University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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CLASS HISTORY OF ’88. 31 dj tfp §ln$$ 0 '88 T is with many misgivings that I attempt a brief outline of the history of the Class of ’88—the Class recognized by all as the life „ and soul of the entire College. At the outset I am overwhelmed by the multitude of incidents which present themselves, and I am at loss to know just how to begin. To select the most interesting and important events which have transpired during the year, would be no easy task, since they all vie with one another in interest and importance. To record them all would require more space than I am allowed, and besides more endurance than I possess. Perhaps it would be better to begin by giving a general description of the character of the Class—which may give a deeper interest in the history which is to follow, and at the same time suggest some plan of procedure. In the first place our membership is about fifty. Mentally, we are considered by our professors to possess very extraordinary ambition, inferring their opinion, of course, from the character and extent of the requirements exacted from our capacities, in the shape of lengthy “ dailies” and exhaustive topical examinations. Physically we are as well developed for our age as nature would admit, the average weight being 140 pounds, and the maximum 174. The average age of the Class is 19 3-10fhs, which is rather lower than that of preceding years. The average height is somewhat in the neighborhood of 5 feet and 7 inches. Last year we prided ourselves on having the lowest and the tallest boy in College. This year however, the Freshman Class has won the pennant for the shortest man, and we can only boast ourselves of having the tallest-who measures six feet four inches in his boots, with the prospect of yet adding a few cubits to his stature. Our Class was first formed in the fall of ’84, and was somewhat below the average in size. Of the original number only nine are incorporated in the present membership. At the opening of the present session the Class numbered fifty-five. Five of these have since withdrawn, leaving us fifty steady, earnest fellows, all bent on winning honors and acquiring distinction. Last year we enjoyed the reputation of having the best base-bal team in College—the score for the season placing us considerably in the lead. The team this year promises to be equally as good as the last,

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30 THE PANDORA. Name. William Alonzo Davts, A T A...... John W. Daniel, KA................ A. L. Franklin, AT A ............ Hugh Urquhart Downing, KA........ Paul Hubert Estes................ John Robert Evans, $F A.......... Clarence Paul Fuller, 2AE........ John Ellison Foy, $AG........... William Martin Glass, AT A....... Benjamin Franklin Gunn........... William Mosley PI awes, $F A..... Thomas Richmond Hardwick, PAG... Arthur Heyman.................... Thomas P. Htjnnicutt ............ Joseph Gilmore Jarrell, $AG...... Lucian Lamar Knight, X .......... William Augustus Kennon, £F A... John W. Lamar,f KA............... John Dozier Little, 2 A E........ James Cooper Mkll, 2AE........... George Arthur Mercer, 3AE........ Wilmer Lee Moore, 2AE............ Arthur Hicks MoCarrel, KA........ William Duncan Nesbitt, ATfL..... Charles Cunningham Poe........... William Henry Quarterman......... Edward Gaston Russell, ATfL...... Thomas Walter Reed, $AG.......... Victor Lamar Smith, KA........... Bryan J. Smith................... Edwin 0. Stanton, X $........... William Evan Thomas, A TCI....... Eugene W. Wade, $FA.............. George Arthur Whitehead, Jr., 2AE Quincy Lamar Williford........... Mitchel Jeshurun Webb ........... Francis Wayland Wright, X$....... Edgar William Way ............... Residence. Newnan, Ga. .Augusta, Ga. .Covington, Ga. .Columbus, Ga. Gainesville, Ga. .Washington, Ga. .Atlanta, Ga. Egypt Ga- Warnerville, Ga. Fort Gaines, Ga. Thomson, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. West Point, Ga. .Turin, Ga. .LaGrange, Ga. .Atlanta, Ga. .Hoboken, Ga. .Savannah, Ga. .Columbus, Ga. .Athens, Ga. .Savannah, Ga. .Atlanta, Ga. .Augusta, Ga. .Marietta, Ga. .Atlanta, Ga. .Walthourville, Ga. Athens, Ga. .Atlanta, Ga. Atlanta, Ga. .Statenville, Ga. .Seneca, S. C. .Valdosta, Ga. .Athens, Ga. .Savannah, Ga. .Athens, Ga. .Dawson, Ga. .Augusta, Ga. .Savannah, Ga. Left College. t Deceased.

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32 THE PANDORA. and from the interest already manifested we confidently expect to repeat our victories. For the past two months we have mainly upheld both of the literary societies, the Seniors being disposed to neglect them altogether. In the recent champion debate elections we obtained two places from the Phi Kappa and one from the Demosthenian. Such honors as these are seldom awarded to Juniors, being usually conferred upon the more experienced Seniors. We have also two or three representatives on the present editorial staff of the Pandora—offices usually filled by Seniors. In all of the College enterprises, in the engagements of the recitation room and the sports of the play-ground, our Class has shown unusual interest and superiority. As regards the pursuits in which we intend to engage hereafter, our preferences are various, the majority of us, as is usually the case, propose to engage in the practice of law; the balance will be physicians, scientists, merchants and ministers. The number of aspirants to the latter vocation however, is limited to two, which fact will occasion no surprise to those acquainted with our reputation. Those of us who intend to pursue the studies of medicine and chemistry expect to augment those sciences by several valuable discoveries, and especially the latter by the crystalization of carbon and vastly superior methods of chemical analysis. Those of us who aspire in other directions expect to achieve equally as brilliant results. But it is said that the future seldom fulfils the promises of youth, and that the road to success is no easy one to travel. But need we be disheartened or discouraged? Shall the experience of others dampen our ardor, destroy our cherished hopes and sacred resolutions ? Those who have failed to achieve their desired ends have in nearly every case been lacking in zeal and fidelity. Labor and devotion seldom fail to receive their true reward. Then with our motto “nil desperandum” let us strive with renewed determination, looking with bright faces to the future, and: “Whatsoe’er our lots in life may be, Our brows shall wear the wreaths of victory.” HISTORIAN OF ’88.