Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

Text from Pages 1 - 192 of the 1900 volume:

Cfjorccstcr polytechnic Snstitutc (Scorge £. 6ordon Xibrarg 1 osiss gi)H .1 ■ ' ! .v VV,,y t n b THE ArTERHATH or THE CLASS OE 1900 Published by the Class of K)00 Worcester Polytechnic Institute WORCESTEI?, MASS. 1900 • -r ■ PRESS OF O. B. WOOD, WORCESTER. T I ' ll • i t ' To the Class of ipoo : The Board of Editors elected by you on November 19, 1898, to write and publish an “Aftermath,” present in this volume the results of their labor. We hope that you may feel as much pleasure in taking it up as we do in laying it down; and in future years as you dig this book out from a dust) corner, if it brings back pleasant and vivid memories of well-worn jokes and class-room gags, we shall be .satisfied. If some mirthful allusion to younself, reader, appears in the following pages, be assured that the fun is not malicious; it is designed for 3 ' our good. Fellows, our paths are soon to diverge and we never shall all meet together again, but let our loyalty to the Cla.ss of 1900 and to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute remain sturdy and true as we take our places, wherever they may be, in the battle of life ! The BocircJ of Editors. Robert Chase Aeeen. EDIT0B5-IN-CHIEr. Charees Ramsdele Tingeey. BUSINESS riANAGER. « Raeph Sieas Bp:ers. ASSISTANT BUSINESS HANAGER. Charees Frederick Moore. ILLUSTRATORS. Robert Mann Barr. Ernest Newton Jennison. PHOTOGRAPHER. Edward Henry Howard. ASSOCIATE EDITORS. Sidney Houghton Francis. Giebert Warren Mieeer. Howard Thornton Waesh. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Foimded by John Boynton m i86y. 0pc7icd to stiide7its, Nov. 12, 1868. PPC5I DENTS. Charles O. Thompson, A. M., Ph. D., 1868-18S2. Homer T. Fuller, A. M., Ph. D., 1882-1894. Thomas C. Mendenhall, Ph. D., FF. D., 1894- Corporatioi ' i HON. STEPHEN SALISBURY, A. M., President. REV. DANIEL MERRIMAN, D. D., Secretary. CHARLES G. WASHBURN, S. B., A. B., Treasurer HON. GEORGE F. HOAR, LL. D. CHARLES H. MORGAN, Esq. G. HENRY WHITCOMB, A. M. REV. AUSTIN S. GARVER, A. M. REV. SPENSER B. MEESER. ELMER P. HOWE, S. B., A. B. JAMES LOGAN, Esq. ON THE PART OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION, FRANK P. GOULDING, Esq. EX-OFFICIO, HIS HONOR, MAYOR RUFUS B. DODGE, Jr. THOMAS C. MCNDIiNHALL, Ph. D., LL. D., President. Dr. Mendenhall was born in Hanoverton, Ohio, in 1841. He early began to devote his attention to the physical sciences, and in 1873 was elected to the chair of Physics and Mechanics in the Ohio State University, from which he resigned in 1878 to accept a similar position in the Imperial University at Tokio, Japan. Dr. Mendenhall remained in Japan nntil 1881, when he returned to the Ohio State University. Three years later he entered the Government service as Professor of Electricity in the United States Signal Service, and in 1886 he accepted the presidency of the Rose Polytechnic Institute. He was made Superintendent of the United States Coast and Geodetic Survey in 1889, and resigned in 1894 to become President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. During his sojourn with us Dr. Mendenhall has raised the standard of the Institute so that it compares favorably with that set by any scientific school in the country. He has made many valuable researches in Physics, and has twice been awarded honorary degrees, receiving his Ph. D. from the Ohio State University and his UU. D. from the University of Michigan. JOHN C. SINCLAIR, Ph. D., Professor of Higher Mafheincitlcs. Dr. Sinclair is the senior member of the facult} , having come to the W. P. I. in 1868. He received his college training at Dartmouth, from which he was graduated in 1858. After his graduation he taught in Adrian, Michigan, and in the Washington University of St. Louis, and from the latter institution received the degree of A. M., in 1863. From ’63, until coming to the Tech in ’68, Dr. Sinclair was Professor of Mathematics in the Chandler Department of Dartmouth College. Up to 1884 he was Professor of Higher Mathematics and Civil Engineering at the W. P. I., at which time the faculty was enlarged. Professor Sinclair taking the chair of Higher Mathe¬ matics and Professor George H. White that of Civil Engineering. In 1879 received the degree of A. M. and in 1883 that of Ph. D. from Dartmouth. U. WALDO CUTLIzD, 5. { Professor of noderii Languages. Professor Cutler is one of the few members of the faculty who are Tech graduates, being a member of the class of 1874. He taught school at Brimfield, Mass., and then went to Holliston, where he introduced drawing into the public schools. He came to Tech in 1877 as Assistant Professor of Languages. In 1879 went to Germany for two years and took a course of study. On his return he came back to W. P. I., and in 1892 was made Senior Professor of Languages. With the exception of one year spent at Johns Hopkins University, he has been at Tech ever since. Professor Cutler has, undoubtedly, the hardest subject to teach to men taking scientific courses, but he certainly has succeeded, and our associations with him have been very pleasant. 10 Prof. Kinsrsbury Mr. Ashworth Mr. Allen Prof. Kinincutt Mr. Harris Dr. Mendenhall Prof. Sinclair Prof. Reeve Prof. Coombs Prof. Chandler Prof. Smith Mr. hairfield Prof. Jones Prof. French Prof. Beals Mr. Sweetser II LCOMAPD P. KINNICUTT, 5. D., Professor of Cheinisfrg. Dr. Kinnicutt graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the class of ’75. He then took a course of study abroad, spending one year at Heidel¬ berg, and a year and a half at the University of Bonn. Upon his return he studied at Johns Hopkins. In 1880 he was made Instructor of Qualitative Analysis at Harvard. He held this position for two years and during that time he received his S. D. from Harvard. He came to W. P. I. in 1883 as Assistant Professor of Chem¬ istry, and in 1885 became Professor of Chemistry. Dr. Kinnicutt has made a special study of the problems connected with the disposal of sewage, having visited for this purpose the plants of many of the larger cities in England and the Continent. LCVl L. CONSNT, Ph. D., Professor of riafhemafics. Professor Conant was born in Littleton, Mass., in 1857. He fitted ior college at Andover, and graduated from Dartmouth in 1879. Since his graduation he has devoted his time entirely to educational pursuits. In 1880 he taught at Cottage City and for the next three years was principal of the High School in Mankato, Minn. From 1883 to 1885 he taught at Elkhart, Indiana, and later was Superintend¬ ent of Schools in Deadwood and afterwards in Rapid City, South Dakota. From 1887 to 1890 he was Professor of Mathematics in the Dakota State School of Mines. During the year 1890-1891 he took advanced work in Mathematics at Clark University and in 1891 accepted the position of Associate Professor of Mathematics at the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. A deserved tribute to Professor Conant’s popularity lies in the fact that several times he has been elected the most popular professor by the graduating class. He received his Ph. D. from Syracuse University in 1892. OEOPOC H. HAYNES, Ph. D., Professor of History and Econoinics. Dr. Haynes is an Amherst alumnus, having received his degree with the class of ’87. After leaving Amherst he came to the Tech, where he taught for three years in the Department of Modern Languages, leaving in 1890 to enter Johns Hopkins University as a graduate student in History and Economics. In ’93 he received the degree of Ph. D. and returned to the W. P. I. to succeed Dr. MacDonald, now of Bowdoin College, as Professor of History and Economics. Dr. Haynes has frequently contributed to the various historical and economic magazines, and a series of articles from his pen is now appearing in the “Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science.” Dr. Haynes’s courses have been among the pleasantest taken during our stay in the Institute. His thorough knowledge of his subjects, his ready wit and kind and sympathetic bearing have won him so many friends in the class of 1900 that he was unanimously chosen our most popular professor. 13 waLTCR L. JENNINGS, Pl . D., Assistant Protessor of CEemistru. Dr. Jennings graduated from Harvard, having received his A. B. in 1889. He spent three years in graduate work, also at Harvard, and received the degree of Ph. D. After studying abroad for two years, in Berlin and Heidelberg, he came to Tech as a member of the faculty. The Doctor is a crack tennis player and is interested in sports in general. As a professor the Electrics met him during our Junior year in Qualitative Analysis; in Metallurgy his series of lectures was listened to by the whole class, his genial manner making him a general favorite. He has made a special study of Organic Chemistry, devoting much time to the analysis of sugars, a subject which ought to be an exceedingly pleasant one to consider. ZELOTES W. COOMBS, A. M., Assistant Professor of Modem Languages. Professor Coombs graduated from Amherst College in 1888. For one year after graduation he taught at Brooklyn Tech, leaving to enter the University of Virginia, both as instructor and student. In 1890 he came to the Worcester Polytechnic Institute as Instructor in Modern Languages. In 1894 he went abroad and studied a year at the University of Berlin. On his return he was made Assistant Professor of Modern Languages, which position he now holds. Professor Coombs is Chairman of the W. P. I. Athletic Association and takes a lively interest in athletics. He is also one of the representatives of the faculty on the board of editors of the “Journal of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute.” SIDNEY A. REEVE, M. E., Adjunct Professor ot Steam and Hydraulic Engineering. Professor Reeve is an alumnus of the Sheffield Scientific School of Yale University. He was graduated in 1887, and two years later received the M. E. degree. For a time he was a member of the Engineering Corps of the Westinghouse, Church, Kerr Co., of New York. Before his call to Tech, in 1895, he held a position on the editorial staff of the Progressive Age, a journal devoted to the gas industry. HAROLD 15. SMITH, M. E., Professor of Electrical Engineering. Professor Smith graduated from Sibley College, Cornell University, in 1891, and after a year of post-graduate work he accepted the chair of Electrical Engineering in the Arkansas State University. He then spent a year in Electrical Engineering and Designing and afterwards accepted the position of Director of the School of Electrical 14 Engineering at Purdue University, where he remained until 1896. In 1896 he accepted the chair of Electrical Engineering in the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Professor Smith has made his department one of the best of its kind in the ' United States. He is consulting engineer for several electrical concerns and is a member of many scientific societies. CLARCNCC K CHANDLCR, S. B., Siipcrinleiwlenr Of the Washlxirn Shops. Mr. Chandler was a classmate of Professor Cutler’s here at the W. P. I. in 1874, and after graduating went into partnership with Henry S. Howe, then located in Boston, and built up a prosperor,s business as a designing engineer. Later he accepted a position as Superintendent of the Carver Cotton Gin Co., of East Bridgewater, and left to come to Tech in 1896. Since coming to Tech Mr. Chandler has introduced many new methods for raising the standard of the work which is required of the students in the shops. A foundry with entire equipment is a feature which has lately been added. Mr. Chandler has proved a very able superintendent. ARTHLII W. rPENCH, C C., Profcssor Of Civil CiigiiAceriag. Professor French graduated from the Thayer School of Civil Engineering, Dart¬ mouth College, in the class of ’92. For a short time after graduation he was employed by To wer Bros., of Holyoke, Mass. From Holyoke he went to Denver, Colorado, as engineer in charge of the construction of the plant of the Platte River Paper Co. Later he was assistant engineer in bridge design for the Denver and Gulf Railroad, but left this position to become Associate Professor of Civil Engineering in the Thayer School of Dartmouth. Until July, 1899, he was a joint proprietor of the Niagara Engineering Works, of Niagara Falls, New York. He was teaching at Dartmouth when called to the Professorship at W. P. I. A. VX ' ILMCR DLirr, n. A., B. Sc, Professor of Physics. t Professor Duff is one of the four new professors who were called to the W. P. I. in the fall of last year, coming to us from Purdue University, where he had been Professor of Physics for six years. Professor Duff received his college training at the Univer¬ sity of New Brunswick, from which he was graduated in 1884. The next four years he spent in study at the University of Edinburgh, receiving in 1888 the degree of M. A., and the following year studied in the University of Berlin. In 1889 Professor Duff was called to be substitute Professor of Physics in the University of Madras, leaving in ’90 to accept a similar position in the University of New Brunswick. After staying in New Brunswick for three years Professor Duff went to Purdue University as Professor of Physics, a position which he held until called to the W. P. I. 15 T Li ci? r r iNCiS5Ui?Y, M. c., Professor of applied ricciuii ics. Professor Kingsbury, who succeeded Professor J. J. Guest in our Senior year, was a student in Buchtel College, Akron, Ohio, from 1880 to 1881 ; he then served his apprenticeship in the machine shops of the Turner, Vaughn Taylor Co., located in Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. After two years in the Ohio State University at Columbus, he was inspector and draughtsman for the Wire Grip Fastening Co., of Boston. In 1887 he entered Sibley College, Cornell University, graduating in 1889 with the degree of M. E. During the next year he was instructor in Mechanical Engineering and Physics in the New Hampshire State College, and at the close of the year was appointed to full professorship, but resigned to accept the position of Superin¬ tendent o f the machine shop of the H. B. Camp Co., Cuyahoga P ' alls, Ohio. In 1891 he was reappointed Professor of Mechanical Engineering in the New Hampshire State College, where he remained until his call to Tech. Professor Kingsbury is a member of the “Society for the Promotion of Engineering Education,” and “The American Society of Mechanical Engineers,” a Fellow of “The American Association for the Advancement of Science,” and an associate member of the “American Society of Naval Engineers.” rOPI I T 1 . JONizS, M. C., Profcssor of Drawing and Machine Design. Professor Jones graduated from Sibley College, Cornell University, in 1888. The two years following graduation were spent partly in the laboratory of Thomas A. Edison and in the adjacent phonograph works at Orange, N. J., and partly in commercial engineering with the Western Engineering Company, of Nebraska. In 1890 he was at the head of the department of Mechanical Arts of the University of Tennessee, resigning in 1892 to accept the chair of Machine Design in the University of Wisconsin. Professor Jones has published a work on Machine Design which is used at present by the students at the Institute. He is among the latest acquisitions to the faculty, as he came to the Institute in 1899. CjIIOI OC H. white, S. E ., Professor of Civil Eagli cerii g. Professor White first began his work as a civil engineer in 1869, with Mr. W. P. Granger, of Worcester, who later became chief engineer of the Hoosac Tunnel. Professor White subsequently went to New York State, being engaged on the Adiron¬ dack Railroad, but returned to Worcester, entering the class of ’73 at Tech in advanced standing. In 1872 he left to engage in engineering work in various places in Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Minnesota. He returned to Tech in 1875, and pursued Senior studies, at the same time tutoring in field practice. After graduat¬ ing, in 1876, he returned to Minnesota, where he remained engaged in railroad work until his appointment, in 1884, to the chair of Civil Engineering at the Institute. He resigned last year to accept a position with the City of Worcester. 16 Mr Holden Prof. Cutler Mr. P ' orsnian Mis.s F ' rancis Dr. Rhoad.s IMr. Phelon Mr. Marshall Mr. Jernberg Mr O’Regan Prof. Jennings Mr. Smith Mr. Heichert Dr. Dunlap Mr. Nutt Prof. Conant Prof. Duff i7 O r ' 9 % WILLIAN L. ANES, 5. Tl. E., I rofcssor Of Drawing and riaclAinc Design. Professor Ames came to the W. P. I. as Professor of Drawing, in the fall of ’96, to succeed Professor Gladwin, who had been teaching here since the opening of the Institute in 1868. Professor Ames graduated from the Tech in ’82, and afterwards spent a year in the School of Design in Cincinnati, Ohio. From 1883 until coming here Professor Ames taught in the Rose Polytechnic Institute, of Terre Haute, Ind., having charge of the work in Descriptive Geometry and Machine Design. His text-book on the former subject is the one used in the W. P. I. Professor Ames is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. He severed his connec¬ tion with the Tech in June, 1899, to enter the firm of Reed Prince, of this city. JAMES J. GUEST, A. IS., Professor of Mechanical Engineering. Professor Guest was educated at the Hindsworth Grammar School at Birmingham and at Marlborough College. In 1888 he graduated from Cambridge, being fifth Wrangler and a scholar of Trinity College. He afterwards studied Physics at Caven¬ dish Laboratory, and taught Mathematics. He took the course in the Engineering Lab¬ oratories at Cambridge, finally becoming an assistant. He studied under Dr. Routh, Professor J. J. Thompson and Professor Ewing. He was employed by Messrs. Tangyis as a draughtsman for some time. In 1895 he went as Assistant Professor in Mechanical Engineering to McGill University in Canada, and came to Tech in the fall of 1896. In Junior year Professor Guest showed us some of the mysteries of mechanics and incidentally the use of some higher mathematics. He left at the beginning of our Senior year and has opened an office as a consulting engineer in Birmingham, England. JOSEPH BEALS, S. B., Assistant Professor of Pljysics. Professor Beals graduated from the W. P. I. in ’85, in the Mechanical Engineering Department. After leaving Tech he worked one year for the Dean Steam Pump Co., of Holyoke, Mass., and Washburn Moen, of Worcester, Mass. Then he went into business at Wakefield, Mass., for two years, after which he went to Quebec. In 1889 he organized the Manual Training Department of the Fall River High School, where he taught for two years. In 1891 he returned to his Alma Mater as Instructor in Mathematics. In 1895 he became Instructor in Physics and Elementary Mechanics, and in 1897 he was made Assistant Professor of Physics. Last winter he left his position at Tech to become Clerk of the Worcester School Board. 19 Instructors. ROBERT C. SWEETSER, S. B., JOSEPH O. PHEEON, S. B., ALTON E. SMITH, S. B., DANIEL F. O’REGAN, S. B., CHARLES M. ALLEN, S. B., FREDERICK L. DUNLAP, S. D., EDWARD RHOADS, Ph. D., CHARLES A. HOLDEN, S. B., HERMAN S. HEICHERT, S. B., ARTHUR C. NUTT, A. B., CLIFFORD R. HARRIS, S. B., HOWARD P. FAIRFIELD, JOHN JERNBERG, CARL FORSMAN, NOAH ASHWORTH, Instructor histriictor in Inorganic Chemistry. Instructor in Electrical Engmeering. Instr2ictor in Machine Desig i. Instructor in Chemistry. Instructor in Hydraulics. Eistructor hi Indush ' ial Chemistry. Instructor in Physics. Instructor in Civil E,ngineering. Instructor in Mechanical Engineei ' ing. Assistant in Modern Languages. Instructor in Woodwork. Instmictor in Machine Work. Instructor in Blacksmithing. Instructor in Moulding. i Management of Engines and Boilers. Registrar, JOHN K. MARSHALL. Librarian, MISS ELIZABETH K. FRANCIS. 20 General Alumni Association. President, John M. Russecc, ’76. Vice-Presidents, Harrison P. Eddy, ’91, George I. Rockwood, ’88, Charees M. Allen, ’94. Secretar3L Charles Baker, ’93. Treasurer, John C. Woodbury, ’76. CXPCUTIVC COnniTTCI!:. John M. Russell, ’76, George I. Rockwood, ’88, Charles M. Allen, ’94, Harrison P. Eddy, ’91, Charles A. Harrington, ’95, Elmer E. Rice, ’90. 22 The CLEVELAND ASSOCIATION. President,. Frank Aborn, ’72 Vice-President,. Wikkard Fubker, ’84 Secretary and Treasurer, Frank M. King, ’94, 81 Sixth Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio THE PHILADELPHIA ASSOCIATION. President,. E. Hayward Fairbanks, ’87 Vice-President,.H. P. White, ’81 Secretary and Treasurer, . Wieeiam P. DaeeETT, ’8r, 49 No. Seventh Street, Philadelphia, Pa. THE WASHINGTON ASSOCIATION. President,. Harry H. Aeeen, ’87 Vice-President,. George P. Tucker, ’87 Secretary and Treasurer, WaeTER M. FueeER, ’96, Patent Office, Washington, D. C. THE WESTERN ASSOCIATION, CHICAGO, ILL. President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, C. H. Hiee, ’77 E. E. Johnson, ’84 H. W. Carter, ’86 THE SAN FRANCISCO ASSOCIATION. President,. Hugo P. Frear, ’83 Vice-President,. Ronaed P. Geeason, ’87 Secretary and Treasurer, ....... Robert H. Tayeor, ’95 THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION. President, Vice-Presidents, Secretary, Treasurer, .T. Spencer Mieeer, ’79 . J. Brace CniTTiiNDEN, ’88, John M. Goodeee, ’88 Arthur L. Rice, ’91, 114 Cambridge Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. .Raeph Woodward, ’85 THE BOSTON ASSOCIATION. President,. Eemer P. Howe, ’71 Vice-Presidents, . . . James H. Churchiee, ’84, Eemf.r C. Rice, ’90 Secretary and Treasurer, . . . WaeTER S. Baee, ’89, Winchester, Mass. 23 Phi GaniniG Delta Praternikj. rOLINDIlD IN 1540. COLOta, I OYAL PlIPPLI!:. I oll Of Chci|:)reps. SECTION I. Omega Mu, . . . Universit3 ' of Maine Pi Iota, . Worcester Polytechnic Institute Iota Mu, Massachusetts Institute Technology SECTION II. Aepha Chi . Amherst College Tau Alpha, .... Trinity College Nu Deuteron, . . . Yale University SECTION III. Upsilon, . . College of the City of New York Nu Kpsilon, University of the City of New York Omega, .... Columbia College SECTION IV. Theta Psi, . • . . . Colgate University Cm,.Union College Kappa Nu, . . . . Cornell Universitj SECTION V. Beta, . . . University of Pennsylvania Beta Chi, .... Uehigh University Sigma Deuteron, . . Uafayette College SECTION VI. Delta, .... Bncknell University Gamm.v Phi, . Pennsylvania State College Xi,.Pennsvlvania College Beta Mu, Omicron, Beta Deuteron, SECTION VII. Johns Hopkins University University of Virginia Roanoke College Delta Deuteron, . Hampden-Sidney College Zeta Deuteron, Washington and Dee University Rho Chi, .... Richmond College SECTION VIII. Alph. ' , . Washington and Jefferson College Iv.a.mbda Deutero.n, Pi, .Allegheny College Omicron Deu ' tekon, Sigma, .Wittenberg College Pi Deuteron, Theta Deuteron, . Ohio Wesleyan College SECTION IX. Zeta, .... Indiana State University Tau. U. ' VMBDA, .... DePanw University Psi, .... Kappa Tau, SECTION X. University of Tennessee Nu, SECTION XI. Alpha Deuteron, Illinois Wesle5-an University Mu, G. mma Deuteron, . . . 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Nathan Root Birgr, Ralph Silas Beers, Everett Silas Wood, Harry Casper Walter, Fred Reynolds Davis, Harold Eugene Burdette, IvDWARD Hamilton Simpson, Howard Thornton Walsh. 1901 . Edward Washburn Maynard, Theo Brown, Ernpist Bigelow Freeman, William Robert Burford, Richard Morton Mitchell, Frank Sewall Bowker. 1902 . Ge:orge Harden Wise, Philip Nash Curtis, Pp:rcy Weatherbee Page, Philip Loff, Eouis Whitney Graves, Adolph Jean Varrelman, P ' rederick Clpaiens Baxter. I 90 : 5 . Raymond P ' . Shaw, William Atkins M. cKenzie. 25 JyOuiE Ancel Bacon, Sigma Alpha Epsilon Eratornitij. rOUNDCD IN 1556. COLORS, ROYAL RURRLC AND OLD GOLD. Roll Of Chapters. PROVINCE HI.I’HH. Massachusetts Bet.a Upsilon, Boston Univer’y :Massachusetts Iota Tau, Massachusetts Institute Technology Massachusetts Gamma, Harvard University Massachusetts Delta, Worcester Polytechnic Institute Connecticut Alpha, . . Trinity College New York Alpha, New York Mu, New York .Sigma Phi, Pennsylvania o.mega. PROVINCE BETA. 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' : - AV SACHLISETTS DELTA CHAP TER or THE Sigma Alplia Epsilon EraterniEj. EiSTAISLISHElD MARCH 10, lo94. 1900 . Robert Chase Aeeen, John Hapgood Brooks, Jr., Robert Mann Barr, George Emery Wieeiamson. 1901 . Robert Farrington Coggeshaee, Myron Fames Davis, Charees Lemuee Fish, James Pierce Gray, Haroed Girard Irons, Arthur Waedo Lamb, Horatio Bardweee Lincoen, Jr., Robert Wieson Merriam, Harrie Hazard Sherman, John Buekeey Wiard. 1902 . James Haroed Carter, Louis Dougeass Giebert, Enoch Perkins, Edgar Howard Reed, Charges Green Sherman, Edmund Cearence Sprague, Arthur Moore Wieeiamson. 1903 . Charges Herbert Brown, Henry Livingston Fifieed, P ' rank Turney GiEvSon, Richard Henry Mirick Aebert Wieeis Dareing, Jr., P ' rederick Loring G.teeup, AdEEBERT Hobhs, , Jonas Waeter Norcross, Charges Turner Wieeard. 27 President, Georgk I. Rockwood, ’88. Vice-Presidents, George I. Alden, Fred H. Daniels, ’73, Harrison P. Eddy, ’91, Proe. Arthur W. French, Prof. Sidney A. Reeve. Secretary, Prop. Albert Kingsbury. Treasurer, Charles M. Allen, ’94. BOARD or COUNSELLORS. T. Spencer Miller, ’79, Prof. Walter E. Jennings, John M. Goodell, ’88, Joseph O. Phelon, ’87, Kirtland M. Smith, ’72. The object of the Washburn Engineering Society is the study of engi¬ neering problems. The society meets frequently during the Institute year, and at these meetings lectures are given by members, as well as by outside engineers, on various interesting scientific topics. Members of the faculty, instructors, alumni and students are eligible to membership, and students are generally invited to attend. 28 President, Hkrman W. Haynes, 1900. dce-President, Frank T. Dileingham, 1901. Treasurer, Robert T. Hibbard, 1901. Recording Secretary, William A. Jordan, 1902. Corresponding Secretary, Charles R. Ringley, 1900. The Young Men’s Christian Association of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute is one of five hundred college associations scattered throughout the United States and Canada. It aims to help every member of the Institute to develop a strong Christian manhood and to equip him for life with strong and healthy moral purposes. The Y. M. C. A. is the oldest organization in the Institute, having had its origin in the student prayer meetings which were held here from the founding of the Institute in 1868. 29 Glee, Nciiidolin and Guitar Clubs. GLEE CLLIft. Chari es H. Aedrich, ’oi, Leader. Rosweee T. Hapgood, ’oi, Manager. 