Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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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

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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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Washingtorfs Birthday Oration Drummond whose silver tones have so often told us of the sad fate of Casey Jones and the subsequent marriage of his widow. During the recent southern trip of the glee club one of the Atlanta papers had this to say of the coming concert: Atlanta theatre-goers, who are to attend the concert to be given by the Princeton Glee Club to-night, will recall John Drummond who visited this city a few years ago supporting Richard Carle in the 'Mayor of Tokio' . Few, however, who attended the concert were able to distinguish John from the twenty others who had helped carry the Mayor onto the stage. The confusion in schedule which brought about the undoing of Casey jones, was scarcely more serious than that caused by the Faculty's recent decision to start classes a half hour earlier. The most notable suiferer was Foots Gallagher who was a half hour late to everything but meals. In order to reach classes on time he worked out a system which he says foils the Faculty's intentions. Yet it was simple. He merely put his watch back half an hour. Phil Lewis asked that his name might be included in this speech and so I have decided to tell this story on him. Last fall Phil entertained in his room each Saturday after football games, and when such men as Bruce Payne, Phil Krauthoff, and Butch Root seemed to take such delight in Phil's teas, it began to look as though Doc Arnold had not preached here in vain. But it was not until the final one, on the day of the Yale game, that an incident happened which was taken by many as an explanation. The fellows' cups had been refilled several times and they were all congratulating Phil on the excellence of his tea. Une of the girls had expressed a desire for another cup. George Johnson had just entered with a tray on which were three steaming cups. The young lady made a polite grab for one of them. George backed off, visibly disturbed. Excuse me, lady , said he, this is the gen'man's tea. Now that I have ventured into this subject, distasteful as it is to me, I feel that I must relate an escapade of Clint Winant's which took place in Philadelphia Sophomore year. 7