Colby College - Oracle Yearbook (Waterville, ME)

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Class of '97, g X X LADIES. CLASS YELL. I -E a , - . - - 53:5 gl gl J .min n P is ' r E1-P l-8 J tl: 'J I- - ,F ginzin- Of all the nine - ties ev - er seen, Niue - ty - seven +r . - gf'--,,.1 +.-.i.i 4 , if - '-'LH Ll-4-, ,lx .Q L E sv 1-:J I v. -4 j 5' 9 3- ' 0' 4- PM E' I is the queen. Colby, Colby, Nine - ty - seven. Class Colors: Lemon and Lavender. OFFICERS. ALICE L. NYE, Presz'fz'e7z!. 0 GRACE GATCHELL, Orafof. LENA M. TOZIER, WM-P1'esz'a'e7zz'. ANNIE H. PEPPER, Paef. 'IENA P. MCCALLUM, Sec1'ez'a1y. HARRIET F. HOLMES, Prophef ' HELEN F. LAMB, T1'ecz.vzz7'e7'. MYRA S. NELSON, Hzxfofzan MATTIE D. TRACY, Taasz'-1l1z'sf1-ess. . Executive Committee. HELEN F. LAMB. FLORENCE MORRILL. ANNIE L. KNIGHT Committee on Odes. ANNIE H. PEPPER. ANNIE L. KNIGHT. NINA VOSI' 26

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I-listorg. 91, x WWW, IN THE short space that is allotted us, it is im- wf h, an ? Wg MM, possible to give a complete history of the sophomore class. ff 0,,,liM3l'! ' FX, But, whatever the historian has written, be assured that it 'III 'lx , ,ali 5 has been stated truthfully and impartially. First of all, we 'I Y point with pride at the course we have followed since we ,. F A li V va- entered college. Coming here at a time when the class jo in advance of us had abolished hazing, we have followed wi f -1 ' L X- r-T I? its example and have done all in our power to do away Jams .1 L1 rt: .4 -- - with that most barbaric of college customs. How we have its :V ' A succeeded need not be stated. It is too well known to ,,m1mm:g:,,.,,, f W 7741-ian. :Z am? W Z Wu.. every member of our college. Our relations, thus far, with both faculty and classQ have been the pleasantest, and with the continued gentlemanly conduct that we have shown in the past, we feel confident that they will be. Of our class spirit we have reason to feel proud, for we are bound together by the closest ties. No college man was ever more loyal to his class than a member of Ninety-seven. Though we have not been so successful in class games as we would wish, still we think that our standing in the classroom is enough to more than make up for this. The strength and vigor of our intellects, upon entering this institution, attracted the attention of every professor, and the reputation of our class for solid, thorough scholarship has become Hrmly established. Our treatment of the freshmen is worthy of ex- ample. Little water has been thrown, and that which has been was only for the good of some member of Ninety- eight, conspicuous as to his mouth. We have confiscated none of their propertyg we have been merciful to them in class scuflles, and, in short, have used them like gentlemen. From these brief statements, need you wonder that Ninety-seven is proud of her past? And from the belief that she will continue in her present course, she looks with confidence to the future.

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I-listorg. ITI-I glad hearts we gathered for our exit, but with sad hearts we parted, for reluctantly did we go out from our first college year. We had been such happy freshmen, we feared that no other year of our college course could equal the lirst. We opened this new year with an In-it, which has proved to have been the jolly beginning of a jolly year. Our freshman life has been far surpassed by our sophomore life, with its greater variety of work, when Grammar lessons have been forgotten and construction seldom thought of 5 when we have had English in which not even Genung has proved formidable, and we have made the acquaintance of Shakespeare, Kit Marlowe, Ben Jonson, and Beaument, and Fletcher, and have had many interesting things read to us, for children like stories. We have developed a fondness for German songs, and once our sweet singing received a sweet reward. Cuts have not been so numerous this year, and we have wished our professors would forget us oftener, and more frequently come to recitation just in time to meet us going away. The new curriculum has gone into good working order, under us, our class being the first to-take French in its first year, and to begin German in its second. Experience has taught us to look fearlessly forward, and 'to anticipate more pleasurevand profit from the two years that await us. 27