Lafayette College - Melange Yearbook (Easton, PA)

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3l'Cio'boZ1jf of 78 . WF. are called upon to furnish our annual contribution to the lf' MELANGE, we are reminded of the fact that this is the last time our history will appear in the pages of that fame-giving book, and our thoughts are turned backward to the time when '86 first had being, and became afactor in college affairs. , Retrospection brings before us many pleasing images of the years gone by. How well we remember our first arrival, our outward green+ ness, and ourninward conviction that we knew as much as most of them, anyway g' and how that idea was kindly but firmly dispelled from our minds by the combined efforts of the upper classmen and Faculty! - How we did toil and grind over the work of a certain professor, whose highest good is embodied in one of Euclids propositions, and how the timid wished for speedy death when he frowned upon them! Our minds linger with pleasure over the many scenes of Sophomore year. Strange what achange in a fellow's feelings the transition from Freshman to Sophomore makes! The escapeof the butter-Hy from the chrysalis is as nothing compared to it. Freshmen were our legitimate prey, and while welwere the victims of our ludicrous reverse, we acquit- ted ourselves, on the whole, in a manner most satisfactory to our self- complacency. What we did, whether in the way of study or frolic, we did well. While we hadn't studied Political Economy at the time, we knew intuitively that division of labor was a good thing, and so some of 1 7 A V

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Allison White McCor1nick, C., Z 11 , Will Weldon McElroy, C. E., johnson Chambers McGahey, C., William Plunket Maclay, C., Oscar jacob Mutchler, C., V Edward David Neighbour, L. S., A K E, Charles Merkel Niesly, C. E., dl K W, William Pusey Gflicer, S., A Y, Archibald Alexander Parsons, C., Samuel Polk, C., james Madison Porter, C. E., Z QF, Charles Hamilton Pridgeon, C., .A T, Henry Crittenden Reeder, C. E., CD A 6, Edward E. Reynolds, C. E., William Ernest Roney, C., ' David Bennett Simpson, C., A KE, Walter Reid Stenger, C., A TA, Kensey johns Stewart, C., A T, Elisha Pope Swift, C., Q K W, I Robert Hays Taylor, C., fb A 9, joseph Henry Tudor, C. E., A Y, Harvey M. Watts, C., LD K Yf, A Cyrus E. Woods, C., A KE, George B. McClellan Zerr, C., SENICJRS .... . , , , 16 Lock Haven, 140 MCK. Mansfield, Ohio, -- Dayton, 37 S. Kishocoquillas, 39 S. Glendon, - Mr. Mutchler's. Dover, N. J., III M. Mechanicsburg, 231 Cattell Council Bluffs, Iowa, 67 B. Wilkes-Barre, V159 P. Cochranville, 179 E. Hackettstown, N. 53 N. 3d. Baltimore, Md., 89 N. Hughesville, 'P 142 MCK. Pittston, 24 S. South Easton, Berwick St. Mt. Pleasant, ' 116 M. Chambersburg, 134 MCK. Port Penn, Del., 38 S, Allegheny City, 116 M. Mowersville, 75 B, Florence, N. J., 68 B, Philadelphia, 231 Cattell. Boalsburg, 1 I4 nM, Monocacy, 129 MCK, .5o

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ri. R Gm us attended strictly to the frolic part of the program, while others did the studying. . In junior year our score or two of embryo Ciceros acquitted them- selves nobly. Nor must We forget our gallant athletes, who, on the foot- ball field and elsewhere, covered themselves with glory, mud, and bruises. Well, we are older now, and it is to be hoped, wiser. We are still troubled, however, with that ghost that will not down, that beat upon the otherwise fair curriculum, too much mathematics. . ,It is a matter of congratulation that our. class has always been free from those petty jealousies andrivialries which have so often characterized other classes. We have alwaysibeen harmonious and no doubt will con- tinue so to the end. - A ' It is with mingled feelings of pleasure and regret that we look forward to commencement, now so near at hand, and to our final emancipation from all the college duties which have occupied our time for nearly four years. W'e will all,.of course, belglad that our Work is over and that we will be free to enter with hopeful prospects our chosen professions. But the feeling of joy will be tempered with a certain sadness when we remem- ber that we are to part from so many of our friends and classmates, and from the familiar walls and scenes of our college life. ' HISTORIAN.' is