Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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p; @ H | Senior Class History MT was in the middle of the bright sunny month of September, the % ' year 1917, the second year of the new Oglethorpe ' s existence, .Agr that we arrived. Some came early, some came late, and some IkM-- later, but we all got here We were the second class to enter Oglethorpe after her doors were re- opened, but we were not second-class men by any means. In fact we made such an impression on the Sophomores, the only class here, that they failed to give us the customary chastisement, which is the sad lot of newly arrived college freshmen the world over. At least, that is what we thought at the time, but it turned out that they were just royal good fellows and all gen- tlemen, so thev refrained from indulging in that pastime, and simply wel- comed us into the fold. The way in which they greeted us at the railroad station and then initiated us into the mysteries of matriculation, and showed us over the buildings and campus, proved their gentlemanly qualities in a manner which we shall never forget. Our life that year was uneventful, and we pursued the regular college routine of classes and studies, becoming each day more and more aware of our ignorance and greenness. The following year, as sure enough Sophomores, we began those trying days of the Students Army Training Corps. The less said of those, the bet- ter, for whenever we think of them we remember what General Sherman said about war. True, compared to the boys Over There, we had a cinch, but then the term cinch is wholly a comparative one. And comparing from the other direction we had — well, as before stated, the less said the better. On December 5th, 1918, we disbanded our litde army, which, by tlie way, was some three hundred strong, of which the Sophomores were nearly a third, a considerable increase over our entire student body of fifty odd the previous year. But at this time a large number of them dropped out, leav- ing our ranks somewhat thin. The remainder of this year was uneventful and came to a close on June 4th, 1919. Some few, after a short stay home, returned to Ogletliorpe to take tlie summer course, but the majority of us did not come back until the opening of school in the fall. About this time Oglethorpe was beginning to appear somewhat in the limelight in athletics, having on her football and baseball schedules such teams as Georgia, Tech, Vanderbilt, Sewanee, Auburn, and other large schools of the South. We are proud to say that our class, the Junior class of that year, contributed largely to Oglethorpe ' s athletic success. Such men