Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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Class of ' Eighty. - » ' - How differently do we regard our actions when, after having been forgotten for a time, they are recalled to us ! It will be the duty of the v riter to bring back the scenes of the past year, and each member of the class can moralize (?) over it for himself. We started last year with the largest class Lehigh ever had ; as jolly a set of fellows as it was possible to conceive of, too jolly and fond of fun for the place, — at least so Faculty thought, — and not being suffi- ciently appreciated, all our lively members have left ; in consequence of which the class has become a model of propriety, and might be mistaken for theological students if they were not so very quiet. Last year we were credited with everything that went wrong within miles of us. There may have been a suspicion that some of the older classes helped, but ' 80 would surely be blamed for every known irregularity. As in every case where one gets a bad name, so in ours, no one knows how or when we were first regarded as not cherubs, but rather mips. Who can forget the scene in Chapel on the morning the prayer- books were missed ; or the court of inquiry, held the evening before, in Christmas Hall, where, seated at a table with a member of Faculty on each side, and pistols on the table in front of him, our President called upon us to answer certain grave charges of willful damage ; nor can we forget the lawyers ' tr.cks which our judges used to extort testimony from stubborn witnesses, — all of which failed. Our 5rst class-supper was held on the occasion of our burial of Logic, and recognizing the fact that our loss was our gain, we deter- mined to have a good time even at a funeral ; and, though few in num- 18

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' 8o. NEC SCIRE FAS EST OMNIA. Class Color; — Cardinal. OFFICERS. H. B. STRONG, F. P. SPALDING, . IRVIN BROOKE, T. H. HARDCASTLE, W. H. BRADBURY, President Vice- Presiden t Secretary Treasurer Historian J. W. BIGNEY, E.M., Maiden, Mass., SAM. BRADBURY, Jr., M.E , Schuylkill Falls, WM. H. BRADBURY, C.E., Schuylkill Falls. IRVIN BROOKE, C.E., Limerick Square, ABRAM BRUNER, E.M., Philadelphia, . MURRAY M. DUNCAN. E.M., Washington, D. C., THOS. H. HARDCASTLE, B.A., Easton, Md., W. F. HILLIER (special , Bethlehem, CHAS. F. KING, A.C., Movers, N. Y., GEO. L. LEHRS, M.E.. Moscow, Russia, . HENRY LEHRS, M.E., Moscow, Russia, W. J. McNULTY, C.E , Ashland, O., . GEO. E. POTTER, C.E., Ashland, O., PETER ROCHE, B.A., South Bethlehem, . FRED. P. SPALDING, C.E.. Towanda, H. B. STRONG, E.M., Cleveland, O., J. B. THOMAS. M.E., Bhidensburg, Md., L. B. TREHARN. B.A., Mauch Chunk, B. R. VAN KIRK, C.E., Bethlehem, . FRED. C. WOOTTEN, M.E., Reading, Wyandotte S rret 2Q Saiicon Hall 2 J Sail con Hall Birch Street . A ' ezu Street Broa dhead A ven lie Vine Street Market Street Birch Street Fourth Street . Fourth Street Birch Street Birch Street Fourth Street 26 Saitcon Hall Birch Street ly Saucon Hall 2S Saucon Hall Church Street J J Saucon Hall

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bers, we made a dignified and awe-inspiring procession. After the burial we assisted at the supper given at the Sun Inn, and passed a social evening in spite of the predictions of outsiders, whose ideas of pleasure differed from ours, and who would have filled up a blank left by us in the bill of fare. With all our troubles, and they were many, our first year of stu- dent life was very pleasant ; and the monotony we find now was broken by after-supper drills, bonfires, raids, torpedo experiments, tableaux, etc., none of which would be proper for us now, not being Freshmen. We commenced this year with fewer men, but were still the lar- gest Sophomore class yet known here, and had just settled down to work when almost half the class left us. We lost a few through hazing, and though it was properly hazing we believe they would still have been with us had it not been for the ex- aggerated reports of the affair made by a little paper published in town, zealous for the right, and particularly so for items, and from it spread to other papers in the country. In athletics we have always held the foremost place. At first McNulty, who was our big man, took everything, and so leaving nothing for the rest of the class to do, was regarded as the only man to be feared. So much so was this the case that when he left, none of the best men of other classes would train, as they were confident of their success and, as usual in such cases, they were beaten. We, as a class, have taken over 60 per cent, of the prizes since we entered, and there is no reason why we may not do as well in future, as last meeting showed our dependence was not on a single man. My history is finished, so adieu till we meet again, which will, let us hope, be as Juniors. Historian. 19