Millsaps College - Bobashela Yearbook (Jackson, MS)

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JAMES DANSY WROTEN, B.A., DUCK HILL, MISS. Kappa Sigma; Sigma Upsilon; G. L. S. ; Y. M. C. A. Freshman medal, 1910; sophomore medal, 1911; commencement debater, 1911; president Preacher ' s League, 1910-1 1 ; president G. L. S., 1911-12; alternate to M. I. O. A.. 1912; Honor Council, 1912-13; anniversary orator G. L. S., 1911-12, M. C. A. representative, 1913; anniver- sarian G. L. S., I 91 2-1 3 ; Mason, W. O. W. ; age 27. If it be a sin to covet honor, I am the most offending soul alive.

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« «s; BOBASHILA ItlS- - LUCY HORTENSE SMITH, B.A., JACKSON, MISS. Vice-president sophomore class, 1910-11; Gieger chemistry medal, 1911; poet junior class, 1911-12; social editor Purple and White, 1911-12; D. A. R. historical medal, 1912; prophet senior class, 1912-13; art editor Bobashela, 1912-13; age 18. She looks as clear As morning roses newly washed with dew. JAMES THOMPSON WEEMS, B.A., SUN, MISS. L. L. S., Y. M. C. A. Oakley scholarship prize, 1909-10; Hendrix College debater, 1912-13; president Honor Council, 1912-13; chairman board of business managers Bo- bashela, 1912-13; local editor Purple and White, 1911-12; age 24. He is a scholar, a ripe and good one. 21

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Senior Class History The session of 1909-10 was a memorable one for MiUsaps College, for it was m tfiat year that the present stately and learned seniors entered the college as unsophisticated but ambitious freshmen. Other years had seen other freshman classes enter, but never had a class quite so well merited the name Freshman as that one did in the fall of 1909. It was so fresh that it was verdant; it was quite mannish, too, for out of a membership of 44 there was but one solitary co-ed. Nothing daunted, however, by our verdancy nor by the dim and distant prospect of our dip down those four years of effort and toil ahead of us (which seems in reality to be centuries), we set out resolutely to cut our way through the mists of dark- ness which our profs told us enveloped us. Some soon fell victims to the snares of Euclid and Empedocles; others, thoroughly affrighted by the sombre and distressing melancholy of Virgil, gave up the battle early ; while still others, though lasting a some- what longer time, finally perished in the din of battle. When the fight was over we found that we had suffered heavy loss in killed and wounded, some being in fact so badly mangled that, though on horseback, they were with difficulty saved from the final carnage. It was not, however, till the next session opened that the extent of the slaughter of our forces was fully realized. Out of the 43 only 26 young men had survived. The one co-ed had, however, fought so valiantly that four others had enlisted as her comrades in the fight. This year we laughed at the terrors of the preceding year, and even snapped our fingers in the face of the monster T. A. We began to look around for something really worthy of our steel and for other worlds to conquer. We found them. In oratory two of our members began to give unmistakable evidence that the days of Demosthenes and of Webster were soon to return to earth again. In athletics we beat the Invincibles and made them bite the dust in shameful rout. So that the end of the year found us altogether satisfied with ourselves and complacently happy in the thought that we had made the term Sophomore, ordinarily one of reproach, one of honor and renown. As juniors we exceeded in our achievements even the high hopes which our past brilliant record justified our friends (and ourselves) in cherishing for us. In the class room our work was uniformly excellent and satisfactory (to ourselves) ; in athletics Kirk was declared the best all-round man and Boswell brought the year to a close in a blaze of glory by winning the Chautauqua medal in the summer of 1912. And now the end of the battle is drawing nigh! The mists are nearly all dispelled! The victory is nearly won! We are dignified and superior seniors. Life is staring at us and we are blinking at life; aye, we are even now taking part in the serious affairs of the nation! We elected Wilson last fall and celebrated our triumph in dutiful and proper style. We shall soon bid farewell to dear old Millsaps and go out into the world to win fame and fortune. To those we leave behind us we give this word at parting. To the faculty: May the succeeding classes which come and go bear away with them the same love and affection for you which we cherish in our hearts. To the student body: Walk diligently in our footsteps and you shall yourself some day arrive at a like glorious achievement. HISTORIAN. 26