Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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The N asscm H erald had a narrow escape that day and has never ventured to don feminine garb again. And now in passing we must have a look at the Gold Dust Twins, Harry Kase and Ed. Case, the former never known to use Water externally, the latter never known to use it internally. just think what a rebate they would get from the Water Company each year if they only roomed together. Why don't you try to arrange it-Harry and Ed? And I must not fail to mention the bald-headed row in our class. just take a look at these fellows and see what a hard working class we are. There's Gus Studer. It's kind of tough luck to be both bald and fat, isn't it Gus? But Gus has only to blame his would-be love escapades for his loss of hair. Then there's Dud Guillaudeu, and How- ard Iones with scarcely a hair on his head, Bill March and Sammy Gallaher add their old bald pates to this crew, and there's Alex Leonard, one of the baldest of the bald. He has even less hair on his head than Chap Spencer had on his upper lip during the exams, and you all know what a sight that Was. Chap's attempt at raising a mustache was an utter failure-simply couldn't do it. Charlie Champlin is a sly little fox CI suppose I might as well kill you as scare you to death, Charliej. He is a good example of how very deceiving appearances are. A You wouldn't suppose to look at him, that Champ ever had a thing to do with girls, but there's where you're all fooled, for he fusses with the best of them, but carries most of his conquests on under cover of the night. You should have seen him one evening last Spring making love to some fair damsel down here on Nassau St. I think Miss Shockefeller was her name. It was a warm evening, but there was no reason for Charlie to get so tropical. So look twice, here- after, before you decide how much Champ thinks and knows about girls. Tom Clark was strolling across the fields down at Penn's Neck during one of his little vacations there. A farmer passed him, and turned around and had a good look at him, and was heard to remark, Waal, I see snakes in the next IO

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P17 asliingtowfs Birthday Omtion Well, it seems that the preceptor had not recognized in the dark this preceptee of his, but now that he knew who it was, he prepared to eat him alive. Cort lost all desire at once for remaining in Princeton, and he has lived in such constant fear of this man that he has stayed away from Princeton until just week before last in order to give this awful event a chance to blow over. One morning in Philadelphia Dutch Maury and several other students were sitting around the room recovering from the effects of a big night. Dutch was still asleep. A little mouse ran across the Hoor. A few minutes after that Dutch sat up in bed with a start and said Gee whiz, Com- rades, did you see that? The other fellows drawled out Ye-es. Thank God, said Dutch, and fell back, dead to the world. One night up in New York when Dutch was feeling pretty fine, he made a bet with one of his contempo- raries that he could consume one hundred oysters at a sit- ting- To have and to hold. CDutch has a weakness for oystersj. Well he lost the bet that time for he got away with seventy, and then gave it up,-I mean the attempt to eat a hundred. There were a few incidents connected with the Senior peerade last Pall that were indelibly impressed on our mem- ories and on the steps of Whig Hall, thanks to the gener- osity of Harry Grub-worm Kase with his internal decora- tions. And none of us, Pm sure will' ever forget how fetching George Smith looked on that day. You remember he appeared as a perfect lady on that occasion and a perfect lady he remained throughout the entire fray, impossible as it may seem, for George surely did look most attractive and quite the finest looking thing in skirts that had been in Princeton in many a day. He just had the straight front down cold. There was simply nothing to it. I mean there was a great deal to it. And all George would say that day was 'Fellers,' I don't want any money, all I want is a good time. Wlietlier he had a good time I don't know,- but I doubt it very much for T noticed he was with George Harrison most of the afternoon. VVell, George CSmithj 9

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Washingt0n's B irthday Ovation generation all right, all right. You know there is not much to Tom except his length. I think the farmer must have meant adders for Tom is one of our prize mathematicians, and can multiply very rapidly. I think Tom is one of the unluckiest men in college. The past three years and a half have been more or less of a lottery for him during which he has drawn many blanks. There are some things which are pretty hard to under- stand around this college, that is outside of the stunts the faculty perform. I have reference to a remark of which Walt. Clark is the author. He said the other day, I'rn tired of being Charlie Penrose's ideal, I wish he would get another one. just think of a man daring to say a thing like that. And it seems strange to me that Joe Vander- voort-I know joe was in one of his trances-should go up to the Registrar's office, as he did the other day, carrying a poker outfit with chips, cards, etc.,-but without much sense,-and asking if they would tell him how he came out in Biblical Literature. It is hard to understand why the faculty presented Mule Watlcins with a month, when he would much rather have had a copy of Three 'Weeksf' I wonder if it's true what I hear about George I-Iarrison's making his last will on the ire-escape the other night. I hear that Clayt Robbins bought a bag of makings yesterday. It doesn't seem possible, and, frankly, I can't believe it, but I'll warrant that Louis Cummings got wind of it in short order. If so, there's nothing left of it now. Louis Cum- mings gave an exhibition of cool nerve at a debutante's tea over in Brooklyn last Fall. Louis was invited to this coming out, I think it was, from four 'til seven, usual hours. Well, Louis the day before called up this young lady and asked if he might come a little late, and wear evening clothes. She said Yes , thinking I suppose that he was going to some dance later in the evening and wanted to get dressed then. It seems that this young lady had planned a dinner after the tea for a few of her special friends, and Louis naturally had not been invited. I-Ie had gotten wind of it, though, and was determined to try and ring in on it-hence the II