Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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proclaniations, the work of preparation which lasted far into the night,-all are familiar. The following morning, long ere the first gray streaks of dawn had shot the horizon, a dark and silent band of chosen men issued from a window in the rear of the Upper, dispersed in every direction. Some were armed with paint and brushes, some with paste and proclamations, some with banners ready to be strung up in every available spot. And when the sun rose, lo what a sight! Such an array of painted numerals of swinging banners, and of plastered paper as greeted the sleepy eyes of the Waking sons of ,QQ will never be seen again in the history of the school. About seven o'clock the youngsters began to make little disturbances in the various houses, but all that had been long ago foreseen, and at every pistol shot an angry army issued from the Upper, splashed 1 5 Ac, 3 lit lid illllililiiidwi it with paint and paste, and rushed down upon the recreant house. Griswold iirst fell victim to' our attacks, next the Cleve, and be it said to Mr. Gulick's credit that he was the only master in the school who didn't get routed. 4 ' By and by the foe began to rally, and an attempt was made to destroy the work of the Banner Corn- mittee on the bath-house. But Dutch Mouserf' Froggy Boynton, Killarney Armstrong and the others who constituted that organization were not to be so easily balked and a struggle ensued upon the roof in the course of which not a few rolled off onto the ground. Gradually, however, both classes arrived upon the scene in full strength, and a succession of rushes followed in which the valiant deeds of Monk H 20

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Before long Miss Zetti Kennedy came and swept all before her, enveloping everybody in the meshes of her charms, including him whom she hlled with wrath by tripping up the wrong aisle when she left the auditorium. This was not the o11ly pasteboard tragedy, however, which we may attribute to Miss Kennedy. A short time after her departure Frearw Adams seized a shot gun and rushed off to a secluded spot where he intended to shoot himself. A loud report was soon heard in the direction of the village, but upon hastening thither Frear's friends found that the only damage done was to Mr. Apple- gates blue sign which was, indeed, looking rather bad, having had the bottom blown clear off. Frear had to pay four dollars for the sign, and gives as his only excuse that a desperate man will do almost anything. Who will ever forget when the raffling craze struck us, and the house was transformed into a regular stock exchange ? Surely Johanna will not, for, if my memory serves me rightly, he himself was raffied off, and afterward disposed of to Stertet-with some difficulty, it is true- for seventeen cents. But what ever memories we may have of this period cannot fail to be serious and even regretful when we recall that which accompanied it-the departure of Red Gill, Pink and Bob Black. They need no eulogium. We have all known them and loved them too well for that. Suiice it to say that they have left their likeness upon our hearts in such a manner that they can never disappear from our memories. Shortly after this, an event occurred which bore terror to the hearts of the stoutest, and made the entire class hold its seventy-nine breaths in palpitating fear for a week after. Some daredevil had rashly ventured to yelp from a window, and a moment later a burly rufhan, with a fierce beard and a gruff voice, shook his fist and invited us down to have our noses thumped. After he had gone away we all crawled out from beneath our divans, and unanimously agreed that it was the luckiest escape we had in a long time. One evening in February-the night usually devoted to the Prom-we gave a little reception to our friends of the Third Form. The next morning that inscription appeared so familiar to all of us, and which has made famous the telephone pole which bore it : K' Ninety-nine challenges Ninety-eight. The result you all know too well for it to need relating-mthe class meeting, the trip to Trenton, the hasty printing of the I9

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Rabbi, Hungry and others, would furnish a fit subject for an epic poem. Upon our return to the Upper we decided to let Griggs and Mackenzie go, so we unlocked the door of the room in which they were confined, undid their bonds and allowed them to issue forth into the arms of their weeping friends. All that day was a glorious holiday, and at two o'clock on Friday we assembled in memorial to talk it over with the masters. For two hours or more the conflict raged 5 one by one our undiscovered nestors rose and distinguished themselves. Rabbi and Monk, George Hull, MacMurray, Professor Riston, Duffield, the 'tlittle minister, and Augur all belched fourth upon the faculty a writhering and irresistable fire of argument. Ninety-nine was also in evidence. Griggs arose and proved Qto the facultyj that he had been in fourteen separate places simultaneously. Mouser gave his views on Mr. Swan. At length, having been informed that we were talking in a circle, which, by the way, as Froggy i' afterward remarked to Mr. Hull, must be attributed to force of habitacquired in the Third Form, we dispersed. Later we were informed that our Easter vacation was to be curtailed by ,W a day and a half, and the great class scrap H was over. - - fru- After so much excitement, however, we found that peace and quiet 42, , K , was no longer agreeable, so Windv,' Tucker and Lester Kafer per- , . - suaded the class to dabble in village politics at the coming primary -M' X X 7 elections. We decided to run our old friend Ort through for constable. Linh if 3. Cards were printed informing those into whose hands they might fall that L- AQ XX Oliver was the choice of the people, a great parade was given, with X' if-Sir ' a band and beautiful transparencies. But alas! It was in vain. Had 44 we but been able to vote the result might have been different, but what :Fm ' .x 1 - could we expect with only Ristow to represent us at the polls? f i The next thing that happened was that momentous class meeting in which the hue shapes of all the girls showed off to such great advantage 2-f'- i 1 fl on the stage. 'tThalie Brown and Alice Smith were the belles of Wi? I the evening. The elections were too numerous to mention, but it may f' X not be amiss to remind you of a few : Legs Argersinger, our president, 21