University of Evansville - LinC Yearbook (Evansville, IN)

Text from Pages 1 - 54 of the 1923 volume:

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Ford, New Harmony, Indiana. Rev. John W. Hancher, D.D., LL.D., Chicago, Illinois. E. V. Hawkins, Connersville, Indiana. Silas Ichenhauser, Evansville, Indiana. John L. Igleheart, Evansville, Indiana. HrNRY Kleymeyer, Evansville, Indiana. William H. McCurdy, Evansville, Indiana. Bishop Frederick D. Leete, Indianapolis, Indiana. Rev. Alfred E. Craig, D. D., LL.D., Ph.D., Evansville, Indiana. Mr. Richard Rqsencranz, Evansville, Indiana. Mr, Wilbur Erskine, Evansville, Indiana. Samuel L. May, Evansville, Indiana. Rev. George H. Murphy, D. D., Columbus, Indiana. John J. Nolan, Evansville, Indiana. Samuel L. Orr, Evansville, Indiana. Francis Joseph Reitz, Evansville, Indiana. Rev. E. A. Robertson, D. D., Indianapolis, Indiana. Marcus Son n tag, Evansville, Indiana. J. V. Stimson, Huntingburg, Indiana. George S. Tarbox, Mattoon, Illinois. Rev. John Mann Walker, D. D., Rushville, Indiana. Rev. John S. Ward, D. D., Evansville, Indiana. George Waters, Poseyville, Indiana. Daniel C. Wertz, Evansville, Indiana. Walton M. Wheeler, Evansville, Indiana. Rev. John C. White, D. D., Ft. Wayne, Indiana. 4 DR. ALFRED F. HUGHES, PRESIDENT D OUR FACULTY Back Row (left to right)—A. B. Cope, Waldo F. Mitchell, Thomas A. Williams, Johanna Klingholz, Charles G. Vannest, Mrs. Lucy Jenkins Franklin, R. E. Robb, Martin W. Storn, Olaf Hovda. Front Row (left to right)—H. J. Bassett, A. J. Bigney, Mary Lois Raymond, Dean Charles E. Torbet, Wahnita DeLong, Dorothy Iwig, G. B. Franklin, Alvin Strickler. Not all the members of our faculty were present when the above picture was taken. For this we are sorry, but to them as well as to those here we may say, “Your faces and your personali¬ ties are graven into our hearts: we shall never forget you.” 6 ADMINISTRATION BUILDING JSfjff • ' • - . ■ - : A r ■ •- ; - The Class of Twenhj-Hiree President _ s _RALPH EVENS OLMSTED Vice-President_LAWRENCE McGINNESS Secretary ___ ......RUTH ELEANOR JULIAN Treasurer__JOHN KARR JONES Class Colors: Cream and Crimson. Class Roll JOYCE J. BAILEY A. M. BROWN GERALD 0. DAILEY MARY EICHOLZ IRMA FRANKE MEREDITH M. HOGUE VERNA HUGHES MABELINCO ARSHALUIS KALEMKIARIAN HOWARD GODARD LYTLE FREDERICK H. MARTIN W. ALFRED MURRAY LILLIAN OAKLEY MARTHA ONCLE ROBERT OWENS ARTHUR ROBB HERMAN STRATTON WALTER WAHNSIEDLER GLADYS WEBB Committees Social A. M. Brown Verna Hughes Ira G. Adams invitations Gerald Dailey Arshaluis Kalemkiarian Caps and Gowns Frederick H. Martin Mabel Inco Robert Owens Senior Publishing Board R. E. Olmsted Ruth Julian Howard Lytle Robert Owens Herman Stratton Play Committee A. M. Brown Ruth Julian John K. Jones Joyce J. Bailey Evansville, Indiana Philosophy Photozetean. Secretary, Y. M. C. A., ’21-’22; Secretary, Photozeteans, ’22; President, Oxford Club, ’22; Track, ’22. 8 “Who mixed reason with ' pleasure, And wisdom with mirth” A. M. Brown Oaktown, Indiana Sociology Photozetean. President, Y. M. C. A., ’20-’21; President, Photozeteans, ’21; President, Agassiz Club, ’21-’22; Presi¬ dent, Student Volunteer Band, ’21-’22; Vice-President, Pho¬ tozeteans, ’22; Vice-President, Oxford Club, ’22; Vice-Presi¬ dent, Student Volunteer Band, ’21-’22; Secretary, Pho¬ tozeteans, ’21; Secretary and Treasurer, Student Volunteer Band, ’23; Class Treasurer, ’20-’21; Class Vice-President, ’21-’22. 