Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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WILLIAM HENRY BURGESS, 4' Billy, Told his first noted whopper, on April 29, 1874, in Pnmelia, N. Y. His farther, Nathaniel Burgess, is at prominent citizen of that place. IIe follows the bucolie occupation of farming. Billy says that he thinks he will follow in his fathel-'s footsteps, because it will give him so muny opportunities for carrying on his studies in nutnrul history. He states tluttut present he hats no ancestors, but il' your after next the cheese crop turns out well he intends to procure some. Has lived in Abbot Hall so long that his blood is very thin, but what is left shows distinct symptoms of Irish origin. STANLEY LYDECKER, Stan, Liking the facilities for good, quiet study offered by Upper Red Hook, N. Y., settled there at 1.45 A. M., Dec. 11, 1877. The little Dutch town, however, proved too swift for him, and he emno to Exeterin 1893. And now. that the relentless nmrch of civilization, with electric lights und u duily newspaper, has reached here, Stnn'l has decided to try Williams College. The blood of the old Dutch Governors surges turbulently through his veins. His futher is George D. Lydeeker, it C0llg'l'0LIil.ll0llil.llSlZ minister. t FRANK 'CAMP ROBERTSON Took the pi-eliminnry step towurd getting his picture in the '97 PEAN,1iT1tl'Cll 4, l878.11i2 Parish, N. Y.. where he has lived ever since with his father, R. C. Robertson, n. nierchmit miller. Robbie is of Scotch descent, but his ancestors, like his curves. ure hard to find. For information concerning his life in Exeter society he says, Consult Manager Peyton. He came to Exeter from Parish High School.

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N ONAGINTA SEPTEM Seniores, Gravis classis, Septem nonaginta, Habeamus Firmum pectus Quale in leaena. Sic ut fames Fortem praebet Ad se defendendam, Sit ne quisque Sine corde Pntiens repulsam. Etsi fortes Tamen nulli Violentes simus, At nobiscum Volventes, tum Bene faciamus. H. M. R. 16

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HARRY FRANK CAMERON, Harry, Iustituted proceedings, which culminated in the acquisition ol' a dl lf! E pin at Wakeiield, Mass., at 4.30 A. M., Nov.2:!, 1873. His ancestors can be traced hack to Ivan the Terrible and other noted actresses. His most noted relative of to-day is Professor Bristol, the horse tamer. A Scotch-Russian blend ol' the sanixuinary .fluid courses madly through his veins. BURT ZELOTES KASSON, Fat, H Burtzle, Rode quietly into Gloversville, N. Y., on Whitcomh's wheel on Aug.23, 1877. His father began Fat's education in foot-bawl at an early date. Luckily for Fat. Princeton cleats had not yet come into use. Burtzie is one of your old-fashioned, carved oak, forty- tonners and is descended from thousands of people. His noted relatives are the dean Pwince and Moody and Sankey. His blood is the bloodiest blood of any member ol' the class and is composed of French, Irish, Scotch, African, Dutch lvery lowb, and Latin gods. He will be, without doubt, made manager of Hades when he dies. GEORGE GRANVILLE WHITCOMB Was bo1'n at Morrison, Ill., April 11, 1876. The position of the planets at that time is very interesting. Venus was in hiding, Taurus rapidly ascending, Saturn pawning its rings, and there was blood on the face of the moon. His ancestry has been traced back to Nisus and Salius, whose traits he inherits in a marked degree. Samples of his blood, obtained from Tilton and Smart, show a mixture of English and Yankee in about equal proportions. His father is Georsre A. Whitcomb, a merchant.