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

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A in E f with limi From the start we felt the effect of the great confiict into which our nation had been plunged. Gaiety and frivolity were set aside for the grim business of war, and we earnestly undertook the task of fitting ourselves for service to our country. One by one our class mates departed for the various fields of military duty, leaving but a few behind to carry on the affairs of the class. While we feel acutely the loss of those of our class mates who did not return, yet we are justly proud of the records they have made. ' The armistice signed, we entered our junior year confronted by the problem of re-establishing normal activities at the college. Under the stress of war' many of the customs and traditions of the college had been laid aside. On our class fell the responsibility of restoring these practices, and of re-organizing the various clubs and societies. In performing this duty we believe we have rendered the college our highest services. A In our senior year we have completed the task so well begun. By untiring effort we have restored the college to its pre-war status. Athletics have been revived, literary societies re-organized, and the glee and mandolin clubs re-established. 'During the past two years the great gaps in our ranks have been gradually filled by men of previous classes whose studies were interrupted by military service. These men have entered heartily into all of our undertakingsg and we have gladly welcomed them into our fellowship. A little while and our class will be scattered over the earth in the manifold activities of professional life. Confident that we have given of our best to the college and to our country, we face the fu- ture undaunted and with the firm belief that we shall win new laurels for our illustrious class. As we take a last, lingering look at the old haunts, and bid farewell to our professors and class mates, our hearts are stirred by a more profound appreciation of the glori- ous history and traditions of our Alma Materg and we highly re- sove to live ever true to the ideals of service and loyalty which we have gained here. 1 B. A. BRAND. .. 29 -

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:S The time draws near when we shall leave these noble halls for the sterner duties of life. Disciplined in mind and cheered and uplifted in spirit, we face the future with supreme confidence and unbounded optimism. But as our eyes pass lovingly over the old familiar sights,-the ancient chapel steeple, topping all the city in its tur- retted grandeur, the widespread campus in the full glory of june foliage, the football field, where we have cheered our teams to vic- tory,--we feel keenly the pangs of parting. Our eyes grow dim with emotion and our thoughts wander back over the years of our college activities. - In the fall of 1916, we enrolled as the largest freshman class in the history of the college. We immediately began our glorious career by overwhelmingly defeatingthe Sophs in the annual tie-up and by plastering College Hill with our posters. As the year wore on, I920 became represented everywhere in college activities. Foot ball, basket ball, soccer, the Green Room Club, glee club, and literary societies, all had their quota of 1920 men working with the courage and grit that has become characteristic of the class. Our basket ball team, organized in our freshman year, has not been defeated throughout our whole course. ' Returning as Sophomores, we did not fail in the duty of disciplin- ing the incoming freshmen. We initiated them into the mysteries of College life and started them in the way that they should go. -.28-.

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I iw ll it A DRRFLAMNE. 95 U SENIOR STATISTICS REUBEN HISSEM BARNHART ................ Mt. Pleasant, Pa. CDKE5 I-Iissem5 Diagnothian5 Secretary D. L. S. C455 Mock Trial D. L. S. C455 Inter-Fraternity Council C35 C455 Chairman Inter-Fraternity Dance Committee C455 Class Football C15 C255 Pvt. S. A. T. C5 Prepared at Mt. Pleasant High School5 B. S. Course. CHAPELLE VALENTINE BINKLEY. ............... Orwigsburg, Pa. Paradise Club5 Val5 Porter Scientilic Society, Secretary C35, President C455 Class Vice-President C355 Inter-Fraternity Council C35 C455 Treasurer C455 Oriliamme Staff C355 Senior Dance Committee C455 Board of Governors C455 Assistant in Physical Laboratory C25 C35 C455 Prepared at Mercersburg Academy5 B. S. Course. 5 RICHARD WATSON BOMBERGER ................. Boonsboro, Md. QIDKIFJ Bommy5 Diagnothian, Anniversary Orator CI5, Sec- retary C255 Class President C355 Managing Editor Student- Weekly C355 Post Prandial Club C455 Pvt. Coast Artillery, U. S. A5 Prepared at Boonsboro High School5 A. B. Course. BYRON ALEXANDER BRAND .................... Lancaster, Pa. Paradise Club5 Baron 5 Diagnothian, Mock Trial C45, Speaker, C455 Honor Court C255 Porter Scientific Society C355 Inter-Fraternity Council C35, C45 5 Assistant Business Manager Student Weekly C355 Post-Pranclial Club C35, C455 Mandolin Club C455 Knock Committe C455 Green Room Club C455 F 8: M. Representative at Plattsburg C355 Sergeant Co. A., S. A. T. C.5 Prepared at Lancaster High School5 A. B. Course. '