University of Michigan - Michiganensian Yearbook (Ann Arbor, MI)

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could take exception to them. But the Smoker in general went under the ban of the Faculty, and ' 03 Smokers, like the rest, passed into history. Naughty-Three held the last Smoker ever perpetrated. In our third year several of our classmen entered the field of S. L. A. politics. John Robinson was prevailed upon to make the run for President. As usual Robbie had the united support of his class and, in fact, of the whole Literary Department in this election. But he had strong opposition in the Law Department, and the Medical electors were an unknown quantity. The Robinson ticket won out, however, by securing 10 of the 19 electoral votes. Soon after this occurred the annual contest for MICHIGANENSIAN editorial positions. Those who were on the inside during these two campaigns know that no city or ward politics were ever more strenuous. Verily, the University of Michigan has some courses to offer which are not in the catalog, and which are withal quite as practical. The Class of 1903 has had a goodly number of men besides those already mentioned who have come into ' Varsity prominence. Herrnstein and Sweeley were for several years two of the very best men on the ' Varsity Football squad. Hernie, with his phenom- enal runs, was always a favorite with the men on the bleachers; and no one who saw that magnificent punt, the last and best he ever made, will ever forget Sweeley ' s wonderful leg. In baseball 1903 claims as her own, Jerry Utley, who has twice captained the ' Varsity team. Cutting has also done good work on the ' Varsity team for 1903. Our class had a championship Tennis-player for three years in Danforth, while Wherry was a close second. It speaks pretty well for Michigan tennis and for 1903, when the finals in singles at the ' ' Western Intercollegiate ' ' have to be played off by two Michigan men. McNeil also won honors for the class in this line. In the management of Athletics 1903 has had an unusual amount of talent Danforth for Track, Potter for Baseball, and Ralston and Mason for Interscholastic, while Lloyd has held the position of Financial Secretary of the Athletic Association. Upon the Board of Control we have had Herrnstein, Robinson and Wherry at various times. MacAfee has been a very efficient leader in ' Varsit}- yells. Robbie Robinson, Captain of this year ' s ' Varsity Track Team, has won many honors for 1903, as also did Herrnstein on the Championship ' Varsity Track Team of 1901 . Our class has been well represented upon the University Musical Clubs. Among these makers of glad noises were Macduff, Stevens, Ralston, Stuart, Morton, Jampolis, Ferguson and Lloyd. In this, our last college year there occurred a very spirited contest for the class offices, in which well-known politicians were much in evidence. Two full tickets were in the field, with one candidate running independently for Orator. For this office there was no choice on the first ballot, thus necessitating a special election. Max Finkelstein finally won. The utmost good feeling prevailed, however, upon all sides, and the campaign, upon the whole, was a benefit to the class. People took an interest in class affairs and thus became acquainted as they never had before. This election had the effect of bringing out the largest class meeting ever held in the history of the University. 9

