Show Annual nb nb pones f one ones initiation t at on bye Jf am arse Uto o ate on the 20 h day of the month of the year 1912 A. A D. D that a supposedly s sane ne and reserved student student student stu stu- dent body in a supposedly sane and reserved University did assemble in vas vast numbers yea even in herds he-ds in the sometimes sparsely settled assembly room to stretch their necks point their fingers turn up heir their noses smile grin giggle laugh and roar at fifteen of the schools choicest Juniors who in looks and actions represented with astonishing accuracy almost every kind of being canine human and impossible and vied with each other other- in valiant attempts to prove themselves the best bes all aU round fool Almost all of them w won n. n Yes it was the annual Skull and Bones initiation The sober members of the royal order of Owl and Key i the men who last year had undergone the tile humiliations sorrows thrills joys and stimulating effects of qualifying for Skull uIl and D Bones nes and en entering ering the sanctified realms utilized their greatest and rarest ingenuity in smearing ungodly costumes and requirements on the years year's goats They occupied one orie side of the tile stand at the assembly and goaded their underlings to great 31 efforts Early Morning Start Many of the 8 30 classes were surprised to find in their midst queer looking who answered with ridiculous sayings at roll call Throughout the day the crew fur furnished much mirth Around the fountain the they drew students like honey draws the flies Some classes were Just one round of pleasure from bell beU to bell beIl to bell leads the Dog into the sacred precincts of his office One of the highly distinctive and interesting figures in the zoo was one bull canine a role played with howling success by one Pinkey Summer Quad- Quad speaking Pinkey was there on all ail fours With his big dog log collar and heavy chain he looked and acted like the intelligent bulldog on the Orpheum circuit He hung around the radiator in the Library building and sniffed and barked with dogged deter deter- Canines know nothing of faculty regulations or or classes but a afew afew afew few pets and whispered led words from Dean Cummings sufficed d to quiet the pup Finally President Kingsbury flaying some business with one Mr Raymond Summer was surprised to find him in inthe inthe inthe the form of a hound fell right Ino o the spirit of the game unchained the hound and led him on all fours four through the hall haIl and into the sanc- sanc um lm sanctorum The president declares declares de de- clares that he did not smile outwardly although some word vord to the contrary has been said but he admits he did roar inwardly and every time that he thought of it for a week after The dignified president of a state university sity leading by a chain a prominent student faithfully leading a dogs dog's life Every dog has his day and the was Some Assembly v At 11 1130 30 the tile student body hour the S. S R. R 0 O. O sign was soon hl hung g out in inthe inthe the museum building The fifteen would bes be's had collected their supposedly supposedly sup sup- supposedly human forms into a cong- cong mass in the Assembly room They decorated the crowded aisles and nd besmeared the stand President Jimmy Gardner of ot the A. A S. S U. U U open opened ed the the meeting with an announcement I that the awards of the football foot foot- football ball ball i warriors awaited them in the gym No sooner had he seated himself himself himself him him- self than Cheer Leader Bob Flagel dressed as a darling little boy with his Teddy bear and his neck bare led the mob in some silent yells Same ame Oleson Assists Father Time Same Oleson is tall he heis is also an Owl and Key which means means' he was on the inside The goats goats- were scheduled to pull certain stunts at certain times by the assembly room clock But the latter was on only y aa i day 8 clock and Friday Friday Friday Fri Fri- day was the ninth day So the ticker being off duty it fell to Sam Oleson to tomake tomake tomake make time fly He turned the hands and brought to pass the following tomfoolery tom tom- foolery Howard Barker er old quiet quie stone- stone heart modesty Barker dressed as an English dude took the center of the stage and proved to be almost as good gooda a barker as the hound who kept up one continuous bark and bite Barkers Barker's Barkers Barker's Barkers Barker's Bark Bark- ers er's line of stuff about hearts he had broken was rich It got a big hand Beau Naylor the half-full half dress half haIr I football clad mixture gave a series of well exec executed ed passes pases from the center position As usual the girls all sighed sighed sigh sigh- ed he lovely Bob Ferron surely looked the part of the school schoolboy schoolboy schoolboy boy grind Bob Dob wasn't made for grand brand opera He struggled through some song without singing a note Enter Ross Hammond the Rich Get Quick Wallingford guy with hearts and brains for sale He pulled his his' line of bunk right and it got over the foo footlights foot footlights lights there weren't any with a crash Old Tramp Hamilton characterIzed characterized characterized charac charac- to perfection gave a womans woman's suffrage spiel that was a winner Then Bob Flagel shoved his bear in the face of the audience and tried to define a modern bear A Realistic Jeff Every three minutes Ions l Monster er Woolley Woolley Wool Wool- ley who was the original from which Jeff was copied and who played the therole therole therole role of this famous character better than Na Nat Goodwin plays Fagan spotted spotted spotted spot spot- ted some dame in the crowd called her by name and raved about her charms and bearishness Finally he lie mounted the table turned his back to the gang and delivered a masterpiece 1 I a a. classic on his admira admiration ion for the thet t I fair sex Shifty Sile Silent t Sutherland certainly looked the part of the simpleton simpleton simpleton-or or worse than that He sneaked on the stand ragged in his original way and sneaked off And wasn't Miss 1 Tommy Fitzpatrick a bear She ragged on to the stage and read an exhaustive trea treatise ise on what a bear is Les Paul as u. u time worn fossilized member of a faculty purely faculty purely theoretical cal calof course with course with moss all over his back bac was a scream and so w were re his words Harry Hansen made a good Chink and really put a little music Continued on Page C. C ANNUAL SKULL AND BON BONES S Continued f from om Page age 33 3 into Moonlight 1 Bay Clawson threw the only off colo into the scene when h n nhe he lost his ner nerve e at the critical critic l moment moment moment mom mom- ent and had to be lie forced by his 0 O. O and K watcher to tr try h song The only onh note he did sing was lost because because because be be- cause of whisperings whispering on the e front row Ray Dillman tb the Peddler hibernated hibernated hib- hib bib hib with th they IaN law students All together the thet affair rrai was a great panorama of of foolishness a gigantic farce an outlandish circus but bud bu it amused and it started fifteen Juniors toward Skull and at which state they arrived after two or three other exciting processes |