University of Wisconsin Oshkosh - Quiver Yearbook (Oshkosh, WI)

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Some day when the spirit of exploration is upon you, take your way into the gymnasium, turn upon your right-hand down a narrow passageway, and you will come to a pleasant, commodious room which, judging from the size of the seats, you would think a dwelling-place of Brownies.” This i« the domain of Miss Faye Henley, director of Kindergarten since last September. She is a woman who thoroughly understands kindergarten methods, and is deeply in sympathy with the feelings and the troubles of the little ones. At present there is a larger attendance in this department than ever before. We all look to a large number of successful kindergarten teachers being turned out into the world to do honor to the White and Gobi. This iv Miss Clara K. Marvin, our clerk and stenographer, and faithful assistant to Mr. Sim Murphy in his various duties pertaining to the management of the institution. Miss Marvin possesses an authority greater than any mcmltcr of the faculty except the President, for she can call a student from any class at any time. One of her most onerous duties is responding to the calls of the telephone. She is very conscientious and painstaking in all her labors. The patience and cheerfulness with which she complies with our slightest requests has made Miss Marvin a general favorite. Many arc the students who have l een called to her to account for a few unexcused absences, who have gone on their way rejoicing. livery good story has a pleasant conclusion, and they lived happily ever after. Therefore we have reserved for the closing chapter of our simple annals. just the sweetest, sunniest, happiest creature we could find, our Assistant Librarian, Miss Lucy A. Potter. Some arc famed for one thing and some for another, hut to all Xormalitcs Miss Potter is famed for her kindliness. She has a habit, however, which keeps her wings from sprouting, and which is rather provoking at times. Every afternoon at five-fifteen she breaks in upon our quiet study with the whirring of her strident alarm clock, and if that fails to rouse us to departure, we hear her voice in accents firm, saying, “closing time. ($n (ftpprccififton. to fttx cBccrfuffg. to faBor fattBfuffg. to strive BopefutYg to oce in cocrg otubent unfinoum poootBiiitteo. anb lo cub eocrg otubent to attain Bto BigBeot betxfopment—to Bane a fiinb tBougBt for aff. anb a toorb of encourage ment for eacB“to set t8« rewarbo of tBe spirituaf against tBe return of (Be temporal’-anb to 6e a gutbc to us now. anb an inspiration to u at wag :— Bi «o tBe taofi requiring atT H af to otrongcof. 6roabeot. anb noSfest in cfiaracter— tljto to tlx taofi accompltoBcb 8g Our Sacuftg. 20

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 Senior Class PrfUtmi.....................................John W. Kilkv Yut Prtttdtm! ...... Kobknt W. Adams St rttarr...................................Km ma L. SaXTON Trtatmrtr.....................................Lv» F. Bunns To Ye Haughty Juniors and Ye Erstwhile lambkins of the Sophomore and Freshman Classes: For the guidance of yourselves, the exaltation of ourselves, and the welfare of all. we deem it fitting that our pearly achievements, inherent characteristics, and peculiar experiences be set before you. We know a certain saying which mentions pearls, but confidence in your appreciative powers makes all allusion to it unwarranted. If you think you detect ambiguity in our remarks, a personal communication via wireless telegraphy will lx safest for you. The class of 1904 has had experiences many and varied. The individual members recall no irrational struggles with gas when Freshmen—electricity and their ingenious self-confidence saved them. Otherwise, during the first two years, their career was similar to that of others. It was left to them as Juniors to blossom forth as a June Rose.” Recruits who joined the ranks then added wit, intelligence, and beauty. The record for that year is evidence sufficient, and will long be remembered. They themselves have vivid recollections of Latin, with its many wean-hours of prose, and a threatening 74—; rhetoric with “condition” as an apparition walking ever beside them; professional arithmetic, with its horrid possibilities of a “third term : and economics, with its problems in farming. Some can see themselves in the inspector's office explaining why Wednesday seemed Tuesday: others, excusing themselves before the throne with an “I forgot,” because rhetoricals came at 11 :o5- But these arc individual memories. The achievements of the class of 1904 as a class have been so astounding, so phenomenal, that today the summit of Mount Everest. O ye ambitious novices, would lx- more easily attained than the standard of this class. But do not despair. Their sympathies arc with you. so much so that the Senior Study attracts many of your noble youths, and many Senior knights exercise their chivalric spirit in the Ladies’ Study. Thus it is that the class of 1904 evinces not merely class spirit, but entire school spirit. The Seniors have two personalities: one during business hours, and one during recreation minutes, albeit the hours may lx long and few, the minutes short and many. Observe a type of the Senior superbus 1904 during these times. The hours see him grave and serious in countenance. lie feels the accumulated burdens of consultation periods, meetings, appointments, and formulae of procedure. His walk is deliberate, his look a longing for the far-distant future, his method calm and mathematical. The timid Freshman, the important Soph, and the saucy Junior all encounter his sage advice. Suddenly a minute dispels the cloud of threatening pessimism, and he is possessed of a joviality which enables him to tell a story even in the presence of a Pojx and St. Peter. The Senior class is a conglomeration of cosmopolites and contradictions unprecedented. The Field is large. They can point to Marshall and Hamilton. Lewis and Clark : poets. Burns. Riley, and Gray ; martyrs, Ford, Murphy, and Holt—to River Falls. Not susceptible to bribes, they have a Price: strict grammarians, they have Vcn(d)t; multi-sectarian, they have a Pope. O'Connor. O'Keefe! There is no end to it. with Pepper for spice. Thus Providence has wonderfully constituted the class. Truly, you shall not look upon our like again. 22