Muhlenberg College - Ciarla Yearbook (Allentown, PA)

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J 459 The Senlor As one who cons at evening o'er an album all alone, And muses on the faces of the friends that he has known, So I turn the leaves f f 0 ancy till, in shadowy design. I find the smiling features of an old pony of mine. -james Whifnomb Riley adapted

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Senior Histor . T was recently made known to our class that one of our men was to have made an offer of a large sum of money for the privilege of living over his Freshman year. On be- ing asked in what particular his career an- noyed him, he answered, I was too fresh. I am afraid that after some unprejudiced reflection we must all admit we were rather fresh, at least so '04 was kind enough to inform us very emphatically. B-ut what good is derived by telling a Freshman that he is fresh, of course we did not believe it, we knew better. But Alas! Those days are past now, and for us, forever. Little did it matter to us, how often our su- periors felt it their duty to let us know of our stupid and foolishness, for with it all, we in our innocent and playful way found a great deal of pleasure. However ours was not all pleasure. eHow blue we felt on our defeat at our first attempt to drag the Sophs from the stairs they had blocked for us, and still more severe was the disappointment of our second at- tempt to completely scatter them on the gridiron. Now these two successive defeats were really more than we could stand, so that now with a determined mind and with the best talent we could call forth, we were pre- pared to meet our enemy in our third charge, on the diamond. Oh my, how they did hurry away after that game, for we were in such glory that I really believe they envied CU us. ' Those were our happy days, but now we have all grown to be men, at least we hope we have, and must therefore act as only becomes a man. An event that shall live in our minds, is the Ban- quet that was given on a part of the proceeds of the Ciarla fund, at the Hotel Lafayette, Get. II, 1904. The toasts responded to here, only too truely brought us face to face with the fact that ere long we would have to say farewell to our dear Alma Mater, and then to begin our life long journey. In this, our Senior year, we have tried to pursue the even tenor of our way. We have kept our dignity, and are looking forward to june with both joy and re- gret. Joy that we will soon be received by the world at large, and regret at leaving the companionship of each other and our Alma Mater. HIISTORIAN.

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Senior Histor . T was recently made known to our class that one of our men was to have made an offer of a large sum of money for the privilege of living over his Freshman year. Gn be- 5 ing asked in what particular his career an- noyed him, he answered, I was too fresh. I am afraid that after some unprejudiced reflection we must all admit we were rather fresh, at least so ,O4 was kind enough to inform us very emphatically. But what good is derived by telling a Freshman that he is fresh, of course we did not believe it, we knew better. But Alas! Those days are past now, and for us, forever. Little did it matter to us, how often our su- periors felt it their duty to let us know of our stupid and foolishness, for with it all, we in our innocent and playful way found a great deal of pleasure. However ours was not all pleasure. How blue we felt on our defeat at our first attempt to drag the Sophs from the stairs they had blocked for us, and still more severe was the disappointment of our second at- tempt to completely scatter them on the gridiron. Now these two successive defeats were really more than we could stand, so that now with a determined mind and with the best talent we could call forth, we were pre- pared to meet our enemy in our third charge, on the diamond. Oh my, how they did hurry away after that game, for we were in such glory that I really believe they envied f?j us. Those were our happy days, but now we have all grown to be men, at least we hope we have, and must therefore act as only becomes a man. An event that shall live in our minds, is the Ban- quet that was given on a part of the proceeds of the Ciarla fund, at the Hotel Lafayette, Oct. II, 1904. The toasts responded to here, only too truely brought us face to face with the fact that ere long we would have to say farewell to our dear Alma Mater, and then to begin our life long journey. In this, our Senior year, we have tried to pursue the even tenor of our way. We have kept our dignity, and are looking forward to June with both joy and re- gret. Joy that we will soon be received by the world at large, and regret at leaving the companionship of each other and our Alma Mater. I-IISTORIAN.