£(Je 'jfyxetorp of f$e pernor Cfaee X THIS ACCOUNT of our journey from'the Mystic Valley”— as wc would have termed it then— to the place where spirits dwell” —Seniordom. only the high places will he touched, as it is necessary to relate only those events which have led us to this dizzy height where we now stand and look out upon the great world below. There were fifty-one who mustered for service in the fall of V j. Not all lx»rc the same instruments of war with which to fight their way through the perils and hardships of the course. Some depended upon brain and energy: some almost wholly u| on energy; some upon bluffing,” and some upon the noble art of legging.” Soon the battle was on, and our host fought nobly, and placed our flag well in the foreground. The V Class were well represented in all the phases of college life. Some distinguished themselves on the athletic field: some in the classroom, and some proved to he especially talented in music. nr work in the Y. M. C. A. and the Societies was all that could be desired by the upper classmen, but we being Freshmen. of course, could not put ourselves forward in this line of work. Six of our number distinguished themselves on the famous eleven of the session of ’02- 03. three did good service on the baseball team, and six were meml ers of the Glee Club. But the record of which we arc csjtceially proud was made in the classroom. There were several h'reshmen who placed their names on the honor roll, and one of our number headed this roll. The siege against Math.. Kng.. and Latin was very trying. At the end of the first charge, when all was cleared away, many were found wounded upon the field. When the signal for the second charge was given, only thirty-three reported for service, and of these nine were recruits. The work of the previous year had prepared us for greater conflicts than we were at first able to confront, so accordingly wc faced the work of the Sophomore year. We enjoyed sitting with Horace by the fireside as he heaj cd on the logs, and poured out his old wine. By the aid of (icero's De Scncctuti we prepared ourselves for the time when we could no longer enter the race-course, on account of old age. The terror of the year was that Soph. Math.. that all have heard so much of. After passing wnat we thought was not only Limits in name but in truth, we went into the regions of Infinite” (series). Intercollegiate football having been ruled out at Furman, we did not have an opportunity to place anyone, as formerly, on the ’Varsity eleven, but to give 31
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