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HISTOJ^y 
 
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 Ttio ©lass of '94 
 
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 F^i^ijMeeTojv UNivei^siTy. 
 
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 BY 
 
 cJoHN A\cGlLL White. Pennsylvania. 
 
 Robert Perkins cJack, Illinois, 
 
 Historians. 
 
 Philadelphia : 
 
 Press of Allen, Lane & Scott. 
 
 1894. 
 
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 TO THE 
 
 MEMBERS OF THE 
 
 WIDELY-RENOWNED AND 
 
 EVERGLORIOUS ClASS OF ' NiNETY-FoUR, 
 
 THEIR CHILDREN AND THEIR CHILDREN'S CHILDREN, 
 
 YEA, EVEN UNTO THE THIRD AND FOURTH 
 
 GENERATION, THIS BOOK IS 
 
 AFFECTIONATELY 
 
 DEDICATED. 
 
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CHAPTER 1 
 
 FRESHMAN YEAR 
 
FRESHMAN YEAR. 
 
 As IS recorded in the annals of this venerable institution, 
 Princeton never opened more auspiciously than on that Wed- 
 nesday in the middle of September, in the year of our Lord 
 eighteen hundred and ninety. This is the usual sentiment 
 employed in such publications as the one upon which we 
 are engaged, and there is no reason why we should not start 
 out in lines conforming to immemorial usage and the cus- 
 tom of the community. 
 
 But really we were a noble lot ! Two hundred and fifty 
 did we number in our ranks, of all ages, sizes, and consist- 
 encies ; from the big guns direct from the great preparatory 
 schools to the harmless little youths from the far West and 
 sunny South. A few favored ones, blessed by the Fates and 
 endowed with an abundance of brains, were in that blissful 
 state known as '^ unconditioned ; " many, many more, alas ! 
 had those gentle reminders of the entrance examinations, 
 granted them by the Faculty, which are signified by a star 
 in the catalogue ; while a small band of wretched mortals 
 were " on trial." Of this latter category let it suffice to say 
 that the aforesaid trials had a way of turning out unfavor- 
 ably for the defendants, and we missed from time to time 
 one and another of them from our midst, whose fathers were 
 unwilling to have them linger here, but needed them at 
 home to help run the business. 
 
 (7) 
 
8 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Gaddy Drake, Eads Andrews, and Ed Wright were the 
 first men on the ground. Gaddy has always asserted that 
 he came on early to get out all the base-ball material in the 
 Class, and that Eads and Ed were his assistants. Some of 
 the fellows still believe that this ^' big 3 " in base-ball circles 
 were laboring under conditions, though perhaps the word 
 '^ labor " is not the proper term to use for their mental 
 exercises. They w^ere rooming up in Carpenter's until Col- 
 lege opened, and had nightly receptions for all the Sopho- 
 mores in town. 
 
 On the Saturday before College opened, Grier and Herb 
 Fisher drifted into town, having come on direct from 
 " Peory," Illinois. Grier always did like to get an early 
 start, and so arrived in town four days ahead of time. 
 These tw^o had also engaged rooms at Carpenter's, and 
 w^ere warmly welcomed by the base-ball magnates ; Ed 
 Wright informing them that he'd been play in' centre field 
 now for six years, and had a cinch on de 'Varsity. ^' Didn't 
 have an error all last season. See I " 
 
 Sunday evening, about ten o'clock, Gaddy dropped in 
 on Fish and Grier, and" extended them a cordial invitation 
 to join in a little game of poker. 
 
 Now Fish is a long-suffering youth, of even temper and 
 few words, but the idea of playing poker on Sunday even- 
 ings was just one more than he could stand. Rising up in 
 his dignity to a full five feet eight, and putting a minis- 
 terial look upon his countenance, he proceeded to read 
 Gaddy a sermon upon the evils of gambling and the sacred- 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 9 
 
 ness of the Sabbath, which has never been forgotten by the 
 favored few that were present, and which might serve as a 
 type for many a discourse in Marquand Chapel. 
 
 Little Tommie Thompson was in town among the fore- 
 most, and gave us all graphic accounts of the foot-ball 
 giants and base-ball fiends and mighty track athletes who 
 were entering. We all looked upon Tommie as one speak- 
 ing with authority, thinking that he must have inside tips 
 from all the big men in the nation. 
 
 But somehow or other very few of his mighty men of 
 valor ever materialized. Ernie Ramsdell was to him a little 
 tin god, and when his idol would stop to speak to him on 
 the campus he was the proudest man in " Xew Jersee." 
 
 Dowkontt also favored Princeton during this period, 
 busy, as usual, in taking examinations. In the two years 
 which " Dook " tarried with us, he probably acquired a 
 better knowledge of our examination system than any man 
 in existence except Billy Meredith. 
 
 Monday brought with it a sample of nasty weather, and 
 incidentally a large number of would-be Freshmen, while 
 by the Wednesday upon which College opened the great 
 bulk of our Class had appeared. And, truly, we were a 
 queer assortment. David Paul Burleigh Conkling, with 
 five trunks, a valet, and a hound dog, came on the same 
 train with '' Farmer " McCauley from up in York State, 
 who swore he wouldn't pay no nigger two shillin's to 
 lug his carpet-bag a furlong. Our well-beloved " Adonis " 
 Jenney marched up University Place with '^ Blue Jeans" 
 
10 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Dickey, arm in arm. The two had " preped " at that quiet 
 little school up at Kingston, and had intended to be bosom 
 companions, room-mates, and everything else that is nice ; 
 but Dick soon discovered that Jen wasn't the innocent boy 
 that he once knew, for he began to run with Jack Bushnell 
 and Harold McMillan, and finally acquired the cigarette 
 habit. Alas ! how have the mighty fallen ! 
 
 There was Billy Fisk from Massachusetts and Ed Rus- 
 sell from California; "Mistah Peppah " from the South 
 and Bill Doty, the breezy Chicagoan. From Egypt, from 
 India, from Ireland, from Philadelphia, and from the utter- 
 most parts of the earth were we gathered to spend a short 
 four years within these classic shades. 
 
 But perhaps the biggest men in our Class in those early 
 days were the ''two Riggses." They were followed through 
 campus and street by a throng of admirers, who sang their 
 praises long and loud. Within two days we all knew that 
 Harry was the one with the scar under his chin and Frank 
 was the other. Thomas, the third Riggs, completed the 
 outfit. He was from Washington and was related to the 
 twins. Taken altogether, the Riggses were at first a terror 
 to Sophomores, for they came of a long line of scrappers 
 and had licked everybody in Baltimore. 
 
 It was announced that there would be a meeting of the 
 Class on Wednesday noon for the election of officers. 
 
 It was right here that the " Riggs gang " began that 
 foxy work which has made them so famous. Couriers were 
 sent riding post haste through the town to warn us of the 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 11 
 
 grasping nature of the Lawrenceville crowd, who were 
 banded together with the aim of swiping all the offices. 
 "There are forty or fifty Lawrenceville men in the Class. 
 Do not let them rule five times their number. Let us not 
 submit, but stick together and turn them down." This was 
 their message. 
 
 When the meeting was assembled the old chapel, pretty 
 comfortably filled, resounded with the shouts of opposing 
 factions and Avitli the cat-calls of the terrible Sophomores, 
 who kept up a continual disturbance from without. 
 
 We were addressed by members of 'Ninety-two, who 
 took a fatherly interest in our attempts to be collegians, and 
 told us everything that we ought to do, in this respect differ- 
 ing widely from 'Xinety-three, who made us aware of the 
 fact that we must not do anything except what they told us 
 was allowable and customary. 
 
 When it came for nomination for President everybody 
 who had a friend nominated him ; and they do say that 
 Rankin nominated himself, though he rejects the insinua- 
 tion with scorn. We called for the candidates to show^ 
 themselves, and so about fifteen of our choicest spirits 
 stepped up on the platform. 
 
 They were a goodly lot to look upon, but the real con- 
 test lay between Tom Bailey and Harry Riggs. Xow we 
 all liked Tom's looks. He had a noble brow, a bulging 
 chest, and a sweet smile. He wore good clothes, and yet 
 withal was no '' New York dude." He was dignified — dig- 
 nity personified ; but Tom would never pass a class-mate 
 
12 HISTORY OP THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 without a kind word or gentle look. But be was from 
 Lawrenceville, and belonged to tbe arrogant crew wbo 
 wanted to run tbe Class, and so we would not be swayed 
 by appearances, but voted for the other man. 
 
 Ernie Ramsdell, Billy Meredith, and Joe Guffy were 
 appointed a committee to run athletics, and after Gaddy 
 Drake had led cheers for 'Ninety-two, 'Ninety-four, our 
 President, our athletic committee, and a few others, we 
 proceeded to adjourn. 
 
 This was the most difficult part of the entire meeting, 
 as the whole Sophomore Class was lined up in front of the 
 doors to give us a warm reception. With hats in pockets 
 and clenclied fists we burst them asunder and skipped to 
 our rooms, pursued by a howling mob. 
 
 That afternoon the Class came out for base-ball prac- 
 tice. The collective term is used, because every man in 
 the Class except Wailes, who had to study, and Dick Streit, 
 who was afraid the Sophs would chase him, put in an 
 appearance. Most of us couldn't catch a balloon, but of 
 course that made little diiference. The selection was made 
 upon strictly impartial lines, for only those who had full 
 suits were asked to practice again. Chip McKenzie didn't 
 have a ball suit at that time, and though he knew how to 
 play the game fairly well, he couldn't make the team until 
 the Spring. Our team was a glorious aggregation ! They 
 succeeded in losing three games out of a possible three, thus 
 having an average of one thousand. 
 
 We did not mind being beaten by 'Ninety-one and 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 13 
 
 'Ninety-two, as it was only proper that we should succumb 
 to the upper classmen, but the defeat at the hands of 'Ninety- 
 three was galling, as some of us had already obtained an 
 intimate acquaintance with them, and were led to believe 
 that they were unkind as a rule, in not appreciating our 
 dignity as Undergraduates. 
 
 The game itself was a very pretty exhibition of fine 
 playing, and it would have gone down to posterity if the 
 score had only been reversed. Still, as Van Benthuysen said 
 afterwards, '' The score, four to one, evidences that the con- 
 test was both close and exciting. It was, on the whole, 
 a highly creditable performance." This verdict was an- 
 nounced to the team, with the result of bringing back con- 
 solation to their hearts. They knew the Class sympathized 
 with them. 
 
 Our nine was as follows : — 
 
 Drake . . Pitcher. 
 
 Humphrey Catcher. 
 
 Young First base. 
 
 Andrews Second base. 
 
 Chamberlain Third base. 
 
 Ramsdell Short stop. 
 
 Spooner (captain) Left field. 
 
 Wright Centre field. 
 
 CoppEL . . . Right field. 
 
 Of course horse-play was the order of the day, and while 
 as Freshmen we were harmless, as it behooved us to be, it 
 by no means follows that we were noiseless. We had 
 been practicing cheering on the quiet, and so made a very 
 
14 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94 
 
 respectable volume of sound, in which one could easily 
 tell that we were all trying to yell the same thing. 
 
 There were one or two unpleasant incidents which 
 marred the serenity of the game. Phil King, who was 
 playing second base for the Sophomores, was jeered at by 
 some of our bolder spirits as he stepped out on the field. 
 He at once stopped, approached the bleachers, and cordially 
 invited the man who spoke to him to step down and have it 
 out, for the honor of their respective classes. 
 
 About this time it was an impossibility to find out w^ho 
 had said anything to the gentleman. Harry Riggs could 
 not go, as he was our President, and Frank would not, lest 
 people should take him for Harry. In either case the 
 dignity of 'Ninety-four would be lowered. All the big men 
 in the Class discovered that they were in training for the 
 foot-ball team, and the little men were unwilling to push 
 themselves into a place of too much prominence. The 
 disturbance was finally pacified by Bill Leggitt. 
 
 The Sophomores had been very active ever since the 
 opening of College. In fact. Ninety-three was probably as 
 energetic a class along certain lines as ever existed. One of 
 the branches, in which they were particularly expert, was 
 hazing. They certainly were a bold, bad lot, and kept at 
 us remorselessly until nearly the middle of November. 
 Taking off our hats upon meeting a Sophomore got to be 
 a second nature with us. We expected to be shoved into 
 the gutter if there was a gutter within ten yards. Nearly 
 all of us got into some kind of trouble or another. ''Brick " 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 15 
 
 Turner, from Iowa, Avas one of the first to make himself 
 notorious. He was overtaken one afternoon soon after Col- 
 lege opened, on Nassau Street, by a crowd of a dozen or 
 more of our tormentors, and requested to step into Hankins' 
 and set up the cigars. " Brick " didn't say a word, neither 
 did he move, but stuck that massive lower jaw of his into 
 the air, and was suffused as to his countenance with a broad 
 grin. There is something tantalizing about that face of 
 Turner's when he indulges in one of these contortions, and 
 it angered the Sophomores. To use- plain language, they 
 were mad. One little fellow, relying in the strength of 
 numbers, approached the poor Freshman in a menacing 
 attitude, and was smote upon the face for his trouble. 
 How " Brick" escaped from that crowd he has never been 
 able to explain, but fifteen minutes later a red-headed youth 
 was to be seen fleeing across the campus coatless, vestless, 
 collarless, suspenderless, " et cetera ad infinitum.''^ 
 
 ''Curley" Curran and "Dog" Blair were escorted one 
 fine evening down to the canal by one gang, where they 
 were compelled to do the '' coon and dog " act. Curran, the 
 coon, was pushed up a big tree, while Blair barked around 
 its base, upon the ground. Finally the boys were asked to 
 sing a duet, and on their complying their persecutors fled 
 in terror, and the moon hid behind a dark cloud, leaving 
 them to flounder through the swamps in the darkness. ' The 
 same night another crowd were taken out to the water- 
 tower and put through all sorts of antics. Jim Gibson was 
 shut up in the man-hole and fainted from sheer fright. 
 
