THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS LIBRARY Presented in 1916 by President Edmund J. James in memory of Amanda K. Casad c THE 1IBRARY OF THE "i"l<*'- t ; .; tLLIMfifa fHE LIBRARY OF THE L'5!V£8STif OF Ittll •^//Trnzc^ ^? -voitu tecuPess ptobigaPitu, <|>ti-P£ uxmPb u*e put astbe tJVis ptecious boujet ; <|tiPI beatet must t^vose tecoPPectious &e, Hvoiueb, liP^e tPte i-uies tooteb 'ueatPv tPti^ toujet, ^[touub out ueatts, anb ^-uat-beb jealous Pi^. II. |?ut uovu, before tuese u>e£P-loueb scenes ate past, ^lub ouPu sileut uveuvoties tentaiu, !^et om^ foub act, altJVougPv it -fee tfYe last, f,otoe. one wvozt fetter iu tPve -vuePI-urtougPit cuaiu ^|fiat Stubs us to tPvee, cnetioutua iuot&et. elCete, I^P-pou tfve tPvtesPvofb oj; out pattiug, u?e |tcme iu tn4s &oofi< tPve stotu o| eacfi iflvaz ^|e isasseb u>itPtiu tuu umlPs, aub uuto t&ee f|$fe bebicate t^vis u cftecotb ; *' -vnai^ it &e f^fottu-y- tue teputatiou o| tui^ uame, ^i/uing its utite t' iuctease tfiu glotious fa\ne>. 401 562 PROLOGUE. " If I lose a scruple of this sport, Let me be boiled to death with melancholy." {{I RIENDS, Romans and countrymen," and ye 6 i it olio i in 1^ general, lend us your ears, eyes and attention ! The Prestidigitateur stands before } r ou, and, while he yet ™ speaks, he suddenly withdraws the cloth that screens the hidden mystery upon his table, and lo ! he reveals to your as- tonished gaze— the model class ! whose deeds and misdeeds are herein duly set forth and chronicled for the benefit of posterity. Yes, we hear your applause, and in the name of the class, The Rec- ord Committee bows its acknowledgment thereof ; yet, at the same time, it — that is, we — that is, the Committee — desires to offer a few words by way of a ' ' starter ' ' — as a sort of ' ' sherry and bitters " — in order that our appearances and intentions may not be misconstrued. Imprimis, The Record Committee takes this opportunity of thrust- ing upon its readers the — th consecutive product of the budding literary genius of a Senior Class. This same genius, as we have inti- mated, buds annually with greater or less success; but the present Record Committee of the Class of Ninety calls the meeting to order with a modest sense of its entire ability to carry its vast project through to success, and so makes no apology for living. Do not, indulgent reader, blame this self-satisfied air with which you will observe we are impregnated. It is not our fault — Neilson is a member of the Committee. As to The Record itself, the statement may not be out of place that it is the first, last and only literary production of the class, for which fact some — perchance all — of our readers may be thankful on arriving at our eastern terminus. The Committee appreciates the fact that it runs a fearful risk in calling its production literary, when judged by the standard of the work — par excellence — of the 19th century — "The Structure of English Prose;" but then it is bold, you know, and presumes on the dictum, " A cat may look at a king." The; Record, as a first production, doubtless has many blemishes; but as a latest production the Committee hopes that the indulgent reader (please pardon the triteness of this expres- sion) will see in its pages much that is worthy of commendation, as well as of honest mirth. To all those who fail to derive amusement from them we would suggest a visit to an M.D. for treatment of the liver. Nothing else will suffice. But further comment on The Record would be out of place. We have made our entrance, our bow, and we have struck the key- note. If The Record has any trumpet to blow, it will crack its own cheeks in the attempt to catch the pitch given by the Com- mittee. It only remains for us to tender our most heartfelt thanks to the Faculty in general, and to Little Lord McElroy in particular, all of whom, by the considerate offer of their persons to be trans- fixed, like modern St. Sebastians, with the arrows of trenchant wit, have materially helped us in making The Record what it is. For what it is not, or for what it might be, the Committee declines to hold itself responsible. And now, " L,ay on, Mac Duff! And damned be he that first cries, ' Hold, enough ! ' " . SENIORS. "Most Potent, Grave and Reverend Signiors." Class Officers. President : John Hill Brinton, Jr. Vice-President : Henry Warren Kilburn Hale. Secretary : Manzo Kushida. Treasurer : Nelson Baum Mayer. Executive Committee. Lewis Audenried, Chairman, William Henry Trotter, Jr., Henry Warren Kilburn Hale, Joseph MacGregor Miteheson, James Hartley Merrick. MEMBERS OF THE CLASS. Benjamin Curtis Allen, ZV r , Arts (Quondam). Vice-President, First Term, Sophomore Year ; member Athletic Committee, Freshman Year ; member Supper and Executive Committees, Second Term, Sopho- more Year ; member Class Football, Baseball and Cricket Teams, Freshman and Sophomore Years ; member Tennis Pair, Sophomore Year ; member Gun Club, Tennis and Cricket Association; '90's Gun Club, Mathematical Club and Racket Club ; understudy for Daughter of the Megarian in " Acharnians." I y eft Class end Sopho- more Year. David Guy Anderson, Science (Special, Quondam). I,eft Class end Junior Year. John Antrobus, Arts (Quondam). Left Class end Junior Year. Lewis Audenried, Wharton School. Member Executive and Supper Committees, Second Term, Freshman Year; Athletic Director, First Term, Sophomore Year ; Treasurer, Junior Year ; member Supper Committee, Sophomore Year ; member Junior Ball, Supper and Mock Pro- gramme (Chairman) Committees, Junior Year ; member Ivy Ball, Supper, Execu- tive (Chairman), Football Championship Cup (Chairman) and Memorial Commit- tees, Senior Year; member Executive Committee I. C. A. A. of Pa. (Chairman), Junior Year; member Seminar, Senior Year; member Standing Committee on Track Athletics, University of Pennsylvania A. A., Senior Year; Undergraduate member Mid- Winter Sports Committee, Senior Year ; member Class Football Team, Freshman, Sophomore (Captain), Junior and Senior Years ; member Class Tug of War Team, Freshman Year ; member Class Crew, Sophomore Year ; member College Football Team, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman Year. George Washington Babcock, (PJ0, Arts. Entered Class beginning Senior Year. John Barker, &KI, Arts (Quondam). Member Executive and "Yell" Committees, Freshman Year. Left College end Sophomore Year. William Batchelor, Science (Quondam). Member Football Team and Tug of War Team, Freshman Year. Left Class end Freshman Year. John Joseph Borie, d

I(I, Science (Quondam). Left College end Sophomore Year. William Guy Bryan Harland, Arts (Quondam). Left Class end Freshman Year. William Howard Hart, AW, Science (Quondam). President, First Term, Freshman Year. Left Class in Sophomore Year. John William Harshberger, Biology (Special). Frederic Valerius Hetzel, Science. Third Honor, both Terms, Junior Year, and First Term, Senior Year. Philip Eugene Howard, Science (Quondam). Member Bowl Committee, Freshman Year; member Executive Committee, Second Term, Sophomore Year. I v eft Class etid Sophomore Year and entered '91 Arts. Samuel David Hopkins, Science (Quondam, Special). Left Class end Junior Year. Richard Lewis Humphrey, Science (Special). Member Scientific Society, Civil Engineers' Club; Secretary, Second Term, Senior Year, in Scientific Society. James Clark Irwin, Science. Member Gun Club, Camera Club and Civil Engineers' Club; President Civil En- gineers' Club, Senior Year; member " Dean Kendall" Committee, Junior Year; Class Shooting Team, Junior Year; "Faculty" Drawing Prize, Sophomore Year; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years. Jiro Itami, Wharton School (Special, Quondam). Eeft Class end Junior Year. Tatlow Jackson, Jr., Arts (Quondam). Eeft Class end First Term, Freshman Year. Henry Leopold Jefferys, Arts. Member Gun Club, Church Club; President, Second Term, Freshman Year, member Athletic and Bowl Committees, Freshman Year; member Tennis Committee; Sophomore Year; member Class Football Team, Freshman (Captain) and Sophomore Years; member Tennis Pair, Freshman Year; won Broad Jump in Class Sports, Fresh- man Year; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman and Sophomore Years; Second Honor, both Terms, Senior Year. John Howard Jopson, Biology (Special). John George Klemm, Jr., (P40, Science (Quondam). Eeft Class in Junior Year. Manzo Kushida, Wharton School. Member Philomathean Society; member College Boat Club; First Censor Philomathean Society, Second Term, Junior Year; Secretary, vSophomore, Junior and Senior Years; member "Dr. Boardman " Committee; Junior Year; Editor Pennsyl- vanian, Fourth Board; member Class Crew (Coxswain), Sophomore and Junior Years; member First Universit3 7 of Pennsylvania Freshman Crew (Coxswain); member vSenior Four-oared Crew (Coxswain); member Eight-oared Crew (Coxswain), Junior Year; Ivy Orator; member Wharton School House of Representatives and Clerk in same; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years. Benjamin Brentnall Lathbury, KI, Arts. Member Mask and Wig, Cricket Association, Tennis Association, Philosophic Seminar and Racket Club ; Treasurer, First Term, Sophomore Year ; member Supper and Executive Committees, Second Term, Freshman Year; member Supper (Chairman), Cremation (Chairman), " W. W. Barr, Jr.," Bowl, Bowl Recovery and Executive Com- mittees, both Terms, Sophomore Year; member Junior Ball, Mock Programme, Execu- tive and Alumni Hall Committees, Junior Year; member Ivy Ball, Executive, Anti- Coeducation (Chairman), Christmas Holiday Extension, Record (Chairman) and Symposium Committees, Senior Year; Editor Pennsylvanian, Fifth Board; member Class Cricket Team, Freshman and Sophomore Years; 'member Tennis Pair, Freshman and Sophomore Years; Wilfred in " Lurline;" [Ben Franklin, in "Ben Franklin, Jr.;" Honorable Mention Phi Kappa Sigma Prize, Sophomore Year; Class Historian; Third Honor, Second Term, Junior, ^nd both Terms, Senior Year; member Ivy Stone Com- mittee. Casper Wistar Miller, Philosophy. Third Honor, both Terms, Junior and Senior Years. William Sieger Miller, Science (Partial). Member Glee Club and Orchestra; President Orchestra, Senior Year. 13 Joseph MacGregor Mitcheson, Arts. Member Scientific Society and Camera Club; President Scientific Society, Senior Year; Treasurer Camera Club, Junior and Senior Years; member Executive and Ath- letic Committees, Freshman Year ; member Athletic Committee, Junior Year; member Athletic, Ivy Stone and Executive Committees, Senior Year; member Class Football Team, Junior and Senior Years; member College Practice Football Team, Senior Year; member " Mott Haven " Team, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; Delegate I. C. A. A., 1890; Delegate to and Vice-President of I. C. A. A. of Pennsylvania, 1890; won One-Mile Walk, Intercollegiate Sports, '88; won One-Mile Walk, College Sports, Mid- W T inter, '88, Spring, '88 and Spring, '89; won One-Mile Walk in Class Sports. Leighton Nealle Davis Mixsell, Science (Special, Quondam). Left Class in Junior Year. John Percy Moore, Biology (Special). Charles Philips Nassau, Science (Special, Quondam). Left Class in Junior Year. Frederick Brooke Neilson, $K2, Arts. Member Gun Club, Glee Club, Mask and Wig and Cricket Association; Vice- President Gun Club, Junior and Senior Years; Business Manager Mask and Wig, Junior and Senior Years; Leader Glee Club, Senior Year; Vice-President and President on death of W. W. Barr, Jr., Sophomore Year; Toastmaster, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; Presenter, Senior Year; member Cricket Committee, Freshman Year; member Cricket and Bowl Committees, Sophomore Years; member Football, Cricket (Chairman), Junior Ball, Mock Programme and Supper Committees, Junior Year; member Ivy Ball (Treasurer), Supper, Symposium (Chairman), Ivy Stone and Record Committees, Senior Year; member Class Football Team, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; member Class Cricket Team, Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Years; member Class Shooting Team, Sophomore Year; substitute College Football Team, Senior Year; First Bass Chorus of " Acharnians;" Seneschal in " Lurline;" Cassimere in "Ben Franklin, Jr.;" member Chapel Choir, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; member College Football Practice Team, Sopho- more, Junior (Captain) and Senior (Captain) Years; member Racket Club. Frederic Shaw Nelson, $KW, Science (Special). De Lancey Verplanck Newlin, A$, Arts. Member Racket Club ; member Junior Ball and Mock Programme Committees, Junior Year; member Ivy Ball Committee, Junior Year; Wife of Dik&opolis in ' { Acharnians;" Tabitha in " Ben Franklin, Jr." William Rufus Nicholson, Jr., Philosophy. Hugh Walker Ogden, $RW, Arts. Member Philomathean Society, Church Club, Chapel Choir; Second Censor and Moderator, Junior Year, and Recorder, Senior Year, of Philomathean Society; mem- ber 75th Anniversary Committee of same; Editor Pennsylvania n and Business Manager of same, Fifth Board; member Class Football Team, Sophomore and Junior Years; member Voluntary New Testament Class, Junior Year; Sophomore Declamation Prize; Junior Oration Prize; Junior Greek Prize; Honorable Mention Sophomore Essay and Junior Essay Prizes; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman and Junior Years; Second Honor, both Terms, Sophomore and Senior Years. Harry Van Buren Osbourn, Science (Special). Substitute Class Football Team, Junior and Senior Years; member Tug of War Team, Junior Year. Joseph Henry Patterson, Z l F, Science (Quondam). Member Cricket Association, Tennis Association and Athletic Association; Ath- letic Director, Freshman Year; President, First Term, Sophomore Year (resigned); member Athletic, Class " Yell," Executive (both Terms), Cricket, Football, Baseball and Tennis Committees, Freshman Year; member Class Football, Cricket (Captain) and Baseball Teams, Freshman Year; member Tennis Pair, Freshman Year; member College Cricket Team, Freshman Year; member Class Gun Club; member History Committee; Vice-President College Cricket Association, Freshman Year. Left Class end Freshman Year. William Harm Patterson, ZV, Arts. Josiah Harmar Penniman, $KW } Arts. Member Philomathean Society and Glee Club; Secretary and Treasurer Philo- mathean Society, Sophomore Year; First Censor in same, Junior Year; Moderator and Recorder in same, Senior Year; Chairman Executive Committee Glee Club; member Class Motto Committee, Freshman Year; member " Dr. Boardman Resolutions" Com- mittee (Chairman), Junior Year; member Christmas Holiday Extension, Washing- ton's Birthday and Record Committees, Senior Year; member Class Football Team, Sophomore Year; member Class Baseball Team, Sophomore and Junior Years; Editor Pennsylvanian, Fourth Board, and Editor in Chief of same, Fifth Board; President C. I. C. Press Association, Senior Year; First Prize in Quaternions, Junior Year; First Prize in Greek Prose Composition, Freshman Year, and First Prize in Demosthenes, " De Corona," Junior Year; Bowl Recovery Committee; First Honor, both Terms, Freshman, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; Valedictorian, Senior Year. Charles Getz Peocock, $KW, Wharton School (Special). Member Wharton School Congress; member Professor Patten's, Professor James' and Professor Fullerton's Seminars. Robert McClellan Ramsey, Arts. George David Rosengarten, Jr., &KZ, Science. Member Gun Club and Camera Club; Secretary Gun Club, Executive Committee Camera Club, Junior Year; Treasurer Gun Club, President Camera Club, Senior Year; Class Treasurer, Second Term, Freshman Year; member Supper Committee, Junior Year; member Ivy Ball Committee, Senior Year ; Editor Red and Blue, First Board ; Slave of DikcEopolis in " Acharnians; " member Class Cricket Team, Junior Year; member Class Shooting Team, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman and Sophomore Years. Iyeo Stanton Rowe, Wharton School. Member Wharton School House of Representatives, Junior Year ; member Professor Patten's, Professor James' and Professor Fullerton's Seminars ; Third Honor, Second Term, Sophomore, and First Term, Junior Year; Second Honor, Second Term, Junior, and First Term, .Senior Year; First Honor, Second Term, Senior Year. John Francis Rowland, Jr., Science. Third Honor, both Terms, Senior Year. Thomas MacKellar Royal, ZW, Science (Quondam). Member Gun Club; Treasurer, First Term, Freshman Year; member Supper Committee, Freshman Year ; member Class Football Team, Freshman Year. Left Class end Sophomore Year. Newton Webster Samuel', Science (Quondam). Left Class end Sophomore Year. Holden Beauvais Schermerhorn, Wharton School. Member Philomathean Society and Wharton School Congress; Third Honor, Second Term, Senior Year. Adolph William Schramm, Science. Harrison Souder, Science (Special). Member Scientific Society, Civil Engineers* Club; Second Vice-President, First Term, Senior Year, and First Vice-President, Second Term, Senior Year; member Class Football Team, Senior Year. John Franklin Stevens, Science. Class Treasurer, Second Term, Sophomore Year ; member Supper and Mock Programme Committees, Junior Year; member Supper and Symposium Committees, Senior Year; Third Honor, both Terms, Freshman Year. John Gilbert Stoddart, (PK l I'\ Wharton School. Member Wharton School Congress, Camera Club, Professor Patten's Seminar; Third Honor, both Terms, Junior and Senior Years. Richard Saunders Stoyle, Wharton School. Vice-President, Junior Year; member Executive Committee, Freshman Year ; member Cremation Committee, Sophomore Year; member Class Supper Committee, Junior Year; member Ivy Ball Committee, Senior Year; member Class Crew, Sopho- more and Junior Years; member University of Pennsylvania Freshman Crew, Fresh- man Year; Third Honor, First Term, Senior Year. William Henry Stnbblebine, Arts (Quondam). Left Class end Sophomore Year. Franklin Nelson Strader, Wharton School (Special, Quondam). Left Class in Senior Year. Howard Hungerford Sypher, AY, Wharton School (Quondam). Member Athletic Association and President of same, Sophomore and Junior Years; member Athletic Committee, Second Term, and Bowl Committee, Freshman Year; member Rowing and Athletic Committees, Second Term, Sophomore Year; member Mock Programme and Junior Ball Committees, Junior Year; Second Bass in C/iorus of " Acharnians; " member Class Football Team, Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Years; member Class Crew, Sophomore and Junior Years; member College Football Team, Freshman, Sophomore and Junior Years; member College Crew, .Sophomore and Junior Years; Glee Club, Freshman Year; Orchestra, Freshman Year. Left Class end Junior Year. Joseph Fithian Tatem, Science (Quondam). Left Class end Freshman Year. William Henry Trotter, Jr., ZV, Wharton School. Member Wharton School Congress, Cricket Association, Tennis Association, Gun Club, Mask and Wig; Vice-President Tennis Association, Junior Year; Recording .Secretary, Sophomore Year, and Second Vice-President Gun Club, Junior Year; Vice- President, Second Term, Freshman Year; President, Junior Year; member Supper Committee, Freshman Year ; member Executive, First Term, Cricket and Supper Committees, Sophomore Year; member Junior Ball, Tennis and Cricket Committees, Junior Year; member Executive and Ivy Ball (Chairman) Committees, Senior Year, member Class Football Team, Senior Year ; member Class Cricket Team, Freshman, Sophomore (Captain), Junior (Captain) and Senior Years; member Class Baseball Team, Sophomore and Junior Years; member Class Tennis Pair, Junior and Senior Years; member College Cricket Team, Sophomore, Junior and Senior Years ; Rinaldo in " Lurline; " Loyola in " Ben Franklin, Jr.;" member Racket Club; Delegate to I. C. Cricket Association, Senior Year. 16 Robert Reineck Truitt, Arts. Member Philomatheau Society; Treasurer of same, Second Term, Senior Year; Thcoros in " Acharuians; " University of Pennsylvania Freshman Crew, Freshman Year; won Putting- the Shot in Class Sports; Third Honor, Second Term, Senior Year. Benjamin Schell Walters, Member Class Football Team, Junior and Senior Years. Horace Andrews Walton, AW, Science (Special). Arts. Editor Red and Blue, First and Second Boards; Understudy for Attendant on Lamachus in " Acharuians; " member Chorus in " IyUrline " and " Ben Franklin, Jr." William Henry Warrick, Ueft Class end Sophomore Year. Joseph Frank Wheeler, I,eft Class end Junior Year. Thomas Brown Whitney, Science (Partial). Member Class Crew, Sophomore and Junior Years; member College Four-oared Gig, Junior Year; member College Pair-oared Gig, Senior Year. Science (Quondam). Science (Special, Quondam). George Guest Williams, Albert Joseph Zeleni, I,eft Class end Sophomore Year. Peter Silas Zimmerman, Left Class in Senior Year. Science (Special). Science (Quondam). Arts (Quondam). Pomp" and "Otto" bringing in the Senior Roster. OFFICERS OF THE CLASS OF "90. Freshman Year. First Term. President, William Howard Hart. Vice-President, John Hill Brinton, Jr. Secretary, Jay Gates. Treasurer, Tom MacKellar Royal. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. William Howard Hart, Chairman. Henry Riley Gummey, Jr. Joseph MacGregor Mitcheson. Richard Saunders Stoyle. John Barker. Second Term. Preside?it, Henry Leopold JefFerys. Vice-President, William Henry Trotter, Jr. Secretary, Joseph Warren Coulston, Jr. Treasurer, George David Rosengarten, Jr. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Joseph Henry Patterson, Chairman. James Hartley Merrick. Lewis Audenried. William Howard Hart. Trevanion Borda Dallas. Sophomore Year. First Term. President, Joseph Henry Patterson (resigned). Vice-President, Benjamin Curtis Allen (acting President). Secretary, Jay Gates (resigned). Treasurer, James Hartley Merrick. Manzo Kushida. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. James Hartley Merrick, Chairman. William Henry Trotter, Jr. Joseph Warren Coulston, Jr. Joseph MacGregor Mitcheson. John Hill Brinton, Jr. Second Term. President, William Wilson Barr, Jr. (deceased). Vice-President, Frederick Brooke Neilson (acting President). Secretary, Manzo Kushida. Treasurer , John Franklin Stevens. 18 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. John Hill Brinton, Jr., Chairman. James Hartley Merrick. Philip Eugene Howard. Henry Lincoln Haines. William Herbert Burk. Junior Year. President, William Henry Trotter, Jr. Vice-President, Richard Saunders Stoyle. Secretary^ Manzo Kushida. Treasure)-, Eewis Audenried. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. James Hartley Merrick, Chairman, Charles Shinier Boyer. John Hill Brinton, Jr. Henry Riley Gummey, Jr. Henry Warren Kilburn Hale. JUNIORS. The Earth hath Bubbles, as the Water has, and these are of them.' President : Horatio Curtis Wood. Vice-President : Edward Adams Shumway. Secretary : Samuel Rakestraw Colladay. Treasurer : John Hermon Terry. Executive Committee. Horatio Curtis Wood, Chairman. Edward Adams Shumway. Samuel Rakestraw Colladay. John Hermon Terry. Louis de Pui Vail. Francis Churchill Williams. James Starr. Thomas Wallis Huidekoper. John Howell Janeway Upham. MEMBERS OF THE CLASS. John Antrobus. William Henry Ashhnrst. Samuel Rakestraw Colladay. Erskine Hazard Dickson. James Macintosh Longstreth Herbert Rutherford Hogg. Philip Eugene Howard. Thomas Wallis Huidekoper. David Guy Anderson. Percial Roberts Bailey. James Lord Bernard. Harry B. Clingan. Trevanion Borda Dallas. Henry Delaplaine. Charles Albert Dickson. John Joseph Elcock. Oliver Blackburn Finn, A.B. Abram Myer Feldman. Richard Field. Sparta Fritz, Jr. Edward Townsend Hager. Francis Head. Abraham Henwood. John Jay Lafayette Houston. Eckard. W Benjamin Harris Brewster. James Manderson Castle. Daniel Bell Cummins Catherwood Edward Prime Goodell. John C. Greer. Lloyd Carpenter Griscom. Ellsworth J. Hults. Hisaya Iwasaki. William Graj- Knowles. Charles Ridgely Lee. Frederick Leser, Jr. David Mandel. Jules Ephraim Mastbaum. George Ingels McLeod, Jr. Topliff Johnson. Clayton Fotterall McMichael. Walter Rowland. ARTS. Frederick Lennig. George Francis Levan. Alfred Meyer Liveright. William Wilson Long. James De Wolf Perry, Jr. Cornelius Weygandt. Francis Churchill Williams. SCIENCE. Stac3' Woodman Kapp. Chester Hughes Kirk. Frederick Kellner Mears. Frank Muhr. Vickers Oberholtzer, Jr. John Chatlin Ogden. Wilson Worrell Pile. William Woods Pinckerton. James Starr. James Herbert Stevenson. George Beaumont Taylor. John Hermon Terry. James Mortimer West, Jr. Frank Milne Willard. Horatio Curtis Wood. James Charles Ziegler. HARTON SCHOOL. John Maurer. William Stephen Outerbridge, Jr. J. G. Patterson. Harvey E. Piatt. W T ilmer Hershe}' Righter. William Beni Rosskam. Henry Hall Sinnamon. George Hughes Smith. Sidney W T heaton Smith. Louis de Pui Vail. William Charles August Veditz. John Robert White, Jr. PHILOSOPHY. Edward Adams Shumway. UNCLASSIFIED. John Howell Janeway Upham. Marcel Alphonse Viti. SOPHOMORES. 'Pol.— What do You read, my Lord ?' 'Ham.—' Words ! words ! ! words ! ! !" First Term. President : Abram Sharpless Valentine. Vice-President : Addison Farwell Lansing. Secretary : Wilnier Worthington Hoopes. Treasurer: Clayton McElroy. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. John Harold Brockie, Chairman. Clifford Lewis, Jr. Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac. Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont, Jr. Samuel Rulon Earl. Second Term. President : Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac. Vice-President : Ryland Warriner Greene. Secretary : Albert Lawrence Harris. Treasurer : Clayton McElroy. FINANCE COMMITTEE. Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac, Chairman. Clayton McElroy. Frank Bernadou Bower. Charles Louis Borie, Jr. Adolph George Rosengarten. MEMBERS OF THE CLASS. Walter Barclay. John Harold Brockie. Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac. Thomas Luther Coley. Harry Warren Cook. Theodore Wesley Cook. William Duane. Samuel Rulou Earl. Joseph Williams Fell. Edwin Stauffer Gault. Ryland Warriner Greene. Carl Friedrich Haussmann, Jr. George Washington Keudrick. ClifFord Lewis, Jr. William Weaver Lukens. Archibald McCullagh, Jr. Clifton Maloney. William Stuart Morris. Charles Thornton Murphy, Jr. Matthew Patton. Ulysses Simpson Schaul, Francis Steenbergen Schmucker. William Reese Scott, Jr. Harry Bismarck Sobernheimer. Arthur Conover Thomson. Ernest Macdowel Vail. Clarence Russell Williams. Wesley Bartine. Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont, Jr. Charles Louis Borie, Jr. Frank Bossert. Frank Bernadou Bower. Lee Schwartz Bowers. William Lund Clampffer. Edward William Coon. Francis Thibault Cross. Charles James Dougherty. John Warner Grigg Dunn. Charles Bower Early. Samuel Fleisher. Percial Vaisey French. Edward Robert Green. Frank Thomson Gucker. Arthur Hagen, Jr. Frank Bacon Hancock. Albert Lawrence Harris. Clinton Gardner Harris. Wilmer Worthington Hoopes. William Stewart Jamison. Harry Ellwood Keller. Albert Bartram Kelley. Addison Farwell Lansing. George Edmunds Lawrence. Charles Trumbull Lee. Joseph Hunter Lewis. SCIENCE. Jay Bucknell Lippincott. Thomas Luke. Clayton McElroy. John Kaufman Mohr. Charles Francis Morrow. Jay Bird Moyer. Richard Marshall Newlin. William B. Oberholtzer. Samuel Davis Parry. Franklin Peale Patterson. Alonzo Willoughby Piatt. Samuel Kingsley Probasco. Adolph George Rosengarten. William M. Scott. Louis Raymond Shellenberger. Owen Louis Shinn. Arthur Gregg Singer. Edgar Arthur Singer, Jr. William Emil Snyder. James Alexander Stewart. Harry Chapman Thayer. Adam Clarke Thompson. Abram Sharpless Valentine. Joseph Wood Wagner. Karl Albert Walraven. Olin Leslie West. Edwin Bennett Wheeler. Samuel Bowman Wheeler. 