9 “When I said I would die a bachelor I did not know that I would live to tell I were married Gerald Owen Dailey Evansville, Indiana Philosophy Photozetean. Editor, Cres¬ cent, ’20, ’21, ’22; Business and Circulation Manager, Crescent, ’21-’22; Secretary, Photozeteans, ’21-’22; Basket¬ ball, ’20; Track, ’20-’21. s 10 “Low, gurgling laughter as sweet As the swallow’s song i’ the South.” mi yrm Mary Eicholz New Albany, Indiana English Sigournean. President, House Government Sweetser Hall, ’19-’20, ' 21-’22; Vice- President, Sigourneans, ’23; Secretary-Treasurer, Student Volunteer Band, ’19-’20; Vice- President of Same, ’20-’21; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’19-’20, ’20-’21, ’21-’22. 11 “Laugh at your friends and if your friends are sore, So much the better, you may laugh the more.” Irma Franke Evansville, Indiana English Sigournean. 12 “Exceeding wise, fcdr- spoken, and persuad¬ ing” . Meredith M. Hogue Vincennes, Indiana Sociology Philoneikean. Vice-Presi¬ dent, Y. M. C. A., ’21-’22; President, Y. M. C. A., ’22- ’23; President, Student Gov¬ ernment Association, ’22-’23; President, Hospital Board, ’22-’23; President, Philonei- keans, ’22. 13 Verna Hughes Delaware, Ohio Home Economics Sigournean. President Sweetser Hall House Govern¬ ment Association, ’22-’23; Vice-President, Y. W. C. A., ’22-’23. “The mildest manners and the gentlest heart.’ ' 14 “And wisely tell what hour of day The Clock doth strike by Algebra.” Mabel Inco Evansville, Indiana Mathematics Castalian. Editor, Crescent, ’22-’23; President. Spanish Club, ’22-’23; President, Root¬ ers’ Club, ’22-’23; Secretary Athletic Board, ’21-’22; Sec¬ retary, Tennis Club, ’23. 15 An affable and cour¬ teous gentleman ” John K. Jones Slaughters, Kentucky Economics Philoneikean. Basketball, ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23; Track, ’20; Vice-President, Philonei- keans, ’21; Secretary, Philo- neikeans, ’21-’22 ; Class Treas¬ urer, ’21-’22, ’22-’23; Presi¬ dent, Philoneikeans, ’22; Class Treasurer, ’22-’23; President, Debate and Ora¬ tory Council, ’22-’23: Presi¬ dent, Tennis Club, ’23; Treas¬ urer, S. G. A., ’22-’23. 16 “She is ' pretty to walk with And witty to talk with And pleasant, too, to think on” Rutii Eleanor Julian Evansville, Indiana Home Economics Sigournean. Vice-Presi¬ dent, Sigourneans, ’20; Pres¬ ident, Sigourneans, ’21; Treasurer, Senior Class Pub¬ lishing Board; Secretary, S. G. A., ’19-’20; Class Secre¬ tary, ’22-’23. 17 “Her eyes as stars of twilight fair, The t wilight’s too her dusky hair” Arshaluis H. Kalemkiarian New York City Sigournean. Secretary, Sweetser Hall House Govern¬ ment Association, ’20-’21; Vice-President, Student Vol¬ unteer Band, ’22-’23. 18 Howard Godard Lytle Evansville, Indiana History Philoneikean. Secretary, Philoneikeans, ’20, ’22; Presi¬ dent, Philoneikeans, ’23; Edi¬ tor, Crescent, ’21-’22; Senior Class Publishing Board. 19 “You walk softly, and look sweetly, and say nothing” Lawrence McGinness Evansville, Indiana History Philoneikean. President, Philoneikeans, ’23; Treasurer, Philoneikeans, ’19-’20; Bas¬ ketball, ’20, ’21, ’22, ’23; Sec¬ retary, Philoneikeans, ’20; Vice-President, Philonei¬ keans, ’21-’22; Class Vice- President, ’22-’23. 20 Frederick H. Martin Evansville, Indiana Economics Photozetean. President, Business Administration Club, ’22-’23; Vice-President, Chemistry Club, ’20-’21. 21 “Instructed by the anti¬ quary times, He must, he is, he can¬ not but be tvise” W. Alfred Murray Evansville, Indiana History Photozetean. Track, ’20; Secretary, Photozeteans, ’20; Vice-President, Photozeteans, ’21-’22; Treasurer, Photoze¬ teans, ’22; President, Photo¬ zeteans, ’23. 22 23 “He will print them, out of doubt, for he cares not what he puts into the press.” Ralph E. Olmsted E vansville, Indiana English Philoneikean. Editor, Cres¬ cent, ’19-’20, ’20-’21; Vice- President Student Govern¬ ment Association, ’19-’20, ’20-’21, ’21-’22; President, Philoneikeans, ’20-’21; Class President, ’21-’22 and ’22-’23; Editor-in-Chief, The LinC 1922; Chairman Senior Class Publishing Board. 