St Johns College - Yearbook (Annapolis, MD)

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--mg. 1 r ,Ja-. If... a looking glass. After this meeting everything went alongiquietlyp for several days, but the Sophs. thought that they should train us up in the way weushould go, so about a week after .the Glee Club entertainment each Freshmen was aroused f1'O1T1'h1S peaceful slumber by a gentle shake, and opening his eyes, saw a large crowd of white-robed figures in the room Before he was well awake, he was ordered to get out of bed and stand atattention with his face to the wall Cf course, he obeyed Then the rules by which he was to be governed during the year were read to him These rules were signed by the same honorable society that had afforded us the pleasure of the Glee Club entertainment After the rules had been carefully read, the crowd marched slowly o-ut, and we were permltted to resume our peaceful slumber for the remainder of the night But we were so sleepy when the rules were be1ng read that it 1S doubtful 1f we would have remembered them had the Sophs not k1ndly refreshed our memo- r1es by posting a copy of these rules on each Freshman's door. The Freshmen read and tr1ed to abide by these rules, and consequently we had no more visits from the G O H ' At the beginning of the second term we gained a new member, William Askey He 1S a man of great ability, especially in athletics He was in the special course during the first term-, but finally decrded to take some other course, and came into our class-the best one that he could have selected f- a In athletics we have not had a very good chance to display our ab1l1t1es for most of our members are very l1ght and lt was an 1mposs1b1l1ty for us to make a very great showing in football but nevertheless we had two men on the first team and several regular players on the second or scrub team Wlien we come to baseball we hope to make a better show1ng Although we may not have many men on the first team we expect to make 1t quite interesting for the other classes when we meet them on the diamond to play the class games Last year when we were Preps we beat the juniors and 1n the game with the Sophs when they got one run ahead of us they refused to play any longer In the game w1th the Freshmen our p1tcher was struck by the ball and was greatly handicapped 1n h1s playing but we were not beaten by a very large score This year we have prospects for a better team even than the one of last year Most of the members of our class being very studious applied themselves well during the first term but when the February examinations were drawing near there were very few who d1d not burn their midnight oil But 1n spite of all efforts there were quite a number of us who failed Un hearing the retnrns of the examlnations many made resolut1ons to study harder dur1ng the second term than they had done the first but no one knows how long these resolut1ons will last

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History of the Class of 1905 sw Q HAVE often wondered how Sir Walter Raleigh felt when he undertook to write a history of the world. I am quite sure he could not have been so burdened with the weight of his responsibility as I am. Woe to me if perchance I should fail to do justice to these august worthiesg and yet how hard it is to soar so high! These brilliant stars of 1905, developing their talents, will be the men of their day. Some of us came from high schools, some from private schools and some, perhaps, from the tender hands of a governess, finally to unite here in one interest and one effort. We have not always been banded together, all striving for the same goal-4our degree, but we are of various ages and diverse natures, with different equipments and separate aims, but by the powerful force of attraction, we have all been drawn to the magnetic center, St. Iohn's College. We are twenty-six in number. Some of us were Preps. last year, but the majority of us came for the first time to old St. Iohn's in September, 1901. Those of us who came from the Prep. school were: J. M. Green, E. P. DuVal, Joseph R. Pennell, Bernard Carter, A. B. Cecil, G. F. Smith, 'Merrit G. Rasin, Armine W. Smith, Edgar A. Vey, M. Keith Neville, john A. Tarbert, I. Vincent Jamison, Harry P. Graham, Duncan C. Walton, Ralph C. Bowen. Those who came in September are: Gore, Brogden, Merryman, Fox, Lilly, Ruland, Hopkins, Valk, Bird, Willing. These have all proved to be of great importance in the make-up of our great class. Some are noted for great business abilities, such as can be found in very few boys of theirage 3 some for their great wit and humor, and quite a number are noted for qualities which, perhaps, had better not be men- tioned. On the Thursday following our arrival at Qld St. Iohn's, our attention was drawn to the following notice, adorned with skull and cross bones, and posted in conspicuous places about the hall: All Freshmen must report in room 35 tonight at 8 o'clock sharpf' by order of the G. O. H. None of us knew what was meant by G..O. OH., but from the emblem above the notice, we thought it must be some organization worthy of great respect. Eight o'clock found us in the room specified, and there for the first time we became acquainted with oiiicers of the NG. O. H., and for two hours or morewe had the pleasure of displaying our musical talents while standing on a three-legged table. Nor was music the only kind of amuse- ment on thistgreat occasion, for there was dancing, and speechmaking, made more emPh3t1C by p Sir after each word, and a great deal of making love to one's self in 86 ,x I, l 1 f 5. li: E 1. f . I l 'ST' iz .Y I I fl . l c' 1 l ll A I-'l ilill if. 31, IL' .LN , ., ,., ' N 5 J., if Q li ill? g,l'A, fl .11-. gill ill! tw ...fl it S 5 l 1 l i 5, 1 5 1 all v My il!! 3 Ubi ll I M, situ if 1 Elgin il 'E fs 'i' iii , is .llli fl ill. ' fl-'53 1 2 if ,li . I i. 'ill Fff .gg . 'we 1 3 K, . .V lf. .iff J 1 ,li - ik :ll gl. 1. il! .35 91 2 iw li 3, . sf: ' I 1 I x.

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wwf,-Q v These are true accounts of some of the many events which have happened in the short career of this noble class. In time of trouble each member has proved to be true to his class, and by so doing, the class has attained its present high standard. And when we return next year, We will have gained the title of Sophomores. We hope that next year We may all return with the determination to raise the standard of Nineteen Hundred and Five still higher and achieve more honor and glory for old St. Iohn's. ' RALPH C. BOWEN. my fee lisa! 88 1. E P l E. lg FL ! ' ' E Ri 'll wavy- -.,,,.,.-...,..,.. -.Off-----K----f--1-Q'-----f A