Drexel University - Spartan Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

Text from Pages 1 - 238 of the 1896 volume:

r I x I 1r,.unnu.Lu,c.r-wr.um.:yuwmfJ-'n ' .nzx-1-,mmm -----'-' -' mr r, uumzu vrarmwr mu THIS Egicjk TRI F Y' 1, mlm A EDITED AND l3LlISI-lSI4IED BY THE CIJXSS OF '96 OI: THI MECH7-YNIC AIPTS IDEIJYXIPTMIINT, DIPEXEL lNSTITLI'I'If l7I'Ill-7YIJIfl-l3l'lllY TO THE IVIEMCIQV OE ZXNTIFIONY J. DIQEXEL THIS BOOK IS GRATEELILLV DEDICATED 9 IL' ferns a man ,' fake him fn' all in all, I Ma!! llclf look ujron his like again. K9 fix , Q3 ,ix-U N Q12 ffx EJ xx 4 . llf4'l'z'1f, m'm1ur'1'l4q' In an .-lr! :jf f,I1ffa'll.V1Ifl-lfll4fi't'lll Lum! .lA'l,'n1.m'l1, in Mr qflin' ffl' M' .Mfffy ,lAlIg Ill.l'r'.V, ax .vlrlllf1 f1'1'.rl-rh1.r.r rfm1'1'14q' lfmflvr, 151' Me m'xm'1'11lfvf lm'l11M'1'J qffhe lYfl.r,r Qf' vtjfl, l,l'r'.!'r'l ,lI,VfI'fllf:'. 4 TO OUR IQEZXDERS. i' IN IQEYXDING THIBE EEW PHGI3, WE IBEG OLII? FRIENDS NOT TO JLIDGE LIS TOO HFRSHLY3 I-IOPING THHT IN FLITLIRE YEARS WHEN LOOKING THEN OVEI? 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Y 112' who tries io plczzsc azu'rybozzj', jdmscs uoboajff' 9 DEAR Reader, if you have very decided opinions upon class- books, you had better stop at once and seek not to pry farther into this epitome of monumental energy and labor. This is a class-book, and yet it is not one in the ordinarily accepted meaning of that word. It presents to the student-body much of that good, bad and indifferent reading matter so dear to tlieirhearts, but at the same time it is a valuable souvenir of a grand iaidd'ig1o1'ious educational institution. There is no one, probably, who canriot be good-naturedly and justly painted in a humorous position-provided one sees him at the right time and has the requisite skill to delineate him. But mark well, however, the endeavor has been to do away with those cutting, biting, plain-as-day thrusts, which ought not, necessarily, to be part of a good-humored caricature. Of course, our friends will be aware of the fact that the editors are not chosen, on account of special literary ability, but often through accident, and more especially by reason of popularity, so do not look for the highly-Finished production that other more capable ones in the class could present to you. If we had the time, we could do much better. If we had the same short period over again, we could make many improvements. But let all that pass- We feel that the child of our brain and of the brain of our helpers need not beg pardon for its existence. The Department of Mechanic Arts publishes the book-since some one department must do it, and since this particular department was the first upon the field--and the other departments aid by valu- 9 able suggestions and contributions. There are many whom we desire to thank for their timely assistance. Dr. MacAlister and the Faculty have ever been kind and willing advisers,-not cursors. Professor Bailie, our Laithful director, always is the thoughtful, anxious father of his flock-that means everything. Professor Eaton was ever ready to answer questions and make suggestions of a practical nature. The Art and the Decorative Design Departments came nobly forward and taught us to use practical art, instead of theoretical makeshifts. Lastly, and most prominently of all, stands out that wonderful professor,--Mr. Truscott,-the student's friend at all times and in everything. He is directly responsible for the Department and Administration headings. If he needed a reputation, we are con- fident that this work alone would make it beyond all question. As a matter of fact, we are afraid that this incidental achievement will be lost sight of in the halo of his past and future triumphs. Look, then, and judge everything for yourselves. F51 ,ff ' f,-ff' tx . W 'N AZ - -9731, -., ill, ' , 'N,-,f ..,. ,. ' -T 6f'f3fg?,5g11 Rgiif,.. Q r Q 1 ' J rr ,lg Avy, 1 , 17' ips f--e raw wi i f ...- fl gt . .5 A 15 -Q f 71,11 an V '. Wm ro I ,- y Q v Q 1 ,lu -sig E 3 1 504 1, ,A X ' 2 fi ga -bnm - Q If' 5 I 1, 0 ffff ' k Z!!! K ' 11' : f F ' VQQQI lmlll A . , ZL , Afx, f ri Q 5 Q , , . -V ,AA SIQVXXM I f y, . , Q. ,Q IND I 51' 'QT ' M C9 55 5 ,, 424 a Y w 1 Q .. r 1 J A r- ,J D,l2EX5Lg' I-NSTITUTE w MA, ,oF: 4:22 1'ff 29.39-,X SCIENCE 5 INDUSTRY 1-f 44 P-Q FOLINDED BY ZYNTHONY J. DIPEXEL, DECEPIISER I7, l69I. 5 COLOIP-OIQYXNGE. 'l2AH, 'I2Al'I, 'l2A, B1 YELLZ 'l?PYH, 'I27-YH, ROOT, IJREXEL, DIQEXEL INSTITLITE, 'l2AH, 'l27XH, 'l2AH. 1 ul Jan-4- ' ,nn I l' l'oR'l'A1., lmlfzxl-11. INS'l'l'l'l7'l'l'1. Officers and Board of Trustees. 5' 1Jl'6Jflit'llf, .IA M ES XV. PA UL, JR. 77'msln'c1', ANTI If DN Y j. IJRICX ICI.. Svrrrlmjv. GICURGE C. TIIOMAS. 5 BOARD OF TRUSTEES. l'71lil Twin! 7W1n'.rd.1,l'i11 Oflnlfvr, 1896. jusl-:vu 1NIooR1c, jx., Illcxmcm' M. I-Fowl-:, M.lJ Gr-:mum W. C, lhu-:xl-:1., Wn.I.lAM Y. Mclimx, Cn,xR1.Fs li. lf'l'l'lNG, N. Ilvliaus NIILLI-IR, 'Ions R. F1-:1.l,,+ jusmfll M. XYILSON. L Diff! Wn.I.1.xM B. Bumxl-2, D.D., Awrlmxx' j. Inucxl-il., Rlcnmnxm C. lJ,u.r:, .Lxxms W. Ibwl., jk., Unlil CuAR1,rs II. Bfxxrzs, A1,r:xANmaR W. Bmnm: AIBDISON B. BURR, juux R. Dru-zxl-:1., Third YwllI'.f1f4l'l' in 0do!u'1', 1897. jnsrzvn G. Rusr:Nu.xR'1'l-Lx, Emvfxkn T. S1-1 !'l'l'ZSl4URY, Gmkmz C. 'l'mm,xs, juux I.mvmcR XVICLSH. YWi1'4l TWIN-.m'rz,l' in Oclolmr, ISQS. Iilmxxkn ln: V. Mmuuzu. Grimm:-I I. MCI.r:0n, M.IJ. Gxamum B. 'Ro1mR'1's, W,u.'rr:k Gmsuzxe Sxwrn. , M.ll., lfrvsidrfll fy' lhu luxlirlrlc, JAM:-Ls NIAC.-Xl.lS'I'IiR, LI. ID. ' I Jeceased, 1895. I4 ml-ns lIAl'Al.IS'l'l-ZR l,I,.lJ I 1 , lJl'E.Yi1lL'lIf Dn.'.r1,'! lllffffllfz ., . . P G nv Q' il' nf fi ! .. '- fu , ' .' 1 Q ,f ' 5 ' DMINISTRAIIO ' 1 'n 5 4 A . 1 I 1 .1 I , l . 'A Hi- -' ,. ' , . . A 0 G . ' I f t' -lt' -f'x5'iFK3 was a?Qgg'jsA ex. ia 7 ,fi we , X A- . G9 THE Drexel Institute was founded by the late Anthony J. Drexel, in 1891, for the promotion of education in art, science and industry. The chief object of the Institute is the extension and improvement of industrial education as a means of opening better and wider avenues of employment to young men and young women. In accordance with the founder's desire, however, the plan of organization has been made comprehensive, providing liberal means of culture for the masses by means of lectures, evening classes, library and museum. Archi- tecturally and with respect to its appointments, the building is one of the finest devoted to educational purposes in this country. On the first lioor, opening from the Entrance Hall, are the Central Court fthe chief architectural feature of the buildingj, the Auditorium, the Science Lecture Room, the Library and Reading Room, and the Museum. The Auditorium or Assembly Room is a spacious hall capable of seating fifteen hundred persons, and is furnished with a grand organ. The Science Lecture Hall has chairs for three hundred students, and is equipped with every appliance necessary for scientific instruction. The Library and Reading Room is a fine apartment, 120 feet long by 60 feet wide. The Library already contains nearly twenty thousand volumes, about three thousand of which are valuable and important works on art, science and technology. The Reading Room is supplied with about two hundred periodicals in the various 17 departments of literature, art, science and technology. The Museum contains collections in textile fabrics, embroideries, ceramics, carvings in ivory and wood, metal-work, etc. g a valuable collection of Egyptian antiquities, recently presented by Col. A. J. Drexel, and a collection of paintings by some of the first masters, bequeathed to the Institute by the founder. On the second and third floors, opening from the galleries which surround the Central Court, on the fourth fioor and in the basement are the smaller lecture rooms, class rooms, laboratories, studios, and workshops, numbering fifty-four in all, besides the coat rooms and laboratories. The Gymnasium, occupying the fourth story in the front of the building, is a large, well-ventilated room, supplied with dressing rooms and bath rooms. The building has its own steam, mechanical and electrical plant. Great attention has been paid to the heating and ventilation of the building, and it is lighted throughout by electricity. For the latter purpose 3000 incandescent lamps are required. To accommodate the increased demands made upon the Institute, two annexes consisting of buildings in the immediate vicinity have been opened and are devoted to laboratory, studio, and class room purposes. Annex No. I, on Chestnut Street east of the Institute, contains thirteen rooms 3 Annex No. 2, on Thirty-second Street west of the Insti- tute, contains sixteen rooms besides those devoted to the restaurant. The Institute, as at present constituted, comprises nine depart- ments. While each department is organized with reference to its special objects and courses of instruction, it sustains important relations to the other departments, and the various lines of work are carried on in so broad a spirit as to give a certaint unity of purpose to the scope and ends of the institution as a whole. The teaching body consists of over sixty Professors, Instructors, and Lecturers. During the year 1895-6, the various departments of the Institute were attended by more than 2800 students. The total attendance at the free public lectures and concerts was over 37,000. 18 MECHANIC ARTS FACULTY AND INSTRUCTORS The Faculty. T LLB, M Zee jjj, tA.M. ANI: LL D,, BROXVN UNlVERSlTX'.J QLL.B., UNIvI1.Izsl'rY OF New YORK., MIQMIIER AMERICAN PIfIII,OsOI'IIIcAI. SOCIETY, 1886. OFFICIER 1u'AcAImExIIE fl'ARISj, 1889. SUl'ERlN'l'ICNDEN'l' PUIILIC SCHOOLS, MIIAVAUKILE, 1873-83. SUIIIQRINTENDIQNI' PUIILIC SCHOOLS PHILAnEI.I'HIA, 1883-90. PRIQSIDENT DRIexIaI, INs'I'I'I'u'I'E, 1890. LI-LCTIIRIQR IN PIIDAGOGY, JOIINS HOPKINS UNIvIcRsI'I'Y, 1892. ' LECTURER IN Pxzlmoocv, BROOKLYN INs'rI'1'UTIs,1893. LIsc'rURIf:R IN PI-:DAc:OoY, UNIVERSITY or 'rII1c CITY or NIQW YORK, 1894. Nllihllilrlll tbl 'l'llIfZ jtIRY OI-' AWARD, A'l'I.AN'I'A ExItOsI'I'IoN, 1895. ' A E7l5'1'lI667' Cmyir, 0?II7ed .S7alcr fV?z1gI'. Direrlor Illvrhrzufc Ari: Deparlmwzl am! lzzrlruclnr in Mc Thtdlj' amz' Praflfrc cj Mc Slcmu ffIlg'I'llL'. Born in Baltimore, Md., I844g educated in the Public Schools, entered amnchine shop, 18615 appointed :Is Third Assistant Engineer in the United States Navy, 1863, assigned the duty of Chief Engineer of the National Fish Commission, 1882-85 g received n gold medal and a diploma of honor for apparatus employed in deep sea research g placed on the Retired List of the U. S. Navy, in consequence of nn injury received in line of duty, 1885, served on stali' of U. Commission to the Paris Exposition, and received a gold medal for services while on that duty, 1889, received a gold medal from the Queen of England, appointed Director of the Mechanic Arts Department and Superintendent of Evening Instruction, IS92. - 2I - Ph.l:?. iv 1 v I'rzy?.v,mr qf ChSllll'.Ffl:l'. Graduate Columbia College, 1887 5 Chemist with Champlain Fibre Co , Willsborough, N. Y., until 18893 studied Chemistry at University of Berlin, summer 1889 5 Instructor in Qualitative Analysis and Assaying at Lehigh University, 18905 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1891. Williatn John Hopkins, 5.5. Plqksxuz' Qf Physlkx. Graduate Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1886 3 Drauglltsman with Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Bostong Draughtsman with VVeston Electric Light Company: Inspector and Surveyor with Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of Boston, until 18883 Electrical lingineer with American Bell Telephone Company until 18895 Electrical Engineer with 'IIIIOITIPSOYI-IAIOIISIOI1 Electrical Company until 18913 appointed at Drexel Institute, ISQI. X4 MMEI P1'qf2'.v.rn1' qfJlL'rh11111'n1l Drfzvufillg. Graduate University of Pennsylvania, 1899, received degree of M.E. in ISQIQ Examiner of Drawings for Electro-Dynamic Company, of Philadelpliia, from june until September, 1891 g Instructor Mechanical Engineering at Michigan Mining School, 1891-92 3 Draughtsman in Bridge Construction Department, Pencoyd Iron Works, until 18925 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1892. 22 , 5 Pny2'.v.wr fy' llhfhc111r1!ics. Instructor in Mathematics at Starkey Seminary, 1884-S7 5 graduate Syracuse University, 1391 5 Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at Ursinus College, Pennsylvania, until 1892 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1892. W I mp. P1'1yP:.v.wr fy' llfxfmjf, C1'7'1't1T mm' Emzmnlll.-5. Graduate XVorcester Polytechnic Institute, 18885 graduate student in Historyg-and Economics from johns Hopkins University, 1888-90 5 Professor of History and Iiconomics at State University, S. D., 1890-QIQ graduate student from johns Hopkins University in History and Economics, 1892, University Extension Lecturer, University of Wisconsin, l892-93 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. 1 X f,1'QfL'J'JOI' ry' E!t'rfz'1'rz1! E lZ,g'l.II1't'7'I'IIg . Completed a course in Language at Johns Hopkins University, 1886 5 graduated',in Electrical Engineering at Johns Hopkins University, 1893 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. Qrffigwv Lcrl1zrrr on llzlvforfr OI'lI!ll1ll'Ilf .' .Dl'7'0I'f0l' qf A1'rh1'feff1n'z1l Dcfwrlvlcfzf. Graduate Weston House School, St, Austell, England: engaged in practice of Archi- tecture in Philadelphia until I894Q appointed at Drexel Institute, 1894. 23 , JMD. Lt'1'l1n'er an 1wV'I'.i'l'llLQQ:l' ami' lflqgflblzv. Graduate 'leITersou Medical College, 18745 Professoi' of Physiology at Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery since ISS5 3 Demonstrator ol' Pliysiology at jefferson Medical College since 1879 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, IS92. J. ffazw. lJ1'rtv'rnr gf fw'I'.Vl.f17f 7?'a1'11z'14q'. Graduate in Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Teclinologyg Instructor of Chemistry at 'l'ul't's College and East Iloston Iligh School g graduate Iloston Normal School ol' Gymnastics QSwedish Systemj 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. Instructors. l s fl.Y.f1ll'fllIlf 1'1'tyZ',r,rur 1y'1lA1lhi'111al1'rr. Graduate University of Pennsylvania, 18849 Instructor in Mathematics in Reading High Schoolg appointed Scholar in Mathematics at Clark Universityg made Fellow in Mathematics by University of Chicagog appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. 24 IEUT. W1x.l.1.xM L. lm Q7 Zsfa' 0 hzslruflru' in Evzjgzkg. Educated in Philadelphia public schools and the Franklin Institute 5 served an appren- ticeship in general smithin and iron wo 'k' d g 1 , engage in business of making forgings fur vessels until 1893 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. Z Z I Iu.vlrm'f0r in ll'0lI'IUUl'f. Educated in Philadelphia public schoolsg served an apprenticeship ot' four years with Frederick B. Milesg machinist with Bement, Mile' Y: C . 'l 8 s t o unti I 885 erection foreman with Electro-Dynamic Co. until 18945 appointed at Drexel Institute, I894.v Graduate State Normal to lu.v!rufInr in li 14gf!1M. School, Plymouth, New Hampsllire 5 Instructor in English at Hampton, Virginiag Instructor in English at Bradforcl, Pcnnsylvztniag appointed at Drexel I . nstitute, 1891 . 27 Y-Z l11.vl1'urlo1' in E rqgflirh. Graduate Girls' Normal School, Plliludelphiag taught English in the Grammar and Senior Classes of thc Philadelphia schools 5 graduate Library Class, Drexel Institute, 1893 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. f ,Z aww fnsfrlrflar in flu'-lhfzrr'D1'afv1'1qg . Graduate Girls' Normal School, I'hiladelphiag Art Education received at the Pennsyl- vania Academy of Fine Artsg instructor at the Girton School, I-Iaverfordg instructor of modelling at the Teachers' Institute 5 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. EJ ' Z i 0I.YfI'llt'fUI'l'll I I'I701I'7ll'01'A'. ' Educated in Philadelphia public schoolsg served an apprenticeship of live years with NVillian1 Bement K Son 9 pattern-maker with Bement, Miles K Co. until 1892 4 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1892. 28 95 . Lahwwlmjf 1-l.r:1'.fla11l in Chcmzklljf. Early education received in Philadelphia public schools: graduate Girard College, 18899 graduate University of Pennsylvania Qspecial in Cltemistryj, 18913 appointed at Drexel Institute, 1892. L0d0fIZfI7l:l' A.v.v1'.vtm1I in 1'h,t'.f1'r:. Assistant Curator at Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1887-93: appointed at Drexel Institute, 1893. flI.Vfl'Ill'f07' in rllefhmziml D1'afu1'l4q'. Attended Adelphi Academy, Brooklyn, for over seven yearsg graduate Stevens Institute, 1894. W5 ' QL b'..S'., ALE. ln.rl1'm'l0r in .f'lA'rhn111'n1f DI'177CVI'ILg'. Attended NVilliam Penn Charter Schoolg attended Spring Garden lnstituteg graduate University of Pennsylvania, 1894. 29 First First First First First '96 Mechanic Arts. 5 MOTTO: .fuvaZ0!v1'sg' 're xflz Scrzrrznvvyrrrivrsg i'rrrnAusv: T YELL: K11.l-K1 Lick, 'RAN-'RAH! Zll'-Zll'-HAH-IJAII ! YA-W1 io-BAM-Hlx, Dmcxlei.-IDiucxici,-N1Ni-:TY-six ! 3' OFFICERS. Pn'.v1'n'u1ll, Term, RALPH EN'rR1KicN. Second Term, RALl'I'I lCN'rRlKicN. HMI l'1'n.'- l're.v1'1iv11l, Term, THOMAS SNIVIQLY DUNNING. Second Term, join: Swufi' IJIQAN. Second IGHCC'-P1'L'.i'I'1fL'Il1, Term, JOHN SXVIFT Di-LAN. Second Term, HERMAN Vicrok Scmu-:mick Sr'crclazj', Term, PAUL I1l'1R'l'I'1R McCooK. Second Term, PAUL I'llCR'I'ER McCooK. T rca.vurcr, Term, CHAS. VVn,I.iAMs NIICHICNER. Second Term, ORRAY TA1-'r KNIGHT. 30 if Y CLA55 or '96 M. A Q3 ,Q vsp V1 Kr Q fg,.-AC! l ' 'W l f 4 2, ff H t ' diff M- 'Q kff V '-' f . s teal' N , i 5A1qlil RU . W, ,, , -. y . M J- ' r Q l K ff 'q!lt',xu,mlUl U' L! ' , X ,gf , , ' X .- R' The Class, '96. 9 N0fI'llll.X' mzborzz your IllZl.g hU' mzflnxr ska!! .va1z11n', flmz' wwlzzfr zzjzjrlzzmi ffm! inns! 11111 yr! bfflllllllll f 9 . 5- Almalt.-xm, H. 'I. linterecl September, lQ3 5 left December 31, '93. fXI.llURGliR, limwxnlm VFURNICR, ilu. fl w11n'jvfqlu'1' ulgghl lu flrnyff Mfr M1'n1.'f.r mm' .rrure Mm: ,' un! bwrtfflil hir Iliff. llirtllplace, Manayunk, Philadelphia 3 nickname, U lleavy g gratluate Manaynnk Grammar School 5 tries to step smoking, best girl's name was Sally 9 Manager Class llaslaet llall Team, IS96g member of the 'l'wisted Twenty 3 member of Class Day Committee Q entered September, '93. AFXMKICIN, VlC'l'tJli. linteretl September, ,QS g left june, '94, Amman, ALVIN C. Enteretl September, '92 g left june. lQ4. AUl'l'Ilil.l'I,-IAMIQS. f5pecial.j Enteretl September, l93 4 left September, '94. me Av1cr.r.,xn, jusff: P. lintereml September, lQ3L left l eln'uary, '94. B.xI.s.x, l'.xmt,3U1-1 R. QSpecial.J linteretl September, '92 3 left -lune, lQS. 1 1 JJ BAUcsH1:R,SnE1tMAN. QSpecial.j Entered September, '932 left November, 94. v BENSQN, WM. W, Entered September, '93 5 left November, '93. BING, N. W. QSpeeial.j Entered September, '92g left january, '93. BLACKMAN, RUSSELL. T he har6f'r'.v 1111111 01110 bran .Yx't'll vtfflh him ,' mul Mr' Ulf! mwnmml If his rhvvl' hnlh nlrmnjf sllww' lrfzzziv-b11lLr. t Birthplace, Gilbertsville, New York, nickname, Mike , member of the Lone Hand , expects to be a great man, favorite expression, Well, I guess , entered September, '94. . Booxts, CHA1u.1zs. Entered September, '93 3 left june, '95. BOWYER, E. C. K. Entered September, ,93 3 left june, '95. BUCK, W. T. fSpecial.j Entered September, '93, left june, '94 BURKE, C. A. QSpecial.Q Entered September, '93 g left january, '94. Cam, H. Dmwxzes. Entered September, '93g left November, ,93. Cam, LAWRENCE W. Entered September, '93 5 left September, '94. CLARKE, CA1u.vt.1s L1v1Nus'1'oN. fSpecia1.j IA' fwm-.r IM' form- ffyvzrlh npnn hiv fha-l'.v. Birthplace, Batavia, New York, nickname, Pretty , Chairman Fall Sports Com- mittee, 1895 3 graduate Batavia I-ligh School, 1895 3 entered September, '95 5 left january, '96. C1.:sMEN'rs, josisvu B., JR. Entered September, '93 g left January, '91. 3 -l COFRODE, JAMES l-I. V Entered September, '93 5 left June, '94. C0vEH'r, JOHN R. CSpecial.J Entered September, '94, left February, '95. CRAIG, SAMUEL. Entered February, ,942 left June, '95. CHOUSE RAYMOND W. I Entered October, '94 5 left February, '95. CUMMlNc:s, HAHULIJ S. QSpeciz1l.J Entered September, '92 5 left February, '95. CUMM1Ncss,PH1LLlP. QSpecial.J Entered September, ,925 left February, '9:. DAVIS, H. A. fSpecial.j Entered February, '93 5 leftJanuary, '94. DAY, GEORGE H. Entered September, '94 5 left June, AQSQ a dead game sport. DEAN, JOHN SwHf'r. Eu- he hy gm11zu!f'1'r .mlb Crm lnkf' Mu sim' ry' pals cy' zzlv, Amr' 7:11'n'L1f1rll wha! ham' u' dry' l YM flock :hier .rlrzl-v, by rlfqrhrfl. ' Birthplace, Mount Joy, Pennsylvania 5 nickname, Gulliver 5 organizer of the Commencement Chorus 5 member of the Joker Fraternity5 member of ECCENTRIC Staflfg member of the Ow1s 5 member of class Basket Ball Team, 18965 member of Class Base Ball Team, ISQSQ member of Institute Orchestra5 member of Institute Base Ball Team, I8953 Vice President of Class, 1894-95-96 5 member of the Drexel Chorus5 organ- izer ofthe Owls 5 the literary success of the ECCENTRIC mostly due to his bright, original suggestionsg entered September, 1894. DEILV, CHARLES. QSpecial.J Entered September, '93 5 left January, 'Q4. 35 D1ck1sY,W1LLmn. Entered September, '935 left june, '94Q DIESINGER, A. J. I Entered September, ,935 left june, '94. Donnms, FRANK. Entered September, '935 left September, '94. Dowmsv, WILLIAM I-IENRY. CSpecial.j In hix hmm' hz' hzzs a lmjgfc Itm,4'1'1zg-g!a.v.v, htf21l't'7Uhl'l'h hr' .rhumfv nln1'yut'.r fhrvugh his 1'.rfrcixcx.' ' Birthplace, I'hiladelphia5 nickname, H Dook or Maud 5 member of the Owls 5 ekpects to be an E. E.5 is determined to die by electricityg member of Institute Foot Ball Team, 1895 5 'member of Franklin and Marshall Foot Hall Team, 1891-92-931 author of class yell 5 says that he has a couple of girls who dote on him 5 member of the Twisted Twenty 5 entered September, '95. DRIVER, F. B. fSpecial.j Entered February, '95 5 left June, '95. DRIVER, J. A. QSpecial.j 5 Entered Febmary, ,953 left june, '95. DUNMNG, THOMAS SNIVELY. fffrzmu males :War zlivzlh, I nm in no hurry jizz' JY. Birthplace, Philadelphiag nickname, Bud 5 favorite sports, Basket Ball and Lawn Tennisg member of Institute Basket Ball Team, 1895-965 member of Class Basket Ball Team, 1894-95-965 member of D. D. Societyg member of the D. Q. D. Societyg member of the Class Constitutional Committee, member of D. I. A. A. Executive Committeeg Vice President of D. I. A. A., 1894-953 First Vice President of class, 18955 expects to be a millionaire 5 entered September, '93 5 left January, '96. IfIAkN1ss'r, JOSEPH PURCELL. Camh dmull his hair ,' luah .' lvnl' ! 17 Sffllllfb' zzjfrllgfhlf' Birthplace, Norristown, Pennsylvaniag nickname, Solemn 5 graduate Norristown High School, 1893 5 has gone to Californiag entered September, 1945 left january, '96. 36 EIPPER, WILLIAM Auousrus. .fSpecial.j Dirk, he Mm' n lilllc 'mhr'c!, Hui!! by Mr' .vla1m'1z1'rl 1l1akcr,' Ami rrfulyrzfkurt' Mal Dirle, hr' wan! Ihr vrfhrwl wa.: .YlH'1.' in lake her. Birthplace, Rochester, New York, nickname, Dick , graduate Batavia High School, 18959 expects to be an electrician, has a girl, favorite sports, billiards :md bicycle-riding, favorite author, Longfellowg has no bad habits when the atmo:-:pherie pressure is 14.7 pounds per square inch, entered September, '95. ENSIGN, W. H. fSpecial.j Entered September, '93 g left january, '94. ENTRIKEN, RALPH. tt 114' ought ln flu om' zzrfqhbnr all fha good wt' mn. Birthplace, Sugartown, Pennsylvania, nickname, Pigeon , favorite sport, class rushesg favorite girls are brunettesg best girl s name is liclithg member of the D. Q. D. Societyg Secretary D. I. A. A., I895-96, member of Institute Orchestra, President of Class,Al894-95-963 member of D. D. Society, member of Class Pin Committceg chief engineer of home tire department 5 entered Scptemberi '93. GASKILI., Jos. C. Entered February, '93 g left january, '94. HAINES, RAYMOND. fSpecial.j Entered February, '93g left june, '93. HAIQIJINCS, S. A. Entered September, '92 3 left june, '93. HAli'l'ZELL, FRANK. Entered February, '94 g left january, '96, HAWLEY, W. K. Entered September, '93 g left April, '94. 37 PIEYSINGER, j. W. Entered September, '93 : left April, '94. Himsa, JACOB. Entered September, '93 5 left june, '95. HOFFMAN, E. H. QSpecial.j Entered September, '93 5 left june, '94. HOt.cROF'1', E. V. fSpecial.j Entered February, '93 5 left April, '94. HOUs'rON,. WM. M. Entered September, '93 5 left june, '945 member D. D Society. HOWARD, R. H. Entered February, '93 5 left june, '94. HOWELL, J. W. Entered September, '93 5 left june, '94. JONES, ALAN. Entered September, '94 5 left February, ,953 First Vice President Class, 1894. jomzs, HOWARD M. Entered February, '93 5 left March, '93. KEMP'1'f7N, GEORGE RUTHISRFORIJ. A l'0lllAI'lNlfI.lJlI, amz' II firm, 1'nr1't'm', When' 4. UL'ljl gnu' dir! sawn I0 .val hit svaf, 721 lg I'7ft' Mc 'world g.v.v1n'nncu rf zz man. Birthplace, Armenia, New York 5 nickname, 't Focus 5 favorite sport base ball 5 expects to play ball for a living 5 member ofthe Twisted Twenty 5 saved several children from drowningg best girl is a brunette5 cuptain Class Base Ball Team 1894-955 captain second Basket Ball Team, 1894 5 member of Institute Basket Ball Team. 1894-95-96 5 member of Institute Foot Ball Team, 1893-94-95 5 member of the Institute Base Ball Team, 1895 5 grandfather was in the Revolutionary Warg father was in the Civil Warg hc expects to be in the next war5 entered September, '93 5 left january, '96. 38 iKENWOR'I'l'lY, FRANK. Entered September, '935 left February, ,QS. KNlCilI'1', JOSEPH M. Entered September, '935 left june, ,945 member of D. D. Society. KNlCiH'l', ORRAV TAr'1'. lk hrnfa hrarflo rn11!1'1'w, II flllltgfllt'fUf7l'1'.Tll171I'1', rzmla dtl1Ilff01',A'l'1'1Ift' ang' ru11rrhr'rjI l3irtl1place, Merion, Montgomery Co., Pennsylvania5 nickname, O. K. 5 member of Theatrical League 5 Manager Institute Foot Ball Team, 1895 5 Manager Institute Base Ball Team, 1895 5 Manager Institute Basket Ball Team, 1896 5 member Institute Foot Ball Team, 1893-94 5 Chairman Class Day Committee Qresignedjg member D. I. A. A.5 First Vice President of Class, I8943 Class Treasurer, 18965 entered September, '93. KNILQHT, WM. Entered September, '94 5 left June, ,95- I.Aw, FREDERICK M. Entered September, ,933 left February, ,QSQ member D. D. Society5 member D. Q. D. Societyg member Class Constitutional Committecg member Class Basket Ball Team, 1895 5 he has gone to be a doctor. I.1zr:ns, HONACE W. Entered March, '955 left june, '95. Lxawis, FRANCIS. Entered September, ,QSQ left April, 'g45 member D. D. Societyg member D. Q. D. Society5 member Class Basket Ball Team, I8g4q captain Institute Base Ball Team, 1894 5 member Institute Foot Ball Team. 1893. I,1v121uGH'r, An'1'HUN. Entered September, '925 left june, ,952 member Class Pin Committee. LLOYD, WM. F. Entered February, '935 left june, '93. LocK1z, F. R. Entered February, '935 left june, 'g3. 39 LU'1'1-nik, jour: W. Entered September, '94g left February, 'ggg Second Vice President of Class, I894Q member of Class Constitutional Committee: has gone to be a doctor. lVlAlSCl'l, C. F. Entered February, '93: left june, '94, Mnsmits, Ali'l'l'lUli HENRY. Lal My :perch he Hrllcr than My sil1'11cr', or be Il'ft'llf.H Birthplace, Pennsdale, Lycoming Co., Pennsylvaniag nickname, Electric 9 favorite sport, an evening at whistg member of the Rock and Rye Brotherhood : Associate Editor of ECCENTRICQ originator of quiz classesg member of the Twisted Twenty g member of Class Basket Ball Team, 1896: one of the favorites for draughting resolutions: always has a string of girls in tow : is popularly supposed to be able to bluff some people into believing that the moon is made of green cheeseg has had much experience in business life: the financial and department success of the ECCENTRIC is mostly due to his untiring efforts: is an excellent man to cover up our weak points and help us present a bold front to an enemy: entered November, QQ4. MA'1'HUr:s, A. W. Entered September, '93: left june, '94: member of lnstitute Base Ball Team, I891 4 member D. D. Society. MCCOOK, PAUL I-l1z1t'1'ER. EW rhvlvrzk he t'0llf1Il nu! tyre IH.: muulh, hu! out M1.'1'uj1u1u rr !1'ojn'.l' Birthplace, Pliiladelpliiag nickname, Lieutenant 5 started to go to school when tive years oldg at fourteen he could thrash any kid under eighteen in his, the kicl's, own neighborlioodg does not think that he can fight as well now on account of overstudyg never loved a girl thus far in his little lifeg favorite authors, Charles Lamb funder protestl, Jules Verne fby predilcctionj: expects to be a marine engineer: member of Class Basket Ball Team: Treasurer ll. l. A. A., 1895-96: Secretary of Class 1894-95-96g winner of Faculty Medal, Fall Sports, 1895, winner of the one and the one-half mile bicycle races, Fall Sports, 18955 member of ll. Q. ll. Societyg member of ECCENTRIC Staff: member of Relay Team, 18965 member of Class Constitutional Committee, member of Class l'in Committee: entered September, 1892. 40 MCGEOIQGE, HAROLD. Entered September, '93, left November, ,94. MCKlNLEX', J. H. Entered September, '93, left June, '94. MCLEAN, JAMES SINCLAIRE. HIL' klwws whafs whal, hm! !hz1t'.v ax hllgh As lIIt'f1If7hJl5I.C wi! mu fly. Birthplace, Norritonville. Pennsylvaniag nickname, Clihnmie 5 graduate Norristown High School, 1893! favorite expression, What do you know about Statics? also, Jumping Jerusalem g member of the Class Day Committee, writes love letters during drawing periodg member of D. I. A. A.: member of tl1e Twin Skaters' Club, receives postal cards which contain detectable bits of information for the boys, chairman I.awn Tennis Committee, 1896, member of Institute Basket Ball Team, 1895-'96, member of Class Basket Ball Team, I89S-'96, member of Class Base Ball Team, 1895 5 entered September, ,94. MICHENER, CHARLES WILLIAMS. Yhc l1lll.X'Z'llI, 'A7l07U lhysaf' Jour no! JIWCL' ,' 1171070 some firls f-lx7zow fhum we!!-lhr1f.r 111 aa 1f1't'v. A Nickname, Bardsleyng graduate Huntington Valley High Schoolg expects to ----: was lost once in a rye iieldg girl wanted: Treasurer of Class, 1894-95: entered September, '93, left January, '96. , MORGAN, RUFUS KELSAY. Haw pngmzut, sOM1c'1'iMEs, hzk rtplzl-,f are f Birthplace, Woodstown, New Jersey, nickname, Butch , isa tennis player, member of the Twisted Twenty 3 member Class Day Committee 3 can tell some wonderful stories g attended the William Penn Charter School, entered November, '94, MAVER, AMBROSE. Entered March, '95 g left June, '95. NELSON, HENIQX' JOHN. ILM ln!! fm any lmm in l!Qf1'l'1z. Birthplace, Camden, New Jersey, nickname, Admiral , graduate William Penn Charter School, 1891, chairman of the State interscholastic League l Or1r1atiOn 41 Committee 5 Secretary Seventh Ward Association of the Municipal League 5 member of the Twin Skaters' Club, member of Institute Foot Ball Team, 18955 winner Oflmlf-mile run. Fall Sports, 1895 5 member of the joker Fraternityg manager Class Base Ball Team, 1895 5 Editor-in-chief of ECCIZNTRICQ member of Class Basket Ball Team, I895-965 does not like girls, as a rule 5 member of D. I. A, A. 5 member of the Owls 5 Class Presenter: entered September, 'Q4. NICHOLS, W. P. Entered February, '93 5 left june, '94. NIxoN, WILLIAM. Entered September, '93 5 left june, '94. PAGE, A. S. QSpecial.j Entered September, '93 5 left February, '95. PARSONS, JOHN Fitnnxzitlck. fwfr hl'll'U1'll, l11'o low .' mm' 17 MIM flllffhf mc la 1'hy1m', arm' lo 64' lllL'ffIlIL'004I'.,' liirthplace, Lima, Delaware Co., Pennsylvaniag nickname, Beans 5 expects to be a motormang graduate Chester High School, I894g favorite sport, foot ball 5 member of the Lone Hand Club 5 favorite song, Sunshine of Paradise Alley 5 entered September, 94. PA1zsoNs, TI'IoMAs Woonuumf. lt .rerwzs Mir .s'!1.vy5.v 'wen' h1'111ff'1'wf. Birthplace, Troy, Pennsylvania 3 nickname, 't Preacher 3 Treasurer Athletic Associa- tion, chairman Class Pin Committeeg Manager Class Foot Ball Team, 18965 best girls name is Flossg member of innumerable other committeesg entered September, '93. PIs'I'IsItMAN, F. C. Entered February, ,93 5 left june, ,93. PI2'1'EusoN, M. L. G. Entered November, '93 5 left April, '94. PIERCE, G. A., JR. QSpecial.j Iintered February, 793 5 left june, '94. 42 o PIKE, G. T. Entered November, '93 3 left june, '94. PRICE, CLARIQNCE AI.llEli'l'. 7W1gf hex! mlzjudgv II pvc!'.r 'wo1'M, lVf10 ry? lkr.'11l.vt'!'ucs have known YM' f71Ill3 S qf 0 povlfr hirlh By labors nfMc'1'r mon. Birthplace, Cromlyne, Pennsylvaniag nickname, jake 3 favorite sports, foot ball, sailing, swimming, skatingg member of D. I. A. A. 3 member ofthe Twisted Twenty 3 member of Institute Foot Ball Team, I895 3 has tried his hand at poesy3 member of the Owls 3 likes brunettes and blondesg his grandfather graduated in same class with General Grant, at West l'oint3 entered September, '94. RUE, GEORGE EARNEST. Entered September, ,933 left june, '953 around, good-natured boy3 member of Theatrical League. RUFF, CHARLES. Entered September, '93, left january, '94. SCHAFFER, C. W. Entered September, '93 3 left April, '94. SCHAFFER, E. M. Entered September, '93 3 left April, '94- SCHERMERHORN, A. R. Entered February, '93 3 left March, '93. Scnlusinett, HEliMAN VlC'1'tJli. Bid' hflll 7Uc'fC0l11L' .' Mir Ili' Mc zzzfzllrjf-11z1'l1zzi'fi gcnlhv111zl1. Birthplace, Downingtown, Pennsylvaniag nickname, f' Isabel 3 graduate Cheltenham High School, 1894 3 class Statistician 3 perpetuator and chief oracle on quiz classes 3 is able to converse with the most inaccessible girls-probably hypnotizes themg Second Vice Presi- dent of Class, 18963 entered September, '94. 