University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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Senior Class Poem 'Tis trm'. wo number tew. But few we are through sacrifice: ‘Tis sail, but we are glad To have such honor with this price. We claim, it's glory’s fame To have a share in sacrifice Now soon will come the June Ami solemn cm I with victory won To know, that they lo go, The days, that seem just now begun: The days, on which the lays Of friendship, happiness now run. We feel, as we now seal The Itomls of college life complete; The taste, of bitter waste; Of days ill-spent in dull deceit; ’Tis sa l. because we’ve had The token of our first defeat. Now, please, oh! Georgia us these Forgive. The idle days we've wrought A phase, of college ways. Committed, surely not in thought; The price, we’ve paid, yea twice. For those ill-fated days we’ve bought. How dear, dost thou appear As we take leave of thee serene; And would that we as good And kind and merciful could seem; Thy name, itself is fame; Thy memory, we hold supreme. G. II. McWhorter

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Senior Class History T lifts been said that all class histories contain some humor, more fiction. I little seriousness, and less truth. Nothing could he more incompatible with the history of the Class of 1!»1!). Ix‘t others sing of their valorous deeds as Freshmen, their hair-cutting conquests as Sophomores, or their awe-inspiring dignity and achievements as Juniors and Seniors. We may point with e pial zeal to our achievements along any of these lines, and wc can challenge the hest of our predecessors to show wherein our records fall short. We point instead to a nobler and more lasting record: the training wc have received, the honest work we have done, and the ideals wc have cherished. Wc point rather to our record of service in and for oui Alma Mater. Our class is a representative one. On its roster you find the names of star athletes, of brilliant debaters, of bright scholars, of the leaders in every phase of college activity. A great distinction rests upon the Class of 101!)—our record of service during tlie war. With the exception of only one man who was physically disqualified, every member of the present Senior Class saw service in either the army or navv of the United States during the recent world conflict, and many of them held the important posts of commissioned otheers. What greater tribute could you give to the Class of 1010? What higher praise than to say that when their country called, they responded as one man? That the Senior Class of 101!) is so large is a testimonial to their earnestness and sincerity of purpose. The past four years have lieen full of diversions and distractions to the college man. The war called all of us in the midst of our college courses, and yet upon the declaration of peace, you find almost the entire roster of Seniors hack in college, renewing their studies and redoubling their efforts to make up for lost time. Success has attended our efforts, and wc are soon to receive the sheepskin as a talisman with which we face the world. May the success which crowned our endeavors a? students be multiplied to each and every member of our class in his future career! Our creed is best expressed by the lofty ideals cherished by this great I'Diversity. There is a certain spirit, born of a glorious } nst and fostered by tradition, that clings to the old institution. Reverencing and preserving the thoughts, principles and traditions of the old South, we step forth into the New Fra of Reconstruction. Unconsciously, perhaps, the spirit of the University has stolen over us as it stole over Stephens and Grady and Cobh, and wc leave with the determination to strive onward and upward to belter things—even as they before us.