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Senior History . VSS history must needs be something like the composite photography of some years ago, in which the features of a whole class of graduates were combined into one picture to represent that of a girl who looked like all of them ami yet like no one of them especially. This picture must also lie painted with the sad ami joyful experiences of four long school years. Four is the number for most of us, but for some few this number must needs increase to eight. Still within those eight years we find the memories of early childhood concerned, anil in this history 1 may take time only for the mere mention of them. When the Freshman Class was enrolled in the year 1900, the names .if some fifty-odd appeared. When we were termed • ' green young Freshmen (even liv Bishop Rondthaler). or that noisy, undisciplined class (by our teacher, Miss Sallie Shaffner), we were all fifty guilty. Still no matter what the faculty termed us, it was what they did for us that had real weight upon our minds. We organized early in the term, and there seemed to be revealed already that few things were to be agreed upon unanimously by this class so full of strong «irls, whose minds naturally did not run in the same channels. One morning soon after the organization Bishop Rondthaler greeted two Freshmen with verdant countenances at his door, who requested him for a class motto. He welcomed us kindly and gave us Pi Beta Phi ( B f ) which did not mean green, but meant Faithful, firm and friendly ; that which .we should strive to be. This motto, with our flower, the violet, and our colors, purple and while, meaning royalty and purity, were emblems worthy of the noblest body of followers. During the whole nine months of our Freshman year, although we im- proved somewhat, we never quite outgrew all the peculiar and rather uncompli- mentary adjectives which were attributed to our class. But patience was a virtue with our teachers, and finally we reached the Sophomore Class. As Sophomores we were styled by much milder terms, such as bold, bad Sophomores. But we consoled ourselves that our predecessors bore this title before us. Still our wisdom increased, and in our now long and creditable vocabularies the word seriousness could be seen, written in earnest letters. Happily not only in our vocabularies did this word appear, but even some of the faculty recognized seriousness in our work. Our Sophomore year also
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proved whaj our Freshman year only suggested, that we were a persevering class, and what Ave did was done with our whole soul, no matter what the under- taking. We wen- equal to the occasion regardless of the severity of the lessons or other experience. Although our class had decreased to thirty-six in number, we were just as eager and energetic. We had class -ales of home-made eatables for the raising of the fund for our class memorial: and not infrequently did we make our kind patrons eat doors, windows and bricks for Memorial Hall, as they expressed it. Lessons seemed harder than ever, perhapTs more so because we considered them with more earnestness than we had done as Freshmen. Especially determined wen- those who acted as representatives of this class to do Iheir best. Win u debates were called in class or in the Literarv Societies, the Sophomores were chosen to debate with the Juniors as their opponents, and the former cjl.ass worked like Trojans. The class thoroughly appreciated this fact when the Sophomores won this literary victory over their said superiors. We recalled to our minds also thai as Freshmen we won a debate against the Sophomores. Our pride rose to no little height when as Juniors we defeated the Seniors in a debate, those great ami noble Oxford- gowned personages Thus time sped on in the Sophomore Class, and when in the spring of the year we were low-spirited, the steady train]., train]., tramp of the Seniors practicing their march for their commencement exercises spurred us mi. The thought would come: only one more year before us until we, too. could be Seniors and have all the attendant honor and glory for our own. The day in which we were most encouraged was the one in which our literature teacher asked our President [who was then Dr. Clewell ) to visit our class and hear some of our work done in composition. When hi ' came an. I brought with him Miss Lehman, the Senior literature teacher, our hearts sank within us. Our once acknowledged well-composed thesis would sound like mere insignificant Sophomoric attempts. Hut Miss Lehman ' s kind words soon re- lieved us; -he made some pleasing comments, ami spoke of the Senior essays -he would expect u- I., write. We were no little encouraged, and the tir-i fays of light of the bright, happy Seniorhood seemed already to shine on our path-. Finally September, l! is. came and found us jolly Junior-. My! how well that sounded, and how 7 important we began to feel, almost in our graduating year. In many ways our life a- a class wa- to be -iinil i lnjtliat of the Senior-. having our Junior living room and dormitory apartments occupied by Juniors
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