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degenerating from year to year, the classes were showing less and less interest in it, and it had in fact little excuse for existing. An effectual quietus was now put upon it forever. By our Sophomore year there were those who thought they had learned the ropes pretty well, and as a consequence we had a very wily bunch of politicians. Such old familiar names as Ed Pinney, our Sophomore President, Shorty (R. C.) O ' Brien, Charles Gates, Bruce Broad, sweet- throated Bob. Parker, Joe Ferguson, and bellows-lunged Pat De Wolf come to our minds to conjure up fond memories of by-gone college days. The strange thing about it all, however, is that not one of these men is now left with us to tell the tale. They have all either dropped by the wayside entirely, or have been out of college a Semester or two and dropped back into the Class of 1904. Another name of this period of our history is that of Charlie Haslam, the very promising track athlete, who unfortunately left college after his second year. It was as Sophomores that we won the ' Varsity championship in Basketball. Miss Harriet Thompson captained the team that year, as she did during all four years. Miss McNerney has also played her four years with us as guard. In the Spring of that year the attempt of the Freshmen class to take possession of a hall which we had rented for a Smoker resulted in the famous hair-cutting scrap between the Freshmen and Sophomore classes. The fight went merrily on for several weeks before Spring vacation. Professors and students would be surprised and amused in classes every morning to see newly-clipped heads appear, some of which were very queerly shaped when naked for inspection. But the end was sure to come. A little unpleasantness occurred, and a little pressure from the Faculty resulted in both classes holding meetings and agreeing to eschew the tonsorial business forever. It was very gratifying to the Class of 1903, however, to realize in this event that the final score of heads cut stood 29 to 17 in our favor. Our Junior year was an ' ' era of good feeling ' ' in politics. This does not imply that there was any bad feeling other years, but this year, at least, there was a unanimity, lacking at other times. John Robinson, who had won fame as a shot-putter and hurdler, was elected Class President without opposition. In athletics this was perhaps our most successful year. We won the Inter-Class Indoor Meet after a very exciting contest. The score stood very close between our class and the 1904 Laws, up to the time of the very last event, when Douglas Macduff broke the tie by winning the pole vault, the final score standing 21 for 1903, to 20 for the Freshmen Laws. Our Relay Team, consisting of Herrnstein, Sweeley, Crumpacker, Maclntyre and Dilloway, also won the championship this year, as it had the year previous with the help of Charlie Haslam. In the line of amusements and class gatherings ' ' Naughty-Three ' ' was always strong. During our Junior year we held several very successful socials, and also enthu- siastically took up the class Smoker idea lately introduced. Our Smokers were jolly affairs in which conviviality and good-fellowship were the key-notes, and no one

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During our Senior year ' ' 1903 ' ' had a marked revival in class spirit and class loyalty. Socials, banquets, athletic teams, and all class affairs have received enthusiastic support from the rank and file of the students. In place of the tabooed Smoker we held this year a series of Banquets at Willet ' s White House (Oyster Bay). These were stag affairs, and our first one, held in March, was perhaps the greatest gathering 1903 ever had. With a vim and spirit never before equaled, toasts, speeches, and songs were given, interspersed with the old yell: Rah Reel Rah Ree! Michigan, Michigan, Naughty-Three. It was at this meeting that the custom of having a bench on the Campus exclusively for Seniors, to be passed on to succeeding classes, was inaugurated. Just as the old clock in the Library Tower was striking for midnight, the Banqueters arrived on the Campus and dedicated the Bench under Tappan Oak with more speeches, songs, and yells. The bench is a meeting place for Seniors at all times of the day or night. It is already proving very popular and bids fair to become a tradition at Michigan. No history of the Class of 1903 can be wholly a chronicle of politics, athletics, and student escapades. There is a great deal under the surface that cannot be written. There is the midnight oil, the aching brain, and the heavy eye, for 1903 has many good students, not to say scholars, and all of us study at times. Without any purpose to make invidious comparisons, out of a host that might be taken, a few at least deserve honorable mention for scholastic attainments. The literary spirit has not been lacking in the Class of 1903. Richard Ray Kirk has been called our poet-laureate. He has been connected with the Wrinkle and Inlander during his entire college career, having spent one year in the managing editorship of each. Miss Lillian K. Sabine was for three years the lone woman ' s editor upon the staff of the U. of M. Daily. Earle I. Houston has been managing editor of the Daily during his Senior year, while other of our classmen have been honorably connected at various times with this publication. Mr. Roy Sellers stands out as perhaps the foremost philosopher of the class, having been President of the Philosophical Society this year. James H. Russell has been in very close touch with the Faculty during his three years ' residence at the University, and is now doing special work in the American History Department. Edward Sonnenschein, who was for three years a member of the Class of 1903, has represented Michigan upon winning debating teams against Chicago, Minnesota, and Wisconsin Universities. And these are only a few of the many who have brought honor to the Class of 1903. Our class graduates at an epoch-making period in the history of the Engineering Department, for it will be remembered that 1903 is the last class in which the Engineering and Literary students are affiliated under one organization. The relations between these two elements have always been the most happy, and there has never been 10