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RECEI VED.
JUL 141903
Ma ry land Srate librar v,
A NNAPv lfs. A1o.
Dr. Thomas Fe11t Ph • D., LL.D.
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Introduction
CCORDING to the custom establi shed here in 1897, th e class of 1903 has,
in this, its Junior yea r, undertaken the stupendous task of publi shing a
Rat Tat.
As a resul t of our labor, we offer this book to our kind patron s and to the
liberal public as th e "fiTst fmi ts of them that sle pt" (w hen th ey should have been
writin g). You mi g ht say thi s is a "Roug h House" book, rai sed by a nursery- full
of infants.
So we a re, as fa r as publi shing a college annual goes. Vlhen you pass
judgment upon th e r es ults of our in experi ence and infantile struggles, please bear
in mind that we go at your r ating-infa nts. Of course, if you think thi s is th e
production of men we heartily agree with you. A book is a book. Made most ly
of paper and fo rm upon which a re hung whatever things it suits th e fa ncy of those
to whom the han gin g a nd decorating is entru sted.
This book is meant to be a thing of beauty a nd a joy forever. Th e joy will be to
those whose task it has been to help to dress this form . Don 't im agin e th eir joy
will come from the fact of th eir havin g to work. O h, no ! It will be th e r elax after
a most painful struggle. A relax th e joy of vvhi ch will be proportional to the
amount of labor ex pended by each willing worker.
The bea uty of it will be in th e faces of those whose pi ctures are within its
covers.
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There a rc many persons who don't know a good thing when th ey sec it. vVe
do not claim an y especia l merit fo r our H.at Ta t, but sin cerely hope that none of
th ese indivi duals will happen upon it; for should anyone ever fail to apprec iate th e
1903ncss with which we have tri ed to clothe it, we would remind them t hat
"A perfect judge will r ead eac h piece of wit
\Vi t h th e sam e spirit that its autho r writ."
A short time ago at a baby meeting a vote was taken as to whi ch was the bes t
a nd prettiest baby. O nly mothers who had babi es at the meeting were allowed to
vote.
Th ere vv erc twenty-five babies present.
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Tw enty-fiv e mothers were th ere.
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�Twenty-five votes were cast. Each baby received one vote. Vle sen d our A nnual to
th e m eeting of College A nnual s. When the vote is taken we wi ll cast our ballot
for our ow n. W h at else can you expect ! \ N e call to mind th e hours of midnight toil,
th e denia ls we have made, and th e pain and a nx iety it has cost us. 'vVe compare
our work with that of others which we see at th e meeting . Vle recogni ze and
admit their bea uties; rea li ze mos t painfully the defects of our own ; but when t he
ballot is counted it wi ll be no surprise to us to hear that, like our own, each has
1·eceivecl one vote.
\ Ale wish to ack now ledge the valuable assistan ce we have received f rom Professors J as. v,r_Ca in and F . J. Von Schwerdtner, M iss Lucy Clau de, and lVIessr s.
Chas. I-I. MacNab, L eslie N. Woods and J. F. L in thi cum. Thanking them a nd
our other friend s, who have helped and encouraged us durin g the past year , we are,
Very cor dially,
THE CLASS OF N l NETEEN HUN DRED AND THREE.
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1897-DEWITT C. SYLES, '98.
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1898-WILLl AM LEE MAYO. '99·
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�The Faculty
THOMA S FELL. A. M ., P H. D ., LL. D., President,
P rofessor of Moral Science, A ncient L ang uages a nd O ratory.
J AM E S \V. CAIN. A. M., V ice- P resident,
(Grad uate of Ya le U ni versity ) ,
P rofe ssor of P o li tical a nd Social Science, E ng li sh a nd Hi story.
J OHN L. CHEW , A. M.,
(G radu ate of St. J ohn 's College) ,
I ro fessor o f Mathemat ics.
EDWIN D. PUSEY, A.M.,
(Gradu ate of St. J ohn's College) ,
P ro fessor o f Germ an, Latin, Constitutional an d In ternat ional Law.
A . lVI. SOHO, Pn . D .
(G ra du a te of J ohn s H opkin s U ni versity) ,
P rofesso r of Greek and F rench.
WI LLI AM A . THOMPSON, U . S. A.,
(Maj or of th e U nited Stales A rmy),
Professor of M ilitary Law an d Tac ti cs.
B. VER N O N CISSEL. A. M ..
(G 1 uate of S t. J ohn 's Co ll ege ) ,
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Professor of Chemi stry a nd P hysics.
F RANC I S E . DANIELS, A . M .,
(G rad uate o f S t. J ohn 's Co ll ege ) .
P ro fesso r of Mechani ca l E ng in eerin g, Botany and Biology.
Board of Visitors and Governors
Presi d en t.
( U nd er th e C haTtcT elec ted anmt.a.lly .)
H ts E xcELLENCY, J · W AL TER SMIT H ,
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T he Gover nor of' Ma ryland,
Ann apolis, M d. 1900.,
S ecTe fa.ry .
(Presi dent PTo-tem . )
L. DORSEY GASSAWAY, E sQ.,
H oN. J AMES REVELL ,
A nnapolis, M el .
Ann apoli s, M el. , 189 1 ·
(E.-r-O fli cio .)
HON· J OI-IN B . HUBNER,
P resident of th e Senate,
Catonsvill e, Mel .
BoN. I - T HOMAS J ONES ,
J ucl ge Co urt of A ppeals,
E lkri dge, M d .
HoN. NO BLE L. MITCHELL,
S eaker of th e House · of Delegates,
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Bel-A ir, Mel.
BoN. A. H UNTER BOYD ,
Ju dge Co urt of Ap peals,
Cumberlan d, Mel.
HoN. J AMES M cSHERRY ,
Ch ief J ucl ge Court of A ppeals,
Frederi ck, Mel.
Ho N. J AMES A . P EAR CE,
J uc
lge Court of Appeals,
Chestertow n, Mel .
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I:-tON. SAMUEL D. SCHMUCKER ,
Jud ge Cour t of A ppeals,
Baltimore, Mel.
F. ]. VON SCHWERDTNER,
P rofessor of French.
J OH N B. WHITE, A. M ..
(G radu ate of Ge neva Co llege ).
P rofessor o f Greek, A ssista n t P rofesso r of E ng li sh an d Mathematics.
J AMES MACKUB I N ,
E llico tt City , M el., I 852.
RoN . D AVID FOWLER,
Ju dge Court of Appeals,
Tow so n, M el .
H oN. J OHN P. BRI SCOE,
Jud ge Court of Appeals,
P rin ce F reder ick, Mel.
H AROLD C. RIDGELY. B. S., M . A.,
(G raduate of St. J ohn 's Co ll ege ) ,
I nst r uctor in P reparatory Schoo!.
DAN I E L M . T H OMAS ,
Baltimore, M el -, 1859·
GEORGE WELLS, M. D.,
Ann apoli s, Mel-, 1882 .
Ro N. J O H N S . WIRT,
E lkto n, Mel., 188 2 .
RoN. i-IENRY PAGE,
J uclge Court of A ppeals,
P rin cess Ann e, Md .
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WILLIAM G. RIDOUT, M. D.,
An napoli s, Mel., 1882.
HENRY WILLIAMS,
Baltimore, Md., 1894.
HoN. J. WIRT RANDALL,
Annapolis, Mel., r882 .
JAMES M. MUNROE,
Annapolis, Mel., 1897.
PHILEMON H. TUCK,
Baltimore, Mel., r88s.
HoN. ROBERT MOSS,
A nnapo lis, Mel., 1897·
L. DORSEY GASSAWAY,
L. ALLISON WILMER,
Annapoli s, Mel., 189r.
LaPlata, Mel., r897.
I-IoN . DANIEL R. MAGRUDER,
Annapolis, Mel., r89r.
FRANK I-I . STOCKETT.
Annapo lis, Mel., 1897.
l-IoN. SPENCER C. J ONES,
Annapo li s, Mel., 1892.
JAMES A. FECHTIG ,
Baltimore, Mel., 1899.
BLANCHARD RANDALL,
Baltimore, Mel., 1892-
CHARLES G. FELDMEYER,
Annapo li s, Mel., r899.
HoN. J AMES REVELL,
Annapo li s, Mel., 1893.
NICHOLAS H. GREEN,
An napol is, Mel., 1901.
HoN . JOHN G. ROGERS,
E lli cott City, Mel., 1894.
JAMES T. WOOD\~T ARD,
New Yo rk, N. Y., 1901.
I-IoN. H. W. TALBOTT,
Rockvi ll e, Mel., 1894.
I-TARRY J. HOPKINS,
Ea ston , Mel., 1902 .
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�McDowell Hall
H E first attempt to establish a coll ege in Maryland was made by th e
General Assembly, convened in the city of S t. Mary's, in the year r 671.
In 1694, the then govern or, S ir Francis N icholson, again revi ved th e
question and offered to g ive money for the main tenan ce of a coll ege. No action
was, taken at t hi s tim e, but in 1696 an act was passed whi ch res ulted in the
establishment of K ing Willi am's School. T hi s act recites that the schoo l was
established for " th e propag ation of th e Gospel and educati on of youth in good
letters and manners."
K ing \1\filli am's S chool was thu s established. Govern or N icholson g ave to th e
school a lot in th e town of A nn apoli s, with th e house th ereon, and th e Legislature
appropriated money to it, but the schoolhouse was not fini shed until 17or. It
was of brick, and stood on the south sid e of the State H ouse.
In 1730 proposals for fo unding a coll ege at A nnapoli s were made, but no
legislati ve effect was g iven them. Th e project was again revived in 1763. A
committee of th e General Assembly recommend ed th at " th e building in th e city
of A nnapoli s which was intended for the Govern or of th e provin ce be comp letely
fini shed and used for th e coll ege proposed to be established, " the money for th e
work to come out of the publi c treasury.
Thi s building r eferred to by th e committee of th e General A ssembly is now
McDowell H all. In 1784 the charter of St. J ohn 's Coll ege was g ranted. By act,
in 1785, the property and funds and stud ents of K ing William 's School were
conveyed to St. J ohn 's College.
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On November II , 1789, th e College was formally opened, and th e dedi cation
was performed with mu ch solemnity, all th e public bodi es being in attendance
and formin g a long process ion from th e S tate H ouse to McD owell Hall.
M cbowell H all is situated at about the center of our co ll ege buildin g s,
faci ng Coll ege avenue and looking directly clown P rin ce George street. In th e
center, on th e first fl oor, is th e chapel. This chapel ex tend s to th e entire height of
the building, and R oman-like, doors open into it from th e surroundin g rooms. The
Faculty room and the P resident's offi ce are on its right, and th e readin g r oom
directly above th e Pres id ent's offi ce. The P hil okalian Society has its room in
th e wes tern corn er on th e third fl oor , and the Philomath ean has its room in
the eastern corner of the same floor. The other rooms of the building are used
as recitation rooms.
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lLLl Al\1 l '.LNI..:_ Y, so th e stor y goes, was a g reat orator, lawyer and
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of Fame at Charleston Ex hibi tion. He is an A lumnu s of St. J ohn 's Co llege.
T he hall to the left of McDowel l Hall facing Coll ege Avenue is named after
this ilustri ous man . It is called Pi nkn ey Hall. Volumes can be written about
thi s g reat man and great hall. No doubt, you arc quite well acquainted with
the hi stor y of both from seeing so often t he stereotyped phrases concerning
th em. 'vV c vvi ll n ot weary you with a painful repetition. There is great probability that what yon arc about to read will not be as poli shed as some pl easant
things that you have rea d concerning t hi s famous hall, but bear in mind that thi s is
our first attempt at writin g hi stor y, and that we have n ot been able to obtain an y
prev ious for mul a that is satisafctory to us by whi ch we may compound the facts.
Pinkn ey H all is a four-stor ied buildin g . lt was erected in 1855· S in ce its
erecti on man y an ecdotes h ave been told about it and th e p er sons wh o have lived in
it. 'vVc arc goin g to try to tell you a few th in gs about the individual s who are now
passi ng the time within its walls. I'orm crl y it had been the custom for the F reshmen to room on the fo urth floor, th e Sophomores on the third . Th e Seni or s always
took their pick of the r oom s on first aml second and left the others for th e Juniors .
1\ ow it is entirely different. Th ere arc Seniors, Juni ors, Sophomores and a
few I'reshmen on the fourt h fl oor. T he third fl oor is mostly occup ied by F reshmen, but a few Upper Classmen have the best r ooms on it. T he scconcl fl oor is
stri ctly a pl ace of abode for Seni ors and Juniors, whi le the first fl oor has a few
fr om each class.
To onc·-who kn ows all that goes on within, th e windows seem to nod and beck
as if tryi ng to r emind him of som e plot or tri ck that he and oth ers have planned or
ar c planning. Sometimes th ey even tak e such an appearance that h e uncon sci ously
associates with t hem the names of the stud ents who li ve in th e rooms of whi ch th ey
a rc a part.
A bet ter way to becom e acquain ted with th e inmates of the hall is n ot by relating
what th e window . seem to say. but by takin g a little tour fr om fl oor to floor and
back ag-ain . You will not sec all on yonr fir st trip and ther e will be man y thin gs
th at you don 't want to sec.
On tnrn in g- to th e left you stand at the end of th e hall on th e first fl oor. Of
th e many thin gs whi ch deser ve our noti ce is th e fir st room on th e left . In it, live an
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�old maid and a ver y learned man ( we believe he is a man, for he sports a mu stache
of no m ean size) . Of thi s room and its inhabitants vve will speak later in anoth er
part of this book. Fritz and Si, the two w onders, with Mr. R ough H ouse Jim oppos ite them, k eep up th e reputati on of the fir st fl oor. A future bi shop has hi s
abode at the north end, but does not seem to have much influence over them by his
weekly m eetings .
Th e second floor has some very quiet -loving Seniors. General Grant doesn 't
seem to be awa re of thi s fact, or he has a v er y short memory. The old Y . M . C. A.
room is on thi s fl oor and the Y. M. C. A president lives in it.
O n th e third floor are most of our Fres hmen. F rog lives at on e end of it. He
seem s to exercise a fath erly care over many of th ese infants, and with the aid of
P okey averts many a case of coli c by helping himself, and thus preventin g th e
F reshmen from eatin g more than is safe for· ones so young and tender .
O n the fourth fl oor th ere is a continua l noise, especially a n hour befor e supper ,
wh en you want to ta ke a nap . Tn the earl y part of thi s session th e faculty purchased in struments and fitted up a band . A g ood percentage of fourth ft oorm cn
join ed the band . Y ou may think you can imag in e th e rest, but you can·t ; it is
sirnply beyond imagin ation. O ne bass, on e trombone, two cla rinets and one bug le,
four mandolin s, two ba nj os, two g uitars a nd many voices more or less melodi ous.
If you think you can imagin e wh a t a n oise all th ese will make, you are sorely mi staken. It is necessary for you to be ver y sleepy and to be tryin g to take a littl e
nap about five o'cl ock some aftern oon to r eali ze most full y wh at it m ean s.
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�Humphrey Hall
HILE enum eratin g our ha ll s, we mu st not leave out H umphrey Prepa rator y In cubator and Cuban colon y. Thi s stately-looking edifice was built
in 1835, th e Coll ege findin g it n ecessar y to have some place to store th e
many hi g h-mind ed youth s who had come to S t. J ohn' s to bore, gouge,
flunk and to do many other noble things. For some year s college stud ents had the
ch oice of rooms in eith er Humphrey or P inkn ey Hall , bul now it is rese rv ed
especiall y for th e Prcps.- lucky for th e Preps. He re th ey stud y, fi g ht, break
pitchers, and once in a while rai se roug h-house in general. Not bein g permi ttee\
to leave their room s after dark, th e latter is a ver y un comm on occurrence. Th e
hall is in cha rge of Mi ss Dob \!Vhite, a ver y kind and charitabl e old maid , wh o
says she will n ever ma rry. Sh e li ves on th e top fl oor, and being of a kindl y di spositi on, never tak.cs a switch to an y of the boys und er her cha rge, wh o at times
ann oy her g reatly.
U ntil th e er ection of \!Vooclwa rd Hall , Humphrey contain ed th e library and
armory, but upon th e erecti on of the n ew bui lding th ey were moved into more
spacious and inviting quarter s. Th e r oom s th ey form erl y occupi ed upon til e first
fl oor are n ow occupi ed by P rofessor Pu sey. It is a great delight to him to sit and
li sten to the fallin g plaster when the Preps. have a clog dan ce a nd inform al r ecepti on on th e fl oor above.
But th e old hall has more fun cti ons to perform than th ose already stated . In
th e basement a rc two dining hall s, one for th e coll ege students and one fo r the
Preps. Th ere is also a kitchen . H ere beef a nd di shwa ter-soup arc ser ved six cl ays
in th e week and hash on th e seventh. \!Vh en some stud ent thinks he has not hac!
enoug h exercise during th e day, he proceeds to take mor e by throwing bread a t
th e F reshmen . As the exercise is ver y da ngerous, seri ous wound s often being
inflictccl , it is ver y seldom indu lged in.
Th e board is about six teen dollars a month , but if you consum e enoug h for ten
you could n ever get your money's worth .
\ iVell , I gu ess we had better stop, as thi s is about enoug h to say of such a well known buildin g , and one so promin ent in th e mind s of some of our read ers who,
perh aps, have put it on th e bum ma ny tim es and who have been in ma ny a rough
house there.
�Henry William Woodward Hall
HIS is the newest buildin g on the campus, it bein g compl eted in 1 900. Compared to th e other venerable buildin gs, it is th e small est infant. In order
lh at th e structure might be in ha rmony with the other s, it was built in the
classic colonial style. It is constructed of bri ck, with marble trimmin gs. In
the f ront and r ear ri se beautiful and maj estic Cor inthi an column s. Passing
und er their graceful capitals, on e find s himself in th e reading room. Here the
colonial style is more marked. The woodw ork is all of cla rk walnut. At one end is
a large open fir epl ace, with an imposin g mantle. The windows are deep set , and
under each is a cozy seat. The panes arc of the small style so much used in the
past.
B ut it is of th e contents th at we wish to speak rather than the container. On
the stacks are some of the most valuabl e r eference book s in ex istence r espectin g
th e ea rl y hi story of our colony. T h ese, with a g reat man y other s, which
were brou ght fr om England and presentell to the Coll ege, form a most interestin g
and valuable collect ion. The maj ority of these ancient volumes are bound in pi gskin , and, stran ge as it may seem , th ey ar e sti ll in good conditi on . B ut th ese
old treasures are by no means all that claim our attention. The library is well
equipped with th e newest and best works of r efer ence and the best literature of
the whole world. All th e leading peri od icals are taken, and afterwards preserved
and bound. These, with th e aid of Poole's ind ex , form a most valuable and
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useful possession.
O n thi s fl oor is also the biological laboratory, which is separated from the
library by a hall. This laborator y is well equipped with microscopes ancl the other
in struments necessar y for scientific research . Separate lockers ancl desks are
provided for each student, so that h e can work without interruption. Frequent
excursions are mad e into the neighborin g country to collect and stud y the various
species that abound. The woodwork of thi s room is oak.
Ascendi1i.g the graceful stairway in th e rear of the hall one r eaches the
chemical and physical laboratories and lectnre room. The laboratories ar e to the
right. Here in a large and well-li ghted r oom the stud ent has the privilege of
unraveling th e mysteri es of nature by the surest and best way-experiments.
Hoods are arranged in th e walls. U nd er th ese are condu cted the experim ents
which produce disagreeable odors, and in this way the main laborator y is k ept
healthy and well venti lated. The interior woodwork is oak her e also. This, with
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the white walls, makes a harmonious and at the sam e time dm·able decoration.
Th e r oom is fill ed with the most improved individual desks and locker s. Each desk
is full y suppli ed with gas jets and water faucets in addition to the requi site
chemi cals and appa ratu s. Th e wall s are lin ed with g lass-door cupboard s, in
whi ch arc stored th e laborator y supplies a nd th e mor e del icate apparatu s. Th e
St. J ohn 's labora tor y is th e repositor y of th e sta nda rd weig hts and measures of
Ma ryland . T hese a re a most interestin g and alm ost pri celess possession.
P assin g throug h a small ante- room one enters th e lecture and r ecitation
room. In thi s room is stored a most valuable coll ecti on of sc ientific apparatu s
of all kind s. Th e writer will n ot go into a description of th em, fo r, well, he has
neith er space to fill n or kn owl edge with whi ch to fill it. Th e main body of th e
room is occupied by seats for th e stud ents. A t one end is a long coun ter fitted
with gas and water, upon whi ch illustrati ve experiments are condu cted before
th e va ri ous classes. Behind thi s a r e th e necessar y bl ackboard s.
\ Ne have now taken you bri eRy through th e " baby" of our venera ble buildin gs.
Any buildin g to a stranger seems cold an d li feless; but for one who has toil ed
and conquered th ere it acquires a p ersonality. Th erefore, we ca nn ot even hope to
introduce you to terms of intim acy v
vith thi s hall , and our only expectation was to
g ive you a bri ef outlin e of it.
�Our Old Chapel
T. JOl-IN'S CHAPEL is unique in its const ruction , antiqu e m its appearance, a nd famo us in its hi story. Few ha ll s now standi ng have th e distincti on of bein g the scene of such a brilliant event as was th e banqu et
held in this old chapel in honor of Ma rquis LaFayette.
Few a lso have heard the g rand tones of poli shed eloquence which fel l from
the lips of the immortal \1\Tashin gton. Dut th ese arc on ly a few of th e cheri shed
memories of our chapel. For two centuries th e ma id en speeches of man y of
Marylan d's most fam ous orators have been delivered within its sacred wall s.
Every class sin ce 187r has left as a token of remembran ce a class shi eld bearin g t he
class mottoes an d t he nam es of the gradu ates. T he mottoes which we think as
fine a collection as can be fo und , a re as follows:
"87-Excc lsior.
'72-Gerzabo et
Vin~am .
"88- Fabcr qui sque s uae fortu nae.
'73-Q uod ho mo fecit, homo fi ciat.
. '89-Respice fin em.
'74- Esse quam vid ere.
'75-"Em
"go-N ihil quod tangam us non o rn emu s.
CJu<pta v OlflO(" up{}tO(".
'76-Per augu sta ad augu sta.
'77-Fit v;a mea vi.
'92-Pr in cipia non ho min es.
'78-Quo diffic ilius co praeclar iu s.
'93-Q ui 11on proficit deficit.
'79-Poss unt quia posse vide ntur.
'94- Finis op us co ronal.
'So-N ull a dies sin e lin ea.
Our Old Chapel
'9 1-Ex umbra 1n salem.
'95-Carpe diem.
"8 r-N ulla vestigia r et ro rsum.
'<)6- Perseverando.
'82-Pa lma11 qui meruit fcr at.
'97-To thine own self be tr ue.
'83-Palma non sin e pul vcre.
'98-N umquam rcs trorsu m.
'84- Wie die Arbcit, so dcr L ohn .
'99-Jn o mnia paratus.
'85-Age quod ag is.
H)Oo-One fo r a ll and all fo r o ne.
'86-Ni l sin e magna Iabore .
190 1-Fa ire 111011 devo ir.
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�But it is emin ently proper th a t a r ev iew of S t. J ohn 's hi story sho uld be r ead before its son s
a nd oth ers in celebra t ion o f th e One liundrcdth A nni ver sary of its na tal coll egiate day, o r,
mo r e co rrectl y speaking pcr l'1aps, its ba pti sma l day, albeit s uch hi sto ry is so well kno wn
by its alumni p1·cscnt. .My onl y r egret is. th e refo re, th a t someone mo re competent to
do th e full measure of ju sti ce to th e s ubj ect sho uld not have bee n selected fo r t he hi sto ri c
wo r k of th e cl ay.
Bo lin g broke says in hi s letters on th e S tudy a nd Uses of H is to1·y- attributing th e
1·cmark s to Di o nysius of H a li carn a ss us-that "hi sto ry is philosophy t eaching by examples."
If thi s be so, th en, in deed, Brot her A lumni . th e hi story o f o ur A lma Ma ter, fr o m her ca l'li cst
past, is pa rt a nd pa rcel of a g rand ph ilosop hy teach ing all th e virtu es that go to ma ke th e
pa tri ot, th e sta tesman, and th e ma n , a nd we may no t too wam1ly nor too j ea lously cheri sh
th e d eed s and m e mori es of he r di s tin g· ui s he d so ns , a s we ll as th e times " quorum magn a pa rs
fu e runt. " It is nee d les s t o r e n1ind this audi e n ce tha t th e n a m es of many of St.J o hn 's so ns
a re enroll ed no t a lone in th e a nnal s of th e Sta te, but in th ose of th e nati o n as w elL Th ey
ha ve g iven th eir A lm a M a ter a hi sto ri c place in th e templ e of fam e a s endurin g as the
te mpl e itself. As a n alumnu s bearin g t he r eve rend nam e of P inkn ey so felicito usly said o n
co mm ence ment day in 1855, wh en co uplin g th e nam e of K ey with t he Coll ege-"She ha s
g iven th e 'S tar-Spang led Da nn er ' to th e n:-~t io n , and made o th er offerin gs of which it is not
necessa ry fo r me to speak.'' A co ll ege nec ro logy ha s al so, fortunat ely, been preser ved which
perpetu a tes, in th e archi,·es of th e 1\lnmni , th e memory of th e vi 1
·tues of deceased brethren.
Th is nec ro logy, fir st suggested and its prepara t io n per so nally beg un by a fo rm e r principa l,
Dr. Hnmphr eys. has bee n ex tend ed a nd co nt inn cd- yo u need no t be remind ed ho w faith fnlly- by th e fa ci le.: pen of Mr. J ohn G. Pro ud, of th e Class of '34, whose nam e, ala s ! now
ad orn s th a t ro ll o f th e dead upo n whi ch hi s labor s o f love and pain sta king r esea rch had
sta mped th e sea l of truth . M ay th e A lumni e1 cheri sh th e m emory of thi s broth er , wh o by
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to ng ue a nd pen, both in for cibl e prose and g racef ul ve r se, ha s expressed so much devo ti on
to S t. Jo hn 's a nd her so ns.
lt passed s uccess full y thro ug h the perturbati ons of th e R evo lutiona ry War, and
edu ca ted for t he Sta le a nd nati o n so ns di s ting ui shed in t he ea rly hi story of the co untry.
A mo ng its pupil s 'vVilliam Pinkn ey, whose fam e, too broad to be appropriated by any o ne
S tate, is an heritage unto th e nati on.
ln 1793. at it s fir st co mm encem ent, St. J ohn' s conferred th e degree of B. A . upon
thr ee g radu a tes, Charl es A lexa nd er, J ohn A d d iso n Ca rr a nd \ Villiam L ong, but th e A lumni
cr edited to t hi s class number in all six t·ecn, •of whi ch number one beca me Gov ern or of th e
S ta te, o ne a Jud ge of th e Co urt of A ppeals, t wo Assoc ia te Jud ges of a judi cial di st1·i ct, one
th e clerk of th e Exec uti,·c Coun cil, one a R egi ster of 'vVill s, and one a V isito r and Gove rnor
o f th e College. Th e Hi sto ri cal Society of Ann e A rund el Co unty is a uth o rity fo r th e
fo ll ow in g, to say th e least, r ema rka ble summary o f th e earli er wo rk of St. J ohn 's :
"From it s fir s t co mm ence ment, held in 1793, to th a t of 1806, a bri ef perio d of
thirtee n year s, w e find am o n g th e nam es o f its g radu a t es th ose o f n o less than fo ur Go ve rn o rs
o f i\f a ry land , o n e G ov e rnor o f Lib e ria , s e ve n m e mb e rs o f th e E xec utiv e C o un cil, three
U nitcd S ta tes Se nato rs, fiv e member s of tlie U nited Sta tes H ouse of R epresenta ti ves, four
Jud ges of the Co urt of Appeals (Ge neral Co nrt ), eig ht Jud ges of oth er co urt s, one A tto rn eyGenera l o f th e U ni ted Sta tes, o ne U nited Sta tes Di stri ct At to rn ey, one A udito r of th e
U nited S ta tes Treas ury. six Stale Sena to rs and fift een member s of th e H ouse of Delegates,
besid es fo reig n co nsul s, o ffi ce rs of th e N a vy a nd A rmy, ph ysician s and s mgeons, di sting ui shed la wye r s ( in cl udn g a Chan ce ll o r of So uth Carolina ), co ll ege professo r s a nd o th er s."
A mong thi s array of lea rnin g and wo rth it will not be in vidi ous to menti on th e nam e
of one of the Cla ss o f r8oz. D a vid H o ffm a n. LL. D .. a uth o r. hi stori an and juri st, a citi zen
o f Ma ryla nd . emin ent in hi s ow n a nd a neighbo rin g Sta te, as well as broad , and upo n who m
deg rees were co nferr ed by th e Univ er sit ies a t Ox fo rd and Gotting- e n. Dr. H o ff man was
both a patro n a nd a Vi sito r and Go vern o1 of St. J o hn' s.
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Of th e pupil s of S t. Jo hn 's in it s earl y day s, th e "1\lfaryla nd Coll eg ian" o-f March, r878,
stat es : 'vV c find fro m a n ex amin a ti on of th e old matri culating r eg ister that between th e yea r s
1789 a nd 1805 it shows "no t onl y representa ti ves o f every co unty of Ma1:y land and th e city
of Ba ltim o·re. but also fr om th e States of P enn sy lvania , Delaw a re, VIrg ini a , North Ca ro lin a,
South Carolin a. Geo rg ia and Loui siana. 'vVe find th ere r epresentat ives fr om no less th:-~n
nine co unti es of th e Stat e of V irg inia , a nd th e fo llo wng well-kn o wn Virg ini a na mes :
'vVashi ngton, Custis, Dulany . A le xa nd er , Th o mp so n, Clark, H erbert, Co max , T aylo r, Benson,
Gibbon. L o r e, B lackbum , B urw ell , M erce r, and oth ers. " Th e sam e a utho rity find s th e
na mes of two s tud ent s fr o m E ngland , o ne fro m Fra nce. thre e fro m th e 'Nest Indies, on e
fr om Por tu ga l, and. "o mittin g as ma ny quite as di stingui shed." th e fo ll o wing Ma ryland
names of J ennin gs, Dulany. Carro ll. S tone. Pinkn ey, Ll oy d, Chase, Ogle. H arri so n, Th o ma s,
Mu rr ay , R id g ley. K ey. D o rsey. Sn o wd en. Harw oo d, S ewart, L ee and H owa rd . . Th e Cu sti s
above named a mong th e V irg inian s r efer s to Geo rge 'vV as hin g ton Parke Custi s. th e stepso n an d wa r d o f 'vVas hin g ton. wl10 , it is said, t ook a g r eat int ere st in St. J ohn 's, whi ch
he ma nifes ted by se ndin g th ere hi s own ward as a pupil. Th e ge nial old gentl eman , Mr.
Cu sti s. wa s a t o ne tim e a member of th e Class of 1799, and survi ved long eno ugh to be
·eral of my bro th c1 A lumni prese nt.
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per so na ll y k now n to sc 1
JVIe mora ble a mong th e di st in g ui shed nam es of g raduates dunn g th e pcn ocl abo ve
named . sta nd s the na mes o f Fran cis Scott K ey, B. A .. and J ohn Sh a w, B. A. , M . D. It is
said th at M r. H igginbot to m took g r eat pride in ex hibitin g befor e vi sito r s th e acco mpli shments of these stud ent s and other s, who with th em fo rm ed th e g raduating class of 1796.
F ro m the ne xt yea r. 18 1 r. to 1830, in clu sive, a mong th e g r aduates and Alumni of
St. J ohn' s a ppe;, r names of men di stingui shed in th e State and nati on ; a nd of these, in th e
o rd er of class years. th e nam es of R evc rdy J ohn so n, U nited States S enato-r , Atto rn eyGeneral o f the U nited Sta tes a nd Mi ni ster to Engla nd ; Th oma s Stockett A lexa nder, LL D. ;
J ohn J ohn son, Cha nce ll o r o f th e S ta te; H on. A lexand er Randa ll. M . A ., member of Cong r ess
an d Attorney-Ge ner al of M a ryland ; J ohn H enry A lexand er, LL D . ; Ri g ht R ev. \i\!Ilham
P inkn ey, LL. D.. E pi sco pal Bi shop of th e Di ocese of M a ryla nd and th e Di strict o f
Columbi a; t he Ho n. 'vVilliam I-T. Tu ck, M . A ., J uclg e o f th e Co urt o f A pp eals o f Mary a nd.
and Surrreon Vivia n P inkn ey. LL. D., medi cal director. U nited S ta tes Navy. Th e ve r sa til e
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genius o f John H enry A lexa nde r , di st in g ui shed in th e church, in letter s. science a nd the
mu ses, wh o wa s gradu a ted in 1827, w hen less than fift een yea r s of age. has illumined both
Europe a nd A meri ca. T he mere menti o n of th ese names shows that St. J o hn' s can boast of
mor e j ewels tha n d id Cor neli a. Th e Gra echi wer e hut a sin gle pair, but th eir Alm a Mater ,
in th e per so ns of the two brot her s J o hn son. th e brother s Alexand er and th e bro th er s
Pin kney, ha s given the State a di adem of bri ll iants as a cro wn fo reve r. Th e na me of
a noth er alum nu s mu st be add ed to thi s peri od an d link ed w ith th at o f one of th e Cl ass of
1799. I allud e to J udge s N ichola s Brewe r and Th o mas Bea le D o r sey, citi zens r es pectiv ely
of A nna!1olis and of the co unty.
J uclges D or sey a nd Brewer we re so lo ng assoc iated on th e bench , th eir faces, for
yea rs, wer e so fam il ia r to th e citi zens of thi s judi cial circuit, th a t th eir names a re indissolub ly associa ted togeth er by its bar a nd citi ze ns. Th ese gentl emen belong am ong the brightes t
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�of th e array of juri st s o f the count ry. They adorn ed t he bench of their ow n State, compeers
of Marshall, Taney, B . R . Curtis and Sto r ey. Judge Dorsey d ied in r855, and Jud ge Brewer,
li ke him , was gathered to the sleep of th e va liant and ju st in 1864. Th e triumvirate of
Mury land 's judici ary a mo ng th e o lder a lumni of St. J ohn 's wou ld be in co mpl ete without her e
a< ldin g t he na me o f th a t learned, wi se a nd goo d ma n, Jud ge Alexander Conlee JVIagr ucler,
an a lumnu s of 1794, a m ember of the Executiev Counci l, State Se nator a nd Judge, a nd
offi cial repo rter o f th e Co urt of Appeal s.
Since the closing of th e hiatu s in the work of th e College, r866, th e son s which St.
J ohn' s ha s given to th e wo rld ha ve well fulfill ed their mi ss ion s. T he Church, th e Law and
Medicine, and vari ous oth er departments of hum a n effor t and indu stry have been enricheJ
by their presence a nd energi es. The sur vivor s are yet young en ough to r each th e summit
of their sever a l vocat ion s or ambition s. One of the Class of '72 already adorns th e Supreme
Bench of Baltimore City, He nry David Ha rlan , and another of th e Class of '73 is an
eloq uent divine, who, as th e o rato r of th e day by r eq ues t o f th e A lu mni, will address yo u,
and upon who se time I fear I ha ve already too long intrud ed. Another son, Commander
D enni s Mullan, of th Navy, bea ring at th e tim e St. J ohn 's hono ra ry degree M . A ., wa s on
duty with hi s bro th er heroes in the r ecent Samoa n hurri ca ne, a nd , of her dead , Li eut. J a mes
Lockwood, of th e Army, di ed after ex tendin g the ''bo undary of kn ow land twenty-eight
mil es nearer th e po le, " r eaching " th e mo st n o rth erly point on land that ever ha s been
attained by man."
Dr. Winfield Scott Schley, B. A., M. A., M. D., '93
Dr. ·w infi eld Scott Schley, Jr. , son of th e Maryland hero of the battle
off Santiago, was born at the United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, l\i[d.,
on August I , 1873. The earl y part of his life was a transitory one, having
made Boston, vVashington, and th en Philadelphia his hom e. At each of these
citi es h e attended public and priva te schools, and in Philadelphia he attended
a milita ry boarding school. In October, 1889, he entered St. John 's College,
where his illustrious fath er vvas destin ed to have attended , but was prevented by his
in satiabl e desire for a career in the navy. \ 1\Thile at coll ege Dr. Schley was
actively connected with all th e athletic, social and literary functions of th e school,
and in his senior year wa s president of th e Philokalian Society. He graduated
in June, r893 , with th e degree of B. A. In October, 1893, he entered the College
of P hys icians and Surgeons, New York, (Columbia University, Medical D ept.),
from which place he graduated in Jun e, 1896. Nearly a year later he entered
St. Luke's I-:1ospital , where he served tw o and a half years on the house staff,
until July, 1899. Th en, following up his profession as a physician·, he became conn ected with S loane Hospital, being on the staff. But in November, 1899, he
entered the practice of m edicine, at which he prospered for one year. In January,
1900, he was appointed assi stant surgeon at St. Luke's Hospital, outdoor department. Ri sing high er and higher in his nobl e calling, h e was, in October, 1900,
appointed ass istant attending surgeon of Trinity H osp ital, Kew York City.
The Rt. Rev. Cleland K. Nelson, B. A., D. D., '72
Bishop N elson, th e great-grandson of General Thomas Nelson, ex-Governor
of Virginia, was born near Cobham, Albemarle County, V irgi nia, May 23, 1852.
Having graduated at St. J ohn's College in 1872, he r eceived theological in struction partly from his uncle, th e R ev. C. K. Nelson, D. D., and partly from
the Berkeley Divinity School, at M iddl etown , Conn.
He was ordain ed
to the deaconate in 1875, by Bishop Pinkney, of Maryland, and to the pri esthood
in 1876 by Bishop Stevens, of Penn sylvania. From this time until r89 1 he was
rector in several of th e church es in Pennsylvania. On November 12, 1891, he
was elected Bishop of Georgia, and on February 27, 1892, he was consecrated in
St. Luke's Cathedral, A tlanta. Bi shop 1\clson's entt·y upon the epi scopate has
been marked by great spiritual blessings upon the di ocese of Georgia.
William Ritchie, B. A., '73.
vVilliam Ritchie, born at Frederick, Maryland.
His late home place is
almost n ext door to that of old Barbara Fritchie, and near by r esided Admiral
vVinfield Scott Schl ey. M r. Ritchi e's father, Dr. A lbert Ritchi e, was executor of Mr. F ritchi e's estate. Mr. Ritchie graduated fr om St. J ohn's in
the cl~s s of 1873; studi ed law in the office of his elder brother, the late Hon. John
~Jtch1e, Judge of the Court of Appeals. Later on he r emoved to Chicago, succeedmg the Hon. John S. vVirt, now of Elkton, Maryland, as a member of th e law
firm of Judd & \i\!hitchouse, of Chicago. O n th e death of th e seni or member
of the fir.m , Mr. Ritchie succeeded to that j)Osition hi s firm bein o· now R itchie
E s Iler & Knobel. Mr. Ritchie took a very promin ent part at the bar in Chicago,
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�having tried a number of important cases in the Supreme Court of the U nited
States. During th e agitation of th e present few year s at Chicago over the
subj ect of municipal taxation and the granting of street rail way franchi ses, M r.
Ritchi e t ook a very active part and was a prominent member of the A nti-Y erkes
forces, whi ch in the State Legislature defeated lVIr. Y erkes' corrupt m easures .
A high compliment was paid to M r. Ritchie's standing as an authority upon
these question s by th e L egi slature, which after hearing a di scu ss ion by him befor e
its special committee, r equested hi s attendance later before a j oint sess ion of the
Hou se and Senate, which was ca lled fo r the sole purpose of hearing Mr. Ritchi e
discuss these variou s is sues ag·ain . A t a subsequent session of th e L egi slature,
wh en similar measures wer e brought before that bodv by the corporate inter ests.
the committee summoned Mr. Ritchie again by special invitation to hear hi s
criticisms of the pending measures. In defer ence to his judg m ent upon that
occasion, th e L egislature r ej ect ed th e propos iti on s of the interested parties a nd
the inter ests of the public w er e ther eby safeguarded. In consequence of hi s course
in th ese matters lVIr. Ritchie was urged to enter political life, and was , in fact ,
nomin a ted for the L egislat ure at th e succeeding session as a candidat e on the
r eform ticket, but hi s di sinclinati v n for politi cal life and pressure of hi s private
busin ess prompted him to decline th e honor. Mr. Ritchi e wh en at S t. J ohn 's was a
m ember of the Phi lokalian Societ y, and hi s inter est in hi s A lma Mater is as lively
now as th e clay he r eceived his diplom a.
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October of that year, wh er e he is now stationed. His ability was soon r ecognized,
and he was appoi nted eng in eer officer of the regiment. aide-de-camp to the
brigad ier commander , chi ef engineer of th e staff of General F unston, in succession .
He was a lso in command of th e U nited States g unboat "Napindan ," armored
ves sel for ri ver navigati on . Th en he was t he depot commi ssa ry ordn ance officer ,
in charge of Vicker 's-Max im rapid -fire g un in the m ountain engagements.
I-Ie accompanied General L aw ton 's n orth ern expedition as engineer officer ,
doing reconna issance. He has been r ecommended for prom otion on fo ur occasion s,
and was commended in ord ers for excell ent condu ct in action. He was appointed
superintend ent of public w ork of t he P r ovin ce of N uevaeci j a, Luzon, u pon the
inau g ura tion of civi l government, but he declined in ord er to accept a commission
in th e U nited States Regula r Army . He w as in 1901 appointed second lieute na nt,
Twelfth U nited S tates Infantry. Later he was appointed quartermaster and
commi ssar y of the first battalion of that r egim ent, ·w hich battalion went to Samar
to quell the r ecent in surrecti on there . Durin g hi s ser vice in these far-away
islands he has had a variety of work, constructing r oads and bridges. I-Ie
accompanied General F unston on n earl y all his expediti ons and in m any engagements. He is a close personal fri end of Gener al F un ston. Upon hi s r ecommendation l\l[r. L yles was appoi nted t o th e regular army. Mr. Lyles is now in hi s
twenty-fourth year . He was a Philomat h ean whil e at S t . J ohn's.
De Witt C. i:yles, B. S., '98.
Honorable W alter W ilkes Preston, B. A., M. A., LL. B., ex. '8 J
Graduated from St. J ohn 's in 1898 with a fir st-g rad e di stin ction, with the
degr ee of B. S. Immediately after hi s graduation he enli sted in the F ifth Regiment of lVIaryland Volunteers, wher e he saw six m onh s of Spani sh-A meri can
war service. From that time until the present clay he has been in the United
Stat es Arm y.
In October, 1898, he became associated with the staff of the "Daltimor e
New s," and later resig ned to accept a positi on as ass istant engineer on the
con stru cti on of the Chesapeake Beach Railroad. In the fall of 1899 he was
a candidate for the Maryla nd L egislature fr om A nn e A rundel county , and v\ras
sent as a delegate to the co unty and S ta te convent ions of that vear.
I-Ie accepted a commi ssion as a second lieutenant in the T hirty-fo urth United
States Volunteers in A ug u st, 1899. He arrived in th e Philippine I s land s in
T he H on. vValter 'vVilkes Preston was born in Harford County, Maryland ,
January 14, 1863, and has throug hout his li fe been a r esident of that county.
Mr . Preston r eceived hi s early edu cation in the county schools, and at a ver y
early age graduated from the Del-Air Academy. After leav in g t he Academy
1\fr. P reston matriculated at St. J ohn' s College, wher e he passed through th e juni or
class. Leaving St. J ohn's at th e end of the junior yea r, M r. P r eston enter ed the
senior clas s at Princeton, where h e g r aduated, r eceiving the A . I3. degr ee in r88r.
Mr. P r eston r eceived from the Law Depa rtment of th e U niversity of Maryland ,
in r883 , the degree LL. B., and in th e fo ll owin g year t he deg-r ee of A. M. from
Princeton . In r883 M r . P r eston beg-an to practice law in Del-Air, a nd by diligent
application to hi s business soon acq uired an extensive an cl lu cr a tive practice. 1 .
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Preston has been twice elected to the H ou se of Delegates, in 1887 and r88g .
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�\iV hile th ere he was chairman of the vVays and Means Com mittee. In 1891 Mr.
P reston was elected State's Attorn ey for Harfo rd county, and re-elected in 1895
In 1893 M r. Preston was marri ed to M rs. l\'I. E li zabeth Hall. lVIr. P reston is past
master of Mt. Ararat L odge, Masons, at Del-A ir, am! is one of the most prominent
members of the H arford county bar.
Edwin H. Brown, Jr., B. A., '90
l\ [r. E dwin H . Drow n, Jr., was born in !\tray, 1877. Jle spent hi s boyhood days in Centrev ill e, Mary land , and entered St. John' s Coll ege at t he
age of eig hteen years. 1-: e g raduated, havin g taken the entire course in three
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years. The degree of D. A. was conferred upon him at the day of g radua tion, Ju ne, 1898. For the space of on e year he studi ed law with his father, Jud ge
E dwin H. Brown. Then he ente red the U niversity of l\!J:ar yland, where he
studi ed law for one year more. lie was afterward admi tted before the Court of
Appea ls in th e fa ll of 1900. S ince that tim e he has been actively engaged in the
practice of la w at h.is home at Centerv ille. Vl h ile at St. J ohn's M r . B rown was
a member of the I'hilokalian Literary Society.
