Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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24 THE Nassau HERALD. iors with tin horns. Still Sam Scott did not think there were enough present to warrant the formation of the band, and there will be another meeting in Sam's room to-night at I1 o'clock, when I hope there will be a large attendance. Right here I wish also to state that the fair-haired, youth- ful-looking and boyish-appearing person who attended the groom at the recent Vanderbilt wedding was no other than our classmate John P. Kellogg. I have it on the best authority that this hitherto obscure identity has been well established. I have some sad news to impart to you. My roommate, Imer Embury, is engaged. This fact dawned upon us one evening a short time ago, just after Imer had returned from a short visit to New York. A party of us were walking down Nassau street, and, when we reached the dog-wagon, Embury rushed in and yelled to the attendant for a ham- less bone sandwich. Quicker than I can tell it he emerged from the opposite door with a bound, but one generated by feet other than his own, still grasping, to his credit be it said, in his hand and mouth the sandwich. I would like to ask any fair-minded person among you if a man who was not engaged could have thought of asking for such a thing as a hamless bone sandwich '? My roommate is one of that species of civil engineers that we keep in one of our buildings yonder, and another of the tribe is Ralph Poole. Last year, one time, Poole got an examination paper in Physics handed back marked 98 XVhen he opened the paper, Poole found the first question marked S out of a pos- sible IO, so he went to the Professor, and said : Professor, I see this first question is marked only S, and I think it should have been 10, giving me a grade of 100. The Professor looked at it and admitted it should have been marked 10. ffBut wait, he said, let us look over the rest of the paper, and, before he had gone very far, he added: VVhy, Mr. Poole, there has been some mistake

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lVASHINGTON7S BIRTHDAY ORATION. 23 weak cigars that Cap Kafer habitually calls for at Snook's. But, ladies and gentlemen, please donft take these two men as examples of our class. VVe have more real sports than one would at first imagine, although I am sorry to say we lost one of our leaders in that line when, on coming back from Trenton one night, Bummy Booth remarked that he had turned down the last page of his sporting life. But we still have some generals left. Doc Hillebrand said, I believe, that there were no stories to tell on him, but if he really did not want to hear any, he should have gone to Florida as he announced his intention of doing after he had made, as he said one time, a much maligned beast of burden of himself. Perhaps when the infant Miss Taylor, that noted New York belle, said the two nicest men she knew were Doc Hillebrand and Toot Hen- drickson, Doc decided to stay North and be near this com- plimentary young person. Much has been said of late years of the Heavenly Twins, but it is not generally known that we have the originals here in college. They are Tommy Snyder and Buss Boyd. No, they do not look alike. Far from it. But I will try to show you they are trying to grow alike. For some in- stances, Tommy skates into a hole in the ice and is nearly drowned. Buss follows up and skates into the same hole. Then, last year Boyd bought a new wheel, and instead of getting a '99 model got a '96 one, just to 'fhave one like Tommy's, and a few days ago Boyd was found with a needle, making a sore spot on his hand so as to have one like Tommy got working in the gymnasium. Before I forget it, I wish to read you this notice which appeared in the Printsanythfing a week or so since : There will be a meeting of all men interested in forming a brass band to-night at 8 o'clock, in 15 S. M. Rf, I was unable to attend the meeting, but I understand it was successfully carried on by two scared Freshmen and about twenty Sen-

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lVASHINGTON7S BIRTHDAY ORATION. 25 here. This paper should have been marked 47W instead of 98 ZH' As I feared, the time allowed me for this lecture has already elapsed and I have been able to give you a mere introduction to my subject. However, it will be continued in our next. Nfl fl 'ffaf I .jf-256: 4 dl ',,A . Lei f,. ,-jew 1. ,il ,- .vrslg J ?-5 e if , ' ji M ly N I ilillg .l al QPU' Ii 'alll ij N05 1 Ml, gf Wie: . 1 ffl r llSr'5i'l! M ' l' l'i ol' tif ,ml ix 1 l1', .4l Xu K e 'l nm: I 1' l ' xl 5 ' .,.1'