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WILLIAM FRANCIS MAHONEY
*1910
WALTER RALPH MANSFIELD
RICHARD MARCY
WILLIAM PETER MARSEILLES
CHARLES ABBOTT MARTIN
*1930
NEWMAN MATTHEWS
ALFRED PENRHYN MEADE, JR.
*1937
STEPHEN DOUGLAS MERRILL
*1944
CHARLES EDWARD MIDDLETON
GUY BARRACLIFFE MOORE
*1941
HENRY HAVEN MORGAN
1934
SAMUEL MORRILL
CLARENCE SYDNEY MORSE
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PHILIP WILFRID TRAVIS MOXOM
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JOHN EMMETT NEHIN
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WILLIAM MORGAN O'CONNOR
*1911
GROSVENOR PORTER ORTON
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FERNANDO PACHECO E CHAVES
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CHARLES BAKER PALMER
HONORÉ PALMER
CHARLES BRUNEL PARKER
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SAMUEL SCOVILLE PASCHAL
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LUTHER GORDON PAUL
LUCIEN HAYNES PETERS
*1943
JAMES RHODES PIERSON
SAMUEL HALE PILLSBURY
*1938
HERBERT POPE
MILLER BENNETT PORTER
PAUL HECTOR PROVANDIE
*1931
WILLIAM HIRAM RADCLIFFE
*1919
WILLIAM READ
*1942
ERNEST ALBERT REED
HOWARD ALDEN REED
*1910
HENRY AUGUSTUS RICE
*1898
EDWIN WILLIS RICH
*1933
OSCAR RICHARDSON
*1940
JOHN DUNCAN RODGER
*1907
JOHN FRANCIS RODGERS
GEORGE PHIPPEN SANBORN
WILLIAM HUNTINGTON SANDERS
*1898
RALPH EVANS SAYLOR
*1897
MONELL SAYRE
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WILLIAM HASKELL SCHWEPPE
ARTHUR ELDRIDGE SEARS
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DANIEL BENEDICT SHAUGHNESSY, JR.
*1944
PERCY SHAW
DANIEL JAMES SHEA
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GEORGE ERNEST SHERMAN
*1932
ALBERT SILVERMAN
*1938
WILLIAM FREDERICK SKERRYE
*1937
THOMAS BAILEY SLAYDEN
*1903
STEPHEN WESTCOTT SLEEPER
EDWIN WALTER SMITH
FREDERICK PHILLIPS SMITH
*1943
CLIFFORD SOUTHWICK
*1900
WILLIAM DICK SPORBORG
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LANDON CABELL READ
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ALBERT ARNOLD SPRAGUE
*1946
EDWIN MCMASTER STANTON *1918
MOSES EDGAR STAPLES
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EDMUND STEVENS
*1936
RAYMOND BARTLETT STEVENS
*1942
CHESTER FRANKLIN STILES
CHARLES WILLIAMS SCOTT
*1934
THOMAS RANDOLPH SULLIVAN
*1898
JOHN FREDERICK SWIFT
*1943
TOWNSEND WILLIAM THORNDIKE
*1929
MOSES BINNEY TOWER
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WILLIAM LAWRENCE TOWER
FELIX LÉON TUCKERMAN
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HERMAN VALENTINE ULLMAN
ROGER UPTON
*1931
LANGDON BARRETT VALENTINE
*1931
ROYDEN WOODWARD VOSBURGH
*1931
JOHN ROSS WADE
*1946
GEORGE PEIRCE WADLEIGH
*1943
CRAIG WHARTON WADSWORTH
AMASA WALKER
*1939
EDWARD DEWITT WALSH
*1917
JOHN SLATER WATERMAN
*1946
GEORGE HOLDREGE WATSON
EMANUEL LEOPOLD WEIL
*1942
HENRY WAKEFIELD WELLINGTON
*1915
STUART WESSON
STAFFORD BROWN WETHERBEE
FREDERICK CLEMENT WHITE
*1908
EDWARD ELWELL WHITING
HERVEY BACKUS WILBUR
*1941
LOMBARD WILLIAMS
*1941
HERBERT EMERSON WILSON
WILLIAM TULLOCH WILSON
*1933
FRANK WINCHESTER
*1914
WILLIAM WOOD
WILSON WARD WORMELLE
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JOHN WILLIAM YOUNG
*1896
THE CLASS IN COLLEGE TOGETHER WITH A BRIEF RECORD OF CLASS REUNIONS AND ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS
Freshman Year - 1893-94
