Wells College - Cardinal Yearbook (Aurora, NY)

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QEX 1915 Florence Browning, . Margaret Crossette, . Mildred Johnson Devine, . Marion Doughty, . Katherine Douglas, Laura Edwards, ' Frieda Gutstadt, . . Virginia Thomas Hawkins, Gertrude Hobbs, . . Inger DeCue Howe, . Mary Catherine Jardine, . Donine Vera Jones, . Helen McGregor, . Esther Reinck Man, . Evangeline McNaughton, Rena Beatrice Merrell, . Elsa Sara Munday, Kathryn Vernon Seep, . Louise Ingalls Wells, 45 . Scranton, Pa. Muskegon, Mich. . Huntley, Ill. Aurora, Ill. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Cxford, N. Y. . Ithaca, N. Y. . Media, Pa. East Liverpool, C. Phelps, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y. Marcellus, Mich. . Springfield, Mo. Columbus, O. . Smyrna, Turkey Hallstead, Pa. New York, N. Y. Titusville, Pa. Los Angeles, Calif.

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Beatrice Edwina Shaw, Helen Sophia Sterling, Elizabeth Landy, Mary Elizabeth Loan, Julia Attwood Thompson, Gladys Louise Walter, Annie Lowell Wells, . Eloise Wilsey, . Elizabeth Zabriskie, . Concord, N. H Antwerp, N. Y . Vevay, Ind Perry, N. Y Oxford, N. Y Scranton, Pa St. Joseph, Mo Chicago, Ill Paterson, N. Y

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1915 A complete history of the class of nineteen fifteen, recounting all of its struggles and achievements, its work and its play, its varying emotions during the process of evolution-such a history would fill volumes. In this short space I shall have to pick out only a few vital and significant facts, the greater movements which have marked the course of the class up to the present day. First, a word as to the character of the members. They are a hardy, vigorous race, well-known for their independence, democracy, and progressiveness. They came in the fall of 1911, swooping down upon the inhabitants, literally in hordes, but they met a sharp rebuff from a pugilistic band of natives in the Sophomoric territory nearby. Nothing daunted, however, they summoned their courage to meet the attacks, and with violent force or cool strategy they came out glorious victors in almost every struggle. They floated their colors from the tower, they elected capable officers, they won the tennis cups, and before the Christmas holidays they had completely crushed the ambitious and haughty members of 1914. It was very evident that they would e'er long be one of the great powers in the college world. But alas, at this auspicious moment there broke out a fatal epidemic of examinations, and black melancholia settled over the entire region. But at the end of this terrible siege, after ten long days of mental torture, the class of 1915 presented an Opera at the Recreation Party, which would have astonished any audience. It was really an excellent production. As an unprejudiced chronicler, I assure you there never was a liner. In May of this same year, occurred the Freshman Banquet. This also was a brilliant affair, and for the first 46