Northwestern University - Syllabus Yearbook (Evanston, IL)

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3 |ELLO there ! Have you decided what class } T ou ' re going to join ? I am still on the fence, but am leaning a little toward Soph side, and may drop that wa} ' at any time. pshaw ! Now, come here and listen to me. After you have heard some of the heroic deeds of our class I think you will immediately decide in our favor. Well, if 3-011 can prove that you are superior to former Freshmen, I ' ll agree to cast my lot with you. In the first place we are unusually verdant and fresh ; we are spun, woven and made up of greens. Our professors tell us that not- withstanding our extreme rawness we compare very favorably with Freshman classes gone before ; that we have shown an equally large stock of desire for knowledge ; that we have as seldom ' cut church, ' and less seldom recitations. ' Tis true there is no spontaneous gush to our fluency in the class room, still we always wear that I-know-but I-can ' t- think expression on our faces which satisfies the most exacting professor. Wouldn ' t } 7 ou like to hear about a victory of ours over the Sophs last term ? I think if nothing else will bring you around that will. The Sophs had a supper. One heroic Freshman said that night he was 10 ' » t » » i ' V m v w w w v w

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willing to give, if necessary, his 3 ' oung life as a bloody sacrifice to the honor of his class. In the words of the illustrious commander, ' he met the enenry and — he was theirs. ' He hid in the attic of the house where the spread was to be, waited until the Sophs went in to partake of the sumptuous repast, then stole quietly into the cloak room and threw overcoats, cloaks and wraps out of the window. It would have been well for him had he followed the wraps, but therein he showed his verdancy. He then went back thinking to find a spot to feast his hungry eyes on the luxurious viands placed before the Sophs. He drew near the dining- room just as a brilliant Soph was responding to the toast ' our girls ' — ' bless-um-dear-creatures-all-of-um-oh-how-I-luv-um. ' It is needless to say our Freshie smiled audibly. I will tell you the rest in the hero ' s own words : ' Before I had fairty recovered from that smile, I was sur- rounded by the blood-thirsty Sophs. One great big fellow caught me by the coat collar, another grabbed me by the neck, another dusted the tables, chairs and floor with the back of my clothes. Then they all pitched in and stuffed their whole supper down m} throat. The bill of fare consisted of hash, prunes, beans, hard tack, molasses and water, and I tell you it was hard to swallow. I was just getting mad when they let me go, and it was a good thing they did, too. ' There, what do you think of us now ? That ' s enough to turn a man with a heart of stone in your favor. ' ' Join ' 89 ? Well, I guess I will. It makes me smile. 11