Erskine College - Arrow Yearbook (Due West, SC)

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Senior Class Organization Colors-liilack and Gold Flotvel'-VVhite American Ileauty Rose Motto-Das Leben besteht nicht in den Jahren, sondern in nrlen Taten C. A. F13M1NG, President W. C. VV111'r1-2 . . . . . . ....................... Vice-President E. ll. IQICRNS ................., . . .Secretary and Treasurer MLSS L11,L1.xN Ii1LI,1Nt3sxx'fmiwiei .............. Historian A1155 RUTH TODD ............ ..... P oet 15

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Senior Class History 54.-4-f'ti,Ne N September the thirteenth, IQIO, when a band of forty boys the mountain range of knowledge, the date nineteen hundred and fourteen was one that extended into illimitable expanse. lilut alas it is here, and each day we realize that the golden 255421555 college days are coming fast to a close. Whether these days have been spent profitably can be answered only by retrac- and eleven girls arrived in Due West and began to ascend ing our steps. None of us can ever forget those first days of college life. Vividly im- pressed upon our minds are the first chapel exercises, where the Sophomores greeted us each time with the yells fresh, 'ffreshf' And we can never forget when we met the Professors to be classified. Often when we presented our High school certificates, feeling sure that they would admit us to the Sophomore class, they were rejected and we were examined to see if we were even ready for the Freshman class. Never before in our lives did we appear so ignorant. It would not be fair to give our first impression of Due VVest. At that time hazing was very popular, and we had to contend with that. How helpless we were! However much one was suffering from homesickness he had the opportunity of practicing singing, dancing, and even jumping from second story windows of the Dormitory. But despite the fact that we encountered many obstacles, we were deter- mined to succeed, and soon were considered a remarkable class by the Faculty. We organized as a class with the following officers: A. T. Henry, president, C. A. Fleming, vice-president. E. B. Kerns, secretary and treasurer, and Mary Keener, historian. Time glided by quickly and ere long we were a class of rising Sophomores. Bidding farewell to the Freshman class, leaving its burdens to future Freshman, we left for our homes to spend the long looked for vacation. The three months of vacation seemed as a dream and on September the twelfth IQII, the college bell summoned a band of forty-four lordly Sophomores to duty. We were sorry to find some of our number missing, but were glad to welcome to our class lllanehe lrwin, llessie Lee Wfhitehead, XV. Crymes, S. H. White and Harold Lumley. These had never enjoyed the experiences of an Erskine Freshman. Wfe were also glad to welcome from the class of IQI3, Francis -leter, L. H. Spencer, NV. C. Wfhite, and John T Moore. VVe as Sopliomores, that class usually dreaded by the Freshmen, had the honor of abolishing hazing, and instead of being the Freshmen's terror we were their friends. lint we would not have you to believe for one moment that we lacked class or college spirit. The pennant of TQT4. was the first to float from the college dome. Wfe can also boast that the class of 1914 was the first class to get out a Sophomore edition of the lfrskinian. And needless to say that edition, to our minds was the best of that year. 16 ' I ' ' i