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INETY-NINE has come! The year that has ever been before us, and to which we have so anxiously looked, is here; and we, bidding it welcome, rise to take our place among the alumni of our beloved Alma Mater. We have now reached the pinnacle of our College career. We, whose lives have been so closely interwoven for four years, stand, as it were, upon a mountain summit and see our future paths winding along in dim outlines before us. We see that life confronts us with stern reality and demands our consecrated service. May we all in the light of truth be equal to its emergencies. Many things have occurred throughout our College career that are worthy of note, but it seems best to your historian to record here only the individual lives of the members of the class, and this with great limitations. There may be found elsewhere in this book accounts of other notable happenings. Should the reader desire still further details, his desires may be gratified by referring to volumes one, two and three, published in '96, '97 and '98, respectively. There will likely be some errors in certain of the following data, but your historian assumes no responsibility whatever. For instance, in several cases all records pertaining to the date of birth and early childhood of certain persons have been lost, or if not lost are so illegible by reason of exposure to nature's merciless action that it is impossible to obtain any information at all. But from an acquaintance of four years we are able to guess fairly accurately and will do 43