Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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W, ,1 f istotig f gtbieil Glass of '98, SPillHTg of the times in which we live is one of haste. Every one is as the move. f New faces are always before us, and new acquaintances are constantly being formed. But seems to be one season of the year, above all others, es- marked in this characteristic. I am thinking of the Fall when many thousands ot the young people of our-land their homes to attend school. During recent years a new school has taken its place among the of learning. Its beginning was humble, it worked out own curriculum 3 it selected its instructors with careful judgment 5 It secured a site, and accumulated some property, it did the best it p could with what it had, for those who came to learn, and as the ,il y years went by, the value of the instruction increased greatly. ' 4 '- n'1L school was born of a real need, so widely recognized that its became rapidly extended. And so it was that in the Fall of 1895, the usual number of people en route for school or college received a slight ad- It was a slight addition. To be sure, it made a stir in a few homes, but the taking of a score of men from various between New Hampshire and California, Canada and Vir- not attract much attention. A 'time they did begin to attract attention was when the end different journeys found them coralled in the Winchester Springfield, Mass., and their individuality was lost the group, known as the Class of '98, Qlt is only fear of I spoiling this introduction that prevents my saying right here,' that every last man in the group had individuality enough left for all practical purposes after the class organization was formedj WINCHESTER PARK BUILDING. g VERY graduating class before us has had to express itself re- garding the Winchester Park Building, our first -Springfield home. We had thought to pass it by Without remark on this ac- count, but as no future class can include it in their history, we feel that we must give it a parting salute. It shall be a friendly parting.' Our two and a half years in the Dormitory have proven to us that the building which first sheltered us in this city is not the only one that is not always warm, when we would like it sog nor were kerosene lamps to be laughed at, for we did not have to take care of them. We might comment upon the distance from our recitation rooms, were it not for the fact that several of our number had to walk over there frequently for exercise after we had moved. To be sure, the halls were narrow, but theyihad matting on them. I mean some of them did, part of the time. The walls were not hung with as many pictures as are in the corridors of our Dormitory build- ing, but The jungle could be decorated quite tastily with sheets, mattresses, blankets, etc., when anyspecial celebration oc- curred, like the welcoming 'of a new comer.