Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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Washington's Birthday Oration EDWARD ARTHUR O,HARA A RE R. PRESIDENT, CLASSMATES, AND IVR FRIENDS: 1 A It is the custom before giving this speech to explainrthat it is in no way an foration, W., merely an attempt to chronicle the under- graduate life with especial attention to those A little irregular incidents in the lives of the students, no mention of which appears in the Weekly letter home. I have been par- ticularly careful to verify each story and can assure you that only the truth will be told by me this morning. Although I have made no attempt to compile these stories in any logical order it seems but natural to open with an experience of Basset's. Noel, the social butterfly of 1911, was favoring a tea in Trenton with his presence. I-Ie was engaged in conversation with the daughter of the hostess, who was not considered a good-looker even in Trenton. I-Ie was approachedby the young lady's mother who inquired, Mr, Basset, will you have your tea with lemon P Ulf your daughter insists, returned Basset. Basset's closest rival for social distinction is Vlfalter Eaton. Walter has always been considered by -his classmates as a man of the highest ideals. But not until this Xmas vacation did he have an opportunity to demonstrate this fact. At a luncheon he was called upon to describe his ideal man. I-Ie gave a close and accurate description of himself, but his in- herent modesty prompted him to add that the man to be per- fect physically should be tvvo inches taller than himself. It is interesting to note en passant that George, alias Butch Root tops Walter by two scant inches. 5

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Class Appointments MAITLAND DWIGHT ........... WALTER RUSSELL SPARKS .... ANDREW PERRINE MONROE ..... JULIAN F. THOMPSON ....... HUGH CHAMBERLIN BURR .... LE ROY TQENT HOWE ........ NOEL BASSETT ............. LEMUEL SKIDMORE, JR .... FULCHER PERRY SMITH ....... EDWARD ARTHUR O,HARA ..... ..............................President .,. . . . .Vice-President ..............Secretary . . . .Master of Ceremonies ............Ivy Orator . . . . . .Class Historian . . . .Presentation Orator .................Class Prophet . ................ Class Day Orator Washingtoxfs Birthday Orator JOSIAH TOWNSEND WOODHULL ..... ..................... C lass Poet CLAUDE HANBURY COOKE ................., .Class of 1876 Prize Debate CLASS DAY COMMITTEE N. Basset-Chairman M. B. Angell R. E. Bard I. F. Bennett H. C. Burr H. G. Carlburg E. M. Clancy G. R. Conner L. T. Getty C. W. Handy A. Macgregor J. I. Marsh A. P. Monroe B. O-ber S. F. Raleigh M. K. Rankin H. Rowe D. M. Simons L. Skidmore, Ir. L. Stewart, Ir. J. F. Thompson NASSAU HERALD COMTMITTEE J. F. Bennett-Chairman H. C. Burr J. C. Kennedy A L. Stewart, Ir. CLASS MEMGRIAL COMMITTEE C. W. Handy-Chairman N. Bassett R. E. Bard H. G. Carlburg E. M. Clancy ' 1 CLASS ODE COMMITTEE I. F. Thompson-Chairman L. T. Getty L. Skidmore, Ir. CAP AND GOWN COMMITTEE S. F. Raleigh-Chairman' M. A. Lewis F. P. Smith CLASS ALBUM COMMITTEE L. Stewart, Ir.-Chairman I. S. Cooke R. R. Bumsted

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The N assaa Herald Since there may be some with us this morning who have not had an opportunity of realizing how potent a factor the editorial page of the Daily Princetonian has become in the conduct of affairs here at Princeton, I will read this editorial from the trenchant pen of Tod Woodhull, and you may judge for yourself. Quietly and without cant the members of the Senior Council have taken a step that will materially enhance the appear- ance of the campus. They have decided to cut off their mustaches. Oh ye men of the Senior Council, how funny will ye look without your mustaches! Although this action will doubtless cause no little inconvenience to the members of the Senior Council, who, acting in loco parentis, have been ac- customed to wear mustaches, they have unseliishly subservi- ated their own desires to the good of the University. The Senior Council is to be congratulated. Every fairminded stu- dent fand who is so base as to refuse honor where honor is duej must feel a thrill of pride in this most recent act of the Council. Another man equally in the public eye is Bert Wangler. During the time when newspaper discussion was rife as to Dr. Wilson's successor as President of the University, I met Bert on the campus and he said to me: Do you know I wish someone would nominate me for that office. ' But why? I said. Well, he answered, It's the only one I haven't run for. A fact that is not generally known, is that shortly before the championship games last spring a little dissention broke out among the members of the baseball team. Coach Meyer, quick to perceive the impending trouble, called his men to- gether and closed his remarks to them with, Fellows, in order to win these games we must have har- mony on this team. I At this juncture Hook White broke up the meeting with the query, Who to hell is this fellow harmony ? Speaking of harmony immediately brings to mind John 6