The first page opens with a poem titled "Who Was He?" asking students to come up with an answer for a prize of 25 cents; followed by a list of twelve steps for "How to Succeed." Page two includes many news items such as the weather, President Cleveland’s activities, a West Virginia coal mine accident, sloppy marching on campus, and a complaint about Preston Three Bears (Comanche) and Theodore McCauley's (Omaha) suspicious milling around the dining hall.
Page three consists of many small news items about the debating and literary societies, news from the Cheyenne Agency, events at the print shop, the student trip to Washington D.C. and other miscellaneous happenings. There is a full column article titled "Our Room Girls: What the Man-on-the-band-stand Hears About them." The article compliments the girls for the improvements made and chastises them for failures exposed doing housework on detail to the teachers' quarters. The fourth page opens with an article titled "Robert and Harvey," about Robert Burns' (Cheyenne) and Harvey White Shield's (Cheyenne) experiences attending M.E. College in Ft. Wayne, Indiana. There are also several brief educational articles as well as a piece called "Are You Ready?" about being prepared for the workplace.