43 SHOE, W. ISONAPARTIQ. Lillie he lozfnl, but from-r Mr mast qf all. Birthplace, Philadelphia, nickname, Dub , graduate Union Grammar School, Wallingford, Pennsylvaniag favorite sport, basket ballg expects to pile up the time that someone else kills, one of the two remaining original members of the classy Secretary Athletic Association, 1894-951 President Athletic Association, 1895-96, member Class Pin Committee, member Class Track Team, Fall, 1895 3 Business Manager of ECCENTRICQ member D. Q. D. Society, chairman Executive Committee of Athletic Association, 1895- 96, member Executive Committee of Athletic Association, 1894-953 member Institute Basket Ball Team, 1894-95-96, captain Class Foot Ball Team, I894g captain Class Basket Ball Team, 1894-95-965 chairman Class Constitutional Committee 5 Sunday School teacherg principal source of disturbance in the class, entered February, ,93. SLINGLUFF, WILUAM HALLMAN. A gcnllc bfgf, 'zuilh lofqgf Ami ,v1'My' forks. ' ' Birthplace, Nornstown, Pennsylvania, nickname, H Little Billee g graduate Norris- town High School, 1894: likes physics, says that he plays tennis g member of the Walker League, reads novels, is very good-naturedg expects to fool with chemicals for a living, entered September, ,94. S'rA1uc,joHN. fSpecial.j Ihr collifcrsrzliou 1I'Ill,'S mr! show lhr'1111'f11ff4'-hallzl, bu! hc .vlr1'l'u.v Mr' hom' 'Ul'lj' flII7't'6'fL1'. ' ' Birthplace, Vail's Mills, New York, nickname, Pete g member of the Rock and Rye lirothhhooclg favorite sport, deer hunting: expects anything, entered September, '93, THORNTON, G. C. Entered February, '93 5 left june, '93. THORNTON, W. F. Entered September, '93, left june, ,94. TRIMBLE, E. P. Entered September, '92 5 left june, Y93. 44 TSANUFE, PETER. Thrvcffhs cy' him -g l'71Z'Il.Y zum' lwoffifhr .rhcu1'jinlfg'e. Birthplace, Bulgaria 5 nickname, Anarchist 5 knew pattern-making before he began 5 is working nowg entered September, '945 left November, '95. VMI., ARTHUR HENliX'. I kfzrw Mal btfrn' you 'ZClt'7'L' horn. Birthplace, Germantown, Philadelphiag nickname, Dude 5 member of the joker Fraternityg member of ECCENTRIC stafl'5 first introduced himself to us in short pants and heel-less shoes: once attended a little prep school called Germantown Academy5 member of the Walker League 5 member ofthe Twisted Twenty g an absolutely unique wonder in mathematics: is trying to fall desperately in loveg is large for his size 5 entered September, IQ4. YALJEAN, EUGENE. YM' warlzz' knows zmlhing :gf il: grcalusl 11n'n. Birthplace, Portsmouth, Ohio5 nickname, H F risky 5 is popularly supposed to be able to study, even if half a dozen women were to start talking within a couple of feet from him 5 can explain difficult points more lucidly than the professors 5 entered September, '94- VERNON, H. C. Entered February, ,933 leftjune, l93. WARING, GUY. lk roll: il 1nza'cr 013' f07Qg 1lE nr a .vvrwl mo1'.rul. Birthplace, Tyrone, Pennsylvania tnot Irelandj 5 nickname, Free Silverl' : first prize, metal work, 1895 5 member of the Twisted Twenty 5 been blown up twice- iunpowtler and dynamite 5 emigrated at a tender age to Silver City, New Mexicog saw a description of Institute in St. Louis G'!oht'-Dwzzofrnl in 18935 one of the two remaining from the original class: member of Institute Foot Ball Team, 1893-94-955 member of Class Foot Ball Team 5 member of Class Base Ball Team, 1894-955 member of Institute Basket Ball Team, ISQ4 -95-965 member of Class Basket Ball Team, 1894-95-96: importer of bananas5 cousin of the New York Street Commissionerg member of Choral Class: class historiang member of Athletic Associatior15 member of Track Team, Fall, ISQSQ composer of a class yell- tliickety-Rix, I-Iickety-Rix, Drexel, Drexel, 96lJQ member of Basket Ball League Organization Committee 5 chairman of Basket Ball Committee under the Athletic Association 5 manager of Class Base Ball Team, I893-94 g entered February, '93. 45 WARNER, PAUL THEoIIoRE. Ca1'u.f no! zz pin wha! May .wifi ur mfg' ng' Birthplace, Philadelphia: nickname, Nothingng favorite sport, bicyclingg prepared at a private school : expects to study: member of ECCENTRIC staff: entered September, '93. WILLIS, M. W. Entered September, '93 g left january, ,94. WILSON, ALLEN RU'1'llEliFOlilJ. And look haw ww!! my g'aru1anlr .ffl njwn mv. Birthplace, Bordentown. New jersey, nickname, Hungry 5 member of the Walker League 5 chairman of Class Day Committee: graduate llordentown Public Schoolg does not know what he expects to beg girl longed for--brunette preferredg favorite sport is hard work: Lworite authors, Shakespeare and Nick Carter: has run an engine, worked for an ice company, worked in a machine shopg he says that Miss Mason declares that his girl is the best English scholar in her class, Class Prophet g entered September, '94, Zook, WALTER. Entered September, ,941 left February, '95. Am' ,JD '... gi? I f E15 ' 46 Class of '97, V Ovfcvrs. RALPH B. S'I'ICI-I'1'IzR, f,l'L'SZ'!l7L'llf, CLARENCE WILLIAMS, Wa'-H'rs., RICHAIQID WIQIMAN, Y?'vasuI-vw, EDGAR C. DlE'1'lilCH, Sewvfzzfgf, BLAIR NICHOLAS RI3II.IiI', .'i4'1Qgcanl-al-Az'11zs. flll'7l1bl'l'.S'. ICIIWIN A. GASKILL, RALIIII SMITII, B. D. MURIIAUGII, W. R. STORM, C. W. EMLEY, F. H. MCMAs'I'r:Rs, GIQO. F. YOUNG, C. W. ROIsO'I'IIAM, M. AIIERMOVICII, J. M. ROMAN, J. GOMIIROW, H. S. S'I'ROI-IMIQIR, E. F. MARRS, H. P. l.IvERsIIJGIa, CIIAS. ROsIcNIsuRcsEIa, C. M MIIQCIINICK, S. I.. I.ANcss'I'ON, F. R. VIIQCIUICIQS, J. R. FAUST, HQ W. MlI.I.Iili, J. STIQIIMAN, H. D. TILLINOIIAM, R. R. WORRIQLL, IE. C. BOWYER, L. P. MORGAN, H. F. SMITH, ELI VV. SMITII, W. S. PLUM, 1. R. PLUM, S. H. PA'1 1'liRSON, C. I.. JOIINSON, GEO. F. MCQUlI.KlN, D. BURIJ, F. J. DOYLIQ, SAMJI. PARKE I'IEl'l'Sl'IU, M. C. BREWER, C. C. EIIIILIIMAN, H. B. VVOOII, WM. FREIIERICRS, WM. JACKSON, 47 I.Iis'I'15R I.. FISIIIQR, L.mcWI2I.OONBR1cN13MA JOIIN Kms, Ii. A. IQINIJY, W. A. HAIi'1'ZlEI.l., F. R. WII.I.I'I's, G. R, SIIARIJLIQSS, H. P. NIIWCOMIQR, CLAUIBIUS R. DRARIQ, W. D. FOs'I'I2R, JOIIN J. MCKROUN, J. A. DAwIss, IRUPIERT BURGIES, R. D. LIQAIIIQR, J. H. HUIIOSON, H. D. IiI.ORIOc:1Q, C. A. RANlJi7I.l'I'I, A. R. PLANK, C. H. WII.RINsON. N DliEXIEI. INS'l'l'l'U'l'E, PHl1.ADEI.vH1,x, DEAR '97: 6-5-96. It is with the utmost feelings of satisfaction that we indite these few words to you, and it is with the greatest sincerity that we hope that you will heed them. We trust that Tulu has been a warning for you to never Hy into the face of Providence and try amateur theatricals while still only in your second year. Leave such things until your Senior year, and then, you can jimi fha liflzu, you will have proof positive that you can make a success of even Hamlet. Once, and for all, you must give up your wicked class organi- zation, if you wish to become an honor to yourselves and us. Do you not see that it is manifestly improper for you to allow every- one and any one, who pays you dues, to become a member of your assembly? Do you not see that there is something wrong when the captain of a team in another department is at one and the same time the collector and custodian of your dues! For shame! Where is your sportsmanship P Often do we marvel at the evident superabundance of time which you always seem to have upon your hands. Beware! there is a day of retribution coming, and we shudder when we think of that which will be your awful plight. Please, for our sakes, if not for your own, take warning by the gentle admonition which fell upon you in the Mid-Year Exams of 1896. A word to the wise is sufficient. Now, dear boys, you will some day become men, we hope, and it behooves you to listen to these parting words. Abstain from all appearance of evil 5 seek not too much after athletic glory, or you may again get left, do not be tempted into any underhand methods in order to gain a temporary advantage over an honorable opponent, finally, obey your dear teachers, especially if he or she holds a mathe- matic's whip over you. Portez-vous bien nos chers garcons. Forgivingly, your elders, THE C1.Ass ov '96, P. S. Your class paper was out of sight. We hope that you have entirely given it up, however, since the D1'c.w! fgllffffllll came out. Two great papers cannot exist in one seat of learning, and the success already achieved by the B'zz!!v!z'1z may well deter the stoutest hearts, let alone yours. T. C. OF '96. 48 V- ,. ',3.f31j?i:q:w -,.w, Q '-321'-f -'uf . . ,-..,... .- ffm?-13 .1 f . X 3.1.0. .Lift K.: ,t Y , , 1 1- .Ny 1 - Q , K 1, . . ' cr J' S Inu-:xl-21. INSTI'l'I l'l-I Class of '98. 5' Ojinw. VV. A. H1il'1'sHU, JR., H'vs1'zz'wzf, H. VV. MQURIRJUSE, MU lim Cl-IAS. M. PO'1 l'IER, .S4'c1'vfzz1g1, C. S. WARE, Y?'vn.v1m'1'. 1Mwzbw'.f. li. B. LUCAS, H. W. NCJIiLE'l', F. S. CLARKE, F. A. iXRNOI.D, W. A. B151-uw, W. IE. Blsslim-, jx S. B. LUmzRs, R. li. LOVE, NV. H. VVILSON, H. G. MIEIQIQICK, O. S1eE1.1zx', R. BROWN, P. JOIIANN, A. T. Al3l5iJ'l l', W. Hum, j. M. MCFEELY, R. V. MCIQIEIQVIS, Q., 51. W. H. Nlclm., C. W. MOORE, S. C. BARNARIJ, F. S. HELLINCSS, A N. R. BAYLUR, I. S. BRExvs'r1eR, 15. BRILL, j. R1Xl'I LI'IX'IE, . VV. VVOHTER, I. G. PRICE, K. G. NIZXX'CKJA'I1ili,I J. FRANKLIN, Ii. J. BURNS, C. I-I. Tvr.1iR, H. C. Korn., B. NIXCJN, DREXEL INs'r1'1'U'r13, PH1L,xDxzx.PHiA, DEAR '98 : 6-5-96. How our hearts do bleed for you when we think on the rocky way which you have yet to pass over. Try to be of good cheer, you will not always be the babies, and most of you will not have to pass over the said rocky way. You will be restrained from such toil and hardship by the Faculty. NVell! most excellently well have you started out ! Oh, could you but keep up that gait, you would be veritable subjects for a dime museum. For example, yours is the first class to secure a class pin during the Freshman year, and the first class that had courage enough to see beauty in a pin that cost less than one dollar and a half.. No mean accomplishment, that! You have notgreedily pushed yourself forward into an unenviable prominence, as a certain class has done-we mention no names-but you have modestly put forth your claims to future greatness, and the result seems to argue a healthy growth. Study the A-B-abs of Mathematics, and you will find, as we did, that Historical Ornament will come all the easier to you. Do not neglect Descriptive Geometry or you will be lacking in that qualification which is so neces- sary for an E in Hamlet essays. XVe must not burden you with too much advice, because you are sure to forget it during that hurly burly second year. Let us hope that that fate which seems to guide monkeys and children may be kind j enough to help you avoid those pitfalls, of which we know so much, and which we would point out to you, '2'3fi:'1' would you but hearken. 'wir 'lkotmen es nicht mehr aufecbleben. Farewell ! Yours forebodingly, 52 THE CLASS OF '96, English. 5' V 4A'4 VERYTI-IING was just as quiet as usual. fk Suddenly above the din came these portentious words: Don't you do nothing to me, or Illl EL 51' is push your face! Immediately we became conscious, not of the feeble 'Q7 threat, but of Q, 'lin QQ the cxcruciatingly bad English. Wfe arose in QS A our wrath, took the kid by the Ascruff of the neck, depositedhim on the outside of the sanctuary, and in paternal tones admonished him to go to - shedding. This incident is not mentioned to show our prowess, but as a proof that three years training has made our minds very tender on the subject of correct speaking and writing. D It was rather a surprise to us to be told, when we first arrived at Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry, Dr. james IVIacAlister, LL.D., President, that there was a three-years English course await- ing us. Waal, I'll be gol durned, they must think we fm' foreigners I 'I said a pudding-faced, double-jointed, pigeon-toed, scrappy-looking jay from Rising Son, Maryland. This voiced the general sentiment of the crowd, and one and all declared that English was not good enough for the Irish, much less for America's brightest youths. However, willy-nilly, it was a case of I-Ieads I win tails you lose, with our devoted brain-cultivators, and we were sent up to serve out our sentences without rebate for good behavior. The first hour in class was devoted to cataloging and classifying the books which we were required to condense, absorb and digest during the following couple of months. 53 A few of this advance guard we append for the benefit of the uninitiatecl. Belva Lockwood's Lessons in English. Classics for Chilzirm. Dissertation on Roast Pig QThis was on the Hog, j- Sigh Less Marner-Mere Chant of Venus-Marm Ii. On-Row Me, Oh juliet!-Rip Van Winkle-S. A's Ophelia, Ruskin's Bill Posters, -etc. After paralyzing common, every-day grammar, we were intro- duced to Arrow Bick Numerals, alias Figures. Heretofore our answers had always been guesses, but now we hoped, with the aid of a pony, to work in a few formulre and obtain correct results. Alas, our- hopes were doomed to disappointment! These figures could not be depended upon, insomuch that they were an exception to the rule, Figures never lie. Paragraphing only required a few minutes for us to settle once for all. Keep one idea or thought for each paragraph ..., was easy to remember. Consequently our paragraphs were in direct ratio to our ideas : one' idea, one paragraph g no ideas, no paragraphs. This law was responsible, upon periodically appointed occasions, for absence of manuscripts, which fairly glowed with admiration for the eminent authors whose works we criticised. To mention all the benefits which one derives from the study of our mother-tongue would be superfiuous in this little article, which, no doubt, will appeal to the hearts and ears of our educated readers. Perhaps a Before and After sketch would most briefly and effectively illustrate this fact. A Freshman says, You are dirty, a Senior says, There is an accumulation of terrestial impurities upon your cutaneous superficiesf' Imagine, if you can, the sweet, tender, endearing love-letters which a Senior must write. Why should he not, when, in order to stir him on to work, he is told that One of the principal objects in 54 S studying English is, so that you can write so effectively that you need not go see her every Sunday evening, as the other fellow cannot prevail against you. The summit of greatness was reached when Shakespeare's plays were brought under fire. The studies were so hard that one uncon- ciously absorbed the text word for word. My, how we did warble upon the most inauspicious occasions. VVhenever a professor was to be rebuked, he got it in choice quotations or not at all. The recitations were always very interesting under Miss Shedden. What higher evidence could be advanced for her admiration of Romeo and Juliet than the fact that she would take upon herself the parts of both the hero and heroine. Not so with Julius Cmsar, however, Lieutenant and Dub wereuat first given the parts of Brutus and Cassius, but, as they were too realistic and emphatic, and as they entered too much into the spirit of their parts, they had to be separated in order to keep peace in the family and insure domestic tranquillity. The highest powers of the intellect were called forth when Miss Mason introduced Hamlet to us. Here is an extract from a recitation on the Melancholy Dane: Miss Mason.- Now, jake, will you please explain, in your own language, the meaning ofthe scene which Frisky hasjust read ! jake.-flloused from a deep slumberj VVell, er-Hamlet jumped in Opl1elia's grave and er-him and Laertes started scrapping. Miss Mason.-fNervously intentj Beg pardon? jake.-fNow fully awakej Hamlet, being hlled with a jealous, devouring, overwhelming adoration for Ophelia, leaped into her grave, and, protesting love beyond forty thousand brothers, exasperated Laertes and a contest ensued. Miss Mason.-fSmiling inimitablyj Very good, very good I just here I have a note, Bare Bone Tree is very effective in this-. , 55 Some of the boys are excellent in their answers, that is those who use a little common-sense in class. Dub always answers in such a way as to draw out the requisite knowledge, which will give him sufficient data to make a brilliant answer. Isabel is also good, but she labors under the disadvantage of having studied her lesson the night before. No doubt samples of our work will be found by future archze- ologists, when they come to dig in the ruins of the present Institute building. just think of the streaky compositions which they will root out! Maybe they cannot trace the -progress of our studies by the character of our writing, short words, long words, alliterations, figures, Carlylisms and lots of other isms! Our school-days are waning, and we must bid you, our hard- worked teachers, farewell. VVe thank you for your kind, persistent efforts in laboring, in season and out of season, for our good. Surely we must have tried your patiences, but be of good cheer, you shall have your reward. VVC have all resolved to be great men, and you will receive reflected light from us! xnlfr .9 ,yn ,-3' ik? . . zo QC .f,..u.4h l' ,S Wnfn 56 History, Civics, Economics. 5' Y direction of our catalogue,the Class of '96 as it entered the second stage of its course upon the flowery path of knowledge, was compelled to ff take up civics. The instructor in this interesting , branch was Professor Frederick NV. Speirs, into Kimi' H, V.A.V ,J whose presence we were accordingly ushered one l morning. The Professor made a pleasant prelimi- nary speech, and then announced that the course if would begin with a brief historical review, Accordingly the Professor began at the beginning and proceeded to lead us, by easy stages, down through the world's history. Our w0rth5 instructor had to confess that he did not know how man came into this world, or where the Garden of Eden was, but as very few people appear to know anything detinite about these matters, he may be pardoned for his ignorance. The historical sketch having been completed by a brief study of the Roman Empire, the Reformation and the coming into this country of the Professors ancestors Qthe Pilgrimsj, we proceeded to tackle the Constitution. Towards the middle of the term, when we were beginning to wonder what it would be like to be senators or representatives and make speeches, Qsome of us had already made ve1'y brilliant speeches in the class-roomy, a new student in the shape of Electric appeared. We soon discovered that we had one in our midst who knew quite as as much as the Professor himself Preliminary to delivering an address on any subject, Electric would shuffie about in his seat and then start off with,- VVell-er-Professor, as f understand it 57 -while a general tittering could be heard throughout the room. Upon one occasion he was overheard, after class, saying to the Professor, Do you mean to tell me in a very emphatic manner, The question as to whether we were Republicans or Democrats was very difficult for each one of us to answer. Electric, we discovered, belonged to the Prohibition Party. However, we pro- gressed mightily, and wrote very fine papers on national and municipal affairs. The evil spirits which, unfortunately for some of the instructors, seemed to possess some of the members of '96 while in certain classes, found Professor Speirs' door closed to them, and werermost effectually kept out. The only thing that ever gave any one a chance to create a disturbance was the rather peculiar con- struction of the seats attached to the desks. They were arranged to fold backwards and downwards, so-that, if placed in a certain position, they would collapse when sat upon. Once in a while, accordingly, a student, hurrying in, would take his seat only to disappear beneath the desk-to the great amusement of all present, although the Professor seldom smiled on such occasions, And now, having reached our graduating year, the study of economics was begun, and we immediately proceeded to discuss value and price, not the enterprising member of the class bearing that name, but the quantitative measure of utility, expressed in terms of money. This question of value and utility was a very difficult one, and it puzzled some of us very much, Gulliver, for instance, one day remarking, I have no use for pictures, therefore they have no utility. But some of the most startling statements were made during the discussions on money. Heavy asserted that it would be a good thing for a government to use paper money, because it could get something for nothing, and astonished us one day by declaiming, If the People's Party gets into power, they will bankrupt the Gold 58 Bugs. Another interesting piece of news was delivered by Free Silver, who, in answer to a question as to whether a government could use paper money exclusively, replied, Rr-er-no sir-er-because if-er-we wanted to-er-exchange one hundred-er-thousand dollars, we-er-er would have to cart it in-er-a wagon. The Lieutenant also having come to the conclusion that he knew something about money, said: The pine-tree shilling was so named, because the original coin was made out of a pine tree --how much of the tree was not specified, presumably the whole article was meant, however. During the discussion over paper money, the Professor wished to exhibit a green-back to the class, but as his own humble pocket couldn't furnish one, he asked whether any one in the class possessed such a va-luable bit of paper. Considerable excitement was created when the Admiral promptly produced a much worn two-dollar green-back, which was passed round, and it was remarkable how different a green-back did look, when you knew something aboutit and examined it closely. Hungry also showed himself wealthy by exhibiting a one-dollar silver certificate. i One day, Professor Speirs being absent, Dr. MacAlister gave the class a very interesting talk, dealing chiefly with municipal affairs. He spoke of the manner in which the railway companies of Phila- delphia took possession of the streets, and how, in New York and Detroit--where you can ride anywhere for three cents--they had to pay for the privilege of occupying them. The Doctor also spoke of Civil Service reform, and remarked how disgraceful it would be if a man were to go to Baldwin's for a job, and be told that, if he were a Democrat, he could not get one there, as they took only Republicans. ' The clock in Professor Speirs' room had a fashion of becoming rather erratic at times, and occasionally it deliberately proceeded to go back about fifteen minutes, and stay so for quite a while. One day, 59 while it was thus behind in its work, a lady director came into the room, apparently for no other reason than to see what time it was. When she saw the poky time-piece, she innocently remarked, Why, Professor, what is the matter with your clock? to which the Pro- fessor wisely and naively replied, It is slow -whereat the lady director immediately decamped. During the second term of the course in economics, two young ladies entered the classg and, as they sat near the door, they became objects of special interest to Isabel who also planted himself- don't be alarmed, if the other pronoun were used, Isabel might be offended4in that part of the room. One of the young ladies frequently came in late. She always gazed up at the clock when she did so-and Isabel felt it to be his duty to H4 Hi adjust her seat for her, but rest assured that H+ Hl' he always fixed it so that it remained in posi- 'JfL'i ?trnI1, tion when she sat upon it. -.NXN And now, as we tinish the courseuat the Drexel Institute, we bid farewell to CIVICS and economics. This short paper has recorded only a few ofthe many incidents that occurred in , ,xt Nunn -if . wi ' n , ,Q - 'iw 4 : ,, x T l , x ,.. i Professor Speir's room, but the pleasant hours that we spent there will be long remembered, neither will we forget our kind, patient and earnest instructor, who worked so hard to instil into our minds the principles of good government, and to make of us good citizens., 60 BIACIIIXE S1101 The Shops. T Nu' sfzzyrs, 011 .f 7 711' shops, oh ! 771131 do snrlz fhz'14gf.s' ana' thzjf say surlz flZZ.ll'Q'S, fu fhz'sk1yJ.v, nh ! Thr sfmjzx, ok ! Ami will m'm'1' go fhvrz' nzgf mo1'z'. 5 .S , : ENTLIC reader, and you 'uns who do not know what , 5 this heading means, we are sorry for you. You miss half your life, if you go to the Institute and G . . ' have never had the pleasure of getting dirty and ig' fr: I 'v ,, .ii f ,L f S 'villa .llllllll.l ? 'Q 5 tirecl in the shops. Blue Monday heaves in sight after a quiet Sunday, and the dutiful boys appear before the check god-Mr. Kilgore, D.D.--with unbuttonecil overalls and half-put-on jumpers. After receiving the apparatus necessary to spoil sundry pieces of wrought and cast iron, the boys endeavor to select the softest snaps in sight. Suddenly Mossop sees them, and, thinking in a stage whisper Boys alloy, bears clown upon the very busiest-looking youths. Sam Slick, or what not says he, I have a very particular piece of work which I want done, and which I do not want to entrust to the other boys, because it requires great care to get it into shape. S. S. bites, and the Iron King gets some obnoxious piece of work done. Oh, Flattery, Flattery, what a deceitful jade art thou ! limboldenecl by success the artful Mossop tries the same racket on Johnnie, and gets left, because Johnnie was seen a few moments 63 later initiating a couple of the boys into the mysteries of Indian wrastlingf' Good-bye, dear Mr. Mossop 5 we hope that you will get as much work out of your next class by cajoling and bullying, keep your eye on Kilgore and the Bell, provide spittoons next year 5 fare thee well ! XVhat '96 man can ever forget the wonderful stories which were to be heard in the forge room! VVhat man ever hailed to do his level best when he knew that a good story would be the reward! That reminds me of, etc., became quite familiar. There is only one fault to be found with the forge room. All the anvils are of one height and that height is extremely small. Don't you think that they ought to count on at least one tall jay in every class ? They have not done so thus far, and the result is that any one above the average in stature suffers the torments which come with hoeing sweet potatoes. WVhy not have one tall anvil? Mr. McCreight also initiated us into the mysteries of the forge room and what we don't know about Hasksf' drags, and gates, is not worth knowing. A couple of liberty bells remain as samples of our handy work, and there are lots of spoiled castings which we refuse to know anything about. Please, Mr. Clinger, good morning-we have an extra hour- and we want to work with you. Of course this did not surprise Chips, and of course he allowed the boys to carry out their wishes. This was a common event with him, and he forgot it in the excitement of seeing the next youth use up some more precious shellac. Most of the fellows never knew how valuable sand-paper was until they required some for their first exercise. Dear, oh me, what a lot ofex- 64 plaining and promising they had to do before they could get the coveted piece of 3 x 4 scratchy paper. Little Billee always maintained that Clinger had to buy the precious paper in the Annex, and that that is what made it come so high. Of course it must have worried Mr. Clinger to see a boy cut into his sixteenth square inch of real white pine in one single day! Of course it was right for the boy to be told to be careful of the lumber as it was going down ! It did not matter whether the youth was build- ing a house or a clothes-pin 5 the quantity was entirely too much ! Mr. Clinger gave some of us a lecture on the theory and practice of moulding. He would go to the blackboard to illustrate his re- marksg the class would occupy points of vantage on the near-by benches and machines, while some would try to suspend themselves by the feet-all this for the sake of seeing a confused mass of students, grouped round and overtopping the professor. 2 I Qs., 1 65 Chemistry. 5' munity NE hot, sultry june day, an Indian, who had been 1 taught to read and write, and who had in fact been 66 A civilized, was walking along a railroad track in far- Q off lVyoming. l-le, hearing the whistle of an .on- Ei coming locomotive, naturally stepped to one side, :2:,: being civilized, and would have taken no further notice of such a common event, had it not been for a. curious circum- stance which occurred and which is about to be related. As the train flashed past, an object suddenly left its side, and with a fluttering meteor-like movement struck the civiliaed savage under the eye and fell at his feet. It was a book, and Mr. Young- lVIan-Afraid-of-His-Mother-in-Law would have passed it by, since it was a reminder of past indignities and persecutions, but for the fact that the opened pages showed it to be a manuscript of great variety of form and color. Carefully looking around to see that the train was out of sight and that there were no squaws to watch him, he stooped and picked it up: On the first page he found this : TOMMIE lwACCRACKEN S'rUn1oL's, Drexel Institute of Art, Science and Industry. No. I3 Paradise Alley, I:Class of '96.:I Philadelphia. All the leaves of the book were laid off by means of blue lines, into blocks about one-tenth of an inch square. There was writing in blue, black and red. In addition there were various hieroglyphics in the same colors and numberless gruesome, intangible drawings like this 2 66 The blue and black writing was fi ,4 'fa , , T better than that which his old school 'S-fr' teacher and taskmaster could do, jr' but the red writing was much worse. -' ' - .-r,. F 5 i H20 Consequently even the untutored Y 4 -vu, , si- D , ' red man could reason that the red L HNO . . .W ' writing must be the work of some f Wi X -mic ia: great scholar, or even a teacher or W . professor. Now the simple-minded 4 ,N Indian could read some of the writ- - iw:-.W - ing, but he was up a stump when it came to the hieroglyphics. . Here is a sample page: White fumes are formed when NH, and HCl are put in close proxemity to the other, which is NH, Cl. The same things trans- pired when NH8 and HNO3 are done the same. In the last case nothing happens because H, SO, is involuntary, that is the granules volertalize without melting. In red ink underneath, Are you not slightly mixed? Perform this experiment over again, and carefully examine your last statement. Here the Indian stopped. Time had quickly flown, while he was laborously deciphering this with the aid of an unabridged Century dictionary, which he always carried with him in case of need, or for gun wads. The sun had gone down, and the wild cries of the coyotes mingled with the resonant sounds of a western katydid, which had perched on an oyster tree,-swiftly stole the warrior home. He had an idea. VVhere had he heard that Some are born great, some achieve greatness, others have it thrust upon them. Why all three of these statements applied to him. He saw it all, he would be a medicine man. 67 With a loud singing noise he approached camp. I-le spoke to no one. After a week of abstinence he got on a drunk. In an un- guarded moment he told his fellows that he had the miracle book of the Great Spirit. Then, knowing that he was in for it, he got a squaw to pump water over his head and called a meeting of the tribe. After earnest exhortation he persuaded them that he knew it all. A few years later the savage became older, and got into a dispute with Uncle Sam. In vain he relied upon his magic book. The troops closed in on him and his. Orders had been given to spare the prisoners. 'The chief held out his book. A soldier saw it, with a cry of joyful surprise, the white warrior suddenly raised his rifle and cried out Eureka. A couple of years before the great Centennial, which electrified the world and disturbed the slumbers of Philadelphia, a sticky, dirty baby was picked up by the ferry-boat Trilby off the coast of Spain, in the neighborhood of Gloucester. The captain, Isaac Svengali, was a good-hearted soul, and took the little waif under his sheltering wing. Resolving to do what was right by the boy, and disapproving of the public school system, he set his protege at wheeling West Virginia. Years rolled by and it is not to be wondered at that the youth tired of his mild task. Suddenly 'he was electrified by reading the following notice in the Whr Cfjf: Young Ideas Taught to Shoot! linlist at Once! Apply at Drexel Institute! Meetings Every Day but Sunday ! Under the Personal Leadership of Capt. M. A. Calister! It was the, as afterwards proved, memorable year of ISQ3---tlle World's Fair year--and the Hrst Freshman class of the lVIechauic Arts Department of Drexel Institute started on its rocky way. One of its members was our weary wandering Wheeling waif. 68 Many things happened to the enterprising youth, but that which most infiuenced his after career was the sight of and Ihlling in love with a young lady in the chemical laboratory. Strange as it may seem, he could not, by hook or crook, get a knock-down to her, although her coveted add1'ess was speedily discovered. This address was immediately chalked down in his Laboratory Note Book, and many a time, day and night, he gazed on these endeared characters : Miss Pattie de Coursey Knickerbocker, No. 183 Spokane Avenue, Minnehaha, Wyoniiiig, U. S. A. Suddenly his fair enchantress left for parts unknown, and with her disappeared the backbone of her silently-devoted lover, as was afterwards proven by Professor B. I-lives' X rays. It is needless to relate that it took but a few days for his studies or rather dis-studies, to bring forth the usual anonymous, red-inked, type-written letter. This would have been nothing unusual to most of us, but this youth was easy, and, being of a superstitious disposi- tion, silently, softly, sneakingly, sought solace and advice from an astrologer whose parlors were on South Street. Here to the tune of fifty cents he discovered that All is not gold that glitters, a stitch in time saves nine, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush, things are not what they seem, the letter says that you are liable to failure in this subject at the end of the term g you say that the olive-complexioned Squaw, with the rose-bud mouth and the lucid eyes, has flown to her prairie Wigwam: Isay follow her! Straight is the line of duty, curved is the line of beauty, follow the straight and you will Find the crooked line follow you! Go, l have said it! Fifty-six hours and thirty-three minutes fsee Holman pp. xi-xiii, for exact computation of secondsjl had elapsed since the old 69 astrologer had wound up his argumentative didactic Waterbury dissertations. Our youth had put civilization behind him, and, with his precious Chemistry Book beside him on the swiftly moving train, fell fast asleep, only to be wakened by an explosion of C3 H2 QNO3 Hj, in the luggage carriage, and to discover that his book had gone, and with it her address, and all his hopes of happiness. A few years have rolled by. Tommie is now in the army. He has fought the dusky red man for years. Something tells him that his foes hold the skeleton-key to his blighted life. He goes into another battle. Something tells him that it is his last! NVhat, can it be true, he sees his book in the hand of yonder chief! It is ! It takes- but a moment for our hero to joyfully cryout Eureka! and shoot the savage deader than a door nail! Rapidly he seizes the fatal book--what !