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

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A Toast to the Seniors We've met with many student bands before. .-hid some of 'em was tine and some was not; Senior. Junior, Freshman, Sophomore— Hut you Seniors are the finest o' the lot. Xo matter what’s on foot, you fall in line, IVithout complaint, respond to every call. Ii’en tho you’re roasted oft in prose and rhyme, And have horrid luck at playing basket-ball. So ’cre’s to you. worthy Seniors of the class of 19O4; You’re weary note ;with study, so we’ll praise you all the more: But reward to you is coming, and if you do not mind. We’ll get you all positions, the best that we can find. You’ve met and won the Regents stern and shrewd: For all your bluffs and flunks you've made amends. And for other deeds to which we’ll not allude. Yet still you're hanging ’round for recommends. Xow. what to every Junior makes you dear Is the novel Exposition that you planned; 'Twas the gayest entertainment of the year. And as hosts you are the finest in the land. Then 'ore’s to you, ;worthy Seniors, and your sweethearts and your chums. Our orders was to toast you. and that is how it comes That you’re smi'ing now and thinking. How those Juniors do adore The loyal, royal Seniors of the class of 1904. Monica Kenny, Oshkosh, Wis Enjoy the spring of love and youth. To some good angel leave the rest; For time will teach thee soon the truth. ‘There are no birds in last year’s nest’. . English-Scientific Marcaret K. Si'tton, Oshkosh, Wis Mini) School Graduate. Don't say one thing and mean another. . English-Scientific Marcaret Chichester Tai.bot, l)e Perc. Wis Utke Forest College Student. )’ou wear too much expression in your face. One-Year Professional Mou.if. A. Peterson. Wcyattwega, Wis High School Graduate. “Pul away your Quiet manner, little Mollie; Innocence is very good stuff. Hut you will surely have to bluff. When you meet the Regents. Mollie. . English-Scientific Mary Aones O’Keefe, Oshkosh, Wis President of Browning Club. Thy danger chiefly lies in acting well; Xo crime’s so great as daring to excel. . English-Scientific Josephine Foui.ke, Oshkosh, Wis High School Graduate. Member of Art Loan Club. “Xever murmur nor repine: Strive in thy humble sphere to shine. I.atin 23

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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

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Henry Emmett, Barton, Wis.,........................................................English-Scientific Graduate West Bend High School. Member of Phoenix, Y. M. C. A. Milwaukee Debater 1904. young men. on entering life, should be neither too shy nor loo hold. Ai.ta L. Pepper, Waupun, Wis.......................................................English-Scientific Graduate of Kilbourn High School. Member of Alcthean. Y. W. C. A.. Glee Club. Quiver Staff 1903 Advance Staff 1903. Learn to wear a sober phis.” Sadie A. Lewis, Marinette Wis., ...................................................English-Scientific High School Graduate. Member of Lyceum. Glee Club. Y. W. C. A. Sh! Speak softly, lest some one hear you.” O. P. Sphoenwetter, Juneau, Wis., . . . . English Scientific ami Manual Training High School Graduate. Member of Oratorical Association. Athletic Association. Philakean. Phoenix-Philakean Debater 1904. Poet of Normal Advance 1902. “Wed. or cease to woo. Ellen Barbara, McDonald, Oconto. Wis.,.............................................English-Scientific Member of Lyceum. Oh. thou lover of the feathered race, who fain would'st knotv their language, listen to the language of the heart of man. Ii ki.i.a D. Ray, Medina. Wis......................................................English-Scientific Graduate of Horicon High School. Member of Lyceum. Y. W. C. A Phoenix-Lyceum Debater 1904. Work with all the speed and intensity you can ‘without bursting your head. Myrtle C. Johnson, Winncconnc, Wis..............................................................Latin Graduate Battle Creek. Mich., High School. Member Alcthean. President of Y. W. C. A. Ay free, aff han’. your story tell. When wi’ a bosom crony: Hut still keep something to yourseV. Ye’ll scarcely tell to ony.” J. Edward Trklrvkn, Omro, Wis..................................................................German High Sclu l Graduate. Member of German Circle, Browning Club, Y. W. C. A .Public Speaking Club. Oratorical Association. Advance Staff. President of Phoenix. Phoenix-Philakean Debater 1903. Inter-State Debater 1904. The proper study of mankind is man. N'ki.i.ik D. Roche, Oshkosh, Wis................................................................Latin Training Department Graduate. Hide not thy light under a bushel. John . Rii.ky, Bloom City, Wis...................................................English-Scientific Graduate Richland Center High School. Member of Art Loan Club. Public Speaking Club. Oratorical Association. President of Senior Class. President of Philakean. Vice President of Inter-State Debating Teams of 1903 and 1904. Editor-in-Chicf of 1903 Quiver. “The lecture platform is thy sphere. I There thy feeling, silver longue shall move Mankind to laughter or to tears.” Cora E. Heeeernan. Shirley. Wis.....................................................English-Scientific Graduate of Green Bay High School. Member of Alcthean. Artist of 1902 Quiver. “Study to be quiet. I.pella V. Robinson. Wausau, Wis................................................................German Graduate Kaukauna High School. Mcmtier of Art Loan Club. Y. W. C. A. “The square of x is .r . 24