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 Being a Chronicle of the 
 
 Life of the Goddess 
 
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 AMHERST COLLEGE 
 
 Recorded by 
 
 WiNTHBOP H. Smith, 
 Guardian of the Class of 1916 
 Haxvob R. Sbwahd and John G, Gibson, 2nd 
 of the Class of 1919 
 
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Copyright, 19Sl,hy 
 
 HALVOR R. SEWARD 
 
 JOHN G. GIBSON, 2d 
 
 WINTHROP H. SMITH 
 
TO AMHERST 
 
 IN WHOSE LIFE SABRINA HAS PLAYED 
 SO VITAL AND PICTURESQUE A 
 PART WE DEDICATE THIS BOOK. 
 
PREFACE 
 
 THE mystery, the romance and the un- 
 confirmed rumors that have surrounded 
 Sabrina for more than thirty years have 
 built up a tradition unparalleled in the history of 
 any other American college. The customs grow- 
 ing up around the Goddess have been entirely 
 spontaneous, the rivalry between Odd and Even 
 classes originated naturally and grew in strength 
 as the years passed by, until today the tradi- 
 tion has become so intense and meaningful that 
 the mere mention of Sabrina is sure to quicken 
 the pulse of every Amherst man. 
 
 Some twelve years ago, Max Shoop, of the 
 class of nineteen ten, published a History of 
 Sabrina. Up till then Sabrina had been the 
 subject of considerable speculation; stories of 
 her numerous travels and startUng appearances 
 had been handed down by word of mouth, and 
 exaggeration, purposeful and imaginative, wove 
 a shroud of mystery about ''our fostering divin- 
 ity." There were those who even doubted the 
 existence of the statue. Shoop succeeded in 
 gathering up the odds and ends of the story and 
 presented them in a very pleasing and construc- 
 tive way. 
 
 Since the publication of that work much has 
 taken place. Indeed, the most momentous hap- 
 
vi PREFACE 
 
 pening in the recent life of Sabrina has occurred, 
 for she is now in the hands of the Odd Classes, 
 after twenty-nine years uninterrupted tenure by 
 Even Classmen. 
 
 The same doubts and mystery now prevail as 
 did before Shoop's book was written, and as 
 there have been many requests from alumni and 
 undergraduates for an account of the last ten 
 years' experiences, we have made an attempt 
 here to fill this need. In doing so, we have tried 
 to take a large view of Sabrina, and have treated 
 the tradition as an integral part of the Spirit of 
 Amherst, not as an affair of Odd or Even Classes 
 only. We have tried to present an impartial 
 account, giving credit where credit is due. 
 
 Believing that the inclusion of a complete 
 history would best serve the interest of the reader, 
 we have traced the adventures of Sabrina from 
 the time when she first adorned the campus to 
 the last Sabrina banquet. 
 
 The accounts herein contained are based upon 
 the experiences of the Sabrina guardians since 
 nineteen twelve, and of our contemporaries, as 
 related to us. Acknowledgment is here made 
 to Sydney D. Chamberlain, Walter McGay and 
 Roswell P. Young, '14, John Atwater, '15, Philip 
 H. See and Jacob P. Estey, '18, David S. SoH- 
 day and Morris Bowman, '19, Kenneth B. Low 
 and Paul C. Philhps, '21, and Rowell S. Schlei- 
 cher, '21, for their interest and co-operation. 
 
EARLY DAYS 
 
 SABRINA was given to Amherst College by 
 Governor Joel Hayden of Massachusetts in 
 the year 1857. The statue, which originally 
 occupied a place of honor upon the terrace be- 
 tween Old North College and the Octagon, was 
 patterned after the statue of a nymph which is 
 still at Shrewsbury, England. It rested upon a 
 circular sandstone base on the front of which was 
 an inscription. 
 
 "Presented by Joel Hayden 
 of Haydenville." 
 
 Sabrina remained here for several years and 
 enjoyed comparative peace and quiet. The 
 first prank which was played upon her occurred 
 a few years after her presentation to the college 
 when a youth arrayed the Goddess in divers gar- 
 ments stolen from a nearby girls school. Need- 
 less to say, the student was dealt with by the 
 faculty, and to this day Sabrina's fair cheek 
 bears the marks of the student's ill-timed 
 vengeance. 
 
 From this time on Sabrina was the butt of the 
 undergraduate body. She was whitewashed, 
 indecorously decorated, and often anticipated her 
 future career by frequent changes of color. 
 
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2 SABRINA 
 
 The first abduction of which record can be 
 found was committed by the class of '77. After 
 a short sojourn away from the campus she ap- 
 peared again in her famihar place. As yet no 
 feeling of class proprietorship had grown up 
 around the statue, but many were the humilia- 
 tions Sabrina suffered at the hands of various 
 jovial blades. She was first used as a distinctly 
 class affair when '80 placed her on top of the 
 Octagon holding a rag baby labeled '"81." 
 Later on she appeared at the Class Supper of '82 
 where she occupied the seat of honor, but her 
 exalted position was soon reversed, for the spite- 
 ful class of '83 immersed her deep in the college 
 well. Thereafter the same jest was repeated, 
 usually after a college victory. By this time, 
 the faculty having become vitally weary of the 
 students' rude treatment of the gift to the college 
 of such a distinguished man, decided to put an 
 end to the affair. Then, too, her appearance 
 was becoming increasingly unattractive. Ac- 
 cordingly, the college janitor was given the task 
 of removing and doing away with the statue. 
 
 This faithful servant of the college could not 
 withstand the mute appeal of the Goddess for 
 mercy, and accordingly hid her away from the 
 prying eyes of the students in his barn. Here it 
 remained for two years, as the "tradition of the 
 hidden Goddess" took root. 
 
EARLY DAYS 3 
 
 As new men came to college, they heard the 
 story of the Goddess and two men, Duffey and 
 Ingalls, of the class of '90, hit upon the idea of 
 resurrecting Sabrina. They traced the history 
 of the statue with great care, and in obedience to 
 rumor that the college janitor still had her in his 
 possession, they started out on Sunday night 
 June 19, 1887 accompanied by Durgin, Child and 
 Raymond of the same class to find her. After 
 a prolonged search of the janitor's premises, the 
 statue was found in the barn, and they took the 
 Goddess to Guernsey's, where they were living, 
 and hid her away in the cellar. Ninety at this 
 time planned to reintroduce Sabrina to the col- 
 lege with an appropriate celebration, but this 
 plan had been discovered by its rival class '89. 
 The result of the attempt to hold the celebra- 
 tion was a terrific struggle in Chapel Tower. 
 Sabrina did not appear as the surprise that '90 
 had planned; she was more securely hidden in 
 the attic of Guernsey's house. 
 
 The class of '90 now decided to have the 
 Goddess appear at their Class Banquet, and 
 plans were laid accordingly. Wells, '91, over- 
 heard the Sophomores plotting, and immediately 
 communicated his information to some of his 
 friends, and they planned to frustrate '90's de- 
 signs. The Even Class had already departed 
 for its supper, leaving but four men to guard the 
 
4 SABRINA 
 
 guest of honor. Wells summoned ten men to 
 his room, among whom were Morris, Hamilton, 
 Crosier, Knight, Ludington, Hammond, Wood- 
 ruff and Crocker. These men stealthily followed 
 the team bearing the statue as it moved slowly 
 up towards Chapel from Guernsey's. Seizing 
 an advantageous moment, the men of '91 sprang 
 upon the equipage, and Sabrina came for the 
 first time into the possession of an Odd Class. 
 She was promptly spirited away and rumor has 
 it that she spent that summer deep beneath the 
 placid waters of the broad Connecticut. The 
 following poem from the '91 Olio aptly describes 
 the foregoing incident: 
 
 The summer term was closing fast, 
 When through old Amherst village passed 
 The Class of Ninety, on the road 
 To the depot with their precious load, 
 Sabrina. 
 
 For now, indeed, 'twas their intent 
 To add to joy and merriment 
 By taking, their festive board to grace, 
 The maiden with the pretty face, 
 Sabrina. 
 
 This fact has oft come to our ken, 
 The best laid plans of mice and men 
 Do fail. And this was just the case 
 With Ninety and that form of grace, 
 Sabrina. 
 
EARLY DAYS 
 
 For to the Class of Ninety-One 
 The knowledge of their plan had come, 
 And each man solemnly declared 
 "This toast to-night shall not be heard, 
 Sabrina." 
 
 So when Old Guernsey, in his cart, 
 For the New London Northern made a start 
 With that fair Goddess snug within, 
 At once the Freshman howled like sin, 
 "Sabrina." 
 
 "Deter me not," the old man said, 
 In mortal terror for his head, 
 "The power of Ninety is great and wide," 
 But loud a clarion voice replied, 
 "Sabrina." 
 
 And e'en before the dear old man 
 Had really grasped their wicked plan. 
 He heard mid sounds of trampling feet 
 A voice which cried far up the street, 
 "Sabrina." 
 
 They drove the maid o'er hill and dale 
 Until they reached a gloomy vale, 
 And then without a hymn or prayer. 
 In silence grim, they buried there, 
 Sabrina. 
 
 The Sophomores they cussed and swore 
 Of oaths some ninety gross or more; 
 But to their supper had to go 
 Without the girl they'd longed for so, 
 Sabrina. 
 
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 And if to-day you wish to cloy 
 Some dainty little Ninety boy, 
 It always works for reasons clear, 
 To whisper softly in his ear, 
 "Sabrina!" 
 
 The first Odd Class Sabrina Banquet was an 
 auspicious occasion. The Supper was held at 
 Watch Hill, R. I., and Sabrina was greeted with 
 tumultuous applause. The class, having char- 
 tered a tug, sailed around the Sound, following 
 the Yale-Harvard boat race on a Httle ship bear- 
 ing Sabrina aloft upon her bow. This caused 
 quite a sensation at the regatta, and many ques- 
 tions were asked concerning her. 
 
 That evening H. C. Crocker, then guardian, 
 took her by train to Westerly, R. I. and then to 
 Watch Hill by wagon. Sabrina, according to 
 '91 men, was reported to have liked the company 
 of its protecting class much better than that of 
 the class of '90. In the two succeeding years the 
 Even Classes, then in college, availed nothing in 
 their attempts to capture the Goddess. 
 
 In the Fall of 1889 she was formally handed 
 down to the class of '93, at that time in its 
 Freshman year. This was the beginning of the 
 tradition that Sabrina should be regarded as 
 the subject of legitimate warfare between Odd 
 and Even classes, and that she should descend 
 by right of heritage to the succeeding class. All 
 
EARLY DAYS 7 
 
 this winter she was kept in the barn at the home 
 of Wells, '91, at Hatfield. This class brought 
 Sabrina to its freshman banquet which was held 
 at Springfield, and at this time and during the 
 rest of that year she was under the guardianship 
 of Schauffler who kept her under a haymow in a 
 barn at Claremont, New Hampshire. 
 
 Ninety-three planned to have its Sophomore 
 Banquet in Boston in June 1891. The Goddess 
 had been moved to a warehouse in Springfield and 
 a committee was intrusted to bring the statue to 
 the dinner. James Breed was selected to take 
 Sabrina to Boston, and E. R. Houghton to see 
 her safely back to Springfield. Breed, after crat- 
 ing the statue, saw it safely to Boston where it 
 appeared at the banquet in Tremont House, and 
 was greeted with the caresses which have become 
 since a time-honored custom. '93's account of 
 its banquet appeared in the Olio. She was 
 called ''Our Fostering Divinity Sabrina," and 
 from this time on she has been held the Goddess 
 of many a class. 
 
 Houghton re-shipped the statue by American 
 Express to Springfield and went to Amherst 
 planning to conceal it safely the next day, but 
 on his arrival in Springfield he found no Sabrina 
 waiting for him. The reason for Houghton's 
 disappointment laid in the activity of the class 
 of '94. When these Even Classmen got wind 
 
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 of the Boston banquet they sent one of their 
 members, Ben Hyde, ''to get" Sabrina. Hyde, 
 once in Boston, speedily traced the box in which 
 she had been shipped to the express office and 
 there discovered that she had been sent to Spring- 
 field in the name of E. R. Houghton that morn- 
 ing. He promptly went to Springfield, entered 
 the office of the American Express Company, 
 and asked if a packing case addressed to E. R. 
 Houghton had been received. The clerk answer- 
 ing in the affirmative, he then asked him if he 
 had not received a notification to reship the box 
 immediately to Boston. Hyde was so insistent 
 and his manner was so serious that the clerk was 
 brought completely to his knees. With his as- 
 sistance the statue was loaded on to an east 
 bound train in the nick of time. Hyde signed 
 the receipt for the box in his own name, and this 
 stroke of daring, be it said to his credit, was not 
 discovered by the worried clerk. 
 
 On his way to Boston with the statue Hyde 
 decided upon his future plans. He telegraphed 
 an old servant to meet him at the train, and to 
 notify no one of what was going on. When the 
 train pulled in, the box was placed in a wagon, 
 and Hyde and his servant drove off with it. 
 
 By this time the news had spread abroad and 
 for several days Hyde kept up an exciting game 
 of "Hyde and Seek." The old servant who was 
 
EARLY DAYS 9 
 
 very familiar with Boston, proved of great serv- 
 ice in concealing the statue by day, and then 
 moving it to new and unknown places by night. 
 Sabrina is stated to have reposed at this time in 
 many parts of Boston, Cambridge, and along 
 the water front and in the South End. While 
 this game was being played, Hyde had returned 
 to Amherst, where he was confronted with ar- 
 rest on the charge of forgery by the American 
 Express Company. He lost no time in getting 
 to New York, and with a promptitude which 
 was characteristic of his splendid daring and 
 quick judgment throughout this entire escapade, 
 took a steamer for Europe, and remained abroad 
 for a few months while the disturbance he had 
 kicked up died down. 
 
 The class of '93, justly angered at having lost 
 their Goddess, made every effort to apprehend 
 Hyde, but Hyde Senior, looking further into the 
 matter, discovered that the class of '93 had no 
 legal title to Sabrina; that it had been stolen 
 from Amherst College by a previous class, and 
 accordingly he interviewed the officials of the 
 Express Company and explained that the entire 
 affair was a huge college joke. Together, they 
 agreed that the matter should be dropped unless 
 the college should request that they take action. 
 Hyde now returned and was welcomed by the 
 men of his class as the hero of the hour. 
 
10 SABRINA 
 
 Ninety-four at once took action to celebrate 
 their new possession of the Goddess in a fitting 
 way. Plans were laid for a banquet to be held 
 at Brattleboro, Vermont, this spot being chosen 
 because it reduced the possibilities of pursuit to 
 the minimum. 
 
 A special train was chartered on the New 
 London and Northern R. R., now the Central 
 Vermont, and was held in waiting back of the 
 hat factory. The entire class reached it in 
 good order, and as the train slowly moved away 
 the strains of a song since become well known 
 upon the campus were heard for the first time. 
 The song was written especially for the occasion 
 by Ned Burnham, and is as follows; 
 
 "All hail! Sabrina dear, 
 The Widow of each passing year; 
 Long may she live and be 
 The Widow of posterity." 
 
 In the meantime Sabrina had been brought 
 from Boston to Brattleboro and here Stone, 
 president of '94, and Ben Hyde took her to the 
 rear entrance of the Brooks House where the 
 class arrived about ten o'clock. The statue was 
 unboxed and presented to the class amidst the 
 usual applause. After '94 had given vent to all 
 its righteous enthusiasm for their recently 
 reclaimed divinity, she was loaded into a wagon 
 and Stone, accompanied by Hyde, Howe, and 
 
EARLY DAYS 11 
 
 Smith drove her to the hiding place which had 
 been agreed upon beforehand, Hermon C. Har- 
 vey, a resident of Chesterfield, N. H., allowing 
 Sabrina to be safely tucked away under the 
 floor of his barn. 
 
 The men returned to Brattleboro and accom- 
 panied the class to Amherst where they arrived 
 early the next morning. The rumors of Odd 
 Class detective work were rife in college during 
 the following year, and this culminated in the 
 attempt of '93 to bluff Hyde and Stone into 
 betraying the hiding place of the statue. Hyde 
 was informed by a stranger that the location of 
 the Goddess was known. The Odd Class hoped 
 in this way to induce Stone to re-visit the place 
 of concealment and then to quietly track him 
 there. Hyde, however, proved too astute to be 
 deceived by this trick. Later on in the year, 
 however, Stone shipped the statue to Hyde in 
 Boston, where it was kept until Sabrina was 
 turned over to the class of '96 at their Sophomore 
 Banquet. 
 
 Ninety-six had its first glimpse of Sabrina in the 
 fall of its Freshman year, 1892, at its Class Sup- 
 per which was held in the Mansion House in 
 Greenfield. To hold a Sabrina Banquet so near 
 to Amherst was considered a daring innovation, 
 but arrangements had been carefully worked out 
 beforehand: a special train had been chartered, 
 
12 SABRINA 
 
 and all was made ready. As the class was about 
 to board the train they discovered to their con- 
 sternation that large numbers of '95 and '93 were 
 already inside. No one, save the guardians knew 
 where the supper was to be. A rumor was 
 quietly spread about by the Even Classes that 
 the banquet was to be held at Brattleboro, and 
 when the train arrived at Millers Falls '96 was 
 called out on the platform, where they politely 
 offered to fight the classes of '95 and '93. This 
 offer being refused in equally polite terms, various 
 enterprising Even Classmen shut the doors of 
 the coaches, and the train was ordered out of the 
 station. Thus, the Odd Classmen were com- 
 pletely outwitted, but this happening so alarmed 
 the guardians that it was deemed advisable not 
 to bring Sabrina to Greenfield. The banquet, 
 nevertheless, was held and proved more success- 
 ful than recent banquets. 
 
 Ninety-six was to see its Goddess, however, and 
 this event took place when they held their Sopho- 
 more banquet at Nassau, N. H. A special train 
 transported the class to Nassau. All this time 
 Sabrina had been concealed in a sausage factory 
 in Boston, from where she was shipped in care of 
 Stone. At the banquet she was formally turned 
 over to '96, Charles Staples being appointed 
 guardian. Accounts of this banquet describe 
 the old custom of carrying the Goddess into the 
 
EARLY DAYS 13 
 
 banquet hall on the shoulders of the football men 
 of the class. She was enthusiastically received, 
 and as usual, occupied her position of honor at the 
 table. 
 
 The box in which Sabrina had reached Nassau 
 was re-shipped by Staples and this case, in the 
 course of time, fell into the hands of the Odd 
 Classmen. The box was opened and to their 
 great disgust they beheld not the familiar, much 
 coveted Goddess, but a heap of paltry scrap iron. 
 This happening rather dampened the ardor of 
 '95, and we can well imagine the amusement that 
 it caused the members of the class of '96. 
 
 Staples had in the meantime secreted the God- 
 dess in a cistern in the attic of a house in Bran- 
 don, Vermont. Later on in the year this same 
 guardian, while attending a dance at Smith Col- 
 lege, overheard a certain fair Sophomore telling 
 some '95 men that she knew where Sabrina was. 
 His consternation increased as he heard the 
 young lady describe the location of the Goddess 
 exactly, not only saying that it was in Brandon, 
 Vermont, but giving the actual details of its con- 
 cealment in a cistern. The '95 men appeared to 
 be greatly interested, but postponed search, for 
 the more present pleasures of the occasion. 
 Staples, without stopping to change his evening 
 clothes, went directly to Brandon and promptly 
 shipped Sabrina to Elba, N. Y. under the guise 
 
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 of ''special machinery." Here she was kept 
 until turned over to the class of '98. 
 
 This incident illustrates the extent to which 
 Sabrina's fame had been noised abroad. As 
 later developments revealed, Staple's roommate 
 was discovered to have intimated to a girl in 
 Boston that he was connected with Sabrina do- 
 ings, and on that account had at one time gone 
 to Vermont. The remainder of the story is a 
 product of the imagination of the young lady, 
 and is an interesting sidelight upon the doings of 
 Dame Gossip. After the tale was communicated 
 to the girl's mother, it gradually found its way 
 back to Smith College, where Staples heard it, 
 with the alarming results recorded above. 
 
 Ninety-eight held its Freshman Banquet at 
 Hartford but due to the pressing activity of '97, 
 Sabrina did not grace the affair. Samuel B. Fur- 
 bish was selected as guardian, and under his gen- 
 eralship Sabrina was brought to the Sophomore 
 Banquet of the class, held at the Putnam House in 
 Bennington, Vermont. Furbish journeyed to 
 Rotterdam Junction, New York, where he re- 
 ceived the statue, which he immediately shipped 
 to Bennington. 
 
 This banquet was a brilliant affair. Sabrina 
 appeared upon the shoulders of the football 
 heroes, and was placed upon a large divan near 
 the head table. She was greeted in prescribed 
 
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 form, and then quickly disappeared. After the 
 class had returned to Amherst, Furbish re-packed 
 the statue and started out on a tedious journey 
 by wagon for the New York boundary line. 
 Arriving at Cambridge, N.Y., the box was shipped 
 to Albany, where it was concealed in a ware- 
 house. Here it remained until the Fall of 1897 
 when it was turned over by Furbish to E. E. 
 Green, the new guardian of the class of 1900. 
 
 Sabrina appeared to the class of 1900 on Mon- 
 day evening November 1, 1897, in the Hotel 
 Mohican in New London where their banquet 
 was held. Careful arrangements had been made 
 beforehand. The Goddess was taken from Al- 
 bany to New Haven where Green discovered 
 that the last train for New London had gone. 
 This was on the day of the banquet. But upon 
 putting up a good story about the urgent neces- 
 sity of getting his '^machine" to New London 
 that night, arrival was effected. The statue 
 was taken to the hotel, and as the class sat about 
 the board, Sabrina was ushered in by four men. 
 After she had been greeted and given the cus- 
 tomary ovation, she was again whisked away 
 and started on her travels. 
 
 Green set out in a wagon on a forty mile jour- 
 ney across state in the face of a howling storm. 
 After several hours of the most hectic adventur- 
 ing the wagon broke down. Temporary repairs 
 
16 SABRINA 
 
 were made and the journey continued to where 
 a new team was kept in waiting. Here it was 
 found necessary to wait for further repairs and it 
 was not until early morning that they resumed 
 their flight. Arriving at the railroad station, the 
 statue was shipped to Albany where it remained 
 until it was given into the custody of the class of 
 1902. 
 
 Members of the class of '99, although having 
 no advance information of the banquet in New 
 London, arrived there the morning afterwards. 
 They attempted by all possible means to trace 
 Sabrina after she left the hotel, and although 
 large sums of money were offered, no authentic 
 information was uncovered. It was rumored 
 that Sabrina was removed and placed beneath 
 the waters of the lake nearby and that the class 
 of '99 had taken her from this resting place and 
 had secreted her themselves after the Even Class- 
 men had returned to college. This, however, 
 turned out to be nothing more than an imagina- 
 tive writing of a reporter for a local newspaper, 
 and of those '99 men who had made a strenuous 
 but unsuccessful attempt to recover the statue 
 for the Odd Classes. 
 
 The banquet of the class of 1902 was similar 
 in many ways to preceding affairs. The God- 
 dess had been turned over to Robert Cleeland by 
 Green, and after an arm of the statue which had 
 
EARLY DAYS 17 
 
 been broken on the adventurous trip related 
 above had been repaired, Sabrina was shipped to 
 Springfield and stored in the factory of Kibbe 
 Brothers, the trip being accomplished without 
 difficulty. The original plan, to hold the ban- 
 quet at the Hotel Wellington, North Adams, was 
 discovered by Odd Classmen, necessitating a 
 change, and as a result the supper was held at 
 the Hotel Worthy in Springfield. Again it was 
 thought risky to bring the statue so near to 
 Amherst, but the banquet was held without any 
 untoward event. After her appearance Sabrina 
 was again hidden away in the Kibbe factory. 
 
 Odd Class activity was strong during this 
 period in the college. 1904 had great difficulty 
 in selecting a guardian upon whom suspicion did 
 not attach, but Joseph B. Eastman was finally 
 selected. Making an ingenious excuse that his 
 uncle had died and that he was on his way to 
 attend the funeral, Eastman went to Springfield 
 on May 4, 1902. The next day he and Cleeland 
 took Sabrina from the factory and shipped her to 
 New London. The box was taken to the second 
 story of the Massasoit House where she awaited 
 the arrival of the Class of 1894. When all had 
 taken their places Sabrina was ushered into the 
 room, greeted with great enthusiasm, and the 
 usual mystic rites having been performed, the 
 Goddess disappeared. Eastman shipped her by 
 
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 the Norwich Hne to New York City where she 
 was hidden in a store-house on West Street. 
 
 Ralph W. Wheeler was chosen the guardian 
 of 1906. This class held their banquet at the 
 Murray Hill Hotel, New York on May 9, 1904, 
 and two days before, Wheeler removed the 
 statue to the hotel. The class arrived next 
 day and the Goddess made her appearance. 
 This banquet was unusual in that it was held at 
 high noon. Afterwards the statue was hidden 
 in the second story of a machine shop in Man- 
 hattan. 
 
