University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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Chestnut St. Opera House, June 6th, 1887 Class Day Programme. Overture, ....... Hass1er's Orchestra. Entrance of the Class. Potpourri from Greek Play, . . . . Orchestra. President's Salutation, ..... George H. Frazier. Music. Class History, . ..... Edward A. Miller. Music. Class Poem, . .... . Oliver Huckel. Music. Class Prophecy, . .... . N. B. Young. Music. 1 W .... L .. 4 1 w f ,Z gy 0 f IH . 9. . Heals: -5455, Presentations, . . . . i C. C. Townsend. X r , f ., . , , K W 'lx 'V--, -25. n, ,L li ' V ,V M . N-S: ,Ti f I, ' ., C '7 , 5' . V ,, I ,I '- ' ,f .fqxlxl , 72, f I ad I , K -.if A I . mr, 4 sf tg, I ,ximigl ll f- 'X 1 , 21' li-wirsfxhs y , ' , U . :Q 1? ' I ' HV: Ei 1 ,Nt I U v -lm. IF-lla , if 7' 1 1 mln: -uri liefl ng, z,: sig? L af h I ,,,,,, f l E-'I J 1 f ng: I , K X I: L 1 I -' Ilfagqg 'f if 1 F' 1 ' ' 'ai K , 'f ' .f . Aish 30

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,Eluhn iignch, Died january 31, 1885. - WHEREAS, lt has pleased God in his mercy to remove from amongst us our beloved and esteemed classmate, - ' JOHN LYNCH, RESULVED, That while we sincerely lament the loss we have sustained, we bow in humble submission to the Divine Will. V ' RESULVED, That our heartfelt sympathy be extended to his bereaved family in this, the hour of their affliction. RESUL VED, That these resolutions be inserted in the Unz'7fe7'5z'zjf Maga- zme, and that a copy be tendered to the family of our classmate. W. MALLET-PREXVOST, W. TENNENT MOFELY, Commiffse. GEORGE W. PEPPER, 29

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'ff igllgtiffiig ,ti ' it 'WE .vfffim f' flfiir, wig . Qt.-D, I I, w xx!! l .wits ,ri aug' titifzffif 'W ,N viii-A ffl ' -il-:Q-1 ,tijgj tw mi. frsexitex ifiifi Eli I itflkfiglit-1 if. fr stagirgtivftw ' rfi:fww'r,' it - aff: 4 ,-ULN, ,L Wglrih , iifqp 'J ql'f'i1g. , 3- . -- -'fp 'mf-.,.. , A Q ..E..w img Qlcrss istong. EDWARD ALDEN MILLER. ADIES AND GENTLEMEN: The Class that greets you to-day, started on its way four years ago under the best of auspices. The schools of Philadelphia and vicinity contributed their choicest specimens of boyhood, and the largest class ever known asked admission to the University of Pennsylvania. Our terms were that all must be received, or none. The Faculty wisely accepted the first alternative, and one hundred and fifty of the finest swore allegiance to 'S7. There were many in the ranks whose brilliant careers -our prophet, had he been on hand, could have foretold. He could have given us a page of George Pepper's future history-the man we made our first President-who since that day has been loaded with all the honors that Class and College could bestow-a typical '87 man, active in every enterprise, and ever foremost. A word of prophecy would have revealed George Frazier's college deeds, dragged right to the front in the athletic -Held by his college mates, with a level head through it all-to-day our honored President. But this is no longer prophecy, but history, and I am your Historian, not your larophet. It is my duty to give you a sketch, -called by courtesy a history, of '87. As you may imagine, the Faculty were decidedly rattled at first by -the entrance of such a phenomenal class, but Alec..Russell was thoughtful, .as usual, and by talking pleasantly to the professors, saw their embarrass- ment wear off. And I will say right here that I despair of doing Russell justice. The only thing I know of that ever did do him justice, was a photograph taken a year ago. The picture, which was of the Glee Club, Russell had touched up in order to bring out, .if possible, his moustache and whiskers, and the same was then hung in a Chestnut street window. It seerns that our friend went down regularly every morning to get the 31