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Show should be to sacrifice themselves for the public. This straight-forward message filled everyone with the consciousness of such a responsibility. The auditors were made to realize the importance of their position in society, at the same time they felt the greatness of the President's character, as expressed in his address and his hearty "good-bye."Skull and Bones InitiationThe launching of the Skull and Bones Society each year calls forth an abundance of cleverness and originality in characterization. And each year the chosen Juniors, for a day, cast aside all dignity, all mock pride, all restraint, to tread the boards as entertainers.On December 8, a motley crowd, ranging in respectability from reverend patent medicine venders and washerwomen to knickerbockered lads and "middied" girls, graced the boulevard with their stunts, and interjected forgivable nonsense throughout Student Body meeting. Laughter and gay applause greeted the appearance of football heroes posing as Happy Hooligans, nurse girls, and French dudes; of debaters and engineers garbed "wie Deutschen Knaben" and giddy school-maidens, well supplied with the appropriate stein and pipe, and gum. If good-natured compliance in initiation counts for the attainment of the society's purpose, that of uniting Junior fellows in a common spirit regardless of fraternity ties and sympathies, the 1913 Skull and Bones achieved success.Photo by Ben EllerbeckThe Musical JinksDecember of the past year ushered in the second birthday of the Jinks -that animated protege of the Musical Society. Riotous confusion of color, captivating music, intermissions, composed of variegated vaudeville, and Arabian nights refreshments, served by Arabian ladies, expanded the three hours into a delirious epoch. The queen of the revel was Francis211 |