Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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WARREN IRA BICKFORD, H Bessie, H Bickle, First cried for Castoria, Nov. 13, 1879, at Washington, D. C. Congress adjourned for the day, the troops were paraded, and Presi- dent Hayes put on a clean collar. He says that gore ofa long line of American and Ger- man ancestors is chasing madly through his veins. and that. as we wouldn't have space to mention all his distinguished relatives, it would be better not to attempt it at all. His father is Warren C. Bickford, of the U. S. Treasury Department. NEIL Joseph GIBBONS, H Neilyp' -4 Irish, Showed his earnest desire to become an American citizen and live down his French name, by being born on July 4, 1875. in Boston, Mass. He traces his family as far back as Brian Boru and other Romans. His ancestors and liurbank's 1'5l.ll foul of each other, but the matter was soon straightened out. Neily's blood showed, on analysis, symptoms of Scotch- Irish extraction, but we have since found out that he sent us the blood of a Prep whom he bled on the first day of the fall term.I JOHN PATRICK SMITH, Johnny, HSmithy, Our genial little base-ball captain, settled quietly on this mundane sphere of sadness and care in Putnam, Conn., but afterwards he and his father, Thomas Smith. removed to the little farm at Rockville, Conn., where, surrounded with the pigs and the geese. they have lived happily ever since. Smithy is an Irish-American, and claims very few rela- tives of high degree, Casey at the Bat being one of the most noted.

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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.

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HENRY MAY GITTINGS, Fuss, Nifty. On Nov.12,1879, the city of Baltimore was gasping from sheer delight and the orioles were shedding their pin-feathers. The reason is obvious. Fuss traces his family back tg the year 4-11-44 n. 11. Among his most distin- guished ancestors are some ofthe royal I-Ienrys of England, Evans ap Rice, and Lord Balti- more. Welsh and English blood keeps his 'wheels revolving ata fearful rate. His futher, J. S. Gittings, is a banker in llaltimore. CHARLES FLETCHER SHAW, Short, Began to grow short at Watertown. Mass., Dee. 26, 1878, and is still growing. His father, Oliver Shaw, was a prominent citizen of Wut- ertown. He can trace his blood back to Sargon I, 3800 n. c.. and his blood is Puritan. As for his distinguished relatives, Mr. Shaw says they include nearly all of the eminent evangelists from Martin Luther to Jones, the Christian Crusader. He raune to ns from Belmont Sclmol. JOHN PATTERSON WOODS, Pete, A Played El Cnnitan for the first time on Sept. 23, 1878, at Rockport, Mass. His father, Henri U. Woods, is a prominent lawyer in Gloucester, Mass. Pete traces his family back as far as the Woods. They were the original Back-Woods. He also says that he is related to the Primeval Woods of Canada and the Petritied Woods of California. Pete's blood was found to be QEIIQHSIU4 CHQ Oh.