University of California Berkeley - Blue and Gold Yearbook (Berkeley, CA)

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The Blue and Gold. Foot- ball usually occupies about the first half of the College year. Then the enthusiasm having partly evaporated and the base-ball season having started in, all the nines fall to practicing, and games come thick and fast. Each class has its own particular nine, and the best players of these nines form the University Nine, which has thus far gained every match it has played. Among the University nines, that of ' 74 has taken the lead, though it was beaten last year by that of ' 75 in a series of close games. This year, three poorly-con- tested games were played, of which ' 74 won two. The game of foot-ball has been played in rather a disorgan- ized manner, and since our removal to Berkeley has been rather neglected. In these contests, however, ' 75 has taken the lead, its twenty having-kicked the other twenties till vic- tory perched on its banners (said banners being usually the rag- ged end of an under garment streaking out behind). With the new Freshman class, however, we shall expect the game in all its glory. Once again will the crowds go tearing madly over the fields after the elastic sphere. Once again will the air ring with the shouts of the victors and the groans of the shin-broken, toothless players. Once again will the jiminy and gosh darn it of the Fresh mingle with the naughtier words of the Soph. College days are, indeed, happy days, whose pleasant memo- ries last through life, whose ups and downs are toned down by time into an unbroken remembrance of happiness. In after years, harassed by the cares which life brings, surrounded by perplexities we tire of overcoming, what sum would be deemed too great for the happy relaxation and freedom from care so oft enjoyed in the good old days when we were in College !

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The Blue and Gold. ARRANGED IN THE ORDER OF THEIR ESTABLISHMENT.