . . . . . - , A ' 9 n 1 va - - 1 . r . . Y s . . I CK ' 7, A A i A kt .1,.,Wl 4 4 . x 4 I 'J' a nc 77 ' . , . . c . 1 . . . . . , f , L . A cu H A v . 7 ' 9 . ., ' a 2 ' s 9 . . . . H , . . . , . . ,,

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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

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f FNEYA SCHNEIDER Sfh1zz'i!y Though Geneva has but lately joined our ranks, she has become fully initiated into the life and spirit of the illus- trious class of 1911. We have not yet given her any very great opportunities for displaying her sterling worth, but we already recognize her as a source of unending com- fort when we want somebody to laugh at our witty jun- iors' jokes. Was it not Hans Sachs who was the humor- ist among the ancients? Yes, the relationship is at once apparent. Nl Xlilil, IANET SCOTT .S'm!1'a1 ' Mabel's love of life is as nothing to her aversion to Hrooming with an editor. No wonderg when she is seen taking her independent way down the hall, that dignitary trails inevitably in the rear. She keeps a cheerful heart, however, and leads her class on to victory with the genius of a president-born. As a result of her untiring efforts at the head of the Decoration Committee last year we had one of the prettiest proms that has ever taken place here. She is our mighty singer, but it is when we gaze upon Claudio or Lysander with admiration across the footlights and realize that it is our own Mabel that our prirle rises highest. Euterpe and Melpomene stood by hier cradlc at least, even though the relationship is no c oser. Xl XlQlil'liRl'lili 'l'l'CliliR !i'1m'n'1'f Iiuddie is quite the most ambitious member of the Junior class, expecting to wear two tassels, on her Senior cap, one black for B. S., and the other yellow for Domestic Science. The last sounds suspicious and we wonder how soon it will be before she sets the Bell a-ringing. Buddie's artistic ability is not to be overlooked, and to it are due most of the sketches in the Annual. Her favor- ite occupation is going home over Sunday, but she always returns most loyally to her class and college, which was her mother's alma mater also. Buddie thinks she must be descended from Buddah. it BR! Yl'llY XYH lilil,OCli Tin' l7!lnz'1z Dorothy is the raison detre of this Annual, having served her apprenticeship as business manager of the 1908 Annual, in which capacity she helped run the class into debt and hopes to do so again this year. Dorothy is a mathematical turn ofmind, and has demonstrated great ability as Play Manager, Tolo President and member of the House Committee. This year she is playing the Fat Villain to Marie's Lambie-Pie, in Room 52, Please shut the door. Dorothy is very proud of her descent from Archimedes, whose clearness of intellect she undoubtedly has inherited. lliil