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

Text from Pages 1 - 160 of the 1911 volume:

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W QB? a N' 'X c V 11 ' 0 B ET IIO II DEDICATION THE FACULTY - A BOARD OF TRUSTEES CUPOLA EDITORS A SENIORS - JUNIORS - 3 SOPHOMORES FRESHMEN - - - PREPARATORY DEPARTMENT 'QKITTY THE UNSUSCEPTIBLEN ORGANIZATIONS 5 - IWESSAGE FROM AN ALUMNA MFAITHN - - - - SOCIETY - - FLORENCE OF 1911 COMMENCEMENT - HTHE MISER,, ATHLETICS - - - THE REBELLIOUS REFLECTIONH JOKES ---- ADVERTISEMENTS ' - 5 IO I2 I5 23 31 38 39 40 43 57 58 61 88 92 IO2 IO3 III II3 132 LOL A L L A O OO I A 4-FW N1 VISTA BETWEEN ADAMS HALL AND MAIN BUILDING 6 11 ilrv finv, lugnl mumvn mlm fm? us ani! mmrg nihvrs lmhr uni lnhureh lwre in hzxiu, the Qllzrss nf T912 zrffvmttinxmivlg hehiwie i11e'Gl1q.mlzr. FACULTY 1. JULIA H. GULLIVER, PH.D., LL.D., President Ethics and Biblical Literature 2. ANNA C. BEHRENS, A.M. German Language and Literature 3. MARTHA WALDO NYE, B.A., Registrar Mathematics 4. EDITH C. BRAMHALL, A.M., PH.D. 6. 8. History 5. ILA IRVINE EMMOTT Instructor in Elocution FRANQOIS JOSEPH PATET, B. ES L. French Language and Literature Instructor in Spanish 7. ELIZABETH C. MAAS, M.D. College Physician Instructor in Emergencies and Home Nursing MURIEL BOTHWELL CARR, A.M. English Language and Literature MARY DAvOREN CHAMBERS, A.M. Vhernislry and Home Economics 9. ISAREL PETERSON, S.M. Instructor in Physics 10. LORI-:NA M. CHURVH, A.M. Preparatory Instructor in Engzlisli 11. RUTH MARSHALL, PH.D. Biology 12. MATILDE CASTRO, PH.D. Psychology, Logic. and History of Philosophy 13. MARGARET COLEMAN WAITES, PH.D. Latin and Greek 14. LUCY C. MOUNT, A.B., J.D. Social and Political Science 15. ANNA BOEMAN SKINNER, A B. Librarian and Instructor in Library Methods 16 MARION C. WATTERS Physical Director 17. CHARLOTTE ELIZABETH MORGAN, PH.D. Acting' Head of Department of English 18. CAROLINE AMELIA CHRISTIE Instructor in German CLARA J. R. WILLIAMS Instructor in Stenography. Typewritinfz and Penmanship 19. EDNA CLARE IRVIN, PH.B. .Permission Ollicer and Supervisor of Buildings 20. CHARLOTTE M. WAY. A.B. Domestic Supervisor 21. ALICE GORGAS ELMORE College Nurse DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC 22. F. MARION RALSTON, LN,-ector Piano and Harniony 23. LAURA GRANT SHORT Organ and Piano 24. EDITH MAUD FITCH Vocal Music ROWLAND EDGAR LEACH, A.B., MUS. B. Violin DEPARTMENT OF ART 25. IONE LIBBY WHEELER, Director 26. MIRIAM F. CARPENTER Secretary to the President Y .X ,. .' -1 Q-. 5.x.. XA UP 2Aw' a 7 X I 4 .uf 4:15 't W J Q ,sw i , it 1 awk ' '4xu..L fl .fx HX Z mf , 471' wwwggwwwqw ,451 'HX' '- IF 13, E .,... V CJ, N. A A 2 , if . . , T' 'S ' uw - V . waz '9 r .3 .-5 - , J, . P' if 'W 35 Q gf lp ff 1 . HIK- fgr ' XJ ffzzgjfif J: Y ' 3 '13 , '7'7 rf' 1 110 X, ,, , ij? ,Mfzf 4 if ' 1 ,f f V 244-ff 329- Board Of Trustees OFFICERS JOHN BARNES . - - - - President EDWARD POTTER LATHROP - - Vice-President HARRY F. FORBES, A.B. - Secretary FRED G. SHOUDY ----- Treasurer TPIRKI EXl'1RESJl'Nli, IQII MRS. SEELEY PERRY, A. M. ---- Rockford REV. P. M. SNYDER. A.M., D.D. - Rockford JULIA H. GULLIVER, PH D., I.I..D. Rockford GEORGE C. PURDY, A. B. - Rockford EDWARD W. BROWN - Rockford FRANK L. CLEVELAND - - Rockford REV THOMAS BARNEY THKJMPSON, A.B. - - Rockford TERM 1'.Xl'IRliS -I1'xI-1, 11112 EDWARD POTTER LATHROP ---- Rockford MRS. ADE1.E SMITH STRONI: Chicago MRS. P. F. PI-:TTIRoNI-: - Chicago MRS. CAMILLA FITCH HAMI.Ix - New York MRS. JOHN H. SH!-IRR.-XTT - Rockford FREDERICK HAINES - Rockford FRED G. SHOIHJY ----- Rockford 'lxlilikl 1ixI'1RHS j1'NI-2, 11,13 MRS. Wll,l.lAlN1 A. TAI.CoTT, A M. - - - Rockford JOHN BARNES - - - Rockford HENRY H. ROBINSON - Rockford WILLIAM H. FITCH, M.IJ. - Rockford HARRY F. FORBES, A B. Rockford WILI.lAM T. ROBERTSON ---- Rockford HONORARY MEMBER MRS. N. C. THOMPSON EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE H,ARRY F. FORBES, A.B., Chairman - - Rockford MRS. P. F. PETTIBONE ----- Chicago Resident Members of the Board of Tlustees 10 P 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 I1 1 1 1 1 1 i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1. 1 1 1 35011. IQQNITORS CORNISLIA Y. Iilmwx MI-i'1'A H. 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V VMM, gxgf gf , f Qffvqf ,Gif 1. , .L,,,,x : , v'l.,Q:1 figpi'--,,gx .' .www - ag .-A J 1' ' Bu ,., . hm f I ' .7 .y.f:. .,Q, I , -wx, W 'gil l' av - H , -,sq ' a'e,f'-- u , f 5 4 .wa V. , ,F J .1 K 1 V' 4'2',vf gmff vb, QI 'lm' 41' 'jg' 47 1 4 1 5 '50 3' 1 g ,4 4. ....,,,.,,.,..,.-. ,. ..- A. ....-..'..' , de.--- ..,..x,,.,, g.L.-.... --...nr .--- -W1 A--D aa f' V Y ' W Z- i ! ,Xff -- V ,f ,- ff ff ,age--,, ...,..-.. ......1A........-.-.. f inf mag, 15 I l I 1 uf' , 1 E V I MARTHA DUNTON Rockford College Preparatory,'07g Chairman of Decoration Commit- tee for Spring Promenade, '09, President of Class '09-'10, Recep- tion Committee for VVinter Pro- 111enade, '09, Society Editor for Cupola, ,IOL Treasurer of Tolo second semester, '10, Decoration Committee for Spring Promenade, '10, May Queen, 'rog President of Class, '10-'11, House President, 'IO-III, German Club, '11. ICDNA M. HARRER Evanston High School '07, Glee Club, '08, '09, '10, 'I Ig Business Manager of Glee Club, '09, House Committee 'ogg Decoration Com- mittee for Spring PI'OI'I1CI121dC,'O9, Editor-in-Chief of Cupola, '10, President of Glee Club, '10, Interclass Baseball, ' IO, President of Tolo ' IO-'I 1 3 President of Latin Club, '1 I1 Stage Manager of As You Like It, '1 1. MAUD LVNETTE HU BB.-XRD Macalester Classical Academy, St. Paul, Minn., '03, Secretary and Treasurer of Class, '09. V .HL,- ..- . is 4 . , 2.4 'a 4.3 'Qw 'N' 4 ati? ng Q, ,, , IL . f, Z4 -,RK Z6 Xa 1 F575 -4, BERTHA HUNTER Rockford High School, '07, Dec- oration Committee for Promenade, '07, Glee Club, '08, 'OQ, '10, '11, Captain of Championship Team in Basket Ball, '08, Vice-Presi- dent of Class, '08, Captain of Class Basket Ball, '09, '10, Ad- vertising Manager of Annual, '09, Vice-President of Day Students, '09, Vice-President of Class, '09, Business Manager of Cupola, '10, Class Hockey, '10, Dramatic Club, '10, President of Day Stu- dents, '10, President of Athletic Association, '10, Reception Com- mittee for Promenade, 'IOQ BusiQ ness Manager of As You Like It, '11. FRANC s. IUDD ' Rockford High School, '07, University of Colorado, '08, Class Basket Ball, '09, '10, Secretary and Treasurer of Day Students, '10 MARIORIE KILBURNE Rockford Preparatory School,'07, Decoration Committee for Spring Promenade, '08, Glee Club, '07, '08, '09, '10, Dramatic Club, '10, '11, Business Manager Dramatic Club,'10, Fairy in 'KA Midsummer Night's Dream, '08, and in Land of Hearts Desire, '09, Literary Editor of Cupola, '10, Class His- torian, '10, Vice-President of Class, '11, Editor-in-Chief of Rockford Ralla, '11, Instructor in preparatory physics, '1 1. EVA HELEN KINZEL Mattoon High School, '07, Secre- tary and Treasurer of Tolo, '08, Glee Club, '08, 'ogg Inter-class Tennis, 'ogg Mother Bruin in The Land of Heart's Desire, '09, Graduate of Department of Home Economics, '09: Eastern Illinois State Normal School, '10, Member of Athletic Council, '11, Captain of Inter-class Hockey, '1 1 3 Secretary and Treasurer of Class '11, President of German Club, '1 1, Silvins in As You Like It, '1 IQ Dramatic Club, '1 1, General Manager of As You Like It, '1 1. Chairman of Reception Com- mittee for Spring Promenade, '1 IQ Director of Dramatic Club, '1 1. ELIZABETH MCKEE Rockford High School, '03, Glee Club, '00, '07, 'oS3 Secretary and Treasurer of Day Students 'IOL Secretary of Classical Club, '1 ig Class Historian, '1 1. CLARA A. NOYES Monticello High School, '05, Grinnell College, Grinnell Ia., '05- 'ojg Dramatic Club, '10, joke Edi- tor of Cupola, '10, Secretary of House Committee, 'Il g President of Dramatic Club, '11. 4, -,...,,, ,...---, ...,,. ..., . - A--5--EFL-,-v V RUTH E. PETERSON Rockford High School, ,075 Lake Forest College, 'o8g Decoration Committee for Fall Promenade, 7 IO. Senior Officers MARTHA DUNTON - - Pzmzkiezzf MARJORIE KILBURNE - - lf'z're-P1fesz2z'e1zz' EVA H. KINZEL - S6C7'6fHli1f and 77'6llSZl7'67' ELIZABETH MCKEE - - - Cfass ffzlvforzkm 19 Class History of 1911 N a bright September morning, four short years ago, we gathered in the chapel for our first chapel service. To many of us, this was our introduction to this place of repose and restful harmonies, where we come to lose ourselves in the Great Presence. VVhat was said and done on this particular morning, is probably a blank to most of us, as we struggled with that queer, lost feeling, which comes when we find ourselves in the midst of strangers. But in a few days, this feeling began to wear away, for our upper class- men gave a baby party in our honor, where we lost some of our loneliness, and some of our freshness toog we had been adopted into the big family. As the nights grew chilly. we liked to gather around the fire-place and recount the tales of the day, and, as the fire-light danced and flickered, it lit up the faces about us with its rosy glow, the faces which memory keeps for us still. So the weeks rolled by, brightened by new friendships and new interests. In the spring, a restless feeling took possession of us, we felt we must do something to show our mettle. Our opportunity carrie in the color-rush with the sophomores. There were gallant spirits among us, who stood nobly by the cause, fat the risk of taking heavy colds,i and helped us to win the davg rather presuming in us too, wasn't it? The warm spring days slipped happily away, and soon the sunshine and music of Commencement time was warming our hearts. Class-day came, and all we little sisters in our flower dresses joined hands, bowed our heads, and danced ourselves away. September came again, all too soon for some of us, though deep down in our hearts we felt it was good to be one of the big family again. We were so happy, it was good just to be alive, we were no longer strangers, and though we. were sort of irresponsible creatures in those days, still we found room in our hearts for our new sisters. Later in the year, a party was given for us in the art studio, where mem- bers of the faculty gave us things out of paper bags and fed us from spoons. The statues were shocked at such undignified doings and turned their pale faces to the wallg but then, we were only children and rather enjoyed shock- ing them. The happy year sped ou. Yictories waited for us in basket-ball, in the class-room, and other victories too. The time had come again for parting, we were sorry, for we were to lose some of our sisters, and we didn't want to spare a single one. lYe rallied on the campus to greet the college colors, as they slowly loosened their folds in the blue of a June sky. A new love came into our hearts for our collegeg the very walls were dear to us. iVe gave ex- 20 pre-ss1o11 to o11r feehngs bx S1ll0'l110' college songs a11d cl1eer111g for tl1e 'purple and tl1e xx l11te , lClllLlQ'll1tlX ,we separated alld went o11r several xvax s llOIIlCW'l1Cl Su111111er p1ssed as 1 Cl1E'111l a11d was 1ll11lllJ6l'GCl xv1tl1 all tl1e ouesth'1t l1ad gone before fall xx IS NV'1ltlll0' to ente1 111tO1tb roy 1l k111gdo111 heralded by tl1e fla111111g reds a11d pale x elloxvs ig'1111 xxe xx ere 111 tl1e dear fa1111l1ar TOOIIIS Oh' tl1e Joy of tl1e f1rst 111orn 111g, xx llell you IIICCT tl1e fr1e11ds xy l1o1n tl1e long 'sllllllllel' t1111e has separated from xou ll l1at '1 cl1eerful sound tl1e babel of greet111gs makes' If you are a nexx g1rl, X011 xxo11der xvl1at 1ts all about but be111g 1111'ElHt6Cl, you Just take tl1e good tl1at s se11t to x ou Noxx xxe xx ere qu1te grow11 up a11d felt our respo11s1b1l1ty, for all tl1e l1ttle 11exx s1sters xx ere to be our spec1al care tl1e11 there were so many tl1111gs to do tllls x ear lt see111ed good to k11ow tl1at tllele was a wl1ole year to be glad 111 before tl1e last xear, VVlllCll passes all too q111cklx Our soc1al pleasures bega11 xv1tl1 the recept1on, wh1cl1 we gave o11r s1ster class tl1ex responded n1ost lox allx, a11d wl1e11 we separated, we felt 1ndeed tl1at xxe l1ad ga111ed many new fr1ends -X l1ttle later a vaudev1lle enterta111111e11t xvas g1ven by l11CII1lJCI'b of tl1e class tl1e fac11ltx a11d students rall1ed 11Obly to our support and tl1e CV6111l1g passed l69.X1110' 111a11x pleasant 1nen1or1es The daxs passed 111 glor1ous SUCCCSSIOII, filled w1th old and 116W f11e11d slnps, ga1nes a11d plC3SHl1t walks But W11ltC1' could 11ot be kept away, a11d soo11 lt burst l1pOI1 us 111 all 1ts stre11gtl1 St1ll tl1ere were co1npensat1o11s, for dur1ng tl1e cold S1lCllt l1ours of XV111t6I', we xvere draw11 closer together, as we gatl1ered 111 each otl1er s roo111s W1tl1 our b6NV11l0' or for l1eart to l1eart talks But all tl1111gs co111e to an end a11d so th1s w1nter d1d at last W1tl1 the COIIIIUU of Spflllg we bega11 1nak1ng pla11s for tl1e annual May Party We had hoped tl1at Nat11re would be ls1UCl to us by grant1ng us a real su1n111er day for tl1e crown1ng of our quee11 but tlllb was not to be The gX11l1121bl111T1 was made as attract1ve as poss1ble for tl1e pretty ceremony, Wl11Cl1 was carr1ed thro11gh NV1th d1g111tx a11d grace We were a l1appy group of s1sters 'EllE1t1110'l1t for 1t had been decreed tl1at the CTOW11 of v1olets sl1ould be worn by one of our s1sters The t1me was fast co1n111g for the SIIITIIUCI' ljllttlllo' In accordance Wltll a t11ne l1o11ored custom, we planned for Ivy Day Of course, no otl1er ex es 111ust behold our sacred cere111o111es except our s1ster class, wl1o followed us 1n the earlv 111orn111g 'El1TOllgl1 the wet grass to tl1e cl1ose11 spot, wl1ere they llStGI1Cd 1n sy 111patl1et1c b1lCI1C6 to o11r 111ca11tat1o11s to the v1ne We 1etur11ed to the college, wl1ere our l1ttle c1rcle enjoyed a coly breakfast together One of the pretty features of the breakfast was our class colors 111 p111k a11d wl11te car11at1ons At Co111111ence1ne11t t11ne the cycle of lung Arthur was g1ve11 by tl1e classes lung Arthur and h1s kn1ghts fougl1t r1ght vahantlv tl1at day The story of S1r Lau11celot a11d Elalne was told once more aga111 tl1e beauty of the poet's l1nes stole 111 upon us M. . . H v i. . i x . c -- a' . - a 6 rs as' zs 1 l U. - s . . , 1- - n L - 1, ' 1, C 1 . 1 X 11 - 4 . - S. Lys 1.1. L C 1 L . ' .V H it . . 1. . i 'C 7. Q 7 .5 1 L 9' L c ts 1 L lb T C -V 1 . of ' ' l l . S. . i - ' V, . ' , -. - ' , -. C zs . ' Q zs N . ' tv 1 L L C C G Y 1 'V v vb . 1 as us w 1 b 1 ' . b - 1 , - - Y. , . , - 1 1 ,c 1 , J 1. - 1 6 x -' , 1 c ,G g ' LI V' Q t' p' Y . V . y ,D 1 . A U 1 C -I 1 Q-1' v 1 7 1 H1 1 1 . , . 1 as . - . is - I -1 . Y Y x N' .1 . - . 5 . 23 . N b sr. 1, ' 1, 1 . ,N . W . Y o an ' zs 1 - - :s 1 fm- .Y ' 1 3 6 1 Y .f ,Y , Z3 1 ' . o as 1 c ' ' ' as 1 . -1 r 1 V b. 1 - J 1 1 T 6 Q 1 b K Y 1 . . A as as ' u , - 7 1 o as 1 ,. . Y . . . V . 1 D 1 b b T1 T . , . 1 . 3 1 A few brief hours found the halls and campus deserted, guarded only by a few faithful ones. Through the heat of the blazing summer sun, and the calm of moon-light and star-light, the dear old halls kept their silent tryst, waiting to receive us back to their shelter in the fall. The last year has come, bringing with it the estate of cap and gown. Many traditions have been handed down of the privileges belonging thereto, but if there are privileges, there are responsibilities too. If the spirit of the place has taught us to bear responsibility graciously, then it is well. The weeks have been full of many pleasant happenings. At the first of the year we were given the pleasure of listening to o11e of the alumnae in a song recital. She was very generous in her numbers, it was a gracious offering to her college. Later in the fall our sister class gave us a pleasant evening at the Opera House. On Halloween, our little circle was entertained at dinner by two of our members. Two mysterious, black robed figures made their appearance at our party. XVe tried to make them feel at home, but evidently they were dis- tressed in mind, for one gave utterance to terrible groans, while the other fixed an accusing eye upon various members of the party, until we were ready to go into hysterics. Still, the dinner passed off pleasantly with the giving of toasts and reading fortunes. But one thing we never could understand, was the way in which the thimbles and rings got mixed up, not going to the right people at all. The evening was happily finished by the masquerade ball in the gymnasium. After the first heavy snow-fall, we enjoyed a sleigh-ride with our sister class. Before returning home, we refreshed ourselves with hot chocolate,and vowed eternal friendship. XYe were very careful of our little sisters, and before leaving them for the night, went to each room to tuck them in snugly, and leave them to pleasant dreams. The prettiest event of the year was the XVashington Party, where colo- nial dames and gentlemen courtesied and bowed themselves through the stately minuet. The hands of the clock were turned backwards, and nothing was real but the throbbing tones of the music, and the swaying of the dancers' the spicy odors of an old-time garden stole through the room. Along with our other pleasures, we have watched with interest the growth of the new dormitory-walls. lVe're glad for the girls who are to enter upon this new heritage next year, and for all the girls that shall ever come here. lVe believe in Rockford College, we believe in the great future that she has before her, we know that no other college can mean the same to usg we are proud to be her daughters, we trust that her motto, Udecus et veritas is graven on our hearts. 1 22 Xl lm J f S ZS J Ylf 'V XJ y 35 M? 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So we sought for some one else To carry on the work, To make everybody labor And let nobody shirk. An artist, critic, manager, To put the business through, Persuaded thee, oh dearest Imp,' This arduous work to do. 7 HELEN BARTHOLOMEW YVith Paderewski hands, As everybody knows, Barty makes sweet music Everywhere she goes. MARY BROXVN When I go to Rockford College I'm going to 'tudy hard and be good all the time. SARAH EBERLY Where'd I get my smile? Upin de skies. And when I go to Rockford Col- lege I'm going to take it wiv' me. And she did. 24 LELLA FULLER Shels the only domestic child we have. RUTH HATHAWAY Ruth hath a way exceedingly frankg Ruth hath a room-mate, also frankg Frankly speaking, she's all for Franc. CAROLINE HINTZE Anybody here seen Caroline? No, we're sorry to say, For she fell ill and left us, Left us, and Went away. She'll grow strong and Well, And come to us again, And next year we'l1 see more Of our little Caroline. ELICE KEYT Elice doth ride in an auto, And when the weather's fair, Brings back a Hood of sunshine, Imprisoned in her hair. 25 up Ei- i T. JESSIE KILE My land! Would you ever guess I was des a shark in Latin, Math., His- tory, and everything? MYRA KING , Clipping from Polyscope, 1910 King? No, Queen. She is of alit- erary turn of mind. Its turning 'round and 'round all the time in fact. She has the fundamentals of a cash regis- ter, push in the right place and it opens up for you, apply pressure in any other spot and it only hurts your Fingers. ' SADIE RADCLIFFE I knows lots, but I hardly ever talks about it. M ETA SCHULZ Shy? Not very! Too full of fun for that! She believes in coeducation, and thinks Beloit is a splendid proof of the excellencies of that system. 26 AGNES WILLIAMS ' This sprightly little maid never grew very large. She has a' dimple in each cheek and perhaps that's why her smile is like the sunshine. MILDRED WOOD 4'When out upon the hockey held, The other side is sure to yieldg Oh, What's the matter with Mildred? Shels all right! he Junior Officers - RUTH HATHAWAY - - - - Preszden! HELEN BARTHOLOMEW Sewfeiazjy amz' 73'6'llSZl7'67' SARAH EBERLY - - - - Class HZ..S'f07'Zd7Z 27 Extracts From a Notebook BELONGING TO A MEMBER OF THE ANCIENT HISTGRY CLASS Rockrorum COLLEGE, 2911. Assignment for February 15, 291 1-History of the class of 1912. Make a careful study of the translations of the f'Diaries and the Cupola fCopies can be bought at XYaldo's.l Note the condition of affairs when this class first came into existence. Make a list of the most important events, giving dates and results. Hand this in. Make a special study of the social life of this class. XYhich side of their lives did they emphasize more, the social or the educational? XVhy? W'hat had the class accomplished by the year 191 1? XVhat influence did it have upon contemporary classes? ' EX'liN'l'S2-FlIiS'l' YI-ZA R11 9oS-9 Sept. 15.-:XlJOllt So new girls, known as Ifreslnnen, carrie to Rockford College. Characteristics:-long, tear-stained faces, timid looks, shy, hesi tating manners rwith few exceptionsa Sept. 26.