Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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iiwj ' 541. 1275- ' I An imaginary slide or shute had been erected from the Upper to the Hamill, wherein n1any slid into the latter, among whom were Black Hughes, Freddie Park and Teddie Barnes. As soon as he arrived, Mr. Stahl came very near finding a formula for perpetual motion,H as Teddy had a touching feeling for the ivories on the upright grand, from which issued bewitching tones of harmony QD.. - . On March 17, we all expected to see Pat H dressed out in a green coat with a scrambled egg in his button-hole, but, being modest, he foiled our expectations, and had on only a little piece of green. Have you ever heard ofone Sin Longsdorf, the human cribber? Sin is a dandy. Siu can mangle politics into every conceivable form. He says he will either become a David B. Hill or enter the law firm of Ketchem 8: Cheetem in Gaul street, New York. Good plays were now appearing in Trenton in rapid fire order. So the Faculty drew up a new code of theatre laws, whereby it was a trifle more diihcult to see the pretty girls and hear the fine music. I should hardly have said that a totally new code was enforced, but rather the old ones were modified and appeared something in this fashion : 1. The party who wishes to go must first obtain the signature of the leading man Cor ladyj, as the case may be, belonging to the opera which they are going to see. This must be countersigned by the dramatic critic, then doubly countersigned by every member of the Faculty who has ever seen or heard of said play or opera. This must be returned to the head master for his proper signature, then to the house master for counter-signature. All this must be accom- plished three weeks before said play or opera appears at Trenton, else the permit is declared void. There will be seven masters to accompany each member of the party Cubebs and diy grape leaves only are allowed to be smoked by members of said party Boys must have iirst group in every subject and under two marks Boys who wear No 6 shoes oi over cannot be considered If the play has a bad odoi boys must make use of their handkerchiefs and not leave after the first act 3

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eech. First place was awarded to a gentleman who had a Fi11e sp W'e had a dance also in the Fall which took place 111 tl1e gym. 'Tis strange how people . . b ,. k will hop around 011 a slippery fioor Rlld look like drowned rats just because they enjoy that 11S physical exercise which was probably invented by St. Vitus, ages ago. 'Washingtonis Birthday QGeorge, not Bookery ebbed in, and we enjoyed a lecture by a gentleman from Brooklyn who told us how George chopped down the cherry tree, and couldnit tell a lie-which by the way is rather a poor substitute for the truth, but the only one discovered up to date-and how he broke up tl1e Delaware Ice Trust. So we left conference that day fully resolved to always speak the truth, th ugh I don't know how long this resolution was kept. We also celebrated the evening by O 2: having Wasliiiigtoii pie for supper n1ade out of Columbia, the Jam of the ocean. At thistime many of our members undertook to lear11 the manly art -boxing as it's called. Plunkett and W'eimer were among them. 'Waller Hagenbuch and Andrus were likewise honorable members of the class. On February 21 Andrus had his Rathskellar punctured by one of W3ll81',S wing shifts, whereupon spiderwebs grew on Hamls gloves for a while till he felt better. During the W'inter 111onths as - ig 1 p ' g H iill beds were broken, whereas the inmates of No. 24 generally slept 011 the table, or in a an bureau drawer. Everybody seemed to be manicuring tl1e floor with someo11e else, when suddenly the lights would accidentally be smashed and we would be compelled to stop for want of illumina- ' h b ame much tion. However, after Arms, Connett and Ehrehait went to the Upper, the ouse ec fl h 1'ffl t ictuies and rough-houses were in order. At the quieter. Mock Trials were held in the Upper, a11d Nellie Ewing was pinched for using a bull durham bag under false pretences, and Cooper for arso11, deliberately burning midnight oil. Cooper skipped bail, however, and as Hon. judge Potter left, the court Wellt out of session, while f lo me11t. tl1e two detectives, Reinhart Pinkerton, and Purves Ketchem looked elsewhere or emp y Dr. McPherson was compelled to leave us and take a much needed vacation. Mr. Raymond filled his place, and as we anticipated, very creditably. 22 All i522 glid ini0 file soon as he Hi' had a touching of harnionl' of OH M33 egg in his bm? piece of green. Have jfs can mangle poi or enter the lan Good pi a new code of the fne music Old ones were 1 I. The: ladypv HS the C C0l11liC1'Signei1 1 Wh0 has ew S. hi? PTOPGI sign Phshed tliregw 2- Then 3- Cube 4' 6 If lilo after the SN I

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7. If the play be a Shakespearian one, No. 5 of the code is withdraws. There are a few others but these are the principal ones. 'Tis needless to say that very few went to the theatre. . U March 2. Willie Glaser kept quiet for 7 minutes, 22 seconds Coflicial tlmeh. Basket-ball took the floor and, although our team was not as successful as last year's team, nevertheless they also covered themselves with glory, as well as covering their legs with black and red striped stockings and their breasts with an LH large enough to be used on some old barn as a Carter's Little Liver Pills advertisement, whoever gave them the authority to do it, is still a much debated question. I might add that it would take the finest microscope to find the B's on each side of the L. . The Upper had a basket-ball team lead by Capt. Andrus, and the Hamill one led by Capt. Burry, but the game never came off Cwe have never since been able to find out just who had the frozen feetj. I must not fail to mention the famous One Eye gang, consisting of jack Hammond, Fat Shipway, Monk H Walker, Bill Yale and Estabrook. On Snow holiday, thinking they were the only snowflakes on the ground, and putting on a lot of airs, they went sleigh riding. When well out in the country one of the horses happened to look around, when, seeing the occupants, took fright and dashed off at a terrific gait. From all accounts Estabrook turned two or three flips, Walker got so scared his face froze, while the scenery flew by so fast that jack has been troubled with his eyes ever since. I tell you frankly I would not vouch for these past statements, for lies have no legs, you know. CThat,s why we all have to stand for 'en1.D March 4. Fuzzyi' Burton went to Clarkesvillefe As cage work in baseball Ca game in which the young man who bravely strikes OIR for himself receives no praise for ith had started in, some of our illustrious members, among whom were Pea Si Jennings and others, dreaming that they could hit the globe to Trenton and back, went out and dented and twisted the atmosphere into a most horrible shape. , See Rising for particulars. V 24 trail, Which CE? Poor rat didn 2 ef culprit, Some SS, see which COUZG three-legged - At Ins: the Q and J. B. mos: ce. been there before. .. I Well, at iafi him, so he mnrei out into the hail. wants to shut hiss when he undressed takes trips to New ,,,.:. X dImka1h,',9: H W aterhurv clock Hendishnff, niuzie before von km. Q. ' Ji. ii fillli he n .. i E P35 052 Ie b WQRYS SUQE1 1 ellast, of he-H iisor, prnbabh, hw og, e eluiignfhlhhelr hniies The C 1 A Ongh iii'