Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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1909 Class l istorp ANY of us have been saying 1909 for four years, but now, if you notice, all the Yankees and even the barbarians across the sea are writing it. Vhy? The reason is almost too obvious to men- tion. The class of 1909 has so impressed itself upon the world by its famous career, that all hail it with honor. Some may be unwise enough to say that with many it is a mere matter of years, but they have been misled by some unsophisticated Freshman who. by the end of the year, will refrain from such rash statements. Its past is written in letters of red and white — red for the gory con- flicts it has won, and white for the truce which now exists between it and the rest of the world. The main features of its embryonic stages are ancient his- tory now and just to mention them is to bring vivid pictures of good fun and .hard work before the minds of all. The class scrap in our first year showed ;what Samsons we have in the class. The next year we very magnanimously gave the wearers of the green a little instruction concerning the use of lamp- black and red paint, accompanied by the easiest and most instantaneous method of utterly destroying a suit. We hope they will make good use of the few valuable hints they have thus received. But next to guerilla warfare in im- portance, Professor Smith will tell you, is the battle of wits. In our banquets so close was the contest that the winner could not be decided upon. . s far as the numerous courses which followed are concerned, all seemed to come out pretty well. Lest one feature escape the notice of a not very close observer let me mention the Junior sleigh ride. Someone said, only the moon and the owl were watching — but that person was unkind. Who of those present will ever 22