THE CONCORDIENSIS

-~------· ------·. ----·------. VOL. VI. S<;:HENECTADY, N. Y., jUNE, I883. No. IX. - PuBLISHED MoNTHLY BY THE STUDENTS OF UNION CoLLEGE.

Entered at the Post Office at Schenectady as Second Class Matter.

EDITOR,-lN-CHIEF-JOHN R. HARDING, '83 .. ~literary. Literary Department, ]. W. HIGSON, '84. Athletic Department,. ------.f Z. CLARK. '84 . Local Department, . ·F. BAILEY, '85. E. MITCHELL, 'Ss. ·HISTORY OF THE CL1\SS 0~~

Personal Departme:o. t, - - ]. H. VEEDER, '84. I ~83. Exchange Department, Extranea Department, l E. H. ADRIANCE, 'SJ. BY WILLIAM \VHALEY BELLINGER. Collegensia Dc;:partment. BUSINESS MANAGER-A. T. C. HAMLIN, '83. THE CONCORDIENSIS. On Wednesday morning, Septem­ ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE. SINGLE ber I 7th, I 879, forty-five handsome, NUMBERS, TEN CENTS. well-dressed individuals occupied all Aol,RESS: A. T. C. HA:\1Ll~, of the vacant space in front of the P. 0. Bllx, 456, Sdtt.'JL'ctudy, N. Y. ~The C<>~COI~lHr'..~srs wiLl be fuund on sale door of the Union College Chapel.. at Barhyte's, I I I State Street. It was a grand sight to all lookers­

Pri{1ted by Chas. Burrows, Steam Printer, on. Never had anyone beheld 187 State Street, Schenectady, N.Y. such a spectacle. The gravest 1nd wisest Senior present pronounced it to be a most wonderful sight. The His~ory of c1ass of '83, 209 mystery of their individuality, ho-vv­ 2I5 Address, ever, was soon to be revealed. The Prophecy, --- .?.I8 The 'fyrann y of the Tin1es, 225 bell, that had been ringing for sev­ The Psi Upsilon Fraternity, 228 eral minutes then ceased, the chapel Alurnni Meeting, - 229 Editorial, - 230 door opened and these forty-five gal­ COMMENCEMENT WEEK. lants n1arched in. No sooner had The Baccalaureate Sermon, 233 the first man crossed the threshold Class Day Exercises of '8 3, - 233 Meeting of l3oard of Trustees, 233 than a fearful cry arose \Vhich shook Commencement Day, 234 the building from its very founda­ Commencement Notes, 235 Athletic Department; 236 tion, and that cry was, "Oh Frosh! " '8o's Triennial, - 241 We were Freshmen then, \vhatever Obituary, 242 we may have thought to the contrary, Miscellaneous, - 243 Statistics of the Class of '8 3, - 244 but we wanted some more euphonious 2IO Tf-IE CONCORDIENSIS. ------·------~---- title by \vbich we could be distin­ remark 1 There was but one thing to guislled from the rabble which sur­ do and that was to elevate ourselves rounded us. After making inquiries above' the rabble by ascending the of the Registrar, \Ve discovered that table. Once on the table questions we had been narned "83, a name \vere propounded to us, harder than wh~ich has been respected by the any that can be found in the ''West­ \Vorld ever since it ~;vas given. minster Catechism." Our querists Before the first day of our sojourn­ were astounded by our prompt and ing had drawn to a close, \Ve dis­ correct replies. The questioning covered tha~ there \vas a band of being over they i nfonned us tb at we men called "Sophs" in the land, and 1nust "set up cider.·' We were that the aforen1entionecl band were dumbfounded by the demand. Who our 1nortal e nen1i es. These "bloody were thes ~ be in j·s that could drink Sophs" gave us no peace during the cider, while our potations vvere lim­ entire day. vVe were so ITIUC h har­ ited strictly to n1ilk ? But, as they assed by then1 that we lonp;ed for were larger than we, and only visited night, but "\Vhen evening's sable one of us at a tin1e, we "set up" the mantle" bad ""shut the lustre of the cider. Our compliance seemed to sunset fronl our sight'', we found that have soothing effect for they soon the state of affairs was worse than left us. ever. rfhe air was rendered discord­ In a few hours silence prevailed ant by blasts fron1 tin horns a.nd un­ over the land. Then, each 1-i""resh­ tuned instruments of every descrip­ man took a dose of " Mrs. \tVinslow's tion. We could not conceive what soothing syn1p" and retired to his could be the cause of so great an up­ rest. roar. Our suspense, however, was· Day by day,. as we entered the short. Our roon1s were entered and chapel we \Vere hailed with the now we were commanded ''to mount the familiar cry of "Oh! Frosh." But table.' Imagine how we felt ! vVe one day something else occurred, were deprived of the privacy of our sDm·ething that we \vere not expect~ rooms, we were taken unawares. ing. 'They threw salt at us. fiVe Some of us \vere partaking of our rzv~re salted. Our noble spirits re­ evening draught of milk, others were belled against such treatment, but playing with their rattles. Were we wl1at could we do? It is true that we angry when we were co1nmanded to had Sand but we lost hint on all such leave all that was dear to. us and occasions. Besides they had the '' 1nount the table?" Well, I should giant Adriance and the man of Her- THE CONCORDIENSIS. 2II culean strength, Hargrave, as \vell struggle began. For one hour and as two Indians fron1 the Choctaw a quarter the battle raged. Victory nation. We endeavored to make was within our grasp but \ve grasped friends with our ene1nies and be­ it not. We \Vere jubilant but vve seeched them to leave ~us in peace. were doot11ed to he disappoin tecL In return they ridiculed us and For a mon1ent there \vas a 1ull. No shouted, "bring out a cane." We one knew vvhat had happened. Sud­ wondered what they 1neant by that denly it dawned upon us that we pecu!iar expression, ''bring out a had been duped. \Ve looked around cane." After much n1cditation, -vve for our only "stand-by,·' Sand, 1::ut, concluded that they referred to the as usua! he was gone. vVe looked annual " Cane Rush." We deter­ for the cane and it, also was gone. mined to have a rush but there \vas On'~ Drowne, vvho could run like a one obstacle in our way and that \vas deer, bad the cane and \vas bound­ the valiant Prex. He had proved ing across the pasture at full speed~ hin1selfon previous occasions to be That \vas the last that we sa\v of that the best rusher that the college had cane. But our disappointment was ever produced. 'vVe \Vere so much two-fold when we heard after the afraid of him that vve tren1blcd \vhen­ rush that our fear of the valiant Prex ever his name was tnentioned. We had been groundless, for he was, at detern1ined, however, to sunnount · that tin1e, in Australia searching for this obstacle. This afore1nentioned gold to tip the tusks of his fatnous valiant lzad a \vay Df absenting him­ " wh£te elcflzant. ' self from town for indefinite periods. After the "cane rush " everythjng It was determined to have the rush \vent along stnoothly until tbe end when Prex was out of town. Tues­ of our second tern1. At that titne a day, October I 6th, was the day ap­ great affliction befell us. One to pointed for the contest. Fron1 the whom we -vvere greatly attached was moment that the date vvas fixed \ve removed from our mjdst. I refer to ceased to be pusillanimous. \Ve the illustrious {'Davies N. Bourdon." betook ourselves to the gymnasium We were so afflicted by our loss that and exercised every day. Soon were we determined to procure his re­ we transformed fron1 mewing infants mains and cremate them. Our ene­ to valiant warriors. Our sinews be­ mies, the "Sophs," heard of our in­ came as strong as steel. At last the tention and detennined to frustrate eventful day dawned. As soon as it, but after deliberation they re- the chapel exercises were over the considered their detern1ination. 212 THE CONCORDIENSIS. ------·------··-·------·------~ ------

