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

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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

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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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teams--base ball, track, tennis and basket ball-but especially brilliant was the work done on the gridiron by Metzenthin, Mc- Laughlin and Kunkle. Not only in athletics, but also in a literary way, has '99 been doing splendid work upon the publications of the College as well as in the regular and special work of the Literary Societies. This kind of work has received an impetus through the increased facil- ities aiforded by our most excellent library Which it is our privi- lege to enjoy. All honor to the generous donor and distinguished gentleman, whose kindness the Class of '99 so heartily appreciates as it is now obliged to go in quest of subject and matter for ora- tions and theses. Our good ship will soon finish its course, having still thirty- four men, twenty-six of whom are of the forty-one that originally embarked. Though we are Seniors in name, yet we are not so in years, and as we realize that our very many pleasant experiences together are near an end, let it be our wish that memory of the past may strengthen the ties of true friendship here formed. As a class our history will soon end, but as individuals with bright hopes we look toward the future for the completion of a career that shall reflect credit upon our Alma Mater, where we iirst obtained confidence in our ability to develop character which makes possible, for each of us, a high order of success. HISTORIAN. 27