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Washington's Birthday Oration HENRY LESTER JONES. Ladies-I merely say ladies because they embrace the gentlemen, this being leap year, you know,-and members of the class of nineteen hundred and eight and one half. I am forced to make this latter distinction to include such illustrious members of the University as Mackinaw Bill Foster, Ernie Mecabe, the little Indian, Bones Fluhart and numerous others who at least belong to the class of 1908 in spirit if not in body. They are a crowd of reformers, if I may say so, who having realized the error of their ways, and having repented, have accepted the invitation from the faculty to spend an additional half year within the walls of this institution. And right here I want to say that those unfortunates who have come to me with hard luck tales such as, Mother and Louise are going to be here to-day and if you tell any- thing about me, what will they think ? -I want to say to these fellows that they are in wrong, and that mother and Louise are going to have their eyes opened to a few facts this morning. There's Dave Pyle for instance who has worried me to death lately, and lost considerable weight during the last month fearing that I would say something that would injure his great social prestige. Now to tell the truth I had no thought of mentioning Davels name. In the first place, I don't know of anything he's done that's Worth mentioning, and then I prefer to remain on earth and not monkey with any tin god. Ernie Mecabe is truly a remarkable personage, in fact, one of the seven most remarkable men that ever rode in a taxicab. He can do almost anything at allg he has been known to hold five aces at a time and to turn many dazzling air springs and never mov' a' di feet, gymnastically speaking. By his ambidexterity and clever manipulation of the Paste-boards, he has kept the money market of 5
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Class Appointments ' CHALMERS MARTIN IHAMILL. .......... .......... P resident EDWIN HANSON WEBSTER HARLAN ..... ....... V ive-President JAMES LEE :KAUFFMAN ............. ...................... S ecretary LOUIS ERWVIN BEALL ....... ............. M aster of Ceremonies LEWIS CASPAR WISTER ....... ..... A cting Master of Ceremonies AUSTIN GARDETTE NIAURY ...... .......,........... C lass Prophet ROBERT WRIGHT FORSYTH, IR. .... .......... C lass Historian ROY SARLES DURSTINE ......... ..... P resentation Orotor ALLISON ELLSWORTH STUART ..... .... ..........., I v y Orator THOMAS STREET CLARK ........ .................... C lass Orator THOMAS STREET CLARK .......... ..... C lass of I876 Prize Debater HENRY JACKSON VAN DYKE, HI .... ...................... C lass Poet HENRY LESTER JONES ................... X1VaShirIgtou's Birthday Orator Class Day Committee. E. H. NV. I-IARLAN L. E. BEALL I. A. BELL, IR. G. M. BROWN R. C. CLOTIIIER O. L. DAVIS, JR. R. S. DURSTINE E. C. FISH D. E. GENSLER L. B. GEORGE E. R. HALLIDAY I. B. MCCORMICIC R. PETERS, IR. W. I. PHILLIPS D. H. MCA. PYLE A. E. STUART T. S. TALIAFERRO R. E. THIBAUT W. T. WEST L. C. WISTER I. HAVRON, IR. Memorial Committee. F. LEAKE A. C. STUDER W. A. GILL M. T. PYNE, IR. L. C. WISTER Nassau Herald Committee. W. S. BERGLAND G. G. FLORY W. O. DAVEY L. B. GEORGE Class Ode Committee. G. S. LOOMIS D. H. MCA. PYLE R. W. XIVALLACE Album Committee. J. A. BELL, IR. E. R. I-IALLIDAY P. HARVEY n Cap and Gown Committee. C. D. CHAMPLIN O. L. DAVIS, IR. R. W. FORSYTH, IR.
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The N assaa H erald Princeton in almost constant fluctuation for several years. In this he has been well supported by Howard Taylor, sur- named '4Fish, and Chap Spencer, two well known crooks and bridge whist and poker entrepreneurs. Among this crew I would mention by all means, lest he be slighted, Ralph Haley who plays Bridge one night and poker the next and between the two he makes a living. To return to the Macabee, Ernest is also a decided fusser, and the girls will prove his downfall yet. In short he is wild about girls and has been growing wilder every year. For some time he has been collecting various kinds of talcum powder and perfumes. I-Ie is a trifle sensitive on this point but nevertheless an authority on all such matters. So now almost before he meets a fair damsel, with a few whiffs of the air he can tell just what perfume she is using. So if you see Ernest walking along at any time with his nose in the air, don't think for a minute that he is stuck up or proud: O, no, he is merely scenting the air and endeavoring to addto his knowledge of perfumery. I must tell a rather embarassing incident that he lived through, a decided faux ,bas to be sure, but one which he was not at all to blame for. It seems that Ernest was up at the St. Nicholas Rink skating with a couple of very nice ladies one afternoon, and accepted an invitation home to dinner with them. Of course-who wouldn't? In the course of the evening as he was about to take his departure he started to look for his skates and was feeling under the lounge for them. I-Ie couldn't seem to locate them, and one of the young ladies said Can't you find them ?,' All the time he was feeling around under the lounge, and said No, I've got hold of a leg. Why, a leg of the couch of course, but for some reason Ernest-seemed to be in wrong, and with a hasty good-night, left on the run. VVhen I-Iam Donovan came into these parts he was told that he would have to give up wine, women and song. Well, he's fooled them all for he never gave up anything but the song, and is still with the ship with bells on. So I-Iam did not play in half as hard luck as Emil Joy, who had to give 6
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