Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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THE MASSASOIT 25 ♦ A pleasant reception was given to onr honorary members, Dr. and Mrs. Seerley. Doctor had hurried away from Paris in order to be with the boys of 190G ( ?). In athletics we were stronger this ye ar. Four men were on the school football team, while Gray was cap- tain of the school ice hockey team. Our class football team won in the inter-class games with ’07 on every occasion. After the gymnasium work had started on Jan- uary 20, our class basket ball team met ’07 and won in a fast game, ending with a score of 22-18. A month later we met ’05 with their strong team. After an ex- citing hour the score stood 22-20 in favor of the Seniors, the determining goal being thrown in the last second. In the ice hockey game and the indoor athletic meet against ’07, we were victors. Plence we could see improvement. May 5 is a date we must not omit, for this day “F. D.” sold his motor cycle (his “benzine buggy’’). Why? Was it not true “that everywhere that ‘Jimmy’ went the buggy was sure to follow”? even into the Erie Canal, rider and all. This last stunt must be the cause of the sale. June 9, as a closing item for the year, the champion- ship baseball game was played between the Middlers and Juniors (the Seniors without a full team would not enter this contest). At 2:30 p. m. every man was ready. The famous crimson and black was waving over the heads of those to play their part on the side lines. The seventh inning closed. The score was a tie, with a possibility of its going against us. But by Goody’s curves, backed by steady nerves and bv good batting, the ’06 boys turned the tide, so that when the ninth inning closed the score stood Id to 8 in our favor. What did the boys with the crimson and black, who stood on the side lines, do those last three innings ? Ask Shean if ’06 cheered. Once again we parted, this time happier. Cbird Year September, 1905, had arrived and with it ’06 with the new name, — “Seniors”! We were like an old family group now. Jack Storey became president. Tucker, vice-president, and Beckett, secretary and treasurer. Gray was seen frantically jumping in the air after hearing the words, Seniors! Seniors! shouted at the end of our class yell. But later we became adjusted to it.

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24 THE MASSASOIT Soon our first term was over and we parted. On returning, Beckett and Giles had joined us, one from Maryland, the other from Texas. Beckett proved to be another musician. Early in the year we were fortunate in securing as additions to our class, Dr. Durgin, Dr. and Mrs. Dog- gett, and Mr. Berry as honorary members, also Dr. Seerley, who has stood by us in victory and defeat. At this time we also added our class motto, which hangs in the “Tower Room with our names attached, — “Not as unto men, but unto God.” During our first year we had entered the school ath- letics, furnishing two men for the ’varsity football team, and several men for the baseball team. At the Senior- Middler championship game we learned how the songs and cheers of our dear old school should be given. That night after the game To a few Juniors new experiences came. “Pop Wilber was doctored till he looked insane While the Juniors received something which gave them pain, The question was, well, come to think, who’s to blame? Ask Tucker. In the gymnasium we filled our place, Goldy, Smith and Steigerwald making the “Gym.” team. Thus our first year was over, and we had learned to love our school, faculty, and the Training School boys. Second Year Again September had arrived, and the Class of 1906 was on the banks of the Massasoit. We were no longer strangers to anything, except our new name, — Mid- dlers. Several men with us the year before did not return. Brayley and Hamilton had now joined us. Day was made president, Prettyman, vice-president, and Hawkes, secretary. One of the first events was the pleasant evening spent at Mr. Berry ' s home, where we were invited that we might meet Mrs. Berry, the new honorary member of our class. Our next issue was to welcome the new men. This we did through the usual reception. Later came the Chestnut Hunt, in which the ’06 team won the race. Tucker showed advancement, having learned from the last year that a collar and tie were “out of order” on a chestnut hunt. We invited the Juniors into our “Royal Order of Helps” soon after they came, thus giving them the idea of the meeting.

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THE MASSASOIT 26 ♦ Again we enjoyed that social time at Mr. and Mrs. Berry’s home. Buckland, our new member was with us, while Brayley was stationed in New York City. The reception seemed better than usual this year. Again we experienced the sad feeling, as we realized that ’05 had left our midst, and that we stood in their place. In the Pee-rade this year. Goldy showed marks of progress along social lines, for he was dressed in a very prcttv outfit, evidently borrowed from a charming young lady friend. Was it his New York Cousin”? Once again, for the last time, we were privileged to sit with “Mother Goose around the Thanksgiving table and listen to her last motherly counsel to her boys at the Training School. Though she was not at all well, still there was cheer in her words and face, and during the meal Mother Goose and Dr. Doggett were heard to say something like this, “Are these ' 06 boys the ones we saw three years ago?” 1 he idea of the “Royal Order of Helps was trans- ferred to our prayer meetings this year by making them fellowship meetings. 1 his year, also, 1! 0G took its place in athletics, with Mason as captain and H. S. Smith as manager of the ’varsity football team. Six men won school emblems, a gain of two over last year. Gray and Hawkes cap- tained and managed baseball. Seller and Prettyman ice hockey, and F. D. Smith was manager of the fenc- ing team. And now being Seniors we have conducted the open night exhibits and have taken that Senior Trip. If it does mean hard work to ' be a Senior, it is worth it. Trip broadening? Yes, sir! With five lectures and seven banquets in six and a half days, we had to grow. It showed us what those so soon to go out into the work face on leaving school. Soon we leave these halls. We thought at the begin- ning we appreciated our faculty, now we know we do. “We ne ' er shall love her less” means something now. “T. S.” has given us her best. To be worthy of this, Let us then be up and doing.”