23 FRESHMEN. l Mur. — ' We are Men, my Liege !' 'Mac— ■* Ay, in the Catalogue ye go for Men. First Term. President : John Falconer Sinclair. Vice-President : George Schaffer Gummey. Secreta?y : Robert Newton Willson, Jr. Treasurer: John H. Rex. Second Term. President : Herbert Payne Fisher. Vice-President: Samuel Kreamer Reeves. Secretary : Justin Ralph Sypher. Treasurer : Ward Brinton. MEMBERS OF THE CLASS. ARTS. Henry Rihl Alburger. William Ludwig Baker. EHiston Perot Bissell. John Cadwalader, Jr. Herbert Mason Clapp. Edward Salisbury Clark. Jay Cooke, 3d. Andrew Wright Crawford. Howard Harlan Dickey. Raymond Renaud Donges. Edward John Dooner. William Alexander Ferguson. Louis E. A. Greenleaf. John Norman Henry. Arthur Wellesley Howes. David Wendell Hulburd. Stephen Linnard Innes. William Hamilton Jefferys. George Johnson. George von Phul Jones. Samuel Murdoch Kendrick. Francis Herbert Lee. Clarence Stanley Mclntire. William Young Campbell Anderson. Charles Philip Bower. Thomas Bradley, Jr. Philip Howard Brice, Jr. Henry Cartwright Burr. Henrv Clay Butcher, Jr. William Edgar Stitt Capp. Edward Burton Colket. Frank Penrose Croft. Payson Crowell. Joseph Robbins Curtis. Joseph Corbit Davis. Charles Welsh Edmunds. Rudolph Skinner Elliott. Herbert Payne Fisher. Alfred C. Fleckenstein. Charles Schlesinger Friedman. Arthur Maurice Greene, Jr. Francis Chambers Harris. George L. Harrison, Jr. Joseph Maurice Haywood. Philip Fitzpatrick Heraty. Joseph H. Gillingham Hibbs. Howell Lloyd. Howard Adler Loeb. Norman Macleod. George McFadden. Clyde Milne. James Clark Moore, Jr. John Eyre Morgan. William Clark McKnight. Ellwood Wilbur Middleton. Dayton Hobart Miller. Thomas Harrison Montgomery, Jr. George Reese Newbold. Richard Thomas O'Malley. William Henry Perry. John H. Rex. Louis Barcroft Runk. John Schwaln Schaul. John Falconer Sinclair. Charles Sinkler, Jr. George Albert Smyth. Henry Douglas Spaeth. Justin Ralph Sypher. William Budd Trites. Charles Henry Weber. Jesse Starr White. Charles Willing. Robert Newton Willson, Jr. Reginald H. Woodward. Erskine Wright. SCIENCE. Robert Churchman Morgan. Arthur Villiers Morton. James Caverlv Newlin. William Overington, Jr. Christopher Stuart Patterson, Jr. Horace Hill Patterson. Roderick G. Pearson. Robeson Lea Perot. Samuel Kreamer Reeves. Marion Rinehart Rodgers. Charles McElwain Rogers. George T. Rowland. John Horner Ruckman. William M. Scott. Frank Willard Shoemaker. Henry Bueth Sims. Howard Persifor Smith. J. Anson Smith. Harry Eugene Spencer. Frederick Dawson Stone, Jr. Myer Franklin Straus. Samuel Swift. Seyichiro Terashima. Walter Smith Thomson. William Trautwine, Jr. William Budd Warne, Jr. Adrien Francois Wellens. Walter Edward Whitaker. Joseph Early Widener. Edward Burke Wilford. NATURAL HISTORY. Ward Brinton. Henry Paul Busch. Jesse Moore Greenman. George Schaffer Gummey. 25 POST-SENIORS. "Declined into the Vale of Years." Franklin Bache, B.S. Timothy Raymond Eeyer, B.S. Jacob Orie Clarke. Christian^Frederic Fisher, B.S. Joseph L,azarus Hecht. Thomas Wilkins Hulme, B.S. Rudolph Howard Klauder. August Appleton Miller. G. Whitfield Taylor Miller, B.S. Edward Asa Partridge, B.S. Walter Phillips, B.S. David Bowen Salter, B.S. Alfred Newlin Seal, B.S. Archibald Wrieht. 26 IN MEMORIAM. 82BUUam WMson Uarr, Jr., Died Tuesday, May 226., 1888. Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father to remove from our midst our President, comrade and fellow-student, William Wilson Barr, Jr. ; And Whereas, We sincerely mourn the loss of one who, by his personal attainments, did honor to his class, and by his high moral character endeared himself to us all ; Resolved, That our heartfelt sympathy be hereby extended to his bereaved family in this the hour of their affliction. Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the family of our classmate and that they be published in The Pennsylvania)!. Robert I. Gamon, Richard S. Stoyle, Wm. H. Loyd, Jr., J. Hartley Merrick, W. Herbert Burk, Committee. 8s GO 1-1 ft o Cm CO P u CO ►4 h4 u < Ph PQ Sh < M o X H £ CO < fc « > ►4 a > CO S 03 § « £ < " £ M n u Ph CO £h CO < o ^4 >< u H p4 CO « rt H W fc > ^%g^^g^ James Hartley Merrick. Ladies and Gentlemen: ^\ BOUT this time four years ago the Class of '90 made its first ^J appearance on the stage of Old Penn. Since that time we I m. have developed many original characteristics, but our start / was made in a thoroughly orthodox manner, and without any of the thrilling incidents that sometimes attend the debut of a Freshman Class. As the humble historian of the Class of '90, I cannot lay claim to more than the average number of names, nor can I promise you an exhaustive history of the Wharton School and its members from the time of its glorious inception to the present day, as has been the custom of late years; nevertheless, in the face of these disadvantages, I shall presume to hope that 29 when my duty is done all those who are interested will have some knowledge of the honorable career of the Class of '90. When we arrived on the scene of action, numbering somewhere in the neighborhood of seventy-five, we were accorded the usual pleasant reception that is tendered annually to Freshmen by the genial Secretary of the Faculty. This reception is held not so much for the purposes of examination as to enable the Secretary to determine the names and ancestral records of his victims, and to find out just how many come from Jersey. A bright-looking youth, with glasses, who was then among our number, somewhat inadvertently remarked to his companion, "Oh! say! who the deuce is that old cuss over there with the gray beard ?" It is said that Jackson overheard the remark, and that explains why John Barker is not with us to-day. Perhaps if John had done nothing more, matters might have been smoothed over; but his luck was proportionate to his size, and was always against him. About the middle of our college course the Executive Committee held one of its periodical sessions, and Barker was among the in- vited guests. John had been slightly irregular in his attendance, and Jackson, who felt a kindly interest in John after his remark about him, had sought to discover from John's paterfamilias the reasons for his non-attendance. But John had arranged matters with the postman, as the " If not delivered in five days, return to F. A. J., University of Pennsylvania," clearly indicated the source of the letters. After considerable questioning John finally ad- mitted that a letter had come to the house that morning bearing the mystic signs. "What did you do with it, Mr. Barker," said Jackson, in his softly-modulated accent. "Why," replied John, "father was away, and I threw it in the waste-basket. I thought it was an advertisement !" The occurrence widened the breach between them, and John left us rather than make things disagreeable for Jackson by remaining. But this digression is somewhat premature, and I shall return to the opening of college in September of 1886. It may not be out of place just here to state the fact that the Faculty, with an eye to the eternal fitness of things, proposes hereafter to open college on 30 October the ist, instead of the 21st of September. The reason for this becomes at once apparent to those of us who have taken Dr. Kendall's course in Astronomy, inasmuch as the Zodiacal Sign for the month of October is Capricornus, or the Goat, and all those who are born into the University under this sign will of course re- ceive Jackson's special supervision and attention. There were five classes at the University when '90 materialized: the Senior Class, the Junior Class, the Sophomore Class, the Freshman Class, and the Frazier Ashhurst Class. The latter was by far the most numerous, and held all the important college offices ; but circumstances over which it had no control {i.e., the Faculty) compelled it to disband, and in consequence we were forced to stand its early loss. Of course the first thing, or one of the first things, a Freshman Class does is to form a Class organization, and '90 immediately held a meeting for that purpose. We were all of us young and inex- perienced, and were anxious to elect a President who would be an ornament to the Class. The meeting was becoming disorderly, when somebody in the room spied a large red mustache. That was enough. A rising vote was taken, and the red mustache was elected President with acclamation. It turned out, upon inquiry, that the red mustache belonged to Billy Hart, and it is enough to say that Billy was not only an ornament to '90, but that he would have been an ornament to any Class. Billy was one of those men who became sated with the gayeties of life at an early age, and even the wild, tumultuous excitement of an hour with Schelling palled on his jaded taste. He had a bad habit of interrupting Schelling, during recitation, with questions that did not always bear on English literature, such as, " Professor Schelling, what do you consider fast time for a horse to trot a mile in?" or, "Professor, do you prefer champagne-cocktails to mint juleps ? " and the like. I am afraid Schelling did not always take these questions in the spirit in which they were asked, as he seemed to feel bound to consult with Little Lord McBlroy with regard to Hart's purpose, and the subsequent threats of "Faculty case, gentlemen," etc., that came from the little back room were not reas- suring. Billy did not stay long with us, as his ennui became too powerful for him, and he is at present occupied in seeing how many different horses he can ride out Walnut Street in one afternoon. Most of our time during Freshman year was occupied in cane- fights, bag-fights and rushes with that incomplete collection of back numbers that left college last year, and which masqueraded under the soubriquet of " '89." And those were very lively times, too. I regret to state that the feelings which governed these con- tests were sometimes uncharitable, and led to angry altercations. The only trouble about them was their onesidedness, as, with the brotherly aid of '88, we invariably came out on top. Whether it was that '89 recognized our prowess as fighters, or whether the Y. M. C. A. had gained an influence over their leaders, "deponent sayeth not." At all events, the mid-year examination came and went without a bowl-fight, and '90 was forced to stand by and witness the wanton overthrow of a good old custom. Bighty-nine did many other curious things, but '90 is indebted to her for two valuable gifts, Coulston and Newlin. These two men worried along with '89 as long as they could, and it was not long before they reached the limit of human endurance and threw in their lot with '90. Neither of them, I may say, has regretted it. The change enabled Newlin to work in a year more with Schel- ling, who has stood by De Lancey through thick and thin — some- times a good deal too close for De Yancey's comfort and peace of mind. The climax was reached not long since by Schelling refer- ring rather rudely to " Del " as the " Devil's Advocate," a remark which "Del" resented by rising in his seat, taking off his coat, and offering to " do " Schelling on the spot. If Newlin remained for another year, I fear that his recitations would have to be made to Schelling with iron bars between them to avoid riot and blood- shed. Warrie Coulston early discovered that his forte was business- managing. Indeed, it is said that one of his reasons for leaving '89 was on account of the failure of his attempts to business-manage C. P. B. Jefferys, Jr. (I have not time to give you his whole name). Since then he has been business-manager of the Glee Club, of The 32 Record, of the Red and Blue, and at last accounts he was nego- tiating for the business-managership of the Trustees ; but since his connection with the Red and Blue he has lost much of that sang froid (Angliee, an incalculable sum of money) that characterized his former methods. Our Freshman year saw the laying of the foundation of that glittering array of athletic victories for which '90 justly feels proud. It all began with the baseball nine, under the direction of Charlie Boyer. The newspaper accounts the next day were disagreeable enough to report the game as "Freshmen on a Leather Hunt;" and, so far as that goes, the same might be said of our team as it stands now, for never since then has the nine struck the winning combination, or the ball. It was through no fault of ours, however, as " Buck " Trotter has played on the nine right straight through, and anyone who has ever seen ' • Buck ' ' playing baseball knows that his errors are few (?), and that his efforts as a fielder are untiring. We had no crew in Freshman year, owing to lack of suitable material, but we did as well as Freshmen usually do in tennis, cricket and football. Our sports, looked at from a numerical stand- point, were a great success. Howard Sypher would, in all likeli- hood, disagree w T ith this statement, as he entered every event and carried off — but no ! that was just the trouble ; there was nothing for him to carry off, as the committee had neglected to provide prizes. Ever since then, at stated periods, motions have been made at the meetings to present Sypher with the fourteen medals he won, but, as regularly, defeat has overtaken the motion, and Sypher is still the Class' creditor. Before going on to the events of Sophomore year, I cannot refrain from recording Ben Allen's attempt to establish a Freshman Dance. Ben had been taking dancing lessons for about three months before he came out to college, and his little feet were aching to move to the seductive strains of Waldteufel. He gathered to- gether a chosen few, and made his .startling proposition. Steps were about to be taken to put his plans into operation, when it was discovered that only two other men in the Class knew how to dance. Of course, this put a stop to everything, and Ben's disap- 33 pointment was keen, as it was afterward learned that he had already invited six girls to be present. Sophomore year arrived. Some few members of the Class did not. "Somnus" Haines had fallen asleep in June previous, and had not been able to arouse himself in time to connect with the opening of college. Haines was never by any possible chance awake, except when a corner-fight was going on; even then the only way he could keep himself from going to sleep was by swear- ing at George Henderson and '89. Herbert Charles Brown, Esq., grew tired of the Class because there were no representatives of the families of Jones, Smith or Robinson to keep him company, and the loneliness became oppressive to him. There were a few other desertions from the ranks, but the majority stood firm. There is something in the atmosphere of Sophomore year which produces a strong disinclination for work, together with the opposite inclination, quite as strongly developed, for play. Tommy Royal, Atherton Harlan and Cherub Stevens formed them- selves into a Society for the Promotion of Disorder in Seidensticker's Room, which held daily meetings, with more or less unique results. The toy-stores in the neighborhood were drained of their torpedo supply, and " Seidy " was kept in a constant state of expectancy bordering on insanity. For some reason or other, the air in " Seidy 's " room was never free from one or more toy-balloons, which gave " Pomp" considerable annoyance, as it always fell to his lot to fish them down between hours. Of course, it was necessary that some recreation be provided for those of us who were unfortunate enough not to take German. We found it in Dr. Muhlenberg's room. The Faculty made a few changes in the roster at the beginning of the term, and placed our hour in Greek prose just before recess. This enabled Dallas, Neil- son and Trotter to extend their recess from half an hour to an hour and a half, as the Doctor always excused them after roll-call. The Doctor understood us, as a rule, pretty well, but one day he lost his bearings. The room had been unusually quiet, and nothing had occurred since the beginning of the hour, when John Brinton came into the room with a train of tin-cars tied to his coat-tail. After the cars had been confiscated by the Doctor, and put into his bottom drawer, the recitation proceeded. Suddenly, a large croquet- ball rolled along the upper row of seats and fell down in front of the old gentleman's feet. A death-like stillness followed, and Coulston looked unconscious. The Doctor adjusted his spectacles, hesitated a moment, and then said, "Mr. Trotter, did you do that, sir?" "No, sir." — "Mr. Dallas, did you do that, sir?" "No, sir." — " Mr. Brinton, did you do that, sir ? " " No, sir." — " Very well, then, Mr. Neilson, you may withdraw, sir!" and Warrie smiled sadly as he thought how cruelly the old gentleman had been deceived. For some reason of his own, the Doctor could never quite get used to the students wearing caps and gowns — a movement that was set on foot soon after the beginning of the term, and which lasted for some time — and from the very first he regarded them with suspicion, as concealing some device for creating disorder. One day, we entered his room, in single file, with our gowms tied round the waists with cord. Fred Neilson was the last man in file, and by the time he reached the door the Doctor was in a towering passion. He strode over to the door, and, catching sight of Fred's nose, he cried, " Mr. Neilson, you may retire, sir. We do not wish to see your face again ! ' ' We did all we could to get him to change his mind, but he was relentless, and Fred stayed away for some time. The Doctor did not appreciate all we did for him, or how we tried to beguile his hours with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs. He was even callous to Dallas' celebrated imitation of the flute, accompanied by a full orchestra, and the many little amuse- ments we got up for his benefit fell quite flat. Among the other things that occurred during the first term of Sophomore year the football eleven won a game. We came very near not putting a team in the field, as we had received numerous petitions from the other classes begging to be given a chance; but our usual magnanimity and courtesy prevailed, and we decided it would not be fair to the others to withdraw. We presented a game to '88 and '89 apiece out of respect to their age, but '91 we turned upon and trounced to the tune of 6-0. The game was doubtful till 35 near the end, when a beautiful run by Hermann Fleck and a goal by Neilson gave us the victory. Just as the teams were leaving the field, White, of the Fresh- man Class, so far forgot himself as to wave a small flag aloft, with '91 on it. Feeling was running pretty high at the time, and White was hustled from the grounds. Outside, the fight grew to enormous proportions, and four " cops " from the Twenty-first District Station (put there so as to be near the University) swooped down and made several arrests, which included our own Stevens and Burger. "Cherub," as usual, was smoking a cigarette, and attracted the "cops'" attention first; Burger came next, and he was run in because he remarked to his captor ' ' that he was impervious to arrest." Both were bailed out by " Otto " later on, and great re- joicings followed. The Fall Sports (and the Spring Sports as well) in Sophomore year added fresh laurels to '90's already lengthy list of victories. Ashton Little temporarily turned his attention from the fair sex and devoted 'himself assiduously to jumping and hurdle-racing. He was successful at the start, but he has since been barred out of all such contests, as the referees claim that he has patent telescopic legs. Joe Mitcheson, when his time was not occupied in listening to the dulcet strains of his own mouth up in " Scientif," or in talk- ing about Frank Dole, gave himself up to walking. By dint of hard work Joe has secured several " firsts," and has reflected great honor upon the Class at different periods. He has also secured several appropriations from the Class, ostensibly to pay Dole. The last time he did this he was caught using it as an entrance-fee for a six days' "go-as-you-please," and no more appropriations were made. In addition to a few other trifling peculiarities, Mitcheson is never without a question in his mouth; and the odds are large that when Doomsday arrives Joe will ply the Archangel with multi- tudinous questions, as he is being carried off to wherever it is he is going. Examinations came down on us like "the wolf on the fold." Billy Harland found himself unable to resist the attractions of the dissecting-room, and went over to the Medical Department. Joe Patterson had a position offered to him as president of a bank, which he promptly accepted, with the condition that he would not have to be on hand before 12 noon. Trivy Dallas was unable to stand the strain imposed upon him by the roster, and retired for a year's rest. When next seen, he bobbed up serenely in '91, where he had friends. Jay Gates and Bennie Allen both found college irksome, and fled into business, leaving breaks in the ranks which have not since been filled. After exams, came the bowl-fight. There was no particular reason why we should have had one, and we might have followed in the illustrious footsteps of our weak-kneed predecessors. But '90 has never been weak-kneed, whatever else she may have been, and a careful retrospection will disclose .the fact that the number of microbes on '90's bowl-fight is exceedingly small. The Faculty wanted to stop it; '89 wanted to stop it; and these two reasons were alone sufficient for having it: so have it we did; and although we were unable to form a compromise between Starr, the bowl-man, and the bowl, the bowl remained intact. In the hour of victory it was stolen from us by the " Meds," but it was soon after returned, and to-day remains as a souvenir of one of the hardest-fought bowl- fights the 'Varsity has ever seen. The opening of the second term brought with it the introduc- tion to the Class of two celebrated freaks — "Artie" Goodspeed, A.B. (Harvard), and Dr. A. H. P. Leuf. Our time with "Artie" was chiefly spent in giving him a good deal of inside information about mechanics, more or less of which was new to him. His opinion of the Class was high from the very start; but when one day Warrie Coulston told him, in answer to a question, that a pound was defined as the length of a standard bar kept at Paris, his admiration knew no bounds; indeed, so trustful did he become, that at the end of the term he passed the whole Class on an aver- age of " inferior," and " no questions asked." To Dr. Leuf, better known as the Mis-Director of Physical Neglect, we are indebted for a very interesting series of two lectures on Hygiene, in the course of which the "genial doctor" success- fully illustrated the fact that arm-chairs may be thrown at a pro- 37 fessor, while lecturing, without danger of personal injury. It was a lucky thing for the Trustees that Leuf stopped lecturing when he did; otherwise they would have been compelled to rebuild Sadtler's room, instead of merely having to refurnish it. Speaking of Sadtler, I may say that it was just about this time that "Jake " left us for parts unknown, and a new "Jake" came to take his place. No one knows just why "Jake I" left; but it is rumored that the fearful strain incident to his running continually after tapers for Sadtler broke down his health. Sadtler never by any chance had a light at hand, and when " Jakie " would bring him the regulation wax-taper he invariably prefaced his ex- periments (which just as invariably failed) by the startling announcement, "I have here a lighted taper; " and this, in turn, was usually followed by the no less startling piece of information, " This was known a'ready to the alchemists " — remarks which were always received with applause. It w r ould not be right to pass over this year without referring to those memorable hours with young Kendall in calculus. Only two men in the Class owned books, and the rest of us didn't know what calculus meant. The hours were passed, as a rule, by Kendall leaving us to our own sweet will after roll-call, and while he and cousin Sam Wylie went across the street, the rest of us played " poker " and drew funny pictures on the board. And here it becomes my duty to record the saddest event in the whole of 'oo's history — the death of William Wilson Barr, Jr., our Sophomore President. When death removed Barr from our midst, it removed a man whose every characteristic stamped him as belonging to that class of human beings who are men in even- sense of the word. Upright in his mode of life, honest in every w T ord and action, and devoted to his class, his untimely death came as a great shock to his classmates. We had known him only for two years, but in that short time he had endeared himself to every- one, and when he was called away from us he left a vacancy which no one but himself could fill. Barr died on the 226. of May, and when the time came for our cremation, none of us had the heart to carry out the programme with the sad circumstances of his 38 death still uppermost in our minds, and out of respect to his mem- ory the Class of '90 held no cremation ceremonies. There is one member of the Class who has perpetrated a deed almost too fearful to be mentioned. Harlan had concealed himself one da} r in a doorway in the lower hall to avoid detection by the Silver Fox in some vast misdemeanor. He avoided Scylla, but in so doing he ran headlong into Charybdis. Jackson was passing at the time, but ' ' Ath ' ' thought it was Tommy Royal (who was always on hand to help " Ath " out of his scrapes), and embraced him ! Ninety claims that this is the first time on record that anyone has ever embraced Jackson. The last scrape Harlan got into produced unexpected results. It was almost the end of the term. The attendance on Dr. Muhlen- berg's hours was very slim, as several men had been permanently excused. One day Harlan told us he had a good scheme on hand, and the next day every man in the Arts was in his place in ' ' Muh- ley's" room, waiting for Harlan's scheme. The recitation was half over, when proceedings were interrupted by a shower of old boots, shoes and bits of cast-off clothing, which fell all over the room. The scheme was eminently successful from a disorderly standpoint; but poor Harlan again put himself on record, and plunged squarely into Easton while making his escape down the stairs. Oddly enough, Easton reported the occurrence to the Faculty, and that distinguished body, after due consultation, came to the conclusion that a man of Harlan's ingenuity should be given more room in which to expand his talent. The shock was too much for poor old " Muhley," and he handed in his resignation, which was accepted. With Muhlenberg's departure Sophomore year came to a close. In one way, Doctor Muhlenberg's withdrawal from the chair of Greek