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Senior Class, 1909 Colors — Blue and Gold OFFICERS President— Luther E. Bashore. Treasurer— L. Wilraer Bubeck. Vice-President — Luther E. Wickersham. Presenter — B. O. McAnney. Secretary — Miss Julie C. Delavan. Historian — Bruce Paterson. Prophet — Harry J. Whiteman. Orotor — Graydon M. Robinson. Dean — Charles Lowe Swift. CLASS HISTORY Near the close of the year 1907, by- the decree of the faculty and in recognition of our merits, we were per- mitted to put on the armour of the Junior Class and march into history as the first Junior organization of Conway Hall. This privilege was gained on evidence of the power to maintain and successfully carry through to the end a campaign worthy of a class of such spirit as that of 1909. As Juniors we raised high the banner of success, which will never need to feel humble beside those of the succeed- ing classes for many years to come, perhaps never. For we certainly outclassed our opponents three to one as two flag raising feats were accomplished most skillfully, largely by the well laid plans of several members of the class. First, a pennant was placed on the top of the building on the flagpole. This noble deed was performed, while the guests and all the students, except the chosen few, were intensely interested in a potato race, which was one of the events at the mid-winter reception. This pennant, inno- cently, but most gloriously waved until the hours of the next morning began to grow larger, then some eagle-eyed member of the faculty, discovered it; and so, by his order or advice, two other faculty members undertook the dar- ing and venturesome service of removing the pennon from the pole. They achieved this deed within the space of one hour; but the one said the wire was the tightest he had ever untwisted, while the other had both to pay a tailor’s bill and to go through another trying circumstance to get back into his room. It was a laughable sight to see the one lift the other dignified professor up to break through his own transom, for some evidently disappointed Junior had plugged the key holes of the doors with wood. As this flag did not remain up until day-light, no chance was given for a scrap and as a result the Juniors were not sat- isfied; they wished to give the Seniors a little preparatory 14
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training for their many rushes and fights during their first year in College. The opportunity was soon given, for during the still hours of the night, while all, except the same chosen few, were peacefully slumbering in dreamland, a pennon bear- ing the same class numerals, ’09, were being suspended midway between the two large trees, which guard the en- trance of Conway Hall. This time the Juniors were ex- pecting nothing less than a rush, but only a baseball was thrown, which missed the Junior, but went through the office window. Our emblem was untouched until two de- scendants of Ham in the interests of peace and the Head Master, removed it, when the sun was high in the sky. We had no such trying circumstances, as the Seniors never got a flag up during our days as a class. Our final victory against this class as opponents was in the class-meet of track and field events. Our opponents were overwhelmed in this, for the points scored by the Juniors were more than the sum of those scored by the Seniors and underclassmen. So we have all reasons to be proud of our record as Juniors, but we will lay these aside as traditions and will speak of the Senior class of ’09. At the first meeting, although a goodly number of the faces seen there last year were missing, it was easy to see that mettle and spirit were abundantly present. A little later the class proved itself to be wide awake and quick to act For in a similar manner as in the previous year, we were first to hang our banner between the two historical trees. Early in the morning both classes appeared beneath the banner. Some of the stalwart Junior members made at- tempts to ascend the trees, but they were easily checked. They had almost entirely given up hope, but one chosen by the gods, had gone up a nearby tree, unhindered on account of the seeming impossibility of the thing and while everyone else was fighting hard on the sod far be- neath, winged Pegasus bore him to the fatal tree; where in a very short time, wonderful to relate, he unwound the wire and let down that banner to the crowd, who were anxiously waiting it like a pack of hungry wolves. Only a few fragments ever reached the ground, for it was torn asunder by both classes, the major part being seized by the men of ’09. This may be called a defeat, rather a mis- hap, but at any rate such a defeat only tends to make one more cautious regarding the smaller things. We regret even this; although our defeats are as nothing beside our victories. The greatest accomplishment of any class for this school and perhaps the most noteworthy thing of our class was the invention of a seal. Several members saw the great necessity of this and had the genius to carry it out with the aid of a faculty member. It will appear on all of the school pamphlets and will remain a memorial of our class as long as the school exists. The class is noted for its brilliancy and pretty girls, and also for its excellence in English, Latin, and advanced mathematics. Evidences of this are shown by the Con- wayan, which is better this year than it has ever before been. So from a survey of our two years’ work and stand- ing, it is easy to see that we are “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of the faculty.” HISTORIAN.
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