University of Georgia - Pandora Yearbook (Athens, GA)

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CLASS LIST OF 89. 23 Names. Coi'RSE. Residences. S. P. Richardson, Jr., 2JVy A.B., Athens. William J. Shaw, 2JVy A.B. and B.E., Coosa. Bryant J. Smith, Elective, Statesville. B. A. Stovall, 2AE} B.E., Athens. Paul A. Tappan, 2iV, A.B., White Plains. Ashley S. Thompson, B.A., Smithville. John Upshaw, AT A , B.Ph., Social Circle. Andrew Weaver, A.B., Athens. John H. Williford, B.Ph., Athens. Se vei.l A. Wright, 2uV, B.A., Greensboro. Total, 31. Left College.

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THE PANDORA. oo V w Colors : 7W Orange. “ A watery, pulpy, slobbery Freshman, and newcomer in this planet. —Sartor Rcsartus. A. S. THOMPSON, J. P. UPSHAW, . JOE GERDINE, . B. C. COLLIER, W. J. SHAW, President. Vice-President Secretary. Treasurer. Historian. M. P. Barrow, X$ Elective, Athens. J. C. Bernard, B.E., Athens. Lawson Chase, Elective, Florence, S. C. Sanborn Chase, AT A, B.C.S., Florence, S. C. B. C. Collier, XAE, B.E., Albany. Robert L. Cox, A.B., Malden Branch. T. R. Crawford, B.Ph., Linconton. T. R. Crawford, B.E., Athens. Asa T. Drake, B.Ph., Philomath. Wm. B. Dixon, 0TA; B.E., Lafayette, Ala. L. A. Fleming, X P, B.Ph., Brunswick, Joe Gerdine, KA B.Ph., W est Point, Miss. George E. PIeard, B.Ph., Athens. William Henderson, A.B., Stilesboro. Angus S. James, A.M., Douglasville. Lewis W. James, B.E., Salt Springs. Theo. A. Kline, 2jV, B.E., Macon. H. N. Lester, 2Ny B.E., Montezuma. C. W. Morrison, B.E., Charleston, S. C. Edgar H. Morton, B.E., Rome. Hope C. Polhill, 2iV9 A.B. and B.Ph., Forsyth.

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24 THE PANDORA. OF i© OF ’89. HE Freshman Class of ’85-’86 was virtually organized on the 7th of October, 1885, although not formally until a later day. On fhe 13th of November, pretty soon after • the opening of College, a gloom was cast over our class by the death of Mr. Lester, one of our most prominent and esteemed members. After a lingering illness, during which he was tenderly nursed by his club-mates and friends, he died, and his body was taken home by his club-mates and resigned to his parents. Although we greatly deplore his death, we cannot think otherwise than that it was for the best that he should be taken away, and that he has only gone on before. When we first arrived here, as a matter of course, we felt somewhat lost, but we were introduced into mathematics and the languages in such an endless chain that we had no time for feelings of bewilderment. But after so long a time we became acquainted with the place and its surroundings, and in a few months we began to feel as much at home here as anywhere else. We were very much annoyed by the boys fondly (?) calling us “ Fresh” and making all manner of fun at our expense when we first entered College, but when they saw they could not accomplish their intended purpose they began to call us by our proper names, except in a few instances. It was really amusing to notice this difference just before the elections of anniversarians for the different societies. Before any of the candidates “came out” for this office, the usual salutation for any of our class was, “ Hello, Fresh.” But about a month before the election, when all the can-