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JUNIOR HISTORY «r Class of 1907 TOKY, it lias been said, is a ' hi ' story and if this be true the illustrious Class of L90 ' certainly has a history, for the story of ffpk its career is one ol ven great importance. f As a class we had our birth early in September, 1903. And H was a notable birth, for a larger Freshman .las- had never been enrolled at Westminster. Nor was the size of the class mil id ' pro- portion to the rapidity with which we made ourselves fell in the college world. Our progress was marked by wonderful strides. Our struggle tor independence was not long and discouraging. Our prestige grew greater and greater with each passing day and our supremacy was made manifest when our green and white hauiier was seen .-till waving after the Last desperate onslaught of the Sophomores. But do not think us boastful : our enemies concede that we are modest. Having demonstrated to the full satisfaction of all judges of authority our right to an existence iii the college community, we quietly began to seek that intellectual and moral training upon which our future success will directly depend. We came with a purpose, We will leave with it deepened. The whole process is one of purpose- development. And any action may he judged good or had in the degree in which it contributes to or hinders the consummation of this process. During this period, however, our pent-up energies would not remain dormant. In basketball our live defeated their rivals in the Freshman year, and when Sopho- mores we held the championship of the college. Our track team squad broke all previous records on the home field in the two-mile relay race. Our rivals were 27
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horror stricken. They barely challenged our sovereignty till the end of the .year, when they gathered courage enough to raise a flag. The story is familiar how on that bright June morning our brave warriors lowered the colors of the Freshmen is known to all. and now let it be recorded among the archives of Westminster. Prom our quiet study r is we were called, also, to the social balls, and there forced to head our energies to l he development of another side of life. Did I say forced? Yes. forced like thirsty cattle to a brook. Our gallants, as well as our athletes, have showed their alertness. But the zeal id ' the class was not lost. Purpose remained, though perchance slightly changed, with some of our devoted members. Again we are called from our quiet musings to become leaders in literary and Christian work. The hoys are well known as debaters, orators and Y. M. C. A. workers; the girls do themselves and the class honor as reciters, essayists and Y. W. ( ' . A. workers, it is in these fields of activity that the genius of the class is shown. The parasites were dealt with by the faculty ' s pruning knife. The too- anxious ones stepped on to take their places with our predecessors. But the spirit of 1907 remains. Our purposes are becoming convictions. The preparation for life is on in earnest and only the future will reveal the results of the process. We are nearing our final year in the shade of these classic walls. The closing days will soon come, hut they will not he the end; they will he in reality as well as in name the commencement. As a class we may be dissolved, but we go on. Then the history of the individuals which we now pass over will be written. Their marvelous achievements will be recorded on the scroll of time. And the highest glory of the Class of 1907 will come when this scroll is unrolled before the eyes of admiring descendants. S. K. C, ' 07.
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