Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1912-06-25

ago considered themselves quite WISE
and dignifed, carrying around book
| bags and wearing hair ribbons the
shade of the greenest grass, to say
nothing of waiting upon their sister
class, 1912 like menials! We win,
however, and so complete is our vic
tory over them that we consider it u
prophecy of triumphes to come.
Our one horror is to pass through
that terrible experience, Thinking"
When the studying gets piled up some
OF us decide TO enjoy ride through
the Odes of Horace and over the ex-
panses of Immense strewn along by
the wayside. This proves quite con-
venient from day to day, but later we
find we cannot ride on ponies
through Doctor Taylor's quizzes and
Doctor Marquardt's examinations.
Thus. we learn something more. worth
while to depend upon ourselves and
to do our work as it comes along.
Thus. our first year. mixture of
study and happiness pass by. leaving
us certainly more experienced and we
hope, little wiser
After summer of rest for our
weary brains, we again return to our
cd from 1912 sufficient arrogance and
independence to enable US to fulfil our
duties to our little-sister class. 1914.
Consequently, we invite the new girls
to display their ingenuity and sports
manship by giving us circus in the
gymnasium. This would have given
them chance to raise themselves in
our opinion but some of them take
advantage of 1925 offer of escape and
jump out of the windows of the zoo,
otherwise known as the trunk room.
When the usual fun of instructing
the Freshmen is over, we settle down
in earnest to hard study. Physics,
which we dreaded SO much before we
undertook it, proves To be the one re-
freshing subject OF the year for we go
to Rotations quite regularly and pay
strict attention-til the roll has been
call-then we give our minds a much
needed vacation until the bell an
nounces that the hour is finished.
Thus the year goes on and spring
arriyes-the time for our Ivy day fes-
tivities. We put our best efforts into
preparation fir this event and as
Sketch lassies are paid for our trouble
by being awarded first place in the
contest between the classes. In few
weeks after our victory we again re-
turn to our homes to recuperate for
another year of knowledge seeking.
At length we return as Juniors.
Our favorite line of study, this year
is "Messalonskee Course" We have
been taking a few timid lessons in
this branch of learning during orr
other two years. so that now we feel
quite skilled when it comes to pad
ding. Like the rest of our courses.
We can indulge in canoeing only on
week days. We really think the eve
ming is the proper time to prepare
anything which requires so many
hours for mastery. but we find this
is the one course that the faculty in
slst On being studied in the day light.
At last. when our Junior year is
completed, (the hills are no longer
Steep and Ohe dust has settled) ON
our read OF learning and best of all,
our diploma is visible in the distance.
Would it be possible to desire any
thing more than we do the sheepslin
which signifies that we have com
pleted our four years of eollege2 Shall
thing quite so much as we do for this?
Yet. VIC rejoice that we still have one
more years in which to work and en-
joy ourselves as a class. before we go
out into the world. where as individ-
uals we may prove our loyalty to Col
by and nineteen-thirteen.
The history of the men follows:
Junior History-Men, by Ernest c.
Mariner.
The historian as we'll as the poet
should be granted certain degree of
license. Truth may be a cardinal vir-
tue. but he who is not at times lifted
upon fight of fancy is destined to
most prosaic oblivion. If then,
chance to deviate slightly from the
recorded facts. l trust | shall receive
your pardon.
This is an iIlustrous class. If l
should attempt to enumerate it's many
exploits and it's many successes, l fear
should. if l suffered no worse fate.
at least be consigned to a somber
grey-walled group of buildings on the
opposite bank Of the river some
twenty miles down stream.
A rival historian has said that i'm
the autumn of 1909 wild and reck-
less hord of barharians descended
upon the beautiful campus. For the
sake of argument let us admit that
he was right. But, friends, he for
got that pages of history are replete
with the sound and wholesome eff
fects of barbarian invasions. So it
proved I'm this case. These invaders
called Freshmen, brought to Colby a
civilization and culture of which she
had never dreamed. They We're high
~ favored beings. Connecticut had
endowed them with her Wells and her
Beach; Aroostook had granted them
a magnificent Loane; Gorham had
bestowed upon them her very Soule;
and the Cranberry Isles gave them
JOY. Immediately they took in hand
the arduous task of civilizing the
college. They were opposed by GER
tain lawless inhabitants known as
Sophomores but by their strenuous
endeavors they were able to overcome
the opposition and place the numerals
OF 1918 upon the gymnasium roof.
Our Freshman year was marked by
signal victories. We showed our SUI