Syracuse University - Onondagan Yearbook (Syracuse, NY)

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22 THE 1906 ON ON DAG AN Jn 00emoriam

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THE 1906 ONONDAGAN IE history of 1O05, Syracuse University, calls to mind the kaleidoscopic picture of a wagon g ' oing down the street. The vehicle is large and gilded and has a jeautiful orange canopy over the top. . large individual in a silk tile and a dark suit is the man on the box. Those aboard are playing on sweet sounding instruments. The scene would be as serene as a day i n June if it were not for one thing. Clutched to the tail board of the carriage is a small boy, and another, a little larger, who is safelv inside, is striking him with a stave and making efforts to break his hold. The small specimen, however, is persistent and at last is re- warded with the extreme back seat in the band wagon. He is an aggressive youngster and soon has a horn of his own. lie keeps shoving toward the front, too, with the result that he is finallv right behind the driver. Since the class of 11)05 entered the university, history has been fresh in the making about the Saline City. The members of the present senior class first darkened the horizon about Syracuse University in the fall of 1901, That same fall it won its class football games, a thing almost unprecedented in athletics on the hill. That set the ball a rolling, but it was only a drop in