was a great gain. It gave the College Faculty time to turn their august attention to something else besides " Faculty cases," which had become so common that even Little Lord McElroy ceased to use them as terrifying threats for Freshmen. On the other hand, we lost in the person of Doctor Muhlenberg one who was always ready to be our friend, and I doubt whether there was one of us who was not sony when the old gentleman left. 39 In due course, the fall of 1888 arrived, and with it the Class of '90 as Juniors. Alas ! our ranks had been depleted. It was not "the Class, the whole Class, and nothing but the Class " that as- sembled at the opening of college. Many men were conspicuous by their absence. Tommy Royal, Ath Harlan, Ben Griffith and Samuel had all dispersed, and Seidensticker, in consequence, took a new lease of life. Samuel had cast in his lot with the army of Benedicks, and found that family duties and college could not con- nect. Griffith found himself unable to stand the worries of college life, and went off to take charge of the Philadelphia agency of " Recamier Balm," with himself as a living advertisement of its wonderful effects. " Nanki Pooh " Stubblebine came to grief while attempting to cross the Tropic of Capricorn (us), which he found adverse to him, and so he left to become a Senior at Ursinus College. But our desertions were more than made up by the advent of a large and healthy body of High School graduates, who descended gracefully upon the Class like white-winged doves, and imparted a fresh vigor to it that before was lacking. Some of them have achieved distinction in the Class. Frederick Shaw Nelson, who took the architectural course, became a firm friend of Prof. Rich- ards, and so far worked upon his feelings that he obtained permis- sion to smoke cigarettes in the "Drawing-room," and since then he has done nothing else. Walters and Osbourn have demonstrated that work is a large factor in a scientific course ; in fact, Walters worked so hard toward the end of the year that his health gave way, and he had great difficulty in persuading the Faculty of his ability to complete his course. Walters has never " cut " an hour since he entered college, and — -.but enough said. This is a his- ton^, and not a fairy tale. Another notable man is Chester Farr. Chester Farr has two missions in life : one of these is never to brush his hair; and the other, always to wear a pleasant smile. He is fond of women's society, and this in some measure accounts for the fact that his Class has given him the "spoon." As Class Prophet, this fact will also be noticed as contradicting the prevalent opinion that a prophet is not without honor save in his own country. Junior year is the period in college life when everybody settles down to work. The elective system also begins at this time. There is a subtle connection between these two apparently discon- nected statements which Warrie Coulston, Del Newlin or John Brinton will point out to you. Fuller information may be obtained b} T buying their book (a joint work), entitled " How to Elect a Snap Course " (published by H. A. Rennert, Esq., Boston). A large number of the Class went into the Civil and Mining Engineering Departments, in order to have more time with Barker than is provided in the regular roster. Howard Sypher was anxious to go with the crowd; but Barker was impolite to him, and Jackson wanted him to take another year in Latin ; and between the two he became so distracted that at the end of the year he en- tered the Law Department, in order that he might be able to argue his own case against these two worthies in the courts, and save the expenses of a master. The real object of Junior year, however, is to permit students to enter the Wharton School. It would be presumption on my part to tell you that the Wharton School is the embodiment of modern culture and enlightenment, or that it was for this reason that Trotter, Audenried and Stoyle (not to mention little " Kushie ") saw fit to enter it. After some months of training, " Buck " Trot- ter was able to run downstairs from McMaster's room to the As- sembly Room, and back, in the short space of an hour. One day James asked him what the powers of the President of the United States were. " Buck " thought for a moment, and then replied : "The President shall have power to fill his vacancy during the distress of the Senate, who shall expire at the end of their next session." This is sufficient to illustrate the thorough course of training afforded by the Wharton School to all those of its students who, like " Buck " and Lew Audenried, are really in earnest about their work. Our usual ill-luck attended us this year in our efforts to put a crew on the water. Up to within a week of the races our prospects for carrying off the Powel cup were of the brightest description, and the eight men in the boat had been brought up to a state as near 41 perfection as well could be, through the untiring efforts of Howard Sypher and "Colonel" Diggles. But good fortune declined to smile on us. Tom Whitney was obliged to give up his place, owing to an injury to his hand; and Strader, who happened at the time to be in '90 (he has been in every other class and department in college at different periods) ' ' went lame ' ' two days before the race. But the " six " stuck to their boat, and, by as plucky an ex- hibition of rowing as anyone could wish to see, managed to keep out of last place. Since that stroke of misfortune, '90 has entered no crew in the races. The sports this year brought '90 a few scattered but well- earned laurels. Ashton Little won the "hurdle" (120 yards), and at the same time broke the College record; while Joe Mitcheson gathered in the mile-walk. We bore our blushing honors with be- coming modesty; in fact, we always have; and such exhibitions as these go to prove the assertion that '90 can come to the front when luck is not against her. At the beginning of the term the Class made three new acquaintances among the professors — Barker, Fullerton and Lam- berton — a rose between two thorns, as it were. I mention Profes- sor Barker first, because it is only natural for us to wish to get through as soon as possible with whatever is unpleasant. Our Class had the usual falling-out with his Royal Job-lots; the usual committee was appointed to interview him, and it all resulted in the usual abject apology; in fact, history simply repeats itself. Our hours with Barker became so monotonous that the Little Artie Goodspeed Divertissement Club was formed for the sole pur- pose of casting gibes at little " Me Too ! " while Barker was strug- gling with some refractory "trick." The club also aided Good- speed in his attempt to catch the volatile sunbeam, and was even heard to laugh loudly one day when Barker made a break and asked Goodspeed " to turn on the sun." Barker never liked '90, and in this respect alone he resembles '89 and Schelling. (I apolo- gize for mentioning them in the same breath.) The Class also begs to be excused from being fond of Barker. Professor Fullerton spent the whole of this year in ploughing 42 up the weeds of realism, which clogged the brains of the Class, with such telling effect that now a powerful microscope would be needed to reveal the slightest traces of anything that is not in strict accordance with Berkeley. In fact, the Class of '90 is now (I say it all with modest}') an " ideal" class, and in Professor Fullerton it most assuredly had an " ideal " professor. Professor Lamberton was elected by the Trustees to fill the vacancy in the chair of Greek, caused by Doctor Muhlenberg's res- ignation. As a man of learning, Laniberton commands the greatest respect; as a professor in relation to his pupils, "Colonel" Dig- gles would describe him, in the words of Punch, as " one of those things one would rather have left unsaid." There are several occurrences connected with the University which took place in our Junior year. " Otto " Reuning, who for several collegiate generations back had cheered and comforted thirsty students, and who has sheltered countless "bowl-men," had a collision with the High License Law, and came out second best. The Faculty were not unmindful of all that ' ' Otto ' ' had done in time past for the students, and to make matters sure they made him Clerk of the Faculty, at a salary of 38 cents a week, and so have kept him out of harm's way. The corner-stone of the Library Building was laid on October 15th, 1888, and the structure is now practically finished. It serves the double purpose of giving "Tommy" Richards something to swear at whenever conversation lags, and it also gives little Gregory B. Keen something with which to occupy his time when not other- wise employed in ejecting, with the assistance of Miss Timley, the disorderly element of the Class from the present library. If Little Gregory goes to an untimely grave his dissolution will be charge- able entirely to " Colonel " Diggles and Gamon, together with Joe Penniman, all of whom have conspired to make him lead a very nervous life. Our Junior year also saw the institution of Dr. Boardman's series of Sunday Afternoon Lectures, at which " Cherub" Stevens, Frank Ford and Warren Hale were regular attendants. It likewise saw the beginning (in its present form) of the Lecture Association, 43 which has done so much to spread abroad the name of Old Penn; but, above all in importance to us, it saw the resignation of Dr. Kendall from the position of Dean, which he had held so long and so honorably. Dr. Horace Jayne was elected to succeed him; and I think I am reasonably safe in saying that there are few men in the University to-day more respected or more popular than Doctor Jayne. The Junior Supper came off soon after the examinations. As everybody had gotten through, there was much rejoicing and a very full attendance. Neilson, as usual, held the position of toast- master, upon which he has a permanent mortgage. ' ' Cherub' ' Stevens' reply to the " Committee" consisted of four words, which were full of "pathos and sweet regret;" while as for Coulston's reply to the "Ladies," volumes might be written without justice being done to it. Close upon the heels of the supper came the Junior Ball; and when all other things are forgotten, '90's Junior Ball will ever be remembered as a shining event in a long line of brilliant social successes at the University. In one respect, our Junior Ball was not quite as exciting as the one previous, as there was enough for everyone to eat, and the "scrap" feature was therefore wanting. It was about at this time that John Brinton (to-day our honored President) began to distinguish himself. John makes a speciality of four things — viz., playing baseball, shooting, putting beakers on red-hot stoves and presiding at Class meetings. I should, perhaps, have included a fifth — speech-making — but after the "few well- chosen remarks" (I quote from the minutes) which you have just heard him deliver, it is unnecessary to further point him out to you as the Chauncey M. Depew of the Class. He is absolutely without a rival as a baseball player, and as an experienced chemist he stands without a peer. John's method in Class meetings has been short but effective in its results, and his cheerful disregard of par- liamentary procedure has caused Charlie Boyer no end of torture. Our Junior year came to an end with the first production of the " Mask and Wig," in which '90 took a large and honorable part. " IvUrline " was presented before the largest and one of the most fashionable audiences that ever witnessed an amateur performance in this city; and its success was unqualified. It is a great pleasure to be able to record in the history of the Class the birth and growth of an organization at the University which bids fair to bring so much fame and renown to the achievements of Old Penn. Doubt- less, one reason for its success lay in the fact that it was not de- pendent on the support of the students. When we returned to college in September our brows wore that unmistakable trace of deep learning which betokens age and long experience. We were Seniors. Kven "Kitten-face" Patterson was a Senior. " Pat " left us for a time in Junior year to gather in the broken threads of a misspent Sophomore year; but he came back in due time, bringing with him his sheaves and his attendant retinue of nicknames. "Pat" got a new name every term, and to-day he is known not merely as " Pat," or even " Kitten-face: " his full name is Grandma Kitten-face Knock-kneed Stub-toed Heavy-eyebrowed Loquax Fabius Maximus Patterson! And yet the Faculty has given him his degree! Senior year saw the fall of Warren Hale's Poker Social. It was organized as a religious organization at first, and always met on Sunday evenings. ' For a long time matters prospered, and Hale grew wealthy on the proceeds of the " kitty," but in an evil day its members took to outside betting. Calves and Hale laid enor- mous odds that " Lady Agnes " Gummey's beard would outstrip " Stiffendus " Truitt's before the first of the year. Nelson Mayer, Ford and the ' ' Cherub ' ' pooled their issues on ' ' Stiffy. ' ' Gummey , who was in ignorance of this price set upon his head (or rather his chin), appeared one morning — clean-shaved. The crash that fol- lowed was so fearful in its effects that notices of a sheriffs sale were posted, and the Poker Social ceased to exist. Lots of funny things happened in our first term. For instance, Fred Neilson happened to play football. Now this was no trifling thing. With Fred as full-back, and two other men as half-backs, and several other men without any backs at all, we won a game from the Freshmen! — a fitting end to '90's achievements on the football field. But we are modest, and do not boast over it. You 45 notice, Neilson was full-back : he never does things by halves. Fred was filled with an intense zeal, after this splendid victory, and felt himself called upon to captain — yes, to captain — the Reserve Team of the University of Pennsylvania — The Reserve Foot- ball Team! The team played most of its games on the Athletic Grounds, and gave much learned instruction to the regular eleven. One bright day, The Reserves defeated the regular team. On the next day, a still brighter one, " Otto " and "Pomp" were seen repairing the eastern door; and when " Ott " was asked why it had been taken off its hinges, he replied, " Neilson couldn't get out yesterday." Neilson's habits in the Class were peculiar. He was not always present. He even stayed away from Little Lord McElroy's elective hours in General Conversation. The Dean grew uneasy about Fred's irregularity, and to help him out he instituted a system of "excuse blanks," and had several thousand printed. This saved Fred a good deal of paper; and as all his spare time was taken up in filling out the blanks and returning them, a "corner" in " excuse blanks " was created, and the rest of the students had to use ordinary note-paper. The Fall Sports were held to enable " Mitchie " to walk. Pat- terson (he of the nicknames) walked with him to " set the pace." Naturally, the pace was a rapid one, but ' ' Mitchie ' ' was equal to the occasion, and broke the tape first in great style. There was only one other event (excepting Ashton Little's annual exhibition of getting over hurdles), and that was the mile- walk, which was won by Mitcheson. In order that the impression may not be left that the Class has been victorious only in athletics, I wish to say a word about our mental abilities. Take, for instance, Joe Penniman and the two Burkies — Burke 2nd and our valiant little Jersey man, Burk 1st. This trio is known as the Band of Massives. The only purpose for which they came to college was to cast cruel " snags " in the paths of Lamberton and Fullerton, and whenever their hours became dull (which never happened with Lamberton) the rest would politely but firmly request the " Massives "to "sic them." To such good 46 purpose did they comply, that the hours would wind up in a mass of entanglement, from which the ' ' Massives ' ' would usually emerge smiling. In " Philo " the Class has been ably represented by Penniman, Burk, Kushida, Farr, Ogden and a host of others, all of whom have freely contributed the products of their brains to bring 11 Philo " up to a very high standard. In "Scientif" the Class has been also well represented by Mitcheson, Souder and Bullock, although during the meetings " Mitchie " usually talked most of the time himself. Dick Hum- phrey, who is very fond of " Mitchie," say that Joe joined " Scien- tif" with that end in view; but that is only idle slander. Bullock never goes to the meetings because — well, because he's the Dean's nephew, and it would be too undignified for him to go. Some of you are, perhaps, wondering why '90 has had such an eventful and successful career. Know, then, that the Class con- tains Henry Leopold Jefferys — and set all doubts at rest. He is a brother of Jefferys, Junior, of '89; but, thank heaven, he has only three names, and he can be forgiven everything else. It has become fashionable of late years for every Class to have a Jefferys, but future Classes (with the exception of '93) will " not be in it," as there is only one left to go round. In Senior year, the proposition to establish co-education at the 'Varsity was exhumed by the Faculty from a very comfortable grave and galvanized into a temporary existence. '90 took a hand in the game at this point, and presented a petition against it to the Trustees. The petition was signed by such men of influence as " Lulu " Ogden, who lives at Ogontz, and who has had ample op- portunity to study the peculiarities of the fair sex; and also by "Jersey" Burk, who thinks he knows " a thing or two about girls," as well. The result of all this was that they decided to establish an annex for women, and thus put a quietus on co-education for all time. All things being considered, it was ungallant in the Class to protest against co-education; for have we not among our members the Misses Field, Nicholson, Miller, Newlin, Ogden and Gummey ? In fact, the philosophical section is entirely composed 47 of the fair sex, in the persons of Fannie Nicholson and Maud Miller, and to have protested against them was anything but polite. Under '90's management (and Freddie Neilson's) the Glee Club was reorganized in the fall; and a very healthy specimen it was, too. Several concerts were given, mostly in the suburbs and Dan- ahville, and the club netted several millions. With this surplus Neilson subsidized the Red and Blue, which comes out at irregular intervals, whenever its editors have something new to say about the Mask and Wig as a dramatic organization; and as everyone reads the Red and Blue, the advertising Fred got proved of great value. ' ' Fatty ' ' Miller became President of the Orchestra in Senior Year. " Fatty " was also a member of the Glee Club, and he tried to arrange a "combine" between the two, but it wouldn't work. To appease him, Fred said he would let him sing solos instead, on the condition that he would leave the Orchestra at home. " Fat " declined to agree to this, and war was imminent, until McMichael ('91) offered to sing duets with him. This straightened matters out, and since then these duets have been a feature of every concert. The Class meetings of Senior year are worthy of being men- tioned. For three years Lew Audenried kept himself under con- trol, but when he became a delegate to the I. C. A. A. he thought he was pretty big. Lew would demand the floor at the beginning of the meeting, and as he was a bigger man than the president he would keep it till adjournment. He represented the Great Wharton School. He would make a motion, Kushida would second it, Frank Lee would report it for the Pennsylvanian, and then the rest of the Class would vote it down. This process would go on indefi- nitely, until Lew would get angry and leave the room. The idea of having the Class merged into the Wharton School was a good one, but not feasible. In the Wharton School two prizes are offered : one for the head place in the Class and one for the tail place. Audenried and Trot- ter always go together; and as Rowe has a permanent hold on the first prize, Lew and Buck have fought nobly for the consolation prize. Buck begged Lew, with tears in his eyes, to take it, if only 48 for his sake; but Lew said he hated to deprive Buck of what he was so anxious for. Neither could get the other to give in; so they compromised and shared it with each other; and all is now at peace within the Wharton School. I think I have mentioned the fact that Schelling is not very fond of the Class. One day this year the Class had assembled in his room before he arrived. The Professor came in a trifle late, and closed the door behind him. As a rule, this incident does not cause comment, and, as a rule, there is nothing behind the door. On this particular morning, however, a large sign was disclosed, bearing upon it in gigantic letters the legend, " Wash your baby with Ivory Soap." Schelling requested "Colonel" Diggles to remove the sign, and concluded his lecture in a tone in which a certain amount of coolness might have been detected. He refused the subsequent invitation of the Class to be present at its supper. Thompson's lectures are always a feature of Senior year. Cer- tain prominent clothing stores give away an encyclopaedia with every purchase; but Thompson (or, as he is more popularly known, " Flannel Mouth ") has improved on this plan, and gives one away with every course of lectures. Unless a man carries away with him, as a result of these lectures, a smattering of railroads, inter- state laws, boards of charities, sewing machines, international law, housekeeping, and a general knowledge of civil and religious history from the time of the creation, his time has been utterly wasted. All this, too, is in addition to instruction in the art of cul- tivating chin-beards and the richest Irish brogue, which is likewise 1 ' given away with every purchase ; ' ' and no one has ever com- plained onjthis score. To speak of the course in astronomy in Senior year is merely to record two hours a week of the most intense pleasure. Students are allowed to handle all the apparatus of the University's splendid equipment in this branch, free of charge. The celestial globe is a little worn from constant use, but the sextant is in very good con- dition, and ought to last for another year. Warrie Coulston paid an enormous sum for the use of the corner-seat in Kendall's room; as|he said : " It came high, but I had to have it." On the strength 49 of owning this seat and its attendant security, he seldom prepared the recitation. One day Kendall "spotted" him, and called him up. After that day, for various reasons, Coulston was always prepared. There are one or two men in the Class who, I am sorry to say, are on the downward path. Penniman and Gamon have developed a tendency to frequent Gloucester. It is hard to say what the attraction there is, but I am afraid that it will result in their start- ing an " original package" store somewhere nearer within reach. 11 Biela " Loyd is the Class Poet. I need say nothing more, except that his is a sad case, as he is both young and full of promise. Frank Lee is also a poet; he is likewise a native of Trenton. His case is absolutely hopeless. The Class Supper was held in February, and like all our for- mer suppers it was an immense success — only more so. Stevens and Lee both made good speeches. L,ee had his speech printed afterward in the form of Sunday-school leaflets, audit is now being used all over the country. The two crowning events of our Senior year have been the Ivy Ball and the second performance of the Mask and Wig in " Ben Franklin, Jr." The Ivy Ball was, for the first time, given in St. George's Hall, and the brilliant success it achieved showed that '90 could play the host with satisfaction to all concerned. And now, my friends, the curtain is about to fall upon the last act in the four years' drama that '90 has almost completed. It has been the prerogative of every Class historian to claim that his Class is the greatest of all, and I shall not depart from custom. The Class of '90 has played her part well and faithfully. It is true that '90 has not attained a high place in athletics; but athletics form a small part of the whole amount of work that a Class accomplishes for ' ' Alma Mater. ' ' There is no Class that has ever graduated from the University whose career has been more honorable than that of the Class that now stands awaiting its final dismissal from the sheltering walls of Old Penn. In the Glee Club, the Mask and Wig, in the College papers, the football teams and crews, as well as in the class-room, the members of '90 have taken places of 50 which they may well feel proud. Since '90 has been in college the whole atmosphere of things has changed, and with this new decade a new order of things has come about. The Class of '90 is the last one of the ' ' old ' ' Classes to leave the University, and, as such, she forms the connecting link between the past and the present. The associations that we have formed as individ- uals are among our most pleasant recollections; and in years to come, though to-morrow the Class of '90 will sever its formal con- nection with Good Old Penn, when the members of the Class are scattered, the memories of our college course will serve as a com- mon basis upon which all may meet again. 