Purdue University - Debris Yearbook (West Lafayette, IN)

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Cla$$ of ' 92 Class Colors : Cream, Moss Green and Salmon Pink. Motto : Labor conguors all difficulties. For a year we ' ve been tried And we think you ' ll find true, That none are superior To the Class of ' 92. Qfjicers oj tfye Cla$5» President, . . . Charles Cottingham. Vice-President, . . T. J. Phillips. Secretary, . . . Laura M. Willson. Treasurer, . . . S. E. Fouts. Historian, . . . A. L. Westcott.

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(cJIS, nrlWW 93 Colors : Black, Cream and Light Blue. President, Vice-President Secretary, Treasurer, . OFFICES. Amos Yost. Emma Fouts. May Rockwood. Chas. H. Hanna, Members (See Prof. Test.) fHSTOI Y: We have no past ; ' our present is a blank the future is before us. u m sxtch is the Kingdom of Bcaucn.

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History of tke Glass of ? 92. THE 6th day of September, 1888, was an eventful one in the history of Purdue University, for on that day the Freshman class of ' 92 first gathered within its classic halls. That this was an event of no ordinary importance, will be seen upon consideration of the superiority of the material of which the class is composed. In size it exceeds any that has ever entered the college, and it is as much superior in appear- ance as in size. We had already made a record as Preps of which no class need be ashamed. To be sure, but few opportunities to win notoriety were offered during the year. The class pur- sued the even tenor of its way, performing every duty faithfully and maintaining its rights and dignity upon all oc- casions. When the new building of the experiment station was completed, it became the ambition of several of the classes to paint the roof in designs of their own invention. But ' 92 eclipsed them all, for one fine morning the figures ' 92, painted high up on the roof of the building, met the eyes of all who happened to look in that direction. In athletic sports we stand preeminent. The pride of the University last year was its base ball team ; but where would that team have been without our Freshman short stop? He has been obliged to leave us this year, and by a singular co- incidence the base ball team has also gone. In the class-day athletic sports we won everlasting fame and one prize. But the fact that we only took one prize is no proof of physical inferiority. Several other prizes would have been ours. but for a combination of unfavorable circumstances. While the majority of the class are from Indiana, a num- ber of other states are represented. The class has won dis- tinction on several occasions, and has been spoken of by