24 “She knew she was by him beloved — she knew, For quickly comes such knowledge, that his heart Was darken’d with her shadow.” Martha Oncle Evansville, Indiana History. Sigournean. President Sig- ourneans, ’22; Secretary S. G. A., ’19; Assistant Business Manager, Crescent, ’19-’20. 25 “Lofty and sour to them that loved him not, But to those men that sought him, sweet as summer” Robert Owens Boonville, Indiana Education Vice-President, Spanish Club, ’23. 26 Arthur Robb Mt. Vernon, Indiana Chemistry Photozetean. Secretary, Chemistry Club, ’21; Secre¬ tary, Y. M. C. A., ’22-’23; As¬ sistant in Chemistry, ’22-’23. 27 “Why did she love him? Curious fool, be still. Is human love the growth of human wilir Herman J. Stratton Evansville, Indiana History Photozetean. Business Man¬ ager, Crescent, ’19; Business and Circulation Manager, Crescent, ’20-’21; Secretary, Y. M. C. A., ’19; Class Presi¬ dent, ’20-’21; President, Pho- tozeteans, ’20; Treasurer, Y. M. C. A., ’20; Track Captain, ’20-’21; College Representa¬ tive in Inter-Collegiate Ora¬ torical Contest, ’23; Presi¬ dent, Athletic Board, ’22-’23; Senior Class Publishing Board. 28 Walter Wahnsiedler Evansville, Indiana English Photozetean. President, Photozetean Society, ’20; Class Vice-President, ’20-’21; President, Photozeteans, ’23. 29 “True as the needle to the pole Or as the dial to the sun.” Gladys Webb Fort Branch, Indiana English Sigournean. President, Sweetser Hall House Govern¬ ment, Summer, ’22; Vice- President of Same, ’22-’23; Y. W. C. A. Cabinet, ’19-’20, ’22-’23. 30 Class History When graduating classes by the scores have passed out of the doors of E. C. and adminis¬ tration hall is ivy-colored and weather worn, we hope there will still be occasionally a word or a thought for the pioneer class of Evansville Col¬ lege—the faithful twenty-three of ’23. We do not wish to be known as, we hope we shall not long remain, the best class that has spent four years in these halls. But we shall always be the First! We glory in the responsi¬ bility that was ours, of starting with the Col¬ lege, of helping start the College, and of helping to carry it through the first critical years of its existence. So much of our achievement was the achievement of the whole College; so much of our effort went toward trail blazing and toward the forging of tools, that our distinctive class history is a small volume. The success of our College has been the success of ’23. But we shall never forget our part in these larger College af¬ fairs. What we wish to record here are the little happenings strict¬ ly entre nous—the little class intimacies which mean so little to others but upon which so much sentiment and reminiscence hangs for us. Let us begin at the beginning. Cast your mind back to a day in the first week of our College life when we gathered in the old auditorium in the prosaic brick hall on ; Vine street, to organize ourselves into a Freshman Class. What a timid, bewildered bunch we were! Ira Adams, soon after¬ ward dubbed “Billy,” became our president. Our meekness wore off so soon, however, that when the Sopho¬ more Class, a small but audacious group, ordered us to wear green caps, we refused—not wisely, perhaps, but firmly. This refusal involved us in frays with the Sophs which, however, caused them more worry than us. We congratulate ourselves on showing marks of our originality even this early—in our manner of dealing with our traditional enemies. We did not use our superior numbers for brute hazing but gained our victories through superior brain power and organiza¬ tion. For instance, ours was the first class to display its