 Breaking all tradition the same city was again 
 chosen as the place in which to hold the next 
 Sabrina Banquet, that of the class of 1908. 
 Fayette F. Read, the new guardian, after the 
 usual banqueting ceremonies had taken place at 
 the Hotel Astor on March 19th, 1906, took the 
 Goddess to a Fifth Avenue warehouse where she 
 was left for a week, after which he removed her 
 to Holyoke. From there she was taken up the 
 river and hidden in a log cabin near the bank. 
 
NINETEEN TEN 
 
 WHEN the class of 1910 came into the 
 possession of Sabrina they decided to 
 stimulate a wider interest in the tra- 
 dition by showing it to the entire college. Plans 
 were laid to bring it through town during Prom 
 time, and the particular event chosen was the 
 Williams baseball game. Max Shoop, then guar- 
 dian, arranged with Green, 1912, to bring his 
 machine to college a few days ahead of time, so 
 that no suspicion might attach to its presence. 
 Sabrina was at this time in the cottage of Read, 
 guardian of '08, and on May 24th, Fink, presi- 
 dent of 1910, Francis, Henry and Shoop of '10, 
 and Corwin and Green of '12, took the statue from 
 its hiding place and brought it back to Amherst, 
 where it was secreted over night in the cellar of 
 the house of John Henry. The next afternoon 
 secret instructions were given the entire class of 
 1910 to assemble at Henry's barn that evening. 
 They foregathered there and by candle light they 
 saw Sabrina. 
 
 Her presence within the college town was a 
 complete surprise and was a breach of tradition, 
 for Sabrina had not been in Amherst for the last 
 fifteen years. When the class had left their 
 
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20 SABRINA 
 
 Goddess, the six men mentioned above put 
 Sabrina into Green's car and took her to the 
 home of Mr. Toole, Hving near Sunderland, where 
 she was left over night. 
 
 On the next afternoon, which was a Wednes- 
 day, at two o'clock the undergraduates marched 
 to Pratt Field to witness the Williams game. 
 This was the signal for the plotters to steal from 
 town unobserved. Sabrina was again placed in 
 the tonneau of Green's car and preparations were 
 made for defence in the event of attack. 
 
 The arrangements at the field were thoroughly 
 carried out: each gate was watched, the tele- 
 phone in the dressing room was disconnected, 
 new locks were kept in readiness to fasten the 
 gates after Sabrina had left the field, various men 
 were told to put Odd Class motor cycles and 
 automobiles which might be used in pursuit out 
 of business, and all was made ready. Sabrina 
 was to appear on the field at five minutes past 
 four. A second machine was to be held in wait- 
 ing outside the fence to follow Green's car and 
 block pursuit. 
 
 The car bearing Sabrina drove into town at 
 four o'clock and when the appointed time had 
 come approached the field. Williams was at bat 
 in the first half of the fifth inning. The ma- 
 chine with Sabrina, carefully concealed, entered 
 the ball grounds and casually took its place 
 
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 alongside the other cars present, whose occu- 
 pants had no idea of the event about to take 
 place. As the inning closed Green started for- 
 ward and ran his car down second base line as 
 the Goddess was raised on high. After a mo- 
 ment's astonished pause, the crowd broke loose, 
 and the air was filled with conflicting shouts of 
 Sabrina and non-Sabrina patrons. 
 
 The car quickly disappeared and the gates 
 were shut behind her by men told off for this 
 duty, and was seen speeding on its way toward 
 Northhampton, being followed in the rear by 
 another car, and Bedford and Ladd, '10, on 
 motor cycles. Arriving at the crossroads in 
 Hadley, the second car was sent on to '^Hamp" 
 to baffle pursuers, and the motor cycles returned 
 to Amherst. Sabrina then made her way 
 quickly down the river road and was hidden in 
 the cellar of a jewelry store in Holyoke. 
 
 A fact which adds excitement to this escapade 
 was the casual remark of a certain tradesman 
 who had heard of the gathering in Henry's barn 
 the night previous, and had actually seen Sa- 
 brina taken away later. This man dropped the 
 remark to a student who had happened into the 
 store that Sabrina was going to be brought to 
 the game that day. As luck would have it this 
 man was an Even Classman and at once com- 
 municated this information to the Sabrina guar- 
 
22 SABRINA 
 
 dians, who in turn hastened to impress upon the 
 tradesman the error of his ways. 
 
 Not content with this coup, 1910 planned 
 fresh adventures. The class of '94 had requested 
 that Sabrina appear at their reunion banquet 
 at the coming Commencement. Although this 
 seemed to be taking enormous chances, Fink 
 and Shoop decided that it should be done to show 
 the real respect all true Sabrina men had for the 
 class of '94. 
 
 Notwithstanding the fact that these two men 
 were constantly under observation they ar- 
 ranged the plans. On June 28th they left 
 Springfield with two machines and proceeded to 
 Holyoke where they removed Sabrina. Here 
 they were joined by Francis, Seligman, Corwin, 
 Broughton and Johns, and they proceeded up 
 the road to Hadley, after leaving the rear of the 
 jewelry store with Sabrina, Fink remaining this 
 time in Amherst as a scout. 
 
 The '94 banquet was to be held in Hitchcock 
 Hall and Shoop was to call Fink three times at 
 different points along the line to see if the coast 
 was clear, so that they might beat a hasty re- 
 treat even up to the last moment. If no danger 
 was foreseen during the last few moments, the 
 machines were to stop near Hitchcock Hall and 
 Sabrina was to be taken to the doorway of the 
 banquet hall and a picture taken of her. The 
 
NINETEEN TEN 23 
 
 plans worked out successfully, the various calls 
 going through in fine shape. The machines 
 entered Amherst by the Northampton Road, 
 and while the lights were being lit the last call 
 was made, and everything was reported quiet. 
 This was the signal for action. 
 
 Driving quickly by Hitchcock Hall, the ma- 
 chines stopped and Sabrina was taken up to the 
 door and a flashlight taken during tumultuous 
 applause. Immediately she was put back in the 
 car and disappeared down South Pleasant Street 
 and around by Blake Field and out on to the 
 ^'Hamp Road." They narrowly avoided a trap 
 in front of Chi Psi which had been planned by 
 Wheelock, 1911, who was the chief instigator of 
 all Odd Class opposition at that time, but this 
 attempt was a minute too late to be of any avail. 
 Sabrina was taken back to Holyoke where she 
 was hidden in the jewelry store. 
 
 Much credit deserves to be given to the class 
 of 1910 and to the men in that class chiefly re- 
 sponsible for Sabrina who had committed the 
 unprecedented and daring acts of bringing the 
 Goddess into Amherst where she had not been 
 for many years, twice during a month. The 
 first time the Odd Classmen were completely 
 surprised and offered little if any opposition, but 
 the second time they were naturally on the alert 
 for the appearance of the statue, and not with- 
 
24 SABRINA 
 
 standing the fact that a great many of the 
 Alumni, both Odd and Even, were in Amherst 
 at the time, the 1910 men again brought Sabrina 
 safely into town. These two daring feats did 
 much to enhven and vitalize the tradition that 
 had become attenuated by repetition of nothing 
 but Sabrina Banquets every two years. 
 
NINETEEN TWELVE 
 
 NINETEEN TWELVE held its Sabrina 
 Banquet in the Hotel Astor on the 4th of 
 March 1910. She was taken to the hotel 
 by Cornell, Henry, Seligman and Shoop of the 
 class of '10, who removed her from her place 
 of hiding in a down town bank where she had 
 been taken the day before from Holyoke, and 
 took her to the roof of the Astor where she 
 was unpacked and immediately carried into the 
 banquet hall amidst ''All Hails." After she had 
 been duly caressed, she was formally turned over 
 to the class of 1912. The Goddess was taken 
 away at once, re-packed and again stored in the 
 bank. The following Monday she was shipped to 
 a small town on the Maine Coast where she re- 
 mained for some time. 
 
 This banquet was held in spite of a well-planned 
 attempt of the Odd Classmen to steal the Goddess. 
 Wheelock knew that she was hidden in the above 
 mentioned bank and gained entrance to the build- 
 ing. A prolonged search failed to reveal the much 
 coveted statue and accordingly a staff of de- 
 tectives was employed to watch the structure 
 day and night. It was never known just when 
 Sabrina was removed from the bank under the 
 eyes of these professional guardians, but certain 
 
 25 
 
26 SABRINA 
 
 it is, that she made her appearance at the 1912 
 banquet in the manner chronicled above. 
 
 Sabrina did not long remain in her resting 
 place on the Maine coast for she was sent by- 
 Harold Whiteman, guardian of the class of 1912, 
 to Buffalo where she was secreted in the house 
 of Charles J. Staples, who had been the guardian 
 of '96. 
 
 It was again decided that Sabrina should ap- 
 pear in Amherst at Commencement time and 
 that the class that should have the opportunity 
 of seeing her should be 1900, then holding its 
 tenth reunion. Staples brought Sabrina with 
 him from Buffalo and took her to the home of the 
 Rev. Mr. Whiteman, a brother of the 1912 guar- 
 dian, who lived in Greenfield, Mass. Here she 
 remained for a few days before being taken to 
 Amherst. 
 
 On the Monday afternoon of this Commence- 
 ment there was a ball game with Wesleyan, and 
 the Odd Classmen again, under the direction of 
 Wheelock, suspecting that Sabrina might appear 
 at this time, kept careful watch throughout the 
 game, but their efforts were of no avail for 
 Sabrina did not appear. During the day 
 Wheeler, Bauman, Hubbard, Miller and White- 
 man '12, and Seligman, Francis and Shoop '10 
 left town and proceeded to Greenfield where 
 they found Sabrina. The men proceeded again 
 
S. D. CHAMBERLAIN 
 1914 Guardian 
 
NINETEEN TWELVE 27 
 
 according to a pre-arranged plan to Amherst, 
 telephoning at certain stated times to Cornell, 
 '10, who had remained at Amherst to report any 
 activity of the Odd Classmen. Repeated phone 
 calls revealed the fact that everything was quiet 
 in Amherst so far as Odd Class activity was con- 
 cerned, and Sabrina sped on her way into town 
 and arrived in front of the Psi U. house about 
 eight o'clock. This time, Sabrina was not re- 
 moved from the car; she was lifted to the view 
 of the 1900 men who had not seen her since their 
 banquet thirteen years before, and a flashlight 
 was taken. It happened that the Kellogg Prize 
 Speaking Contest was just over and the com- 
 mon and streets were filled with people. After 
 remaining but a few minutes before the cheering, 
 enthusiastic Even Classmen, Sabrina with her 
 guardians started from town, this time not 
 towards Hamp, but towards Holyoke over the 
 Notch. Once safely out of danger of pursuit, 
 Sabrina was transferred from the hired car in 
 which she had been taken to Amherst to one 
 which belonged to Wheeler, '10, and was then 
 placed in an old barn in Holyoke. The packing 
 case used for Sabrina's transportation had mean- 
 while been shipped from Greenfield to Holyoke 
 and the next day she was again boxed and carted 
 to the Holyoke station. 
 
 Now began one of the most thrilling adven 
 
28 SABRINA 
 
 tures in all Sabrina's checkered career, during 
 which she was frequently on the point of capture, 
 and more than once eluded her pursuer only 
 through a trick of fate. 
 
 The intention had been to send Sabrina to the 
 home of Staples, in Buffalo, immediately, but 
 owing to a delay on the railroads she did not 
 leave Holyoke until two days after her appear- 
 ance at the 1900 banquet. Whiteman and Read 
 accompanied her to Springfield where she was 
 again held up, this time waiting for an express 
 car. Whiteman feared recognition in the Spring- 
 field station and went at once to Buffalo, leaving 
 Read to guard the statue. The express authori- 
 ties had been warned by shippers in Holyoke to 
 allow no one near the box, and one of the officials 
 ordered Read away from it. Read left, being 
 fairly sure that if the express officials were obey- 
 ing instructions so implicitly there was little 
 to fear from Odd Class attempts. Later in the 
 day the box was shipped to Buffalo. Before it 
 was shipped Read had seen detectives measuring 
 the box, and promptly telegraphed Whiteman in 
 Buffalo that pursuit was probable. Whiteman, 
 however, received the box and took it to Staple's 
 house on Parker Avenue. He remained in Buf- 
 falo all that day, but as there was no sign of pur- 
 suit he left for home. 
 
 An account in the Year Book of the class of 
 
NINETEEN TWELVE 29 
 
 1911 furnishes the basis for the chronichng of 
 subsequent events. Wheelock, 1911, the man 
 who was the prime mover in all non-Sabrina 
 demonstrations, had discovered that Whiteman 
 was the 1912 guardian. That Sabrina would 
 appear in Amherst at Commencement was known 
 almost to a surety. These suspicions were con^ 
 firmed by the appearance of Whiteman in com- 
 pany with Staples, '96 guardian, in the Green- 
 field station where they were seen by an Odd 
 Classman. Whiteman was accordingly watched. 
 It was not suspected that Sabrina would be 
 shown at the banquet of the class of 1900, for 
 1907 was holding its Class Supper in the same 
 hotel, The Draper, and the risk seemed too great 
 to be taken. However Sabrina was shown at 
 the reunion headquarters of 1900 in Amherst, on 
 Monday night, and the Odd Classmen were 
 caught napping. 
 
 Wheelock immediately set out to trace the stat- 
 ue's flight and soon learned that it had gone down 
 the Holyoke road and been shifted into another 
 automobile, but from here on the trail was lost. 
 Wheelock thought she had been shipped back to 
 Greenfield and accordingly went there next day. 
 Returning to Amherst he shadowed Whiteman 
 closely, thinking that he would soon slip out of 
 town to tend to the final hiding of the statue. 
 He learned that Whiteman was going to Green- 
 
30 SABRINA 
 
 field next morning and would depart later in the 
 day for Rochester, so Wednesday morning Bates 
 and Wheelock took the car for Northampton. 
 To their surprise the Even Class guardian also 
 took this car. To further add to their dismay 
 he did not take the Greenfield train at North- 
 hampton, but sent a telegram to his brother say- 
 ing he would be unable to see him in Greenfield. 
 Whiteman now took the train to Springfield 
 whither he was followed by the two Odd Class- 
 men. As they neared the Holyoke station, 
 Whiteman suddenly jumped from the train. 
 Here he engaged in a short conversation with a 
 person who seemed to be expecting him. He 
 then entered the train again. Bates and Whee- 
 lock, following close on his trail, caught the train 
 as it pulled out, and when the latter again dropped 
 off the train at Riverside, they waited until the 
 train moved out of the station and then jumped 
 off, out of sight of their ward. With great diffi- 
 culty the two men followed the Sabrina guardian 
 for a while but eventually lost him in a crowd. 
 They promptly returned to Holyoke where 
 Wheelock made his way to the Baggage Room in 
 hopes of finding the statue. Here he saw the 
 man with whom Whiteman had spoken a few 
 moments before, and under pretense of looking 
 for some lost baggage he searched the office 
 and soon discovered a box bearing the address 
 
NINETEEN TWELVE 31 
 
 of Staples. This, he was certain, contained 
 Sabrina. 
 
 Wheelock and Bates left the office planning to 
 come back later and put Sabrina on a train, but 
 in this move they were anticipated by White- 
 man. They promptly turned their steps toward 
 Springfield, notifying Pinkerton headquarters 
 that "the box" had been discovered at Holyoke, 
 and requesting that men follow and watch it. 
 
 Upon reaching Springfield, Bates was left to 
 watch while Wheelock went to New York to se- 
 cure funds for further pursuit. Bates wired him 
 that Sabrina had gone on to Buffalo, and he 
 promptly caught the train from New York 
 arriving in Buffalo about ten o'clock Thursday 
 morning. Here he found the box, with the 
 Pinkertons on guard. It was shortly afterward 
 dehvered to Staple's house and Wheelock tele- 
 graphed to Amherst for reserves. On Friday 
 morning Hubbard '07, Stott and Williams, '11 
 arrived. 
 
 It was accordingly decided to attempt the 
 capture of Sabrina the next day and inasmuch as 
 the first move was to get Mr. Staples out of town, 
 Wheelock called at Staples' office, representing 
 himself as being a Mr. Francis Cogswell Wickes. 
 He told Mr. Staples that ''he had recently in- 
 herited a large sum of money from his uncle in 
 Syracuse and that as the heirs were going to 
 
32 SABRINA 
 
 contest the will, he wanted Mr. Staples to go 
 down to Syracuse for a conference with his 
 cousins." After some cross-examining Mr. 
 Staples consented, and it was agreed that he 
 should go down that afternoon, ''Wickes" to 
 join him at Rochester. 
 
 Detectives confirmed Mr. Staples departure 
 that afternoon, and immediately Wheelock, 
 Clarke, Hubbard and Stott went to Staples' 
 house with a machine. They planned to arrive 
 there, represent themselves as Even Classmen 
 and present evidence that Whiteman had sent 
 them there to remove Sabrina, and in this way 
 make the capture. A telegram was to be de- 
 livered just after their arrival, supposedly signed 
 by Whiteman, to bear them out in their story. 
 
 But here an unkind fate upset their ingenious 
 plans: their machine blew a tire and they ar- 
 rived at Staple's house after the fake telegram 
 came, instead of before. This telegram read: 
 
 ''Charles J. Staples, 246 Parker Avenue, 
 
 Buffalo, N. Y. 
 
 Rochester, 6.24 P. M. 
 
 ''Hiding place discovered. Odd Classmen on 
 way to Buffalo on train to seize it. I am watched. 
 Am sending Miles with men in machine to trans- 
 fer. Deliver it to them and come with it your- 
 self." 
 
 (Signed) Harold B. Whiteman. 
 
NINETEEN TWELVE 33' 
 
 When the men arrived only Mrs. Staples was 
 at home, and as she did not know to which classes 
 her visitors belonged, she refused them admit- 
 tance. They asked for Mr. Staples and ap- 
 peared greatly surprised when told he was not at 
 home. Wheelock, introducing himself as Miles, 
 '12, produced a note supposedly written by 
 Whiteman directing him to go for the statue. 
 Mrs. Staples informed Wheelock that Sabrina 
 was not in the house and that she had not re- 
 ceived any telegram such as he had told her of, 
 and added that she would not believe them until 
 she heard directly from Whiteman. Wheelock, 
 playing his last trump, promptly told Mrs. 
 Staples that Whiteman had said that if he could 
 escape his followers he would wait for them at 
 the Hotel Richmond with a machine in which to 
 transfer Sabrina, and that in all probability she 
 could get him there now. Williams had been 
 stationed in this hotel and was to answer any 
 telephone calls for Staples. Mrs. Staples 
 promptly called, but here again fate intervened 
 between the Odd Classmen and their much 
 coveted goal. The telephone had just been 
 taken out. 
 
 In the meantime Mr. Staples, realizing that he 
 had been duped, telegraphed his wife to be care- 
 ful. Mrs. Staples promptly summoned the 
 police and the carefully laid plans for the cap- 
 
34 SABRINA 
 
 ture of Sabrina by the class of 1911 were broken 
 up once and for all. Wheelock and his band 
 retreated with as good grace as they might, and 
 after shaking hands with Mrs. Staples, departed. 
 Later on they learned that Sabrina was taken 
 away in her box at 3.30 in the afternoon of July 
 4, and no trace of her destination was found. 
 
 Thus ended an exciting chapter in the life and 
 travels of a much followed Goddess. Combina- 
 tions of luck and bungling had robbed the Odd 
 Classmen of their best chance of obtaining pos- 
 session of Sabrina. But the war was still to be 
 waged. 
 
 Wheelock's account of this affair in the Year 
 Book, mentioned before, concludes as follows. 
 ''Some day, however, the Evens will bungle, and 
 there will be no Mrs. Staples to save them, and 
 fortune may not favor them with flat tires and 
 missing telephones, and the police may not be 
 quite so near at hand, and then there will be a 
 different result in this most unequal contest." 
 
 Truly, a great prophecy! 
 
 The Even Classes were so worried by the at- 
 tempt led by Wheelock to rob them of their 
 Deity, that Sabrina did not again venture from 
 her hiding place until the banquet of the class 
 of 1914 which was held at the Hotel Rensselaer 
 in Troy, New York. 
 
 Sydney Chamberlain was appointed guardian 
 
NINETEEN TWELVE 35 
 
 of '14 and every precaution was taken in making 
 arrangements. 
 
 Wednesday morning, February 14th, 1912 the 
 Even Classmen left Amherst for Albany, all but 
 two or three of the class of 1914 being present as 
 well as several seniors. They spent the day in 
 Albany and that evening gathered in the lobby of 
 the Hotel Ten Eyck. Stuart, '12, took the men 
 to Troy by trolley where they went at once to the 
 Hotel Rensselaer. During the dinner a tele- 
 gram was received from Fink in Boston, stating 
 that Wheelock, then in New York, and Blades, 
 '09, at that time in Brockton, had received news 
 of the banquet and were planning to take im- 
 mediate action. Sabrina was accordingly put 
 in her box and sent immediately to Buffalo 
 where she was again secreted in the house of 
 Staples '96. 
 
NINETEEN FOURTEEN 
 
 WHEN commencement of 1913 ap- 
 proached, the powers that be, at the 
 instigation of Max Shoop, came to the 
 conclusion that it was time to bring Sabrina to the 
 attention of the college body and the returning 
 classes. This commencement was deemed an es- 
 pecially auspicious occasion inasmuch as a large 
 number of Even Classes were to be back, and par- 
 ticularly as 1910 was holding its third reunion. 
 
 As the result of a conference between Shoop, 
 and Chamberlain, '14, who was the guardian at 
 that time, it was definitely arranged to bring 
 Sabrina into town on the day of the Dartmouth 
 baseball game, and if possible, to drive her in a 
 machine on to Pratt Field and to exhibit her 
 before the commencement crowd. 
 
 The details were left entirely to Chamberlain, 
 who at a later date laid his plans before McGay 
 '14, the only other man in college who knew of the 
 Lady's present whereabouts. These two then 
 chose S. G. Hubbard, R. M. Kimball, W. O. 
 Morrow and Heald, '14, and W. H. Smith '16, 
 the latter two of whom were to drive the two 
 cars composing the expedition, to assist. The 
 guardian swore his assistants to eternal secrecy, 
 cautioning them that the success of their scheme 
 
 36 
 
NINETEEN FOURTEEN 37 
 
 lay entirely in keeping any knowledge of it from 
 the Odd Classmen, and assuring them that every- 
 thing would be plain sailing if such were the case. 
 
 The plan outlined to the conspirators was that 
 Morrow would proceed to Buffalo where Sabrina 
 was in the keeping of C. J. Staples, '96, and con- 
 duct her to Springfield. At that point, he was 
 to be met by the Even Classmen. Sabrina was 
 then to be taken to Kibbe's candy factory, in 
 Springfield, unpacked from her box and then 
 placed in Smith's machine and taken to the home 
 of Hubert Barton, '10, in South Amherst. In 
 the meantime McGay and Kimball were assigned 
 the task of surreptitiously cutting away a part of 
 the fence on the western side of Pratt Field, and 
 then replacing it in such a manner that it might 
 be instantly removed in case the main exit 
 to the field should be blocked. 
 
 It was decided to let a few other even classmen 
 in on the plans an hour or so before the event 
 was to transpire for the purpose of having more 
 help in case of trouble. Men were to be sta- 
 tioned at both entrances of the field with pad- 
 locks and chains, one man at the underpass with 
 a flag to signal that the road was clear, another 
 at the Amherst House to receive telephone 
 messages from the automobile party as it ap- 
 proached town, and still another at the Delta Up- 
 silon House to keep watch on that part of town. 
 
38 SABRINA 
 
 It was planned to start from Barton's house 
 with the statue in Smith's car and proceed to- 
 wards Pratt Field, stopping several times to 
 phone the lookouts. Arriving at the east gate 
 of the field, which was to be in charge of a '14 
 man, the car was to enter the field, drive across 
 the diamond, and make its way out by way of the 
 Hamp gate, where Heald '14, in his car. Buffing- 
 ton '14, Curtis '14 and Ames '16, on their motor 
 cycles, armed with revolvers, were to be waiting 
 and follow as a rear guard. 
 
 Chamberlain realized that he was under sus- 
 picion and knew that his absence from town would 
 be a clear announcement that something was 
 likely to happen. For this reason he delegated 
 Morrow as his representative and sent him to 
 Buffalo to meet Staples, receive Sabrina from 
 him and take her to Springfield. 
 
 Inasmuch as Staples and Morrow were not 
 acquainted with each other, the latter carried 
 with him a message from Professor Genung in 
 ''Nungie's" own handwriting, that was to serve 
 as a pass port. This precaution was taken, for 
 they knew Staples would be extremely suspicious 
 owing to the nearly disastrous results of the 
 expedition led by Wheelock, '11, several years 
 before, and that he would require some very 
 definite proof of Morrow's identity and authority 
 before delivering his precious charge. 
 