-Old girls made lfreslnnen dress as infants, fed them on bread and milk at dinner, and afterwards, escorted them to the gym, where they made them do stunts, Sept. Zlyllvllllly brought out of chaos, a democratic republic formed, Fanchon Hathaway elected president, Mary Yon Schrader, Secretary and 'l'reasnrer. Oct. 17.-Freshlnen initiated into the 'Polo Club by giving a minstrel and a vaudeville play in the gym. Oct. 24.-Juniors gave the Freshmen a dance in the gym, a very enjoyable affair, especially to the Freshmen. Nov 20.--FI'6SlllllCl1 and Preps gave an informal dance for their gentlemen friends. Dec. 5.-Freslnnen beat the Sophs at basket ball-score 19-12. Feb. 2-o.-Mid year exams. Freslnnen's tirst experience of college exams. VVeaker and dissatisfied members drop out and go home. 28 March 20 Freslnnen Gene a banquet at tl1e Thadwa Shows econo1111c con d1t1o11 of tl1e class plentx of monex Max f and Q Trade 'md co111111e1'ce developed XVltl1 other classes bx a rum 111aUe sale 11116 I2 Inter class ten111s tOll1'l1'11l1Cl1t Freslnes ca1ne o11t 111 a close second 11116 I3 I7 LOII1lllCl1CG1llGllt Week After tl1e 111an1 SOC1'1l events of tl1e xx eelx thex d1sbanded and scattered to tl1e four po111ts of tl1e compass SFCOND YEAR Sept 16 Tl11s same class reassembled smaller 111 numbers, but 111ucl1 1nore unportant tl1a11 tl1e xear before They were called SO'Ol1011lOI'6S sover ewns of tl1e t11ne Qp'1rt1cularlx sl1own bx tl1e1r tx rannx ov er tl1e Fresmnen J Sept 21 Officers elected for 'El1E11CW ter111 Lola JCHTIGS cl1osen pres1dent Edna Rendall, secretarx and treasurer Sept 25 Clnnax of tl1e conquest of tl1e Freshmen bx tl1e Sopl1s Tl1e Bab1 Party 111l:llCtCd upo11 them 111 terms of tl1e treatx Gct I7 The class showed poor pohcx, tl1e5 e11terta111ed the Se111ors at Tl1e Beautx Spo Verx httle record of th1s CV611t to be found Source materlal destrox ed Nlox 2 The Se111ors ret11r11ed Good for ev1l a11d e11terta111ed Sophs at a buffet s11pper a 9 Another unsuccessful soc1al eve11t Tl1e class we11t O11 a bob r1de and had a Grand ow erturmng on South Second Street br1dffe March I2 ClV1l War between tl1e Fresl1111e11 a11d Sopl1o1nores Causes Sophs gave a d11111er partx, a11d dur1nCf meal sang class songs therebx 3l1t2l0'O111Zl1'10' the Preslunen Events Freslues arose 1ust as tl1e clock struclx twelve, 1nvaded the roo111s of tl1e Sophs a11d atte1npted to take tl1e Sophs capt1ves but after a lo11g b1tter struggle they were unsuccessful Results Ne1tl1er S1d6 ga1ned anx tl11ng Great l1um1l1at1on of feehnffs on both Sldeb whe11 Presldent Gulhver spoke to them shortlx afterwards o11 the madness of tl1e1r methods March 21 Soph Ill11lO1' basket ball co11test Sopbs won the v1ctorx bx score of 26 2 3 Q 1. - .-- : g. 1 C C . S - L.'-Q Y' 1 . -1 ' 11 v C Q QT c. 1. .. - ' ' O . . I .- - -S c 1 . . Q 7 1 ' 1 - ,- ,-1 . 1 1 V ', ' c .S c . 1 4 . , V . N N . N . .'-' C., S , .l ' V L Ll - . . . . 1 - , , , V y zz 1 C . 1 1 . ' . .-- .. , S v v YH . . . y J , ' as -. ' v. r ' ' tt v t H , ' ' Y . i . . 1 .1 .- ,, ,S J U. 1 .- - ,e . - 1 . . 6 D 6 ' .1 u b 4 1, 5 Y V . . , .1 23 6 ' 7 Y T1 . ' uv . 6 - .' ' , , 1 - I ' ' ' 7 ' ' .1 , , 29 June 4.-The class entertained the Seniors at lunch. june 13.-Soph-Freshmen tennis tournament. The Sophomore class was made famous to history by the brilliant playing of Gertrude Lutz and Tree Rogers. THIRD YEAR. Sept. 16.-The population of the class was considerably diminished, but re- mained of the same quality. Sept. 20.-Ruth Hathaway elected president of the Junior republicg Helen Bartholomew, secretary and treasurer. Oct. I.-JlllllOTS entertained the Freshmen at a dance. Nov. ro. -The Freshmen royally entertained the class at The Chocolate Soldier. Nov. 12.-Field Day. Senior-Soph team won out in base ball, but junior- Freshnien team made a glorious score in hockey. Source material and contemporary accounts of the rest of the history of this class seem to haye been destroyed. Probable conclusion: The rest of their energy spent in editing the Cupolaf' ' x 30 - '-' X QQ-'K 'QS EW ,gifs Q MEM X X1 X4-em J ,ffxsxwlgamqxx M0 Ni'-si,-fi K ff' i? 'L N f ff W V XXMMIQ J fe Nfrfxfm in WW X? X Xxx XE f fs xx 5 -,qs f-5 K XZWX gf! - ? -26,1 X X I O fab g xtfu -1 ,.-'KlS:,b 'Nxsz NX Q45 ik, , -f'x,, QV 33. sf E ' V iff- ff I' V.-MN F-eg1iq f ' I f,fj,! 2' FQ ' uf 1 f ', 1 V --'rx if s Q 4 Ax x fig ' A ff . V -R ,R f I Q N H f' 53' if 'XS S- Q Kg Xl' i R Y fi 'X -Q - . Y Fi A3 2'. f:fvf ' ff Q ' ' -a , . S k 5 , , f?5f,x', 44',,. x w ' I - ' W 'I f if '.fJI'pzJ w , IR. V f D 4 -4 , fm, if t 1 , , H M W Tljfff I ,su X N X i X WW? vs 1 K 1 X- -gf iifgx, Q X X , i ii ftigiii :H KX I 11 Xl N K A 5. 'L M X mx X41 MX H Yu N ' I X' QI Y ik xXfQjfQNXX 'QM f I K - lr-4 Tj -,,, X555 , .MX lk' ,fa MX j 5, ffx Q -Y ' N wx 'Wa X I ' 44 M - fs X , X1ff z 1 .: - fe -'kr 'Y Y , XZ-ar' W? ff QV ,.,, 59 ' ? J -'LK - K j'T--:Z Zvi BX M-firgf' ,1 - -fgx f 1-4' S Ll K 31 Sophomore Class M ARC ARET RANDLEY ---- P: cszdmt CLARA ARTHUR JEANRETTE BURKE FRANLES OLIVER - Arnborn, Hazel Anderson, lean Anderson, Hazel Andrews, Alice Arthur, Clara Ayres, Ruth Bartlett, Helen Barnett, Grace Bartholomew, Helen Beaty, Enid Bender, Adelia Brand, Irina Brearley, Lucy Brodersen, Hedwig Brown, Cornelia Burke, Jeannette Cavanaugh, Maude Dale, Florence Evans, Iris tlillett, Bessie Green, Frances Hoole, Kathleen Hudson, Guida Hutchinson, Anne Johns, Fvalyn johnson, Sylvia Keyt, Elice - Tiff' P1 fszden! RSl'l'I'C'fl7I11' aim' YU va vzn 67 - - Cla ev H1 vim lan Klinkenburg, Florence Knapp, Meredith Koch, Hazel Maack, Marguerite McCumber, Bessie Miller, Bertha Mo, Alice Norton, Margaret Oliver, Frances Parker, Pauline Pollock, Sara Randlev, Margaret Roberts, Elizabeth Rhodes, Louise Reid, Roberta Stewart, Ethel Talbott, Maude Yangliau, Jeannette Yocks, Olga 'Waller, Maie lYeld, Mary' Vllikoil, Mina XVhite, Marion VVood, Elizabeth Yankey, Alma Young, Antoinette Zuttermeister, Grace Sophomore Class History low rmnble that grew into 'a loud clatter as the horses' hoofs pounded across the Morgan Street bridge, and the Freshmen tenderfoots descended upon the College of the West, -Rockfo1'd! Hardly had they shaken the dust from their boots than they ran across a placard, put in a public place CBulletin Board BQ, summoning all the new arrivals to organize themselves into a band. Gabbling Green, the Giddy Girl was unanimously chosen leader. Lovejoy, the Luckless Loutl' won out on second choice for the job, while Boney Bowman, the Blockheadf' bore meekly the honors of roll caller and money keeper. The first roundup to which all Freshmen rounders were summoned was the Baby Party, and the tenderfoots were tortured by a horrible initiation. They would have rebelled at such stunts as scrambling like eggs , ttleaving like trees ,and Uwrestling with temptation, but the old rounders were all armed and they saw by their stern faces that they meant business. It was not long before Freshmen discovered that the classic element was not exactly what it should be, and so when invited to give an entertainment for the benefit of the other bands, they availed themselves of the chance and produced Hlulius Caesar in grand opera, in a truly elevating style. Budl' Yankey starred. But lest this classic bit should bore the crowd, they inter- spersed the various acts with vaudeville stunts, ballet dances, and scenes from late comic operas. Just when the tenderfoots were feeling that luck was pretty much against them and that they might just as well give up and go home, the Junior band gave them an encouraging slap on the back by inviting them to a tea. This was a little more like home than the lowering glances they had been subject- ed to since their arrival, and in a burst of gratitude they returned the compli- ment by a round up for junior and Freshmen bands at the Nelson. To do this occasion up in truly western style, the spotted card-boards afforded the amusement of the day. Rows ensued, but no deaths were reported. During the year, but one real blood-curdling event was registered, namely, the famous Freshman Raid. One daring Freshman, lVlickey MacMillan, now of Madison, stole one brilliant button, representing many years savings, from Rufus Rachael, a noted Sophomore. The Sophomores, to get even, did the sneaking thing of not exactly tying a rope around the neck of a poor defense- less Freshie and dragging her thusly for many miles, but almost the same. That night when all rounders were supposed to be snoring contentedly, the 33 l l r ll ll , 5 r 5 F 5 . E , f jr . I ' L I ,, .4 'J l jl l, l Q, il l l rl, r , Freshmen got busy and put the Sophs through a few clever disciplinary stunts fkfor further details see any of the Freshmen 7. Along about june every one got homesick, and work being on a slump, they all packed together their scanty belongings and departed, to show the old folks the precious nuggets gleaned in Rockford Mine. About three months later, a fierce desire to win more nuggets took pos- session of the old Freshie tenderfoots,and so once more they descended on the Westerii college, this time as full fledged Sophomore rounders. Once more came the job of organizing the band. Rough and Ready Randlevu became the popular leader, with Artless Arthur, the Acconiodating Acrobat to lead in case Rough and Ready failed us. Honest john Burke took care of the 'tbones . Two new sports were introduced this year, and every afternoon the four bands of ronnders turned out for practice on the treeless plains. Hockey and Baseball were developed by each bunch to such a perfection, that nothing but a real live encounter could prove the Supremacy. The Seniors and Sophoinores canie off overwheliningly victorious with ball and bat, but their pride was dragged in the dust in the next instant, when they had to admit that the luniors and the tenderfoots had the best of theni in Hockey. lust to show their unswerying loyalty to the Seniors, their old friends of the lunior band, they invited thein to witness a production of the innch heralded Climax, lt was altogether too tame to be appreciated by the bunch , but the Seniors took the disappointment very well, not shooting any of the well meaning Soplioinores, but heaping coals of fire on their heads by invit- ing thein to a bob ride which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. This event brings the lllstoff' up to date and the author is not per- mitted to anticipate. 34 2551611 'E .?5.ai15 f,Z'i'ie'gafpg if f-2 I. : -ifiiifqizgzffiiiiiiigf 'f 5 ,' D' i' Qff ' A 'fi',T',E,': if If gig., 3... . . ,a:f,i:a'1fm5,.'f3. f,, 1, N, , ,, '1 ' ,ww J 3:-fqfk425,-12 Qn11-fn , ,, VI W1 L ,f M 4' s WM fsififf-fi''i.'51'i5:'5 5?e'if ,JA w 1 fi 1 f v 'N Gulf 'g' - R W5 Ap! vx' M Mlj, M 55: ,ii-2:f1i:?,5j.!,:1,!aY' fl 'Wgf1F51' f,W' f f f ' x f?-441 iii: 27' 4 ',fb51P9f.Zf1ik'llI 1 , 5 ' ' -V 3 1 ',M,,,,, 6,1-, x 4' - , , fi- f PJ V113 ffsqli IM, J ff P 2 - f n.1NvU14'f.5, u,, H fx ,y ,, Hr :ww 1 Nfs aff sg-, Vg ' 1 ' I N w '1 ! f +I! J - 1 - --1-. Wfr ,Mv',f','!i' ,H Wmlffwilf yu yfr' , ' z., fdf' fi- ' F4 I, - ,w ,1 iff ww ,, 'fy W I , f wwf + 1'4uw . ' ' f www mf - .. V - ' Q Q fff' WI U 5 Uflfv W , Wm '3'T. 'Kg N A K + MQ3sMk.,WmJmU'ng 9 I fm ! !, !w J X, W ..:L-- - 'A N' . 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Srn cfm 1 mm' Y? farm U AGNES GRFEN Andrews Mae Averx, Anne Ax res, Sara Barber Loulse Bennett Mmam B10'ElONV Ethel Blalr Nlabel Bradford knra Brock C race Broxx n, jenn Brown Fdna Bnclt Helen Clark Helen Cooke, Jeannette Cole Eunlce Cox JCQNIC Cox lV1nfred Dnnond Hazel DnMe4 Fxora Elhott, Isabel ETWIII ElOlQE Fenton, Hazel Flnnerud Nlahren Fuller Margaret Carrett Clx da Ceddes Berenmce Clotfelter Helen Granger Max C reen Xffnes Hax xxard Helen Hess, C ertrnde Hull NI'1I'lOI1 lsarlson Anna Ixellex Ixa klrkpatrlclt Eflltll Lloxd Helen I exxxs X 1rU1n11 NICXl1ll2111 Ruth 'Nlasters Xlma 'll'1dlSOI1 Frances Nlarbold Margaret Marean Nlarx NIOI'0 1l'l Barbara Mornson, Geneuexe Ostrom, Beatrlce Claxx H1 vial mu Pave, Nlx rtle Palmeter Cec1l Parson Natalle Perrx Margaret Ralston Lncrle Ransom Roberta Remd 168516 RIELC Ruth Sells Doroth1 Stonehouse Ada Straxxn Hallle Talbott, Xhce Taggart knnee Trlbou, Helen Trout Fthel Ulrxcx, Nlarxe Xanl-Iousen He Wanstrom Ruth NVeldon, Mx rtle C Wheelock Marguerlte Wlnte, Lella Wood, Ruth I n - - - ' l Y A - - p 4, ra -1: 4 ' ' :S . ' 1 1' 0 ' . 1 7 D V , . J 7 , ' c .. ,A 3 I x' .EY C 15 1 ' 1 1 15 1 1 , 1 . , . . , - - ,. 1 , . 6 ., , - 1- ,' V 1 , 1 F -1 C Q v 5 I L .. I C, 1 1 . ' ' y 4 L n ' A . 1 V . , 4 ,. L R , Q v v 1 . y 1 , C 4 V ,. ' . v , . . 1 ' 1 1 - I , I 1 4 3 0 ' 1 4 .', -C L A , . - . y A C s y L 5 s 1 , V . 1 4 ' 1 1A bs . C 1. ,A ' ', ' y x L hi. , L .f vu Y Freshmen Class History DEAR GIRLS, Yes, I'mawretch not tohave written before, I know it. Your letter made me realize more fully than ever the depravity of my conduct and the error of my ways. Now, I am going to tell you everything, absolutely everything, as you commanded. To begin at the very beginning of things,-I think the first thing we Freshmen realized upon our arrival at Rockford was the omnipresence of the Sophomores, they were here, there, and everywhere,--the place seemed over- run with them. The first thing we knew, they had invited us to a baby party. Of course we accepted, it seemed so lovely of the Sophomoresl We dressed as children, went to dinner, and ate our bread and milk in a cheerful spirit. Iam under the impression that the Sophomores as a class are in- tensely fond of prune whip, they ate it with such gusty and appreciative sighs that night. After dinner we did stunts, and we freshmen had a splendid opportunity to show just how clever we naturally were. The Sophomores en- joyed it immensely. I wasnlt surprised at that, the feats were all remarkably good, but they are easily pleased any way, you know, just give them a piece of paper and a string, or some simple little thing like that, and they can amuse themselves for hours. Shortly after this delightful baby party, the juniors entertained us at a dancing party. We had an awfully good time. The gymnasium was dec- orated in the junior-Freshman colors, the music was good, and the juniors were-lovely. i But you know it is up to the Freshmen to entertain the whole college at stated intervals. The next thing put over us was Tolo initiation. 'We gave a Vaudeville Performance and a Minstrel Show and itls up to me to say it my- self-they were great. The jokes in the Minstrel might almost have been termed classic, and the dancing and singing were far better than the things we now spend our perfectly good money to see at the Orpheum or Grand. The honors of the night were unanimously conceded to Virginia Lewis, who did a snake charming stunt that charmed everybody. Then we had the ex- quisite pleasure of the company of the Juniors at The Chocolate Soldier. Youlve seen him, havenlt you? Isnlt he a dear? But after many ups and downs, we came into our own on Field Day. I want to tell you right now, the Freshman class is some athletic. How I wish you could see Marion Hull pitch! Talk about professionals, there's nothing 37 to it. But we let the Senior-Sophomores have the base ball game that day, we didn't feel as though we ought to walk off with everything, for you know we certainly did walk right away with that hockey game. Dear, I wish you could have been there! jenn Brown and Marion Hull were simply great! The day was cold, tl1e wind just came sweeping across the campus, but we froze happily as we cheered them on. Now, what else happened? I feel dreadfully conscientious about this, it would be frightful if l forgot anything. Oh! yes, there was a mumps delega- tion before Christmas to which the Freshmen naturally contributed theirs- No one ever heard of a Freshman getting out of anything, you know. Since then we attended the Semester exams, at least as many of us as possibly could. 'We came out very strong in chemistry-Oh, that reminds me, l had better be getting mighty busy, or I'll get mine to morrow at ten-forty. Forgive my former sins and write soon to Yours as ever, FRESHMAN 191 I. 38 Preparatory Department Baker, Ina Day, Lorena Dustan, Edna Dustan, Esther Garst, Dorothy Kirkpatrick, Helen Nelson, Elsie Patet, Marguerite Patrick, Martha Pierpont, Harriet Schulz, Merle I Spengler, Matilda Kitty the Unsusceptible ATCH me getting a crush! Honest, girls, you're the limitlll Kitty Way kicked off her shoes and reached for her slippers. Now you're all crazy about this Margaret Hampton, last year it was Helen Wood, I don't see what there is to it anyway. I'll tell you when anyone catches me waiting on any girl, or wasting my perfectly good money on candy and violets for her, I want to be told about it. Oh! of course we all know you're invincible, Kitty, but then you don't know all the fun you miss, murmured Rose Walker. t'Fun!'l scoffed Kitty, if you think it's fun to be in eternal hot water over a girl, the way you were over Edith Wilson last year, I can't agree with you. Why, it was all you could do to get home Christmas, after paying an outrageous price for that set of books you gave her, and you know you Hunked in Math simply because you spent so much time mooning around in her room. Fun! Kitty gave a grunt of disgust. And as for hanging around after tardy to kiss a girl good-night-I don't mind getting my name taken if there's a good time in it-I' No, that's right, Kitty, but, as I was going to remark when you interrupted me, young ladies, I don't see anything killingly entertaining about kissing any girl good-night. But say, what does she look like? Kitty reached for a handful of fudge and 39 settled down on the couch, ready for a recital of the fair onels charms. You know I haven't even seen the damsel yet. Oh! she's perfectly stunning, Kitty! Her hair and eyes are black, and she has the loveliest complexion! She's a swell golf player and she's promised to go out with me this afternoon. Rose looked triumphant. 'fShe has been just lovely to us, Kitty, simply great. XVe were all up in her room last night, made dream sandwiches, and had a glorious time. Didn't you ever have a crush, Kitty, ever? questioned a Freshman. f'Why I thought everybody- Yes, of course you did, dear, but there are a few, a select few, you know, who escape the disease. Now, I got through my Freshman year without com- ing down with it, and that's really the worst time, so I flatter myself that I'rn safe. I absolutely refuse to worship at any girl's shrine. lYliy, I've seen the craziest things happen around here. Remember that little Victor girl last year, girls? XVell, if anyone ever had it bad, she did. I don't see why she ever selected Helen lYood with the bunch of crushes she had, for she used to he in perfect agony every time she knew there was any other girl in Helen's room. She would actually cry. And at Christmas time when Helen stayed over a day to meet her father, little Victor stayed too, because she knew .Xlice Staples was going to be here and she wanted to be the last one to see Helen. Chl well, Yictor certainly did have an awful case, but you know, Kit, that you can have a crush and yet not be so deathly silly about it. Oh! I'll bet you'll be smitten yet and when you are- Yes, when you get yours, Kit, we'll all come down and crow over you, there'll be something doing around here. Yes, do, girls, I'll be tickled to have you-when I do! agreed Kitty. Better steer clear of Margaret Hampton then, Kitty. Uh! Margaret Hampton,-I'm not afraid of her. Kitty went off with a laugh. That nightas the girls stood around Margaret in the reception hall, Kitty waltzed airily by, smiling skeptically. lYho is that pretty little girl? asked Margaret. Why, that's Rose's room-mate, Kitty XVay. She's the dearest thing. Wie had the worst argument up in her room this afternoon. She says we girls have a crush on yon, Margaret, and that it's silly. She talks about it as though it were measles or something like that. 40 She said she would never be caught worshiping at any girl's shrine. Qld said Margaret, with a little smile. A few nights later, the girls were astonished to see Kitty sitting in a cor- ner of the reception hall, deep in conversation witl1 Margaret. The dancing began, but Kitty, an inveterate dancer, seemed utterly oblivious. When she went to her room at the end of the first study hour, she took out her books in silence. Why, hello, what's the matter, Kitty? asked Rose. Nothing, said Kitty. Oh! you met Margaret, didn't you. t'Ves. 'PH Don't you think she's pretty, Kit? 'KVery. said Kitty. 