University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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A Bit of Distorg There is something peculiarly fascinating about reminiscences, whether our own or those of others. They seein to have in them a trace of the magic that be- longs to fairyland. They teach us that what we thought was gone is not entirely gone. The class of 1905 being of great worth and this having become noised abroad, urgent requests have been made for a history of that noble class. ln September, 1901, we gathered at a new little-red-schoolhouse-on-a-hill. Ch, we were wondrous wise and proudly produced our parchments to show that we were quite prepared to favor the University of Oregon with our presence. Our ideas were far more lofty, of course, than those of Freshmen who had preceded us or who might follow us. Our four years' experience has been wide and varied. The trials of the first year were great but for a whole year we retained that fresh, courageous buoyancy' of youth. We held our heads continually in the lofty atmosphere where angles, circles, arcs, sines, logarithms and complements fanned but never disturbed our cool brows. It was in our sophomore year that we found how little we had appreciated our- selves. But contrast is one of the best means of determining your own worth. A crowd of light-hearted, innocent young people entered college that year. We considered them quite harmless and amusing as children will be, but soon they proved to be a cloud of cumbrous gnatles molesting our peaceful, studious exist- ence. The history of that year is not glorious, but victory is not always granted to the right. Our modesty was outraged when an audacious Freshmen class persisted in claiming distinction beyond its due. That year inaugurated the cap-rush, for no Freshman class before had presumed to violate the dictates of custom and prece- dent. We may not dwell on the subjectg memory conveniently fails us. ln our junior year we cheered up. Such a bright, intelligent lot of Freshmen came that year. We really loved them and would have taken them into our hearts, but we were naturally so reserved, you know. We always did say they combined energy and common sense, and when they dutifully turned the tables on the '06 class, how our hearts warmed to them 1 The year itself was uneventful. Of course junior Day came and again justice must have broken her balances. The '06's said the juniors should not fly their flag and the juniors meekly obeyed. 35