University of Maryland College Park - Terrapin / Reveille Yearbook (College Park, MD)

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rigid, lasting and strong, so tliat we buckled down to hard work with renewed earnestness an d enthusiasm until we fairly astounded the Faculty with our knowledge and wisdom. It was in this year that there appeared in our midst a specimen from the Hub of the Universe, a man of lengthy stature, of set features and Yankee ideas ; a valuable addition to our number. At last came the height of our ambition — the Senior year — and with it the proverbial dignity and stately bearing. We were now a dozen in number, with Ingram, a baker ' s dozen. In accepting the additional responsibilities, we exerted every effort to make this, our last year, a successful one, a year which should be an honor to our class and to our College. The term has passed by swiftly and smoothly and, we are sure, satisfactorily to both the Faculty and to ourselves. During our stay within these walls we have suffered the loss by death of two very respected classmates and we wish to extend our heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved families. And now the time has come when me must lift the protecting wing of our beloved College and go forth in the wide world to meet the trials and sorrows, the pleasures and sad moments which the future has in store ; and, above all, to carry on the good work, which was so well begun, of the honorable Class of Nineteen-six. Class ScribK. 27

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?|istorp of tije Class of ' 06 T SEEMS scarce a year since the birthday of this Class of Nineteen- six. By what act of Providence, by what peculiar coincidence did Cambrid ' e, Buffalo, Frostburg, Venezuela, Beltsville, Luray and many other equally unknown places decide to be represented in our class roll in the fall of 1902? The problem has no solution, but yet we came, lots of us, and what a sorry spectacle we presented. But there was great consolation in the way in which we were received, especially by the Class of 1905. Their kind and generous hospitality was unsurpassed, and the ways and means which they had at their command to show us a good time were to be com- plimented. Nothing daunted, however, we bore up bravely and completed the Freshman year without any serious accidents. The following year we returned, forty strong, advertising the fact generally that we were It and Old Boys. Having been taught by the class before us to be generous, considerate and kind, we bestowed these virtues upon the Class of 1907, who thanked us most heartily for our attention. It was about this time that the ' 05 ' s air castles were torn asunder, and that their hats fell down over their eyes. We did meet their football team upon the campus and hold them down to the score of 5 to zip. It also happened during this term that we demonstrated before the eyes of the world and the high priests, our skill and ability in rasing Hob, generally, on Hollow ' een night. However, we burned with envy and jealousy toward the Class of 1907 because we did not receive the great honor of being termed Mushroom Heroes. In studies, we were an accomplished and brilliant class, breaking several records for high stand- ing. We even received fewer zeroes from Professor Lanahan than has any Sopho- more Class in the history of the institution ! Although our class roll was deplora- bly thinned out at the beginning of our Junior year, the old saying that Fine goods come in small packages was especially applicable to the noble sixteen which returned that Fall. We now came to realize more seriously than ever before, that we were sent here for a certain purpose — that we were here to lay the foundation upon which our life work should rest. We saw clearlv the necessity of making this foundation 26

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Class ropf)ecp m T F THERE be one of my readers whose curiosity is great enough to break - - the earth from around a certain one of our class trees, which was planted on Arbor Day of this memorable year, a sealed glass tube con- taining this inscription will be revealed : We, the undersigned, members of the Class of 1906, do hereby affix our signatures with the agreement, that we, the said class, do assemble at a banquet on Vlumni night in the year of our Lord 1926, in commemoration of the happy days spent at M. A. C. (Signed) President. t ' . P ' icc-Prcs Sccrctar . Vice-President. Historian. Treasurer. e t (J ' J.r.. M cs fip: :;