University of Oregon - Oregana Yearbook (Eugene, OR)

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Scenes Along the MH! Race

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Senior Tlfistory The Class of 19.11 believes itself to be the most brilliant aggregation of mortals that ever favored the University of Oregon with four years of its precious time. It does not wish to appear boastful or egotistical and it would rather not be accused of having carried swelling head-pieces, but, nevertheless, to grab a eurbstone parlanee, it claims to be the pure Havana filler with wrapper and gold band thrown in. Of course other senior classes have laid claim to the same distinction. They, however, may have been backed by a fertile imagination,-we are sustained by achievements. List while we unfold the history of our greatness. Our short stay has marked an epoch in the life of the University. We have lived through the days of reformation and seen the glo1'y of the rare old golden days pass by. We have seen the last of hazing and the entrance of the era of brotherly love. We were the last to enjoy the unrestricted privilege of hurling the neophytcs into the icy waters of the mill race, and we were the first seniors who ever tried to make freshmen respect our dignity through the salvc of soft words and honcyed smiles, instead of violence and fear. In our youth we were athletes. Many were the track meets and football games we won. In football we are still the undisputed class champions of the University. As freshmen we defeated the sophomores, and as sophomores we defeated the freshmen. Every succeedingfreshmen class has been defeated, consequently we are the football champions. What does it matter if we have been defeated in every other form of athletics for the last three years? These two victories filled our cup so full of athletic glory that if we crowded any more into it, it would slop over. Also, we gave a screamingly successful freshmen dance. lt might not have been more enjoyable than other dances of its kind, but we do claim that we went further in debt and that it took us longer to get out than it ever did any other class. The financiers of our class then learned that we would not pay class debts so they made our class activities self-supporting. We call to witness this statement our Oregana. The best, the liveliest and the most up-to-date Oregana ever published, yet it cost us not one cent. ln this most marvelous and unprecedented achievement we built the lighthouse of financial success. Other classes have but to steer towards our beacon if they would avoid the shoals of bankruptcy. We are spending the last days in the organization of a stupendous brain trust. We do not expect to take all the learning away from our Alma Mater, but we do expect to get most of it. Many years must pass before another class can hope to get as much as we have, for we have not only stripped the fruit from the tree of knowledge but we are taking most of the tree. Now that we are about to fold our black gowns about us and silently steal away, grieve not, for if ever aught goes wrong with dear old U. of O. we shall gladly leave off running the world long enough to come back and set things aright. 1 1 Page 29