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E. G R A D U A HISTORY OF THE CLXSS OI IOIV It ww rs rn September I908 that a ffrert host of boys grrls 'md ounv ers of all clrsses nrtronrlrtres rnd rxces entered the 110 chool br nt on foundrng a hom: xnd x country for the rnselves rl here were one hundred and twenty of them md they swurmed rn Irlte an rnx 'xdrnv army rn the trme of Qsresar They carrred everythrng before them rn r whrrl of rmpassroned conquest sprerdrnc corrsterrr rtron rnd terror rmong those of the other cl rsses who Q rme to oppose thr m Althouvh they were very successful rn therr warf rre agarnst the other classes there was one enemy whom they could not vanquish or ex en d'runt wrth therr vast numbers FI hrs w rs r trll rry h xrred and bewhrsltered mem wrth prercrnre grry eyes hehrnd r prrr of cold rrmmed spectacles It was thrs man who told the rnv rdrnf host that they were to confrne themselves to one srde of the 1 re rt Xssembly Hrll ind not to rntrude further rnto the provrntes of therr ncrf hhors and rt was thrs min they ob yed Xs 1 cl rss they obeyed but some rndrvrdual members more valrant than therr comrrdes 'rttempted to defy thrs presumrng man They alas soon realrzed the futrlrty of therr endeavors when as often as they trred they found themselves fast rn the grrp of thrs relentless man who would serze the hrpless youths rn hrs rron grasp and wrth no apparent effort shake them untrl therr teeth rattled and therr knees hook as wrth the ague Soon however thrs opposrtron to the lone warrror changed to rdmrratron for hrs coolness and darrng and he recerved from them the appellatron of the Prof a name whrch srgnrfred at once profound Iearnrng 5 x wrsdom and frrmness Thenceforth the relatrons between the two w ere more frrendly and the Qluss of I9 I 2 lrunc hed forth on rts career arded ard abetted rnstead of opposed by the Prof The Qlass early chose for rts leader one from among therr number whom they styled ohnny because of hrs cheery face and beamrng mrle rs well as to denote hrs drmrnutrvene s Lrttle ohnny how ever was forced to wrthdraw from the class hortly after and the more advanced Harley succeeded hrm Harley through wrse counselrngs and rudrcral leadershrp led the clxss throu h rts frrst perr Ious year brrngrng rt many honors rn footbrll on the track and III the counsel and at the close of the ye rr vx s trrumphantly re elected for the followrng one In the second year of therr conquest the Qlass of I9l2 reached the center of the room strugrglrng manfully rs frr to the opposrte srde as they could possrbly reach However 1 new danger threatened them now for rresteacl of havrng to face only the foes rn therr front they were suddenly rl sarled from the rear by myrr rds of new rrr val rx ho nearly upset them wrth therr rmpetuous onsl ruf ht Severrl of the member wrser than therr comrades saw the danver from that quarter rnd herded by Rube turned to defend the Llrss by gorng out is mrssronarres and worlcrncg wrth the heathens There they hrve been env gcd ever srnce the Norlc havrnr, r frscrnrtr r for them hrch they are unable to shake off rn frct poor Rube was so entrrnced wrth hrs new dutres that r hrs old ones over rgarn that he actu mlly r led to be rdopted rnto the C I rss of I3 ind ther: he rs ploddrnv Iorv trll carryrng on the gocd worls. lVl1y the Lord lr ve 'Z I N 2 w - , ss - 2 , K r ct ' .. ,, ' . 2 . . 5 1 -. 2 w C 2 -o . , - , ' , . , . ' h hbtx -, c , r c . 4 1 ., I D cf . A K ' L 2 2 ' f , 2 c ' 2 D 2 e . . k 2 , .2 j ' . 2 2 2 x ' '2 '2 , 2 2 . TD ' 1 ' . . y . C . ' 2 . 2. 2 2 . g 2 - 2 , 2 ' 2 , ' 4' js . 2 2 j - ' ' Y . 2 5 ' ,Z 2 2 .. , , , , , C . 1 T, 2 1. 2 c S . I 2 ' it' , - 1 i -H 1 . , , . V V r I f . y , Y i - r F S ' . , Y 7 k L 2 . v , , .. H . . . . -2 2 ' , c 2 i T . . .. .. N A ' - ' . ssl uv - K . . . . . . . .. .. G ' r ' . c ,2 s. I , , , Q , . -1 , .. .. . .. -. . c . , . - 1- 2' ' - 1 L A - 1 1 r , 2 Z 'Q - 2. . , 2 , 5 i Z . , 1 .7 , r.. K . J , ' S E 2 i ' I 5 . , , , , . 2 ,, . 2 C . . .,, , -2 . 2 6. 1 , 2 E , , P2 2. .. ' K 2 .. ' , 2 . ' ,,2rA , . , ' ' -Y 2 2, 2 or . . .. ,. V. , c , 2 . f s, 2 ,. 2 1' ' . . 2' ZFQ E , 2 2 ,E r . 5 ., ,, il .,,. S Q , '. 2 21