They rernem bercd how well -vve bad seventy men had hee11 enlisted un­ fought (and they saw the blood that der the banner of "'84." Notwith­ was in our eyes) and wisely decided standing that they outnumbered us to leave us alone. At the close of almost two to one, we gave them this terro the obsequies we..re per­ battle im1ne.diately and vanquished fcrmed over the remains <,,f our late them. friend. We honored him by a funer­ Our first pren1editate.d battle with al pro::::ession of prodigious len6th, these neophytes occurred in the hy an oration (the like of which had chapel. 1\:; soon as one of then1 never been heard before) and by a entered the door he was welc0med poem. Finally, his remains \vere with a volley of salt. vVhen they placed on the pyre, and we savv him discovered this they entered in a reduced to ashes. Thus ended our body, drew the1nselves up in battle second term. array and returned the fire. Then In our third term we wore beavers the battle began in earnest. Salt and carri'-·d canes with as nn1ch grace lay on the floor two inches deep. as the n1ost dignified Senior. The air was fraught with it. One We wrestled with Trjgonometry, would have thought that all the salt Geon1etry and every other kind of of C>nondaga County had been trans­ "otnetry," and in every instance, ported to Schenectady and turned carne out "on the top." loose in the chapel. The battle still By this time wv. had gained the raged. The upper class-men hur­ respect and admiration of everyone. rahed and the professors looked The "Sophs'' became reconciled to helplessly on. It was evident to us because we grew more and more everyone that we were being de­ valiant every day. As we were left feated. A sudden change, however, alone by everyone we left everyone took place. The hero from Pots­ alone and therefore nothing of spe­ dam, Coffeen, now appeared in the cial interest occurred. field. He wiped up the floor with Our Freshman year ended on the carcasses of the miserable June 22d, 1 88o. We, then, started "Frosh." Their lines were broken, for home and spent the sun1mer va­ they ran. A shout arose from our cation devising schemes for the to­ side. We had a Goliath but they could ta1 annihilation of the incoming produce no David. At this juncture '' Frosh." Professor Webster appe~red on the On our return in the autumn, as scene and the battle in_stantly ceased. Sophomores, we discovered that Each side claimed the victory. THE CONCORDIENSIS. . 213