16 HISTORY OP THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Aroused and outraged by this treatment the Freshmen 
 were only too willing for the big rush which occurred late 
 in September. 
 
 The Class began to gather one dark night upon Nassau 
 Street, and by eight o'clock nearly one hundred and seventy 
 of us were lined up, four abreast, with interlocked arms. 
 We marched down Nassau Street, and coming around the 
 scientific building saw our enemies drawn up in battle-array 
 behind '^ Old North." We could restrain our pent-up feel- 
 ings no longer, and with a yell hurled our human battering 
 ram at their ranks. Their proceedings were similar in every 
 respect, and the two bands crashed together. The first two 
 or three ranks on both were shot up into the air by the force 
 of the compact, and came down in one big heap, slugging 
 and kicking friend or foe indiscriminately. Then we had a 
 short breathing spell, for the proctors jumped in to ascer- 
 tain the casualties. Big Koehler, who had been in our front 
 rank, was lugged out and taken home with a twisted knee, 
 and a couple of Sophomores were disabled. Then the scrap 
 went merrily on. There was no order or discipline after 
 this first rush. Everybody ran around the cannon, hitting 
 everybody else, for about half an hour, till we were all 
 bruised and battered and choked witli dust, but 'Ninety- 
 four was left in possession of the field. 
 
 On the following day black eyes were visible in abun- 
 dance, and raw^ beef-steak was at a premium. 
 
 Foot-ball now began to attract our attention. Our Class 
 did not contribute a very large number to the 'Varsity 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 17 
 
 squad, but in this instance it was a case of quality, not 
 quantity. 
 
 First and foremost, according to the Frincetonian, was 
 Sherrill McWilhams, profanely known as " Skinny." He 
 was thought to be a coming Avonder, an infant prodigy. 
 Great throngs used to journey down to the field eyer}' noon 
 to see Mac coached by Hector Cowan and Jesse Riggs. 
 But our hopes were soon cast down, as our pet withdrew 
 his support from the Association, on the grounds that foot- 
 ball was a brutal game and should not be encouraged. 
 Dowkontt was a stocky, muscular fellow, but soon dropped 
 back on the scrub. He was supposed to belieye that the 
 game should be played with the feet, not the head. Labor- 
 ing under this delusion, he was not a howling success at 
 first, though he made rapid progress after he was unde- 
 ceiyed. Billy Meredith also took a shot at 'Varsity honors, 
 but missed it. Our Class team organized with ''Chip" Mc- 
 Kenzie as captain, and lined up as follows : — 
 
 Chamberlaix Left end. 
 
 H. RiGGS Left tackle. 
 
 DowKOXTT Left guard. 
 
 F. RiGGS Centre. 
 
 Thompson Right guard. 
 
 Farxum Right tackle. 
 
 McKexzie (captain) .... Right end. 
 
 Duff Quarter-back. 
 
 Meredith Left half-back. 
 
 DusEXBERRY Right lialf-back. 
 
 Drake . Full-back. 
 
18 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 They played Hill School, Pennington, and the Freshmen 
 teams of Lehigh and Columbia, winning all by generous 
 margins. 
 
 Our 'Varsity, playing with varying success through the 
 season, finally wound up the year by that terrible defeat at 
 Eastern Park on November 27th, where Yale interred our 
 hopes by a score of thirty-one to notliing. 
 
 The Fates were certainly unkind that day. Not content 
 with giving Yale the victory, they caused a large open stand, 
 filled with loyal Princetonians, to collapse. Many of our 
 number were caught in this accident, though none were seri- 
 ously injured. Ludington sprained his ankle slightly, and 
 sent in a claim for doctor bills and twenty-five dollars a 
 week damages for the time he was obliged to be absent 
 from recitations. An ordinary individual would never be- 
 lieve that Lud got twenty-five dollars a week out of the 
 Greek, Latin, and Mathematics we had in Freshman year, 
 but the Eastern Park Association, from Lud's letters, no 
 doubt, judged he was some professor high in authority and 
 paid his claim without a murmur. 
 
 All this Fall our Class Glee and Banjo Clubs had been 
 practicing. 
 
 The Glee Club, under the efficient leadership of Bobby 
 McDowell, worked night and day. To be sure, they could 
 not sing very much, but then they were splendidly trained, 
 and rendered '' Cock Robin," " Forsaken," " Seeing Nellie 
 Home," " Old Black Joe," and three or four other time- 
 worn favorites in a manner which was very moving. At 
 least that was the effect on the audiences. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 19 
 
 The Banjo Club worked equally hard under Willet 
 Spooner. There were about eight first banjos, two second 
 banjos, and often as many as two guitars. Poller Havens 
 nearly gaA^e Spooner an attack of brain fever by appear- 
 ing with a guitar strung up left-handed, the note on each 
 fret being pasted in with newspaper. Spooner never could 
 quite comprehend how Havens managed that instrument. 
 After the practice was over our leader would scratch his 
 head and with a chuckle ejaculate, '' That's the gol darn- 
 dest thing I ever seen." But soon the Faculty requested 
 Spooner to depart, and a new leader was sought. The 
 choice fell upon Alex Jenney, who carried on the work 
 from this point. Jen had a great genius for arranging 
 pieces. He would take a couple of old 'Varsity pieces, 
 cut them in two, splice them together with a few chords, 
 and then they would appear on the programme as " ar- 
 ranged by Jenney." " Dyke " Kellogg, who played second 
 banjo, was a great cause of tunnoil to the club. " Dyke " 
 is very absent-minded, and often would go right on play- 
 ing the same chord for half an hour, though the banjos 
 had chased into five or six keys in the meantime. When 
 asked why he had not kept awake, Dyke would manifest 
 great surprise, and exclaim in an injured tone, " How in 
 thunder do you expect me to climb all over my banjo, 
 unless you tell me when to do it." Finally Conkling was 
 deputed to sit next him and punch him at points where 
 the harmony became close. 
 
 The organizations under the management of Jud Bailey 
 
20 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 gave concerts in Kingston and Lawrenceville to large and 
 enthusiastic audiences, as the Princetonian said. 
 
 At Kingston a good, old-fashioned country dinner was 
 served, at which Tom Bailey and Q\i\\) McCampbell cap- 
 tured the hearts of the rustic maidens by their splendid table- 
 manners. '^ Fat " ^IcAVilliams attracted general attention 
 by his enormous abilities in getting away with chicken. 
 
 In going down to Lawrenceville Bob McDowell's stage 
 broke down, and the Glee Club marched into the concert 
 hall an hour late. It Avas a rainy night, so the boys had 
 rolled up their trousers, and '^ Muck " Holmes, to the 
 amusement of observers, came out on the platform for the 
 first piece with his pantaloons hanging about six inches 
 above his shoe-toj)s. 
 
 By this time we had been put through our divisional 
 examinations, and were settled down to hard work, digging 
 Greek roots for Dr. Cameron and extracting cube roots for 
 Professor Fine. 
 
 The second classical division comprised the smart 
 youths who wouldn't work, but who knew a good deal of 
 Latin and Greek. There was Yorke Allen, Teddy Hum- 
 phrey, McWilliams, Lou Keichnor, '' Billy " Leggitt, Bob 
 Lewis, and a lot more of that ilk — the worst crowd of 
 horse-players in the Class. 
 
 It was this division which, in accordance with immemo- 
 rial usage, secured Dr. Cameron's hat. 
 
 The Winter months at Princeton are the time when all 
 the deviltry in the nature of the average student crops out. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 21 
 
 Beginning after Thanksgiving, some of the boys struck 
 a pretty rapid pace, and kept at it until Washington's Birth- 
 day, pausing only for Christmas holidays and the February 
 examinations. 
 
 Harold McMillan's room, up in University, was con- 
 stantly filled with a crowd ready for anything and every- 
 thing. 
 
 Mrs. Goldie's house, on University Place, was headquar- 
 ters for another select assortment. In this were Benny 
 Benson, Ed Hammett, Tom Bowes, Harvey Young, Man- 
 deville, and Jack Bridges. 
 
 Up in Carpenter's was the hanging-out place of another 
 set. These were the quiet fellows, who didn't care to loaf 
 around town at nights, but stayed in-doors and amused 
 themselves by playing games. The poor Carpenters led a 
 terrible existence that Winter. Morning after morning they 
 would wake up to find themselves barred in their bed- 
 rooms, while the night was made hideous by all kinds of 
 noises. Petrie and " Buck " Ewing arranged very ingeni- 
 ously a magnificent horse-fiddle, fashioning it out of a dry- 
 goods box and a bed slat. At all hours of the night this 
 instrument would be plaj^ed by unseen hands, emitting the 
 most horrible moans imaginable. When ^Ir. Carpenter 
 would ascend in scant attire to the upper regions, the fiddle 
 would be secreted in a closet, and every one apparently 
 enjoying the sleep of the just. 
 
 But Mr. Carpenter used to sa}^ " I know that long- 
 legged Dickey done it ! " 
 
22 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 The Winter months brought many evils, but of these 
 two stand pre-eminent. First were our mid-year exami- 
 nations. The Faculty always makes use of this occasion 
 to weed out the class, and our numbers were carefully 
 pruned. We lost about fifteen men, and many more were 
 badly frightened. Those were the days in which the " crib " 
 was omnipresent and omnipotent, and four or five 'Ninety- 
 four men were past-masters of the art. 
 
 The second great evil which is worth}^ of notice was the 
 snow. To Freshmen in Princeton the sight of the ground 
 covered with a " beautiful white mantle " is a vision of 
 terror, for it invariably melts within twenty-four hours, and 
 then ! 
 
 There were men in the Class of 'Ninety-three who could 
 throw the hardest snow-ball Avith the truest aim and the 
 greatest speed, and this talent was not confined to few men, 
 but their name was legion. Corners were no bar to them, 
 doors did not stop them. It was the same old story, morn- 
 ing, noon, and night, and generally in the afternoon. Up 
 and down Nassau Street were we chased, across the campus 
 and far into the country. Wherever there was a Freshman, 
 a snow-ball and a Sophomore would appear in close prox- 
 imity, that is, unless the Freshman was a sprinter. It was 
 a splendid training for our noble track athletes, though it 
 was rather hard upon the candidates for honors in this line. 
 The most terrible ordeal was getting into Dickinson Hall. 
 We took our lives in our hands every time we went to a 
 recitation, and yet received no extra credit from the Fac- 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 23 
 
 ulty. Even Frank ^IcCune and P. P. Bliss were known 
 to cut lectures about this time. 
 
 At last flesh and blood could stand it no longer, and we 
 resolved to give the Sophomores some of their own medicine, 
 and so Tom Bailey, President of the Class in place of H. 
 Riggs (who had been elected to a temporary presidency, and 
 held his office four months), sent word around that the snow- 
 ball fight was to occur on the first favorable opportunity. 
 
 The weather and the Faculty were against us, and it was 
 nearly a week before the snow was in good " packing " con- 
 dition. But the afternoon of the day before our mid-year 
 examination in algebra we sallied forth to do or be did. 
 The fact that we had algebra the next day doubtless deterred 
 many from coming out, and so when we were marshaled 
 by the Juniors back of Halstead Observatory there were but 
 one hundred and forty of us. The Sophomores were sta- 
 tioned upon the campus in front of Witherspoon, and as we 
 sallied out to meet them each side raised a slogan and fell 
 to with a will. 
 
 For a long time the victory hung in balance. Mac 
 Thompson performed prodigies of valor, leading the old 
 guard against the strong lines of the enemy. Upon the 
 right wing " Bottle " White might be seen rolling over and 
 over in a rough and tumble fight with an old-time enemy, 
 while upon the left stood Ernie Ramsdell, placidly punch- 
 ing the heads of any who dared to approach. '^Poller" 
 Day was also showing his scrapping abilities, and " Muck " 
 Lloyd was having lots of fun. 
 
24 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 The battle was fought in a circle, and finally the Sopho- 
 mores hemmed us in, in a compact mass, in front of With- 
 erspoon, and, waiting until we had scraped the ground bare, 
 charged upon us with the reserves. 
 
 Paul Burrill Jenkins dashed to the rescue with the rear- 
 guard, but as he was exhorting his comrades to stand firm 
 and die like men, a large ball of soft snow was flung into 
 his mouth, completely choking his utterance. Paul has 
 never gotten all that snow out yet ! 
 
