Central High School - Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 113 of the 1897 volume:

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W ' Happy days we passedwith thee, 'Jil' 'iff gt, Days that ever shall remembered he, 5,5 ,iq Sad days, too, we passed with thee, W Days that never shall forgotten be. ,Dk mb 'lc' 'iff' 'Ulf' And now at last the time draws nigh, 5,6 When we must Dart, must sa , Good-b eg we yi, l Y Y Us Backward we look o'er those four years, 'ff' 'DYC' 15,3 With all their joys, their hopes, their fears , 95,1 5,5 ,xg Think we what those years have brought, ,jk 5,6 95,1 A Think we o'er the changes wrought: P 95? 9314? ,576 And ever watchful, thy fond care ,gy ,M Has helped us onward everywhere. 93,5 E, Eilndly motherhof oiifr yclunger days! 95,5 95,5 V ,.,,.. er we now t is git o praise, 5,6 Kindly mother! we sadly tell 5,6 ,ga 'bk' The words that part us: Fare thee well! 93,5 95,5 'lid' PAUL M. Rosnivwav. 9516 'QCP Alf as awwwgraaavmzmwweaaavsfm wwaffmmaaseafseafsemafvsaw 3 af , Q , . 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A. 5 Les Bons Enfantsf' and Banquet Committee. WILLIAM ALLEN, ............ 2411 Turner Street, ..... Biological. I am not gamesome3'-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class. WILLIAM A. ALLISON, K. T. K., 2311 Thompson St., ...... Classical. Yon Cassius hath a lean and hungry look?-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman classg Chairman Entertainment Committee 3 Cor- responding Secretary of Senior Class, Alumni Editor of the M 1Irror,' Member of Cricket, Base-Ball, and Reserve Foot-Ball Teams, Mem- ber of Banjo Club, Junior year, Curtain Club, and A. A., Senior year. JOHN A. ANCK, J R., .... 1908 Mt. Vernon St., ............ Chemical. Much study is a Wearinessf'-Eames. Entered Freshman class. 5 D. DUKES BARLOW, . . .1411 Morris St., ............ Civil Engineer. 'C For that I am I know because I think. -Dryden. Entered Senior Class from Manual, Member of Ben Lacy Club. A. G. BARRETT, .......... Mercliantville, N. J.,. .Electrical Engineer. Entered Senior class from Manual. HARRY BAY, ................. 2135 E. Dauphin St., .... Biological. 5' How now, my sweet creature of Bombastf'-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. 3 Played on School Foot- Ball Team, '95, '96, C. H. S. Representative in Shot Put, Inter- scholastic Sports, Spring of ,965 Member of Finance Committee, Fall Sports, 196. HAROLD E. BEATTY, ......... 1706 N. 17th St., ......... Physical. Assume a virtue if you have it notf'+Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. 5 Chorus of Dorothy, Member of Les Bons Enfantsf' being Lord High Cuspador Cleaner of the same. ROBERT A. BEGGS, K. T. K., .... 1723 N. 17th St., ........ Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of Banquet Committee, and Presi- dent of the Hoplitesf' R WILLIAM K. BELLOWS, ....... 614 N. 8th St., .......... Chemical. Fashioned so tenderly, young and so fair. C Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. 5 Fried Oyster Club 5 Cur- tain Club, and Banquet Committee. ALBERT P. BERG, ......... 909 Buttonvvood St., Electrical Engineer. Entered Freshman class 3 Member of the Side Window Club. HARRY I. BERMAN, .......... 1009 S. 4th St.,. .Electrical Engineer. 'I Soap and Water are cheap. -C. H. S. Entered Freshman class, Member of the Base-Ball Team, Junior year. JOHN P. BETHEL, ............ 632 N. 18th St., ......... Chemical. Love thy neighbor as thyself. Entered Freshman class, Member of Side Window Club. WM. BIGGERSTAFF, K. T. K.,. .2510 Coral St., .......... Classical. Use no-to-bacf'-C. H. S. Entered Freshman class, Member of Hoplites and A. A. D. PARRISH BLAKELY, ....... 1931 Poplar St., ........ Biological. Entered Senior class from Manual. 6 CHARLES BLUM, .......... 4950 .Germantown Ave., . . Civil Engineer. If I chance to talk a little While, forgive me. Entered Freshman class. JULIUS S. BLUM, ............. 725 South St., .......... Biological. If dirt Were trumps what hands you would hold. -Charles Lamb. Entered Freshman class, Member of Checker Team. GEORGE C. BOSSERT, ......... 1309 N. Sixth St., ....... Biological. . What says that fool of Hagaris oifspring? --Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of Agassiz Association, and of the Side Window Club. LEWIS W. BREMMERMAN ..... 1469 N. 554 St., ........ Biological. I am indeed, sir, a surgeon to old shoes. -Shakespeare. Entered Sophomore class, Member of A. A., Big Four, and Curtain Club, being stage-manager of the last, Member of Chatterton Club and Les Bons Enfantsf' being 6' Lord High Shuilier of the Cards of the latter, Member of the Agassiz Association, Played the role of Muggins in Cool Collegiansf' Junior year, and of Edmond Blandinet in KA Pair of Spectaclesf' Senior year, Member of the Paint and Powder Club, and played the role of Priscilla in Dor- othy, Junior year, Member of the Entertainment Committee, Senior year, stage-manager of the Senior play, Member of A. A., and Presenter of the Senior class. BENJAMIN A. BROOKS, ....... 447 Wister St., Gtn.,.Civil Engineer. Oh, excellent young man. -Nit, Nit. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A., Recording Secretary of the Senior Class, Fried Oyster Club and Curtain Club, business manager of the last, Senior year, Member of Dorothy Chorus, Junior year, and Member of the Entertainment Committee, Senior year. DAVID P. BROWN, ............ 1335 Parrish St., ........ Biological. This Will be a homoeopath in time? Entered Freshman class, Member of Agassiz Association and Side Window Club. HOWARD W. BULLINGER,K. T. K., 1526 Frankford Ave., Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. and Vice-President of the Hoplites, Member of Tennis Club, Record Committee and Cap and Gown Committee. , 7 -O ALFRED T. CLARK, ........... 655 Union St.,. .Electrical Engineer. Entered Freshman class, Member of Side Window Club and of A. A., Class and School Editor of the lVIiwor. EUGENE S. CONWAY, .... 16th and South Sts.,. .Electrical Engineer. 'Q Blessed be the man who invented sleep. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. and Curtain Club , Played on Foot-Ball Team, '95, '96, on School Base-Ball Team, '96, and on School Basket-Ball Team, '97, Member of Entertainment Committee, Senior year. ' MUNRO S. COULTER, ......... 1625 N. 27th St., ........ Chemical. N Do you know I am a woman? -Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of Side Window Club. ARTHUR S. COX, .............. 2049 Brandywine St., .... Chemical. Entered Freshman class, Member of Curtain Club and of Side Win- dow Club, Member of the Record Committee. RALPH C. DALE, ........ 1720 Woodstock St.,. .Electrical Engineer. As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form. -Goldsmith. Entered Senior class from the Manual. JOHN M. DREDGER, K. T. K.,. .1013 Fairmount Ave., ..... Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A., Tennis Club, Bachelors' Club, and ex-President of the Hoplitesf' AARON L. DEETER, K. T. K., H2013 Hart Lane, ......... Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A., Tennis Club, and the ff Hoplitesf' EUGENE E. DUN LAP, ......... 2016 N. 11th St., Electrical Engineer. He seldom smiles. -Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class. HENRY T. EASTWICK, ........ M18 Warrington St., ..... Physical. Reported wise for saying nothing. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A., Played on School Base- Ball Team, '94, '95, '96, '97, being Manager of the same, Junior and Senior years, Sporting Editor of the Crimson cmd the Gold, Sophomore year, Treasurer of the Class, Junior year, Member of Class Pin Committee, First Vice-President of the A. A., Senior year, Member of Rinaldo Club, Chimmie Fadden Seminar, 'f Les Bons Enfantsj' being Vice-President of the last, and Member of Class Day Committee. 8 , FRANZ EHRLICH, JR., ........ 648 N. 13th St., .......... Physical. To toss it over the crowd. -Bartlett. Entered Junior class, Business Manager of the Mirror, Senior year, Played the role of Albert Blandinet in A Pair of Spectacles, Senior year, Member of Fried Oyster Club and Curtain Club, being Secretary of the latter, Chairman of Class Day Committee. EDWIN CHASE EMHARDT,. . .17 Harvey St., Germantown, Electrical Engineer. He is a Well read Qredj manf' Entered Freshman class, Member of the Curtain Club, being Presi- dent of the same for two terms, Played the role of Kate in the Cool Collegiansf, Junior year, Editor-in-Chief of the Mir1'0'r,' Played the role of Joseph in A Pair of Spectaclesj' Senior year, Member of the Fried Oyster Club, and President of the Senior Class. HERBERT FOX, K. T. K., ...... 1803 Tioga St., ........... Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of Curtain Club and ex-President of the Hoplites, Played the role of Gustav Aubertin in A Pair of Spectaclesf, Senior year, Member of Banquet Committee. REES J. FRESCOLN, K. T. K.,. .541 N. 13th St., ........... Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of the Hoplites and Orchestra, Accompanist of the Double Quartette. ROBERT M. GAILEY, .......... 2417 N. 17th St., ....... Biological. 'i If it be aught tovvard the general good set honor in one eye and death in the other, and I will look on both indifterentlyff-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of DorothyN Chorus, Junior year, and of Chimmie Fadden Seminar. FREDERICK GIROUX, K. T. K., 1234 Buttonvvood St., ..... Classical. O, such a playerf'-C. H. S. Entered Freshman class, Member of the Hoplitesj' Glee Club, and Leader of the Orchestra, Senior year. CHARLES H. GOLDSMITH, .... 2003 Park Ave., ........ Biological. Entered Freshman class, Member of Curtain Club, being Property- man of the same, Junior year, and Assistant Business Manager, Senior year, Played the role of Second Boot-maker in A Pair of Spectacles, Senior year, being Property-man of the same. HARRY C. HILL, .............. 324 Dickinson St., ........ Physical. Man being reasonable, must get drunk. Entered Freshman class, left Senior year, Member of A. A., Les Bons Enfantsj, being Grand Whistler of the same. 9 THOMAS S. HARRIS, K. T. K.,. .2010 Girard Ave., ........ Classical. JOS 'C This is a born philosopher. -C. H. S. Entered Freshman class, Member of the Hoplitesf' Tennis Club, and Entertainment Committee. EPH R. HAYWARD, K. T. K., 2047 Wallace St., ....... Classical Handle this With care. -C. H. S. Entered Freshman class 3 Member of Curtain Club, Bachelors, Club, Tennis Club, and Secretary of the Hoplitesf' , LOUIS HERBST, .............. 247 N. Sth St., .......... Chemical. Entered Freshman class, Member of Curtain Club, Junior year. CARL H. HIRZEL, K. T. K., .... 1800 N. 22d St., .......... Classical. Entered Freshman class 5 Member of Glee Club and of Hoplitesf' REGINAULT JOHNSON, ...... 1729 Lombard St., ...... Biological N Thy modesty is a candle to thy meritf' Entered Freshman class 5 Secretary of the Agassiz Association, Mem- ber of the Curtain Club. I EDWARD P. JOHNSON ........ 602 S. 42d St., ......... Biological 4' This came from the Manual. -C. H. S. Entered Senior year from the Manual. JAMES H. JONES, ............ 1802 Cayuga St., ........ Biological. Hayseedf'-C. H. S. Entered Freshman class, Member of the Agassiz Association and the Crlee Club. J. JEFFERSON JONES, 3D, ...... 4900 Chestnut St., ...... Biological. Thou shalt not gormandise. -Shakespeare. Entered Sophomore class, Secretary of the Emerson Literary and Debating Society, Sophomore year 3 Played the role of Mollie Wain right in the Cool Collegiansj' Junior year, the role of Lydia Haw- thorne in Dorothyf, Junior year, and the 'role of Henrietta Blan- dinet in A Pair of Spectacles, Senior year, President of the Cur- tain Club, Senior year, Member of the Entertainment Committee, Chatterton Club, and Fried Oyster Club, Class Prophet. JAMES L. KANE, ............. 4935 Willow Ave., ....... Biological. 'K Render unto Caesar the things that are Cmsar's. -Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class , Member of the Agassiz Association. IO HOWARD T. KARSNER, ........ 1509 Dickinson St., ..... Biological. For I am nothing if not criticalf' Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A., Played on Basket-Ball Team, '96, '97, Member of Track Team, '96, '97, C. H. S. Repre- sentative in Bicycle events at Interscholastic Sports in the Spring of '96, Corresponding Secretary of A. A., Member of the Les Bons Enfantsj' being Lord High Keeper of the Royal Coin 9' of the same. H. W. KIRBY, ................. 3859 Aspen St., ......... Biological. When Will this youth learn to eat? -C. H. S. Entered Junior class. HARRY E. LALLOU, J R., ....... 1731 Diamond St., ...... Biological. Costly thy habit as thy purse can buyf,-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of the A. A., Junior year, and of the Curtain Club, Played the role of Harry Meredith in the Cool Collegiansf' Junior year, and the role of Louis Blandinet in A Pair of Spectaelesj' Senior year, Editor of Sister Colleges of the Mirror, Member of Chorus in Dorothy, Treasurer of the Cur- tain Club, Senior year, Member of the Class Day Committee and C. H. S. Crlee Club. WILLIAM S. LAMBOURNE, .... 1932 N. 21st St., Electrical Engineer. A real masherf' Member of the Chorus in Dorothy, 7' Member of the Curtain Club and C. H. S. Glee Club, Played the role of Mizabrau in A Pair of Spectacles, Senior year. HERBERT S. LANGFELD, K. T. K., 2417 Master St., ...... Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member A. A., Curtain Club, 'C Hoplitesj, and the Entertainment Committee, Played the role of Laura Auber- tin in A Pair of Spectaclesf, Senior year, and the role of Fanny in the Cool Collegiansf' Junior year, Class Historian, and Member of the Record Committtee. BENJAMIN K. LIVERIGHT, . . .1737 N. Sth St., ......... Biological. Do as thy name 'bids theef'-C. H. S. Entered Freshman' class, Member of A. A. and Agassiz Association. HARRY LOWENBURG, ........ 2330 N. 16th St., ........ Biological. Entered Freshman class, Member of Curtain Club and Agassiz As- sociation, Treasurer of the Record Committee and Chairman of the Cap and Gown Committee, Played the role of Francois Blandinet in A Pair of Spectacles, Senior year. I1 ALEXANDER B. MACALLISTER, 22419 Fitzwater St., ..... Chemical. Little, but O my! Entered Junior year, Member of A. A. and Agassiz Association. CHARLES S. MACKAY, ........ 4167 Leidy Ave., ......... Chemical. 'C You're not so many. Entered Freshman class, Played on School Foot-Ball Team, Junior year, Member of the Curtain Club, Fried Oyster Club, Chatterton Club, Chairman of Banquet Committee, Exchange Editor of the llfirror. GARRICK MALLERY, J 11,202 Highland Ave., Chestnut Hill,Chemical. You base foot-ball player. -Shakespeare. Entered' Freshman class, Member of Second Foot-Ball Team, Sophomore year, and First Foot-Ball Team, Junior year, Manager of the Cricket Team, Junior year, and of the Basket-Ball Team, Senior year, Member of the A. A. A WARREN F. MARTIN, ......... 1950 Judson Place, ....... Classical. This is not Dave the politician?-C. H. S. Entered Freshman class, left Senior year, Member of the Paint and Powder Club, A. A., Curtain Club, and Fried Oyster Club. HARRY E. MGGOUISK, ......... 2413 Stewart St., ....... Biological. N Some friendship will it fhej lend youf'-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class. WALTER G. MCMULLIN, ....... 1610 Page St., .......... Biological. Entered Freshman class, Member of Glee Club and Agassiz Asso- ciation. ROBERT J. MCNEILL, .......... 225 Rittenhouse St., Gtn., Chemical. Entered Freshman class, Member of the Curtain Club, Paint and Powder Club, A. A., and Fried Oyster Club, Member of Chorus in Dorothy, Junior year, Assistant Business Manager of the M 'irrorrg and Vice-President of the Senior class. ALBERT G. MILLER, K. T. K., .2150 N. 21st St., ......... Classical. He reads much. -Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Librarian-in-Chief, Senior year, Belles Lettres Editor of the Mirror, Member of the K Hoplites,', Class Day Committee and Cap and Gown Committee. JOHN C. MOLITOR, ......... 2026 Warnock St., Electrical Engineer. Entered Freshman class. I2 'ff SAMUEL MOYER, .......... 4325 Terrace St., Manayunk, Chemical. Entered Freshman class, Member of Chimmie Fadden Seminar. WILLIAM NORRIS, ......... 4818 Chester Ave., Electrical Engineer. Entered Senior class from Manual, left Senior year. WILLIAM PATTON, ........... 2132 N. 5th St., ........ Biological. Entered Junior class 5 Librarian, Senior year. OSCAR C. PAULLIN, .......... 2121 N. 18th St., ........ Chemical. ' Give thy thoughts no tongue. -Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class 5 left Senior year. WILLIAM W. PETERSON, ...... 45 Fastorius St., Crtn., .... Chemical. He Was a man take him all in all. -Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Member of Chorus of Dorothy, Junior year. CHARLES D. QUICK, .......... 11 E. Penn St., Gtn., ..... Chemical. ' God made him, and therefore let him pass for a man. -Shakespeare. Member Freshman class, Member of the Chorus of Dorothy, Junior year. ' SIMON C. RAKEN, ............ 1202 South St., ......... Biological. Entered Freshman class 3 Member of the Emerson Literary and De- bating Club, and Agassiz Association. ' ,ggi HOWARD T. RICHARDSON, . .1849 Croskey St., ........ Chemical. Member of A. A., Fried Oyster Club, and Curtain Club, Treasurer of the Senior class 5 Member of Chorus in Dorothy, Junior year. 1J.grJ35 WILLIAM F. RIEBEL, ......... Oak Lane, ............... Classical. Entered Freshman class, died Senior year. BERTRAM H. RODGERS, ...... 239 S. 41st St., ......... Biological. Entered Freshman class 5 Member of Cricket Team. PAUL ROSENWEY, J R., K. T. K., 1310 Morris St., ......... Classical. EL Estne hic poeta? -C. I-I. S. Entered Freshman class, Member of Hoplites and Class Day Committee, Class Poet. C. RUTSCHMAN ........... 2047 N. 13th St., ........ Chemical. Entered Freshman class, Played on Basket-Ball Team, '95, '96, '97, being Captain and Manager of same, Senior year, Member of Track Committee, '95, '96, '97, C. I-I. S. Representative to Interscholastic Sports, Junior year, Winning second in the one-mile run, Vice- Fresident of the Junior Class, and Chairman of General Arrange- ment Committee for Fall Sports, Junior year. 13 NORMAN C. SHARPE, .......... 1416 S. 23d St., ......... Classical. Entered Sophomore year 3 Member of Reserve Foot-Ball Team, Junior yearg Played on C. H. S.Foot-Ball Team,Senior yearg Vice-President of the A. A., and played on Basket-Ball Teamg Member of Track and Field Team and Entertainment' Committee. EDWARD A. SCHUMANN, ..... 7000 Tulip St., Tacony,. .Biological. In stature like a man, but--F' Entered Freshman classg Sporting Editor J' of the .Zlf'i'l l'07',' Presi- dent of Agassiz Associationg. Member of Foot-Ball and Track Teams. JOHN HENRY SCHWACKE, .... 1930 Montgomery Ave.,. .Biological. 'Tis he, I know his step 5 he rises on his toe? Entered Senior year from the Manual 3 left Senior yearg Member of A. A.5 Solo Danseuse in Dorothy5 Played the role of Marie in 'IA Pair of Spectaclesg 'J Member of Glee Club and Ben Lacy Club, being Vice-President of the latter. - GEORGE M. SELLERS, ......... 1714 N2 25th St., ........ Chemical. Entered Freshman classg Member of the A.qA. and Banquet Com- mitteel ,gr . CHARLES F. SLADEN, ........ 7105 Woodland Ave., .... Chemical. C' My little body is a-Weary of this great World?-Shakespeare. Entered Sophomore year. WALTER SPOFFORD, ......... 641 N. 40th St.,. . . . ..... Biological. Entered Sophomore yearg Member of A. A. 3 Captain of Basket-Ball Team, Sophomore yearg Manager of the same Qresignedj, Senior yearg Corresponding Secretary of Junior Classg Recording Secre- tary of A. A., Senior yearg Member of Finance Committee for Fall Sports, '965 Clerk of Course at the same 3 Member of Les Bons En- fantsj' being High Bouncer of the same, and Member of 't Chim- mie Fadden Seminar. OSCAR C. STALEY, ...... 8407 Main St., Chestnut Hill,. . .Chemical. I As quiet as a mousef' Entered Freshman class. WILLIAM R. TAPPEN, ......... 1234 Marlborough St.,. . .Biological. We sleep over our happiness. -Atterburg. A Entered Sophomore yearg Member of A. A. 3 Played on Class Base- Ball Team, Sophomore yearg School Foot-Ball Team, '95, 996, being Captain of the same, Senior yearg Member of Ground Committee 14 for Fall Sports, '96, Record Committee, Entertainment Committee, Class Pin Committee, Chimmie Fadden Seminar, and Les Bons Enfants, being 4' Lord High Bouncer of the last. THOMAS A. TEAL, ............ 676 N. 13th St., ........ Biological. Entered Freshman class, Member of Agassiz Association. HAROLD E. THOMAS, ........ 1418 Wharton St., . .Civil Engineer. Thank God We are not all such. Entered Sophomore year, Member of A. A., Finance Committee, Fall Sports, '94, and Checker Team, Senior year, Won open quarter- mile and mile-run, Fall Sports, '94, one and two-mile runs, Fall Sports, '95, C. H. S. Representative to the Interscholastic Sports, '96, Won 220 and 4.00 yard runs, '96, Played on Basket-Ball Team, ' 97 , President of A. A., Senior year, and President of the Associa- tion of Scholastic Oarsmen, being C. H. S. delegate to the latter. ROBERT W. TUCKER, ......... 857 N. Broad St.,. . .Civil Engineer. Out of nothing, cometh nothing. -F. F. Christine. Entered Freshman class, Member of C. H. S. Wheelmen and Chimmie Fadden Seminar. A JAMES H. H. VAN ZANT, ....... 1619 S. 16th St., ........ Biological. 'f The ladies call him sweet. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A., General Arrangements Committee, Fall Sports, '96, Entertainment Committee, and Les Bons Enfantsf' FRANK E. WALKER,. . ., ....... 119 N. 10th St., ......... Chemical. As gentle as a woman. -Sutherland. Entered Freshman class, Member of Chorus of Dorothy and ' Entertainment Committee. JAMES A. WALKER, .......... 1508 Christian St., ...... Biological. Broad and Green. -C. H. S. Entered.Freshman class, Member of Agassiz Association. LEROY I. WALKER, ........... 2227 N. 15th St., ........ Chemical. N Li Hung Chang. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. and Agassiz Association. EMIL WALLISER, ............ Roxborough, ....... Civil Engineer. Entered Freshman class, Assistant Business Manager of the Mirror. I5 JOHN J. C. WATSON, .......... U. S. Naval Home, ...... Biological. Fill high the goblet, We drink to one saint more. Entered Junior year, Member of A. A., General Arrangements Com- mittee, Fall Sports, '96, and of 'C Chimmie Fadden Seminarf' CHARLES J. WEISS, ........... 416 Wharton St., ........ Chemical. Conceit in weakest bodies strongest Works?-Shakespeare. Entered Freshman class, Secretary of Emerson Literary and Debat- ing Society, Sophomore year, Member of Quintet Art Club, Junior year, A-Warded Art Scholarship for Evening Session by the Indus- trial Art School, and Won the fourth prize offered by the same In- stitution. WILLIAM H. WELSH, .......... 2741 Henlau St., ........ Chemical. Entered Freshman class, Member of Agassiz Association. WILLIAM C. WELSH, J R., ...... 1232 S. 6th St., ......... Q .Classical. Entered Sophomore year. ' WEBSTER KIN G WETHERILL, 37 3-1 Walnut St., ........ Chemical. Entered Freshman Class, Member of A. A., Business Manager of the Crimson and Gold, Sophomore year, Chairman of Class Pin Com- mittee, Junior year, President of Junior Class, President of Paint and Powder Club, Member of cast of Dorothy, and Manager of Opera, Member of Finance Committee, Fall Sports, ' 96 , Member of Rinaldo Club, Chimmie Fadden Seminarf? and Business Manager of Curtain Club, Publisher of Mtwor, and Chairman of Record Committee, Member of Ralph Waldo Emerson Debating Society. JOHN WILKINSON , .............. 2032 Bainbridge St.,. .Biological. Entered Freshman Class, Member of Agassiz Association. JOHN C. WRIGHT, ............ 2157 Dickinson St., .N ...... Classical. Entered Freshman class, Member of A. A. i 'xml -Z3 ie rs. ,g -is , . Ill N, .07 'C 1 .HZ fx: Nl,,f. I6 CLASS OF '97 x Class Day Exercises. BROAD ST. THEATRE, JUNE 15th, 1897. 