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�Rat-Tat
of
St. John's College
George W. Wilson,
Editor
Edward Riddle Padgett,
Assistant
Volume VI, Class of 1904
Published
L
Annually
by
Annapolis,
the
Junior
Class
Mar~land
May. 1903
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31amr.a W. 1ll!lnnll\uarll,
(li)ur llirirnll anbllrnrfartor, unbrr
tu~o.ar
i.ntlutnttal
tourl1 our rrbrrtll Alma ~atrr ~a.a rrrtibrb
a rrttr1ual of ynnt~, .atrrngtl1 ottll
prn.aprrtty,
IDl1i.a lT olumr i.a llrlltrat.r!l by t~r (!!lass of 19 0 4
�James T. W"oodward
Born in Maryland of E nglish descent, a nd of a family that traces its history in this
country back to the colonial clays, when St. J ohn 's College was first estab lished, Mr.
vVooclward passed the early years of hi s life at "Edgewood, " the old family home in
An ne Arundel County.
Going to New Yo rk, a lad, soon after th e close of the Civil War, his first bu sin ess
connection was formed in that city.
In th e early seventies he became a director of the H a no,·er National Bank, and
m r877 was elected to the presidency of the Bank, being at that time the youngest bank
president in New York .
\\.hen he assumed the presid ential chair of th e H a nover Bank the deposits of the
Ban k were $6,ooo,ooo.
Th ey are now $7 4,ooo,ooc...
There could be no more striking
or suffi cient ev idence of the wisdom of his management.
But M r. \iVooclward has a broader sphere of influence than that which he fills eve n
as the presiden t of the great bank.
In the prelimin ary d iscussions relative to the placing of large investments, in negot iations that precede bond sales by the Unit eel States Treasury, in the determination of
financial policies, his views a re influential a nd a lways incline to the side of safety a nd
of prudence.
At a meetin g of the Clearin g H ouse Associati on, held on October fourth , r8g8, he
was unanimou sly elected President of th e Association, an office at once of much dignity
and responsibility.
And he is at present Cha irma n of the Clearing H ouse Committee .
This Commi ttee, the most importa nt one, directs the man age ment of the Association.
In spite of all his busi ness cares and respo nsibi lities, he maintains a lively, sustained
interest in the well-being of his native State of Maryland.
He delights in visiting his esta te, "Belair ," near Collington , Maryland , where he
finds great pleasure and recreation in fox huntin g across country, maintaining worthi ly
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�a tradition of sport th at has always been th e fa vorite pastime of American gentlemen.
Here are to b e seen his kennels and stable of hunters.
T hrough his generous gifts to churches, and educational and charitable institutions in
M aryland, he has performed in the most un ostentatious manner a work of untold valu e
.
Fore-word
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by re-invigorating the impoverished conditions so frequ entl y to be found in the coL
;ntry
di stri cts of the lower part of the State.
In special he has restored ami beau tiliecl St.
Stephen's Church, near his own farm in Anne Arundel County, a nd has built a new rectory
and parish hou se.
He is a member of the Board of Visitors a nd Governors of St. John 's College, An nap-
In thi s, the 1903 Rat-Ta t , we have endeavored to produ ce a book th at will be
olj s, J\1aryland , and of the Chase H orne, form erly a colonial mansion , now established
of inter est to the St. J olm 's Man.
as a Diocesan Insti tution to prov ide a comfortable home for old ladies, who have not
eel, but if we have not
suffi cient means of sup port.
th at we could do better, for experi ence is a good teacher.
In New York, and in other cities he is a director and tru stee of a number of large
most interestin g.
land Club of Baltimore.
the "banner annual ";
and flouri shing club , devoted entirely to th e end indicated by its na me.
are to blame.
If we had this work to do over, wo fe el
Of the two hundred and twenty-
five pages .in thi s book , th e ones conta ining no printed matter will probably be fou ncl th e
institution s, and is a m ember of the leading clubs of New Y ork, as well as of the 1viaryHe is President of th e Ridin g Club of New York , a most unique
we r:kme
Th e reader mu st judge whether or not we h ave succeed .
Wh en we were chosen as editors, we felt th <tt we could easily get ou t
but the more we worked , the less conceited we became.
\ Ve have made several cha nges in the arrangement of matter, some for defin ite reasons
and some simply for novelty.
O ur board mem bers have wo rked together , as they should ;
and lack of ability and mea ns can be our only excuse for not produ cing a better result.
, Cand idly, we think we h ave clone well , but it is na tural for us to think so.
W e wish to acknowledge th e valuable aid that has been given us by Doctor Th omas
Fell , Mr. Charles H. MacNabb, :Miss Sicely Wilson, a nd Mr. J ohn S. Wirt , and to thank
them and others of our fri end s for the kindly interest they have sho wn in our work.
W e hope everyo ne understa nds th a t this is our first and last offense.
Please consider
this, ye jury of readers.
Y ours, with a clear conscience,
THE EDITORIAL BOARD.
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�Editorial Board.
Eclitor-in-Chiej,
GEORGE W. WILSON .
Assistant EditM,
EDWA RD RJDDL E PAD\.ETT.
111 iscetlaneou s E ditor,
\1.
S . B EACH LEY.
Literary Edito r,
E.
B URTO N \\"ILSON.
Alumni Editor,
J.
WIRT WIL~1E R.
11ssistunt A lumn i Editor,
IRWI N BLAI NE SOMERVILL E.
1-fumMous Editor,
J OH N
F.
M UDD .
.-1thletic Editor,
0.
ED \\"ARD
1-TALBEHT.
Town and Ca mp11s Editor,
GORDON
E.
RI GGJ N.
;h sistant .lliscellaneo us Editors
.\IAU~ ORY
L.
B U RROU\. II S,
J. :Vf. J. 1-lO DG I·:S,
J. \\". C. S TICK.
Bu siness JI!Ianagers,
I-lARRY \\' . MASENHEH IF.R,
R.
T U NIS S TRA NGE.
T reasurer,
HARRY STROBEL TARBERT
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�( E x -0 ffi cio)
Board of Visitors and Governors
President.
(Under the charter elected annually)
HIS EXCELLENCY,
J.
WALTER SMITH.
The Governor of Maryland,
Annapolis, Mel .. 1900.
President.
(Pro-tem)
RoN. }AMES REVELT.
Annapolis, Mel.
Secretary.
L. DoRsEY GASSAWAY, EsQ.
Annapolis, Mel ., 189r.
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RoN. DANIEL R . MAGRUDER,
Annapolis, Mel., 1891.
RoN. J oHN B. H uBNER,
President oj the Senate,
Annapolis, Mel.
l-ION. NOBLE L. MITCHELL,
Speaker oj the House of Delegates ,
Baltimore, Mel .
l-IoN. JA::-ms M cSHERRY,
Chief Judge Court of Appeals,
Freder ick, Mel .
RoN. J oHN P. BRISCOE,
Judge Court of Appeals,
Prince Frederick, Mel.
H ENRY PAGE,
l-IoN .
Judge Court of Appeals,
Princess Anne, Mel.
1. THOMAS JONES,
l-ION.
Judge Court of Appeals,
Elkridge, Mel .
H ON. S.uruEL D. ScHUMACHER,
Judge Court of Appeals,
Baltimore, Mel .
l-IoN. DAVID FOWLER,
Judge Court of A ppeais,
Towson, Mel.
J AM MACKUBIN,
ES
E llicott City, Mel., 1852.
DANI EL :c\1. THOMAS,
Baltimore, Mel., I8S9 ·
GEORGE WELLS, M.D.,
Annapolis, Mel., 1882.
B oN. J oHN S. WIRT,
E lkton, Mel., 1882.
WILLIAM G. RIDOUT, M .D.,
Annapolis, Mel ., 1882.
l-I ON . J . WIRT RANDALL,
Annapolis, Mel., 1882 .
PHILEM H. T ucK,
ON
Baltimore, Mel. , 188s.
L. DORSEY GASSAWAY,
Annapolis, Mel., 1891.
RoN. A. HuNTER BoYD,
Judge Com·t of Appeals,
Cumberland, Mel.
Ho N. JAMES A. PEARCE,
Judge Court of Appeals,
Chestertown, Mel.
RoN. JoHN G. R oGERs,
E ll icott City, Mel., 1894.
RoN. H . W. TALBOTT,
Rockvi ll e, Mel., 1894.
H ENRY WILLIAMS,
Baltimore, Mel .. 1894J AMES M. MUNROE,
Annapolis, Md ., 1897·
HoN. ROBERT Moss,
Annapolis, Mel. , 1897 ·
L. ALLISON \tVILMER ,
La P latta, Mel. , 1897·
FRANK H. STOCKETT,
Annapolis. Md., 1897 ·
JAMES A. FECHTIG ,
Baltimore, Md ., 1899·
CHARLES G. FELDMEYER,
Annapolis, Mel. , 1899·
HoN. SPENCER C. }ONEs,
Annapolis, Mel. , 1892.
BLANCHARD RANDALL,
Baltim ore, Mel., 1892.
HoN . JAMEs REv ELL,
An napo l i ~, Mel ., 189_: .
NICHOLAS H. GREEN,
Annapolis, Mel ., 1901.
}MYlES T. WOODWARD,
New York, N . Y., 1901.
HARRY J. HoPKINS,
Easton, Mel., 1902.
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��McDowell Hall
The Faculty
THOMA S FELL , AJVL ,
J AMES
P
LL.D. , President,
D
H.
.,
Professor of Mora
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.'cience a nd Ancient Lan guages.
' ·l · U niversity), Vice-President,
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\V . CAIN, AM. ' (Graduate of Ya S . l S ·ence EnaJs I. a n cl Enalish Literature.
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Pro f es~o r of P olitinl a nd octa ct
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1V[ A (G rad uate of St. J ohn 's College),
B. VER NON CJss rL ' r · · , ,
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Professor o f Chet11.t " tr)· ",tncl Phystcs.
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JOHN B. WHITE, b.L
GEORGE ]3. 1-:fAJ.STEAD,
1\'[ .A. , (G raduate o f Gen eva College),
1 L t .n
Professor of G reek a nr a l .
PH.D., (Grad uate of
Jo l1ns
Hopkins U ni versity),
t.
Profes or of Mathema tcs.
l\1.-t'or in th e U nited Sta tes Army),
.
.
WILLI AM A. THOMPSON, U . S. A. , (. .' .] nd L ecturer on Intern ationa l and ConstitutiOnal
Pro fessor of l\1.ilihr)· Science and Tactt cs a
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Law.
A.M., (Grad uate of St. J ohn 's .Coll~ge), . " ' . a nd Bota ny.
FRANCIS E. DA NIELS,
f l\1echanical E ngmeenng, Btolo"'· '
Professor o
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. f Andemy of \ Var , Berlin ),
F . J . VoN ScHWERDTNEl<, (Grad uate o
,
. Professor of Fren ch and Germ a n.
C. W . STRYKER, B. A.,
J.
.
( G radu ate of U ni on College),
Instructor in Engli sh and Niatbemattcs.
Un iversity) ,
B. RIPPERF. , l,) . A ., (Grad uate of W es leyan
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Instructor in L atin .
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Th e first effort was made by th e Legislature in 1671 , to esta blish a college in the
Pro1·i nce of :-Iaryla nd , from which, a lthoug h slowly, St. John 's was e1·olverl , a nd in r696
an act wa.s passed which resulted in the establishm ent of Kin g William 's Sc hool. This
school seem s to have fl ou rished for about eighty-fi,·e years; ed ucating for th e state a nd
na tion , men distin guished in th e early hi story of th e country.
In 1732 p roposals for founding a college at Annapolis were brought before the L egisla ture. but no action vvas ta ken. In 1763 the project was again revi,·ed .
\\ 'i llia m Ed rlis, th e Sur veyor of Custom s at the P ort of Annapoli,;, wri tes to a fri end
in England , that " it has been determin ed to repair the damages to the mela ncholy a nd
mould erin g mo nument, form erly designed for the Gm·ern or '~ mansion, a nd to de,·ote it
to the purposes of collegiate education. "
T his bu ilding referred to by Mr. Eclclis, is now i\fcDowell H all. It was form erly
called " Blade n 's Folly. " or th e" Governor's F olly," owing to the man:· years consum ed
in erecting it. The building was begun in 1744 a nd was not fini shed until 1791, owing,
it i~ ~ai d to th e num erous (jllarrels between Governor Bladen a nd th e Legislat ure.
O n Dece mber rt , 1789, the College was formally opened, with J ohn McDowell , LL.D.,
a~ Prin cipal. The dedication was performed with mu ch solemnity, a ll th e public bodies
IJci ng in a tte nd a nce, a nd formin g a long procession from the State H ouse to .M cDo well
H a ll.
M cDowell Hall is the central one of our college buildings, facing College Ave nu e and
looking d irectly clow n Prin ce George Stree t.
Situated on th e rig ht of the !vfcDoweJl , is Humphreys H all ; on the left is Pinkney,
whil e a little to th e r ear an d between Pinkney and :McDowell can be seen our new
d ining hall , kitchen a nd dormitory co mbined , whi ch is in progress of erection .
In th e center of th e .M cDowell, o n the first fl oor, is our O ld Chapel. Deco ra ting its
walls arc t he shield s of a ll the classes sin ce '7r.
It was in this chapel that Lafayette a nd Washin gton were feted a nd banqueted. H ere
abo ha ,·e been heard the ma id en speeches of the most fam ous ora tors of 1\faryland. The
chapel ex tend s to th e entire height of t he building and a ncient doors ope n into it from
the surrounding roo ms. Th e Faculty roo m a nd th e President's office are on its right. Th e
Philokalian Society has its room in the western section on th e third fl oor , while the Philomathean Society occupies the room in the eastern corn er of th e same floor. Th e other
roo ms are used as rec itation halls. The eastern corner of the base ment is used as the
'Yiecha nir:tl E ngineering D epartment, and the western corner is fitted up with shower
baths a nd lockers for use of th e football and base ball team s.
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�Henry Williams Woodward Hall
This buil d ing is the nc1vest o n the Campus, it being completed in r9 ::>::>. It imp resses
the casual observer as being a very old buildin g, but in order th a t the stru cture might
harmo nize with the other venerable ed ifices, it was built in Classic Colonial style.
It is
constru cted of brick, with marble trimmings. In th e fr ont a nd rear rise beautiful
Corinthian column s, while lead in g to the entran ce are th e la rge marble steps, wh ich give
a n added dignit y to th e building.
Pa ssing throug h the door on t he left we fin d ourselves in th e li brary. Here the Colon ial
style is prevalent. The woodwork is all of dark walnut. Th e room is lighted by gasjets in the shape of old -fashi oned candelabra . At one end of the li brary i ~ a large
fire-place, with a n imposin g mantel. The windows are set in deep a nd und er each is a
nice cozy seat. Th e panes a re of th e small style, which k ind was very commo n in " ye
old en times."
T he L ibrary co ntains about 8ooo 1·olumes, a nd it numbers a mo ng the collection
,;o me of th e most valuable referen ce books in ex istence, especially th ose relating to our
early Colonial hi story.
There are in th e Library a great number of volumes which were brought over from
E ngland a nd presented to the College. These, together with the others, form a ery
valua ble and interesting collection. The majo rity of these old 1·olumes are bound in
pig-skin a nd most of them are still in a good state of preservatio n. The Librarv is also
we il eq uipped wit h th e latest a nd best works on the most im porta nt subjects. All th e
lead in g period icals are received and they are afterwards preser ved a nd bound . There is
also a mple accomm oda tion for the reader. A very la rge walnu t tab le, togeth er with severa l
verv comfortab le ch a ir~, h as recently been purchased and one can sit back a nd enjoy him se lf to his heart 's conte nt. The Library is a lways open between th e hours of th ree a nd
fou r o'cloc k. Professor D aniels has cha rge, a nd und er his able supervisio n, the Library
i ~ kept in good co nd ition .
O n entering the bu ilding through the door on the right we come to the door leading
to the Biologica l L a bora tory, which is ~eparated from the Libra ry by a spacious hallway.
T his laboratory is well equipped with microscopes a nr:J other instruments necessary fo r
sc ientifi c research. Separa te locke rs a nd desks have been prov ided for each stud e nt.
Asce ndi ng the stairway in the rear of the hall one reaches the Chemical and Physical
L abora tories. H ere has been fitted up at a great ex pense one of th e finest laboratories
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�n the South .
There are sixty-fiv e lockers and along the wall s a nd under the hoods can
be found the necessary apparatus for delving into the mysteries of scien ce.
Th e St. John 's laboratory is th e repository of the standard weights and measure"
of Maryland.
Passing through th e small ante-roo m leading from th~ Chemical L aborat-~ry we find
ourselves in the th e lecture a nd reci tation room . The mal n part of t~e room 1_~ o~c uplecl
by seats, while along th e walls can he found a most valuable collectwn of sc1
ent1fic apparatu s.
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The basement of the \Vooclward H a ll is used as th e Arm ory. \Vh en the_ weather ~ s mclement, the drills are held here. It is also fitted up with 11:oals, and dunng the wmter
is used by the Basketball T eam.
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Pinkney Hall
Facing College Avenu e a nd si tua ted on the left of the M cDowell H all is Pinkney
Hall. This building is named after William Pinkney, a di stin guished Alumnus a nd a
man foremost a mong our country's orators. Three sides of th e hall are co1·erecl with
ivy, which gives th e building a ve ry imposi ng a nd dignified appearance. Almost directly
in front of it is the Old Liberty Tree, fresh lookin g a nd green, with ivy climbing up its
bough s. This tree is old er than even " ye a ncient city of Annapoli s.''
Pinkney H all was erected in rSss, through the able efforts of Dr. Humphreys, who was
then President of St.John 's. The Hall is four stories high a nd is used as a dormitory for
the college students. .!VIa ny have been the anecdotes that have been related co ncerning
the pranks a nd hazing expeditions th a t have been carri ed on beneath these walb by former
occupants, a nd it is needless to sa,y that the prese nt generation has not o n!~- eq ualled ,
but, as we all know, has far surpassed all former a ttempts in this bran ch of our cu rri culum.
An old custom of the hall was, that the Freshmen should room on the fourth 11.oor ,
the Sophomores on the third . The Se ni or s usually chose the best rooms on th e ftrst an d
second fl oors and the r emaining ones were left to the Juniors.
Now there has been a radical change. There are Seniors, Juni ors , Sophomores a nd
Freshmen on th e fourth floor. The third floor is mostly occupied by Freshmen and Sophomores, but a few Juniors have picked the best rooms. It is of the second floo r tha t we
fee l constrained to speak. Formerly there were no Freshm en on this floor, but now this
element seems to predo min a te ; a nd if this co ntinues we are sore afraid that the time is
com ing when they will even aspire either to "The Flats'' or the Y . M . C. A. san ctuary.
On the first 11.oor we find ano ther mixture of this species of the genus Fresh-H omo.
O n entering Pinkney Hall one becomes inspired by th e sight of so many placard s
wh ich decorate the fl oor a nd walls. Th ese proclaim each clay the wailin gs and la mentatio ns of some mi sguided yo uth who has been imposed upon.
T he first door to the right of the entra nce is occupied by Miss Bob vVhite, who, since
our last meeting, has been promoted to th e sacred precin cts of Old Pinkney, a nd strange
to say she Gmnot imagin e that she has at last reached a state of civiliza ti on higher tha n the
barbaric condi tio ns to which she was formerl y subj ected.
Turning to the left you gaze wi th wo nderment upon the majestic beauties of the first
floo r. Here elwell some of the most noted characters of this institution.
Beginning with
the first floor on th e right we might make mention of our esteemed frater , Sporting Life,
alias \Valking Death, Chauncey Olcott a nd a few other pseudonyms. F ritzy seems to
keep up the reputation of th e floor thi s year in hi s usual retrograde man ner.
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�The second fl oor ha~ some very great celebrities. Among th ese Ge neral Gra nt is
first an d foremost , while Pat D ougherty and Ril y E lge n seem about neck a nd neck in
th e r ace. It is from Ril y 's room th a t one can usually hear the_
beau tiful strains of " There's
a T ear in Y our Eye, M olly da rling," wafted along.
Th e second AoOJ in days gone by was noted for its love of music, a nd yo u could generaliy hear the sound of mand olin s at any hour of the day, but thi s seems to h ~v e asce nded
to the third A
oor, a nd now th e dreadful monotony is broken only by the clink of poker
chi ps as they are thrown upon the table.
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It is sufficient to say of th e third floor that with the exceptw n of mustcal 1nstruments,
no great demonstrations a re expected of its inh a bita nts.
No w we reach th e hot bed of corruption, the fourth A
oor. Thi s A
oor has always
been accorded the grea t distinction of having made more noise tha n all t he o ther Aoors .
And it is very evident th at the present occupa nts will not be the ones to lose tha t honor .
At a ny h our of th e ni ght or mornin g- in fact all day- you can hear noise. They serve
noise in two di stin ct forms, you can receive it eith er by gettin g a heer keg hurled a t you
from above or by the explosion of fire crackers.
The form er species of No ise is, however, parti cipated in more fr eely tha n the la tter.
The fourth A
oor is also the seat of the " H ot Cat Club , " a nd ma ny are the secret meetings
th at have been held in th at infern al region.
O n the whole, Pinkney H all is a J oint,- yes, some kin d of ~l J oint, to put it mildly.
B ut it is a good place to li ve, and is especiall y recomm ended to th e noble order of the
"Sons of the R estful. "
Humphreys Hall
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N ow we come to a buildin g that ought to have a place in " Th e H a ll of Fame ." This
hall has not only been imm ortali zed durin g the past year, but has gain ed for itself a na tio nal
reputa tion. It was up th e ri ck ety and a ncient staircase of this buildin 0 t ha t " The Char 0
urre
of th e Li ght Brigade " was made; and it was on thi s sa me stairway tha t the a ttackin g
force was thri ce repu lsed . H owever, they fi nally succeeded in reachin g th e top a nd by
vanq uishing the custodi a n they thereby wo n honor a nd glory.
Thi s im posin g edifice was erected in r83 5, a nd was na med after D r. Hum phreys,
a ma n who had clo ne very mu ch to promote th e interests of th e college. For a num ber
of years the college stude nts had the preference of th e rooms in either Hum phreys or Pickney
H all , but now Hum phreys is reser ved especially for the P reps. T he P reps. ar e a heterogeneous mixture, a nd occasiomdly they ma ke blunders by showing th eir verd ant
fea tures within the sacred precincts of Old P ickn ey,- to their everlas ting regret. F or
it is a n old custom that when th e fi gure of a P r ep. looms up within th e consecra ted walls
of Pi ckn ey Hall he is a t once r eferred to th e " F ourth F loor D elegation," a nd verily,
verily, I say unto yo u, tha t there is sure to be "something doi ng."
Humphrey s H all is in cha rge of Stryker, Von Schwerdtner, Ri ppere & Co ., a nd
mighty great men are they- especially the latter ; as to his charac ter we will refer yo u
to Smith, M errym a n, J amison & Co., who are a t present engaged in writin g a biography
a nd compiling character sketches of hi s life.
The h all form erly conta in ed the Library a nd Armory, but they have long sin ce
been transferred to vVoodward H all, where the space is more adequa te. Th e roo ms
they previously occupied on th e first floor a re now used by the family of P rof. Stryk er.
Prof. Von Schwerd tn er spends two nights a wee k in the H all, while inflicting hi s strict
d iscipline over the unfor tun ate Preps.
T h e old H all has a lso oth er num erous fun cti ons to perform , a nd they a re very dear
to the heart of both coll ege studen t a nd Prep. In the basement are the two d ining
halls; the one on the right is used by the college stu de nts, while th e one on the left is
u sed by th e Preps. In the rear of th e basement 11·e fin d the culin a ry departm e nt, p resided
over by M r. Dustin. vVell, enough is said of Old Hum phreys a nd we tru st tha t when
our new dining hall is co mpleted we shall ha1·e more spacious q uarte rs.
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�Preparatory School
First Class
S. R .
Al3BOT,
w. E.
F EJ. DMEYE R,
R. POPE,
A. T. AR NOLD,
y[. FERRER ,
J. F . R EQUARDT,
EDWA RD BAUE RNSCHMIDT ,
R . F E RR E R,
C. J. H ARRI SON,
W. A . R ULLMAN,
R . R uz ,
J. G. SHEARER,
W. A. STROH\1.
C. J. Sun.
ROBERT B E A"J )
J.
R . BR ADY,
M. W.
D O RDLEY ,
E. R. BRYDEN,
H. A. COLBOURN,
J.
T. HARRI SON,
0. H ORSEY,
Eur ER J ACKSON,
E. H. :vr c CLuER,
E. vv. MA GRUDER ,
W . M.
). COLLINSON,
0. H .
DRAPER,
c. w.
T.
E. MA YHEW.
E. E. PAR SONS,
J. F.
D UVAL,
A.
T ERRY, JR. ,
c. THOM PSON ,
WJESSNER,
M. T.
'WILLI AMS .
Second Class
H.
F. BISSELL,
R. BISSELL,
T. BowEN,
C.
0ESQUJ RON,
J.
A. D E W EEZE,
H OWARD \ \1. FRE NCH,
J.
N.
H.
P . BRYDEN,
c. L E HM UTJ-T,
H.
CRAWFORD,
T.
BROWN,
F. GAuss,
A. M OGART,
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A NG EL DE ?\'fOYA ,
R. P OLNYANSKI ,
F. E . RJDOUT,
F . c. S MJTH ,
W. S MITH.
c.
�Class of 1906
Colors
Bl ue a nd Gray.
Officers
P. L.
P resident.
Vi ce-President.
Secretary.
Treasurer.
Historian.
MA TI:lEW S ,
E . T . CLAHK,
A. H . R UHL,
B . L. F l LKJ NS ,
'VI/. D E VHIES ,
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�Ye Freshmen
" J\Tew-la£d-eggs, w hich B a ucis' busy care
T urned by a gentle fiTe and 1'0asted Tare."-Dryden.
R. W.
B..l.YL EY,
£ aston, M~aryla11d
" Di ck."-! a m mu sically tal ented except in my ,-oice.
G. BONNEY,
1 20 Prince George St., Annapolis, Nfd.
" Guy." - Ancl if we tell not of ourseh·es, surelv no one will tell
it for us.
H . H. CARTER, c. E . CHANCE,
E . B . COOUHA N,
E . COO)TBS,
W . P.CunER,
r
F our souls with but I
I
a single th ought,
~ F our hea rts th a t beat ?as one.
J
I
l
!l nna polis, Md .
Annapolis, Nfd .
Annapolis, M d .
A nnapolis, Md .
. U.S.N. A. Bia ke How, Anna polis, Md .
" P lus."-Ch ide me not ; be pa tient ; 1 am but a child .
E . T. CLARK,
Ellicott C ity, J\!I d.
" T ubby," "Oak," " Old 'vVoman, " " Biddy," " K inky," " F a ts," Th a t 's all.
W . D E\'RIES,
. Cumberland , Md.
"P ickles"-F or thy sake, tobacco, I would do a nythin g but die.
B. L. FILKINS,
6':)'} M (Lin S t. , Bnffa!o, New Vo rh
''Blar ney "- Some men . it 's not recorded , \\ hv the v were born a t a ll.
E. S. GosNEL,
Granite, i'vf aryla.nd
" P rep . " - His being here is not a fa ult of nature, simply a mi stake.
S.
HALL ,
Grand Rapids, Mich.
N ot even consp icuous by his absen ce.
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�A.
E. A.
Roland Park , Baltimore
" Bull Neck "-Be natural! Even an ass never pretends to be a
horse, neither shou ld a elude try to be an ass.
He doesn't have to.
HARRI SON,
J. n.
\~ ' RJ<;H"rS0:-.1,
Lloyds, Md.
HEARN ,
"l\!Iother " -N emo est nisi ipse.
R. H.
Quantico, ?vim·yland
HOD GSON,
"Glutton"- H ere
S.
IS
r.
one who li ves to eat.
Centrc~·ilte,
Murray H it/, Annapolis, Md.
S TUR DY,
Grand Daddy Long-legs.
B anto w, Nld.
I 've li ved a nd loved .
J.
C. Jovo:,
E. M.
P. L .
Amotds, Nlaryla.nd
Conceit is not necessarily found only in large sized men.
LINTHICUM,
209 Hano·uer St., Amwpolis, Md .
I do not wish to be called names.
2 Patterson Park 11 ve., Baltimore
A gay Adonis with perfum ed locks, who rai ses havoc ' mongst fem ale hearts.
JVIATHE WS,
E. G. PARSLEY,
Brookville, Maryland
" Auntie"- The more we know of him, th e less we want to know. Dust him off.
D. G. RILEY ,
23 4 Prinre George St. , Annapolis, lvfd .
" Don. " -If I were as funny as I look, I would be a comedia n.
Jopp a, Maryland
R . A. RousE,
" Bob. "- There is no quotati on rapid enough for thi s boy.
A. H.
R U I·TL ,
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" Alex."-l\!Iy greatness li es wholly
J.
H.
East Pratt St. , Baltimore, i'vld.
111 my name.
N..idgetey, M d.
SIN CLAIR,
" Irish " -H e
IS
the mildest mannered man.
310 W est 83 rd St., New York City
A. L. SrmT.JG M
ANN,
"Sunny Jim "-Hang sorrow, Glre will kill a cat, and therefore
let 's be merry.
J.
THOMPSO N,
272 King George St., Annapolis, Md_
"l\!Iajor " - So wise, so young, do not live long.
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2H
Nlm·yland
" Pretty " - If we should see ourselves as oth ers see us, th e demand
fo r looking· glasses would fall off considerably.
H. F.
A. F. Hutchins,
ro East La jayette A ·ve., Baltimore, i'vld.
" Bill " -Hi s mu sic resembles poetry; in each
Are nam eless graces which no method s teach,
And which a master-hand alone can reach.
\-\' JLMEH,
II3 Conduit St ., Annapolis, lvfd .
Eternal smiles hi s emptiness betray.
HOHBERGE R,
Annapolis, Md.
WELLs,
"B ill "-So boi sterou s and wild .
\'\'.D.
E. E.
li{urray H itt, /1nnapolis, Mrl.
If I would be as good as my broth er I wouid be happy.
VALK,
�V.'h en th e appoi nted tim e a rri 1·ed th e Freshmen were on ha nd . They 11·ere ushered
in to room 35 in a body, a ndlo! there was assembled the mighty G . 0 . H. , a n a u g u ~t ami
mu ch respected o rga ni:~.atio n whose sole purpose is to keep fre shm en " hobb led. ' ' \'Ve
were run through different "stunts, ' ' such as singin g, da ncin g, makin g love, et·c. " Barney' ' Filkin s, o n a ccou nt of his mu sical a biliti es, was asked to sing a Pear's Soap n_dve rtiscm ent to the tune of " .:\iary had a little la mb . " He rend ered the select ion in a 1
·ery
pleasing ma nn er. " Prep. ' ' Gosnel was compelled to im agi ne him self Fido whirling around
and arou nd in <i m arl end eavor to ca tch his o;v n tail. " Ylother" H earn gave a grand im pers0natio n of the country swai n IJy making desperate lo ve to hi s own reflection in a
mirro r.
History of 1906
During th e second week in Septembei·, 1902 , D r. Gan·er received a cablegram from
the ' 'High :viogal" instructing him to gather unto him hi s legio ns of dusky servitors and
prepare a nursery a nd g rand recepti on for a new Freshman Class.
About th e te nth the students began to return. O ld n1.en came, saw a nd greeted ,
new men ca me, sa11· and wished th emselves home or dead.
Home! how that little word stirred up fond recollecti o ns ; how th e eyes filled , a nd the
lips quivered when some hard-hearted and seasoned Soph crooned th e sweet strains of
" H ome, sweet H orn e," for the poor little Freshie 's especial benefit. The Freshmen that
came from the Prep School were better off in this respect, beca use they had been here a
year , a nd were, one might say, on more congenial ter ms with the Sopho mores and knew
the place better. By th e time the entrance exa ms. were over, the new men began to feel
more at home, a nd college life did not seem so bad after all. But for week s yo u wo uld now
a nd then see some poor little freshma n off in so me secluclecl corner with a faraway expression on hi s face, thinking a nd dreaming of those hap py days spent a round the pa ternal hearth -rug , where he but had to bear the kidding of older brothers, may hap, instead
of the merciless ba nter of a whole Soph omore Class. This soon passed away, howeve r,
for the Sophs ha1·e no t made our life unbearable so fa r, but have been very good to us. In .
deed there has been a feeling of good fellowship exi stin g throughout th e year between
th e two classes.
A wee k or ten clays aft er school opened ca ndidates for the G lee Club were summ oned
to room 35 by num erou s noti ces on all doors a nd other conspicuous plclces throug hou t
Pinkney H all . These noti ces were somethin g like thi s :
G L EE CL UB T ONIGHT !
ALL FRESHMEN REPORT,
ROOM 35,
II.OO
P .M.
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A large num ber of old er stud ents were present, and enjoyed the fun ,·ery mu ch.
Although the actors in thi s little cast were very nervo us a t first, they warmed to th eir wo rk
an d soon had th e aud ience in an uproar. It was only fun for all present, a nd man y a new
ma n who laughed with the rest was brought back from hi s soarin gs in the realm of mirth
a nd hilarity to thi s scene of " fun for the Sophs, ' 'by th e Grand R oyal Toad in the Puddle
of th e G. 0 . H . 's thundering in a wful tones" Wipe that smil e off your f ace~ "
So me tim e later the rules we re read to us by the Sop hs, who appea red in the Freshme n 's rooms in th e yo ung hours of a November m orn ing, when the thermomete r was clown
to about 71 helo11· Cairo, and yanked us out of bed on to an ice cold floor to stand at at te ntion while some ,l.(hostly clad Soph (for it was a ghostly and impressively a ttired crowd),
read the " Ten Comma nd ments" in a doleful voice.
These noble Sophs, a re great lovers of art, especially drawings a nd paintings, and
a re also famou s epi cureans. It is a good and great thin g for all colleges to ha1·e enrolled
a mo ng its members at least one or two Chri sties or a Gibson or so, and what cla ss is more
convenientl y situated for producing future R at-T at illustrators tha n th e Freshma n. For
if a yo uthful first year ma n displays a Christy vein of genius, wi ll he not be a great find
and help to the College annual )
With th is far-see in g a nd well inten ti oned point in view the Sophs visited us one night,
and proceeded to give us our first drawing lesson. We were forced to make bru s hes of
our noses, use " Star Shoe Blackenin g" for paint, a nd adorn the walls of our roo ms with
beautiful drawings of various kinds. Some of these illustrations were ver v verv fme a nd
so life-like that ma ny of th e art lovers present were simply carried a w<;,..' lw . wontlerfu l
talent displayed by the yo ung artists.
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After this exhibiti on, the class in cooking was called, and as everybody was quite
h ungry by thi s tim e, the Sophomores who had read somewhere of a \'Velsh ra rebit, now
called for this famo us conglomeration of crackers, cheese, milk , eggs,--and demeritssometimes, when the 0. D. smells the cheese, and butts in on a crowd of midniaht
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poachers- and the " rabbit' ' has flown " back to the woods.' ' "Sunn y Jim " Seeligma nn
,-olunteered , or 11·as rather for ced into his bib a nd chef 's garb, and ordered to proceed .
"A litt le wa ter , just enough to dampen , a nd form a ha tter with a box of Dr. Lvon 's Tooth
P owder, mixed in a was h-bowl, a nd stirred with a tooth-brush " was " Sunny 's_.' recip e, got
from the ferti le brain of a Soph. Our chef soon had hi s palatable dish beaten -low n to a
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�:;mouth pl a~t e r and coo kin ~ m-er a 16c Edison. In the meantime, we a re sorry to say\
th e appet ites of our visitors had been ap peased b y "Chessy Cat'' \Vri ghtson-a r oarin g,
r oyin g a nd genera l " bad ma n ," who travels about mu ch and sees little, but plays th e
s<txa phone to beat th e Dutch.
"Chessy" killed th eir lo ngings for the eatable a nd beautiful , by rela tin g just a few
of hi s minor ad ventures. Aft er this wonderful recital of hair-breadth escapes, th e Soph s
withdrew, leaving us to enjoy" Bunn " " rab bit," a nd the rest of Chessy 's fairy tales.
l\lfost of this occurred on the F ourth Floor.
"Chessy" Wrightso n is de1·el oping into a fa ir pitcher a nd will ma ke somebody hu stle
in th at d epa rtment.
