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Show 31 will if only we shoulder our burdens and go on with a will. With an I. O. W. A. I bid you good-by. EMILY L. PECK. Le Mars, Iowa, Jan. 23. 1899. Members of the Class of Ninety-Eight :- To all outward appearances life in Iowa College is the same as of old. The classes are called with the same regularity; the streets are still adorned with dignified seniors and jolly preps. Occasionally the night is made hideous by college festivity. Now and then a student gives up his studies rather suddenly. The college still lives, notwithstanding the fact that the setid-centen-nial class has gone from its halls and campus. College life is the same, yet how different. As y' u come in contact with a college gathering of any kind, you find yourself in a strange place. You look for the old familiar faces, but they are not to be seen; others have taken their accustomed places. And you begin to realize that your college days are over, that a change has taken place; you are living in a different universe, and looking at college activities from a different point of view. You begin to have a very kindly feeling for the classes that have gone before. You are now numbered with the alumni of Iowa College, and when you see the success that some of the Iowa College graduates have attained, you are proud to say that you were once connected with that institution. Wishing each one of you the best of success in your respective undertakings, I am. Your classmate, P. P. PERSONS. Grinnell, Iowa, Feb. 14, 1899. |