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The Freshmen soon forgot their .comforted ''Frosh'' and bore their defeat and became "cheeky" once transparencies triumphantly off. more.. We would . have reduced Once ·more the sound of the police­ them to their proper station imme­ man's club was heard through the diately but we were too closely land. As the gigantic storm-wind guarded by the Faculty. An oppor­ of the Equinox descends on the At­ tunity, however, soon presented it­ lantic, so did the locust clubs on self. The Fresh men intended to our heads. We were routed again . . have a cremation. We secretely So it came to pass that the class of determined that their cren1ation '84 erected a monument with the should be a failure. Their proces­ following inscription : " The first sion set forth on the eventful night, class to· introduce the Schenectady guarded by the Schenectady police 'Cop' within the Sacred Precincts of force (designated in classical litera­ the college grounds, '84." With ture as "Cops). It was a beautiful heavy hearts they viewed the errl­ sight, but alas! how· soon to be de­ bers of their once magnificent pyre. prived of its beauty. They marched The Freshmen were, at least, hu mil­ down Union Street and when they iated. reached the canal bridge we attacked It was the last night of October, them. There were but twenty of us 188r, the moon was diffusing her to their sixty, we had but one object mellow light over the silent earth, in view and worked, with a ·will, for when the four classes of this noble its accomplishment. We were on institution turned out, with pickaxes, the high road to victory when we crow-bars and spades to utterly dem­ were attacked by an unexpected foe. olish the old stone walk which ex­ The ''Cops" were upon us. ''Cops" tended from the Blue Gate to South to the right of us, ''Cops" to the left College. (Every Alumnus \vho has of us and Freshmen all around us ever been "weak-kneed," or has not necessitated our beating a hasty re­ gone "home until morning" will re­ treat. Having lost the bridge we member the walk to which I refer). returned to the college hill in search We began our work at the :Blue of their pyre. We found it, and af­ Gate and advanced uninterruptedly ter routing its defenders, applied the until we reached the Presidential torch and reduced it to ashes. We Mansion. The uproar was so great then returned to attack their pro­ that it disturbed the slumbers of our cession for the second time. On illl ustrious Prex. Being awakened meeting 1t we rushed an1ong the dis- he deemed it advisable to discover .. THE CONCORDIENSIS. the cause of the tumult, which he what was placed before us and that instantly proceeded to do. 1\fter \vhen we arose we left nothing but clothing himself as if it were sum m e!r the bare tables-.crockery, plated he drew up the porticullis, let c1 o:vvn \Vare, ete., having 1nysteriously dis­ the draw-bridge and sallied forth~ appeared. Vve were absolutely astounded when \Ve devoted the rernainder of our we saw that stately form approach­ Junior year to hard study. We ing. No one drean1ed of interru p­ learned all that was worth knowing tion fron1 that quarter. 'The crowd about worms, lightning-rods and base i n11nediately dispersed, except a few ball. unfortunates who were ·taken in the The long-desired Senior year came very act. at last. We found it, however, to It was with feelings of fear and be entirely different from what it sorro\v that we arose from our downy had been pictured. For three long, couches on tbe following _morning~ \veary years, we had dreamed of No one knew -vvhat the day \vould "1naking love and winning hearts," bring forth. Visions of pretnaturc but it was only a drean1. Heart­ vacations danced ill our .heads. Our broken we turned from tbe frivolities only punishment, however, \Vas that of life to. the far-weightier subjects of of being put on probation-which we Psychology and Geology. bore \vith exceeding difficulty. Sir \Villiam Han1ilton endeavored We celebrated the eve of \Nasb­ to convince us that we could pay at­ ington's Birthday, I 882, by having; a tention to several things at the san1e class supper. It was our first affair time. \Ve determined to test the of the kind. We could have had a va1idity of that portion of the ''Ham- half-dozen class suppers before that ' iltonian Methaphysics," and 1nade up time had we so desired it, but we a combinativn of which, probably, wanted no pleasure until -vve were Sir Billy had never heard-viz. : perfect} y capable of enjoying it, and, base-ball, Wienckie and Psychology. at this stage of our course, we fe]t The result was against Sir Billy, and able to do justice to the a11-engros­ we were compelled to return to our sing subject. Our banquet \Vas held original dictun1, viz. : "man can at­ at the Windsor, in Albany. The tend to one tning at a time, and but tables were loaded with all the del­ one. We thePefore decided unani­ icacies that the n1 ost fanciful epicu r­ n1ously in favor of Metaphysics. ean cou1d have desired. It is need­ The next thing on the programn1e less to arid that we did justice to was "Ethics." We thought that our THE CONCORDIENSIS. 215 morals were sufficiently pure, there­ "Love to 'Old Union's \Valls,' fore we paid but little attention to Love to her ·Classic Halls,' Love to the light Htat falls "Butler's .i\nalogy" and '' l\1oral ' On Eighty-Three." Philosophy.'' Our treaties on those subjects appeared to be equally as ·------·---· ------acceptable as those of Bishop Butler, ADDRE,SS. and Dr. Peabody, so they were free­ ly given. THE UNSETTLED A'GE. We were shortly to be precipitated BY G. V. P. LANSING. into the deceitful \Vorld, so Prex de­ We live in an age of great unrest. termined to give us a lecture on "The 'fhe principles of tru tb and right choice of a wife." As it was a sub­ are being attacked on every side by ject on which all of us desired in­ the marked tyranny of skepticisn'l formation we longed for the lecture. and infidelity. At the present day Prexy, I presume, wisely decided the grand fabric of thought is inter­ that it would be irnpossible for him woven by such varied ''isms," so un- "' to in1prove on the views of the late certain in their nature that the un- Dr. Holland and had one of our nun1- critical mind is baffled in any atte1npt ber read Mr. T'imothy Titcomb's \Vhatever in search of the truth. letter on that subject. The su bsti­ Heretics are scattering the seed tution was most acceptable. of unbelief broadca~t; Atheists con1c But let 1ne not forget the history out boldly before the world and de­ of '83 in the diamond. "It is suc­ ny their maker; Evolutionists are cinct and concentrated in one man, unraveling the tnystical ages, \vhile viz.: McElwain. "Crip" could play Materialists, with ''their far-reaching in any position, and quite often filled fancy" are solving the origin of man. tirne with unparallel success. He They forget that there are n1ysteries excelled, however, as a· pitcher. He which the Almighty never designed could throw all of the curves, the to reveal to man ; if this were not so "warble" included. The only trouble hovv could we vindicate the exist­ with his pitching was that whenever ence of a God? he threw a curve the ball would part The broad field of science does company with its cover. not even explain the first principles The strictest observance has been upon which it is based, nor can we paid to the truth in the narration of justly claim an explanation of that the above events and now, the his­ "Nihil," or call it what you may, of orian's task is completed. which the universe and its vast re- 216 THE CONCORDIENSIS. presentations of life originated. and are fast hastening to\vards un~ Man's incapability proves the exist­ bounded liberalisn1. The enthusiast ence of a Supreme. Give to man claims that our old Theology and its the power adequate for grasping the dogn1atic truths are being supplanted hidden mysteries of life, its origin by a ne\v school, in its nature, more and destiny, and you destroy the comprehensive of the possibilities of divine fiat of creation. life. What a perpetuity of doubt, of Man's knowledge is based upon marked uncertainty kno·wledge cre­ fact, from ·which emanate his Sci­ ates! The avalanche that rnay crush ence, Philosophy and Religion. us depends upon a single breath. Back of ph en omena or facts he can­ What is that avalanche? It is Infii­ not r;o, but by the study of then1 delity ! Society is contan1inated by thought is generated, which is the its influences. It is being fed upon v.:bicle that leads hin1 to great and too n1uch of vanity, that utopian . \Ycnderful achievements. Thought, dream, too ma1~y groundless op1n- itself, is enlivened by feeling and ions and not enough of fact. what one knows, he n1ust feel. The Light literature and novel read- mind is, undoubtedly, analogous to ing are poisoning n1any an intellect. the body, it controls the actions of Fiction is enticing the mind with its the body, the cultivation of one nee:.. imaginative flights as to a \Vorld en1- essaril y affects the other. By train­ pyrean ; while history, the founda­ ing the finer sensibilities of our na­ tion of all true literature, becon1es a ture we approach nearer the ideal, source of repugnant investigation harmonizing the actions of our be­ except to the few. ing to the soul in the grand sympho­ Is civilization advancing? Are the ny of a noble existence. days of bloodshed and war over? What we need to day in this u n­ asks the earnest inquirer. How long settled state of affairs is educated, i '3 it since the battle-cry rose in hal­ positive men, Men who are not lucinations wild, upon the eastern afraid to vindicate the principles of coast? truth and .right. Men ·who live Why is Russia lost in the night­ above the superstions that infest the mare of Nihilisn1? ·Why is France age; petty Philoso~hies that corrupt convulsed by the contracting spirit the h un1an intellect. of Monarchism on the one hand and In the great n1ental activity of the the sweeping power of Republican ... day we are out-living the spirit of ism on the other ? These are ques ... eonservati ve and sectarian thought tions worthy of due consideration, THE ·coNCORDIENSIS. 217

