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SENIOR CLiASS, ’97 Colors :—Red and Lemon. Class Yell :— Whoop alulla ! Whoop alulla ! Whoop alulla ’leven ! Maine State ! Maine State ! Ninety-seven ! Sis boom bazo ! Rip yip yarzo ! Zim zip zee ! Here you see ! Ninety-seven ! Ninety-seven ! M. S. C.! Officers. President,.....................................................S. S. BUNKER. Vice- President,...............................................E. C. Upton. Secretary and Treasurer........................................A. J. Pattbn. 1 9
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SENIOR HISTORY. IN the fall of ’93 there appeared on the campus an aggregation of youths, great in latent mental power, and a trifle verdant in appear- ance. That was 97. The Sophomores, recognizing our true inward worth, and regret- ting that so noble an assemblage should be marred by even the suspicion of freshness, essayed to correct this slight defect bv frequent applications of aquapura, and by all other means known to well-trained Sophomores. Let it not be thought that we were passive patients in the hands of the upper classmen, for in a surprisingly short time the hayseed had been shaken from our ambrosial locks, and we were able to give points to all comers, from Prexy down to Steady’s faithful old cow. An effigy, false and utterly unlike the noble class it purported to repre- sent, was suspended from the wires in front of Oak Hall. Did it remain ? No ! A thousand times no ! Indignation rose in the breast of many a lion- hearted youth. Spokes’ trusty rifie spake, and the image fell with both “Tosh” Whitcombe and “Shy” Wilkins rushing wildly down-stairs just an instant too late. Then ’97 dived deep into their pockets for “ dough ” wherewith to satisfy the rapacious electric light company of Oldtown, Me. Although young to College life, many of our members acquired fame during their first year, notably “ Coxey ” Knights, “Pawnee Willee,” “ Bill Nye,” and Mr. Goss, of Green’s Landing. Days flew swiftly and soon we started homeward, longing for the time when we could return and give the benefit of our experience to the next class. In September we met again, fewer in numbers and with the heavy task before us of reducing to championship form “ the freshest class that ever entered College. ” It was a Herculean task set before us, and fortunate, in- deed, was the College in having such a class to undertake it. For to correct 20
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