Lawrenceville School - Olla Podrida Yearbook (Lawrenceville, NJ)

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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

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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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THE LAWRENCEVILLE ,OLLA PODRIDA 4. Guests having sore throats will kindly refrain from using the punch as a gargle. 5. None of the front families will wear tan shoes. Being thus instructed as to how to behave, we set out on our dance. And what a dance! Such a galaxy of beauty was never before seen on the gym. floor. fWe got this directly from Mr. Bruce, so you'll have to take our Word for it., The orchestra, playing all of B.. H. Burtls latest successes CGeorge Morse tearing his hair in the meantimel Was pro- nounced the best ever. The monotony of the program was relieved by three or four Barn Dances. HGu'bby Townsend Cwho with Qgden Annin shares the honors as class runt D made history by leading a strap- ping six-footer around in a sensuous Waltz. H Tubbsy,'l in his unclels dress suit, created quite a furore in a Barn Dance. Despite a Week or so's diligent practice beforehand, he 'persisted in getting mixed up a trifle in his foot work, and succeeded in bruising himself on the parallel bars, in- cidentally smashing a few dumb bells and chest Weights. At two o'clock the Doctor appeared on the scene, true to promise Cor was it a threatl, and brought the dance to a close. ' ,vi The 1Bzritnig Qliluh, ants the ilaamill Un the 28th and 29th of February, the Periwig Club blossomed forth in Pinero's Amazons, the most pretentious attempt in the his- tory of the Club. The cast, together with Mr. Raymond and Mr. Heer- mance, deserve no small amount of credit, for their performance Was high above the ordinary. From the Class of 1908 Devlin, Orr, Carver Cin the role of beautiful maidens, fully disguisedl, Edwards, Thompson, Mc- Williams and Campbell were a credit to .themselves and to the Class. The first three were especially strong in the love scenes. Devlin Cas Lady Something-or-otherl and Sedley Brown fthe young Lord who has pursued her clear from London, don't cher knowl tore off a little passion- ate scene in the second act that made James K. Hackett's celebrated clinch with Mary Mannering look like a Third Form Declamation Contest. We Wonder Where they learned how. And Devlin a Y. M. C. A. officer, too. 27