1st Tenors, John H. Brooks, Jr., 1900, Wieeiam A. Jordan, 1902. 2d Tenors, Le.ster W. WEST, 1900, Benjamin O. Johnson, 1900. ist Basses, Rosweee T. Hapgood, 1901, Charees H. Aedrich, 1901, Harry W. B ' . Dunkee, 1902. 2d Basses, Frank O. Price, 1900, Robert L. Hibbard, 1901. WrtMDOLIN AND GUITAR CLUB. Ceieton R. Hayes, ’oi. Leader. Aebert J. Gifford, ’96, Director. ist Mandolins, Ceifton R. Hayes, 1901, Frederic C. Baxter, 1902. 2d Mandolins, Wieeiam R. Burford, 1901, GieeS S. Pease, 1901. Mandola, Charees H. Aedrich, 1901. Guitars, Fdward W. Kimb. ee, 1902, Aebert J. Gifford, ’96. Violin, Meevieee D. Lindsay, 1901. 30 Hibbard Dunklee Jordan West Brooks Price Johnson Burford lyindsay Aldrich Baxter Pease Gifford Hayes Kimball ■ f Tennis CluD. President, Clifton R. Hayks, ’oi. Secretary and Treasurer, E. Howard Reed, ’02. DIRECTORS. Dr. Jennings. Harold E. Burdette, ’00, H. Bardwell Eincoln, ’oi, Charles S. Ross, ’02. 31 W. P. 1. A. A. President, R. C. Ali.en, ’oo. Vice-President, A. W. Lamb, ’oi. Secretary, P. Loff, ’02. Treasurer, M. K. Davis, ’oi DiPCCTORS. H. S. Wood, ’00. R. M. Mitchefl, ’or. E. Perkins, ’02 F. L. Gallup, ’03. Foot Ball Manager, H. G. Irons , ’or. Foot Ball Captain, J. C. Spf:nce, ’03. Base Ball Manager, R. T. Hapgood, ’oi. Base Ball Captain, E. W. Maynard, ’oi Manager of the Track Team, R. C. Allen, ’00. Captain of the Track Team, W. R. Traill. ’00 ATHI.IlTIC DlPIzCd OPS PPOM nilz PACLILTY. Prof. Z. W. Coombs, Chairman, Prof. L. L. Conant, Prof. Jos. Beals. 3 Obituciru of Ninetij-i ino. It is hard for us to imagine that one who has been with us so much has passed awa3 One whose life was of such little importance and worth. The deceased class came into existence in the fall of ’95, with a membership of seventy queer, odd-shaped looking creatures, and the Faculty had hard work keeping them .as a class, they were in such demand by farmers from the surrounding towns for scare-crows. But it never was a strong class; and it faded away, until, at the time of its death, it was all deformed and bowed down with the cares of its life. It has left us and we remember that it was worldl q and to the world it has returned. After spending four 3 ears on the hill it has gone forth, but not with the blare of the trumpet or the roll of the drum, for no band played for it on class da3 :—its end was calm and peaceful. A short time before its death it was taken with a severe fit similar to those it had had a few other times during its stay at Tech. For a week it was in torment, and after emerging from six days of examinations, the Faculty saw there was no hope and said the end was near. Death came on Thursday, June 22, when, after receiving an antidote in the form of a diploma, it passed away. The funeral services were very elaborate ; the body lay in state for three days, with Ikey, the watchdog, as guard of honor ; a plug of a dog with a tin pail tied to his tail, the class mascot, was hung at half-mast on Boynton Hall. The floral tributes were grand, the most prominent of which was a huge bouquet of cabbages from 1900. The services were in charge of the former members of the class. A quartette from ’02 sung “We’re so glad you will never come back,’’ and “Steal away home,’’ and then Prof. Reeve was called upon for a few remarks in behalf of the faculty. He said in all his bereavements and troubles he hardly knew what to make of the class of ’99. He had seen a great many styles and makes of valves, but in all his experience had never seen one that could stand all the blowing off that the members of this class 34 did. He hadn’t worked out the equation of the class, but thought it would be very near 99=0. They were not governed as most classes are, but had an automatic device called “The Big Four,’’ which seemed to work first-rate. But friends, the absence of such a class will be greatly felt; to lose such characters as George Washington Howe, Esq., His Majesty, the Crown Prince of Webster, Mr. Putnam, Hon. Forrest Cole, the silver tongued orator of the Blackstone, and many others, is a blow like unto the one that “killed father. ’ ’ The class of 1900 made a few remarks, saying in brief: “The first time we met the class of ’99 was at a cane rush, and not until the rush was over did we realize what poor little things the men of ’99 were. They used to tell us of what Si. Perkins and Dutchy Ferris of ’98 used to do, and of the melody of ’98’s class 3 ells, but they were too modest to tell what they could do. But their powers all came to light after the rush, when we heard them tell what wonders they would have done and how they would have won if two hands had counted. We really felt sorry to think that we had fought with anybody so small that we could whip them with one hand. “We remember, also, on the occasion of their class supper, how the dear little things crept under the protecting wing of the faculty, and a notice appeared on the bulletin board stating that any person interfering with members of the class of ’99 in regard to their class supper, would be dealt with by the faculty. And again we felt sorry for the little creatures. “But they were enterprising, and when the cross-country ' runs took place they showed great courage, and two or three members came to the tape; but there is lots of competition in these da3 s, and we found it was impossible to wait for them, and one by one they fell behind, forgotten, “But why go further, friends, in regard to the noble deeds of this class? We might tell how they chased around the outfield, in our base ball game, when, after we were all used up with running bases, and the score was 19 to 2 against them, they finally had mercy on us and called the game at the end of the sixth inning. “But we must stop. The class certainly had qualities that will cause it to be long remembered and to go down i n history.’’ The quartette then sang another selection and the services closed. The remains were placed in the school vault and will be cremated as soon as the firemen can get the fuel to do the job. So far all attempts have failed. 35 rreshnicin Class. President, John C. Spknck. Vice-President, J. WAI.TER Norcross. Secretary, Wirltam A. Mackenzie. Treasurer, ChareES M. CrOvS.S. riECHANlCT L EMGINECEING. Bacon, ChEvSTER A. Berger, Joseph W. Brooks, Walter P. Brown, C. Herbert Campbell, Arthur W. Charleton, Robert W. Cocks, C. Henry Darling, Albert W., Jr. Eames, Frank LeRoy P ' arnshaw, Charles H. Allen, Arthur G. Arnold, Arthur A. Feigenson, William H. Fifield, Henry D. Clearwater, Max R. Gallup, Frederick D. Emerson, William S. Geary, Thomas W. Gipson, Frank T. GooDvSpeed, George D. Hayward, Ralph H. Kimball, Albert N. Leblanc, Carlos Lyford, C. Allen Mesler, Clinton S. Mirick, Richard H. CIVIL CNGINCCRING. Hall, Robert E. Mackenzie, William A. Nickerson, Ralph W. Spellman, Fred B. CHCniSTIW. Lane, J. Harold Pope, Walter B. Parsons, Edmund S. Read, George F., Jr Riggs, Lewis W. Roberts, Edwin M. Shaw, Raymond E. Shipman, Ralph Spence, John C. Taylor, Ernest W. Waite, Edwin E. Walsh, Francis P. Stanton, Luke W. Tufts, Herbert W. Wheelp:r, Forest E. Wilcox, Herbert V. Willard, Charles T. CiLNEI AL SCICNTiriC. Hendricks, Henning V. Howe, C. Fletchp:r Blodgett, W. Edmund Bunker, Gp:orge C. Cro.ss, Charles M. Dearborn, Richard J. Dennis, C. Edward Dickinson, Lewis E. CLCCTRICT L CMGINEERING. I ' ooT, Benjamin D. Harris, Carl C. Hobbs, Adelbert Ilsley, Lp:e C. Knight, Carl D. Moorehouse, Harry W. Munroe, George E. 36 Nicoll, Isaac Norcross, J. Walter Potter, Henry J. Sanford, J. Addison, Jr. vStone, Edward L. Truplsdell, Ralph E. f ' •• f % ■ � v • .-y .-v-v 19 o:v The names of the good fellows of the class of ’03 may be found elsewhere in this book, and as we are limited to a very small space in this effusion, we cannot write a separate story about each member, but must give the good points of the class in job lots. In our very first day at Tech any one who was unprejudiced would have noticed that we were not as green as freshmen are supposed to be. This is not said in a boastful vein, but because as a class we love the truth. We have been noted as a hard-working class, as any of the Profs, will be only too glad to testify (if they know what is good for them during the next three years). The 3 ear has been of no small benefit to a great many of us, as at the present time almost ever man in the class knows that “ Deutsch ” is not “Dutch,” ail ' d that when you can’t think of the solvent for a certain sub¬ stance, H2SO4 will surely do the business. The wa} in which we won the cane rush from ’02 was an e e opener to the world in general. When the classes lined up, waiting for the signal, it was evident to all that the result was a foregone conclusion. In fact, many of the young ladies present were heard to make remarks in regard to the fine appearance of ’03. We particularly cherish the aforementioned remarks because it is our firm belief that the damsels knew whereof they uttered. (N. B. Several of us have parted with our pieces of the cane, at the requests of said damsels. ) But the winning of the cane rush is as naught when compared with our foot-ball victor} ' - over the class of 1900. In licking ’02 we did only that which was expected of us, but when we did up 1900 we gained myriads of admirers. If this were not ’oo’s own book we would tell of how, before the game, they filled the Telegram and Spy with long accounts of the defeat they were going to give us. Because they had six varsity players it seemed 39 certain (to them) that we wouldn’t count for much. But, as I said before, this is their book, and so I will merely mention the fact that we beat them by the score of 11 to 5. In consequence of this great victory, two of our members have cultivated elegant little moustaches. More of us would if we could, while several cannot because of objections from certain friends who “do not like the horrid, bristly things.’’ « • Sophomore Class. President, Edwin G. Chaffin. Treasurer, Jamfs H. Cartfr. nCCHTXNICAL ENGINCCPING. Adams, Winfrfd M. Au, Card H. Bfnton, Efcfistfr F., Jr. Bliss, Albfrt L. Brigham, F ' rfd C. Chaffin, Edwin G. Clark, L. O. Ray Colf, Arthur V. Curtis,. Philip N. Davis, Warrfn H. Dfxtfr, a. Morton Ellstrom, Victor E. Burr, P ' rank H. Cartfr, Jamfs H. Dfrby, Chfstfr C. Ffrguson, Thomas W. Hall, Winthrop G. Harding, Harrif N. Hawkfs, Harry E. Holmfs, Frfd E. Jordan, William A. Knowlfs, Burt LfR. Eambson, D. Clinton Earkin, E. Efstfr EfBlanc, Alfrfdo Eyman, Elihu R. Morsf, FIoward M. CIVIL ENGINEERING. Dickinson, D. Harry Kfndall, Ernfst E. Doff, Philip CHEi ' llSTRY. Nflson, M. Clifton Nfwton, Waltfr W. Pfrkins, Enoch Rffby, R. Alvah Rffd, E. Howard Ross, Charlfs S. Tabor, Stfphfn D. Wfrnfck, Elpidio dfD. Whfflfr, Ernfst O. WisF, Gforgf H. Woodruff, Carlton W. Spfncfr, Paul B. Whitf, Frank W. Thompson, Eugfnf D. Williamson, Arthur M. Gilbfrt, Fours D. McFarland, Gecorgf S. Goodfnough. Efonard D. Morris, Rogfr T. Eawrfncf, PmwiN T. vSpraguf, Edmund-C. ELECTRIC7 L ENGINEERING. Bai.dwin, H. Fay Bartlftt, Gforgp: a. Day, Efonard Dunki.p:f, Harry W. P ' . Grady, Jamp:s J. Gravp:s, Eouis W. Hardinc ' ., C. P ' rank Hfinritz, Waltfr J. Kflton, Arthur C. vSiGouRNiCY, Willard H. Varrflmann, Adolph j. 43 1902 One da} last summer one of the editors of the “Aftermath of 1900 “ came to me and asked me if I would write up an account of my class. I was glad to do this for I am a loyal member of the cla ss of ’02, and was quite ' capable of doing it, as I had passed the entrance exams in English gram¬ mar, multiplication tables and saying the alphabet, as required by the catalogue. It’s mighty fortunate for ’00 that they got me to do it, instead of Eoff or Jordan, or some of those other fellows, who wouldn’t dare brag about the great things the class has done. It was said, when we entered the Institute, that we were the greenest set of Freshmen that ever were admitted, except ’01 ; and while we do not care to be compared with that class of squealers, we expect to show in this history that we are the real article. We feel certain that the Institute was never so honored as when 1902 mounted the corkscrew stairs to have a heart-to-heart talk with Prex., and although “candidates for the Freshman class must have attained the age of 16 years,’’ Goodenough was admitted on his face, along with Old King Cole, who exerts 10 H. P. of energy ever} time he walks up stairs. Our first term was rather disappointing. 1901 won the cane rush, although we rashly hoped to accomplish the great feat of ’00 and win the rush two years. In the cross-countries, however, we did better work, and with Holmes as our leader, took our share of points. “ Baby’’ Page, “Pretty’’ Wise, Southgate and Eoff upheld our honor on the foot¬ ball field, while the rest of the class were rapidly learning how to run the gauntlet down Main Street. In the winter we held a class banquet at the State Mutual; it was there that Baxter and Page took their first smoke, and they have n’t got through yet. Brig., Perkins and Sherman kept up traditions by doing the North Ashland Street Chinaman act. When the grass began to sprout we took notice of nature and appeared in beautiful pea-green hats of a most stunning and stylish kind. Nothing of much importance came our way until spring. 44 It must be confessed that we did expect to win the field day, with Bill Jordan reeling off quarters in 65 seconds and Dexter doing the mile under an hour, but 1900 stood in our way ; but though we were defeated, we scored 52 points to ’01’s measly score of 22. In base ball we again cut ice,— Page, Baxter and Thompson being the ice men, the last occupying the position of coach and confidential adviser to the captain. Athletic enthusi¬ asm seized the class, and after considering what we could do in the interest of Institute athletics, we decided to contribute $75 toward the expenses of the foot ball team for ’99, and thus substantially helped the team through that successful season. We formed a class ball nine and did the shop men, but were done by the Academy. Our studies for our Freshman year wej’e of little importance. We did the usual sawdust and glue stunts with Riley, spent the usual amount of time on Ethics and Hygiene, and learned how to change house power into warts. When our first final exams came around they found a few of us napping, but those of us who remained were wiser for the experience. The beginning of our Sophomore year found us thinned out a good deal. We missed Hinchcliffe and Bony-venture, on whom we had depended for the solidity of the class. Bad luck seemed to face us from the start; we lost the cane rush, and none of our number made the foot ball team. In the middle of the term, however, we again revived our spirits and purchased a new flag for the Institute to replace the old one, which had been in use for several centuries. Our old class caps were cast aside, and new ones with a large ’02 on a green background were purchased. And so, with the best wishes for the class of 1900, thus endeth the first half of the Tech history of ’02. 45 Junior CIcLss. Presideut, Edward W. Maynard. Secretary, CdifTON R. PIayp;vS. Treasurer, Robkrt V. Mrrriam. I ' ICCHANICAL CNGlMCCmNG. Hibbard, Robert L. Hotter, Norman F. Howe, George K. .Kingsbury, Ratph E. Eamb, Arthur W. Eincoun, H. Bardweuu, Jr. Loomis, Evarts G. Macnamara, George R. McIntosh, James B. McLaughi.in, Jamics E. Merriam, Robert W. Mitchp:uu, Richard M Pease, Giues S. Perkins, Benjamin F. Quinby, Judson R. RockweuIv, Atfred C. Sherman, Harrie H. Stewart, Charues E. Thrower, Ernest E. Truicuu, Kart O. White, Merton G. Wittiams, Richard F . Baker, Carrott H. Bennett, George C. Bowker. P ' rank S. Brown, Theo Bruce, Atfred W, Bryant, J. Myron Burford, Wittiam R. Davis, Myron FE Freeman, Ernest B. Gattup, David E. Hatch, Arthur G. Curtis, Varnum P. PTsh, Charges E. Fisher, Charges T. Atdrich, Charges H. Diggingham, Frank T. Freeman, J. Wagter CIVIL CNGINCERING. Gray, James P. Greene, Earg W. Hutchins, Edward CHEMISTRY. PTgger, Henry C. Hapgood, Roswegg T. Hosmer, Harry A. Eindsay, Megvigge D Warfiegd, Ragph M. Mayer, Andrew, Jr. Maynard, P dward W. Moore, Roy W. ELECTRIC? L ENGINEERING. CoNANT, C. Arthur Cook, Arthur E. Davis, Arthur P. Hayes, Cgifton R. Irons, Harogd G. Maynard, Howard E. 46 Rogers, Joseph W. Wraid, John B. 1901. I am quite prominent in my class, and as important in the affairs of the school as any man in ’oi, although for some reason our class never did try to play an important role ' at the Institute, and so I may be unknown to many. But, considering my position in the class, I see nothing surprising in the fact that the editors of the 1900 Aftermath should UvSk me to write about that class, of which, strange as it may seem, I am so proud. The first event of any importance to us, as a class, was the cane rush at the beginning of our Freshman year. We did not want to win that rush ; we did not even try to win it, because we were here for work and did not care to engage in a scuffle in which there was danger of getting bruised and shaken. To sustain our honor w e were obliged to have some definite plan for that occasion, and so decided that by far the most satisfactory arrange¬ ment, for us, would be simply to keep the three original men on the cane. At the beginning of the rush we had six hands on the stick, and at the end those same six hands were there. To be sure those were the only hands which came anywhere near the cane, but those were all we wished, and I must call attention to the favorable impression we made in comparison to 1900, whose members fought with desperation in their vulgar efforts to pile up hands on that cane ; they monopolized all the available space, and when the whistle blew counted seventeen hands. They considered that they had real cause to glory over ’99, but they did n’t feel quite sure whether or not to parade after rushing with us. It was evident that the former was a victory, but the latter was a draw, or, in the ordinary school parlance, a walk-over. We have alwa3 ' S had men who were able to excel in athletics, but for various reasons w e have never allowed them to participate. Our stand during the Freshman j ear shows this quite plainly. In the cross country runs we wished to have people know that we were at the Institute, and so entered two men. But we only entered them as a matter of form, and not 49 4 to secure points, for one dropped out and the other contented himself with winning six points, which, considering that there were fifteen men in the race, was exactly as we would have wished. Of course 1900 with its usual greed took the first four places and the race. For some reason we dislike that class ; it seems to be so grasping. On the foot-ball team of our Fresh¬ man year there were six 1900 men, and we contented ourselves with one. To be sure a number of our heavy men were a.sked to try for the team, but they were thinking of higher things than foot-ball and decided not to play. We considered the subscriptions to athletics simply bribes to prominence, and so gave practically nothing, preferring to rely upon our own intrinsic w orth to capture fame for us. We will pass over the class field-day and the base ball games of our Freshman year, as they were of no importance save in further exposing the greed of 1900. In our Sophomore year a new and disturbing element entered the class in the form of several 1900 men. They brought all the objectionable aggressive spirit with them, and to them we owe any worldly succes.ses we may have won. I would like to write forever upon the cane rush of that year. The influx from 1900 gave us hope and strength, and we won. How good it seemed! We had really won a victory. Surely no true 1901 man will ever forget the delicious sensation of that moment when our triumph was announced. We were in an entirely new and untried position, and were at a loss wdiether to keep the cane as a trophy, or to send it to the Smithsonian Institution as the symbol of the first successful accomplishment of a seeming impossibilit5 We got nervous, however, and cut it up to prevent it from being stolen. Of course we won the cross-country runs in the fall, and Perkins and May¬ nard upheld our honor on the gridiron. Nineteen hundred had their Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet in November. We had expected to prevent them from holding this, but they must have been afraid to mention it, because we knew nothing about it until we saw the ashes in Bliss Field the next morning. It was too late to do an3’thing then, but we have spent many happy hours talking over what we would have done had we only known. We were not so timid, for before our banquet everj body in school knew about it two day’s before it happened, and notices came out in the evening papers, lest any one should forget. We won the class base ball games after some hard tussles, and will pass by the spring field-dayq as that was unimportant, simply a 1900 procession. 50 Our Junior year opened auspiciously; we won the cross-countries, as 1900 lent us Joe Rogers, and we still composed two-elevenths of the foot¬ ball team. The greatest event that has occurred in the history of this class was our Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet. As has been mentioned, we advertised it sev¬ eral days in advance, and so were rather careful, as we were exceedingly popular that night. Some men from another class almost caught our toastmaster with the menus, but he ran faster than they. Later, several of our men were kidnapped. One was sent home with a shingle to his mamma, two others were taken for a short excursion into the surrounding country and another was held in a house at the south end, but we bravely sent the police to his rescue, and how big we felt as we saw him march into the Bay State House, surrounded by policemen. The other classes learned to respect us greatly after that. Another man was pitched on to by a lot of thugs, and dressed in a most unbecoming costume. He was then marched up and down the street in front of us, but we did not wish to mix with the rabble, and so sent our friends, the police, to get him for us. This heightened the respect of the other classes still more. After the banquet we did little, as all were tired aud sleepy. A few of us went up to the Institute and strung up the class emblem between Boynton Hall and the shops. After that we silently slunk away. Since that time nothing has happened to the Class of’01. Some people may think that we haven’t done much, but next year when our Aftermath comes out, and 1900 is out of the way, well—just wait and see. 51 Senior Class. ArnoIvD, Henry F. W. Barr, Robert M. Burdette, Haroed E. Francis, Sidney H. Graffam, Waeter S. Brooks, John H., Jr. Howard, Edward H. Aleen, Robert C. Amsden, James L., Jr. Beers, Raeph S. Birge, Nathan R. Bryant, Arthur EI. Cross, Harry I. Davis, Fred R. riECHANICAL CNOINCCRINCi Haee, Samuee Jacobs, Loren A. Lewis, Roy G. Libby, Maecom M. Mieeer, Giebert W. Moore, Charees F. CIVIL CNOINCCRING. Johnson, Benjamin O. Merriee, Phieip CHEMISTRY. Haynes, Herman W. Simpson, Edward H. GENERAL 5CIENTIEIC. Lingeey, Charees R. