Union College - Garnet Yearbook (Schenectady, NY)

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PRESIDENT, . VICE-PRESIDENT, SECRETARY, . CLASS ORATOR, IVY POET, PROPHET, . HISTORIAN, . TOASTMASTER, GRAND IVIARSHAI., lvv GRATOR, PIPE ORATOR, Senior Class. Class GoIo1's.-Giurnlct dllb d51'ccn. Qfluss Ucll. Rlc:Kl3'rY, RICKIQTY. RUN. RICKETY, RICKETY, RUN, UNION, UNION, NINETEEN HUNDRED AND CNE! Qifficcrs. 20 GEORGE IJEROY SHELLEY THOMAS H. WIGHT. HORATIO J. BROWN. ARTHUR S. GOLDEN. JOHN NICNAB. JOHN H. COOK. LEOPOLD MINKIN. GARDINER KLINE. CHARLES P. WAGONER. PORTER LEE MERRINIAN. LEROY J. WEED.

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Iijistorg. CERTAINI learned professor in a lecture o11 History and l-listorians . ' l1:1s s nd tl1at great lllSt0l'lZlIlS are rare: that tl1e endown1ent of sucl1 a11 lllSlHI'l1lll is stupenduous: tl1atl1e111ust l1ave leisure, intinitc patience, sound gincnt, plnlosophic gi tsp lllkl hieidth lNlNlL 1, fe in 1 , we We lllll-ll offer tl1e s ggcstl 111 tl1 it tl1e lectt ici, 111 asseitlng tl11t men L.. . A . ,fl jud ' ' ' J ': 5 : 1: , 1 l llllilgllllltltil a Cll!ll'I1l ot' '-ill ,' 1 1 styl , 1 .l :hove all ' alth. ,pil 1 ll :' 1 : 1 t lil it wl1o are possessed of tl1ese requirements are scarce, l1as overlooked the class f o For 'l er is there 1 ler l' ' - '- g who is not endowed with leisure, inlinite patience, etc., etc. -make no mention of wealth? ll I Ol XX IL t' l lllbllll tl Utll SIX llltl lXXtl'll.X 'S l0ll The laborious task our Slate Con1n1ittee had before them when tl1ey attempted to select o11e n1eml1er of the class to write the class history is HONV explained. During our four years, titty-nine llltll I1:1ve heen known as H1001 men and ol these twe11ty-six have hraved tl1e storm tsay nothing of Calculus, Nlecl1a11ics, Physics, and Gym ,B Illltl will, tl1e Faculty Zllltl gods heing willing, leave tl1e institution as alun1ni Chetter write that with a capital lb on June 12th. We wo11 the cane rtzsh Illltl snow hall tight i11 our l:l'6Slll1lIll1 yea1', a11d i11 our scraps as Sophs showed llllll we l1ad not lost hut gained in spirit. At our l:l't:'Sllll11lll hanquet at tl1e Ve11do111e, every n1an was there, despite tl1e protests Illkl opposition ot' IUOO. l:LZl'lllt'l'Ill0l'f' we had :111otl1er banquet i11 our Sophoinore year. Ol1, of all hanquets, this was one which would have turned the gods green witl1 e11vyl Will we ever lorget tl1e speakers and their themes? l think 11ot. Among those wl1o were glad wl1e11 the feast was over, was Host Brown: l1e shook eacl1 one of us hy tl1e llllllkl as witl1 tears in l1is eyes l1e sai.l good night, and when we reached tl1e rail-road tracks we were greeted hy tl1e squad of Chief C1llllDl5ClllS clever assistants who sl1ook each of us by the collar. The distinction ot' heing tl1e o11ly class ill lllillly years to l1old a Sophon1ore hanquet llllcl l'een won! We feel satislied that we l1ave always given a loyal support to college i11stitutio11s, including tl1e spiel Zllltl l1ave given Union two foot-hall captains. May our second contrihution prove to he as good as our lirst! We l1ave heen strong i11 social lines as well as in atl1letics and proved to a doubting and skeptical pul1lictl1at the Round Bcilding could he l1eated, Illkl demonstrated tl1e tact o11 Fehruary 10, ISQQ, when tl1e lllCl'lllOlIl6lCl' stood at 27 helow. We were prolninent i11 the ininstrels: we l1ave always lllltl a large represe11tatio11 in tl1e College Glee Cluh 1ll1Ll Cl1oir, Zllltl were conspicuous inthe lllllVCllltfIllL to strengtlien tl1e Y. M. C. A. tone ol our lllCllllWt'I'S l1as even l1eld the office of Correspondi11g Secretaryj. We have, during our course, learned to revere our Alma Mater, Illlkl we feel conlident tl1at our love and respect for llCl' sl1all grow as time sl1all heighten tl1e apprecia- tio11 of what sl1e has done for us. Witl1 tl1e poet, wl1ose ideality we l1ave long si11ce learned to appreciate we say, Farewell then, thou loved one-O loved but too well. Too deeply. too blindly for language to tell l 22