University of Oregon monthly. (Eugene, Oregon) 1897-????, May 01, 1908, Image 29

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O reg o n M o n t h l y
SENIORS
An Appreciation
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^T h & e is an old adage th at'‘“A cat m a / 1 look at á king:”
cats háve''s©&íething better to 4o, ye£ the privilege is worth | H g |
thing. T h e ’ cat who 'does ; ^ é í c | ^ |M8S valuable ^ ^ q u js ite ’b ijW -
linfty m ust surely do &x‘in fjiar and, trembling? Such
the feeling
with which the humble but\useful junior rega;rdstt’h e ‘ wise and rev­
erend senior. The junior does not dare to criticize the senior, he
can only fee^hWgy“ for him.
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The sénior is a living(“^ J ’h^eathing, w a lfe n ^ staíkihgQ í) con­
tradiction‘of the adage that "There can never’T'e too'hiuéh óf a good
thing?’ College life is a hill, and its summit is The junior year..
Fodr years in collegeAneáns a toilsome-Ascent to a height above the
common leyeljof work^a-day life and''a rapid1 desbenf to that level
once more..'
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The senior descendsJn oné year the 'distance "he, has,«climbed
in three, and is shot.byfsheer’mom^ntum far out into the ¿did “bank­
note world” 'where hefh n ^ fu^carning??'^m ethjngM B w $m ,á hind­
rance 4nd a help * j H e je av e^ college on th ^ s a ^ e ,fev e fth a í he en­
tered it, albeit sjoihewltat Qut of- bfe'ath from.„his mentaj ja¡ymnastic£.
í\(2pllege f ife is an ,unconscious tragedy In hve acts1. Acf I, the
freshmap, h a p /y in his' innocence,'his brand new Suit and tós forq-