University of Pennsylvania - Record Yearbook (Philadelphia, PA)

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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

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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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1 The cinderfpath found Captain Ray Wolf, Everett Lommasson, L'Lans Taylor, Bud Casson, Pete' Lewis, and Mel Sims performing meritoriously for the Red and Blue. Tex Graham was Manager, with Les Cassidy as Associate Manager. Dick Bailey captained the crossfcountry team for two years. Baseball included the following among the stars of the diamond: Captain Zip Long, Paul Chace, 'kRog Lindsay, and 'LDave Reiter, with C. O. Axley Manager and Hy McKee assistant. The basketball team, with uRed Sherr as pivot and Bill Ramage and 'LRog Lindsay to flank him, played through a hard schedule successfully. M. A. Gilmartin was Manager, assisted by 'ljerryn Evaul. Crew, that aristocrat of all sports, found enough Varsity squad men in the Class to fill two boats. Those who won their Varsity P were Grashof, Fayle, A. Johnson, Irmiger, Jordan, Reeve, Redway, Willson, Schaeffer, Elliott, L. Johnson, and Pf1ugfFelder. R. Sinclair was Manager. Captain Hans Boos, AllfAmerican for two years, led the soccer team to within one game of winning the championship. His able associates of '26 were Dougherty, Gentle, Lewis, Child, and Stewart. 'ljimw Crawford was Manager and Lay Redden was Associate Manager. Our Minor Sports teams were uniformly successful. Frank J. Valgenti captained the rifle team, which won the Intercollegiate Championship for two years. Captain joel Applebaum foiled all comers from behind mask and rapier and for two successive years was Intercollegiate Champion. Paul Wilson dis' played such good form in his swimming that he was elected Captain of the team. Captain Kraemer, Rich, McCalla, and Stafford tumbled all opposition to win the Intercollegiate gym championship. 'LHank Koplin managed the champions. L'Ed'l Morine held the world's record in the plunge in his Freshman Year. Under the expert guidance of '26, Pennsylvania publications flourished as never before. There were fortyfnine men of '26 upon the various boards. The Pennsylvanianu moulded campus opinion and showed how mighty was the power of the press. The wielders of the pen included R. A. Eichelberger, EditorfinfChief, George Peterson, News Editor, E. Scott Lower, Managing Editor, and C. K. Elliott, Features Chairman. The remaining pages were taken care of by W. A. Withus, Business Manager, M. K. M. Murphy, Pictorial Chairman, J. P. Crawford, Pictorial Business Manager. The Ladlers of the Brew who produced a MPunch Bowl worthy of its title as a champion of the college wits were: Clarence B. Litchfield, EditorfinfChief, Bernard I. Comroe, Managing Editor, Henry Roberts, Art Editor. It takes money to run even the L'Punch Bowlf' and these material but necessary things were handled by Colin W. Mathieson, Business Manager, and Alfred D. Weinberg, Advertising Manager. Red and Bluel' provided our Alma Mater with embellished records of her magnanimity. Seymour B. Waldman headed the board, assisted by Layman Redden, Managing Editor, J. Paul Wilson, Business Manager, Kahlman Linker, Advertising Manager, Robert Gugenheim, Circulation Manager. The NClass Record under the guidance of James W. Marvin, EditorfinfChief, introduced many new features and is a Etting memorial to embody the accomplishments of '26. Edwin R. Morine was Managing Editor, R. Noble, Art Editor, and 'LTed Rich, Pictorial Editor. Its publication was made possible by Alfred W. Weinberg, Business Manager, Henry I. Koplin, Advertising Manager, and james Griffin, Circulation Manager. The Arts Association, headed by Frank B. Murdoch, had one of the greatest years in its existence. is -am , p- . .:-aaf.f,a..1-fray 45.-,f ,.af:a:.g mfs, .pq-1. a. + . s.sf..g.f.,-sv aa:sQg an --f1a,+,1iM::wsf?: rM+r,g -.rv-fairing!2S'i3gea.r-himA ,sw-,, .pa ilfsloffq -1,951 Fszzfkyfwz hwfzxlsz-sg? 'vfgS:w!,gf-1.s.-re',3wx-,- If -awfqrv-7-15,15 dwg: ,:..a'-'Q'-It-'1'-Q55 ' - sm. mf. fa i . asa. ii has fwoaawfii P ,wit 5m?lvf4:gF.y:g,ff1?5'f 'mar-021+-'v4z?1'z'J4h?1w9z2' 4'mz,4 332f 'Q 'arrrifw-twJ,3 :ly M2191-rw: W-V A.1-'we' 1455- ' - : , . - 'f M, - 'Sf' ' aw -. -' 3 -J F J t'7'?i413 'T-,3?f'f1 '1 , x , .-- -.ff-'-g ::w'11-2f'-f-'i522a,:1'-f-tx I ' - ' U., , T. ... .. ' 1 .,, -L ? A :ff 1 '- .-, 'L ffs . fr ' -. We 4 X QQ :im fx .Q :..' '.s4 ' v i 4- ,fmf -. ' 1 I .' aj' ' Qxiafrs ,. 'TQ ' I . 1 H. F 'T 'I 'sq' l wf ,- 'Kr N ,, v ,.,.. .. , - . f I nw . . I We 'f v 3 ff 1 W M 'Y 1 - M.. gv ' V 5 H ' l33l