The F reshm a n C lass as a \Y hole is consid ered a bout th e ave rage in th eir stud ie:; by
t he faculty. vVe are a class of fa irly good stu de nts th a t hope to better our stand ard before we are Seni ors. \\"hen we lea1 Old St. J ohn 's may the faculty a nd a ll remem ber
·e
us a~" the stud iou3 and ge ntlemanl y Class of N in etee n Six!"
HIST ORI AN .
If yo u never li ved on the Fourth Floor , or, r ather, th e fl oor just below, you ca n ' t
ap precia te th e meaning of th e words. " F our th Floor " originally meant " rough house."
H er e is where th e W ater Brigade a nd R ough Hou se Club li ve. Quite a number of F reshmen li ve on this fl oor a nd frequ ently join in th e general d isturba nces.
Sometimes th e din and uproar caused by this fl oor 's goin g on <L r a mpage is somethin g
awful , a nd one can never tell whether , when going to hi s room , he will fi nd it there or neatl y
stored in th e cellar of M cDowell ju st across the campu s.
" Tubby Timothy Slewfoot" Clar k, better kn own as " Ol d \1\ioma n," a nd still better
" Bi ddy O<tk ," li ved on the Fourth Floor th e f1rst of the year , but being such a puny,
in significant little anim al- weight 165-and of very ner vous temperament , he had to be
moved d ow n on the sed ate a nd well-behaved Second Floor.
a :;
O n this F. F . also li ves " Bull-N eck " Harri son . If you don 't believe it, walk dow n
College Avenu e at a ny time of th e day a nd you will hear for yourself. If " Bull" ha ppens
to be at college tha t day, you will hear hi s sweet, pa theti c voice fl oatin g in agreeable tones
fa r a bove th e combined noises of th e College Band , a sha m ba ttle a t th e Naval Academy,
a crowd pr ac ti cin g football yells, ~mel a thunderstorm or tw o. " Dull " has a sweet voice.
It is similar in tone to th a t of th e a nima l a ft er whi ch he is na med , but of j ust a little more
volum e. H e is a b ig harml ess " critter " th ough, with a n a wful appetite and ma ny babyish
ways.
\ Vith " Bull " H arri so n r oo ms " Pi ckle" D evries. " Pi ck " does not m ake quite so
In oth er
mu ch noise as his r oomm a te, bu t he has his fin ge r in a ll th e pies in the oven.
word s, he is too smart, a nd on top of that he is <L grum bler and nothing see ms to sati sfy
him. H e has had severa l " callin gs d own " b y upper classmen for gettin g a bove hi mself
thi s yea r. H e has a lot to learn an d we li ve in hope th a t he may yet see hi s own mi stakes.
In a thl etics we are not very well represented , b ut look out for us before 'o6, for th e
material is in the class a nd needs but time a nd ex perience to fall into lin e with th e best.
O ur football a thletes durin g th e last season were conspi cu ous by th eir abse nce . vVe had
two men on th e team, however , " Pi ckl e" D evries a nd "B ull " Harrison. " Pi ck " played
in th e back fteld a nd " Bull " at guard . B oth men were in experienced , a nd not stars,
but next year we hope to swell t he numb ers of th e football squ ad, a nd we are d etermined
to shine equally in thi s b ranch of athl eti cs with th e oth er classes.
O ur baseball prospects for this year are not very bright. We have but one man of
last year 's team and that is " Pi ckl e'' D evri es who cam e to us fr om th e Prep. SchooL
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�Class of
190
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Motto
Esto quod esse videris.
C olo rs
Yale blue and gold.
Yell
Rah ! ra, ra , ra, ra, ra, ra!
Ri cka, racka, booma , Jacka,
Sis, boom , ba !
St. J oh n 's,
'os , 'os, 'os .
Officers
M. G.
President.
Vicc-Pn>
iden!.
Secretary.
T rcasu rei'.
RASIN",
J. M . GREEN,
J. H. Fox,
J. R. PENNELL,
D. c. WALTON,
Historian .
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��Y e Sophomores
vV hat a brood of traitors have we here,
·whom none can love, whom none can thank,
Creation's blot, creation 's blank.
L onaconing, Jv[ d.
W . AsKEY,
" Bill. " -He did nothing a nd did it weli .
J.
W.
" Jay Bird ."-See!
R.
West
BIRD,
vVho comes here?
Ri~'er,
Md.
A countryma n.
c. BOWEN,
P arran, Md .
"Parson. " -But the very ha irs of your head are a ll numbered. Parvum in multum .
B. L. CARTER,
Annapolis, Md.
" Bu ll. " - So young and so fair.
A. B.
j\1[ ittersvitte,
CECIL ,
Md.
" Artist. " -Modest and hold ing to his own a ffairs.
R.
Wilna, Md.
C . CRONI N,
"Dal. " - 'Ti s such a very seriou s thing to be a funn y man .
c. H . FERRELL,
Washington, D. C.
"S porting Life. " -When he smi les hi s mouth is the only visible portion of his face .
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�History of
190
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The Class of 1905 ente red coll ege with <l reputation a lready made, a nd it can safel y be
said that it has li ved up to it. Ou r record in Athleti cs co mm en ced in th e Prep. year ,
when Cromwell , d u Val, J a mi son and Smith gain ed at hleti c insignia. \Ve a dd ed new
leaves to these laurels by beating th e Juni or s in base ball.
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U po n entering th e coll ege we found tha t ou r class was m ade up of an unh oly crew
fro m th e Prep. School- from whom most of th e mischi ef a nd humor has sprung- with th e
a ddition of a ba nd of youth s gath ered in fr om the var iou · fa rms an d co unti es of .iVIaryla nd.
All were raw a nd ex hi bited their gr eenness in un ex pected ways, a lth ough none of them
we nt so far as to atte mpt to blow out th e electri c light.
\Vhe n Me rryman a nd Fox de cided to r oom together, there were man y who prophesied
trouble, for they ha il fr om different to wns, a nd are staun ch in defendin g th eir respective
b irth p laces.
Coll ege life has sin ce rubbed off most of the moss, a nd the cla ss has ere this in b ibed
enough world ly so phi stry to co nside r itself capab le of passing judgment on most of
the a ffai rs of thi s world .
Our expe ri ences with th e G. 0. H . ha.ve already been set forth in last year 's hi stor y.
It is n either necessa ry nor pleas<wt to review th em , yet it may here be sa id that we r ecei,·ed many visits from thi s awful body . H owever, as we usuall y tri ed to obey ord ers,
we came out ve ry well , th ough a few received several gen tl e ( ?) rem ind ers th a t a mor e
humble d emeanor wou ld be accep table in the futur e.
In ap proachin g a m ore seri ous subj ect it mu st be ad m itted th at our class has not a
Yery grea t rep utati on for study , still it has some members who stri ve to up hold th e repu tatio n of old 'os in thi s bran ch of a coll egiate education . At the end of th e f1rst term of
our F resh man year, we were horrif1ed at th e number off ailures whi ch we had made; but since
then we have su cceeded in mak ing up man y of the fa iled br a nches.
At present th e
class is taking a decided brace, and , a lth ough th ere is yet a verita bl e m ounta in of conditions
to be overcome, we bid fair to co me out with flying color s, a nd to graduate with h onors.
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�Though we may not shine as students, we more th a n hold our own as athletes. In our
Freshman year Askey, Bowen , du Val, Green, J amiso n, H opkins, Lilly, M erryman, Neville, P ennell, R asin , Smith , T arbert a nd Valk p layed football. Thi s was a remarkably
large number , a nd, co nside ring their weight, their record was an unusually good one.
T o see "JVIac " R asin and " Uncle Phil " :Merrym an yelling " hike " and wildly charging
along, wo uld brin g a smile to the face of a tombstone. In our Soph omore year d u Val,
Green. H opk ins a nd Smith made the first team and distinguished themselves by flll e pl aying.
Smith and H opk ins at ends played a fine game, a nd Green at center was exceptionally sure
in his passes and playing.
Ned du Val covered him self with glory by running ninety
yard s for a touch-down in th e Western JV
[aryla ncl gam e. \'Ale were not to get throu gh
football un scathed , however, for " P arson" Bowen and Valk both got broken collar-bones.
In baseball last sprin g alm ost all the cl ass went out, and , reinforced by Askey, a good
athlete, wh o joined us at this time, we made a fin e showing on the di amond. Askey, du
Val, J amison and T arber t m< the first team, and played a ph enomin ally good game.
Lcle
Th e Class tea m worked hard , and und er the a bl e captain ship of J amison, it beat the Juniors
twenty-four to nin e, a nd was beaten only by th e Sophomores after a hard struggle. This
year we h ope to win the In ter-Class Championship.
On our return last September we found th at Askey, Brogden, G raham, Lilly a nd G . F.
Smith had decided not to continue at St. J ohn 's. We hope some day to meet them ; if not
in this world , in the nex t, (preferably the up per, but I fear- I fear- not that they will not
get th ere-but).
Th e grief caused by these losses was somewhat assuaged by the ad ve nt of Ferrel,
G laud en, H arris, K emp, M cBrid e, Trail and Wells who proved very valu a ble additions.
F errel , on account of hi s tales of automob iles and yachts, was at once clu bbed "Sporting
Life ,'' and the oth ers soon found names expressive of their most prominent a ttributes.
These additions qui ckly fitted into the class life, and were soon instru cted in the gentle
art of putting Freshm en 's beds on the bum .
The class has always sent a large delegation to the hops.
Its members are so fa med
for dancing th at some unkind persons have been heard to say in regard to the e, that their
brains lie in their heels. Social life so appealed to us that it is feared that the majority of
the class think mu ch less of their studies than of some fair maiden. Taking us all-round ,
it must be said that a great number have been a ble to keep their class-pin s, which shows
that, although we may have a tendency towards " fu ssing," we a re not so very susceptible;
yet N eel du Val has a tendency along thi s line which it seems impossible to curb. L et us
hope that "society" will not entirely engulf us, a nd that the class will always stick together
as it has in the pas t.
As to haz in g, very little has been clone. The Freshmen being of a most generous
nature, very kindly provided a musement for the upper classmen. At the beginning of
last term th e Freshmen entertained ve ry largely, giving song recitals and welsh-rarebits.
Their ingenious mind s would not consent to follow the hackneyed forms of musical per forman ces, so th ey were gently indu ced to sin g P ear 's Soap ad vertisements to the beautiful
and classic tune of " M ary H ad a Little L amb." This same craze for originality forced
them to substitute soap and tooth-powder for th e beer a nd cheese of conve ntionality.
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I'hose athl eti cally in cl in ed drew their prospect ive monogra ms, using their noses for a
bru sh a nd a pot of shoe- blacking. Th e F reshm en thus di splayed th eir ta lents. vVe fee l
deeply ind ebted to them for the ma ny pleasant evenings spent with th em, tho ugh it is
fea red th ey cannot say th ey enj oyed th em.
Th e Hi stori a n 's task is nearly fini shed , but this annal would not be complete without an acco unt of battl es fought a nd won. As Preps, 11·e fought th e candidates ; as Freshmen, w~ had a n e n co~mter with th e upper class men. It seemed as though this yea r wo uld
pass without a confl1 ct ; but fo rtunately- or unfortunately-this was not to be. Abou t
midnight of the thirtieth of December, fi1·e Sophomores a nd a few Freshmen crept over
t~ the Prep ..School for th e purpose of reading the G. 0 . H. rules to the Preps, whose prel'lous behav ior had show n that they sadly needed correction.
Upon a rri ving at Hum phrey's .Hall they 11·ere forcibly and un pleasantly remind ed of the old proverb " forewarned IS forearm ed," when a shower of crockery a nd chairs descended upon their heads
as th ey a tte mpted to ascend th e stairs. Th ey retreated in good ord er to ge t re-inforcements, and upon returnmg, th e battl e waged again . Almost the entire Sophomore Class
was now .!Jresent, " thirstin g fo ~ ve ngeance." Again and again the sta irs we re cha rged.
T he. fig hti ng was f1erce a nd fun ous as the " tides of war rolled to and fro." f or a whil e
the 1
ssue was doub tful; but 'os grit fin a lly co nq uered, and the barricade was o 1
·erthrown.
A ft~ r th e fi ght, it w.as seen th a t " mora l suasion'' would not sufficientlv impress th e
Preps with a sense of th e1r wro ng-doings; a nd , as all of our class belie1·e in the old adaae :
:'Spare th e rod and spoil th e chil d, " th e rod, in the shape of a two-foot club was brou; ht
m to play, a nd pr01·ed more effecti1·e in our hands than the curta in -poles of our o ppone~ ts
had bee n.
. \\' e v
vere mu ch surpri sed wh en 11·e foun d that the mcts terly m 2 ner in which th e
w
They not only susobj ect-lesson had b ~en give n was not ap preciated by the faculty.
pended th e lesso n-gn·ers, but also wanted them to pay for the crocken r sm< hecl on their
ts
ow n heads. Thi s see med unju st to us; so th e class went on strike un~il better te rms were
g1 n to those who had fough t for th e honor of the class, a nd won glory fo r themselves
ve
a nd all 'os.
. Th ough you mi.ght ~e held breathless with tales of our career at coll ege by a ny other
scn be, the .present h1ston a n feels his own short-comings so fully that he haste ns to close
be~or~ he IS led in~o cle:cribing .th e wa ter fights, or the time, when as Preps, we fished
clamt1es out .of th e ICC w1th a stnn g; a nd the cook looking out saw th e d ay's d inner shoo t
up before h1 s astoni shed eyes lik e a comet.
vVe are already dreaming of nex t yea r 's R.-I. T- T ..n, though the thOLwht of the hard
11·ork conn ected with its publi cat ion comes ro so me of us as a nightmare. A nd so we close
our Sophomore yea r.
When we a re Juniors we shall feel co mpelled to put aside the follies of our 1
·outhful
A fitting ending might be made b~~ havin g
~arson ~owe n say a prayer ; but perhaps this would be too solemn , so this history ends
\\'It h th e 1\'Ish that 'os may moun t th e hill of prosperity, a nd ne1·er meet a classmate.
~ays, a11~ 'take up th e serious things of life.
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�Motto
Vincit Qui Se Vin cit.
Colors
1VIa roon and White.
Class Yell
Ri ckety Racks ! Ri ckety R acks!
We are the Coll ege Crackerjacks;
We Will Back for Evermore
St. J ohn 's! St. J ohn 's ! Nin eteen Four !
Officers
J.
President.
Vice -President.
Secretary.
T 1·easu.rer.
I-Jistorian.
W . \ • JLMER ,
V
G. v,r. W I LsoN,
I. B. SoMERVILLE ,
J-I. S.
T ARBERT ,
B . WILSON,
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�E . 0.
HA LBERT,
Baltimore , !11d.
" D earv.' '-"Great wits are sure to mad ness near allied,
And thin partitions do th eir bounds cli1·ide. " -Dryden.
Sergea nt Co. B. (3), Athletic Editor RAT-TAT, F ootball
Team .(r), (2), (3) , B aseball T eam (2) , (3) , Relay
Team (r), Class Baseball T eam (r) , (2), Class Track
Team (1 ), Captai n Class Baseba ll T ea m (.)), 1/J .J/.
IFYE
" JV ot enjo;,ment, and not so rrmc',
I s our destined end or way ,
But to act that each tomorrow
F inds us farther than toda·y . "- Longjei!ow.
J. M . J.
V. S.
BEACHLEY,
Midd!etou:n , Jlfrl.
"B ickley. "- I r e~pec l t he aristocracy of learnin g. " - fl" . I.
Bryan.
Sergeant Co . A. (3), Miscellaneo us Editor R .u -T..I.T,
Treasurer Y. 1\IL C. A. (3), Ass ' t Man age r Baseball Tea m
(3), Presid ent Y. yf. C. A. (4), 1/J f, ·, 2' /,'1/J.
Tompkinsl'i!!e, Md .
.M . L. B U RRO UGHS,
" Rube.' '-" Blessings on thee, little man ,
Barefoot boy, with cheeks of tan. " -TVhittier.
Corporal Band (2), Sergeant Band (3), Secretary Y. M. C.
A. (3), Vice-President Y. YL C. A. (4), Glee Club (r),
Ass 't Miscellaneous Editor RAT-T AT, r/.Jk.
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lnnapolis, Jo!l.d .
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H oDGES,
" J ohnn y Reb. ' '-" Spea k clearly if you speak at all ;
Carve enry word before you let it fall. " -1-folmes .
Corporal Co. A. (3), Ass 't Miscella neous Editor RATT AT , Football_Team (3) .
I-I. W . MA S E="HEL\fER ,
JV[anchester, lv!d.
" J ew ." -" \Vhat 's in a name ? That which we call a rose
by a ny other name would smell as sweet. " - Shakes p eare.
Corporal Co. B. (3), Business Manager RAT-TAT, r/JK ,
2"/;'1/.J .
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�J. F. MUDD,
Bryantown, Md.
"Ben H oogan. "-"Small matters I heed not. ' '- P enn.
Corporal Band (2) , Sergeant Band (3) , Humorou s Ed itor
RAT-T AT, Class President (1), Football Team (r), (2)
and (3) , Baseball Team ( r ) , (2), Capt. Baseball Team
(3) , Class Baseball T eam (r) , (2) and (3), Mandolin
Club (3) , Vice-President Athleti c Associatio n, rJ.!/(
I. .13.
" Pigeon. " -" I take up my pen and by new ~ of this earth,
H ope to waken by turn s both your spleen and your
m yrth .' '- Nloore.
Sergeant Co. B. (3), Associate Editor R AT-TAT, Collegian
Board (3), Glee Club (2) and (3) , Manager F ootball
Team (4), H op Com mitt ee(~), Adelphon Club, 1/)/,·.
G. E. RIGGIN,
Lonaconing, #Id.
" Somer. "-" It requires a surgical operation to get a joke
\Veil into a Scotch understandin g.' '-Sidney Smith.
Sergeant Co. A. (3), Ass't Alumni Editor RAT-TAT, C l as~
Secretary (3), Collegian Board (3), 1[1.1/, ~· /,'1/J.
Washington , D . C.
E. R PADGETT,
SO">IF.RVILLE,
J.
W. C.
STT C' K,
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H am pstead, Md.
" J.
W. B . D. C. Bandmaster. " - " A knight there was, a nd
that a worthy man,
T hat from the tyme that he first biga n
To ryden out , he lovede chyvalrye. "-Chaucer.
Second Lieutenant Band (2) and (3) , Leader of Band (2)
and (3), Mandolin Club ( 1) , (2) and (3) , Ass ' t .Ylisccllaneot;s Ed itor RAT-TAT, Football Team (3 ), Baseball
T eam (2) and (3 ), Class Baseball Team (r) and (2) , Ass' t
Business Man ager Colteg1:an, (3) 1/Jk.
Crisfield, Md .
"Lord . " -" Like some fair flower th e early spring supplies,
That gayly blooms, but e'en in blooming dies.' '-Pope.
Sergeant Co. A. (3) , T own and Campu s Editor R AT-T AT,
Mandolin Club (r), (2) and (3), Glee Club (3) , Hop
Committee (r), (2) a nd (3) , College Tenn is Championshi p (Doubles) (2), Ad elphon Club.
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T. R. STRANCE,
!lnna.potis, M d .
"A nother J ew . "-" He silent always wh en yo u do ub t your
sen se ,
And speak, though sure, with seeming diffiden ce."
- Pope.
Co rporal Co. B. (3) , Business M a nage r RAT-TAT , 1
/J/(.
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�G. w. \\.JLSON,
Glencoe, J fd .
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H . . T AR13ERT,
"Old L ady. "-" Some have a t fir st for wits, then poets
pa sed,
Turned criti cs next, a n(pro,·ed pl ain fools a t las t. "
" leepy."- " G od bless th e ma n wh o first invented sleep. "
- Saxe.
Cor por al Co. A., Trea urer R AT-T AT Board, Track
T eam (1) a nd (2), Captain Track T ea m (3), Cap tain
Cia Track T eam ( 2) a nd (3), Treasurer of Cia s ( 2)
and (3).
J. W. \\' I LME U,
W ilson, W . lla .
- Pope.
·ergea nt Co. B . (3) , E ditor-in-C hief R AT-T AT, Vi cePre id ent Clas· (2) and (3), Historian Cia ( r), Class
B aseball T eam (1) a nd (2) , F ootball T eam (3), Secretary
Athl etic As ociation (3), Cotte:;ia n Board (2), f/)1( , ~:J,·r/1.
L a Plata , M d.
" Tis .''- " D eep on hi s fr ont en grave n,
D eliberation sat, a nd publi c ca re.' ' - Afilton.
Sergeant Co. B . (3), Alu mni Editor R AT-T AT, Preside nt
Cia s (2) and (3), Vice-President Ci a . (1), Baseball
T eam (1), (2) and (3), A s't M a na ger F ootball Tea m (3),
F oot ba ll T eam (1) a nd (3), Capta in F ootba ll T eam (4),
Capta in Class Baseball T eam (1) a nd (2) , f/Jk .
B.
W rL ON,
.
Blaine, IV . !"a.
" Hi ck.''-" Be sure yourself a nd your own reach to kn ow,
H ow far your ae niu , ta ·te, a nd learni na go.' ' -Pope.
Corporal Co. B. (3) , Literary Editor R AT-T AT, Trea urer Athletic A ocia ti on (3), Cia ·· Hi stori a n (3) , r/J .Jf,
1.: f/J.
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�History of 1 904
As we gla nce backward in retrospection, it seems but a few days sin ce we were measly
Freshmen ; yet upon more sober con ideration, memorie crowd one upon a nother so fast
th at it seem there is a history of our class, a most glorious hi story of which we may well be
proud.
My two most worthy predecessors have acq ua inted you with our earl y doingshow we Game here a~1 aggregation of boys of all descriptions, sizes a nd cond itions, representing every corner of Maryla nd, from the monotonous level of the Eastern Shore, to
th e towering blu e of her Western mountai ns; from the duck infested districts of the Su q ueha nna, to the tobacco fields of Charles Cou nty; how this aggregation of uncouth youth s
were bound together in a unit, and how this unit ha distingui hed itself by developing into the ba nner clas of college; o it remain for me only to continu e th e narration which has
been so well begun .
For some unstated reaso n, Field-Day las t spring was postponed; but the College had
its class games of l:;aseball.
We held up our previous record of C hamp ion hip by defeatina the Seniors twenty-three to three, and th e Freshmen nine to one.
In th e June examinations we made a good showing; out of the number that pas ed
everythin g, half were from our class.
Commencement found us anxious to sojourn in the land of ou r birth ; o we parted
with ma ny warm " aux revoir , " look ing forward to September when again we could add
other leaves to our laurels. What Time hath in store for us no one ca n foresee. eptember
brought back to us not our former twenty-six, but half th a t number. Various causes
contributed to this sad change: Death took fr om us our most beloved member Maurice
T. mall ; quite a number wishing to ta ke up a professional cou rse, we nt to U n,ive rsities ;
one or two becoming overburd ened with knowledge in their Freshman y~ar , followed the
d ictates of a self- sati ·fi ed con cien ce in their Sophomore year, and thi · year, fell by the
wayside bemourned by all.
O ur men are amoncr th e best players. Mudd especi;dl y distinguished himself at Left
Guard. Prof. Cain in an add res before the At hletic Association paid him a glowing
rribute by saying M udd is one of the be tall -round guards he has ever seen.
Wilmer has
developed into a star Quarter, a nd , in acknowledgment of hi s good playin rr has been
chosen Captain for next year. Give Halbert any position. on the line and he is at home.
A n opposing eleve n soon find s it is u eless to try to gain ground through "Moony. " We
can not pass Cooper by. He is the embod iment of enthu. iasm, brawn a nd endurance.
Our Subs. showed great persistence, though they were too light to hope for a place as
r ecrular . "Old Lady " Wilson became a hero by refusing to come out of the ga me at
Swarthmore aft er getting his comely mouth smashed.
It has been a custom heretofore for the Senior Class to furni sh captain s for the diA"erent
branches of athletics ; but this year , we were confronted with something new; the Seniors
had no man who would at all compare with some of the Junior · in points of efficiency; so
there wa nothing to do but to give lea<iership over to Juniors.
M udd has the honor of being th e first Juni or to be Captain of the Baseball T eam.
" Benny " is six feet, three, weighs more than a ny other ma n at college, has a gait like a
cm,· a nd wears a six a nd a half hat. Why a n overgrown boy of this de cription was given
so im porta nt a place may puzzle you. It is simple: " Benny " never was beaten behind the
bat; he has ability enough to run the team so as to get the very best results ; a nd i the personification of confidence and enthusiasm. Such attributes are exactly what compose a
good captain .
Tarbert, anoth er Junior , bas brought like honor to him elf a nd clas by being elected
Captain of Track Team. They call T a rbert sleepy, countrified a nd all th at, but when it
ca me to getting th e right ma n in the right place, Tarbert was placed at the head of track
at hletics. H e is a swift a nd beautiful runner.
G lorious old 'o4 is the leadi ng class in athletics.
But there are ot her p hase of
college life in whi ch we make hi story. Th ere are the class room, the M ilitary Department,
theY. M . C. A. and the various other organizations found at every college; but our space
is too limited to ad mit of our writing a n extended hi story in these lines ; so we shall have to
content our elve · with a short glimpse of th e characters composin g our uni t.
Did you ever meet a fellow who recites Shakespeare so as to benefit ( ?) everybody
within four blocks, who hums all the rag-time sung on the stage and who wa lks with a n
impo ·ing, confide nt air that remind s yo u of a game rooster? He is His E·xcellency to be,
J. Wirt Wilmer, our President. Wirt ' story won ' t stand telling. During hi Fre h man year, he was a good , studiou s fellow; but oh the degeneracy of a n unrestrained spirit !
After return everyt hing wa sacrificed to football . On the field ou r men played a
prominent part. Wilmer, ~udd , Cooper a nd Halbert were regulars. Wilson G. Stick
and H odges made ·ubs.
A contrast to him is his next door neighbor on the fourth floor , " O ld Lady " Wilson,
our Vice-President. " O ld Lady 's" hab it are settled . True, he smokes, swear a nd
play , but he offsets these bad habit by going to Sunday School, telling the truth and refraining from all di sorderly co ndu ct.
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�" Ben H oo"an " Mudd is another F ourth Floorman. ·we predi ct great things for
Benny. Th ough hi s head is small , he has in it something more than oft soap. In logic
he is somethin" wonderful; he proves without fallacy ( ?) th at ice cream is better th an
heaven.
During our Freshman year , the class wa · very mu ch troubled over the question of
a Y. M . C. A. President when we should become Seniors; but last year our apprehen ions
11·ere allayed by th e arrival from- no one knows where-of a model Chri stian boy, Monsieur Beachley. " Bickley " was an ideal for the position. H e was energetic, thorough
a nd had excellent habits; in the clas · room, he took everything by storm ; in his stud y, hi s
Now , in the
main di version was P ope. But what hath come over thi s delicate rose!
class room he tries to take everything by bluff, a nd his main diversion is" pop-iz-z-z. " We
are sorely d isappointed.
nut we have another candidate, the IT of the cia s, a strikin g yo ung ma n preparing
for the ministry. This mistake i called " Pidgeon " Padgett. A description of him
mi ght amuse you. H e is five feet, ·ix, has broad shoulders lmw bod)' and short thi ck le"s ·
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his head , which re embles nothing so mu ch as a gourd , is set close down onto hi should ers;
high forehead , dreamy eyes and ears which tou ch hi s shoulders. His silvery, persuasive
eloquence makes him an idol of the Annapolis girls. Notwithstanding appeara nces,
" Pid geon " is one of our best men. If predictions be all owed, within twenty years St.
J ohn 's will be proud to refer to Bishop Edward Riddl e P adge tt , Alumnu .
tra nge to ay, we have a ma n who claim s to be a seco nd Da niel Webster ; but th e
only analogy we see is thath e has colossal feet. This tooter of hi s own horn is " Rube"
Burroughs from Charles County, God bless her. H e has red ha ir, black eyes, and a
grinning vi sage whi ch Prof. Cain pronounces C)'ni cal. H e reads book for la nauaae onl y
"' "
and write ·tuff containing words which would brea k the jaw of an y man unaccustomed
to beef a nd piecrusts ·er ved " a Ia J ack."
His roo mmate is a Jew, " H arrie " lvfasenh eim er.
" Harrie dear " is mama 's onl v
boy and is badly spoiled for hi years.
He wears the best clothes, twirls a brass-headed
cane and would be called a sport. Cleanliness is his greatest virtu e; he u es a box of Borated Talcum after every bath .
Irwin Blaine Somervile,-hum ! buzz! fire! blood! " donner und hlitzen !!! " Did you
·er
e1 see a butterfly flutter from place to place and at last settle upon some object suited to
it · taste? Somer is in th e flutterin g state, flittin g around here with lightnin g speed ; but
when or where he will settle, is a conundrum .
are his fri end , con. ultation is quite unnecessary. Learning fl ows spon taneously from thi s
astoni shing make-up of our , like water from th e R ock in H oreb.
Ye an cient City has contribu ted two to our number ,-Tuni s Stra nge and J ohnn y
H odges. Masenh eimer persists in calling Strange " anoth er J ew"; but, to be confi.dential ,
the Historian doesn 't believe he is one. His chief delight is selling gall ery ti ckets a t th e
opera. No one at coll ege is hi equal in eating cough drops a nd toleratin g mosquito bites.
J ohnn y H odges puts one more in mind of a chi cken lost from its ~oth er than a nythin g
else. H e wand ers aimlessly around from place to place continually chirping. Th at
" chirp " of hi s would rrive you hyste ri cs; it sounds just like a buzz saw• with a tooth prung,
or the har monious choru s of ten thousa nd crickets on a damp summer evening.
Tarbert, known as " Country,'' is a pet am ong the girls. H e dan ces, sports, dream s
O h, for a d eep ·Jeep whi ch knows
and gives utterance to his dreams in first-clas poetry.
little waking! O h, for a time when water pitchers are out of fashi on!
Last and least is your humble Historia n, a fellow " bu g-house" in every respect.
N othin g will be said about him, for it mi ght impair yo ur confid ence in his veracity, and
consequently, in the truthfulness of his statements.
From the foregoing sketches, you may think that we are a band of a nything but good
students. Exaggeration, in some cases, was resorted to in order to brin g out vivid ly the
chief indi vidu al characteristics of the class ; so yo u mu st allow something for " poeti c
li cense," considering what the sketch ·uggests, a nd .not exactly what it ·ays.
It may seem strange th at a number of fellows with such varied tempera ment hould
be bound together like brothers, yet it is true. As was said in the beginning, we are a unit ,
a perfect unit acting as one. In our class and R AT-TAT Board meetings we never fa il to
agree and to be pleased with any actions we may take. In the dormi tory, we are a large
family and treat each other a brothers. Tru e, we play tri cks on each other, sucli as upsetting beds, hiding bed-clothes and placing buckets of water above doors, but thi s is not
instigated by any feeling of ill will ; it is the escape of surplus steam-as Dr. Fell calls itgenerated in times of physical inacti vity.
Next year we are Seniors. We shall be perched upon th e top round of St. J ohn '·
ed ucational ladd er; a nd , as we enter upon our new duties in th e ,·ari ous depa,rtm ents of
college life, may that sa me fraternal feeling which characteri zes us be nurtured and
proved to be a ma in -. prin g of happiness a nd success.
Next comes our old " Frent Moony" H albert, " igarnt " as-well , too " igarnt " to
Plays football , the flute and fool to perfection. " M oony 's" blac k,
pass Chemi try.
nappy locks, comely face and perfect physiqu e make him the ha nd somest man in the
clas . H e is a Math. fiend.
Make way, ye people! Stand reverently in the gutter while the great J ohn Ba nd Master Win chester Scott Stick perambulates ·lowly by; for he is that wonclerful walking
e_ncyclopedia whi ch but need to be consulted to give you information concernin g any
li me, country, people or thing wh at oever about whi ch yo u may wi sh to know.
If yo u
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Resolution of Respect
WHEREAS Almighty God in Hi in finite wisdom has removed from our mid tour worthy
a nd bel vcd cla smate and co-wo rker, Maurice T. Small ; therefore
Be it resolved, That we, th e members of the Cla. s of Nineteen Hun d red and Four, of St.
J ohn 's ollege, Jo herein expre - the deep and ab iding sense of regret a nd sorrow
which we feel at his udden and see minaly prematu re death; and
Be it further R esolved, That we set forth the great Jo
u ta ined by u of a cla mate, o
faithful in his duties, so upright in his character , o Christian li ke in hi influence;
and
B e it jurth.er R esolved, Th at we do hereby exte nd to hi s mother in thi her ore trial and
bereavement, our sin cere and heartfelt ympathie , tru ·ting that God in Hi boundle mercy may co mfort h er with the a urance that her boy now enjoys the presence
of hi s Creator; and
B e it jurtli er Re. ohted, That we, the Class of 'o4, perpetuate hi memory by erecting a
uitable tablet in the Chapel, M cDowell Hall; and
B e it finally R esolved, That a copy of thee resolutions be in erted in the 'o3 RAT -T AT,
and publi hed in the Collegian .
Signed:
BEACHLEY,
WILSO , G.,
WILMER,
Committee.
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�Junior Poetry
Maurice T. Small
Our beloveri cla:smate, J\1auri ce T . Small, was born in Baltimore, J\1ay 13, 1883.
At seven year of age he entered the public schools of that city, and, by his regular attendance, studious habit ·, and kindly actions toward the other pupiJs, he com pletely gain ed
the fri end ·hi p of hi s associates and the high a nd lasting esteem of his teachers. Not being
of robust physique, and in consequence of hard work he failed in health, which, when he
was fo urteen, compelled him to lose an enti re year's schooling and to spend the time in
the country. Hi s health was restored, a nd his study was resumed. The following year he
entered Baltimore City College. After one year there, he was successful through competiti ve examin ations in securing a Senatorial Scholarship to St. J ohn 's College a nd enrolled as a member of our class, September 19, 1900.
It was permitted him to spend but two years at the in stitution he loved o well.
In June, 190 2, he left college for vacati on with high hopes a nd aspirati ons for the ensuing
college year: but, alas! " there is a divinity which shapes our ends." On July 2o, 190 2,
hi s bright young life was brought to a ·udden and tragic cl ose by d rownin ()', while bathing
at a treacherous spot off St. M ichael 's, T alhot Co., Mel.
f
As a stude nt he was thoroughly conscientious in hi s work, and, by his kind a nd afsable disposition, he easily wo n the fri endship of his class a nd college-mates. His high
tandard of scholarshi p placed him a mong th e leaners of his class. In recogrution of his
literary talent he was elected in the Sophomore year to the Editorial Board of the Collegian a nd for the Junior year to an impor tant position on our R AT-TAT Board. The
\relfare of our College and of its fun ctions was ever in his heart and he strove not only for
th e cred it he himself might gain, but also for the credit of the institution which he hoped
would become hi s Alma Mater. Wh atever he undertook he entered into with vim, and
success crowned hi efforts. Through all hi s college life there rad iated from him in word s
a nd deeds the principles of a Christian character, whi ch exerted a telling influence upon
those with whom he came in contact. The member. of 'o4 are justly proud to have had
the pleasure and privilege of spending at least two years in association with him . In his
death we have lost a close friend, a loyal classmate, .a wi se counselor a nd a shining example.
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T he first one i Beachley, a blase old boy,
Wh ose brow n eye · are ever sparkling with joy,
H e i fir to n the rollcaJ I, a nd second in age,
H e is first in class stand in g, but not as a sa.ge,
He had a girl once, but to tell it ' a shame,
She jilted him hard; Matilda 's her name.
And next we have Bu rroughs, who is one grand song,
Compared to hi . feet, his neat legs are not l01~g;
At :M ath . he's a terror, 2.nd as ~'OU surmise,
Wi th girls he's a dear ; 'cause he make goo-goo eyes.
When ' 1 Mallory" first came here he owned a straw hat,
'Tis said worn .by ::tncestor, for l~n g years at th at.
I now speak of H albert, a wild, wayward lad ;
Th ere's one thing about him- he never is sad;
A fmer athl ete 'twould be hard to locate
They say with M iss-he's at last met his fate;
Bu t "Mooney" dow ncast, melancholy a nd - well ,--I s it she, or ome other Anna polis belle?
But now as I 'm writing, I mu st not omit,
O ur old Chummie H odges, always loaded with wi t,
In manners he's timid , a sweet ( ?) looking guy,
N inety words speaks per second , with .tongue gea red up hi gh
H e fid aets and fumLles a nd all day he jumbles,
"'
His wo rds in a mess 'till your pati ence he crum bles,
I shall tell vo u now of a ' 04 old-timer,
.
