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THE cream of the high school leaders of the state assembled on Western Maryland's campus on September 28, 1937. Quite a few out-of-steters gathered here. too. Our mission?-we were about to become matri- culants at Western Maryland College. Most of us had found high school a breeze. We would lake college in stride. Even in the first few days, however. our became considerably deflated. August professors gave us A few early-returning seniors led us about as if we were kindergarten tots. It was deemed advisable to give us several long winded discourses on a variety of subjects, ranging from a review of the problems of communal living to of the great advantages to be gained on a college campus. Many the talks flattered us; some of them were calculated to inspire us to achieve. Most of them were promptly forgotten, however. What a bustle marked those first few days! What a dash! What a turmoil! Numbering one hundred seventy-two, we reigned supreme for three of the most bewildering, most exciting, busiest days of our lives- days filled with intelligence tests, lectures, and campus tours. Our blissful existence was abruptly cut short with the advent of the tradi- tional "rat" rules administered by the sophomores, and it wasn't long until the prestige and deference that we had been used to in high school was completely and irrevocably stricken from the ledger. No longer were we exalted sophisticates in our home lawns. No longer did y ;;~r ~~e:e~:t:tC~~~~~i~:Ya:rt::~a~~ ~fsiea:~~g.ou&:n~~~:~:ei70 cr~!~j;: that our high school honors and subsequent graduation were of no in- ~~ teres! to the folks in this amazing new world. if y'r( // severity