University of Missouri - Savitar Yearbook (Columbia, MO)

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'T M i x f i i ' 4 i i tw gl. ,li x f 1 4 9 W X X it 4 , if ll4u l'l 'lrlwl ll' lil ls 5 lt ga' ' M' it lik i 1 GYTN1 W ill Q3 . it i N 'lull X ll -te WM l X E ilxlw . l VA W N IM my y 1 l I ix 1 i. ll n? se OFFICERS I,7'f'.S'il1!'llf--REDMOND S. Comz. 'riff-lJ7'C'Si!l!'I1ll1I'1ALLIE MouRisoN PR1cNTis. Scc1'efa1 y+HER'r1u. EITZEN. T7'Cl!-S'Zl?'Fl'-H.XRIZY I.. PIERCE. Sergcaizi-at-.-1rm.s'-HENRY G. BICDINIQER. Hisforialz-HARRY I . Foam. Srwifar Rcpresezzfa!i1'e.s'-Hxulu' C. VVoon, Cims. G. Ross. HE writing of a Junior Class history is peculiarly difficult. Other class his- tories are comparatively easy to write. as an abundance of m-aterial presents itself to the hand of the historian, and with scarcely any effort at all the history is completed. But the ethereal. dream-like feeling that pervaded us as Freshmen, placing the University and us in some enchanted region half way between earth and heaven, has passed away. The important, self- confldent air that characterized us as Sophomores. and caused us to look upon the emerald-hued Freshmen with a certain feeling of contemptuous pity, lives only in our memories. The deep regret that the Senior pretends to feel at leaving his .lima fllafer, but which is in reality only a sickly senti- ment for some pzzlcfzrn flia, has not yet laid hold upon us. ln view of these facts there seems to be absolutely nothing left for the Junior to write. ive are not the first to observe this dearth of material for an interesting Junior history. Classes of former years have noticed the scarcity of ma- terial, and in despair, gave up the attempt to pro- duce anything at all. The fact that we have dared to attempt, at least. the arduous task of hav- ing our history appear in the Savitar, is Slll'HClf'1lt evidence that we are superior to former classes. YVe do not. however, claim to be the greatest class that ever passed beneath the shadows of our classic columns. VVC are too conservative to make

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I SENIOR A CA DEDI I C MAVDE BARNES, K K I' Ft. Smith, Arkansas HARLAN LEROY BROWN Trenton, Missouri A wee boy with a wee voice. Hankers af- ter Penn, Pickard, and Murdock Scott. EDITH LORESTINE DEBOLT, K K I' Chillicothe, Missouri CHARLES JOSEPH WALKER Columbia, Missouri Looks like a preacher. In reality a noctur- nal h-l-raiser. AM Y ROXV ENA MCCARTY Hannibal, Missouri GEORGE L. HAVVKINS Kirksville, Missouri Assistant to Penn. Pop-gun in History. Nice, quiet boy. CALLA VARNER l'niou Star, Missouri ROBERT TURNER ABERNATHY Pierce City, Missouri As quiet as a parrot. Club grub is ruh- duh.

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13 any sneh assertion as that. lve merely remark in passing that if any class has ever surpassed us in any respect whatsoever. that class has long been forgotten. and not even Colonel Switzler's llistory ot' the t'niversity mentions it now. Our dignity prevents ns from mentioning such a thing as assisting at a l reshman banquet. nor do we say that we have achieved unparalleled success on the diamond. gridiron. or in forensic contests. We only say deniurely that we are far from ash-:med ol' the records that we have made so far. ln both intellectual and physical contests we have earried away at least our share of the honors, and our work in the class-room has been such that we have had no desire or necessity for calling on all the gods at once for assistance in getting a pass. In college spirit. we are proud to say, we have never been lacking. ll'e have made strenuous ef- forts to arouse and maintain among the students a more loyal feeling towards our University. In the suppression of all such things as l1l0VlIlg side- walks. building bonfires on the campus, parades to the eolleges. and other uvenile pranks. our efforts have been untiring. And when any of our members liaxe so far forgotten themselves as to indulge in any atl'airs of sueh a nature. we have invariably been shrewd enough to lay the hl:une upon the lin- -fini-ers. Not only have we been loyal to our institution, but to our elass as well. We have sought the right eoin-se in :ill in-itters pertaining to our class, and having found it. have pursued it with unwavering eonrage. NVQ- have never hesitated to make any vieritiee when it was required of ns. As examples ul' this loyalty and self'-sacrifice we speak of lin-it-ly lllodgett. who. by a great sacrifice of time and energy. rendered great serviee to his class and the 'Varsity through his work in the Ultooters' flnlvf' It is also said of Sain Xlarsh that he ent six gyninasinin elasses in order to prepare the How- .-rii-st -pe-'eh eu-r delivered before an aeadeinie elass. Nlany more instances ot' eollege and class spirit eonld lie eited. but these are suflieient. lVe believe that we are not egotistical when we say that never has there been an organization in this institution that has had so much brotherly feeling among its members as we have had. If the gods have frowned on one of us, we have always given him, if nothing more, our heartfelt sympathy. For instance, when Harry VVood was induced to go into a far country and take unto himself a Wife every one of us met him when he returned, and with voices choking with sorrow, expressed our grief at l1is misfortune. J The most beautiful paper of this kind Without part of it devoted to the girls would be a failure. It would be 'iltomeo and Julieti' with Juliet left out. Especially is this true of us, for never since our mother Eve breathed the perfumed air in the balmy groves of Eden has there been such a con- centration of beauty, culture and intellect as is to be found among the girls of our class. Only a poet with divine thoughts arrayed i11 words born among the stars can describe a girl, but our Junior girl, refined, modest, brilliant, is beyond all des- cription. All through the year the girls have in- spired us by their presence, assisted us with their practical ideas, and it is largely to their efforts and influence that our individuality as a class is due. Among those deserving special mention are Misses l, but your historian is of a very bashful na- ture, and consequently has made the acquaintance of so very few of the girls that he modestly refers the reader to Nelson Sears, Simon Frank and Char- lie Hartwell, who are better informed in such mat- ters. Our Junior year is over, and as we turn to give it a last good-bye there comes to us a feeling of strangely mingled pleasure and sadness. The year has been filled with events that bring sweet recol- lections to us. and we turn away from it almost reluctantly. In a few days we shall be Seniors and we believe we have good reasons for saying that seldom has so promising. intellectual. loyal a class passed through the portals that lead from the Junior to the Senior Halls.