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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
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YAMACRAW i In the fall of ' 22 we lost several of our most valuable members; these boys were rewarded for their diligent work, and were allowed to migrate to the class of ' 23. Those taking the forward step were Lawrence, Burton, Frazer, Jacobs, High- tower, Watkins, Copeland, Hollingsworth, Johnson, Kersey, Stafford and Cobb. This year we furnished the football team with Capt. David, Morris, Barten- feld, Whitehead, Hafele, Stephens, Campbell and Brown. On the track were Ivey and Tucker. Campbell was a member of the tennis team; Red Frazer was captain of the Cross Country team; and Morris was captain of the baseball team and was ably supported by Bryant and David. Gladys Crisler and Virginia Pairo were members of the Oglethorpe Players Club. In this our last year we received into our class Otis Jackson, Harry Teasley, Walter Gordy, Finch Scruggs, Wisdom O ' Neal, Lawrence and Robert Pfefferkorn, Misses Christine Gore, Mattie White Kellam, and Elizabeth Broughton. On the football team were Capt. Brown, Campbel l, David, Morris, Barten- feld. Whitehead, Stephens, Ivey and Gordy. Misses Kellam, Gore and Broughton are mainstays on the girls basketball team. Jackson is President of the Players Club, and will be supported by Misses Broughton, Pairo Sisters, Kellam, and Crisler. Capt. Bryant and Morris will see that we are well represented in baseball. In scholastic standing we are especially proud of Miss Crisler, Al Smith, Lawrence Pfefferkorn and Wisdom 0 Neal, for they have attained the highest honors that the University can bestow upon her sons and daughters. They are wearers of the Coat-of-Arms. Miss Crisler, Jackson, McMekin, David, L., Pfeffer- korn and Brown are members of Honorary Fraternities. The end of college days must inevitably come, and the class of ' 24 faces the future with no misgivings. Grateful to our Alma Mater for its invaluable educa- tional training, bound to each professor by the ties of endearing friendship, we shall soon go forth to earn a reputation for ourselves. The passing years will no doubt bring many changes. The raven locks will soon be silvered by the frost of time; the sparkling eyes will be dimmed; the noble brows will be furrowed; and the strong limbs will be enfeebled, but throughout all changes, the memories of our college days will remain fragrant and refreshing. The members of the class of ' 24 will go into different fields of labor, will be separated by many miles of space, and, no doubt, many will never again meet. Yet in the after years, as memory turns their thoughts backward to the days of long ago, they will all respond in the words of the immortal bard: Let fate do her ivorst, there are relics of joy; Bright dreams of the past ivhich she cannot destroy; Which come in the night-time of sorrow and cares And bring back the features that joy used to tvear; Long, long be my heart ivith such memories filled. Like the vase in ivhich roses have once been distilled. You may break, you may shatter the vase if you tvill. But the scent of the roses ivill hang to it still — R. 0. BROWN, Senior Class Historian.
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