Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1922-06-16

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Dent over book as she hurried TO
classroom. This was bearable; and In
me hattering agitations Of being
sought and even hunted, by several
| Ardterhltles" simultaneously DESTROYS
OF MS becoming a sworn Brother, he
almost forgot her. After q 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 jeweleG
| 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
must neglect neither the spiritual nor
the Intellectual by-products Of under
graduate doings. Therefore they be-
came members of the college Y. NJ. @.
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
ters relating to philosophy, metaphys-
| les, literature, art, and current events"
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 a
| 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
well, the way I understand It,"
said Fred. 1--WE can't get out of it. 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 1t, and
after a while we'd get used to it and
not mind it so much"
II Will" Ramsey insisted. IT
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,
! I"
"Oh, that wasn't anything" Fred
! interrupted. 1.-THE only one that talked
like that, he was that Dickens; he's
tutor, or something, anG 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 az
anr
SWELL the way It looks to me-" Fred
observed, "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 1t and-aud--
then It's got written underneath 3hat
| you hat to do the next Friday llght
-oration or debate, or maybe just
| read from some old book or sometAlng.
I 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
l won't need to commit suicide, thaugh,
I guess. All I'll do, I'll just fall over
In a fit, and stay In It."
And, in truth, when he received MS
| first Assignment" one Monday uorn-
ing, a month later. he seemed 10 a
fair way to fulfill his prophecy. The
attention of his roommate, who sat
at window of their study, was at.
trac.ed by sounds Of strangulotlon.
"What on earth's the matter, Ram"
sey7"
Took. Look at this I"
Fred took the card and examined II
with an amazement gradually meTg-
ing into a pleasure altogether too par
ceptible:
ASSIGNMENT
Twelve-Bfinute Debate, Glass Of 1913.
Subject, Resolved: That Germany
is both legally and morally jus.lhed
in her invasion Of Belgium.
(Debaters are notified that each VIZ
be held strictly to the following f'Aed'
u.e: Affirmative, 4 min, first. Mega
tive, min, first. Affirm, min sec
ond. Neg. Q min, secondly
Affirmative, r. MTLHOLLAND, -
Negative, D. YOCUM, 10.
The 'Iumen Society" debats,
r. Milholland VS.. D. Yocum.