Volume XVIII HARTFORD, CONN., THURSDAY, MAY 4, 1922 Number 23 FIGURES SHOW THAT 1875 HAS C. C. N~ . Y. WINS ON I'NTERSCHO'LASTIC TRACK MEET BEST REC'O'RD IN CAMPAIGN OPENlNG DAY MAY 13 TO SET NEW RECORD Combined Tables of Members Subscribing and Amount Subscribed New Yorkers Pound Tuck for Four­ Forty-nine Prizes are Offered by Class of 1924 for Competition in the Gives '75 Best Record. teen Hits, Including Six for Annual Sophomore Smoker Track and Field Day. Extra Bases. CLASS OF .1876 STILL LEADS IN AMOUNT SUBSCRIBED. 1890 TOPS SEVEN PREPARATORY SCHOOLS AND FIFTEEN HIGH SCHOOLS ALL CLASSES IN MEMBERS SUBSCRIBING. TRINITY FIELDING SHOWS HAVE ENTERED TEAMS-TWO HUNDRED ATHLETES PRESENT. CONSIDERABLE IMPROVEMENT. Every Class Aims to Have One Hundred Per Cent. of Members Subscribed Meet Will be Run Off Both Morning and Afternoon, with Preliminaries by Reunion Day in June. Rosonwitz Holds Team to Four Hits. in the Morning. Officials for the Day are Chosen. Ortgies' Long Double and Robinson's Which class, as a class, has done the most for Trinity in the all import­ ant matter of the Centennial Fund? At first glance at the tabulation below, Single Score Lone Run. The Interscholastic track meet this honor would seem to go to the Class of 1876 beyond all questioJ'l!, as scheduled for Saturday, May 13, as this class has contributed more money, and has oversubscribed its quota by The baseball team journeyed to WHAT TRINITY GAVE TO the major attraction of the Sopho­ a greater amount than has any other class. On the other hand, this class New York Saturday, April 29, and has been beaten by a number of other classes in the percentage of members ONE OF HER SONS-AND more Smoker, will set a new stand­ subscribing, and this is the real criterion of loyalty to the college-every furnished the opposition for the offi­ WHAT HE HAS RETURNED ard for these annual entertainments member of the class coming forward to help the college. cial opening of the home season of which Trinity gives to the prepara­ W. Putnam, '88, Writes to President, The first ten classes, in order of attaining their quotas are: 1876, 1877, C. C. N. Y. The metropolitans made tory and high schools of New Eng­ 1875, 1885, 1880, 1890, 1882, 1883, 1863, and 1898. In percentage of mem­ Telling What Trinity Means to the most of their home debut and land. bers subscribing, the first ten are: 1890, 1883, 1875, 1914, 1885, 1863, 1887, Him. Encloses Check for Fund. 1902 and 1912. Combining these two tables, the figures show that the tucked the game away easily, 12 to 1. Seven preparatory schools and fif­ Lake Cushman, Wash., Class of 1875, third in each group, has really the best record, and that the The fourth and eighth innings were teen high schools have accepted the April 22, 1922. others of the first ten, in order, are: 1890, 1885, 1883, 1877, 1863, 1887, 1876, Tuck's poor frames, and in these two invitation of the Class of 1924 to en­ 1898, 1912. To the President of Trinity, sessions the Violet scored most of its ter the meet, and, from the entry The present phase of the campaign is nearing its close and plenty of Hartford, Conn. total. In the first of these two or­ blanks already received, indications good hard work is necessary on the part of every single alumnus in order My dear Mr. President: to put the fund over that $375,000 mark which will insure $500,000 by Com­ gies of run-making two doubles and point to two hundred men as a con­ For a long time I have been re­ mencement. So far there are only nine classes which have oversubscribed three singles, interspersed with a lit­ servative estimate of the number of their quotas with one other class, 1898, within four points of the percentage ceiving appeals for help from various tle loose fielding, accounted for six athletes who will compete on Trinity which will entitle it to a line of full-face type in the tabulation. There are sources in the interest of the "Cen­ tallies, one-half of New York's total. Field. only four classes which have over half of their members subscribing. Most tennial Fund." One came in a few of these classes are going to hold reunions at Commencement, and it has In the eighth inning two singles, the The preparatory schools entered