. The Forester. o z o t 132 THE FORESTER—1917 College Traditions JUNIOR BENCH CEREMONY. The Junior Bench was handed down by the outgoing Junior class to the classof 1917. This ceremony, coming as it does toward the end of the college year,is perhaps our most sacred and impressive tradition. It marks the long-to-be-remembered point in every Lake Foresters life—the step from under to upperclassmanship. It is a promotion to larger responsibilities, and instills in the stu-dents an increased loyalty for Alma Mater and their class. William Wilson, with a proper flow of oratory, presented the bench
. The Forester. o z o t 132 THE FORESTER—1917 College Traditions JUNIOR BENCH CEREMONY. The Junior Bench was handed down by the outgoing Junior class to the classof 1917. This ceremony, coming as it does toward the end of the college year,is perhaps our most sacred and impressive tradition. It marks the long-to-be-remembered point in every Lake Foresters life—the step from under to upperclassmanship. It is a promotion to larger responsibilities, and instills in the stu-dents an increased loyalty for Alma Mater and their class. William Wilson, with a proper flow of oratory, presented the bench for theJuniors, and Eugene Durr responded for the class of 1917, accepting the benchand all that it symbolized. RAGGING AND CLASS SCRAP. True to college custom, the Sophomores came back this fall, determined toteach the class of 19 how to tread in the straight and narrow walks of collegelife. The Freshman class was large, and it took unceasing patience and vigilanceon the part of the men to put the
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