Philadelphia Manual Training School - US Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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HISTORY. CLARENCE STANLEY MCINTIRE. N ancient Greek and Rome the historian did not undergo half the terrible gauntlet of biting criticism that those who are classed under that name to-day have to bear. The Work of those ancients was praised for its true merit, and their recounts of the deeds of men of valor were received with just commen- dation. But to-day we give our work into the hands of-those Who only seem to search out our faults, instead of charitably overlooking them. In conversing with others ofthe Class I ind that to them it is exceedingly difficult to look into the past, to remember what happened when We were in HC. Indeed, many of them doubt if they ever were in C at all. But with a great effortl am going to try to push aside this curtain of pride, as Seniors, that seems to separate us from the reckless life We led when We were young, when We were Freshmen. Now, as the mystic curtain is pressed aside and We look back into the past, We find that there are some instances which stand out with more prominence than others. Fzrfsi among these events is that day when We gathered for the first time as a Class. What peculiar sensations we under- went, what feelings of reverence We held on that day, and that day only, for those wise-looking students of ,SSQX what sighs and lamentings were heard i' the air as We were assigned our first studies, but what high opinions we held of ourselves and of our capabilities. Then, too, what exalted opinions We had ofthe Faculty, especially Doc, in those days, but now-? ? F We boys Wer.e really too much engrossed in study that first year to take much note of athletic sports. This can be easily seen bylooking up the athletic annalsg you'll find all the games, if This refers directly to Colesberry. , 29

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Edgar Heisler Lawrence, Harry Augustus Leeds, William W'olmersturf Lewellen, Reuben Lowenstein, Frank Littleton Maguire, Charles Palmer Marlcley, William 'Walter Martin, Thomas jefferson McDowell, Lewis McMakin, Harry March Miller, Lorimer Douglas Miller, William james Mines, john Wood Montague, Thomas Edward Murdock, Benjamin Franklin Murphy, Earle Roberts Olwine, Walter Charles Palmer, Albert Pancoast, john Chastney Parker, Charles Albert Paul, Frederick Peniston Porter, Charles Elwood Rambo, Louis Randell, Walter Rihl, Harry Rhoades, George Robinson, George Espie Savage Ralph Borie Savin, George Saybolt, Henry Lyman Sayen, Robert Carroll Sayre, August Schumann, john Henry Seifert, Wfilliam WVagner Shepherd, Craig james Shields, William Sholdice, Howard Martin Shriner, john VVilson Sidle, Andrew Gordon Smith, George Furman Smith, George Edward Smith, joseph Bolton Smith, Grant Eugene Snively, Walter Hamburg Sonneberg, jesse Horace Sprowles, Sylvanus Stauffer, james Howard Stevens, Linford Stiles, Cuyler Campbell Supplee, Allen Curry Thomas,- Frank McStocker Thomas, joseph Shipley Newlin Thompson Orlando Titherington, James VValter Tobin, William Benjamin Trainer, George Emil Ugl and, Burton James Ulrick, Ralph Ernest Urban, Thomas Percy Walker, Ralph Lambert Vlfarren, YValter Burgess Warren, Holman White, . VVilliam johnson White, joseph YVhitely, Newton Barton Widmayer, William Rendell Williams, Samuel Fife Wlilson, Charles Martin YVood. I

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etc., were contested by members of '88, and, of course, nearly everything was lost, even those contested with the High School. But there is one thing '89 could do-paralyze those celluloid pies of Mrs. Everett's-specially Mumford. ' To go the round of our curriculum might be a means of re- calling to some of us our life in that year. In those days, for the study of literature, we used to congregate up in the third story and listen to the remarks of Professor Henderson. Wliat a rumpus we raised when we found a desk that was not secured to the floor. McCafferty used to sit at it, and received more muscular exercise than mental by trying to upset the fellow who chanced to be seated in front of him. One day we reported to the professor for our regular lesson in literature, when we found out that some peculiar force had been at work. Henderson decided that he wouldn't give us any lesson, but that we might spend the hour profitably in conversation. This conversation was to consist of the telling of anecdotes. It is needless to state that the boys had never before heard of such a peculiar mode of obtaining knowledge. It is also needless to state that we made good the opportunity offered. We look back now and wonder how we ever lived through that hour. I am sure that if some of those jokes were repeated, I would certainly undergo feelings which would far surpass in pugilistic power those which one experiences so often after removing the stopper from the bottle of ammonic hydrate. Wl1y,tl1e other dayI stepped up to the bottle of NH3 OI-I, expecting to meet a friend, when what should I encounter but a blow in the eye which nearly blinded me. I really thought that a ring had been made, and that I had the gloves on with Yank Harder. It is queer how some fellows form habits, so quickly-sort, o' P. D. Quickly--and how long those habits will cling to them. The habit of forming and practicing poor jokesbecame so imbedded in the characters of some boys during that one hour that they have never gotten over it. During our first year I-Iering taught us geometry, and when he called up for recitation such fellows as Miers, then there was a flow of wisdom, for jimmy Molloy sat near the blackboard, and jimmy had a peculiar propensity for studying his lesson during 30