University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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quarterfback of our championship Freshman football team, was marked by a solemn tribute paid by the entire class. The Flour Fight, which had replaced the Poster Fight, was the first big event after our welcome. Officers, heelers, and athletes of '25 were collected to do honor to the Cavaliers of '26. Victory was reserved for us until a later date. Meanwhile we had elected permanent officers. The men who led us through to the end of that most memorable year were: Noel Eddy, President, M. A. Gilmartin, VicefPresidentg Frank B. Murdoch, Treasurer, Melvin Sims, Secretary, Edward Buckley, Historian. Ruppert Bingham served as Chairman of the Executive Committee. The Hrst social function of the Class was long to be remembered for its spirit. With Houston Hall packed to capacity, the best talent in oratory, harmony, and dancing entertained us at our Freshman Smoker. The Pants Fight was conclusive proof of the Sophomores' leadership in the 'iback to nature movement. lt brought to us victory and the Penniman Bowl. Our glorious year was ended by a banquet held at the Hotel Majestic. Nearly all of our Class of hfteen hundred were in attendance. From the journey down in chartered P. R. T. trolleys to the ignominf ious repulse of the Sophomores, who tried to rescue their kidnapped president, everybody evidenced unrestrained delight that so much was included which the program did not specify. SCPHCMCRE' YEAR We returned in our Sophomore year as full of energy as ever, eager to renew old friendships and to make new ones. Under the able leadership of the Vigilance Committee, chairmaned by M. A. Gilmartin, we gave our Freshman debutantes a reception in the Big Quad. Besides bathing them amidst the frogs and lilies when occasion demanded, we administered various nocturnal treatments. Later we provided for their ediiication and enjoyment in the Flour and Pants Fights from which we emerged victorious. Again we won the Penniman Bowl, this time by an overwhelming score, being the first class ever to win it twice in succession. As a mark of friendship and appreciation, the Bowl was presented to Walter F. C'Malley, Chairman of the Committee who for two years had led us to victory in the greatest attainment which we as underclassmen could achieve. Meanwhile progress had been made in many other ways. Elections had been held and E. Scott Lower had been chosen President, with Hiram McKee,VicefPresident, Edwin R. Morine, Treasurer, George W. Farabaugh, Secretary, Albert B. Hager, Historian. From every source, by the end of the year, came reports of the conquests of Q26. Varsity teams felt added strength and impetusg publications were learning why everything had been run wrongly before the advent of '26, and how things should be run. The ranks of the famous Mask and Wig were swelled with fifteen sterling performers of 526, full of ambitions of the Hrst order, making Thats That a most captivating musical comedy of Palm Beach worthy of the reputations of its predecessors. The Smoker, with its successful repulse of the invading Freshmen, the banquet, which held everyone bubbling over with enthusiasm and whose bubbles cost us over three hundred dollars, and the Sopho' more Prom, were class functions which passed in rapid' succession and served to strengthen and solidify us as a class. Hey Day and the Love Feast, the last of those great getftogethers at which lower classmen formally bury the hatchet arrived at the same time and we were no longer underclassmen. JUNIOR YEAR The happiest days of our college career, our underclassmen days, were things of the past. We had grown from an unorganized mob into a perfectly disciplined body and had swept ob' stacles before us as a tidal wave. But best of all, . we had come to love Pennsylvania with an everf p A , lasting devotion Vigilance Committee l 31 l

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r X, v , . wg.. i .2 s gy Z J HIST DRY 'P 'O - 'F- '-xv ' lzlf golf L X ' I j'J ,E xlhll uma 7 Q if -I f 5' f , 1-3 V ' V Y .1-L, 'Q' L1 EK T 4- 1 - T-N Qi!!-', as J. L - T ,.? lk? E QM -vw ai'-9. .N -1+ -'-r l --J ISTORY is but the unrolled scroll of prophecy. So will the history of '26 ever be-whether inscribed in the traditions of Pennsylvania or eternally woven into our memories-a record of promise fulfilled, of dreams come true. In reviewing this history let us bear in mind that no historian can depict those bonds of friendship formed, the joys attending success, the anguish following defeat, and the fleeting visions that come to men aspiring to greater things. These and much more my pen is unable to portray, but when we are far enough from our active days to catch in retrospection a truer picture, it will be these that stand out. Four short years ago the Class of '26 came to Pennsylvania. Those Hrst few days of long registration lines left us quite bewildered. We wandered about the campus awed by the greatness of it all. Then came the Field Welcome. The Sophomores, true to tradition, entertained us right royally on Franklin Field Early was the calibre of '26 recognized. i'Pennsylvanian editorials gave official form to the general approbation with which the Class was regarded. Especiallyswere our friends, the Sophomores, solicitous as to our welfare. They inquired after our health and warned the other classes to keep away for we belonged to them. Never was a class more disappointed.