College of William and Mary - Colonial Echo Yearbook (Williamsburg, VA)

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Joiix Tylki!, A.-. I ' hilomathcan; Vice-President iif Pliilomatlioau ' O-l- ' Oo; t ' lianiijii)ii ' I ' ejiiiis l)oiil)li ' s ' O-l- ' Oo; ratlicmaties : roflal ■(M- ' O. ' i; William Barton ]{oj;c ' rs Sthnlarship (U- ' iJo; Parlianiuntarv Critic of Philoniathean ' ()(!- (iT ; llanager of Tennis Club Oti- ' OT : Diploma in Science ' 03- ' O4; Diploma in I ' liilosophy Oi- ' Oo; Diplnnia in IntluMnalics (i|- 0o. LrniKu Campbkll Lixdsley, JIanassas, Ya. Let other mouths speak my praises. ' 26

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( ' iiAKLKs ClaukncI ' Di ' k k i-:!:, ( ' iiliunliiii. ' ii. 2 ' . (p. . ' . l ' li(.iii ; i(v-l ' ivsi(lcllt 111 ' Y. JM. ( ' . A. (i:;; ' icc-l ' n ' si(li ' iil :iiiil Secretary nT I ' lurnix O-l : ' I ' l-casurri ' nf the Glee Cliili iKi: X ' icc-l ' rcsiilciii (if riiienix 0(1: Chainiiaii ol ' l ' li(riii Final Kxeeiitive ( oiniiiittee (I. ); PIiumun Final Seeretary (Hi; Dijilomas in J.atin. I ' hil() (i|iliy and (irnci-al Ilisl(]|- . John Holivid P owkx. Ilamjilnn. ; . 1. ' I ' . I., i ' hiloiiiai licaii : Corresponil- iiig Seeretary i ' liilDinathean O- ' i- ' lH); I ' eeorrlinfi- Secretary I ' liihnnathean 05- ' 00; Iniprdveniriit Mcilal in Debate J ' hilo- inalhean : Mcinlicr of Executive Com- mittee riiilomatliean 0()- 0: ; President I ' hilomatliean ' OO- ' OT ; Final Orator OG- Or. 25

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Senior Class History IF wJtli giKid gi ' aic 1 I mild say thai loiir loiii - years ajiO we eiiteieil the lialls of our Colleac ami orgaiii ' .cil mirselvrs into a verdant aggrejiatioii hiter known as the ( ' hiss (}! ' (IT, and then reemd the aceonijdishments and aeliievunionts of that class from tliat iiiiiiortant event to tlie jiresent time, then the composition of this jjapcr wouhl indeed he an easy matter. But as the histoi ' y ot this class is not of the class eidlectively liut of each and every nienihei- of the class in his relation to it. and as the history of each of these gentlemen is locked secure against my designs, the llistoi ' ian feels himself almost ineapahic of performing his task. Or. if this weic a history of men who had ]iassed through lite victorious and great, the Historian wnuld willingly emhrace his duty. Kul it is not — it is the history td ' men who, I ' ai- from haxing passed through life. ha e just entered it. hen they entereil College they hegan the second period in theji- lives: the period of life-work. The student when he prepares his first lectiii-e has entered this period as much so as the hoy who performs his first task in the husiness in which he is engaged. The diiference between the two is that the hoy who goes straightway to business enters active life, while the college man enters a life devoted to education for activity — not education complete and infallible, but education which we choose to call the primer of success. Our class has passed through this stage; and its members now stand upon the threshold of life ready and eager to begin the long and bitter struggle. They are answering the national call, which is raised from every pursuit in life, — the call for young, live, educated Americans. Because this is a history of such characters is the reason wdiy it is so difficult to write. I am really unable to liegin. 1 hardly know whether first to consider those amorous youths of the class whose entrance into this city might lie likened to the entrance of a hive of bees into a garden of flowers, so speedily did they become enamoured with the alluring representatives of Yemis nearby; or, on the other hand, to give first honors to those whose admiration for Bacchus has on some few rare and lamentable occasions quite exceeded their discretion, .ludging. however, from the starts of some id ' my classmates at the mention of lovely Venus, and the starts of some at the mention of dear Bacchus, and the starts of some at the mention of both, 1 fear if 1 continue further along this liiU! I shall incur their displeasure. Theoretically, says the wag, we were born as a class in the fall of IIKK!, but in reality, many years before. Be that as it nuiy, the fact that the class was born is not to be disputed — 190;l being used as the date only for its appropriateness. Facts relating to the actual bii ' tb of the class, it must be confessed, are rather obscure, and the whole excnt has an atmosphere of doubt around it. However, the records show Ihal in liHi;? eighty-li e or ninety masses of ' ' green shapeless matter entered the halls of William and lary. Tluuigh the many attempts that were made at organization proved futile, it is to these i}henoniena, veritable crystals of ignorance, that we owe our existence as a class. And more remarkable, these were the immature substances, Dues, from which have evolved the finished and polished products, Seniors. 27