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THE BATTALION.
atorium. This seems to be the universal opinion, not only of
the Freshman class but of the corps as well. One of the
English Professors requested his students to write a compo
sition on the needed improvements at the College. Two-
thirds of the compositions received were about the urgent
need of a new Natatorium and the installment of a gymnas
ium.
THE CLASS OF 07.
Much has been said and written about the classes of ’04,
’U5 and ’06 and the things they are going to do, but as yet
no one has undertaken to say anything for the class of ’07.
When we first came here, one hot September day, far
from home and friends, a feeling of longing for the old folks
came over us, and discontent seized upon our souls. This
soon changed to something else, however, when we saw what ;
preparations had been made for our reception. Straps and
paddles were in painful evidence; night came on all too soon,
and with it—but let us pass over those horrors and speak of |
more cheerful things.
Time passed and we became better acquainted with our
surroundings. Some of us took an interest in foot-ball, oth
ers in base-ball and other forms of athletics. Everywhere
the Freshman has shown his prowess.
In our studies, too, we have prospered. A few may have
succumbed to the daily grind, but this has been more from in
clination than from lack of brains. Slowly we have worked