Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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to the eloquent periods of McFarland, that has been thrilled by the sentiment and pathos of the great and good Gorsuch, that has perceived a snaky creepiness pervade his members at beholding the realistic, aye, blood-curdling impersonations of Charley Farnum, can deny to us the rhetorical palm of old Knox. In regard to athletics, we have never done much talking, but our records stand so that he who runs may read, if he can run fast enough. We are proud of the fact that our ranks contain the football captain for the season of '96. His ex- ploits on the gridiron are too well known to need recounting in these pages. 1 Our base ball team is one to which even the haughty Juniors bow down and humble themselves in the dust. It has doubtless been a source of great relief to the Faculty, after puzzling their brains over knotty problems of Senior -- cw 1 hi' N Slim ILO' di if 1 L f and Junior conditions, to turn to the cleanCedj record of the Sophomore Class. To be sure, some of our members have shown signs of breaking out in poetry, but the attacks so far have been of a very mild and harmless sort, and it is hoped that with care and attention they will soon recover. Last year the Freshman prize essay was won by '98, with scarcely a struggle, and this year the Sophomore essay has gone the self-same road. VVhat other class in school can boast of such a record ? Of course we have had our trials and tribulations, but they have only drawn us closer together, and we have exclaimed with the Latin poet, Hf1fl.7Il 7116711l.lll3S!'j.IlZ'lIf.ii And now, behold us. Half way through our course, we stand before you. Read our list of triumphs, scan our liter- ary productions, gaze with wonder upon our athletic achieve- ments, and acknowledge us supreme. f 5- ii ill A-I-+ P,-tt.- IX vile. schemlnu politician.

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Jfrcsbman lass. 9ffiC6lZ5. HARRY REX, PRESIDI-:N'1'. MABEL BAXTER, VICE Pma:s1D1sN'r. JAMES MARS, SECRETARV. ETHEL EGAN, TIQEASURER. MOT'FO-lik ion ll2VHlISfhl!I' cfs lo jmzllcflz. COLORS--China Blue and White. YELL--Boomalina, Boomalina, Zip, Boom, Bah! Ninety-Nine, Ninety-Nine, Rah! Rah! Rah! HE MEDIUM through which one looks usually gives coloring to the object seeng hence our hope that this article with its weak and murky tints may not be the medium alone through which the public may form an opinion of the class of Ninety-Nine. You may notice an entire ab- sence of that spice and sparkle so absolutely necessary to make readable this sort of literature. For this we have no excuse. Everything has been tried. Moxie, Pabst's Malt Extract, Armour's Beef Extract and even a bottle of Gales- burg city water with no success. It is not the design of this veracious chronicle to extol to the skies the virtues of the class it has for a subject, nor to force upon an unsuspecting public a series of qualilications worthy of a saint. Although the estimate placed upon our class by our inti- mate friends, as well as by ourselves, may not be allowed by its successors, there are titles and honors belonging to it which cannot be taken away nor conferred upon any other. In time to come court records will show the ability of some, while society will acknowledge the leadership of others. Voices will be heard from the rostrum and from the halls of legislation. Some will have attained eminence 3 others will have married pre-eminence. If we should say that the class of Ninety-nine was com- posed of the brightest constellation of intellectual stars ever seen under the blue canopy, or embraced a combination of wit and wisdom which threatened to surprise the world, although it might look well on the pages of THE GALE, it would prob- ably not be received with the proper spirit. Sure enough Preps we were once-ardent and verdant youths desirous of fame and long trousers. Unsophisticated and raw we entered the Academy. What a picture we pre- sented as we entered the spacious portals of Old Knox, wear- ing a home-sick look, celluloid collar and hand-me-down coat, weighed down with misgivings and a carpet-bag of surpris- Freshmen.- Hills, mountains, valleys.-all portray their graces, And e'en the grass resembles much their faces.