Oregon State University - Beaver Yearbook (Corvallis, OR)

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eral absence of that all important factor, energy, have st randed her and left her place in the races vacant. Iier friends may-look for her coming, but they will look in vain. But the history of this crew is not yet complete. Although there may be nothing particularly great behind them, it docs not take a prophet’s eye to discern a great expanse of future before them. There are here the resources which, when developed, will shroud not only their own past, but also that of all predecessors, in rayless oblivion. —20—

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’ g6. “Look here upon this picture, then on this.” The Sophomore ? Look yet again. Yes, that is the name. What, this black looking, barnacled hulk, floating so aimlessly about just in the borders of the Junior sea ? Is this the gallant Sophomore that one short year ago sailed so free, the envy of all competitors ? Yes, it is the very same. Hut what is it that has brought those flying colors to the level of the briny deep—that has turned up that shining keel to be the roost of gulls and shags and loons ? What has swept her deck so clear of rigging? She could not have encountered any violent storms, for none have been known in the vicinity of late. Can the trouble then lie in her crew ? Some are veterans, having sailed in this same ship before. All are crafty seamen ; for two long years they have been drilled upon the principles of navigation, as applied to all the intricacies ’twixt College and Post Office. Their charts are perfect, for they have sketched in gory red the course of the sanguine fluid through a cat. Their eyes are good, for they’ve been taught without rule or rod to draw a line as true as eagle’s flight. Surely if any are competent to sail the sea, it is those who for two months and more have devoted their undivided attention to main points. Where then is the trouble ? And her crew—where now are they ? Their guiding star still shines forth with ever brightening splendor, but they follow not. In spite of the efforts of her captain and one or two trusted mates, the lack of that staple article, backbone, the absence of that oft dangerous yet indispensable article, ambition, and the gen- —19—

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CLASS ROLL. Colors:—Orange, Light Pink and White. • Flower:—Margareets. OFFICERS. W. F. Ready I). C. Ray K. W. Ferrill Name. MEMBERS. Course. County. POSTOFFICE. P. K Alger .Mechanical .Union Win. Ahernethv .Coos Dora A. Buchanan « .Benton R. S Brvson tt tt tt a n Prank Gorrell Douglas Oakland (). B. Gates Washington. . . . Hillsboro Wallace Harrison. . it Yamhill Amity M. R. Johnson . . a . Benton ... (’or vail is W F. Keadv. tt Portland W W T.nntw»v it • J John Mocine n . I )ouglas Gardner C. L. Owslev.. . tt . Union I. I). Pike. . tt Sherman Morrow C. G. Porter tt . Benton Corvallis R C Shinlov a tt n I . M. L Spangler (• a tt R W Terrill tt H. W. Williams tt Lane A. W. Wood tt Linn Albany A. I). Zimmerman it . Marion Aurora