Phillips Exeter Academy - PEAN Yearbook (Exeter, NH)

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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.

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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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' 1 tif. ai' , 1 Jimi? gs l if X' . 'gil' . - .,i 'f 'n . JJ Ji. 1 ,ei . Q ff 451- ,L ',. HERMAN ARNOLD BRECHER. U Brek. Herman lit upon St. Paul on Jan. 21, 1879, but finding it rather slow there. moved to Milwaukee. Wis., on account of its great advantages.of which we all read in the mag- azine advertisements. He traces his ancestors bam-k to Wodin and Thor, and says that many others. whose names he cannot now recall. are now in Valhalla or Bierhalle. or some such place. An analysis of his blood shows a blend of Teutonic and American. His father, Roland Brecker. is a prominent lawyer in Milwaukee, Wis. HUNTINGTON ADAMS, Huntie, Began to grow tall, Nov. 3, 1879, in New York. He has pu.-Lvl-ll his life at his birthplace and the leading' summer resorts. Undoubtedly he was induced to go to the latter places as a drawing card. He can trace his ancestors back to 100 lx. 0. Among his distinguished rel- atives are found such names as Caracatus. Boadicia. NVYULIFFIC, and many other noted warriors and eminent diviues. His father is George H. Adams, a prominent lawyer. LOUIS BERNARD JOHNSON, U Percy, H Bernard, H Doc, Smoked his first vile cigar in Maynard, Mass., on Dec. 13, 1877. His ancestors go back as far as Darwin allows, and Percy says that among his noted relatives are Louis XIV. of France, the great St. Bernard. and Samuel Johnson. He states the fact that he would rather read the life of his last-named ancestor than cat. His father, a chemist, lives in May- nard, Mass. Percy came to us from the Maynard lligh School.