Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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Ill fu 9fTlllilI155g9F QQI N the morning of Thursday, September 9, 1897, the sun' rose over the clustered chimneys and spires of Lawrenceville. Of course this the sun is accustomed to do several times during the year. But something particular was in the air on that morning, almost four years ago. It rose to welcome to the classic atmosphere of the little town a new something. At first old Sol could not for the life of him realize what it was that was different about the place. There was the same chapel, the same Upper House, the old gym. that had greeted his daily arrival for years. Still he felt within his burning bosom that something different had arrived. He could not tell at Hrst what it was. Time alone could inform him, and not much of that. After a couple of hours he saw peculiar and unusual sights. These sights were the members of the class of 1901. By twos and threes they tripped about, dreading in their hearts what the future had in store for them, and by no means were their expectations unrealized. All sorts of stunts did the class of 1901 perform upon the evening of that eventful day, the character of these stunts is well known to those who read this. Suffice it to say that they were not done with the con- sent ofthe govemedf' But still the first two weeks passed away rather quietly, if miserably, to the members of the class of '01, The Hrst circumstance that made us aware that we were living in one body and not individually was the election of our class officers, all of whom have since left us. George Mackenzie was made cap- tain of our crew, and Warren Holbrook, Hrst mate. Then to this list must be added the name of our first historian, Philip Osborne. Only a chosen few of our numbers of those days are now left. Among 3 N319-fs '- Y, fx' 'f Q-f4?4v'3?S - xv ,x Y I I Q Xl I 'm.m--' x .'f1luAlmu:'-.,- 14

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them we Hnd Sorrel Brown, Dynamite Chambers and Max Behr. And then, of course, there was Ike Fink. But those days rapidly passed by. We soon found ourselves, after having spent a vaca- tion, the most longed-for of our whole lives, back in Lawrenceville, but now we had gone up a notch. Qur ship had crossed the line, so to speak, and we had all been introduced to Father Neptune. Upon our assembling for the first time in Memorial Hall we found that many worthy members had been do- nated to us by 'oo. Ever shall we be thankful in our hearts for such acquisitions as Dutch Kessler, and his side partner and help-mate Biddy Coughlin, Elly Watson, Nuts Henry and others. But, alas, the last named gentleman, we in turn, though not willingly, presented to our worthy successors '02. Why, with such names added to their list as Nuts, f' Pill, Frugy Franzheim, and Spike Gil- christ, '02 ought really to make something of herself. Our Second Form year was also of minor importance to the class, even if it did see the Hnish of several of our respected members. There were, however, two events of importance. One was the resignation of Dr. Mackenzie. The other took place just at the close of the year, on the very last day of our regime as Second Formers. Instead of taking our places in Ort's stage, we left Lawrenceville in- trolley cars. lt was indeed a gala day for the old School. But, as do all of them, that vacation sped swiftly by and soon we found ourselves entered upon our Third Form year with a flying start. Upon our arrival we found the new Head Master in charge and, since it is the proper thing to say in a History, we liked him. As usual, the first event of importance was the election of officers. Bobby Forsythe was elected President and Swass Flanagan, Vice- President. Later Swass removed himself from our midst and Max Behr took his place. ln those days, not so very long ago, we had representatives in all branches of activity throughout the School. In athletics we had Butler, Davidson, Forsythe, and Myers, not excepting the golf shark, Archie Reid, and Henry Blanchard, who won the tennis championship for us. Then, among the sharks were Greaser Waring and Eddie Brooks. It was in March of this year that the would-be rush occurred. But why re- hearse the matter, since everyone knows the whole story, and since our honor as a class was vindicated beyond all question. C95 Those ignorant ones who do not know the story and are anxious to become ac- quainted with it, we refer to last year's '01 and '00 Histories. Before we knew it vacation had again come 16