University of Notre Dame - Dome Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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kmnrcv REV. JULIUS NIEUWLAND, C. S. C. Botanv and Chemistry JOHX YVORDEX Artistic Drawing JESSE E. VERA Mathematics REV. PETER E. HEBERT, C. S. C. Latin and Greek KNOWLES B. SMITH Mining Engineering ARTHUR PIXO Mathematics ARTHUR J. HAYES English REV. GEORGE HORWARTH, C. S. C. Mathematics LUCIUS B. AXDRES Electrical Engineering ERAXCIS VURPILLAT Law 28

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Senior Glass History T President McBride iHE arrival of the Class of 1916 on the Notre Dame campus was in no way different from the advents of many other classes. We immediately fell under the spell of the paternal discipline and were made to feel quite at home on the campus. According to ancient custom our first election of officers was the oc- casion for an interhall fight. After a sharp engagement Corby vanquished Brownson and Harry Scott was elected President of the class. We were determined to prove that we were no ordinary crowd of freshmen ; so when the merrie spring- time arrived we staged a never-to-be- forgotten banquet at the Mishawaka Hotel. Professor Cooney represented the faculty on that occasion and made himself ex- tremely popular by his absence during the latter part of the evening. The banquet was undoubtedly the most spirited affair in the history of the class. As a fitting close of our freshman activities our crew appeared on St. Mary ' s Lake on Commencement Day and not only van- quished the haughty Sophomores but also shattered all records for the local race course. If our freshman record failed to stamp us as different our second year accomplished this beyond a doubt ; and it all came about through our Sophomore Dance. As to music, decorations, etc., ours was similar to all other dances ; but as to attendance, — well the attendance at that dance was so small that we could have held it in the basement of the observatory without being crowded (pro- vided of course that Professor McCue had allowed us to enter that sanctum sanctorum.) The effect of the dance on our finances was so disastrous that we had onlv one chance in the world to get even. We took the chance and Yale beat us 28 to 0. Birds, those were the days when we were dough out. But our Sophomore folly was not without its redeeming features. It enlisted all the men of our class in a conimon cause, — the payment of the class debt. When the class rallied behind our Sophomore President, Terre Haute Lou Keifer, he showed what he might have accomplished if the class had supported him before the dance. The debt was well on its way to extinction before the end of our Sophomore year and early in the following year the final payment was made amidst widespread rejoicing. 30