3 Programme. OVERTURE MARCH ..... PRESIDENTS SALUTATORY . . - - ENTRANCE OF CLASS EDWIN CHASE EMHARDT MUSIC CLASS HISTORY . . HERBERT S. LANGFELD MUSIC CLASS POEM . . PAUL ROSENWEY, JR. V MUSIC GLASS PROPHECY . . . J. J. JONES, an MUSIC CLASS PRESENTATION . . . LEWIS WINE BREMMERMAN , MARCH 5' 9' 9 Class-Day Committee. FRANZ EHRLICH, JR., Chairman HENRY T. EASTWICK, HARRY E. LALLOU, JR., ALBERT G. MILLER 7 PAUL ROSENWEY, EDWARD A. SCHUMANN. Class Officers. President EDWIN CHASE EMHARDT Vice-President Recording Secretary ROBERT J. MCNEILL BENJAMIN ALLEN BROOKS Treasurer Corresponding Secretary HOWARD T. RICHARDSON WILLIAM A. ALLISON 17 Banquet. COLONNADE HOTEL, JUNE 15, 1597 TOASTMASTER . C. S MACKAY, JR OUR CLASS ....... - Yes, it shall be! The magic of that name Defies the scythe of time, the touch of flame. CRIMSON AN D GOLD ..... T R ADAMS ' 'Emblems fair of glorious sunrise, See the 'Crimson and the G'old'. THE LADIES. ...... The 'Origin of Love ? '-Ah, why That cruel question ask of me? THE FACULTY ....... I would not one fond heart should share The bitter moments thou hast given. OUR CLUBS ....... L. W BREMMERMAN Youth hath its time, Merry hearts will merrily chime. OUR ATHLETES .... . . H T EASTWICK OUR SECTIONS To win the wreath of fame And write on memory's scroll a deathless name. H. Fox, H. T. RIUHARDSON, H. LOWENBURG, F. EHRLICH, JR., H. E. LALLOU, JR., B. A. BROOKS THE MIRROR To hold, as 'twere, the Mirror up to nature. REMINISCENCES . . . . . . R A BEGGS, JR cz n - ' ' IMPROMPTU There s a feeling within us that loves to revert To the merry old times that are gone. At which the universal host up sent A shout that tore hell's concave, and beyond Frighted the reign of chaos and old night. Committee. CHARLES S. MACKAY, JR., Chairman THOMAS R. ADAMS ROBERT A. BEGGS, JR. WILLIAM K. BELLOWS HERBERT Fox GEORGE M. SELLERS 18 i Q ilu, 'iff' Ill il ' llll' C f ml 'lg rl .ll- Xhwllf-lgxjlv l if I1 ,I if lit Ll 555- rr-eau, sew. 9? ' 'V VERY student has naturally thought his own par- I: '-qu ticular class the finest that ever graduated from i the High School. We fellows think the same, and il we differ from them in but one particular,-name . ' lil I limbfim ly, that we have a just claim to this distinction. u In the following history I will disclose some facts which I am sure will cause you to think as we do. In the irst place I have to make a confession. We were four years ago pupils of the grammar schools. I am sure the change is so great that you will hardly believe it. Still an honest confession is good for the soul fof papa's slippery, so there you have it. While in the twelfth grade each one of us received two petitions-one from the High and one from the Manual-signed by their respective faculties, each begging us to come to their respective schools. We, the sensible majority, yielded to the entreaties of the High School, and decided to adorn that beauti- ful, worm-eaten structure with our presence. The other fellows went to the Manual, and that is the last we have heard of them. Poor fel- lows! It wasnit their fault. They were enticed there by the 4' glowing description of the horse-shoe factory. In .I une, 1893, we entered the school for the iirst time by means of the underground passage on Green Street. We found ourselves in two large vault-like rooms, paved with red tiles. Against the walls were long boxes divided into pigeon-holes. By their size we thought they were for the mail, but to our dismay we were told that they were hat- boxes. Here and there were dark, gloomy closets with the words K DEN ' 93 written on them. The larger boys shuddered and the little ones began to cry, for we expected to see a lion spring forth at any I9 moment, and cause one of those rushes we had heard about. But our fears were groundless, and we were soon ushered, or rather driven upstairs by Samuel Dutton, Vice-President of the Janitors. We looked like a flock of sheep driven to slaughter, whose verdant wool had not yet been cut. ' We were then assembled in the dormitory, otherwise known as the lecture-room. With the ringing of the gong President Johnson en- tered. He wore a pair of light-colored pants, negligee shirt, and flannel coat. We nudged each other and whispered, Ain't he sporty! fWe donit say ain't now, it makes Prof. E. Lacy nervousj Johnson gave us instructions about the examination, such as Q15 Help your neighbor as you would be helped by him, Don't get caught cheating, Q3j Chew- ing-gum or any other form of tobacco forbidden during school hours. Chrissy patted each of us on the head, tickled each of us under the chin, and told us to be good little boys, and then we were conducted into our respective pens. Here we were examined in pony-riding, sausage- eating, and how to run a gas-engine. Strange to say all the boys in the present class were found proicient in these arts, and we all passed the requirements. We were then dismissed for the summer recess. All of us went to the World's Fair, except a small majority who couldn't stand the tedious journey. 'P f' ,f-4' . N 'TI-'-Fw- ' '-'?..112f' In September we assembled, and the train of '97, known as the Rusherj' was started for the graduating terminal. It was composed of five through Pullman coaches and one day coach for those wishing to go half way. Prof. Johnson was the engineer, Prof. Hopper shoveled coal 3 Prof. Holt was brakesmang Prof. Shock was conductor, and he certainly did his duty, for many of us were put off, as ducks or other live animals were not allowed on the train, Prof. Smith was news agent, Prof. Straube, pretzel and 10-cent lunch man, and Prof. E. Lacy was put on the cow-catcher so that his brilliant remarks might light up the way. They accomplished their purpose, showing us several sign- boards. The Hrst had the word Ohatterton painted on it in red and yellow letters. Then came Rinaldo, and near the end 20 of the journey appeared a dilapidated sign bearing the fearful and blood-curdling name, Crom-a-boo. QPronounced in a whis- per.j The broken condition of this board was due to two amateur actors who had passed that way? This highly poetical figure was ob- jected to by Paul Rosenwey, the poet QQ. But knowing that Thomas Hardy is the only author he has read I decided not to alter it. But I am wandering from the subject. We all arrived at the scnool at 'Y a.m., and after waiting until 11 Samuel Dutton awoke, puied out his cheeks, tolled the bell, and let us in. We were seated in alphabetical order among the steam-pipes in the back of the lecture-room by Prof. Miller, and here is one of the many errors of the school which I would like to correct. The Freshmen are seated at the windows facing Broad Street, where is aforded an excellent view of the passing multitude. Now the average Freshman is too timid to look at a girl, and so a valu- able opportunity is lost. I remember Harry Lallou and Billy Lam- bourne were the only ones who ever turned their heads, but they were born under the constellation Virgo? The Seniors are seated under the very nose of Prof. Thompson, and every time they open a book to study CPD during a declamation, are stopped by a tattoo played by the president on the arm of his chair, which interpreted means, Leave the room. So seat the Seniors in the back of the room, and give them the beneit of co-education, and put the Freshmen up front, and so keep them from studying too hard. We were told that all good boys joined the A. A. 5 and hearing that we would get 15 tickets for the sports, we allowed our names to be en- rolled, and ever since we have had the hard task of begging other stu- dents who don't belong to accept a ticket for the sports. About the Christmas time Engineer Johnson was called away on important business, and the business was so pressing that he never came back. The whole school went into mourning for a month, and sent him a set of resolutions, begging him to come back. But he decided that the journey would be too dangerous. The school was without a president, and we thought we would have a cinch, but the next morning, to our chag1'in, Prof. Hopper quietly paraded to the pulpit, and in a chewing- gum voice 'I' read the Bible, and announced that he would administer justice until they should induce council to appropriate enough money for a new president. Profs. Houston and Christine both said they would be willing to save councils that expense, but they were told that it was U C. 0. D. N Fx-om Snydor's My Father's Farm. 4' Patent applied for. 2I too great a sacrifice to allow them to make. An advertisement was put in the New York Journal, and the next day a cablegram was received from the Emerald Isle from a certain Mr. Thompson, of Scotch-Irish descent, stating that he would be willing to accept the position. Find- ing his character to be all right, they sent him word to come on at once. In a week he arrived, and passed through Quarantine with little diffi- culty, but was held by the immigrant official as he had no visible means of support. But he showed them his book on political economy, and they let him through. He came to the school next day, and the verdict of the fellows was, Hefs easy. We have grown wiser. About this time Prof. Houston left us with nothing to remind us of him but a ive-cent chromo with his autograph, which we passed off on the ice-cream man for three-centts worth of frozen bacilli. His position was filled by Benjamin Franklin Lacy. No! he isn't of blue blood. He is a brother of Ernest Lacy, the playright and lyric poet fcontemporary with Wm. Shakespearej. It seems that there was a general sweeping out of the faculty that year, for Chester Nye Farr was oiered the position of assistant errand-boy to the City Solicitor, and deciding that that was more profitable than teaching historical English, he sent in his resigna- tion. We were sorry to lose such a sporty professor, and presented him with a life-size portrait of the class. At our recommendation Dr. John Duncan Spaeth, A.M., Ph.D. QLeipsicj was appointed to his place, and we are certainly proud of our protege. The Liberty Bell arrived in Philadelphia from Chicago, and we were visited by a delegation of citizens, asking us to escort the bell to the State-house. We marched through the city to the great delight of the populace, and were given hot coffee by the business men. While passing the councilmen we sang We want a new High School. They were so impressed by our manly grace and beauty, that right there and then they decided to grant our request. The next morning we received a check sufficient to dig the cellar of the new High School. The site at the southwest corner of Broad and Green Streets was purchased, and one ine Saturday Prof. Thompson broke the sod. We have that piece of clay carefully preserved in a glass case in the library of the school, and from it is springing the beautiful new structure. It will be in full bloom, we hope, in time for our grand-children to have the honor of being the first class to graduate from it. A We received some benefit from it, however. The cellar had scarcely been dug when a severe rainstorm occurred, which .filled it with water, 22 maldng an excellent swimming-pool, in which we could cool off before entering upon our daily struggle for knowledge. .,,mZZ.,jw1r 7 'M '. 11 I ' A 7 .5 f 3.:1:g-:- - '55, ,.-f- - gg.. a ' - 4 L - 1 ,,. 5' -:- :I ,-3 -as v 3 Ei,-'Q An excellent swimming poolf' 'Before we could realize it the spring sports were over, and examina- tions were upon us. We managed to scrape through them, and to enjoy our vacation in the thought that we would be Sophomores next year, and could tyrannize over those little Freshmen. We could hardly wait for the vacation to end, but the first day of school slowly approached, and the eighth of September found us Qwise assesj back at Broad and Green. There were some important changes both in the roster and in the rules. That hour, called on the roster study hour was abolished. Why it was designated by that name I know not, as study was the only thing we were not guilty of doing. We debated, played games, and often the monotony of the hour was relieved by a short talk on Marble Steps, by Dr. Oscar Carter. The benent we derived from this hour was great, and its loss was felt throughout the school. Throwing, a favorite pastime indulged in by the Whole school, even by the professors, who threw us out of the room occasionally, was strictly prohibited. The famous historian Prescott had his eye put out by a crust of bread thrown by one of his friends, so any boy caught throwing one of Mamma Huttenlock's cinnamon buns, or even a feather pillow, was dealt with severelyif Our class was divided into two branches, one was introduced to Greek and Samuel Berger, the other to German and Max Straube. We met Prof. Hopper professionally for the iirst time, and learnt how to clean the boards with a sponge and pitcher of water. I remember Albert Miller took great pleasure in lettering his figures M-A-T-T-I-E. ' Copyrighted by R. E. Thompson. 2 3 We also took up the study of elocution with Prof. Ernest Lacy. He is the only member of the faculty who allows speaking in the class-room. Berman made a fearful slip when he spoke 'f Bingem on a Rinej' and f ,- .Wf Q -f XXg ii, l l fi , ' mi' ,v 1,5 M , 'w . 1 H Bmyrn on a. MN-9 Sharp's piece entitled, Let us have a pause, was so ine that he, neg- lecting the warning of the title, spoke it iive times during the year. The stirring words of Curfew shall not ring to-night, as pronounced by the boy orator, Biggerstai, still ring in our ears. We had the pleasure of being initiated into Prof. Snyderis lectures on Mechanics, and watching him roll marbles down an incline plane. afz-lpl1lllQiWw- -, ,v,!J'., L5Rb NW 'WU ,-,Whit-'lilbli .Q ly, 'i-Ilxlilffkll S., 1 1-'fw.,.'r :ll,,!E.Tr ., ww' ,HM 1 'f'3,-ii. will -llf ffQr He also experimented with an instrument which looked like a stock- broker's ticker elevated on a bean-pole. The applause he received was enormous, and caused the other professors to turn green with envy, for it fairly' raised the dust from the iioor. Prof. Smyth taught us American literature. He is a wonderful man, and surprised us greatly with his knowledge of the lives of authors and the names of their relations. When an authoris name was mentioned he would tell all his aunts, uncles, and cousins to the iifty- second, and whom they married and their relations, and would trace his . 2 4 descent down to Adam from each one of his works. He also knows the tone of voice of every character in Shakespeare's plays, and reproduces them remarkably well, especially the fools. There is one thing We pride ourselves on. We broke Prof. Shock of a very bad habit. Whenever we made too much noise, he would yell in a volcanic voice, You boys hear, but you do not heed. N ow this was a beautiful thought, but when repeated 6255115 times it became a source of amusement. We decided that something would have to be done to stop it, so every time he uttered it we applauded. The reverend gentleman saw that at last we appreciated the remark, and as this was all he wanted, we have not heard it since. I must leave the old building for a moment, and turn to the new to describe the importantevent of the laying of the corner-stone. We were arranged in military order outside of the school, and with colors fiying marched across the street. There we stood around the stone, and passed the time before the ceremony by singing songs, fighting, and christening the stone with our wet ingers. A tinbox was first put into a receptacle cut in the stone. In this box was placed a Puck, Judge, I tem, Canadian ten-cent piece, and a Huttenlock mincepie. Another stone was then put on this one to prevent the pie from walking oi. Then Governor Pattison and Dr. Thompson delivered addresses, which were too low to be heard, and becoming tired of deaf and dumb movements, we left for our respective homes, that is the few who didnit go to Wanamaker's to- shop. The Mirror run by the Senior Class was raised from 5 cents to 10 cents a copy, which was quite beyond our means, so several of our en- terprising boys, among whom was Wetherill, of course-for what scheme could get along without 'his aid? it--started a rival paper with the patriotic title of the Crimson and Gold. It was a great success, and was considered the finest paper ever edited by the school. The Mirror staff were compelled to walk to school, and deprive themselves of the luxury of lunch through the lack of funds. But suddenly this '97 paper disappeared as mysteriously as it sprang up, and it has never been heard from since. The loss of these manuscripts is parallel with the loss of the Shakespearean ones, and I am sure will be felt equally as much by posterity. Military training was proposed for the school, and we had visions of blue suits and brass buttons. It even went so far that a company was formed. But the project fell through, and we had to give up the idea of escorting the girls to school in full-dress uniform. ' From My Diary. 25 There was a change in the marking system this year. Instead of numbers our standing was designated by the letters E, G, F, I, and D. Hirzel's explanation of the change is that the former method required the use of arithmetic too hard for the faculty to work out, and as they are acquaintedwith the A, B, Cis, the new system was adopted. All students who did good Work during the year or managed to pull the Prof's leg, were exempt from examination? Some of us were exempt by the former methodg most of us by the latter, and the few who had to take examinations passed, and we separated for the summer one grade higher in the rank of the school. We all turned up in the fall, and entered upon our third year of college life. We received a visitor in the shape of a gas-engine, which settled itself in a corner of the lunch-room, to the great annoyance of the puff doughnuts. It was under the special care and protection of Prof. Snyder 3 and a boy in the shape of Dr. Haney was purchased to run it. It made so much noise when in operation that it turned the milk sour, and was objected to on this account, but at our suggestion it was retained. We were all taught how to run it, some of us even how to stop it. It was also used to run a lantern, so that we would not be com- pelled to strain our imagination in endeavoring to make out the illus- trations the professors drew on the boards. It would save a great deal of trouble and prevent many ducks J' Q05 if the lantern were used in Profs. Hopper and Schock's rooms to illustrate geometric problems. A very disagreeable feature was removed from the school proper. There was not enough room in the building for the Freshmen and other quarters had to be provided. The carriage factory was thought to be next in rank to a stable, so into one they were stored. The factory was separated from the main building by two churches, so their innocent thoughts were prevented from contaminating the rest of us. They liked their quarters very much, and the only thing they missed was our valuable assistance when they encountered lessons too difficult for them to master and for their instructors to explain. Great pleasure was adorded on both sides by the meeting of our class with Bernard Maurice fBarneyj, formerly of the Naval Academe at Annapolis. His father received the cross of the Legion of Honor from Cmsar or Napoleon QI forget whichj. His watch-chain was also his father's. He smokes cigars. He didn't teach by the natural method, and he lectured on the Philosophy of Book-keeping at the summer school at Avalon. The above facts we were compelled to memorize before graduating. .He was a very agreeable man, with whom we 'F See Rules and Regulations. ' ' 2 6 spent a very enjoyable hour. We practiced the art of rolling marbles to his great delight, and one day we performed the experiment of finding out whether a man becoming entangled in a string to which is attached a bell would ring the bell in endeavoring to extricate himself. The experiment was a success, proving conclusively that he would. In fact, the bell rang so loudly that the other Profs. thought that the hour was up. Instead of having declamations before the school every day Dr. Thompson started to give us short sermons twice a week, and has kept them up ever since. These discourses were models of oratoryg and we hope the coming race will have as much dificulty in translating them as we have had in translating Cicero. At times he was witty, and his were the only jokes we were allowed to laugh at. The monotony of these lectures was relieved by an occasional talk by Prof. Willis on his- torical anniversaries, and by Prof. Smyth on great literary ones. 'We Were also ushered into the mysteries of the chemical laboratory. We were first taught how to blow glass, and then how to make the diifer- ent extracts of Palmerts cologne, such as chlorine and hydrogen sulphide. Thomas stole a bottle of the latter, which he has never returned, to the regret of the other students. . We met -Dr. Thompson in a manner more social than formerly. He instructed us in rapid-tiring dictation and short-hand, and incidentally ethics. He endeavored to train us for the Senior year, so that we could hold that exalted position properly. We were told how to treat our wives and children, and what was the easiest way of cleaning house. Tappen is the only one who has had the opportunity of making use of this knowledge as yet. I forgot to mention that we were told that every boy should have a sister, and if he didn't he should borrow one from some fellow who had two. We have all followed this piece of advice. One fine afternoon we went to the Park with Prof. DuBois to lay out railroad curves, and ascertain the height of Lemon Hill. We ac- complished both deeds, and were tendered a vote of thanks by the Park Commission. One of the first clubs to be organized in the Class of '97 was the Curtain Club, which was, as its name designated, a dramatic organiza- tion. It was composed of fifteen select members. Its great and only pro- duction was entitled Cool Collegiansf' and was given for the benefit of the High School Orchestra, so that we could get the music free. lt was against Bert Lewis's principles to deceive the audience, so he took off his hair to show that it was not natural. Lallou made love in a manner that showed that he was an old hand at it, and Bremmerman 2 7 V O took the part of a negro as if he were one. We had a large audience, consisting of our parents, aunts, uncles, and sisters, and the Orchestra received the large sum of 8100, discount 852 for cash. The Club' s efforts were not sufficiently appreciated, so it decided not to give any more' performances. It has done nothing since but elect new ofh- cers, admit new members, and get its picture taken. So perished a dramatic club which bade fair to rival Henry Irvingis company. It was certainly very kind of Prof. Shock to arrange that his 50th anniversary of teaching should come on a school dy, for the irst half- hour was taken up in speech-making by his fellow-members of the Faculty. We also had the great pleasure of conferring the degree of Doctor of Science upon him. We don't call him doctor though, as people might take him for a minister. l The sports were held at Franklin Field, and were a great success, and on the approach of warm weather the school was adjourned with a warning from Prof. Thompson not to play too much foot-ball during vacation? When the leaves began to fall we calmly sauntered down Broad Street, and walking on tiptoe passed the Freshman Annex ffor fear of waking the babiesj, entered the building by the front door. Sam met us and took our coats and hats, and the professors shook hands with us and gave us a hearty welcome, for we were Seniors and lords of all we surveyed 1' Cin our own estimationj. Almost the first thing we did was to assemble in the yard, and show our superior strength in a rush with the lower classes. It was with a thrill of delight that we realized that '96 was no more, and that we would not hear their cry flung challengingly at us. We gave our class yell with pride, and finished it with Seniors! and looked around for our foe 5 but they were nowhere to be found 5 so for want of something better we divided ourselves and rushed each other. If anyone ever saw Emhardt in a rush he could never forget him. With eyes and hair flashing, and arms stretched out widely he would jump into the midst of the struggling crowd, and closing his eyes would strike out right and left. Becoming so absorbed in this form of amusement he would not stop till, opening his eyes, he discovered that we had all departed to our respective rooms. Then, sans necktie, sans buttons, I might almost say sans everything, he would slink upstairs, and failing in his attempt to sit down, would stand up for the rest of the day. After some time the Juniors plucked up courage and met us in the list. But after several conflicts Dr. Thompson announced that they would have to be dis- continued as the fence was in danger of falling, and enough Freshmen 4 They don't play this game in Ireland. 