Erskine College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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against the onslaughts of the Professors with a Freshmanis greenness and obsti- nacy. But the teachings in our books were not nearly so valuable in our eyes as that obtained from the upper classmen. From the Sophomores we learned to throw water and use the paddleg from the Juniors we learend to chew and smoke, the art of dressing and indifference, and from the Seniors wisdom and dignity. lncidentally, we were required to furnish the fun, dancing, singing, etc., for the upper classmen, which will hardly be forgotten by those of us who were so unfortunate as to be selected as the g'l..eading Ladiesf' ,After a lapse of three short and happy months, Naughty Nine again assembled, forty-six strong. Then, after listening to the great things achieved by our classmates during the summer vacation, we selected lVliss Hamilton Henry, the sweetest girl in school, to steer us through the troubled waters for the ensuing session. At this stage we were quite sure the Faculty did not properly appreciate our intelligence, nor understand what we should be taught half as well as we did. But after adding a few more grey hairs fthose that had hairl to their heads, they finally managed to get us back into harness, when we saw the wisdom of their ways, while we were kept nine long and dreary months, after which, with bated breath, we waited to learn if we had passed During the session death claimed our beloved classmate, D. G. Thomp- son, a splendid fellow, well esteemed in college. Three more happy vacation months were spent with home folks, and '09 again assembled, thirty-eight strong. Our beloved Co-ed had proved such a good leader that she was unanimously selected to guide Naughty Nine through the third year of the class, existence. This year is characterized by Naughty Nine's athletic feats and by her marvelous generosity. She furnished the battery and the star third baseman for the championship base ball team, the men which won out in the tennis tournament, and carried away the honors from the football park. Here it may be well to say that since that football game between the classes of '09 and '08, the Faculty has allowed us to play no more footballg for in that game arms were broken, collar bones dislocated, and skulls fractured. As has been said, the generosity of the class was tested, for note the ones whom she took into her ranks: --january, l906, Baldwin, September, 1906, Pharr, lVlcl..ain, lVliss Henry, Miss Snellg September, l907, Miss Nickels, Kerr, September, 1908: Elliott, Nabers. You may not be able to judge our generosity from their namesg but, if you could have seen the majority of them when they came into the class, you would be compelled to say that Naughty Nine has indeed a generous heart. 21 Mccam uhm, Emkine College Due West. sc 29639

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Class History There is a tide in the affairs of men, Which, taken at the Hood, leads on to fortuneg Omitted, all the voyage of their life ls bound in shallows and in miseriesf' QAM i gj ifffl O-DAY the great body of American youth is Hoating X, Is? s Q sg , XV ewes s 96 3.4 . . . l 5 on such a tide, and each moment determines the destiny of some boy or girl. Many take the tide at its Hood and become the choicest flowers of the land, while those that omit it and thereby are left to grapple in darkness and superstition are many more Four years ago the members of the Naughty Nine class met this tide face to face and in battle array the giant armies t 3 s . I X 1 H I U A I . . of ignorance were drawn up against the courageous armies of knowledge. Recognizing the great pending danger, the forces of knowledge made one grand assaultg and, when the clouds of smoke and the din of battle passed away, grand and victorious stood the assembled ranks of knowledge. Thus the vic- tory was won which shaped the career of the largest class in the history of the institution. It is interesting to note the manner in which this class came together. Cn September l3th, l905, three or four Freshmen were seen slipping in the back door of the College Home. Each day brought new arrivals until they num- bered fifty-two, the largest class in the history of the College. They were, however, a motley crowd, all sizes and shapes, not only from all parts of the country, but various species of the animal kingdom. ln fact, after a careful examination it was impossible to determine what genus a few of the band belonged, however, they were duly labeled HReubens. After much trouble and confusion in general, we finally assembled and organized Naughty Nine, with R. C. Grier as our leader. Everything con- sidered, Naughty Nine progressed favorably during the early part of her exist- ence, for she was an ignorant kind, had learned to be quiet and to take what was coming with philosophic calmness. We went to work with a vim and determi- nation to do or be done, and most of us were done. We struggled manfully Zh L

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And now we are Seniors. On looking back over the past three years, we are astonished at the rapidity with which this eventful time has Hown. It is indeed true: We spend our years as a tale that is told, for it seemed only yesterday that the class with fifty-two guileless youths came up to drink from the pure fountain of learning. We have now only thirty-three members, and in looking at the band, as they appear to-day, it is hard to realize that they are the same that organized on September l3th, l905. Some have fallen by the wayside and some have risen to high honor. Those remaining have thrown off their youthful follies and assumed a grave and determined mien. The thought that we are on the home stretch of our course and nearing the time when we shall be called upon to give an account of our stewardship for the past four years, makes hot and cold chills run over many of usg but the thought is not nearly so distressing as the fact that our little band is soon to be broken up and scattered to the four corners of the world, never to be united again. And now let us not forget the relationship, sympathy, and mutual counsel always bestowed upon us by our teachers, our duty to our Alma lVlater, and to the long list of distinguished and honored Alumni, in which our name. is soon to be placed, and try to keep ourselves pure and helpful to all fellow-practitioners and the public at large, for we have a mission to perform and a destiny to fulfill. JOI-IN S. PLAXCO, Historian. 28 l l l i 1.