Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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79 FIT VIA VI. Class Color; — Maroon. OFFICERS. M. H. PADDOCK, H. R. LINDERMAN, Jr., J. T. JETER, . R. H. TUCKER, Jr., J. S. CUNNINGHAM, . President Vice-President Secretary Treastirer Historian ALEXANDER BELL, B. A. (special), Hagerstown, Md., 24 Saucon Hall WILLIAM G. COCHRAN, C. E., Philadelphia, . New Street JAS. S. CUNNINGHAM, M. E., Alleniown, . . Allenioivn JOHN T. JETER, M. E., South Bethlehem, . Fountain Bill H.R.LINDERMAN,jR.(special),Washington,D.C., « nj : ' .Z?« A ; M. H. PADDOCK, M. E., Philadelphia, . . Fourth Street GEO. A. NIXON, C. E., Covington, Ky., . . Broad Street CHAS. W. SCHMICH, A. C. (special), South Bethlehem, Seneca Street RICHARD H. TUCKER, Jr., C. E., Wiscasset, Me., 27 Saucon Ball W. A. WARREN, C. E., Darlington, Pa., . . Birch Street N. B. WITTMAN, A. C. (special), Lanark, . . Cedar Street THEO. D. PALMER, C. E., Newark, N. J., . 23 Saucon Ball H. J. SEAMAN, A. C, Bethlehem, . . . Market Street 13

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How we will miss P ' s broad, expressive smile, and the Boss, and all the rest of the old familiar faces ! And we will long to see the park and the buildings, and to hear the college bell, whose clear, mellow tone has so often risen through the trees and crept in at the window, and made one stop and listen, and wonder where he would be next year when that bell was ringing. Then, mayhap, the longing may become so strong that we will come back and stand on the steps after chapel, or go to the well-known rooms, but will see all new faces, and a stranger has the rooms. Then we will mournfully talk over the old times with Jim, and wander round the town and see the Freshmen parade under the Fern. Sem. windows, and think how we did the same thing, and what a hollow mockery we found it. Ah me, how these college years do fly ! It seems but yesterday we entered, some fifty=slrong ; and now, through various causes, — special dispensation of the Faculty has not been the least, — we have dwindled down to seventeen. We were nineteen at Junior ye.ar ; but Barr, our shining light, became a Granger ; and Byllesby is taking practical niechanics in Jersey. And these seventeen, the flower of the flock, have nearly finished, their apprenticeship, and will soon go out to fight their way in the world, and try to make a name for themselves, and, through themselves, for their Alma Mater. For she has been a kind mother to us, and has allowed us to flunk, and fizzle, and cram ourselves with her knowledge, with no recompense but the hope that, through us, credit may come to her. And so, Alma Mater, ... Wc part with thee As wretches, that are doubtful of hereafter, Part with tlieir lives, unwilling, loath and fearful. And trembling at futurity. Historian. .

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Class of ' Seventy-Nine. ANOTHER year of our college life has passed away : half of our university career is finished : and we are now called upon to address ourselves to the readers of this worthy periodical in the character of Juniors. When last we appeared before the public we gloried in the title of Sophomores; now we have reached the point in our course which all Freshmen consider, next to Seniority, as the acme of mortal ambition, — though their opinion may change, perhaps, on arriving there. As this short sketch is intended briefly to review a few of the many events occurring during the year which witnessed this transforma- tion, we will, without further introduction, begin our history, referring those who would know more concerning us to preceding publications. Our laboratory experience during the first term, with its mirth- provoking scenes, will always be remembered by the class as — in the words of our class poet — something immense. Who does not re- member the orthodox prayer-meetings conducted by Doc, accom- panied by the music (?) of the orchestra, with our maniac dancing a hornpipe as a side show ; or the gentle voice of our instructor, as he endeavored to demonstrate to our corpulent friend from Jersey, that all noise is not music, and convinced S h and P r that they would confer a benefit on the community at large, by occasionally burying themselves under the hood ? Well we remember the look of astonishment and dismay depicted on H n ' s lamb-like physiognomy, on making the discovery that pure distilled HjO contained half a dozen elements. 14