Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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JI..-. 4. .- L- . 4-.-...... ,........ Our i1'S'C public duty in the affairs of state led us to elect Dana Stevens, President of our young but glorious Form, Harold Winter, Vice-President, Charles Reinhart, Treasurer of the Funds QU and R. R. Campbell, Historian Qgone but not forgottenb. There were other famous ones, some are gone never to return Cyou may find them in 'o5j, others are still with us, among whom we might mention F akey Colon, Willie,' Braddock, as some of the most honored ones. Neither must we fail to tell how our ranks were swelled from the intellectual class of 'o3, Qour powers of attraction being too much for themj. But time flies, and before we knew it our first school year was over. The summer quickly passed and once again we found ourselves back in the halls of Lawrenceville. Not, however, as base, ignoble churls. No l no ! Not that ! Rather as conquerors of nations did we once more assemble in the study room in order -to elect our ofhcers and to study? But even here the minutes go quickly by and we cannot stop to linger over the pleasant incidents of happy bygone days when we were young and unsophisticated, but must hurry on to fresher fields. N The terms fled by while we, unheedin g, scarce marked the iiight of time until one morning we awoke to find it necessary to pack up for our summer vacation and our second year was over. We had gone together through two years of school life and now, after our summer vacation, we were ready, if not eager, to enter upon the privileges of our Third Form year. In that magic passage from Second to Third,Formers we put away those study hours which by too much rubbing in had grown very obnoxious to us and hence we hailed with delight the privileges of Third Formers and as we passed the doors of the study-room we looked at them with the feeling of great tribulation indeed, that is, all except a few penal sharks such as Strat and others. Even in this Form we had some notable athletes, Clab Holden, Ham Andrus, L. Markley, Harry Pearson. and others. Football season came and went in which we defeated Hill, 111l1Ch to our Joy and delight. Hardly anything else of note happened except the choosing of our 18

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of Oul- Of the U '05D, ddock, d from le flies, lalls of ther as act our Qeasant on to loming .s over. cation, ,magic l much ,Vlleges n with uch 35 fusv .d Hill, jof011f rooms in the Upper before we went home for our vacation. At last we did this and as we got on the train for home, we understood what it was to be full fledged Fourth F ormers and although not as yet experienced, we could appreciate the privileges which we were about to acquire. This vacation was probably the shortest, and in many respects the most enjoyable of all, and when after the ending we fou11d ourselves back in the Upper, and lighting our pipes inside the sacred precincts of Lawrenceville, telling of summer experiences and numerous other tales of interest to us, we felt that we had not striven in vain. The last year of our school life lay before us on unwritten pages, to be filled with tasks accomplished or left undone, to be filled with pleasant memories on which we might look back with joy, or, by our own handiwork, to be marred with blots and smirches, of which we would think with loathing and disgust. We, however, buckled down cheerfully, and while foot-ball lasted we were very much absorbed in the same. Although losing to Andover, we beat Hill, and in this way we went back to our studies with a self-complacent air. About this time the famous Upper House Minstrel Troupe put in its appearance, but for certain reasons it never came off. Nor do we want to forget the small accident which happened to Cap H one day while traveling down stairs at a fearful rate of speed and what he said to Mr. Wright who came down to his rescue, but then we won't give him away and will pass on to other exciting incidents which took place immediately after. Christmas blew in and the first term of our last year was over. We returned with the light of battle in our eye, prepared to study that we might gain our Dips H at the end of the year, but other things which took place would not allow it and we found out that even in our winter term there are things doing. Things which caused many of the doors to be locked at night, things which compelled fellows to go round speaking of them with bated breath until, one fearful night, one of our mem- bers spoke out in all the innocence of his young heart and direful consequences took place. Such as meetings of directors of the Upper House, of masters. and many other things too numerous to I9