Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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Iunior Class History. o?o upper class in College Internal dlssensions and external conflicts seem to determine whether a nation shall have a history or not So with the under classes 1n College, their conflicts seem to make their histories. As nations grow in age and strength, they seem to outgrow strife, and with college classes the same holds true. We fought our class fights-you know how they resulted-but life has grown too serious for such petty things. The business of this year has seemed to be just the quiet performance of the duties that each day has brought. We are a representative junior Class. On all the College athletic teams we have members. A large per- centage of the musical clubs are Juniors. In the literary societies we are very prominent. The College publica- tions have many 1905 men on their staffs who are doing all they can to further the interests of old Gettysburg. One of our greatest boasts is,that we are free from co-eds. They are the bane of many a College student, and we are proud not to furnish any to our College community. If it is true that happy is that class that has no history, still more is it true that happy is that class which has no co-eds. i Were it not for extreme modesty we might here recount numberless virtues : barrels of midnight oil burnedg translations given verbatim QD 5 unknowns quickly solved, while Lititz Bretzels disappeared, the phenomena of the soul acquired as no other class has ever doneg more money won with the little chips than would build the coveted Y. M. C. A. building, more grace displayed in Xavier Hall than even the Mycenian Virgins ever dreamed ofg but we desist, and allow the reader to form his own opinion of us from this book, our 'Spectrum. HISTORIAN. F it may be said of a nation that happy is that one which has no history, perhaps the same is true of an 29

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rlH10l0ITll'VNfQ05 fi -Q. K lil I ij! N5 N Iunior Class. m 6241 Motto :--Labor Vincit Omnia. Colors :-Steel Gray and Navy Blue Officers. Ross K. Gilbert . . .............. . . ........ President. Bruce U. P. Cobaugh . . ...,. ..... V ice-President. john S. Gilbert . . ....... Secretary. George R. Pretz . . . . .- ........... Treasurer. Philip R. Bikle . . . .. .............. Historian. Paul A. Bartholomew . . .... Athletic Representative. Yell. Cat-a-Iak. cat-a-lak, cat-a-lat-ta-lee - ! Schu-ma-lak, schu-ma-lak, schu-ma-la-ta-lee, I-so-cro, i-so-cree, i-so-cro-so-crive, Gettysburg, Gettysburg, 1905. 28

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Iunior Statistics. Paris Biemensderfer Andes. East Petersburg, Pa. Franklin and Marshall, en- tered Sophomore, Phrena , As- sistant Librarian, Debating Club, Pres. Honorable Men- tion BaumMathematical Prize , lyd 4 Lutheran, Democrat , Teach- A ing, Classical. 113 Harvey Bickle. Ottsville, Pa. Stevens' Hall, Phrena, De- bating Club, Associate Editor Specturm , Football Team, centre QI, 2, 35 , Class Football Team, Guard Cr, 2, 35, Class Baseball Team, 'field QI, 25, Lutheran, Democrat, Minis- try, Classical, Biological. J? 30 Paul A. Bartholomew. Prospect, Pa. Thiel College , entered Soph- more ,Z X ,Artist Spectrum Glee Club, second bass C35, Mask and Wig, Football Team sub. r. e. C25 r. e. C35, Class Football Team, Capt. Q2, 35, q. b. Q25 r. e. C35. Class Base- ball Team, short .s stop Q25, Class Basketball Team, guard Q25, Class Athletic Represen- tative C35, Lutheran, Demo- crat, Architecture, Scientinc. Philip Raymond Bikle. Gettysburg, Pa. Stevens' Hall, 2 X , Phrena, Vice-Pres., Debating Club, Pres., Gettysburgian, Ass't Business Manager Q2, 35, Busi- ness Manager, Q35, Mandolin Club, C35 , Muhlenberg Fresh- man Prize, Class Sec. C15, Historian, C35 , Mask and Wig, Business Manager, C35, Vice- Pres. Inter-Collegiate Oratori- cal Union Q35 ,Lutheran, Dem- ocrat, Undecided, Classical.