Agnes Scott College - Silhouette Yearbook (Decatur, GA)

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and a few months later there occurred, in May, another great battle, lasting- about ten days. In this battle, also, the fatality was great, and both sides were glad to agree upon a short cessation of hostilities. The Great Year of ipoi-1902. In September, of 1901, the opposing forces were again facing each other. By this time the class of 1903 had gained at least one-half of the coveted terri- tory. Many important positions were now in their hands, among them Algebra, Geometry, Caesar, Cicero and one of the three districts of Gaines ' Bible Notes. At the beginning of this year, also, they had a slight addition to their forces. Desperate Siege of Trigonometry — Its Final Capture. Now they went up against Trigonometry and besieged it. This was a very strongly fortified place, set about with sines and cosines, tangents and cotangents. For fear of a sudden sally from within the walls, the besiegers scarcely dared sleep day or night. Many a time thev thought to have taken the place by storm, but every time some new formula would be cast up to bar their way. At last, when they were almost in despair, they called a council and asked if anyone could suggest some expedient. Then in their midst rose J C . and urgently and at great length insisted that the only way to conquer the place was to dig, dig. - ' This was the plan finally adopted, and so, after many clays, the place was undermined and taken. IQ02-IQ03 — The Beginning of the End. The class nerved itself for what it knew must be the final struggle. It was now a band of veterans, and so great had been the fatality among the privates that not a single one was left. All the survivors were officers. You might tell the hardships they had been through by their emaciated condition, and by the scars of many conflicts. But their hearts were great within them, for they saw before them mountains, it is true, but across them lay — Diploma. Their captain, a gigantic figure, once more marshaled them in battle-array, and so thev set themselves a last time to the strife. Their fortune this year has been great. Not one has fallen before the enemy or succumbed to sickness.

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History Period 1899-1903 Campaign of i8gp-ipoo. N the year eighteen hundred and ninety-nine began the courageous struggle of the class of 1903. a struggle destined to last for four long rears. A brave little band, they started out determined to conquer or to die. The odds to be overcome were great, but so were the courage and patriotism of the Freshmen. The first year was a period of many skirmishes, but no great encounter is recorded as taking place during this cam- paign. Owing, however, to a lack of sufficient preparation, as well as to the great hardships to which they were exposed, there fell during this year perhaps a fourth part of the brave band. In May, 1900, a truce of three months was agreed upon. Campaign of ipco-1901. Bv the next year the troops, raw at first, were becoming better drilled and more hopeful of success. But all their courage and skill were needed, for new enemies rose up against them, Gaines ' Bible Xotes joining the alliance of opposing forces. At mid-vear there took place a fierce encounter, attended by severe loss.

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Their struggles are by no means ended, and they have still a few important positions to take, but it is now uniformly conceded from the general trend of affairs that before many months the powers will be forced to acknowledge their independence.