The Republican journal., 1905-11-30

supporters. and their voices augmented
the cheering when Junior victory wa.
announced. The event was of specia
interest to you, because your Junior
who had done SO much for you, evel
since that memorable trip on the train
had the honor of helping to represent
his class, and the luck and skill to help
them win. AS the high hurdles were
next on the program, the chairs were
replaced on the track, and everybody
resumed their places once more. The
Freshmen were not lucky enough to wiz
places in the final for this event anG
both first and second places went te
Sophomores, Junior taking first.
This gave the Sophomores total OF
five points, tying them with the Fresh
men, who had exactly the same num-
Der. The Seniors had a total of 16
while the Juniors carried off the honors
| by handsome margin, having % points
to their credit.
The events which counted for points
were all over, but interest did not re
lax in the least. The tug of-War be
tween the two upper classes was next
III order, and again the Freshmen, true
! to college tradition, gave their encour.
agement to the Junior team, while the
Sophomores bent their energies toward
reinforcing the Senior class. The
| Juniors, who had three out of their
four, football men, won by hard
struggle. Then came the final be-
! tween the two winning teams. The
Juniors were lined up against the
! Freshmen, and the classes, which a few
minutes before had been united, were
cheering on their respective teams to
the full capacity of their lungs. The
Freshmen looked little and insigniti-
cant as they seated themselves oppo-
site their husky opponents, but determi-
nation and grit were written on every
line of their faces as they got their
grip on the rope. Once firmly settled,
the respective captains gave the word
to the referee, and the pistol snapped
out the announcement of the beginning
of the struggle. Cheer after cheer went
up as the teams pulled, relaxed and
pulled again at the rope, the blue rib
bon Waverlng now one way, now
another. 1t was impossible to keep
the excited spectators off the floor, and
nearer and nearer they crowded to the
scene of action, the cheers never stop
ping for an instant. 4 rouSing Fresh
man cheer seemed to be the signal for
renewed effort on the part of their rep
resentatlves, and slowly, oh so slowly,
did the blue ribbon progress into Fresh
man territory. Redoubled efforts on
the part of the Juniors were of no
avail, as quarter Inch by quarter inch
the blue ribbon moved past the center,
and slowly but surely into the Fresh
man Lines. The seconds had been
dragging themselves out and it seemed
as if the time must be up. Could they
hold it? was the question in the minds
OF the cheering men. They did hold it,
and the signal for the finish was well
coined by everybody. The announce
ment that The victory went to the
Freshmen with two inches to their
credit was the signal for more cheering
and general hilarity,
The basket bali game was next on the
program, and you appeared on the floor
with others of the team with a great
big longing in your heart to do some
thing for your class. A Freshman vic
tory there would be almost too much
to hope for, and yet, why not? The
SophomoreS' resolution to have the
game any old way was apparent from
their grim faces, and the upper class
men smiled as they told each other that
there would be something doing"
And there was something doing. You
never knew exactly what, except that
you played for all that was i'll you, and
that every other man On the floor was
doing the same. There was continu-
GUS roar in your ears all the time, but it
was only when you made two of the
goals and your name rang out on the
end of the class cheer that you realized
what they were saying. 1t did not
matter much, anyway. for every mans
mind was intent on the bali aud there
was no thought for anything else. AT
the end of the game, when the whistle
blew, the score stood even-9-9. 1t had
been close, evenly contested game,
every minute of it, and now the cry
'play it out" play it out" came from
every corner of the room. The teams
were equally anxious to see it through
to finish, and reioiced when it was
officially announced from the floor, at
ter consultation of captains, that the
game would continue until a goal was
made from either side. After few
minutes hard playing, when the ball
was almost into the Freshmen basket,
and victory seemed imminent. it final
ly landed in the Sophomore net, bringing
mad rejoicing from the corner where
the Sophs hung out" Nobody
stayed put" anywhere very long, how
ever, for the Seniors were helping the