On September 28, 1893, with mingled feelings of pride, wonder and suppressed excitement, we took the first step on our four- year journey by entering Lower Massachusetts Hall for Regis- tration. A fortnight later the Crimson published the College Statistics which showed our number to be 436 Freshmen and 156 first-year Specials. From the viewpoint of fifty years after, it might be interesting to look back on the scholastic ambitions of the Class and to learn how many of us chose the tougher elec- tives and how many the "snaps," but the Crimson did not investi- gate along those lines. Athletics, of course, took first place in its . columns. Upper-class leaders called out the candidates for foot- ball and rowing. Soon Stevenson, Dunlop, and Wrightington were with the Varsity squad, and the Class Eleven was organized. Its debut was a bit discouraging, being a defeat by "Hoppy's" - 10 to 0 - but '97 was victor in a second game, the score reversed, and in a game with Cambridge High & Latin, 20 to 6.
October 6. In the Glee Club Trials, Waterhouse, W. H. Jones, H. C. Taylor, and J. A. Carpenter were successful candidates.
October 7. Freshman Candidates for the Pierian are J. G. Fran- cis, H. Schurz, H. I. Bowles, R. B. Porter (Violins); H. H. Brown (Cornet); C. P. M. Rumford (Oboe); and J. P. Hayden (Piano).
P. S. Straus, F. E. Barry, C. H. Hovey, R. Upton, and W. H. Jones are candidates for the Mandolin and Guitar Club.
October 14. The class comes in for some unfavorable criticism because of the falling off in interest in the Class football, the number of players having dropped from the original sixty to "10 or 12 on some days." Among "the faithful" are Irving, tem-
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porary Captain, Pillsbury, Gay, Smith, and "the younger brother of Dudley Dean."
October 14. Yacht "Vigilant" wins over English "Valkyrie" and retains the America's Cup in the U. S.
October 18. In response to appeals in the Crimson, 99 men from '97 enrolled as candidates for the Freshman Crew.
October 25. The first class meeting was held and Stevenson was elected President; Dunlop, Secretary; and Dean, Treasurer.
November 4. In the 'Varsity track games, the following '97 men won places: Mile walk - J. D. Phillips, first; Bicycle race - Brinck- erhoff, second; Mile run - E. Hollister, second; 220-yd. dash - Denholm, first; Pole vault - Cotton, second; Shotput - Stickney, first; Running high jump - Stickney, second.
November 15. The Crimson reports "noticeable improvement in the Freshman Eleven during the past week." However, '97 lost during November to '96, to Exeter, Worcester Academy, and finally to Yale '97.
· The 'Varsity Game with Yale at Springfield, in which Stevenson and E. N. Wrightington played, was a defeat for Harvard, 6 to 0.
November 24. Entries for the road race of the Cycling Asso- ciation include H. H. Brown, E. N. Capen, Brinckerhoff, H. C. Bailey, Clifford, and Begien.
December 6. Officers of the Freshman Glee Club are, W. H. Jones, President; J. A. Carpenter, Vice-President; H. W. Howe, Secretary; W. Whitman, Treasurer; and H. C. Taylor, Leader.
The name "Harvard Annex" was changed by the Board of Over- seers to "Radcliffe College.'
December 16. Upton, Stone, Pitts, and W. H. Jones are given parts in the French play, "Le Mariage Forcé."
