Conway Hall Preparatory School - Log Yearbook (Carlisle, PA)

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Junior Class, 1910 Class Colors — Purple and White OFFICERS President — C. Ira Pratt. Vice-President — Edgar R. Bastress. Secretary — Miss Margaret Morgan. Treasurer — T. Lester Killough. Historian — Carlyle R. Earp. Dean — Charles W. Hadden. «

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Junior Class History Alas! Again we have the problem before us. Whenever a body vacates a certain amount of space, it is immediately monopolized by another body. Everything seems to run in an endless chain of succession: the world is never found wanting because of vacancy. And so it is with the Junior Class. As soon as the class of 1909 withdrew their hold upon the name “Junior,” the grand and glorious Class of 1910 rushed forward to claim it as her own. But. “What’s in a name?” a great writer has said. Nothing, unless there exists courage, loyalty, and ability to substantiate the name. The spirit manifested this year can be readily discerned by a glance at the athletic record of many of her noble sons. We were well represented in athletics; in football there were: McEane, Pratt, Stickell, and Zehner. who made their C. ' s -or “C. H. R.’s by gallant work on the gridiron. Basketball also shared a part, among whom were: Mackay, Pratt and Stickell. Those who participated in Baseball, were: Pratt, Stickell, Mackay, Zehner, Noel and Claster. While we have a great many interests on the gridiron and diamond, we are not lacking on the track. Runners and hammer-throwers are being developed in the daily prac- tices. But while we have been active on the athletic field, we have not been indolent in the current happenings on the campus. Especially on the morn of March twelfth, in the “wee small” hours before Old Sol had a chance to lift his rosy face above the eastern horizon and smile on Old Conway. President Bashore and his band of disciples had arisen for the purpose of putting up the Senior flag. And as the day began to dawn, hearing an unusual clatter in the Hall, Earpie pushed his nut” out of the door and found that quite a few Juniors were up and making prepa- rations to haul the ensign down. President Pratt collected the Juniors and went down stairs to begin the conflict, but found that they were pris- oners, that is, for about a minute, when a means of exit was provided. The first spectacle which caught their eyes was the “blue and gold” banner of 1910, suspended on a wire between the two sentinel trees guarding the entrance of the Hall. The Seniors and Juniors alike sized up the situation. Pratt and his men rushed forward with ropes to lasso the wire. But of no avail; it was tight. The Seniors also rushed forward and then the clash came. There was a general mix-up of both Classes, which presented a scene like that of a Friday bargain sale. Climbing the trees was then attempted, but the attempt failed. McLane and sev- eral others tried to go higher, but were immediately in- formed by the audacious Seniors that he that would exalt himself shall be abased.” Finally, while everyone’s attention had been diverted, by the excitement at another end of the campus, Pierce Mon- roe Zehner. Esq., better known as plain “Agricola,” the champion steeple jack of Columbia county, summed up his squirrel-like dexterity and climbed the wrong tree. Some thought he was looking for birds’ nests, while others con- cluded that he had mistaken it for a cherry tree. But when he reached the place where the limbs intertwine, he sim- ply crawled over to the right tree and descended to un- wind the wire which supported the colors. The wire was dropped amidst the scrambling of the excited class men, but — the old flag never touched the ground. After many 38