51 CLASS POEM. IN the being and becoming of the grand eternal flow, Mushroom empires shrink and perish, kingdoms to destruction go; Boilers burst, and sailing upward join the great promiscuous crash; Stumbling favorites lose the races, lucky hedgers win the cash; Dynamite with soft persuasion sets the souls of patriots free; Shipwrecked sailors feed the fishes at the bottom of the sea. Forward, backward, upward, downward, growth, maturity, decay, We may dream of past and future, we can know the present day. Filled with new and uncouth knowledge, crammed with old and musty lore, With the silent past behind us and the future dark before, Borrowed trophies all around us, Indian John upon the throne, We are in the glorious present; Ninety claims this as her own. Good old Ninety, strong in battle, champion, winner of each prize — Hark ! I hear a fair one whisper, " Listen to the poet's lies." This is but the poet's duty, this a sacred, classic hoax; We must tell the old, old story; we must spring the old, old jokes. You will take it then for granted that we never knew defeat, That our teams were mighty heroes, strong, enduring, swift, discreet. Though we leave a name behind us on the benches, pews and chairs, We have placed our mark on records, safe from vandals or repairs. If you doubt (like Charlie Boyer), if ray word is not enough, Ask Hal Haines and hear him murmur, " Ninety ! Bless her ! She's the stuff." From the days when, young and callow, first we entered on our task, And imbibed the milk of knowledge from our Alma Mater's flask, To this present happy moment, when we yield the highest seat To a motley horde of Juniors, bow and gracefully retreat, On the campus, in the class-room, 'midst the fossils, jars and shelves, We have tried to be like others, we have grown more like ourselves. Our experience on the play-ground ? Even Ramsey has confessed That our bold and handsome athletes never really did their best. Ninety-One makes frantic efforts, strives with eager, suffering face, 'Twould have been so selfish, cruel, to have captured every place. But our Mitcheson and Little would insist on going in — Forty consolation medals are the wages of their sin. Our adventures in the city spreading streaks of crimson paint ? Men will have their little frolics, even Penniman the saint. Ninety makes no false pretenses; we have cases that are sad; Ford will play a game called poker, " Cherub " Stevens loves the bad. "All such wicked deeds are shocking," said our pious Jersey Lee; " Yes, they've had 'em, bad and often, every mother's son but me." Ninety's triumphs in the ball-room, our acquaintance with the "Fair?" (One had best proceed with caution if these very girls were there). Nay, dear ladies, we are silent; we will spare your blushes, though You know far, far more about it than your guileless glances show. Deep among the white azaleas, safely hidden from surprise, One may find the soul of wisdom in a pair of starry eyes. Every Junior has his day-dream; every Senior more than words, And the Freshman loves the angels and the Sophomore loves the birds. Our experience in the class-room, so much better told in prose, All get through, but how they do it the recording spirit knows. Said the warning voice of conscience, " Do away with petty frauds, Call upon the band of ' Massives;' let them battle with the gods." Happy " Massives," grateful classmates oft have praised your occult power Of enticing grim professors into taking out the hour. Threatened with avenging failure in some long-neglected work, We have hissed in whispered panic, " Snag him, Lulu; Sic him, Burk !" Others, too, by humbler methods, have essayed to smooth our path, Bravely acting as conductors to draw off the learned wrath. All enjoyed, save Capricornus, Warrie Coulston's sportive moods; 53 But Del Newlin versus Schelliug far surpassed the other feuds. Gosse's Schelliug, we must leave him, but he will not mourn alone; Pink McMaster fades to yellow, joining Patton's dismal groan. But why lacerate their heart-strings ? Why add torture to their woe ? We should try to soothe their anguish since stern duty bids us go. " Go?" that word has painful meaning to the sinner sad and tired; For three years we thought of "going " as polite for being " fired." Time had wrought most curious changes by the last announcement day; Then our fear was not of going; then the sickening thought was " stay." Pallid Seniors crowd to chapel and with fierce impatience wait In a solemn death-like silence for the stern decrees of fate. Reading slowly, Jackson pauses; is he through beyond a doubt? Hail Columbia, Halleluiah ! spread and give us room to shout ! Burn, red fire, dance the hornpipe, blow your loudest trombone blast, Shoot your rockets at the zenith; we are through; thank heaven, we've passed. Life's wild ocean lies before us; standing on the slippery brink, Do you think the men in Ninety, losing heart, will basely sink ? No ! their destinies are higher; you will see them men of note, Like the lemon in the punch-bowl, on the surface they will float. So to-morrow is the ending of our college days indeed; We receive the solemn sheepskins which so few of us can read. From the stage descending slowly, in our gowns of sable hue With their bright-blue sailor collars, we will bid our friends adieu. 54 CLASS PROPHECY. ROPHETS, according to time-honored custom, have been wont to draw largely upon the imaginations of their readers. They generally transport you to some distant part of the universe, give you a pano- rama, a kaleidoscope, a spider-game — anything to occupy your time — and then proceed to unfold to you, descriptively, all that you ought to see in the aforesaid panorama, kaleidoscope, and so on. Far be it from me to depart from this custom. I will require, however, only two efforts of your imagina- tion. The first is quite simple, though very melan- choly. Suppose that I am dead. The second will, I fear, tax your imagination to the utmost. Suppose me in Paradise. I sincerely apologize for giving you this difficulty at the outset, but it will not occur again. It may lighten the effort somewhat if I hasten to state that the Paradise I refer to is^the old mythological Paradise of the Greeks we are all so familiar with through Anthon and Iyempriere, and not the one we all hope to become familiar with. I was somewhat surprised to find myself up there, I confess; but the signs were too obvious for me to mistake the place. It was Mount Olympus to a certainty. There were Jupiter and Mars, and Juno and Venus (whose photographs, by the way, flatter her very much ; she is not half so pretty as several of the young ladies of my acquaintance; but, then, she is probably getting old). 55 Apollo and Mercury were in close conversation when I en- tered; and it may be of some interest to tell you that wide panta- loons are by no means the style on Mount Olympus. Immediately to the right of Jupiter I perceived the Three Fates, spinning busily. Now, if any classical dictionaries that you may have read placed the Fates anywhere else but on Jupiter's right, you can be quite certain the dictionaries were wrong. But there they were, Clotho, Lachesis and Atropos, all weav- ing the threads of men's lives. In the twinkling of a thunderbolt it flashed upon me that here was the " yarn " I wanted. All the lives of my fellow-classmates must be spun from that distaff. The opportunity was not to be lost; and, without waiting' for an intro- duction, I strode over to the three sisters. Desiring to be particu- larly polite, I addressed them at first in French, and afterward switched off into Greek ; but they did not seem to understand me then (I suppose their Greek was a little rusty), and I returned to French again. By the most extraordinary good fortune they were just weaving the lives of the members of the Class of '90. They said they gen- erally did these college classes in a lump, so as to get them off their hands. So all I did was simply to sit down near Clotho — she was the prettiest and youngest, only about 6000 years or thereabouts — and from her side I watched the whole proceeding. I took more copious notes on this subject than I ever did, even in Schelling's lectures on Saintsbury; and an epitome of these notes I here pre- sent to you. The Class will be well represented on the stage, in the law court, in the Senate, the House of Representatives, the House of Correction, the House of Refuge and other Houses for public characters. Warrie Coulston will attempt acting. He will take children's parts, such as Little Lord Fauntleroy. Anybody who has seen Coulston can scarcely fail to perceive that these children's parts will come natural to him. Diggles will soon abandon the ministry and take to prize-fight- ing. In this his football experience will stand him in good stead. 56 The transition from hitting a man, when the umpire isn't looking, to hitting him when the umpire is, is very slight. Stuffing a man's mouth with mud and sitting on his head are pleasing innovations which Diggles will transplant from the football field to the prize- ring. Feustmann will travel on his shape. He will start out as an artist's model, -his chief poses being for the celebrated paintings of " Easton at the Bath," " McElroy sitting in silence " and "Mer- rick repairing umbrellas." These three gems of art will be the work of Charles Shimer Bo}~er, who will soon grow tired of entering protests against Dr. Leuf, and give up the idea of succeeding that gentleman as Director of Physical Education, in hopes of having lots of time to play ball on the campus. Boyer will turn his chemical knowledge to account in mixing colors, as the aforementioned pictures will show. Some of his paintings will be used as scarecrows, others to repre- sent " Before " and " After " using Brinton's Beatific Benzo-Baric Balsam Bitters. The bitters are not all John Brinton will do in the chemical line. About ten years hence the scientific world will be startled by an article, entitled ' ' Hoiv to place a Beaker on a Stove, ' ' by John Hill Brinton, A.B., B.S., P.C. This will contain valuable statistics as to how long a man can cut laborato^ work and leave glass beakers on stoves without injuring them. The article will be favorably noticed in TaggarV s Times and the Red and Blue ; and Brinton, encouraged thereby, will start out to be a thorough chemist. After seventy years of careful study he will become able to tell the difference between arsenic and tin without being under the disagreeable necessity of swallowing them and watching their effects. The Class will contribute one person to the comic opera stage. Truitt, after having his voice repaired, and picture published in The Press, by Drs. McCoy and Wildman, will enter Aronson's Casino Company and take leading comedy parts. His topical songs of " When I was on the freshman crew, a' many years ago," and " 'Twas then I went to day school, within the U. of P.," will be whistled throughout all parts of the county. • 57 " Buck " Trotter has a way of speaking to a person that sends a thrill of delight through one's system, and makes you feel happy for several hours afterward. Whenever you see a man walking through college with a species of " veni-vide-vici " smile on his countenance, you may feel assured that Trotter has just spoken to him. "Buck" will become a politician. This pleasing mode of address will, therefore, not be wasted. Constituents will flock in throngs ; Frank Lee, the journalist, will write puffs on " Our public-spirited citizen, Mr. W. H. Trotter," and " Mr. Trotter, the laboring-man's friend, who believes in two hours' work a day." Evy. Calves will solicit employment as a street sweeper, which will, of course, be refused, there being no need of this sort of work in Philadelphia. Borie, Develin and Kushida will obtain from Trotter positions on the police force, and Iyathbury and L,atta will support him among the " sporting fraternity." With all this backing Trotter will become boss of the Fourth Ward ancl enter Councils. Bob Bradbury is not at present doing himself justice socially. He will shortly undergo a marvellous change ; will enter society, become a leader among Philadelphia's Four Hundred and be univer- sally sought after. Notices like these will appear in the papers : " At Mrs. Rittenhouse Squeer's ball last night Mr. Bradbury led the german in a masterly manner." Marrying a prominent society belle, Bradbury and his wife will devote themselves to entertaining, giving Red and Blue teas and dramatic soirees. At these latter, recitations will be given by Mr. Frederick Brooke NeilsOn, the celebrated elocutionist and reader, ex-captain of the University Reserves, ex-leader of the University Glee Club, ex-comedian of the Mask and Wig, ex-toast-master at all Class suppers, ex-Class presenter and ex ex-everything. You will observe that all these X's are unknown quantities, and this is the only instance in which the prophet has been unable to unravel the — past. Freddy Neilson being so celebrated, I have obtained the most minute particulars concerning him. He will write for the stage. His first burlesque, entitled " George David Rosengarten, Jr." will 58 fail in that form and be remodelled and succeed as a tragedy. It will be performed in 1897 at this theatre with tremendous success. In 1895 Freddy will marry a very attractive young lady — I extend to her my profound sympathy. If she is reading the prophecy she will get the "sympathy" directly; if not, her brother will doubtless convey it to her. I regret to say that a very respected member of the Class will enter a career of crime. Jim Irwin is to be a professional pick- pocket. This may surprise many who know what an exceptionally good fellow Jim has been while in college; but his downward course will commence from this moment. I advise the reader to be par- ticularly cautious about keeping his hands on his pocket-book and gold watch when he meets Jim at any future time. Jim's best haul will be Dr. Pepper, when the latter is returning home with the fund for the Dormitory Building in his pocket. This will happen twenty years from now. During many of the best years of his life Jim's existence will be a rather confining one. His liberty will be seriously interfered with, and his daring and original methods of escape from Twenty-first and Fairmount Avenue will reflect great credit on the civil engineering course at the University. Irwin's biography will be written by the celebrated biographer and historian, George Rosengarten. George had a fine boom for Class Historian, with the support of the entire chemical section and a " co-ed." But he didn't get it. (I mean the historianship, not the "co-ed.") His ability has been shown, however, in the pages of that charming sheet, the Red and Blue, which, most unfortu- nately, "has come to stay," so its editors tell us; and which, no doubt, the reader has seen in waste-paper baskets, or ash-barrels, or lining trunks. With all this experience, George will in future devote himself exclusively to writing histories and biographies. Speaking of historians naturally reminds me of the thread of Hartle}^ Merrick's life — not that he is going to be another his- torian. Oh ! no ; he is destined for an architect. When last I saw him in this capacity he was trying to draw a model of the foot of the Medici Venus. He completed the sketch, I believe, after six months of patient toil. (Foot was so big, you know, it took him a 59 long time to do it.) But this is nothing to what he will do. Pal- aces, churches, cathedrals, pagodas, barns, beer-saloons, boat- houses, dormitory buildings, alumni halls and schools for hy- giene, all will spring from his fertile brain. Hartley's most celebrated work will be an ornamental window for the Bijou Theatre, showing a shattered umbrella in the centre, flanked by two of Schermerhorn's designs for The Rkcord cover, together with the seal of the family, a corncob pipe rampant on an azure field. I must not forget to add that he will act as a trustee for the College in coming years, and speedily be made chairman of all committees. Meetings of these will be called at rare intervals, Hartley always opening these meetings with the customary formula : "I have called this meeting to tell the committee that / have decided to do so and so ; / have ordered this and that to be done, and I thought perhaps you'd like to know it," etc., etc. The iron business is quite poor at present. It will continue so for some time — at least so one of the Fates told me. You will observe that I have scattered gratis through this prophecy a great deal of valuable literary and commercial information, which I hope you will make good use of. In view of the low state of iron, however, Warren Hale will shortly give up mechanical engineering and go into stock-broking. He will be chiefly celebrated, though, by his reputation as an after- dinner speaker. Witty post-prandial remarks will fall from his lips like sugar-plums from a cornucopia. But what is the use of speaking of these, as his exquisitely humorous speeches at Class suppers are remembered by everybody, except Hartley Merrick and De I^ancey Newlin ? Nelson Mayer will be picked up by a traveling show, Billy Miller's Own and Only, combined with the University Orchestra o£ Chemists and Freshmen and Freddy Neilson's aggregation of nightingales. Mayer will perform as clown, and crack jokes with Lady Agnes Gummey, the distinguished bareback equestrienne. The deadly feud between Newlin and Professor Schelling has not yet assumed the tremendous proportions which it will shortly reach. In about a year's time the families of Newlin and the Pro- fessor will find it necessary to hire small arsenals and move to Pike County, Kentucky, which is the only place where little differ- ences of this kind can be satisfactorily arbitrated. The Hatfield- McCoy affair will be nothing to this one, which will exterminate both families, even to sixth cousins. If the reader is a distant relative of either Newlin or Schelling, I can assure him that he will not live at most more than five years longer. Three Deputy Sheriffs, Ed. Field, Hermann Fleck and Dick Stoyle, will be killed in endeavoring to suppress these disorders. But these are very melancholy things to contemplate ; suppose w T e turn to something brighter. You have probably observed that a humorist who obtains celebrity never fails to turn lecturer. The Class of '90 will produce two of these. Walton and Ramsey are not, it is true, distinguished for their wit just at present; but then they have not seen '91's mock programme. The observation and study of this exquisite production will show them, by a simple proc- ess of opposition and contradistinction, what true humor consists in. By a thorough investigation of the depths of dulness they will become able to see and appreciate the heights of true bril- liancy, and the result will be quite striking. They will start as end men in a minstrel troupe, following this up by writing funny articles for the Sunday papers and dialect tales for the Century Magazine, neither of which anybody reads, beyond the title and name of the author. But it will bring them great notoriety, and the lecture field will be opened to them. Walton will furnish hu- morous character sketches of recitations in Jackson's room, taken from personal experience, and Ramsey will contribute a few orig- inal poems, Vers de Societe and the like. Their works will be collected in one volume, and Josiah H. Penniman, ex-editor-in- chief of the Pennsylvanian, will start out to canvass for it. Penni- man' s career as a book agent will be singularly successful. He has that peculiar air about him that impresses one immediately with the idea that here indeed is a massive intellect ; here indeed is a fellow who is always in a rush, and always has his hands full of work. All this, added to the don't-touch-me-with-a-ten-foot-pole look that Joe sometimes assumes, will enable him to sell more books than fifty ordinary agents. His opening remark, which is in Volapiik, will be as follows: " Selob bukis gudik." Penniman will die of brain fever in middle life. Closely connected with Wal- ton & Ramsey's Minstrels will be Dennison, who will po.se as Greek statuary, properly powdered and arrayed, during the per- formance of the troupe. Do not suppose that in this progressive age, when Stanley turns up or Emin Bey is lost about once every month, that the Class of '90 will be without its explorers. Billy Griffith, I have learned, will, in 19 10, fit out an expedition for the wilds of Africa, in order to find out if some creek with an unpronouncable name rises in a lake or a pond, or a spring, or if it rises at all. In order to obtain this valuable information, the expenses will be defrayed by contributions from such wealthy and liberal men as Frank Ford, the spice importer; John Rowland, the manufacturer of Rowland's chewing tobacco; and Billy Goodwin, the gentleman of elegant leisure. The following corps of assistants and attaches will accompany the expedition : Fritz Hetzel and Harry Osbourn as engineers; the Rev. Frank Stevens and Benjamin Walters, IyL.D., as mission- aries to convert the savages ; Burk first and Stoddart as bait for the cannibals in case they become too obstreperous; and Tom Whitney and L,ew Audenried as galley-slaves to row the expedi- tion over to Africa. Great success will attend this exploration. Beads will be exchanged with the natives, and shots fired over their heads, as is customary in all great expeditions of this class. Burk and Stod- dart will be devoured by the inhabitants, while Osbourn and Wal- ters will take unto themselves wives of the Hottentot denomination. And here I must mention the melancholy accident that will happen to the Rev. Mr. Stevens, who, while trying to see whether palm oil tastes like fish-house punch, will fall from the tree and break his neck. The style of poetry that Billy Loyd has just given you a sample of is good in its way, but nothing new. He will shortly far excel it, and invent an entirely original plan of writing. In 62 1898 a volume of his will appear, entitled " Songs without Words. The first stanza of the first poem will run as follows : (You will perceive it is written in blank verse.) This blank-blanked style has, it is true, been popular since the fall of Adam, but then it has never been known under the name of poetry before, and the innovation will bring Loyd fame and fortune. It resembles the style of James Whitcomb Riley in the fact that one can read it without thinking of anything at all, and it has the additional advantage of giving commentators lots of room to dispute about the precise meanings of the language used. Billy will die universally respected, at a very green old age. Bert Gamon is to be an auctioneer ; Mitcheson and Patterson will become six-days' -go-as-you-please pedestrians ; Nicholson will start a college for granting bogus medical diplomas, after the man- ner of Dr. Buchanan ; Ogden and Rowe will be employed to write theses by Colchester and Roberts ; Schermerhorn and Peocock will take to the bar ; while Little and Burke second will become re- spected saloon-keepers in one of the up-town wards. Gist and Babcock will die young ; Lorimer, Cressman, Capp and the two Cullens will lead humble but righteous lives. Three members of the Class will shine in a public sphere — C. W. Miller, F. S. Nelson and Schramm. Three will marry young, and so be dead to the world and its hopes — Souder, McCauley and Morton Stevens. Two will marry twice, and become ' ' poor but honest ' ' parents — Burger and Jef- ferys. One will become President of the United States. You will find his name a few pages in advance in small caps. When I had taken all these notes, which you have just read, I had finished my work. I embraced Clotho, took off my hat to Lachesis and Atropos, and said "farewell" to the deities of Olympus, as I now say " farewell " to you. 63 Read by Francis Bazeey LEE, Ivy Day, June 3d, 1890. F EAREESS the runner, sturdy, strong of limb, Bending like cedar, 'fore the surging blast — For on his lot the fateful die is cast. Sweeps round the course. Pray ye, fair nymphs, for him And thou, oh Zeus ! in Agora dim With all the Gods, in glory n'er surpassed, Listen to our prayer. Mighty thy power and vast, To fill our cup of joy to teeming brim. In Hellas there are those who dare compete At this Olympic with Ionia's son, Ye Gods ! — oh runner, swifter speed thy way, The Eleans are waiting in their robes of gray To give the honor for thy conquering feet — Crown thee with ivy, for thy race is won ! Long thro' the night the poet sings, 'Mid flowing wine and perfumed flowers, The yellow light harmonious swings, For at this time a Caesar brings His chariot, drawn by captive kings, All Rome 's astir in length' ning hours. 64 Now in the pageant some would gain A coveted, tho' simple, prize: The artist paints the golden grain; The sculptor carves the massive fane; The poet sings his sweet refrain, With a strange longing in his eyes. Triumphant Caesar smiles with joy, And views each task with critic's mind: ' Art, ' ' thus he speaks, ' ' is but a toy, And sculpture is art's base alloy. Not Death can Poetry's soul destroy, Yon poet's brow with ivy bind ! " When Provence meads are sweet and green, And Provence skies are soft and blue, Goes Troubadour, with downcast mien, His charming maid to win and woo. A falser man the world ne'er knew — Men say so — they always tell All that they know quite through and through- If 'tis the truth they're doing well ! The public conscience oft is lean — Ah ! Troubadour, I know you're true: Such men as you, forsooth, I've seen — You're honest from your cap to shoe. But sometimes you're a bit askew; For inch you take the frequent ell, And pass such action in review, Thinking exactness is a "sell." Now, when you can each love sigh glean, And once more worship, bill and coo, Bending anew before thy queen, Telling a story ever new, Wear ivy on thy heart — not yew — And praise her with a face serene,' Ah ! ivy, wet with sparkling dew ! May spirits to thy peace commune ! 65 Ivy is forever new, Ivy is life, with death between ; Ivy brings naught but joy to you; Ivy is invisible, yet seen. Out on the night, the Yule-tide bells are ringing, Their brazen tongues are telling, Their iron throats are swelling, With their noisy Christmas follies and their singing. Sweet the music, falling, falling ; Soft the echoes, calling, calling. There in the church the lights are brightly shining, And the red-berried holly Drives all melancholy; And the ivy on the tall towers is a-pining; But each green leaf she lightly raises, Singing the old-time Christmas praises. Now swinging on the roof of wayside inn, Where jolly Bacchus held his vinous court, 'Twas there one's life was lasting noise and din, With gay companions of the careless sort — There was the ivy bush. Men came to quaff The landlord's best, with many a joke and laugh, With rolling song and capons when they dine; Floating about in monastery wine, Aloft, the ivy. Soon thay tore it down. Suffice," said they. "This place is known in town; For he who comes here, does so on a push. Down, ivy branch; 'good wine needs no bush.' " There by the lowly wall, where no one goes, Mouldy as a grave — 'tis grown with danksome moss- Violets bloom when the suns kiss the snows, And smile at skies when the green branches toss — Some one lies buried; but the passing years Have 'prisoned memories, his hopes and love, Stolen his anguish, all his pains and fears, Giving them to angels far above. 'Tis here an ivy grows. It teaches yet When man neglects, our God does not forget. 