St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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We had not been here long before we were initiated in the great game foot-ball. Some of our members worked hard for the teamg while others made their pres- ence known, when one team contended with some visitor, by their clamorous enthusiasm. We did ourselves jus- tice in this line of athletics, as we were represented on the team by one man more than the Sophomores. We were not far behind in other sportsg and it was through the interest and work of one of our noble class, who holds the amateur championship for shooting in the State, that a gun club was organized. There was yet another giant, which was nearly as great a torment to us as the Sophs, that we had to contend with. This was Knowledge. The intention of our class in coming to this seat of learning was to over- come this giant and his many sons and 'take from them tended with one of the sons of Knowl- wisdom. Many con edge- Math. This opponent, we are told, had caused the downfall of many an upper classman. We had e of this, for when we assembled to do battle with him, we saw many an upper classman gather there to strive against this enemy for a second time, on an equal footing with us. The greatest combat, however, awaited us-our semi-annual exams. Great and long were the preparations for this coming battle. ,This contest was to show whether we had carried out our intentions to overcome Knowledge. Vlfith tremb- ling hands and unsteady gaits we gathered on the respec- tive battle field to have our final contest for at least we hoped it was to beb with some of the many sons of Knowledge. Hard was the battle and many were they that fell. sufficient evidenc -1 , Twmis ul 1 ' , M H I 64

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T XVAS during those bright and beautiful days of September that a set of young men-strangers to the precincts of old St. John's--began to assemble here. VVe were made conspicuous by our numbers and greenness. We l1ad not been here long before we became acquainted with another set of young men who called themselves Sophomores, or fthe name is more appropriatej VVi,se Fools. These Sophsf' forgetting that it had not been long since they were called Fresh, and only glorying in their newly attained honor, and Wishing to show the world that a higher position in life did not make them very dignihed, began to show us the ins and outs of college life. Many a mystery was unrav- elled to us. Some of our number thought that these courtesies were not needed, and began to remonstrate. But this did 11ot do: as it was soon shown them to be unwise to refuse any courtesy olfered by the upper classmen. Gthers took life as it came-with the Sophomore. Many were the nights that some of the I1lC111lJE1'S of this new and great addition to College were aroused from their pleasant dreams of home by a visit istoeyg. from that class who call themselves our superiors. It was during these nocturnal visits that our store of knowl- edge was greatly augmented. Some of us were able to prove to a great length the advisability of transferring our abode, during a part of the night, to the attic. XVhile others of us became so very eihcient in wall decoration, that we have decided to establish a class in this art, to which all are invited, particularly the Freshmen. At length, becoming weary of extending these cour- tesies, the Sophomores decided to allow us to shift har ourselves-for a time only. Therefore we determined to form ourselves into a class, which, we hoped, was des- tined for great things during our college life. Having collected our goodly company in McDowell Hall, we proceeded to elect our class officers, unmolested by tl1e Sophomores. XVhen we leit this building we were a class in every sense of the word: a class prepared to battle with all the barriers presented to every one during college life. XVe were also able to offer stronger resist- ance to tyrannies, which the wise fools of College attempted tO C5i21bliSl1.

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