Hiram College - Spider Web Yearbook (Hiram, OH)

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It was with a sigh of relief that we began our Senior year, glad that our hardest, busiest days were over, yet feeling that we would never have been satisfied to have completed our college course without having had these experiences connected with the junior year. We have had several gatherings during the past few months, which have served to strengthen the bonds of discord. Our class meetings are spicy and strong. Not a moment goes to waste, several having the floor at the same time. The forcible eloquence of some has even brought the girls to tears. The interest never lags and we are constantly kept wondering what in the name of Holy St. Patrick is going to happen next. It is true we are the laughing stock of the whole school, but we cannot afford to 'sacrince our factional schemes merely for the sake of reputation. We would express many thanks to Prof. and Mrs. Wakefield for their kind interest in our few worthy undertakings, and we know their lives ought to urge us on to higher and nobler achievements as we enter upon the broader field of action. V We have become weary of this classic hill Here have been the scenes cf our struggles and defeats for several years and we are not sorry to take rave of its familiar haunts and to bid farewell to the enemies we have made XV e are classmates only in name and we ourselves acknowledge that Hiram Lollege will be richly blest when he1 walls no longer resound to the din of our disputes Cnward Senior warriors marching to life s frav Let us shout our watchword all along the way Price the foremost fighter leads against the foe Forward to the conflict see us Seniors g Historian 21 7 1 . . . . . A X , I . - . 1 N . . . . , J , 2 2 J J 1 ' f ' 71 4 , o. . . , ,a I.-L-.5,51:5,51::,24::15,5 1,1 L.I55135354:y515:3g53,:15::13g agfgwgxgawggfQ.gq-ga:ga311-,g.::Q:35::::z:pi94',.,lT:gi5sa4szi.H,-7e:i.L -145:-fi--53-M5513-:i Ififfia-Q.: ' mf

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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

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l 1 4 f , mi ff f L 0 Q2 -Q i l 51 K. ii if 5 055 6 - -2 -o History of 799. Q9 ' S WE near the close of this our last year in college, our thoughts in- voluntarily vvander back to the days when we first began to perform the duties connected with student life in Hiram. No class has ever been more gay nor enjoyed more festal gatherings than we of '99 before entering upon the regular college work. Cf the friends who were dear to us in those days, two have been sum-A moned to a higher service than any this earth could provide. We mourn very deeply our loss, for We felt the impress of their lives and our ideals were raised for having come in touch with them. During our Freshman and Sophomore years, We .Were alive to all that was going on about us, enthusiastic in whatever We undertook, and loyal to the best interests of '99. When We entered upon our junior year We became aware of the fact that college life, after all, includes more than the faithful discharge of society duties and a mastery 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 the fall termg then fol- lowed the publishing of the Spider VVebg making out the program and fur- nishing speakers for Decoration Day was next in order, and finally We per- formed our last honors to the class of '98. ' 22 - , 5:i::::-:iz Q22:55ezfiflf?-fsgrgrgrrifffl'-was 1 - - v . . A. . .. 1.i.,.:1::: i 'f - -H . . A f P. . --Y i.n','.'I4'E1I-F7?5:.:jjg1.:rrHifi.::'E'diggg3.FTEf?Pj-j.i15qg!g2 q.3.j5j.g::5j -3g3:53S,..LjQI':5.i:j:5,jr jj:'gfg3jg-1 -,3f.3:::f.'-:.5'i:1: lQ5QQ.,5ZZL7l1::L1fI2:1.::1:'.'::.Z:l11I?f2i 2f:':::7zg'- 'lziffif -...IEfTi1?::1l12'I?J:.ZI'I2I2I'IT2i:1L..EI! ?'31II.il1... T ,125-j.-::'.r.:f.f,',-,gg .----,.5j.j.j:fgLggjgg.4,ti.f,13,z'gji:yw3E-,ggg:,f5j.:i-,f--33,4 -g-r5,u5:.4,f5g3 2:15,-,:,gg5,j-5.55 gig-j,g,:qn3:5',:,-,-gt,.'ui7 .y:,.Q:3:jQgg,j:g:-g?,5,53:55-gggggg,-Q-5: ---7-gg-::....,...'Q1TIT.. ,'.Iff1I1:1r:2Z:fQ Iffzlzlilllfl 1 :::i...'IffIC7'f