-a kodak-Film passes before his eyes-the address has been torn out. It had been used for a gun wad by the Indian! All hope is gone. He takes a Drexel-lunch-room-sand-which he had kept in his pocket for years and with one last look at heaven and the plaintive remark, As well now as later, swallows a couple molecules of same and drops yellow-stone dead upon the pea-green sward. We have just been informed by the Curator that a yellow-stone is now on its way to the Institute Museum. Our archaeologists say that it is the remains of Amos Quito, the ancient blood-sucker, our Kongdun says that it is unquestionably merely a fine specimen of Chalcopyrite 5 we say that it is none other than Tommie Maccracken Studious, the hero of our narrative. 70 Remarks by Professors and Instructors. 5 Meester Knight, you are too Hnicalf' It's as easy as rolling offa log. Try it againg you'll get there. Now you-er see that this here is a three-sided trianglefl The diagonal of this triangle-oh ! it has none in this figure. This is the shorter way because I did it. Messrs. Shoe and McCook! Watches must not be repaired, compared or adjusted in English Class. All mechanical work must bc done in the shops. Quit that! The next man I hear striking a shade will be marked absent immediately. Oh, that is a blacksmith's reason ! I:Ba1'l'r'r's lhvozgf ay'j7'z'ffz'wz.j A boy is one who does not wear pants. - This here is degenerating into a prize fight. I move the peg down because, if I draw the picture up I will have to shorten the string to keep it in the same position-now boys you have got me all flurried ! A cucumber consists of Q7 per cent. water and 3 per cent. belly-ache. That word is 'onmatpetic ' 3 trickle, souse, gurgle or ' whatnotf 71 A Boarding House Reverie. V if A dozen, that's the number That feasted at our house since last September, Stirring up sentiment, gulching clown grub, Giving each other many a hard rub. Old reminiscences baked to a crisp, New predictions lost in the mist, Quaint formalities quenched by the Ere, More nonetities lost in the mire. Verdant Clegeneracies scorched by a son In pure plain English, creating non-unison. Morbid indifference catechised for aye, VVith all the does and clon'ts of those who have the say. I-Iilarity ever high except perchance a day lfVhen Faculty and text-books turn thoughts the other way, Then Nero's Human Torches and Hether Sacrifice Illustrate our thoughts precisely, until we have thought twice. Sometimes, mayhap, an incident that has befallen a mate Comes under observation of one who saw the bait, And then for a clay, a Week, or month, the first in order is To touch the most unpleasantly on what he considers none of their Thus the medley conversation ever an overture remains, But he who indulges most freely with his lessons takes least pains. And he who pelts the hardest the under dog in the fight, Is the one who cries the loudest when we trample on his right. 72 biz Yet beneath this joyous frivolity, this chronic contusing strife, NVQ all have grave pretentious of duty and of the real intent of life. And though the memories vividest at present are thus described, There is much co-existing which will be longer lived. VVe each had vast perplcxities, we all have had a say, The months are passing swiftly, we'll soon be gone away. Away to fight life's battles against the foes of right, And to win in the race most glorious before overtaken by the night. Alas! if the weightier care of life, our aerial plan frustrates, Then we'll wander back in memory to the fortune-favored mates, And wonder how the change was wrought in our thoughts or their That they have climbed famels ladder all to us unawares. VVhile .we are groveling near the dust, and at lame can only gloat, They are soaring in the clouds that fame and fortune Hoat. Oh ! cruel fate, draw forth the screen, And shut from sight what it might have been. Then by introspection we sadly the trend Of idle thoughts and actions leading away from the objective end. Though they be as pebbles thrown into the mountain brook, They help to give the current many a Zig-zag crook. Our mental acquisitions are the stock we have in store, The'lack of salability is the fact that we deplore. The markets wide are open, the bidding always brisk, For quantities of honest endeavor, incurring no eternal risk. Forsakc thy careless ways,.thou laggard by the wayside, Seize hold each opportunity and in His will abide. 7 3 A While dwells within thy frame the animated fire, There is still a splendid chance to rise a little higher. They who walk the Rarthest on a sultry clay, Do not under shade trees while the hours away. They who sleep the soundest after set of sun Are those who look back on a day's work well done. Wfe are marching on to victory, our banners are Flying wide, Our loyalty to duty shall be ourgreatest pride. VVe are seizing each opportunity, we are adding our many mites, That the world may be really better, and each one may have his rights join hands with us, kind reader, that all the world may see, That our influence is mutually uplifting wherever we may be. And when our latter days draw nigh, we can enjoy the rest, Having fought life's battles bravely, we each have done our best. ALLEN Lix'rsHAw. 74 Ii1.14:cm1CA1, I,AmR.A'r4,vRs' Half Holidays. 5 . I-IROUGH the supreme and superhuman efforts of ents of Drexel Institute have been given thc. use of one whole afternoon each week, all u foi the express and avowed purpose of de- veloping the11 physical strength. QN. B. Not their mental or spiritual strength.j It is needless to say A X . X that, upon these delightful occasions, one and all hie themselves to places where they can be seen disporting gx j if V f X- Johnnie, the stud Q i. 4- 'W ' .. -. Q1 fi f' ' , f b tl, ' ' J. f ll V . . , K J ra 1 according to the wishes of our benefactors--the Faculty. Upon one of these delightful occasions aforementioned, our class eagerly rushed for the D. I. A. A. athletic field, better known as the Ash-heap, intend- ing to play marbles, Fly kites, spin tops, jump rope, pitch pennies and all the other games highly recommended by the Physical Director. Horrors! Upon reaching the hallowed spot, our spirits froze. There was the omnipresent notice which read as follows: All students are hereby forbidden, for athletic purposes, the use of this lot adjoining the Annex. ' JOHN F. ROWLAND, jk., Cfzzzirmmz. A Naturally we were much disappointed at being deprived of our recreation, but, determining not to be wholly dispossessedi of such needful rest, we sought solace at a matinee in one of our leading and most popular places of amusement. The thought was Either to the deed, and in about half an hour we found ourselves, Y:ZUZiSl'l'd 7:ZC'L'lZlfjf strong, occupying proscenium-boxes at the Lyceum. Well, I declare, said 1W'z3'ky, who being the most inquisitive, first looked over the programme. Did you know that a '97 man is acting here to-day ? 'l Further investigation confirmed and enlarged upon this fact, and you may judge our surprise and disgust when we fully realized the meaning of the following: 77 PROGRAMME. Last week of the thmous original class of '97, M. A., in their unique and preposterous melodrama entitled : TULUs OR WHO cl-IEWED THE GUM. C1151 fy' ChfI1'ar!w':. TI-Ii: DIICHI-:ss or TOAD MAG.-QA law unto herself and others.j Miss ALL BUIINT Ovicxs. LORII BLAZING BERRY.-fHer son, well descended of course, and still descending. In love with f' Old Bob's Petroleum.j MR. SPARK HIT YOU. JACK P. RYIJER.-fAn ascending American, in love with Old l3ob's Petrolia, his cousin.j MII. RED Gas PILL. I'ETRoI.I2uM SILEASUCKIQR.-Q OId Bob's eldest, a charming American atrocity-ff on approval. I ' hlISS A. MAY BUMPING. TULU SEEASUCKER.-Q Old Bob'S youngest. An irrepressible American atrocity. Minds no onc but papa. j hIISS VasIeI.INE GIxII,Iz'r. DICK CIIATWIN.--fNephew to the Duchess, a photograph fiend.j MII. BLARE R. AILLY. ROBINSON,-fThe butler, one of the props of the Human Constitution.j MR. CARLO A. RANGGULF. 'l'IIIa CAMI-:ItA.-QA most taking charactenj MR. PILI-sm GUM Bokuow. SIfnIyt.r1': ry .S't-vnezgif. ACI' I. READING Room or' Diutxm. INs'I'I'I'U'I'Ic -Enter Il doctor with his hat on-all hands keep mum. Scene closes with a tableau: Blazing Berry on his knees hunting for the chocolate rabbit. ACI' II. The same sceneg candles lighted. Enter the gang, talking loudly and walking heavily ilmmediately called down by the lkm! Lzlgrhl ofthe Library.l Scene closes with a tableau: A snapshot by Tulu of Blazing Berry upholding Adam's Tutti Frutti. 78 ACT Ill Same scene in mourning-fwatchman asleepj-slow music-Qfrom Jarvis' memorial music roomj-Closes with tableau: J. P. Ryder chewing Tulu-fnot Miss Seeasuckenj E .n'u:11f1 :fc Slnjl Business Manager, Runiaur NIACGUXVAN, Q.E.D. Acting Manager, I FRANK Nllll.li'I'S, Q.E.1 . Musical Director, WI1.i.l1c l'i.uMu, P. D. Q. Stage Manager, R. Dials Liaanicu, K.l.ID. During the afternoon the orchestra will play the following classical selections : I Don't Want To Play in Your Lot, ............... F. RuwI.AND. 'l'here's Only One Girl in This World for Me, .... W. J Hui-1ilNs. Pride of the Ball, ........... . . Mu. SMITH, U. S. A. Mamma VVon't Buy Me a Bow-wow, . . ..... lf. lviis. My Gii-l's a Cox-ken-, ......, T . . . C. ll. Wiliamxzu. U Siflewalksof Rittenhouse Square, . . ......... E. A CQNGIJON. Two Little Girls in Blue, . . . . T111-: Missias MAsoN AND SIIICDIJICN. Molly, andl and the Baby, . . . . NAi'oi.uoN lloxm-Au'1'i-: Hm.1.icR. You Can't Play in My Gymnasium, . . . l'n'1'l5ltsnN RYDER Uh Promise Me, ...... .... C . E. INIOSSQP. Sweet Marie, . . . . . . Missl-larsuicxlnr1'uAM. H Dreaming of Love, . . . . . . . Mu. joulfzs, or Niaw Ymua. Conn-ades, .................... Mussus Iviss AND I-I1sNwoo1i. After reading the above we ielt very weary, but resolved to see it through and do as much as possible to sustain the honor ofthe Institute, which was much tarnished by such acting as we felt that we were to witness. ' During the performance we criticised and groaned audibly until the climax of Act III., when we fell fast asleep. Suddenly we awoke to Find ourselves seated in our own Auditorium, in the midst of an immense crowd of people who were cheering and clapping the Doclor, who had just completed one Q of his short, interesting addresses. There we were, :if T, trying to think what had become of ,97'S melo X , T dramatic company. It was a dream, only this Ki, X and nothing more. Yes it was, by Grza'. A ' 79 I 1 UCT.1NDV.IDEC.IJAN.IFEB. Mnn.IAPn. Mmm, foo I 1 I . : I ,I I I I I I , 1 H ,' rr . 1 1 rf as , I 4 . I I I . I I 1 I I ,M ' A -.I - .- -.. 1.1 X41 1 XJ 1 1 1 1 E ? I I 1 I I I Ip 5 I ' I 1- Iam 1 ' I l -1 I I I 5 1 I I Jul S. ISQ I I I juxiz 1, 1896. My dear eccentric Editors: Agreeably to your urgent and pestiferous demands, I have wasted a few of my valuable leisure hours and prepared an average curve of the standing of the class of '96 M. A. in all its studies. This is a very simple curve for me, but, as you may not under- stand even the most evident deductions which are to be learned from it, I have kindly lettered a few of its main features and append the remarks on same. Respectfully your superior, MR. Hlcimax VIC'1'01i Sciiizuiinaia, Iiso. Sfn1zk!z'cz'n1z fy' '96. 11. IfCCEN'l'RlC Board appointed. Curve drops during the first stages of swelled head, from which its members never have or will recover. 0. Institution of quiz classes, prior to the mid-year examinations. 5. The boys strike their gait in expectation of things which did not fail to materialize. So Physics. f if AKING a retrospective view of our three years' work, we dwell with most pleasant thoughts and memories on the hours which have been spent inthe study of that science to which the immor- tal Faraday devoted his life-work, the science of Physics. Our first year in this department was passed under the guiding care of Mr. J. li. Ives, 'i 'I P P 'l 'i P ? ci 5 who initiated us into the mysteries of errors, deviations and significant figures. The usual' diffi- culties which throng the beginner's pathway appeared at first, but through the indefatigable efforts of our good-natured instructor the clouds rolled away, and the horizon of our future was, for awhile, undimmed by the shadow of a doubt or fear. But we were destined to receive a rude shock at the end of the fall term. The examination at that time was a revelation to every one. We had never known nor dreamed, until we saw this paper, that the study of Physics embraced such a broad and comprehensive field of knowledge, and loud and many were the expressions of admi- ration as the papers were passed around. Professor Hopkins super- intended the examination in person, and walked around the roomwith smile which seemed to say, Now I got yer! He has, by common consent, received the nickname of Hoppy, partly as a corruption of' his name, and partly from the elasticity of his step. VVhen the little knot of remaining students gathered to resume work on the 16th of September, 1895, they were informed that three hours a week should be devoted to as many lectures in the same time, to be delivered by no less a personage than the head of the department himselff 81 Our first assembly' in the lecture room was of an informal characte1'. lfVe were confronted with a formidable list of text-books which would be required in the work of the coming year, and after the announcement that'the next lecture would occur two days later we were dismissed with a grin that has since become character- istic. The text-books alluded to have, by the way, since fallen into disuse and are now obsolete. , Shortly after the opening of the term we were stunned by the announcement that at the next lecture we would not have a lecture, but would be required to write a paper on Motion. Although, as a rule, we do not take kindly to a written exercise, we hailed this announcement with joy as affording a pleasant relief from the usual monotony. - These written exercises were continued throughout the remainder of the year on every alternate Monday. The papers on systems of measurement revealed a profundity of thought and knowl- edge among the students which was little expected, even by the one who had the greatest knowledge of our ability. I quote a specimen from one of the papers which may be regarded as nearly typical: There is no absolute system of measuring time. Time is measured by clocks, watches, sun-dials and hour-glasses, and is going on for- ever. Time is divided into years, months, weeks, days, hours, minutes and seconds. There are sixty seconds in a minute, .sixty minutes in an hour, twenty-four hours in a day, and three hundred and sixty-five days in a year. The lectures were frequently brightened by the performance of many, many interesting experiments, and by the promises of some interesting experiments which were never performed. One circum- stance, however, frequently occurred to mar the otherwise unalloyed pleasure of our gathering in the lecture-room. It was a strange and unaccountable coincidence that a load of coal for the boilerjroom ' 82 usually arrived in the midst of Hoppy's discourse. NVhenever the sound of the hoofs and wheels was heard in the driveway outside, the lecturer would stop and with pathetic emphasis would say, 721111, will you jflczzsc go down and ask them as a f't'I'.S'0l11Zf jQzzf0r from mc to make as little noise as possible while the lecture is going on. I cannot compete against a load of coalf' U It had always been an understood requirement that every student should be in his place five minutes after the hour. Frequently, how- ever, our worthy professor of mathematics lost count of the time and so prevented us from fulfilling this required condition, and as the boys would nle in six or seven or even ten minutes after the hour they would be greeted with the remai-iq, Another case of mathematics, I suppose. Well that statement would hardly work. I had that played on me too often by the last year men to be fooled by it any longe1'. VVell, I shall hold you responsible for everything I say whether I say it or not. We have lost enough time already! - We found 4' Hoppy ready and willing to be interrupted at any stage of the lecture by a more or less pertinent question. His answers on these occasions were such as to leave no doubt in the mind of the questioner. On one occasion, While endeavoring to explain the difference between mass and weight, he was interrupted by Dub, who said, Professor, is mass energy? Without a moment's hesitation came the answer in the form of another question, Is a' cat a dog P l' The distinction between speed and velocity caused more trouble than almost all of the other complex subjects put together, but thanks to the clear and concise explanations of our Professor the relation was at length cleared up. In trying to elucidate our ideas on this sub- ject, Hoppy quoted a case. Said he, If a trolley car on Chest- nut Street is moving at the rate of eight miles an hour, how long will S3 -. it take it to get to the wharf? VVithout a moment's thought, in his customary manner, Heavy gave the Professor to understand that it would require four hours for the journey, thereby making known a fact which is too little known by the residents of West Philadelphia, namely, the fact that it is thirty-two miles from Thirty-second Street to the wharf But, said Hoppy, I meant that it was going the other way. The next greatest difficulty was caused by the gyroscope, but the principle of its action by the composition of moments was ex- plained so clearly that every one not only saw completely through it but also so far beyond it that no one saw it at all. As the January examination approached we were informed that the greater part of the examination would consist of problems, a few of which were given as specimens about two weeks beforehand. This examination was another surprise. When the papers were first passed around a death-like stillness reigned over the whole room for the space of thirty seconds, and then from all quarters simultaneously came prolonged whistles accompanied by biblical quotations and ex- pressions of a theological character. The beginning of the year 1896 found the class still further reduced in numbers, but those who remained were as ready for work as ever, and subsequent events have not disappointed us in the matter of work. Apropos of the trans- ference of heat by the method of convection, we took up the study of the general circulatiou of the atmosphere, and during the lectures on this branch of our work we fully realized the truth of what Dr. Brubaker said when the boys laughed at the frog which he made to kick under the stimulus of electricity, There's many a thing that's twice as queer in somebody's lectures that we hear. At the end of the first lecture on meteorology, we were greeted by the announcement that, on the following Monday, we would be 84 required to write a paper on the General Circulation of the Atmos- phere. We were given several references to two books which were not in the library, but could be obtained in Boston. As these books contained the only information to be obtained on the subject the marks that week showed a decided drop. After having been switched back upon the main line of heat, from the side-track of meteorology, and, having run to the ends of our rails in this line, we took up the subject of light. It is safe to say, that this was enjoyed more than any other subject which we had studied under the head of Physics. It is at this point that we must bid adieu to our Professorg hoping that the course next year will be still more comprehensive, include a thorough treatment of the theory of the polarity of mole- cules, the uses and construction of the ball nozzle and the Silsby fire- engine, not forgetting the sunshine indicator and the rain gauge. w.T - g' s V A 1 -Mug .ev , we n--sm, N., ' 1 i , Q 'Qi-I K f -- if ll 3 35' , X '4 ' 'Q-. .,. ff ' 'Q , rf, , X fa. N 1 Mi va x. '2'fH fe f X .X 1 -Ei ,f ' I e9 I if nu- 4 11 N33 M: ..... ....... ff f J f 6 'et' fc,4f 85 a Ultram Qllassn als mmm sir Darth ein Spertrnswp sreht. 5 The class seems to be endowed with more religious sentiment than all the others in the Institute-due, no doubt, to the presence of the two Parsons. It is absolutely necessary to the school - it contains the Dean. It is much sought after by the fair sex of the other departments -for the use of its Vail. It is most fully equipped and best organized in all operations-l having Masters in its midst. With the aid of this powerful instrument, no black lines can be detected in the class spectrum, but a small dark spot can be observed in a remote corner -no doubt but it is R. Blackman. Being trodclen upon and kicked about by most all the civilized of this benelicent Institution, it is not surprising to observe the careworn and tattered countenace of our only - Shoe. It is the most industrious and successful in all its undertakings- having Earnest in all things. This class, unlike all large South Street establishments, has only one Price. V The intense greediness, as portrayed by this collection of scholars, has never been eclipsed in the history of NVest Philadelphia. Its octapus-like voracity could only be satisfied by giving it Day and Knight. Being overworked the entire membership is NVa1'ing out,but Warner, with his Kidney Safe Cure, after Dunning each of his classmates has wrought a marvelous cure which Leeds us up from the Valley of Deathg this teaches us to Liveright and gives a grand Boon to this illustrious organization. This class will undoubtedly make its mark in the world - having a Screiberf' I Om' ff Ifojzjyfs Llgfflf fllfL'1:f2'l'L'lll'L' 190111115 v11!1'm'11m' fhvsc zwvnrrkvs by 11'1lvr0111'.vz'11g .muff 11111.rz'r. 86 Forum-: Snor' To the Class of '96, 5 Here's to the boys of Ninety-Six, Not unlike those of Seventy-Six, VVho with the sword did defeat the foe, VVe with pen, the like have done also. Three years it is since war's been declared, And we as soldiers the storm did dare. Many battles we've lost, but more we've won, As all good soldiers have always done. And perhaps it would not be amiss, IfI should make a little list Of these soldiers good and true, Who for these three years have worn the orange and blue The Pigeon is our president, The strangest bird that e'er was sent. I-le the class does call to order With a ruler or a rubber. The Dook, he is a noble lord, Though he never wore a sword. I-Ie's the man that kicked the goals, Although he sometimes missed the poles. NVhen our Lieutenant takes command, l-le gives us fellows to understand, He will some day the air surmount NVith that machine he talks about. S9 There is one we all call Frisk, just because he is so brisk, And I think you'll all acknowledge As professor, he'll go to some great college At this time it suits very well To speak a word of Isabel g Wlio did one day a kerchief find, ' Gn which appeared the mystic sign. Focus, the giant of the class, To whom we dare not give some sass. For when he shuts that mighty fist, Then prepare yourself for heavenly bliss Free Silver, he says It's out of sight, But we don't see it in that light 5 But perhaps this will explain, As he's from New Mexico's domain. When the Preacher begins to speak, We his text prepare to seek g And 'tis often hard to find, For it's of the other kind. Bardsley, the treasurer of our class, Very fond of a Domestic lass. He has departed far away, What he's doing we cannot say. Little Billee, of world-wide fame, Is like the one for whom he's named 5 90 A But alas for him, no Trilby's here, To sing Ben Bolt into his ear. As I understand it, Electric comes next So from the wires we'll take our text. lfVhen he tried to instruct Napoleon, He was most decidedly sat upon. Nothing, Nothing, is my name, So I haven't any hmeg They say I'm the quietest of the class, But still I'm not so green as grass. Hungry comes from -Iersey's shore, A lady in the Art he doth adore: For a' that and a' that, All ladies with him do like to chat. Pete, it sounds like a western name, But for that he's not to blame: When we see his smiling face, Then we know itls out of place. Pretty has departed, ne'er to return, For he decided at home to sojourn : Some girl in the Art laments his depart, For along with him he took her heart. There's rub a Dub-Dub, always after some grub A practical joker is he. He comes up with a smile, to which theie s a stub, But sometimes the point we don't see. , 91 Next comes Heavy, who weighs a ton, jumbo wasn't a comparison 5 But very popular with the ladies Is this lover of his ease. Now for Butch, who is very neat, The Union Traction he tries to beat, They give red passes as you know, Punched with the hour on which you go. Chimmie, did you study your lesson last night? Yes sir, I did every problem all right. Then go to the board and draw two ships, One at each vertex of an ellipse. The Admiral, to whom all respect is due, Is six foot two, without a shoe , Every Friday evening, just at eight, Down Chestnut Street he goes to keep a date. Bud has left us, I am sorry to say, QThe way ofthe world in this day.j Now perhaps you are in need ofa tip, Well, he had some down on his upper lip! Of Solomon, and all his glory, You all do know the story. Sometimes we call him Pompadour jim, He reminded us so of that outlaw grim. Now of the Dude I speak a word, Of him perhaps you oft have heard, Q2 N-.. The very opposite of his name, A very good fellow, just the same. As I was coming down the street, A pretty girl I chanced to meet, And by her side our Dick I saw, In bold defiance of all the law. Then, there's Jake, who tapped a shade, This sent Tom Thumb upon a raid, In the drawing room he makes the noise To the joy and amusement of all the boys. Now for Beans, they're very nutritious, When taken along with some other good dishes He's very fond ofa country stroll, When he df 'g1't have to pay the toll. Of Gulliver's travels you all do know, From Columbia to Phila. he did go, Said he to Hoppy, That equation's not plain. The answer was, I can't stop to explain. Mike's no Irishman, or I'm greatly left, He's the truest American that e'er drew breath, Born and raised in the Empire State, For some pretty maid, a very good mate. It is unnecessary for me to state, That O. K.'s all right in a debate, But, when it comes to a banquet toast, His face reminds one of a ghost. 93 Now I think I've named them all, Some will rise while others fall 3 But whate'er their success in life may be, Let each his duty perform willingly. To you, clear friends, whom we all love, Don't forget us when you're above, NVQ extend best wishes to each of you, And with this last rhyme we'll bid you adieu. C. A. PRICE, Pav! Lmznvzfe qf '96. fDear jake, forgive us this once, please, and listen to this advice. Never accept a dare-to-write-poetry from a girl and then back down by throwing the attempt into your waste basket. Ifyou come to the conclusion that you are not a poet, even if you have tried it on a dare and for the fun of the thing, do not neglect to burn your manuscript. Failure to do this will result in some wilyleditor per- suading your dear friend to crib the precious copy. We hope that you will not fall out with that charming girl who could not resist the oily tongues of your friends. Tflli linsl 94 Squibs. 5 An envious Fresh worked off the following riddle: VVhy do the members of the class of '96 turn out very rare specimens of work P Because they are never wc!! dozzc. Schreiber, who is a teetotaler, refused to sit for his portrait unless it was done in water colors. Holmes's confession.- The Steam Engine. A funny jay said that the reason Nelson found favor with the ladies was because they liked l1Qf-11101. Nit ! VVaring devoted his time in the forge shop to the manufacture of insects. Among other things, he made the fil'L'jfEj'. A favorite word with Masters-the fast word. Why is the class of '96 like fireworks? They will soon go XfVhy should our Benny marry Annie? He would be bwzqfifm' and she would be lllllllllllfflll. Chestnuts l Dr. Brubaker, in speaking of the advance of science, said that pigs are killed, then cured. Why are some members of '96 like mile-stones P You never see them together. An illustrated physical formula: ' v I -L 1 2- at 95 Of what does the live load on a bridge consist? Why? Answer, Yes! Brubaker.- Therefore I repeat, Suppose that you stick your neighbor with a ping would that be a reflex movement? Whole Wheat Bread-eater,- No sir, that would be a diabolical movement. Wheeler.- Add the figure 2 to 191 and make the answer less than 2O.H Bright boy.-IQM. Bad Boy Qmeeklyj.- Professor, a five-dollar note is more valuable than five gold dollars. Proff Fred Speirs fwho thinks that the youth has been reading some literature by Mr. Harvey, alias Coin, and who is anxious to administer correction to the diseased mindj, Prove it sir! B. B. Qtriumphantlyj- Because, when you put it into your pocket you double it, and when you take it out again you see it in creases. The sort of paper to write love letters on-foolscap. The greatest curiosity in the world-a woman's. Prof Charlie.- What number becomes even by subtracting one. Frisky finnocentlyj.-- S-even. It was too many Roman punches that did the business for Julius Caesar. Regulated by the weather--thermometers. Ode to a washwoman-her last bill. However strange, it is nevertheless true, that our Jake never worried over the trifles of this world nearly so much as he did the small things of Delaware. 96 'Tis a feat to fit feet !-our SHOE always fits. Seen from the Physical Lab window- Freddie Speirs, A goodly youth, fPedaling strong All intent, The stretch along, VVith body bent.j In very truth A fake.--The night classes' work. Free Silver was not proud when he appeared with a New . ' c l ' . Jersey on his back, because it was a borrowed Joke Frederick the Great Qwishing to encourage by an easy questionj.-- Mr. Knight, what is a boycott? O. K. Qnightj-blandly- When a follcr can't answer that question it is a boy caught. F. the G. Qsmilinglyj- Right. You deserve E this month for having so many brains. Eddie.- What produces the sensation of color? Prof-- It is caused by various causes, but 'the chief cause is caused by some cause or other 5 an' that's really the true cause. 1,1-new G ,dy X ln 721. 'ax a I rl fd gl I f A xx iw ' X H- i N- n I fi., - -,.:2 ' N ' ill f -, lx S f --3 l-.ijt-1 f ..--,-.,,...,-. .... .-.::5Z..v-E - gg.- - 1VTonoqNkPnN. - '-' '-' 97 1 4. X Q' n H - -..M ... , P Tir, x C' , Q' VND s- ,B ilfhkf As J -f IFC-. VVho is this? This is a Professor. NVhat is the Professor doing? The Professor is taking his dog for a walk. NVhere is the Professor taking his dog for a walk? The Pro- fessor is taking his dog for a walk round a reservoir of Schuylkill water. XVhen does the Professor take his dog for a walk round a reservoir of Schuylkill water? The Professor takes his dog for a walk round a reservoir of Schuylkill water when the stars come out. Why does the Professor take his dog for a walk round a reservoir of Schuylkill water when the stars come out? The Professor takes his dog for a walk round a reservoir of Schuylkill water when the stars come out because he wishes to continue his studies while taking recreation. How many signincant figures are contained in the pedigree of the dog of the Professor who takes his dog for a Walk round a reservoir of Schuylkill water when the stars come out because he wishes to continue his studies while taking recreation Now really we do not know g this is getting tiresome 5 ask the Professor if you want to know more. V l:N. B.-XVhat is the matter with the dog's left hind leg? It was designed in the Art Departmentl 98 Concealed Names of Hidden Great Men. EA prize ofa five-day all-rail excursion ticket to Mount Everest and return, will be given, gratis, free for nothing, to the first Drexel student who sends a correct solution of the following tangles, to His Highness, Prithivi Beer Bikram Shum Sherrjung Bahadur, care ofthe British Resident at Khatmandu, Nipal. Each answer must be accom- panied by SIO0.00 in Chinese subsidiary coin, and none will be con- sidered before 1996.1 I. Did you hear ofthe war in Graphic Statics? 3' 2. I joined the panel so no man, not even Clinger, could detect a flaw. 3. At the Architects' Ball they danced tl1c Caprice. 4. VVl1o said Hal Burger gets I2 in drawing? . XfVe think them as terse as our Hamlet papers. . VVithout them organize your Alumni. 7. Does this squib lack manly qualities? 8. Here, you are forced back nigh to educational strangulation. 9, jones hoed sweet potatoes, during certain periods of his life, IO. He could not persuade any, not even Hoppy, to his way of 5 6 thinking. II. In Java, I long to electrify the people. 12. This man claims a direct line from the first ark. 13. Clarence N. Trik entered school to be unraveled. 14. Sam C. Co. O. K. l the note read, and the Art girl knew that her mechanic was still true. ' fl' Fully realizing the mental condition of our readers, we will advance this hint: Did you hear ofthe fWnr in gl raphic Statics? 99 15. Master Dunn, in going to school, never got done. 16. The war nervousness can only be 1'elieved at the Drexel Hash House. 17. VVho would think that he could own eye-glasses! 18. Dave I. P. Perspiration reigns in the smith shop during May. 19. On a certain music lark everything went. 20. They cannot make M. P. tone up his drawings. 21. During the interval, jean fainted away. 22. D. I.,A. A. stock is below par, so now is your chance to invest. . 23. Lord Hirsch Re lbersteiger will play at our next organ recital. 