. ... Debris . Clark. Stewart and others appearing upon the diamond. Later, on local and state field-day, we did good work for our class and for Purdue. The track team, captained by Cole, proved itself worthy of the colors it defended. By this time we Avere so near the beginning of the end. that we counted the days thatmarked the time yet to be passed before we should arrive at the fourth mile stone, which marked the end of our journey as a class. And when that day came, when with outstretched hand wereceived our diplomas, we knew that the happy days of our college life were past. The diplomas
. ... Debris . Clark. Stewart and others appearing upon the diamond. Later, on local and state field-day, we did good work for our class and for Purdue. The track team, captained by Cole, proved itself worthy of the colors it defended. By this time we Avere so near the beginning of the end. that we counted the days thatmarked the time yet to be passed before we should arrive at the fourth mile stone, which marked the end of our journey as a class. And when that day came, when with outstretched hand wereceived our diplomas, we knew that the happy days of our college life were past. The diplomasthat we received that day stood for four as happy years as we ever saw. We did not know itthen, but as the years pass and we drift farther and farther apart, each his separate path pursu-ing, the sight of that old diploma must call back thoughts of those college days to us all. Thosedays are gone, but forgetting the present, and thinking of dear old 99, we often find ourselves Looking Backward. Class It was now but a short time until our college course would be half over. Could it be possi-ble that we had passed two years at Purdue? It seemed but a sbort time since we had entered,and now we were nearing the mile stone that marked our race halt run. The 4th of June sawus pass forth ready to take up the work of that year, which was but a step beyond. The stroke of the clock warned us of the lateness of the hour, and we proposed that Billyshould continue his story the next evening, but he said that he had to leave the city next day ona professional trip. I, too, was soon to leave the city, and, as I had become much interested inthe history of Billys class, I made him promise to send me a written account of the remainingtwo years of his course. In a month or two I received it, and insert it here : The 14th of September saw us hastening back to take up again our duties, and as Juniorsdid we greet our classmen as we tumbled from the cars, in our haste to see how many of t
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