 This disabling of our rear-guard was our final catas- 
 trophe. We began an orderly retreat, carefully drawing in 
 our outposts, but the charges of the enemy became more 
 and more pressing. Our retreat was turned into a rout, our 
 rout into a flight, our flight into a sneaking home through 
 alleys and by-ways, chased by the victorious enemy. 
 
 The ground where the battle was fought was tramped 
 bare, and here and there might be seen dark spots of blood, 
 showing that many poor fellows had been smitten upon the 
 nose. 
 
 The next day saw a large and varied collection of black 
 eyes, swollen lips, and bruised faces, and we had the forlorn 
 satisfaction of knowing that the wounds were not all upon 
 our side. 
 
 After this, snow-balling went on as usual, and though 
 we occasionally retaliated, we found it a costly experiment. 
 
 One afternoon late in March, Sill, who was rooming with 
 Brodie up in the Carpenter mansion, espied a Sophomore 
 passing below his window. Sill always was a reckless 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 25 
 
 youth, and without giving the matter two thoughts dropped 
 a large square chunk of ice from the window upon the 
 passer's head, and made good his retreat into a back room. 
 Of course, a howling mob surrounded the house within 
 thirty seconds, and while Sill hid himself in a closet, 
 " Bottle " White entertained the visitors in the front room. 
 A few sentiments in regard to Freshmen in general were 
 uttered by the first comer, whereupon " Bot " arose in his 
 might, grappled with the Sophomore, and threw him on the 
 bed; but as it was his own bed, Bottle fell underneath, as 
 the state of that bed's health was very delicate, and it might 
 break down at any moment. While the matter was discussed 
 by the rest of the household they lay thus, locked in each 
 other's arms, until the controversy w^as amicably concluded. 
 
 Wash-ington's Birthday, the last occasion upon which 
 the animosity of the two lower classes breaks forth, passed 
 in its usual fashion. The town and campus were patrolled 
 by the Sophomores, and the Freshmen kept carefully within 
 doors. A few banners were hoisted, but they came down 
 by noon, before a large audience. 
 
 A 'Ninet^^-four flag was hoisted from Carpenter's by 
 Brick Turner, and Sill, which led to the house being bom- 
 barded with stone. Mr. Carpenter threatened to shoot some- 
 body, but the Sophomores were obdurate, and would not 
 leave until the objectionable flag was removed. 
 
 Meanwhile the Junior Prom, brought a host of fair 
 maidens down upon us, and gave our " society dukes " a 
 chance to show their metal. 
 
26 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Bob Lewis, Conkling, Yorke Allen, Jenney, and Harold 
 McMillan were about the only recruits from our Class. 
 
 John Dickinson and " Conk " are the true social leaders 
 of our Class, but for some unexplained reason John could 
 not go to this dance, though of course he has never missed 
 one since. 
 
 The month of March passed rapidly, the sporting ele- 
 ment having one or two big blow-outs, though they did it 
 pretty quietly. 
 
 The last of the month brought with it the Easter re- 
 cess, and gave the ball team a chance to get out doors. 
 They had been practicing ever since the term began, and 
 show" their hard work by their games in April. Of course 
 a number of the Class tried for the team. There was one 
 vacant place, which Ed Wright quietly nabbed, leaving the 
 rest out in the cold. Gaddy Drake was taken on as substi- 
 tute pitcher, and Ernie Ramsdell made the team later in the 
 season. Teddy Humphrey went down to the cage regularly 
 every day for two months, and gave the 'Varsity men splen- 
 did practice. Hump used to play first base, and the way in 
 wdiich he was maltreated was heart-breaking. They tried 
 to throw balls that he could not possibly catch. But 
 Hump's great forte was in sliding bases. The way in which 
 he w^ould flop down upon his knees and then crawl carefully 
 up to the base has been seldom equaled. 
 
 While the 'Varsity was getting into fine form our Class 
 team was also developing good material. " Widow " Smith 
 had been elected manager, and assessed the Class to such an 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 27 
 
 extent that our team rolled in wealth. They practiced in 
 the morning in the cage under the tuition of '^ 'Varsity 
 Peter." 
 
 The team, which played most of the season, was made 
 up as follows : — 
 
 Forsyth Pitcher. 
 
 Humphrey or Oliver . . . , . Catcher. 
 
 YouxG First base. 
 
 Andrews Second base. 
 
 Duff Short stop. 
 
 Xeely Third base. 
 
 GuFFEY (captain) . . ■ Left field. 
 
 McKexzie Centre field. 
 
 SiCARD Right field. 
 
 McCullogh was the substitute in-fielder, and Ernie 
 Ramsdeli played third base until he was promoted to the 
 'Varsity. 
 
 Ed Oliver, on account of lameness, was a])le to play but 
 little ball that season. 
 
 The team was very successful throughout the whole 
 season, losing but two games, one to the Yale Freshmen 
 and one to Lawrenceville, both by the score of six to four. 
 They won from Hill School, Brooklyn Polytechnic, AVest- 
 minster School, St. Luke's, and Lehigh Freshmen. 
 
 As had been said, " Widow " Smith was a splendid col- 
 lector, and the team cleared $100 during the season. AVhat 
 became of this money is a problem which has never been 
 definitely solved. "Widow" swears that he bought every 
 man on the team a new Spring suit, while others, who ought 
 
28 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 to know, say it was used to take the manager down to At- 
 lantic City the next Summer. 
 
 Meanwhile the track men were brought out and put 
 through their paces, and our Class showed up in very fair 
 shape. Dark hints were made as to how Ramsdell had 
 jumped twenty-four feet and was improving every day. 
 There were seven '' Indians" from 'Ninety-four at the train- 
 ing-table that year, Sill, Ramsdell, Swain, Clark, " Whisk- 
 ers" Smith, '' Ap " Black, and Pat Farnum. 
 
 Of this outfit, George, now '' Captain " Swain, is the 
 only one who ever w^on a place for Princeton. '^Reddy'^ 
 Schmitt was also a fair quarter-miler if you can take in all 
 he says about his own powers. 
 
 May brought with it a number of victories to the 'Var- 
 sity. We lost to Yale and Pennsylvania. 
 
 It was a lovely Spring we had that year, and we poor Fresh- 
 men made the best of it. It was so pleasant to sit around 
 on the campus in the long Summer evenings, and, listening 
 to the Seniors sing, think of that far distant day when we 
 would sit in their places. It seemed a long way off, then. 
 
 But the unpleasant reality of the June examinations 
 called us from our loafing to sit down and pole that awful 
 grind of Greek, Latin, and mathematics. Our labors had 
 been lightened somewhat, as we had pursued a most inter- 
 esting course in chemistry under Dr. Schauck. 
 
 Examinations over we jerked our Class caps upon our 
 heads and stalked around the campus, feeling every inch 
 Sophomores. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 29 
 
 Bob Lewis was the chairman of the committee who 
 selected those caps, and at first Robert thought they were 
 sweet. He doesn't Hke to have you ask him questions about 
 them now, as his tastes have changed somewhat. 
 
 That Saturday night after we defeated Yale by the 
 memorable score of five to three was a most joyous, most 
 auspicious occasion, as Patterson would say. 
 
 It would seem as if many of our dear class-mates did 
 upon that one evening look upon the wine when it was red. 
 It was a grand celebration, and we carried wood in a manner 
 w^hich won for us the respect of the Alumni. 
 
 The fire was kept going till late at night, and at two 
 o'clock the fun was at its height. 
 
 The next morning the hacks were loaded with crowds 
 going Junction-wards, and the Freshman year of the Class 
 of 'Ninety-four was all over, except the pleasant news that 
 we beat Yale in the third game at New York by a score of 
 five to two. 
 
CHAPTER II 
 
 SOPHOMORE YEAR 
 
SOPHOMORE YEAR. 
 
 On the twenty-third day of September College opened 
 with a flourish. 
 
 Now that we were Sophomores, it was not such a neces- 
 sity that we be back on time, and so it was some two weeks 
 before the Class had all returned. We all had enjoyed the 
 Summer, and came back prepared for a hard year's work. 
 Some did not quite know w^hether the work was to be in 
 the line of college duties, strictly speaking, or whether they 
 were to devote their attention to taking care of the Fresh- 
 men, but all w^ere going to labor for the glory of 'Ninety- 
 four and Princeton. 
 
 Our experiences during the Summer had been many and 
 varied. The society men reported numerous hearts smashed, 
 and talked about Newport and Bar Harbor. Then there 
 were the Nimrods, with tales of deer and wolves and bear 
 that were actually hair-raising. Jim Blake's veracity had 
 never been questioned before, but when he spoke of des- 
 perate encounters and thrilling escapes, and laid the scene 
 of his adventures in the Adirondacks, even Larimore C. 
 Denise, Jim's ardent admirer, looked askance and guessed 
 that Jimmy was playin' him for a sucker. 
 
 Petrie, Muck Holmes, Patterson, Buck Ewing, Robbins, 
 Cartwright, and Nixon, after taking in the Spring a course in 
 
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34 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 the etiquette of bookselling, had started out to make a tour 
 of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania, intending to 
 dispose of a publication called '' Manners, Culture, and 
 Dress" by the wayside. They thought they had been 
 guaranteed expenses and ten dollars a week salary, no 
 matter how few books they sold ; but their innocent be- 
 lief in human goodness was soon dispelled wdien they 
 found they were working on commission. Pete worked 
 two w^eeks in this agreeable employment around Doyles- 
 town, Pennsylvania, and by hard hustling sold four books. 
 He finally skipped the town when he was caught kissing 
 his landlady's daughter. 
 
 Buck Ewing got stuck in Southern Pennsylvania, and 
 had to walk home from Chambersburg to Harrisburg. 
 Patterson worked six weeks and succeeded in making ex- 
 penses. Old Nixon, with his gentle penetrating voice and 
 insinuating manner, cleared a small fortune, while Robbins 
 and ^'Cart" did fairly well. It was splendid experience 
 for all the boys, and has taught them not to trust the fickle- 
 ness of book concerns. 
 
 It took us some time to get acquainted with all the new 
 members of our Class. There was Jack Wilkins, the man 
 who is such a universal favorite with the ladies ; Kip and 
 Dice from Ohio ; Harlow, Evans, and numerous others. 
 
 We had lost several men whom the Class could ill spare. 
 Pete Hitch man, Joe Guify, McLeod, Mandeville, the famous 
 painter of the '^ Water-tower," Jack Bridges, and several 
 more were with us no longer in an academic capacity. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 35 
 
 But we made two acquisitions which more than over- 
 balanced our losses, in the shape, or rather shapes, of Bills, 
 Tower, and Sykes. '' Eiffel " Tower was bequeathed us by 
 'Ninety-three, with which Class he had taken ]iis Freshman 
 year. He was obliged to stay out a year until his mental de- 
 velopment caught up with his physical. Benjamin William 
 McCready Sykes had already been admitted to the bar in 
 New York, but coming down here the Spring before, he had 
 been pleased with the appearance of the place, and finding 
 that Dr. Patton agreed with him upon the broad lines of 
 metaphysical dicta, decided to join our Class and make his 
 fortune b}'' swiping all the prizes within sight. 
 
 After Bill had been in Princeton four days he appeared 
 in a pair of orange and black trousers which were the ad- 
 miration of all beholders. Perhaps Bill's actions were a 
 little arrogant for a '' Fresh " Sophomore, or else it was his 
 intense interest in everything that went on, which led him 
 into trouble. At any rate the Juniors and Seniors decided 
 that he knew a little bit too much about everything (for 
 this man never specializes, he is a universal genius), and so 
 the good William was put through a course of sprouts, 
 which humbled his haughty spirit. He was made to plead 
 imaginary cases before invisible juries, to sing, tell stories, 
 set up the beers, and make himself generally useful and 
 entertaining. 
 
 We have said nothing so far of the Freshmen, but they 
 deserve considerable notice, as they were a sturdy lot, and 
 gave us not a little anxiety before we subdued them to their 
 
36 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 proper status. They held their Class meeting the Wednes- 
 day, and elected a temporary set of officers. 
 
 That night the annual rush occurred. It was the same 
 old story, and once again did 'Ninety-four show her prowess 
 and hold the cannon. Perhaps the fight was more severe 
 than the one in which we had been engaged the year before. 
 It was certainly a bitter struggle. Of course we had been 
 warned collectively and as individuals against taking part 
 in this barbarous custom, but we were on hand when the 
 time came, and upheld the honor of our Class. 
 
 There were no fatal wounds received on either side, 
 though Shorty Kennedy, who was lined up in our front rank, 
 did break his knuckle in smiting some youth. '' Short '^ 
 has never been able to discover who the gentleman was who 
 came in contact with his fist, but he is willing to bet his 
 diploma against a ticket to the Lynde debate that the fellow 
 wished he had stayed at home that evening. Brick Turner 
 got into an argument with several Juniors who had mingled 
 in the strife, and was upon the point of starting in to lick 
 all 'Ninety-three, when his friends interfered and dragged 
 him away. 
 
 The inter-class base-ball series began the Monday after 
 College opened, and continued through the week. Our team 
 lost the game with the Seniors, score, five to nothing, while 
 the game with the Juniors was not played. 
 