these are· questions which are stag- ship of four years. We ar~ on the gering the greatest intellects of the. threshold of a broader theatre of ac- nineteenth century! . But we need tion ; sterner realities are pressing not look to foreign countries to de­ upon us, life is before us. tect corruption ; vve need only to Thousands have labored in the look at home. A greater conflict is same fields which we are about to raging in our country than that of enter and succeeded; thousands ' .arms; one of n1ore import than the have also n1ade striking failures in taking of a city.. It is the inner con­ 1i fe. I have c a11 e d this an u n s e tt1 e d flict \Vith self; the conflict of morality age. Is it not also a speculative, an with vice. That which is shaking investigating age? Was human the fabric of our government to its thought ever more active ? Could very centre ; vvh ich is trying the \Ve wish for greater advantages ? No! very sine\vs of society ; vvhich 1s No n1atter what our vocation; be it tending to dethrone individual char­ Theology, Medicine, Law or the acter. The public voice is crying comtnon pursuits ot life, every field out against the terrible miasn1a of of h lllnan industry is fertile and in­ political corruption, but vvhere is the viting to the honest worker. Li\·- . . political martyr who dare rebel 1ng, as \ve are, In a country whose against the progress of this awful ad­ government is representative, \vhere ver$ary? Who will sacrifice self-in­ h ercdi tary rule and castes are un­ terest and help inculcate the prin­ k no\vn, \vhere prosperity seen1s at ciples of a new era ; a true reforma­ its zenith. where there is freedon1 of tion ? Not until pride, vain glory thought, speech and action ; what and hypocrisy are eradicated! not greater advantages do \Ve need? until infidelity relinquishes its hold Man stands abreast with man. He up)n the minds of men, will \Ve gain rises in proportion to his capabilities the victory. and exertions. He feels he has no And now, Mr. President and men1- right to stand isolated fron1 his fel­ bers of the Senior class, the tin1e lows, society has a just claim upon has come \vhen ...each one of us must him, law restrains him . decide what part he is going to play Literary land marks have eclipsed in the battle. the battlen1ents of vvar. The incarn­ We are cal1ed upon to resign our ation of pea~e succeeded the bap­ positions in collegiate life to other tisn1 of blood. And although the succeeding classes, after an intima­ horizon looked Jark and impene- ate and, I trust, beneficial relation- trable to those, who centuries ago, 2I8 THE CONCOI~DIF:NSIS.

