Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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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

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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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THE LAPVRENCEVILLE OLLA PODRIDA ularity. H Chops H Van Dyne Cotherwise known as H Hairbreadth Harry, the Pinkerton detective? rose to the occasion and proved himself a true hero. Upon entering Dink Holtonls room on the night in question, he chanced to see one of the colored gentlemen who shuffled the eggs into the dining room, filling his pockets with stick-pins. Chops sud- denly remembered that he had promised to meet a fellow over in the village about that time, and almost fell over himself in his anxiety to get out of the room, and not keep the fellow in the village waiting. He further accentuated his anxiety by letting out a shriek fprobably to let his friend know that he was comingl. This brought HShorty Seiberling, Art Saalfield and others to the scene, but in the melee the thief escaped. For weeks afterwards Chops was looked upon with admiring eyes by his schoolmates, but he wore his halo modestly, as befitted his position. Most of us went to the big city for our two-day Thanksgiving recess. It is reported that UBuddy,' Qrr, with a careless abandon quite charac- teristic, blew himself and took a couple of Briarcliff maidens to HChild's for lunch. HButch Burr, the student who never lets his pleasure inter- fere with his work, spent most of his time with the French students, in order to improve his vocabulary. We were able to find no trace of Barnes or Bruback on the Gay White Way, but a report reached us that they kept the police force on the jump in Paterson, N. J. Whether or not the sight of so many dazzling Musical Comedies on Broadway affected our minds, we are unable to say, but at any rate there was quite a craze for Hamatoor theatricals on the third floor Upper when we got back. The big success was Morse and Bunn's Romantic Drama of Western Life, H The Last Night at Bar Xf, with Morse and Andrews in the leading roles. It was presented to a capacity house at Tubbs' Bijou Theatre. Andrews, in the part of H Bad Bud, was a great artis- tic success, and for dramatic feeling, -tone and finish had John Drew look- ing like the man who plays the drums at the UTrent. Then came the Christmas vacationllll CThe extra exclamation points are supposed to convey an idea of our state of mind.D We had best draw a curtain over the event of our return, however. Those of us who were smokers congregated in the Smoking Room, and sought solace in our pipes. Those were none too happy days. 23