Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

Page 21 text:

I W czshingtonir Birthday Oration place. But Mun was unable to keep up the fast pace that the Irishman set for him, so they gave up that project and formed themselves into an International Fire Dept. O, they did very valuable work around this campus, ladies and gentlemen. They put out a great many fires in each dormi- tory, and where they couldn't find any they made one, and incidentally just escaped a big fire at the hands of Jack, the Cop. We appreciate the service they rendered and are glad they escaped the constables. Well, I have about come to the end of my ropes and in closing I Want to say, fellows, that I hope all these little stories I have told in good part will have been received in the spirit in which I have told them. I7

Page 20 text:

The N asskm Herald Taylor has a good head on him all right. He had a peach of a one on that night. I..et's have a look at the would be pol-iticians in this col- lege-Hammy Hamil and Tom Taliaferro, the man who spells his name one way and pronounces it another-little Tommy Taliaferro, called T. T. sometimes for short. These two students were Democrats. At least, they thought they were. To tell the truth, they didn't know much about it and they attempted to boom in this college last Fall Mr. Katzen- jammer for Governor. Tom Taliaferro did it principally to be contrary. VVell, they worked hard and we admired that anyway. I But it was such a hopeless task they started out on, and they were such a helpless pair for any such under- taking. It was a pitiful sight to see these two walking across the campus hand in hand trying to gather together some supporters. I think Sport Moore, Louis Kaplan, and a couple of waiters from the Nass finally joined their ranks. After a while they decided they would hold some sort of a meeting so they got together to dope out a big speech that Hammy would deliver at this gathering. Well, the meeting got started anyway. Hammy got up to speak with that smile of his on that won't come off, and said, Gentlemen, 'elect Mr. Katzenjammer to the Governorship of this State. He is a man for the people, with the people and against the public. If you elect him, he will do you good, better than you have ever been done before. I don't know what kind of a line of talk he thought he was handing out, but he got no further and both Hammy and Tom wisely decided to withdraw from politics for good. Talia- ferro went back at once to his favorite hobby, leading cotil- lions and running some sixteen competitions simultaneously for Asst. Business Manager of the Tiger. And Hamill went back to peddling chocolate and running a lunch room up at University Hall. Here's the bum politician sitting right behind me. Have a look at him. The night after the eXam's Mike Kelly' and Jorge Munoz joined forces at the Inn and formed the Irish American team, intending to enter a six day's race at the aforesaid 16

Page 22 text:

Class Cration THOMAS STREET CLARK. The purpose of academic training is two-fold. It aims to give the individual greater powers of understanding and appreciation. It aims to give society a more intelligent and a more efficient service. As we leave Princeton after four years of such training, we expect to live broader, deeper lives because of our academic experience. We expect to render society larger and more efficient service in our chosen field of activity. Naturally our activities will be along very different lines. Our manner of life, our acts and aims, now cease to be the same. And so in summing up the specific relation of our Princeton training to our future activity it is difficult to find a common ground. There-is one held of activity, however, which will demand the services of each and every one of us. A field to which our preparation here bears a definite relation. We are all of us to live under a government which de- pends for its stability and efficiency upon the services of its citizens. The character and action of popular govern- ment must rest in the last analysis upon the character and action of the individuals composing it. The political re- sponsibility of the citizen is direct and all important. Our governmental institutions are new and in the larger sense untried. They are constantly being put to the test by powerful antagonistic forces. Our state was founded upon principles more or less theoretical and apparently of limited application. Guided by these principles we have developed a complex civilization tremendous in its intricacy and extent. Are our institutions fitted to the demands of such a civiliza- tion? This is a question which this generation must an- swer. As we enter upon our political responsibility com- plex and powerful forces are theatening good government on 'every side. The tremendous power of organized wealth, protesting labor and social revolution, wide spread corruption, self seeking influence of all kinds, these are as dangerous foes as ever were foreign hostility and dis- 18