P erhaps yo~ u can guess, for h1s name s 1\f asenI1e1mer. ''
Hi s weak point is dress and if I 'm quite right,
H e really does make a good lookin g sight.
H e's cracked in hi s mind , a nd as pri ckl y as cactus
Yet I cannot but add, that he takes T . . . . practice.
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�Next follows in order, M udd , captain baseball ,
As sleek as he's hand some, yet not very tall (?)
A red -headed Irishm an you would sup pose;
If you don 't believe it, just tread on his toes.
In speaking, " Ben H ooga n " has wond erful vent
And when we were Freshmen, was our class president.
Since now we have P adgett, I 'll give him no rest,
For he's a poor excuse for a preacher at best.
H e thinks he knows L atin , he thinks he knows G reek,
He thinks he knows English, you should ju t hear him speak;
It resembles a Dago and too, we all claim ,
H ow he kills the King 's E ngli sh is truly a shame.
And next Somerville, with his unearthl y tales,
Oft tells of a ma n 's lifting eight cotton bales;
H e says once he d rank fifty cups of rank poison,
In truth as you read, he's a veritable M un chausen,
But Somer 's all right; don' t believe th at he'd wish
Me to tell you the way he ha lost his "ambish."
Of Stick I shall tell you a very slight bit;
H e's sleepy and careles., has no spark of •.,·it,
Was fond of a lady, one time, so they say;
But 's not been to see her for ma ny a clay.
A pitcher of note in his own estimation,
Rut only a mote in this late generation.
'Tis Strange's turn now ; he is stately and stout,
His face is ne'er twisted up intp a pout.
He smokes and he stews and he drinks a nd he chews,
His very best friend he is sure to abuse.
I might write three books more, but I fear I 'd infringe
O n him , or might give to my conscience a twinge.
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Concernin g H . Tarbert, as" Country" be ·t known,I tell you this thing, he' too sleepy to " bone,"
Fa. t running's his fort e and at this he's first rate
For one with such awkward or hobbling gait.
I have heard it said , that he once had a girl
Yet I believe he's th e last one to fondle a curl.
Behold J. Wirt \Vilmer, a man among men!
That 's what he would say could he write with this pen.
O n th e Football Team always, he plays Q uarterback,
In baseball he always strikes out when at bat,
The class for him did the name" Puss" well invent,
Anrl then, like damn fools, made him class preside nt .
Just hear about Wilson, with Bert. for first' nam:,
Don 't ask him of " her," or his feehngs you II pam,
V hen called to account in classroom or hall ,
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H e mildly remarks" Now, sir, I know it all ,"
He smokes cigarettes, and ne 'er skips a cla~s( ?)
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Dime novels he reads, and devours t hem en masse.
There is "Old L ady" Wilson, a good model boy,
Who would not do wrong for love or for joy,
It has ne'er been known that he 'd say a bad word;
T o think he would do so, is simply absurd,
He flunked in the classroom, is chief of R AT-TAT,
And writes senseless tales, for he's light under hat.
Of " Lord" Riggin , indeed, there's much can be said
For we all who have dealt with him wish he were dead,
He is crooked and crazy and sly as a cat,
And throughout his whole course he's been blind as a
bat;
Yet he 's fond of th e ladies and oft falls in love,
And the debutantes say th at he coos like a dove.
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Motto
rvwlh uavrov
Colors
R oyal Purple and Lemon.
Class Yell
Me he! Me ha! Me ha, ha, h a~
St. J ohn 's College ! Rah ! R ah! R ah !
Me he ! Me ha! Me ha, ha, he!
St. J ohn 's! St. J ohn 's! 1903.
Officers
\V . w. GALBREATH,
President.
llice-President.
Secreta ry.
Treasurer.
H istorian .
T. ROHRER ,
N. P. R EED,
D. H . B EATTY,
W. H . GRANT,
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�FRED
Y.
Winfield, Md.
CRONK,
" L ady Cr a nk ."--" T ake her up tenderly,
Lift her with care;
Fash ioned so slend erl y,
Young, a nd o fair! " -Hood.
rath er eccen tric youth, lea ning strongly toward the
feminin e gender, comb hi s hair witha curry comb,
a nd carries a crowbar for self-defense again ~t fleas.
H as a melodiou s ( ?) tenor voice.
"Tl:ey laugh 'd, the'y tcy'd , th ey romp 'd about,
.4nd then for a change th ey all fell out. "-Lyllon.
CHARLES
DREW
H.
BEATTY
No rth East, Mel_
"Slewfoot. "-" Most people would ucceed in malt"
things if they were not troubled with great a mbitions. "-L ongfellow.
"Got a ny tobacco?" I s going in th earmy,sohe
says. A ladies' man, fond of dancing, moking,
and swearin g. " I ' m Capta in of Company A."
A. cu~IMIN .'
221 4 1\f.
Calvert St. , Baltimore, .Md.
"Si. "-" I clare do all that may become a ma n. " Shakespeare.
The heart smasher of St. J ohn 's; receive ·even letters
per diem from h is fri end ; likes moon light strolL on
the back campus; doe n ' t smoke, chew nor wear;
his poetry can be comprehende I on ly by the
greatest minds.
H ARRY
R.
DouGHERTY ,
181 3
N. Charles St.,
Baltimore, Jlld.
JAMES (LARK,
Rllicott City, Jid.
' Cow."-" First in the council ha ll to teer th e state ,
And ever fo remost in a tongue del ate."
- D1"yden.
A big man with a li ttle head. Smokes twenty-five cent
cigars. L ike high-ball s and ugly women. Sometimes th ought to be the mi ing link . I being
conve rted.
" Pat. "-" There i a good dea l of oratory in me, but
I don't do a well as I can, in any one place, out
of respect to the memory of Patrick H en ry. "Nasby.
'' Iri h, be garry"; an exceptional Irish man; f ond of
card , smoke hi hod regularly, but never wears
( ?) ; an ) rator from the word go; performs mam
·tu nt in golf.
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�RJLY
E . ELCEN ,
Aft. Airy, .lfd.
" General. "-" Anything aw ful alway makes me
lau"h. "- Lamb .
Leader of th e fa mou " Cat ' Quartette " ; sin g horrible
in th e G lee Club , but his Yoice is ~o m ethin g awful ;
has a weaknes for aay burle. quer ; hi s legs are
haped like the parenthesis, but he can 't help
that ; knows no more than a last year 's bird ' nest.
" Dutchy. "-"O ne fat, rou nd , oi ly little man of God. "S hakes pea re.
Blue-blooded Dutchm an who sin as like th e quackin g of
a ca mel, the braying of a duck, a nd the chirping of
an a , combined into one grand , har moni ous
sound ; one of Pokey 's students in dried up joke ;
sworn off at cards and smoking; he i from Carroll
County, he would have you kn ow.
w.
THOMA
Darlington, Md
WILSON GALBREATH ,
Bel Air, Md.
w. H ALL ,
" T om. " " They never taste who alway,; drink;
They alwa ys talk who never think . "-Prior.
Carrie hi brain s in hi feet, becau e there is more
room there; known to all a a dignified ·youth , but
where he hail from is omewhal oi a mv terv.
" A man of might ,
When out of ight . "
" Grandmother. "-" H ow long didst th ou think that
hi silence was slumber ?"-Scott.
The only man in hi class who has n 't ( ?) got a swelled
head; auth ority on style and golf ; some say that
hi s calling was a court-je ter, but that is hard to
believe; Captain of Company B, don ' t you kno w.
" I'll be damned if somebody don ' t get hurt here
in a minute."
D.
ENOCH
B.
GARY,
Witlistown , Md.
" For as in bodies, thu s in souls we find ,
Wh at want in blood a nd spi rit, swelled wi th wind. " Pope.
Not as whi te a now but nearl y a ·oft ; doesn 't chew ,
dream, nor eat, in fact, he doe n 't do mu ch of
anything, except bluff; plays football real well
when be i n ' t "overtra in ed " ; was at church once
thi ·year; a foll ower in th e belief of th e 1ormons.
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A lpha, Jlfd.
WALTON H . G RANT,
CLA
DE H ANnY,
Gloucester. t. , Annapolis, .tid.
" Di ck."-" A thin g of beauty is a joy forever. "- K eats.
pon cl ose inspection of thi specim en of the genus
homo, we find there i a mi stake somewhere in his
ma ke-up ; but wheth er too mu ch heart a nd not
enough brain , or too mu ch a mbition a nd not
enough appetite, ha always remain ed a questi on
open for d iscussion. I a hard student ; is al o
learn in g t . hoot,-crap.
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�FREDERIC K
CHARLES
P.
v\'.
SEWARD,
1 2 C9
Fa/stan, M rl.
H OLLI 'G. WORTH,
Holtins
sr , Baltimore.
"Greasy. " -" Here rill s cf oily el oque nce in ft
Meand er lubri cate th e course th ey take. "- Cooper
Go it while yoCJ are yc ung, lad ; each cl og mu s· have hi s
clay.
" Cholly. "--" T here a re foLlies o n whi ch it wou ld be
greater folly to rema rk. " - Landor.
The difference between happ ines a nd mi sery is determin ed by the size of the bottle .
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P.
REE D ,
l<nsnryuitte, .'lfd .
" 1- ee-wy "- "Pygm ies are p ygm i e ~ sti ll , though
perched
on All . "- Yo ung.
Second screecher in the key of Q in the " Ca t ·s
Q uartette " ; has wh iskers li ke fr og hair; short .
chum py, and nothing loing; fond cf- well , e1
·cr·.·.
thin g.
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HARRI. ON TILGJHI.\ N ,
E rJS/ 0 11 1
" Baby B ip. "-" I a m monarch of a ll I sur vey,
My right th ere is no ne to dispute,
" Then he wi ll talk , good god s, how he will ta lk. "
O f thi · species of ma nkind t here i li ttle more to say,
and perh ~l ps th e less sa id th e better.
A ~1 o .
L r:: RoY T . R o HRER,
l<oltrersville, A! rl.
" :M a jor. " - " N one but himself ca n be hi s pa ra lie!. "-Tii enbnld.
H e wh o does not ·moke ha th eith er kn mm n crrief
or refu eth him self th e softest con olati on ne~t to
th a t of woman, gi1·en un der heaven.
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\\" . \\'ooo o
K,
'alisbury, M d.
" Amo . " - " I wa · not born f or courts or great aftairs;
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I pay my debt , beli e1 a nd say my prayers. "- Pope.
·e,
n ind ustri ous youth wh o pursue. the stu dy of
" Human N a ture,"
" A man am ong me n, a boy a mong boys ;
But Sll'in g hi tongue ll'ith a mighty noi e. "
Pre. id ent of th e Y. l\1. C. A. ; a n ex cellent dancer,
but he doe n 't oft en ·how hi s qu a liti e .
" Oh Am os, ne1·er mind th e slur th a t oft are hurled ;
For_the ha nd that rocks th e cradle mo1·es the world . "
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EPH
H. Woon,
Market St ., A n11apotis, Mel .
"Pat. "-" Despi e the body to make wise th e mind ." Old Egyptian Proverb.
An th ere is a n exception to every rul e;
But he is th e greatest in this chool.
History of 1 90 3
The e hi tories can be made to perform a wond erfu lly good office.
In thi s,
our farew ell hi tory we want to please our parents, our friend a nd our sweethearts.
We want to express our .l ove for St.John ' , we wan t to gratify two separate a nd eli tin ct
in ter e t -one of girli sh curi osity, the other of practi cal inform a ti o n, and we want
to perpetu ate so me dear memories of our college day .
0, Mu e of Hi story, thou wh o cleli ghtet h in the past, carry our th oughts back
to our Freshman clays th a t we may elwell upon t he happy in cide nts of our meeting ;
back to our Sop homore clays that we may puf{ ourselves over our " heap mu chn es ";
back to our Juni or clays th a t we may point with humble pride to our accompli shment in th e li terary a nd at hl etic fie lds of college life, a nd poin t with pride to the .
a mount of lahor a nd tud y whi ch ha. mad e the comparative ease, d ign ity and authority of our eni or days do ubly weet.
Ye , for it i the olrl , old story of th e Freshman '. cares a nd heart-aches, the
Sophomor e's dign ity (?) a nd fun , the Ju nior's labor a nd stud y, and the en ior'
boulder-strap s a nd lady friend .
Goodness, peace, and h onor be to those who could ever forcret the deg ree of
mischi ef, noi e, a nd fun whi ch has characteri zed ou r life at St. J ohn 's.
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But, by no mean , i our hi tory without the proper concomitant of er iou a nd
zealou end eavor to learn , a nd to be better men for hav ing co me here. \Ve have
tr ied to be collecre men in every se nse of the word , a nd if we have fa il ed, it is because
we have been blind ly emu la tin g the wr ong ideals. Every man of us has manifested
en thu sias m, energy a nd eve n devotio n to the sacred cau se of learn in g.
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The urest test of the popularity of a Sen ior Cla is evin ced hy the wi llingnes
wi th which th e under-classm en give them obedie nce, a nd sup port in maintainin g
good order and th e hi gh r eputation of their Alm a Mater. For the gift of both these
evide nces of our sta ndin g in their good graces, we earn estly express our gratitu de.
v\'e ca nnot say that we are a t all popu lar in the culin ar y department of St. J ohn's,
we have fi r t foll o11·ed,
f01; ever since we ha 1 had a ny weight with the authorit ie
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�th en led, the sp iri t of reformin g our Co-op erative(?) Ctub. We foll owed ho pelessly,
a nd hopelessly have we led . Th at 's a Ru bico n Caesa r coul rl n' t cross, a Waterloo
le
th e Duke of V lli ngton coul rl n' t w i1~, a nd a Valley Forge whi ch woul d sti fle the
last lin ger in g spar k of Washi ng ton's patri oti sm. I t i · need less to say th a t we rejoice
in th e new di nin g ha ll , and th e prospects for future im provement in thi s depa rtm ent
so mu ch neglected in the past.
Th e beaut y of word s a nd th e strengt h of eloquence are powerless to co nvey
t he tr ue sentim ents of love whi ch " bind our hearts for aye " arou nd the O ld Popla r,
th e green slop in g campus, the beautiful rows of sil ve r maples a nd th e ivy-twiner\
wa lls of P in kney a nd old McDowell. It is so sad to thi nk of lea1·ing these ha un ts,
th ese Jun iors, these Sophomores, th ese F resh men, a nd thi Faculty tha t lest ou r
heart gr ow fa in t before we eulogi<e th e Se niors, we de fer th e thought for a while.
If we t hough t that by some good fortune, we could in th is our fi na l appearance
as a class in th e RAT TAT, portray th e beauti ful cha ra cters of our ·classma tes so th at
our reader s mi gh t see them as they are, we shoul d feel a responsibility of whi ch no
power of wor d s or r hetorical ap tit ude could reli eve us. We can, th erefore , a ttemp t
no mo re than to present a few memories a nd cha racter istics of them and their record
at St. J ohn 's , leav ing to your k in dest judg ment th e task of est imati ng their ge nui neness.
F or emost in our M il itary and our L iterary departments, foremost in our At hl eti c
H is name isn' t Ji m
As ociatio n a nd foremost in our hea rts is Major Ji m Ro h rer.
bu t through t he co nseq uence:; of a midnight vent urP upon t he fa r-fam ed E as tport
B ri dge severa l years sin ce, he ha · ever bor ne the title of " Eastport J im. " J im is
a ma n of no mean abi li ty whose un selfish and valuab le en •ice are lent to e1 ry
·e
fun ction of coll ege life. G rad uated fr om Charlotte Hall , he entered St. J oh n's a a
Sop homor e and has won for him elf the most enviab le posit ion within t he ·tude nt
body - Major of th e Batalli on. At the opening of hi s Senior year he pas ed very
near to th e bri nk of the " ·leep that know no 11·a k ing-"
F or e1·en we e k ~ he lay
between life and dea t h a t hi s home, but t hrough the tend er merci es of God he ll'a
spared to fulfi ll a useful sphere in life a nd to lend the plea ·ure and joy of h i. co m] anion :;h ip to his belm·ecl clas ·mate at St. Joh n's.
We ar e proud of our football hero, D rew Beatty , t he ma n from Cecil County, th e
H ow can we ever forget wha t
man who is a ma n in deed, in word , a nd in body.
a tower of strength he has been in our class ; how can we ever forget him as a n athl ete,
as a stud ent , a nd as a fri end. He gai ned a noteworthy di stin ction as a hurd ler in
football , and was r eally th e mar vel of th e state pr ess . Drew has ever bee n a promoter of th e Boar din g Club R eform movement , a nd of good fellowshi p a mong th e
boys. In hi s F r eshm an year he was a hard stu de nt, in hi s Sophomor e year he was
a cottege student , in hi s Ju n ior year he was an at hleti c '' D an iel come to light," a nd
in hi s Seni or year he is a Cadet Captain , a nd a compeer of th e fin est football hurdlers.
in Ameri ca.
As we have said ni ce things about him , we wo uld next say ni ce things abou t one
who merits them for his hi gh sta nd in g as a n a ll-round college ma n a nd a sold ierNow "G r a ndma" can't help bein g hi ghl y esteemed-you
Wilson Galbr eath.
see where we have placed him in hi s class. In fact , for two year s he h as wielded
th e Presid ent 's gavel, at our cl ass meetings, a nd in our Soph omore year he was Vi cePreside nt.
W ilson is a dyed-in -the-wool St. J ohn 's ma n. And we can pay no ma n a higher
complim ent. In a thl eti cs, in college wor k, a nd in social offi ces he has well r epresented our class , a nd we are p roud of Capta in Galbreath .
Th ere's Si Cummin s. Now Si is th e editor of th e Collegian, a nd by h is
work s ye ·ha ll kn ow h im . O ne spring clay, Si lay d own a nd dreamed tha t every
girl of hi s aq uainta nce loved him . "O h why should th e spirit of mortal be proud !"
No man in coll ege d oes hi s work mor e neatl y and pro mp tly th an Charlie Cummins.
H e is th e ma nage r of th e Baseball T eam , a nd will graduate high up in hi s cl ass. It
is lik ely th at he a nd Jim Clark will ti e for second place. In hi s Sophomor e year ,
hi s ability as a r ough-h ouse leader placed him in the Preside nt 's chair. But th a t
wasn ' t th e onl y r easo n. Speakin g of th e Soph omor e days remind s us of the ni ght
when Si call ed his hosts togeth er a nd pla nned the gr a nd est rough-house P inkney
H all has seen for ten years. F ra nti c for excitement we stor ed every ' o4 ma n's bed
up in Mooney H albert's r oom on the fourth fl oor. Six of us got so de merits apiece.
Th at's th e night when E noch Barton Gar ey our " ve ry fin e" F ootba ll Capta in ,
made hi s first h it with Dr. Fell. Th e Doctor was very mu ch di stressed over the.
appear a nce of that glori ous rough-house, a nd didn 't hesi tate to bra nd Garey a nd
G rant as th e " rin g leader s in thi s d isgr aceful condu ct." Of course we wer e afra id
to contrad ict one so mu ch r evered.
And th e D octor still beli eves us r esponsible
for it. But E noch has changed hi s ways; he is no longer acti ve in such proceed ings .
T he rough-hou se b usiness has been abando ned, for th e charm of a certa in lady
of thi old tow n. Love has pla ced him u pon a b li s~ ful pla ne fa r above the r each
of hi s classma tes. He is our most popu la r a thlete, th e Chairma n of the Hop Committee , a nd th e dreamiest wa ltzer thi s side of the Sierra Nevadas.
An ot her of our most respe cted and honored cia . mates is Am es \ \'oodcock ,
the ingin(7 line " Am iss Nfocki ncr-bird. "
H e i Adjutant of the Bat a llion and
P r esident of t he Y. M . C. A. Amos entered in hi F reshman yea r a sta u nch, h igh·.oti
m ind ed yo ut h, wh o ·e de1 on to d uty a nd to unwaverin g co nsisten cy as a C hr isti a n,
'ection and e. teem. Away back, in
has p laced him hi gh upon the a ltar of our a A
those forma t ive cl ays of our class we knew tha t in him lay th e futur e hope of a sui tab l e
Y. M. C. A. Pre ·ident , kn ew that when J un e, 1903, should. roll a roun d it II'Ou ld be
Amo ll' ho hould deli ve r the farew ell me ~age and ouncl th e note of par tin g of our
class to our fri end s, the F ac ulty; to our chum s, the stud ent of St. J ohn 's; a nd to our
id ols, t he fai r girl : of Ann apolis. To say that we ha ve not iced ,,·ith great pleasure
h i pred isposition to b ~ very kind a nd crall ant to th e lad ies is putt ing it too m iIel ly ,
a nd to say t hat we have never oug ht a m re ah le an d a mor e wo rthy l·nlcdictor ian
Is unn ecessary.
Garey's roomm a te i · J a mes Clark , better kn ow n as Bill or Jim .
T hi s ha nd some H oward Coun tia n, is a ge ni al sport of Maryla nd kind. Th ough sometimes
fo und .a ll out of ·orts, he i · widely r ep uted to be a gent leman of "very wa rm feet. "
H is hi story as a 1903 ma n is b rill iant with star s of intellectu al attainm ent , social
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pr ocl ivity , ora tori ca l fi re a nd zealous end ea\·or. B ill ca n out-s in g Mr. Sankey, he
ca n out-eat th e wild beasts, a rid out-bluff E noch Ga rey. Hi s fond ne s for th e girl s
i entirely ind epend ent of a ll fin ancia l cost , a nd is ma intai ned la rge ly by th e q ua li ty
of ca ra mels th ey feed him on.
Through some mysteri ous callin g it is often seen th at Garey , Cla rk a nd H a ll
are togeth er behin d closed doors, a nd as they a re a ll good fell ows, why houl d we
not present th em together upo n thi s open page. T om H all is one of th ose sweet
boys whom the girls adore, a nd the old ma ids pet.
H e is a wiry, cleve r chap , who
hasn't a n enemy in the world . E ven if he did have a ny he co uld fa r out-run t hem .
H e holds the college r ecord for th e half-mile run (2. 14 3- 5) . T om 's hi story here
h as been mark ed for his socia l a nd intellectua l success. H e is tende r a t hea rt, pe rpetu a lly pleasa nt, a nd fond of good literature. H e lives easy too.
Show me a Se ni or wh o d oesn 't li ve easy. There's Rily Elgen, a man who never
rested from duty until he put on the should er-straps. It mi ght truly be said of him
th at " hi s enemies love him ." vVe wish we could a ptly describe the funn y doin gs ,
the funn y sayings, th e beautiful r ed socks, and th e sil ver-headed ca ne of thi s wholehea rted philosophi cal humorist, so th at our readers mi ght see him as he is-ha lf
sage, half clow n. His face is a good ind ex to his character, strong, determin ed ,
a nd th oughtful , it always wears a pleasant smil e of good cheer.
Ril y too is a so ngster
a nd a n automa tic fa buli st.
F or the form er accomplishment we call him-" Chibiabos," for the la tter "Old Broad Brim. " Hi s opera ti c a nd a trocious rendition
of " Th e Dutch Company" beats all. H ow he can dare to outrage our distressed
sensibilities with the howlin g spasms of pent-up sentiments of thi s sweet lulla by
is more than we can understa nd. When yo ur heart is sad a nd it see ms th a t nothing
can gi ve yo u co mfort but genuine sympath y, a nd when your heart is glad a nd yo u
want some one to share yo ur joy a nd fill yo u with cheer, go to our fri end , Cla ud e
H a nd v. As the du ck sheds water, so Claude sheds trouble. E ven-tempered , mild
a nd g~ ntle he will ever li ve in our memory as a peace-maker, a lady lover, a n easy
stud ent , and a military fellow. And da nce--wh y th e water sprites in th eir mossy
·ca\·erns can glide a round with no greater grace a nd unlabored di gnity! H e think s
he ca n jolly girls as well as T om H all a nd E noch Garey-preposterous a nd extravagant conceit ! Cla udiu s is a in ger from the heart, a sentim enta l twister of love
ball ads.
D eli ght yo urself with a shy gla nce a t thi s ha ndso me Se ni or. Ve nu s in her
glory was never more lovely. Hi s na me is " Choll y," th ough he signs it C harles
Pope Hollingsworth whenever a n occasion de ma nds, a nd he is feelin g equ al to th e
tas k. Cholly's greatest love affair fell through long before he came to St. J ohn 's,
at least he a ppears never to have the malady her e. It's a pity, too , for a ll the girl s
here are "crazy a fter Choll y." In the profes ors' eyes he is q uite a chemi ·t , but
as for ora tory a nd L atin he doesn' t worry him self. Choll y a nd Bi p Tilghm a n a re
th e two best dre sed men in college.
F ew classes a t St. J ohn's ha ve ever had a ny old ma id s like "l\ifi ss Cra nk ." She '
a marvelous example of acc ide nta l modesty a nd miscella neous profu sion of a pology.
" l\I iss Cra nk " i a pec uli a rl y ap prop ri a te nickn a me by whi ch we deli ght to speak
of.. Fred Cronk . She is a bustlin g, blu shing busin ess ma nager, whose ab ility in
thi s lin e ha placed her in two of our mo t respo nsible positi ons, viz. B usin e ·Manage r
of last year 's R AT-TAT, a nd one of the ma nage r of thi s yea r's Collegian. In
both capac it ies she has la bored well for the best interest of our ·clas , a nd deserves
our lastin g gra titu de. M iss Cra nk is q uite a lad ies' ma n ; in fa ct a lm ost a ll of th is
'o3 aggregati on have a weakness for ma n's na tural co mpa ni on.
Fritzy Seward , a Baltim ore swell , a nd genera lly "slick a rt icl e" i o mu ch take n
up with th e oppo ite sex that he " fizz led out " in his P syc hology exa m. A noth er
reaso n he" fizz led" wa th a t we Seni or too k th e exa m. upon.th e new " ho nor system."
F ritzy is a lso a busin ess ma nage r, a nd a good one, too. Bu sin ess is hi s forte. W e
have in him th e man wh o is-for th e first t ime in ma ny years-go in g to brin g th e
Collegian fin a nces out a head . T o prove thi s I a m go ing to call to witn ess a man
wh o has bee n here for ninetee n year - more or le s-H a rry Wood.
H e is one
of the restful Ann a poli s type of yo uth , born , ed ucated a nd spoiled in thi s di stri ct
of perfect peace, tra nquility, repose a nd a few oth er things.
We ca ll thi s So n of
R est, by th e un co mplim entary title of P a t, but it 's onl y for wa nt of a ni ckn a me.
P at , like th e r est of hi s classmates, is in love, th erefore he is kind a nd ge ntl e, modest
and unoffen d in a, sap ient or silly as the occas io n dem a nd s.
E verybody has heard of some Tilghma n, but th ere is onl y one Bi p Tilghm a n,
a nd we have him , as the baby member of the Se ni or Class . Two wee k a ft er he
a rri ved here " Ba by Bi p" was a ppropria ted in stead of H a rri son (his rea l na me).
He has braved four years of college life, a nd has shown ma rk ed ab ili ty as a stu de nt.
As in rh etori c we place empha ti c word s a t the end of the se nte nce, so in thi s
history we pl ace two of our most promin ent cha racters a t the end of this di vision.
Th ey a re Nevous R eed a nd H arry D ougherty.
Nee Wy T om Thumb R eed, oth er wise kn own a N umm y, is th e pet of th e class .
In fact he has enough kind a ttenti on to turn mos t fellows' heads. Grandma a nd
Major Jim ca n never fo rget how cute a tri ck it u ·ed to be to corn er Nevous a nd
" rin g up fa res" by pullin g his ea rs, a nd " turn u p th e indi ca tor " by twist in g hi s nose
out of shape. Nevous is a n at hlete a nd a splend id stu de nt . We mi ght in tru th
clothe him with the d ig ni ty of bein g a real " big end o f- noth ing. " H e has bee n
Secretary of thi s class for three years. Be in g of a plea sin g na ture, he a lways wears
a balm y coun te na nce a nd seld om, if ever, has a n un kin d wor d for any o ne.
Mr . " P at " Dougherty, ~e n t l e m e n .
W herever the four \\'in ds blow , hi na me
.is kn ow n. Bei nrr un do u btedl y th e predestin ed successor to Mr. D oo ley, he is a
political, soc ia l a nd co n\·ersati onal k now-it-a ll.
P a t is a mu sicia n, a n orator , a
m a thematicia n, a cha in dragger, a chemi t a nd a bill of a good fell ow . P a t has an
ind epende nce of spiri t a nd persevera nce of effort , whi ch in con necti on wit h hi s business ab ili ty will some day place him wh ere he will redouncl great cred it a nd honor
upo n his devo ted class, a nd his Alty,a :VI a tcr.
No one in college had nerve enough to write up th e Historia n 's history, a nd even he
hasn 't nerve enough to tell th e awful truth about him self.
"General G ra nt," " Th e
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�J anitor," " torekeeper " and " Blacksmith " of th e armory, the humble Historian of this.
jolly class begs only a few moments more-that he might speak of the saddest seed
of thought whi ch has fou nd its way into this hi story. G rowin g rapidly, this th ought is
moment by moment whispering that these happy days are almo t spent. And the only
consolation we have is in th e fact that these J ays in whi ch ease and training, plea ure and
business, love and sorrow have come to mould our heart and minds, have been spent in
Old St. J ohn 's by the Severn. We shall depart in Jun e with heavy hearts, but with accum ul ati ons of knowledge and valu able experi ence, of which , if we do not give others th e
benefit, we shall deserve the reproach of mankind. The day are passing, passing, pas:ing on to that time when we shall no more mingle our happy voices in the ongs of love
and revelry, and casting our cares to th e winds, bask in th e warmth of coll ege friendships.
In fact it seems that the history of our cia s has been like a beautiful autu mn day in
whi ch have been gathered all th ose luscious fruits of learning, a nd stored safely up for use
in the fast approaching winter of life: in whi ch have been saved those seeds of our future
greatness and power, in whi ch have arisen ·orne clouds of d issension a nd misunderstandiJ1g
threatening our hopes for concord , as the clouds of autumn are wo nt to threaten the
bleating Rocks. But, th e sunshine of intelligence ha- swept all cloud s from th e ky of our
record , and th e evening of this beautiful day fast advances. The sighing of the maples
and the dear Old Poplar sing our songs of parting. The heart is one moment glad, the
next moment sad.
O ur sky is painted in th e most deli cate tints of sunset, a nd grandl y
They have multiplied th emselves a n hundredfold , but no
now tho. e clouds reappear.
longer do th ey represent dis enti on and misunderstanding , but painted in a ll the beauty
of Hi s ha ndiwork, th ey stand for our star s of accompli shmen t a nd good fellowshi p.
HISTORIA r .
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�Ye Specials
Recapitulation of Students
E. P.
An11apo!is, Md .
D U VAL,
" Ned. " -Sin ce in laboring and re ting
Life is di \·icled best,
Let others do the laboring
And I will do the re t.
Collegiate Department
Clutrleston, J1d.
B. N . COOPER,
" Burtis."-" As a speckled bird , the bird round about are again . t her. "--Burtis
thinks so.
'vVe give below a pi ture of th i Class of Specials.
Maryland ,
We t Virgin ia,
Washington, D. C. ,
Nebraska ,
Connecticut,
Michigan,
New York ,
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Preparatory Department
Maryla nd ,
Columbi a,
A. ,
P orto Rico,
Cuba,
California,
West Virgini a,
Pennsylvania,
Di trict of Columbia,
Ma sachu sett ,
Colorado,
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�St. John's Alumni
To tell of th e deeds of the distinguished So ns of St. J ohn 's , the name of each man
who has attained prominence in th e worlct ,- how each ac hi eved his greatness would be a
large volume in itself.
That St. J ohn 's has turned out men of high calibre and of national fa me, might jusl
as well be passed over in silence. Their fame has lived through many generations and
th eir names have been inscribed on the pages of history.
And, too, there is something strikingly characteristic about the St. J ohn 's alumnu . .
H e seems to be imbued with a spirit of loyalty, manliness and faith ; a loyalty which he acquired during his course at college, a manliness that grew up in him by strong associations,
and a faith that is predom inant in all St. John 's men .
The St. J ohn 's man today has nothing for which to blush in that he used to recite
within the classic walls of old McDowell Hall. On the other hand he feels proud that
his name can be linked with those of that great band of high-minded men whose public
spirit and State pride has spread over the universe in behalf of and for the cause of hu manity.
Such is th e nature of the St. J ohn 's man. Bold , active, energetic, true to ma nkin d,
there can be but little chance of his being shut out fr om the affairs of his respective community.
In Th eology, Med icine, Law or in a ny of the honorable callings in what is commonly
called business-life, the same spiril prevails. Noble lives, theirs, "which " to borrow
from Ru skin , " have left the fibre of them forever interwoven in the work of the world."
Below you will find short biographical sketches of a few alumni. They are chosen
as representative men- men of whom we feel proud . The institution is to be honored
and be thought of as a blessing to its .country, which turns out such men as these.
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Hon. Sydney E. Mudd, '78
W as born near Galla nt Green, C ha rles County, Maryland , F ebruary r2, rRs 8. H e
attend ed the publi c schools of tha t county till 1873, when he entered Georgetown College,
a nd remained there three years. In r8 76 he won the scholarship for St. J ohn 's College,
a nd , enterin g the Junior Class, was gradu ated from tha t in stitution in r8 78. In his class
were Judge H arla n of th e Supreme B ench of Ba ltimore city, and oth ers who have a ttained prominence in th e Maryla nd a ffairs.
H e attended th e L a w School of the U niver sity of Virginia , and was ad mitted to th e
In r8 79 he was elected to th e H ou e of D elegates, a nd was re-elected
B ar in r88 r.
in r88r.
In r88 2, he married M iss M a ry Id a G riffin of Prince G eorge's County, and one
daughter a nd three sons, all living, constitute his fa mily.
In r888, Mr. Mudd was elected to Congr ess over Mr. Barnes Compton , wh o had ser ved
two terms. Two year later he was defeated by some opponent. In r 89 5, he was again
eler:ted to th e L egisla ture, a nd was chosen Spea ker of the H ouse of Delegates. The
followin g fall he was elected to Congr ess, a nd has ·ince been re-elected to each su cceedin g
Con1:1;r ess.
M r. M udd has been a zealous a nd untiring worker in committees, principall y on
those of na val a ffa irs, a nd of the D istri ct of Colum bia. Mainly through hi s efforts, th e
Naval Academy in the past few years received the magnificent appropria ti on of $ JO,ooo,ooo. This was a splendid culmin ati on of a stru ggle begun again st a movement, whi ch a t
one time promised succes . to have th e Academy remor ed fr om th e old a nd histori c City
of Annapoli s to -orne point on the Ne w E ngla nd Coast. Wh en th e erecti on of th e im posin g stru ctures sha ll be c0mpleted , a nd th e spacious grounds enla rged a nd beauti fied,
in accorda nce with the ge neral design of im provement contempla ted by th e a ppropria tion,
St. J ohn 's will have a n ever p resent tetim oni al of the publi c spiri t and Sta te pride of its
alumnu s.
Mr. 1
Vfudd has the distin cti on of the longest in cu mbency in t he hi tory of th e Fifth
Congressiona l Distri ct a nd of being considered , even by hi s bitterest politi cal opponent s,
the best representa ti ve it ever had in Congre s. H e is today one of the leadin " factors
in th e publi c a ffa irs of hi ~ natire State.
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S. P. Wiley, '97
Mr. Wiley was born in H arford County, M aryla nd, F ebruary 2, 18 72. H e attend ed
the publi c schools of that county, supplementing his ed ucation with a course a t St.John 's
College, from which in stitution he was gradu a ted in the Class of r897 .
In r 898, he accepted a position as solicitor with th e New York Life In ura nce Comp any, a nd qui ckly showed' his a ptitud e for th e bu sin ess . With its u ·ual ap preciation of
uch qualifi cations as his, the Company rapidly advanced him in position, until now he
hold s th e offi ce of Agency Director of th e Cumberla nd Bra nch O ffi ce whi ch controls a ll
agencies in W estern M aryla nd a nd Eastern W est Virginia.
M r. Wiley is energetic, a keen, acti ve bu siness ma n with a fi ne head for details.
In his bu siness, th e compl ete mastery of a mounta in of facts a nd stati sti cs suffi cient to
ma ke a n ordin a ry ma n d izzy, is necessary. But M r. \ <\Iil ey is not a n ordinar y ma n ; he
has his dates a t hi s tongue's end, a nd , with his knowled ge of th e territory, th e incide nt al
surroundings a nd complicating situ ati ons, he succeeds where ma ny would fa il.