 Of course the whole interest of the series was concen- 
 trated in our game with the Freshmen, which occurred on 
 Saturday. This time we were the horse-players, and an ele- 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 37 
 
 gant appearance did we present. " Fat " McWilliams led 
 the band, dressed in a tight-fitting costume, which showed 
 his mammoth proportions to great advantage. Irish Mc- 
 Clenahan was a close second in size and beauty of contour. 
 Sykes appeared in the aforementioned orange and black 
 trousers. It was a very enjoyable afternoon in all respects, 
 being rendered more so by the fact that the game was ours, 
 after an exciting contest ; score, six to four. 
 
 Of course we had been warned long before this of the 
 penalties which would be inflicted upon any one detected in 
 hazing. Yet some of our fellows were rash enough to do a 
 little of it on the sly. Our crowd was a terror to all Fresh- 
 men. There were Harvey Young, Tom Bowes, Ed Ham- 
 mett, Ernie Ramsdell, Ed AVright, and a few more of 
 that noble band who generally traveled together. Lou 
 Reichnor was always taken along to play horse with the 
 victim, and would worry him into a white heat of rage. 
 If he was a big man, Lou would then slip quietly into 
 the rear, and Tom Bowes and Harvey Young, those grim 
 executors of the Sophomores' will, would lead him to the 
 slaughter. 
 
 The Riggses, with Rankin, George Williams, the two 
 Kennedys, " Ap " Black, and Billy Meredith formed another 
 small circle for the suppression of freshness, while Harold 
 McMillan, Jenney, Bushnell, and the rest of the University 
 Hall set were not too high and mighty to engage in the 
 gentle pastime. Besides this, little independent crowds 
 assisted in the business, so altogether we managed to keep 
 
38 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 the ball rolling in a lively manner, and showed the Fresh- 
 men that we were able to take care of them. 
 
 At a meeting of the Class early in the term the follow- 
 ing officers were elected for the year : — 
 
 President Ralph Ramsdell, 
 
 Vice-President A. D. Jenney, 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer . W. G. Wilson, 
 Historian D. P. B. Conkling. 
 
 '' Bill Nye " Ramsdell at once stepped into office with a 
 blowing of trumpets and a beating of cymbals. He divided 
 the Class into sections and committees for the purpose of 
 watching for Freshmen proclamations. For about ten days 
 Bill had the whole Class sleeping out on the cold, cold 
 ground, protected only by a pair of sweaters and a bottle of 
 whisky. 
 
 Every road leading anywhere was patrolled by a band 
 of stout youths, armed with immense clubs. The poor 
 country people were terrified by our martial appearance, 
 and locked their houses and barns against all intruders. 
 General Ramsdell would visit the campus every night or so, 
 and give us an encouraging word. Captain William Mere- 
 dith and Lieutenant Chamberlain had, as usual picked out 
 the best berth, and occupied a vacant passenger car at the 
 Junction. One night when the captain with a corporal's 
 guard was making his rounds he heard a wagon approach- 
 ing. Billy jumped into the middle of the road shouting 
 " Halt ! and give the countersign." The farmer nearly 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF "94. 39 
 
 hauled his horse into the wagOD and implored our amateur 
 militia not to shoot. After giving the aged rustic a long 
 lecture upon the dangers of being out so late at night our 
 brave AVillie let him go. 
 
 Somehow or other the Freshmen forgot to come out 
 those chilly evenings in which the Class of 'Xinety-four 
 was bivouacked in corn-fields and under bridges, and we 
 accomplished nothing beyond chasing a few Juniors who 
 came out for the express purpose of getting into trouble. 
 
 One night, just as we were giving up all hopes of ever 
 discovering any '' procs," a wagon was overhauled down 
 by Evelyn, in which a couple of Juniors were found seated. 
 They were very wroth at being held up by " last year's 
 Freshmen," as they styled us. AVhile they were expressing 
 their views in carefully selected language, '^ Ap " Black, 
 peering into the back of their wagon, discovered a bundle, 
 which he at once assumed was the long-sought-for procla- 
 mations. Appius at once faked the package and started 
 towards Princeton at a killing pace. The Juniors soon dis- 
 covered their loss and gave chase, but Black, hardened by 
 long training with the track team and the " University 
 Harriers," struck his gait, and did the half-mile in to the 
 campus in time he never afterwards equaled. Rushing up 
 to his room, he locked the door, and opening the bundle 
 found it to be a number of old Xew York papers I 
 
 To "Poller" Nixon and "AVindy " Allen belong the 
 honor of capturing the first procs. These two bosom com- 
 panions were scouting down by the 'Varsity ground one 
 
40 HISTORY OP THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 morning about five o'clock when they discovered two sus- 
 picious forms sneaking round a corner. They at once gave 
 chase, and, overtaking them, recognized two bulky Fresh- 
 men, both members of the 'Varsity foot-ball squad. Nixon 
 took away a bundle of proclamations from them and per- 
 suaded them both to go back to bed. 
 
 Meanwhile Bunyan Kirk Rankin and L. Irving Reich- 
 nor had been building our proclamation. It was artisti- 
 cally conceived and highly colored in tone and language, 
 but hardly met with general approval. "We pasted this all 
 over the county one night with the same stealth and dis- 
 cretion that the Freshman had used. It stayed just one day. 
 Brinkerhoff, thinking of the good old days when he used to 
 room over Priest's drug-store, ornamented the side of that 
 building with a proc, fastened on with glue and carefully 
 shellacked. The next morning Mr. Priest might be seen out 
 there in the cold trying to pick it off with a penknife. 
 
 Of course foot-ball occupied ajarge share of our attention 
 that Fall. We could see that the team was stronger than it 
 had been the year before. Our Class furnished a number of 
 candidates for both 'Varsity and Scrub, and though they 
 were not stars they were hard-working, careful players. 
 
 '' Vic " Vincent had said one day along in the Spring that 
 he intended to get on the 'Varsity next year. Of course we 
 all thought Vincent was in fun, but as soon as the season 
 opened he came out, and within five weeks was looked upon 
 as the only possible man for right end. He did splendid 
 work in all the big games, and at the close of the season 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 41 
 
 was considered one of the most promising end rushers in 
 the country. 
 
 Jerry MacCauley came out for practice late in the Fall, 
 and by Thanksgiving was a very acceptable first substitute 
 end rusher. 
 
 As to the Scrub, it was composed almost entirely of 
 'Ninety-four men. Frank Riggs, MacCauley, Chamberlain, 
 MacThompson, and Reddy Turner were all good '' scrub " 
 players. 
 
 Our hopes were exalted as the season advanced, and 
 finally our victory over the University of Pennsylvania, 
 by the splendid score of twenty-four to nothing, led us 
 to believe that our chances against Yale were certainly 
 bright. 
 
 When Thanksgiving at last arrived we journeyed \i]) to 
 New York to see our representatives fall before Yale's vet- 
 erans. The game was much more exciting than the one we 
 had seen the year before, and when the score stood nothing 
 to nothing at the end of the first half our cbeers rent the 
 skies. But the second half brought a disastrous change 
 and we succumbed. 
 
 Along in the middle of November the '' cane-spree," 
 which had gone out of favor with the Faculty, was reju- 
 venated. 
 
 We all knew that our chosen representatives were in 
 training for the struggle, and so one night we were not sur- 
 prised to receive the intelligence that the spree was to take 
 place at ten o'clock in front of Witherspoon. At the stated 
 
42 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 hour the whole College gathered upon the chosen ground, 
 and a ring was formed in which the conflict was to occur. 
 
 We waited and waited, and then waited some more, until 
 finally several muffled figures were brought out and the 
 sport began. Most of us did not quite understand about 
 the results, as the three sprees were declared a tie, but it was 
 not until the next morning that we learned that the whole 
 business was arranged by some fertile-minded Seniors. 
 
 The bona fide cane-spree occurred a few days later upon 
 tlie same spot. Our men were : — 
 
 Brick Turner Light-weight. 
 
 Chip McKenzie Middle-weight. 
 
 Dick Streit Heavy-weight. 
 
 The men were carefully trained, as were their opponents, 
 and a long and spirited spree was hoped for. At the last 
 moment it was learned that " Chip " McKenzie had sprained 
 his ankle, and so our chances were greatly lessened. Pat 
 Farnum was called upon to take his place, and though he 
 was nearly a green hand, he made a plucky fight, only giv- 
 ing in when he had been dragged some distance across the 
 rough ground. 
 
 Turner quickly wrested his cane from his antagonist, 
 partly by his dexterity, yet more by his reputation. He 
 had a name of being a bad man to fool wdth, and when 
 he came into position that night, with his massive jaw pro- 
 jecting and liis carroty hair flying in all directions, he looked 
 like a born prize-fighter. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 43 
 
 Big Dick Streit and his opponent whiled away a tedious 
 half hour by lying on the ground, and finally Dick's wind 
 gave out, or, rather, he skinned his wrist, and had to yield. 
 
 Thus we lost two out of the three canes, the victory going 
 to 'Ninety-five. 
 
 From Thanksgiving to Christmas is only a few weeks, 
 and these passed rapidly by, leaving a few lone mortals to 
 spend the holidays in Princeton, while the rest of us cleared 
 out in all directions. 
 
 By this time hazing had nearly ceased, though every now 
 and then we awakened to the fact that we were Sophomores. 
 
 Lou Reichnor persisted in making calls upon his Fresh- 
 men friends w^henever he could get two big men to accom- 
 pany him, and, with '^ Skinny " Rankin and the Riggs boys, 
 he generally made his calls very notable. These four 
 " R's " — Rankin, Reichnor, and the Riggs — knew every man 
 in 'Ninety-five long before Thanksgiving. 
 
 After the holidays we came back to snow-balling and 
 examinations. Many of the boys came on early, just to 
 get their arms in shape before we began our bombard- 
 ments. The Freshmen, as usual, had a hard time of it 
 for awhile, as our fellows Avould miss a meal before they 
 would forego the privilege of soaking a Freshman in the 
 ear. 
 
 We had some excellent marksmen in our Class, as 
 'Ninety-five will testify to their sorrow. Harvey Young 
 would stand out in front of Dickinson, and, with that sin- 
 ister smile of his, draw back his arm and let fly a snow-ball, 
 
44 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 warranted to kill up to fifty yards. We certainly should 
 have been accurate that Winter, as we had abundant oppor- 
 tunities to practice. 
 
 As usual tlie snow-ball fight was a bloody fray. It re- 
 sembled an Irish })olitical meeting more than anything 
 else. Of course the little men bore the brunt of the bat- 
 tle, and the despised Poller stepped forth in all his might 
 and put to shame the pampered aristocrats. The usual 
 programme was to stoop down, mould a snow-ball, tlirow it 
 with all one's might and with accurate aim at the eye of the 
 nearest man who was not looking, and then, waiting till 
 some one else stooped down to scra})e up snow, rush out, 
 kick him in the broadest part of his anatomy, and rush 
 back again. It was a glorious idea of Bob Lewis', this 
 using one's feet as well as one's fist and arms. Bob has 
 large, expansive pedal extremities and did terrible execu- 
 tion. 
 
 Jim Blake's eyes were closed early in the game, and so 
 he engaged a non-combatant to point out to him the direc- 
 tion in which the enemy lay ; then he would form a snow- 
 ball and sling it somewhere or other. He hit Matt Goldie 
 once, full in the mouth, and drove a crowd of Seniors off 
 the steps of " Old North " by his persistent volle^^s. 
 
 Tom Bowes, spying a Junior bringing up reinforcements 
 to the Freshmen, carefully took a bad egg, which he had 
 been saving for some emergency, out of his pocket, and 
 with great precision landed it in the middle of the upper 
 classman's shirt-bosom. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 45 
 
 Much to our regret, the Proctors stopped the battle when 
 we began using gravel for ammunition, and both sides with- 
 drew their shattered forces for repairs. " Bill Nye " Rams- 
 dell, our commanding officer, has always been positive that 
 we would have driven the enemy from the campus in five 
 minutes more; the conservatives say that it would have 
 taken as much as half an hour. 
 
 The examinations, with their steady grind, finally were 
 over, and the next occasion of importance was Washing- 
 ton's Birthday. We made extensive preparations for any 
 Freshmen who might be abroad, and, as in the early part 
 of the year, the whole Class was out. A few judicious 
 hazing parties were sent around to take care of necessary 
 cases, but promiscuous hazing was strictly forbidden. 
 
 Our operations were hampered to some extent by a 
 crowd of Alumni, who in a maudlin condition paraded 
 the campus. We had to dodge them as well as keep a 
 sharp lookout for 'Ninety-five men. About three o'clock 
 Jenney, Bushnell, Conkling, and Harold McMillan were 
 crossing the campus when Jen saw the light of a lantern in 
 the tower of the School of Science Building. He at once 
 set up a yell of " 'Ninety-four this way," which immediately 
 brought a number of his class-mates to his side, but at the 
 same time warned the Freshmen and alarmed the Proctors. 
 Jen was eager to shin up a lightning-rod into the tower, but 
 was prevented by his friends, and an opening was forced by 
 means of a back window. Just as we were getting up into 
 the tower, Bill Leggitt and Sam Calhoun arrived on the 
 
46 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 scene of action, and the bold youth, with the banner which 
 he had intended to attach to the highest point of tlie build- 
 ing, was wrested from our grasp. 
 
