Monmouth College - Ravelings Yearbook (Monmouth, IL)

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1901. HE years roll on. When Father Time shall have passed one- more mile-stone we shall be drawing near to one of the cher- M M ished aims of our life. Our associations together have been pleasant ones ; our- history resplendent with honors ; our banner has always floated high ; our victories, in younger days, upon the athletic field unsurpassed j, our work in the class-room unexcelled. We do not stop for obstacles in the way, for we always find a way or make one. We have always been in the front row (except in chapel). Happy is that nation that hath little history is an old adage, which is just as applicajjle to a c3llej-3 class as to a nation. We can- not boast of any long drawn out contentions, nor of struggles among ourselves, or with other classes. Our struggles have been in our study of Demonsthenes or kindred subjects, where we had to wrestle with it. because it ' s strong. Our knowledge of the modern lang-uages is more complete, than is that of our contemporary classes, for we have had French for three years; we, too, always have our Speer with us for defense; we have our Porter eager to serve us at any time, so we- are Free to enjoy ourselves even if we only have a Nlchol. Noth- ing can Barr us from our attainments, or from an evening ' s enjoy- ment, although others may plot and conspire to tamper with the rigs so that they could not be used. We need not speak of victories won on the gridiron, they were evi- dent to all, yet we did not become pufi ' ed up over them, but were able to move along in the world at the proper pace. We were sorry for the- Preps, but they are young and have yet to learn the lesson of courtesy to their superiors. The welfare and deportment of the other classes have been greatly elevated by our intiuence. It was our duty to see that the Seniors did not indulge to heavily in ice-cream at the social during the Fall term. We had to chastise the Sophs for disobeying the rules and regulations bv taking charge of their class caps, and keeping them until the Wondrously Wise Ones would acknowledge their misdeeds. There is much honor due the boys of ' 01 in showing- the Freshmen their proper place in college life, and teaching them that they were yet g-reen and didn ' t know any better. In doing this we have won the respect of the Faculty and student body, and these clases have been showing their appreciation of our efforts in their behalf ever since they have been revealed to them. Although fate- has decreed to us the name of Naughty Ones, it is evidently inconsist- ent with our character. Some of our ex-members have already distinguished themselves 25