'tOh! well, don't talk if it tires you, Kitty. Even this remark brought nothing further. This seemed quite unlike Kitty. The following day when the bell rang for their English period, no Kitty was to be seen. Rose inquired of the girls in their hall as to her whereabouts, but no one had seen her. She waited till the last minute, then set off with- out her. Class was well under way, when Rose, glancing out the window, saw Kitty dashing across the campus at full speed. She went into Main, but soon came out again. In a few moments she opened the class-room door and sauntered with studied nonchalance to her place. Rose made frantic attempts tocatch her attention, but Kitty immediately became engrossed in Miss Walsh's dissertation on the Lake Poets. Class over, Rose caught up with her as she hurried down the stairs. Whatever possessed you to be late for English? You know it makes Miss Walsh furious. Oh! I had to go over to Williamsl and I thought I had more time. Williams'! Why you can't have had any lunch. What on earth did you have to go over there for?'l Curtain rods, said Kitty. Well, what under the sun did you want curtain rods for and in such a rush? I didn't want themj' said Kitty. Well, who did? Don't be so mysterious, Kit, you'd think you had been engaged in highway robbery. Who did want curtain rods?l' They were for Margaret Hampton, said Kitty. AGNESGREEN, 14. 41 LL HA SILL 1 :- X7 f fi f?Cf,f'l fyffffff f 47 . , Af f if ' f f ' , f ff f fmflmm x M 1 75 f , if M ,ffff Qc i ff 'A W Xu Q 1 zfi , f . X ' f f fi if - 4 'l I ff f, 'f ' -' 1' :ff f Pr A 'ff f ac' fC?ff .f I -A Q ' W ' ,c 7 xpjilgts x V . ., ,,, r F V, . l L T Qi, I? .qi . i' I I ' ,A Q. i N ' I ,WW .7 , Ga ,ff M75 7,1 f ff 1 0 A 'iff' 4 I ' ' I ' 1' Y ! 'f,,7' ' - L 0 XY' , I -- - I ' 'gy I I - ,f ' V I K f 7 1 E , M , M .aff , M ' X 5 .1111 , KU .I : 1 j 'X 1 22 ' x X x 43 We Xl! F , Vi g il: , ps it I 'g ill 1,2 1 .I . ,Ly .J ' A 1 . -.5 , i ft' V ll X f pri . lflk l ' ns- l. i ff fi! KVA 'i ii ff - A lfg, E' , Sli K K7 VVQX , -'D X X ii l V: x' 'vp f RADITIK JN says that Tolo is an olcl Incliau word, but if that be so, it niust have heen of the language of some long lost tribe, for research fails to discover any traces of its source. However, Rockford Col- lege girls are clauutetl not in the least hy this, for Tolo to them means fun, fun and college spirit. Iloes not the baby party clrawstheui to- gether in anticipation and woncler, only exceetlecl when they hear of initiation? Anal then at last, when they have proyeml theinselyes worthy of membership, conies the rouncl of parties, a iuasqueracle, a 11luCl4 Prom, a Yalentiue party, and on clown through Spring picnics to Ctnnineucenient. Still there is a more serious side to 'l'olo. .Ks well as being happy our- selves, we want others to be happy. For several years, Christmas for us has nieant aclcling to the happiness of the XYinnehago Iillflll School for Boys, and this custoin was followed this year. In atlclition, a connnittee under the charge of Pauline Parker, has orgauizecl a plan of work in connection with the Rock- fortl Y. XY. C. .X., taking charge of souie chilclren's classes, and assisting in other ways. Thus, helpfulness is an essential quality of our spirit of fun. E. M. H. '11, Officers FIRST SEMESTER EDNA M. HARRER . - - - - President CAROLINE HINTZE - - - Secretary-Treasurer SECOND SEMESTER EDNA M. HARREK ---- - President HELEN BARTHOLOMEW Secretary-Treasurer 44 , The Student Self. Government of 5 Rockford College i ELF-GOVERNMENT by the student body is one of the most highly 1 valued and deeply cherished institutions at Rockford College. Not 4 only does it give a certain feeling of independence and personal responsibility to each girl, but it broadens her, teaches her altruism, gives her insight into the reason for and necessity of law and order, and sharpens and makes keen her sense of honor. And to us who are about to go out from our Alma Mater, it seems that the training we have had along these lines, has been of quite as much value as the knowledge we have gleaned from books and from experiments in the laboratory. The ideal of our government is not that of house committee and proc- 1 tors on the one hand, taking names with ghoulish glee and acting as a force of l policemen and nurse maids, and the student body on the other hand, evading both the officers and the rules. That conception is held only by the youth- ful boarding school miss. Qur ideal, the ideal of the college woman, is that of every girl in school working for the common good, harmoniously and at one with the house committee. In the perfected development of student self-government, which is not impossible of attaimnent, every girl will have so strong a sense of personal responsibility, that the officers, if they exist at all, will be mere figure heads. Indeed, this year, after President Gulliver had, in one of her talks with us, pointed out what this feeling of personal responsibility ought to mean, seven girls voluntarily handed in their own names to the house president. Let us i hope that this was the shadow cast before of the coming realization of our l ideal. And, in this golden time, too, the students will have control of social i regulations. Meanwhile, we are working together, and Uhitching our wagon to a star. M. 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'10, Rockford College Glee Club GRACE ZUTTERMEISTER ENID BEATY - - l.llAUDE TALBOTT, XAllen, Norma gAmborn, A Hazel Ayres, Ruth Bartholomew, Helen Bartlett, Helen Beaty, Enid Bender, Adelia XBradford, Aura Brearley Lucy 'tChurch, Ruth Cunningham, Loretta Dimond, Hazel XDustan, Edna tDustan, Esther ' Xlffinnerud, Mahren 'Members of Semi-Chorus OFFICERS lGarrett, Clyda Granger, May ifllotfelter, Helen Harrer, Edna Hayward, Helen Hubbard, Maude Hunter, Bertha Uamieson, Mary Xlielley, Iva Keyt, Elice 4Karlson, Lois - P115 Z2I,l'IZf - 81152-72655 ilflazzqgw' - L1'b1'a1'1'n II Lewis, Virginia Lynn, Erma Marbold, Margaret Patet, Marguerite Radcliffe, Sadie lRandlev, Margaret Rieke, Ruth Talbott, Maude Waller, Maie Wikoff, Minna Williaiiis, Agnes Hiirkpatrick, Edith YWhite, Lucile Xliirkpatrick, Helen 7kWliite, Marion Kilburne, Marjorie Youngs, Antoinette Klinkenberg, Florence iZuttermeister, Grace XKnapp, Meredith 47 The Dramatic Club HE Dramatic Club of Rockford College is an infant organization as yet, being only in its second year. lt is however well upon its feet and will gain strength each year. The Club was organized for tl1e purpose of creating a dramatic interest among the girls and of giving to each girl an oppor- tunity to display, in simple amateur per- formances, whatever she may have of dra- matic ability. It has accomplished this and more, for it has brought together girls otherwise un- acquainted and has fostered among them friendships and true goodfellowship. The work in the preparation for the plays has been of value to us in many ways. Not only have we gained a slight knowledge of the dramatic art, but we have gained also an un- derstanding of many of our fellow-students, which has enabled us to live together with more sympathy and coniradesliip. This year the club has presented one farce under the direction of Bliss liya liinzel. lt was a success in every way in which we measure our suecessg dramatically, socially and financially. The llramatic Club has nothing to do with the Shakespearian play of Commencement week. That is entirely under faculty supervision and any girl is eligible, whether she is a member of the Dramatic Club or not. lllembership to the club is limited in number, but any girl in school is eligible if she will go through the somewhat embarassing ordeal of trying out before the executive committee of the club. There are no dues for mem- bers and all expenses are paid from the admission charges. This year the finances of the club were such as to warrant the purchase of some permanent scenery, and an interior scene was decided upon. VVe hope some day to have better stage accommodations and an exterior scene as 48 xx ell but for the present we are content knowing that the future must hold Good things for the club if it has the support of the student body and the interest of its 111611106115 Last Max the first banquet of the Dramatic Club was held at the Thadwa. This xve hope to make an annual event and thus lend to the organization a social as well as a more practical side The Dramatic Club is well worth while it requires time, thought and labor, but it is the unanimous opinion of the members that there is value received for all expenditure and it is our earnest desire to see the club live and prosper until it comes to be a real part of Rockford College and a credit to the spirit of our Alma Mater C. A. N. ,II Members of the Dramatic Club CLARA A N OYES - P1'eszh'c'1zt ALICE Mo - xS6'f7'l'flll11f IRIS EVANS - - 7?'C'll5Zl1'6'7' NOR MA ALLEN - Bzzszbzms jllazzagez' EVA RINZEL - - Dzkferfm' Allen Norma Bartlett, Helen Beaty, Enid Brodersen, Hedwig Cavanaugh, Maud Rinzel Eva Roch Hazel Lewis, Virginia Mo, Alice Noyes, Clara , I B 7 , o o ' 1 . w 1 N C v : C I t . 7 a 7 Y a a Y - v Erwin, Eloise Evans, Iris Fuller, Lella Geddes, Bernice Green, Agnes Granger, Mae Hunter, Bertha Hutchinson, Anne Jamieson, Mary Knapp, Meredith Kilburn, Madge Gstroin, Beatrice Parker, Pauline Patrick, Martha Patet, Marguerite Radcliffe, Sadie Roberts, Elizabeth Schulz, Meta White, Leila White, Marion Wood, Mildred Yankey, Alma The Five Hundred Club , C 5 - - 5 C.- . T 'A' ie- 'r-- ' 5 0 1 A --5 QE Q3 '- l i : ..,i4- ' -T -il' J l S L' il hh r-Xi! E, i --Llffgi-C-X - R in 1 1 + 5' -i T. I y , 6 l ll KJ fp- This is not, as its name may suggest, an exclnsixe 5 social circle, but is open to all those energetic girls who are willing to walk five lmndred miles ll , i, during the months from September to june. If it has not the dignity of long standing, having been organized only last year, ,gy l , l it has the nmch greater distinction of exceeding long walking! f i I , All last year many clouds of dust were seen spinning along '22, the roads between Rockford, and the Garden of Eden, the l, , Ilells, Cherry Valley, lfrceport, New Port and various other remote portions of the world. YX'hat attraction had these long, sunparched, and wind-swept high ways for Rockford College girls? Ultimately they would help build up strong, athletic bodies and clear, penetrating brains. But, more immediately, pins awaited those girls whose faithful little pedoin- eters could bear witness that their owners had traversed the required number of miles. This fall their long cherished dreams came true. At an athletic tea given at the end of the hockey season, the Iowa State Association presented each girl, who had walked live lmndred miles during the months between September IQOQ and june IQIO, with a silver pin. The club elected new officers, Mary Jamieson as president, and Clara Arthur as secretary and treas- urer. Once more the members are on the road. A The new girls are working or rather walking hard for pins, and the old girls from force of habit, perhaps. M. J. 50 The Athlet1c Assoc1at1on LTHOUCH tl1lS lb tl1e first vear that a11 Athlet1c Assoc1at1on l1as bee11 a part of Rockford College tl1e need and des1re for sucl1 an orCfan14at1on l1ad bee11 recovmzed for so lO1lg that lt was welcomed Wltll 111te11se 111tE1'6St and entl1us1as1n The purpose of tl11s asso c1at1on was to create and keep al1ve a Greater 1nterest 1n gyI11HE1S11l1U Work and athlet1cs, espec1ally out door work Its 1deal IS to secure for each and every g1rl a healthy phys1cal development as an a1d to moral alld 111tSll6Ctl19.l progress Every student IU college tak1ng gymnast1c work 15 Cllglble and 'El11S means that pract1cally every glfl IS an act1ve member The yearly dues are Utll1ZCd for keepmg the ten111s court and hockey held 1n repalr for prov1d1ng balls for the varrous sports for equ1pp1ng tl1e gyIT111?:1S1l11T1 more thoroughly and for makmg poss1ble certa1n soc1al T-l11'1ClI1011S An atl1let1c COll11C1l 15 co1nposed of two members from each class and the phvs1cal d1rector who transact all busmess of the assoc1at1o11 That th1s young organ1zat1on IS accompl1sh1ng 1tS purpose, was shown by the success of the hrst F1eld Day Although the feehnv of rrvalrv Was keen and the class con1pet1t1o11 Great the splend1d sp1r1t shown by the fa1r play by the sportsmanhke ge11eros1ty of o11e team to another and by the enthus1ast1c cheermg for each Good plav Was a cred1t to the college The good nature, qu1ck Judgment and self restramt shown bv all the g1rls proved tl1at the fall tra1n1n0 had stre11gthened the1n 111 character as Well as body and also assured the future success of athlet1cs at Rockford B H ' Members of the Councll BERTHA HUNTER P1 gszdezzf NORBIA ALLEN I ue' P1 eszdwzz' MARGARET RANDLEV .S6'l'lEfIl71f ALMA YANKEE 77 661521761 EVA KINZEL MILDRED Woon HELEN BUCK JENN BROWN . . . 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' 5 ' , 1 za . . .II - - - 'J' Ralla Staff M.xR.101z1P: K11,1a1'RNE, 191 1 j1f:ANN1eT'1'1t R1'R14E, IQIKZ, JEAN AN111:1asoN, 1913 PZIUNA HARKEN, 1911 MARX' BROWN, 1912 CoRN1i1,1.x BROWN, 1913 121.91516 ERWIN, 1914 ,XczNEsG1a1f:1iN, 1914 FRANCES 3I.x111suN, 1914 RVTII XYOOI1, 1914 - f1'IIll.f0l'-l-ll- L 'hu 'I' f Y Yf1t'l'tIf1' llilYlf.flU'.Y .'1.YX111'f1I 111 ffrllffzll l,1'l1'1'n111' llilllllflil C1w1jv1'!1'11g' llqfffflll l1'11.v1'11f',w.v .lln1111g'1'1 f.I.fl'l'lI1i1 u 4 H AN'm1x1aT'1'1: Y1j11'Nc:s, 1913 - - SARA 1'1911,1,1 ack, IQI3 !:'.1'f!1a1qg1' lfn'1'lw hI.Xl'llli CAY.XNAl'llIl, 191 2 - I.Nx.Y1..Vl17fl! !J,1l.Yl.1ll'A'.Y .lfI7llIlQ'1'l 52 xb- Q! 4 , The Classical Club This year we have formed a new organization, the Classical Club of Rockford College, an organization of which we are especially proud, because it has initiated a different sort of work from any previously undertaken. Shortly after the Christmas holidays, Miss connection with our study of the classics, and she told us of similiar organizations which are very popular in some of the Eastern Colleges. The question was informally discussed in the upper classical courses, where the suggestion was enthusiastically received. So at a meeting of the Greek classes, and the Senior, junior and Sophomore members of the Latin classes in the chapel one noon, a few regulations were made, ofiicers elected, and we considered our club duly organized. .Xny girl in college, who is taking aGreek course, or the second, third, or fourth coursein Latin, is eligible to the club, and any member of the Freshman Latin class having an average of B is invited to join. The purpose of the club is to create an interest in the Classics and to show their value in modern life. XYe have planned to hold as many business meetings as are necessary and at least one social meeting every two weeks, devoting these social meetings to the discussion of topics ofinterest, the read- ing of short essays by the best of the .Xncieut Classic writers, and the study of Greek games, manners and customs. The Classical Club is as vet in its infancy and our plans for the future are very indefinite, though we hope to contribute some interesting and appro- . ' A sa 'fipv M ' lYaites suggested that we form such a club in priate number to the program for Commencement week and the prospects for this seems very bright. F L D I3 OFFICERS EDNA Hxuniju - !'1-1'.w1f1'11l l':I.IZABE'l'IIRICKEE - .hillllflfll M.x1usA1ui'1' Noarox - Ayres, Sarah Barnett, Grace Brown, Edna Dale, Florence Harrer, Edna Hunter, Bertha Hathaway, Ruth johnson, Sylvia MEMBERS Keyt, Elicc Kile, Jessie King, Myra McKee, Elizabeth Maack, Marguerite Morrison Genevieve 1 Norton, Margaret Ostrom, Beatrice 54 7T'l'lTA'll1'l'1' Palmeter, Cecil Vlrici, Marie XYZ1llSt1'Olll, Ruth lYeldon, Myrtle iYhite, Leila iYood, Mildred XVood, Ruth e i f I i s -'-IST ,,-J A' - , X ., .km if .i 53, 27 1-,,,.-If'.F' De t Qeuilatlj 6 lub ig, E X ,D , ll y A N. N i,. it X This year has ushered in among other new to ' , ' ga .. if organizations at Rockford College, one which is 1, ,M :KL perhaps less staid than theiothers, and quite , ,f A i,.,i,,i,V L X, unique, to-wit the German Club. The members JW ,gi unblushingly confess, nay boast, that the sole , 1 5 x x aim of, the club is the promotion of good com- ' H V, ,M 3 radeship among the students of the German de- l, ' 'i ' ,Z t partment, and they at the same time declare it to K' be the jolliest and most enviable organization T' K C' ,uhm 1- in college. The club meets for an hour and a A half every Thursday night, in the Senior-Sopho- more room for a comfortable informal evening. Each week the president appoints two hostesses who see that the room is cozy with a plentiful supply of pillows and shaded lamps, and serve light refreshments during the last half hour. cAlthough the club refuses to have an aim, it is decidedly instruc- tive, for, as the catalogue hath it, the language of the club is exclusively German. All communication, from the discussing of the business of the club, up to subtle repartee, is carried on in German, or not at all, and the mighty sum of three cents is the penalty for a relapse into English. The first hour of the meeting is devoted to any business which may come before the club and to the reading of bright German plays and stories, after which refreshments are served. We may say in passing, that coffee has been an in- stitution ever since the club ignorantly voted as one man for Hliber Kaffeef' Fraulein Behrens, advisor of the club, reads aloud and assists generously in every meeting. Those outside the charmed circle, having never spent one of these even- ing nestled cozily down among pillows, or sewing comfortably while Fraulein Behrens reads, and the coffee bubbles cheerily in the perculator near by, can have no conception of what the German club means to its members. I. A. 313 OFFICERS EVA KINZEL, Prvszkfelzz' JEAN ANDERSON, .S6L7'6lZ'fZli1' mm' T1'6aszz1'f'1' MEMBERS Browne, Cornelia Dunton, Martha White, Marion Bartholomew, Helen Klinkenberg, Florence White, Leila Beaty, Enid Oliver, Frances Yankey, Alma Brodersen, Hedwig t 55 Modern English Club OR some ti1ne the girls at Rockford College have felt the need of a Modern English Club, but there has seemed to be no one to take the iniative. In january, however, Miss Morgan, acting head of the English Department, proposed the organization of such a club and offered to lend her assistance to help make it a success. Accordingly a notice was posted on the bulletin board at the beginning of the new semester and the idea proved to be so popular that over twenty-live girls signed up for membership. The first meeting was held in the Senior room in Adams Hall o11 February the tenth, when Miss Morgan told of the clubs at Barnard, Rad- cliffe, and Columbia Colleges, and gave many suggestions for the successful work of the club here. The purpose is to get into touch with contemporary literature, particularly dramas, short stories, and poems, omitting novels as they are too long and intricate to be discussed in the short space of time allotted to the meetings of the organization. A constitution has been drawn up, de- fining the duties of the officers of the club, their election, and the time and place of meeting. The executive committee,together with the advisory board, Miss Church and Miss Morgan, have decided that the works mentioned be- low be discussed. Blue Bird --.llm'h'1'!1'11A'. s l'iper -jf1.wj2!11'1n' !'. .lff1rA'.v. Arms and the Mali --li'f'1-m11'n' .S'bna'. Poems-12711 lI1'X'i'. Short Stories-Yv'1j3!1'1qQ'. Spanish Roinances-lfwfym'1'. Poems-0111111'zzfjmlurlly lzixh Hfwlx. R. lv. '14 ACTIYE MEMBERS: A N me Rsox , J. - - - Pl'l'.N'1TI'l'llf YOUNGS, A. Ilin'-f'I'1'.i'1iI'z'lIl PULLOCK, S. - - .S'1'f1'1'f111j'-Y'1'1'n.v11n'1' Anderson, H. Evans, I. Morgan, B. Amboru, H. Green, A. Norton, M. Barnett, G. Kile, I. Talbot, M. Bennett, M. Koch, H. XVhite, L. Beaty, E. Kirkpatrick, E. lVood, R. Burke, J. Madison, F. lYykolf, M. Cavanaugh, M. McKee, E. Maller, M. Eberly, S. .ASSOCIATE MEMBERS: Miss Morgan Miss Church 56 Message from an Alumnus HE feelings of new spring life that are attributed to the butterfly as it feeblx stretches its wings beside tl1e cast-off cocoon, are un- doubtedlx interwox e11 w1tl1 l1alf formed regrets for tl1e kindly sl1el- ter it is leaxing xx here dreams of tl1e future life came and went i11 ra111 bow tmts wl11le tl1e wings grew strong In tl1e course of nature's repe- t1t1o11s a like experience falls to tl1e girls who leave Rockford College to take tl1e1r places 111 tl1e world as alu1n11ae It is 111ore than regret, however, that we feel for our college cocoon tl1at we, at tl1e end of fo11r years, I1lllSt, perforce, cast off Deep love and personal interest in all the ways of our col- lege are o11rs because we received 111ore than bodily sustenance and because our luminous dreams were turned into channels that lead to fulfillment after The daxs in college showed us the wide, wide world'l in miniature, al- though the knocl-.s were real enough and the Joys deep enough for tl1e world- in earnest From tl1e glad and sad experiences was distilled 111l1Cll esse11ce that will always be a balm for us The best of this is a knowledge of huma11 hearts and a rational love for both work and pleasure. , Because of the strength such knowledge brings, when at times we be- come chilled and look longingly back to the days of shelter at Rockford, we spread the wings that grew strong at college and by our own efforts bri11g warmth So it IS that, when the advice of a college alumnae is asked as to the usefulness of a college education to her, the unhesitating answer comes: ' Go and do likewise ALICE C. REESE. Separation When vacation voices call us And we all go different ways, What a vast expanse of cou11try Separates us for those dass! And yet there alwaxs is the bond, Call it fr1endsl11p 1f you will, What matter miles or leagues or distance? In thought, we are together still. R. R. 