University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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tf ft e iass tf ' HE undergraduate career of the Class of ' 92 is all but closed, and for the last time are we permitted to narrate to the world through the BLUE AND GOLD some few of our many glorious achievements and numerous virtues. Be it known, then, that we are and have been a most remarkable class. There never has been, never will be, or never could be a similar aggregation capable for a moment of being compared to us in anything noble, lofty, distinguishing, or soul-inspiring. Ninety-two will stand forever as a model, an ideal toward which subsequent classes will forever strive, but which, approached as near as may be, they can never hope to reach. Having thus prepared the reader to expect the great things hereinafter to be related, and that he may not doubt the truths here written, we shall proceed to enumerate some few of the great events that have transpired since ' 92 has graced Berkeley ' s grand old halls of learning. What a career we had as Freshmen, we knew it all from the start, the Juniors could not teach us anything. We were bold, brave men to fool with, as our friend, the enemy, too soon found out. What, though our most esteemed President forbade the rush and desired not the wild and woolly midnight scrimmage, we honorably disobeyed, and downed the enemy at every turn. Our first glee was a huge success, unmarred by any of the attempted acts of violence and strategy on the part of our not much lamented nor yet all- departed friends of ' 91. Our grandest first-year success, however, was our Bourdon burial. We had a real crema- tion of a real coffin (life size) on a real pyre. The distinguishing feature of all our class affairs has been the boldness and magnitude of all our concep- tions, together with our unparalleled unanimity of spirit, bravery and surpassing strength in bringing them to a successful culmination. 29

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In BUcmormm: CHARLES HENRY SPURGEON. BORN FEBRUARY 25, 1869. DIED JUNE 15, 189 I . 28

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As a minor detail it may be noted in passing that we are intellectually without peers. The first year ' s termination found our ranks undiminished, undismayed, undaunted and, most happily, uncinched; an unsurpassed first-year record, and of it we are justly proud. The same magic fortune followed us in our Sophomore year. Midas-like, our magic touch made every project a golden success. Our Sophomore hop will forever be remembered by those so fortunate as to have been present at the most enjoyable dance ever given in the gymnasium. The Fresh- men ( ' 93) made an attempt to celebrate Bourdon burial they never went farther than the attempt. Thanks to the noble band of heroes and brave men of ' 92, the burial was a complete fiasco and an utter fizzle. [ ?? ED. BLUE AND GOLD.] But enough said of our Sophomore and Freshman days. The wonderful achievements of that time are as nothing compared to those of our Junior and Senior years. Who among us will ever forget our Junior Day and its attendant pleasures. The wonderful farce a scintillating brilliant in the glorious diadem of successes, due to our most bearded playwright. Its divine wit and pathos shall continue to sparkle down the reverberating ages until time and BLUE AND GOLDS shall be no more. And then our own BLUE AND GOLD a flow of wit and feast of reason. For the long and short of it (the editor and manager, respectively), what initiative, what brains, what a massive exhibition of propriety in bringing about a revolution in BLUE AND GOLDS. Ninety-two ' s book differed from all its predecessors in being a spicy and original production. It departed from time-worn customs by which former books were rendered mere compendiums of vul- garity and personal abuse. The editors were not under the necessity of arming themselves against the attacks of enraged victims. Succeeding classes will do well to emulate this noble example. The subject of athletics has been left to the last in order to place upon it its due amount of emphasis and deserved praise. What previous class can present to an admiring world an unbroken line of victories in all the 30