Bucknell University - L Agenda Yearbook (Lewisburg, PA)

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Senior Class History THE advent of the Class of 1913 into the life of Bucknell was truly an epoch in the history of the College on the Hill. The faculty saw PmI in the countenances of its members the look of determination and the mark of possibility which bring success. Not only was the faculty impressed with the class, however, for the Class of 1912 was given unmis- takable signs of our strength when it went down to a humiliating defeat in the annual class scrap. Not content with this small trophy, we continued to dis- play our valor by winning the football, basketball, and baseball games, and the track meet, from the 1912 aggregation. When we came to our second milestone we had developed greater brain and muscle, but in numbers we had grown weaker. Although we lost the class scrap and the football game, our men went down to defeat like heroes, not giving up hope until all possibility of winning was gone. In our third year we realized that the beginning of maturity was dawning upon us and that the time had come to put away childish things. It was at this stage that, profiting by the instruction of Doctor Harris, we became more and more impressed with the value of wisdom. But it was not until the fourth and last milestone had been reached that we were fully impressed with the true significance of Bucknell life. Now, as seniors, with but a few short months of student life before us, we have come to a full realization of the fact that, while silting at the feet of those who impart knowledge, we have been truly edified. In a brief space we shall go out from the halls of old Bucknell, but no one can ever forget the four years which com- pose the epoch-making period of his life. Leonard A. Richardson, Historian. 18

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Senior Class 1913 PRESIDENT VICE PRESIDENT OFFICERS President George Middleton Vice President Harold A. Shaffer Tr easurer Fayette Eshelman Secretary) Jane Irey Historian LEONARD A. Richardson Poet Logan E. Jackson treasurer SECRETARY

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)enior CI ass r oem w HENE ' ER we pause to contemplate the years In which as classmates we have sought to gain New visions of a larger destiny. Ideas from life and books, from heart and brain. Familiar scenes and faces of the past Rise up to bless those years of springtide joy, Enthroned in loyal hearts and Mem ' ry ' s shrine Defying Time ' s rude power to destroy. Nor would we now forget those days of youth As forward to the larger work we go; Yon laurel waits for those whose earlier years Lend color to the sunset ' s afterglow. Our task is but begun; the Futures call Rings clear and strong, Come, bring your gifts — Nay, give yourselves, your all. The world is yours; Fail not, but conquer, and mankind uplift. L. Eaf l Jackson, Class Poet. 19