Agromeck . d the centre of attackto the committee. These men of the committee were appointed by the Class, andserved in the ofificial cajiaeity of Class representatives, so it was up to the Classto side with them, and, if they must leave, why. let the Class go too. The Facultycarried their point because of the fact that might can make right. They hadthe authority, and if they chose to use it harshly, there was no appeal to he made,because the Board of Trustees liack of the Faculty. The Thugs accepted the situation, as soon as the committee was reinstated, as gracefully aspossible, and r
Agromeck . d the centre of attackto the committee. These men of the committee were appointed by the Class, andserved in the ofificial cajiaeity of Class representatives, so it was up to the Classto side with them, and, if they must leave, why. let the Class go too. The Facultycarried their point because of the fact that might can make right. They hadthe authority, and if they chose to use it harshly, there was no appeal to he made,because the Board of Trustees liack of the Faculty. The Thugs accepted the situation, as soon as the committee was reinstated, as gracefully aspossible, and resumed their college work, liut the heart of every man is stilltrue to the lost cause, and in the years to come the word Thug will serveas a binding link between the true members of the Class of in closing the following quotation may be appropriate:?? Men seldom, or rather never, for a length of time and deliberately, rebelaeainst aiixtliiiii: that docs not deserve rebelling against.— THE L11!1{.\UY. The Alumni ^^^^ F. , ^^^^^^^^^ F. Synie is of the Class of 189S. ami duiini; ^^^L ^^k his Senior year held the position of Cadet Captain of ^^^^E ^^ Co. C. On leaving College, he worked with the Rich- ^^^^??^ ^- ^^^ mond, Petersburg and Carolina Railway as levelman, and ^^^^^^A ^^H later held a similar ])osition with the Raleigh and Cape ^^^^^^B^^^^l Fear Railroad. In iS(;<; was principal assistant to the ^^^^^^^ ^^^B Resident Engineer on the Ieoria and Pelican Terminal ^^^L ^g^ ^^V Railway, with headquarters at Peoria, 111. In 1900 was ^^^k ^^m a])pointed member of Government Engineering Expedition ^^^^ ^^ which made surveys for the proposed Isthmian Canal ^^^ through Xicarauga and Costa Rica. Central America. i<XH-iy02, Civil Engineer with \irginia Central Railway. 1902-1903. Engineer in charge of location and construction of S. A. L. Railway bridge, one mile long, across Manatee River, Florida. 1903-1904. Civil Engineer making
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