College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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? jjgj j IEQsin?3 5Ioiim5;!? ' 57rs3: CI)? Colotlldl (Bti)0, 1921 S History of the Class of 1924 ND LO, it came to pass that in September, one tliousand nine hun- dred and twenty, a great multitude descended from the train at Williamisburg. From far and near they came, and all wended their way to the College of William and Mary, a College which stretched out its arms and said unto them, Come unto me, my chidren, and I will give you knowledge. And among this multitude that had come were many, many dues and ducesses who, after being established into dormitor} ' life, soon learned that the trials and tribulations of a freshman were many ; for great were the inflictions imposed upon them. But, yea, verily they weathered the storm, and said unto each other: The Sophomores know not with whom they reckon, for ' we are unconquerable. And, truly, it happened that these Freshmen were unconquerable, for they heaped upon themselves many honors in scholarship, athletics and social promi- nence. Oh, ye people, is not the Freshman Class a success? HlSTORI. N. Page 118 i ii ; S3 ii 1 i m i!imr tf!smmnm8mmii:uii: l :r!:u-i n r.

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€lK Colonial (Ccbo, 1921 ii ' Due ' s Letter g! ' Dear Pa : Williamsburg, Virginia, September 25, 1920. School has commenced. I got here alright. They must have been waiting for me because they met me at the train and school started right after I got here. They put me in an old building where there used to be Indians. That was in the good old days before the eighteenth amendment to the honor system. Then they come and took me to the president ' s office to swear away my rights. Believe me, pa, he was sure some glad to see me and welcomed me like a long lost brother. I took my cue and tried to make him feel perfectly at ease. You know I didn ' t take that I. C. S. course in social graces for nothing. After I signed about fifteen papers they took me up to a man called the Colonel, but that small rank did not phaze me, since he was not half so rank as grand- pap, who was a corporal. He seemed to have right much authority around here though, for he separated me from my money with a smile and a couple of young females who was helping hitn. Just as I was back in my room and thinking I had paid all my bills a big fellow opened my door and called me a fowl name like duck and collected another fee from me. I don ' t know now just what it was for, but it had something to do with Eg) ' pt. Pa, we have croquet and horseshoe pitching at Montross, but up here they have the peculiarest game I ever seen. They put about twenty-two men in a pig pasture marked off with white lines. Then a fellow blows a whistle and one side kicks a bag full of nothing wrapped up in a hog hide to the other side and then they rush together and fight over the hog hide until they are all in the hospital. I reckon the ones that gets the less number in the hospital wins the game. Ever once in a while the man will blow his whistle and they will stop fighting until he tells the folks just how the game is going and wdio has the most in the hospital. First he will say, First down 10 . That means one side has one in the hospital and ten more to get there before they win. Next time he will say second down nine to get, and so on until the game is over. The man what runs the game wanted me to play on account of my athletic figure, but you know me, pa, I goes into a game wholehearted like and I comes out the same way if possible. I think I will get my monogram in some manly indoor sport like dancing. Believe me, pa, I can shake a wicked number 12. Recollect that fifty cents you give me for extra spending money? Well, that ' s nigh gone. I aint got but 15c left. Gosh, but you certainly can spend money in this wild town. You ' d be surprised to know of all the wicked vices they have here to lure your money from you. Send me 2Sc more for the remain- ing two weeks of this month, as I expect to go on a big theatre party to the Wf? i; r W ir ' !fyr ' S r ' S r ' Ss ir t ! SaI n itff t? r 7?T i7 ' ffff , f Pmse 119