 At this time the foundations of Alexander Hall were 
 being laid, and two enormous derricks were used by the 
 masons. Karl George climbed one of tliese to see if they 
 had been tampered with by Ninety- five, and was treed by 
 the crowd of Alumni. They told him to come down, and 
 when he didn't obey their injunction proceeded to stone him. 
 He came down speedily upon this new move, and was greatly 
 reminded of his trials in his first year before he escaped 
 them. The rest of the night passed off uneventfully, and 
 a weary crowTl of Sophomores retired to their rooms to 
 get a little sleep before the exercises in the gymnasium. 
 
 These morning exercises were given over chiefly to 
 horse-play, and amid a prodigious racket the orators at- 
 tempted to harangue the multitude. Teddy Laughlin w^as 
 the Sophomore orator, and acquitted himself very credit- 
 ably. His powerful brazen lungs prevailed even over the 
 cheers and jeers of the underclassmen. 
 
 Shortly after this Lou Reichnor was requested by the 
 Faculty to spend the remainder of the year at Cranbury on 
 account of the hazing which occurred on the eve of Wash- 
 ington's Birthda}^ Lou was loath to go, but decided that 
 those in authority knew what was best for him, and departed 
 with his text-books for a vacation. He says that Cranbury 
 is not a very lively town, but that lie managed to have a nice, 
 quiet time. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 47 
 
 The long Winter months were about over now, and we 
 began to have indications the Spring was but waiting for an 
 opportunity to slip in upon us. It was the season for social 
 events, and our '' sassiety " men got their dress-suits out and 
 hunted for shirt buttons. 
 
 The performance of '^ Katherine " by the Dramatic Asso- 
 ciation, late in March, was an event of great importance in 
 our eyes, as we had a chance to view McWilliams in pink 
 tights and see Sykes do the man-milliner act. Either of 
 these exhibitions would have drawn a crowd, but the com- 
 bination was irresistible, and so the gym. was thronged. It 
 w^as most amusing to watch ''Fatty " try to get the wrinkles 
 out of those fleshings. He would pull them up, then smooth 
 them down, performing all sorts of gymnastics, but still 
 those wrinkles stayed with him. Sykes sold his bonnets and 
 laces with the same off-hand air in which he writes a poem 
 or takes a Baird prize. William Rogers was in the chorus, 
 and they tell the story that when Butler, 'Ninety-two, who 
 took one of the leading female roles, descended to the dress- 
 ing-room and began to remove his stockings, Willie shrank 
 behind the stove and covered his face with his handkerchief. 
 And those who know Will put confidence in the story, as he 
 is one of the most modest youths who ever lived. 
 
 The base-ball candidates were working away down in 
 the cage with every prospect of turning out a good team. 
 Ed Wright, Gaddy Drake, and Ernie Ramsdell still stayed 
 with the team, and were doing good service in their respect- 
 ive positions. There is one '' phenom." whom we must 
 
48 HISTORY OP THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 mention in this connection. He had been a substitute 
 pitcher upon the University of Michigan team and came on 
 here prepared to make our old men work hard to retain 
 their positions. This was Mr. Van Nortwick, of Batavia, 
 Illinois. Van had beautiful curves and knew how to pitch, 
 at least he thought he did, but somehow he totally over- 
 looked the fact that it was necessary to put the ball over 
 the base. This is the reason why opposing teams make 
 so few hits when " Cyclone " is in the box. He never 
 'puts the ball near enough for them to reach it. Van also 
 played the mandolin, but even as in his pitching, he says 
 he learned to play by a different method than the one 
 used in the East, and so his excellence is not properly ac- 
 knowledged. 
 
 A national election was beginning to occupy the atten- 
 tion of the outside world in the Spring of '92, and it 
 behooved the College to fall into line, so Republican and 
 Democratic campaign clubs were organized, and our Class 
 was not backward in helping the good work along, though 
 probably hardly one in five was able to vote. The College 
 Eepublican Club held a mock convention in the gymnasium 
 one night, and forestalled the National Republican Conven- 
 tion by nominating Harrison and Morton. 
 
 The days were getting longer now, and we began to 
 fully enjoy that outdoor life for which Princeton is so 
 famous. The various scrub base-ball teams began to bestir 
 themselves, and exciting contests were held every afternoon 
 behind Witherspoon. It was during this era that Cum- 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 49 
 
 mings Waldo Cherry came to the conclusion that he was 
 built for a catcher. Nothing could dissuade him from this 
 opinion, and so he purchased a mammoth glove, a mask, 
 and a chest protector, and started into business. Cherry's 
 fingers had an evil tendency of always getting in front of 
 the ball, and after he had received four or five swift " in- 
 shoots" upon his bare hands he sometimes became a little 
 angry, and would throw the ball over the centre fielder's 
 head. All the little muckers in town knew Cherry's pe-, 
 culiar style of playing ball within two weeks, and it did 
 not add anything to his equanimity to have a crowd of 
 these pesky youngsters m.aking comments. However, his 
 perseverance overcame all obstacles, until now he is nearly 
 as active a back-stop as Teddy Humphrey. 
 
 The election of ofiicers for the managerships of the 
 Foot-ball, Base-ball, and Track Associations brought out 
 all the latent politicians in the class, and on the morning of 
 an election the campus would be filled with hustlers who 
 button-holed every passer-by in an endeavor to impress 
 him with the merits of their favorite candidates. It was 
 in this line that " Bill Nye " Ramsdell was supreme. He 
 laid out his campaigns like a ward politician, and carried 
 his system through from start to finish. 
 
 Theodore Friend Humphrey was elected to the man- 
 agership of the Base-ball Association, James McNaughton 
 Thompson to a like position in the Foot-ball Association, 
 and Charley Mcllwain stepped into the vacant berth in the 
 Track Association. 
 
50 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Meanwhile the 'Varsity was playing an unlucky game, 
 and have lost one game each wdth Pennsylvania, Harvard, 
 and Yale. 
 
 How^ever, we manage to pull ourselves and won the 
 second game from Penn on May 16th. 
 
 Perhaps the biggest novelty that Spring was the anni- 
 versary of the founding of the Princeton Fire Department. 
 All day long the streets were thronged with visiting firemen 
 in rubber helmets, blue flannel shirts, and gray pantaloons. 
 A brass band was playing in front of every saloon and the 
 town was full of mirth and gayety. In the afternoon they 
 had an exhibition by one of their crack companies, and 
 threw a stream of water a hundred yards or more in all 
 directions, " not caring a darn" how many clean pairs of 
 duck trousers they ruined. Free beer was served that even- 
 ing, a large number of the Sophomore class partaking of 
 their hospitality. 
 
 The last part of May was unfortunate from an athletic 
 point of view, as our track team got only third place in the 
 IntercoUegiates and Harvard scored her second victory over 
 us in base-ball. 
 
 June brought with it plenty of hot weather and abun- 
 dance of examinations. This terrible combination crushed 
 us, and our base-ball team submitted to a second defeat at 
 the hands of Yale. 
 
 The one hundred and forty-fifth annual commencement 
 saw the Class of 'Ninety-two depart, and brought us half 
 way through our existence as an undergraduate body. 
 
CHAPTER III. 
 
 -®- 
 
 JUNIOR YEAR. 
 
JUNIOR YEAR. 
 
 It is a remarkable fact that the vacation between So^^h- 
 omore and Junior years in Princeton produces a revolution 
 in the standpoint from which one views undergraduate life. 
 As underclassmen we felt that the principal aim of exist- 
 ance here was to get through our examinations, have a good 
 time, keep our Class up to standard, and let the rest of the 
 College take care of itself in whatever way it saw fit, as long 
 as our rights were not infringed upon. But when we re- 
 turned in Junior year we looked at it from an altogether 
 different point of Adew. Our horizon was broadened im- 
 measurably, and we thought that we understood the true re- 
 lationship which should exist between Alumnus and Under- 
 graduate, between Professor and Student. Some of us 
 wanted a finger in the pie of governing, and felt capable of 
 running the whole machine with less friction than exists 
 under the present regime. The days of squabbles with the 
 Class above us and below us were over, and we considered 
 -ourselves collegians in the broad sense of the term. 
 
 A few of our number had dropped out, and were missed. 
 Kirk Rankin, Ed Wright, Ernie Ramsdell, Walter Clark, 
 Billy Fisk, and others, who had endeared themselves to all, 
 seemed to leave vacant spaces. 
 
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54 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 We marked several accessions of note also. There was 
 Dick Hatton and Kajiwara, Mike Foster and Snitcher, Billy 
 Williams, Cleindinst, and Cochran. 
 
 We were given a good deal of latitude in the matter of 
 choice of electives, and it was soon evident that the great 
 bulk of Princeton Juniors came here for the sake of an ar- 
 tistic education. The Art courses were liberally patronized 
 by most of the broad-minded men in the Class. 
 
 We took a kind of elder brotherly interest in the Fresh- 
 men, and looked down upon their strife with the Sopho- 
 mores in a way which was very amusing, when one thinks 
 that we had been engaged in the same kind of business 
 some six months before. 
 
 The Juniors superintended the rush, which occurred 
 soon after the opening of College, and for the first time 
 in our lives we enjoyed the spectacle. It was so comfort- 
 able to lean up against a post and watch them pummel 
 one another. We saw many ludicrous situations which 
 had missed us altogether in former years. 
 
 When it came time for the Class base-ball series, our 
 team was beaten by both 'Ninety-three and 'Ninety-five. 
 Of course, these defeats were unpleasant, but they were not 
 the supreme struggles of the series, and we did not care 
 much, anyway. 
 
 The Freshmen-Sophomore game that year was a very 
 pretty contest, though a little slow, to our minds. We led 
 the cheering for our protegees and saw them home safely, 
 while the 'Ninety-five men looked on askance. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 55 
 
 The two great sources of amusement that Fall were our 
 political meetings and parades ; and the foot-ball situation. 
 
 The former were a constant source of pleasure, as the 
 three clubs, the Republican, the Democratic, and the Pro- 
 hibitionist, all had uniforms and torches. 
 
 The Republicans wore a very poor grade of old brown 
 linen dusters and a brown mortar-board, wdiich insisted upon 
 curling up at the corners. There was no fit to the uniform 
 at all, and most of them were of the same size. 
 
 It was very amusing to see " Long " Dickey and " Runt" 
 Carlyle marching side by side in some of our numerous 
 parades, wearing interchangeable gowns. 
 
 But the Democrats had the starthng costume. It was a 
 Zouave uniform, comprising a red cap, blue jacket, red 
 trousers very much bagged, and tying below^ the knee with 
 white strings. Add to this a pair of white leggings and you 
 have this remarkable combination complete. 
 
 This was the dress of the rank and file, but the officers 
 and members of the band were even more wonderfully 
 appareled. 
 
 Their coats, instead of being the abbreviated jackets 
 w^hich have been mentioned, were long frocks, made of 
 white canvas and trimmed with red. They buttoned closely 
 up to the neck with big brass buttons, and had split tails 
 behind in the most approved fashion. 
 
 These favored few wore tin helmets, with a large spike 
 in the centre thereof. To see " Clytie " George in his white 
 coat as he led the host on to victory and Kingston was worth 
 
56 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 going.a long distance out of one's way. A special coat had 
 to be ordered for him, as there was not one in the whole lot 
 which he did not fill to overflowing. These suits were stored 
 in the " Lit." room in North Reunion, and '' Sport " Cherry 
 was their custodian. His wrath was aroused by hourly dis- 
 coveries that sundry outfits had been abstracted in his ab- 
 sence, and he made a secret though vain hunt for the mis- 
 creants. Finally the committee, unable to collect the money 
 to pay for their finery, declared themselves insolvent, and 
 turned their accounts over to a wealthy member of Demo- 
 cratic principles, who immediately handed out the necessary 
 cash. 
 
 '' Horse " Nixon was the high muck-a-muck of the Re- 
 publican Central Committee, and dealt out torches and oil 
 to all comers. Jim Brodnax was the king of the Prohibi- 
 tionists, and had a keg of beer on tap in his room from the 
 middle of October till after elections. 
 
 Who will ever forget the two grand rallies wdiicli occurred 
 along in late October, when to the sound of martial music 
 w^e marched up and down Nassau Street for three hours ! 
 
 Trenton, Hightstown, Penns Neck, and Squacks all sent 
 up large delegations, and the line of march was decorated 
 by the loyal townspeople. 
 
 But we must confess that we did not act very courteously 
 to our guests. 
 
 They complained that the students were an organized 
 gang of thieves, asserting that stray helmets, torches, and 
 flasks were purloined by the collegians, and even if the 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 57 
 
 offender was caught they were forced to let him alone by his 
 class-mates. 
 
 On the night of the grand Democratic rally Jimmie 
 Gibson was determined to secure a sample of a certain kind 
 of helmet which had caught his eye, to complete his collec- 
 'tion. Engaging Charlie Robinson as a confederate, he 
 approached a wearer of the coveted head-piece, and while 
 Charlie offered the stranger a cigarette, " Gib " grabbed the 
 helmet and lit out for Princeton, pursued by four or five 
 angry Trentonites. Of course he escaped, for Gib goes down 
 to the 'Varsity grounds to train for the track team every 
 year, but in his headlong flight ran plump into the arms of 
 Sam Calhoun, our genial night Proctor. 
 
