Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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16 THE NASSAU HERALD. Fllifresentatiuit Gratten. E. B. CRITCHLOW. Geniuthj' some one has said, 4' and the World are an- tagonithticf' Founded as this principle is on the universal, necessary, and intuitive ideas of the human mind, it can neither be affirmed nor denied Without intellectual suicide. Its explanation lies in the fact that, in geniuses, those quali- ties of mind and heart most calculated to Win our esteem are too often like Peck Pierson's moustache, beneath the surface, potential rather than actual. On the contrary, what seem to be virtues are oftentimes vices in disguise, and your true man of genius sails through the World under false colors. g It is my humble duty, ladies and gentlemen, to point out the devil-upment of character, to differentiate for you this promiscuous mass of genius before me, and to place each individual of this remarkable Class before the World in his own proper light. Lest my characterization should be faulty, after the manner of Billy Sutphen and some other drama- tists, Ihave prepared a few presents Wherewithal to make my meaning clear. , I proceed then, Without further delay, to fill up THE FAMILY CIRCLE. Will Mr. Pop Dunlap and Miss Dolly Doland please lock arms and Walk this Way? And Dad Wheeler and Mother

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THE NASSAU HERALD. 15 have lived and died. Let us, therefore, content ourselves with life as we find it. Let us not neglect an honest oppor- tunity to gain worldly honors. Above all things, let us be true to our individual being. ,How many lives have been lost for want of the-unerring compass which -it supplies! How many a brilliant genius has drifted into shallows or been wrecked by hidden rocks, because of a refusal to be guided by the pole star of truth, which never misleads, for, be assured, our failures in life are nearly always the result of our own errors. Whether the result shall be victory or defeat depends upon our moral courage, our purity of soul, our heroism of heart, and last, but not least, 4' the rarity of Christian charityf' Classmates, we are now about to plant the ivy, which is emblematic of our existence as a Class. During four years of college life friendships have been formed that will know no breaking. What lessons of independence, patience, and self-reliance, gives to us the 'C Ivy green that 'creepeth over ruins old! The little ivy plant, as it mantels and canopies the picturesque towers of fallen castles, or trails over some lonely tomb, in a varied language, speaks of the spirit of the past, telling, perhaps, the story of a once great, but now forgotten people, or, solve for us the mys- teries of the shadowy unknown 5 or records how brave men, in ancient times, wreathed the ivy into garlands, and gave them as a national reward for heroic virtues upon the battle-Held. May it be no less expressive or historic when you, my classmates, after many years, near the close of the last fight in the battle of life, with eye undimmed and mental powers unabatedf' return again to Nassau Hall and claim, as your rewcwcl, a garland, wreathed by our Alma Maier, from the ivies we have planted upon many a yester- day, and the heart's'enduring fellowships of to-day.

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A THE NASSA U HERALD. 17 Sherwood will take the grand stand here -on' the right. Our standing-room has been engaged by the Sister Quar- tette. As Leary has probably found out by this time, there are just four of them. I take pleasure in introducing Miss Polly Hallock, Miss Bridget Flick, Miss Sallie Larkin and Miss P. Ranney. f Pop is getting pale, so I hasten to remark that he started out as a candidate for the Seminary, but early succumbed to the world, the Hesh, and Judas Rowe. Pop is a hard student and the proprietor of a full line of transes. He generally succeeds in getting them to ap degree of tineness said to be microscopic, without in the least impairing their legibiiity. He and Fatty Reiber are so industrious that they have frequently been known to write out papers on science and religion several days in advance. Their method of procedure is more scientific than religious, but it does yank the tall grade. Pop, your frugality is even more worthy of notice than your immorality. The tenacity with which you have clung to that one little necktie' all through your course, has won the admiration of your classmates. You have remained with it like B. Harris with his ulster, or Dave Magie with a condition. You are going from us now, Pop, and we wish you to wear this out into the wide, wide, as a token of our esteem. If you find it too wide you can trim it down, as you used to do with the trans leaf, you know. ' Miss Doland is our blushing co-ed. from Oberlin. You may now retire, Dolly, and chew the bitter gum of reflec- tion. Here's a whole box of it for you. If Bish Wallace will throw out that quid of tobacco you may share it with him. Dad, I called you up some time ago in order to have you here on time. You-are everything but a sooner. You are the proprietor of the largest heart and the most elastic con- science in Princeton, outside the Faculty. You may be counted on to reform just about once a term, and stay so while you are telling about it. You are entirely too inno-