No oth er " Life" compa ny has a nythjng like the bu sin es in this territory, a nd this is
largely due to th e skillful ma nagement, the push and energy of Mr. Wiley.
" If oth ers can succeed, I do not propose to fail ," ha a lways been his watchword . H e
beli eves tha t no day is too long, too dry, too hot , or too stormy to de r ote to hard wor k.
Mr. Wiley married a Miss G irault of Ann a polis, a nd reside a t C umberl a nd in which
city he is ve ry popula r in business circl es a nd in society.
Herbert Noble, '89
Was born March 17, r867, a t Federa lsburgh, Dorchester Coun ty, Maryla nd. H e was
the son of Willi a m D o,·is Noble a nd Mary A. Nobl e (ma ide n na me H ou ·ton). E ntered
St. J ohn 's College in September, r 885, and grad uated in 1889 wit h d ec:rree of A.B.
Aft er his departure from St. J ohn 's, M r. oble ta ucrht at the McD onourrh Institute,
Baltimore County, Mru·yla nd , for one year , a nd th ereafter entered th e L aw School of
Colum bia U ni ver ity, New York City, October of r 89o where he was gradu a ted in r893.
D urin cr the summer of r89 r he a ttended the U ni versity of Virginia Law School, a nd in
1892 was admitted to th e Bar of N ew Yor k.
After grad ua ting fr om th e L a w School, M r. Noble wa · in th e offi ces of Convers
a nd Kirlin , distinguished admira lty lawyer., a nd Messrs. Cowen, D ickerson , Nicoll &
Brown. O n th e 1st of J a nu ary, 1895, he sta rted indepe nd ent practi ce as a me mber of th e
fi rm of W a rner & N oble.
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�Was married December s, I895 . to Miss Elsie R andolph P atteson. From October,
I895 , to January I , 1897, he practiced alone. On J a n. 1, rS97, he became a member of
the firm of Noble & Villard, which firm dissolved in 19 ::>:>, and the firm of Noble & Hosbruck was formed , and later Noble, Hosbruck & Davis. On the 1st of January, 1903.
the firm of Noble, H osbruck & Davis was dissolved, Mr. Noble joining the t:rm of
Noble, J ackson & Hubbard, his former partners going into practice for themselves.
From October I, 1895 , to July I , 1899, Mr . Noble delivered lectures in the Law
School of Columbia University on the L aw of Bailments, Common Carriers, Insurance,
Suretyship, Mortgage, Domestic R elations and other topics.
Mr. Noble is today one of the leading members of the New York City Bar.
E. B. Iglehart, '94
\Valter I. Dawkins, '8o
Walter I. Dawkins, son of You ng P arren and Aleathea Dawkins, was born at L eonardstown , St. Mary's County, Maryland . H e li ved with his parents on a farm and attended the public schools in his native county until he entered St. J ohn 's College in the
year 1876.
While at St. J ohn 's, M r. Dawkin s showed his mettle by stri ct appli cation to hard
work , a nd by always performing his college duties with all th e zeal a nd energy wi th whi ch
he was endowed. H e was graduated with high honors in the Class of r88o.
For three years after grad uation at St. J ohn 's, he studied L aw. H e was admitted
to the Bar in I883, the same year in which the degree of M. A. was conferred upo n him
by St. J ohn 's Coll ege.
M r. Dawkins took up the practi ce of his chose n profession at Chatta nooga, T enn. ,
in 188 7, but remained there only a few month . L eaving Chatta nooga he removed to
Baltim ore where he has since been practicing L aw.
Mr. Dawkins, by that persevera nce and vim which had been the sterling characteristics of his collegiate career, has raised his name to a high place among Maryland 's
learnd jurists.
M r. E. B. I glehart was horn at Annapolis, Maryla nd, April 4, 1874. H e was educated
in the pri vate schools of that city, and a t the age of thirteen entered the St. J ohn 's Preparatory School, a nd later the College, wh ere he was graduated in r894.
; ~ After his gradu ation Mr. I glehart went into business in Baltimore, and during the
Spanish-American War was made Assistant P aymaster in the Navy-assigned to duty
upon the ships Detroit and Scorpion, which had engagements at San Juan, Puerto Rico,
and landing of the U. S. Army at Doiquin , Cuba. His ship was also on blockades at
H avana, Cienfergos and Santi ago.
On September r, 1900, Mr. I glehart enlisted as a pri vate soldier in the regular army.
P ossessed of a dogged determination and manful grit, whi ch two attributes have always
been his crowning characteristics, in October, 1902, he received a commission as Second
Lieutenant in the regular arm y, and was stationed with the guard at the late President
M cKinley's T omb, Canton, Ohio.
While at College M r. I glehart was a great athlete. H eld position of left half-back
on the F ootball Tea m in the seasons of '9o, '9 I , '9 2 and '93· Was Ma nager in '91 a nd
'92, and Captain of the team in '93· H e was also a member of the Baseball T eam in the
seasons of '91 , '92, '93 and '94, ancl took part in other athletic affairs of the College
being always an advocate of pure, manly sport.
Immediately after receiving his commission, M r. I glehart came to Annapolis, a nd
spent all of his sixty days' leave in roaching the St. J ohn 's F ootball T eam. This had not
been the only instance wherein he had sacrificed his time and pleasure for the common
His acts of cheerful munificence have been ma ny.
When the
good of his Alma Mater.
time came for his "going out " from our midst to join again the sons of patriotism, those
friends he left behind cannot but say that Lieutena nt I glehart will belong to that noble
body of men who stand today as the "concrete expression of the sublimest words in the
E nglish la nguage,-duty, service and sacrifice.' '
Th e subject of this sketch was born in Frederi ck, Frederick County, M a ryland .
Mr. Ritchie attended the public schools of Frederick until he was fourteen years old ,
when he entered St. J ohn 's College, from which institution he was grad uated at th e early
age of eighteen in the Class of ' 73·
After graduation he studied Law, first with his eldest brother, the Judge, J ohn Ritchie
of the Maryland Court of Appeals, and later with his brother Albert , now of th e Supreme
Bench of Baltimore.
In 1881 M r. Ri tchi e went West a nd entered the office of Judd & Whitehouse as
law clerk and later succeeded Mr. Whitehouse a;; a member of the firm . F ro m 1891 till
189 7 he was general counsel for the St. Louis and Cairo R . R. Co. and for the Evangelical
As ·ociation. For th e latter he has condu cted negotiations in volving millions of dollars'
worth of property located in nearl y every State of the U nion and involving li tigations in
th e highest courts of Maryland, P ennsylvania, O hio, M ichigan, Illinois and a dozen others,
the contests even extending to the Supreme Court of Oregon.
M r. Ritchie was counsel at Chicago for th e late Samuel J . Tild en a nd Wm . B. Ogden,
and has just conclud ed in the Supreme Court of Illinois a iourteen years' battle again st
the Pennsylvania R ailroad Co. in behalf of President Roosevelt a nd his relati,·es over
valuable property interests in Chicago.
M r. Ritchi e went to Oak P ark, Ill. , in 1894 and has taken a great interest in all matters
pertaining to the rights of the people in publi c franchises. H e is recognized as a lega l
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William Ritchie, B.A.
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L E ROY T. R OHRER, 'o3.
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�Societies
There are four regula rly organized soc ieti es a mo ng the tu de nts, a ll of whi ch
Of the e, the Philokalian a nd Philomathea n are pure ly litera ry oc ieti es ,
a r e ecret.
while th e igma Ep ilo n Phi a nd Cluh Ad elphon a re more o n th e o rde r of frat ernJtJe . Th e Phil o ka li a n Soc iety was organi zed in r868, the Philo math ea n "oc iety
in r869, th e ig ma Epsilo n Phi in 1901 a nd the C lub Adelph o n in 1902. B oth the
litera ry . oc ieti es a re in a flouri s hin g co nd iti o n, pra cti a ll y a ll the stud e nt of the
Whil e the club are at prese nt q ui te
college belo ng in g to o ne or the o th er o f the m .
pr osperou , they are largely experimenta l and have by no mean
o firm a tanding
a th e litera ry soc ieti es.
A the objects a nd or ga ni zat io n of th e-e clubs a re ge nerall y misuncl er tood, it
will perhaps be well to ay o methin g concernin g them. In both case the memb ership i limited. Th e ma in object is to prov ide for th e welfa re of th e members a fter
the ma nn er of fraternities, ha1·in g in 1·iew the fina l organiza ti on into chap te rs of
B efore a pp licatio n for regu la r chapters a re made,
recrular Greek letter fr a tern ities.
however, it i p roposed to test thoroughly the co nditi o ns ex i ting to ee wh eth e r or
not fr a terniti e. wi ll be be neficia l to t he college. The outcome of thi test we ca nn ot
predict, but the prospects a re that it w ill be fav o rable.
B etween the societi es there is a fri e ndly rivalry, a nd mu ch hu tli ng is clone a t
the beginning of e1
·ery year for new member . It i , of co urse, impos ibl e to say
which is the bette r ~oc i e t y , but it i · ge nera ll y und er tood that t he organ izati o n of th e
two is practica ll y the a me. Thu , th e only way to judge th eir merit. i thr ough
their members. As to th e clubs, they a re yet in th e form a ti ve stage a nd too little is
known co ncerning their differen ce to e nab le 11 to decid e on th e ir respe cti ve merits.
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��Philokalian Society
\ ' . S. H EA C HL E Y,
D . H. B EATT Y,
~r. L. B URROl' GH S ,
J.
S. R. H O PK IN S,
A. F. H UT C HI N S,
C . A. :M c BRID E ,
F. . T.
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F . Y. C R O :\ K ,
C. A. cc~DJI :\ S,
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P. ~ f A T T H E W S,
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CL AR K,
H.
F E RRELL ,
Fru;I )I S,
E. R. PA DGf. TT ,
E. G. PAR . LE Y,
R . Ro usE,
A. H . R U H L,
A . L. S E E LI G ~l ANN,
] . H. Sr:-< CLAIR,
J. w. c.
S l~ I C K ,
R . T. S TRA NG E ,
\V. W . G .-\L l3 RE ATH ,
E. B . G.-\ R E Y ,
T•. Gu.D oE:-<.
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T. \\". HA LL,
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HALL ,
S. H.
TIL G H~IA N ,
T.
S. TRAIL ,
H. W. \\ "rur:o-r G,
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P E RE \\" ILMER ,
G. \\" . 'v\"IL SO:o< ,
]. H. Wo o o ,
E. E . H E AR ::-1,
C. P. H O LLI :o<G." \\"O RTH ,
D. c. HA:o<DY .
E. A . HARRI SON,
\V . M oo R E,
G . D.
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R I LEY.
�•
�Philomathean Society
J. w.
N. P. REED ,
1\II. G. RASIN,
B IRO ,
R . C.
BOWEN,
J. H. Fox,
H.
J.
A . \ V.
R.
L. T.
J.
J.
JAMISON,
H.
J.
c.
w. SEWARD,
.'\. \\". SM I TII,
I. B.
SOMERV ILL E,
THOMPSON,
E. A. VEY,
E. VALK,
H. HODGESON,
V.
R U BLAXD ,
F.
J\1. GREEN,
E. L. GOSNELL ,
E. 0. HALBERT,
HARRIS ,
J.
ROHRER,
H.
R . GORE,
D. C.
KEMP ,
M. K.
J.
WJL SON,
w. D.
NEVILLE ,
R.
WALTO , '
B.
MERRYMAN ,
PENNELL ,
99
A.
v.· RIGHTsoN ,
w.
W OODCOCK.
�The Clubs
O wing to unfa,·orable weather conditions, abse nce of members, and oth er adverse
circumsta nces, we are unable to publish the pi cture of th e Sigma Epsilon Phi. We th erefore make use of the space thus left open by announ cin g a li ttle more full y th e aims of
the two clubs.
O f course, being omething new in coll ecre life, they are looked upon with distr.u t
by th e large con ervati ve element; but we are glad to notice th e spirit growi ng a mong
those who are not members" to let them have their flin g." " We shall see what we shall
see." But if the ·e clubs a re composed of thoroughly congenial members, as they are
believed to be, and if th ey work energetically for the objects th ey have in view , It 1 ~ not
to be doubted that th ey will prosper and , in tim e, become fixed organi zations of th e college as the literary societies now are.
Both duos are quite exclusive. Each has its particu lar class of member · and neither
has a ny desire to infrin cre on th e right of th e oth er. Th ere is no ru h for members, because it is only when a man has shown him elf to be of th e right kind that he may join ;
a nd , as th e two differ in regard to what is th e " ri crht kind ," th ere is little danger that any
bitter rivalry wi ll ever ari se between them .
Thi s is not th e p lace to mention th e obj ections to th ese clubs. It is enough to ay
that the faculty, after having carefully considered the plan of th eir organization, saw fit
to ac knowledge them a nd to give them rooms in McDowell Hall.
The idea of developing fraternal feeling a mong groups of stud ents is certainly a good
one, a nd clubs such as uhese are uppo eel to be can provide for th e comfort a nd general
welfare of th eir member in such a way that the life at college may be made more enjoyable and more profitable. So long as they do not infringe on the rights of others in
furth ering th eir own ends, it i not likely that th ey will meet with serious oppositi on. In
a college of this size, however, it is easy to root out what has become an evil ; so if we predict a t all , it will be that the clubs will stay well within th eir bound s and that th ey wi ll
be a pleasure and benefit to th eir members as well as a credit to th e college.
If they are organized into chapters of fraterniti es, let us hope that they wi ll choose
wi.ely a nd co nnect th emselves with no organizations if not with th e best ones.
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Sigma Epsilon Phi
P AU LL. MATTHE \\'S,
A. H .
R UHL,
H. \\·.
MA SENHEIMER ,
BERT WI LSON,
VEL
D/ON
S.
B EACHLEY,
R AND ALL
c.
C RONI :--J" ,
GEoRGE
w. v\'rLsoN.
W.
I. B.
ARTHUR
H .\RRl S,
OME RVI LLE,
J.
101
H owARD
Fox .
�Club Adelphon
Ror.A · D HOPKIKS, ' os,
ENOCH
B.
GAREY,
'oJ,
EDWARD T. CLARK,
' o6,
EDWARD RIDDLE PADGETT,
JoHN
::.r.
'o4,
LERov T. ROHRER , 'o.l,
GREEN, 'os,
W.
\V ILSON GALBREATH,
GoRDON
E.
S.
' OJ ,
RIGGIN ,
' o4 ,
HARRISO
TILGHMAN , ' o "
THOMAS WHIT E HALL ,
EDWARD
0.
'oJ ,
HALB ERT, ' 04 ,
.TAME
CLARK,
1\f.
' OJ,
KEITH ~EVILLE, 'o s ,
ABBOTT LAWREK E
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EEUGMANN,
'o6.
�Y. M. C. A.
Offic ers
A. \\" . \\" oon ocK,
D. H . BEATTY,
l\f. L. B URROUGHS,
J. H . Fox,
V. .. B EACRLEY,
President .
T" ice-Pres ident.
Seo·eta1")'.
Co r. Secutar· .
y
Tr eas ure1'.
Acti ve Members
BEA CHLEY,
BEAM,
BEATTY,
BIR D,
B OEHM,
BOWEN ,
H ODGES,
H UT CHJKS ,
K E ~I P,
:\I .I SE , HE DI ER,
B URRO GH S,
CLAHK,
PAl~SOK '
E.,
::.J c BRJDE,
PA DGETT,
P EKNE LL ,
R J LEY,
R ousE,
R uz,
J.
CLAR K ,
CnoNIN,
CUMMI :-\S,
DR APE R,
. ~IJTH ,
FILKIN S,
F. G.,
TI CK,
Fox,
T ARBE RT , H . .,
TH0:\1P SO.\i, t\. C . ,
GA L B REATH,
GLADDEN,
GORE ,
GRANT,
H EARl\,
TJL GH.\1 .1.\',
Tn AJL ,
\-\' JL\fEH ,
\\"o
J. W .
D OC K .
A ssociate Members
BAYLEY ,
C R A\V FO HD ,
CRO
PARSLEY ,
R EED,
K,
G OSNELL ,
HALL ,
HARRIS,
!c
L URE,
N [ OGART,
R EQUARDT ,
R OHR E R ,
R U HL,
S.
J NC LAIR ,
SOMERVILLE,
'v\'I L LJ NG,
MUDD ,
W RI GHT SON .
105
�The Y. M. C. A.,
1 90 2-o 3
Wh at St. J ohn 's man has not heard on a quiet Sunday evertin g th e halls of O ld
Pinkney echoing to the sound of the electri c bell followed by the cry of " All out for Y.
M. C. A. Get your clothes on "? Surely th at refrain is known to all. Would tha t we
all heeded it more.
T he Young ~'l en 's Christian As ociation was first definitely organized at St. J ohn 's
d uring th e fall of 1886, though before thi s time there had been a species of religious
meetin rrs held a mong the stud ents. At the a bove mentioned time, a General Secretary
visited the College; and with theko-operation of the P resident of th e Institution laun ched
th e new movement. P rominent a mong the first members, was M r. H erbert Noble of
football fame. Th e unquestioned need of th e organization appealed to th e thinking men
of the college; a nd since its esta blishment here, Y. M. C. A. has had a continu ous existence.
I t has well earned its p lace in the college life.
scherl uled to rende r that familiar selecti on '· Speed Away." T o our 1 erso nal knowledge
the only thin g th at obeyed th e flatterin g injun ction was th e harmony a nd melody. Th ey
deserted togeth er, leaving th e poor words a nd th e poorer singer floundering hopelessly, each a law un to himself. Th e meetings are usually mark ed by great earnestness on the
part of th e participa nts.
The pur pose of th e Young l\I en 's Chri stia n Association in St. J ohn 's is to in crea e
th e per centage of real Christi anity among the students. It stands for th e developm ent
of all th at is noble a nd good in ma n. Then should not such a movement have the loyal
support of e\·ery true St. J ohn 's ma n ? L et us not sta nd aloof in cold indifference, but
encourage to th e highest possible extent the efforts of thi s most pra iseworthy organization.
Th e following offi cers have been elected for the e n s uin~ yea r :
P resident.
Vice -P resident.
Secretary.
Cor. Secretary.
T reasurer.
V. S. BEACHLEY,
L. B URROUGH
C. A. McB RIDE,
M .
J. H. Fox,
H.
S. T ARBERT ,
Th e P re ·ident has appointed the follow ing m mmittees:
B IBLE STUDY:
R ELIGIOUS MEETING:
BURROUGHS,
PAD GETT,
T RAIL,
Its history during th e past sixteen year s may be summed up as a continu ed struggle
against the ind ifferent attitute of th e student body; for never has open hostility been encountered . The meetings were at fi r st held in what is now roo m 13 A Pinkn ey. During
th e earl y years of its life a n organ was purchased, whi ch ser ved until 1901, when through
the effor ts of M rs. F ell , th e present instrument was secured .
C RONI N,
B URROUGH,
R UHL,
DRAPER,
H ARRIS,
Fox.
I:-fCLAI R.
NIEilmERSHI P:
In I 896, th e first Y. M. C. A. Hand Book was issued by th e Association ; a nd sin ce
th at time each year ha · produced a volume of this useful little book . ·w ritten with the
purpose of ma king it a guide and help to the new student, and a compa nion to the old,
th e H and B ook has a most marked effect upon the work of the Association.
M I SSION STUDY:
Fox,
McB RIDE ,
H
SOME RVILLE ,
TCIDNS,
McBruDE,
T ARBE RT ,
WILLI NG,
T o facilitate and organize th e work, committees are appointed each year by the
Presid ent. Thu s th ere are the Mission Study, Bible Study, Membershi p a nd Religious
M eeting Committees. The cha irmen are r esponsible for the work of their respecti ve
co mmittees.
During the first week of the Academic year , a reception is given by the Association
for the purpose of introducing the new students to the college world . R efr eshments make
the time pass more pleasantly. The writer recalls, with many fond memories, the afternoon spent at the Boarding Club grinding sweet music from an ice cream freezer.
H ALL, S.,
H EA RN.
NO RTH FrE LD:
B URROUGHS ,
:vlcB RJDE,
Fox,
H UTCIDNS.
O n Sunday a nd Wednesday evenings at half past six, religious meetings are held in·
the sacred prec incts of M cD owell. The services are conducted mainly by the students,
though outside talent i frequently secured . E specially kind have been th e local cl ergy
and Dr. F ell. The meetings are usually bl est with good music. But sometimes the
best intentions go astray. The writer remembers being one of a quartette whi ch was
106
H. S.,
K E MP ,
107
�Cotillion Club
ENO CH BARTON GARE Y,
'o3, Chairman.
'o3 , Treasurer.
L E Roy T. R OHRER ,
Hop Committee
E NOCH
B.
GAREY ,
}.-\M ES CLARK ,
'o3 ,
EDWARD RIDDLE PADGETT, ' 04,
'o3 ,
GORDON
\V. \ i\fn_ ON GALBREATH, 'o3 ,
R . T. RoHRE R , 'o3 ,
F . Y. CRONK , 'o3,
0.
E.
'o4,
'o4,
R IG GIN,
H owARD CoLLINS ,
J oHN
M.
GREEN,
ARMI NE \ i\f.
MITH,
'os,
'o5.
Series of Formal Hops
December sth , J a nu ary 9th , J an uary 2Jrd , February 2oth, Apri l I?th, May 8th.
Members
GAREY.
'O
J.
C RO!\K,
CLARK,
1
03 .
'OJ .
D ouGHERTY ,
'o3.
'o3.
R oHRER,
'03 .
GRANT, 'o3.
BEATTY,
'o'.
C u llnrrN ·,
T. HALL,
'o3.
GALBREATH,
HANDY,
'o3.
H OLLI1 GSWORTH,
W OODCOCK,
'o3.
P ADGETT, '04 .
J. \\'.
\\"IDlER, '04.
GoRE,
SmTH, 'os.
FERRELT.,
TI 'K ,
GREEN
'o5.
H. TARBERT ,
Du
'os .
'os.
109
'os.
'os .
RA s rN,
V E Y,
'o6 .
P . ·wiLMER,
'o4.
\ 'Ar., 'os.
H o PKI.t ls,
\
TARBERT, ' 05.
EELIGMAN N,
'o3.
H ALBERT, '04.
'04.
NE\'ILLE
J.
'os.
TILGHMAN,
RI GGIN '04.
os .
} AMI. ON,
'o3.
s, 'o4.
COJ. LI
'os.
E. T.
'o6.
LARK,
'o6.
�The Glee and Mandolin Club
\V ALTON HO OD GRANT , 'oJ,
R. D OUGHERTY, 10J,
AMos W. WooDcocr-::, 'oJ ,
Pres ident.
S ecretary.
ENOCH BARTO. GAR E Y, 1 0J,
AI ana!(er.
HARRY
Trea ~ urer.
Glee Club
L eader- PROF.
BYRON \ '. CrssE L.
First Tenors
w.
H.
1
0J,
F. Y.
CRONK,
J. \\".
GRAXT,
BrRD,
1
0J,
A. \\'.
mnr, 'os,
'os.
S econd T enors
D. C.
HA NDY,
'oJ,
HT o x ,
E. A.
04,
G. E. RIGGIN,
\V. D. \VRI
'o6,
\t\\t.
D E
HARRIS0:\1
'o6,
YRIES, 'o6.
First Ba ss
A. W.
W OODCOCK.
'oJ .
E.
R. PADGETT, 'o4 ,
PAl~L 'l\L>\TTJJEW ,
H.
w.
\YrLLmG. 'os ,
'o6.
S econd B ass
PJ<OF. B. V. CrssEL,
E. B.
C. ..
GAREY,
1
0J ,
~[cBRI DE '05.
111
L. T.
R OHRE R,
1
0J,
�I
Mandolin Club
Leader- v\". D .
W RJ GHTSOX,
r iolins
F irst M andolins
.. H.
Tr LGH ~iAN,
H . R . Do
J.
'oJ,
CHE RTY,
'o6.
'oJ,
H. R.
G ORE ,
1
W. C. Sn
K, 'o4,
R. \\' . BAY LEY,='o6,
0J,
Saxo phone
W. D.
W R I GHTSO~,
Seco 11d Jfa 1tdoli11 s
J. H.
W OOD ,
Guitars
PRoF. B . \ ". CrssEL,
'OJ,
G. E. Rrccr:-< , 'o4,
J. F. M
'o6.
'o6,
B. L. Fr LKI N , 'o6.
PAUL l\1ATTHE WS,
1
UDD, 04 .
J1 3
�The Band
LEADER
Lieutenant- }. W. C. SncK.
1\IEMBER
Ba ritone.
Bass.
Cornet.
Co met.
Com et.
Cornet.
Cadet Sergeant, M. L. R URROGT-T ,
Cadet Ser"ean t, J. F. :3[ unn, _
Cadet Corporal, v\'. L. F ELDMEYER ,
Cadet Corporal, F. GAUS ,
Cadet Corpora l, C . .'\.. M cBRIDE,
Cadet Corporal, v.·. A. TROH.Vl,
Cadet Corporal, 0. H. D RAPER,
Cadet Cor poral, R. A. RousE,
Cadet Corporal, W. MooRE, .
Cadet Corpora l, J. HEARER, _
Cadet Corporal, B. L FrLKl ' ,
Cadet Corporal, R. G. BEA1r,
Cadet Corporal, E. H . M cC L ER,
Cadet Corpora l, L. MoGART,
~ llto.
Alto.
T rombone.
Trombone.
Cla rin et.
Cymbals.
Bass D r1t1n.
nare Drnm.
Instmctor- PROF.SIMM , (Naval Academy Band).
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�Military
Depart~ent
Commandant of Cadets
MAJOR
w.
A. THOMPSON, 4TH CAVALRY, U. S. A.
Staff and Non-Commissioned Staff
Cadet Maj or, L. T. ROHRER,
Cadet Captain, A. W. WooncocK,
Cadet Lieutenant, W. H . GRANT,
Cadet Sergea nt-Major, C. P. HoLLINGSWORTH,
Cadet .Quartermaster- ergea nt, F. Y . CRONK ,
Color ergeants, J. H. Wooo, F. W. SEWARD.
Major.
Adju.tanl.
Quartenna.ster.
S ergeant-Al ajar.
i
Q na.rter master-Sergt.
Compan y "A"
V.
Captain-DREW H . BEATTY.
First L ieutenant-C. A. CUMMINS.
Second Lieutenant- JAMES CLARK.
Third Lientena.nt- RILEY E. ELGEN.
First S ergeant-S . H. TILGHMAN.
Sergea nls-T. H . COLLINS, G . E . RIGGIN, H . R. DouGHERTY, 1. B. SOME RVILLE ,
. BEA CHLEY.
Corporals-J. M . J. H oDGES, B. N. CooPER, H. S. T ARBEHT, J. R. P ENNELL.
Frh,ates:Ronney,
Brady,
Brown,
Bau ern _chmidt,
Cr nin ,
Cooke,
De ·quiron,
Ferrer ,
H arri s,
J a mi so n,
Magruder,
P arso ns,
R asin ,
Bordl ey,
Bo1Yen ,
Brydo n,
Clark ,
Cutler ,
Cecil ,
Draper,
H arri on,
G ladd en,
NJ: errym a n,
Ma ybe1
1·,
P ope,
R equardt,
Smith , A. W.,
Smith , F. G.,
S in c l C~ ir ,
turdy,
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�Th ompson,
Vey,
H odgson,
Wells, J. n.,
W illi a ms,
Carter ,
de Moya ,
H all,
T a rbert,
Trail.
Nevill e,
D u Va l,
W ells, w.,
Willing,
Coola ha n,
B isset,
Athletic Association
S mith , C. W .
E xecutive Comm ittee
Company "B "
Ca ptain- W . W. GA LBREATH.
First L ieutenant- E. B. GA REY .
S econd Lieutenant- T . ~· . H ALL.
T hird Lieutenant- D. C . H.\ NDY.
First Sergeant--N . r . R EED.
S ergeants-J . W . WILMER, E . 0 . H ALBERT, G. \V. WILSON, E. R. P ADG ETT.
Corporals-R . T . STRANGE, B. W rLSON, H . \ \" . M ASENHEIME R, J. M . GREEN,
E. P . D u VAL.
Privates :A rn old ,
Bay ley,
Bo wen,
Carter,
Col bourn ,
Crawford ,
F errer,
Gore,
Harrison ,
H oh berger,
J oyce,
Linthicum ,
Mogart,
Polu ya.nski,
Rullm a n,
Seeligma nn ,
Terry ,
Valk , A.,
W alton,
Ruz,
French ,
Ri ley,
B issel,
D e Vries.
Abbott,
B oyde n,
Bird ,
Brydo n,
C ha nce,
Coom bs,
Ferrell,
Fox,
Gosnell ,
H earn ,
H opkins,
K em p,
~tiatth e w s,
P a r ley,
Ruh l,
Ruhla nd ,
Shearer,
Th om pson
Va lk, E .,
Wi lmer,
L ehmuth ,
Hu tchins,
Kirk ley,
De vVe.e se,
MR . R . P. MELVIN, '99, (Alumni) , PROl' . B. V. CISSEL, (Faculty) .
R . T. R OHRER , 'o3, (P res. of Associat io n) .
Officers for
1 90 2 - ' 0 3
JC T . R OHRER, 'o3,
President.
I' ice-President.
S ecretary.
J.
F. M u DD, 'o4 ,
G. ~r . WI LSON , 'o4,
BERT vVILSON, 1 04 ,
T reus1
tn1·.
FOO T B AL L T EA.:-.I 1902
E. R. GA REY, 'o3,
A. W . WOODCOCK, '03,
W . W . GALBREATH , 'o3,
J. vV. WILMER, ' 04 ,
J. F . M u DD,
Captain.
Mana ger.
Ca pt. S econd T eam.
A ssistant j\1[anager.
BASEBALL TEA:.I 1903
'o4,
C. A. CUMMINS, 'o3,
V . S. B EACHLEY, 'o.;,
Captain.
·M anager.
A ssista 11t Jl[a nager.
TRA C K T EA :.I 1903
H . S. T ARB ERT, ' o4,
T . W. H ALL, 'OJ, .
Ca ptain.
~
Man ager.
BA SK E T BALL T EA:.t£, 1903
D . H . B EATTY, 'o3,
A. W . W OODCOC.K , 'o3,
J. \ iV . WILMER ,
' o4,
E . R . PADGETT, 'o4 ,
M . K . N EviLLE, 'os.
Ca ptain.
.Afanager.
F OOTBALL T E A:.r , r 9o 3
Ca ptain.
.Al anager.
Assistant J [anager.
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�FOOTBALL
StaiOJfN~
-v.s~Y-r"'""'T"'Tl t\~-~~ Lf\~~
�Football T earn
A. vV. SMITH, 'os , .
B.
L eft End.
Left Tackle.
L eft Guard.
Center.
R ight Guard.
R ight Ta ckle.
R ight End .
COOPER, 'o4 ,
J. F. MuDD, 'o4,
J. M . GREEN, 'os,
E. A. HARRISO", 'o6,
E. 0. H ALBERT, 'o4,
. R. I-IoPKI"s, 'os, .
J. \V. \VILMER, '04,
D. H . BEATTY. 'OJ,
E. P. DuvALL, 'os,
T.
Qtw1·te1·-Bac/~ .
L eft Half-B ack.
Full B ack.
Right-Half-R ack.
E. B. GAREY, 'oJ, (Captain ),
SUB TITUTE
C. \V. \VILSON, 'o4,
Right Half-B Lvk.
L eft Half-Back.
Guard and Tackle.
L eft End and Half- B ack.
T ackle.
Right End and Halj-Back.
Quarter and Full-Back.
Guard and Ta ckle.
J. 1. HODGES, 'o4,
J. W. C. SncK, 'o4,
J. \1. J AmSON, 'o5,
R.
R.
c. BowEN, 'os,
c. CRo, rN, 'os,
\ VM. DEVRIE , 'o6,
JAME CLARK, 'oJ ,
Scores for
St.
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St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
St.
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�" Q ." " Are you a candid ate for th e tea m ?"
"A." " Ye ."
" Q." " Age? "
"A. " " Nineteen."
" Q. " " v\'eight? "
" A. " " 164. "
fOOT
" Q. "
" A."
" I ca n crack boiler plate with 'em. ''
" Q. "
BA I. ..L,
" Knu ckl es hard? "
" Good biter ?"
" A. "
" Can bite an iron ·pike in two."
" Q."
" Good ki cker ?"
" A."
" Can ki ck a ma n 's lung out. "
,J.'Jit,
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" Q. " " \\'hat would you do if yo u were runn ing towards your opponents' croa l 1·ith
1
the ball, a nd th eir crack player tackled you ?"
" A. "
tackler. "
" Q. "
" I would throw th e ba ll to my support, a fter which, I wo ul d tackle the
" Plea e expla in . "
" A." " I would place my r ight arm under his chin and my left 01·er his knee . th en
I wo uld bend hi s back over my right knee unti l his spin e cracked, after which, I would
jump up a nd clown on him with my spike ·. "
,.
"Q."
" H ow would you a mu e him whi le doing thi s ?"
" A. "
" Suppo_e you found your elf the under man in a pi le-up ?"
" A. "
" I 11·ould eat my way out. "
" Q. "
" H o11· would you tackle a hea1-y-weight tack le? "
" A. "
Record of the Football Season of 1 90 2
" I 11·ould permit him to chew on my thumb."
" Q."
" I would first butt a hole in his vitals, a nd before he could r eco ver fro m the
hock, I would pick him up a nd throw him over the grand tand. "
" Q' '
After Captain Garey had run his tonO'ue out of hi head by chasin g him elf a round th e
whole college yell ing, " All out for football , get your clothes on," a nd Manager Woodcock
had racked his brain , lost his 1 atience, and said a few naughty things, in trying to fi t
all the candidates up with football garb, a crowd of men-or boys, whichever you likeat last appeared upon the field. They were a sight to behold. The Coach stood by a nd,
with a criti cising eye, sir.ed up each man a he sneaked from behind the Gym. Some looked
young and ome looked old ; some looked timid arid so me looked bold ; some looked
tender a nd some looked tough ; but th e Coach thought to himself, I don ' t see enouO'h .
After a lot of wrangling a nd trouble, Captain Garey managed to get them a ll together
a nd to some of the new men he asked a few q uestions, as follows :
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"Suppose you were defeated in doing thi s?"
" A. "
" Then I would swall ow the hall a nd ta ncl pat. "
"Q. "
" Wh a t are the three card inal indispensables in a football game?"
" A."
" A doctor, an a mbu la nce a nd a hospital. "
" Q. "
" A."
"Anythi ng else?"
" A fun eral. "
" Q."
" I understand that you kno"· nothing of the techni cal points of th e gatne?"
" A. "
" Th at i true."
" Q."
" You \vi ll do, please s ig n here."
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�For a '''eek or two followin g, the team was put through the preliminary practice a nd
th e tim e soon ca me for th e first game with the Columbian University. St. J ohn 's did
herself justice, showing th at the sa me old football spirit still surYived. Beatty and Garey
circl ed th e ends tim e and time again for large gains and soo n had the ball behind th e
posts for a touchdown. The game ended with th e ball in St. J ohn 's possession, and
the scor e r o-o in her favor.
Next came the game with Georgetown. 'M id the downpour of a dre nching rain
th e team sallied forth with the odds against her. The game has been spoken of as an
aquatic carni val, which ra n something like this :-On th e kick-off, the ball floated down
th e field forty yard s where it was r escued by St. J ohn ' s full-back. In th e next line-up,
Garey swam around Georgetown 's end for two yards, where he was pulled below the
surface by Rus ell. In the second half Wilmer hacl gone down for the third tim e, when
a life saving crew put out from the bleechers a nd finally rescued him . But notwithsta nd ing the rain , the gil.me was excitin g from start to fini h and every man on th e team deserves
credit for the fierce tackling and line bucking which were exhibited during the game.
Towards the end of the game the superior weight and tea m-work of Georgetown began
to tell, a nd when time wa called the core was r8-o.
After the Georgetown game, the one with th e Navy came on. Here again St. J ohn 's
did herself cr edit. The game from start to fini sh was an exciting one, and at no time
did our team lack vigor a nd determination. The first half ended with the score o-o, but
in the second half the ~ T avy succeeded in scoring ten points. The features of the game
were the ground-gaining by Beatty and the tackling by Garey who in variably broke through
the avy 's interference and threw the man with the ball, for a loss. At one time
Cooper broke through a nd blocked Belknap 's kick, thus causing the ball to roll up the
field for fifty yards without any one near it. Cooper a nd Halbert started up th e field
after it, but th e former, thinking th e latter to be a Navy man, fell on the ball instead of
trying to pick it up. Thus was lost our only cha nce for a touchdown.
