HIStORY OF
'85,
ELL, here I have entered Stevens as a Juniol'. The Junior Class is called the Class of '85. This does not mean that there are eighty-five students in the Class, but in order to be precise and mathematical, at the same time being uncommon, the multiplication sign is understood between the 8 and the 5. Therefore the correct name "'ould be the Class of forty. Why, there is a fellow in the Class who is so enthusiastic that he has even adopted the name of forty, or Pfordte, as he spells it, in order not to be considered plebeian. Our class is a very good one: in fact, it is the perfection-the very beau ideal of a class. I have heard at least forty others echo these sentiments. The other clay I heard our Class called a happy family. The reason of this must be that in it are grouped representatives from all parts of the hemisphere, living in perfect amity and friendship, and all knowing one another personally. This, I have heard, is one of the marked characteristics of our Class. Since I have been here I have not had time to get homesick; I have hardly time in which to eat; and if I had three times as much time as I now have, I still would not have time to conscientiously prepare my lessons. Judging from our treatlllent by a certain Professor at one of our examinationfJ, our Class must consist of about half a dozen honest men, the remainder being wicked, wicked sons of deceit, who should, in accordance with all justice, be summarily expelled. I was laboring under this impression, taking wearisome care of my person and property, in order to prevent them being stolen by a classmate, when I was agreeably surprised to find, according to all the other Professors, that we were gentlemen and worthy of being treated as such. Since I have been here I have had very little practical work, ex-
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