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THE CLASS OF NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX .5 1. expended two columns of the same in his review of it, complaining that he could not ascertain what it was all about. That a member of 1926 could write and have produced a play that the erudite and much traveled Herr Berdan could not under- stand was certainly a feather in our caps. Scout Rowell should go far. Maybe by Senior year he ought to be almost good enough to run the colyum in the News or something. Further news in dramatic circles was that the intrepid Dramat had boldly announced that it would produce c'K,ing Lear, a musi- cal comedy by VVilliam Shakespeare, I think. Having thoroughly covered this play in Freshman English, we were in an excel- lent position to appreciate the diliiculties in staging that the Dramat faced and some of us were even so daring as to shake knowing heads and to hazard the opinion that we didn't think they could get away with it. There was even some talk of biting off more than you could chew. Doubtless to warm up for the task, the Dramat gave a reading of the Book of Job in Dwight Hall-though they may have been merely trying to compete with Ted Lewis, who was playing in the Greenwich Village F ollies at the Shubert that week. Speaking of the latter, this department would like to go on record as heartily recommending the same to all lovers of good clean music. Artist Hill created a mild furore at this point by decorating the virgin panes of his window in Haughton with auto- mobile tape to imitate the leaded glass of Harkness. When interviewed by a News heeler he announced that it was a very expensive alloy of aluminum and tin imported from Germany for the purpose. The heeler believed and published the results of this investiga- tion. Upperclassrnen came and stared. There were 1HuttCI'S of VVell, that's going petty far, kinda arty, I think, e maybe, and the like. Another source Typjmj P055-, of excitement was the first audition of the Freshman Quartet, composed of Explorer Frissell, Actor Hoysrant, Ad- mirable Cutler, and Ford Cooper. The spirit of goodfellowship was among them if not towards them, and these boys were wont to implore the Freshman to wake Professor. 22

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F RESHMAN YEAR 1. -s Frank Lackey to the captaincy of the 1926 Basketmen and the winning of the championship by the Puck-and-Sticksters. In literary circles there was the appear- ance of The Tonner! Bzm, a bulletin plastered on the board between Durfee and Wright dealing with local items with studied nonchalance, and 'Tlze Sazfwday Evening Perf. This latter sheet was surreptitiously thrust beneath our doors as we slept and was one of those radical things. February 26 will go down in the history of Yale College. On that day there appeared in the N ctw the epoch-making com- by bg p g n m munication in re the Bronze Bulldog. A gradu- R N E Rte of Yale College, in full possession of his senses and in good faith, proposed to erect a bronze bulldog 'gin some suitable spot on the campus as a tangible symbol of the old fight spiritl A bronze bulldog! Shades of Gundeliinger and the Rover Boys! Strangely enough the gentle- man's offer was allowed to lie fallow. Then came dissension in editorial circles. In a communication to the O. C. D., B. M. Chernoff severed his connection with the Srzlzzmlay Evening Par! due to the know-it-all tone and opinions of the editor. Green as your department was, he seemed to detect a faint whiff of the aroma of now-you-stop-or-I-won't-play. And on February 27 the football boys went back to workg Mr. Jones evidently thought that a couple of months was too long a vacation anyway and that the lads had better don the moleskins. Of course the ground was covered with snow and it was a bit cold, but Slwwgfj Pfoylgjg Early. you could have just as much fun in the cage. That man Davenport, Senior brother of Poet John, stirred the academic stew to the boiling point in that most excellent of museum pieces-the Lit. V aguely we wondered what it was all about. President Emeritus Hadley addressed us in Battell Chapel, giving us erudite, classic, Aristotelian advice-but to what pur- pose? Two days later the storm burst and we revolted against Student Beebe's pet aversion-Commons. A glorious burst of plate-throwing, yelling insurrection- which ended in our being assessed fifty cents per man for broken crockery. Truly an ignominious end to our young ideals. Student Beebe was not to be put down, however, by such means and a few days later the N ctw carried a communication of his denouncing in stentorian tones and in hiencken-like phrases an opus of Upton Sinclair's entitled The Goose Step. Mr. Sinclair replied in good-humored ridicule, but for some unexplained reason Student Beebe neglected to pick up the gage de aofzzbut. Scout Rowell had his play produced by the Playcraftsmen. This brain child of our classmate was entitled Words and Johnny Berdan 21

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FRESHMAN YEAR .3 g. almost nightly 5 but Lord, they might have saved half their wind, for who could sleep with Explorer F rissell within range? Probably the greatest curse to sleep was the activity of Magnzivox Simpson on a certain night in which he held high con- verse with Farmer Butterworth, ran around the Oval in negligee, and generally disturbed the peace, to the great peril of our eardrums. On April 28 The Piriorml covered itself with glory by printing a picture of Popular Potts in baseball costume, labelled Dependable Outfielderf' What can be said about this? Who can do justice to such a subject? Your department, for once, is bafiied. The Committee on Investigation of The Maladjusted Classes reported that the members of the Sheliield Scientific School had further deepened the rut of convention by declaring that 'Tlze Tale of Two Cifies was their favorite novel, Crossing the Bar their favorite poem, and The Satur- day Efverzlfzg Por! their favorite magazine. God have mercy on such as these. A man who described himself as E. O. Leader, Coach of the Yale Navy, burst into action on Derby Day. The results of his efforts were apparent, his green ma- terial rowing away from the Lads from Anoilier Clmfzzplomlzlp. Penn and the Morningside Heights Boys. Our own crew disposed of M. I. T. by the comfortable margin of ten lengths. The Junior Class appeared for the first time in top hats and morning coats, we looked upon them and thought of the far-off days when we might do likewise. The humorous issue of the N ewr appeared in which Classmate McManus covered himself with glory in his article entitled Bloomer Girls' Attack Fails in Last Chukkerf' We cannot resist quoting one phrase: Ouimet, who had been getting good distance from the tee, got so far away he starved to death. He leaves a Wife and life insurance. The overture to the final number on this program began at this point. Letters, communications, and speeches began with one topic-Commons. The Class was beginning to feel vernally excited. Those in the know predicted a worse storm than the blizzard of 'SS Dean Angier issued an announcement to the effect that all further athletic engagements would be automatically canceled with the be- ginning of rioting. Captain Hatcher's Twirlers of the Seamy Horsehide made haste to finish their season with another championship. The Crew Squad left for Gales Ferry on Sunday, June 3. The final examinations began 5 we approached them with less fear and trepidation than before, but nevertheless with some awe. The week dragged on. Then the storm broke! First Movement, allegra: filled with the joy of spring and with the hot blood of youth pulsing in his veins, an unknown hero scaled a plate into the vaulted 23