Jabored for the emancipation of the was no doubt either that every moth­ hun1an intellect, the an1elioration of cr's son of them ought ~o be presi­ ye: the \vorlcl ; \ve, to-day, ar.e standing · dent of our glorious republic--that us in the full fruition of their achieve- is if he wer~ willing to humble him- fio ments. self so n1uch for the sa 1-::e of his coun­ SOl Checked by the prcs~nt light of try-·J.n d it would be a sad reflection far relig-ion and letter.~;, inspired by the on the good taste of the people and ha oracles of the past, led on by the their shre\vd ness in recognizing a co fixed star;; alrea:::ly in1 plan ted in the priceless privilege if any one of then1 1111 great alphabet of successfui lives, could not order his to1nbstone with di

m a ,./v \ve, fellow class-n1ates, so labor " H ~re Lies'· Jack Adams, for in­ that the cpito1ne of our lives shall stance, "forty-eleventh president of add other stars to the catalognc and tv the United States I· neatly carved in help illun1ine the dark places of hu­ raised letters upon its immaculate 0\ m::tnity. face with a group of star Spangled hl Banners gracefully festooning either IT l)l{OPH ECY. side of the inscription and a bunch w of stacked musket with fixed bayon­ n\· ROS\VELL A. BEr\EIHCT. ets and a big cannon coming in on a ScHEXECTADY, June, I88J. the chorus and " Give n1e Liberty or r \Vh~n th·~ n1antle of prophecy fell give n1e death" pathetically bring­ t upon your h u n1 hl ~ servant he was ing the whole to a patriotic period! t strctightway nH1ch exorcised in spirit. But lVIathematics -confound l\1athe­ . Not that he feared a lack of appro­ n1atics! Prof. Price was to blame for 1 priate afflatus--for now-a-days it their precious, impertinent obtru­ sc~cn1s natural fur everybody to pro­ siveness, the developn1ent of the dif­ 1 phesy all n1anner of things, frotn early ference between the multiplication frosts to j u d g n1 en t days ; and it w o u 1d table and a cuneform inscription was be a \vonder if the divine gift should due to hitn, as far as many of us '83 be withheld fron1 an august Senior, n1en were concerned. Mathen1atics, the noblest being- below the skies. I repeat, \voke your obedient ser­ But the trouble was here: '['here \.Vas vant to a cold and prosaic realization no doubt in the world that ()ld Union's of the truth. There were 32 of us class of 'R3 \vas the \visest, the n1ost precious sprouts of '83, and each was learned, the n1ost n1eritorious, the to give vvine suppers in the White handson1est, the su blin1est class she House at the expense of an awe­ had ever been blessed vvith. rfhcre struck people for the period of four Tl-IE CONCORDIENSIS. 219

years at least, and perhaps son1e of with a crowbar or a chance for a us would condescend to take the of· IniHion dollar steal. And besides fice for a second term a1;1d may be they say that \vhen a fellow gets to some few would be, by that time, so be two or three hundred years old far materialized, terrestrialized (per-· he don't care as n1uch for triHes as haps newspaper n1en would call it he did once-he gets quiet and re­ c:orrupted ), 1nade like to men of con1- flective-·· wine esuppers and flo\ving . n1on clay, they would tolerate the in­ speeches and airy co1nplin1ents don't affect hiln as they do younger peo­ dignity of a third tenn. Now, four times thirty-two, per- p 1e ; it's 1ike 1 y b c \vo u 1d not e v en haps eight tin1es thirty-two, possibly sn1ile for a regin1ent of Mark Twains; twelve tin1es the same would stretch or \veep for a round tnillion of tracts telling how 'Ton1my took to drinking over a tedious spell. Why, allowing and offered a horrible exan1ple to but four years a piece and leaving a n1argin for an occasional Guiteau it the vvhole town ; or n1ove his bones if the united universe \vere to holler would take over a ht1ndred years to "fire! ., in his car with a seven-foot go all round. But n1aking the aver­ trumpet and it's hardly likely he age tern1 six years. \vhich is the n1ost would want to be bored at his n1ature rcasonab le, it would take aln1ost two age with four years at Long Branch hundred years for each of us to have been bored with the \Vhite House on pain of $ so,ooo per year. became evident, as yours to com­ according to his deserts. Now yours It n1ancl thus n.nninated, that to proph­ in trouble calculated the probabilities ecy the whole class of '83 into the were t h~t som c of you restless fel­ presidential chair would be a trifle lo\vs, after waiting a century or so hazardous, for the reason that, in all for your turn, would conclude to hutnan probalility not n1ore than a peddle clams or t-.> indulge in some dozen or twenty of them would ever sirnilar pleasure for the purpose of killing the tin1e which n1ight be get­ get the!e. Then there would be a ting a little irksome, and the chances dozed or so who w-ould have had were the majority who thus dissip­ their youthfql hopes un\varrantably excited ; and very likely their n1oth- . ated vvould, after the lapse of a half ers and fathers and brothers and century be so attached to their re­ sisters, affectionate uncles and doting creation, their own selfish diversion, aunts rnay be grandn1others and that even a11 adoring people, clamor­ ing for executive talent at Washing­ grandfathers too, who had been ton, D. C., could not 1nove them \vaiting for post-offices and cabinet 220 'THE CONCORDLENSIS. . ------. ------.. ------