- From the very start '26 established a reputation as a fighting class. Hard as nails Full of tricks Pennsylvania ' Twentyfsix was indeed descriptive of the mettle of our Class, and the Sophomores found themselves outfought and outwitted at every turn. Indeed, we even dared carry the fight to them, with such dire consequences, that the Philadelphia police joined with the P. R. T. and the dorm cops in demanding that these 'Lrowf bottomsl' be abolished. So went forever that great tradition of underfclass rivalry, always to be ref membered with delight. Realizing that the success of the Class as a unit depended upon organization, we elected temporary oiiicers. Arthur K. Brown became temporary President and Maurice A. Gilmartin was named temporary SecretaryfTreasurer. A Class song, to the tune of uGallagher and Sheanf' further served to unify the Class and impress the Sophomores with their own inconsequence. Swiftly and from myriad sources the spirit of Pennsylvania permeated our ranks. Activities and friendships, the fondest associations of our college lives, came to make us happy in new' found enthusiasms. Heelers heeled furiously and wrote volumes, athletes 'kmisteredi' the coaches until they landed a place on the teams, wouldfbe musicians, actors, youthful political geniuses, and com' mittees swarmed everywhere and kept Houston Hall, the hub of campus activities, jammed to the doors. , , L V , , The Class of '26 was ever ready to give its all Frog Pond for Alma Mater. The death of Andrew Lang, l30l

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Junior elections once again brought our political geniuses to the fore. Walter F. O'Malley was elected President, Leonard R. Eayle, VicefPresidentg George Eichner, Treasurer, Hart E. Van Riper, Secretary, Edward Shuey, Historian. With our President in active charge, plans for Junior Week progressed rapidly. Committees bustled here and there, and before we were aware of it the glorious time had arrived. With full realization of our dignity as an upper class, we received into our keeping the Junior Balcony. To the rhythmic swing of the canes, which testified to our newffound honors, we marched to chapel services. The Smoker followed, arranged by Art ' Curtis. Then came the banquet managed by ujackv Holaf han. The Cornell game was replete with all the thrills that only a Cornell game can have. The 2o-o score was sure testimony to the supremacy of our team which earned the championship of the East. To fill our cup to overflowing, the Prom was a glorious termination to a week of laurels and unqualified pleasure. It was the supreme occasion of our junior Year. The remainder of the year was a furious whirl of activity. Managerial and publication competitions continued and at last came to an end bringing with them the joy of effort well rewarded. With our greatest year yet before us, we realized the urgent necessity of choosing as a leader one who held the respect and admiration of the class. Such a man was Walter E. O'Malley, our Junior President. His refelection, breaking a 25fyear precedent, has been fully justified for he has continued in his Senior year the work of making '26 a leader among classes. The Undergraduate Council elections placed L. E. Eayle, E. E. Bailey, J. Evaul, R. Bingham, A. Thompson, and R. A. Eichelberger in office. On Hey Day, the Senior Honorary Societies gathered into their folds those of '26 who had most ably served Pennsylvania in her many fields of undergraduate activity. SENIOR YEAR We had supposed that as the years of our undergraduate life passed we would lose some part of the enthusiasms with which we had begun our career as Freshmen, but such was not the case. On the conf trary our Hrst enthusiasms had grown and developed into a fine loyalty to our great Alma Mater, which reflected itself in the glorious list of achievements of our Class. - The remaining Class ofhcers elected were john Wright, VicefPresidentg Frank H. Massey, Treasurer, John Harron, Secretary, Clarence Freedman, Historian. We settled down to enjoy this year, with that keen sense of appreciation which comes to maturity. This year marked the culmination of three long years of steadfast endeavor and hardy effort. On the gridiron Captain 'joel' Willson led a great Pennsylvania team in a successful season. The satisfying victory over Yale, at New Haven, was the first ever attained by a Pennsylvania team over the Blue. The magnificent exhibition of spirit from over 3o,ooo rooters, who filled the entire east side of the Yale Bowl, will remain one of our cherished memories. Well might '26 boast of her part in that victory, and thosenwhich followed, with Karl Robinson, Emid Thomas, Njoew Laird, Al Leth, L'Dick Snyder, Len Sorneson, Emil Heintz, and Zip Long as our representatives. Art - Thompson capably managed the team, with Graeme Frazier as his associate. l32l