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S the years roll hy an(l e;lcli s~~ccessire class jots down the recordsof its achievern~~~ts on tlie p:iges-of llistory, tlie timc has cotne forIbistoryco~~ceriiing its Vreshrr~an era of college life.On elitering L~FOII onr course we found many things to attract our attenti011:ind first of ill1 ourselves. .%ccuse us of egotistii if you will, hut we mill not changethis statement. ;I fact of l~istory cannot he erasell, and this is one 1\-11ich we shallnot take pains to conceal. However, hefore we u-ere here long, it becatue apparentthat there was a second party who seemeti to he particularly interested in us,and tliat especially in our size and strength. Our first acquaintance with theattitude which the Sophomores he111 to\vard us, took place after chapel ser~ice,on tl~e first day of scliool. All of the classes having filed out in order, accordingto the usual custoni the Freshnieti came last. On reaching the top of the hill,we were confronted by the Sophs, drawn up in lines on each side of the path.What they intended to rlo, or what they wished us to do, me are unahle to statefor certainty, but rumor lias it that we \vould liave actetl their pleasure liar1 wetaken off our hats. \Yhy they rlid not request us to sho~v the111 this little courtesyis a ii~ystery tunless our goodly ti~unl)errccounts for it. Howerer, the Soplio~noresIlave never tllought fit to uie~itio~i the fact, so we sl1:ill not take it upon oursel~es togive an accnrate reason.4fi