 Gib explained that a man had given him the helmet, 
 and that he was running because he was in a hurry to get 
 back to his room, where a party of New York friends were 
 quartered. He told a straight story, until Sam happened to 
 glance over at his room and saw that it was dark as Erebus. 
 
 But his captor was lenient, and released him on condi- 
 tion that he go at once to bed. 
 
 Pat Lindsay and Archie Pepper got into a slight mis- 
 understanding down at the station that night, and were 
 obliged to draw " the guns," which, as true Southerners, 
 they always carry, before they could escape. 
 
 On election day many of us walked up to the polls and 
 cast our first votes for President, but even Princeton, which 
 is an overwhelmingly Republican community, could not 
 change the general results. 
 
58 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Our foot-ball men were in strict training, and the team 
 was making great strides towards championship form. They 
 overstepped themselves, falling over a tough snag in the 
 shape of the University of Pennsylvania. 
 
 It was the most disgruntled crowd which returned from 
 Manheim that night, ever seen upon tlic campus. Many 
 'Ninety-four men tried to drown their sorrows in the flowing 
 bowl ; yea, even some who never before had tasted strong 
 drink. The whole College was in mourning for weeks, and 
 the Alumni came down to comfort us in our sorrows. On 
 Thanksgiving Yale beat us by a narrow margin, and we 
 had good cause to believe that " next year we will be at 
 the head of the procession." 
 
 The great progress of the team during the last part of 
 the season can be traced directly to Reddy Turner's efficient 
 captaincy of the scrub. Brick had a system all his own, 
 and when the time came for his side to take the ball he 
 would come up to his half-backs, tell them exactly where to 
 run, and then ejaculate, one, two, three, five, six, seven, or 
 some other mystic symbol, pausing to take a deep breath 
 between each number. Now, his signals did not mean 
 anything at all, but they served to mystify the 'Varsity, 
 who believed his system to be the most intricate one ever 
 invented. Brick sprained his knee that fall, and in conse- 
 quence received the privilege of attending chapel optionally 
 until he recovered. Consequently he never has gotten over 
 the strain, and is limping to this day — ^whenever he meets a 
 member of the Absence Committee. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 59 
 
 Harry Riggs was unable to attend morning service also 
 on account of an attack of indigestion \Yhich lasted all 
 year. 
 
 There were five other lazy men in our Class who man- 
 aged to pull the wool over the Faculty's eyes with the same 
 result. 
 
 The latter part of the foot-ball season brought out Jim 
 Blake and ^' Windy" Allen, who were afterwards to fill the 
 hole in our team caused by Homans leaving. 
 
 The only excitement during the month of December 
 was the spirited contest for places on the chess teaAi. The 
 contest lay between four members of our Class — Ewing, 
 Dickey, Morrison, and Roberts ; the first two winning the 
 places by a short neck. The games occasioned intense inter- 
 est, and were carefully contested, each move sometimes tak- 
 ing thirty minutes. Borneo Roberts and Buck Ewing played 
 for two whole days upon one game, and then declared it a 
 draw. During the tournament the room in which the con- 
 test was held would be thronged with a multitude hanging 
 upon each move with bated breath, and those unable to en- 
 ter the sacred precincts would be told that " Borneo has just 
 moved his knight's pawn from X 14 y to p. d. q. 27. 
 
 The College was solicited to send our champions up to 
 New York during the Christmas holidays to play against 
 representatives of Harvard, Columbia, and Yale, for an 
 intercollegiate cup. Believing our team invincible, we 
 reached deep down into our trouser pockets and offered 
 our little quarters and fifty-cent pieces to such an extent 
 
60 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 that the boys stayed ten days after College opened and saw 
 the town. After great mental exertion tlie}^ managed to 
 come out fourth. Chess was a very tender subject with 
 Dickey for some time, and he would become red-headed if 
 any one even mentioned dominoes in his presence. 
 
 During this vacation the Glee Club Organization, under 
 the fatherly care of A. D. Jeniiey, made tlie most successful 
 tour the}^ have ever attempted. Tom Bailey, '' Chip " Mc- 
 Campbell, Charley McKenzie, Bennie Benson, Al Wood- 
 ruff, Charley Worden, and "Weel" Rogers vocalized, while 
 Corney Kenly and Bill Doty picked the banjo and man- 
 dolin respectively. Worden and Rogers served in a double 
 capacity, as the former played on the mandolin and the latter 
 blew the whistle. Their experiences were many and varied. 
 
 In Omaha, McKenzie was introduced to a maiden lady 
 of some years, who was greatly taken with our captain's 
 handsome countenance and stahvart figure. Slie engaged 
 Mac in conversation and held him so for tliree long hours, 
 though he made several unsuccessful attempts to escape. 
 
 In St. Louis, Bennie Benson, the darling of Philadel- 
 phia's swelldom, had an animated discussion with a cab- 
 driver, who affirmed that Ben had used his equipage and 
 refused to pay liiiu. Mr. Benson, becoming tired of the 
 conversation, informed the driver that he was a liar, and 
 was promptly knocked down. Upon collecting his scattered 
 senses Ben fled to his hotel and told the boys a startling tale 
 of Western manners. He had been jumped upon by four 
 men, two of whom he disabled, and was only overcome by 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 61 
 
 being struck from behind with a slung-shot. His nose was 
 broken, three teeth had been knocked down his throat, and 
 he knew both his eyes would be black. He asked Jen if 
 he had better telegraph for Benson pater, and was dissatis- 
 fied upon being assured that it was hardly necessary. 
 
 A careful examination of Bennie's anatomy was insti- 
 tuted and disclosed a slight scratch on his nose. 
 
 The only thing which detracted from the enjoyment of 
 the trip was the fact tliat Eddie Laughlin was not along. 
 
 Eddie had consulted the leader as to the advisability of 
 taking vocal lessons, and had been informed that he certainly 
 would need it before he would be acceptable, but, nothing 
 daunted, he had decided to make an attempt anyway. He 
 gave up standing out in front of Reunion and yelling, 
 " Hello, Tom Bailey ! Hello, Teddy Humphre}^ ! Come and 
 take a walk," and even restricted his diet in hopes of im- 
 proving the timbre of his voice. 
 
 But it availed him nothing, and a Freshman filled the 
 place he was working for. 
 
 Upon coming back from the Christmas holidays we were 
 shocked to hear of the sudden death of General Karg6. 
 His elective class from 'Ninety-four was large, and those who 
 had been so fortunate as to be under his instruction felt his 
 death as a personal loss. The General possessed a fund of 
 knowledge which seemed to embrace all branches of study, 
 and we who were in his classes could not but be broadened 
 mentally and morally by our contact with him. He was a 
 
62 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 brave soldier, a learned instructor, an honorable Christian 
 gentleman, and left a memory in Princeton which can 
 hardly be forgotten. 
 
 The days from the opening of College to the beginning 
 of the mid-year examinations passed swiftly by, and left but 
 little results, with the exception of marking the adoption of 
 our present examination system. 
 
 Tlie hours which had been spent upon fashioning an in- 
 tricate and comprehensive " crib " were now spent upon 
 polling the subject itself, witli the amazing result that con- 
 firmed " cribbers," men who had never once thought of 
 entering Examination Hall without one of these little aids 
 to memory, and who had fallen below the passing grade 
 time after time, now escaped without a condition. It was 
 a glorious revolution, and raised the standard of Princeton 
 honor high in the eyes of the world. 
 
 Washington's Birthday quickly arrived and we Juniors 
 went to tlie morning exercises at peace with the world and 
 undisturbed. We were above the childish brawls of the 
 underclassmen, and could look calmly on and see the 
 Senior orator roast his class-mates until they squirmed. 
 
 " Mousie " Forsyth was the Class orator and showed that 
 his oratorical abilities were about on a par with his pitch- 
 ing. By this we do not mean to cast any reflections on his 
 speech either, for has he not shown that he is a first-class 
 man on the base-ball diamond, after he once gets started ? 
 
 George has one peculiarity which was strikingly evinced 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 63 
 
 in that speech. His gaze is directed upon things above this 
 mundane sphere of ours, and he looks for things higher, 
 nobler, purer. He directs his mild gray eyes upwards, not 
 downwards, for the ravishing glances he concentrated upon 
 the skylight that morning in the gym. strained the whole 
 roof. 
 
 The Princeton- Yale debate, held in the middle of March, 
 w^as the next thing in which our Class took a prominent 
 part. Two of the participants were 'Xinety-four men — 
 Bill Sykes and Donald McCall — and both smashed Yale 
 arguments in a manner which was edifying. The only 
 trouble with Donald was that he was a little inclined to 
 use a Y. M. C. A. Convention tone. Jim Fentress says 
 he was afraid every minute that ]\Iac would forget his 
 lines, and absent-mindedly step to the front of the stage 
 and inquire in moving tones, "Is there another?" 
 
 Sykes pranced back and forth upon the platform, ges- 
 ticulating wildly with his fists, and ready to knock down 
 any line of Yale logic before it was half uttered. His 
 collar slipped a link, his tie mounted his ear, his shirt 
 bosom cracked straight across the middle with a deafening- 
 report, but our noble Sau We must beg the reader's 
 
 pardon, for we were about to call Bill by a name he espe- 
 cially loathes. He has even gone so far as to treat the 
 historians on four separate and distinct occasions in con- 
 sideration of our omitting it. 
 
 As we were saying, Mr. Sykes cared nothing at all for 
 appearances, but went on in his harangue until time was 
 
64 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 called. No decision was rendered upon the respective mer- 
 its of the two opposing sides, though Sykes undoubtedly 
 carried off the palm of victory, using nearly half again as 
 many words in his allotted time as did any of the other 
 speakers. 
 
 Along at the last of the month the elections to the 
 Princetonian and " Lit." were announced. 
 
 On the Princetonian two 'Ninety-four men were already 
 veterans. Bill Spruance had begun at the bottom in Fresh- 
 man year, working on the '' Here and There " department, 
 and gradually advancing until he was permitted to write 
 notices of Philadelphia meetings upon the front page. 
 
 John Davidson McCord (he of the vulgar nickname) 
 had been taking care of the office since the beginning of 
 the year, filing the exchanges, emptying waste-paper baskets, 
 and sweeping out in the mornings. 
 
 Billy Fisk was also one of the old board of editors, but 
 had been obliged to leave College on account of ill health. 
 
 "Spruke" and McCord were the nucleus around which 
 the new board was formed, " Mud " Archer, Jimmy Bathgate, 
 Jack Wilkins, and John Neeley being chosen to fill up the 
 number. They elected Mike Fisher as business manager. 
 
 The " Lit." elections were the cause of a great mental strain 
 to several members of the Class. On the night on which 
 they were to be announced Patterson wandered aimlessly 
 around the campus seeking for consolation, for he had 
 worked long and faithfully, and now feared that it would 
 count him nothing. He had turned out several sweet little 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. Go 
 
 poems, and one story of his, entitled ''Little Peyton; or, 
 How I Got Slugged in Freshman Year," had received favor- 
 able criticisms on all hands. Pat finally ended np by call- 
 ing upon Sykes, who was also a candidate for literary 
 honors, and the two talked till on towards morning, hoping 
 that they might hear something as to their fate. Finally, 
 Sykes stepped out for a moment, and on coming back an- 
 nounced in a lugubrious voice, '' Pat, we ain't in it. The 
 whole board has been elected, and we are both carefully 
 omitted." Of course, Pat swallowed the story, for he is an 
 innocent child, and with bitter tears exclaimed, " I think it's 
 real mean ! The nasty thing is no good anyhow, and I'm 
 glad I didn't make it." He went to bed in sorrow, and 
 spent a sleepless night bemoaning his fate. 
 
 The authentic elections were posted in the morning. 
 
 Sykes was managing editor, and was assisted by Forsyth, 
 Humphrey, Cherry, Patterson, and Jenkins. They elected 
 Robert P. Jack to the treasurership, and proceeded to storm 
 Philadelphia, New York, and Trenton in a still hunt for ad- 
 vertisements. 
 
 Both the Princetonlan and "Lit." men spent their Easter 
 holidays in this unpleasant business, and came back with 
 sad tales of being kicked out of stores, waiting to see men 
 who were out of town, and being politely asked to call in 
 September. 
 
 Cherry tried it for three days in Philadelphia, and caught 
 a chronic case of " sour-ball," which broke all previous rec- 
 ords. 
 
66 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 April brought with it an abundance of bad weather. It 
 was the beginning of a Spring which surpassed the preceding 
 two in the number of unpleasant days. The base-ball team 
 took a Southern trip early in the month, and made a splendid 
 record, winning all their games. ,Gaddy Drake w^as the regu- 
 lar pitcher, and did splendid work, while Chip McKenzie, 
 playing in left field, hit the ball in a way which gave him a 
 beautiful batting average. These were the only 'Ninety-four 
 men upon the team. 
 
