McKendree University - McKendrean Yearbook (Lebanon, IL)

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THE McKENDREAN

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Juniors E have about reached the first line trenches in the college life s.J eventful and so far-reaching in meaning. In September 1918, we ' l$l were ushered to the campus by admiring followers and suitors amid the hoots, howls, and jeers of the upper-classmen. Some of the jests passed to and fro cut and hurt very much, yet we consoled ourselves in the fact that others had traveled this way before and survived. What others had dans, so could we do. Here it was that Captains Baker, Thrall, and Walton took us in charge, plucked us in the rough, and protected and guided us through our embryo stage. ' Tis true, we have been a source of trouble and the subject of many a lecture, but with many drillings and much work we became victor- ious over discouragements, and finally passed the rookie test. It was thus that we left behind us forever Freshman Alley with its charming nooks and crannies, and ascended into regular standing. We had proved ourselves fit, and had assumed a highly important position in the every- day college life : for we were the wise as well as the mighty Sophomores. But a few more skirmishes with self-centralization and our enemy, Ego, we ar- rived at the place where we respected not our own knowledge, but that of others. Then, and only then, did we find ourselves as Juniors. As Juniors, we find ourselves weighted with many responsibilities, but our Herculean efforts have enabled our broad shoulders to carry them, though the path has been winding and narrow. On the dark, troublesome nights of study we found ourselves ably guided by the light of perseverance over the deep pitfalls and through the treacherous sands, until we have almost reached the straight and smooth road of the well-meaning Senior.