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attempt a rush with that class ?-but we hadn't time to think, for we beard the Sophomores were about ready to rush down upon us. What was to be done? Were we to remain in our rooms, and thus acknowledge our inferiority, or were we to face the foe as fearless, stalwart men? But hush, the noise of restless feet is heard on the floor above. What does it mean? Arethey coming already? A faint silence steals over the Freshman hall, as if a death knell is being sounded. The noise is more distinct j yes, they are approaching, they are coming down the steps to the hall. At the sight of the enemy,the blood of the Freshmen runs hot, animation seizestheir bodies, fearless spirit and dauntless courage now displays itself in their actions. Their rooms no longer hold them. Out they rush to meet the foe. The Sophomores ad vance to meet the Freshmen; the latter hold their ground. Again they advance; then the Fresh- men advance, and now they engage in hand-to-hand con- flict. First there is a rush, and then a hush. Sally after sally is made. The fight is kept up with equal success on both sides. At length, the professor of history, "Fritz," rides up to the sceneof action as peacemaker. He dives into the river of battle to put an end to the fighting, but the current of conflict is too strong, and cuts him under, and he is seen no more. Finally, as the Freshmen stoutly with- stand the successive aggressions of the Sophomores, the . latter, thinking further etTort to subdue the former but futile, withdraw from the conflict, and the fight is over. This rush, it is needlessto say, was not participated in by 811 the Freshmen, for couched in one end of the hall, con. vulsed with fear due to his natural feelingof timidity, could be seen a Freshman looking with fright on the waging con- flict, and earnestly wishing the fight over, and the Freshmen victorious. That one was none other than the present class historian-but why shouldn't there be some one to record -i- 50 -1-