Augustana College - Rockety I Yearbook (Rock Island, IL)

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24 51 HE'HROCKET.Y-IH The Seniors INCH the Seniors are a distinr-t illlll. dignified class, superior to all pre- decessors mid surcewors: unequaled iii intelligenee, ambition, and integrity, it is proper to give :1 renew 01' their progress and nth'nnemnent? and point out to the readers oi' the t'RoCix' , Y-I the ways Flllll. means through which they have reached the summit. . The fall of 1906 marks the beginning of this illustrious class. it was then when some forty ur htty renghly-clad youths and maiden: rlirecter'l their steps in Augustunzi, the fountain of knowledge. Words cannot. describe their appearance. but the members of the Faculty remember, without dcmht, when these :tilnHuishetl pi'oductf, entered the class room for the first time. Although they came from the mine, 1310101233 and farm, they were, ncvm'iheless, filled with a desire of bettering themselves and determined to gain something that would he useful in the future. After two years of hard study some 01' the spots were removed, and they that surrived prevail to he a 'respectahle looking hunch? They not only proved to be respectable in looks, but they also proved to he a class of honest, industrious, and intelligent students. One 01' their number was already serving as assistant in the geological laboratory, and the pants were watching the others with intense interest. During this year a class organization was 'eil'eeted, and .T. E. Paulson, new of: Leland Stanford University, was elected president. A motto was also selected, and this molto-Yineit qui enititnr-hus been the guiding star for the t13ts during their entire coilege earner. Nothing in the line of ttsociety life? however, attracted them, but they won their first rictory in brisket hall hr tlefenting the Second class who claimed the interic-lass championship. rThe summer of 1909 passed, the month of Selr temhei' came, and 0n the first Tuesday in suirl month nineteen hoys and three girls enrolled in the Fresh- Imm elm: It was :1 elass that arrested the attention ol' the entire student hotly. Preps and 391115 gazed at them in astonishment: Juniors and Seniors ox- iemlexl them their congratulations, but the S'ophs who were headed by such feeble characters as Beele SlthL wunvimv r 5:23:23 man, Blomgrem and C. G. tied from them in termr. wzw Spam will not. permit us to mention in detail the , transportation of Wuhan Bill S: Company from the Gym to Ericson Hall, the wrap hurl: at the hm; dormitory, Blomgreifs harlr ing at the menu, etc., hut let it selliee to say that at all times the Sephs failed to produce anything worthy of recognition. The banquet was held at the Hotel Dm'enpurt, and, although one at the claws members did not attend, it proved, nevertheless, to he an ttenjnyuhle affair? The hasket hnll game Wzls mm-