University of Rhode Island - Renaissance / Grist Yearbook (Kingston, RI)

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four of our class since we first came, and others of us have helped unite the college in interclass alliances. Surely all of our time has not been spent in idleness, for many of the professors have turned admiring eyes on us ; and already one of our members is “faculty” and more hope to be. The same eyes, but not admiring, have stayed awake at midnight, turning over futile plans for preventing our feet from straying into the straight path leading to the shady nooks of Narragansett Pier or some other resort. We are all passably honest and have never been caught at cribbing or playing foolish pranks at night, and are often seen headed towards the village on Sundays when the church bells are ringing ; and some of us have attended mid-week services when we had to walk two or three miles to get there. But alas! history NEVER repeats itself, and the good old days will be only fond memories by next winter; and some must then work who never worked before, while others of us may learn to work other people. Our hardships will be softened by the hands of time; and only the brightest spots, the joyous midnight feeds and the best crackers will come to our minds, as we toast our feet at cheery firesides, and tell our great-grandchildren about the happy days at R. I. C.

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Junior (EIubb F. K. Crandall .... E. F. Smith H. R. Tisdale A. M. Howe Miss Lillian E. Tolman Rhobie Lucelia Cargill James McIntyre Craig Fred Kenyon Crandall Henry Frank French Henry Wallace Gardiner Albert Mendel Howe Walter Knowles Walter John Moran President Vice-President . Secretary T reasurer . . . Honorary Member Louis Earl Moyer Ruby Belle Rockwell James William Salisbury Lewis Slack Elmer Francis Smith Harry Robert Tisdale Ellen Capron Tucker Richard Howes Wheeler History of the Class of 1909 Three years ago we first came to Kingston Hill. Since then many tilings have happened. We shall leave it to yon to decide if we have made any progress. We are proud of our record as Freshmen and as Sophomores, for we managed in both years to conquer our rivals. If you do not remember our doings, look back at our history of the past two years. Now we are through all these trials and tribulations. W e have reached that enviable position of upper class-