University of Massachusetts Amherst - Index Yearbook (Amherst, MA)

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THE Clasees

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7jo the Class of ' 96 O O Gone — gone — gone, From the campus ground They stole away when their work was done. Forgotten they ' ll be, their joyous sound; They have gone away, they ' ve had their fun. Another class, on the campus lawn, Fills the place of the class that ' s gone. And so — so — so, As the years roll by, Many a name you ' 11 forget to write ; And so — so — so, You may heave a sigh For many a friend that ' s lost from sight ; And so — so — so, They go.

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1900. OOOOO0O0 Class Colors. Purple and Old Gold. Class Yell. Hip-su ! Rah-su ! Sis-boom-bah 1900 ! Rah! Rah! Rah! GI ass History. Th % • T Wif () Tool EPTEMBER has come and gone, but it has bequeathed to Aggie, as an evi- dence of its interest toward the institution, the class of 1900. It is our good fortune to be the century class. As to our being unaccustomed to college life we will admit it, but as to being green, — never ! During our first days here we heard, now and then, allusions to the Owl Club. Though we had heard of this club, yet we could not come to any definite conclusion as to its mode of operation. It presented to our minds only vague ideas of a something, — what shall we call it ? — with which in due time we would become acquainted. And so we did ! On a certain memorable Friday night we were unceremoniously introduced to the secrets, — heretofore unknown, — and the mysteries of the Owl Club forever vanished. Now, I believe, there are none M ' ho have not the most complete mental image of that order. But we soon suf- ficiently recovered from our informal midnight reception to win the rope-pull. It was a closely contested struggle. At the signal to drop, the Sophs., as they were more experienced, took in at least a foot of the rope, but they could not