2 8 could not be procured to hold it up. Mr. Haney's work was so much in- creased that an assistant was necessary, and Mr. Jesse Pauling was ap- pointed. With his blue eyes, rosy cheeks, and perpetual smile he made a charming picture, and added much to the beauty of the faculty. He held sway in the physical laboratory, and was like one of the boys until one of his jokes was wasted on an unappreciative audience. With great pleasure we took upon ourselves the editing of the Mirror with the intention of making it a credit to '97, and I think we have succeeded. One of the lirst numbers issued was the color of Emhardt's hair, but that shade being too expensive to produce, was dis- continued. The decoration on the cover was beautiful, being a drawing of the High School Building frestoredj. One fine evening We all assembled in the lot across the way to learn the names of the various constellations with the assistance of Prof. Monroe B. Snyder. After hunting for a suitable pointer to point out the Pointers 2' it he used a log similar to a telegraph pole for want of something better, and employing three boys to hold it up we proceeded to business. Between clouds of tobacco smoke fissuing from a near-by factoryj We caught glimpses of the Pleiades and the Dippers. After naming the stars in concert ive times Qwhich produced a weird effect, and made us shiver and think of the ghost in Hamletj we broke up the meeting, and went down-town. .11 . .-' ,I Cnmnr ,au all.. 'lily 1 I Ll: li. Qrrne- We also viewed the stars through the telescope of the O. H. S. Ob- servatory, and had the pleasure of signing our names on the hotel register kept there for that purpose. In this book We made the dis- covery that there had been female visitors at the school, but when only Messrs. Du Bois and Haney knew, and they wouldn't divulge the secret. On entering the school one morning to our amazement we saw on each door a red, dangerous-looking irdastrument, resembling both a dynamite bomb and a five-cent water squirter. There was a sign tacked 'I' Solved by theorem 3. 2 9 under each one, and to our relief we found that they were Hre- extinguishers to be used by the faculty when we made it too hot for them, or in case of a fire resulting from one of Prof. B. Lacyfs successful experiments. On entering the class-room on a certain fourth hour the classical section found themselves without an instructor. This particular sec- tion is composed of very good boys. But everything becomes monoton- ous, even good behavior, so they thought it would be amusing to iind out how much noise twenty fellows could make. Slates were thrown around the room, benches were slammed down, boxing matches were engaged in, and the skeleton closet was pushed into the centre of the room, and transformed into a bathing-house. When the uproar Was at its height, there was a terriiic crash like thunder. The transom fell out, and there was the Jupitorial face of Dr. Holt framed in the opening. He had ascended a ladder on his side of the door to look 14? l . M , '1 Dr. Holt and the transom. through the transom as this was the most advantageous place to view our entertainment, and the one least likely to be discovered. But there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the slip. His head hit the transom which fell, disclosing him in the very act of witnessing a circus through a hole in the tent. He immediately rang the alarm for Dr. Thompson, who speedily arrived on the scene. On entering he was startled by being addressed by a voice from the air above. But he quickly espied the Doctor, and yelling, Dicky! come oi the perch! inquired the trouble. Dr. Holt related his grievances 5 pointed out as the culprits all the innocent boys, and ended with the superfluous remark that he was placed in a very uncomfortable position. It ended by our receiving 30 a vacation for the rest of the day, and we have abstained from that form of amusement since. Several of the fellows disliked the coifee UQ supplied in the cafe Qengine roomj, and decided to make it themselves. They got an oil- stove and a coffee-pot, and distilled that delicious beverage in one of the vaults under the yard. Now a couple of the boys not being ad- mitted to the banquet became jealous, and decided to have revenge. There is an iron grating which opens from the vault into the yard, and down this opening they poured some pure Schuylkill water. It dam- pened the enthusiasm of the feasters, and caused a lively fight which was only terminated by the ringing of the bell. On the 19th of February, 1897, was given a play entitled a Pair of Spectacles, by the members of our class. It was played as well as the original French company played it, so said Professor Maurice, and he certainly knows. The audience thoroughly enjoyed it, and wanted us to play it again that night, but we were too much wearied with our exertion, and decided not to do it. It was financially a great success, and assisted us in graduating almost as much as our ponies did, for without its aid we would have had no class-day, and what is a gradua- tion without one? The Alumni certainly made their presence known to us, and very forcibly when they gave their annual banquet. The ire-extinguisher was squirted on the board in the Greek room. Why, I don't know as that subject is too dead ever to fan itself into a blaze. Ice-cream was put in Dr. Spaeth's roll-book to keep the ducks cold, and butter was smeared over Dr. Shock's boards to make the chalk glide easily over those graceful curves described by our learned mathematical instructor, but he declined its aid, and put a corps of boys to work with ammonia and pumiee-stone to remove the oleomargarine. I hope we, as mem- bers of the Alumni, will conduct ourselves more properly, and if we do indulge in jokes they will be of a better fbutterj kind. In the spring a crew was formed, and it wonit be long before aquatic sports will be a recognized feature of the athletics of the school. This brings us within sight of the terminus. We passed through the long, dark tunnel of examination, and the train of '97 came to a stand- still at the sign Graduation. We had many accidents, many delays, and many obstructions in the way, but we overcame them all, and hope we have stirred up enough energy to carry us over the rocky paths of life where there will be few signals to guard us, few watchman to warn us, and where each one of us will have to be our own engineer. HERBERT S. LANGFELD. 31 Agassiz Association. 3 ON bended knee, craving your pardon for the boon of existence, we come before you. We, the Jacob F. Holt Chapter of the Agassiz Asso- ciation, have not existed long, and as yet are scarcely out of our svvad- dling cloutsf' With trembling hands we hold up the small amount of work accomplished by us during the year. We have done nothing, we must confess, of which we can be proud, yet that little which we have done has been done well. Like all people who have not succeeded, we look about us for an ex- cuse, and althoughwe cannot exactly find one, yet there is some reason why we have a right to exist. We have labored, not altogether in vain, under great difficulties. Our school does not provide the means for carrying on the work such as a society of our type requires. We have no labora- tory and next to no apparatus. Thus all the material needed had to be provided for by our own empty pocket-books. Again we were greatly handicapped in our work by many of the other school organizations. Now, then after making our bow and apology, we shall add a word of consolation, and that is if we had done anything else than organize We would have accomplished a great end, for the foundation of a society, profitable and instructive, and which can be made a credit to the school, would have been laid. We organized in the early part of the year, assuming our present name, and electing Mr. E. Schumann president, Mr. R. Johnson secretary, and Mr. J. Allen Haney honorary member. Our membership rapidly in- creased to its maximum of 25. During the year a few interesting talks were given by some of the members. Mr. L. W. Bremmerman gave a talk on X-Raysfi Mr. E. Schumann gave an interesting microscopic lecture on Diatoms, and Mr.H. Lowenburg discoursed entertainingly on Vivi- sectionj' performing the operation before the society, and showed the peristaltic motion of therstomach and intestines. We have thus given a brief account, and again beg forgiveness for forcing ourselves upon you, and we hope and trust that '98 will with their increased opportunities honor their class by perpetuating the Jacob F. Holt Chapter of the Agassiz Association. 32 YQ 13 . A9 , V'-4,,. I V , , , +V WVWQW, V? V WW V m I ,. V. V 'I , V Y ,V .. V ,--VVW--' VA , Mgr, Q'-Vyp.1g,TV-3' . VA A fi! VK i xf ' ,iw -V: , ' ' V Fi' 'Q We i 3 V.--3,45 2501 ' f V ff' ' V , .V - - - V1 'V V- 1 'V V 'W..1' ' V ,,, ' Wg, F- , 2. Q,,iV15f V fkiirf: Af35Qif:a'g - fl ' , . f2'5'iV: if V A ' ' , V ff ' -- fl-',-25. - . 'W T' 4. ..V,.4.V V Vv 'p ' J - .W , , . .1 -ow ,, - ., V- .. ,W 14291649 ..1-zz.,-',-V -VVV-,gfVVfw,'- V V ..,,-:V VV, V V V , .-v. . , ,. , V. V ., V, . V ,. 5 -V ,V VV. V W 3 w - V4 2' ? , 1x?,:fs?Z-35' sz 4 V -V 5-.'-:E V - 'V ' .V V J .,:V1f11f lV3,,gg,.4V,f,,ifi-A 12,11 '-V , - V V+:gs:g-515, V V V H ,VV V- . 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S3:'f L s . , V'f5!'V-g.'iil+-V ?V ' 'fkl.w--:',:.,:x.g7'7X?'y ' -VM- ,?'1 ,.p541':'WW7i2f4:::gfSZ32.?:EfH'? E:f 410..VVV.m. Vf. ,Ap V.V,,x,V V --'N' - -VVV-.-.Vw ,.- mir V 11-V.VV 44.-V.-, fzfznmif gf -ww MV-V.. .M .,.V V : or , f 'V . V- I g A, j:1 V 33f:?ff:g31,f:gg,,, D . . -,g..i,S2. V+' v,'.,Vf?'A,.. ,V .,. mmf j - ' ,:'-Q53'7,f..,.' -. V- , 4. WVZVV .. 'QQ' Poem. 9 SING, 0 Muse, of the many freaks, Whom I must mention here. Sing, O Muse, in a joyous tone, Of our friends and companions dear. Sing, O Muse, of our professors kind, Of their sweet and Winsome ways. Sing, O Muse, in a joyous strain, Of those dear old happy days. Our High School's a strange and peculiar place 5 To get in with the Profs, put on a bad face. From a professor that's kind, you've nothing to gain, Hetd be silly enough to stay out in the rain, But jolly along each crazy old crank, -E. Lacy and Snyder, in the very first rank, Regard all Smyth's hours a series of larks. At the end of the term you'll have very good marks. For example, live Langfeld to show, Whose success in this line we very well know. If your inclinations, however, are in the political line, Here's some advice guaranteed very ine. Be conceited and selfish, ne'er loyal or true Of loud neckties and shirts you must have not a few. Tell each fellow sincerely that for him you would die 5 Donit stop for a moment to tell a straight lie. Keep on in this line and you'll' so popular he You may successfully run for the presidency. For a proof, look at Emhardt to-day, Whose success was attained in this very same way. Of course there are exceptions to this last-mentioned rule They are Miller and myself, the pride of the school. But suppose that a fellow doesn't think of the Profs., But studies and works as hard as the sophs, Is open and frank 5 tells the truth every time, CI'll leave out this line, for I canit ind a rhyme,j Do the Profs. all rejoice and aid him quite right? Does he attain success and win in the iight? Ask Schumann, who's tried it, whetherbitis so. 33 Heill answer you quick with a very big No! However, the fellows who have been in this BX Number but few-scarce five or six. Those four years were long, sometimes bitter and sad, And despair touched the heart of many a lad, And one grew weary and tired in the heat of the day, Grew weary and tired and fell by the way. We stayed a moment to watch his rest, Then hurried on to catch the rest. Hurried on with our sorrow and grief, . For the way was long and the time was brief. P But now it is over, the race is done, The goal is reached, and our laurels won, And in our hearts are mingled thoughts of sadness and of joy, And no one note of gladness fills the heart of any boy. We remember old Pop Schock, his kind and gentle tone, 'When we didn't know the cosine of a tangent sectioned cone. We remember darling Chrissy, so gentle, shy and coy, Who was a paragon of virtue-when he was a little boy. We remember those dark lectures so quiet, calm and nice, When we didn't do a thing, but kept as still as mice. We remember, too, dear Barney, who was born to be a fool, And as a natural consequence is a Prof. up at our school. We remember B. F. Lacy, who one day surprised us quite When he dared us from the platform to come up and have a ight We remember old Doc Holt, whom it fills with wild delight To climb up on a ladder, and through a transom watch the sight, When a class has no professor and is carrying on quite high He loves to get a ladder, and 0' er the doorway play the spy. We remember how Sam Berger his beauty would enhance By performing to slow music a hoochey-koochey dance. We remember Ernest Lacy, his reading of Macbeth. We were Sophs. when first we heard it 3 it scared us most to death. In after years, he told us, we'd say with bated breath As Sophomore at the High School we heard Lacy read Macbeth. We remember, too, his stories, his antique moss-grown puns, As ancient and as venerable as any of Aunty's buns. We remember Willis' lect1u'es, lucid, plain, and clear, If unexpectedly one caught you, ne'er another did you hear. It took years of preparation those lectures to survive, 34 If unprepared you heard one, you couldnit come out alive. We remember how Doc Haney the dynamo would stop. We remember how dear Billy Gray in maddened rage would hop How Haney wouldift start it up until repairs were through 5 How Billy then did rave and cuss until the air turned blue. And we remember Doctor Haney, so innocent and new. If you listened very softly you could almost hear him coo. If our freaks were to marshal in long array, Dale, of course, will lead the way, Dale, the lanky, with wondrous height, Always kicking, on the watch for a ight. Next will come Fox, the learned, the wise, Who tells some strange tales-we cannot say lies- And yet they are strange and wondrous to hear, Those prosy old tales that he pours in your ear. Thomas, cologne is famed far and wide 3 Its wonderful strength can ne' er be denied. Of course you know Hayward, a cute little boy QPJ, Who all his short life has been mother's j oy 3 And then he's so modest, the dear little child, To say naked eye would most make him wild. One day when his collar somehow was undone, With blushes and trembling, from the room did he run. Bremmerman often delighted the school, For he is, I assure you, such a crazy old fool. Other folks may be foolish to a certain extent, But this fellowis simple to the top of his bent. For the last four years Bert Beggs has tried To get in an office, and almost died When somehow or other on a committee they put him. The position was small 5 they knew 'twould suit him. ,Tis true no one else would take the place, But that mattered not, joy beamed on his face. We once had a Martin-in cheek fit to teach 3 My! he was gally, he was just a peach. He bought reduced shirts for seventy-five cents, The kind that are worn by men you call gents. He then came and told us with neier a laugh, He bought them at Reed's-a dollar and a half 3 He bought bargain necktiesg for a quarter he got two, And showed them round the school as something quite new. 35 We grew used in the last two or three years To have the fire-engines come rousing our fears. For some passer-by would see a bright glare Painting the windows, dyeing the air. Then he'd ring the alarm, for who would suppose That all that bright redness came just from Schock's nose' Youive all heard of Pat 5 his head' s rather bare, There isn't hen's eggs more innocent of hair. One day a poor fly was poised in the air, Flying round the room, with a pause here and there. After one of the pauses the bare spot it spied, And right for the bald head, on swift wings it hied. Alas for the fly! When it reached the hen's egg The surface was so slippery it broke its left leg. They elected me poet, on the very next day A fellow came up and quietly did say, Put me into the poem 5 I want to hear my name Read out at the Class-Day, to you it's the same. Soon after some others and then a few more, I gave up the counting after three or four score. Now for some of the names I can't get a rhyme, To work in the others I haven't got time. But to know who they were you only need pass Your eye quickly over a complete list of the class. The professors were Worse, I couldn't get rest Till I promised each faithfully to call him the best. As a child at the door of a dark room will stand, Timid, doubtful, hesitating, stretching forth a hand 3 Looking fondly backward at the safe and cheerful light Looking at the hall behind, where all is gay and bright So stand we on the threshold of our life, Eager for the glory, yet shrinking from the strife. And though the child stands fearsome filled with strange unreasoning dread, With wild and foolish fancies running through his little head Yet if he go forth bravely and thrust his fears away, In the dark he'll find there's safety as in the glare of day So we all fondly hope that in those future years, Success may come, and smiling disprove our foolish fears 36 . W F' 'X .... . , :V 4.1: y wav-,Q-I - - ' Y ii -. - Q VQI' ,L :E HW i' F ' L.,f i if xy -lg '-gpg-'D J ff QQ NA A ,A Class il- .kai I 1 yy v 1 rop ecy. QWNY3 U' .' I IN, .X 1:7 ,Q ul in rf' Gi f f' V Xsmmlllll mym UST my luck! There's that laboratory lesson to be made 1 , up, and what a fine day for base-ball! were the words 2 that fell from my lips on a certain afternoon some weeks ifglfi, ago, as I was standing in the hall of the O. H. S. School ' H I had just been dismissed, and Dr. Dutton's class seemed L V unusually large. The members of the R. H. C. and a few other Seniors were wending their way out the main entrance to take their usual two o'clock siesta on the front steps. Faintly and sweetly the sonorous voice of 'i Pudv Lowenburg could be heard calling from the third floor, Charlie, Charlie, where's my hat? Just then a pro- fessor sallied forth and warned him to be quiet, for the almighty Com- mittee on Discipline were in session, and were scaring a few Freshs and Sophs to death. As I stood there lost in thought I was suddenly startled by being nearly knocked over by what seemed to be an ice-wagon. But it was only Ned Emhardt's bright red, yellow or orange racing cycle, which he was wheeling as usual through the hall. This cut my meditations short, and bestowing a withering glance upon the oiending cycle and its possessor, I strolled slowly back to the laboratory. Here, Jones, are the experiments you are to perform. You know where to find the apparatus and chemicals necessary. Be careful how you handle that alcohol. With this parting injunction Mr. Maas disappeared from the laboratory, and I reigned supreme. My first experiment was on alcohol. Selecting a large test tube I began to slowly pour the alcohol into it. Gradually the vapors given off became more and more dense, at first dim, then like smoke, curling into fanciful shapes as they ascended. As I gazed upon the rising fumes the 37 story of the fisherman and the genii came to my mind, but imagine my surprise when the vapors began to assume the dim outline of the human form. I had hardly recovered from my astonishment when the figure, with a sepulchral voice, uttered these words: I am the spirit of the futureg this is my laboratory. In each of the bottles you see is shut up the future of some person. While the spirit was speaking, I glanced around and saw no longer our small dingy laboratory with its series of tables, but an immense room with rows and rows of shelves illed with bottles of all shapes and sizes, labeled with initials. I 'F ff 'lp X x I Ned Emhardfs racing cycle. It is within my means to open these bottles, and reveal the future of any of your friends. Perhaps you would like to test my power? U Indeed I would, was the quick response. Open that one labeled C. H. Sf: the spirit said. Seizing a huge bottle I quickly withdrew the stopper, and a dense mist poured forth, which soon took the form of the handsome structure we all know so well that stands on the corner of Broad and Green Streets. In the chemical laboratory Anck was instructing a class of Juniors, and the gymnasium was being ably conducted by Norman Sharpe, while Bert Rogers was torturing a class of Freshmen with a lesson on Latin verbs. Of course Snydeifs twenty thousand dollar telescope was a prominent feature. But from the recitations I heard the pupils seemed to know as little about spectrum analysis as we did years ago. A glance at the cellar revealed Brooks and Dale in charge of the electrical apparatus. 'f You may open any of these bottles you please, interrupted the spirit, but be careful not to break them. I must away to other duties. With these words he vanished, and I was left alone surrounded by the futures of my friends. On opening the next flask, labeled J. L. K. and J. F. H. J., I could see a large establishment bearing the sign Jones 85 Kane, Whole- 38 sale Commission Merchants, Chickens and Frankfort Turnips a Spec- ialty. The next store above bore the sign, Edwin Chased Emhardt, Bakery. Ginger always was able to work the teachers and the boys at school, so suppose he Ends it quite easy working 7, dough. A bottle labeled Mackay, Rutschman, and Frescoln, then caught my eye. I found that these three had invented a rival hair restorer to the Seven Sutherland Sisters. Frescoln lectures and exhibits Mackay as l x ,ll q,f.,,,N Q2e'Vltll'?l'3.iff ' Qld It , I-,N ,, my . WW .iff Mackay, Rutschman and F1-esco1n's Hair Resmrer. before using U and Rutschman as after using. Itis too bad that Weiss doesngt know of this. It might help him to grow that mous- tache he has been trying to raise for years. On opening the next bottle, I could distinguish nothing but a crowd of people at first. They seemed to be congratulating a small man in the center. This diminutive creature I soon found to be Warren Martin. What is the cause of this excitement? I inquired, Why, donit you know that one of Martin's schemes has turned out to be practical? He produced an opera written by Herbert Lewis, and cleared expenses. That is better than they did with Dorothy, -but looks of scorn and the sign of pain that came across Martin's face hushed me quickly, and I passed to the next ilask. This revealed the sturdy form of an honest-looking politician whom I recognized as Senator Adams of Pennsylvania. In replacing this last flask a bottle was accidentally knocked over, but only a puif came forth, so concluded that this must be Thomas. A view of Chestnut Street was next unfolded. A huge sign bearing the words, Bellows 85 Tappen, Select School for Girls, greeted my eyes. On the sidewalk a street band led by Giroux, with Barlow playing the flute, discoursed sweet music. Just then a doctor's buggy drove up, and Dr. Herbert Langfeld alighted to be greeted by Dr. Robert McNeill, who was coming out of a large ottice building. The sight o Howard Richardson calmly slicing scrappel, although not a new one, showed that Rich 5' had turned out to be a successful butcher. 