Acorn Jokes, page 235

The early Acorns (Coe yearbooks) had more than student pictures and lists of class officers.  They gave bits of information about each class, sometimes in the form of a class history:

"Four years ago, in a mild September, about seventy youths and maidens from scattered parts of our lovely state and from its adjoining neighbors, met for the first time within our college halls as the class of 1909.  It was their common purpose to pledge allegiance to the Saint of Knowledge, to be lead, not all knew wither..." (the senior class history from the 1910 acorn goes on for a full page and a half recording the triumphs, losses and anecdotes from their time at Coe College.)

Sometimes they included class colors, yells, or mascots.  You can read a few of these yells in the on-line exhibit of class mascots from the 1910 Acorn.  You may note that the Freshman class of 1912 is depicted as a child being protected by an owl, the junior class mascot (the junior classes put together the yearbooks).  A few years later the 1912 yearbook was titled the "Tiger" after their class mascot.

To conclude, another page from the 1938 Acorns advertisement section:


~Sara Pitcher, Archives Assistant