Washington College - Pegasus Yearbook (Chestertown, MD)

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twenty-two had returned. ' Idiere were, however. fi -e newcomers, who increased the nnmber to twent - e en. We began to make h ' reshmen and I ' reps look sick- before we got our trunks un|iaekeck We tried out the cantbikites for the track team and glee club imiuirlially. We then ga ' e a few concerts, track and field meets to judge the team woi ' k of the candiflates. The) ' were vcr} ' successful — from our point of view, which was about the onl - iiojnt of -ie v there was. Wdien we felt we h;id done our dul - iu ihi-- direction we got together and elected officers and decided to publish an annual. We knew this meant quite a lot of work but then we were the class of |i)io. In our So|)homi re xxar we lia l six regular men on the football team, beside Caiitain Aladdo.x, and three substitutes, so we challenged the rest of the college to a game, the challenge w a-, accepted. The day of the game ( ' awned ; not bright and sunnx ' as it should, but dark and rain -. From the kick-off until the last whistle was l)lown, the liall was first in one territory and then in the other, and the game ended l)y neither side scoring. The class won in the two track and field meets held this } ' ear. liesides taking both class rela ' s. We had tills ear four regular men on the liaseball team, one of wdiom, Knotts, was captain. dlen we returned iu om Jimior ' ear we found onl - nineteen had retiu ' iied, two decided to graduate in Kjl I. I Ia) ' es. who joined Us this ear. makes the total number twenty. This ear we had six regular men on the footl)all team, liesides Captain Gib- son, wdio decided to graduate with the class of l(;lo. This is niit as many as last •ear. but still more than half the team. We also have four regular men on the baseball team. At the present writing the track team has not been selected but we are reasonabh ' sure of four of the five men who will go to I ' hiladelphia. ' ]. this brings the history up to date liiu as I think of the three years I have spent with the organized class. I see that this gives a very meagre account of its deeds. If it should seem to vou that we have tiiade errors and I. lux ' self admit many errors of commission and omission, rememlier. gentle reader, we have still another vear to rectif} ' our mistakes. Page Twenty-eiglit.

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Hi ory of the Class of 1910 I ( )( )KI. (; ovfi- class histories I find tliat the (hlTerent his- torians are unanimous in lechu-in,ij,- that their tasi is a iiard one. I fullv a.i;ree with them, hut for a particular reason 1 c insi(ler my task harder than some others. The class of i()io ha always hecn the largest, most energetic antl, I have heard some ])eo])le say, the hest class in college. Were 1 to faithfully descrihe all rhe doings of this class it wouhl take a volume. I will touch on all the most im- portant things hut at hest it will he only a liare outline of the class history. ( n a liriglU v epitemher morning, in the year njod, there assemliled in the old chapel a numlier of hoys and girls who were henceforth to he known as the class of 1910. We soon got together and elected officers; Johnson was elected ])resident. We also decided to elect officers yearly, as more than one year as an officer in such a noble aggregation w.mld make a man get such a swelled head as to become conceited. The Sophomores tried to break u|) this meeting, but the TM-eshmen just turned around, snnled a little at such childish efforts and threw the Sophomores out. We then locked the door. During the first term the class Inickled down to make a mark in studies. e .succeeded adnnrablv; so admirably, in fact, that oiu ' i)resident in commenting on the result of the nndwinter examinations took occasion especially to congratulate the rM-eshman class on the fme showing it had maile. .- t that time we lid not know what disgrace this meant, but when we heard the snickers from the upper classmen and the titters from the girls the light of a new understanding began to dawn on us. We went out of chapel with a sheepish air, and resolved never to be so disgrace l again. The occurrence has never been repeated. Onr class has alwavs been prominent in athletics. In our Freshman year we had f ve regular men .m the football team and four regulars and three sub- stitutes on the l)aseball team. In our Sophomore vear we found that out of twenty-seven Freshmen, only

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J. Leo Brown Havre de (;riice, Md. Ia ' ii. a rr - indiisiriciii hi ' l. Alw;i -s thinks l)efi!rr lu- s|nal s. S])l-ii(1 iiiu-t (jf his time laiii;iiiii - at Spri:;-. Al a -s thiiikiiiL;- ol Soiii.i; up liiiiiu ' next week. liclieves in sleep ;is a cure for L ' xerylhinL;. If vi m h:i -e ,c;iit anytliin - to -a -, say it i|riek lie fore I get sleepy. James M. Cain Chestertown, Md. ' ' Pedro. the awkw anlest man of the class; runs on the track like a turkey, with Ijoth wings broken, . lways ready to criti- cise some one ' s good looks. Has recentl fallen dce]ilv in lo c, and never tires of hearing that little song: Mary has a little lanil). Ills name is lamie Cain.