Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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HISTORY. CVN ACCORDANCE with the request of our L ' Agknda frieuds, as well ■jgV as with the established custom, ' 95 again greets -ou and begs a hearing. It seldom, if ever, happens, in harmony with human nature, that people tire of self-praise, when an opportunity- is given. And it follows from this that people are continually finding new reasons for praise, else, ere long, the opportunity would be taken away. Why, in strict violation of this rule, if we may call it such, the opportunity is open for the reproduction of a history once interesting but no longer so from want of new facts, can be explained alone as the result of poor cu.stom. Applying this to our own ca.se, we are at a loss how to proceed. Three years ago our history was the history of a race in a new country and under new circumstances. How we adapted our.selves to .surroundings and subdued our savage neighbors forms an epoch worth recording and worthy of remem- brance. Now we are as a tribe about to emigrate and, with our attention given to preparation, have found no time in which to make history. So if custom demands from us a history, she can expect only what has already been given many times. And if it seems incon.sistent with rea.son for a class after two additional years ' experience to add nothing new, let it be under- stood that class hi.story is the record of extraordinary, not ordinary, events. The opportunity is given. We take advantage of it not .so nuich from choice as from compuLsion. With little to offer, we will yet omit .self-lauda- tion as much as possible in the hope that in other hands it may go farther and fare better. And, though obliged to fill so many pages, we will spare you the tediousness of detail as much as lies in our power, and take up our his- tory in order. FRESHMAN YEAR. Eiitraitci ' — ' g4 ' s Cordial Weliome — Developing Spurs — Debate — P?-i:es Won: J ' res i- iiiaii Peclamation Prize, Freshmati Essay Prise. M) ving to unavoidable circumstances, thi.s debate was postponed. For an account in full vide L .-VfiH.NttA for 1S92.

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' ■■ ' ■ ' ■ ■ —• ' iJksJti SOPHOMORE YEAR. Tiikhtj nil Ad ' t ' iiiiii-d Scat — ( - day I ' ictories — Debate — Gyiiinasiiiiii Prize, Sflph. Essay Prize. )f — Banquet — Vashini:;ton ' s Riith- Contest — Prizes Won : Soph. Dei aiiiatioii JUNIOR YEAR. T ie Pendulum — Its Siege and Pinal .Surrender — ' ' L ' Agenda — Hard Times Knocked Out — Great Imprflvcineiits--Merited Success — ' ahz Joke — Hop — Banquet — Prizes Won: Junior Debate, st and 2iid : Junior ' ' Ex — Inter-Class Contest Prize, Silver Cup. So much for the three years that are past and gone. A brief account, it is true; a bare outhne. Yet we trust it may serve as a reminder to those well acquainted with our hi.story and who, like the small boy, need but a starter to go ahead. While to as many as are unacquainted or, at best, but little acquainted with our career, (though of course few such exist), we hope it may serve as a frame i;i which details may be filled at leisure and to one ' s notion. We now turn our attention to the Senior year, past in fact yet with us in name. To be sure the crisis is to come, and, for this reason, we must regard the year as with us. But the ground work, the foundation of our future life, has been laid, if at all, in the days that have gone by, and what we are, or likely ever will be, depends upon what we have been. This year is an uneventful one in so far as it concerns our history. We have dabbled in philosophy, mental and moral, the mental a little more than the moral, possibly ; distinct class hi.story would exclude this on the ground that such dabbling is the common lot of all. We might speak of our accomplishments as students (if we have any); yet this would be excluded for a like reason, and, at the same time, mention of it is unnecessary, since the fact that we are what we are is proof sufficient that we have met the requirements. If history could be made to include prophesy it might be possible to make some startling revelations. Unfortunately, we are not blessed with a v ivid t This section is omitted out of respect for our friends of ' 96. Revelation might be derogatory to their good name.