]. Royal Rosebury, B. A., '96
Royal Rosebury was born on hi s fathe r 's farm , in Kent County, on July 2,
876. M r. Rose bury attended the public schools of Ken t Coun ty and Ki ng.
vVilli a m County, V irg inia, until 1890, when he entered th e S till pont Academ y,
where he g radu ated. l - entered St. John's in September , 1892, where he was
Ie
g raduated in 1896, hav in g been captain of Compan y A, president of the P hilokalian Society and th e orato r at its Jun e cl eebration. After grad uating, Mr.
Rosebury traveled for a New York firm for a year and then took an agency with
the ·M etropolitan Li fe In surance Compa ny.
In Jun e, 1898, M r. Rosebury resig ned hi s pos iti on to enli st in the F ifth ·M aryland Volun teers. A fter the wa r Mr. Rosclmry again accepted a n agency of the
Metropolitan L ife Tn suran ce Compan y, a nd in A ug ust. 18<)<). was promoted to
ass ista nt superintend ent of the vVoodbur y "!~ra n c h . T\altimore.
Mr. R ose bury married M iss B urton, of L aurel, on Februar y 15, 1900.
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The Editors of th e Rat Tat, and the C lass of 1903, beg to offer their congra tulations to the E ndowment Committee, and to expr ess their g reat pleasure in the r esult th us far obtained, a nd th~ir interest and hope for the future.
T o those not conver sant with the work of this Committee, th ey would explain
t"11at within lh e past year an amount sufficient to ext ing uish the mortgage cl ebt, so
long reslin g upon th e College, has been collected, and a lso the beginnin g of a perman ent E ndowment F und with which to provide for th e maintenance of the
Coll ege. The A lumni have shown their love fo r th eir A lma Mater , both in
workin g for th e obj ect a nd in the subscripti ons they have made. It is hoped that
by this season of another year we may be abl e to record at least an eq ual sum as
has already been given-a furth er step toward th e one hundred thousand with
wh ich it is hoped to develop the present good work of t he Co llege.
Alumni Addresses
Ada ms, Fra ncis B., ex. '73
A dam s, J. Fred, 'go . . .
A lmony, F ra nklin J ., ex. '79
A nderson, B run er R. , '84 .
A nderso n, B. vV., 'oo
As he, Samuel T., '73
Ba rn es. M . H., 'So
Barroll , Hope, '79 .
Bea r, L oui s, 'oo .
Bennett, G. · E .. '95
.Berkeley, w. N., '96
Biays, J ames P .. Jr., '93
Blades, L. S., '89. .
Blanchard , Pete r P., '98
Blunt, W . W .. '88 .
Bohanan, F . J ., '99 . .
Boehm . Loui s C. , '97 . .
Bond, T ho mas T., ex. '96 .
Bowie, vV.. ex. '92 .
Brewer, C., 'sz . .
Brewer. D r. Cha rl es, '85
Brewer, T homa s L., '89
Br ewer, J. C.. ex. '90
Brady, W. L., '99 .
Bri scoe, J ohn P., ex. '74
Bri scoe, P hilip. ex. '76 .
Briscoe, J ohn P .. Jr., 'o r
Brown, E . H ., '98 .
Camden S tatio n, Ba ltimo re, J\IId .
Rehob eth , 1\ [d.
. . Rock vi lle, Md.
vVoodwardville, Md.
. An napoli s, Md .
Wilmington, N . C.
Baltimo re, Md.
Chestertow n, Md.
An napo lis, Md.
Ma rd ella. M el.
. . . .
. . Staunto n, Va .
Fidelity an d Deposi t Co .. Balt imo re. Mel.
.
. Eli zabe th City. N. C.
roo East 17th, New Yo rk City.
.
. Lo ndo n. E ngland
Gene1·a l Theo logica l Semi na ry, N<>w Yo rk.
. . . .
. . Snow H ill, Mel.
733 No r th Broadw ay, Baltimo r e, Mel.
. 1-.
A nnapo li s, 1\!Id.
. .
. . . A nnapolis. Mel.
136 West 66t h St. . \ Va sh inton, D. C.
vVa r D ept.. vVashin gton. D. C.
Fanners' Na tio na l Ba nk, A nn apo li s, Md.
. A nnap olis. Mel.
P rin ce Frederick. Mrl.
.
. .
. . Washin gto n, D . C.
Georgetow n U ni ve rsity, vVashin gto n. D. C.
Centrev ille, Mel .
�Alumni Addresses- Continued
Ca rl, C. Edwa rd, 'S7
. Hager sto wn , M el .
Ca r lis le, Cald ero n, '7 1
vVa sh ing to n, D. C.
. .
Ca se, Willi am A ., '94 .
J o hn s Hop ki ns U n ive r sity, Balt im o re, M el.
Ca ss idy, E. R., '9S .
A nn apoli s, Mel.
Ca ulk, J R., 'or .
. E as ton, Mel.
Cecil, 0 . S., '98 . . .
lVl ill ersv ill e, M el.
C ha mbet·s, B. DuVa ll, ex. '95
Ada mstow n, M el.
Cha se, J V ., ex. 'Sg . .
Navy De pt., vVashin gton. D. C.
Chil ds, W. Zachary, '95 .
. . . . . . A nnap olis, Mel.
C hri sti a n, J L., '94
Cus to m Inspecto r, Baltim o re, M el.
C hesto n, A. R., '96 .
1835 Ches tnu t St., P hil a delph ia, Pa.
C hew. J o hn L., 'Ss
A nn apo lis, M el .
Cissell, B. V., '90
. . . . . A nn apo li s, Mel .
Clagget t, L. B . K.
14 E ast L ex in g ton St.. Baltim o r e, Mel.
Cla rk, Lo ui s T., '92
E lli cott City, Mel.
Cla rk, Wil li a m M., '9S
. . . . . Ma rri ottsvi ll e, Mel.
Cla rke, E. J .. 'S r . .
\Va shin gto n Co ll ege, Ches ter tow n, Mel.
Cla ud e, De nn~i s . ex. '72
A nn apo\li s, M el .
Cla ude, vVa shin g to n C.. ex. '74
A nn a polis, Mel.
Clun as, Ra nda ll . ex. '76
Na ison, Scotland
Cobl entz. 0. B., 'o r . .
M iddl etow n, Mel.
Collins, R ev. Va ug ha n S., '8r
.
D ove r, De l.
Colli son, J oseph C., ex. 'So
So uth Ri vet·, M el.
Co ll ison, T. A., '99
A ll egheny, Pa.
Co nra d, B. F ., 'oo
Huye tt, M el.
Cooper, H . L ., '94 .
D enton, Mel.
Coppage, W. G., '97
Cent rev ille, M el .
Co ul bo urn . J. T ., '84
Mo l'iso n, M el.
Cra bbe, W a lte r R. , '73 .
. Hague, V a.
Cr apster, E a rn es t R. , '94
Baltim o re, Mel.
Da ni els, F . E., '91 .
Dav is, J effe r so n, ex. 'S3
Dav is, Rev. W . W ., '92
Da wso n. J P .. '7:l .
Da wkin s. vVa lter ]., 'So
D e S hi eld s. Geo rge, '94
De V ecmo n, Vlilli a m, '8 r
De rn , H a r vey, '94 . .
De V ri es. R ev. B. F., 'S r
D ixon, N. \!\falter, '77
l.Jo r sey, vV. A.. ex . '7 4
Do r sey, J o hn vV.. 'sR
Do ug lass. Li eut. J. B., '97
Downs, R . D.. '96 . .
D ryden, A . L. , ex. 'SS
D ryde n. C ha rl es E ., '93
D u va ll , D. F. , '9 r . .
D u va ll. vVirt A ., ex . 'Ss
D u va ll . C. A.. 'o6
Du va ll, D. H ., '98
E d wa rd s, Cha rl es G., 'S9
E d wa rd s, P. H. , '98
Eva ns, F . W ., '99
A nna po lis, Mel.
. . . . . Ho r seheacl, M cl.
2306 Ma di son Ave., Baltim o re, M el .
. . . . . . . E lkton, M el .
Fi d elity B uildin g , Baltimo re, Mel.
Ho tel D e wey, Vlas hin gto n, D . C.
Cumb erl a nd, M el .
S ta ttes. vV. Va.
.
.
. . J a n ettsvill e, Mel.
Co rn er M ichiga n a nd O rman Ave s .. P uebl o, Co l.
. Po r t R epu bli c, M el.
407 N o rth Cha r les St.. Ba lti mo re, Mel .
F ort S herid a n. Ill .
. Oden ton. Mel.
Crisfi eld, Mel.
.
Annapoli s. Mel .
. . . W a r Dept .. vVas hing ton, D. C.
529 No r th Fu lto n Av e., Ba ltim o re, M el.
.
.
. P a ro le, M el.
Be rkeley Academy, Ma rtin sburg , Va.
15 No rth Ca lh o un St. , Ba ltimo re, M el.
2013 East C ha se St. . Ba lti mo re, M el .
Y. M . C. A., Roa noke, V a .
Alumni Addresses-Continued
Fa irbank, L. J., 'oo
Fa rquha r, N. V ., 'S3
Fay, Li eu t. vV. G., '97
Fechtig, J A ., Jr. , '95
F en wick, J. F ., 'SS .
F lo ry, C. I. , '97 . .
Fo rbes, Geo rge, Jr ., '92
Foozim ori , S huib zio, ex. '76
F onta in e, E . Cla rk e, 'ot
F reema n, M . B., 'go
F ri ck, G. A., 'So
F ulton, J o hn S ., '76
Ga le, H. A ., ex. '96
Ga rn er, Sa mu e l. '7 1
Gassaway, L. D ., 'S t
Gira ult, G. B ., 'oo
G ibso n, J. B ., '92
G ilpin , C. M ., '94 .
Gold sbo ro ug h, R. , '9S
Go rgas, H. B., '85
G reen, J. B .. ex. 'S7
Grace, C. H., '89
G ree n, T . K. , '86
G reen, N. , 'Sg . .
Gr im es, C. E .. ex. '72
Groff, J C., '93
Ba ltim or e, Mel.
. . .
. . . Potts vill e, Pa.
Navy D epa rtm ent, \ 'Vas hing lo n, D . C.
14 Eas t L exi ng ton S t. , Baltim or e, M el.
C ha rl otte H a ll, M el.
425 Ea st Bay St., J ackso n vill e, F la .
A nn apo lis, Mel .
T o ki o, J apan
Poco moke, Mel.
B ryan tow n, M el.
.
. . . .
No rfo lk, V a .
Hea lt h Depa rtm ent, Baltimor e, M el.
150.3 Pa rk Ave., Baltim o re, M el.
A nna po lis, M d.
A nn apo lis, Mel.
.
.
.
. A nn a po lis, M el.
10 German -A meri can Bank B uilding, Bal t im or e, M el.
163 B roadway, New Yo rk
. . .
. . . . . Ca mbri dge, M el.
C hu rch of th e A d ve nt, Benso n Hmst, L. I.
Kenyo n M ili ta ry Acad emy, Ga m bier, O hi o
M cDono ug h Schoo l, Baltimo r e, Mel .
A nn a po lis, Mel.
. . .
. . A nn apolis, Mel.
vVcs tern Nat iona l Ban k, Baltimo re, Mel.
Co lumb ia U ni ve r s ity, N e w Yo rk
Ha rrin g to n, E . C., 'S4
Hays, E . M ., 'go
Hall ey, R. H ., '94
Hagner , A. B ., 'S r .
Hagner, A lex., ex. 'So
Ha rlan, I-I. D ., '7S · .
Harl a n, W . H ., '72
Harlan , ''0/ . B., ex. '8 r
Ha rla n, H ., '77
. .
Ha rd castle, E . M. , Jr., 'S6
Heyde, E. W .. '90
Hebdon. H. M ., ex .. 'Ss
H enry, R. G.. ex. '72
]-Tern1an, L ie ut. C. C., 'oo
He rma n, P . H .. 'oo
J-1itchcock, \V. A ., '90
Hicks. T. H .. '87
Hi ss, G. R. A .. '92
Hi ll ea ry, E. D .. '97
H ill , H. C.. ·oo
H o wa r d, C. . ex. '97
Ho dg es, C. H., 'oo
H ooper . R. H .. '72
Ho pk in s, 'V/. G. , 'oo
Ho pkin s, W . H .. '59
H opk ins. A . H .. 'S9 .
H obbs, E. S ., '82 .
Huffingtottl, J W , '98
H ug hes, R. , '96
. Ca m br idge, Mel .
Go shen, N . Y.
B ryantow n, :tvld .
Hage r stow n, M el.
Hage r stow n, 1
\fc!.
Baltimor e, Mel.
Bel A ir, Mel .
C h urch vill e, M el.
. . . . .
230 :Mad ison Ave., Baltimo re, Mel .
Ea sto n, Mel.
. . P a r kto n, Mel.
15 1r No r th Av e. , Ba ltim o re, Mel.
.
Ca mbridge, M el .
\ 'Va r De pt.. W ashin gto n, D . C.
L ehi g h U niv ers ity, P a.
. Gr a ni te, M el .
Ca mbridge, Mel.
.
. .
2 100 Nor th C ha rl es St.. Ba ltim ore, M el.
2009 C hestnut St., P hil a d elphi a, P a .
. . .
. . F rost burg , Mel .
Co nso lid a ted Gas Co., P !ti la c! elph ia, P a .
Conso li cl a ted Ga s Co .. P hil ade lp hi a, P a.
217 No rth Ca lve rt St., Baltimo re, Mel .
. .
. . . A nn apo lis, Mel .
W o ma n's Co ll ege, Baltim o re, Mel.
. 'vVo ma n's Co ll ege, Ba ltim o re, M el.
.280 B road way, New Yo r k City
Quanfico, Mel .
A nnapo li s, Mel.
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�Alumni Addresses-Continued
Hurst, W . 0., 'g r
Hyde, J . P., 's? .
Igleha rt,
Igl ehart,
Iglehart,
I san og le,
· · . . .
Odessa, D el.
Vall ey F emal e Co ll eg~, Win ches ter, Va.
E. B., •g4
E. W., 'gs
J . D ., '7 2 .
A. M ., 'g8
vVar Derartment, \ i\Tashin gto n, D. C.
. . . . . Annapolis, Mel.
1214 L1nclen Ave., Baltimore, Mel .
Catochtin, Mel .
Ja cobi, C. A., ex '8s
J acob i, J F ., '88 . .
J a mar, J H . ,R., ex. 'g 3
Jarboe, C. J ., g6 .
J o hn sto n, C. A., 's8
J ohn ston, M. T., 'go
J ohn ston, F., ex. •g 3
John so n, W. A., •84 · .
J o hn sto n, Irede ll, '72 .
J ones, G. L., ex. 'g6 .
J o nes, Co urtn ey, B., 'g5
J oys, C. N.. 'gs . .
J ordan , J. W. S., ex. •7 r
Annapoli s, Mel.
A nnap olis, Mel.
. . E lkto n, Mel.
Leonardtow n, Mel.
Bloo mington, A la.
. Easto n:, Mel.
N ew Yod<. N. Y.
Sno w Hi ll , Mel.
. Edento n, N . C
H a rvard Un ive rsity, Mass .
M ill wood, Va.
Gambries, Mel.
An napolis, Mel.
Keec h, F. ]., '8 r
K eats, F. F .. 8r
Kell er, ·c. E., 'g,1
Kemp, W. T ., 'g7
Krug, A . H., 'or
Latime1 C. H ., ex. '8r
·,
Latim er, T ho ma s E .. •g4
Lawrence, E . T., '7G
Lawso n, W. P .. 'oo .
Leavitt, E. R. , '81
League, J B .. '8 r
L'Englc, E . M .. '97
Linthicum, C. E. , '7g .
Linthi c u1~1 . S eth H .. 'gs .
Lyles, L1 eut. D eWitt C., 'g8
Lyo ns, P. D ., 'gg .
Martin. E. D .. '76 .
Mac Nahh. C. H .. 'o8
Ma cka ll . Li eut. S. T., 'oo
McGraw. A. K .. 'go
Marbmy, C. C.. 'go
Martin, A .. ex. 'g 2
Mavo. vV. L., '99
Madd ox. G. A ., 'g7
Maddox, S .. ex. '71
Madd ox. R. F. . '76
Magrud er. D. R. , •s 3
Mag r ud er. P. H ., ex. 'g2
M cGtnre. J . C.. Jr. •7 5
Melvin . R. P .. 'g9 ·
Mitchell . M ., '77
Mudd, s. E., '78
Mu llan, J o hn, '47
Alumni Addresses- Continued
46 Vari ck St. , New York
477 Hud so n St.. New York
Cumberland,
Ba ltim o re,
. Ba ltimore,
City
City
Mel.
M r!.
Mel.
Gov. Hosp. fo r Insane. V/ashin gto n. D. C.
408 Law Building, Baltimo1 Mel.
·e,
Pikesv ille, Mel .
Crisfi eld, Mel.
. New Yo rk City
. . . . Wooclwarclvi ll e, Mel.
13 East Preston St., Baltimore, Mel.
. . . . . . Rutland Mel.
203-204 H era ld Building. Baltim o re: Mel.
War D epartment, vVashin gton, D. C.
202 N orth Charles St., Baltimo re, Mel.
Fideli ty and Trust Co., Baltimore, Mel.
r· · · · · ·
Bel A ir. Mel.
v\ ar D epa1·tment. \• a shington. D C.
V
·
. . . . Hag-er sto wn . Mel.
Wa s hin~ton , D. C.
. Easto n, M el.
. ·. ·
. . Ann a poli s. M el.
22 Gl en Bllllchnrr, T ~
Paul St .. Baltimo r e. M el.
462 LOUI Siil na A ve .. vVashin gto n, D. c.
Princess A nn e, Mel.
A nn apolis, Mel.
. Annapoli s, Mel.
E llico tt City, Mel.
Annapolis, M el.
St. D eni s, Mel.
. La P lata. Mel.
'Washi ngton, D . C.
?t.
44
M ullikin, A. E ., 'gs
M unroe, F . A., ex . '84
Munroe, J M., '74
Mun roe, G. VV., '72 .
Murphy, J J. ex., 'g2
l\!J"t!l lan, E . H ., 'gg
Munay, J. D ., '83 .
Mylander, Vv. C., 'oo
Trappe, Mel.
Annapo lis, Mel.
A nnapoli s, Md.
. .
. . M eridian, Miss .
u. S. Marin e Hospita l, Ba ltimo re, Mel.
Annapoli s, Mel.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Balt imor e, Mel.
Nea l, W. T . G., '8g . .
Ne lso n, Rt. R ev. C. K. , '72
Ne wman, J o hn S .. 'go
N ichols, D. H. , 'gg
Nob le, H erber t, '8g
Nob le, Jam es, 'g8
Nor ri s, H . C., 'g3
Ny degger, J. A., 'go
Off utt,
Offutt,
Offutt,
O liver,
O li ver,
O li ver,
J. P., 'g7
N. E ., 'g2
T. w., 'gr .
C. K ., ex. '73
L. A., 'g5
M. F ., 'g2
Uppe r Marlbo ro', Mel.
At lanta, Ga.
F rederick, Mel.
. . . . An napoli s, Mel.
qr B roadway, New Yo rk C ity
H ickma n, Del.
Roberts. Mel.
. .
Navy D epartm ent, vVa shingto n, D. C.
Gra nite, Mel.
Tow son, Mel.
Granite, Mel.
. . . . . . . . . . E lkto n, Mel.
.Bosto n School Tec hn ology, Bosto n , Mass.
42 Wa shin gton Square, N ew York City
Padgett. B. E., '83 .
Pa ine, G. P., ex. 'g3
Payne, T. P., 'go
Parks, L., '73 . .
Parlette, E. W., ex. 'g3
Par rott, E . M ., ex. 'g2
Pearre, F. C., ex. 'g4
Ph illips, W. S., 'go
Penn ington, Rob ert
P indell, z. T ., '71 .
Preston, J H .. ex. 'So .
Presto n, W. 1 .. ex. '71
W
P rettyman, F . J ., '8r
P roc ter B 'g4
Pur vis, ';. d., 'oo .
Pusey, E. D ., '8g
. . .
La P lata, Mel.
1II5 St. Pau l St., Baltim o re, Mel.
. . .
. Corbett, Mel.
Bremmer St., Boston . Mass.
A nnapolis, Md.
. . . .
W oodlawn , Mel.
1925 St. Pau l St. , Balt imo re, Mel .
. . . . Ca ri onsvill e, Mel.
1017 Market St., Wilmington. D el.
. . Baltimo re County, Mel .
220 St. Pa ul St., Baltimore. Mel.
Bel A ir, Mel.
Lex ingto n, Va .
Bel A ir, Mel.
An napoli s, Mel.
A nna polis, Mel.
Qua id , G. F .. 'g7
0.1 n, 1-I. H., '71
yn
. . . . Annapolis, Md.
3040 Chestnu t St .. P hil adelphia, Pa.
Ra nd all, lllancharcl. '74
Randa ll, B. A. , '76 .
Randall , D an. R. , '83
Ra ndall, J. \i\Tirt, ex. '62
Randa ll, w. W ., '84
Ramsburg. J. H., 'go
Ray, J. G., '78 . .
Reese, G. M., ex. '85
Reg- ister, G. M ., 'g r
Rev ell. E. ] . W ., '84
R~ve ll. J ames, '4g
R1dgley, I-I. C., 'g3
Corn E xchange, Balt imore, Mel.
r8o6 Chestnut St., P hiladelphi a, Pa.
A nnapoli s, Mel .
. Annapoli s, Mel.
Port Deposit, Mel.
W ashingto n. D. C.
Annapo li s, Mel.
. Elkto n. Mel.
. Bismark, N. ]).
2og St. Pau l St., Balti mo r e, M d.
A nnapoli s, Md.
An napoli s, Mel.
45
�A lumni A ddresses- Continued
R idg ley, R. I-I., '95
Co rn er M ary land A ve. and H ow St., Pi ttsburg, Pa.
A nnap olis, Mel.
R ido ut, J o hn, 'S7 .
Rid out, W . G., '56
A nn apolis, M d.
A nn apoli s, Md.
R il ey, H . R .. '9:1
222 St. P a ul St., Balti mor e, Mel .
Robert s, G. R ., 'or
. . . . . . . F r ederi ck, Mel.
Ritchie, J o hn, ex. '91
504-506 O x fo n l Butlcling, Chi cago, I ll.
Ri tc h ie, \N il li am, '73
Ro ber ts, E. P., '92
. . . . . . . Cent revi lle, M el.
Roseber ry, ]. R., '96
. . 300 Roland Ave., Ba ltimo re, M el.
Robertson. A. H. , ex . '72
324 E qu it able Bui lding, Baltimo t·e, M el.
Ross, A. M ., ex . '93
Na vy Depa r tm ent, Washing to n, D. C.
U pper M arl boro', Mel.
Sassce r, F reel., '75
. . . . . . A nn apolis, M el.
Scha ffer, W . C., '95
Schl ey, W. S ., Jr., '93
41 \!Vest 5rst S t., Ne w Yo rk City
S cho ff, C. H., '89
. . . . . . . .
M edia , P a.
Schoff, G. C., '86
Babcock & Gibb Do il er \ Na rks, Ph il ad elphia, P a .
Sco tt. E. A ., 'So
. . . . . . . . Ga lena, Mel.
S haffer, C. J-l ., '96
vVar Depar tm ent, vVashin g lo n, D . C.
S hartze r, W . ]. 'oo
. Oak land, M el :
S ho ber, 'vV . B., 'Ss
.
. . . . L eh igh U ni versity
S her wood, \ ,Y. A ., ex . '95
22 R ue Soclern1an, A ntw erp , Belgi um
Cont inenta l Na t iona l Bank, St. Lo uis, Mo.
Si mmo ns, R. E., '97
S in cla ir, J ames, '99
Geo rge to wn U ni versity, W ashin gto n, D. C.
S in ce!!, E. H ., 'S3
. . . . . . . Oakland, Md .
912 E a st Preston St., Balt imo r e, Mel .
S kir vi n, U. A ., '97
S loane, D . \ ,Y. , ex. '73
. . . . . . . Lo naco ning, Mel.
Smith, G. S ., '91 . .
Prov idence H ospital, Prov idence, R. I.
vV ar D epartm ent, vVashin gto n, D . C.
S m ith , L ieut. \IV. D ., '97 .
A nnapoli s, Mel.
South ga te, Li eut. Geo rge T ., ex. '9:1
Steele, G. A. , '84
E lkton, Mel.
Stevens, ]. K ., ex. '9 1
D enton, Mel.
. E lkto n, Mel .
Straho rn , ]. S., '99
Cato nsv ill e. Mel .
Sti ne, J oseph, ex . '95
Ba nk of Baltimor e, Ba lt imo re, M el.
S tump, H . A., '7S
• . . .
Rock ville, M el.
T albo t, 0 . H .. '96
U ni versity o f Ma ryla nd, Baltimo r e, Mel .
T er ry, C. E., '9S .
.
. E qu ita ble Bu ildi ng. Balti mo t·e, M el.
T ho mas, T . T., '94
Com er Lexingto n and Ca lve rt Sts .. Balt imo re, Mel .
T ho mas, D. M ., '46
4 17 A St., S. E. W01 shin gto n. D . C.
Tho mpso n, R ev . E . M .. '95
A nnapoli s, Mel.
Tho mpson. J. G., ex . '8'4
Cambr idge, M el.
T hompson, ]. \IV., '94
No rfolk, V a.
Ti lghm an, G. M .. ex . '95
. . .
No rfolk, Va .
T il ton, J . G., '89 .
Law Buildin g. Balt imot·e, M el.
Tippett, W. T .. ex. '89
\ iV albroo k, M el.
T ippett, R. B., '84
. .
Ches terto wn . Mel.
Trenchard, W. E., '89
No rth Ca rolina Academy. N . C.
!olley, 0.
,'oo
P ittsville, M el .
l rttt t, J. 1 ., 90
207 No rth Ca lvet·t St., Ba lt imo re. Md .
T uck, P. I-I., '72
A nnapolis, M el.
Tuck. W . G.. 's:l
Custo m I nspecto r, Baltimo re, Mel.
T ull , ]. L .. '96
. . Easto n, Mel .
'fur ncr. I-I. P., 'oo
P ri n,c css An ne, Mel .
T ull , G., '92
!Z
.,
V<~ li <~ n t,
]. F ., 'So
Roya l Oak, Mel.
A lumni Addresses- Continued
vVaga man, F . G., '96
H ag ersto wn, Mel.
vVaga man, S . l\1., '93
Ha gers to wn, Mel.
\!Va li er, ]. H ., '93
Salisbu ry, Mel.
Wa ll s, C. L., '97
Ing lesid e, Mel .
\ i\Tath en, E ., 'So . .
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. .
. . A nnapolis, Mel.
\ i\Ta rfi eld, ]. \ill. , ex., '72
Dai ly R eco r d B ui ld ing. Ba ltimo r e, Mel.
W atk in s, R ev. R. I., 'S2
Ne w Casll e, Del.
vVebster, E dwi n, ex. 'S3
. Bel A ir, Mel.
!W ell s, ]. G., 'or .
H a mpstead, Mel.
W hi te, F. O ., ex. '73
. . . . A nnapoli s, Mel.
W hi tso n, K. L., '98
W a r D ept., \i\Tas hingto n, D. C.
\ Nier, N . C., '92
527 Ea st S tr ee t, E li zabeth , N. ].
W il ey, S. P ., '97
Cumberland , Mel.
Wi ley, W. ]., 'or .
No r ri ssvill e, 1\ l d.
.
vV ilh elm, \IV . H., '93
Boy s' L atin Schoo l, Ba ltim or e, M el.
vV ill es, F . P ., 'SS .
. .
. Cr oo me, Md .
W ilkin so n, A . L., 'gS
905 M cCull ogh St., Balt imo re. Mel.
Will ey, A. C., 'S2 .
Ca re ]. H . vVi lley, Sy rac use, N . Y.
\Ni lli am s, R. H ., '96
. Laurel, Mel .
W il liam s, ]. D., 'So
Salisbury, Mel.
\ 1\ii lmer, L. A ., '71 . .
. La P la ta, Mel.
vV ilmer, J oseph R., '74
A nnapoli s, Mel.
W il so n, H . B., '84 .
r 106 So ut h rot h S t., O ma ha. Nc b.
Wi lla r d, A. D., '94 .
. . . . Freder ick. M d.
W ilso n. C. F., ex . 'go
55 Fra nklin St., New Yo rk City
vVir t, ]. S., '72
E lkto n. M d.
vVisner, G. F ., 'o1 . .
. T o wso n, M el .
vVo lfi nger, S. M ., '96 . .
Hagersto wn, M el.
W orthing ton, J o hn D ., ex. '72
Bel A ir, Mel.
W orthi ngto n, R. S ., ex. '71
Kn oxv ille, T enn.
vVo r thin g ton, M . M., 'or
Bel A ir, Mel.
!W ya tt, R ev. C. T ., '86
. . . . . . Pocomo ke, Mel.
\IVyatt, \IV. I-I. , 'oo
. vV ilmington M ili t<~ ry Acad emy, vVil m in gton, D el.
Ye llott, ]. ]., '92
Hi g h land , 1\ lcl .
Ye ll ott, 0 . I., '9r
. T ow so n, 1\ ld.
T he abov~ arc addr esses of a ll the a lumni_at present k now n. A ny co r rect io ns
o t· mfo rmalt o n rcspect mg t hese a ddresses wtl l be g la dl y received.
\,Yc cles tre t o s ~ n ce rc ly th ank th e a lumni who have so ki nd ly re spo nd ed to o ur
~ ette rs ; but, J ttdgm ~ f rom th e num ber of letters whi ch were not· answered, 01 maJOrity of the a lum nt hav e entt rely fo rgo tten th eir A lma !\rate!'.
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�The Senior
��Class of 1902
nOTTO== Fideli Ce r ta Mercos.
COLORS=· Biue and White .
Class Y ell
ll ip !
Hip! Hip! H i ! H o ! ll a '
'vV c a re com ing!
' Ra h! 'Ra h! 'Rah!
Co min g . Co min g, Co min g . Wh o?
S t. J o hn 's ! S t. J ohn 's ! 1~)02.
Officers
W. OUTERBRID GE SPA T ES
ELLIOTT H . ll UT C IIT NS
EDvVARD ·1 I. T ARBUTT ON
Prcsidmt
Vice-President
Secrrtary
W . OSCA R LAMOTTE
RI CHAR D B. SPENCER
Tr easurer
J-1 ist oria.n
M embers
Willard S. Ahalt (Ikey)
L e R oy P . Bake r ( Hippy- de- H op)
A ug ustu s \ V. B radfo rd (G us)
J. H o wa r d Beard ( Whi s ker s)
Ve rn on S. Br adl ey (Po p )
Dani el 'vV. Bur rows (Mo le)
T. Spe nce r Cra ne (] ud ge)
Cha r les S . D es pa rcl (Colo nel D essy)
W ade H . Go rdy ( Wad e)
E lli ott H. Hutchin s (Hutch)
A. A ubrey J ackso n (A ubrey)
\V. 'vVayne Keyes (Mo nk )
\ill . O sca r LaMo tt e (Sc rubby)
F ra nk ]. L in th icum (S had o w )
E d ward W. P ct herbri clge (Pet he r )
A lexa nder Ra ndall ( Sanely )
L o u H . Seth ( Lu )
\ 'V il lia m O uterbri cl ge Spates (Majo r S pots )
Ri cha r d B. Spence r ( D ick)
Eclwar cl H . Tarbutto n (Ca ptai n Frog)
Sa muel G. Tow nshend. Jr., (Sa m )
W ill ia m P . Ward (Bi ll y)
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B urki tts vi ll e, l\t[d.
Presto n, Mel .
Del Ai r, M e
l.
R utl and, Mel.
Hurlock. Mel.
'J'ompk ins ,·ille, Mel.
Califo r nia , Mel.
Pa r ker sburg, w. Va .
Berlin, Mel.
Bar s to we, M d .
J aeks0111' illc, Mel.
Balt imo re, Mel.
LaMotte, M el.
A nnap o lis, M el.
Cha rlo tte I-I all , Mel.
A nn apo li s, M cl.
\ Vhi tma n, Mel.
P oo lesvi ll e, "
Mel.
A n napol is, Mel.
S mll crsvill e, M el .
Chctte mban k, Mel.
. Gambe r , Mel.
�BRADFORD.
What the Poets Say About the Seniors
"Oh, deeper sin than bottoml ess co nceit
Can comprehend in still imagination."
-ShaJ~espea re.
GoRDY-
"S uch chi ldi sh humo r from weak minds proceeds-"
-Shakespem·e.
BURROUGHS.
BEARD.
"Spake full well , In language quaint and olden."
-Longfellow.
HUTCH I NS.
"Wh o are a li ttle wi se the best fools be."
-Donne.
DESPARD.
"0 thou chil d of many prayers !
Life ha lh quicksand s; life hath snares!"
-Longfellow .
LINTH ICUM .
" Happiness depend s as nature shows
L ess on exterio r t hings than mo st suppose."
-Cowpe-.
r
AHALT.
"A shad o w cloaked fr om head to foot."
-Tennyson.
"Who mi x'd rea son with pleasure,
A nd wi sdom with mirth -"
CRANE.
-Golds mith.
" Wearing all that weight
Of learning lightly like a flow er.''
BAKER.
-Tennyson.
"And if I laugh at any mortal thing
'Tis lhat I may not weep."
LA MOTTE.
r
- By- on.
"His fort un e's ruin ed a nd him self a slave."
SPEN CER.
"A literary curi osity."
SETH.
"Ah, why sho uld life all labor he?
- T ennyson.
PETI-IERURIDGE-
"I-Ie knew not what to say and so he swo re."
SPATES.
- fnvenal, Sat. £ 33£i.
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" vVou ld he but foll ow what his sex ad vise,
. ,
A ll things wo uld prosper, and the school g row w ise.
-Pop e.
BHADLEY-
"Be sure yourself and yo ur own reach to kn ow
How far yo ur genius, ta ste and learnin g go."
-Pope.
TARBUTTON.
" Imitation IS th e sin cer est flattery ." '
-C. C. Colton.
RA N DALL.
" Wi se to re solv e, and patient to perform."
-Pope.
J ACKSON.
"And when a lady's in the case,
You know all o th er things g ive place."
- Gay.
KEYE S.
"Vlh at is your sex's ead iest, la tes t ca r e,
Yo ur h ea rt' s supreme ambiti o n ? To be fa ir."
- L 01·d Lyttleton.
TOW NSHEND.
Be swift to h ear, slow to speak, slow to wrath."
-!ames ££. I g.
\ i\TARD.
"Tr ue it is,
T hat I r eceive th e general food at ftr st,
\ i\Thi ch you do live upo n: and ftt it is;
Because I am th e stor e- house, and th e shop."
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-Shakespeare.
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�History of Senior Class, 1902
OVE, labor, comedy, character, r elig ion, recklessness, a ll in succession
fla sh past our m ind ~ when we tilt back our chair, blow out th e smoke, and
let our mcmorys dn ft back over our college days.
T he seed of our ambition began to germinate away back in th e P rep. School,
and the first leaf unfolded itself when th e "Colonel" went on a loaf for two mont hs
under pl ea of p reparing for the N aval Academy. T hen one of our huge men
told a Prof. that a hill in his county was a " right sma rt littl e mountain , Fcssor ,"
a nd we berran to t hink that we had not onl y some character , but some "character s"
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in our class . Fi rst P rep. comm encement saw R egulu s still returnin g to th e
Romans (poor old Reg.), a nd the "brave men of Quebec" still "a com in g on ."
That day we catw ht our first real g limpse of {e 111 ini'lll ity, and if it was not th e
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last no one can be blamed but the g irls, for to our youthful eyes they did look
particula rly charming.
thin g about th e coll ege should be run . The Seni ors meant well, of course, but it
was r eally wonderfu l what brilliant id eas th ose fou t·th-I-loor, all-in-a-room converacuity could easil y
sations developed. A thletics should be run differently; th e ]<
get a few points from our class-meeting, and as fo r " women" as we ver y kn owin g ly spoke of th em in those days, why, we had that volati le sex in a patent
leather sling.
I don 't remember how it a ll came abo ut, but our ideas began to change a
littl e when some of 'oz's m en went over to the gym. one nig ht ( by in vitation.)
Certain ly we had something new to think about ~fte r that ; our hori zon began to
broaden, and conseq uentl y t he earth began to get larger. It might be fair onl y
to our class to say right here that some Seni or wrote ou f F r eshman hi stor y for
the " Rat Tat" in Scriptural style, and thereby created a reputation for th e class
wh ich has misled the public for fo ur long year s. However , by the herculean effort s
of such men as " Hutch" and L eroy P., our average attendance at church has been
kept at par with the other classes. (You sec I am advertising some virtues of which
the public is not aware, and so the fellows wil l pardon me if I get fa miliar with
th eir reputations.)
W ho learn ed to dance first is a fact no one cares to remember, so we will bury
it in the deep oblivion of the " dead past," and only hope that some of our partners
in those Freshman clays w ill be eq ually willing to forgive and forget . Now,
however , on Saturday nig hts you wil l see many uniqu e styles of getting around
th e room by the men of "N ineteen-two ." l\!Iany times, when all was peacefu l in
P inkn ey, our reli g ious men woul d seem to be se ized by an ev il spiri t, and in th e
wild r out that follow ed, a n outsider would thi nk that lleelzebub himself was the
o·uidin g- influence. Dut no ! they were onl y tryin g to dance, a nd success seems
; 0 bav~ crown ed their efforts, for to sec '" P cth" and '' Linticum " in the "strains"
of A uf \ Nicdersehen would moisten the eyes of any crocodil e.
Mind you, most of these facts cam'e to li g ht in un der class days. and it is onl y
with bated breath that I introduce you to our final struggle to carry the sheepskin
through th e goal.
J f I ma rked Seni or year, "g·irl s," I would save much ink and valuable t im e,
a nd be truthful also, but out of justi ce and likew ise a deep admiration, I must
tell you of on e or two who have not " monkeyed with the band-wagon. " " Scrubby"
Lamotte, "Colonel" ' Dcspard and L ou Seth a re th e immortal three, a nd in our
degenerat ion th ey have been standin g firm around th e Senior bann er and try ing
to rall y the class. l\l[ay we soon retract our wayward course, and instead of
creepin g in after 10.30, may be tucked safely in our littl e beds wh en th e 0. D.
takes up in spection.
\ Vhen we return ed la st September t he fell ows said it took several days to
shake off some kind of a feeli ng concernin g moonli g ht ni g hts. I asked Lam otte
about it a nd he said it must be sleepines s, and J wondered wf1at a foo l 1 was
not to have thought of that before.
A ha lt joined our class abo ut thi s time, a nd, mu ch to our surpri se. put up
with "B ill y" \ Nard a nd "Scrubby." T hi s form ed rath er an unh oly combin ation,
whi ch has broug ht "Sc rubby" into mu ch pmmin ence th ese last few months.
Chri stmas holid ays went by a ll too soon, a nd again I soug ht our sage
Lamotte as to what mann er of dev il affected our classmates. \ Vc consumed mu ch
tobacco, electricity a nd va luable time on th e subj ect, and at last, in an ung ua rded
moment, my coll eague said he gu essed they mu st be in love. T hus went the
year with its mixture of joys and sorrows and hopes and mi sgivin gs. A nd now
we are thinking of J un c dances , a nd exam s .. and girls from " cl own home," and
wh ere wi ll all our money come from. Hut in th e midst of all th ese con f usin g
thoughts th ere remain s one that has ever been cl ea r to our minds, one in which
doubt has no resting place, and that one will be fu lfi ll ed when on th e ni g ht of th e
A lumni banquet we w ill all ri se a nd drain our cups in one " last, long, lin gerin g
drink' ' to the class of Kinctecn -two.
RICI-IARD DEK NETT SPENCER.
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�The Junior
��Junior Classt 1903
CO.LORS- ROYf\L Pt;RPLE AND LEMO N .
Class Yell
Me· he! M e ha !
St. J ohn' s Coll ege !
Me he ! M e ha !
St. J ohn 's ! St.
M e ha. ha. ha !
Ra h ! Rah! Rah!
Me ha, ha, he !
J o hn 's ! I90:l!
Officers
W . WILSON GALBREATH
LERO Y T. ROHRER
Vice-President
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NEVOUS P. REED
D. CLAUDE HANDY
WALTON H. GRANT
Scc rclar)'
Tr!'asnrcr
f I islor· an
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Members
Drew H . Beatty (S lewfoot )
J ohn L. l31ecker (J uclge)
J ames Clark (Pa le Face )
Fred Y. Cronk (Cra nk)
Cha rles A. Cumm ins ( Si)
Harry R. Doug herty (Pat )
R il y E . Elgen (D utchy)
W. \Ni lso n Ga lbreat h (G randma )
Enoch 13. Garey (Ta lmage)
\,Yalton H. Grant ( General )
Tho ma s vV. Hall ( Tom)
D. Claude Handy (To m )
Charl es P. Ho ll ingswo rth (Choll y)
Nevo us P . Reed (Nec-wy)
LeRoy T . Rohrer (Ro ugh-H o use Ji m )
Fred eri ck W. S ewa r d (Un ser Fritz)
S. Harri so n Ti lg hm an (Baby B ip)
Amos W. Woodcock (Sanctimony )
Jo seph H . W ood (Pat)
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North East,
. Boonsboro,
E ll ico tt City,
Winfi eld,
Baltim o re,
Baltimo re.
Mt. Airy,
D ar lin gto n,
Wi ll isto n,
A lpha,
Bel A ir,
A nnapoli s.
Falston,
Ro saryvi ll c,
R ohrer s\·i ll e,
Ba ltimo re,
Ea sto n,
. Sa li sbury,
Annapoli s,
"NJd .
Mel.
Md.
Md.
Mel.
Mel.
Md.
Md .
:Mel.
Md .
Mel.
Md .
M el.
Mel.
Mel.
Md.
Md.
Md.
Md.
�History of Junior Class
L ASSES ar e said to have hi stories, and when a fellow reflects upon his
class hi story so many memories of past accomplishments flood in upon
hi s con fused thoughts that he feels inclined to trust to memory fo r the
enj oyment of hi s class history and its merits. He selfishly says: " I know we have
a hi story,_ and a glorious hi story at that, a hi story that is fraught vvith happy
incidents, a hi story that is filled with pleasing accomplishments, a hi story formed
by the labors and the folli es of some of the men whom I have found to be my
clearest friends. But why shou ld I write this history? Is it not engraved upon
th e heart of every man in my class ? What change of li fe, what viciss itud e of
the f utu re can ever efface the memory of my college clays?'' Dut thi s sentiment
is a mistaken one. \iVhen a body of men gather in a college like this for the
purpose of t rainin g their young lives and minds for "the slin gs and arrows
of outrageous for tune," they form a sort of fraternity, and during a four years'
course they do many things worthy of publication for reference in the years to
come.
A ll parts of Maryland have contributed men for the formation of the present
junior class. From the rocky passes of vVashington county clown through the
fertil e and beauteous valleys of Central Maryland, on to the indescribable et invi sible beauties of the crab districts of the Eastern Shore, have these hig h-minded
youth s assembled together in harmony under " the g uardian swa)r of thi s College
of the Patri ots.' At our first meeting we were all most assuredly g reen, but as
time wore on, the rough edge wore off, and at the close of the fir st year we began
to reali ze how little we knew.
How well I remember thi s band of hayseeds smuggled from the high seas
about Sali sbury, Boonsboro, Rosa ryville, Easton, North East, Darlin gton,
Alpha, and other points not on the map. Some smelled of clover, some of tar,
some of oyster shells, some of mountain laurel; and one smelled of cheap cologne,
profusely applied. At th e close of the freshman year we all "smell ed of the midni ght oil." But now we have become used to college, and are averse to studying
at all.
Lest we stray, permit me to revert to the clays when we were young in the
ways of college life. As I had the honor of relating in last year 's Rat Tat, we were
unu suall y noisy. O ne nig ht we carri ed things our own way, on the fo urth floor,
and before morn in g the upperclassmen carri ed things their way-and we couldn 't
sit down fo r two weeks. I was afraid to say anything about this last year,
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knowing that th ere was much danger of lowerin g our dignity as the leaders of
the G. 0. H . Besides, Sophomores like to keep such things a secret. We never
had a classmeeting that didn't end in a fight. A t that time everything we did as
a body turned out to be a " fizzle." (Our class colors, fo r in stance.) But, now
we always say that this was on account of the poor example set by the class
above us .
It is amusing to think over th e first impressions of our classmates. I well
remember littl e Amos Woodcock in hi s kn ee breeches wh en for the first time he
crawled up to T ommy's desk. If ever there was a sad picture of homesickness and
insifTllificance he imr)er sonatecl it. Little did we think that in him lay the . qua liti es
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of mind and character that have made him such an honor to our class. H1s Freshman roommate, "Bip" Tilghman, was also a child in years, a baby in size and an
infant in mann ers. Many a night have I been compelled to put to sleep th ese two
ch ildren with th e soft, sweet strain s of my trained voice. Next "Slew-foot" Beatty
came, dragging hi s big feet up th e Col lege walk. \ iVhen be had safely housed
his ponderous and momentous steppers he imm ed iately began to bone lessons,
It-idling captiou.sly behind hi s matchl ess groundworks, so that we saw him only at
the table. By the way, he was punct.u al at meals. I can still see flOw the plastered
locks of hair, so inappropriately concealed from view that recognized mark of
intelligence, which Si Cummins has possessed from birth-hi s hi gh fore head.