66 To-day, O Ivy, when thy trailing form, Fastens to friendly wall of noble stone, What can we learn from thee and thee alone ? Here thy strong roots will pierce the fruitful glebe, Drawing thy substance from the welcome sod, So trustful must we be, like thee, in God. Thy living branches reaching toward the skies, They have a burden all too hard to bear, So must we now sustain each load, each care. Thy triune leaf has yet a meaning, too, Entire : 'tis friendship, wondrous word, w T hose power Will lighten every dark, unhappy hour. Each thus implies a portion of the whole — One, love for Him who doeth all things good; A second for earth's mighty brotherhood. And as for us, may we not have the rest ? One part for '90 may there ever be, Broad at the base; the point, eternity! May thus our ivy grow, forever more To "Pennsylvania's" pride, the honor of each son; May '90 wax in wisdom and in lore, Until her earthy race is past and won. Then may ivy on her shining brow Be symbol of her life commencing now. 67 THE BOWL-FIGHT. TO the Class of '90 belongs the honor of rescuing from oblivion this ancient and time-honored custom of the University, which came so near dying an ignoble death at the hands of '89. Why '89 should have presumed to take upon herself the authority to discontinue the Bowl-fight, no one knows, save, perchance, that little band of chicken-hearted men that dictated this misconceived policy to the Class. At all events our Freshman year came and went without a Bowl-fight, and our lowest third-honor man experienced the unusual sensation of hearing his name read out in chapel to a disinterested set of Sophomores, while his own heart was minus those nervous flutterings that always accompany this distinction. By the time our Sophomore year came, however, all this was changed. The Sophomoric atmosphere had been purged of '89, and '90 had the say. A Class meeting was held (one of the largest, by the way, that has ever assembled), the decision of the lower court was reversed unanimously, and '90 made up her mind 68 that what had been good enough for all her worthy predecessors was good enough for her; and so the Bowl-fight lived and breathed once more. Of course all this had to be kept sub rosa, as the Faculty (bless their hearts ! ) had been pleased with '89's action, and were, no doubt, congratulating themselves that "that disgraceful annual riot" (sic) had been done away with forever. With this pleasing fallacy up- permost in their respective noddles, the Faculty assembled — like- wise the students — on the morning of the 31st of January, 1888, to watch the effect of the announcements made by the silver-tongued Aristides upon the expectant multitude. The little ones on the back seats knew that there was going to be a Bowl-fight, although the Faculty did not, and there was much nervous fidgeting on those same seats as the great orator of the Faculty neared the Fresh- man list. He got there at last, and after he had finished speaking it was discovered that little Master Tracy had also ' ' gotten there ' ' with both feet; but little Master Tracy had exhibited a considerable amount of discretion by staying away, and so the mantle of Tracy fell upon Master Starr, who was pointed out to us as ' ' that handsome boy with the black hair. ' ' With a few remarks by the Sacred Fox appropriate to the season (and which occupied the better part of an hour in delivering), chapel was dismissed, and Starr was hustled downstairs with commendable promptitude. A little time was oc- cupied in dressing (or, more properly speaking, ^dressing), and then the fight began. It was to be a fight without limits, without a referee, without interference of any sort (at least so we thought) — a plain fight to the finish. A group of '90 men, reinforced by several Seniors, stood ready at the eastern door, with the Bowl in their midst. A momentary suspense, and then the Freshmen, who had been advancing, with the handsome Starr as a focus, started the attack. The Bowl was gradually forced outside, and soon the cool seductive slush (without which no Bowl-fight would be com- plete) began to flow in streams. By a flank movement the Fresh- men succeeded in conveying their dirt-and-slush-bespattered Starr to a place of comparative safety, and thus put an end to all at- tempts to form that most difficult of connections — the ' ' Bowl- man " with the Bowl. There was then nothing to do but to watch 69 the Bowl, and prevent its untimely dissipation by overzealous Freshmen; and so that's what we all did. The fight worked its way down, little by little, over the campns, through the lower gate, and out into Thirty-fourth street, where the same fire-plug that has so often played its part in Bowl-fights still reared its inviting head, and seemed to say, "Please smash me ! " Here matters were en- livened by a fusilade of snow-balls from a large contingent of the West Philadelphia breed of "mucker," which always turns out in full force on such occasions and enjoys itself unstintedly. Several of McBride's " favorites " were on hand to see fair play, but none interfered, and the sport went on without interruption. The Fresh- men had now secured a supply of their second wind, and with the assistance of a few Post-Seniors and some shame-faced ' ' Bighty- niners," who looked out of place, they got the Bowl on top of the fire-plug, and commenced to do violence to the hard-hearted creature. But Director Wagner's coat of arms was not smashing at that par- ticular time; and, as the Bowl was as sound as a rock, we sat down and indulged in reflections on the susceptibility of mankind, and jeered the gentle Freshmen. Here the fight raged until Duncan Spaeth, of '88, turned the fire-plug on full, and deluged the crowd with an icy douche, which had the effect of cooling '91 's ardor, and of causing more than one Post-Senior to indulge freely in profanity. By this time the crowd had swelled to huge proportions by the advent of the " Meds " and "Dents," en masse, to the number of two or three hundred, all of whom seemed to take an active interest in the fight, regardless of the great destruction incident to "plug" hats and " store " clothes. Nobody knows what started them; but some one shouted, " Let's rush the Bowl to Medical Hall ! " and this was no sooner said than done. The Bowl at the time was guarded closely by a struggling detachment of our men, but after our three hours' tussle we were no match for the "Meds." For the time being our "sectional jealousies" were forgotten, and side by side with the Freshmen we tried to prevent this gigantic theft of " college" property; but it was of no use; and after an ineffectual "scrap" on the steps leading to Medical Hall, during which we had the satisfaction of smashing a score or more of stiff hats, the 70 " "Sleds " ran the Bowl 03- main force through the " stiff-room " into the building, and there was nothing for us to do but to withdraw. The pill was a bitter one to swallow, but we had to do it ; and con- sidering it was administered by the " Meds," that was only natural. However, after keeping the Bowl for some weeks, and indulging in all sorts of terrifying threats as to its destruction and annihilation, the • ' Meds ' ' finally decided to return it intact. This was a very sensible thing to do, as there is no knowing what might have hap- pened at the Medical Commencement if it had not been returned, etc., etc. At all events, the fight was a good one, even if its conclu- sion was a surprise, and not the least part of the sport was the fact that the Faculty had been duped in their efforts to interfere with an old custom. N. B. — No one was arrested or killed, and there were no bad eggs thrown, or pistols fired, and the "Bowl-man" did not take refuge in "Ott's." CLASS SUPPERS. ) her Class Suppers '90 owes much of that esprit du corps which has distinguished her ever since she made her bow at the University. There is no doubt about it that Class suppers are the pleasantest fea- tures of college life, and their memory is reasonably sure to outlive most of the other occurrences that go to make up a college existence. Every Class makes the most of them; but '90, under the direction of "Cherub" Stevens, has made a highly, successful specialty of them. Our first supper was held at Finelli's, and so far as Freshmen can we enjoyed ourselves (or thought we did) hugely. The speeches were about on the average, with the single exception of that to the "Faculty," which, as delivered by Warrie Coulston, was a marvel of literary (?) excellence. By the time Sophomore year had rolled around, Hartley Merrick discovered that life was not such a very slow thing after all, and under his leadership our supper, held at the Colonnade, was a great success. Hartley was ably seconded in his efforts to make things lively by De Lancey Newlin, a present from '89, which we thor- oughly appreciated. Aside from the "divertissements" offered by " Del " and Hartley, the feature of the evening was Joe Patterson's burst of eloquence when called to respond to " Quondam Members." Joe was at his best that night; and though his remarks were rudely interrupted by his rapid descent beneath the festive board, his speech will long be remembered for its wit, originality and brevity. 72 Our Junior Supper was also held at the Colonnade, and as " Del " and Hartley had secured some recruits, success with a big S was the order of the evening. The Faculty were out in full force, being represented by Dean Jayne and Professors Lamberton, Smith and Patten. All of our assemblages, however, pale into insignificance when compared with the Senior Supper, which was held at the Bullitt Building on Thursday, February 13th. The Class turned out in full (!) force; and of the Professors, McElroy, Koenig and Spangler were present. Every man felt that it was his duty to make our last Under- graduate Supper a success. Hartley, as usual, outstripped all com- petitors. He was the life of the assemblage. His mirth became infectious; and even Minnie Stoddard so far forgot herself as to smoke two cigarettes. Ben Allen and Jay Gates represented the Quondams. We all knew that Ben had a fine voice, but we never appreciated its power until he gave us ' ' Annie Laurie. ' ' This beautiful Scotch melody as rendered by Ben is a thing to be imitated but never attained. The toasts were unusually good, the one to "The Ladies, " responded to by Frank L,ee, being particularly . All things must come to an end, however; and, after allowing Hartley to sing "Annie Laurie" for the 416th time, we left the classic halls of the Bullitt Building, much to the regret of everyone, and of those in particular who had been enjoying quiet naps in the corners. P. S. — The bill for breakage and general wear and tear on the furniture amounted to $12.65. Hymnus AnglU Hymnus Cermaoicufc ttsrg: .''."-.'.,._,' IP~ oflN^ tijt>- _ _ Si^i^jll p^if \A?~P s 1^1 cMJC fl/tr Vl^—/ - ^ *— - A- 7 ;w - *wfc- /**^ Correspondence of Celebrated Men of L,etters. 93 IN PHILO. F 'ROM the speeches of the old Philo- matheans at the Seventy-Fifth An- niversary one might naturally sup- pose that the only students in the University who had the slightest chance of becoming famous were those who had been moderators of Philo. Al- though Ogden, Burk and Penniman have as yet shown no abnormal development, we think it necessary that they should be clearly pointed out, in order that an inter- ested public may watch the growth of pure genius. Oggie was the first moder- ator from '90 — Oggie famous for his mighty preludes, suave apologies and pro- found obeisances. Oggie has a happy faculty of winding himself around the heart-strings of judges; he has one gesture with his right hand that is always, at crises of perorations, producing magical results. Oggie spent the greater part of his term of office electioneering for Burk, and then did his best to make the Hall a scene of anarchy. Burk, however, found a way to stop the disorder. The little Jerseyman, who can say less in more words than any living creature, would step to the rostrum, whereupon the worst members would fly to to the library and the rest promptly go to sleep. Penniman restored the reign of law; he was chosen solely for the purpose of sitting upon Dickson, which he did with commendable promptness and ability. Otherwise he 94 was not very useful. He would come dashing up from the editorial sanctum having forgotten all about Philo, hustle through the pro- ceedings, choke off long-winded orators, adjourn the meeting, and then hurry downstairs to spend the night in pumping state secrets out of Plank. As the other '90 men have honestly paid their dues, it is only fair to make mention of them as well, though we will not include the two girls, Fannie Nicholson, who skipped when she was declared insolvent, and Minnie Stoddard, who grew too fat to climb the stairs. Kushida and Schermerhorn look after the Whar- ton School interests and see that all proposals from Farr and Lloyd are promptly voted down ; these supposed worshippers of pure st}de they regard with a suspicion that neither Farr's perennial and seductive smile nor Loyd's excessive willingness to perform can alla}^. Two more must be mentioned, Philo's song birds, Gamon and Truitt. The Freshmen treat StifFendus with respect as the author (in embryo) of an edition of Horace; they gather, too, about Gamon' s knees, listen to his tales of fraud and impeachment with childish wonder, and promise to be good boys and not to juggle with the ballot-balls . How the society without the vocal assistance of the last-named members will ever be able to raise a tune is a problem yet to be solved. Perhaps Knowles is the coming night- ingale. 95 THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. OME of us were talking over matters the other day, and, among other things, were wondering why it was that '90 was so slimly represented in our Society. Some one suggested that, inasmuch as '90 devoted so much attention to athletics, it could hardly be expected that she should show an equal amount of interest in science and literature. But this isn't so, for it is unnatural to suppose that the Scientific So- ciety should be overlooked by a Class which could furnish Philo with such men as Josh Penniman, the well-known journalist and editor, and I/ulu Ogden, the author of the popular series of chil- dren's books in easy words of one syllable; not to mention Lloyd, the poet, and Mr. Burk, the novelist, author of " A Young Lady of Clarksboro." No; those who know the true inwardness of the affair know that the biggest mistake the Scientific Society ever made was when it elected Joe Mitcheson to membership. Mitchie is a nice enough fellow in his way, but he likes to talk too much. The trouble was that he was almost the first '90 man elected, and after that we couldn't get any more of them up, for they all knew well enough what they would have to stand if he was there. In fact, he hadn't been in the Society very long before they altered the constitution (to make him eligible), and then elected him President, to see if that wouldn't shut him up and make him give some one else a chance. But since '90 has had charge of the Scientific Society, even though that control has been vested in Mitchie' s form, the Society has had three well-defined objects. The first object (as has prob- ably been guessed already) is to give Joe some place where he can talk to his heart's content. The second object is to provide some 96 place within the college walls where scientifically-inclined men may peruse " Scientif 's " library, which consists of a few back numbers of Puck, Judge and Life, together with the first volume of Jester (uncut). The third and last object of the Sc. S. (we say Sc. S. instead of .S*. ►S. for fear the latter might be mistaken for Sunday School) is to give Mitchie and Dick Humphrey a chance to be together as much as possible. These are all worthy objects, and the}- have brought a goodly dower of success upon the Society, which has thus supplied so many long-felt wants. As things stand now, it is just possible that the Society may have to subscribe to Punchy as the demand for purely scientific works is increasing rapidly, and bids fair to soon exceed the Society's already generous supply. We have a motto up at "Scientif," and anyone who doesn't believe in the truth of the sentiment it expresses need only come up some evening when our Adonis is advertised to speak, and if Mens don't agitat molem and everybody sneak out when Harrison Souder begins, the gate money will be refunded. You see, Souder's intellect is not merely massive; it is heavy; and when he sets it working on " road construction," or on "The Philadelphia Water Supply," mental dyspepsia is sure to follow as a necessary con- sequence. Nelson knows too much. He belonged to some debating society or other before he came to college, and he is all the time preparing ' ' snags ' ' for the President, who never read the Parlia- mentary Rules, and hasn't the faintest idea about properly conduct- ing a meeting. So when Nelson gets up and says he ' ' rises to a point of order," " Mitchie," who don't know what that means, but thinks it incumbent upon his dignity to say something, remarks carelessly, "Oh, all right; objection sustained," and then he lets things take their course and waits to see what will happen. What happens is that Nelson gets up again, and then a third time; and when the President requests him to " give us a rest," he gets angry and says that if they can't have things done in decency and order he moves they adjourn. Ever3 r body yells aye without waiting for the question and rushes out. 97 THESES. A UDENRIED, W/i.—The Public Domain. Babcock, Arts. — The Agreement of Science and Philosophy with Religion. Boyer, Sc. — Uranium: Its History and Properties. Brinton, Arts. — Turgot and his Economic Theories. Burger, Sc. — Ozone. Burk, Arts. — Differentiation and Overspecialization. Burke, Arts. — Descartes and his Analytical .Geometry. Calves, Sc. — An Oblique Arch on the Buck System. Capp, Sc. — Pressure Gauges. Coulston, Arts. — A History of Modern Merchant Shipping. Cullen, J. F.— French Roof Truss. Dennison, Arts. — Monasticism. Develin, Sc. — Investigation of Bridge No. 18, Northern Cen- tral R. R., with Notes on the Bridge De- partment of a Earge Railroad. Diggles, Arts. — Matthew Arnold. Farr, Sc. — The Pin Connection. Feustmann, Sc. — Hydrogen Peroxide. Field, .Sic. — Steam-pipe Coverings. Ford and Hale, Sc. — The Relative Efficiency of Steam-Engine Indicators. Gamon, Arts. — The Development of the Myth. Gist, Sc. — Road Construction. Goodwin, Arts. — The Annexation of Texas. Griffith, Sc. — Pressure Gauges. Gummey, Arts. — " What is New is True." 98 Hale, St\— (See Ford and Hale.) Hetzel and Rowland, Sc. — Tests of the Commercial Value of Certain Cylinder Oils. Humphrey, Sc. — Fireproof Construction. Irwin, Sc. — Economic Road Location. Jefferys, Arts. — H3^pnotism. Kushida, Wh.— The Theory of the Balance of Trade. Lathbury, Sc. — The Durability of Street Railways. Latta, Sc. — Aluminium. Lee, Wh. — Some Economic Developments of Modern House- keeping. Little, Arts. — Goethe and Napoleon, Poet and Soldier. Loyd, Arts. — John Day's " Parliament of Bees." Mayer, Sc. — The Determination of Nitric Acid. Merrick, Arts. — The Decay of the Drama. Miller, Ph. — The Evolution of Species in Conformity to Ex- ternal Conditions . Mitcheson, Arts. — Descartes' "Method" and Argument for God. Neilson, Arts. — International Copyright. Newlin, Arts. — The Negro Race. Nicholson, Ph. — Animal Forms in Heraldry. Ogden, Arts. — George Whitfield and the Evangelical Move- ment of the Eighteenth Century. Osbourn, Sc. — Materials for Bridge Foundations. Patterson, Arts. — " Our Knowledge of the Infusoria." Penniman, Arts. — Euclid and the Ancient Geometers. Peocock, Wh. — The Growth of Political Studies in the United States. Ramsey, Arts. — A Few New and Old Phases in Philosophical Controversy. Rosengarten, Sc. — The Separation of Cobalt and Nickel. Rowe, Wh. — The Economic System of Rodbertus. Rowland, Sc. — (See Hetzel and Rowland.) Schermerhorn, Wh. — The Railroad as a Factor in the Political,. Social and Economic Growth of the United. States. 99 Schramm, Sc — Flow of Water Through Pipes. Souder, Sc — Design for Waterworks. Stevens, J. F., Sc — Steam-pipe Coverings. Stoddart, Wh. — The Franchise. Stoyle, Wh.— The Pension System of the United States. Trotter, Wh. — Cooperation in Great Britain and the United States. Truitt, Arts. — The Roman Comedy. Walters, Sc— The Coffer-dam at Walnut Street Bridge. Walton, Arts. — The Authorized Version of the Bible considered as a Classic in English Literature. INDOOR SPORTS. IT has been stated more than once within these pages that the record of the Class in outdoor sports has been neither large nor varied. No so, however, with indoor sports. We defy- any preceding Class to show a better assortment than it has been our privilege to offer to all those whose duties, as Professors, have called them into connection, active or otherwise, with the Class. If there are any who care to dispute the point, we refer them to our spirited, energetic and progressive Director of Physical Neglect, Dr. A. H. P. Leuf. If his memory is as long as his legs, he will recollect, without doubt, a certain morning in Sophomore year when it was his pleasant task to deliver (?) his first lecture at the University before the Class of '90. The lecture was the first of a course on "Hygiene." It is imperative upon us to chronicle this fact, as the Doctor's course was attacked that same day with the pe- culiar malady that befell " Grandfather's Clock," and had it not been for the retentive minds of the Class this splendid beginning of what would have been (judging from the first lecture) a brilliant course would have sunk into oblivion. Sadtler had just finished lecturing the hour before to the Juniors, and the room had been plunged into darkness to permit the use of the stereopticon. Carelessly enough, the shades were still tightly drawn when the Class entered, and as the "genial doctor" had not made his appearance, the men proceeded to con- duct themselves, as every well-regulated student always does when he finds himself alone in a darkened room, with the Professor absent. A violent scrap ensued for the possession of the back row of seats. John Barker, Joe Patterson, John Brinton, Trivy Dallas, Frank Stevens, Hartley Merrick — in fact, all the best-behaved men in the Class (N. B. — These men have since sadly fallen from grace, and some few altogether out of the Class) — had secured seats on the coveted row, and after each had lighted a cigarette, and turned on all the gas-burners within reach, organized themselves into a Glee Club (not Freddie Neilson's later product) and a String Quartette, which regaled the Class with selections from the best light opera and the most profane College songs. They soon tired of this, how- ever, and, amid shrieks and howls of wild enthusiasm, hurled several of those lumbersome articles, called by courtesy "arm- chairs," into the middle of the room, and upset two rows of benches, along with their occupants, headlong into the debris. The rest of the Class, far from being idle, amused themselves in giving the Class and College yells with variations, a proceeding which greatly enhanced the general tendency to disorder. While the Olympic games were at their height, Leuf arrived at the door some- what out of breath, and considerably "queered" by the scene within. He was promptly greeted by a volley of chairs, aimed at him with considerable skill by the well-behaved men on the back row. This unexpected greeting, together with loud cries of "Go to ," "Put him 'out," "Rats!" acted as a stimulant on the Doctor, and he rushed to the window and released the shade, nar- rowly escaping a section of a bench which crashed into a glass-case just back of his head. The flood of light disclosed to the Doctor's eyes a mass of ruins in front of the lecture table, and a row of well-behaved looking men in the back part of the room in an atti- tude of prayer. This roused his suspicion (which wouldn't have been roused had he known the men personally), but he said nothing, and proceeded to call the roll. The Doctor's exertions in this line were earnest and well meant, but met with only partial success, as several voices would answer to each name. This caused quite a delay, as the Doctor found considerable difficulty in fitting the men to the names he called, and particularly as his voice was incapable of overcoming the ceaseless noise from the well-behaved men on the back row. After tripping up on several names, and after suc- cessfully weathering the storm of jeers which fell upon his head, when he failed signally to pronounce Kushida's name, he reached the " C's" in the Science. Calves is the first there, and Calves is proud of his name; but when the Doctor pronounced it as one does the plural of the humble offspring of the cow, a mighty shout of laughter arose, and two more chairs found their way into small pieces at L,euf's feet. This was too much for him, and taking his hat and coat he left the room, after informing the Class that he "didn't like their behavior, and wouldn't lecture to them any more." He kept his word, and '90 was deprived most unjustly of a very entertaining and instructive course of lectures. 103 "90 IN ATHLETICS. CLASS FIGHTS. IV I INETY makes no proud boasts of her prowess in baseball or I yi football, or even in rowing; but if there is one subject upon which a '90 man feels perfectly satisfied and complacent, it * is the recollection of the days when we were callow Fresh- men, and only less callow Sophomores. Those were good old times when '89 used to regularly assemble at recess to have a severe dose of corner fighting administered by '90. We always had a happy faculty of either staying in the corner when we were there, or of getting there when we had not been there. No matter who had the corner first, '90 always had it last. One day our friends the enemy, '89, thought they had at last won a fight, and were correspondingly elated. It was not until the debris of human beings had been cleared away that, snugly and cosily seated in the corner, our little ' ' Deutscher ' ' Schramm was seen. " Schrammie " had been there all the while without being noticed. Great were the deeds of prowess of those days. John 105 Barker and Joe Patterson and other quondam members were most conspicuous in the fight, and Barker's skin-tight flannel fighting- trousers were the cause of much trepidation and apprehension on the part of his friends. Even such staid and dignified creatures as Hartley Merrick and Warrie Coulston used to so far forget their dignity as to indulge in hand-to-hand fights at the recess time. It is even supposed that occasionally "Napra" Walton was seen tsripped to the waist, battling bravely for '90 and the corner. We cannot verify this rumor, and so give it for what it is worth. Like most Freshman Classes, we were somewhat careless about keeping the law laid down by the Sophomores that ' ' no Freshman shall carry a cloth bag." Of course we carried them, and, of course, there were several little unpleasantnesses as the result. Rudy Klauder, formerly of '89, insisted on wearing pieces of col- ored flannel in his buttonhole. We insisted that he should not, the result being that one morning, at the close of chapel exercises, the aforesaid Rudy Klauder, formerly of '89, was surprised to find his coat tails seized by two infuriated '90 men, who immediate^ started down the hall in opposite directions. We must not forget to mention the gallant conduct of Dewe}', '88. He was always in the thickest of the fight, bravely battling for '90. One particularly hotly contested bag-fight will remain memorable to all who had the pleasure of seeing Dewey emerge sans hat, sans coat, sans shirt, sa?is etc. ; he came wearing nothing but a pleased expression and a pair of shoes. The days of our class- fights are over, but the memory of them still lingers. 