Franklin and Marshall College - Oriflamme Yearbook (Lancaster, PA)

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lbistorxg of '99. PERSON, looking from an eminence over a country which ' yu he has never seen before, observes only the principal ll l objects-the villa, the stream, the lawn or the wood. But if the landscape before him was once the scene of his childhood, or later of his residence for a season, every object brings along with it all its attendant associations, and the picture presented to the eye is the least part of the im- pression received by the mind. As a landscape impresses itself upon a familiar observer, every object arousing various memories, so does the history of the class of ,QQ appeal to your historian. Bound, however, as he is both by precedent and by limited space, it is possible to make mention only of such things as shall perhaps be of interest to the general reader. The first important matter which suggests itself is, that while we were finishing our Junior year the country was engaged in a foreign war. All honor to the many young men who left their work in the various colleges throughout our land to give up their lives, if need be, for the flag they loved. But, may we not truly ask, is not also that class in college composed of patriots and friends of their country who, in the midst of such stirring times, daily strove to become cultivated citizens, men of education, en- lightenment and character? The '99 ORIFLAMME made its appearance at the usual time and was generally accepted as a very creditable and representa- 25

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Name. EDWIN TRACY RHODES, . FREDERICK BIESECKER S Gcetheang Vice-Presiden JOHN HAMILTON SM1'rH, Diagnothian: Styx Club, HUGH ANDREWS STAHR, Home Address Czly Address . . . . Glenville, P 557 West Lemon St Gaetheang Y. M. C. A., Mixed Pickle. HAFFER, Jenners, Pa 415 N Charlotte bt t of G. L. S. 135, Mixed Pickle Vice President of Class 145 . . . . Baltimore, Md 556 West james St College Ralston Club. . . . . Lancaster, Pa 437 West James St Vice-President 135, and President of G L S 145 Class 1x5 125, and Y. M. C. A. Treasurer 1455 President of Class 135 Momtor of Class 115 125 135, 1453 Assistant Manager of Foot Ball Team 145, and Member of Board of Directors F. and M. A. F. A., Military Company Corporal 125 and xst Sergeant 1355 Representative in the F. and M. vs. Bucknell Debate, '99 JOHN BARR STAUFFER, ..... Millersville Pa , Mlllersvllle, Pa SPENCER DOYLE WAREHEIM, . . Glen Rock Pa 415 N Charlotte St Gcx:theaug Vice-President 1353 Class Treasurer 145 Gmtheang Secretary 1255 WILSON ALFRED WERT, Gmthean. . . Lynnville, Pa,, 444 West James St ix ' ra J -5' t I, ,XA A :sr A W xx ll 1 mx '- 55 X 9 24

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tive book. The F. and M. VWekly, editorially, said that The book is up to the usual standard and somewhat superior to that of last year. Not the least important event of the Junior year was the elegant banquet held in the beautiful parlors of the new Imperial Hotel. The dearest of the Profs., Dr. Dubbs, was with us, as was also the youngest, Prof. Grove. The former, always appre- ciated by ,QQ for his poetic tendencies and high ability, gave us a delightful but yet forceful response to the toast, Making His- tory, continuing that mutu il intercourse and expression of good will which has always characterized his association with us. Prof. Grove, our partner in the sorrows of Chemistry as well as in the joys of Botany and Accomac, was thrice welcome in that our One Round of Pleasure. The festivities were con- cluded at a seasonable hour, and the occasion lingers' in our memory as a class event upon which the ties of friendship were more closely bound together. Thus pleasantly did we end what in many respects was the most delightful year of our college life. After the usual summer vacation, shorter by far than any hitherto enjoyed because our last, we returned to our Alma Mater wearing the badge of seniority and honor. Whether or not our progress towards the ideally regulated community is promoted or retarded by the modern tendency in society of its members to engage in separate occupations, we do not undertake to say. But certainly we Seniors, largely owing, perhaps, to the elective system, do not any longer as- a class enjoy that mutual intercourse and close fellowship which makes for unity of purpose and tends to establish that harmony which is the expression of the beauty after which we are taught to strive The Class of ,QQ has from the very beginning of and through-i out her entire course contributed largely to the interests of ath- letics. During the last season we were represented upon all the 26