Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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RAVELINGS NINETEEN ELEVEN 22 SOPHOMORE HISTORY History, ' ' it has been said, is the essence of innumerable biographies. If we should attempt to write the history of the Class of 1912 according to this definition our task would be impossible. Not that we are lacking in good biographies but for lack of space in this book. From the very beginning, our history breathes of conflict. It records the deeds of great men, it tells of scraps and rumors of scraps; of color rushes, chicken roasts and other nocturnal exploits. There is a glowing account of a color rush in the fall of 1908 when we were still verdant Freshmen. No sooner were the Sophomore colors up than the worthy Sophs guarding the pole were rushed upon by the mighty Fresh- men, overcome and the Red and Black of 1912 waved victoriously in the breeze. Our historian relates another victory in the Color Rush of 1909. Despite the fact that the classes this time were almost equal in numbers and that in the opposing ranks were several heavy-weights and one professional wrest- ler, 1912 was again victorious — for at the end of the given time the Red and Black were still waving defiantly in the breeze. To 1912 is due all the credit for having made possible the Freshman Ban- quet which was formally buried by the preceding class and was thot by all to be a thing of the past. When just here this time honored custom was res- urrected with the appearance of the class of 1912. As for the Freshman Banquet of 1910 we challenge this class to a fair and equal scrap, but they, knowing our former prowess and our superior strength, fled to the heights of Wallace Hall at three o ' clock on that bitter cold morn- ing and transformed that bleak place into a roof garden. We, out of the no- bleness of our hearts and fearing that the tender shoots would be nipped by the frost, called them down about ten o ' clock and told them that they might have their banquet. We partook of a similar affair with table decorations of red and white carnations, gifts (?) of the Freshmen. But our activities have not all been directed along this line. The same spirit which is manifested in our little diversions has been carried upon the athletic field and into the class-room. While the Freshmen carried off the honors in our encounter with them in basket ball, they were no match for us in baseball. We have been well represented along literary lines and when the decisive days of Final exams came, we emerged with flying colors and few flunks. A brilliant future stretches before us and in the succeeding ages the cor- ridors of time will resound to the praises of the class of 1912.

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RAVELINGS NINETEEN ELEVEN