24. Found in the Annex with his clear nestled in his arms. 25. Bum cleaning! shrieked Mossop, when he saw the planer. 26. Bobby in a blue uniform stands by the comic hen, erect and beautiful. 27. VVith his sling Luffoco slew the Professor. 28. This is the verdict of the class, for the mathematical slip- arson. 29. Frank Nibblet Swil's onward march to fame-the janitorship. 1 v IOO I The following will give the reader zu lhint idea of the indig- nities to which we are sometimes subjected. Anonymous lcttcrs are ahvays out ofliace: DREXEL INSTITUTE OF ART, SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. November 7th, 1895. MR. ALGERNON SOCIETYMAN, Dear Sir: Your attention is called to your poor mark in Mathematics. Unless substan- tial improvement is shown in your work in this study, there is danger of failure at the end of the term. IOI JM------X X -'- ' X XX f T1 'W - X X N K 'X'-yi! I X 4 N ' X if 1 -M X X x P W 1 N u x ' ' I L Fl i N- .7 I 4231-EX l - I ' Q zu ' 9?-I -L l '-lv W A ,1- ., .L 4, X ' X! D N j - ll, F- --- - N N, ? ini 1,- ' 4 X 5 w I 3, . ...--.....-.,. f ' 1 w x, f 2 f W :, U ff SURELYI BY All N11 ,ws ! --J. F. R., JR. Woe vu Sum Athletics. Q MAN might say that there was little or no sporting Xi blood in Drexel Institute, but, if he did say so, he would gl show that l1e knew little or nothing about that which yj' 'QF' he was talking. It requires the greatest quantity ff if .4 . . . N' 9 and highest grade of sporting blood in order to develop along athletic lines in this noble Institute. In proof of this assertion we have only to proudly point to the high standard which Drexel has developed in all its departments since its First organization. Already has it graduated one-half dozen brainy athletes, who always point with pleasure to the excellent training which they received under the highly efficient director. In order not to discourage the boys, the director refrains from wearing a gymnasium suit, and no one has every seen him take part in the exercises which he diligently directs. He does not hold the boys down to the usual unnecessary and unscientific methods of training which ordinary colleges think indispensable 3 on the contrary, he strongly recommends such mild articles of diet as hot cakes, ham, lVIumm's extra dry, etc. YVhy should we not turn out good athletes, when we have such a director and a 5900.00 gymnasium floor? Among the many improvements which the Institute has witnessed during the last year, are : The sixteen-stall bicycle stable for the use of forty ride1's, good and true, the magnificent tennis courts, which were leveled under the personal supervision of john F. Rowland, jr., B.S., lVl.I2., and which will be ready for use before 1898, etc. Before we close allow us to make the suggestions, which we know that some ofthe Faculty will probably bring up within a few years 5 suggestions which might add to the already efficient work of our 1o5 alma mater. There ought to be a swimminff WWW C 1 poolg it need not have a 3900.00 bottom, but I 'yi led after the Queen Lane 1 gf J 'lf reservoir. Larger athletic grounds would be an f nnprovement upon thc present ash-heap. The ' W' ,4 X ' H f7f fz W 'Q C' :jA1:!' r .- I. I Wi., x Vt, 2, let It not be mode 44 H , f, X vm, ' .. , ', '1 . x, 1 H undergracluates should have the use of the Faculty smoking-room for at least a few l ' Cl. 'l f W' 'X ' ' 1ou1s 11 5. These are the mo1c urgent needs g the others can wait. rll, N-A gf n Yi iam Drexel Institute Athletic Association. 5 oFF1c:ERs. U fb'L'Slll'L'llf, XV. B. Snort, '96 M.A. Mkt' l5'L'SI'lft'll1', J. L. NIEUKIIQK, '97 Arch. Svcrcfnfjf, R. IiN'r1z114EN, '96 M.A. 1l?'crzszm'r, P. H. McCook, '96 M.A. .E17L'tf1lf1 ZfL' Czw1z11z'ffn'. O. T. liNlGl'l'l', '96, M.A., li. C. DlE'l'liIC1'I, l97 M.A. C. M. Po'1 1'uR, '98, M.A., R. C. BIRNEY, '96 Arch., A. P. W15'1'H151uLr., '96 Bus., CRXMIXLE, Art. IO6 Fall Sports. 3' I N the Fall of 1895, the first rield sports connected JL , I M with this ranch were held at the old U. of P. grounds. 'P' i-alll! ' . . H A. I . Jef I Field sports are as old as the hills, and of course our Rf lliiliil athletes did themselves proud. I:The graduates from our Athletic Department are now training for the 1 . . . . . - Olympic Games whlch are to be held in Paris in 1900.1 Ten thousand tickets were printed, and, as they were free, there was an immense audience present. It would require several pages to fully describe how everything was won. Suffice it to say that '96 M. A. won, as is the usual thing with that wonderful class, the proud distinction of being Hrst in the total number of points going to any one class. Before we refer you to the statistics upon the subject, allow us to give' you some interesting bits of information: The duns are after the Treasurer of '97 M. A. for thirty-seven cents, which is still owing on the ten quarts of Witch Hazel. I:The Hazel Wliicli was rubbed on their athletes who could not win.:I Also, we have it on good authority that Rupert Daniel has returned the borrowed bike to his uncle. io7 FALL SPORTS, NOVEMBER 22, 1895. 5' OFFICERS. ICq1Q'1'vv.- JOHN F. ROWLAND, JR. ,hllZi.g'L'.S'.' O. J. BA1uuz'r'r, J. P. Ryman, J. L. NIEUKIRK, ,Q7 Arch. Y2'1m'rs.- A. PIENJVUOD, G. XV. SMITH, S. Tumu-sox, '96 Bus. Sfa1'n'1'.- Glzoucus TURNER. ' bflllligft' ry' Bz2j'ffz'11g.' XV. A. XVENZEI.. Cfv1'l's zffhc Cbzzrse .- R. B. S'1'lcH'r1zR, ,Q7 M. A. 3 12. ISAINS, '96 Bus A111101r11rc1'.' S. P. I-I1zI'1'sHU, '96 M. A. Sjrarfs CL0lll1lll'ff6'L'.' C. S. CLARKE, '96 M. A. Chairman g Ii. S. THOMPSON '96 Bus. g E. BAINS, '96 Bus.g R. C. BIRNEY, '96 Arch. g R. B. S'1'ICH'1'1-ZR, '97 M. A. if Om' Hll1ldl't'lf Yards Dash. I. J. LOI1g'Z1kCl', Q7 Arch, II sec. 2. W. Hcitshu, '98 M.A. 3. A. PNVetherill, '96 Bus. Two Hzzmirm' amz' Yicfwzzgf Yards Dash. I. J. Longaker, '97 Arch., 25 sec. 2. A. P. VVetherill, '96 Bus. 3. P. Van Dusen, '96 Chem. Ola'-Haj' JMD Bicycfv. I. P. H. McCook, '96 M.A., I m., 21 Mscc. 2. VV. D. Foster, ,Q7 M. A 3. B. D. Murdaugh, '97 M. A. Om' JM74' Bzlyfcle. I. P. H. McCook, '96 M. A., 3lT1., I5 sec. 2. W. A. Eippcr, '96 M.A 3. VV. D. Foster, '97 M. A. IOS Om'-Hay Able Run. I. H. j. Nelson, '96 M.A., 2 m., 34f4 sec. 2. R. C. Birney, '96 Arch. 3. G. F. Waring, '96 M. A. Om, fwla' Rim. I. johnson, Chem. Sp., 5 m., 44M sec. 2. T. S. Dunning, '96 M.A 3. W. B. Shoe, '96 M.A. Hzlglz hpllllf. I. H. S. Pennock, '97 Ii. E., 5ft. 2 in. 2. W. Low, '97, Arch. 3. R. Blake, ,Q7 M.A. Rmzzzzhg Broml jump. 1. VV. Low, '97 Arch., I8 ft., 5in. 2. C. C. Willits, ,97 M.A. 3. R. Blake, '97 M.A. Pzftfilgq fha Slzof. 1. W. H. Downey, '96 M.A., 29 ft. 2. G. R. Kempton, '96 M.A. 3. C. Williams, '97 M.A. T k7'0'ZUZ'l1g' fha Base Hall. I. P. Van Dusen, '96 Chem., 324 ft. 2. C. C. Willets, ,Q7 M.A. 3. R. Blake, '97 M.A. W Poizzls. '96 M.A. 31 '96 Arch. 3 '97 Elec. Eng. 5 '97 M.A. I4 ,Q7 Arch. I8 '96 Chem. 6 '98 M.A. 3 '96 Bus. 5 Chem. Special 5 '96 M.A. won championship and the cup. - Relay Dam for April 2 5, 1896. QU gf H relay races.j - Nieukirk, Manager. Longaker, '97 Arch. Emley, ,Q7 M.A. Low, '97 Arch. McCook, 96 M.A. IO9 Foot Ball. ' Q- HIS year's team has been the most successful in our history, and this is not saying too much. The Cap- tain, Spooney Storm, was a hot potato and enjoyed the confidence ofthe boys. W The manager, O.K. Knight, was a big enough I man to brook no opposition g he swore that he would have a winning team, and ran it without the aid of I the kids in the D. I. A, A. The trainer was a U. of P. man, and he was a bird. His language was well timed, and his vocabulary was such as to leave no doubt as to his meaning. We had the advantage of training after dark on the Y. M. C. A. grounds. It is true that all this cost money and that the D. I. A. A. refused to pay the bill. We do not know what became of it,-the bill. L W Q, i 1 llif ., l ' - is Q f .. 'Q ' I IIO I 4 njfl' UA LI, TE D. I. A. A. Committee on Foot Ball. 9 R. ENTRIKEN, '96 M.A., T. W. PARSONS, '96 M.A., A. B. S'1'1cn'i'EN, '97 M.A. D. I T 611711.-SL'!l50ll 1895. W11.LmMs, '97 M.A. KlihIP'1'ON, '96 M.A. I,ONr:ANEu, '97 Arch. NELSON, '96 M.A. VVARING, '96 M.A. JOHNSON, Chem. Sp. BIRNEV, '96 Arch. DOWNEY, '96 M.A. SKILLERN, '97 Bus. JAMES, '97 EIC. WARE, '98 M.A. PRICE, '96 M. A. MCQUILKEN, ,Q7 M.A. J. F. PARSONS,'Q6 M.A. S'l'ORM,'97 M.A.QCapt.j S.P. I'IEI'I'5HU, '97 M.A. KN1GH'1', '96 M.A. QlVIgr.J. Gzzflzw.-Sm.s'o1z q' 1895. Oct. 19, Drexel Institute wx Bordentown Military Institute, H- I2-O Oct. 26, Drexel Institute ws. Manheim Spiders, - - IO-12 Oct. 30 Drexel Institute fu' Friends' Central School, IO-O NOV. 9, Drexel Institute ws. Media Academy, - ' 4-4 Nov. 15, Drexel Institut: fu' Central High School, 4-4 Nov. 22, Drexel Institute ws Central High School, - 2-I8 Games played, 63 won, 25 lost, 2 3 tied, 2. Points scored, Drexel Institute, 40, Opponents, 38. Scrub Y2'fm1. STUDY Gomiioimow, FnIsKx', INi4x ' AEERMOVICH, KID LEADER, NO'1'iiiNc:, CUT-A-DASH BISHOP Bun' JOHAM, TOO MUCH JOHNSON, Li'r'1'LE IQEYS, ANAROHIST TSANOFF, PNE'r'rv GASKILI.. II3 . Basket Ball. 3' ACULTY supervision made this the most exciting, ,- interestin and over owerinf s ort of the season. QW ., , S P fs P , A Kp' Words fail us! It is too much for us to tackle. . - X 5,3 l,, , , 6 Ask the bo s! The re fular team la ed a few W ,ix Y S P Y 5-Q A ing., games, and then died a Faculty-death. Most of the VI Q interest of the season centered on the Inter-Class -.l fkf Basket Ball series, and particularly upon the unbeaten team from '96 lVI.A, x L ' The opening game of the season was the most soul-inspiring ever witnessed. One could not hear himself think, and '97 M A. nearly died from trying to. One of the features of the Inter-Class series was the long-winded debates between the opposing captains, referees, representatives, directors and members of the Faculty. These little talks may be seen in a paraphrased form in the back of Poor Richard's Almanack. It would be well for coming champions to peruse this book during the approaching summer. The girls, bless their dear hearts, could not refrain from following the boys' example, and the result was that their lives have been shortened by possibly sixteen minutes on account of the undue and unwarranted class-feeling which arose in their midst. We should not forget that an exhibition game was played, at the suggestion of Dr. MacAlister, for the benefit of the Tuskegee Negro School in Alabama. The proceeds, 525, were sent to them, not so much for the sake of the money, but as an earnest of the feelings which we had towards them. 114 D. I. A. A. Committee on Basket Ball. 9 WARING, '96 M.A. NIEUKIRK, '97 M.A. BA1u'1 r, Bus. D. L Yifmzz-Sn'aso1z '95-'Q6. Snoe, '96 M.A. WARING, '96 M.A. ICEMPTON, '96 M.A. MCLEAN, 96 M.A. WiLL1AMs, '97 M. A. MURDAUGH, '97 M.A. GASKILI., '97 MA. GoRMAN. GREUL, 'Q7E.E.fC2IPt.D ICN'lGHT,.,Q6 MA. QMgr.Q Class YQYZNZS.-'96 MA.-Kempton, Waring, Nelson, Masters, Dunning, Alburger QMgr.j, Dean, Shoe fCapt.j '97 M.A.-Murdough, Gillingham, Gaskill fCapt.j, Williams, Worrel, Viguers, Dietrich QMgr.D '98 M.A.-Morehouse, F. S. Clarke, I-leitshu fCapt. and 'Mgr.j, Potter, Ware, Noblit, Bishop. DL7?ll7'l7llBllf Temzzx.-Business.-I-lazard, Wetherill, Bains, Mc- Cracken, jones fCapt.j, Williams, Strauss. Architectural.-Birney, Weihman QCapt.j, Longaker, Low, Thorne, Converse, Brown, Fitzsinger, Nieukirk QMgr.j. IIS GAMES. 5' Dec. 6, 1895, Drexel Institute wx Temple College, Cmss G,xM1ss. Dec. 13, 1895, '96 M.A, wx. '97 M.A. Dec. 18, 1895, Architects ws. Business, jan. 17, 1896, '97 M.A. wx '98 M.A., jan. 31, 1896, '96 M.A. ffs. Business, Feb. 5, 1896, '97 M.A. ws. Architects, Feb. 14, 1896, '96 M.A. ws. '98 M.A., March 4, 1896, '97 M.A. ffs. Business, March 20, '98 M.A. ws. Architects, - April 1, '96 M.A. mx Architects. April 17, '98 M.A. ffs. Busi11ess. 5' '96 '97 '98 '96 lVl.A. - 0 1 1 '97 MA. - o o 1 '98 M.A. - o o o Business, 0 0 0 Architects, - 0 0 1 Lost, - 0 1 3 116 BUS. ARCH. XVON 1 o 3 1 1 3 o o o o o o 1 o 2 3 1 Base Ball. 9 This sport is always flourishing in the neighborhood of Thirty- second and Chestnut streets. We always manage to turn out a mag- nificent team g that is a team that will tight with the energy of the under dog. This year's team was no exception to the usual run. The cap- tain, Chemical johnson, occasionally hits the ball-this to encour- age the others-and his style seems to be faultless to our untutorecl eyes. The manager, Sport Nieukirk, is fully capable of anything. I-le vowed that he would have a winning team if he had to import some Spanish friends from Camden. The results showed the wisdom with which his brain overflows. Last year's team was a moderate success, and this year's team tried to follow in its footsteps, but they couldn't get to first. 3' I D. I. A. A. Committee on Base Ball. JOHNSON, Ch. Sp., O. T. IQNIGIIT, '96 M.A., C. C. NVILLIAMS, '97 M.A. J. NIEUKIIQK, '97 Arch., Chairman. D. I Ylvzm zyf 1896. W1LL1'i's, P., '97 M.A. GEYIZR, C., '97 Arch. VVILLIAMS, 1 B, ,Q7 M.A. JOHNSON, L.F., Ch. Sp., Capt. CowAN, C.F., '98 M.A. DlE'1'IilCII, R.F., ,Q7 M.A. Low, 3 B., '97, Arch. Dovus, 2 B., '98 M.A. Tvnisu, S.S. '98 M.A. Gzzffzv. April 27, 1896, Drexel Institute ffs. N. E. M. T. School, 8-I3 II7 SEE THE CUP ON THE LEFT? ii It was to have been awarded to the winners of the Inter-Class Basket Ball series. Owing to mis- understandings, which could not be clone away with, the Class of '96 M. A. did not receive it officially. Thanks to the kindness of Director Ryder, however, we were allowed to have it photographed, since we were the only unbeaten team in the League. IIS A'1'Hx.LT1c TE.-ni The Nursery. 5 IECRETLY, in the south-west corner of the third lf' floor, flourishes our Kindergarten Department, under the personal dictation and nagging of Smith, jones and Brown 3 the latter being an indistinct and silent Y - ' . ' . member of this trio of fatherly Profs. n g 0 l rmvb . . in 'IllL,N5 ,,' ' Y 356, ' v ' ki L X Gil l Q Si'1zc1M1-:N ov Woizic. I:A1z v,1'c'1'fz'sc fw'z'!tw by om' fy' flu' rhz'!n'rc11, dc.w'1'z'bz'1zg om' W' fhvir WZIZIU' 0lIfl'llg'A'.:l Our nice pretty school is closed to-day, because Mister Rowland is sick from smoking a nasty MILD segar. The little boys and girls are off with their dear teachers for a day in the HL'71-TCl0C7lliY, Henry and Clarence have brought their Spvzks, with which they will try and catch some cute little minnows in the pond. Jimmie has his wax-doll, Mabel, but as the sun is melting it, he is seen Sfzczizzkzz tears. There is Charlie and Annie. He is going to lfVht'L'fL'1' to the picnic g she is a good Clizzgw' and cannot be shaken off by him. What will you do, Eddie?', says R. N. jones. I want to swing with the girls in the hammock, please, as fm' hurt my hip matching pennies. Stop, Look and Listen ! See the free .AIIZSUIZ passes on a wheel S he is the first decent R,wz'z'1' we have ever seen. The children all have a good play, and after Enron their lunch they have a merry time on their way home from the woods. I2I By Request. T fljnder this head we shall endeavor to answer, to the best of our ability, any question sent to us, by any one desiring information upon any subject whatever. Address AR'I'lll7R llrcxltv hIAS'l'l'1RS, Associate Editor 'Fun Ec:e11:x'l'iut:, I'hiladelphia.j G. F. VV.-VVe do not consider the sweater a proper garment for the lecture room. If still in doubt, try a dress suit. lVIanayunk. -ln reply to your question, we would state that we have been unable to secure any definite information on the subject, but to the best of our knowledge we believe that any student standing within seventy-five feet of a glass door when broken is regarded as being implicated in the crime. VV. H. D.-flj The increased length ofthe days in summer is not regarded in scientific circles as an example of the expansive power of heat. fzj ? Read the Hrst 373 pages of Barker. NV. B. S.-The best source of information on the subject of Athletics is the Drexel I1z.rfz'!u!e lf71ffL'fl'll,' price three cents per copy at any hardware store. Country Cousin. -Read the answers to W. H. D. and R. N. jones. If your biscuits show yellow streaks, you are using too much soda. R. N. jones.--A soft rubber is best. An ink-eraser destroys the Fibre of the paper and tends to make the ink run. A. R. W.-The March, 1896, number of the DI'L',1'L'f flliflifllfl' Hllfffflill gives full information on this point. li. T. A.-The X-rays are usually produced by an induction coil, though in some cases a torpedo will answer just as well. Maud.--Qlj No, dear, the pilot of a steamer does not necessarily sleep in the steerage. fzj Not easily. I 2 2 Nameless. -For a periodical of this kind, we would recommend the D1'E.TE! lnstz'!utc 13IlffL'fZ'71. Florry and Anna.-Batavia, N. Y., will reach him. Russell.-flj We cannot imagine what great crime the class committed, unless it was the crime of not securing a pair of SHOES. fzfj Yes. J. F. P.-We have at last succeeded in finding an answer to your difficult question, and hope that it will fill your bill. D1AGNos1s ov Love. lin Za Hrubrzkw'.j LOVE.-A nervous disorder affecting the entire system and some- times even the clothes, and food of the victim. Peculiar to both sexes of all ages, from childhood to second childhood. Always fatal in age 5 seldom in youth. .SgfllZff07llS.-LOSS of appetite and interest in mundane affairs. Anxiety as to personal appearance. Longing for flowers and poetry. Demented belief in the absolute perfection of some being of the opposite sex. Vacant expression of the eyes. Patient speaks in monosyllablcs and takes an especial interest in the monosyllable Yes. Yifzzfllzvlzl.-Orme dose of the monosyllable No, and nursing for males. For females, a new seal-skin jacket, diamonds and a trip to Paris are sometimes efficacious. An appplication of stern parents ' may be of use, but more often merely excites the malady. Marriage is an absolute specific. But it is so dangerous that it is never tried except in extreme cases. Constant Smoker.-This is the best we can do for you now: A cheerful widow of loving disposition, age 45, good teeth, height 5 feet 6 inches, weight 184, brown golden hair, dark blue eyes, a neat housekeeper and cook, is lady member No. 256,5OI, Class X, Spooney Co., Indian Ter. Claims to own property. VVill willingly marry a farmer or a Drexel Institute graduate. 123 Hurt Her -Wanamaker's is a good place to buy household goodsg we strongly recommend R. N. jones for sideboards. Tillie.-QI, You did not send a seven-cent stamp, so your manu- script is not returnable. CZ. 5D We must know the reason why. Mabel.-fzzj You do wrong to allow your young man to write billets doux to you during his drawing period. fbj Do not send postals to him as the boys read them aloud. We refer you to the gentleman who has charge of this column, and who has had a wide experience in everything pertaining to Qzj. O. K.-fzzj Yes, they are kids. Qbj Do not be discouragedg she will probably be willing to make up in a couple of years. fry Thank you g you are too kind. fdj Our health is passing excellent. We hope that you will not be killed for rubbing them on class day. Professor.- Yes, you are rightg Frank has full charge of the marking of the boys in conduct and deportmentf' If you re- ceive P from him you can make up your mind that you will not even be conditioned. Anxious 'ILll1lOI'.-fly, VVe are not at liberty to state why Pro- fessor Hopkins' autograph is not in this year's ECCENTRIC. fzznj We do not know why he did not send in I . His Professor Hopkins Mark. 9 Leader 7.-Qaj Is that so? Qbj You should not throw water on girls, but, if you do so, be man enough to decline her assistance out of the wood shop by refusing to allow her to use your ear as the lever. Ccj No doubt you are proud of your class, but it evidently has not improved you. Qdj Since you have departed this life, warn your classmates not to attempt amateur theatricals unless they have will enough to push the scheme through. A. H. lVI.-The meridian of a triangle is Greek to us. 124 T Ovvawbex, Xxisixixwe 0? NYY , SCAESCE, PSO XSDOSW84 . GBSBRP-b V-QCSULPJYXOSS FOR STUOBSTS. .,.,,,,,,A, x. Skmeoks me noi 'so Xdxtet ot assex0'oXeKxx We enktmxce- mm, Qemax umm, ox gaxxefxee. Donny, me qdxddaq veceee, etodenks wwe we Qv'w'xXe,q,e oi 'coz coovx mxck q,a.XXexXe.-5, wx X006 com ateaixon oi odxse, oi amy Xixmk Ks Q1oXix6xte6. 1.. 'We wdxxofmw,Xecmre-voow, qgmwixom, Xaxuomxo- Xaes-:oem-5, am xwotwskxops me :xox ognevx to smckem-5 eo V061 Qieeeoce Ks ieqxixted X0 them. 5'm6ems Ko me Oeqadmem mom xo wXixcxx Wei beXcmg,. 05 as ww 'oe e5'L1YoYxs'0e6XN we O'xtec.'xov. rx We Xfxvxaw mdk V-eadmg-Ylooqo Ks h1L'l'SL1dy,J0711t01'y 1bfk5v..KNxuA1wK C..XXmwNOE:v, W 909K WWW WWW! ?WC3G0f19 QWBMQEX e,er,00.3 Comgagmofxd Ummm OX' uw Vsexe io: c.Xo'c'omg,, wxtxw 'gov-e, Nasa. 9. 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I-Ie blew out his brains after bidding his wife good bye with a gun, A boy was eating apples with red hair. For Sale.-A handsome upright piano, the property ofa musician in this city with carved legs. The elevator ainlt going g take the stairs up. Complicated watch repairing guaranteed. . Shoes blacked inside. VVith a wild shriek, Maria tore up the back stairs. Or take up arms against a sea of troubles. He riveted his eyes upon the door. Wanted.-A young man to take care of a pair of horses ofa religious turn of mind. - I shall hold you responsible for everything I say whether I Say it or notf' Two men were hoeing corn with st1'aw hats. A man with a wooden leg named Myers. 126 COURT Student Life. 5' The remark has been made by one of our sages, those mighty oracles and dignified philosophers of the Normal Class, that a person's school days are among the happiest of his life. Who but an ossified batch of matter, or a musty, broken-down, worn-out piece of human mechanism, does not agree with him P Taking into consideration everything connected with student life r -its joys and sorrows, trials l and triumphs, successes and failures-the hours and days then spent in toiling and tumbling up the mountain of learning form some of the brightest pictures hanging in the great hall of memory. Who will not, in after years, when seated by his own Fireside and with his baby asleep upon his knee, let fancy fondly run through the archives ofthe past and see in the brightest glow ofthe embers a picture ofthe hard yet happy, wearisome at times, yet always merry life when Frisky, Heavy, Free Silver and the rest of the boys, with yourselh were students together at the dear old Toot ! And now, upon our pinnacle of victory, let us pause a moment, with the field of strife, 1' 129 pleasure and conquest spreading out before our view, and recallafresh to our mind, and recount, for the benefit of those who were asleep in their shell of petrified fun, some incidents and experiences connected with a student. . Variety's the very spice of life, i That gives it all its flavor. . -ClITE17t'l'. VVhere do you find more variety than in an ordinary student's life, in school and out? Take an ordinary school day and glance at the wide difference of the character of the studies, the great diversity in the style of instructors, and the great multitude of odds and ends, of no particular category, which enter into its make up. During the first hour we may have to wrestle with dear old NVilly Shake, while basking in the sunny smile of our beloved instructress, who beams upon us from the top of a stool. Next our worthy and respected Ph.D. may dose us with Economics for an hour. Finally the morn- ing winds up with a talk on all animals from the fish up. The recess hour is then in order and provides a fond opportunity for us to spend some time at our principal trade-table finishing-a most pleasant and agreeable vocation, at which some of us become wonderfully expert, and a calling fofthe inner manj to which we become quite attached. Let the afternoon open by diving after the pearl of truth in the pleas- ant sparkling waters of Lake Mathematics-a sheet of water of immeasurable depth. O! but it is a cinch! Occasionally, it is greatly enlivened by Napoleon Bonaparte and his chestnut sprigs on log rolling. The funniest jokes are Charlie H's questions and exam- ples, which are dryly humorous. How VVenty, old boy, together with Sammy Loney and Bill Bartol sat up nights and paid for oil to concoct schemes to fool us. But figures won't lie 3 neither will those devoted disciples ofthe parched, abstract science-so very frequently are we 130 wrong when our answers do not measure up to the standard. Then may follow one or two hours in the Drawing Room or Physical Lab. O ! that Drawing Room with its, Well, sir, and Now, Mister X, what can we do for you P But Physics offers the greatest variety, and is the grandest game of guess in the Institute. The extent of our knowledge, outside of the old familiar formula F-Ma, would not con- sume much time in the telling, and what we have yet to learn would Hll a book. In place of some of the foregoing, on certain days, the planing of a piece of iron to a tissue paper thickness, or the listening to the jolly stories about that wonderful baby, by the side of the glowing forge, contribute greatly to relieve anything of a monotonous nature. The Library, with its smiling, courteous attendants, con- tributes its share of variety to a student's life. To those who have been so favored, the easy chairs of the Presidents Office and the luxurious surroundings in the Trustees' Room afford a delightful diversion from the usual routine. So much for student life in regard to school. Now let us view it in general, and mention some particular incidents that have come under our attention. After dinner we light our nightly beacon, which has a pipe direct from the wells to supply us with the midnight oil whereby we prepare our lessons. Of course there are exceptions to all rules, and Friday and Saturday nights are exceptions to this one. Upon these last named occasions we go visiting, form theatre parties Qin the lob Q, indulge in little larks, banquets, stag parties, social gatherings, curiosity hunting, and in fact anything that happens in our path. Visiting brother-students is very pleasant upon ordinary occasions, but the pleasure is somewhat marred when they treat one as did our jolly intellectual friend from the little room in the southwestern corner of the Toot, -he who is posing as an editor of a class book. We 131 suppose that the water insinuated a cool reception that evening, but that, nor the water, nor the principle even, which was contemptible enough in itself did not wrong us any. It was the poor aim ! Should he fall so far short in his aim in life as he did at us he will never be a great journalist. But, should' he ever repeat such a reception, the young lady in New Jersey, who receives a square envelope from him quite frequently, shall be informed of his dinner in this city with the young lady in the Business Department, whose favorite beverage is stronger than water. After returning from fellow-students' rooms we occasionally find evidences fnot always cardsj that some of our friends have likewise been in the business that night. We note with sorrow that we never found a card upon our table bearing Prof Jones' name. To do him justice we agree that he had been to see us some time when we were not at home, but he did not have a card. No 'doubt he had given them all to the carpenter-man lady, whom he taught to make use of them by cutting a slit into them and placing over the line, which had to be erased. This method of erasure had the advantage of not Hsmudging the drawing, but it was rapid fon the cardsj. They almost all disappeared in cleaning that little farce comedy in the Drawing Room entitled The Repeal of the Ink Eraser. It is very nice to have one of the boys receive a cake and some candy and ask a person over to help make it disappear. Often has this been repeated among the circles of the Doughy Gang. The cake and candy are supposed to come from a sister, but that is a poor excuse to give one who has been there. It is generally sent by one of those other girls who cause an unscratchable tickling round the heart or who, by their sweet smiles, give rise to a peculiar sensation, which is an outward inexpressibility and an inward all-overishness. But we observed upon a certain occasion the poor appreciation of such I32 V kindness on the part of certain individuals. Let us labelsuch thoughts as the last In Memory of Our Departed. Our attention is often attracted by the handsome adornments upon the walls of some of our rooms. One in l particular commanded our attention. It graced the walls of the room occupied by the dignified president of '95, and was in the form of a picture frame-a contribution from one of those causers of the heart disease. What a pity it cannot continue always io- gftlzer, as it was in the early winter. Occasionally a theatre party is collected and views the show from the lob. Often more than is expected can be seen for twenty-five cents It is highly gratifying to see that the memory and the works of Shakespeare have challenged the earnest interest and approval of one of the Business Profs. This is all the more so since he evidently made a mistake and took himself and ladies into the lob instead of the balcony. We refrain from making further comments, seeing that he and party were so ably chaperoned by two of the English teachers. Upon the previous visit of Henry Irving, we were pained to see the brass exhibited by an instructress, who persisted in A T33 occupying a lower step of a lob aisle against the wishes and pro- tests of the usher. NVe learned afterwards that it was a case of entering on a fifty cent ticket and sitting next to a dollar row. Many pleasant recollections will drift towards our stag parties and banquets, particularly the one at Jake-:'s. How those oysters and that turkey did disappear, but the principal feature was the toasts. How Hungry did convince all that they should join with Free-Silver partiesg how Preacher did discuss the new woman, with her bella- donna and tight-lacing, how we did live through the terrible monotony of a string of It is which was launched upon us when O. K. got up upon his hind legs! May Jake live long, prosper. and give another dinner party some day! ' The exciting experience of collecting trophies is never thought of aloud, but- O'er his books his eyes begin to roll, In pleasing memory of all he stole. -Plym Again let us drift back to the building and observe some rules which the student is supposed to obey and study by heart. Always take off your l1at upon entering the building. This never applies to Profs. H If you go into the library, do not talk, as a certain unim- portant person reserves that privilege for himself, and exercises it quite freely, as We all know. Are you a smoker? If so, throw away your cigar while you are a square away from the school. Students are not allowed to smoke in or about the building, but a room, especially equipped by our Profs. for such purposes, is a part of the Institute. If you go to a public entertainment in the Auditorium, do not breathe, wink an eye, or encore any one, with but one exception, or I 134 you will have the pleasure of calling upon the High Muckle-a-Muck. In walking in or out of the court, do not turn your eyes to the right or left, and, whatever you do, always live in fear of being reported by his nibs of importance, the head scrubber, or by that excellent grand tyrant of impudence that reigns in the offensive presence of an ancient miss, that apparent owner of the Institute and of us all, that would-be, though uninvited, participant in every con- versation. Do not speak to any of your friends, or you are liable to be asked what you are talking about ! Do not indulge in athletics, as it only means disappointment and defeat. How can we win or do anything in athletics when we are so handicapped. Thousand of dollars are spent upon books on ART and old musty mummies, but not a stray hundred can be obtained to rent a play-ground for us. Remember that you have a half-holiday every week for athletics, but never ask where you are to indulge in them. Perhaps the half-holidays are of more use to the Faculty than to the students. Should you be so unfortunate as to be a manager of a basket-ball team, do not arrange for a game during the day, or you will have the date cancelled by the Faculty Committee. Above all, do not arrange for one in the evening, as that time is occupied in giving instruction to private classes in the Gym. Be sure to ask certain Profs. six weeks before the examination whether or not you are going to Hunk. If they say yes, bluff them and you may receive an li. Never ask bout the IJ1'v.1'v! Bullvzizz and its printing press. Imagine that it was so slow that it spoiled on the way. No one knows anything about it. The advance-sheet tablets are used by the boys to figure on. Gccasionally a thrifty barber obtains some and uses them in preference to shirt-advertising lather paper. 135 Do not attend any functions held to promote sociability among the students, because if you are afterwards seen speaking to any young lady that graced such an occasion, your chances for dismissal are very good. During hot, sultry weather subject yourselves to 'intense bodily suffering in a certain laboratory, in order to gratify a whim of one of our beloved Profs. In short, do not take off your coat. Such are a few of many rules which one learns to observe during his student life at Drexel. Many more ofa like character could be added, but wc stay our pen for this time. We expect all manner ofsarcastic, unpleasant comments upon these remarks. We expect to be called a fool. However, if some people's wisdom has secured for them their positions of esteem in the mind of the average student, we are well content with our folly. A S'rUnEN'1'. s'QQ Q 136 The Owls. 'DB' mia' zz ff1ff2Zf0f!ll'llfl'If zzwzyf A1m'j2'!! as cola' as rz fmzzjl Qffflly, lfVM'1z hz' hmm' XM' 1g Z'IIl1fS sz'11g'. 3' HY, it is just the bulliest gang on earth: The Owls ! fag . . . ' 'Z is A male quartet of semi-secret affinities. FZ, 4 J C 'E . Drnlzzafzs Pvrxolzzcf. w rt, i W l Dooli 'l Dowwzv, an imitation first tenor. X ' lk ' 5 s , 1 l 'X 1. 