106 The Great Educated Woolly Dog. 107 io8 FOOTBALL. THE all-absorbing topic among '90 men during the fall of '86 was — football. There is nothing peculiar about this, as it is a disease that attacks about every Freshman Class while the great and glorious future lies before it; and, while it rejoices in its callow wisdom, '90 followed this rule scrupu- lously, and believed firmly that its Class team was destined to carry all before it, and to win the laurels of championship. It cer- tainly was apparent that great talent existed in the Class, but just how to bring it out was the question. Every method in vogue at the time was employed with the greatest diligence, but F. B. Neil- son, Esq., had not yet published his book on the " Development of Reserve Teams," and, as a result, our Freshmen team fell to the ground with the dull, sickening thud so peculiar to the blasted hopes of Freshmen. The work of our "end rushers," however — Lady Agnes Gummey and Tommy Royal — created wild enthusiasm among the fair sex. Tommy actually declares that his subsequent success with his " transactions in hearts " has been due to the im- pression he made as "end-rush" on the Freshman team. As for Lady Agnes, the season proved too exciting, and she returned at its close to the seclusion of Germantown, nor has she since played on the team. In Sophomore year the team created an immense sen- sation by defeating '91, in the closest and most exciting contest that has been played on the University grounds, by the score of 6 — o. We don't care to make too much of this, as it merely serves to show that the team was entirely capable of winning when it felt the inspira- tion; besides, the fact that we never have made very much out of any kind of victories over '91, it is not worthwhile. This triumph, however, so paral}- zed the men that it was considered useless to take the championship, and so we allowed our other games to be dis- tributed equally to the other Classes, one apiece all round. Our next year's team contained the names of Neilson, Auden- ried and the " Colonel " Diggles, and seemed to have such good prospects of carrying off the championship that ' ' Cherub ' ' Stevens 109 and Frank Ford got up a special pool, with money borrowed from the members of the "Poker Social," to back the team's ventures. As luck would have it, ' ' fell disease ' ' overtook Captain Fred, and laid him up in the middle of the Class games. This unlooked-for event spoiled the plot, the team collapsed, and the Poker Social became hopelessly involved in financial difficulties, which have only lately been straightened out. The team distinguished itself on the home-stretch by winning two games — one from the Law School, by default; the other from '93, owing to "Colonel" Dig- gles' herculean efforts in stuffing mud in young Spaeth's mouth. It is said that Spaeth did not appreciate the " Colonel's " efforts; but this report should be taken cum grano salts — we might almost say, cum grano soli. Let no one suppose that the game of football as played by the Class has been unproductive of beneficial results. Fred Neilson saw his opportunity, and by judicious manipulation of the official wires was elected Captain of the University Reserve team, a posi- tion which he filled to everyone's satisfaction, and especially to his own. Did not we all feel proud if, perchance, in answer to our humble queries, The Captain of the Reserves deigned to pre- dict what the score would be in the next championship game? Yes, indeed; and, although Fred was not always right, he was always willing to explain why he was or was not right, after the game had been played. After all, '90's record on the football field is an honorable one, although perhaps a trifle unfortunate; and the fact that we did not win ' ' early and often ' ' may be attributed not so much to our fault as to our misfortune. It was not for any lack of trying. '89-90 IN THE GLEE CLUB. THE year '89-' 90 will be a memorable one in the history of Uni- versity musical organizations, as it was then that '90 became the controlling element in the Glee Club. Not until our Senior year did we let the world at large know that we could sing, and never until then did we have any representatives on the Glee Club (although it is stated, as a rumor, that Stiffy Truitt made at least four desperate attempts to secure a position on the aforementioned club). This year, how- ever, saw a sad lack of something in the Glee Club, and '90 man- fully stepped in, released all who were under contract to the old club, and with an entirely new and choice selection of voices she began to show the 'Varsity, as well as the world, what a Glee Club should be. " Fradah Nalla " (the same one who captained the Reserves) made his debut as chorus leader, and under his skilful management and training the new club, with a new repertoire from which all songs having a flavor of antiquity were rigorously excluded, entered upon its career. Of course, the concerts given were tremendous successes, financially as well as musically, an interesting circum- stance to Warrie Coulston, who held the purse-strings of the club, and to whom we refer all who wish to discover the best way to make concerts pay. Ninety takes a special pride in famous tenor Miller, surnamed the Rosycheeked, and renowned second bass Pen- niman. Strange to say, neither of these fine voices was ever heard in solos, and for good and sufficient reasons. "Penny" positively declined to sing alone; and as for Miller, well — the club positively declined to let him. Ninety has successfully demonstrated the fact that, whatever else she can't do, she can run a good Glee Club. LANDING IN BASEBALL. T HERE has been baseball and baseball, but never any baseball akin to, approaching or in any respect like the baseball which '90's Baseball Team baseballed. Not that the team was not a good one; not at all, but they played differently from other good teams. To illustrate: take first-baseman McGeorge. " Mic " was a first-rate player; a trifle over nine feet high, he filled the physical requirements of his position finely. You couldn't throw out of his reach (which was fortunate for third-baseman Fleck), and no ground-hit ever got by him ; but — and this is the point to notice -he never stopped the grounders with his hands or even his legs, as other good infielders do, but invariably with his head. Considering his vast height and the diminutive size of his head this was no ordinary feat. Mic put a man out once. His hands were no particular use to him anyway; he didn't even use them in batting. He would pose the bat somehow on his shoulder, the pitcher would chuck the little sphere to him, and forthwith the interested spectator would see Mic's bat proceeding out to centre field in great haste, mowing down pitcher and short-stop en route. As it was with Mic, so it was with the other players: each was unique. Pitcher Williams had the exact twist of the lower limbs, the proper curve of the upper lip and plenty of " devil " in his ex- pression; but neither twist, curve nor devil ever left him to associate VV^2L5^ with the ball. Maybe old Colonel Diggles could catch! Well, he just could. He had, however, the same difficulty in the use of his hands that Mic had; but his ribs could not be broken. The Colonel never had a passed ball except when the ball came too low for his ribs; his legs are thin. Trotter played short-stop one game, but after that he was re- moved to the outfield, and wisely; for in that game he clearly showed his predilection for the "jungle." Eight hits came Buck's way; seven of these he magnanimously allowed to pass on their journey unmolested; and as left-fielder Allen went out walking with a girl after the first half of the second innings, Buck had to go and give chase to the aforesaid hits himself. It got noised abroad that he let them go by him, as short-stop, so that he might show his powers as outfielder; so Buck was told to stay out there. Cap- tain Boyer never made a hit, but he always got to first base — having been hit by a pitched ball. The opposing pitchers all complained that they could not pitch a ball anywhere near the plate without hitting Charlie's head. It swelled to huge proportions during a game — and never shrank again. But Brinton — centre-fielder Brin- ton! To watch John play baseball was a matter of education. A long fly is hit; Brinton rushes toward second base as one with intent to kill; lo, he stops ! he pauses ! he gazes at the soaring sphere. Right-fielder Trotter and left-fielder Penniman rush to his aid. Brinton now runs from second base as one who has thought better of his bloody intentions; he turns, he runs backward! forward, sideways, crooked, straight, slides, turns somersaults, and he, Trot- ter and Penniman all arrive at the end of the ball's journey, very forcibly and at the same instant, first taking care, however, to allow the ball free passage to the ground. The three outfielders seat themselves demurely on the ground, while the rest of the team go into a committee of the whole to find the ball. The latter when found is handed to Captain Boyer, who makes a beautiful throw to the home plate, and would undoubtedly nip the hitter of the fly ere he completes his run but for two reasons: (a) the absence of catcher Diggles, who is in the outfield aiding and abetting the hunt, and (d) the absence of the aforesaid hitter of the fly who, 114 having run around the bases two or three times, has dressed him- self and gone home. The scorers now leave, having material enough for several games, and Brinton's play is ended. Do not surmise, ye fair ones who con these pages, that '90's baseball team was not a success. It was. Why, some member of that team once made a complete circuit of the bases (on a base on balls and three wild pitches), but unfortunately, in the excitement consequent to that event, it was forgotten to make note of who that hero was, so it is impossible to immortalize him here. ON THE CREASE. NINETY'S attempts at " willow- wielding " and " sphere-trund- ly I ling ' ' have been thoroughly in keeping with all her other I M athletic achievements, both on land and water. The cricket eleven has always disdained to subject itself to disagreeable criticism by winning matches or otherwise disturbing the peace of the Class ; and so after three ineffectual trials the eleven disbanded, but not before it had decided to adopt the motto which has always been a favorite one with the Class teams (the shooting team alone excepted), vent, vidi, victus. When we were collecting material for our Freshmen eleven the skies smiled pleasantly upon us, and seemed to presage victory. But the skies didn't know us then as they do now, or they never would have deceived themselves in prophesying anything in the victory line. However, we were sanguine (Freshmen always are, you know), and hoped to achieve wonders with Joe Patterson as our reliable captain. Besides Joe, we rejoiced in the possession likewise of Goodwin, the turtle boy, whose skill with the leather was far-famed; and also of Little Willie Trotter (whose fame came to him afterward). One fine autumn day (we always played our games in the fall) our eleven sallied forth to cross bats with '88. The story is a very short one, gentle reader, but full of pathos and sweet regret. The team re- turned home that same day, wagging their bats behind them, and wearing a sadder but wiser mien. The band had finished that difficult fugue movement in ' ' Annie Laurie ' ' that we all know so well, while at the same time the score stood 129 to 55 ! And Little Willie had been the team's " mascotte;" for did not the ubiquitous newspaper reporter state the next day that ' ' after Patterson was retired the rest of the team quickly followed, with the exception of 117 Trotter, who put 13 together in good style?" And so it went on, from Freshman to Sophomore year, and from Sophomore to Junior, with always the same result. But were the eleven discouraged ? Why, no — not a bit. They always looked forward to a possible victory before every match, and when the match was over they always had the satisfaction of looking backward (N. B. — This is not an advertisement) upon certain defeat; and then would come the usual recriminations and explanations. Bennie Allen would always complain that there were not enough girls present to admire his shapely form; Charlie Boyer never could understand why it was that the first ball that was bowled to him always knocked out his stumps, and the way Charlie kicked was something marvellous to hear; and Freddie Neilson invariably got angry because his legs were so short he couldn't run fast, and of course the captain swore at him when he failed to connect w T ith the ball and had to chase it. The rest of the team all had their individual grievances, but Joe would always calm them by saying, " Fellows, we played in pretty hard luck to-day. We'll get along better next time." That " next time" of Joe's, however, kept getting further and further off, and when we consigned our stumps and bats to a peaceful repose at the end of Junior year Joe's predictions still remained unfulfilled. 118 £?■ V M\ IN TENNIS. ENNIS at the University was largely the gainer by '90's advent to College. We do not mean that our Class pairs were ever victorious, but merely that the general atmosphere of tennis was rendered more sparkling than before our entrance into the courts (we mean tennis courts, of course, and not the 21st District Police Station. "Cherub" Stevens and Berger can look after those). And why should it have been so ? Well, simply because our teams have always been so handsome. What Class can show such a collection of broken hearts among the fair sex as a result of their games ? It was most certainly worth the price of admission to our Freshmen tournament to see some sweet-faced damsel follow with sparkling eyes one of Joe Patter- 119 son's wicked "twists," or to hear her declare that Ben Allen's poses " were" just too fascinating for anything." And then, too, in Sophomore year, the story was the same. It was a notice- able fact that Bennie Allen and Hartley Merrick wore looks of satisfaction the morning after the tournament that seemed to indicate to the observant eye that, although they had suffered un- deserved defeat at '89's hands, the score of the evening must have been a "love-set." Seriously speaking, however, it was only by the very hardest kind of playing that '89 won the Cup from us that year. Our pair worked like Trojans to get it, and if work alone had counted for anything the Cup would have been '90's. In Junior year Trotter and Merrick championed the cause of the Class; but " Buck " had just gone into the Wharton School, and was too busy working to get down to the tail of the Class to pay any atten- tion to his tennis practice, while Hartley's head was occupied with plans for capturing the chairmanship of all Class committees for the rest of college. The consequence was that '90 again " knuckled under," and came away from the fight with racquets badly smashed. As the interclass tournaments have always been played about a year ahead of time (for some occult reason), our contest for Senior year came off in the spring of '89. Merrick's tennis star had disappeared below the horizon, but " Buck " Trotter's was still shining — alone. We had almost given up the hope of being able to send out our fourth team to be defeated, when Jeffereys (it is really spelled "Jefferys" without the middle "e," but he likes to have it misspelled) came to the fore, and consented to allow himself to play with Trotter. A large crowd of us went to see ' ' Jaffra ' ' play, and loud and long were the cheers that rent the air as his sylph-like form (it is a good deal like C. P. B. J's) disported itself upon the turf. The tournament turned out in the regulation way (for '90); and, after it was all over, "Jaffra" w T as heard to assure 1 ' Buck ' ' that if he had been allowed to play single-handed he thought the Cup might have been won for '90. As we are writing this, it is still undecided whether '90 will enter a pair in the spring tournament or not; if she does, then "Jaffra" will have to coax " Napra" Walton to play with him. In such an event we hazard the prediction that the}' will win, hands down, as Walton has acquired great dexterity with the racqnet as a result of his frequent practice with;young Mrs. Walton {nee C. N. B. Camac, '92). So, after all, the Cup may still be ours — that is, provided Walton does not refuse to play. It is quite certain that " Jaffra " zvill play if he gets the chance. ON THE WATER, i T is expected that the Class of '90 will have an unusually good crew. Every man in the Class has a fine shape and the making of a Hercules if he will only do his duty and train." By such blandishments and cajoleries the sporting editors succeeded in coaxing a patriotic band, under the leadership of Syph and Colonel Diggles, to try the machines, and all through the winter they slid monotonously forward and backward, gazing anxiously, and soon after proudly, upon their swelling muscles, amusing themselves from time to time by electing a new captain. Our Freshman crew did not enter the Class races, but with a judi- cious sprinkling of first year ' ' Meds ' ' raced the Freshman crew of Yale, and was beaten after a very plucky struggle. In Sophomore year we hoped for a better record, and in the early spring the patriots could be seen on the river, through the blinding snow-storms, breaking their way through the ice. As the race day approached we could claim for our men that even if they were not the strongest, they presented a better appearance and rowed a cleaner stroke than any other crew. We refer to '88's Record for a true account of this travesty of a race. When '89 had received her customary start, our crew rowed down with the others, and took a very good place at the finish. All, however, will acknowledge that the most conspicuous object upon the river that afternoon was '90's tug, and, excepting the mem- bers of that Class only, the most interesting and picturesque figure upon the deck of that gallant craft was the capacious keg of Lager. We tarried so long at the wharf before starting that the spectators in the pavilion supposed we were waiting for one of our dear in- structors. Their doubts were soon set at rest by the appearance of a huge wheelbarrow, propelled by a small Irishman, red-faced and panting, and solemnly escorted by Hartley Merrick, "Cherub" Stevens, " Kitten " Patterson, and others who begged to have their names suppressed. Although defeated, the Class had a most happy afternoon, yelled itself hoarse on the river, and on shore joined cheerfully in the pandemonium at the boat-house, with loudly ex- pressed sympathy for '88 and the other handicapped crews. In Junior year we were very hopeful. Whitney had been dis- covered, and we had inherited Strader; but once more [our hopes were dashed to the ground. Just before the races these two were injured, and as their places could not both be filled (we had only one curly giant in reserve, McGeorge) our crew rowed with but six in the boat. Our sextette of heroes was determined not to be last, and the contest to avoid this place was extremely interesting. To show that there was no ill-feeling, a Freshman dived overboard; and this, together with a few fouls, brought us out — not last. The Class, as usual, viewed their watery tragedy from the upper deck of a tug. The Committee has never told us how it obtained the venerable ark, whose appearance upon the blue waters was the signal for a storm of merry jibes and sly insinuations. Contrary to the expectation of the public, the ancient tub held together, al- though it developed a curious disposition to float sideways, and to bury its prow in the cool mud. Few of us will forget that exciting afternoon. The Committee (Brinton and Coulston) had put all their money on '90, and were determined to run down the other crews, but their deadly purpose was frustrated by the mutiny of the horror-stricken captain, and the positive refusal of the ark to obey its helm. After rolling and drifting about for some time, we finally reached shore; and while the men were absent temporarily (having hurried to the boat-house to support the crew's protest), one Hen- derson, of the Class of '89, took the opportunity to steal the Class Ensign, which was waving proudly from the mast-head of the afore- mentioned ark, and brought upon himself a visit from a delegation of our fighting men, who quickfy made him disgorge. Henderson did not appropriate the flag more than once. In Senior year we did not enter a crew. Sypher had left us, and all " Fanny's " time was needed for slicing cats, while Gamon and the Colonel were busily employed in laying siege to Lamberton's heart. Our marine drama ended, therefore, with the third act, our Class believing that water was not its element; or, if used, then only when boiling and mixed with a " dhrop of the craythur " in tank form. Ramse}^ alone is excepted, as he still persists in his semi-annuals. ^U^^vfe'fe; at 124 JUNIOR EXHIBITION. ^ /iNETY always was and always will be a unique Class. I\| Everything that she has done bears the stamp of originality, I \ and she distinctly deserves to have her various achievements I copyrighted, not that anyone else could copy them, but merely to deter people from attempting the impossible. We had reached Junior year, and from the first day of the first term " Stiffy " Truitt began a laborious course of training, consist- ing of high jumping and singing, by which it was his firm resolve to. carry off the prize for oratory, if the aforesaid prize was to be obtained by human exertion. "Stiffy" would undoubtedly have won the laurels for which he was working if it had not been for one unforeseen circumstance. This was the fact that he was not 126 alone in his aspirations for glory. Had he not such puny opponents as Schermerhorn, the prize poser and eyebrow manipulator of the Wharton School, and Ogden, whom we regard as almost on the verge of destruction owing to his well-known but saddening love of the seductive P-I-E ? These two individuals were not all, however, who were burning with an irrepressible desire to achieve greatness in the field of oratory. Farr and Little Kushie and also Rowe, who in general officiates as "the Wharton School," had also entered the list. The battle was terrific. Ogden' s oily tongue worked as if it were on hinges, and the way in which he served up "John Bright " would have done credit to one of Maine's famous temper- ance orators. (Hughie, by the way, comes from Maine.) Schermie and Stiffy and Ches and Kush fearlessly handled such subjects as "Victor Hugo," " Edmund Burke," " Value of Affliction to Litera- ture ' ' (if affliction is good for literature it owes a great debt to Farr). No one ever knew who won the fight, but it was rumored that Ogden was awarded the prize, and that Farr was seen looming up in the near distance. 127 The Kditor overwhelmed by Subscriptions. THE "RED AND BLUE." TO '89 in general, and to George Henderson in particular, we are indebted for the Red and Blue. George had long been impressed with the idea that the University needed a literary paper. After making a few choice selections from his own class, Henderson turned his attention to '90. He first approached 11 Napra" Walton, who, after due consultation with Camac, finally consented to become an editor, with the distinct understanding, how- ever, that he should be allowed to write something for each issue. George Rosengarten, whose literary ability is well known, was the next; and last, but not least, was Warrie Coulston (the brightest man in the Arts), who, after repeatedly refusing a place on the editorial staff of the Pennsylvanian, decided to take a position on the Red and Blue in order to give the paper the proper degree of style. Warrie was elected business-manager at once, and from all accounts he managed the funds (when there were any) with rare skill. " Nappa's " desire to write something for every number was gratified by placing the "wrappers" in his charge, and we feel justified in saying that never before in the history of college journalism have such wonderful results been accomplished. Now and then George Rosengarten would make an appeal to be allowed to write the " exchange " wrappers, but " Nappa " guarded all with jealous care. Although George deserves some praise for his work in " dunning" men for subscriptions, and Warrie for his manage- ment of the cash, the great success of the paper has been due to the splendid work of Walton. It is with great regret that we announce that there are only a few of them left. Toward the first of last March it was noticed that Warrie had a sad, sad look on his usually beaming countenance. A rumor soon began to spread to the effect that the Red and Blue was in financial difficulties. Many a one wandering near the sanctum about this time might have heard strange mutterings, and now and then such exclamations as " I don't care if the paper does go up," and "Well, this is the last $5 / am going to put in the thing." We understand, however, that the embarrassment was only of a temporary nature and that the paper is now on the high road to success. Warrie, although no longer one of the editors, still wears that same weary look when anyone speaks of the Red and Blue, and by way of explanation of this look rumor hath it that Warrie paid dearly for his experience. Ninety feels proud of her share in bringing the Red and Blue into the front rank among college papers, not so much because it has brought her favorite son, " Nappa" Walton, into public view, but because she has helped to add to the fair fame of her ' ' Alma Mater. ' ' 129 THE PENNSYLVANIAN. "P ERDITION catch my soul," observed Josiah H. Penni- nian, Editor-in-chief of The Pe?insylvanian, while seated in the sanctum. The causes for this exclamation were obvious. It was Wednesday, March 12th, 1890. The Pennsylvania?i~y?a.§ due that day, but unfortunately lacked seven pages of matter for "a full^issue. We deem it necessary to state that The Pennsylvanian appears on the Wednesday of each week, be- cause, owing to'the fact that it sometimes comes out on the Thurs- day, Friday, Saturday or Sunday following, there may be a slight misunderstanding ;on this point among the subscribers. 130 Just at the moment when J. H. P. was trying to furrow his brow with care, a terrific cyclone blew the door open and the edi- torial on "Smoking in the College Building" off the table; and Lee, with his storm-coat flying, swept in. He was closely followed by Hartley Merrick, "of Manayunk, Class '30," smoking acorn- cob pipe, turned upside down. The Chief smiled hopefully as he looked upon these two sons of the quill. " What have you got for me ? " he asked, confidently. "Nothing," replied Lee. " A lecture that was given two weeks ago," said Merrick. " Two weeks ago ! " cried the Chief, in a transport of delight; "how magnificent! Now, indeed, the 'Pennsy' is keeping pace with the journalism of the age," and he waved the inkstand around his head, throwing its contents over the expressive countenance of Ogden, the business-manager, who came in at that moment. "Hughie," cried Josiah, casting his arms around the B. M.'s neck, and kissing the ink stains from his face, "where is that review of Fullerton's latest work, Agnosticism vs. Hypnotism, that I told you to write ? ' ' " Alas ! " returned Oggie, " I forgot it." At this statement the Chief's face turned as white as Easton's cuffs, and, before it could assume the customary green tinge of despair, Billy Lloyd stood shyly before him. " And you," cried Josiah — " what have you?" "The calendar," replied Billy. The Chief exclaimed, ' ' Et tu Brute, ' ' and fell writhing on the floor. " To think of it," he moaned, " after publishing all your poems in the paper, and rejecting all others except Schelling's ! — this is the return you make ! Oh ! why did I " He got no further, for a loud flourish of trumpets was heard outside, and C. N. Farr, Jr., entered. Surprise and amazement were seen on all sides, for Chester had not been inside the sanctum, except to steal paper, for the last four months. The surprise turned into helpless and petrified astonishment when he drew from his pocket a sheet of manuscript. 