Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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GCOYQC 'IRHIIYOIII 'flml3itC. ICORGIC RANTOUL WHITIC, A. M., Instructor in Chemistry in Phillips Exeter Academy, was born September 1 7, 1864, in that part ofthe town of Needham which is now known as Wellesley,-Mass. He fitted for college at the Newton High School, from which institution he entered Harvard in 1882. He graduated from that University in 1886, and the following year the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him. During his college course, Mr. White made a specialty of chemistry, to which he devoted the greater part of his time. While studying for the degree of Master of Arts, he was appointed assistant in the Organic Chemical Laboratory connected with the University, and held the position for three years. In connection with his work at the laboratory, Mr. White was instructor in chemistry at the Harvard :summer school. The position of instructor in chemistry at Phillips Exeter Academy was offered to him by the Board of Trustees, in thcpfall of 1889. 'lhis he accepted, and commenced his duties on the eighteenth of October. He is a most able instructor and a universal favorite among his pupils. Flys 152, 1, 'W fa fr If 'fy ff ,Vg lfff' ' ff Q4 v Ni gflnlfll wigs. R Q4 'V f V217 Q 3 lily!!! CLJW Mill 'mf-iiv', bf f 1 fr 'rl f WCA lgal' ' R wi., Eve like ! ' llg E ' ll !l lt R lyk- . 5' Q f I .W 'ii f , fa? r 'li I 1 I ' 'lbc'0L- JJ? ,, - -4.St.'dF iifqnei-e gwq., Z1 ' fxckwg'-L - ...A .- ,.

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Tbistorg of Tlqirlettgsdbne. CHICER :-I-Ioorah ray, Iloorah ray, NiN1:'l'x'-ONE of P.-Ii.-A. Coroksz-Crimson and Black. - -i T is something, after all, to be a Senior, to be one of fha people of the Acad- emy, to be able to tell the guileless Preps. about terrible things they have never experienced, nor we for that matter, and to be able to do all manner of wonderful things, and have the underclassmen look upon us with wonder- ing and jealous eyes. But then we look far back to the times when we, too, were Preps.gand how we used to look tremblingly and awestrickenly upon those lordly and pompous upperclassmen, and what dreams we used to have in our couches of what deeds we would do, and how lordly and pompous we would be when we became Middlers and Seniors. But then, the expectation is al- ways, etc. As we have passed through the ordeals of Preps., juniors, and Middlers, we have been permitted to see the Academy under many conditions. We have had chances to lift our voices most insanely upon the occasions of victory over our friend, the enemy, Andover, and we have had chances also, sad to relate, to weep upon occasions of defeat by Andover, and then we have had chances to neither weep nor rejoice, but merely to grumble and grouch. We do not forget, nor do we ever intend to, the class foot-ball contests of 1888- 89, and 1889-go, when we were able to show that we were possessed of other virtues than that of being a band of highly intellectual gentlemen. That we should be a highly intellectual collection was not doubted for one moment since the day of the birth of the class, September 14, 1887. It is worth while that that date should be well and distinctly remembered, since it was a day of great rejoicing in Phillips Exeter Academy. Much speculation had been indulged in by our cruel elders as to what sort of conglomeration would be brought forth as the Class of Ninety-One. It is indeed true that we were not a crowd wherein beauty and maturity dwelt most conspicuously. But in spite of our verdancy and extreme freshness, athletic and literary ability could be seen. We were trained by skilled minds through foot-ball and base-ball, not to men- tion the manner in which we displayed our literary abilities by skilfully criti- I7