Knox College - Gale Yearbook (Galesburg, IL)

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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.

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ing Capacity in which were stored two changes of clean rai- ment and half a dozen spice cakes-to say nothing of a can of milk and two pounds of home made cheese. Who would have thought that underneath that corduroy jacket, patched at the elbows with bag material, there lurked the seeds of genius soon to blossom. Destitute of hirsute appendages we have marched bravely on. From such raw material has developed the Freshman class as you find it today. This year, too, is flying swiftly by on those wings which poets and other long-haired creatures sup- pose to be eternally flopping through the realms of time. Were I to write our history, page after page might be cov- ered with accounts of events which have happened during the past year. Time and space forbid this. Things of lesser im- portance must be omitted ln order that the greater ones can be mentioned. We are modest. We make no pretentions. When our Sophomoric friends stir up their usual cyclones of egotistic how well their name befits them. A Sophomore always feels it his inherent right to patronize the Juniors, bully the Preps. make fun of the Freshmen, and play jokes on the Seniors. Ladies of the fairest have we. From the lips of one in- structor who is the object of much envy we have this : The present Freshman class has by far the prettiest girls that Knox has ever had. We quote this in modesty. In our class meetings peace and harmony reign supremeg discord and Roberts Rules of Order are ejected from the room. Such is our brief but brilliant story. A glance into the future reveals things far more flattering than the past. When in future years we look back at our school days a happy train of thoughts will enter our minds. Out of the chaos of old school life will come thoughts of many happy days and some hours of honest endeavor. Memories of parties. Rec- olections of H2S, of microscopic interlinear translations of Cicero and Vergil, and, last but not least, a vision of one Sir Page, Knight of the broom and dust pan. huzzas at their own prowess, we stand quietly by considering - Yours Biographically, FRESHMAN. If ,S V ' 1 ik X X f xx X .i 1. , 'f f 1 fi ll Y .. if .l f . I l- ,..-- -Q ---I-2-glqsf G. I.. R-6. ll- C. Arg-t'e.l Sh e. Sweet lady, dotes upon this spotted and lnconstant maui.