39 Wishing to see what the City Hall would reveal, I opened the bottle with that label. The irst view I beheld was that of Berman, Raken, and Goodfriend each calmly sweeping a long corridor. Suddenly the words, 'C Know, ye! know ye! the second term of the Circuit Court is now open! uttered in a loud, deep voice, broke in upon the stillness. The voice I recognized as that of Ilowenburg. I always did think that Pud 5' would make a capital court-crier, and that he had a fortune in his voice. But where was Charlie Goldsmith? Ah, there he stood just behind Lowenburg, holding a box of 'K Frog in Your Throat, to give to him when his voice became a bit husky. Among the many law- yers around, Lallou, Hayward, Beggs, and Cox seemed to be prominent ones. In the court-yard below Bossert came into view, driving a patrol wagon. Bossert always was noted at school for his ability for manage- ing Poniesf' From the next Hask the mist took the form of a newspaper. In large black type were the words, The Phillies have at last won the pennant, due to the able management of Henry Eastwick and Walter Spoiordf' Another column was headed A Great Discovery. John Percy Bethel, after years of careful study, has found how to understand Prof. Snyderis lectures. On the amusement page was the announce- ment how Lewis W. Bremmerman and Benjamin K. Liveright would ap- pear for one week in a renned act at the Bijou Theatre. In the literary department, conducted by Albert Miller, was an excellent poem written by a rising young poet, Paul Rosenwey. Following this was a lengthy discussion on N Why the Irish Should Have Home Rule, ably set forth by our old friend Patton. ' The flask following presented a view of a cricket field. A game of some importance seemed about to commence. Mallery and McMullin were hard at work, rolling the crease, while Allison and Schumann were busily engaged in carrying the bats from the club-house. We always did expect great things from these four aspiring cricketers. From the next bottle sweet music floated forth, and on opening it, a beautiful ball-room scene appeared. As the dancers whirled past I reo- ognized Fox, Clark, and Coulter. Sister looked charming in a dress- suit, cut decolettef' The ball was the annual celebration given by the Curtain Club, whose yearly entertainments have now become so popu- lar. Ehrlich, with his usual cleverness, was acting in the capacity of floor-manager, and Lambourne was checking hats and coats. Sights from a thrifty Western town were brought to view next. To this place quite a number of 197. boys have gone. Webster King Weth- erill is Mayor, Bullinger and Dredger own the only store in the place, be- 40 THE MIRROR STAFF O:-:v++-+L4 tf'1E' 922. 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Eh-14 cn sw ,... an masses 52' F340 r-3 r- U on o f-- an-P on 1-s v-1 5 vw5mmE CD m 3 fb E 3 4 53, 5. 9, gg o 2, gp C+ glee- Q Q rn 'FT' CD 14 ,,., ss 5 M 53 'f H 1: W 9' Zi VF arg L4 3 E+ Q 2 sv ghd Q gg bd as ea - fb dips 3 o P5 sv I5 em5S?? 33 E1 Q., 1+ 5, cn H- Q4 5' lj H 5' 5 rv- d, 93' cn CD go FO pg '-I 5 if cn YD rv fe so W 9' 'TJ' ,... 4 91 ' Q rn VD rr- U2 22552 ms o Zi rn 14 5 J. J. Josns, 313, '97. The Mirror. through the Mirror of 397. At the outset there was troubleg business was exceedingly dullg no one wished to advertise, and it was with discour- aged hearts that the members of the stai started on their work for the year. The spirit of co-operation in the school settled the whole ques- tion, for as each issue made its appearance, the sale in every particular was phenomenal. The paper ceased to be distinctively of the Senior Class, and extended its influence largely throughout the school. The in- terest accorded to it by the lower classes was remarkable. From the first issue the inances as well as the context of the paper were put in a better state. Throughout the United States and a few other countries, ex- changes with congratulatory remarks poured in, and intensified the work of the editors to do their best. The professors in two instances con- tributed articles, which Were very favorably commented on in both cases. The article by Mrs. Maurice was the recipient of many most fav- 41 orable remarks. This article was continued in four issues of the Mirror, and was a means of encouragement to the youthful authors in the school. - The Mirror for this year, which cannot be said concerning any other Mirror of whose affairs I am cognizant, leaves without one cent in debt as a weight to down its honor. It has always been conducted on strict business principles for the beneit of '97 and as a clarion to echo the actions by C. H. S. students. It has been a mirror reilecting the virtues as well as the faults of students and professors, it has been the necessary adjunct to smooth away the rough places of school life, and bind in sympathy and fraternal love not only student with student, but student with professor, the school with other schools, and citizens with Philadelphia, our guardian and benefactor. The place for the Mirror is one that is characteristic and distinctive, and as each year goes by it should be broadened and more extensively engaged in by the classes fol- lowing ours. And, no doubt, it will be. The managers and editors this year have brought the paper up to the standard, and considering the difficulties under which they labored, this is an evidence of much energy and ability, and as Shakespeare puts it, How can anything be amiss When simpleness and duty tender it. -Midsummer Night's Dream. The M irror has accomplished a most successful business year. It leaves behind no blemish upon its good name, and we hand it down to our successors with a record for them to come up to, which very few Mirrors possess. We have paid our printer's bill, which is more than many school papers can do, and we fear it is more than can be said for most of our preceding classes, but we hope we have set an example which will be fol- lowed by our successors. Webster King Wetherill, ..... .... M anaging Editor and Publisher Edwin C. Emhardt, ..... ................ E ditor-in-Chief Albert G. Miller ....... . ., . ....... Belles-Lettres A. Tennyson Clark, .... .... C lass and School W. A. Allison, ....... .......... A lumni Harry E. Lallou, ..... .... S ister Colleges E. A. Schumann, .... ......... S porting C. S. Mackay, Jr., ................. .......... E Xchange Franz Ehrlich, Jr., .... . ................ ..... B usiness Manager Emil Walliser and Robert J. McNeill ..... .......... A ssistants 42 i The Scientific Section. 3 HE vacation after a year of our being Wise Fools was : fi' fi over. We had returned full-iiedged Juniors, with the -in exception of quite a number who had Latin conditions WU, I to pass. And it is to this exception that your attention is to be drawn for a few moments. As you all know Latin has been and always will be the iiunking-stone of many and many a scholar. Par- ticularly is this true in the High School under the fair UQ examination of Little Elly Snowballs, whose tests are the terrors of every class he has ever taught. N ow you know that Custom must indulge custom, or custom will die, and our class decided to indulge the custom and not let it kick the bucket, so more than one-half of our number handed up their papers with their names, and only that, for Elly managed to give us the worst examination that he could find. But a change occurred this year. A certain 'f gintlemon 'J of Scotch- Irish descent, with the quarantine sign of a medicated flannel shirt, gave us the opportunity to make up these conditions. All summer we hired every pony we could ind, and used them in all sorts of dangerous conditions. The time passed very quickly, and before we knew it September was upon us. We all managed in some way or other to escape iiunking. It was an escape just by the skin of the teeth for the majority, and we all felt a great relief when it was over. What was now to be done! We all knew that Latin would treat us in the same way again, no matter how hard we grappled with it, so we induced Thompson to form another course for the furthering of the study of the sciences. After a great deal of leg-pulling Thompson granted our request, and we have during the last two years studied such enlightening subjects as the seven stars, electricity, and chemistry. Here something must be added. Everyone knows that the greatest scientific works are written in French or German, so those two elevating sports were introduced into our course. For the former we took kind compassion on a poor individual, mal- treated by all other classes, and a royal cinch, and gave him the honor of instructing us in French. He was a kind enough man, but so easy that he generally looked 43 more like a walking advertising agency than a professor of this won- derful school. One day our sincere friend called on Bellows to read. Bellows had lost the place, but Blakely was sitting in front of him, a hasty confer- ence ensued, and it was decided that Blakely should read. Frenchy was closely following in his book, and never noticed the sudden change of personages. Blakely read through his nose with a very Frenchy accent, and an KE went to BelloW's credit. After that Bellows was held up as an excellent example of the result of Frenchy's teaching, but strange to say was never called upon to read again. He was exempted in June without even knowing the French numerals. There were several individuals, however, who did know some French, particularly the little Berlitz boy who sailed under the name of DeWitt D. Barlow, or The Kid. To him are due the thanks of all the section, for he translated all our tests for us, getting us all ex- empted. We now pose as nnished scholars of French. ' It is hard for me to disclose now the name of this queer Professor, but I hardly think I have been too severe with him, so out it must come. He is no other than the renowned Bernard Maurice, A.B., A.S.S. fthe last being conferred at the University of Parisj. His earnest re- quest was that his name should not go down in the Record of '97 as Barnyard, as that was so old and silly. So compassion will be taken upon him, and his name will go down into the annals of history as M. Barney Maurice. For German Dr. Thompson, D.D,, thought we had better import some talent, so a cablegram was sent to Guttenberg to send us over the finest Dutchman he could find. At last a good specimen was hit upon, and Guttenberg' sent him over on the first emigrant steamer that left for America. Oh, what a sight! with hair that had never been shorn, and pufling like an American locomotive! This man oiered a great deal of sport to the class, for one day, it must never be forgotten, came forth the most beautiful ode to German grub. It was a magnificent soliloquy, and occurred while he was looking over the roll-book. Not being a stenographer the words that will be put down here cannot hold a candle to the K magnificent 'P sentiment expressed by the professor. Oh! dat dese two too solid ducks Vould taw und revolve demselves into beer, Und dat dese E's would form demselves into pretzels 5 Ah den, den! mine life vould be von eternal schpree. 44 Here the class could restrain itself no longer, and Walt. Spolford could be heard above ali others with his sickening Geisha laugh. The Dutchman slowly became aware of the fact that he was not alone. He flushed, and without any warning outbursts the elegant Anglo-Saxon Words, Spofford, you go down to de bresident und report for confequent disorder. Spof. obeyed the command, with the result that he was brought before the Committee of Discipline. Dutchy was there to make his 'f gomblaintsf' but before it was half over the seven wise men, who by the way are reported to be engaged to the seven Sutherland Sisters, were laughing, so that the complainant removed his case. Spoiford had to take the examination that year. Now for the Dutchrnan's name. It is Max Straube, L.O.K.B. QLover of the Kimmel Brodj. The boys all grew to like him, for dat final ex'mination was passed by everyone. To the study of the sun, stars, and other heavenly bodies the hand- somest man of the school gave the name Astronomy. He tried to make us believe that he discovered that word in some old manuscript. But it seems very queer that hundreds upon hundreds of books bearing that title were written even before Monroe B. Snyder was thought of. Mon- roe B. Snyder, I wish my readers to know, is no relation and is no de- scendant of Rip Van Winkleys dog. Snyder showed himself to be a kind and dear friend to all the boys, impeaching their home training, whereat we all think that he was at fault. - To him the thanks of the faculty are due for having their salaries increased. For it was through the pull Snyder had with a certain mem- ber of the class whose father is a Councilman that they all got a raise. For electricity we had Benjamin Franklin Lacy, who certainly held up the name of his ancestor in everything he did, With but one impor- tant exception. No matter how long, how hard, and how carefully Lacy worked in preparing the experiments, Haney or Jesse Pau Lin, who is not a Chinaman even if his name is spelt so, shook the apparatus, and the experiment would not work. Here I am mistaken. There was one experiment that did work. Lacy wanted to show that if a marble were rolled along the floor it would move to a certain distance unless stopped. The demonstration was wonderful, for the professor rolled a round ball along the floor, which continued rolling until the wall interferred. It is now in order for the class to congratulate Prof. Lacy on the success of this wonderful experiment. It worked three times without failure, andthe professor showed how great a physicist he is in performing 45 it. He certainly deserves a great deal of sympathy for having such careless assistants. Dr. Keller gave us instructions in chemistry. There was never an experiment that did not work, but he deserves no credit for that, as we all know he has quite a pull with Kellar the Magician. We would ad- vise Prof. Lacy to get a pull with Powell, another great magician, for then we know all his experiments would work. Now for the last, but in no sense of the word, the least. This won- derful scientinc section met with the illustrious Prof. Schock. When this man entered the room you could hear a crank pin drop. Immediately the roll was called, and always everyone was present, or, at least, all the names were answered to. One day Pop made the wonderful discovery that the hypothenus of a triangle is shorter than the sum of the other two sides. Rutschman did not understand the reason, and Pop could not explain, for at that moment something brown fell from Pop's lips, rolled along the floor, out of the door, and down the stairs. The next thing we knew Thomp- son came running up-stairs two steps at a time, and rushed into the room. We were excited, and so was Schock, for Thompson informed us that if we did not report before the hour was up who threw a brown cannon-ball down the stairs the class would be suspended. Schock had a whispered conference with Doc Thompson, with the result that no one was suspended, and the Anti-Tobacco League was enlarged by one mem- ber, George Washington Schock. These were our principal fun-makers. I think that all those who took the scientific course are thankful that they escaped Cmsaris clutches to enjoy the mysteries of Dame Nature and the beautiful novels in French of La Poudre Aux Yeux, and in German, L'Arabbiata.,' 46 ' f efia E E sg, if is we - r cfia Q - 'Z The Faculty. 6 fy HE unknowing ones who might chance to hear some of our professors talk, might form the impression that ' AY Wifi? L I Profs.were all deities and that the students were noth- ' pf' ggjilff SHN, ', ing but heathen devilsf' That this false impression ni may be eradicated is the purpose of this article. Dear M . ' reader, some of these upright f?j teachers have even gig gone so far as to tell us that we were scamps, cowards, ' and heaven only knows what. But we do not mean to hit back with their own weapons, by calling them such low names. Far from it, we are too gentlemanly and well- bred for that. But that you may know what we have had to endure, allow us to make you acquainted with some of the traits and freaks of a few of our beloved Gy professors. Naturally the first one to occupy our attention is His Excellency, My Lord the King, Thompson, better know as 'f Pat. Now as a teacher Pat M is all right, for we all think that he really did teach us some- thing, and to cap the climax, he endeared himself to us by letting us all through without an examination. Butas the President His Excellency is not in the game. Pat tried to make us too good all at once, with the result that we one and all became demoralized, from which condition we are just recovering. So you see if we were bad, it was because Bobby Ellis and a few others fSchock and Straubej made us so. As you well know the All-powerful Pat came over from the Ole Coun- try. Why he came we cannot tell, probably because he couldnit boss the Queen, for you know Pat tries to run everything in his own peculiar flrishj way. When he gets mad, and has his Irish up, he shook off like some Irishman in a scrap. But with all his faults we love him still. e 47 During our Senior year the Hon. George Washington Schock en- deavored to teach us analytical geometry, but all he did was to tell us what was in the book Qfor he knows very little outside of itj, so we had to study that admirable QProf. Snyder says rotten nj text-book word for word. We learnt the book but not the subject. Now Schock has been teaching for fifty-two years, and nearly every time we went to his room he took occasion to remind us of this fact. 'fPop, as we lovingly called him, is a vain man, but as no other tongue is heard to laud him, he is compelled to sing his own praises. Many have been blessed with sweet tempers, but old Father Time more resembles the roaring lion than the lamb. On one occasion one of the fellows had the audacity to doubt the veracity of one of fPop's statements, whereupon the mild old man became furious, and called the offending youth all kinds of horrid names, and threatened to kick him down the stairs. Gentle reader, this incident was owing to a misunderstanding on the part of Pop, and was uncalled for, but with his hot temper of course he had to flare up. When the old man gets mad he raves like a demon, in fact, he is so bad that we thought of sending a committee to wait upon Judge Gordon to see what ought to be done in his case. Yet this man had the nerve to tell us that patience had ceased to be a virtue with him. It is dollars to doughnuts that when Pop reads this fif he ever doesj his store teeth will drop out in his rage. Although we have our grave doubts as to whether Pop will lay out the N coin necessary to pur- chase this wonderful Book of Revelations. It is said that the Fresh- men have dubed Pop, Grandpopf: although this is not authentic. Prof. Henry Willis taught us civil government when we were Seniors, and showed us to the best of his knowledge- how to become politicians, and thus get rich. We never felt comfortable in the pres- ence of Willis, because he always reminded us of a dish of gelatine, for he is so nervous that he can't keep still, and always affected us in the same manner. In our school there are three Profs who came from across the water. Why they came here we do not know deinitely, but of course like all scholars we have our theories. We have already told you what we thought brought H. R. H. King Thompy over. The next invader of our realms is the Dutchman, Max Straube. One of our preceding classes advanced the theory that Max skipped to this country so that he would not have to serve in the Army of his 'CFodderland. This theory seems plausible, for we do not be- lieve the High-Saxon to be brave-why he is even afraid to allow a 48 draught of air to pass through his room. Probably he is afraid it might creep up his back, and steal away his voice, so he could not call for hands H to slap us down below Qnot to his Satanic Majesty, but to Patj. The other intruder is the Frenchman, Monsieur Le Doc Q Bar- ney Mauricej. We one and all agree that he must have come over to this country because his mamma brought him. Further information as to the life of this noteworthy character can undoubtedly be obtained in any standard French history. When we were younger we heard Doc Bartine' for algebra, but about all he ever did was to yell at us as if we were a lot of kids. In fact, he has so degenerated that Pat has commissioned him to look after the Freshmen altogether. During one whole year of our course we had to suier the torture of Ohristine's fthe Great I Amy jokes, which have been forced upon class after class from time immemorial. Chrissy 'J always tried to show 05, and make us think he cut a ngure in this great world, but we believed him nit. - Oscar QWildej Charles Sumner Qetc.j Carter came in for a share of the honor of teaching our celebrated class during our last year. This man always put us in mind of a grandmother, having some of the most old-womanish ideas as to the way in which we should deport ourselves in his room. Carter talked like one in a dream, and whenever he did say anything it was simply to repeat about what we knew to be in our books, or to say, I'll give you that in detail some other dayf' To break the monotony he would sometimes give a K heave P' between paragraphs. When Oscar QWildej desired us to recite he would read a line or two of the paragraph, and then ask us to explain it. The only acts of which Carter was capable of performing were, to heave D Qheave Oscarlj, to nod his head, and to frown. His favorite expression was, Once a pig always a pig. Doc I-Iolt's lectures on anatomy were a great source of interest, as well as of helpfulness to us. Although Doc was rather funny in his ways, he gave us much instruction as well as amusement, which com- bined to make his hours most happy ones. When Doc would say some- thing funny, we would laugh, then he would send some one to the Principal, and would tell us that we was careless and used bad Eng- lish. To console us he would say, I have saw worse classes than you? Then he would give us the popotionn of oxygen in the lungs. But when it came to English, my dear doctor we are not the only ones. There are 13' 49 Sam Berger bothered the classicals more than any of the others. Sam had the habit of walking up and down the front of his room, raving and yelling at the boys to f' think. In fact, he once said, Think! think! even if you die in the attempt. Even if we don't know much Greek it isnot Samts fault, he did his best. Monroe B. Snyder, the ex-Roster King, although he is a friend in some respects, deserves our lasting gratitude for his timely aid in ex- plaining some of the problems which Pop Schock couldnit or wouldnit explain. Although we were rather rough on Snyder, he proved to be our best friend, and we hope from the bottom of our hearts that Prof. Snyder will remember some of the good traits as Well as the bad ones of '97. Prof. Snyder has for his assistant one DuBois, who should learn how to talk to gentlemen before trying to teach. This was the most conceited specimen that inflicted his presence on us during the whole four years. It would be a waste of printer's ink to tell more about this old crank. During the latter half of therJunior year Doc Spaeth tried to teach us Shakespeare. Of all the characters he had to read, N Gobbo D is the only one he could successfully interpret. It seems Spaeth got an offer to teach in a college, which event caused his head to become much en- larged, in fact, for three months after that he wore a hat that was too small for his head fthis is not iictionj. Ever since that day he has had the idea that he can teach. He would say, I always teach this way or this is my way? This youth has a powerful voice, and can yell for a whole hour, although he always talks in chunks-yelling every chunk. Spaeth always put us in mind of an old maid, if you would disturb him he would get all K balled up. As Freshmen we were looked after by 'C Johnnie Miller, head nurse of the C. H. S. and general supe to the faculty. In our class there are several expert 'cleg-pullersf' but the way Johnnie worked the other Profs. left all our fellows in the shade. First, 'K Johnnie W worked himself into the good graces of ex-President John- son, and then ditto N Pat. O, the inconsistency of man! Pardon me, but did you ever meet Willie Gray? The Willie boy of the faculty. Next to Duby and Howes he is the most affected talker in the school. Sarcastic. Heavens! that's putting it mildly. During one of his lantern slide shows he told one of the fellows that if he would condescend to look at the canvas for a few minutes he might possibly become interested. Another time he said, f'Boys, please be seated, as we would like to use the last five minutes of the hour. 50 We always respected Hopper, and with just reason, too! For he was a jolly old fellow,'7 and knew how to teach, and at the same time treat us as we should be treated. Hopper always started his hour with a one-act comedy 3 then followed the tragedy, so that we were not bored i' to death in his room. Smyth's hours were enjoyed about the best 'of all. His readings were always a source of pleasure, and did much to break the monotony of school life. Prof. Smyth's Shakespearean readings for better, matineesj will long be remembered by us 5 they were rare treats, which everyone is not privileged to enjoy. Harry Keller was one of the few who really taught us something. He taught chemistry as it should be taught. Keller knew how to keep us down to work, and at the same time to prevent it from becoming tedious. We cannot do otherwise than appreciate Dr. Keller's instruc- tions, and the masterly way in which he explained the many diificulties which we encountered. During the greater part of our course Pat had for his assistant Harry Belknap. Now Harry is the right sort of a fellow, and proved to be our friend, especially during our many interviews with his Highness. But he got tired of instructing Pat, so he is now teaching the Freshmen. In his place there is a dear, sweet little boy, by the name of Long, who is 'f just too sweet for anything. There are a whole lot of young instructors who have never had the honor of teaching us, so they don't count. To speak of such teachers fbetter,' nursesj as 'I Julie U Neufeld, Sissy Graham, Kid Rorer, Farmer Pauling, and worst of all, Howes, who is too ammbitiousj' would only be a waste of time, nor are they even worthy of considera- tion. As we the Class of '97, the last class to graduate from the dear old C. H. S., pass from the school out into the world, it is om earnest prayer that the dear old teachers with whom we have worked for the past four years will remember the good deeds of '97 along with the bad. As we grow older, and look back on our school-boy days, we will ever re- member the names of Thompson, Hopper, Willis, Keller, and Smyth, as being our greatest benefactors. THE Duonnss. 