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Page 13 text:
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W HEN the Historian was commissioned to write this history of the Cdass of 1909, he set al)ont collecting material and was especially desirous of laying his hand on the old record book of the class, dating back to the year 1905 A. D. After a long search, it was found on a top shelf in the library. It was somewhat the worse for wear, as time had not been sparing of its ravages. The ink had nearly faded away and its pages were brown and hnger-marked by those of the nndergradnates who had read it to find ont Adiat To Do and blow To Do It. For this reason the fnll records of onr Freshman year are lack- ing. However, in the year 1905, onr class, leaving behind in the Ninth Grade a few people who conldn’t stand onr pace, entered the High School, whose gloomy corridors were to be brightened by onr smil- ing faces, whose rooms were to echo to the sound of onr voices, and whose teachers were to be amazed at onr learning and onr cnl- tnred manners. We mnst have been a little out of the ordinary, as one of the teachers took some of ns for a Sophomore English class and wonld hardly believe ns when we modestly disclaimed any such standing. By Sophomore year we were sufficiently qnieted so as to be allowed to mingle with the other animals, so we moved from the third to the second floor. We gained a voice, in fact, two, on the Red and Gray Board, and at once began to make ourselves heard. 9
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W’licn Junior year arrived things hei an to hum aiL -ain. Tlie first event of iin])ortanee was eleetion of offieers. d ' liis meeting (levelo])e(l as nmeli exeitement as a national eonvention. 1 ' he class showed that its members ])ossessed great ])olitieal ability and a knowledge of a ])arliamentary law which is not written down in hooks. After the storm-elonds had rolled away, the president was found to have been elected by one vote. ( )nr class pins were soon selected and were de- clared the best ever. ( )nr motto, “T.ahor omnia vincit,” is one which a])tly hts such a class as onrs. ddiis motto, it may he added, has the hearty endorsement of the Teachers ' Association. Onr master stroke this year was a recci)tion to the Seniors. The entertainment consisted of a play by members of the class in which one member grew a most ferocious monstache over night and another handled a lorgnette with the air of one “to the manner born.” At the end of the year some adventnrons spirits attempted to place the class flag on the dag]:)ole at school, but the timely arrival of the principal at the height of the battle between the flag-raisers and some Seniors pre- vented further bloodshed. Senior year, we were all glad to see the teachers back and soon had affairs in hand. The faculty exerted themselves for onr enter- tainment at the reception and praised onr accomplishments to onr parents. After the plum tree had been shaken at the Prize Speaking Contest, we found that two honorable mentions only fell to onr lot — a ease of getting bread and butter when one expected cake. In general it may be said that the girls of the class are all “Pretty to walk with, And witty to talk with. And pleasant too, to think on.” As for the fellows, their virtues are not quite so glaring. We, as a class, have not followed in the tracks of ])revions classes in carrying out onr affairs, but have striven for new and original ideas. INfay the Juniors look iq on onr ways and be wise, and in the future follow the way we have blazed. In onr social affairs we have aimed to please onr friends and incidentally ourselves, without regard for time or expense. So onr ])arties have left nothing to be desired socially. T have also borne away several palms of victory in athletics, as we won the baseball championship Sophomore year, the outdoor 10
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