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E RADUA mercy on hlm md grant that some day he too shall emerge from the r lms of H1 h Sc hool llfe as his former classmates are about to do llowcver thc sc cond year of thelr hxstory was not all spent In mourning, over thexr departed comrades lVlany were the days that lc xted their opponents ln foothall and ln xthletlc contests and creat were the YCJOILIHUS breater stlll was their Joy when ln t e sprmc of th at yexr they won the much coseted and hlghly prlzed Dm 1 Q up from thc grasp of tnenr foes m the xnnuxl held meet lhe thxrd year wxs to he 1 strenuous one for the Class of l9l2 so th y chosc rs the-lr lexder the vxll nt x lc whose volce was xlw xys hcard ID the counsel and whose form was always seen on the h ld of lu l Lndcr his lexdershlp they placed thelr men ln t e lootl tll t mm nn hx lcet lull and on the track md IU everything were they successful Thelr men defeated all opposmg teams and agaln won the Dxna Cup ln the fill of th xt year the Class which preceded them had the pertlnxrlty to chxllenve them to a dehate for the Palmer Flrophy lh qulc lcness wlth whlch they xccepted the ch xllenge lS only In alanced hy the qulclcness and ease with whlch they defeated the Class of 191 l lhls hrllllant success stimulated the Class to even greater endeav ors md IH the early sprlng of 191 I they presented The Superfluous 'Vlr llolloway a three act comedy whlch rlvaled even the produe tlons of pro esslonal actors and actresses and whlch gave the Class xn lIT1II'lPLllltS clxlm to leadershlp ln dramatlcs from Class play rt was only a step to other thmgs and ID the early part of May the umor Prom the greatest and most brllhant soclxl functlon of the year was glven hy the Class of l9I2 All pre vlous strlfe and confllct was forgotten on that eventful mght and the face of the Prof heamed wlth pleasure as he heheld the gorgeous decorwtlons and llstened to sweet stralns of muslc ln une of that year the Class of l9l 7 was summoned to wltness the dep xrture of the last members of the Class of lOl l It was a sad lght for them to see those whom they had now learned to love depart from thelr mldst Yet they were glad for they knew that now the last of thelr enemies we e gone and that they had arrlved at their goal and had found thelr country Xnd thus they entered on the duties of their fourth and last year XX 1th mallce toward none With charlty for all nlhey first chose bteve to guide them and then turned to thexr new dutles Their lust for conquest now turned 1nto an amloltlon to brmf honor to the chool and forget thelr own dCQlfCS avaln ln foothxll ba ket ball dramatlcs and oratory they were glorlously uccessful 'Xnd mrnv were the vlctorles they brouffht home Thelr Greatest endeavor durmg lh1S lust year was the publlcatlon of the Gradu xte m which they were even more successful than their pre deces ors hxd been Thelr Journey m the Hxvh School xs now os er They wlll soon come to the partmg of the ways when ome wlll go to forelgn ports some to eel. employment others perhaps to fo to hlvher schools but all wlll look baclc wnth pleasure to the days that they spent Wlth the Class of 1912 S S JORDAN I2 rl f ' ' . 1 A ' V , , , e2' S 'gg . ' I '. A. ' ' . ' A, 2 ' . . . fc 22 . .' ' ' ' 2 . ' ., rg 4 2 ,.. ' ' ' , , h. . ' g 2 2 , . ' ', U 2 2 2 j 2 . , 2 2 . H ' ' 2 2 , , N , . c- ' .2 if .' ,2 2 'El ' ' i Yi iv 1' A K I t ' ' Y kc- 2tt e. T 2 V 2 3 I ' . ' I h ,2 c-2 , ' ES '. 2 ' ' , 2 A ' j . 2 2 N' ', 1 ' . 2 . 2 5 .. - w c- ' ' 2 2 1 ' 2 ' , 4' . 4 2 'A . , and added another scalp to its already long list of victories. ' Z . 2 K . kr .. 1 . 2 ' - ' 4 - . C . r w . A I . , Z , .E 2. . , r . b .Z . ky. , . - i If a I ' 1 2 2 . 2 ' i , . S' , l V . A7 c . . ' r ' A A' AA 7' l u . C . K 11.. , T: S 5 . V V. i I 5 . . 2 , 2s - , . 2 ' S F V , hr . lg 1 , A . C . .. I i . . k . - I ' A . ij v v . V . ' v kv S v' I ' s ' ' , s. 2 c, g 'g 3 C A V i , I i l n ' N . KY
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