51 ,.. ,-a -31. W 9. , 1' , ,,,- , - 4 5 'M ic N lit' f Y Z 1 f A , a,l i ' 9 E r ' gl 47 - 5 ffl- , x .4 , ,mluah Ji? -'EE , I J g ,4 '41 , H it ll swf 'fre 'lf' N ' H, v 'aw ' f My ,f 1 . :X 1. x Jtm' 7 1, 9 ,W A a at , .,- MW 's Mr A f Ny K if If H7 fig A ' 'Wifi fig fs-n i , all 'E A X WL -In Athletics. '6' H ' rm YT3T, -ig. , HE record of '97 in athletics is a lon list of lorious f f f victories achieved in that brilliant minner pecgliliar to '41 gfff tllw our class. When most classes enter the school their ,,, athletes are usually a little backward as Freshmen, Ez, 4 Wy: but not so with '9'7. Though we had no pull with ' A the fellows in the upper classes who always run the teams, our fellows got there from the first-we were born athletes, not leg pullers. As Freshmen and Sophomores we had our class teams, and it is needless to say that we always won most of our games, especially so in base-ball, for with such fellows as Coombs, Briggs, Pitts, Eastwick, Harland, and Allison, how could we do otherwise. Entering school in the fall, naturally the Iirst branch of sport to occupy attention was foot-ball. Nowfor a Freshman to make the foot- ball team is a great distinction, but of course '97 got there. Our star athlete Coombs did us proud by playing a great game at quarter-back, in fact, Walt was the envy of the school. V In base-ball we had even greater success, three of our fellows mak- ing the school team. Tommy 7' Pitts proved to be a regular Clements behind the bat, and whatfs more, became quite a favorite with the High School Girlf' In the outfield we had Coombs and Eastwiclrg it is needless to say that they played in such a manner as to be a credit to the class. As Sophomores we achieved even greater fame. On the foot-ball team we had Coombs and Wesley. This year Coombs played end, and in 52 Wa A CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOT BALL TEAM this position he developed into one of the inest ends of all the scholastic teams in the city. During the winter of this year a school basket-ball team was organ- ized. To insure the success of this, the first basket-ball team in the his- tory of our school, it was necessary that a '97 man should be chosen as its leader. Spoiiiord was elected captain, and it is unnecessary to say that Coombs played on the team, as did also Rutschman. It was at this point that Rutschman made his debut in athletics. f On the base-ball team we had the same trio, but at the close of this term we lost the services of two of our best athletes, Coombs and Pitts, Coombs remaining to instruct '98 in athletics, while Pitts did the same act for one of our local academies. It was in the spring of this year that relay racing came into vogue. Of course '97 was in it, Thomas being our representative, and also the captain of the team. When we came back to school as Juniors, our ranks were greatly diminished, some of our best athletes were missing, but to make up for our losses there was also new material on hand. Watt and Sharpe had entered our class, and were welcomed as athletes worthy to represent '97, In foot-ball '4 Bill Tappen, Gene Conway, and Butch Bay presented themselves as candidates, and of course made the team. On the reserve team we had Mallery, Allison, Gilmour, and Schumann, who were undoubtedly the strength of that team. It was during this season that these fellows became such proicient players that they were able to form such a good team as we had during our Senior year. On the basket-ball team we were represented by Watt and Rutsch- man. Watt was the star of the team, while Rutsch proved to be a consistent performer. Doc Karsner made his initial appearance in High School athletics with this team. It is hardly necessary to say that Thomas captained our victorious relay team again this year. , Eastwick managed the base-ball team this year, with the result that it was out of sight. Conway and Gilmour played on it this time, both of them making quite a reputation for themselves. Behold us as Seniors! Of course we ran the school. The first thing we did was to elect ofiicers of the A. A., naturally the other classes dare not oppose. The trio, Thomas, Tappen, and Spoiord, now began to run the athletics in the school. We held our annual sports, which we ran off in great shape. It's dead sure no other class could draw the multitude of dear girls that journeyed all the way to Willow Grove to see '97 win nearly everything. ' 53 . Did we run the foot-ball team? Guess again. Bill Tappen was elected captain, and to Bill belongs the credit of developing the strong team we had, in spite of the adverse circumstances with which he had to encounter. Gene 7' Conway's work at quarter was on the bril- liant order, his cool head and his iron nerve made up with interest his lack in weight. Sharpe turned out to be a N dark horse 5 D his work at full-back was one of the features of the teamis play. The playing of Mallery and Schumann is also worthy of special mention. The basket-ball team was run by Rutschman. In this branch of sport Sharpe again proved to be a surprise party. Conway, Mallery, Thomas, and Karsner also tried their hand at the game, and proved to be more or less a success. In the relay team this year We had both Sharpe and Thomas fcaptainj. On the diamond '97 was again much in evidence, the playing of Eddie Johnson, Eastwick, and Conway being very creditable. We branched into a new line of sport, this time taking up rowing. That our crew should be a success it was absolutely necessary that '97 should be in it. Dr. Spaeth, who kindly coached the crew, recognized the wisdom of this, so he wisely selected Sharpe and Doc Karsner to row on the crew. Sharpe now has the distinction of being the cap- tain of the first crew to be turned out of the C. H. S. In closing, it would be unfair not to mention our track athletes. Our first track men to gain distinction were Vic M Binder and Wilkin- son. Wilkinson showed himself to be quite a sprinter, in fact, sort of a pocket edition of the mighty Wefers. When Thomas entered the school, and Rutschman decided to take up running, they at once began to show the school how the long distance should be run. In fact, ever since Sophomore year these two have divided all the honors in the dis- tance events at all our sports. In the bike events in Watt and Karsner we had a pair of flyers, and the way they gobbled up the medals at our sports and at the Interscholas- tics was bordering on the marvelous. The sprinting of Sharpe and Schumann, and the shot-putting of Bay and Sharpe, are also deserving of special mention. As a fitting finale, let us forget the brilliant individual victories, and join in a parting cheer for the glorious athletic achievements of '9'7. 54 Quondams. '5' HE Glass of '97 was a jolly crowd. We had lots of good k fellows, always in for a good time. Were we afraid Q of the Profs? Call again! Naturally, like the rest of the classes, we had our fun with Max Straube and Barney 1' Maurice, but we were too considerate to . jolly such a weak thing as Barney,'3 so we raised 5,44 Cain with Pop D Schock, principally because i Pop always said we couldn't fool him. Oh! we had great sport, we had the nerve of nearly every Prof in the school, and even went as far as to defy Ben Lacy. Sad to relate, but most of our good boys left us before our course was completed. We were sorry when Gessner left us, for we could have better spared another. Gess was the right sort of a fellow, and was deservedly popular with us. When Gibson left us it was a case of good riddance, for he always did things because he thought it was 4' large. Fred Howell had the reputation of being able to 4' string more Profs and tell more fibs than any other fellow in the class. Lutz was the laziest fellow in the class, and in the Junior year the pace got so hot that he had to quit. Ed Gilmour pinched more text-books than any other fellow in the class, and earned the enviable reputation of champion crap shooter? The school couldn't quite hold Fisher, so he left us for the U. of P. We suppose he is now running that place-like he did '97 fnitj. Adams, Eastwick and Dale, the Absorbing Trio, Adams, general confidential man, schemer and faculty leg-puller, Eastwick, bureau of reception, 1' and Dale, who tried to teach the Profs, but he did one thing well, and that was to answer all of Eastwick's questions, so that Eastie usually received good marks. r Ehrlich gained what we would term newspaper notoriety by trying to run the class, and to the extent of running Eastwick and a few others he succeeded. Bellows and Mackay were the ladies, men of the class. These two individuals were in the habit of taking to school each morning a couple of girls, who evidently attended the School of Practice. We hope their mothers didn't worry about them. Bob McNeill, Benny Brooks, and Ginger Emhardt came in every morning from their farms in Germantown. It was rumored 55 Y . 9 2 .l f 'D ig ,. T . A J about that the first two in question were great favorites with the Mill Dollies i' out in that rural district. '4 Ginger used to pay 4' Barney's car-fare down, so as to have a pull with his French nibs. We all feel deeply sorry for such fellows as Wright, Wilkinson, L. Walker, Kirby, and one or two others, for they were such 4' speedy fellows we are afraid they will go down the broad path that leads to destruction. Gene Conway's genial nature and happy smile will long be re- membered, and it was with deep 'regret that we were forced to so abruptly part with him. Tessie Clark was one of those sort of fellows who take a fancy to some one fellow, and then idolizes that unhappy victim. Tessie also had a bad habit of putting naughty things about some of us fellows in the M firror. But he early saw the error of his ways, and reformed. Eddie Johnson came over to our school from the Manual, so that he might have the honor of graduating with '9'7. He greatly amused us by kindly going to sleep during Billie D Gray's hours. Eddie dozed with his mouth open, so that he might capture any inno- cent fly who might chance to stray that way. Barney always appeared to be awe-struck in the presence of Bill Tappen. He seemed to have a wholesome regard for Billis prowess--we all thought he was afraid of Billis right-please keep away from the heart. For nearly a year Barney thought Bill was marriedg we guess Barney forgot it was usual for married men to work for a living, because it is quite evident that the Frenchman and work are strangers. In Bullinger, Herbst, and Charley Blum we had three fellows who are to be shortly placed on exhibition in Prof. Gray's side-show as per- petual talking machines. Get any of these three started, and oh heavens! you will wish you had never seen the C. H. S. Lallou fthe Lulu of Dime Museum Famej aspired to be the class ' dudef' He wore one of those coachman's coats to school, and also a dollar diamond reduced to five cents, but worst of all was the evening he showed up with a silk hat--wonder if it was papais? Bremmerman was our actor of the Trocadero variety, who used to wear the loudest clothes of anybody in the place Cfaculty exceptedj. Brenfs iiashy neckties and skin-tights were notorious. But one word more: Brem, for heavenis sake stop acting in school, be yourself. Fox was another one of those fellows addicted to the folly of wear- ing tight trousers. He is a pretty good sort of a fellow, though, but he Wants to stop running after chips? . 56 -and study his lessons. '4 Dick acquired the art of being able to It is claimed that Miller, the literary genius of the class, is going to write a novel. If he wishes to gain notoriety We would suggest as a title for his novel, Led Astray, or the Adventures of Harold Beatty. The weaknesses and shortcomings of many of the fellows was plain- ly noticeable. J ack Jones and Herbie U Langfeld had an especial weakness for female attire. Kirby was everlastingly hitting the bottle. Sharpe and Thomas were unable to refrain from their little game of poker. Biggerstaff had a fondness for his little quid For fear Pat might try to make them join the Anti-Cigarette League, We will not mention any of our smokers, names. We also had another style of fiend,-this time a Comic Opera Bend,-the victim being Spoiord, Whose head was full of comic opera selections and slang -expressions, the latter being a source of great delight to Prof. Ernest Lacy. The distinction of being the class sport M undoubtedly belongs to ' Dick D Hill, who preferred to stay out all night rather than stay home whistle without moving his lips. This ine art seemed to be just one too many for Barney, so that Dick was privileged to favor us with solos all hour without fear of detection. If Le Doc will conde- ascend to read this he may learn some news. Fatty t' Bay was the class kicker, U no matter how good a thing was, he was sure to get in his kick. Old Fatty was quite an orator, and when he became enthusiastic he very much resembled the late Qpoliti- callyj Wm. Jennings Bryan. Bay made quite a reputation as an after- -dinner speaker. His efforts in connection with the spreads, to which 'the basket-ball team was subjected, became notorius. Fatty's one great :aim seemed to be to prove that our school Was, athletically speaking, better than the Manual. Now as everyone is aware of that fact, his 'efforts appeared ridiculous. In leaving the dear old C. H. S. our school parts with the finest -class that ever had the honor of graduating from our Alma Mater. Al- though We had such '4 fast U fellows as the Walkers, Gailey, Kirby, Wright, Goodfriend, and a few others who did much to dis- grace us, we nevertheless have enough good fellows to counterbalance this disturbing element. With sad and heavy hearts do We, the Class of '97, the last and greatest class to graduate from the Central High School, part company with all the dear associations of the past four years. May success and '97 be inseparable. Adieu. 57 The Electrical Section. ? IT was early in our school term. September with its autumnal beauty welcomed us to the school, and amidst the ever-changing scenes. of preparation in the school, we, almost as bad as our Freshmen,looked on with awe-struck eyes. There was perplexity and doubt on every side. Courses lay open to us, each of which promised an undeniable source of study and pleasurable research. As I say, We had our election to make, and no one to guide us in the matter, that is, no one from home, be- cause they did not know anything concerning our dilemma, and each professor was influenced in favor of his particular branch. Those, I think, who chose the Electrical Section will never regret it, because from the outset there was a struggle against circumstances. The average boy does not dislike a struggle. A poem, or rather rhythmic dogma, found in a school-book recently, explains somewhat our position. It is this: I remember, I remember The room f?j in which I studied this 5 Kind friend, I now will tell you, If you think it not amiss, That when we gave this book to Mr. Snyder And asked him to make the contents bare, And, firstly, ask what room to take He could only answer NAnywl1ere. This introduces you in a slight manner to our dilemma, for we knew from day to day where we were to go the next day. This, in a measure, conflicted with our study, although not sufficiently that we were not eneabled to pull outf, as an oarsman would say, under the guidance of Prof. -Snyder. A lack of instruments early asserted itself, and threatened to detract from the interest of the subject, but under these circumstances it is the honor of the section that only one CPD man left for another class. As the subject opened, and our study widened and deepened, we were enabled to grasp more fully the truths of electri- cal engineering, and able to soar into the sphere of the inconceivable- with the help of Prof. Snyder. In fact, when we got there it took a tug' to bring ourselves to the earth again. ' The oflicers of the section, elected April 12th, 1897, consisted of: Field Magnet, Dale, Commutator, Lallou, Field Piece, Berg, Arrnature, 58 Emhardt, Volt Metre, Lambourne, Ampere Metre, Clark, WQhjatt Metre, Barrett, Shunt Coil, Dunlap, Step-down Transformer, Norris, Collect- ing Brush, Molitorg Rocker Arm, Berman, Prof. Snyder, Lord High Line of Force. This election proved to be of great utility in the continuance of the section's study. The gentlemen knew their several positions so Well that it Was a standing joke to cut Prof. Snyder, for no electricity can be produced unless the line of force is cut. 59 The Civil Engineering Section. AT the beginning of my account of the civil engineering class let me say that it is the best of all the elective courses in the school. The class does not comprise one-fifth as many members as either the bio- logical or the chemical sections Q sum laetus memorare Dj. There are only six of us, Walliser, Thomas, C. Blum, Brooks, Barlow, and Tucker, a fine set of would-be engineers. N o sooner were we organized in September 118965 than we got right down to practical work. The first instrument we attacked was the com- pass. Under the excellent guidance of our Professor, Dr. DuBois, we soon understood all about the sights, the pointsff the K electricity, the levels, the tangent scale, the vernier, the tripod, the prismatic compass, and the defects of so simple an engineering instrument as the compass. Then we frequented the empty lot south of the new Boys' High School, as it should be called, or, according to Dr. R. E. Thompson, the College of Philadelphia, or, as Professor Willis would christen it, the College for Kidsf, not at all an inapprop- riate name judging by the size and also the behaviour of the hundreds of children admitted every J une. Here in this empty lot we were at once surrounded by a gang of street urchins and some older loafers amongst them, also a former grad- uate of the High School Q non mirabile sed triste dictuvj, who be- guiled their leisure time by playing base-ball. But Dr. DuBois, accord- ing to theimanner of engineers, roughly pushed them aside as he said, Get away kids 5 there is nothing to see. Having finished with the compass after we had surveyed several fields, Dr. DuBois led us into the mystery of laying out railroad curves. The theory and mathematics of the work involved in laying out curves and tangents were soon understood, since all of the section have had the pleasure of having mathematics expounded and drilled into them by Dr. George Washington Schock, our venerable professor of higher mathe- matics. Several weeks were spent in laying out curves. Remarkable for rapidity and general knowledge of railroad curves were Robert Tucker and Harold Thomas. Next in order we took up the matter of levelling, a subject more difficult than one would imagine at first. Dr. DuBois was always very particular that every man should take field notes of everything that was surveyed, levelled, or measured. Of course the boys obeyed the general. 60 But when notes were called for to be examined they were generally very meagre indeed. - On account of the crowded condition of the school it was never' certain where we could carry on our work peacefully and unmolested.. Sometimes it was necessary to use the yard for want of other room, Sometimes the drawing had to be made in the corridors of the building when the thermometer was almost at zerog sometimes the observatory had to be used, and at one time when making blue-prints of mathe-- matical tables the roof of the observatory was our only safe place of refuge. The teachers try to console themselves with the thought that. they will soon enjoy all the modern conveniences of the new High School. Judging from the past many of the younger teachers will have grey hairs before they 'will be able to see the interior of the new school building. During the Winter months when the weather did not permit outside: work to be done Dr. DuBois delivered a series of interesting and in- structive lectures on engineering and engineering accomplishments, ac-A companied by lantern illustrations. Dr. DuBois gave some very good definitions of civil engineering, and he also gave some personal exper- iences of his travels to the great engineering feats of this country, wherein he spoke of most disastrous chances. In these lectures we- roamed over the whole world, even to the wilds of Africa. No place is. there in the world where the engineer does not improve on nature, neither on land nor on sea. But nowhere has engineering accomplished' as much as in America. In the United States alone there are over 180,-e 000 miles of rail, more than half the railroad mileage of the world.. While discussing the engineering works of Scotland Dr. DuBois kept' constantly saying the Firth of Frothf' That it was not a lapsus lin-- guw was proved by the constant repetition 5 however much I might have- wished I dared not to correct the doctor. Having completed the course of lectures, and fine weather having' in the meantime set in, we again assumed our field work. We were re-- markably fortunate fthanks to Prof. Snyderj in acquiring a plane table, an instrument the school had been begging for a great while. Espec-- ially delighted was Dr. DuBois when he heard that at last appropria- tions had been made for the purchase of a plane table. The plane table is also a simple arrangement, and, like other en- gineering instruments, has a few formulas by which the readings taken by it must be corrected. Trial of the plane table was made on the west side of Broad Street.. 