 There was a great deal of sickness in College this Spring, 
 and when twenty or more of our gallant Juniors came down 
 with the mumps and measles, it seemed as if we were re- 
 turning to our second childhood. If it had only been brain 
 fever, superinduced by over-study, or nervous exhaustion, 
 or some respectable disease, the sufferers might have ex- 
 tracted some sympathy, but when a man said he had been 
 confined for two weeks with the mumps he was considered 
 an object for good-natured chaff. The excuse worked with 
 the Faculty, however, in splendid style. 
 
 Patterson was the only man who indulged in the luxury 
 of a fancy disease, and when he told his friends that the 
 doctors were certain he had catarrh of the stomach, we all 
 looked grave, though nobody knew exactly what it was. 
 
 Pat went on to say that he was afraid he might have to 
 diet to overcome his trouble. It happened the very next 
 morning that he had a severe headache, and sent down 
 word that his breakfast must be sent up to his room. 
 Grier and Herb Fisher took charge of the matter, and when 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 67 
 
 Pat opened the big basket which they carried up to his 
 room he found two small pieces of toast and an immense 
 bouquet of dandelions, to which was attached a card 
 stating that the Club sent its deepest sympathy. The 
 two hard-hearted wretches appeared terribly alarmed by his 
 symptoms, and Fish, who had studied a little medicine, de- 
 cided he had a complication of diseases, any one of which 
 was necessarily fatal. Every two or three hours they would 
 drop in and ask him how he was feeling, until they got Pat 
 so alarmed that he stayed in bed for two da3^s. 
 
 As soon as the warm weather came on a large number of 
 our Class made daily pilgrimages to the canal and Millstone 
 to go in swimming. The number so increased that finally 
 a crowd of us were driven away by a farmer with a shot- 
 gun, who declared that "that 'air crick aint no bath-tub for 
 all the stujents up to Princeton." He gave as a minor 
 reason for our leaving that " the feller in the red britches 
 scared his caows," this remark applying to Harry Akin, 
 who used a pair of Zouave trousers, which he had obtained 
 during the campaign, as a bathing suit. 
 
 McLeish and Sabine had a falling-out this Spring which 
 approached a fatal ending. " Smiles " challenged Sabine to 
 a duel with broad-swords, and though the latter boasts a 
 long line of Dutch ancestors, renowned in the time of Will- 
 iam of Orange for their pugnacity, his fighting blood ab- 
 solutely refused to come to the surface, and he respectfully 
 declined the challenge. Smiles took him unawares the next 
 day, upon the campus, and jumping upon his back pulled 
 
68 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 out a handful of curly locks before the spectators could 
 interfere. As was natural, this added to their strained re- 
 lationship, but though Bill Meredith spent the better part 
 of three days trying to work Sabine up to a fighting pitch, 
 no further hostilities followed. 
 
 Since that time these whilom friends have gone their 
 separate ways, Sabine training exclusively with Thaw and 
 his w^orshipers, and helping the Pittsburgh millionaire to 
 foot the bills. 
 
 Pennsylvania was the only one of the big teams we could 
 defeat this year. We won two out of three times in the 
 series with her, but lost two straight to Harvard and three 
 to Yale. 
 
 The track team completed the discouragement to our 
 athletic hopes by being beaten out for third place in the 
 intercollegiates by Pennsylvania. But we bore our sor- 
 rows in silence, and cheerfully murmured '' Better luck in 
 the Fall." 
 
 A few days more and commencement was upon us, and 
 'Ninety-three, our old enemies, afterwards our friends, went 
 to join the great majority. 
 
CHAPTER IV 
 
 -©- 
 
 SENIOR YEAR, 
 
SENIOR YEAR. 
 
 For the last time as Undergraduates our Class returned 
 to Princeton in the latter part of September, prepared for 
 the grand climax of our college existence. 
 
 For the first two weeks there were -so many " World's 
 Fair " experiences related that it looked as if the whole Class 
 had spent the entire Summer there. Strange as it may ap- 
 pear, we did not talk the whole time about the grandeur of 
 the Exhibition, but gave a few spare moments up to relat- 
 ing the various scrapes we got into and the small holes we 
 crawled out of. One couldn't walk a hundred yards on the 
 " Midway" any day throughout the long Summer without 
 hearing the " How are you, old man ! " of some college friend. 
 
 It was in this neighborhood that the greater part of our 
 experiences were met with. 
 
 " Cairo " and the " Persian Theatre " were our favorite 
 loafing places during the day, and in the evening the boys 
 flocked to " Old Vienna " and drank their beer, pounding 
 with their steins upon the tables in accompaniment to some 
 old college song. 
 
 Frank Riggs got into trouble one night by trying to 
 swipe a silver spigot which was sticking in a beer keg. He 
 had secured it and was nearly out of harm's w^ay w^hen it 
 slipped from under his coat, and falling to the ground drew 
 all eyes to him. Frank made a swift retreat, but he was 
 
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72 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OP '94. 
 
 overtaken and hauled back by three angry Dutchmen, and 
 only escaped by calling for Harry and proving an alibi. ' The 
 waiters could not possibly say which was the sinner and 
 which was guiltless, though if they had known the boys 
 as well as we do Francis would never have been released. 
 
 These two, with Rankin, who had joined them there, and 
 the two Kennedys, spent one joyous forenoon in strewing the 
 ''Streets of Cairo" witli tacks, and then hearing the bare- 
 footed Orientals howl when they trod on them. 
 
 Bennie Benson, as usual, was right in with the nobility, 
 hobnobbing with the Higanbothams and other lords of the 
 Exposition. 
 
 Jack Bushnell visited "Cyclone" Van Nortwick and 
 made such an impression on Van's best girl that he was 
 requested to depart. 
 
 Winnie Kennedy reported a fine time, with lots to drink, 
 while Frank McCune's only objection was that you had to 
 get up so blamed early in the morning to accomplish any 
 sight-seeing before noon. 
 
 It seemed so very strange to come back to Princeton as 
 Seniors. Back in Freshman year we had looked upon 
 Juniors with awe and reverence, and as for Seniors, no 
 words can describe our feelings toward them. They were a 
 kind of superior being, far higher in the scale of existence 
 than the Professors. 
 
 And now we had reached that exalted station ! 
 
 We felt our responsibilities weighing us down heavily. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 73 
 
 As Dr. Patton told us, " You men are the formers of 
 Undergraduate opinion. You rule the roost." Perhaps 
 these were not the exact words he used, but the meaning 
 is the same. But we determined to make our short rule 
 a momentous one, and took up our burden of responsibility 
 blithely, thinking that we were the men for the occasion. 
 Whether our confidence was justified is hard to judge, for 
 there have been more outbreaks against the governing- 
 body than in any year since 'Xinety-four has been in 
 College. AYe believe that these disturbances have all, or 
 nearly all, been along the line of progress, and have ben- 
 efited the community, though some might disagree with us. 
 
 Nearly every one who was with us in Junior year was 
 back again, and the accessions to our numbers did not 
 exceed four or five. 
 
 The inter-class base-ball games occupied our attention 
 for a few days, and we loafed down to the 'Yarsity grounds 
 to see our team win from 'Ninety-six and 'Ninety-seven, 
 though our colors were lowered by 'Ninety-five. 
 
 The following was the make-up of the team : — 
 
 McKexzie Short stop. 
 
 Lindsay Catcher. 
 
 KiNCx Second base. 
 
 Creigh Left field. 
 
 Drake C'entre field. 
 
 Ferris Right field. 
 
 Young First base. 
 
 Neeley Third base. 
 
 Yax Nortwick Pitcher. 
 
74 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Of these nine good men Gaddy Drake and Harvey 
 Young are the only ones who played in the Class games 
 in the Fall of 1890, when, as Freshmen, we entered Prince- 
 ton. Gaddy was now really not in College, having come 
 back just to get us started well, leaving Harvey as the only 
 man who played on both teams. 
 
 Our foot-ball men had spent the two weeks before the 
 opening of College up on Long Island Sound, and came 
 back a day or so after College opened in splendid physical 
 condition. They played a careful game all season long, not 
 giving their opponents much chance to gauge their abilities. 
 
 Much of the practice was carried on behind closed gates, 
 and the Undergraduates knew but little more than the out- 
 side 2:>ublic about their real playing ability. Lawrenceville 
 nearly beat us, right in the middle of the season, and later 
 Lehigh scored upon us in the second half. 
 
 Jim Blake and " Windy " Allen were making a hard 
 struggle for full-back, when the latter was injured, and 
 Jim put in the time to such good advantage that though he 
 himself was on the retired list for about half the season his 
 opponent was outclassed. The great trouble with Fred was 
 that he always wanted to stop and argue the advisability of 
 plays after the signal had been given; and though, theo- 
 retically, a general discussion will often clear up many a 
 knotty point, a foot-ball game is hardly the proper place to 
 put it in practice. This habit of Allen's of talking on every 
 occasion, and sometimes when the occasion was absent, made 
 his name a by-word and a hissing. 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 75 
 
 We were not surprised when our team revenged them- 
 selves upon Pennsylvania for the degradation we had suf- 
 fered at her hands the year before, although the score — four 
 to nothing — was too small to satisfy most of us. Two of 
 our number took part in this contest, Blake and Balliett, 
 and both did yeoman service. For the next three weeks 
 the team played no outsiders, but, locking themselves into 
 the 'Varsity grounds, practiced long and faithfully. 
 
 Nobody except a few insiders, who knew the whole 
 system of their play, realized how much foot-ball they 
 knew, but the management deemed it wise to save it all up 
 and surprise the anxious thousands on Thanksgiving. 
 
 As usual, the College turned out en masse, and went up to 
 New York to support the team. Many of us wagered our 
 available cash upon the result, at odds of two or three to 
 one. Those who were not bold, or whose spare cash was 
 numbered in dimes, have bewailed the golden opportunity 
 ever since. 
 
 Such a glorious game was never seen, and our hearts 
 were freed from the fear of being the first class that ever 
 graduated without seeing a foot-ball championship brought 
 home to Princeton. 
 
 Meanwhile Managing Editor Sykes and his ^' Lit." board 
 were having a hard time of it. The chief had been styled 
 " Dame Sykes " by George Forsyth, and to add insult to 
 injury had been accused of treason in favoring ''the Tiger," 
 of which he was also an editor, at the expense of the " Lit." 
 Bill was summoned to appear before the board, and receive 
 
76 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 his sentence. It was the hvehest meeting ever held in 
 that arena where so many battles have been waged, the 
 office of the Nassau Literary Magazine. Bill cussed bis 
 assistants individually and collectively, and the favor was 
 returned individually and collectivel}^ Jenkins ejaculated 
 '' Help ! " several times in rapid succession, intending to be 
 very wicked. '' Jenks" don't like to swear right out loud, 
 lest Tower might hear of it and cast bim forth neck and crop 
 from the number of his friends, and so he says " Help ! " 
 which does not mean anything in particular, though it 
 closely resembles a ver}^ expressive term in sound. 
 
 This angered Bill, who immediately jumped on Paul 
 Burrill for not tending to his owai duties of keeping the table 
 cleared of periodicals. Then everybody put in his oar, and 
 the meeting was ended by George Forsyth throwing a torch, 
 left over from the campaign, through the front window and 
 vanishing in a cloud of brimstone, towards Bi'own. This 
 was but one of the many little episodes which made our life 
 miserable. 
 
 In the Fall track games the most stirring event was the 
 mile walk. Three great athletes were ranged at the starting 
 post, all 'Ninety-four men, and an immense amount of 
 money had been placed on each one by his confident friends. 
 
 '^ Horses " Pratt, Sykes, and Jenkins were the valiant 
 walkers, and the ^' outcome " was involved in great uncer- 
 tainty, for Pratt had the best hip motion, '' Jenks" had the 
 longest legs, and Sykes had the best wind. We watched 
 them until the sun sank beyond the western hills and then, 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 77 
 
 overtaken by the darkness, sadly went to our rooms, know- 
 ing that we would not be able to find the result m the 
 next evening's Princetonian. 
 
 It was shortly after Thanksgiving that the Campbell- 
 Van Cise mill occurred back of the Biological Observatory. 
 Cortlandt Van Rensellear Edward Van Cise had been dropped 
 from Whig Hall for non-payment of dues, but still fre- 
 quented the reading-room, although he had been asked to 
 desist several times. Finally "Cam" was deputed to eject 
 him, and accomplished his duty with success. He grasped 
 Van firmly but gently by the scruff of the neck, and, leading 
 him to the door, landed him in a heap at the bottom of the 
 steps with lacerated trousers and injured feelings. 
 
 Van immediately challenged "Cam" to a bare-knuckle 
 fight to a finish, asking but ten minutes to secure a second, 
 and upon his offer being accepted hustled over to Reunion 
 and secured his friend Mud Archer as his bottle-holder, 
 
 "Cam" soon appeared on the scene of action witii Arm- 
 strong as his best man, and the fray at once began. 
 
 The exchanges of blows were brief, rapid, and to the 
 point, Van retiring with two black eyes and a bloody nose 
 as tokens of the " Harlem Goat's" fistic abilities. 
 
 The following day Van wrote a note to "Armie," of 
 which the following is a verbatim copy : — 
 
 " Jlr. Armstrong : 
 
 " Dear Sir : — You are a gentleman and treated me as a 
 gentleman, but your room-mate, Campbell, is a low-lived, 
 dirty mucker. 
 
