Furman University - Bonhomie Yearbook (Greenville, SC)

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In itajr to conn- whwi life it »hort. We'll ne'er forjn-l ihe (line, When life writ Allisl with youthful joy. Anil uvrth n homo of low miMIiih . l rv on, tin- goal of life to tnwth A ml place your tanner there. That tom poorrtcujntlin : brother Mtvy Nek your crown to wear. I.lftf U too short anil dewth too certain. To live for yourself atone. The world expect totnethlng of yoo. Your life I not your own. t5o forward ye prowl alumni! Ami let there never r»r.t OSe blot »f shame «|» n the name Of the claw We love the !»-«• Kan-well ! Farewell t OKI Furman ' Our ho) - forever Khali bo, That our Alnut Mater may yet liw A halo of glory to see. May each year add to her glorv And the noble college thrive. And never a blot come to her name Krom the class of IPOS. I.ros I. Hick. ' ». 31

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To the Class of '05. Out tut I hr hrocvil Hold «»f tattle. Out lilt the thick of the light, 'I he dmrold cln« o! ll» S With ]iwntil o take it» flight. X'i motv -lull you he ir the old tail A »he wlnn 10n’ ' hi the lower. For dnty call on you to part In thU mod try 1 nit hour. Krted from tlv«- dutlea of clnM-rooni, You enter the worhl o fair. Hut childhood funcr of fnvitom Will vanl-h In n worhl of cure You nrv Ju»t 11TMint to taken »lc|i. The llr t on your weary way; The |«i-S 1“ tmt It t milting xr.Siiol To |ircjorv in for today. Follow not the tWr of men. Stand llrui for what l« right. Let other do whate'rr they will. You'll alltvly will the tight You owe live world a prhvUtM gift A del it you'll never pay. Hut do the very lf t you full And never fclj today Si live among your fellow men, Thu’ your friend tuny Hr tail few. T hat Minveat Wat may leant to know The giaal we nil tuny do.

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History of Class ’05. On the first day of October 1901. sixty-ono trembling unsophisticated boys gathered on the back seats in the Alumni Hall. This crowd was to become the Class of 1905. No one who saw us then would imagine that we wore the same as the gentlemanly, dignified Seniors who adorn the campus today. After listening to advice by the yard we were required to pass through the ordeal of matriculation. This over, we were turned loose to “make ourselves miserable as best we could. This is the record of our first day at Furman University. But though wc were to stay Fresh for a year we did not stay greon for long. As soon as we Rats were initiated wc wore taken right into the bosom of the College Brotherhood and soon Senior and Freshman were seen walking together across the campus. Tnere were many talents exhibited among our number. Some were best on the gridiron, some on the diamond, some in the class room, some in the editor s sanctum, and some on the stage. The captain of the foot ball team of 1901 choose five of our number for the team, where they did effective service. The captain of the base ball team also chose five of us to help hold down the diamond and he was not disappointed in us. At the beginning of the second round. Sept. 24. 1902. thirty-nine of us were still in the ring, battling for cho right, and our certificates. At this time we had three valuable additions to our number. Boney. Courtney and Rice. We had now attained the then coveted name of Sophomores and wc were almost horrified at the thought. Did we ever look like those Rats? This year six of our number were members of the foot ball team, and what they did to uphold the “rep. of the University is shown by the record of games for that year. Two of our men were members of the dramatic club, and two were members of the ministrel club, and three were on the base ball team. Our class certainly took her part in all the different college affairs. One thing (among some others) which we did not enjoy was our tribulations in the mystic maze of Trigonomotry and the nightmare after failure to recite verbatim in Chemistry. But. nevertheless, at the end of the year we had survived and were busily engaged in trying to forget the miseries (and the facts) of Math, and Creek. One notable occure.nco of this year is that the Sophomore Class foot ball team conquered the freshmen to the tune of 12 to 0. Wc had come through the Sophomore year with flying colors and were ready for toils wc knew not of. At the beginning of our junior year seventeen strong, able-bodied men reported for duty. This, of all the year's of college life, is said to be the hardest. But we went at it with a will, determined that if other classes had made it we could and would too. Here wo were introduced to the satirical Horace and the almost impenetrable, psychological writer. Noah K. Davis. Dame rumor says that we juniors studied this author s logic harder than any other class had ever done since the founding of the University.