61 Soon an immense crowd had gathered around, until it was impossible to continue the work, and it was given up with disgust. The last two months of the course were given to Held work in Fair- mount Park.. The children's playgrounds were chosen as a suitable place. The instruments were lugged out by the boys. Dr. DuBois rode out on his wheel, nullo comitantef' But even in the Park we were gazed upon with wonder by hoodlums. In setting up the instru- ments Kid Barlow always was useful. On these grounds we surveyed helds, laid out curves, determined the levels of different points, and plotted the field directly on paper by means of the plane table. The in- struments were stored up safely in the Zoo. But whenever we went to get the instruments we had to be particularly careful that they did not keep Barlow as a specimen of the missing link. We were also in danger of losing Blum for the same reason. Having obtained an idea of what a course in civil engineering is, it is not likely that any member of this course wil further pursue the sub- ject. In conclusion, I may say that the comse has been instructive and pleasant, and that Prof. DuBois has done everything to teach us as much as possible in so short a time. If we all shall pass the final examination satisfactorily we may truly say, A.ll's well that ends well? 62 The Chemical Section. THE chemical section of 397 came into existence at the close of our Junior year, when, one bright day Prof. Monroe Benjamin Snyder, bet- ter known as the Roster King, entered the room, and informed us that during the Senior year the scientific sections of the class were to be divided into four parts for work in elective science. We were requested to write our names on separate pieces of paper, and to specify th course we wished to take. When the results were announced it was discovered that about thirty of us had decided to cast our lot together, and to trust ourselves to the tender mercies of Dr. Kellerf As soon as we assembled in the fall work began. Having pur- chased experiment books N we proceeded at once to the laboratory. We began with phosphorus as the rest of the class did, and for a time the two courses were parallel, but when We reached carbon the class switched oif into organic chemistry, While our section besides doing the regular work with the class started oi on the metals. We thus obtained considerable insight into qualitative analysis, and from time to time made exclusions into the realms of quantitative and spectrum analysis. Every other Monday We went to room 9 where Prof. Carter dis- coursed eloquently on the principal ores of the metals we had been studying in the laboratory. Although we may not have ' covered so much ground as some of the other sections who have preceded us, we feel that we have by no means wasted our time, and though we are far from being chemists as yet, We have not been idle. In looking backward over our four years of life in the High School, we place among the most pleasant recollections of that pleasant time the hours spent in the old chemical laboratory. 63 The Physical Section. 3 DURING the last hour every Monday and Wednesday afternoon Messrs. Hill, Eastwick, Erhlich, and Beatty are allowed to spend their time in absolute rest. Undoubtedly these gentlemen are the most over- worked students in their section if not their class. At the sound of the gong, indicating the beginning of a new hour, this quartette pile into the lunch-room, and sample all kinds of mysterious eatables. After thus spending fifteen minutes most pleasantly, they wend their foot-steps toward the Physical Laboratory, commonly known as their play room. Hill opens the hourjs experimenting by throwing a wet sponge at Beatty's head. The mark left on his collar is a mathematical problem in itself 3 all the streaks radiating from a common centre. Unfortunately, Hill was admitted to the bar QRaths Kellerj, and seems very much absorbed in his work, so that he found it necessary to leave the school and buckle down to good, hard work. The next thing mapped out for them is to pitch into nitric acid and various pieces of electrical apparatus, both unknown to them and their most learned instructor Dr. CPD Pauling. This overworked sub-section is comprised of much noted electric- ians. Eastwick seems to have the best knowledge of the subject, with Hill as a good second, while Dr. QPD Pauling, Ehrlich, and Beatty hotly contest for third place. Probably the most diiiicult work, and that which requires the most accuracy, is finding something to do. Once, when they did settle down to good solid work, Prof. B. F. Lacy came into the laboratory, all out of breath. Everybody made a rush for the door, thinking the school on fire, or that some other great calamity had happened. But Prof. Lacy pacified them by telling them there was no occasion for alarm, for he simply wished to know where he could buy a bull pup. We naturally draw the inference that he had been reading Chimmie Fadden, and be- came angered because Chimmie didn't buy the bull pup, and intended' to buy one for him. Erhlich, taking in the situation, was the first to respond. He said that he had a friend who wished to part with a few such canines. Prof. Lacy then made a motion that Erhlich take him around to see' the pups. The motion was seconded by Mr. Erhlich. Prof. Lacy, being chairman, said the motion was carried, and Eastwick and Beatty were left entirely alone. Dr. CPD Pauling was kind enough to remain with them. Finding that they were quite unable to work without Erhlich, 64 they adjourned. Dr. Q?j Pauling Was frequently left to struggle with his thoughts, while Beatty and Eastwick left a half hour early to catch the train that never left the station. Prof. B. F. Lacy believes in that saying, The experiment has failed, gentlemen, but the theory remains true,', but if, by some piece of good fortune, he happens to get an experiment to Work, the grin seen on his face closely .resembles the expression on some of the mammalians found in our zoo, not permitted to roam at large. It keeps you guessing Worse than if you Were playing chess to follow Dr. f?j Paulingfs explanation. In fact, you have to guess at them, for he couldn't tell you on his life. Eastvvick frequently said: Professor, we have finished this part of the experiment, what do We do next? Dr. CPD Pauling Walks over to the table and says: Why, the next thing you do-is-Wait a moment till I look at my notes. QLooks at notes.j Gentlemen, I can't find it in my notes, I'll ask Prof. Lacy Qconsultation for ten minutesjf' Then We hear these Welcome words: Gentlemen, Weill have to let that ex- periment go, We havenft the apparatus. I'll have some new experi- ments next time you come 3 you may go home now. The physical stu- dents have performed three experiments this year. We truly hope that those who fall under the fatherly cares of Dr. Q?j Pauling may have as easy a thing as We had. 65 A ' ' f?l.a.,,ii?f?11:3?1e13291 ff?-1, l 1 1 il L W W1 'X ' C K vi Ti f A ,... . ' , ff? .11i'iifif1Eig 1 n If bf'-: 1 fi'l i-f will will Nil i fl 1 1 '- J saga I I Brologrcal. 3' gm- I' Was during one of his K very pleasant and instructive 7' ,gy A lectures that His Lord High Nothingf' King of 'iii Fi the Rosterf, alias the Cinch, alias M. B. S.,i' S 4 Whose room is erringly called Little Heaven in- i Q- stead of Raise H-,W outlined to us the respective lk ' courses which We were to elect. In glowing terms he ' ' described the benefits to be derived from electrical and civil engineering. Not a Word said he against the chemical or phy- sical, because those departments Were right outside the door. But taking advantage of a man Whose room is on the second floor and beyond hear- ing, tore to pieces the course, its leaders, and those who intended to fol- low it. Nevertheless We, who understood his treachery, determined to lend a deaf ear to all he said, and in spite of his arguments made up our minds to revel in the brains of cows and the Viscera of cats and dogs, with the result that to-day there is not one of us who is not able to am- putate a limb, set a fracture, or to rid an unfortunate fellow-mortal of pedicularis capitisf' In the very beginning of our course We had the conceit knocked out of us by being told that, although We were homines sapientesf' our corpora consisted of nothing but a mass of protoplasmic cells. Apart 66 from this, however, the first month or two was uneventful. But soon things began to take on a pleasing shape. We began to slash into the cadaver with might and main, filling our minds with levator labii superioris alacque nasi, Steno's duct, Haversian canals, K biceps, triceps,,' Nquadracepsf' - superior anterior spinef, 5' musculus orbi- cularisf' and a thousand and one extremely simple nomina. After having thoroughly studied the structure of the human frame, we proceeded to practice surgery with a most wonderful amount of skill, the mortality being not less than 100 per cent. One day, we shall never forget it, Doc was performing a Bacine's operation for hernia. All was quiet, each one paying close attention to all that was being done and said. Suddenly the professor dropped his knife, covered with gore, and gazed in front of him. We all followed his eyes, and there beheld a sight which even horrified us. There sat Davey Brown as white as a sheet. Suddenly with a convulsive twitch he displayed to the class all he had for breakfast, and with that he sank away. VVhile Doc N Brem- merman was scooping up 'f Davefs breakfast and bottling it for future analysis, two or three of us hurriedly carried him out into the cool air on the stretcher which always occupied a conspicuous place near the door. Under the skillful treatment of Doc U Lowenburg, Dave revived within two hours, and ever since has been 'f doing as well as can be ex- pected? Dave N is going to be a homoeopath. 6 . ff., I.. .I After this we had comparatively little trouble concerning the health of our number. The increased success in the treatment of all cases was marked. The 'f popotioni' fcopyrighted by J. F. Holtj was exactly re- versed thus 5 instead of nine deaths to one cure we had one cure to nine deaths. As I said, our health as a rule was good, but there is one case of hypochondriacism which I think is worthy of being brought before the medical fraternity. There entered in our midst a lad, who, seeing that he had been duped by the C' Cinch, determined not to be an engineer, 67 but to devote his time to the alleviating of human misery. The name of this lad was Go-, I hesitate to say it, was Goldsmith. Now Gold- smith was a good fellow, but there was one peculiar thing about him. He believed that everything on which Doc Holt lectured he had, and he was constantly bothering the life out of Doc Lowenburg by pre- senting himself for a diagnosis and treatment. First, he thought him- self a victim to pneumonia, then of phthisis pulmonaris, then of carcin- oma, then of ascarides Cwormsj, then of pediculis capitis, then of pleur- isy, then of iritis, then of cataract, and then-all the other ills that iiesh is heir to. Near the end of the year Doc J Holt described the ravages and feelings produced by 'C ascarus scabiij' and Goldsmith started to jump up and down in his seat, and to scratch and rub, until he had the whole class almost crazy, for every fellow imagining he had caught the con- tagion from our hypochrondriac, started to do the same thing. In a few seconds there was a wild stampede for the cold water outside the door, and Doc Holt and a large amount of apparatus were precipitated to the iioor. Goldsmith was summoned before the committee, but on offer- ing to repair the damage, and on a promise not to repeat his antics, was excused. He never bothered us again, and now we all know a good sure for hypochondriacism. It was on Wednesday that we entered our sanctum. '4Doc in- stead of meeting us with the pleasant smile that he was wont to do, looked very grave and stern. In a deep monotone he told us that one of the stiifs U in the closet had told him that some one had swiped his left patella. He reminded us that it was wrong to hook things, and above that on resurrection day the poor stiff would not be able to find his bone, and that his musculus quadracep 'i and his musculus sartoriusj, etc., could not be fastened. He could not say who had taken it, but his sus- picion fell on Pop Schumann. Pop stoutly denied the accusation. We all sustained him, for we were all most certain that Iioney Good- friend swiped it. It has never been found, but every time Loney passes that closet the stiff lets forth a most hideous yell. There's nothing more to say except that once in a while Squire McMullin would take a trip in his balloon, and report now and then concerning the structure of our friends in Mars and Mercury. There is a great hope that all the rest of our embryo Docs will some day suc- ceed. I have endeavored to give a brief account of ourselves, and crave the pardon of all I sign myself 2 Yours in fun, CC PUDIQJ 68 . --12,'W'E'g x- 1 N -Q:':5'f f'1i X ' -zxfY'f- i',' Rx-if f I-N-I fl , M .Ll Q 'yd -I ilu: g if V ff ep, . ,Q ff C l f I-Ioplites f- 'fp ,irl so .J r 95 sys? E 'X 2: U Club. 2 WQK Ha w fs cw ' fgr i Li .af was IT was on a bright, sunny morning in October, 1895, when half of the classical section was out surveying, that we organized ourselves into The Hoplites Club, a club magnum caeli ventura sub axemf' We were perhaps nearer the great pole of heaven than we have ever been since, for we were up in Little Heaven. It was with sincere' regret that we ever chose Fox as our leader, for he knew nothing, and the manner in which he tried to keep order- 0, ye gods? Bullinger was always to be seen looking out of the window facing Broad Street, for it happened that the new High School Build- ing was being reared, and perchance as the stone was being cut, he was gazing at the 'C chips? But we soon determined that it was better to work than to play, and so it fell Frescoln's lot to start the ball rolling by giving us a sketch of the life of Xenophon. It was admirable We re-elected Fox, hoping for an improvement, but this was not forthcoming, but instead he gave utterance to many wild and fearful expressions. Amid all this confusion we were wise enough to elect to membership a lad destined to help raise the standard of the club far higher than it then was, Herb Langfeld. In marked contrast to him was Hayward, who was so quiet that Giroux had to keep hitting him to make him talk. And how sorry we were, for when he once did get started it was impossible to stop him. Thus in the midst of so great confusion and noise we passed on, and now we reached our Senior year, and this time Dredger received the 69 presidential robe. But we had not advanced very far ere we lost two dear fellow-Hoplites, Necktie Fiend 'i Billy Black and Duchy Weidel. Our meetings now became very interesting, for debates were sub- stituted for essays, and the way in which those fellows debated would have caused Cicero to utter for the second time, O temporal O moresl Especially distinguished were Allison and Deeter. Yet with all this, it was noticeable that the noise was still there, and both Hirzel and Giroux showed themselves leaders of no mean quality. But our election came on, and Beggs Qnoted for his rank punsj was the iirst victim. We were now approaching the termination of our school career, and so we determined to make the most of the remaining time. Tule Harris, Hirzel and Giroux selected art as their special pastime, and in- deed they became very proicient in this, and not only were the black- boards and walls decorated, but even the clock. Others, with great pomp and reverence, laid 'f Sammy's stick to rest, by the way, this stick was the very one that Hephaistus made, being wearied, and after passing from Zeus down, it finally was given to our everdear professor of Greek. At last We made one of the best moves we ever made, for we de- cided to have our mugs taken. We did, and Prof. Berger was in our midst. For nine seconds did we sit for our pictures, and just to think of it Bullinger kept quiet and refrained from talking. But just previous to the taking of the picture we admitted Miller and Rosenwey to membership. Miller started to work immediately, and to his individual efforts do we owe the extension of our club in the classical section of the Junior and Sophomore Classes. Rosenwey in the meantime looked on and smiled. A remarkable incident occurred when news came of the stand which Greece was making against the Powers, several members let their hair grow, and even their moustaches, until the Freshmen took them for pro- fessors f?j. But it was only after the most earnest entreaty that Beggs inally decided to have his hair harmed. QNotice the alliterationj Now was our time becoming limited, and rather than take a backv seat we also prepared for a Club Day? and in a short but interesting election, Harris was elected Presenter, Bullinger, Poet, Langfeld, Prophet, and Dredger, Historian. 70 Poor Hayward, he did desire to be prophet so bad, but never you mind, he'1l be a big man some day. Harris no doubt will perform his part well, and Langfeld will pry into the future with success, but as to- Bullingeris poetry the less said the better. Well, We have not as yet decided Whether to use the paper to tie up grape seed, or to east it on the broad ocean, to Wonder Whith- ersoever it will. . We have reached a higher level, and the pleasures connected With our dear club have left a lasting impression upon our minds, and al- though vve are still to remain organized, yet with heavy hearts do We say Adieu to our club days at the C. H. S., so dear to us all. 496 as lv xt iff lil is al' SSE. .269 71 Chimmie Fadden Seminar. HE Chimmie Fadden Seminar flourished during the first term of our Junior year. Our origin came about in a rather peculiar way. Prof. Snyder in- nocently paved the way for our formation, but he also made it impossible for us to carry on our jolly gatherings during the second term r ix, Our origin came about as follows: Prof. Snyder, in making out the roster, assigned the Special French Section of '97, of which we were all active members, to Prof. Barnyard Maurice for instruction in French during the last hours on Wednesdays. Now, as we were all good boys in the eyes of Barney, he did not wish to contaminate us by making our fellows attend recita- tions with the rest of the French students QI say students, but not one of us ever studied a French lessonj as Prof. Snyderis roster said we must do. In order that we might remain pure and innocent, and free from the bad influence of the other Frenchiesf' Dr. Maurice excused us regularly every fourth hour to attend instruction in English by Prof. Smyth. Barney actually believed that we were being taught English litera- ture, in fact, this is probably his first information to the contrary. Maybe '97 can't blui. p These hours with Prof. Smyth were undoubtedly the happiest that we spent during our four years at the C. H. S., and as soon as one was over, we one and all would long for the next one to come. 4'5.,VA A.. -Him We 'f ' H. 4. -1, 0 A-. X. , - . T' W Rumors of our 'f great times soon spread abroad, and we became the envy of the whole school. Many inquired how they might become one of us, but we said Nay. We were a select few, and the only outsiders we ever tolerated were a few graduates who came from afar to enjoy Prof. Smyth's select readings. Of course we were too human to turn them away. To speak of Prof, Smyth's ability as a reader would be useless, for unless you are a farmer you have already heard of Prof. Albert H. Smyth's readings. Who is it that cannot imagine our enjoyment at hearing our esteemed professor read to us such humorous sketches as those of 4' Ned Townsend and Rudyard Kipling? The iirst selec- tions with which we were favored were from Chimmie Faddenj' whose name We so proudly loved. The manner in which the exploits of that 72 SECOND FOOT BALL TEAM Bowery celebrity were portrayed to us was simply up ter de limit, sure, and the way in which we would howl with delight clearly showed our appreciation of Prof. Smythfs kindness in devoting so many hours to us. Let it sufhce when we say that all the readings were up to our ,professor's high standard of excellency. In hardly less time than it can be written We all became proicient in the art of quoting Chimmiej' which knowledge was soon imparted 'to the school at large. In fact, Bill Tappen became so accustomed to using it that one evening while with his best girl, who was unusually Aquiet, he asked her, Wot t' ell was the matter, 5' the girl became indig- nant, and sent Billy home, and he has never done the same thing fsince. Kirby was too sanctimonious to attend our gatherings, so would femploy the hour in looking after his Sunday School class. - We held all our meetings in Ben Lacy's Laboratory, where there were usually enough chairs and benches for us all to enjoy the luxury -of having a place for our feet. Tom Lightfoot, Ben's assistant, would naturally be occupied in the laboratory during our visits, so that he might enjoy the fun. It was not an uncommon affair for one of the 'fellows to fall oi his chair in a it of laughter. Those enjoying the privileges of this seminar were: Chimmie Faddenj' or Wot t'ell,', Mr. Howard R. Gessnerg mls Wiskersf' King Wetherill, Mr. Burtonj' 'f Tommy Tucker 3 Mr. Paul, de small bot- tle mug, Meester D W. Ross Cgentlyl Tappen, 'Is Whiskerfs Walleyf' fMaster Henry Eastwickg Miss Fannief, Miss Maud Gailey, The Duchess Qnot sportingj Missed .Walter Spoifordg 4' Maggiej, E. ' Cholliev Rutschmang dudes, Willie boys, etc., Gilmour, Watson, 'Bowery mob, scrappers, etc., Lutz, Moyer, Weber. In leaving the dear old C. H. S., many are the pleasures which we can recall, but above all we will remember the many pleasant hours we -spent with Prof. Smyth in our Chimmie Faddenn .meetings, and in parting from our Alma Mater and all her pleasures, we all join heartily ein thanking Prof. Smyth for the kindness to us as an organization. THE Duonuss. 