banner in chapel. Remember how it happened? The Sophs had fastened up their banner earlier in the morning, before the time for chapel. We found it, removed it, then attached our banner to the drop cur¬ tain so that when the curtain was rolled up it was concealed. Then at the proper moment during chapel, just as we Frosh were finishing a lusty yell, the curtain was dropped and our glorious cream and crimson was flaunted in the face of the whole world, or at least that part of the world that most smarted under the ' flaunting. Shortly after this some members of our class were forced by Sophs to take several miles of oxygen on the hoof, late at night and without congenial company. One evening, a week or so later, at 31 c ass History—Continued one fell swoop we captured every male member of the enemy class save two, one of whom was out of town and the other carefully protected by home and mother. We took them blindfolded to the depth of a deep wood. There we gave each victim the choice of having a dire but unnamed penalty inflicted upon him, or of signing a pact in which he agreed to cease hostilities against the Fresh¬ man class. All signed. Some months afterward we decided from the absence of any signs of life, that the Sophomore class was dead. Consequently, we assumed the duty of seeing it decently buried with the proper rites. We held the funeral in chapel. The whole service including the sermon seemed to us fair to the deceased, but the Sophs couldn’t seem to see the truth of the remarks made about them. The audi¬ ence rose to its feet with respectful alacrity when undertaker Adams said, “We will now pass the bier.” Rev. Faubion preached the sermon; Olmsted was the corpse. We had several social affairs, including a wiener roast, and a log cabin party at the “Y”, but the real climax came in that hay- ride in June. Do you remember the sweet smell of the hay, the silly things we said and did, the songs we sang, the moon lighting up the road ahead long and white—weren’t we young and weren’t we happy? But now we’re Seniors. We’ve reached the end of that long, white road and our ways fork—we part. Gladly we reassembled the next fall as Sophomores. Herman Stratton was elected president. We were less sedate if possible than as Freshmen. Although we were not invited to a Freshman- Junior party, nevertheless we partook of the refreshments—namely animal cookies, peanuts and cider. In December we seized but later returned the eats of a Freshman party. In spite of our generosity they seemed to love us none the more. We covered ourselves with glory by a skit we presented in chapel during Good English Week, which took the prize in the school, and which we gave also before the Kiwanis and Rotary clubs. Four social affairs stand out distinctly. One was that hike and wiener roast, out the Mt. Vernon road, when Dr. Bassett sang a funny song, and when the owner of the property chased us away just as we were ready to go home anyhow—we always were lucky. Then there was that candy-making at Sweetser Hall. Neither have we forgotten that party in the “Y” log cabin room, and those lim¬ ericks about class members. But the banquet at the Y. W. C. A. took first place. The speeches, the class will by Ralph Olmsted, the prophecy by Ruth Julian, the morality skit by Gerald Dailey and the class history by Herman Stratton were worthy markers of our College Days half over. As Juniors we put aside the childish frivolity of our first two years (almost all) and drawing a long face, and electing a long president (Olmsted) we pursued our studies so closely that we caught up with them several times. 