offices under the fan1ily ad nJinistra­ n1ourners before they have shed the tion would hound them on to get up a appropriate nun1ber of tears, and breach of pron1ise suit against a poor yours a:'sthetically had always felt he inoffensive old man whose only crime never could ·be easy with less than was that once long a.go in a fit of three pints. And then again it youthful enthusiasn1 he had proph­ ·would be a horrible thing to be the esiecJ not wisely but too well. Yet cause of l'u~remorseful conscience and how could you 1nake presidents of blasted lives to one's class-mates·; two thirds ofthe class and slight the for it vvas certain that when the first other third? There \Vas'nt one of fr~nzy of indigation wac; over, and then1 who was not thoroughly worthy they paused and realized \vbat they of the off-icc and more than con1pe­ had done they would. see they acted tent to fill it. They \Vould all know unreasonably, (for there's not a ree~l this, and not being able to see the illogical one in the class, as Prof. irnprobability of their all being pre­ Alexander, the hero of first tern1 sidents as did yours distractedly \vho Junior can testify) aud close upon n1aturely reflected on the n1atter, this conviction would follow deep, they would be deeply indignant at inconsolable ren1orse; for there is being left out in the cold , and the not a real hard-hearted one in the result very likely be a paragraph in the class, as the young ladies, the" hero·· d Zlil y paper, headed " I,"'ound Dro\vn­ ines of a hundred"-ch urch sociables ed '' or "Mysterious Disappearance:', can honestly bear witness. It was \Vitb a descripfion of son1ebJd y about very clear the cl u ty of yours disin- the size and height and general de­ terestedly was to serve them all alike. pravity of yours in tears. Now, con­ rfhen what was was be done? Make fidentially, your 1nost devoted scor­ then1 all Governors? No! What ned personal danger if incurred in would the governor of Dela-vvar e doing a plain duty but he had not think of the prophet? Impartiality then 1nade his vvill and the thought and the dignity of their Alma Ma­ of dying in testate 8.1 ways n1ade his ter required them all to be governors flesh creep. It is a notorious fact of the noblest state in the Union, that this stepping off without expres­ ·which of cours6· is New York. An­ sing your sacred will about the dis~ other dilen1ma. If they all held the tribution of your old clothes and un­ office at the satne tin1e Old Union paid bills, inevitably causes unseein­ would have too n1any ex-officio trus- .. ly squabbles among your heirs, and tees ; but if they governed in succes- is very apt to divert the minds ofthe sion in all their glory the jealousy .of THE CONCORDIENSIS. 221

----~---·------·--~~------~- the other states vvould breed civil nothing. "Ah," thought yours prof­ war. Governors were out ot the essionally, ." I'll raise 'em one on question. vVell, could they be made that." He did not want a cow-hide crowned? Impossible! Would any any more; he sighed for something ' 83 man, a son of this glorious re­ with a longer range. He vvent to a public, stoop so low as as to be l{ing gun-shop. He said he wanted to of Great Britain? Perish the sugges­ see a pocket arsenal, a gatling gun tion! in 1niniature, something that ·would Thus a graceless rabble rag-tag of kill every time beyond the re;:-tch of dilen1mas and bob-tail perplexities the longest cow-hide. Smith, over jostled on all sides against your on the corner, had in his 1nurdcrous living sacrifice,. until he resolved to old shop son1ething that would go tell the truth and shan~e George off spontaneously, with deadly aim, Washington, in the face of all foes. sixteen tin1es at once and in as many He prepared for active service. He · different directions. The clerk ap­ \Vent to a harne~s shop and asked to pole>gized and tin1idl y explained that sec their assort n1 en t of co\-vhides. our uninventive age had not yet He vvanted something he said "that stumbled upon such a treasure­ a fellow can twist up his sleeve you grand idea surely, he thought-re­ knovv, and have always on hand". gretted it had not been realized. "Oh," said the shop-keeper_, ''you "But," said he with a child-like sym­ are a senior I suppose, and want the pathy," you are a Senior, aren't you? same sort of an article rest have been and would not you like the same getting." " fhe rest! \vhooped your sort 9f a peace-maker the rest of 'en1 victin1," who are they? ' "Ob," was have been getting?" and he pro­ the innocent reponse "the other duced a short barreled but rather Seniors." large-bored six shooter. ' 1 Dunder Cross-questioning revealed that and blitzen! " exploded your burnt sixteen of the tallest men in the class offerring, " How many of those as­ such as Adriance and Nash (be it sassins' tools haYe you sold to Sen­ said to their shame) had purchased iors ? " "Ten," said he, and his cow-hides, "something a fellow can face bean1ed vvith the complacent twist up his sleeve, you know, and smile of the true salesman, "they have handy." And moreover the said a one shooter would answer," shop-keeper had overheard one of (and here he chuckled mysteriously) thetn saying something about n.ot be- "but you see, I coaxed them to take ing n1ade a peanut vender of, for a six." " Sixteen plus ten," mused 222 THE CONCORDIENSIS.

