University of Nebraska Omaha - Tomahawk / Gateway Yearbook (Omaha, NE)

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Ruth Peters. The conscience of this studious maid In school and church is e ' er dis- played ; Since Fehruary she has used her brain Educating the youth at Train. Assistant Editor Gateway, 3; Y. W. C. A. 3-4, vice president, 3; Utopian, 3-4; Dramatic Club, 3-4. Oldham Paisley. A newspaper man from Illinois, But a charming, jovial college boy ; His coming back was not a whim, He had a girl here awaiting him. Phi Sigma Phi, 3-4; Athletic Associa- tion, vice president, 1; Track Manager, 2; Business Manager, Gateway Club, 2; Editor Yellow Sheet, 1-2-3; Gateway Club 2-3, vice president 2; Dramatic Club 1-3, secretary 3; Y. M. C. A. 1-2-3, vice presi- dent 3; Editor Metropolitan, 3; Tennis Club, 3.

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Mrs. Thomas Waters. Small, petite, so fair and true, And a loyal booster, too ; She was bred in old Kentuck ' , Where the grass grows long and blue. Utopian, 2-3-4; Y. W. C. A. 2 3-4, cab- inet 3-4; Dramatic Club, president, 2; French Society, 2; Class President, 3; Assistant Editor Gateway, 4. Edwin Reils. Bespectacled, tall and grave, And to his work he is a slave. We all admire his sharp satire, But hesitate to rouse his ire. Class Secretary-Treasurer, 2-3; Class President, 4; Assistant Editor Gateway, 2; Editor Gateway, 3; Gateway Club, president, 4; Secretary-Treasurer Nebras- ka Intercollegiate Peace Oratorical Asso- ciation, 3; Winner Nebraska Temperance Essay Contest, 3. Viola Pierce. In English she excels, In French she ' s there with bells, And htr dignity she keeps Evrm while she sleeps. Utopian 1-2-3-4, vice president 2: Cho- rus, 2; Y. W. C. A., 1-2-3; French Society, 2; President Social Settlement Society, 2; Utopian, secretary, 3.

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HISTORY OF CLASS OF ' 16. By EFFIE CLELAND. The fourth class to enter our University joined the group of loyal, enthusiastic students in the fall of 1912. The original number of the class was twenty-six. The fail that we entered, the University had the best football team it has ever had. That fall we held Creighton to thirty-four to twelve, and beat Cotner. Early in October the class was organized, with Finley Jenkins president and Erne Cleland secretary. Ever since that time Pep has been our middle name. Our letters were painted on the tower, out of reach of all the rest, and there they remain today. We sold more Christmas seals than any other class that year, and as a result we were entertained royally by Miss Guthrie. We gave a Watch Party New Year ' s Eve as our class party, and a play in the spring called, The Two Dicks. Both were phenomenal successes. The next year our numbers were fewer and we missed Saul, but we taught the Fresh- men their place immediately by tying up their president and strewing the campus with marshmallows. That October we gave our never-to- be-forgotten Hallowe ' en party. It was a masquerade in the true sense of the word. Ask Sam. We led them up where ghosts reside and sent them back on the devil ' s slide. That year the Dramatic Club gave the Rushville Auction, and Gladys starred in every sense of the word. Then came our Junior year. Pep was still our middle name. We gave a Valentine party at the home of Mrs. Percival that was truly a work of art. Both the May Queen. Erne Cleland, and the Maid of Honor, Gladys Tallmadge, were chosen from our number. We entered our Senior year with the same spirit. Our president was Edwin Reils. November of our last year in the University will never be forgotten. It was then that we went to Wayne, and held them to a tie. Oh, glorious trip! Oh, glorious game! In May an- other May Queen, Gladys Tallmadge, was chosen from our number. Thus on June the tenth will end this history of a loyal bunch of boosters without whose help in athletics, dramatics and enthusiasm of all kinds, the University would have been lacking. As a fitting- climax to our career conies the wonderful new building which is to be erected this summer. We will go on ever boosting our Alma Mater, the University of Omaha.