January 20. Harvard won the annual Debate with Yale.
February 19. A Chess match with Yale is being conducted by correspondence.
February 24. Officers of the Freshman Banjo Club are, Presi- dent, M. E. Stone, Jr .; J. M. Little, Jr., Secretary; W. H. Jones, Leader.
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February 28. '97 men on the 'Varsity Glee Club are Hills, W. D. Walker, J. A. Carpenter, H. W. Howe, and Waterhouse.
March 16. An event of general interest was the visit of Sir Henry Irving who addressed the University in Sanders Theatre on the Drama.
March 17. A. A. Sprague, 2nd, is Captain of the Freshman Crew.
April 20. A. A. Bryant and H. I. Bowles acted the parts of the Flute Players in the Latin play, the "Phormio" of Terence.
April '94. In the Interclass games '97 was winner with following places: 120-yd. hurdles - H. L. Williams, second; Mile walk - Phillips, first, Drew, second; Half mile - Hollister, first; 440-yd. run - Vincent, first; Running high jump - Paine, first, Stickney, second; Hammer - Connor, first; Shotput - Paine, second.
April 28. In the 'Varsity meet, '97 place-winners were: - Mile walk - Phillips, first, Drew, second; One-half mile run - Vincent, second; 440-yd. run - Marshall, first, Hollister, second; Running high jump, Paine, first, Stickney, second.
In May, the Class Baseball season opened auspiciously for '97 by two victories over '96, the first, by 14 to 2; the second, 6 to 5, in which Capt. Dean played second base, Gregory pitched and Dunlop caught. The attempts by '96 to rattle the Freshmen, such as blowing horns, heckling, etc., were wholly unsuccessful; even the yacht cannon fired by F. Lyman behind first base failed to perturb the first baseman, Joe Warren, in the least. Later in the month, '97 defeated Yale '97, 5 to 3 in Cambridge, but the second game, in New Haven, was won by Yale '97, 10 to 1.
May 5. In the Invitation track meet, the 220-yd. dash was won by A. M. Eaton, '97.
May 12. In the meet with Yale, the '97 place winners were: Half mile - Hollister, second; Mile walk - Phillips, second, Drew, third; Running high jump - Paine, first, Stickney, second. Paine also won a first in this event in the Intercollegiate meet.
May 16. Harvard won the Chess Match with Yale.
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In the N. J. Athletic games in May, Hollister ran on the Har- vard team which won over Yale and Penn.
In June the 'Varsity and Freshman races at New London were both won by Yale.
Sophomore Year - 1894-95
October 2. On the Crimson Editorial Board for the next half- year are F. J. Mahoney, F. A. Burlingame, and M. E. Stone, Jr.
October 6. Wm. Whitman, Jr., H. B. Fenno, L. Underwood, and R. L. Scaife were successful in the recent 'Varsity Glee Club trials.
The death occurred in Boston of Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, A.B., 1829, M.D., 1836, LL.D., 1880.
October 11. In the trials of candidates for the Pierian Sodal- ity, H. H. Brown, F. F. Lamson and H. A. Butler were successful, and for the Mandolin Club, R. L. Scaife, A. P. Carter, F. W. Johnston, D. E. Mitchell, D. Fales, R. P. Hood and F. E. Barry. Later members of the Pierian were H. Schurz, R. B. Porter, A. B. Cunningham, G. W. Knoblauch, F. W. Mansur, P. S. Straus, R. L. Robbins, R. L. Scaife, H. S. Bowles, H. A. Butler, C. P. M. Rumford, E. W. Capen, F. F. Lamson, H. D. Cleveland, H. M. Adler, C. V. Busch and J. H. Choate, Jr.
October 25. '97 won the first Class crew race, defeating '96 by half a length, '95 finished third.