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your 1nathen1atical prodigy "equal what Dido has tbis youngster been twenty-six. Twenty-six to one. Got cutting?''. "Holding up a lanlp­ any Creedn1ore rifles ?'' "Creed more post, fighting drunk". Fighting rifles i' just like those the other drunk ! " Where did you get your bouo-h t ''What ?" b ?'' ot h ers. yelled liqnor, sonny? I'll break up this sell­ your n1artyr. " Why," ( apologeti- ing drink to minors, if I lose my free cally) ''the ot1erl fi ve. " "No! beer for it!" ''My last drink," said villain, con1plete your work of death; sonny, in the most approved Sun­ cont1n ue vour infernal traffic ; but at J day School style, I think was from your peril te1npt again a prophet to J ac k·sons ' spnng . ,, . stain his soul with fra~ernal blood ·1" ,.~fake care, young man!" roared Y uu r patient v ictin1 hanged out of his 1-Jonor, "none of your stale col­ the shop and ~hot down street, his lege ran1s around bere !' "Though head. bnzzing in a wild bewildern1ent now I think of it," restuned sonny in which the onh· sc..:ntiments distin-· ' ~ overwhelmed with contrition, ''it guish:t b! e \Vcr--: defiance and despair. may have been from one of the cows Hc\v it can1e about he does not 111. co 11 eg e pas t ure. " know, but suddenly he found hin1self '·Officer" thundered tbe Judge, braced against a lanlp-pt)St, flonrish­ ''give hirn forty-eight hours for con­ ing his fists ~nd yelling "Come one, tenl.pt of the court !'' "But, ] udge,­ con1e all! this rock shall fly, from its "exiJostulated your torn and bleed­ firn1 base as soon as I''. "It shall i ng. Just then, like the shadow of hey!" \Vhack !. a n1ighty rock, within a weary land, \Vas it Fourth of July so soon ? Prof. Perkins appeared. What his

Where did so n1anv-· rockets and true errand \Vas never transpired. roman candles come from?. No, it He was not accompanied by an of­ wzts not Fourth ofJuly, but only a ficer or he n1ight have been suspect­ new edition of Can1pbell's works of ed of having been found '' ·fighting which a Paige hadbeen dedicated to drunk too.'' " Why, Roz, this is yours of the fracture cl s k u11 , an cl b c - queer business,·' he blurtPd. ''Fight­ fore he conld call a doctor he was ing-'-' drunk, corner State and Centre locked in a cell at th~ Police Station. street last evening five o'clock," ex­ Next n1or"ning the cherub face of plained tbe accon1modating officer. officer PaigP. s n1 ilecl in upon your fa1- "Drunk," exclaimed the Professor, len hero, who was straightway hust­ "are you sure ? " "What made h in1 led before his Honor. '' \Vell, "in­ fight 1ike a cat caught in a picket quired t h at est i n1 a b 1e g e 11 tIe n1 an " fence then?" den1anded the officer 1HE CO~COH.DIENSIS. 223 sternly. The Professor saw there shot of the judge, "that was a close was sotnething unusual ·in the case call. First lie I ever told though, and for a second hesitated, then with Roz, and you ought to be the last to ' a nefarious plot twinkling in his give it away.'; "But, Professor,'' wicked blue eyes, asked, " Did it pleaded your long-suffering "J'Olt ache as b.tdly as that, H.oz?" "And don't think I was drunk, do you ? " a 1n ig h t y sight worse," said your in­ " He, he, he," snickered the Prof­ jured innocent at ranJon1, wondering essor, " Senior vacation, Roz, all what th~ Professor \vas driving at. signs fail, Senior vacation, he, he, "Course it did, I knew it \vould ; he." " But, Professor, I had not but if you had gone to bed as I bade been near a liquor saloon, \vben that you instead of down to\vn 'twould craniun1 crusher interviewed 111~, I have stopped in a second. You see, had just J eft a gun store." " H a, h a, Judge," continued the abandoned ha, he, he, he,' rippled the inquisit­ Prof~ssor, ' th ~ bov had a bad tooth- ,/ or, ' no wonder you got so badly ache and when he came into the shot,' and he was out of reach around Laboratory I filled the cavity with the corner. hydrosiated supertrituated cyanide Nobody knows the sufferings of a of pera.gori~.' ' Oh ! ' gasped the conscien tiuus class prophet. Son1e Judge. 'If' pursued the Professor, think he is drun~,, others crazy; all 'he had lain clo\vn like a good boy point their thumbs over their should­ and tnindcd his eld crs there would ers at you as you pass and say to have been no trouble, but his rush­ their neighbors, 'See that coon? ing arou 11d just sent the stuff to his Biggest crank in seven counties.' brain and made hirn craz-crazy, The trouble is not in prophesying Judge, no drunk about it.' -even -Wiggi~1s can do that, it is in "It was distressing to think,"_re­ suiting your customers. If you send lnar ked the JUdge, " that one of his hotne the photographs without re­ tender years should be so depraved touching the negative your occupa­ as to have evil desig·ns on the public. tion is gone in a twinkling of an ~ye. \Vell, Professor, take hi1n along, but But if you foretell a man's future when you give hitn any n1ore-nH>re without any soft sa\vcler-with all its -what d'ye call it, just be kind idiosyncrasies and often infirmities enough to shut h itn up.'' " Cotn e -there's no tnore a resting place for Roz,'' said the Professor leading the such as you on this footstool, you way to the street. " 'Pon n1y \Nord,., 1night as well emigrate to the moon continued he, as he got beyond car- right away; even the sun would be 224 THE CONCORDIENSIS.

