University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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xv ill xv W W W W W 02 Sv .slid JS VI AR2 Under the Pettus administration, and the following administration also, we had a base ball team that defeated all comers. The most notable event of this administration, however, was the battle on the evening of the preliminary for the Nebraska debate, between the Jun- ior Mules and the Junior Academics, in which our forces engaged and saved the day for the junior Academics. I . The main points which need be mentioned in connection with the Ramsey administration are the purchase of red caps, the ensuing con- fiicts with the Mules Qlt had been thought that cows were the animals which disliked red, but it seems that mules are built the same wayj, the Woodbury expedition, the class reception and the growing class patriotism. Under the Shumard administration, the class organization has been more compact, and class meetings have been better attended than before. Many important steps have been taken by the class under this administration, perhaps the chief of which is the formation of a permanent class organization. This organization is of course in its embryonic stage, and its results can not be foretold. The mem- bership of the class this year is not so large as before, but a number of strong additions have been received. Throughout its career, in matters of polity, as well as in per- sonal affairs, the class has been under the sympathetic guidance of that good and grand man, whom we need name here only as the Father of the Students. Our debts to him are legion. The life of the class has not been all sunshine. Like classes that have gone before, we have had our bereavements. Perhaps the greatest of these was the loss of Dr. Hicks, whose place has never been filled. Our lives, however, have been given direction and aim and plan through the short association it was our privilege to have with him. His comprehension of view, capacity to see all sides of questions, public and private, ability to assign each thing and each subject to its proper place in the social system are characteristics rarely possessed by the men of this age of specialties. In conclusion, we may ask ourselves what is the meaning of our college career. Have we profited by it or not? History tells us that which has been, but, aside from its cultural advantages, its study is important only in that it furnishes a guide for the future. It is to the future then that we look for a definite answer to our question. With the fortunes of other classes in mind, however, some indication may be given as to what this answer will be. To some college education has been a failureg or better, some who have attended the University have not taken a college education. They have failed to utilize their opportunities while at college, and in all probability will fail to utilize their opportunities in the future. Having knowledge within their grasp, they have failed to grasp it. Having success in reach, they will not reach it. Others, although receiving some education. have been unable to perceive its meaning, and will fail to apply it to their practical lives. Still others, we believe much the greatest number, will find their college education a constant source of gratification. To them, college education has brought an awakened self-consciousness, ai breadth 'of view, an ever present source of culture. College educa- tion pays in dollars and cents, but its greatest blessing, one, in truth, rnore practical, can never be measured in that way. This blessing is its influence on the individual consciousness, in giving direction to that .consciousness towards the goal of human endeavor-the greatest possible perfection of individuals. 16

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I r -- Q., LM. -.,.M.,.,.,,. . , , YJQSAVI TARQ 3 .,,a,.cf- C. . . 4, R 1 a. ,Lei Wt i l l ml ' ll un-G-ff . Q . . O. G. SHUMARD, President. IM W J. A. POTTER, vice-President. 1 Qjffiggrg l LOU B. CALDWELL, Secretary. is STRAUSSIE MCCASLIN, Treasurer. M. M. DEARING, I'IiSt01'ia1'1. ilkir. is a well known fact that class histories are never read. Thus, it matters little what is chronicled in this history of the class of 1902. Being thus as- cussion, We can proceed to describe the life of the J class of 1902, in our own way and for our own satis- A faction. In the first place, this class is above all things cosmopolitan. It includes men and women, girls and boys, large and small, big and little. In the next place, the class really has a history. Under the Davis administration, the class began its career in a modest manner, without pomp or unwarranted display. We got ac- quainted with each other, and learned some political methods. One of the events of that year was the part we took in the great Commit- teeman election--the last, but one, which occurred at the University. In our Sophomore year, under the Pettus administration, we got an overdose of moral resolutions and had a private conference with Doctawr jawn Pickard in reference to the same matter. One of our darker brethren, on this occasion, expressed the view that, if a stu- dent became so fatigued by ordinary methods of conveyance as to be unable to meet his engagements with the class, he should indulge in horse-back riding. This member has since found that even horse- back riding has its dangers and is not always a short cut to a diploma. rs ., -- A. T ., x 13: sured that our history will not be profaned by dis- . 2-I-X 'Af'-M' 7' mc- L wr ---L f --

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