Hiram College - Spider Web Yearbook (Hiram, OH)

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'Crue Biatory of '99. lllazflo.--Fight, Fight, Fight. Colors:-Black and Blue. A Flower.--Stinging Nettle. S WE near the close of this our last year in college, our thoughts in- voluntarily wander back to the days when we first began to perform ' the duties connected with student life in Hiram. No class has ever been more meddlesome nor provoked more righteous indignation than we of '99 before entering upon the regular college work. We had no concep- tion of propriety and respect and Freshmen and uniors Weie alike the v1c ums of our childish pranks Our fertile P brains were constantly employed in concocting some brilliant and original scheme Which should arouse the tstonishment and admiration of the college classes Upon one occasion me attended Sunday evening services in a body and sat in the front rows This exceedingly unique performance did not call forth the bursts of ap plause we had expected and we were further chagrined to learn afterward that the preacher had expressed his approval of the good old fashioned cus tom of putting the children in the front seats During our Freshman and Sophomore years we xx ere ahve to everv opportunity for meanness enthusiastic in improving them and loyal to the warlike spirit of 99 The evening before the Sophomore class entertainment me broke into the church and tore down the decorations We performed several other equally brilliant feats that year and were proud to bear the name We had g1ven ourselves of The Invincible 99ers The next year lt 19 J I ' 2 r ' . . . . C. L. . A I A . . . . . . . 7 - 2 r' ' - I - 6 . I V . 7 1 J J . . . , . . Y . . 5. , ' ' N ' ' J 72 ' a -1-..:.'.-,z . 11:-gegwfflf..-,--,'..rr-:'.,.. ...A T ,-:f'f f .:r' ---'e1-v- ' -'--v- ' .-..- .....-.,,,::..v,, Y ... .- F 1---rf , - ...... .. ,.. .- .--- ......v::.wm:z.:1-----f--f-'-f:.-r:::-f-:::- ---:z:4.g.f-1' ..-,i'4.E'+T?E1 EZ51:' :JQQT-':mE :'TZ-Eif

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Che Claes of '99-C--md. E do not think it proper in this place to venture an ex- planation of the librar- ian's allegiance to the class of '99, but be it as it may, the sympathies u of the college secretary A N are all with the Seniors. X' V i For four years she has XX V , t N , petted them, sympa- , ' r thized With them in their failures, rejoiced over their victories, and al- lowed them full liberty of the college books. If not on the class roll, the librarian is, de iure, one of the most active members of class '99Q After commencement, if consolation is needed, the Juniors stand ready 'with open hearts and Willing hands to grant the sameg or if, perchance, 'before many moons pass by the oiiice of college librarian is left vacant, the same class will exclaim in joyful tones, God speedf' 18 Lf,-,-.-,., 4 gg-1-fiilggfag 5:5'55,,3g.g3g54 5,55 55,5-555fjg,5,5,g'g,:,.i:,g5:j:g3g:-45353,g-r:g:,zsz::55:555EffZ.5g225755:5.,g5g:gz::::::::f::::'::::EE:IEE?E:5f'fE'F22222313332T51-f5'7Zii111f-:S:ifEfE?E??+:Eii'fTf??71

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came our turn to give a Sophomore entertainment. Great preparations were made, but to our surprise and dismay, we learned at the last minute that we had been outwitted by the Freshmen. VVe were not angry, we were mad- furious-RAGING. Qur defeat was all the more bitter because it had been accomplished by brains instead of brawn. Many plans for a terrible revenge were formed, but never materialized, for public sympathy was entirely with the Freshmen. However, one dark night, when all others were asleep, four of our number stole forth, painted the class tree of 1900, and made a grave around it. We were so elated over the cuteness of our deed that we could scarcely wait for morning, but again we were doomed to disappointment, for the Freshmen took the whole affair as a joke and had a lot of fun. Qnce more that year we rattled our brains for an original and startling idea. Eureka! we had it! The night of the Junior entertainment, while a play was being enacted upon the stage, the lights went off according to our pre- arranged plan and we showered, red pepper and marbles upon the heads of men, women and children g but the play went on and our only reward was the disgust and contempt of everybody. We assumed a braggadocio air and pretended it was smart, but just the same even we had sense enough to see that we had gone too far and we felt most mightily ashamed. When we entered upon our junior year we became aware of the fact that our college life, after all, included much more than class fights and a skimming of text books, for the tasks of our outside work came then heavier and more numerous than the warnings of preceding classes and our own observations of their toilings had led us to expect. Chapel orations had to be given early in t-he fall term 5 then followed the publishing of the Spider Web, making ou-t the program and furnishing speakers for Decoration Day was next in order, and finally we performed our last honors to the class of '98 Not one of these various duties was accomplished without a great deal of strife, wire-pulling, slander and wrath among ourselves. Wehad been told it was not becoming in juniors to attack other classes, but Fight was our watchword and we should not be blamed for putting it into practice upon each other. ' , 20