Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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expected to see a new and nearly completed gymnasium. However, we could do nothing but wait and console ourselves with the.fact that it was at least really started. Christmas vaca- tion came and went, but our hopes for the new 4' gym. now daily increased, as we saw its brown walls grow higher as time went on. Besides this evidence, was added the fact that our gymna- sium directors had been already engaged and would soon begin work in the cage, with all who were interested. Mr. Prentiss and Mr. Mason, who were to take charge of the work, began quickly and soon we were enjoying ourselves, to our great surprise, as much in the cage as we had expected to do in the new gym. . There was but one thing lacking now, and that was the tank. But our patience was at last rewarded by the following notice that was posted somewhat in the following manner: The tank will be open this afternoon for I and II Forms, 4.oo-4.553 IH and IV Forms, 5.oo--5.55.', The tank was finished, but not so with the rest of the building, and this fact made it necessary for us to do our dressing on the surrounding remnants of scaffolding. Notwithstanding this diffi- culty, we enjoyed our first swim immensely. The building each day took a stride towards its completion, and soon it was ready for the finishing touches and the apparatus. But as the days grew warmer and summer approached, track and baseball drew our atten- tion away fron1 the gym. The baseball team did its work beautifully, and in the end came off with a glorious victory over Hill. The track team was ,not quite so successful, however, but its members in 'o3, when the class-day meet came around, proved themselves worthy of their class and won the meet in spite of 'ozis best efforts to carry off the laurels of victory. Our third year was coming to its close. Summer spread out before us with its long days of recreation and enjoyment 3 but in the hearts of the members of our class there arose a strange feeling. We were about to select our rooms in the Upper. It is diflicult to explain to a stranger the feelings excited in the hearts of undergraduates on this occasion, for the Upper is the dream of every First Former, the ideal of every Second Former and the goal of every Third Former, in fact, at Lawrenceville, as at Rome in olden days, All roads lead to the Upperf' Like a Roman in the days of Caesar, so is the Upper House man regarded at Lawrenceville to-day. Thus, with 20

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The members of ,og were now Third Formers and worthy of due respect. There were no more study hours for them now, for they knew Cthat is, were considered to knowb how to study without supervision. However, amid the joys of meeting all our old comrades and exciting the reverence of the new-comers, there was hidden deep in our hearts a lurking fear. This was due to the fact that a new system of grading was to be put into use. Now, to many of our class this meant a very serious affair, for we might through this new process be dropped in a few days, and none of us, after eating so many jiggersf' were prepared for such a fall. The new process soon began to show results one by one. Those of our class whose habits were not of the most studious kind were forced to join the ranks of 'o4. Curiously enough, however, the number of members of 'og did not diminish, for in the process of the patent weeder -the new grading system-'o2 kept us continually supplied with new-comers to till the gaps left by unfortunate friends who had been forced to leave our company. All things have a11 end-so it was with this new dropping machine. After a time it ceased to run and gave us a chance to see just where we stood. p Qur officers had been elected in a much more orderly manner this year, than that of the former. We chose Bummyii Ritter as President, Pop Raynor as Vice-President and Iken Williams again was selected for Secretary and Treasurer. Under these leaders 'og could not help but pass onward through a successful year. We were proud of our officers and of our class, and out of this pride there grew in our hearts a strong desire to make 'og count for something in Lawrenceville--the school we all loved so well. This desire soon grew to a determination which, we hope, has characterized us throughout our career. For years it has been the fond desire of the school to have a gymnasium. Other schools had them. Why shouldnit we? Thus we reasoned and waited, until at last there came those welcome pamphlets with the encouraging words, On the Fourth of July, 1901, ground was broken for the new gymnasiumfi etc. It was among our first thoughts when we returned. We had dreamt of seeing a stately structure l1alf completed, and soon to be ready for us, but, much to our disappointment, the sight that met our eyes was nothing but a hole in the ground, where we I9

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beating hearts, we chose our rooms and bid adieu to the old school till we should return and fill as best we might the place of honor left us by our departing friends of 702. To many of our number this summer seemed longer than any of the others we had spent as members of the class of ,O3, for before us lay the Upper with all its attractions. However, the time came soon enough for our return to school, and so it was that a bright September morning found us back again at last a united class, for now our delegations from all the houses were together as a united body. We were a happy crowd, as there lay before us nearly all the privileges of the college man and a year in which to bring honor more especially to 'og as a class. At nrst it must be confessed that it looked like rather a difficult problem to combine all these different house-delegations into a united class without trouble, but all worry on this account was soon put to flight by the readiness with which we soon mingled, and class spirit grew. The Hamill House, in which 'o3's new members had taken up their abode with a few of our old stand-bys to take care of them, joined heartily in with the Upper in class spirit, thus giving 'o3 an excellent foundation of unity upon which to build the year's success. At the class elections by an unanimous vote Bummyi' and Pop, were again chosen as our leaders, and since our old time friend f'Ike had not returned, we chose as his successor jerry Belden. Somehow or other, our Secretaries seemed doomed to hard luck, for Ike H could not return and jerry, much to our regret, had to send in his resignation. However, his place was well hlled by his follower in office, Commodorei, Hulst. The Upper House chose as their Di- rectors Bullu Brown, Empty Cooke, HPup', Revell and Tub Truesdale, while the Hamill laid the honor of keeping them quiet on Batchelder, Rommel, Abernethy, Roth and Smith, O. H. With these as our officers we started on our last year. What lay before us we knew not, but we did know that we were determined to honor the name of '03 and do all in our power towards its success. i Although weather, examinations, and Dr. McPherson's untimely attack of illness seemed determined to prevent it, at last there came the time when 'og could have its pee-rade. ,Even then it was doing its best to rain, but as long as it did not, so much the better for us, as it only 2I