The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-22
GOPHER WRITERS
GRILL PROFESSORS
JUNIOR PUBLICATION DODGES
FACULTY CENsORs.
Artistic and Mechanical Excellence and
Serious and Comic Joshing Mark
Work of Editors as Above Average
Few Varsity Foibles Escape Keen
Shafts of wit and Satire. 81

ooAohtp ~ Il AOVt 0OpAV1, A1SA 80
appear on the campus tomorrow, and
perusal Of the collegiate annual shows
the usual number of quips and grinds
at the expense of faculty members and
students. The book is modelled on the
lines of it's predecessors and it's artistic
and literary qualities place it in the
front rank in the junior annual series.
From cover to cover the 1907 Gopher
is interesting and entertaining. Bound
in green ooze calf, with gray board
and containing $40 pages, the book,
entirely devoted to university interests,
is a creditable campus publication.
There are things between the pages to
which faculty members will take excep-
ton and there are things which stu
dents will not like, but this feature
additionally attends the debut of. each.
Gopher, and altho there will be. sore.
spots and wounded feelings, the edit
ors must be commended for producing
an annual that is a credit to the class
Of 1907. ......:. -. - " H.
Poet Has License. 49, =
In his musings in regard to the Min:
nesota faculty, the Gopher poet feared
not the wrath of the powers that be,
for the foibles and fads of the univer-
sity professors are discussed with un-
d~ergraduate frankness. The auditing
board and the faculty press committee,
two organizations which are the out
growth OF the recent movement for re-
form in undergraduate enterprises, are
the particular targets for the Gopher
v~orites, for musings like the following
are given prominent space in the pro-
duction: ,-:-
The stealthy insect "gernus graft
Is surely in our water auaffed;
How else, I ask you, could it be
This germ has reached the faculty?
This verse is the first Of a poem en-
titled HThe Books We Buy" and the
production ends with the following ra-
Their direct assertion:
And all the money that we pay s.
To the hands Of profs will find it's way
The books they write and make us use
Are copyrighted, They refuse
To let their wisdom come to print -
Unless there IS a rake-off int.
omits Josh Dedication.
For the first time in years the Gopher
bears a serious dedication, It reads:
HTo those energetic students who have
shown untiring zeal, to the loyal mem
bers OF the faculty who have most
heartily co-operated, to him whose gen
erosity has made the hope of the wome1
OF the University of. Minnesota ~reali
49, W. oA IL AoFO CASlG Ou Guo CUOIU
:, which have resulted in the erection Of
} the Alice A. Shevlin hall, we dedicate
this book" In connection with thu
dedication an artistic four-color. picture
of front elevation Of the proposed build
, ing occupies a prominent page.
| In arranging the Gopher, the 'fjunio:
ALBUM a regular feature of the an
nual, is placed at the front Of the book
This album is followed by the ~literar,
| coafino nf nSrh+1y 1r1 u. >~-..-
: tation of organizations, including ath
= letic teams and fraternities, follows tn
literary material. Sepia inserts Of
India tint paper, a departure, in tn
artistic work of the Gopher, togethe
I with clever caricatures and campu
"~snapshots," are plentifully scattere
g thru the book. The work of Florenc
g Hofflin and Katherine De Veau in d.
X signing tn efull-page drawings is esp
g cially commendable.
= Look for Satire. ~"
However good the artistic work an
the arrangement Of the more serior
: parts Of the college annual, the unde
graduates turn first to the literary d
partment and when the books are di
K tributed on the campus tomorrow the
- will be sensations galore. Every St
dent element has come in for a portie
VI t1AS SOOS 14o1SuAO " IL ~
"a pher editors and no partiality is show
IL in the distribution Of favors.
For fraternity people there is "Tl
Pifecator-The official organ of Il
he Eta Pi fraternity containing lette
e, from the different Greek chapters esta
ne lished at the University Of Minneso
Mt and numerically exposing the peculia
tiles and fads Of the different organic
u tions. - -
Then there is the "Oatalog Of NJ
ne steal Oddities,'' published. by. the fud
department Of the Y. W. G. A., a
It's containing a startling grist Of facul
m, and student compositions.
Of Subject for Debate.
pa In connection with the announcing
Ia of. the formation Of a university 7
in formation society," the, following 81
he ject of debate is proposed: "Resolv'
of That the faculty auditing board is me
he effective in its one-act bowling far
K. Raising Hellingeneral, that Ma,
y; Jones, starring in the touching scene
1p- 'Spiking on the Flour City Lid.
r A picture Of the university ,camr
flooded with water and entitled "V,
o ice,' in which students and prof
: sors are depicted making their "
in %gondolas, is an artistic touch tt
will bring much joy to the undergrad
: ates who have been compelled to CT
campus puddles in the damp season.
>"Extracts from the University
> Minnesota Catalog'' and CA Cha
: Program are two features Of the
erary department which have given
opportunity for personalities and g
eralities in regard to university c
= ditions. .e
t Some Solid Food.
y In the department Of athletics,
Henry L. Williams has contributed
article, on the Minnesota football s
son of 1906, and this, with Amy G
ver's story Of Minnesota life, HF
: miles, is the most pretentious of