Colorado College - Nugget Yearbook (Colorado Springs, CO)

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RETROSPECT AND PROSP E C T rib The college year is no longer reckoned from one Commencement to another but from the appearance of the an- nual Nugget. Mild indeed are such events as the laying of the corner stone of a half-million dollar science building, the barbecue, or the class play, compared to the day when the Junior class bursts upon the college consciousness with its annual flash of wit and ' wisdom. Looking back to the day when we all read our failings in the last Annual, we wish to revive in your minds the principal events of a happy year, or tell you something of the life and progress of our college which stands in the shadow of the grand old Peak. The first striking event was the faculty ball game. After many a fair girl had left the field lest she be obliged to see her brave classmates defeated, the Seniors won because the game could not be finished in consequence of lowering storm-clouds and gathering darkness. The last ball was struck high into the air by one of the professors and when darkness finally settled down Packard was seen still looking up for it. His mask and the ball were never seen again. The next week was one long to be remembered in Colorado College circles. The large company of parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, friends, lovers and loved ones witnessed a glorious Commencement in which every event from the Baccalaureate sermon by Acting President Parsons to the alumni dinner in the gymnasium was excellent and appropriate. The presentation of well selected articles to each member of the Senior class, by Miss Stoddard, is a good illustration of the fitness of things which characterized every event. One by one — sometimes two by two — engagements were made for the following year, or longer. Thirty-six Seniors went out into the wide world to carry the spirit and culture of Colorado College into lives of active and effi- cient service. The summer saw no lack of college spirit for everywhere the loyal lovers of the Iron and Gold extended the reputation of the college and when the doors opened in September the fruits of their activities were apparent in the large class which entered, eager to share the life of which they had heard so much. Not only is the Freshman class one of the largest numerically, although last year saw an increase of over fifty per cent above previous classes, but it is the best prepared class that ever entered the college. The Sophomores, famous as they are for brilliant scholars, great athletes and noble women, were obliged to recognize I ' esprit dc corps of the new class and as a result there has not been, during the whole year, even the dislocation of an ice cream freezer. President and Mrs. Slocum returned from their vear abroad and brought into the college life increasingly rich gifts of character and influence. Several new teachers, with all the wisdom of the East, came and cast in their lots with us, adding, if possible, to the brilliancy of the teaching force. But the habit of going to Europe has taken hold of the faculty. Miss Loomis, Mr. Goldmark, Mr. Fish, Pro- fessors Smith, Parsons and Gile, and President and Mrs. Slocum are victims of this habit, and now Mr. Brehaut has 15

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LITERARY Miss Barbee Miss Clara Hall Mr. Hardy Mr. Lehman n Mr. Shaw- Miss Beard Mr. DeWitt Mr. Herron Prof. Loud Mr. Sherer Mr. Bybee Miss Dudley Mr. Hester Mr. Loud Miss Shuler Mr. Carrington Mr. English Miss Jewett Mr. Miller Miss Smeigh Mr. Cleaveland Mr. Fernandez Mr. Kelley Miss Montgomery Miss Stiles Miss Currier Miss Fillius Mr. Gregg A R T Mr. Lake ' Mr. Reed Mr. Rice P H T Mr. Work U GRAPH Y Mr. Dautrich Miss Lundborg M iss Robbins Mr. DeWitt Mr. Mattern Mr. DeWitt Mr . Montgomery M iss Scholz Miss Fezer M r. McCreen Miss Fursman Mi- . Nash M iss Smedley Mr. Givens Mr. Stewart Miss Heizer Mr ' . Roberts Mr. Henderson Miss Stoddar 14

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left in medias res for the native haunts of Homer and Virgil. Unless this habit is checked serious consequences may be expected. The vacuum they leave with us is appalling. The upright character and vigorous energy of Professor Gile is especially missed this year. However, they have well earned this rest and we are the gainers in the end from the new life and enthusiasm which they bring back with them. Externally the college has the appearance of great prosperity. The campus is green and beautiful with many a tree and shrub rapidly growing into grateful shade and harmonious proportion. Many other trees will be planted this season and already we can imagine our campus like those of the older colleges of the East. West of Cascade the new lawns, reaching down to the tennis courts by Washburn Field, with the well arranged drives and walks, give to that whilom weed patch a beauty hardly deemed possible before. A new boiler house speaks of light and warmth for future generations and the plans are now out for the new res- idence for the fair portion of those same generations. The new science hall, henceforth to be known as Palmer Hall, is well along towards completion. Its large and empty vault seems to plead eloquently, though silently, for the million dollar endowment so much needed — so surely coming — for President Slocum is after it. The internal life of the college has been marked by improved scholarship, advanced ideals and many an indi- vidual triumph over self and the world. The societies, organizations and clubs, of which there are many in number and variety, all seem to be doing their usual good work. In athletics we are learning slowly that there are better things than victories — defeats have their lessons. Indi- cations point to the time, not far oft either, when surely founded, honestly developed and efficiently guided athle tic in- terest shall bring us our full share of victories. There is a growing tendency toward more general athletic activity as shown by the new tennis courts, the many and spirited basket ball teams and the voluntary exercises of groups of students. There is only one thing needed to make a college here which shall be equal to any of the older institutions on the Atlantic coast. That need is time. When our elms and lindens shall have grown as large as those on the campus of Princeton or Harvard there will be found here a college life and prestige second to none in America, for we have here in Colorado College a spirit, a life, a potentiality, which those institutions never had. With every stimulus of natural scenery, bright sunshine, pure sparkling air and water, coupled with the ever- passing touch of genius, as the celebrities of all nations look in upon us and give us their encouragement and vision, we may look forward with the greatest anticipations, and they will be more than realized. 16