78 HISTORY OP THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 " 111 the fight last night he struck me tliree blows which 
 were manifestly unfair, namely, to wit : one upon the eye, 
 while I had my guards down ; one upon the nose, while 
 I was not looking ; and one upon the mouth and from 
 behind. 
 
 " My outraged honor demands revenge, and I demand 
 another meeting before two witnesses. You will please to 
 consult Mr. Archer, my second, and make the necessary 
 arrangements. 
 
 '' Campbell is a mucker. 
 
 '' Respectfully, 
 
 '' CORTLANDT V. R. EdW^ARD VaN CiSE." 
 
 Within twenty-four hours '' Armie " had one hundred 
 and fifty applications for the position of witness, but Cam 
 has refused to fight again. 
 
 The departure of Gaddy Drake along in the early Fall 
 was the occasion of a love-feast down in Brown, which, for 
 the number participating and the amount of whisky con- 
 sumed has never been surpassed in the history of the 
 institution. 
 
 The boys were so overcome by the thought of his leaving 
 that their wails might be heard on Nassau Street, and the 
 windows were constantly filled with mourners shedding 
 large, bitter tears into the court below. He was accompanied 
 by a crowd to the Junction, and many and various were the 
 ways in which they manifested their grief. After kissing 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 79 
 
 every one of them goocl-by he clambered on board his train 
 amid the good wishes of all concerned. 
 
 The big fire in celebration of the victory over Yale in 
 foot-ball gave another opportunit}^ for the consumption of 
 much lic[uor. Everybody was gay and happy, and the tu- 
 mult did not subside till morning. 
 
 The next event of importance to us was the Senior Class 
 elections. For days, yea, even weeks, before this momentous 
 occasion, little knots of Seniors might be seen consulting 
 upon the campus, whispering with heads close together ; 
 upon the approach of an outsider somebody would exclaim 
 in a cheery voice, "Well, I guess I'll have to go down to the 
 room and get my mail now," and at once the others would 
 decide that they believed there was a letter waiting for 
 them. 
 
 There were rumors of plots and counter-plots, of permu- 
 tations and combinations, until nobody quite knew who 
 were candidates for office and who were not. The politicians 
 were working with unusual activity, and mystery was in the 
 air. A couple of days before the important night the list 
 of accredited voters was announced^ and Ave Avere divided 
 into sections for rapidity and accuracy in counting the bal- 
 lots. Where the rapidity came in we could not exactly see, 
 for it was sometimes an hour and a half after the polls were 
 closed before the result was announced. 
 
 Jim Brodnax, the great leader of cheers and presider over 
 College mass-meetings, as our retiring President took the 
 chair, and after giving us a few instructions in regard to 
 
80 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 breaking furniture and the peace, proclaimed that nomina- 
 tions for President were in order. 
 
 And then the fun began. For eight hours or more Ex- 
 amination Hall was a scene of confusion and strife which 
 beggars description. About every three-quarters of an hour 
 we got a chance to cast a ballot, and in the interim amused 
 ourselves as best we could. Cards were produced from coat 
 pockets, a roulette wheel was started in one corner of the 
 room, the story teller limbered up his memory, and all sat 
 down for an all-night's job of it. 
 
 Some jovial joker wrote an insulting letter to '' Smiles" 
 McLeish, and signed '' Chawley " Rugh's name to it. Of 
 course ''Smiles" was enraged, and prepared to take ven- 
 geance out of '' Chawley's" hide. 
 
 He approached the supposed author of the scrawl^ 
 and asked him if he had dared to send him any such vile 
 epistle. Chawley was indignant at the charge, and, plac- 
 ing one hand square on the middle of his manly breast, 
 made an Oriental salaam and said, "I wrote you no note, 
 sir." Nevertheless, the audience would not accept his fre- 
 quent repetition of this sentence as an apology, and clam- 
 ored for proof. 
 
 A moot-court was at once instituted, and the witnesses 
 were examined and re-examined by numerous self-ap- 
 pointed attorneys on both sides, and after a number of lofty 
 flights of rhetoric by the counsels, the case was given to the 
 jury. 
 
 This self-selected body, after carefully weighing the 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '91. 81 
 
 question and discussing the arguments on both sides, ren- 
 dered the decision that " Smiles " had written the letter 
 himself, and that the defendant, on account of his persistent 
 denials of the crime, should be publicly kicked from the 
 platform. The verdict was carried out without loss of 
 time. 
 
 Meanwhile some of the boys had gotten sleepy, and had 
 stretched thejnselves in sweet repose upon the tables with 
 which the room was filled. 
 
 Jack Bushnell conceived the brilliant plan of dumping 
 them off, and with the aid of some volunteers did the trick, 
 thereby occasioning much profanity. 
 
 The roulette wheel coined money, and the croupier was 
 able to give five dollars and eighty-seven cents, the profits 
 of the evening's play, to help defray the expenses of the 
 celebration after the Thanksgiving victory. 
 
 The meeting finally broke up at half-past three, after 
 electing the following ofiicers : — 
 
 President J. MacXaughtox Thompson, Xew York. 
 
 Secretary and Treasurer William A. Sextox, Xew York. 
 
 Master of Ceremonies Charles S. McKenzie. Xew York. 
 
 Class (hxitor James E. Swaix, Xew Jersey. 
 
 Class Poet . . Edward J. Russell. Xew Jersey. 
 
 Ivy Orator James S. Campbell, Pennsylvania. 
 
 Historian Robert P. Jack, Illinois. 
 
 Prophet John H. Turxer, Iowa. 
 
 Censor James R. Blake, Xew Jersey. 
 
 Presentation Orator L. Irvixg Reichxor, Pennsylvania. 
 
 Washington's Birthday Orator McCready Sykes, Xew Jersey. 
 
 Class Debater Doxald ^IcColl, Xew York. 
 
82 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 The following Senior Committees were chosen : — 
 
 Nassau Herald Committee : 
 
 C. G. Hopper, Pennsylvania, A. J. Miller, Ohio, 
 H. H. CoNDiT, New Jersey, Guy Wilson, Montana. 
 
 Class Ode Committee : 
 J. Fentress, Jr., Illinois, P. P. Bliss, Jr., Pennsylvania, 
 
 A. E. Holmes, New Jerse3^ 
 
 Memorial Committee : 
 T. F. Humphrey, New Jersey, M. Sicard, New York, 
 
 R. K. PoRTSER, Pennsylvania. 
 
 Class Day Committee: 
 W. L. MacCauley, New York, A. R. Chamberlain, New York, 
 
 D. M. Balliett, Pennsylvania, J. H. Bailey, New York, 
 
 G. H. Forsyth, Illinois, C. H. McIlwain, Pennsylvania, 
 
 G. M. McCampbell, Ohio, A. D. Jenney, New York, 
 
 C. B. WoRDEN, New Jersey, K. George, New York, 
 
 T. D, CoRRv, Kentucky, J. McG. White, Pennsylvania, 
 
 J. Gibson, Jr., New York, J. M. Brodnax, Tennessee, 
 
 H. McClenehan, Maryland. 
 
 A few days after the election '^ Dean " Murray made 
 himself famous by coming out in the Princetonian with a 
 '' communication " which gave us all food for thought. 
 The article purported to be written as a kind of Philippic 
 against the ring which he claimed had ruled the Class elec- 
 tions. No doubt there was a good deal of truth in what 
 " Dean " said, but as very few of us had the ability to un- 
 ravel the meaning of his intricate sentences we were all in 
 the dark. Finally Jim Camj^bell, having an off-day, sat 
 down with his " Century Dictionary " and " Meaning of Phil- 
 osophical Terms," and after six hours solid work compre- 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 83 
 
 hended the drift of Dean's argument, at least he said he did. 
 Jim wrote another " communication " in reply to Murray's 
 effusion, which no doubt accomplished its purpose. 
 
 The Christmas holidays being over we hied ourselves 
 back to register, and were promptly on hand at the opening 
 of College. Our mid-year examinations were not the terror 
 to us that they used to be, and these passed by without dis- 
 turbing our tranquillity. When these were over Lou Reich- 
 nor started to go down to Baltimore just for the trip, but 
 changed his mind when he reached Philadelphia, and came 
 straight back to Princeton. He was a little unsettled by 
 the strain caused upon his mind by the examinations, and 
 was hardly accountable for his actions. 
 
 Washington's Birthday brought a host of Almuni down 
 upon us, and the Seniors did all in their power to give them 
 an enjoyable visit. Van Cise got mixed up with a crowd 
 down in Brown, and was persuaded to drink the contents of 
 a beer bottle, which had been carefully filled with water. 
 Van liked it ; didn't care if he did take another, and finally 
 called for a third. The effect of this dose upon him was so 
 peculiar that he sat down at once, asked for a pencil and 
 paper, and then proceeded to reel off yards of poetry, ex- 
 plaining as he went on his poetic method. 
 
 The next morning we reluctantly went over toward the 
 gym. to hear Sykes spout his " horse " oration. We did 
 not care to go in very much, for we had all heard Sykes 
 speak so often that we knew just what he would say; but as 
 we had elected him to his office, and as he represented the 
 
84' HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 Class in a way, we stepped to our seats with resigned hearts 
 and patient faces. 
 
 His oration lasted exactly one hour and a quarter! 
 
 It was shortly after this that ^' Mousie " Forsyth was 
 prostrated over the ''fake" murder of Dick Hatton. George 
 has always said that although he was badly taken in by the 
 hoax he did exactly what was proper if it had been the 
 real thing, and really showed a good deal of presence of 
 mind. George's actions consisted in shouting " Seize the 
 murderer " in a loud, commanding tone, and then making 
 good his retreat into the closet. In his mind discretion is 
 the better part of valor. 
 
 Spring put in an early appearance this year, and seemed 
 to bring all the instincts of horse-play which are hidden in 
 our nature to the surface. 
 
 Tops, hoops, and marbles were our favorite amusements, 
 and tiring of these we would proceed to have a little sport 
 with Johnnie Degnan. What with chasing empty beer kegs 
 in Brown, trying to keep his star and the brass buttons on 
 his coat from being swiped, putting kid muckers and organ- 
 grinders oft' the campus, his lot has been a very hard one 
 this Spring. 
 
 Chip McKenzie's ball-team started out unusually well 
 this year by defeating the strong Georgetown University 
 nine in two games. The good work continued, and nothing 
 seemed to be able to stop our winning streak. Pennsyl- 
 vania, Harvard, and Cornell fell before our heavy hitters. 
 
 Singing on the steps of Old North was our usual occu- 
 
HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 85 
 
 patioii in those warm evenings in the early part of May; 
 and though we may not have always satisfied our critical 
 audiences we enjoyed it hugely ourselves, and as long as 
 this is the case we intend to continue. Chip McCampbell 
 wields his baton very skillfully, and as to our soloists they 
 are better, as a whole, than any heard from the steps in the 
 past four years. 
 
 The way Jim Fentress yells his nigger dialect song is 
 appreciated by the College at large, and ''' Mr. George's little 
 Dutch song is just too cute for anything," as a young lady 
 remarked. 
 
 It is with the saddest of hearts that we are called upon 
 to chronicle the death of Jack Murdoch. The news, as it 
 was telegraphed to a member of our Class that afternoon in 
 the first quarter of May, was an inexpressible shock to every 
 man who knew him. He had hoped and expected to get 
 back to be with us as we graduate, but Providence in its 
 wisdom has seen fit to deny us another sight of him. 
 
 It was impossible for any one to know Murdoch without 
 admiring his mental gifts, revering his strong Christian 
 character, and loving his personality. 
 
 His religion was of the broadest type, and many a man 
 in our Class upon the downward path has been comforted, 
 aided, and assisted to a better life. 
 
 Knowing that he was on the brink of the grave, and 
 that any sudden shock might break the slender thread of 
 his human existence, he determined that while he lived he 
 
86 HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF '94. 
 
 should live well in the sight of God and of man, and that 
 his mind should grow even at the expense of an alread}^ 
 enfeebled body. 
 
 Perhaps from this rough sketch of our doings and our 
 sayings in the past four years the impression may have 
 been given that w^e have done nothing beyond having a 
 good time all the while, at the expense of the broadening 
 of our intellectual views, and forming a speaking acquaint- 
 ance with a couple of hundred class-mates, whom we will 
 forget as soon as we get out in this busy world. 
 
 To us, as we spend our last few days as Undergraduates 
 amid the surroundings which for four years have been our 
 life, this is by no means the attitude in which we view our 
 college career. We are dissatisfied, probably every one of 
 us, at the way in which we have wasted our opportunities ; 
 we could do it so much better if we had another chance, but 
 nevertheless we have made friendships which we believe 
 will never be broken; we have gained associations which we 
 feel will influence our future to an extent beyond estimation. 
 
 We believe that when we look back upon college life, ten 
 years or twenty years hence, we will be able to sa}^ with 
 Lowell : — 
 
 Old friends! The writing of these words has borne 
 
 My fancy backward to the gracious past, 
 The generous past, when all was possible, 
 
 For all was then untried. The years between 
 Have taught some sweet, some bitter lessons, none 
 
 Wiser than this — to spend in all things else, 
 But of old friends to be most miserly. 
 
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