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Page 18 text:
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THE GARNET. 7 R Freshman ' s First Letter jiome. My Dcre Ma — I is so glad that you sent me too this funny School. It is so queer here. I don’t like only one thing about it they aint no girls here xcept one or 2 of the teachers has a daughter but they are bigger an older than me. The School-Room is aufull funny. The boys only stay in it a little while in the morning when one of the teachers says prayers reads out of the bible on the walls of the room is a good many picktures of teachers who used to be here they are dead now. When Me the rest of the boys in my class came in-to the room all the older boys smiled and looked so pleasant said such nice things I know I shall like them. For I herd one of them say O look what a fresh—one he is you remember all the folks home says the same that your own Charlie has such a fresh rubbey countenance. The first nite 1 was here them nice boys in the Sofmore Class came in-to my room . asked me if I ditint want to take a walk then they took me over to an-other big build¬ ing whare all their Class was and asked me too make a speech they were so kind for when they saw I was tired they helped me on-to an aufullv funny plat-form that looked just like a table but Gosh-if they had seen me jump the fence last Summer when dad wanted to lick me for a fishin on Sunday they would have let me git up alone. I wonder how they herd that I took the prise in our district for recitin Bay Billy—they must have known somethin about it for when I asked them what I should speak about they all said Horses. One of the boys asked me to buy some pea-nuts candies for them to eat I bought them but when I was a bringin them one of the boys in one of the oldest classes wearin a big stovepipe came a-long and made me give them to him. And then the Sofomores said I was fresh and made me buy some more so I have spent all my tin—so please send 50 oblidge your loving sun, Charlie.
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Page 19 text:
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18 THE GARNET . jiistory of ’ 90 . TT)ERHAPS no task more difficult (an Algebra lesson except- ed) was ever undertaken by a Freshman than that of writing a history of his class, and the historian feels his utter inability to do his class justice, in writing a history so soon after the begin¬ ning of their Freshman year. The first day of college saw the Sophomores (as usual) out in full force to Aset the Freshman up”, and many were the antics practised by the Freshmen, such as swimming, dancing, boxing etc., to please the wily Sophs. We took everything in good spirits, with the full determination that the next Freshman class at Union should be as well received as ’90 was. After the first week or two the Sophomores grew tired of their midnight revelry and aside from their canes it would have been difficult to distinguish them from the Freshmen. We then turned our thoughts to organizing and electing our class officers. And with the exception of the awful sound of “O FROSH”, which so often greeted our ears, and that formidable enemy of every Freshman, Algebra, we could have led a very pleasant life at Union. It is true that on the base-ball field, ’90 has not made a very good record, but give her a little time and she will show you that ’89 is not the only class at Union that can play ball. In due time we held our officers “set up” and a very enjoyable eve¬ ning was passed, the Sophomores and their canes failing to make their appearance. Our Freshman year is not without its sadness. That awful destroyer, Death, has been among 11s and taken away one of our number, whose loss we deeply mourn. It is sad that one so young and so noble should be taken aw ay, and especially so for one whose prospects for the future appeared so bright. May Death not come in our midst again to our utter heaviness
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