NINETEEN FOURTEEN 39 
 
 Such was the case, for when Morrow arrived 
 in Buffalo and made himself known to the cus- 
 todian he was forced to undergo a very rigid 
 examination before Staples finally accepted him 
 as Chamberlain's lieutenant. When Staples 
 was satisfied that everything was all right, he 
 turned the Lady over and Morrow immediately 
 consigned Sabrina, packed in her large box, to 
 the Express Company for shipment to Kibbe's 
 factory, and placed the customary $1000 value 
 upon it. The box was labeled machinery for a 
 ''break down" job, and orders were to rush it 
 through with all possible speed. 
 
 All this took place on Sunday, the day before 
 the appearance was to take place, and Sabrina 
 was to leave Buffalo on the three o'clock train 
 that afternoon, arriving in Springfield at 3:30 
 A. M. Monday morning. 
 
 Sunday night in Amherst, the first of the 
 carefully laid plans miscarried, for while Kimball 
 and McGay were endeavoring to saw through the 
 fence at Pratt Field, they were frightened away 
 by a negro living in a nearby house who had been 
 awakened by the noise they were making. Late 
 that evening, they all met in Springfield on an 
 unfrequented side street and waited in the two 
 motors until it was time to meet the 3:30 train. 
 
 Great was the disappointment, however, when 
 at last the train arrived without the box; the long 
 
40 SABRINA 
 
 hours till dawn dragged slowly on, numerous 
 trains arrived from the West, but none with the 
 expected burden. At 6 A. M. Morrow wired 
 Staples and Chamberlain phoned the faithful 
 watchman at Kibbe's of the latest turn of events, 
 for he was as eager for the experience as any of 
 the others, inasmuch as he had helped in other 
 escapades in former years. Not until 10 o'clock 
 did word come from Buffalo and then only to 
 say that a tracer was being sent, but no real news 
 of Sabrina was to be had. 
 
 Many were the misgivings and fears that went 
 through the minds of those men as they finally 
 saw their carefully prepared plans were doomed 
 to failure and as seemed likely at that moment, 
 that they had undoubtedly been outwitted by 
 the Odds and Sabrina had passed to other hands. 
 Not until Tuesday morning did definite word 
 come from Staples, and then it was to say that 
 the box had never left Buffalo, due to some 
 mix-up in the office of the Express Company. 
 
 It was then too late to bring the Lady through 
 that Commencement, so, keyed up as they were 
 with excitement and anticipation, Shoop and 
 Chamberlain decided to cause a little fun at the 
 Lawn Fete and give the Odd Classes something 
 to ponder about. With this in mind, Ferguson 
 '16 was secured to use his car and with Avirett '16 
 under a robe and several others on the running 
 
NINETEEN FOURTEEN 41 
 
 board, they appeared in front of Walker Hall 
 while the Lawn Fete was in progress. Word had 
 already been passed around for the Even Class- 
 men to meet there at 10 o'clock. In the dark- 
 ness Avirett raised himself up under his covering, 
 there was great cheering and singing of ^'All 
 Hail," and the automobile disappeared, leaving 
 the onlookers under the impression that they had 
 actually seen the Goddess. Opinion was quite 
 evenly divided as to whether or not Sabrina had 
 actually been present, until Chamberlain wrote 
 an article for ''The Monthly" in 1916 clearing up 
 the episode. Naturally, those who were on the 
 inside kept a close mouth and smiled a knowing 
 smile, whenever the subject was mentioned. 
 
 All during commencement the Odd Classmen 
 were busy and had things carried through as 
 Chamberlain had planned, the subsequent his- 
 tory of Sabrina might have been very different. 
 Atwater and Lyon '15 were patrolling the town 
 in a car, the underpass was blocked and other 
 guards were stationed on the road to Holyoke, 
 so both sides were bitterly disappointed at the 
 turn affairs took and all silently expressed the 
 hope: ''better luck next time." 
 
 After the unsuccessful attempt to bring Sabrina 
 into Amherst in June, 1913, she remained peace- 
 fully in Buffalo during the summer and until 
 February of 1914. No efforts were made to 
 
42 SABRINA 
 
 show her that fall, for the reason that McGay, 
 Chamberlain, and Morrow were all on the foot- 
 ball team and did not care to entrust her safety 
 to others. They thought it best to postpone 
 any attempt until the banquet of 1914 and 1916, 
 which was to be held during the late winter. 
 
 In February of 1914, Chamberlain went to 
 New York where he met Shoop and Burt, '12, 
 the two previous guardians, to discuss plans for 
 the coming banquet. This consultation was a 
 necessary part of the guardian's duties, because 
 it was always required that the two preceding 
 guardians give their consent before any move 
 might be made. 
 
 The general sentiment at this conference was 
 that the banquet be held as near as possible to 
 Amherst, for it was felt that an extra stimulus 
 was needed to give the Odd Classmen encourage- 
 ment in their pursuit. Chamberlain was anxious 
 to have it held in Pittsfield and as there was no 
 objection, that town was decided upon. 
 
 A week later, the guardian journeyed to Pitts- 
 field to meet John Downes, the manager of the 
 Wendell Hotel. Chamberlain outlined the mat- 
 ter to Manager Downes, told him of the secrecy 
 required, and found Mr. Downes a most en- 
 thusiastic and helpful assistant. All plans for 
 the forthcoming dinner were made on the spot 
 so no further communication would be required. 
 
NINETEEN FOURTEEN 43 
 
 In the meantime, G. W. Washburn, President 
 of 1916, had appointed a banquet committee, 
 composed of WilHam Esty, Edward Goodridge, 
 Stewart Rider, and Winthrop Smith, to take 
 care of such matters as menu cards, special trains, 
 speakers, and informing the Even Classmen in 
 secret of the time of departure. Smith was 
 chosen to arrange a train schedule unknown 
 even to the rest of the committee. A week 
 ahead of time the committee were told that the 
 date set was March 18th, and that a special 
 train would leave Amherst at noon, and that the 
 men should be taken to Springfield where seats 
 had been engaged at Poll's theatre for everyone. 
 The classes were to be allowed to think the 
 dinner was to be held in Springfield and were to 
 be told to meet outside of the theatre; further 
 than that the committee was to say nothing. 
 
 W. O. Morrow was again commissioned to go 
 to Buffalo, which he proceeded to do, leaving 
 Amherst on Tuesday and reaching his destination 
 late that night. This time he experienced no 
 difficulty with Mr. Staples, as the latter knew 
 him well on account of their meeting the year 
 before. Wednesday morning, Sabrina was 
 turned over to Morrow who in turn delivered her 
 to the Express Company, consigning her for ship- 
 ment to John Downes in Pittsfield. Remember- 
 ing his previous failure, Morrow took no chances 
 
44 SABRINA 
 
 and travelled with the box that there might be 
 no mistake or delays. Everything went smoothly 
 and he reached Pittsfield the afternoon before the 
 others arrived. Mr. Downes secreted Sabrina 
 in the wine cellar where she reposed safely under 
 lock and key. While there alone, Morrow was 
 extremely worried, for Staples had shown him a 
 wire that he had just received, saying, ''Ship 
 Box of Paper to Westfield," signed, ''S. D. 
 Chamberlain." This appeared authentic enough 
 as Sabrina was always referred to as a ''Box of 
 Paper" in communication between Chamberlain 
 and himself. However, Morrow assured him 
 that the plans had not been changed, but it 
 was sufficient to show them that the Odd Class- 
 men knew more than they should, and were 
 planning trouble. 
 
 Early Wednesday morning a group, consisting 
 of Chamberlain, McGay, Kimball, '14, and Rob- 
 inson '16, left Amherst at different times to meet 
 in Springfield. Thereafter, they departed in Rob- 
 inson's automobile for Pittsfield. It was deemed 
 advisable to take along a car, in which to carry 
 the statue away from the hotel, should they be 
 forced to move hurriedly; and it was thought best 
 to have a car that could not be traced, rather than 
 a public taxi whose driver might easily be bribed 
 to give important information. They had not 
 been gone long when a heavy snow storm began 
 
NINETEEN FOURTEEN 45 
 
 to make travelling difficult; they were well into 
 the Berkshires, when, after several mishaps, 
 they saw it was impossible to proceed further by 
 automobile, and so they stopped at Chester and 
 went the rest of the way by train. 
 
 In the meantime, back in Amherst, the classes 
 of 1914 and 1916 assembled at the B. & M. 
 Station at noontime by ones and twos. So 
 carefully had the announcement been made by 
 the Committee, that the special train was well 
 on its way to Springfield before the Odds realized 
 the Sabrina banquet was about to take place. 
 The worshippers of the Goddess went calmly 
 from the station to the theatre while the members 
 of 1915 were desperately telegraphing and tele- 
 phoning all over the surrounding country. Inas- 
 much as the Evens apparently had no intention 
 of going beyond Springfield, the Odds decided to 
 concentrate their efforts on that town and laid 
 their plans to that effect. However, their sur- 
 prise was great, for when the theatre had finished, 
 the committee directed everyone to go to the 
 station and board a special train, waiting there 
 for them. This was accomplished within a very 
 short space of time, and by 5:15 P. M. they were 
 headed for Pittsfield where they arrived at six 
 thirty. 
 
 The banquet began immediately with no 
 interruption from the enemy, although a 1907 
 
46 SABRINA 
 
 graduate unwittingly put in an appearance and 
 had the rare privilege of gazing on Sabrina. As 
 soon as the dinner was finished, the Goddess was 
 carried in amidst wild yells and shouts of ap- 
 proval from her admirers. The strain of ''All 
 Hail Sabrina Dear" commenced while the eager 
 Sophomores of 1916, who gazed on their cherished 
 Goddess for the first time, rushed forth to en- 
 velop her in their embrace and place an ardent 
 kiss upon her lips. When the enthusiasm had 
 somewhat abated, Chamberlain succeeded in 
 making himself heard and told of the whereabouts 
 of her hiding place during the last two years, at 
 the same time announcing that he had been the 
 guardian. This fact was greeted with renewed 
 cheers, for the element of secrecy regarding the 
 guardian was always of the greatest interest, 
 continually causing a deal of conjecture. It 
 frequently happened that guardians were present 
 at such times and were obliged to join in the 
 argument expressing their opinion along with 
 the rest. Many amusing incidents of this kind 
 were wont to happen as the pros and cons of 
 various men for the office were set forth. 
 
 Before the banquet, it had been decided that 
 the safest place to keep the statue was right in 
 the Hotel, and as Manager Downes was agree- 
 able, and even offered a room for that purpose, 
 Chamberlain had Sabrina taken back to the 
 
W. H. SMITH 
 1916 Guardian 
 
NINETEEN FOURTEEN 47 
 
 wine room and packed safely away in the box. 
 In order to give the Odd Classmen a fake clue, if 
 they happened to be in the vicinity, a large box, 
 closely resembling the original, was placed in a 
 car manned by McGay, Kimball, Robinson, and 
 Andrews, '16, which speeded rapidly away to 
 the outskirts of the town, where the box was 
 broken up and hidden. These men then went to 
 Andrew's home in Pittsfield, taking an early 
 morning train back to Amherst. 
 
 Back in the Wendell, the party went merrily 
 on, for in those days the 18th amendment had 
 not even been dreamed of, and there was cause 
 for much jubilation. Once again Sabrina had 
 shown herself and once again she had departed 
 without interference. While half the college 
 celebrated, Morrow and Chamberlain were mak- 
 ing themselves comfortable in the wine cellar, 
 zealously chaperoning Sabrina, lest any ardent 
 youth of 1915 enslaved by her attractions, might 
 seek to steal her away for his own glorification. 
 
 The time was spent in this manner, cots having 
 been brought in, so that the two caretakers were 
 able to spend a most comfortable night. They 
 had planned to take an early morning train, but 
 as Manager Downes reported that two men, 
 apparently detectives, had been questioning him 
 and endeavoring to get information from the serv- 
 ants, it was deemed best to remain under cover 
 
48 SABRINA 
 
 till later. This they did till late in the after- 
 noon, when word was passed to them that the 
 coast was clear. As it was not possible to keep 
 Sabrina in the wine cellar, the manager turned 
 over a room on the sixth floor, where she was 
 placed in a closet upon the door of which a spe- 
 cial lock was fastened. This having been ac- 
 complished. Chamberlain and Morrow left Pitts- 
 field for Amherst. 
 
NINETEEN SIXTEEN 
 
 SEVERAL months after the Pittsfield ban- 
 quet, Chamberlain and Smith, '16, took a 
 quiet motor trip one Sunday afternoon, the 
 destination of which was the scene of the festiv- 
 ities just described. On this occasion the former 
 guardian introduced the 1916 guardian to Man- 
 ager Downes of the Wendell Hotel. This had not 
 been possible before, because it was most import- 
 ant that the next guardian be kept carefully in the 
 background that there might be no suspicion as 
 to his identity. As soon as Chamberlain had 
 revealed the next custodian to Mr. Downes and 
 had assured himself that Sabrina still remained 
 safely in the Wendell, the two left for Amherst. 
 
 About the first of June, Smith found an excuse 
 to leave town and seized the opportunity to 
 journey to Pittsfield where he immediately ob- 
 tained the statue, turned it over to the American 
 Express Company and consigned it to himself 
 in Boston. 
 
 Washburn, '16, had made arrangements with 
 his father for the safe-keeping of Sabrina, so 
 Smith had her transferred to a train for Brockton 
 on arrival in Boston. Unfortunately, he found 
 that the express car on the first train was entirely 
 filled and as he was in a great hurry, prevailed on 
 
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50 SABRINA 
 
 the locomotive engineer to allow the box to be 
 loaded on the tender. Thus, Sabrina travelled for 
 thirty odd miles amidst the coal and cinders; 
 it was a strange sight and must have caused 
 much curiosity, but all went well and they arrived 
 safely in Brockton. Here Mr. Washburn met 
 Smith with an automobile truck and they carried 
 the Goddess to a storehouse of his where she was 
 destined to spend considerable of her time for 
 the next two years. 
 
 Shortly before college opened in the fall of 
 1914, George Washburn arrived in Springfield 
 with the Lady and from that point journeyed by 
 automobile to Smith's home in South Hadley. 
 
 For three months, the two had been studiously 
 planning a campaign for showing Sabrina to the 
 student body. Realizing that as the general 
 consensus of opinion among the Odd Classes 
 was that an appearance would be staged on 
 Pratt Field, they decided some other occasion 
 would be more auspicious. Their purpose was 
 to find a time when most of the college body 
 would be gathered together, and likewise a 
 situation that would completely surprise every- 
 one. At last they agreed upon Chapel Rush. 
 For the first time this ancient fracas was to be 
 held on the common in front of College Hall. 
 This situation had everything in its favor; there 
 were two main roads to choose as an exit, and 
 
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 as the affair was to take place at the very opening 
 of college, they felt that the Odds would have 
 had no chance to discuss plans for a defense. 
 All this having been decided, Washburn and 
 Smith arranged their plans in detail. 
 
 Before sunrise on the morning of Thursday, the 
 24th of September 1914, Sabrina was placed in 
 Smith's motor, covered with robes, and with top 
 up and curtains down, the men mentioned above 
 proceeded north to Hadley and thence to North 
 Amherst. 
 
 The policy decided upon had been to take as 
 few into confidence as was possible, for the 
 guardians were firmly convinced that secrecy 
 and not numbers would go farthest towards 
 success. With this in mind, Ed Goodridge and 
 Burt Ames, '16, had been asked to be in North 
 Amherst early that morning, the latter to bring 
 his motorcycle. In addition Gregory, '12, Kim- 
 ball and Heald, '14, and Robinson, '16, were 
 to act as a rear guard in Gregory's car and Pike 
 Gillies, '16,^ was selected to keep the motor party 
 in touch with the situation by 'phone. 
 
 At North Amherst, Goodridge took Wash- 
 burn's place, as he was obliged to return to 
 college to help conduct the Chapel Rush, he 
 being class president. Goodridge and Smith, 
 followed by Ames, immediately went northward 
 
 ^ Killed in Wall Street explosion, September 16, 1920. 
 
52 SABRINA 
 
 finding a retired spot on a lonely road a mile or 
 so above the village where they felt it would be 
 safe to remain. It was but 8: 30, with more than 
 two hours before the coup was to occur. Smith 
 carefully explained the plan to the others and 
 together they discussed every eventuality. As 
 the Rush was to take place on the common for 
 the first time, it was hard to tell how the specta- 
 tors would be situated, and whether the road to 
 Holyoke would be open. If possible they wished 
 to take that road, but if this was not feasible, 
 they would take the next best course and go out 
 by way of Northampton. 
 
 At eleven o'clock, Ames opened telephone 
 communication from a nearby farmhouse with 
 Gillies, who was in his room at the Psi U house, 
 where he was able to overlook the campus. He 
 reported that chapel was then going on and added 
 that the aspect of affairs was a bit suspicious, 
 for a number of seniors had carried golf sticks 
 and baseball bats to chapel instead of canes, as 
 was the usual custom. This news was rather 
 disquieting to the three men, who pictured flying 
 clubs, being directed at their heads, but they 
 reassured themselves by looking over their own 
 armament, which consisted of a shot gun, two 
 Colts, and several bats, and felt that they could 
 give a good account of themselves if worst came 
 to worst. 
 
NINETEEN SIXTEEN 53 
 
 At eleven forty, the three Even Classmen, with 
 Ames in the lead acting as scout, left their hiding 
 place, going to North Amherst and thence 
 through the Aggie Campus to the lower part of 
 Amity Street. There they found a small house 
 well sheltered from the street by trees, and there, 
 with the owner's permission, they secluded them- 
 selves, lowered the top of the car, and put every- 
 thing in readiness for the ride through town. 
 Again Ames called Gillies on the phone, and held 
 the wire open. Shortly before twelve, the latter 
 reported chapel was dismissed, that a large crowd 
 had gathered before College Hall to witness the 
 Rush, and that a large number of motors were 
 lined up on either side of the road. For that 
 reason, he advised Hamp road as the best means 
 of exit, and they decided to follow his advice. 
 
 Then came the message that the Rush had be- 
 gun. Ames hurried out of the house, jumped on 
 his machine and started off. The other two, with 
 the Lady, were close behind. Up Amity Street 
 they went and turned the Amherst House corner. 
 There, Gregory's machine with the bodyguard of 
 Even Classmen were waiting and followed im- 
 mediately behind the car with Sabrina; then came 
 F. M. Smith, '84, in another motor, and joined 
 the rear guard procession. In front of Alpha 
 Delt., Washburn jumped on the running board, 
 joining Goodridge and Smith. At this point, 
 
54 SABRINA 
 
 the covering was pulled away from Sabrina and 
 the Goddess appeared for the first time in several 
 years to a very surprised Amherst crowd. 
 
 Then they speeded up. A horse and wagon 
 was standing directly across the Holyoke road, 
 apparently to block it. However, Gillies sud- 
 denly rushed forth from the crowd, dragged the 
 horse to one side leaving the road clear. That 
 was all Ames needed, and without a moment's 
 hesitation he chose that direction. Several shots 
 fired in the air attracted the attention of the 
 spectators and all were able to get a clear view 
 of Sabrina as she passed through their midst 
 and on down the Holyoke Road. 
 
 Before the Rush began, Tom Ashley,^ '16, had 
 visited all the automobiles, relieving them of 
 their spark plugs and keys. This prevented 
 any immediate attempt to follow and was largely 
 responsible for the easy get away. 
 
 The party with Sabrina travelled directly over 
 the Amherst-Holyoke road by way of the Notch 
 at a rapid rate of speed. On nearing Holyoke, 
 the other cars were signalled that they were no 
 longer needed; Washburn and Smith went di- 
 rectly to the latter's home, put Sabrina carefully 
 away, and were back in Amherst by the middle 
 of the afternoon. 
 
 Shortly after this memorable trip, Sabrina was 
 
 ^Killed in action at Belleau Wood while serving with the Marines. 
 

NINETEEN SIXTEEN 55 
 
 packed away in her box and again continued her 
 travels, this time under the guidance of Wash- 
 burn and Smith. She journeyed to Brockton, re- 
 maining there for just one year under the careful 
 watch of Washburn's father. 
 
 Numerous plans were contemplated for bring- 
 ing the Goddess forth and it was finally decided 
 to exhibit her once again to the alumni at com- 
 mencement in June 1915. The details were all 
 carefully arranged, the various duties were as- 
 signed, while Mr. Washburn remained ready at 
 a moment's notice to ship the box by express on 
 receipt of a coded telegram. At the last moment, 
 the secret service of 1916 discovered the Odd 
 Classmen had worked out elaborate plans to 
 circumvent any attempt made at this time, and 
 so it was decided best to let the Lady rest in 
 peace until a more favorable opportunity might 
 present itself. 
 
 During the summer, Washburn and the guard- 
 ian had several conferences and finally decided 
 to hold the next banquet within walking distance 
 of Amherst in order to prove decisively to the 
 Odd Classmen how fruitless any effort to capture 
 Sabrina would be on their part. With this in 
 mind. Smith visited the Nonotuck during the 
 latter part of the summer to talk with Mr. Bene- 
 dict, the manager. He outlined the plan and 
 Mr. Benedict agreed to the arrangements, even 
 
56 SABRINA 
 
 offering his private storeroom on the top of the 
 hotel as a hiding place for the statue, and swore 
 by all that was holy to maintain the utmost 
 secrecy. 
 
 In September 1915, before college had opened, 
 Washburn came to Holyoke with Sabrina. Here 
 he was met by the guardian and conducted to 
 the Nonotuck, where the Goddess was carefully 
 concealed according to the prearranged plan. 
 At the same time the menu for the banquet was 
 agreed upon, the date was set, and Mr. Benedict 
 was given to understand that he would hear no 
 further word until his guests arrived in February 
 of the following year. 
 
 Little did the many students of Amherst 
 realize, who so frequently visited the Nonotuck 
 in that year when prohibition reigned in Hamp, 
 that they were dining and drinking under the 
 same roof with Sabrina. Such was the case 
 however, yet she rested as peacefully and safely, 
 dreaming of her past and future glories as though 
 she were a thousand miles away from her beloved 
 campus. 
 
 During the night before the banquet which was 
 held on February 22, 1916, the members of 1916 
 and 1918 were given their instructions individ- 
 ually by the sophomore committee and at noon 
 the next day they wandered in small groups to the 
 Boston and Maine station. At lunch time, the 
 
NINETEEN SIXTEEN 57 
 
 Odd Classmen awoke to the fact that no Even 
 Classmen were in Amherst, and at once began 
 making plans to break up the banquet. In the 
 meantime the special train was speeding to- 
 wards Springfield. On arriving in that city, the 
 two classes proceeded to Poll's theatre where the 
 entire orchestra had been reserved for them. 
 They assembled again at five thirty, still in com- 
 plete ignorance of their destination, and boarded 
 special electric cars which took them to the door 
 of the Nonotuck in Holyoke. 
 
 Several Odd Classmen had traced the Even 
 Classmen to Springfield, arriving in time to see 
 them depart for Holyoke, and by hiring a taxi they 
 were able to follow them. At Holyoke, they got 
 in touch with Amherst and ordered a large num- 
 ber of their cohorts to come down immediately. 
 They felt that their time had come and they 
 made hasty preparations to break up the dinner 
 and to follow the car bearing Sabrina, when it 
 should leave the hotel. 
 
 Earlier in the day, five Seniors: Ames, Ashley, 
 Goodridge, Smith and Washburn, left town for 
 Holyoke. By a prearranged plan, they met the 
 guardian, who had secured a truck and a large 
 packing box which closely resembled the one 
 the Lady was kept in. This was taken to the 
 Nonotuck where the five men carried it to the 
 store room where Sabrina was concealed. There 
 
58 SABRINA 
 
 they remained until word was received that the 
 special cars had come. 
 
 The dinner began immediately, while outside, 
 three husky policemen guarded each exit with 
 strict orders to allow no one to enter the hotel 
 except with the permission of an Even Classman 
 who remained there on watch with them. In 
 this way the committee felt that the banquet 
 could go on in peace even though every Odd 
 Classman in college put in an appearance. The 
 original plan had been to wait until the banquet 
 was finished before showing Sabrina, but word 
 was received from Amherst that a great many 
 1917 men were on their way to Holyoke. For 
 this reason, the five Seniors hastened their plans 
 and carried the Goddess into the Banquet Hall 
 while the dinner was still in progress. Immedi- 
 ately loud and prolonged cheers burst forth and 
 then came ''All Hail Sabrina Dear," which lasted 
 for some fifteen minutes with unabated enthusi- 
 asm. It was finally silenced by Senior Class 
 president Washburn, who introduced Winthrop 
 Smith as the 1916 guardian. The banqueters 
 then marched forward to kiss their Goddess 
 according to the time honored custom. After 
 this ceremony, the men were allowed a more 
 intimate inspection of the famous statue, then 
 a flashlight photograph was taken and Sabrina 
 disappeared again from the eyes of the world. 
 
