Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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THE ANTENNA. 13 J® W. U. BARNES, President. CHARLES C. CHANDLER, Vice President. EDWIN C. MAWHINNEY, Secretary and Treasurer. Executive Committee. CHARLES G. WASHBURN, CHARLES G. STRATTON, J. EDWARD LYNDS. CHARLES C. CHANDLER, Historian. ENOS h! BIGELOW, Class Tree Orator. CHARLES C. CHANDLER, Valedictorian.

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12 . THE ANTENNA. towards Pearl street, evidently hoping that the crowd would not follow, but the crowd did follow, and uncomfortably close, too, so they countermarched through Pearl street. Thence down Main street towards Lincoln Square, with the crowd still at their heels. Finally, by bad generalship or some blunder they be¬ came separated and then each did his best towards taking a bee-line for home. They might have been seen in all directions “ streaking” it as for dear life, and it is said that one of the number reached home, hatless, caneless, breathless and pale, sank into a chair, gasping, and altogether an object quite fright¬ ful to behold. The landlady and folks generally concluded naturally enough that he had suffered nothing less than the loss of his scalp. He soon revived enough to tell of the frightful scenes he had experienced. Everything that could be done was done for him, such as soaking his feet, giving him sage tea, etc. Finally, he dragged his weary way toward his bed and vainly endeavored to sleep, wishing he had never heard of such a thing as a “ plug hat.” For the rest, it is supposed that the} ' reached home sooner or later, but how, has never leaked out. Suffice it to say that nothing more was ever heard from ’75 about appearing in “ plugs.”

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14 THE ANTENNA. — Class of ’ 75. Barnes, Walter U. Westboro. Bigelow, Enos H. . . Framingham. Brown, John F. . . Fit chburg. Burleigh, Lucian R. . . Worcester. Chandler, Charles C. Westboro. Cook, Leroy, % . . Worcester. Davis, Charles E. . . Holden. Knight, Herbert B. . . Worcester. Lynds, J. Edward, Sterling. Mawhinney, Edwin C. Worcester. Pierce, Arba F. . . Worcester. Rice, John H. 4 . So. Lancaster. Scott, George H. . . Nortlibridge. Stone, William H. E. Greenwich , R. I. Stratton, Charles G. Worcester. Tyler, Harry B. . . Oxford. Washburn, Charles G. % . . Worcester. White, Charles F. • • Brookline. Whitney, Charles G. • • Harvard.