Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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CLASS HISTORY. COLORS— ORANGE. Motto: The End of Our First Lesson. Class Yell: To whit, to whit, to whoo. Eighteen hundred and ninety-two. vVUR College is proud of her alumnal roll. With the addition of ' 92 to J the ranks of those who call her our ■Alma Mater there will be abundant ground for increased feeling of pride. Though this write- up in the Ravelings will be appreciated, it is by no means a necessary ad- vertisement of our merits. It is not for us to write our own history when others have done it so graphically and truthfully. So I make the following clipping from a well known metropolitan magazine. Our publication has always felt a deep interest in the work done by the various educational institutions of our land. Their growth and prosperity mean the growth and prosperity of our nation. In a recent tour among prominent western colleges, it was my pleasant duty to investigate the corps of workers in Monmouth College. I stepped from ' No. 6 ' one morning in the early spring and vainly tried to bribe a ' bus driver to pilot me through Police Gazette. 29

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- £ «£ SENIOR CLASS, ' 92, CLASS OFFICERS. MISS FANNIE KING, President. J. H. McMURDO, Vice President. MARY POLLOCK, Secretary. P. H. DEAN, Treasurer, 28

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the dazzling ' streets. I was urged to wait one week as anelectrical boat was sure to be in operation from the depot to all parts of the city. I did not wait but by severe marching I arrived at nry destination just in time to see the round-up in the chapel. I was met in the hall by a dusky gentleman, who, seeing that my physical proportions were not of an elaborate nature, told me to seek some place of safety as the bell was soon to ring. I betook myself to the gallery. Presently there issued from beneath, volcanic like, an inde- scribable mass of living beings, that with difficulty were disentangled, rear- ranged and assigned to various sections of the room. Now three guards marched to the front, while eight lined up in the rear to prevent any un- timely stampede. For a time I remained unnoticed, but finallj ' some on the east side discovered that the gallerj- had an occupant, and quickly the air was rent with shrieks of ' speech, ' and filled with chalk and paper balls, all of which concentrated at a point uncomfortably near. A threatening an- nouncement from the front silenced the uproar for a time, while I made care- ful observation of those gathered below. The three hundred or more students seemed to be placed in sections, grouped according to looks, intelli- gence and general superiority. This was noticeable as the different divisions filed out. First there arose about fort} 7 on the west side distinguished from those adjacent by the points noted above. Unmistakable signs of genius marked every feature. I saw faces that bespoke eloquently the noted jour- nalist, the renowned judge and the famous pulpit orator. The next section that arose called up unpleasant recollections of my last visit to Sing Sing.t and I pass it by without comment. Even the next division impressed me not more favorably. Their faces told of hopes crushed, of victories not realized, — things that occur often in college life. The next section that filed out pre- sented a variegated aspect, uncouth, inane, no uniformity in color, shape or size. Gentle reader, we would state that the writer of the above article uncon- sciously, but truthfully describes the various classes of our College. The classes are taken in the order of standing. The apt description applied to the west side belongs to the class of ' 92. Our class history is short but momentous. In our national game we are pronounced victors. A few unfortunate circumstances cost us the foot ball pennant. Those who wish to make a special study of our class are referred to the following well known works: Morton ' s Events of Interest, vol. II, pg. 356- 418; Dudley ' s Modern Education; Souder ' s Among Our Colleges. By a careful perusal of the works mentioned above a good general idea of the class can be obtained. IHe was in for five years.