Springfield College - Massasoit Yearbook (Springfield, MA)

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The MASSASOIT 29 Within the first term it was discovered that one of the banks at Newark, N. J., was in a bad condition, and Ketchum considered it his duty to return and put the institution back upon its feet. Then it appeared that Lillian Russell could not manage her country estate alone and so Schaffrath returned in post haste to look after the starving chickens and wandering sheep. Now, Saphore was not quite sure that he was not called to hypnotize people into buying books on the seven mysteries of the earth, and so he hied himself away. A few others also decided that without them in the center of the world’s activities things would go to smash, and so they betook themselves to the needy places. This may sound as though we were “petering out”; such, however, is not the case. Naughty Five immediately “got busy” ; we entered into all the school activities, and held our own in all branches of the life at T. S. Some of the men even ventured to stray from their own fireside, and to try the sofas in different homes, in and around Springfield. Why, even to this day, I believe Botsford remem- bers sleeping on three chairs in the Gym, waiting for Rick to bring back the door key. Then some of the fellows also became acquainted with the clear waters of the Massasoit in a rather sudden manner, when the canoes turned turtle. Zipp found things pretty strenuous at first, but after he had grown accustomed to being away from the “fair lady of Hartford,” he bright- ened up a hit and has run a good race. Doyle made a fine man, for a noble Senior of ’03 to work for half the expense of a carriage, when he wished to bring a couple of his lad} - friends to an “open night.” Caskey and Robertson were the “tin-horn disturbers” our first year, and they cer- tainly kept things moving. No history of our Junior year would be complete which did not men- tion the famous flag fight, in which the orange and black of Naughty Four was torn from the top of the school flagpole and divided among the mem- bers of Naughty Five. We postponed the organization of our class until the last of October, when we elected Werner president, Caskey vice-president, and Zipp treas- urer and secretary. These were men of sterling worth and guided our class through its first year in a masterly fashion. After much discussion, we chose for our colors light blue and navy blue. Appropriate colors they are, for Naughty Five has always shown itself “true blue.”

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“Senior Class History C II REE years have come and gone. The Class of 1905 has experi- enced the tremblings of the Junior, the swelled head of the Mid- dler, and the quiet, peaceful supremacy and dignity of the Senior. 1 ' liree years filled with joys, victory and success; with just enough trouble and defeats scattered in to make us appreciate the smiles of Dame Fortune. We came to Springfield thirty strong, stalwart youths, representing fifteen states and provinces, and three countries. There was Davis from old irginia ; Cousins and Maxwell, two bluenoses, from the barren shores of Nova Scotia; from the city which made Pabst beer famous came Steiner arid Werner, and a little later from Sunny Italy came Franchini, who, though he stayed with us only a short time, won his way into all our hearts, and when he could no longer endure the climate of this country, took back with him our love and esteem. Since then he has been called to his Eternal Home, and we feel that we have lost a friend and brother, as well as a true classmate.

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30 The MASSASOIT Middlkk Ykar We started our Middler year by buying hats at least two sizes larger, and they were a necessity, for we immediateh began to “do things.” No longer were we the trembling Juniors, hut the self-confident and self- asserting Middlers. We found our studies easier to master and so looked for new fields to conquer. It was right here that the chief characteristic of Naughty l ' ive began to show itself ; a characteristic which has followed it through the last two years at T. S. with ever increasing force, and has ever asserted itself with more and more power. The desire to know people (particularly the ladies) has caused Naughty Five to be known as the society class of T. S. It was in our Middler year that ( lilman began to attend Hope Church, and a short time ago we heard him remark, l wish 1 had gone there in the first place, and not wasted m Junior year. At this time it was also noticed that Cousins began to take great interest in the ‘‘West Side” ; and while then he did not do as he now does, — wait until the last car, — he was very attentive. We must not fail to mention the additions to our number at the beginning of this year. Two men from the “wild and woolly region,” lUirckhalter and Lowman, also known as Buck and Guy. Bill Nigh came from Ohio and joined our aggregation, and in the spring Cornell sent her old favorite, Tar” Young, to swell the number of our illustrious class. All was not gain, however. Werner decided that he could no longer stay awav from Milwaukee and we had to bid him good-by. We also lost Me Roberts, a good fellow and a high jumper. We still think of them as members of Naughty Five, though they have not been with us these last two vears. Neither did “Subcutanious Smith return. We understand he attempted to run a Gym exhibition at Northampton, but forgot the way to the building. Rov now began to manifest quite an interest in Mount Holyoke, and for a while we thought it was “all Day” with him; now it looks as though it was “all night.” Martin, our “Wiking” from Norway, showed much attention in the direction of the Wilbraham Road, nevertheless we consider him safe at present. Many were the scrapes in which the men of Naughty Five were tied up this year. First, came the care of the “Wandering Boy,” while the