Hamilton College - Hamiltonian Yearbook (Clinton, NY)

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22 '1'HEHAlVIIL'l'ONIAN senior Glass itaistnrp 4' lfrom the winds of the north and south, they gathered as unto strife. O, FOUR short years ago, there gathered upon this glorious hill-top the Class of IQO5. Most class historians would say, the illustrious mr, classng we wait the test of time and feel con- .lident that the years will give abundant proof of intellectual and moral merit. We met as individuals: we part a unit. We came not knowing each other, nor what awaited us, in the iierce contests against the Soph- omores there began that crossing of the heart-strings, that welding of souls, which is the peculiar attribute of classes in the small college. That process has gone steadily on, till in this final term, we stand together, staid Seniors in the cap and gown, and on Commence- ment Day Uthegither we'll totter down and out into the cold world. We assembled -just over fifty strong, we graduate with but a small percentage of loss. A few the inevitable scourge of the Faculty drove from these classic halls, a few outside forces carried off, no one, we gladly say, has been lost by death. We were the lirst to expe- rience the slaughter of the genial, urbane, but terrible Windy , He chastened. us, but we had to like him. Sophomore year we gave a three-day reception to the incoming class, not because we disliked them, but for their sake. They came here sixty strong, fine men of brawn and muscle. Who will forget that Saturday of which we spent all the daylight and several hours of darkness in demonstrating the Biblical proposition that not to the Strong is the battle ? The truths taught in v I uv gtzf f-assi