Lake Forest College - Forester Yearbook (Lake Forest, IL)

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HISTORY OF NINETEEN HUNDRED AND THREE CLASS YELL Hin! Hio! Vinh! XVho! XVah! Nineteen-Three! Rah! Rah! Rah! CLASS COLORS Royal Purple and Vl'hite ELL, we are uniors and were lad of it! Don't you know there's not a year , I , s in the whole college course quite so wholesome and satisfying as the Junior year! And with reason, too. We have passed through the preparatory stages of Freshman and Sophomoreg we have harvested all the useful knowledge and discipline th'ese two years alfordg we no longer need engage in class brawls to maintain our position of dignity and worthg we have attained to an acknowledged standing of influence and renown in the collegeg and fas anticipation is more enticing than realizationj we have our greatest happiness still before us--that of becoming Seniors. In a reminiscent mood we look back over the past and we find in the retrospect much to give us pleasure and satisfaction. In spite of our losses-we have had a fewe and, frankly, in spite of our gains, Nineteen-three has maintained herself with credit. You know, things always came our way. It wasnlt because many of us specially cared about winning them. Our glory just rolled in casual like. If it weren't for the ever- ready accusation of Hbraggingf' we should enumerate ten or twenty victories we won en pasmnf. But we are not writing a little story just to sound our own horn. We are united in our devotion to our class, but more in our love for our College. As juniors and Seniors it is our duty most to lay aside class animosities and to do all we can for the best interests of Alma Mater. Nineteen-three in the past has had representatives on all

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26 THE FORESTER our Victorious teams. We are proud of those fellows. In other departments of college life we are doing, and stand ready to do, our share. At present we are trying hard to publish a FORESTER superior to any previous issue, and we honestly mean to succeed. We are going to manage things when Hopper and his crew have gone away. We are going to see more triumphal bonfires before we get through with college. We will stand by Prexy and only kick at things in general when they deserve it. Then, when all is over, we will make our farewell bow and sing the good old college songs that bring moisture to the eyes and a gentle warmth about the heart. At last, departure and a big, glad feeling that we've been four years in a goodly land. -J.c.