Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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642 HISTORY OF '97 the individuals composing the Class. In general the judgments expressed are very reliable, although they are, of course, sub- ject to occasional errors. Following is a partial enumeration of these books 1 Cay L. g. mathematicze. lst. After Gilpatrick. Grades depend largely upon regularity in attendance and readiness to take a joke. Zd. After Boughton. Excellent. Qbl L. g. Hellenikae. Colwell. Q05 L. g. francais. McKibben. Characterized by great care and discrimination in the execution. Qdj L. g. philosophiae naturali. Cole. A vast amount of patience exercised in order to arrive at the best possible results. Qey L. g. scientiarum naturalium. Tight. Pre- pared as a mere matter of form. Cfj L. g. philosophize moralium. Purinton. Integrated between t o or o ide l ts . W w' imi . Q25 Recorda. Cal Societatium Literatium. lst. Franklin. Qd. Calliopean. C1893-97j. Both valuable as containing informa- tion concerning literary conquests by various individuals. NOTE.-AS our historian is just now busily engaged in Writing a very exhaustive Class History, we have departed from the usual custom of putting in what is at best but a meager sketch of the Ulass hy inserting in its stead these four pages from the advance proof which the historian has kindly loaned the corps for that purpose. Hy their perusal the reader may get a fvery slightj idea of the critical value of the large three-volume work which will be placed before the public within a few months at most. HrsToRY or '97 643 Cbj Societatis Scientim. D893-971, Same with reference to science. 2. Secondary sources. fly Records of the Secretary of the Faculty of Denison University QIS93-971 Good what there is of it but not much detail. QZQ Files of the Collegian C1893-96j. A valuable set to have. Q35 Files of the Denisonian C 1896- 7j. Roasted too much. Overdone. . INTRODUCTION. Whereiii it is shown how that the Class of '97 has risen to a place of great prominence and useful- ness, not only in Denison University, but in these United States of the lVorld as well. Also divers conclusive reasons why the study of the history of this great Class would be a specially valuable course for our schools and colleges. lVhen four successive times within the week The meridian of Mt. Parnassus' noble peak Hath approached and passed the glorious orb of day 5 Then, as the fifth seems nigh upon its way, We Seniors all, in caps and gowns arrayed, Come forth upon the campus to parade. Behold the Seniors ofthe campus, We expend not ourselves with efforts of long duration, neither are we expert in the use of the spinning wheel and its appurtenances, and yet we say unto you that even the ruler of the Denisonian in all his editorial pride is not habilimented like unto one of us. Many have asked, and many yet to come will ask, how have we risen to this glorious summit of fame whence the whole wide world lies prostrate at our feet? Verily we have a yell the like of which would urge any army, great or small, on to the

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644 INTRODUCTION reward of victory. It readsf like this, viz., to wit, as follows : Hip rah, rix rah, ki yi res! In hoc signo nostra spes! Nonaginta septem par onerilt Class of Ninety-seven, rip, rah, ri! And with this yell the banner of black and gold has led us on to many a victorious battle field. And we do further believe it to be an assured fact that in the more complete answer to the above question, which is to be attempted in the following pages, lies the solution of one, if not many, of the pressing educational problems of the day. It is held, and surely there is foundation for the claim, that our educational courses are not such as will properly fit the youth of the State to fully realize and appreciate the ease and luxuries of modern civilization. The youth of today has so much wider a range of oppor- tunities opening up before him-the avenues through which he may pedal his glittering wheel of life to the goal post of worldly success are so multiplied over those enjoyed by his grandfathers of the twentieth or twenty-iifth degree of greatness that a study of their doings will be of but little benefit to him. Now, right here is where the advantages of a course in the living history of the class of ninety-seven are to be seen. If such a course were substituted for the threadbare and wornout ones of ancient and med- iaeval history now offered in our schools and col- leges it would be a great boon to the students of fiilinpossible to put on paper how it yells. TPav- oneri is our motto. We hereby warn all persons to beware of using the translation Equally orneryf' It has been noised abroad by our unsuccessful competitors but has never been authorized by us. 1-rrsfroav or 797 645 those institutions. A careful study of the records of this wonderful Class would afford them many val- uable lessons, extending over a great variety of topics. Time can be taken here to mention but a very few of these subjects, but by noticing these few the reader may gain some slight idea of the breadth of ground that might be covered by such a course as that proposed. The student can learn something of law Qlftoman,Americamlnternational and the natural varietyj, public, private, political and domestic economy, political, social, moral, military and natural sciences, physics Castro-physics, meta- physics, doctors, and all other sorts of physicsj 5 mathematics, sciatics and Greek attics, in the matter of forms, there are available Latin forms, geometric forms, social forms, good forms and bad forms, crystal forms, iodoforms and multiform forms of forms formed from formless formules of unformed formene transformed from the formidable malformed formosity of formicidze formicina and formica into formally formalized formularizations of deformed formic formulae formulating formate formations con- formed to the formful formality formilled formu- lated by the formulaic formalism of formidolose formalists with ensiform formedons, then reformed by the formative formulization of informed For- mosan formulators' formulatory formulism forming formuos formy formularies of formal formaldehyde formed from formonitrile by the formalistic forma- ture of formyll ilt it not claimed that this expression represents the final form of formsg but it will make a good working hypothesis until a better shall have been formulated. For the benefit of any who may want to use it as an instrument for further research along this line, the publishers will send a complete analysis of the H forms upon receipt of twenty-five cents in coin.