University of Northern Iowa - Old Gold Yearbook (Cedar Falls, IA)

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CAN YOU IMAGINE Brian without a joke? Orb a peace-maker? Bert without “her” Neo pin? Laura without Clara? Clara without Laura? Dunk a “grind?” Homer kicking goal? Rummel fussing a “co-ed?” Muriel without a grin? Gertrude D. like a bean-pole? Florence O. without the “gift o’ gab.” Francis P-Hilo without her giggle? Elizabeth Macdonald bumping you for a dollar? B. A. INFORMATION BUREAU On every conceivable subject—Marion Scott Todd. On how to make the hair curl—Brian Condit. On how to be a social star—Florence Curtis. On how to knock.—Homer Veatch. On how to keep your feet still on a slippery floor.—Anna Funk. On fussing—Len and Gladys. On chaperoning—“Pat.” A B. A'S PLEA Dear father, once you said, “My son, To manhood you have grown; Make others trust you, trust yourself, And learn to stand alone.” Now father, soon I graduate, And those who long have shown How well they trust me, want their pay, And I can stand alone. EXPLANATIONS SWIPED FROM A SENIOR'S DIAKY (BEQUEATHED TO THE FRESHMEN) Hard Lines—Freshman rhetoric. Happy Days—Allowance days. To Star—(See Bluff.) Bluff—Looking wise and saying nothing. To Flunk—Sickness at home; sore eyes. Conned—Given a check rein, come again. To Cram—Getting acquainted with the inside of a text book the night before exams. Research Work—Chatting with friends in the library. Lab—Any place you turn on the water and light the gas yourself. Popularity—The condition of one who has received a box from home. Bucking—A condition of abnormal activity immediately succeeding a state of rest. Football—A strip of college yells entirely succeeded by ambulances. Beauty—A skin game. Eats—Idiomatic for a 14c lunch at the College Inn. 20