131 "Have I got 'em again?" exclaimed Hartley, dropping his pipe involuntarily on the floor. " What is it ? " inquired Josiah, clutching at the paper. 1 ' A college note, ' ' said Farr, and he read it out : " ' The board- . walk opposite the Library Building is badly in need of repairs.' " The Chief started to utter a malediction, but stopped as Frank Lee, after rummaging in his pockets, stepped forward and handed him a contribution which an outsider had sent in. Josiah read it; his face became like that of a corpse; his limbs relaxed. " Fellows," he stammered feebly, " it's a joke ! " At this horrible announcement consternation was depicted on every countenance. Never since '90 had had the paper had an original joke appeared in its columns. The Pennsylvanian had never stooped so low. It had, it is true, yielding to the perverted taste of Merrick, stolen jokes from other papers, but publish one of its own — bah ! never ! ! The jest was burnt to ashes, cast to the winds, the room was fumigated to remove the obnoxious vapors, the editors resumed their tranquillity, and Penniman and Lee sat down and wrote seven pages in seven minutes, and filled the issue with news, none of which was less than two or more than four weeks old. It might be inferred from this account that The Pennsylvaniaii Board of '90 did no work. This, however, would be a gross error. Frank Lee generally wrote half a dozen " topics " and a stray poem or two; Hartley Merrick always contributed two weekly editorials, giving the Faculty pointers on how to run the College. He like- wise compiled the " Pennsyve Clippings," containing jokes appre- ciated by the select few. Hughie Ogden constantly produced reviews of books, of which he read the title page, and then averaged the rest; Billy Lloyd invariably furnished the calendar, which con- sisted of the same things each week, with the dates slightly changed; while Chester Farr as invariably furnished nothing at all. Every- thing in the paper not included in the above list Joe Penniman usually handed in. We must not forget to mention among slight incidentals such things as the poems of Billy Lloyd, or the college notes (commonly evolved from his inner consciousness) of Hartley Merrick. 132 The aforementioned equable division of labor continued in force until the close of '90's control, and for examples of the excellent results attained under it we refer the reader to the issues of The Pennsylvanian from April, 1889, to April, 1890, complete sets of which can be obtained from any of the gentlemen referred to on payment of the paltry sum of $2.00. 133 Good Morning, Doctor ! Have you ever used Pear's Soap? 134 THE CAMERA CLUB. I A HEN George Rosengarten heard that he had been elected 111 President of the Camera Club he fainted in the arms of V^W Mitchie, who had broken the news to him. While recov- ering, he was heard to ask feebly, " What will I do with it?" "Never mind, George," said Mitchie, "we'll fix that all right. You can quietly stay President, and I'll run the Club," and Mitchie has' kept his word. The Camera Club is an institution that was willed to us by '89. Several members of that curious Class, fearing that their names in Thk Record would not be adorned by a sufficient number of titles, organized the Club, elected themselves officers, and then proceeded to run in all the Faculty as honorary, and some of the students as insignificant, members. Some of the men, however, were really in earnest, and were determined that it should not degenerate into a "fake;" and every other week they listened to papers, or compared negatives in the Scientific Society's 135 Museum. In the spring the elections were held. "Rosie" was elected President in order to compel him to attend the meetings; Phil Howard, ist Vice-President, for nearly the same reason; and Lloyd, 2d Vice-President, because he thought he knew a dry-plate from a window-pane. Delaplaine was made Secretary because Mitchie loved him; and when nominations for Treasurer were in order, Mitchie said in his settling way, " I'll take that." This year we have not done as much as we should have done, as it was utterly impossible to fix an hour for meeting that suited any two men. Through " Charlie " Haupt's kindness we were allowed to use his dark-room, which gave us an opportunity to spend part of our sur- plus cash on chemicals. We were always planning expeditions into the wilderness, but Jimmy Irwin insisted on going to Camden, at which the others kicked. Our artistic triumphs were many, but none equalled Mitchie' s daring feat of photographing Capricornus in his stable. It is believed that after the repose of this year the club will wake into a more exciting existence, " develop, tone, fix " Philadelphia village, and get into the newspapers. 136 M.M.R S' William's Friend's Best Friend. [From The Scientific American, October 8th, 1887.J S a lecturer, Professor Barker is fluent and forcible " (How- ard Sypher can tell you whether this is true or not), "with a perfect command of his subject." (We regret to state that this command breaks down when his temper gets the best of him.) " For the elucidation of his topic, he finds no experiment" (what about "Artie" Goodspeed?) "too troublesome " (except when they don't go right the first time), " and prosaic formulas, under his influence" (more deadly than "La Grippe "), " acquire new and vivid significance " (especially when exams, are in the near foreground). — Written by Himself. [The interpolations are ours. — Eds., Record.] "A 137 138 RACKET CLUB. *> -rp- Eta Chapter of the Fraternity of Delta Phi, Established 1849. George Dana Boardman, D.D., William A. Lamberton, A.B. Horace Howard Furness, Jr., Thomas Wilkins Hulme, Henry Warren Kilbnrn Hale, De Lancey Verplanck Newlin, John Joseph Borie, Edward Prime Goodell, Louis DeP. Vail, William Henry Ashhurst, Francis Willard, Eugene Beauharnais Beaumont, Addison F. Lansing, John K. Mohr, J. Granville Leach, Jr., Philip Thomas Penrose, Walter Rodman Lincoln, Thomas Kelly. 16.5 Fraternity of Delta Psi, Delta Chapter. George Tucker Bispham, A.M., Christopher Stuart Patterson, A.M. John P. Crozer Griffith, M.D., Frederick A. Packard, M.D. William Paull Howell, Lawrence Savery Smith, Charles Harrison Frazier, Francis Randolf Packard, Chauncey Pelton Smith, Archibald Grahm Thomson, Richard Henry Bayard Bowie, Francis R. Bohlen, William Henry Dillingham, George Stuart Patterson, Frederick Robeson Baker, Horace Andrews Walton, Thomas Powers Harris, Thomas Wallis Huidekoper, Clayton Fotterall McMichael, Walter Barclay, Charles Nicoll Bancker Camac, Jay Bucknell Lippincott, Philip Howard Brice, Henry Clay Butcher, George Shaffer Gummey, George McFadden, Clyde Milne, Arthur Villiers Morton, Samuel Kreamer Reeves, Walter Smith Thomson. 167 Zeta Psi Fraternity, Sigma Chapter. Founded July 5th, 1850. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. William Pepper, M.D., LL.D., Charles C. Harrison, Hon. Henry Reed. FACULTY. Horace Jayne, M.D., Louis Starr, M.D., Thomas R. Neilson, M.D., James Alan Montgomery, A.B. '90. William Halm Patterson, William Henry Trotter, Jr. '91. Trevanion Borda Dallas, George Ingels MacLeod, Jr. , Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, Sidney Wheaton Smith, Henry Ingersoll Brown. '92. Charles Louis Borie, Franklin Peale Patterson, John Harold Brockie, Abram Sharpless Valentine, Albert Bartram Kelley, Samuel Bowman Wheeler. '93- Joseph Corbit Davis, George Reese Newbold, Norman MacLeod. LAW DEPARTMENT. Cortlandt Kimball Bolles, George Wharton Pepper, A.B. Charles Cooper Townsend, A.B. 169 Penna. Zeta Chapter, Phi Delta Theta Fraternity. Harry C. Deaver, M.D., Charles S. Potts, M.D., G. Oram Ring, M.D., Lester B. Schoch, M.D. David Guy Anderson, Herbert B. Clearwater, Frank Penrose Croft, Plenry Delaplaine, Edwin Stauffer Gault, Amos Lawson Graves, Jr., ' John B. Haden, Philip Fitzpatrick Heraty, Herbert Rutherford Hogg, Philip Eugene Howard, Benjamin Brentnall Lathbury Seyichiro Terashima, Harrison Wainwright Latta, George Francis Levan, Charles Joseph McFadden, James Clark Moore, Jr. , Oscar M. Richards, John Romaine Ricker, John W. Shaw, Jr., Edward Adams Shumway, Lewis Summerl Somers, James Mortimer West, Jr., James Charles Ziegler. 171 ^tfifan % *k D re ha , Phi la Alpha Chapter of the Phi Kappa Sigma Fraternity. BOARD OF TRUSTEES. Wharton Barker, A.M., Samuel Dickson, A.M. John C. Sims, Jr., A.M. FACULTY. Louis A. Duhriug, M.D., Barton C. Hirst, M.D. Richard H. Harte, M.D. DEPARTMENT OF LAW. Russell Duane, A.B. COLLEGE DEPARTMENT. '89. Franklin Bache. '90. James Hartley Merrick, John Hill Brinton, Jr., Frederick Brooke Neilson, George David Rosengarten, Jr., William Oglesby Griffith. '91. Frederick Lennig, James Macintosh Longstreth Eckard, James Starr, James DeWolf Perry, Jr. '92. Frank Bernadou Bower, Wilmer Worthington Hoopes, Clifford Lewis, Jr., Charles Trumbull Lee, Adolph George Rosengarten, William Weaver Lukens, William Duane. '93- George Thompson Rowland, John Norman Henry, Elliston Perot Bissell, Thomas Harrison Montgomery, Jay Cooke, 3d, Dayton Hobart Miller, Ward Brinton, Henry Bueth Sims. 173 ■ r ' Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity, Iota Chapter. Established October 13th, 187S. FACULTY. Samuel P. Sadtler, Ph.D., Edmund J. James, Ph.D., Edgar F. Smith, Ph.D., George A. Kcenig, Ph.D., Felix E. Schelliug, A.M. COLLEGE. '90. Francis B. Lee, Hugh W. Ogdeu, Josiah H. Penniman, Charles G. Peocock, J. Gilbert Stoddart, Frederick S. Nelson. '91. Oliver B. Finn, Charles R. Lee. '93- Frank H. Lee. MEDICAL. John Marshall, M.D., Samuel Dixon, M.D., Seneca Egbert, M.D. ■75 «# Dne-kn Ph.Urt Gibson Chapter Legal Fraternity of the Phi Delta Phi. OFFICERS. Consul, Sumner Sallade Bowman. Proconsul, Charles Sturgis Wood. Scriptor, Robert Anderson Heberling. Tribune, Thomas Reynolds Graham. MEMBERS. Robert Scott Ammerman, Charles Lincoln Brown, Sumner Sallade Bowman, vSamuel Singer Craig, Thomas Reynolds Graham, Alfred Roland Haig, Robert Anderson Heberling, Thomas William Jopson, Samuel Horace Myers, William Howell Powell, Samuel Pennington Rotan, John Wesley Simmons, John Michael Snyder, Elias Henly White, Charles Sturgis Wood. 178 Phi Alpha Sigma Medical Fraternity, Beta Chapter. Established February ist, 1890. Hobart Amory Hare, M.D., Edward Martin, M.D., George Edward De Schweinitz, M.D., Arthur Albert Stevens, M.D., Richard Cooper Norris, M.D. '90. William McDade Carothers, John Benson Brimhall, Charles Merkel Niesley, John Metcalf Maury, Ernest Albert Bryant. '91. George Fetterolf, John Goodrich Clark, George Clymer Stout, Howard Mcllvain Morton, Newell Lowrie Johnson , Hiram Milliken Hiller, Edward Coleman EHett, James Hawley Burtenshaw. 179 THE YEAR. SENIOR year has come and gone. For three long years every student looks forward to Senior year with nervous impatience, and when that Senior year comes, how time flies — more particularly in the second term, when the Professors begin to ask the students, " When does the term end ?" " When do your ex- aminations begin ? ' ' Suddenly the announcement is made in chapel that the ' 'examinations begin on Monday. ' ' Then the hurry-scurry ; everyone anxious — the honor men to pass with distinction, the others simply to get through. How far off that strife seemed when we returned to college last fall — so far, indeed, that we took things very coolly. We noticed that the genial, manly Prof. O. H. Kendall had gone; his place had been filled by Professor Fisher. He hardly had a chance to show his worth before he collided with a train, with- out injury to the said train. Of course football held our attention for some time, the University team giving us cause to alternately shout and groan; and our Class team — what an unlucky team it was. We played '93 first, and while they failed to score, Brinton and Boyereach made a touch-down, and Freddie Neilson made three, kicking two goals from them made our score 24; but the "Captain ' ' had his knee painfully injured, which virtually incapacitated him. 180 Diggles, who played superbly against '92, sprained his ankle, and with him and Neilson hobbling painfully, the team lost heart, and thus the game. Joe Penniman thought he could sing second bass, so he and Rosengarten, of '92, agitated the formation of a Glee Club that would be good enough for Joe to sing in. After much persuasion they succeeded in procuring Captain Neilson as leader, and carried their scheme to a successful issue. "Time galloped withal," and we had arrived at the bowl- fight, and a pretty tame one it was. Ninety-two won it, but John Brinton did yeoman service in the nick of time. Lew Audenried,. Freddie Neilson, Joe Mitcheson and Buck Trotter each also destroyed a suit of clothes apiece in the interest of '92. The Junior Ball was the next event of interest. It was very successful, except with regard to supper. The Committee had! evidently under-calculated the appetites of their guests. What a rollicking time we had in the southwest corner-room in the 265th floor of the Bullitt Building on the evening of February 13th! "Del" Newlin, Joe Patterson and Billy Trotter were all sick and unable to be there; nothing else, however, marred our enjoy- ment. President Brinton was compelled to be absent, and Warrie Hale took his place. Two nights later the new Glee Club showed a large audience at Association Hall that the University had at last found men whose energy and conscientiousness in attending rehearsals enabled them to easily equal the clubs of other colleges. The Banjo Club played finely that night. Both clubs, with the Orchestra, had great success at the Washington's Birthday celebration, and at other places. In the spring the University of Pennsylvania lost to Swarth- more on the track. But to make up for it the baseball team licked everything that came its way — Princeton coming its way among the others. The students, however, gave the team wretched support, and it ran heavily in debt; and had it not been for the great liber- ality of The Mask and Wig, the team would have gone under. That same Mask and Wig — how proud the University should 181 be of it! On Friday and Saturday, the 9th and 10th of May, that organization gave the public a second chance to see what a really excellent performance college men, and more especially University men, can give. No professional show could have run with more smoothness; the chorus of sixty were faultless in drill and move- ments, and the principals simply covered themselves and their college with glory. We need not enter into details of the perform- ance of " Ben Franklin," it is so fresh in the memories of all; we need only say that the club heartily deserved the continuous applause and cheers that rang out in the beautiful Broad Street Theatre, and again in the Opera House on the 3d of June. The success of our Ivy Ball has been sufficiently dwelt upon elsewhere, but we must say here that it is our firm opinion that it was the best college ball ever given. It is with pleasure that we note the interest taken by the Faculty in the college organizations. The baseball management gave them passes to all games, and at one game as many as three Instructors were present. Professor McElroy attended the Glee Club concert and the performance of ' ' Ben Franklin. ' ' It was under- stood that he was a committee appointed by the Faculty to show their keen interest in all their students undertake. The sooner the Faculty appreciates the value to the University of her under- graduate organizations the better it will be all around. Then those who have labored hard and well for their Alma Mater will be treated with more courtesy and consideration than they now receive. And now, when Ivy day and Class day have passed, when the symposium and its effects have passed, nothing remains of college life to '90 save Commencement. Then we are launched forth on the world; but when our backs are turned on our Alma Mater, let us not forget to cast loving glances back at her and wish and do her well, and let our Alma Mater not forget what we have done for her. 182 A CO-EDUCATIONAL COLLOQUY. ADAPTED FROM '83'S RECORD. REVISED AND ENLARGED UP TO DATE. TIME: 1 p.m.; scene, Faculty Room. Long table in the middle of the room, around which, at mathematical intervals, are arranged chairs, each containing a Professor. Dean Jayne arrives, much pressed for time and out of breath, and takes his seat. The Dean: It is unnecessary to say, gentlemen, that we have come here for the purpose of voting on the co-educational question. I am opposed to it, and I'm going to vote " no." Prop. Kcenig: Ach ! Sunder! Also, ven you say dot, do you mean to pud dem in de same claz-roomz ? Prof. McElroy: Well, gentlemen — Prof. Richards, would you mind asking Alfred to close that door ? There's a most damn- able draught blowing on my back. Well, as I was about to say — and, for that matter, I suppose I might just as well say it now as any other time, although I can't say that I've ever seen it stated that way — as I was about to say, gentlemen, I think it would be- yes, most undoubtedly — a very great advantage to — oh ! pshaw. Well, I always had a very poor memory for dates. My father's mother used to say . . . Well, I declare I cannot recall it — oh, well — I — never mind, it'll come back to me in a moment. Prof. Kcenig: Also dot I don't tink you had much to say; also dot I don't care. Prof. Barker: S'very curious thing th't no one's said 'n'thing 'bout me. I'm th' biggest man here 't th' Un'vers'ty, 'n' my rep'- 183 tation's worth more than I c'n 'stimate. Phooh ! (Sounds of sudden opening and shutting of the mouth.) Prof. Jackson: Young gentlemen, the question of intro- ducing co-education merely is — to my mind — entirely uncalled for. Personally, I am thoroughly opposed to it — in every way. I fail to see how we can make the two things com/w/ible — without running the greatest — risks. Prop. Sadtler: I believe in letting the women come in. This practice was known a' ready to the ancients, and met with good results. But I'll have to ask you to excuse me, as I have a lecture next hour with the Sophomores, and I've run out of tapers. (Exit Sadtler.) Prof. Easton : I agrhree in great part with Profethor Sadtler, who theemth to be tho converthant with the thubject. I would like to thay, however, that the Chaldeeth and Hindooth plathed women on a much lower bathith than the ancient Partheeth. Prop. Kcenig: Vy, of course dnot. Also, dot I tink dis is tamn rot; Ihaf a goot notion to dclear out a little bit, but intent to stay. * Prof. Goodspeed: Well, / don't see why they shouldn't come here. They ought to be allowed to take the course in Mechan- ics here, at least, because it's far and away the best in the country. At any rate, I'm from Harvard, and I think I'm pretty smart for my age and size. That's my opinion! Prop. Jackson: Ba-a-a-a-! hoook! (Preparatory to speaking. — Schelling, who has been fidgeting around and wrapping his legs into knots with suppressed nervousness during "Artie's" speech, forgets himself, and interrupts Jackson.) Prop. Scheming : I musth confessth, gentlemen (with pro- fuse bowing and smiles of apology) — if Professthor Goodsthpeed will pardon me (more bowing) — that I am unable to agree with him on the sthubject. Of coursthe, I give you my opinion for justh what it isth worth, but I assthure you I am not alone in it. In fact, gentlemen, I do not think I can do better than quote to you thisth passthage from Sthaintsthbury (quotes largely), which makes my posisthion perfectly clear. 1S4 Prof. Thompson (full organ, with "tremolo" and brogue stops. Swell): Boot Ay think it's not right for us to kape the wimmen out. We're bound to give them Protection as well as the men, which reminds me of the Oirish. Gentlemen, the Oirish Protestants are a poor, downdthrodden, strhicken race, and there's no payple on the face of the globe that's warse tray ted. Boot Ay tell you, gentlemen, before this century's out (Signs of great restlessness on the part of the other members; Jackson is overheard whispering to McElroy: "There he is ! He's off again ! " Lamberton runs his fingers through his hair, and breaks in with) Prof. Lamberton : No, no, no, no, no, no, NO! (this series is arranged on a chromatic scale, beginning at C above the staff and dropping to middle C at the close, the sound rushing swiftly through the nose). Many years ago — (these blanks are filled up with facial contortions) — I had the pleasure — of meeting Dr. Enger . We had quite a lengthy discussion on the subject, and both I and Enger (who agreed with me) came to pre- cisely the conclusion that co-education — is — undesirable. Prof. Seidknstickfr: Humph Veil! eef dey allow weemen here — Humph! ee shall be gompelled to geef dem all minus one! Dey can nefer master de eentreecacies of Deutch. Humph! Veil!! Prof. McElroy: Ha! ha! ha! (this rather nervously). You seem to me to have hit the nail on the head, Professor Seiden- sticker. Ha! ha! ha! Oh! dear me! Well, as I was on the point of saying — I think we ought to consider the — oh ! what is the word I want? — substance? — no, that's not it — matter, matter's the word I want. Gentlemen, my memory is so poor I can scarcely trust my- self. Why, the other day I actually forgot my son Clayton's birth- day! Ha! ha! ha!— Yes— Ha! ha! ha! Prof. FuLiyFRTON: Oh, see here! You fellows are all off the track; you're confounding the two senses of the word. Anybody can argue that way. Stick to your point. We can't talk about the Irish question and co-education at the same time. It reminds me of the story of one of the old philosophers — Epictetus, I think it 185 was — who was a slave. His master began to beat him and twist his leg to make him do something he wanted him to. Epictetns said, " If you do that you'll break my leg, and then I won't be of any use to you." He didn't stop, and finally the philosopher's leg snapped; whereupon he remarked, "There, I told you it would !" At this juncture a note is brought in by Pomp and handed to the Dean. The Dean reads aloud: 1811 Spruce st. My Dear Jayne: We must do something to boom the Univer- sity, and to keep it in the newspapers. As I have not been inter- viewed by a reporter for at least an hour and a half, I would suggest that you direct the Faculty to vote in favor of co-education at your meeting to-day, by a large majority, say 19 to 2, or some- thing of the sort, so as to create a sensation. Then have the news sent direct to the Associated Press. I have everything arranged after that. Give my orders to the Faculty without comment. Yours in haste, William, Imperator et Rex. A reverent hush falls upon the meeting while the ballot is taken, which results in a verdict according to the charge, the Goat and the Silver Fox filing a minority report out of twenty-one votes cast. The Irish Champion voted six times — once for co-education and five times for Protection and Home Rule. Barker voted for himself and S' William, while Schelling's vote is scattered between 1 ' my friend Gosse ' ' and Saintsbury. Shortly after this the ancient and honorable Board of Trustees assembles, and proceeds to sit quietly, but firmly, on the proposi- tion to establish a system of co-education. At this juncture the great Kaiser produces his little Deus ex machina, in the shape of a woman's annex, which is followed by prolonged rejoicings on the part of the students, and a two weeks' spree on the part of " Pomp " and " Otto "—and the University is— SAVED ! .SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS. 186 THE BRUTES, THE DOCTOR AND THE FACULTY. T Canto I. WAS many, many months ago, And in Novemberee, When Dr. Leuf reported us Unto the Facultee. Canto II. Said Leuf unto the Facultee: 1 1 saw but yesterday The ' brutes ' a-playing '93 In a disgraceful way; For Brinton did up Fisher, And hit him in the eye, And Strader knocked down Patterson, And Diggles made Spaeth cry; And Crawford had to leave, because His toe was trod upon, And Willson got quite indisposed, For rude boys threw him down. The only man," continued Leuf, ' Of all the men who are On '90's team, who played a de — Cent, polished game was Farr. For Neilson really kicked the ball So viciously, they say, It hit some Freshmen on the head, 'Ere they could get away. It was a most repulsive sight; But I disgusted am, Because I lost a quarter bright, Which I had bet with Sam." 1S7 Canto III. The Facultee are rather pleased. This slugging work soon takes A hold on Thompson's Celtic blood, He thinks of Irish "wakes;" And Koenig thinks of German duels, The Dean of carving cats, And McElroy of hacking words, Some few of having "rats;" But Easton thinks of all the dirt And mud the players get; And Jackson thinks of butting heads Whene'er the charges met; And Barker thinks of work and force, And how the sirens buzz, While Artie Goodspeed thinks, of course, The same way Barker does. So all looked fiercely round at Leuf, And said, " Young man, beware; You'll get yourself in trouble if You don't take extra care." Canto IV. Then Leuf implored the Facultee: Don't censure me at all; I've worked so hard for you upon The campus playing ball; And strove to keep for many years A closed Gymnasium, So none the apparatus could Destroy; but has it come To this ? " He sank into a chair; The Facultee grew still, Then cried at once, ' ' Dear Dr. Leuf, Stay with us all, until The wished millennium comes along, And then perhaps we may Procure some one who will do more Than draw his weekly pay. ' ' 188 Canto V. 'Twas many, many years ago, And in Novemberee, When all that's just been told occurred Within the Facultee. JUBILATE. Give thanks from morn till dark, And then till dark gets darker; Go raise the flag and ring the bells, For now we're through with Barker. Since we have all pulled through, And work with him is done, Let's all kneel down with grateful heart, And pray for Ninety-one. JINGLES. There was a young fellow called Jayne, Who ten years ago used to raise Cain; But now that he's Dean He is no longer green, Which some of us know to our pain. A spindle-shanked fellow named " Felix," Used to coil his legs into a helix; By a piece of hard luck One day he got stuck, And was never more heard of, this Felix. There was an old codger named Patten, Whom the Wharton School men tried to flatten; But Patten was old, And the weather was cold, And they failed to convince Mr. Patten. ' Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, quack, I am clothed in a habit of black; My memory's short, But talking's my forte — Have you guessed my name yet? — It is MAC!" 189 Johnny Jones and his Sister Sue. 190 A TALE OF WOE. I. A curious Freak in a Physic's room grew — Listen to my tale of woe — A curious Freak of dough-colored hue, Whose hair was tawny, and his whiskers, too. It grew, It grew. Listen to my tale of woe. II. One day some trouble began to brew — Listen to my tale of woe — And the curious Freak got into a stew, Since Sypher {he thought) behaved too "new." Listen to my tale of woe. Hard trials for these two — G. F. B. and "Artie," too— And old " Syph," who was too new. Phooh ! Phooh ! ! Phooh ! ! ! Phooh ! ! ! ! Listen to my tale of woe. III. This little affair raised a hullabaloo — Listen to my tale of woe — And the men were mad, you can bet your shoe, Since it as an insult, they did construe When the curious Freak gave "Syph " the " razoo.' Listen to my tale of woe. Breakers ahead ! For them, too ! G. F. B. and "Artie," too, Because the class, with gloomy hue, Threatened G. F. B. to "do." Listen to my tale of woe. IV. An enraged committee to the Physic's room flew — Listen to my tale of woe — Determined the Freak to interview, And make him swallow his spleen with rue- Ful face, -ful face. Listen to my tale of woe. 191 Hard trials for these two ! G. F. B. and ''Artie," too." For the class of sinister hue Scored a Victori— o — re ! Listen to my tale of woe. V. But what of the Freak of dough-colored hue ?