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING. Ganong, Waeter K. Ginn, Evander H. Hoar, Wieeiam J. Howe, Wieeiam F. Jacobs, George A. Nutting, Frank S. Rankin, Wieeiam J Traiee, Wieeiam R Waesh, Howard T. Wood, Everett S. Price, Frank O. West, Lester w. WiEEiAMSON, George E. Jennison, Ernest N. Nichoes, Lewis C. Quinn, Waeter J. Waeter, Harry C. Whaeeey, S. Earee 52 Soinetin ' ie Members. Atherton, Raeph E. Maynard, Edward W. Barnes, Aebert E. Morgan, Charees Bineord, Roscoe J. Morgan, Charees F, Brainerd, Irving E. Needham, Edwin L. Bucknam, Aebion L. Pearce, Frederick H. Ceark, Burton S. Pease, Giees S. Ceark, Frederick H. Perkins, Fred C. Coates, B. Au.stin Pierce, Edward L. Curtis, James H. Rogers, Joseph W. Dwinneee, Irving F. Sanders, Thomas R. Earee, E. Waeter Shaghaeian, Sarkis Feinn, Frederick, Stetson, Oreando S., Jr. Hapgood, Rosweee T. Smith, F. Eugene Havener, Maheon E. Smith, Otis E. Hitchcock, Raymond H. Thomas, W. Fred Hogan, James J. Warren, A. Edward Irons, Haroed G. Whitcomb, David Kent, Arthur A. Whitney, Perrin B. Larkin, Herbert K. Whittemore, George S. Macnamara, George R. WiEEARD, Charees H. Matthews, Wieeiam J. Yrigoyen, Juan I. 53 Officers of flie Class of 1900. rPESHMAN YEAR. riRST TERH. SECOND TERn. President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Acbion ly. Bucknam James J. Hogan ChAREES R. lylNGEEY David M. Whitcomb President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Edward H. Simpson Herbert k. Darkin Irving F. Dwinneee Rosweee T. Hapgood SOPHOMORE YEAR. EIRST TERH. SECOND TERM. President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Irving F. Dwinneee Raeph S. Beers Howard T. Waesh Robert C. Aeeen President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, ChareES R. Lingeey Sidney H. Francis Everett S. Wood Haroed E. Burdette JUNIOR YEAR. EIRST TERM. SECOND TERM. President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Robert C. Aeeen John H. Brooks, Jr. Sidney H. B ' rancis Giebert W. Mieeer President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Sidney H. Francis ErnEvST N. Jennison Howard T. Waesh Raeph S. Beers SENIOR YEAR. EIRST President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, TERM. Frank S. Nutting Robert M. Barr Evander H. Ginn Phieip Merriee SECOND TERM. President, Vice-President, Secretary, Treasurer, Howard T. Waesh Everett S. Wood Ernest N. Jennison Sidney H. Francis 54 Ching, ching, ching, Chow, chow, chow. 1900, Wow, wow, wow ! CivASS CoivORS —Dark hroivn and dark blue. It’s a hard matter to tell where to begin the histor} ' of the class of 1900. We might begin away back, and tell of the birth of Pa Nutting, and how he used to phase his nurse by doing Calculus on the head of his crib, and with that as a start we might go on to tell how he came to the Tech and amused us all by drawing cribs on the inside of his Toney. Or, we might tell how Skinny Moore was brought into the world, kicking; or, we might go so far back as to tell of the times when Haynes and Whalley were still crying for Mellin’s Food ; or, if we were interested in ante-deluvian history, we might try to tell of the first time when J. Sin‘ whispered ‘ ‘ shoo ! shoo ! shoo ! ” as he drove the chickens off his front doorstep. These are the things we might do, but we won’t. We merely desire to set before our readers ‘ ‘ the recorded expression of what man has thought and felt,” for the past four years. We feel sure that some of the Profs, will regret our departure ; we feel sure that they will go to the solitude of their homes, and there weep bitter, salty tear-drops, as they think of our departing coat-tails. Others, we feel sure, w ill go home to shout shouts of ghoulish glee, and hoot hoots of derision. They will gloat as they think of the D’s and K’s they have given us, and the acres of paper we have covered with hen tracks and passed in to them during exam weeks. But, however that may be, we shall soon be beyond their gentle clutch ; and, if the reader has any curiosit} to know how we came to be where we are, he may find out by beginning with me at our rPlzSIlMAM YEAI?. It was a fierce looking and conglomerate array of individuals who began to assemble around the top of “vScience Hill ” about 5 o’clock on the after- 57 noon of September i6, 1896. No one would think that such a gang of hoboes would be changed into the intellectual appearing class of 1900 ; but such is the fact, so great has been the civilizing effect of “ Promises to be Good,” and Nutt’s hogic. In those days there were Armenians among us, and men with long, scraggly beards; there were farmer boys, with red bandanna handkerchiefs, their breeches stuck in the tops of their boots, and hayseed in their hair. Some of us knew a quadratic equation from a hen¬ coop fence, and some didn’t; but now you can’t tell us anything. But, gentle or ugly reader, as the case may be, we entered with a class of 83, and we are now about to emerge from the fray with 43 integrated from Allen to Wood. No w onder we look back on our course with the feelings of a man who has just escaped being felled with a load of brick. Our first fall term in this land of work was an eventful one : with Jo as our leader, we won second in the cross countries; Birge, Curtis, Nutting, Perkins, Simpson, Traill, Walsh and Thomas showed the upper class men how to play foot-ball; several churches gave us receptions (they don’t any more), and the profs, gave us all that was coming our way. We had considerable energy up our sleeve, though, as was shown by the first cane rush. It was the first affair of the kind that had ever been pulled off up here at the Tech, and the faculty hesitated about allowing the thing to go on, but finally agreed on condition that Dan Regan stand by with a hoss-pistol, to see fair play. Well, to make a long story short, we came on to the field, a motley crew, headed by “Am” Clark, and sailed into the Sophs in true cane-rush fashion. The fun was stopped after five minutes of ” getting acquainted” with ’99. But even then, we were so fond of them that it took all the profs, and the two upper classes to tear them away from us, and the sod for some acres around had to be turned up to plow out various missing members of ’99. When the hands were finally counted, it was found that we had won, 9 to 7, and the glad news was telegraphed to waiting crowds all over the world. In the evening we paraded the streets, in overalls, headed by the 1900 drum corps, and Buck carrying the cane. Just what else ' happened that night is unknown, but various egg stains were laid up to our account, and every man had to prove an alibi, or answer a list of questions on his past life, from birth up to the parade night. About this time the Presidential elections came on, and Tech students helped celebrate the victory of ‘ ‘ Bill ’ ’ McKinley by heading the great sound money parade. We vShall always think of Arthur Kent when we 58 remember that parade, how, mounted on the shoulders of a few of the gang, he asked, with the anxiety of a physician, whether there was anything “the matter with Bill McKinley,” and on being told, at the top of our lungs, that he was “all right,” inquired again and again, that he might be sure. And when Arthur’s voice was gone, w e assured the people all along Main Street that “we are the Tech Y. M. C. A.” In the evening Bliss Field was the scene of another bonfire, near the foot of the old tree. The next day, and several days after, were bus} anxious days, for us, and all had to sign a paper promising not to do anything without first consulting the faculty, or get our leave of absence. The class as a whole rapidly developed. Our merry ching ! ching ! ching ! came to be known all over town, and our skill in executing the G. W. commanded the attention of Sir Roger as far away as Main Street. We were the last class to have the jolly old man, and we can see him in our mind’s eye, as he stood there with the slate on shop mornings, kindly grin¬ ning as some fellow who lived within stone’s throw of the Institute, hurried in, clad in a sweater and pair of breeches. We had the usual good times in the Chem. Lab., too, and many of us made our mark on the ceiling. We spent many happy (!!) hours poring over Smith’s algebra, while Mr. Thomas consideratel} helped us out of the frying pan into the fire. Zelotes helped us do a few choice stunts in French, where we found great amusement in trying to tell whether to use “ Zounds ! ” or “ Great Scott! ” We helped Lord Clive and “ the Willie Bengalee” out of their several difficulties, learned how to turn H. P.’s into w arts, and a very great number of other useful things which we have long since forgotten. Then the first semi-annuals came around, and although strenuous efforts were made on all sides, a few failed to pull through, while the rest drew a long breath and plunged into the second half. The class became somewhat more divided, although Trig., Invent., Dutch., and other things too numerous and horrible to mention, still stayed by us all. The spring saw us again on the field; Birge, Barr, Saunders, Maynard and Walsh playing on the base ball team, while the class took second in the class games. Again the semi-annuals came around, and again our little band lost a few of its followers; many of us left as soon as exam week was over, and by commencement all had scattered for home, and the Freshman year of our college life had come to a close. 59 SOPHOMORE YEAR. We had created so many sensations during our Freshman year that it was but little wonder, when we came back in the middle of September, ’97, ready to take everything which deigned to come our way, that, if opportunities for fame refused to appear, we proposed to seek them out for ourselves. We had no trouble, however, for five 1900 men made the foot-ball team, and at the season’s close Walsh was elected captain, an unusual honor for a Sophomore. Ninety-nine, hoping to get even with us for the previous year’s defeat, presented the Freshmen with a cane, and what little knowl edge they pos¬ sessed in the art of rushing. We had not forgotten the teachings of “ Am ” Clark and marched upon the cane-break full of enthusiasm and confidence. From previous experience we had learned as many as four things about stand¬ ing on a line, calling attention to the off-side play of our opponents, and as a consequence, formed a circle around that cane before the startled Freshmen were fairly in motion. A few of us placed our hands upon the stick and charitably refrained from disturbing the three Freshmen in our midst, while the remainder of the class stood about us looking for the Freshmen. We saw them running around the outside of our group wondering how they should get in, and at intervals tapping one of us gently upon the shoulder to call attention to the fact that they were still on the field. After the pistol announced the conclusion of the farce we walked from the field with the cane in our midst. Later, it was sawed into blocks, which were distributed about the class as souvenirs of the easy side of Tech life. Success in athletics seemed glued to our standard, for we won the cross countries with great ease, getting the first four places in one run, and wan¬ ning the majority of points in all three races. But if success seemed ours in one branch of activity, another phase, and one which we have found most serious, was slowLq but none the less surely, transforming us into grinding machinery, directed by the will of an all powerful master, who, to put it mildly, believed in work. Immense respect for time-honored custom and the law s of repetition and redundancy, forbid mention of cobblers’ shops or graphite mines, but w e must note that analyt and descript did furnish us wath a thorough insight into the proper manage¬ ment of a stable, with its accompanying adjuncts, w ater pails, hoes, rakes, shovels and oat bins. “Scratch” was an impersonified refutation of the 60 argument that ‘‘no news is good new s,” for what one of us has not felt like bestowing a sk dike tinge upon the atmosphere when he has found, after carefully inking-in a drawing, that “it is wrong, and had better be done over again ? ’ ’ What insights into mediaeval history did we not get under “Jinny” from “ Der Rittmeister von Altrosen ; with what grace did U. B-o teach us of the “Uhrwalde in Vaneazzwuelar,” and of the neces¬ sity of reading between the lines when analyzing such persuasive orations as “Der Dampfmachine? ” So we might go on indefinitely, enumerating the store of knowledge we acquired from Joe and Dr. Thomas C. Mendenhall in physics ; of our practice games on Bliss Field, scraps with Ikey, toy fire departments in the labs, and the uses of a transit other than for purposes of surveying land, but we leave these for fond recollection. We found but few changes during our second half. We mourned some¬ what that there were not eight days in the week, that we might spend seven on calculus instead of only six, but aside from this our life was as ever :—one round of excitement. Toward the end of the year we bequeathed more laurel to our flower garden by winning the class field-day, defeating ’99 and ’01 at base ball, and incidentally causing Dexter Rice to dedicate volumes of paint, thought, and scriptural expressions to the culprit who painted M. P. Higgins’s barn. JUNIOR YEAR. Weary and homesick after a summer’s outing and fun, we found ourselves collected once more as a class, on Tech Hill, listening to Doc. as he told us the same old story and gave us the glad hand in the same old way. “Take 49 pages in Loney’s Dynamics and a few wee bits of Calculus ; also procure one copy of Ewing’s Steam Engine and Thompson’s Electric Machinery. These wdll cost only about five dollars each. Take 32 pages in Ewing, as far as Exhaust, also read the first six chapters in Thompson ; these recitations wall be for to-morrow morning, and you will report to Prof. Beals in the physics department in the afternoon, for laboratory work. The rest of the schedule will be posted to-morrow.” With these few words to cheer us, we filed out of chapel thinking the cinches of Junior year were still to be discovered. We made a rush for the book store, each one trying to get the first copy, as well as to renew acquaintance with Miss Francis, who was as jolly and pleasant as ever and glad to see us back. There w’ere a few stray Freshmen wandering around, and we laughed to think that w e were once as green as they. 61 But the day didn’t last long, and we were vSoon learning the ropes of the new professors. We met Jinny Haynes in Polly Con, with his standard stock of jokes. He taught ns that in good society a chair is a quadruped and not a biped. We learned to put up a star bluff on subjects we didn’t know anything about, and all enjoyed Whitney’s important questions and admired Jimmy Am.sden for his bravery in going to the front when the Prof, called for volunteers. In the shops we ran across a new instructor, Mr. Coolidge, and he was all right. He became very popular with the fellows, especially those who wouldn’t work at all and yet get credit in two different departments at the same time. He tried to explain a Dutch-nose to us, but we knew too well from experience, and he failed. But it was in physics lab that we struck it richest. Dusty, with his mathematics, was a new face in that department, and he used to lose us with his deep thinking. Here we learned how to take photos, and Schervee’s studio was not to be compared with Joe’s private office when a shift of our men were at work in it. We also studied, through a telescope, the “waist places’’ down on the benches in the park, while Brooks conducted a regular Monte Carlo and beat everybody out at matching pennies. So the time slipped along; foot-ball was played in all its glory, and 1900 represented nearly two-thirds of the team. One evening late in the fall, we quietly stole away to the shadows of the Bay State House, and there, amid much laughter and good cheer, we had our Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet, an event not soon to be forgotten. We remember how Flat and Simp did the cake-walk up Highland Street, and the bonfire we had on the hill, where the password, “more wood,’’ caused a stampede to the wood pile and back. Also how Bryant caused a stampede in another direction, when the laugh was on us; and the visit to Fat Morgan’s room, where Simp, facing a revolver, did the double shuffle on the tin roof. We presented the Freshmen with a cane, but they were too slow, and the Sophs won it easily. The winter passed with little excitement, except for the rush when the seats in the electrical circle went on sale, after exams; then several almost got lost in the crush. Things began to pick up, and Easter vacation found them in full blast ; those who worked in the shops will remember the exciting times we had. They will remember how Chandler umpired the ball games in the back shop, how Bill Hurley, with his scouts, was always on the war path, and most of all, that long to be remembered side talk by Chandler, when we 62 learned how $69,000 wa.s being blown in on ns, and of the value of Ikey the watch dog. Those were exciting times. And then we remember how they tried to fix things up with us: a trip to WavShburn Moen’s shops was taken, car fare paid by the Tech ; the fellows cut off at the brewery, coming home, and enjoyed an hour’s sport in studying the mythology of the bottom of a glass. Later in the term a trip was taken to Hartford, where many different places of interest were visited, and many tales are told of the doings of the fellows, both going and coming back. But the year was not without its sorrows, and the saddest of these was the death of our friend and classmate, J. Roberts Cox. Having injured himself while on his way to join us at a recitation, he lay for weeks on his bed, until death came and released him. Though with us but a short time, we remember him as an earnest and hard worker, a friend, and a man of character. The spring term slipped rapidly away. Class base ball was tried and the Sophs beat us ii to 10, and after the game we had a rush for Pease, which eventually resulted in a .scrap for a sign which ended by ’99’s reinforcing the Sophs and stopping the fight. At field day we kept up our grand repu¬ tation, and with only six men entered, we won out against all the other classes. The days were fine, and canoeing at the lake was as popular as cutting a prof, who was late to his recitations. Exam week came at last, and such a week ! The thermometer read about 102 in the coolest part of the day, and fellows laid around on the house tops in their bathing suits. How we burned the midnight oil, learn¬ ing about the pig-boiling process for Jennings, and of shapes and forms for Danny ! The friction circles of the Duke gave us wheels, but we fooled him. And then we parted for home, some never to return ; a few who had practice to make up got together and gave ’99 a good beating at baseball, thus ending our cinch year at Tech. SENIOR YEAR. After the Doc had delivered the oft repeated phra.se, “ I am plea.sed to see .so many of you, but j ou cannot all graduate,” we felt like true Seniors. Our ranks had been depleted slightly during vacation, and we .strained our ears in vain for the dulcet tones of Fat Morgan’s laugh. No longer could its harmonious strains be heard delighting the occasional passer-by on Main 63 Street; no more did its calliope vibrations disturb the peaceful tete-a-tete in Him Park ; no longer did the lofty heights of Providence Hill resound with that gurgle of merry cheer, for alas and alack Fat had taken unto himself a wife, as well as a job at the Morgan Construction Co. Watt, Junior, decided that Tech life lacked that congenial atmosphere so essential to an inventor, so failed to return to the roll call. Buck blew in from the White Mountains several weeks late, but finding no snow shook hands and blew out! We found that numerous changes had been made among the professors without our consent or sanction, as we could not all be reached by telephone. The faculty, not being able to consult with us, did the best they could under the circumstances, and in several instances made wise selections. No better Professor of Machine Design could have been chosen than Forrest R., even though we did have to lay down several plunks for his Part II. Mr. Cool- idge, after his young 4th of July celebration, came to the happy conclusion that Worcester was not warm enough for his blood, and sought the South for his health. His trip to Hartford, renewing old acquaintances, failed to act as a spring tonic, but when he straightened himself to his fullest height and said “This is where I learned my trade,” it was the last straw to hear a feeble echo call “Too-bad for the shop.” As he saw the wan smile creep over $69,000 Chandler’s placid countenance he cried, “et tu Chand¬ ler?” and handed in his resignation. Lest the grindstone should get one sided and lard oil go to waste, Howard Parker Fairfield left Cleveland when some of the ’99 men settled there, and assumed the privilege of ringing the gong in the machine shop and passing out check books. He treated us as gentlemen, and made us feel as though he understood his business; so much so that Jake got in on time one morning and put in 5 hours of hard work. Ba jove !—The Juke went home to render material aid to the Boers in the war they are raging against the English. Friction Kingsbury appeared upon the scene, eyed us from over the rim of his spectacles, and started us in the free-for-all class. We went along in a sort of go-as-you-please gait with written quizzes ringing the laps. He didn’t want us to ask him que.stions, because they were tiresome and hard to answer. How we did struggle with Cotterill ! We took all the stuff of no value, of which Kings¬ bury didn’t always see the sense. We didn’t bother to do many examples because each one we solved was worth $ 10 , and visions of bloated aristocrats so clouded our brains that we could not work very comfortably. We wished 64 often to let the ten go and learn his solution, but modesty and maidenly reserve would not allow him to impart it. But the strangest thing in the Nutt line we ever saw was Willie. He was the queerest Nutt we ever gazed upon. He came rattling off the trees of Cornell, before the first frost and landed among the debris at Tech. B. B., of Arnold’s stirring and soul-inspiring debate, he yielded white fumes, and well nigh decrepitated. Prof. French taught the civils the intricacies of bluff, gave the mechanics a few lessons on using the level and transit, and a most interesting talk on the subject. Joe, learning from phyvsics that two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time, decided to swim out. As he humped along dog-paddle, he saw Duff roll in to fill up his photographic studio with all sorts of funny things. The shop watch-dog had ki-ied to Union Street, leaving his kennel for Hink Harris, who minded the Freshman and hid Chandler’s draughting, conjointly with Reeby. The mechanics got their foretaste of glory divine when they were intro¬ duced to the electric lab. It was here that the Uibby-Jacobs combination forgot hydraulic wars, and peace and amiability reigned supreme, as they lovingl} worked out curves, worthy rivals of Johnny’s sausages, with weak backs. Skinny Moore, with his Junior year’s experience as a boss electrician was the star man. Jo Phelon supplied him with .several circuit breakers and a few miles of fuse wire—just for safety’s sake. Along in the fall the Juniors held their Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet, under the auspices of igoo and the cops. Quite a goodly number from igoi, as well as several from ’02, attended. We did not enjoy especially the indirect method of reaching the Bay State House, biit to please the dear Juniors, we showed them the way to the banquet hall via North Pond and Institute Park. At the latter place, the pretty infants, with hands tied in fond em¬ brace sang to us in childish treble, “Becau.se I love you so.’’ They lost their way .several times, and in the fullness of our hearts, we allowed the cops, .six, to one child, to accompany them to the Bay State. Some of them were very ill-mannered and wandered about the streets in most unbecoming costumes, but they were so young and inexperienced that we could hardly expect anything else of them. The foot-ball sea.son ended by a game between the Seniors and Freshmen, at the Oval, and the Freshmen won. 65 5 Ill January came that week so heavily fraught with pleasure, and so dear to our hearts, the semi-annual week of exams. It was there that w e real¬ ized for the seventh time the blessings of Tech life. O base exams, whene’er thou dost appear, We learn from thee, what man hath learned before: Although, but twice, thou comest in the year, Perhaps each coming means the office door. We struggled through them,—how, we do not know,—but the week ended, as all things of this earth must. We certainly got all that was coming to us, and in return offered up on the altars of knowledge every scrap of intelligence we ever possessed. We began the second half with renewed vigor, thankful that Willie Nutt’s seige was over. Thesis subjects were chosen after much deliberation, and the labs on Fridays and Saturdays would furnish exceptionally fine fields for missionary work. Things moved along as usual with very little to draw our attention from study. In the spring we did very little in the way of athletics, but enough to uphold the honor of the class. Class meetings became frequent, and were ever full of enthusiasm. After some discussion, and a thrilling outburst of oratory from lyibby, Class Day was abolished. Our faces were snapped by Schervee, and the final preparation for gradu¬ ation begun. Now as we stand upon the threshold of a new life, as we are about to sever the ties which have bound us here, the outlook is dim and unknown, but the retrospect brings pleasant memories tinged with a grain of sadness, when we realize that for the last time we have met together as students at our Alma Matei ' . May the friendships we have formed be ever firm and true, and despite whatever vicissitudes we meet, may we ever be noble and loyal sons of W. P. I., and honorable members of the dear old Class of 1900 ! 66 Robert C. Allen, . . . . . A E, Chemist. Bob is tlie first man in liis class,—that’s the advantage of having a name that begins with A. Has held many class offices, being President in the first half of his Junior year, Toast-master at the Half-Way-Thro’, Manager of class and varsity track and foot-ball teams, member of the Ath¬ letic Board and President of the Athletic Association. Bob has always been an enthusiastic upholder of 1900, and has helped her to win many a hard fought battle on track and field. Was the Walking Delegate — who didn’t walk — of the Chemist’s Amalgamated Union, and as one of the Editors-in-Chief of this volume is responsible for many of the good things it contains. The people of the outside w’orld who have never had the pleasure of seeing Bob arise in Poly-Corn, draw in about a barrelful of atmosphere, and deliver his best guess on the questions Jinny put, have missed much there is in life. He thinks Electricity for Chemists is O. K. aud only regrets he doesn’t have it this year. We feel sure that if for no other reason, he will gain renown for his beard, which becomes a respectable harrow on being left alone over night. James L. Amsden, Jr., . . . . . Chemist. “Question Amsden?” Jimmie is the alderman of the class, and a member of the gang of toughs that entered from the English High. Blossomed out in our Sophomore year as a cross-country runner, aud made a hair-raising finish with Frangois Price to see who should have the cov¬ eted honor of finishing last. James won. Would be a strong admirer of the fair sex, but can’t find his ideal ; and if he did, he’d kill her with questions. Is an authority on all conceivable subjects aud would make a good walking encyclopaedia, but has closed a contract for a position in the gas works at the Windy City. James is part proprietor of the “corner grocery,” where he can be seen at all hours of the day or night. He is a fiery orator and his stump speeches on the Boer troubles were the admiration of the Nutt. Henry F. W. Arnold, ..... Mechanic. Joined our class at the beginning of our Junior year from Rhode Island State College. Sometimes travels under the name of “Peanuts.” He is 1900’s only true sport and he is a thoroughbred. He has a great desire to keep a fighting bull-dog and had one by the name of P ' aust, but the name queered him. He has read twenty- five books on the subject of bull-pups and is an authority ; he is also an ardent admirer of S. Weir Mitchell. He made himself famous in Senior year by his stirring debate noted for its word coloring aud well placed gestures. When it conies to “destructive bacteria” and “antiquated fossi- lated ruins,” we must refer you to Peanuts. He does not agree with Libby on the subject of education, but thinks that “ man is a social animal ” aud should be educated as such. He is a firm believer in Class Day and iu the theory that man is an accidental conglomeration of parts. Robert M. Barr, . Ralph S. Beers, 2 A E, Mechanic. What is your name? Bawr. Wliat? B-a-avv-aw. This was our first introduction to the gentleman from Wash¬ ington, Barr is very musical and can play anything from a jew’s-harp to a hurdy-gurdy, his specialty being the mandolin with cake walk variations. He played in the Banjo and Guitar Club during the Freshman and Sopho¬ more years. At the class banqnet he had the “ Half-Way- Thro’ ” toast. He is a good base ball player, having played shortstop on the varsity during our Freshman year, and also on the class nine. He was Vice-President the first half of the Senior year. Barr is very partial to the fair sex and often he may be seen scorching over the road to Paxton or sprinting for a New Worcester car. After he graduates it is expected that he will keep a “ fish ” market in Washington. r A, Electric. Ralph Silas Beers, alias Trilby, hails from Cornwall Bridge, shown by a small dot on the map of Connecticut. Trilby has always been an extremely hard worker. His early life was spent on the farm, in eating, sleeping, indulging now and then in a woodchuck hunt. Started in life at Tech with Walsh, at 13 Dix, and while there helped to incorporate the “Mutual Aid.” His existence became so irksome that a change of air and scenery was necessary. Trilby joined the Phi Gams, immediately forming an alliance with Biid. The last two years of his incarceration at Tech have not been all sunshine, for Trilby soon found it quite a task to do less work than Bud. Ralph Silas has a good business head, and for that reason was entrusted with the financial end of this book. It is known for a fact that Trilby spoke to a girl once. He is a Congregationalist, a loyal member of the Prohibition Party, and thinks Chapel should be compulsory. Trilby was Vice-President the first half of our Sopho¬ more year, and Treasurer the second half of our Junior year. Trilby does not smoke. Nathan R. Birge, . . . • . d) r A, Electric. Bud is our class wonder in more ways than one. He was the Duke’s favorite student, and raised his work by keeping away from recitations for a couple of weeks. Bud was our star foot-ball man ; he held down right end on the varsity for four years, and captained our class team one season. He was the most persistent trainer on the team and thought inhaled smoke was the best thing for the wind. He also played on our class base ball team, and covered sec¬ ond base on the varsity while a Freshman. Bud is full of the pipe. At least a certain girl said so after pulling six out of one of his pockets, although he tried to pass the bluff that he used them for moth balls. He was the only man in the class to enlist during our war with Spain, and he had an extra long vacation on that account. He caused great commotion in the police force when he gave orders to several cops on Tech Hill the night of our bonfire. He is one of the most popular men in the class and loves work—at a distance. His favorite song is “Do take care of the Bees,” 71 S A E, Civil. John H. Brooks, Jr., . Jack is one of our English High acquisitions. He lives iu the land that flows with milk and sweet cider. He is one of the Institute’s best foot-ball men, having played a star game at full-back during the seasons of ’98 and ’99. He has played on our class team, was on the track team in the seasons of ’97 and ’98, and won many points for us in the cross-country runs during our first three years at Tech. He was Secretary of the Athletic Association in ’97-’98, and Treasurer in ’98-’99. He sang first tenor on the Glee Club for three years and was leader until the powers that be interfered. Was Vice-President of the class during the first half of our Junior year, was a member of the Half-Way- Thro’’committee and responded to the toast to “The Class.’’ He is a true blue representative of 1900 spirit. Favorite expression : “Where’s Bronso.’’ Arthur H. Bryant, Electric. Bryant is one of “ H. B.’s’’ gang that spend their after¬ noons on stools looking at the ceiling, and afterwards tell how hard they have to work. Unlike his companions he is a hard working fellow and tries to live up to the cata¬ logue, but finds some difficulty in breathing the moral atmosphere of the Tech, particularly that of the black¬ smith shop when Ginn is trying to weld. Although he is mild in his appearance, Bryant is one of our fierce men. In the Junior year he conceived the bold idea of becom¬ ing a roaring cowboy, and could only satisfy his thirst for blood by killing large amounts of time in the shop. This fighting instinct is not remarkable, since Bryant hails fromVermont, Admiral Dewey’s own State, where the loco¬ motives still burn wood. Bryant has occasional races with Ginn to see who will get into recitations last, but Giun still holds the record for the greatest angle of lag. It is a mystery to us why Bryant left Middlebury with its “co-ed.’’ college and came to the Tech, but probably he had reasons. Harold E. Burdette, . . . . r A, Mechanic. Birdy hails from Northboro. He enjoys study, but is always ready to go when the Prof’s five minutes of grace is up, and has even been known to keep his watch a few minutes fast. English is his favorite study, and his final debate was a masterpiece. He felt that Nutt did him a rank injustice because he gave him a high B instead of an A on it. Harold is a good base ball player, played third base on the varsity nine in the season of ’99, and on the class team during all four years. He is a member of the Tennis Club, and was class Treasurer one-half of our sophomore year. He is very fond of the ladies; no one in particular, but all in general, so long as they are pretty and.not too shy. His preference seems to be for school teachers and Oread girls. 72 Harry I. Cross, Electric. Cross is oue of our most cheerful members, and takes the cares of this life and the trials of the Electrical course with very little concern. Believes in making haste slowly, and for this reason is a great favorite with instructors in the shop. During the Junior year Cross exhibited great skill in shop practice. Was known to do several hours’ work in the shop while gazing upon nature from the tower or some neighboring hill, and went through the “underground passage’’ at least twice a day. Although an Electric, Cross is very fond of mechanics, and spends much of his time in moments of inertia. Finds playing the guitar much more congenial than studying. Was one of the few who enjoyed a more or less intimate acquaint¬ ance with Ganong. Frederick R. Davis, . . . . . r A, Electric. Freddie came to us from Union College at the begin¬ ning of our Junior year. He weighs 130 pounds and is 5 feet s )4 inches tall. Though small of stature, he has lofty ambitious; He is very proficient in English and has been the mainstay of several men whose written arguments were their best work in English. Davis is fond of mechan¬ ics, though at times his questions are embarassing to the professor. Although most of his life has been spent elsewhere, he was born in Massachusetts, and it is not surprising that he is glad to turn his steps toward the “Bay State,” where his heart is held captive by a fair lady. During the Senior year he has been under the influence of his twin, the Dutchman, but we expect that when the “ traitor’s ” spell is removed, he will be as good as ever. Sidney H. Frances, ..... Mechanic. Sid is an up-country man, having first seen the light of day in the rural district of Euuy-burg. Is inclined to be rather slow, but always gets there with two w ell-grown feet. Has held all the class offices, caught on both class and varsity base ball teams and managed the latter for one season. Sid is also a literary light, being a member of the Journal board, a nd oue of the editors of this notable publication. Has trouble in the engineering lab, as he travels under the same name as Prof. Reeve, and is some¬ what embarassed by having difficult questions put to him. He was one of Coolidge’s pets during our Junior year, but as he was fed only on rare meat, he became desperate, and helped trun cannon balls down the stairs at the planer, and then did the double shuffle to get back to his lathe without being seen. 73 Walter K. Ganong, Electric. Mr. Gauoug came to us from the wilds of New Brunswick. He is 1900’s “silent partner,” and literally “says nothing, but saws wood,” avoiding all appearance of interest in other members of the class, and tending strictly to business. In many ways Ganong is a model student; he is always on time, and “ at all times and on all occasions demeans himself in a quiet and gentlemanly manner,” which is all that the catalogue asks of anybody. Because of his silence, nothing is known of his history; but, as might be expected, various theories have been put forth. Some think he is a reformed pirate, and this theory is well supported by his boldness in applying calculus to problems in mechanics. On the other hand, his silence and desire for seclusion lead to the belief that his may have been the sad experience of having “loved and lost.” But whatever may be the dark mystery of Ganong’s past, we would willingly be friends with him if he would give us a chance. Evander H. Ginn, ...... Electric. Ginn is one of our liveliest members, always in a hurry, but never on time. We know it is time to bolt if Ginn comes in before the prof. does. He is very popular with the faculty, who like to see an energetic young man, even if he does come in late. He once tried to reform Bryant, but gave it up. “It’s no use,” he said, “I’ve labored with him in vain ; for he still says ‘ Oh Lordy ! ’ ” To Van belongs the proud distinction of having once belonged to the same temperance society as Mr. Nutt. It is supposed that this had a beneficial influence on his work in Argu¬ mentation. On account of the similarity of their names, Ginn and Quinn are almost inseparable companions. One can seldom go the length of Main Street without meeting them, “ marching as to war.” Van always gets to recita¬ tions early, makes a rush for a front seat, never goes to sleep during recitations, and is tremendously fond of shop and shoveling coal. Sometimes called B. Ginn, or Guinea-hen, or just plain, unadulterated Gin. Walter S. Graffam, ..... Mechanic. Walter hails from Bangor, Maine, but is now occuD3dng a suite of rooms in the Salisbury Lab, from which he sallies forth now and then to attend recitations. He received his early training from a private teacher, which accounts, doubtless, for his entering with ’99. He soon saw the error of his way and joined 1900. Graffam is very msthetic (see Arnold for definition), but a jolly class-mate. Took much interest in Jinnie’s “PolySci.,” and spent considerable time in training his luxurious moustache in the way it should go. Graffam is O. K. in the shops, and was Mitchell’s right hand man. 74 Mechanic. vSamuel F. Hall, This mau hails from the shores of the Hudson, and generally travels under the name of Sam. He is noted for the walking tours which he takes whenever occasion per¬ mits, and also the skating trips around Salisbury Pond. Sam’s long legs are right in their element then, and he can show his heels to the best of them. Is an athlete in spirit but is handicapped by a game leg he once received in foot-ball. He played on our class base ball team, also on 99’s while he was a member of that class, for Sam is a five year man. While not what might be termed a shark in studies, he has saved more than one man’s scalp at different times during their course. He was one of the prime movers in the war in Transvaal at 7 Dix Street, while it was waged during our Junior year, and finally left with his wife, Bobby B-. He is an A man in the shops, especially in woodwork, and his ambition is to lead a successful life on the briny deep. He is one of the most popular men in the class. Herman W. Haynes, Chemist. The calm and philosophical-looking phiz which is here presented to the reader, is that of Hermes Haynes. Was called “Snorer” by ’99, but on the demise of that deplor¬ able gang of toughs, he cast off the old name and put on the new. Hermes is a chemist from his corns to the roof of his hat, and loves the labs, stinks and all, and hence stands in with Dr. K., and what Haynes says goes. Is better known by the chemists as the owner of a character¬ istic dry wit, but is well liked by all the class who know him. Showed great diplomacy in our Senior year, as the only man in the class who pulled an A from Willie Nutt; with the rest of us it was “ Will-he, or Will-he Nutt?” with the odds in favor of “ Will-he Nutt.” Has been obliged to spend an extra year on account of poor health, but is a leader in his studies and will finish h igh. Walter J. Hoar, Electric. • No relation to the Senator, but ought to be, as we all remember Hoar’s reply to Haynes during our Senior Eng¬ lish Course with Nutt. He is a man of few words, but full of practical jokes. Can usually be found with Punk Merrill after school hours. Hoar is noted principally for his ‘‘personally conducted tours,” and his remarkable control over Bryant. We think it is largely his influence that keeps Bryant in the path of righteousness. It is said that but for Hoar’s pull with the authorities below, Bryant would never have returned from Purgatory, where he once went on one of Hoar’s excursions. Although he is quiet, he is a great admirer of the ‘‘fair sex,” and shows his admiration by carrying a choice collection of pretty faces in his note book, as well as one in his watch case. 75 Edward H. Howard, Civil. One of our numerous Worcester High School acquisi¬ tions. Is an adept in the art of persuasion, as he learned its rudiments during our Freshman English course; and we understand that his remarkable success in enticing the unwary at the lake, decided the faculty as to the advisa¬ bility of our taking Argumentation and Persuasion under Professor Nutt during our senior year. Can tell more than any other man in the class about the mechanics of rocking dolls, and the probabilit} of shooting straight once in three tries. Is destined to become one of the wealthiest men in the class, and a brilliant future is predicted for him. Has been a member of the Glee Club, and is on our Aftermath board, with the position of photographer. William F. Howk, Electric. a small man with a large voice. Raised a moustache during our Senior year, on a be .Avith Nichols, because he knew ' that Nick couldn’t coax out more than two small hairs and one big one. Howe is one of our bright ones, and it is said that he will finish among the top-notchers. He hails from Leominster, the town that produced Nutting, our Pa, and hastens home every Sunday to make glad the waist places. Is a checker fiend, although generally com¬ ing out at the small end of the horn, and one of our few grinds, but the ravages of time are beginning to tell even on him, and he now is willing to cut with the next man. George A. Jacobs, Electric. Jake weighs one hundred and eighty pounds, and is commonly called “Fat” to distinguish him from L. A. George comes from Dudley, where he was raised on the farm ; he is one of the farmer’s w ' armest defenders, and any slur on the “ rube ” brings him to his feet wdth a rush. “ Fat ” is a good foot-ball player, having played centre on the class team and guard on the varsity in one game dur¬ ing the season of ’98. When George gets his dander up, as he did at the memorable sign-rush, things have to fly ; but generally his heart is as big and generous as his feet. He prepared for Tech at Nichols Academy, Dudley, Mass. Jacobs has sung in the Glee Club for two years, and we understand that a certain young lady, whose name w ' e withhold at her request, is very fond of his voice. 76 Loren A. Jacobs, Mechanic. Jake hails from Webster the town of Putnam, ’99, but resembles the latter in no other way. He was on the fence for quite a while as to whether to be an Electric or a Me¬ chanic, but finally took the latter and can roost on a stool and bathe in lard oil with the best of them. He goes down to Webster every Sunday, although that doesn’t prove anything. Jake is one of our scrappers and had quite a go with big Perkins in the foundry one day. He did n’t like it when Carl stopped the scrap: “ Eeave me alone, I’m all right! ” he kept yelling. Jake is a true 1900 man and has helped the class win points in cross-country runs and field-day, as well as on our foot-ball team. He thinks we can do ’01 at anything, especially scrapping, and would like to be around when the fun is on. Jake, while not what might be termed a shark, is a stayer and can be de¬ pended upon. He became very tired of life during Senior year, and several times over¬ slept, and only woke up when a basin of Hydraulics or a question in Machine Design was hurled at him. Ernest N. Jennison, ..... Electric. A grandson of “Tech,” his father being a ’71 man. Of a mild and retiring disposition ; but Oh my! when he hasn’t his disposition. Ask McLoughlin.’oi about it, and how he liked the sign-rush. Believes that there never was a class like 1900, and is perfectly ready to stand back of any statements he may make to that effect. Has an im¬ mense regard for Walton’s Complete Angler and is ready to defend that, too. Was Vice-President of the class during the second half of the Junior year and is our present Secre¬ tary. Is one of the artists of this book and was responsible for part of the illustrations upon our Half-Way-Thro’ menu card. His admiration and affections were divided between the Duke and English Lit. He has had bound several vol¬ umes of copious notes taken from the former’s lectures and decided that the Tech Catalogue was his favorite book, as a direct result of his course in the latter. Benjamin O. Johnson, _..... Civil. Ben is one of our representatives from the rural districts and it is rumored that sweet cider is to be found out his way. He is no relation to Ben Jonson but he could give him points on any subject you can mention. He is one of the quartet who made such a hit at the Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet, and has sung first tenor in the Glee Club for three years. He has represented 1900 in the two mile bicycle race and in the cross-country runs. Johnson is very fond of German, and we are told that he is the warm¬ est thing that ever came down the pike at translating Sky Dutch. Ben has a sunny disposition and you can’t get him out of sorts. His ambition is to own a yacht, and he hopes to sail with Hoss White on the Blackstone. 77 Mechanic. Roy G. Lkwis, Maixoi.m M. Ribby, Charlb:s R. Linglky, Roy, Otis of Oscar claims Fall River as his home, and entered Tech with ’99. He tired of their society in his Junior year, and so joined 1900. Otis never failed to get an A in shop, and received the same in Electrical Tab. He is a genial, good hearted class-mate, most thorough going and practical. During the skating season he might be found doing the grape-vine, while the admiring damsels looked on and applauded with “ain’t that nice.” Oscar knows a gas engine to perfection, and no one in Tech can touch him in that line. He was a good man in Machine Design and Steam, but how he did love English ! Can imitate anything from a sky-rocket to a buzz planer, and often has Carlton looking for a slipping belt in the shops. Mechanic. The reader will probably not fail to see that this is Dibby, a born mathematician and mechanic. Has a way of expressing himself so as to leave no doubt in the mind of the hearer. Is always ready to illustrate his point graphically, on the blackboard, while everybody else falls asleep and the prof, gives up and goes home to dinner. He has taught in the Worcester evening schools during all four years of his stay here. Does n’t own any seven- league boots, but has a stride that gets there, and is said to have gone up the stone steps from Boynton Street in three strides, although some say it’s not so. Is one of the few men in our class without whom the profs, could n’t get along, and is going to take a P. G. to help them out next year. General Scientific. The singular number of this man-eater is generally that of those who take his course—General Scientific. Came among us in a very modest manner for one who had been an honor scholar at the Classical High S chool, and who had in him the qualities which characterized the Class Secretary of the first term of our Freshman year. Is one of our few Y. M. C. A. members, having been Vice- President and Secretary of that organization. Can do almost anything fairly well, but excels in the concoction of schemes for the betterment of the class, and as a reward, the presidency during the second half of our Sopho¬ more year was given him. Has won many points for us in the cross-country runs. Is one of the Editors-in-Chief of this book, and is responsible for much in it that is good. One of the most original and popular men in the class. P ' avorite expression, “Jinks.” Sometimes known as Dingley, or Tingley, or Dingle. 78 Philip Merrill, Civil. Please, I’m Punk Merrill, and I want to graduate to get away from West’s voice. Punk decided to honor the world with his presence some 23 years ago or so, but was never heard of until the fall of ’96, when he said good¬ bye to his rosy-cheeked country girl, and came to the great city to attend the W. P. I. He was one of Needham’s fast friends, and at one time we thought he was going to Africa as Needham’s running mate, in converting the Boers. Punk, or “ Poonck ” as West says, is a firm admirer of Willie Nutt, and under the latter’s guidance delivered a moving debate on self-government in colleges, and urged the adoption of the honor system at Tech. Tlie last half of his sojourn here, was spent in cheering Pa’s solitude, and getting Cotterill’s Mechanics renewed at the library. Was a wiz in the lab, but thought the mechanics ought to do the dirty work, and doesn’t know a ten inch foot-rule from a left-handed monkey-wrench. Gilbert W. Miller, Mechanic. Gib is our representative from Westfield, the town where they grow tobacco ; which accounts for his never smoking. He was an Assistant Editor on the Journal during our Junior year, is now Editor-in-Chief, and in addition is a member of the illustrious “ Aftermath Board of 1900.” Was avoided one term as Treasurer of the class, but otherwise has been one of our most popular men. Gib is a quiet and innocent looking chap, but looks are deceiv¬ ing. His motto is, “When angry count ten; when very angry, swear.’’ He never counts ten. Is a good performer on the piano, and is equally at home playing either a rag¬ time or a dirge. Has always hung out down on Highland vStreet, and was thought to know too much about bonfires at one time, but escaped as we were Freshmen. Charles F. Moore, Mechanic. Ah ! Skinny, the wizard from Concord, N. H. Known throughout the land for the force of his arguments. Elec¬ tricity was his hobby and since the catalogue didn’t stipulate enough hours. Skinny took a few extra lab experiments each week. “Waal, now, I don’t just see that.’’ Was once a member of the Mutual Aid, but is now serving the city by seeing that the Public Library doesn’t run away nights. Helped Trilby run the financial part of this book. When Moore first came to us, his vocabulary was limited, but a few years at Tech have greatly enriched it. Is another one of our bright men, and can show whole rows of A’s. Skinny never had time for foot-ball, though every one knows he is an elegant kicker. 79 Louis C. Nichous, Electric. This is our only representative from the lower regions, as Nick is closely related to the old boy himself. He is a permanent contributor to the lost column on the bulletin board, and helps to keep it covered with the many notices and rewards he offers for the return of stolen property. Nick tried to stop a carriage with his slide rule once, and as a result he was ruled out for unfair play. He is one of the hard workers of the class, and used to love to work out Johnnie Sinclair’s problems of last year’s apple crop, and the black horse in the barn. He travels with Howe, and they make quite a sparkling coil. The poses he takes in lecture hour with Sid or Kingsbury, are enough to put a lazy man to sleep, and he beats a gatling gun for rapid firing, when it conies to asking questions. It would have been very appropriate if Kip¬ ling had dedicated his poem, “ Fussy Wussy,” to Nick’s upper lip, which at present is doing a hair raising business. Frank S. Nutting, Mechanic. “Pa! help me on my lab report?’’ “Pa! how do you do this?” “Pa! how do you do that?” Is one of the happiest, best natured men in our class of happy-go- luckies. Nut is a wonderful man in mathematics, for which he has a natural aptitude, and is always ready to help any one and every one through a tight place, no mat¬ ter how far he has to go out of his own way to do it. Was President of the class one term, and has played at guard on the varsity foot-ball team for two years. Is a student of English Ivit under Nutt, and is known to have read Howe’s version of Mark Antony’s speech. Pa can get an A in Me¬ chanics, even if the Duke did find several traces of earthy material upon the paper, but his favorite study is super¬ heated steam, a subject which he considers prett}’ warm. Frank O. Price, Civil. Frank Oliver is a native of Nova Scotia, but left his native land for Worcester. He came to us from the Worcester High, and as he wanders about with level over his shoulder, he reminds us forcibly of JoeJ, Beals patroliug the physics lab. Early in life Fram ois’s legs bent outward and downward, which had a settling effect upon his voice, and for this piece of good fortune he was awarded a position on the Glee Club for four years. His good natured laugh, like the blast from a bass trom¬ bone, can always be heard whenever Brooks cracks a joke. Price is the only man who sees the points. Frangois, together with Johnson and Brooks, formed the Civil Tri¬ umvirate, and with the aid of little West’s childlike treble, sang our praises at the Half-Way-Thro’. Price has appeared in the cross-countries, always scoring points for 1900. He is a staunch republican, with an affinity for the weed and a lover of English. 