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

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418 HISTORY OF 1916 S. In Junior year there seemed to be an endless procession of Class smokers, Fireside Talks, and Engineering gatherings, for the last two of which, Professors Keller and Tracy are particu- larly to be thanked. The janitors tell us the fumes of the cam- paign cigarettes used at these functions have made the building unsafe by eating the mortar from between the foundations. But we enjoyed them, even to the ice water which flowed like wine. The fall dances put us in form for another splendid Christmas. We repeated That Damn Rushing, this time from the inside looking out. Hard upon this came the Junior Prom. A number of us attended and danced under the shell in which the crew rowed to victory in 1914. The Dramat gave its most successful production in recent years, four one-act plays, two of them original. The house Germans were bigger and more novel than ever, and Europe and Wittstein's were taxed to the limit of their resources to supply men. After the Prom came numerous other smokers, and banquets. Late in the year the Kopper Kettle Klub elections emancipated us from the necessity of being polite to Seniors. About the K. K. K. Bill Savage was appropriately elected president. Appropriately? Notice the significance of both the first and last names. Unfortunately the out-going Seniors had neglected to pay any part of their debts. The bill is what made Bill Savage. Nevertheless the boys blithesomely started oi the year by blowing their own horns in a parade. Bill is not in the custody of the debtor 's sheriff at the moment of writing. At this time elections were made to the Independents, includ- ing Lysle, Conrad, Wickersham, Hagadorn, Anderson, Whitney, and others. Chappell, Coghill, Nel Graves and Dulaney made the Elizabethan Club. Hod Wilcox joined both the Whiifen- poofs and the Mohicans. Another season of smokers and ban- quets followed. The spring dances ended the season, as Cholly Knickerbocker puts it, in a maddening whirl of hectic gaiety. Senior year began with the fall dances, all of which attempted rather novel features. The house smokers of this season were particularly good. The movies at Colony were one of the pleasantest entertainments given. The Prom of this year was decorated in black and white, as was the Dramat and the Lawn Club. Earle Craig, Hee Dulaney, deZaldo, and Scott represented us on the committee.

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Al 'ie L I - n n A - - V 5 ni 2' - H wie' X Q 7, 4 E ' G' 9 T f, I Ca, A if 5' J. f' ev. r , ,,. dana,-4. --M We ind it necessary to start this section with a reference to the Freshman Dances. We know how you feel about it, but it can 't be avoided. Countless editorials have been published, remarking upon the brass bound nerve of the local authorities in attempting to make these affairs appear an official Yale activ- ity. Our Class has every reason to know that they were not,- sixteen men being invited to attend in Freshman year. Later a greater number were included in the Big Black Book,-probably because the original sixteen wasted their substance on such frivolities as text books in their remaining years. We had, however, an opportunity to meet New Haven society in other ways. The President's reception and the irst Class smoker were given. We feel it would be out of place to mention free beer night at the Hof, at this point. As Freshman year rolled by the Christmas season, we had our first big vacation. Accurate statistics show that if the invita- tions received were placed end to end, they would extend from Tunkville, Maine, to Planter's Center, Missouri, and half way back to East Peruvia, N. J. Upon our return, we found our- selves taxed for a vast number of prep school banquets, all of which, without exception, we attended. In the early spring, Zeta Psi invited us to one of the best smokers ever given in college. Beer, movies, Edna of the Comique-and Boz Hawley! Since then we practically ceased the cruel Sheit' practice of teasing, spooffing, joshing, and otherwise molesting our weaker brothers across Elm Street. Shortly after this the same notorious Boz Hawley enlivened the Record banquet with his interminable eloquence. At the last of the year we attended the big game dances at the various houses. Then vacation.

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AERO CORPS-YALE ARTILLERY The public opinion of the whole country is focused, as the rays from a converging mirror, here at Yale. Consequently our national need for adequate preparedness was felt so strongly here that active service was decided upon and the Yale Artillery was formed. Owing to the curbing state laws upon the National Guard many men were excluded from enrolling. Some of these more energetic, patriotic men cast about for a method whereby their service would increase the efficiency of the Battalion. This sentiment brought the Hospital Corps into being, which is doing excellent work under Major C. Herbert. ' Several other men anticipated our woeful lack of aerial defence, which has been demonstrated in Mexico this spring, and signified a desire to form an Aerial Corps. The Connecticut Aircraft Company promised Major R. M. Danford an Observa- tion Kite Balloon for use of the Artillery late in the fall. This offer assured the equipment for an Aero Corps and Major Danford detailed Lieutenant Paul F. Slocum, of Battery A, to form such a Corps. The number of men from those already enrolled in the Battalion was limited to twenty and it was con- sidered expedient to limit the total size of the Corps to forty members. At the motion picture lecture given by Major Danford several slides and a model were shown, with a description and the pro- posed plans for an Aerial Corps. Between eighty and ninety men signified their desire to enroll and the Corps was picked, putting those less fortunate, that so desired, on the waiting list. The Connecticut Aircraft Company had just completed the construction of the first Navy Dirigible, the DN-1, and they offered to instruct the Corps in the design, construction, and manipulation of non-rigid dirigibles. This was a rare oppor- tunity and was readily seized. Through the courtesy of Adjutant-General George M. Cole permission was granted to set the machine up in the Hartford State Armory, Hartford, Conn. The members of the Corps took several trips at their own expense to work on the machine, It was sent to Pensacola, Fla., for a Navy Training Ship after the Aero Corps had received their instructions.