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

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Senior Class History 11 ' i- willi a Icrliiii; nl ureal rcspuiisiliil il V llial i- ciHK-axnr ici rile ilic liislci-v uf ilir ( ' la s (if Oil. It is indeed a i i ianl ic iiiiclri-iakiiii; to do justice in ilie lirilliaiil recni ' d nf lliis class in liie s|iace liei ' eiii allnlteil. lln ve -er well tliis woi-k iiiav lie dune, tile histnriaii shall feel ilial he has made lint a t ' eelile attcni|ii in liixiiii; In the AVnrhl the aehievenients of the members composing; this hodv. Were we to i;ive in full tile a(diievenients of this class dnrini; the |iasl t ' onr veai ' s, oiii- history would he a i-ecm-d of a Newion. a Soci ' ates, a Pestalozzi, a lleiii ' v. and of the most famotis i ssayists and politicians of the j)resenl day. It has heen said that time nnist roll into years and years into centuries heforo true history can he written; but for the history id ' the Class of (I! , im distance is nee(led to lend an encdiantnieiit. no lime is necessai ' y to till its ]iai;es with un- dvini: tame and honor. It seems hni yesterday that we left oiir homes amid tears and farewells from those ' we loved and endiai ' keil upon the sea (d life to he hnfl ' etteil here and tlieie, knowing not to what port we would be ilri ' eii by storms of adversity. Little did wt know (if those who have so faithfidly directed our course, and tin- der whose guidance we steered wide of those shoals on which so many less for- tiimite than we have foundered. The historian takes no note of onr pre-collegiate life, for that dates to the time whereof the memory of man runneth not to the contrary, btit only those facts to which we can testify are here chronicled. Onr college life dates. a]ii)roximately, from the year 1 ' .MI4. We were then a verdant mass of hiunanity, known in college as dues, but it was only for a jjcriod of nine months that we bore this humiliating title. We soon proved to our would-he superiors otir ability to work our way from duchood to a higher and more exalted ]diase of life in which the Sojihomore deems himself lord of all he surveys. As Sopjliomores, we, of course, felt oui ' im|iortance, and, smarting under the humiliation to wliicdi we had been subjected the year before, we often gave vent to our feelings by a]i])lying the ])addle on the helpers and imoflending due. We passed the stage of Sophomores, reflecting no dishonor on our prede- cessors, but bearing our honors thick upon us we entered a still higher stage known as the .Junior Class. 28

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liiiiv of mil- urij iiial iiniiilirr li;i(l ilisa|)|ic:ircil, (Hily a I ' cw ruiliaiiiiug to will ihc lidiiiirs that were yel liefovc lis. ' I ' liis decrease in mir luiiiibers (lid iiol, discdiiragc us, but we weiil toi-ward. led (Hi hy an insaiiaMe aiiihilimi to accomplish greater things. We have passed thrmigli the Idwer stages (d ' enllegt ' life. Each year some (d ' o ir mtiulier ha i ' h(dd pcisitimis (d ' trust and honor from instructors in the iiistitiitiiiu and editors of all college pnhlieations to leaders of Tammany Hall. When the year 190!) dawned upon iis, we again realized our long cherished aiiiliilioii, for it vas then llial we lieeaine nieiiihers of the Senior Class, which to the iiiidergradnale seems the acme oi ' all existence. JSow that we have reached that shining goal, w do not look lia(d upon the rounds of the ladder and scorn the liase degrees hy wliich we did ascend. IJut as we stand here to receive, at the hands (d ' oiir Alma Mater, our long c ' o -eted honor, we can liui look upon tlie lower classmates with a feeling of infinite compassion and sympathy, ' i ' here is nothing like being a Senior; all honors of the yophomore and Junior fade into insignificance when compared with the triumphs of the dignified Seniors. As We look lia(d o er the pa l I ' our years, we find that our paths ha ' e not 1)een without their thorns; we haxc had our pains, our sorrow.s and our nioineiits of despair. Yet, never faltering, we fought on, feeling that low aim, not fail- ure, is crime. That our aim was high is shown by the deterniination with which we have labored; that we lia ' e not failed is left for you to judge. The gate oi our Alma J later ni.iw stainls ajar! As we pass through, there c(jnies a feeling of joy mingled with sen-row. Our college career is ended; our class has graduated; to-morrow we shall eiiier ii|ioii the duties of life in reality, for— ■■ ' i ' litMi ' a oici. ynii (;uinnt liear. Wliich says we must nut stay, We see a liaiul you cannot see, Wliich beckons us away. Answering this call, Fellow Classmen, may we go forth realizing the great responsibility resting upon us, and in the words of the poet, l ook not niouriifuUy into The Past. H cuiiics not back again. Wisely iiii|inive the Present. It is thine. (Ic. forth 1 1 ' t Ihc Shadnwy t ' liluic williout fear, And with a in. inly lic.irl. Historian.