- Listen to my tale of woe — Whose hair was tawny and his whiskers, too ; And his assistant, "Artie" Goo- dspeed, Goo-dspeed, Goo- dspeed. Listen to my tale of woe. Their souls to Beelzebub shortly flew, And there in torments hot did stew, Until for mercy they did sue. Boo — hoo ! Boo — hoo ! Alas ! Too true ! ! G. F. B. and "Artie" Goo- Reflect upon my tale of woe. The Coeducational " She." s tf < o ^ THE WHART-ON SCHOOL PRIMER. OH, what is this nice big room with the thick red door and the dus-ty old books ? This, little boys and girls, is the place which the Col-lege Fac-ul-ty call the Whart-on School ! Why do they call it that ? Because they think that it is a Whart-on the Col-lege De-part- ment. Do they let peo-ple go in-to the room ? Oh, yes; but some of them do not come out a-gain. When you go in what do you see ? The real-ly smart part of the Class of '90, although it is quite a mis-cel-lan-eous ass-ort-ment. There is Wil-lie Trot-ter, who can trot down to the Ass-em-bly Room and back a-gain dur-ing one of Mac's hours; and Dick-y Stoyle, who (s)toyles not, nigh-\her does he spin; not to men-tion I^ew-y Au-ten-to-Read, the blonde ath-lete and he-ro of ma-ny a " scrap " for Penn's hon-or. There is little Man- zy Kush-ida from Ire-land, the Jap-an-ese wrest-ler; and Charley Peo-cock, the an-om-aly, be-ing a good boy from the naughty town of Read-ing. Ber-tie Stod-dart, who will soon wear a pair of nice new wings as a can-di-date for the Eth-ical Cul-ture So-ciety; Frankie Lee, who writes bad po-ems, and who thinks pret-ty girls and din-ners are cor-rect; and Hol-dy Scherm-mer-horn, art-ist and com-po-ser of the tear-pro-vok-ing song, ' ' Unc-le's Brown New Eng- land Pants," are all there-some-times. Then there is thequon-dam mem-ber, Ee-o Rowe, who now stud-ies Dutch in Par-is. Quon-dam, chil-dren, means "since-ly," and is not the same word that pa-pa says when he shuts a win-dow on his fing-er. Yes, it sounds much like it, though. But what do all of these dear lit-tle boys do ? They sit still and think they are think-ing while wait-ing for the Fac-ul-ty. Like Cal-phur-nia, the Fac-ul-ty is be-yond sus- picion. 194 There go the Whart-on School boys to a lec-ture ! See their bright fae-es, which are quite mis-lead-ing. There is Pro-fes-sor Pat-ten. He and the boys are go-ing to have a qui-et lit-tle Mill with the Po-lit-i-cal E-con-omy. These are Greek words, children; do not monkey with them. Then they go to Doc-tor Falk-ner, who tells them pleas-ant-ly that since they all are here he will op-en with a full house; where-up-on Man-zy asks if Jack Pott is tak-ing a spec-ial course. Oh, un-quest-ion-ab-ly ! (My, what a long word !) Ah ! There is Pro-fes-sor James. He wears a bright smile, and seems to an-tic-i-pate some-thing. The Class al-so an-tic-i-pate some-thing, but with-out the smile. Wil-lie re-cites the Con-sti-tu- tion of the Na-tion, Ar-ti-cle I, Sec-tion 2, Par-a-graph 3, word-ing it as fol-lows: " The Pres-i-dent shall have power to fill Awva-can-cy, dur-ing the dis-tress of the Sen-ate, who shall ex-pire at the end of their next ses-sion." Then Wil-lie waits, and the Pro-fes-sor says, ' ' Any-thing else ? ' ' Such a meth-od as this is ex-haust-ive, and the Class thinks so, too. When he is through, you could not ex-tract an-y more in-for-ma-tion, ev-en if you us-ed a suction pump. Pro-fes-sor Thomp-son loves his lit-tle boys , and likes to lis-ten to their in-no-cent prat-tle and those bright and or-ig-inal es-says out of the En-cy-clo-paedia. He is right on to them, as naught-y men say, and to see him sit on a Whart-on stu-dent is a sight un-e- qualled in Penn-syl-van-ia. Now they troop to their les-son in His-tory. When they see the ex-am-ina-tion that Pro-fes-sor McMas-ter has pre-pa-red for them, they will wish they had troop-ed the oth-er way. The Pro-fes-sor says : " Gen-tle-men, you will please make a map of the Un-i-verse and a syn-op-sis of the Sol-ar System, ad- ding in-ci-dent-al-ly a sketch on Con-sti-tu-tion-al De-vel-op-ment, with for-ty pag-es of the Tar-iff laws. Get this up in good shape and hand it in by twen-ty min-utes." One of the lit-tle boys says a bad word, which makes the place smell like H 2 S. Then the Class, like the Do-do, be-come ex-tinct. A CLASS MEETING. 5CENE: Chemical lecture room. Brinton and Kushida behind the counter, "Del" Newlin on it, and the rest in front. Select catches are sung by the Glee Club members, while the others writhe under the torture. Brinton: " Gentlemen, come to order! Walters, take off your hat! Get down off that counter, Del, or I'll fire you! Warrie, can't you stop monkeying for five minutes and listen ? ' ' Kushida: "There's no quorum! " — (with a gleeful smile). Brinton: "Then I appoint Boyer and myself to rake the building and get one;" The committee retire; Kitten Patterson steals chalk and turns on the exhausts. Farr playfully slings the back of a chair at Coulston, which misses him and crashes into the window of Spang- ler's study. The men peep through and see " Lunkhead " Peterson on his knees, giving thanks for his deliverance from deadly peril. Brinton and Boyer return, dragging in Miller, who is counted as three, and the meeting proceeds. Brinton : ' ' The first thing in order is the reading of the minutes." Loud yells from all parts of the room, " I move we dis- pense with the minutes. Zing! Zing!! Zingarara!!! Z-z-zing! " Brinton: "Fellows, won't you be quiet? The next thing is the question of holding a symposium. Now, I'm opposed to any such tea-and-toast-good-boy-and-his-teacher arrangement as '89 held last year. / think ' ' Neilson (sarcastically) : " Is there a motion before the meet- ing?" ' Brinton (crushed): " Will some one make a motion ? " 196 Merrick : " As official motion-maker, I move we hold a sym- posium, and that the menu consist of pretzels, beer and cut plug (cheers). I don't want to discuss the question (loud cheers). I think before we part we all want to have one more grand — er — one of those good, quiet evenings." Stevens (pensively): "A nice, good, quiet evening." Merrick: "The fellows can bring their pipes, and some of them can sing." (" Annie Laurie " is mentioned, and Hartley sits down hastily.) Burk : ' ' Dearly beloved — I mean Mr. President, this is dis- graceful! The very idea! Seniors, have you no regard for your dignity (groans). I see ten prospective fathers of the church sitting with those who will vote for this symposium (cheers). I wish I had an hour to talk with you. I would give you a history of the University since 1758 (groans and cries of " Put him out "). I — I would " Brinton: " Mr. Burk, cut it short." Gamon: "Mr. President, I move to strike out the word beer and substitute ice-water. ' ' Feustmann: " Mr. President, I move to strike out the word ice- water and substitute circus lemonade." Stevens: " Mr. President, I move to substitute cigarettes foi cut plug." Ogden: "Mr. President, I move to strike out pretzels and insert the word pie. ' ' Brinton: "Gentlemen, I rule you all out of order" (general outcry). Burk: " Mr. President, you're out of order" (shouting). Brinton: "Mr. Burk, I am not out of order. Will you sit down, or shall I put you down ? " Burk : " I rise to a point of order — I appeal — I ' ' Brinton (obdurate): " I'll lump the amendments and put the question." (Wild confusion, during which Brinton endeavors to discover how he has violated parliamentary law. The amenders wrangle with each other, and act as animated targets for volleys of chalk.) 197 Brinton : " All in favor of beer, please rise ! " (forty get up, " Del " Newlin standing on a chair). " All opposed " (eight rise). "The amendments are lost. Has anyone got anything more to say ? ' ' Boyer : "Yes, Mr. President; I have a great deal to say. I consider it my duty to kick. I always have kicked, and I always will kick. I move that the question be laid on the table, and that the sum of ten dollars be appropriated to pay the baseball nine's doctor's bill." Mitcheson : "I wan't to say a word about track athletics. The Class owes Frank Dole fifty dollars. I move ." (Loud shouts of " Dole! We never saw Dole do anything! Pay him yourself! ") Brinton (reflectively): " Gentlemen, this seems to me to be out of order. The question is " IyEK : " Never mind the question, Mr. President. What we want to know is, whether we are going to invite the whole College. I don't want to make an exhibition of myself before the children. I confess my weakness (chorus, "We all know it"). " The very thought staggers me " (shouts of " You've been down the street ! " " Take another with me, old chap ! " etc., etc.). IvEE (scornfully) : ' ' Will the gentleman who made that state- ment step into the hall ? I will take great pleasure in dancing the Wharton School Clog on his shirt front. (No one steps out.) Truitt : "If Mr. Iyee is through, I would like to express my horror at the idea of perverting the youth of this institution ; as Horace says " Newlin : " Yes, yes. There wouldn't be nearly enough stuff to go around." Coueston : "Why not have each man bring a lady friend?" (Loud cheers from the back benches, and hisses from the front. Jeers, taunts and shrieks of " Chippy hunter! " "Jay bird!" etc.) Audenried: " Gentlemen, I have a proposition to make that I hope will meet with universal favor, as it is the intention of the Wharton School to carry it through. There is a Professor here, a native of Erin, whose presence would adorn the festivities. I 198 move that Prof. Thompson be invited to give the blessing." (Howls, groans, cheers, hisses, chalk slinging and general disorder. Merrick swears, and Mitchie objects. Gummey and Calves are seen gesticulating.) Gummey: " Mr. President, as a member of the Church Club, I protest." Calves : " Mr. President, as a member of Hale's Poker Social, /protest." Merrick: "I flatly refuse to accept that amendment, Mr. President. I fling defiance in Mr. Audenried's face, Mr. President." Brinton: "All in favor of the amendment rise." (The Wharton School rises in a body.) Medical Department. Thomas F. Branson, J S. S. Bowman, Law Department. Harry D. Matten, Dental Department. David J. Bullock, Biological Department. Leonard Pearson, Veterinary Department. Samuel R. Colladay, '91. Philip E. Howard, '91. Horace C. Wood, '91. John H. Brockie, '92. E. B. Beaumont, '92. E. S. Gault, '92. Dayton H. Miller, '93. John F. Sinclair, '93. 206 THE RED AND BLUE. BOARD OF EDITORS. President: Clayton F. McMichael, '91. Associates: Clinton R. Woodruff, Law. George Henderson, Law. C. N. B. Camac, '92. A. D. Whiting, Med. C. H. Kirk, '91. Clifford Lewis, Jr., '92. C. N. B. Camac, Business Manager. THE PHILOMATHEAN SOCIETY. Founded in 18 '/j. OFFICERS 1889-90. First Terra. Second Term. Third Term. J. H. Penniman, '90. S. R. Colladay, '91. S. R. Colladay, '91. W. G. Knowles, '91. E. H. Dickson, '91. J. De W. Perry, '91. J. De W. Perry, '91. W. S. Morris, '92. R. R. Truitt, '90. C. R. Lee, '91. Mod.: W. H. Burk, '90. 1st Ceil.: R. I. Gamon, '90. 2dCen.: C. R. Lee, '91. Secy: W. H. Lloyd, '90. Treas.: W. Levan, '91. Rec: H. W. Ogden, '90. W. H. Burk, '90. J. H. Penniman, '90. MEMBERS. W. H. Burk, '90. C. N. Farr, '90. R. I. Gamon, '90. M. Kushida, '90. W. H. Lloyd, Jr., '90. H. W. Ogden, '90. J. H. Penniman, '90. H. B. Schermerhorn, R. R. Truitt, '90. S. R. Colladay, '91. E. H. Dickson, '91. J. M. L. Eckard, '91. S. C. Kapp, '91. W. G. Knowles, '91. C. R. Lee, '91. G. F. Levan, '91. J. D. W. Perry, '91. W. H. Righter, '91. 90. C. Weygaudt, '91. J. J. Houston, '91. E. S. Gault, '92. C. Malony, '92. A. McCullagh, '92. W. S. Morris, 92. U. S. Schaul, '92. C. R. Williams, '92. E. S. Clark, '93. R. R. Donges, '93. F. H. Lee, '93. J. Schaul, '93. S. M. Kendrick, 93. G. A. Smyth, '93. J. R. Sypher, '93. R. N. Willson, '93. E. Wright, '93. 207 THE SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. Presidents: ist Vice-Presidents: 2d Vice-Presidents: Secretaries: Treasurers: Curators: Librarians: Executive Com'' tee's: OFFICERS FOR i889-'9o. First Term. J. MacG. Mitcheson,'90. J. H. Souder, '90. H. P. E. Howard, '91. C. J. C. Ziegler, '91. R. J. M. West, '91. P. A. O. Kcenig, '92 Biol. A. E. H. Piatt, '91. S. H. Delaplaine,'9i {Ck.).J. C. P. Franklin, '90. H, F. Head, '91. J. Second Term. MacG. Mitcheson, '90. Souder, '90. P. Franklin, '90. Iv. Humphrey, '90. E. Howard, '91. O. Kcenig, '92 Biol. Terashima, '93. C. Ziegler, '91 (Ck.). H. Patterson, '93. F. Sinclair, '93. MEMBERS. J. MacG. Mitcheson, '90. David Jayne Bullock, '90 Biol. C. P. Franklin, '90 Biol. H. Souder, '90. R. L. Humphrey, '90. F. S. Nelson, '90. T. A. Capp, '90. H. V. Osbourn, '90. D. E. Buckingham, '91 Vet. T. Iy. Bernard, '91. P. E. Howard, '91. H. Delaplaine, '91. J. J. Elcock, '91. J. C. Zeigler, '91. E. H. Piatt, '91. F. Head, '91. J. M. West, '91. D. E. Buckingham, '91 Vet. T. L. Bernard, '91. H. A. Rothrock, Biol. H. B. Clingan. A. O. Kcenig, '92 Biol. H. H. Patterson, '93. S. Terashima, '93. W. Trautwine, Jr., '93. P. H. Brice, Jr., '93. W. B. Warne, Jr., '93. J. F. Sinclair, '93. J. O. Clarke, P. G. President: J. C. Irwin. Vice-President: C. N. Farr, Jr. Secretary: R. G. Develin. Treasurer: S. W. Kapp. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. B. B. Lathbury, E. A. Calves, H. Delaplaine. POST-SENIORS. T. R. Beyer, C. F. Fisher, J. O. Clarke, G. W. T. Miller, D. B. Salter. SENIORS. E. A. Calves, B. A. Cullen, R. G. Develin, C. N. Farr, Jr., R. L. Humphrey, J. C. Irwin, B. B. Lathbury, H. W. Latta, F. S. Nelson, H. V. Osbourn, H. Souder. JUNIORS. D. G. Anderson, S. W. Kapp, T. B. Dallas, G. B. Taylor, H. Delaplaine, J. H. Terry, J. J. L. Houston, J. M. West, Jr., J. C.^Ziegler. 209 THE GENERAL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION President: J. William White. First Vice-President: H. Laussaut Geylin. Second Vice-President: Frederick Meade Bissell. Secretary: Edgar Dudley Faries, Treasurer: Edward G. McCollin. BOARD OF DIRECTORS. Thomas G. Hunter, Horace H. Lee, Davidson Kennedy, J. Allison Scott, Alexander J. Gray, George W. Pepper. UNDERGRADUATE COMMITTEE. Lewis Audenried, '90 Col., Julien Dewey, '91 Med., F. Churchill Williams, '91 Col. MANAGER. F. C. Williams, '91 Col. Mid-Winter Sports (Handicapped). Academy of Music, Feb. ist, i8go. 40 Yards Dash. (Final Heat). 1. L. Cary, Princeton 4| seconds. 2. Amwake, A. C. S. N \ . . Running High Jump. 1. H. L. Clark, P. F. & S. C 5 ft. 8^ inches. 2. D. C. Clegg, Y. M. C. A Catch-as-catch-can Wrestling. 1. J. K. Schell, A. C. S. N 2. J. Chesterman, A. C. S. N Bantam-Weight Wrestling. 1. J. B. Reilly, A. C. S. N 2. W. Rode, A. A. C Half-Mile Run. (Final Heat). 1. P. D. Skillman, N. Y. A. C 2 min. 20 sec. 2. J. H. Terry, U. of P Tug of War. (Finals). Princeton pulled U. of P., 5 inches. 440 Yards Dash. (Final Heat). 1. W. H. Warwick, U. of P., won on foul 2. Rutter, Y. M. C. A Spring Sports (Handicapped). May 10th, i8go. 100 Yards Dash. 1. W. H. Carpenter, '92 Med ' . . io| seconds. 2. H. B. Luhn, '91 Med Pole Vault. 1. P. E. Howard, '91 Coll 8 ft. 6 inches. 211 2 Mile Bicycle Race. 1. R. S. Elliott, '93 Coll 6 min. 52 sec. 2. J. Fuller, Dent Putting the Shot (16 lbs.) 1. W. B. Van Loon, '91 Med 30 ft. 6 inches. 2. W. H. Waugaman, '91 Dent Mile Walk. 1. D. H. Miller, '93 Coll 8 min. 44 sec. 2. E. A. Schofield, Law 120 Yards Hurdle. 1. G. W. Kendrick, '92 Coll iyf seconds. 440 Yards Dash. 1. W. H. Warrick, '91 Med 53! seconds. Throwing the Hammer (16 lbs.) 1. W. E. Van Loon, '91 Med 74 ft. 2 inches. 2. W. H. Waugaman, '91 Dent 220 Yards Hurdle. 1. J. R. Deveraux, '92 Med 28 seconds. 2. G. W. Kendrick, '92 Half-Mile Run. 1. F. H. Lee, '93 Coll. . , 2 min. 11 sec. 2. J. H. Terry, '91 Coll Running Broad Jump. r. C. H. Frazier, '92 Med 18 ft. 5 inches. 2. J. C. Ogden, '91 Coll Running High Jump. 1. P. E. Howard, '91 Coll 5 ft. 7 inches. 2. W. B. Oberholtzer, '92 Coll 5 ft. 6 inches. 220 Yards Dash. 1. W. H. Carpenter, '92 Med 24 seconds. 2. H. B. Luhn, '91 Med Mile Run. 1. W. M. Scott, '92 Coll 4 min. 45 sec. 2. J. M. West, '91 Coll Tug of War. 1. '92 Coll. 2. '93 Coll. 2:2 1 4th Intercollegiate Meeting. May 25th, 1889. 100 Yards Dash. Shkrrill, Yale ioi sec. Moen, Harvard Robinson, Yale 220 Yards Dash. Sherrill, Yale 22f sec. Lee, Harvard 440 Yards Dash, Dohm, Princeton 50 sec. Downes, Harvard Half-Mile Run. Downes, Harvard . 2min. 2| sec. Yosburg, Columbia Mile Run. Wells, Amherst 4 rnin. 29! sec. Harmar, Yale Mile Walk. McIlvaine, Columbia 7 rniii. 6f sec. How, Harvard 220 Yards Hurdle. Mapes, Columbia 26| sec. Williams, Yale 120 Yards Hurdle. Mapes, Columbia i6| sec. Williams, Yale 2 Mile Bicycle Race. Greenleaf, Columbia •• . 6 min. % sec. 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CN M M CM M 't CN CO CO VO LO CN M rh CO CO LO 't M M M "S cd > t-H a OJ o £ i 8 1 i s t 5 a ! ! 1 1- > t M i ! i i i i + ■+■ a JO 4 ! I > 1 n a ! J 2 IS M u O o i »> j : %• * c < c c c 5 c J ."£ i ;■ i .1 : I 1 £ i i j 5 5 A o cd OJ tx a > OJ o u 1 Organists. 231 LAW CLUB. President: Percy McGeorge. Secretary and Treasurer: Charles vS. Wood. MEMBERS. Second Year. Charles Sturgis Wood. Cortlandt Kimball Bolles. Irving Elmer Ziegler. Joseph Hill Brinton, Jr. Charles Lincoln Brown. First Year. Edwin Rouse Cochran. Samuel H. Ashbridge. George Chauncey Dewey. Robert P. Bradford. Thomas Reynolds Graham. Thomas William Jopson. Robert Priestly Hayes. William Wilson Longstreth. Percy McGeorge. George Masters. Henry Ridgely, Jr. William Howell Powell. Henry Naglee Smaltz. Samuel Pennington Rotan. Charles Percy Willcox. Howard Hungerford Sypher. J. I. CLARKE HARE LAW CLUB. OFFICERS. President: Robert Scott Ammerman. Vice-President: Sumner Sallade Bowman. Secretary: Charles Edward Aull. Treasurer: Robert Anderson Heberling. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. Norton Buel Young. Henry Birck. De Reynolds Owens. MEMBERS. William Heebner Bean. Samuel Blaine Ewing. Cortland Kimball Bolles. Robert R. P. Bradford. Charles S. Greene. John William Heisman. Tatlow Jackson. George Thorne Hunsicker. James Hall Oliver. Thomas William Jopson. Elias Henly White. J. Wellington Shannon. Francis Bernard Bracken. Hervay James Sherer. Ellwood O. Wagenhurst. The Kwizzed Kwizzical Kwizzers of the Law Department. Francis Chapman, alias Partnership. Jay Rich Gner, Robert Priestly Hayes, Alfred Roland Haig, ' James Lee Patton, Charles Sturgis Wood, Peat Estate. Evidence. Torts. Contracts. Equity. 232 THE SHARSWOOD LAW CLUB, CLASS OF '91. Clerk: Russell Duane. Richard Henry Bayard Bowie, A.B. (U. of P.). William Henry Dillingham, A.B. (U. of P.). Russell Duane, A.B. (Harvard). Francis Cope Hartshorne, B.S. (Haverford). Richard Wistar Harvey. Crawford Dawes Hening, Ph.B. (U. of P.) (Honorary Member.) 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Foshay, '91. G. S. Woodward, '91. L. S. Smith, '91. T. A. Clay tor, '91. C. G. Ross, '91. J. H. Burtenshaw, '91. R. E. Venning, '91. M. A. Rodgers, '91. F. W. Bennett, '91. #= THE TRUMAN DENTAL SOCIETY. President ex -officio: Prof. James Truman. President: J. A. McKee. Vice-President: Louis Stephan. Secretary: W. J. Arrington, Jr. Treasurer: G. T. Frey. MEMBERS. O. M. Brown. O. B. Caldwell. S. F. Jacobi. E. H. Perry, Jr. M. W. Leokowizz. R. W. Volk. W. S. Haines. E. B. White. T. L. Caldwell. E. R. Carpenter. W. B. Townsend. 235 HEMICAL SOCIETY. President: Hermann Fleck. HONORARY MEMBERS. Samuel P. Sadtler, Ph.D. Edgar F. Smith, Ph.D. Harry F. Keller, Ph.Nat.D. Lee K. Frankel, B.S., P.C. MEMBERS. Charles S. Boyer. Hermann Fleck. Clarence C. Burger. Nelson B. Mayer. Maurice M. Feustmann, Jr. George D. Rosengarten. 236 THE CHURCH CLUB. President: Henry Riley Gummey, Jr. Vice-President: Horace A. Walton. Secretary and Treasurer: William Herbert Burk. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 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Miss M. A. Burnham. Treasurer: Mrs. William Hunt. EXECUTIVE Mrs. William H. Arrott. Rev. Jesse Y. Burk. Mrs. Matthew Baird. Mrs. Clarence S. Bement. Miss Frances E. Bennett. Miss Clark. , Mrs. Clarence H. Clark. Mr. Edward H. Coates. Mrs. Geo. Dawson Coleman. Miss Clementine Cope. Gen. S. Wylie Crawford. Mrs John R. Drexel. Mrs. Horace Binney Hare. Mr. J. Campbell Harris. Mrs. Charles C. Harrison. Mr. Thomas Hockley. Mrs. Edward F. Hoffman. Mrs. Wm. Hunt. Mr. Charles H. Hutchinson. Mr. H. LaBarre Jayne. Dr. William H. Klapp. Dr. Francis W. Lewis. Miss Bertha Lewis. Mrs. J. Dundas Lippincott. Mr. Wayne MacVeagh. Dr. S. Weir Mitchell. Mr. Talcott Williams. Mr. Joseph S. Harris. Mr. Jay Cooke, Jr. Secretary: George Henderson. COMMITTEE. Mrs. Samuel Lucas. Prof. James MacAlister. Mr. George F. Martin. Mrs. William A. Lamberton. Mrs. J. Bertram Lippincott. Mrs. Thomas McKean. Dr. Weir Mitchell. Mr. Joseph Moore, Jr. Mrs. Byron P. Moulton. Miss Mary Newhall. Mr. J. Rodman Paul. Miss Charlotte Pendleton. Mrs. William Pepper. Hon. Henry Reed. Mrs. John E. Reyburn. Mr. J. G. Rosengarten. Mrs. P. F. Rothermel, Jr. Mr. John C. Sims, Jr. Mr. John W. Townsend. Mr. James S. Whitney. Mrs. Caspar Wister. Mr. Walter Wood. Miss Edith Wright. Mr. Ellis Yarnall. 239 '9o'S RACKET CLUB. Lewis Audenried. John Hill Brinton, Jr. Joseph Warren Coulston, Jr. George Herbert Dennison. De Lancey Verplanck Newlin. Frederick Brooke Neilson. William Hahn Patterson. James Hartley Merrick. Henry Riley Gummey, Jr. William Henry Trotter, Jr. George David Rosengarten, Jr. Henry Warren Kilburn Hale. John Joseph Borie. William Oglesby Griffith. 240 '9i'S QUAT CLUB. MEMBERS. W. G. Knowles, A. . '9fS OWL CLUB. Richard Field. Topliff Johnson. Walter Rowland. William H. Ashhurst. F. C. Williams. LITTLE "ARTOIS" GOODSPEED'S "DIVER- TISSEMENT" CLUB. Organized in Junior Year. Chief Irritant: " Artois " W. Goodspeed. ist Counter-irritant: " Warrie" Coulston. 2d Counter-irritant: Hartley "Mahrock." ABLE-BODIED DISTURBERS. Joe "Why" Mitcheson. Little Bertie "Danah." Freddie " Darlingle " Neilson. "De Lancois Spring-board " Newlin. Brinton, the Indian Boy. 242 ALPHABET. stands for this Alphabet, in which are portrayed A few of the features of which ." Profs " are made. B is for Barker, B-whiskered and fat: His sole object in life's to get into a " spat." C is for Cheyney and Crawley and Clarke, The latter of whom has "Mus. Doc." as his mark. D is for Dolley, of General Biology, Whom Nicholson thought would be his terminology. E is for Easton, whose language is thick, But whose knowledge of languages seems like a trick. F is for Fullerton, Plato's ideal Of all that is scholarly, gentle and real. G is for Goodspeed, so lowly of mien, Whose height it is short, but whose tongue's full of spleen. H is for Haupt, of Engineer's fame, Whose learning is only excelled by his name. I stands for the Interest which few students take In whatever is done for the 'Varsity's sake. J is for Jackson, with his ill-fitting coats, And his iron-gray beard that resembles a goat's. K is for Kendall, our cherished ex-Dean, Whose hair is snow-white and whose intellect's keen. 243 L is for L,amberton, dull pedagogue, Whom the students have nicknamed the Prize "Woolly Dog." M is for McElroy, Marks and McMaster, Whose heads are all swollen like so much wet plaster. N stands for the Nonsense that used to be rife In Muhlenberg's room. It nigh cost him his life. is for " Otto," who used to sell beers, But " High License " came in, and that gave him the " queers." P is for " Pomp," whose age is unknown, That his breath is much older most clearly is shown. Q stands for the Questions which Newlin propounds (Whose " sang froid" appears to be out of all bounds). R is for Richards, our kind Architect, Whom the students all treat with the greatest respect (?). S is for Schelling, who from " Saintsbury " steals — So small a result does he get from his meals. T stands for Thompson, who cries to the Queen, " Give Oireland Home Rule, ye dirty spalpeen ! " U stands for an Underling, "Pluto" by name, Who works down below and enkindles the flame. V is the Vengeance the Faculty take On all who the laws of the 'Varsity break. W's the letter initial of Work, Which from Freshman to Senior year all try to shirk. X stands for 'Xcuse, the students' resort, For which Truth's at a discount, when reason's run short. Y stands for the Yawns to which students give vent When their interest in lectures is pretty near spent. Z is for Zeus, to whom we commend All the subjects above — for this is the end. 244 SCRAP BASKET. PROF. SCHEMING (in desperation to Brinton, who has been questioned on the whole recitation in the hopes of some information being extracted): "Mr. Brinton, what part of the subject are you familiar with ?" Brinton (after nervous hesitation): " Well, sir, that's for you to find out." Prof. Schelung (immediately after the above, to Coulston, who has been carefully ' ' boning- up ' ' previous to an expected reci- tation): " Mr. Coulston, I shall expect an unusual recitation from you, as you have had opportunities that Mr. Brinton had not" (N.B. — Brinton had no book.) Prof. Barker (during lecture on Physics): "Gentlemen, I have long since washed my hands" — (L,oud applause and cries of doubt on all sides). 245 Scene — Another recitation in Schelling's room. " Del " New- lin on deck. Schelling asks him a few searching questions, which Newlin waives without answering. Finally " Del " meekly says : " Mr. Schelling, won't you please make your questions a little more general ? " ScHEiyiviNG (lecturing): "You know, gentlemen, Nelson's moral character was not of the highest. ' ' (Interrupted by shouts of 14 What's the matter with Freddie," etc.) Scheming (bowing) : " I mean Lord Nelson, of course. I hope that is not true of Mr. Neilson ! " Barker: " Gentlemen, I want you to feel when you leave this room that you have gained some benefit. • ' Merrick {sotto voce): " Yes, the benefit of getting out." Proe. Fuli,ERTOn: " Well, Mr. Brinton, if there are two affir- mative premises, what about the conclusion ?" Brinton: "It's all right." Goodspeed: " Come now, Mr. Zimmerman, can't you tell me what a pendulum is ? " Zimmerman (after some hesitation): " A heavy weight — tied by a string. ' ' Goodspeed: "A horse tied to a post, for example." Goodspeed: " Can sound be produced in vacuum?" Truitt: " If you make a sound in a vacuum there wouldn't be any sound." Goodspeed: ' ' Well, would sound be more or less easily heard in a very dense atmosphere than in the ordinary one ?" Truitt: "Yes." Goodspeed: "That will do, Mr. Truitt." 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