32 c ass History—Continued Our real job for the year, however, was the publishing of the LinC of 1922, the College’s first annual. By all pulling together we published, with no precedent to guide us, a creditable book of nearly 250 pages, and after a strenuous “campaign” sold almost 700 copies. In all ways this book was a success. To Dr. Franklin, our class advisor, goes the honor of suggesting the name for the annual. Having lost something of our awe for professors, the male mem¬ bers of our class challenged the similar classification of the faculty to a baseball game. The fray was fought to a finish (the faculty’s) and all Junior grades fell twenty-five percent on the average. A long to be remembered social affair was our fishing trip in May. We got lost from each other on the way, and averaged about one-twentieth of a fish apiece, but when we remember the rides up and down the creek in that leaky dinky boat, and the eats that the social committee provided, we store this memory away as another happy reminiscence for future use around our aged firesides. On the other hand when it came to formal social affairs, who will ever say we weren’t equal to the strain of them ? Ah, those evening dresses, those white flannel trousers, those strange sound¬ ing, but familiar tasting dishes! And then before we had time to realize it, we were Seniors and were beginning to feel old already. Responsibilities and hon¬ ors fell upon us thick, and fast. Seniors were heads of the Sigour- nean, Photozetean, and Philoneikean Literary Societies; of the Stu¬ dent Government Association; of the Athletic Board; of the Root¬ ers’ Club; of the Tennis Club; of the Crescent; of the Business Administration Club; of the Y. M. C. A. and of other organizations, if there were any other. Additional honors and achievements were: inaugurating the custom of planting a Senior memorial tree on the campus; having two of our members on the varsity basketball team; giving what all agreed was the best “stunt” before the Student Government Association; obtaining a College seal and in general looking after the welfare of the College and its organizations. But with all our serious work we found time for enjoyment. How we did eat at the dinner in the Bluegrass Community house! Even Professor Vannest as chaperon did not toy with his food. Then there was our theatre party to see “Lulu Bett.” We drew much inspiration therefrom for our own Senior plays, “The Good Men Do,” and “The Medicine Man,” which we elected shortly after ward to give. Prexy and Mrs. Prexy who chaperoned our theatre party said, “Let the festivities continue,” and invited us to a dinner party at their home in Sunset avenue, a few weeks later. If there was any¬ thing lacking to make it a perfect dinner party, we didn’t miss it. The sparkling wit of Dr. and Mrs. Hughes and of some of the Seniors equalled that of the “Hotel de Rambouillet” at its best. Some of the Seniors are still trying to understand that mind-reading trick given by our host and hostess. 33 Class History—Continued Candy and long distance jazz proved an enjoyable combination at the taffy pull and radio party given by Mabel Inco. Freddy Mar¬ tin was the champion taffy maker, because he had the most pull. The grand finale of our social year came just after mid-term exams when we took the annual Senior trip to New Harmony and the old dam. Leaving each to his particular happy recollections of the day, we remark in passing, it was a great day. Then we were caught up in the commencement activities and whirled madly along until IT HAPPENED and we were no longer Seniors, but alumni. “So here’s a hand my trusty friend and gie a hand o’ thine,” and though we take different paths out into the world let us make them converge occasionally under memorial elm, where