Randolph Macon College - Helianthus Yearbook (Lynchburg, VA)

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more than all else, the first class party. That party was a grand success, and following it were the taffy-pull, the hay-ride and the picnic we didn't have. Oh that Freshman picnic ! The picnic the preceptress sank to the bottom of the sea! Enough for this our first year out. The next Septem- ber found our crew somewhat diminished in size though but little in ardor. Yet having gained some dignity and much of the Sophomoric self-esteem, we hauled in a few sails and sacrificed ourselves a little to the convenience of the rest of the fleet. Few of us were knocked from the deck by Analytics, and those who were, thc ever-ready boat of substitutions picked up so that we lost none in that storm, and we entered our Junior year with colors flying. A During this year two things were noticeable--first we weathered Physics, second our football team stove in all the rest of the Beet. fFor full particulars of this event see March number of the MID-CON'l'INEN'F., We had always rather liked that game, in fact our first class party was attended with black eyes, maimed limbs and stiffened jaws, gained in foot-ball that day-but we had been beaten then and this was our next attempt. Our opponents yelled: Freshmen-Sophomores-Preps, you bet Juniors-Seniors, not in it yet ! loud and long, but we came out victorious and we still bear the marks on our bodies, and the memory in our minds. We have always deserved great' credit for our innovations, and the same characteristic appears this year: for did we not get out the first Senior edition of the College paper ever published at Washburn and then the next day tear up the same? And whoever heard before of a crew of grave Seniors who couldn't agree on anything, not even a class party, a box at contest or our Commencement exercises T' Some of us are wise in our own conceits, some are wise in the conceits of others, but we are all wise, for otherwisej too wise, so we differ in opinion. But that cannot harm us long, for we are all sailing toward the same port, all 28

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if ?af ' f f f , f all 'mfr , ' I - ' ll? L J-5i'f,f:,:f f QL I 1 gjistnisy uf 115. 459503 COLOR-Wkllff. Onward, upward, always alive! 'Rahf 'Rahl Washburn, Class of '95. Iklffirnrs. President.. . . . . ...... LUCY T. DOUGHERTY. Vice-President ................ W. S. BELDEN. Secretary and Treasurer ...... M. W. AXTELL. We are jolly tars! Do not our words, our acts, aye our very looks betray us! And were we to publish complete the log bool: of our col- lege voyage it would fill volumes. Most of us joined the crew four years ago-some have required a longer time-and from the first we have de- served and obtained notoriety, we have ever been bold to clash the spray in unknown seas-ours was the first Class yell, the first class colors, and 37

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approaching the same harbor which some will reach by carrying nine studies, others by towing four. h VVC heave in sight of port with feelings of great sadness. We are sorry to disembark, partly because some of us have been sailing so long, partly from a disinterested motiveg because we do not understand how the rest of the fleet can survive, without us to benz! down the surging billows and quiet the waters before them. But we know that our efforts have been appreciated by all who have thus depended upon us, and that they will carefully follow the advice we leave behind us, and we derive some comfort from that. A wszfig i f sw up A 5 M fiiyvs., lllwwfllll lf ' y 4. 5 l,3'T '! ' ' 'P-f 4 -' 1 J' ':::z :. FH i - i?l5F?f3li f',fffffliili'ifggl3.' 'L . .fr gfidmlgelznl si'ww .LRF y ' 1 '- A 'nfl l 3. 39