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EVER before has ;the history of tlie class of '96 1)een written. Not that it did not cleservc it 11nt onrertreiiie tnodesty riiade us 11ide our shining light under a hushel, and it wasonly after niuch urging l)y the L'AGEXDA board that we consented to hareour history hrought before the piihlic.Frorii the tinie we entered the Se~riinary we have been i~oticed as a reinarkablysmart class. Our teachers would gaze upon us with wonder while listeningto us as we fluently translated the 11:rrdest passages in Virgil, or ably denionstratedthe inost intricate propositions in Geoitietry. Often our instructors woulcl collieto their classes looking haggard and worti. We have sitice learned that itwas fro111 loss of sleep, they spending the "wee sma' hours" of the night instudy, in order that the?- nligllt keep ahead of our class..kid 110u7 at last iir are " Seniors." very fou11taii1-beads of wise doxn for the nnder ,~ra~luates. The girlscome flockiiig to the class of '96 for information, and they are never sent away unsatisfied. Westill keep up our reputation in our classes, and neverknown a class to takesuch a positive delight in Psychology as ours did.to kno~ :uld unilerstandall the arguments intuitively. Our other classes he~iid now Commencemei~t is drawil~g near, the clay on which we 111ustascend the rostrum, and read our essays. You who inand sat through the reading of the graduating essays,shall do so no longer. If you come, vou will be forced to listen to the burn-->aing words dropping from our gifted tongues, for the class of '96 is prepar- ' *-- +< -;ing such essays as have not I)eei~ rear1 since the 1)egianing of this institutioti.And nowthe history of '96 is fiiiished and sooil clisperse, butrest assured that you will hear 111ore of us ill work is dolie, butbefore the pen drops from the Iiartcl of the IIistoriaii, riiay she suggest :i tonst: Here'sto '96 ! and lilay the fame of her intellecl~ial pro~iess ever I)c on the increase.HISTORIAN..i:3