professors, senators, scientists, journalists, doctors and home-makers will clasp hands and renew again happy memories of E. C. and ’23. H. J. STRATTON. PLANTING THE CLASS OF ’23 MEMORIAL ELM 34 ALFRED F HUGHES PRESIDENT EVANSVILLE COLLEGE EVANS VI LLE.IN DIANA FROM PREXY 8:15 P. M. 6:00 P. M. 8:15 P. M. 3:00 P. M. 8:30 A. M. 9:00 A. M. 10:30 A. M. 12:15 P. M. 1:00 P. M. 6:00 P. M. 8:00 P. M. 9:00 P. M. 10:00 A. M. 12:15 P. M. Program Sixty-fifth Annual Commencement EVANSVILLE COLLEGE (Formerly Moores Hill College) June 14-19, 1923. THURSDAY, JUNE 14 Public Recital of Students in the Department of Music, Administration Hall Auditorium. FRIDAY, JUNE 15. Junior-Senior Banquet, Hotel McCurdy. SATURDAY, JUNE 16. Senior Plays “The Good Men Do.” “The Medicine Show.” SUNDAY, JUNE 17. Baccalaureate Service—President Alfred F. Hughes, Administration Hall Auditorium. MONDAY, JUNE 18. Recognition Chapel. Charles Paul Anderson Contest, Administration Hall Auditorium. Meeting Board of Trustees. Trustees’ Luncheon. Women’s College Club Luncheon, Country Club. Joint Literary Society Banquet and Reunion, Gym¬ nasium. Artists’ Recital by Faculty of Department of Music, Administration Hall Auditorium. Reception by President and Faculty to Trustees, Alumni, Students and Friends of the College. Adminis¬ tration Hall. TUESDAY, JUNE 19. Commencement Exercises—Address by Dr. Robert J. Aley. Awarding of Degrees by President Hughes. Alumni Luncheon, Gymnasium. 36 HERMAN J. STRATTON During her first three years Evansville College did not enter into any oratorical contests. It re¬ mained for Herman Stratton, a Senior, to carry off second place in the Indiana Oratorical Asso¬ ciation contest held at Crawfordsville on Feb. 9. First place went to the representative of Notre Dame University. Speaking on the subject, “The Race Between Education and Catastrophe,” Stratton defeated orators representing Purdue University, Wabash College, Franklin College, Butler College and Earlham College. The Class of 1923 is the “Pioneer” class of Evansville College. Entering as Freshmen on September 16, 1919, the members of this class have consistently carried through their four years. It would be vanity to recount the places of honor its members have held or to enumerate the enterprises begun and completed by this class. We have done our duty without shirking and for doing our duty we ask no praise. Below is printed a list of those people who entered Evansville College as Freshmen in 1919. Those printed in Capitals have stayed through the four years and are graduating this June. One, Jane Elizabeth Wright, completed her work for the A. B. degree in three years, graduating with Magna Cum Laude honors in August, 1922. Eva M. Johnson William O. JOHN K. JONES Loie May RUTH ELEANOR JULIAN Alma M. Ira G. Adams A. M. BROWN Bessie Brown Helen A. Casey Martha L. Cox GERALD DAILEY Harold Denton MARY E. EICHOLZ Dorothy Eissler Arthur S. Farrell Ralph Faubion Mary Featherstone Maybelle Hargrave Otto Finke Elma Flag ' ler IRMA FRANKE Joseph Fuchs Frederick W. Haberer Nellie M. Kelp Margaret Kessinger HOWARD G. LYTLE Grace McCutchan LAWRENCE McGINNESS Roberta Mann Frances C. Martin Alleen Murr ALFRED MURRAY RALPH E. OLMSTED MARTHA ONCLE Floyd Page Alice Plane Thelma Pleak Arva Ricker Riggs Scarborough Schmitt Russell L. Schoene Elizabeth Seitz Carrie Smith Charles B. Smith HERMAN J. STRATTON James G. Stuteville Boyd E. Tryon WALTER WAHNSIEDLER Genevieve Ward GLADYS M. WEBB Agnes A. Welborn Walter T. Wilson Lloyd R. Windels Roy Windels ELIZABETH WRIGHT The following graduates in the Class of 1923, entered Evansville College from other institutions or entered as Freshmen after September, 1919: JOYCE J. BAILEY MEREDITH HOGUE VERNA