80 Walter J. Quinn, the news to the other Electric. Known as “Amy” or “ Ouinnie,” the companion of Gin- nie. He prepared at the Englisli High, in the batch of ’96, and entered the Tech on the strength of his illumina¬ ting, lady-killing smile. Quinn has a fear that Main Street is going to disappear in the night, sometime, and so feels it his duty to act as patrol. Is a landmark at Easton’s corner, where he poses as Hi Ki, the wild man, and also spends much of his time in the Y. M. C. A. reading Puck and other heavy literature in preparation for prospective Ouizzahs. Amy has a steady, and that is the theatre; he rushes it at all times and can be seen at all the good shows holding down a seat in Tech box. His ambition is to be able to rip up the back, Foucault, polyphase, asynchro¬ nous torques and explain the theories of alternating cur¬ rents. If he ever succeeds, we hope he will telegraph Electrics. His thesis subject is, “ Determination of the Po¬ tential required to Get Ginn to Mechanics on Time.” William J. Rankin, ..... Mechanic. Billy always brings to mind that memorable day on Bliss Field, where he held down left garden for the class base ball team, and his long legs gave him a colossal ap¬ pearance as he stood over home plate with a huge bat, knocking flies over to Park Avenue. Bill had an especial predilection for electricity and felt greatl} cut up because our Junior course consisted of only two periods a week. Was one of the gang who used to collect at noon in the little room in the Engineering Lab., but left after’or so completely defiled it. Bill was one of the few whom Wil¬ lie Nutt saw fit to honor with a B. He came to us from the W. H. S , and is a thorough Worcester boy. We shall miss this congenial companion when he holds down that Professorship in Electricity in a girl’s seminary. Edward H. Simpson, . . . . r A, Chemist. “Will somebody please reach into my pocket and get my pencil and give it to me ? ” But I forgot, this is Simp, sometimes called Eddie. This piece of humanity is about five feet nine inches tall and weighs about 180 pounds; he has curly hair and a smile that is a heart-breaker. He hails from New Worcester, and came to Tech with a reputation as a foot-ball player, and he had no diffi¬ culty in keeping it up. He made the varsity as a guard in Freshman year and has played ,either at that position or tackle during his entire course at Tech. He had the “ Faculty ” as a toast at our banquet and did it up brown. Afterwards he and Flat gave us a cake walk, and an imi¬ tation of the Salvation Army going up Main Street. He has served a term as Class President and Athletic Director. It is in the Chemical Lab. that Ed is at his best; his impersonations of the latest gags at Lothrop’s, his frequent scuffles with Jimmie and his plaintive, tender tenor when the chemists sing “The Old Oaken Bucket,” are as dear to us as the smell of C 83 or the sight of Kinnie’s Dooms Day Book. 81 6 William R. Traill, Mechanic. Bill entered the Institute with ’99, but finding himself in doubtful company, joined our class. He took very naturally to our ways, and has proved a valuable addition to the class, particularly in athletics, contributing largely to 1900’s success in that line. He w’as, at various times, a member of the class base ball, foot-ball, and track teams, as well as of the varsity foot-ball team. Like all good Mechanics, Traill is fond of the shop. He never joined the Loafer’s Union, and at times showed an inclination to work; but that, of course, is excusable. In the electric laboratory Bill showed remarkable ability by inventing a new rule for lab work: “When in doubt, close the circuit.’’ The use of this rule is said to produce exciting results. Being a native of Spencer, Traill finds Worcester a slow place, but does his best to enliven it. Howard T. Walsh, r A, Mechanic. Howard came from Great Barrington,, and claims 13 Dix as his Worcester residence. Is a member of the Mutual Aid, a Congregationalist, and an athlete. Is one of the best foot-ball players Tech has had in recent years, having played on the varsity for four years and been its captain for two years. Has a good track record as a sprinter and quarter-iniler, has played on the varsity and class base ball teams, and has run for us in the cross- countries. Bnjoys skating and other amusements when members of the opposite sex are in attendance. “ Aint that nice ! ’’ Has been Secretary of the class, and is now our President. Is a member of the Board of Editors which produced this pleasing volume, and is to blame for many of the good things it contains. Is one of 1900’s most loyal supporters, “ by jinks,’’ and can be counted on for anything that promises fun and glory for the class. Harry C. Walter, $ r A, Electric. “Dutch’’ hails from the National Capital, and he is a cooler. He is a conscientious worker, and has already delved deeply into characteristics and hysteresis mythol¬ ogy. He was never a member of the Glee Club, but could give them points on the “ more wood ’’ song. He thought it was a great joke when his landlady told him one morn¬ ing how she scared away some burglars who were stealing her wood, by setting the dog on them. Dutch laughed up his sleeve as he remembered that he was one of the burglars, but the wood made a pretty good bonfire for all that. Dutch had hard luck in our Senior vear; Nutt gave him a condition in English because he was a foreigner and did n’t get a good understanding of English. Dutch’s greatest weakness was his love for his grand¬ mother’s doughnuts. He had a fierce scrap with Teddy on the doughnut question. Teddy argued that they were only sinkers and Dutch lost himself irying to contradict him. Spent part of his life in Germany, and thinks it the best place out. 82 Lestkr W. West, ...... Civil. This is the man with the voice that can’t be heard, under ordinary conditions, more than a mile and a half. Always talks in a monstrous little whisper that would drowu out even Francois. Is also owner of a pair of feet commensurate with his voice. Has been a member of the Glee Club for three years, as well as a member of the quartette,—singing second tenor. Was one of the quartette which howled for us at the Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet. Is an ardent admirer of the Civils, and is never tired of sing¬ ing their praises to the tune of “My Flo.’’ Lester W. West Westboro Westboro is the way John K. has him when he reads off the catalogue. Somebody said that he knew some one who says that a friend of his in Westboro was told by a party there that West was reported to be engaged, but that may be mere rumor, who knows? S. Earl Whalley, ...... Electric. Our only surviving representative of the W. A. Prepared at the Worcester Academy, and has the same tender love for that institution that the Chemists have for electro-rotology. Is scratch man in the 1900 moustache contest, and about the only member of the class who has had the courage to keep it going all through the course. Has done some hard plugging for the last four years, but is now ready to reach out his horny-handed palm and receive his sheep’s hide. Whalley, as he is now known, since he has added another I in the middle of his name, is one of our older chaps and is endowed with a mine of sound hoss-sense, which is certain to be of great value to him. Was Hav¬ ener’s companion during the latter’s stay here, and never got over his departure. George E. Williamson, . . . . A E, Chemist. Does this look as if it had graduated from the English High School as second honor scholar and President of the class? Well, gentle reader, such are the facts. His warmth was not entirely expended before entering Tech, as he was Assistant Business Manager of the Journal during our Junior year, and has managed it through this, the most successful year of its history. His melodious “ low, lo, lough,’’ emitted during intervals of work in the labs, first brought him into prominence as a vocalist. Since this time he has sung first tenor on the Glee Club, and still holds down the same position in the Central Church choir. Always looking for something to eat, and consequently was made chairman of our Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet committee. Has served also as chairman of the photographic committee. Has been captain of the second eleven, and plaved right half-back on our class team. Ambition is to reconstruct the sewage system for the City of Worcester. 83 Everett S. Wood, l r A, Mechanic. Everett conies in from Millbury every morn on the elec¬ trics—with a dress-suit case and a bottle of milk. Is one of our best athletes, having played left-end on the varsity foot-ball team for three years, and also on the class and varsity base ball teams. He has always been one of our stand-bys in the cross-countries, and has won many points for the class in the spring field-days. He has once been Secretary of the class and is now Vice-President. For several years his voice has helped out Francois in the deep end of the Glee Club. In doing problems is a chronic kicker, and always refuses to throw away a figure in the tenth decimal place. Was always in the rush line for a back seat in Machine Design. He never fails to take his full io% cuts and always has at least six reports behind¬ hand to pass in at the last minute, but Pa usually helps him out and he comes in at the finish. ■ 84 Sometime Menil ers of 1900. Ralph E. Atherton, ..... Electric. Author of “ Following the Trail,” especially the beat through Main Street, and a landmark on Sunnyside. Ralph came to us from the English High, and although you might not think it, his head is only yX, but his feet 7 . He was with us up to the beginning of the last half, at which time the semi-annual current became too strong and burnt out his fuse. Everybody was sorry to lose Ralph as he was a genial class¬ mate, and had taken an active part in athletics, playing on the class base ball team in the field, and on the second eleven and class foot-ball teams at tackle. In our mind’s eye, we see him in his favorite attitude, with one hand gently stroking his cherished moustache, the other crammed down into his breeches pocket, while he told of the hot times he and Bill had in the park, the evening before. Albert E. Barnes, . . . . A E, Mechanic. A confiding youth from Canaan, Conn. His winning smile and cheerful disposition made him a favorite with the fair sex, but his career was cut short during our Fresh¬ man year because he could not make the faculty understand with what persistence he studied. Returned with ’or, and remained a year, when he accepted a position in a lime burning establishment in his native town. Roscoe J. Binford, ..... Mechanic. Hailed from Intervale, N. H. Remained with us but a short time, as he accepted a business position soon after our Freshman year. Irving E. Brainard, ..... Mechanic. A short youth from Bristol, Conn. Wrote our class history for the ’97 Aftermath and seemed likely to be a prominent man in the class. Left at the end of our Fresh¬ man year and entered Yale University. Albion E. Bucknam, ..... Mechanic. Buck hailed from down East; he was our first President, and one of the biggest men in the class. He was one of the anchor men on the cane in both our rushes and stuck to it all the time. He also played guard on the varsity foot-ball team for two years. Buck was taken severely ill with heart failure during Sophomore year and never recovered. He used to go to West Roxbury for treatment and we understand he is now cured (his engagement has been announced). He left us at the beginning of our Senior year and has accepted a position with the Sturtevant Co., of Jamaica Plain. 85 Burton S. Cuark, r A, Civil. There was only one man in the class who could print to Dingletoe’s satisfaction, and that w as our flaxen-haired Burton, who left us after a year’s stay, to try his luck at M. I. T. He always tried hard to be one of the boys, and succeeded — as well as Pease does. Frederick H. Clark, ..... Mechanic. Came to us from Amherst College, where he gained the experience necessary to help us win our cane-rush with ’99. To him more than any other man is due the vic¬ tory of our Freshman year. Was a good man for the class to have, and we were sorry to lose him at the end of our Freshman year. At present he is studying law. B. Austin Coates, ...... Mechanic. A High School youth with flaxen hair. Started in with a rush but only stayed with us a short time as he joined ’01 in our Sophomore year. Was a star in the shops, and popular with the class. This popularity, however, did not extend to the faculty, and he is at present manager of the Coates Clipper Manufacturing Company. James H. Curtis, ...... Mechanic. Jack joined our class from ’99, and was welcomed. He was a big, good-natured fellow, and played on the foot-ball team. For two years he worked with us, and has since gone into the wire business. Irving F. Dwinnell, ...... Electric. Dwinnell, alias Dinny, or Major, stayed with us nearly three years, but left toward the end of the Junior year to work in the office of the Clerk of Courts. It is not clear why he came to Tech if he expected to seek a political position, unless, per¬ chance, he wished to become an expert “wire puller,” or “ machine politician.” He was President of the class one half, and Secretary another; he was also chosen to be one of the editors of the class book, but left Tech before this monument to the fine art of literature was begun. Enoch W. Earle, ...... Civil. One of the star debaters of the Worcester High School, who charmed us by his graceful appearance on the floor during our first class meeting. Did not li ke Tech, and decided to leave at the end of our Freshman year, that he might resume his studies at Cornell University. Frederick Flinn, ...... Chemist. After staying with us for one year, Flinn decided to spread the fame of the Tech in Johns Hopkins, and incidentally to get a Ph. D. He was always an enthusiastic chemist, and was the owner of the tea-brewing plant, which we used in the Qualita¬ tive Lab. 86 Roswell T. Hapgood, ..... Chemist. Ross was another one of our cheniists who left us at the end of the first year. However, he did good missionary work, for all the life which has been infused into 1901 was by ex-1900 men. He has always been a light in the Glee Club, and is a member of the Tech division of the Central Church choir. John H. Harrington, ..... Chemist. Sometimes called “Bill; ’’ why, nobody knows, unless it be Ben, who has been his better half for a good part of the course. John is the owner, proprietor and sole paten¬ tee of a laugh of the frightened geese variety, which is a novelty in its way, and a fit companion to Kinnie’s whistle. He is what might be termed a shark in organic chem¬ istry, but the profs have no use for him as he is never known to be on time. John is one of the No. Ashland St. land-marks and knows all the girls from Pink St. to New Worcester. If you don’t know him you can tell him, for he always walks as if he had J. K. or Kinnie’s dog after him, either of which is enough to make an ordinary man run. Bill is also a fiend at Dutch, at least one would think so to see the men flock around him while he discourses on the Sky Dutch lesson, and rattles off “die Spannungsverhalt- nisse verschieden’’ or “ Kanalgsellschaftenwasserstrasseu gweckswassigsten,’’ as though he were bred in the shadow of Baldy’s Vocabulary. That’s what makes him trot. John has a name as a poet, and those who attended our Half-Way-Thro’ Banquet, remember hearing some songs of his composition. He was an Associate Editor of the Tech Journal during our Junior 3’ear. Mahlon E. Havener, ..... Mechanic. Havener stayed with us two 3’ears and then left to accept a position in Havener’s bicycle store, in this city. During his stay with us he was a point-winner on the bike at the class games, and his departure was regretted by every one. Charles A. Hilbert, ..... Mechanic. Charles stayed with ’99 as long as possible, i. e., two years. Then left them to try 1900. But we were a little to o swift for him, so Charlie left us in our Sophomore year, for the more congenial society’ of the fair ones on Main Street, where he niav’ be found sauntering back and forth with measured tread. Raymond H. Hitchcock, .... Mechanic. Raymond was well styled “Craz ' .’’ He left his happy home in Chicopee, for Tech, entering with ’99, which showed more than ever the appropriateness of his appella¬ tion. He made us a short visit, but soon left to become a machinist, a Mason and a married man. James J. Hogan, ...... Mechanic. Hogafi sta ' ed with us two 3’ears, but did not find the atmosphere at Tech to his lik¬ ing so he left at the end of the Sophomore year to become a member of the Tech Colony at Cornell. 87 Harold G. Irons, S A E, Electric. A grind who tayed back a year with ’or, because of ill health. Was one of the trio, with Blondy and Hap, who took compassion on the swiftness of ’or, and called a halt to her frivolous gait. Was prominent in both cane rushes, has played on the foot-ball team and is manager for this year. Responded to a toast at our Half-Way- Thro’ Banquet. Cognomen—F ' lat. Arthur A. Kent, ...... Electric. Kent was one of the men who were bequeathed to us by the class of ’99, but he did not like our class any better, and left after a short stay. Herbert K. Earkin, . . . . 2 A E, Chemist. “Herb” was with us for one year, but he was missed when he went. He left to sing the praises of 1900 in Amherst, where for the last two years he has played a star game on the varsity foot-ball team, at centre an d guard, though handicapped by the loss of one hand. George R. Macnamara, ..... Mechanic. Geo. was a vigorous rooter for naughty-naught, but had to leave after the Sopho¬ more year on account of ill health. He has since entered ’01, for which we pity him, and is going to show them how to build a class book. It shows great self-denial on George’s part, for heaven knows they need somebody to help them. Was a point- winner in the cross-country runs, and a good half-miler. Chemist. William J. Matthews Here is still another man whose name appeared in the catalogue but once. He was with us one term, and is now a bacteriologist in the Boston City Hospital. I r A, Chemist. Edward W. Maynard “ Blondy,” “ Teddy,” or any other old thing will do. Was one of the class’s best athletes, as he plaved both foot-ball and base ball. He is at present captain of the base ball team, and one of the most popular men in school. We lost him at the end of our Freshman year, but ’01 needed good men badly, and this accounts for his being enrolled with them. Charles Morgan, ...... Mechanic. This man has only to hang out his sign and his fortune is made. If you ever feel sad, go and see Fat, and ten to one you will be laughing before you speak with him. Fat is what might truly be called a phenomenon ; nothing ever seemed to trouble him unless it was that he did n’t have a pair of long distance field glasses when sitting in the front row at the theatre. He lived on his gift of speech, which was remarkable, and took things as they came. His motto was “ Do others before they do you,” or “Look out Gr No. i.” He certainly was funny, and perhaps that accounts for his leaving. At any rate, he is now married and can occasionally be seen chasing along the street with his frau on his arm. 88 r A, Mechanic. Charles F. Morgan, Came from the Worcester High School. Liked Tech very much, but liked Harvard very much more, and so left us during our Sophomore year. Played quarter-back on the foot-ball team in the Academy game of our Freshman year. Was prominent in class affairs, and we were sorry to lose him. Is at present with the Morgan Construc¬ tion Company. Edwin L. Needham, ..... Mechanic. Needham stayed with us a little over two years, leaving about the beginning of the Junior year to prepare for missionary work among the South Africans. The fates seemed to be against our class-mate, however, and he is now with the American Steel and Wire Co. Frederick H. Pearce, . . . ; . Mechanic. Was with us during our Freshman year only, and left to take a course at the Lowell School of Design. Was of a quiet nature and had little to say to any one. He was fond of base ball and used to help his division win their games. Giles S. Pease, ...... Mechanic. Pease was a member of the Class of 1900 for one year, but the next fall he re-entered Tech as a member of the class of his kind, i. ., ’01. Fred C. Perkins, . . . . . $ P A, Mechanic. Perk was an Asburnham delegate of huge proportions, who sojourned with 1900 for a time, but owing to a disagreement with the first five letters of the alphabet, he left us for Cornell. Known by some as “ Willie Bengalee ” from his unique pronuncia¬ tion of “ the wily Bengalee” in Lord Clive, Freshman year. Edward E. Pierce, ...... Chemist. Five chemists left us at the end of the Freshman year, and Pierce, otherwise known as ” Pever ” w’as among them. After leaving us he entered Child’s Business College, of this city, and is now shipping clerk for Hew’s Pottery Co., North Cambridge. Joseph W. Rogers, . . . . . . Electric. Joe is one of the most jolly and popular men in the class. He entered with the Class of 1900, but since he is taking a five year course will not graduate till 1901. He is by far the fastest long-distance runner Tech has had during the last four years, having won first place in all the cross-country runs and the long-distance runs in the class sports. Rogers was one of the Directors of the W. P. I. A. A. for one year. He played 2nd banjo in the Banjo and Guitar Club. His toast, ‘‘Our Athletes,” at the Half-Way-Tliro’ Banquet was one of the most witty given. Mechanic. Thomas R. Sanders, Tommy joined us during our Freshman year, finding ’99’s company too slow. There was only one thing he lived for, and that was base ball. At that game he was a wizard, and no mistake. But Tech’s ball team during Tommy’s days never amounted to much, so he left us, to win new honors in other fields, which he has cer¬ tainly done, and he is now pitching winning ball for Cornell. We were sorry to lose him, but can’t blame him for going where he did. Sarkis Shaghalian, ..... Mechanic. Shaghaliau was a native of Armenia. He remained at Tech only a short time, and is now manager of the Tourists Daily, at Atlantic City. F. Eugene Smith, ..... Mechanic. Like all other classes, we had a Smith among us. Apparently, however, the name proved a hoodoo, for he left early. The subject of this sketch, who was hardly known to any of the members of our class, is now spreading civilization in Grand Junction, Colorado. Orlando S. Stetson, Jr., ..... Civil. This distinguished looking gentleman with the eye-glasses is a native of Franklin. Could alwa3 s help Mr. Thomas out, either in algebra or inventional geometry. He is a great favorite with the fair sex, and since he left us in the Sophmore year, has done much to raise the standard of Clark University in the estimation of women in general. W. Fred Thomas, ...... Civil. Came from the Worcester High School, with the reputation of being one of the best centres to be found upon any “ prep.” school team in the State. During his one year with us he sustained his reputation in an excellent manner, and also was one of the three men to hold the cane in our rush with ninety-nine. Left school at the end of his Freshman year to accept a business position. A. Edward Warren, . . . . F r A, Chemist. Eddie entered as a chemist, but found the math of the Freshman year too much of a good thing, and left. He has since been in the employ of Kinnicutt DeWitt, the down town brokers. David Whitcomb, . . . . . . Mechanic. One of the prominent men during our Freshman year. Stood among the highest men of the class, intellectually, and seemed likely to be one of the first six. Entered Amherst, with Larkin, in ’97 and graduates with 1900. 90 Mechanic. Perrin B. Whitney, This is Whit, commonly known as Isaac What? for no one ever just knew his composition. Whit is a born inventor, and designed and built a small vertical steam engine during our Sophomore year, and it seemed to make him daffy. At any rate he now has wheels or hopes to have them,—“ well I think about sometitne next week.” During Junior year Whit became infatuated with the horseless carriage craze, and he is now constructing and testing one of his own design ; we wish him joy, and hope that he will succeed. He hails from the town of Tadpole, and that’s why he came to Tech to be a pollywog. He used to ask Jinny Haynes some hair- raising questions in Polly. Con. He is now president, chief draughtsman, superin¬ tendent, engineer, foreman, and journeyman for the Whitney Horseless Carriage Co. George S. Whittemore, . . . I r A, Mechanic. Whittemore came to us from the class of ’99. His stay was not prolonged by his love for study. Charles H. Willard, ..... Mechanic. Willard w as a short, chunky chap, who stayed with us only long enough to attain the honor of being mentioned in this book. He became so impressed by the religious feeling at the Tech that he left to enter the Springfield Y. M. C. A. Training School, in hopes to come back and do heathen missionary work. He soon became convinced of the uselessness of this and is now a photographer in Monson. Juan I. Yrigoyen, . . . . . 2 A E, Mechanic. Came from Guatemala City, C. A., and was one of the brightest scholars in the class. Could not return to Tech after the Freshman year owing to reverses received during the annual revolution in his native country. 91 root-Bcill. ___ . ■ ’■ ' 7 Playing foot-ball at Tech is like skating on very thin ice; you can never tell when it is going to break and put an end to the skating — and the skater too, perhaps. So with foot-ball at Tech, one can never tell when there will be a smash, with no men out to play the games that are scheduled. During the four years we have been at Tech, grinding away on the hill and stimulating the mind, there has been some very brilliant foot-ball played by the Tech teams, and along with it some playing that should be classed with the small boys from the West End. Time and space won’t permit me to speak of each season and game, but for the las t four years we have played many of the different college teams in New England. From Colby University in Maine to Troy Tech in Troy, we have laid low the tough men of Tufts and have been singed brown by the giants of Providence. We have scrapped with the Trinity men and slid around on Pratt field at Amherst; we have visited the mighty Methodists of Wesleyan, where Morse and Dutch} Ferris gave an exhibition of the wonderful swear signal trick, famous to the Tech team in those days. We have played with the Aggies, Holy Cross and M. I. T. in turn, and have downed them or been downed as occasion saw fit. Foot-ball is perhaps the strongest branch of athletics at Tech, and ever since we have been here igoo has been in the game for keeps. Freshman year saw Thomas, Traill. Perkins, Walsh, Birge, Simpson and Nutting all playing on the varsity; these men, or those of them who have remained with us, have been playing all the four years, and Brooks, Wood and Buck- nam also appeared on the scene of action to help us keep up our reputation. Cla.ss foot-ball has never been played since we have been in Tech, except for one game, when igoo’s Senior team was laid low by the men of igo3, and great was the fall thereof On a slippery, nasty, rainy day in Novem¬ ber, they beat us in a memorable game to the tune of 11 to 5. 92 Davis Wood Loff Allen (Mgr.) Norcross Maj ' iiard Nutting Simpson Walsh (Capt.) Brooks Perkins P ' . Walsh Birge Spence Traill i ‘ ' 4 ?■ ' 4 .. 