NINETEEN SIXTEEN 59 
 
 This time her journey was extremely short, 
 for the seniors carried her to the storeroom up- 
 stairs and locked her up safely. They then 
 substituted the box that had been brought in 
 during the afternoon and put it on the elevator 
 and thence to the rear door where Smith's 
 chauffeur was waiting with a motor. With much 
 pretended effort, they succeeded in placing it in 
 the car and sped swiftly away, only just in time 
 however, for within a very few minutes a large 
 crowd of 1917 men arrived. As the box was 
 being placed in the car there were three or four 
 Odd Classmen within a few yards, but they dared 
 do nothing to interfere, only following immedi- 
 ately in a taxi. 
 
 The car with the seniors dodged through a 
 number of streets and alleys and when they felt 
 that they had lost any pursuers that might still 
 be on their track, they headed for South Hadley; 
 there they broke up the box and carefully hid 
 the remnants. Then they separated with in- 
 structions not to appear in Amherst until next 
 day, in order to give the appearance that Sabrina 
 had been taken away to a considerable distance. 
 
 In June of that year, plans were again made 
 to bring Sabrina into Amherst at commencement, 
 for the class of 1910 was holding its sixth 
 reunion and Shoop of that class was very eager 
 to show her to his classmates. Sabrina was still 
 
60 SABRINA 
 
 in Holyoke so it was thought it would be a com- 
 paratively easy matter to rush her in to 1910 
 headquarters and back again. Monday night 
 was the time set, but a few hours before, the wife 
 of one of the Odd Class alumni very fortunately 
 made the remark to one of the men that was to 
 take part in showing the Goddess that night, 
 that they were going to use her husband's car 
 that evening to help catch Sabrina. Again plans 
 were called off, while Odd Class cars patrolled 
 the roads all night long in vain hope of giving 
 chase. 
 
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 
 
 PHILIP H. SEE had been appointed guar- 
 dian for the class of 1918. Sabrina was offi- 
 cially turned over to him in June 1916 by 
 Winthrop H. Smith, the 1916 guardian. In the 
 latter part of this month, the Goddess was sent by 
 express from Holyoke to New York and taken to 
 a warehouse on 107th Street where a private room 
 had been provided for her safe-keeping. In the 
 trip from Holyoke the box in which the Goddess 
 had been travelling for ten years had become 
 entirely demoHshed, and early in September the 
 guardian, together with George B. Carter, '06, 
 visited the warehouse and built a new box, antic- 
 ipating some fast and furious travelling in the 
 near future. 
 
 See in the meantime had been in close com- 
 munication with George Washburn, '16, and 
 together they planned some rather startling inno- 
 vations in connection with the appearance of 
 Sabrina in Amherst. It has always been the 
 ambition of each succeeding Sabrina class to 
 outdo its predecessor in the spectacular way in 
 which Sabrina shall be shown to the college body 
 at Amherst. The first of these appearances was 
 to be inside of Chapel during the Spring of 1917, 
 and the other one was to be at Commencement 
 
 61 
 
62 SABRINA 
 
 of the same year. For this latter event, a de- 
 tailed plan had been worked out whereby Sabrina 
 was to appear four times within an hour, the 
 cars containing the statue using the back roads 
 of the town, and returning to the center at 
 stated intervals, it being expected that the Odd 
 Classmen would be thrown into such a state 
 of confusion over each separate appearance that 
 they would not expect the Goddess again on the 
 same day and at the same place. 
 
 It will be remembered that in the spring of 
 1917 the United States entered the World War, 
 and the college was thrown immediately into a 
 state of confusion. Mihtary training was es- 
 tablished and the college given over to prepara- 
 tions for war. With the resignation of the 
 guardian and most of his committee from college, 
 all plans for the appearances of Sabrina were 
 cancelled. The Goddess had not been moved 
 from her hiding place in New York, and it was 
 decided to leave her there until affairs settled 
 down generally and the college returned to 
 normal conditions. Harold F. Johnson, '18, 
 was appointed temporary guardian for 1918 and 
 Sabrina was turned over to him late that spring. 
 
 A year later, Johnson decided that an appro- 
 priate time had arrived for showing the Goddess 
 in Amherst. During the early spring he and 
 Jacob Estey, '18, spent many afternoons on the 
 
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 63 
 
 golf links, and together worked out the plans for 
 the proposed appearance. These two men de- 
 cided that Sabrina's next appearance should be a 
 truly exciting affair: one which would not only 
 completely outwit and humiliate the Odd Class- 
 men, but which would be as original and daring 
 an enterprise as any former escapade. Johnson 
 had heard from See of the plan to show Sabrina 
 inside Chapel and this idea struck him as being 
 quite suited to an appearance. 
 
 However, when they came to lay their plans, 
 they found that the difficulties that would be 
 encountered in taking the Goddess into Johnson 
 Chapel were so great that the idea hardly seemed 
 feasible. Either the statue would have to be 
 taken there the night before and securely hidden 
 until the critical moment, or a large body-guard 
 would have to be employed to carry her in and 
 out during Chapel exercises. Both plans seemed 
 too risky. At this time, classes, chiefly seminar 
 courses, were being held in the evening in 
 Johnson Chapel, and for this reason the two 
 men came to the conclusion that they might 
 encounter too much eavesdropping. It also 
 appeared impossible to rush the Goddess in at 
 the Chapel service for reasons which are too 
 obvious to mention. The college had had a 
 taste of one war and it was not thought good 
 form to precipitate another. 
 
64 SABRINA 
 
 Still clinging to the idea, a Chapel appearance 
 was worked out. It was decided that some 
 method should be employed which would allow 
 the Even Classmen to leave the building after 
 Chapel without arousing the suspicion of the 
 Odd Classmen, and that Sabrina should be 
 brought up along the road and held up to the 
 view of the Odd Classmen. Doors and windows 
 were to be securely locked and guarded, and 
 for this purpose various Even Classmen were 
 told off. 
 
 Estey and Johnson went over these plans 
 carefully several times, and having made sure 
 that no shps were hkely to occur, decided on an 
 early date in April for the appearance. 
 
 Johnson, on the pretext of urgent business, 
 went to New York where he took Sabrina from 
 her place of hiding where she had been since 
 June 1916, and arranged to have her shipped to 
 Brattleboro, Vermont, on the White Mountain 
 Express. No difficulty was experienced in ar- 
 ranging for the trip, and Johnson accompanied 
 the Goddess. He arrived in Brattleboro about 
 midnight where he was met by Estey. To- 
 gether, they loaded the statue into the latter's 
 car and took it to his house. Sabrina was here 
 placed in the drawing room. Amid these sur- 
 roundings, which were a great change for the 
 Goddess after her many trips over land and sea 
 
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 65 
 
 in rough boxes, and her long sojourns in out-of- 
 the-way places, she stayed while two or three 
 Even Class alumni, who lived in the vicinity, 
 one of whom was a former guardian, came in to 
 pay her their respects. 
 
 At six the next morning, she was placed in 
 Estey's car and started for Amherst. In the 
 car were Chase, Johnson, Estey, '18, and Estey's 
 younger brother, of the class of nineteen twenty. 
 After an uneventful journey they arrived on the 
 outskirts of the town at about quarter of eight. 
 Here they stayed until the student body, rushing 
 in its customary hurried way to breakfast and 
 even more hurriedly to Chapel, was safely behind 
 the doors of the building. Not until the last 
 straggler was seen running up the hill did they 
 venture onto the campus. Circling the Com- 
 mon, they drove around the terrace by the church 
 and came to a stop opposite Appleton Cabinet, 
 where the plan was for them to halt until they 
 should be signalled that Chapel was over and 
 the coast clear. While they were waiting here 
 three Odd Classmen, having cut Chapel and on 
 their way to classes, passed very near to the car 
 without suspecting its precious occupant. One 
 of them stopped in passing to light a cigar- 
 ette, but his thoughts were elsewhere and his 
 chance, if it could be said to have been a chance, 
 shpped by. 
 
66 SABRINA 
 
 Inside the building, Chapel was drawing to a 
 close. There was the usual impatience to be 
 gone and have the customary cigarette before 
 entering the class room for the first hour. At 
 the end of the reading of notices, Malcolm Sharp, 
 '18, with a serious face, requested the classes 
 of '19 and '21 to remain in their seats for a few 
 moments after the conclusion of the exercises. 
 As the recessional was played the Even Classmen 
 filed out. Immediately, the doors were secured 
 and as soon as it was sure that the Odds were 
 trapped, the signal was given. Sabrina was 
 quickly moved from her hiding place and as the 
 car containing her slowly moved by the south 
 side of Chapel, Sabrina was lifted from the ton- 
 neau of the car and held up to the gaze of the 
 bewildered Odd Classmen, who were looking 
 dumfounded from the windows, and to the Even 
 Classmen gathered outside Chapel. A few men 
 succeeded in dropping from the lower windows 
 to the ground, but there were too many Evens 
 protecting the Goddess, and nothing was ac- 
 complished. ''All hail, Sabrina" rent the air, 
 and after a few moments the machine drove 
 away over the Notch. 
 
 Pursuit was ineffectual for some time, as the 
 Even Class program had included the complete 
 incapacitation of all automobiles and motor- 
 cycles belonging to Odd Classmen. After driv- 
 
p. H. SEE 
 1918 Guardian 
 
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 67 
 
 ing about the country for a couple of hours to 
 make sure that no one was following, the men 
 above mentioned who were accompanying the 
 statue, took it to a barn on the road to Westfield 
 not far out of that town. Here she was hidden 
 deep in a hay-mow. That same morning Seward 
 and Hallock, '19, after vainly attempting to get 
 the latter's car in commission, succeeded after 
 an hour's work in getting it to run. They picked 
 up Soliday, Brown and Southworth, '19, president 
 of the class, and drove to Springfield. Here they 
 made a thorough search of the railroad station 
 but nothing was found. The Odd Classmen 
 drove around the neighboring country for several 
 hours in the hopes of picking up a trail. The 
 much sought car seemed ever just beyond the 
 next rise in the road, and great was the disap- 
 pointment of these men as they returned to 
 Springfield late that afternoon. Resolved to 
 make a last search, they explored every nook 
 and cranny of the station, and it was not until 
 late in the evening that they turned toward 
 Amherst, a sorely disappointed lot. 
 
 At this point of the story it is necessary to 
 digress to bring to light matters which have 
 been kept secret for a long time. This present 
 publication seems to be a good opportunity to 
 present another side of the Sabrina Story, which 
 has hitherto been an unknown quantity in this 
 
68 SABRINA 
 
 most exciting episode of college life. The facts 
 for the story have been presented by Bowman, 
 '19, and we have followed closely his account 
 believing that it portrays one of the most inter- 
 esting points of Sabrina history. 
 
 When the statue of Sabrina was originally 
 made, two casts were drawn. One of these was 
 given to Amherst College and its subsequent 
 treatment at the hands of students, its removal 
 from the campus, its revelation to the men of 
 '90, and later career, are too well known to men- 
 tion in detail here. 
 
 The duplicate of this statue was bought by a 
 graduate of Cornell University, who placed it in 
 his garden at his home in a town in North Caro- 
 hna. It mysteriously disappeared. The story 
 from here on was told to Bowman by a graduate 
 of Amherst in the class of '96. At the time that 
 Wheelock, '11, so nearly succeeded in capturing 
 Sabrina at Buffalo from the Even Classmen, 
 he traced it to the house of Staples, '96, a 
 former guardian. Here all trace of the statue 
 was lost after an unsuccessful attempt to outwit 
 the former Even Class custodian's wife. This 
 event attracted considerable attention and the 
 newspapers featured it. Various articles con- 
 cerning the attempted capture came to the notice 
 of the Cornell graduate, and he employed Pinker- 
 ton detectives to find the ''Sabrina" that the 
 
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 69 
 
 accounts so glaringly told of, in the hopes that 
 it might prove to be the one which had vanished 
 from his garden. It is recorded that the Pinker- 
 tons were successful in their attempt to find the 
 lost property, and that they actually did get 
 possession of a Sabrina. However, it is also a 
 fact that a Sabrina made a subsequent appear- 
 ance under the guardianship of an Even Class- 
 man. The Cornell graduate took the Sabrina 
 which had been restored to him, to his summer 
 home on Lake Erie, near Buffalo, and again placed 
 her in his garden. 
 
 Bowman heard about this duplicate Sabrina 
 and went to the Cornell graduate, offering to buy 
 the statue, but its owner refused to part with it. 
 The story of the '96 men had made such an im- 
 pression upon Bowman that he resolved to obtain 
 the statue no matter what the risk might be. 
 He, accordingly, pursuaded a friend of his, who 
 singularly enough, was a Cornell student of the 
 class of 1919, to go with him to get the statue. 
 The home of the Cornell graduate was within 
 driving distance of Bowman's house in James- 
 town. Taking along another friend, a Univer- 
 sity of Pennsylvania man, they set out in two 
 cars, one of which was to be used to block any 
 pursuers in case they were followed. Both these 
 cars were of the same model and make. Arriv- 
 ing at their destination between three and four 
 
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 in the morning, they left the machines near the 
 road and entered the garden. Here they found 
 the statue reposing peacefully in the middle of 
 the garden. Quietly they lifted it from its 
 resting place, put it in the car and bore it away. 
 Making sure that no one was following, the 
 two cars parted, going in different directions, to 
 throw off possible pursuit. 
 
 This statue was hidden in Jamestown, New 
 York, where it remained until early in the year 
 1917. Bowman, at the advice of Southworth, 
 whom he had told of his capture, decided to 
 bring Sabrina nearer to Amherst with the end in 
 view of taking advantage of any opportunity 
 that might present itself. Accordingly, he 
 shipped it to Greenfield in his Sophomore year 
 just after Christmas, and had it securely hid- 
 den in a safe deposit vault in a bank in that 
 town. It stayed here undisturbed during the 
 rest of the year, and after college had closed, 
 Bowman had it taken back to New York state 
 where he concealed it in a hay-mow on a farm 
 near his home during the summer. 
 
 In the fall Bowman returned to college, leav- 
 ing the statue behind him. Bowman brought 
 this matter to the attention of Soliday and 
 Seward and these men, together with Southworth 
 decided to bring Bowman's statue nearer to Am- 
 herst ; by singular coincidence the statue arrived 
 
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 about three weeks before the appearance of the Sa- 
 brina of the Even Classes recorded above. Accord- 
 ingly, it was shipped to South Hadley, in care of 
 Philip Stacy, '19, who lived there . Here it was kept 
 in a tool house belonging to Mt. Holyoke College. 
 
 As an interesting side light on the appearance 
 of Sabrina that had taken place on the morning 
 recorded above, the idea which took shape in the 
 now famous dual appearance of Sabrina, oc- 
 curred to the Odd Classmen as they were return- 
 ing from Springfield after their vain search for 
 the Goddess. They decided to bring Bowman's 
 Sabrina through Amherst in the hopes that the 
 Even Classmen should be so upset that they 
 would disclose immediately the hiding place of 
 their statue and that they would thus be able to 
 get both statues of Sabrina. 
 
 The plans of the Odd Classmen differed some- 
 what from those which had been made for the 
 showing on the previous day. Southworth 
 was to make an announcement in Chapel that 
 Sabrina was outside on the Holyoke Road in 
 the hands of the class of 1919. It was known to 
 the Odd Classmen that Johnson was the official 
 guardian of the class of 1918, and accordingly, 
 Southworth and Tilton were told off to watch 
 him during the entire day, to see if he made any 
 telephone calls, and to report these at once. 
 Estey was placed under like surveillance. 
 
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 As a precaution, several Freshman were to be 
 posted along the Holyoke Road, to stand guard 
 around the statue in case any Even Classmen 
 succeeded in breaking through the crowd of 
 Odds that was to form around Chapel door. 
 At six o'clock that morning, after only a few 
 hours sleep, Soliday, Brown, Bowman, Stacy and 
 Seward, '19, went to South Hadley in Hallock's 
 Packard, where they took the statue out of 
 the tool house. After placing it on the back 
 seat of the car they covered it with blankets 
 and drove quickly towards Amherst. On the 
 way they paused for breakfast at a farm house 
 on the outskirts of the town just beyond Mount 
 Doma. At 8:15, just as Chapel was starting, 
 the car arrived in Amherst, and to kill time until 
 Chapel should be let out the men drove around 
 Pratt Field, up the Hamp Road, past the Psi 
 U. House, and down the Holyoke Road, where 
 they waited for several minutes. At this junc- 
 ture Andy Clark, '20, drove by in a car. The 
 Odd Classmen were much alarmed, for they 
 had been up all night, the guardianship of 
 Sabrina was a new and thrilling experience 
 for them and they were ready to jump at the 
 slightest suspicious sign. The Freshmen who 
 were posted along the road promptly seized the 
 intruder and held him, preventing his further 
 advance. 
 
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 Just as a thrilling announcement had been 
 made the day before in Johnson Chapel, so now 
 was the student body electrified to hear South- 
 worth announce in shaky voice, '' If any one would 
 like to see the real Sabrina, they will find her at 
 the foot of the hill on the Holyoke Road in the 
 hands of the class of 1919." Pandemonium 
 broke loose. Odd Classmen gave vent to their 
 feelings of astonishment and joy in unrestrained 
 howls, among which could be heard ^' All Hails." 
 Everyone made a rush for the nearest door, and 
 the result was a finer scrimmage than was 
 ever before seen at a Chapel or Flag rush. 
 
 Far down the hill on the road to Holyoke, 
 raised high in the rear of Hallock's car, reposed a 
 shining statue of the Goddess Sabrina, sur- 
 rounded by the men of the Class of Nineteen 
 Nineteen. Even Classmen rushed towards it 
 but were tripped by opposing Odds, and to- 
 gether, they rolled down the embankment in a 
 melee of flying legs and arms. The few men who 
 succeeded in approaching the car were quickly 
 laid low by the faithful Freshmen as the car 
 slowly moved off down the road and was soon 
 lost to sight. 
 
 The statue was immediately taken back to 
 Stacy's house and the men returned to college 
 where they attended classes during the morning, 
 having previously detoured through Holyoke 
 
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 and Northampton to avoid suspicion. The 
 excitement of the occasion proved too intense 
 and late that afternoon several of the men who 
 had taken part in the escapade, together with 
 Dave Craig, '17, slipped quietly out of town and 
 went to South Hadley where they took the 
 statue to Northampton and hid it in a wood 
 pile in the cellar of the house of a friend of 
 Craig's. 
 
 All that day excitement was intense through- 
 out the college. South worth and Tilton made 
 every effort to shadow Johnson and Estey, but 
 discovered no telephone calls. In fact, Johnson's 
 first thought was to telephone, but divining the 
 real intent of the Odd Classmen in planning this 
 appearance, he deterred. Later in the morning 
 he and Estey succeeded in getting away from 
 town by a back road and went promptly 
 to Northampton where they telephoned the 
 owners of the barn in which Sabrina was 
 hidden. A search was made and everything was 
 found in good shape. They then returned to 
 Amherst. 
 
 In the meantime, the Odd Classmen, having 
 failed in their attempt to trace calls from Am- 
 herst, tried to find out if any calls could be dis- 
 covered in Northampton. They got in touch 
 with the manager of the Telephone Company 
 but this official proved a faithful ally of the Even 
 
H. F. JOHNSON 
 1918 Guardian 
 
NINETEEN EIGHTEEN 75 
 
 Classmen, for he steadfastly refused to give any 
 information whatsoever about Johnson's call. 
 Thus, the attempt to trace the Sabrina, which 
 had appeared the previous day, failed. 
 
 Considerable doubt reigned in Amherst as 
 to which statue was the real Sabrina. Odd 
 Classmen, of course, claimed that theirs was 
 the original, and their opinions were voiced more 
 strongly because of their lack of conviction. 
 Even Classmen were soon reassured that their 
 Goddess was undisturbed and the dispute showed 
 no signs of settlement, so a committee was 
 appointed, the members of which were selected 
 from the classes of 1918 and 1919: Johnson, 
 Estey, Morehouse, for the former; Soliday, 
 Bowman, Southworth and Seward for the latter. 
 These two sides presented their cases in an 
 attempt to come to a settlement. The Odd 
 Classmen took the position that Bowman's 
 story was irrefutable, but that they felt that 
 because of the tradition it would be desirable for 
 them to waive their claims to Sabrina on condi- 
 tion that the Even Classmen agree to certain 
 rules to govern the conduct of Sabrina warfare 
 in the future, which were proposed by them. 
 Bowman stuck to the story through thick and 
 thin, and the upshot of the whole matter was 
 that the rules were drawn up and adopted. A 
 set of these rules is reprinted below. 
 
76 SABRINA 
 
 Amherst, Mass., April 10, 1918. 
 To the Editor of the Student: 
 Sir: 
 
 The situation that has arisen in the recent appearance 
 of Sabrina has involved serious danger to the permanence 
 of the tradition and so demands explanation and a clear- 
 ing up of issues. 
 
 The 1919 Committee has had in its possession for over a 
 year, in anticipation for an opportune moment for show- 
 ing its hand, a bronze statue of Sabrina, whose identity 
 they trace to a clouded period about ten years ago, at 
 which time a confusion of identity is claimed. Realizing 
 the dangers to the tradition of Sabrina, if a second goddess 
 is brought on the scene, a conference of the 1918 and 1919 
 Committees was called, the outcome of which was as 
 follows : 
 
 The Odd Classmen are wilHng to withdraw the claims 
 of their statue, so that only one may still be in the field 
 of endeavor, and to leave the guardianship of the tradi- 
 tion in the hands of the Even Classmen. 
 
 It was agreed, for the furthering of a more lively inter- 
 est than has been apparent for some years, that the follow- 
 ing conditions govern the contest : 
 
 1. That the statue be produced before the college body 
 at least once a year, and that during the last twelve weeks 
 of the college year. It is understood that in the years of 
 the Sabrina Banquets the appearance may be in either 
 the first or the last twelve weeks of the college year. 
 
 2. That artificial guards such as safety deposit vaults, 
 storage in the hands of express or railroad companies, or 
 like methods of taking the guardianship out of the hands 
 of the committee, and so making it an offense against the 
 
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 law to attempt securing the statue, be considered as 
 against the rules of the contest. 
 
 3. That in the event of private houses, or other private 
 buildings or property, being used as storage places, the 
 committee in charge of the statue assumes sole and com- 
 plete responsibility for the charge of burglary. 
 
 It is agreed by both parties that the introduction of 
 statues other than the Sabrina now held by the Even 
 Classmen be barred. 
 
 The joint committee wishes it emphatically pointed 
 out that on the basis of the foregoing statements it is 
 obviously advisable that wagers be declared off. 
 (Signed) 
 
 Harold F. Johnson '18, 
 
 J. P. ESTEY '18, 
 
 E. W. Morehouse '18, 
 Theodore Southworth '19, 
 David S. Solid ay '19, 
 Halvor R. Seward '19, 
 Morris L. Bowman '19. 
 
 At a meeting of the Sabrina and the non-Sabrina com- 
 mittees held in Amherst on November 16th, 1919, the 
 following rules were added to the above. 
 
 1. The use of firearms in connection with any Sabrina 
 or non-Sabrina activities, for any purpose whatsoever, 
 shall be prohibited. 
 
 2. There shall be a committee known as the Sabrina 
 Rules Committee consisting of three members of each 
 of the two upper classes. The chairman of the joint 
 committee shall be the chairman of the Senior group and 
 the secretary shall be the chairman of the Junior group. 
 
 3. The committee shall have the power to revise, 
 correct and interpret the rules governing Sabrina and 
 
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 non-Sabrina activities, to investigate supposed violations 
 of these rules and to take such action as they deeni wise 
 to enforce these rules. 
 
 4. A majority of the membership of the committee 
 shall be necessary to legislate. 
 
 (Signed) 
 
 George D. Haskell '20, 
 E. Orlow Clark Jr., '20, 
 Kenneth B. Low '20, 
 R. S. Schlei(}her '21, 
 Waldo E. Palmer '21, 
 Walter N. Zink '21. 
 
 At the time these events took place both the 
 Even and Odd Classmen, as is evidenced by the 
 rules agreed to by 1918 and 1919, were convinced 
 that the two statues were closely connected at 
 some time and that there was some doubt as to 
 the identity of the original Sabrina. However, 
 this confusion did not take place in Buffalo as it 
 has since been stated by Charles Staples '96 that 
 so far as he knew there was only one Sabrina in 
 the hands of the Even Classmen at that time. 
 
