Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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istory of the lass of '98 his trousers, and had to have his best ones sent him by express. I know you would sympathize with the one of our number who could not find a ffgirl of his stripe, although afriend ofthe fair sex. No wonder, when he would sometimes hide under his bed when callers came, and at other times offer them chocolates flavored with moth balls. Or you might like to hear who blew out the gas at Holyoke, or who would not go aRer a young lady the night ofthe Ice Carnival. I know you would have enjoyed the consternation of the min- isters when the fire alarm sounded, and wonder, with us, who stopped up the Waste spout, but I must hasten. There is one thing I must mention before closing,- the gas engine. My memory for this is similar to that of the soldier who was told to f' Remember the Mainef' His reply was, No danger of my forgetting it, it has caused me more trouble than all the rest of the United States navy. We shall soon be gone, but we have so lived while here that we shall not be forgotten. Inside and outside of the building we leave permanent tokens of our presence and interest in the school, from Hag pole to foundation the sun shines upon the labors of '98 men, and in the hearts of our friends we believed there is a place sacred to the memory of the class of '98, G. E. INGALLS. . a

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111111-ui r pbesg of the Glass N the second month of the last year of the reign of '98, their voice came unto me saying: Prophesy, son of man, of those things which are to come, and will be, and are for evermore. And I remembered the words of my predecessor, your young men shall dream dreams.' ' Therefore I laid me down, after a hearty dinner, and I saw a valley, called the Fourth Floor, wherein dwelt many sons of '98, And they were proud and full of all manner ot conceitg they were lofty in speech, and their heads were swollen exceedingly, and their eyes stood out with fatness, for they boarded at the Utopia. And the anger of the voice was kindled against them, and I said, Woe unto you inhabitants of the Fourth Floor! Your end is come, and the day of your departure is at hand. Ye shall have no more cakes to devour. Your soft sofa-pillows have become straw, and ye shall sweat from excessive heat in January. Woe to you triliers, deceiversl For you shall seek for wives among the daughters of the land, and they will mock at your small salaries, you will ask for their hearts and they will give you the di- rection to the front door, you will beg of them more cakes, and they will say your cake is all dough. Among the inhabitants there be many tribes whose valor and wis- dom the world beholdeth and straightway go away and forgeteth what manner of men they were. There is the Hawkinsites who sayeth, There goeth the breakfast-bell! Know ye not that break- fast is at 7 o'clock? I will sleep for another hour. Shoemaker, bring me a biscuit. The end of that man is death. There are the sons of Brown, Fish and Goodhue, mighty men of muscle, like unto the sons of giants. Their thighs are like granite, their arms like iron, and they have cheeks of brass. They run with the swiftness of the dawn, especially Their days shall be three-score strength they shall be four-score eat much. They make the youth they are exceeding fair to look cellent of all the nations, and they police court. And I looked and behold all darkness was upon the valley, Rn' hour. Then said I: Where is the of his mother? ' ' And a voice came passed on and gone down to Then came one untome whom loveth to tell what he doth not I speak the truth, I lie not. lial, are an abomination to my 'do 'em.' I will mop the third swered and said unto him: Wrath. Go quickly to the a suit of clothes, or write a class And it came to pass when I cried with a loud voice, saying: send, to catch the despoilers Of youth of the tribe of Chapin man. Then said I, GO, and not return. Then said I: Let as while they are yet full and Reza, unsophisticated Philistines. And