TilE GEM OF TilE :Mou:-:T.\TKS, issued C\'Cry year by the Junior class, is a Tradition which the Juniors at least, arc ~omctimes t..!mptcd to wish had ne,·er been established. The endea,·or is made to gather into a book the material relative to the college year-not a picture book, nor a joke book, but
a book which attempts to gi,·e a brief glimpse into every phase of college life. To the Juniors the book is of especial value, gh•ing a common :nterest, purpose and aim. And its influence clings to the class even unto the end-draining its coffers, an ever present, un forgetable extrayagance.
Jluntnr <ttlas.a Jlay \Vhether the Junior class play is to become a Tradition or not it is impossible to say. If so, the honor of initiating the custom will belong to the class of '12. The play given this year. on 1£arch fourth. was '·Christopher Junior"; the object for gi,·ing it, primarily, was that of financial aid for the Annual. The olay was managed by E. \V. Ellis and coached by 1fiss French and C. C. Tull. The cast consisted of Vestal Hockett, Hugh Maguire, Floyd Quinby. George
O'Donnell. Orville Faris. Lawrence Jordan, Joe Barr,lt. Jesse Pierce, Bess Lee, Gertrude Stephenson, Jewell Bothwell and Louise Sebree. "It was the best amateur we ever saw," so they said. and the Junior class "opened its mouth and shut its eyes," and swallowed the flattery whole. The attempt, howe,·er, is well worth imitation by following elasses.-and the money well worth getting. 1.12