He was the only F r eshman who spent hi s . time, his money and hi s artistic taste
upon the walls of his r oom, and then wrote long letters about it to every female
he knew. He has nourished these traits of character, and in th is particular he is
still the "whole thing in a nutshell. " Then there was the once awkward and
clumsy John Blecker , who surely struck our fancy as bein g a very h andsome
youth. But time works many changes. T hi s odd person has lived throughout hi s
whole course upon the lt1x ury of hi s imagin ed ambition, but through hi s bad taste
for study he has come to misfortun e in more than one exam.
Despite susbequent fai lures and mi stakes, how pleasant it is to talk of these
clays of our first meeting! How fanciful and incompl ete th ese records are! But how
much more fo rcible than th e treacherous chronicles of the memory! Doesn't it
pay to write a hi stor y? A re not these boyish foib les, w hich in after years will
have a charm for us? Then let us continu e furth er in our dream of the past.
None of us are any longer certain as to w hether "'0Jeewy" Reed was regarded
as a Brownie or a Pigmy, but time has developed that he is the "Missin g Link."
Th ere was "Pat" \ iVood, born and raised on Market street, A nnapoli s, and though
he had been in th e Prep. school fo r seventee n year s, he was a new acquaintance
to the majority of our class. H e impres sed us as Annapolitans onl y can . And
there was another little tot from thi s ancient city. "Tom'' I-:1andy was hi s name.
�T om bein g a ver y poli te li ttl e man, always used to condu ct hi s cousin , another
A nn apolis boy, called " D ug '' Howard , up to the Hall s of Learnin g . D ug an d T om
never felt so happy as w hen they coulcl brin g u p a larg e box of home-made c::~ra
mcl s fo r their fri end s. T hey usually had more f rien ds th an cara mels. D ug and
T om wer e " g en eral traders of g ood sense,' a nd both had a p ull wit h th e fa ir ones
of th e "City of A nne." It seems to be a painful duty to inter r upt these awakened
memories by recordin g th at ver y recently our good friend D ug has left us to
prepare for the entrance exami nati ons to the N aval A cademy. VIc have lost a
br ight scholar , a fi ne athlete and a g en eral good fe llow . vVe voice the sentiment
of the whole school in wishing for him a happy and useful ca reer in U ncle Sam's
N avy.
L eaAets of F r eshma n hi story ag ain unroll themselves a nd th e fi nger of meri t
is pointin g to a n am e which has come to be honored a mong st us-\iVilson Galbreath . I r emember how one clay we wasted two hours and ten cents wort h of
firecr acker s in tr ying to awaken hi m from one of h is reg ul ar nap s. H e is always
n appin g. J\nd alt houg h he never has all owed t he r rofs. to catch him, he did g et
caugh t once by the poli ce of A nnapolis.
Garey, t he man who has been " sweet six teen. , for ten yea rs, was looked upon
as the one Freshman who was sure of social success. U pon hi s ha ndsome face
were evident ma rks of future g r eatness, and a conven ient age. \iVe were all
becomin g well acquai nted an d fa irly well satisfi ed with ourselves, when in the
seco nd term we ·were startled by t he sudden appearance of ' ' Patt·i ck' ' D oug herty, a
native of Pari s, who sprun g up in our mi dst I ike a meadow mu shroom on a spring
ni ght. ' 'Dots" was immediately appli ed to his name, but at hi s request we changed
it to th e uncommon Iri sh t itle, " P a t ." H e was soon followed by an other specimen
of Baltimore's g reaser s, M r . " F ri t zy'' Sewar d, who ca me sli ding th rough space on
one of H einz's pickl es. T h is fi ni sh ed our Pandora Dox for t he fi rst yea r, "Gottsieclan kt. "
I n the course of nature and luck, in spite of mathematics, we becam e
Sophomores. K nobs of importance fast developed upon our heads, for proud were
t he fir st fe w weeks of our novel position as leaders of that " Awful" O rgani zation,
known to F reshmen as t he G. 0. H . T hey say " p ri de gocth before a fall," an d in
seemin g r ealization of t hi s fact the F r eshmen behaved th em selves so well that we
had to suspend hostili ties · indefinitely. \iVc soon hac! to substitu te civili ty fo r
enmity; g rad ually t hi s civi lity g re w into a strong li kin g , and today the cla sses
of '04 a nd '03 a re closely joined in th e ties of lasting fr iendship. Dut li ke all oth er
Soph omore classes, we did not have all our F reshmen class mates with us to sha re
our new responsibiliti es a nd exper iences. vV c have mi ssed them g reatly. A t the
open ing of our Sophom ore yea r , however, several sons of M aryla nd resolved to
cast their lots w ith t he class of 1903. T h ese were two hi gh-h eeled Harford county
lads, ·'Choll y" H ollin g swort h an d Tom Hall ; two Ca r roll coun ty a ri st~crat s, R ily
E lg-en a nd .. i\'1 iss Cranky" Cronk ; one g eneral nu isance from Rohrer~v dl e ( ?) by
th e nam e of " Jim " Rohrer , and sti ll nno!hcr esca ped Howard Counta111, wh o call ed hi mself " I 'alcface" Clar k.
W it h such rein for cements we bega n to feel st rong as well as proud . T hen,
ah then, it was that we sta r ted upon our course of record-breakin g , brain -bursting,
ancl hea r t-smashin g ; then it was tha t we began to enj oy our studi es, and to long
for our meals. a nd our drill per iod . T h en it was that we began to dream of our
Rat T at.
W c sta rted r ight in for all athl eti cs a nd developed men who have di stin g ui shed
th emse lves upon the fi eld.
T here comes a swel ling of pri de when we relate th at in the inter-cl ass contests
last May we won second pl ace. the Juni ors being fi rst. Hall broug ht us a peculi a r
di stin ction by breakin g the Coll ege r ecord in the half-mil e run . Garey cove red
h imself with g-lory as a swift and g raceful runn er. Beatty and Rohrer added
several poin ts to our credi t by gaining second place in t wo events.
Comi ng now to the M ili tary D epartment, we woul d say that we had always
taken a particul ar pride in thi s busin ess, and, nex t to stud ying, it was our
favorite du ty. Uut owin g to the large number s and la rge a mbiti ons of the Juni or
class, we coul d not secure many promotions in rank. H owever, the ' 'Ice-Wagon ''
Dlcckcr was mad e a corporal.
A fter n ine weeks of heated discussion we adopted a cl ass-pin, but it is not
sat isfactory to one member of th e class. (One more of our class " fi zzles." )
In J unc, when the standin g of the clas ses was ann ounced, nine cer tificates of
honor and distincti on were awarded to t he m en of 1903, showin g that we were
maki ng good use of our time.
B ut our h istor y m ust not be all sunshin e, there ar e shadows on th e brightest
days. D ur ing our Sophomore yea r we lost several good m en not befo re menti oned in thi s hi stor y. Some left college, some " fell by th e ways ide'' and a re now
wadi ng th rough the fJUagmire of lost hope. vVe ar e sorr y to lose these, our fellowstrngglers.
\iVith th e g lorious advent of our Juni or year , we came to fi nd that all Juni ors
inher it the ri ght to three privileges : ( I) A n overd ra wn ambiti on, ( 2) a pen etrating
opinion of the Seniors, and ( 3) a swell ed head . W e have m ade goof! use of the
second, but were not much surpri sed when :M iss Fortun e refused us our share of
the fir st and third pri vileges. For we had expected that last year 's J uniors had
already abused them beyond f nrther ava il. Vve warn future Juni or s again st
too much ambit ion, and too much swelled h ead . However, we have a good supply
�of that penetrating opinion about the Seniors, and we keep it as r ecompense for
the complete loss of the other two advantages.
T o return to our hi story, we are unable to say that we have contributed as
man y men for th e football team as the Seniors. But there was the quality in our
men that mad e up for th e quantity in oth er classes. T he g iant Beatty played
very fin e bali at left half back. Garey has made a splendid record at rig ht half
back, and has been chosen to lead St. J ohn's promisi ng team to unh eard-of victori es
next fall . For three seasons Blecker has been a faithful center , while " Dug" Howard at right end, carri ed men and thin gs hi s way. " Jim " Rohrer was one of the
best subs. "Cholly" Hollingsworth also did good work on th e second team.
Hi story is dry reading if th er e isn 't something funny to relate occasionally, so
here goes. This class elected a Rat Tat Board. This Rat Tat Board had weekly
meetings-twice a month. All the valuable time of this wooden board was occupied
in holdin g meetin gs. Our minute book is twice the size of our Rat Tat, and is
twice as funny. We are goin g to have copies made to g ive every man in the class.
They will prolong life, and save future ci rcus expenses. O ur hi story is brig htened
very much by the brilliant ·success with which our men have met in the social
functions of the college. From a class of twenty, fifteen go to the hops, the
g reatest per cent. of any class her e. Consequently, the memories of college days
will not be confin ed to the life we have spent in each other 's company, but will
often flock to the happy hours spent in th e company of some sweet Annapolis girl.
vVe are proud of our record, and we believe that it is the benign influence of
culture which St. J ohn's exerts upon her students that has worn off the rough
edges of our mann ers, and polished th e beautiful traits of character that were
covered only by a thin coat of inexperience. Our hi story is nearly fini shed, and
lengthy as it is, we cann ot forbear the temptation to record some personal peculiarities v\ihi ch, for the possessor s, perhaps, cast slight shadows of th eir future
meaning upon the scr een of our imagination.'
Whether sportive or natural with them, we must comment that the tedious
sarcasm of the " \i\Toodchuck," " Bip," B lecker and " Pat," which from time to time
has born e us all clown to pitiless nothingness, can be measured only by th e barrel.
As for order , in th e " barracks," we feel sure that "Jim R ough-house," Rily E lgen,
" Tom" R eed and Tom Hall would r ather get fired than keep quiet. Just as with
" Rustic" Beatty, " Jim" Clark and Garey, who delight in lathering the faces of
unfortunate fri ends whom they happen to find sleeping. V./e hope these tonsorial
traits do not brspeak for them a future career. Far better would it be for them to
follow the example of " Fritzy'' and hi s ponies, and make arrangements with th e
circus manager for a life job.
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Indeed, we might enumerate page after page of "ways that are peculiar and
tricks that are vain," but space prevents further indulgence in such trivialities.
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'vV e believe it fittin g to cong ratul ate our 'o3 P hilomathean members upon th e
excellent show in g that th ey made at the public debate held here in :March, and
feel that to the class is du e laudatory menti on of the act ive part they have always
taken in th e li terary, mu sical, soc ial. athl etic and intell ectual interests of St. J ohn' s.
O ur exper ience as Juni ors has di spose d us to beli eve th e philosopher who said
that all th e pleasures of li fe consist in either anti cipation or recollecti on. Th e
studi es required here in th e Junior year mak e it th e "terrible present, " and there is
no pl easure except in th e memori es of the past and in the hoped-for honors of the
future.
It is with many forebodings of possib le ill-success that thi s class will assum e
the dignity of Senior s. Dut let us hope that our bud of kindly feelin g toward s th ose
und er us may he nurtured. and finally developed into a beauti- ul fl ower whose
f
fragrance will be the love and justice to all who may come und er our authority.
Coming to the close of thi s editorial-hi story somethin g seems to tell us that
we cann ot pass with out th ankin g th e wh ole st ud ent hocly for their support in th e
publi cati on of thi s Rat Tat, the g reatest of our class undertakin gs. L et us all look
forward to th e comin£>· £>-lori es of our lives and b on our wa)' r eJ
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·oicin b' resolvin rr
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to leave to th e fates th e sil ent work of fi xin £>· our destinies ' an d ever rememberin b '
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ever lov in g our old Alm a 1\Tater. May we all " li ve long and prosper. "
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WALTON HOOD GRANT.
To the memory of the "Lumnibuses" who "have strayed like lost
sheep" from the path of '03, we dedicate this space.
Law rence 'vV. Bagge r
E dward H. Baug hman
Ha rry B. Beck .
Benj. A. Brya n
R. Coo mb s .
T. G. Devo ns .
L. A1. Ja cobs .
Ra lph de A1 ilki ew icz
Go rdon E . Riggin
] . A rch er Sellman
H erman S. T urn er
-~ciga r C. \ Vr ecl e
V. S. Bradl ey .
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Ba ltimo re, Mel.
Baltimore, Md.
P hil ade lphia, Pa.
Lankfo rd, Mel.
Ca mp Parole, M el.
Ri sing Sun, Mel.
Baltimore, A1d ,
New York City, N. Y.
Cri sfi eld, Md.
Ba ltimo re, Mel.
Na nticoke, Mel.
1.
A nn a poli s, Mel.
Fo rm er Member, now a S eni o r
�Positions in College Held by Members of the
Junior Class
BEATTY.
Secreta ry and Treasurer of th e ''Rat Tat'' Board ('01- '02) .
Sergea nt Company ''A" ('or- '02).
lV emb er of R eligio us Co mmitt ee of th eY. lV C. A. ('o t- '02).
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f.
M emb er of Mi ss ion Study Committee of th e Y . M . C. A. ('02- '03).
F oo tball Team ('or-'o2).
Vice- President of Y . M. C. A. ('02-'03).
J\IIembership Co mm ittee Y. M. C. A . ('oo-'o r ).
Chairman of Reading R oo m Co mmittee ('02-'03) .
Class Base Ba II T ea m ('oo- 'or).
•1• K Society.
BLECKEH .
Corpo ra l Co mpan y "B" ('oo-'or).
Se rgea nt Company "D" ( 'o r-'02) .
F oo t Ba ll Team ('oo- 'o r- '02).
Edito r-in-Ch id o f the "H.a t T at" ('o r- 'o2).
Vi ce- President of Ath leti c A ssoc iati o n ('o r- '02).
•J• K S oc iety.
GRANT.
Class Hi storian ('oo- 'OJ - 'o2) .
Me mber ship Co mmittee Y. M. C. A. ('oo--·or- ·02- ·03).
Co rresponding Secretary Y . M. C. f\ . ('or -'02) .
Chairman Religiou s Me eting Committee Y . M. C. A. ('o r- 'oz).
Glee Club ('oo- 'or-'o2).
Co rpo ral Compa ny "A '' ('or-'o2).
Secretary and Treas urer D ramatic Associatio n ('or-'oz) .
i\l[ission Study Co mmitt ee Y. ]\1[. C. A. ('or- '02).
Mi scellaneou s E dito r "Ra t Tat" ('o r- 'o2).
<JJ K Society.
REED.
Class Secr eta ry ('oo-'o r -'02) .
Co rp o ra l Com pany "B" ('or-'02) .
Baseball T ea m ('oo-'or ).
Clas s Baseba 11 T ea m ('oo-'or ) .
A ssis tant M iscellaneou s ~dito r " Rat Tat" ('o r- 'o2).
"Stag" Hop Co mm ittee ( '02-'03) .
• • M Society.
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CLARK.
A ssistant Edito r " Coll eg ia n'' ('or-'02).
Corpora l Company "A" ('or-'02) .
Y. M . C. A. Bib le St udy Co mmitt ee ('o2-'0J) .
Jun e Ball H op Co mmittee ('o2-'03).
Class Baseba ll T eam ('oo-'or).
•P K Society.
�CUMMIN S.
Class President ( 'oo-·or).
Athl eti c Ed itor ''Rat Tat" ('o.1-'o2).
Secretary At hl etic Association ( 'or - 'o2).
Corpora l Compa ny ''A" Co 1-'02) .
Baseball Team ('oo-'o r ).
"S tag" Hop Committee ('02-'03).
Class Baseball Team ('oo-'or).
•I> K Society.
WooDCOCK .
C lass Secreta ry ('99- 'oo).
Assistant Edito r "Coll egian" ('oo-·o 1- 'o2).
Members hi p Committee Y. M. C. A. ('oo-'0 1- ·02).
President Y. JV[. C. !\. ('o2-'o,3).
Leader Bible Class ('or-'o2).
Secretary Y. M. C. A. ('o r-'02).
Assoc iate Editor '' Rat Tat'' ('o 1- '02) .
Glee Clu b ('oo-'o r- 'o2).
Corpora l Compa ny ' 'B '' ('0 1- '02).
Treasmer of the Glee Club ('o r-'o2).
Treasurer At hl etic Assoc iation ('o1-'o2).
Ma nager Footba ll Team ('02-'03) .
Class Baseba ll Team Coo-'or).
•I• M Society.
TILGHMAN.
Leader Mandolin Club ('o r-'oz).
Secretary Mando lin and Glee Clubs ('or -'02).
Assistant A lumni Edi tor ''Rat Tat" ('or-'02).
Jun e Ba ll H op Co mmit tee ('02-'03).
Sergeant Company "A" ('or-'o2).
Member of t he Reading Room Committee ('02-'03).
Chairman of Membersh ip Committee of th e Y. M. C. A. ('02-'03).
<I> K Society.
CRONK.
Jun e Ba ll Hop Committee ( 'o2-'o3) .
Ass istant Business Manag-er " Rat Tat" ('or-'02).
Glee Club ('oo-'or-'02).
Class Baseball T eam ('oo-'or).
•I• K Society.
ELGEN-
Scrgeant in Band.
H um oro ns Ed ito r "Rat Tat" ('or- '02).
Bass Dr ummer S. J. C. Band ('o2).
•I• K Society.
HowARD.
Footba ll Team ('oo-'or-'o2) .
Sergeant Company "B" ('or-'02).
Class Baseball Team ('oo-'or).
GAREY.
June Ba ll Hop Co mmittee ('o 1- 'o2).
Hop Committee ( 'oo-'or-'02) .
Football Team Coo-'o 1-'02).
Capta in Footba ll Team ('c2-'03).
Vice-President Dramatic Assoc iatio n ('o r-'o2).
Re lay Team ('oo-'o r) .
Town a nd Campus Edito r " Rat Tat'' ('o 1-'o2).
Corporal Company "B" ('0 1-'02).
Glee Clu b ('99- 'oo-'or-'oz).
Class Baseba ll Team ('oo-'or) .
</> K Society.
DOUGHERTY.
GALBREATH.
J nn e Ball Hop Committee ('oz-'03).
Hop Committee ('or-'o2).
A lumni Ed itor "Rat Tat" ('or-'o2).
Vice-President Class ('oo-'or).
President Class ('or-'o2).
Ass ista nt Manager Footba ll Team ('or-'o2) .
Sergeant Company "B" ('or-'02) .
•l• K Society.
ROHl<ER.
Baseball Team ('oo-'or).
Corporal Com pany "A" ( 'o1-'02).
V ice-President Uass ('or-'02).
Literary Editor "Rat Tat" ('01-'02) .
Su bstitute Footba ll Team ('oo-'or- 'o2) .
Chairman .. H.ough House" Comm ittee ('oo-'or - 'o2).
Class Baseball Team, Capta in, ('oo-'or).
•I• M Society.
Mamlo lin Club ('oc;,- ' o t ---:-'o~) . ,
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B us1n ess :Manager Rat l at ( 0 1- 02).
A ss istant Manager o f Baseball Team ('o 1-·o2).
Corporal Co mpa ny ·'A., ('or - -'02) .
•I• K Society.
HANDY.
Ass istant Ed itor ''Coll egia n'' ('or-'oz).
Class Treasurer ('0 1-'02).
Corporal Co mpany " B'' ('o r- '02) .
Glee Club ('or-'o2).
Hop Committee ('or-'o2).
HALL.
Assistant Mi sccll aneons Editor ''Rat Tal. "
<I• K Society.
SEWARil.
Co,·pontl Co mpan y " B" ('o1-·o2) .
•l• M Society.
Wooo.
Sergeant Company '·A" ('or-'oz).
q, K Society.
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�Sophomore Class
�Sophomore Class,
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MOTTO-Vincit Qui Se Vincit.
COLORS-Maroo n and White.
Class Yell
Ri ckety Racks ! Rickety Racks!
W e are the College Crackerjacks;
We Will Back Ior Everm ore
St. J ohn's ! St. John 's ! Ninteen Four!
Officers
President
J . WIRT WILMER
Vice- President
G. W. WILSON
Sec reta ry
H. H . PADGETT
Treasurer
P . C. JONES
Hi storian
H. B. SCA RBOROUGH
Members
V . S. Beachley ( Studi ous)
Ma llo ry L. Burrough s (? ? ?)
E ll iott H. Burwell (Elli e)
T . Howard Co llins (Wilki e)
Burtis W. Cooper (B urti s) .
Randall C. Cronin (Sena tm·)
Edward 0. H a lbert (Mooney)
J ohn M.]. Hodges(?????)
Paul C. J ones (Rat) . . .
Harry W. Masen heimer ( Masey)
Daniel R. Magr uder (Dada)
J ohn F . Mudd ( Ben Hooga n)
Hany H. Padgett (Pigeon)
.J ohn A. Murphy (Pa t) .
i .l oma s w.
P eter s ( T om)
Ege rton S. P owell (To ney) .
William L. Revell (Corn Husks)
H a rold B. Scarbo rough (Scabby)
Mqurice T. Small (S ister)
Tunis R. Strang-e (T uni s)
Irwin B. Somerville (Somer )
]. W. C. Stick ( Lady -Ki ller )
Harry S . Tarbert ( Country)
J . Wirt Wilmer (P uss )
Bert Wil so n (B ig Wil son ) .
George W . Wil son (O ld Lady)
Edwa rd R. Padgett (B ig Pigget)
Harry I. Jackso n (Pa rso n)
Go rdon E. Ri ggin ( Lord )
. Middl etown, Mel.
. To mpk insvi ll e, Mel.
Harwood, Md.
Snow Hill, Md.
Charleston. M d.
. Wilna, Mel.
Baltimore, Md .
Annapoli s, Md.
D unkirk, M el.
Manchester, Md.
Ann apo lis, Md.
Bryanto wn, Md.
Washin gton, Mel .
Baltimore, Md.
Annapolis, Md.
Cumberl and, Mel.
. Asbury, Md.
Girdl etree, Mel.
Baltimore, Mel.
Annapolis, Md.
Lonaconing, Mel.
Hampstea d, Mel.
Glencoe, Mel.
La Plata. Md.
Blain e, W . V a.
Wil son, W . Va.
Washington, Mel.
Baltimore, Md.
Cri sfield, Md.
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�History of Sophomore Class
H E 18th of September , 1900, is one of the most memorabl e elates in th e
amnls of S t. J ohn 's Coll ege. O n that clay there came here a band of
youth s such as had n ever been here before. O ur hi storian of last year
has told th e hi story of the beginnin g of thi s nobl e class, · and it has been given
to m e to continu e the great work begun by my most worthy predecessor. Of
course, th first thing to do was to organize ourselves into a body. A meeting
was call ed and we elected the following class officers: J ohn F. M udd , president ;
J. \Virt Vlilmer, vice-pres id ent, and P. C. J o nes, secretary and treasurer. Th e
part we took in footba ll, and how we studi ed during the winter and " boned" for
our exams., has already been told .
Before the cl ose of coll ege we had attain ed such a degree of superi o rity both
in th e classroom and on th e athletic fi eld that President F ell pronounced us to
be the best all-round Freshmen class that had been here during hi s presidency.
W e certainly have proved thi s to be tru e. In our fi eld m eet with the upper
classes we came out in the fourth place. yet in our oth er games, as in baseball , we
came out with Oying colors. In our field meet, notwithstandin g that fo urth
place is th e lo west place, we scored 25 0 out of, th e 146 points poss ibl e,
aga in st 2 points made by th e Freshman class of th e year before. Cooper did
good work putting the shot, and would , undoubtedl y, have taken fir st place hac! it
not been for hi s sprain ed wrist. A ll three places in pole vaulting were taken by
}-Jalbert, 1\IIudcl and Revell. Tarbert won th e quarter-mile run and Ha lbert,
Cronin , Burwe11 and Scarborough eas ily won the mile relay. The relay team
that was sent to Phi ladelphi a includ ed two of our members-Halbert and Cronin.
Th e inter-class baseball games now engaged our attention , and we practiced
very hard ever y day befo re th e games. There was sli g ht doubt as to the outcome of these· games, but, of course, we expected to win th em. The junior
class ('o2), ca ll ed the "Bann er Class," on! y by themselves , however , suppos in g
th emselves to be superio r in ever y r espect to a11 th e other classes, th ou g ht. or
at least said , that they wou ld have a "cinch" with us. Dut, alas! Poor Juni ors !
Beaten by a team of measly, contemptibl e, in significant Freshmen . vVe defeated
th em by the score of 14 to 2. J n our oth er games we were equally successful.
The Seniors forfeited to the Sophomo res. a nd we defeated Sophomores by a score
of 6 to T, only one man r eaching third base. vVe a lso defeated the Preps. by a
scor e of 10 to 4· Much credit is due to our pitch er , and also to th e m en
who backed him , for these bri lliant v ictori es. T he team was made up as fo ll o ws:
Mudd, catcher; Stick, pitcher; \ i\Tilmer, 1st base; Halbert, 2nd base; Cooper, 3rcl
base; J ones, short stop; G. W il son, ri g ht field ; Searl orough, center fi eld , and
Murphy, left field. Tarbert and B urwell w er substitutes. P owell and Burwell
represented the coll ege in the tenni s meet in Daltimore with John s Hopkins University and \ i\ iestern Mar yla nd Coll ege.
Th e time for our J nn e exams. was now fast approaching, a nd we saw th e
necessity of doing- some ha re! work. Con sequ entl y we set to work, and after
using mu~h midni g ht electricity and impress in g on o ur mind man y o f t hose
irregular French verbs and th e theori es of mathematics. we passed throug h our
exams . very successfull y. Therefore, everyone will now admit that th e cla ss of
1904 should ri g htfu lly be call ed "The Banner Class of St. J ohn 's."
\t on e of
our class meetin gs it was dec ided to hav e a banqu et in commemorati on of our
athlet ic v ictori es. Accord ingly, th e money was appropriated out of the cla ss
treasu r y, and we hac! th e banquet. A ddresses were mad e by man y m ember s on
the diffe rent thin gs in wh ich our class was inter ested . T he speech by o ur Presi dent, M uclcl, on "The Class of 1904, '' was very inter esting to us, and when he
talked of th e first accomp li shments and th e future prospects of th e class, th e
g reatest enthu siasm manifested itself among th e member s of th e class.
T hus end ed our fir st yea r, during which we establi shed such a rep utati on
as very few oth er Freshmen classes has ever yet hac!.
Aftet· enj oyin g our long summer vacation , we r eturn ed t o St. J ohn s, resolved
to begin ha rd , earnest work again. In a few clays after thl' onen ing of t:1e
college a class meeting was call ed for the election of new c i a~'; oft i ce r ~;. Th e
foll ow in g men were elected: J. vVirt \i\Tilm er , presid ent; G. vVIlsnn , vic·.o-presiclent ; II. Padgett, secr etary, ancl P. C. J ones, treasurer. Three new men , Deachl cy,
Colli ns ancl E. Padgett, j oin ed our class at the openin g of the ""'"~io n, and have
proved themselves to be good men.
As athl etics form one of the most inte resting parts of collcg·c l•fc. we were
not long in answering to th e ca ll fo r footba ll players. Ha lbert and Cooper, two
regul ar s, played a fin e game during th e whole season. Coope r is to be p ra i~c d
for hi s great work at left tackl e. 1\lludd, Burwe ll and Scarborough were substitutes.
As soon as th e football season was over, we settled down to hard stud yin g.
Accordin g to the exam. marks of all th e classes , our class passed th e tll c:;t
creditably of any class in co11ege. I cl o not mean to say that no one in our class
" flunk ed," for that would hardly be true .
.
I cannot do justice to the class by simpl y stating a few facts concerning
it as a whole. Therefore, I wi ll a ttempt to give th e cha racteri stics of some of
our worth y clas men. On e of the most promin ent members is Ben . Hoogan . He
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�is prominent o n accoun t of hi s heig ht, w hi ch is a bout 8 ft. 6 in . ( ?) . \ Vhen he
puts on hi s little No. 6;/:i straw hat you can recogn ize him wh erever you see him ,
but you mu st not la ug h, alth oug h he docs look very comical. T hen th ere is H.
Padgett, who is, without a doubt, th e best musi cian in the class. He spend s t he
most of hi s time dreamin g and talkin g of sprin gtime and of playing hi s g uitar
and sin g in g in the evenin gs on t he campu s. H you hea r anyone in the hall say,
"\!Von 't it be fin e when sprin g comes, so that we can sit out on the campu s,"
"You must learn all the popular songs and we will sing th em when we can sit
out on the campus," a nd si mila r expressions, you may be sure that it is Padgett. If
you want to learn anythin g abo ut the fair sex of Ann apoli s go to Rat J ones.
He spends the most of hi s time w ith them a nd knows much abo ut th em. Then
anoth er thing he is noted fo r is th e art of pretendin g sickness when he has a
difficult recitation. Collin s has been voted upon as being the g reatest cater in t he
class. He well deserves the honor. He is an excellent writer and an authority
on eating. Hi s most fa mous books a re, '' \!\That to Eat," ''Physical Trainin g"
and a pamphlet on " T
evcr De A fraid of Eating Too M uch. " He is better known
as ''Toothp ick" or " \1\Tilki e. " Providence has been kind to us in giv in g us one of
the wonders of th e world . This is a '·Human Jumping-Jack. , by the nam e of
Magrud er . His mann er of walkin g is likely to impress one that he has sprin gs
in hi s heels. \!Vc often quake with fear that sometimes those sprin gs wi ll raise
him beyond th e limits of gravitation. Then our number woul d be one less.
T he baseball season has n ow opened, and we exp ect to be well represented on
t he team. Some of our men fo r whom there is a good opening are \Vilmer,
Halbert, and Stick, Collin s, M udd , and J ones. T hey arc all good players and
wi ll mak e the other candidates hu stle. Our class team expects to aclmini ster
anoth er bitter defeat to the Seniors. In field a ncl track sports we wi ll hold up
our en cl . as we wi ll und oubted ly have three ,m en on th e relay team-Cronin , Halbert a nd Tarbert.
Mr. Bird was finally elected to the office of vice-president. .As he did not feel
competent to express his thanks in a speech, he was asked. to g1ve ~ts another song,
and h e readily complied. There was no end to the fun m watchmg some of :he
poor fellows rooting penni es out of bowls of water. Of cou~se th e usual reacl mg
of rules and posting up of bills on which the rules were prmtecl was. soon clone
by us. After these few proceedings the Freshmen were allowed to r est m peace.
I sin cerely hope that I have exactly portrayed the virtues of this g rand old
class, and that it may yet rise high er in its p ower and bring more g lor y and honor
both to itself and to old St. John's.
HAROLD B. SCARBOROUGH.
Now, with a .few word s regarding our relation with th e Freshmen, thi s
hi stor y will be closed. S in ce hazin g was aboli shed here several years ago, it was
not the desi re of our class to revive it. Yet, we all beli eve that when a youn g
fell ow first leaves the restraint of parental influ ence, h e is apt to regard himself as
bein g " the onl y one." l-Ienee, in order to ban ish all such ideas from the brilliant
( ?) minds of the Freshmen we deemed it n ecessar y to resort to something that
woulcl furni sh us a littl e amusement, ancl at t he same time teac11 them th e lesson
intended. I think everyone, w ith possibl y the exception of th e Freshmen, en joyed
th e con certs g i vcn by them. As it is the custom. we had to elect a new vicepresid ent for the P inkney Hall Glee C lub, a nd to do thi s we had to test th e voices
of th e F reshm en. T he sin gi ng was ver y much like that heard at a g rand opera ( ?) .
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�Editorial Board of the l903 Rat Tat
Sophomore Celebrities
GEO . W. WILSON ,
Ed ito r- in-Chi ef.
Accord ing to th e vote of th e Sophomore Class.
The kindest-Mudd.
I4.
IS.
T he grea tes t ea ter-Collin s.
ED WARD RIDDLE PA DG ETT,
Assoc iate E di tor.
MAURICE T. SMALL,
Poet.
M iscell aneo us E ditor.
T he softest-Stick.
2. "The O ldest-Burro ughs .
H . J NGE J ACKSON,
I.
3·
The most conceited-Stick.
V . S. BEACHLEY,
] WIRT WILM ER,
Alumn i Ed ito r.
MALLORY L. BURROUGH S,
16. T he g rea test kicker-Sma ll.
Wi
4· T he mos t pop ul ar-" lmer.
I7.
The y01mgest-B. Wil son.
s. T he merri es t-Powell .
I8.
T he sleepiest-Tarbert.
6.
T he brightest-Scarbor1011gh.
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The clumsiest-Cooper.
20.
8.
T he most literm·y-Cooper.
21. , The bigges t devil-Powell.
g.
The ta lles t-Collins.
22.
T he best figure-Small.
10.
T he largest fee t-Burroughs.
23.
T he most talkat ive- Cron in .
24.
The best dressed-Ma senheim er.
12.
The stingiest-Masenh eimer.
25.- T he good est man-Beach ley.
T
J.
The most lova.b le-Revell.
26.
T. HO W ARD COLLINS,
T he ha ndsomest- Pagett, E.
II.
TRWT N 13. SOMERVILLE.
Assistant. A lum ni Ed ito r.
So
g.
T he best ladies' man-Wil son, G.
The most indu stri ous-J ones.
T he slyest-Murphy.
J OHN M. J . HODGES,
BERT \'\TI LSON,
Literary Ed ito r.
]
W . C. STICK,
Assista nt Mi scell aneo us Editors.
J OHN F . MUDD,
l.l um orous Ed itor.
HARRY W. MASENHEIMER,
E. 0. HALBERT,
Ath letic Ed itor.
R. TUN I S STRANGE,
GORDON E. RIGGIN ,
RANDALL C. CRO NIN,
Assistant Busin ess Manage r.
Business Ma nagers.
Tol\"n and Campus Editor.
\T. S. BEACH LEY,
T reasurer o f th e Board.
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�The Freshman
�Freshman Class 1 l905
CO LORS.
Ya le blue a nd go ld.
YELL.
R aJ1 ! ra, ra, ra, ra, ra, ra l
Ricka, racka, booma Jacka,
Sis boo m ba !
S t. J ohn 's,
'os, 'os, 'os !
Officers
M'ER R IT G. R A SI N
J OI-IN
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P · esid wt.
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Vic e-P · esident.
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GREE N
J . VI NCENT
S ecreta.·ry.
J A MISO N
T rea.sw-er.
J O SEPH R. PEN N E LL
.
R AL PH C. BOWEN
H isto r·ian.
Members
W . A skey (B iJi y) .
J . W. B ird (J ay bird ) .
R. C. Bowen (Pa r so n ) . .
W . S. B rogden (Ha nd some)
A. B . Cecil (A rti st)
B. L . Carter (B uJI )
E . P . D uVal (Ned ) . . .
J. H . F ox ( Fo x ie Q uiJi er)
H . R. Go re ( Si r R odger )
J. M. Green (Da rry)
H . P. Gr aha m (Ha rry)
R. H opk in s (S is ) .
J. V. J am ison (Kid )
F. Lill y ( Sho r ty)
.
J . M erry man (U ncl e P hi l )
M . K. N ev iJi e (P un ch )
J. R. Pennell ( H a nk )
M . G. Ras in (Mack)
H. R ul a nd (Cr eeper ) .
A. W. S mith (S mi tty)
G. F . Smith (Dr. Soho) .
J . A. Ta rbert (Co untry II )
E. A . Vey (Fri end )
E . Va lk ( ? ? ? ?
? ?
H . W . W il lin g (Pop ) .
D. C. Walton (Bones )
L o naco nin g. M d .
W est R iver Md.
Par ra n, M d.
Ha Ji s, lVId.
Mi ll ersv iJi e, Mel.
A nnapolis, Md.
A nna poli s. M d.
P erry H all. Md .
U pper Ma rl bo ro ugh, M d .
A nnapoli s, Md.
A nn a poli s, Md.
Da rl ington, Md.
Hager stow n, 1\ll d.
Catonsville, M d.
T imonium , Md.
No rth P latt. N eb.
A nn apoli s, M d.
Chestertow n , M d.
Spunk, Long I sla nd.
Cumberl a nd . M d.
Ga mbr ill , Md.
Glencoe, Md.
Ba ltim or e, M d.
A nnapolis, M d.
Na nti coke, M d.
A nn apoli s, Md.
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�History of the Class of 1905
a looking glass. After thi s meeting everything went along quietly for several
clays, but the Sophs. thought that they should train us up in the way we should go,
so about a week after the "Glee Club" entertainment each Freshmen was aroused
from his peaceful slumber by a gentle shake, and opening his eyes, saw a large
crowd of white-robed fig ures in the room. Before he was well awake, he was
ordered to get out of bed and stand at attention with his face to the wall. Of course,
he obeyed. Then the rules by which he was to be governed during the year were
read to him. These rules were sig·ned by the same honorable society that had
afforded us th e pleasure of the Glee Club entertainment . After the rules had
been carefull y read , the crowd marched slowly out, and we were permitted to
r esume our peaceful slumber for the remainder of the night.
But we were so sleepy when the rules were being read that it is doubtful if
we would have r emembered them had the Sophs. not kindly r efreshed om memories by posting a copy of these rules on each Freshman's door. The Freshmen
read and tried to abide by these rules, and consequently we had no more visits
from the " G. 0. H."
At th e beginning of the second term we gained a new member, William Askey.
H e is a man of great ability, especially in athletics. H e was in the special course
during the first term, but finall y decided to take some other course, and came
into our class-the best one that he could have selected.
In athletics we have not had a very good chance to display our abilities, for
most of our members are very light, and it was an impossibility for us w make a
very great showing in football, but, neverth eless, we had two men on the first team
and several regular players on the second or scrub team. When we come to
baseball we hope to make a better showin g. Although we may not have many
men on th e first team, we expect to make it quite interesting for the other classes
when we meet th em on the diamond to play the class games. Last year when
we were P reps. we beat the Juniors, and in the game with the Sophs ., when they
got one run ahead of us, they refused to play any longer. In tl1e game with the
Freshmen our pitcher was struck by the ball and was greatly handicapped in
his playing, but we were not beaten by a very large score. This year we have
prospects for a better team, even than the one of last year.
Most of the members of our class, being very studious, applied themselves
well during th e fir st term, but when the February examinations were drawing
near , there were very few who did not burn their midnight oil. But in spite
of all efforts there were quite a number of us who fail ed. On hearing the
retnrns of the examinati ons, many made resolution s to study harder during
the second term than they had don e the first , but no one knows how long these
resolutions will last.
~A V~
often. wondered how Sir Walter Ral eigh felt when he undertool,
I am quite sure he could not hav;
.f
I n so burdened wtth the wetght of his responsibility as I am \i'Toe to
me 1 perc 1ance I sho Jd f ·1 t d · .
· .,
hard it is to soar so ht hI a~! o o J~ts.tlce to these august worthies; and yet how
will be the men of th!r .da le~e bnlhant stars of I905, ? eveloping their talents,
private schools and some y.
ome of us came from htgh schools, some from
to unite her .
. ' perhaps, from the tender hands of a governess, finally
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e 111 one 111terest and one effort W I
together, all striving for the
I
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e lave not a ways been banded
and diverse natures
'tl d'sffame goa -:-our degree; but we are of various ages
, wt 1 1 erent equtpme t
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powerful force of attraction we ha
11 b n ~ anc separate atms, but by the
John 's College W
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a
een rawn to the magnetic center, St.
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e are wenty-stx 111 number So
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but the majority of us came for the first timet. ldt;e oJ us ,w~re r eps. last year,
Those of us who came from the p
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t. ohn s 111 September, I90I.
rep. sc 100 were . J M Green E P D V I
J osep I1 R. Pennell, Bernard Carter A B C '1 . . . .
. ' : . u a'
Armine W . Smith Edgar A y
WI
~ct '. G. F. Smtth, M ernt G. Rasin,
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Graham. D ey,
. c ewit1 1 Teville, John A. Tarbert, J. Vincent
Jamison, Harry
' uncan
a ton Ralph C B
Tl
came in September are. Gore B
d ·l\,.
,
. owen.
lOse who
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' rop- en •terr)'man F
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L'll R I
Valk, Bird Willing Tllese 1
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e o great Importance 111 the
make-up of our great clas
s.
ome are noted for great b .
b'l· .
can be found in very few bo 0 f tl .
US111ess a I ttl es, such as
ys
letr age · some for th ·
t ·
and quite a number are noted f
r . ' .
etr grea wtt and humor,
tioned.
or qua Itles wht.ch, perhaps, had better not be men-
b~e wnte a htstory ~f the w~rld.
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On the Thursday following our arrival at Old S
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t. John s, our attention was
d
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Ice, a orne With skull and cro b
conspicuous places about the hall · "All F I
ss ones, an posted in
at 8 o'clock sharp," by order of th~ "G 0 r~ ~;nen must report in room 35 tonight
by G. 0. H., but from the embl
b. . I . ~one of us knew what was meant
.
em a ove t le notice we tho I t 't
organization worthy of great respect. Ei ht '
'
~g 1 I must be some
and there for the first tt.
b
g o clock found us 111 the room specified
me we ecame acqua 111 t d · h ffi
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and for two h
e Wit o cers of the "G 0 I-I "
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ours or more we had the pleasur f d' 1 .
. . . .,
while standing on a three-legg d t bl
li.J
e o Is~ aymg our musical talents
e a e. 1 'or was music th
1 k" d
ment on this great occasion for tl
.
e on y m of amusej
;ere was dancmg, and speechmaking, made more
emphatic by "Sir" after
eac 1 wor ' and a great deal of making love to one's self in
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�These are true accounts of some of the many events which have happened
in the short career of this noble class. In time of trouble each member has proved
to be true to his class, and by so doing, the class has attained its present high
standard. And when we return next year, we will have gained the tit le of
Sophomores. We hope that next year we may all return with the determination
to raise the standard of Nineteen Hundred and Five sti ll higher and achieve more
honor and glory for old St. John's.
RALPH C. BOWEN.
St. Johnt s Preparatory School
First Class
W. E. Feldmeyer.
J. C. Acton.
1-1 C. Gea ring.
R. W. Bailey.
Samuel Hohberger.
R. C. Brady.
A. B. J oyce.
G. Bonney.
Paul 1\'larion.
H . H . Carter.
F. V\T. Marke ll.
C. E. Chance.
P. L. Matthews.
E. T. Clark.
A . I-I. Ruhl.
J . K. Coffroth .
R. A. Ro use.
H. T. Collingwood.
W. Smith.
E . B. Coolohan.
A. L. Seeli gmann.
E. Combs.
A . D. T. Valle
Wm . DeVri es.
vV D. Wr ightson.
B. L. Filkins.
Second Class
s.
G. Kerngood .
R. Abbott.
E. W . Magruder.
G. H. Boyden.
L. M oga rt.
H. Coulburn.
vV. A. Ru llman .
C. Cook.
J. G. Shearer.
M. de F errer.
J . C. Suit.
R. de Ferrer.
Partial Course
Cristobal Desquiron.
C. J . Harrison.
A. de Moya.
H. Reitz.
A . R od rigu ez.
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�Address
BY r·UNIAN PINKNEY
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N the <Vening o! July 29th, 1873> the Hon. N inian P inkney, a neat cdative
of William Pinkney, delivered, before a joint celebration of the Philol<alian and Philomathean Literary Societies, an address which is so
highly cxpt<" ivc o! the feeling which all good St. J ohn"; men have, and which i;
,a "cangcly appwptiatc at thi; pacticnlat time that we !eel we could do the
;tnden", the alumni , and the people o! Mat yland no bettct "tvicc than to publi;h
it in YouNG GENTLEMEN: Societi es like tho se yo u have form ed in th e hea rt of a great Colour Rat Tat.
ah~d,
l<ge, which yon oogh< <o m ake immoctal in the age;
ace ,ecy c\o;cly alli ed to that
love of h armony whi ch constitutes th e charm s of th e names you bear. It is no exaggerati on <o "Y th at too hi gh an '""'""' cen not be focmcd of th e "'Inc of ""h \i< ecacy a-wciat im,; when theY occupy theic pcopcc O<hit, '"d ace pcopccly wm·kcd in that ocbit. They
;timn\ale iuqnicy, ,con .C the foco\ti O', call focth an cnecgy of cffoct th ot wm>ld othe<wi.e
" ' "' he put in action, , ,.d '"'ken •n intcn.e • n a icty to «tend th e am of knowledge • nd
secur e exactitude in th e investigationsroom . In it th er e is a natnral and irrepress ible desire
Ther e is stimulu s in th e class m ade.
to excel. Ever y tru e young m an who is fit to walk in academic groves and inh ale the perfume whi ch for centuri es has lin gered ar ound those quiet r etreats, feels hi s pul ses quicken
,; he \ooh nut o n th e goal whee< the fic;t bonne of hi; Alma Motcc awa it; the ; occc;;fol
compcti<oc, and he l•bo<' to ;ccncc it. Not to ;hae c th e ;timoh>' of the c\a;;coom, to be
onmo"d by th e tlnilling ,;wciationY th at do;tcc ,coond it, and pa,; theo>> gh the wciw\om
of study witho ut the kindlings of enthu siasm, is to demo nstrate th e fact that privileges ar e
o!tcn w,;tcd on the wocthl<" which nth<" \c;; foctnnotc wm>ld mo;t glad ly en joy and ccoloo; ly imp>O"- Bot ano thec ;oct of ; timnh» i; needed- It i; o n<Yidc of th e cncci colom of
study. It is voluntary, and o n that acco unt it is th e more forceful. Literary societies suppl y thi; ;timo\o;. Book; of in;tcoction ace nccdh>l. L i•< tcoch<", who ace thocooghly
imbued wi th the subj ect matter that is to pass under th eir review, are not less needful.
