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12 IQIZG '88 acquaintance of their estimable professor, who, apologizing, con- ditioned, and, conditioning, apologized. I Now, we were broken up into our courses, and the character of the class was shown by nearly half taking the select cou1'se. At this time we began to know and be known mo1'e thoroughly than was possible as freshmen, and soon each man found his level and sank, or rose to it, as the case might be. After the hard and withal satisfactory struggle at Christmas, we launched forth fairly towards our senior year, for one feels himself much more in a class after one term's Work is safely behind him. The whole of us now go into more or less training, and our success is as varying as is ou1' endeavors. In February, Moore and Parlin W6l'6 elected to the senior board of' the News, C. B. Berger to,that of the Record and C. E. Curtis to that of the Courant. At the elections for the various University athletic organizations, C. B. Berger was elected vice-president of the Athletic Association, Bull a member of the Executive Com- mittee and Davison a steward, Stewart, vice-president of the navy, and Parlin Sheff. treasurer, Osborn, vice-p1'esident of the Base Ball Association, Carter, vice-president of the Foot Ball Association and Pratt vice-president of the Tennis Club. , The winter games this year were held in the Rink instead of the Gymnasium, and the change operated most beneficially. The re- sult of the contests was eminently satisfactory, and altogether the improvement upon those of our former year was most noticeable. lfVhen Easter came, as it invariably will, though in our freshman year we almost despaired, the result of hard work was that Carter and VVilcox stayed over to train with the University crew, and, of course, Dann was with the ball nine. Another of our number would also have been with it had not a severe accident disabled him from further playing for months. The spring term, that happiest period of college life, now opened to us, and we soon saw the quadrangular league dwindle intoa tri- angular oneg and though Yale had dreaded to enter such an asso- ciation, when thrown into it by circumstances, she played her part so nicely that she remained in her former position of superiority. Columbia's glory faded rapidly away, and Princeton's good start was imitated only' once, when she defeated Harvard. With our team she did not again play closely, but, as before, Fair I-1arva.rd was a foe worthy of our steel. 'When she had the opportunity to tie us, she tried so manfully to take advantage of it, that the ,best

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9 Class Book. 11 JUNIOR YEAR. YVhen we canie back in the fall of '86, who among us could be made to believe he had ever been a miserable freshman? Did not we feel an infinite abyss separating us from the time when we had been carried to the Homestead, and perhaps even to the tobacco embued halls of our Teutonic friend, Herr Otto? But one thing we remembered-we had been hazed, and so we mildly and neatly proceeded to get revenge upon '89, They will, no doubt, even yet tell some tales of how we taught the first rudiments of college life at the rush on Orange street. At the class meeting Stewart was elected president, Shigemi, vice-president, and Tuttle, secretary. This year we were both '88 in name and number. 'A very small number as compared with '87 and '89 had been taken from our ranks, and, after one year's experience, it is hard to drop a Sheff. man. This fall our crew won its first race, and again in the spring we crossed in the lead, breaking the college record for the two- mile inter-class races. In the first of these, iVilcox, Franchot, Garter and Stewart rowedg and in the second, iVilcox, Carter, XV. Mason and Davison were those who shed honor on their class nu- merals. Bull and Carter were on the team which was sent to Princeton to play foot ball. After much squabbling about the place were the game was to be played, Yale claiming the Polo grounds and Princeton the mud fiats upon which her affections are centered, it was at last determined to go wherever it was neces- sary in order to bring back the title of champion to New Haven. The result of this you all know well. The game was won by 4 to Og but we did not get the title so coveted, for the representatives of the five clubs decided that the championship must remain where it was. In this same fall, before the events occurred which are narrated above, Dann was elected as captain of the nine. I-Ie is the first for many years who was elected to this ofiiee in his second year, and the manner in which he discharged his duties, both asa captain and a player, showed that the confidence of the University was not misplaced. - We had great difliculty this year with our German, and many of us deem it the happiest moments of our lives when we realized that we should never have another recitation in this branch of modern languages. This was the time when the engineers first made the

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Class Book. 13 endeavors of Stagg's strong arm and thirteen innings could only suffice to win by one rung but this was the last effort, and in the Commencement game it was scarce a struggle. About this time, sixteen members of the class were elected to membership in the University Club, and Conyngham was chosen vice-president. Now came the time when we faced our examinations, which were to show whether we had wasted our time or not for one long year. Happily, we were successful almost to a man, and while yet in nn- certainty, we went to see the boat race at New London. The race with the University of Pennsylvania and Harvard's with Columbia were but preliminaries for the battle of the giants which was to follow. As we trust and believe she ever will, our University was again the victor, and we did well our part, which we judged to be in cheering on our sturdy eight. At this time we see our class- mates shaking one another bythe hand in a manner more than con- gratulatory, it had a grateful and blissful element in it. Was this because Yale had won the boat race, and that vacation had come with its visions of fair damsels? Yes, this and the fact that we were--Seniors. SENIOR YEAR. Our last year has come and nearly gone. Seventy-eight of us returned to bear its duties and responsibilities-eleven less than re- assembled at the opening of Junior year. We performed the cus- tomary duty of niarshaling into line the Freshmen, 104 strong, preparatory to the annual Orange street rush, and duly left the imprint of our example upon the minds of '89. ' The captains of the University C1'ew and nine for the year were announced, F. A. Stevenson, '88, of the crew, and A. A. Stagg, '88, of the nine. On October lst, Prof. Drummond with a party from the Uni- versity of Edinburg, visited the University and delivered several addresses which were very popularly received. On October 5th, the annual class meeting for the election of officers was held. Dann was the choice for president, Carter for vice-president, and P. F. Smith for secretary. The question of rep- resentation on the Junior promenade committee was brought up, when word was received from members of the '89 committee that they considered the promenade a strictly academic aifair. 'No action was taken by the class. I