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JUNIGR HISTGRY. GD HE class of '92 came into the world ofliterary organizations in Penn- G sylvania College on a stormy evening of September, 1888, an evening made stormy by an attempted interference of Sophs. Shades of the departed! Wliere are the rest of those who on that night made themselves memorable in council and action? Brenholtz, Bevan, Enich-where are they? Verily, they have been translated. Ofthat energetic band of thirty-seven, fourteen have fallen from the ranks. But while we mourn the lost, we rejoice no less in the character of our acquisi- tions and in our achievements. ' From the-first, the class has shown a vigorous spirit. Attest, ye Sophs ! and if further proof be needed, call in the Rev. '91. With the professors the class has always sustained the best relations. No volcanic eruption or earthquake shock has ever disturbed the equilib- rium of their peace,-except when Dr. B. took an undignified descent to the floor, and in his rage gave us the blame. But we have forgiven him, and as he has shown himself an experienced guide through the mazes of Livy, Ars Poetica and Juvenal, We feel repaid for retaining -him. 'Tis always better to Cforjgive than to receive. IQ2 has shown remarkable powers of endurance. She has endured almost everything except examinations in Calculus. She has shown herself insensible alike to heat and cold. For once upon a raw and gusty day, the troubled stove refusing to emit its heat, this hardy class proceeded to the German room, clad in seersucker coats and blazersg nor knew -that it was cold, though the Professor paraded the floor, nervously attempting to gen- erate heat by the motion of his feet and fingers. The class meanwhile read the review and tried to keep comfortable by means of fans, books and opened vests. Did I say she can't endure mathematical examinations? 'Twas a mis- take. Shall '92 claim the earth and leave out the only hope ofextendingher dominions? Ask B. or H. how much Cl or CS2 is required to permeate a room 2Ox I5 x 12, and by an instantaneous differentiation you will receive the correct result. These men do not pretend to mathematics either, be it known. Or ask H. or G. the quantity of shot or match-heads required to disturb a recitation, or the amount of rice necessary to a serenade. A moment will suffice for the calculation. Analytical Geometry, Surveying, even Calculus melt before her like wax or disappear like vapor before the mid-day sun. 27
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fUN!OR HISTOR YI In further notice of the characteristics of this class, be it sufficient to say that it possesses remarkable affinity for uniting with '93 in the formation of various compounds. This property was first discovered by some mem- bers of '93 in the fall of 1889 in their celebrated experiment ofa cane-rush with '92. Though greatly outnumbered, '92 held her own. This phenom- enon was observed later by Dr. B. before the new college, where he also acted as director in the experiment. Though again outnumbered by a class that in mere numbers almost doubled our own, we held the cane. It will be seen, therefore, that our relations with other classes have always been most cordial. This fact will be more fully brought out in what follows. In this last experiment it was conclusively shown that a sponge and water'will not remove paint from brick. Right worthy '93 arose for breakfast one fine autumnal day, when, lo! he glanced up to the new building tower, where hung, between earth and sky, a banner with the strange device of '92. Straightway he swears within himself, I will neither eat breakfast nor do anything else until that banner be removed. I-Ie rushes to the tower, examines the situation, and finds the banner placed just where it is hoped to place a clock. Fire is put through the opening in the wall and '92 goes up in smoke. Great was '93's triumph. Scarcely a week had passed. Again '92 floated to the breeze. All- verdant '93 cried with a loud voice, The same old chestnut, and forth to the tower again. Again '92 goes up in smoke. But look! As smoke and flame are cleared away, behold that mark upon the tower! A 9 is it? No, '92. With the sigh of defeat, faint '93 steals off to breakfast, or with the energy of despair, he lowers his fellow from the tower to clear away that '92. In vain he rubs, he scrubs, he boils with rage. I-Iis fellows look on in agony, while '90, '91 and '92 deride. Aloft from that high tower Hangs a Freshman young and gffzm, In vain he rubs at 'Q2, W,hile almost bursts his spleen. In vain see Freshie gnash his teeth, In vain look round for aid, The risk he ran was life or death, The terms himself had made. Then long may that high tower stand, And e'er recall to view That hardy Freshman, sponge in hand, Enlarging '92. 28
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