University of Central Missouri - Rhetor Yearbook (Warrensburg, MO)

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GEORGE MCCU RDY. B X 7 , ' . ., - O FSS X FLSH I remember a mass Of thmgs but nothmg If to her share some female errors fall distinctly Look tO her face and you 'll forget 'em all. HARRIET E. JOHNSON. All men are bad,

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NELLIE M MACK ELLA MAE W1LsoN. . . . '. ' CLARA ZELPHA SHORT. P d, . H k. d I R Wisdom 1n discourse with her A .d . ti ara ise is open to a 1n learts. Loses, discountenanced, and like folly 1na1 en scieni C, Shows ' Whose knowledge about everything ' Is perfectly terrific. I P. J. MCKINLEY. MARY JACKSON. CLARA IESSIE COOVER' He knows little who will tell his wife all Ifiwe doznot plant knowledge when young he knows. it will give us no shade when We arepld

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HISTORY OF THE SENIOR CLASS OF 1906. N THE fall of ninteen hundred four, was organized a body which later developed into what is known this the year of nineteen hundred six as the Senior Class of Warrensburg State Normal School. 'When that body was organized it was known as the junior Class of nineteen hundred four and five. During the year the junior Class exhibited a consider- able amount of power and ability, in the class room, on the platform, and on the gridiron. To enumerate the shining stars in the class room would be an endless task, so I shall pass them by. Our first evidences of greatness were shown by two of our number, Messrs. Meador and Deffenbaugh, who appeared as de- baters. Although neither of these gentlemen succeeded in getting a place on the debating team of the year, both certainly won honor for themselves, for their respective societies, and for their class. Next our noble 'nd much loved president, Mr. Chrane, pre- pared and 'very ably delivered an oration which won for him second honor in the oratorical contest. Later on in the year he, with others, was chosen by the Uratorical Association to ac- company the representative of our grand old Normal School in the Interstate Oratorical Contest held at Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It is said that while looking after the interests of our institution in the Interstate League, on that occasion, that this worthy gentleman deported himself as became a member of our Ora- torical Association, an orator of marked ability and power, and as president of the junior Class of the institution which he represented. In the contest which followed, we were even more glori- ously represented than in either of the preceding ones. Our mighty little Miss Zelpha Short so talked, and so acted the first Friday night in April, nineteen hundred nve, that she was awarded first honor in the Declamatory Contest which took place at that time. , Q In this same contest appeared another one of our number, Mr. johnson, and although he did not win a place of high rank. he showed ability, and this provedponly the beginning of a more brilliant, a more satisfactory achievement. Such are some of the records of the junior Class of nine- teen hundred iive, in intellectual work. But step back with me a few paces, if you please. Behold Dittemore, Rader and Carter. In the dust? In the mud? They got the football just the same, and many a time We have seen them draw forth the exultant shout of cheer, as they steadily pushed the line forward, or by a series of dodges and zigzags carried the ball twenty, thirty, forty, or fifty yards down across the field toward their rewarding goal. These were some of the common sights on the gridiron. I Look! Did you see that little sphere buzzing through the air? Dittemore dropped it down there into Rutherford's basket, You 're out! the umpire cried. And so it was, whenever a runner tried to steal a base when Dittemore was catching. . But look! There it goes again! No, the second baseman didn't get it this time, Rader got a good old swing, center hit and that middle fielder wasn 't back nearly far enough. Thus we have had a few sights on the diamond. We have been told that a very large audience received a most fearful shock one afternoon while seated on the bleachers waiting to see the game which had been billed for the evening. All at once something 'buzzed past, but in an instant it was gone, and they were unable to see anything except a streak