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conclnsion that tlie Sophomore tcnen~ents were unrlergoing a rerisiot~. Notlling could liavc been inore complete; liad a cyclone struck theirrooms, it could not hare cleaned then1 out more effectnal1~-.At last it was ant~onnced that the Soplls liad arrived, ant1 n tilore furious inoh of tuen it is in~possible to conceive of: the \ray they ravedal~tl tore ahout was indeed pitiful to see. However, after a little titnetlieir tnadness subsided, and a more ttleek aggregation of mortals couldnot l)e found. . In fact \rlien the:- wandered ahont asking every Freshrnatl they inet, "Were you in this?" liad they 1)een anything I~ut Sophoniores,we \ronltl have pitied them. As it was, that n~ournful wail ti~overl us; \re tlecitled to let it go 110 further, so lve retired, and left the111alone with their troubles. The nest n~orning. Ilo\rever, spirit still ran I~igli anlong the Fresl~tnen. and l~ostilities seemetl inevitable. Al~anner containing a large " '99 " was carried ahout by the Freshn~e~l, hut for all the resistance offered, it could he going yet. .lmhition haddeparted from the Sophniores, and \re Irere left \ritllout an opponent.Amiable reader, we earnestly hope that you will not interpret this as meaning that our Sophomores are a source of discon~fort to us ;it is not the idea we wish to convey. .l Sophotnore is a necessary article in the life of a Freshman, and we hare found him indispensable.Since the time of the occurrences above recorded, a season of peace has arrived, and now, since tlie stor~ns of dissension have hlown over, wewill take the opportunity of closil~g our narrative, to leave the story of the rest of our Freshman year to he handed down by tradition.HISTORI.~~.