City College of New York - Microcosm Yearbook (New York, NY)

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CLASS OF FEBRUARY. 1910-SCIENCE

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CLASS OF FEBRUARY. 1910-ARTS

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pistrini nf tlip (Elofis nf Itone, 1910 In solemn pledge, the Class of Nineteen Ten To lima Mater offers all her men II'ho faithfully anvil the lapse of time To make the College famed from elime to clime. UK class of June. 1910. at the close of the Junior year, looks hack with pride and satisfaction upon the record of its achievement in the past ami particularly after its inception as an integral part of the College proper in September. 1906. The lirst class to graduate from Townsend Harris Hall (at that time only in a semi-com- pleted condition), it is the lirst to lie thoroughly imbued with the spirit of the Heights. Preceding classes have and still look backward to the years spent in the quaint downtown home of the College in former times. The class of June. 1910. looks forward with eagerness to the time when it shall be in a position to return a thousandfold, in services to the city, the State and the nation, the amount so generously and readily con- tributed toward the erection of these stately mansions of learning by the municipality of New York. Previous historians have efficiently chronicled the various functions of the class undertaken in obedience to College customs and traditions and successfully carried through. The two Freshman-Sophomore love fests,” in the former of which we were to Ik the recipients of tokens of sincere love and appreciation on the part of the pompous Sophs, and in the latter to play the part of the kindly host to our successors as Freshmen: the Freshman banquet, the Soph show and the smoker immediately thereafter—all these have been food for the dissertation of my predecessors and need no repetition. The junior year shall not Ik found wanting. In the inter-class meets, the cross-country run and on the Varsity teams the representatives of the class have made a commendable showing. In the series of inter-class football games played the team representing ten’- was largely composed of members of the June class. Above all. however, the Junior promenade, the only purely social function of the year, and arranged for ami held in con- junction with the February class, demands particular attention. Held in the gymnasium, which was splendidly decorated with the class insignia, the emblems of the divers fraternities and numerous College 1 winners, it was the occasion of the creation of a better feeling of friendship and companionship among the mcmlKrs of the class. The favors were handsomely designed leather card cases bearing an embossed seal of the College. The presence of our genial president, a few of our professors, a number of the instructing corps and quite a few loyal alumni lent an air of dignity to the occasion, but in no way deterred the students from making the evening one of thorough enjoyment to themselves and their fair protegees. In the opinion of those present the end came too soon. But let us hope that the recollection of that eventful Friday evening in DecemlKr of 1908 will never Ik obliterated. And now, a concluding word as to the future. The past is beyond improvement, the present is with us for aye. It is the future which is the object of concern. May we strive as Seniors to better the chronicle of our accomplishments in scholarship, in athletics and in social matters. But above all let us as individuals, each for himself, foster an ever-growing spirit of loyalty to our Alma Mater, a feeling of civic responsibility, a sense of national pride, and a sense of trust in and duty toward our fellow men. and thus Ik prepared and competent as alumni of this institution and citizens of this municipality to represent the teachings ami ideals of the College of the City of New York. Folio Forty-ihrce