Class of '06
On the eighth clay of September 1902, the usual motley crowd of Freshmen first climbed the hill of Kentucky State College campus with the advice of fond parents ringing in their ears and their souls and minds intent upon the mental battles out of which they expected to come victorious. The jingle of their father's hard earned cash, the all of which they had with them, could be heard from afar off.
They went into the hall of the main building and joined the pushing, perspiring throng, were soon ushered into the electrically heated office of the president and presented with numerous slips of paper. After signing" the register, they were sent to the office of the business agent to be relieved of their coin.
They soon got on to the ropes and spent their time in the study of English "Literature," Plane Geometry and wood shop. In Plane Geometry they were introduced to the scornful, sarcastic Dick, who in spite of his rough manner was in the hour of need, the students' best friend. After escorting this class through all the required mathematics he felt equal to the life of the wild and woolly west and
accepted a position in Nevada, much to the regret of every student of the institution.
In their Sophomore year, the majority of them met their Waterloo, and in about ninety per cent of the cases the part of Wellington was ably enacted by Jimmy White.
It was in this year that they met the man who occupies the second niche in the Student's hall of fame, or better the. second shrine in the Student's temple. Prof. Kastle or Little Joe, after piloting this class through metallurgy, he too threw up the sponge and accepted a government position in Washington. It is said that his children are singing:
"Everybody works  hut  father, From Ma to brother Rob, And the reason Pap's not working1 He's got a government job."'
The junior year introduced them in Prof. Faig who taught them the way in which the "litlie forces act" assisted by his two foot ruler and the quizzing, conscientious, irritable, strenuous Prof. Wilson, Beau Brummel of the faculty.    It was in

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