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

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The Class of Nineteen-Two Class History m ' (Icsin- is to write a histoiy of the present Senior Class. I say desire, l.iecause neither I noi- an - one ean give an adequate account of the subject in hand. The history has lieen written upon minds and in characters. The life that this class has led since it came together in the fall of 1898 has been a life of inward growth and strength gathering. There has as yet been little out- ward manifestation of the latent energy stored liy contact with men and books. If the historian could get at these inner changes, he would have material for volumes. As this is impos- sible the liest that can lie done is to relate a few insignificant incidents of out- wai-dly une ' entful college life; but to accept these incidents as representative of what the class has done or is capable of doing would be unwarrantable. It is now close upon four years since, with timid step and beating heart, themem- liers of the class of ' 02 first came together upon the college campus. To us those years have seemed short indeed. We can testify that time flies in Chapel Hill as well as elsewhere. The pa.ssing time has not failed to firing changes, nor to leave its inark upon each and every one of our class. At first we numbered nearly a hundred. Now we are reduced to little more than half as many, though we have been joined by se -ei-al stuilents who were not with us at first. It is useless to deny that we were Fresh. Before our journey to Chapel Hill was ended we heard and were alarmed at gloomy tales of the trials and tribulations our predecessors had undergone at the hands of certain teachers, and the predictions were that we would catch it hot and hea ' y. So tlark was this side of the jncture made to apjiear that we wondered if we 22

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She Gollege op (-Ir,ts Sciences Fraxcis Preston Yenahle, Ph.D. Eben Alex. xder. LL.]).. President. Dean. Graduate Students Resident For Degree George Chadbourn, B.S., WiLLi. M Stanley Bernard, A.B.. Palmer Cobb, Ph.B., Royal Oscar Eugene Davis, Ph.B., RicH.vRD Lindsey Ellington, B-S., John Chrlstoph Blucher Ehringhaus, A.B., Gertrude J. mes, .... James ED VARD Latta, Ph.B., A. M., Metrah Makely, Jr., A.B., . Adolphus William.son Mangum, Litt. B., Aldert Smedes Root, B.S., Clarence Albert Shore, 15. S.. John William Turrentine. Ph.B.. Louis Round Wilson, A.B.. M.S., A.M., A.M., Ph.D., M.S., A.M., Ph., A.M. M.S., M.S., M.S., A.M. D. Non-Resident Arch Turner Allen, Ph.B., Lester Van Noy Branch, B.S., Charles Paul Coble. Isaac Foust Harris, B.S., . Alice Edwards Jones, Francis Juat, M.D., Jay ' Dick Lentz, Litt. B., Jacob Warshaw, A.B.. (Harxanl) A.M. M.S., M.S. A.M. A.M. ]Vilt7nngtoii. N. C. Greenville, X. C. Danmlle, Va. Columbia, S. C. Rfidsville, N. C. Elizabeth City, N. C. Chapel Hill, N. C. Chapel Hill, N. C. Edeuton. N. C. Chapel Hill, N. C. Raleigh, N. C. Winston Sedetn. N. C. Burlington, N. C. Lenoir. N. C. Statesville. N. C Brooklyn, N. Y. Gilmer ' s Store, N. C. . i u- Haren, Conn. Raleigh, N. C. Aberdeen, N. C. Concord. N. C. Paris. France.

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could ever meet the exactions of the faculty. Actual experience con -inced us that the dangers were overdrawn. Our courage rose and brought with it stronger faith in ourselves. None of us mil ever forget the scenes of rejoicing and mirth when Mrginia was defeated on the gridiron in the fall of 1898. The torchhght-and-tin-horn pro- cession, and the bonfire (in the making of which mainly our Fresh energy was em- ]jloyed) are firmly fixed in our memories. When Washington ' s Birthilay came around we did not fail to receive our share of medals, with snow balls thrown in for good measure. When vacation came we all went home glorying in Soph-liood. ' acation cjuidkly passed away. After our return, class politics was a topic of much interest. This interest culminated in the never-to-be-forgotten Sophomore election. Since that time our college days have jws.sed along much as before, plea.santiv and uneventfully. Now we see between us and Commencement only a few short months. Our college career is approaching an entl. AMiile we all are looking forward to the time when we shall enter upon our life ' s work, still we feel a lingering regret that the time will soon have conic when the class of ' 02 will separate, never to meet as a whole again. Looking back over our college days, we see where we might have done better in many respects; but on the whole we may congratulate ourselves upon the results attainerl. In class work 02 has made a record of which she need not be ashamed. The Alplia Thrta Phi has received more recruits from this class than from any class in the past. Many inter-society and inter-collegiate del aters have come from our ranks. Football and basel all have been heartily supported by ' 02, which has furnished many nf tiie l)i ' st men (in all the teams. In all i)ha.ses of college life the cla.ss has done its part. Let it be the dut - of every due to see tiiat the standard here maintained shall not be Idwei-eil in the Wdrlil tliat lies jjefore us. HiSTIlRIAX. ' = ' , Wr