Gettysburg College - Spectrum Yearbook (Gettysburg, PA)

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tkgv 1916 Senior Class OFFICERS President - - - - JOHN S. ToIvIE V ice-President GEORGE H. TRUNDLE Treasurer - PERCY L. MEHRING Secretary - - WILL S. TAYLOR Historian WILLIS S. I-IINMAN ' Class History UR college course is almost at an end: and as we, the class of l9l6, are approaching the treasured goal, it is with a feeling of mingled joy and regret-joy for the many blessings of our life here, regret that our efforts have not been better, and still greater regret that we have no more years in which to Q! live again our college days. Yet, it was for this goal that we entered this campus four years ago, and during these years we have looked forward longingly toward this eventful day, the day of graduation, that shall stand forth in our memories as long as we liveg and with the memories of that day shall re- turn the recollections of all that college has meant to us. I9I 6 has made a wonderful record in all 'varsity and class contests. xAs freshmen, we brought to the college a great deal of athletic ability that immediately ranked l9l6 as college champions in sports. Many of our men have been faithful and efficient players all four years in several sports. We were proud to hold the football cap- taincy for two years, besides furnishing star players whose loss will be great for Gettysburg. In our freshman year we succeeded in removing those picturesque caps of green, yellow, and red before Christmas, the earliest that we possibly could, and the sophomores went down nobly, yet decisively to defeat in every event at the hands of our stalwart representatives. As sophomores we infiictecl still more decisive defeats upon our verdant followers. In our junior year, we captured the college debating championship. Yet we have, to a small degree, had our taste of defeat, and have always borne it like men who have struggled nobly in the fray. In the work of the Y. M. C. A., the literary societies, and kindred organizations, our men are by no means missing. Especially in the interclass debates, does l9I6 take pride in raising the standard and interest, by the in- auguration of a new system. The faithfulness of those who have not only maintained the standards set before them in all these organizations, but even advanced to higher planes needs no eulogy-we leave these institutions with the joy of having served them and with a hope that our successors will carry them to still higher standards of efficiency. Perhaps the greatest achievement of l9l6 is the work done in the interest of student-government. As a class, we faced a period of storm and strife between professors and students. The burden of reconciliation and reorganiza- tion fell to us, and many times it seemed as though the gulf was too wide to span. However, 1916 felt her responsi- bility and solved the problem in such a manner that, as champions of student-government, we have won a memorable place in the annals of Pennsylvania College. Yet, the greatest pleasure that these four years have brought to us is the friendships that we have formed here. The close intimacy and companionship of our student days will soon be ended, but the lessons of manliness, of fidel- ity, of noble character and ambition that we have learned here can never be forgotten. ln the years to come, as we turn the pages of our SPECTRUM, our thoughts will revert longingly to our Alma Mater, but no printed page is needed to recall to our minds the banquets, the smoker, the Junior Prom, and the many informal social events of our class and college. Such memories will always linger in our minds and will often bring us back in fancy to our scat- tered classmates to cheer again for Gettysburg 1916. Page Twenty-itvo

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