Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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the House of Lords that evening, full-Hedged seniors, with privileges and unwritten rules galore. It was a glorious existence that we led those First few il' jf VF! Ty' j l if ' ,i 6? DM XV days in the Upper. How consciously we gathered on the esplanade after prayers and looked across the campus at the Houses where the underformers were hard I y j at work! And how we loafed in the village, especially if any Master was in M' ' fa! sight, just to show that there were no more study hours and village rules for us! ii, O Scarcely had we cast our ballots in the class elections before we turned fp 94 7f A our attention to the new additions to '99, What a collection we found! There X was '98's donation to us-souvenirs of bygone days- Kissie Imbrie, Moffat, Rob Eddy, and Butch. Yes, Butch was ours at last, and the gun club f became a probability, Nay, Frank W1'ight, we will not leave him as a memorial, ,' as is. so cruelly suggested, because he does not belong to our generation. l There, too, were the Freshmen, among whom we found our entertainers in X the shape of numerous Ends, There were long men, short men, thin men, , i fat men, and men who Weren't men at all. There was Carrick, Bondyf' Mac Fraser, the Tub, and Frankie the poler. What splendid oarsmen they were! How quickly they decided that they E V Would rather be a dog, and bay at the moon, than take a cool plunge in the pond! Those, indeed, were great days, when we adopted the Honor System in recitations and examinations, and ordered our class pipes, while every door was closed lest others should learn of our secret. Can we forget that parade of the Purity Brigade, clad in white, or the cake-walks, in which Nigger Couch and Millie Alden made such a hit? Then it was that Pete Dana came back to us, and Pop Stevens, in the excitement of the event, actually appeared with only fwo rolls to his trousers. 20

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In the spring we distinguished ourselves by defeating '98 in track, just before we shook the dust of the Study Room from our feet to enter upon the responsibilities of Third Formers. Junior year was a series of triumphs for '99, Though the axe of the Faculty fell heavily upon us, still we kept up and added to our reputation by winning ten L's on the foot- ball team. Time slipped merrily on, past the Christmas holidays, until the Debate, and '98's reception to ,QQ after- wards. Two mornings later we awoke to find an invitation to a Ulawn fete, and in a few moments the great Rush was on. How Stiffy Reed and Dutch Muser struggled for '98's banner -on the roof of the bath-house, and what cheers greeted its downfall ! Then came those three fierce charges, with ,QQ further advanced after each. Then-the Faculty, and the Rush was over. But another victory was inscribed on '99's banner. Soon the spring slipped away, and after Jack Han- num and his colts had defeated '98 in baseball, we emerged from Memorial one afternoon to find that our three long years of early to bed and early to rise were over-that we were no longer underformers. The summer sped all too quickly away, until we again i xX ilirf- r KV V X ff X S T J ,'Q'.:K-.LQLZE-1'-f .J 00 Q0 ob 2, -f-fe ,yfff---3jj.QEfi.TgT7'!xTN 'C D : ' Z. Qf'If-Tiiil?52e?e O+ Q-on ep Ti' W -- lf--Safe an 1 D ,fi-Q. l 'A Q' R Mis 'Q if ,,., ff 'ee N, . g2L::22ff2T Q Se . if ' 14 xl '42 ,.f- ,QiuL,A ,515-als?-.1-f -, W! ' .gT.,f V E3 75 Ie ff -. 9 ,215 I- M V-.V -ff 2-!'f5I' '45 -,FZ . ff It, fiat. . - L T' A2 41 1-E i'3 2: ' K , ii ' W3 . 1:7145 I 'ii I. on x, 'X Q aft fi fa ass 1. 2 i .--f7jj,T! ' -es1f'Q'.T ' 5' ? ' J VDQOV iz V ff Af S ip '24, Z,- 4' - i? ' -fm 'I - ' VL, B' 'wif'-Z, i -: in an a '- ii WC S 1 is r if J ' T if a a y p If I l f ,,-3, 1 . Z found ourselves piled on top of Ort's stage, bound for five miles away from anywhere. On the road out several of us learned that for once something good came out of Trenton -for we caught up with a brewery wagon. The summer girl became but a memory as we stepped proudly on to the esplanade of I9

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, However, we miraculously recovered from the last shock enough to gradually settle down to unpacking and working off conditions. For you, gentle readers, who are unacquainted with class-room life, must know that conditions come to him who waits, like everything else in life. In a few weeks Hallowe'en was upon us, an event which we celebrated most fittingly, by erecting a statue to one whom we greatly admired Afterwards, not satisfied with our skill, Bill applied the torch, with a result most satisfactory to all-except one. That one boldly advanced upon us, until but a few hundred yards intervened, then, after a fruitless harangue, he disappeared into the darkness, no more to trouble the evening festivities. The football season fiew by, every game adding a new victory to Lawrenceville's record. Then at last came the Andover game, and Niftyl' Lyon's pig, and the class hats, all at once. It was a great struggle, and ,QQ had good cause to be proud of her ten sons who played in the mud and rain that day. And proud we were of them all-of Gov, Griggs' plucky work and his run, of Lady joe Davies and his beautiful tackle, stopping a touchdown-of all who worked so hard for the Red and Black. Soon it was over, and the next night We gathered 'round the festal hoard to drown our sorrow in-after- dinner coffee. Witli the close of the football season we settled down to the routine work of the uinter term, not forgetting, however, to give each Freshman a white coat on the occasion of the first snowstorm. The VVhipped Creams, gp, ex ,,V it .' with their unworthy rivals, the Sour-Milks Qafter the gainej, ffl' 9 . 1' were things of the past, so we were fain to turn our attention ff Ng ,f gfiig, I L Z W ' to the specialties, as enacted in the Upper day by day. Jiyj, ,,. X X Then did the West End Club, headed by Rube Lake I 5 and 't Sully, gain its nefarious reputation. 'There, too, were AQ' tl L: L Z the pretty boys, Nifty Lyon, Van Tassel, and Mike the H Tv- Q'-F'-C QT! 4 'T 'T X :LR billy-goat, whose delight is in tin cans and pipe-organs. '5 TiW3 2I