University of North Carolina Chapel Hill - Yackety Yack Yearbook (Chapel Hill, NC)

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To the ©U55 of ' 93. Kalliope, from thy ethereal throne on high, To which a scends the plaintive wail and cry Of feeble poets who seek on earth to find That gift by thee bestowed upon the mind • • • Of him who most endeavors to obtain this thing : Send now thy messenger, and let him bring The wondrous favor, and it confer on me, Helpless Poet of the Class of ' pj Pass not, O Muse, this invocation by. Nor give me such a power that I shall lie, In telling to the world the mighty acts By 93 hereafter to b done ; but facts Allow me to relate, and them alone, That Seeds of Truth by this example may be sown ! The} ' say that all th ' Oh ' mpian Gods who live In heavenly regions, to which this Karth can give Of all her toils not one small grief, Once held a mighty Council, of which the chief Athene was. Goddess of Wisdom and of War, She of whom every God, save Jove, should stand in awe. ' Tis recorded that the object of this meeting was To decide where the Seat of Learning, in future years. Should be, praised by many as greatest and the best. And feared, yet held in rev ' rence still by all the rest. After great deliberation ' twas found the will Of every God : the site shall be at Chapel Hill. The question which they now began discerning Would arise, this was : In that Seat of Learning What Class, of such a num ' rous crowd of men. Shall be the noblest, and shall make, when From its walls the} ' go, the highest mark Upon Fame ' s Column ? Let people hark And listen while I to them declare The changeless word of th ' assembled Council there : From man ' s creation, and his fall, shall roll With ceaseless swing twice thirty centuries whole. Less seven years, when from fair Chapel Hill Shall march with thunderous step, this land to fill With astounding deeds heroic. The Class of gj, The like of which has never been, nor yet shall be ! 24

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and a few who had been Sophomores, but were still in the ring and knew the ropes too well to think of giving up their fun so soon. About two weeks later most of the Freshmen joined the Societies and many, upon the advice of their friends, carried with them their Bibles to be sworn in upon in preference to kissing the Society Bible. In October came the State Fair at Raleigh, which attracted a number of us and a good number of others from their work. Then came examinations in December, much to the sor- row of many of us, as was after vards shown, and shortly afterwards came the enjoyable Christmas holidays. After Christmas we were increased by a few who came in, and we grew so bold that four of us undertook to black a Freshman who had lately arrived, but they were run away by some Sophomores, and they were unsuccessful in what they attempted. On the 2 2d of February came the annual election of medalists, all of whom came from the class of ' 93, and it is needless to say that those who received medals were ter- ribly bored and twisted. On the 15th of April came the class day of ' 90, and in the evening was field day, and ' 93 won the one mile run, love beino the winner, and her tusr- of-war team, composed of Lilly, McMicheal, Currie and EUer, beat the Senior class team by over two feet. The first meeting of our class was in the chapel, to organize a foot-ball team for the class, only to be beaten by ' 91. The next meeting was in the Fresh. Math, room, second floor of South Building, when the officers of the class were elected and a yell and colors adopted. We have one man from the extreme West and another from nearly as far East, and two men from outside the State, and add to w hat has been said, that the class of ' 93 is the finest in the University, and its history is complete. Historian of ' 93. 23

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Thus was the Decree, sent from Minerva ' s Throne ; Six thousand years, less seven, have nearly flown, And even now that prophecy is being ' filled (For everything shall happen as the Gods have will ' d). Their strength is like the majestic forest oak, Which bends and sways, but cannot then be broke. The Senior proud is made, in deep disgrace. To hang his head when stationed face to face With ' 93 at one end of a rope. Each with the other endeav ' ring in strength to cope. With ' 91 and ' 92 ' tis just the same — For when to generations yet unborn the fame Of sons of ' 93 be handed down Theirs shall be lost ; they ' ll wear no crown ! Such, then, is the different fate of Man — Some are born to greatness ; others if they can ; And if by Gods ye have been passed by Ye should not be discouraged, but should try To raise yourselves, that ye may be The equal, but not above young Ninety-three I E. Payson W1LI.ARD. 25