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

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BLUE AND GOLD. 2 y mouthed awe and wonder, of the daring deeds of ' 85. He will hear how, as Freshmen, with a valor unparalleled in the annals of the University, we resisted oppression ; how we fought and van- quished Conic Sections, without the loss of a man, a feat of arms accomplished by one other class alone; how we buried the fallen enemy, with a splendor unrealized before in the town of Berkeley, and in the very teeth of a determined foe ; how, the solemnities ended, we loftily refrained from the wild bacchanalian orgies that character- ized the illustrious past ; how, in the Sophomore year, our enthusiasm entered the fields of literary activity, and resulted in the short-lived, but world-renowned, Eighty-Five ; how we continued fighting, shoulder to shoulder, through the year of fabled Junior ease, with undaunted spirits, and scarcely diminished ranks, and entered with a halo of glory the enviable year that crowned our noble efforts. ' 85 has tasted the old and the new. She has seen important changes in the college curriculum, and in the corps of instructors ; she has lived through a most exciting epoch in the history of the Uni- versity, and has come out of the ordeal well-trained, and with a. decisive character, conservative, and irresistible. The unusually large number that remain, show still the activity and vitality of old. ' 85 has undergone no book-gluttony, no lesson- bibbing, ' 1 no mental debauchery ' What she has done, has been with a purpose. She is champion in athletics ; she has been faithful to both classical and scientific training ; nor has she neglected to devote herself, in some instances to professional training. Three of her number have anticipated the Commencement Day, and are now in foreign lands. ' 85 has taken a prominent part in the Political Science Club, the Longfellow Memorial Association, the Literary Societies, the Glee Club, in all, in fact, that characterizes college life ; and now, with an old pain, we turn from the scene of our joys and sorrows. We are not intellectual Titans ; we are men and women, with hearts on fire with enthusiasm for our future work. Students, friends, enemies, we

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s f lt)e Glass 0f ' SI). UIDED by a prophetic instinct, we, the versatile, the enthusi- astic band of youths and maidens, chose for our class motto, vcpie Ba We Yield to None. Four golden years the most impressionable of our life have passed away forever. It were vain to rehearse our brilliant career. The historians of the past have chronicled our achievements on the pages of undying fame. Ye who have witnessed them, can never forget them ; ye who witnessed them not, can form no conception of their glory. These are matters of tradition. The eager youth who, in time to come, shall tread the familiar hall, will hear with opened- 26

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28 BLUE AND GOLD. bid you farewell. And you, most honored and revered Faculty, we bid a grateful adieu. You have done your best for us, and the task has not been in vain.