Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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History. « « NINETEEN HUNDRED ! Can it be that our course is almost run ? Is it possible that more than three years have passed since we, the Class of 1900, became an actual reality? since the sixty-five young pilgrims appeared on the scene to work wonders in the class-room and on the gridiron? Hardly had we been able to establish the fact of our positive and lively existence, when it was rumored that indeed a very independent and energetic factor had been added to the roll of Bucknell students ; for on the night of the eighth of February, 1897, we were banqueting and feasting after such a fashion as had never before been known to Freshmen. With great feeling we sang each other ' s praises and exalted Nineteen Hundred to her rightful position. Meanwhile the Sophomores, having never attended such a function, were at every door begging and pleading to be granted just one look at the glories within ; but suffice it to say that they were compelled to return unsatisfied. Then, as we gained Sophomoric dignity, relieved of our Freshmanic awkwardness (slight as it was), we performed feats on the athletic field which wou ' d have turned green with envy the eyes of the Olj ' mpian heroes. We earned laurels which have remained green throughout our entire college course In that year — but why remind you? — we gained, never to lose, the Mirror Cup. As Juniors we gained prominence in two lines : the literary and the social, not to mention the great business ability which developed in connec- tion with these pursuits and made possiljle their wonderful success. Ask the class of Nineteen Hundred how to make money on the Junior ball ! The L ' Agend. , however, has given to the Century Class greater glory than anything that has as yet been done. Read the L ' Aoend. of nineteen hundred and there will be found such breadth of thought, such depths of wisdom, and such heights of poetic grandeur, that it can truly be said, The like was never known before. Now the moments are carrying us swiftly through the Senior year, with its depth of Psychology, Ethics, and Theism, toward the end of our college days. Can we part from these classic halls without breathing a sigh that for the last time we have written the history of the class of Nineteen Hundred on the pages of the L ' AGENi). ? Hl.STORI. N.

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Class of 1900. iji|n||J ts « President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, . Poet, Color, Gold. Edward Beli,. Alicia M. Zierden. Anna C. Judd. Chas. W. Harvey. A. Genevieve White. Chas. E. Bunnei,!,. Flower. Century Plant. Motto, Vitamur ad Summum. Yell. Rah, Rah, Rah ! Rah, Rah, Ree! bucknei,!., bucknell, century ! 19

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Poem. THE furrows in the fallow field are done ; The plodding swain has sown the subtle seed : The fertile soil is warming in the sun ; Naught is but Nature knows its everj- need. The trying time of training now is through, And patience well has pointed out the way ; The active mind sees many things to do, But reason guides the action day by day. Arrayed in cap and gown The stately Senior stands. Where smiles were once, a frown His pale face now demands. His dignity is rust ; His pride and name will fall. And soon will turn to dust. The man who knew it all. The long-expected time is now at hand ; But cap and gown make not at all the man, Much less his name, his rank or other brand. The man was there when training first began. The moisture and the warmth will sprout the seed ; The golden harvest-time will surely come ! And he has learned of what he has most need Who knows he is not finished, but begun. Poet.