Princeton University - Nassau Herald Yearbook (Princeton, NJ)

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The N assau H erald Clint had been indulging in gen'man's tea when a strange whim seized him in Chestnut street to dispense with the convention- ality of modern dress. The policeman after having followed Clint two blocks collecting his cast-off garments conducted Clint to the station-house. The papers next day in comment- ing on Clint's disrobing act referred to it as a very clever take-off. Until this morning I had fully intended to relate those very romantic events which culminated in the recent announcement of Iohny De Ford's engagement. But I received a telegram a few hours ago and asiit has spoiled my story I feel that I am justified in reading it to you. The telegram reads: Make no mention of my love affair. Although I have her promise, am not sure I can hold her to itf' I have decided to reserve the mention of Jimmy Dwight's name until last, thinking he might appreciate the novelty, for during his four years here he has always come first both on the athletic field and in the councils of the class, But the high hurdles he clears on the cinder track are as nothing com- pared to the obstacles he has to overcome on the path to knowl- edge. How he ever gets away with it is more than we can understand, but the fact that he does makes us confident that we will all receive our diplomas in June. 8

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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

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Ivy Oration HUGH CHAMBERLIN BURR. ELLOW 'CLASSMATES AND favs 5 FRIENDS: We are met here to perform a simple ceremony, but one of the deepest signifi- cance. Each year a class plants its Ivy in E 2:-.E the protecting shelter of' Old North, and fe goes its way, and, in this silent act, pays f .:-:-2Y11?..f- igfhtn the highest tribute to its Alma Mater, for ig ? as this custom, old yet ever new, adds each year a new sprig to the Ivy that covers these venerable walls, so each succeeding class E-Emi C9 brings its love and loyalty to augment that ' of Princeton's many sons. In itself this tiny plant is nothing, but symbolically it is our class, its past, its present, its future. To-day this cutting begins a new era in its life for, having passed through the period of its growth during which it was the object of fostering care, it is transplanted and hereafter must iight its own iight for existence. To-morrow we will be formally graduated from this institutiong transplanted, so to speak, into the garden of the world. The culmination of the happy years of our youth will have been reachedg and we will leave these halls, which we entered as irresponsible boys, responsible men, ready to take our place in life. This entrance into the world we have been awaiting eagerly and with varying emotions: to most of us it has seemed like a passing out from the land of things as we know them into a countryiwhose laws are entirely new to us. The separation of the two worlds, the academic and the actual, has been em- phasized to us repeatedly, but is-it natural, is it possible that such a difference should exist between two phases of life .ES F I ..-able - -3'- l ll ' Q32 il 1? ' - -- -,- .fs-E -E g 5 ,.E........ -if ss: :E . 'TF' E- ' E5 525555 izglzi 352125 ' 555:52 -225 5 'EE-3 - ' . 9