1 men Oiecuiuan Pmcic, a turkey gobbler second tenor. GULLIVER DEAN, leader, piano thumper and first basso. Amman, N1fLsoN, swell box and second bassoon. SNEEZE l'lEI'l'5HU, a heavy man for emergencies. Allowed to use the Auditorium on account of' its comparatively immense size. Never practiced as much as they screechcd. Are open to engagements by the week, day or meal. Apply at Registrars office, on Sundays, for full particulars and rates. They draw the line at Ben Bolt or Alice Lee. , , . i . .. . A . n l -....-.-.T.1.. .- ..-..-.-T.--- .-, ..---3.-1.---... -.. ..--1---. 137 Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Club. A F CELEBRITY has said that the Americans have no national instrument. lt' this is true the banjo comes very near upsetting this statement. Italy is the home 21 of the mandolin. The Spanish troubadour sings his songs with the soft accompaniment of the guitar. :is ml: Ifa Scotchman hears the shrill squeak of the bag- pipe it stirs his blood and sets him thinking of Robert Bruce and Bonnie Prince Charlie. If we Americans hear the plunk of the rollicking banjo we think of a jolly time. The banjo is more popular in our country than it is in any other country in the world. The United States has seen its evolution from the dried hollowed squash, with its sheepskin head and its crude fingerboard, to the highly finished instrument of to-day. The idea ofthe banjo orchestra originated ten years ago, with lVIr. Thomas j. Armstrong, of Philadelphia, one of the most noted composers and arrangers for the instrument. Mr. Armstrong is now the Musical Director of the Drexel Institute Banjo Club. In October, 1892, with the consent of Dr. lVIacAlister, the Drexel Institute Banjo Club was organized with three members. For several years it has been the custom to hold a banjo club contest at the Academy of Music of Philadelphia. The best clubs from the colleges and cities ofthe United States are invited to take part. In january, 1894, the Drexel Institute Banjo Club entered the largest contest ever held. Eight clubs entered. The Drexel Institute Banjo Club captured third prize with an average of ninety per cent. The club defeated the University of Pennsylvania, the Lehigh University and three other noted clubs from diff'erent parts of the country. The club 138 that took second prize had an average of ninety and one-tenth. The averages of ,these clubs were based upon harmony, time, expression, and general excellence. At that time the Drexel Institute Banjo Club was composed of eight players and was without professional instruction. To raise the standard as high as possible it was decided in October, 1894, to secure a specialist to conduct the Club. Mr. Paul lino, the present leader of the University of Pennsylvania Banjo Club, was engaged for the season. On February 20th, 1895, the Club gave its first annual concert in the New Century Drawing Room. The con- cert was a great success, At the beginning of the present season the Club engaged lVIr. Thomas j. Armstrong for its musical director. The Club is now in better condition than it ever was. It has a larger number of new selections in its repertory than it had in any of its previous years. From a membership of three in 1892, it now has twenty-one names on its roll. The Banjo Club gave its second annual concert on january 7tl1, 1896, in the Auditorium of the Drexel Institute. The object of the Drexel Institute Banjo Club is social enjoyment and the cultivation of the musical art. It gives concerts to defray its expenses. By request the Club gave a free concert i11 the Auditorium of the Drexel Institute on February 27th, 1896, to close the series of free organ recitals. Fifteen hundred persons were turned away, the Auditorium being crowded. On the following Thursday the Banjo Club gave another free concert to a crowded house. A few weeks later, emboldened by success, another recital was given at a charge of twenty-live cents per listener. Twenty were in attendance. I -7 It is the earnest wish of the present mem- f ,y bers of the Club that the Drexel Institute Banjo ,Lfi'f qg, ..ilij Club will continue to grow in the future in pop- . ltr ularity and in excellence as it has in the past. if , FT T39 The Drexel Institute Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Club in OFFICERS: Prcszkievzf, MR. VVM. L. REOLES. Wm Prcmfclzl, MR. HAIL WILSON. Mzzzfztgfer amz' Sedy, Treasurer, MR. BERTRAND JOHNSON. MR. W. W. ADAMs. LL'!l!lIL'f, MR. ALBERT H. WAL'l'EIiS. Execzztzbc Comzlzilmf .' Mu. BERTRAND JOHNSON, MR. A. W. Prscx, JR., MR. W. W. ADAMS, Ilhzxir Cammirlee .' MR. AL1sERT H. WALTERS, MR. JOHN M. WILHOUR, MR. CHAS. A. SHULZE. Zlhmkrz! Direrlor, MR. THOS. J. ARMSTRONG. 140 Drexel Institute Banjo, Guitar and Mandolin Club. 9' b'1uy2'1zu1'1'nus .- MR. WM. L. REOLES, M. A. W. PEGK, JR., MR. JOHN M. WILBOUR, MR. W. B. BRYAN, MR. F. R. STUCKERT, MR. THOS. J. ARMSTRONG IGH! lfafyb, Pifrolo Bnzyb, MR. ALBERT H. WALTERS, MR. CHAS. B. STRETCH, JR. Sccamz' Ba1yb.v.' MR. HAIL WILSON, MR. NEWTON M. DURAN, MR. WALLACI2 A. Low, MR. R. S. S. WILLS, fllzzflzlfzlirzx .' MR. HOMER HEBERLING, MR. C. B. YOUNG, MR. A. E. SEAL Gu17ar.r .' MR. CHAS. A. SI-IULZE, MR. F. W. Houck. MR. M. L. JOHNSON. ln'n.r.v lfmyb, X yhplzanr, MR. BERTRAND JOHNSON. MR. BURT ANTHONY Drexel Institute Mandolin and Guitar Club. if EIT!! MI7ltf0ll'II5 .- MR. HOMER HEHERLING, MR. C. B. YOUNG, MR. CHAS. B. STRETCH, JR MR. WM. L. REDLES, MR. ALBERT H. WALTERS. Scvamz' !Mzmz'ulz'n.c .- MR. JOHN M. WILHOUR, MR. A. E. SEAL. Gu1'fa1'.r .' MR. CHAS. A. SHULZE, MR. F. W. HOUCR, MR. M. L. JOHNSON, MR. A. W. PECK, JR. MR. W. B. BRYAN. MR. T. J. ARMSTRONG Bam Bmyb 5 MR. l5ER'1'RANDJOHNSON. 141 Secret Societies. 91 pi ' - Eshx OZICNS of secret societies flourished in this classg ' l the following are the only ones that space will permit us to recognize : xg. V H QA-at F1115 Tw1s'1'1zn Tw15N'1'v. GUY VVARING, . High Priest. CURLYH ALllUlifiIEli, Night Recorder. Bm IqElN1P,H Royal Bouncer. Assist and seventeen others. D. Q. D. ' Names suppressed by advice of our elders. D. D. Are waiting for the last wind to blow over before they commence new deviltries. Tina WALKER L15,xrau1a. lilly, VfXlI., - - - - Poppaf DUDE 'l WILSON, - - A jersey Farmerf Slaves, attendants, priests and others. - Tina Loxbt HAND. LIMA BizANs PARsoNs, - Mike Blackman THE FACUL'l'Y'S ADVlS0RS.H L115u'r1cNAN'r lVIcCooK, Dun Snoic, lfI.I2C'1'RICH MAS'1'Iili5, NlJ'l'lilNfi'l VVARNER. ed, propped up, abetted and urged on by the rest ofthe class. I42 M L's1cl'M Our Orchestra. 5' NOTICE. A!! f!'l'.Y0llA' z'1zfcrt'stm' in fha 0l1g'lZllZiG!Zfl'0ll ff fm 0l't'fll'.S'f7'fl, wi!! jwfmsc lzmzd z',Qcz'r mzmvx fo fha' ?llllfl'l'5Zl1,7'l1L'lll. W. I.. PLUMM. 'Q' GOODLY number of freaks in answer to this commu- .l if mcation, assembled in Room No. 8, and incorporated . '- . . . . 2? .Q the Drexel Institute Orchestrag taking for its motto M' T Plu1nm's personal proverb, Patient plodding per- ffi , J 2 ,J , , H Q ,' sistently prosecuted produces permanent prosperity. This was the germ from which sprang the great T 'i-ifll. organization which in after years was to have rivaled the New York and the Boston Symphonies. Fortunately fO1' those old established musical organizations, our theories were impracticable. Our Walter Damrosch, who dropped from a plum tree and received a concussion in the region of the cerebelum during the fall, merely built mighty air castles upon the achievements of his band of long-haired aspirants. The organization was approved at a special meeting of the Faculty, while our dear Lieutenant, who is a man of excellent far-sightedness, seeing thepleasure and enjoyment to be garnered from the rehearsals, kindly offered this association, with considerable pride, the privilege of practicing in the air-tight chambers on the roof That is all but eight feet, which had formerly been used as the dark room by the amateur photographers. This was quite a proper and fitting place, as the most artistically rendered selections by this aggregation of virtuosi were entirely chosen from the classics. Wagner, Mozart, Beethoven, etc., were the ordinary diet of our gourmands, and one knows that such 145 dishes do not appeal to the feelings of the great masses, even when served in' a style worthy of Delmonico. Our leader, of great unrecognized incapacity, being quite a Hne artist, always secured the services of one of his assistants to tune his violin, this work being beneath him in his official capacity. Most of the other violinists were at one time zealous, industrious students underOle Bull, and consequently they were all quite proficient-along certain lines. The cornetists, who could always be heard above the rest of the tumult, played with perfect ease, being full of natural gas, and sent forth such sweet and mellow tones as to soften hearts of stone and to bring tears into the eyes of needles. It required considerable skill and an almost unbearable amount of brains to play the instrument allotted to Pigeon, but being an exceptional man of' rare musical ability, he handled the clarionet with amazing agility and was pronounced by the Master Artist as being the right man in the right place. Our Arthur Prior held an enviable position and was foremost in the ranks oftrombone players. He had quite an inconceivable range g a regular mathematical mountain range 5 from zero to infinity fo to ooj. It would be doing an injustice to the makers of music Qj if we failed to mention our dear, or rather our expensive, Mr. B., with his Hute and bass violin. Occisionally, when under a mesmeric spell or possibly when inspired by the almost' heavenly strains of music, we would all be astonished to see him, with almost lightning rapidity, change from playing the flute to manipulating the bass violin. Fellow musicians and you who can appreciate the skill required to perform this difficult feat, believe me or not, so alert was this cali- thumpian music man that his rapid change only necessitated a falling to the rear of about twenty measures. 146 The or fanization did not Jros ner under the guidance of its uro- b ffCIlltOI', so a new berr not ofthe alum saecies, with the aid ofa b Y, I little southern necromanc finall gained his coveted foal-musicall r-1 L speaking. Newber1'y held the high and honored position of leader until one dark night, becoming dizzy from his elevated situation, down tumbled George, orchestra and all. The demand for the orchestra was very great. The only out- side engagement was at a church supper. Here they were received with stupenduous applause, and in response acquitted themselves in a manner characteristic of Buffalo Bi1l's Wild West Band - of un- civilized savages, especially as they took their seats at the table. The other engagements, never heard from, are too numerous to mentiong time or space will not permit mention of them. Rumor last had it, that the orchestra was arranging for a series of sacred concerts to be rendered at the Mount Airy Deaf and Dumb Insti- tute, for the elevation ofthe inmates, who, if any one could, would certainly show their appreciation by saying nothing. 147 Class Day Exercises. 3' . PROGRAM. March from Foikunger, - - JAMES M, DICKINSON Pl'CSlClCllt,S Address, I RALPH EN'1'R1K12N. Class History, - - W. 11. s11o1i. King Arthur's Plum Pudding, - The Owls, I:Messrs. nowxxiv, DEAN, ll Class Prophecy, ALLEN R. w1LsoN. Solo- Anchorccl, - - - S. PARKE H EITSH U. Class Presentation HENRY 1. N1z1.soN. The jolly Blacksmitlfs Lay, - '1'111a ow1.s. Transfcrcncc ou Honors RALPH ENTRIREN. Festal Song, - ' - - - JAMES M. DICKINSON. 148 fQ'L'f.S'L'fZllIt'7' VVQZVZ-llg Ziiflmv' EITSIIU A N D NELSONSI IfVlZfS0lZ Gribcl 140.11 Class History. i Fon years, nay generations to come, at alumni reunions and banquets, the memory of the Class of '96 will be kept green by floods of reminiscence, of which this is the first irrigating wave. To describe 't 1:1'.'!t':!u!J.L'...U..9. Lil'i'!!!!'.'fU!!!,'l.'ll.1',l1!!!!'P?fh'E!'1l' :r'.'f1': : ::.'.u':s:f,':.'.Llt'.'lwillHNIf-'-'-Wfllfwlffl -7 '.9 iVZ' ui:nawiaiiihaizull-a1:sr4i'mr::n1unwu4i1:l'4viscial:aiiimiiriiaimmziixicq-'itrkggfgiipkrilliikgw I' v nh IPI! llll-VNU uulnr u 1 nu! u 1 -' ' V ,WI ,han ,L . .... ......... ..,.... I.. ...,. 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I49 But to return to our mutton, which is the history of the class, let us proceed to draw a few Rfiint outlines of the many, many events which go to make up the grand total of our haps and mishaps. The first day saw some tifty elements marshalled before that affable and courteous director, Lieutenant William I.. Bailie, who soon ascertained their names, symbols, and atomic weights for ancestral lineagej, mak- ing especial note of those belonging to the jersey group. It goes without saying that there were no haloids in this class of metal- lies, and although the gentle sex is not represented in our depart- ment, yet we soon discovered a remarkable tendency to amalgamate, and the class organization was soon firmly established. Base metal does not enter into the composition of '96, it is composed of noble elements, incapable of attack by envious acids or of corrosion by alkaline flatteries. As every celestial body in the course of its evolution must revolve about a central luminary, so '96, in its second year, chose Entriken as its presiding genius and bright particular star to hold it in its eccentric orbit. Having fixed the lead, the first eccentric move of the class was to determine upon making as many laps as possi- ble. The speed indicator would have shown the exact number had it not been broken down under the great strain imposed upon it. Why is it that the boys believe in co-education? Because life would be most miserable if it were not for the daughters of Eve. It did not take long to form acquaintances among the members of the Domestic Science and Art Departments, and often these acquaintances ripened into warm personal friendships. The result of all this was that the girls were too willing to loiter in the corridors, and listen to sweet words of love and wisdom from the members of fha department. The Faculty, ever watchful, and fearing lest fha' girls would waste too much time, speedily prohibited these pleasant and instructive con- 150 versations. Prof Heller, upon request, immediately demonstrated to us the reason why this apparently unjust rule was perfectly correct. His proof took up almost a whole period, occupied several black- boards, brought in geometry and all known and unknown mathe- matics, and wound up with an oration drawn from the store of general information with which his massive brain abounds. V This rule was general. Judge then of our surprise when we dis- covered a member of the Faculty actually making a practice of talking to a certain young lady, to whom we hear he has since been betrothed. Upon one of these occasions, not wishing to expose him to the humil- ity of apologizing to his colleagues for breaking a regulation, the members of the several classes mentioned his name in a tone slightly above a whisper. The result was electric. Roused thus from his dream, there was a sudden transformation of potential into kin- etic energy, and a rapid increase of momentum, which the formula 2g would fail to cover, as he rushed down the stairs. With mighty strides, flushed face, and bated breath, he approached the students, and heartily thanked them for their kindness. Dear old Heller always had a bright remark for every occasion, and his witticisms were always greatly enjoyed by the class. Upon one occasion, when Shoe thought he had found a brand-new way of solv- ing a right triangle by assuming that 2 log c : 2 log zz -4- 2 log b, the professor set him aright by demonstrating with his usual lucidity the fallacy of the assumption, and then, with characteristic suddenness, exclaimed : Now, Mr. Shoe, that is the time you thought you had struck a gold mine, but you've only struck a mud puddle ! Upon another occasion a pleasing incident occurred in the mys- terious disappearance of the professor for several days, afterwards explained by the announcement in the Smr, Call, and flaw, that the celebrated mathematician, Napoleon Bonaparte I-Ieller, BS., had become a bencdict. 15, The stir which this sudden announcement caused in the class, found expression in resolutions of condolence. Nothing and Frisky were instructed to deliver the same, but somehow they for- got. The class, however, forgave them, as it is more than ever con- vinced of the professor's infallibility since he has demonstrated that marriage is not a failure. The professor's firmness, force of character, and unfailing kind- ness will be remembered long after he himself shall have forgotten the ungrateful wretches of Sections C and D of the Class of '96, who so sorely tried his temper. It has been intimated before that the class was friendly. The banana incident has been referred to in the last year's ECCENTRIC in proof of this assertion, andthe demands of historical accuracy require that the facts be recounted. A collection for the purchase of a bunch of bananas having been taken, Free Si1ver and Two for Ten were detailed to command the foraging squad. Sentinels were posted to announce their return, but love soon beguiled them into engaging the young ladies in furtive tete a tete conversations, and forgetting to keep one eye on the Seniors who were massing their forces in order to raid the foraging squad and carrying off the bananas. When, the bunch did appear '95 swooped down upon it, but were held at bay by the little fellows until '96 was able to collect and make that mighty rush which ended in the utter route of the Seniors without the loss, to us, of a single banana. ' '96 is famous for rushes. They were the great features in the first two years of its history. This history would be incomplete with- out some faint description of a rush. Imagine the class at Work in the machine-shop, developing muscle at the vise and chipping iron for two or three hours, learning among other things from Gentle Annie how to use a piece of waste as a receptacle for tobacco, and 152 seeing Cofrode win the spitting contest from Gaskill g meanwhile Liveright showing Hirsch and Peterson how large a blister he could raise upon his hand. Suddenly the bell rings, and they proceed to the small room where the working duds are hung up 5 '95 is massed in the room with little Johnnie Morris blocking up the door-way. QBy the way, johnnie's little panties were often stuffed and used by the Art Department as models of Hercules' legsj Focus, Slobbo, and other foot-ball players are used to shift this mass of a quarter ofa ton of human flesh to one side, and the main body then rushes in and cleans out the room. '96 won all rushes proposed, inside or outside the building. In athletic sports the class was always well represented. The Institute foot-ball team ever contained four or five of our class men, who were usually placed at centre, guard, or other backbone positions. Hold on one minute, Downey, as full-back, proved a tower of strength behind the line, as one of our local ward sheets stated. Knight was one of the best players the Institute has ever seen, as centre, and afterwards as manager, he gained great renown. The class team existed only one year, Shoe being captain, but it defeated '95 in a game at the Park. This was when it was only classed as the Freshman or kid. The work of our Senior year, as determined by the Faculty, was such that foot ball and base-ball had to be dropped from the list of class sports. This did not occur, however, until after the prowess of the class had been established upon many gory fields. Perhaps it will not be amiss at this juncture to mention the fact that there are such things as unauthorized sports. These are not trained for, but are sprung upon one suddenly. Hence a victory means more than ordinary credit. It was the day of the Friends' Central game. Our strength had been decimated by the demands 153 made upon it for the foot-ball players. Suddenly '97, that insolent conglomeration of ne'er do weels, appeared with a class flag, and this upon an Institute day ! It was like a red rag to a bull, and mad- dened by the sight, diminished in numbers as we were, we swooped down upon them, boxed their ears, as children's ears should be, and took away their inappropriate and disloyal plaything. Perhaps it is not exactly athletic ethics to mention the Associa- tion in its deliberative aspect, but you must pardon justifiable pride when you are reminded that almost all the officers during '94, '95, and '96 were our own men. This shows that while we had Sandows in our ranks, yet there were a few of us left who could help fill up the time by giving pointers to Demosthenes and Cicero. fUp-to-date pronunciation is Kickero lj This is not the place to record the facts to which our diplomas will bear witness-the toil in the laboratories and the burning of the midnight oil. The hard work of the class was often enlivened by in- cidents in lighter vein, which deserve to be recorded. It is well known that every student relishes a practical joke, no matter how grim and gruesome it may be, and many were the practical jokes perpetrated by '96 upon the teaching body and also upon each other, the former class of jokes being the more enjoyable. Why is it that Satan tempted some of the prankish boys to collect fifteen pennies, and send them to a certain long, long-haired professor in another department, with the gentle hint that they be expended for tonsorial work P As the hirsute ornament still adorns the head of the said professor, the absorbing question has arisen, Is it, can it be a wig P Class meetings go far towards enlivening the dreary expanse of student life, but they go farther towards keeping the boys awake dur- ing physic lectures, as they are always looked forward to with keen and lively interest, and they generally come immediately after the .154 lecturesjust mentioned. The Secretaryls minutes were mostly con- spicuous by their absence, and mostly absent by request, on account of their lengthiness and tendency to run into detail. The Treasurer's reports, on the other hand, were conspicuous by their presence and by the genius which was evidently required to draw them up and sys- tematize them. Our inventive minds generally turned to resolutions to the Faculty when we were in need of recreations. These resolu- tions occasionally were the means of lightening our burdens, but oftener they found their way into the Institute waste-basket, where Frank always found them, and recorded them under the heading, The Boys What Hi Want Hexpeld Next! 'l The funniest and most astonishing event of our history occurred during the second year, when the class was invited to listen to a most eloquent lecture upon decorative designing by President MacAlisterg the lecture having special reference to the proper use of color in mural decoration. This particular lecture, however, was not appreciated as it deserved, partly because it was not a branch ofour regular course, but chiefly because both the lecturer and the class, with one or two excep- tions, were delightfully ignorant of the fact that it was being delivered to the wrong clrzss. The reason why this amusing incident is referred to is that the editors of last yearls ECCENTRIC did not seem to know that we were entirely innocent, and that our artistic sense would never permit us to write that uncouth symbol, '97, upon the walls of the Institute, especially in blue chalk. Half-told tales reflect discredit upon the writers. It gives pleasure to record that our roll is still unbroken by death, although it has often been fractured by absences. During the fall of 1895 report suddenly assailed us with the terrible information that one of our dear classmates had breathed his last. Immediately the spirits of the class dropped, and they became very serious for once in their 155 lives. A volunteer started immediately for the home of the deceased. Upon his way thither his mind was naturally filled with mournful and reminiscent thoughts of his old school-chum. Suddenly he was awakened from his reverie by the appearance of the dead one, who was strolling down the street towards him, picking his teeth. The mind of the volunteer filled with apprehension. With a wild cry of horror and alarm he turned tail, and ran into the arms of one of our staunch adherents-a girl from the Department of Domestic Science. She quieted and soothed him as only girls can, and when the ghost pantingly hove in sight the frightened one had so far recovered that he could be made to understand that it was only his classmate's namesake who was dead. Then they all adjourned to a near-by drug-store, and hit some soda water. All is well that ends well ! The history of hundreds of incidents in our experience of practi- cal mechanics will never and can never be written, but they will be told in years to come as exciting reminiscences. The stories of the boy who worked two months in order to produce a small planed block of wood, and who consumed almost a complete lumber-yard in the vain attemptg the stories of the iron founders who left out the patterns in making up the moulds, or who short-circuited the electric motor, and burned out all the fuses in the annex, while attempting to hasten the fusion of the metal by increasing the draught 3 the stories of the music of the forgemen playing the Anvil Chorus when they were disposed to have a little recreation in the absence of the instruc- tor, will always come to our minds when we pass a wood-yard, foun- dry, or a blacksmith shop. Who can describe our periodic visits to Cramp's ship-yard ? Words fail to express the joy which entered our souls and lightened up our countenance when it would be announced that a certain day was to be a vacation on account of the launch of an American cruiser 156 or liner. I-low we scrambled for cars 5 how we ,assisted the gentle sex in reaching the scene of action, how we fought the Fishtown rowdies, in order to keep our girls from being squeezed at the gates of the yard g how we cheered and sang while waiting for the product of American industry and skill to be christened 5 how we guyed the cops,-dear friends, all this is beyond expression ! Life at Drexel Institute, however, is not all fun and pleasure. just imagine, if you can, a poor young man working upon a cres- cent truss for one whole week, and Ending to l1is sorrow and dismay that his force polygons will not close on account of his having used a different T-square than the one with which he drew the truss ! Our most devoted slaves to graphic statics are Downey and Knight, who spend all of their spare moments in solutions of advanced problems. Such love of science has its own reward, and the whole class shares in it. One day Knight refused to leave the room, when it became a question of whether he or the professor should stop work. This re- fusal gained one extra hour for tl1e class to work on its problem. The hero of this incident has the undying gratitude of the class. The fol- lowing incident was caught by your historian while passing through the drawing room. Prof Bill to Shoe fwho had broken a rule by leaving the room without permissionil : Mr. Shoe, you are not here. Shoe Qcalmly, but with an accent of surprisej : Well, why hain't I P Rubber Neck Qhighly agitated and evidently perplexedj: Well, maybe-eh you are, but-er the rule says you ain't. Shoe : H Well, I don't want to make you out a prevaricator, so I will lock up and leave the room. Tableau ! Chemistry always found devoted slaves in '96, The boys were chiefly interested in making high explosives and cologne waters, which are not generally retailed. Diesinger learned so much about Ag that he decided to go into the silver business. The Nihilistic tendencies of 157 our youngest lad, Mr. Kenworthy, were only frustrated in time to save us from the melancholy duty of picking up his scattered remains, but not in time to prevent him from being obliged to spend a few days in the hospital. Tl1e cause was too great familiarity with the fulminatcs. Society has her devotees in the class. The girls are always giving or going to give teas. One of them confidentially remarked that teas without '96 were like apple dumplings without the apples. The Architectural Department, with the assistance of Mechanic Arts, gave a ball during the spring of 1896. Dr. MacAlister was invited to attend, but at first refused to be present. Hearing, however, that '96 was to be present he changed his mind, and appeared in full regi- mentals to inspect his favorite class. Mention has already been made of the prominent way in which the class has distinguished itself in athletics. Perhaps it will therefore be not entirely unfitting that such a subject be brought up a second time. The gallant band of overworked fellows, whose pictures may be seen in the EccEN'r1uc for this year, deserve great credit for win- ning the cup at the fall meet of 1895. This was an important event at the time, but inter-class basket-ball games have since overshadowed it. All of the departments had combined teams, but Mechanic Arts put three teams in the field. Of course '96 Mechanic Arts had a percentage of IOO. The full series was not completed because the architects were afraid to play us, and hoped, by continual postpone- ment, to prevent us from obtaining the cup. It is Class Day. We meet for the last time as a class, and thus close our memorable history. The future belongs to us as individuals, but let us never forget the magic figures 9 and 6. They always read 96 in spite of reverses. Whatever fate our worthy prophet who is to follow may have in soak for us individually, we will always, land right side up, and Get there Eli with both feet. GUY VVARINGI ' 158 Class Prophecy. ' 5- , .ax XHEY say that it is harder to lift aside the shadowy W' X 1 veil of the future than it is to wall: down Chestnut .-, X street without seeing pretty girls. How hard this 4-ff 5 is, is beyond the English language to express. It Ni a ' is an impossibility to ordinary mortals, but where fi! there is a way there is a will. What is the use of ' ifgmgsj modern scienceg is she not to be used? Naturally Father Time was first interviewed on the subject of the coming events connected with the members of this glorious class. The poor venerable gentleman was stretched out upon the ground gasping for breath, when his interviewer approached him concerning the subject nearest our hearts. Upon inquiring the reason of this dreadful state of afhirs, the infirm symbol of infinity replied Qin a most pathetic tone of voicej: My ailment is the same as that of you and your noble classmates-overwork. At this point he positively refused to utter another syllable, say- ing that it was not his office hours and that he was not paid for over- work. The interviewer, however, had arranged for this contingency, and hauling out a kodak with a Roentgen X ray attachment, pro- ceeded to lay bare the teeming brain of the old tyrant of the human race. Plate one reveals our dear class president perched upon a three- legged stool in his laboratory, squinting through a cathetometer, and vigorously denouncing the frenz for its use of fiuid in connection with electricity. Tom Edison isn't in it with our Entriken. We always told you so ! The scene changes: Behold a densely-crowded grandstand, in the centre of which fsurrounded by people, of coursej a bronzed and 159 V. qr bearded man is the observed of all observers. This is the New Woman's Base Ball Park. This is the New Woman's Base Ball Team. This is their manager, Mr. Orray Taft Knight. This is their Final and winning game of the season. 1 Who is this? What ! you don't mean to tell me you are presi- dent of an insurance company, and that yon, Arthur H. Masters, have jkzsf been promoted? As I understand it, you ought to have been president before you started as office boy. What does this mass of clouds and intangible dark something mean? 'Kerflunkl There is a grating, gruesome, grinding noise heard. Why it must be a flying machine and this sudden stop has caused the noise. Who is it that reversed the propeller and caused the sudden stop? Professor Paul H. McCook, P.A., fProfessor of Airyology. j He is just returning from a short trip to the man in the moon. Henry J. Nelson occupies plate five. He is in a seal-brown study. Why? He is editor of the Workingman's Quarterly Re- view of Sociology, and is trying to solve the problem, Why 1z'wz'!we become poor ? , T Who said that Schreiber wasn't going to be a professor? He holds the position lately vacated by Professor Hopkins, who is in Europe trying to prove in detail that F : Ma. Schreiber says that it is not such a cinch as he tl1OLl'gl'1t it was-the examining of note books, and trying to think how many insignificant figures should be kept. Manayunk no longer boasts of her favorite son, he is in the Sandwich Islands teaching Qin mild and gentle wordsj little niggers the truth of Lami's Theorem. He teaches for love and chops wood for a living. You know whom we mean, Ed Alburger. The Dude no longer wears short pants as of yore. He is no longer the little boy and kid. Bement, Miles Sz Co., first knew him . I6o as an apprentice, but Vail now knows Bement, Miles Sz Co. as his partners. To use his words, He just monkeyed around a little while and got there. Plate number nine looks sandy, but the outlines are evident for all that. livery morning, just at nine, R. K. Morgan, dressed so line, comes strolling down Chestnut Street. What means this grand, elo- quent air and springing step? It is simple enough g he is Levi Burn- stein's head floor-walker, and nothing but it. Can that be Guy ! Who would have thunk it P What part of the world is he in? Oh, it is Mexico, and that dark-eyed senora must be his better half It did not take Waring long to change from a mill constructor to a silver miner. Now he owns several mines, and by way of pastime raises elephants. Tsanoff always did have the reputation of being one who would have greatness thrust upon him. These expectations did not Rail of fulfillment. He was running a trolley-car when the not unlooked-for news reached him that he had been declared King of Bulgaria. Long live Peter the Great ! What can this hot, dirty, oven-like room have to do with a mem- ber of our class? A second glance reveals the fact that that brass- button-covered engineer in charge is our own Paul H. Warner. Paul completed the engineering courseg took to the water like a duck, and soon became chief engineer on the brotlmf ship to the ocean liner Yapewif' I Here is a picture of a court-room filled with people. Dub is trying to explain to the judge and jury that his up-to-date bicycles are made on the get-poor-quick system, and with the same old innocent cast of countenance protests that he should not be compelled to supply new wheels for those which had been found defective a whole three-quarters of an hour after leaving the store. Shoe almost wins 161 his case, but unfortunately for him, his old school chum Dean is in the chair, and, being on to the bike-man's apparent innocence, corrects any wrong impressions which the jury may have formed. The judge always maintains that if it had not been for Progress and Poverty he would never have thought of the fworkj bench. Beg pardon, Mr. Blackman, a clerk hurriedly exclaims, Have you had time to O. K. the orders which I gave you this morn- ing? Well, I guess, replies Russell, and from this you may judge that Mike is a prominent commission merchant. Wake up, jake, it is nearly nine o'clock! a beautiful lady petulantly exclaims. Price does not answer at first, but upon farther urging by his wife exclaims: Oh, shut up, Susan jane, do you ex- pect a feller to lecture on Bi-metallism half the night and half of the other half to nurse the baby, and then get up early andn-a pro- longed snore winds up the discourse. ' Tom has at last found out how to introduce his patents, and having discovered how to make water run up hill, we now behold Parsons blissfully poling up the rough stream of life in an old scow. .flI0l'll!