University of Vermont - Ariel Yearbook (Burlington, VT)

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3tmior Ebitorial View the whole scene, with critic judgement scan, And then deny hiiu merit if you can. Where he falls short, 'tis natui-e's fault alone, Where he succeeds. the merit's all his own. The most prominent characteristic which has marked the whole course of the class of '98 is her modesty. And it is with this characteristic modesty that your scribe stands hesitating on the threshold of an editorial upon his own class. To- tell it all would take too long. To say but little would do injustice to the subject. As is usually the case with any Freshman class, the greater number of obsta- cles during our infancy came under the one comprehensive head-Sophomore. But our friends had told us that we might well expect almost anything in the line of freshness from the class of '97, and so for a time we paid little heed to their harmless pranks. But the day came when we said it mzzsz' stop. We were in Perkis old recitation room on the second floor, when they came pounding up the stairs. At the door they hesitated. They had tried us long. Woulcl we stand much more? Then up spake Hyde in his heroic might, Down with the door I Let the scrap be unconfrnedlu and down it went. But before our gallant hero of' ,Q7 could collect his scattered wits he was flying through space-down, down that long flight of stairs. And where were his brave followers, those mighty men of '97 F Gone, gone, some leaping headlong down the stairs, others diving wildly through the chapel doors. It was our first, our last, our only scrap with ,Q7. Even when it came time for our Freshman Banquet and we had set the time and place, we frankly told them of our plans. How well we remember that afternoon, as we stood waiting for the boat to start, we saw a lone and humble Soph come down the dock. It was their president, Felton, and he had come all the way from the mill to tell us he hoped we would have a very pleasant time and a nice, dry, feed. As we entered upon our second year, unlike many classes, we profited by our past experience, and decided to do away with those fresh Sophomoric tricks and live in peace and quiet with the new found babes. But they with their unerring stupidity misunderstood, and began to say to one another, They are afraid of us ! Verily let us howl and yell and be exceeding fresh V' and so they were. Ere long even '97 beganrto nod her head and say Qthough wronglyb Nay, nay, even we were not so fresh as that H. For a long time we endured it, but, at last, once 29

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again we came together and said it wus! stop. It was the season for the Freshman Class Banquet, and full secretly they thought to get away. But we had said they should go without their, President and their Erophet, and we kept our word. Having survived the agonies of Doten's singing lessons and Delsarte Institute, we were justly allowed to pass on to our Junior year. And now, as we gaze back over our past, instinctively there arises a regret for those clear classmates who are with us no longer. How well we l1ave treasured in memory the beaming face of our dear old Cleve Smith, QO that he would come back and pay his debtsj and Thomp too. Verily with them we lost all chance to boast of our tank capacity. How plainly can we see the bright and beaming countenance of Hibbard, the poet, and the happy, easy manners of Halford, the lady killer. But Classmates, we must not feel that we can not exist without them. Have we not Beefy and Duffer? Will not our jovial Merton see that our class taxes are paid up in proper style? Will not Sammy get us io per cent discount on everything? What greater glory could we wish than to don our beautiful, red, class caps Qwhich, by the way, have never been paid forj and with the great and only Perry at our head to march out manfully to meet the trials and temptations of this wicked world ? No! Let us not mourn our losses. Rather let us rejoice in our victories. Per- haps our enemies have said hard things about us. Perhaps they will again. But we feel certain that when the day comes, and we file out with our precious sheep- skins, our dear old Alma Mater will bow respectfully to our memory, as she now does to that of '96. . N Arie ,. PL X O J 0 5, I fwfr? af weawrv '?L'3fA mS1v4l'.R will f' ug? :-e,'Qm'kagfl11QL . gl f f-tif- ' . .. . ' 2-11. it f r ' f as NWI, its :QL ji .TT ,:i.. fr gf, . i-. x , wear .f ,s V-Mil -. TT. ' 'Q .. Wim X if : . A ' ,fn-6447 iii l x5,,fN't 5:ygy la- S1 sergggisgjlr ' -151-L. ' 30