Haverford College - Record Yearbook (Haverford, PA)

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havdng to meet the opposition of ' 87, now succeeded in persuading the students to wear gowns and to take charge of The Haver- FORDIAN. Weary of being led around by the nose by Dr. McCosh, the class ordered a kicking committee to get up a protest, and after a hundred or so had been prepared by the desperate committee, one was finally accepted, unanimously signed, and sent into the good old doctor, who was almost taken off his feet by such a demonstration. The misconceptions of a mathematician in regard to Evolution, which came later in the year, were very spicy, but the discussions which followed only served to show the old gentleman that the class, with one ex- ception, were all going to a warmer climate, whence they will probably frequently return to deceive the ignorant through the agency of the planchette, which, therefore, is synonymous with Tommy ' s H 1 on Wheels. The one exception, as a fit preparation to the perfect being which he will hereafter become, receives none but perfect marks. The Alumni Prize contest added another laurel to the many already in our possession. The judges pronounced the orations unusually good, and awarded the prize to H. S. England, and tzvo honorable mentions (an unusual thing), namely, W. D. Lewis and J. W. Sharp, Jr., and if there had been anything more to win, Cox was there to take it. The festivity of the class during this year was something re- markable. Never was a class as handsomely entertained by its members. C. R. Wood led off by giving us a dinner at his house, during the winter, and Lewis followed with another at his brother ' s house, in the spring. But perhaps the most successful of all was the garden party given for the class by Fred Morris. The hospitality and attentiveness of our host and hostesses was unexcelled, and everyone enjoyed himself immensely. But the climax was reached in our last supper, held at Devon Inn. 26

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Second. The Sophomores havini been defeated by us played the Seniors, and were beaten by only fourteen runs. But when we played ' 87, Morris and Stokes made such a stand that before it was broken the issue of the game was decided, and with the loss of two more wickets they excelled our score of seventy-two, and gained the college championship, which we had held the year before. After undergoing the trying ordeal of seven examina- tions, we separated once more, intending, with the exception of Nields, who went to Harvard, to return to college again in the fall. Senior Year. We entered upon our Senior year in the usual manner by moving up to the end tables and assuming control of the college. Lewis left his old quarters and moved up to Barclay Mall, where his palatial apartments soon became an indoor Bummers ' Re- treat, and in which he presided in state as head of a bureau of statistics, which latter he obtained from huge census reports, etc., and inscribed on vast rolls of paper, which, if used as cam- paign documents, would undoubtedly secure the election of Cleve- land. For the second time we played ' 89 for the foot-ball championship, and another very exciting game was the result. The work of our backs was magnificent, but the stubborn resis- tance of ' 89 ' s rush-line was too much for them, and also owing to the slippery ground, our men failed to score. For awhile it looked as if neither side would score, but finally Branson, by a few irresistible rushes, secured a touch-down, and the game was lost after a memorable struggle. Our Senior year was pre-eminently a hard-working }-ear. As it went on, Sharp began to gain an appreciation of the prob- lems of Astronomy, Lewis reveled in advanced calculus, Martin plotted dynamite outrages, and the Local Editor started a sample room. Our indomitable schemer, England, no longer

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Arrivini at tlic inn about sunset, after a jolly ride up in a four-horse coach, and having astonished the hotel people by giving the college and class yells, we proceeded at once to the room in which our supper had been prepared for us. After a few courses had been served, the moiu was varied by the reading of successive portions of the history, and afterwards of the prophecy and the class poem. After this many of the members were called upon for speeches, and, though it was a very pleasant occa- sion, everyone seemed a little saddened by the thought of the com- ing separation. A short business meeting was then held, and Sharp was elected to receive the spoon, and the following scheme for a permanent organization was adopted : Article i. There shall be a President, whose duties shall be, {a) To call all meetings ; {li) To preside at all meetings. Article 2. There shall be a Secretary, whose duties shall be, {(i) To take charge of all money and other property belonging to the organization ; {U) To keep the P. O. address of all members, together with a record of the principal events of their lives ; (c) To notify the members of all meetings and to send them any other information which he shall deem of sufficient importance. Article 3. Unless otherwise provided for, meetings shall take place every five years, at which reunions an election for President and Secretaiy shall take place. Article 4. A quorum shall consist of those present at any meeting of which a sufficient notice has been given. Written proxies shall be accepted. W. D. Lewis was elected President, and J. Sharp, Jr., Secretary. About one o ' clock we left the hotel, and the whole of the moonlight drive home was made hideous by blood-curdling 27