University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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i; KENTUCKIAN NINETEEN TWELVE: Senior Class Officers Thomas E. Earle. . Virginia McClure. Cora Creekmore . H. F. Vocuotti J. D. McMurtrey. O. W. Hollar...... Hattie Noland Annie Louise Dean Addie Lee Dean... N. V. Utley. Jr. .. J. O. Gill........ R. W. Tinsley..... R. L. Jones....... N. G. Rochester. .. .....................President ..............Pice President .....................Secretary .....................treasurer .....................Ciftorian ......................Crumbier .....................Historian ..........................Poet .......................Prophet ........................Orator .......Athletic Representative ............Editor Kentuckian Business Manager Kentuckian .......Class Representative 29 JUS

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tj K ENTUC K. IArTlES|£ i NINETEEN TWELVES Class History of 1912 FTER June had tolled the knell of parting High School days, the wanton youths from o’er the state, wandered Lcxingtonward, and were soon amalgamated in the great clan of the Twelves. E’er the mighty Sophs had lifted their shears from off the grindstone, the impregnable Smith body- guard was swung around the virgin class, and. though the crop was heavy, the trembling hand of the Elevens let the scythe fall, and the harvest lost its sweetness on the desert air. Though not immediately united by dire necessity, the cop- ious amount of good fellowship soon established class spirit, and furnished a football squad that rendered all the vengeful attempts of the sturdy Sophs, vain, and marked their debut into college affairs by a score of 0 to 0. From that event, they have ever been the constant dread of the classes, and the surest reliance of the Varsity. Hardly reconciled to college life, they perceived that one year had flown, and. arrayed in the mystic Sophomore corner, they looked with impatient and avaricious eyes upon the flow- ing locks of the Frcshics. Not many Harvest Moons had waxed and waned, until the inhabitants of that blissful orb smiled, a sacrifice of motley wool having been offered to His Dignity. Soon the disconsolate Freshmen challenged the Twelves to a Flag Rush, and chose as a referee of the contest, the great military genius residing at this place at that time, thereby be- stowing a great honor upon him. On the afternoon of the 6th of October, 1909, the sun shone down from the heavens in all his strength, upon a numberless band of quaking Freshmen, closely compact around the flag pole. Prior to this, the Sophs being advised by their wise men. had secured a supply of locks and chains, and many a lad that had not theretofore been in bondage, was confined thereby. But upon seeing the formid- able regiment of the unlucky Freshmen disappearing like the chaff before the wind, the great Field Judge became excited, and, urged on by the persistent entreaties of his commissioned officers, together with his loyalty to the erected flag, as though it were the Stars and Stripes, he released the prisoners of war. and the ensign was flaunting defiantly when time was called. Following closely upon this the Sophs defeated the Fresh- men by a score of 10 to 0 upon the gridiron, and it has been said, that the ‘12 squad of that year was the best class team that was ever produced by the University. There was also a great volume of college spirit within the confines of that class, and they furnished four of the Varsity champions of '09. Nor were they lacking representatives on other Varsity teams that year, for the number of ’12 men on the Baseball nine almost transformed that swift bunch into a class team. The fall of 1910 having rolled around our class, finding themselves in the Junior comer, cast the memories of their palmy underclass days in the sea of forgetfulness, and took on the dignity of their present position. The dangerous proximity 30