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

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from a Friends, Unitarian, Universalist, Moravian and Roman Catholic. . The Class is Republican by 47 strong. The others are : Demo- crats I2, Prohibitionists, Free Traders and Independents, 3 each. As a Class we are great on hobbies. They are as follows : electri- city and girls, I5 each, athletics and boating, 7 each, music and literature, 6 each 5 drawing, 5 g Ornithology, fishing and the raising hirsute appendages, 46E1Cl1, monkeying, 3 5 poets, prestidigitation, bicycling, engineering, canoeing, temperance, horses and politics, 2 each, mineralogy, geology, entomology, history, bumming, gunnery, printing, wood-work, dogs, amateur journalism, camp- ing and money, I each. If looking for the Class the following description will apply: 55 blondes, II brunettes and 2 strawberry blondes, 25 pairs of gray eyes, 24 brown, 8 blue and one black, also look for II pairs of glasses, 6 pompadours and I3 sets of whiskers, of which about 8 are casting their shadows, while the remainder are quite commanding. As a Class we admire thefair sex very much, as 41 will testify g 9 of us indulge in the weed, and the same number are not averse to stronger, and more fermented indulgences. At our noon gathering in Mrs. Everett's parlor, 36 indulge in pie and 24 pre- fer glass of milk and 2 buns. We have 2 chronic kickers, and .3 ot-hers who aspire to that honor, but have only reached the growling stage. Eighteen are in the habit of calling on the President of the school for in- terviews ofa private nature,while I5 frequently obtain little slips of paper, with a few cabalistic signs on them, which excuse a member from recitations to attend to business of more im- portance. 40

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CLASS STATISTICS. E entered by force of numbers, being 141 strong, But the 68 of us who have remained will make our exit by force of intellect. Our average age is 18 years. Our Class President has also the honor of being the oldest member, he having witnessed the lapse of 365 days for nearly the 24th time. You will notice the wis- dom of '89 in selecting its paternal guardian Qljopj for its chief representative. Several members claim to be the baby of the Class, but none have seen less than 16 years of this life. Fatty ' at a 178 lbs., and Shorty Rice at Q0 lbs., try to balance the Class, but the odds are in favor of Shortyf' who brings the average down to 122 lbs. X Harder, at 6 feet O inches, tries to uphold the Class dignity, but fails, while Shorty Rice gives the reverse effect at 4 feet 8 inches, but the average of the Class prefer 5 feet 6 inches as a standing example. P' The size of our craniums, as measured by our hats, ranges from 72 to 62, but the average is 6M. A In after life 20 of us will try to electrify the world, I3 are on the fence, 5 are to be mechanical engineers, 4 architects, and the same number to enter universities. Of lVI.D's., engineers, horse- blanket dealers, draughtsmen and gentlemen of leisure there are 2 each, while of mining and civil engineers, machinists, cabi- netmakers, soda-water manufacturers, photographers, teachers, florists, clerks, lawyers, manufacturers and Naval Academy Cadets there is 1 each. In religion 22 of us view life from a Presbyterian point, IO from a Baptist, 8 from a Methodist, 6 from an Episcopalian and Lutheran, 5 from a jewish, 4 from a Non-Sectarian and I each 39

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SPECIAL OCCASIONS. MAY EXHIBITION. HEN in the course of human events it becomes necessary to write up the recollections of special occasions, it is hard to decide which special occasion to consider Hrst, for in our school life there were so many things happened that they all seem special. But, to proceed, we will take for our consideration the School Exhibition at Horticultural Hall in the Spring of 1888. . We took part in that affair as Intermediates, and being but partially initiated in higher school life, some of us were very anxious to' participate in the work, real hard work, such as draw- ing, while some chose the easier work of blacksrnithing and carpentering. But some of the boys being partially initiated to such life, chose the tedious task of looking after the Normal School girls. Oh, my eye! but that was work, ,for the girls would wander all around the building, and what could the poor boys do but follow them. The girls would always stop at the cooking class and insist upon the boys eating some of the work produced by their school. We heard a cruel remark made by a couple of students, who were reposing in the gallery, it was this: Somehow or other, that cooking of the girls always reminds me ofthe belts we lace in the shops, for the material is so tough we can hardly stick our knives through it. 'There were quite a number of absentees the following week, and several have asked the reason. It may have been illness, but we do not like to give a positive statement. Well, welll Go on- fQuotation from Prof T-ho-pej. Well, the show did go on for a week, so did the boys, so did the girls-likewise the fun. At the close of the show there were some very peculiar results. Fred K- grew thin, having . 4,