Riverview Military Academy - Orbit Yearbook (Poughkeepsie, NY)

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he Qcophecg In 1978 there was discovered in the extensive and well chosen library of Mr. Bricker Brack, the little volume which is here reprinted. It seems to be the only one extant of an edition of thirty numbered copies, and is remarkable as the early history of a now famous group of Riverview students. It is bound in maroon and gold: the brilliant illustrations are excellent types of the much discussed symbolic school and are easily recognized as the works of the gifted West-Persian, but the name of the author, probably from modesty, has remained un- known. It seems to be an accurate account of those well-known men and may it ever be a polestar to the succeeding class-1909-which is now painfully struggling for entity on a sea of absurdity. I ,PI'l'l'I Book or 1908 On the thirteenth anniversary of the graduation of the class of 1908, it was suggested that a short account of the deeds and lives of its members should be recorded, this little vol- ume being the fruit of that suggestion. The achievements of the gentlemen here eulogized are so well known and are spread so thick upon the pages of history, that it is hoped that these abbreviated accounts will be welcomed as a relief' from weighty tomes and eighteen- volumed editions. It is planned to distribute one volume to each member, the rest to be given to Slltfll members of the old class of 1909-'10, who helped to make the year of 1907-'08 an extraordinarily successful one at Riverview, H menu I'Ill'l' IIILLER - ' WVhen Mr. Hiller left school he joined a theatrical troop, in which he played the part my in Richard III. Rendering such effective work here, he was soon Pl'0Nl0'f0fl to the Puri Of the Bull Fight in Carmen. He then went into vaudeville where he gave most excellent imitations of a forced laughg for a while he disappeared, but a rumor which began to spread, hinting that he was entangled in a telephone wire, was contradicted by his appearance in the comedy, Lobster at la Martinique. The enraptured female por- of Riclnnond's ar I2

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tion of his audience insured his success. He startled all New York as a dandy of the first water, and for years the Bert Hillv was the the only fashionable footwear. Subsequently he a i neared as Puck,' in A Midsummer Ni ht,s Dream ,' and as Genee', i W ' o e a n ie Kissf' Besides being an actor, Mr. Hiller is a poet of no mean ability and his original ballad The Dames Pve Lovedn is renowned from 1j0ll0'llli0C'DSl0 to New Orleans. 3 3 11 Lawn ENC 14: F 1-:kms Mr. Ferris made his first success several years after he left college with his painting, Smoke and Ashes, thus bringing himself immediately before the public. It was l1ailed by all as the strongest farce of the century. Next came The Rnd and Olive and Cherry and finally came that painture that has caused universal discussion, Young Irelandf, His studio is the Mecca of all artists, and he is the recognized leader of the Decadent School. Of late, he has turned to sculpture, and although his bust of Gen. Sherman was somewhat weak, his later work is highly praised. At times he puts on a demon mask to frighten oft' critics, hut those who know him best claim he is exceedingly sociable, and he is called most fittingly King of Rohemiaf' Glcousis PITCHER After two years of silence, it was announced that finally the experiment of grafting a Jest on an Assemblage, thus producing a Pained Look, was performed by Mr. Pitcher. He was at once elected honorary president of seventeen scientific societies, and when, a year later, he produced a Cold Room by boiling a Pair of Socks, he was hailed as a second Newton. He is a charming man, and his wife loves him dearly. His favorite occupation is planting cahbages. He lives at. Red Hook, and can be seen going to the well each morning, not yet having completed his ninety-ninth time. PAUL ROSENFI-:LD After Mr. Rosenfeld was graduated from the Columbia Law School fwhere he had been the original literary delightj he became the attorney for one of Brooklyn's largest breweries. 13