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OGRAPH.

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T h e juniors usually evince a great deal of interest in practical jokes and in devising means to entrap the unsus} ting prep. The juniors of this year are as a whole the kind, -hearted of boys. One cold n i g h t in tin 1 beginning of '87 they learned of the freshman sociable and immediately turned out to cheer their voung friends and to demon-

has wanted to meei all the term will be there, and be will

have more satisfactory intercom than holding open th<

storm door for her entrance and picking up her -tray lead pencils. A re t he hopes of the freshmanei "realized? k

the sophomore.

stnue io them the depth of their affection. th(

Finding that

Least in importance, so the other cla numbers, are the preparatory students.

ay, but not in Would th we

the freshman had planned refreshments for the mind only.

lived that the edible part of the feast should not he

could raise the maligned prep. W h y is his guileh and innocence of this world a crime and would it e in a

w a n t i n g and so provided molasses and c^^s which they served in a m a n n e r new to " t h e caterer's a r t . " T h e gleamii of military officers add brilliancy to this class and even irradiate the darkest corner of the library.

other place than college halls? 1 lappy little prep who leaves home knowing not the torture he has to 1 t in th and jeers of the matriculated. The stran faci has been

observed t h a t freshmen who have been prep always the most cruel t o r m e n t o r s of their sin rs. Bui to Mini th

Although no class feeling has place in our philosophical

mill*], we must award the palm of merit to the sophomores.

P

e verdancy and timidity of the younger cla

lacking

t h e abandon of the junior- and the dignity of the seniors,

whole matter up we mav say as do the geographers thai these are the five great divisions. Of com there are i tubers of every cla* who are exception o the foregoing

men . as for instance B conceited sophomore or a liv. senior.

tl possess a pl< ing ease of manner and a flow of language that prejudice all in their favor. For obliging courtesy no one can equal a sophomore. The charge of conceit has < en been brough insi him. but what has been mistaken for conceit is only the conciousne of undeveloped power.

W e believe t h a t all the great men of America, who are

college-bred, v e sophomores ai me period of their •ers, I . JI • • » the distinguished men of the future will 1

Of ff there are two varietitie who haV(

Then these great division ire subdivided ii and Philomatheana and members of the E •ntiti« neering societies. Of course each societj in its ion far superior to every other. Many Adelph claims to superiority on the elegan their i while the Philomatheana consider that "1 them to i be front.

A word as in tlie individuals who go to ma"

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A pb < md engiown I- lietnd< v" pi

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the pi ted sc}j _rle spe<

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pari men! and thi • the . The

irly d

nt from tie .on unite in a

ai/a-

8 to think of clfl I or

he v n

ieli e a J f a fre-b. t ladies

be i last i mnd a clat will be pl< Ii < •/• locieties.

by. All the tide, Ther« ompany" him A ad t h rl I

Cniversity. There are boys who ptudy and 1 i't; the '"v. t-side butterfly" and the studl In)' ; man. t athh and the b who is excused from drill : p." \ Idents often occur which compel the athletic >t -I desist from drill while h other ami as baa all tennis are beneficial to the h 1th. Many (strong youn en are lubjeel to Nome mvs -• which demands an excuse. On ' it is almost iraP ble over to i in b th. The ladies ol the I niver 5 n in nui r and Bckh • disj on, 1 to i< > ; inlv tbeii hai terisl 1 print m] 1 *.