The aptness to receive th e instructio n imparted, th e docility o f mind an d the attentive ear
are not less v itally impo rtant. B ut beyond thi s ( I will not say above it) , th ere is th e neces>ity foe ;clf-cn\h>t<, which i; not • pcO"i; io n o f th e ;chool; , but ' .olootac y ocpni n tion
whi ch h as its ori gin in th e will o f the students, and is dependent for its effici ent o utwo rkng
on th e unprompted energy they brin g to the ent erpri se. Two such o rgani zation s you
have. T her e is wisdom in the two-fold embodiment of th e idea, fo r they act upon and ar e
reacted on by each other. T h ey st imulate e ff or t ; th ey exert a happy and healthful spirit of
em ulatio n ; th ey exer t a mutual r estraint, and exercise a mo st wholeso me di scipline. An
�esp1-it du corps pervades them They fan T .
the habit of tl:oro ugh in vesti~ation an~ ;~ ~~~:~~e tl_1e _n~ind to the forum _
and tend to develop
cautwn wluch ts wi se to se lect its fact s and gear . PI ec iSJo n .. They s upennduce th e spirit of
touch stone of hi story- They cttlt' t . d
eful to s ubject them when selec ted to tl
1va e 1n ep e·td e
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JOught, and, taking th e mind Ottt
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ra lon t lat ought always to precede di s
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proper care be taken in the prepathe whole fi eld, " the res ult will be th ct; s.sJ~n , and propel- time "be given for a full sur vey ~f
I will not pau se longer 1.11 tlJe - e JJgfl es t pra.Ct lcal, personal imp rovement
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ties a s those which you ha ve formed·
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li e PI e-c mm ent Importance of just such soc ieon yo ur b anners are mos t app ropriate 1101d neec I say mo re tha n tl li·S, t 1 th e nam es unfurl ed
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~mderlie th em. L ove of learning a'nd ~lve ~:~s~ eloquently express ive of th e th o ughts that
JOined together a nd yet ought never to be di vorct Je ? ea utJful-two things that are no t a lways
m s tructJon, at once suggesti ve and exhau sti e
In a world where eve rything is full o f
on earth and sea and sky-bea uty o f ~ . v , a nc tIll s fu ll of bea uty- beauty that is mirro red
th e clothing-bea uty o f liucs, that are ~; n~i ~s _eJ~dl ess as th e things of which th ose forms are
fol1age.
< \ eJ 51 eel as the hu es of th e rainbo·v or tiJ
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I think I find a top ic not wholl f 01. ·
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elgn to th e societ'
v lJC 1 wo u d s ugges t to uching Otl. AI
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Jes you represe nt tn some thot.tgllts
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use ul and the beautiful as they are now h ere els .' Wl et el_n you have th e bl ending o f th e
b
c .so exqui Sitely blended. Sh e is a s tar iJ1 t!Je
blazJng firmam ent as yet scarcely l<no
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scJou sness, that a State, which is so ·u stl .
o mu tJtu es _of our citizen s. The congreat commo nwealth o f Maryland, is d~ad ~ J eln ow ned Ill th e ~J s tedJOod of States, as thi s
of learnmg of th e high est grade, born o f th ~ t;~~:~re-emm ent Importance of an in stitution
State, may well s tu· within you feelings o f
. ;. , and fostered a nd sus tain ed by th e
~ ~ you cannot acquire th e tun e ful tongu e to r:~u;~Jc ~gna~t patJ·iotism, and pro mpt yo u to see
): ou f~el the wro ng which thi s s upin eness ha s i~~fl<ind llllpeach t~le moral tr eason of th e age.
~ountam s of kn o wl edge, and und er th e
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m struct
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ors, you nd yourse lves but a 1
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e mo st abl e and competent
overflow ing. There is an appeal to t;le latnr· u~, \~hereas these hall s should be crowded to
dead. To suffer h er yo ung men to go o : ~~-n og le ~ f facts to whi ch no State should be
Withhold s from th em, is th e bases t tre~lsonl on~r ~l er Ill <!ues t of an education she cnJ elly
go forth, as yea rly some of you do be bold ~
I eas ure Jt ll1 your hearts; a nd when you
long as that nob les t feature of ou:
f o r ebuke th e sham eless ne ss of th e deed A s
of '76 .
present o rm of gove
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rnm ent, t le creatio n o f th e sages
bea utifully blended in a
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out, and State Jd entJty IS J
'ecogniz ed s 1
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~t, that her sons are train ed on her own ~OJJ a~d ~ng _
does Jt behoove the State to see to
ISm. Young men are, in mo re than a fi"'uJ· e I
n s tJJ ct famdmnty With her phys ical o rga nbe the moth er of her so ns Wh en ~l e ~~ ;~ .p tll a r s o f the State. The State is and o ug ht
ege of St. John 's, a nd th e State stepped for~ J,~m .a nd Mary school was m erged Ill the Colpnvate Citizens who rai se d a fund that
t ~~ d a nd a id ed by her annuity, the effo rts o f
example of th e intense interest she felt ~~;sth rn Y wonderfu l at that ear ly day, she gave an
the State wa s kept, the College continued t~ cau se of ed ucatwn. A s long as th e faith of
be proud. The College fa£/ed-not because o
se nd forth so ns, of whom any State might
twn, but solely beca use s he wa s left without tl;any defect 111 her organization or admini stra-a.nd hono r of th e State. "The fa ct that I
e fund s tha~ were pledged to he r on the faith
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c ·ec Ill t le cra dle of mdependence..
tate, at a tlln e when
' co nsecrates th e claim she ha s to th e fos-
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tering care of th e State now. Antiquity throw s a charm over eve rything. It hallow s even
a ruin- Nobility of birth is not less powerful to charm. This insti tution was born
amid th e thund ers of the guns of '76, and th e men who breathed into her the brea th of life
were th e companions o f th e hero es of that go ld en era. It remain s fo r their descendants to
dem onstra te whether th e wi sdom of th e fath ers shall be ignored by the so ns.
The li st of th e Alumni is befo re us. Key, th e poet, orator, lawy er, philanthropist and
scho la r. J o hn Han so n Th oma s, whose voice awoke echoes in the mo untain reg io n th a t will
li ve as long as th e A ll egh eni es li ft th eir pro ud s ummits to th e ski es. Hugh es, the model diplomati st. H erbert, th e sou l of honor, a man of g rea t mental gifts and the high est cu lture.
Robert H. Go ldsbo ro ugh , th e truest type of the g entlem a n, and one of th e mo st eloq uent
debater s in the ab les t Legi slature of th e wor ld. More recently sti li-GJ·a son, th e fir st
Govern or elected by th e peopl e, a man of gran ite mind and g lowing wit. J ohn Henry
A lexa nd er, th e most learn ed man of th e age. Thoma s S. Alexander, among the foremost
in th e fo r emost rank of lawyers. Among th e li ving I r ecogniz e on e, who de se r ves to be
men ti oned for th e love he has borne hi s A lma Mater, the strong sympathy he ha s sho wn
her , and that, too, wh en the moss that grew upon her walls seemed to ma rk her for a
ruin , and no foo tsteps echoed in her ha ll s-th e Hon. Alexander Randall. There is a moral
heroism in hi s devo tion to St. John 's that to nches th e sublim e-a tenderness in hi s patient
la bor to secure for her a future worthy of her birth, that to uches the beautiful. No one of
us so bl end s th e Phi lomath ean and the Phi lokali an in him se lf, so far as th e dea r old Col lege
is co ncer ned , a th e Nestor of the brotherhoo d. It would be a gross wrong to my own
feeling, and yours, if I were to pass on without some a llusio n to the mos t di s tingui shed of
our broth er s, R e verdy J o hn son, who tod ay s ta nd s at th e head o f th e bar o f th e Union, a nd
who, in the g reen old age, is illu strating th e grand eur of intell ect, a nd the triumph s of
genius, without any perceptible lo ss of the v igo r of younger days. You can conceive my
pride a nd pleasur e, when, in the pro ud capital of E ngland, I heard Sir Henry Ho ll and,
S ir Willi a m F erg uso n, the two great surgeo ns of Europe, declare, that, in the estimati on
of the fir st of her living statesmen, Mr. J o hn so n wa s regarded as the prince of lawyers
and s tates men . Key inscribed St. John' s on the nati onal banner; and Rcverdy J ohn so n
gave to O x fo rd and Cambridge, a living exa mpl e of what th e Severn of th e N ew World
could do to sh ed lu stre on th e Se vern of th e Old World. These are the j ewe ls set in the
diadem of th e State by St. J ohn 's. \Nell did th e ablest of her sons, my hono red uncl e, say,
that it wa s th e da rkes t day of th e Commonwea lth , when thi s bright light our father s k ind led o n th e s ho res of the Chesapea ke, wa s extingui shed in the blindness of patirsan r age,
and in gross vio lation of the plighted faith of the State. You perceive, you ng gent lemen,
that th e ques ti o n is not w hether there sho uld be a great State Co ll ege, but wh ether, having one, we sho uld g ive her the g enerous suppo rt she need s.
That is a suicidal po li cy, which so many of om citizen s pursue. Princeton, Ya le,
Harvard arc chose n as the training spots of our so ns, while our mea ns are lav ishly poured
into their tr eas ury. And yet, St. J ohn 's is the eq ual of either. Show me in th e annals of
the past a brighter li st of alumni than she exhibits. Welling, the late mos t accomplished
hea d of St. John 's, and now at th e hea d of an in st ituti on he so eleva tes by th e po wer of
hi s great mind, sa id a t a n a lumni meeting that no college cou ld be more admirably fitted
for its work.
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There is a surpri sing popular delusio n ex isting on thi s subj ect. It is high tim e it was
di spell ed. St. J ohn's is crippled by th e weakness of her re sources, which is th e r es ult in
pa rt of thi s stra nge want of confidence, whi ch, ha s, to ju stify it, not even the shado w of the
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�sembl ance of a r easo n. Our College possesses a vast advantage in its location, the power
of association, and in its being born of th e State. I t is in the Capital of the Com ti10n wea lth,
on th e sho res of th e most beautiful of ri vers, and w ithin view of th e g randest of bays. It
is within reach of th e great forum , w her e, now, as of old, there is a co nstant ex hibitio n
of th e high est di splays of legal eloq uence a nd logic-the Appe llate Co ur t of Maryland. It
touches th e Naval Acade my whct·e the Gene ra l Government is di schargin g the duty it
o wes to those who are to be the f uture g uar dians of our comm erce, and th e defend ers of
our nat ional honor o n th e seas. It is nea r th e Cap ital of th e Unio n. It is full o f hi storic
memories. It wa s here that Washington r et urn ed to t he shades of private life, after
havin g ca rv ed out a natio n's independence. It wa s her e that th e memorabl e burning of the
tea in th e Chesapea ke took place, which ante-ela ted the worlcl-renownccl heroi sm that was
displayed in the harbor of Boston. Such is the spot our fath ers chose fo r the site of St.
John 's. W e will not di sc uss the uses which th e State might and o ught to make of such
a legacy beq ueat hed to her by such sires. Th e academi es, f ed from o ur public schools,
might become in turn the feede rs of the Coll ege, whil e th e hi g her cu lture of the Coll ege
mi g ht be mad e to flow back, from th e fo untain head to th e remoter m embers.
We stand in need ju st now of a broader and profounder statesmanship-whi ch, knowing th e value of th e diamond s that a re still deep hidd en in th e mines, is t·esolved to dig
them out, and poli sh them for futur e use-a statesman ship, which regard s yo un g men, when
properly train ed and ed ucated, as the bulwarks of fr eedom. Imbue your mind s, a nd fir e your
hearts with th o ughts like the se. Her e th e Philomath ean and P hiloka lian meet and mingle.
This is emph ati cally th e cause of the people. It is th eir interest to have ed ucation made
cheaper, and brought within easy reach of all . You mu st soon mingl e with them, and it
becomes you to prepare yourselves to be the cus tod ian s of that, which un dcdi es their
power, and can alon e fit them to meet the dest iny that awaits th em. To make St. J o hn 's
a power in thi s land, two th in gs are requ isite-gifts b y th e people, if onl y o ne dollar a
year, and the patronage of the people-private gifts and private patronage-fund s for building, and th e endow ment of professors hip s. We need the poo r man's sy mpathy and aid, as
well as th e more abundant largesses of the ri ch. Drops make up the ocea n- Do llars make
up th e mint. The grand idea, which ou r fa th ers inaugurated, can o nly be made
a r eality by co ncert of action, a nd individual effort. The people mu st endow while
th e State is lavis h of her wealth. What have ,the peopl e clone? Nothin g; no, abso lutely
St. J ohn 's, nothing.
nothing. P rinceton, Ya le, Ha r var d have r eceived th eir th o usa nd s.
This is mar ve ll ously stran ge. Who doubts th at a g r and hall should be erected at once?
What nam e so appropriate, to use th e lang uage of Jud ge Tuck, as t he People's Hall. 'vVe
plead fo r ou r Alma Mater, not becau se she is o ur A lma Mater, but beca use she is native to
the soil, beautiful for situati on, and worthy of th e patronage of th e peopl e.
It ha s beco me very fas hi onabl e in ou r t ime to mea sure the va lue of a thing by di stance.
Educated abroad so und s g randl y on hum an ears. T he parchm ent of P rin ceton, Yal e or
Harvard is th ought to possess a peculiar charm - I s thi s philosophically true? Does di stance lend enchantm ent to thi s view? Will th e glitter of a fo reign coll ege outweigh th e less
un osten tati o us a ttraction of hom e associa ti ons, provided th e m ental and mo ral training is
eq ual. It is a marv el to me th at, with all bet· di sadva ntages, St. J o hn 's has kept her place
by th e side of th e foremo st colleges of the land. B ut the fa ct is so. Ho me influence and
home associations again st foreig n habits, tasks and customs. Thi s is th e ques ti o n. I say
to the people of Maryland, attend th e com mencement exe rcises, a nd see fo r your selves. It
requires a good deal of philosop hy to w itness, with o ut indi g nati on, th e complacency with
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fore tgn 15 n c~c,s,u 1~1cr. 'j'oo mu ch str ess ca nn ot be laid on thi s poi nt. \ Vitho ut patronII · • c· n Ho ur ish
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vithh oldin g th e co nfidence to whi ch she ts enttll ec, anc JY ex amp e,
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·hich is far more potent th an words, they work aga mst . tCt .
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'' holarships, and thu s bring the high est g rad e of cd ucat to n to the po~rcst.e t::~~de~-~
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done,_ ,u~c-'
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s't t . "II feel the "1\v-tken inu of State pride and
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those w 10. now s~nll . , t. of. lea rnin g th e hi o-h sancti on of th eir example. and th e more
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g tvc ., ·. I . I nefit of th ei r patronage- But the A lumni mu st lead the way._
tey m~t s asset
sub st,;ntt.t J'~' h ey mu st mak e know n to o th ers wlt at they kn ow hy ex pcn cnce, vtz. t h~ t St.
;~;~n:,";~ dcserving of a place amo~1t~ t~he ~~~:~10~~~;,~~~:~-csiso:tttht~l~a;~~~dS~f Jt~tl:n'~;:'r:~ ~~
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Ap peals, and t he pres iding officers of the Senate
l ru stcc,. 1 ou t uc .,es
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that the tunefu l tongue is
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ou n ~ ~o 'Nh r h;1d. and in the subtl ety of debate. with the pow er of word~pam tm g
not yet lost! I" . Yf' th ~ :ll·gumcnt and loo- ic in bea utiful comb inatio n. L ea rnm g bubbl ~s
tllu strate t te me 0
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hi ch arc flittin g befo r e you in th e halls yo n so c tgnt y
thote ot~~;-e c\~:a~~~~s ~h e<lt~~~~,;o~~~ e~sh ed, ,th e sweetest, th e brigh test, and the best, 'l' iz : tl~;~t
anc enn t '
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you are o co ns ,
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one .f'::i~l~\' ;ta ~; chose n a ~opic more populat·, perh aps , and seemin gly mor e a]~propn~t~ J t
I had fo ll owe<; in th e path that bo re t he giant footprints of vVelh:t g, o r ~1 C O lt~t~l~e ogl e:t~•ft d ·mel scholarl y Hagner- But th ey were not as gen et ous as oaz
y~ar, ftl; e g~- c \ fi Ids ~or th ey plucked eve ry Row er that bl oomed, and left on ly a barren
::s~e ~:~,i:;~c~~~~me ~Iy 11 ea rt was fu ll. I thought, ~nd still th in~<- tl1 at th_c. th eme was
well chosen the Ph ilo math ian an d Phi 1okali an in bcat:ttful com bmat_IOn. L ea1ntn g bubbles
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up at the fountain h ead, and th e beautifu l meets us 111 a l~ surrouncltngs.
"ott11g o-cntle men the idea has gone abt·oa cl that thl s ts onl y a n Anna po ts sc too f, att1
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Al111apo11·' the Ath ens of the New vVo rld, ever disti ngui sh ed fo t·T th e love off th e mo st ts'
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�tingui s hed of our A lumni, your so n, honored w hereve r kno wn fo r hi s wealth of mind and
heart, Judge Tuck, has pl edged a th o usand do llars. A no th er, no t a n Al umnu s, yo ur adopted
son, whose ripely culti va ted in te ll ect ha s, on so ma ny occas io ns, fa scinated yo u with the combined flow ers of rh eto ric and logic. ha s pledged a noth er th o usand. A nn a po lita ns, ca n it be
that yo u wi ll not appreciate t he wi sdom of t he cho ice, that made thi s ve nera bl e city th e
sea t of th e Coll ege? I will not beli eve it. I a m one o f th ose wh o think t hat t he peopl e's
work should be cl one by t he peo ple. N o t th e moni ed few, but th e masses should lea d in
thi s g r eat work of educationa l r efo rm . L et th e stream s of yo ur benefic ence. fo rm ed of sin g le
drop s, meet a nd min g le w ith th e State's benefacti on, a nd t he College is safe. Many a dia mond no w co ncea led from hum a n vie w will be bro ug ht fo rth and set in the co un try's cro wn
to enh a nce her a ncient g lo ry.
The spiri t of th e o ld en t im es is not dead. P hil o matlli a ns a nd P hil o ka li a ns, th ere is po wer
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enough in you to fan it to a bright e1 flam e. F o rty o dd yea r s ago I dream ed go ld en d ream s
as I wa nde1
·ed t hroug h th ose co nsecrated g round s. a nd liste ned to th e ec hoes of the past
as they whi spered thro ugh th e bra nches of th e g rand o ld po plar, a nd one of th e br ig htes t
o f those d rea ms wa s th e ri sin g o f S t. J o hn' s fr om its a shes. That d ream is but ha lf fulfill ed. T he ho ur has been too lo ng delayed, and I now turn to yo u, her g ifted so ns, to help
us to make it a grand reality. Th e eloqu ence of yea rs is co ncentrated in o ne bri ef ho ur.
By the m emo ri es of th e past l intplo rc yo tl too seize hold of, usc a nd improve th e present
o ppo rtunity. K ey, T homa s, Mu r r ay, J ohn so n a re blending th eir tun ef ul tong ue, with o ur
feebl e a dv ocacy-the li ving and th e dead. Th ey a ll co m mend he r to yo ur care, yo ur sy mpa thy a nd pec uni a ry a id.
Y o ur s is a g rand dest in y if yo u a rc wise to meet it. Yo u may fi x ,; ta r s in th e firmam ent
of thought, and noble acti vity, th a t w ill burn on fo reve r. Yo u may add to the lu stre of th e
pas t new na mes, to g r ace th e sc ro ll t ha t shall hea r no o th er mo tto th a n thi s-the Co ll ege
erad led in th e r evo luti o n, wh ose des t in y is o nw a rd and up wa rd .
Yo un g gentl emen, yo u are li vin g in a g rea t age-a n age o f ex trao rdinary mental ac tivity, fu ll o f th e wea lth of inv entio n, a nd teemin g w ith th e frui ts of kn ow ledge. gath er ed o n
every fi eld of th oug ht. It is in age, howeve r, whose ve ry in tell ectu ality co nstitutes a peril ,
agai nst whi ch it beco mes yo u to wa tch. It is a g lo ri o us part. It is a bove t he en vy o f th e
most elll·io us. T he present is befo re yo u. 0 n its prope r use a nd wise hu sba ndry depends
the future . It wa s my pri vil ege to li s ten to a cl elx tte bet wee n yo ur two societi es. T he subject
wa s one of a bso r bing in teres t. It was c har ac t e ~i ze d by g rea t powe r o n bo th sick s. Fact s,
th e r es ult of close in ves t iga ti on, and carefu l rc;ca rch, wer e ma r shall ed w ith g r eat skill by
each of t he co ntes tant s. I fell pro ud of t he ta lent I wit nessed a nd co nsid er th e di scussion
one of th e strongest proofs of th e va lu e of s uch litera ry societi es to t he Co ll ege and the
State.
Yo ung gentlemen, th e t heme was well chose n. Th e qu es ti o n yo u deba ted stretches forward , a nd pen etra tes th e ,·as t and un ex plo r ed fut ure. It is a qu es ti o n to be determin ed
amid th e accumul a ti on of sta rs in the blazin g co nstell ati o n. T he sove reig nty of States
withi n the so vereig nty of th e Uni on, with n o co nflict o f po wer s and no ju st ca use uf co nfli ct- th e ~111agu a Cha-rter with th e broad shi eld of th e l!a bcas Co rpus, a nd a pure jud iciary,
wi th ner ve of wi ll to decla re th e la w and ne r ve of wi ll to execute it, or else th e tota l
ecli pse of those stars. and t he fa ta l j a r in th e co mpl ex machin ery o f the gove rnm ent, whi ch
will ex hibit a co ncentrati o n of depoti sm , wh en th e wil l of o ne ma n will beco me th e la w, and
liberty he los t in ce ntralizatio n of powe r. T he fi eld of yo ur debate wa s broad- the questi o n
yo u d isc ussed was clea r as poss ibl e. T he echoes o f yo ur eloquence have d ied a way o n th e
g6
- - But th e c ucs tion itself r emain s. VI! as it a prov ident ial prognos t icatio n o r : ~n~~~
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acct dent ? It r emam s fo l ) o
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I 'ltmos )here of a pitiful partl za nshlp , and h ave
ment, an to li S em )
the cri sis- th ey rnt~J st be t:a ~~l~ all:l~:,edt ~~~~serv ;t~i ve sta tes manship. T hey mu st brea the o nce
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tl t· ·I ·d ot th e t read of fr eemen, a nd take
th eir feet set on le roc'
. 1 f 1 pure .11 r of th e mo unt ,un s 1a ec we
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t ri ot fa th er s of t he R epubli c with th e broad ::egis of th e on;,llth clr s ta nd by th e com pa .. - - ·I1 " to use th e lan g ua o·e of th e inco mparab le Choa te, to
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the mu siC of th e U nlOI.
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ha lls o f debate w he re nund met mmcl, and Wit .c _ l etc " Be tru e to yo ur se h ·cs. A bove all
as r)'
.f. J3 c tru e to duty. .Be tru e to yout co un
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f tl oTca tn ess wht ch the co unt1 y s u 111 c we.t
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men ts o
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.11 soon he on the q uar te r deck. Keep ever
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ou wt ·
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' til e · ac t tll 'lt a littl e mo re driftin g wi ll plunge us on a P10 rc a ,t
f
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he ·ore yo u .. 1 1· . Tr ' ) h , u th e compass; nev er let go yo ur- 1 1cJ o n th e cable: and
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-1 . o f '?6-th c haven a1 ,1w<1y 1n le
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I n . tl . t . •elo pes t hem a nd yo u w ill be ti C 1
disciplin ed a nd tau g ht t o Jove t l e . ~ g Ilia "tell\ I - . 'llld ll.lai ·l ,,g th e futur e the faith ful
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I . I ·t· I . th e pr esence of the yo ung men of .th e
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tr ansmit to co min g generati ons th is ri ch heritage o. g oJ·y,_
co untry,_ w ho al e dcs ttn edf tt~l C sh;·s th a t have sho ne so br ig htly in th e firmam ent of li berty
. '. I ' · tl
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co ns um es me as I l1 ft up a watmn g ' OICC a1
tr ue to the des tin y that a wait s them.
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Philokalian Society
�Philokalian Society
Members
Baker.
Hopkins.
Beatty.
J ackso n, A.
Bnt(ifo rd .
Keyes.
Bnrro nghs.
Linthi cnm.
Beach ley.
La Molle.
Blecker.
Mudd,
Bradl ey.
Mase nh eimer.
Coll ins.
Pet hcdlridge.
Cronk.
Powell.
Clad.;:.
Padget, H .
Cron in .
Peters.
Cummin s.
Randa ll.
Despard.
S eth.
Dougherty.
Spates.
E lgcn.
Stick.
Ga rey.
S mall.
Grant.
Strange.
Gordy .
Ti lg hm an,
H oll ingsworth.
. I
Spence r.
Ga lbrea th.
Tarb utton .
Hutchins.
Willitw .
Ha ll.
\N'ilm cr.
Wi lson.
Vlood.
I OI
�Philoma thean Society
�Philomathean Society
M embers
A skey.
Ma rion.
B ird.
M erriman .
B rogden.
N eville.
Bea rd.
P enn ell.
Bowen.
Reed.
Burw ell.
Ruh land.
Cra ne.
Ras in.
Fox.
Rohrer.
Go re.
Som er vill e.
Gt·aham.
Seward .
Gr ee n.
S mith .
Ha lber t.
To wn shend .
] ackso n.
V a lk.
Jami son.
Vey.
J ones.
Wi lson.
L ily.
\ Voo clcock.
Murph y.
W alton.
1 0 ,1
�Joint Debate
Between Phi lomathean and Philokalian Societies.
Question
R esolved: That th e United States should retain possession of the Ph ilipp in es.
Presiding Officer
Dr.
THOMAS FELL.
Judges
HoN. S. A.
J.
WILLIAM S,
LIEUT. PARKER,
OwENS,
D ebaters.
PHILOKALIAN.
PHILOMATHEAN.
Afli-nnative.
N egative.
V. S. Bradley.
A. W. Woodcock.
W. W. Keyes.
R. T . Roher.
A (ternatq.
Altenwte.
N. K. Nevil le.
W. 0. Spates.
D eci sion rend ered in favor of affirmative.
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�Glee Club
N 1886 Prof. James \11/. Cain arrived atSt. J ohn' s, Coll ege, took up a claim
in the northern or breezy corner of 1
:-Iumphrey s Hall. Here un der the
supervision of a number of wi se men, better kn own as the Sophomores,
Freshmen and P reps., he lived in g reat happin ess, but as time wore on he g rew
thoughtful , hav in g become conscious of an awful waste of energy about the
hall, in the way of vocal demonstrati on. Now, if thi s kinetic could be converted
into potential ener gy ancl liberated in some systematic mann er , th e good people
living about th e college would have better ner ves and O rpheus, perhaps, venture
another smile.
Finall y, in 1887, a "Glee Club' ' was or gani zed, and P rofessor Cain, after
becoming modesty, accepted th e leader ship .
T he great number of wedd in gs that immediately followed th e open-air concert, given durin g the June evenin gs, demonstrated its complete success, and
since that time the men of St. J ohn' s have not permitted this pleasing feature
to be neglected .
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�The Mandolin and Glee Club
Officers
AUGUSTUS W . BRADFORD, 'o2, l'1·esidcnt.
S. HARRISON TILGHMAN, 'oJ,
Secretary.
A. 'N. WOODCOCK, 'oJ,
Tn•a.sttrer.
E. H. HUTCHINS, 'o2,
Business
AI{ana.ger.
Glee Club
Leade r- PJ<OF. BvHoN V. CJSSEL.
First Tenors.
Second Trnors .
L. P . Bak er, 'o2.
A . \t\1. Bradford, '02.
W. H . Grant, 'oJ.
S. \r, il lard Ahalt, "
o2.
F. Y. Cron k, 'oJ.
D. C. Handy, 'oJ.
J. W. Bi rd, 'os.
H . D. Scarboro-ugh, '04.
E. H. Ru hl, 'o6.
J\. W. S mith, 'os.
Charl es Cook, 'o7.
First Bass.
Second Bass.
A. vV. vVoodcock, 'oJ.
Prof. B. V . Cissel.
E. R Padgett, 'o4.
E. H . Hutch ins, '02.
A lex. Randa ll. '02.
H. H. Padgett, 'o4.
E. B. Ga rey, 'oJ.
H. W. VVilling, 'os.
\'V. S. Brogden, 'os.
Pa ul :Matthews, 'o6.
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De V ri es, 'o6.
Mandolin Club
Leader-S. HARRISON TILGHMAN.
First J
l1audolins.
Guitars.
S. vVi llard A halt, 'o2.
H. H . Padgett. 'o4.
B. L. F ilkin s, 'o6.
Prof. D. V. Cissel.
J. F. Linthicum, '02.
S. Harriso n T ilghman, 'OJ.
J. H. Wood, 'OJ.
H. R Dougherty, 'oJ.
Sa.xaphonc.
W . D. vVrightson, 'o6.
G. E. R iggin, 'o4.
E. S. Powell , '04.
Viol-ins.
J. W . Stick, 'o4.
J. A. Murp hy, '04.
H.. W. Ba il ey. 'o6.
H . R. Gore, 'os.
R. Ferrer, '07.
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�Cotillon Club
ALE X . R .\ N Di\ LI ..
\ V. 0 . S Px rES, '02. T reasu r er .
'02, Cha irman .
Hop Committee
!\ . \V . B ra d for d , 'o2.
E . B. Ga rey, 03.
R. B. S pen ce r, '02.
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Han dy. '03 .
E . T-T . Ta rb ut ton , '02.
E . H . Bu r \\·cll , '04.
\ V. \ i\/ . Ga lbrea th , '03.
E. G. P o well ,
'!'h e re is
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in I il l'
I JL'<Hit" y, :1 11 11
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C up id
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f:nr sweet er
t il e S.O L111 d o l':111 iw.;IT U III C' I It.- Sir T/l omn.~ H rf •ll'l/1.
Members
A hal t.
S mit h , A \V.
Blecke r.
C ra ne.
Cla rk.
Gr ee n.
D o ugl1 crt y.
ll igg in .
Padgett, E.
Til gh ma n.
P ad gett, JT.
J ;rmi;;o n.
Brogden .
R as in .
I To11i ng s \\' Or t h.
K eyes.
Collin s.
Hal l.
R ohr er .
La M o ll e.
Du va l.
C ro nk.
\Vi lm er .
IT odges.
Se th.
Series of Formal Hops
D cc~:mb c r 6th . J ;ulllary 17th . l<'clJ r u:r ry
I II
l.j.th ,
A pr il 18th. l\ la y 23d
�Dramatic Association
Officers
P rcsid l' nf
·i,·c-Prcsidcnt
Trcasnrcr
Secretary
Co rresp on ding Sec re tary
E H. HUTCH I NS
V. S. BRADLE Y
J. H. BEARD
Officers
A. W. BRADFORD, 'oz
Pres£dent
E. B. GAREY, 'oJ
A. 'vV. WOODCOCK
W. J-1. ~d!\ NT
V £ce-Prcsiden t
vV. H . GRANT, 'oJ
Sccn:tary and Treasu.rcr
Members
PnoF. B. V. CrssEL.
Go!lDON
H .-IIIR Y H .· PADGETT, '04-
E.
ED\V .~ IW 0.
PA UL
c. ] ONES, '04.
RIGG I N, 'o
4.
HALBERT, '04.
Active Members
Beard, ]. H .
Beatty, D. H.
Beachley, V. S.
Brad ley. V. S .
Bird . J. W.
Boyden .
Bo wen , R .
Bu rro ughs. M. L
Bur well. E. H.
Cla rk, J a mes.
Clark.
Cran e, T. S .
Cro nin , R. C.
Cummin s, C. A.
Gra nt. •W . H .
J ackso n. A. A.
La Molle. vV. O.
1\la sen heimer, H. i\ 1.
Padgett. E . R.
Padgett. H . H.
Pe nn ell.
Pete r s, S . W.
P eth erbrid ge. E. \V .
Rouse .
S mall.
Stick, J. W. C.
T a rbert. H . S.
Tarbert. ].
Ti lg hm a n. S. H .
Wilm er.
\.Yoodcock. f\. \N.
Fox.
Ga lb rea th. W. W.
Gordy, \"l. H .
Associate Members
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Baker , L. P.
Blecker, ]. L.
Brogden.
Cronk.
Despard, C. S .
Keye , W . W.
Markel l.
M ogart.
M udd. ]. F.
Mu rphy. ]. f\.
Reed. N. P.
Ro hr er, R. T .
Sca rbo ro ugh .
Seth, L. H .
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S herer.
So men ·i,l e.
S pates. W. 0 .
Tarbutto n. E. H.
T ow nse nd .
vV illin g.
Wri g ht so n.
�·f 1
1 attractive fo r all. Copies
ssiblc wa)' th e book is made beautt u a nc
ever y po ·
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are sent to a new ;;
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. to a di scuss ion of the internal workmgs o
S Jace -forbids us rom golll g 111 c
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oE th e vari ous committees, an d then· obj ect an
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. . 1 1 t f their abil it v the officers and members labor
te .Jes 1o . . etc J ol;n 's Colleo·e Vl e will close thi s
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S ufficient is tt to say that
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for the promo I O I .
• 1 1 .~ . ·t"tuti on of t he Coll ege li fe with an earn est
brief sketch con cc l.-lllll~·· lth c no J es m ttiiJIJor·t 111 th e work '~' bich the Y. M. C. A.
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appeal ·f or more ge1 e1a and heart y
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Young Ments Christian Association
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MONG all the organi zations of the student body th e re is not one which
is more deservin g of encouragement than th e Y. M. C. A. A ll others
have for th eir object eith er the promotion of th e social or physical side.
but th e Y. M. C. A. goes deep er and works fo r th e g randest and most divine thing
in th e world- th e hum an soul. Other s deal with questions in volving but a brief
peri od of time; thi s organization has fo r its scope eternity.
The Y. M . C. A. was first organized in r886, and since that time it growth
has been steady, if slow. It has had to face the opposition that an ything religi ous
meets in a college. It is a sad but neverth eless true fact that the majority of
college men reali ze well th e importance of developing th eir minds a nd bodi es, and
yet totally di sr egard th e necessity of developing their souls.
It is this indifferen ce that has been th e or gan ization 's wor st en emy. It is
always a comparatively easy matter to meet and overcome open resistance, but
indifference is something which requires more than the force of logic to overcome.
The quarters of th e association wer e formerly located in P inkn ey Ha ll. O ne of
the la rge room s in that buildin g is still ca lled th e Y. M. C. A. in memor y of its
former tenant. But of late years th e necessity fo r more r oom became apparent,
and so th e m etings began to be held in the old hi storic chapel. Th ere in th e
hall , revered by ever y St. John 's man , twice each week r elig ions meetings are held.
During th e past year a reading r oom has been furni shed by th e efforts of the
association. The dail y papers are taken and placed on fil e for th e accommodation
of th e student bod y.
T he assoc iation has long reali zed th e necess ity of keeping in touch with the
work of other organ izati ons, and in pursuance of thi poli cy send s delegates of
stud ents to the Tri-S tate Conventi on at Northfield a nd to the annual P res idents'
Confer ence. O ne delegate was al so sent to th e Toronto Students' Conventi on this
year.
In addition to the reading room a nd th e rel igious meetings, t he Y. M. C. A.
plays an important part in th e stud ents' life. It has long been th e custom to give
a r eception in th e fir st clays of the Coll ege year . S peeches are made by men repres enting th e various interests of th e Coll ege, refreshments ser ved and th e new
students especially made to feel at home. A hand book is al so edited a nd publish ed
by the association. Th e hand book is a fund of information fo r the new stud ent
abo ut the Coll ege and Town. Blank pages a re left for memoranda, and
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- ' l' l . office rs elected to serve for th e ensum g year arc.
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T. H . Fox, corresponclln g secretary' . . eac ) '
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Commandant of Cadets
Fourth C " ·alry , U . S. r\.
Major w ~l. A . T I LU~II·SUK
Staff and Non-Commissioned Staff
Cadet M ajo r vV ~!. O t;T I':RiliU\lGE SL•.\TES
Qua rterma st er.
Cadet -Ca ptain \ • A YNE vV. KEYES
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ELI.lOTT
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Cadet -Sergeant
Sergeant -Maj or .
Quarterma ster -Ser geant.
Cadet-S ergea nt V. S. Biu\Di.EY.. 1. .. 1. .. L
Cad et-Sergea nt
A eli utanl.
Color -S ergeant.
J. H . BEi\ Ril
L.\ MoTTl':
Color -Ser gealll.
Bugler.
Cadet-Sergeant \ • . P. \ • .\!W
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Captain
E- H. T ARU UTTO N.
Lieutenants
A. A.
Jackso 11 .
L. H. Seth .
R. B. Spencer.
First Sergeant
T . S . Crane-
Sergeants
S. H. Ti lghman.
W. H . Gordy.
J. 11. W ood.
D . H. B ea tty.
Corporals
1:-1. R. Dougherty.
J.
Clark.
C. A. Cummi ns.
R. T. Rohrer.
\V . H . Grant.
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Privates
As key .
Beach ley.
Bo nn ey .
Burw ell.
Brady.
Ca rter.
C lark. E.
Co ffro th.
Coo 1 han .
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Co llin s.
Coole
Coo per.
Cec il .
J) enies.
Desquiro n.
J
7ilkin s.
J7errer. M.
H o dges.
H o llingswo rth.
J a mi so n.
J ackso n, I-I. I.
J ones .
Li ll y.
Mag ru der, lJ.
Magrud er, E.
Ma ri on.
N[erry ma n.
Moya.
Nev ill e.
Penn ell.
Rai s in .
Riggin .
Rouse.
S mith , \V .
S mith. A. 'vV.
Smith. G. F.
Some r villeSuit.
Tarbert, H . S.
T a rber t, J.
Th ompso n.
Valk, E .
V ey.
Wi llin g.
Company B
Captain
Lieutenants
S. G. T o wnshend.
L. P . Baker.
.'\. Randall.
First Sergeant
A. VV. B ra dfor d.
Sergeants
E. \ V. l' eth e rilricl ge.
'vV. W . Ga lbreath.
J. L. B lec ker.
J. F. Li nth icu m .
Corporals
D. C. Handy.
1\. W . 'vV oo cl cock.
E. B. Garey.
N. l ·. Reed .
F. \tV. Sewa rd .
Privates
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r\cto n.
13ai ley.
B ird.
Boyden.
Brogd en.
Ca rter.
Col bo urn.
Co llin gwood.
Coomb s.
Cronk.
Ditma r s.
Du n tl.
Fern a ndez.
F e rrer, R.
Fox .
l-1o iliJ crger.
l lopkin s.
J ackso n, H . I.
K c rn goo d.
Masc nh ei me r.
l\'latthews.
:Ma r kell .
Morgart.
P a dge tt. H . H.
Pa dgett, E. R.
R e itz.
C ering.
Creen.
Co re.
H a ll.
Halbert.
Harri so n.
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Rullman.
Ruhl .
Ruland .
See li gma n.
S ma ll.
S hea rer.
S trange.
Va lk, A.
'vVilmer.
Wi lso n, B.
Wil so n, G. W .
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E. H. Tarbutton. Captain •o2 Base Ball T earn
E. Barton Garey. Captain •o2 Foot Ball T earn
..::::
�Athletic Association
Officers for 1901--1902
. President
Vi ce-P1·esident
Sec1·e tary
Treasurer
EDWARD H. TARBUTTON, 'o2
JOH N L. BLECKER, '03 .
CHARL ES A. CUMMINS . 'o3
AMOS 'vV. WOODCOCK, 'o3
Executive Committee
P rof. ] as. W. Ca in (Faculty).
P rof. Dryden (A lumni ).
E. H. Tarbut ton (P res. of Associa ti on ) .
Foot Ball
. Manager
A ssistant Jllf anager
Ca.pta·in
'vVaync \• . Keye s, '02
V
'vV. 'Wil son Ga lbreat h, '03 .
\V. Outerbriclgc S pates, 'o2
Base Ball
Mauagcr
Assistaut Ma-nag er
. Ca.pta.in
Richard B. Spencer, '02 .
1-I atTy R. Dougherty, '03
Edwa rd H . Ta rltulton, 'o2
Track Team
A!fa.nagrr
. Ca.ptaiH
Char les S. D cs pard, '02 .
E lliott H . Hutchins, '02.
Foot Ball Team- 1901-1902
Ma.uag cr
. Ca f!t ain
Amos vV. 'vVooclcock, '03
Enoch B. Gar ey, '03
126
�rl
r
Foot Ball Team-l90l--l902
Left E nd . . .. . .. . . . . . ....... .. Seth , 'oz
_ eft Tackle . . . . . . .. .. .. ... .. Cooper, 'o4
L eft Gua rd . . .. . .. .. ... . ... Hutchin s, 'oz
Cent re . . ... . .. . . . . . ........ B lecker , '03
R ig ht T ackle ..... .. . . ........ Baker, 'oz
R igl1t E nd .... . .. . ..... .. .. H oward, '03
Q uar ter Back .... . .. .... . Tarbutton, 'oz
Left Half Back .. .. .... .. .... Beatty, '03
Ri ght Guar d ....... . . S pates, 'oz (Capt.)
R igh t Ha lf Back ..... . . . . ... . Ga r ey, '03
l'ul l Back .. .. . ... . ........ H a l be rt ,'o4
Substitutes
Mudd, '04.
Go r dy, 'oz.
L a M otte , 'oz.
Burwell. '04.
A~ k ey,
Roh rer, '03.
Ha nda ll , 'o2 .
'os.
Smith , 'os.
Our Foot Ball Captains
!' osition Th ey Playe d.
N a.IIW ·
Season.
C. H . Schoff . . .. . ... . . ....... ... . .. ... Qual'ter uack ... . ..... . ... ..... '88-'89
J. A . Ny clegger . ......... . . . ...... . .... L eft End . . . . . . . . . .. . ... . . .. . '8g-'go
]. L. Chew...
.. ..... .. .... ... .. .... Qua r ter Back .......... .. . .... .'go-'g r
J. L. Chew . ......
j. P. B iay s . .. .. . . .
E . J3. Igleh art.
J. A. Fechtig.
G. A . M.adclo x .
L. A . Wall s .....
P . P . Blanchard .
. . . . . .. . . ... . ... Q uart er Back .... . .. . .. . . ..... . 'gr-'92
. . . . . . . . ... .. . 'gz-'93
. .. . . . .... R ight E nd.
.. . . .. L eft Ha lf Back.
. . . . . . ... . .. '93-'94
... . . . . ..... . . Rig ht Tack 1c .. .
. .. . .. . ' . . . ' . '94-'95
. .. . . .. .. .. ...... . .. .. Left Tackle ... .
. . . ......... '95-'96
. ' . .. . .. . ' . .'96--'97
. .. . . .. . . . . . . . .. .. . . R ight E ncl.
.. . . . .... R igh t Hal £ Back . . . . .... . . .. ... '97-'98
. . . .. . . . . . .. .. L ef t Ha lf Back . ... . .. .. .. .. ... .'98-'99
H. G. Do uglas .
. . . . . . .. . . . ... .'99-'oo
. . .. . . ......... F ull Back .. .
S. T. 1\ll ackall .
G. F. ·w isner ....... . . . .... . ... . .. . . .. Right En d .. . ... . .. . . .. . ... . . . . . 'oo-'or
W . v. Spa tes . . ..... . .... . . . . ... ... ... . Righ t Gua rd . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 'or-'02
E. B .Garey .. . .. ..... . . ..... .. . . ... . . Ri ght Half Back .. .. . . ..... .. .. .'oz-'03
1 29
·'
�I•
Foot Ball Scores
Fall Athletics-l90 l
Seaso n r888.
OOTBALL has been, is, and , I hope, ever shall be the lead ing branch of
athletics in our Coll ege. In past years football teams have been produced which have nobly defend ed the athletic reputation of O ld St.
John 's, and thi s year 's team has gallantly follow ed in th e footsteps of such predecesso rs. Every man entered into the sport with that "To-do-or-to-die" spirit, and
thi s fact in itself seemed to predict a successful season.
'Tis tru e, we lost th e openin g game to the U nited States Naval Academy Team,
but I r eally do beli eve that it is to thi s defeat that we owe the success that attended
us durin g th e remaind er of the season, for it banished all those preconceived
noti ons that had ari sen concern ing the strength of our team. We realized that
we had plenty of hard practice before us before we could produce a winnin g
team , so our boys set to work with redoubled energy. What was the result?
Look at our scor es again st Gallaudet and Georgetown . Vve only tied them, I
mu st acknowledge, "but they were gamester s in playing with whom not to have
lost is to have won a g reat deal. "
Georgetown had defeated the U niver sity of V irg inia, who were the recognized champions of th e South, so in tieing the former we hac! a just claim to an
equal share to the honors of that position.