-DOlllt be an inventor. Plate seventeen reveals a big factory on whose walls may be seen in twenty-two-foot-nine-and-one-half-inches letters the following: McLean, Dunning, Ripper Sz Co., Limited. Feather Foundry. Geese shod while you wait. The building is at the Falls of Schuyl- kill, and the machinery is run by an zzjhpw'-slmot wheel Qcontrary to Hoppy's theories, but in accordance with those of Tom Parson's in- ventionsj. Valjean became an engineer because he started to be one. After graduating, however, he suddenly took Al Brew Baker's advice, trained for a few months, and now is champion all-round athlete of the Sahara Desert. He is afraid to Fight girls. 162 Here we have the interesting, view of a real chemical mining engineer. He went out west, struck a gold mine, made a fortune, and retired. It is Bill Slingluff! His leisure hours arc spent in nur- sing a squalling kid and playing tennis with a racket. Dear, did you call me? says a quiet-looking man, and Yes, you slow-poke, is the quick rejoinder which comes from the Dutchess Lady de Jointville Argincourt McGuffy. This lady addresses none other than that Son of Rest, our old friend, Mr. J. F. Parsons. He no longer tries to read short-hand love letters, neither does he write same while pretending to read the children's page of the Wo11za1z's Hofgze fmzrmzf. Earnest is the same old cuss as of yore. He went out to Cal- ifornia, and is coining money by feeding Wall Street gold bugs on the berries of silver mulberry trees.. Downey still rejoices in the title of Dook, but comes if called Maud. He is an electrieal engineer. He shoveled coal for several years after graduating, and is now rejoicing in the proud distinction of being thirteenth assistant engineer at a small branch station of the Westinghouse Company in the mountain regions of Siam. The girls are of the same opinion concerning him. A beautiful lady was rescued from a burning building : she was worth j5I,Q63,547.23. Kemptou rescued her and was married on a Friday. The little Kemptons are thirteen in number 5 our plate shows them listening with open-mouthed wonder to papa's tales of adventure in the little village opposite Camden. Here is Michener. He looks as if life had not been one long grind, and says that it is due to two causes : first, because he always despised and shunned hock shops, and second, he made his fortune by betting that there was not a dishonest politician connected with the City Hall. 163 Do not be surprised at the next View 3 it is only an advertisement in the Chicago Do-Nothing, Stark Q Clarke, selling agents for Street 8 XfValkcr. Bricks pressed free of charge. Office hours from I2 to I. Plate twenty-six shows a man leaning back in a well-cushioned chair, taking things easy. He is comfortably fixed in life and does not longxfor glory and renown because-here Father Time suddenly recovered, and jumping up, knocked the kodak into smithereens. This was ,very annoying since it was the last plate, and also the one belonging to Yours truly, ' ALLEN R. lfVi1.soN. Q U 164 -XL'Dl'I'ORIl'M Our Future. 9 isa RRY few of the boys of to-day ever glance into their x futures. They never give it a thought. They are Pt ' interested in nothing but the present. The days A roll into weeks, the months and years follow, and C4 W they are still thinking of to-day, little knowing what VI'-X to-morrow may bring forth. They have no definite X outline of life, no certain ambitions which they are struggling to realize 5 they go through life in a shiftless manner, never caring, so they get along in their own peculiar manner. We must have ambitions, we must struggle to attain them. The writer, on being introduced and interviewed by a man who has been very successful in railroad affairs, was told : If you aimeat the moon, you may hit one ofthe planetsg you may not be president of the road, but you might possibly be vice-president.. This little interview shows us the kind of qualities a man needs to be successful. I-Ie was a man who perhaps had started as an office boy, gradually working himself upward till he occupied a very high and responsible position in the company. His integrity and noble efforts had been rewardedg he was an exemplification of a man with high aims. I once heard a man say: Mind the present, the future will take care of itself Very true, from one point of view 5 but if you do not look ahead sometimes you will find your past gone, your present unsettled, and your future wanting. Horace Greeley once gave the young men of the East advice which ran : Young man, go VVest. The young men of to-day do not need to go Westg they have positions waiting for them in all the largest cities of the East. What the business man of to-day wants is 167 a man called by him very appropriately a hustler, a man who will attend to and take an unswerving interest in his employer's affairs. VVe cannot all expect to be famous, but we can make our- selves felt in the world by a little reasoning. Men do not often spring into prominence in a day, and if they do they mayjust as quickly sink into the depths of oblivion and be soon forgotten. The earnest plodder is the man who gets along in this world, the man who does his best. No man can do any more. We are all young yet, we have a future before us. We all have to make a living, a reputation, and above all carry throughout life an unblemished name. We will all meet with reversesg we must expect them. VVe cannot all expect to go through life and have our paths strewn with roses. lfVe must expect thorns in our way g obstacles to bar our progress and threaten to put our ambitions to flightg but we must conquer them and brush them aside as if they were made of paper. Man must continue his journey until he has reached the goal of his ambition. Yearly thousands of young men from our schools and colleges are thrown upon the world. Their brains are afire with zeal. They come to reform and change the world, and with a mighty impetus, given by years of accumulated knowledge, they press upon us. Their eager voices rise above the conflicts of the day. Onward they come, speaking their thoughts upon the platform or through the press. In the distance they appear as a mighty host, but as they approach they gradually diminish until there remains but a few. Only two or three out of every thousand who put their shoulder to the wheel stick till the last. And why have they failed? Surely they have energy and ambition. Yes, and in the eyes of the world many have not failed 5 yet we find the cause is self which is abominable and despicable if worshiped and adored. 168 If the young men do away with the worship of self, and then with the full scope of their energy concentrate upon one idea-the public good-we shall have faithful servants and public officials. The failures of life are many. We have bright ideas at starting, but after a few clouds we become discouraged and give upin despair. The bottom of the ladder of fame is crowded, but there is plenty of room at the top. Where positions paying ,810 a week have hundreds of applicants, a position which pays double that is only open for the right man. My advice to any one starting out in life is very simple. It is the advice given to me Qnot personally, but as a member of the graduating class of '94j, by Dr, james MacAlister, of our noble Institute: Do all the good you can, in all the ways you can, at all times you can, to everybody you can. If the readers of the EcC13N'1'luc would only think this little maxim over, and adopt it as their motto, they would find it a very useful little saying. ELLwoon S. THoMPsoN, '94. x '06 x i Q Z 4 ll 9 K 169 The Alumni. 3 HIE time has come when an opportunity suggests Wig- XR itself to all students of the Drexel Institute for the Tim VHC I formation of a lasting Alumni Association. This ,ff-vi organization, to be Worthy of the name Drexel, fi ' must be indicative and representative of the grad- i ,U J uates' devotion to the interests of the whole Institute. QW ' T' Such an Alumni has been established, and all that is yet necessary is the enthusiastic support of all who feel indebted to the Drexel Institute for broadening their possibilities. To those of this belief, who having graduated from the school, no longer feel the direct warmth of its sympathy and help, the Alumni Association appeals for support. These the Society needs, and these only need the Society. Let us cherish this sympathy and unite in offering such a firm allegiance to the school that, if aught we may do can aid it, it may never cease to grow in the beauty of utility. In such an attitude, the Alumni's intents may thus be stated : That all who have attended, or shall attend, the Drexel Institute may be united in a deeper feeling of loyalty and enthusiasm for their school, that the influence of the Institute may be continuous and never ceasingg that the combined efforts of all former students may help the school in accomplishing a still greater amount of good, that all graduates may be brought into closer intimacy and friendship, and that a source of enjoyment and cultivation may be established. The Alumni's avowed purpose is to make continuous the studies started in the school, and thus originate a true source of helpfulness among the past students. It will endeavor, by whatever means lie in 170 its power, to assist the graduates to that end. It will search out, wherever possible, its struggling members, who though willing to work, End no opening for themselves. Through its more fortunate members, it shall exert itself in a brotherly spirit in their behalf. Hence, it shall be the duty of all its enrollment to watch with a Masonic jealousy the welfare or failure of their fellow graduates, and to do for them whatsoever they are able to do. The social feature of the Association shall be promoted to as great a degree as possible where a body of people are so largely scattered. The commingling of those filled with a like intent cannot fail to be beneficial to all concerned and to win loyalty to the Alumni. By means of the Memorial Fund, which consists of the entire amount of the initiation fees, financial aid will be extended to well-de- serving and indigent students, and a means may be afforded by which it will be possible for the Alumni to follow the custom of other such institutions in offering a series of prizes for meritorious work. In addition, it has been suggested that the Alumni procure and furnish, as soon as possible, a room where students' clubs, Alumni meetings and other school organizations will have a place for congregating. The need of a students' room is a pressing one, and one ot' the first efforts of our Association should be to fit up such a meeting place. The ancient and honorable custom of having all the graduates of a school dine together once each year has reverentially been incorpor- ated in the Associated Alumni of the Drexel Institute. This is to be our gala time. On the day before Commencement the annual meet- ing will take place, new members will be initiated, and other duties performed, so that it will be only fitting to close the day with refreshment and relaxation. When a little group of earnest students met in the latter part of last September for the purpose of establishing an Alumni, although they 171 had rather broad ideas of what an Alumni should be, they did not foresee what a power for good lies in an Association which commands the whole-hearted interest of a number of people connected by common ties. From the start a pretty definite plan was worked out, and after three meetings the scheme was so far perfected that it was thought seasonable to present it to some one versed in parlimentary law for approval and revision. In justice to this apparently Tammanyite group, it should be stated that the meetings were not commenced until every effort had been made to gain more organizers. In starting such an organization, they were advised not to have too many organizers, so that only those graduates in the Institute itself at the time were invited. When a list was made it was found to contain no less than thirty names. Such was the prevailing idea of the success of the scheme that, out of thirty eligible members, the entire and the enthusiastic support of six was actually lent to some of the preliminary meetings. This alone showed that it was high time that an Alumni, or some kind of an organization, was started which would arouse a more vigorous school spirit. In spite of the appalling scarcity of organizers, a constitution and a set of by-laws were drafted and sent to President james Mac- Alister for official sanction. The Society owes its prosperity, in the largest degree, to the immediate appreciation and co-operation of the President of the Institute, Doctor MacAlister, wl1o has most liberally granted it every privilege within the power of the Institute. His warm support means that every right endeavor will be carried into realization. To Miss Haggenbotham we are indebted for support and encouragement when, it must be acknowledged ftwo previous attempts to found an Alumni Association having been madej the prospect of a long-lived Society looked very hazy and indistinct. Mrs. T72 Hall and Professor Speirs have also done much to make the venture a permanent thing. After completing the preliminary plans, all the graduates of the Institute were requested to be present at the first general meeting on Tuesday, November 19th, 1895. At that meeting the much revised constitution was read .and adopted. The election of officers for the ensuing year then took place, and the Drexel Institute Alumni Association was formed. ' Dr. MacAlister made a most encouraging and helpful address at the opening of the meeting, and showed us how truly he was interested in the movement. Mr. Dickinson kindly assisted in thc program by music on the organ. Since this time eight departments have been organized and have successfully held both social and business meetingsg a Botany Class is established, open to all members 3 and a Debating Club will soon bt: started. Nearly one hundred members are enrolled on the Associa- tion's books, and the Society is well on the road to success. There is a serious and special need in schools laid on the plan of the Drexel Institute of closer ties to bind student to student and to bring the pupil into such a relation with his school that he shall delight in its prosperity and seek to lend it at all times his sub- stantial aid. The commingling of young people with similar aims and intents is, of course, the primary object of this as of all other alumni organi- lations. But the consequent mass of support built up for the school is not a minor object. The Institute will be able to appeal to its Alumni through such an organization more effectually and with a more telling result than in any other way. Its comprehensive plan em- bodies a system of scholarships and possibly prizes which cannot fail to call forth more continued efforts on the part of all undergraduates. in Its philanthropic sense of duty alone will attract and merit the most intense devotion of its members. Its numerous literary and social branches will establish intercourse between the graduates in the most desirable way. Its classes, clubs and talks, its magazine fa thing of the futurej and lastly, its dillllw' must call forth the same loyalty of which Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, is in the greatest measure, an example. Pleasure through Culture expresses its great ends as now understood. The Drexel Institute is too young to hope for a reflection from the fame of its graduates immediately. But its graduates mas! be successful, they wus! bring credit on their alma mater, which, without doubt, will have taught them how to use best their talents. The Institute already commands respect. Let the Alumni see to it that it commands reverence. SAMUEL RAYMOND MAXXVELL. lair 174 THE DEPARTMENTS Department Editors. il Auvu1'1'l-icwlu-1. IlECURA'l'lVli IJEs1r:N. f I l O f 44! . U KW ART. lNIl1.1.1N1c1:x'. fo f M Q Jw J , t, gain t X mmxll-:sl'lr: HCII-INC IXURMAI, lhm1cs'rlc S1'IliNl'lC. Dlil'AR'l'MEN'l' EDITORS X il xt. .ruff-. W surf. 1129, ,I-,mia V-WI'--M. 'l.- H 'T in-,gy is ' , Q If , :gimp ...- ml X . ,I .. 'J --lm f:wf,.- .,.. I WW' -'Wil' f:..- I -'1 , E ..f i- ' ! -,:- it ' ' .'l'i.ir.f- llll i T ffff,,iflwl4- g're..Z'?rrij?gQl+lt . f , is -slit-:.1' s si., i -i ..,.. ...'rr'r - fc T. vi. .. -wr-W T - '. H Mml- urn, Fw m- .3 mi.. .7 f f ' if , Q: PM .Q 'il l l l-H I f , n my ,M W H ., I f 1 Hp ,Q S N F V . awww fu., L gm . , . ii ,f ,,'1 mx ,,, l ,, t M fp, ,, 7 . .--i Hui... 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The part however, which just at present seems to be of chief interest to the members, and particularly those com- prising that valiant class of '96, is soon to be forcibly inscribed. The marking columns of the new roster are now under clue process of construction by our worthy friend, T. T. assisted by Messrs. Leech, Low and Longalcer, and under these circumstances the roster should be hailed by all with a delight which knows no bounds, and let us hope that it will prove a thing of beauty and a joy forever. QFO1' further information on this most interesting subject apply to Professor Hopkins, Architectual Department, Room 36.5 179 At the present date the Architectural Class, though still in its infancy, is well represented not only in athletics, but in all the events both social and political which go to make upi the every-day life of a great institute. Judging from the size of the class and lack of enthu- siasm shown by certain members at present, one would naturally suppose our representation poor. Such, however, is not the case. VVe are young, we admit, but in youth lies strength, and though weak in numbers we are strong in unity. Two of our members, amid great applause, strum QI cannot with honesty say playj in the Institute Banjo Club, two with Flowing locks struggled for victory on the Institute's foot-ball eleven, and still three more shine and climb to glory among the stars of the Thespian Thirty -that society of which we have heard so much and seen so little. At the last Fall meet of the D. I. A. A. our percentage record far surpassed that of any other department, and considering the uniivorable time of year and the limited amount of practice, was voted by all a most creditable and promising showing. In these sports we distinguished ourselves by winning, out of three events par- ticipated in, one second and two first prizes. The IOO and 220 dashes both fell easy firsts to a knight of the T-square, while the half mile proved a close second, but such, gentle reader, is our wont, and not to be looked upon in any way as marvelous. Preceding this great triumph over our rivals came a series of victories on the gridiron, where our class again, midst pains and aches, distinguished itself in games played with other leading schools, the memory of which fprincipally the achesj will linger with them for many a day. Here, too, it was first discovered that our friend jerry, the pride of the department, was a runner, which reputation he nobly 'See page wg. I 80 sustained at the fall meet mentioned above. On returning from the Christmas holidays we were sorry to learn that one of our members was about to leave us, but happily there were no further breaks in the class until the dreaded week of the January examinations. Even here good fortune still followed us, for we were not examined in many subjects, so by dint of a little extra work nearly all pulled through. Following close on the term examinations came another triumph, and probably the greatest of all. The first annual class reception and dance was given by us the 7th of February, in rooms 38 and 40, and voted by all, our enterprising Faculty included, a phenomenal success. This ball marked the event of the first class dance held in the school, and was truly deserving of great praise, inasmuch as we not only labored against outside difficulties but had in our very midst numerous obstacles to be overcome. First, there came the coveted permission from the Faculty, and this was no easy matter, but thanks to our fair friends was finally obtained. Then came the preparations, numerous committees and still more numerous meetings, and last but not least, the hearty cooperation of our two professors. One incident of this ball should surely be chronicled. The Faculty having sent word that it must close at a fixed hour, all the clocks suddenly began to show a strange tendency towards laziness and finally absolutely refused to be coaxed into even so much as a walk. Curious, said one of our worthy professors, that just at this time the clocks should all be out of order, wry' curious. It is sad but too true that at a meeting of the D. I. Basket Ball League to determine in a series of games the championship of the school we were unfortunate to lose to '97 M. A. This loss we might have borne philosophically, but we regret to state that our rivals did not bear their victory with that modesty which has distinguished us in.our numerous successes, and their open gloating over our downfall 181 proved too much for even our patience. For any one to deny that there was open gloating would be to meddle with the holy truth, and this being a true account of this most illustrious class it is hoped that this modest statement will not be denied, for if it should there might result unpleasant feelings which as a peaceable and well-behaved class we could never tolerate. Many other events which are here unworthy of mention and which time and space will not permit has the class in Architecture gone throughg in Bict, as was said before, in nearly everything has it had a hand. Now, gentle reader, in years to come, when increasing numbers shall swell the roll of the class and destroy that feeling of unity which which has been felt by all and which has done so much to malce for the present class a successful career, let us hope the future historian's task may be as easy in the recording of worthy deeds as his of '96, i ' O ' ' l - 9 r dl Cv 62 'Q Q v . . 8. ' l 182 Squiblets, Gone, but not forgotten-our biology notes. ' Side talks with girls-in the arch around the corner during school hours. A word to tl1e wise-Those who do not take physical training should not call it jim. It is too familiar-james is better. Howto solve a problem in chemistry: It is very simpleg just figure it out. Our strong point-Poetry ! Olives are said to be appetizing. Mr. G. ate one bottle and then was able to eat two chickens, a beef steak, and a bushel of potatoes. VVanted !-Miss Shafhier desires an assistant to answer the young ladies' questions from the Designing Class. Sample Question.-- Miss S., has modern art came yet? U Sample Answer.- No, it has not came yet. Go up stairsg leave me alone, and I will send it up the minute it comes ! Motto for grocers: Honest tea is the best policy. Kitchen dressers-swell cooks. 'On what plant does a whole garden depend for cultivation? Thyme. The lover's age-Marriage. Eyes have they, but they see not-Potatoes. Unseemly conduct-That of a wife who will not sew. A good motto for cooks-Onion is strength. What a falling off there was --Term exams. A weal pot pie -Convers. A dirty, damp, moist, unpleasant body-Gym towel. 183 is D or qi jp u mee e r as l i ,, . I . 0 ' rf! A ' nf, ', . , . ' T ' , c x 'ff'f Nfl fri , ,A Q xrir' wi ,ga my il' .,,e, 7 1. X . 3,72-2 I- -4' 'G . .N i s-if ' Qi 1 an ii W , ,-i.Q,1L l4'I . Q lima if if , Q if sb 01 Q N ,Q 1231 -eb N fl W W Q M . gy, ,ff -df rfb- gvgi-4' J- sb '-13 1 'if Q, It i L 5' ,, -- .- 1 TV r r ea. w h i xi! '33 1 . , 5 m y iii fri 5 V-ff 'i 1'iLL- , Q ,f l l fi i i w r f i' . I ' ' r -- , , W Cl.lI l 0RlD P. GRAYSON. Born in Philadelphia, 1857 3 studied at the Pennsylvania. Academy of Fine Arts, studied with Gerfmme and Leon Bonnatg studied at the Ecole des Beaux Arts, Parisg appointed Director of the Art Department at Drexel Institute, September, 1893. Four years have passed since the class of '96 entered the Drexel Institute, and we stand to-day as the Hrst class to graduate from the regular Art Department. It was a large class that entered in September, '92, but few have survived to tell the tale. We then thought ourselves to be Michael Angelos or Titians in embryo, but strangely enough our director did not recognize the fact, and we were obliged to waste many precioiis moments drawing blocks. At the end of a month, however, we were both older and wiser, and our respect for prisms, plynths, triangles, etc., was considerably increased. Our course in charcoal embraced everything from blocks to full length figures, with impromptu concerts, boxing matches and free fights thrown in. Under Mrs. Parish's skilful teaching we mastered groups and ornament and gained that broad style which characterizes our 184 work. Antique though we soon became, there were difficulties to encounter under lVIr. Wood. The most exciting moment of the day arrives with Mr. Wood, as he rushes towards us like a hurricane, and, planting himself in our chair, gazes long and solemnly at our work. After he has made a few grimaces we become aware that he is remarking that our work is Bad, all wrong, nothing correct, impossible to criticise. After running his fingers through his hair several times and twisting himself into two or three knots, he proceeds to reduce the end of the charcoal to a needle's point, but throws down the knife with an exclamation of disgust and an injunction not to come to class again until the onfending article has been sharpened. After about ten minutes have passed in a wild search for a plumb-line and brush and all the studios have been can- vassed for some bread, the an eritism continues. By meas- urement the arm is discov- ,Z ered to be out a ninety-ninth of a inch, and the head must be moved to the right about the width of a line. Mr. Wood departs as abruptly as 'lftff-1 wild Swffh ff flumi-11712, he arrived, and we are left to 'I bmah ml 'Wm' 'SRM our own reflections. The welcome to life the class was a WARM one. Mr. Graysonls criticisms were of three kinds, viz., the hour criticisms, which awakened the jealousy of the rest of the class, the short criticisms, as, The figure stands, go ahead, and all the other criticisms. 185 Modeling is taken up at the beginning of the course. Our case being no exception, we werenprovided with tools and clay and set to work to produce a tile. Soon work in our corner came to a halt, and a discussion arose. Some maintained that the design should be built up upon the tile, while others as firmly declared that it should be carved from the tile. How the matter would have ended we know not had not Mr. Grafiy entered and settled it. Noses, mouths, eyes, and ears were attempted as we progressed farther, but when the models were not sufficiently clear we examined the features of our neighbors, who kindly returned the compliment. Being of an energetic turn of mind we determined one day to personify the Zoo. Affairs were progressing nicely, when the director, attracted by the sounds, appeared upon the scene. Being too bashful to perform before an audience, however, we quickly lapsed into silence. Clay fights were of frequent occurrence, and balls flew across the room with surprising rapidity. These performances had to be con- fined to certain periods, as we forbore during criticism hours out of respect for Mr. Grafiy's feelings and appearance. By the time about half of our course had been completed, we were sufficiently advanced to model from life. Our work progressed to the monotonous sounds of Right dress ! heels raise I arms upward stretch! position! give place! rest! How we wished that friend Ryder and his class in the gymnasium next door would rest for the remainder of the afternoon. The most interesting specimen of our work, which was named The Sculptor, has unfortunately been destroyed. Words cannot describe its appearance. It should have been seen to have been appre- ciated. The foundation, a clay head, was doctored up and its beauty enhanced by the addition of the large wooden compasses, a mallet, some irons, and several other articles from the paraphernalia of a 186 modeling studio. Fortune smiled on us at that time in the way of a visit from the Doctor, accompanied by some other gentlemen. NVe felt that our work was fully appreciated, as the doctor, turning to our masterpiece, said, This is the way they build them up. To Mrs. Parish we owe the knowledge that a circle is made up of an infinite number of straight lines, and that vanishing points are often conspicuous by their absence. In sketching class we were again doomed to draw blocks, but the happy survivors were repaid by being accorded the privilege of sketching still life. VVe found it a feat to draw hands as well as feet, and then turned our attention to figure- drawing, either posing for each other or sketching hired models. Our model stand has a way of rising on end when properly weighted upon the opposite side. It happened one morning that the monk was posing, and as he sat lost in deep meditation, B- mounted the stand to mark his position. With one leap she sprang forward, when suddenly the stand wavered, one end rising in mid-air. B-- pitched toward the monk, while he in turn, all meditations for the time forgotten, pitched toward her. A frantic embrace seemed inevitable, but B-1 suddenly recovered her composure and equili- brium, and retired much pleased at the sensation she had created. ' A cigarette being discovered in the mouth of the skeleton, one afternoon in sketch class, we immediately put it to use, and were delighted with the results of our work. The smoke ascending in curling wreaths about the skull, with its hollow eyes and grinning visage, produced a weird and sepulchral effect, which charmed all present. The air became saturated with the odor, and though the cigarette was soon consumed, paper acted as a fair substitute. NVhen Mrs. Parish entered the room, the class was working hard, but she looked at us in a shocked, sorrowful manner, and said, Can it be possible that any of you young ladies have been smoking? 187 Some of the results of our work in painting are quite astonishing. The success of the class is entirely due to the efforts of Miss King, who, for all her meek and quiet appearance, fully appreciates the nerve of the class. One of the important things we learnt in painting class is the art of washing out, but it has been mastered only through constant practice. Oranges and apples were painted by the dozen, and the supply of onions was so great that Miss King had an extensive collection of them sprouting in her closet. Portrait painting proved more interesting than still life, but it was a hard matter to decide which study least resembled the model. Our semi-weekly visits to the gymnasium were both amusing and instructive. We crossed the balance beams with a graceful, swaying movement, entirely peculiar to the class, and our vaulting was only surpassed by the agility with which we climbed ropes and greased poles. Fencing was taken up with a vim, but basket ball still claimed attention, and the goals we didn't make left a deep impression upon all. Our history would be incomplete should we fail to mention our course in pen and ink rendering with Mr. Truscott, which, though brief was brilliant, nor must we fail to speak of the lectures on per- spective, over which we erected that imposing monument, or those on anatomy, where for the First time we learnt of the amazing fact that D? had the trapezius muscle in his head. To those teachers who have borne with us in these opening years of our artistic career, we would extend our hearty appreciation, and hope that we may do them credit in future years. As we leave the Drexel Institute it is with feelings of regret that the happy years we have spent together are over, of gratitude for the opportunities that have here been afforded us, and of joy that our course is completed, and that we enter upon further work or study. SINCERELY YOURS, '96. 188 x ,lo Qi, f - X .qi O T1 anc 1 W i s rr A T35 or -Sai 4 L 1 Z limi If , 42 lggiiiggg SEYMOUR EATON. Educated at Collingwood, Ontario, and at Toronto Normal Schoolg Instructor in Bradford schools, Ontario, 1877-18799 Principal of Bradford schools, Ontario, 1879-1881 g Instructor in Pickering College, 1881-1882 g appointed Director of the Business Department at Drexel Institute in 1893. Mr. Eaton is author of several books, which have a very large circulation. 