1 • • 1 The Freshmen showed some good material, and it is to be hoped that the papas and mammas of all these little boys will allow their tender young ones to come out and play foot-ball. It will be better for them than hanging around the field with a pipe or cigarette, and criticising those who are play¬ ing. It is also to be hoped that the men will not be so proud of their good looks and be so scared of getting a punch once in a while, that they will be afraid to turn out and try to make foot-ball a greater success at the Institute. It seems a pity that in a quarter of a thousand of students there is n’t one good man to take the place of a player who gets laid up once in a while. We would suggest that a few kicks and punches would do some of the grinds a deal of good, and that it might possibly relieve them of that sour look which men of that nature are so apt to carry around with them. We take this opportunity to express our sentiments, and wish foot-ball a grand future at Tech. 95 Base Ball. In the Spring of’97 bavSe ball was in the last stages of an incurable disease. The students were so eager to cure her that they gave her an over-dose of financial support, and in the year of our fiord 1897, on the 30th day of June, base ball died in the fond arms of the faculty. After one year in the grave she was resurrected, but not until those who considered themselves her legal heirs and assigns had distributed among theiUvSelves all her worldly goods. And, ungrateful wretches that they were, they w ould not return to base ball her former posses.sions, and she was obliged to work hard for several months before she could appear in respectable clothes again. The team made a very good start and before the season was over had played several games. The men made a very creditable showing and it is hoped that the coming 3 ear will develop a team which will put Tech base ball back in its former place. The team was provided with new uniforms last year, and so it will not be necessary to spend much for supplies the coming sea.son. With generous subscriptions a good scliedule can be arranged and this will furnish a greater inducement for the men to work for the team. We. the class of 1900, appeal to the undergraduates to lend their most hearty support to all manly sports. Among others do not forget base ball. 96 Track Athletics. Track Athletics at W. P. I. exist for two reasons: to settle the question of class supremacy at the annual field-day, and to develop any material that may be in the Institute which could form a team to represent the school at the sports of the Intercollegiate Association, We have also ever lived in the fond hope of participating in a dual track meet with some college of about our size. We would tell an old story were we to harp upon our disadvantages in training, in our late hours at the school and in lack of funds, and will therefore tell a fair tale of what we have done without excuses of any kind. After six or eight weeks’ training—sometimes at the Oval, sometimes at the Fair Grounds, we are ready for our spring field-day. It is not the greatest event that ever happens in Worcester, and we have no vast crowd besprinkled with fair women to cheer us on ; but perhaps one hundred and fifty fellow students will assemble in the grand-stand and will bring twenty or thirty sisters and cousins with them. These are our spectators. With twenty-five or thirty men in training it is impossible to have large fields in every event, but the races are generally close and class feeling runs as high at this time as ever at the school. The winners in the class day events are entered in the Intercollegiate meet which comes two weeks later. The records made at this meet are equalled only at the National meet held at New York, so that the school is in fast company and a point means some¬ thing better than the average. In our Freshman year, 1900 surprised everybody by finishing a very close .second to the Seniors. We won firsts in this meet which were confidently conceded to upper cla.ssmen. That year Lundgren, ’97, lowered the school record in the high hurdles to 16 4-5 seconds, and in the Intercollegiate meet won second place in 16 2-5 seconds. Kent, ’00, established a record for the 97 7 ' ■.i bicycle race and Scott, ’99, broke records in the high jump and pole vault, the latter being set at 10 feet 6 inches. Since this time 1900 has easily won both class field-days, and has had three of four men on the relaj team until this year, when the team which defeated Tufts at the Holy Cross meet w as composed of Traill, ’00, Maynard, ’01, Gallup, ’03, and Lyford, ’03. In the past we have not shone as the brightest gem in New England’s tiara of colleges, still there is no reason w’hy our future should not be bright. Good men are in the school especially in the two lower classes, and particu¬ larly in the class of 1903. It needs only a moving spirit to keep a good track team at the Institute. 98 The Aftermatli Class-books at the W. P. I. have had a checkered existence, but their history is as full of interest as an electricity exam is of posers. Those of us, especially, who know of the hard work and worry attendant upon the publication of a class-book, may well imagine what a story of anxiety and fun is packed aw ay in those “Aftermaths” of by-gone days. And inci¬ dentally, it would appear from a perusal of some of those volumes that the students of the present day are not the only ones who have indulged in parades and bonfires. After much browsing around, the writer has managed to find the first class-book published, a small paper-bound pamphlet of 51 pages, entitled “Antenna,” and bearing the date 1875. It tells us some interesting things. For example, the students were then looking forward to the speedy estab¬ lishment of a gym and a Tech crew! We note, also, that in addition to their other w ork, the “Middlers” and “Seniors” had fifteen evening lectures in geology in the first two months of the last half year ! Thus we see that there are advantages in not being born too soon. There is another interesting incident in that book. It seems that the class of’75 appeared at one of the evening lectures with plug hats and canes, and being met after the lecture by ’76, proceeded down street. Here a lively “scrap” ensued, in which the hats and canes took a prominent, though losing part, while ye small boy and ye cop stood around as delighted spectators. It causes us to speculate a bit as to how many Bachelors of Science would go forth from the.se halls in the next two years, if it should come to the ears of the faculty that the present Juniors and Seniors had engaged in a hand- to-hand scuffle on Main Street. Apparently the class-book spirit either died a natural death or was squelched, for with the exception of a tiny booklet called “The History of the Class of ’80,” no other bursting forth of literary genius took place until 99 ’84. At that time, the class of’82 published a book entitled “The Tech Pilgrim’s Progress,” a volume about the size of the present Institute Cata¬ logue. Among other edif5dng things, we note in this book the following time-honored quotations: In Descrip. ” I don’t know what can do for you.” “You must remember that the projections of a line are not the same as the line itself. If you were to give a girl your photograph it would not be the same as giving her yourself, would it? ” “Well, I guess that is right if it was so anybody could read it.” “ Well,— you do make me wear out a pile of shoe-leather.” In the same year the class of ’84 published an “Antenna,” similar to the “ Pilgrim’s Progress” of ’82; and lest the people of the present day should think the times degenerate, we must quote from this book a witticism labelled “A Pun.” ‘ ‘-, have you a rubber ? ’ ’ “ I don ' t know, whe-rubber I have or not.” (!) Apparently this proved too much for faculty and students to bear, and no book appears until the “Tog of’88,” a volume about the size of the present ‘ ‘Aftermath. ’ ’ The class of ’90 published a ‘ ‘ Souvenir ’ ’ of pictures, and in ’91 comes the first “Aftermath,” the name originating with the Editor-in-Chief of that book. ’92 entitled its book “E’Expose,” but ’93 followed the lead of ’91, naming theirs “ The Aftermath of ’93,” and urging that the name be adopted by future classes. Since that time, every class has .published an “Aftermath,” with the single exception of ’98, which issued a “Portfolio,” containing pictures of the class, the Institute build¬ ings, etc. The present volume is the last “Aftermath ” of the 19th century, and already the class of 1901 has taken steps to announce the opening of the 20th century, by the publication of its “Aftermath.” There are many obstacles in the way of publishing a class-book at the Tech, but we may be certain that when our college days are over, “The Aftermath of 1900” will be one of our most treasured possessions. TOO When asked what course of study we wished to pursue at the Institute, we chose the mechanical, not because we loved work, but because we hated that kind of work less than any other. For the first two years we could not be distinguished from the Electrics, with whom we were forced to mingle, in a common course of study ; but at the end of the Sophomore year our ways parted. Thrice did the weary Aftermath editor write our history, and thrice tear the same to shreds and throw it to the winds, till at last, weary beyond endurance, he fell asleep, and saw in a dream the idea which he had sought so long. In the vision, he beheld two men working side by side, one was fat and the other skinny, and the lean man did agree with the fat, and they did labor together in peace. This vision vanished, and lo ! he saw a man passing in a report on time, and the name written thereon was Wood. He passed from sight, and Pa appeared, his hands washed white as snow, and Graffam, his dainty fingers all soiled. The dreamer said: “O, Lord, how can these things be?” He closed his eyes and looked again, and saw no man, but heard Traill’s voice saying : ” Have you heard the story about-? ” The sleeper stopped his ears, then listened again, and the voice had ceased ; he saw Libby at the board, proving that the tide rose and fell, and that all the water hit the vane of a water-wheel. The wheel rolled away bearing Libby with it, and suddenly there appeared a Greendale car, the sole occupant of which was Rankin. The vision changed, the air became intensely cold, so cold that hell was frozen over, and Lewis did skate thereon with a young maiden. Down in lor the furnace room there was a large iron pail, from which foul odors did arise, and Hall and Walsh did reach into that pail and crush its contents to powder with their hands. The powder clouded the view for an instant, and when it cleared away the dreamer beheld two statues, one, “ Patience,” the countenance of which did resemble that of Jacobs. The second was like unto the first, representing “Justice,” the face of which was the exact likeness of Barr. In the right hand, was held a scale. Under the shadow of the statue was an open book, called the Journal, and lo ! Miller and Francis did write therein the record of this vision. The dreamer’s sleep became troubled, he thought he heard a prayer ascending, but wakened to find that it was only Peanuts swearing. 102 General Scientifics. It is the opening day of Tech ; and wearily, oh how wearily, the students are crawling up the hill and into another term of torture. It is nine o’clock, and you may see the men scattering to their respective class-rooms. One large crowd can be seen pushing its way through a door into a large lecture room. The room is crowded with a student and the professor hurries around to open the windows that the man may have fresh air. This is the General Scientific divisioji assembled for a recitation in European History. All who are looking for a snap take that course, and this accounts for the large divi¬ sion. The prof, waits the customary five minutes, and then begins: “I am glad to welcome you, gentleman, to this very interevSting subject. I will now call the roll; please answer to your name. Eingley.” “ Present,” he answers. ” I am glad to see that you are all beginning well, and there are no absences to-day,” continues the Professor. “I will now assign you to a seat. Please take your place without unnecessary disturbance. Mr. Eingley, you may take a seat in the front row. We are to have a recitation to-day, and the lesson has been assigned on the bulletin board. Mr. Eingley, 3 011 may recite. Where is Europe?” “I don’t know, sir!” ‘‘That will do, you ma} be seated. Gentleman, you will have to prepare your lessons better in the future. I have been obliged to mark ever} member of the class zero, to-day. The class is dismissed.” 103 At the beginning of the second half of our Freshman year ten outcasts applied to Mr. Butterfield for instruction in the science of Civil Engineering. Every half-day was composed of two hours study, one recitation, and two of draughting. Eddie Simp spent two hours, the first day, studying John¬ son’s, and then went to join the Chemists. Our next losses were Yrigoyen and B. S. Clark, two very industrious young men, who left us at the end of our Freshman year. Yri went forth to quell a revolution in Guatemala, and Doc helped B. S. Clark form an opinion as to his future course. During our Sophomore year Stetson left us to go to Clark University, leaving six aspirants for the B. S. degree. Of these six, the first to arrive in the morning was Brooks, who could usually be found at the Civil table by eight o’clock every morning, waiting for Bronson to bring up the problems assigned for the day. He wanted to be dismissed every day at 4.30, and at that hour informed the Prof that he was going, and wondered why the professor laughed. From an early stage of his career at Tech, he has had to trust Bronson with the care of his drawing instruments, pencils, etc. Has an insatiable desire to smash everything he touches, from Punk’s ribs to the legs on the draughting stools. Pyritzer, vulgarly known as Price, assistant to Brooks and Broirson, .sets his alarm clock at 8.54, comes up the hill, out of breath, with a “Hey, 104 fellows, got the civil problems? ” “No.” “Well, why not; don’t we have them this morning? Give um to me, quick.” After getting the problems Francois goes into recitation, gets a half-hour’s sleep, and at ten is ready to go down and get his breakfast. Francois has a great deal of outside work to do. He tutors every evening, from 7.15 to 11.45, Bowdoin, corner North Ashland, visits the telephone every afternoon between three and four to get—pointers on the steel market. During our Junior practice we were obliged to walk about two miles out to Millbrook Street. We left the Institute at one o’clock and arrived at our destination at 2.20, finding Willie waiting for us. Quoth Willie : “ Seems to me you gentlemen ought to be able to walk out in twenty minutes. ’ ’ Quoth Pyritzer : ‘ ‘ When you see us w alk out here in twenty minutes you’ll see mosquitoes wearing overshoes. ’ ’ “ Hello Ed, got your highway?” “No, goldarn it. Went out driving last night, didn’t get in till half-past three this morning, goldarn it, and had to get up at quarter to four to feed my horse. Great night for a ride last night, goldarn it.” Ed has travelled most of the roads in the country, alone, of course, to study highway construction. He also saw how curb¬ stones were laid in New York, last summer. He consumed sixty-eight hours doing his railroad map, and went to three Mechanics quizzes during his senior year. Aside from this nothing remarkable ever happened to Ed. Punk Merrill is not an aspirant for pugilistic honors, but still is easily the best boxer in our gang. Punk is an ardent admirer of Ed Howard, and hitched up on thesis with him. We shall never forget the scraps Punk and Pyritzer used to have when out driving hubs together. It was a beautiful spring day, and Pyritzer was entertaining just one—lady friend, who had come out to see him work. The entertainment was of the continuous variety, and as time went on Punk became restless. Finally Pyritzer appeared, and a terrible duel with fence rails ensued, Francois being counted out in the first round. Hush ! Hark ! Methinks I hear again the gentle quivering tones of Tester’s steam-siren voice arising from that smell-scented region known as the locker room. West is the most quiet and unassuming man in the gang, is easil} recognized by a misplaced eyebrow and a faint, scarcely audible voice. Thinks Rivers and Bronson need reforming, and lectures them at stated intervals on morals in general. Will be satisfied if he is a M. Am. Soc. C. E. by August i, 1900. On account of his quiet ways is much liked 105 by Kleine. West, nevertheless, has many good qualities and will make a great man—“ bumby.” Bronson, Burnson, Bymeson, Benson, Lobster, etc., is the shining star of the Snivel gang. There is a tradition that his name was once Ben Johnson. If it had not been for his presence, Brooks would have lost the u.se of his arms and Fran9ois never would have had anybod} to scrap with. Sky Dutch had no terrors for any member of the class of 1900, with Bronson as tutor. Bronson was never known to remember anything in his life; first he would forget his pencils, then his keys, knife, etc. In fact anything that he had the vaguest intention of using, was left somewhere. He never carried home a book which weighed over 7 ounces, never copied a schedule, always had his cuts used up before the term was half over and never got through a term without taking a cut-over exam. An article on the Civils would be incomplete without mention of our famous, matchless quartette : Rivers, ist tenor ; Bronson, 2d tenor; L. W. etc., ist bass; F. O. Pyritzer, 2d bass. On many an afternoon when Prof, and Willie have left the room, do we break forth into song, and our voices blend in such rare, soul-stirring harmony that Punk is often moved to tears and Ed Howard is moved to quote, “ Gentlemen, this is a reading room and not a whistling gallery.” 106 Tlie Chen ists. We couldn’t be distinguished from the rest of the class at first. For six months we listened to Doc’s lectures, learned that damp houses were moist, that a cubic sontimeter of nitrogen chloride would land the Salisbury Fab. in the middle of Institute Park, and also seven different methods of com¬ mitting suicide should our course at Tech demand such action. In the second half we branched out into qualitative analysis. A series of unfortunate events made it imperative for us to seek means of self-pro¬ tection, and as a result that grand and secret organization, the “Ancient and Independent Order of Amalgamated Chemists’’ was formed. The reasons for its formation, its secrets, and the oaths which we swore upon Richter and by Kelpie will never be revealed. It was a mighty organiza¬ tion and served well its purposes. Both great and small have swayed to its will and it was the one agent which prevented civil war in the labs. Lingley, the “man as man and not man as specialist,’’ was its chief carbonater, Allen its walking delegate, and Charlie Fish and Kelpie Kinni- cutt were honorary members. If we had one characteristic other than that of being the “poorest class of chemists ever in the Institute,’’ it was that of organization. Amsden’s grocery was founded for our especial benefit, and our fire department was un¬ doubtedly the best equipped in the Institute. Countless times have the hoods been saved from utter destruction by our quick responses to the multi-dail} alarms. The charcoal fire in the sink was the only conflagration that ever phased us. The above mentioned alarm was generally sounded by Simpson 107 and Harrington,.one with his melodious tenor, the other with his glutteral twang, combined to form a parody on Barnum’s steam calliope which none could resist, not even Dr. Jennings. Our extremely warm delegation was sadly reduced at the end of the year. Flinn and Darkin went respectively to Johns Hopkins and Amherst to play foot-ball, Hapgood, seeing the utter dearth of good men in ’oi, became charitable and cast his lot with them, while Pierce and Matthews never did like the school, anyway. We started next year with only five men, but those five have clung together tenaciously until the end. Aside from analyzing samples our hardest tasks were to keep Ben Johnson from the lab., and to endure the motley array of ’99 men who answered to the calling of electrics. The former was easily accomplished by our fire department, but the latter only by stern necessity, for they always were under Dr. Jennings’s protecting wing. Their conceit was infinite, their worth infinitesimal. In the second half of this year we moved into the quantitative lab. It was here that we found a good friend in Mr. Sweetser; within this lab. also did we improve our minds with Simp’s classical abstracts from Lothrop’s, and here we found that “little drops of water and little grains of sand, lost out from a beaker were more than Doc. would stand.’’ Since this time we have slept through History of Chemistry and Chemical Philosophy, where we first learned of glacial acetic acid and its wonderful workings ; we have heard the noisy ’99 men called down by Dr. K’s gentle “quiet! quiet!’’; w e have done poorer work than either ’99 or ’01 ; we have discouraged John Quincy Adams, Jr., with his little tray and incan¬ descent lamp ; we have, in fact, been pretty bad, but we have managed to pull through. Amsden has learned to clean beakers without getting warm over the operation ; Simpson and Allen have gone upon the quantitative stage as the Captain and Sinbad the Sailor in Jack and the Beanstalk ; and Harrington has cultivated a high-toned explosion which he calls a laugh. This, our Senior year, has divided us somewhat, but we have learned the art of juggling molecules and sealing cariers tubes ; we could make spirit¬ uous and malt liquors, or knock-out drops; we have passed our judgment on filter beds and alkali works; we have learned of the industrial side of chemistry ; we do not know as much as we did when freshmen, but we feel that what we do know will fit us to learn more, and that the many days, both weary and pleasant, spent in the labs., have not been spent in vain. 108 The Electrics. Although we were known as “Electrics” after the beginning of our Junior year, the Senior year found us but little better acquainted with electricity than our friends the Mechanics. This is not strange, for the two courses differed so little that many were in doubt as to which course they were really taking. After each quiz in “Electrical Engineering,” the Mechanics were decidedly in the majority, but when Prof. Smith smiled so cheerfully and .showed us how easy it all was (when you understood it), the Electrics regained their numbers and in the end the division was nearly equal. Our knowledge of electricity was gained largel} from S. P. Thompson, with the aid of lectures and printed notes. The notes were printed in such 109 a way as to resemble Chinese writing or ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics, which rather impaired their value as notes, but their blank sides were found useful for various purposes. In connection with the lectures a quiz w as given us every two weeks to see if we knew what was going to happen next. We made desperate efforts to guess, but in nearly every case our knowledge of the future proved to be incorrect. It is worthy of note, how¬ ever, that a man’s guessing ability depended largely on whether he sat in an even- or an odd-numbered seat. In spite of our very instructive course of lectures it is doubtful if the end of the Junior year would have found many of us able to tell an ammeter from a fuse-block, if it had not been for our extra work in the laboratory, which was given us to lessen the terrors of the senior 3 ear. We were initiated into the mysteries of report writing and curve plotting — also the art of “juggling” results and data. In the laboratory we soon became acquainted with the characteristics of the various instruments, as well as of the dynamos. We found that putting no volts on a three-volt instrument gave quite exciting results, although somewhat disastrous; that you can’t measure the resistance of a broken circuit, and many other remarkable discoveries. Several yards of fuse-wire were used every day, exclusive of the fuse test, and instruments not w ell protected were quickly put on the sick-list. After the first few weeks of the Senior year, the comparative ease and idleness of the previous year seemed like a dream. Our time, as would be expected, was largely occupied with electricity, but what little spare time we might have had was devoted to the few subjects belonging to the Mechanical course, so we were really taking two courses at once. This kept us rather busy, but it was consoling to think that we were at last getting our money’s worth. Several hours a week were now spent sitting on stools designing things that were already built, or that never would be built. In case of a quiz we were given a complete transmission plant or some equally simple subject to design in one hour, specifying everj thing from the superintendent’s salary to the size of the lineman’s hat. These gave us excellent opportunities to raise our marks. Alternating currents also claimed a share of our attention but we soon became proficient in the UvSe of Fourier’s Series, analyzing curves up to their 248th harmonic merely by inspection, while by the use of Complex Imaginaries we could easily solve the most imaginary complexities in divided circuits. no When thesis work began, the end seemed n ear indeed. We not only had the pleasure of “original research” but also of spending some of the Insti¬ tute’s money, which was just as enjoyable. In due season we were told of the General Electric Co.’s generous offer, and how much good it would do us to accept it, but, strange to say, it was not popular. In fact, several declared that they would live in a decidedly tropical climate before they would work for 90 cts. a day. One likes to get a bargain but it is not so nice to be one. And so, after four years of hard labor, we are looking for more work and hoping we shall not have to take a vacation. j I [ The Aftermcith. When you ’re weary, gentle reader, and you think your life’s a bore. And you ’re feeling quite despondent, sad and blue, You will gain your lost good spirits, if you only will glance o’er The funny columns written here for you. If you ’ve got the indigestion, gastronitis or the grippe. And wish you never ’d come up to the Tech, It will smooth out all the wrinkles, if you have a hearty laugh— When the other fellow gets it in the neck. When contented you are sitting, with your slippers and your pipe. And you haven’t got a blessed thing to do, You will add much to your pleasure, if calmly you peruse The way the Profs, get soaked, as well as you. And when your girl deserts you, and you ’re sore on all the world. And you think your life ’s a rocky, up-hill path. You ’ll receive new inspiration to renew the fight of life. From the poems printed in this Aftermath. II2 8 Atteriiuin ' i CoiiM)lcte Letter Writer. General Electric Company, Schenectady, N. Y. Dear General :—I am going to graduate from the Tech pretty soon, so I tho ’t I would let you know. As I understand you need a new manager for your wwks, and I am just about to receive my degree in the E. E. Depart¬ ment, I make haste to tell you my qualifications. You haven’t any idea how much I can do. What do 3 011 think I got in mechanics, last year ? B ! HonestEq I did. The Duke and Kingsbury think I am real bright. Me and Nichols (you know Chub Nichols, don’t you?) done a lot of ex¬ periments this year. When do you want me to begin work? Yonr’n W. F. HOWE. W. P. I. Worcester, Mass. Carnegie Iron and Steel Works, Pittsburg, Pa. Dear Sirs :—I have decided to enter the iron and steel bUvSiness as a chemist. “ Kinnie ” thinks I had better and in general I think he’s right. I know both how to iron and steel, and hence would be a valuable man for you. I am also an Economist and can talk for hours on the “Jury Sj stem in Mass.,’’ and am a question-asker of the first water. Hurry, if you want me, for others are clamoring for me. Yours, if 3’ou w ant me, JAMES L. AMSDEN, Jr. (P. vS.) “ Kinnie’’ is m3 ' Prof. (P. I can run a newspaper.