Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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THE MASSASOIT 1922 A A- A'3'4 - 1 . 4, , ,M -. A- f U' 'zxt SENIOR CLASS '22 - 1 SENIOR CLASS OFFICERS 22

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THE MASSASOIT 1922 Senior Class History When the spacious gates of Old Springfield were flung open in the autumn of 1918 the College was at war. Scarcely an upper-classman remained, many members of the faculty had already offered their services to their country, and the entering class now thronging the campus was impatiently eager to be in-- ducted into the S. A. T. C., which was about to be organized. When our first roll call was taken we were found to be eighty-four strong. In that number were men representing fourteen states of the Union, coming from the North, the South, the East, and the West, as well as from one foreign country. Thus out of our varied environments we were about to be welded into the Class of '22. We had not sojourned long in our long-looked-for land of promise nor long enjoyed, even with fear and trembling, the fellowship of those who had preceded us one year, before we received announcement of the time when the Springfield Spirit would be informally introduced to us. The memories of that eventful September evening will never be forgotten, for the impressions then made upon the mind were even greater than those made upon the body. Such remaining essentials as were necessary to make us true sons of Old Springfield the formal reception supplied on the following evening, when, with all solemnity we swore allegiance to King Massasoit and were formally introduced to and greeted by the faculty. lt was not long before practically all of us were members of the S. A. T. C., being then primarily soldiers and secondarily students. Our life was very much a routine of drill, classes, mess, and more drill,although much might be said of our numerous battles in the barracks after 10 P.M., in which such weapons as shoes, tin cans, icicles, and pills were employed as our instruments of warfare and destruction. Our S. A. T. C. experience terminated in December and we were dispersed to our homes, returning at the opening of the winter term to take, for the first time, our places as students in Springfield, and likewise, for the first time, to create and develop a class consciousness, which, spontaneous as it was, and perhaps crude in its manifestations, served as a nucleus for the splendid develop- ment, as evidenced in the records made for ourselves during that first year of our college career. In the realm of sports we contributed very materially and qualitatively to the varsity teams, as well as being the victors in the inter-class competition in swimming, track, and baseball. A resume of our First year of college life is hardly complete without men- tioning that night of nights when the Class of '22 held its first banquet at the Burns Hotel in Palmer, unmolested and undisturbed. As sophisticated Sophomores we felt it our first duty to instruct the in- coming class in the nature of the spirit and traditions of Springfield. ln this we were exceedingly diligent, even to the extent of expending tremendous energies, but not without results, we believe. This year our greatest achievements were along lines other than those of athletic competition, although we were repre- sented on varsity teams by a goodly number of our valiant athletes, as well as being inter-class champions in wrestling. The really great and distinctive honor gained by the Class of '22, however, was the Winning of the most significant 2 3