'I3. . Q . 7 . . 6' 6 ' 7 - . .N Y. 7 4 . by - s v Q . , 4, ,D - D - b college days are a sweet-scented memory. . ' as ' . 6 b , , b b , Z3 D 4 ' ' 17 7 b 57 Faith dont believe anybody can move the mountains into the sea. Geraldine glanced around in sudden apprehension. No flame came out of the heavens to devour her, so she grew bolder. No, not in all kingdom come, she cried, picking up a stick, But- just to try itg she waved the stick, Be' moved into the sea, she commanded. The Sierra Madres did not begin to dance about. They remained quite still, firmly rooted among their brown foot hills as far from the sea as they had been put in the beginning of things. I knew it, before, she said, throwing away her stick and climbing into her swing. She rocked back and forth, swinging her legs. On the judgment day, when the 'lliffllllllillllfn dawn is breaking vou'll t . hi . be right there and no where else. Having so prophesied with her mouth puckered up defiantly at the stately mountains, she became more apologetic. Of course he could do it, she said, But he is too busy doing other things. l-le has to see that the sun fairies paint beautiful pictures every evening and morning and that the east wind doesn't get tangled up with the west or the north, and bring fog instead of showers, or the oranges be mis- taken and turn out red, like the pomegranate, and he has to squeeze the clouds so the rain will ooze out. A sewing machine began to rattle within the house. 'fThere's auutie, sighed Geraldine. Iler little round face grew longer. Another thing he has to do, she thought, is to make folks love one another and that keeps him too busy to bother about mountains. I wish he would make auutie love me again. She gazed wistfully up into the shimmering blue sky. XVilt you not please, she whisper ed, blinking at the sun, make n1y auutie love me again?-and the cat too, if you please? For she and the cat were disgraced in the house of auutie. Together they had ruined auntie's spring hat, had uipped it in the bud-if one may say that of a hat-before ever it had blossomed out in its trinnning. Geral- dine had taken it for a new fig basket and later had stored away in it the cat, three kittens and a piece of beefsteak. Now auntie would not speak to her and here she was lonely and forloru in her swing. VVill you please make her love me? Suddenly the garden was filled with a magic perfume. 58 U Oh! she cried, dashing the swing board to the ground and running down the path. 'tThe yucca flower has broken! oh, you beautiful thingll' She stood adoring the slender cone of exquisite, waxen bells whose music was the sweetest perfume. Wliat a pity it grew on the very flag mast ofa tower of thorns. For a brilliant idea had come to her. p I'll get it for, auntie, she decided, and if He has made her love me--she will take it-and-ouch!-kiss me-and ooh! coddle me-oh!-again. The winning of a lost love is always a thorny task. The yucca leaves guarded their white bells valiantly, thrusting and stabbing. But in the end Geraldine won and after sucking the pricks to draw out any poison there, ran with the precious flower to auntie. Her reception baffled her. Auntie neither embraced her, nor spurned her. She took the flower quietly, saying, I thought it would bloom today. Geraldine resolved to hang on desperately. At least, auntie had spoken. She would become the most devoted slave in the world. Auntie should lack no loving service which she could render. So all afternoon she ran errands willingly, she carried a little cake to the Mexican woman, who was ill, she gathered figs for supper and washed the straw berries and put them in little dishes, heaping auntie's high. She helped in the setting of the table, some times brushing wistfully against auntie's skirts. lf only she would put out her hand. But nothing happened. Eight o'clock came and Geraldine undressed wearily. The cat was already in bed. There were hot tears in the little girls eyes. I believe he will make her love me though, she thought. Ah, wonderful faith! a white figure stood in the door. Auntie with her long brown hair around her shoulders, came to the little bed. She kissed a round, wet, cheek. 'fAuntie's dear, little girl! she whispered, auntie loves you soil' ' MYRA HOWELL KING. 59 17' 1, 5:95-S 6 fg 'A 54 a r'3f'?5'.1s11i'x . nbi': ?r45-: ' as fe 'T' 31 1415- 'ar , 4 ,,:591'5+'1,,f.- f duff! 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'K 'wr 'PPL ive! 7 W ,1 Lp.--.K ' I 7.5, J' fy ff ' 1 ' ,V ig f ,gffgdfj -, f - .Xa 1 fi NY Xfkjfi 'I sexi' fi' N,-sw C3 if Gb ,- 1 , X54 xmpa ' rr wg Q-JJ, 1 X i r L riili5r fiQTl- Xi: W -- Nc-'rl 'iffe -- 1- W if - - -Y GAIN we Iireslnneu were dragged into the limelight. During the confusion of that first two weeks, while we unpacked trunks, tacked A up r up banners and pictures, or in the excitement of making new acquaintances, we heard vague ruinors of a Baby Party, a Tolo Initiation -awful events that would strike terror to the heart of the most brazen Fresluuan. lint, after we found that we had survived the Baby Party, our fears subsided. Suddenly, like a thnuderbolt from a clear sky, caine the announcement in 'llolo meeting one morning that Tolo Initiation would be held October the fifteenth, and that the entire body of new girls had been divided in two sections, froin .X to G and from H to Z, with an executive conunittee at the head of each. Then the president cahnly proceeded to tell us that the first section would be expected to give a niinstrel show and the second a vaudeville. One week in which to prepare a vaudeville and a ininstrel show! But we wasted very little tiiue. For the next week the gyniuasiuin was the scene of feverish rehearsing, while behind locked doors and huge Busy signs, the future stars frantically made scenery, costumes and even wigs. At last Saturday night arrived. The crowd began to collect at a very 62 I SZ'lI'lf'l10l11 ll1 the gynmasium, which had been prettily decorated for the occasion, and, after some delay, the curtain was raised and the minstrel show began. The songs, parodies and take-offs given by the darkies were greeted with shrieks of laughter. The Wooly-headed performers, provided with combs, drums and tambourines, sat around in a circle, and Mistah Johnsing, the leader called o11 each for a stunt, to the delight of the audience. Following this, the comb band gave several popular selections without much protest from their assembled friends, and a band of young Indians in all the glory of paint and feathers then gave a war dance. A wordless representation of a scene from Uncle Tom's Cabin was produced that was heart rending in its pathos. Mammy and Topsy looked on sorrowfully while little Eva, who could not have been 111ore than five feet eight, made her tearful adieus to Uncle Tom. Then the fairy-like creature made her ascent to heaven by way of a step-ladder. Lest there be any mistake about it, the bird cage at the top of the ladder was plainly labelled Heaven Last but not least came the Vaudeville. The stage was cleared and a long, lean, lanky person appeared. Her black hair was drawn back tightly from her face. Eyes, lips and cheeks were a vivid red. A short, Scotch plaid kilted skirt and sleeveless blouse formed her costume. On her feet were clogging shoes, and she certainly knew how to make them hmn. A black stocking garter snake, enchanted by her dancing, lay on the floor, and as her charm grew more and more potent, the serpent glided forth. In the last meas- ure of the music the snake swung from the neck of the dancer, whose eyes glistened and teeth gleamed at the now thoroughly terrified, but all admiring, audience. The next feature was equally thrilling, being a take-off on the world-re- nowned johnson-Jeffries ight, or some may have thought it was a take-off on the fight of David and Goliath, since one contestant was about three times as large as the other. The odds seemed all one way, until the audience observed how the knees of the big pugilist trembled when the little fellow advanced. Although carefully padded and protected against the blows of his adversary, Goliath was soon flat on his back. Eight-nine-ten-counts, and still he lay helpless! David had knocked him out completely, much to the disgust of the attendants, who had the back breaking task of hauling the giant off the stage. Wlien the curtain next rose, the stage was very dark and mysterious looking. Queer huge-headed creatures were lurking in the shadows. Wliat were they? They came forward, bowing and dancing fantastically. They very much resembled the Duchess in f'Alice in VVonderland, their arms stuck out straight on each side like wooden pegs. What were they? How do 63 I know? I onlx remember seernff sex eral red faced classmates of mme emerge later from the black sltrrts thex had prnned ox er therr heads and I do knoxx that canes and umbrellas xx ere borroxx ed rn large numbers on the afternoon of October the fifteenth The performance closed Wltll a tableau, The Bachelor s Rex er1e The breathless mterest on the part of the audrence xx as no doubt due larffelx to the sub1ect matter It surelx xx as not the stave settmv because alas one of the walls became so attached to the curtam durmcf the last 111t6I'II11SN1OI1 that rt xx ent up xxrth It IH the last act And noxx xxe feel that xxe are reallx Rockford Colleve ffrrls for that much dreaded Tolo In1t11t1ou IN uoxx an ex ent of the past FLD I3 64 ' 1 D V 7. 1 I v . 1 7 7 'F v v . a ,' nt '- v ' U ' 6 . ., K . ., 1 . e 6 e 6, . , L., ' . ,O 3: I c 1. I D D -3 K V vi. v L U lei u x F M n x 'S His Model Wife HE Week before the Thanksgiving recess, brightly tinted posters appeared 'on the bulletin boards announcing the first production of the Rockford College Dramatic Club. Under the direction of Mrs. Eminott and Eva Kinzel His Model Wife had attained perfection, and Norma Allen, as Willy , the model, might well be classed with the Hstarsll for the clever manner in which she accepted certain embarrassing circumstances caused by the very uncertain attitude of a lovely young lady, Eloise Erwin, toward an artistic cupid. Alice Mo represented the helpless condition of the lover artist to a most alarming degree, and lost all independence at the appearance of Beatrice Ostrom, as the 'see before I believe' aunt. Anne Hutchinson as Miss Bella Potts, the Unouvellel' heiress, was the picture of innocence and sobriety in a costume sufficiently gorg- eous to arouse even the jealousy of the H4OOH daughters, while Pauline Parker as a society matron-and Pauline is stunning with a lorgnette,-fairly took away our breath with her regal composure, and Hazel Koch, Bella's 65 M w, 14 4 4 ,ei .ij W r lu 6. fk. ,Tv ,W jf? il, J' of if lil 5. fi 'Shaw ii ii li 'lr if ,Q 'f .2 Qi' lil ik' GE, M 1, li, ,I lr li l la ii ,A Vi a fb lh 1 l .vt fr H gl J i, l father rather a rough dlamond dehfrhted the audrence bx a br1ll1ant C1'1t1C1Sl11 of h1s daughters portra1t and bx h1s oxxn mascuhnltx X 1r0f1n1a Lexx1s as Patsx, and En1d Beatx as amard added sprce enouofh to the LOUCOCUO11 to make It tastx But had lt not been for the xallant elforts of Exe Ismzel as the art1st s chum Robert Parks there xx ould haxe been no happx endmv thls tale It xx as Exe xx ho brouofht the lox ers bacls to earth lt xx as Exe xxho whlstled when aiTa1rs xx ere ata cr1s1s and It xx as Exe xx ho sax ed the QIUIRUOII When the applause ceased xxe xx ere suddenlx transferred from XX ash mgton D C to Japan to enjox a scene from the lXI1L'1do 0'1XCl1 bx the srvht smglnv class dlrected bx lXI1ss Fltch The exen1nCf xx as certamlx a splenchd success and I 3111 onlx 6Cl1O1110' the OPIIIIOTIQ of all xx hen l sax Lonof max the R C D C llxe and prosper' ROCKFORD COLLEGE GYIVINASILJNI SATURDAY NOVEMBER 19 1910 H15 Model Wlfe C XST UP CII XR XC'lI RQ Xrthnr Pxcrett an Xrtrst Robert Parks H1 Clnnn Mmss Xvnes XIacPl1erson Pxeretts Xnnt Mrs Munford XX ells 1 Socletx Xlation lXl1ss Eleanor Perrx I ark s Consm XI1ss Belle Potts 1 Xonx elle Huress XX 1ll16lll1ll'l'1 aXIodel connnonlx Lnoxxn as XX1llx Patsx xxhose Mother 'xxashes Marx a Xlaxd SCk'sF Fxeretts Stndlo PIXCF XX21Sl11ll0'tOIl D C SCFNE FROXI XIIIXADO Sulllxan G1x en bx Slffht S1110'1I'10' Class X1 rw Mo Ex x lxIN!I+I BE xrmcb UHIROXI l' XI I 1x14 P XRRPR Plolsl- PRXXIN Xxsr Ht lLIlI'XSOlN XORXI x 'XIIEN X IRQ INIX I EXXIS FN1ImBFATx Tlxlr The Present 3 x 5 1' 4 4 ' 6 4 4 V b . , v 4 v v v , , . 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' 1 . . 4 ..', A ' 41' 4 ' 4 v . 4 l ' 4. . ,Y 4 ' - 41 4a V E D ' u u 4 A Ll 'A 1 . v V .V 6 O O 66 President Gulliver's Return from Smith College N event in which we, the students of Rockford College, took a great ,f deal of pride and interest was the reception given on the evening L C of Qctober the fifth, upon President Cfulliver's return from Smith College, where she received the degree of Doctor of Law. A com- mittee consisting of Fraulein Behrens, Miss Bramhall and Miss Castro, repre- senting the faculty, and the Misses Clara Noyes, Eva Kinzel and Mary Rogers, representing the students, met President Gulliver at the station and escorted her to the college. Promptly at seven o'clock we gathered at the east gate of the campus and awaited the arrival of the carriage. Every one was dressed in white as is the custom when we appear in a body. Anxiously we peered into the darkness for the carriage. Would it ever come? Was the train late? Every one asked the same question. Finally the carriage was seen coming down the avenue. We formed in line and as we escorted the carriage up to the entrance, we sung the Alma Mater, one of our favorites, under the direction of Miss Fitch and Miss Ralston. We then retired to Middle Hall to await President Gulliver's appearance. Did Middle Hall ever look more beautiful, or hold within its doors a happier crowd of girls? It was artistically decorated with oak leaves, chrysanthemums and the dear old purple and white. President Gulliver soon appeared in her cap and gown, and the singing again started. How We all enjoyed the happy expression of her dear face! She then told us of the delightful trip she had had, and the ceremony at Smith College, mentioning particularly julia Ward Howe, who was present. After this extremely interesting account, Miss Martha Dunton, the house president, presented President Gulliver with a bar pin set with diamonds and amethysts, the college colors. This little remembrance served as a token of our undying love and appreciation for our President. M. F. lI4. 67 , 3 .ng 'L X fd 4 S9651 ef PROMENADE . I ' 1 1 lil , . , Ly, The winter Proin this year was given l December third, and every one agreed , ll . , . ' l 1 that it was 0116 ot the prettiest and most X I WN X 1 1 It-pi 1 1 li successtnl attairs given tor a long t1111e. s i 1 il ' I . . . - The guests were received 111 Mani Hall ll, ,Riff lx Wai, ,dill by Miss Ruth Hathaway, Clllllflllllll of 'Milli the reception connnittee, l'resident 1 Q Gnlliver, Mr. Harry lforhes, Miss Nye, Pg' Mr. and Mrs. llarry' Xylllllllllx Miss Castro, Ilertha Hunter, Frances Green a11d Iiloise lfrwin. Festivities hegan at seven o'clocl4g hy seven thirty all had gone over to the gyninasinni Lllltl had forined for the grand llll'l1'Cll, wl1icl1 was led hy the Misses Ruth Hathaway, Bertha Hunter, liraiices Green, Iiloise lirwin and Messrs. .Xtliertoii llohler, Clinton Ushoriie, Charles Ilehn a11d lfldrige Cole. The seventy odd co11ples threaded their way' through the various figures of the ll1Zll'Cll, now in, now ont, to the soft strains of the orcliestra. Soon the 11111sic hroke into a waltz lllltl the dance had ht-gun. It was decidedly a Christnias party, with greens llllfl reds as lllL'l5l'CCl0llll- lllltlllg' colors. Sontliern sniilax and holly forined the hack gronnd froni which at regnlar intervals peeped hnge poinsettas. The ceiling had heen low- ered with festoons of green Llllil ropes of lights, niade diin hy their scarlet shades. The orchestra was nowhere to he seen, hnt the 11111sie seeined to float Ollt hetween the spaces i11 a hox hedge, that shntol-fone e11d of the roo111. .Xt the other e11d sat the patrons, 11nder a canopy of Christinas greensg pahns hanked tl1e walls and llllltlk' a heantifnl hackgronnd for the soft-tinted gowns of the dancers. Between the tenth lllltl thirteenth dances supper was served i11 Middle Hall and tl16ll the dancing was resnnied. The evening was fast drawing to a close and all were trying to niake tl1e niost of the last few dances. Iincore after encore-the orcliestra seenied hewitched Zlllil the dancers caught the spell. All too soon the warning hell rang, the last dance XVGIIT on a11d on. It was hard to stop, bllt at last a foreboding as to the possible conseqneiices led ns to obey' the sunnnons of that now steadily ringing bell. Much credit 1llllSl he given to the Clll1ll'lllC'll of the connnittees, Ruth Hathaway lllld Caroline llintze, Zlllfl their assistants, for the success of the party. The other nieinbers of the decorating connnittee were Norina Allen, Cornelia Brown, Louise Rhodes and Jenn Brown. 68 L M 5 E En i fl V I A .4 IE I F S 6 If Lf rl 9, P7 , 15? y, w wi W 53 Ll . I E15 LI ai W a M , fi . i ,- I 11 69 H1 5 U ii M On the seventh of January, just returned from Xmas merry, lYhen we'd otherwise be feeling pretty blue, Came our second Prom, a mock one, To which dance girls only could come, But it stirred things up a bit, let me tell von. Dressed in suits that came from Hem'v's- just like those one at our Prom sees- lYhile the other half en hobble Iiv their partners' sides did wobble,- As I said before, we had a lot of fun. Un the reception line so long Bram appeared as Courtland Strong, lYhile the others with names equally as swell Smiled, and shook our hand so hearty q'Tis a rude thing at a party! You'd think they lived here and knew us very well. lYe danced till the usual hour lYhen no one with human power Could stop that bell that calls us all to Main Ten minutes was given to goodnights, But after that no more lights And, believe me, we all said goodnight with pain. For the Prom was very real Had we not known our men so well And had placards been tacked up qthis is no jokey XVith instructions for the men To be sure and leave at ten And not upon the premises to smoke. F. O. '13 70 Half the girls appeared, reception line to run: li llo ceq am an old doctor of Rockford, generally considered respectable, though whether or not a man who keeps a secret from his Wife can be considered as such is a question I have to put to you. I have kept this secret for almost a year, until it has become a burden to me. Now, I intend to lay the particulars of the case before you and then ask your decision-Shall I or shall I not tell my wife? Une evening last October I received a professional call to Bluff street. I started out to walk and to shorten my route thought I would cross the Rock- ford College campus. Coming around the chapel, I encountered a crowd of people going from Main to Sill hall. I turned to step quietly back, but a girl, who seemed to my unpracticed eyes a ballet dancer, seized me by the arm and hurried me along with her. 'fWl1o is it? Aint he the cute one? 71 Why, look at the pill case! I believe it's a doctor! Amid such remarks and an entire lack of ceremony I was hustled up the stairs into what I judged was a gymnasium, though the most of it's parapher- nalia was hidden by great streamers of orange and black, jack o'lanterns and so on. But whata motley crowd I was in! and what unkind fate had brought me here! Ch! heavens! it was a masquerade and lily tenacious little ballet dan- cer had taken me for a masker. The hall was darkened, we were each handed a lighted candle, and the grand march began. College youths, colonial dames, fools, shepherdesses, ghosts, clowns, lords and ladies, marched in the ghostly measures of the promenade. A small sprite, whose black cloak fall- ing back disclosed outline of a skeleton within, ran in and out among the throng. But now the waltz had begun, and Imust dance forthwith. Idance? -never! I had rather die! My partner was tweaking my beard. Kid, it sticks all right! you're great! The time for action had come! I must make my escape! I saw refresh- ments were being dispensed in one corner. Seizing my partner forcibly by the arm, I hurried her to the cider keg, turned, and made my dash for freedom. Screams and shouts of laughter followed me as I fled through the crowd s X down the stairs, out, out into the quiet of the night and the stars. 