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Class of 1902 Classbook . i 26 n I Senior Class History. EARS and years ago — last fall, in other words — theSenior class came back to Smith College. We werevery imposing. We brought with us much experience,much responsibility (especially toward the Freshmen),and a comfortable feeling of capability with which tomanage all things well. This sounds as if we mighthave been haughty, but we were not. Far otherwise, infact. We were too modest, — witness the front row ofchapel seats ! The faculty really had to sit there thefirst few mornings to encourage us to go do likewise, and even then we were sl
Class of 1902 Classbook . i 26 n I Senior Class History. EARS and years ago — last fall, in other words — theSenior class came back to Smith College. We werevery imposing. We brought with us much experience,much responsibility (especially toward the Freshmen),and a comfortable feeling of capability with which tomanage all things well. This sounds as if we mighthave been haughty, but we were not. Far otherwise, infact. We were too modest, — witness the front row ofchapel seats ! The faculty really had to sit there thefirst few mornings to encourage us to go do likewise, and even then we were slow totake advantage of our unprotected state. After we had made out several course cards apiece and had digested the newrules,— the old ones apparently having been like unto a grain of mustard-seed during thewarm summer,— we settled down to our real business in life, which was to pass judg-ment on William Shakespeare, his works. It is to be regretted, as long as he gave usso much to choose from, that he did not give us more. If he could have
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