—J. (P. vS.) ' Am also a storekeeper.—J. (P. S.) Can sing.—J. TAMMAMY I lALL 01 01:1? Word Iteses cind Wire Pullers. 1901 Division, Pure Politics Association. Tin God, Grand High Mucker and Boss Croaker, Assistant Grand Low Division Boss, Stump Orator and Chief Ballot Passer, Stein Bearer to the G. H. M. and B. C., Pipe Filler to the A. G. L. D. B., . Assistant Ballot Passer, . General Utility Men, Gkorge G. J. Walter Freeman. Merton G. White. James L. McLaughlin. Benj. F. Perkins. Earle W. Greene. Charles E. Stewart. Giles Sweet Pease. Bennett, J. Myron Bryant. PAML AND riLII LIlG PULLCPS. Carroll H. Baker, Evarts G. Loomis, Merton G. White, Theo. Brown, Arthur L. Cook, J. Walter Freeman, Andrew Mayer, Jr., George R. Macnamara, James L. McLaughlin, f Richard M. Mitchell. Charles L. Fish, Charles E. Stewart.;!; Dealer of Positions on Class-Book. t High Degree Leg Puller. t Man at Anns and Janitor. 115 Green Peas. Pease is thy name ; The crowd has asked with eager looks, As thou passedst by with load of books, Pease is thy name. Pease is thy name ; Mistaken lad, be not a tough. Thy nature is not bad enough, Pease is thy name. Pease is thy name ; Despite thy pipe with rings of smoke. That make me gasp, and weep, and choke, Pease is thy name. Pease is thy name; Oh lad with voice like megaphone. Thy freshness makes thy classmates groan Pease is thy name. Pease is thy name ; Despite gruff voice that once was mild, And downy lip, thou art the child. Pease is thy name. Yc Table of ve Juniors. Ye nighte was darke and gloomie, withal, and ye loftie walls of ye en¬ gineering lab. were enshrouded in a inistie haze, as I sate upon one of ye bowlders in Blisse Field, wrapped in tho’t over one of Nutt’s bl dhe silly- gisms, on “ Canne ye cow run? Yea! ye cow canne run.” I had bene there but a short space, or lesse, when I was startled by a strange, uncouthe sort of noise behind me, i ’ sooth ; and as I leaped to my feet, lo ! an animile of exceeding loathsome appearance came from ye direction of ye barne. And I beheld and lo, it was a jackasse, and its knees did knocke convulsively together lyke pumpe handles clattering in ye styffe breeze, and its breathe was lyke unto ye breathe of C S too, and it came in shorte gaspes lyke sinke-slops going down ye pype. Yea, and its back was soe humped, that its rear elevation almoste coincided with its fronte plan, and I was affrighted and would hav’ ' e fled, but I looked, and behold, I saw a placard pinned to ye haunches of ye jackasse, and ye read¬ ing thereof, was this : ‘‘I am ye Bragge of ye cla.ss of naughtie i.” And as I looked upon ye grounde and tho’t, lo ! I behelde another animile attendante upon ye flrste, and ye appearance of ye second animile was lyke unto ye lobster, and its size was exceedeing microscopic. And upon this shell-fishe was another legende, and ye reading was this: “I am ye Accomplishments of ye class of naughtie i.” And as I read, beholde ! ye animiles rattled away ; and I sate again upon ye bowlder and considered these thinges. A Tale of the Civils. Bennie and Francois and Brooks, Were three young Civils gay, Who shouldered their tripod and took up their stakes, A new plot of land to survey. Now Jack took a peek thro’ the tube ; ‘ Oho ! Pretty girl! She ’s my own ! ” And Bennie and Frangois looked up in amaze. And lo ! they two were alone. ‘ Well, Bronzo,” says Fran9ois, “ I see He leaves the work for us two.” ” No ! No ! ” says Ben, ” a cider team spy. And so, good Francois, adieu.” ‘ By gol ! ” says Frangois, in anger, As he rubs with his hand, his pate, ‘ I’ve got to do all this hard work alone, And I’ll never get home, till late.” I 120 The Song of N ' le Jollij Chemists. Ring, a ding, a ding, a ding, a ding, ding, Let’s have a song, and weTl all join in ; Simp sing the tenor, Jimmie sing the bass, And then round the lab., we ’ll all have a race, Ring, a ding, a ding, ding, ding. Dingle fill the blackboards with lots of little men. Bob grab his wash-bottle, and put out Ben ; George stand by and sic ’em all on. And John kill us all, with his laugh like a gong, Ring, a ding, a ding, ding, ding. Stocks sweep the hall out and raise a mighty dust, Hermes get a sneeze on, until we think he’ll bust ; Some one hears the Dr. coming, followed by the pup, “ Cheese it! Stop the singing ! or we’ll get a blowing up.” Ring, a ding, a ding, ding, ding. I2I The Bridge. They stood on the bridge at midnight, On the bridge in Salisbury Park. They stood on the bridge at midnight In that spot secluded and dark. How often ! Oh, how often ! They indulged in kisses sweet. How often ! Oh, how often ! While others did the beat. They stood on the bridge at midnight. They stood and spooned awhile. They stood on the bridge at midnight. And then they crossed to the Isle. How often ! Oh, how often ! Had he been there before. How often ! Oh, how often ! This Tech man and some more. 122 Zip ! Rip ! bim, blip buzz, Pen run dry, paper all gone ; What’s the cause of all the fuss? Bud taking notes in Pol Econ. ( Allen leaning against the wall , with chair balajiced on two legs .) Dr, Haynes ( looking at ceiling )-.—A chair is generally considered a quadruped, not a biped. Good heavens ! what’s the noise ? What is some one about ? It’s only Harrington’s laugh that sounds Like water going down the spout. What ! all these men taking photography ? No ! it’s the Junior Class looking through Joe’s big telescope to see what is going on in the Park. As I sat in the Library, a reading, one day, I thought the whole building would fall; But when I said “ Earthquakes,” a fellow replied, ” It’s J. K. as he walks through the hall.” Inquirer :—“Why Simp, how is it that you aren’t riding your bike this fall?” Simp :—” Oh,—I’m going to as soon as I get time to blow up the back tire.” Of all the strange things I have heard of or studied. Or considered, or seen, or been taught. The funniest was once, up in the Chem. Lab., When I watched Mike Robe kill O. Watt. 123 Ode to the Shop. Nothing to do but grind, Nothing to kill but time, Nothing to wear but overalls To protect one from the grime. Nothing to watch but the clock, While we patiently sit on the benches. Nothing to cut but mills. Never a sprain but some wrenches. Nothing to turn but round, Nothing but gears to hob. Nothing to whine but the dogs, When “ Ikey ” lost his job. Nothing to drill but holes. And that is a terrible bore. Nothing to cha.se but chips, After the work is o’er. 124 Evolution of KingsburijEs Cat. There once was a chemist named Huesnes, Whose head was the seat of his bruesnes, He touched off some gas, With a match, and alas ! He was blowm through the roof, for his puesnes. JiNNiE. ‘ ‘ What is the difference between market price and normal price? ’ ’ Atherton. “ I remember writing the answer to that down in my note book, but I don’t remember what it was.” JiNNiE. ‘‘That is of absorbing interest.” Dr. HaynEvS. ‘‘ In German, Herr Kbnig’swife is called Frau Kbnigin.” —‘‘ Question Amsden ? ” Jimmie. ‘‘ Well, then, would Herr Bull’s wife be called Frau Cow?” 125 When Ginn is Never Late. The roll is called, the Prof, looks round, No longer can he wait; But hark ! some hurried steps resound, ’ Tis Ginn, five minutes late. We ’re wondering if, when things are right, [At some far distant date,] We ’ll ever see that happy time. When Ginn is never late. Those jolly days will bring around. The things for which we wait ; A well-equipped athletic ground. When Ginn is never late. We ’ll have a track, a foot-ball field, A gym that’s truly great; In fact, I ask, what won’t we have. When Ginn is never late ? The Fresh won’t use sawdust and glue. And “ Bud ” will speed his gait. In those good days which now are few, When Ginn is never late. The Profs, won’t give us hard exams ; Tho’ we cannot tell the date, For every day will be Sunday, then. When Ginn is never late. 126 A Practiccil iLse for Wireless Telexjixiplw. Act I. [The scene is laid in the Physics Lecture Room and the bavSement of Boynton Hall. Time: Just before the Electricity Exam., at the end of the finst half.] (yAU the members of the class enter the examination room ivith pocket ivireless telegraphy instjniments .) Simp. ( Telegraphmg to operator in the basement of Boyntoii Hall. ) What is the definition of permanence? Operator. Permanence is the--- - -, etc. Sam Hale. Give me the formula for inductance. Birge. Say, operator, I ’ll telegraph you the whole sheet ; send back the answers, quick. Ganong. Operator, send me the method of doing efficiencies and be gol rained quick about it. Arnold. Hello,—Boynton Hall ? The eyes of the world are upon you ; tell me how to do alternating currents. Prof. Smith. Arnold, what is that tapping sound, I hear at your desk? xArnold. Oh, Professor, I was just tapping with my pencil, as I think; that’s all. Prof. Smith. All right. Act II. [The scene is laid in the Electricity Lecture Room during the first lecture of the second half.] Prof. Smith. Gentlemen, I am pleased to announce that every man in the class got loo in the semi-annual examination. There will be no lecture to-day, but instead, we will all go down to Rebboli’s, where the ice-creams will be on me. Class of 1900. Three cheers for Prof. Smith ! (Aside — and three times three for Wireless Telegraph} .) 127 f: xe2c?it omnes. ] T eiinis. The Tennis Club is the most vigorous branch of the W. P. I. athletic tree. At the annual tournaments, the hill, which surrounds the courts like an amphitheatre, is always crowded with enthusiastic spectators. Dr. Jennings and J. K. Marshall find a never ending source of enjoy¬ ment in tennis. “ J. K.” plays a game of type-writer rapidity, and often, in trying to return some of his side line volleys, the chemist slips and finds himself a white duck precipitate thrown down in a muddy solution of H2O and ash. This always gives him more sand, however, and he returns the Registrar’s serve with such spirit that the latter cannot make out matriculation cards fast enough to keep in his class. A Model Englishman. 128 Quoted rroiiA Wise h a ‘ ‘ Question, Amsden ? ”— Jinnie. “ Please, what examples did you say to take?”— Punk. “I fail to see.’’ — Libby. “The House of Repre.sentatives meets in a square rectangular room.”— Nick. ‘ ‘ When take the negative or affirmative of any question, I want to know what that question is .”—Francois Price. “ Aii} questions? Amsden, clear off that desk ! ”— Kinnie. “No, Miller, I can’t do that problem for you, it’s worth ten dollars to you to do it younself. ”— Kingsbury. “Flour is now $5.00, $4.50, $4.25, $3.75, $3-5o a barrel, according to grade.”— Jimmie. ‘ ‘ More wood. ”— Bud. ‘ ‘ Where ’s Bronzo ? ”— Brooks. ‘ ‘ I sajq Bud, got a match ? ’ ’— Trilby. “ I sometimes wish my professional dignity did not keep me from swearing. ”— Reeve. “Oh, Johnson! 3 011 had a good term mark, but you did bum on the exams. ”— Duke. “Oh, Jacobs ! don’t be a baby.”— Kinnie. “You ’re too old to be fooling, Nutting, come down into the front seat.” — Duke. “I don’t believe in cribbing, but I must have proportional representa¬ tion.”— Moore. 129 9 “Sweetser, how many ounces in a pound?”— Kinnie. ‘‘Yes, Libby, you did well on the ‘little exarm.;’ you got more than full.”— Duke. ‘‘I had rather be a live coward than a dead hero.”— Fat Morgan, ‘‘ It’s perfectly obvious.”— Joe Beals. ‘‘ I never swore until I came to the Tech, but since then-”— Howe. ‘‘Oh, my Lord ! here comes Marshall.”— Coombs. ‘‘ Good morning.”— Doc. (in the middle of the P. M.) ‘‘ Here at the end of the chapter we leave the hero and the heroine in a terrible fix.”— Nutt. ‘‘That’s a bit awkward, but if you get the governor on the string, he looks nice.”— Duke. ‘ ‘ I want it understood that in this class every man sits upon his own bottom.”— J. Sin.‘ ‘‘8-|-8-f-5=26. We make up the propo ' tio 7 i trenty-six is to trelve as ' ort, ort, ort 5 is to x.”— Khmie. ‘‘Oh, say! but Prof. French can more than juggle the slide-rule. He carries one with him all the time and uses it for everything. Why, he just swears by it. ' ' — Brooks. ‘‘Now I am going to put you on your honor. Take the seats I assign you, and pass in all text-books and papers.”— Jones. ‘‘ It behooves you to get a move on.”— Cutler. ‘‘Owing to the war in the Transvaal, the lesson will now end.”— Reeve. ( Leaves to attend Harvard- Yale Joot-ballgame .) ‘‘A base ball bat is a striking instance of kinetic energy.”— Reeve. 130 A racLiltv Meeting. Doc. ( Rapping for order.) Gentlemen, we have a matter of business on hand. The Seniors have handed in the proof sheets for their Aftermath. What shall we do with them ? And, by the w ay, I think we had better ask in the Instructors, as this concerns them. l 7 ietint, the Kid Faculty.) ' Zhlotes. I say, let her gizzle. I ’ll bet there are a lot of funny things in it. U. W. C. I am in favor of letting it through, if it is the worthy, recorded expression of what— JiNNiK. ( Interrupting.) I sa} it ought to go through; the fellows have so little social life here, that a little fun will do them good. Now, I lack some of the things necessary to entertain the fellows, but— ( Roars.) Kinnie. ( Lighthig up.) I favor it, if there is no joke in it about my cigarettes. Dan. ( Sotto voce.) I hope there is ; that’s half the fun. Dunlap. I think those Senior Chemists are the laziest gang I ever have seen. Why they go to sleep when I am reading Chemical Philosophy to them, right out of the book ; Me, a man that ’s translating a German scientific work, to take its place in the “ Literature.” ZELOTE.S. Read off the sheets to us. Dr. Let’s hear them. Doc. ( Reads a few nihiutes.) [ Roars, Hoots, HowlsI Chorus of Instructors. Ain’t that a dandy on Scratch, about not saying a thing is wrong until it’s inked in. Let that joke stay in. Reeve. Certainly, gentlemen. No one ought to kick at any joke about himself. Doc. { Reading o?i.) Here are some quotations— 131 Chorus. {Roaring. That’s a good one on you Reeve, about your professional dignity preventing you from swearing. Reeve. I move that that be struck out. Hoots — Voice cries: ‘ ‘ Certainly no one ought to kick at any joke about himself Kingsbury. ' Keep it in. We all feel like swearing, sometimes. Doc. ( Reading.) Here is the write-up on the chemists. Ha ! Ha ! Here is a good one on you, Dunlap; they say they sleep through your lectures. Chorus of Instructors. Hooray ! Dunlap. I say, cut that out. Doc. Pooh, pooh, Dr., don’t mind a little thing like that. Here is something, however, that must be expunged. Chorus. What is it ? Doc. Well, just a little something about me. Dunlap. Pooh, pooh, Dr., don’t mind a little thing like that. Doc. Well, well, Dunlap, you ’ll get your share as well as the rest of us. Here is their write-up on the Junior Class. JiNNiE. I hope 1901 gets turned down. Their senseless gab, gab, gab, makes me tired. I believe that class contains more blowhards than any class I ’ve ever met. You ought to see how their class is run by political machines and— Doc. You are right Prof., but don’t get excited; I see by this article that the Seniors have done the thing up brown. _Reads the article and is constantly hitermipted by Hoots, Cheers and Roars j Nutt. There is one thing I meant to have spoken of sometime before. It is that sarcastic reference to Jennison’s fondness for the Complete Angler. Now, I want to say that Mr. Jennison told me distinctly in class, that he was very fond of it, and— _At this point the roar became simply deaferimg; Kelpie Kinnicutt burst laughing and had to be carried out on a dust¬ pan, and the Aftermath editor, zvho was listening at the keyhole, could hear ' no more, and leftj 132 A roiru Tale. Two sprites there were who once did deign To seek for fame and power; They lodged at last on the weather-vane On top of Boynton tower. The one a fairy, fair and great, ’T was for great things she sought, The greatest light in all this State Was the class of naughty-naught. She called that class her high ideal, The thing to help to fame. She found its worth as true and real, As ever class could claim. The other sprite a witch was dubbed. Was low and base, and mean ; She wanted that which all else snubbed. Was callow, bad and green. Such things she could not find, so said “ I T 1 wait a year for fun. For of my mark I ’ve often read Of the class of naughty-one.” The fairy helped us win our rush, ’Gainst the class of ninety-nine, She helped us light the wood and brush For him we thought was fine. 133 The witch then thought that just for fun, ’T was good to make us swear; So made the Sophs to growl and run Round Coombs for being fair. She thought again for bonfire’s sake, T’ was good to make us swear ; So slipped into our proxy’s wake. And raised the devil there. At the teachers’ meet one dark, dark night. They fought on the window-sill ; The fairy red like a beacon light. The witch some green did spill. The teachers gasped, were mute and pale, Before those spirits bold ; And for that fire no more did quail. No more did leave our fold. The next year in came naughty-one, A motley visaged crew ; The witch, she stuck to them like fun. For she a bum thing knew. She tried to help the weak, soft dopes, ’Gainst us to win the rush ; But then we rudely dashed her hopes And rolled them in the slush. We crossed a bat with them so dam, And one with ninety-nine. Our fairy joyous dobbed the barn. With many and many a line. When Dexter saw that barn bedecked, He felt like showering Rice ; But paused a moment to reflect On words that might cut ice. 134 And then they came like a battering ram, And on our ears they fell, And when we had our Half-Way-Thro’, Our fairy set us up ; We ate, and talked, and swore anew Our friendships by the cup. In the early hours we cleared for Tech, Nearly all our little fold; And “ Flat ” and “ Simp ” up roads did trek. Salvation’s Army bold. And then we saw the civil gang Go off on a tangent small ; We heard a bump, a crash, a bang. An exultant yell—that’s all. We saw dark forms move up the street. With loads that seemed so great; A bunch of shingles, planks, a seat. And over all a gate. “ More wood ! more wood ! ” came long and high, ‘ ‘ More wood ! ’ ’ went round and ‘ ‘ more ! ’ ’ And all we saw was a painted sky. With smoke and sparks galore. “ More wood ! more wood ! ’ ’ what ' s happened now. What is that mass they ’ve found? It’s only M. P.’s harmless plow, ’Twas rotting on the ground. “ A spy ! a spy ! let ’s kill the gnome, And wallow in his gore.” ’T was only Bryant going home. And ‘ ‘ rubber ’ ’ came from Hoar. 135 “ Let’s on to-’s, on and on, Let’s on for the sake of drinks; And then return, revive davon. The dying embers blinks.” So we returned, revived the flame. And danced within the gloam, Until our friends the coppers came. And then we trekked for home. Our school days wane, as wane they will. They nearly all are gone; But we will have our fairy still, To lead us farther on. In Polij. Sci. Qualifications of electors, Tariffs that are low and high, How they choose a City Council, That’s what we get in Poly. Sci. Should the city own the railways ? If 3 on think so, tell ns why ; These and other things they ask us. When we go to Poly. Sci. What of courts and constitutions ? What’s a market, when you buy? And we have to find solutions. Or, we cut our Poly Sci. But,—-jio need of asking questions, She can tell me with her eyes. What care I, for Bryce or Walker, When I’m round, and Polly sighs? O f the freedom of the press. She can tell me when she tries, Tho’ she scarcely ever needs to ; I don’t cut—for Polly sighs. When I leave my Alma Mater, With my sheepskin, by and by, I am going to take her with me. And no more will Polly sigh. 137 A Minercilogij Lecture. “ Last lecture I told you of symmetrical axes. I told you that they cut a crystal—well, what is it Arnold?” Arnold. You told us that time before last. Dan. ” Oh, is that so? Then you needn’t take it down. As I was saying, I desire to go on to-day with ugly oclaseorthoclastic feldspar, formula, Cag Mg(Al20g)8. Te 6(8103)2.21 H2O. I don’t expect—well Merrill?” Punk. Please what did you say that formula was? ‘‘Oh, I can’t repeat it ; get it f rom somebody else. It’s chief colors are red, blue, green, yellow, orange, purple, black, brown, though the color most often found is the colorless variety. Cheers. ' It is found in New Caledonia, Fiji Islands and Zululand.” Libhy. You don’t mean Zulu land ; you mean Tasmania. Dan. “Before the blowpipe (which you may abbreviate b. b.), it decrepitates.” Arnold. What do you mean by that? “Ask Amsden. It is disseminated through the gang in semi-hemi-demi-trisoctahedrilic crystals. [At this point there is a disturbance in the back of the room, Brooks having lost his balance trying to see the antedeluvian animals on the charts hanging from the ceiling. Miller brings him to his natural posi¬ tion by dropping a specimen of iron-pyrites on his toes. Francois again says “cheese it. Jack!” in a stage whisper, and the lecture proceeds.] “It is found with calico pyrite, copyrite, lemonite, and holdtight. It was discovered by Miss Pickle.” [Roars by Price, who has just seen through a joke perpetrated at the beginning of the hour.] “I will now take up Millerite and Nicollite. Miller, what is Nicollite? ” Miller. Search me. Dan. “Nichols, what is Millerite?” Nick. D’know. “Amsden, what is Nicollite?” Ja?nes. It is a double, anhydrous, pento-telluride of antimony, arsenic and kalium. Amid appreciative applause, Dannie says “that’s good, Amsden.” a??ies (aside.) I see where I pull my mark up from A plus to A triple plus. Daniel (continuing). “ Next time I— [exit Ben Johnson and Whitney. Cries of “ 2 : i on Bronzo,” and “ go it, Whit, you lobster.”] will take up Bornite and Burial. You are excused.” Our rcither Confessor. The new two act play entitled, “ Our Father Confessor,” which has been running for the last four years at Tech Theatre and is soon to end its run, has been one of unbounded success. Pa Nutting, as leading man, played the title role, supported by a strong company. The Caste is as follows : Father Confessor, Head Henchman to Father Confessor, Peanuts, the Head Spokesman, - Trained Warriors, The Reasoner, - Chorus Girls, - Men who relieve Father Confessor of his work. Pa Nutting Gib Miuler Arnold Beers Irons - Simpson I Birge L Bucknam Wood Barr Hall 1 Lewis Traill Burdette Morgan Walsh Howe Merrill Moore Hoar Chief Copier, Master Scribbler, Head Writer, Head Counsellor to Father, Punk, Father Confessor’s Wife, Kicker, who has Proportional Representation, Punk’s Bosom Friend, The plot is the story of a young man who goes to Tech, and as he is a born shark, he is constantly surrounded by a crowd of classmates who are up a stump. The play opens with a scene in the Physics Lecture Room during a written quiz. Pa Nutting is surrounded by an eager crowd ; 139 suddenly he throws up his hands, and Bud makes a furious stop. Wood then gives a solo entitled, “What’s the Answ er to the Second Problem, Pa?” And in response to an encore gives, “ What Formula Did You Do It By?” The chorus girls do some clever dancing, their manoeuvres being the best seen here for a long time. They all have good voices, and sing, “ Hand On That Paper, Trilby ! ” and “ Wood, Don’t Be So Slow ! ” The scene closes with a dialogue between the Prof, and Fat Morgan, during which there is some cleve r passing of papers among the trained w arriors. The .second scene is laid in Pa Nutting’s house on Lancaster Street. Punk, after a hard day’s work, is trying to solve the m3 ' ' steries of Masonry and Construction, while Pa and his head consulter diagnose the day’s Electricity Quiz over a game of muggins. There suddenly appear on the scene, the Reasoner, Chorus Girls and Warriors ; each one confesses to Pa his troubles and difficulties. Peanuts, the Head Spokesman, keeps the audience in a gale by his clever acting and repartee. The Chorus Girls give a song, “ I Won’t Let You See My Steam Problems,” and for an encore give Moore’s latest success, “Proportional Representation.” Pais then called upon for a speech. He says that he is always glad to see the fellows and to give them the glad hand, and ends with that affecting poem, “Just Before the Quiz Hour, Mother,” and when encored gives, “ If They All Only knew.” The costumes used are all very handsome and the stage setting rich. The Chorus Girls are exceptionally good-looking and as chic as ever. 140 A cilcohn N I fail to see ! I fail to see ! Cried Libby in despair; What right have you to do that ? How came that angle there? And while the Prof, thus squelched Lay writhing in his gore, We heard a mighty rumble— Libby, strode across the floor. There was silence, dreadful silence As to the board he flew, And among the sines and tangents He stirred a n or two ; Chalk flew in all directions, Little mattered where it went And he heeded not his classmates, As to their feelings they gave vent. “Sock it to him, Malcohn,” One young youth did yell, “Sit down, you freak ! sit down ! Oh, this is worse than-.“ Well, the Professor struggled to his feet And tottering to his chair, said. He hoped the fellow would get his mete. And each one backed his prayer. Scarce had this speech been uttered. When there was a shout both loud and long. For Malcolm, the invincible. Admitted he was wrong. 