Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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ignominiously ejected from the House of Lords by a bold member of the police force, and later in the evening Tory was seen strutting about, the undisputed sovereign of these domains. The Upper had scarcely subsided from the dog fight when the atrocities of the Caledonian Society disturbedthe entire l-louse. A great conflict was waged and the Caledonians were put about on the blitz, so to speak, when the battle was brought to a finis by the appearance of Mr. Moment. Time and space do not permit me to say more on this great subject, but to you who have a desire to learn more, I refer to another page of this same book. Then came the Hamill Dance, examinations and then Easter, after which we settled down on the home stretch, only to be interrupted by the Prom. with its brilliancy and gayety and then Commencement. Our journey is Hnished, the hour of separation draws nigh. Those scenes which we have loved so long and so well will soon be lost to our view, but never can they fade from our memories. We are together for the last time as undergraduates and, standing with bended heads, we give before we leave a ferventprayerthat the Old School may never have cause to regret the march through her terri- tories of the class of 1902, and that her honor may be builded higher and higher as each succeeding generation of schoolboys passes through to enter into new and broader fields of opportunity. God bless thee, Lawrenceville-and Nineteen Two. 4 ' HISTORIAN. 52' 1 Aff I ,x 'tai' 139 2I

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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

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