Denison University - Adytum Yearbook (Granville, OH)

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Senior Class History THE Senior strolled down Broadway one moonlight evening and as the town clock tolled off the hour of twelve he paused to have another look at his old friend in the steeple. As the last vibrant peal echoed through his brain the hands beckoned to him and a rumbling, croak- ing voice interrupted his meditations. Ere I have tolled off many more hours the class of 1910 will be but a memory to Granville and to Denison University ; but not so to me. I saw you in the fall of 1906 coming to join the college on the hill, boys and girls led in tow by the T. M. C. A. and T. W. C. A. representatives. Even then there showed in you a determination to go in for all Denison has to offer, and that alone aroused my admiration, and it was with no small interest that I saw you band yourselves together with Harry E. Orr as your president. You may be sure that I closely noted your progress. Those first da.ys tried the mettle of the class, and you showed the world and the Naughty-Niners that you had come to college for intellectual advance- ment, for the highest and the best. The loss of such a minor thing as the cane-rush of the ear made no difference to you. It was simply the public demonstration of where you as a class placed the emphasis in college attain- ment. You again demonstrated this purpose during the following autumn, when the class of 1911 presumed to encounter you on Beaver Field, and you showed your spunk when your beloved president, Carl Duerr, was persuaded to change his abode for an evening. The adage says that grit wins, but so does wit, as the chap can tell you who spirited away the films over which the Fresh- men were rejoicing The Class of Nineteen Hundred Ten holds a unique place in the annals of old D. U., unique in that you cheerfully yielded athletic honors to the more needy sister classes. However, from among 3 ou have come such football heroes as Hart, Stilwell, and Walker. Again, you are unicjue in your social life. Do you remember your first stunt in the gym? ■ Double, double, toil and trouble; Fire burn and cauldron bubble. October 27, 1906, 7 :30 p. m. — what a rollicking frolic that was ! Away with formality ; Let ' s get acquainted ! And each and every class since then See Page 41. 27

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Officers of the Senior Class C. J. Stilwell C. J. Stilwell Dee Shuman R. D. Hart L. F. Thomas Josephine Stewart COLORS Red and Grey FLOWER Carnation YELL Cliickapoo, Wallapoo, Chicka, Laca, Len. Denison, Denison, 1910. President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Historian, 26

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has followed the pace you set. year the invitation to It was not surprising that earl y in the Sophomore Come to the Gym and play with me On the night of October twenty-three was responded to with such genuine good will, nor that there was a happy crowd at the picnic which was held May 14. Black Hand the place, dear Sopho maid; The thunderbolts of Jove mil aid To wheel us hence — for what event? Why! 1910 on pleasure bent! While you are to be congratulated on your informal stunts you have been equally successful in sustaining the dignity of an upper class. The Junior banquet will long be remembered and the prom was indeed an innovation. How proud ' ' Bob ' ' Dunn was to be the president of such a class ! To prove your utter disregard for time-worn customs and outlandish habits you bravely faced the taunts and jeers of other classes and let the Senior Circus of 1909 go dov Ti into history undisturbed. As a reward your own side- show has been conducted in a manner to fittingly recompense for your noble endeavor to help preserve peace and decorum. And so the happy, successful years have come and gone, and the loyalty for their Alma Mater in the hearts of the steady plodders of the class of 1910 has grown apace. There are those of you who came to Granville that fall of your verdant year who are not now numbered with your class. Some were wise, very wise, and they have gone on before. Others were otherwise, much other- wise, and they are still dragging on behind. But none have I forgotten, and I cherish them all with the children who pass and repass beneath me day after day. I love them all. You have builded w ll. and with ' Buck ' Stilwell to direct your remaining activities, I have no further anxiety for your welfare. Long life to the ' best behaved ' class of Denison University! The Senior waited for a further sign from the oracle. But a cloud released a flood of moonlight and revealed the clock asleep. Josephine Stewart, Historian. 28