Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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History of the Class of 1903 The summer day is drawing to a close, as I 'sit alone ,midst pictures, shields and steins, in the cosy smoking room of the Upper. 4 The murmuring voices of my classmates below me sink to a low hum, while, as I puff away with gray-blue smoke curling up through the crimson shafts of the sinking sun, slowly the past comes looming up with its joys and sorrows intermingling as they blend, to make these last four years one short, but truly enjoyable, step towards the future of the class of Ioog. I y I Y Y I X , X Pls PF FS FF PF P21 PS Time passes quickly. Thus, it is hard to realize that it was four years ago when, in old room 8, on a bright September morning F, W, RITTER, JR, of the year I8QQ,'thC scared and wondering members of ,og gathered to their first class-meeting. We were all unusually quiet for such an occasion. You ask why? In truth it was because we knew no, better. All else, for the first few days, had been for us scenes of terriic confusion. Now, that we had come together alone to organize a real class, we were awedp Our chosen leader was jock Kinloch, and we also decided that Topping H. was really the 0726! man for vice-pres- idency. q PRESIDENT Thus it was that our noble class came into existence. Those were days of many trials for us. First, there were the Masters to become acquainted with, and then the boys, who seemed to take almost as much interest in the way we dressed, walked,-ate and slept, as the Masters did about our mental training. But we soon' were accustomed to the ways of both, so that when we went 16 -U4 .....v.......L................ ............ 1 I 3 K

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home that first Christmas, the class of 'og was what might be termed a happy bunch.', Let me add one reason why we were so happy. It would not be venturing far to say that every one of us had, packed deep in his trunk, a Lawrenceville cap, for now that Christmas vacation had come we all could wear that Red and Black which we were so fast beginning to love. The rest of the year glides quickly by with few occasions worthy of mention, for it was but a year of beginnings. QAh ! They were the beginnings of things which now we see almost accomplished and soon to be ended. But we are proud of those beginnings and more proud of their results? Those delightful summer months sped by all too quickly, and yet, when September came again, there were but few of our class who regretted that it was time for our return to old Lawrenceville. These few, however, had good reason for their sorrow, as they were those whose lot it was, not to continue their former relations as members of 'o3, but to swell the numbers of our successors-the new First Formers. Of course, we regretted to lose them, but, to tell the truth, those whose good luck it was to return as full fledged Second Formers were so engrossed in their new privileges that they almost forgot their unfortunate friends. Now, we were old fellows and could horse the Freshmen 3 we also could be members of the Literary Societies. As to the first occupation as a class, we had three general rules: Fz'1'sz'.-No Freshman shall wear trousers turned up before Thanksgiving. Second.-No golf or corduroy trousers shall be worn by Freshmen until the Hill School game. Third.-No Freshman shall wear the school colors in any way, shape or manner until the Christmas holidays. These rules, of course, were not original with our class, but their importance now was that we might enforce them. Naturally, this was done secretly, as the Masters and boys were not quite agreed as to whether these customs should be kept up 5 nevertheless, they were rigidly enforced. It was soon time for our new elections, but on this occasion we realized the true significance of the proceeding. I No one, however, would have thought we did, for immediately after confer- ence we rushed like a pack of crazy wolves for the study-hall. Our new members, of course, . I7