During th e entire season v losl but two games- one to the Navy and one to
ve
Swathmore. Th e defeat inflicted upon us by th e latter team , I really attribute to
th e over-confidence that seems to always take possess ion of our men soon after
winning a few victories. However, thi s defeat, like our fir st, proved to be a blessing in di sguise, for we won all th e remaining games except the one with H opkin s,
and in that we appeared to be th e victims of circumstances.
O n the whole, the football season of 1901-1902 was one of the most successful
in th e hi story of our College, for, aside from our many victories, Mr. Casper
vVhitney has publicly declared that "we have the unique di stinction of keeping
our athleti cs clean. "
IJO
t lmt :: : :·
:~
S t. J ohn's ... . .. .. . . . ............ . . . II6
Nava l Aca demy ... ...... · · .···· ·· · ··
J o hn s H o pkin s . . ... . . . .... ..... · · · · .
Nava l Academy . . ........ .... . · . ··· ·
J o hn s H opk ins .. . ... . . .... . ... .. ····
vVa shingto n Co ll ege . . . . . .. . . . .. . ....
4
o
6
6
o
Season r88g.
Nav al Aca demy . . ... . . .. .. .. . · .. ··· · . 20
U ni ve rs ity o f Virgini a ... .. . . . . . · · · · · 14
J o hn s Hopkin s .... . . .. . .... .. . · · · · · · IO
Gal laucl et. ... . . ..... . ·. · · · .. . · · · · · · · · 4
Season 1890
0
St. J o hn's .. ... . . .. . · . ··· · ·· · ··· ·
St. J ohn' s ...... . ... ·········· · · · · · · 3°
St. J o hn' s. . .... . .... . .
20
~t i~~~~t
:. :::::::::::.::::::.::::: IO~
St. J ohn's .. . ........ · ···· · · ·· · · ····
St. J ohn's .. . ...... . . . ·.····· · ·· · · · ·
*25 minutes to play.
1
o
4
.. . ..... . .. 43
N a val Aca demy . . . . . .
0
Frank lin .. . .. . . .
1ohn s H o pk in s .... .. ... . ... ·····
o
·columb ia .....
.. .. • .. .. .. .. ro
Co lumbi a.
· · 20
*vVashin g ton Coll ege . . ....... . .... · o
Univer sity of Vi rgin ia ... . . . ·. · ···
34
Wa shin gto n Co ll ege . .. . ... . . · · ··· ··· 4
S cason r8gr.
St. J ohn 's ........ . .. ..... . .
St. John 's . . . . . .. . ........ . . .. .. .. . .
. ... . ..... ·. · · · ·
St. J ohn 's..... . .
St. John 's . . .. . .. . ... .. . . . ... .. .. . . ·
St. J ohn's. . ... . .. .. ... . . . . .........
St. J ohn 's .... .. .. . .... .. .. . . .... .. ·
St. John 's. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
*Forfeited.
r6
r6
o
r6
6·
6
r8
Delawa re Co ll ege ... ... .. · ·· ·· · ··· · · 4
S ta unton M ilita ry Aca demy .. . .. . ·.. o
Virginia Mil ita ry In stitute ....... .. . 18
vVashin gton an d Lee ...... . . · · ·. · ··· 4
*Hopkin s...
··········· ~
Nava l Academy .... . .... . . .. . .
Delawa re Field Clu b ..... . .. .. .. · ··· o
2
Seas on 1892·
St. J ohn 's . ... . .. . ... . .. ...
58
St. J ohn 's. ... . .. . ... ... . .... . . . ... . o
St. J ohn 's . .......... .. .. .. . .. . .... . 4
St. John 's. ..... . .. .. . . .. .. .. . .. . .. 6
St. John's . ... . ......... . . ... . . ... . . 12
*30 minutes to play.
0
*Maryla nd Agri cultural Co ll ege . .
18
Vi rginia M ilita ry In st1tute .. . .
20
Wa shin g ton and Lee .... .. ... .
J ohn s Hopkin s . . ... . .. . . . ......... · 10
Delaware F ield Club . . ... .. . · ·.····· 6
�Foot BaH Scores- Continued
Foot Ball Scores- Continued
Se ason 1898.
Season 1893.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
J ohn 's . ... . . ... .. . .. . .. .... ... .. 34
J ohn 's .......... . ......... . .. .. . 12
J o hn 's . . . . . .. . .... ... . . . . . . .. . .. 6
J oh n's... .... . .. .. . . ....
r6
J o hn 's .. . .... . ....... .. . . .... .. . 6
St. J ohn 's ... .. . .. ..... . . ... . .. . . ...
St. J o hn 's . .. . . . . . ... . .. .. ... . .. ....
St. J olm's. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
St. J ohn's .... . . .. . .. ... .. . .. . . .....
St. J ohn 's. . . ............... . .. .. ...
St. J ohn's. . ........ . ......... . . . . ..
*Forfeited to St. J ohn 's.
24
z6
26
42
6
o
Balti mo r e City College.... . .... . . . . o
Ep isco pal H ig h School. ... . ... . ..... 10
J ohn s Ho pkin s . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
J ohn s H opki ns . .. ... . . ......... . .. . ro
V/arren Ath letic Club.. . . .. .. . .. . . .. 4
·washingto n Co ll ege . .. ..... .. . . . ... . 8
Maryland Agri cultural . .. .. . ... . . . . . 6
Epi sco pal High School . .... .. · . . . . .. . 0
vVestern iVJa,-yland . .. . . ... . .. . ... . . . 4
• hn s Hopkin s ... .. . . . . . .. . .. . ... . 0
:'Jo
vVar ren At hl etic Club ... ... . . ... . .. . 12
S eason rSgs.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
J ohn's ..... ...... . ... . . . . .. . . . ..
J ohn's... .. ... . . .. .. . .. . ........
J ohn's .. . ..... . ........ , . . . .....
J ohn's .. . ... . . . . . . . . . .. . ... .. ...
J ohn's . . ............ . ...
J o hn's . ... . ..... .. . . ... . . .
John 's . .... . .. .. . . ........ . .. . ..
J o hn 's........ . .... . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
o
22
22
42
4
r8
o
S cason
)I
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
J ohn 's . . . ..... . . .. . . . . .. . . ...... r8
. ... . . . . . 0
J o hn 's . .. .. .. . . . ..
J o hn' s . . . .. . .. . . . .. . . . . .. . .. . 0
John's . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
0
J ohn's . . . . . . . . . . ... . .
9
John' s . .. .... . . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. .
0
J ohn's . .. .... . . .. . .. .. . . . ... . .
0
J ohn 's . . . . . . .. . . . .. . . . . . . ...... 10
IT
John's . . . . .. .. .. . . . . .. . .. . ..
Baltimo re City College ... . ... . . . . . . . 0
Ba lti mo r e Athletic Club .... . ...... . IO
Swarthmor e ... . .... . ... . ...... .. .. . 22
J ohn s Hopkin s . . ....
. .. . . . . . . .. . 4
Baltimo re City Coll ege . .... . ....... . 0
U ni ,·crsity of Maryland .... . ..... . . . 0
J ohn s H o pkin s ... . . . .. . .. .. ....... . 0
vVarrcn Athl etic Club . ... . . . . . . . . . . . 12
1896-
. . . . . . . .. ..
Baltimo re Lawyers . . .
U ni versity o f 1\faryland . .. . .. . . . . .. .
Uni\·crsity o f V irg ini a. . . . . . . . ....
. .. . . . .
N a,·a l Academy. . . .. .. .
Gal laudet. .... .. . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . .
VVa shingto n and L ee. . . . . . . . . . . ....
Virginia Mi litary In stitute . ..
H a ,·erfo rd . .. . . . . . . . . . . .. . .
Uni ve rs ity of iVIary land. . . . ... .. ..
...
..
4
2
48
so
8
24
14
ro
6
Scaso H 1897.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
J o hn 's ... . . ...
16
J o hn's . .. . ....... . .. . ..... .. . . .. 6
J o hn 's ....... . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . . .. o
J ohn's .. .. .. . .... . .. . . ..... . .. .. 6
J o hn 's ... . . . .. . . . .. .. .. . . . . . . .. . o
J ohn's .... . ...... . .. . ... .·.. . .. .. 18 .
J ohn's .. . . ... . . ... . ........ . .. . . o
J o hn 's . . .. ... . . . . .. . . . . . . ....... I2
J ohn's . . ...... .. . .. . . .. . .. .. . .. . 4
Western Mar);land College ..... . ... . 0
Mary land Agricultu ra l .
. ... .. ... . 4
J ohn s H opkin s .. ... .. . .
. . .. . .. . . 6
Ga ll audet. ....
6
Ba ltimo r e City · Coll ege . ... . .. . .. . .. . o .
Ba ltimo re M edical Coll ege .. ... . . . . . 0
U niversity o f Ma ryland ........ . .. . : 24
Delawar e College .................. . 4
Swarthmo re .. .. . .. .. ... . . .. . . . .. . .. . r8
·· · ·· · · · · · ·· ·· ··
St. J o h~ s. ..
St. John 's . . . ······· · ··· · · · · · · · · · ··
St. J ohn 's ... ·· · · ·· ··· · : · · · ·· · ···· · ·
Sl. J ohn 's .... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
~~: }~\~:~~~ :::::: ·:::: :: ::::::: :·::::
.
.
St. J ohn 's . . .. ··
St. J ohn's .. · ···· · ··· · ·:··
q •o rfeited to St . J ohn s.
·····
Physicia ns and Surgeons · · · · ·
. . .. .... .
D elaw ar e College· · · · · · ·
HaYerfo rd ... · · · · · · · ....... . .. .
·w es tern Ma ryland Coll ege . · ·· · · · ···
•
:•Marylan rl Agricultural College .. . . .
Baltimor e M edical Coll ege . · ··· · · · · · ·
. . . . ..... .
Ga llaudct. . . · · ·
J o hn s Hopkin s . . . ... · · ··· ··· · ···· ··
2[
0
0
![
6
2I
5
6
0
0
52
6
0
2
6
0
S ,·a.S0'/1 1899.
St.
St.
St.
S t.
St.
S t.
S t.
St.
Balli mor e City Coll ege · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
N;l\·al Academy·· ·· ········· · · · ··· ··
P h)' sician s and S urgeon s .·· · · · ·· · ·· ·
Geo rgetow n · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
vV eslern Mary land · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
Mary land Agr icu \[ural. . . . . ... . . . .. .
Gall aud et. .. · · · · · ·
··········
J ohn s H o pkin s . · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
17
J ohn 's .. ·
.. · " .... .... .. .. ·
0
J ohn' s .
.. .............. .. · .. · 40
J ohn 's .
. .. .... .. .. .. ·
0
J ohn 's .
· ·· · ··· ··· ··· ·· ·· ·· · · 0
Jo hn' s ... · · ··· · · · ·· · ··· · · ·· · · · ·· 6
J ohn '.s . . ....... .. . . .. . .. .. ·:·. : ·. : ~
J ohn s .. ..
· · ·· · ····
6
J ohn ' s .. . . · ·· · · · · · ·· · · ··
Seas on
· · · · · · · · · · 17
Oct· 6-St. J ohn' s .
- St. J ohn' s ...
·· ·· · · ·· · 0
13
o-St. J ohn 's .. . .. ...... · .. · 6
2
0
2:;- St. J ohn :S · . .. · · · · · · · · · · · · · 0
- St. J o hn.s ... . . · · · · · · · · · · · ·
27
0
No Y. 3- St. J ohn s .·.
6
IO--St. J ohn' s .. .
I 7-St. J ohn:S · . ..... . .. . .... .. 41
24- St. J ohn s. · · ·· · ····· · ·· ·· · I~
3 t- St- J ohn' s . ··· · ····
···
0
10
0
22
0
0
IS
1[
1900.
Druid Outin g Cl ub . · ····· · ··· · · ·· · ·
0
6
Geor getow n· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 6
Swa rthm o re .······· · ··· · · · ··· ' · · ··· 6
Mt. St. M ary's .. .. .. .. .. .. ... .. " .. ·
Getty sburg. . .
· ··· · · · · · · ·
Gallaudct ..... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
U ni,·ersity o f Ma ryland. · · ·· ·
\ 1fes tcrn M a ryland . ··· · ·
\
·········
John s H opkins ... _.··· · · · ··· · · · ··
P ennsy\yama Mtl1tary Coll ege. · ·
0
6
6
0
5
0
Season 1901.
Oct.
g-St. John :S. . . · ·
I 2- St. J ohn s ... ··
19- St: J ohn:S ·. · · · · · · · ·
z6- St. J ohn s . . . ··· · · · ··
No \·. z-St. J o hn 's . . ·· · · · ·
9- St. J ohn' s .
·· · · ·· ··· ··
16-St. J ohn' s .
..··········
23-St. J ohn 's .
·········
zS- St. J ohn 's .
·········
*Fo rf eited to J ohn s Hopkin s.
2
0
z6
I [
6
6
33
0
11
zS
N a va l Aca demy.
· · · · · · · · · · · · · · o.
Geo rgeto wn . · · · · · · · · · · ·
· ·· ··· ·· · 0
Washington College .
···········
1
Swarthmo re ... ·· · · · · · · ·· ·· · ···· ·· ·· ~
Ga ll and et . . . · · · · · · · · ·
0
\ 1festern Maryland . · · · · · · · · · · · · ·
\
D elaware ..... ···· ·· · · ···· · ··· · ····· 5
5
*Johns H opkin s .:·. · ··· · · · ········ · ·· 0
Penn syh·ania lVltll ta ry College ... . . .
133
�II
The Hopkins Game
I
I
il
UREL Y no one ,.r!1o saw that o·ame c
.
,
f decid edly outpla)' ed H 0 V
,.,
an ai 1 to ackn o wledge that we
·
P dns, even tho uo-h we , _
. - Ju st a fe w minutes before tbe refer ' ,., . . -"' ere compell ed to forfeit
struggl e. E ncouraged bv a ba I f ee :-.rlustle would bave end ed fh e
tl
f
-'
nc 0 1 ooters wh1 ch
·c1 _
l~s_e o our _opponents, o ur m en went into I o·
con_si erabl y outnumbered
ca~rred H opkms off her feet.
t le ,.,ame With a snap that simply
In tb e first half, Hopkins kicked off a n
soaked and mud-bec·Iat!IJecl
. I I
d downed us on our 20-)'ard 1I.I1e
·
, we \·vor <ec th I 11 f
· R ainlm e, where we los t it on a fumbl e
e Ja
rom here to th e Hopkins 2o-yard
. Fumble foll owed fumbl e in r~pid succes .
fir st from our p ossession into H V '
si_o n, and th e ball continu ed to pass
when th e ball was on Ho]Jl· · ' op dns 'and vrce versa, until "Time" was
·
'111s 20-ya rcl lm
ca ll ed,
A mici prolon o-ed ch eerin o·
I
. e anc1 In our possession.
1 I fi
,.,
,., an c wavm o· of fla o· S t J
'
soa <ec elcl again for th e second half
,.,
,.,s,
. olm s ran upon th e rainRandall kicked off and r eo- . I.
line.
,.,amec the ball on a fumble
IT
on -wpkins' ~o-ycrnl
vVe seemed, however, unabl e t t I·
for a touchdown , for we los t th e I ~I a ' e advantage of thi s exce llent chance
team, now s hoved
Ja on clown s. Hopkins, havin o· til e Il ea .
"'
VIer
us over th e slipper 0 . .
near tb e center of tl
fi 1 1
y ,.,round, but th ey soon lost tl
1
1
1e e c on an off-sid e 1
\. .
1e Ja il
c o~'n tbe fi eld, -but it was apparent tl t
pay . f ga m we worked tb e ball
Weight of th e H op kin s men \ne
.1a we wer e weakenin g und er th e superi or·
a c1
·
1
were soon co
li I
.
c n
our opponents worked it to o .
I!1pe ec to g ive up th e ball a o·ain
on an off-play, we were forced t~l k~~~~a rld Itn c. A lth o ~Jgh _ hey los t it h~re
t
th e. fi eld. H ere we held th em for 1 , c own mg Hopkm s Ill th e center of
a loci.;-. Randa ll fumbled th e toss
~owns, bu e we were aga in forced to try
clowned Hopkins on tbeir 30-var·clalll.c wasl~ clown ed. Again \Ve tried a kick arJ c]
b li t
·
· -c
me. " rom tl ·
·
.
c
a_ o our S-yarcl lm e, but ao·a in lost .t
1! S P0111t Hoplons worked th e
:Jus tii.l1e the ball was block:cl and d~ . on Ian off-sid e play . Aga in we kicked , but
captunno· th I ]] \
wnec on our J ?-v ard r
F
" p· - "' e Ja . Ne now r eally held tl
f
- -c
me, a J.Opkin s' man
'Irst clown," so we had to submit to lem _ clown s, but the referee call ed
or
moment had ar-rivecl-fi
.
anoth er sen es of ru shes
Tl
.. · .
H I. ,
ve minu tes to ]Jlav
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it and one of our men fell on th e ball. At this point began th e discussion which
caused u s to leave the fi eld and "forfeit." \1\fhy we left the field I will not
attempt to discus s, but will quote to yo u P r of. Cain 's vi ews concerning the affair,
and the facts that led up to it.
"That S t. J ohn's sho uld leave t he field and r efuse to fini sh a ga me in a ny branch of
sport is a n extraord inary occurrence; indeed, mor e than fift een year s o f close r elati ons hip
to her athl eti c t eam s does not enabl e me to r eca ll a not her in stance. Natural ly and proper ly,
so me of th e alumni ha ve asked fo r a s tatem ent of the cir cum stan ces that influ enced th e
cap tain of th e footba ll tea m when he re fu sed to fini sh th e H opkin s ga me and left the fi eld
und er protes t aga inst th e referee's d ec is ions, and it is solely fo r th e purp ose o f a nswering
th ese rightful inquir ies that thi s statement is made. Whil e we a r e not in diffe rent to newspap er com m ents a nd cr iticism, we ha ve in thi s ma tte r pur sued o ur long-estab li shed poli cy
o f r efraining from controver sies in th e public press . vVe a im to be manly a nd spo rt smanlike with all o ur opponent s, and hav ing ta ke n a sta nd fo r wh at we beli eve to be right, we
·e,·, so unu sual as it is, an
ab ide by all the co nsequ ences of o ur act ion. In thi s case, howe 1
ex planation is du e the a lumni and friends of th e Co ll ege.
Much mi g ht be sa id a s to th e diffi culty of ag ree in g up on o fficial s and t he co ndu ct of
certain indi vidual s during the game. but wi th th ese matter s, as with th e merit s of the teams,
thi s article has nothing to do. O ur r efusa l to fini sh th e game rested so lely on th e incorrectn ess of the referee's ru lin gs. Th e fir st di splay o f in co mp et ency occurr ed when we
attempted to play what w e ca ll o ur "close formati o n. " Thi s play is used by so me o f th e
best team s in the country, hav in g been fi 1,;st u se d, I beli eve at Pr in ceto n. \ -v'e have played it
for three year s aga in st eve ry team we ha ve faced. and neve r befor e has it bee n qu estioned.
vV e played it rep eatedly in o ur game aga in st th e Navy t ea m, with th e cha irm an o f the
rul es committee as umpire. H e saw nothing abo ut it that is co ntrary to th e rul es . In the
Hopkin s ga me, wh en th e sig na l was g iven to clo se up, the r eferee info rm ed th e capta in o f
o ur team that we could not use that play. Th e rul e boo k was pro duced, th e umpir e gave hi s
judgment that th e play was perfectly proper , lVJr. Spates protes ted , but a ll in va in.
A ft er a ll thi s, th e r eferee announced so as to be h eard on the sid e lin es, " If you play
that play I 'll take the ball away fi·o m yo n. " Now, the point to be particul arl y noted abo ut
thi s ruling is that the matter o f for mat ions, as. in dee d , o f th e pos iti ons o f th e player s in
general , is one ove r which t he r efer ee has no juri sdi ction whate1·er. The rules say that the
11111pire is the judge of th e p layer s. M o reovet·, in th e di sc uss ion the refe r ee cla im ed th at th e
formati on wa s in vio lati o n o f Rule 18. But, und er " Duti es o f Officia ls," Rul e 29. II, th e
enfor cement of Rul e r8 is di st inct ly a nd specifi ca ll y gi ve n as a duty and r espo nsibi lity o f
th e ump·i rc . Fo r th e r efere e to in terfe r e in th e matter was a n arbitra ry ass umpti on of
a uth o rity, in plai n Yi olat io n of th e rul es . It is ta king a cha ritab le v iew to say that hi s
judgment was fa ulty. But that, no doubt, is th e view Capta in S pates took, for th o ug h th e
pl ay wa s th e mo st effect ive one we had at th at stage of th e game, he ch·o pp ed it a nd co ntinn ed to play, rath er than ex pose hi s co ll ege to th e ri sk o f nnfa1·o rable criti cism. If we
ha ve any regr et in co nn ec ti on with o ur acti on on th at clay, it is that we did no t then and
th er e ref use to go o n. There cou ld ha ve been no mo re ju stifia ble g ro und fo r a refu sa l to
play.
Late r in the ga me Ho pkin s had wo rk ed th e ba ll do wn in sid e o ur five-yard lin e. In
th eir a nx iety as to th e outco me, many o f th e sy mpathi ze r s o f eac h team had gather ed a round
t he player s. In response to a n inquiry as to th e numb er of th e do wn , th ~ referee was hea rd
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to announce, " Second down, a to uchdown to make.'' T he latter expression stru ck me at
the moment as an unfo rtun ate one to use, bu t a glance at th e position of th e linesmen
showed that in two more attempts the Hopkins tea m had to carry the ba ll across the goal
line or surrender it to St. J o hn's. They took their two trial s and failed to carry th e ball
over; in fact, fai led to m ake any gai n. None of th e o nl ookers see med to quest ion the
fact that fo ur down s had been played, but when Ca ptain Spates claimed th e ball th e r eferee informed him that it was Hopkins' ball oa the third dow n.
Here again protes t and argument wer e with o ut avai l, and aga in St. J ohn 's gave way.
A noth er down played, and aga in Hopkin s fai led to ga in. During the progr ess of the
play the referee bl ew no whi stl e to in dicate that a nythin g was wrong, but after th e play had
been mad e and sto pped by St. J ohn 's, he approached the umpire and asked, "At·e yo u going
to declare o ff-side pl ay?"' T he umpir e said th er e was no off-s ide play. '"Then," said th e
refer ee, "I call in terference with th e center,.. and he pt·oceeded to allow ha lf th e r ema inin g di stance to the goa l lin e and give th e ball to Hopk in s for a fir st dow n.
This ru lin g Captain Spates aga in protested . and asked the referee to get th e judgment
o f th e other official s. T he umpire, t he two lin es men and th e two ti mekeepers were called
up on for testimo ny. but none of them co uld say that he sa w off-side play, interference with
th e ce nter, o r anything improper o r irregul ar in the play. T he r efe ree, howeve r, r efu sed to
cha nge hi s decisio n, and after waiting a rea sona bl e t ime fo r him to reco nsider hi s actio n,
Captain Spates cal led the tea m from the field.
There was no opportunity fo r honest difference of judgment as to t he fir st erro r. Had
there been, it wou ld have been th e duty of th o.<e co nce rned to subm it to the judgment of
the r efere e. But eve ry o ne w ho saw the plays. and wh o co uld cou nt fo ur, kn ew t hat th e
r eferee wa s wrong as to th e numb er of downs.
To decide th e probabl e ri g ht o r wrong in th e conAi cting co nt enti o ns as to the seco nd
point in di sp ute-interference with th e center-the pos ition of th e obser ve rs and the sur ro undin g circumstances mu st be taken into co nsiderati o n. Spa tes is a g uard, an d . of co urse,
stood within ha lf a ya rd of the bal l. T he wr iter stood directly behind the cente r, not mo re
th an seven ya rd s off, and, therefo re, had an un obstr ucted view of the ba ll and th e men who
cou ld poss tbl y interfere with the center.
T he r efe ree stood to one side, not less than twe h ·e yards fr om the ball, hi s view bei ng
obstructed by half th e playe rs on each team . It wa s after 5 o'clock, or about 20 minutes
after sundow n, o n a very ra iny day .
. Fro m th e position of the referee he cou ld not see what was going on. At best hi s
deci sion re sted on guesswork I say most ern ;1haticall y there wa s no off-s ide play, no inter ference with th e center. Had th ere been the sli ghtest doubt a bo ut th e fa irn ess of the play, I
wo uld have advi sed Captain Spates to accep t th e j nd g ment and continue to play. B nt knowing that he had yielded twice, w hen the referee was clea rly an d ab solutely wro ng. I co uld
not cou nsel him to do other wise than he did. Had he fi ni shed t he game he woul d ha ve been
in the position either of a man who did not know hi s r ights, o r knowing, had no t the co urage
to stand for th em. It was o ne t hin g to let th e ga me go by defau lt and und er protest agai nst
deci sions wro ng both as to fact and rul e; it was quite a different matter to lose the game
by letting the r eferee continue to give the ball to Hopkin s until they co uld carry it over
under the pretence of regula rity. Captain Spates chose the fo rm er course. It should be
add ed that hi s action meets with the approbat io n of every o ne co nn ected with the college.
While we have such men to lead o ur athl eti c teams, St. J o hn' s r eputa ti on for spo rtsmanship is entirely safe.
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College Songs
Yells heard on the Foot Ball Field
St. John's
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P ush 'em back! S hove 'em back! Drive 'em back! Team!
(Tnn c- "Balm of Gilead.")
Mac, Mac, Moony Mac!
Full Back, Halbert!
Big man , strong man!
Captain Spates !
Through the lin e Beatty tore
Give him the ball and rush him more !
Here's to O ld St. John 's,
D rink her cl ow n, drink her <
lown .
Here's to Old St. John's,
Drink her cl own, drink her down.
Here's to Old St. J ohn 's,
She's the jolliest place in town,
Drink her clown, drink her clown.
Drink her clown, clown, down.
R eady ! Steady ! Eddi e ! Tarbutton!
(Choru s.)
Get at 'em, St. John 's !!
O ran ge and Black! O range and Black !
T hose a re th e colors that we will back!
Sis ! Boom ! Bah !
St. J ohn 's ! St. J ohn 's !
Rah ! Rah ! Rah !
S. J.! S . J.! Hip! H ip! Ray! Ray l
S. J.! S. J.! H ip! Hip! Ray! Ray!
St. J ohn's ! St. J ohn 's ! St. J ohn 's !
Whoop her up! vVhoop her up! Whoop her up again !
vVhoop her up for St. J olm's!
A winning set of men!
(Begin this yell s lowly aud increase each ti111e you repeat.)
Balm of Gilead , Gilead,
Balm ~f Gilead, Gilead,
Balm of Gi lead,
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VVay clown on t Ile B.m, Farm ' etc.
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Here's to St. J ohn's College,
D rink her down, drink her down.
I-I er e.s to St. John's College,
D rink her down, drink her down.
Here's to St. John's College,
She's the source of all our knowledge,
Drink her down, drink her down .
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Drink her c own, (1o"'n ' down.
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( Tune- " J3ird in a Gilded Cage." )
Th e g ri d iron is fill ed with a football throng,
V/ ho'll see th e games today,
And there are th e team s so bold and strong,
A nd ready for the fray.
Th e umpire to the captain now loudl y cries,
A r e you ready for th e kick ?
The an swer comes back from the O range and Black,
N ov the Black and th e Dlue fee l sick.
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Now, th ey' re very meek bird s in a g ilded cag-e,
A nd are seldom heard to sing,
J.or once th ey wer e happy and all the rage,
Till old St. J ohn 's clipped each wing.
'Ti s sad wh en you think of a beaten team,
But there's one thin g that's sure to come true,
Th e Pennant' s coming back, wh en the O range and Black
Meets the team of the Black and Dine.
( Tun e- "Plin y.")
St. J ohn' s, come yell lik e hell,
Ami make it good and loud;
Come, boys, and join right in th e crowd .
F or when th e g ame is o'er
O ld H opkin s will feel so sore,
So, S t. J olm's, g reet your team.
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( Tun e- "Coon, Coon, Coon. ")
H opkin s ! Hopkin s ! H opkin s ! VVe w·ill your colors fade.
H opkin s ! H opkin s ! H opkins ! vV e'lllay you in th e shade.
H opkin s ! H opkin s ! H opkin s ! \!\!hen we get throug h with you,
You'll wi sh you were from St. J ohn 's 'stead of ft-om J. H . U.
Boola Boola
(Tun e- Y ale's "Boola Boola." )
\i\T , here we are ! 'Nell , here we are !
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Just watch us rollin g- up a score.
vVe'llleav e poor H opkins behind so far ,
They won't want to play us anymore.
Vle've hope .,flncl faith in old St . J ohn 's,
T o win we cannot fail.
vVcll a-Boola Boo, Hoola, Boola Boo,
Boola Boo Boola, 'oola Doola Boo.
( Choru s.)
Boola Boola! Boola Boola!
Boola Boola ! B oola Boola !
vVh en we rough house poor old H opkins,
Th ey will holler "Doola Boo !"
Rah ! Rah ! Rah !
St . J ohn 's ! O ld St. J ohn's !
St . J ohn's ! O ld St. J ohn 's !
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Now, isn't it a shame.
No w, isn't it a shame,
T o do poor H opkin s up so bad?
vVe've clone it before ; we can do it once more,
T hough th ey'll feel so ver y' very sad .
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1Iopkin s ! H opkin s ! H opkin s ! vVe'll win that pennant back.
H opkin s ! H opkin s ! H opkin s ! vVe 'll put you on th e rack.
H opkin s ! Hopkin s ! H opkin s ! ·w e'll make you feel so blu e,
You'll wi sh you wer e from S t. J ohn' s 'stead of from ]. H . U.
W e' ll roll up th e score so very hi gh
That you will hear them sig h,
Boola Boola Boo, Boola Boola Boo,
Boola Doo, Boola 'oola Boola Boo.
�The Orange and Black
(Tun e-"D lu e and Gray. " )
Th e O range and Black, and th e Black and Blue,
O n th e g ridiron meet today,
O ld Hopkins thinks th at she has a cinch,
Dut it won 't turn out that way;
O ur h eroes bold will take it past th eir goal,
\iVhil e their h ea rts will fill with pain,
As they leave th e fray, you"ll hear th em say,
vVe 'll never play th em again .
(Chorus.)
O ld Hopkins' heart is fill ed with sadn ess,
They lost th e game today;
O ld St. J ohn 's is fill ed with gladn ess,
Their team has won the fray.
'Mid th e ye lling of the rooters,
The pennant again came back,
O ld Hopkins never could play football
\IVith the O range and the Black.
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A Chronicle of Our Games Abroad
Spring . Athletics
team-Herman , Hill a nd Rullman- but th e opening afford ed by the loss of
these m en should have been an in centi ve to th e new men . Here was an openin g--
OvV, be hold , th ere arose a great man 111 our school, who was known as
Richard the Daft.
A nd he was a man of might ancl carri ed a curl y bead und er his bat.
vVhcrcw ith he was des irous of defeating a cer tain tribe called th e Episcolopi ans,
a nd it came to pa ss that on a time Richard t he Daft sent a challenge even into
the camp of the E pi scolopian s, even into their own camping g round s, which
was call ecl A lexa ndria th e Dead. A ncl Ri chard let it be kno wn that on a certain
day he would meet th e cohorts of the Episcolopian s on th eir own grounds a nd
would sho w them how to do it.
So h e called hi s cohorts unto him a nd went with them into th e to wn that
was call ed th e B eauti fu l, a nd th ence in to the town that was call ed th e D ead,
and there he awa ited th e cohorts of the Episcolopians.
Tlut behold, th e rain poured ancl all but a few , wh o tarried , that th ey mig ht
say " Rubber ·· unto one another. departed. f\ow, H.icha rd mad e speech unto the
E pi scolopian s, and ca ll ed unto him th e keeper of th e g ua rantee and said : " H earken
unto my speech ; ] would that th ou payest up t he costs , as th ou did st say .' '
"Pay up and g ive us even as th ou did st promi se .. ,
nut he hearken ed not, neith er clid he pay.
Now Ri chard the Daft was exceed in g w roth, and withdrew hi s remaining
a splendid openin g, too-of which our men were slow to avail th emselves .
This same lack of spirit after ward asserted it self in baseball , too. A t first
cohorts.
Now it came to pass on a certain cl ay he \\'ent into another place, which was
there was an abundance of good material , but as th e season advanced th ere was
a rapid decrease in th e number ot candid ates, until at times th ere were sca rcely
call eel \1\1cstmi nster.
Now the Carrollites had spoken unto themselves: L et us get the gang of
Jolmnyitcs and lay th em und er the sod.
A nd lo, it came to pas s.
And through th e ni g h t they m ade merr y, and w hen th e dawn came, th ere
was nothing left except some headaches and some broken heart s.
Now, when R ichard went unto the Chi ef of the Ca rrollites with his bill , he
ESPITE all that has been Ea id and written on thi s engross ing- th eme , t he
interest is in exhau stibl e. P erh aps a thrilling- hi stor y of athletics at O ld
St. J ohn might be written were one to wea ve together th e reports of th e
trials and triumph s which our several teams have ex peri enced in past years. \N c
are now concern ed, ho wever, with only one chapter--"Athl etics in the sprin g of
1901 " .
A sorry picture presents itself to me as I r ecall th e facts a nd circum-
stances surounding- the in a ug urati on of the sports at thi s time. 'Tis tru e, o ur
baseball material looked promi sin g; in fact, th ere was pl enty of materi al, a ncl
good material , too; but ther e wasn 't that true S t. J ohn 's spirit which bacl so
characterized our Coll ege in form er years.
Our track team was sadly handi capped bY th e loss of three of last year' s
enough men upon the field to make a second team .
For want of a better name
I have entitled the history of our games at home ''r\ Comedy of E rrors."
On March 30th we open ed our season very encourag in g ly by defeating the
Baltimore City College by a score of ro to 3· O n the fo ll ow in g Saturday we went
to A lexandria to play our fir st game abroad.
Thi s trip and our only other trip
abroad-one to vVestmin ster on May 1 Ith- a re so fraught with in cidences that
I have preserved them fo r a subseq uent chapte r- " O ur Games Abroad .. ,
A glance at th e scores will demonstrate the fitn e~s of my titl e : \ iVe eith er lost
all the games or were prevented from doing so by sy mpath eti c Jupiter Pluviu s.
In track and t enni s event , th e results were practi call y the same, so 1 deem it
wise to pass th em on without a di scussion .
said unto them:
"Behold . th ou art to th e had with me to th e tune of man v dollar s, wh erefore
I ask of th ee, 7C>ilt th ou pay even as was promi sed ?
A ncl h e wilted.
A nd the Carrollite winked hi s eye and said :
Verily it is so.
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Now, behold the J ohnn yites return ed to th eir camptn g g round s mu ch the
worse for wear , an d there was exceedin g sorrow in the land.
For they were defeated once mor e.
vVhereupon it is not a wi se thing to be too sure of success.
Neither is it a w ise thing to play ball wit hout a captain.
Neither is it a w ise thing to tru st an E pi scolopi a n.
For verily he th at doeth th ese things mu st tak e a back seat.
I s it not so even as I spa ke it ?
Yea. veril y, thou could st wager thy deserts on it.
lUE:\DS, Stud ents, A lumni , lend me yo ur car s ! St. J ohn 's has a golf
c lub~a nd a course, too, stran ge to relate. Hov~ cli ~l it all happen? W ell,
so me ttme ago Annapo hs boasted of a Golf Club, of,whtch seve ral of our Profs.
were members-high mu ck -a-mucks, in fact, and under their leadership the aforementioned club flourished. Dut, like ever y other organi zati on that aspires to
a position g reater than that whi ch it is capable of r etainin g, it collapsed, and
its di sorgani zation was th e beginnin g of the St. J ohn' s Golf Club, for those
hon or ed Profs., of whom J have spok en before, havin g becom e such enthusiasts
over the game, immediately repaired to our rear cam pu s, and "at their own
ex pense'' had a course laid out.
School opened and several of our curi ous members, like Uip, for in stance,
in their tour of in spection, espied these little hearts on posts and immediately
app ealed to the P rofs. fo r informati on. Now, by way of explanati on, our P rofs.
a re very good economi sts, so in respon se to th e query, they very "modestly'' hinted
that it would be a good plan for th e Athletic Associa ti on to in t roduce that
branch of sport into the Coll ege, adding, with a sly wink, that perhaps the A thletic
Associat ion could al so refund to them (the Profs.) th e money that th ey had ex pend ed in layin g out th e cour se and " k eepin g it in good condition."
Strange to say, the plan met with th e approval of the Executive Committee,
and th e campu s was soon ablaze with r ed jerseys to such an extent, in fact, that
mlcs had to be passed forbiddin g baseball and tenni s at a ll hours when thC'
golfers chose; to be upon the field . A ll this for the Golf Club! May she live
long and prosper!
�Track Team
GAREY.
BRADLEY.
HAL BERT.
CRON IN .
At the anr;ual Relay Race held at the University of Penn svlvania
sprinig- of 1901, our team secured fourth place.
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Tennis Team
E. H. Burwell,
} · · · · · . · · ·. · · · · · . . ... . .... ... . ...... . ... .. . Doubl"
E. S. Powell,
E . P Duvall . . .. .... ......... . ..... . ..... ... .. .. . ..... .. .. . ... . . .. Singles
A t the annual tennis championship meet of the Marylc.nd Inter-Coll egiate
Athl etic Association we were defeated by Hopkins in both sing les ·and doubles,
but split even with \ iV estern Maryla1irl Coll ege, "iv inning the sing les and losing the
uoubles.
Our Relay T earn Captains
U. A. Skirven ... . ..... . . . . . ........... . . .. .. · .. · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · '95-'96.
U. A. Skirven .... . ...... . ..... .. ........ .. ... · . · .. · . · · . · · . · · · · . · · '96--'97.
J.
M . Sinclair . ... . . .... . .... . .. .. .. . .... · ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · '97-'98.
F. 'vV. Evans . ..... .... ... ..... ... .. .. · . · . · · . · · · · · · · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · '98- '99.
C. C. Herman,
Jr. .. . .. . . . . . ... ......... ... ....... .. ....... . .. . ... '99---'oo.
H. G. RLtllman, r esigned,
E . H. Hutchins . . ............. . ................. .. .. . ... . . . .. .... 'oo-'or
E. H . Hutchin s .. . .. . . . ....... . ........ .. . .. .. . .. ..... . .......... 'o r-'oz.
H. R. Tarbert ...... .... .. . . .. . . .. ...... . . .. ..... .. . . .. . .. ........ 'oz- '03
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Track Athletics
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Inter-Class Events
Base Ball
Freshm en .... . .. . .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Juni or s ... . . ... . . . .... .. . .. . .
Soph o mo r es . ...... ,. . . ... . .. .. .. .. ..
(Forfe ite d ).
Sen io r s . . ... ... . . . . ......... . .... .
(Fo rfeited) .
9
Fres hm en ..... . . . : .. .... ... . . . .... . .. 6
Sop homor es
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Field Sports
May 13th, 190T.
11[ casurcr-Mo rgans.
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Ti me1·s-Profs. Cissel a nd Chew.
F£cld fud "'
acs-l\II essr . . M o rga ns ( specr·al) and vVo rthin gto n 'or
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Course Judges- M ess r s. Coblentz, 'or, a nd vVil ey, 'o r.
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Event.
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Dista.nce or Time
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P o le Vau lt. .... . ...... ... Ha lbert, '04 . ... . . . . .... . .
. o tn.
Broad Jump ... ...... . . . . Fonta in e ,01
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8 ft. 2 in.
Discus T hrow
G d ,'
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Ha mm er T hrow· · · · · · · · · .. S or t y ' ,02 . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · • · · · · · · · · · · · 8g ft . RY, in.
· · · · · · · · · · pa es : 02 . . .•. · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 70 ft. 3'Y:! in.
S ho t P ut
· · · · · · · · · ·· · · · · · .Hutchtns 'o,
so-Ya rd Dash .. .. .. . . .. .. Garey. , ' -· ... . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .32 ft. 7 in.
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roo-Ya rd D as h .... . . . .... Garey.
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second s.
220-Ya rd Das h.
'OJ . · · ··· · ·· · ·· · · · · ·· · · · ··· · · ... 10 4-5 second s.
· · · · . . Garey. '03 ... . . .
440 Yard D 1
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· · · • · • • • · • • • • · · • • • 25 4-5 seco nd s.
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asr .. · ........ la r bert, '04 ... .. . . .. . .
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88o-Yard Dash.
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· ........ · · .. .. .. ~7 3-5 seconds .
.. .. .. .. .. Hall , 03.. .. .... ...
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(I n th is event th e Co ll ege r~~~;.~l: ·~ ;~~ · ~~~~·s· jJ ~~k~nn;tn. I4 2-5 seco nd s.
One-Mi le Run.
· . · Crane, '02 .. ... .. . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 5 m in. 20 2-5 seconds.
rScarbo ro ug h, •04 . ... . . . ... .. . .......... I
Clas s R elay . ... . . ..... .
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o ntat nc' '01 · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · 4
~ Cron rn, '04. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
I Ha lbert, '04. . .. ..... . . .
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Constitution of the United Statements of the
Rat Tat Board
E , th e people of the Juni or Class of St. John 's Coll ege, in order to fo rm a
more sati sfactory arrangement of College duti es, in sure an easy, up-toelate curriculum , provide for the fun and enj oyment of all , promote the
general welfa re, and to secure for om· selves an<l our posterity the blessings of li berty, do ordain and establi sh thi s Const itution of th e U ni ted S tatements
of th e Rat Tat Doanl:
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�ARTICLE
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Section I, Clause r. O rdered, That "Si" Cummin s be made to stop boring us
with (;Collegian" wit.
Clause. 2 Ordered, T hat a special waiter be engaged in the dining-room
for Messr s. Collin s and Scarboroug h.
Clause 3· Order ed, T hat Sergeant "'Billy" Ward wear a sign " Post no Bill s."
Clause 4· No Junior Class from thi s time on shall be all owed to attend more
than one chemi stry lecture a month.
Section 2, Clause r. No F reshman shall be a llowed to sleep with the A lumni
Editor of th e Collegian to keep from being hazed.
Clause 2. No P rofessor of thi s Faculty shall ever pass every member of the
Freshman Class in any one branch.
Clause 3· Dr. Fell shall be required to consult th e ladies of A nnapoli s as
to whether th e students may use the gymnasium.
Clause 4· P rofessor P usey must in the futur e suffici ently reduce the examination in Sophomore Latin to get it on th e bi<ickboarcl. ·
Section 3, Clause r. The ladies of Annapoli s must herafter g ive the College
boys mor e to eat.
Clause 2. Somebody must set fir e to Pokey's shop.
Clause 3· T he r eading room must be supplied with "Nick Carters '' and
" Diamond Dicks."
Clause 4· Ordered, T hat Major Thompson be more " partiklar. "
Section 4, Clause r. O rd ered, Thal in P inkn ey Hall all th e horns, bugles,
trombones, clarinets, cornets, bass drums and other mu sica l in struments too
numerous to menti on, be kept going all th e time, in order to break the monotony
of thin gs and help one to study.
Clau se 2. Hereafter all hop committees shall consult the weather man previous to makin g elates for th e series of. winter bops.
Clause 3· O rdered, T hat whenever the Faculty objects, "stag dances" shall
be held in the gymnasium.
Clause 4· T he U nited States Government shall her eafter pay all th e expenses
incurred by the transportati on of th e battalion to and from tlie P r esidential inaug urations.
Section 5, Clause r. Ordered, That Oehm & Co. furni sh all our gi rls with
brass buttons.
Clause 2 . No student shall keep qui et when Dr. Fell reads th e daily reports.
Clause 3· No man shall act funn y in the Juni or E locution Class.
Clause 4· No schedul e of recitations shall be prepared un ti l the sixth week of
the second term .
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NoM at h. book sh all be used here un ess I IS "
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Sect10n , at
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''l·e " to the same.
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that the student can cas!1y I)roctn eba . Y·t -1 to become interested in ,.T ur1 ' s "
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Clause 2. Nobody shall ever e expcc ec
lessons .
Clause 3·
.
four declensions of three Latin nouns shall be
An yone knowm g
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1 ·"11 t
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fir st rrrade certificate.
J 1 .
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1 11 to•) hop in rr to send away St. o 111 s grac con sidered e Jg l ) e o a " "'
Clause 4· " J ohnny Chew s la s '
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1 Jo· of :M ath as he has.
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vith as much 1
G10W ec ,e
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t chan o·e hi s opim on r egarc mg
ates v
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f css or Von Sch wcrc tn ei mu s
Clause 5· P ro
. a seri es of lectures on the
th e F reshman Class.
Th e Faculty shall arran ge <
•
Section 7, Clause r.
subj ect of "Girls."
Cl
l all beo·in now to write up their "Rat Tat "
Clause 2. T he Freshman ass s 1
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consult the student before awarding
work
The Faculty shall hereafter
Clause 3·
him demerits.
1ave nothin g to do, but must mind
Th e officer of the clay shall \
Clause 4·
hi s own busin ess.
ake ef-fect fr om the elate
O rdered, That thi s act s1 ll t
1a
Section 8, Clause I .
of its passage.
AMEND1VIENT.
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ffi ers from the Juni ors
Major Thompson shall appoint hi s commJSSJO 1 o c
nec
holding the highest r ank.
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�CLARK.
Has a head for Math., or most anything.
A most proficient and enthusiastic critic and orator.
Has a liking for Pokey and the girls.