73 The Les Bons Entrants. E society known as the Les Bons Enfants, is a secret ix society, and had its origin in times whereof man's. l memory hath no trace. The first record that can be found of it was discovered about 1100 BC., buried near the summit of Mt. Ararat, and refers us back even to the time of Adam when his first quarrel oc- curred with his wife. Then Adam said unto Eve, E iff ff' 'li tt T ! ' Beloved wife, we will have mutton-steaks for supper,' but Eve straight-' way replied, ' Nay, we are going to have Delaware shad., Whereupon, Adam, being wroth, clothed him in his evening suit, and repaired to the club known as ' Les Bons Enfantsj and was not seen until the following' Sunday? This is the way the manuscript, being translated, reads. Hence it is seen that the 4' L. B. E. is in its antiquity even of an anter-- ior origin to our friends the Masons. However, the present interests us. The chapter to which the mem- bers of the Class of '97 belong was formally organized in Prof. Smythis room, and through his kindness, early in our Junior year. There were twelve charter members, and at the next meeting Qin Room 75 the twelve honorable offices were filled. From time to time subsequent meetings were held, and new mem- bers were recruited from among the best fellows in the school. As an illustration of the 32 degrees exclusiveness of the society we may relate that upon occasion the sometime president of the Junior Class so overstepped his delegated power as to intrude on the- posthumous solemnity of one of our meetings, and suggested being a, member. Notwithstanding his position of dignity and trust in the class, and the fact that he was a fair sort of a chap, but on account of his pre- sumption, he was asked to withdraw. Immediately he was gone, left- handed Nerves jumped up with a motion that Mr. -1 be forever' disqualified from being eligible to membership. The motion passed unanimously. A Many were the comiicts we had with the numerous professors, in-' structors, and slobs 'i of the faculty. Why think of it, Thompson even objected once because some of the fellows were smoking in the building. Outrageous! Our most exciting sorties were with our well-liked Spaeth. We secured for our quarters the Denf' You all know where' that is. The trap in the south cellar. We put a lock on the door, and 74 gave each member a key. Some of the fellows who used alarm-clocks and all sorts of bric-a-brac to waken them, insisted on coming in late, and used to use the Den as a rendezvous instead of reporting to Pat. But Sherlock Holmes Spaeth smelled an odor of something burning one day when we should have all been listening to a lecture on gregarious- ness, or the relative merits of Jacob and Esau, and argued thus: That smoke would kill an ordinary dog, hence ,tis a cigarette. The smoke smells damp, ergo, it comes from the cellar. I will hie me there, and argue further. He arrives. Looking towards the Den he sees the smoke coming out of the cracks of the door, and concludes that the smoker and delinquent is within. He knocks, no sound. He enters, and gazes on vacancy, and after ten minutes fruitless search he Hees from the enemy' s camp mystified. Ah, but Spaeth had you only looked in the coat box you saw there! Thought you that it would not hold a human form? Verily, it held two. Spaeth, Spaeth, I say unto you, be thou more cir- cumspect. The most interesting meetings though were those at which we were to initiate new members. Ask Fully, if when the red-hot poker was ap- proached to his leg, and he felt a narrow piece of ice go over it, he thought he was cut very deeply. But the best one of all was our friend Paxton. When he had received his qualifications for membership he was certainly a it subject for a laundry. He looked like an Apache in full war dress. And he afterwards told us how much he became at- tached to that porous plaster we gave him. Well, that is done now, we must say farewell to the C. H. S.,-for most of us, our only Alma Mater. Remember this, old school, though some of thy sons may yet be more brilliant than we, thou canst claim none more true. Never will we greet thy memory with fickle breath, nor when thy frame has passed away forget thee, and I know our every eye will grow dim when we shall think of thee in the misty future. But now to thee and to three of thy aids, Albert H. Smyth, B. and E. Lacy, we give an affectionate and regretful farewell. From the Les Bons Enfants, Adieu! Howard R. Gessner,,Lord High Mogul, Henry T. Eastwick, Vice High Mogul, Thomas Gucker, Jr., Lord High Scribbler, Calvin Gil- fillan, Vice Lord Scribbler, Howard T. Karsner, Lord High Keeper of the Coin, Fredk. W. Howell, Vice Lord Keeper of the Coin, Wm. R. Tappen, Lord High Bouncer, Walter Spoiford, Lord Bouncer, Harry H. Hill, Lord High Whistler, Edward Gilmour, Lord High Charmer, William Sharkey, Lord High Devil, James W. Lutz, Silent Devil. 75 . Proffetic Remembrances. 3 Now I'll tell ye 'bout the 'fessors of the school we love so well, Where we spent a four year's substance of our lives, Where the fellows broke the engine QOh, their names I cannot tellj, ' The one on Which, says Snyder, are no Hiesf 'The aforesaid 'fessor was a bore as no one will deny, On this account he had his room away up in the sky, But I'll bother you no longer with the man you love CPD so well, At your leisure you may think the matter over. Next on the list comes Straube QOh, don't laugh at this sere clownj, For he has been very lenient in his mind, You've stood on that side of the doorj, and been saved from going down, 'So what sort of treatment could you call more kind? Then I'll trouble you no further with the Dutch you know so well. At your leisure you may think the matter over. And now we'll take up Carter, he who has the unthatch'd roof, This professor whom no one ever can deceive, He's the man of upright qualities and always speaks the truth, When we count three, he answers-with a heave, But I'll bother you no longer with the professor you know so well, At your leisure you may think the matter over. Again while studying fossils, Holt may go up number one, The professor with curly whiskers o'er his eyes He will never recognize you when you want to have some fun, And we all sit still amid his threatening cries, Now what's the use of talking more 'bout the 'g Dock U you know so well, At your leisure you may think the matter over. 'Tis no more than fair as we proceed to mention old Pop U Schock, Our friend when in mathematics we got stuck, With all his faults and follies in the long run he wasetip-top, Nevertheless he created that spectre-the Duckf' Now I'll bother you no further with the man you all do know, At your leisure you may think the matter over. 76 There's Napoleonic Lacy, he knows the rules of grammar well, You all did know him once, did I hear you say? On Shakespeare and the poets, nothing to him could you tell, And his comedies 'll be acted for many a day, This ditty to our Earnest friend may not coincide with you, But at your leisure you may think the matter over. Here-is a tablet to our Barney, he once did teach us Franshg Ve vill seef' I'll tack ze knam is all he said, His walk was like an elephant's on an Africanus ranch, To blow his nose- Excusymoij' and turned his head. Oh, I know you never will forget this man of inish'd manners, So at your leisure you may think the matter over. Dr. Thompson is our president, in our school hefs very new, Not so young but that we've found his favorite hobby, Character building is his only theme, and to you he's preached a few, And we'll give a toast to our ethical Bobbie, Therefurletus close with feelings good to professors and president, And in years you may think the matter over. JAMES MCCLISH, '98, ' Al ,af 2 '-'-7 fff li! ' 'fl 'il N. .02 'SLG ,F .Z FN,-S l'nf s 77 The French Hour. AFTER listening to our fellows speak such essays as the Growth of Bed-bugs in Boarding-houses for example, or to Pat Thompson's lec- tures on the Benehts of being Good Boys, we slowly wend our way to the room of the Professeur the Docteur Barnyard Maurice. Now, first of all, let me make it known that Barney is easy, even easier than Dr. Jesse Pauling, the chief of the physical laboratory, and if you have heard of Jesse you can imagine how Barney is. Well, on getting to our destination of course Barney is not there, but after wait- ing anxiously for about ten minutes the Docteur enters in a very breath- less condition, caused by the exertion of walking up one iiight of steps. This entrance is greeted by yells of, You're late 5 late as usual, etc., Where- upon Barney explains that this is the first time that he has been late for six years. The Doctor stands awhile to catch his breath, looking like some war horse scenting battle. After this small incident he proceeds, after being reminded to call the roll and then to recitations The first fellow to be called. on is Watson, who is the best pro- nunciator, and the second Barlow, who does the translating of the piece Watson has just read. The work of the day then stops, as these two fellows represent the amount of learning in our class. Of course during this interval the class is not idle, such little incidents as Barney being hit by a cigar stump or a piece of chalk, and a noise Qcaused by Doc Karsner and Beatty beating their books on the deskj resembling the drums in the Streets of Cairo, and an operatic diversion by Thomas and Mr. McGouisk are of such little account they ought not to be mentioned. Visitors from another class are now received, and on their entrance they are greeted very warmly, so warm, in fact, that Barney finally gets it through his head that strangers are in the room, and proceeds to in- vestigate, but on being told that after graduation they are going to be French chefs he is satisied. g ' It is an extremely interesting as well as exciting operation to see Barney blow his nose. This is how Barney proceeds: The body is turned sideways to the class, the right hand brought slowly and thoughtfully around to the back pocket on the right side, and the handkerchief grasped, the arm is then brought back parallel to the body, then bent slowly, and the handkerchief spread out. With one eye on the class, and the other anywhere at all, the air is brought through the nasal cavities 78 with a rush, and the result is marvelous. It sounds like a Royal Blue engine going over a bridge accompanied with a shrill whistle. As this operation is going on the class accompanies it by whistles and noises like an army of cats having battle at the hour of midnight. Barney now gets mad, and calls us names, and proceeds to lecture us, and tells of what good boys he had when he was at the Naval Academy. This re- membrance of the Naval Academy starts Barney oif, we are forgiven for the time, and the recitations close for the hour. He would start to tell of the nice presents the boys gave him, and of course not wanting to be considered mean he would be immediately presented with a handful of marbles or shot Which the giver, not wish- ing to be thanked, throws at him or else rolls them along the floor. Barney is a little discouraged at this outbreak, and changes the sub- ject. He tells us how We can learn 20,000 French words and all the grammar in two lessons by studying his copy-book, also of how his brother honored himself at the Battle of Waterloo. During these interesting lectures the fellows would talk, sing, or, as C' Bill Tappen did one day, walk out in the hall and discuss politics with Sam Dunton. Preparations, however, are now in order for the grand inale before the bell rings. Under the leadership of one of the fellows the Peanut Quartette gives its selections, some of the fellows would whistle, others make noises like cats, dogs, chickens, pigs. When at the height, how- ever, the bell rings, and another day with our beloved professor has gone down to our posterity. Prof. Schoc:k's Hour. IT is the hour, We enter Room 15, and take our seats. There is no standing around and talking as in many of the other rooms, We feel that. we have come here for business-and we know this is Room 15. The door is closed. The professor strikes his hands together two or three times, and calls out slowly in that well-known voice: Quiet or- der, now, boys. The boys, with open books before them, are looking over the lessons for the last time before the recitation begins-those who have studied the lesson freshening up their memories a little, those who neither understand nor have memorized it, striving with a vague fear to learn something at least of it-trying, perhaps, to ascertain how may be: found the perpendicular distance from a given point to a given straight line,', the equation to the tangent at any point of an ellipse,', or the equation to the hyperbolaf' The flat book with the mysterious characters in it is now opened, and the professor laboriously calls the roll, coming to the front of the room, if it be the first hour, and standing before each row as he calls out. the names of those seated there. This finished, he takes his stand near the first desk of the room. Now he leans down to some one near him, and says in a low tone: I gave you some home work to bring in, did I not? 3' He generally receivesan affirmative reply, for it is seldom indeed. that he does not assign work to be brought in on paperf' We next hear: Now, pass your Work along! There is a rustling sound, and presently the piles of papers are moving toward the end of the room-V for the boys remember the time when the professor used to take out his watch and say: I'll give you just a minute to get the papers to the num- ber one boy,', and he would stand there near his desk with Watch in hand, lengthening out the minute, however, sufliciently to allow the- papers to get into the hands of the number one boyf' The next order is: Close all books. The books are all CPD closed, and the professor, seated in his chair, bends over the roll-book. Mr. -- go to the board. Various smothered noises are heard, and the boy called goes forward to the blackboard, and mounts the narrow step- -that theatre of so many calamities unrolled by the fates. The professor now rises, goes to the closet in the corner, and takes out two pieces of chalk and the well-guarded board rubber, and places these on the ledge of the board. Heavily mounting the small plat- form, he faces the class and says: Now give your undivided attention. 80 N N' ' I A ,W , , ., 15 . , 'H .V V i g il- ' f , ' - f fi A V, Ili ! Lu g lv , , ' i ii ' Thu 5 l ffrv-:asy2',a2.s--'- 2 'I 'FL ZH.,-,., 4' A I V . 5.,:.x-.x-11,5-,3.. -. ,.,.x,. A , ,. - , Q.. 1-- -'I..'j,1'Qsfiv .-.,:3,11:.,:.1.. :fi - ff- ' -A f 5' N if: EE- 4 A , ' :-615: vm. 5,1 If-in V Sf'-F ' i.f..,E.'ifr.1'ff . I . -, ' ..... 'l'?7:2.? F: , -'A v ii Ni1f1 i'-vf' 3 .'1 0- 4 f f .fffi 'Z vii- if f3' if ?: E' ' ' ' PIL - 152, 1 5?-1EgIf'1'1-HF-?':P-E'' wi MEL, 1' EW ' , Q V I Y I. . . ' f2f:.,f-fifi ' Ir'f f1i. .'2? 1 I I f 3 in - 42 . Ziff' 5:4- .g, i s ' iff Lidf' ff 3 727151 I5 N. , --: - - if- -f '::,,5s1aL, -2' -3 v4311,g'g1,,sg1 ' -qi-I' -1ii??If?- 1-- I I I Z ' ' ' f T ' - TI-IE NEIV HIGH ECI-IOOL BUILDING. Turning now to the board, he picks up the chalk, and with a sweep of his right arm that famous ellipse is drawn. A low whistle, such as is fnot alwaysb indicative of astonishment, is heard from the back of the room, but the professor goes on completing the figure, he knows he can drawn an ellipse, and doesnit mind it if others know it, too. He now kindly undertakes to explain the figure, and on finishing, turns toward the class, his spectacles on top of his head, his eye-brows raised and a smile on his face, and asks: D' you see it now? The boy at the board proceeds with the problem. In the course of solution it is required toknow the square of 35. At once the professoifs voice is heard. The square of thirty-five is one thousand, two hundred and twenty-five? The class smiles at the tone in which it is saidg and the work goes on. After a short time it is necessary to find the product of 94 and 27 8. The professor is again heard from: Ninety-four times two hundred and thirty-eight is twenty-six thousand one hundred and thirty- two. A laugh, and perhaps a whew! is heard. The professor as- sumes a self-satisied smile, and remarks: I learned my multiplication- table when I went to school. Soon the problem is completed, some one else is sent forward to solve the next problem, and this is repeated until the close of the hour. Now we hear the professor say: While he is working at the board I'll give out the next lesson. This he does, and as he finishes some one asks, Is that all? I can give you more if you want itf' Finally the bell rings, and with a feeling of relief the class rises to go to the next professor, feeling as one does when an unpleasant task is completed. fra, Xiu v :ig Sr Dutch Hour. y y , . x HAT old bell, with its voice so badly cracked, sent its V - Q vengeful notes through the halls, and told us that , A V. jg: the third hour was done. We had but one more hour, 'I ' ' and for that we were assigned on the roster to Little F ' v Germany, alias room No. 7. Some say that's a lucky 2 A.'. V number, don't believe it if room No. '7 is to be taken v f,i.j as a criterion. However, It matters not. We . bu' N. .. .. 'went to that room because we had to,-suspension might be the penalty if We stayed away, but how much would we rather have cut that last hour, and gone to the Park and dreamed in the flowery-scented air, instead of trying to make Straube believe we knew anything about High Saxon? As soon as the student stepped over the sill he was struck by a whii of an undefinable odor, for Dutch still retained his ancestral antagonism to such a thing as fresh air, and we saw in his eye that terrible look of fierceness that might impress the uninitiated as the expression of iery genius, which it is QI don't thinkj. After 5' Reddy Gilfdllan and Gucker had ceased to stumble over an invisible obstruction, there was a semblance of quiet. But 'twas of short duration, and a sound started, and continued in accelera- tion that resembled one's approach to a veritable Niagara. Of a sudden the class was startled by a roar above all the other noise, Come to order, boys! '7 The fellows with what speed they could QPJ reached their seats, and quiet again reigned supreme. But sad to tell, it was only for a moment, for gradually the radiating pipes around the room began to gather movement. fSee Snyder's eelebrated work on the Natural Foreesj Gilmour, with his innocent, childlike face, Was vigorously shaking the room, and rattling Dutch as much as the pipes. Then to see Dutch perarnbulating through the aisles watching all our feet. Ah, how much you would have liked to have known then that it was Gilmour. At last he gave up his fruitless search, but as he turned he saw Sharkey smiling. He always yells, and that' in the superlative degree. This was no exception. Sharkey, go down and report! ,' Sharkey, Ah, 7fessor, I wasn't doing nothing? Sliarkey, take two ciphers, go down and report for impudeneef' I will meet you. in the President's room af ter school. And Sharkey went, leaving behind him a sound that much resembled the first person singular of to be. New Straube. fully aroused, his Anglo-Saxon temper soaring higher 82 than the highest German, struts to the front of the room like a lion in the arena prepared to slay, roaring still and grumbling like the distant sounds of a Vesuvius. Of a sudden, all in one breath, he says, 'K Close your books, backs of the books towards you, put down your names. One Hands? Pause. Subjunctive future perfect of to kill. Short pause, Hands? More pause, and cries of O, professor. East- wick, go down and report for talking without permission? Exit vic- tim No. 2. Stop Writing, I will take no paper from any Whom I now see writing. Gailey, were you talking? No, sir? Of course not. Miss Gailey wouldn't talk. 5' Who was talking, hands? Who wants a cipher? CThis is High German Wit.j But you ought to see the ponies in Dutch, enough to form aregi- ment of cavalry. How were they worked? Well, Dutch would just love to be able to read that here. But for the sake of our future A. B., etc., We will refrain from disclosing their mechanism. Just then a titter went through the class, and all eyes were turned towards the window. There suspended in the mid-air, gently floating in the soft breezes, was the emblem of Straubeis native home. No, not the red, white, and black, but simply an innocent salty pretzel. Straube's cup was now full. He was like a blast of dynamite with the fuse burnt almost to the charge. Another second he would explode. How could We help laugh- ing at him? Would you have us tremble in fear at his rage? At any rate we didn't. Tappen, go down and report for laughing! Karsner go down!! Bellows go down!!! Ehrlich go downilll Herbst go down!!!!! Adams go down and send the president up? But once again the old bell clanged and sounded Straube's as well as our own release, and we, those who survived until the sixty minutes were up, Hled slowly out to the tune of the dead march. Yet Straube, do not think for all that we dislike you. At this time We could almost like Billy Gray. Your sonorous word of advice, now tempered by time, seems more kindly than clothed in their cannon- like tones. So as We leave your room to become aliens to it, for aye, I feel some of us will regret, with all your idiosyncrasies, not seeing Straube again. 83. '97 on the Rostrum. 3 IT Was on the Rostrum of the Central High School that the orators of 397 delivered their orations, which in the ages to come will be ranked ,Q 5 A T-55171 among the classical orations of the past. Of, E.-,gi-fiwsf 4 - ' .1 F A course we had such as Webster, Clay, Harrison, , -F f f Cochran, Bryan, eac., but these was not all, for 1 -'im il 'l i every fellow in the class could make a goodi .. ,, i '-sz.-f.'ffi 'iQQnf7, '1 Speech' ' till? ' g f ? V p Three times a week was the school privileged . to hear us, and as is it but natural that those mornings were looked forward to, and hailed with great joy by the rest, of the school. For Were they not sure to hear a flow of eloquent oratory, accompanied by a brilliant pyrotechnic display. In fact, every morn- ing appeared to be a- veritable Fourth of July. Oh, it was great sport! and enjoyed by all but the Freshmen, who were not permitted to enjoy the amusements- of chapel exercises, al- though they are welcome to Pat's sermons. Some of' thelower class men actually gave up going- to the theatre, because they- considered the declamations and orations of '97 to be quite as good if not better. It was a source of much regret to us all that we were unable to invite our friends from the Girls' School, as we knows they would have enjoyed the fun immensely. ' Billy D Allison had the honor of being our first speaker, and the manner in which he opposed the annexation of Hawaii showed his great admiration for Grover fthe duck-shooter,-not zeros in analytical, but real, live. ducksj. Beggis-description of The Columbian Naval Review of '93 was on the order of a Fourth of July celebration. About every other sound he uttered was boom-bang, of course he preceded this with a flash, We ac- tually thought he would go through the President's salute of 21 guns. It would undoubtedly have made a good newspaper description- probably he got it from some Western paper. It completely shattered the nerves of Ernest Lacy, and from that day to this he would never trust the classicals on the stump. Fox vividly described the treatment of inmates at the Elmira Re- formatory, much to the ediiication of Pop Schock and Snyder. 84 Dredger spoke about '4 Building Associations. It was said that he studied this up so that he might be able to swindle the innocent persons over in Jersey. Miller in sotto voce discoursed sweetly on 'f The Balance of Pow- er, as the girls would say, it was perfectly lovelyf, Such saints as 4' Pop 7' Schock fthe disagreeable man up and Fred- die Christine vvere terriblytaken back by the audacity of Rosenwey to have the impertinence to assert that the stage was an institution to be fostered. r The hair-breadth escapes, together with the beauties of a moonlight ride with a fairy on a bike,were related in a humorous way by Bossert, who clearly proved to the professors that it was cheaper to ride a wheel than to pay their daily car-fare, probably this accounts for the dis- appearance of some of the wheels from the school-yard. After drinking a couple of glasses of Schuylkill hydrate, Davy Brown gave a discourse on Filtration,', and by his actions practically showed the evil effects of impure HZO. While Dunlap Was telling how the Quaker City belles were courted by the officers of General Howe's Army, a white cat suddenly made its appearance on the platform. The cat evidently came from one of the secluded apartments of the school Qof which there are manyj, and, in- deed, it was a rare treat to see the prim, stiff old Dutchman in his :ri- diculous endeavors to capture the poor, innocent Felis domestica. Ginger Emhardt favored us with a History of the Public Schools in the United Statesf, in which the C. H. S. cut quite a figure. Of course this was done so as to get a pull with the faculty, for you know Ginger has already been given the degree of M.P.L. fMaster of Leg-Pullingj. Bremmerman the actor Qthis is, of course, his own ideaj simply set the school wild in his attempt to act out his essay on Surgery. He more resembled an actor at the Lyceum or Trocadero than any other speci- men of humanity that we can recall. We would advise Brem to secure an engagement at the Troc for the summer. His tragical air was even too much for Pat, whose mouth twitclied in spite of his endeavors to keep from smiling. Bud Lowenburg was highly successful in his impersonation of Ernest Lacy, our great tragedian fnitj. Pud's recitations were great, and he certainly deserved the distinction of being the best actor and reciter in the class. Ss Jack Jones's glowing account of the beauties of the Creole girls naturally made our hearts flutter, and produced in our hearts a longing desire to visit the Sunny Southfj With all its beauties, and incidentally the girls. ' Cn the stump Mackay was noticeable for his absence, Which We duly appreciated, for he was too generous to disgrace us by trying to speak. Quick had the iron nerve J' to slowly recite a piece, the name of which We cannot remember, suffice it to say, that it was not Worth re- membering. Carrick Mallery spoke a Whole lot about a knitting Womanj, and once in his confusion he called the poor old mortal, the nitty Woman. This little slip, of course, brought the house down, and conclusively proved that Ernest Lacy is away oif in saying that We should never use slang expressions. So smoke up, Ernest. 