Our fourth game was with Swarthmore. Of this game we have little to say. Probably the cause of our defeat was, that we were crippled in the I avy game, or probably
it was th e early mornin g ride that made us sluggish, but neverth eless, we were outplayed
at every point of the game. The score was 23-o.
The week followi ng the Swarthmore game we met a nother Waterloo at the University of Virginia. This score was also 23-o, but it was made after a hard fi ght. St. J ohn 's
fought for every inch of ground , but the peculiar formation s of Virginia puzzled us at
first and th e same old drawback which has so long prevailed at St. J ohn 's- lack of weight,
helped Virginia on to her victory.
Next came our game with Delaware. The tide was turned and the day went down
to St. J ohn 's credit. From start to fini. h, St. J ohn 's played the game for all that was in it.
Both teams were pretty evenly matched but St. J ohn 's won out through her superi or
team-work. It was in this game that our wonderful sub-end Cronin made his sensati onal run of sixty yards. Thu s he scored five of the points which made the score ro-o
in St. J ohn 's favor. In this game Beatty a! o eli tinguished himself by his marvelous
line-hurdlin g.
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O ur seventh game was played with Gettysburg. And again the day was lost by
St. J ohn 's. In the first half Gettysburg scored six points but it was not until after a hard
fight. During the time between halves, the coach hauled th e team over the coals; and
in the second half, after two long runs by Halbert, Beatty was pu hed over the line for
a touchdown. After thi · the ball wavered from one side of the field to the other and it
looked a if the game would be a tie, but during the Ia t minute of play, Gettysburg's
right half-back broke loose from the crowd and made a beautifui run of seventy yards
for a touchdown. Thus the game end ed , Gettysburg 12 , St. J ohn 's 6.
The week following was one of excitement a nd was trying on the nerves, for Saturday brought on the game with our old ri val, We tern Maryland .
The clay dawned clear a nd cool and at twelve o'clock, a mi d the cheers of the rooters
a nd the waving of flag , the two teams trotted upon the field. After the usual preliminaries the teams lined up and Beatty kicked off to Western Maryland. The contest had
begun and for St. J ohn 's it was do or die. In the fir t half St. J ohn 's scored twelve
points to ·w estern Maryland 's five. At the beginning of the second half Western Maryland soon cored six more points, but DuVall, our star full -back, soon raised them six
by his magn ifi cent run of ninety yards. H e received Robert 's punt on our twenty-yard
line and with the ball tucked neatly under hi arm, he wrigglecl , dodged , blocked off tack les
and soon pla nted the ball behind the goal posts. Never has there been exhibited in the
football hi tory of St. J ohn '. , brighter examples of noble daring, grit, courage, and deterncination than was hown by our team on that day. Every man individually deserves
cred it. Captain Garey played the game of hi. life a nd carried the ball like a veteran,
while Beatty a nd Cooper never fail ed to make the necessary yards. Wilmer tackled
like a fiend a nd never failed to bring down his man. The two ends, Smith and H opkins
were always in the right place at the right time. The quartette, M udd, Green, Clark
and Halbert were in vincible. M udd, however, was compelled to retire on account of
injuri es a nd was replaced by H arriso n. who held up the position like a major. The game
ended with the ball in St. J ohn 's possession on Western Maryla nd 's one-yard line. The
fi na l scor e wa · I 8-r I.
Last but not least, was the game with Pennsylvania Military College. H ere again
we were defeated , the core being 23 to 6. Although we wer!! defeated it was clone fairly
a nd squarely a nd at the ha nds of a pure collegiate team. I take this opportunity to say
that at P. M . C., we have always received a cordial welcome. May the friendly
feeling whi ch exi ts between the two institution s continue.
Thu s ended the football sea on for 1902 . At the election for Captain for 1903, J.
Wirt Wilmer was elected. We extend to him our congratulations and hopes for a successful season.
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�Summary
Points
Year
t. John's
1888
l 89
l 90
1891
I 92
1893
1 94
I895
1896
1897
1 98
1899
1900
1901
1902
IS6
24
164
77
So
74
J24
128
48
62
70
130
85
95
sr
1368
Opponents
16
4
113
54
54
20
30
48
166
62
66
61
35
61
120
t. J ohn '
5
4
5
2
4
5
5
3
Game
Opponents
0
3
4
2
3
0
s6
74
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5
3
3
4
3
2
5
4
2
4
3
3
6
42
4
�Second Football T earn
J . \T. J AMISON, '05 ,
R. C. BowEN, 'os ; a nd C. P. H oLLI NGSWORTH, 'o3,
J A111ES CLARK, 'o3,
EDWARD CLARK, 'o6,
vV. w. GALBREATH, 'o3, (Captain ),
J. P. MERRIMAN, 'os ,
R. C. CRmnN, 'os ,
M. K. NEviLLE, 'os,
T. vV. H ALL, 'o3 , .
N . P. R EED, 'o3; and J. M. H ODGES, 'o4,
G. W. WIL ON, 'o4,
Left End.
Left Ta c/de.
L eft Guard.
Center.
R ight Gum·d.
R ight Tackle.
Right End.
Qna·rter-B ack.
L eft Half-Ba ck.
P utt-Back.
R ight Half-Back.
SUB STITUT E
RouE, 'o6,
E. VALK, 'os.
TARBERT, 'os,
CORES OF GAMES
SECOND TEAM,
SECOND T EAM,
6
5
R oc K HILL CoLLEGE,
NAVY P LEBES ,
5
0
The Second Team
During the eason of 190 2 much interest wa taken in the Second Football T eam,
not only because a team of the kind is always necessary to give the first team practice,
but al o because it had two regular games of it own. Its game were with R ock Hill
College a nd the Naval Academy Plebe tea m . Being u ed to bucking up against the
college regulars, these game seemed easy to the crub , alth ough the cores would indicate hard sh·uggle . The crub , like th e regula r , were very light a nd had to make up
in peed and team-work what they lacked in weight.
In the game with R ock Hill College, our boys we re victori ous by the score of 6 to S·
It was a well conte ted game fr om tart to fini sh, a nd St. J ohn' scored her ix points by
hard line-buckin g a nd tackle play .
Another victor y went clown for her when she met the Navy Plebes on their own
grounds. The Plebes did not realize wha t th ey were up against until they had felt the
harclneffi of H odge ' head a nd saw " Old Lady " Wil on coming around the end for twent y
yards at a time, followed by Hall for another large gain . During the first half the scrubs
never lost possession of th e ball but carried it stra ight up the field for a touchdown. N eville, at quarter, ha ndled the team with a level head a nd a lways directed the p lay to the
right place. N ine ra hs for the Second T eam.
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�Baseball Team
J.
Ca tcher.
Pitcher.
First Base.
Second Base.
F. MuDD, 'o4, (Captain),
J. W. C. TICK, 'o4,
J. w. WILMER , ' 04 ,
J. V. } MilSON,
E. P . D
VAL,
'o5 ,
'os,
J. A.
'os,
T ARBEnT,
0.
B. N.
E.
Short-Stop.
Thi1·d Base.
'o6,
WM. DEVRIES,
Left Field.
Center Field.
Right Field.
'o4,
' o.J ,
H ALBERT,
CoOPER,
U B S TITU T ES
VII. D.
\V. P.
REED ,
'o3 ,
v\ RIGBTSON,
J.
'o6,
. R.
P.
H oPK I N ,
f ERRBIA:\ ,
'05 ,
P ARSOI\S, ' 07.
St. John's Baseball
At the time of thi writin g only two games have been played, so it may seem out of
place to write anything concernin g the season 1903. But it may be interesting to read
what we had expected to do even after we know, perhap only too well , wha t we have
r
don~
The two game that have b en played to date have not been as satisfactory as could
be wished, owing to the unfavo rable weather condition . Both were played on the grass
field because the regu lar grounds were too wet f r use. Under these conditions, we could
not expect unusuall y good play ing, bu t the boy hand led themselves well and played the
game for all there was in it. Vt/e lost to Gettysburg, what, under better circum tances,
would have been a good game, but the game with M . A. C. was all that cou ld be expected.
Our men clearly outplayed the representatives of our sister instituti on a nd wo n on their
merits.
As to the games that a re yet to be played , we believe our pro pect are bright. Manager Cummins ha arranged a good schedu le, a nd has, in every way, done all that a
manager could do to provide for the welfare of the team. Every regular has played on
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�the team at least one yea r before this and nearly all are shm1·ing up better than in former
years. Under the e conditions we can predict nothing but a successful season.
The games to be played during the easo n are as follows:
Monday, March 3oth.-Gettysburg Coll ege at Annapolis.
Saturday, April 4th.-Maryla nd Agricultural College at Annapoli .
Tuesday, April 7th.-St. Alba ns College at R adford , Va.
Wedne day, April 8th.-Virginia P olytechni c Institute a t Blacksb~1 rg, Va.
Thursday, April 9th. -R oanoke College a t Salem, Va.
Friday, April wth.- Washington and L ee U ni versity at Lexington, Va
Saturday, April n th.- Virginia M ilitary In. titute at L exington, Va
Saturday, April 18tb.- Colum bian U niversity at Washington, D . C.
Saturday, April zsth .-Gettysb urg College at Gettysburg, P a.
Wednesday, April 29th.-U. S. Naml Academy at Annapolis.
Saturday, May znd. - Mt. St. Ma ry ' College at E mmit ·burg, Mel
\Vednesclay, May 6th.-U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis.
Saturday, May 9th. -Westcrn Maryla nd College at We tm inster, Md.
Saturday, May I6th.- Gallauclet College at Annapolis.
Saturday, May 23rci. - Delaware College at Newark, Del.
Wednesday, May 27 th .- Maryla nd Ath letic Club at An napolis.
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�Other Athletics
Track Athletics
Of all th e di fferent sports and games indulged in at St. J ohn 's, track a nd field
a thleti cs seemed to be of le ·s inter est th an the others. Why this was so is bard to say.
It cannot be sajd our boys were lazy. L ook at our Baseball a nd F ootball T eams: there were
always plenty of men trying for them ; but formerl y it wa not o with Track and Field
sports.
True, last year we had no chance to run . Th e field was plowed up a nd leveled ,
a nd th e track coul d not be put into condition in time to train for a college meet. But
this year we are glad to say it is different. Th e new track was put into condition earl y
a nd men have been workin g faithfully ever sin ce th e Semi-Annual examinations, prepari ng for severa l meets the manager is a rrangin[ •n have.
In past years it was very difficult to get men out to work ; often ther e wer e day
when only four or fi ve would be out. Thi s year every day sin ce th e captain 's call for
candid ates, from twe nty to thirty ha ve appeared on the track, runnin g back and forth
limbering up a nd practicing their trides. The team this year is also very mu ch h"-ndi capped in th at it had no track events last year , and consequently no new material wa
developed . Most of the old men were graduated last year, so th ere are only two old men
trying for th e team. The rest of the men , with the exception of two, have never run a
r ace.
O n account of this condition of a.ffairs it is very un certa in what to predict for the
team ; but this can be said - that we have more runners out a nd they are in better condition physically, at this time of the season , than at any similar time sin ce th e writer has
been at St. J ohn ' , a nd thi · is hi s fifth year.
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At St. J ohn 's, as is well known , th e greatest interest is taken in footb all. Th ere a re
few football men in Ameri ca who do not know of th e plucky St. J ohn '· tea m ; but, unfortunately, th e oth er branches of sport do not pro\·e so a ttracti\·e to our men. With
interest in oth er a thleti cs lacking, it is not to be wond ered that only ord inary team are
put out.
Besid es football, base ball , and track sports, we ha \·e tenni a nd basketball as recognized bran cbe of college athleti cs. The contests for th e tenni champi onshi p of the coll ege
are held in June a nd th e winners are awarded th e r egular college in signia. Ba ketball
was introduced during the past winter, but it bas not yet been firml y established. A
team was organized with Beatty as captain and vVoodcock as ma nager, but ma ny d ifficulties prevented th e arranging of games with other college . We hope th at in th e future,
basketball teams may be developed a nd th a t we may sometim e look for\\·ard to contests
in this sport with the same eagerness as we now do to football games. O f course it will
ta ke tim e to de\·elop the proper spirit among the students, but we noti ce with much
gratification th at th e most enthusiastic of th e pl ayers are from the Fre hm a n Clas .
A joke on the Golf T eam would be appropriate here, but the writer has been too busy
to associate with the coll ege joker and , therefore, is unable to rise to th e occa ion. It
may be said , however, that Seeligmann still has hi s clubs (or wha tever -you-ca ll - 'ems) ,
while Dougherty ha been ad verti sing hi s for sale.
Of course there are boxing, wr estling, and all oth er kinds of gymnastic work d uring
the winter month s, but as there are no r egularl y organized contests in th ese, th ey do not
coun t here.
Our athleti cs a re at present inclined in fa \·or of football , but the present condi tions
indicate th at other branches of sport will be more popular in the future. L et the good work
of broadening our college athletics go on until we have a crew splittin rr th e tar-burd ened
waters of College Cree k.
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�That Rough-House Club
OFFICERS
President,
Vice-President,
Secretary,
Treasurer,
Sergeant-at-A nns,
BENNY BEN H ooGAr MuDD.
"OLD LADY" WILSON.
UNCLE PHIL MERRYMAN.
J . P uss ·WILMER.
BuRTIS CooPER.
Minutes of the Third Annual Meeting of the few tried a nd faithful members of
that noble organizati on so much indulged by the Faculty:
R oom 26,
Pinkney H all,
January 22, 1903.
In obedience to the call of the Board of Confusion, the R ough-House Club met on
the fourth Boor of Pinkney Bug-House, President Mudd in the chair (soap box).
R oll-call showed the followin g active members to be present :-Monk Cronin, Si
Hopkins, Countries Tarbert (I a nd II), Puss Wilmer , Uncle Phil Merryman, Burtis
Cooper, "Old L ady" Wilson, Creeper Rula nd , P op Willing, J ay-Bird , J . Vincent Jimson, Sportin g-Life-Ferrell, Roger Gore, Mooney Halbert, Punch (M. K.), Ed . Pigget,
Lord Riggin , Old Somer, Dutchy Vey, A. Would-be Smith , R eynard Fox, Wilkie Collins, Demerit R asin , and Dang Wilson.
All those not present were somewhere else.
After the read ing of the minutes of
the last meeting, the Pre ident laughed him elf into convul sions, but he was restored by
means of a bucket of ice-water.
Mr. Ed. Pigget moved that he not move a nything at all. Motion not carried.
Mr. Demerit R asin would have made th e motion for the con ideration of new
members, if Creeper Rul and had kept hi s big mouth out of play. However, A. Would-be
Smith did the honors in this line, and without interruption mad e the motion. The blasted
motion was carried . Monk Cronin proposed to admit all the good liars, a nti-P okeyites,
and real devils in school above the Freshma n Class. Motion carried. The President
immed iately sent th e Sergeant-at-Arms downstair-s ·after the whole Senior Class, which
body came in as honorary members.
Messrs. Garey, Hall , Clark and R eed were having a ittin ' ; con equently didn't
"show up" until a late hou r. It was later learned th at "Numm y" R eed had cornered
the market with a " full house." Everybody understood. Th e Club then voted for
written resoluti ons of thanks to be presented to th e gentlemen for their "good work."
"Cholly" Hollingsworth, Major Jim R ohrer, a nd " Grandma" Galbreath were asked
to " rush the growler" for the crowd . Three hours later, they were found on the Second
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10
�Our College Girls
Oh l Pinkney Hall with all her tricks,
With all her work a nd play;
McDowell Hall with all her talk
' Twi xt Prof and boy_ each day;
And Woodward Hall and Humphrey Hall
And all that happens there;
\lt,le do adore a nd show re pect,
For them our love declare.
But, then, what charms would St. J ohn 's have,
With all it great renown ;
If we would have to stay right there,
And see no girl s of town ?
And what it is, our coll ege lifeWith joys and gladsome pleasure Owes to these pretty, lovely maids,
The e win orne, charmin g treasures.
Recipe for Love Making
Select the prettiest girl po sible.
Choose a seat built for two in which to compound the mixture.
By use of 2 teaspoonfuls of conversation a nd a few pinches of persua ion , cause the
maiden to settle.
Gracefully take your tati on at the side of the maiden.
Throw in I cup of heep eye a nd 2 cups of " goo-goo" eyes.
Hold her hand in your to hasten the acti on.
Keep " pooning" the mixture all the while.
Add 3 cups of lau ghter.
Apply the arm to her waist to test the liking.
·w hen ingredient are well stirred, flavor with osculatory movement to suit the taste.
The above a mounts are for two per ons only, a nd are most agreeable when erved
in twilight or with lamp turned low.
kiNG TO SAM-E.
Allow no light in the room ,
Seat the damsel on your lap.
Add a n armful of vigorous squeezes.
Flavor with tulip salve.
What bli ss it is to trip th e dan ce,
T o walk about the street,
Our college girl upon our arm ;
A girl that can ' t be beat!
Yes, college wou ld be dull a nd cold
But for these lovely belles,
We love them and adore them more
Than any poet tells.
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H 5
�Constitution of the Freshman Class
ARTICLE IV.
MEETI NGS.
(As
the y would have it)
SEc. 1. ?vleeting shall be held bi -weekly on Sund ay mornin g at 9 p. m. ,
Garver 's office.
EC.
2.
111
Dr.
Th e num ber for a quorum shall be decided later and append ed as an a mend-
ment.
\'\ 'e, th e member s of thi cia s, in ord er to form a mor e uni fied whole, insure mutu al
p rotecti on from Soph s, provide for means of resi tance against Profs. promote the general warfare, and secure for ourselves the sympath y of upper classmen, do orda in and
establish this Constitution.
ARTICLE I.
NAME.
T he name of thi s aggrega tion shall forever be, THE FRESJ-TMAK CLASS OF Sr'. J OHN's
CouEGE.
ARTICLE II.
ARTICLE V.
GENERAL MATTERS.
SEC.
1.
No member of thi s class shall attend more than three classes per week.
SEC.
2.
Any member can cuss out a Prof whenever he gets mad .
SEc. 3· Any interference on the part of th e faculty shall be dealt with according
to water bu ckets.
EC. 4·
JlfF.MTIERS.
EC. 1.
~o
one \\· ho is a men;ber of a ny of the upper classes can become one of us.
SEC. 2. An y other people may . Females can become members at once upon app li cati on, pro,·id erl they are ugly. If pretty, they shall be put on probation for three
month s.
SEc. 3·
members.
A ,·ote of three-fourth. of thi s organization shall be necessary to elect new
BY-LAWS .
1.
The color of a ny one is no obstacle to membership unle
2.
Ages mu st be between 9 years a nd r 7 years
2
"colored."
month s.
3· E very member haJJ positi vely be required to pay a monthly fee of $5, unl ess
he publi cly takes oath to deposit $2 in collection plate at St. An ne' each Sunday,
4·
SEc. 4· New members must take the foll ow ing pledge : I do vociferously say th at
I will , to th e best of my d isability, help to promote the interests of thi s aggregation finan cially, intell ectu ally, morally, physically, temperately, superciliously and bu sinessly, a nd
will at all times try to remain qui et except in the presence of Sophs.
EC. 5·
Any one violati ng this Constitution will ha,·e to get married.
Each member of thi s cl ass shall be called " Freshi e.''
No Freshie shall be allowed to write poetry or bi lletcloux or to " rush the growler. ''
5·
EY
ery Freshie mu st provide himself with night shirt for evening dress parade.
6.
Absence from meeting shall be just cause for ad mini stering th e water cure.
7· An y Freshie fa iling t~ kill two Sophs per month will have to enterta in the class
at Wi egard 's.
8.
ARTICLE III.
Th e Pre ident may li ck any member for back-biting.
9·
Upperclassmen shall be hazed if they persist in calling us green a nd ni ckna me ·.
OFFICERS AND THEIR DUTIES.
SEc. 1. The offi cers of this class shall be a President, Vice-President, a Secretary,
a Treasurer, a Chapla in and a Spy.
Done in meeting assembled, this third clay of October in the
Year of our Initi ati on, 190 2.
SEc. 2. It shall be the d uty of the Presid ent to see th at his head is larger th an any
other member's.
COMMITTEE
SEc. 3· It shall be the duty of the Vice-Presid ent to assum e the duties of the President when th e latter is in the town jail.
SEc. 4·
It shall be the duty of the Secretary to act as a valet to th e Pre ident.
SEc. S·
It shall be the duty of th e Treasurer to swipe all fund s n eecled~by th e class.
SEc. 6.
It shall be th e duty of th e Chaplain to preside at th e funeral of the Treasurer.
SE . 7· It shall be the duty of th e Spy to see to it that no member eats limberger,
clrin ks lage r or kisses th e girls.
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(An Amendment to .!Jrt. l V., S ec. 2).
stitute a quorum . Ado pted Nov . 16, 1902.
CLARK ,
DEVRIES,
{
H EARN.
Evelyn A. H arri on shall at all times con-
2. (An Amendm.enl to A 1·t. V., S ec. 1). Any member can put his fist under a ny
Prof 's nose and demand as many cuts as he desires. A do pled D ecember 10, 190 2 .
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�Chemistry
Miserabile dictu !
But we surely do hate you,
Thunderation, what a fake!
For our valued time's at stake,
When each day with you we waste
Several hours making paste;
For then we might be playing pool,
Or riding on a kicking mule.
C2 Hs 0 H we love;
But chlorine, phenol,-gods above
Deliver us from such a mess!
Also from fumes of H2 S.
Glycerine's too much for me,
When mixed with 2 H N03.
Experimenting with such ~tuff
As isocyanide's enough
To distract the best of men ,
So that they'll smell some HCN.
If we this subject soon don ' t drop,
Brucine we'll take and all will stop.
Men of Whom we Sing
"I'm the Leader of Society. "-Rasin.
"Just to Pass the Time Away. "-Devries.
"If. "-Somerville.
"Who Knows. "--Galbreath.
"In My Official Capacity. "-Beatty.
"Dutch Cadets. "-Ruhl, Vey, Elgen, Rouse, Ruland.
"We Haven't Discovered Him Yet. "-Rohrer.
"Cats' Quartette. "-Riggin, Elgen, Reed, Gra.nt.
"Boys Will Be Boys. " -Halbert.
"A Soldier of Love, Am I. "-Cummins.
"Scion of the House of High Ball. " -Clark, J.
" I'm the General That History 's Been Waiting For. " -Grant.
" How I Thought I Looked. "-Smith, A. W.
" What Would Society Do Without Me ?"-Garey.
"Why Don 't The Band Play ?"-Major Thompson.
"The Dear Old Farm. "-}/ferryman.
" A Knight of the Chafing Dish. "- Padgett.
"I Don 't Know What to Do. "-Rohrer.
"Old Jay Bird."-(?).
"The House of Too Much Trouble. " -McDowell H alt.
"Please Go Way and Let Me Sleep. "-Tarbert Bros.
"How the Irish Beat the Band." -Dougherty.
"l\1r. Dooley. " -Nevous P. Reed.
"Mansion of Broken Hearts. "--Masenheimer.
Biology and Botany
I '
BIOLOGY
(Apology) .
\Vhat care we for bugs and worms,
Toads or frogs,
In the bogs,
Or for cray-fish and the germs.
A waste of time,
Almost a crime
Useful things thus to neglect,
While we stay
Two hours per day
In this class and bugs inspect.
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�And do n 't you know! 'II tell you . aBota ny, too, is non ense pure,
We nothing learn
Of flower or fernK illin g time and nothin g more.
Classic men,
Luck y men,
That you need not to th ese go,
" Proff y '' smart ?
Like a ca rt
N eeds a " horse" to make a show.
Latin and Greek
L atin a nd Greek, th ey are both so \'exati ous,
Not o condu cive to slu mber a nd rest
As is Physics; so help me by gracious,
Of their good points I a m telling th e best.
Ta citus, H omer and Virgil and mor e
Cause us to weep and to feel very sor e;
Ceasar and Cicero, Xenophon, too,
f a ke us experi ence a ca e of the" hlue";
Andria, P lautu s, H erocl otu s,-well ,
Don 't wish them bad onl y wish th em in DelMonico's suppers a rc hard to excel,
Wh en you are read y ju t pu ll on th e bell.
On any book
H avin g th ese two
Open to view .
All of us feel,
And loudl y squeal
Th ere is more sense
Walking th e fence,
Jumping a rope,
. wallowin g soap,
Bathing in oil ,
Squeezing a boil ,
Hunting for li ce,
Scr ea ming at mi ce,Anything mo. t
Which you can boast,
Th an there is sense,
Or r ecompense,
F or us to work,
Duty not shirk ,
L es ons prepare,
Knowledge decl are
In th e French "chat "Such stuff as that;
Germ an li kewise,
We do despi se
\\'e 'cl have you kn ow
T hi s is no sholl' .
History
German a nd French .
Show u a trench,
Wh ere we may hide
And ther e abid e,
\Vhere we can 't look
History we have to fi ght,
D ates galore we must recite ;
Or our mark will be zero
And how big wi ll be tha t 0.
To make a fi ve is out of r each
Of any pebble on the beach.
What glorious fun it is to be
In History class, for there \\·e see
Into our hooks, mix up the Prof,
Or tim ely have a n awful cough,
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German and French
�English
Times in E nglish class remind us
That our Proffy knows it all,
And assigning, wants to bind us
T o so much, we'll surely fall.
But we like ( ?) it, hully gee!
Appetites are craving for it.
That 's no lie you plainly see,
F or we surely do abhor it.
Math.
H ere 's to the love of Math,
Which we do entertain ;
But frequently there 's wrath
From toe unto our brain.
It does but us harrass ;
And if we all would know
That Prof would let us pass,
We ne'er to class would go .
When the period's o 'er we 're glad, sir,
Seniors, Juniors, Sophomores,
Freshies, Preps, with no one mad, sir,Listen to our awful roars.
Physics
Logic
Then Logic, too, to us is pleasure ;
Our heads for it are quite a measure;
R ather study it than eat
Oyster cans or " nigger feet. "
Proposition, syllogism,
T erm, mood, figure, other " ism, "
I nference,-conglomeration,
Enthymeme,- abomi nati on.
T o Physics, liked so well ,
We pen these lines with main.
Our tongues refuse to tellOur heads so much do swell(But, hark! there rings the bell)
T hat we are all insane.
The explanati on 's fin e;
A Prof so learned have we,
We sit at an incline
And sleep. Oh ! it is fi ne
T ill snoring genuine
P uts end to all our glee.
"A dilemma, what? " "0h ! Well,
I don 't know, sir, I can 't tell."
Oft such talk (all said sincere)
'Twixt Prof and boy those present hear.
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�A Few Definitions
B. S.-Stupid Blockhead,
ex. C. A. Culllmi11 s, B.S.
l\LA. -Accclimated M onkey,
ex. R. C. Cronin, M.A.
P rr.D.-Dar ned Ph ool, .
ex. E. B . Garey, Ph.D.
B.A.- Braying Ass,
ex. E. Hanison, R .A .
LL .D .- Long-leggecl Devil,
ex. L. 1 erryman, LL.D.
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D.D.- Dumb Donkey,
ex. C. Hollingsworlli , D.D.
LL.B .-Lazy Lop ided Bu lldog,
ex. H earn, LT•. B .
M.D.-) {eddlesome Duffer, .
ex. H. Tilghma11 , M.D.
D.D.S.--Devi lish Daffy Scamp,
ex. S. Hall , D.D.S.
B.Sc.-Bowlegged Scalawag,
ex. W. H. Graul, B.Sc
RD.--Dilapidated Bum,
ex. H. R . Gore, B.D.
K.P.-Knavish Parasite,
ex. B. Wilson, K. P.
P.D.Q.-The usual version is incorrect,
O .F.-Old Fool,
e:x. W. W . Galbreath , O.F.
vV.C. T. U.-Wry Circle of Ugly T alk ers,
ex. Fourth -floor Dwellers.
Supernumerary, -According to \~'ebster a perso n or thing beyond what i · necessary.
More strictl y peaking, a so-called Prof. who prowls around th e corridors of a college
dormitory, " poking " his nose in where it is not wanted or needed and a lways tryin g
to find trouble (for himself) .
Officer of the Day.-An ignoramu wh·o has no other way to show off than by strutting
around with a sword da ngling at his side. Private detective in th e servi ce of a supernumerary. Often " drowned " by the students, and that rightly.
ChapeL-A place where we go to worry Tommy.
Coffee.-A potion concocted at the club by passing water over three gra ins of coffee a nd
coloring with three squirts of tobacco juice.
DrilL- An instrum ent of torture for all who use it.
Seniors are really Seniors.
of Newspaper Bummers
Riley E. Elgen.
High and l\'Iighty Pre ident of the Inner Sanctum ,
Vice-Presid ent of the Inn er Sanctum a nd Chief Aid to
th e Presid ent,
.N evo us P. R eed.
MEMBERS OF THE SECRET CLASS
Indoor Senti nel,
D. H. B eatt· .
y
O utdoor Sentinel,
Bm·tis Coo per.
Va lia nt Keeper of the New York J omnal,
Con ecrated Delegate from the Son s of the Restful,
Pre-emin ent and Exalted Cu stodian of the Baltimore
Sun ,
H. W . Willing.
C. H. F errell.
A . W. Woodco ck.
(H. R . Gore.
Secret Sen ·ice ~I en Guard ing the Diamond D icks,
Hi m . D evries.
Most Venera bl e a nd Illu striou s H older of the Baltimore
American,
I . B. Som erville.
Chief Runners for the Morning Paper,
E. A. 1'ey, j\f. G. Rasin.
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Most Reti cent and Generous Keeper of the Baltimore
Sun ,
A1. L. Burroughs.
l\{ost Eff1cient and Honorable Bum,
H. R . Doztglierl y.
Time K iller · at the Expen se of the Other R eaders,
Announ cer and Chief Court Cri er,
Tarbert & B r(!.
Chief Critic and Most Clear Writer of Editorials,
W. H. Gmnt.
E . 0. Halbert.
Chief a nd Most Admirable R eader,
E. A. Ffarrison.
The only place that we know the
Recitation.-The chief a musement of St. J ohn '.
G.O.H. -Grancl O rde r of Hazers. A band of Sophs, who, as Freshies, needed restraint
and now wreak their vengeance on the underclass.
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Y e Ancient and Amalgamated Tribe
·oti ce.-O win g to the Y
ery rrti cent d ispositi ons of thee aforesaid gentlemen a nd on
account of their great and extreme relu ctan ce in making their appeara nce in the paper
rooms, it has been resolved- by the gentlemen who are subscribers to the daily
papers-to offer special indu cements in the vvay of tobacco, cigar ettes, cigars, etc.,
in order to indu ce the members of the A. A. T . N. P. B 's, to arri,·e in their rooms
on sched uled time-S A. M.
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�Stray
GENUS
SPECIES
Shots
ORIGI N
Grant . .. . ..... ... ...... .... ........ . . . . .... Yeller . . . ...... . ... . .... . . . . . . Alpha .. ... . .. -- ... - . - . · ·
Merriman . .. ... .... .. . .. .. . .. Blockhead .... . .. .... . .. . Darkest Africa - --- -- --- Seward ...... ... . . .. . .. . . . .... Allgabidae ..... .. ...... . No one knows . - .. -- --- - -Rasin ... .... ... .. . .. .. .. . .. . . Jew . .. . ....... . . . .... . . Asia Minor . .. -- .- - . · --Tarbert, H ... . .. . ... . . ... . .. . Sloth ..... . ............. He has forgotten ... - - - - - Smith, A. W .. ... ..... .. . . ... . Ego . . . . ...... . ....... . . Wilds of Asia .. . ------- . Trail ...... . ... ... ......... . .. Parasite . . . . .. . ..... , . ... Fi ji I slands . .. . - - - - - - - - - Reed ...... . .. ... . . .... . ..... . Handsome Kid . . ... . .... P igmy Land ..... . . . ... .
Seeligmann. . . . .... . .. .. .... .- . Tortoise . . . .... . .. . ..... F leatown .. . .. .. - - . - - . . - Harrison . . . .. .. . . .... . .. . .. . . Hottentot . .. . . . ... . ..... Congo Free State. - - . . -. -Somerville . . . . . . . . ...... . .. . Trui sm .. . . ....... . .. . .. Sahara Desert - -. - - - - - . . - Ruland .... . ... . ...... .. . . .... Monkey .. . . .... . . .... .. Australia . .. ---- . - - -- . - -Woodcock .. .. . . .. . .. . . . ...... Donkey . .. ..... . .. . .. . .. Stuck again . . - - . - - - - - . - - Vey .. .. .. . . . ... . ... . . .. ...... Dutchie ... . . . ... . . . ... . Vaterland ... . - - - - . . - - - Cooper . . . . ... . .. .. ... . .. .. ... Shark . . .. . ..... . .... .. .. Ocean Depths ....... . - - Garey ... . ... . ....... . ... . . . .. Rattlebrain .. .. .. . ....... Society I slands . . . - . . - . - GosnelL .... .. ............ . .. . Baby-bu s . .... . ... . . ... . Crater of Mt. Pelee . ... - - Burroughs . .. .......... . .. . ... Magnae Pedes . .. . . .. .. . . Charles County . ------- ·Cronin .. ....... .. . . . . .. . . .. .. Tough .... .. ... . .. .. .. . . Emerald I sle . .. . --.---- P adgett .. . .. . - . - - . - . - - - - . . - .. Imp . . . - - . - - - - - . - - - - - . - -Siam . - - - - - - - - - - - - . . - . - Clark, J. . . ... . .. .... . ...... . . Teetotaler .. .. . . . ... . .. . . :M ammoth Cave - - . -- -- -Halbert . . ...... . . .. ....... . . . Peculiaristic . .. . .... . .... China . . .. . .. . -- - -- -- -- -McBride ..... . ... . . . . . .. .. .... Musical ( ?) . ...... . ... . .. Ethiopia ... . . - - - - - - - - - - - Gore ... . . ... . ... . .. .. ........ Sloh-idae. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
( ?) ... - - - - - - - - - - · ·
Wilson, G . . ... . ... . .. . ....... Mormon .. . . .... . ....... Salt Lake ...... . .... . .. .
Neville .. .. . _. ....... .·. . . .. . .. Cowpuncher . . . . ... .. .. . Land of Ruffians .- - -- - --Cronk . . .. . .. .. ... . ...... . . .. . Lady Killer . . .. . ... ..... Doubtful . . . - - -- - - - - - --- Rigain . ... . .. ... . . . . . .. . .. .. . Tricky . . . . ..... . .. . . . .. Na.tional Park . - - - - - ----b
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1\1asenhcimer .... . ... . .. . ... . . I sraelite . . . .. .. . . . . . .... J erusa em . . - - - - - - - - - - - - ·
Strange ... . . .. ... . ... . . .. .... . Gentile ( ?) . . .. . . .. .... . . Turkey . - - -- ---- - ----- · ·
M oore .... . . . .. ... . ....... . . . Gaseous ............. . .. P:terto Rico.. - - - - - - - - - - - -
COLLEGE HOBB~
MARRIED?
FUTURE VOCATION
Rough Rid er ... . ....... "Can 't find a girl. " ........... . Dog trainer ... .... . . ... .
·w ater thrower . . . . . ... . . " G iris won't look at me" ..... . .. Hod carrier ... ... . ..... .
Bluffing ....... . . . . . . ... " By golly, No. " .... . . ... .. .. .. Chief sinner for Satan ..... .
Skim1et . . .... . . . ..... . . "Soon as I find a peach. " .. .. . .. Feeding the Flames . .. . . . .
Taking cuts . ........ . ... " Wi sh I were." . .............. . Pig drover . ........ . ... .
Kissing Profs ........... " No girl is fool enough. " . .... ... Brick presser .. ..... .... .
Cussing Profs . . . ...... .. " Pretty soon. " . . ........ . . .. .. . Cook ... . .. . ........... .
Trying to be funn y . . ..... Too small. The girls overlook h.im Sid e-show .... . ..... . . . . .
Steeleing ............. .. "1\1a won 't let me." ....... ... .. Pile Driver ... .. .. . . .... .
Bawling .. . . . ... . ... .. . . " Trying to be .......... .. ..... Nothing ............. . . .
Lying ..... .. .... ....... " Have her picked out'' .... ... ... Preacher . . ............ . .
Whispering .......... . . . "Soon as I can " . . .... . .... . . . .. Capt. of Salvation Army . . .
Making love . . . . .... . ... If not he ought to be ....... . ... . Drunkard .............. .