189 'Viv Appoggiaturaf 5' 1. l Oh ! whisper low,-Oh ! whisper low, As through the court and the halls you go. You might wake from his slumbers Mr. Apollo Or shake some more limbs from Miss Venus Milo And that would be dreadful, oh ! dreadful You lcnow. II. Oh ! softly tread-Oh ! softly tread, As you wend your way to those rooms o'erhcacl l XVhere waits the professor whose frown you dread XVho fires abtruse problems at you, half dead, And laconical laughs when your answers said XVith a tongue of time for your feet of lead. III. Oh ! weep and pray.-Oh ! weep and pray, i For to-morrow is chemistry exam clay And we may be bounced far, far away And never come back any more. Boo-hoo, Boo-hoo, Boo-hoo! For want of n better heading. 190 f r i ,p f ,. X-rigsbf, , iff t if sa s Q 496 QQ L , ' an P f -X 2 H X K ig., '37 if 1'-.mtv if 11 ,Y 15 kg up iw QL9 9 'dj K' v DECORWTHVE DGSHGN 49255 X- Ji fQiQWm Miss M.-ilu' C. WA 1:14. Studied at the school of drziwing and painting at the liluseum of lfine Arts, in lioslong look charge ol' the Department ol' Decorative Design in Drexel Institute, November, 1894. E! ions Irs jwfifx 0liVt'l7Il.1' rllliwllfjl' fliL'hl'l'l7Z'.H Of all the departments in the Institute perhaps least is known of the Class in Decorative Design. It is the newest department, so per- haps it will be permissible for us to explain ourselves a little. The first class began work in November, 1894, under. the direc- tion of Miss Mary C. Ware, of Boston. , Nine people out of ten always ask, VVell, just what do you mean by decorative design? You make carpets and such things l suppose. The decoration student then heaves the customary sigh, and resigns himself once more to explaining what we are trying to dog knowing very well that when he finishes his listener will have only a vague idea after all. The prevailing idea seems to be that if a person can make a pattern he must be a designer. This is about as true as saying that Flour makes bread. So it does, but it also requires a few other things, and baking. IQI An explanation of exactly what we do, for three years, is proba- bly quite uninteresting to all those except the initiated. The results of the work ought to be entertaining, and we keep on hoping that they will be. Another difficult question to answer is, What are you going to do when you have finished studying? In the first place we never intend to I'iIllSl'l studying, and in the next place we do not know what we are going to do. We may know what we want to do, but that is a very different matter. Some such arrangement as the following is what we dream about. A multi-millionaire appears who realizes that he wants his surroundings made beautiful, and also that he knows absolutely nothing about making them so himself fThis kind of a man is a myth.j He sees in us exactly what he needs, and he has implicit faith in us and our good taste and ability. First we must know the architect who is to build his house. We join forces and work together. Let us start from the front door, and go through the house, to see just how much work we have to dog we must even go back and begin before the front door. There may be a wrought-iron grille outside, or a gate which leads to the entrance, and this must not be overlooked, then the door itself the hinges, the knob, the key-hole, the knocker, and perhaps the frame-work for the little electric button. We step inside and there is the vestibule-that may mean a mosaic pavement, we go into the hall-here a multitude of things confront us, first the general color scheme for the wood-work, walls and ceil- ing, the wall may be entirely panelecl and the ceiling beamed, or we may choose to paper the walls, but very likely there is no wall paper design in the market that suits our needs, so we make one. Then we have rugs to select, the fire-place to design fthe architect helps herej, and perhaps we design an interesting set of tiles for it. Then there is 192 the furniture, that must all be designed in harmony with the wood- work. That brings us to hangings and curtains 5 if no stuffs are to be found that are exactly right, we design some, and send abroad to have them made. The windows also are a great question 3 they may need to let in a Hood of light, in that ease we have them made of leaded glass or transparent light-toned glass, or we may wish to get a dark 1'iCll feeling, so we use glowing, twinkling color, that gleams in the darkness. Then comes the drawing room, a very difficult room to furnish. VVe may paper the walls, or actually paint on them, there are the electroliers to design, the lamps, the chairs, tables, etc., the draperies, the case for the upright piano, a cabinet to hold the treasures he may have collected, beside many small things to be thought of little by little as the house progresses. We begin work in the library with immense pleasure. Here is a Rftscinating Held for the designer. VVe make his desk or study table, design his book cases and easy chairs, make frames for the family portraits on the wall, the andirons in the fire-place, the tongs and shovel, too, then for the books themselves we make bindings, and a book-plate for our millionaire, for every one must have a book-plate in these days. The music room, if he has one, makes interesting work, here we can paint a symbolic frieze and decorate the cover of the grand piano, and design a good case for his music. The dining room is still another attractive field. Not only the floor, wall, and hangings, as in all the other rooms, but we should surely have to design his china, so little that already exists is really good, and the table linen, the silver, as well as the furniture. The kitchen is perhaps the one room in all the house that we should have no right to mention. The hardware manufacturer, without doubt, knows far more about such purely useful articles as belong there than we ever shall. But as we go up stairs, we are again in our own domain. Together with the architect, we should hope to produce a 193 good stair 1'ailing, though it is a very difficult thing to do well. Bed- room furniture is rarely satisfactory, but it offers a great chance for good work. For the wife and daughters of our millionaire, we might make embroidery designs, we should design some of her jewelry, a gold or silver comb for her hair, a clasp for her belt, a silver top for her chate- laine, a chest for her jewels, and the mounts for her toilet articles. Our work for the millionaire need not be limited to his house, we can help him advertise his business with a posterg we can design the lettering for his business paper. In his church there are many things we might do, we could design the prayer-book cover, its title page, and the other page decorations, we could design the pew he sits in, make embroideries for the altar, mosaics for the chancel, seat and reading desk for the minister, all of which, of course, the million- aire would give to the church. Then, after all, when he was dead, we should take great pleasure in designing a memorial stained glass window for him. Of course it is not necessary to label all this an air castle. The all-around designer is a great rarity. Most of us will probably take up some special line of work, as the making of book covers, head and tail pieces, and the like. A Work of a limited character certainly runs the dangv uf being narrowing to the designer, but the truly ambitious, progressive ones rise above that. We are encouraged by the fact that never, since the introduction of machinery, has there existed so good a time to live for the designer as this present year. And it may be lucrative and en- joyable in a certain way to work for a man like the millionaire who has money only, but it is an assured fact that decorative art, and all other art for that matter, will only reach its best development when it comes in touch with everybody, with the mass of people, whether they be millionaires or as poor as the traditional poor art student. 194 'Y ' Design Class Poem. ? On the topmost Hoor ofthe clear D. I. There dwells a merry horde, Its motto is Love, its members are true, Whilst its emblem's the drawing-board. Our room is the last on the left-hand side, How happy it must be, For in it dwells the bvsfvst class That mortal e'er clid see. Its members are charming, as all will admit, Especially the girls you see. And about the dam' boys, oh what can I say, Oh ! they're in the minor-it-ee. To speak of the' members, one by one, Oh ! nothing on earth could be crueler g 'for as sure as you do-dear pity you- Miss K--- would be up with her ruler. Miss Rl is ourjoker, a lively one, too- The one joke she tells o'er and o'er, Of Irishmen and bottles and clruggists, till we All make our escape by the door. There is one in our class with a remarkable voice His name it is Mr. A. G. I-Ie sings operas, Ben Bolt, and nice lady-like airs, But his favorite's,- My Grandmother She. 195 H Mr. J is another, his voice is just fine, Of tunes he can sing only one, 'Tis called Far Away, and at the first line We're all fm' away on a run. Miss S- is our baby, a merry one, too, Her height, I believe, is five-two 3 Of potato chips she always has a supply, And of pencils and paints but a few. Another Miss S-- in our class we clo have, And a cuter one never was seen g When a certain Mr. M--- puts his head in the door, She will vanish away like a dream. Miss L-, the young 'lady of basket ball Lame, Is growing straighter and taller each day, Her throws for the goal are something superb, They're enough to turn one's hair gray. This is not all of our illustrious class. Of foreigners we have not a few, For some are from Boston and Oxford and Hartford, And Forty-third and Thirty-fourth Streets, too. J From over in town, and up on Brown, And this, I believe, is us all 5 But we're one in spirit and one in hope, Although from different parts of this ball. By this time you must know of which class I speak, In the room for Artistic Designing, And when school-days are over--oh sad, sad day I For our dear class we will still be repining. . Miss GU'rHR11a 196 354: 1.1.1 H' 6 ', ' dw, -Q AAQT abr- .ph ' LABOR Q U 0 V 5' . lil . i, be all it f it f be . , 1 lffef .. 52' lliikyxifii. Weekly Calendar. 9 MONDAY. This is a day of extremes. Some ofthe class straggle in half asleep and dreaming of Saturday and-Sunday doings, some are lively beyond measure and too full of opera, theatre or something ofthe sort, to settle down to consideration of composition. All are pretty much muddled so far as ideas for the weelc's work are concerned. The late ones find that everybody is in the library, and by the time the library is reached every one has gone to 'he gymnasium. Wlieii ideas are not forthcoming it seems to help a little to stretch paper, in anticipation of the time when inspiration may come. The room is so immaeulately clean Qexcept the elosetj that nobody can End anything,-no drawing-boards, except those covered on both sides, no shears, oh never! no pencils, not one Hom HHHHHH to HB. just here we must pause to give three unwillng cheers for that energetic company of people who clean us out at all times and seasons, driving all before then' like a cyclone. If cleanliness is next to godliness, they are certainly utr ahead of us ordinary mortals. 197 - By the time things are discovered and some first schemes are blocked out amidst a great smudge of charcoal, and we are just getting up steam, lo-it is eleven o'clock, and we know that Miss Hopkins will soon be sending out special messengers to bring in the lost and strayed unless we dropeverything and Hy to the Gym. Some of our privileged maidens who stay and work look down upon us with a silent and impressive scorn. This, however, does not detract from our earnestness when we consider the benefit derived by one who stands straighter and taller each day. Then comes luncheon, bread and jam on the spot, or tive-cent goodies across the street. i Monday afternoon there is always a comfortable feeling that a whole long week is stretching ahead, and we may think out' the prob- lem quite at our leisure, or, it seems so overwhelmingly hard that there is no use even to begin. By four o'clock all is still, and the maids ap- pear and gather in all newly made sketches of the morning and all other valuables. This is especially applicable to one of our young men who is collecting stamps, When asked what he was going to use them for he replied, It is my highest ambition to get into an Old Ladies' Home, and I have been told that one million stamps will admit me. VVe are all very sure he would never be happy in an Old Man's Home. TUESDAY. VVe are prompt this morning. We like ourselves g our self-respect is on the increase 3 we are convinced that the problem has possibilities 5 we are glad we are studying decoration, we intend to set the world on Fire some day, we feel again that Walter Crane is our prophet, we have great schemes, we Hy to execute them. One enthusiastic mem- ber with an idea too slippery to cling to, bolts to her drawer and jerks 198 it out-a quarter of an inch, an innocent little compass has kicked up its heels and stays put. No amount of poking and pushing brings any better result, except scowls and smothered ejaculations from the girl on the other side of the table, who is tracing. She doesn't realize then that by Friday she will conclude that the original still has some merit of its own, and that cribbing has certain drawbacks. But we mustn't anticipate, Friday has nothing to do with Tuesday. To-day we only look at Lewis Day for a mere suggestion 5 he is a tool in our hands-the big idea is ours. By the end of the afternoon a little of the glamour is gone, we find we have been drawing a small bit of detail with great care, only to find it is quite out of scale. Then we think perhaps it would be best to wait till Miss Ware comes in the morning, that we are tired, that ourjudgment is gone, there does not seem to be that impatient need for rush we felt in the morning. We give, up trusting to luck that our ideas may not be entirely overturned the next day. WEDNESDAY. To-day we are divided into two camps. In one every one is at a stand-still, nothing can be done till Miss Ware comes. The visions and glories of the day before seem fiimsy and indefinite. In the other the fresh squint of the morning reveals all the error, the whole thing is radically wrong. When we are in this plight we hurry to rub out one part and dash it in again, and Miss Ware comes in just as we have two conflicting ideas suggested, each killing the other, neither dealing with the subject as we intended. For those of us who didn't know how to go on at all there is something electrifying about the sight o'f Miss Ware tearing down upon us. The whole thing is clear at once. There is no need of criticism. We try to escape, and find time to map out our 199 new ideas before she reaches us, we try to make somebody else's turn come Erstg we know exactly what we should have done. We start out with our scheme, it may be good or bad, but we have sworn allegiance to it. Then nothing fits it, no other motives are in harmony with it, there it remains, the idea robbed of its original charm by dint of tracing, and with none of our own added to it to cleverly conceal the fact that it is stolen. Often we conclude that our idea is altogether wrong, or else cling to the hope that very fascinating rendering may redeem it. Wednesday is a revolutionary day. In the afternoon we are either casting about aimlessly and wondering if this will do, or per- haps have been tolcl in the morning that the scheme was good. All you need to do is to go ahead develop the thing. That sounds encouraging, but disaster is sure to follow. It is always developed into something utterly foreign to the original plan. THURSDAY. 'This is the great social day of the week, it shouldn't be, for Friday follows. But with a sort of eat-drink-and-be-merry-for-to- morrow-we-die spirit, we are jovial, with no thought of the l1101'l'OW. We sing Qsolos and in concertj, we whistle, we frisk, we gamble, we tell stories,-such stories, so breezy and new. There is one, especially, whose extreme old age demands respect. It has acquired that polish and richness and depth of suggestiveness which time imparts to most things. We cannot restrain from letting the world share our pleasure, though we wish it distinctly understood the tale is ours,-ours only by the kind permission of its originator. To get the full effect of this story the gentle readers of the ECCENTRIC should hear it in concert by the class. 200 Once upon a time there was an Irishman. He went into a drug store g said he to the clerk, How much are your bottles? 'l Nothing, if you take something in them. Sure, then I will, take a cork in one. To appreciate the true inwardness of this scin- tillation, like Wagner's music, it must be heard again and again. There still remains one member of the class who is slow taking it in, herein he shows much wisdom, for it would be sad, indeed, to experience so keen a pleasure and have it a mere fleeting joy. Unlike most performers he is very kind about repeating it, and does it on short notice entirely without urging, and in such a sweet, simple, unaffected way that the listener is charmed and cries for more. In connection with this, since we have mentioned some of our accomplishments, it might not be amiss to name a few of our virtues, if we can without being considered unduly puffed up. We feel it to be an honest fact that the Decoration Class is the most truly benevolent of all those in the Institute. It has provided a room, for the sick, weak, and infirm. It is often occupied on Thursday afternoon, when the pressure of the week's work has come over some discouraged designer. He may take his chair, his work too, if his strength is sufficient, and close the door behind him. He is entirely free from the din and the hub-bub of the outside world. VVe all respect his wishes, and the patient is left quite to himself The light comes softly in through the ground glass window and everything is cosy and quiet. The nerves are soothed and courage revives. Should the pangs of hunger overtake him, there are delicacies on the shelf just suited to the invalid palate, jelly and preserves, substantial drawing boards in thick slices, well-browned rolls fof crisp paperj, and neat little jars of Higgins glue. Dr. G-mble, the resident physician for this sanatorium, emerges now and then with strict order not to disturb the patient. He needs absolute rest. 2OI Members of the class are willing to explain the uses of the sanatorium to those interested, and will answer any questions between the hours of nine and four. Lest any one should think that solid hard work is unknown to us it is only just to add that not even the maids can drive some of us out at four o'clock, and there are often two or three ambitious ones who toil straight through the evening. a FRIDAY. Life is real, life is earnest, to-day. There is no time even to play invalid, We borrow right and left without asking. Thumb-tacks and pencils are even more than common property. We feel that the week has been absolutely wasted. If we could only begin the problem over again. Up to eleven o'clock nothing but monsoyllables is heard. We have no time to make a trial sketch and a tracing paper sketch is always deceptive. I VVe dash in g the result is most often mud or Ere-works. As the hands of the clock spin around we get flushed and excited and resort to that inevitable wash of brown pink at the last moment. There has been no time for ventilation and by criticism time the thermometer is nearing three figures. A few of us get our problems up at twenty-nine minutes past two 5 most of us scratch round and pin them up just as Miss Ware enters the door, and one or two snap up with theirs, putting on a final dab of brown pink or Chinese white by the way, while she is engaged in posting our next week's agony on the bulletin board. Then comes that impressive silence g Miss Ware looks them over and so do wc. We learn more in those few seconds than at any other moment in the week. We wish she would begin to talk-total destruction is better than suspense. First comes a few generalizations -these are quite harmless. Sometimes we are denounced by the whole- 202 sale. These are bad. That is very comfortable. It is only when she says, This one is especially bad, that we wish we were some- where else, and long for some champion to rise up and explain how differentis our ideal from our achievement. It is disheartening to have to stand on the merits of that thing ' which we didn't mean to do at all. Of all the criticisms, to be labeled commonplace is the worst of all. To have things out of scale, bad drawing, crude color, no composition, bad rendering, all this is consoling and almost inspiring, compared to that deadening commonplace, After we have been compared back and forth then come the mentions. Sometimes it is a complete surprise. One of us feels happy Qbut wouldn't admit it for worldsj, and the rest of us are entirely cast down or pretend not to care. But most of us are elastic,-a fortunate provision,-and we lob up serenely Monday morning to begin it all over again. Advice to the Young. '97, we who are about to graduate, salute you. May you ever profit by the glorious example of the class of '96, Never cut lessonsg you might be caught. Always wear white cuffs and collar on examination day. It is better than a note book because it all comes out in the wash. Do not read the lecture notices more than twice. It becomes monotonous. Last and most useful- take your own notes, study your own theorems-and do not lend- always borrow. 203 The Bohernians. 9 A ghostly spread was given by the Bohcmiansn to three Freshmen in ninety-three. The next day the participants were tendereda reception in Dr. MacAlister's office. The following lines are in memoriam : 4 THE BOHEMIANS. VVho form that little group of four, NVith beauty, wisdom, wit galore, Who played tricks once,-but never more ? The Bohemians ! Who said, To-night we'll have a spread VVhile older ones are all abeclg While all the world to us is dead P The Bohemians! VVho said, That garret's just the place, A distant, wide, deserted space, Secluded safe from stranger face P The Bohemians! VVhose hearts from selhshness were free, Whose joy was boundless as the sea, VVho asked three friends to come to take tea? The Bohemians! ' Who bribed one janitor with cake- QThey feared lest he'd disturbance makej Who gave him taffy, all he'd take P The Bohemians! VVho improvised some furniture, A board, two barrels Qscanty store !j, E 204 Whose table then was well spread o'er? The Bohemians ! Who partly turned the night to day, Whose candles burned with lurid ray, Whose candlesticks were moulding clay? The Bohemians ! Who dined without discordant note, Who cracked full many a nut and joke, Who ate up all with one fell stroke? The Bohemians ! Who thought they'd supped in secrecy, Who sipped at ease their fragrant tea, Who little dreamed there'd danger be? The Bohemians! About whom did the man relate The story of this midnight fete? fHe was the same who missed the cake !j The Bohemians! W'ho thought they'd have a serious time, When summoned up next morn at nine, But who came off' without a whine P The Bohemians I Who'll give a spread some time again Who'll keep quite clear ofthe attic then, But hire a hall, bribe no more men ? The Bohemians ! Who say that pleasure unalloyed Not half so much can be enjoyed, VVho speak all this with great sang froid ? The Bohemians ! 205 , if 7 M A V ' W?f, L i'all -' ,N ' Q Sf CQ Q,y iTQ W . Iyl' -Q ' 5072, G .- . F0 V ll ' w vlzv ' -'.-, I -,'- .7 ' . Miss BlAY llAGKllCNll0'l'HAM. Began professional career in the public schools of Philadelphiag lfilst Assistant in Lincoln tiranimar Sehoolg Principal of Belmont Grammar School 1 l.CCll1l 3l'll1 English Literature at Friends' Central lligh School of Philndelplliag for five years Assistant Superintendent of Public Schools of Philadelphia under Dr. MaeAlister3 student of Pedagogy at Berlin and Vienna during the fall and winter sessions of'88 and 'Sgg appointed to Drexel Institute in 18909 Director ofthe junior Domestic Science Courses and the Advanced Elective Courses. I!! guuuuxz. xxxn 3 Pl H H N .. P1 :. gl Ni ,,. gl ,,, H H H fxzxxxzxxxxxxxxxx 5 :D 5 KC Q. ro 'U M 1 5 fb 5 f'f rn .... D PP ..... P-J .... ua P-4 5 ua f'f .... l'P C ff' rn U'- C I'f ro 4 ro QE O 5 r: D D llbfell to the every day events of Drexel Institute but if they were only children of this Urewt school as we sue, they could well appieciatc all tlnt is I L'.'Uu nmU m d DOUBT it is trying for outsiders to sit and x , 1 V ix Q l . ,L N b l , going on. There are, as every one knows, a great of course would say in one voice, Domestic Science takes the lead. Look at those girls from that department coming daily to their tasks. Never a frown is seen on their cheerful brows. They set an example of prodigious industry to other perhaps older students of the Institute. 206 The class of '96 have spent two happy years together, They have shared their joys and sorrows. It is a clever class, so some say, butfalas, how could it come up to those highly artistic girls of the Art Department, who spend the greater part ofthe day in dusting the railing up in the third corridor. But we must make allowances. Perhaps they are studying in the meantime the artistic scenes of the court below. In talking of the classes, what gives us so much pleasure as to wcnd our way down to the chemistry lecture and find Mr. I-Ienwood writing examination questions on the board-the groans are audible all through the roomg but we survive and manage to get a fair amount of P's and E's among us. Then there is the English with Miss Mason. We all look eagerly forward to that day when we go into her room and discuss ponderous questions from 65 B. C. down to the present time. No one, during the whirligig of iashion, which has swirled like a western cyclone since the time of Eve, has achieved such unrecognized success as we have in our gown-making. W'e did not say you needed a microscope to discover the stitches. On the contrary, we are constantly searching for a reducing agent. As for the Ht, don't say anything. Ripples and folds are in style! We are enthusiastic over all our'lessons, but there is one that we love so much that, for the enjoyment of which, we forego the happiness of having our lunch from twelve to one. In that hour we are initiated into the mysteries of the games of sock, basket ball, leap frog and many others. There are still some more stories to be toldg have patience. One is the science of keeping house. You would not think there was anything scientific about it, would you ? But there is,-to know how to repair a house, how to keep a servant, also how to allow one to 207 i keep you, you must be scientific. In this last lesson we expect to graduate. And last, but not least, is .our catalogy class, commonly called physiology. NVe meet Dr. Brubaker in the beautiful Annex, and talk of all animals from man down to toads. We found, to our great surprise, that a turkey resembled a man in more ways than one. Our social pleasures have been many. The Architectural Dance held in the Drawing Room will long be remembered with pleasant thoughts. Our teas, held twice a year, also deserve a place in the social events. The December tea will always be surrounded with delightful memories in the minds of the class of '96, The prepara- tions for it were to some as enjoyable as the tea itself And now, '97, may your class history fif you ever have onej be as eventful as ours. U 208 MRS CAROLINE M. l'IAI.I.. Graduate of High Scl1ool,graduate of Pratt Institute, Director of Dressmaking at the Women's Christian Association for three years, eight years' practical experience in the art -- Brooklyn, N. Y. - appointed Director of th D- -f l ' , e lessmaung Department at Drexel Institute in 1892. Your g'0'ZUIl'.S' Zfzc' mos! 7'!l7'L'flZ.ThZ'0lZ.,l P -Ahab Ado Abou! Ivllfkllllff. O gifliliiil Eli. J HE city of Philadelphia had many excellent institu- tions in which to give boys a chance for practical yy f 7 A training, but the girls were overlooked g the Drexel Institute has remedied this. Working day and night, it is acontinuous force forthe good of the community and a growing factor in the develop- ment of the city. This is especially true ofthe ff ff ,,, A AAXIJX Aa. . g 15132151515 department whose name heads this article and whose aim is to teach the artistic features as well as the mechanical principles of its particular courses of instruction. The educational work ofthe department is not to be measured by the number of its graduates only, but also by the teachers which it 209 sends out as its art missionaries to such distant fields as Dakota and South Carolina. Thus its fame as an educational centre has gone abroad and given it national prestige. Nor has our Institute been an educator in the technical sense only. It has been a social factor in the sense of cultivating friendship, which is cemented in the Alumni, and also in the sense of cultivating humanity. When distress prevailed in the city, when mills were closed and famine threatened, the teachers and pupils were among the first to do their part for the relief of the suffering. What is the use of our taking gymnastics? Come now, that is a foolish question. Suppose we say that it helped us to overcome some difficulties during the street-car strike, and refer you to other parts of the book for further information. Why do we take economics? Oh, come now, you are getting quite funny. Perhaps you will let up on us if we say that we learn to exchange street-car passes, and are thereby economical to the extent of Five cents. I By the way, isn't the Ecc12N'rR1c a funny name for a book ! The boys say that it is part of a steam-engine, but they may be trying to stuff us. In case they are, you must not think that the true meaning of the word applies to this department. There is nothing eccentric about the dressmaking art except fashion. Perhaps science will some day discover the laws which govern the fickle goddess. There is no place outside of Paris where the discovery is so likely to be made as in Philadelphia, and that through the Drexel Institute. There are three courses open to the student,-the regular, special, or normal. The regular course requires two years for completion. It pro- vides instruction in skirt-making, waist-finishing, waist-drafting and making, practice in making and designing dresses, tailoring, chemistry, 210 accounts, etc. Dress designing gives a splendid opportunity for one to show her originality in drawing, pinning, basting, stitching, and pressing. The special course occupies one-half the time that the regular course does for completion. Applicants are only admitted in Sep- tember. They must have a knowledge of hand and' machine work, and they must do outside practice work during the last three months of their course. The normal course is, as its name implies, the school of the teacher. Lectures, practical work, and assisting at the evening classes, together with millinery, psychology, and a few other things, help fill out the all too-short time. We are seven, that is the normal class, we are the first grad- uates, and it is quite a coincidence that we are a perfect number. Of course we are proud and glad that we are going to graduate, but, dear oh me, one cannot help but sigh just a little ! Maybe we have not had fun and real pleasure during our school life ! There were the teas, which came after each course of lectures, there were the lunch- eons, which were given to our teachers. How we did enjoy them ! How enjoyable were the personal talks which we had with the lecturers on their special subjects ! How we did enjoy the social side of our little functions! Well, we cannot always be taught at school, and so we bid farewell to our many dear teachers, friends, and acquaintances, hoping that the best of success will attend you, one and all, and that we may do our little towards advancing the work, of which our directress is one of the pioneers--the placing of dressmaking upon a high, artistic plane, the making an art of it. 2II A Girl's Letter Home. 5 fX QWQYQ 7 'y I Lf T2 T , .N X X N irlfzszlfi' 19 Q During thc day I am confined wholly to my class rooms 1' .3 WWE W , 10' ' ,X qv -M I Q ., U I am seldom out evcningsg have made few acquaintances,- 212 --5,-S and Sunday I spend most of my time in church. -wr-J .-- ,. . Q.. I W V3 W E I often get homesick to see you all. Please send me some money Your affectionate daughter, JL....l...i 213 i EULOGY IN A CITY SCHOOL ROOM in To We, Us and Co. Q 7W1ir lilh' fs nw'-rcv'1'lm'. H il Of all the departments in this Institute That ours goes ahead no one can dispute. VVe study all branches from French down to cats. ln cooking we learn of the oily old fats. VVC can sew, we can bake, And hats we can make. Their's no end to our knowledge, We gay girls of college. We young senior girls are a pretty fine set, XfVell done are our lessons without fume or fret, Alam' t noon we all stand in the corridor's arch, Orrepair to our lunch-room in glad, careless march. That lunch-room--alas, can we ever forgetib The baked beans and hash that before us were set? Were there ever such happy and bright girls as we ? Lived there ever such lives so jolly and free ? 214 LIBRARY 1 96 -x!'Wg17i2 'JP Ifftaqfwggile ! y if-5 I 5 45gMT'75Z5L f 4? r. . EW' f' .ix ' ' ' Q ff 'tvi5 l ' ' X i r vi 4' D ,I D II 1 311,835.73 andgsolid gold hunting HOW to aka Oney' case stem-winding chromo FREE. This you can easily secure by acting as our agent, selling liccEN'1'RICs and working a few hours of your leisure time every day. On every fifty copies you sell we allow you fourteen and three- quarter centsg by selling 10,000 copies every week, which you can readily clo, you will make 51534.00 per year. If you put this out at interest at ten per cent. and keep on for the short space of live years, you will realize the handsome sum of ,S11,835.93, besides lots of premiums. Agculs' muff l'01lij7fl'fL' for jizfc a'ol!zz1's. Send at once to ECCENTRIC PUBLISHING CO. Philadelphia, U. S. A. 216 aa . ' WMA' I xg ' X - . 