Bobashela . AFHiwe- 34. 1 Busted and dont give a darn. 35 IN AFTER YEARS. The Class of 1905, so far-famed in its day, seemed to have passed into obHv-ion. Trv where I might, nothing could be found of its mighty lawyers, destinedto purify our political atmosphere; of tlie preachers, almost bishops on their grad-uation dav; o:- its financiers, with their Midas touch coining millions and endowingtheir alma mater with half. I read the great current biographies; they were notthere. I searched the history of our country; none were there found. Our pro-fessors had told us those graduates intending to
Bobashela . AFHiwe- 34. 1 Busted and dont give a darn. 35 IN AFTER YEARS. The Class of 1905, so far-famed in its day, seemed to have passed into obHv-ion. Trv where I might, nothing could be found of its mighty lawyers, destinedto purify our political atmosphere; of tlie preachers, almost bishops on their grad-uation dav; o:- its financiers, with their Midas touch coining millions and endowingtheir alma mater with half. I read the great current biographies; they were notthere. I searched the history of our country; none were there found. Our pro-fessors had told us those graduates intending to turn the whole world oyer in a day,or, with a sugar-coated dose, cure all known evils, would be sorely thev spoke of college men in general—there was real merit and high ideals inour class, and all had the invincible spirit to strive and not to yield. The worldhad grown so cold and unappreciative of my talent that long ago I had becomepessimistic, and finally resigned to my surroundings. But surely i
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