Ohio University - Athena Yearbook (Athens, OH)

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Class of ' 93. Motto: We %oeigh about tioo tons. Colors: Bright scarlet. Class Yell: Rah Rah! Bee! Don ' t you see! ' 93! OFFICERS. Chas. G. Mathews George A. Elliott Grace Grosvenor E. A. Tinker C. G. Mathews W. B. McPherson President. Vice-President. Secretary and Treasurer. Historian. Poet. Orator. HISTORY, REVISED. Sacred Text: The college career of ' 93 will soon be finished, and in a little while this volume of its liis- tory must be closed. Modern Version: We came, we saw, we conquered; what are we going to do about it? Our college days are now fast drawing to a close. Ante, and pass in the chips. The old familiar scenes of college life, with all their fascina- 18

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Collcoe Calendar. FALL TERM, ' 92. September 4 — Fall Term began — Tuesday morning. October 1-7 — O. U. Piuiorumd natus est. November 4 — Open Session of Athenian, Philo, and Adel|iliian societies. November 23 — Fall Term ended — Wednesday evening. WINTER TERM. November 28 — Winter Term began — Tuesday morning. December 16 — Local Oratorical contest, 8 p. m. March 10 — Winter Term ended — Friday morning. SPRING TERM. March 21 — Spring Term began — Tuesday morning. April 22 — Open Session of the three societies. May 25 — Senior Examinations. June 24 — Annual Address — Saturday evening. June 25 — Baccalaureate Address and Annual Sermon. June 26 — Meeting of Trustees and Annual Contest of Litei ' - ary Societies. June 27 — Pedagogical Commencement and Alumni BaiKpiet. June 28 — College Commencement and President ' s Reception. Date of Annual Field Day not determined as we go to press. 17

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tions, must soon be changed for other scenes whose beauty each one for himself must make or mar. Gee! How can we leave the girls? A new life with vast possibilities, and consequently vast re- sponsibilities, rises up before us. But we are expected to stir up a little independent dust. As we stand thus on the border land and gaze with eager eye on the fields of future usefulness which each one has chosen for himself, let us inquire with what credit we have acquitted ourselves . Did Hyde pass at the eleventh hour? And Walker, O, where was he? K we have failed to do our duty , we cannot blame the worhl if she , withholds from us her luxuries, while she sweetly beckons our deserving brother and folds him in her bosom of success. If we couldn ' t get ' em to hug us here, it ' s all up with us. Although not given to boasting (except Wolford, trs,), the class of ' 93 have no cause to blush, except from — pride We can do ' 94 in everything but pooh! pooh! class histories. Our record, , is not such as should have been the fruit of the tireless labors of our beloved in- structors to whom many of us ai-e now about to bid farewell; (There is a dispute here about the meaning of the text, Shorty maintaining that Tinker fears Billy will kiss him when he says goodbye; while I hold he is remorseful that he didn ' t get his sixth cut in Astronomy.) 19