Washington and Lee University - Calyx Yearbook (Lexington, VA)

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ward, but before he knows it, the fatal snare has caught him, and he is stuck fast in the trap. Of course you know the rest — how the poor victim is lead higher and still higher, until his head is in a whirl, and he is almost unconscious of everything except his relentless captor. Suddenly — O horrors I — the victim is dropped from this dizzj ' height, and the heartless siren claps her hands with joy to see his bruised and lacerated form, lying crushed on the rocks beneath. The blow is a hard one, and the painful wounds are slow in healing. By degrees however, the poor fellow recovers, but that fresh bright color of former days has left his cheek, and his haggard face is somewhat sadder than before. He is no longer an unsophistocated Freshman, but a wise and experi- enced student. Pardon me, dear reader, my digression, and I will promise to adhere more closely to my history in the future. Early in the session of ' g6- ' 97, our class spirit began to make itself evident, and the spark was carefully nourished until on March 2, 1897, it burst into a bright flame. Our class was oganized on this day and the following officers elected: W. K. McClung. of Va., president: J. M. Mason, of W. ' a., vice-president; G. R. Houston, of Va., secretary: V. W. Whitside, fcosmopolitan), treas- urer : last, but by no means least, Mr. E. McD. Moore of Va., was elected class poet, and some day, (who knows I, we may all be immortalized in verse by this second Shakespeare. At the present time the Class of ' 98 is in a flourishing condition, but already we can see the clouds of war gathering along the horizon, which are growing thicker and thicker, and which in a short time will sweep down upon us in the form of examinations. Who knows but that some of us will fall in this fierce struggle, and will be severed from our class-mates for- ever ! If such a sad fate should befall any of us, we ask, fellow comrades, that you will shed a tear on the grave of your lost friend, and inscribe the following epitaph over his head : Hie jacct iiicmbrniii c assis ' p S ' . Ud iiiescal in pace . Time passes on in its incessant course, and the dark clouds are one by one dispersed, until the sun bursts through on us again in all its glory. We see in the near future the bright prospects of next session, and our hearts leap with joy at the thought of spending another year under the wall of our beloved Alma Mater. Not seldom have we looked forward to the time when we would don the cap and gown, and assume the dignity of a Senior. It is hard to realize that this looked-for time has almost come, and that we are already beginning to assume the sedate and measured tread of the full gradu- ates. And now as we depart for our homes, to spend the happy months of vacation, may the members of the grand old Class of ' 98 cherish even more dearly than ever the hope of reuniting in the coming autumn, and as well be the first class to graduate under our new presi- dent, Wni. L. Wilson, may we do credit and honor to this noble son of West ' irginia. S. G. H.

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