"A boy who can 't sin g and w ill sing oug ht to be mu zzled. "
CRONK.
Every rule has its exceptions,
And th ere is an ex cept ion to er•ery rnle ;
B nt h e is th e g reatest in this school.
Uses cheap cologne, and writes to girls on reel paper with white ink.
Old ma-id}', and lank,
And oftent-imes called "C1·ank."
CuM MINS.
R esurrected from the Baltimore City J ail in 1899.
" The w hite man's burden " (and girls', t oo)
Expects to be Salutatorian of '03 .
Spends his spar e time across College Creek,
Doesn't correspond with mor e than 100 g irls.
DouGHERTY.
Fo1· eloqnence and wit and alllille-a-that,
Yo11 can't find an eqna l to our wonderf'ttl Pat.
A veritable lyn x .
O ne of the cream of societ y.
Perfectly satisfied with him self, but with no one else.
BEATTY.
A ··J.:.ustic slew- footed .. book \\·oJ;m. clro. l]Wd
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t I1e Eastern S ho re.
here fro111 th e confin es of
A man in close touch with the Se ni ors.
l
l · as no special aim in Ji fe.
A literary enthu siast, tho ug h not ~
!Tifted wi th 111LJCI1 ''gibbos ity .. ,
BLE CKE!{.
A n ath Jete )TStc rd ay, a p 1 .1 osoph er today . . II . .
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crank fo 1 everm ore.
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c • • a so t 1e1 tom orrow, a nd a
Talks only a bout hi s compl ex ion a nd othe.
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people s fa ults.
S pend s hi s time thinhn o· 1
10 1V successfull v hi s·
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pecuh a ntt es wi11 combin e to
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- . lmpollan ce and hi s literar y
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ma ,e 11m fam ous.
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Iat cl to beat fo r n ose, ga 11 a nd sa rcasm.
"Some praise at mornin g what they blame at ni ght,
But always think the last opinion rig ht ."
ELGEN.
A n e;vamp~e to follo w !
A l·iving A pollo!
Has traveled from " The Earth t o th e Moon" with Jules Verne no less
t han nine times.
H e came from the land of Nowh ere (Carroll County).
ates h e will go back.
Aims at a career of g lor y upon th e opera stage.
"The man with the hoe."
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After he gradu-
�Batched in a hirll' s nest in the R ocky Mounlains. Caught up in a whirlwind and dropped in 1-larfor d.
GAL BREATIL
L ove of _
hono_ and praise bespeaks a soul exempt from pride.
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A favonte w1th the Senior s.
F ished from a Darlington school house and fried in the pan of conceit.
A would-be conquer or.
H .EED .
" L ittle Sandow. "
T he man ( ?) who has to get on a chair to reach his bed.
O ne o E the choicest selections of M r s. J arl ey 's vVax \!\fork s.
Soak 'em ! Soak 'em ! Soak 'em , L ew!
T he pet of the Senior s, the fr iend of ever ybody.
GA REY .
Crabbed age and youth cannot go together.-Sha k espeare.
A man much misunderstood.
A spark, a noise, an explosion-that is all !
S tolen from a tin peddler in the sixteenth century.
Expects to gr aduate.
G RANT.
Came from A lpha; will end up in O mega.
A religious, political and educational reformer .
Disappointed in love affairs.
R o H RER-
" J astp ort'' aud ''R o(11'Cr/ ' ''Rong h Iluu .se" aud " Ii111,"
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T h ese, an d a few more, are w hat we call him .
J f work and zeal, combin ed with ambition and good humor, can make li fe
a success, be is all r ight.
" Fools r ush in wher e angels fear to lread ."
" \ i\l ho wants to play marbles?"
TILGHMAN .
Ha s bow -legs, four eyes, and head on slan t ;
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TVe caN him " Gen era l" beca use his na111 e's Grant.
A Mell in's Food enthusiast, he also consumes a •
Jeal of M rs. Winslow 's
Soothing Sy rup.
H ALL.
Sarc ast1:c aw l Hip ,
Th eref or e ca lled " Bip ."
One of the most per sistant fourth-fl our water -rats.
"S ure some to vex, but never all to please."
Chief accompli shment-rid ing a "pony."
Born in H arford, raised on cigar ettes.
Is studying for the ministry.
H ANDY.
H e thinks his life some fair flower the early spring supplies.
Has a tendency fo r going to Chemi stry in spite of the protests of hi s classmates.
Very much liked by the girls.
D ehcate as a snowflak e and '//lodes! as a pansy.
F ickle as a nwiden, and pretty near a dandy.
Spends his money very freely ;
Often treats hi s f ri ends to ice cream ( ?) .
It is har d to tell whether he will be a phil anth ropist or a barber .
Continuall y swiping Sewar d's hair-oil.
W ooD.
" T he bookful block head, poorly read,
\1\fith load s of learn ed lu mber in his head. "
L ooks as if he was sent for and coul dn't come.
Been going to school fo r nearly 47 years.
Crack-br ain ed about g irls.
\ i\1 OODCOCI<.
H o LLI NGS W ORTH .
"A healthy frame, and a quiet mind ."
I n questions of dress, 1'est and f olly,
I nst call on our beautifu l " Chobly."
A loud and danger ous critic.
" L et such teach oth er s who themselves excel,
And censur e freely who have w ri tten well."
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�.. 'Tis ha rd to say, if gTeater want of skill
Appear in writing or in judgin g ill. "
S tores hi s opini on · hi g h among th e star ~ a nd defies a ll mankind to di spute them.
Studi es ha re\ , r eads th e Bible, and run s for all the offices of th e College.
vVants to g raduate fir st in the class.
SEW .\lW.
President of the Consolid ated Uni on of " A utomobile'' and Go uge Pape rmakers.
·Mu st have been the model fo r the fr onti sp iece of " P unch."
As We Know Them
J1\ :\'L I ~S \IV. CA l N . To thi s remarkable individual bel ongs the distinction o£
IJ<.:aring the nam e ot th e el der broth<.:r o f the human race, hi s ancestor s have carried
thi s name for generations. Th e strin g of Cains is uu!Jroken. Th e original Cain
was not hi s great ( ?) grand fat her, but th e brother of Abel, as is well known.
Dut there is an other fa ct which had escaped the authorities, or some of th e authoriti es, until th e present l~ at Tat boa rd wa s created. Through al mos t unheard of
labor we have been able to establi sh the fa ct concl usively, that after Cain had killed
Abel, th e latter decided to nam e hi s dd es t son in honor of hi s broth er to show th at
he (Abel ) could forg ive, a nd so the g reat fa mil y o f Cain s was orig inated. The
present r epresentative was born somew here in the g reat S tate o f Connecticut.
After going throug h Yale, where he di stingui shed himself b_v hi s moral and temperate quali ties, he mad e hi s appearance as a member of our F aculty at th e head
o f the E ngli sh Departm ent. Latel y he has contributed largely to th e field of literature, hi s chi ef works bein g "A defence o[ th<.: usc of slang in composition."
J OI-I N L. C l-JE \ t\1 was born in th e verdant d<.:pth s of old Ir<.:lancl. In h is e;u·ly
youth. hi s mathematica l qualiti es distingui s hed him . At th e age of three, he solved
to his great deli g ht, the cubi cal contents of a cyl indrica l jar of jam. Soon after, it
was hi s privilege to have t he opportunity to calculate th e accelerati on of a slipper
in the hand of an irate mother toward s a small boy-th e orig inal sp eed being given.
rn th e shad owy past he became di sgusted with Ireland , becau se a g-reen surface
resisted hi s effort s to calculate its thickness. H e came to A merica with th e intention of making pin s; but being unable to calcu late the mllnher of molecul es on the
point of a No. 4 pin , he accepted a professor ship in this venerabl e coll eg-e. His
mathemati cs arc hi s own deli ght, th e pride of th e fa cul t_v and th e dread of us-the
plebians. vVe close thi s sketch with an earn est wish that it may neve r enter into
his head to solve the exast number of live in thi s edition of the Rat Tat. \Ale are
sure he would fail , and then we migh t lose him .
B. V. CIS SEL has th e di stinction of being not only th e most energetic man in
the faculty, but in the whole city of A nnapoli s, where th e speed of the inhabitants is remarkable. Tt may seem improbabl e wh en we assert that on Jan ua ry
2, 1902, at 8.r6 AM. , in th e physical laborator y, he thru!'t hi s hand into hi s pocket,
on th e left sicl e of hi s coat, ancl drew fort h a kev in exactl_v six minutes . thirte en
and three-fifths seconds. Now we would n ot ask yon to accept thi s fact about a
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�lesser man , nor would we even state it, but just before this wonderful incident
occurred , th e wri ter had an in spirati on that something of national importance was
going to happen. VVe therefore drew forth our stop watch , and with the pleasure
of a great di scover y we are enabl ed to a nn oun ce the above phenomenon. It is true
that ther e was onl y one k ey in the pocket. and so no tim e was lost in scratch in g
a round to find th e right one. A lso th at th e morning air was bracin g an d that
th e conditions were favo rable fo r a g r eat display of speed . B ut even with these
things admitted we can ha rdl y reali ze it ourselves . Vve a rc proud to say that r ema rkabl e man is a g raduate of St. J ohn' s. \iVhether he acquired hi s g reat energy
here, or wheth er it was in bo rn , has never been settled. A ft er his g raduation he
took a post-gr ad uate course in th e H opkin s U niver sity and fi nally accepted a professo rship in hi s A lma Mater. H e is now engaged in th e preparation of a work
whi ch wi ll be welcom ed by the scientific world . The titi e has not yet been chosen,
but its general theme is t hat ener gy in th e human race vari es directl y as the
amount of food and sleep. and inver sely as the amount of work. H is vi ews will
no doubt be accepted by a g-reat many.
PROFESSOR D A \J I ELS to th e world , but " P okey " to his loving friends,
th e students. Let not t hi s adj ective convey to anyone the im pli cation of slothfulV
ness, fo r th ere is not one sin g·lc thin g slow in A nn apoli s. \ t e use it to express hi s
perfect accurateness and indu stry. He com es from th e wilds of Ann e A rund el
county. A Stoic in beli ef, he has devoted hi s li fe to the advancement of scienceto be particula r in an investigat ion of the exact seat of intelligence of a fi shing
wo rm. He has redu ced hi s hypoth es is to two po ssibl e concl usions-eith er that it
is in th e upper left-ha nd corn er of t he right compartment of th e heart of this wonderful bein g-. or above and ::- li ghtl y to t he right of the palate. The predominance
of evid ence in clin e::- to the fo rmer th con ·. vVe have no doubt but that in time he
will have solved thi s g reat question in th e interests of science. H e has also entered
th e fi eld of li teratur e, and has produced a work entitled "A Discussion R errarclino·
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th e R elative. tren .
gth of th e L eft and Ri :--. Hind Leo·s of a T3 ullfro<T"
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l\11' \RKOS A Rl STOGElTEK SOI-IO-was born near the a ncient capita l of
Greece. His earl y edu cat ion was r eceived with Jason, at the feet, or rath er hoo fs,
of th e Centau r. .r\ fte r gTaduatin g fr om th e Sy ra Gy mnasium, he embarked w ith
J ason on his quest fo r th e ·'golden Heece." Orpheus' mu sic was di stasteful to hi m .
however, as he preferred a L yon & }-l.ea ly flute, a nd so he deserted ship at Daltimore
and took hi s Ph. D. at t he Hopkin s. B lind for tun e at last made him head of the
Greek department of St. J ohn's. H is latest contributi on to li terature is a supposition that if Mercury hac\ thrown his shavin g water from O lympu s upon Homer,
would it have altered th e number of feet in verse 603 of the second book of the
Iliad? H is conclu sion is that th e water woul d have had thi s effect. " \V c do not
judge; we only relate ."
PROF. VON. SCI.-JWERDTl\'ER-We think that is th e way to spell it-is of
doubtful nati onality. ]n hi s own words, hi s father was a Germ an, a nd hi s mother
a French lady. A ft er t·eccivin g a liberal edu cation in t he universities of T rope,
<:u
he ser ved with di stin cti on in the F ranco-German war . Hi s li fe from that peri od
has been devoted to turning th e end s of his Kaiser \iVi lliam m oustache through
an arc of r8o degrees. He has succeeded U{J to t his time in o·ettin o· th em Just
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half way, or 90 degrees. 'vVe despair of his f urther success, "'
for it "'is onl v th e
French clement that has come clown ; we cannot expect th e Germ an to y ield .J H e
has been with us onl y a few month s, but we ad mire t he tenacity of hi s purpose
and hope that some clay he may succeed .
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THOMAS ·FELL-don 't think fo r once that he did , for to our personal knowledge he has alwaYs been able to keep on hi s feet. at least in the finan cial world . Th e
exact place a nd date of hi s birth are un certain , but the fo rmer was somew here
in the western part of E ngland and t he oth er was in th e remote past. Th ere is
a legend that Ponce de Leon fail ed to find the fountain of life because this extraordinary indi vidu al h ad alreadv run a bill through the Fl orida Legislature which
g·a ve him th e exclu sive right to thi s f ountain. O ur future presid ent pumped th e
spring dry and started for E ng la nd w ith the water. But whil e near the Chesapeake Bay hi s vessel was w recked . Seein g that he was about to lose hi s precious
freight. he took a h eavy draugl1t and put him self at th e mer cy of th e waves.
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F o rtun ~ favo red him a nd he land ed on th e coasl o i \ 'irg ini a. \ t\i i th a n und isputed title to immortality time was of n o consequence to him , ami he began to
formulate his great t reatise on t he most helpful books for man . For sundr y
reasons he threw out of consideration the Bible. After coun tless years of toil he
evolved th e won derf ul conclu sion that a bank -hook was pre-emi nentl v th e book
of books. His fo rmer course at Oxford fitted him for th e presidency
St. J ohn 's,
which position he has been holdin g for some tim e-we can't say just how long.
PROF. PUSEY-is in all probab ility of D utch ex traction. At least, thi s is
the only way in which the F r eshm an can accoun t for hi s extraordinary command
of the German lang uage. B ut we, when mad e editors of th e Rat Tat, acquired also
an intuitive knowl edge, which is foreig n to Freshmen, and we can account for
thi s in another and mu ch more plau sible way. Mr. r usey, after g r aduating- from
St. J ohn 's with an excellent r ecord . espec iall y in footba ll , went to Germ any to perfect himself in th e lang uage. B ut he was almost despa ir ing of becomin g a tru e
Dutchman when an id ea occurred to him . H e had one of hi s ve in s opened, and
with the aiel of a bi cycle pump he tran sferred th e bl ood of a Germ an laborer. whom
he had bribed, to hi s own vein s, and hi s own gore to those of th e D utchm an.
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�Th e r esul t was even g-r eater t han he exp ected. T he Germ an imm ed ia tely cam e to
thi s counlr v and becam e a milli onaire. .L'r o fe ssor P usey lx cam e so ver y Germa n
and acq uir~d such a kn owkdge o f th e lang uage that at on e time he was on the
point o f d em andi ng- a par t of the blood hack . 13 u t th e other r efused to part with
it , so Professor P usey becam e t he h ea d o f the Ger man d epar tm en t of t his Colleg·e,
fo r th er e was no law in hi s r ath er unu sua l ca se. I-I e served hi s countr y well in th e
S pani sh-A meri can war . bein g a cap tain in one of the l\lfar ylancl r eg imen ts .
Elles Sont T oujours Les Memes.
Au commencem ent d e notre e re , ex istait un puissa nt r oya um e a ux borcls d e Ia
Mediterranee , qui d eva it sa p rospe rite e n p re mi e r li eu ;[ Ia sagesse et a u x ve rtus
d e son roi . Ce m ona rq ue mod ele avait un fil s uni q ue d e di x- huit a ns, q ui d eva it
lui s ucce d er un jour. II lui avait fait d onner Ia m eilleure ed ucatio n e n vu e d e sa
ha ute vocation futur e. Mais, sacha nt q ue rien n'es t plus ap te ;1 ela rg ir les vu es
et a form er le carac tere q ue les vo yages a I' etrange r , il resolu t d e le faire voyager
pour qu elqu es a nnees.
A son g rand r egre t, les cireonsta nces n'avaient jamai s
pe rmi s au roi de visite r les pays etra nge rs, et c' etait p our lui un e rais on de plu s
d e donner cet ava ntage a son successe ur.
Un grand vaisseau fut imm ed ia tement e q ui pe sur l'o rd re cl u r oi, et le co mm a nde m ent en f ut con fi e au m eilleur capitain e a long cours.
L e d epart du prince he riti e r fut un e occasion solenn elle. O n ava it construi t sur
une hauteur p res d e Ia plage un e estrade , a u cen tre d e laq uell e le roi Ctait ass is sur
son trone, e ntoure d es g rand dig nita ires du royaum e e t d e ses g a rd es . L e prin ce
vint s 'ag enouiller d eva nt san pe rc, et apres avoir rc<; u Ia benedi cti on d u vieill a rd,
il se rendit, accompagne d 'accl a mations e nth ousiastes , ii bor d du vaissea u, qui mi t
imm ediatem ent a la voile.
A p ein e le vaiss eau se fut il eloig ne du ri vage d e q uelq ues ce u tain es d e p as, q ue
le roi se leva subitem ent d e so n siege , et , laissa u t d e cote les reg les d e ]'etiqu ette
aussi bi e n qu e Ia di g nite royale , se mit ii courir ii tou tes ja mbes vers le ri vage, avec
une vitesse etonnante p our son ;tge. L ;l, il s' arn3ta , et, se servant d e ses d eux
m ains comm e p orte -vo ix:
" Ell es sont touj o urs les memes ," s,e cri a -t-il , " ne , l'ou blie ja mais , mon ch e r
fil s ."
Ces p aroles la ncees d 'un e vo ix so no re et cla ire, furent entenclu es pa r le p rin ce,
mais il n' en put saisir le sens . Il pria d o ne le capita in c de vire r de borcl et d e se
rapproch er clu ri vage, afin d e po u voir de mande r d es exp lica ti ons ;I so n pere .
Mais celui-li't refusa net, a ll eg uan t l'o rdr e stri cte du roi d e ne pas pointer le cap
s ur Ia co te de la pa trie ava nt de ux a nn ees d e croisee d ans les m ers. L e p rin ce
dut d one se resign er ; mais il r es tait longt emps debo ut sur Ia po up e, I ~ r egard
fix e sur Ia co te , qui di sparra issait d e plus en plus a !'h ori zon, et rumin ant les d ernieres p ar oles d e son pere, san s cepe nd an t pa r ve nir a e n co mprend re le sens.
Cette d e rniere ex h ortation e trange du roi preoccupa it le prin ce bea uco u p les
premi ers te mps du voyage. Ma is pc u a pe u , les im p ressions to uj ours nouvell es el
�II se le rappela toute fois, quand , le so ir du troisie me jour les a mazon es le reco nduis ire nt clans Ia salle clu trone . La re in e g rave et triste, lui ad ressa Ia parole:
"Mon pauvre prin ce , voila le mome nt funeste arrive . Avant d' etre tue par m es
a mazones , cepenclant, tu peux fa ire d es clerni e rs vo eux , et, sur ma parole cl e rein e,
ils seront pieuse ment r espectes. "
En me me temps trois a mazo nes , a rm ees d e la nces, s 'avon ce re nt le nte ment et se
rangere nt en fa ce clu prince. Celui - ci ne craignait pas Ia m ort, mais il etait tour mente clu repe ntir le plus amer. II pensait i\ !'imm ense doule ur q ue sa mort cause rait a son nobl e pe re, il se rappelait tous les d e tai ls du depa rt , il voyait le vieilla rd courir vers Ia pl age, il se souv e na it e nfin d e ses cle rnie res pa roles: "Ell es sont
toujours les memes, ne l'o ublies jama is, mon cher fils ! " T ou t i\ co up, une lumier e
se fit clans son esprit, et il en co mprit le sens. Regardant la rein e bien e n fac e, il
lui clit d 'une voi x haute e t fe rm e:
" 0 R eine ! mon d e rnier vo eu est, que Ia plus agee d e tes a mazo nes m e donne
le premi e r co up de lance!"
A ces parol es, les a mazo nes fur ent conste rnees. Mais Ia rein e, qui avait de
!'esprit, clit: "Nous ne pouvons te tuer, p uisqu e aucu ne des a mazon es ne veut
porte r le pre mi er coup d e lance; mais si tu veux bie n co ns entir i\ t! tre m on epou x,
ce sera, il. mo n avis, la meille ure solution de cette situation e mbarrassante ! "
L e prin ce ne refusa pas, bien e ntenclu , et se hftta d'inform e r le roi d e cette
paisible conqnete d 'un royaume, qu 'il d evait a son bo n consei l pa ternel.
vari ees, ai nsi qu e !'insoucia nce d e Ia je un esse, l'effa<;ai e nt d e plus en p lu s d e sa
me mo ire, jusqu ' i\ Ia fin il n' y p e nsail plu s .
L es deux annees d e croisee all aient finir, et le vaisseau avait deji\ pris son cow-s
ve rs Ia patri e, lorsq u' un jour il s 'a pproc ha d 'une ile magnifiqu e , toute co uve rte d e
Ia vegetation rich t! et admirabl e de Ia zo ne torride. En Ia voyan t surg ir d e l'ea u
sous le solei! ble me du matin , on aurait clit nn e em e rand e in crustee cl ans d e !' o r.
Le p rin ce ex prim a a ussitot a u capitai ne le rl esir cl'y aborde r. Ma is celui-ci lui
reponclit que c'etait imposs ibl e, q ue cette ile etait habitee par des a mazones , qui
tuai ent in faillibl e men t tout ho mm e qui ose ra it y mettre le pied ; qu e d e te mps en
temps un tenzeraire s' etait haz ard e d 'y pe ne trer et avait disparu d 'un e m ani ere
myste rieuse.
Loin d e d etourn er le prin ce de so n projet, le co nte clu cap itain e avait , au co ntraire , sti mule son d esir d e visiter celte il e r ed oubta bl e. C'etat le frui t d efendu ,
pa rta nt exqui s .
L 'o ccasion lui etait favora bl e ; <'i cause d ' un calm e, le vaisseau etait force d e
passer Ia nuit pres d e 1'1le et avait jete l' a ncre .
Q uand tout le mo nd e i\ bo rd s'etait e ndormi , le prin ce qu itta cland estin ement sa
cabine, monta sur le po nt et, de li\, se laissa g lisse r clans un e nacelle qu 'il ava it
prep;n-ee d 'avance .
L '1le lui apparaissait g igantesque dans le clair de lune et plu s mys te rieuse q ue
jamais. II se mit a uss itot ; ra me r, jugean t clans Ia lue ur tro mpeuse Ia di stan ce
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plus petite q u'ell e n'e ta it e n verite .
Apres un d ur travail, il y aborda enfin , et , ;
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bout d e forces, se je ta s ur Ia pl age pour s' e ndormir aussito t.
L e solei! s 'etait !eve et bai g nait l'ilc d a ns un e limie re d'or, quancl le p rin ce
ouvrit les yeux et se trouva , i\ sa g ra nd e su rprise, en presence d e trois bell es am azones . E ll es etaie nt en armurcs, coiffees d e casq ues et arme cs d e lances et d e
g laives. U n he ure ux mela nge de grftce fe minin e et d e m;d e presta nce le ur d onE lles le saluerent tres polim en t et l'invinait un charme tout i\ fait particuli er.
terent ii les acco mpagne r a u pal ais d e Ia rein e. In troduit d a ns Ia sall e du tro ne,
le prin ce v it la rcin c assisc en grande cere moni e, ento uree d e sa co ur et de ses
gard es . Ell e etait toute jeune et d 'un e bea ute ex qui se. E ll e reponclit ;) so n salut
par un souri re g racic ux et lui clit:
" Sois le bien ve nu mon che r prince! No us ferons d e no tre mieu x pour re ndre
ton sejour h e ure ux , et tou s les plaisirs que Ia terre p ui sse offrir a ux m ortels , tu les
gof'tteras chez no us. Mais po ur trois jours se ul em c nt. Ca r un e vie ill e et sai nte
loi d e mon pays q ue je n'ai point le po u voir cl 'abolir , nous im pose le triste d evoir
de te tu e r le so ir me me cl u troisieme jour. "
Elle fit un sig ne de la tete et les a mazo nes em men crent le prince. Tout te rrifi e
yu 'il etait, il n 'ava it par le te mps d es' abandonne r ?i ses pensees, ca r il fut la nce
d'un a muse ment clans !'a utre, d e sor te q u'il oublia me me le tri ste sort q ui l'attenda it
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Jarvis of the Fourth Floor
AR V J S 1ras a t l' pi ca l fo urth lloor 1 n- he smoked, swore, ca lled on lady
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friends fr e~ 1u c ntl y . .li ed about attending _
church . skipped ~ la~ ses, p layed
the m and olm , sa t up late at 111 g ht and loafed 111 ot her peoples r o~ m s wh en
they were bu sy. In fact, he had a ll th e makin g of a r espectable citi zen. He was
sup posed to room in 65 . but he "as seldom see11 w here he belonged. R ooms 59 a nd
7 1 used 65 for a read in g and wr itin g· room.
O ne night Ja r vis we nt calling. O n hi s r et un1 he met on th e th ird Aoor la nd in g
a bu cketf ul of ver y self-possessed \\·ater. rnd eed, it struck hi m as being rath er
cool. }{i s uni fo rm over coat coll ar was turn ed up, mak in g a fir st-class funn el
t hrotwh w hi ch the water co uld run cl own hi s back . J'l easan t! B ut Jarvis did
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not ex press it that " ·ay.
I t was absolu telv n ecessa n · that he go to h is room- however mu ch he mig ht
hate to do it- to find -dry clothi;1 g, so he wended hi s wear y way to 65.
The door wa s locked, and , of course, the keys were in side, but that did
not matter. l t " ·as as cas\· to break th e loc k as it was to go to sleep, a nd quite as
much fun. He ki cked a n;l - hcre he got a tremend ous joke on somebody. Now
do not sav that he did not en j01· it. Some fun -lov ing incli vicl ual had gone to the
troubl e t ~ place a bu cket o E w.a t~T ove r the door of 65 in such a wav that it would
drench the one open ing· the doo r. It work ed admirahl _v. bu t J a r vis was already
as wet as he could he. !Ia ! I [a ! That gentleman ·" ·ent to a ll that t ro ubl e fo r
nothin g , th e pucld inh ea d.
\ Vhen he got in the room he noti ced that hi s bed was g one, but that did
not trouble him . T here were dozens of oth er beds in the ha ll and it was a small
matter to move one of th em into hi s room. 1~1 is trunk. too was gone,
probably clown town t.o t he house to whi ch th e fel low s sup posed he had gone that
ni g ht ; hut th e people woul d take care of it t ill m ornin g. an d th ere were hundreds
of expressmen in town. H was J a r vis ' nat ure to take t hings phil osophi ca lly.
He undressed, put 0 11 a bath robe. lit l1i s pipe, a nd sta r ted out to see w hat
might be goin g on . See ing nothi n g of in terest to hi m 0 11 t he fo urth Aoor, he
strolled cl o wn t.o t.he t hird- the hotbed o f inn ocence and Freshm en. Tt happened
that a new on e had just a rr ived a ncl " D octo r" Ga r ve r had ver y kindl y fitted hi ~
room up w it h ne\\· furnit ure, a nd th e bed wa s c~ p eci a ll _v good . S ure! v Pro vid ence
wa s concern ed in that, somehow !
Jarvi s looked throup;h th e open door and saw not onl y wh at has been men ti o ned, but also th at the Fres hi e looked lo nesome. ~W i t h a vi ew to cheerin g
up th e yo un gster, he wa lked in a nd introdu ced him self. After some comm on
talk Jarvis rea li zed sud denl y th at h e was desperately hung ry, and the F rcshie, for
th e sake of being agreeable, o wn ed up t hat h e was, too.
"Come along·, then ,· sa id Jarvi s, " and w e' ll sec what is in store for us. You'll
never get along her e til I yo u learn how to m ake yo urself at home. Come on and
I 'll show yo n a round .
T hey stroll ed to Room 7SJ, where J a rvi s t houg-·ht he could probab ly fi nd some
caramels. Jt happen ed that t he occ upants o f 7SJ were in and that a ha lf doz en
oth er fe ll o ws were in with them , a ll enj oy in g a li ttle feast. Ju st t he thin g !
" Gentl emen ,' ' Jarvi s san g out wh en , after much per suasion an d not a fe w
threats, " I have t he honor to present to you Mr. \ t\filli e Verdant, n ewly arrived ,
kindl y make him comfortab le."
Th ~ g-an g, seeing that Jarvis had some game on hand, ver \' generously made
th emselves agreeabl e to the lately homes ick l\lf r. V crda nt. After a whil e J ar vis
left th e r oom , sayin g he woul d he back shortly . Of course it did not take long
to carry inn ocent \tVilli e's bed np to hi s own room, so he was able to be as good as
hi s word.
A fter spendin g a very pleasant evenin g, during which he lear ned tha t the
upper classmen were r ea l ni ce fellows, \ Villi e withdrew to his now pleasant room .
Jarvi s ha ppened in a littl e later and very vehementl y expressed hi s opini on of
an yone w ho could stoop so lo w as to steal a bed .
A ft er a littl e skirmi shin g- around he fo und a noth er new bed in a freshman 's
room and , after g iving its own er s a good lecture and promi sing th em a good .
honest haz in g . he removed it to th e new ma n 's r oom.
L ater he happened in and told the bed-stealin g ( ?) freshman that the haz ing
mi g ht be averted if someone wo uld go cl own to 196 Dobbin S treet and bring up a
t runk that had been broug ht th er e that evening-. T he Freshi es took th e hint and the
t runk was pu shed in to room 65, at II.39 P . M.
Two o r three ho urs .later Jarvi s went t o bed, congrat ul ati ng himself on hav in geno ugh good sense to get along well in th e world.
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A Trip Through Southern Maryland
ALT i l\ I Ul~~. \ 1 ilmington . .l'hil a cl elphi a a nd ·.: \ ew York ; Po pe's Creek
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and Way Station s ! A ll aboard!
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It is earl y upon a bea utiful morniu g 0 r Uctoher that we_ boa rd thi S
nor th-bo und ex press at th e Pennsy lva nia depot in VVashin gton, a nti Cipa tmg a
del ig htful trip throug h So uth ern ~Vlary land .
·T o th e left th e dome of th e Cong r essional Lil.lrary, r e Aectin g- th e g lor y of
n1c ri sin g· sun, shin es lik e a hemi sphere o f burnished gold. T o th e ri g ht , aga in st
th e blu e 'vault of heav en , \ Vashin gton l\f onumcnt stand ~ forth as a pillar of cloud .
T o th e fr ont stretches a broad ex panse of wat er and mar sh, spanned by a longtrestle.
"::\ igh t's can dles have burnt out, and jocund clay stand s t ip-toe on th e m_ y
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mountaii; top. " H ad S hakespeare interw oven a l:'rin ce George county scene mto
hi s tra o·ecl y he wo uld have bad to be content w ith a small h ill covered wtth
scrubb ;~ pin e trees inst ead of a mounta in . lJ ut S bakcspcat-e seem s to have not
been i 1~ 1 p ressed to any gr eat degr ee by Prince Geor ge cou nty scener y, probabl_y
l.Jecau sc he n ever saw it. George A lfr ed Tow nsend once attempted a g raphic
descripti on of So uthern l\Tar ylancl , and the remembrance still lingers g-reen in
the hearts of th e natives.
vVhile we !l ave thu s been meditating· upon the; vicissitudes of human ex istence
in general and nothing in pa rticul a r, the tr a in has been Aying thr_o ug-h woodl and
an d field. As we g·liclc on, the land scape becom es ver y Inter esti ng . From my
wind ow I count sc~en hill s. two creeks , four n egro huts, fi ve rabbits, one snipe.
one farm hou se, six buzzards and three signboard s. U pon the first sig-nboard is the
fo llo wing legend in scribed: And he took him unt o an hi g h place and said
unto him: " Jf thou canst clo all things, I command thee to change these stones mto
bread ." A nd he a nswer ed and said , ".l\o, thanks, hut T 11·ill chan ge th em into
Vlilliams' l'ink Pill s for l.)ale People, if you wis h. "
T he second r ead thus :
'N hen I can r eau m y title clear .
To man sion s in the sky,
I'll bid fa rewell to ever y fear,
A nd drink old R oxbury R ye .
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U pon th e third , shinin g fo rth as a warning to a lost and beni g hted world , was
the follow in g: Veril y, I say unto yo u: "Ex cept ye eat :\Lellin 's lJabv Food in
yo ur in fa ncy, ye will surel y fi zz le o ut."
Bowie, n ext stop! Ch a nge car s for I'ope 's Cr eek Lin e ! yell s in a fog-h orn
voice, a little brakeman with a big cap and Rom a n nose. A r oused from our contemplation of the beauti es of nature. we co ll ect ourself and al ight. T he m ost
conspicuou s feature of ll ow ie. anu t he one t hat in vari ab ll attl·acts and hold s
the attention of t r avelers, is in th e g r ea t number of shi eld s or probahly coats-ofarms suspend ed along the fr ont s of th e houses. Let m e r ead yo u a few: Tivola
( never hear d of it) ; R ochester (saw the name once in a geogr ap hv) ; l~ arth o l om ay
(sound s familiar) ; A nn heuser llu sch ( pl easant r ecollections) ; Schlitz, th e beer
that made Milwaukee fam ous. A h! h er e is th e k ey to the ridd le. \Ale feel a n
almost uncontrollable des ire to per ambul ate across, but r emembering th e wellknown and time-h onored adage : "Th er e will be no baseba ll game today," we
choke clown our thirst and dec id e to forego the pleasure of a hi g h ha ll. A lt hough
we feel that we cann ot indul ge, at least ther e is n o harm in lookin g at th e sig·n s. If
we do n ot see cl oubl v a nd can coun t correctl y , th er e are ju st 67 of th ese insig nias.
This is surely an er a of pr osperity in our hi story. L ong may it continu e ; may tlw
beer sign s mult iply a n hun cl r eclfolcl an d our m oney never run out.
T hat star-spang led bann er
Of freedom, so cl ear ;
0 long mav it wave,
\ i\Thil e we empty down beer .
Rut her e is our tr a in. A ll aboard! a nd we ar e off. vV e chanced to sit bes id e
a gray-haired olcl gentleman of benevolent appear a nce, a nd we re soon engaged
in an animated con ver sat ion w ith him. Fie seemed to be \\-ell inform ed, and we
di scussed several of th e q uesti on s of th e clay : i. ,e., Dicl \ Vasl1in gt on cm ss t he
Delawa r e in a r owboat or a mucl scow? S hould J ohn J\r ow n have been hanged o r
electrocuted? Vl hi ch is the better t o keep cid er from gettin g too bard , pepperm int
or sassafras?
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H ello ! Her e we ar c at U pper l\1arlhoro. O n one sid e can be seen a fr og pond :
on th e oth er a wea ther-boarded st·at ion a ncl cx prc~ s office, behind which stand s a
mul e hitched t o a dogca rt. \ Ve ar c to ld hy th e old g entl eman that the tow n is
just acr oss th e hi ll. and. of course. have no ca use to doubt him. \ Nc a re not
ordinaril y eas_v. hu t wher e it is none of our bu sin ess. w e a re not in the habit of
calling a m an a li ar on a suppositi on .
After lea vin g U pper l\>farlhoro our co mpani on, vvho seem ed to he something
of a phil osopher, broke upon a n ew th em e. "-:\ify yo un g fi·i cml." sa id he, " do yo u
�r ealize to what an extent temperance controls the affa irs of a people? Ever si nce
the morning star s sang togeth er throughout God's in finite universe, ~his ~-reat
truth has been demonstrated to th e mind of m a n . The celebra ted J uhu s Cesa r
in hi s fa m ous comm entaries call s attention to th e fact that temperance is a lway ·
a v irtu e-n ot onl y in matters pertaining to the flowing bowl, but alsoinother things.
Cc.esar practiced what h e preached , and hi stor y n otes that even in hi s massac res h e
was m~derate. I n Gaul, for in stan ce. when hi s a rmy defeated the forces o f
A riovistori x III , m ost Roman genera ls, had t h ey been in hi s place, wou ld have
slaughter ed every savage in th e vanqui shed army. liut Cc.esa r , with more for ethought, spar ed 99 out of the 307,000, a nd thu s onl y 306,901 we re kill ed . \i\That
was the r esult ? T he 99 took to th e woods as soon as they w ere r eleased a nd
spr ead th e tidin gs of th e massacre to ever y part of th e then known world , amplyfying th e story as they ran . In conseq u ence, Cc.esar's fa me in cr eased a thousand fo ld and in late r vear s h e was enabled to defeat a rmies trip le the size of his ow n
bv ti1e m ere fo r ce- of his r eputation. Had he killed ever y on e, there wou ld have
b~en non e left to tell the tal e or to exaggera te it. The stories of his soldi er s wo uld
have been set cl own as fakes, hi s own official r eport questioned and himself s um moned to appear before a court of inquiry. As it was, by exer cisin g a li ttle
temperance he made a bi g win." \ i\Te clid n ot r em ember that passage in Cc.esar ,
probably because we had never r ead more than th e first book, so g iving the o ld gentl eman the ben efi t of th e doubt, vv e wa rml y end or sed hi s op inion . Th e conversation
drifted upon other topics and incidenta ll y he in fo rmed u s that he on ce had aspired
to the House of Delegates. but both part ies had r efused to support him mer ely
because h e had once served a three-yea r sen ten ce in J essup's for taking a mul e n ot
hi s ow n. Maryland knows not what she has lightly pl aced as ide. \ 71/e d o not
doubt th is gentleman could h ave written a speccl1 upon n egr o disfranchisemen t
that wou ld curl the hair, and h ave d~ li ve re cl it in a mann er calculated to freeze
the m arrow, ha d h e b een g iven the opportunity. Rut
"Full many a gem of purest ray seren e,
The cl ark unfath om ed caves of ocean bear,
Full m an y a fl ower is born to blu sh un seen ,
A nd waste its sweetn ess on the desert ai r. "
At Brandywine we bid our friend good-bye and leave him to pursu e th e
even t enor of hi s way. w hil e we cha nge for the Ba ltimore and Potomac or South ern
:Vfarvland Railroad .
.Acr oss th e r oad still Aourishes th e li ttle " Bowery." with . an A ppian way
lead in g th er eto . Thither we wend o ur weary way for a g·lass of buttermilk. th e
better to fortify ourselves against th e comin g trial. Tt wi ll be well h er e to g ive
a s hor t d escripti on of thi s South ern l\[ < lan d " dink ey " which is soon to transport
u-y
us at lig htnin g speed across tile face of t he g lobe.
Th e road ex tend s from llr andy11·in c so u th to ~\ l cc h a ni csv illc, a di stance of
twe nty mil es. T wo tra in s, on e d o1v n and one up, arc run p er day, except d urin .g·
the three s umm er nJ onth s. w hen t raffic becomes so heav y t hat <ti l early train up
and a " late'' tra in dow n a re added. i\11 train s a r c m ·ccssa ril.1· pu lled by t he sa m e
eng in e, a s it is t he onl.1 · one 0\l'll cd by the compan y. T he entire ma nage men t of t he
co rporation is ' r stcd in one man. He is con ductor, baggage master, mail nJ cssenger , g en era l passenger age nt, general ti cket a.~·c n t. gen eral fre ig h t age n t a nd
general ma nage r . In th e word s o f the immortal J)ani el \ Vc bstcr . "I fl: is th e onl Y
pebble on the beach .. , In hi s duti es as baggage master and mail messenger h e i.s
assisted b v a r ccl - IJ caded brakeman . neat ly uniform ed in il luc jean and a slouch
hat.
.A fter a ll a l f ho ur's <lcla_1·, caused by the load in g of one trunk, twen ty-five
cases of beer a nd three barrels of 11·hi skey . the bra keman waves hi s hand and t he
train , cons isting· of on e freight car a nd a com bin atio n smoker. passenger. baggage
and ma il car, s ta r ts out. Every thin g m oves a long smoothh· for a whi le, w hen
suddenl y t here is a halt. l'pon look in g out th e w in dow we sec the engi neer in
fr ont of hi s engin e throw ing· stones at a r ed and wh ite spo tted cow ll' hi ch has a
man ifest disposi tio n to graze upon the tr ack. 1\ t length 11·c get hy th e cow in
safety and pr oceed upon our 11·a.1·. Gall an t G reen ! _ , here we arc in o ld
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Char les co un t)·, God bless her! t hat Ja nel Rowing with milk, honcv an d " ?l[uclcl. "
Sever al other s tops are made at in !Tr vals of half a mile prcs urn~bl v a t s tation s
hu t we fa i I to p er ceive t hem. !-\ L I fu g hcsv ill c, for th e' first t im e ; inee we lef:
llra ncl yw in c. we sec a wh ite native. ] Icrc is t he onl .1 · <1 nd n ecessa ril y th e la r gest
d epartment sto r e in So uth ern Maryland . \ Vc have n ot w ri tte n thi s littl e epic
in a sp irit o f cri tic ism, but cann ot r efr a in her e fr om statin g that n ohrcr sv ill c has
fou r s uch establi s hments, and we clo no t ca ll t hem department stor es, mu ch less
boast t hat th ey ar c the largest in \ 71/cs tcm :\Tarylancl . liut we have n cglcctecl to
menti on th e scenery. S uffi ce to say, it is i hc sa me picturesqu e. u ndul at in g, s uccession of pin e woods and swam j)S that 11·c obse rved in ·Prin ce Gcor o·c co un t\'
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onl y on a less g ra nd scale. A bout a mi le be\'ond Hugh esv ill e the re is anoth"r
halt. \i\T
hat in th e 11·orl d is L mattc1· ? U pon invest igati on we find th e fireman
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chasin g f rom the track t he same r ed a nd wh ite spott ed cow we ll'er c compelled to
stop for. three h ours ago . ten mi les back. Fi nal ly we arc aga in mov in g. C ha rl otte
Jla ll ! Ah! ' ' S II'C'Ct Aubu rn ." loveli est v ill age of t he plain . TTow d ea r to m v
hea rt arc th ese famili<1r scenes. Upo n .1·on spacious c<1m pn s ri ses our beloved .1\ lm ~t
Mater, O ld Charlotte l fa ll J\cad cnw . w ithi n whose class ic h a ll s fm hm l'l'ars o m
yo un g iclea was Langht how to sh o~t-a nd that bri g h t Yo ung idea is stil l- s hoot ing
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( th e chutes)' as om Math . and Germ an P rofessors r~, i~l bear witn ess. \ Ve Cat~ not
for bear recallin g a reminiscen ce of our school days. I h1 s was the attempt of 111) self
and a fe ll ow st~ Cient to inau g urate th e "shirt tail .. parade at Charlotte Hall.
was upon a beautiful ni g ht in th e m onth of l\!Iay th at we sauntered fo rth, clad 111
our ro bes-de -nuit. T he fu ll moon was sailing proudly throug h th e heavens, ~he
o·entle zephyr s softl v whi spered in th e treetops, and the frogs were kJCkmg
~p an un ea;thl y racl~et in the swamp below . \ iVe ' ·fl unked"-an c~ g reat was t he
" Aunk" th ereof. ]<or u pon trying t o evade a g roup of youn g laches, we r~n 1nto
the waitin g arm s of two profes~ors, taking a qui et evenin g siesta bes1cle tl:c
"Fountain s of H ealin g \ i\T at cr. " So th e tal e encleth , except t hat the fac ulty , 1n
solemn conclave, saw fit to impose fi ftee n demerits a nd three thou sand word.s upon
us. V" hy couldn 't th ey have followed the precept of th eir illu strious supen or , S t.
J ohn's, an d soaked us for seventyfi ve demerits c\0\vn . ':'ithout a ny unn ecess ~ ry
encumbrance? Th e next station soulh of Charl otte Hall I S Ne w Mark et. D unn g
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" How w ell do I remember
'Twas in the hleak December. "
T here was a peri od of five h ours one morn in g w hen not a clro1 of whi sk ~y
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wa s to be had in New Mark et. Ever ybody held hi s breath and awatted the M tl lcnnium. A bout half-past twelve the tr ain , with fi ve ba rrels of th e joyful , came in
icrht · th e hou ses settled back on th eir fo undati ons a nd hu sin ess was resumed.
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"The ni g ht sh all be fill ed w ith mu sic,
A nd th e sound s that in fest the day,
S hall fold th eir tents like th e A rabs,
A nd as silently steal away."
these stops I was asked to settle a cli s1mte between two anted iluvian relics ' sittinrr
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on the fence. One asserted that A ristotle was a R oman g ladiator, who could lick
blazes out of anythin g on wh eels. The other said he wa s a Dutchman who
invented sauerkraut. \ Ve inform ed th em that A ri stotle was a Greek g eneral wh o
captured Troy, and then continued our journey. A fter a tiresome rid e L eon ardtown is r eached. As we drive throug h the town the thOLwht enters our m in d
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how L eona rd Calvert can possibly li e quiet in hi s g rave. S upper is served at the
so-called hotel, and a very good supper at that. \ i\Thile loung in g aroun d after
supper we a re approached by a melancholy native who suggests a little game of
poker . Having a little surplus cash in our cloth es, we read il y agree. Th e game
was n ot opened until th er e wer e thirty cents in th e pot, and w e won on three jack s.
