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

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34 HISTORY OF 1916 S. fired. It wouldn't be so bad if it weren'tefor the automatic part of the thing, as it is, a man has no chance for argument whatsoever. Along about the end of winter, which, by the way, was a bear- cat for these parts, six of our number sought fame through the medium of the police court. Fiercely snowballing each other on Prospect Street, they were apprehended by one of New Haven's finest and ignominiously haled before the judge. As 1915 UNIVERSITY CREW it was they were all engineers, and, after finding a flaw in the legal proceedings, secured their release. This is merely mentioned in order to bear out the Academic opinion of Sheff. A great many more incidents occur to the writer which might be included in this history, such as the origin of How About Notln, the advent of the Robinson Crusoe, Jr., Company, etc., but Time and the Class Book Committee wait for no man and we must needs draw to an end. Before concluding, however, this opportunity is taken to express the extreme sorrow we felt when three eminent Yale men passed away during our last year in New Haven. The memories

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CLASS DAY COMMITTEE GLASS BOOK COMMITTEE

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SENIOR YEAR 35 of Professors Lounsbury and DuBois of the Academic and Scientific Faculties respectively, and of Tom Shevlin, former captain and coach of the football team, will long be cherished and their uplifting influence long be felt. Appreciation of their loyal service is the most Htting tribute We are able to pay them. This brings us up to the date of Writing, beyond which We are unable to make assertions with any degree of certainty, and dare not venture into prediction, for fear of trespassing upon the ground fenced off for the Class Prophet to pasture in. How- ever there are some incidents and events which We may feel perfectly safe in stating will yet occur in the life of our Class before it departs from the precincts of Shei. For instance: Earle Craig will never touch another drop of strong drinkg Jimmie Lysle will add another charm to his famous collection Con exhibition at Peabody Museum daily from 3 to 55 out-of- town visitors Welcomej 5 Nel Graves will capture the one man- agership still at largeg Olayt DeMott will make at least one more bull in Olassg Alderman will sell Buzz Bourke another suitg Carl Wiedemann may graduateg and the Kopper Kettle Klub will heed the call of Momauguin and journey thither to throw food at each other. But beyond all this there is yet a greater event to take placeg an event which will mark the suc- cess or failure of the Class of 1916 Shelf 5 an ev-CHold on, Rufeg I'll have this copy for you in a minutej. What is this momentous happening? Why shall we have cause to remember it? Are more of our athletes to be declared ineligible? You never can tell, but that's not it. Well then, what is it? We hesitate, but if We must-1CJust a sec, Rufej-THE CLASS BOOK IS GOING TO PRESS! It used to be a blow to fiunk, But now it seems to us as nilg We'1'e heaving coal and selling junk, Would that we were flunking still. HAROLD O. REIF.