Emory University - Campus Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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Cbe ZOIIQQQ ' xx I . ,gl ,gt . , K. ORE than fifty years have passed since Emory College was 2 founded by the Methodist Church. Her beginning was 'W z N px every small college in our country, especially those established 'QS's ff f wif and maintained by the gifts of religious organizations, she Z' Q r ' I A A li ' - neither promising nor auspicious. Through trials, known to :fi if ' 1 v A x' emerged and became what she is to-day, the foremost institution of learning in the State of Georgia. The year just passed has witnessed several important changes and improvements looking forward to prosperous work in the future. The result of months of hammering, accurate calculation, and patient but successful beseeching and begging, in a magnincent pile of marble, the new library building. Those who admire our worthy president, will call it Candler Hall, and those who love him will faintly lisp Bull Hall. The usefulness of the department of chemistry and other foxy subjects have been increased by the acquisition of valuable apparatus, imported from Germany, probably made in New York. Under the over careful and confident management of J. F. Bonnell, who declares that these things have no terrors for him, we expect these instruments to unearth some elements that may act as a substitue for tooth picks and extra dry remarks. With the close of thefall term Dr. J. S. Moore resigned the professorship of Latin. Immediately Dr. Andrew Sledd of Virginia took charge of that department. As yet he has not revealed any marked eccentricity of character. It is enough to say, however, that he is here, with a soft, musical voice, such as the college widow doth delight to hear. A few members of the faculty have made several important discoveries, important both to themselves and to those under their instruction. Shorty announced several weeks since that his hat was the depository of things CPD which other people do not and cannot carry- for obvious reasons. Pussy chimed in with a remark to the effect that some of his pets made diabolical and peculiar noises. Slops swears that he does not agree with Shorty. A decree has gone forth from the great Bull that Slops is all rot. Note that Slops uses polite and elegant language. Shorty is extremely vulgar. NVith a reassuring smile Stilts announces that the price of silver depends on the price of hats. I-Ie also avers that his lectures on Polit are tiresome. Goat has recently seen the impossibility of calculating the magnitude of the Latin chair. Charlie Jarrell Ends it hard, hard, to travel the road to Jordan. Hear the conclusion of the whole matter. This has been the greatest year in the history of the college. Generously have Old Emory's sons met every appeal, nobly have they responded to every want, and that spirit of devotion to the Alma Mater's cause, insures success in the future. 22'-

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SQIUOI' IGSS ljiSfOl'V h. A ' .M- .. .,.. - HE class of '98 leaves the old halls and campus of Emory, having trodden W Wil-Af, . - . .VX the paths that so many feet in former times have worn and is now as a gh departing guest on the threshold, to bid a God be with you to all 6 .gil 1 that will henceforth appear only as tender memories of the truly happy 5 5 days. A feeling of sadness that is not without its pleasure is present in all our hearts, and as with gratitude and reverence we cherish the memory of one who, in our childhood's days guided our footsteps safely through difficulties, so do We turn with filling eyes and swelling hearts to bless thee, Emory. Our class is stronger in numbers than any in the history of the college. YVe have not all come up together, some come from Sub. , the majority from Fresh. and not a few from Soph., two entered Junior, and two joined our ranks Senior. Some have dropped out, and it has pleased God in his providence to take from us the truly noble man, Will McConnell. After the changes of four years, we come to the close of our college course forty-one strong. We are a composite, as usual, of various elements, not all are scholars, not all are slothesg but our average is far better than usual. Our influence among the other classes has been for the most part good. Under the management of our present editors, the Phoenix has had the most successful year in its history. We are a class remarkable in that there are four men whose partizans claim ability for each to lead the others. Our class is the only one in college that can supply the need of an orchestra, as the occasion demands. Our chorister is good, and we have several other vocalists of real merit. In some departments of athletics we lead, and, taking us on the whole, we have more good athletes than any class in college. Cuba finds many hearty sympathizers in our number, and Lieut. Atkins says, he is ready to march, at a moment's notice to the soul stirring cry of Cuba libre. - Of our deportment, sufiice it to say, it doth become a Senior grave. To us is due the abolishment of a precedent fruitful of much bad feeling and jealousy. We neither attempted to get the song from '97, nor did we conceal our own. The class of '99, which by the way, is a good class, have very sensibly ignored the old custom of stealing the song, and now the only bad feature of Arbor day has been removed. Among our number there are eight teachers, to be, eight lawyers, six physicians, four preachers, three insurance agents, one pharmacist, and eleven undecided as to life work. So as we approach the final day of parting, we look back upon the 'course we have run, as neither discreditable to our predecessors, nor a cause of reproach to ,our successors. 24