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'93 AS JUNIORS. II faces are present to about the us place. our MallY old faces are absent, many both changed new HINGS am of "93 has _ return. class The on greet "'e left i ~~ 'IF.} suffered. a los~ and. made a gain. lost seventeen lIumbering fifty-three; . we returned old \Ve members; numbering we gained two new thirty-eight. Diles. "Our hearts were inclined to be sad. SOllie had gone From us who were bound to us with ties which eternity itself could not sever. They were and as such were a part of us. But we rejoiced in the fact that it was well them all, and even better with him who had been called to join the innumerable host of heaven. \Ve knew with Bryant that he had" approached his grave like one who wraps the drapery of his conch About him and lies down to pleasant dreams," and more, we knew he was awakened from those dreams by God's white-winged messengers of peace to a realization of heaven's highest blessings; and, although absent, yet with 11S, interested in us, rejoicing in our victories, and ever beckoniug us on from over the jasper walls. Knowing this, we rejoiced and welcomed our new members with outstretched arrus : that is, the girls did, as the new members were girls; we didn't, nor would we, had tuev been boys . . And now great changes were to be made, We had been convinced that things were not just as they should be in this great world or in this great institution of oms. So in the early part of our junior life we assembled ourselves together to discuss matters and make plans for some reformation. After two years of wear and tear and a little swear we were persuaded that there was one plank in om bridge over which we could hardly cr oss j it was the pouy plank, as you know j it read: "Be it resolved that we do hereby denounce the system of pony riding, ami while we may Iluuk hon- estly, we will never ride through dishonestly." There were some things in here that needed changing; for i~tance, the clause, "while we 1/lIl)! flunk honestly," we learned by sad experience should read, "while we shall flunk honestly;" no may about it; it was a dead certainty. Again, "we will never ride through dishonestly" we thought sounded as if we were boasting. It did not accord with our modesty. 'l'hese needed changing, but we could IIOt well agree on the changes, so oue (a lady member) moved that the plank be removed and in its place this: "Resolved. \Ve commend pony riding as 11 healthful exercise, thereby aiding the memory, and that we will use as many as possible, whenever possible, wherever possible." This plank was slightly different from the other and was very much opposed. Those opposing most strenu- ously were Messrs. Watsc», Lewis, Galt, Routson, Gilbert and Strayer, all making lengthy speeches. It is well to say that all the ladies opposed it, even the maker of 5'