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Show CHAPTER IV.CLASSEST will readily be conceded that to make government necessary there must be something to be governed; must be such internal conditions as demand interference by the iron hand of Rule. Thus, the elements of Disorder in Utonia are the classes; maudlin and ill-balanced bands, which, compiled by the merest accident and differentiated only by lapse of time, are yet forever flying at each other's throats.There are four classes: Freshmen (from Eng. "fresh,"-to butt in, and Lat. "maneo,"-to continue. Hence, butting in continually) ; Sophomores (from Lat. Sophos,-a wise man, and Lat. "mora,"--delay. Hence, men whose wisdom is delayed) ; Juniors (from Lat. "juvenis,"-one who is the flower of his or her age. Hence, the flowers of Utonia), and the Seniors (from Lat. "senior,"-aged or advanced in years). Considering- natural jealousies and envies, however, the classes are fairly friendly. Of course the Freshmen and Sophomores especially "scrap" at regular intervals and have to be chastised; but then, what is government for,-Real and Apparent,-but to chastise? And, after all, we need some good fights to keep our Utonia awake and lively.39 |