University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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the lead of the seniors and juniors, met and organized with the following ofhcersz President, H. H. Rutherford, vice-president, Bruce Barnett, secretary, Miss M. Jewettg treasurer, H. M. Dungan. Class colors and a motto were adopted, and Saturday was selected as the day for class meeting. During the session, the class made for itself an enviable record. It had more than its share of good students. In the forensic field, out of a possible ten, its members took six honors, leaving to the junior class one, to the freshman class one, and to the law department two. And as far as the deeds of the sophomores in athletic sports-are they not written in the Book of Chronicles? The editor-in-chief of the Afgfzzs and the intercolle- giate committeeman, the two highest honors in the gift of the students, fell to sophomores. It would not be right to close the story of the first year in life of the class of '96, without mentioning the reception that was tendered it by the class of '95. It may be said, without fear of contradiction, that this did more to cement class spirit and to promote the friendly feeling between the two classes, than any other event of the year. After vacation, before school had been in session two weeks, the class of '96 had organized with lVfr. Groves as president, hir. Gwinn, vice-president, and Miss Harrison, secretary. At this meeting it was proposed that the junior class publish an Annual. This was enthusiastically agreed to, and thanks are due to Prof. Cory for the suggestion. The SAVITAR has been steadily pushed forward, with what result. we leave our readers to judge. It is unfortunate that we have to close our narrative before the end of the session, but publishers, like necessity, know no law. We are not able to tell the result of the literary contests, but we feel sure that the junior class will sustain its previous high record. One contest, however, has takenplace, that has reflected honor, not only upon the literary society of which the contestants were members, but upon the junior class, and the entire University. Cn Thanksgiving day, 1894, in the Athenaean-Phi Alpha contest at Sedalia, the former won two honors out of a possible three, and it is a noticeable fact that all three contestants were juniors. Gentle readers, our labor is ended. You who expected to Hnd an exciting description of a cane rush at the dead of night, were mistaken. The profound students who need a stick to support the weight of their knowledge, are uninolested, You, who expected a harrowing tale of midnight hazing and death dealing gases, were also mistaken. YVe are gentlemen and the innocent freshman lives in safety- pitied, indeed, but uninjured. You, who expected to End something worth your reading, made the greatest mistake of all. Only the students of the University could understand what we have written, and they will not read it. C. L. . 23

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The Academics of '96. Parnassus born, O muse divine, O Clio, queen of sisters nine, Upon me shed thy sacred light, And, goddess, guide my pen aright. Kind reader, has it ever occurred to you what a wonderful factor in the busy life of the present is the history of the long ago? What would be our boasted nineteenth century civilization Without the foundation laid by preceding genera- tions? Theologians are of necessity students of the past. Lawyers pore oier mouldy records in search of precedents. Statesmen strive to glean from the lessons of the past the solution of the vexing problems of the present. And so, every- where that dam are assumed, the past is the great storehouse from whence they are drawn. But be not deceived by the pictures you have seen of great historians reclining at ease, with volumes of facts within reach of their hands. The duties of the his- torian are not such an unalloyed pleasure as one might think. He does not stand beneath a tree of knowledge that bends its Willing branches, laden with fruit. He must pick his way carefully among thorny branches, sparely fruited, and, in the end, the ardently desired apple may prove to be ttdead sea fruitf' He must carefully pick his way through the labyrinth of eternity, avoiding alike the halls of falsehood and the luxurious groves of poetic imagination. The chaff must be patiently sifted that not a single grain be overlooked. This picture is not overdrawn and we would advise anyone, who desires to call his time his own, not to undertake any history. and especially any class history. XVere it possible for the historian to follovv the example of the epic poets, and plunge in zzzcciffrs rcs, the historian of the class of '96 would be relieved of one- half of his labor. But since we are the first to chronicle the deeds of this class, We deem it our duty to go back one year to the date of its organization. This brief sketch is by no means worthy to be called a Hhistoryf' It is only a retrospective glance. and deeds, not dates, have been lingered over. Class organization has never flourished at the Missouri State University. For several years past, it has been the custom for the senior class to organize, and there has heen. here and there, a junior class with suliicient class spirit to follow their lead, lint the class of '96 was, as far as can be ascertained, the first in the history ot' the university to effect organization in the sophomore year. At the beginning ot' the second semester of the term 1893-'94, the sophomores, following Z3

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