Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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way worthy of the trust imposed on him, is a thorough gentle- man and one of the smartest students the University ever had. And lastly is the Historian, who has tried to have things right up to the handle, 1 ' and if he has failed, kind reader, please accord it to ignorance and not to lack of intention. Ever remembering that he has tried hard to live up to the class motto, Fortiter — Fidel it i ;• — Frfiriter. HlSTOIUAN. frit floii ' il ■i X

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Thirty of us returned as Sophomores, rejoicing that we were no longer Freshies, and bright were the hopes and expecta- tions with which we began our second year. Much hard work was accomplished by our class during this period. We con- stantly remember the delight witli which we attended our reci- tations in Literature, and the polite and unwearying kindness of our Professor ; and the time and labor expended on our topo- graphical maps cannot be forgotten. Nor can we pass unmen- tioned the gratifying portion of our annual survey — that portion embracing the river and islands, and how we were daily encour- aged in our work by the not distant presence of the fairer sex, and how we were spurred on by the heroic conduct of ' ' Country, both ashore and afloat. We must also note the 77 (. ' hiss Banquet held last June. Never was there a better one partaken of by a class at Lehigh University. Never reigned more unison, good will, and class feeling than was there with 77. The speeches that were made, and the songs that were sung on that occasion, still ring in our ears, as does the Rah-rah. rah-rah, L. U. — ' 77. ' which closed the first half of our college course, and ushered us under the mantle of Juniorship. To you as Juniors your Historian bows, and offers his con- gratulations upon the attainment of this distinction. Though ' 77 now has but twenty, still she firmly holds her position as one of the best classes ever at Lehigh. Bravely, boldly and faithfully do her men stride on towards sheepskins, and we wish that we may all leave with handles to our names. Now a few words as to our present condition. An even dozen of those who entered Freshmen remain with the class. We have representa- tives from seven States of the Union, from Japan and Brazil. Our class organization has always been a good one. Our worthy hair-pin President is an honor to his class, being both popu- lar and hardworking, while our honorable Vice President is com- promising, exceedingly studious and orderly ; our Secretary is very devoted to his duties, and our excellent Treasurer in every

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Si tofy of C k ' 78. iN the 1st of September, 1874, an observant stranger might have picked out the Class of ' 78, had he chosen to come to the University, from the groups of other students which had gathered here and there upon the college campus. They stood without the door of Packer Hall, timidly viewing the other and older students and exchanging a few remarks among themselves relative to the lessons of the day. A sort of bashful- ness or timidity, caused by their ignorance of the life before them, seemed to enshroud them, and between them and the other students there seemed an impassable barrier. This feel- ing gradually wore off, however, and they became as familiar with each other and the other classes as if they had all been students together for years. This feeling of ease came more quickly on account of the bearing of the other classes, who treated the Freshies very kindly, never evincing the slightest desire to haze them, which, however, probably took its rise from the elegant amount of muscle displayed by the Class, in athletics and on other occa- sions. The class, as a body, soon settled down to work and proved their fitness for the life before them by their steady ap- plication to the work assigned. Thus affairs went along quietly, with few ripples to disturb