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S¥ I ¥.¥ £ ¥ T T ' t i ' 7 . Freshman History fcrliESH from the home and its sacred fireside ; from the little church ■ where the sunlighl came through the old, stained windows; fresh WW from the graduating class where flowers and frills and furbelows made our new dignity glorious; fresh from the social circle in which we were about to be acknowledged as ladies ; just fresh, — that ' s all ! The family circle announced the decision : The graduate could go to college. Wet eyes and good-byes. A seat in the Pullman — loneliness, desolation, and heart-longings. The trip made, and then the crowds of strange faces and unfamiliar scenes and streets. The college reached — up the long, front walk, past the groups of whispering, laughing girls, and into the tall, brick buildings, imposing iu their cold newness. Our Freshman history had indeed begun, and the rapid succession of the past few days was left a misty, incoherent dinwiess in our minds. Alices in Wonderland, we were soon royally initiated into the unknown mysteries of the rat ' s life by the serious and impressionistic orders of the Sophs. Expected to cringe before their awe-inspiring dignity and imperious demands, our Freshman mind turned to the all-absorbing question of the day arbitration. Why make a barbarous repetition of the fight of days gone by ' ( Why, just because one cold, bleak morning a troop of white apparitions interrupted our dreams of home and made us a ghostly presentation of a set of rules, display an ante-bellum spirit ? By quiet submission to the letter of the law we triumphantly turned the tables on the Sophs, and, by our action, made an appeal to reason, which suspended the factious warfare of the previous ages. The Freshmen, poor, ignorant, untried babies, proved the great pacificators of the day and set a precedent worthy of exemplification by the classes which are yet to come to Agues Scott. Three cheers for our Freshman Class of 1916 which settled the discordant element toward the Sophs by the heretofore untried plan of arbitration ! 18
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. .. ' wlJL.. . . -: • , w Jly ' JL 1 JC The year over, the trunk packed, the station reached. Homeward bound. The Freshman year complete. Good-byes. More wet eyes. The bell rings. Home again! May every Freshman of the year 1 ! ) 1 :i carry to the home of her childhood that freshness of ardor, purity, and purpose that make college life worth while! And may that home-coming after the first year at college ever be a fresh, new wreath upon the brow of every true girl who awaits this blessed time ! A. M., ' 16. jTresJjman Cla0s poem Hero ' s to our Freshman year of college life! Here ' s to its liope and fear, its toil and strife. Its brightness and despair, its gloom and fun; Here ' s to the things we ' ve learned with hitter tears. Here ' s to the things we ' ve tried with foolish fears. Here ' s to the things we ' ve planned for future years. — The things we ' ve done and those we ' ve left undone Perhaps we ' ve lost some battles bravely fought. Perhaps the victories won were dearly bought: What matters that if ours is not the blame? Missteps and errors often must creep in : To err unwittingly is not to sin: Our best ideals we can never win: — ' Tis only lack of effort calls for shame. Behind, then, let us leave all vain regret : Our tears, our cares, our worries let ' s forget. And bravely look the future in the face. Without a pause for shirking or for rest. On let us march, — on, on. with noble zest. To turn our good to better and to best, And win by worthy work an honored place. 19
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