Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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them, and the} ' separated at Christmas for the holiday vaca- tion with feelings of satisfaction with the work performed. On the 12th of January we find them back again ready n start afresh, but for several weeks they longed for the next vaca- tion, living over in imagination the scenes of the holidays. A few new faci s were added to the list of the class at this time, who soon fell into line and kept pace with the others. All were soon initiated into taking notes at the different lectures, which were very interesting, hut many did not view the logic with much satisfaction, and frequent were the flunks made in this branch. And in German, many were the simply zeros which fell on the unsuspecting Freshmen. The Class soon began a series of meetings at which they effected an organization, and began to get thoroughly acquainted with each other. Near the close of the term a base hall nine was selected, but no game was played by them during the Fresh- man year. The time tied swiftly by, and the Summer examina- tion, with its usual amount of midnight cramming, was upon them before they fully appreciated the fact that a year had passed. Immediately after the examination in Logic a secret meet- ing of the Class was held, and after due deliberation it was decided that, as Logic was no more, she should receive a decent burial. Fearing that too much room would he occupied by hei body in the University burial grounds, according to the latest style. Logic was cremated and her ashes placed in a handsome rosewood casket. On the evening of Logic ' s death the funeral services were held, after a procession of the ghostly-attired Class through the principal streets of town, led by the dirge- playing hand. The unusual scene in town excited much atten- tion and drew hundreds of sympathizing friends to the grave, where, with appropriate ceremony, the ashes of Logic were confided to earth. 2G

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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

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The Class then threw aside their sepulchral robes, and having performed their last duty to the memory of departed Logic, they marched to a lively tune to the Eagle Hotel, where their Class banquet awaited them. The Class was in high spirits, everything was propitious and the supper was enjoyed while the band played some college airs, familiar to all. The speeches answering to the toasts Logic, ' 78 and Base Ball, were well made, witty and to the point, and loud were the applauses. With regret the Claps parted at a late hour, never to forget the evening of the loth of June, 1875. At the beginning of the second year we find them back, idled with a true sense of their dignity as Sophomores and hold- ing the Freshmen in supreme contempt. At an early meeting the Class decided to publish an An- nual, and appointed a committee fortius purpose. Among other things, also, they decided to haze the Freshmen. This they did by ducking a, number in ice cold water, by making others turn comedian for the amusement of the Sophomores, and by compelling others to wield the blacking brush and perform other menial offices, and never were orders more strictly obeyed when when the Sophomores told the Freshies ' not to sport canes or heavers. . . The Class soon challenged the Freshmen to the yearly game of football, ami vanquished them, after a well contested match. The base ball nine also rose to distinction by gaining a vic- tory over the Class of ' 76, which had hitherto claimed the cham- pionship of the University. In the second game, however, the Seniors took away a part of their laurels, and the weather becoming too cold tor further ball playing, the third game was deferred till the Spring of 1876. In October the (lass began a series of trips to different manufacturing establishments, under the guidance of the Pro-