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Show The Junior BoastHE class of 1911 during the three years which it has spent at the University has enjoyed many victories, suffered its share of defeats, done things for which it has been censured, and also some little, we trust, for which it deserves commendation.When the class assembled for its third year last fall, every member felt that the work of a Junior class which was before them demanded united action. So President Howells began giving that series of five-minute talks on ''standing together, etc.," at the weekly class meetings. The first good results were made manifest at the class matinee dance when the white arm bands with the green numerals appeared. To help things along we won the class football series. Then a get-acquainted party was given by the "Prom." committee at which every member of the class was labeled and sent around to become acquainted with his classmates. Here also arose the inspiration for that unknown poet who wrote the oft-repeated Junior success, "I wonder who's doing things now." Later the Junior matrimonial bureau was established and every Junior boy had the pleasure (sometimes?) of taking at least several different members of the fairer sex to the weekly "flower parties'' which preceded the "Prom.' With the successful conclusion of the "Prom." the class had accomplished the two greatest tasks of its college career, the giving of the Prom." and the becoming a unit. So thoroughly had the class attained success in these things, and so delighted were the members at the results of their efforts that it was found desirable to give a banquet to furnish an outlet for their surplus funds and their irrepressible joy. The affair which took place at the Cullen hotel was one of the most delightful events of the year and one which will long be remembered by those present. The latest class affair was the "Not yet, but soon" exercises given by the Juniors on Senior Chapel day, when the boys appeared in white caps and gowns, and when each Senior was pointedly and interestingly eulogized and presented a diploma by the speaker of the day.But 1911 has also distinguished herself through her individual members. The class this year furnished six football men, two members of the Dramatic Club, two of the Chronicle staff, five members of the editorial board of the University Pen, and did in the aggregate, more than half the intercollegiate debating of the year. A goodly representation of the class is now at work on the track and in baseball.The prospects for a banner 1911 Senior year could not be brighter. Two-thirds of the candidates for next year's student body officers, including both nominees for president, are 1911 men. The class has many strong members, it has learned to work as a unit and should accomplish much good at the university in its graduate year. (60) |