Ninety-Nine
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Title
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Ninety-Nine
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Date
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1892
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Description
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page from The Sombrero, "Class Histories of the Preparatory Department"
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Transcription
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Ninety-Nine
Latin School
COLORS: Orange and Jet Black.
YELL: Sumus classis U of N., Nonaginta-novem.
MOTTO: Omnia possumus omnes.
OFFICERS.
President, . . . . . . . A. A. BAER.
Vice President, . . . . . MAY MCGREER.
Secretary, . . . . . . . MAUDE IRWIN.
Assistant Secretary,. . . . ROY HAMMOND.
Treasurer, . . . . . . . L. V. PATCH.
Sergeant-at-Arms,. . . . . IRA RIGGS.
Assistant Sergeant-at-Arms, . FRED RYONS.
Historian, . . . . . . . MAUDE MASON.
History
THE great Columbian year, 1893, noted in history as one of the remarkable years of the century, was the time, and the University of Nebraska the place, in which originated the class of '99.
That our class does justice to the time, adds luster to this already remarkable year, and is an eternal source of joy to the parental heart goes without saying. There is nothing small about us, as a short historical sketch may prove. As a noted English wit has said of the United States shortly after the war, that is inhabitants numbered forty million souls, mostly colonels, so may we say of our class, that it numbers two hundred souls, mostly First Preps.
We organized as a class October 27th. A body of perhaps sixty merry and enthusiastic girls and boys assembled in the chapel according to the call by petition of a dozen or more. A temporary organization was effected by electing F. W. Bronn, President, and A. A. Baer, Secretary. Subsequently a permanent organization was effected and the following officers chosen: President, F. W. Bronn; Vice President, Grace L. Bishop; Secretary, A. A.
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Source
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Author: The Students of the University of Nebraska
Title: "Class Histories of the Preparatory Department"
Periodical: The Sombrero
Volume: 2
Pages: 101-102, 105-106
1892
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Rights
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