Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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thmughout the year, mourning in an exceedingly loud voice for any that might have been lost and welcomino' new-comers with all the solicitude of a shepherd watching the seasonable in- zs , , . crease of his Hock. Tommie would count them over three times a day. .Asgwe said, the class. Here grew the organization known as oneof the political parties that grew up before citizen's party and the smoking'room bunch. smoking room was one of the pulses of the the Wfampi, and here wa.s the stronghold of the mid-year electionsf There were two, the Their rivalry wasthe most significant event of the year. There is no need now to recall any of the details of the split, for a house divided against itself is never especially proud of the' fact. VVe are glad to say that with the passing of the elections the fissure wa.s joined, and the warm sweet days of April found us as united as three score different nervous systems can be. The end of Christmas vacation found the Flunker's Express with a full head of steam, ready to carry its annual quota of invalids to the more salubrious climate of the under houses. Denny, Baldwin, Bates, Sam Campbell, Cap Carhart, Ted Case, Ted Clay, Ethridge, Guil- fus, Chet Graves, Gwyer, Noble, Bartholomay and Smith were the passengers, and a merry trainful they made. Some were bound for the Hamill Hotel, tOld Point Comfort,j and some clear through to Dr. Grauff's Sanitarium in a scholastic Florida. V january 31, was a warm day, so warm that some of the fellows who attended the re- ception at the Rose Hill wore only one glove apiece. Fox Condon, for instance, and Gilbert. VV ith one hand carelessly in a coat pocket, who could tell they had one pair of gloves between them P--especially since Fox had on his 314.00 vest. The reception was given to the class by Mrs. Treat and Mrs. Breed, and a very kind thing it was. There were actually some girls there, standing about in the prescribed- attitudes peculiar to all receptions. One was a girl whO could talk Yale, another was crazy about Princeton and a third stood up for Pen-n. .-VVith these topics of ready-made conversation the afternoon passed very delightfully indeed, for the girls were as charming as the hostesses were thoughtful. The ice-cream was gggd, too, and there 22

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'Ht he .YC JTC Ill- 111- ml -ire uns UT l 2'0- .L ,- ..1- S41 31136 1'1T. 1-Q s., 'Hi- , . .1 1, L1 :H - 1 1' , -5 fl ,CUL- will SIUE' ville. Soccer proved not so hard as it looks. It was a nuisance though, to keep one's hair neatly parted, and one's gloves from soiling in the dirt, as the rules posted by the elocution department required. All in all, English foot-ball will never be as popular in America as E II.Lf'fI.S1l ZJ1'1'm'. .Ns we said before, there is more than one way to write history. The Back Stairs sort is the most interesting, but such a chronicle was never written by one who toils under the gaze of a Censor. It is quite exciting writing history under Censorship, something like it is done in Spain or Russia. The Lawrence could tell a tale about this. XVe had only to 3.-ell Ere at a Lawrence editor in the winter term to cause something to be doing. It scems that one week someone wrote a long editorial on -XNhat's that sir, shan't I write any thing more about it?-All right, sir. QYou see, fellowsj But some gossip is not only permissible but demanded. Wfho could write a history without referring to Si and the way he passed his physical examg or English and his guitar? One day English went to New York to visit a young lady. He wondered just how many suits he would need. His friends gave him all the advice there was going. NVe weren't going to let a Lawrenceville boy be ill-equippedwhen on such an expedition, so we persuaded him to take a Tuxedo suit and various other social uniforms. Wfe gave him the address of a yacht and automobile furnisher, for emergencies. This was doing pretty well for forty-eight hours. A pole cat became extinct one mellow December evening in the immediate vicinity of the Hamill. The Upper doesn't tolerate such things. The pulse, or one of the pulses, of the Upper was the smoking room. Thompson was the physician in charge to see that the pulse beat at a due rate of speed. He wasn't called physician, though, but janitor. He it was thai arranged the Durham bags and the Cube tins in their wonderful geometric patterns. He, too, was the one who tended them so carefully 21

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I1 lost e in- , the .H as efore rich. ll any if the ad the an be. steam, iouses. , Guil- merry d some the re- Gilbert. retweell :lass bl' ae girls fifl Wl10 iii these the girls ld there ' 81 ' it ipafffi' ,,,.,,, ,,,, Q.: was lots of it. Every dish that was passed around was watched by a horrified row of Rose Housers from over the banister from whence they saw their prospective next day's dessert change from a future more vivid to a past contrary to fact. The horse elections each hfth form holds are a great leveller. The wise and the simple, the strong and the weak, are all on a common plane. Social distinctions disappear this one hour, and the elemental classifications of nature are reimposed. All the previous day the thin were eating as much as possible, and the fat as little as possible. The elections were a scene most of the class would just as soon forget, and we take advantage of that fact to omit details. Sometime in early March McCarthy and Hutchins found it necessary to consult an cculist in Philadelphia. It is a remarkable coincidence that about that time, according to a l'hilaclelphia paper, a certain young lady was arrested there on account of her oscillatory propensitiesf' It seemed that the girl had formed the habit of standing on the street corners and subjecting good-looking men to a form of salutation usually reserved for a greater degree of intimacy. On their return, the two fellows were put through the third degree. Hutchins said McCarthy was one of the fortunate passers-by, but McCarthy said it was Hutch. The chances are strongly against either. XVe take things as they come, especially the vacations. Those of the class who weren't on any of the committees, or the Lawrence, for the most part stayed at school during the Faster vacation. For excitement they held a dance in the Upper dining room. Bill Cheney was one of the fussers present. Wie couldn't final out who the girl was, but ask permission to tell the main incidents of Bill's misadventure in rhyme. ' Bill Cheney met a maid of sweet sixteen,- fXre you not twenty P-tell me true. 23