Bowdoin College - Bugle Yearbook (Brunswick, ME)

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Kemp, Zachariah Willis Otisfield. Knight, Franklin Pierce So. Paris. Loxgrex, Chas. Willhelm Wiserum, Sweden. Means, Oliver William Augusta. Orr, Melvin Horace Brunswick. Packard, Samuel Eaton Portland. Phixxey, Horace Colemax Thomaston. Pierce, Albert Frankfort. Say ward, Charles Everett, Alfred. Smith, Ernest Charles Augusta. Sweetser, Albert Ferguson Searsport. Thompson, Rodxey Irving, Friendshij). Torrey, Charles Cutler, Yarmouth. Torre y, Joseph, Jr., Yarmouth. Walker, Sherman Warren Conway Center, N. H. Waterman, John Anderson, Jr Gorham. Wright, Henry Merrill Westford, Mass. History of ' 84, It falls to our lot to write a history of the class of ' 84. And we believe • we can fulfill this duty without prejudice and unfairness, inasmuch as our class has earned a name so pure and a record so unspotted, that • unbiased and sober thinking men can have but one opinion and estimate of her. As Freshmen, our members might have been considered perfect models, standing as we did under something of a subjection. Although at lust we manifested a tendency to exhibit some boldness and premature im- portance, after being told that it was in every way manly to show respect to those who, according to custom, were our superiors, we accepted these teachings with proper humility, and, having nipped in the bud the tendril ey for insubordination, abided our time. During our Freshman year we were unfortunate in losing many of our members from circumstances not to be overcome. Nevertheless, that we ood material and loyal spirit in the class was shown 1 our keeping up all the college customs in spite of the diminution in number, In the

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Sophomore Class. CLASS COLOR, OFFICERS. H. R. BRADLEY, A. H. BROWN, C. E. SAYWARD, C. C. TORREY, A. C. COBB, O. W. MEANS, C. W. LONGREN, A. F. SWEETSER, LIGHT BLUE, Marshal. President. Vice-President. Eulogist. Elegist. . Panegyrist. Odist. Historian. Sec. and Treas. R. I. THOMPSON, Committee of Arrangements. M. H. ORR, S. W. WALKER. residence. Adams, Charles Everett Bangor. Barton, Llewellyn Naples. Bradley, Henry Russell Bangor. Brown, Augustus Homer Brunswick. Child, Sampson Reed Rumford. Clark, Donald Campbell Bangor. Cobb, Alfred Cheney . Brunswick. Cothran, William Holley Farmington. Fogg, Alfred Harris Freeport. Hilton, William Keene Damariscotta. 27

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sports we were well represented last year, and our prospects in this direc- tion for the next season are certainly bright. Oar boat crew last year made a showing very creditable to themselves, although we confess that the grounds for the self-assurance displayed by some of them previous to the race were certainly unstable. After passing our final Freshman examinations, we showed a spirit which was certainly eminently suitable to Sophomores in a larval state. Our Freshman Supper was in every respect a success ; and, on that occa- sion, the literary ability of our members displayed itself in such an unmis- takable manner that acquiesence in the prognostication that success and honor could but be showered upon us was inevitable. Owing to the fact thai our numbers have not increased as they should, but rather have had an opposite tendency, our achievements during the past few months have not been what otherwise might have been credited to us. As a matter of course we gave the Freshmen what they call a vic- tory with rope pull ; but how much greater was the glory in winning the foot ball contest, when, although meeting a host of twice our number, by hard and plucky fighting we forced the enemy back, and, in time, com- pletely routed them. Notwithstanding Chance and Luck are two lieutenants who have never at- tended us, by our individual efforts, with that unity, energy, and indomita- ble will which has always distinguished us, we have gained the fair record so familiar to you all. And, basing our estimate upon this, we can but allot to. our class a future far brighter, far nobler, far more illustrious than pen can well describe. 29