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THE CLASS OF 1911 Now that we are through our high school course. do we ever look back on our other years at the school? Do we ever think of how we appeared and acted. what we did and how we spent our days during our school life? Do we ever think how we must have looked to the students who stood waiting to receive us on the morn- ing of our memorable Erst day? that an assortment we must have been! Lean and fat. short and tall, with future brilliants mingled with the rest. lVe were certainly proud when we were admitted that first day to Tech and called ourselves Tech stu- dents. lVe received a shock when, on the second day, we found we were not. How we felt when, for two whole weeks, we did not know what or who we were! It was only through the very strenuous efforts of Dr. Myers during those two weeks that we were saved from a terrible fateethat of being divided among the other high schools of the city regardless of the distance, of our likes and dislikes, and we owe him a debt of gratitude that we are able to call ourselves graduates of Tech. When, finally, room had been made for us and we were really Tech students, what green ones we were! Could one believe that such a class could develop into the present Senior Class of which we are all proud to call our- selves members? Surely Dr. Myers made no mistake in working to retain us as Tech students. Had we been sifted out among the other high schools, as was first intended, naturally there would have been no Senior Class this year. there would the undergraduates have been with no model class to laid them and to set for them a good example? We hope that Dr. Myers feels repaid for all his efforts in our behalf. Our class was the class which necessitated the first addition to our school. When we came, and came in such unexpected numbers, it was found that there would not be room for us; but the authorities must have seen udiamonds in l he: A'intlttn
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To accommodate us every budding on which the authorities could lay their hands was pressed into servtce. The consequence was that some of us were using spare rooms at Central, two or three houses on 0 street, and as quickly as posmble every available bmldmg on Seventh street Opposite Tech, no matter what its prevnous. history, was converted into schoolrooms. What a nice time we had, espeCIally rainy or snowy days, tramping backwards and forwards, first to Tech, then to Central, only to come back to the annexes on Seventh street, and then back again to the rooms on 0 street, eating our lunches as we went. Repeat this everyday, and sprinkle in, by way of diversion, every once in a while a trip to Busmess for an assembly, and you will have the daily routine of our Freshman 'Class. However, we did not care. for were we not getting exercise? We did not object, as we were glad. to be at Tech, even if we were only there about an hour a day. Everybody was happy, except the poor teachers, who, besxdes the burden of trying to drum knowledge into our heads, had the pleasure of trotting back and forth with us. The school has grown tremendously Since we first entered. Its growth is easy to account for, for as we grew in mind and body we required an addition to hold us. It took nearly all our first year to prove this to the authorities, but since then they have realized the necessity and we have had additions at the rate of one a year, and now, to celebrate our leaving, there is a new enlargement, as large as all the rest, in the course of construction, and we are proud to be the Senior Class of such an institution. During our stay much has happened and many victories have come to Tech. In fact, ever since we have been in the school, she has always been very successful, and has always made a showing worthy of T ech. To celebrate our entrance, Tech won everything that year-drill, football, baseball, and even had a crew which beat all the others of its class in the country. Though Tech has never since quite equalled this wonderful record, she has always made a creditable showing and enviable record in all the interscholastic activi- ties-one of which any school may be proud. During our stay Tech became the permanent possessor of the Princeton Alumni Football Cup, having won it three years. We all but won the baseball cup, having two victories to our credit. If Tech continues to do as she has done during our four years, she will certainly have an enviable record and she will continue to stand, as she always has, at the head. . As one, when he is finishing a book. turns back and reads over certain interesting and pleasant passages to fix them firmly in his mind, so we can look back on our four years at the school. which is and which always will be so dear to usr-only, we will have to review all, since all the passages in our ltigh school life have been pleasant. When we go out well not ever forget the place and the manner in which we spent four such pleasant years. the rough and decided to retain us. llgc Twenty
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