Barnard School for Boys - Bric Yearbook (Fieldston, NY)

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HISTORY OF CLASS OF 1909' Short and sweet and all the other affectionate aphorisms which one is apt to apply to little objects can with all justice be used to describe our class. Wfe are little in number and little in size, but in intellect and athletic ability, we are giants. We are frank, we do not attempt to conceal the fact, we are giants indeed. There were enough of us to beat the high and mighty Seniors and Juniors in both the preliminary and regular closed indoor games. Rudell won the hrst set with 24 points and Laird was third with II points. In the Chirstmas games we won the class point trophy, a handsome silver cup. About half the class was on the ,Varsity Basket Ball team. Wfe would also have made a showing in the inter-class contest if it' had not been our fortune to take a few trips. Laird and Rudell started out to duplicate the feat of Lewis and Clark. Colby and Cocks were laid up. It seemed as if there would be nothing left of our class but a fragrant memory, when our number was augmented by the entrance of the intellectual athlete, Bristol. He and Springer kept the little spark alive until Spring came, and then with the return of the wanderers, we started out once more to garner in the laurels. The success of the track team must be attributed to the energetic labor of the captain and members from our class. It ill becomes us to brag. Enough has been already said to show our temper and quality. Nothing clauntecl, we go on getting our share of the honors because we carn them.

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HISTORY OF 1908 In the year of our Lord, 1904, Barnard was shaken to its foundations by the advent into the high school of a new and brilliant group of talented youths known as the class of '08, Modesty, however, always the watchword of this class, at first deterred them from interferring with the then sophomore class of ,O7 and shattering its castles of the air, yet incidentally, we stepped in and relieved the hard-pressed seniors from the work of the Aion. But, upon again assuming the duties of school in 1905, we felt that our genius and prowess in athletics must be made apparent to all, for already we had secured for ourselves a great reputation for scholarship. To this end we entered our men in the Christmas games, went down to the Armory and walked back with the cup. Next We entered in the class Basket Ball Contests, where we likewise dis- tinguished ourselves by easily winning the School Basket Ball Championship. A couple of our men then undertook the editing of the Bric, which was a brilliant success. In this, our Junior year, the class has not followed the unfortunate course so often pursued by noted athletes. Wfe have not outdone the physical side at the expense of the mental. Rather, upon .entering on our junior year, instead of throwing our activities too much into athletics we considered the serious duty of passing our preliminaries with credit to ourselves and to the school. Therefore, not believing further proof of our physical excellence necessary, we settled down to the sober duties of a '08 junior. In this attempt we have attained striking suc- cess as may be ascertained from the faculty. Again, moreover, we were intrusted with the publication of the Bric and the book you hold is edited and managed by members of this remarkable class. 4

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SOPI-IOMORE CLASS