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

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28 THE 1919 ORIFLAMME Junior History J' ONE a1'e the days of pristine verdaney, gone are the days of 1 Sophomore frivolitv: the time now arrives wl1en tl1e sterner side of life is the more essential, and Xvltll tl1e vigor so , - . r 1 I . characteristic of the class of 1919 we have assumed the more 1nanly bearing and 111ore serious view of thought for which our country's crisis seen1s to call. life are no longer students alone, we are men, and like men have we answered to the call of duty and shown, not alone in the ranks of democracy at the front, but in the classroom as well, the spirit of the age. It was a beautiful September 1'l10I'l1 in the year 1915 that the Class of ,IQ was given birth on the college campus. The phrase, Strangers in a strange land, might well explain the cause of our defeat in the annual tie-up, which was held only a few days after our registration. Yet we g'ave our antagonists a merry battle, and Illillly were tl1e physical reminders of tl1e fray which they carried away with them. llroader ex- perience and brute strength again had telling effect in the football game with our would-be instructors soon after, and although defeated by a surprisingly low score, we were tl1e moral victors in the bout. Such reverses served only to stimulate the spirit of Olll' class, a11d we came back with a vengeance. carrying olf the championship 011 the inter-class basket ball tourney, going through tl1e entire series without defeat and establishing a record for ourselves. At tl1e opening of our second year we found some familiar faces missing. X'Ve had by now settled ClOWll and were beginning to form col- legiate habits, as we were to set an example wl1ich the in-coming Fresh- man Class were to follow. Naturally they could by 110 means maintain our standard, though they tried hard to imitate. Uur second collegiate year was more or less uneventful, owing to the state of war, and with fine nobility did our choicest 1ne11 respond to the call to arms. Twenty lion-hearted brothers of the Class 'of 1919 are now in the service of their country, a11d one and all are 1naki11g excellent records for themselves and for their class. At the opening of this present year we found our numbers greatly di1ni11isl1ed, but with characteristic never-say-die spirit, we organized

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' FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE 27 Junior Class of 1919 Colors Motto Brown and VVhite. Facta non Verba Yell President ...... Vice-Presidcnl Secretary ...... Treasurer . . H istorian. . . Poet ...... Chick! Zah! Zah! Ki! lie! Boom-er-ang! Bing! Hang! Iloom! XVal1! Hooray! 1919! Officers .RICILXRD WATSON BOMBERGER .. . . . . . .JUIIN L1zRoY SCIIULER . . . . . . . .GEORGE FRY LEE . . . . . .ARRAM Pla'1'1QRs FR,xN'rz . . . . . . .CARL NlULFORD TAUSIG .. .XVILLIAM DEHART VVENTZM.

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FRANKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE Z9 again. Surrounded by seemingly insurmountable difficulties, the future looked black indeed. The question arose, Shall we uphold tradition and publish an tlriflamme, or shall we let it go by default P To a man the staunch ranks of the Class of 1919 responded, Yes From a band of green, inexperienced youths, which entered college two years ago, has arisen a class of men, scholastically and socially on a par witll any class before. Every man in the class is a scholar, and brilliant at that. Athletic- ally, we have made a name for ourselves, and few are the contests on gridiron, track or gym which did not own as their hero a 1919 man. The Junior hop, dainty, yet almost boisterous with pure enjoyment, was by far the most successful in the history of the college, and the commitee proved themselves worthy of their steal. :if XVe have made a name for ourselves, and finally, when the Class of 1919 shall niatriculate into the school of life, we may tritely ask. and that without ewotism what better class has ever gone forth from Franklin Pc ! and Marshall? XYe have set a standard. can it be maintained? :f:Printer's error.