Colgate University - Salmagundi Yearbook (Hamilton, NY)

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Colgate Un1'fuer.vz'ty 3 I Junior History With the close ol' each year, Clolgate completes a play the histo1'y of which becomes closely connected with the history of the institution. ln September, IQO8, she began a new drama, which willsome day, we hope, bring honor to the author. Each year one act has been completed, andby those whohave seen it, it has been pronounced a proud success. The history of that play is the history of the Junior Class. The first act, called Freshdoin, contains several scenes ranging from a battle with procs and skirmish sticks to smoking the pipe of peace. Throughout the act, the heroes-for many play that role-are distin,Qguished from the other characters by wearing: green caps with maroon buttons, a11d by ever bearing aloft a purple and white banner with 1912 upon it. The battle of Procposting is near at haiid. In response to a single call, over one hundred IIICH with the cheer: li.al'1! Ray! Ri! Roo! One, nine, one, two! Colgate! Colgate! I9l2H 1'ush to the front. Their only weapons are l'rocs and skirmish sticks. Hut with these, they beat off every enemy even to the innnortal John Gavin, and smear the town with likenesses of their adversaries, the class of 191 1. Organized and encouraged by the success of their first battle, they choose as their IIIOULO, X11Epere NiK61,ifv -liejcmimse for We Conquer. With a de- termination to keep this motto unsoiled, they win the salt rushg they defeat 191 1 in track, baseball, and debateg they carry off the honors i11 cross-coun- try, and win the Morse Cup from all the classes in basketball. On Dee. 1, 1908, they are sunnnoned by their God, Mercury, to a ban- quet in Syracuse. With their characteristic courage, they march in a body l'l'0lll chapel down to meet their train. They are followed by their adver- saries, several of whom they seize, lock in safe places, and the11 buy those places-enemies included. They the11 board their train and reach Syracuse safely. There they discover several ol' their enemies, whom theycapture. They dress them up in nativity suits, and leave them locked in a hotel, while they proceed to hold a successful banquet. Back in Colgate again, they continue the action by burning the Algebras,

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32 The Salmagundzi of IQI2 ringing the rust, smoking tl1e pipe of peace, and n1oving up. With this, the first act closes. The second act opens witl1 another Proc Rush. Now they begin to show that with tl1ei1' warlike nature, ti10l'C is also a desire to help, for their llrocs are full of good instruction to the little Fresh. But as too often happens. the little fellows take tl1e advice in tl1e wrong spirit. 'l'hey attack their bene- fartors and are i1111uediately dispersed. But war l1as again been decla1'ed, and there is no turning backs The salt rusl1 follows. ln spite of tl1e fact that one man puts dow11 sixteen Fresh, the victory is given to the enemy-it is l'llITl0l'Cfl that tl1e referee had a beam in his eye. But tl1e ITl0II'lllCI'S of IQI2 can not confine themselves to the class scraps alone, they are too progressive for that. So they establish a new custom- Matincc l.ay in Utica--and have experiences too numerous to mention here. Suffice it to say that corks are extracted Cnet at the Matinee, but at Uolgate the next dayl, lectures are given, and the grass grows green. They then go on to more victories. They defeat the Fresh in track and football, a1'e victorious again in cross country, baseball, and debate. Once more they turn from the field of battle to the social wo1'ld. Feb- ruary 25, they give a Soirce enjoyed by all. Again they move up and with tl1at tl1e second act closes. 'The third act has been begun, and is almost finished. Tllrough it there runs the HILITIC spirt of Xafpere Nmiaev. Colgate has nearly perfected 191 2 into a play whicl1 at the outset gave promise of being a success. Whether that success is to be realized or ,whether tl1e play when completed is to go down in the history of the institution as a failure still remains to be seen. But the third act is new nearly completed, yet a little longer, and tl1e fOLlI'tll will lre finished, and o11t into tl1e wo1'ld will go tl1e play. lf it fails, the blame will lie with the players, but if it should meet with success, to its author be- longs the honor. l f Lk fi 6, 399 5 ,,.. fd W.,Tg2'E1sw'X , ' . ui-. ilEll'-- 1 ,,.z ,,...-..-4 ,, M, -ni .... ZTLU LFE '-,-5,2 3255 ' ' f' : it S'? - V, gf g