 After this, college quieted down and Sabrina 
 was not to be the center of attraction for quite 
 some time to come. While the Odd Class at- 
 tempt to shadow Sabrina had totally failed, they 
 had made another great stride towards capturing 
 the Goddess. This was the first time since the 
 famous attempt of Wheelock, '11, to capture 
 Sabrina that the Even Class guardians had con- 
 
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 sidered themselves in a position which was at all 
 dangerous. In a way it was a moral victory for 
 the Odd Classes, for it gave them the oppor- 
 tunity to introduce rules which would go far 
 towards making the affair less one-sided. Bow- 
 man's statue mysteriously disappeared, never to 
 be seen again, in accordance with these rules, by 
 Odd or Even Classmen, as it was agreed that the 
 Sabrina in possession of the Even Classes should 
 be considered the Sabrina for the possession of 
 which the Odd Classes should fight. 
 
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 ACCORDING to information furnished 
 by Kenneth B. Low, the 1920 guardian, 
 Sabrina came into the hands of that class 
 early in the spring of 1919. It had been imprac- 
 ticable to turn her over to the new guardian dur- 
 ing the previous Spring as would normally have 
 happened, for a variety of reasons. The college 
 was in a disorganized state; many men had left 
 for service in the armed forces of the country, and 
 among these were See, Johnson and Estey, all of 
 whom had been closely connected with recent 
 Sabrina activities. A total submersion of college 
 ideas to war spirit made it seem inadvisable to 
 plan very much with respect to Sabrina, and as a 
 result nothing was done about handing her 
 down to the succeeding class. 
 
 After the Armistice college reopened and 
 many men who had been absent returned to 
 take up their activities. By the time college 
 had once more resumed its customary pre-war 
 aspect, it was decided to turn the Goddess over 
 to the class of 1920. Hal Johnson, '18, who had 
 acted as guardian, was in the West at this time 
 and it devolved upon Estey to manipulate the 
 transfer. Paul Phillips, president of the class 
 of 1920, and Low were instructed early in the 
 
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NINETEEN TWENTY 81 
 
 Spring of 1919 to meet Estey in a certain room 
 of a hotel in Springfield one Sunday afternoon. 
 They reported there and were officially intrusted 
 with the care of the Goddess. 
 
 Sabrina, as has been said before, was at this 
 time hidden in a pile of hay in a large yellow 
 barn adjoining the house belonging to a friend of 
 Ed Morehouse, a few miles out of Westfield on the 
 road to Springfield. After the conference called 
 by Estey, the new guardians were driven in 
 Estey's car to the barn where the men of '20 
 were acquainted with the details of the hiding 
 place. No attempt was made to move the statue 
 at this time and they returned quietly to college. 
 
 It was planned to hold the banquet at which 
 Sabrina should be formally presented to the class 
 of 1920 at Worcester. This spot was chosen 
 because it was convenient and offered good 
 facilities for transporting the entire class to the 
 banquet at short notice. The banquet was to 
 be held at the Hotel Bancroft and particular 
 pains were taken that a safe and easy means of 
 entrance and exit of the statue from the room 
 should be provided. All necessary safeguards 
 were taken at the hotel. It was decided to 
 transport the entire class from Pratt Field to 
 Worcester by automobile and Stanley Ayers, 
 '20, was given charge of this part of the program. 
 This was a new and novel undertaking and in- 
 
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 volved considerable planning; it was at first 
 thought that it might be a difficult matter to 
 obtain so many cars from the neighborhood 
 without arousing suspicion as to what was on foot. 
 When all the preliminary arrangements had 
 been made, the next step was to move the statue. 
 Estey furnished two cars, one a Premier which 
 he drove himself and in which the statue was 
 carried, the other a car owned by a resident of 
 Brattleboro. This was to be used as a follow-up 
 car. These cars came down from Brattleboro 
 by previous arrangement, and met the delegation 
 from Amherst; Olsen, Kilby, Card and Low, '20, 
 and also See, '18, who had come from Boston for 
 the occasion, at two o'clock in the afternoon of 
 the banquet, in Northampton. The cars then 
 proceeded to West Springfield where Sabrina 
 was taken out from beneath the hay-mow and 
 placed in Estey's car and covered with robes. 
 The side curtains were put in place and the ride 
 for Worcester started. Avoiding crowded roads 
 they proceeded, and no mishaps were en- 
 countered, until the cavalcade reached the out- 
 skirts of Worcester. Here a tire blew out on the 
 follow-up car and a delay was inevitable. While 
 repairs were being made, the car with Sabrina 
 was hidden behind some old houses a short dis- 
 tance off the main road. There were still two 
 or three hours left before the appearance of 
 
K. B. LOW 
 
 1920 Guardian 
 
NINETEEN TWENTY 83 
 
 Sabrina at the banquet was scheduled, so the 
 cars moved slowly through the town, taking side 
 streets and doubling back on their trail in an 
 effort to kill time. After dawdling as long as 
 possible, the cars drew up in a dark alley in the 
 neighborhood of Worcester Academy, some dis- 
 tance from the hotel. Here the group waited 
 while Low proceeded on foot to the Bancroft to 
 see if the coast was clear and the plans working 
 smoothly. He discovered that all was well, 
 and hurried back to the cars. 
 
 After another long wait they proceeded to the 
 Bancroft. They drew up to a side door and 
 Sabrina was carried in and placed in a room ad- 
 joining the banquet hall to await her appearance. 
 Meanwhile, the class had arrived at the ap- 
 pointed hour and after the usual delay of such 
 functions, was seated at the tables. At a signal 
 from the toastmaster the doors were thrown 
 open and Sabrina was ushered into the room. 
 The applause and enthusiastic cheering having 
 subsided, Phil See presented the Goddess to the 
 class of 1920, and intrusted her to their ever- 
 lasting care. After this, the time-old custom of 
 kissing the fair Goddess followed. Then she was 
 taken out as she had come in, put back into the 
 automobile and taken back to her hiding place 
 in the barn in West Springfield by Estey and 
 some of the others who had brought her down. 
 
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 The next appearance of Sabrina was a month 
 or so later and took place at the Sophomore 
 Smoker of the class of 1920. It had been 
 thought that the hiding place was known, and 
 accordingly it was decided to move the Goddess 
 to a farm house in Belchertown. Bill Cowles, 
 '20, had arranged to have the statue hidden here 
 and had seen to it that a pit was dug under the 
 floor of a small wagon house infrequently used. 
 Mrs. Cowles made a canvas slip cover for the 
 Goddess which was kept in readiness for her 
 arrival. It was planned to remove the statue 
 to this hiding place immediately after the appear- 
 ance at the Smoker. 
 
 To bring Sabrina through town, a Packard was 
 hired in Springfield from its owner. Cliff Nash, 
 '20, also offered to help the project with his own 
 car. It was decided to have Cowles, Wood and 
 DeKlyn, '20, remove Sabrina from the West 
 Springfield barn in the Packard. These men 
 were to arrive at an appointed time on the even- 
 ing of the Smoker just beyond the underpass at 
 the foot of College Street. Here they were to 
 be met by four men in Nash's car, including 
 besides Nash, Olsen, Anthony and Wilbar '20. 
 Low, the guardian, was not to meet the statue 
 at the underpass, for he was scheduled to appear 
 in the College Quartet to sing at the Smoker. 
 Thinking that his unexplained absence from the 
 
NINETEEN TWENTY 85 
 
 quartet would arouse suspicion he decided to go 
 through with his part in the program and join 
 the party later. Accordingly, that afternoon the 
 Packard set out, having been met by Cowles, 
 Wood and DeKlyn, who had slipped away from 
 college unobserved, and they went to the 
 barn in West Springfield where they secured 
 the statue. They proceeded slowly towards 
 Amherst. 
 
 Meanwhile, things began to happen thick 
 and fast, which almost culminated in the sur- 
 render of the plan to bring the statue through. 
 Before the college body assembled at the Smoker, 
 several non-Sabrina men approached Low. 
 Among these were Plimpton, President of the 
 class of 1921, who inquired point blank whether 
 Sabrina was to appear that evening. Low was 
 almost thrown off his guard by the suddenness of 
 this question but finally managed to throw the 
 Odd Classman off the track. The Smoker began 
 and all went well through the performance. At 
 the close of the selections rendered by the quartet, 
 Plimpton, who was presiding at the meeting, 
 called upon Low to lead the singing for the re- 
 mainder of the evening. Low knew that the cars 
 bearing Sabrina were by this time at the under- 
 pass and that the men would be waiting for him 
 impatiently, for his appearance was to be the sig- 
 nal to begin operations. Because of this, he pro- 
 
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 tested his inability to lead the singing, giving as 
 an excuse a severe cold and a husky voice which 
 had already been strained. In spite of protest 
 and considerable suspicion, he left the building 
 and walked slowly to the underpass where he 
 joined the waiting party. 
 
 By this time, the driver of the Packard had 
 become slightly worried by the show of guns, 
 clubs and other weapons in the car, and the 
 tense atmosphere of warfare that overhung the 
 situation. He refused point blank to carry out 
 the plan, valuing his own life more than the suc- 
 cess of the prank of irresponsible college men. 
 After much persuasion he was finally induced to 
 go on, being reassured that the danger was slight 
 and that the real purpose of the heavy armament 
 that was carried was only a bluff. At the pre- 
 determined moment the cars moved forward up 
 College Street, the Packard in the lead, with 
 Nash following. They turned to the left past the 
 Library, and then swung to the right toward 
 College Hall. When Prexy's house was reached 
 the cars halted. A shot was fired to announce 
 their arrival by Tuttle, '20, who was posted at 
 the doorway of College Hall, and the cry ''Sa- 
 brina!," was heard. A rush for the doors fol- 
 lowed, but when the crowd reached the open air 
 the cars slowly drove away down the Holyoke 
 Road gathering speed as they went. Even the 
 
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 few people who succeeded in getting out of the 
 building, were only fortunate enough to see the 
 Goddess as she was borne away. The appear- 
 ance had been cut short by the activity of Odd 
 Classmen and the nervous tension to which the 
 guardian and his aides had been worked up. 
 The Packard speeded up and hummed down 
 across the Railroad Bridge with the follow-up 
 car close behind. At this point, a car was seen 
 heading across the road from the right but the 
 car bearing Sabrina kept on at full speed and 
 managed to beat the pursuing car to the main 
 road at the Golf Links. The second car driven 
 by Nash, also got in just ahead of the pursuer, 
 which proved to be a non-Sabrina Packard. 
 The Odd Classmen had guessed the plans of the 
 escapade correctly and had been lying low here 
 for just such a clash. This was probably the 
 wildest ride which was ever taken by three ma- 
 chines over the Holyoke Road. The Packard 
 bearing Sabrina soon drew far into the lead of 
 the second car, which barred pursuit of the non- 
 Sabrina men by blocking the road, for some time. 
 The Odd Classmen opened fire on Nash's car at 
 close range, and one shot pierced a tire. Nash, 
 after bumping wildly from one side of the road 
 to the other, thought the time had come for him 
 to drop out of the race, for his car was disabled, 
 and if he were to effectually block the pursuing 
 
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 car he must travel at a high rate of speed, not 
 only endangering his own life, but those of the 
 men following. Accordingly, he slowed down 
 and drew off to the side of the road. The non- 
 Sabrina car seized this opportunity and dashed 
 by, speeding up on its pursuit of the Sabrina car, 
 which was by this time well over the Notch and 
 out of sight. 
 
 The Even Class Packard after descending the 
 opposite slope of the Notch swerved across a 
 bridge to a cross road which they had previously 
 planned to take in event of pursuit. The driver 
 was not familiar with this road and this fact 
 almost caused an upset. As it was, Cowles nar- 
 rowly averted disaster by quickly grasping the 
 wheel. The Packard then started off at a good 
 clip for the hiding place in Belchertown, Cowles 
 guiding the way as he knew the countryside well. 
 By taking many cross-cuts and detours the pur- 
 suing car was completely thrown off the trail, 
 and by midnight Sabrina was safely deposited in 
 her new under-ground home. 
 
 Nothing more was seen of the Goddess, al- 
 though many rumors were heard, until the day 
 of the Williams game in November 1919. The 
 men in charge of Sabrina had decided upon a 
 new and daring exploit by which she could be 
 shown to the whole college body for a consider- 
 able period of time. This year the Williams 
 
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 game was played at Williamstown, and as is the 
 usual custom a special train was hired to convey 
 the student body to the game. The train left 
 Amherst early Saturday morning bearing some 
 four hundred and fifty undergraduates. The 
 day was fine and all were looking forward to the 
 game with considerable pleasure and anticipa- 
 tion. As the train drew near the steeps of the 
 Mohawk Trail, the students were quietly reading 
 magazines or playing bridge on improvised 
 tables in the train seats. 
 
 A little river runs parallel with the tracks of 
 the railroad for several miles near Charlemont. 
 Suddenly a cry ^'Sabrina" was heard through- 
 out the length of the train, and pushing to the 
 windows, the astonished men beheld sailing along 
 the road across the river a car bearing Sabrina. 
 The train was moving at a good pace but the 
 automobile kept pace with it for several miles, 
 now speeding along an open stretch, now dodging 
 behind an intervening hillock or mass of rocks, 
 only to appear again after a short interval. The 
 Even Classmen were filled with joy at the suc- 
 cess of the feat, and Odd Classmen gnashed their 
 teeth in vain, realizing that the train could not 
 be made to stop, and that even if it did their 
 chances of crossing the river in time to reach the 
 fleet car bearing Sabrina were very slim. After 
 a while the men in the train calmed down and 
 
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 the statue disappeared around a bend in the 
 road. 
 
 The arrangements for this escapade were few 
 but complete. The men in charge of the show- 
 ing of Sabrina were DeKlyn, Cowles, Wood and 
 Low. Read, '20, left Amherst on a motorcycle 
 at four in the morning and reached the rendez- 
 vous by the river where it had been previously 
 determined that he should meet the car bearing 
 Sabrina. A Packard, hired in Springfield, left 
 Amherst at about the same time, picked up 
 Sabrina in Belchertown and reached the river 
 about seven in the morning. Here the car and 
 motorcycle were run in by the side of a house 
 near the road, where they laid in wait for the ap- 
 proaching train. The engineer had been sub- 
 sidized for the performance and it was arranged 
 that he should give three blasts of the whistle as 
 the train came around the curve that there might 
 be no mistake as to the identity of the train. 
 
 During the morning several cars filled with 
 Amherst men passed by on the road, and when 
 finally the special came by and blew the signal 
 the Packard drew out onto the road, tagging the 
 fast moving train for six miles. About a mile 
 before Charlemont was reached, the Packard 
 shot ahead up the steep incline. A short dis- 
 tance outside of this town Sabrina was removed 
 from the cars and hidden in a deep thicket on the 
 
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 edge of a small stream, where she was left for a 
 few days. The men then proceeded to Williams- 
 town and the game. 
 
 Just before the Packard had started to play 
 tag with the train, Read, who was following 
 on his motorcycle, had seen a carload of non- 
 Sabrina men speeding along in an effort to catch 
 the train. They were approaching rapidly and 
 danger was imminent. Read fell upon the plan 
 of pleading an accident. He stopped his motor 
 cycle, and halting the approaching car asked 
 them for a wrench to fix his machine, which was 
 in perfect order. After tinkering for a time and 
 allowing the Sabrina car to get out of danger, 
 he thanked the Odd Classmen, and proceeded 
 on his journey. 
 
 Some few days later, a suspicion arose in the 
 minds of the Sabrina guardian that her location 
 might have been traced to Charlemont, so De- 
 Klyn and Low decided to move her. They 
 obtained a Packard belonging to Whittemore 
 and drove to the hiding place on a pitch black, 
 rainy night. After a prolonged and gloomy 
 search they unearthed her in a completely frozen 
 state, and carried her back to Belchertown where 
 she was buried under the floor of the tool house. 
 Here she remained until she was exhumed to be 
 taken to the Boston banquet. 
 
 For purposes of presenting an impartial view 
 
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 on the episodes of Sabrina which occured while 
 the classes of 1919 and 1920 were in college, it 
 has been thought advisable to reprint here the 
 story of Odd Class activities during this period, 
 written by a man who was responsible for much 
 of the doings and subsequent successes of non- 
 Sabrina men, David S. Soliday. 
 
 With the new year of 1919 came the returning 
 army of Amherst men to their Alma Mater. 
 Goat-rooms were dusted, the fraternity's final 
 preparation to receive its long absent brothers 
 were made ; Pratt Dorm and old North and South 
 College flung open their doors at the command of 
 Grigg's Furniture dray to receive a bevy of 
 time-worn desks, chairs and other student equip- 
 ment; Prexy and Dean Olds consulted with the 
 faculty concerning the new college; College Hall 
 once again rang with the ^' cheer for Old Amherst '' 
 and speeches of her loyal sons. Thus, fired with 
 new ambitions, new life, and new thoughts, the 
 student body resumed its college course. 
 
 But the golden glamor of that fair and roman- 
 tic goddess of truth and loyalty — Sabrina — had 
 not been dulled by the few months — or years — of 
 olive drab. Secret whispered conferences were 
 lield by small groups; ''whens" and ''wheres" 
 were asked. And the class of 1919 realized more 
 poignantly than ever before that they had but a 
 few remaining months in Amherst to wrest the 
 
NINETEEN TWENTY 93 
 
 elusive goddess from the hands of her wily 
 protectors. 
 
 One cold evening in February, the first meet- 
 ing of the year of Anti-Sabrina men was held to 
 discuss the best means of capturing the much- 
 sought goddess of the even classes. Deke Darl- 
 ing, president of the class of 1919, Hal Seward, 
 president of Student Council, 1919, Dave Soli- 
 day, 1919, Francis Plimpton, president of class 
 of 1921, and Rowell Schleicher, 1921, composed 
 this Httle group of serious thinkers and would-be 
 ''sleuths." 
 
 But before any adequate organization could be 
 evolved among the ranks of the Odd Classmen, 
 which were somewhat thinned by War absences, 
 1920 held its Sabrina Banquet at Worcester. 
 Plans for this affair were successfully laid and 
 carried out with little intimation coming to the 
 non-Sabrina men of the nature of the project 
 under way before it actually took place. At- 
 tempts were made to trail the statue after it had 
 left Worcester, but these proved to be ineffectual. 
 Stan Woodward, '17, was called over the tele- 
 phone at his residence in Worcester and asked to 
 go to the Bancroft to see if he could find any 
 trace of the Goddess. Woodward proceeded at 
 once to the banquet, but the Goddess had gone. 
 As a last resort, he went to the local police head- 
 quarters, swore out a warrant for the arrest of the 
 
94 SABRINA 
 
 men in charge of the statue on the charge of har- 
 boring property stolen from Amherst College. 
 A cordon of police was promptly drawn up 
 around the outskirts of Worcester, but by the 
 time the arm of the law had stretched its net, 
 Sabrina was gone. 
 
 Excitement was intense that night in Amherst. 
 Various rumors were on foot many of which were 
 plausible, but none of which were based on any 
 reliable foundation. The college had become 
 addicted to rumor, possibly because of its long 
 stay in the army, where rumors of a well-known 
 character are rife. 
 
 Although Odd Class attempts to shadow the 
 statue on this occasion were unsuccessful, plans 
 were made and subsequently carried out in great 
 detail for an elaborate system by which the cap- 
 ture of Sabrina might be effected. Certain 
 occupants of houses on each of the main roads 
 leading into and out of Amherst were interviewed, 
 and they agreed to keep a sharp lookout for any 
 suspicious looking vehicles which might pass 
 their houses, and to keep the 1919 chairman 
 posted in the event of any going by. In each 
 Fraternity two or three men of the Odd Classes 
 kept a watchful eye open for any useful informa- 
 tion, and kept various Even Classmen, who were 
 suspected of being connected in some way with 
 the guardianship and most recent movement of 
 
NINETEEN TWENTY 95 
 
 the statue, under strict surveillance. During 
 baseball games, or at times when the entire col- 
 lege body was gathered together and it seemed 
 probable that an appearance might be attempted, 
 men with telescopes watched the surrounding 
 country from Chapel Tower, and wig-wagged to 
 other Odd Classmen on the roof of the Beta 
 Theta Pi House, but always their signals read, 
 ''Nothing in Sight." 
 
 No detail was overlooked that might help the 
 Odd Classmen capture Sabrina. Finally, one 
 day. May 9, 1919, word was received about noon 
 that the Even Class had chosen that evening to 
 show Sabrina before a gathering at College Hall 
 where the Sophomore Smoker was to be held. 
 Plans were immediately laid for her capture. 
 Three automobiles were hired, and certain Odd 
 Classmen were told off to occupy each of these, 
 which were stationed at different points; one 
 back of the Psi U House, one on the road to 
 Northampton, and one on the Holyoke Road. 
 All were near telephones. 
 
 At the appointed time that evening, Sabrina 
 appeared before College Hall. A search light 
 was flashed upon her for a second and then she 
 disappeared in mad haste. The undergraduates 
 and the guests of the college who had been lis- 
 tening to the program at the Smoker in College 
 Hall, poured out on the terrace, but were only 
 
96 SABRINA 
 
 successful in catching a fleeting glimpse of the 
 Goddess. Pursuit was immediately taken up. 
 Machines in waiting, after a slight delay, gave 
 chase. The Packard which had been hired in 
 Amherst and which was occupied by Schleicher, 
 Hatheway, Palmer and Zink, '21, managed to 
 creep up on the Even Class cars on the Holyoke 
 Road. As is usual in planning for a safe retreat 
 for the Goddess, two cars were employed. 
 Sabrina was being carried in a special Pack- 
 ard, and Nash was following in his own car. 
 Schleicher was seated in the back seat of the 
 non-Sabrina car, and as they approached Nash's 
 car he suddenly fired several shots which whizzed 
 by Hatheway's ear. One of them reached its 
 mark and a rear tire exploded on Nash's car 
 which rolled heavily into the ditch, and the 
 Packard tore by. The car in which Sabrina 
 was being carried was by this time far ahead, 
 and no trace of it could be found on the road. 
 Arriving at Holyoke, the men decided that the 
 Goddess might have been taken to Springfield, 
 and accordingly, they went there. Finding 
 nothing in the station or elsewhere they con- 
 tinued to Worcester in the hopes that it might be 
 the Even Class plan to hide it in the Bancroft, 
 and that they might arrive there in time to pre- 
 vent its removal to the hotel storage rooms, but 
 here too their efforts were unrewarded. 
 
NINETEEN TWENTY 97 
 
 Immediately after Sabrina had gone through, 
 Seward and Sohday obtained a car from North- 
 ampton and drove leisurely down the Holyoke 
 Road hoping that the Even Classmen, after hav- 
 ing taken a side road to allow their pursuers to 
 pass them, might be returning over the same 
 road they had previously travelled. They were 
 the more firmly convinced that this was the plan 
 of the Even Classmen for they had recently 
 learned of the plans formulated by 1918, one of 
 which was to have the Goddess appear several 
 times in succession the same day, and they hoped 
 that this idea might have taken root. However, 
 Sabrina was by this time far away, and nothing 
 of any importance was discovered on the way to 
 Holyoke. Arriving there, the men telephoned 
 Amherst. They got in touch with Schleicher 
 who was then in Springfield and sent him on to 
 Worcester as has been related above. After 
 making a thorough search of Holyoke and vicin- 
 ity they went slowly back to Amherst, sorely 
 disappointed. 
 
 This was the first time that Sabrina had been 
 followed out of town by Odd Classmen. The 
 pursuit was close, and the affair on the Notch, 
 if the story related by those who participated in 
 the battle can be given credence, was a fierce 
 encounter fraught with considerable danger. 
 
 All through that night, the Odd Classmen 
 
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 waited for news of the capture of Sabrina, but 
 when morning came the pursuers returned with 
 more plans and plots and lots of ideas, but with- 
 out Sabrina. Brisk, Palmer and Stanford '21 
 appeared swathed with bandages. They, too, had 
 been chasing Sabrina and had come to grief at the 
 iron bridge which spans the Freshman River on 
 the Holyoke Road beyond the powerhouse. Their 
 driver had been at the wheel for many hours and 
 sleep overpowered him as they rounded a curve 
 at a high rate of speed. Witnesses who have 
 seen the spot since, declare that the shock of the 
 meeting of car and bridge moved the steel girders 
 several inches. Be this as it may, the three men 
 previously mentioned showed signs of some sort 
 of an encounter of a disagreeable nature. 
 
 Various rumors and clews were followed in the 
 next few weeks to discover the Goddess' hiding 
 place. One man reported that he had seen her 
 being carried into a building back of The Draper; 
 another that he had seen her in Deerfield; an- 
 other still, not connected in any way with the 
 college, offered for a mere $1000 to give "valu- 
 able information." (The Odd Classmen never 
 learned the value of this information, for they 
 did not avail themselves of the privilege of buy- 
 ing it.) When Commencement time came, 1919 
 was graduated and Sabrina still reigned supreme 
 in the hands of the Even Classes. 
 
