Shattuck School - Shad Yearbook (Faribault, MN)

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THE SHAD First fund for the foundation of scholarship given by Mr. F. A. Theopold of Faribault. Mrs. H. D. Huntington, the former Mrs. Shumway, died, leaving Shattuck iB172,000. Flag Company: G. Bronson. Pk at ek 1885 . . . Membership of the Squad increased to sixteen, the present number. Says the Cadet : f'The rest, where the squad forms in a circle and sits on each other's knee, provoked much laughterf Added a heavy gray cover to the paper. School carried 3,350,000 insurance. Flag Com- pany: C -E. A. Lina. f Dk Pk Pk 1886 . . . Shattuck defeated the University of Minnesota 22-8 in football. The Cadet was pub- lished at the Democrat office in Faribault. Charles Henry Whipple, son of Charles H. Whipple '69, enters Shattuck, to become the first son of a father who had previously been graduated from Shattuck to enter the school. Average age of boy in Shattuck, 16.11. Flag Company: R. Peyton. :sf ak bk 1887 . . . No Crack Squad. The flag company took its place. After the presentation of the Hag, the company went through a short exhibition drill in manual. Tuition increased from S350 to 8400. Old School moved to southwest corner of the campus. We call this building The Lodge because of the suggestion of Dr. George C. Tanner that it be called The Lodge in view of Cowper's verse, A'Oh, for a lodge among the trees. Flag Company: D -C. P. Stembel. ek wk bk 1888 . . . Morgan Hall, donated by Mr. Junius Spencer Morgan, of London, England, and grandfather of the present banker, Mr. James Pierpont Morgan, was constructed. It was built at a cost of 850,000 December 16.-Crack Squad revived. Twelve cadets drilled by Senior Captain E. S. Bower '89. No commands were given from the beginning to the end, except the change warning hep by the commanding oflicer. Returned to the gray cover for the Cadet. Price: 8.75. Added another page of Mads. Flag Company: C -C. B. Parkin. Def Pk wk 1889 . . . Smyser Memorial Hall, donated by Mesdames Smyser and Swett of Glyndon, Minn., was finished. Outweighed by an average of twelve pounds per person, the Shattuck football team defeated the University of Minnesota football team 28-8, thus becoming Champions of the Northwest. Charles Cotton '90 brings midshipman cut of blouse and white trousers to the Crack Squad from the Naval Academy, which he attended before entering Shattuck. Flag Company: UC -O. Metcalf. PF nk :sf 1890 . . . July 16.-Mrs. Whipple died. The start of a decade in which Shattuck coaches played on Shattuck football teams. Name of paper changed back to The Shattuck Cadet. Profits from the Cadet pays for the Senior Class Hop with a balance of enough to pay for most of the Senior Class pins that year. Charles W. Newhall, present headmaster, is graduated. Enrollment: 209 cadets: l6 faculty members. Flag Company: C --J. S. Smyser. if Dk Pk 1891 . . . Purchased by subscription at a cost of Sl,575, the clock was installed in the Shumway tower. The clock was built by the E. Howard Watch 'KS Clock Co., of Boston, Mass. The 1,000 pound clock, made of brass and steel, has the Gravity Escapement movement. The pendulum is ten feet long, and weighs three hundred pounds. The clock has three weight chains, one for the clock, one for the hour bells, and one for the chiming bells. The first weighs 300 pounds, the THIRTEEN

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THE SHAD La Crosse, Wis. The issue contained only one advertisement. The first serial ran from December to February. Seven ads appeared in the December issue. January.-The sizeof the paper was doubled. June.-The paper contained sixteen pages with a four-page supplement. Cornerstone laid for Shumway Hall. Completed that fall. Mr. Whitney, with the help of H. R. Kelsey '77, built the first iceboat in Minnesota. The cadets frequently rode ice cakes down the river. ak wk ak 1878 . . . Mr. Charles C. Camp, brother of the redoubtable Walter Camp, came to Shattuck. This was just two years after the first recorded football game between Princeton and Rutgers. The start of a long unbroken succession of Shattuck football teams. Spring.-First Shattuck drum corps organized. School orchestra started, Alumni Association founded. Mr. Whitney '71, the original president, served in that capacity until his death in 1926. :sf Pk vs 1879 . . . The Shattuck Cadet made into a class affair rather than a private enterprise. Charles E. Gould '79, Herbert W. Large '79, Linn K. Graves '80, comprised the board of editors. Eight issues of the paper. The June number was turned over to the class following. The campus was Hooded for a skating rink. Bobsledding from the top of the hill at what is now No. 2 green fthe high hill east of the schooll, across the campus, down past the brewery. ak be fo: 1880 . . . Flag Company: HC -C. A. Betcher. The Manney Armory was built. The first floor contained oflices and a well-equipped gymnasium, as well as a bowling alley. The second floor was the drill hall. C. A. Betcher, B, B. Sheffield, and George C. Slorer, editors of the paper, which they changed into a four page folio with three, instead of two columns to the page. Paper was printed by the pupils of the State School for the Deaf. Start of Washington's birthday parades, :cf :sf bk 1881 . . . Tennis started at Shattuck. The boys would Hx up their own courts, These were considered as their own private property. Fall.-First Military Band organized by Charles Lufkin '84-. Flag Company: B -J. W. Greene. ak if va 1882 . . . The first appearance of the far-famed fancy drill squad was as Act six, Part two, of the Shattuck Minstrel Show of 1882. The act was mentioned as being one of the most attrac- tive features of the program. The start of Crack Squads at Shattuck. The idea was originated by either Selah Tomkins '83, C. D. Lufkin '84, or A. P. Goss ex '84. Fall.-First track meet held. Flag Company: A -R. J. Pye, ak ak X 1883 . . . St. Mary's Hall moved to its position on the east bluff of the river. Fancy drill given by squads from A and C Companies. Crack Squad idea continued. Commencement.-Nine men chosen, three from each company, to drill for the Com- mandant's medal, as best drilled private in the battalion. First time the name Crack Squad was used. Flag Company: A -A. P. Goss. X Pk wk 1884 . . . February 15.--Exhibition drill by the fancy squad under Captain Lufkin to music. Silent drills were exceptionally fine. May.- The squad consists of the twelve best drillers in the corps. Commencement.-Drill as usual. Class of 1884, under Charles E. Purdy '85, as managing editor, made the paper eight pages, two of which contained Mads. Three members, under-formers, were selected, making the paper a school affair. TWELVE

