Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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Q4 F. aM.coLLEGE e before the public as a class. That this effort was appearanc d f 1 vh successful can be attested by the great C1011 0 P9013 6 ll 0 viewed the parade and the exercises on VVill1amson Field. t With the advent of the Junior year, the duties and privi- leges of upper-classmen devolved upon us. That We are not unworthv of them is proven by the records of our men in ath- letics. in' literary work, in the Green Room Club, in the Glee and Mandolin Clubs, as well as in the regular class-room work. That we can uphold the honor of the class socially was proven by the Junior Hop, the great social event of the college in the season 1908-1909. Never, even as Freshmen, have we blind- ly followed the lead of any mang our class is composed of men, who are capable of thinking and acting, each man for himself. This has been a source of strength to us, as a class, but will be of infinitely greater value in practical life. College life is a failure for that man who cannot think for himself, but depends upon what some other man does and says. September, 1910, brought to us the mantle of Senior responsibility. From our class, the leaders of college activi- ties must come. From their success or failure the outside world judges the work of the college. From their deportment, it judges the influence of college life. During the present year, the record has been one of which every member of the class can feel proud. It is a privilege to be a Senior during the most successful foot ball season in the history of the college. But the class of 1910 also includes men adept in tl1e things pertpining to the practical side of life. We have Chemists, 1 at - ' f ' . ' ni l0ll1dtlLldl1S, anatomists and orators, as well as Classical students. XY e have. been especially favored in having, for four years, the benefit of instruction in the class-room from the accumu- lations of wisdom and experience of men like our President

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oR1FLAMME Q3 Senior Ziaistnrp T51 V ITH a feeling of confidence in the future, mingled with regret that the associations formed here will soon be broken, the class of 1910 looks forward. For almost four years we have worked together if and played together, have shared our joys and our sorrows, with the end ever in view that in June, 1910, we might go forth as men Well equipped for the realities of life and so become a credit to our Alma Mater. Our class is not the largest that has gone forth from Franklin and Mar- shall College, though neither is it the smallest. When, in September, 1906, we first assembled as a class, fifty-three men answered to the roll, one year later, but forty-two responded, while the opening of the Junior year found thirty-nine, and the number was reduced to thirty-six at the beginning of the Senior year. 1 A While our activities may have been limited somewhat by the size of the class, yet every duty resting upon us, as a class, has been met and well met. From our Freshman year comes memories of our class basket ball team, and of our splendid victory in the inter-class base ball game. We think, too, of the banquet at the Country Club near Harrisburg, Where Mayor Grosse of that city was one of our honored guests. But these recollections mingle with those of the Sophomore year. Outnumbered by twenty men, we held our ground in the last cane rush that Will ever be held at Franklin and lVIar- shall College. In the Zoology Cremation, we made our first !','?n 'fffn 1 . . o 7115 lUNo'fn'fuU f,..,,au, -,-..L.. -.el . l 'Cn x' n-4400 '24 'n9' nf, ,if ,av 1 1 0 I-M, H025 AX

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, URIFLAMME , Q5 Emeritus and the Dean of our Class. With their examples and precepts before us, we can but be strengthened for the future. It is not a feeling of despair that comes over us as we think that :these relations will soon be broken off. We are glad that the opportunity will soon be given When we can justify the time and effort that has been expended upon us.. We feel that it has been Well for us to have been here at Franklin and Marshall College, and that we have received something here which will help us throughout life, and make us broader, better men. With such feelings uppermost, We are carrying out the concluding Work of the Senior year, and preparing for that day which will mark our Commencement into practical life. 4 LANTZ.