Trinity College - Ivy Yearbook (Hartford, CT)

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1906 TRINITY COLLEGE 13 The St. Patrick's Day events were well worthy of note. The fresh- men hung two banners downtown and the Sophomores displayed a re- markable degree of ingenuity in their attemps tiinally successfulj to get the IQO8 numerals down, In. the annual indoor track meet, which fol- lowed St. Patrick's by a few days, the freshmen captured everything. And now for three months all eyes have been on the baseball team - not only our eyes, but those of men interested in intercollegiate sports in all parts of the country. At the time of writing but two games remain of a record-breaking season for Trinity. The schedule has included all of the Big Four, also 'West Point and Annapolis, victories being scored against such teams as those of Pennsylvania and Holy Cross. We won the series of three games with 'Wesleyan, shutting out our opponents twice, the scores being 6-o, 2-3, and 3-o. Among other things, this year has been marked by the birth and Hourishing infancy of a semi-weekly newspaper, the Trinity Tripod. May the life of such an influence towards Trinity's welfare be long and prosperous. Among the minor college actvities the Musical clubs have given sev- eral good performances, and the interest in debating has increased, although we recently lost a very close debate against Rutgers. The Sophomore Dining Club has held several enjoyable banquets, and the usual six cotillions have been given by the German Club. Now, at this commencement time, as we look back over the year, we unhesitating pronounce it one of unusual activity and marked progress. New blood will soon palpitate in our veins and may it stir us to continue our onward march along such lines as these.

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12 THE IVY VOL. XXXIII History of Past Year. To most of us it seems as if but one brief week had passed since the freshmen were escorted out of chapel by many willing feet to the tune of Fresh-fresh-fresh! And yet those same striplings are now boast- ing themselves to be sophomores, while those of the Senior class who fondly dreamed of nine long months of college life before them have sud- denly awakened to the fact that these months have eluded their grasp in a most inexplicable manner. The time seems short, true enough, but think of the things that have been done since September the twenty-second, the day on which we wel- comed sixty-eight new men, the largest class which ever enterd Trinity. These people began to show their strength first on the tenth of Octo- ber by winning the underclass meet with the Sophomores by a score of 32 to 4. The best time ever made on our track in the half mile was made by Dougherty, JO7. The only trouble was that he ran only one lap. The first thing, however, which enters one's head in connection with the beginning of college is football. Tn this line of activity we were un- fortunate this year. W' e had a good captain and a good coach, but some of our best players were laid up at critical moments. However, the team did a good piece of work on Inauguration Day by defeating the Stevens Tech. delegation by a score of 5 to O. And what a day for Trinity that Twenty-sixth of October was! Never did her sons assemble with a greater spirit of devotion and enthu- siasm. It is agreed by all that the inauguration of Dr. Luther as our elev- enth president marks the beginning for the college of an era of prosperity such as has been hitherto unknown. As soon as we had settled down again to ordinary living, the cry of All out, Freshman Banquet! H was raised and everyone was kept on the jump till December third, when that annual event took place in Spring- held. Springfield people are always glad to see Trinity men. VVe enjoyed the unusual pleasure of a three weeks' vacation at Christ- mas, after which the watchword was basketball. The interclass games created much excitement for a while, and the championship of the col- lege was Hnally won by the Sophomores. The 'varsity team was very lively and took both of the games with Vlfesleyan. The height of the social season came at the usual time, just after the midyear's exams. Everything in junior Wfeek went off with great success and all agreed that the Prom had never been surpassed.

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14 TI-IE IVY , VOL. XXXIII The Future. The IVY chaps ask me to write them an article on Trinity, Her Futuref' They say six hundred to a thousand words would suit. I accept the invitation, for I am always glad to say or Write axqword for my College Mother, but I do not want six hundred or a thousand words to write of her future, for to my mind that future isibound up in three words, NOW THEN, Trinity. President Luther, consciously or uncon- sciously, sized up the situation in those three Words when he spoke to the men on the night of his election and gave them that thought and inspira- tion. I could not state it better in ten thousand words than he has in three. The future of Trinity turns on the Now then of those who love her. I am glad to see that We are grasping this fact. Wfe see it in the men in College, in the recitation room, on the diamond, the track, the college pub- lications. The doing of something for Trinity, the f'Now then , doing and not talking, that spirit is in the air. Wfe see it extending to the Alum- ni. We find their interest in the College growing and the Now then spirit attacking them, making them feel they must and ought and will do something for their College Mother !'Now thenu. So when you ask me to Write of her future my reply is that the future of Trinity College is bound up and being Worked out and must be Worked out in the HNOW then, Trinity of the present. If you and I, undergraduate, faculty, trustee, alumni are meeting' that standard of duty call, we can look for- ward with restful confidence to the Trinity future. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON.