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1901 Class History

A history is the record of people and events. A record of the rise and fall of powers - and the class of '0 I, refusing to follow the well trodden path of tradition, which declares that a decline is inevitable resolved that our star should never set, but that rising it should reach its zenith, and there remain a glorious orb to be a goal and a guide to the uncertain steps that are to follow. Modesty compels me to refrain from telling how well this was accomplished. Others must judge. My task is merely to record events, not to write an eulogy, however tempting it may be. Who among us now but must smile when thinking of a certain Sep tember morn, four years ago, recalls the picture we presented when mar shalled among the rookies - yes, it was funny to see "Guber " listening to the advice of his gruff corporal, with his nurse in the background, an swering the look in his pleading eyes with one of encouragement, and after drill assuring him that on her return she would tell papa what a brave boy he was _ " never cried a bit " - and II Doc," whose drooping eyelids plainly showed that he was still thinking of feather beds and wondering if taps would be the next call - and "Joe " with his curls, and "Nig" and "Tina" waddling at the gruff command of "hep, hep," looking for all the world like" Sophie," the young hippo at the zoo. We were a motley crowd then, but who would recognize us now, resplendent in plume and gold braid; but, like the peacock, don't examine too closely, for perhaps our transformation has not been quite complete. Some ear marks of rookedom 19 still remain-" Tina " can't keep from waddling. and" Whit " still talks of dodging " coppers" among the wharves of Brooklyn. But we were happy, and Freshmandom passed quickly with '01 represented on the diamond and gridiron. But even then vye had our sorrows, when vVilhelm laid aside the g rey to don the blue, even old Father Time is not able to dim our recollection of the genial fe llow, as we all said good-bye and wished him God speed. vVe donned the dignity of ophomorians and corporals' chevrons with a calm superiority that was a revelation. The months passed and March

19th came at last, when " aughty-one It made her debut from the ros trum, we threw aside the veil of obscurity that all might see and marvel for we were not modest in those days - we have learned better since - but having set so high a standard, we determined not only to equal, but to excel. So, gathering the talent we presented " The Cheerful Liar. " Once more the calcium li ght of pUblicity was turned on us and we stood forth resplenden,t. Space alone compels me to be brief, so I shall only mention Hallowe'en, the Junior orations, the Senior orations and hasten on, for it is needless to relate our triumphs on the athletic fie ld - they are too well known, for what other class can boast of a football captain, three baseball captains, and managers for the foot ball, baseball, and gym teams. And now, gentle reader, we have reached the present. Look about

you. Out of the happy throng of fo rty-three, eighteen are left _If the rest, gone and forgotten," do you say ? J 0, for though many are gone, none are forgotten. Bare the hearts of those about you; probe, if you can, their most sacred thoughts, reveal their most cherished memories and what you see engraven in fadeless letters are memories of the absent ones, monuments that will defy the attacks of F ather Time until we shall all meet in the hereafter. Our days are numbered. Soon our places will be filled with others, for it is now Commencement, and at dress parade we are assembled together fo r the last time ; we hear the command, " Office rs, forward guide center," and we cross the campus, shoulder to shoulder; the band plays, but we hear not, nor do we see the crowd - our eyes are blurred - the companies pass and are dismissed - it is over - we turn to clasp the hands of class mates - a suspicious tear is seen in the eyes of some one, a little closer to you , perhaps, than the others - but it is hidden , ignored in a nervous laugh-someone tries to joke-a very poor attempt but everyone Ja ughs a last hand clasp and we hurry away, perhaps never to meet again.

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23 BIOGRAPHIES JI!l JOHN PRESLEY BARR, C.E., 8r!.8r!., G. 'E., P.R. adet Lieutenant Co. "A"; ecretary and Treasurer 190 1 : Left Guard '00 '\'arsit\, Football Team : Catcher, '00 anc~ '0 1 Tar ity Baseball Teams: ::'I I ember E ngineers' lu b: :'IJember P . :'II. C. Golf and Tennis lubs: Capt. P. :'If. C. Hocke\' Team: S ta r, '\'arsit\, Track Team: P rominent Lady, 190'[ Stock Compa ny: Assistant Manager p, 1\ l. C. :'I I in strels: Grand :\ 1ar hal. Royal 130ard of Strateg,v: Past Grand lllu tri ous Light. lml)eri al O rder of .Buf faloe, " :'I l oll y," often vulgarh' call ed "Pres,," has a sad record, Jl\. that we do not mean a bad record, o r even a shad\' record, but a sad , sad record ! He is a ~11an \\'ith a past! Tears of untold g ri ef Ao \\' in pathetic li ttle \Vaterfalls do\\'n hi s furro \\'ed cheek, a nd drip all over hi s brandcnew Marksmans hi p ::'I ledal \rhen he think o f hi s g raduation, This is o nl v the fo urteenth scat of learn ing \rhich ' has been bri ghtened by hi presence since the day he piked out of the kindergarten, A nd he \Vas so bent on making it fifteen! That has been his life-ambitio n. A nd to mi ss it b\' o ne ! Enough to make a man take I ~alf an o unce o f p , M, prussiate-of-coff ee a nd end it all! Dut the doors of G il bert's Academy are till open! A three-\Veeks' course in post-graduate work there might solve the diffi culty, H e was bo rn in P ittsburg, Pa" February IS, 1879, Two years later he moved to Leechburg, Pa" where hi s record \\'as 110t known, and began life a ne \\'. There he was duly in stall ed in the k in dergarten, a nd du ly "fired" three mo nth s later. A nother school was tried, but with an even more raqicl "quituatioll ." A third came into his life f r a week o r t\Vo and then became a thing o f th e pa t. L eechburg evidently did not appreciate hi s talents, and wa g iven up as a bad job in favor o f Tarentum, I a, H ere he attended the Tarentum :Publi c 'chool. \\'here expulsio n is a n llnhe:Jrd-of pena lty fo r any crime sho rt o f murde r, COllSe quently he managed to plod alonO' there for six \'ears, never ceasing in hi s untiring effo rts to discover some possible loop-hole of escape, Stuffin g the teacher's bell , placing large, murdero us-looking tack o n the fat boy's seat, and playin g poker during recitatio ns \Vc re o nly th e milder forms of hi s recreatio n, nut th e authori ties \\ inked, a nd P res, becoming disgu ted, " left" in de pai r. Thcn ca me a li ttle dash o f Tarentum Academy, to \Vhich he hi ed himself one balmy morn, a nd from whi ch he made a triumphant exit j he ame balmy noon . nut to go o n with :'Irolly's educatio nal career wo ul d be to undertake an endless task. T he lei t attempt \Va P. 1\J. C. He arri ved here with a hap1)\' and smiling countenance, a nd \\'a "fired" from th e Chester O pera HOl1se o n the first aturday. A nd he is still here ! I ~ut there are mo re than ,even wonders in the world! l-:Iis record has bcen a d istin g ui shed o ne, especially hi s \rork in Astronomy. He is 22 years of ag : 5 feet II:\- in ch .s in heig ht, and weigh 178 pounds: bl1t; forcecl to c nfes that he cannot li ck ~ lape. GEORGE DYSON BOWERS, C E., tAl.tAl., S.C.

adet Lieutenant and Adjutant: Ex-Presid nt 1901: Treasurer p, :\1. AthlC'tic \ ssocia ti o n : :\Iember Engineers' Club : LeaderP, :\1, ,:\ Iando lin 'Iub; Center f-ield, 'lass Baseball T ea m: Left End, Class Football T ('am: :\Icmber "oeietv L izz ie-b \'S : a nd America's Greate, t - Livin g :\Iagi cian-I\'as born in ' hester, Delal\'are County, cpt Il1ber 2 1 , ] So, His earl y ch ol-day \\'ere spent partly at Gilbert' 'he t('r :\ cadcI11Y and partly in shootin O' craps \\'ith ,'entlemen of color in l1eth 1 urt, " \\'illi e" entered p, \1. ,in '9 -establishing a rival claim to Hilton's po~ iti o n of O lde t lnhabita nt of the ~ o l lege, \Iany and , vi lent have been t he dispute over thi s mo mento us questi n : a nd, thr ugh 1\' a rc n t yet prepared to decide, we r adil y \' i ld to him the undis puted title o f" o fl ge Hayseed," ~ ' inc e the da\' f hi s birth, Georrre has left hi s native town twice: once to Phil adelphia and once to l\ledia, \\'e us pect hi sudden trip to Philadelphi a may ha ve been prompted by the fear that he would be call ed upon to act as \\'ater carrier in the parade in which th corps participated at that time, i\ a con eq uence, for a week or m re, h pr Jll enaded the Drill r lall once a fter every m aI, a nd p Ii hed things off with a quadruple dos on Sat'urclay: but, like a gooe! philosopher, he maintain ed that hi b limp e f Philadelphia mo re tha n made up for the g uard-walking, \ \ 'hil e here hi record in chola rship and military exercises has been to \\'ell kno\\'n to need ur praise, H e i als a perseverin O' performer on the violin-a fact which nrobablv account for the lln earthl\' noises o metim es heard to steal from [{oom 39 on dark and stilly nig hts, Willie also early acquired a remarkable profic i c n c ~ in the art o f legerdemain fr om the ebony hued "hoo-cloos" and marrjcian of Jkthel ourt. W e a ll rem mber ho \\' he turned this kno wl edge to xcell ent account a a "specialty in '01 's pr - ducti on o f "The Che rful Liar," cielig-htin O' a nd mystifying the la rge he ter audience to a tanek till. ,He has not decided fully upon th e character f hi , missio n in life, though, when interview d by th r rcupine I' porter, he h silatill g1y f'ta mmered \\'ith bee min O' m desty that h \\' uld ve ry much like to b come 1'1' id('nt o f the United States, W e hope he wi ll. \\' might almost say \\'e expect he \\'ill: but we wouldn't be exactly taken ff our feet \\'ith surprise to find him in the future a lu ty foreJllan on the f rce of the he t r .'treet- leaning Department. or, possibly, leader of S\\'a111- be zi', .'I\'ashbuckle rchestra, H e is 2 1 y a rs of age: \\' ig hs l...j.o pounds: and, \\'hen backed up again t the closet door, tr lche up to 5 feet 5~ inches in heio' ht. lIe de ig nate Slape by the vague but expre iv e term: " 'a y meat. JOHN ANSLEY BOWERS, B.S., M.M., H.S.C.

adet Captain Co. ":\" ; Cadet id -de-Camp; V ice-Pre ident 1901: Left Guard, las Football Team: l\ [ascot, Class Baseball Team; ::-fember Chemical lub; "Supe," '01 Stock ompany; \ iV inner 2nd o ll ege O rato r- ical Prize; Dancin g faster, '01 German Club; and Giant o f the CIa , began his mathematical and astronomical ca reer on or about the 25th day o f Ko vember, 1879, in the rural Pennsyl vani an town o f vVilcox-on-tHe-Map. H e attended hi s nativ e Grammar School and I-:1igh chool, g raduati ng from each with hi g h honors. and came here to lI'in nell' laurels, September 14, 1897. And, well-when we look at Jack to-day, tanding at the end of his four years' race, weanng a whole Zodiac around hi s neck and braces around his back to counter-balance the lI'eight of hi med als-we conclude that he has 1V0n them! Hi special ty has always been mathe matics; but, unfo rtunately, we have a few tudies here not in the mathemati cal line: and, sad to relate, he has failed to hine th ere-sometimes getting a low a 98-7! In fit s of absent-mi ndecl ness he refers to hi s charming cou in as "my pI' tty cosine"-say he smokes a parallelopipedon ; and writes odes to hi s lady-Iove's "parall el teeth and scar let ellips."' But then, there i nothing seri ous uggested in th e la t exam ple. O h. no ! To our positive knolrJ edge he ha been the da hin D" hero of twelve affaire de cceu r. and ha come out without a scratch. Better look out for the unlucky thirteenth, Jack! Tie you sure ! \fter his g raduation he has decided to make hi "B. ." pell something; and will pursue hi s chemical labo rs in the professional fi eld. Do you want to see diamonds manufactured fr0 111 coal? Do you want to ee the triumph of the theory of transmutation of metal ? Do you look fo rward to the day when you can send the hired g irl down to the corn er g rocery every hundred years for a pint o f E li x ir of Life? Keep your eye on Jack Bowers ! His principal ambi tion at pre nt is to become the author of a larD"e, fat work on Calculus, which. by the lI·ay. will remain absolutely il ent on the fJuestion o f "c1efec t iv es. But he lI·ill probably pend most of hi pare time on hi s chemical pursuits lI·hen business is dul l in th e Page. Bowers & o ." s L oan O ffi ce. He is 22 year old; lI'eigh 128 pounds; sniff with unutterable corn when anyone in inuate that lape can li ck him: and is 5 feet 3~ in che tall. "Don't forget the 'l ' ., 26 TOMM CAMPBELL BURFORD, C.E., M.M. , S.C.

Cadet aptain Co. "B" ; Cadet A id e-de-Camp ; Chi ef of ~ taff , "Porcu pin e"; Editor-in-Chi ef," a ll ege Annual"; Secretary E ngineers' Club ; Sec retary.P. ::'I t C: Athl eti c A sociatio n ; Manager '00 'Varsity Football Team ; Captal11 and P itcher, '00 and 'o r 'Varsity Baseball Teams; F ull Back, Class Foot ball Team; Substitute lass Baseball Team ; Member r90 r Stock Company; Lieutenant-General, R oyal Board of Strategy; Bull y of th e Short Corridor. "Chi ch," as he is known in poli ce circles, hail from sunny Tennessee, to whi ch tate he emig rated from the "Old R ed Hills of Georg ia," some ten years after hi s birth. H e is 22 year of age; tips t he scales at r60 pounds; and meas ures, when peaking of the Baseball Team, 5 feet IO in ches. H e first ap peared among us in September, r896, when he became enroll ed among the " rookies" as an ace-high prep. I t is generally believed that the o nl y articles he broug ht with him, besid es the regula tion " boil ed shirt" and two pair of sock , were a baseball and a bat. T om mie started i;'J with these latter imple- ment:; to make himself famous. Having the valuable xperience of long s rvice on the "Little P otatoes" team back in hi s native woods, he soon developed into an elig ibl e fo:' the 'Varsity. His strong point was twirling the leathern sphere; and when the gentle spring of '98 rolled around she fo und "Chi ch" in the box , ready to meet all comer. V ictory after vi ctory pile d up to hi - credit during that season and the next. Then came the unexcell ed season of J900. No use to talk about that! W e all know how " hi ch" fa ced the mig hty g iant from State, and, in losing the onl y game of the season, won a reputation that will be envi ed by all future generations of P. M. C. ball-players. Last year saw him rewarded in the Captaincy of the team, a positi on he would rath er hold than the Presid ency of th e U nited States. D ecidedly, baseball is T ommie's strong point. But he has other tal ent. A ready quill, a stro ng ense of humor, and a keen business eye call ed him to the edi torial throne o f "The Porcupine" in the Fall term of r899. T o read rs of our belov d P orky all remark on his effi ciency in t hi s lin e must be superflu ou s. H is prin cipal ambition is to become Editor of the New York Journal. Next to that he aspires to defeat hi s ri val, lape, and gain the fea ther-weight championship. That he will ultimately do thi s we have no doubt, fo r "Chich" o n a g roll ch is an awful proposition. I n fact, we have no serious fea rs of failure in anything he I1n dertakes. 0, with best wishes, here's lookin g at you, T ommie-bottoms up! 27 FRANK SHAW CLARK, C.E., M.M., U.G.I. Cad t F irst Lieutenant C . "13": -:\fcl11ber Engin eers' lub: Third 11a c and Score ],eeper, Class Ba eball Teal11: Ri ght Half-Hack, CIa s Football Team : Tight-Rope A rtist. Class Gym. T h m: iV1 el11b er P . :'II. C. Golf a nd T ennisClubs: :'I1el11berSociety of Lizz:e bo\'s: P. :'If. C. B ure:l u of Information: a ncl Chief D irector a nd Composer of the l1ugle o rps-\\"as introduced into thi ' vale of tear in X ew O rl eans, La., on the fourth da\' of ::'lav. 1882. O ne month thereafter'. desiring a change of cenery and boarding-house, he departed and took up hi s abode in the land o f )Jatchez. l\l!ss. T here he g rew apace under the soft southern sky. surrounded hy all that adorns a nd el11b elli sh huma n and bO\' hood existence, until the time came to leave off killing cats a nd robbin a r cha rds and playing hi de-ancl -seek \\·ith thc little ni ~:;ge r g irl. Then one brio'ht day "ole black MaI11I11Y" tucked tearful little "Brookie" under her large. expan- ive arl11 and toted hil11 off