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the other article until the middle of the second term. Then, not having much time to devote to such trivial matters as stealing old clothes, we got the pants and vest within twenty-four hours of each other, respectively. In the meantime the "Brutes" had been carrying their heads a little too high to suit our notion, nor was it until several of their number had been tried and con- victed before a court of justice-with that stern and unrelenting personage, Judge "Lynch," on the bench-and given a dose of (trunk) "Strap," that their offensive conduct was stopped. In athletics we have played a prominent part. Our men have been on the College teams in both baseball and football. We finished ahead of the "Sophs" in the Interclass League of Basket-Ball, having won third place, while they (the Sophs) took a seat lower. In the field of Letters we have been equally prominent. Several well-written articles, bearing the name of some promising Freshman, have found their way into the College Monthly. Neither are we lacking in talent in the musical world. Our girls are more conspicous in this than are the boys, though we have some' talent, too. Some of the girls sing like "Bi(y)rds," and it looks as though the vocal medal will go in that direction. 'lYas there ever a nobler class of girls? They have represented us well in all branches of college work, but more especially in literature and music. They are easily the leading class on their side, as we are on ours. 1902 is represented in every organization on "The Hill"-except the Faculty-and in each it does its work well. Some have expressed surprise that we are such a good class. This is easily explained when I say we have our Parson(s) with tlS all the time. That rush! I almost caught myself saying class rush. It was not a class rush in any sense of the word. The entire Sophomore Class and a few Brutes- apologies to the latter-rushed, knocked down and ran over nine Freshmen like a lot of stampeded cattle, and then crowed as for a victory. However, the next morning, while on their way to breakfast, the entire College, male department, was attracted by a large poster, the "Proclamation of the FreshmanClass," telling them what we thought of the Sophs. Many futile efforts have been made by those gents to tear down that poster, but it still stands to-day, and tells those who care to look that the immortal Class of 1902 won a victory. This year, for the first time in the history of the College, two courses were open to Freshmen-the modern language and that which had been heretofore. Eleven of our men chose this course, and, with the class yell, may be found theirs. The last and most important duty of the year was the burning of the effigy, which was done in our usual good style, nor was it burnt in the cowardly fashion it was last year. 98