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History of £Iass of 1902. (llass ~~lIs. Chick·a·muz, chick-a mine, moaun [anguag~Y~II. Chick-a-uiuch, muck mou, Wil' sind die treschen Burschen, Hullabalur, hullabalin e, Modern languages lehrnen. Two, two, two! Tour du monde nous pouvous faire, Bans Ie secour d'an Homere, Ad verum intimur, 1902, Claraitas sequitur. 1902, Western Marylaud.Wcstern Marylaud l Bravo! 1902 ! t EELING my comparative unworthiness as a scribe to recount the deeds of that this some trepidation so noble a class as is ours, it is not without history is written. The past year has been for us a year of progress. Although we number only fifty-four, we have done great things in the eyes of men and our fellow-students. I'm not claiming perfection for this fair class of ours, but will grant that we had the usual amount of verdancy common to all Freshmen. However, we were .not long in casting off this air of timidity and shyness while in the presence of our superiors (?)-the Upper Classmen. We soon came forth, with hair parted in the middle, and took our part in the College affairs with an ease and grace that did us credit. Having learned the regular routine of the dining (?) hall, the purposes (strikes) and pleasures of "Parlor Night," we became aware of the fact that the Sophomores were our natural and avowed enemies; whereon we immediately set about entertaining these worthies, and showed them that we knew a thing or two, even if we were Freshmen. Perhaps the most important event of the first part of the year was our foot- ball game with the above-mentioned gentlemen. The Sophomores defeated us, not because we did not playa good game, but because they played a better one. We "Buck"( ed) the line persistently, and tried to "Leg(g)" the ball around the end, but to no avail. Fate was against us. We were defeated, but not COI1- quered. About this time the Sophomores elected their class officers, and we immedi- ately began planning to relieve their officials from the care of keeping certain portions of their clothing. Not believing in procrastination, we quietly took the coat of their historian on the day of his election ; and being of a sympathetic (?) disposition, we gave them time to get over the shock which this-to them unwel- come-surprise gave, and did not make any further attempts, of note, to get 97