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

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science and art, and even emotion, butfm was scarcely thought of However, this was one of the Professor's pleasant surprises. Mr. Henderson was inclined to look upon trees asjfiefzds, rather than as mere abstracts, scientific appellationsg dwelling particu- larly upon the stately elm of the Granite States, the pleasing maple of our own State and its neighbors, and particularly upon the solemn pine of the Coast States, with its weird music. The Pro- fessor spoke of the difference in the trees of the country caused by the various soils, and also of the general good of trees to us. But the value of trees as pleasant objects to the sight was especially dwelt upon. He closed with a few words as to their value in manual training, and with a very delightful poem at the end, containing some further thoughts on the same subject. After Professor Henderson's address the school was favored with a recitation by Mandell, and another by Mitchell. SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF Tl-IE NATURAL HISTORY - ' SOCIETY. ON the evening of Friday, October 19th, the Society celebrated its second birthday. The weather was such that our expecta- tions regarding the attendance were only half realized, however, this did not prevent the celebration from taking place. The exercises began with a short address by the President, followed by the Secretary, who read a history of the Society, together with an account of its present condition. The Chairman of the Outing Committee gave a report of the progress of the Outing Club, with an account ofa Representative Trip. The Curator next read a paper on the Change in the Relative Abundance of Certain 'Species of Birds, with also a brief notice of the English Sparrow Question. Mr. Thomas Walters, the orator of the evening, gave an interesting address regarding some various kinds, of Natural History, well sprinkled with humor and good advice. Since Professor Sayre, who was expected to deliver an address, was not present, the exercises closed. After this the members and their friends enjoyed a quiet social even- ing, and the company disbanded at about IO o'clock. A 43

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worked at blacksmithing, and Billy Lawrence said everything was Blue Monday for weeks. Billy P-st-w-te grew melancholy. He was enjoying himself immensely, on the last night, with 1 -- fit will be under- stood that it was a gentlemanj. Wliile in a crowd, watching the small electrical currents grow in the corner, Billy suddenly turned red and black-the reason? There was T - ad- miring the drawings and at the same time conversing very ear- nestly with one of his rivals. Now,I think we all agree that this was -a mean trick, because it caused Billy to utter a great many blessings. He has since said that the money he spent that night for car fare would have kept him in buns and milk for one week. Poor' Billy! VVe know he wished there was a dynamo at hand capable of giving a thousand amperes so that hecould apply the wires to the teeth of his rival, and thereby gently impress him with the idea of securing the services of lVlcG+, the under- taker. There was a decided coolness between two souls that night while on their homeward journey, and ever since Billy has worn a ministerial countenance. 5 ' ARBOR DAY. Y' ON Friday, October Igth, at half-past one o'clock, the hum of machinery and ring of hammer, which are characteristic of our lower floor, suddenly ceased, tools were laid aside, and all hands eagerly adjourned to the more quiet atmosphere of the assembly room. The occasion was Arbor Day, the incident, an address by Professor Henderson, and hence we say that all hands eagerly adjourned, for we had heard Professor Henclerson's pleasant talks before, and felt sure that this would be something of especial interest, which proved to be the case. It has been decided that the usual ceremony of tree plantingshould be re- served for the graduating class next spring, and that an address suited to the occasion should be our memorial of the day. There is one feature of the address that we have puzzled our minds over not a little, namely, how so much Nm could be gotten out of so dry ,a subject as Trees Vlfe were fully prepared for 42

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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION NIGI-IT. REPORT at the Broad Street Station at 7.30 was the cry all during election day. At the time appointed four members of the M. T. S. had lodged themselves under the Station to wait and talk of the election. But some changed the subject, and began to discuss those never-failing subjects: Is mar- riage a failure? and Do we know we exist? The most distinguished debaters were Messrs. Simpson and Wl1eeler. Wliile these Well, look y' here and Yes, that's so, but-U are going on, more members of the institution arrived. But these newly-arrived fellows had never had the experience of marriage, or they didn't care whether they existed or not, so long as they got the fun out of the evening's excitement. But why was the cry Oh made P when the pretty damsel Qof how many summers - - - P ? Pj betook herself with stately tread toward the Union League, and which would have resulted in one less of our number if we had allowed him to depart. 'But at last the old chestnuts- Attention I Mark time, left! were given, and we proceeded southward to see the fun. But where were the High School? Echo answers, Wl1ereP For nary a scalp could we find. And Normal School maids-the history we could unfold. But to come to our original story. We fought our way to Ninth and Chestnut. Along our way we would find obstructions, hard to overcome, but by hard squeezing and tight hugging Qand I believe this was the first time. Kavanagh ever hugged a girl in his life we proceeded thence to the Union League. Here it was that we did the Red Bandana up, that is, we tossed it up. Then some of the party proceeded to the Dime Museum. How Hughy Gates and Ol Dick did look at that girl and hats off! The rest of the crowd kept on marching about town under the directory of Lieutenant-General W. Bauroritif These fellows met the University, and after giving the yell received a return salute. This wasn't anything new, for the college fellows were yelling at every old friendly lamp-post they met. After a bit the familiar cry, Do not push Qbut push l' had no 'X' Don't take this for Billie Barrett. 44