Rutgers University - Scarlet Letter Yearbook (Newark, NJ)

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memory of a devoted friend, a true scholar aud an unselfish man, lingers with us as a monument to his life and a talisman to Ninety-Une for imita- tion and emulation. The Junior exhibition last year saw eight representatives of the class- engaged in generous rivalry. For fertility and felicity of expression, we pride ourselves that Ninety-One's Junior orators excelled their predecessors and held the motto of Ninety-One well to the fore. Another year in the chronicles. Senior year the dignity of the college, we feel, rests upon our shoulders. as the weight of the World upon the famed Atlas. The President of the college soon left for Amherst, and simultaneously we were left in Elysium. The duties of the Presidency were assumed by a professor whom we all respected.. l-le trusted us unconditionally, and we kept faith with him- Everything went along without friction: no disturbances arose, and college authorities learned that it always pays to trust men. The election of anew president seemed to reflect the choice of the whole college, and the demon- strations attending the serenade given in honor of President-elect Scott were spontaneous and sincere. Already inaugurated, the college looks to him as the Moses who is to lead her from the wilderness, looks to him, the heir to a royal kingdom. june 17, ISQI, the class of Ninety-One will have graduated from the ivy-bedecked walls of Rutgers. On that day, with approving smiles of handsome undergraduates and pretty girls, a class will leave the environ- ment of college circles for the limitless arena of world action. Wlhat have we done, what have we accomplished, might be better interrogatively answered by asking what have we not done? No department of college life has been free from the invading tracks of Ninety-One. In field athletics we have two college records. On the Glee Club we have had from our entrance a larger representation than any other class. In base-ball our class team has never been beaten, and the 'Varsity team has been little less than a Ninety-One team. ln foot-ball the most reliable players and the sturdiest kickers fwith the feetj have been Ninety-One men. From the beginning of our college days college athletics have advanced, the power behind the moving column has been Ninety-One. The past history of the class shows haps and mishaps. The glory of Ninety-One has been due to the concerted action of all. Her future glory will be the glory of her individual members. Entering college with fifty- four men, we graduate with forty-one-a larger percentage than any of recent years. If this signifies determination, if this signifies purpose, let the- 28

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the brightest students. The silent minority with the questions chuckled with intense satisfaction. The great majority hurled anathemas long and loud at Noah Porter, who, fortunately, could not hear them. Roman law was one of those you know and you don't know sub- jects, which kept the whole junior classical section on the anxious seat until the marks were sent in, and thus the anxiety of many was increased. Although the fill Pl'I'50l1tZTIIl!Z was taken up, the classicals never learned that they had any rights. Roman law did not say that it was right to be S716 rofzzz'z'z'z'01zc in the subject. Yet many were put in that condition. 'XVe must understand that our classic boys from B to XV gave large attention to the subject. Their daily routine was about in this wise: Six hours in sleep, in laws grave study six, Four spend in prayer. the rest on Nature fix. XVhat grim pleasure it was in the year 1889 to have our foot-ball team defeat '9O. The maroon and gray changed their colors to an ugly red in honor of the liquid jersey mud which they drank in on that day. Sturdy men of Ninety-ofiie, your foot-ball players are the champions-champions of skill and strength, of honest athletics and strong endurance. For this the junior class claimed the right to blow the Kazoo. In honor of YQOYS past prestige, zfzzff, vale, wzle!-to VQIYS superiority, hail, hail, hail! Of all the enjoyable studies of the college curriculum, Astronomy was the class favorite. The only member of the class who knew anything about the subject was Chauncey Depew's protege, and he asked too many ques- tions to suit U Bennie. The visitation to the observatory, the meteorites of Roman candles, the lasso hunter and the grand serenade, render a certain February night one never to be forgotten. A Hrm resolution exists in Bennie's breast never again to open the observatory until he can dis- tinguish rockets from shooting stars, and red fire from the aurora borealis. The recording of the shock of the Hell Gate explosion a full half hour before it occurred, confirms the belief that Bennie always knew when a disturbance was brewing. The social side of Ninety-One was displayed in the Junior Promenade given by the class. The first class to hold a midwinter hop, we have made it a fixture in college life, both as to time and occurrence. The Promenade proved that our junior class had long before made its social e1zz'1'ee, and the numerous friends present attested the popularity of social Ninety-One. In the winter term of the junior year a pall fell upon our body. Death-the disturbing force of human plans--claimed Richard Jones Geisinger. The 27

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same determination and purpose impel us, men of Ninety-One in ourlife-Work. Let our labor be to unify each for himself opposing forces within himself. Harmonious action comes through acquaintance with conflict. Conflict we t it be our individual object and result, our aim and purpose. 'With hope for the future, with regard for the past, Ninety-One bids farewell to Alma Mater: have had. Harmony is now ours. Le 'KFarewell! If ever fondest prayer For others' weal availed on high, Mine will not all be lost in air, But waft thy name beyond the sky. HISTORIAN. AS f jf Gu, hs f I Z f Q 2 Lg, 'i . Eg A .s 1 , . 29