October 28. In the 'Varsity games Mansfield won the 100-yd. dash; Hollister the half mile run; in the Mile run Grant, first, Foote, second; Shotput - L. Williams, first; 220-yd. dash - Mans- field, second.
October 31 - The first football game with '98 was a tie, 10 to 10. November 2. The second game was won by '98, 12 to 10.
November 10. The address of Hon. Theodore Roosevelt in Sanders Theatre on Civil Service Reform and Clean Politics met with enthusiastic applause.
November 26. The 'Varsity football game with Yale at Spring- field, in which F. G. Shaw played at center, and Wrightington,
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half-back, was won by Yale, 12 to 4. It was a hard fought game with many casualties including Wrightington.
November 27. The Crimson comments on the Faculty's action on the football question; some members consider it too rough, others are opposed to extramural games, others think that it should be radically reformed or abolished.
December 12. In the annual play of the Cercle Français, "Les Fourberries de Scapin," S. L. Pitts, H. Schurz, H. G. Gray, L. C. Tuckerman, J. P. Hayden, and G. P. Drury had parts. In the ballet were H. W. Miller, A. Scott, S. Morrill and T. C. Beebe. Several successful performances were given.
December 15. '97 members of the Glee Club are Waterhouse, Whitman, H. C. Taylor, J. A. Carpenter, and H. W. Howe; of the Banjo Club, J. M. Little, Jr., H. Turner, and M. E. Stone; of the Mandolin Club, Scaife, Barry, Mitchell, and Carter.
December 17. The Committee appointed by the Yale Football Association found no evidence of rough playing by Hinkey as the cause of Wrightington's injury at Springfield.
January 19, 1895. The Harvard-Yale Debate was won by Har- vard.
January 23. Southard and A. W. Ryder were winners in the Boston Chess Club games.
January 31. In President Eliot's report to the Board of Over- seers he makes a vigorous attack on College Football.
February 2. The Crimson quotes a New York newspaper re- port of an article in a Munich paper, describing the Yale-Harvard Game as "awful butchery, with women fainting at the awful cries of injured players."
February 9. A defence of football was made by Gov. Wolcott, and by Theodore Roosevelt in semi-public speeches.
March 21. Ben Jonson's play, "The Silent Woman," was given very successfully by a group of amateur actors and undergradu- ates in Sanders Theatre. Minor parts were taken by the following '97 men: Starr, Schurz, A. Scott, and G. Knoblauch.
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March 23. The Crimson publishes a recent vote of the Faculty that intercollegiate football should be suppressed. In a long re- ply by the Athletic Committee, Chairman J. B. Ames ended with the opinion that an earnest effort to eliminate objectionable features should be made, and if not distinctly successful, all efforts to save the game at Harvard be abandoned.
March 27. A. K. Moe and C. H. Hovey are editors of the Advo- cate. Later in the year, S. L. Pitts, L. Williams, and C. C. Dana were elected to the Board.
Hovey and Williams were contributors to the June number.
March 28. The Crimson reports a general disapproval by the College of the Faculty's action.
March 30. Mr. Beerbohm Tree addressed a large audience in Sanders Theatre on "Some Aspects of the Stage."
April 12. In the '95 Interclass games, won by '97, the place winners were: 120-yd. hurdles - H. Williams, second; Bicycle race - Brinckerhoff, first; Mile walk - Drew, first, Phillips, sec- ond; 440-yd. run, Vincent, first; Half mile - Hollister, first; Run- ning broad jump - Stickney, second; Running high jump - Paine, first; Hammer - Shaw, first, Connor, second; Shotput - Paine, first, Shaw, second; Pole vault - Hallowell, second.
April 22. Scannell and Beale are playing on the 'Varsity Nine. Vincent and E. Hollister were on the team which won the team- race with Penn.
April 23. R. H. Stevenson and S. Hollister are rowing with the 'Varsity.
May 4. W. L. Garrison, Jr., is Captain of the '97 Nine, which defeated '98, 7 to 2.
