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·The History of the Class of 1925 E~~~§lF, near the close of another year and pause to review the inci- dents along our path. We claim no startling contributions to civilization; no feats of impossible repetition, but we do claim a class whose record of worthwhile achievements along all worthy lines of college activities need feel no qualms of shame when placed by the record of even the most promising Junior class of the past. We do claim not only representation in all of the branches of work on the Hill, but pre-eminence in a fair share of the same. In scholarship? Who can gainsay it? In athletics? Our classmates have repeatedly proved their ability on the grid-iron, the diamond, the courts and the range. In oratory? Cannot we justly claim four of the six inter-Society debaters and three of the four June Orators? We claim with pride the best looking class of J. G. C. creations. Our ranks include persons of nearly every walk of life-college presidents, preachers, and what not. Among the signal in- dividual honors which have come to members of our class are football cap- tain (Junior Year), football manager and student government president. These are things which stand out perhaps most prominently. But the things which we are richest in, and which we carry away with us from the hill into real life are a real spirit of fellowship within the class, and a desire to see Western Maryland grow bigger and better. In the latter we have not given merely passive interest, but our works have borne it out. We have been earnest in our work and whole hearted in our play. We need not leave to puny words the record of our achievements, for the fruits of the latter are most eloquent in acclaiming that- "We're the class that is alive, Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-five." One Hundred and Thirty-one