University of Chicago - Cap and Gown Yearbook (Chicago, IL)

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Contents PASSING OF THE OLD GUARD HONORS ACHIEVEMENT DEGREES SOCIETY L'NDICRGRADL'ATES ATHLETICS ORGANIZATIONS SECRET SOCIETIES RAP AND POUND

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The gargoyle: are one of th? man dominant characterixtiu 0f the architecture of the Uniwmity, erect'aZly in the older building. They protrude from the corntm and are .rit'houetttd agaimt the .rhy, quaint guardian: of the dotxten of knowiedga. 143mm them ha: bran caxt a Jpell of Jymbofiim of which the oppm'ita group ii charactariitic. The lowest figure of thi! IE! which 1'; found cm Hut! gateway repraJ'ent: mtmme t0 the cottage. Thi; fearful jigttre i5, perhapr, the Death or the mtmma examination; which we all mm: par: by. The next popeyed gargoyie i1the freshman. He 3': a timid lint: failow with open mouth and bulging aye; toaht'ng about the world around him and not quite undzrjtahding it all: He amuie: 1.5:, yet excite: our ,rympathy. Look- ing mrnzjtly ahead, 1': none other than the: grim mphomort. Ha ha: fmmdxhi: goal and i5 crawhng toward it, :lawfy, but with fixed purpowt Thm, crowded againxt the pinnacle i5 thetjunior, who, for tha'dhrst time, ha: the ajzportunity of Eocking hack owr hi: flat two years. He i: not quite a: mrc of htmmtf a: the Sophomore, but ha ha: developed a bored mphirtz'mtion that clewarty conceal; the fact. And, on the pinnacle, 5111 the domineering Ignior. He! ha; achimed hi! four ymrj of education and t: ready to reenter the 200er upon whirh he look: with .mch dixdain. He ii thehniihed product and .rtamf; tn wiitary grandeur, aloof from alt other men.