May 7. A second game with '98 was won by the latter, 8 to 4.
May 14. The third game was won by '98. It was a very "in- teresting" but noisy game, and the use of firearms by both classes was severely criticized.
May 15. Mr. Joseph Jefferson addressed a large audience in Sanders on the Actors' Profession.
May 18. In the Games with Yale, '97 place winners were:
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440-yd. run - Marshall, second; Mile walk - Drew, second; Half mile - Hollister, first, Vincent, second; Running high jump - Paine, first; Running broad jump - Stickney, second.
May 21. The Crimson publishes a letter from Capt. Thorne, of the Yale Eleven, to Capt. Brewer suggesting that unless the Har- vard authorities withdraw the charges made against the Yale Eleven after last year's game, it would be well to omit the game this year. Prof. Ames, Chairman of the Athletic Committee, re- plied that "for Harvard to contradict the opinions of her chief coach would be impossible," and regretted that a game could not be arranged.
May 25. In the Intercollegiate meet Hollister won the half mile run, Vincent the quarter mile, with Mansfield third; Phillips was third in the mile walk; Stickney, second in the running broad jump, and Paine third in the running high jump.
During the month, the Hasty Pudding Club gave public per- formances of "Proserpina," and the Pi Eta Society, of "The Buc- caneers," both of them Musical Comedies. The music of the latter was composed by F. E. Barry, '97.
'97 members of the Banjo Club include W. B. Johnston (Pres. ), M. E. Stone, Jr. (Secy.), J. M. Little, Jr. (Leader), and E. D. Mulford. E. H. Darling, D. Fales and E. W. Rich are in the Glee Club.
June 12. The concert of the Glee and Banjo Clubs on the Hol- worthy steps was successful and enjoyed by a large audience. Certain Freshmen on the top floor tried to express their apprecia- tion by deluging the members of the Banjo Club with water.
Dean, '97, is playing shortstop on the 'Varsity Nine.
June 21. Yale won the first baseball game, 7 to 4.
S. Hollister, Wrightington, and Chatman are with the 'Varsity Crew at New London.
June 25. The second ball game, in New Haven, was won by Yale, 5 to 0.
The 'Varsity race at New London was won by Yale.
In the America's Cup races in September, the "Defender" won over the "Valkyrie III" in the first race, the "Valkyrie" was dis-
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qualified in the second, and Lord Dunraven withdrew in the third race, so again the Cup was retained in the U. S.
Junior Year - 1895-96
Early in October a group of track athletes from Cambridge, England, visited the College and were entertained in Boston at a dinner at the University Club at which members of the Harvard and Yale Athletic Associations and track teams, several Harvard Alumni and undergraduates were present. The Cambridge team had suggested a joint track meet with Harvard and Yale teams, but Harvard did not participate. The meet was held in New Haven, the Yale team winning, 8 points to 3. While in Boston, the Cambridge team was welcomed at Harvard Hall by President Eliot, and escorted about the University.
Also in October, further discussion appeared in the Crimson on the Harvard-Yale football controversy. On the 16th an editorial suggested that nothing was to be gained by prolonging the dis- cussion, which soon terminated.
On October 19, the Louisburg Cross was found missing from its site over the entrance of Gore Hall. (It was returned later. )
October 28. In the 'Varsity games Mansfield was first in the 100-yd. dash; Hollister first in the half mile; in the mile run Grant, first, and Foote, second; shotput - L. Williams, first; 220-yd. dash -Mansfield, second.
November 1. "Le Malade Imaginaire" is being rehearsed by members of the Cercle Français. The following '97 men have been given parts: H. Schurz, H. G. Gray, Gratwick, Pitts, Kinnicutt, Reed, G. Hills, Calkins, J. Hayden, Knoblauch, M. E. Stone, Good- ridge, and Cram. John Carpenter is contributing to the music. In the ballet are H. B. Fenno, H. H. Hill, Prescott and Scaife.
