Otterbein University - Sibyl Yearbook (Westerville, OH)

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Q4 jf SENIOR CLASS NOLA KNOX NORA SHAUCK BESSIE Dr-:'rw11.mz u E. F. BOHN A. W. WIIPITSTONE I. N, Bowl-:R J. B. HUGHES G. W. WAl,TEliS I-I. E. SHIREY W. E. LLOYD J. O. ERVIN P. l'l, KILIIOURNI-I E. A. SANDERS 1'I. E. HALL 26

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TALLMADGE A. RICKEY JOSEPH O. ERVIN Instructor in physim-al vulture. Instructor in physical culture. 25

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CLASS NAUGHTY-TWO . X ffii fi? ...fx ' Z5 - --'-- gg .AV 1 3 L Mckff HE fall of eighteen ninety-eight witnessed the organization of as enthusiastic a set of Freshmen as ever H fanned the flame of college spirit in Otterbein. This was one of the largest freshmen classes ever ,vc H started in the college, and the quality of its membership was fully up to the quantity. The class of naughty- ' ' two has from its beginning manifested an aggressive spirit. lt has repeatedly Ilaunted its banner of green i and gold in the face of would-be desecrators, and openly and fearlessly held its pushes, indifferent to the vain but desperate efforts of other classmen to give trouble. lt has never hesitated at titting times to sound its paean of victory and defiance in thrilling and sonorous tones, that the plebian crowd tried unsuccessfully to drown. Starting with a goodly number, it has undergone considerable change in membership, a large number from its ranks graduating in the class of naughty-one. Others have come forward to take the places of those gone before, and the same thorough-going, aggressive spirit has prevailed throughout. As is the case with most classes, the calm surface of its hearty good-fellowship has at times been ruflied by the breeze of discordant opinion, but it was only the surface, the depths below remaining clear and undisturbed. The class of naughty-two happily combines in its character both the idealistic and practical elements, a vvell-bal- anced and due proportion of each, and has never allowed impulse or sentiment to run away with its practical common sense. Each college class, ere it passes out from the classic halls of old Otterbein, strives to leave some impress on the college life, tries to excel in athletics or do something original and striking, and thereby engrave its name on the pages of college history. One class paints the college building in startling hieroglyphics, with more zeal than skill, another class immortalizes its name and memory by planting a huge boulder on the college campus, fondly imagining that it is there to stay, another discovers and turns loose in chapel, during the sacred hour of prayer, a peculiar breed of pigeons whose plumage, by a remarkable coincidence of natural selection, is marked with the class colors. Now, class naughty-two was fully capable of doing any or all of these things. They, too, have prowled about at midnight, scared the Preps, and climbing the college towers planted their banner of green and gold on the dizzy heights. They, too, have disturbed chapel in various and unique ways, and have taken their part in all such triv- ialities, as a matter of course in college life g but they base their fame on something more enduring than any of 27