Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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24 THE M ASSASOIT these little weekly meetings, often so full of the accounts of personal exi)erience. I ' roin the social stand])oint the class has much of which to he proud. X’arious functions have been conducted under class auspices. These have had the true social element to a marked degree, a result often .so hard to secure. ■ word must he said about “ ' e ()ld-’l ' ime Fireside Social,” which was held during the INliddler year. Xot only was an excellent program jirovided, hut a unicpie feature was introduced which made a decided ‘‘hit. We refer to the roll call, each memher of the class responding by giving the i)lace of his birth. It was discovered that not only were thir- teen states rei)resented, hut also the following countries: Canada, Aus- tralia, Ireland, aiul Ja])an. ■ n e.xcellent entertainment was also given in the Senior year by I ' rof. James Madison Chapman of Wesleyan Academy. Professor Chap- man. who is a reader of excei)tionally high merit, rendered a most inter- esting program of miscellaneous readings. IToin these two illustrations the reader might infer that our social life has consi.sted mainly of functions.” Such, however, has not been the case. The Class of ‘01 is a gn)up of social men, and has always been cog- nizant of the fact that sociability is an element of human character, and should find ex])ression not only on “stated occasions. hut should he lived every day. d ' he churches of the city have recognized our social qualities and have chosen several men to serve on their social committees. Last, hut not least, must follow a brief account of the physical prowess of ' O ' . ( ireat ability has been shown in this line of activity. .-Vs gymnasts we have been well represented on the gymnasium teams of the ])ast three years. ( )ur ability as a class called forth the remark from one of our instructors, that we were the best class of gymnasts that he had ever had the opportunity of teaching. .Vs athletes, much can be said to our credit. We have had many men on all school teams, and several men won school emblems during the first term of school in our Junior year. ( )f a class of twenty-eight, eighteen

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THE M ASSASOIT 20 liave won school cnihleins, cither regular or nioditicd. In intcrclass com- petitions we have been (piite snceessfnl, winnini ' seven games. Following is a list of the games played : — Field Hockey OcTiKioR Meet ' 07. 2 ■0(), 0 ■07, 34; ' 06, 20 ■07. 1 ' 05. 0 ■07, 39: ' 08, .38 ' 07, 1 ' 0(L 0 15.. sei!.m.l Ice I loCKEV ■07, 9: ' 06, 14 ' 07, 0 ■0(), 1 ■07, 7: ' 08. 12 •07. ■08. 2 H.vsket B. ll I.NDooR Meet ■07, 18: ' 06, 22 ■07. 28 : ' On, . 3 ■07. 17; ' 05, 49 ■07. 40 ■08, 22 ■07, 16: ’06, 19 Onr two most hard-fonght victories were the treld hockey game with ' (K). and the dual track meet with ' (IS. lly onr victory over ’0(i in field hockey we snccessfnlly defended onr title to the school championship, and added one more silver ring to the llcK ' key Troj)hy Stick. quotation fn)in a Springfield pa] er will give some idea of the game : “The Seniors were downed yesterday in the hardest and most fervently fonght field hockey game ever played on the Training School grounds The Training School is famous for its field hockey ability. So nearly equal were ye.sterday’s contestants that at the end of the two .‘in minnte halves neither had .scored, d ' he time was extended .‘in minute ' s. In the gathering darkness Young carried the hall the length of the field and shoved it past goal kee])er lUickland for the only point of the day. Xo less exciting was the dnal track meet with ’ 08 . We can get the best and most accurate imj)ression by again quoting from a daily paper: “The meet was the closest in the history of the school, and was in donht until the last event had been nm off The different events were very interesting hecanse the classes were so very evenly matched. The lead in the race alternated several times during the afternoon, and it was easily seen that the class which had the strong men at the finish would he ac- corded the victory. We eventually won by the small margin of one point. All credit to onr worthy oi)ponents !