Eating Lirnberger .. .... .. "Can girls he so cr uel ?" .. . . . ... Crier for shows . . ... . . .. .
Dancing . ..... . ......... " No, by d-." ...... . ...... . ... Chimney sweep ..... .. . . .
Squeezing girls .......... "No girl is good enough. " ... . . .. Gambler ............... .
Snoring .. ... .. . .. . . ... . T oo green . ....... . ... .. .. . ... . Card shark .. . ... .. .. . . . .
Gos ipin g ............. . . " In a few weeks" ... .. . . ..... . . Liar .. .......... ... . . . . .
Sporting . .. ............. " Never will be." ............ . .. Minus quantity ......... .
Stut-tut-tutering ......... "When I get big." . .... . .. . .. . . Fizzle . ..... . ........ ... .
L ooking in mirrors .... ... "Well, I guess." . .. . .. . . . ... . .. Sport .. .... ..... . .. . ... .
Eating . . . .. ...... . ..... " I 'm no fool. " . ..... . ... ... .. . . Dean of Negro College . . . _
Swearing .......... _.. . _" Almost ready." ........ ... . .. . :M ud digger . ___ .... _... _
Doing everybody .. . . _... . "Can 't." .. . _. _. . __ . _.. ... _.. . Sin g Si ng __ . . _. __ . _.... _
Studying(?) . . .... . . . _. . .. " Many Times. " . ... _... .. .. . . Street Cleaner .... . . . ... . .
Doing Society . .. ...... . . "When she says 'yes' ." _. . __ ... . Highwayman . . ... . .. . _. _
P owderin g .. _..... _... .. " It depends upon the girl. " . _.... T ypewriter .. _. . _. _... _. _
Wasting time . . _......... " Maybe. " ..... . ..... . _.. _. . .. Beyond imagination _.... _
Going to chw-ch ( ?) ... . . . "She won 't speak to me again " _.Clothing Business . .. . ... .
Creating disturban ce ... . . " Of course." .. . . _. . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Killing Engli h .. . ...... _" I 'd li ke to." . __ . . . ... . _. __ ... . Boot-black _... . _. _. ___ . _
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�R. S. V. P.
: r- --1
A.
President ,
Vice-President, (nominal),
Vice-President,
S errelary,
w. W OODCOCK .
B URTIS
N.
COOPER.
J. H . Fox.
P. L.
MATTHEWS.
MEMBERS
T. S. TRAiL.
Best All-Round Liar,
Second Best Equivocator,
Ever Blooming Series, .
Eveni ng Buttercup,
Most Satiating Prevaricator,
Most Surfeiting Prevaricator,
The Innocent Dabbler,
Early Spring Chicken,
The Careless Q ui bbler,
Smiling Venus,
The Wilful Liar, .
Stumbling Stiff T ongue,
Imp of Sata n,
R oot of all Ev il, .
G EO .
w.
WILSON.
R . E. ELGEN .
N EVOUS P. R EED.
I . B. SOMERVI LLE.
A. w. SMITH.
L. T . ROHRER .
The bigger liar, Somerville or E lgen ?
The latest arri val from the Emerald Isle, " P at, " Cronin or M cBride?
The prettier fellow, Hearn or Gladden ?
The deeper in love, Woodcock or Grant ?
The best bluffer of Profs, R asio , Garey or Gore?
The gra nder "gas pipe," Trail or Jamison ?
The fine t singer, Devries, Seward or Tilghman ?
The swellest head of the Senior Class?
The most successful time killer, Bowen, Gosnell or H arrison?
The easiest Prof, " T ommy,' ' " Pokey" or " Schwert y"?
The better caterer, Dustin or "G rant "?
The bigger heater (eater), Gregory or Harrison ?
The more J ewish look, Masen hei mer or Strange?
The more effeminate, Cronk or Hutchin s?
The more of a rough-house, Sen. Lat. or Fresh. Ger. ?
The most military, Gladden, Clark, E ., or Gosnell ?
The " totaler " abstainer, Maj. Thompson or Woodcock?
The best kicker, Gra nt, Smith , A. W., or Galbreath ?
The softest head , Seward or Riggin ?
The· pla iner ( ?) talker, Clark, J. or H odges?
The more of a Dutchie, Vey or Moore?
The better hea;t sma her, Wright on or Wilmer, P . ?
\ VILLI.\:\<[ DEVRlES.
E. A.
VF.Y .
J OHN M E RRYM AN.
J. W.
C. P.
C.
STICK.
H OLLINGSWORTH.
MERRITT G . R AS l N.
THE LIAR 'S CLUB.
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�Answers to Queries
Senex, '6o.- The " RAT-T AT" is publi ..hed once a yea r by a lot of fool boys who think
themselve · humorous.
demerit , four pounds of co ncentrated military drill , a nd three Webster 's Dictionaries.
Pulverize with sledge ha mmers. Dissolve this powder in Jake's criticism of briefs and sli ce
into the solution a Junior, five ounces of German, a baseball team, sixteen bugologies ,
a nd a handful of Pokey 's jokes. Allow all to stand until di. solved. P ass through a rubber
tube in thi s solution H onor System until quite warm. Cool with a mixture of governors
a nd visitor;:, faculties, a nd students. F or seasoning introduce an apology, a cigarette,
a gallon of reports, four swelled heads a nd a Senior. Sweeten to ta te with excuses and
serve in a test tube with a notice of indefinite suspension.
Bumper, ' 74.-The "Collegian" i published monthly by another lot of youngsters
who honestly believe themseh·es to be smart. We know of no law by wh ich the~ writers
of "Cotleg£an" stories can be punished. Better take it out on them with y0ur cane.
Nicotine, '9z.-Yes, tobacco of an y kind will be accepted in payment of your subscription.
Quaero, 'o3.-The man who swears the mo t and mokes the strongest pipe i usually
elected Editor-i n-Chief, and the other ed itors are ranked according to their Yarious degrees of laz iness. The laziest man in the class is usually literary editor.
Preplet, ' o8.- No, the " R AT-T AT" Board will not iss;ue a " J e. e Jam es v.·eekly"
a a suppleme1it this time. Your sugge tion ca me too late.
Maybe, 'o7.-The fact that you are a cripple and not able to play football should
not keep you from en tering college. There are other ways to get hurt, as you wi ll soon
learn.
Subscriber.-No, the Visitors and Governors are not necessarily college graduates.
As one remarked some time ago, " vVe look after the interests of the State. "
Literature, ' 99.-You probably have reference to the following:
" I do not love thee, Doctor Fell,
The reason why, I ca nnot tell;
But this alone, I know full well,
I do not love thee, Doctor Fell.
In_our_books the stanza is cha nged thus:
" We all do love yo u, Doctor Fell,
Th e reaso n why, we lik e to tell ;
You always treat u s very well,
And we all love you, Doctor Fell. "
Deux, 'o3.-The best thing for toothache is to O'et in a fight with a man larger th an
your elf. There is an excellent chance that he will hit you in the mouth and demolish
the offending member.
CuJinar, 'S3.-- T ell yo ur wife her que tion is a litttle out of our l~e, but we will try
to answer.
DIPLOMA R AREBIT .
Grind one old grad, three tablespoonful s of education, and a half pound of football
injuries:to a powder. Add three subscriptions to the " RAT-TAT " and a syn categorematic
word; boil in P ope's \Vorks until quite soft. Then add a laboratory fee, and a gill of
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Can You Inform Me
\Vhere " mea lv" Freshmen get the mea le ?
Why "Turkey" move so rapidly?
How many steps R eed takes in a yard ?
Why " Pokey " tells so many stale jokes?
\Vherc Major Thomp on got his new cap?
Why Grant is o quiet this year?
What is the curvature of P adgett's legs?
How much water Lieut. Garey can drink ?
Why Parsley is o green ?
How Burroughs gets his feet into his room ?
\\T
hen " Country" is a wake?
Why Trail talk s so mu ch of himself ?
When R asin tell s the truth ?
'Who doe n 't ride a " horse"?
Why Tilghman use so much ipecac?
Where Galbreath found a cap sufficiently large ?
Why M cBride doesn 't give us a rest from hi s horn ?
When H earn talk· ?
Why the faculty doe n 't buy a high chair for R eed?
How deeply Wilson, B., i in love?
vVhy Gosnell walks like an ice wagon ?
Wherein Woodcock deserves hi s good opinion of himself?
Why Smith, A. W. , is such a good ( ?) dancer?
Where to find a nswer for the above?
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�Historical Characters
EDWARD RIDDLE PADGETT.
Edward , th e Confessor,
Henry VIII,
P epin , th e Short,
Francis II,
R obespierre,
Methuselah ,
General Grant,
Frederick Barbarossa,
Mohammed,
King J ohn ,
Ivan, the Terrible,
St. Patrick ,
William, th e Silent,
Genseric, King of the Vandals,
Charles, th e Simple,
P eter the Hermit,
R ameses II,
N ebuchadnezzar , .
~ ero, .
N apoleon Bonaparte,
Benedict Arnold,
Sherlock H olmes,
Rip Van Winkle,
Kit Carson,
Alexand er the Great,
GORDON E. RI GGI N .
NEVOUS R EED.
FRANCI S E . DANIELS.
H .
w.
MASENHEIMER.
BERT WILSON.
WALTON HooD GRANT.
W . W.
GALBREATH.
HARRY R uLAND .
J oHN B. \VmTE.
DREW H . B EATTY.
R .
c. CRONI N.
WILLIAM DEVRIES.
J.
MERRYMAN.
CHARLES HOLLINGS WORTH.
E.
J.
0.
HALBERT .
CLARK.
PAR SLEY.
GosNELL.
DUNCA
V· ALTON.
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WILLIAM WRIGHTSON.
H . S.
TILGHMAN.
H . T ARBERT.
KEITH NEVILLE.
ALEXANDER R UHL .
For Instruction of Students
Ask:
Gladden where he found his hump.
Seeligmann how to be an artist.
Cronin why you should be a Democrat.
Somerville about the Italian and hi monkey.
"Masey" how to keep in the good graces of your girl.
" P okey " how he enjoys " Good Gravy. "
Garey and Clark, J., why they room ( ?) in No. 12.
" T ommy" to lend you five dollars.
Hearn why he talk s so much a nd is so insolent.
Trail, who is his social equal.
"Turkey" lots of questions -in Physics.
"Bull Neck" how to keep your mouth shut.
Ferrell why he looks like a fi sh crane.
Smith , A. W., and Vey how to flunk exams.
Garey, Clark, J., Riggin and Hall why late for supper.
" Bohby" to give you a five in Greek.
"Pokey" to stay out of your room.
"Dad" for ten dollars.
Pennell how often daily he goes to see hi s girl.
" J ake" to excuse you from recitation.
J ackson why he came to St. J ohn 's.
Grant when he got a letter from Bowling Green.
Striker to lend you hi s voice.
Wilson Cousins where to get moonshine " booze."
Rippere the use of curtain poles.
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�THE SOPHOMO R E
Some More Definitions
U nfortunately this creature which is one of th e pe ts of civilization is fo und at St.
J ohn 's a nd here, as elsewhere, is largely responsible for the rate of mortality. H e
thinks himself th e sport of the College a nd his senseless mouthings may be heard at all
tim es a nd places.
As our old Auntie used to say" Good L ordie, Youngun, wh at 'll you do when you
have to depend on your own resources ?"
THE BOARD OF VISIT O R S AN D GOVER NOR S
THE F R ESHM AN
Vle intended to say something nice about the Visitors a nd Governor ·, but we can 't.
T hey very unkindly suspended some of our members a nd we don 't like such treatment.
\\'e're not going to tell you anything more abo ut them.
THE F ACULTY
If we say pleasant thin a- about the Faculty, we 'll be accused of working for favor ; if
we ay unplea ant things about them, we 'll Hunk. Th ey all mean well. If they can 't tell
how many an gels~ can da nce on th e point of a needle, it ' not their fault. If they assign
us twenty pages in ad v a n ~e a nd expect us to do the r est, we mu stn ' t blame them. They 'll
explain when they get time, a nd all that, you know; And, as I was about to r emark, they
are very agreeable old gentlemen and they always listen to our side of the matter when
we get in trouble. Th ey have no sid e to look at· usually, but that doesn 't matter. O n
the whole we ar e fairly well pleased with th em.
THE SENIOR
Vve used to think , when we were Preps. and Freshmen, that the Senior was some
extr aordinary being-some awful and magnificent personage and we wondered why he
condescended to honor meek and lowly St. J ohn 's with his presence. Now when we
see him wielding his mighty sword a nd in awful tones giving commands to ome poor,
half-stan ·ed Freshman, we laugh quietly and think what an unutterable ass he is making
of himself. Sometimes, however, he lowers himself to give us valuable information a nd
to tell us how th e " R AT-T AT" ought to be run . We could write volumes on the traits
of this peculiar animal, but this book costs us a dollar a nd a half a page, and the price of
further mention is too high.
THE J UNIOR
" This curious creature is worth y of the careful a ttention of th e students of N atural
History because it posses es the unique idiosyncrasy of bein g more different kinds of a fool
than any other known animal, "-Dorothy Dix.
In his pitiable ignorance and conceit he has though- himself capable of publishing
t
a book-th e " R AT-T AT. " Judge for your elves whether or not the quotation is appropriate.
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The chief characteristi c of this insignificant little "varmint " is its voice, which is
bu sily engaged in changing a nd is the source of much entertainment for u pper classmen.
Any rational being would be ashamed of this voice a nd would try to hide it but the Fre hie
glories in it a nd inflicts it upon u at all hours of the day a nd night. H azing and other
r ecognized forms of puni shment do not a ffect the conceit of this creature; a nd if conceit
grows with age, we beg leave to pity the Clas of 1909.
THE PRE P
The less a iel about this rodent, the better. W e know of no use to which it can be
p ut , and th e reason for its creation is pr obably the same a that of the mu squito- to pester
hum an ity.
The Automobile Club
V. S. BEACHLEY.
C. A. McBRIDE, W. H . GRANT.
A. \V. vVooDcocK.
Coach,
T rainers,
Captain,
RIDE R S
F RED W. SEwARD.
E. BURTON WILSON.
G EO. w. WILSON.
J. CAULK KEMP .
WILLIAM D . WRIGHTSO!'l".
BURTIS N . COOPER.
E , OCR B. GAREY.
MERRITT G . R ASIN.
H. \V. M ASENHEIMER .
E . P. DUVAL.
H. L. R ULAND.
E . R. P ADGETT.
GORDON E. RIGGIN.
H ARRY R. D ouGHERTY .
Grand High M uckety M uck,
1\1otorman,
"Chaffeur,"
T ooter ,
Brakeman ,
M ost E xperienced Rider,
M ost-In-Experienced Rider,
Predestin(!d Tumbler,
Inconstant Variable,
Speed R egulator,
Scared-to-D eath-at-Speed Rider,
Big Bluff--???
Trick and Circus Rid er.
Clu b Attorn ey,
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�Our Sentiment
"I n whose sight all things joy."-Milton.
Oh! There is glaclne in our hearts
Through all our coll ege clays;
Our soul is thrilled with boundina joy _
Right through our veins it plays.
Whate'er we do, where 'er we go,
These girls are in our mind;
Of them we have ou r sweete t thoughts,
No respite wish to find.
The gems and jewel. of our life,
The sta rs of all our hope,
Those ma id a ngeli c and ·ublime,
For 'us the Penelope.
Oh, never could we li ve at all,
If we shou ld have to stay
At school ; and then not hear. from these,
Our darli ngs fa r away.
Th e ource of all this mirthful glee
Our books will not explain ;
Th e Profs they cannot tell it you,
And wisely should refrain .
As ociation, they may say,
With other fell ows here;
Or coll ege spirit and all that,
Or college girls, so dear.
Athletics, they may venture next,
But still they wander so;
They will not, cannot make it clear,
They simply do not know.
But a we go about our work
_-\nd strive each day to grow,
That omething still is felt within
And there it's all aglow.
It fill us with a heavenl y bliss,
A matchle joy promotes,
It i the girl we left behind
That occupies our thoughts.
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�Pokey's Jokes*
S aid one flea to another,- " J.. et 's go o·uer on th e lyn:v and play golf. .:
CRONIN:- " Prof. , I saw a lot of people goin ()" to a negro funeral thi morning, a nd
they a ll had buckets. \\ hy was th at? "
POKEY:-" Why, M r . Cronin , people always r.arry b11C
kets when they go blackberrying. "
M ASSY :-" Prof., what are we going to do \Y. th the money we got from th e L egi lai
ture ?"
P OKEY:--·" pend it , of cour e. "
P OKEY:-" 1\lr. Somerville certainly does use bad grammer."
\iVIL ·oN:-" H ow do you mean, Prof.? "
P OKEY:-" H e always writes his name I. B. Somer vill e in stead of I am Somer ville. "
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Grandpa Di Shah of Bed Busters,
M ost Exalted and Infamous Door Bu ter,
Mo t Illustrious Fre hman Boss,
General Disturber of the P eace,
Limit of Endurance,
Scout,
Sleepers for the Club,
Spectator ',
" BEN HooGA N. "
"OLD L A
DY."
" BURTIS."
" P uss."
"Sis Ho P. "
" R OGER. "
"Cou NTRY BRos."
" T 011 " and " CROLL Y. "
P O OR DEVILS AT THE CO.M MAND OF THE OFFICERS
DEVRIES,
GosNELL,
P ARSLEY,
SINCLA
IR,
H ARRIS,
H ARRISON,
H EARN,
H ODGSON,
P oKEY :- (P oin ting to a piece of land covered with pin es) ," I feel sorry for th at lan d."
H EARN:-" vVhy, Prof. ?"
P OKEY:-" Because it is pining away. "
H ALL:-" Prof. , all of us upon this fl oor a re sick. "
P oKEY :-" Yes, so I hear, but- I am very glad to ee the ink-well. "
Said one of my socks to th e oth er-" I 'll be da rn ed. "
" What did Sam son use to slay th e Philistine ?" (A ked a Sunday School teacher
of his cl ass).
o one could answer.
" What is this ?" inqui red th e teacher (touchin g th e side of his cheek).
" Th e jaw- bone of an ass, " was th e prompt reply.
H UTCHINS.
P OKEY:-" Nir. J amison, what should a military ma n do when he gets with a pretty
girl ?"
JAMISO N:--" \Vha.t, Prof. "?
P oKEY:-" H e should present ar ms and comm a nd , "F all in ."'
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*The Editorial Boarcl will not vouch for th e originality of these jokes.-Editor.
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�POKEY:-" Cy, I have a disagreeable execution for today. "
CUMMI NS :-" What 's that, Professor ?"
P OKEY:- -" A door to ha ng."
P oKEY:-(In Physiology class), " If I stand on my head the bl ood all rushes to my
head . Now, if I sta nd on my feet, why does n ' t a ll the blood rush to my feet?"
M oGART :- " Because your feet ain ' t empty."
Calendar
R ASIN:-" I wish I had lots of money. "
HARRIS:- " If one could get what he wished for, I should wish for common sense,
not money. "
P mL :-(Sarcasti cally), "Naturally everyone wo ul d wish for what he hasn' t got. "
PROF. CAIN:- (In L ogic class)," Mr. Masenb eim er, give me th e definiti ons of Analysis
and Synthesi . "
MASENHEIMER:- Why, Prof. , Analysi is a nalizing a thing a nd Synthesis is sy mpathi zing with it.
PROF. CrssEL :--·(Discussing color) "Mr. Burrough , if you were wi th a yo ung lady
and she had on a black evenjng dress, wouldn 't her neck look much whiter ?"
Bu RROUGHS:-" Well, that depends upon th e circumstances."
PR OF. CISSEL:- " Of course it woul d depen d upon the color of the lady you were
with. "
PROF. CAIN:-" Why did th e P ilgrims set apart a clay of th ank ~g ivin g?"
M ERRYMAN:-" So as they could play football with the India ns, I suppose. " •
PROF. D ANIELS:-" M r. H albert, what is horse-power?"
HALBERT :-" Th e strained mu scl e of a hor e."
WIRT:-(The night before E xams.), " I had my hai r cut to night."
BERT:-" You ought not to have done that, for it may cause you to fl un k."
M ASSY :-" That 's so; you know Solomon 's strength wa in his hair."
MooNEY:-" Why do girls like to read the newspapers so much ?"
PuNcH:-- " Why, because they like the press."
SoMER:-" Why is P okey like boiled jiblets ?"
BEACHLEY:-" Can 't imagine. "
SO M
ER:-" Because he often swims in " Good Gmvy."
BucK :-(On the fourth floor about r :30 a. m.), " I feel sort of devilish tor
1ight; I
think I shall go out in the hall a nd get the hysterics."
CHOLLY:-(Cynically), "Get the demeri t."
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September r8.-" Are any of the new men big?"
19.- M allory Burroughs' shoes are seen approaching.
2o.-Mallory a rri ves.
21.-Glee Club in R oom 35· Freshi es sing.
22.-Wrote home for monev.
23.-G ra nt reported on field in football uniform.
24.-Grant tackl ed the dumm y.
25.-Gra nt played center a nd full-back R eed ra n between hi legs for ten yards.
26.-Gra nt gave up football.
27 .-Freshies missed their beds.
28.-Cronin found to be 44 hours back.
29.-T om Hall went to church.
3o.-Bul.l Neck Harrison arri ved.
October I.-Cronin and Harrison discussed the abiliti es of different athletes until
3 a. m.
2.-Fritz Seward was officer of th e day.
3.-Smith a nrl Cummins had scrap No. I.
4.-Columbian swam against St. J ohn 's, score 10-o.
s.-T alked football all day.
6.-Turkey Cissel broke his record by crossing the campus in 2s mi nutes.
7.- Turk ey very sore.
8.-P arsons learned from T omm v how to turn out hi s light.
9. -P okey studied out some new· rules.
ro.-Wells clid n 't ask a question.
I I.- St. J ohn 's swam against Georgetown.
Score r8-o.
12.-Everybody went to church.
13.- N ervy R eed had his sword cut off so it would not drag the groun d wh en he
was offi cer of the day.
14.-·-Hi ck Wilson bought a ''cl anged good rocking chair."
r s .-St. J ohn 's would have won," if it had n ' t been for the Navy. " Score I0-0.
16.-Cronin learned to play marbles.
17.-Cooper saw two " boogies" at work on th e new building.
18.-Swarthmore 23, St. J ohn 's o. Old L ady Wilson lost her teeth in the game.
19.-Hi ck wrote a" cl anged " long letter to his girL
20.-Caramel-boy made his appeara nce on the campus.
21.-Cooper went to Germa n.
22.-P okey got a shower in front of Pinkney.
2 ~ .- Dr ape r went to l\1aruder 's grocery for a sha mpoo.
24.-Gore sent Gosnell a nd H odgson down town for a box of matches a nd they missed
inspection. Q uite a joke on th e Freshi es.
25.-Virgini a too strong for us. 22-o.
26.-C ummins a nd Smith had scra p No. 2.
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�27.-Buck DeVries felt too bad to do himself justice on th e footbaJI field.
28.- Moore elected himself captain and coach of the Second T eam.
29. -T omrny's L atin Class recited.
Second T eam put R ock Hill on the run. Score 6-5.
30.- Mooney Halbert cl escri bed the versification of " Th e R ape of the L ock " as
" I ambic pentameter hexameter distich."
31.-McBride practiced on his cornet.
N ovember r.-Gallaudet couldn't play.
Th ere 'II be no football game today.
2 . - T om H all went to bed at ro :3o.
H arry T arbert did n ' t go to bed untiJ q :30.
3.-F ritz Seward was officer of the day.
4· -Smith and Cummins had crap No. 3·
5· -Cronin fin ally decides to begin stud ying.
6.-Somer relates another exper ience.
7.-T ommy illustrated the Alchaic verse by dancin cr a minu et.
8.-Delawar e de feated II-o. Croni n made a touchdown.
9.- Cronin tells us how he did it.
10. -Bull Neck left Sportin ' Life and moved to the Fourth Floor.
rr.-Buck Devries met a new girl. H e said she wa~ a queen.
12 .- R at Trail told T ommy he didn' t use a pony.
13 .- Harri s went dow nstairs two a t a time.
14.- Coaches Cain a nd I glehart argued a football technical ity.
15.-Gettysburg 12, St. J ohn 's 6 and Scrubs 5, Navy Plebes o.
16.-(Sunday) Ping-pong (pin ochle) introduced on the Fourth F loor.
q .-Chief J ack 's hair begins to sprout.
t 8.-Some Preps. made fun of Fritz Seward's face. Fritz report them for gross
insubordin ation.
19.-Cummins and Smith had scrap No. 4 a nd were bound over by the facul ty to
keep the peace.
20. -T om Hall celebrated O'etting team signals by taking a smoke. Captain Garey
caught T om smoki ng and told him he need not come out any more.
21.-Preparation for the big game.
22.-St. J ohn 's 18, V
lestern Maryland 11. H eap big time. Chapel bell rings.
T ommy is out to quell the eli order, and everyone is excited. T ommy falls over a ti n
can. ·w here is the rest of the faculty?
23.-Tommy interru pted a ping-pong game on (Sund ay) th e Fourth Floor .
24.-Everyo ne excused from classes on general principles.
25.-Freshmen begin packing their sui t cases.
26. -Football team prepar ed fo r P . M. C. game by going to a dance. Freshie_ were
happy at home.
27.-P. M. C. 23, St. J ohn ' 6. The foo tball team spends the evening at the R athskeller.
28.-Nothing doing.
29. -vVe saw the Army-Navy game and came home sober.
30.-Good-bye, D olly, I mu st leave you.
December r.-1.1uch distur bance on the F ourth Floor.
2.-Hick skipped all classe . Did n 't get tlie expected letter.
3.-Fritz Seward was officer of th e day.
4.-The football team was given a dinner by Dr. F ell. (Note th at he is not called
T ommy th is time).
s .- We fear there may be no baseball game today.
6.-Hot Cat Club reorganjzed. M uch fun . Freshies make rare-bits a nd do
other stunts. We are getting lively.
7.-Feel on th e bum today. Stomachs are weak.
8.-The E ditor-in-Chief got a favorable criti cism on his brief.
9.-Preps. <ret flip .
10. -Troubl e brews.
II.-Freshmen get mad.
12.-Preparations are made. War :ecretl y declared.
13.- H eap hig time.. Freshi e go over to Hum phrey's Hall a nd co me back aga in .
A select crowd goes over a nd a battle en ues. Preps. fi nally slatted.
14.-Much raw beef u ed .
15.- T ommy says it was the most disgraceful affair th at has occurred since he ha
been preside nt. H e will be heard from later.
16.-Things are very exciting. The Board of Governors and Visitors meet and dictate
to th e faculty how they ball treat the fighters.
17.-This is a very solemn occasion. T ommy announces th at the scrappers must
leave; by 12 o'clock, th e choir sings, " God be with you till we meet again " and everybody weeps. No classes today.
r8. - All th e convicts start for home, except Cooper who waits for T ommy to put him
off the campus.
19.__:School cl oses for X mas holid ays, but Cooper is still here.
20.- Cooper starts for home.
J anu ary 4.- What kind of a time did you .have?
5.-T wo men are seen at work on the new building.
6.-E verybod y gets down to hard study.
7.-T ommy recalls the convicts.
it-Nearly all th e convicts return and celebrate by slatting the Freshies.
9.- We sleep all day. P rof. Ri ppere danced at night.
ro. ·- P arsley d usted H arri ·on off because he sat in one pl ace for two minutes.
11.- Woodcock ski pped church.
12.-Dang Wilson got mad becau e he couldn 't work a problem and said that he
ilidn 't give a" dang if be dicln 't get the dad hla mecl thing." Masey then replied that be
kn ew wh ere hi s mi stak e was "a t. "
1,3.-Fritz Seward was officer of the day and with the assistance of P okey made 52
report .
q.-Old L ady Wilson polished his shoes.
r s.- H earn is instructed not to talk too much.
r6.-Cooper returns to coll ege and takes up a course in skating.
17.-Somerville threatened to throw Dan()' Wilson out of th e window because be
would n't kiss him good-night.
r8.- P okey made Bill Wrightson stay away from church to play for him and th en
reported him for not going to church.
19.-Captain Beatty got out his basketball tea m. Gore and Go nell are promising
candidates.
20. -P okey reported for singin g too loud in chapel.
2r.- Cronjn agai n determines to begin studying.
22.- The White E lephant Show G irls are enterta ined in R oom 26, F ourth Floor.
G rant makes himself famous. F ritz Seward acting 0 . D.
23.-Fritz is reported for neglect of duty.
24.- Gore sends Gosnell a nd Hodgson to church and makes them a nswer present for
him at church roll call.
25.- Gar ver reports Halbert for wearing a weater on the campus.
26.-Seni ors raise some djsturbance.
27.-Mallory Burroughs says he wears a num ber six shoe but fin ds that he looked
at th e ix upside dow n.
28.-Everybody bones for exams.
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�2g.-Oid L ady Wil son takes two honr · to write out a gouge for his chem istry exam.
3o. -Old Lady signs up in Chemistry exam. There are others.
3r.-Prof. Cain criticises Wilmer '· writing.
February r.-Hall and Hollingsworth attend church .
2.-G roundh og sees his shadow.
3.-Mallory gouges 2. 75 out of English.
4. -Tarbert went to leep in exam. room.
5.-The Honor System prevails in the German exam.
6.-Four years ago th e Editor-in-Chief and literary ed itor were released from the
Mound sville P enitentiary.
7.-Everybody celebrates the exam s. by taking a bath .
8.- Fourth Floor out until5 a.m . General reports a ll hands. " Wh ere 's my bed ?"
" Wilmer, you 're responsible for order on that floor !" " Th ey've g0t me tied in
mv room !''
· g.- The 0. D . took up Fourth Floor inspection at 4 a. m. a nd , while he was out,
some one swiped his bed .
Io.-Seniors and oth er enemies of the Fourth Floor lose their beds.
I r.-A dog fight on the front campu s.
I 2.-The Seniors, etc., find th eir beds in the northwest corner of the Fifth Floor.
I3.-Gore reports as a candid ate for the Ba ··ebaU T eam.
14. -The Wilson boys get a hair cut.
I 5.-Rasin comes to th e conclusion th at he will ma rry a J ewess.
I6.-Cooper goe · to German.
17.- Prof. Halstead makes his appea ra nce.
18.-Bob White was three minutes late at his Greek Class.
Ig .- ·Bull Neck opens his heart to the F ourth Floor.
20. - Hutchins tells of his experience with a lovely girl.
.
21.-St. Amos Woodcock gets drunk, cusses T ommy, fi ghts Garver, kicks in Bob
White's door, but is finally subdued and sent home. (This i. a mistake. - Editor).
22.-Masenheimer and Somerville went to see M cBride 's o-i.rl.
23.- H oliday. Fourth Floor poker game starts.
24.-Mallory Burroughs spends th e evening looking thmugh the dictionary for big
words with which to replenish his vocabula ry.
25.-Fritz Sewa rd was 0 . D. a nd the Editor-in -Chief celebrated by polishin g his
shoes.
26.-Three bricks were added to the foundation of the new buiJcling.
27.-Quiet reigned on the Fourth Floor for th e first time in the history of the college.
28.-Hearn sends in his application to th e H ot Cat Club. Cronin decides to study.
2g.-Ob, I forgot. Didn 't come.
March r.-Old Dang went to church.
2.- Th e P oker T eam returned from Baltimore, after winning a decisive victory over
the vVisnerite .
3.-The two J ews, Masenh eim er and Stran ge, have a fi ght.
4.-Bob \Vhite gives P okey a lecture on 10\·e.
5.-Cooper doesn ' t go to sleep before seven o'clock.
o.- T ommy catches Hearn playing cards.
7.- Mooney does a stunt. Hearn a nd Mrs. Digg. have a fu ss.
8.-Three Fourth Floor men attend church.
g.-Cooper spend s th e day keeping " boogies' ' from crossing the cam pus.
Io.-Gladden is reported for walking upside down in ranks.
11.- \Ve onl y drill for one hour. Major R ohrer mu st be feeling bad today.
12.--Phil M erryma n 's bed wasn 't put on the bum .
13 .- Amos \Voodcock yielded in an argument for th e first time in his life ..
14.- Third A
oormen get up enough energy to throw a littl e water.
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15.-Fou.rth fl oormen teach th em the a rt of throwin o- water.
16.- Da ng Wilso n went to French.
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17. -The R AT-TAT Board hasn 't had a fight yet.
18.- Prof. Halstead lectures on reli aion.
1g.--Hutchins in ve nts a. new smil e~
20.othing doing.
2r.-Somer and M asey have a fall in.,. out.
2 2.-Pat Dougherty doe n 't smoke before breakfast.
23.-}ohnny Mudd made brea kfast form a tion.
. 24.- l\l[uch swearing do ne by the " R AT-T AT" authorities becau e they ca n't get
ptctures taken.
25.-Ma!lory_Burrou~h s lo?ks at th e proof of his picture for two hours.
26.-Semors mdulge m their u ual pastime-try to make an ass of Grant a nd thus
make asses of them ..elves.
27.-We don ' t suppose the Sen iors will li ke that.
28.-Smith a nd Gbdden fight.
2g.-Somerville and Vey fight.
30.- Massy and Somer fight.
No baseball game todav.
31.-Gettysburg r3 , St. J ohn ;s 7·
32 .-April fool.
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�A Letter From an
Man
NoTE:-The following is a letter to our Class from a highly e teemed member who left
u s a t the end of our Sophomore year to pur ue a technical cour e in a orthcrn school.
A · it expresses the feeling we have for St. J ohn 's a nd r qo4, we have taken the li berty to
publish it in our a nnual. A the book goes to press, we learn tha t the writer of the letter
has con idered it be t to make u p his work here and be grad ua ted with hi s class at "O ld
St. J ohn 's."
D EAR FELLOWS :- P erhaps all of you have experien ced th at feeling of sadness a nd
r egret when parting fr om a . weetheart or some ve ry dear fri end. When I ftrst began thinking of not retmning to St . J ohn 's in 1902, I could hardly believe tha t I could be atisfi.ed
an)'\vhe.re else . Even after I had full y made u p my mind to continue my work a t a noth er place, it was difficult for me to reali ze t hat I had left St. J ohn 's never to return as a
student.
Wh en I first entered the clear old college in 1900, I began to culti vate some fri endshi ps,
a nd now I ca n trul y say tha t I regard each member of 1904 as a very dear fri end. H ow
well do I remember my firs t year with you ! O f cour ewe d id n ot have mu ch trouble wi th
the Sophs, but in case th ey had attempted to d istur b our peace, I a m sure we would have
!'tood by each other, even as we did in ever y tria l we encountered. H ow often we were
discouraged in the Math . Class, or in French a nd E nglish , a nd h ow tiresom e became
the long periods in the m achine shop a nd drawing room ! Yet we worked diligentl y a nd
overcame the obstacles. O f course we had plenty of fun with our work . Did we not
m ake a grand success of our Fre hman yea.r ? W ell. ask the F aculty or the oth er classes
in college.
Then came our F r eshma n B anquet. O f everything th at hap pened durin ()' my two
years am ong you, I d o not think a nything made sucJ;l a n impression on m e as d id our
Fre hm a n B a nquet. It m arked at once the ending of our first year 's work a nd our promotion to the Sophomore Class. I know that none of you can have forgotten th at night,
wh en , after the ba nq uet , which was partly in commemora tion of our a thletic victories,
we r eturn ed to Pinkney a nd excha nged songs and yell s with th e Sophs, who welcomed
us as the new Sophomore Class. H ow our h earts well ed within us when we thought of
having passed fr om timid, wortl!less Freshmen to di gni fied Sophomores.
It was with a n inexpressable feeling of a cln E'ss a nd regret th a t I parted from you ,
my clear cla smates, on tha t Jun e day, a nd startE'd for my home. I a m sure all of you
enj oyed your ·elves d uring vacation, bu t I doubt if a ny of you were more a nxious to get
back than I was. When I got back a nd h ad a gond ha nd-shake a nd tal k with each one
of you , I tell you I felt better.
' Vho will say tb at our year as Sophomores was not a successful as the year as F reshm en
h ad been ? In a thletics, e pecially, we excell ed. I often think of our victories o,·er th e
other d as es in baseball. Even that alone is enough to cause you to be pr oud of your class.
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Yet a nother picture comes before my mind. In it I see a room on the fourth floor
of O ld Pinkney, a nd in the room there is a table around whi ch four fellows are seated ,
I hear something like the shuffling of cards, but you don 't really think they are playing
cards, do you ? Well, I suppose you play marbles (whist) now as you did when I was
with you.
