Drexel Institute Engineering Department - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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HISTORY OF THE JUNIORS. Some one has said that war makes history, and this is probably why the junior class possesses nothing of what might be called a history, for we are peacefully inclined-partially because our presi- dent is from jersey, and partially because we've nothing to war against except Physics. Wfhat we will call this ,little article therefore will be a Hchronicle. At first, just after we arrived at the Institute late in September, 1910, we were very much awed and humbled by the upper classmen, who took particular delight in parading us around that lot across the street. Of course, the parading wasn't so bad, but the way they dressed us-and with a large bevy of queens looking on! Finally we screwed up our courage and banded together. Wfalls, despite the fact hels from .Teri sey, stood out as a good leader, and as one capable of avenging us on the Sophs, so we made him presi- dent. Under his guidance we were organized into such good form that when the bowl fight came off we made the Sophs bow their heads in ignominious defeat-from the very first they stood no more chance than a snowball in McCreightls forge shop! Having thus humbled the Sophs, our existence became more pleasant, and we settled down to work -gradually learning that Physics is, like measles or the mumps, 'fsomething you've got to have, and. later on, we found that we could stand the sarcasm of the lord of the chemical lab. almost as well as we could bear the noxious odors drifting about his department. But the shops, particularly the one where they tried to teach us carpentry-that was always the thorn in our side! But one must take the thorns with the roses, so we stood it like men-borne up by the knowledge that in the junior year it was not necessary for us to enter such places of torment. 68