Battlefield, 1916 . A Praise of lijgnn? iaga. §§^^\(^ UST four years ago, we, the Senior Class of 1916, embarked upon a terrible voyage throughan unknown sea, in a large ship—which we then called the Ship of Distress. Our crew wasvery large and we were called Freshmen. We did not know why the Captain and officershad given us such a name, but later we attributed it to our youth and inexperience. How well do we remember those four blue-back histories that told us of the voyagesof other great persons! We became so interested in them that we began to compare our^^«i^^ own voyage with that of Colum
Battlefield, 1916 . A Praise of lijgnn? iaga. §§^^\(^ UST four years ago, we, the Senior Class of 1916, embarked upon a terrible voyage throughan unknown sea, in a large ship—which we then called the Ship of Distress. Our crew wasvery large and we were called Freshmen. We did not know why the Captain and officershad given us such a name, but later we attributed it to our youth and inexperience. How well do we remember those four blue-back histories that told us of the voyagesof other great persons! We became so interested in them that we began to compare our^^«i^^ own voyage with that of Columbus. How we longed to change the color of those histories!^^^^^ At last, a member of our crew came up to the History Officer with the bright blue changedto a fiery red. This deck hand was very brave, for no one else would have attemptedsuch a thing, but when the stern voice of the officer pealed forth, all the bravery disap-peared. No more courageous acts were performed, but afterwards another seat on theback row was occupied. Then the
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