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f00 t Ll SING of war and the class, who first from the shores of ignorance ' Chosen by Fate, into Monmouth came, to the campus borders. Much were they vexed by the ' ' nerve ' ' of the Sophs night and day. Through the seconding aid of the jealous and meddlesome Seniors. Much, too, they suffered from breach of etiquette, ' till they learn the ways, And into practice put their manners ; whence the class of the Juniors. Monmouth ' s illustrious sons and the pride of the nation. Tell me, O ! Muse of the Causes : what envy they had aroused ; Under what pretext the upper classmen so many misfortunes A ' class of such sterling worth compelled to encounter and withstand. Dwells there such merciless wrath in the crania of beings human ? Off the campus walk, not far from the doors of the College, Stood there of old two stones, the gifts of former classes — The stones, plain in appearance, were objects for painting artistic. The college, is said, these stones above all the world to have cherished, The evil effects of suspension less highly esteeming. That these might sometime of class rivalry be the objects, No one doubted, and such the wily Sophs, had intended. But they had heard of a people who would come from the ranks of the Freshmen, Who should soon o ' erpaint the walks, and these self-same campus stones. Hence did Nineteen Hundred in glory proudly distinguished Adorn in green and white, the objects afore mentioned. Such in part, in Freshman year, were their trials and their triumphs. In the fall of nine-seven, Sophomoreward these same Freshmen Triumphantly bore their colors, with expressions great intellect showing. In contests athletic, in campus and field were they indeed famous. There is a place which mortals have the name of Senior Class given, It is an old institution, the goal of students ambitious ; Thither our course is directed ; but we are now of M. C. the leader In social affairs and in class-room all others excelling. We now in a book humbly ask your attention while we tell Of our progress inimitable, and the affairs of the students.
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0 . President : Wikt Wiley. COLOKS : Crimson and Black. Motto : Viarn inveniam aut f aciain. y j H, for words to tell of our deeds of valor ! We are the class of M-4 jfc ' 01 — the invincible, unequaled ' 01. We stand forth as monu- I I 1 ments of greatness, and the other classes are as toothpicks CjI beside us. You say we are boasting? Why, you make a grievous mistake. Is it boasting- to speak of deeds, good deeds well done? Oh, ye gods! Tell me, ye who were witnesses of our noble fight on Feb. 24, did we run? No, far from it. The other fellows ran. In that fight we battled for right ag-ainst might, and right prevailed. Yes, we emerged from the smoke of that terrible conflict wounded and scarred, but victorious. We possess to a marked degree the same spirit that char- acterized our Greek ancestors at old ThermopylEe. Ever since our victory we have been spoken to with deference by the faculty, and as a mark of respect, they consented, upon earnest solicitation, to give to some of our loyal classmates a vacation and letters of good conduct. In athletics, who can claim superiority to ' 01? Did we not win more points in the inter-class field day than all the other classes put tog ' ether? Did I hear a Freshman mention foot-ball? Perhaps not. Maybe he was only wishing that he had not been so ready to challenge us to a combat on the gridiron. But 1901 has something more serious to think of than the joys of ath- letic victories. We must keep a parental eye on the young and unsophis- ticated Freshman, for whose welfare, despite on their part the many vigorous protestations and asservations of a complete adolescence, we yet retain a parental solicitude that the Freshies may learn to walk and talk correctly. All too soon will come the time when we must bid these dear old col- lege halls a sad farewell. Then, standing on the threshold of a new life, with all its stern realities, and looking down through the vista of years, we see a brilliant future stretching out for us, the eminent divine, the illustrious lawyer, the far-seeing statesman filling the halls of Congress with his burning eloquence — all will have their representatives in the pres- ent class of Sophs. Soon the world ' s history will be ours, and, in succeed- ing ages, the corridors of time shall echo and re-echo to the praise of the. class of 1901.
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