are: days ago and I am enclosing you this been suggested that every class set as its goal a hundred per cent. sub­ lone free transportation issued by Williston Seminary, of Easthampton, scription from among its membership before the time comes for the class check in response. I have mislaid Tuck, a triple and a sacrifice fly, Mass.; Loomis Institute, of Windsor; to gather in Hartford. · this little reminder and am not cer­ brought four more runs pattering The Collegiate Preparatory School, of Members Percentage Amount Percentage tain to whom the check should be Clnss Numbers Subscribing Subscribing Quota Subscribed Subscribed across the plate. A long drive by New Haven; Hotchkiss School, of made payable, I am not certain of 1853 1 0 0 $250 0 0 Hahn, which went for a home run, Lakeville; Suffield School, of Suf­ the spelling of your name and so I 1854 2 0 500 0 when it was poorly handled by the field; Norwich Free Academy, of 0 0 have made it as I have with the as­ 1856 1 0 0 250 0 0 outfielders, and a double and single Norwich; and Hopkins Grammar in succession, produced the remainder surance that you will see it gets to 1859 2 0 0 500 0 0 School, of New Haven. of the even dozen. Hahn's wallop its destination. Let me know later 1860 1 0 0 250 0 0 The high schools are: Bridgeport, came in the seventh, and the other how the fund grows. 1861 4 0 0 1,000 0 0 Bristol, Hartford, New Haven, South run in the third. It has been a great regret to me 1862 3 0 0 750 0 0 Manche ter, Technical High School, Trinity's lone tally was manufac­ for many years that I have been un­ 1863 4 2 50 1,000 $1,010 101 of Springfield; Torrington, Windham tured by Robinson and Ortgies, in able to do anything for the college. 1864 5 0 0 1,250 0 0 High School, of Willimantic; New the third inning. Robinson singled Leaving college in '88 in the middle 1866 6 2 33 1,500 275 18 Haven Commercial High School; New and Ortgies laced a long drive to of the Alumni dinner, I caught a 1867 1 0 0 250 0 0 Britain; High School of Commerce, of center field. Fast fielding cut the train for Seattle and later working 1868 4 0 0 1,000 0 0 Springfield; Meriden; Central High short stop off at third base, and the there a few months settled here in a 1869 9 2 23 2,250 510 23 School, of Springfield, Branford, and hit was credited as a double. Only beautiful little valley in the Olym­ 1870 14 6 43 3,500 690 20 Worcester. two other wearers of the Blue and pica; away out on the "unsurveyed.' 1871 13 5 3,250 2,390 74 39 Gold could connect with the slants of I became a "squatter." I have lived Events in Two Sections. 1872 15 6 41 3,750 2,058 54 Rosonwitz, the C. C. N. Y. hlirler. here ever since. To clear up a farm 1873 10 2 20 2,500 105 4 The events are in two sections, one (Concluded on page 3.) in the timber on Puget Sound is a for preparatory schools and one for 1874 12 3 25 3,000 85 3 man's job, the hymn of the Old Sett­ high schools. They include: the 100- 1875 15 8 53 3,750 12,210 326 ler says: yard dash, the 880-yard run, one mile 1876 13 5 39 3,250 15,185 467 "For two years I chopped and I relay, broad jump, high jump, and a 1877 16 7 44 4,000 15,975 399 WORK ON ALUMNI HALL niggered half-m_ile relay, in each section. In 1878 11 2 18 2,750 125 5 IS BEING PUSHED. BUILD­ But I never got down to the soil." addition, a 220-yard dash is scheduled, 1879 17 2 12 4,25() 200 4 A few months ago our home was open to any entry. Chairman Frank 1880 17 5 29 4,250 10,965 258 ING FINISHED JUNE I taken from us by the City of Tacoma S. Jones, of the sub-committee hand­ 1881 22 9 5,500 2,045 37 Slating of the Roof is Now Finished. to furnish a reservoir for a power 44 ' ling the meet, has announced the fol­ 1882 32 11 34 8,000 10,030 125 Steel Gir~rs Support Roof. plant and in the final showdown we lowing tentative schedule of events. 1883 18 11 61 4,500 5,332 119 Work on the rebuilding of Alumni were credited with 80 acres of plowed 10.30 a. m., trials for both prepara· 1884 20 7 35 5,000 1,885 37 Hall, destroyed by d'ire on February land. tory schools and high schools in the 1885 10 50 2,500 7,305 292 18, is 1Jrogressing so rapidly under My wife who was one of the early 5 100-yard dash, the broad jump, and 1886 .