University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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feel that we were really a class. When we decided on a class party at the Gym. the social committee met a generous response and carried through one of the pleasantest parties which the Gym. had ever seen. Also when we held another class party at Cascade Glen the class responded with equal enthusiasm to the efforts of the Social Committee and the meeting was voted an equal success. The Junior year closed with the organizing of two factions to contest the class election the following fall. Senior Year The Senior election was fought out with determination by both sides, but it was characterized by the utmost fairness and good feeling. All political lines have now faded away, and harmony prevails. The smoker held in Cunningham Hall was a distinct success. Many encomiums were passed on Piggie Hoag ' s cider. After the meeting broke up the company proceeded to the campus and most solemnly dedicated the senior bench to 1906. The ceremonies were interrupted, but not broken up bv the campus cop who showed himself lacking in class spirit and unwilling to enter with any great zest into this carrying out of college traditions. The ban- quet, which followed shortly, brought out a large crowd and was productive of a fine display of class spirit and good fellowship. Professor Van Tyne, who was the guest of honor, remarked feelingly on the incorrigible na- ture of the chicken. Toastmaster I. egg presided in good form, and the program was well received because of the noveltv of main 1 of the stunts. Ch Gatchell was especially entertaining in his caricatures of well- known faces. Lately we have had another very successful party at the Gym. when all the Senior fellows and a great number of girls attended. Allthosewho were there are ready to testify that this was only another big success. The class of 1006 is among the largest, and most diversified that has ever graduated from Michigan, but none have surpassed it in good fellowship or in class and university loyalty. 1006 has seen the first beginnings and the rapid development of the new Michigan spirit. 1906 has aided and encouraged the club house pro- ject, the hope of better conditions in student life; and 1906 has stood loyally behind the Michigan Union and the Senior Council, the hope of student self-government. As a class we have been remarkably free from fac- tional jealousies, and from departmental or class prejudices. We have added at least one valuable custom to student life, the wearing of the freshman caps. In one department our record is unique. An inexorable fate has uniformly pursued our athletic teams. None of our baseball or football teams have ever scored a victory. However, we helped win the All-Fresh and All-Soph track meets. Our relay team reached the semi finals in the Junior year and Demi Hodgen leda forlorn THE VICTIMS hope this year through the first preliminaries. The women of 1906 as well have come valiantly to the rescue of the athletic reputation of the class, by winning the basketball championship in the Junior and Senior year. Many of our members have brought honor upon themselves and the class. In football we contributed Maddock to the ' Varsity. Hodgen has made the track team in the hurdles. Gradle and Zoellner are promi- nent in the Fencers ' Club, Gradle having won the championship in his Junior year. Smoot is a golf player whose fame goes beyond this school and state. Hoag is a tennis player of Varsity calibre. Stickney is presi- dent of the Cross Country Club. In debating we have had Amberson, Rawlins and Legg on University teams. Inui and De Priest and Colgrove are well known orators. Political honors have fallen on Hugh Allen, President of the Michigan Union and Managing Editor of the Michiganensian; Kusterer, Interscholastic Manager in his Junior year and President of the Athletic Asso- ciation; Kawlins, Interscholastic Manager in his Senior year; McGregor, President of the S. L. A. Stevenson is Business Manager of the Alumnus and Milburn of the Inlander; Gatchell is on the Inlander Board; Dew is Managing Editor of the Michigan Daily; Stickney is News Editor; Ortmeyer is editor of the Music Department; and Miss Armstrong is Women ' s Editor, Allen and Parks are on the editorial staff; Barnes and Clark are associate editors. The final wind-up is near at hand. Soon will come the swing-out, the final examinations, class day, senior reception, commencement and then the University will be holding the door for us to go. FRANKLIN C. PARKS.

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of excitement and danger. And though we showed up bald and shorn in Dow ' s History, yet our spirits were undaunted for did we not leave traces of activity and enterprise among the Sophomores. The spring brought on our first social function the freshman party at Granger ' s. Here our committee which included Imus and Gradle on its proud rolls learned the old lesson, Uneasy rests the man who is on a committee and though the class went in the hole some $21 deep yet there are worse things in life than debt and we have lived to see this debt paid up. Sophomore Year The first duty of this year was to elect officers. The good fellowship and ability of Verne Amberson had already marked him as a natural leader and he was chosen president. We were Sophomores now and our duty toward the incoming classes was manifest. Lurid posters were strewn about the city at an unholy hour, which set forth the crimes and short-comings of 1907 to all the world. The hour came for us to act and we were ready. The scene was dramatic our audience the University ' s fairest and wisest; our opponents awed and trembling, clustered around the cannon waiting for the charge. And then the final advance, the shock of the impact, the impeluous advance and stubborn resistence, the wild hand to hand struggle and the final victory. That the character of the entertainment later shifted from drama to comic opera did not lessen our appreciation nor the enjoyment of the audience. The fall brought the annual banquet which was a big success. Fusser Clark distinguished himself while DePriest ' s maiden effort brought down on him from Prof. Wenley who was our guest that night, the encomium My honorable colleague. The hair cutting season was short but memorable. Lits and engineers met in University Hall, decided on a program and chose a vigilance committee with powers to act. The class was divided into ten great com- panies, each headed by its captain. Efficient telephone connection made a thorough organization possible. As a result of our painstaking labors we scored a record of some hundred shorn freshmen. One unfortunate occurence marred the festivities. The freshman toastmaster had successfully evaded the 1006 men for several days. Finally a determined crowd headed by F ' rank Snow, ' oS Engineer, captured him in SKMCIR BKXCH the library in broad daylight. For this Snow was expelled from college in spite of a petition largely signed by both classes. His recent death caused sincere regret to all who knew him as a sterling good fellow. The Sophomore year closed with a spirited campaign between Stickney and Imus for independent member of the Junior Hop Committee. Junior Year When the class assembled in the fall of 1904 we missed the familiar face of Spigetti Laub, perhaps the best known and most popular man in the class at the close of the Sophomore year. The expected contest in the election of independent member of the Junior Hop Committee did not materialize. A compromise had been affected whereby a ticket headed by Stickney for president was unanimously elected. The annual fall banquet was an enjoyable affair, and there was a large attendance. K. S. Jnui made a distinct hit by his response to the toast The Larger Loyalty. Professor Wenley was again the guest of honor, and he did not disappoint the expectations of those who had heard him the previous year, for he told precisely the same anecdote, which was very amusing. The 1906 Junior Hop was popularly pronounced the best ever held. Long before the time set for the S. L. A. election the rumblings of political activity were heard. In- numerable aspirants for the presidential honors appeared, among them Davidson, Redfield, Legg, Barnes, Inui and McGregor. The contest finally narrowed down to the last three and McGregor won out by a good majority. In this election definite political factions appeared for the first time. In the Michiganensian election however Hugh Allen was the unanimous choice of the class for managing editor. By our Junior year it was evident that the class was growing closer together, becoming more of a unit. We were getting acquainted; we had learned to call each other bv name or by nick-name and had begun to

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Senior Literary Officers FRANKLIN C. PARKS MARIE WINSOR LOUISE ORTH H. CLIFFORD STEVENSON EFFIE J. ARMSTRONG ANNA BROOMHALL . HEI.KN J. CONVERSE . President Vice President . Secretary Treasurer . Historian Prophetess Poetess HAROLD A. HUMI. THOMAS J. DOWNEN CLEMENT E. SMOOT ALICE E. KEYNICK KIYO S. INUI HARLEY K. LEGG HARRY G. HOUGHTON Football Manager . Baseball Manager Track Manager Basketball Manager . Orator Toastmaster Member Oratorical Board