'i I n l , b' Mdlmavft ilvt-P'-' . H J. L F' 5 5 El .gy - is Wt?1llil:'!1il5tJrl?1flM:Q9'.mftl?1lelr1?. -ill' if -1'?w 1'E':'?i'?t'?f'f:'?:v:'?:'v1p- t- El We lZ1:f1f1 fP1W:s1':m:lP:W:1?:W I V m t ,st is 1- 9 if A Yi Q if QElaI's , si- e tc : AT 5. MQ, S lg . 1 . 5. gt fi Q5 E11 2 f f 5 2 t4ssu1Q2fi1 tmr.a-H :f- - UP -ft : -- r . . ' f1wf :Qiz :w:mew:mr m. M. - I if fu -I 'H ' fi - 'D' it r W v N r v : H' v ffl 2 '21 . A Pl ,W,,F b' EP 'rttismstiaefie1eifwftt1'ft1: 'weve , 14 '-'- , ,H 1- no 't -' ' -f -2 3 IIHIIIJ BL I!llElUIil'l!llHi..! AL IIE Miss Amen H. K ltolctzlclt. Graduate of St. Louis High Schoolg appointed assistant in St. Louis Public Librnryg graduate of New York State Library Schoolg appointed I.ihrm'innol' Drexel Institute in 1891. ,rf T was in ye fall of ye yeare when ye Librarie classe met for ye first time Sz ye classe was light of hearte for yt knew not then what lay before yt. And yt was not strong in numbers for yt numbered then onlie a score, And but one of these was a man 81 he was exceeding sad that he was ye onlie one Sz in ye seconde month of ye yeare he did hie him awaie to ye land which is known as New Englande. And ye Classe hathe growne steadilie less since yt firste met in ye monthe of September M now but VII remayne of those who so vayliantly entered. But yt passeth ye powers of man to say how manic will survyve to see ye first of June. 217 Yt hathe ben told to us at manie times 8 in dyverse manners that there is but one thinge for which we are holden great. Men cleppen us neither beautyful, wyttie nor youthful, yet for one thinge they holden us beyonde compaire. And yt is not knowledge, for if ever we helde that we conned manic things, ye labour of thys yeare has right well undone all suche thoughts. Yt is moste sayd 8: paynful to recall how all these qualytics 8: manie others have ben impeached to us thys yeare. But in ye powers of ye tonge no lyke number of students hathe ben founde who can compeate with ye Librarie classe. At ye deske, in ye alcove, in ye cornyr of reference, in ye courte 81 corrydor you may knowe ye Librarie student by the waie she does not keepe still. Ye author of thys narrative may be accused of vanitie in recording ye facte that ye twoscore and one students of '95 could not approache ye VII of thys yeare's classe in ye power of conver- sation. Thys facte has been intymated to ye classe manie tymes Sz with emphasis so greate that doubte on thys facte can be helde no longer. Yt has ben saide in ye lynes written above that in ye course of ye yeare lessones of humylitie have ben instilled in ye heartes of ye Librarie classe. For ye vanitie of ye classe is not greate, yet when all of them founde that ye knowledge which they possessed was as naught, greate was ye dismaie which fell upon them. And manie were ye groans to be hearde from them at ye Ist lesson in Penmanshyp. For be yt knowne that yt is exceading diffycult to wryte ye librarie hande and ye VII maidens and ye I man spent manie houres copying ye letteres of ye alphabet. And there be some who saie even to thys daie that no harme woulde be dun should ye classe devote stille more tyme to ye subject. Ye dysenchantment which was begun with ye ISt lesson in Penmanshyp was compleated at ye examinatyons in jan- uarie, As ye avalanche of bibliographic, statystics and librarie 218 notes did advance upon them manie of ye students founde themselves sinkinge in ye mire and great was ye despaire which seized them. 'Yet one comfort remayneth to ye Librarie classe and verily yt is greate. Ye science yclept mathematics Qwhich women ever love notj hath not ben sene in ovr course, unlcsse yt be mathematics to cram ye work of XV hours into VIII. Ye pathe of ye Librarie student is beset with difficulties manic and greate of the which it is perhaps not wyse to dilate at this present. Of tyme and space there is not enoughe to tell of ye struggeles of ye aristocracie of Greate Britaine QI3urke's Peeragej to finde that Sir Bulwer-Lytton, ye writer of manie tales, had a name exceeding one- half yard in lengthe. Ye vexations of classifycation have ben tolde by a poet and trulie he knewe whereof he spoke. But ye studie of ye manie workers of bibliographic both of ye ancyent and moderne tymes causeth ye librarie student more hours of great tribulation than even ye classifycation of books of Religion and Philosophie in ye knowledge of which manie members of ye classe are exceadying weake. And in ye course of ye yeare ye students visyt all ye greate libraries in ye citie of Philadelphia, 81 at ye place for bynding of bookes called of men Lippincott's manie strange thyngs did they see. And I of ye maidens looked in vayne for ye Printer's Devyl, and great was her surprise when she found yt not. For she thought to finde ye printers beating eggs with ye Printer's Devyl. , Ye concourse of sweete sounds which proceads from ye Musick room is most refryshing to ye drooping spirits of ye classe. Manie were ye youthes and maidens from dyvers departments of ye Institute who did wend their waie thither and right lively were ye strayns of ye two-steppe 8: waltze which reached ye lystening ears of students without. Now ye doore of ye Musick room is locked and youthes and maidens no longer entre therein. Yet manie musycians from ye 219 I ' greate city of Philadelphia come thyther and ye aire cleppen Conso- solation is ye one which they moste play. And ye Librarie elasse have neede of consolation when they know not whether a book of poemes on ye Dog should be given ye number 821 fwhich meaneth English poetriej or whether it shoulde be classed with ye anymals cleppen domestic. Ye favoryte compositione of ye elasse men cleppen O thou sublime sweete evening star. For manic weeks has ye Librarie elasse listened for ye sounds of thys, yet never, even to this daie, has it reached ye eare of one of them, Now manic are ye beautyful maidens who con ye bookes in ye librarie Sz verie dilygent are certaine youthes when they beholde these maidens workyng there. Ye statystics show that ye industrie of ye younge men varyes aceordyng to ye lengthe of tyme that ye maidens remaine in ye librarie Sz ye interest in his booke abatyeth when ye maiden leaveth ye roome. Now muche is the pleasure gyven to ye Librarie students when they see ye languishyng lookes which ye youthes S: maidens caste one at ye other 8 ye number of Flirtations which ye chronycler of this article coulde recall passeth ye beliefe of man. Of ye manic more compensationes Sz pleasures which have come to ye students no more can here be sayd. Muche of ye worke of ye yeare has been congenyal Sz ye companyonship fulle of delyght Sz if ye elasse but profyt by ye example which has ben before yt all ye ycare their fryends S: ye Public will declare that of a Librarian ye most charmyng of professyons. 220 . 7 'wigs '1 4C - 'W . it 'W - .- ft Q.. 3. it ,, , ., X., 3, it A. a n 'ls ' -' iff ' f i K? -Q' 1 .W i l k. . i I it ,W V 155 fa? ia? S wg QLOYNHQ '. 'A .X X i' A in ffllf - f i fifr gq q -, t ,,, ' 'if 'QP 40 1- 4- i t I 1 4, -1- M , . ,, H, Gt . fg ' l . : I ,, 13 ,o Miss L'ARtII.lXI'I I.. 'l'. llunulcss. Graduate of Pratt Institute, Ilrooklyn, N. Y. 5 appointed llirector of the Millinery ilClJZ'll'lll1Cl1i. at Drexel Institute in 1892. HE desire to produce pleasing personal effects in gf? dress dates back to the time when leaves and twigs stuck into a girdle constituted a lady's ward- robe, or perhaps even to a remoter period, when long cherished worship of the feminine mind, so deep and faithful, has resulted in a most agreeable C -. ' , i 5 object to look upon. Q 2 Qs. , AJ K I Q 9 9 0 ' li IP 9 9 Q QWQQQ 9 Z9 Q our first ancestor, donned the arboreal leaflet. This ii l li ii L VME To-day the crowning glory of a woman's dress is her millinery, and if truth follows the assertion that it is an indication of her character, representing her especial personality, the province of the art milliner is of no small significance. This office must embody all the elements of art, intelligent interpretation, and skill in the highest degree 3 a study of form, color, harmony of effect, fitness proper to the subject, being minutely fine or broadly coarse. 221 H It rescues the unfavored to whom Dame Nature has been niggard in the bestowal of beauteous gifts, artfully supplying what has been withheld, accentuating what has been received, and beautifying what might have been better done. ' There is no purposeless, unintelligent display of ornament or simple exhibition of vanity, but a method in every touch 5 supplying the requirements of each individual physiognomy, increasing the charm of life by beautiful surroundings, and exhibiting a cleverness of victory in the great struggle against poverty. Thus do we see art stimulating the kiculties to apractical development ! There is a misconception, unfortunately too common amongst a certain conscientious, though ill-enlightened class, that self-taught methods are all sufficient for practical purposes in millinery. Nothing could be farther from the truth, since this implies that education is a superfluity, or that millinery is of little consequence, implications which hardly require refutation to an art-loving community. What- ever is worth doing at all is worth doing well. Systematized education in the arts and sciences, compared with self-taught or pick-up methods, is as superior as any educated sense is to common sense, which the late Professor Garretson asserts is little better than no sense. Art represents the ornamental side of life, while science represents the utilitarian. And each is a complement to the other as a civilizing influence. This teaching is the object of our noble institution, the effort of our zealous and efficient tutors, and the aim of our most worthy and generous founder, a trinity in which we take just pride, and to which posterity must ever be indebted. Therefore let us not hope in vain, that, by diligent and conscientious devotion to our work, we may maintain our Alma Mater in the recognized leadership of practical utility as one of many existent glories of our City of Brotherly Love. 222 An Incident. 5 One dreary day in january, 1896, just after the gong for recess had been sounded, a terrific crash was heard at the entrance of the Institute. VVhat is the matter? cried each and all. Leaving the increasing confusion which immediately followed, we will imagine ourselves on Chestnut Street a moment or two before the crash was heard, and see for ourselves what caused all this extraordinary uproar. A horse was dashing wildly down the street, dragging an empty carriage after him. The man who had been driving but a moment before could be seen half a block away, lying in the street, thrown there by the frantic course the horse had taken. As down Chestnut Street the maddened horse pursued his course, pedestrians stood aghast, and expected at any moment to see a most unhappy ending to the carriage, and perhaps to the horse himself As he neared the Institute and appeared to be aiming for the entrance, people turned away, for it seemed as if the building would be shaken from its very foundations- if the horse should strike it. But no! Although he unmistakably meant to enter the Institute, he dashed up the stairs as nimbly as if he were going for his oats as usual. Glancing hurriedly at the door to see which' one was marked In, or perhaps keeping to the right as he had probably been trained to do, he made for the door. It was his collision with it that caused the crash at which so many had paled. Well, although the doors are heavily made of oak, it is not a difficult matter to push them open. The horse succeeded in getting his head inside, but was brought to a sudden standstill, as the shafts 223 of the carriage were too wide to be admitted. The doors, being self- closing, did not see fit to remain open simply because a horse had opened them, so they closed in their anything but gentle fashion, as they always had closed. This must have been more or less embarrassing to the horse, since he could easily see that he was being gazed at by the wondering crowd of students who were in the court. Lord McGowan, who was sitting pensively at his desk, upon hearing the awful noise, and being looked in upon by a horse, was for a moment paralyzed. As soon as he recovered his senses he arose and shouted excitedly, Sl1oo! go out of this here, horse. By this time the horse fully realized his situation, and with a tear trickling down his long face, replied in tremulous tones, O sir, I cannot go 3 I am stuck. Everybody knows that Mr. McGowan is imbued with that pecu- liar sort of charity beautiful to see in men, but owing to the shock he had just received Qlet us sayj he acted in a manner quite foreign to his own. In answer to the horse's few pathetic words he said, Stuck are ye! Bejabbers, I'll stick ye if I catch ye at any such trick as this again ! You have given me a severe fright, and worse than that, you have brought disgrace upon the Institute. Perhaps you are not aware that this is an Institute of Art, Science, and Industry, but such is so, and if you think there is a resident veterinary surgeon in the building you are mistaken. , The horse, although suffering keenly from the heavy doors about his neck, thought Mr. McGowan's speech rather funny, and he bit his lips to keep from laughing. VVhen it was ended, however, he yelled as only a horse can yell, Nit, and then burst into a long, loud laugh. Now if there is anything that Mr. McGowan abominates, it is 224 slang. He ignores it altogether when it is convenient, and at other times he pretends not to understand what it implies. Nit, of all words, and coming from a horse, was too much to endure. You call me a gmt? he hissed, and advancing towards the beast, a tragedy seemed imminent. Those who witnessed this scene were terrified. Was Mr. McGowan going to press the doors upon the unfortunate brute's neck, and become a murderer? No 3 it could not be. Let us turn away from such a horrible possibility. Let us not believe that Mr. McGowan could so far forget himself as to take advantage of one so powerless. The horse seemed to appreciate the Ihct that Mr. McGowan was enraged, but he did not appear to be afraid to die. Perhaps death seemed preferable to the pain he was suffering. Probably to try the effect of bluffing Mr. McGowan, he said to him, Release me at once, or you will be sorry. Mr. McGowan, intending to -ge have the last word at all costs, retorted, You have said enough, your conduct is too horsey to notice, but, -at this juncture the owner of the horse arrived at the door, happily unhurt, and it was but the work of a moment or two for him, with assistance, to release the horse and back him and the carriage down the steps. A moment or two more, and horse, carriage, and doctor were on their way down Chestnut Street, glad to be united once more. When at a safe distance the horse turned his head around and stuck his tongue out at Mr. McGowan, who could do nothing but shake his fist in return, and wish that he had his shillaly. 225 Q U M l ? Sl3 2aM iU1M l'atDlk M 91 itQw 1 to plums:-v.sE'gg3 ?.f , f FQ A jf? mxsgtfr 051720 In- 9' V5 6 el Zi f' t f t 017764 IC' ' 15, ' -5' :' ' '35, -1, d iv 0161206 g f fs: iarsin sstasfssfasrszs zsnzarsrszazniznasraii MISS HELEN M. Svltlxu. Graduate of Boston Cooking School, Boston, Mass. 3 took charge of the Cooking Classes in the Girls' Iligh and Normal School in 1887 g appointed Tlirector of the Normal Domestic Science Department at Drexel institute since its open ing. fikiif F5 km ti' 'Rf f'xSfXf'5 Nfskif C 7 XM -:fir N .X N. y l N, -1 H. . -HR? xvdf ff XY E think that 'one of the most valuable receipts in possession of the department is for the Cooking of Husbands, so as to make them tender and good. It was given by Miss Corson at the Balti- more Cooking School, and is as follows : A good many husbands are utterly spoiled by mismanagement. Some women go about it as if their husbands were bladders and blow them up, others keep them constantly in hot water, others let them freeze by their indifference. Some keep them in a stew by irritating ways and words, others roast them. Some keep them in pickle all their lives. lt cannot be supposed that any husband will be tender and good managed in this way, but they really are a'c!z'cz'ous when properly treated. 226 In selecting your husband you should not be guided by the silvery appearance, as in buying mackerelg nor by the golden tint, as if you wanted salmon. Be sure to select him yourself, as tastes differ. Do not go to market for him, as the best are always brought to your door. It is far better to have none unless you will patiently learn to cook him. A preserving kettle of the finest porcelain is best, but if you have nothing but an earthenware pipkin it will do with care. See that the linen in which you wrap him is nicely washed and mended, with the required number of buttons and strings well sewed on. Tie him in the kettle with a strong silk cord called comfort, as the one called duty is apt to be weak. They are likely to fly out of the kettle and be burned and crusty on the edges, since like crabs and lobsters you have to cook them while alive. Make a clear and steady fire out of love, neatness and cheerfulness. Set him as near this as seems to agree with him. If he sputters and fizzes, do not be anxious 5 some husbands do this until they are done. A little spice improves them, but it must be used with judgment. Do not stick any sharp instrument into him to see ifhe is becoming tender. Stir him gently, watch the while, lest he lie too Hat and close tothe kettle, and so become useless. You cannot fail to know when he is done. If thus treated you will find him very digestible, agreeing nicely with you and the children, and he will keep as long as you want, unless you become careless and put him in too cold a place. SHE.- VVon't you have anothor biscuit, Mr. Smith? I made them myself HE.- O no,I have partaken quite liberally. I really don't know how many I have eatenf' SMALL Buornisu.- O, I know 5 he's had sir. 227 Miss BELL gives the following receipt for Five quarts of affection. Four quarts of respect. 6 PRESERVING A VVIFE: I , . Three quarts of admiration. Two quarts of congenial tastes. One quart of sweet words. One pint of good-humored teasing. Kindle the fire of love with a safety match, and boil at an even temperature for many years. In this receipt much care and attention are required. AN ancient proverb is writ in the books, That God sends meat, and the Devil sends cooksf' T1-Hs spring it would be well to bear in mind that there are quicker and easier ways of committing suicide than by eating cucumbers. f 1,l'?i2i'Ng fy l , 0 e 'XYN I-.J 4 I ,,b. -Ji, w fr ,' f' 'rx' . f wif, V f - X 7 1u..4.,,. l 228 Never. ' HIE following gem of literature was not intended, by its author, to be printed in the I?:CCl2N'I'RlC, but, as it was swiped by the editor, it goes down to TUNE : 'KC-Illllllillg' Y7z1'z111gh Me Ryu ...r Never broke a regulation, Never told a lie 3 Never want to have vacation, YfVhen I clon't know why. Always love to be perfection, Love it when I'm led 5 Never nibble sweet confection Wlien Iam not fed. 4' e ' g ' 4:- ff-' 3 1 posterity without her consent. 1 P .1 43- N- Never want to run or whistle, For 'tis not polite g Never make a wretched fizzle- When I don't recite. When I meet an M. A. student, Never stop to talk 3 Never take a step imprudent- VVhen I do not walk. To my brothers once was tender, VVill not be again 5 Never name the other gender, Save to say, Amen. You may gather from these data just how proud I beg I'm as proud of Alma Mater As she is of me. 229 i . ?'j Eff ,ik AB, I ,Ik e-an If H 15331 ML! 'Qflr- lr ' V-'P f Mg ., .l l A 1 'Q' f AU. ,Jl ffd l fl tl llfy r gg lil gc . it xi .i ah., - ' L.k ri -'61 Lf, -if::' 'ltr liilll 7 iff, pi? wtf, 1 it it 5 , t ' i v e ttrl r .lg twiki, Q 4 i I 1 L W il, , , HI . E. ii. I4 ,N Y,l,H,i,, X f ,YN ,f,l,V,,N las, Xxx.,f ,,. . ,, , ll, l,i v ,,, ll , v , int- w mf fi 'll llc ff' ll flll l fill Q o f r 1 , ' 'yi 'lr ll , ' i' i a,'Z'.'f.-.. ff - il 4' pint! ' V j Jff .fw',,,- i , ' ' , Mill. I' it B --ff We l ti 'def' 11'T5ILiCITiJji'lT W G MISS M. G I-loi'KlNs, Director Graduate of Boston Normal Schoolg taught school in Boston 3 Boston Normal School of Gymnastics, three yearsg Director of Gymnasium at Albott Academy, Andover, Mass. 5 appointed Director of Gymnasium at Drexel Institute, March, 1892. -I. l'li'I'lCR5ON Rvni-zu, S.B., Director. See page 24. , The necessity of a certain amount of rqgzrlar ff4j'Jl'L'lZ! !1'zzz'11z'1zg is admitted by allg and this training is especially necessary to a student who is under the mental strain which must accompany any work in the various courses of an advanced education. - Not many years ago such things as physical force, dexterity and endurance, capacity for action, nerve and will-power went for little, or for nothing. The college hero of those days was likely to be a young man of towering forehead, from which the hair was carefully brushed backwards to give the full effect of his remarkable phrenological development. His cheeks were hollow and pale, his shoulders stooped, his digestion was poor. He was self conscious and in- dulged in moods, as became a child of genius. He would have greatly belittlcd his mission and calling had he found himself playing basket ball or any other game. 230 The reason why this condition of things existed then, and still lingers even now, was owing in part to bad physiology, or to the ab- sence of anything which could be called physiology. But in greater part it was clue to false and pernicious opinions concerning personal conduct and character. There was contempt for physical greatness. Brains and brawn were supposed to develop in an inve1'se ratio. But all this is changed. How shall we live? is the burning question. The world is a place to work in 5 activity and development is its law, not suffering or self-impression. Hearty, physical force may indeed be accompanied by vicious desires, but it does not favor them. Indeed in feeble and morbid bodies vicious desires are at their worst. To a perfectly sane man, physical life becomes a joy. It is universally acknowledged that education is not the training of the mind alone, but that it involves also the training of the organs of the body, upon whose functioning the action of the brain depends. So the accepted definition of education demands training of every part, andsomething must be done to put the entire body to such work as shall cause it to act in the best manner. ln other words a physical education must go hand in hand with a mental and moral education. The neglect of a moral education results in a moral obliquityg the neglect of a mental education retards the whole course of mankind g and the neglect of a physical education results in a bodily deterior- ation which lessens the ability for both mental and moral action. Not until the physical education is equal to the mental will the school be able to turn out men and women fitted for the work before them. So our gymnasium is a school--a means to an end-to put men into better condition for doing their life work. The young men and young women of Drexel Institute whose occupations are sedentary are encouraged to take systematic exercise, in order to erect and expand their frames, to promote active circu- 231 . lation, and to correct anatomical and physiological faults acquired in the study and recitation rooms. i No statistics are necessary to show the results of such training 5 the eye of the most casual observer can readily see the change and improvement. ' A word must be said about the distinction between Physical Training fgymnasticsj and Athletics. Gymnastics are for individual training and development, and have health strongly in view as an object. Athletics take the form of com- petition and contest, emulation is their moving spirit, glory their aim. Gymnastics are a means to an end of life and vigor. Athletics become an end in themselves. Gymnastics are for all-Athletics for the few. The great danger of athletics in the Institute, as well as elsewhere, lies in a lack of training for the sports or contests. Any student entering sports hereafter will, we are sure, prepare himself by system- atically using the gymnasium. . All students, both young men and young women, pursuing reg- ular courses at the Drexel are required to take at least two hours a week in the gymnasium. It should be understood that the purpose of the gymnasium is not to waste time or energy, nor merely to amuse the students. Its use is to educate them, to build up their bodies in harmonious proportions-not for feats but for health, which means a better condition for their mental work. As a rule the students like this part of their course, and enjoy the classes and the various gymnastic games. One of the young women, after exercising in the gymnasium and taking a shower bath, exclaimed, I feel like a new woman. This is typical of the general sentiment. The gymnasium has clone more than any other department to bring the students together, and to inculcate Institute and class spirit. NVe hope this spirit may continue to develop in the proper way, for 232 we all deplore a bitter class feeling. Let the feeling of true sport grow-that feeling which makes one willing at any time to cheer a good play. How much more pleasing to the spectators, and how much more pleasing to the superior team, if the weaker team is given its full share of applause-and also that this applause should not in- terfere with the game. P Many amusing and many sad occurrences have been experienced by the students Qboys espcciailyj in the loss of various articles in the curriculum of a gymnastic suit. This is partly caused by small, inse- cure lockers. Every young man looks forward to having a large and well-ventilated locker, so that his whole suit of clothing may readily be put away without making the suit unfit to wear. Fencing is one of our most pleasing exercises, not only for the students but for the lookers on. It is exciting and every muscle is brought into such play as to make it one of the best exercises fol- securing alertness and grace. Another good result from gymnasium work is the loss of self- consciousness in the student. This is particularly noticeable with Airy the young women. lxlearly ' KJ-I TW T every student in his first am ps . K N2, ,,M w Q appearance in the gym- w f' nasium shows an embarrassed self-consc1ous- ness of action., due to a lack of confidence in his power to comport himself gracefully. But as the work goes on this lack of confi- dence is seen gradually to disappear. Why is this P Surely it is because the student has V Wlearned how to use his body and feels that he is If 'W' appearing to advantage naturally and without having to think beforehand what he ought to do. 233 ' V Art Students in the Gymnasium. T CLASS SONG. QTUNE, .S'rhne1'f1'u1 .v .BIIIIIICHJ Tramp, tramp, tramp, resounds the tread Of even rank, from front to Hankg Shoulders back, high every head, ., And on comes Drexel's file Far across the Swedish main, 'All hail! to Ling, Gymnasiums' Kingf' Forward! Back! and Right! again, With ruddy cheeks and smiles. Hips firm! then-- Knees bend! then-- The bodies blend--then in even time, Our minds we're aiding, Our bodies training, We are all draining from Hebe's wine. From ladder, rope, resounds the cry, For Drexel till we die! Then sweeping grandly round in double line, While every foot appells in even rhyme. Why you think we tread so strong and free? Trained in body, quick and lithe are we. And so in life some day- We all will march away, And sure it is that wisdom leads the van. And Drexel! still we cry, As we the world defy 5 A better boon than wealth to give to man. EMILY R. P1zRKiNs, ,Q3 234 Gx'x1x,xs1l'x1 fl? Fiskiirifki-ifiaiff+52-'F-'':ii . :1':-I-'-1:5 fini' 'c-I1 gf- -A N v 5?fT'iEiLQWEBiP1O'5U1EN :f ,ill 'iij11f fag: t vt statues:-fuavtiwarsz-vE. 'eg-r jHNDItIE.NiEfSQ,H wAN.,f1'f Qi ' it 1,-tp,-.j,:,,,:1-.'..--:'.I-.-mJra.J,:3f- -:-g.: f ':'--51.151-'.A::-.-j.:1-.-:,1-zieimb it. .l 1 I fl? r'1'l?l ?2ii'?lil'?f?.lr5V?+l'l?r?llri'l?lJl'81li?rll?'i i The Class in Illustration. Foremost among the many advantages that we art students enjoy is the class in illustration, instructed by lVlr. Howard Pyle. Most of us being fond of quaint stories and quainter pictures, were Rtmiliar with the work of this writer and illustrator, and gladly embraced the opportunity of studying with the author of The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood. It is pleasant, after the more or less fatigueing labors ofthe week to wander into the life-class room on Saturday morning, and listen to the refreshing criticisms of the compositions prepared by the class. The drawings represent the greatest variety of subjects and ideas, and range in treatment from the meclimval manner to nineteenth century sunshine. But Mr. Pyle is tolerant always, and although sincerely critical, has a word of encouragement for the least promising pupil. Some of the students, possessing phenomenal brains, accommo- dated in equally large heads, have been transferred from the morning class to the one held in the afternoon. But they seem sometimes to End the atmosphere a bit too rare, and to long for the comfortable calm that makes the morning student so much at home. As the artistic efforts of these young men of promise appear in the pages Of-ffl7117L'l .Y lflQ'clebf, the less fortunate will console themselves with that little story of the tortoise and the hare. 236 A TYPICAL BASKET BALL GAME. 79,1116 .' 4j1.m. Place: Drexel CEJWIIIIZIITII-'I. ART SENIORS vs SPECIAI5. The audience, a motley crowd, is seated on rib stalls, ladders, and other available apparatus. Members of the team, waving sweaters and searching for odd shoes, adorn the landscape from time to time. At the last minute the captains realize that an umpire and a referee are at least desirable and begin wildly canvassing for the same. At about 4.45, the two most unsuitable are selected, provided with one decrepit whistle and a pointless pencil, for which they are deeply indebted to Mr. J. P. R-- During the short wait, the expectant audience discourses sweet strains : Rah, hurrah for the A-R-T ! Cheer the team on to victory. VVe are sure that the game will be Won by the ' Arts' to-dayf' Impatient cries of Play ballll' Where's the referee?i' Why don't they begin?,' If they don't I'll miss the 5.I4. Oh look, Ei- has washed her sweater ! etc. But a feeble toot from the referee declares that the game is on. The centres leap into the air with the kangaroo jump. The ball is batted, thrown, caught, muffed, marbled, and finally kicked by an ignorant sub. A chorus of Foul ! rends the air. The referee and umpire, at this unexpected accident, gaze helplessly at the ball, gather it affectionately to their arms, and, after audible suggestions from Miss H- and the audience, give a free throw to the offending side. An excited Innocent cries, Who kicked the ball P Answer, The other side. The game is under way once more. Ball out of bounds-rescued 237 . by Lie. Temperature falls twenty degrees as she takes a cool shot for the electric lights. Notwithstanding interruptions a goodly score is run up by L-o for the Arts and the beaming countenances of our supporters reflect a halo around the head ofthe star forward, while they have a slightly thawing effect on L-e. But in the midst ofthe excitement, the referee calls time and the teams leave the floor-the Arts triumphantly singing: ' VVho are we I who are we ! NVQ are, we are, A-R-T! .,-X-fa'1ffs-,,,- ii Leading Colleges, WM WW ww 5: E -U2 Ea Him EES- 511520 may 25: Ei? E28 asm U'N QB PA! N U1 WWW WMWWW WWWWW FOR ATHLETIC EVENTS, Etc. SPEc1,x1,I.v PREPAIQED DESIGNS snN'1' ON Al'l'l.lCATION. I. E. CALDWELL 81 CO. D' dM h fs ,ggzigflzfs h are an 902 Chestnut Street 4 Q 't - - Imlgxg of Art Objects Philadelphia, Pa. Drexel Institute of Art, Science, ancl Industry 1 89 6-9 7 FIRST TERM BEGINS THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 17th SECOND TERM BEGINS MONDAY, FEBRUARY Ist The Institute is organized in the following Departments: I. DEPARTMENT OF FINE AND APPLIED ART. Course in Elementary Drawing, Drawing from the Antique, VVater-Color Painting, Oil Painting, Drawing and Painting from Life, Modeling. Course in Design and Decoration. Course in ftrcliitecture. II. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANIC ARTS. Three years' systematic course in Mathematics, Mechanical Drawing, l ree-liantl Drawing, Science, linglisli, History, Civics anti lieonoinics, Shop-XVorl: in XVootl and Iron. III. DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY. Special Courses in itiatlientatics. Special Courses in Physics and Chemistry. Course in Mechanical Drawing-two years. Course in Machine tfonstruetion-two years. Course in iileetrical lingineering-two years. IV. DEPARTMENT OF BUSINESS. General and Special Courses in Bookkeeping and Business 'l'r.insaetions, Stenograpliy antl Typewriting, Banking, lnrlustrial and Commercial Geography and History. V. DEPARTMENT OF DOMESTIC SCIENCE AND ARTS. junior ancl Atlvaneecl Courses in Domestic Science-Cookery, Iiouselioltl Economies, etc. Courses in Millinery. Courses in Dressmaking. VI. DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICAL TRAINING. VII. NORMAL DEPARTMENT. For the training of Special Teachers of Drawing, Manual Training, liusiness, Domestic Science tCookcry, Houselioltl Economics, ctc.j, Domestic Arts tDressinal:ing and Millineryj. VIII. DEPARTMENT OF EVENING CLASSES. Courses in all the Departments of the Institute antl in Choral Music. IX. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC LECTURES AND ENTERTAINMENTS. Free Courses of Lectures in Art, Science and Teelinology, and free Organ Reeitals during the winter months. X. LIBRARY DEPARTMENT-Open free to the public. A Class for the training of Lilirnriztns in conncetion with the Library. XL MUSEUM DEPARTMENT-Open free to the public. Special circulars of tlte various tlepartmcnts, giving full cletails of the courses of instruction, require- ments for admission, fees, etc., can be olxtainetl on application to the Secretary and Registrar. 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