Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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HZlff07jl W the Class QF '96. ' 25 attempted to mass as agreed upon, going by circuitous routes across the railroad, down Edwards Place, and so on, in order to reach Goldie's undetected. Well, some of us arrived there all right, but more did not. The Sophomores had strong guards posted in commanding positions and every Freshman who appeared was pursued up to the very doors. I think more of us learned to do the high dive over the picket fence and through the hedge, than ever dreamed of attempting it before. It is so much easier to dive than to jump when you are really in a hurry, as we were. In Goldie's front yard, however, a number of our biggest men constituted a reserve battalion which the Sophomores did not dare attack. Little by little quite a force was assembled, and we were about to sally out and defy '95 when the arrival of General Topley, Colonel Leggitt and the army, jim Connor, put a stop to further hos- tilities-so, like the King of France and his ive thousand men, we all marched home again. About two o'clock that morning Skinny Hall, Barney Haines and some others sallied out and succeeded in hanging a couple of '96 banners, one from the Art Museum and one from Dickinson. These were, of course, torn down by the Sophomores as soon as the daylight enabled them to be seen. N- The anniversary of the great George's nativity dawned cold and clear, and although there is no record of the fact that it was a particularly hilarious occasion for little George, never- theless we proceeded to whoop things up at a lively rate, and to hold our final contest with '95, We gathered early in the gymnasium and cheered ourselves, jeered the Sophomores, reminding them of various pleasant episodes, and made things very entertaining for all concerned. We hung up a huge '96 banner in the face of '95 and defied them to tear it down, only removing it ourselves to allow our class orator to be heard. Roy Morris was our representative and even the P7'Z'7ZC6f07Zid7Z

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24 Hisfoijf gf the Class of ,96. As for the examinations, we polled, O yes, we polled-from Nassau Hall down to Brown, and from Albert Lybyer to Smith Homans, we polled hard. Possibly Bob Patton, Paul Loving and Robert Ormiston Brockway didn't do much in that line, but even they are reported to have put in a few good licks. I won't swear to this, however, especially in Bob's case, for Bob claims he has such a pull with the faculty that he doesn't need to study. At any rate, the most of us devoted some attention to the curriculum, as I just now intimated. All too soon the examinations leaped upon us like our collegiate tiger. After a furious struggle they passed on, leaving the vast majority of us conquerors in the fray-but some, alas, were wounded, the most only slightly, a few mortally. By which ambitious metaphor, worthy of Jap Potter himself, I mean that most of us passed the exams, but some were conditioned and a few,- very few I rejoice to state, were dropped from our goodly fellowship. The following men made first divisions in the three departments of Classics, Mathematics and Modern Languages: Alford, Beam, Bostvvick, Churchman, L. Gray, Hodge, Hamilton, Litch, Loetscher, Lybyer, Mather, Moment, Reese, Wayave and Worcester. V After the Mid-Years were over, hazing revived with re- doubled vigor, the period before Washington's Birthday being the last chance 195 would have to expend any latent spite upon us. Once more, for a while, we removed our hats, did the toothpick drill, the cornstalk march and went through all the merry games which now constitute such a delicious remem- brance of verdant days. The night before the 22d we determined to gather our forces and take possession of the town, all expected opposition from '95, notwithstanding. Biffy Lea sent out notice to the different eating clubs to gather at seven o'clock in front of Goldie's on University Place, At the appointed hour we

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26 Histofgf of Zhe Class of '96. said that his speech, The Untold Millions, created a very favorable impression. After this we threw around billet-doux containing the following remarks anent the attributes and actions of '95: T '95. You Easy Fruits! You lost the Rush to '96! You were afraid of '96 in Football! You Paint-Slingers ! You class of Cribbers! Take off your hats to '96 ! You Tutti-Frutti Freaks! Thus did we pour out the vials of our wrath upon them, Such was our parting word with the ,Sophomores as such, and so ended our enmity with '95. Thereafter they were regarded by us, and we by them, only as college mates and friends and fellow-Princetonians always. On the afternoon of the 22d the Winter Sports were held in the gymnasium, and in the gymnastic team exhibition Beef Turner and Charlie Browne easily distinguished them- selves. That night Gordon Pierce upheld the honor of our class in elegant shape, in the '76 Prize Debate. When the excitement attendant on Washington's Birthday had died away, our fellows resorted to various schemes to while away the intervals between polling and sleeping, during those long winter days when there is really very little to do except to talk over past hazings and to plan how we would act when our turn came. Many things were devised by way of relief from efmui, but Charlie Williams' small affair in Trenton was one of the most interesting, at least to Charlie. You see, it is gener- ally about this time that the average Freshman is attacked by the sign-stealing fever, and Charlie Williams was taken with it in a very virulent form-he 'fswiped everything from a book-