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History of Class of 1902 BY FRKI) GRAY DEWEY. HE account of the opening of that portentious meeting which signifies the birth of our class, I take from the secretary ' s book. Report of Freshman Election. Class of 1902 Literary and Engi- neering Departments. Nov. 5, ' 98. Meeting called to order by President Angel (sic) at 1.30, Room C, University Hall, who called Mr. E. C. Goddard to the chair. Mr. Goddard thanked the president for the honor and then called for nominations. What an impressive event was that, my friends, as we saw it ! How fraught with mean- ing! A tumult of applause greeted the chairman as he arose. Was he prostrated by the unexpected honor? No. Did he make a long speech thereby cutting down our nomination speeches? Never! The lofty and sublime dignity imparted to his acceptance by his simple answer attest the high position which the class held in the esteem of all even at that early date far better than the ringing words of a Pitt or the climaxes of a Webster ever could have done. The president was chosen by the majority of one vote, after which the world moved on as before. The executive left soon after the first semester closed but nothing unusual hap- pened until the annual Fresh-Soph meet. As early as the meeting of December 5, the minutes show that preparations for this event were being made ; the yell was adopted in January ; and at a meeting in March, yell-masters were appointed and slips containing class yell and colors and requesting freshmen to attend the meet were distributed. This desire to win (and that, too, as a class) which was manifested at that early date is far more interesting than the fact that we did win by a score of 44 points to 19. There are occasional personal comments in the papers during the early part of that year that are interesting now. In an article on the proceedings of the Adelphi we find mention of one Moxie as a likely speaker. In another year there was no longer any reason for confusing him with the product of the soda fountains for he had won the oratorical contest and was henceforth to be known as none other than George Wendell Maxey. At a some- what earlier date the Daily, ever cautious and conservative, noticed in its columns a man by the name of Snow as a promising end for the ' Varsity. That the words of the prophet might be fulfilled, that player has at last been awarded what he earned more than once, a place on the All-American eleven. In regard to the place he holds in the esteem of the class and it applies alike to all who have brought the class honor the words of the song with their charming terseness are quite illuminating : Snow has beaten them first and last ; He ' s got ten M ' s; he ' s in our class. 19
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In the spring the Oracle editors were chosen after much wire-pulling. One of the tickets was headed Anti-Machine. The interesting thing is that the publication in ques- tion was the last of its kind. The Sophomore year was uneventful on the whole although the germ of our champion- ship football team was brought forth ; we again captured the Fresh-Soph meet and the relay team won the championship. The absorbing event of our third year was the success of our football team. Repeated successes before the finals had inspired us with hope that we might make a creditable showing but unbounded confidence was with the laws. The state of affairs may be gathered from the account in the Daily, Before the game yesterday the disciples of Blackstone were billed to drink human blood but as the game progressed the legal warriors had to content themselves with sucking water from the sponges brought in by the water boys. It was a sad day for the boys from the big corner building. The lits were good and attended their 2 o ' clock classes but when 3 o ' clock came some went over to the law building to watch the wild antics and see the queer garb of the law root- ers, and others silently went out to the athletic field. They had not organized, as they felt a little shaky over the game. After a photograph had been taken of the law team with the solid bunch of rooters in fron t of the law building, the procession headed by the farmer band, started for the grounds. It was better than a Wild West show, the variety of clothing and color effect strik- ing terror to the hearts of the lits. There were ' yellow kids, ' and ' farmers, ' and a ' yellow shirt brigade, ' and what not. Tin pans, megaphones and cans with resined strings through them helped swell the noise made by the rooters of the various law classes. The banners they carried had the following inscriptions: ' Lits, take care: Your scalps we ' ll wear! ' ' Look out for us, lits, we are bad business, but don ' t you care ; we ' 11 wear your hair ' ; ' ' 02 Champion law Drum Corps, with Sherman to the sea. ' ' Down with the lits! ' ' Laws, may your pipes never go out ! ' That was an ominous silence of ours. We had the better of the first half, although no score was made, but in the second half we won, fi ve to nothing. Captain ' ' Bill Udell and his men were immediately pronounced heroes and that too of a football game which we will always remember. Growing out of the football victory are two incidents of some importance. The first was the application of red paint to the law building. The faculty refused to take it as an ordinary college prank and promised expulsion if the offenders should be caught. The class held a stormy session and drew up resolutions ' ' disavowing the actions of the persons guilty which were not received with demonstrations of joy by the faculty. This is not a very pleasing period in our history. The other event was the celebration given in honor of the team which marks the advent of class smokers. The idea was seized on by other classes and a large number of these affairs were given marked by varying degrees of decorum. In the Senior year the feeling grew very strong in certain quarters that 1902 should not be employed in connection with smokers. The advocates of the class smokers contended that, however other classes might conduct their smokers, 1902 smokers were well conducted and conducive to class loyalty and good fellowship, and were attended and supported by a large majority of the boys of the class. At one time the prospects seemed good for a stormy class meeting. It is per- 20
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