Olivet College - Oaks Yearbook (Olivet, MI)

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THE JUNIOR CLASS. OFFICERS. Fz'1'sf S011LI3SfC'7'. Second Sc1zzcste1'. President, . ELVESTA THOMAs. . j'12PTH.x NVAD13. Vice-President, . . JEPTHA VVADE. ETHELYN SEXTON. Secretary-Treasurer, . . EDMOND Biarrs. . EDMOND BETTS. Athletic Manager, . HENRY D. HUGHES. CLARENCIQ BLXRTIN. COLORS-BLACK AND GOLD. YELL. Wlalla Walla, Walla Walla, Yip yah yoo! Wfalla Walla, Walla Walla, 23 skidoo! Tomahawk 'em, tomahawk 'em, Send 'em home to pa! '08, '08, Rah, rah. rahl Hozzomry ll'f87IlZ7Cl'S-P7'0f. and ilflrx. C7'lifZ'C7lldE1I, Q CLASS HISTORY. When '08 appeared on the Old college campus, it soon became evident that a new race and spirit were to dominate all the activities of college life from henceforth. And Well has 'O8 fulfilled the predictions of the seers of those early years. As Freshmen, We bore Ourselves with dignity and reserve, not conde- scending to many of the follies of our predecessors, and endured the taunts of upper classmen with haughty scorn. Increased respect was shown us when '08 Won the commencement Oratoricals and took a place in the

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earlier college contest. Though the year was passed without undue ex- citement, we were laying the solid foundation upon which the brilliancy of the future was to be built. The Scipio gave ample evidence that '08 was more than equal to all the trust placed in her. Sophomore year found us alert and ready to cope with ,o9, who from the beginning showed themselves of the usual common green, upstart variety. Not appreciating the originality of ,o8, they woke up one night to :the fact that the Sophomores were enjoying a beautiful autumn evening at the Lake, entirely unmolested. Those who ventured out at length were taught after the manner of froggies how to swim and dive, and proving apt pupils, they were rewarded by goodies at the bonfire and sent back to their waiting brothers and sisters in town. On. the night when ghostly spirits stalk abroad and witches beguile the lonely wanderer, the faces of 707 lost their anxious looks and became merry with the cheer which filled the college grove. The Barbecue inau- gurated by IO7 was destined, through the skilful management of 'oS, to become a permanent college institution. In this year's athletics we won glory, but not all the fruits of victory. To be magnanimous or not to be,-that was the question: VVhether ,twas nobler in the class to lose ' The turkey banquet due victorious Sophomores, Or to take arms against our friendly sister, And by some quarreling gain it ? The first course was agreed upon, and '06 gratefully accepted the tur- key. The Sophomore maids, not to be outdone by brother classmates, vanquished the Freshmen maids in the series of basket-ball games. So the year rolled on and ended, '08 winning again the commencement ora- toricals, with secret designs upon the future. Junior year found us depleted somewhat in numbers but with new classmates added, making one of the largest Junior classes in the history of the college. W'hat can better prove the superiority of 'o8,in her funior year than that she represented the college in the State oratoricals, and does not THE OAICS speak for itself? Into all phases of college life ,OS has given herself, heroes for the ath- letic field, orators for all college contests, members to the Glee and Treble Clef clubs, until our perplexed psychology professor muses dazedly to himself: 'fCan I be wrong in my theory? How can students so short of stature carry all they know ? Perhaps he has overlooked the fact that 'o8 entered college under the propitious influence of two Scipios, and one of these is still the totem of the class to lead it on to still greater achieve- ments in the future.