Earlham College - Sargasso Yearbook (Richmond, IN)

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rrnhman Qvttr LEASE, Mr. President, I want a hammer: one that will drive nails. l haven't any place to hang my looking glass. President Kellyconcealed a smile, murmured some- thing about ori-entation and, giving an audible reference to Governor Mendenhall, watched the brilliant loops ofa red Wfindsor tie disappear in the rain. Of course, we were not all like this unfortunate representative, for some of us were wise. One has only to recall the somewhat lengthy and profound oration delivered at the opening reception to be convinced of this fact. The Sophomores, after surveying us quite carefully. considered us to be easy until one morn- ing. when, with little bows of red and green, we appeared in the dining room. lmmediately the indignant Sophs arose and when breakfast was over they were waiting for us. A whirlwind of arms and legs, a few unearthly exclamations, and all was over. The Sophs were securely bound. hand and foot, and writhing in humiliation, they remodeled their conception of our ability. This was the foundation of that dread, vague thing called class spirit. Songs were made and sung in our praise, a cord iight took place in the gym and even a pennant was fashioned for the amuse- ment and benefit of the Faculty: with great gusto, we sang to the tune of Solomon l.evi- lYe are the class of 1912, Gur home is old E. C., VVe are the class that runs the school Wfith the help of the Faculty. Coach Vail pitied us and developed a goodly number of us into athletes. lle did other things for us, but this was his chief accomplishment. We pleased Xliss llanson. and she aided us socially-that is-well, she saw that we buzzed as nearly as possible at the right time and in the right place. The XVares were concerned about us, they fed us, put us to bed. and furnished us the pleasure of the Supelets. Governor Mendenhall liked us. lle liked us so mueh that he gave us a Student Council-a nice, new one, one that had never been used-gave it to ns for our special benefit. The -luniors took us for a frolic. lt was the biggest event of our lfreshmzm calendar: we consumed bananas, swung on the Klay poles. and did various other things. That night when we returned, the real spirit of Rarlham became manifest in us, and as the year ezmze lu :i close we began to realize what it means to be an lfarlhamite. Page I-:twlfy-fiz'v

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