H e won the next on two pairs and th e third on a straight. T he fo urth came hi s
way on a dea d bluff, he having on ly queen hig h . There vvere fifty cents in the next
pot when he announ ced that he had openers, an d drew three cards. Luck was
with u s, and we held a straight. T here was bettin g· until three doll ars lay on the
t aJ Ie. "1\l money, " sa1 I1e. " Y ou see, I have ~ two pairs." "B ut a . straig ht
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beats two pairs. "vVho says so." "Hoyle does." "]\:[ y l?oy,' sa id he, " thi s is a
world of changes. vVhen we sat clown t o th e h
aame a strai h
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now it is the other way. D eal again, and I will decid e w heth er a fu ll house should
beat a royal flush ." Vve r etired from th e game a sadder but a wiser man . So
~ n det h our j ourney as well as our story. The nex t morning we left by th e \ Vashmgton boat. D ear l-eader, unless you a r e tired of life or wish to o·ct aw a)' h om
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your mother-in-lavv, let me prevail on you to stay away from Southern .l\!Ia r yl~nd.
Probably you may wish to contribute some interesting fact s t o natural
h1 story, or to substantiate Darwin' s Theor y of Evoluti on. O nly und er such conditions would the exploration of South ern Mary land be justified .
There are, doubtless, some w ho a re so stiff-n ecked that they will not g ive ear
to my words or be governed by my coun sel. For such there is no remedy but the
experiment ~t self . Some persons have to sit down on the horn et before they can
full y apprec1ate the true nature of the animal.
D ear reader. can vo u imagine th e appallin g possibility, had a snowstorm
blown up th e previous 1~i ght and delayed th e train for a week
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Mechani csv ille, the terminu s of t he 1in e, is reached w ithout any 1111shaps.
F r om thence we take the stage to Leonardtown . Th e stage is a dil apidated twoseat ed conveyance, drawn by an excuse for a hor se. O ne seat is occupi ed h_Y
o·o·arre
andise
l)a :'-tb c: ~ • merch c. - ' ' &c. ' and vou share th e oth er with t he driver. If th er e IS
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m~re .th an one passenger, they h ave to take t urn s walkin g and ridin g. A ll
Southern J\ll ar vland scener y looks alike to m e, but the soil of St. Mar y's county
appear s especi~ll y adapted to rai sin g tobacco and ni g-ger s. F iftee n stops for r efreshments ar e made hy th e driver before we ar rive at L eonardtown. At one of
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Advertisements
FouND--A promising bass-drummer .. . .... . . . ... . .. . .... . ........ T he Band .
Fo uN D-The un expected ( in Greek ) .. ..... ... .. .... . ... . ...... . J. L. B lecker
FouND--A Fo:v and a Rabbit ( B onnie) . . ... . ... ... . ... . ....... . . The Faculty
Fo uND-Two "Pussies" ....... . ....... ... .. . .. J. 'vV. \ Vilmer and E . D . Pusey
FouND--A V cy to pacify Punch . .. .. .. .. . ... . .. . .... . . .. ... Freshman Cia~s
LosT-The Small Keyes of th e Hall .. . . ..... . . ....... . . . ...... T he F reshm en
LosT-A Turkey and a Crane . ........... . ...... . ......... . Barnum's Circus
The Old Nickel Math-Bell
LosT- A terrapin , a kitten and a long-eared clog ... . ....... . ...... R. T. R ohrer
L osT-All my ambition ... . . .. . . .. . . . .. .......... ·.Editor-in-Chi ef of Rat Tat
(To the tune of " TJ 0
~e ld Oa!?en Bucllet.")
L osT-The Pres id ency of '03 . . ... .. . . . .. . . . . . ... .. . ... . ... . ... Vv. H. Grant
How sweet to the ear is th
W hich call s us fro
e sound of the math-bell,
1, o cosin es to tancre m momen ts mor c P1
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easantly spent.
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R icrht up to tl ""
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T he hig h, shiny foreh ead tl pw~ ougtn t to went.
The tab le, the blackb~a' c!J e l ro . who can sport it,
And if we don 't know it ~i ' l ere J_ohnny Chew stands.
That littl e black boo!· ,
)look w!lJ r eport it,
,, w llc J he hold s in his hands.
WA NTED--Somebody to ask me for my opinion .. .. .... . .... . . A. V• . \iVoodcock
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\ VANTED-S pots and Dots . . .. . . ....... . . ....... . . ...... The Business 'vVorld
'vVANTED--T o know the definition of " Subordition" . .. . . ......... Jake's Classes
'vVA NTED--The similarity between a Sticll, a R eed and a Cain . ..... T he Students
'vVA NTED--P lenty of Nfudd and Balle1 Raisins to Punch up th e big end of
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Pat's Bass-Horn . . . .. ...... . ..... . . ................ Fourth F loor
\ VAN TED-Some fl esh to P hil out my clothes ...... . . ... . . . . . . . . . . ]. 1\l[erryman.
'vV ANTED-Some ambition and origina-lity ..... .. . . ... . ........... T he Faculty
\ VANTED-Some choice Conntry Frogs . ........... . .... Tarbutton and Tarbert
\iVANTED-A Cooper (or ) two that can hold a Woodcock and a fa :/ Bird.
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Students
FoR S ALE-A Baby E le phant . . .. . .. . ... . ... ... .. . ... ....... . E. H. Hutchins
FoR S ALE- A Pale-Face and a Monkey-Face . . .. ... . . ... . ..... . . Second F loor .
BEARD & SEWARD, the only wholesale and retail deal ers in imported Hinds and
Noble Poni es. Guaranteed full bl ood and unmi xed. R ecommend ed by Trainers
Fell ~ cl Pusey to be quickest, as well as the m ost showy ponies on the St. J ohn's
race '~.v ack. Some of which h ave mad e the best r ecord s in the hi story of th e race.
Experienced g rooms furnis hed with poni es. J ockeys, such as Garey, Small
and Wilmer, who have all won medals at the semi-annual races on th e tracks of
Pusey and Fell ; can be furni shed to train and ride any pony-from a Cesar Shetland to a bucking J uvenal.
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Th e old nickel math-be]] 1
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.Which calls us to Je ' t le blamed Jectric math-bell
ssons we all know so vvell.
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emnextyear's RatTat)
�Do You Realize
Book Review
'·E L EMEN T S OF L OG I C..,
That "General" Grant wrote the R at Tat?
That Beard is th e best gouger in College?
That Bradley and Hutchin s are reformers?
That Smith (A. \!IT.) is a special F reshman ?
That Grant is from A lpha?
That Clark is an orator ?
That Mudd never plays cards?
That Cronin is the smartest man in College?
That Townshend is th e most beautiful singer ?
That Fox has a r ed nose?
That "Punch" has been divor ced from Judy?
That Cronk is a good mi stake?
That "B ip" Tilghman is a sergeant?
That " Johnny" Chew can 't teach F reshmen Math .?
That th e "Frog" has crooked legs?
That Blecker is going to be Maj or ?
That Cummin s has a bad case?
That ·wilmer will " cluck ?"
That Padgett (E.) is bow-legged ?
That Garey is smart in Chemistry?
That th e Juni or Class is hig h-toned ?
\iVhy Galbreath likes the Seniors?
How "Tommy" Fell can live on hi s salary?
\iVhy "Pokey" doesn't marry?
vVhy Garver, Jack, Davi s and Isaac are not in th e Faculty?
vVhat is th e matter with the P r ep. School ?
That Stick is a victim of circumstan ces?
That you can't fool N eewy?
That if you don't, you'r e blind ?
One of the most interestin g pi eces of lig ht literature or fiction that has come
into our hands for some tim e is "Elements of Logic, " published by Butler, Sheldon
& Company. Throughout, thi s work abound s in th e most sparkl ing wit. It is
quite hard to contain oneself as th e author " proves '' his absurditi es for us . We
shall g ive two of th ese sy ll ogisms, as the author call s them. vVe never heard the
term befor e, but a re sure that the street boys will adopt it and will begin to shout,
"Syllogism yourself."
"Nothing is better than wisdom.
Bread is better than nothing.
Ergo. Bread is better than wisdom ." Or,
No cat has two tails .
Every cat has one mor e tail than no cat.
Ergo. Every cat has three tail s.
Th ere arc also four little jing les which we are sure will become soon nursery
rh ymes, and in stead of our babi es shoutin g
" O ld moth er hubbard
\Vent to the cupboard,
they will cry joyously,
"Barbara celarant parii ferioque puori s,
Cesare camestres fest ino baroko secund;:e,
Tertia darapti desamis dalisi felapton,
Bokardo fersison habet; quarta in super addet,
Bramantip, camenes demaris, fes apo fresison."
Its extreme simplicity will, no doubt, appeal to all of the readers. And let us
say here that no verses can be surer of posterity than those which are preserved in
th e nursery.
Th e di ction of thi s work should r ecommend itself to careful mothers and
teachers for th e child 's first read in g; for seldom do words of more than fifteen
syllables occur. 'vVe predict a great success for thi s book in thi s line al so .
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Selections from Attic Orations"
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P ubli shed by ]\l[acmillan, deserves special n otice on ac~ol:nt ~f the .peculiar
character of its humor. T his is the one feature which d~stmglllshes 1t from
the oTeat mass of " trashy' ' literature now published. It l S gen erall~ accepted
t hat llllmor should have some tendency to provoke r.eaclers to ~1Irth. B ut
old L ysias was a sly and greedy old cluck, and his 11l~mor lS .of such
a na ture that it provokes the read ers to a perfect frenzy, whd~ afforcll~1 g th~m
th e best sort of fun imag inable. M ethinks I can see old L ysws chokmg :V 1th
lau rrhter as he delivers hi s harangues to that gossiping crowd of A themans,
whU e he thinks of the difficulties h e is making for the future students of St.
J ohn 's. Those old Greek s were a far-sighted and a vindi cative sort of people,
·t from thi s feature there is nothing in th e work to comma1:cl
anyway . AI)al
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respect. As for the others, w e will n ot censure them, poor fellows,. for t 1ey c IC
th e best they could. T hey mi ght n ot have seemed such elope goods m those days.
VIe will close with those \Nords w hich are so proper her e, " They are more to be
piti ed than censured. "
Ames' Theory of Physics
Dy J oseph A mes, Ph . D., J ohn s Hopkin s U niversity. Publi sh ed by A meri can
Book Company. Price $1.50.
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versity. P ubli shed by A merican Book Company. Pnce $r.so.
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Thi s book is one of the greatest works ever written on th e subj ect of GreCian
M ythology . It begin s with a description of th e fa ll of A lpha, the God of Beauty,
from th e r egions of Beta, the God of Hig hlands, and tell s how Ome.ga, th e Goddess
of the vVhirhvincl s, caug ht A lpha in her currents and wafted hm1 away to t~l e
land of I ota, the goddess of a very indefinite region called M omentum.. \iVhtl e
in thi s r eo·ion A lpha fall s in lov e with Th eta, the Goddess of Attraction, and
n early me~ts hi s fate at th e hand s of D elta,. her lover , th e God of War and Power .
But th e stnwale is sudd enl y brolwht to an end by the appearance of R o, the great
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God of P ressure and Hurricanes,"' who hurls th e forc es o f D e1ta 111t o tl1e etl1er eal
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reo·ions wh er e thev are consumed b th e fires of Sigma, the God of Li ght and
H~at . R o then de;troys th e r egion of whirlwind s, O mega's king dom , and relea ses
Alph a, who, with hi s clear Theta by hi s side, at the head of tl:e forces of R~,
return s to th e kin o·c\om of Beta, and by force of arms restores h1m self to powe1,
and now reio·ns ~upreme with his beloved Theta. Lambda, an offsprin g of
Th eta is ne;~ in succession. T hus the work g ives us a fair id ea of the ancient
ways ~f th e gods, and is hi ghl y inter esting throughou t. The plot is well worked
out and should be r ead by ever y scholar.
Side Remarks on (Dutch) German
An individual may g row to manhood as verdant and innocent as the day he
was born , and yet spend hi s latter days in a flat having a back door S und ay
connection with a barroom; he may live a yo uth of wickedn ess and crime and
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incidentally pay a fe w prolonged VI Sits to the State penitentiary, yet it is not
impossibl e that he may pass p eacefull y over th e river amid the sorrowful tears
of his S unday-school cla ss. A ma n may begin life by passing across the bar
the wor st concoctions ever produced, and yet, after having made a fortune in
th e wholesale liquor bu sin ess, become one of the g reatest exponents of temperan ce that ever g raced a platform . But when he becomes so void of discreti on
as to purpose in hi s mind that he will undertake the study of " butch," the Darwinian T heor y of E volution, i. e., that man is descended from a monkey, or
more probably from an ass, is certainly proven. H e may already have plucked
from th e lower branches of th e tree of kn owl edge a few plums such as Greek,
L ogic and Calculu s, but he should ha ve noti ced that ··Dutch" is of the fruits that
g row onl y upon th e topmost branches, and it takes more than a brickbat to brin g
it down .
B lind ed by th e knowl edge of what l1 e has cl on e, he asserts, ''Verily will I roll
up my sleeves and jump upon 'Dutch ' with both feet, and of a truth when I am
throug h, it will look lik e the t raditional dollar from which 70 cents has been
extracted. " For a time, my son, thi s beni g hted individual may stumble along the
stony path , and may even kn ock 4.50 and 5.00 by th e timely assistan ce of
some careful " ponying' in hi s book. But th ere comes a time of reckoning . H e
goeth into examin ati on with a happy h eart a nd a step as lig ht as if he were
ru shing th e g rowler, but wh en he cometh out, hi s countenance hath a careworn
and vacant ex pression, and hi s g eneral a ppearance is like unto that of a rotten
pumpkin upon whi ch a ton of brick has accidentally been dropped. It is not n ecessary to inquire if he has Aunked. L eave him alone to th e tend er merci es of an
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accusmg con sCi ence.
Truly th e way of th e "Dutch" student is ha.r d and full of troubl e. Vlhen you
are reading that "sublime" cr eation " Die \iVacht a m Rhein ,'' does it picture to you
the beauti ful blu e Rhin e, with its patri otic associations, dear to the heart of
ever y true son of the F a therl and ? Kot much. It sounds ver y nice wh en played
by th e littl e Cerm an band , bu t for heaven's sake " cut it out' ' in classroom. \i\T
hen
.M r . \iVm. Tell shoots th e apple from hi s son's head are you trembling for fear h e
will mi ss it? D ecid edl y no. You ci on 't care wh eth er he hits th e appl e or smash es
th e boy in th e solar pl ex us. As you are perambulatin g slowly a nd painfully over
Lu ther 's ''E in' fes te 11urg ist un ser Cott," does it r ecall th e time when you, an innocent littl e boy, a ttend ed S und ay -school and mingled your childi sh voice in th e
familiar hymn s? N it. You are swearing inwardly and committing Martin Luther
and ever y oth er Dutchm an to an ex tremely warm climate.
J\i[y son, you wh o a re at th e partin g of th e ways . consid er well befor e y"ou
go on. If you fall , g reat will be th e fall th ereof, and it is not necessary that th e
r8r
�wind s should blow, the rains descend and th e flood s come to tear away the flims y
foundation upon which your little structure of egotism is built.
My son, receive my word s and incline thine ear to my sayings. For length
of clays and long life and peace shall be added unto you. B ut if you shall set
at naug ht all my counsel a nd will have none of my advice, then will I laug h at your
calamity and mock when you flunk examinations . B ut whoso h earkeneth unto me
shall elwell safely, and shall be quiet from all fear . A nd when the silver chord
of li fe shall have been broken and th e soul passed whence we know not where, may
we be peacefully laid away in some secluded vale where Dutch books cease from
troublin g and the wear y are at r est .
Analytical Geometry
BY G. A.
WENTWORTH.
A bsence of techni cal detail and scientific pretensions places thi s little book
without a peer in th e literary world. Marvelously blended with chi ldlike simplicity, it is one of the most fascinating works of fiction that man ever wrote, and
shou ld be r ead by ever y lover of romance. The character s are brought out by
piling on detail after detail, instance after in stance, until the reader is so complctcl y wroug ht up that he hates to lay it aside ti ll completed .
T he first few chapters describing the land and the people are so g raphic in
th eir picturesqueness that they appeal to the reader s with the force of a prophecy,
and he reads on in sear ch of the "plo t." T he whole story is a g lowing portrayal
of the trials and tribulations of a little band of GTeeks, who pledge mutual support
in th eir travels through th e intricate windings of th e "Conic sections."
One moment we find this littl e band, guided by their gallant little leader ,
Alpha, perched upon the vertex of Mount P arab ola, and the next, takin g a quiet
nap (pe) in the valley of the H ybe1'bola.. In this mann er the stor y proceeds in an
unu sually taking style, containing one bundle of contradi ctions and lovabl e absurdities, until th e author sees fit to con clude hi s story.
And it wouldn't require many Maryland legislator s long to find out th at there is
n-othing in the book. B ut if we wish to consider the work from an economical
standpoint it would be appropriate to m ention that the ~mlne in the book is $I. 12.
The diction is rotten , the subj ect-matter is Robin Hoodified . The m eaning of
ever y paragraph is supposed to be fo rthcoming in the n ext mail. Somebody told
us th at the author says in this book that the only thin g necessar y to become a la wyPr is persuasive power . But we can prove by logic that it is n ecessar y to be a
liar.
This book is intended to drive students to sui ci de and to jail. In one place
th e author tri es to fool people by say in g, " T h ere a re two main kinds or arg umentation, that whi ch is written and that which is not spoken, or in oth er words, that
which is not a ny good and that which is n o good." The latter is now practiced in
modern courts. T he author ski ll fu lly avoid s mention of the power of money in
courts, and in all convictions.
The book has n o purpose. The object for writing the book is the eig hth
wonder of creation.
The book suits hard-worked students for three reasons:
F irst, it offer s on e hour of r est per week.
Second, the instructor can't r equire a pupil to answer hi s quen es accordin g
to the text book ( unless h e is non co111pos mentis. )
T hird, it elaborates upon th e differ ent kind s of confusion, contradiction, m etamorphi sm and general climatic conditions of " balled-up" briefs.
A bout half way between the lids of the book the author tells why on e man
doubts anoth er man"s word. \11/ e doubt hi s reason, for a sy llogism which contains
as a premise the conclusion of another syllogism , is called a n epi syllogism. He
also says th e evid ence of a bowl egged man vvho drinks common whiskey should n ot
and cannot be r elied upon.
T he plan of the whole book is a fake , and we recommen d it as an admirable
bt111 ch of nothing ness. Generally sp eakin g, and also thinking, the book is surelv
"on the bum."
Whitney's French Grammar
The Principles of Argumentation
BY GEORGE PIERCE BAKER.
A las ! and what is th ere in a name? T he Junior Class of St. John 's College
has proved by hi g her mathematics that ev ery thing is in the name of thi s book.
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A model tong ue-twister. Giving not only all one wants to know about the
lang uage, but besid es all that one does not want to know. It has all th e essential
qualities of a text book of th e clay, namely, tiresomeness, ambig uity , wordin ess and
size. B ut it is a genuin e side-splitter , a nd the humor of th e irregular verbs is
attractive and sparklin g throughout.
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l90 l Orders of Shirt Tail Department
Headquarters St. John's College,
,.
Shirt Tail Brigade,
May
I , 1901.
Ordered-
r. That Privates Murphy, Coolahan and Dough erty be handcuffed and sent
back to Ireland.
2. That Private Johnny Chew work more and read less at th e gymnasium.
3· That Corporal Bl ecker get Ser geant Fait to capture a part of his nose .
4 · That Paymaster Dustin hire a barber to shave th e butter.
S· That Bugler Roug h-Hou se Rohrer comb his hair for a change.
6. That Li eutenant B ri scoe be promoted for h is punctual and continuous
attendance at dri ll ( six times during the year .)
7· That D etective Mace go t o h- - to in struct the devil 111 th e man ly ar t 0f
cursing and prevaricating.
8. That army regulations adopt M a jor Thompson 's latest code of commands,
such as, " R ear open order," "Parade dismissed ,' ' " Jump the fence, Niarch I," &c.
9· That the battalion appropriate 50 cents for n ew poker chips for the P:nkn ey Y. M . C. A.
ro. That Private Pokey Dani els be promoted to corporal for his excee ding
bravery in the battle with th e cops.
r r. That Private "Bobby W hite" be excommun icated for falling in lov:: 11·:: ],
Little Egypt on the day of the Inaug ural Parade.
12. That Private Tilghman be compelled to board in th e College Clt ~ J t.1 r
two weeks as punishment for sw iping Soho's whiskey.
I 3· That P rivate Soho be reduced to ranks for selling intoxicants to m inors .
14. That Orderly Fell be demeritecl for not carrying out Dr. Garver's orders.
rs . That Sergeant Tarbutton be demerited for having little frogs in his room.
r 6. That Private Riggin be given 25 demerits fo r attending more than one
class a week .
17. That Corporal LaMotte de cli sratecl for coming back so soon after the
Easter Holidays.
r8. That Captain vVi ley, Cor poral LaMotte and P r ivate Cissel have a slow
race.
�19. That Private Seward in the future use hair oil on his head instead of
butter.
20 . That Private Riggin be confin ed in the g uard house for ten clays for
holding fo ur duces against Captain ·w isner' s full house.
2r. That the Glee Club have Grant, Scarborough , B urrough s and Cronk to
sing a quartette at the concert.
22 . That Private Cain have three preliminari es to the next athletic meet in
order to get his chums on the team.
23. That Soho cook his onions under th e hood in th e laboratory in stead of
perfumin g the barracks.
24. That a strict g uard be kept on "Pitcher Stick '' to prevent him from
.> igning with the Baltimore L eague team.
25. That a detective be put on P ri vate \tVell s' track to discover wh ere he
spends his evenings.
26. That a gold medal be award ed to the proficient poli ce force of Annapolis
for their brave fight against the College stud ents in th e recent trouble.
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�College Wit
Grant-Say, Gore, were you up to the Buffalo Exposition last summer?
Gore-Yes.
Grant-What did they have th ere?
Gore- An exposition.
Clark (at club tabl e, holding up a piece of beef)-My, but this hunk of cow
make a fine rubber block for a freight train !
~vould
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our care as a protection against Cimex Lectularius ami other like disturbers of the
peace, and after carefully considering the present raid of the Cimex L ectulais, do
her eby notify th e leaders of said army to withdraw their above named ranks from
the territory of the First Floor of Pinkney Hall within the space of twenty-four
hours, otherwise we shall deem their encampm ent on our mattresses as an act of
hostility and take strenuou s action ag-ainst th eir troops. Beli eving peace more
preferable than vvar, we tru st that said troops will be withdrawn without further
trouble.
'vVe are very sincer ely,
Vol. E. R. CUi\111\IIING,
\A/. E. H. VliLLTNG,
Comm ittee on Cimex Lectulais.
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After Thanksgiving Dinner
R OUGH HOUSE JIM , Chief Cimex Lectulais K iller.
Collins, '04-My heavens! I believe I will die before tomorrow morning.
Scarborough, '04-Don't die, \i\Tili<ie, we'll have to buy a memorial tablet for
you.
Murphy in mathematical examination)-
Petherbridge, '02-Yes, Wilkie, go ahead and die, then we'll get another
holiday.
Collins--Then you'd rai se the devil around here, wouldn't you?
Scarborough-Yes, but the de7Jil would be raising you clown there, too.
Petherbriclge-Then we'd raise h--and rescue him.
A parallelogram is a long, square fig·ure, having four sides and a base, four
corners, four a ngles and three dimensions. Jt is shaped like an U needa Biscnit
box. It cann ot be mistaken for a triangle, and as far as 1 kn ow it is harmless.
President Galbreath (in '03 class meeting) - I appoint Messrs. Reed, Tilghman
and Dougherty to look after the chairs for the J nn e ball.
Garey-Mr. President, I would like to make a motion.
President-NJr. Garey has the floor.
Garey-I move that this committee which you have appointed be recorded
111 the minute book as the first committee of more than one man wherein every
man of said committee is chairman.
Ancient, Reckless and Independent Order Destroyers of Cimex
Lectularius
The Local Council, No. 750, of A. R. & I. 0. D. of C. L., having· met this
tenth clay of our Lord , in the month of January, year Nineteen hundred and two,
in our secret chamber, for the purpose of concentrating the powers given und er
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Clark (trying to sing ) Oh , my Dolores, open up yo ur gates ancl sin g !
Fair one of Eden , look to the Vlest for me.
I'm d - - near freezing out in the rain.
Padgett, '04-Say, Tony, are you going walking after dinn er?
.Powell, '04-Gosh, no, but 1 am going to ride out my Latin.
Beatty-Say, General , !Javc you any writing paper?
Grant-No.
Beatty-\ 'Veil, why haven 't you?
Grant-'Cause Clark has plenty.
Garey (returni ng to college in September)-How arc you, Doctor.
delighted to see you !
Dr. Fell-\i\Tell , don't break up so mu ch furniture thi s yea r.
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Crane-Ho·w do you do, Doctor; nice weather, isn't it ?
Dr. Fell-You owe me a dollar, don't you ?
Prof. Chew- Mr. \i\T
ilson B., what is the spherical excess of an agle?
Wilson B.-Well , you see, P rof., it i ~ just like thi s : In the first place you
take a spherical triangle, you know, and then, you see, you just simply compare
the sum of the angles of the " clanged" triangle with 180 degrees, then, you see,
the differ ence is called the spherical excess, and , see here, isn't that ri g ht ?
Prof. Pusey-Mr. Riggin, take the next sentence.
Riggin ( in German prose comp.)-Zwei g rosse A mericanische Dichter sine\
Pope unci Cooper.
Prof.-Pope ist kein American ischer Dichter.
Riggin (thinking the sentence in complete) - Z wei g rosse A meri canische
Dichter sind Cooper, und Pope ist kein Ameri cani scher Dichter.
P rof Turkey (in music class )-Mr. Bur rows, please define to us the meanin g
of a beat.
Mallory (always in a hurry)-Don't you kn ow, Prof., it is a root from which
sugar is made.
Prof. Turkey-That is not what I meant.
Mallory-Oh, yes, Prof., you mean a fellow who " bums" cigarettes.
Scarborough-\ iVhat is a mechanical eng ineer ?
Halbert-A mechanical engineer is a man who designs machines and tu rns
iron, &c.
Scarborough-What does a civil engineer do?
Halbert- O h, a civil en g in eer builds roads, tunn els and bridges.
Scarborough- \iVhat does an electri cal engineer do?
Halbert (getting tired of the quiz)-He don't do anything, he has an assistant.
Why is St. John 's not an important voting place?
Because it contains only one ware\.
P rof. (in physical class)-What is a watt, Mr. Garey?
Gar ey (after having r eceived a r.so in chemi stry)-! guess that is just what
(watt ) it is, Prof.
"General " Gr ant-1v'lajor , I cannot see why Sergeant Ti lghman vvas g1ven
a hig her rank than I.
Major Thompson-That is just the reason, Corporal Grant, your eyesig ht is
bad.
Charli e (afte r one of Pat's pro longed speeches)-\ Vhy don'L you keel) crui et
.!:'at?
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1-'at (the Iris h blood boiling )-Faith, and ye needn't get "gin ger bready."
hen is a man not a man?
\i\T
A nswer- \i\T hen he is a major.
\1\fho is the g reatest liar ? A dead man.
Can You Understand
vVhy Townshend uses so much co log·ne?
Vlh y D ustin wants to stay here)
\iVhy the fac ulty is not changed?
vVhy \Noodcock wastes so mu ch t im e dow n tow n ?
\ Nhy we cann ot keep any applian ces in th e Gm1 ?
vVhat " J ohnn y" Chew und erstan ds?
.
\iVhy Freshm en will lie?
vVhy the Seniors "·ant the honor sys tem?
\ iVhy Grant is bow-legged?
\iVhy "Tony" Powell is such a ladi es· man ?
\i\T mak es Lal\Jotte's hair fi re color?
hat
\i\Tho it is that likes to be petted ?
\ i\T y Dustin should get $8o per month ?
h
\ Nhy ''Jake'' doesn't live in th e V ice- J 'res ident's man sion ?
vV hy '·Tu rkey" has cut off hi s mu stache?
\ iV hy the Sophomores ar e so 1-oxy)
\ Vhy you never get your exa minati on pape rs back?
\ Nhy we have to pay $20 per month for armr beef?
\VIn· Jami son is such a gaspipe?
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\1\f hy so many girls lose their min ds over Clark?
Th e differcnct' between the Stick and th e Club?
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A n Examination Soliloquy
··To pass or not to pass, ·· that is th e qu estion .
VVh ether 'ti s better, in exa ms .. to suffe r
Q uestions from con tum acio us Profs,
O r to pr epare notes co nt ainin g u seful data,
And , by g-ong in g . pass th em ? To fail , to f-lunk ,
l\o mor <.:, but by go uging , to mo re th a n end
T he hea rt ac hes, a nd the ma ny sleepless ni g hts,
Tha t a fa ilure brin gs- -tis t he only lJH.:t hocl ,
f\!1cl it wi ll I p ursue. To Fail , t o flunk .
To Annk! perh aps a zipp; a_l' . there's th e r ub:
F o r at t hat frig id poin t. what blood won 't freeze?
I m ust shake off thi s dire ca la mitY,
So gouge T ,,·ill. Th er e' s the r espect
T hat sure]_. foll ows a gTad uat ion,
,
Tn whi ch will be lost all those base id eas
Of th e gouger 's w rong. Th e smart man 's contumely .
T he pa ngs of st ricken consc ience-a lik e lost.
So J'd rather bea r those ill s a shor t whil e
T han t·o Aunk an exa m. T kn o w not of.
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�The Rough House Club
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Pres., J ames Rohrer.
\ "ice- .1 'res ., General Gran t.
Sec., Count ry Tarber t.
Sergea nt at A rm s, Tom Ha ll.
l\1inu tes of th e special m eeti ng of t hose who last yea r banded themselves
togeth er for th e purpose of promot ing general d ist urba nce in Pinkn ev Hall.
.In pursuance of th e ca ll of th e lloa rd of Confusion, the Ro u gl~ House Cl ub
~ne t In cd l 26, !~lll rtl_I l~our . .l'inkn ey Hall, September 23, lt)O 1, Pres iden t Ro hrer
In t he cha ir ... J he tol low n1 g named active members ans 11 -cred to t hei r names:
O ld Lady \ \I Ii son. J im Clark, Ca rey. W hi ske rs Ikard, To 1i 1 Hal l, J ud g·e B lecker
Harry l 'Igcon . C:nna l < ;ra11t, l_'u ss Wilm er, T oney l'owcl l, Cholly Holiin gswo rth :
{ohnn~· - :\ ludd . ,S1 C u n 1111111 ~. Country T arbert. J\.at Jon es, R il ey E lgen, Mooney
Ha lbe1t, Lord k1ggni. ( )Jd Sommer a nd Scabby Scarboroug h.
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1\ fte r roll ca 1 th e sec reta ry. l\ I r. Tar bet. r ead excuses from th e fo llow in !!
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absen t m embers :
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~oopn , out of tow n in sea rch of a new face and some old r ve.
Sewa rd. engaged in sandpaperin g hi s fore hea d to remove til e shin e
Reed , huntin g fo r his lost size .
.
l\ I"urph y. engaged in JHillin ,!:'· shav inp· 'ln(] ])lacl,-IIl o· 1 s 1es, socks, tobacco
.
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- Jrtl 1
!Jag-s, ink 11-cll s. a nd books from hi s new b~ss horn .
"
~ tick . dow n tmv1 g-ctti_ng ''st uck '' on the gi rl s.
:
, l.eatty, engaged 1n con vmcin g Spates t hat he ( !Jeattl·) s IlO ll 1( 1 1 the ma_1 o r
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Je
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\~! ~oclcock. mak ing a new list of hi s muli sh opini on s.
\ i\T Jl SOn 11 .. St tl cly in g how to be funn y.
Mr. J ohnn y lVI"udd th en moved that tl1 e cllat t· r1estg nate two men to watch
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Pokey. l\ Totion carri ed.
M ess rs. M udd and Galbreath were appointed .
M 1· .. Nrudcl ~ll ed two bu ckets w ith water a nd took hi s post. Mr . Ga lbreath
armed him self w1 th - - - - 1·H 1· anc·1 soap ( 1·I S 1
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s
1es. a ll(] took hi s post.
. Ml. B l e:k e ~· t~ove d that th e club proceed to elect new members. Motion carn e:!. . Mr. ~ollm s . name was proposed . U nd er di scuss ion. "l\tfr. Hollin g-sworth
oh_1 ec!ed to h1 s electiOn on the g ronnd s that he (Collin s) couldn 't tell a li e properly.
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:\ lr . JZiggin made an eloqu ent appeal to the club, point in g out t l1 fact that Co llin s
e
" ·as once i\ layor of S now llill , and had th e en viabl e reputati on o ( treating a ll hi s
fr iend s to ice-cream ami pi e whenever he had tile "tin." l\ lr. Scarboroug h touched
a r esponsive cord in our hearts by arguing that the gentleman sho uld be elected
because he is a native of the Easte rn S hor e. .l\,1r . Jim Clark \\'as opposed to him for
two r easons: fi r st, because he had a handsomer face than l1 e (Clark ); secondly,
becau se Collin s woul d always be dow u at 1-.:aslme r' s when any roug h house was to
be raised. l)iscuss ion was closed by an appea l fr om l'resident \ Vi lmer, of the
::iophomore class. \ 'ote r esult ed in 1\ lr. Collin s ' elect ion.
At thi s j un ct ure 1\Ir. Po well ha uled off am! struck t he sergeant-at-arms, · who
had chast ised him fo r throw ing- sugar on Mooney J lalhcr t's wooll y head .
Then the Presid ent' s chai r broke ami spill ed him on the Aoor, where he lay
in fits of laug hter until t he sergean t-at-arms helped him up. 1\ lr. J'owell was
g-iven a vote of thanks -for such a good di sturbance.
Nlr. lllcck er th en deli vered a n eloqu ent address on " !-low !lest to \Vo r n· the
Senior s." He was fo ll owed hy l\ lr. ]~l alb e rl on th e subj ect " !\luffin g." \ lr. Garey
gave us a talk on the same subj ect.
M r . vVhiskers was th en in stru cted to go dow n town ancl get some Swe itzers
and beer. \:V hen he return ed we harl a q ui et feast . Toasts were proposed am!
responded to as fo ll ows: "J low to lie ] lum o rous ... Hil ey E lg·en ; "The ·Representative Four th F loor l\ran ," O ld Lady \ Ni lson ; "The Campu s in l\Jay ," 1 arr \'
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igeon ; "The Sen ior s and the Facu lty,· J udge Dlecker.
Choll y Hollin gsworth th en g-ot into a scra p with Tom lTall as to w hi ch should
g-et the most beer. T he P res ident broug-ht a n end to the troubl e hy d rink in g it·
all himself.
T he next thin g in orcl er was th e d isc ussion of plans fo r a ~ uh sequ e n t ontbreak. Rat J ones proposc<l a plan by w hi ch th e club could g-et even with the
Facul ty fo r ship pi ng two of om member s. He pu t the sng·gesti on in t he form of a
motion. that "·e expend thirteen cen ts for firecracke1·s. and permit t he l'resid ent to
name two ner vy men who would set them off at t he door of th e i'ac ulty r oom durin g th e next weekly meetin g. T he Pres ident 11·as about to put the motion w hen
General Grant attempted io ki ck Scahh~· . stru ck Gus ll radforcl's wash ~tancl and
broke the bowl and pitch er . Tn ex plan at ion of hi s di sord er the Gene1 stated that
·al
Scabby wou ld get worse tha n t h;:tt i f he mon ki ed a round 11 is chin any more. H e
was excused and given a vote of thanks. T ony Powell t hen v iolently pu ll ed
old Sommer's hair . whereupon he received another vote of thanks.
T he P resid ent called for ord er and put J ones' motion hcfore the Club . Jt was
carri ed. T om Hall and Hol lin g-s11·or th were chosen to lig-ht the fire crackers.
S i Cummin s call ed fo r the floor and deli vrred a fin e ar g·ument. in wh ich he
~h owecl th e need of cl eanin g out "Prof. Rigley's quarters." He nsed seve ral
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�French a nd German quotati ons in the course of hi s tal k. Hi s speech was enthusiastically received . .1\'lr. Jim Clark moved that we "ri se hell around th ese diggin s. ' '
T here bein g no further bu sin ess, the I ights were put ou t a nd we had a fig ht.
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COUNTRY TARPET,
Secretary Ro ugh H ouse Cl u h.
T he following are the qua lifications necessary to become a member of th e
'' R oug h House' ' Cl ub.
I. E ver y member shall be a good liar .
II. Ever y m ember shall keep hi s mouth shu t when ca ll ed befo re t he Faculty.
I II. If any m ember fai ls to a nswe r to the call of th e l' resicl ent, he shall be
accused of all th e damage done durin g hi s absence.
I V . Member s shall practice th e a rt of puttin g rooms on the "bum. "
V . No member who is fam ili ar with the Seni ors (or T'okey eith er ) shall be
tolerated.
V I. Every m ember mu st be able to jump a whole flight of stairs at once.
V II. No ma rri ed m en allowed.
V IIT. No one shall be admitted to the cl ub unless he has received 99
demerits.
I X. It is necessar y fo r each member o f this cl ub to sleep with hi s shoes on.
X. No F r eshmen all owed.
X I. Tt is th e dut~r of ever y member to raise as much racket as possibl e during
chapel.
Soliloquay of a Boarding Club Student
"Backw a rd , turn backward , U ti me in th y flight,
Feed me on g ruel again just fo r to night.
I am so wea ry of sole- leather steak,
Petrified doughnuts a nd vulcani zed cake,
Oysters th at slept in th e water y ba th,
B utter as st rong as Goli a th of Ga th ;
\ Neary of paying for what .L don 't eat.
Chew ing up rubher and calling it meat.
Backward , turn back ward, for wea ry I a m.
Give me a whack at grandmoth er 's ja m :
L et m e drin k milk th a t ha s never been skimm ed.
L et me eat butter whose ha ir has been t rimm ed,
L et me once have an old -fas hi oned pi c.
And then I ' ll be r ea d~· to turn up a ncl di e.' '
-E:r. T he Mirror.
Shakespeare's Ideals
" The Merry \!Vives of Wi ncl sor"- l'ow cl l. J ones.
" Measure for Measure"-l\ eed.
"M uch A do About ~othin g " -Town s h e nd .
"Mid summer N ig ht's Dream "- I\radford.
"Merchant of Veni ce''-" Seward ."
"As You Lik e Tt"- Riggi n.
" The Tempest"-Doug hcrty.
" \iV inter' s Talc"- V/oodcock.
"Comedy of E rror s"- 1
\'lasenh eim er .
"Macbeth"-Keyes.
" K in g J ohn"- Bleckcr.
" ]:Z in g Ri cha rd the Second "-Spencer.
"Anthony and Cleopatra ''- T arb utton a nd S mith.
''Juliu s Caesar"-S patcs.
" R omeo and Juli ct''-Cronk and F lgcn.
'' K in g L ear"-Profcssor Dan iels.
" Hamlet "-Garey.
"Oth ell o"-N evillc.
" Two Gentl emen of Ver ona" -Padgett, E. R. , and Padgett, H.
" L ove's Labor L ost"-Cumm ins.
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�The St. Johnt s Zoo
NE of th e idea l fea tures o ~ our Coll ege li fe is the enj oyment we derive
from o ur excell ent co llection of fow Is a nd ammals.
For som e years we have been cardull y coll ecting from the most
r emote r egions these specim ens, and we at present have such a coll ecti on
as wo uld make th e du llest zoo logist open hi s eyes in wond er and envy.
Owi ng to some negli gence on the part of S ub-D irector Soho, one of our
most prized animal s, the monkey ( l~ontain e), escaped last year, but we have as a
partial compen sation a kind of ba boon , w hi ch, in honor of our beloved escaped
monkey, we call '' Monkey Face" (I~eys) .
In th e Year '96, whi le fi shin g on the Chester river, our effi cient D irector Fell
caug ht a n exce l1 ent specim en of Hanae. H e brought the " frog" (Tarbu tton )
here, a nd we are now g reatly in debted to th e Directo r fo r thi s ani mal, w hi ch ha s
g rown to be qu ite a large specimen . W e keep th e frog on t he third fl oor of
P in kn ey Hall , wh er e hi s croakin g is a g reat amu sement to th e boys. T he .1\i[aj or
often takes hi m to th e a rm o ry for the pleasure of Company A.
Th e ra rest spec im en we have is, p erh ap s. til e d warf Reed, disco vered in
South Afri ca by S tanl ey. T hi s cute fe ll ow is of a race known as " P ig mi es."
T he little fe ll ow, \\·e fea r . is not satisfi ed in thi s di stant ci ime. \!\Then p erson s
a re near he is ver y qui et. hut w hen left to himself he parti cipates in a ll man ner of
yellin g and hi deo us noises, w hi ch ca uses th e monkey- face baboon, whose cage
is nex t to the dw ar fs, to become ven· mela nchoh '. \ Ve have had several local
zoologists (l'okey Da ni el s a nd .!J ob \ \T te ) to cx;:~min e these cha racteri st ics, a nd
hi
the opinion seems to be that the r estless di spos it ion of the fe ll o w is dn e to th e fact
of his separati on fro m hi s nati ves .
Three yea rs ago th e animal s rece ived a noth er ve ry precious ad diti on to their
ra nks. T hi s specimen was brough t from Calvert Counll· lw S ub-Coll ector [-fli tc hin s. who say s tl! e nat ives of that ba rba rous co un t\· ca ll ~d th e thing a "w hite rat"
( J ones).
.
S lv Rey nard always slips in where lh crc arc fowls to cat. a nd so we have
had o ur zoo llluc h enhan ced bv t he a pp ea ra nce of a fin e specim en of fox. He
is a f ull -grow n r ed a ni ma l of a ven. · sh· na ture. a nd is noted fo r bcin :--.. ver v
o·
.
qui ck to "catch o n.'' H e was brought fr om Baltimo re Coun tv last vear .
\ Vhat has attracted th e Fox to our clim e see ms to he t he l ~r o·c v;r iet v of bi rd s
11·e have . I sha11 g ive a bri ef descri ption of the most pri zed on ~: in t he -foll o wing
paragra ph s, 11·hi ch shall includ e the Jay B ird , \"loodcock a nd th e Cran e :
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.
'J'h e Jay B ird we have so nam ed from hi s resembl ance to our Ameri can bird s
wll ich arc call ed by that title. · Thi s bird was discovered 111 the wild s of a very
remote and un civi li zed part of A meri can territor y, 1\nn c A rundel Coun ty. A
party from S t. J ohn 's cam ped in that section last year . .In the course of one of
our hunts we ]),· mi sfortu ne came to know the only mh ab1tant of that land , whom
11.e named \ Vhiskcrs. from hi s shag15·y beard. T he old hunter had th e bird as a
- pet, but we induced him to se11 it to us, which he very relu ctan t ly consented to. clo.
The next bird of importan ce is the \IVoodcock. You lll ay say yo u consid er
the \ "l oocl cock as a very ordinary bird , hut the one we have is fa r superior in
quality to any yet kn own to mankind. It may be ow ing to hi s qu ali ~i e.s that we
prize him most, yet with every look at the btrd m y tmnd revert s to thnlhn g ~Im es.
not all pl easant, that I spent with th e party w ho secured the fow l. It was In th e
·ca r 1 900 that a party. und er th e directio n of seve ral brave gui des, among w.h om
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-we are proud to includ e th e wi ld man , ' ' \ iVhisker s, .. from A nn e A rundel reg ions,
set out to make some settlements, and . if possible, coloni ze the la nd and subdue
the ba rbarous and un civili zed ·race in a terri to ry kn own as th e \ iV icomi co wi ld s.
\ Vhil e th ere we came upon a camp of natives. who ca ll e ~l the pl ace Sali sbmy , an
lndi a n name fo r no \\·herc. T hese people showed a f ri endly spirit and we were
soon attendi1w on e of their war da nces, of th e most wei rd an d fa ntastic natnre.
After th e dar~e the chi ef took me to his wigwam and showed me hi s pet bird .
w hi ch as a fri endl y token he gave me. \ II/ e we1·e safely escorted from camp next
day. and soon after succeeded in subduin g· th e people, and. after pl acing a colony .
we left for A nnapolis. T hi s is the hi story of our \iVooclcock.
T he Cran e is th e last and oldest fovv I we ha vc. \ Nhen I say oldest, I mean
not as to li fe, but old in our ser vice. T hi s bird 11·e pri ze for it s dramatic perform ances and also for it s beauti ful p lumage. \1 en we ca11ec1 it a Cran e. we cl id not
\fh
do so fro m th e fact that it resembles that species of bird s in t he least , for . on
the contrar y. it possesses not a characteri sti c of the Cra ne, its neck being ver y
short and \eg·s not at a ll out of proporti on with th e rest of its body. B ut we call ed
th e bird a Cran e hecattSe of the traditi on whi ch is told of hi s past- that he was
taken und er th e wing of a Crane when yo un g. a nd. li ke R omulu s and R emu s. \\·as
nursed until he was able to take ca re of himself-at least. he thought so. B ut .
alas ! sad fact, he was one day caught in th e meshes of a net set by Directot· Fell.
of the zoo. in th e region s of St. 1 ary's County .
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I n add iti on to our coll ection of a nimals and birds. w e have started to co11ect
ra re plant s . .At present we have only one-th e \ I hite L il y.
