Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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28 THE Nassau HERALD. ' demonstrator. Whereupon Mr. Wallace smiled one of his own capacious smiles, and straigbtway made himself useful by holding sponges, bringing warm Water, taking care of instruments, etc. His enthusiasm being aroused, Leary polled as he had never polled before. He must have spent two or three hours on the next recitation, and, when it came, flunked dead on the very first question. Since that he has had a hard year of it. Leary, here are some ofthe snaps you failed to get-H a sample of which I hold in my hand. Jimmy, I believe you take Biology also. When Osborn asked you to sketch the brain of a frog you gave him a tol- erably correct drawing of the under jaw. But your princi- pal claim to distinction is your vigorous handling of the English language. When the ,pitcher of the Philadelphias hit a batter the second or third time, it would have made Granny weep to hear you expostulate. The captain said it was unintentional, and everybody knew he didnit have no such record. You spoke right up and said you did n t know nothin about his record, and you didn't care nothin about it, but you werenit going to have no suchpitchin as that. From all accounts, I think you rather got the better of the professional gentleman in the forcible expression of opinion. Such are the advantages of an academic education. You arenit much in the artistic line, James, not much, You re- member hearing Prof. Weir lecture on Cimabue and Raphael. The next day you asked who that 'C Jimmy Radcliff was that the lecturer mentioned so much. And when Prof Norton gave the nine that reception up at Cambridge, a week or so ago, you suggested that it might be a good idea to ask him to repeat a little of the lecture on the Parthenieum. You ought to emulate the example of Bill Schenck, that lovely little back-stop. He took a P.G'r. to stuff birds, and this year succeeded in stufling two. Next year he will stuff one and graduate. Meanwhile, take these Lectures on the Art of Discourse which I have secured for you at great ex- pense, they contain several points with which you will do well to familiarize yourself. J

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. TH E NASSAU IIERALD. 27 you were not stuck so badly as Jack Shober, who told Young to get his longitude at sea by setting upva transit and watching for the planets. Your diploma, as I have it here, reads as follows : , OFFICE on so Guaranteed. THE Pnnnrns LHERARY BUREAU, Special disconntlto Athletes. MAY 19TH, 1882- This is to certify that Henry Stafford Terhune, of Cheesequake, has passed the necessary examinations and copied the requisite number of essays, as prescribed by the curriculum of this institution. T. PEEBLES, Prez. Take it, Harry, and success attend you. . Will Morgan Edgar step this way? You see, I love you well enough to call you Morgan. Take these, and give one to Taylor Bryan, to use the next time you interview a pole-kitten out for an airing. I And, Professor,just send up our SCIENTISTS. These are the Insatiate Orew : Asst. Prof., Bishop L. Wal- lace, and Jimmy Rafferty, B. B. I thought so-me of putting in here the Rev. Dr. Toler, who probably knows more about snakes than any other man in the class. He first discovered that snakes were the only mammals found in Australia, and not elsewhere. But, on the whole, his average is too low. Henry, you are our I-Iossteologist. I know you can't see anything funny in the simple act of getting up at five A. M. and gathering those bones from the cellar of the new Chapel. The only funny thing about it was, that after you had spent several hours in wiping them off clean, and spread them out in your room, it took Prof. Hill only about two seconds to say that they were the bones of an old work- horse. Just cast your educated eye over this, while I remark upon Leary. ' Leary has a smile like one of Jim Rafferty's overthrovvs. You think it is never going to stop. He elected Biology this year, according to the formula for Senior electives. Elected Osborn, because he had to. The very first day the class went in, Dr. Osborn requested Mr. Wallace to act as N

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' TIIE NASSAU HERALD. 29 I should not be doing my duty if I failed to notice Mr. Erving Eenno Chapin, of Boston. Any disturbance at the mention of this gentleman's name will receive particular consideration. Chippy tried for '81 and was rejected, not, however, on account of his age. It didnit kill him, and he lived to organize the Class of '82 and have himself elected first president, as he has fully stated in the autograph al- bums. Chippy was younger then than he is now, and more sprightlyg I don't know his age, for he has never given it away, even on the matriculationbook. It is variously esti- mated from 28 to 35, but is as uncertain as in Palaeontology. He doesn't remember that he is getting aged and decrepit, but runs and tires himself at lacrosse just as he did years ago. The horrid boys have not the least respect for age, but run right in ahead of him and take the ball. Chip, you should reserve yourself for other ields, where you shine without a rival. On account of your age and experience, and eminent respectability, you are always selected to lead the German, though you do hate it so, as you once told Henry Welles. Whatever you do it's always in good form. Even in Fresh. year you used to leave your card when you called on the fellows. In the course of a long and eventful life you have collected scores of German favors, to say noth-b ing of many which were stolen from you. Please add this to the number. Miss Nancy Hallock has been so long and favorably known in Princeton and Stony Brook society that she needs no introduction from me. .She is known even to the farthest confines of Witherspoon street, for when the Gar- field club tookthat trip to Hightstown, a buxom Ethiopian lass in the rear wagon was heard to exclaim, as she caught sight of those ahead, Well, if there 'aint Hallock! Ar- range your hair, Nance, and trip forward for your last per- spire before your admiring classmates. I Like all great poets, she wears her hair long, and medi- tates. For some good reason she doesn't wear it banged 3