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Show The Senior LamentN" the autumn of 1906 there sprang into existence a class- Freshmen then-Seniors today-peerless in its ideals, ambitions and achievements. No small claim this, when compared with the history of our predecessors, but read the record.As Freshmen we won the flag-rush, of course. Our get-acquainted peanut bust was the happiest of innovations, which left behind it rules to rejoice the heart of every Freshy for generations to come. Our Japanese dance marked a red-letter day in the "U" calendar, and our Cummings field sign is a monument to the class of 1910. The legend, "Beat Boulder or Bust," will remain an undying tribute to our effervescent, enthusiastic energy, and we beat 'em, too. The Juniors entertained us, and did it right, and the girls' feast at the Gun Club was a function to make the gods on Olympus green with envy.In our Sophomore year the "Golden" banner and "Golden" victory entitled us vo distinction as a "golden" class. We certainly are wonders! We won the baseball championship and our record in the basketball series is a marvel. To us belongs the credit of inaugurating a departure from a time honored custom, and having our class picture taken on the Water House. The party at Pendleton's is a lingering, delightful memory. Our Sophomore dance was equal to our other efforts. "Nuff sed."As Juniors, we surpassed even our own expectations and previous record. Our "Prom" was unique, delightful and set the pace for all future Juniors. The Year Book we issued is in a class by itself. Our cotton stringing- bees were marvels of patience, perseverance and pleasure. Our "Utah-Boulder" tags, the painted sidewalks, the big "10's" on our smokestack here and the large red "Us" on the stack in Pioche, the Scoreboard on Cummings field, all bear witness to the fact that the class of '10 does things. By the way, we again won the baseball championship and we magnanimously and handsomely entertained the Freshmen, too.In our Senior year, we are champions in debate. We are the first to give the Senior dance off the campus, and a brilliant, happy function it was, too. We are the first also to inaugurate free class matinee dances. As we look back into the past, Andy Anderson's party will be recalled as a breath of air recalls the memory of a fragrant bouquet. Our beauty class pins become cherished mie-mentos, and even the warm discussions of cap and gown are happily recalled. And we think with justifiable pride and pleasure of our chapel day (especially our president's address), crowded with happy exercises, pleasures and innovations "from morn till dewy eve."As a class, the saying "better late than never" is sometimes applied to u$i and we never do fail to "rise to the emergency." We are live ones! Our girls are charming, our boys are gentlemen, our class is honest. We claim to deserve the Chevalier Bayard motto: "Sans Peur et Sans Reproche."Thus it is that in the year of our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Ten and of the University of Utah the eighteenth, the Senior class cries to its Alma Mater, Vale, Vale, Vale!(25) |