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

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PSTHER H. YVHITE lI7z1Ye Esther is the class humorist as it were, without whom the revelry and mirth at the Junior table would be as nought. She has many original expressions some of which she has reformed since the talk on Abuse of English Language prevalent among College Girls. Among her aversions Esther numbers map drawing as the chief. She has been through trials and tribulations as chairman of the Decoration Committee, 1908 Christmas Prom. and member of Reception Committee for the 1907-8 Proms. Esther's tragic beauty reminds the Ver- gil student very forcibly of Dido. May the resemblance end there. CAROIJNE VVILLIAMS UII'z'!!z2l' All praise be to Caroline that the Annual is at all! Hers are pretty small shoulders to carry such a big burden, but we are proud of the way she has done it. Under the circumstances, we Wonder at the cheerful way in which she doles out music in Glee Club, for the position of librarian is certainly no joke. Caroline entranced all beholders as Alan-a-Dale's bride on Class Day last year, and certainly justified her unsuccessful lover's despond- ency. She used to think that she liked Math, but has changed her mind Why no one knows Surely she is a worthy descendant of Stella or Della or Idea or one of those fair dames who used to have such reams of sonnets written to them lumor Ofhcers MABEL IAIN FT SCOTT Preszdefzf 'XIX RTLH B ARBER Scfcrcfary ana' Trenszn ez My RTLE BARBFR Class Hzsforzafz 9 lll

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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

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Junior Class History have yearned for thee with all my heart, OV Senior cap and gown. Faithfnlly have I done my work, I have looked towards thee, come And I will wear you proudly. I toiled till the dawn of morning For hope of you. Mine eyes are worn with nightly labor That I might meditate in thy garb. Hear my voice pleading for thee, I-Iasten me to thine attainment, ri lhose that have idled precious moments They are far from thy possession, But thou art nigh to me, U, senior cap and gown. .Xnd all thv commandments are truth, f i ' I lhee will I luunblv revere Yea, always and forever. CH.Xl'TIiR I 1 The sayings of Sham-inspired by necessity -concerning the bevy of maidens in whom our souls deligliteth. 2 And it came to pass in the nineteen hundred and sixth year, that maidens in great numbers and from various parts of the land wended their way towards Rockford. .Xnd in that place was a college of some repute. 3 .Xnd from the beginning, it was granted by all, with one accord, that they were damsels of fair countenance and exceeding good courage and judgment. 4 lYlien the elders of the school came and said, Keep silence. Thou shalt perform for us in vaudeville of excellent merits, then did we perform. 5 And great was the astonishment and surprise in the faces of the elders at such daring and marvelous deeds among them. o In the same year, during the IYinter Festival, one camebringing tid- ings that our chosen band would soon do basket ball against the Sophomore tribe. Defeat would be an abomination and disgraceg therefore was a score of trimnph rolled up by our victorious band. 7 Thus custom decreed:-that at early dawn our colors should be raised from the topmost point of the Flagpole. 8 And it came to pass so. For through three long hours, the upper i201 4117- ,-.,,.-,-1-f--. - .., . ,.,,