Repository: UIHistories Project: Illio - 1896 [PAGE 79]

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(Rcmtmeccncce of t6c 3*'ftm Office.

\ connection with the I . «»f I ami tlie I Mini he;j;in in the spring «»f'*•"> and e n d e d with the spring term of \SO, a| L'radual inn. The fir*? ilirep m o n t h s I served as ' ' t y p o , " and the remaining fniir yearn ah " f n r e inan " of the office, a position which has heen ^raeiously abolished. I P e r h a p s t h e r e a r e few <>f t h e present student h«»d\ a i m know u n d e r what conditions the I'niversitv p a p e r was then issued. The lllini olliee was located in the second storv of t h e northwest tower of the old drill hall now called Machinery Hall. I w o n d e r what has h e e n d o n e with t h e p r i n t i n g material which was used t h e r e . I saw t h e remains of it in the s p r i n g of M 2 and I helieve > that was the last year the paper was printed by tin* s t u d e n t s at the University. With due respect to the foreman of that year, I must say that his office looked as decrepit ami dirty as any I have ever Been. It used to be a matter of pride never to have t h e office exactly clean, hut I t h o u g h t on my last visit t h e r e that I was surely " in at the d e a t h . " The old printing press was our " t h o r n in tin- flesh." 1 have g r e a t affection for it yet. It taught us much patience and p e r h a p s a little profanity. I have often wondered if t h e r e were any of its crooked parts that 1 had not broken and m e n d e d . If it is still in existence it should he treasured in the mechanical museum as a machine that has served a great educational purpose. The editors-in-chief d u r i n g this period were J o h n Wright, now a well-known editor of a Chicago daily; ('. II. K a m m a n n , now t e a c h e r of G e r m a n in t h e Peoria schools; Marcus Powers, poet and scholar, formerly a professor of Chemistry in Chicago, now deceased; Geo. W. Myers, now Professor of Mathematics, (*. of I., hut who once hoped for literary fame; a n d Nathan Weston, who sometimes courted the muses, hut who now, I helieve, deals in economic statistics at l \ of I. The htieiness managers for those years were supposed to he solid, scientific business m e n . They were: E. L. Morse, now of Chicago; . 1 . 0 . Davis, now of Houston, Texas; Bruce Fink, of H a r v a r d University; C. P. Van G u n d y , chemist, Baltimore, Md.; Phil. Steele ( " Old G r i m e s " ) , of Chicago. Last, but in no wise least, in our affection were t h e office " d e v i l s : " E d . Braucher, deceased; E. E. Davis, Phil. Bevis, Ernest Braucher. T h e r e must be something in a name, for with a peculiar devilish capacity t h e last mentioned three, so far as I am concerned, have since kept themselves concealed. They may be known to fame, but I haven't heard from them. M Space would fail if I should try to tell of all of the many gifted " local and other editors who were connected with the paper during this time. Some of them were also compositors in the office. There are a few whose genius has left an indelible impression on my mind, and I will name them: teacher fit posit

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