141 f How We Lif e Work Some of the replies received to the question, “Do you like work?” were as follows : Amsden. Do I look it? Birge. Yes,—the more hard work I do, the better I feel. Francis. Sure,—when somebody else does it. Haynes. Yes, when I can decide on the amount. G. A. Jacobs. If I can sit down doing it, and am well paid, and the hours aren’t long and the boss is away, and you have plenty of holidays; yes. Johnson. Yes,—if I can get enough. (? !) Mieler. There is nothing I so adore as a piece of good, hard work— when somebody else does it. Nutting. Very much indeed. (The Lord loveth a cheerful liar.) Rogers. I am not at all afraid of work ; I could lie right down beside it and go to sleep. Traiee. If the pecuniary remuneration evolving to the worker is of sufficiently ample dimensions. Waesh. Yes,—when there is nothing to do. Wood. If I can ' persuade some one else to do the work and give me the pay, I am greatly in love with work. N. B. A correspondent, whose name is withheld, suggests that soft couches be placed at frequent intervals in the Washburn Shops, each couch with free soda and beer-tank attachment, with electric fans overhead; we fear that some of the above gentlemen are over-working. 142 Chapel. In every well regulated American college, chapel is an established insti¬ tution. In many ca.ses the students hold that chapel is a bore, and some¬ thing to be avoided if opportunity presents itself. Here at Tech, however, circumstances make this daily religious observation appear in a different light; it probably troubles the students here less than at any other college; in fact, during the last year there has been hardly a word spoken in oppo¬ sition to it. There are several reasons for this almost universal approbation. In the first place, members of the faculty never cut chapel, and this in itself necessarily proves that for the students’ good it should be looked upon with approving ej es . But there are other causes : The Glee Club, of which we are so justly proud, is also the College Choir, the organist is a classmate of ours, comes from Connecticut, and is well fitted for his position, having served on our class-pipe committee; furthermore, the exercises are some¬ times led by members of the student body. Perhaps the most useful and best recognized good of the.se daily student gatherings is the broad, strong school and class spirit which they foster. Our school is noted for the close bonds which seem to bind the men to it, and to its classes. This most desirable result has been brought about entirely by our well managed chapel. To see one’s division companions assembled in the class room makes one feel that, to a certain extent, there is something in common between them and him. To sit in the lecture room, amongst the other members of his class, makes one aware that he is a member of a distinct body of men. But for a Freshman to attend chapel, see the whole college there assembled, faculty and students all seemingly bent on the same idea, to see the students march from the hall, first the staid and dignified Seniors, then the Juniors, followed by the Sophomores, the class below giving precedence to the one above, to know that these men, however distant and reserved they may seem, are schoolmates of his, have passed through the same trials which he encounters, are working for the same objects for which he works; all this gives to the Freshman the feeling that he is a part of a division of a complete whole, that it is his duty to stand by that whole, and watch carefully over its honor and welfare. It is this which chapel has done for us, it is this that has given us our school and cla.ss spirit, the pride of the faculty, the students, and the college. 143 Jinimie in the Lnh. A crash, a bang, a zif, bif, biz, A clashing of glass, a bespattered spot, Liters of “ goo ” that sizzle and siz, Two w eeks of work all gone for naught. A beaker had slipped from that frantic grab,— Hard luck. Patient duck, ’T is Jimmie in the lab. The fumes, the stench, the cry mounts high, A stamping of feet, a despondent sweep. Some through the door to jump and fly. Some up hoods to crawl and creep. The dart of acid with its poisonous stab,— Patience all. Great and small, ’T is Jimmie in the lab. A stir, a swish, a nine-quart flask, A boiling of sludge with bubbles and domes, A flask’s not made to stand that task. The liquid fumes, then froths and foams. The desk is covered with a sticky dab,— Curse not. Scowl not, ’T is Jimmie in the lab. Some wind, some puffs, a form shoots by. The rush of tons to make up time ; The floor’s in doubt, the windows cry. The building shakes to keep in rhyme. Will it stand the strain, this poor old lab?— Shrewd boy. Papa’s toy, ’T is Jimmie in the lab. 144 Arterniath CoinineiU A punoR. There is a rumor floating around that has caused considerable talk among the students of the Poly tech. It is said that a paper has been placed before the faculty requesting that Senior work begin at half after eleven each morning and end at twelve. Messrs. Birge and Beers are prominent sup¬ porters of this bill, as they are growing poor in health from early rising and late study. Mr. Birge will be remembered by his classmates for the grand fight he made in favor of having shop practice greatly lengthened, and Mr. Beers took a prominent part in pushing the bill making chapel compulsory. These men deserve great credit for the interest they take in all matters which concern the welfare of the class. IM|)OI7raMT DISCON ' EPY. Mr. Tester West made a very important and startling discovery last week, while working in the Mineralogical Laboratory. Mr. West was given an ore of zinc by the professor, for analysis. After applying every known test and several unknown reagents, he found it to be red hematite, the principal ore of brass. It decrepitated in ice, and was soluble only in the spittle of the male grasshopper. Mr. West is a man of great note, and is the author of “How We Civils Would Run the Metropolitan Water-Works,” in which he makes the announcement that a hole is something with nothing in it. 147 GREAT CAPTURE!!! (Clipped from the “ Worckster Only,” May 23, 1899.) One of the most daring deeds that has been heard of in late years, was committed early one morning last week, when Dexter Rice, in broad day¬ light, painted the side of the old barn on Bliss Field, near the Polytechnic Institute. A Large Reward ! had been offered for the discovery of any person caught doing this act, and now that the culprit has been captured red-handed, he will probably be punished to the full extent of the law. Not only did Rice, alias “The Goat,” dare to do this in broad daylight, but he painted directly over a brand new sign which the Class of 1901 had placed there the night before. Rice has a bad record, as he is known to have done such things more than once. BOOK REVIEWS. Mr. Harry C. Walter, who writes under the 7 iom de phmie “Dutch,” has just published a book entitled, “ My Grand-Mother’s Doughnuts.” Mr. Walter treats this hard subject very scientifically and holds the reader’s attention from the beginning. The work is finely illustrated, and deserves the great sale it is enjoying. “ How I Saw Worcester by Lamplight,” is a very interesting story of the adventures of Mr. Loomis, of the Junior class. Mr. Loomis tells in a very thrilling manner of his many narrow escapes, and how, dressed in a disguise, he paraded the city streets in safety, accompanied by a throng of admiring citizens. The story of his rescue from the mob, by a corps of Worcester’s finest, is equally exciting. The author’s style is very fascinating, and his extensive travel abroad makes him well able to compare the country roads to Holden with the city streets. “The Advantages of a Beer Shampoo,” by Day, ’02. This is an article of great interest to the scientific world at large, and is a book that should 148 be in every library. Mr. Day ba.s spent many nights of research in the interest of this work, and was greatly aided b} advice and help from Maynard, ’oi. The book is tastefully bound in kid’s skin, N. B. A copy of each of the above will be found in the W. P. I. library. m ELEcrROCirnoN. “ Ah ! ” he exclaimed, “up to the present time my marks in Electricity have averaged lo. Shall it continue thus? No, by Gauss!’’ And with this terrible oath he seized a volume of S. P. Thompson and proceeded to cram his brain with formulae, for it was the evening after a lecture on “ Motor Efficiency ” On the morrow he went to the quiz with a light heart and a headache ; but the gentle Prof, placed on the board “a few simple questions’’ on the comparative cost of a five wire lighting system for New York City, and a high-potential transmission line from San Francisco to the North Pole, by way of the Klondike. Again the youth scored lo by handing in his autograph, and as he left the room, he murmured, “ What’s in a name ?’’ SUCiGESTED QUESTIONS POD MCTALLUDOY. What was last year’s output of pig-iron in Tasmania? In Kamschatka? In grams? How do you boil a pig? How does the pig-boiling process differ from the boiling-pig process ? How tall are the smokestacks on the Cleveland furnaces ? How many wheels are there on the cars u.sed to transport iron ore? Why don’t they allow puddlers to ball up the puddle? Do puddlers wear false teeth? If so, why not? How many? What kind? Can they be taken out at night? Can puddlers go out more than one night a week? Does puddling have a “bad effect on their singleness of purpo.se?’’ W hat do puddlers sa} when hot iron drops on their toes ? 149 Ode to the Magnetic Lcib. Under the brow of the steep Tech hill, Stands the magnet line in glory ; Its cup of joy no man can fill, But list ! we have heard the story. How no harsh nail the beauty mars, Of its Gothic style so grand. The door’s not hung on firm steel bars, For the needle no steel will stand. No caller strays o ’er its hardwood floor. Nor peers through the dust-stained glass. Scientist visits its realm no more. It is nearly forgotten—alas. But now and then with feeling dear, Its eulogy Doc rewrites. In catalogue a page each year, A careful perusal invites. And when we read of this monument Of wonderful skill and design. We needs must see it slightly bent. In its straight magnetic line. Illustrated Quotations. “A very ancient and fish-like smell.”— Barr. ‘‘I would make it a felony to drink small beer.”— Arnold. “The time I ’ve lost in wooing, In watching and pursuing The light that shines in woman’s eyes, Has been my last undoing.”— Moore. ‘‘A cross between a Methodist parson and a barber pole.”— Price. “Behold the child, by nature’s kindly law, Pleased with a rattle, tickled with a straw.”— Stewart ' oi. “ I can compare to nothing more happily than a drum, for every one may play upon him.”— Boivker, ' oi. “ My life is one dem’d horrid grind.”— Hozve, ' oj, ' oi, ' oo. “A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.”— Day, ' 02. “ Egregiously an ass.”— Perkins, ' 01. “ Brass impregnable.”— Jordan, 02. “ He seemed a cherub who had lost his way.”— Nichols. “ As he knew not what to say, he swore.”— Beers. “And topping all others in boasting.”— 1901. “ Mechanic slaves. With greasy aprons, rules and hammers.” — The Mechanics. “ I bear a charmed life.”— Birge. “A mau of unbounded stomach.”— Anisden. “ Hath his bellyful of fighting.”— L. A. Jake. 151 “ So wise so young, they say, do never live long.’’— Howe. “ Men of few words are the best men.”— Ganong. His cares are now all ended.”— Atherton. ” I am not in the roll of common men.”— Libby. ” Another lean, unwashed artificer.”— Nutting. “Vox, et praeterea nihil.”— West. ” Give thy thoughts no tongue.”— Miller. ” Lord; what fools these mortals be.”— igoi. ” Man delights not me ; no, nor woman either.”— Trilby. ” Toil, sa5’s the proverb, is the sire of fame.”— Bud. ” It is good to love the unknown.”— Traill. “Thinking is but an idle waste of thought.”— Irons, ex. ' oo. “ A little learning is a dangerous thing.”— Kent ex. ' oo. “ lyOve me, love my dog.”— Kinnie. “ There’s small choice in rotten apples.”— Electricity problems. “Alone, alone.—all, all alone.”— Lingley. “Tate, late, .so late.”— Ginn. “ A glass is good, and a lass is good, And a pipe to smoke in cold weather ; The world is good, and the people are good. And we ’re all good fellows together.” — igoo. Nutting’s answer to—De.scribe your ideal girl. “ My ideal girl must have a plump, symmetrical form like Simpson’s, a sweet, child-like face like Nichols’s, hair like Miller’s, a sweet, melodious voice like Price’s, a nia.s.sive intellect like Tibby’s, delicate feet like Beers’s, a temper like Arnold’s, a lively disposition like Ganong’s, a pure, upright disposition like Fat Morgan’s, a punctualit} like Ginn’s, veracity like Hoar’s, a smile like Harrington’s and a gracefulne.ss like Graffam’s.” kS2 THE JOURNAL Of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Vol. 3. JANUARY, 1900. No. 2. EDITORIAL BOARD. G. W. MIIyGER, 1900,. Kditor-in-Chief. Assistant Editors. S. H. FRANCIS, 1900, J. B. WIARD, 1901, E. G. EOOMIS, 1901. Alumni Associate Editors. H. W. WYMAN, ’82, J. M. GOODElyE, ’88, General Alumni Association. WM. P. DAEEETT, ’81, .... Philadelphia Association. W. M. FUEEER,’96,.Washington Association. WIIvEARD FUEEER, ’84,.Clev ' eland Association. J. B. AEEAN, ’80.. Western Association. H. H. TRACY,’91, ..... San Francisco Association. ARTHUR E. RICE,’91, .... New York Association. GEO. E. WIEEIAMSON, 1900,. Business Manager. C. E. FISH. 1901,. Assistant Business Manager. Advisory Committee, representing the Faculty. Prof. Conant, Prof. Coombs, Prof. Smith, Dr. Danlap, Dr. Rhoads. C. M. Allen. INFORMATION BUREAU. WANTF;d. Contracts to clear audiences out of halls— Glee Club. WANTED. To know why the Brewery trip was remembered more vividly than the Wash¬ burn and Moen trip. FOR SAEE. Wind.— orrfaw, ' 02. WANTED. To know why the Faculty doesn’t increase the cut limit to 90 per cent.— Brooks aud Johnson, ' 00. WANTED. Scraps. — L. A. Jacobs, ' 00. [See Ganoug, ’00. THF; EONG and the short of it.— Davis and Lin¬ coln, ' 01. WANTF ' D. Something to keep my mouth shut. — Perkins, ' 01. F ' OR SAEE. A few barrels of empt}’ cigarette boxes. Kenue got. GAEEUP, 03. “ Don’t yon think we ought to cel¬ ebrate Lincoln’s birthday. Prof. Coombs ? ” NEW BOOK. How to Make the Most of a Tran¬ som.— Brooks, ’00. NOTICF ' . I’m tough, and I want everybody to know it.— Perkins, ' 01. FOR .SAEE. Book : “ Select Notes On How To Get Home From Barber’s Crossing.”— Dexter, ’02. NOTICE. Finding that I hav ' e too much college sjjirit on hand, I desire to get rid of some at once, at a moderate price.— G. A ' . Howe, ’01. WANTED. To know what would have become of F ' at Morgan, if we had got hold of him after Half-Way-Thro’. BEHOED. In me a foot-ball player.— Eanies, oj. WANTF)D. To know who threw the eggs.— I ' aculty. PROF. FRF)NCH has just published a new book entitled, ” Bluff,” or ” The Manly Art of F ' ool- ing Your Employer.” WHY do all the fellows crowd around that fel¬ low? Why, he’s a Bud. NOTICE ' . I am stuck on myself.— Bryant, ’01. W. NTFU). A prop, so that I can hold my head up a little higher.— Gallup, ' 01. NOTICE ' . Having become an expert kicker, I am now prepared to give lessons in any kind of kicking.— Moore, ' 00. 155 JOURNAL OU THE WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE. A MAN of deeds and not of -words.—Ganong, ’oo. WANTED. Some method of making the Junior course in electricity harder.— Smith, Faculty. NOTICE- I am open for dates to furnish evening entertainments with “ Pickings from Loth- rop’s.” See Chemists for references.— Simp., ' oo. WANTED. College foot-ball teams to coach.— Fat Lane, ’oj. FOR sale. Copies of Milton’s “Airy-upper- attic,” and Beecher’s “Liver Pad” speech.— See ’oo. F ' AKE MEDICAL CO. Gentlemen After using your remedy for three months, I am thorough¬ ly cured, and have no signs of heart failure or hasty consumption. I kept late hours and smoked a little more than usual until after the foot-ball season was over, and am now o. k. — Page, ' 02. WANTED. Something with petticoats on, just to look 2X.—Fat Moi ' gan, ex. ' oj. WANTED. Painting. | See the Barn.] FOR sale. One extra-clean pair of overalls.— Birge, ' oo. WHY doesn’t’oi kill that infernal machine that runs their class ? NUTT. Does any one know w’hether Mr. Bugg is ill or not? WANTED. To know why Rockwell, ’oi, wears kid gloves in the shop. CIVILS, rgoo. “My Flo” dates back only as far as Noah’s son Sham. FRESHMAN. The firewater in Boynton Hall upper corridor is not for drinking purposes. stranger. We do not know why Elni Park is so popular after dark. We refer you to Atherton and Traill, ’oo. FRESHMAN. The library is open only during recitation hours, and when you are at dinner. FOR SALE. New publication, “ Following the Trail.”— Atherton, ex. ' oo. LOST. One small purp. [See-, Faculty.] ADVERTISEMENT COLUMNS. JOURNAL OF THE Worcester Polytecliiiic Institute A Quarterly Devoted to Fun and Frolic. TERMS: fi.oo Per Annum, ioc. Per Copy. Payable, in advance, in Garden Truck or Hay. Society Gossip. Stage News. Fashions. Cut Your Hair .... WITH HORSE CLIPPERS. BOSTON COATS CLIPPER CO. Morcester polgtecbntc Unstitute. NEW PLAN.- Beginning with 1901, degrees will be given after one term. BOARD AND TUITION FREE ! NO EXAMS ! ! 100 PER CENT CUTS ! ! ! Free Lunches in every Recitation Room. Apply to the Radiator. OYSTERS 1 OYSTERS I ! OYSTERS 1 ! ! In their own sweet, jnicy, salty liquor. AMSDEN’S STORE.. 156 The Outlooh. We, the class of 1900, Knowing all of nature’s secrets, Knowing all things,—wise and prudent— Go we to the world of dullards. To the world that knoweth nothing, World that surely needs our wisdom. Tech has thinned our Freshman numbers; Quizzes (you’ll believe,), were fearful. All could not pass with distinction, Could not stand the pace terrific. Many, though, have been successful. And are ready for diplomas. We would like to introduce you To our class of electricians, Wizards, mighty lightning tamers. Men of brains, and brawn, and keenness. Men, who some day, we feel certain. Will be motormen distinguished. Next, w e speak of our mechanics. Men who know their science fully ; Who can set up great steam engines, Turn the steam on—let them blow up. They are also skilled machinists. Will, some day, be first-class shop-hands. 157 We have, also, thoughtful civils, Surveyors they, and mathematicians. Fully able, by their knowledge. Bridges to construct, and railroads. They will never, we think likely. Get above ten thousand yearly. Then, there is our gang of chemists. Men of bottle, flask, and beaker ; Show you, with profoundest wisdom. Hydrogen, a part of water. Strong men,uall well-fed, and jolly,- May make mediocre drug clerks. .. v I Fast of all, not least, remains one General scientist, exclusive; Taking bits of all our courses. Knowing none of them profoundly. He, alone, of all his classmates. May be a teacher,—up in Paxton. This, friends, is our composition. We leave Tech a learned body. Thanking friends and kindly teachers For the interest they have taken. So departeth 1900, To the land of the hereafter. 158 I90rs Dream Beside the old scrap heap they lay; Their cribs were in their hands; Their frocks were torn; their useless feet Were bound with iron bands. They lay about the rubbish heap, Quaint relics of heathen lands. There in the grease and rust they lay, Too lazy to bear their load. And through the “Fairfield” of their dream. Proud 1900 strode. They saw once more the fond Tech life. As by, it calmly flowed. They dreamed of long cross-countr} runs, The rushes on Bliss’s field, Their useless work at the Oval Grounds, On the wire—their typical shield. They thought of the Half-Way Banquet’s farce. How to the cops they appealed. They sadly dreamed of their meanness now. Their cheating on every hand. And often how by the u.se of cribs. Three E’s some men could stand. They dreamed of gross deception used. Oblivious to truth’s demand. But visions sank and soon were dim As reality grew more clear; The clarion call of justice strong Then sounded on their ear. And with a groan the life they loved Was swallowed up in fear. 159 Abou Tech Spirit. Abou Tech Spirit (may its days increase) Awoke one night from a deep dream of grease, And saw beneath the proofs in his room The form of Doc, like an angel, loom ; The Doctor writing in a book of gold. Exceeding grind had made Tech spirit bold ; And to the presence in the,room he said, “ What writest thou?” The Doctor raised his head And with a happy look, almost sublime, Spoke, “The names of them who up Tech’s ladder climb.” ” Are the Juniors there? ” said the spirit. ” Nay ! oh, no,” Replied the Doctor. Abou spoke more low, But joyous now and said, ” I pray thee, then, Write these names of the 7 iineteen hundred men. The Doctor wrote and vanished. The next night He came again beneath the moonbeam’s light. And showed the names which deeds for Tech had blest, So ni7ietee7i hu7id7 ' ed ' s 7ia77ies led all the rest. Cross. “Say, Whalley, going to take up with the General Electric Company’s offer? ” Whalley. ” I should say not. The pay they give wouldn’t keep me in shoe-leather.” i6o l sGliii Of Tech Lire. Tell me not in mournful numbers, Tech life is a happy dream, For the man ’s no fool that slumbers When Sid Reeve reels off his steam. Tell me not with merry chatter. Tech life is an idle jest, When you learn that grease will spatter. And your days with work are blest. Tell me not in solemn jingle. Tech life is a lead pipe cinch. With mechanics taught by Dingle, Can we his strange methods pinch ? Tell me not with gladsome story. Tech life is a balni} bliss. Where we learn from hygiene hoary Of the microbes in a kiss. Tell me not in wail of sadness, Tech life is a life of joy. When the profs, with heartfelt gladness. Treat you like a little boy. Tell me not in phrases tender. Tech life cannot be a bore. When old Malcolm, slight and slender, Strides triumphant o’er the floor. i6i 11 t Tell me not with side-long glances, That our Tech life is all fun, When young Moore in mystic dances, Even kicking cannot shun. Eet us then be up and doing. With a smile for all our pains. And when trouble we see brewing. Give three cheers for Jinny Haynes. 162 1 ESTABLISHED 1861. EIMER AMEND, MANUFACTURERS AND IMPORTERS OF Clieiiiicals and Clieniical Innaratus 205, 207, 209 and 2J J THIRD AVENUE Corner of J8th Street, NEW YORK. Finest Bohemian and German Glassware, Royal Berlin and Meissen Porcelain, Purest Hammered Platinum, Balances and Weights, Zeiss’ and Spencer’s Micro¬ scopes, and Bacteriological Apparatus, Chemically Pure Acids, and Assay Goods; Kahlbaum’s C. P. Reagents, all kinds of Testing Instruments, Com¬ plete Laboratory Outfits. C. W. CLAFLIN CO., dp:aef:rs in aee kinds of ANTHRAOTE and BITUMINOUS. COAL Also, all Kinds of Wood and Kindlings. General Office, 375 Main St. Coal Pocket, 5 Grafton St. Coal and Wood Yard, 301 Shrewsbury St. WORCESTER, 164 MASS. Calendor. H. SCHERVEE, September t6, 96. Freshmen ! l’(irtrait + Pliotiitfraplicr Nolyember 6, 96. Conflagration on Tech Hill. AND DEALER IN FINE FRAMES. No vember 7, 96. ‘ ‘ We hereby promise to be good ...” Classes of 98, 99, 1900, Ja.nua.ryi J8, 97. First semi-annuals. WORCESTER, MASS. No’vember J, 98. Half-Way-Thro’. Metropolitan Stables. LIVERY, HACK AND BOARDING. November 2, 98, J.20 A. M. ‘Simp.’ and ‘Flat’ join a Salvation Army tour up Highland Street. HARRINGTON BRO. D. A. HARRINGTON, Proprietor, October J5, 99. To-day Birge attended his first me¬ chanics lecture. Nos. 31,33,3.S ( ' eiitral St., Worcester. TELEPHONE 415-2. HACKS FOR PARTIES AND FUNERALS. October 18, 99. Dexter, ’02, gets twenty-first place in cro.ss-countries. I Metropolitan Shops. HORSESHOEING, CARRIAGE BUILDING AND REPAIRING. 65 • NORTON EMERY WHEEL GO., WORCESTER, MASS., U. S. A. Emery Wheels, Corundum Wheels, Emery Wheel Machinery, India Oil Stones. THE WALKER UNIVERSAL TOOL AND CUTTER GRINDER -WILL GRIND- Cutters, Reamers, Cylindrical Work, internally or externally, straight or taper. A univer¬ sal machine in every respect. THOROUGH INSPECTIONS ... AND ... Insurance against Loss or Damage to Property and Loss of Life and Injury to Persons caused by STEAM BOILER EXPLOSIONS. J. M. ALLF:n, Pres. WM. li. FRANKLIN, Vice-Pres. J. B. PlF.RCK, Secretary. L. B. BR. 1NFRD. Treasurer. 166 F. B. ALLF ' N, Second Vice-Pres. L. F. MIDDLF:brooK, Asst. Sec. Nolyember W, ' 99, Whiske} —given to Senior Chemists to analyze. Revival of interest in Chemistry. No vember, 99. Worcester Police Force called out to protect ’oi. Week before Exams, 99, Nutting reports business as being good. November, 99. ‘Rainy’ Day — ’02 takes a ‘Beer Shampoo. ’ June, 99. Beers went ‘ fussing.’ No vember 13, 99, Chemists go on Brewery Testing Trip. No vember H, 99, Chemists return from Brewery. Davis Co., Custom- Tailors SPECIAL STYLES FOR YOUNG MEN. Full Dress vSiiits a Specialty. .... Dress Suits to Let. 4t5 State Mutual buildingt (4th Floor.—Elevator.) EDWARD MOULTON. Dianionbs, UHatcbcs, Sewclii? anb Silverware. 399 MAIN STREET, Cor. Hechanic. ' pc ' rr Ivvi 1 iUj;xvK 167 NEW NAME 3UFFOLK ENGRAVING AND ELECTROTYPE COMPANY. Since the fire which destroyed our plant on the 26th of March, a reorg anization and incorporation has taken place, as indicated by the above name. In our NEW QUARTERS AT 234 and 236 Congress Street Boston, cMass we are now better equipped than ever and are prepared to handle orders of any size and description. Branch Office, 275 WASHINGTON STREET. ENGRAVERS FOR THE AFTERMATH. THIS BOOK WAS PRINTED BY O. B. Wood 50 FOSTER STREET WORCESTER If you have occasion to use Printing in your business, bet¬ ter SEE him, as his equipment, QUALITY AND PRICES ARE A FACTOR NOT TO BE IGNORED BY THE BUSY BUSINESS MAN. Some experience-25 years at it. February 20, ' 00 Dr. Haynes chosen most popular Prof. April, ' 00 Student. “Does Wise ’02 take Calculus, Prof. Conant?” Prof. Conant. “ He makes a pre¬ tense at it. “ cMarch, ' 00 ‘ Bill ’ Johnson receives a professor¬ ship. cMa.y, ' 00 Seniors given thirty minutes to make cribs in Hydraulics. cMa.y to, ' 00 While working on theories in Elec¬ tric Eab. Beers, ’00, caught 120 trout. cMa.y 13, ' 00 ‘ Pat ’ Hurley painted the barn. BUTTRICK EDDY, Ibatters ... anb jfurnisbers. The Largest and Best Stock of Negligee Shirts and Straw Hats we ever had. LOOK AT OUR LINE OF : ; : : FANCY HOSE, 25 AND 50 CENTS. Can t Be Beat. Quick Lunches . AND Order Cooking --A SPEaALTY. Cold Soda, Egg Drinks, Confection¬ ery, Newspapers and Cigars. 322 MAIN ST., • Worcester, Mass. Opp. Mechanics Hall, 169 ESTABLISHED 1885. INCORPORATED 1897. J. P. COGHLINt 93f Treas. and Mgr. PAGE ELECTRIC CO. Isolated Electric Plants of all systems installed. Telephones, Dynamos and Motors. General Electric Supplies. 24 PEARL STREET, WORCESTER, MASS. MORGAN CONSTRUCTION CO. Engineers, Founders and Machinists. ROLLING MILLS AND WIRE DRAWING MACHINERY. Worcester, Mass. A. F. BRAQQ, Hanager. CHARLIE WALKER, Assistant. lP ool ant) JSilUart) IRoom. 6 AND 8 Walnut St. opp. mechanics hall. 170 iVf ' ■ - -■ . ' I .• • � r. 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