November 2. The football game with '96 resulted in a tie, 10 to 10. The 'Varsity's major game of the year was played at Prince- ton, the latter winning, 12 to 4. Frank Shaw, Wrightington, and Dunlop were the '97 members of the Eleven.
November 5. The second game with '96 was won by '97, 6 to 4. Capt. Rantoul played right end.
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November 7. The class championship was won by '97 by de- feating the Freshmen, 12 to 0.
November 21. Members of '97 are organizing a Pushball Team.
November 25. The Harvard 'Varsity was defeated by U. of P., 17 to 14. Wrightington is elected Captain of next year's Eleven.
December 11. The French play, "Maladie Imaginaire" was successfully performed, Herbert Schurz's acting being praised especially.
January 6, 1896. Dean, '97, becomes Captain of the 'Varsity Nine.
March 25. The Junior Dinner, held at the Hotel Vendome in Boston was most successful. A. H. Parker was Toastmaster and the Speakers as follows: W. L. Garrison, Jr., "The Class"; Bur- lingame, "The Press"; Nichols read a poem; R. C. Davis, "De- bating"; Wrightington and Dean, "Athletics". Singing by the '97 Glee Club Members, Solos by Waterhouse and H. W. Howe.
April 13. The Hasty Pudding Play, "Branglebrink," has had several very successful public performances. In the cast are A. H. Parker, H. Schurz, L. Valentine, H. W. Howe, and F. G. Shaw; in the chorus, Bliss, J. Carpenter, Cheever, H. B. Fenno, Hallowell, Rantoul, Rumrill, and Stevenson.
April 13. In the Interclass games '97 was winner, with the following men winning places: 120-yd. hurdles - H. Williams, second; Mile run - Grant, first, Fenno, second; 220-yd. dash - Eaton, third; Mile walk - Phillips, first; 440-yd. run - Vincent, first, Marshall, second; Half mile - Hollister, first, Blakemore, third; Hammer - Shaw, second; Running broad jump - Stickney, third; Shotput - Shaw, second; Running high jump - Stickney, second.
May 1. E. Stevens is chosen Captain of the Class Nine.
May 2. The Harvard-Yale Debate was won by Yale.
May 5. The Freshmen won the Class Race, '96 coming in sec- ond, '98 third, and '97 last.
May 7. In the cast of the Pi Eta play, "The Alcayde," are Rich, Waterhouse, A. Scott, and F. Winchester of '97. In May several
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successful performances were given, the singing and acting of Waterhouse and Scott being especially praised.
May 9. '97 was defeated in baseball by '98, 10 to 3.
May 16. Harvard won the games with Penn, and the following '97 men were place winners: 100-yd. dash - Denholm, second; 440-yd. run - Hollister, first, Vincent, second; Mile run - Grant, third; 220-yd. dash - Denholm, third; Half mile - Hollister, first; Hammer - Shaw, third.
May 30. In the Motthaven Intercollegiate games Grant was third in the mile; Hollister first in the half mile; Denholm third in the 220-yd. dash.
May 30. At the Memorial Day Exercises in Sanders Theatre, President Eliot introduced Col. N. P. Hallowell, '61, who spoke on the meaning of Memorial Day and on the valor and heroism of soldiers in the Civil War.
June 8. Sprague and S. Hollister are on the 'Varsity Crew.
June 19. The Crew are training at Poughkeepsie. On the 24th the joint race was rowed and was won by Cornell. Harvard fin- ished second, U. of P. third, and Columbia fourth. Harvard also lost in the two baseball games with Princeton.
Senior Year ..- 1896-97.
October 6, 1896. Carl Prescott, '97, is elected President of the Crimson for the coming half-year. Other '97 men on the staff are F. J. Mahoney, Burlingame, M. E. Stone, Jr., Dean, H. G. Gray, H. Endicott, Jr., J. A. Carpenter, and Byrd.