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 SABRINA remained in her hiding place in 
 Belchertown until the following March. All 
 during the summer of 1919 activity was at 
 a standstill, and the Goddess was not to venture 
 forth again until her eventful journey to the Bos- 
 ton Banquet. The Executive Committee of the 
 Boston Alumni Association in drawing up its 
 plans for the annual banquet, hit upon the idea of 
 having Sabrina appear at the function. It was 
 thought at this time that to show Sabrina to the 
 Alumni body would not only stir up great enthusi- 
 asm for the college among its graduates, but might 
 also stir up some interest on the part of the outside 
 world. Freeman Swett, '17, was a member of 
 this committee and secretary of the association. 
 He was given the duty of making the negotia- 
 tions with the undergraduates concerning the 
 possibility of bringing the statue down to Bos- 
 ton. He accordingly got into communication 
 with Roland A. Wood, '20, whom he knew very 
 well. He wrote Wood that the Alumni wanted 
 very much to borrow Sabrina for the occasion; 
 that absolute secrecy should surround the entire 
 affair, that no chances would be taken, and he 
 gave him to understand that although he was an 
 Odd Classman, the purpose of showing Sabrina 
 
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100 SABRINA 
 
 was to stir up enthusiasm for the college, and not 
 an attempt on the part of Odd Classmen to cap- 
 ture the Goddess. Wood replied, and advised 
 Swett to get in touch with Phillip See, the 1918 
 guardian. Wood's letter is re-produced here as 
 an interesting memento of subsequent events 
 which culminated in the capture of Sabrina for 
 the Odd Classmen. 
 
 Whether Swett wrote to See about this matter 
 is not known, but certain it is that Wood took 
 up the matter with Low, the guardian, and Paul 
 Phillips, president of the class. These men were 
 so surprised at the project, and as it presented a 
 new and novel problem with which previous 
 Sabrina guardians had never had to cope, they 
 decided they had better come on to Boston and 
 talk the matter over with the former guardian. 
 
 About two weeks before the date on which the 
 banquet was to be held, an undergraduate came 
 to Boston and met See. See was absolute in his 
 refusal to endorse the proposition. He thought 
 the proposed appearance to be exceedingly risky, 
 and the value to the college to be derived from 
 the pubhcity of its appearance altogether incom- 
 mensurate with the danger that would be run. 
 Somewhat influenced by this view, the under- 
 graduate told the committee with whom he had 
 conferred, consisting of a member of the Execu- 
 tive Committee and two Even Classmen for- 
 
THE BOSTON BANQUET 101 
 
 merly prominent in Sabrina activities, that he did 
 not beheve that the Goddess could be used for 
 such a purpose. He then returned to Amherst. 
 The Even Class committee at college endorsed 
 this refusal but finally gave in to the repeated 
 requests of the alumni. They stated that the 
 matter should be viewed, not as an interclass 
 affair, but from the point of view of the alumni 
 of the entire college. The whole idea was to give 
 Amherst the same publicity that other colleges 
 had been getting in Boston in past years. They 
 reassured the guardian that all necessary pre- 
 cautions should be taken, and that while the ex- 
 ploit seemed daring, in reality the risk was small. 
 The 1920 men thought the proposition over 
 again and finally decided that they would sub- 
 merge their class interests for the larger interest 
 of the college as a whole, and accordingly gave 
 their consent to the showing of Sabrina. The 
 committee being reassured that the project 
 would go through, left the matter of getting 
 Sabrina to the banquet and of having her re- 
 moved safely, to 1914 men. McGay, '14, was 
 given charge of the affair, and he, accordingly, 
 worked out his plans. He made a thorough 
 inspection of the Copley Plaza, paying particu- 
 lar attention to the interior arrangements, and 
 adjoining neighborhood. There was a covered 
 driveway running the entire length of the hotel, 
 
102 SABRINA 
 
 upon which a door opened directly into the large 
 ball room where the banquet was to be held. It 
 was decided to bring the statue into the driveway 
 on a truck a few minutes before the time sched- 
 uled for her appearance, and then to carry her 
 into the banquet hall, show her for a brief mo- 
 ment, and withdraw, retreating along the same 
 line that they had entered. 
 
 Details were well worked out in advance. A 
 ''Zero Hour" was determined upon at which 
 the statue was to appear, and all men connected 
 with the showing were acquainted with this 
 time. The seating of the Alumni at tables was 
 so arranged that the Even Classmen should be 
 grouped around the door at which the Goddess 
 was to appear. Odd Class tables being relegated 
 to far corners. Men were appointed to watch 
 the doors and main exits of the hotel to be sure 
 that no Odd Classmen left the building. It was 
 planned to remove the lugs in the revolving doors 
 so that they would be put out of commission, 
 temporarily. Men were also to be stationed at 
 the doors of the banquet hall leading to the main 
 corridors of the hotel, to prevent anyone leaving. 
 
 For the purpose of moving Sabrina, a large 
 truck belonging to R. H. Stearns and Company 
 was to be obtained. It was planned to ship 
 Sabrina to the warehouse of the Miller Piano 
 Company where she was to arrive during the 
 

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 day, and be kept there until shortly before the 
 ''Zero Hour," when she was to be taken to the 
 banquet, and after she had been shown, was to 
 be immediately returned to the Miller Piano 
 Company. All was now in readiness, but subse- 
 quent changes in plans to conform to the different 
 situation that the Even Classmen found on the 
 night of the banquet were made. 
 
 The first intimation that came to Odd Class- 
 men that Sabrina might be shown at the banquet 
 was at a Chi Phi luncheon in Boston when Phil 
 See read a letter to the men there assembled 
 written to him by Wood. This letter, which had 
 been written some time previously, informed See 
 of the proposal to show Sabrina at the Boston 
 Banquet, and asked him for a statement of his 
 opinion regarding the matter. See, having 
 previously refused to sanction the appearance, 
 was rather amused at the determination of the 
 undergraduates to show Sabrina, and treated the 
 matter as a huge joke. It was utterly beyond 
 his comprehension that the intentions of the 
 Even Classmen could be serious. 
 
 Boynton, '19, was at the luncheon and became 
 tremendously excited at the letter read by See. 
 That afternoon he telephoned Seward and re- 
 peated to him what See had said at the luncheon 
 that day. Seward, while not altogether con- 
 vinced that Sabrina was to be shown, because 
 
104 SABRINA 
 
 of the openness with which See had disclosed 
 the matter, agreed with Boynton to get in touch 
 with McGregor '19, and talk the matter over. 
 That night, Seward saw McGregor and they 
 decided that the likelihood of Sabrina's really 
 coming was slight, but that at the same time it 
 would be advisable to make some plans to wel- 
 come the Goddess if she should put in an appear- 
 ance. The banquet was a large occasion, and it 
 did not seem wise to let even the rumor which 
 had come to their attention go by without mak- 
 ing some preparations. It so happened that 
 McGregor was acquainted with a detective who 
 had a large organization in Boston, and with 
 whom his father had often had business and 
 personal dealings. Accordingly, this man, whom 
 we shall here call Mr. Williams, was taken into 
 consultation. At the first meeting with Mr. 
 Williams the matter was talked over in a rather 
 vague and loose way, and nothing of any note 
 was done. 
 
 Seward shortly afterwards went to New York 
 to see Soliday. In going over the possibility of 
 an appearance of Sabrina at an alumni function 
 attended by both Odd and Even Classmen, they 
 were impressed with the honor that would come 
 to the Even Classes in the event of success to them 
 and determined to lay as complete plans as events 
 warranted. Later on Rowell Schleicher, '21, 
 
THE BOSTON BANQUET 105 
 
 who had charge of non-Sabrina activities in Col- 
 lege, was requested to come to Boston, and 
 another meeting was held with Mr. Williams. 
 
 By this time, the probability of the Sabrina 
 proposition going through was somewhat stronger, 
 and a detailed plan was developed by which 
 to capture the statue if it appeared. The first 
 thing to do was to get a clear understanding and 
 thorough knowledge of the ins and outs of the 
 Hotel Copley Plaza. Accordingly, Seward and 
 McGregor made a complete inspection of the 
 building at an early date. The most prominent 
 feature of the layout was the covered driveway, 
 previously mentioned, which runs through the 
 entire building from Trinity Place to Dartmouth 
 Street. It became clear that if Sabrina was to 
 be shown inside the Copley that this driveway 
 was the logical place of entrance and retreat. 
 Several doors were observed leading into the ball 
 room, which were used for bringing in supplies, 
 and it was evident that these doors could easily 
 be opened for Sabrina. 
 
 It was determined at a subsequent meeting 
 with Schleicher and Mr. Williams that the best 
 method of capture was to attempt to take the 
 statue after it had made its appearance, and that 
 it would be unwise to try to seize it, before it 
 was taken into the driveway. Accordingly, they 
 decided to hire several cars for pursuit purposes. 
 
106 SABRINA 
 
 and with which to block the car carrying Sabrina, 
 if possible. The matter of hiring and manning 
 the machines was left to Mr. Williams. After 
 going over the plans again, Schleicher went back 
 to Amherst where he was to report immediately 
 any occurrences of a suspicious nature. 
 
 In the meantime, the Executive Committee in 
 charge of the banquet had printed an announce- 
 ment of the affair. This embodied a program 
 of the various entertainment features that were 
 to be held. A large question mark appeared as 
 the last announcement, and this, together with 
 the accompanjdng wording, could mean nothing 
 to Odd Classmen but that Sabrina was to be 
 shown. The Odd Classmen were now firmly 
 convinced that the appearance was to be at- 
 tempted. Plans were again gone over carefully 
 and complete secrecy surrounded them. No one 
 was told of the arrangements which had been 
 made, nor was the Executive Committee ques- 
 tioned as to the probability of Sabrina's being 
 shown. These in brief were the complete plans 
 of the Odd Classmen, and as subsequent happen- 
 ings prove, they were well drawn up and care- 
 fully prepared, although some changes were found 
 to be necessary on the night of the banquet. 
 
 The story of the journey of Sabrina to Boston 
 has been prepared as here submitted by Paul 
 Phillips, President of the class of 1920. 
 
THE BOSTON BANQUET 107 
 
 At the time the Even Classmen gave their 
 consent to bring Sabrina to the Boston Banquet, 
 it was just about physically impossible to get the 
 statue there because of the weather conditions. 
 One of the members of the Sabrina Committee, 
 Cowles, got the statue from its hiding place in 
 Belchertown, boxed it up and put it on a train 
 at Springfield for Boston. This in itself was 
 considerable of a task, for the statue was buried 
 beneath two feet of frozen earth. To quote 
 Phillips' report: ''We felt no compunction in 
 sending her via express, which is contrary to our 
 rules, because we were not serving the interests 
 of the Even Classes, but those of the college. We 
 had already shown the Lady as the rules called 
 for, and we were doing this at the request 
 of the Alumni, as a College and as a two class 
 affair — serving alike the interests of both Odd 
 and Even Classes. She was safely received at 
 a wayside station just out of Boston and 
 was received by the ' chief, '^ and carried away 
 into hiding until the time of her appearance. 
 The chief sent the men who accompanied the 
 Lady back to Amherst. He wanted no case of 
 divided authority in Boston, and wanted the 
 alumni to take all the responsibility. Another 
 reason for this was the fact that the sight of 
 
 1 Phillips refers to McGay who was in charge of the Boston end 
 of the appearance as "the chief." 
 
108 SABRINA 
 
 Even Class undergraduates in Boston at this time 
 would excite the suspicion of Odd Classmen, who 
 knew nothing of the plan." 
 
 The wayside station mentioned above was 
 Framingham. Later investigation has revealed 
 the fact that Cowles, '20 and Scott, '22, accom- 
 panied the statue to Framingham where they 
 were sent back to Amherst as Phillips states. 
 McGay and Miller, '14, took Sabrina in a truck 
 to Boston and placed her in the warehouse of the 
 Miller Piano Company as had been previously 
 planned. McGay describes this as follows: ^'Sa- 
 brina was brought to Framingham by express after 
 a twelve mile drive by sled on the other end, the 
 morning of the event. Stan Miller and I met the 
 two undergraduates who brought her down and 
 put her aboard one of Miller's trucks and took 
 her to the Henry Miller Piano Company on 
 Boylston Street. She stayed there until a few 
 minutes before she was shown at the banquet." 
 
 McGay supplies the information that it was 
 originally intended to have Sabrina carried into 
 the banquet by officers of the Boston Alumni 
 Association, of which officers seven were Odd 
 Classmen. The fact that this plan was not carried 
 out, offers convincing proof that the Odd Classmen 
 who captured Sabrina were not "tipped off" by 
 any of the Executive Committee, or in any way 
 aided in their attempts. 
 
THE BOSTON BANQUET 109 
 
 The forty-ninth Annual Banquet of the Boston 
 Alumni Association of Amherst College was held 
 on Wednesday Evening March 3, 1920 at the 
 Hotel Copley Plaza. It was a great affair. The 
 principle speakers were prominent alumni, among 
 whom were Governor Coolidge, since elected 
 Vice-President of the United States, President 
 Meiklejohn, Professor Barker, and Rush Rhees, 
 President of Rochester University. Judge Ed- 
 ward C. Estey presided. Among the six hundred 
 or more alumni present were men of practically 
 every class since the year '57, of which class 
 several men put in an appearance. It is inter- 
 esting to note that at this time prolonged ap- 
 plause greeted the reference to Gov. Coolidge's 
 presidential chances. ''Tug" Wilson, president 
 of the Amherst Alumni Association of Chicago 
 urged the Boston Alumni to bring the governor 
 to the convention the following fall and make him 
 president, and at this suggestion the hotel re- 
 sounded with Amherst cheers. 
 
 While President Meiklejohn was paying trib- 
 ute to the lasting interest of college traditions, 
 the folding doors at the side of the hall suddenly 
 opened and a huge representation of a bottle of 
 Gordon's Gin was brought into the room. When 
 it had progressed well into the center of the group 
 of Even Class tables, which were placed in a 
 circle around the door, the effigy was torn aside 
 
no SABRINA 
 
 and Sabrina in all her loveliness was revealed to 
 the astonished gaze of the men there present. 
 The cheering which broke loose, and the conflict- 
 ing cries of Odd and Even Classes filled the hotel, 
 while frantic scurrying about on the part of 
 Odd Classmen, and the self-congratulatory back- 
 slapping of Even Classmen heightened the ex- 
 citement. The statue was quickly withdrawn 
 and President Meiklejohn was allowed to con- 
 tinue his address, which we fear fell upon the 
 ears of a more inattentive audience than ever 
 sat in Walker Hall for a Freshman Math class. 
 
 Rumors floated about freely to the effect that 
 Sabrina had been captured, that Sabrina had 
 escaped, and that Sabrina was coming back, 
 when Boynton, '19, during a pause between the 
 speeches, announced in loud voice that Sabrina 
 had been taken and was in the hands of the class of 
 1919. This was the signal for Odd Classmen to 
 give vent to all the pent-up enthusiasm which had 
 been accumulating over a long period of twenty- 
 nine years. If the Copley had resounded with 
 "All hails" when the Goddess put in her ap- 
 pearance, it now fairly vibrated with the trium- 
 phant paeans of Odd Classmen. 
 
 It is necessary at this point to go back in the 
 story to the point at which Sabrina was left in 
 the warehouse of the Miller Piano Company. 
 To again quote McGay 's version of the escapade : 
 
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THE BOSTON BANQUET 111 
 
 — "It was planned to bring Sabrina into the 
 banquet at 9:30 P. M. There was a man at 
 each door of the hotel to pull the plungers out of 
 the revolving doors and to hold them for three 
 minutes after she came in. A fake car ran into 
 the covered alley-way on to which the banquet 
 hall opened. Of course, there were men watch- 
 ing outside for any trouble, and the driver of 
 the R. H. Stearns Company's truck was to be 
 signalled if any trouble was brewing. Not being 
 able to find any Odd Classmen outside, they evi- 
 dently thought things were O. K. and let her 
 come in. . . ." 
 
 Sabrina was brought to the Copley from the 
 Miller Piano Company's warehouse in the truck 
 which had been secured as planned from R. H. 
 Stearns and Company, a few moments before the 
 scheduled time of her appearance. To again 
 quote McGay. "I had charge of the inside and 
 was to stop it (Sabrina) from coming if anything 
 looked bad. All went well inside and Sabrina ap- 
 peared on time covered by a large paper bottle 
 advertising Gordon's Gin. She was uncovered 
 and a ring formed around her and she was kept 
 there for a minute or two, then taken out to the 
 truck, and the door was locked. . . ." 
 
 Here we must again retrace our steps in order 
 to give at this point the plans and actions of the 
 Odd Classmen at this occasion. When Seward 
 
112 SABRINA 
 
 and McGregor arrived at the Copley that even- 
 ing, they took a final look around to see if their 
 plans were so laid as to assure success. The 
 first thing which attracted their attention on 
 entering the banquet hall was that the tables 
 had been so arranged that Odd Class interfer- 
 ence in the event of the statue being brought into 
 the banquet hall through the doors, in the way 
 they had anticipated, was practically impossible. 
 The Even Class tables were grouped closely in the 
 center of the room and around the door leading 
 into the driveway, and Odd Class tables were 
 in a ring further away. The table set aside for 
 '19 was in the corner of the room farthest from 
 the suspected door, and directly beneath the 
 speaker's table, an unusual place to put the 
 youngest graduating class. This arrangement 
 of tables practically convinced the Odd Classmen 
 that Sabrina was to appear, and they accordingly 
 completed their plans hastily. Neiley, '19, 
 promptly hired another automobile, and after 
 Seward and McGregor had gone out and talked 
 with the men whom Mr. Williams had sent there 
 in cars, as had been previously decided, they 
 returned to the banquet and took their places at 
 the tables. But before entering the banquet 
 hall, they looked carefully around the hotel for 
 means of exit in case the Goddess was brought 
 in. They found two ready means of leaving in 
 
THE BOSTON BANQUET 113 
 
 a hurry from where the 1919 table was placed. 
 One of these was through the kitchen, and the 
 other a stairway that led to the second floor from 
 where easy access could be made to the ground 
 floor through the musicians gallery and upper 
 corridor. Thus, reassured of a line of retreat, 
 they decided they had better stay inside the 
 banquet hall to avert suspicion, and sat down 
 outwardly calm, but inwardly agitated. 
 
 Every half hour one of the Odd Classmen left 
 the building and looked up some of Mr. WilHams 
 men outside. The machines were stationed on 
 both sides of the building on which the driveway 
 opened. One was placed in front of the hotel 
 as well. These machines were if possible, to 
 block the truck carrying Sabrina as it came out 
 of the driveway, and if not, to follow. 
 
 At half past nine a taxicab entered the drive- 
 way and remained there for a few minutes and 
 then disappeared. Not one of the blocking cars 
 moved, for they saw through the Even Class 
 ruse. The Sabrina guardians, convinced that 
 all was well, now appeared with the R. H. 
 Stearns covered truck carrying Sabrina. This 
 car entered the driveway and almost immediately 
 profound cheering was heard from the inside of 
 the building. As it came out the cars provided 
 by Mr. Williams moved towards it. 
 
 At this point it will aid the reader to consult 
 
114 SABRINA 
 
 the accompanying chart of the plan of the Cop- 
 ley Plaza, and the plan of the streets of Boston 
 in that neighborhood. This plan has been drawn 
 to represent graphically the line of flight, pur- 
 suit and capture of Sabrina as it took place. It 
 should be borne in mind at the same time that 
 this had been an unusually severe Winter and 
 that the streets were piled high with melting 
 snow-drifts. 
 
 As the truck emerged from the entrance, the 
 car which had been secured by Neiley successfully 
 blocked it. The two cars collided, but serious 
 injury was not done to either. The truck im- 
 mediately backed away and its driver quickly 
 decided to steer around the car in his way. Ac- 
 cordingly, he veered to the left towards a heavy 
 drift of snow, and not taking regard of the con- 
 sequences of his act, plowed into it head fore- 
 most. This was a rash move for the truck soon 
 became stalled in the heavy drifts which came 
 well up over the hubs of the wheels. It was stuck 
 so fast that it was not removed from the drift 
 until next morning, although heroic attempts 
 were made at the time to break it loose. 
 
 In the meantime, as soon as Sabrina had ap- 
 peared inside the banquet hall, Seward and Mc- 
 Gregor rushed out of the hotel by means of the 
 second story exit they had previously discovered. 
 Boynton, by a trick of fate, had been standing 
 
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 near a main exit of the ball room when the statue 
 was ushered in, and was the first to appear on 
 the scene as the R. H. Stearns truck emerged 
 from the driveway. He got into the machine 
 hired by Neiley just before it was struck by the 
 van. Seward and McGregor came up just as the 
 truck stalled in the snow and Seward in a moment 
 of excitement grasped the statue with both hands 
 in an attempt to drag it from the truck, not 
 knowing what he would do with it if he did get 
 it. An Even Classman pursuaded him to desist, 
 asking, ''Who are you?" " I am an Even Class- 
 man, 1918," he replied. He then went over and 
 sat in a Ford which had also been hired by the 
 Odd Classmen, and McGregor joined Boynton in 
 the car which had blocked Sabrina. 
 
 The Even Classmen, seeing their two cars 
 stuck, became rather excited and rushed madly 
 to and fro without taking any steps to remove 
 the statue from the spot. A suggestion was 
 made to the men in charge of Sabrina that they 
 put the statue in the Ford in which Seward was 
 sitting. Some men, it is not known to this day 
 whom, took Sabrina from the truck and put her 
 in the Ford in compliance with this suggestion. 
 Fords were not built to admit of the easy en- 
 trance of three hundred pound ladies, who are 
 rather obstinate in the matter of their posture, 
 and as a result Sabrina's toe was broken in the 
 
116 SABRINA 
 
 mad haste with which she was piled into the 
 tonneau of the Ford. Kimball, and Moulton, 
 '14, got into the rear seat with the statue. 
 Seward and two of Mr. Williams' men occupied 
 the front seat. As the car moved off in the rear 
 of the Westminster Hotel, McGay hung on the 
 running board, but a moment later, seeing two 
 Even Classmen in the car with the Goddess, 
 dropped off, sajdng, ''You watch Sabrina and 
 I'll follow in the next car." 
 
 The car moved on through the streets around 
 Trinity Station and swung into Clarendon Street, 
 down Clarendon across Boylston to Common- 
 wealth, where it swung to the left toward Massa- 
 chusetts Avenue. During this ride the Even 
 Classmen continually directed the driver, whom 
 they thought was working in their interests, to 
 turn to the left so that they might get back to 
 the warehouse of the Miller Piano Company 
 where Sabrina was supposed to be taken. But 
 the driver, who knew what he was about, re- 
 peatedly refused to comply with their requests, 
 saying that the ruts in the snow were so deep 
 that he could not swing the car out of them. 
 All this time Odd Class cars manned by Mr. 
 Williams' men, and several Even Class cars 
 followed closely in the rear. 
 
 As the car turned to the right into Massachu- 
 setts Avenue one of the Even Classmen whose 
 
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 suspicions were aroused by this time, leaned over 
 and pushed the driver forward, at the same time 
 giving the wheel a jerk to the left. The driver, 
 falling forward on the foot levers, stalled the 
 Ford, and it stood motionless in the center of 
 the street. A dispute arose as to what should 
 be done next as the other cars came up. The 
 Odd Classmen made all the confusion and noise 
 that was possible, so as not to give the Even 
 Classmen a chance to get off by themselves and 
 think clearly. They were helped in this to some 
 extent by the drivers as well. 
 
 As luck would have it Mr. Williams arrived on 
 the scene at this time. He came up to the car 
 in the guise of a special police officer and asked 
 what all the trouble was about. He was im- 
 mediately assured that there was no trouble at 
 all. Looking in the back of the car he saw the 
 battered statue of Sabrina. '^What's that thing 
 in there?" he asked. ''It's a statue," replied 
 various men. ''Who does it belong to?" asked 
 Williams. " It belongs to us. It belongs to us," 
 said the Odd and Even Classmen in the same 
 voice. "Well, why not go down to the Police 
 Station and straighten the matter out?" said 
 Williams. "That's a good idea," said the Odd 
 Classmen, and the Even Classmen reluctantly 
 acceded to this proposal. The Even Classmen 
 at once attempted to hire the Ford to make sure 
 
118 SABRINA 
 
 there would be no question of authority once 
 they were under way. The driver readily fell in 
 with their offer and named twenty five dollars as 
 his price. ''Well, we'll pay that" said the Even 
 Classmen, but the driver, trying to make time 
 for the Odd Classmen put up an argument 
 about his hat, which had been lost. ''I don't go 
 until I get paid for my hat" he said, 'Tve lost 
 my hat." ''Well, we'll pay you for your hat," 
 said the Even Classmen. " Well, I want it now," 
 said the driver. Thus, he added to the general 
 confusion. Two Even Classmen who had been 
 in the rear seat with Sabrina, got out of the car 
 and only Kimball remained. Mr. Williams saw 
 to it that they remained outside, and that he and 
 his men took their places in the back of the car. 
 Seward, fearing that he might be recognized, 
 also left the car with Sabrina and entered the 
 machine in which McGregor had followed closely 
 behind, Boynton having stayed at the hotel. 
 
