Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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THE LAWRENCEVILLE OLLA PODRIDA Express D. One of Pop's numerous attainments was Chairman of the Pipe Committee. Does any one really know what it means to be Chair- man of a Committee Cat Lawrencevillel? Let me elucidate a bit. CBeing somewhat experienced, I am qualified to speakj The Chairman of a Com- mittee is the one Calasll who collects all the money, and who, when he has it all collected, and goes to pay the bill, finds it isn't all there. Pop decided that an excellent and lucrative thing for him to do would be to sell violets every morning out in front of the Chapel, while the Chairman of the Pin Committee served notice to whom it might concern that the Chairman of said Committee was ready to clean and press stu- dents, clothes at reasonable prices. It was in the Smoking Room, too, that the famous Nicotines were organized. The Nicotines were a bunch of deep-lunged, willowy ath- letes, under the leadership of Capt. Gimp Morse. The Nic- otine Football Team was a fa- mous one. They trimmed the Kennedy in easy fashion, and followed this triumph up with a brilliant victory ,over the Hamill. So great was the name of the Nicotines and so widespread its fame that we have endeavored to perpetuate its glory in a fitting manner. And so, with all due apologies to our contemporary, Mr. George Ade, we have written a little Fable, done in our most classic style. Here it is: THE FABLE OF YE MIGHTY NicoTrNEs Once there was a Football Team called the Nicotines. They were just about the Fastest that ever came Over. They had End Runs re- duced to a Science, and when it came to a Smash on Centre, the Nico- tines- had the Yale Eleven looking like a bum High School aggregation practising on a Back Lot. The Star of the Nicotine Bunch was a Half-Back named Tubbs. He weighed about 200 in his Pajamas, and looked as if he had helped 21

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ilfHE LAIPVRENCEVILLE OLLA PODRIDA b .D the Star piano player in the Upper. He comes by his musical 1 . . . bmi? Zsatlialiiy too ' there is also a story in circulation that George a ll v ' l broke up a Broadway show one night by rounding up all the ushers near y 37 and telling them that KYUY uncle Wfofe that Song' With a modest blush Suffuging our brow we will pass over the His- ' and make mention of the fact that Andrews, Devlin, Don and torian, Bunn were chosen Directors of the Upper- ' About the Hamill and their officers we shall have something to say later. III4 Eng Mppzr, ant: the glaitutines The big Pee-rade followed quickly on the heels of the elections. The 'KPee-rade always was an inspiring sight, since time immemorial. Imagine a hundred students, clad in their H nighties, making the rounds of the different Houses, accompanied by a great deal of noise and lots of red fire. Most of the Masters favored us with neat little extempore speeches fprepared days in advanced, some of which, however, would have drawn about a 4C in Elocution. On the whole, the H Pee-rade was a big success. V About this time the novelty of life in the Upper be- gan to wear off a bit, and we were able to look around g xg, 13' and see ourselves more clearly and more truly as we were, The smoking room was perhaps the biggest attraction. - A great deal of our time Calas! too much of itl was spent l i ' therein. Dinkl' Holton was the man with the best - 'XVX . claim perhaps to the title of HSmoking Room Loafer Dink, who is so thin that it hurts him to sit down, used to hold office hours there nearly all day., If not there he could generally be found closeted with his pals H Blanche W Wallin, and H Mary, engrossed in a game of bridge. H POP George fno disrespect, I mean the young 77 POIL D was another famous character whose name is s ' - - Ome OW lrfevocably linked with the Upper House Smoking Room Cuntil, of COUFSC, he .left us for the Kafer Flats, after Christmas, via the F1unker's .l 4 I. P, K.-7. ' hx ' , I x zf ' 7 , J, ' X M ff,, ff Wk , f 20

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TFHEJLAWRENCEVILLE OLLA PODRIDA F little Quarter - k F us. But whenever the doughty i to mdake Rilglvlzuaii Sirssed Tubbs the Pigskin, he tore around behind ligui tlffererice like Emma the Sewing Girl, going to a Dance. There is rl C ' 'ng him. Q was gonjtggilthe Nicotines had a Game. The Hamill House got up Nerve enough to Challenge them, and Everybody in School came out to See the Fun. The Hamill House had au Band which made things hideous along the Side Lines, while the Nicotine Supporters gave vent to their Feelings in Song. There was Excitement everywhere. n When Mr. Frank Kane, the popular Umpire, stepped to the mid- dle of the Field, and tossed up a Plugged Nickel, you could Hear it Drop. The Nicotines won the Toss, and chose the North Goal. The aforementioned Mr. Kane blew his little Whistle, and the Game was On. Just about then the Hamill Bunch began to Forget. They had vague Remembrances of Sky Rockets, and Pink Cuckoo Birds Singing in the Trees, and Pin Wheels, and Yellow Stars. Then somebody turned off the Sunshine. When they came To, they were up in the Gym, lying on their Backs. There was a Smell of Witch Hazel in the Air. Where are we At? asked the HamillBunch, in Unison. You are on the Bum, said one of their Erstwhile Supporters. When the Nicotines hit you, you didn't know where you were At. They went through' you like Water through a Sieve. Come here, Gussie, and let me Straighten your Back. . Moral: Put your money on the Nicotines. Another football team which flourished in the Upper was the Creams. Although losing their principal game, that with the Trenton Normal School, they made a big hit with the maidens who came out to cheer, and who thought Jack Myers was Ujust too cute. After the football season there was nothing especially exciting to occupy our attention, the only happening of note being a little scare which occurred one evening about eleven. For a week or so the House had okout for someone who was helping himself to stick-pins, money, neckties, shoes, shirts, books, trousers, etc., etc., with alarming reg- been on the lo 22