Parsons College - Peira Yearbook (Fairfield, IA)

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FRESHMAN HISTORY.-CConlinued.J II. September 26, !907. A winding, classic Crow! Thou art made famous! Thou wert near the scene of conflict! It was after chapel. The black and gold floated everywhere. Upon the green the champions met and anon clasped Mother Earth in fond embrace. Ye Gods of Greece and Rome, that ye had been there to see yourselves outdone! O Homer! that thou couldst have written up the scrap for The Portfolio! Alas! the mending basket has overflowed itself and the sticking plaster is quite used up! III. O Muse, I will sing the praises of the Freshman. He is lord of the earth. His hands are full of fudge, a pen sticketh behind his ear. He hears that toot of the automolbile and heeds not. He loatheth 'the Sophomores. He playeth basket-ball. He writeth poetry for Aldine and maketh oyster soup for Empyrean. He lilleth Orio with his wisdom and maketh posters for Elzevir. There is none like him. V. February 29, I908. The photographer has covered himself with glory. He has taken a picture of the Freshmen. They were many. They made speeches one to another. The photographer said unto them: Be silent, O noisy ones. The camera snapped and snapped again. Every mouth broke forth into shouts of joy. O picture of the Freshmen, you shall adorn The Peira! 37

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r , CLASS ROLL.- fContinued.J Eugene A. Howard .... ............. .......... Florence H. Jones ...... William R. Krapfel. . L . , Flora Elizabeth Lamson.. Esther D. Lamson ........ Peter Percy Laude ......... Benjamin Rex Loofbourrow ..... Iva Nell Manning .......... Marcelo Mariano Montalvan Oliver S. Morrison ........ Ivy McClure ...... Margaret McKemey . . . John Harrison McLane. Thomas Lloyd 'McLane.. Paul Frazier McLean Grace C. Palmer ..... E.llery Murray Raney .... Grace Sandiland ..... Blanche Etta Sawtell .... Ora Scheffel ........ Esther Snoolc ....... Edna E. Steele ...... Edwin Stephenson ...... Bessie Wayne Toulouse.. Grace Toulouse ...... Walter Ellis Welch .... Gertrude Belle Whitmore. . Freshmen History. To the Public: -, . . . . Fairfield . . . .Van Meter . . . . Centerville . . . . F airfielo . . . . Fairfield . . Greenfield Fairfield Seymour Callao, Peru, S. A. Fairfield . . . . .Dallas Center .. ..... Fairfield . . . . . Fairfield . . . Fairfield . . . Fairfield . . . Bedford . . . Fairfield . . . Emerson . . . Fairfield . . . Fairfield . . . Fairfield . . . Winfield . . . Lilbertyville . . . . '. Marne . . . . . Marne . . . Bedford . . Batavia September l 8, 490 7. I herewith make public my report upon the- tablets recently discovered in this Middle West, in that country anciently known, so we 'learn from its monuments, as Iowa. T he tablets are of great archaelogical value. I shall now give you their contents, as I have deciphered them. The first dates back to the year 1907, thirty centuries ago. I. September l8, l907. O Sun in the Heavens! hath ever thine Eye, that seeth all, beheld so wondrous a scene l The great class, the Freshman Class of Parsons College, today matriculated, thou, O Sun, saw. Did not the editor of 'I' he Portfolio admire and wonder? Did not the Soph- omores grow' pale and tremble? Did not the officers of the literary societies rush to and fro? Did not the HY. W.'s 'serve chocolate and wafers in 'the Rest Room? Did not the President, from the sacred Forum, declare You are welcome? O sun, the world is new again! , : fr 36

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