Worcester Polytechnic Institute - Peddler Yearbook (Worcester, MA)

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20 THE AFTERMATH : Early in the year we began to hear something about various foot¬ ball games and rushes, tugs-of-war and cane-rushes, to take place between our class and the Sophs. It was finally decided that we were to have an association football game at the Oval. The game was played. T he Sophs., finding that we were proving too much for them, made off with the ball and then claimed the honors. It must be admitted that we were slow not to expect such a trick from such a gang of — well, never mind ; but we made up for it. Some of the Sophs, got black eyes and the rest of them must have felt rather cheap. Some enterprising Soph, gave the reporter a tip, for the next morning a glowing account of the “ Victorious Sophs, at Tech.” appeared in the paper. But if we did not get the ball, one ambitious Freshman got the best of the whole 1904’s. The Monday morning after the rush the barn in Bliss Field was a sight for sore eyes. (It was a sore sight. That’s a fact.- Editors.) During our short existence we have had no reason to feel ashamed of the record we have made. To be sure we did not quite win that cross-country championship, but we came within a few points of winning second place from our antagonists, 1904. On the football team 1905 was well represented. Our class organ¬ ization is complete, and we have a constitution. In three years, more or less, we shall have pipes and canes. (Laudable ambition!— Editors.) Long live the class of 1905.

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NINETEEN HUNDRED 6° TWO 19 jRtnftmt Huntmti anti jftlic EPI EMBER 18, 1901 ! It was an eventful day for about a hundred young fellows who gathered in old Boynton Hall, where many other classes have assembled, and awaited their fate. The new president, Dr. Engler, gave us the usual warnings and instructions and then Prof. Coombs read the assignments. It will not be necessary to recount the experiences of our first week or two. We managed to find out where “ we were at ” in a short time, and soon discovered how to behave like real Tech students ; that is, to look as wise and sleepy and tired as possible. (We’ve noticed it. — Editors.) But we had not been on the Hill very long before we found out that we were expected to destroy a certain amount of wood and glass during the year. Hence, under the kind instruction of two gentlemen whom we have learned to call “ Hink ” and “ Danny,” we have been taught how to saw wood and smash chemical apparatus (at our own expense). Dr. Conant has given 11s enough practice in series so that we can tell at a glance whether a series of “flunks ” is divergent or convergent. Some of us wonder if Prof. Cutler was not once a crack shot with the revolver, for the way in which he levels and aims his index finger at some poor fellow who was out to see his girl the night before would lead one to that opinion. Everyone has to have an “ideah ” when we see that weapon pointed at us. In the foundry we have learned how to make a concoction which is called a core after being baked. In the blacksmith shop we have learned that iron becomes hot when it is heated (witness our burned and blis¬ tered hands), and that this is a good place to do your “sparking” as well as in the electrical lab.— and sometimes in the library.

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NINETEEN HUNDRED TWO 2 I jfrcsljman Class ittrcbaniral Cnjmccnnti Adams, Alfred E., Jr. Breaker, Harry O. Clancy, Richard J. Colvin, Percy J. Gavin, Roland H. Hague, Robert L. Hill, Frederick K. Holmes, Winfield E. Lamb, John E. Leslie, Hartman F. Lewis, Russell W. Mac Fa re and, William A. Magraw, Lester A. Morrill, Alfred R. Morse, Arthur W. Morse, Charles L. O’Donnell, John D. Rice, Myron W. Rosado, Manuel G. Sheddon, Lucius C. Smith, Hem an W. South wick, Frederic W., Jr. Stevens, Billings M. Thompson, Michael J. Walker, Walter Henry Wheeler, Foster R. Wooldridge, Arthur Ross Young, Chari.es H. Brown, Burtis S. Clogher, P. Alexander Cole, Alden B. Dadmun, Frank A. Emerson, Robert F. Emerson, William S. Fitch, Roy A. Barnes, Lucien T. Bliss, Benjamin B. Chickering, Horace M. Duncan, R. Carlyle Eddy, Harvey M. Goddard, Isaac Goodnow, Edward H. Cititl Cncpnccrina French, Roger I)eL. Greene, Arthur M. Larned, Harold B. Moakley, Robert E. Robinson, Reuben T. Rodriquez, Benito A. Steimer, William A. Cljcmtstvp Hilbert, Frederic L. Hunt, Murray H. Maxwell, Daniel H. Quinlan, Frank J. Riley, William G. Webb, Reginald Lester Wright, Burnett B.