Wesleyan University - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Middletown, CT)

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But former histories have recorded these achievements, and the tale of individual exploits may be seen elsewhere in these pages. For us, indeed, the mere scores of class victories no longer seem all important. Upon our shoulders as Seniors have weighed the interests of the college at large. VVe have realized our responsibility and our opportunity, and We feel that if in our brief course as upper classmen and leaders the vague influence termed college spirit, that leavens a man's loyalty, that vents itself both in enthusiasm and in action, and that is optimistic-if that elusive afflatus has, as We believe, been kept alive and increasing, our efforts will not have been in vain. Now arises the thought that not many times more can We bunch up for another cheer. Soon will come the disenchanting effect as We doff the cap and gown, and we shall again have reached the position of Freshmen. Ngw duties and class cups of another sort will fill our minds. Doubtless these four years will seem the very best of old Wes- leyan, just as our fathers claim in their undergraduate days to have seen the college at the acme of its historyj But though We shall have to sever our active connection with the life here, We are confident that no distance or time can destroy our affection for Alma Mater, and we will eagerly join tlie ranks of old alumni and young in pledging ' fu zoom! and dem' Om' love' for Wes!fjfa7z. i ,aa me lL XX? li-, lil 544 - ....- J ef ld 21

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Senior 'lhistory i HE time has come for our fourth and final appearance as undergraduates in the college annual. As we pause and look back down the vista of our course, it seems to stretch strangely far. Away in the past lie our quaint airs as lordly Seniors of preparatory schools. Yet the course itself seems no less strangely short. The four little round years since even we were Fresh- men+-fortunately no other class remembers that period-until these our features and the records of our exploits adorn the pages of the OLLA PODRIDA, are but a season. The retrospect is a pleasant one. It is full of all the odd little doings, the tasks mingled with jest and jollying, which add up to make the college life. The class has not been without its failures, but we are proud of the record as a whole, and we are thankful for our fellowship. At times we feel the moving of that class spirit that is fullest in Fresh- man and Sophomore years, and take pleasure in recounting our exploits. We like to think that while we may not be the largest class on the side lines, it is because we outnumber all others on the field. ' No gold foot- balls can be given to Senior players this year if the Athletic Association is to remain solvent. Our musical talent has directed the college sing- ing for two years, and has brought out that lasting tribute to the zeal of 1902, the Song Book. Even the college clock has felt the inspiration, and has taken to itself chimes in our time. VVe are not the earliest class in the century, but our OLLA POD. broke all later time records, and the OLLA PODRIDA Entertainment is one product of our inventive powers. Our influence has been felt in other ways as well. Under our example the number of signers of the pledge has been doubled. In scholarship especially has our ability been notable. We were the first to find Sophomore Rhetoric and junior Declamation unnecessary. VVe were the first to experiment with the Junior Debate. For us, English Literature, History, and Economics were for the first time given as Sophomore electives. And each year the Faculty have found the old text-books too simple for our recondite intellects, and have sought for new and advanced and costly volumes. 20

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FALL TERM A. J. INGLIS . R. A. ANDERSON D. G. VVTLLETS Seniors Colors, TRQG SIIG whit? Officers 'WINTER TERM Pnfsz'de'm' . H. N. TERRELL l7z'ce-P7'esz'dmZ . . YV. MUDGE Secrefary-Treaszzrer A. CORSCADEN llllembers EVERETT GUNNER AOKART, W 1 ?If 7' House Schaghticoke, N. Y. Z 1115 E Tg Class Football Team 1233 Track Team 11, 233 ,Varsity Football Team 12, 3, 435 Class Squad 11, 339 Junior Prom. Committeeg Class President 133. ROBERT AVERY ANDPIRSON, Q' 1 T' 2' House Mt. Vernon, H K T9 Z dwg 2 T5 Mystical Seveng Class Squad 1l, 333 Class Football Team 1235 Chairman Junior Prom. Committeeg College Senate 1435 Chairman Banquet Committee 1-13g Delegate to Boston Alumni Banquet 1-135 German Club 13, -139 Sec1'eta1'y-Treasurer W. U. I. A. A. 133g Manager Class Baseball Team 1133 SeniorBall Committeeg C1assDay Committee. 222 N. Y.