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Opinion is a subject for Collecting by every member of the school, though only that of the Seniors bears weight. For instance, one fails in Geometry and then one automatically registers an opinion about Euclid. (This opinion need not be made public.)
The Collecting of Re\]3utations goes on individually and collect ively. Euclid, A1 Geber, Vergil, Cicero and Caesar all had reputa
tions, which vary as one passes beyond their immediate influence. Even Fiske, the historian, says unto the Senior Class, “Behold my
works, ye JMighty, and despair!”
However, there is one form of Collecting restricted entirely to Seniors; this is the collecting of Experience. Seniors have lived through many years of toil; they have learned the idiosyncracies of
fate; they have learned to say “yes” to IMiss Hewes. The experience
of a Senior has been acejuired in a gig’antic struggle with refractory
studies and refractory study-periods; but the Seniors do not stop here.
^Vith the true zeal of collectors, they pass on to rea\]) the rewards of
Ex\])erience, and we have the Collecting of Senior privilege. jMav it nevei- cease!
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