'I hen and there I solemnly vowed neyer again to cross the RoCliforcl College campus. But,-should I haye told my wife? X G '14 .Q E: '.. 'I ,P .Qs-'Ig vb if Lg-1 Q 4 3x 3 ji aus?-9 i A163- . ' T2 Katherine Tanner Fisk's Recital. N Thursday evening, September the twenty second, nineteen hundred and ten, Mrs. Katherine Tanner Fisk, an alumna of Rockford College, came back to her Alma Mater and gave a song recital in the . chapel. She was accompanied by Miss Ralston, pianist, Miss Marie lfVeldon, violinist, and Mr. Short, violin cellist. The chapel was crowded with the girls and her town friends who were glad of the chance to hear such a well known singer. One number on the program was written by Miss Ralston for Mrs. Fisk, and upon the persistence of the audience she repeated it. Of all the entertainments we have had this year, we have enjoyed none better than Mrs. Fiskls recital, and we were delighted to hear that she was to come the next morning and speak to us in chapel upon the advantage of being a college graduate. G. M. H. 513. Henry I. Hadfield Lecture. N the evening of November eight, nineteen hundred and ten, the faculty and students of Rockford College, as well as a small number of the townspeople enjoyed a delightful entertainment given by Henry' I. Hadfield. Mr. Hadheld is a reader well known and universally praised, and he received an enthusiastic welcome into our college. His program consisted of the reading of various poems and selections from the works of Rudyard Kipling. In these, Mr. Hadfield inpersonated in costume, manner, and actions, the different characters, delighting everyone by his 'flightning changes from an Indian merchant to a full fledged Englishman with a broad accent, and again to a weather-beaten old sailor. During the short intervals of waiting, Miss Marion Ralston rendered several charming selections on the piano. Thus the even- ing passed all too quickly, and at its close, everyone declared it one of the most pleasant and profitable ever spent. And we are happy to add that Mr. Hadneld consented, before he left, to take charge of our Commencement play, a thing which we all feel immedi- ately insures its brilliant success. 73 .li x 5 The Japanese Girl ff g Q g , An Operetta in Two Acts 53 K , - If X - 5 Ney i l Libretto by JEANIE QUINTON Rossa , E1 Qi I Music by CHARLES VINCENT 1. SYNOPSIS X The idea of this operetta was suggested by reading an account of a picturesque custom 1 f- prevalent in some parts of Japan. When a p Q .near relative has to be absent from home for T 'f a considerable period, he often leaves behind a e 9 Nw, growing plant, young tree, or singing bird, ,T ,D which is called by his name and regarded as y 'pl his substitute. ., 7, The greatest care is bestowed on this object i A W , and it is considered most unlucky to the person ' ' A it represents should any harm befall it during ' f X his absence. l f f , 'X IZ The tirst act opens by a number of Japanese ffl t K 7 N -. girls visiting O Hanu San, a young Japanese 'E' - f -' beauty who is about to celebrate her eigh- A . teenth birthday, regarded in Japan as the coming of age. h U Kia! -1 In thesecond act, two American girls, who 3141 are touring in Japan with their governess for education and pleasure. are inipelled by curiosity to enter the garden, and while their gov- erness is sketching they slip away from her. The Japanese girls, returning, resent the intrusion ofa foreigner and awake the governess, who has fallen asleep at her easel, and pretend not to understand her explanation. O Hanu San comes to her rescue and in the end invites the American ladies to remain as her guests and witness the interesting and quaint ceremonies which are about to commence. CHARACTERS Miss Marguerite Patet Miss Helen Kirkpatrick Miss Margaret Marbold - Miss Clyda Garrett - Miss Virginia Lewis O Hanu San, lBeautiful Flower! - - - O Yuki San, iWhite Snowfiakel O Kitu San, tSweet Chrysanthemuml , Her Cousins, O Kayo San, lTears of Rlissj Chaya, her Servant fTea Serrerl - - - Nora Twinn In Young American Girls traveling nl Miss Ruth Rieke Dora Twinn x with their Governess l Miss Ruth Church Miss Aura Bradford Miss Edna Harrar V Miss Harriet Daggett l Master Eugene Crawford DANCING GIRLS: Misses Edna Dustan, Esther Dustan, Garrett, Marbold,,Amborn, Finnerud, Hayward, and Zuttermeister Bird Whistler ---- . Miss Eva Kinzel Miss Minerva Knowall, Governess - - - The Mikado of .Iapan - - - - Attendants ---- i Cuoaus or JAPANESE GIRLS Accompanists: Miss Erma Lynn, Miss Helen Bartholomew Violinists: Miss Isabel Peterson, Miss Marjorie Kilburn, Mr. Roland Leach 74 6 M 'lf 1 Qi Wm x ml m 2 ??i f-. yi' L. .W VIA Q2 1 gi x nf ,AN x 'K' 'z I , as flfkqzl ,.f', , 7, ,v H: g MIA 'Y f -, .I I NJ 4-,ug V A gt wk v X ,QS I N elif e-- ' ' 5' -.4 , ' ff , -Fgzsifii 7 v, lift gimtfw 1 silty - A'Al-4 .. X'7CL v ' Di 5 ifgxs, 7 ' ' it '94 Q 'X is lil vigil, , , -K f' 'i bf?5 ' ' 1 . T ' es: -get , s ' .1332 Q .. t-N. ' t - . 'f . ,K ,Y 1 It f' N' l 1 'f dig - S 1 -12 ' V E ' ' N' ff 15 - , , , t, , ,fit s ' of R f Q 3 1 1 u.cw-51- P , A is if-11... cb-Us ' X W eg ,?.? it K , 'bfi i ' V572 - ff N, 'ir fi' 6 tx 4, 'Rf Q? The iVVashington Party. RUSTEES, faculty, and stndents alike caught thc spirit of '76, on February 25, when the years of the centuries rolled back, and George lYashington, the Father of his country, joined hands with Rockford College, the Mother of .Xmerican womanhood, in a pa- triotic celebratiou. The event was the time honored lYashington party ar- ranged by a joint committee of Seniors and Sophomores, and consisted of a dinner, toast making, and a dance. Gymnasium and dining room were decorated in svmpathv with the occasion, harkening' hack to the days of the nimble lingered Betsy Ross. The general color scheme embodied the national emblem of red, white, and blue, the walls and ceilings being festooned with flags and hunting. In the center of each table, an enormous XYasliington pie occupied the place of honor, o11t of which came festive red caps as a souvenir to each guest. Little red hatchet place cards recalled the much fabled moral of truthfulness. The dinner was set for six o'clock, and at that hour the Lady Marthas, gallantly escorted by their Sir Georges, entered the dining room, and found seats according to their different classes. Each guest was supplied with a tiny booklet giving the order of toasts as well as tl1e menu. Following the service of the last course, President Gulliver, as toast mis- tress, called the diners to order, and introduced the following toasts: Rockford in Evolution, by Mrs. John H. Sherratt, a trustee of the College, Rockford 76 X O v i I 5 , , . ? J Q, 4 l -1 ? I ! I . 5 L I '. I if 5 U 1 5 1, : ,L I Q . Q fl ll V., 'H if 2 1 M1 13 Eff H Pi :jx We if xl - F Pu 1 A ,As 5 if .1, S A i if f it I I 1 I ! f ,sf . :'1 L f' rw f 1 .N .r 1 Q LJ? f 'as 4 77 ag Q in YF 1 1 Q F I ' -Sr iQ ,' 5. and Washington, Miss Charlotte Morgan, acting head of the English depart- rnentg The Alumnae, Miss Myra King, aluniorg and The New Dormitory and the New Students Miss Clara Noyes, a member of the Senior class. At the conclusion of the toasts, the guests proceeded to the gymnasiinn where a dance followed. Led by Miss Martha Dunton, the President of the Senior class, as a youthful Martha lYashington, and Miss Margaret Randlev, President of the Sophomore class, in the costume of a courtier of the colonies, the students formed for the grand march, the feature of which was the for- mation ofa huge letter R for Rockford College. Following the grand march, sixteen students in colonial costume danced a minuet, the Misses Kirkpatrick, Klinkenberg. Tribou, Rieke, Patrick, Geddes, and Brand as ladies, and the Misses Zutterineister, Madison. Roberts, Hunter, Noyes, Hutchinson, and Mo as the gentlemen. Dainty white booklets with Rockford College in gold on the cover served as programs for the reniainderof the evening, and were gen- erouslv filled for the ladies bv their escorts. Unlv too soon did the bell for dispersal sound, calling the dancers to their rooms to lav away their finerv until the next year. The affair was one of the most successful ever held bv the students of Rockford College. The College congratulates the Seniors and Sophomores on the successful evening. W. C. lI4 78 V An Informal Recital An informal recital was given in the chapel April 15th by three students in the Department of Elocntion. PROGRAM Monologne-A journey to XVhat's It's Name Anonymous EVA KINZEL The Gossips . . Ella Wlleeler Wilcox ALICE MO A Scene from l'The Hunchback . . james Sheridan Knowles MARY JAMIESON The Raven-Musical Setting by Stanley Hawley ALICE Mo Hrzuan BARTHOLOMEVV at the Piano The Little Stitcher EVA KINZEL The Glendoveers4Fro1n The Mistress of the Mansef' A Happy Pair Mrs. Honeyton Mr. Honeyton MARY JAMIESON 79 Edgar Allen Poe Anonymous J. G. Holland S. Theyre Smith A KINZEL ALICE Mo of M-XX QLEEN AND HER LITTLE AITENDANTS MAY POLE DANCE 80 sh V I, ' 4 A D a S 0- if yww aw'- .ep EAD fm T 1 N w 3 X Wxxxxxxx y X N Q Q fl X5 ALNNX1 .sg J L P eff togrvlav y ,SE I S43 f HE MAY PARTY last year because of the early spring was planned for Alprll 23 The trees were all leaved out and the violets were at the1r best But alas' the day of the party was decidedly wrntry The wrnd whrstled around the blllldlllgb drlvinof the snow before It 1nto huge drlfts The poor httle vrolets and buds whlch had come out so early were coy ered w1th 1ce and snow and all the srvns of spring were bhghted Th1s of course, was chsappolntlng but rn sprte of the change in the plans the party was a dehffhtful one and was enjoy ed by all of the college grrls and the1r guests The jumors and Freshmen, who had the party 111 charge drd wonders to make the gymnaslum look beautiful and sprmg llke w1th green bouvhs streamers and purple hlacs at three o clock, the hour set for the elect1on of May Queen there was Great erccrtement m Mrddle Hall Ex ery one Waltlllg rn suspense while the yotes were counted, speculated on wlnch of the candrdates would wear the crown When It was announced that Martha Dunton had been honored as the General favor1tc the hall rang wrth applause She was hurrred away' to be dressed 111 her roy al robe of whlte tr1mmed w1th clusters of yiolets. As she walked to her throne she was preceded by the May pole dancers dressed rn wh1te and carry mg green wreaths and by two l1ttle attendants scattering flowers rn the path of the1r stately queen and her tram bearers. Before ascendmg her throne she knelt and was crowned w1th a beautlful wreath of vrolets by the last year s queen, who was occupy 1ng the place of honor and who rn turn TSCCIX ed from the new SOVGTCICTH a crown of forget-me-nots. Pollowrng thrs most nnpressrve ceremony the May pole dancers Very' gracefully went through the varlous fxgures of the1r t1me honored dance. Then each knelt at the throne, krsslng the hand of the1r newly crowned queen. 81 l ' T g ' ' - -55 T ,inf s fx ' 4 1 ' 9 Risk xx N N N 1 y Q ff NN N ex A xxqxi Nxxxi' M Q3 NV N X we 3 1 N l yy K 5 gi S Q w S E 5 1-'ll' of S mux pill li. y. be 1 - -Z, , qviwr , wig, 1 - -.Q . .J l f f .: 'g 1 A Y 1 1 , . LV . M . 7 7 'Y' . .L . . 1, . 6 6 . i K X . , 7 : 1 za za ' K7 S 1 1 za v1 7 o 'V if . 6 , . 7 . Y - C 7 . , . 7- A , 1 b A . . . i Y d' 3 . . . D . 2, . I . ,V 1 7 1 1 vu V 7 T 1 , 1 , , 7 . . . Y Y , V. 1 . 1 ' 7 .za D . . . - At the reception which followed, the guests were received by Miss Gulliver, Miss Nye and Martha Dunton, Esther lYhite, Bertha Hunter and Frances Green. After the dinner which was served in the chapel, everyone went over to the gymnasium and enjoved the annual May dance. The bells rang all too soon and the May Day festivities for 1910 were over. H. T. '14. MAY POLE DANCERS Louise Green Gladys Eddy Doris Fuller 'Winifred Yan VVickle Norma Allen Gertrude Lutz Alice Mo Edna Templeton Grace Znttermeister Edna Rendall Betty Barnes Florence Klinkenberg Lola jefllries Dorothy lYl1eclocl-1 Maud Talbot Gladys KlllI'flOllQ'll .in 82 The Good Natured Man. By Oliver Goldsmith. HE Good Natured Man, one of Oliver Goldsmith's well-known come- , dies, was presented in Unity Hall, April twenty-second, nineteen hundred and ten, by the Rockford College Dramatic Club. It was one of a series of five entertainments given under the auspices of the Rockford College Association for the benefit of the College Endowment Fund. Great credit is due Miss Barfield for the splendid manner in which she managed and directed the play. In the part of Miss Richland, the helper and sweetheart of Mr. Honeywood, she displayed her excellent dramatic ability, and was charming as a sweet and simple maid of the end of the eighteenth century. Alice Mo, in the part of Mr. I-Ioneywood, the good natured man, whose benevolence and trust in his fellow men nearly caused his ruin, completely captivated her audience, and won the sympathy of all. The part of Mr. Lofty, the all-important gentleman, and the would-be friend of royalty, was cleverly portrayed by Clara Noyes. Mr. Lofty was always ready to tell strangers about his intimate relations with certain men of rank, and one day he told how very well he knew a Sir Williaiii Honeywood. It so happened that Sir WVilliam was the gentleman to whom he was speaking, and upon finding this out, Mr. Lofty was much humiliated. Florence McVlillan played the part of Sir Williaiii and was just the type of sedate and dignified person that one would expect to see. Mr Croaker, a man who was always complaining and looking for trouble, was well acted by 'Myrtle Barber, as was also the part of his wife interpreted by Martha Patrick. Olivia and Leontine, the youthful lovers were pleasingly impersonated by the Misses Alice Reese and Marie Tolleson. The entire play was a great success, and shows how much the girls can accomplish along dramatic lines. H. A. 'I3. DRAMATIC PERSONAE Mr. Honeywood, - - Alice Mo Dubardieu, - Norma Allen Croaker, - - - Myrtle Barber Post Boy, - - - Gertrude Lutz Sir William Honeywood, Florence McMillan Miss Richland, - Wilhelmina Barfield Lofty, ---- Clara Noyes Olivia, ---- Alice Reese Leontine, - - - Marie Tolleson Mrs. Croaker, Martha Patrick Jarvis, - - - Lella Fuller Garnet, - Sadie Radcliffe Butler, - - - Gertrude Lutz Landlady, - - Marion White Mr Twitch Marguerite Patet Marion White Stage Manager-Dorothy Reidesel 83 Baimfs lFlannigan - - - As You Like It OR two years this Shakespearian play has been omitted and some other form of entertainment substituted in its place. But for the presentation this spring a very able caste has been selected and As You Like lt will be given during commencement week, under the direction of Mr. Henry J. Hadfield. CASTE OF CHARACTERS Duke, living in banishment - - - Mary Jamieson Frederick, his brother and usurper of his dominions - Marion VVhite Amlem Lords attending on the banished Duke 1 Mfrguerlte Patent Jaques Al1C6 AIO Le Beau, a courtier attending upon Frederick Frances Madison Charles, wrestler to Frederick - - - - Meredith Knapp Olivia fi Helen Buck Jaques Sons of Sir Rowland de Boys il Enid Beatv Orlando L Beatrice Ostrom 'xdanl l Servants to Oliver -l Im Exiam Dennis l l Frances Oliver Touchstone, a clown - - Yirginia Lewis Sir Oliver-Martext, a vicar Minua XVikoff Corin lg qhepherdg ---- 1 Mildred VVood Silvius l 5 l Eva Kiuzel lYilliani, a country fellow in love with Audrey Helen Tribou Rosalind, daughter of the banished Duke - Martha Patrick Celia, daughter of Frederick - - - Myra King Phehe, a Shepherdess - - Margaret Marbolcl Audrey, a country wencli ------ Margaret Fuller Lords, Pages, and attendants. Scene: Uliver's house, Duke Frederick's court, and the forest of Arden. General Manager Eva Kinzel Business Manager Bertha Hunter Stage Manager - Edna Harrer 84 Senior Tree Day. Once upon a spring morn cheery, while I slumbered, weak and weary, While I slumbered, clearly napping, suddenly there came a tapping, As if some one gently rapping, rapping at my chamber door. Tis some visitor, I muttered, tapping at my chamber door, Only this, and nothing more. O I turned over with a groan, stretched, and went to sleep again. About a half hour later I awoke to find the sun shining full in my eyes. Angry with this insolent intruder, I made my way over to the window, half drugged with sleep, to draw the curtain. But! oh! may I never see such a sight again! There on the campus near the river stood 111y beloved Seniors, stately in their caps and gowns. Around them were grouped their loyal sister Sophomoresg and I, loyal indeed, was watch- ing the Seniors plant their tree hom ll1'1fZUZ.1IIIlI7'Zl!. I longed to wail, Ol Girls! do wait until I can come. It wont be but a minute. Oh! dear! why had I always been such a sleepy head! Yes! father was right! I had to have a severe lesson! But this was too much, even for a Soph! The tears just would come and it was through a veil of these that I watched the solemn ceremony. I had missed the stately march down the walk from Middle Hall. I had heard none of the inspiring songs of my Alma Mater, but I was going to see the tree planting, even though it was blurred like a lantern slide out of focus. Gus, the indispensable Gus, had risen early to dig the hole. Now he held the tiny tree upright while it was christened, first with wine, then with milk, and finally with water. I could catch only a faint word ut- tered now and then by the various girls, but I knew with what loving senti- ments they were putting the soil down about the delicate roots, after each in turn had deposited her shovelful of earth in the shallow hole. The tree was planted! The girls had begun to sing again as they returned to Middle Hall! My tears got the bet- ter of me! I wailed! Iwept! I resolved Hrmly never again to deserve the dread- ful nameof!'Sleepy Head. 85 Junior Tree Day. W HE planting of the ivy by the junior class is one of the prettiest of the time honored customs at Rockford College. It is a festal occa- sion and it mingles seriousness and regret for the days that are passing all too swiftly and for the partings so soon to come. The class of IQI 1 chose a day in early May for their performance of this customary ceremony, and the night before, various juniors imparted the news to the members of their sister class, the Freshmen, and told them to assem- ble loyally in Middle Hall the next morning at six o'clock. The juniors themselves appeared there at the appointed hour, radiant and fresh in white dresses and with wreaths of green smilax in their hair. As the clock struck the hour, they opened the outside doors, and marched out, two by two, singing a stirring class song, composed by their shining literary light, Marjorie Kilburn. XYith the Freshmen following at a short distance, the procession made its way to Adams, where, just outside of the junior room, the ivy was to be planted. Here, Gus had already dug a little hole, in which he had placed the plant. Around this, the juniors formed a semi-circle. Elizabeth McKee toasted the plant in Greek and broke a bottle of milk over its roots. Ednakliarrer spoke her toast in Latin and poured wine on the roots. Martha Dunton toasted the ivy in English and added water to the milk and wine. .Xlice Mo then passed cups of grape juice to the juniors which they drank to the health and long life of their tenderly cherished ivy vine. Then the procession was formed again, and wound its way to the front steps, where they lingered to sing the dear old Rockford College songs, and to give some enthusiastic yells and cheers. The juniors hreakfasted together at a gayly decorated table, and a jolly breakfast it was. They finished hy singing: How do you do--how do you do? Is there anything that we can do for you?'i to every one who left the dining room. The ceremonies of the day closed at chapel time, the juniors entering chapel late, two by two, and every one rising and remaining standing until they were seated. M. IJ. 