Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Freshy. F H 1 FRESHY, what a suggestive word ! What a world of meaning it conveys to the average student ! What a pleasant sensa- tion to a young man (?) probably the first time he has ever been freed from his mother ' s apron-strings, in a strange place to have numerous unknown parties call after him, Hey, Freshy ! Hello, Freshy! How are you, Freshy? Now, Freshy ! Come, Freshy ; Freshy, Freshy, Freshy, at every step and every turn ; and yet who will say that the name is misapplied ? who will say a Freshman is not well described when dubbed with the name ? Why, even the recipient recognizes the application, and turns in the direction of the sound, ever ready to answer questions of whatever kind, and unburden his simple soul to the first Soph who takes the trouble to appear inter- ested, asks advice from the same source, being too fresh even to know that a Soph ' s advice to a Freshy is simply worthless. And finally Of all the fresh classes that ever were seen, This is the freshest one, I ween.

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For the annual cane-rush, the Juniors, by dint of perseverance, worthy of a better cause, managed to infuse a little enthusiasm into the Freshmen ; but it was labor lost, for, with an equal number, we soon deprived them of the stick. and the right to carry it. Since that time there has never but one Freshman ventured out with a cane, and that was the day ' 83 went to the mines. At the fall sports, ' 83 again carried off more than half the prizes, and turned out two tug-of-war teams that took the palm of victory. Our bonfire on the 2d of September, although a grand affair for some of the boys, proved rather a sad one for others. The immense fire, together with the fish-horns and tin pans that were used, soon brought out the whole police force — two men and a dog, which, after some work and considerable swearing, managed to take a few of the culprits before the justice. Here they were requested to pay a couple of dollars apiece for their frolic ; and one of them, who protested, was per- mitted to brood over his troubles in the little stone mansion by the river. The trip to the zinc-mines was made with considerable more dis- play than usual. Two four-horse coaches were procured, and the start was made with all the clash and clatter that is supposed to have accom- panied the departure of the coach of our daddies. The mine was reached and duly inspected ; but while returning along one of the dark passages a cry was heard, and one of the fellows fell heels over head into one of the deep holes that had been left flooded. They say he was pretty full before, but, be that as it may, he was certainly in that condition when they dragged him out. However, having been taken home, and thoroughly warmed inwardly as well as outwardly, he finally recovered, and at present, we are happy to state, is able to be around. Here our present chronicle must end ; but let us hope that during the rest of our college life, ' 83 may be noted for that same solidity, kindly feeling, and genial fellowship that has characterized it in the past, and as the poet says : Deeper, deeper, let us toil In the mines of knowledge ; Nature ' s wealth and learning ' s spoil Win from school and college ; Delve we there for richer gems Than the stars of diadems. Historian. 26

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PRAESTEMUS. Class Colors : — Purple and Old Gold. OFFICERS. R. D. STEWART, S. D. MORFORD, W. R. PINCKNEY, J. A. WATSON, W. H. ALLEN, Athens, H. L. AUCHMUTZ, Millersburg, G. N. BURSMITH, Westfield, N. J. R. G. COOKE, Bethlehem, H. B. DOUGLASS, Wilkes-Barre, J. R. ENGELBERT, Wiconisco, LOUIS FOCHT, Bethlehem, W. B. FOOTE, Rochester, N. Y., W. H. GODSHALL, Lansdale, C. O. HAINES, Savannah, Ga., HARRY HARPER, Wiconisco, H. H. HILLEGASS, Reading, E. F. HOFFORD, Lehighton, J. A. JARDINE, McCainsville, N. J. JAMES KELLOGG, Pottsville, G. D. KERR, Wilkinsburgh, H. I. KUNTZ, Bath, President Vice- President Secretary and Treasurer Historian 70 Vine Street . Fourth Street J7 Cherokee Street 77 Market Street 47 Moravia Avenue 70 Vine Street Market Street j 1 Church Street Saucon Hall Elm Avenue 70 Vine Street Main Street Moravia Avenue Broad Street Brodhead Avenue . Fourth Street Brodhead Avenue 28