Class of 1902 Classbook . is the end and the beginning. The starting line stretches straight beforeus all. Facing life we are curiously equal, and there is a place in the world for eachof us to fill. Nothing matters, whether of circumstance or environment, but onlywhether we make the best of what we are, within and without. It is this that college has given us; its best that comes through honorabledefeat : to know that life is an opportunity, sometimes of success, more often offailure : to see that if we fail ultimately it will not be because of fortune or misfor-tune, but because we did not t
Class of 1902 Classbook . is the end and the beginning. The starting line stretches straight beforeus all. Facing life we are curiously equal, and there is a place in the world for eachof us to fill. Nothing matters, whether of circumstance or environment, but onlywhether we make the best of what we are, within and without. It is this that college has given us; its best that comes through honorabledefeat : to know that life is an opportunity, sometimes of success, more often offailure : to see that if we fail ultimately it will not be because of fortune or misfor-tune, but because we did not take the opportunity itself; to believe that where theremay be honors for some there is surely a finer success for all. Browning goes outbeyond Stevenson as life beyond its college day : Then welcome each rebuff That turns earths smoothness rough, That bids not sit nor stand, but go. For thence, a paradox Which comforts while it mocks, Shall life succeed in that it seems to fail. H. Walbridge. II II Freshman Class History. E descended upon the peaceful town of Northampton inthe fall of 98. In our descent we were aided bv thepainstaking conductors, into whose hands our weepingfamilies had committed us. Bv these considerate individuals we were urged notto leave any articles in the car, and were safely passed onto the S. C. A. C. W. with our household effects determined, however, to avoid any pitfalls, wepassed bv all charitable-looking persons, and, trying tolook as self-possessed as we should have liked to feel, we entered college on our ownresponsibilitv. Our arrival had been heralded bv the enthusiastic faculty, and by those studentswho were so fortunate as to be here at the time. It was rumored that we were thelargest as well as the most brilliant class that had ever cheered the heart of AlmaMater. That, however, was as far as it went. Perhaps our looks were against us;perhaps our policy of running and finding out things for ourselves was a bit tooenterprising; pe
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