HUGHES MABEL INCO LILLIAN OAKLEY ARSHALUIS KALEMKIARIAN ROBERT OWENS FREDERICK H. MARTIN ARTHUR ROBB 37 JONES John K. Jones, from Slaughters, Ky., won three E’s in basket¬ ball, playing consist¬ ently through Sopho¬ more, Junior and Senior years. He was also on the Freshman team. Captain 1921-1922. McGINN ESS Lawrence McGinness, of Evansville, is also a three-letter man in bas¬ ketball, and his record runs parallel to that of Jones. Captain 1922- 1923. LYTLE Howard Lytle, of Ev¬ ansville, has constituted a good supply man for the basketball team for three years. He won his E in his Senior year. Herman Stratton, of Evansville, holds an E for work in track in 1922. He was track captain that year. Gerald Dailey, of Ev¬ ansville, also has an E for track work. He won it in 1922. STRATTON DAILEY 38 The Hicksville Reform Club Holds Its Monthly Meeting By Joshua Wise Foreword:—By some strange fate the members of the class of ’23 all drifted, after various wanderings, to the little town of Hicksville, a village of five hundred souls, or personalities, a la Williams. So now in the year 1983 the Hicksville Reform Club, composed of this class of twenty-three members, undertakes to serve the community. “The meeting will please come to order.” President REO rapped his cane on the table authoritatively. The buzz of conversation in the little town hall ceased and the Hicksville Reformers prepared to show their college training in serving the community. PRES.—“We are—” ALL—“Each and every one of us shot thru and thru with a dynamic passion for service.” PRES.—“Mr. Brown, please state the purpose of the meeting.” BROWN (a venerable gentleman farmer)—“Ah—ah—it seems to me—ah—this town ought to have a ah—ah—town pump. I move you. Mr. Chairman, that we ah—show our ah—public interest by placing one in the—ah—public square.” JONES—“Sure. I second the motion. Let’s put it right across from my grocery and feed store. It will be an economic advantage to our fair city.” PRES.—“You have heard the motion as moved and seconded, is there any discussion? Personally, I think it is the thing to do.” EX-CONGRESSMAN LYTLE—“We must be public spirited. We must expand, grow, enlarge. As I told my fellow congressmen, I says, Hicksville is a growing town. We need a $100,000 postoffice down there. And see, I got it for us. Now it seems to me we ought to have a town pump to grace our magnificent new postoffice.” MISS OAKLEY (spinster teacher)—“Humph! Well—if some folks 1 know spent half as much time trying to raise teachers’ sal¬ aries as they do in building postoffices that ain’t needed, just to get votes, and in putting up town pumps for every tramp to roost by. they’d—” (sniff). “You won’t get a cent of my money, or vote 01 th or ARSHALUIS—“I theenk so too, Gee Wheezz!” (A general squabble ensues, all talking at once). PRES.—“Please apply your college training to this problem.” MARY—“Well, all I know is that ‘beauty and appreciation of the higher things must be cultivated.’ ” DAILEY (aside)—“Moral: water makes things grow; pump needed.” REV. HOGUE—“The family is the social unit. I feel it deep¬ ly. How well I learned that! Now every family needs water. So it would seem that we should have a social pump for the social fam¬ ily.” 39 The HicksviWe Reform Club—Continued REV. BAILEY—“Tho we live forever, we will only begin the task of thinking. Life is the test of truth. A world of Person¬ alities in a Personal world! The search for moral values is our duty and obligation.” DAILEY (aside)—“If our pump spouts water as he does Bor¬ den Parker Bowne’s philosophy it will have no need for a handle.” ROBB—“We must use our heads. Think!” MABEL—“The fourth dimension of the quadrilateral raised to the Nth