Southwestern College - Moundbuilder Yearbook (Winfield, KS)

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2etatem, but scarcely out of his knee trousers. But even now such opaque sub- stances as Bowneism, DeBuskism, and Dubois's conceit are transparent fallacies to him. Like all great men he has a few faults such as credulity, bashfulness, constitu- tional laziness, a loving disposition, and a desire to write poetry and sing. L. D. Moore is a plain harmless boy not worth mentioning. George McDermott is a youth of fine feeling and sympathetic instincts, of mas- sive and well trained intellect. A prodigious memory, a flaming wit, and an entire disregard for the eternal fitness of his speech mark the outline of this most extraor- dinary character. From babyhood, when he pleased his mother and disgusted his father by quoting: Quodsi me lyricis natibus inseris, Sublime feriam vertice sidera, until he graduated from high school at the milky age of fifteen, he has followed in the paths of prescient lore marked out by Hugo. Grotius, and Baruch Spinoza. At ten he delivered a philippic against the enemies of Henry VIII. Eight years later he brought ridicule to the class by writing some stuff entitled HAmbition and HSonnet of a Bachelor, No. ut' which he had thebrass to call poetry. This verit- able prodigy is much sought after by the sweet faced daughters of joy at all recep- tions and banquets. Bert Dubois is problematical if not enigmatical. His raising will account for some of his oddities, but it is left to genius to explain the others. This man gave little promise to his enemies of what he would in a short time be. A Western Kansas ranch is not usually an incubator for poets and beau-brummels. The Par- cae certainly surprised people. He made his debut early in 1903, when he quietly took his place beside Browning and others, who write verses that no one can under- stand. Prof. Weeks after laboring all night long gave it up in despair and asked Bert what he was trying to say. When this indigestible product of mentality be- came known over College Hill, Dubois was taken up by the elite of S. K. C., and became the conhdant andfriend of all the married women. But Mirabile dictul all this adolation did not make a solipsistic idealist of him, for he gladly condescended to lead the Grand March at the Iunior Ball this year. In giving the salient characteristics of Josephine Bell no improvement can be made on the following clipping from Duboisls HGirls I Have lVlet : It is well that one of such gracious loveliness should be discussed negatively. To be sure, she cannot be accused of being square. Her sweetness of temperament, her charitable ways cannot but fail to attract Professors, et cetera ....... Her hair falls gently over her lofty brow like that of the meekest Puritan damsel ....... Her lips are gently parted, around which play with fairy tread the most fascinating of smiles. Her chin is a warning to suitors. It is truly masterful ....... Helen of Troy ....... beside Joe. Of Elsie Rupp, Chicago and Baker both have said: HPost se longo intervallo omnes relinquitf' Of well trained and exact scholarship, caring little for the vain pomp and glory that affect this sterile promontory, she possesses in full heaped and rounded measure all the splendid qualifications that go to make the ideal Junior co-ed girl. dl 26

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ready been heldg our yell was the first heard in chapel, while we came out in our caps and gowns the same day the seniors tried to show off by their puerile bur- lesques on the faculty. ' Thus for three years we have climbed the steep hill of fame, bearing in a fitting manner, the arrogance of the upper classmen, the deference of the under classmen, and enduring with the composure of the Stoics, the intolerable brightness of the faculty, as we communed with them face to face. HHumility is the badge of all our tribe. The vicissitudes of time and circumstances have broken and disor- ganized our serried ranks, as we passed through the trying ordeal of term exams., but we have never been entirely hors de combat. The march begun in the fall of 1901 has been interrupted by desertions and strengthened by accessions, but now we stand forth a living testimony that the Httest survive. Marriage, that last infirmity of noble minds, got in its nefarious work on but one poor sinner, but he has borne himself well under the added responsibilities of supporting a family while in school. The strong stress of circumstances has cer- tainly brought out all the nobility in this man. He has written poetry that brought down the envious execrations of the foremost poetaster of Kansas. This man, who is none other than the present grand and glorious Poet Laureate at Athens, also has the distinction of being the only preacher in his class, at least the only one who is now working at his trade. Among others who have attained less and done less good than King is Bert McMillen, a man exceeding well Htted by nature, training, antecedents, and pro- clivities to become the social favorite of S. K. C., yet he absolutely refuses to use his advantages for his own private benent. Bert did not decline when two pieces of cake were offered him at the last junior party. After writing of commonplace things how pleasant it is to turn to the pride of the Juniors and the despair of the amorously inclined Sophomores, the paragon of beauty, wit, excellence, learning. and grace, Mary Bell. This year at Christmas time Mary shook the scrubby Sophs and joined the crowd. She said that she picked us as winners two years ago and began studying extra hard to catch up. In leaving her classmates she also bade her old beaus good-bye. Then there is a certain man with an eye that betokens the craft of Ulysses, M. W. Parrish. As a devotee of the Hsmooth and oily art, as a craftsman in cunning and forethought, and as a possessor of common sense he is easily supreme. He never sees anyone doing something mean but what he is at once Hlled with a desire to go one better in iniquity. His father sent him to college in order to abate this evil propensity. G. H. Broyles is the one gifted mortal who can get pleasure out of misfortune. The microbes of Uennui thrive luxuriously in his system? By satisfying their rapacious appetite with an inordinate self-love he manages to be happy. Did he not have an indulgent father, a loving mother, and a sympathetic sister, he would come to perplexing grief. :'None knows him but to love him, None names him but to praise. The most delectable jewel in Southwestern is Thomas Carlyle Maxwell. In him are combined the highest measure of brilliant and well developed intellectuality, and a sweetness of disposition passing the ideal of saintliness. It is seldom that such native goodness is combined with such precocious wit and understanding. Yet all is not told, for this paragon of virtue and wisdom is just now Hin florem 25

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