Day Dreams of An Alumnus
Backward, turn backward, fair memory, I pray,
Back to St. Ambrose, just for a day!.
Back there again with the friends that I knew,
To live but once more with the White and the Blue I
Backward, 0 Fancy! My heart it…
The '98ers "Being a Few of the Many Memories That Bless and Burn."
The 8th of September, 1898, was a fine, clear day; there was no
particular reason for our feeling homesick. Nevertheless, we
found little cheer in the assurance of one of the…
The years were filled with good, wholesome experience that would require
volumes to record. We disproved in debate the contention that Washington deserved more credit for saving the country than Lincoln, and incidentally it developed that Lincoln…
the following: "Gentlemen, I just came from Chicago and picked
you out a nice piece named T haf an hoe/ some kind of a hoe, anyhow,
alright—play."
Time hurried along. In June we said, "only fifteen more days," and in September we were sincerely glad…
PERHAPS you are aware, kind reader, that in the preparation of
class histories, a large latitude is allowed to the imaginative fac-
ulties of the historian. A mere glance at other class histories
will at once convince you of the wisdom of this…
L. J. Murphy. Academic '12; Class President; Chrysostomian Society; Manning Club; K. of C. Gold Medal; Athletic Editor Ambrosian; First Prefect; Dramatics '13; Tennis; Base
Ball; Valedictorian.
"Men of few words are the best men."
Edward Neuzil. Iowa…
J.J. Welsh. Academic '12; President Manning Club; Dramatics; Band; Orchestra; Choir; Glee Club; Humorous
Editor Ambrosian '13; Assistant Editor-in-Chief '14; Editor-in-Chief '15;
Chrysostomian Society; Class Poet.
"I've made it a practice to put all…
SENIOR CLASS HISTORY
Continued
Owing to the various circumstances, the large class that commenced the work
in the freshman year, did not remain to finish their collegiate course. Some left
to take up vocational work in other schools, while others…
