tIbeMalcpon 28 Zo 1Hlineteen==jfive YEARS ago, wlien the Fates were weaving the weh of the twentieth century, they ran out of thread just as the} ' came to 1905, and were forced to use the old ravelings and knotty ends. And then, as if ashamed of their handiwork, they threw aside the half-iinished web, and taking bright, strong threads, fresh from the rainbow, they tried to atone by making 1906 a thing of beauty. Poor old 1905 ! When they were Freshmen they did make a few valiant efforts to give evidence of their existence. Tien they were Sophomores, they feebly gave up the ghost. Why? 1906 entered that year. Since then they have made spasmodic gasps for recog- nition. Why, they even made a tie in the Sophomore-Freshman Ora- torical Contest. In truth, it is not for us to disparage their efforts. They have been frtjing for four years to get a Constitution; we even lent them ours. But they excel in one thing. In the annals of Swarthmore they will go down as the greatest politicians on record. Their class elections are a thing of wonder; the world stands still and marvels. They have tried hard,— at least give them credit for that. They have failed,— judge them mercifully. Placed in contrast with the glowing colors of 1906, their ragged ends and faded pattern are more to be pitied than blamed. They are doubly unfortunate— in being vhat they are, and in being so at the time they are. They have their bright places. Let us forget their ugly knots. And when, in centuries to come, naught remains but this little fragment to tell of a struggle aud a failure, may posterity be blind to their faults, even as we have been.
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