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�By the Month
.\ CAL EN I lA R Cll.' l lVLPORTA NT EVENTS.
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September 19- '' \Vhat kinder time d'ye ha ve? "
20-Con fusion .
21- I'rofu sion (of Freshies).
22-lntru sion (of Sophs.)
23-Fr eshi es mad e to sing, root pennies ancl whistl e.
October
r- ''There \\·ill be n o baseball game today.' '-Tony Powell.
2-"Ther e will be no baseball g ame today."-Jim H.ohrer .
3- ( T11 Chapel. ) "O wing to unforeseen eli fficulties , there will be no
baseball game today. ''-D r. Fel l.
4- L orcl Riggin mi stak en for \ 'Valter Camp .
s-All went to the circus. Carroll Coun ty Club was auspici ously
inaug urated .
6-Professor s Dani el a nd Soho stud y croqu et rul es.
12-Footba ll. St. J ohn 's-<ll l over Geor getow n.
13- P eth erbriclge made hi s debut as officer of the clay. " Can 't fool
I'eth erbricl ge."
14-Biphtheri a boog -a-hoo. Q uarantiu ed.
rs-Same as a ny other clay . S un rose and sat as usua l.
r 9-T;uss \iVilmer org anized th e " Dood/ednm Orchestra." Aw fu l ! on
the " cream pot. "
2o-"The black cat fell (
in t he cream pot. "
23-Tommy, Pokey and Soha wk cut the electric wires and got
drowned .
24-Greasy-Faced Fritz butter ed \ 1\ihiskers.
25-And \iV hi skers butter ed !<ritz.
26-Football. Swarthm ore enj oyed our fumble s. Informal hop in
o·vm. :Floys · rucl e enough to \·ell at the da ncing fellows,
;:ClJOily. Choll~· oh, m y golly, lo~k at Choll y. - - Holl in g·sworth. " "\ Nil son , \N il son, bow-legged \i\!ilson, - - Galbreath. " " T om, Tom, brass-button Tom . - - Hall." etc.
31-Hall owe'en. M'a jor T. ser enad ed .
32-Don't count.
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November
2_ 1,-ootball. Gall aud et, 6; St. J ohn' s, 6 . Ought to have been Gallaud et, o; St. J ohn 's, 12. .Ri ggin , Tarbutton and Scabby
wear Y. i\IL. C. A. badges.
3-S unday. Everybody goes to church.
4-Ail an swer present. Groans.
6-Pat Dougherty buys a pipe .
7- T ony Powell st uffed th e key hole of the sw itchboa rd box with
chew ing g um .
9-Football . vV e left Western Mar yland on th e g~-icliro n . Cel ebrated with chapel bell and empty barrels unttl 2 A. M.
ro-B radley, '02 ex. '03, in stituted th e dining-room reform- reported
Rio·ain fo r eat ing nin e serves of meat.
rr-Lieutei~l~t S pen cer (D ick ) r eported Collin s for winkin g h is eye
in rank s.
12 _ l[ore like \ Vest I'oint every day . Grant reported for th inkin g
contrary to Li eutenan t Townshend.
13-Claud e Handy, in the role of a martyr-went to Chemi stry. i\11
the r est of class skipped .
14-Professor Soho didn't cook oni ons for dinner. B lecker resolved
to be a preach er.
rs-Rohr er mad e 5 in D utch.
r 6-Rigg in played foot ball backward s. St. J ohn' s fea therweight s
proved to be too much fo r th e " Blue H en 's Chi cks" (Delaware Coll ege).
18-It rain ed .
19- Bancl in struments arrived . L ead er Stick couldn't get through hi s
door-swell ed head.
2o--Grant got mad.
21-New songs fo r H opkin s game.
Trage,dy in hi g h life ( first fl oor ):
Act I.
Time, 7.30 P. M.
Scene r. Fritz Se ward bu sily engaged in spreading Limburger
cheese throughout th e hall.
Scen e 2. F ritz goes to his room and highl y enj oys hi s practical
joke.
Act II.
Time, 1.30 A. M .
Scen e r. Garey, Clark. Blecker . ancl Grant gath er in R ohrer 's
room. Provid e three full buckets of water. Professor
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�Soha,,·k sme lls a r at and <~]>[Wa r .
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22-J' n tz didn't · -_ • . "'
e a u< cut sin g the cheese.
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sp! ea< 1 an) mo re cheese.
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- 3-VVe . ll we nt to Jl a1timor e f 0!- t Ile, H opkin s vs St J I .
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We o utpla 1-cd ll o j)l·in s t "
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1mt we could
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' . eam ,
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r cteree. F orfe ited tl , ..
no p.ay ~ opkin s'
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Je ga lll e, rat her than s 1 ·
dec ision of th e referee.
u )I11It to a n unfair
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b,u~k~~~ o~ _wa ter
h·Jt~.en ~~~~·; . [1 ~ ;-~,e,
24-J im l~ o hre r .a nd !\ I OOile,· ·1 '·tllJ'' t·t IJe<>t n to wr 1t .·
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to t he l ·ac ult ·~: for " ]) us lll g. coors. .. p ' !I ,e. on t .1e1r excuses
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- 8- '1'1 I.;sgtvlll "' ho lid '·t,·s · '"' "Jc ome,. .c>weet 1- om e. ··
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Jsse ) won our hea rts
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o OJ e< society turn ed out to see the great. . gam e
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betw een S t.
J Ollll wa iters a n<l .'· 1 ' \ cadellly wa it ers. P. S.-Nav v
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won.
l kcc ml H r
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,_ I kef for breakfast.
llull for dinn er.
Ox fo r supper.
2- \IVooclcoc k a nd E lo-cn r ' .
aisecl a t-ouo·]J-louse
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Ire! tel ls hi s n: peri cnce in lov,,e, cc . : .
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a ll all s
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· was quit e sober
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l •'ootb<~ ll team enterta in ed. by ~Vfrs. Fell
A nd Coopet· got sick as hG- Pat D oug her tl· boug ht a hox. of mat. , .
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ture.
18-Monsieur 1\radlcy curl s hi s m ousta che.
.Ci ecker failc<l to m ake an); a dditi onal promi ses to him self.
zo- Tow n shcnd wor e hi s s11·onl home to sho w hi s g irl. In ali g htin g
fr om the tr a in. it got mix ed up w ith his legs a nd threw him
down.
J ANUAR Y,
Jan uar)·
1902.
7-St. J ohn 's again! .1\ eef . books a nd z1ps again , after so much
tu rk ey . cake ancl f un at h ome.
8-Dr. Fell a dvi ses Ga rey, 'o3, to be a preacher.
<)-T•reshi c Cor e hu ys four pack s of card s to decor ate hi s room .
to-F r eshi e 1 ox put on a ne11· pa ir o f socks (gr een ) . F'arson I \owen
7
delig ht s in hi s gold en ha ir.
Glassy T op S i Cummin s and F r eshi e J ami son made a n important
di scover y in their r oom s. and S i chan ged hi s name to " Bu g hou se S i."
1 r- Hurrough s, '04-, a11d F ox . 'o s. began to stud y fo r l'ebn1a1·y examinations.
I-l. Padgett and R. Cr onin ga vc a stag dance in the gym.
P rof.
Dani els anc\ Scrubb y La 1
\'fotte r ece ived .
14-Collin s ate a sm all dinn er. hut he mac\e up for it at th e supper
TO
8-Bi ecker began to fo rm hi s 1
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· ew Year r esoluti ons
. eve . . 04 . m anag-ed to a ttend a ll +
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ones 1ea rn s to bl ow the 1)!wl e
TS-R ead m g-r oom project st t 1 ,.., .
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T ~= Ire on t he r ea r camp us ( bon fire) .
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Ro, s play Sa nta Cla us h_,. j) la c in .~· a
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l ree 1n S ma 11 - cl n eachl ey's
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The decor ations wer e beauti fu l.
A m ong other thin gs wer e :
Skates, slippers, wash basins, pitchers, Freshm en 's ph otog rap hs, chairs, cushions, towels, and small articl es of furni -
H.et ires in
table.
rs-Revell r esum ed hi s coll ege duti es.
r6-John \ N' infielcl Chester St ick , t he r enmn1ecl Carroll Count\· tou r nament rider , g·ave us a flut e concer t.
17-Blcck er r esolved to stud y law.
R eed narrowly escaped clrowning· -in the batl1tuh .
r8-Cla rk . '03 . didn' t ge t r eported for disord er.
19-Scarbor oug h admitt ed that he wo uld r ather tran slate two pages
of German tha n take a hath.
2o-'Pat D ough ert y pa icl a call a t th e \ iVhite H ouse. Ha ll and H ollin g-sworth sw ip e S en ator Soho's electri c li ght.
2 r- T h e S eni or s r oll ed l1illy vVarcl out of heel. Tiill v found that
in stead of lyin g on th e hefl. the heel was lyin g· on him .
22-'D'reshi e Smith was enterta in ed hy th e l-Ion. G. 0 . H. Society .
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�Collin s stopped eatin g lon g
. ator Cronin absent fr om ch apel.
?0- S en ,
't enoug h to cuss th e wal_ ei. '11 \ V ·c\ 'o? took a tu mble aPt!
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' \kilJO". J-\l g B l y ' al ' _,
2r-Ver y shp pel y \\a
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Vash111 gton .
te Gem·o-c \1
Sj)\ashec\ all the v\ at
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??-M r. Patrick D o ug hert y res
-in stead of :--.J apo\eon.
fa\1i w tree limb.
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P rofessor T~ob :'\ 11te "'"- . . (f. m A fri ca) did some work cal l y23-Pr ofessors D av l ~ and Gar ver
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23-Faculty shipped Hall a nd H ollingsworth for swiping the electric
lig ht. S tudents on strike. Tommy on the hog.
25-Townshend , 'o2, in th e role of th e hero. He watched all night
in a Freshi e ·s room, with pistols, kniv es and razors, to protect the Fres hi e from the G. 0. H.
26- S unclay. Scabby, l'owel I a ncl J ones dicln 't go to church.
B lecker resolves to be a doctor.
27-l~a t Tat board held a secret sess ion, which end ed in a fig ht.
28-E verybody ha s nervo us prostrati on (clay before exam s.).
2~- vVhi sker s carried so mu ch gouge-paper to exam . r oom that he had
to p repare an ind ex fo r it.
30-" I don 't know much ( ?), but what l do kno w I intend to keep
to myself."- l:l radl ey's exam. motto.
31-Don't count h ere.
32-Don 't coun t, eith er.
ing limbs off t he path.
.., ,, -J \ , ' fm·o·ot to warm th e news'o, took cold , because Dc<tc 1 C)
"' .
24-Sma\1 , 4,
r o· ·t to him .
paper before h an ~ 111,.. I
. _ ·l-ipped chem1 stry.
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25-Jumot s s,
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' \itary c\i sClplme.
?():.-Major S pates resnmcs t l e 1111
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- _ " C orn \lll S!·" . { evc\1 comes back. ·11
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F resht es 1 en yman an .
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. . c\ A nnapol is, ancll t had to t a m o
28-Prince Henry of P nl SS Ja Vl:l:~,tilw him as he passed th e campu s.
keep u s from f o rn~ a 11 y ,.,t ee '"'
29-D idn' t co lli e around th ~s year.
FEB R UARY.
February
3- B iecker chan ges hi s mind .
4-0 lcl Somer darn eel hi s socks to have hi s ph oto taken.
s -P rofessor Soho left to accept th e chai r of F rench ancl Latin at
th e Balt im o re City Coll ege. H e had been with S t. J o hn' s
sin ce r894.
6--Germa n training vessel l\ l.oltke vi sited A nnapolis. Dutch galore !
8-Exam s. over. Life again!
B lecker r esolves to travel.
Juni ors celebrate on second Aoor. General Grant a nd \ i\Toodcock got d runk (on water ).
9-\ iVoodcock didn't go to church .
10-Seconcl term dropped in on us.
B lecker resolves not to make any more resoluti ons.
rr-Junior s skipped chemi stry.
12-Blecker r esolves to r est all th e balan ce of th e year .
q-A t ida l wave of fl unk s ! Vve heard from th e exams. afte r waiti ng
seven clays. A ll got va lentines (z ips) except twenty-six fe llows.
IS-Anni versary of Pat Mu rph y's escape from Jreland . Also . th e
expl osion of th e Main e.
r6--S n owbo und . Professor Von Schw ertiglickenen arri ved.
r8- Li g hts all out. Everybocl _v and the band , too. serenaded Ridgley,
th e new professor .
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lVIARCH.
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J- j ay Btrc t ur tl ed l)o\lj)arrot. . , ancl b\owed.
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?-It ra1n ec, .t sn owed ' It hallecl
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1t Spates hole\ a n in form al courll ' ·an\ ancl Co\or-,_)er gcal
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. , . ncl Hoor stairsteps.
mar ttal on the seco
.. } -l o ·a rc\ leave s College.
1 1 1 friend "Du g. · w, '
O ur gooc o c
. '1 . . . nscles in the gym.
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s- Rat T a t. 1 arc\ t ook a t est. _ _ ron o·h -hou se t1mc. Pok ey there.
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8-Stag dan ce. br ass ban e ' g n 1,,
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't\1Otlt the sun.
9 -S unclay-w t
ro-Facnlty ma<l.
th e parad e g roun d. Fac ult y
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1 ·ts ·tppea ra. nce \on 1a rr v Pa dgett.
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tri es to scare np }. I oon e~ anc
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1aJ1(\ . 'os ' said something.
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R ' l'at hoard. wen t.· to woi '·
13-- a t '
14-Gar ey knew hi s Latlll . .· ..
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r:,-R t T at su sr)end.ecl hostllt tleS.
'-a .
r6-D r. \ i\Thite fall s 111 love.
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3-~daJ o r ,~,
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�17-St. Patrick's Day. The two Pat s were out in g reen!
18-l\'fa jor Spates got st rict.
19-G rant appears in hi s fa mous r ed jersey.
20--B rogd en ('o s ) goes to see Cla rk's ('03) girl.
21-Clark goes to see Brogden's g irl.
2z.-Clark and Brogden fig ht.
23-Suncl ay. Greatest water fight of the year between fourt h and
second Aoors. Fourth Aoor won.
24-]im Rohrer mad e 5 in Dutch.
26-Debate between Literary Societies.
Rag-Time Railleries
.:1COLLINS, '04.
Our Wilkie-Boy's a spo rty gent,
And dresses very neat,
He'd rath er die than spend a cent
Except for aught to eat.
SPATES, '02.
Some people call him handsome,
But we think he's been nu s-called,
For when you see him closely,
Yo u will find that he is bald .
. CooPER, 'o4.
He's blustry and he's dangerous,
A full grow n son-of-a-gun, .
He bluffs hi s way through studi es,
And makes us plenty of fun.
HALBERT, '04.
A fluffy head, an active hand,
A most asto und ing nerve,.
A "lVIooney" face that is vnthout
A si ngle ugly curve.
CRANE,
'oz.
"Ju st clear the track for I am IT ,
I mean ju st what I say,
I am the great and only ? ne,
A nd you're a co untry Jay.
CuMMINS, '03 .
A boy who think s t he gids love him
As does our lea rned S1,
.
Should soo n find o ut that other thJJigs
A re soft besides the pie.
vVILLI NG, '05.
" I 's de wisest ob de Freshmen.
So I guess I has de right Sir,
To keep my li ttle Jay-B1rd
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From blowin' out de li ght- Sir.
vVILSON, '04.
"I only hope for learning,
I'm not of the fo oli sh gang
Who spen d their time at fo olball
And who never give a dang.
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�GoRE, 'os .
O ur Fres hman Kid is very s harp,
VIe can not pass him by
He always watches for lll·s' cha nce,
An d t hen he t ell s a lie.
,
TowNSHEND, •02.
He s kn ow n as Fa th er 1'o•v ns I1en d
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vVho thinks his va liant deed
,
Has saved t he meas ly Frcshmc:l
From w hat t hey badly need.
RANDALL
He wants to be a sold ie,
.
r,
A A nd Ill the _a rmy sta nd,
tassel on h1 s cra nimn,
A sheepski n in hi s ha nd.
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HOLLINGSWORTH ' 0?
A k"1ll mg g nn, a cha rm ing style, - ·
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A most reposeful a ir ·
"A n easy life is sure to be
,
A li fe that's free from ca re.
I 9Q2.
Yo u boys keep qui et
Because, yo u kilO\·~
T he Sen io r Class
'
Comm a ndeth so!
I903.
T he J unio r Class
With Sop homo; e
W ill foo l "Naught~Two"
• Fo revermo re.
I 9<J4.
T he "Cracker J acks"
In thei r ow n eyes'
B ut R a t Tat work '
Vv ill prove a surpri se.
rgos.
y e, F res hm en, r em emb er
Yo ur m us cles to tra in '
For wh en you a re J un io;s
yo u'll need a ll your brai n.
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Often Heard
Ma jor Tompson-"! want you cadets to be partiklar about these things."
P rofessor Cain-" If you make the proper subordition, it will, perhaps, be a
happy expression ."
D r. F ell-" l believe you owe me a little bill, don 't you ?"
P rofessor Chew- "Take the next chapter ." "You fellows aren't studyin g."
P rofessor Cissel-"Gentlemen, you embarrass me."
P rofessor White- "What mischief are you up to now?"
P rofessor D aniels- " I sh dot so?" "Praise Kate !"
"Doc." Garver-"You'll have to get an or der from Dr. F ell."
Spates- "Y ou fellows will have to mak e less r acket."
Hutchin s- "You fellows ought to be ashamed of yourselves."
Seth-"By - ! I'm hot ; ain't I , boy ?"
Reed-" H oopee for Neewy !" "Soak 'em!"
Clark- "You can't fool Paleface."
Bradford- " ln the shade of the palms."
Mudd-"I'll be" - - .
vVilmer-"Guess I'll cluck."
E lgen-" vVho knows where the P hysics are?"
Scarborough-"! am from the Eastern Shore."
D ustin-" So I am with you always" ( to our r egr et).
Vvillin g- "vVho is de officer of de day?"
Smith-"Br other Walter is a fine dancer ."
Everybody- " l s the State H ouse in session ?"
Everybody- "The bell rung yet?"
1
\iasenh eimer -"Pull th e string !"
Burrough-" I'll be doaged !"
B. Wilson-" I'll be dad blamed if I can get the dang thing !"
Everybody- " Company A, halt!"
Everybody- " V'l hat kind of drill are we goin g to have today?"
Collins- "You'll have to brace up ."
Everybody- " Choke it off! "
Professor Cain-" You're jugglin g with words."
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�Books We Read
A Look Into the Future
.
From O~lr knowledge of these gentlemen's
tastes, we venture the following
as a suggestiOn for their lifework :
J.
H. Beard-Detective.
Galbreath-School teacher.
B l ecl~er-P res id ent of the U nited States
Crom~1- Politici an (Thirteenth ward). .
Hop~nns-Glass B lower ( ?) .
Hollmgsworth-Keeper ( li <Yhth ouse)
M urph y-J ail ·w arden
o
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J ones-Car Condu ctor..
Brogden-Barber.
Tarbert, A S.-Messeno· - t o p- ident Blecker
oeJ
. res .
M dd H.
.
~~ - ctor 111 " Down East."
.
j;Iilson, G.-Magaz ine E ditor (Tip Top vVeekl)' ).
ac gett, H. H.-Stao·O'er
p d
bh
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a_ gett, E.- The editor of "The Blacl· C t .,
\ "'I!Iimer -M ilitary man .
~ a·
Ruland-A n O rator.
Smith-Pugilist.
Rasin-A n A narchist.
As_ke_y-Reporter for the "NT ' York J ournal. "
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tv 1 I_mg- Th e Editor of Puck.
J amrson-Method ist Preacher
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Li lly- Balloom·st ( gaseous economy).
.
.
Gore-Cigarette Maker.
"Vanity Fair"-Sophomore Class.
"Pilgrim 's P rogress"-Pokey and P igget-H .
" Three Guarclsmen"-Bob vVhite, Pokey and Ridgely.
" The Spy"- Beard (successor to Soho).
"Old Curiosity Shop"-The Officer of th e Day.
" L es M iserables"-Next Year's Rat Tat Board .
"The Sign of the Four"-Randall , Han dy, Duvall , Howard.
''Lamplighter''-Mallory B urrough s.
" Tarry Thou Till I Come''-St. John's Appropriation .
"As You Like It"-The Rat Tat.
"The V illage lVIaiden"-Mrs. Cronk , nee Elgen.
"The OLD Infant"-Garey.
"The Quiet Life"-I-Iollingsworth.
"The Right of \ iVay"- B lecker.
"The Infernal City"-Annapolis.
" In Search of Mademoiselle' '-Most of the Faculty.
" The Crisis' '- V-lhen Tommy announces the exams .
"The Forest Schoolmaster ''-Bert Wilson.
" The Master Christian"-Nobody at St. John's.
"To Have and to Hold ''-Bradley and his Mustache.
"Sentimental Tommy"-Not our T ommy.
"The Conspirators"-Town shend, Beard and Rasin.
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The G. 0. H.
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Officers
Rat Tat Honors
(I ncumbent. F·r om the Sop homore Class ).
President (nominal) . . .. ... . . . ... . . . .. . . . ... . .. . . ... . .. . ... . . Tony Powell.
Vice-President (virtual P r esident ) . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . .... . Scabby Scarborough.
F irst V ice-P r esident . .... . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. . . . . .. . . . . W irt Wilmer.
Second Vice-P resident. . .. . .. . . . ... . . . . .... . . . .... . . . . ... . I. B . Somerville.
Chief Slatter ..... . . . . .. . . .. . . ... . . . . . . ... . . . .. .. . . . .... . .. . B urtis Cooper.
Scarecrow and Goo-Gooer .. . . . ... .. .. . . . . .. . . .. . . . . . .... .. Mooney Halbert .
Door Buster . .. ... . . . .. ... . . . . . . .. . .. . .. .. . .. . . .. . . . . . . . . O ld L ady Wilson.
Counsellor .. .. . . .... . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . .. ..... . .. . . ... . . . . .. . . Big W ilson.
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Conferred upon th e Class of
! 902,
.
Wit I1 many kind wi shes of the Rat Tat:
The Best Soldiers . . . . .. . . . . · . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·Beard and Petherbricl cre
The Bravest Gouger . . . . . . . . .
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· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . . Bradley.
The Best ·Business lV · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· . . . . . Seth.
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The Most Sympathetic . . . .. .. . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · None in Class.
. . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . La Motte
T he Most Sentimental
Th e Surest F ake . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ··· ·· . . Spencer ·
A ll-R oun d Athlete.. .
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· · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . . . ltV arc! .
T he F unniest. . . . . . . .. . .... . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · .. Desparcl
T he H appiest. . . . . . . •
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. ... .. . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · ·· · . .. .. Baker.
The Most Important . ... . . . . . . .. . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . ...... Gordy.
.
The Most Philosophical . .. . . . .. . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . T ownshencl
The Most Dig nified. . . . . . . . . . · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . .. Linthicum ·
The Best Student . . . . . . . . . . ... · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · · . . H utchins.·
Honorary Members
(From the J nnio·r Class. )
E. Barton Garey . . ... . . . ...... Most Powerfu l K ing of the Predominant L ords .
Amos 'vV . 'vVoodcock . . Most E xalted Chief of the Dept. of Internal A rrangements.
Nevous P . R eed . . . .. . ... .. . . . . . . . . . . P re-em inent Tutor of the Penny R ooters .
P. Rafferty Du gherty . . . . . . .. . . . .. . ....... . . . .. .... . . . Supreme I rish P atter .
Glassy T op Si Cummins .. . . . . ..... . . .. .. . . . . . Most l\!Iagnified Shin P lasterer.
Fritzy 'vV. Seward .. ... .. .. . . .. . . . . .. . . . . . . Acting F ire-Eater and R eal D evil.
James P. F . Clark . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . ... . ... . .. ... . . . . . . . ... . . M usical Director .
Most Powerful Potentates.
(From the Senio r Cla ss.)
W. Outerplace Spates * . . . . .. ... . ... . . . .. .. . . ... ... . M. W. , M. D ., G. 0 . K.
Wrong Way Keyed . . . . . . . .. . . ... . . . .. . .. . . . . . . . .. . ... . A. B ., F . T ., L. T.
E . Froggy Tarbaby t ... .. . .. ..... . . .. .. .. . .. . .. . .. .F. F ., C. C. A., P. 0 . R.
C. S. Despot 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . • . . . .. . . . . . . .. . .. . . . . . . .. P . C. C. B ., L. D.
*Majestic \ Af ieldcr of th e M ili tary D em erits a nd Genera l O rder K eeper.
t Ad j utant of Batall ion and F ree Twi ster of t he L ion's Tai l.
t F reshmen's Friend, Captain Company A, P rotecto r of R ights.
~ P owerful Capta in Compa ny B, and St r ict D isciplina ri an.
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Mr. Rohrer's Answers
(With A polo g·ies to the Lad·ies' II 0111.-e J ournail.)
Some More Advice
" Inquiri es mu st give nam es, ac\cl r esses, colo r and size of appetite. Correspondents enclo sing a keg of beer and an addressed stamped en velope will be an swerecl
by mail."
Don't wn·t·e 1
wme un less you ask for $s .oo.
throw water on Major T--.
throw chairs clown into the first prep. room
o·bts 0 ou.
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" cuss wh en the li 0
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torget to be respectful to Dr. Garver .
laug h at Willing's jokes.
monkey around the K 1no Jac 1 ' s l<ltch en.
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learn more than one oration for T ommy.
c1·
t ~pute the rights and duties of the 0 D
thmk your fh·ess uniform the on Iy one. . .
make too much over the Annap o I' g tr Is.
.
1s .
taste everythmg in the laborat
.·
dispute Woodcock's word.
ory. Memott al tablets are costly.
whet your appetite for good beefsteak.
mark up hours in the Ia 1
.
Joratory.
go m society unless you've got a "1 'I "
f
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Jar .
orget t lat " A married youn g man is a ro
take morphine to st
f
) ung man that's marri ed. "
op you rom smoking y
classmates .
·
our clothes won' t fit your
do anything you can get out of.
G1'iddle Cakes. Better leave them alon e; but if you must eat them, prepare as
1
follows: Dissolve ing redients in H CL ; r eciprocate with K 2 Cr 0 , cool, filter.
vVash precipitate with hot rot-gut whisk ey . Fry until brown upon a sheet of the
" Fi reside Companion." Serve with Tobasco sauce and chop suey. Eat just
before retiring. I would advi se that you fir st send for a physician, attire yourself
in your pajamas and nightcap.
To R ed1tc e One's Weight.-Take five hours' violent exercise (sawing wood)
before breakfast. Eat breakfast at 5 A. M. Eat all you can hold , avoiding conversation and newspaper editorials. Pick a scrap with some n eighbor who can
thrash you . Take a salt bath; rub dow n with sandpaper . Eat from 9 until 10
o'clock, topping off with at least ten schooners of beer. Chase your neighbor 's
chickens from flow er beds until I I o'clock. Quarrel with your nwther-in-law,
sweat and cuss until 12 o'clock. Eat any old thing, washed clown with plenty of
beer , until I o' clock. Read " Ames' Theory of Physics" and th e "I olice Gazette,"
drink half a keg of beer, and go to sleep. Get up about 4 o'clock, fall clown stairs.
Eat pork, Bologna sausage, Boston baked beans , and drink beer for two hours.
\ Valk the twin s up and clown the fl oor for three hours. Eat plenty of griddle
cakes and dri ed apples, with water . To secure best results r etire immediately,
conti nually nursin g a siphon connection with your beer keg. I have found the
above method ver y beneficial.
Conceit is th e distingui shed characteristic of poodle clogs and young preachers,
so if you would avoid it stay out of their company. Fathers of twins and police
officers are prone to become conceited, and even senior classes at colleges are ofttimes victims of "swelled head s." Be cautious not to flatter old maids and
yellow negroes. T he truly vvise man is modest as a bandmaster , and the braggart
and coxcomb are no better than chicken thieves.
Potatoes. The best way to prepare potatoes fo r th e table is a Ia Dustin. The
potatoes should be partly peeled. great care bein g taken to leave three symmetrical
patches of skin on each potato. Doil in muddy water, available in any quantity
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at
T
e produced by th e addition of a cl'l t ) s tin_.
he usual dark blue effect
o~~ne IS the best, however, as it is verI u e s~ utJOn of in.delible ink or iodine.
an smg from Hash a la J acl· et f . Y. soothmg to any mternal complicat·
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A
'' c.. 01 wh1ch tl . ·
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10ns
~ ssue. llow th e water to boil Ul~til th
. . le I eCJpes will be given in the next
.n.ch fr om th e surface . T ake them o t le potatoes are cooked to the depth of r - r6
stu· fire ' e t c. S erve m G!Slles in w hich a .means of a f or+ use d to turn roast beef
u Jy
.
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only after partakitHt of thi - clel·
I tr ace of fo rmer hash is still visible It . '
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le ru e qualiti es of th e potato a s an
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octo ~al/s. T her e is no prescrib I .
.
mg ht that you have nothin:~~:~nte f~r ~11akmg socia l ca ll s. Any time
or le en~fit of your host or hastes:
_o co IS proper. The call is entire! '
own If
convemence as to the t'1111e o f calling
.' and you have a perfect ri "' to su1't your
o·ht
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~f dt~y ~r
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t 1 maid tells you her mistress i .
1e
out for yourself. Never let an ' 01 s not at .home, call her a liar and go in and
mty. If the people upon w 1
'tl
10m yo ) call espeCiall y servants ' trifl e wt , your di. cru le, .
accompan y tllem, and mciclentall y mentiotlare on th e 1 o~n t o f go mg out, offer "'
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to
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1a a ew hq Ul·c1 1.ef reshments wo 11 ld
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1 ver)' aoTee a) 1 b ef ore startin o· · 'fl
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le average le tl f
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so that
.
you can make at least two per cia ' R
ng 1 o a soCJal call is five hours
111 your
pocket, and take
-.emove your over shoes, putting
~o~~ebody nug ht swipe th em if left in the 1 , l~lat ~ncl cane With you to the parlor .
Is ,~ '~ on everybody present. Sit cl own in ~~ . se the good old Methodist hand)U co not put your fee t on the piano . le most comfortable chai r in th e room
can profitabl y pass away time by t:l . 01 orlgan. If th ere is nothing doin cr )'Ol;
so loud c s t o wa 'e th e puo· cloo· Hfl
a
ong a s 10rt nap , 1 U t b e careful not to"''
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soon?" Sl cIown for an other hour v' len you n se t o ,a ''f your hostess sa)'S " S e
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0\· ever, w hen you do cro . f tl
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al ong . T he entire theory of ~c~~~ : ere_ IS an umbrella in th e hall always tal· .
for a rainy day."
om ics IS based upon th e princi[)le of "I aymg up
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Regulations Governing the Athletic Grounds
of St. J
ohnt s College
N o. 1. . Big niggers will be allowed to play baseball, shinny or any other desir able game at all times, in prefer ence to littl e nigger s, Hell Pointers, candidates or
· bona fide students.
No. 2. Little niggers will be allowed to play games only with the permission
of the big niggers.
No . 3· H ell Pointer s may occupy the g rounds between the hours of one and
three P. 1\11., on condition that they bring along sufficient implements of war to ward
off any belli ger ent demon stration upon the part of the virtual owners of the aforementioned grounds, i. e., Buzzards' R oost inhabitants.
No. 4· Candidates will be allowed at all hours on the front campus only, but
they may hold stag dances in the gymnasium whenever desirable, and the College
Band will furnish music, if r equested.
No. 5· N igger s, and nigger s only, shall have unlimited possession of the
grounds on Sunday, and shall not be in any way molested or interfered with
while indulgin g in the innocent amusement of shooting crap .
No. 6. Cubans, Porto Rican s and Spaniards may play golf or baseball upon
the back campus, betw een the tenni s courts and gas factory, when given permission
by the little niggers, on consideration that they do not knock balls in Professor
Cain's backyard or in Gr egor y's coal bin.
No. 7· There shall be no drill on the back campus except by permission of the
big niggers, or their ambassador plenipotentiary at court, Dr. Garver.
No. 8. Any S t. J ohn's student who shall not immediately vacate the back
campus when ordered by one of the big nigger s, shall be court-martialed for gross
insubordination.
No.9· St. John's students shall be allow ed to occupy the back campus between
the hours of 3 and 6 P. M., with the permi ssion of the big niggers, little niggers ,
Hell Pointer s and candidates. If any of the charmin g daughters of Buzzards'
Roost chance to cross the fi eld to or from social calls in the Naval Academy, play
shall be at once suspended while Pokey Daniels, assi sted by the Officer of the Day,
shall gallantly escort the aforementioned chocolate drops to the confines of the
campus.
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No. IO. N igger s in general shall be allowed to hold clog dances, cakewalks,
etc., in the chapel without r estriction , and the use of the College dining rooms for
r efres hments can easily be obtained upon demand.
Passed thi s t enth clay of M arch, in the year of our L ord nineteen hundred
and two. ·Unchangeable as the laws of the Medes and Per sians these reg ulations
shall stand.
By the Most Honorable Faculty of St. J ohn's College,
Formerly King \iVilliam's School,
Annapolis, Mel.
Another order, forbidding us th e use of the gymnasium on Saturday nights
for our fa shionabl e stag dances, has been la mpoon ed by a fourth-floor "stagger "
A nyone seein g the "Short Line'_' train o_n the track below the campus will
kinclly notify the Faculty or P. Dat: tels, th~ JOker , for the train mig ht draw the
of the "GoLFERS" fr om their practice.
t·
illffil 011
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No one but ni ggers and pohcemen w!ll be allowed on the campus. Others
·o·ht interfere with the "GOLFERS."
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"' " A nd whereas there WI 1·1<e Iy 1 a mac I1 game 1 t ween " our team " an d
'11 1
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Yale in the n ear future, students will kindl y go up in McDowell tower if they want
to watch the practice.
.
" A nyone wishing to play Baseball will be allowed to play after dark-unless
' G ,, s' at·e OLlt T he bathroom is hereby r eserved for the 'GoLFERS' only.
·
the OLI·ER
" By order of th e
"GOLF P LAYEI~S OF THE FACULTY."
ORDER.
"Owing to the fact that the fourth fl oor is the hotbed of r evolution, and that
on the aforesaid floor all plots for the ext ermination of all species known as the
Faculty ar e formed, and as it is kn ow n that all these plots are made after 10.30
P. M,. it is n ecessary that the fl oor be placed under m artial law. Th er efor e, after
March II, 1902 , our faithful henchm a n, "Pokey," and our fa ithful Officer of the
Day, t ogether with one Annapolis policeman, sha li parade th e corridor and see that
no meetings are held there.
"And ow ing to the aforesaid fact, that the 'stags' have been accustomed to
meet in the 'gy m .' on Satu rday ni g hts, which 'gym .' is the property of the ' hens'
on this ni g ht, be it ordered t hat our afor emention ed henchma n, "Pokey," be
detached to drive th e 'stags' out- if he is able. O r if he is unable to drive them
out, to let th em stay and drive out the ' hens.' If un able to do thi s, he had better
clear out himself.
"By order of that r enown ed body called
"THE FACULTY."
Another provision of the order, concem ing the r estri cti ons placed upon the
baseball team's hours fo r practice, was satiri zed by a baseball player as follows:
ORDER.
"Owing to th e fact that the 'GoLF TEAM' will take a trip to Europe to play
the Big Four teams, and will try for th e champion ship of the U nited States, the
athletic fi eld will be devoted solely to the practice of 'GoLF.' A nd whereas the
Baseball t eam does not have any gam es with any other college teams, they will
not practice her eafter, for it mi g ht interfer e with 'GOL F.'"
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No. 10. Niggers in general shall be allowed to hold clog dances, cakewalks,
etc., in the chapel vvithout restriction, and the use of th e College dining rooms for
refreshments can easily be obtained upon demand.
Passed this tenth clay of March, in the year of our Lord nineteen hundred
and two. ·Unchangeable as the laws of th e Medes and Persians these regulations
shall stand.
B)r the Most Honorable Faculty of St. John's College,
Formerly King ·w illiam's School,
Annapolis, Mel.
~ ,
Another order, forbidding us th e use of th e gymnasium on Saturday ni g hts
for our fashionabl e stag dances, has been lampoon ed by a fourth-floor " stagger "
Anyone seeing th e "S hort Line" train on the track below the campus will
kindly notify the Faculty or P. Daniels, the joker, for the train might draw the
attention of th e "GoLFERS" from their practice.
No one but ni ggers and policemen will be aiiowed on the campus. Others
might interfere with th e "GoLFERS."
" And whereas there will likely be a match game between "our team" and
Yale in th e near future, students will kindly go up in McDowell tower if they want
to watch the practice.
"Anyone wishing to play Baseball will be allowed to play after dark-unless
the 'GoLFERs' are out. Th e bathroom is h ereby reserved for th e 'GoLFERS' only.
"By order of the
"GOLF PLAYEH.S OF THE FACULTY."
ORDER.
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"Owing to the fact that th e fourth fl oor is th e hotbed of r evolution , and that
on the aforesaid flo01- all plots for the exterminati on of all species kn own as the
Faculty are formed , and as it is known that ail th ese plots are made after 10.30
P. M,. it is necessary that th e Aoor be placed under martial law. Therefore, after
March r r, 1902, our faithful h enchma n, "Pok ey," and our faithful Officer of the
Day, togeth er with one Annapolis policeman, shali parade th e corridor and see that
no meetings are held ther e.
"And owing to the aforesaid fac t, that the 'stags' have been accustomed to
meet in th e 'gym.' on Saturday ni g hts, which 'gym ' is the property of the 'hens'
on thi s nig ht, be it 01'dercd that our aforementi on ed henchman, "Pokey," be
detached to drive the 'stags' out-if he is able. Or if he is unabl e to drive them
out, to let them stay and drive out the 'hens.' If unabl e to do this, he had better
clear out himself.
"By order of that re1'l own ed body called
" THE FACULTY.''
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Another provision of the order, concerning the restri cti ons placed upon the
basebaii team's hours fo r practice, was satirized by a baseball player as follows:
ORDER.
"Owing to th e fact that th e 'GoLF TEAM' will take a trip to Europe to play
the Big Four teams, and will try for the championship of the United States, the
athletic field wiii be d evoted solely to the practice of 'GoLF.' A nd whereas the
Basebaii team does not have any g ames with any other college teams, they will
not practice hereafter, for it mig ht interfer e with 'GOLF.'"
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(R eceived by Di fferent Stud ents of the College.)
I am under the impression th at I have written to you once or twice since last
September, but our mutual fri end W- has informed me that you " broke the sweet
news" to him that I ow e you a letter, and as I have n ever known you to tell a fal sehood, I suppose I mu st be mi staken and that you r eally have an swered my last
letter, but for some reason or other U ncl e Sam's employees in the postal service
have failed to do their work and th e letter has never reached me. Then, again ,
I always did like to write to you. You are such a good fellow a nd I have so many
fond recollections of th e man y pleasant and profitabl e hours we have spent together
at St. J ohn's, you at one end of th e table and I at the oth er, each digging aw ay
at mw lessons f or the fo llowing day . I often wonder whether you a re keeping
up the good work thi s year, not having th e splendid influ ence of our class to
guide you and to keep you from goin g astray. As I sit here toni g ht my mind
turns back to those good old days, and m emori es thick a nd fa st crowd in upon
me. I see ma ny vi sions, each one reminding m e of diffe rent events that happened within the sacred precin cts of old Pinkn ey. O ne that I see plainer than
any oth er is a· large table upon whi ch is spread a cover of man y colors, but g reen
predominating. A round this tabl e are a half dozen yo uths, n oble youn g men
who have come to college to improve th eir opportunities, and a re determin ed some
day to make th eir mark in the bu sy world with out. In th e center of the table
are a number of round , curious-lookin g di scs of three color s, a nd in front of each
youth are more of the round thin gs; but, strange to tell , th ere are more in front
of some than of others. In fact, one of the ambiti ous youn g men has scarcelv
any, and th ere is an unhappy, desperate expression on his countenance as he
calmly says a few moments la ter that " he will have to shy this pot. " A mong
the rest fortun e has strayed unceremoni ously from one to th e other , and occas ionally on e thinks that he has darned toug h luck when h e sees to hi s sorrow a "king
full " is not as good as " four seven s."
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To complete the g lowing, awe-inspmng picture, th ere is another youth who
is not in the game, but contents himself with looking on, and seems to take
g r eat delight in lookin g at fir st one hand and then the other and " fingering" the
" chips" of each. Is th e picture complete, old man? If not, I will add one more
feature. Someone ban gs loudl y at the door and shouts, " Open up!' ' A ll within is
silent as th e g r ave, and one would think that the room had never been occupied
or that someon e was cleacl, so deathlik e is the stillness that prevails. I think that
th e vision l have conjured up in my memory wi ll be sufficiently plain to yo u,
and I really believe you wi ll app reciate and enj oy it, fo r I hear that those pastimes
are con spicuous this year by their absence, and th at th e yo uth of the g rand old
in stitution have fall en into evil ways, such as stud ying, attending Y. M. C. A.,
etc., etc.
My mind is full of such recollecti on s as th ese, and I could sit and talk all
day long about them if I could just see someone who enj oyed those pleasant
days with me. I can't spread myself as I w ish to on paper, for yo u know that
costs mon ey, and I don't get m y allovvance now as I did w hen I was a boy. It
comes out of m y own pocket, and con sequ ently seem s hard er to par t with . D on't
think, thou gh, that thi s paper costs me anythin g. T his is th e finn 's paper , and
you will also note that I use a stamped envelope, so don 't get conceited that I
spent any money in writing thi s letter t o yon. I save that kind for the fair sex
and my more fa shi o n al~l e friend s. H o w are you progressin g thi s year? In th e
same retrograde fas hion ? I hope that you are still being benefi.lecl to some extent
by the noble examples of the Class of 1901 , and h ave not permitted yourself to
become wholly contami nated by evil influences . I h ave always had great aspiration s for yon, and w ish yon th e g reatest success in your struggles and ambitions,
whether they be to lead your class or to be maj or of the battalion .
How' is the R at Tat comin g on ? I hope they will be successful in g etting
out a good hook. If they want any jokes, you know all th ey h ave to do is to call
on me and send me tw enty or thirty cents, and I wi ll g et a "Puck" and "Judge"
and send them some good ones ri g ht clown in a clay or two.
Now, please don 't an swer thi s if yo u don't wi sh an d if you think it is putting
yo u to too much expen se. If, however, you clo feel like w ritin g t o me, I would be
very g lad to h ear how you are gettin g along and how all the fellows ar e. If you
do decide to write. t elegraph me, and I wi ll senrl you a stamped envelope and
some paper.
Give my best regards to the boys and to M r . Kashner. If yo u ever get hungry
and haven't any. mon ey, let me know , and I will sen d m y ch eck for $5.00 to Mr.
Kashner. w ith order s t o him to let you deal it out.
\ iVith much love a nd pleasant recollecti on s of the past. I r emain always,
Yours sincerely,
"MONK," 1901.
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nod p laced in o ur prains
V unce a schoo lteach er, chentl emans hand ed m e 'l h ·o·.
bud I vas careless mit id un d id eovscap~d T 1·
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but vare dit id vent I cloan ' d kn o \:~
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Gee\ knowledge, Villum; g·eu id if you haf to remoof id mit a tack hamm er,
bud gecl id.
Nexcl to learni ng, I clink know ledge is vun uf cler g-reatest inwention s uf
der age.
M it c\er besd vishes uf you r olt college chump,
D . DINKELSPIEL,
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A Postal to Mr. Suburban T-RB-T, '04
H oG H oLLOW, SATURDAY.
Ain 't h eard from you fo r a good bit. vVe're all pretty tolerable, 'cepting P ap.
H e has clon e h urt hi s foot wi th a plow-share. 1-Iave you planted your potatoes
yet? W e' r e getting ready for gardening, and all the folks wi sh you and Country
was up to help them stick oni ons. Guess we' ll see you th rashin g time. Vlheat is
doing well. O ld Dai sy gives a good deal of butter. Lard is awful high at the
store. Pap's took to clrinkin ' ag-'in .
LIZZIE.
Your cousin,
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This collection contains yearbooks from St. John's College in Annapolis, MD. Yearbooks are sometimes referred to as the "Rat Tat", "Cicerone", or "Canvas". This collection includes all published yearbooks since 1896. Please note that yearbooks were not published every year.<br /><br />Holdings: <br />1896 v. 1<br />1898 v. 2 - 1899 v. 3<br />1901 v. 4 – 1912 v. 15<br />1914 v. 17 – 1918 v. 21<br />1920 v. 22 – 1945/1946<br />1947 – 1951/1953<br />1957<br />1982<br />1986 – 1990/1991<br />1992 – 2001/2002<br />2015/2016 – 2017/2018<br />2021/2022 - 2022/2023<br /><br />Click on <strong><a title="Yearbooks" href="http://digitalarchives.sjc.edu/items/browse?collection=21">Items in the Yearbooks Collection</a></strong> to view and sort all items in the collection.
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Annapolis, MD
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
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yearbooks
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232 pages
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Rat Tat 1902
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Rat Tat of St. John's College. Volume V. Class of 1903. Published Annually by the Junior Class.
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Blecker, John Lee (Editor)
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The Sun Printing Office
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Baltimore, MD
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1902
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pdf
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English
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1902
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