University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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THE BLUE AND GOLD ther e were any class now left which might in any respect be compared to this one ; but there is none. When, O when, shall we behold such an- other class ? Greatly I fear, never ! J. B. LINCOLN, Class Historian. What in thunder am I going to do now?

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-Si UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA with little loss of their men, they would not burn him nor bury him, nor indulge in the bust (ruptum) afterwards, which is a barbaric custom. Thus they passed their first year in splendor and glory. II. During the next year, unlike other Sophomores, they did not con- sume their time in wild and foolish deeds, but, for the most part, applied themselves diligently to their studies. And this year too, indeed, would have been passed with the greatest praise (summa cum laude) but for one thing. One night a part of the class (pars ex clause) while returning, hav- ing seen a performance of Pinafore (spectaculum Pittaforis), beseiged and took by storm a room of a Freshman, and having entered it, and having dragged the Freshman, still in a nude state, forth into the cold night, and having tossed him in a blanket (eo in stragido jacto), shore him of his side- boards (laterarias tabulas), and with great insolence the next day stuck the cut-off sideboards on the bulletin-board (tabulla edictorum), where, being seen, the affair became known to the Faculty, and the students were pun- ished accordingly. III. In the third year, as in the former years, they distinguished them- selves greatly. By most people their Junior Ex. , which happened in this year, was held to have been better, both as regards ornament and talent, than all those preceding. IV. In the fourth year, having now become masters in all things, they ran the college (collegam cucurrif) with small difficulty on their part, so that all stood in awe of them, and paid them befitting respect. And as their time of departure was drawing to a close, one from the Faculty made at a meeting the following eulogy concerning them: It seems to me, O brother Professors, a thing greatly to be deplored, that so excellent a class should now be about to be taken from our midst. Whenever, hith- erto, a class has departed, we, indeed, have greatly rejoiced. But this class, by Jupiter, was so excellent as regards all things, that when I be- hold them leaving, I can scarcely refrain from tears. Whether, indeed, it was a trial of strength, or of skill, or of intellect, they were always the victors. If anything was to be run by them, they ran it, making the best record; if anything was to be jumped by them, they jumped it, mak- ing the best record; if any tug of war was to be tugged by them, they tugged it, winning the cup. Wherefore, indeed, their departure seems to me so sad a thing. I, indeed, and you, O Faculty, might be consoled, if

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA - Senior CLASS COLOR, VIOLET. Tarry at Jericho until your beards be grown. Bible. FIRST TERM. JOS. L. CRITTENDEN PRESIDENT CUTLER PAIGE VICE-PRESIDENT R. D. JACKSON SECRETARY O. W. JASPER TREASURER SECOND TERM. P. E. BOWLES PRESIDENT O. W. JASPER YICE-PRESIDENT CUTLER PAIGE SECRETARY H. M. EDMONDS TREASURER J. B LINCOLN. . HISTORIAN