Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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The year came quickly to a close with spring sports and Fi- nals following hard upon, a constant source of terror to freshmen. We were greatly reduced in numbers, upon entering our second year, many a good fellow had disappeared from our ranks, and the vacancies were only partially filled by some valuable contribu- tions from other classes. In this year the class was scattered in small sections for special work, and there was no P. H. E. or L. E. P. to bring a large number together, we therefore had recourse to frequent class meetings. Classmates ! it would probably be well to allow an ignorant outsider, who wishes it, to be introduced into one of these class-meetings, to show him what wonderful fellows we really are, let him imagine himself suspended in mid-air, as it were, taking a bird's-eye view of the situation. He will see first Il Signor Emilio Parlato from fair Sicily, who has just risen and with stentorian voice demands a point of information. Next to him, Will Hilles, buried in his chair, his upper lips lightly curled by a complacent smile, half betraying an abundant store of dry wit, which only on account of an aversion to exertion, is prevented from seeking expression. There sits Horatio Warren, our class poet, sunk deep in the gulf of meditation and anchored there, his hands in his pockets, his long beard resting heavy upon his bosom, his legs stretching far under the chairs in front of him, like the widespreading roots of some mighty oak. Near him sit Reeves, Bernhardt, and other eminent philosophers of ours. There are the two tramps, Harrison N Edes, chumsg the for- mer is our treasurer, and is so honest that he has never attempted to tramp to Canada with our funds, though he has made the dis- tance thrice over in Baltimore county. Probably he has never been sufficiently tempted, for our funds only amount to three coppers which our treasurer himself donated to get his office. Edes is the venerable recorder of our minutes for '88-'89, and helps to run the tramp club, which means running yourselfto death, and he thinks that spending the night in a barn or hay-loft thirty miles from town is the most enjoyable recreation imaginable, his chum agrees with him. In the farthest end of the room are Roszel, Lazear and Cooke, all men of muscle. Passano is not among these. Billings had. a special clause in the constitution made for him against smoking in class meetings, he stayed away after it was passed. Thomas and Keidel are here to-day as a special favor. The three doctors from 20

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As the newly-arrived spirits in the H Purgatory stand in amaze at the many strange things they see, so we, in our first year, were naturally over-awed by certain beings like the dazzling Eddie Whiskerosus, and the ubiquitous William Devr--s, and the cigar- smoking, fund-gathering William Klapp, but as we grew older and more at home with the University and its inhabitants, even the mighty Achilles became known to us by the more familiar appella- tion H Paul. Our first class meetings were not as peaceable and amiable as one would judge from the present aspect of the class. Many a time did King Aiolus raise his trident and break open the cave of the whirlwinds, to let them loose among us and in the ballot-box. Two successive revolutions brought about as many complete changes of officers, not until one half year was over, did we obtain any- thing like stability in our organization. Although we enjoyed the tumult as much as any Frenchman could do, in our shiftings of ministries and cabinets we never felt it incumbent upon us to de- clare anybody an enemy to the state, or to set him adrift beyond the borders, but our animosity culminated in a general, well-meant handshaking, and in such lasting good-feeling as has not been equalled by many classes of the j. H. U. B. B. Shreeves was our first chairman 5 he has always had the glory of the class at heart, especially when its deeds were to be celebrated before the public. Ralph Robinson has the honor of having been our first presi- dent, but shortly after his inauguration he made H il gran rifiuto, and S. Guy Snowden was appointed in his place. S. Guy wore no glasses then, nor did he think that his eyes would soon break down for him under the strain of ffischylus and Plato, and cause him to take refuge in 790. He has been elected an honorary member of our class just as the noble president of our second year, W. T. Wat- son, who was prematurely drawn away by the charms of the medi- cal profession, and is now already bewitched to spout volumes of blood-curdling yarns and H interesting cases. The 22nd of February of this year, the eleventh anniversary of the J. H. U., was a great occasion for us. On this day we for the first time flourished old gold and marroon ribbon, with which Shreeves had presented us, and what with class colors and our class yell, we were the only class that gave any signs of its existence. 19

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Chicago are present: Eisendrath, Patek and Abt, the last in his time has made violent attempts at conciliating policemen, and blow ing out electric lights. The two Taylors, the one a possible artist, the other a possible lawyer, are both prominent men of our class. Marden next year is going to teach the Patagonians and cannibals of Terra del Fuego some Old French and Political Economy. McCulloh is now getting off a yarn, and is trying to make Hull un- derstand him, but is evidently not succeeding, although Hull can understand Dr. Ely tolerably well. Sadtler is smiling at Mack, but now he turns his head and listens to the business of the meeting, and will presently give us some wise counsel. Alfred Mann, who, as a freshman, used to have a collection of snakes, tadpoles, lizards, and other marine insects, at all stages of development, in his tooth- mug and wash-basin,-takes an active interest in the class, and his enthusiasm carries him into too broad a Held of work, he is the only man in the Johns Hopkins who can get up a University dance. And there sits Barnum's Culver, the class prophet, who has his head full of Greek and Latin and his mouth full of puns. His modesty will probably not allow him to predict events for himself, so with his permission let us try to prophesy for him. When the circle of seasons shall have revolved to the number of live and ten, lo!-one day he will be a famous man, and lo!-he will occupy the chair of Professor Gildersleeve and lecture in Greek to a body of students from all nations, and lo! once in a while there will be perceptible on the right side of the Professor's cheek, a slight nervous twitch, which thoseiwho knew him wellwould immediately interpret, if they were present, as the harbinger of a terrible pun 3 and lo I-the English member, seeing no further alteration in the Professor's face, will take down the pun in his note-book as serious fact, while the other members of the seminary will excuse them- selves for the rest of the day, and will explode forthwith outside. Now, since the curious have been introduced, from one aspect, at least, to some of the sparkling genius of our class, the narrative may now take a smoother course. At the meeting just spoken of, we voted unanimously to have a class banquet, and thereby estab- lished a precedent which will probably be followed by other classes. The liquor question came up, and a struggle ensued, one of the most memorable in class history. Our famous teetotaller, hurling all his weapons and seeing his foes falling one by one, elated by 21