Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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,WAsH1NoToN's BIRTHDAY ORATION. 31 John mistook the invitation to be a personal one from the Chairman, instead ofa committee invitation. So John accepted with great glee, much to the surprise and discom- fort of the Chairman, who wished other arrangements. Poor John is a huge joke in that town. Will some one please lift my room-mate in the air? I mean the one with the india rubber face. Ah, isn't he nice? Nothing but a cheap variety actor. Going to roast me on class-day are yon? If there is any gloating to be done, Illl do it myself. Watch me gloat. I-Iere's some- thing I Want to remind you of Jayne, you may have forgotten it since Freshman year: 'Q I, J. G. Jayne, do hereby solemnly swear, that if opportunity ever offers -itself to do Prof. Thompson any injury, I will most cheerfully do so. CSignedj J. Gere Jayne. Oh no, Jayne, you vvon't send any NASSAU PIERALDS home after I get through with you. Would not people like to read this clipping from the Trenton True flmewlca ? Geo. Watson, a Princeton student, was-locked up- by Officer Van Horn, for trying to steal a sign at the Clinton Street Station. Watson objected to being placed in a cell, and demanded that the captain either get him a mattress or let him go to a hotel under guard. But he had to take his medicine like a man, and occupy a hard board until the morrow. Justice Coulter released him from his misery this afternoon, after collecting five dollars for the benefit of the city. - Jayne tried to conceals,-his identity by calling himself Geo. Watson, but only got himself in trouble, for at the hearing Jayne forgot his newly acquired name, and the Justice had to help him out. They did not keep Jayne in long enough, for on his

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30 THE NAssAU HERALD. p shining Polar Star. The amazing,'amusing, marvelous, mysterious, matchless, mathematical brain, guaranteed to solve all problems from the number of hours Paul Hurst works in a term, to the amount of energy Dud Riggs expends in lifting one of Artie Bave's heaviest steins. I wish we had room enough to show how fast he can walk. In Freshman year Henry had an encounter with an idea Cthecontents of which was good sound sensej. After a desperate struggle the idea succeeded in escaping, and now Henry is always in a hurry trying to catch that elusive idea. But alas, it is only another illustration of the old story about the horse trying to catch the wisp of hay which always recedes as he advances. But since it is impossible to show how fast'Henry walks, I'll mention that Roy Cox called on two Harrisburg girls and was too bash- ful to mention when he wished to go home. Poor Coxey stayed until after both girls had excused themselves, and only saw the point when the father invited him to stay all night. Is john Van Nest present this morning? Well, Scobe, lim not going to mention how you tried for the gun club, and mistook a stray dog for a clay pigeon, and paid 327.50 for your mistake. If dogs had wings, Scobe, you would be a winner. But it's a little mistake that thick bald head of yours made. Scobe has the fashion of seeing through everything from a brick wall to the bottom of a beer glass, and imagines that all the girls are stuck on his round shape. There was a leap-year party to be given in a city not many miles away, and just before Christmas john received a note as follows : Your presence is requested at the leap-year dance to be given on the evening of December 2d. R. s.v. P. Miss Af MiSS A, Miss B. Commiliee, N Chzzirmczn Miss C. -

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32 THE NAssAU HERALD. return to Princeton he kept up his reputation. A Semi- nole was making a collection of cast-of clothing to aid the sufferers in the slums district in New York City, and left the clothes in the middle entry of Witherspoon Hall. He did not think anyone would steal them, but he was mistaken. Jayne discovered the collection, and quietlyextracting a shirt, pair of trousers, and two pairs of over-shoes, brought them in the room. The Seminole started on a still hunt for his lost treasures and soon found them. Jayne explained that he thought they would make good scrappin' clothes, but we knew better than that, and poor Jayne had to ante up Sr to keep the story quiet. Jayne says he ainlt morally tough like Bill Church, but just physically tough. Come, Jayne, show us how you shoot the chutes at Atlanta. Time will not permit me to tell how Al Rosengarten hocked everything but his clothes and a picture of himself, and then stole Cass Burt's washstand in which he might pack his clothes, or to ask Jerry Bradley who his friends are who .cheered him on so lustily at the Harvard game last spring. I'll merely mention that Buck Thompson and Curly Graver used to play post oiiice with some Van Deventer Street girls in Sophomore year, and then while I get breath for the wind-up, we will have Eddie Stanton's favorite song, which was composed by Runt Poe. That- is young Stanton, Stanton everybody knows, lVith the Harvard accent And the Rummy nose 3 The girls all think him nice For he cuts a lot of ice g That is young Stanton, Stanton everybody kno ws. J Before I close, I wish to announce that the following men are engaged : Buck Thompson, Norris, Bill Liggett, Doggie Yeatts. Classmates, it has been my task to draw aside the curtain