Michiganensian. [1910]

| E ihe CT NINETEEN-TEN MICHIOANENS!AN i
Our Entrance
] ',OW few of us as Seniors can look back and recall
_ the first impression we had of Michigan, the
O days of our Freshman year.
m l l~tf^WH y.B B I e-happenings of the first day and the succeeding
Four years is not a long time, and yet
|l| the mention of our Freshman year brings
forth a sigh and many times a wish that
[ i l once more we were Freshmen, just for a day.
g' '- ':* Memory alone will not bring back the events
^ ^ of those happy days. How fortunate that we i
' were thoughtful enough to keep diaries-or ia
i "*" '" *' I ' Mw uas it thoughtfulness? I wonder if it was not m
il the wish of some little girl back home that
iil "C,:, - prompted us? It was her desire, that since
-- we were going away to be "real live college
men," and would not be home to see her again
until Thanksgiving vacation, that we should write to her every day, or "if our
studies would keep us too busy for that, then we could keep a diary and write
j every other day and tell her everything we did the two days before." Don't you O
O remember? Foolish, now that we are Seniors, I know, but we were Freshmen then a
( and it was different. No doubt, by spring vacation we received a letter from her R
N thanking us for being so good to her and telling of her engagement to some other r
I fellow. She was old enough to be your mother anyway, was she not?
There are many things that are brought to mind that we did not write in l
those diaries. We shall not mention them now; our ideas upon them have changed 1
during the past few years and we don't look upon them in the sane light.
O Do you remember how we started out to look for a room? Those "dear,
sweet landladies" who greeted us with a smile and assurance that her rooms were R
[ the best in town-pleasant, airy, good light, good beds and plenty of heat? And 0
X then even offered to put in another dollar table if we would promise to take the room W
i at once. Yes, she would even treat us as she would treat her own boys. (How F
[i glad we are that we are not her boys.) Then do you remember the first day we
[ tried to find our way around the campus and through the various buildings? How
we frequently had to stop and consult our handbook? Those were good times.
Perhaps in crossing one of the many walks you would get a slight sign of recognition from some petite little Freshman girl who was used to speaking to the fellows
in school at home. How many times we have wished that that little Freshman
[ l girl had recognized us as fellow students during her sophomore year, her junior year
[ -and probably her senior year. I do not believe it would have done any harm. If
[i the same spirit could be instilled into the student body would Michigan not be a i
[] much pleasanter place?
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