Oglethorpe University - Yamacraw Yearbook (Atlanta, GA)

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YAMACRAW Senior Class History IME in its ceaseless passage leaves along its trails scattered frag- ments that tell of a once living present that has blended itself with the past, that awful depository of the dead. In whatever time, under whatever circumstances, he may live, it is the duty of the historian faithfully to gather these scattered fragments together and weave them candidly into a true story that shall depict to the world the time of which he writes; not alone of its glories, its achievements, or its possible reverses, but also of the latent causes that have wrought out these results. So kind reader let us go back to the fall of 1920, and I am sure that the theory of evolution will receive new support from the history of this class, for who would recognize the seniors of today as the freshmen of 1920. In the beginning there were 112, the largest freshman class in the history of the school. They were mere college lads four years ago; now they are ready to enter the battle of life, well-equipped for its struggle and armed with the most powerful weapon of warfare, intellectual training and culture. As beginners, we began early to endear ourselves i n the hearts of the student body and the followers of the greatest college in the south, as David, Morris, Ivey, Whitehead, Bartenfeld, Adams, McGarrity, and Stephens were introduced to the Collegiate world by their work on the football team. The first resemblance of a track team for Oglethorpe was ushered into existence by Freshman Stephens and Ivey. Our girls were active in the literary world, and Miss Helen Bagley and Miss Virginia Pairo were rewarded for their services by a place in the cast of the Ogle- thorpe Players Club. In baseball we were well represented on the varsity by our classmates, David, Morris, Hafele, Adams, Jones and Thaxton all stars of the first water. In our sophomore year we returned about 75 members. Others had fallen by the wayside, due to the financial crisis that engulfed the South in the summer and fall. To those who have already cast themselves upon the world we extend a cordial hand of brother-hood, and hope for them that brilliant success they are so earnestly seeking. Ralph Sinclair, Bill Cox, Al Smith and Miss Lucy Pairo joined us in the fall and have proved valuable additions to the class of ' 24. We were even more prominent in the athletic world in our sophomore year than in the year before; David, Morris, Whitehead, Bartenfeld, Stephens, Jacobs, Hafele and Ivey were members of the football squad. Stephens and Ivey, assisted by Cobb, were members of the track team. Ivey was Captain of the first track and field team that the University put out. Bryant joined David and Morris on the baseball team, and has proven to be one of the best catchers that we have had. Twenty-Two ' ' krdM smmugl i