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

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Senior Class Mistov TMl ' ' , full of 1900, marks an epoch in the history of the world. With it passed away a century that has meant more for the progress of the world, than any previous age. It is with a feeling of sorrow, that we witness the declining days of such a prosperous age ; for it is so much like the last days of a great and good man ' s life. That fall even the trees and plants of the field seemed to be mourning as their leaves faded, and their seed fell to the ground to be seen no more, till the old century had passed away. But all nature provides for the future. The oak dies not till it has ]ilanted its acorn. To-day paves the way for to-morrow. Every century ushers in the forces which move the next, and the Nineteenth Century was no exception. Blessed with such a record of progress in invention, si iem e, literature and men, it foresaw the needs of the coming age and, consei|uently. in its declining days began to charter trains bound for Wake Forest, and to i)uur into the college the men, who were to take the lead in the Twentieth Century. The men who met the trains that fall, .saw nothing unusual in the countenances of those newish ; but there was something unusual in them. Deep in their souls, burned a desire to revolutionize the world, and resting u|)on their .shoulders, was the responsibility for the progress of the Twentieth Century. They were to make their age what, in- deed, it should lie. Meaning business and having no time to lose, they at once set about their work. Having learned that all the rooms in the laboratory were taken, they secured other places. The ne. t thing, was to organize a base ball team. One over-energetic member of the class proceeded at once to take names of those, who wished to play. It was no trouble to get names. Soon he had his eighteen enrolled. But, poor fellow ! his game was lost. When he attcmiited to muster out his team, nobody knew the men he had enrolled. What a cruel trie k for the old men, to have enrolled under assumed names ! But ours was not a class to be outdone. We had been pre[ ared where the motto was : — If at first you don ' t .succeed — Try, try again. Vet we plainly saw that we must make a change or be defeated in our plans. In the meantime the upper classes met and organized, and we at once saw wherein lay our

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NAME SOCIETY HOME ADDRESS Huc;n LATfMKR Storv )■ Eiire, North Carolina Age 24 years ; height 6 feet ; weight 160 pounds ; B. A.; Teaching; Recording Secretary Y. M. C. A. (3); Associate I ' Mitor Tlic Stu,h-nt (4); Historian (- ' lass ( 4 ). HousroN WiNCATF. Vernon ... ) ' .... Wake Forest, North Carolina Age 23 years; height 5 feet 11 inches; weight 180 pounds; K. S. ; Medicine; Treasurer Class ( 4 ); ' ice-President Medical Class ( 4 ). Waeif.r MdNRoE Waconek ... ' Montland, North Carolina . gc 20 years; height 6 feet; weight 154 ]iOunds ; K. 1..; Law. EiiMUND Karris AV ' arii ' ' .... l.uniberton, North Carolina Age 21 years; height 5 feet q inches; weight 155 pounds; I ' .. . .; Law; Mana- ger Track Team (2); Vice-President . thletic .Association (3); President Debate, .Anniversary (4); President Ckiss (4). Charles Prestdn Weaver .... Baltimore, Maryland .Age 21 years; height 5 feet 10 inches; weight 135 pounds; B. A.; Journalism ; Law librarian ( i ) and ( 2 ); Fiction Medal ( 2 ); Dixon Medal (3); Asso- ciate E;ditor The Howeer ( 3 ); Secretary Class ( 3 ); Fditor Stiulent ( 4 ); .Assistant in F;nglish (4); Poet Class (4); (llee Club (4). John William Whismant .... ) ' .... Cranite Falls, North Carolina Age 23 years; height 5 feet 10 inches: weight 158 pounds; B. A.; Law; Chief Marshal, .Anniversary ( 3 ); Richmond Debater (4); Orator, Anniversary ( 4 ) ; Commencement Speaker ( 4 ) ; )rator. Class I )ay ( 4 ) ; ( Jlee ( ' lub ( 4 ). William F-Ienrv Wiiiiehe.mi ... ) ' .... Timmonsville. South Carolina Age 23 years; height 5 feet 3 inches; weight 132 ]iounds; B. .A.; Ministry; Second Debater, . nni ersary (3); Senior .Speaker (4). JunsoN Willis ' ' .... Luniberton, North Carolina Age 26 years; height 5 feet 10 imhes; weight 160 i)Ounds; P.. A.; Law. Samuel Hill Yokelev ' Lake, North Carolina Age 23 years; height 5 feet 6 inches; weight 135 pounds; II. .A.; Medicine; Laboratory Assistant in Chemistry { 3 ) and ( 4 ).

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weakness. Accordingly, a day was set apart for a meeting of the newish. Bv some means the upper classes discovered our intention, and when we met, behold, we were encompassed round about by a mighty army. But You must not think, That we are made of stuff so flat and dull. That we can let our beard be shook with danger, . nd think it pastime. f)ur cham|.iions came forth, and a mighty battle followed, in which many of our men were taken prisoners, but the result of the battle was victory for the newish. P ' or the first time in the history of the college the Freshman class met, and after much clamoring for office, Jack Sprinkle was chosen President ; Sam Williams, Vice- President, and Bob Dowd, Secretary and Treasurer. Having come to order, we adopted as our motto, United, we stand ; divided, we fall ! which we have clung to, ever since in classroom, on examinations, and on the athletic field. That newish meeting marked an epoch in the history of the college. It meant a breaking up of the unwritten laws against newish unity, and since that time the rights and ]5rivileges of the newish class have been more and more respected. May the newish classes, which shall succeed us, remember that the comparati e ]ieace which shall preval between them, and the upper classes in the years to come, was sei ured for them Ijy the valor of our class, on the battlefield, in the fall of 1900. Having passed through the kingdom of newish-dom, uncertain roads of which are always flooded with shoe-polish and often lead through dark ( aves where the night- hawks await their prey, we journeyed on to the land of the Sophs. We chose l)a id Bland for President, . nd .started out to conquer the country. The [irintipal city of this land, located near the boundary of the newish kingdom, is called Wisdom. Finding it a beautiful city with a very weak population, we at once took possession, and spent the most of our time there. However, we were invaded many times by two armies, known as (. ' ritics and Professors, who have always seemed envious of the city, where we then lived. Our only wall of defence was Self- importance, and little by little, they stole from us our su]iplies, till we found ourselves reduced to starvation and compelled to flee to another land. Our journey was dark, and uncertain. We were tired and hungry, and almo.st gave up in despair. Many fell by the wayside, and have never been heard of since. At length, we found ourselves at the edge of a river called Exam, the width or de])th of which no one knew. But bright lights gleamed from the other shore. How to cross the river was the question. We had no boats, and were too weak to swim. To stay there meant to die, to turn back, meant cowardice and disgrace, but to reach the other shore, see.ned to promise mare hop; of success. We rested a few minutes and plunged