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THE SHAD second, 900 pounds, and the third, 1,500 pounds. The clock has joints which allow the hands to shake in heavy wind without injuring the mechanism itself. The only time St. Mary's was mentioned in a special order. March 20, 1891. Order No. 7-1 1-44. Hereafter no non-uniform badges will be permitted to be worn, with the exception of the Senior Class pins. CThis does not include the Senior Class pins of St. Mary's Hallj. By Order. Flag Company: HB -J. D. Cole. 11- 4- -o: 1892 . . . June 10.-The Shattuck nine played the University of Minnesota. although the Shads had had no practice for a week. Up to the fifth inning, Shattuck was ahead with the score of 4-2. Because of five errors, the University made live runs this inning. The game was called in the eighth with the score 10-7 in favor of Minnesota. Flag Company: A -D. A. Rogers. lk Pk IF 1893 . . . Editorials appear in the Cadet in favor of a yearbook, but no action was taken. A page similar to our senior statistics, however, appeared in the last issue of every Cadet, June 3-Shattuck defeated St. Thomas by a score of 5-3. Up to the sixth inning, St. Thomas had the only score, but in that inning, Shattuck scored four runs. Although St. Thomas made two runs in the seventh, Shattuck retaliated with one in the ninth. The game ended with that score. Shattuck had snatched the pennant from the Northwest Champions. C. W. New- hall returns to Shattuck as instructor in mathematics. Flag Company: A --F. C. Bancroft. -if 4- 4- - 1894 . . . Manney Armory burned. Average weight of football team little short of 200 pounds. As a memorial to Professor F.. W. Whipple, a set of memorial chimes was erected by his friends and pupils at a cost of Sl,200. The peal, still in use in the clock tower, consists of four bells, weighing 350, 450, 700, and 1,000 pounds respectively. Flag Company: UC --E. T. Swobe. Crack Squad makes first trip outside of Faribault. lk lk if 1895 . . . First Old Shads' drill at Commencement. Captain Orlando Metcalf, Jr., '89, drilled the company made up of doctors, lawyers, business men, ministers. and graduates of every occu- pation. The drill was excellent despite the years that had elapsed since the graduates had last shouldered their rifles. Crack Squad Drill at Commencement. Flag Company: A -J. C. Fulton. Elf Pk if 1896 . . . Cadet cut down in size. Made more of a literary magazine. St. Mary's Column added to it. A new type of Army rifle was introduced into the school. It was the Krag-Jorgenson rifle. The manual of arms was modified to something like its present form. Carry arms and the old type of right shoulder arms and rifle salute were abolished, although they are still retained in the drill of the Crack Squad. January.--The Mermaid Club, the first dramatic club at Shattuck. was started. No Crack Squad this year. Flag Company: C -Ci. R. Wright. 4- we if 1897 . . . Shads defeat Carleton 10-6 in football. The reason why HA and C Companies were the flag Companies in these years, is that for Competitive Drill at Commencement, A and HB Companies, and C and HD Companies united to form into two companies for drill. Flag Company: A -Don Stevens. X at :of 1898 . . . Flag Company: B -H. C. Merriam. elf lk PF 1899 . . . Shattuck beats the University of Minnesota football team 5-0 in a return game held at Shattuck. Flag Company: C -L. E. Daugherty. PF Plf llf 1900 . . . The Athletic Association was organized. Mr. Bermingham was elected the president, and Mr. Seamen, treasurer. Flag Company: UA -H. D. Fellows. IOURTEEN