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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Academic Seniors. The history of this class properly begins on the pleasant September day in the year 1894, When, as if by magic drawn, we found ourselves at a small village some twenty miles from our destination. WVe had, in years gone by, been accustomed to Find there a train ready to carry us to our journeyls end, but after waiting several hours and seeing none, we determined to investigate the matter. We were soon informed that for some months, because of lack of patronage, only weekly trains had been run, and as this -was not the regular time, we would have to wait a few days. iWe immediately held a consultation and decided to make up a purse in order to persuade the sleepy old conductor to make a special trip. This had the desired effect, and after the rusty engine had been oiled carefully and put in run- ning, or rather creeping, condition, we continued our journey, and after a delightful ride of two hours, viewing the scenery along the way, we once more landed in the 'tAthens of the westf, Collecting our grips, bundles, umbrellas and canes, and seeing that the fragments of our trunks left by the thoughtful baggage smashers, were securely stored away, we proceeded to hunt some first-class boarding houses. Now' for some reason perfectly understood by all the students, Columbia had long had a reputation far and wide for the scarcity of the above-named places. We1'e we an artist we would paint you a picture showing the unpalatable and unchanging dishes of so-called edibles on which the unfortunate victims are supposed to exist- Appetites invariably fail us at the first thought of our scanty and repulsive 'tbills of fare. All sorts of expedients are resorted to in order to coaxback the vanished desire for food, we take long walks into the country, we play football, we spend hours thinking about all the good things we used to have at home, we stand and gaze at fruits and pies displayed in windows hoping thereby to vvhet up our appe- tites, but at the moment of success visions of our boarding house dinners Hoaf mockingly by and they tttake the wings of the morning and fly to the uttermost parts of the earth. It's no use. Starvation stares us in the face and were it not for occasional vacations we would long since have Hshudied off this mortal coil. Considering all these things it is no wonder that after several days, futile search we gave up in despair and resigned ourselves to the fate which invariablyawaits those thirsting for lore. VV'hen at last we were located as well as possible under the circumstances, we betook ourselves to the University in order to arrange for a few studies which 25