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WILLIAM F. lOY President Soaior THOMAS I. POWERS Vice-President FRESHMAN A historian, to be believed, must analyze his subject without emotion, without prej- udice, purely objectively. In that light we have studied the Class of 1940; we have re- marked their four years as one unit, and we have concluded that in September, 1936, when school was officially opened, the Freshman Class consisted of the greatest assemblage of mental, social, and physical supermen ever collected at one time. Four hundred and fifty-eight of us had been personally interviewed by Father Archdeacon, who assured us that he was edified with our entrance examinations and hoped that we would prove loyal to our class. Before formally starting classes, we were asked by the genial Mr. Francis Campbell, who was also a Freshman in his new posi- tion as Registrar, to answer the questions found on five volumes of information cards. In retrospect, we can appreciate that this marathon writing was merely an introduc- tion to the blue book specials, which were to confront us during the four years fol- lowing. The first day of school was one of con- fusion, astonishment, and revelation. Na- turally, there was difficulty in finding just where the Tower Building was situated, and whether or not the elevators to the va- rious floors were running. When the pro- fessor appointed one of our number class beadle, a gasp of sympathy was let loose for the unfortunate youth by those of us who were uninitiated to the Jesuit vernac- ular. But our sympathy was in vain, for the beadle may now be defined as one whose name begins with A, who is charged with the task of supplying chalk, mite boxes, and Americas. By the time the fog of confusion lifted, we were prepared to appreciate more clearly the beauty of the buildings and the grounds. As we recall our first impression of the upper rotunda, we realize that we had ample reason to feel awed, for one could not absorb nor understand all that was depicted before us by statue and painting, simply by casually glancing at the works of art. The chimes too, were a source of satisfaction, especially to those of us who lacked a watch. The first meeting of this great group of young men, probably the greatest collec- tion ever assembled, took place a few weeks after our entrance into Gothic Am - erica. This was the occasion of the intro-
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