October 15. R. C. Davis, President of the Republican Club, which is active in supporting the Campaign, is organizing a parade in Boston with other clubs.
October 24. Capt. Wrightington is unable to play in the Cornell game because of a recent knee injury. A. M. Beale, F. Shaw, J. H. Sullivan, and Dunlop are on the 'Varsity Squad.
October 31. '97 defeated '98, 10 to 0. A feature of the game was the excellent punting by Hallowell.
November 2. The Harvard Sound Money Parade was held in
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Boston. M. E. Stone, Jr., was Chief Marshal; Garrison, College Marshal; Rantoul, Ninety-Seven Marshal. A number of '97 men were in the mounted escort to the Chief Marshal.
November 9. Princeton defeated Harvard in Cambridge, 12 to 0.
* '97 members of the Lampoon staff are as follows: H. T. Nich- ols, President; R. L. Scaife, Secretary; H. W. Howe, Business Man- ager; A. K. Moe, J. P. Welsh, Pillsbury, Schurz, and Pitts.
November 17. J. A. Carpenter is President of the Glee Club, Howe having resigned. There is uncertainty as to whether the Faculty will allow the Christmas trip of the Musical Clubs.
November 18. Election of Class Day Officers resulted as fol- lows: Secretary, W. L. Garrison, Jr .; First Marshal, R. H. Steven- son, Jr .; Second Marshal, E. N. Wrightington; Third Marshal, Dean; Orator, R. E. Olds; Poet, Choate; Odist, J. E. Gregg; Ivy Orator, Schurz; Chorister, J. A. Carpenter. Class Committee, Hal- lowell, Scannell and Vincent; Class Day Committee, A. M. Beale, J. B. Hayward and J. D. Phillips; Photograph Committee, Foote, Rantoul and Dunlop.
November 23. The football season ended with the defeat by U. of P., 8 to 6.
November 25. The Faculty have voted against a trip by the Musical Clubs at Christmas.
December 15. R. H. Stevenson presided at the Mass Meeting in honor of Mr. Lehman. Major Higginson and Dr. Wm. Everett
* The Lampoon made history during the '97 years. Humphrey T. Nichols was the third of his family to hold the position of president.
It was at this time that Rudolph Lehman came from Cambridge, England, to coach our crew. He was as a matter of course elected to the Lampoon as an honorary member since he was at that time an editor of London Punch whose editors claimed a great affection for Lampy.
It was those days which started Lampy on its way to success culminating in the erection of the Lampoon building, one of the most unique and attractive build- ings in Cambridge today.
'97, was peculiarly fortunate in having one of the best "artists" ever to grace the Lampoon - Alfred K. Moe. As a caricaturist he was a master, well beyond his years - possessing instant certainty of stroke, and a rare breadth of appreciation and expression. American magazines and newspapers lost an outstanding social and political cartoonist when Alfred abandoned "art" for a consular career and, more especially, the Law!
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were among the speakers. A vote of thanks was given Mr. Leh- man for his services to the University.
December 18. L. O. O'Brien and S. R. Wrightington took part in the Harvard-Princeton Debate, which was won by Harvard.
January 4, '97. J. H. Choate, Jr., was one of Harvard's two representatives at a recent meeting in New York to organize an Intercollegiate Golf Association.
January 6. The Louisburg Cross, stolen over a year ago from its place over the doorway of Gore Hall, has been returned.
Discussion is going on in the Crimson about the Class Day pro- gramme, with the possibility of its being lengthened to three days.
January 18. E. E. Southard and A. W. Ryder of '97 are outstand- ing in Chess.
B. T. Burley is Captain of the Lacrosse Team.
January 23. The Corporation is reported opposed to the Class Day Tree exercises being continued as being rough, inappropriate in the presence of ladies, and generally objectionable. The Class Day Committee, Beale, Hayden, and Phillips, have met with a Committee of the Corporation but were unable to change their opinion. More discussion continued during January.
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