Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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THE LAWRENCEVILLE OLLA PODRIDA Little did he know what fate awaited him. In a second's time Adjutant Tubbs had him sprawling out on the floor, and Lieutenant Faxon, Q ,iw f with unerring aim, doused him with Q-3. ,lg a pitcher of ice water. Gubby let . X 'X -f' out a cry calculated to raise the V dead. It-succeeded in raising a great . V . A og bw portion of the clan from slumber, . , y . , '. , ff and quickly forming under the brave 1 Z l Packer, they rushed to the rescue of their hapless comrade. X lg! , f - How describe the scene that fol- g g Vf ' lowed! What a fight it was! How the tide of battle waged, favoring first one side, then the other! How the army, fighting desperately, began to lose ground! What a carnage at Roe's Ridge! How the va- liant Holton, shouting Come on, boys! at the head of a fierce on- slaught, was stabbed by a fatal bayonet at Annin's Gulch, and fell on his beloved flag, wounded to the death! And how the army, driven back and back, finally evacuated Foster's Hill, and goaded to desperation,with- stood the charge of the enemy and saved the day! But the noise of the conflict Csad to relate! had percolated the dreams of Mr. Warren and Mr. Spooner, and brought them back to earth. They each left their beds with a bound, at exactly the same time. lVIr.Warren was slightly handicapped by weight, but he lacked nothing in aggressiveness. He arrived, like Sheridan, when the fight was at its climax. We will pass over what followed. Were you ever caught stealing jam? Not A E., a very dignified position for gallant men of . . .5 x .. nineteen to be subjected to, but nevertheless we were forced to accept its qualms. The next day the incident took on the nature of --3 ,,: . . -..a,,, ' .g TT the Brownsville affair. General Elmer, Colo- Q ,,.-- nel Holton fwho reluctantly came to lifel, et al, received despatches from the White House CI mean Foundation House! 25

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QWHE LAWRENCEGVJLLE OLLA PODRIDZ IV mhz Qranh Zlrmee H d it not been 'for the famous tea in 68 Upper, to turn- our minds fthoughts of home and give us a new lease on life, it is doubt- iriirilf we would have survived. All the Fifth Formers and a few select u 1 K 1 derformers and masters were invited. Andrews was C mein host, as- linted bs his room-mate Cdue blushesj. The room was charmingly deco- sis J rated for the occasion, with Japanese lanterns and Princeton pillows pre- dominating. Three tramp musicians fwith a native fondness for .garlic- Whew!D secured from the 'tjigger shop, rendered such popular pieces as ol' and Wait Till the Sun Shines, Nellie from behind potted palms in one corner of the room. Light refreshments were served, and H Navaj everybody seemed to have a good time. Then came a great uprising, far spread and awful, doomed to disturb the otherwise pacific life in Upper. HBob Elmer fwho later left us for the Navy? conceived the idea, for some unaccountable reason, of forming an army, and accordingly a recruiting station was started, and the army begun. General Elmerwas Commander-in-Chief and Colonel Hol- ton, Chief Advisory Officer. The army was drilled in tactics of war and everything progressed smoothly until Private Packer was court martialed for insubordination. This created a spirit of dissention in the ranks, and General Elmer began to be threatened with mutineers. Finally a whole regiment abandoned him and formed an opposition, called the H Klu Klux Klan,', with the gallant Packer in the lead. General Elmer, with indom- itable courage, determined to suppress the uprising, and planned an early morning attack. The appointed time came. The Upper House was so dark that even Ram Backus could not see to follow his nose. Outside the wind had died down and the silence was oppressive. The only sound to reach us was Hutch's interminable snoring, wafted gently up from the second floor. An alarm clock struck four. The time had come! Gen- eral Elmer, in the habiliments of sleep, led his dauntless crew steathily down the corridor. The gallant Holton was at his side, his knees sharpened for action. Before Gubby Townsendls door they stopped. Inside lay one of the most dlsfffputable traitors, peacefully hugging the mattress. 24

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?'HE L.4WaENCEV1LLE OLLA PODRID4 ' h slap equivalent to a misconduct . - laps on the wrist, CHC containing ICU 5 , . Cl - markfr Hock del, exe,-Cituglw CWhich in very bad Latln, means Hail the I il gallarfghacjjzgiqetg gf the Prom., only a week or so off, now began to fill our ds. But We were destined to another scare., Perhaps the Fates, to . h us for our childish indiscretion Cjust mentionedl, descended on us pllnlls childish plague. THE MEASLES-of all things! The Kafer Eiguseawas Converted into a Pest House, and thither .the unfortunates were carried. They included Yerkes Cwho lgfld fffund life at Brow? too strenuous and joined U5 agalnlv Clstf Seckel' Edd1l?,,'WellSl HUFCWHSOP, Bowman, and .one or two others. Andrevvs, a trifle more fastlclrous 1n his tastes, was taken to a hospital in Trenton. But thanks to Doc Fee the plague was checked, and nothing now stood between us and the Prom. t ' min V. TEIJB Giza ,ants the Bram. The Dance started off rather inauspiciously, by the Faculty's refusing to let the fellows go to Trenton to Hmeet their maids. This caused some consternation among the student body, but expedients were gener- ally devised, and the girls all got here some Way or other. As a forerunner to the big event Mrs. Treat and Mrs. Breed gave a delightful tea. Most of us found that We were in rather poor social form, owing to our long ostracism from the social world, but We got off with spilling as little as possible on the carpet, and if We made any breaks we covered them up with fairly acceptable grace. But in order that none of the participants of the dance should bring shame upon themselves and the School by any undue U social errors the Committee very kindly posted the following H Rules of Etiquette, which were in orde th ' ' r roughout the evening: I. If the coffee is too hot, do not dri 2. Vases will be found pits. Do not put them in 3. It is considered the out from under her as she nk it out of the saucer. in the corner of the room for depositing olive your vest pocket. height of indecenc goes to sit down. y to pull your girl's chair 26