4' Billy Adams thundered forth something about Daniel Webster, which seemed to please the kids in the back of the room, especially Lacy. Ernest Lacy appeared to be greatly disappointed in EastWick's Great Little Menf' as the latter had forgot to mention the name of LACY. That Lacy is a little man We all agree, but great-never. Doc Karsner, in his Home Life of George Washingtonf, for- got to mention his little hatchet and the celebrated cherry tree. Harold Thomas recited a charming little Christmas carol, which he had taught one of his Sunday School girls to recite at a Christmas en- tertainment. It might be Well to state that he spoke in January, al- though he was originally to speak before Christmas, but had his date changed on account of a splinter in his tongue caused by kissing -1 for Ernest Lacy' s sake We will not say it all. Liveright's speaking was always a great source of pleasure, his re- citing of the 5' Sleeping Sentinel was especially fine, as was also his graduating oration. He possesses not only a good voice, but has excel- lent control of it, which combine to make his speaking very impressive. In Lovvenburg, Liveright, Adams, and Biggerstai '97 possesses a quartette of speakers Worthy of any class. They Were the particularly brilliant stars, but there are scores more Whose names might be Well men- tioned as being good speakers. It has been conceded that as a class '97 possesses the best speakers that the school has had for many a year. lt has always been our aim to sacrifice individual greatness so that We might better achieve greatness as a class. '97 has ever been our Watch- Word. 86 The Central High School Grchestra, . I Pr' , ,ng ,Kg H, what ho! Quirites, ho! favete linguisj' as our Q QT, intellect shatterer Horatius would say, while I re- . ' count the whereforeness of the C. H. S. Orchestra. 7 f Non mihi linguae centum sint, etc., according to 2 P Homerian Virgilius, but I shall mention a few of its 1 deeds. On October 16th, 1896, nine youths, walk- ing as if their hearts were in the something they car- ried in their hands, might have been seen tending their way towards Loo D Bacharaclfs house. Arriving there they started to play several selections artistically CPD, their hearts being in their work,-I beg par- don,-in their instruments. The neighbors thought a first-class circus had suddenly swooped down upon them, and they crowded the neigh- boring streets Cpresumably to get out of hearingj. Had they come in- side they would have seen a show, indeed, free,-children in arms, half- price. Bacharach was measuring on chunks of space with his stick, but he is not the only pebble, others have been rolled up by the tide and deposited upon the sands, Lundheim, with a gorgeous handkerchief round his neck, looked as if he were choking, Meyers had a seraphic grin upon his mug, reaching from ear to ear, J. Lowenstein seemed to be doing a contortionistic act with his bow and fiddle, Graham and Leslie seemed greatly agitated, beating their feet upon the floor fthe carpet has an opening where they sitj, and their bows upon their violins alternate- ly, M. Lowenstein Qthis does not signify a Frenchmanj seemed to be charming the music with his flute,-it would not keep still for him to read,-while Barlow seemed to be eating his, and, Hey, Presto! ye scribe, Giroux thumped the hammers. From that night we pledged to see each other home, and to do or die, and we have mostly done. Our force has been growing ever since, both in numbers and sound, the great Kensington reeler, Quinn CStephen P. Quinn, to make it shortj has added his benign countenance, as also Southwark Moses and two other would-bes CI dare not mention their nameslj, all of whom go every re- hearsal through a gymnastic exercise upon their violins, the famous clarionetist, Langan, has also squatted upon our hostessts upholstery-a comical runt by the way, that celebrated barbefs spasm producer, Fres- coln, has ventured with us on some of our raids, making his 'cello re- sound to the tune of Patsy J ones, and the trio of brass ffaces includedj, Bohlke, Hoppy, and Mattishon, have poured forth golden-throated notes, 37 Waking the felines about, and causing others to congregate on the as- sumption that it is a free concert for all stray cats. Hener, the one fouled twice in the bicycle race of O. H. S., crawls over the ivory, and kills insects with his feet, regardless of the tempo of the fair-collector, ye scribe. Such is the roster of the orchestra with the exception ofthe drummer, who declines to give his name, because it was stolen from him by a mad dog. And We, such as We are, have brought suffering and mad- ness alike to many homes. We have tramped to the east g beat our Way on the cars to the south, slid on our instruments to the West, and roamed to the north, and then We have come to the centre, and done it all over again with contrary methods, finally ending at this side of Hee, to which admittance Was denied by Vergilian Charon. As for our music,-Well, some of it We have given away to doctors to prepare stii'fs, some to lawyers, to become criminal, and yet some to asylums to increase the followers of Wagner, the most We have kept for our es- pecial beneit, being indifferent to the misery of our friends. We ex- pect to play soon CI do not say render, mark Welllj some of the masters' Works, especially their symphonies, and beg you to enlist your sympathy to that eifect. Pace requiescat. ' 1 . J . 1 ' . . A . n 1 ....-......1.T. .-.--..-...---.-. ..1---..--1--... .. --.---.. C1 So THE CURTAIN CLUB '97 Before the Footlights. 3 . , - . GREAT event of our Senior year was the dramatic en- A tainment. Before the footlights '97 probably achieved her greatest distinction. It Was on the evening of the 19th of February, before a house packed to the doors, QTWIL 1 that '97 made her debut in amateur theatricals. The evening's attraction was Horace W. Fuller's transla- Q . as tion of a A Pair of Spectacles, a three-act comedy, by the Well-known French playwriters, Labiche et Delacour. The entertainment was held at the beautiful New Mercantile Hall, 'Broad and Master Streets, Where assembled a large and appreciative HIM . , 61,911 XR H 1 ' ' for lfuifl-'Y' fhftigggi ' Q' '11Klr'5fx'14ifx , mis-i. S A Leis 1 audience. The audience was made up largely of our friends from the Girls' High and Normal Schools, Whose presence contributed largely to the success of the evening. In the presence of so many charming girls, with their beautiful sparkling eyes fastened upon their every action, how could four performers do otherwise than exert themselves to do their very best? 'The sequel was that they brought down the house. That the rest of us who hadn't pull enough to get a place on the cast, envied our lucky classmates as being the recipients of so many admiring glances from our fair friends, goes Without saying. The play proved to be a grand success, and far exceeded our fondest anticipations. In the April number of the Mirror, Prof. Maurice in his article says: 'f Many years ago I Was present in Paris at the first represen- tation of ' Les Petits OiseauX,' and I can assure you, Without any French compliment, that the professional French comedians were by no means superior to our amateurs of '97. This tribute coming from one who is best fitted to judge is certainly very iiattering to our class. High School dramatics have always been unquestionably popular, and have attained a high degree of excellence. But to '97 belongs the still greater distinction of raising the standard of excellence. The cast Was Well chosen, and What is more, Well balanced. Every 'character was in the hands of competent performers, and the interpre- tations of them Were highly commendable. One thing that Was particu- 'larly noticeable was the professional air which some of the fellows had acquired. It might be said that this comedy was by no means an easy one to play 5 on the contrary, it is a rather difficult task for amateurs 'to undertake. 89 The staging and costuming fespecially that of the girlsj were all that could be desired, and were undoubtedly designed to please the most fas- tidious Qlike Ernest Lacyj. The leading role of Edmond Blandinet J' was in the hands of Mr. Bremmerman. The manner in which Brem acted the role of this kind- hearted, benevolent old Frenchman would undoubtedly bear comparison with John Hare himself, and repeatedly called forth the applause of an admiring audience. His naturalness in impersonating this difficult char- acter proved beyond a doubt Mr. Bremmerman's ability as an actor. The N hit D of the evening was made by Mr. Lowenburg as Fran- cois Blandinetf' the doubting and mistrustful brother of Edmond Mr. Lowenburg possessed the ease and grace of the professional, which did much to eliminate the painful oppressiveness which characterizes amateur performances. His impersonation of the swaggering, grui, old haggard, with the Oh, you canjt fool mein manner so peculiar to Pop Schock, was of the first order, and took immensely with the audience. Many times did the audience burst forth in peals of laughter at his drollery. Mr. Fox as Gustav Aubertin J' was not only natural, but gave a cer- tain amount of warmth and feeling to his acting, which combined to make his performance highly commendable. Mr. Lalloufs impersonation of 'cLouis, the dutiful son of 4' Ed- mondj' was very good. His naturalness in falling in love with Auber- tin's daughter was much commented upon by the dear girls who were present. Albert, Francois's son, was in the hands of Mr. Ehrlich, whose acting was indeed an enjoyable surprise. He admirably performed the part of the innocent appearing son, 'but with nothing but the devil in- side, deceiving his father shamefully,- And the blow almost killed father, -but worst of all, making love to Edmond's wife. Shocking! Mr. Emhardt's Josephf' the servant, appeared to be in his element, so there we will allow him to remain. Messrs. Lambourne and Goldsmith, as first and second boot-makers, illed their parts with satisfaction to all, showing their appreciation of the duties of that calling. As girls our fellows captivated the audience, their grace, carriage, and make-up was simply perfect, in fact, if the program had not said otherwise, they would have certainly passed for girls. Mr. Jefferson J ones, J r.,as the leading lady was perfect, his costumes and the number of changes would have been a credit to many of our 90 leading actresses. His impersonation of Henrietta,', the noble but doubted Wife of Edmond Blandinetf' was simply great. Mr. Langfeld as Laura,J' the eligible daughter of Aubertin, Was much admired. His coquettish Ways, and the ability to success- fully roll his eyes proved to be a little too much for our girl friends, who then and there put Herbie J' down as a rather swift maidenf' One of the principal features of the evening Was the dancing of Mr. Schvvacke, who filled the role of Marief' the French maid. Mr. Schwacke attired in ballet costume Was quite fetching, and in truth he made a really pretty girl. His graceful dances Were much enjoyed by all, but above all he completely captivated the girls, who Were enthus- iastic in his praises. ' Too much credit cannot be given to those Who performed in this entertainment, for the brilliant manner in which they acted their parts, for they certainly all refiected great credit, not only upon the class, but upon the school at large. We should not overlook the fact that the object of the entertain- ment Was to raise funds to help defray our graduating expenses. But in this as in other respects We were highly successful, for We reaped a bountiful harvest. Too much praise cannot be given to the com- mittee for the business-like Way in which they perfected all the arrange- ments for the entertainment, and With deep gratitude We thank the com- mittee, especially the chairman, Mr. Win. A. Allison, for their faithful services. CAST OF CHARACTERS. Edmond Blandinet ........................ Mr. L. W. Bremmerman Francois Blandinet .... ..... M r. Harry Lowenburg Gustave Aubertin ....... .......... M r. Herbert Fox Louis, Edmond's son ..... ..... M r. Harry Lallou, Jr. Albert, Francois's son .... .... M r. Franz Ehrlich, Jr. Mizabrau, a boot-maker . . . ..... Mr. Wm. S. Lanibourne Joseph, a servant ....... ........ M r. E. Chase Emhardt Second boot-maker ....... ..... ll lr. Charles H. Goldsmith Henrietta, Edmond's wife .... ..... 1 lr. J. Jefferson Jones, Jr. Laura, Aubertin's daughter .................. Mr. Herbert S. Langfeld Marie, French maid ..................... Mr. John Henry Schwacke Scene-France. Edmond Blandinet's House. Act I. Breakfast Room. H. The same. HI. Edmond's Office. Produced under the direction of L. W. Bremmerman, '973 Clarence P. Wynne, 396. QI Curtain Club. ei . ...T .. , YVHAT a suggestive name! Did you ever try to name a pet dog or a baby, well, then, you know, if you have, what trouble was given to the few enterprising Juniors who wanted to start a dramatic club. We named it for the chief adjunct to the amateur theatrical. It is this that always fails to descend at the proper moment, and goes up at the wrong. We dedicated our dear care to this same adjunct. Trouble was our first visitor, and was a faithful member, staying till the last, and being present at every meeting. Its chief imp was H. Lowenburg, and other imp, Jonathan J eierson J ones, Jr. As soon as the club was on a paying basis and enthusiastic condition, a play was considered, and after the usual haranguing, committed. On the 6th of December, 1896, the historic attempt was made, and with great success. The play was Cool Collegiansj' and although Fisheris and Gevis's wigs came off, and Jack Jones forgot to put on his false teeth, it was a inancial and social suc- cess. The officers at the time were: Edwin C. Emhardt, President, H. E. Lallou, Secretary, H. T. Lewis, Treasurer, J. J. Jones, Stage Manager, Wallis Fisher, Business Manager. Soon after the club went into summer quarters, and came out in the next fall. The oiiicers elected were: J. J. Jones, Jr., President, E. 'Chase Emhardt, Vice-President, Franz Ehrlich, Jr., Secretary, Harry E. Lallou, Jr., Treasurer, Ben. A. Brooks, Business Manager, Charles Gold- smith, Property Man. From this on nothing was done. The majestic order of the High School Committee went forth that we should disband. They then gave permission to give the Senior class entertainment. Through the efforts of a certain Senior this was not permitted by the Entertainment Com- mittee, and the club went out of existence. However, when they came for recruits for the entertainment, who should they ask but members of this same club. Every member on the cast was a Curtain Club man. We happen to be the last dramatic club in the school, because no more will be allowed by the High School Committee. Our record has been great, and it now remains for the citizens of Philadelphia to Wait in ex- pectation for the reorganization of this great feature of our High School days. Q2 Life in Room, 14. A GREEK COMEDY nv Two Exrrosroivs. DRAMATIS PERSONIE. STAFFERGIB, ' Rouorx, Supposed to be Students. SLEB, AND PROFESSOR GERBER. Chorus of Students and those who ought to be, etc. Explosion One. QAS the curtain rises Gerber is discovered seated at his desk, his face twisted as if in mortal agony. It is, however, only the effect of the papers he is examining, combined with despair at the ravages of the Alumni on the previous night. The next twenty minutes are taken up by the entrance of the class, who proceed to gaze out of the windows, practice skirt-dancing, hold elections, and debate on the Eastern ques- tion.j Gerber- Staifergit, you may read 2511? QStaEergit brilliantly says nothing for several minutes, while Gerber exhibits on his countenance the most brilliant and diversified hues, vary- ing from that of a muddy coiee to a carmine, rivaled only in intensity and depth by the nasal protuberance of our veteran professor of mathe- matics, and then explodesj Gerber- You know you don,t know it 3 we know you don't know it ,V you know we know you know don't it, and yet you have the consummate audacity to try to make us believe we know it. Oh! 'tis most beauti- fully indeinitef' fAfter this he gives a tootsey-wootsey dance. Doc Holt, in silent rapture, witnesses the exhibition through the transomj CURTAIN. Explosion Two. fGerber comes in displaying all the latest features of the famous dance du ventref' and shouting at intervals, You glory in the fact. 93 After several minutes of unadulterated pandemonium, Rongix is dis- covered reading from a certain equine quadrupedj Gerber- You have read five lines of the next page, hadn't you better turn over? I' QBy turning over he conceals the aforesaid quadruped, and conse- quently there is a pause, during Which Gerber enters the patent medi- cine business, and turns out liver pills at the rate of 5,000 a minute, which he stores in his hair for future use 5 and then eXplodes.j Gerber-J' You may study astronomy on an ornamental basis. Thus you may study geometry. In this manner you may learn botanyg but if you try it on Greek -- QGreek cussesj. O ye gods! Wait till J une. QDuring this rhapsody, the half of the class that has not had a question smiles sweetly in sympathy, the other two halves discuss fall neck-Wear and bi-metallismj Intermission of ten minutes for Gerber to unload the patent- medicine. V V Gerber- Sleb! you are on the picturesque railroad which leadsto nothing, you are mighty near the terminal, and have forgotten to get a return ticket. Qlfaints. Recovers in a few minutes, and is heard faintly mur- 1nuring.j Gerber- Ah, Slebl if you are like your father, what remarkably bad taste your mother must have. fHere he is interrupted by the entrance of the Society for Preven- tion of Cruelty to Animals, in pink and green tights. Gerber is hoisted upon a gilt throne, With tacks in the seat, and the S. P. C. A. carry him off, marching and counter-marching, While Snyder, with his spectro- scope, and Schock with his nose, throw a brilliant calcium light upon the scene. On the Way to the City Hall Gerber is heard shouting, MAb- solutely, gentlemen! and scatters liver pills, the recipe for which he has give-n to Prof. Haney, regardless of eXpense.j Class joins in grand finale. CURTAIN . 9 4 .. . . . .... , . . . . 11 ..,' A --.. f . .. ,.,' Q .--- 1. 2 'A T--.Iii ..-f '.--' i 3, r. e 1c ssoc1a1on, I. ,. , Y .. .ffm 6 C 7 is T i a PV . President, Harold Evan Thomas, '97, First Vice-President, Henry Thomas Eastwick, '97, Second Vice-President, Norman W. Sharp, '97, Corresponding Secretary, Howard Thomas Karsner, '97, Recording Sec- retary, Walter Spoiford, '97, Treasurer, William Ross Tappen, ' 97. Executive Committee.--Benjamin A. Brooks, '97, George W. Watt, '98, Arthur Riley, '99, Thomas B. McAvoy, '00. Base Ball Team Henry T. Eastwick, '97, manager, Louis Bruce, '99, captain and pitcher, Harry Mills, '00, catcher, Cliiord Mills, '99, irst base, Andrew Freeland, '99, second base, Henry T. Eastwick, '97, third base, Frank Deal, '99, left field, Edwin Porteous, '99, center field, Chris- tian Hart, '99, right field, Edward P. Johnson, short-stop. Appended are the scores for the season: April 12th, C. H. S., 3, Penna. Inst. for the Deaf, 21. April 17th, KC. H. S., 15, Indians, 13. April 28th, C. H. S., 5, Cheltenham, 3. May 4th, C. H. S., 9, De Lancey, 8. May 8th, C. H. S., 7, Hill School, 3. May 10th, C. H. S., 5, Germantown, 1 Q2 inningsj. May 12th, C. H. S., '14, P. M. C., 3. ' Foot Ball Team. Cr. Mallery, '97, left end, A. Riley, '99, left tackle, W. R. Tappen, '97, left guard, C. Hart, '98, right end, C. Teas, '98, T. B. McAVoy, '00, right tackle, E. A. Schumann, 97, right guard, Frank Wood, '99, centre, E. S. Conway, '97, quarter-back, C. Mills, '99, left half-back, L. Bruce, '99, right half-back, N. W. Sharpe, '97, full-back. Substitutes-C. S. Mackay, '97, J. Dornan, '00, H. Bay, '97. Appended is the score for the season. 95 Opponents. C. H. S- October 17th, O. M. T. S. ......... .... 6 0 October 21st, R. O. H. S. .............. .. 6 0 October 27th, De Lancey Academy ..... .. O 10 October 30th, Germantown Academy .... .... 1 2 0 November 13th, C. M. T. S. .................. . . 0 4 November 18th, St. Luke's School ........... .... 0 12 November 26th, Bloomsburg Normal School .... .... 3 9 0 Total number of points scored .... .... 6 3 26 Reserve Foot Ball Team. Harry B. Ingle, '98, manager, Frederick P. Woll, '98, captain. H. Leopold, '99, left end, H. B. Ingle, 98, left tackle, E. Halder- man, '00, left guard, D. Kneedler, '99, right end, W. S. Haldernan, '99, right tackle, G. Hill, '98, right guard, J. Lavens, '98, centre, S. Truitt, '99, left half-back, E. Maier, '98, right half-back, J. Thornton, '98, quarter-back, F. P. Woll, 98, full-back. Appended is the score for the season: Opponents C. H. S., 2d October 22d, O. M. T. S. Reserves ..... ...... 4 12 October 26th, Mount Airy, 2d ...... .... 6 8 November 2d, Penn Charter, 2d .... . . O 18 November 10th, Villa Nova, 2d .......... .... 1 0. 0 November 19th, R. O. H. S., 2d ............ . . 0 22 November 20th, Friends' Central School .... . . . 0 10 November 23d, Brown Preparatory School .... . . . O 6 Total number of points scored ....... .... 2 0 '76 Basket Ball Team. Walter Spofiord, '97, manager, E. O. Rutschman, '9'7,'captain. Attacks-E. S. Conway, '97, G. Mallery, '97, H. T. Karsner, '97, H. Miskey, '00. Centers-E. C. Rutschman, '97, H. E. Thomas, '97, E. J Haldeman, '00, H. Bay, '97, Defense-W. S. Haldeman, 99, N. W.. Sharpe, '9'7. Appended is the score for the season: 96 Opponents. C. H. B. December 5th, 1896, Caledonian Club .... .... 1 1 0 December 10th, Hancock A. A. ........ .... 1 8 0 December 15th, Trentons ............. .... 2 1 0 December 19th, Millville Y. M. C. A. ............ .... 2 4 0 December 31st, Wilmington Y. M. C. A. .............. 15 0 January 9th, 1897, Wilmington Military Academy ....... 5 5 January 11th, Germantown Y. M. C. A. ................ 30 1 January 20th, South Jersey Institute ............ .... 1 0 4 January 23d, P. R. R. Y. M. C. A.. . . . . . 9 1 February 6th, Temple College ............. .... 2 0 0 February 10th, Hancock A. A. ............... .... 2 G 0 February 12th, Bloomsburg Normal School ..... .... 2 3 0 February 27th, Temple College ............. .... 1 5 10 Total number of points scored .... ..... 2 27 10 Relay Team. H. E. Thomas, '97, captain and manager. First quarter, Homer Garitee, 99, second quarter, A. G. Collins, '00, third quarter, Norman W. Sharpe, '97 , fourth quarter, Harold E. Thomas, '97. Substitute, N. S. Haldeman. Interscholastic Relay Race, held in connection with University of Pennsylvania Relay Carnival. Won by Washington High School, second, Central High School, third, Central Manual Training School, fourth, Northeast Manual Training School. Time 3 minutes, 41 seconds. The Crew. E. C. Rutscliman, '97, manager, Norman W. Sharpe, '97, captain. 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