Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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Mawr 3,,,,,,,.S- They are only rivalled by such polers as Louis Coleman, KWSN Tween-S Greaser Wai-ing, the black boy, and t'Sleepy Dow. ,wtf Alas! Sleepy has left us, gone, but not forgottenf, fx SX q '- 'KU if f Truly, they say that Pheetersf' the pool shark, is still S- . . J LN-le? G L X 'gli waiting for the tournament to take place. f . xx Then it was that Our Wild Gilchrist, the Shuna- 'J 4' f - gi . . . . 'Z X, - lx? .4 1 mite, strode through the corridors, his mighty frame TF 1 , towering as a Cedar of Lebanon, begging, ay, even pray- !! ' lg- ' I ' ing, us to accept copies of the Weakly,,' a yellow journal Xi? -1 ' ,-. ' , 2? if 'ee' T - of the deepest dye. Those were the days when the dancing- igl- - . . ' 2, f,, M ,ly class danced all the way from Trenton to Lawrenceville, and A.wARuN l I 77? Q 5 when Ujiggers were distributed gratis on the third floor. Surely, no class could present so varied an entertainment as did '99, Can we ever forget those inspiring races, by the light ofthe pale moon fno wonder it was pale lj, when Fat Gaylord strove for the palm of victory against such sprinters as joe Losey and L' Pete Dana? Lou Grubb has since declared that he overheard Pete's right knee say to the left knee, when Pete was losing speed, I'll step aside now and let you pass, if you will let me by next time '-And Lou is good authority. Many were the side-shows we had that winter, far too numerous to mention. There were the Twins-George-W'ilson-Ungerf as they appear on the program, Stunts Longyear, the forester, Baldy Dempster, a victim of hair restorer, Curly Pierson, the ready wit QFD, Georgie Bubb, a fragile French doll from Pennsylvania, Rastus Wells, renowned in song, besides scores of others, who did their turns in the continuous performance. Gradually the winter slipped away, and spring came, bringing back the green campus to us, and all the beauties of the school we love so well. The year is drawing to a close, our schoolwork is almost finished. The curtain will soon fall on our life here, the play will soon be over. It is almost time for 22

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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

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the visitors to arrive for class-day, the ivy, graduation, diplornas, and then-good-bye. wk wk X X PK fa It is nearly the end of june. For the last time we have walked over together to the Upper from Memorial, this time slowly and 4 silently. There is a crowd of fellows 1 l on the esplanade, with golf-sticks and suit-cases. Yes! it is the old classy gathered for the last time on that' very esplanade where we have played and sung so often. It is time to leave. Everybody is shaking hands p vp, with everybody else, and wishing . -V good luck all around. But before the parting comes, the old class has Hbunched up once more, and the walls echo and re-echo as a long locomotive cheer rings out for dear old '99, the class we have all learned to love so well, the name we shall ever remember so dearly. And as the cheer dies out, as each fellow turns away, there is a choking in many a throat, and more than one eye is dimmed as each fellow realizes that ,QQ is no more. Awe EZ Vale, '99, 23