'II 86 it KL it it The T010 Picnic HEM college girls has got a club, I heared 'em call it, lemme see, Sort a queer name-aw yes, I know, 'Twas the Tolo Club, b'gee! Wal anyway, them girls they 'lowed To have a picnic up the river, The boat ud leave at nine olclock, Regardless of the kind of weatherf' It was a cloudy day, by Heck! But that didn't daunt them young uns They filled some baskets up with grub And swarmed out by the dozens! Seems like theyld no more 'an started When the wind began to blow And yer couldn't iind a dry spot !Cause it war a pourin' so! But them gals, they never noticed, Sang and danced, and yelled and et, 'Pears like they jest had a fine time Tho' they all was soakin wet! They say that Rockford College ls a purty good place ter land, But it ain't the place fer Hiram, Since they won't admit a man!!! R. R. '13 ' 87 Florence of 191 1 FLORENCE, ITALY, February 15th, 1911 DEAR GIRLS or Rocxroran CoLLEo1a: IfI only possessed the magic art credited to Leonardo da Vinci, that of being able to f'ly by simply chanting some magic words and using aliquid brewed from strange herbs, I should use it today, and just as you all would be coming up from dinner, you would find me seated in front of the open fire place in Middle Hall waiting to greet you and tell you a little of my sojourn in this the city of flowers , and it is truly well named, for not one day, even in the winter, when the cold winds swept down from the snow capped Apenninnes, have I missed the sight of big, flat baskets, piled in picturesque confusion with violets, daffodils and tiny roses. Now the anenlones are in blossom and the sunny slopes of the hills toward Fiesole show a gay carpet of these brave spring harbingers. But if you labor under the impression that the sun always shines in Italy, I fear I shall be obliged to shatter that illusion, for alas, during the Fall there were many, many rainy days, but unlike rainy days elsewhere, they never seemed monotonous or dreary, for always there were the interesting street scenes, the musical cries of the fruit venders, and as I write, I hear echoing in my mind, the lilt of a melody to which an old grey haired man sang bel limoni, bel limoni. I followed several blocks one day just to catch again the melody of the phrase, and as he stood a moment to rest, I asked him please to call it out again, and my pleasure in his cry brought a smile to his wrinkled and worn face. Then the never ceasing pleasure and joy of the churches. The IJuno- rather bare and grim I hear some tourists say-but to me so majestic and satisfying with its absence of small details to detract from the sense of gran- deur and solemnity, its dark, gorgeously stained glass wimlows and the echoing of the many voiced boys' choir, singing the stately Gregorian chants, seeming to find an answering echo in its vaulted dome, the simple in- terior of Santa Croce, where are buried so many of Italy's famous men that it has been called by some 'tthe Pantheon of Italy, with the tombs of Michel- angelo, Daute and Macchiavelli, and the famous frescoes by Giotto, which if yo11 read and believe Ruskin's Mornings in Florence, you will think among the finest examples of frescoe painting in the worldg but were I to go on with the subject of churches I should never end and Imust tell you alittle about the life and customs of the Florentines. 88 They are a gay and thrifty people, their pleasures are simple, a cup of coffee or glass of Chatreuse after dinner at one of the many cafes where a fine stringed orchestra plays music of Verdi, Mozart, Rossini and the more modern composers, fills them with joy and pleasure and they are as un- affected in their expressions of joy or grief as little children, for that is the thing which strikes at once the person having lived for long among the northern nations, the absolutely frank and childlike openness of manner of the Latin people, though here in Florence it is not perhaps so striking as it is farther south and in the vicinity of Vesuvius, for there the people are true children of the soil and even in their speech they have a warm eloquence which the more staid Tuscan lacks. As I write, out of my window I see the winding Arno, which today is clear and green but which is sometimes turbid and fierce in its rushing down stream, swollen by the many rains that come down the unwooded slopes of the mountains, for that, alas, is one of the problems Italy is facing today, its lack of trees, though I was very glad to learn from good authority that the government is busy at work planting thousands of trees all along the devasted woodlands and in the not far future, conditions will be much improved. Across the Arno to the left rises one of the oldest churches, San Miniato, and from the Piazzale Michelangelo a most beautiful view of Florence stretches before one. But it is perhaps in their love and appreciation of music that the true artistic sense of the Italian most show itself. The performances of the Opera are always largely attended, not only by those whose general education and advantages would presuppose them to have a right conception of what the music means, but by the people, the big mass of those for whom the one franc admission means the half or whole, perhaps, of a day's labor. They stand willingly five deep, a jolly, well-behaved mass of humanity, who listen from the very first opening notes of the Overture to the closing bars of the orchestra after the close of the solos or choruses, and woe betide the unwary individual who, breaking the code of musical ethics, applauds while the orchestra still plays. The wonderful galleries of the Ufhzzi and Pitti are crowded every Sunday with soldiers, peasants and people of all classes, and what was to me a very interesting revelation was the fact that the pictures of the early primitives, those of Giotto, Gaddi and Lorenzetti, then the Botticelli and Fra Lippo Lippi and the lovely works of Beato Angelico, attracted their attention much more than the works of the more modern artists. But I fear I am overstaying my time, dear girls, and soon the light-bell will ring, and unless you are all safe in your rooms you know, the Uproctor might catch you, so I'll say good-night and hope that you all may have the 89 ' pleasure in store of seeing Italy, and Florence especially, when the snow be- gins to melt from the mountain-tops and the hills grow green and blossom with anemonies and the lure of the spring-tide in the air, making you feel that Italy is in truth the spirit of eternal youth. But, I have not forgotten how the trees and flowers on tl1e campus of dear old Rockford College blossomed under the kind hand of gentle spring, and so I leave you feeling that with Pippa, I can sing with my face turned to- ward the lVest, The year's at the spring And day's at the morng Morning's at seveng The hill side's dew pearledg The lark's on the wing The snail's on the thorn God's in His heaven .Xll's right with the world. C. DEF. Your roses, dear, so red were they! They taught ine more of how to pray, .Xnd kneeling, worshiping them there I prayed for purity so rare., Such sweetness as their fragrance spread .-Xnd a touch of love's bright crimson, Feryent as their red. M. H. K. '14 90 THE CHAPEL A., .A ,, -,..., ,...- 1 et it Qbguj nfzevpc U V HM.-. W MJ S The Vesper Service f 'XHIS service was held iu the Cullege Chapel Suudav afteruuuu at the eveuiug hwur. The iuusic was reudered hv the studeut lmdv and the address was given hv l'resideut Gulliver. lu her usual schol- arlv aud uupressive uiauuer, l,l'L'SlflL'lllQ flulliver spoke to us of our cullege iiiwttu, 'llecus et Yeritasf which trauslated iueausllrace aud Truth. lu Closing she said: It is fur vnu L11 iuauifest lllfgk'-111lllClQClllCSS and large-liearteduess iu gracefiil xvavs aud i11 sucial luveliuess, so to express gracious tliuughts iu arts uf grace that the Gud of rigliteimsuess iuav alsu be revealed tu iueu as ll illlltltlll uf heautv, uut wulv as He wluuu we iuav wor- ship with our xvhule hearts, hut Ile iu xvluuu we may delight with all our souls. Su shall vwur ewllege umttu he xvriuiglit uut uulv iutu vuur lives, lllll iutii the xvurld iu which vnu live, aud grace shall he added tu truth. .-Xud su, dear childreu of the .Xhua Nlatei',u1av Gtmd hless vnu, every due. lYitl1 this heuedictioii upuu us aud these uuhle thoughts iu our hearts we left tl1e chapel, xvhere sw iuauv uf uur uublest ideals have heeu hurii aud from which so uiauv of llS have gone out iutu the xvurld as Ruclcfurd College aluuiuae. The iiupressiveuessuf the service had touched us deeply, aud sileutlv we re-echued tl1e plea- Chnl bless you, everv due. C. N. '11, 92 Vesper SCFVICC Sonata 111 D II1lI101', Op 65 No 6 F 11Ie'111z'11n11A111 B111'll111!ff1f MRS LAI RA GRANT SHORT PYOCCSHIOHQ1 O I Ight Whose beams 111111111ne a11 F 111 R1z!,vf1111 ROCKFORD COLLEGF STUDFRTS Serlpture PRESIDENT OZORA S DAVIS, PH D , D D Hwmn O H011 Father' mld the Cahn F If Ralsfmz ROCKFORD COLLPGE STUDFNTS Prayer PRESIDENT 07ORA S DAVIS PH D D Response Chant of the Lord s Praver RQCRFORD C01 LEGE STUDFNTS The Larvo Holv art Thou Hdlllfff SEMI CHORUS Baccalaureate Address Decus et Ver1tas PRESIDENT JULIA H GULLI1 FR P Recess1ona1 O blest Creator of the hght 3501111101111 ROCRFORD COLLEGE STUDENTS Organ Postlude F1na1e from the Seventh Sonata 1 111111110 C111'!111n111' MRS LAURA GRANT SHORT Sunday, June I2, 1910, Half past four . 'I l . , . ' ' . I 75: . Y 1 AJ' - 4 , - . - - . r T . . V 7 .1 . ' ' ' .Ayl- , , , , 7 , . ,, . ., .D. Q- 1 . 7 4 4' s 6- 1 ....... . I., H. D. -' - A111 ' , , 1 93 Baccalaureate Sermon HE Baccalaureate Service of roto was held in the First Congrega- tional Church, Sunday morning, june 12th. Rev. Thomas Barney Thompson, the minister of that church, introduced the speaker of the morning, President Ozora Stearns Davis of the Chicago Theo- logical Seminary. In his introduction Mr. Thompson applied the story of the wise men who came out of the east, to Dr. Davis who also had come out of the east, bringing the tradition and scholarly culture of the east and with it the enthusiam and the spirit of unbounded possibilities of the west. In a graceful manner Mr. Thompson welcomed Rockford College to the service and Dr. Davis to the pulpit. Dr. Davis chose from the rjth chapter of St. john, the words, And for their sakes, I sanctify myself. From this theme he drew his text The Purpose of Perfection. He interpreted the word sanctify, as meaning to round out life to fulness, to make complete all powers ofourbeingf' I-Ie spoke of the necessity of perfecting our physical, intellectual and moral lives. He said in part:- Perfect the physical life, by developing every physical power you possess through exercise. Perfect the intellectual life, by using every intellectual gift that you possess for the enlightenment of the world's mental darkness. Refine the feelings, hy giving forth, wherever you are or whatever you Clo, the most perfect expression of taste, refinement, and love of beauty, of which you are mistress. Develop the moral life, by ever seeking to let each act and course of conduct CUIHC up to he challenged by you as to whether it be right or wrong and then doing the right rnggedly and rigidly when you discern it. Perfect the spiritual life, by giving spiritual gifts, the gifts of faith and love and joy and peace to the needy world. Self pcrfectionf 'Write that word large in your thought. Ring it over again and again in your mind-fmyself, myself, myselff Then 'self-dedica- tion.' XYrite that large and luminous. My fellow men, my generation, my city. These are to he served and served by me. Thus only, young women, will you honor the college. Thus only, will you honor your God. For the test of the age is acid in its severity. It will admit in the final analysis nothing that can not stand its test-body, mind, feeling, will, moral judgment, social sense, spiritual appreciation, all these perfectly realized, in harmony and balance of personality, and then that personality utterly devoted to the service of the age in which you live. This is the message of Jesus: And for their sakes, I sanctify Myself. Dr. Davis is a wonderful speaker and when he had finished his address, each listener had received something which he held precious, an inspiration, an enthusiasm, which did not dame and die out, but which, burning deeply, still continues to burn and kindle new aspirations and greater ideals. C. N., 'II. 94 1 l l 1 Q Tales of a Wayside Inn NE of the most pleasing events of commencement week was that of Monday evening, June 13th, when Mr. Henry I. Hadfield enter- tained the college and its friends with a costumed interpretation of U some of Longfellow's Tales of a Wayside Inn. The chapel platform had been transformed into a miniature stage in the center of which was a replica of the Coronation chair in Westminster Abbey. Mr. Hadfield gave as a prelude to his recital an introduction to the Tales describing their origin and the characters which the poet selected as narrators. So striking was Mr. Hadfield's personality and so charming his manner that the audience at once keenly anticipated the interpretations which were to follow. It seemed fitting for an evening with America's favorite poet to begin with the patriotic, Ride of Paul Revere. Dressed in the costume of 1776, the reciter dramatically represented the fire and spirit of the patriot's love for his country. This was followed by Azrael, the tale of the Spanish Jew. As Rajah Runjeet-Singh, Mr. Hadfield forcefully portrayed the character of the proud monarch of Hindostan. The Cobbler of Hagenan who shrewdly outwitted the magistrate and the village priest, provoked great laughter. The musiciau's ballad of t'Car- milhanj' the ship of the dead, gave the grim and mystic gloom, the shadow of Wyrd which ever hung over the early Norseman's legend. In lighter and happier mood came the tale of the gentle Preceptor who plead with the village council for the lives of the feathered songsters of Killingworth. Then followed one of Longfellow's best loved poems, rightly named, The Legend Beautiful. For the last was reserved the greatest of all the tales, that of King Robert of Sicily. The imagination could scarce picture a finer King Robert than was here presented, for with his dignity of bearing, and his sonorous voice, Mr. Hadiield seemed especially Htted to this part. One forgot the impersonator in the character of the haughty monarch, who, in his pride, defied the might of the Eternal, was humbled and then came into his true kingship. The peculiar dramatic quality of the poems was brought out without in the least harming their literary value. The characters were dignified by the player's treatment of them. So entertaining and uplifting did the recital prove that the audience hoped that Mr. Hadheld would sometime again take them with him for an evening at the Wayside Inn. 95 H Class Day FTER much deliberation, the dramatization of Launcelot and Elaine, Gevaint and Enid, and the Coming of Arthur, were L decided upon for the morning exercises on Class Day. Medieval armor being rather difficult to manufacture on the spur of the moment, we made a compromise on suits of gray cambric, a cross between a peasant's blouse and a kitchen apron-O, very fetching! The helmets were cardboard moons that refused to go on unless you had your hair absolutely plastered to your head, and even then were liable to pop off, leaving you with the scared look of a bald dandelion. The ladies' costumes were easier, for all that had to be done was to resurrect their XVashington Party costumes, let their hair down their backs, and tiea scarf over theirheads, a la Rockford. On the morning of the performance the line formed back of the Main Building, Seniors in caps and gowns first, juniors next, then Sophomores, then Freshmen. Amid cries of For pity's sake don't step on my traing This crazy helmet won't stay ong Never felt so foolish in all my life, and Sh, they'll hear us, the procession started, around Linden Hall and on to the terrace, where we draped ourselves self-consciously over the scenery. The first performance was The Passing of Arthur. After much sidling and prompting, the rebel knights were driven from the grass-plot CI mean the kingdomp, and King Arthur in a red bed-spread and Guinevere, radiant in white cheese-cloth, with much curly hair and yards of train, were united in marriage by the priest who wore a cloth-covered basket for a hat, and a Senior gown. Then the knights and ladies came enthusiastically tripping from behind the rockery and proclaimed in mellow tenor Qyou know the kind!j t'Let the King reign! This effusion being over, they retired to the terrace. Next came the juniors. Launcelot was rather heavy, so a few extra- strong Freshman knights were hailed in to help carry him wounded onto the stage. There Elaine falls in love with him, and after nursing him to health lin about seventy-two secondsj gives back his shield. Then in an impassioned solo, she bids farewell to life and love and prepares to die on a cot, surrounded by black cheese-cloth upheld by pegs in the ground. fHandkerchiefs due here.l Having floated down to Camelot, all come marching two by two, to view her fair dead face, while she shakes with hardly suppressed giggles. Sophomores next. They had the star feature of the whole performance, a real live HORSE, on which animal, Geraint rode gallantly to Enid's castle, after which the steed was sequestered behind the afore-mentioned rockery. 96 After Geraint and Enid were happily reconciled, the procession formed again and marching in two columns along and down the terrace, formed a little group. For a few moments, jest and foolishness were laid aside as the class of Nineteen Ten presented the cap and gown to the class of Nineteen Eleven, making us feel more than ever what it meant to have Rockford as our Alma Materp Then in a few minutes, from the cupola where our banner waved high and free, rang down to us below, the voices of some of the girls, There's music in the air, as our banner greets the sungw and we answered with hearts full of loyalty, Hail, O, hail our flag so dearfl Then after three cheers for Rockford we and our guests dispersed, to wander over the campus, or to talk in our rooms. At five olclock came the Alumni banquet, and to close the day, at eight o'clock, the Coinmeucement concert, when the music students fairly outshone themselves. That night we felt as one of the girls said, L'I'm just tired to death, but I wish we could have the day all over again tomorrowf' C. C. 97 Commencement Concert HE Commencement concert was given in the College chapel, Tues- day evening, June the fourteenth, at eight o'clock. Its very unique- ness gave additional interest. The time was in the Colonial days, and all taking part were dressed in Colonial costume. The occasion was a dinner dance given by Mrs. Schuyler VanRenssaler in honor of her distin- guished guest from Paris, Countess Elizabeth de Ferrene. The stage was arranged as the music room in Mrs YanRenssaler's mansion, and the old fashioned furniture combined with the quaint costumes, powdered hair and patches, gave a picturesqueness peculiar to those days. The ladies have withdrawn to the music room, and in order to please her guest of honor, who is a noted musician, Mrs. Yanlienssaler invites sev- eral of the guests to play. The evening is passing all too quicklyg but two gentlemen who have grown tired of the after dinner cigars and who are es- pecially interested in music, enter and are immediately asked to play. The program closes with the .Xllegretto from the Seventh Symphony of Beethoven. The musical numbers were interspersed with an exchange of wit, and especially after the men arrived conversation flowed quite merrily. DRAM .XTIC PERSONAE Mrs. Schuyler YanRenssaler, hostess - - Countess Elizabeth de Ferreue, guest from Paris Miss Martha Thong Patterson - - - Lady Harriet Ackland - Miss Eleanor Foster Miss Marcia Burns - Miss Mary Seton - Mrs. John Sparhawk Two other guests - Sir Thomas Fayerweather Iudge Benjamin Lynde 98 Helen Bartholomew Mildred Blakesley - Ella Jensen Mabel Blair - Clara Arthur Erma Lynn - Hazel Smith Edith Schultz I Mary Jamieson Anna Doty Genevieve Newman Grace Zuttermeister B111 of the MUS1Ck Bourree Hafzdel Prelude and Fuvue BOOL I NO I Barb MRS SCHUXLER VANRENSSALER Sonata Op 5, Allegro Ina non troppe presto Bfefhn eu COUNTESS ELIZABETH DE FERRENE I Attempt from Love Slckness to Fly Pm ff!! X edral Carmo From Marrlage of Flgaro 1110 azz' MISS IVIARCIA THONG PATTERSON qAceompan1st, MRS JOHN SPARHAWKD Prelude and Fugue In A MaJor, Book II Bark MISS ELEANOR FOSTER Fantsle 1110 ml SIR THOMAS FAI ERWEATIIER Allegro from Concerto In D Mlnor Hn1d1z MISS MARCIA BURNS 12nd prano, LADY HARRIET ACKLANDD Should He Upbrald D1 A1 ne MISS MARY SETON qAccompan1st MRS JOHN SPARHAWKD Marche Rel1g1euSe Hnfzdel Gavotte In F Major arr by Gullmant Ilia: fuzz MRS SCHUYLER VANRENSSALER Seventh S5 mphony Allegretto Beefhozfefz MRS SCHUYLFR VANRENSSALER MISS MARCIA BI RNS, SIR THOWIAS FAYFRWEATHER, JUDGE BENIAMIN LYNDE ,I I l l I Y I ........ - f o ' I ' ' ' I . '. 5 - - z' 1 L . -.