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Page 33 text:
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Junior Class J- Colors — Old Gold and Dark Blue. J- Yell — Razzle ! Dazzle ! Upsi ! Azzle ! Siss! Boom! ! .Ahi! ! Ninety-eight ! Ninety-eight ! Rah ! Rah ! ! Rah ! ! ! J- Officers WiM. Crooks, . President. R. P. CORDILL ' iec President. H. H. Chaffe, Secretary.
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History Class of 1898 In ancient biblical times all great events had some prophet to announce their advent; but we modern mortals have no indication beforehand to point to the happenings of fate. Had such been so, our rivals for fame — namely, the other college classes — may have been better prepared to resist but never to overcome the incoming rush of the stalwart sons of ' 98. And why should this class be so heralded? Find its record in college annals, in the clubs and the organizations ; find its record in the victories won ; find its record in anj ' thing that goes to make a paragon of a class, and then all is explained. Poetry clothes subjects in expressive language, appealing to the inward sen- sibilities of man, and more nearly conveys the feelings of one to another. The writer is not of Homeric intellect, nor has he Milton ' s elegance; his feelings for the class which he calls his are not expressible bj ' him, yet 3 ' ou all know what the} ' are like ; .so pardon a novice in trj ' ing to lay before you the deeds of valor which have made the history of ' 98. Of its members, one, all of them, come within the plane of emulation, and their class spirit could not be better. Well do we remember the halcyon Freshman days, our victorious Sopho- more contests, and our Junior record. Our Freshman j ' ear was replete with activity. The two football games plaj ' ed on the .same day proved our courage, and if we must acknowledge defeat by ' 97 in the second -game, the glory was ours. That, however, is ancient history, and later events have completely settled the question of supremacy. When Sophomores, champions on the diamond was the reward of ' 98. Also, when earnestly we did try to arrange a series of games on the glorious gridiron, no other class in college felt dispo.sed to meet annihilation, and we were champions by default. Four of our men succeeded in playing with the ' Varsity eleven. But it remains for ' 98, in her Junior year, to carry off the palm and wear the laurel ; the class which with consummate ability so easily defeated ' 99 at football by
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