Lehigh University - Epitome Yearbook (Bethlehem, PA)

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HISTORY OF ' EIGHTY. SENIORS ! Our last year! Surely time flies ! It seems but V3 yesterday when we began the basement of our structure of knowledge, and now the roof is very nearly laid. Who of us does not remember the day the sixty strong appeared here for the first time, in September, 76 ? It was the largest class Lehigh ever saw. The record of ' 80 up to the Junior year has been presented in previous histories; but I can not begin to recount the last year ' s events without giving a summary of a few of ' 80 ' s most prominent deeds. We have faith- fully upheld the customs set by previous classes; we carried canes as freshmen, rushed ' 81 for their canes, buried logic, and as sophs challenged the freshmen in foot ball, which, though an unsatis- factory game, resulted in our victory. We published the Epitome, and when there was a college base ball nine, had more than our share of representatives. In athletics we have, so far, taken sixty-one per cent, of all the first prizes, besides many second ones. We had a hazing party whose career was un- fortunate, in that the atmosphere of Lehigh was declared too hazy for its safety, and its members were, consequently, granted a vacation in order to recuperate. September, ' 78, saw ' 80 back at Packer Hall, ready for anything which might turn up. There is always something to do, and where there is a will there is a way. The first exploit was the capture of a white elephant. It was Fall and the night was cold. The wind, in its hurry on- ward, became angered at being resisted, and resentfully cut each figure as it stood waiting. The moon, half frozen, winked 14

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C. L. KILPATRICK, Philadelphia, - HENRY KRAUSE, Bethlehem, G. L. LEHRS, Moscow, Russia, T. B. LYMAN, Raleigh, N. C, - HOWARD LYON, Springfield, N. Y., J. W. McCOMAS, Cincinnati, O., W. J. McNULTY, Ashland, 0., R. M. MICHLER, Philadelphia, GEORGE E. POTTER, C. E., Ashland, 0., - 24 Saucon H. PETER ROCHE, Bethlehem, - E. H. ROSS, New Brighton, - MADISON RUSH, Philadelphia, CLAYTON SHEIMER, Bursonville, FRED. P. SPAULDING, C. E., Towanda, - 14 Saucon H. G. W. SCHWARTZ, Altoona, L. B. TAGGERT, Addison, N. Y., F. G. TAYLOR, Bethlehem, - J. B. THOMAS, Bladensburg, Md. LENARD B. TREHARN, B. A., Mauch Chunk, 29 Saucon H. RUSSEL B. VANKIRK, M. E., Bethlehem, - Church st. FREDERIC C. WOOTTEN, M. E. Reading, 25 Saucon H. 13

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an eye and looked down with a shiver. Not a word was spoken, and yet they all had more tongue that night than they knew how to dispose of. The trip to the mines, for the purpose of making surveys, was one long to be remembered. Besides showing what kind of work we did, it also proved us to 1 e of an investigating nature. What with wading knee-deep in mud, and crowding through narrow passages, and leveling steep ascents, the party had enough to do to defend themselves from traditional rats and imperiling their souls by using superlatives. But ' 80 never does the latter, so there was not much exertion on that score. The closing feature of the Junior year was a class banquet, which was celebrated at the Sun, and which, judging from the spirit displayed, was enjoyed by all. We had complete posses- sion of the entire building; in fact we brought the garret and sel- ler into our presence. The guests of the Sun no doubt thought it was a heinous affair. The rosy-fingered morn had blushed itself away before ' 80, after a most pleasant evening of toasts and song, dispersed from the last meeting of the term. In September last, we assembled as Seniors, eleven in num- ber. What a contrast to the same month three years previous, when sixty hearts approached the halls with misgivings concern- ing their fellow-students ! But how soon the distrust vanished ! As seniors we could look about us and mark how we appeared in each succeeding development, and the tender-hearted ones — we all are — could sympathise with those in need of sympathy. ' 80 has been honored by the gods ! Hymen visited us and marked one of our number for his own, leaving him, however, to complete his course. It is sad to realize, that, after three years so happily spent together,we should have separated from us one of our bestmen,and that so suddenly. In the death of Irwin Brooke, our class sec- retary, we feel a heavy loss. He was always in high esteem, not only for his spirit, but also for his good principles. But we bow in deference to the Will by which is done only what is good and for the best. 15