-- ' I l Y . . q . . 5 - - - - I 7 ' lx Q l l 1 . . - rl I I 2 'ii l l 4, --------- - z ' l - li I I I . . i - - - - ' I f ' - 131 ll ' - l. l The Plague of Love - - - Bzshop gg Q . ref S fl L M. ' I - ll v . . - Q - - - ' . . . . . ll ll , , r, ' tl l . , -,--,- ll - - ' I A l l, E I . . . , 99 ll Q E H Il Commencement HE College Chapel was taxed to its capacity when the exercises opened with an organ prelude, Third Sonata in C Minor, by Mrs. Laura Grant Short. As the students, led by the Seniors in cap and gown, entered, singing the processional Rejoice Ye Pure in Heart, the audience arose,and the students continued until the faculty and trus- tees took their place on the platform. Rev. P. M. Snyder gave the scripture reading. A pretty feature of the Commencement program was the service of loyalty arranged by Miss F. Marion Ralston. Rev. Theodore G. Soares, Ph. D. of Chicago University, delivered the address, taking for his subject, A IVorking Philosophy of Life. In en- tering on his address, Dr. Soares urged that it is of supreme importance to have a correct philosophy of life. Opportunism was held to be a false phi- losophy and little faith was expressed in the so-called simple life. IYorthful life, Dr. Soares declared, was the true philosophy in which every individual strives to do his best. In referring to social service, the speaker said we are to see mighty changes for the better. Mothers will not have to be wage-earners, but home- makers, children will be given the normal life of play, and youth will have a fair chance. This is not a picture of a far-off heaven, but a near-by earth. The lion shall eat straw like the ox. There will come a pure democracy. Nothing else is conceivable as a hope or expectation. More emphasis will be placed 11pou duties than upon rights. This philosophy of life will issue in success. The prophet Samuel, after challenging Israel to prove ought of injustice against him, went out of the world empty handed, but as a rule the true life is prospered, even in material blessing. The singing of the Prayer from Buck's Golden Legend by Miss Helen Abbott, was followed by the presentation of diplomas by President Gulliver, degrees for the course being conferred on the following. Myrtle Barber, Rockford. Rachael Mary Roberts, Keokuk, Iowa. XVilhelmina B. Barfield, Hinsdale. Marguerite Tucker, Oak Park. Alice Burton, Charles City, Iowa. Dorothy VVneelock, Riverside,Cal. Louise H. Green, Petersburg. Esther Hope XVhite, Humboldt, Iowa. Alice Constance Reese, Chicago. Caroline Eleanor IYilliams, Rockford. Home Economics,-janetta VVetzel, Elgin. Music,-Mildred Blakesley, Rockford. Helen Bartholomew, Preston, Iowa. The benediction f'The Lord Bless Thee and Keep Thee was impress- ively sung by the students, and was followed by the Doxology. 100 Commencement Program Organ Prelude-Third Sonata in C Minor - - :1!e.ramz're Gzzflmazzf MRS. LAURA GRANT SHORT Processional-Rejoice, ye pure in heart - - - A. H. rllesszhfz' ROCKFORD COLLEGE STUDENTS Scripture Reading I REV. P. M. SNYDER, A.Mi, D.D. Service of Loyalty QReSponSive Servicel - M11s12'by F. Zlfnrzlm Rafslwz PRESIDENT GULL1vER AND ROCKFORD COLLEGE STUDENTS Prayer REV. THOMAS BARNEY THOMPSON, A.B. Response--Chant of the Lord'S Prayer ROCKFORD CoLLEoE STUDENTS Commencement Address-A Working Philosophy of Life REV. THEODORE G. SoARES PH.D. Solo-Prayer ffrom the Golden Legendj - - - Dzzdlqy Burk , MISS HELEN ABBOTT Presentation of Diplomas PRESIDENT JULIA H. GULLIVER, PH.D. Benediction-The Lord bless and keep thee - - - Lzzfkfn RocKEoRD CoLLEoE STUDENTS Doxology Oragan Postlude-Triumphal March - - - T-Ilbfed H0!!1'1zs MRS. LAURA GRANT SHORT I 101 The M1ser hate teachmvl Hate It hate 1t' Martha Grant beat the table xx1th her small clenched hand 'It 1S all 0f1xe Onxe mx tlme mx thought x strength, my soul all go Ollt 1n er-:change for xxhat7 Nothmv, unless 5 ou count d1sffust and fatlvue Oh Il1OtllCI'16, hovx I hate rt' She burled her head ln her arn1s Her mother leaned across tl1e table and stroked the v1v1d curls You re a b1t stormx todax dear Oh but mother protested Martha It 1s so dlfferent tl1lS x ear Last year was bea11t1ful alld 1USp1I'1I10' Ex erx dax xx as f11ll of help and strength In tl1e mornmv there xxas chapel peaceful rexerent xxorslnp Then there was Etlucs and The Hebrexx Propl1ets and a l1brarx f11ll of tl1e poets Shellx Iseats and Te11nx so11 and the Ulrls xx ere alxxaxs together telhnv f11nnx stor1es, a11d CXCll3.Il0'1Il0' clex er useful 1deas I knoxx xou Illllbt H1155 th ll And I 1n1ss tl1e x espers xx ltll the organ preludes The qmet serene face f our 'College mother and l1er te11der prax ers tl1r1lled IIN through and through INoxx look at tlllIl0'Nl Dont X011 l1ear ake Thornton callmg lllN father s coxxs? 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W 4 -ff' .,-1. 103 HE First Annual Field Day was held on Novem- ber I5th, under the direction of the Athletic Association. Inter class baseball and hockey were played-Seniors playing with Sopho- mores against Juniors and Freshmen. The baseball teams were as follows: 1911-1913 1912-1914 A Yankey .................. Pitcher ..... Hall tCapt.J A. Hutchinson ,............. Catcher ..... .......... W . Cox G. Zuttermeister lCapt 7.. .lst Base . . ....... F. Buck F. Klinkenberg .... .....,,. 2 nd Base ....... J. Brown M. Randlev ,..... ..,...... 3 rd Base .... ...... M . Patrick I. Evans ....... .... S hort .stop .... . . . Edna Dustan R. Reid ..... .. .:Left Held .... ......... N . Allen E. Harrer .... . . . ...,.. Center field .,.......... .E. Kirkpatrick E. Kinzel .......... .... . Right field ................ ..R. Ransom Umpire-Miss Watters Score keeper1Miss Waites l , Time keeper-Miss Bramhall Following the baseball game, hockey was played. MARION C. W'A'l'l'ERS .- f. - ' - ' - Coach Since the bemors and Sophomores had won in baseball it seemed only fair that the other side should score in hockey The teams were really quite evenly matched. The '11-'13 defense was not weak, but the '12-'14 half-back line up was too strong. The line-up for hockey was: 1911-1913 1912-1914 F Green.. . . . .... Center forward .... ....... M . Wood M. white. .. ..,....., .... . Right inside, ..... L. Rhodes - ,- Gi Zgttermeister ..... Right wing J.Brown tCapt.l M- Q,'Q,ffjf. ...... ....Left inside ..... ..... H . Bartholomew I Brand ' . Left wing H. Buck E-Beau' s.. B. Hunter ....... ..... C 'enter halfback .... ..... N . Allen A. Hutchinson ... , ...Right halfback ...... ..M. Hull E. Kinzel ........ .... L eft halfback .... .. . . F. Madison I Evfmf , '- .... ...,. R ight fullback .... .Esther Dustan M Randley N J. Vaughan ........... ........... . Left fullback .............................. M. Schulz F. Oliver ........ ,.... G oal ................ .............. R . Hathaway Umpire-Miss Watters Time keeper-Miss Bramhall Score keeper-Miss Waites After the games, students, faculty and guests were invited by the Athletic Association, to a tea in the gymnasium. Here class numerals were presented to members of the baseball and hockey teams and Rockford R's to Seniors who by merit of their ability and loyal support in athletics for four years, deserved them. The two Seniors who received their R's this year were Bertha Hunter and Eva Kinzel. Miss Gulliver made a short address concern- ing the 5oo Club, and then presented the pins to last year's members who had fulfilled requirements. In the evening, the losing teams were entertained by the winning teams, at a box party. A spirit of rivalry, but one which was good natured and wholesome, pervaded the whole affair. The teams had presented their captains with flowers beforethe games began, and there were smiles and cheers for the good plays made by both teams. E. H. K. 'II 104 FIELD DAY CAPTAINS EVA H. KINZEL, Senior-Sophomore Hockey. -, MARION HULL, GRACE ZUTTERMEISTER, junior-Freshmen Base Ball. Senior-Sophomore Base Ball JENN BROWN, Junior-Freshmen Hockey. 105 s-P, The Demonstration ERRILY the bells were ringing, Laughing girls their cloaks were flinging Over shoulders slim, Dazzling lights were sparkling, beaming, Into the night through windows gleaming From the hall within. Violin and banjo strumming Mingled with the gentle humming Uf the eager throng, Cheeks aglow with expectation, Waitiiig for the Demonstration, They had lingered long. Hush! First comes aesthetic dancing! Oh, how lovely! Ah! Entraucing! Whisperirig leaves and trailing grasses Flower bells shaken as Zephyr passes,- All and more revealing. Then the merry folk dance follows, Clapping hands like wings of swallows Dancing all in a ring, Turning this way, turning that, Curtsying sweetly, doffing hat, All to 1nusic's swing. You may have heard the sole effects Of College life are nervous wrecks And invalids, you know. But all who saw tl1is demonstration Join with 1116 i11 affirmation That it is not so. M. K. T12 107 JT f?',mvj,f'iS5Qi-Q51 f -1 X N ,JJ ,gi-mfr' 'ff' '. if M ' eflllfee 'ef- m- 'H 21i':1F:i'.lIlII-I '5 is rt' 1115 '- ai u u -:-q-gg -suv? A .kit x Q ,,,,,.... 1- -- -.za e E lfulllllii 3 I:t lli' ll 'u--in-m-m nnnlllli' ... 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Q-?,MfLW77' I-ffl: . 1 x N .A ,, V if :J 109 4 7-'Du The Rebellious Reflection ISS Phyllis Markam stood before her mirror fastening a thick coil y' of brown hair in a severely practical fashion on top of her head I and frowning intently at her reflection as she pushed the hairpins , in with decisive little jabs. A large bundle of examination papers on a chair behind her, no less than her air of decision, would have indicated, had anyone been spying upon her, that she was a teacher of experience and authority. As the last hairpin was firmly placed, Miss Phyllis was astonished to see her reflection in the mirror, independent of her, moving and pulling and shaking her tightly fastened hair into a loser arrangement. Miss Markam, quite giddy with surprise, stepped backward and laid hold of a chair for support as, doubting her very senses, she saw her reflection step carefully over the edge of the mirror and into the room. It looked around with much satisfaction, still fingering its hair. Then it walked around the room. exam- ining with especial interest the side which was most reflected in the mirror. At length the amazed observer of these proceedings recovered her voice and ejaculated, 'fWell, I must say this is a most unwarranted proceedinglw f'Not at all, replied the reflection, turning around from its critical study of a large, framed family photograph, I have long been dissatisfied with your way of doing our hair and the clothes you provide for us and other things that you do, and I have decided to take a vacation of a day or two. You have been planning to buy a hat today, so I think I'll look for one on my way to the schoolhouse. This is an outrage! protested Miss Phyllis. Do you mean to say that you intend to take my place? I will have you arrested! Cn what charge? the reflection coolly inquired. What police officer would believe that a reflection could exist outside of a mirror? At this Miss Markam could only fume. Certainly no one would believe such a statement. Her sanity would be questioned. 'fNow,'l said the apparition with a triumphant smile, I am going to breakfast, then off for my day of freedomfl And gathering up coat, hat, and examination papers, it was out of the door and running down stairs before Miss Markam could collect her wits to reply. Then followed the longest day of this discomflted lady's existence. There was very little to do except to fume at the rebellion of the hitherto docile reflection, and to speculate fruitlessly as to what sort of hat it would select. 111 A little unwonted excitement was supplied when the maid appeared to make the bed, for Miss Markam felt obliged to conceal herself in the wardrobe. She had never before considered it necessary to deceive anyone as to her daily affairs, and the ten minutes of crouching behind a row of garments in stuffy darkness was a rather trying experience. At four o'clock Miss Markam stationed herself at a window to watch for the return of the reflection. An ho11r passed, however, before Miss Markham saw it strolling leisurely up the street carrying a large and bulging hat-bag in one hand. Her anger returned as she noted the unconcerned happiness of her former slave and thought of the long, lonely, hungry day just passed. ' Presently the door of Miss Markham's room opened and the cause of her discomfort appeared. Miss Phyllis silently held out her hand for the hat- bag, but the reflection eluded her grasp and carefully drew out the hat for inspection. Silently both eyed the pretty piece of millinery, one with satis- faction, the other with doubt. Now said the reflection, let us come to a reasonable agreement. I am tired of the general dullness of the life you lead for us and I desire some- thing different, although it would of course be very inconvenient to leave you and provide for myself. I am willing to resume my old position if you can assure me of better treatment in the future. But, interrupted Miss Markam, what right have you, my slave, to dictate what I shall do? The emancipation proclamation was issued some time ago, the other retorted, and now you must either agree to my conditions or get along without me. Very well, sighed Miss Markam, I will do my best. The reflection bowed gravely and approached the mirror. By the way, it added as it lifted its skirts preparatory to stepping over the edge of the frame, I met today the Mr. Norris who was introduced to us last summer and he is going to call this evening. I prefer to wear our blue dress. YVith these words the rebellious but victorious reflection was over the edge and in its accustomed place facing Miss Markam in the mirror. INIIRIAM BENNETT, '14 112 7 Q ff, I 'I I r E a I! il 51 H I: '? 1 x X 5 , N '1 7 Q 1 'k r ,, ,VX f ?,4.. ' 124 ' ,,, NT, ,I gf- , 71.11, zbfiuf -af J Ag? If Q9 5 ual 113 is for Ienn of 1914, - The fine little captain of our hockey team. that is Ollie, so cheery and gay, You can't help but hear her, try as you may. is for Helen Kirkpatrick petite, With a voice like a bird's, it's so clear and sweet must mean Eve, our Senior so fine, Who's ready for fun, most any old time. is for sh the pursuer of all But its favorite haunt is in Chapel Hall. oh its Artie, the young acrobat, VVhose antics are something we all marvel at. stands for nothing, noodles, and none, And also for Noise -dear me, what a pun. The twins, Ed and Esther, are here meant I see In hockey and dancing they excel at R. C. This is for someone who rides very well Yes, Frances Green, I was sure you could tell. is the Ralla, just started this year, About whose success now, we've nothing to fear. is for Irma, so light on her toes. lVho causes a laugh wherever she goes. is our Editor, believe me I pray, She has worked very hard for many a day. suggest Dunton and other things too, ' But for the present, this one thing will do. is a slam, none here will you find, We had enough last year to last for some time. . 114 1 I I i 1 I I I I 1 w I E '4 f fl 1. 1 N' P rx 1 P M fr E, ,H 4 N r P M . w 11' 9 A Q x X 4 4 v ' I N 4 if 1 a A ?L fl ? .sl : ii I 1 11 I . 33 115 5 J 'N W W NX IX winning lads, yo11'll all agree, XYlio lately came to fair R. C., They graced the Prom in all their might Six stalwart forms, a charming sight. From Madison they'd come that day, For Psi l' rooters all were they, Six damsels fair, in fine array, Their escorts were this gala-day. At seven sharp, in single line They lock-stepped in, they were on time, Another line soon came to view, Six maidens fair in pink and blue. Then down the line, and to the hall, For dancing loved they most of all. From left to right, take the top line, 'We'll meet them all one at a time. 116 There's Chapin Roberts first of all, Most talkative, though not as tall As winsonie Brownie, sweet and shy, By Sunday night they were ready to die. Jones Spencer Pullen is next in line VVho, due to Anne Hutchison, had a good time, But the best thing he did was the candy which came From Madison's Pal on the very next train. Fred Wilcox is the third I see, As nice a man as there could beg And take my word, he lost his heart- To whom, you say? Why, surely, Art! Connie Lyford and Anne Skinner fair Most surely made a congenial pair, They talked and danced, and all in all Had one grand time at R. C's ball. Across the way, so dapper and sleek, Is little Dick Skinner, a chp so meek, But Marion Watters had him in hand And soon he was trotting at her command. But Prince of all, the winner there Is Billie Fitch-He's in the chair- His suits were marvels, his dancing unique. His smile was contagious, his talking a feat. Poor Alice Andrews was in a whirl For she is such a susceptible girl, But the spell wore off, despite his charm, And soon there was really no cause for alarm. ' On Sunday noon they came again, This ti111e to stay till six P. M., But letters followed and postals too, For the picture above, let me say 'tthank youf' 117 The Onion Club IS a year for new clubs at R. C. Of the heavier type there are three, They're good clubs, 'tis true, But if you'd know who's who Get the Onion Club's list and you'll see. To belong to this Club is the aim Of many a struggler for fame, But 'tis very select, Every member elect A nice taste for onions must claim. VVhen it meets-on that night of the week The common herd snub the elite, To be left out lit' sad, No wonder they're mad And sniff in the air when we speak. Is the meeting announced on that day In Chapel, or in some other way? Bless you, no!-people guess That we've met from our dress Or infer it from things that we say. As the meetings are secret, you know, To the loyal it was quite a blow VVhen an eayesdropper spread The news, that with bread Wle ate onions-she was sure it was so! Alma Mater, when long years have flown, And Death us has claimed for its own, On our hearts they will find Many times underlined The Onion Club writ with thine own. 118 Cutting pretty girl, the hour of two, a class, a lesson unprepared. A matineeg a strong desire, and thoughts of cutting-if she dared. L A temptress fair, persuasions thus, Oh, Kid, the leading lIlZ1I1H- A naughty girl, no class to make, two seats sold at the Grand. R. R. ,I3 , Yes, but- The Twins seeing G. H. come out of Dr. Maas' office, Sunday A. Mf- Did you get a church excuse? G. H.-t'Yes! but I had to take two pills to get it.'l Qld Girl- Are you in the Minstrel or Vaudeville?'l New Girl- I don't know, I guess Pm where Miss Nye put me. R. M. at the Hrst of the year:-- Girls there arenlt any old girls at my table except Mrs. Chambers and myself -Howls from hearers. QQuick curtainl L. F.- Aura Bradford and Hallie Strawn are having trouble with their backs. They are going home. V. L.- There must be some sort of bacteria around here. 119 , fb'-, . Wit - , . ivy - ' rf -. ' - . -.4..:i ' ' ' 1' f lb.:-28,5 1566! H 155, ff' 1 41,9 f' D-K Nga 'A' lf 'S 1 A A cs1Q1nT vnce.-'P-es, SCCYLTQVD lvnmsmvggw- Mumps Club Founded IQ IO Local Charter NICIIIIJCI' Mlss KIOVNT .SAllflIl't'.N 1.11 !'f1l.f'l'l',Yf.,H1t' ILIJII 1Not cligiblcb 1912 BIYRA. K1N11s 1913 OLLLA Yocxs ALMA. YANKEX' BIARION XVHITE IQI4 XVIRGINI.-X Lliwls jxixx BROWN GEN1:x'11:x'E BIORRISON f'illL'l1f41' .'itI'Z'I'50I' M155 INIOUNT 120 UST before the Christmas holidays the mumps unto us cameg They descended on Miss Mount iirst, so she gets all the blame. And Myra King was second to be swollen large and fat, I And she suffered untold agonies while all alone she sat. jenn Brown and Wise Virginia felt them in the coming state And packed their things and hastened home before it was too late. Miss Morrison also vamoosed,-she would at home attend, In order with her loved ones her holidays to spend. The other happy members of this most enchanting club, Are White and Vocks and Yankey and it's here that there's a rubf tQFor we'd all like to belong you know.j A C. Y. B. lI3 121 College Festivals from Different Standpoints THE BABY PARTY Old Girls: An opportunity for witicisms and for impersonally reproving peculiarities of 'tFreshies. New Girls: Onelunpleasant thing after another. TOLO INITIATION Old Girls: Vaudeville, containing points of personal interest. Faculty: A slight diversion. New Girls: A chance to talk back. HALLOWE'EN Decoration Committee: VVork. Everybody else: A good time: company: eats. PROM Reception Committee: Heavy responsibility. Decoration Committee: S200 worth of lights, flowers, etc. on 570. Faculty: An interesting comedy. All who participate: A Man, oh for a Man. THANKSGIVING Those who go home: A time to be thankful. Those who stay at school: The melancholy days here, The saddest in the year. CHRISTMAS To cut or not to cut, that is the question: whether 'twere better to be late and have five oil or to miss that reception. EXAMS VVise: For once, they are the object of great envy. Foolish: Tears, hysterics, and dollars for special exams. Teachers: Oh shaw, don't they know anything? NVASHINGTONS BIRTHDAY Everybody: One day off' one dance: one fussy dinner and com anv. . . . V . . MAY PARTY Possible Candidates for May Queen: Palpitations of the heart. BACCALAUREATE SUNDAY Seniors: The last sad sermon at Rockford. Faculty: Caps, gowns and dignity. Undergraduates: Tons of practice: an occasion when seriousness is absolutely necessary. COMMENCEMENT Undergraduates. One last fierce struggle to sit still. Parents of Seniors: Our little girl is a College Woman now. Seniors: Farewell to the Alma Mater. C. Y. B. '13 122 . ,ay HE only man at this school is Gus, And no one on earth is better to us. He fixes the lights, and prowls around nights, With never one bit of a fuss. L. R.