degree will make our ratio x. Multiplying this by 3.1416 our pump is complete. That’s all there is to it.” IRMA—“He—he—he—Gallia est omnis divisa in partes tres. He—he—he—The ancient Greeks and Romans had public watering places. He—he.” McGINNESS—“I’m sure we’ll all give this matter our serious consideration.” DAILEY—“Dean Torbet still lives.” RUTH—“Well, all I’ve got to say is that it takes water to make biscuits.” VERNA—“And light-bread, too, Ruth.” MURRAY—“Huh-h-h ! Let us remember the business for which we are here. We are inclined to digress, I fear.” BOB OWENS—“Ah, the old town doesn’t need a pump. It’s good enough as it is. Ain’t that what you say, Wahnsiedler ?” WAHNSIEDLER—“Well, it seems to me, by all means, we ought to have a pump. ‘Proper aesthetic taste is the great goal of life.’ ” MISS WEBB—“How true! We ought to add a touch of beauty to our town.” STRATTON—“We should have a pump to dispense its life-giv¬ ing waters to the rabble, citizenry, multitude, common man, so to speak, as well as to the rich, aristocratic, in other words, in more plebeian language perhaps, the upper ten.” DAILEY—“His ‘eleven muscles’ are still going strong.” MARTHA—“I think like my husband.” MARTIN—“Well, I want to tell you right now I’m agin’ it. Where you goin’ to get the money? Taxes is too high. And, besides, even if we did put up a pump somebody would say we ought to fur¬ nish a dipper too. No sir!” PRES.—“The motion is’passed as stated. Mr. Martin will buy the pump. No, sit down, Martin; you will buy the pump and dipper also, and will have them installed before next election or this club as a body will oppose your re-election as sheriff of Hicksville. Those in favor say ‘Aye’.” Loud chorus of ayes. Mr. Martin subsides. PRES.—“Ayes have it. We are—” ALL—“Shot thru and thru with a dynamic passion for ser¬ vice.” Meeting Adjourns. 40 41 Senior Class Dun’s and Bradstreet’s Personal Rating KEY SS—Student, always. Ss—Student, sometimes. Sn—Student, never. $—Financial standing, flush, c—Financial standing, doubtful. B—Financial standing, broke. G—Good looking. U—Homely. P—Politician. PP—Preacher. 1—Egotistic. X—Sarcastic. PPS—Preacher’s wife (to be). Z—Good standing in “heaven”. (Col¬ lege authorities), z—No good standing in “heaven”. J—Jovial. L —Popular. 0—Snob. A—Sophisticated, i—Innocent. F—Flirt. HH—Hall Hound. SF—“Schmidt” Fiend. M—Married. Herman John Stratton—SS, $, Z, J, L, A. M?. Martha Oncle— SS, c, G, I, X, Z, L, M?. Ruth Julian—Ss, $, G, L, L, F, F, HH. Robert Owens—Sn, $, P, A, F, F, F, HH, SF, J. Archiless M. Brown—Ss, c, PP, I, Z, HH, U. Joyce Bailey—Ss, $, PP, X, Z, F, HH, M. Gerald Owen Dailey—Sn, B, I, X, z, U. Mary Eicholz—Ss, c, X, PPS, Z, i. Arshaluis Kalemkiarian—SS, c, Z, i. Ralph Evens Olmsted—Sn, B, P, I, Z, J, L, F, HH. Verna Hughes—SS, c, Z, F. Lawrence McGinness—Ss, $, P, F, M?. John Karr Jones—Sn, $, G, X, z, L, L, i, F, F, HH, HII, SF. Mabel Inco—SS, $, I, I, I, X, z, HH. Alfred Murray—Ss, c, I, X, F. Lillian Oakley—Ss, $, I, I, X, X, X, 0, F. Meredith Hogue—Ss, c, PP, L, z, F, HH. Gladys Webb—SS, c, Z, i, F. Frederick Martin—Sn, $, P, P, z, A, HH, SF. Arthur Robb—Ss, c, I, z, F, HH, SF. Irma Franke—SS, SS, SS, $, Z. Howard Lytle—Sn, z, $ (?), I, P, PP, z, HH, SF, i, U. Walter Wahnsiedler—SS, $, A, P, J, F. 42 43 JUNIORS 44 SOPHOMORES 45 FRESHMEN TEACHERS IN TRAINING Students who will complete teachers this June are as follows Maybelle Alexander Edna Lynn Bacon Lillian Day Vesta Elder Elva Fuller Esther Grimm Olivia Haas Lois Hart Hazel Heilman the two years’ training course for Joyce Hoskins Flossie Klein Edith McCutcheon Maida Melchoir Bernice Reed Bessie Rold Edna Smith Margaret Wyttenbach Vera Ziegler 48 . ’I:. • ' ' ■ :•) . . • '