 The Ford now started out, supposedly on its 
 way to the Police Station to settle the matter of 
 the disputed possession of the Goddess, who had 
 all this time been resting serenely in the rear 
 of the car, unperturbed by all the excitement 
 which her presence was causing. The driver of 
 the car, having received his instructions in some 
 detail previously, now swung to the right off 
 Massachusetts Avenue and ran down some side 
 
C h ar\es 
 
 River 
 
 STREETS OF BOSTON 
 The Line of Flight 
 
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 streets, eventually making a complete circle of 
 the block. Two cars in the employ of the Odd 
 Classmen were waiting at the corner, and as the 
 calvacade approached, the car bearing Sabrina 
 was allowed to pass and go out on Massachusetts 
 Avenue toward Cambridge. The second car 
 containing Even Classmen was cleverly blocked. 
 Just as it came to the corner the Odd Class car 
 shot out in front of it, driving up to the curbstone 
 where the two cars collided gently. In the car 
 following were Seward and McGregor, and this 
 drove around the two cars jammed on the side- 
 walk and followed Sabrina out over the Harvard 
 Bridge into Cambridge. Several hundred yards 
 behind came a lone Ford which had been waiting 
 on Massachusetts Avenue for the return of the 
 cavalcade to the main highway, and this was 
 closely followed by two Even Class machines. 
 By zigzagging across the bridge, making ^'S's" 
 and by other feats of driving, the Ford managed 
 to block the roadway completely, thus prevent- 
 ing the machines behind, which had succeeded in 
 breaking away, from following Sabrina, who was 
 by this time out of sight and far away. The 
 Ford bearing Sabrina headed at a good rate for 
 Cambridge, in which, as has been related, were 
 Kimball, '14, and four of Mr. Williams men. 
 Arriving in Cambridge the car turned off to the 
 right beyond Central Square and dodged in and 
 
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 out among the dark streets of that neighborhood 
 for some time. When convinced that pursuit 
 had been effectually cut off, they came to a stop. 
 McGregor and Seward came up in their car and 
 together with Mr. Williams they approached 
 Kimball. Kimball was finally convinced of the 
 utter uselessness of any attempt to resist, and 
 accordingly agreed with the proposal that he 
 return to Boston with McGregor and Seward. 
 This he did, and Sabrina was at once taken to the 
 residence of Mr. Williams as had been previously 
 planned. 
 
 Returning to the banquet Seward and Mc- 
 Gregor found the speeches well under way, and 
 that the function had resumed a normal aspect. 
 Boynton was sought out and told to make his 
 announcement as chronicled above, which he did. 
 
 In the meantime a telegram had been sent 
 to Schleicher at Amherst announcing the capture, 
 and he speedily spread the news about the campus 
 that Sabrina was for the first time in twenty- 
 nine years the Goddess of the Odd Classes. The 
 following extract from the Amherst Student for 
 March 4, 1920, amply describes the effect which 
 the magic news had upon the undergraduates. 
 
 "At exactly 10:45 -last night Schleicher, '21, 
 in Amherst, received the following telegram from 
 Seward and McGregor: — 
 
 ''Sabrina appeared. We have her." 
 
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 Swiftly the news ran about the college. Groups 
 of Odd Classmen joined in singing the Sabrina 
 song in celebration. A huge bonfire was kindled 
 in front of the Library, and the Chapel bell was 
 tolled vigorously. As the rumor was spread it 
 was distorted, and many and wild were the 
 versions circulated about college in the early 
 hours of the morning. Chapel was turned into 
 a Sabrina celebration, the doxology giving way 
 to the Sabrina song, and the usually sedate pre- 
 lude swelling in a Paean of Triumph. After the 
 Sabrina song, the Freshman exhibited a lurid 
 banner on which was printed ''Sabrina Day — 
 No Classes." After that the Freshman de- 
 camped in a body followed by most of the Junior 
 class." 
 
 It has been thought advisable to re-print here 
 the account of the Boston Banquet which is 
 written by one of the Even Classmen who was 
 closely in touch with all happenings: — McGay. 
 
 "The statue was shown for a minute or two 
 and then backed out to the truck and the door 
 locked from behind. We got out of the alley- 
 way and turned to the right to find on coming 
 out that every taxi was getting ready to move on. 
 At the first corner a big machine moved out and 
 blocked the way. Remember the snow was so 
 deep that there was only room for one car to go 
 down. The truck hit it and knocked it partly to 
 
122 SABRINA 
 
 one side, but stalled its engine in so doing. I 
 hopped on the running board and grabbed the 
 steering wheel of the car ahead so it could not 
 start going again, and the truck started to swing 
 around it. It went up to the hubs with about 
 four feet more to go and could not be moved. 
 That's how near we came to getting away as 
 Miller's car was right behind the truck, and if they 
 had reached solid ground this car could have 
 blocked the rest. By the way, the only man out- 
 side of Even Classmen whom I saw during the 
 entire performance who might have been an Am- 
 herst man, was in the car that blocked the truck. 
 He was a little dark-haired fellow in evening dress. 
 When I got aboard he tried to come over from the 
 back seat and get me off, and I firmly but gently 
 put him back where he started from. You might 
 ask Seward who he is for my satisfaction. ^ I 
 started back to get some more of the gang. 
 Meanwhile, Sabrina was in the truck in perfect 
 safety with about twelve Even huskies over her. 
 We had not gone fifty feet when I saw her being 
 carried across the street to an open Ford. I 
 hot-footed it back but she was inside by then so 
 I jumped on the running board with Big Dick 
 Kimball and Moulton inside with the two drivers. 
 Bunny Shaw was right behind in a taxi, so I 
 dropped off and got inside his car and followed. 
 
 ^This was Nehemiah Boynton Jr. of the class of 1919. 
 
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 We went about ten blocks and ended up on 
 Massachusetts Avenue where Kimball made 
 them halt as they had picked up three or four 
 other cars by then. The four of us tried to get 
 Sabrina into our taxi, but she was wedged and 
 we could not get her out. We argued and talked 
 and moved around the corner trying to buy our 
 way out. It was finally decided that we would 
 go to the Police Station, and we started off, Big 
 Dick with Sabrina and the driver in the car. 
 Bunny and I following, went around the block 
 when we hit Massachusetts Avenue. Two cars 
 cornered ours while Sabrina started across 
 Harvard Bridge. We finally got by but she 
 was almost across and we lost her in the winding 
 streets about half way to Harvard Square. 
 Dick cleaned up the two detectives but they were 
 met by some other cars and he was shipped back 
 to Boston." 
 
 This account of McGay's of the happenings 
 around the Hotel Copley and in the streets of 
 Boston and Cambridge, coincides in all details 
 with the main account given above which was 
 compiled from data and memoranda which 
 certain Odd Classmen had preserved as souvenirs 
 of the occasion, as well as from the memory of 
 the principle characters involved in the escapade. 
 
 Thus, Sabrina changed hands for the first time 
 in twenty-nine years. The happenings surround- 
 
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 ing the capture were as exciting as any which 
 had previously taken place in any adventure in 
 which the Goddess has been the center of attrac- 
 tion. At first glance it would seem that the loss 
 of the statue by the Even Classes was altogether 
 uncalled for, and yet a comprehensive knowledge 
 of the efforts of the Odd Classes, which extended 
 back to the entrance of the class of 1919 into 
 Amherst College, and even before that, makes 
 it clear that while the men who actually cap- 
 tured Sabrina did get certain breaks at the 
 time, their plans were well laid, their determina- 
 tion unflagging, and the success of their venture 
 came as a well deserved reward for the efforts of 
 all Odd Classmen. 
 
 Those who subsequently came in contact with 
 the Even Classmen who were directly in charge 
 of the statue had the feeling that they regarded 
 the Sabrina tradition as too much of a one-sided 
 affair. While it was always tacitly assumed that 
 Sabrina should be regarded as the possession of 
 the Odds if they were fortunate enough to cap- 
 ture her, several of these men seemed to have 
 the view that Odd Class opposition was really 
 nothing but a small side of the tradition ; one to 
 add zest to the affair; and that the idea of Odd 
 Classmen really possessing the statue was not 
 included in the rules. It can only be here said 
 lihat the strong feeling of the Evens at the loss of 
 
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 their Goddess is the best assurance that the 
 tradition will be kept up in the future. 
 
 Viewing the matter historically and tracing 
 the events which led up over a long period to the 
 capture of the Goddess, several factors seem to 
 be responsible. Up to and after the class of 
 1916 had left Amherst, the rules governing the 
 guardianship of Sabrina were regarded as 
 sacred; any deviation from the letter of the law, 
 and putting any other interpretation upon these 
 rules than that handed down by precedent was 
 altogether out of the question. Winthrop Smith, 
 '16 guardian, discloses the fact that in those 
 days Sabrina could not be moved or shown 
 without the consent of the two previous guar- 
 dians. This rule, as has been shown, was sub- 
 sequently violated, not in bad faith, but be- 
 cause strict adherence to these laws and conform- 
 ance to the spirit of the tradition gradually broke 
 down. Many causes seem to be responsible for 
 this breakdown, and one of them certainly is 
 the dissipating effect that the participation of 
 the college body in war activities had upon the 
 Sabrina tradition. Not only were the guardians 
 scattered far apart, making communication an 
 impossibility, but the idea back of the tradition 
 was weakened. The '18 temporary guardian, 
 Hal Johnson, took a more idealistic view of the 
 real purpose of Sabrina than had any of the 
 
126 SABRINA 
 
 former guardians. He discarded some of the 
 provisions which had marked the tradition in 
 the past, and broadly chose to view the matter 
 as a means of benefiting the entire college body 
 rather than the preservation of the loyalty of the 
 Even Classmen to an imaginary Goddess. Due 
 largely to this fact, Odd Classmen, when they 
 went into conference with Johnson and the other 
 temporary guardians, were bound to meet with 
 more consideration than would have been the 
 case in former years. 
 
 Undoubtedly, the rules did more to crystallize 
 the Sabrina tradition as an affair of the whole 
 college rather than of the Even Classes, than any 
 other event. The result was the determination 
 on the part of the class of 1920 to show Sabrina 
 more in the course of one year than she had ever 
 been shown before, even though the under- 
 taking involved considerable risk. Be it said 
 to the everlasting credit of this class, they did 
 give the college more thrills in the matter of 
 Sabrina appearances than had ever been experi- 
 enced before. 
 
 This feeling, that Sabrina was a college affair, 
 culminated in the decision to lend the statue to 
 the Boston Alumni. The Even Class guardians 
 expressly say that their consent in this matter 
 was caused by their desire to aid the college in 
 the matter of publicity. The violation of the 
 

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 rules which the giving of this consent constituted 
 was again not bad faith, nor carelessness, but 
 lack of knowledge that such rules existed. This 
 point more than anything else bears out the 
 assertion that Sabrina had ceased to be a closed 
 proposition governed by hierarchy of former 
 guardians, and more of a distinctly under- 
 graduate affair. 
 
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 EVENTS subsequent to the Boston Ban- 
 quet are here summarized by the men 
 who played the principle parts in them. 
 Directly after Sabrina had been captured Schlei- 
 cher came to Boston. Soliday also came up 
 from Philadelphia and the guardianship of Sa- 
 brina was officially given to him. 
 
 The statue was left at the home of Mr. Williams 
 for three days while a box was being made for it. 
 After this, Sabrina went to Fitchburg. She was 
 shipped there on a train in care of a Mr. Wallace, 
 a manufacturer of that city, where it remained 
 one day to make sure that it was not being fol- 
 lowed. The new guardian felt quite justified in 
 moving the statue by train even though in seem- 
 ing violation of the rules adopted while they were 
 in college, because of the weather conditions, 
 and because the class of 1920 had committed the 
 same violation three days previous, in shipping 
 the statue to Boston over the Boston and Albany. 
 
 On the following day the statue was taken by 
 machine to Winchendon, Massachusetts, and 
 secreted in the warehouse of H. B. Converse, a 
 toy manufacturer of that town. Here it was 
 kept until April 19. The Odd Classmen in 
 charge of Sabrina, because they were graduated 
 
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 from the college, and because they felt that the 
 Goddess should be turned over to the class of 
 1921 as soon as possible, decided to have the 
 Goddess put in an appearance at Amherst in 
 the hands of the undergraduates. Accordingly, 
 Monday April 19, 1920 was determined upon in 
 joint conference with the undergraduates as a 
 date upon which to show the statue. Plans were 
 accordingly laid; all details and arrangements at 
 the Amherst end being left entirely to Schleicher, 
 while Odd Class graduates concerned themselves 
 only with bringing the statue to Amherst. It 
 was decided to show Sabrina at Chapel exercises. 
 It was pretty well understood in the college that 
 Sabrina might appear at any time, and accord- 
 ingly, the element of surprise had to be relied 
 upon strongly in making any preparations. 
 The arrangements at Amherst were completed 
 and the necessary machines to act as pursuit 
 cars were hired. These machines were obtained 
 in Boston to avert any suspicion that might 
 arise if they were hired around Amherst. 
 
 All during this period Seward and McGregor 
 were closely shadowed in Boston by men who, 
 even at the distance at which they followed, were 
 obviously and unmistakably agents of the Ryder 
 Detective Agency. To entirely divert suspicion 
 that any undertaking connected with Sabrina 
 was on foot, Seward and McGregor went to 
 
130 SABRINA 
 
 Amherst the week end before the date set for the 
 appearance, and fortunately, there was a dance 
 at the Psi U. House which they attended. 
 Sohday did not come to Amherst this week end, 
 as it was fairly well known that he might be 
 guardian, and it was felt that his presence in 
 Amherst would point rather definitely to the 
 attempted appearance of the Goddess. To 
 heighten the effect Seward and McGregor re- 
 turned to Boston Sunday night. 
 
 Some time before, in looking for a machine 
 which was suitable for carrying Sabrina, McGregor 
 happened to mention to some friends of his, who 
 were then undergraduates in Harvard College, 
 that an appearance of the statue might be a 
 possibility in the near future. The affair at the 
 Copley had resulted in considerable pubUcity 
 for Sabrina and Amherst in and around Bos- 
 ton, and these two men, albeit from a college 
 with somewhat different ideals and tendencies, 
 readily became enthusiastic about the proposed 
 showing. Maurice Curran Jr., Harvard, '20, 
 offered his Mercer to McGregor for the occasion, 
 and his courtesy was promptly accepted. John 
 Ladensack Jr., and Lee Evans Jr., both of Har- 
 vard, also wished to go along as a body-guard. 
 Consent was given for it was felt that the pres- 
 ence of these men while Sabrina was being moved 
 around Boston and the vicinity would avert all 
 
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 suspicion as to what was going on. So these men 
 met Seward and McGregor at the latters house 
 at eight o'clock on Sunday evening and they all 
 set out for Winchendon in Curran's Mercer and 
 McGregor's Stearns. The latter started off in 
 a rather inauspicious fashion, as he was arrested 
 in Harvard Square for violating a traffic ordi- 
 nance. The arm of the law was dodged here, 
 however, or Sabrina might not have appeared 
 the following morning. 
 
 The plan was for the men to proceed to Win- 
 chendon, get the statue and go at once to 
 Amherst, where they were to meet Schleicher 
 before Chapel in front of the post-office, to make 
 sure that everything was in readiness. Schlei- 
 cher was to have two men beside himself on hand 
 to greet Sabrina, and one man stationed out- 
 side Chapel to wait for Sabrina to come up 
 College Street, when he was to rush into the 
 building and announce that Sabrina was outside 
 on the Holyoke Road. It was figured out 
 that this would take just long enough for the 
 car to arrive on the Holyoke Road at the foot 
 of Chapel Hill. While the college body came 
 out, Sabrina was to be lifted to view and then 
 taken down the Holyoke Road over the Notch, 
 shifted to another car to throw off possible 
 pursuit, and taken back to Winchendon, while 
 Schleicher returned to Amherst. 
 
132 SABRINA 
 
 The men in the two cars, after their misadven- 
 ture in Harvard Square, moved down along the 
 Fitchburg Road. Disaster was nearly to over- 
 take them more than once before the close of 
 that evening, however. 
 
 A short distance outside of Concord, McGregor 
 was driving, when suddenly his lights went out. 
 He was travelling at a high rate of speed and as 
 his car started for the ditch McGregor tried to 
 stop the car in the darkness, but it caromed off 
 to the side of the road and ran into a fence which 
 borders the highway at this point. Hastily 
 getting out of the car, the men looked it over to 
 find the extent of the damage done. Fortunately, 
 only one mud-guard was missing, and the running 
 gear appeared to be in working condition. It 
 took some time to drag the car back on to the 
 road, and an even longer time to find out what 
 was the trouble with the lights. As it was, the 
 hghts worked fitfully from that time on, and the 
 men had to drive in the dark most of the night. 
 Curran and Seward had been in front of McGregor 
 when he met with his accident, and failed to 
 take any note of it for some time. After they 
 had proceeded some ten miles up the road they 
 missed their pursuit car, and began to wonder 
 what had happened. Doubling back, their 
 worry increasing as they retraced their route, 
 they came to the spot where McGregor's car 
 
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 lay in the ditch and helped place it back on the 
 road. 
 
 The party now started on again but with their 
 nerves considerably on edge. Taking any ride 
 which has Sabrina as its destination is far from 
 having a calming influence upon one, and the 
 accident which had happened thus without warn- 
 ing, did a great deal to undermine the confidence 
 of the men and prepare them for most anything. 
 
 The cars were now running completely off 
 schedule, but speeded up to the best of their 
 ability towards Winchendon, where they arrived 
 at one o'clock, two hours late. They proceeded 
 directly to the factory of H. B. Converse, and 
 met the owner, who admitted them to the ware- 
 house where Sabrina was in hiding. The statue 
 was quickly unpacked and placed in McGregor's 
 car, and they started out on the last lap of their 
 journey towards Amherst just as dawn was 
 breaking. They picked up two cars which were 
 hired for the occasion in Athol. 
 
 All speed was made towards Greenfield. 
 Arriving here, a stop was made a short distance 
 out of town and Sabrina was transferred to the 
 Mercer. The expedition now proceeded forward 
 at a great pace in an effort to make up lost time, 
 and arriving at the Massachusetts Agricultural 
 College at eight o'clock, the cavalcade split. 
 The Mercer and McGregor's car proceeded to 
 
134 SABRINA 
 
 the foot of College Street by the back streets of 
 town, past Pratt Infirmary and the Deke House, 
 and one car went over the Notch to await the 
 arrival of Sabrina after she was shown. Another 
 car was sent to meet Schleicher in front of the 
 post-office. It was indeed a wonder that the 
 arrival of Sabrina in town was not noticed, for 
 the cars kicked up clouds of dust as they sped 
 through town. 
 
 Schleicher reported that everything was quiet, 
 and then he went to the underpass of the 
 Central Vermont Railroad on College Street, 
 where he met Palmer, and Zink, '21. Sabrina 
 was waiting in the Mercer with Curran at the 
 wheel and Seward on the front seat with him. 
 Palmer, Zink and Schleicher got into the Mercer 
 and at 8:21 the car started for Chapel, closely 
 followed by McGregor in his Stearns, in which 
 were Evans and Ladensack. As they moved 
 slowly up College Street the top of the Mercer 
 was thrown back. As the car passed the Chi 
 Phi House, Hatheway, '21, who was stationed in 
 front of Chapel, recognized it by the red ribbons 
 which were flying from the radiator cap and 
 promptly rushed into Chapel and made his 
 stirring announcement. 
 
 The Mercer now jumped forward, turned to 
 the left, drove on past the Octagon and out on 
 the Holyoke Road. Arriving at the foot of 
 
DAVID S. SOLIDAY 
 1919 Guardian 
 
NINETEEN NINETEEN 135 
 
 College Hill it came to a stop, and Sabrina, as 
 she was lifted up by Palmer, Zink and Schleicher, 
 once again viewed her old surroundings and 
 the terrace at the foot of Chapel Walk where 
 she had rested many years ago before she 
 became the much disputed object of interclass 
 warfare. 
 
 By this time the college had emerged from 
 Chapel in a body and a mad rush down the hill 
 began. The cars remained motionless until 
 some of the foremost were very near, then they 
 moved slowly away from the disappointed Even 
 Classmen, picking up speed as they bowled 
 down the Holyoke Road. At the bridge over 
 the Boston & Main tracks they picked up one of 
 the waiting cars, which, after meeting Schleicher, 
 had gone to this point, and with the Mercer in the 
 lead sped away. At the bridge across Fresh- 
 man River, McGregor stopped and drew his car 
 up directly across the road, completely blocking 
 it. Fortunately, for McGregor's car, for he was 
 stationed at a curve in the road, no cars followed. 
 The element of surprise was relied on to such an 
 extent in planning this appearance that it was 
 thought unnecessary and inexpedient to take the 
 trouble to put Even Class cars, which were some- 
 what numerous, out of commission beforehand, 
 and the fact that no car manned by Even Class- 
 men came hurtling around the curve where 
 
136 SABRINA 
 
 McGregor was waiting, goes to show how com- 
 pletely the Even Classmen were taken off their 
 guard. 
 
 The Mercer bowled over the Notch, descend- 
 ing on the other side. When near the foot of the 
 hill it stopped and Sabrina was transferred to a 
 Packard which had been kept in waiting here 
 for this purpose. Seward got into this car which 
 drove promptly to Winchendon, accompanied 
 by the other hired car which followed along from 
 Amherst. Curran, with Palmer, Zink and Schlei- 
 cher went on to Springfield to throw off pur- 
 suit, after which they returned to Amherst. 
 McGregor returned to Boston with the Harvard 
 men after spending most of the day in Amherst. 
 
 Sabrina proceeded on to Holyoke in the Pack- 
 ard, and doubled back to Hamp and on towards 
 Greenfield. Just outside of Northampton the 
 men in the Packard met Governor Coolidge, but 
 did not stop for obvious reasons. They then 
 went on to Greenfield believing that all pursuit 
 would be directed towards Springfield. Subse- 
 quent disclosures prove that this surmise was 
 correct. From Greenfield they proceeded in a 
 leisurely fashion to Winchendon where Sabrina 
 was again hidden away in the warehouse adjoin- 
 ing the toy factory, and after she was safely put 
 back in her box Seward drove back to Boston. 
 So ended the first appearance in Amherst of 
 
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 Sabrina in the hands of Odd Classmen for twenty- 
 nine years. 
 
 During the months that followed, several mem- 
 bers of the class of 1920, sorely disappointed at 
 the loss of their Goddess, made a number of 
 trips to Boston in attempts to obtain informa- 
 tion as to the whereabouts of their former God- 
 dess. Here they secured the services of a Detec- 
 tive Agency, and if rumors can be believed, they 
 sent these men in all directions. What informa- 
 tion they obtained, or of what value, is not 
 definitely known, but if its value is to be judged 
 by the amount of the charges which the Detective 
 Agency saw fit to levy upon certain members of 
 the class of 1920, it miust have been of prime 
 importance in some respects, chiefly, it is felt, as 
 an object lesson in the future. It is here re- 
 ported that this matter was finally adjusted to 
 the satisfaction of all by action of a Court of 
 Equity which candidly declared that the service 
 rendered did not constitute adequate considera- 
 tion for the amount of the fee charged. 
 
 At this time Gibson, '19, was living with 
 Seward, and on one of his week end sojourns in 
 Amherst an incident occurred which aroused his 
 suspicions. Sabrina was at this time hidden, as 
 has been mentioned, in the factory of Mr. Con- 
 verse, who also owned a small inn in the town 
 called ''Toy Town Tavern." Gibson found a 
 
138 SABRINA 
 
 souvenir of this tavern lying upon the desk in 
 one of the rooms of the Alpha Delt House which 
 was occupied by men of the class of 1920. 
 Cautiously inquiring about, his suspicions were 
 more fully aroused, and accordingly he com- 
 municated his information to Seward on his 
 return to Boston. It was decided that no chance 
 would be taken and that a possibility existed 
 that the hiding place might be known, and ac- 
 cordingly, plans were laid to remove the statue. 
 In consultation with Soliday it was decided to 
 take the statue as far away from its present 
 location as was conveniently possible, and it 
 was arranged with John Atwater, '15, to trans- 
 port the Goddess to Huntington, West Virginia, 
 where a good hiding place could be obtained at 
 the bottom of a deserted mine shaft. 
 
 All the necessary arrangements were made 
 speedily. Atwater and Soliday were to take 
 care of the New York end and a report was soon 
 received from them that all was in readiness. It 
 was planned to bring Sabrina from Winchendon 
 to New Haven where Atwater would be met, 
 the statue transferred to his car, and from where 
 he would take it to Huntington, W. Va. the same 
 day. On Saturday evening, June 4, Seward, 
 McGregor and Gibson left Brookline in McGre- 
 gor's car and proceeded without delay to Win- 
 chendon. Here they at once repaired to Mr. 
 
