University of Wisconsin Milwaukee - Ivy Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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STUDENT COUNCIL FACULTY ADVISERS: Amelia McMinn, Amelia F. Lucas. President .. . Secretary ..... , . GROUP. IilIlfl01'g5l,1'tCl1 . . . Primary . ...... . Intermeclinte .... Graminau' .. . . . High School.. . . . College . ....... . Latin and German .... . . . OFFICERS. SENIOR, MIEIXIBERS. Reno Philleo Pauline Stroh Esther I-Iaub Mary Brown Herbert lllueller Margaret Howe Meta. Axt . . . . . . . .llleta Axt . . .... Herbert Rlueller JUNIOR MEMBERS. Alma Ribbe Araina Heiclel Henrietta Hesse Esther Volz Harry E. Kasten Carl Fairweather Sylva Graeniclier . ,-, wyx .3 nz Q , if - N 2-fn. t. 'i Y , I F f s 24-

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CU11 illivmnriam The closing of the school year last June was fraught with a sadness far deeper than that which is inevitable at commencement time and the parting of the ways , for Mr. I. N. Mitchell, who had long been connected with Milwaukee Normal and for whom we all possessed sincerest affection and highest esteem, was suddenly taken from us. It seemed in keeping with his character that his death should come at the rounding out of the school year. Though not .in old man, so methodically had he done his work that his full, active life seemed complete. Therefore, it may be truly said that he, Life's blessings all enjoyed, life's labors done, Serenely to his final rest has passed. It seemed hard to those of us who had known Mr. Mitchell, to come back to Normal last September and find his place vacant. So powerful had been the force of his unique personality working in its quiet way, that his absence caused a feeling of incompleteness. For over twenty years he had lived under the scrutiny of many eyes, so that the high appreciation set upon his worth can be but just. His life was one of idealism in the truest sense of the word: he aimed to accomplish t.he little everyday duties of life that count so much toward the building of that which is greater. He likewise demanded this same high standard of all his studentsg and, though at times his requirements may have seemed severe, in the end all could but be grateful to him. Not only was he pre-eminent in his own field of work-nature study and biology-but he possessed a fund of knowl- edge on many subjects that enabled him to give his students a broader and more varied outlook on life. To him, his students were not merely so many boys and girls to be instructed and then passed ong they were living personalities with individuality, and it can be said that he almost never forgot anyone whom he had taught in his classes. Not only did he remember his studentsg but with many of them he kept in actual touch, and his deeply sympathetic nature led him to many acts of kindness for those in trouble or in sorrow. It may also be said that he was always a perfect gentleman. His kind deeds bespoke high erected thoughts seated in a heart of courtesy. Those who knew him best admired him most, and the world is better for his having lived. HI-Ionor and reverence and the good repute That follows faithful service as its fruit Be unto him it ', lVI. D. T. 23

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THE STUDENTS' COUNCIL Once upon a time, a long, long time ago, Pandora opened the secret box, and, to her dismay, set free one thousand Troubles. These naughty Troubles flew to every country, to every city, to every tiny nook of this g1'eat world. hiany years after these Troubles had been set free, a beautiful spring, called the BI. S. N. S., began to gain fame in the world. Hundreds of men and women sought its waters each day, for it had the wondrous quality of bestowing power and refreshment to the earnest pilgrim. But alas! the Troubles came, and oh, the mischief they wrought! t'This will never do,', said the people in charge, who for some unknown reason were called the Faculty. So they thought and thought and thought for a long, long time to find a remedy. Strange to say, they found one. C'We will create another box, a com- plaint box, similar to Pandora's,,' said they, abut we will call it by a more dignified name. VVe will call it The Students' Council. Then we will catch the larger Troubles, and the students ffor that was the name given to the pilgrimsj shall catch the smaller Troubles. The students shall bring the Troubles they have caught to The Students' Council, which, twice a month, shall turn the Troubles received over to us. But,', proposed one member, we must have experienced Trouble-catchers.', Again the Faculty thought a11d thought .and thought for a long, long time to find a remedy. Strange to say, they found one. Each group in the school shall have two members on The Students' Council, a junior and a senior member, said the Faculty. Each member shall serve for two years, so that the senior can teach the junior the tricks of catching Troubles.,, Thus reasoned this wise Faculty and created a Students' Council, which ever after, with the help of the students, caught the Troubles set free by Pandora when she opened the secret box. RIETA AXT. I 6 1 tif, ifijx Wg! t Lf. , I U V , 'f 'I f lx '!44Pgl!W ,,4 y ' X, ig ' .,, l,-, 'I XIXVIA ,I ww w 'T N if-A A' Xl K1 - gf ' .. ,g , - - if ' ' ' ' SPDENTS Qoxnxexk HTWUWK