I do n ' t have a nything like that u p here. In fact I fin d college life-or rather institute
life-here vastly different fr om the life at St. J ohn 's. E ve rything here is on a di ffer ent
pla n. O ne of the greatest d iffe rences, otherwise tha n from a n educational sta ndpoint, is
tha t this is not even a boardin g school, a nd you kn ow that ma kes a great diffe rence. I
have a room in a hou e near the Insti tute, a nd get my meals two a nd a half blocks mvay.
Very inconve nient as compared with the a rrangement of things at St.John 's, isn 't it ? Thus
you see the students have not the chance, as you ha ve, to become acqu a inted with each
other.
Th e college spirit a nd class spirit here sink into insigni fica nce wh en com pa red with
the same a t St. J ohn 's. We have no hazing here as yo u have, although you have pra~tically
none. We have rushes-the cane rush, th e tlag rush, a nd th e sleigh rush . Sometimes these ru shes result in serious injuri e to some of the pa rticipa nts. O ne of our fellows
this year ha d his collar- bone broken in a rush.
We have several fra terniti es represented here a nd th at makes life a little easier for
the fellows who belong to them. ' Ve ha\"e a Freshma n fr a ternity, two . n fac t , one being
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k nown a the Betft Chapter of the Kappa Gamma. O nly F r eshmen are eligible for mem bershi p in the e fra ternitie . I was the first F reshma n to be elected into th e Kappa Gamma.
As yet I do not kn ow well a ll the member s of my own class. \Ve organi zed with u s
members, but severa l new men have come in sin ce then so that we n ow have between
120 a nd r2 5. All of us are study ing to be Civil E ngineers.
Yet, notwithsta nd ing all these difference , I sup pose th at aft er I become accustomed
to the cha nge a nd before I get t hrough , I shall h a ve for this pl ace the same ferve nt levotion
t hat I have for old St. J ohn 's.
I a m ind eed ve ry ·orry to hear that so ma ny of our class have decided not to co ntinue
t heir courses at St.John 's with the Cia s of 1904, but let us hope tha t they will be succe ful
in some other fiel d of labor. Yet , with your number so greatly diminished, I a m sure
you can a nd will do all the work th a t will be requi red in upholding the prestige of 1904 .
I t hurt me very much when I heard of the death of "Sister " Small a nd I ympathize with
the entire class a nd with his bereaved mother. I feel th at the cia , although still represen ted by some of it best m en, will greatly mi ss him in the work on th e " R AT-T AT."
As fo r tha t publi cation, I hope that you fe llows on the staff will give the Edi tor-in-Chief
a ll t he support possible, that, in connection with the a ble ma nage ment yo u have, will be
enough to insure a gra nd success in t he 1903 " R AT-T AT . .,
Although I should like to continu e this letter, time call me to my work. I si ncerely
trust that t he rema ining few in my old class will ever be a ttended by uccess in a ll their
endeamrs. W ith a ll the love that can be expressed in words, I will rema in always,
Most truly yours,
Ex. 'o4.
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�Charge of the Slat Brigade
She Said
Well , I think it 's about time you were coming. I th ought you were going to cut my
dance!
You had to wait until her partn er came up?
I 'II bet you were in the dressing room smoking.
O f cour ·e there is always some excuse.
And now you won 't dance?
F ootball kn ee or something of that kind ?
But it is such a gorgeous waltz !
I do hate to miss it.
Outside? Well , if you in sist. But wh ich way ?
Why I didn 't know M cDowell Hall had back-steps. 0 dear! my kirt is dragging.
:My fan, won 't yo u hold it, please, just one minute. Th ere! That 's it.
So these are th e steps? H ow romantic th ey look.
I think they are just dear.
I sn 't th at moon divine ?
Did you ever see the woman 's face in th e moon?
It is beyond my imaginati on. They say she i · simply lovely .
R eally now, don 't be silly. I detest co mplim ents.
Pl ease change th e subj ect.
Th en I will. Just see th e dan cers as they glid e by the window. Ther e goes Nellie.
Who is th at hand orn e young man with her ?
I didn ' t know it was that seriou s. Rut wh at are you doing? Stop ! I say stop this
instant ! Those horrid buttons hurt!
Do you hear me?
N o, not one.
N ot even one.
No-o! No-o-o. Oh, Archie, please don 't.!! !???!!!
N ow ju t ee how you ha,·e disarranged my hair.
Y ou men always will have yo ur own way.
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Three o'clock, three o'clock,
Three o 'clock, onward,
All in th e ilent night,
G . 0. H. stumbl ed.
"Forward, the Slat Brigade
To Hum phrey 's," the leader a iel .
On in the ·ilent night ,
G. 0. H . stumbled.
F orward th e Slat Bri gade!
No man was there, afraid ,
" That each Professor knew"
Someone had mumbl ed:
Th eirs not to laugh or cry,
Th eirs not to heave a sigh,
But we shall go and try
To slat th e Preps on th e sly,
G. 0. H . arumhlecl.
Preps to the right of them ,
Preps to the left of them,
Preps on all ides of them,
Bellowed and grum bled;
Headgears they placed o ' er face,
Th en up the stairs apace,
Up to th e econd noor,
Ri ght on a nd through the door
G. 0. H. tum bled.
Flashed all their bed-slats bare,
F lashed in the now '·J Ju e" ai r,
They would not harm a hair,
On th e head of a Prep .
H ad he but slumbered.
Fought th ey with reck less hope
And a few faces broke;
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�F ir:;t Prep and Second
F ell under bed-slat stroke,
H eads cut and crumbled,
Then to bed; what disgrace!
By G . 0. H . pummeled.
Cain to th e right of them,
Ri ppere to left of them,
Stryker behind them,
In darkness fumbled;
Professors now in rage
With th eir prey in a cage;
But now, youth copes with a.ge,
Fighting with mai n a nd might,
Out of a place so tiaht
Scampered th e G. 0 . H .
Back, but not hum bled.
When will th eir brui ses fade?
"Me boys, what an e capade l"
Thu T ommy thundered.
H onor the Slat Bri gade,
H onor the e capade;
Done by the G. 0. H. ,
N ot by Six Hundred.
A Freshman's Letter
ST. J OHN'S COLLEGI::,
fu'<NAPOL rs, Mn ., Sept. 30, 1903.
DEAR MOTHER:- I know you will he mad a t me for not writing before, but I have been
so bu sy since I got here th at this is th e first chance I have had.
I liked my train rid e very much and found out that train s went much faster tha n I
thought. v\ ell, when the captain of th e car came to get my ti cket, he cer tainly is a nice man,
I told him about rn y two hogs th at died last summer a nd how all th e famil y were getting
along and how you expected to miss me o much this winter. I didn ' t forget about what you
said about being polite. I ast him how much his uniform cost, and how ma ny child ren he
e
had, but he did not haY time to tell me all. H e seems to be full of fun . By the way, don 't
forget to feed old P at y eY ni ght a nd give her plenty of water.
ery
After I got here I was given a room by a colored doctor named Garver who wears
glasses.
My room has paper on all four sides a nd is lighted with a lamp th at look li ke an egg
with a string tied to it. You can ' t blow it out, I don 't care how hard yo u try. The only
way to put it out i to pull the shade off a nd put yo ur fin ger up into a hole in th e top to
keep the oil from coming out and th en turn a crank, a nd put the shade on again.
I don 't like to do it, so mo tly get my roommate to do it for me. H e i qui cker than
I am at it and don ' t seeem to mind.
I am sure I will be a success as I have already been elected Preside nt of the Glee Club.
McDowell Hall where all the classrooms are, is the biggest a nd tallest house I ever
sa w. It bas a gold ball on top of it that cost alm ost a million dollars. L ast night somebody up et my bed and all the furniture in my room. The nicest fellow in college told
me if I would give him my des ert for a month he would ha ve it stopped . I thin k I was
right in doing so, for it has happened but twice since.
L et me know wh en L ady J ane Grey is well enough to go to th e horse cart a nd tell
Da nny to write to me as oon a be has done hu sking corn .
\Ve had a water fi ght last ni ght a nd I won, by getting more water thrown on me tha n
a ny one else.
Th ere is no da nger of my falling out th e window from walkin g in my leep as there
are tin boards called ready ater fixed in front of them to pre\·ent any accident of that kind.
The stores here don' t keep o Y ma ny things after all. I spent all yesterday morning tryery
in g to buy ten cents' worth of elbow grease a nd strop oil for a fellow named J arvi , but I
could n ' t get a ny, although I went to alm o t every store i11 town.
I expect I will be a fin e football player as I can lay on th e bed and let more fellows jump
on me at one tim e tha n any other Freshman. Thi s is the way they always tell about a
new ma n. O ne of our profe or got mad because I called him Mr. Turkey instead of
Profe sor Turkey. H e hasn ' t a ny sense, he might have known I didn 't mean to do it.
The boy: here wear their trousers awfully long, only two in ches from the ground.
I guess I will have to let mine down a few in ches. Well I must clo e now, as the dinner
horn is blowing. Gi1·e my love to Susie and remember me to all the boys in L oneville.
Your clear boy WILLIE .
P . S. :- Don 't forget to shut th e rabbit house up every night and don ' t worry about my
falling out of the window .
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�A Freshman's Wash Slip
The G. 0. H.
PEA R L STEAM LAUND R Y CO .
B ENJ.
T.
R ussEL , MANAGER.
35 H olland 8treet.,
Mr. E lmer Parsley,
Ann apolis, Md.
R esidence: Room No. 38, Fourth F loo r, Pinkn y H alJ , St . .Joh n 's College, Annapolis,
Anne Arund el County, Maryland, U . S. A .
Mark- xoAZIYO . . ... . .. Date :- Sep temb er 22nd, 1902, A. D.
S heets :- ! haven 't but one and that 's on m y bed .
P~llow Gasc,.:-Some bad boys ti ed lot of knots in min e and I ca n ' t undo th em .
Nctpktns :- 23. I wouldn ' t send so many, but mama to ld me to be neat.
Tablecloths :-Didn 't bring a ny with me.
Towels :- All min e ru·e clean yet.
S lttrls :-Mama to ld me I wou ld catch cold if I too k my . hirt off, so I can 't send you that.
Gollars :- 1. Please don 't put any starch in min e.
Gttfts:-I ha,·en ' t any with me.
I-lose :-~o one but girls wear t ho:e.
1- andkerchwfs:-19. I have a bad cold and that 's wh y I use so many .
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llests :-Papa told me I wasn ' t big enough to wear a vest yet.
Drawer. :-I don 't know what t hey a re.
Undm·sh~1·ts :-Mine are sewed on to th e oth er pru·t of my und erwear, a nd I can 't send
one wi thou t the other.
N~ght Sh~1·ts :-I wea r pajamas.
Ftnnnel Shtrls:-It 's not cold enough for t hem yet.
Mrt Waists:- 'Ti. too late in t he season to wea r those.
N1.ghl D1·esses :- Do ~·o u mean nirrht gowns or dresses that one we~trs to a dan ce'?
Under Wctists :- The one I ha ,·e on isn ' t dirt.v enough yet.
Gh·ildren '. Dresses :- I pu t on pa nts last yea r.
Skt1·ts :- . Th e 1 oy. call me " Auntie" a nd mak e me wear t hem.
l Vmppers :- \Vh at kind of wrappers do yo u mean '?
·
Ap1·on.s :-2 white a pron. and one blue one.
Ghemise :- I never heard of an~· thin g like t hat befo re.
Ccdtco Dres. es :- I onl y ha ,·e one and I 'm go ing to gi ,-e t hat to Mrs. Diggs.
L~ne n Coats:-! was to ld to :a,·e mine until next summ er.
J. MERRfMAN.
E . P. D UVAL.
J. V. JAMISON.
J. w. BIRD.
A. w. MITH.
President,
Sub-Pres£dent,
Vice-President,
S ecreta.1·y,
Chief Slatter,
o~·erseer ,
J. H. Fox.
P eace Disttwber,
lfl atch.man,
D eputy Sheriff,
Door Bnster,
Counsellor,
R . HOPKINS .
H. R. GORE.
H. R . R UL.-\ND .
J.
H ONORARY
MEMBERS
Big Chief of Internati onal Affairs,
BIG WILSO:'-r.
High and Exalted Displayer of Ju sti ce,
B URTIS COOPER.
M ost Eminent Instru ctor in Dept. of Penny R ooters, LITTLE WILSON.
Predominant Lord of Amalga mated Potentates,
MooNEY HALBERT.
Jealous Contributor to th e Clamor of the Degen ern.ted ,GENERAL GRANT.
Disreputable Goo-Gooer for th e Benefit of Amateurs, P uss \VIU!ER .
Insignifi cant Award er of M ost Stringent P enalties,
J A1-f GAREY.
P elJ -mell Annoyer of P eaceful R elat ions,
WILFRED GALBREATH.
Speaker for a.ll O ccasions,
DAL CtWNIN.
N. B.-O ur term s are strictly ca h on delivery.
P. S.-Papa wi ll pay for min e.
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A. T ARBERT.
M. G. RASIN.
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�Fresh Freshman Verdant
O nce Jarvis was tri cked by a measly Freshman . Thi · may seem impossible and
doubtless many will turn from this as an untrustworthy account, but it is really the tr uthat least as nearly the truth as other stories of J arvis' have been.
It may be remembered that he once had a little experience with a Fre hie, named
Willie Verdant, in wh ich, of course, the youngster came out econd best. It happened,
however, that innocent Willie was not of the class called " slow, " and therefore he roomed
on the Third F loor only so long as there wa no place for him above. \~The n he was received
with open arms in room 77 by a lovin g classmate named Cochran, the Fourth Floor went
on a rampage; and, had not Verdant been made of very stern stuff, he would have regretted
leaving the peaceful association with the old maid s on the floor below. The first night
his room was put on what Phil would call an " un godly bum, " and he and poor Cocluan
had to stay up until 3 a. m. trying to get things straightened out so they could sleep without fearing anoyance from falling furniture.
Verdant saw that J arvis wa one of the leaders in this movement to rough-hou e him,
so he made a mental note of the a moun t of in convenience suffered and determined to
p<ty the offender the debt with due intere t as soon as opportunity offered. By thi s
time the authority of J arvis was almost indisputable among the Freshmen, a nd many were
the rainy nights that Verdant hurried down town for pie a nd sandwiches for hi lord
and master. All th.is went down in the Freshie 's notes, and he evolved plans in his mind by
which the mighty one should get all that was coming to him.
Of w urse a Freshman would have to be pretty careful how he offended the dignity
of a man in J arvis' position, for his lot would be hard indeed if the great one should
suspect him of having ulterior de ign . But Verdant rose to circumstances. After much
study he formed a plan by which at one stroke he could get satisfaction for everything
Jarvis had done to Rim , and at the same time get a crowi ng Senior, named Fuller, into
trouble.
Fuller was known by everyone as a n expert in chirography. There was not a man in
college whose autograph be could not imitate perfectly. Verdaflt, unknow n to all, possessed this sa me abili ty, alth ough be ordinari ly wrote in a very slovenly manner. Thus if
any writing were imitated, everyone would blame Fuller, while insign ifi cant Willie Verdant
would he the last person to be suspected. Starting with this as a ba is, Verdant contri ved
a plot whi ch worked out beautifully.
One day as he was pas. ing J arvis' door he noticed a letter that had been swept out
of the room. Believing everything fair in the war he proposed to wage, be took it to his
room and read it. To hi s joy he found the letter a very sweet one from a girl in Baltimore.
It proved very interesting in that it showed th at the girl was sure of Jarvis' affections,
and it mad e evident that Jarvis would do anything in the world for her.
A the day was wild and tor my and everything indicated that the night would be no
i
better, the lad considered . t wise to start the ball rolling. He studied the girl 's writing
very diligently and soon mastered it. He pent th e hour before dinner 1practicing, and
at the end of that time had made several copies so nearly like the ori gin al that he could
notice no difference between his and the girl 's writing.
That day he remained at the dinner table till everyone else had left the dining hall.
Then, tipping the waiter to gain his good wi ll , he broached his plan, or part of it, to the
smiling clarkey. He learned from the negro th at a very di agreeable and easily excitable old negro woman li ved in a fairly respectable house at 429 Clarksburg Str eet, a nd
th e eloquence of a shining silver dollar persuaded the dar key gentleman to become an
accompli ce in the downfall of Jarvis .
It was arranged that the waiter should work upon the old woman 's imagi nation so
that she would give a decidedly negative welcome to anyone whom she might suspect
of calling at her house to make a fool of her. Of course no college " stoodent" would come
there for any other purpose.
Offen es piled up against J arvis until Verdant began to fear he would forget some
of them , and till no plan for getting even had sugge. ted itself. As a new Freshman on the
Fourth Floor, he was compelled to turn over dozens of bed. belonging to hi s classmates ;
apd, sometimes, und er th e gentle persuasion of J arvis and his lat, he tore up the rooms
of upperclassmen. On ce he had to throw water on the offi cer of the clay, and several times
he threw Sophomores ' furniture down the stairs. Besid es these, he had to do many other
little sttmt for all of which he had to take the blame, as he could not tell a nyone that Jarvis
was the instigator of his misdeed s. Thus he got a very bad reputation among the tead ier
cla s of fellows <tncl was often "taken down a notch for being too fresh' ' by the Sophomores.
This detail being atisfactoril y arranged, Verdant returned to his room and wrote in
th e na me of th e Baltimore girl a very pleasant letter to J arvis, telling him that she was
vi iting her aunt at 429 Clark ·burg Street and asking him to call that evening. He posted
the letter in time for it to reach J arvis with the six o'clock delivery. Having nothing more
of importance on hand , he loafed around the hall and watched developments. Jarvis sent
him down through the rain and slush for a box of Huyler's and then mad e him polish
hi s shoes a nd th e buttons on his full dress, but the lad did not mind doing thi now. The
tim e of judgment was too near.
J arvis was having his fun , but Verdant was arranging matters so the fun would not
be entirely one-sided.
When Jarvi had dressed in his best and was ready to set forth, he put out th e light,
locked th e door, and told Verdant to report him sick in bed when the 0. D . took up the ten-
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�thirty inspection. Clarksburg Street was in the furth est part of town , a nd until he got
there he had begun to believe he had paid full price for his evening qf bliss. No . .429 was
not the kind of a house he had expected to find. It was not too small , but it seemed poorly
put u p and th e surroundings were not such as an aunt of " M rs Jarvis" should have. Considering, however, that the girl could not help having poor relations, a nd that the rel atives could not help being poor, he hesitated very little before he decided to go in and
enjoy the company of the " nearer one, yet, th an all other. "
An old colored woman answered his rap- for there was no bell-and her appearance
was not calculated to reassure J arvi as to the standing of his aunt-to-be. Neverth ele · ,
he started to go in , when the woman began screaming at the top of her voice and calling
to her sons to come and help her. J arvis was puzzled. What on earth did this racket
mean? He had little time to think , for the sons put in their appearance and J ar vis was
compelled to defend himself. But his heavy overcoat impeded his movements a nd his
defense was not very effective. The men a nd the woman gave him a d readful drubbing
in th e house, and, not content with that, they kept with him as he made hi s way to the
street. In the mud of th e street he fared worse, for the negroes were more excited th an
ever and they did not hesitate to beat him in any way they could.
J arvis was a pitiable sight when he returned to the hall. Cap gone, overcoat torn
and muddy, fu ll dres;; rui ned , a nd-wh ere was the box of Hu y lr~r's?
Rules
R~gulating
the Disorder System
N o.
r-Any student passing all exa mi nations shall be allowed no rights or pri vileges
whatsoe\·er.
No.
2-All students making a general average of s. shall be privileged to visit their
lady friend s onc:e a month , provided they live in Annapolis ; if in ·any other town, so
often as they make the above average in a ny one study.
No.
3-Students making a general average of o, shall be allowed two cuts per diem,
and shall be excused from all inspections.
No. 4-Sophomores and Freshmen makin g an average of 3. 50 and upwards shall be
allowed all th e rights and privileges of the college a nd shall be under no restrictions
whatsoever.
No.
5-Seniors and Juniors making a recitation average of 3.50 and upwards shall be
allowed no privileges and shall refrain from all evil habits, such as attending the
Y . M. C. A., and visiting the lad ies of Annapolis.
No.
6-- ·Frcshmen must conduct themselves, during recitation s, in a sober and digni fied
manner, otherwise no Zeros will be awarded them.
No.
7-No student shall be allowed to btnff in any examin ation; any one o doing shall
be subject to a penalty of heavy fin es.
No.
8-No Senior shall be all owed to skip tactics more tha n three times per week .
Juniors must attend daily-Sunday included.
No.
With his usual calm philosophy he took the affair as a very bad joke, such as only
a scoundrel like Fuller would be capable of playing. But it was well for Verda nt a nd the
other Freshmen that th ey kept out of hi · way that night.
9-Sophomores are requested to attend lectures m Science a nd JV(athematics as
often as they hm1e not conflicts w ith other studies .
No. 10- It shall be the duty of Pokey to report to the faculty, a ny one found studying
after J0:3o p. m.
N o. u-No stu dent shall be all owed the u e of pon ie_ or automobiles a a means of
assistance in gainin g any of th e above ave rages.
No. r2·- Any student who wishe to absent himself during study hour shall sign a printed
form , beseeching the honorable fac ulty to have mercy on him and grant his hum ble
petition.
No. 13-Captain Galbreath shall report to the _faculty roo m each afternoon between the
hours of I :30 and 2 :oo, to exercise supervision over the officer- in -charge of de merits,
dictating to him what excuses offered by students are valid and what are not.
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�Disastrous
Just Fun
A white turkey started walking with a Cain a nd, while going along at a P okey gait,
stepped unawares on a piece of treacherous ice and Fell, breaking the middle of the Cain
and losing his Chew of gum. In the Turkey's opini on, he Fell with the force of a ten
ton Stryker in a steel mill. T om ' - on hap pened, along just then with a R apier and cut
the Turkey's head off. H al said that he would eat it with H air-on-Sch\\"eitzer. Thu s
endeth the Turkey.
A Mistake
Th ere is a ma n of our school,
And he i wondrous smart,
H e fell out with his lady friend,
And took from her hi s heart.
But, when he had hi s heart again ,
With usual zeal so bold
H e went to see another girl ,
And fell in on the old.
Navy Batsma n (after striking out).-That t. J ohn ' pitcher is o easy, I just can ' t
hit him.
Voice from th e bleechers.-I notice yo u didn 't hit him very hard.
Corporal Wilson, (in extended order driii).- What 's my po ition in this, Sergeant ?
Sergeant Wilson, (sarcastically).-Up in the hall , smoking a cigarette.
Prof. Cissel.-Mr. H albert, what is horse-power?
Moo ney, (doubtfully).-The strain ed muscle of a horse.
P okey, (to Willing who is walking th e iron rail in front of Pinkney).-You ought to
have a balancing pole to walk th e balance of th e way.
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�Orders
Hnm
QUARTERS SHIRT-TAIL BRIGADE
ST.
JoRN's Cot.r.EcE,
ANNAPOLTS,
Mn.
ORDERED:
Orr!er 1 :-That P ri vate Gore be sent to the penitentiary and that hi · photograph be
placed in the R ogue's Gal lery.
2:-That Corporal Woor!cock, th e Grano Exalted Ruler of theY. M . C. A. , be publicly reprimander! for u ing profane language in Chapel.
3:-That Privates F ell, Cain and Thompson be suspended for gross insubordin ation.
4:- That Disorderly Grant be placed in a padded cell.
5 :-·That Sergeant Beatty be given a company of wooden soldiers, so he can snap
at them to his heart 's content.
6:-That a committee consisti ng of two Preps and one Freshman be detailed to in
form Corporal Garey of his insignifi cance in the eyes of the College.
i :-That Lieut. Pat Dougherty be given a football that he may always have something
to kick about.
8:-That the sum of fifly dollars be appropriated to pay Bahy Bip Tilghma n 's nurse
·
girl for extra services.
9:-That Bandsman Burroughs be confined to the guard hou e for blocking up th e
pa. sages of Pinkney Hall, with his enormous shoe .
10:-That Wilkie Collins.of the Hospital Corps be furnished with a chewing machine
and a SCOl•P in order that he may fini sh his dinner before drill hour.
II : -That l\{onk Croni n be christenecl the Ape, on ptomise of good conduct.
12:-That Private Hodge be compelled to restrict his speech to 51\3 words per minute ,
a nd, in the event of the breach of this order, hj tongue be given the tobasco sauce treatment.
13:- That Private Coolaha n be allowed to wear the following sign. " I a m a hum an
being; and not a jump jack."
14:- That Orderly Padgett be allowed to use the freight train, whenever he cannot
express himself.
15 :-Sergeant Hearn be put in the stocks for disowning his face.
16 :-Corporal Somervi lle be congratulated for telling the truth .
17:-That Bandman J . W. C. Stick be provided with a decent set of initials.
18 :-That Wil on, the female cadet, be detailed to give Private Fell a few pointers on
the Bible.
19:- That Col. G regory's house be mortgaged to pay the expenses incurred by Sergeant Riggin in the way of medical attention and incidenta Is appertai ning thereto.
2o:-That Lieuts. J ay Bird and Fox be presented with a box of insect powder.
2 r :-Orderly E. P. Duval have his head confined in an ice chest to keep it at the normal
size.
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22 : -That Color Sergeant Green be amused with blocks and fed on candy to prevent
his getti ng blue.
·
23:-That A. W. Smith , Adj. , be presented with a nocturnal talking machine, so that
we may hear" A. W. Smith " preached all nip;ht as well as all day.
24 :·-That Lieut. Gladden make a public apology to Sergt. Pokey Daniels for mistaking him for the janitor.
25:-That Miss Cronk be given a fan, a hair ribbon , a red petticoat and a pair of
corsets.
26:-E. Valk be kicked full of holes and given to the head cook to sift Bust(in).
27:- That Ex-Major Turkey Cissell be given a bushel of shelled corn .
28 :.:._That Corporal Bones Walton be co mpelled to pad his legs.
29:-That Corporal J ohnnie Chew he promoted loa Lieutenancy for finding the . quare
root of minus one.
30:-That Commander Rasin, late coachma n of the Black Maria, be promoted to
the U. S. Cavalry for proficient pony riding.
3 r :-That Gen. ~if. Schwertner be requested to translate his name, and furtherm ore
that he refrain from overburde ning our minds with L atin and Greek.
32:-That Commi sary-General Dustin be reported to Private Tommy Fell for failing
to bu rn up the Oleomargerine tubs.
33 :-·That Orderl y Rido ut be loaned a piece of dub cheese on wli.ich he may ride
in to town every morning.
34 :-That Pri vales Harrison ~tnd Jamison have their tongues cut out and sold for
~ h oe leather.
35:-That Trooper Bob White be restricted to bread and water for a week for attenrl ing a masctuerade ball, in the guise of a ballet girl.
36:-That Col. Halstead be provided with a megaphone and eight days every ll'eek
to talk about himself.
3 7:-That Private Galbreath be informed of the fact that he is no more than any one
else, despite his views to the contrary.
38:-That McDowell Hall be made into a reception room for entertaining the White
E lephants cluring their next visit.
39:-That H. Riley E lgen be flayed ali ve for offerin g his hand to two young ladies
of Annapolis before being introduced.
40:- That Private Chance be given a n open opportunity.
41 :-Sergeant-at-Arms Rippere be given a piece of raw beef.
42:- That Sergea nt Stryker have his windows barred for his own protection.
4'3 :-That Private Fell be recommended for dismissal to the Board of Governors a nd
\ isitors, for bringing· a pony into Latin Class.
44:- That Corporal Riley be given a bru sh and comb and that he be taugl:\t their use.
45 :-That Gen. Toby, be resurrected and his skull and bones be given to the G. 0. H.
46 :-That Major Thompson be " partiklar " about the ·e things, and that Gen. Attention be given to these orders.
AFRICANUS GARVER,
MRS . DIGGS,
AMBROSIUS
DAVIS,
Trittmvi· ate Commanding.
r
IsAIAH DrGGs,
Cadet-Ca ptain and Adjutant.
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�Chapel Attendance
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shipped three times, but on acco unt of h is staid and se rious hab its he has been re tained. The case needs investigation.
Especial mention must be made of the a t tendance of Profs . S tryker a nd R ippere . The remaining Profs . h ave clone
fairly well. Prof. Halsted has been very p unctua l and h av ing no demerits, is hereby a warded t he leath er medal offered by
the Governor of Maryland. Prof. Daniels made a game fig ht for th e prize, but came in with fo urth place.
""-"
�A Prep's Letter
SAINT J OHN's CoLLEGE,
September
A Fe.w Ads.
21, 1 90 2.
D EAR F RIEND:-I am truly sorry that I offended you in writting a nd asking if convenient for me to call September Seventh , and if it was, that I disappointed you by not
coming, although I expected an answer by the following evening previous to said date
which is (Seventh). May you please exc use m.e for so doing, I knew not positively if convenient or not. If I should once h ave thought it to resuJt as it has I would not have writen
at th e time when I wr ote but a little over a week ago. I do humbly beg you to forgive me
for doinf!; wrong and th at I shall never do so aga in by th e help of my H eavenly Father. I
a m at Saint J ohn 's College now a nd I kne"' it when I wrote at sa.id elate, ·o I was so
anxious to come last Sunday evening, but my grandmother has been so ill f0r three month s
th at her last was expected at any time. And as it was, my mother was with her a few
clays, a nd at home when she wa · geting a very little better, scarcely ah om ~ a day or too,
before she has to go back agai n ! And my sister has aJl she cau do at thi time of the year
becau e it is preparing for winter is dr awing ni gh so I had to stay at hoi;lle with the baby
and it is how you di d not right to me th at I mu t come. I hope God may forgive me for
doing wrong as I am so ve,ry orry th at it happened so. I wo uld not have had it happen
so for th e world because I like to make my word my bond, a nd if I w~uld not have been
so busy the fourpart of last week I would have writen so as to give you time to a nswer
so there should not have been any disappointm ent either way. As said before, I a m a t
College now and so I will not be a ble to ee you for so long a time but I wish I would
be home for it is that I mi ght get .a letter from you so I could come to see yo u at your
house. I am well as usuaJ and hope tha t wh en these few lines reach you may find you
th e same, a nd hoping to hear from you a t your earliest convenie)1ce, I will stop although
I will write you how I get along when I h ear from you. I must say again th at I am so
sorry th at I .offended you so. It is God 's way, His will be done, not ours? May the glory
of God be with you evermore. Amen. I will close by a king you to please excuse all
impurfections.
God be with you,
Lost-Majorship of the B attalion ,
Wa nted-l\fy snare drum ,
Lost-My best girl,
Wanted-Fi ve gallon of olrl rye,
Wanted-How to learn G enn a,n,
Fo und-A RAT on Third F loor,
Wanted-Some one to answer my questions,
L ost-My temper ,
Wanted- An explanation in Trig,
Wanted- Beachley in class room,
Lost- How to get up a good meal,
To upset-My bed while I Jeep,
Wanted- A. Smith,
Lost-All my fri ends,
For exchange-Seniors for Freshmen (even money) ,
Wanted- A few less grum bler s,
Found-A ti ck ling ensation a bout my heart,
To let- Biology. (L et it alone),
Lost- M y good old pipe,
T o loan-My L atin exercise,
Wanted-How to be funn y,
I.ost (?)-Th e con ·titution of athletic association,
L ost-My church-going in stin ct,
Wanted-Our rights in athletic association,
Wanted-B idders for some of my girls,
IVanted- vVives,
Yours Truly,
(Write Soon).
A " R AT-TAT" reporter found th is un ealed letter in a Prep 's roo m before it reached
the po t.
We will vouch for its authenticity.
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'o3 " R AT-T AT" BOARD.
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TlLGRMAN.
DEVRIES.
CUMMINS .
H OT Cn CLuB.
J UNIORS.
PJNKNEYITES.
S. H ALL .
COOPER.
SOPHOMORES.
P ROJ:' . VoN S.
D STIN.
HUTCHINS.
GIRLS OF ANNAPOLIS.
MERRYMAN.
FACULTY.
DR. F ELL.
WOODCOCK.
F RESHMEN.
H ARRIS.
T RA IL.
NEVILLE.
GAREY.
MASENREIMER.
STUDENTS.
McB RIDE.
4 lV[BrnERS OF F AC 'TY
�A Catastrophe
The wires which bear th e ubtle fluid
That caused our bells to ring
Decided once to take a rest,
And no more fluid bring.
But Proffy saw the gross delay
And for the cause did seek,
Till on the fifth floor of our hall
He found an awful leak.
The fellows saw the ladder there
Up which the Prof did scale,
And straightway th ought to have some fun
Unless their plans would fail.
They to the ladder tied a rope,
And gave one awful jerk.
The crash, it reached the Proffy 's ear,
While he was hard at work.
The noise he must investigate,
And to the trap door goes;
He sees the ladder on the floor,
But neither friend s nor foes.
Unto his work he does repair,
And works with scowl and frown,
Until he ends his tiresome job
And wishes to come down .
He spies a Freshie at_ door,
his
Commands him elevate
The thing whereby be may descend ,
And vengeance satiate.
Frequentatives
Padgett-" Where is the lesson?"
Burroughs :-" That 's the ticket."
Trail:-" Wh at is McBride doing? "
Wilmer, P.:-" You're a liar."
Cooper:-"You 'rea welcome member, a very invited guest."
Everybody:-" That 's a good stunt. "
Smith, A. W. :-" Ah, g'wan now, you 're kiddin' . "
Halbert:-" You 're igarnt, don 't know noth.in '."
Reed:-" Drown him. Soak him. "
Everybody:-" Put him on th e bum."
Cronk:-" That 's nothing, Aunt Carrie."
Wilson, B.:-" vVell, horses' neck! ·w hat next? "
Elgen :-" The Dutch company is the best company, etc."
Everybody :-\Vho 's the officer of the day tonight? "
M cBride:-" Never in this kingdom. "
Mudd-" Who wants to sell a dessert? "
Grant:-"You go! darned soak, you. "
0. D. :-" Get to your room s. "
Everybody:-" How is your tootsie-wootsie, old boy?"
Beatty:-" You 're an old lobster, if I do."
Ferrell :- " L et's skip torJa.y, fellows."
Cronin :- " Who wa nts to play marbles?"
Clark, J. :-"You must think I ' m as big a fool as you are."
Rasin:-" How much do you want for it ?"
The "
boy obeys, the Prof comes down ,
Then find s the guilty one;
So now the laddie has six ·weeks
This wicked, sinful ~on.
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197
�A Booky Decision
KI NG LEAR:-" Hello, friend H mnlet. you ha.Y b een away from home a long time. H a,·e
e
you been out walking?"
HAM LET:-" No, good my lord, I \·e been lounging around the hall, watching for a chance
to play a trick on some greenie. One of those inhuman creatures called men
threw me into a corner, saying th at I was far from having my right mind . H e is a
fool. Say th at Physics we met the other day is somewhat off his base. Why, I
heard him say that to hold a one hun dred pound stone on your shoulder for three
hours is not work."
KING LEAR:-" That 's ridiculous. Don 't li sten to him ."
LoGic :-"You fellows keep quiet. I want to sleep."
CHEMISTRY : -"You ARE an old sleepy head and can put more peop le to sleep than any
drug I know. "
LOGIC:-" I know whereof I peale
You are a liar,
Th erefore yo u keep qui et."
ARGUMENTATION:-" Don 't you rascals know it is sleepi ng hour ?'
VI RGIL:-" Another old sleepyhead. You two fell ow had better lock arms, lie down
and die."
PHYSICS:-(entering), " What is all this brawl ?"
HA:IfLET :-" They a re quiet. F or heaven 's sake let them alone. "
ARGUMENTATI(:>N :-"Well, it i none of your business."
CAESAR:-" Well, cousin Ph ysics, bow ha,·e things been treating you lately?"
PHYSICS:-" I 've just return ed from the laboratory. Some fell ow will not listen to me
but is always talking about somethin g th at he does n 't know. anything about. I
would like to be considered at least truthful. Then the fellow, who seems to be
at the head of the thing, thinks th at my language is not good and clear and tri e
to im prove on it. This murderous ordea l I must undergo three times a week.
I 'm almost dead."
CAESAR:-" ! am orry to hear it and ca n assure you of my sympathy. No doubt we all
have our griefs.
