Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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X would accompany him. A few fellows readily agreed to this offer and waited the appearance of Oop and the dog at the laundry. Oop claims to be a specialist on coon dogs, it is said, and finally found one to his fancy. How he got the owner to trust him with a dog is an unanswerable question Qit is suggested the owner held a grudge against the poor brutej. 'The dog, however, objected seriously to the trip, but ff Oop was not to be denied and, fastening a rope about his neck, delivered him after much persuasion Con his party and with much growling Con the dog's party at the laundry. The party then started off, watching with eager eyes the keen-scented hound, but the only thing the cur seemed able to track, it is said, was Oop's heels. The fact that no coons were found Oop attributes, I believe, to the weather, and claims that the wind spoiled the scent. Others, however, claimed that his dog could'ii't tell a coon from a cat-Hsh, and made slighting remarks about f' Oop's abilities also, I am told. The Thanksgiving holiday came and we left for a few hours of pleasure. On our return from this recess, we found that Lawrenceville had installed yet one more change from preceding years. Mr. Prentiss and Nlr. Mason, the gym. instructors, had come and taken charge of the winter sports. Through their efforts, both inthe baseball cage, used as a temporary gym., and on the fields, many otherwise wasted hours werespent to much profit. I E . A Christmas came and was over almost in a flash, and the first of the year saw us back once more, and the drudgery and hard work of the winter.term before us. During this term Lawrenceville under! took two indoor track meets, and in one was quite successful, winning three cups. Thus the winter term dragged out, interrupted by the excitement of confiscating the Dickinson House slide Cwhich was ,kindly returnedj, and by the great Upper House slide. Then came Wilk's famous Pool Parlor. Games at all hours! At last, the frequenters began to feel so very much at home that they thought the joint belonged to them, and one evening felt quite insulted when requested to git in the wee sma, hours. But these innocent pleasures were not to last long, for one afternoon the police descended and the renowned Pool Parlor wasnno more. The Upper Mid-winter Dance took place about this time, and such a time as we had! The afternoon of the Dance, however, we were driven into the deepest despair to learn that there was a suspected case of measles in the House. If this was found to be measles, we could have no Dance, thus the Doctor decreed. We saw all our long looked-for pleasures 19

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Soon after these happy occurrences, we settled down to the commonplace of. schoolilife. We began by unanimously electing McLeod Thomson, President and JlITlH.VVCStCl'VC1jE, VICC-Pl'8SldClll,'Wlfl'l t' Bill Moorhead, Secretary and Treasurer. What a peerade we had in celebration of these elections! Well can we remember that night when, prancing over the campus, arrayed in milk white robes, we proceeded to serenade the various Houses. Imagine our surprise and the shock to our dignity as seniors, not to mention the dampening to our spirits, when from a window of one of the Houses someone poured water on us. Such freshness was not to be endured, and only barred doors saved that House from utter destruction. But revenge we had, for, as Virgil wrote Cprobably thinking of usj, Suddenly tumbling down, it brings thundering desolation with it, and falls with wide havoc on the Grecian troops. But others succeed : meanwhile neither stones nor any sort of missiles cease to fly. During the remainder of the evening we ceased not to vent our wrath wherever our path lay. Thus the evening passed off g but lo! the next morning we found trouble brewing, because in our Ht of indignation we had become a trifle destructive. A Class Meeting was held, however, and it was decided to make suitable pecuniary atonement, and once more we settled down to hard work. After this bit of excitement, things ran along smoothly for a time, and nothing worthy of note appeared. Then football season was on, and we watched the progress of our team with great interest. What a hard-working lot they were, and how well they deserved their many victories I The thought of the Nlercersburg game, and our exhibitions in the sprinting line, rise to our mind. So, too, the Upper Dance and all its pleasures. Then came the Hill game. The band and the crowds, such as Lawrenceville had never before witnessed, the fight our team made in the face of certain defeat, all come before us. But, though defeated, Lawrenceville can never be more proud of her coach, her captain and her team. None ever showed more earnestness or more spirit to uphold the old school's name. g After the game, the Class of l9Ol held its first reunion and were given a banquet by the school in the Upper. The Hamill Dance, which took place the same evening, was a great success, and girls were so plenty that fellows soon rose way above par. I S0 time sped on, but Ilalmost forgot Oop Sawdust and his dog. Oop, they say, is quite a iunter, and one bright moonlight evening, volunteered to furnish a dog to track coons, if a few others 18

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fading away, we saw the disappointment of those fair ones who had come to attend, and we waited. Two doctors were called and expressed the opinion that the case did not look like measles, but that they couldn't pronounce upon it until it had another day to develop. Our Dance was saved, and though it did turn out to be the dreaded disease, we managed to bear the calamity. Quite a number decided that, as long as the Dance was over, it would be a cinch to get the measles and take a short vacation in which to rest, rnrrch to the envy of all the other members of the Upper. The Taming of the Shrew, given by the Periwig Club, on the 21st of February, soon came along to ease a bit from the effects of the late Dance. lt was a great success. The best this school has ever given, or will ever give, said one high in authority. But, before I forget it, let me tell you Bull Brownis rabbit story C Bull's shooting ability is the only thing that saves his reputation of veracity in this talep. He claimed that one day he tracked a rabbit in the snow and finally came upon him, seated in a hollow. Brill said he took a stand about six paces off and Hred thirteen shots at the rabbit. He thought the rabbit must have been asleep, anyhow, he said, it woke up then and ran off. Bull's hunting blood had arisen by this time, so he set out in hot pursuit, and had the satisfaction of witnessing his game crawl through a hole in a nearby woodpile. After reconnoitering the woodpile and discovering that there was no other escape for the rabbit except by the front door, Bull said he lay down about six inches from the hole. Soon his eyes became accustomed to the darkness, and he could see the rabbit within and, taking good aim, tired. Then, to make sure, he fired twice more. A farmer's approach caused a retreat to be made by the attacking party to a nearby tree. The danger, however, soon passed by, Bull said, and he started towards the woodpile to get his victim, when, to his utter amazement and chagrin, out walked Mr. Rabbit and hopped away as calmly and as serenely as a June morning. Bull is thinking of exchanging his revolver for a blow-pipe or a gatling gun. He says, you need not talk to him about cats having rnne lives, they are not in it with rabbits. Then came the great dog tight in the Upper. The affair took place outside of President Thom- son's. room 4 Oop is so fond of of dogs, you know.J No one seemed to know how it started, but it certainly aroused the house. lhe aiiarr was called a draw by the witnesses, but the intruding cur was O