- Shall we take through question 38?'l M. Patet- No, take to 38 included. G. H. ,I4 A. Y. Cin classl- Wel1l take through Hel fGe1'man goddessj? Fraulein Behrens- No, you may go to Hel. 123 F all the evils in Main Hall The new found doors are worst of all, They're put there, as we understand, At the insurance man's command. They are swinging doors, two in each hall, And hasty progress do they stall, They squeak all night, oil does no good, For demons lie hid in the wood. No one their power can destroy, N o one their favor can decoy, They squeak, and squeak, the whole night through Until rash things we threat to do. And now and then there comes a thump, And someone's had an awful bump, Its ouch, -and oh dear me, my head - I beg your pardon, too is said. Once in a while we hear a crash Close followed by a tell-tale splash, . That means a pitcher's fate is told And someone now will surely scold. The doors are thick, you cannot see What on the other side may be- A clear free space, or some poor girl lVhose head will soon be in a whirl. Perhaps you both wait, then both jump, And then, dear nie, there's such a bump, You wait a minute, try again, And then you want to say amen. And so it is the whole day through, Until we wonder what we'll do, Its just the same from morn 'till 'eve, Till every girl has got a peeve. 124 Directions HOW TO GO TO PROM HOOSE a man from the many who eagerly wait, Get a gown, some gloves, wear a smile- Lead the man down the line who wait to receive, Talk engagingly all the while 3 Take the man to the gym , introduce him to friends, Then doithe grand march, drink some punch, Then dance, go to supper, and dance again, Have a jolly good time for once! But listen, my dear, for the bell that will ring, When itls time to stop-'twon't be long- Say Good-night to the man- oh, yes, you may call - Oh, girls what a glorious Promln R. R. 1 3 AT PROM He whose toes were being violently trod upon, looked tenderly down at his fair lady and optimistically remarked- Gee! iherds a man that would like to be in my shoes! CUPID AT ROCKFORD Lella fto Metaj-'4Aint love delicious? Meta- Gee! we know, don't we kid! 125 HE President, for short, nicknamed Mutt, Her classes was ne'er known to cut, If you sang in your room She'd be around soon And request you your transome to shut. There was also a member named Noyes, Who was just simply wild about boys, On a corner she'd stand A With most any man, But on Freshmen to tell were her joys. There was Bessie, with eyes blue and fair, VVl1o stood at the top of the stair, And when she heard a sound Down she'd quickly bound And give you the dickens for fair. There was also Pauline and Burke, VVho were never known duty to shirkg When up before them They were sure to condemn You for weeks in the old Lib to work. Guess who? 126 How Would They Look? A Senior - A junior A Sophomore - A Freshman A Student Recital The Annual - Alice Andrews Martha Dunton - - Clara Noyes - The junior Room Margaret Fuller House Committee Lunch - - A Hall - - The New Building Clara Arthur - Tuesday - Maude Talbot - Prom - - Florence Dale ,- Frances Green Mrs. Chambers Miss Bramhall Miss Waites - Without responsibility - Without 'lpepf - Without a grievance - Without a case With an audience With some humor - Without a letter - Without Yankey Without a sense of duty With some furniture - Without a grin With a sense of humor - Without soup - Without a proctor Without the steeples - With a grouch Without beefsteak - Studying history - Without men Without her hair - Sewing - In an ice boat Planting corn At Monte Carlo Q Famous Affinities at Rockford I L Jeannette Burke and Helen Lloyd Q Helen Clark and Sara Ayres 'A Isabel Elliot and Harriet Pierpont i Clara Noyes and Frances Oliver j Marion Hull and Helen Tribou il Ruth McMillan and Babe Schulz 7 Martha Dunton and Alma Yankey l Hazel Dimond and Alma Masters i Anne Hutchinson and Martha Patrick l Ruth Hathaway and Frances Green I Miss lVatters and Miss Skinner i Miss Bramhall and Peg Randley I Helen Buck and Bernice Geddes Lucy Brearley and Helen Bartlett Margaret Marbolcl and Cecil Palmeter Alice Andrews and Margaret Fuller i Guida Hudson and Irma Brand l Barbara Morgan and Helen YanHousen p Margaret Perry and Mae Granger il Bertha Hunter and Maie VValler Mrs. Elmore and Mrs. Short P :'Miss Morgan and Miss VVaites 'Eloise Erwin and Alice Mo l 'Signifies departure from school. VVe extend our sympathy to Miss VVaites and Alice. 'Q i P Q. I 128 fl rl il I lx Ml li li O you think you would know her-- For it isnlt a boy Despite her appearance, And that masculine toyg She looks rather solemn- She does now at times- When Hgyml' cuts are many, Resulting in iinesg f just imagine her grown up, And then you would see A popular member Of our Faculty. F. G.- Did the girls take Fraulein Behrens riding? M. D.- No she's taking her table out in halves. Deal gently with the editor Of this department please, l And try your best to smile just once, For it's only meant to tease. 129 XM TTe L UW Qwawa jumwrr- s a -5 eg, .2 '79 f'1W9 fJfU 'V g,4 fi-f 1 1 'J Gb L X ' ip S . X Ag fe,- N -41 v ,dfiz-7' 5 'xx 7 1 . S '. txvxixw' h 7 .. V715 V Um - IUTZ. T' ,' H-,IQ y S, ', -Lfl - Q4 TJ 130 YT ,L L14 .,..A,, BF 13 ,il i 4, 1 1 I li I 5 .gg fi 1 fu 5 r 3 I 1 ,I 1 11 I 'I 7 If I I 1 J ! 5 1 i hmm ihrnuglx iniih all ihis rlzrssiz impe . gUhiIR17ii5B1II'B1If5 gnu must 7 wah : A Kinungh nf ati mth pnnirg Qfnnk nnirr fur mimi gnu 1tBBfl . 131 II 1 I I I I I I I I I I I I I J I I I I I t I I I I Ihr Gbrphvum Rockford s Popular Pamlly Theater P or Ladies Chlldren and Gentlemen Three Shows Daily: 2:30 -7:30 and 9 o'cloclc ADMISSION TEN CENTS An All Star lVletropol1tan Show Every Week SAMPLE I-IOES Suede Velvet Cravannette Satm Tan Dull Calf Guaranteed P tent Colt ln Pumps one and two Strap Pump Button and three Eyelet Tres on stage Pup Short Vamp and Pug last SAMPLE SI-ICE .LI-IGP C W PLORY Proprletor ORPHEUM THEATER BUILDING , 0 3 8 D , 132 ESTABLISHED 1848 Une of the Oldest and Strongest Banks in the State THE WINNEBAGO NATIONAL BANK OF FIOOKFOFID ROOKFORD, ILLINOIS CAPITAL AND UNDNIDED PROFITS S4-75,000.00 With ample capital, many years experience, and conservative management, we feel confident that we can give entire satis- faction to our patrons. The entire resources of this bank secure its commercial and savings deposits alike. WE RESPECTFULLY SOLICIT YOUR PATRONAGE .X I I H . M I ' 3 'I' fl-My I ll I A llwllllliiiiiiiiiffili . A l lx - iwvimi A Q ? Rf! Q lil s-h- 4 l 31x I X E is iii X I , E , , i l l' wi 33 fi if if f We W2 2- -wsu: 1.. A 1. , -1 F , , gre ,O 1 fffyqw I , I 1'f- ,li i 1776 ,- '. 'wi I:kIl'l.U - -- I. : 1, ,,f .Iv -N ll 55- ,L Jlei-J, ii Vllluagi ll ! ,f '- ' 7' . . 4.1 7s :s:1ll5'W,,gxg?gE It I fl! THE YOUNG LADIES OF ROCKFORD COLLEGE will find the Iargest and best stock of high-grade furnishings lor their rooms at our Big Store. Orient- al Rugs, Dressers, Pictures, Domestic Rugs, Dressing Tables, Reading Chairs, Draperies, Cheval Mirrors and Desks. D. R. MEAD 6: CO. QUALITYAFURNITURE American Horological Society Certificate awarded for Superior Workmanship DAM H. BOLENDEH EXPERT IEWELER 313 West State St. Rockford, Illinois TO-DAY TO-MORROW-THE NEXT DAY and every day we are cleaning, pressing and dyeing the cheapest and most ex- pensive Ladies' Clothing. Satisfaction Guaranteed. Work Called for and delivered SEE SEE SMITH Phone 60 106 North Wyman St. Both Phones 457 110 North First St. M J N Zl 3 TELEPHONES 213 GEO. M. KEYT 6: SON LIVERY HACK BAGGAGE Amy -.,-NQVS 1- T-fx V' AUTOMOBILES 152 tfivgffv 99111111112 PHOTOGRAPHIC 126 South Church St. ilnusunl Qhixtgs far Uiifis HEADQUARTERS :lx-wrlrq, finurlfzrs. lnfhs, TTIIZPB, iturnxiut 1- T h R t nu A. ll ll ur5 . . 5,,,,s,,,,,5 ,,,,,5i,,llQ inuifrh We carry a nice line of Cameras and Supplies, Plates, Films, Developers, . Flash Light Powders, in fact any mater- ials used in photography. FINE MILLINERY . 109 North Church St. 8 QUALITY, STYLE, WORKMANSHIP THE WHITEHOUSE II2 South Main Street l-ligh Class Wearing Apparel Our aim for years has been to bring out wearing apparel to that perfect stage whereby we could offer at a popular price an effect that would please the most exacting of women. How well we have succeeded we leave you to judge. This store is brim ful of new effects and materials. Pleasant sales people are ever ready to assist you in malting selections that will prove 'becoming and a source of satisfaction to the wearer. 134 s FARM SAUSAGES are our primary pro- duct, but we have J. F. D. Lard which is sold NET WEIGHT and is tried out absolutely dry, as we made it for our own use. oAlllY The hams and bacon are tender and sweet. They have a distinct nutty flavor. Ask yourdealer for these things. If he does not have them, write us, sending his name. l . losing them to save the small s. sci-nan High Grade Ladies Tailor Second Floor Trust Building Are Your Diamonds ,SECURELY MOUNTED? You cannot altorcl to run the risk of ex- pense of having them securely set. J. C. Peers oc Son JEWELERS 204 West State St. Rockford, lll. 135 Haddorff Pianos SOLD BY. IMADE IN ROCKFORDI M Q0 J 0 USED IN ROCKFORD COLLEGE 107 West State Street ACKSON BROS' Graduate Opticians E EWELERS -'T coLLEcE PINS I00 WEST STATE STREET ' GRAND OPERA HOUSE ROCKFORD LEADING THEATRE IN ILLINOIS OUTSIDE CHICAGO HUGH I. FLANNERY, Manag DI'1I1Ix Echo Loifee Rockford WhoIesaIe Grocery Company ROCKFORD 1LLINo1s IVIILLINERY HOME NIADE CANDY MRS H L WISE GLEICI-IMAN S w er - 1 ox w T' J L Q FOR AND 'N ROCKFORD Exclusive Designs , . . . 116 est State St. 13 The f'HUccER Is Here s The latest in No Strap Pumps for ladies. if All Leathersg also made in Fabrics. ai -snot ' 2 CUFI-I'I'S WHITMAN'S ALLEGRETTVS Everything that stands for I 9 I-Cllality? ' Confections of lality sodas of charity I ff BQQYLQEEQ Ice Cream and Ices of Quality use w.51ATr5 sr. Trul a College Shop We devote special attention to College Styles as our garments appeal strongly to the high class trade. Large assortments may always be seen here in the new nobby creations. The gar- ments are always new and fresh from the makers, as we never carry over a single garment from one season to another. Any purchase made here assures absolute satisfaction or money refunded. FOUTFITTERS To WOMEA SUITS ' , WAISTS COATS U DRESSES SKIRTS PETTICOATS ROCKFORD OFFICE SUPPLY HOUSE STATIONERY AND SCI-IOCI.. SUPPLIES 108 South Main Street Rockford, Illinois 137 G I PETER DYEING and CLEANING ESTABLISHMENT IZI North Court Street Rockford III NEW Iez PHONES OLD UNION 7I9Y ' C .NIP pIIyN'ghtrDy D FAY CARNEY Llvery Sale and Boardlng Stable 4I9 Ch t t NEW AND UP TO DATE I-IEADVVEAR FOR VISIT TI-IE F? B OWN NIILLINEFQY CARS PASS HOURLY FOR CHICAGO BELOIT JANESVILLE AND FREEPORT LII? QIIIIFIC 5Hn1xse 111 mms Lihxrk Trap S I E. rr Ily L FIOCKFOHD COLLEGE FOR WOMEN The only Womans CoIIege In the IVIIddIe West accorded tI'Ie first rank In ScIIoIarsI1Ip by the C0mmISSlOhCf of Educatlon Degrees of B A and B S Trams aIso for a vocatlon Home E,conomIcs Secretanal Llbrary IVIusIc Apphed deslgn Departments Catalog JULIA H GULLIVER Ph D PresIcIent BoxE U 0 Carnage alls Answer rom I o a 0 I 1 U ' ' 4I7- es nut Sreet I ' O Q I I T I ' ' I I I 1 Cor. ou II Main and Im Cen a ocated ' 127 NORTH WYMAN STREET Steam Heated Both Phones 555 I I I I I K . . . . b . 1 . , . ., , . I , I 5 u It 138 IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR Stylish, Strictly Up-to-Date Garments We invite you to visit our NEW READY TO WEAR STORE For Women ancl Misses. OUR IVIOTTOF- Lowest Prices Always and a Guarantee of Satisfaction with Every Purchase N 9' I O .figfzozwl 0 WOMENS OUTFITTERS I II6 West State Street A EXCLUSIVE DEALERS IN A CENTER OF BUSINESS DISTRICT WOMENS AND MISSES' OUTER GARMENTS LADIES HAND-BAGS, SUIT-CASES. TRAVELING BAGS, TRUNKS, Traveling Toilet Sets, Trunks, Umbrellas, Sweater Coats, Collars, Etc. Etc. THE HOUSE ,OF QUALITY C. F. HENRY CLOTHING CO. STATE AT MAIN THE ROCKFORD NATIONAL BANK ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Provides Special Rooms for Use ot Lady Patrons ASSETS. ' ' S1,800.000.00 UNITED STATES DEPosr'rAFrv 139 OUR P RE ICE CREAM It is no uncommon thing now-a-days for dealers to announce that their Ice Cream is pure. Made under sanitary conditions- Familiarity Breeds Contempt -perhaps you have heard so many dealers insist that they make pure Ice Cream that it means nothing to you. But we take pride in maintaining as high a standard in the factory as we do in our public announcements And just to show you, we will gladly welcome a visit from you at any time at the place where our cream is frozen. Only the purest of cream and syrup used in the manufacture of Our Ice Cream. PALACE OF SWEETS 4l7 East State Street TO THE STUDENTS OF Rockford College About july Ist, we wIII open at I I0 West State Street, near the bridge the FINEST CANDY SHOP AND ICE CREAM PARLOR IN THE UNITED STATES When you return in the fall, come in and see us and become acquainted. BURR BROS. Waldo Book and Stationery Company We aim to carry in stock the goods that should be in our line of business. Goods not in stock will be ordered promptly. We solicit your patronage for BOOKS STATIONERY WALL PAPER WINDOW SHADES OFFICE FURNITURE Picture and Picture Framing a Specially Waldo Book and Stationery Company 508 East State St. fi J! S 5 We carry everything to make your Fudge Parties a success- i S' - :T .T China, Chafing Dishes and Cooking Utensils. We also suggest , the new 4IQ 'Q'1li TEA SAMOVARS IN COPPER OR NICKEL J See us for Brass Novelties, Candle Shades, Place Cards and Tally Cards WHEELOCKIS CROCKERY STORE I07-l09 South Moro Street, Roorfofd, in LEARN TO SAVE MONEY WE CAN HELP YOU BY FURNISHING YOU A STEEL SAVINGS BANK AND PAYING 3 PER CENT. INTEREST ON DEPOSITS. ONE DOLLAR WILL OPEN AN ACCOUNT -... - THIRD NATIONAL BANK CAPITAL 35250000.00 S b d t t : ' + errnons are ase on ex s jgntttn BS 545-ntattgnn Political speeches are based on pretexts. J . ' 'Il' The reputation of our grades of Slime 'mt ning 404 East State Street, Rockford, Illinois Lumber and Fuel is based on years of fair dealing and efficient service H. G. CUTTING 3 JEWELER McFarland-Colton Company CLASS PINS AND 920 SUUTH MAIII STREET. PHONES 130 RINGS TO ORDER 324 East State Street, Rockford, III 141 t I Quality Style Permanency Q Jbfloh o 29521 51 At the Old Wheat Studio, ill North Church Street Refinement and Exclusiveness The OHARACTERIZE Manufacturers Hcolumblaii SW 135 ' Gymnasium Suits Swimming Suits Natlonal Hoclcey Slcirts Bank Circular and Accordion Plaited Dancing Skirts jumper Blouses Dancing Skirts Capital- ' ' 5200.000-00 Endorsed and Used by Leading Physical RCSQUVCCS Over ' 2-000.000-000 Culturists all over the Country CONSUMERS LEAGUE ENDORSEMENT Uniled Sfafes DCPOSHUG' CATALOGUE ON APPLICATION The Proof of Good Service is Constant Gtttwttt GYMNASIUM SUIT co. l45 South Street, Boston. 142 f N M Tl-:wART 8.6. Q35 DRY Goons 5 -ECARPETSGSHOES We invite you to make this store your shopping headquarters. We shovsfatlall times a metropolitan assortment of the very latest styles in Suits, Coats, Dresses, Waists and Skirts, y Underwear, Hosiery, Corsets, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Neckwear, ' I Belts, Bags, Jewelry and Dry Goods of all Kinds LADIES FINE SHOES A SPECIALTY Prices Always Reasonable I t , 143 TRADE WITH I-IESS AN DAN LESS 15 V' J fs- 1 A5 T E 53 x A . 4 o THE mo STORE E.5TATca.-QWSTS. A Large and Complete Stock of Furniture, Rugs, Carpets, Draperies and Lace Curtains WE RENT DESKS TO STUDENTS ROCKFORD FURNITURE or UNDERTAKING COMPANY 5 I8-520 Seventh Street Phones 557 IVI. BECKER 84 CO. SLJRERIOR FRENCH DRY AND STEAM CLEANING 121 NORTH CHURCH STREET BELLPT-4oNe1694-w Home PHONE 5334 ABSOLUTE FACTS You cannot give a Banquet, Reception, Wedding or Dinner Party, and malte a success of it without Flowers and Decorations. At the American Flower Shows our record has not been equalled by any Firm in the United States. Over One Hundred First Class Prizes. Cups and Medals at New Yorlt City, St. Louis, Chicago and Kansas City, the past two years. VVe Solicit Your Orders Satisfaction Guaranteed Flowers delivered in leading cities of the United States on two hours notice. H. W. BUCKBEE, BOTH PHONES Z3 ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Shampooing, Hair Dressing I- I- BEALE- 5 BRC- and Manicuring Slcilllul operators in attendance. JEWELE R s - - Dermatologist. Electrolysis and Chiropodist IVIIVIE. E. DE VORE Face and Scalp Specialist 4I2 West State Street ROCKFORD, ILL. 406 East Sate Street 144 TI-IE SHOP OF LIBERAL ARTS F Y. l -Q V,-are rp-'T'-vie 5 Makers of hand craft furniture for people wh ii TM i,,,,QLfg-1 is-A-?L.QT-n appreciate good things done in c-Tfzmw' 'Gf 't'. T 2'iT'-T lg Ve coop TASTE AND PURITY or STYLE T l j l Extra values in many quaint, practical and art t g ,ilk N l objects for gifts not to be had elsewhere X f H .Qf'Y w'.. li ' H Correspondence solicited 5 l - 'Tr A L K. BLANKENBURG, ZZI East State Street Rockford, Ill l JOHN S fthe 2151111 Qllnrkfaril, fllliunis A OBERG M The Qiality Storev It is an acknowledged fact that reliable, desirable and up-to-date Furnishings for Milady are always to be found at The Ashton Dry Goods Co. Little Prices on Big Values 145 Have You T Ever thought of how best to secure your heirs against loss? People can give away their property while still alive, make a will, die intestate, or create a trust. The latter plan prevents a contest over your will prevents 's closure of your private affairs and has many advantages which we would like to inform you about This company acts as Executor Guardian Trustee etc A personal interview solicited Peoples Bnak or Trust Company WM BROWN BUll..DlNG The old students know It The new ones oon will That the most satisfactory photos are made bv North Church Street Qpposrte the Malestrc EDWARD BIJTTERFIELD iiftzllmexg K lg A STORE wm-r AN AIM TO 7'-F J-Nw BE AT THE TOP Buffs fl FOR STYLE fx' f QUALITY WORKMANSHIP , dl - . S i 1 i I l 4 i i ' W: 'tiff HI o o r t T if- ,uh ,l 'hN.,MT ' ,jil ' fr ' ' 1 I ' Q 'ff ROC stiff - EE-1.147 gg- V 146 Capacity 600 Hogs and I50 Cattle Per Day fthe Home I1fPurelyHeaIthfuI IVIIIIIISI ' ff .W ,Q-1 1 . 'mf ' ':2zEfz1s2. iff' SCHIVIAUSS cos NEW PACKING PLANT NOW IN OPERATION THE MOST SANITARY, UP-TO-DATE PLANT IN THE WORLD SCHIVIAUSS CO. ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS Our IVIeats are the OnIy Home Killed Government Inspected Meats soId in Rockford FIVE MARKETS BOTH PHONES 147 A I AHN515 Lllli HQGRAWN Q 148 QQ BLACK AND COLOI2 MIYEINTINGE FOR ALL PURPOSES I an 14 L5 THEO. VV. CLARK COMPANY CORNER WYMAN AND MULBEI-:RY ROCKFORD. ILLINOIS Q 0 149 fe XJ f ,Nr Wk Aunt Emlly s Dessert See this Aunt Emly3 ell 0 for you Made It all by myself Dont that loolc good 3 And Aunt Emlls g vrng Nan a good hug says You darlmg g l how perfectly lovely rn you' EEE. EE IS the mcest dessert lm partlal to lt for more than one reason The five cent oa welghs a good d al l s than lt used to and the roast that was fifty cents IS a dollar now but the ell O dessert has never gone up ln prlce and IS as bug and good as ever That lS all true However hugh rn prrce everythrng else goes the blg ell O dessert that serves srx persons rs all there and costs only a dime just as lt always has A ell O dessert can be made ln a mlnute No dessert that requrres an hour 19 any better Seven delightful flavors Strawberry Raspberry Lemon Orange Cherry Peach Chocolate Sold by all groctrs, I0 cents a package Beauhlul Reclpe Book in len colors and gold, lree to all who f ask us lor it. n . 1 A M THE GLNESEE PURE FOOD CO., R JQ Le Roy, N. Y., and Bridgeburg, Can. ig 150 I -uvenwk -l- if-li--4 ra - , c f ' . 'N K 67- 'F r ,- 'Q f' A A 2 1 U ff h V, , , O V - ,r x . , . 1 ' f - I' J ' ' 3 Xt ' 1 -D7 xx: - Y: ' r. I A 'f 1 V 1 l ' , V 1 n, ... ' 1? ., i V -- 5 g .fx,N,.x X IV? 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