O nly today I had a long talk with T acitus and Cicero and Xenopbon. vVe can scarcely bear our treatment longer. \Vhy, we are actually thrown
around like ina nimates a nd abused in almost every way imaginable. Very, very
frequently we are trod upon by ponies a nd even hor ·es at th e bidding of their masters: and thu s we have our beauty marred . "
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TACITUS:-" I will vouch for a11 brother Caesar has said . Our state is surely becoming
deplorable. "
EcoNOMY:- -'' You fellows might be more sparing with your word . I was just in classroom and torn asunder by the person called Prof, but it is of no use to multi ply
words about it. "
XENOPHON :-" Well, I believe with my brother in misery, m sta nding up for our rights.
The oppression i becoming too great."
Hl sTORY :-" H ow long has this been going on, gentlemen ?"
CICERO:-" Ah ! get out. We will not recite a ny dates now. It is suffi cient to say that
it has already been too long."
ECOl\O:IlY:-" The marginal utility of your word must be a minus qua ntity.
HISTORY:-" Wh en did you wake up, Economy?"
EcoNO!IfY :-"Go back in th e corner a nd sit clown, won 't you ?"
GERliiAN :-" Schweigen Sie, bitte, Herr Economic."
EcoNOMY :-" Ah , we don 't consider you in the game at all. "
CALCULUS :-" Fellows, I 've been a listener, for I feel so tired and worried th at I can scarcely speak. Last period I too was in classroom. O n my life, I cannot see how some
people can be so senseless. Class has turned from pleasure to a bore. The one
in charge even goes so far a to allege that I a m out of date and consequently worth less. Th en he goes a:head and substitute some foundationless new-fa ngled ideas
of his own. Now I th ink it is high time that something be done. T his has gone
too far ."
Something mu st be
TRIGONmillTRY :-'Brother Calculu s, Your gri efs are my griefs.
done."
PHYSICS :-" L et 's call a coun cil of war."
H ISTORY:-" \\T hen ?"
LOGIC:-" In all reason, as soon as possible, so th at it may be over."
H ORACE:-" Ye , but I think a court of inquiry would be better."
ARGU"MENTATJON :-" I will volunteer my services as counsel. "
CALC LUS:-"All in favor of appointing a court of inquiry answer 'Aye '."
ALL:-" Aye."
CALCULUS:-" It has been decided to hold a court of inquiry. I will assume the responsibility of appointing the members of the court. Messrs. Dictionary, F rench and
Cycloped iii; will act on said board a nd inve ti gate the entire case."
T he Jindings of the comt will be 1 ublished in next year 's " R AT-T AT."
1·9 9
�'os
'o4
Classical Opinions
Under the head Senior are given the opinions of that class by the other three and then
how it sees itself. The other classes the same way.
SENIOR
'o6
'04
As we think
Of this crowd,
We confess
It is LOUD.
'Tis a class
Of repute
In "rough-house''
And dispute.
'o3
'os
We don't blow,
We don't bluff,
vVearemade
Of the stuff.
Must confes~
We can't tell
How they can
E'er do well.
FRESHMAN
'os
'03
They behave
In our sight,
But they're fresh
You are right.
Ohl how fresh
Are these brats,
Make us think
Of wild cats.
'o6
' 04
Naughty six
Is the best,
We can stand
Any test.
They are new,
Don't abuse;
They'll improve,
Please excuse.
We are it,
You're a jay,
Stand aside
From my way.
Mighty slow,
And big bluff;
Some are fine,
Others tough.
J UNIOR
'o6
'o3
Brightest class
In the scho0l,
All are great.
Not one fool.
Old St. J ohn's
Vve wi ll leave
In good hands
We perceive.
' 04
'os
We 're the class
Naughty-four,
We 're on top
Ever more.
'Tis a model,
We declare;
In their triumphs
We will share.
SOPHOMORE
' o6
'o3
G.O.H.
So they claim ;
Not much weight
All the same.
Thi a clas ?
A surprise !
A poor thing
In our eyes.
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�The International and Intercontinental Association of Zoological Fandangoes held
its convention at the North Pole in 1~8-. Eager Ness, William Antic and m,)'Self, being
delegates to the convention, because of our universal knowledge displayed in our arguments
there, were appointed as a committee to visit and inspect all the zoos in the world--and elsewhere-and report our findings to another convention to be held at South Pole in 1937.
Our work is an immense one, taking us from the parched canes to the frozen poles.
Uncle Sam recently recognized the importance of our work by turning over to us
gratis two regiments of infantry and a troop of cavalry to protect our train of one hundred
and fifty box cars laden with our reports so far gathered.
Our orders are to report everything at each zoo, even to the minutest detail. Now,
gentle reader, I know it would be of no interest to you to know the length of nose, length
of tail, number of teeth , male or female , size, weight, shape, color, texture and composition
of each anjmal. All this is exceedingly interesting (to us), but might bore you.
I started out to tell you of our visit to the most remarkable zoo which, up to this time,
we haYe found. I promise to avoid all technical knowlerlge, so will try to " Stick to it. "
If you find any in this article, you may kick me with both feet simultaneously. You will
find me at the South Pole, 1937.
While in one of the largest cities of the United States, we heard of a zoo's being located
at a little but "loud" town by the name of Somerville, twenty-eight miles distant. - The
person who gave us the information neglected to tell us how to reach· the town. Consequently we were preparing our HORSES for a grand ASTRIDE procession to that zoo, when
to our delight some one behind us spoke of a railroad by which we could- go.
We boarded, and after just thirty-six stops, we finally pulled up to a station when" AU
out for Somerville" yelled the conductor. So far so good.
Once out of that car we began to take in our situation and soon heard beside the
station hou se a screeching voice saying, "Thes way to tha Zoo. " That was what we
wanted to hear. \Ve found the sound to emanate from a measly little "Pat," who had
an " omnibi" in waiting to carry any probable visitors to the Zoo. On our way we were
surprised to see what a well streeted town we had entered. Pat 's horse, Bull-neck, as he
callerl him , seemed rather faggerl and by dint of much cussin' and cuttin' we finallv arrived
in sight of the Zoo, situated on a little knoll to the left.
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At times we could distinguish a Si and then a Rohrer from the animals within. Accustomed to such noises, we entered and were greeted by a Bowen (bone) hurled at us
hy one of the apes or baboons.
The keeper soon put in his appearance, another representative of Pat 's country.
His name, we presume, was given him because of the effect which his constant association
with monkeys has had on his countenance. He knocked himself down as" Monkey Face."
We thought this name at least appropriate. During our interview with him , our eyes.
were busy taking in our surroundings.
Our interview over, we started on our rounds.
The first cage contained a. member of the Canidae tribe, species Fox. ·This animal
was one of the shaggy, red-haired genus and not very large or at all handsome. The record
of the Zoo stated that this animal was first seen in the wilds of the country to the northwest. It 's Trail was followed for several week,s, and finally, he was found and forced to
seek a hiding place in the Zoo in September, 1901. The hunter , who was a little boy
named Tommy, was suitably rewarded for his perse1·erance in the chase-of course he
thought there were dollars a t the other end all the· time.
In another cage was found a quadruped of somewhat different characteristics and
proportions. It was a specimen· of the class Bovidae, but rather smnll for its size-age,
I. mean. This Bull was found in the confines of the country surrounding the Zoo, and
driven along with the herd to the menagerie. Lavender in color, short legs, with immense
feet, and loud, bellowing voice. The horns were 'as yet missing.
We pass on. The attendant was a lVIerryman and his Irish wit kept us in a consta nt
fit of laughter.
Another cage contained a member of the Felidae called by " Monkey Face" a Puss.
Now it was none of those small , innocent purring pussies which one sees every day, but
a large, well-developed " Thomas. "
This animal, we learned , was found roaming
\\'ild in the newly explored regions round about La Plata, by means of a net was captured
alive, and after having bitten off the fingers of six men and scratched out the eye of everal
more, was poured into the Zoo. He is rapidly becoming domesticated.
At the farther end of the Hall we find a shaggy-haired sheep , called Buck. Thi s aniimal could not he well seen, as it was lying down and the more we would Punch it with
our Cain, the more quiet it would remain.
In the bird department is seen a somewhat vain specimen of Allegidae. Becau e
of the peculiar habits of the bird, we watched it for quite a while and then asked the keeper
the species. He said it was only" a jay." The jaybird, we all know , is strongly inclined
to swipe cherries. This Bird contrary to the others of the same species had a beautifully
melodious voice, which so entranced us that it was actually an hour before we could Chew
our fingers enough to bring ourselves to our sen e ·.
The next is the most concateflareous (stuck up in common phraseology) bird we have
e1·er witnessed. Therein it differed widely from others of ~he family, which are usually
very quiet, modest birds. Because of its vanity and bad influence among the other animals,
the keepers are thinking to rid themselves of this biped in a short time. Besides
it is somewhat mixed up with the parrots. I shall say no more of this specimen-species
Woodcock.
In the Rodent department was a Rat, but I shall not take the space to describe it here.
lts appearance as to long nose, squint eyes, small legs, and its habits are in keeping with
those of others of the family you have seen.
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One of Our Visits
�Now, there were some other animals which we ·ball not de cribe here, only mention,
such as : monkeys, a ":Mooney :Mac'' and "Cholly"; a Bob White, a very peculiar Turkey;
one of the animals that is always underneath the limb (sloth) ,named P okey ; a few elephants
and mi crobes, alligators and hyenas, unicorns; etc.
Having about fin ished our inspections we were preparing to leave, when another beast
caught our eye. Closer inspection revealed it to be a Creeper. " Get out as quickly as
possible" was our motto, grippin a the keeper 's hand in adieu as we ra n. \Ve heard him
yell to us not to be frighte ned, there was no danger; but no! " ·e were aetting out.
Out of reach we glanced back long enough to ee across th e door in bold letters " Tommy 's Zoo." J otting th at down we proceed to the street where we fmd a n Old Lady selling
P arsley. She stopped us, but we qu ickly gaYe her three cent to let us pass. Down the
street we go, and accidentally fall into the station just in time to "catch on " to th e last
car of an outgoin g train . The town of Somerville i soon in the background .
The Lane That Had no Turning
The Pri oners of H ope in The H ouse of T oo Much Trouble were Th e Fightincr Bishop
and Dorothy Vernon of Hadden Hall. With Hearts Courageous did A Speckled Bird
and Her M ountain Lover strive with The Ruling Passion of Heroes to be lifted Up from ·
Slavery In the Morning Glow of Happiness.
In Spite of all Reminiscences which happened Among theMeadow P eople In the R ead
World, The Flood-Tide of Love was To Have and To H old What Women can Earn.
Time a nd Chance were to d~terrnine The Crisi . Prid e and Prejudice were not to have
Social Control over Two Beating H earts. The fi ghty Deep through which a A P air of
P atient Lovers travels is The Long, Straight R oad. But The Limits of Evolution of their
Success were To the End of the Trail, which R oger of Drake had termed The Blazed
Trail ; and The Valley of Decision came when they were shown The Right of Way.
Never In the Days of St. Clair, Whom the Gods Destroyed, did The Conspirators
of Ben Hur witness such a Test of the D 'U bervilles. Mrs. " iggs of the Cabbage Patch
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even denounced it as The Celebrity of the Mainwaring Affair. The Man from Glengarry
and The Gentleman from Indiana predicted Con equence In the Pal ace of the King.
And when My L ady Peggy Goes to T own, Up and D own The Sands of Gold will be
seen Uncle Sam's Secrets of These Sad Lovers.
Thro' Fire to Fortune did The Seekers go; Through R econstruction and the Constitution of The Theory of Prosperity did The Maid-at-Arms search for Her Trea sure I sland.
Yet, The Domestic Blunders of a Woman are many, and Vanity Fair \Yas against The
L over's Progress. The Grip of Honor sat in The Seats of the Mighty and ·w hen Knighthood was in Flower, The F ifth String of The First Violin sounded The Song of a Single
Note of Social Salvation. The J ourney's End came In the Reign of Law. The Captain
of the Gray-H orse Troop hoisted The Green Flag on the Battleground and The Captive
of the Roman Eagles By the Higher Law of Belshazzar brought into The Buried T emple
The Book of Weddings. This raised the Anticipations of Their Silver Wedding J ourney;
But the Great White Way was stained by The F light of Pony Baker. Even The Vultures
went on A Fool's Errand , and Eagle Blood was wasted in The Eternal City. Captain
Macklin with A Daughter of the Snows after hearing The Confe sions of a Wife claimed
that The Highest Life of The Two Vanrevels was The Riddle of the UniYerse. " If I were
King " said The Virginian," The Circle of Youth, yea, even of Truth should be The Captain
of The Flowers of the Dust. ' 1 " The Story of My Life and The Su ccess of Mark Wingate," replied Lady Rose's Daughter, In the Garden of Charity, would proYe Mutual Aid;
a Factor of Evolution, of The Woman Who Toils on ly knew the Principles of Home Decorations and of American Diplomacy in The Orient. " Nevertheless, Words and Their Ways
in English Speech were to open up the Fiery Dawn of The Light of Day to those
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�Bleedin g H eart . L et Not :!\1an Put Asund er \•"oman ' Works, wh en She \\"alks in Beauty
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for Th e J ournal of Arthur Sterlin g and Th e Star Drea mer consider such ·w ork as a Chri tmas Greetin g to Socia l U nrest, a nd T emporal P ower cond emns it in No O th er Way. F r
L ove or Crown, F or Faith a nd Freed om , F or Th e H onor of th e School of th e F orest LO\·ers,
for th e Footstep · of a Throne, for T he L ove of a n Uncrow ned Queen, because of Th e
P owers That Prey, because of Th e Infatuati on of the Countess, in Th e ame of Doroth y
a nd H er Friends, a nrl In The Name of Woma n did Th e Conqu est of the Di. enta nglers
begin . Th e L ast Word of Th e P athfinder was utter ed on The My tcrious I sla nd of
Castle Craneycrow, ancl Th e Human Boy kn ew not H ow to Succeed. Abner D aniel, Th e
Lightning Condu ctor on The L ong Straight R oad and The Captain of The Spend ers in
Th e Conque t of R ome sent Th e Cavalier to learn Th e Facts a nd Comm ents of Tb e L ady
P aramount.
In City Trial s a nd In Kings' Byways did Th e Shoe -of F ortune a nd Th e Ship of
Dreams come to pre ·ent The Sofr Side of a Sin aular Life. The T enth Comma ndment
. uggested to H er Serene Highnes · A M a nifest Destin y a nci The Disciple of Doroth y
South bowed to The Di vin e D ecree. Thu In th e Fog of O b[i,·ion ~id Th eir P lans drift ,
a nd hark ! Twas A :Mid summ er Ni ght '· Dream.
Yells and Songs
In the Good Old Football Time
(Tune, " I n t!te Good Old S nmmer T ime.)
Th ere 's a time in each yea r
Tha t we always hold cl ear,
.' Tis th e good old football time;
O n th e gridiron we 're playing,
O ur talents displayin g,
In th e good old football lin e,
All ri val · we meet we 'll urely J efeat
When our backs go right through th e line,
"N"o ki cking, no grumbling, no ficrhtin cr no fumbl in"
In th e goou old football time. o
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Oh, the dear old football tim e,
In the good old footba ll tim e,
Old St. J obn 's is ru hin g hard
Through her ri vals' li11e.
She gets th e ball, her ri vals fall,
And that 's a very good sign
That St. J ohn 's is the onl y thing
IJJ the good old football time.
Play Ball ·song
Tun e-Blest be th e lie th at binds.
P lay hall, play ball, play ball,
Play ball, play ba ll, play ball .
P lay hall, play ball, play ball, play ball,
Play ball, St. J ohn 's, pl ay ball.
Rat- Tat and Team Yell
Rat-Tat! Bed slat ! Sis! Boom ! Ba h !
St. J ohn 's! St. J ohn 's ! Rah ! Rah ! Rah !
T eam ! Tea m ! T ea m.
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�Rat- Tat Song
Boola Boola
(Tune-Original) .
(Tune-Yale Boola Boola.)
Well, here we are! Well , here we are !
Just watch us rolling up a score,
We leave poor M aryland behind so far,
They won 't want to play us any more,
We've hope and faith in Old St. J ohn 's
T o win we cannot fail.
Well a - Boola Boo, Well a-Boola Boo,
Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola Boo.
Rat-tat, bed slat, sis, boom, ah !
St.John 's, St.John's, rah, rah, rah!
Come, boys, together,
St. J ohn 's forever.
Whoop 'er up for the oran"e and black
Tho e are the colors that we "'will lack
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St. J ohn's, oh, St. J ohn's
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Three cheers for Old St. J ~1111 's.
CHORUS :
Boola Boola ! Boola Boola 1
Boola Boola! Boola Boola !
Wh en we rough-house We tern Maryland
They will holler " Boola Boo!"
R ah ! R ah ! Rah!
St. John 's! Old St. J ohn 's!
St. J ohn 's ! Old St. John 's!
·w hen we rough-house vVestern Maryland.
They will holler " Boola Boo!"
Yelling Song
(Tune, " Pliny." )
St. J ohn 's, come yell like hell
And make it good a nd loud;
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Come, boys, and join right in the crowd.
And when th ~ game is o'er,
- - -- will feel so sore
So , St. J ohn 's, come greet y~ur team.
Now, isn 't it a shame, now, isn 'tit a shame,
T o do poor M aryland up so bad?
\Ve've done it before; we can do it once more,
Though they'll feel so very, very sad.
We'll roll up the score so very high
That you will hear th em sigh
Well , a-Boola Boo, Well , a-Boola Boo,
Boola, Boola, Boola, Boola Boo.
Hooray Yell
Hooray ! H ooray! H oorav!
S. J.! S. J. ! S. J.!
St.John 's! St. J ohn 's ! St.John 's !
Orange and Black Song
(Tune, Blue and Gray.)
Orange and Black Yell
The Ora11ge and Black and the - - On the gridiron met today
- - - -thought they would have a cinch,
But it didn 't turn out that way.
Our heroes bold took it past their goal,
While their hearts were filled with pain,
As they went away, they were heard to say,
" vVe will never come here again ."
Orange and Black ! Orange a nd Black!
Those are th e colors that we will back 1
Sis! Boom ! Bah!
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St. J ohn 's! St. John 's!
Rah ! R ah ! Rah !
CHORUS:
- - - hearts are filled v.rith adness,
They lo t the game today;
Old St. John 's is filled with gladness,
H er team has won the fray.
'Mid the yelling of our rooters,
The championship came back,
- - - - never could play football,
With the Orange and the Black.
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Yell
S. J. ! S. J. ! Hip ! Hip! R ay! Ray!
S. J. ! S. J .! Hip! Hip ! Ray ! Ray !
St. J ohn 's! St. J ohn 's ! St. J ohn 's !
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�Ca mpu s, a nd we think we do not look ve ry fa r into tf1 e future to see a nother build in o- to
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be kn own a " Alumni H all " facing it at the south -west end of the G reen a nd fil lin 0 in
the third side of our quadrangle.
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Our College as It Is
T he past history of St. J ohn 's has already been dwelt upon, a nd th e pride which
ha s wellad our hear ts in so doing ha been ju tifi ed by th e li vin a testim onials -to her faithfu l work, and by th e record of th o e departed , who owed to th eir A lm a ~1a ter th e d irection
of th eir life' cour e.
Today we ta ke up a noth er theme, when, in sp i1·ed by hope, and not by memory, we
picture to our mind wha t the coming year may bring.
\\'ith m emory for th e past, a nd hope for th e futur e, we may look upon the present
as our day of fact, and contempl a te with th a nkfulne . our release fr om th e heavy debt,
whi ch for more tha n a quarter of a century ha. re ted upon us. Thi s debt, as is well
k nown , was created in th e earl y days a ft er th e Civil War to renovate the bu ild ings which
had been used as a hospital. And so we stru ggled on, yea r by year meetin g th e heavy
·enu e left for running expen. es a nd im provements.
intere t payments, with but cant re1
\\"h at is our case today? As ta ted above, our mortgage debt has been paid. O ne,
in generous a nd un self1 sh inter est for th e good of oth ers, fir ·t relieved us of a portion of
the heavy a nnual interest, a nd th en, by his own gift of money, a nd still more ae nerous
gi ft of sen ·ice, set in moti on the effort which has r esulted in the extingui shment of our
debt, and in th e beginning of our Endowment Funcl.
. ~om ~w~at to the back , ·a n c~ betw~e n -r.~ cD owell a nd Pinkney H alls still a nother
blllldm g 1 1n course of onstru ct10 n wh1 ch will meet our most pre sin a need of toclav
s
a _ea lly modern mess ha~ ~nd kitchen .. T~ e entire first floor of thi · Hall ~(not yet na med)
r
wil l be devoted t? ~he dmmg room wh1c h _ to ?e fitted up in ve ry ha ndsome style, with
1s
a. l a r~e, a rched wmouw at one end , and an 1mposmg chimn ey a nd ma ntel-piece a t th e other
~nd !Jgl:ted by maller window on eith er ·ide. Thi s we feel assured will prove a mater~
1 ~1 mel m the encourage ment of good ma nne rs a nd gentl emanlike deportment, sin ce ma nkmd as a whole, a nd youth most strongly, tend s to ha rm onize with its surroundin rrs. The
upper floor · ,,~rill furni sh additiona.l sleeping _ro.o m fm students a nd quarter fo~ professor s, a ll of wh1ch a re needed to meet the req lllrement of our in creasing mtmber of students.
So mu ch for th e present, and most of it the wo rk of the last ten years. D oes it th en
req uire a great effort of imagina tion to look forward for ten years to co me a nd see the
number of buildi11gs again alm ost doubled? We adly need a rry mn asium', a nd should
ha1·e, too, a b~at house, so that we ma.y not be deprived of the opportuniti es na ture rreacl ·
out before us 111 th e beautiful water which bathe our shores.
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As 0 ~1r numbe_rs ~o ntinu e to increase, the bran ches which have heretofore been o-rouped
toaeth er 111 one buildmg mu st be spread out into separate a nd more co mmod ious q uarters
a nd we hope to see one or more science buildings whi ch will serve not on lv a the educator~
0f th e :ising genera ti on, but also as m emorial eith er of the donor· or of ome whom th ey
may w1 sh to commemorate. Th e wealthy of this age a re in ma ny ca e · build in a their own
monum ents, not alone in stone, brick, a nd morta r, but in th e elevation of that far nobler
fabri c, th e hum a n race. Vlell may we hope th at some may be found who will wi sh to
do their work of constru ction a t St. J ohn 's.
O ur Endowment Fund is now und er way, a nd ha made a good beo-innin a . As the
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pro1 b)1as 1t, " .I t 1· b t~t t h e fi1rst tep tha t c~ unts . ' ' That step we have take n, tremblingly,
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perh aps, as a ch1ld begms to walk , but, havm g begun , we hope to grow stronger with each
effort until we are in a position of ind epend ence.
As is well kn own, no college can prosper with out a n endowment, and how mu ch more
must thi s po sibility be lesse ned when there is not only no in vested fund , but, ala , a
necessity for paying out somethina fr om th e fees of the stude nts for oth er use th a n the
work of th e Co!J ege.
At the reorganization of th e College in r87r, the buildings were but three in num ber ,
in add ition to the resid ences.
During th e 1 at essio n each of the ·e three has been painted and in oth er ll·ay.
t horoughl y repaired . In th e main builcling,-'\1cDowell H all- one has onl y to enter
the Chapel to be impressed with the contrast to its state of a few years hack , with the
shabby wall ·, a nd still shao bier benches, a nd onl y a small dais, it was made to do duty
as chapel, ba.ll room, banquet haJJ , or iLny purpose for whi ch no other place was assigned.
T oday, it is far from being all we wou ld wish, but i till n eat a nd tasteful , a nd is never
put to any hut dignifi ed u age, wh ile there has been pl ~ced in th e aallery an excellent
orga n which is of great assista nce in the dai ly religiou s services.
O ur li brary, formerly relegated to a n obscure part of Humphreys Hall ha now its
ow n builcling, " Woodwa rd H all " in which ar e al so chemical a nd biological laboratori es,
whil e th e basement is fitted up as a n armory, a n ece~ ary ad junct of our Military D ep:utment.
This building is in such harmony with th e colonial architecture of our Campus tha t
a stranger once asked if it were the old bu ilding. It ta nd s at the north -cast end of the
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�Ca mpus, a nd we think we do not look very fa r into tile future to see a noth er buildincr to
be kn own as " Alumni· Hall " facina it at th e south-west end of the Green a nd fillir:':; in
the third side of our quadrangle.
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Our College as It Is
T he past hi story of St. J ohn 's h as already been dwelt upon, and th e pride which
has swell ad our h earts in o doing has been justifi ed by th e li vi na testim oni als to her faithful 11·ork , and by th e record of those departed , who owed to their A lma .M ater th e direction
of th eir life 's course.
Today we take up a nother th eme, when , inspired by hope, a nd not by memory, 11·e
picture to our mind s what the coming year may bring.
vYith memory for the past, a nd hope for the future, we may look upon the pre ent
as our day of fac t, and contempl ate with th ankfulne sour relea e from th e heavy debt,
which for more th a n a q uarter of a century ha.- rested upon us. Thi s debt, as is well
known , was created in the early da.ys after th e C ivil ·wa r to renovate th e buildings which
had been used as a hospital . And so we struggled on, year by year meetin g the heayy
interest payments, with but scant r evenue left for running expenses and improvements.
Wh at is our case today? As stated above, our mortgage debt has been paid. O ne,
in crenerous and unselfi sh interest for the good of oth ers, f1rst relieved us of a portion of
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the hea1 a nnu al interest, and then , by hi own gift of money, a nd still more generou
gift of sen ·ice, set in motion the effort which has r e ulted in th e extin guishment of our
debt, and in th e beginning of our Endowment Funcl.
. _ o m ~wi_Htt to th e back , ·and between McDowell a nd Pinkney Halls still another
bu1ldm g 1 111 course of constru ction which will meet our most pressinO" need of today
a ~·eally modern mes · h a~l ~nd kitchen . . T~e entire first floor of thi s Hall ~(not yet na med)
wtl l be devoted t? the dmmg room wh1 ch 1 to be fitted up in very ha ndsome style, with
a l ar~e, arched wm duw at_ one end , a n? a n imposing chimn ey a nd ma ntel-piece a t the other ,
~ nd !1 gl~ted by smaller wmdows on e1ther side. Thi · we feel as ured wi ll pro1·e a mate r~~ I a 1d 111 the encourage ment of good ma nner a nd gentlemanlik e deportment, sin ce ma nkmd as a whole, a nd youth mo t strongly, tends to har monize with its surroundin O".-. The
uppe r floors ~-~ill furni sh additi onal leeping room s for students a nd quarter fo~ professor , all of wh1 ch are needed to meet the req uirements of our i ncrea ·in a number of tndents.
. o mu ch for the pre cnt, and most of it the work of the last ten years. Does it th en
reqmre a great effort of imaO"i na tion to look forward for ten yea r to come a nd see the
number of buildings again almost doubled? vVe adly need a gymn asium', a nd should
ba1·e, too, a boat house, so that we may not be deprived of the opportunities nature spreads
out before us in th e beautiful waters whi ch bathe our bores.
A o~r num be_rs ~o ntinu e to increase, the_ branches which have heretofore been O"rouped
togeth er Ill one buildmg must be spread out 1n to separate a nd more commod ious quarters,
a nd we hope to ee one or more science building. which will sen ·e not onlv as the educator
of th e :ising generation, but also as memorials eith er of the donors or of some whom they
may w1sh to commemorate. The wealthy of this a.O"e a re in ma ny cases bui ldina their own
monuments, not a lone in stone, bri ck, a nd morta r, but in th e elevati on of that"' far nobler
fabric, the hum a n race. \Veil may we hope that some may be found who will wi sh to
do th ei r work of con tructi on at St.} ohn 's.
O ur Endowment Fund is now und er way, a nd ha made a (Tood beO"inninO". As the
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prm·er bl1a 1t, " .I. I) U the fir st step that c~ unts . " That step we"have taken, t:remblingly,
tIS .t
perhaps, a · a ch1ld begms to walk, but, havlll !S begun, we hope to grow stronrrer with each
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effort until we are in a po.- iti on of ind epend ence.
A i well known, no coll ege can prosper without a n end owmen t, a nd how mu ch more
m u ·t this possibility be lessened when there is not onl y no invested fund , but, alas, a
necessity for paying out something from th e fees of the students for other u e th a n the
work of th e College.
At th e reorganization of the Coll ege in I87f, the bui ldings were but three in number,
in add iti on to the resid ences.
During the past ession each of th ese three ha been painted and in oth er ways
thoroughl y repaired. In the m ~Lin buildi.J1~ ,-Nic D owell Hall- o ne has only to enter
the Ch apel to be impressed with the contra_t to its sta te of a few years hack, with the
ha bby walls, and till shaiJbier benches, a nd only a mall dais, it was made to do duty
as chapel, ball room, banquet hall , or a ny purpo e for which no other place was as igncd .
Today , it is far from being all we wou ld wi h, but is still neat and tasteful , a nd is never
put to any but dignifi ed usage, wh ile th ere has been pl~ced in the gallery a n excellent
organ which is of great assista nce in the daily religiou · service ·.
Our library, formerly relegated to a n obscure part of Humphreys H all has now its
own building, " Woodwa rd H all " in which are also chemi cal and bi ological laboratories,
whil e th e basement is fitted up as an armory, a nece:;sary ad junct of our Military D ep:utment.
T hi s build in..,. i · in such harm ony with the colonial architecture of our Campu s th a t
a stra n"er once asked if it were the old building. It sta nd s a t the north-cast end of th e
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�Afterword
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Editorial Board of 1904 Rat-Tat
Editor-in-Chief,
A ssociate Editor,
Literary Editor,
A ssistant Literary Editor,
Alumni Editor,
A ssistant Alumni Edito, ,
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Athletic Editor,
Assista,nt Athletic Editor,
Humorous Editor, .
Assistant IIumorous Editor,
Nfisceltaneous Editor,
H.
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C. A. McBRIDE.
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R . C. BOWEN.
M. KEITH N E VILLE.
CAULK KEt.fi>.
S. R. HOPKINS.
A.
SMITH.
HOWARD Fox.
E. A. V EY.
CULLOM H ourus FERREL.
(JosEPH R . P ENNELL .
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H. R. GoRE.
A. B. CECIL.
THOMAS TRAIL.
J. M. GREENE .
( M. G. RASIN,
l J. V. JAMISON, JR .
J . TARBERT.
HARRY RuLAND.
B ERNARD CARTER.
As istaut Miscellaneous,
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Assistant Tmcm and Campus Editor,
Business }.Ifanagers,
A ssistant Business Manager,
Treasurer,
Secretary of Board,
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We appe':d t~i s no~e to warn angry readers that their ire will harm nobody but themselves. The Editor-m-Chtef, as the greatest offender, has acted upon the suggestion of Professor Cissel and has provided himself with a Winchester shot-gun, while the other members of the Board have obtained permission to carry Smith and Weston 44's during the
months of May and June.
But to mend matters a little we will say that the uninitiated reader must not believe all
the unplea~ant things we say about each o~her. Very often peculiarities are exaggerated
and somettmes we represent fellows as bemg the very opposite of what they really are.
~or example, w~ call Somerville a lic:r because he tells so many entertaining stories of high
hfe at Lonacomng, and 'iVoodcock JS branded a drinking man because he is a teetotaler.
We have acted fairly in giving to every man the grind that, in our humble opinion,
he needed. We served ourselves quite the same as the others.
We have arranged with Mr. Jeffries to accommodate all whodesiretoaetsatisfaction
by th_e old-fashioned method. We were compelled to do this, because w~ have had no
practice at our Board meetings and are therefore out of trim. Those who wish to retaliate in kind may feel perfectly free to do so, for, as has been said before, this is our last
offense.
We reg~et that we ~u st bring this ?ook to a close. We have enjoyed, oh, so much!
~he prep~atwn of the articles and espectally those in the latter part of the book. We were
JUSt gettmg warmed up to our work when hme was called in the last half. Another month
and the score would have been different.
Do you blame us for putting in some useless matter? You would applaud us if you
could see what we have kept out.
We would urge the readers and the students in particular to patronize those who have
advertised with us. It v largely through their aid that we were able to produce this book,
vas
and m ~ny ?f them consented to help us with the understanding that we should give them
sometbmg m return.
S?me of them we are unable to help clirectly, but we can always
remember that they are fnends of our College and of ourselves and are therefore entitled
to our support.
In closing we would say that we love this old College more than we can tell, we have
~eater respect ~or each other than our jokes indicate, we enjoy life here more than the outSJder would believe, and-we have less confidence in our ability than the world at large
think s.
\iVith best wishes, and all that, you know,
we areWhate11er · ou wish to consider us.
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D edi cati on, .
J a mes T. ~ ·oo dw a rcl,
F oreword ,
E ditorial Board ,
B oard of V i itor a nd GO\·ernor ,
Th e Facul ty,
.McDowell Hall ,
W oodward H all ,
Pinkn ey Hall,
Humphreys Hall ,
Preparatory School,
Class of 1906,
Y e Freshm en,
Hdory 1906,
Class of 1905 ,
Y e ophom or e ,
History 1905,
lass of 1904,
Y e Juniors,
Hi tory 1904,
R esolution of R e pect,
:Ma uri ce T. Small ,
Junior P etry,
Cla · of 1903,
Ye eni ors,
H i tory 1903,
Y e pecia l ,
R eca:pitulation of Stud ent ,
~ t. J ohn 's Alumn i,
H on. idn ey E . Mudd , ' 7 ,
S. P. Wiley, '97 ,
H erbert N oble '89,
E. B. I glehart, '94,
C. E . ])rvclen, .
\ Va.lter I. ·Dawkins, 'So,
J ohn L. Ch ew,
William Ritchie,
Publications,
Soc ietie ,
P hilokalia n Society,
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Philomathean Society,
The Clubs,
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Sigma Epsilon Phi,
Club Adelphon,
Y.M. C. A.
TheY. M. C. A., r 9 ~ 2 -o3 .
The Cotillion Club
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':fhe Glee Club,
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The Mandolin Club
TheBand, .
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Military,
Athletic Association
F ootball T ea m,
:
Scores,
.
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Record ofF ootball Seasm~ 1902 ·
Second Football Team
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The Second T eam, '
Baseball Team,
St. John 's Baseball,
The Track Team,
Other Athletics,
.
R ough-House Club,
Our College Girl, .
.
Recipe for Love Making
Constitution of the Freshman ciass
Men of Whom We Sincr
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Cheffilstry,
.
Biology and Botany
Latin and Greek, '
German and French
History,
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English,
Logic,
Math.
Physics,
.
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A Few Definitions
Order of Newspaper Bum.mers,
Stray Shots,
Liar 's Club,
R.S.V.P. ,
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Answers to Queries,
Can You Inform Me ?
Shades of Historical Char~cters.
For Instruction of Students,
:
Some More Definitions
Automobile Club
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Our Sentiment ' ' . .
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Fourth Floor Disturbance Club
Pokey's Jokes,
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Calendar,
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A Letter from an Ex-• 04 Man
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Charge of the Slat Brigade
A Freshman's L etter
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A Freshman 's Wash Ltst ·
The G. 0. H.,
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Fresh Freshman Verdant
Rules Regulating the Dis~rder Syste~
JustFun,
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1903 Orders,
.
Chapel Attendance,
A Prep 's Letter,
A Few Ads, .
A Catastrophe,
Frequentatives,
A Bookey Decision
Classical Opinions:
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One of Our Visits
The Lane That Had No Turni~cr
Songs and Yells,
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James T. Woodward
Editorial Board
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The Faculty, ' ·
McDowell H all
Woodward Hali
Pinkney Hall, ' .
Humphrey Hall, _
Preparatory School,
Freshman Class
Sophomore Cla;s
Junior Class,
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M auri ce T. Small
SeniorClass,
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Specials,
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Honorable Sidney E. Mudd,
Mr. Walter I. Dawkins
Phi_l okalian Society, '
Ph1lomathean Society,
Club Adelphon,
Glee Club, _
Mandolin Club,
Band, .
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Battalion,
Four Captains,
Football T eam,
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Second Football Team
Baseball T eam,
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Band Rough-House,
Campus,
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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.
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Contributor
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St. John's College Greenfield Library
Identifier
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yearbooks
Text
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Original Format
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paper (bound book)
Page numeration
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217, x pages
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Title
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Rat Tat 1903
Description
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Rat Tat of St. John's College, Volume VI, Class of 1904. Published Annually by the Junior Class.
Creator
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Wilson, George W. (Editor)
Coverage
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Annapolis, MD
Date
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1903
Rights
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St. John's College owns the rights to this publication.
Type
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text
Format
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pdf
Language
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English
Identifier
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1903
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