Penn State University - La Vie Yearbook (University Park, PA)

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Hmmn' 11. SWAN K. .IAcon 11. S'rlu'nm; JAMES 130311211, J. PRICE JACKSON, ULYSSES G. KELLER, VAMK. Gilbert, Addams Bvuwr. 110mm- CoH'nx 1311111: James Foster, VViHimn 13. N. 11uu'k, Jmnus Dorsey Hunter, .1 01m Price Jackson, Ulyxscs S. 11. Keller, Elizabeth Breckenridge Meek, VUL-m'y Dixon Miles, Alexander Abram Pnttcrxon, Jacob G. C. RompY Jacob Baker Strulrhy Robert Porter Swank, James McClellan VVulAh'on, John Sheridan 1Ve11er, Qass of 189, ' foicers, JAMES MCC. WALhunN, . Members. 25 3101.110 111'C'ut1llnl 1X'nr11. 1:111.11 Snarss 1' CnlUI-s-C 14mm; and '11HCIL Presidt'nL VicU-1'1'mit1vnt, '11reasurc1'. Secretary. COURM'Z. Latin Sciencu, Latin Suicm'u, General Scit-mw, A41Vlllltfck1 Chemistry, Latin Hr'is-nw, Mm-hnnicul Engimrcrillg. General Science, Nntul'n1 History. Meuhzxnivul Engineering, General Science, General Science, Meuhunicul Engineering, Latin Science, Civil Engineering. Civil Engineering, Prophet. Omtor. Rxasmner. 13011011mte. '1' v mnc. Slum 110118510. Wiconisco. Fillnmre. State College. Boalshurg. Bellefontc. Gimrd. Allegheny. State Co1lege. Zion. Delano. Milton. 11yndnmn.

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sought learningr as the most excellent thing, leaving less dignified and worthy pursuits to those less wise. We claim as a matter of class pride, not that we have successfully evaded a greater proportion of the required work than anymhcr class in the institution, as some c1assus 1'10, hut that we have never shirkcd the requirements of the Faculty. In the exercise of moral intlucncc ,89 has never hccn afraid to rcprovc outlandish freaks m' unmanly conduct in the face of imbecile disposition to continuc objectionable aml unworthy custumsv and in the face of that mis- apprehension of true lifc and spirit. which is always ready to cry cranks. Eighty-ninc, your historian takes this uppurtunity to congratulatc you upon your independent spirit. HIS'I'URIAN.

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History of tgo. tt First in war. First in peace, First in the hearts ofthe girls. T is with a queer delicious feeling that one realizes he is a Junior. After two years of strife and mathematics, to come to that state of ad- vanced civilization, which enables one to look on the verdant Freshman and the foolish Sophomore with a feeling of almost fatherly patronage, is one of the many rewards of the jolly Junior year. The feeling that you have passed that state of pernicious activity which characterizes the under class- men, that the verdancy :Lnd foolishness have worn off, that you have laid the foundation for your college work and that you now study because of in- terest in your work, is indeed worth the two years tt grind with Newcomb and Bowser which one must experience in order to assume the junior dignity. The Class of '90 seems indeed to have been born under a lucky star. We have never been beaten in athletics by any single class, and in base-ball we have defeated the combined college classes. When Freshmen we sport- ed our tiles and canes with as much impunity as though '89'hctd never had an existence. We nailed our Hag to thc tiag-pole 21nd nobly and success- fully defended it for two mortal hours when t89 abandoned the assault and waited until we went to examination in order to get it down. Our Sophomore year seems to be one maze of Mock Rhetoricals, Ie Compounds, Richter, Herrick fumes and Red Whiskers. Through the dim obscurity of this hazy tlcviltry 1 see the class, headed by our President, marching out of examination on a grand strike. When at a subsequent class meeting, '90 resolved that tt Whundy should be tired, Old Whandy went the way of all who oppose the class of ,90. Our full history would almost till :1 volume. It may be summed up in saying that, we have been the leaders in all college enterprises since we en- tered the institution. HISTORIAN. 26