to the Pari.;h School. There, by the aid o f innul11 cra ble slates a nd pencils, dog-eared arith metics, and frequent sound thrashin gs. hc became acquain ted with the rudil11ents o f the knQ\dedge with which he has sin ce illumined the intell ectual atmospher of P. II. C. Ten year - long, happy year - passed C\ \\'ay, and the dream was ended. Back to the mines. a nd o ff f r the Ccmetery ! In P hi ladelphia "F rankie-boy" created o mething of a fu rore. Reckless, dashing, and handsol11e. he carried every thing :l.nd very one by torm; a nd soon headed his class in th e Episcopal Academy. But he was no longer the good li ttle boy of his Natchez days. tealing up dark alleys and smokino ' cubebs cl uring noon-hour, winking at the little g irls a nd pulling their hair, and playinrr "hookey" were crimes with w hi ch he had soon become familiar. B ut we all sow our oat, and " Prooki e" planted no s l11 a ll patch. Then came th e eventful day when upon his youth fu l ears broke the joyful strain s o f " hester! Chester! All off for Chester!" RuthLish! Let us pedal o ftlyon the soft pedal and leave undisturbed thedead ashes of the past! 'vVe leave him standin a on the front porch, September 16. 1896, clad in kil ts and peeping bashfu lly from behind th ample fold, of "ole ::\l1a mm/s" apron. \\there do we find him to-day? Look o n yonder platform! There he sit . clad in all the martial regali a a nd dignity of a eni or a nd a Civi l Engineer-standing 5 feet 9 in ches in height and weig hing a matter of J37 pounds or more! 'vVonderful! E h ? O h, no !-onl y P . ::'L C. He says hi s ambition is to become P resid ent of the G . G. 1. ; but then-the blue uniforll1 and bright hea I-dress of ames cnger-boy hath certain charms.' The fact that he has roomed \\·ith the Terrible Kid for a \\'hol year and come out \\'ithout a bonc broken is certain ly proof positive that hi s threat to " lap him on th e bare wri st" was no idle I luff. 28 --

ROBERT WILLIAM GUNNELL, B.S., M.M. , K.K.G.

'adet Fir t Lieutenant 0. " D" : E ditor "The Porcupine": Edito r" 01- lege i;\nnual" ; E x -Treasurer 1901: ~'ec r e tar." hemi cal lub: \\finn r l- Iege Orat ri calPrize; aptain and Rig ht T ackle. la s F otball T eam ; E nthu iastic R o ter. lass 13aseball T eam: :\I ember P . -:-1. . G If Clu b : L adin O' Gentl ma n, 1901 tock om pany' producti on o f "The heerful Liar." "[3 o b," al ailed "Ju Ige," wa bo rn in \Va hinhton, D . ., :\ Iarch 22, I 2. I-Ii early chool-days \\. re pent at the ntral Hig h chool o f hi " native town , which he left to c me to P. ;'1. '. in th Fall term o f '97. When n ob e n tered here and fo und himself in stra ng urr undin g , th e desire fo r kn O\d ed O'e cha racteri tic o f all o- reat men to k p essi n f him: ane! o ne unfortuna te m rning , while h \\'a. inve tiha ting that fam us rendezvou for ha rd \\'o rkers known t the ch en few as the "j u;," am accidenta ll y ~?) cl o ed the g ate on him for a fe \\' da ' . O f cour e n ob was ri g hteou Iy indirr nant, a nd up 11 hi s re lea e as ul11 ed such a wra thful spirit that he was again e corted t the 1m." re- O' ions-thi time ",ith the kindly a si tance f "P ick-up H enry." A s time \\'ent on, "Judge" di ting ui shecl him elf in many way: Hi o rati on n toncwall Jack on carri d hi s audience by torm: hi ex cell ent acting in the " heerful Liar" comedy is fr esh in the memory o f all: and hi arnest \\'ork and xcepti nally brilliant ability along litera ry lin e have erved g reatly to a si t J901 in placin g befor th rp an" nnual" o f \\'hich \\' hope he need not feci asham d. Bob's appearance is pr po ses ing. H e ha a mil frail cca ions-a mil e when th . djutant n tifi him f a " m king P . .R."