University of Kentucky - Kentuckian Yearbook (Lexington, KY)

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History of the Class of 1930 J. H. Callaway Historian AST IS EAST and West is West, but here the twain did meet in the fall of 1926 to form the Class of 1930 at the University of Kentucky. Handed together to seek for itself the pleasures of life that conic through the development of a more learned mind. In that September, now nearly four years past, the coveted goal seemed an eternity away; an eternity to be spanned in four mammoth strides, each of which could hardly be realized in its extent. The acclimatization stride, though timid and hesitant it may have been, brought meager laurels to its perpertrators. This process of seasoning was goaded to a satis- facory end through kindly advice or force, as the ease merited, administered by the faculty or upper classmen. The “Foolish” year was fertile time for the sprouting of the hidden seeds of prominence and we entered it with a worldly air of confidence. Our members began to assert their rights to positions among the leaders in campus affairs. Such a time was only necessary to prepare us for our rightful positions in the proud class of the present. Then, as the fruits of leadership, scholarship and athletic ability were borne from these seedlings of the previous year the Class of 1930 was looked upon as one with exceptional qualities. We have failed in only one thing. We could not waken those dormant requisites of fame that lay hidden under the surface of so many of our members. Even though this be true, one slight failure docs not wipe out success, and we arc glad to know that our own wealth of admirable traits will balance those laid on the scales of fortune by any group who now calls Old Kentucky, “Alma Mater.” Now, with the fourth stride nearing completion, we look back and can visualize only one short, pleasant step that has carried us to our goal. A step beset with joy, good times, profitable experiences, gainful knowledge, happy memories and enviable traditions. All these things have been proffered by our “Fostering Mother,” the Uni- versity, and we pray that by our future actions we may prove ourselves deserving of them. We arc sorry that the tottering steps of some who started with us became so uncertain as to leave them behind, because they, too, would enjoy the riches from which wo have gleaned the nectar. And now, Alma Mater, as we depart upon our various roads to fame in the many fields to which you have opened the gates for us, we sincerely wish that you may live a long and prosperous life in your efforts to give to future generations that which you have so kindly imparted to us, and may they, as we ask the power to do, carry your banners o’er heights of usefulness to the loftiest peaks of success.

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CLASS OFFICERS John C. Benson President Kathryn Gatliff Giftorian John W. Penn el Orator Virgil L. Couch Editor Kentuckian” Seniors Seniors CLASS OFFICERS Francbs Bask ett Pice-President J. H. Callaway Historian Mary M. Milton Poet J. Henry Lewis Bus. Mgr. “Kentuckian”