Yale University - Sheffield Scientific School Yearbook (New Haven, CT)

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' FRESHMAN YEAR ll by a slight lead. Karl Betts and Bill Easton on the gridiron were giving Jones a chronic expression of prosperity, while on the track, Coachman, Brown and Bill Preston were storing new medals in their medal bins. I must not fail to record the greatest of all Freshman activi- ties, that is, the rough stuff at the Hart. The Hart dwellers were as ine a bunch of rounders as ever rode in a patrol wagon. Sometimes Doc Lathrop would throw Keeley's bureau out the FRESHMAN FOOTBALL TEAM window, and sometimes MacMillin would throw Doc Lathrop off the roof. More often, Larry Arnold, collaborating with Bull Painter, would explode gun cotton under Ward Lent's door sill. Who can forget the night when the latter shot six forty-fours through Ward's door? Or when, later in the evening, he com- pletely demolished, with one well-thrown water bottle, the entire window? That's what they did with water bottles at the Hart. The mad, mad wags! At about this place in the Class history, it is usually the custom to ring in a dry story. I might mention the time that Lysle and King Parker went to the Taft, and King had no money. How-

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10 HISTORY OF 1916 S. sight of these horrors so affected the Gerard, that a well-known campus character fell through the skylight into the arms of the enemy. But the desperate ruffians met defeat at the Hart, where Bull Painter resorted to violence, and were a total loss at 82 Wall, where a large person, known as Scovil, was reported to have fainted several times-with his right. The year can be said to have really begun October 7th, when Jacobs and Bradley made second violin on the Orchestra. About this time also, the I-Iighwall was raided by ten gallant omcers in search for one Woodruff, who had emptied upon one of their number a pail of slops prepared for Leo. ,Nobody found at home. CNO Pun.j Woodruff, however, incurred the disappro- bation of the entire Olass, as Leo passed directly afterwards. It was at this time, also, that Bottle Night, spreading from the slums of Academic, caused the near-martyrdom of Jerry. An attempt was made to burn the bridge, but spies from the railroad company spread horrid rumors of faculty action, and the upris- ing failed. During these troubled times, Wall Street and the adjoining counties became aware that a large man with a pene- trating voice lived on the second floor of the Highwall, and that somebody with a southern accent, and long-distance lungs was rooming at Olarke's. On October 22nd, the first real Class assembly was held at the free White Slave lecture of that date. On this same day, too, Mr. Arthur Marvin, the Gloomy Registrar, printed the first of his series of ultimatums to the effect that it would be simply impossible to get cuts on any other day than Tuesday. This gentleman is probably best known as the founder of The Chair For The Explanation, Investigation, and Scientific Comprehen- sion of the New Out System. About this time the oldest college daily chilled our blood by printing, worded like a Riker's poison label, the rushing rules. For the first time we realized that it would not be necessary for us to talk to upper classmen. A fake fire alarm was sent in in celebration! The Class had a remarkably good showing in all activities. Sheldon was captaining the Freshman Football Team, and Rob- ins the Soccer Team. In the Fall Regatta, Meyer, ably assisted by Stovall, Noble and Quinn, stroked the first Freshman boat to victory. The first Sheff boat, under Hal Tearse, unfortunately forgot to pull in the anchor or something, and lost to Academic

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12 HISTORY OF 1916 S. ever, I will limit myself to a reference to the manner in which Olayt DeMott got into the Freshman dances. The story will be gladly furnished by any of his contemporaries. One cannot pass this point Without also calling to mind how Larry Fox, equipped to do and dare-yes, dare, I say-went down to the Casino, and bade them newly dig a grave. The management, after inter- viewing Tony, the Walloping Wop, Bill, the Fighting Plumber, FRESHMAN HOCKEY TEAM and others within, were forced to announce that they took only union men or something, and that he was over seven feet tall anyway. Then came the Princeton game, in which we tied-but beat 'em at soccer, gosh ding 'em. Hod Wilcox made the Glee, and deZaldo, called the count, played basketball. VanSantvoord had an hitherto undiscovered instrument constructed at a local ship yard, and together with Bill Decker, made the clubs. The Har- vard game, a thing of horrors, and upon which I shall not touch-term bills-warnings-and then the Hrst Xmas vacation! ! ! !