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such as wearing pajamas to breakfast, "praying for rain," wearmg boxing gloves and carrying pillows to class. They compiled a set of "rat rules" to which we adhered religiously. This was the reign of the paddle-and could those sophomores wield it. We felt that we had become full-fledgedmembers of the student body. We welcomed every opportunity to do "our stuff," and entered whole- heartedly into every activity open to us. Our girls carried away laurels in basketball, and one member of our class accounted for the Women's Tennis Championship Trophy. Members of our class made varsity teams, while others excelled in intramural competition. Some of us joined fraternities and again felt the whack of the paddle. Many of us went out for debating, journalism, and the various club activities. We like to think that we "held our In the beautiful and traditional ceremony of the we bade farewell to the seniors. Thus ruled our class activities for the year. With one of life behind us, we returned in the fall of '37 for the chapter. it was to be our turn to do the dictating. We greeted our old friends. We assumed the responsibility of the freshmen offon the right foot. We think we made a good job of too. We organized ourselves in a class unit. Later on, the freshmen were our guests at a Halloween Party. seemed to forget our hitherto strained relationships. Again we into hard work: term papers, varsity, class, and intramural collateral readings, reams of yellow paper, labs, We our lighter moments, too: fraternity initiations rush parties, nine o'clock dates, week· ends at home, games, excitement, cheering sections, athletic victories, dances and promenades, strolls "back campus." In all our activities we have attempted to be cooperative and sportsmanlike. We hope we have succeeded. Our sophomore year will soon be over. We are happy and proud that we are part of Western Maryland College. In a fewdays we willbid farewell to the class of 1938. Seniors, we have been happy to know you. While we are sorry to see you leave us, we congratulate you on the records that you have made while here. With eager and hopeful anticipation we are next two years on the Hill.