Wake Forest University - Howler Yearbook (Winston Salem, NC)

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number were mortally wounded in an encounter with a host of malignant little Lilliputians called sines, cosines, and tangents; others, fatigued with much travel- ing and worn out by the long and difficult marching, fell exhausted and died by the wayside; one or two rebellious spirits were court-martialed by the faculty for depredations made on the anatomy of a Freshman; some were lost in an inextricable jungle inhabited by such fierce carnivorous animals as Homer, Livy, Lycias, and Terence ; and still others came near losing their lives, along toward thf shank of the evening, by falling into a lake filled with amoebas, umlauts, retorts, and concepts. Doubtless, many more would have died of overwork and fatigue had it not been for the little ponies which accompanied us on our journey and on which a few members of our class rode over the roughest and steepest part of the road. We are sorry to say, too, that some of our most stalwart men at one time, think- ing that a pony was a luxury which every one who was able should enjoy, instead of an animal for emergencies only, rode so continuously on their patient little beasts that they came near wearing them all to a worthless, unintelligible frazzle. It took many months of painstaking attention to restore our herd to its pristine vigor and beauty. As a historian, therefore, and a philosopher, we would like to leave this bit of advice with the coming classes : Do not in any case allow too much riding by any one. Use your animals for emergencies only, and never suffer them to be overburdened by heavy weights. A man who always rides forgets how to walk when compelled to dismount and enter a country where his beast is under the ban. There is no one word that may be used to characterize our class as a whole. We have to a large extent been run through the same mould, and yet are very different in features and caliber still, and I doubt if the word lordly, which all of us now bear, will accompany us through the rest of our lives. The shock of difference will gradually become so painful in going from one member of the class to another that we may expect our titles to change ; and a different environ- ment will probably also change our occupations more and more. With the prophetic eye of a historian, it seems to me I can see one member of our class clothed in the humble attire of a backwoodsman and walking down the dusty furrow of life behind a faithful bull ; I catch a glimpse of several others who began political careers while in College, completing those careers by occupy- ing the high positions of notary public, constable, and coroner in the remote burgs of their native State ; many more do I see serving the god Somnus as faithfully in life as in their college days; and a few choice spirits I know will attain the humble positions of Governor, Congressman, Senator, Professor, and Editor, leaving behind no monument more lasting than bronze, unless that be the potent influence of a life well spent.

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SENIOR CLASS HISTORY. T HE history of the Senior Class is very difficult to write, for several reasons. In the first place, neitlier men nor events admit of any sort of orderly classification, because both are heterog eneous. In the second place, the record of the class being siii ,qr;;cr .s-, the historian has no other history by which to be guided in his writin r. The third difficulty is the fact that the present history must be only a crof, ■ section. Xot so much as the dim twilight of the history of the individual men bers of the class can be known, and there- fore we are obliged to write in a lese ])articular way than we desire. Four years ago, more or les . the present Senior Class came to this renowned institution for the purpose, or rather in the hope, of filling our empty heads with some of that intangible stufif called knowledge, which floats around the College and which, in the course of four long years, occasionally lodges in the upper story. We were uncouth, gawky, simple, and ignorant lads then ; now behold ! we are a noble array of most potent, grave, and reverend seigniors. From the humble position of polished Freshmen, whose ignorance was self- assertive, we have risen to a place of honor in this community the like of which few beside ourselves can ever hope to attain. Our progress may be indicated by mentioning the names that we have successively borne as we marched along. At one time we were known as the rankest Newish : the second year we were called the bully Sophomores ; the third year you gave us the name ' dandy Juniors, and now we hear on every side the dignified title, lordly Seniors. We used to be afraid of everything and everybody at Wake Forest, but at the present time we do not even deign to look at lower classmen, all of whom show a remarkable evidence of homage and fear whenever passing us. And we are on most intimate terms cum facultate. My comrades, the eye of a historian can scarcely survey the long distance over which we have traveled in reaching our present place of vantage, and the pen of a Thucydides is necessary to record adequately the many battles, sieges, fortunes, we have passed. We started out about eighty strong, but our ranks have dwindled down to half that number. Many were the foes that decimated our noble company. Some there were who died in a head-end collision with Miss Any ; quite a 19

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Perhaps the most interesting and exciting single event that has happened in the history of the present Senior Class was the annu al fight on the Euzelian diamond over the adoption of caps and gowns to be worn at commencement. The line-up was as follows : no-gowners. Creasman . . . Davis BOYCE aOWNERS. . Center Pace Right Guard Keener Left Guard Mull Greene, L Right Tackle Sherwood, E. Ives Left Tackle Seagraves Harris, M Right End Huff Sherwood, A Left End Privott Craven Quarter-back Scarborough SiNGLETARY Right Half-back Larkins Allen Left Half-back Britt Ayscue Full-back Fowler Referee, CoAiNtiTON Timekeeper, Falls Substitutes, Johnson, H., and Lanneau The game was spirited throughout. Snappy ball was played on both sides. There w-as some kicking by the two guards for the No-Gowners, Davis and Boyce, on the decision of the referee. The kickers protested against the playing of right and left guards and half-back for the Gowners, Keener, Mull, and Larkins, claiming that these men had been known to play professional ball. The point was decided against them, however. The rushes of Ayscue and Davis were terrific ; but the superior head-work of Pace, backed up as he was by such heavyweights as Mull, Sherwood, E., and Keener, won the game for the Gowners by a score of 22 to 10.