- a mil e wh n handing me prep. hi dre -coat to cl ean, with the encouraO' ing admonition to "clean ev ry button": and willI ro babl)' \I'ear a rre nerous eig ht-inch g rin \\·h n the B. , . degree are ha nded around on June 19th. H e i 20 year o f a O'e; rin O's in at J53 pound: sometim leng thens o ut to 5 f et in che : and can li ck ~ lap 1ft-ha nded. \\'e hay inqui:'ed carefull y into hi pla n fo r the futur . H i undecided. ome tim s he eems carried away by the da hin rr pirit o f arrie :\atio n, and may jo in her in her no ble crusade a O'::tin t "the demon Rum" ( Bo b i trictl y tem'perance); and again \\'e see vi ion of the a ustere "Judrre" rushinrr up drink. in the g ui e f H ad ilartend l' in the ~ enate a t \ Va hin O' t n. Rut \\'hatever your a pi ration and plan are, Bo b, Id boy, we \\'i h you all uc ce , and, with a r und o f -:-Ium 111 , , here' 100kin O' at y u! JOSEPH M[CHAEL HERR. C.E., M.M., K .K.G., S. W.A.K.

Cadet Lieutenant Co. "B"; Member E ng in eers' Club; Captain Class Gym. Team; Right F ield ,.\, Clas Baseball Team; L eft Tackle, Class Foot ball Team ; Treasurer P . M. C. Tennis Club ; Secretary P . M. C. Golf Club ; Member 'Varsity H ockey T eam ; Super intendent T hird Short Corridor Sunday School; Prince of the House of Hur. "Mike th e Dago," or "Hotomale Hoe," is the next subj ect for our gentle con sideration. W e say gentle, for "Hoe" is posse sed of 6 feet of brawn, and is the only man in '01 at whom Slape . is afraid to make fa ces-even when he isn't looking ! 0, havin a in closed ourselves in our bullet-proof offi ce, and provided ourselve with a cannon and two razors, we gingerl y pick up our trusty quill and start in. F rom hi s name-Joseph Michael Herr-he mi g ht be expected to trace his ori g in back either to Egypt, o r to Irela1l d, or to Germany; but J oe is a deni ze n of Germantown, Pa., to which town he migrated from the place of his birth-Denver, Colo.-when a guil eless youth of twelve SU111m ers. The last six years of hi s resid ence" 'way down East" have in a mea ure scraped o ff a little of the cowboy cru t; but even now, when we see blue-eyed "Mike" ri gged out in moccasin s and campaig n hat, on his way to break mark manship records at the range, it does not take an X-ray eye to discern th e hidden hero of Coyote County. A nd then those cute little notes and occasional boxes fr om the far \ iV est are evidence that he still clings to the land of hi s birth. H e first aw the li ght on the 24th day of July, 1883, which, by lig htning calculation and the use of a good deal of imagination makes him now a stalwart youth of 18 years. He came here in eptember, 1896, much to the joy of the Chester bell es and the corre spondin g chagrin of the Germantown fraul ein s. Sin ce that date he has stuck to old '01 through th ick and thin, distin gui hing himself and refl ectin a a halo of credit upon his class by his brilliancy on the fi eld and in the sec tion-room. His ambition at present is to return liVest and become a great cow-puncher. V i ~ i o n s of wil d steers charging madly over the boundless prairie; of savage Indians howling a dismal death- ong with a war-cry chorus; and of F rank Merriwell. the terror of th e outlaws-are luring him with irresistible power to the land of the setting sun. He is especially acute in the field of politi c, being a Bryan Democrat and a strong advocate of free si lver and fr ee lunches. In years to come we expect to see him a IIajor General , or a drum-major at least. D istt-actin g, curly locks, fo nd, trusting, blue eyes, and a Y. M. C. A. pedig ree make " Hoe" a man to be admi red among men. After a Friday-nig ht upper of P. M. C. pancakes he weighs 175 pounds.