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

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.ess amount of work and vith an exalted opinion amount of learning that d really I know I ought l or a square Y. They .rent from other people. why should we? Isn't sually brave and great t the Normal. I had d learn. For example, ents. E to go to the basement, ree to go out onto the nvention if you please, just where the beauty of the universe. 1 and try to remember. rig., and that the uni- ie Math. Department. 16- , -'-Y -- - ... , - -1.-nzrnvswvu erm: :z:.:ar.'ng.:-. . , M ,,J,,,,,.mg.i-udgaz .. -..rv-,.::: ... . .- ., . -V-.V . f. . . -.. .. .5u.1:.sm:-zzzfffz . ,,., -..: ...., .- V- -. - .. -4- . -- - 3 ..Nfx. X' L ee Eihrarg 6 HE Librarykthe fount of learning at which each Normalite must sip whether he will or notmholds within its depths, or lengths, or breadths, sufficient wine of knowledge to put in a state of permanent delirium the entire student force and faculty. The faculty, being fondest of the said wine, drink deepest, and are therefore nearest to the state of collapse which inevitably follows overindulgence. The majority of experienced students are far less addicted to the thirst for knowledge. None imbibe with relish at first-except a few, like Boley and Cramer, who have no doubt inherited the taste. But immediately upon entering the institution unsuspecting young hopefuls are caught in the traps set by the faculty, and eventu- ally land in the great room crowded with tables and chairs, where silence reigns supreme. But occasionally the spirit of callow youth breaks its bonds, and whispers-actually whispers-circulate thru the great room where the three minions of the Silent Kingdom look clown with sad and stern concern. The ones so daring are Hsquelchedn at once by these able scions of justice, Blair, Cook and Shryock, who, by the way, also deal out the elixir from the fountain of learning. The lightest form of punishment inflicted on offenders is banishment from the great room crowded with tables and chairs. For details see Erdie Hershberger, Helen Redford, or Marion Quinlan. ' Many noble young lives have been sacrificed in the effort to secure release from this tyrannic rule. As the result of an attempt to defy the oppressor, Ben Thurman now wanders, a witless creature, bereft of brains and minus an appetite for any sort of elixir whatever. The latter affliction is more noticeable than the former, since it occupied the greater part of Ben's organism. By the senior year the habit ffor brevity called the library habitnj of drinking from the source of wisdom becomes fixed. The sallow, wild-eyed personages seen in the halls are harmlessg they are but seniors who are attempting to equal the reputation of the faculty for imbibing from said source. The keepers, Blair, Cook and Shryock, touch not at all, as is the custom of those dealing in elixirs. It is only thus that they are able to keep their wits about them and serve us so wisely and so well. NEW BOOKS RECENTLY ADDED TO TI-IE LIBRARY, A Study in Expletives-Oakley Kauffman- A Little Ministry-Mary DOUSIHSS- A Tooth-pick Capers CA Modern lnterpretation of Dickensj-Libby Bell. Self-pronouncing Dictionary fcontainingnonly unheard-of wordsj-Bert Woolsey. Weenies-From Raw Material to Consurner4Freddie Hacker and Buck Kauffman. +17

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. I Y Y... . Q.. . ,,,:E:,......:f'711 2 . f -- 1-Q .--a--f-fA:1r2r-zuze1.tft':::firF -'-'-f-v-U -A --ff'-rf, . ., - - - . .. . -......ai,-.w:as m .z1': , .1-H41- 'frssifzrfewsfsfffrfff.-fF'M'--''-'-'- ' ' ' ' ' ' ., .. HH at 1 I1 P m at 1 i r 5 'I'l,fERE it is the end of my.Senior year at the Normal. It certainly has taken an endless amount of work and I courage, but I worried thru and often wonder how it all happened. I started with an exalted opinion of myself. E I entered Miss Nickerson's algebra class and was at once mightily impressed. The amount of learning that is shown here is surely bewildering. Think of it, besides the Xis we have to square. And really I know I ought not to confess it, being a Senior-but I can't for the life of me see any sense in a square X or a square Y. They don't look square to me. But it is a way these mathematicians have. They are so different from other people. That's why you are impressed with their learning. Nobody understands them. But why should we? lsn't learning for the initiated few, sealed, and locked behind strong walls and only the unusually brave and great can hope to enter this society of the elect? But I have wanderedL I started to tell about this great mathematics department at the Normal. I had got to where we were squaring X's and then I got lost. But there are some things I did learn. For example, in Miss Nickerson's class I learned how to find the cost of one apple if three cost fifteen cents. Then here is what Mr. Urban gave us in his geometry class-'KNOW when I tell you to go to the basement, please do not go to the roof. In analytics such learned expressions as If you and I agree to go out onto the campus to play, remember that it is a fact only because we agree to make it so. It is a convention if you please, something we have all agreed to and propose to observe. Miss Kennedy seemed to think that there is nothing so beautiful as infinite curves, tho just where the beauty lies is still a mystery to me. I My importance returned to me when we were asked to consider ourselves the center of the universe. Dr. Scarborough gently reminded us of our inability when he asked us CSeniorsj to learn and try to remember. s I do g.- a arlt . IS geom., alg., and trig., and that the uni- verse can be measured only by the calculus and that the calculus willbe needed to measure the M remember from all this work that algebra is tri th t ' h ' ath. Department. 16- I -I1 'CDI-IE I. its c the The fa which ine' The n relish at fi' upon enter ally land ii spirit of ca the three n The oi the way, a offenders is Helen Red Many result of ai minus an 2 it occupier By th becomes fi attempting Shryock, t their wits A Stu A

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14 RHEEORQQYWQ Ehuratinnal -Evpartmrnt Our dean, C. A. P.-he is great, For him you may study quite lateg But yet it's a pleasure, No matter what measure Wfe know he's the best in the State. There was a Professor McPheeters, Who could not sleep for miskeeters, They bit an axone, His psychology had tlowng, 'Twas a dendrite, cried Mister McPheeters. One lady, Miss Humphreys, they say Gives work quite enough for the day, For her you will work V Never wanting to shirk, For a pleasure her work is alway. A professional teacher named Hudson, VVho usually 'has some brown duds on, Says, Stick to your text: It will help you get next To a grade, says this pedagogue, Hudson. f J J B B ' EtE' fQ ' Hhgniral x iihuraiinn 't HYSICAL training became a part of the established work of the Normal School in l904. ln l906 the Dockery Gymnasium was completed and furnished with adequate equipment for all kinds of physical exercise. ' The work in this department consists in gymnastics, calisthenics, apparatus work and all indoor games, as well as tennis, hockey, field and track work. Each year new and better equipment is being added: a bowling alley has been opened up for both girls and boysg the tennis courts have been improved and enlarged, and extensive indoor apparatus has been procured. This year for the first time the Normal will take part in the intercollegiate track meet. Much interest is taken in this department, both by the students and by the town people, and the exhibitions which are given each quarter are attended and enjoyed by large crowds. ' Nl: a be we be flu So they for writi knowled for a La So they The a book of rea It is said t he, and in round aboi President 1 appeared b words gave eliminated These way. And makes a nz the unreal i , 18- I -19 l l