Johns Hopkins University - Hullabaloo Yearbook (Baltimore, MD)

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period and was quickly passed. The finals over, we took immense delight in watching the candidates for admission, as with trembling steps and long faces they inquired the way to the examination room. Vacation stands in the same relation to class history as do the dark ages to history in general. Of this period little is known. In October about five-sixths of our original number returned. They were no longer inexperienced conditioned freshmen, and they looked with pity upon poor '9I. The history of this eventful year has been in large part written. XYe will mention here only a few details, which have been brought out recently by historical research. First came the class meeting, at which officers for the year were elected. After adjournment followed the famous rush, in which '89 was so badlv disabledg their own historian confessing that one of their men was laid up for a week. XYe had not intended to hurt '89 very badly, and probably a large part of their injuries were caused by their frantic efforts to escape from their much-feared assailants. About the same time we talked of issuing an annual. Later, however, it was learned that '89 would undertake this task, and consequently ours was deferred until the succeeding session. After another vacation we enter on our final year. XYe are intro- duced to the study of the science of sciences, the art of arts, and the mathematics of hard and fast lines. It seems only proper to give the reader a glimpse of the class. as it is assembled for this favorite study. On the extreme left sits VVillie Browne. It is difficult to keep all the Browns and Brownes separate, as there are ten of them at the University. This one was once treasurer for ,9O, and handled the money collected for the class pins, so far as known, without any attempt to visit foreign parts. Next him is his friend Bryan, who has a marked fondness for logical disputations. Then come the two Carsons, one a future lawyer in Vifashington State, the other secretary of the class and one of our editors. Beside the latter of these sits Snowden, the great upholder of the cap and gown. That dress is very becoming to him, and he has worked hard to have the class adopt it. So far his efforts have been in vain, which, as class prapkef, he should have foreseen. Behind these sits Guggenheimer, class poet and a future politician. To his left are Gray and Grasty, both philosophers, and the latter one of our artists. Oehm is a musician and great admirer of the Germans. By his side is Oppenheimer, class baby and a future physician. A little further to the right is Powell, a well-balanced thinker, and author of the History of Education in Delaware. I. L. Straus is an orator, and consequently a leader in the House of Com- mons. In front of these is Hiss, the discoverer of an African race with a green cast of countenance. tHe must have thought the class green when he made this statementq Further back is A. W'ol-f, not a dangerous one, however, and the author of our class yell. Still further back sits Paca, class giant Q6 ft. 2 in.j Near by is F. A. 97

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or personal hygiene, which troubled us on every Friday afternoon from four to five o'clock, in the form of a lecture in the biological laboratory. The only cure yet discovered for this malady is the surgical operation of cutting On Friday morning there was another difficult course, though its difliculty was never realized until examination day. It was often called the class in Pre-Historic History, but a large part of the time was devoted to map drawing and ancient religions. Gradually we became acclimated, even to the physical geography of Central Asia and other distant lands. The studies offered presented truly an intellectual feast, served in seven courses, in all of which the sweetmeats of P. H. E. and drawing gave relish to the more substantial dishes, such as the Asclepiadean metres of Horace, or the hydrogen explosions of the chemical laboratory. The P. H. E. course served above all others to make us a class in spirit and reality. Some became bound to this group of studies in such a peculiar manner that they found it necessary to cut themselves away from it at least once a week. A few were so remarkably expert in the latter particular that the University contemplated giving them a special examination on this account. Soon the December examinations were upon us, when, by a curious coincidence, many of those who lived elsewhere were suddenly attacked with homesickness. This may have been caused by too much dissipation in ponderous and indigestible notes, or perhaps by the mere inhalation of chlorine gas in the chemical laboratory. It may be of some interest to the general reader to see a picture of a freshman on the night before examination. First he plows through page after page of the books on which he is to be examined. Not infrequently he adds to these one or more works from that well- known osteological Ci. e. Bohnj series. NVhen all else is finished, he undertakes to go through two or three soporific note-books. This is generally the last straw which breaks the camel's back, or, more literally, the strongest dose of the opiate which lulls the student to sleep. On Commemoration Day the class adopted their famous yell, and carried their colors-maroon and ,white-which had been selected some time before. At last that day arrived, ever memorable in the history of '90, upon which the spring sports were celebrated. This was the first opportunity which had been given to the class to show its prowess in athletics. Out of eleven contests between the students of the University, one fell to the graduate department, and two to each of the other classes, while six victories shed honor upon ,9O. These included the most noteworthy events of the day, as the one hundred yards dash, running high jump, one mile run, and running broad jump. The tug of war was also won by a team from '9o. From the spring sports to the final examinations was but a short 26

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Wolff, the chemist. He and the two preceding constitute our class menagerie. In the last row is Caskin, one of our artists, also Marden, a future physician, and Humphreys a future lawyer. To the left is the other Strauss, another chemist, and clerk of the House of Com- mons. VVhitelock is one of the big men of the foot-ball team. Behind these is Zeigler, the pride of the Tramp Club. He would have been a safe second in the great Westminster walk, had it not been for an unfortunate accident. As it was, he was brought home in a country wagon. Further on is Guy, base-ballist and logician. Then we see VVright, a good biologist with a philosophic turn of mind, VVatts, who will some day adorn the legal profession, and 'Whitridge, our pretty boy. Next is Johnston, the class president. Then, side by side, we find Stokes, who has been mistaken for Strauss from the strong resemblance between the two, Lanier, who will help win the champion- ship ofthe Inter-Collegiate Lacrosse Association, and Morrison, other- wise known as Slick, Next is Lauchheimer, one of the class jokers, though he is always ready to answer Professor E---'s deepest questions in induction. By his side is joe Beard, who occupies the same seat as Knower. Then comes Keech, the class treasurer-it has taken nearly all of his time recently to collect an assessment of twenty-live cents on each member of the class. VVe also see Cone, the best lacrosse goal keeper in this part of the country, Faust, who has negotiated so much of the business of our annual, Friedenwald, who will probably enter journalismg Gerry, another trampg and last, but by no means least, our witty and original Flood, who, it seems, has certainly been on the earth more than forty days. From the opening of the University there was a strong effort made to introduce the cap and gown. The Class of '9o, by its dignified decision, quenched the ardor of the supporters of this innovation. One of the most prominent leaders in the gown moye- ment was S. Guy Snowden, our class prophet. There is, however, another would-be prophet who predicts as follows: 'Tis I9-, and a bright Sunday morning. The streets are hlled with crowds, coming and going hither and thither, but amidst the throng we can easily distinguish that the larger portion are tending in one direction. Let us follow the -crowd. It leads to a handsome church. VVe enter. The organ peals forth, and in walks Bishop Snowden, who will preach this morningf' Let us return to history. The class in psychology was identical with that in logic, which has been above described, but Baldwin's Handbook is shrouded in such a veil of mystery for n1ost of us that it would be unwise to do more than mention it. In December we held a successful and memorable banquet. The strong temperance tendencies of the class were shown by the fact that only o11e member disappeared beneath the table. 28