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 Converse's warehouse, and after being admitted 
 proceeded to remove the statue. This warehouse 
 was used as a storage place for toys, and was 
 completely filled from top to bottom with car- 
 tons and cases of all sorts of wooden mechanical 
 playthings. Mounting to the second floor of 
 the old building the men went to a far corner, 
 and after removing countless crates and boxes 
 found the case containing the Goddess. The 
 boards were unscrewed and the statue lifted out. 
 
 Mrs. Converse had taken such a keen interest 
 in the Sabrina story that she came down to her 
 husband's factory late at night to see Sabrina off. 
 The statue was carried down the narrow stairs by 
 the light of an electric torch, and placed in Mc- 
 Gregor's car. Then the men quietly moved off 
 into one of the rainiest, blackest nights that the 
 country had seen for some time. Some delay 
 had been experienced in finding Sabrina and re- 
 moving her from her crate, and as a result the 
 car was two hours or more behind scheduled time 
 when it left Winchendon. The condition of the 
 roads caused further delay as the men proceeded, 
 for driving was precarious, and the unusual 
 weight in the rear seat of the car caused it to 
 skid frequently. 
 
 McGregor had driven the car all the way from 
 Boston to Athol, and becoming somewhat weary, 
 Seward took the wheel. This nearly resulted in 
 
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140 SABRINA 
 
 a complete disaster to the entire party, for driv- 
 ing along the road between Greenfield and Am- 
 herst at a high rate of speed Seward failed to see 
 a curve a short distance ahead which wound up 
 over a narrow bridge. The car just hung on 
 the road due to Seward's sudden return to life, 
 and the party proceeded over the bridge and 
 onward, somewhat breathless and rather thank- 
 ful for the unseen and protecting hand of a 
 higher Power. And now, Sabrina went through 
 Amherst for the second time that year, although 
 this trip could not be considered in any way an 
 appearance. In fact, considerable care was taken 
 that it should not be mistaken for an appearance 
 by any Even Classmen who might be prowling 
 about the streets of Amherst for any reason that 
 evening. The car reached the confines of Am- 
 herst about one in the morning, and passed slowly 
 down South Pleasant Street, past the Common, 
 and continued on down the Holyoke Road. The 
 line of travel was through Holyoke and Spring- 
 field, on to Hartford and then to New Haven. 
 The roads by this time had become so slippery 
 that it was impossible to keep up the rate of speed 
 which had been previously planned, and upon 
 which the hour scheduled as the time to meet 
 Atwater in New Haven was based. After pass- 
 ing through Hartford the men took the wrong 
 road by mistake and none of them are clear to 
 
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 this day exactly what highways they travelled 
 over in going to New Haven. Some of these 
 turnpikes were under construction, and the de- 
 tours which were thereby necessitated led through 
 a devious and winding country. 
 
 It had been decided to meet Atwater in New 
 Haven at three o'clock that morning at the Taft 
 Hotel. A telephone call had been attempted 
 from Hartford, but Atwater was not there. The 
 car bearing Sabrina reached the outskirts of 
 New Haven at six o'clock, and proceeded at once 
 to the Taft where Atwater was found. Robert 
 Davis, '19, and Theodore Cross, '15, had ac- 
 companied him from New York. After a short 
 consultation the two cars moved out of town on 
 the road towards New York and picking a con- 
 venient side road turned off the main highway 
 and came to a stop very near the driveway of a 
 large estate. It had been planned before to 
 effect the transfer from one car to the other 
 under cover of darkness, but there was nothing 
 to do now but to go ahead and make the best 
 of it. Accordingly, in broad daylight, Sabrina 
 was taken out of McGregor's car and placed in 
 Atwater's Mercer where she was covered with a 
 slip cover. Without losing any more time the 
 Mercer started out on the way to New York, 
 the other car following it for a short distance until 
 the speed which the Mercer attained made fur- 
 
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 ther pursuit an impossibility. McGregor, Se- 
 ward and Gibson now returned to Boston along 
 the Shore Road, where they arrived after a long 
 and tedious journey. They had completed all 
 told, a journey of nearly four hundred miles 
 during a period of less than twenty-four hours. 
 
 Atwater went direct to New York and took 
 Sabrina, avoiding crowded streets, on to Phila- 
 delphia. Pausing for refreshments here at the 
 home of David Soliday, they went on to Hunt- 
 ington, West Virginia, picking up Atwater's 
 younger brother on the way, Davis and Cross 
 dropping off and returning to New York. At- 
 water arrived in Huntington late the following 
 evening where he at once took Sabrina to her new 
 hiding place at the bottom of a deserted mine 
 shaft. 
 
 While the authors of this book do not pretend 
 to know the complete history of Sabrina while 
 in the hands of Even Classes, it is felt that the 
 resting place in West Virginia was the farthest 
 spot from Amherst in which Sabrina has ever 
 stayed, being roughly some twelve hundred miles 
 from the home of the Little Yankee College. 
 Here, Sabrina remained until her appearance at 
 the 1921 banquet. 
 
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 AFTER Sabrina was shown on April 19 of 
 the Spring of 1920 she remained for 
 some time in West Virginia as has been 
 described previously. Those in charge of the statue 
 came to the conclusion that it would be advis- 
 able to move her back East to have her nearer 
 the college, and hold her against the time for 
 the banquet of the class of 1921. Accordingly, 
 late in October, Soliday, who was still official 
 guardian, communicated with the men in Boston, 
 and after considering the matter at some length, 
 they decided that the best thing to do was to 
 notify Atwater to ship the statue North as soon 
 as possible. 
 
 Atwater was at this time living in New York 
 and he and Soliday made plans to bring the 
 statue up from the South. It was decided that at 
 this time of the year it would be impracticable to 
 bring her up in a motor and that she would have 
 to be shipped to New York by train. Atwater 
 attended to the details of removing the statue 
 from its hiding place and of having a suitable box 
 made in which to ship her. Sabrina was shipped 
 to New York by express, in care of Robert Davis, 
 '19 Hills Brothers Company, 375 Washington 
 Street, New York City, and the box which con- 
 
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144 SABRINA 
 
 tained the Goddess was stamped in several 
 places with the stencil, '^ Machinery, Urgent." 
 Arriving in New York it was delivered to Hills 
 Brothers in the morning, and that afternoon 
 Atwater and Davis drove around to the side 
 entrance of Hills Brothers building in the former's 
 Mercer where the crate containing Sabrina was 
 loaded into the car. While the two men were 
 hauling and pushing the heavy box, Frederick 
 Bale, 1906, passed by. The two men were greatly 
 alarmed, for they feared detection, but Bale 
 passed by without noticing anything out of the 
 way. 
 
 After this narrow escape the two men set out 
 for New Haven. Soliday and Seward had made 
 arrangements for Sabrina to be taken to Provi- 
 dence by Atwater who was there to meet a dele- 
 gation of Odd Classmen from Boston, after 
 which the statue was to be transferred and taken 
 to Leominster, Massachusetts. 
 
 Leaving New York at about midnight, aU 
 went well, and after a few hours Atwater and 
 Davis arrived with their precious charge in Provi- 
 dence. Seward and Gibson left Boston in a 
 machine and arrived at the Crown Hotel at 
 about eleven o'clock where they waited for the 
 men from New York. When the latter arrived 
 at the Crown they reported that all had gone 
 well, that their movements were not known or 
 
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 suspected by Even Classmen, and that they 
 knew there was no pursuit as they had kept a 
 close watch upon the road behind them coming 
 up from New York. The men left Providence, 
 and a few miles out of town transferred the 
 statue from Atwater's car to the car which Se- 
 ward had hired in Boston for the purpose. 
 Davis and Atwater, after bidding farewell to the 
 statue, turned about and started out on their 
 long drive back to New York. They planned to 
 arrive there as soon as possible and to be in their 
 respective offices at the usual hour next morning, 
 thereby throwing off any suspicion. The men 
 accompanying Sabrina now started out for Bos- 
 ton, where they arrived in an hour and a half. 
 Here the statue was left for a few days at the 
 home of Mr. Williams, who has been previously 
 mentioned, while final arrangements for its new 
 location were being completed. After that 
 Sabrina was taken by motor to Leominster 
 where a hiding place had been prepared for her 
 in the warehouse of the Webster Piano Company. 
 A piano box had been made ready and the statue 
 was placed in this and stored in an out-of-the- 
 way corner of the factory among other similar 
 cases. 
 
 Plans now were laid for the 1921 Banquet. 
 Men from Amherst came down to Boston and 
 plans were perfected in consultation with the Odd 
 
146 SABRINA 
 
 Classmen in Boston who had previously handled 
 the Goddess. After considering the various 
 factors entering into the problem it was decided 
 that New London was the most advantageous 
 point at which to have the Class Supper and 
 show Sabrina, for it was near the place where the 
 statue was then in hiding, and admitted of easily 
 arranging for a special train to take the student 
 body to the Banquet. November 29 was finally 
 decided upon as the date, for it was just after 
 the close of the Thanksgiving vacation and this 
 time seemed to be one when Even Classmen 
 might least suspect that a banquet was to be 
 held. 
 
 Accordingly, the manager of the hotel was 
 seen and a menu was prepared. A special train 
 was chartered over the Central Vermont to 
 leave Amherst at 6:30 on the night of the ban- 
 quet. No notice was to be given to the Odd 
 Classmen in college that the affair was pending 
 until a few hours before the train was scheduled 
 to leave. 
 
 It was decided that Seward, who was in 
 Boston, should be given charge of bringing 
 Sabrina to the banquet so that it would not be 
 necessary for any Odd Classmen to leave college 
 as the time of the banquet approached. It was 
 feared that close watch was being kept upon 
 certain men in the class of 1921, and this move, 
 
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NINETEEN TWENTY ONE 147 
 
 therefore, seemed wise. At this time a new hid- 
 ing place was also determined upon to take the 
 statue to after its appearance at the banquet, 
 and all the arrangements of hiring cars to con- 
 vey the statute to New London were to be ar- 
 ranged from the Boston end. 
 
 Acknowledgment should here be made to the 
 services rendered by Mr. Walker, manager of the 
 Mohican Hotel, who entered into the spirit of the 
 sport from the moment when the intended ban- 
 quet was first broached. He promised absolute 
 secrecy and to him was left the matter of ar- 
 ranging a place for the statue to wait in the hotel 
 while the banquet was in progress before the time 
 appointed for the appearance of the statue. 
 
 On the morning of November 29, notification 
 was sent to every Odd Classmen to be at the 
 Central Vermont station in Amherst that even- 
 ing at 6 : 30, to say nothing to anyone about the 
 matter, and to attract as little attention as pos- 
 sible in proceeding to the station. Schleicher was 
 intrusted with the duty of spreading this informa- 
 tion, and he told a man in each delegation of '21 
 and '23 to see to it that the news was properly 
 passed. That evening the men slipped away from 
 their boarding houses in twos and threes and 
 after a secluded walk through the town arrived 
 at the Central Vermont station. A roll call was 
 quietly taken and when it was clear that all the 
 
148 SABRINA 
 
 men who might be coming were on hand, the 
 train was boarded. An Odd Classman was 
 stationed at each doorway to make sure that no 
 Even Classman made his way into any coach 
 unseen. 
 
 At this point a humorous incident arose which 
 nearly prevented the Odd Classmen from seeing 
 their Goddess that evening. Those in charge of 
 the banquet decided that they would collect the 
 money to pay for the special on the train as it 
 proceeded to New London, but these plans were 
 somewhat upset by the announcement of a rail- 
 road official that the train would not move unless 
 full payment was made in advance. Various 
 wiles were used in an attempt to persuade the 
 conductor that his action might lead to serious 
 and dire results, but he remained firm in his 
 refusal to allow the engineer to open the throttle 
 until his company was paid. As this bill 
 amounted to something over a thousand dollars, 
 it appeared to be a somewhat large contract to 
 impose upon a few men, and to be fulfilled on 
 such peremptory notice. However, the class 
 was canvassed immediately and successfully. 
 Some cash was raised and the conductor was 
 finally persuaded to accept a check for the bal- 
 ance. This little matter having been satisfac- 
 torily attended to, the men who had been running 
 about on the platform while the collection was 
 
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 being taken up, now got aboard, the engineer 
 gave two toots of his whistle and the train was off. 
 
 Although the plans to prevent Even Classmen 
 from entering the train had been well worked out 
 in advance, they went astray somewhat during 
 the confusion which resulted when the con- 
 ductor made his somewhat arbitrary demand. 
 In the midst of the helter-skelter which fol- 
 lowed, Theodore Lemcke, '22, who had in some 
 way gotten wind of the intended banquet, had 
 come down to the Central Vermont station and 
 managed to slip unnoticed toward the head of 
 the train, where he crawled in between the tender 
 and the first coach, and, biding his time, man- 
 aged to hide himself in the coal car. From the 
 conversation of the conductor with the engineer 
 which he overheard by chance, he learned that 
 the destination of this special train was New 
 London, and as the train passed through a way- 
 station he dismounted from his hiding place and 
 made his way towards the ticket office, intending 
 to send a telegram to his Even Class colleagues 
 back in Amherst announcing the place at which 
 the banquet was to be held. 
 
 Unfortunately for Lemcke, some of the Odd 
 Classmen had also alighted from the train and 
 were strolling about the platform to get a breath 
 of air. When they noticed Lemcke they promptly 
 seized him, and a search revealed a piece of paper 
 
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 upon which he had written, ^'Banquet in New 
 London. Will keep you posted. Signed — 
 Lemcke." If the Even Classman's appearance 
 in this out-of-the-way place at this unusual time 
 had not been sufficient to convince the Odd 
 Classmen that Lemcke was bent on mischief, 
 the finding of this document was ample testi- 
 mony, and Lemcke was securely bound and put 
 back on the train under strong guard. It was 
 not reported exactly what Lemcke said at this 
 time, but those who were at the banquet are 
 under the impression that his remarks were 
 highly uncomplimentary to the character and 
 doings of certain Odd Classmen. 
 
 The train now resumed speed and arrived 
 in New London about ten o'clock. The men 
 proceeded up the streets of New London to the 
 hotel. The Mohican, singing loudly the song 
 which has awakened many a quiet town in the 
 depths of night with its stirring refrain, ''All 
 Hail Sabrina Dear." Lemcke was also escorted 
 to the banquet, but was not allowed to sing. 
 The men entered the hotel in a body and pro- 
 ceeded at once to the banquet hall where they 
 waited around until the time scheduled for the 
 banquet to begin. 
 
 In the meantime, Seward had left Boston with 
 two cars which had been obtained for the pur- 
 pose, and Sabrina was taken from her hiding 
 
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 place at Leominster, and from there taken to 
 Providence. From Providence they proceeded 
 to New London where they arrived about half 
 past ten in the evening. The statue was im- 
 mediately taken to the Hotel Mohican and was 
 kept here at the rear door until word was re- 
 ceived from inside that all was in readiness, 
 when it was immediately taken into the ban- 
 quet hall. 
 
 Lemcke was secreted in a room of the hotel 
 which was securely locked, for the Odd Classmen 
 were not going to take any chances that the Even 
 Classmen might succeed in getting a clew as to 
 where Sabrina was to be taken after the banquet. 
 At the given time the men entered the banquet 
 hall, and just before they were seated Sabrina 
 was ushered into the room. The Sabrina song 
 was at once struck up and the men crowded 
 around to get a glimpse of the Goddess and to 
 take advantage of their first opportunity to kiss 
 her fair lips. After vigorous cheering for 
 Sabrina, the men seated themselves at the table, 
 and when they looked around again for their 
 Goddess, she was gone. 
 
 The banquet which followed was altogether in 
 keeping with the spirit of the occasion, and the 
 speeches of the evening were appropriate and 
 timely. R. E. Clarke, acting as toastmaster, 
 introduced David S. Soliday, '19, who had come 
 
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 up from Philadelphia, as the man who should 
 be given a just share of credit for the capture of 
 Sabrina at the Boston Banquet the previous 
 Winter. Sabrina was then officially turned over 
 to the class of 1921 by Soliday who had been the 
 guardian of the Goddess for the class of 1919. 
 
 After her appearance at this Banquet Sabrina 
 disappeared, and those who accompanied her 
 have only to report that to the best of their 
 knowledge she was not pursued, and was safely 
 placed in her new hiding place. 
 
 So ends this present history of Sabrina, the 
 ''Lady of Many Adventures." Who knows 
 what adventures are still in store for her? 
 Probably, she will soon emerge from her present 
 home and again smile upon her worshippers at 
 Amherst. In concluding, the writers of this 
 book find that they cannot express their feeling 
 about the value of the Sabrina tradition in any 
 better way than that in which it was presented 
 in an editorial in the Boston Herald soon after the 
 capture of Sabrina by Odd Classmen in Boston, 
 and accordingly, they re-print it here as a fitting 
 close for this work. 
 
 SABRINA 
 "What college, small or great, young or old, in all the land can 
 supply a tale that matches the hectic history of Amherst's bronze 
 goddess? How the Odds have schemed to take her from the posses- 
 sion of the Evens; how the Evens have plotted to display her in all her 
 glory to the entire school and yet prevent her from leaving their 
 
NINETEEN TWENTY ONE 153 
 
 custody. Names that bulk as big in college history as those of the 
 redoubtable heroes of the athletic fields have been made by several 
 Amherst men whose ingenuity and daring have won for the Goddess a 
 new triimiph. So curious have been the tales about her that thou- 
 sands of college men have supposed the whole yarn was a myth. Yet 
 Sabrina attended the Amherst dinner in this city on one recent even- 
 ing, and, after 29 years, passed out of the keeping of the classes with 
 even numerals into the hands of the Odds, there to remain imtil her 
 hiding place is discovered, or some clever scheme goes wrong, and, as 
 was the case the other evening, the promptness in seizing an oppor- 
 tunity when it comes, shall again bring an exchange of custodians. 
 
 She is a travelled Goddess. She has been secreted imder deep 
 waters and in hidden chambers. The glory of a class responsible for 
 her safe keeping always has been to exhibit her to the classes whose 
 supreme ambition has been to acquire possession of her, and yet to 
 prevent her from faUing into the hands of the "enemy." With a 
 river between she has been carried for miles within sight of a train- 
 load of students and then whirled away to her hiding place. Last 
 year she was hustled through the college town itself, but as pre- 
 liminary precaution most of the automobiles that might have been 
 employed for pursuit were rendered useless for the time being. Now 
 at a banquet where the Governor of the Commonwealth and the 
 president of the college were speakers she makes her appearance only 
 to pass from the guardianship of 1920 and 1922 into that of 1919 and 
 1921. But — the end is not yet." 
 
SABRINA APPEARS AGAIN 
 
 Since the foregoing history was written Sabrina has 
 once more appeared in Amherst, and the account of the 
 showing serves as a fitting close to this book. 
 
 It was originally planned to bring Sabrina before the 
 college body at a sing, to be held on the senior fence di- 
 rectly after church. Sunday, May first, was the day 
 chosen. Very few detailed arrangements were made, as 
 it was thought best to rely entirely on the element of 
 surprise in carrying out the venture. 
 
 Neiley, '19, offered the use of his car to the under- 
 graduates in charge of the affair, and agreed to meet the 
 men from college in Springfield at nine-thirty Sunday 
 morning. Meanwhile, the statue was to be brought to 
 Springfield. A Hudson, which belonged to a young lady, 
 at present in Smith College, was to be used for this pur- 
 pose. When all was ready the party was to go on to 
 Amherst, arriving there shortly after twelve o'clock. 
 Sabrina was to pass before the students assembled on the 
 Senior Fence and then to leave town by the Greenfield 
 Road. 
 
 However, when Sunday dawned it was raining heavily, 
 and the plans were changed to meet weather conditions. 
 
 Neiley and three other '19 men: Seward, McGregor 
 and Gibson, left Boston at five o'clock Sunday morning 
 and set out for Springfield. The night was dark, it 
 rained incessantly, and as dawn broke the wind fell, and 
 there seemed to be no chance of its clearing. The ride 
 to Worcester was cold and wet, and arriving there, the 
 men went to the Bancroft to dry out, get breakfast and 
 consider the general situation once again. 
 
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SABRINA APPEARS AGAIN 155 
 
 There seemed to be very little point in going further. 
 If the rain kept up, the appearance would be a poor affair 
 at best; no one would see Sabrina, and it would not be a 
 very creditable performance. Neiley remarked that on 
 such a day the Lady could be taken through town in a 
 wheelbarrow in perfect safety. Besides it was a bad day 
 to ride sixty more miles in an open car, and nobody looked 
 forward to it with pleasure. However, the men reaHzed 
 that they were somewhat under orders, or at least they 
 were bound by their word to be in Springfield that morn- 
 ing, and there was nothing to do but to go on. 
 
 So the men set out again and arrived at their destina- 
 tion half an hour behind schedule time. Nobody was 
 there to meet them, and it looked very much as if the few 
 moments procrastination in Worcester would have bad 
 results. These were dark moments. Imagination 
 showed Sabrina going through Amherst in a single car, 
 followed by speedy vehicles filled with blood thirsty Even 
 Classmen, all bent on destruction. And it was beginning 
 to rain again. 
 
 Suddenly a Hudson appeared and when it had rolled 
 up alongside of Neiley's Mercer, the curtains were cau- 
 tiously poked aside, and the undergraduates climbed 
 out. Sabrina was safely tucked up in the back seat of 
 the car. 
 
 The sing had been called off, of course, and it was ac- 
 cordingly planned to show Sabrina just as church was 
 letting out. The Hudson went ahead, leaving orders for 
 Neiley and the other men to catch up with them on the 
 Notch, where the statue was to be transferred to the 
 faster and heavier car. 
 
 The Hudson was soon lost to sight, and all went well 
 
 untU the Mercer arrived on the outskirts of Holyoke, 
 
 where a rumble and bumping announced that a rear tire 
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156 SABRINA 
 
 was flat. There was no time to change tires, so, drawing 
 up at a roadside gasoline station, enough air was pumped 
 into the defective tire to hold up several cars, and the 
 men went along, hoping that it wouldn't blow out, or at 
 least would last long enough for the trick to be accom- 
 pHshed. 
 
 There was no time to be lost now, and, hitting up a 
 good rate of speed the Mercer at last drew up abreast of 
 the Hudson, just beyond the top of the Notch. The top 
 of the Mercer was raised and Sabrina was lifted in. Then, 
 taking the lead, it started off towards Amherst, followed 
 by the Hudson. 
 
 As the cars came into the outskirts of the town they 
 were met by other undergraduates. In the car with 
 Sabrina now were Hatheway, '21, Zink, '21, Wilcox, '23 
 and Neiley, '19, driving. In the Hudson following were 
 Schleicher, '21, driving. Disston, '21, Clark, '21, Seward, 
 McGregor and Gibson, '19, and Coldrein, '23, followed 
 along in his machine. 
 
 When the two cars arrived in town, they swung to the 
 right by the octagon, and came to a stop near the senior 
 fence. The campus was deserted. Presently a solitary 
 freshman, an Even Classman, strolled by. He looked 
 long and hard at the two cars, but evidently their unusual 
 appearance at that hour conveyed nothing to his un- 
 sophisticated mind, or to his guilty conscience, for church 
 was still going on. After this hectic moment the cars 
 circled the campus, and with much tooting of horns and 
 shouting of directions, drew up in rear of the church. 
 
 Here the covers were removed from the statue and it 
 was raised up in the seat in full view. The sun was just 
 coming out from behind a thinning bank of clouds, and 
 shone over Sabrina: — a radiant Goddess in a shining 
 chariot, much pursued, much sought after, but safely 
 
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 watched by a jealous guard, and withal, aloof and smiling. 
 
 Here she remained for about ten minutes in fuU view 
 of anyone who might have come along. No one came, 
 and presently the doors of church opened, and the col- 
 lege body came streaming out. The sharp bark of a 
 motor broke their reverie; a few shouts brought their 
 wandering thoughts back from heaven to earth, and on 
 their astounded sight burst the Vision of Sabrina, high 
 above, moving slowly before them. Shouts rent the air. 
 "All Hail Sabrina" swelled to a chorus as the Goddess 
 slowly drew away from her shouting, running pursuers, 
 and moved slowly off down past the village common 
 towards the Greenfield road. Soon she was lost to sight. 
 
 Bat for a moment only. Turning suddenly about, the 
 Mercer headed straight back along the way it had come, 
 and with a roar of its coughing motor, dashed down the 
 road, past Alpha Delta and Psi U, through a lane of men 
 lining the road, taken completely by surprise, who made 
 no effort to check the rapid passage. Then she vanished 
 down the Holyoke road. 
 
 Thus Sabrina appeared, and thus she vanished. 
 
 Long Live Sabrina! 
 
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