Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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18 Hzkiovgf zyf Ike Class Q' '96. HERITAGE - - - Lqfz .Eaai RAFFERTY ---- Left Tackle. MARTIN, EDWARDS - - - Ld! GZl6Z7'6Li MCFARLANE, CHAMBERLAIN Centre. FAILE ----- Rzlght Guard. HEARN ---- Rzlghz! Tackle. JOHNSTON - Rzlgkl Earl DWIGHT - Quafter-bade. GUNSTER - - Lrg? Hayback. BISSELL - Righz Hafback. ' POPE - - Pal! Back. They played clean, strong football from first to last, were a good-lot and one that Ninety-Six may be proud of. About this time Divisional Examinations arrived and we had the opportunity to determine our class stand for the next three months. Some of us were surprised at the amount we did not know, but then ours was always such a bright class and such a fast pace, intellectually speaking, was always set by Bob Pat- ton, Tommy Leonard, Joe Rosengarten, Bill Stockton and others, that an ordinary man could not keep up with the game. The two most notable divisions produced by these exams were the Bloody Third and the ff sixth division Math. The Solid Sixth fell to the tender mercies of instructor McGowan, and the unanimity with which Poe, Pope, Ridgway, Righter and Rosengarten would answer not prepared to the tutor's most carefully-put questions was at once that gentleman's aston- ishment and despair. It was in Dr. Cameron's Homer class that the Bloody Third got in its deadly work. Besides Mrs. Smithers, Aleck Easton, Windy Harkness and other eminent horsers, this division contained Curly. Bissell, and he alone was worth the price of admission. How we threw shot and chalk -how in answer to the inevitable Who knows? we yelled

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Hixtofjx :gf the Class qf '96, I7 The Annual Fall Games occurred on the 19th. Our clss did exceedingly well in the events, Banker, Carnochan, Jesse Jones, Wilson and Fiscus all scoring points, besides Schaff, who broke the record for the Freshman quarter-mile run. It was the cane-spree, however, which absorbed everybody's attention. This was the first time it had been held in daylight, where the spectators as well as the contestants could see what was going on. Every move was watched with breathless interest, and when Beef Turner, our light-weight, took the cane from Reynolds '95, we truly thought we were a good line and signified the fact with stentorian lungs. Our hopes were soon clashed, however, for Hearn wastdefeated by Cochran '95 after a game struggle, and a similar fate overtook Faile, our heavy-weight representative, who on account of an injured leg was not at his best and was overcome at the hands of his Sophomore opponent. We didn't win the cane-spree that time-but then, Freshmen never do win that, you know-thus we consoled ourselves. During all this month football had been the most important topic of conversation to the college at large, and the 'Varsity had been practising and playing regularly. A goodly number of our class made a stab at the 'Varsity and several succeeded in winning iirst honors. Big Buck Hall had the reputation of being one of the most promising guards in the country. Biff Lea walked into right tackle too easy, while Fiscus and Barnett helped to swell the list of 'Varsity men. Our class tried a little football on its own account and devel- oped a team which was one of the best Freshman organizations ever known. Mac Pope was elected captain and Mollie McGuire was declared manager. Mac led his gallant canvass backs to victory in every game but two, and they were ties, play- ing Lawrenceville 6 -6, and the ,QS class team 0- 0. The members of our team were as follows: 2 .

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Hzlvtorgx Q' Ike Class mf '96, I9 with one voice Doolittle! -how we were led step by step, gentlemen, to an intimate knowledge of the verb o?Sa.-how Bissell spilled asafoetida on the floor and nearly suffocated the entire class, while Cam sat utterly unconcerned-how we used to hold spirited rushes in the doorway after every recitation until dispersed by the professor at the point of the umbrella! You know it is an ancient custom that each class shall borrow Dr. Carn- eron's hat, without leave, as a souvenir of happy days together. One day Piggie Long came running down stairs waving a derby wildly over his head and shouting Cam's hat, boys, Cam's hat! We tore it in shreds in spite of Piggie's protests, and only whenit was too late did we learn that he had meant it for a joke-it was Long's own hat. The joke was there, but the leg- pull wasn't on us. just as our class had a football team of its own, so we turned our efforts to things of a more xsthetic nature, and by hard work and faithful practice, developed a full Glee Club organization which either in ability or number of concerts given has never been equalled. Harry Briggs said that he used to play a church organ in Brooklyn and hence thought he ought to be leader of the Glee Club-he was elected. He then proceeded to gather about him such choice songsters as Woody Green, Russ Tag- gart, Syd Smithers and Harry Waring, and had a great repertoire of songs. The Banjo Club was under the direct supervision of E. F. Randolph. The Mandolin Club, which, by the way, was the first Freshman Mandolin everiorganized, was captained by Thornton Conover. These threeclubs were equally proficient, and when combined they made Rome howl. J. C. Kerr and Thomas Cadwalader drew first tenor on the 'Varsity Glee, R. D. Smith made the Banjo Club, while Dennis Miller twanged chords with .both the Banjos and Mandolins. There 'were three things which occurred during November. One was a game of football with the University of Pennsyl-