Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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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

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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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entioll But thig 3150 passed and for a time all was quiet in the Upper until one fateful evening, ni . might have Seen H Texas H emerging fmm the Upper in full dress while others escorted when you g O . . him to a Fourth Form reception of much selectness. Ice cream was served later in the evening to a special few. ' After this we had peace and quiet or a . u . ' . of the Fourth Form, much to the surprise of the school authorities who d1d not know of it until afterwards. Then something happened. The school .authorities did not seem able to appreciate the funny side, as for instance the splendid dive Bum made through Jack Pendleton's window - 1 ' ' d ' h h h when Mike s dog was after him, nor could they understand the humor mixe Wit pat os, w en after having crawled up two iiights of stairs with palpitating hearts, we found out that we had been pinched and consequently a few of the fellows went to their summer residences over in Kafer Flats a little in advance of the season. But all this was stopped by the coming of the exams. and by Easter vacation. And now the last months are here, filled with the sweet pain and poignant joy of our last term in Lawrenceville. The fellows, as they realize what it means, drop all their horse play and settle down into the discretion of men much older than themselves. Commencement draws near and with this a closer proximity to the end. The yearis work is finished. Some have' done it well, others not so well. But with graduation no one cares. Only the sorrow of parting is left and as they realize with the setting of the next sun, the class of '04 will be no more, they ask each other in low subdued tones, can this be? H But it is even so and now as the long rays of the sun are stretching out their last embrace to the class of ,O4, we press in closely to each other, and with arms around' the shoulders of our more than friends, we give the last long cheer for ,o4 and for Lawrenceville? and even with the end the sun goes down, mercifully hiding from view the tears that come, and as we hurry across the campus we hear the gym. bell for the last time and we look back with envy upon the under F ormers who will return while we, who knows whither we may be scattered, but wheree'er it be, can never forget the class of 'o4 and old Lawrenceville. f lmost two weeks, when a dance was given in honor -H1sToRrAN. zo N W11