Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-04-28
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| Ramsey Milholland
BY BOOTH HARRINGTON



distant glimpse of her on one Of
the campus paths, her thoughtful head
bent over book as she hurried to a
classroom. This was bearable; and In
the fattering agitations Of being
sought, and even hunted, by several
"fraternities" simultaneously DESTROYS
Of his becoming a sworn Brother, he
almost forgot her. After hazardous
| month the roommates fell into the
arms Of the last ''frat" to seek them,
and having undergone an evening Of
outrage which concluded with touch
ing rhetoric and an oath taken at
midnight, they proudly wore jeweled
symbols on their breasts and were
free to turn part Of their attention
to other affairs, especially the affairs
Of the Eleven.
However, they were instructed by
| the older brethren Of their Order,
whose duty 1t was to assist in the
| proper maneuvering Of their young ca
reers, that, although support of the
varsity teams was important, they
the intellectual by-products Of under
graduate doings. Therefore they be-
came members Of the college Y. M. @.
A. and of the "Lumen Society,""
According to the charter which II
had granted itself, the "Lumen Soci-
ETY." was an Organization Of male
and female students"-so advanced"
was this university-''for the develop
ment Of the powers of debate and or
atory, intellectual and sociological
progress, and the discussion Of all mat
tiers relating to philosophy, metaphys-
les, literature, art, and current events"
A statement so formidable was not
without hushing effect upon Messrs
Milholland and Mitchell; they went
to their first "Lumen" meeting in a
state Of fear and came away little
treasured.
Il couldn't get up there" Ramsey
declared, II couldn't stand up there
before all that crowd and make
speech, or debate in a debate, to save
my soul and gizzard Why, I'd just
keel right over and hat to be carried
out
swell, the way I understand It,"
said Fred, 1--WE can't get out Of 1t. The
seniors in the frat said we had to
join, and they said we couldn't resign,
either, after we had Joined. They
said we just had to go through it. and
after while we'd get used to 1t and
not mind 1t so much"
81 Wilt" Ramsey insisted. 81
couldn't any more stand up there on
my feet and get to spoutin' about
sociology and the radical metempsy-
chorus Of the metaphysical bazoozum
than I could fly flynn machine. Why,
L"
"Oh, that wasn't anything" Fred
interrupted. 1.-THE only one that talked
like that, he was that Dickens; he's
tutor, or something, and really a
member Of the faculty. Most o. the
others Just kind Of blah-blahhed
around, and what any of 'em tried
to get off their chests hardly amount
ed to terribly much"
81 don't care. l couldn't do 1t at
ALL"
swell, the way 1t looks to me-" Fred
observed, 1--WE simply got to! From
what they tell me, the freshmen got
to do more than anybody. Every 9TH
er Friday night, it's all freshmen and
nothin' else. You get a postal card
on Monday morning in your mail, and
| 1t says Assignment on it and-and-
then it's got written underneath what
| you hat to do the next Friday night
-oration or debate, or maybe just
read from some old book or something.
1 guess we got to stand up there and
| try, anyway"
"All right" said Ramsey. "If they
want me to commit suicide they can
send me one o. their ole Assignments
I won't need to commit suicide, though,
1 guess. All I'll do, I'll just fall over
In fit, and stay In It."
And, in truth, when he received his
| first Assignment" one Monday born
| ing, a month later, he seemed In a
fair way to fulfill his prophecy. The
attention of his roommate, who sat
| at II WluuOW OIL tlleu SLuuy, was at
tracted by sounds Of strangulation.
"What on earth's the matter, RAM
sey?"
'Looki Look at this"
Fred took the card and examined 1t
with an amazement gradually merg-
ing into pleasure altogether too per
ceptible:
ASSIGNMENT
Twelve-Minute Debate, Glass Of 1918.
Subject, Resolved: That Germany
Is both legally and morally justified
In her invasion Of Belgium.
Debaters are notified that each win
be held strictly to the following sched-
u.e: Affirmative, min.. first. Mega
tive, 4 min, first. Affirm, 2 min, sec
ond. Neg. 2 min. secondly
Affirmative, r. MILHOLLAND, 1S
Negative, D. YOCUM, Is.
The sTumen Society" debate,
III M;IhoIlaud "a D. Vacuum III