cooler quar;t:ers than within singing Early in the summer of the year distance of those whotn you had pro­ 4883, A. D., there tnight have been vided with appropriate futures. seen a solitary {orm bending over a · In the prophet business you've got solitary spade in the solitary region to tell the truth to live co1nfortably once called in the far, far away an­ with yourse;lf; but you've got to lie nals of the past, 'Old Dorp.' As like a Turk to live comfortably -vvith the solitary form applied the heel of your patrons, and until the problen1 his number nine to the solitary spade is solved how prophetic truth, well­ he thus soliloquized: 'Surelv_, this is ing fron1 the crystal depths of the the spot, for lo ! the head of the an-· prophet's ingenuous soul, shall at the cient idol peeps above the sand in san1e tin1e present conspicuous! y the front, and just behind is the vener­ falsehood that weak htunan ity will able tnound in~cribed with rnystic not be comforted without, no honest character::; whi2h the historie5 of fif­ rnan can swing out his shingles teen centuries record as erected by "Prophesying done with neatness some old heathen of antiquity for a and d~spatch." Until then there n1en1orial to hirnself and his children. will always be bungling and delay; Lo ! smooth and round it stands like bungling, because if he means to suit a great earthen bowl fashioned by a his .custo1ners the process by which 'patter's hand.' And sti.ll he dug. the propbettinkers us his conscience While the sun ascended to the dizzy n1ust always appear; delay, because pinnacle of the heavens, he dug. if be resolves to tell the truth he While it descended through the 1nust first wind up his mundane af­ glowing We~t, he dug. While it fairs and make his \vill, kissed the blushing earth 'good night,' Is it a \Vonder that vvith such al­ he dug. While the azure twilight ternatives staring hin1 in the face glimrr1ered through the rnurmuring your down-trodden and oppressed trees, he dug. vVhilc the night, has resolved to seek refuge in a like a cavernous-throated monster Yankee trick ? Capricious prophecies swallowed hin1 up, he dug. Until are one thing, stable historical facts the solemn hour of midnight was another anC: if any of you fellows take rung fro1n 'distant steeples, he dug exception to SL1~h facts \vhy, you for dear life.-N or let go to take a can just settle it with the historian fresh hold all that tirrJe. With the who will begin his earthly career last tones of the 1nidni£"ht bell the '-' fifteen hundred (I 500) years later solitary figure paused and bent lower than this year of our l_.ord the I 88 3d. and away went a suspender button. T'I-IE CONCORDIENSIS.

He drew fcon1 the yawning pit, countenance glowing \vith the admi­ .scooped in the treacherous sand by ration he had long struggled to con­ bis unflinching arn1~ a.mighty volun1c ceal, n~u rn.n1rcd. "What a lot of !{lark with the mil dews of centuries~ taffy !'t But age and mildew had not obscu-· ned its herojc nature ; for through the n1iclnight blackness shone from THE TYRANNY OF TffE

!ts ample CO\Ter the flaming charac--: TIMES.. ters "83'·'~ The digger. turned its The history of the universe is of leaves one by oue, and lo! ev~ry necessity a dcJincation of changes. page \vas lustrous. \Vithout sun or Changes gives tne life. moon or tallow dip to iUun1ine, each Earth's history as prcsen ted in its \vord sh on.e clear as burnished gold. ~~fossil hieroglyphics" evidences the 'l'he rnysterious spadesn~an drunk tyranny of our age over another. his soul's fill fron~ the narrative un­ H utnan history prc.scnts the sarne folding the heroic exploits of the even tuali ties-strifes bet\vcen n1en redoubtable thirty-two (32)-what and tyranny of governn1ents over bloody fields they vvon-what assen1- subjects. blages of the nation they held spell­ Taking a rctrospecti vc € lance o\~er bound with more than. Ciceronian the phalanx of nations we observe in eloquence··· ho\v their sage :counsels the !ife of each an ebb and a flow. c.ond ucted the affairs of State through Destruction, blighting agencies, con­ ' every stonny crisis, and how, at last~ stantly linger. Tyranny has wrought after long eventful and prodigiously fearful results. Where now is the heroic lives, they were one after an~ glory of Greece! vVhere the gran­ other borne to their graves amid the deur of R.ome! With the lust of con­ tears of a heart-broken people, the quest" and gain their primitive pllrity solemn boo1n of the n1inute gun, the faded away under the baleful influ~ funeral toll of ten thousand bells, cnce of embittered factions. In and the hysterical flutter of seventeen that hour of " disastrous eclipse , millions eight l1unJred and sixty­ liberty took her flight and these two seven thousand four hundred and pillars of antiquity fell into dismem­ eighty-three flags at precisely half berment and into the \·ortex of an­ mast, union down. archy. At this point rapt spadesman, his We need but review the various eyes large with wonder, his voice tre­ modern civilizations to find em bodied J mulous with excitetnent, his whole in then1 the essence of degeneracy. 226 THE CONCORDIENSIS.

Spain presents a deplorable spectacle of man to day flan1e forth in bold de­ of n1oral degradation; Turkey is lit- fiance of the true and beautiful in tie better. Arrogant England, am- Iife, alas, public virtue is as raped bitious f .. rance, oppressive Russia, in its decay as it is in its growtho proud Austria, indeed all Europe, is lVIen promise, but fail to do. . \.vrapped in an atmosphere of uncer­ The dependence af classes on 111- tainty. The shadow of some crisis di:viduals is the bane of national hangs like a n1urky cloud over every purity. How are the fetters to be nation. severed which link the poor to the Tyranny Iurkes in every corner. rich, the weak to the strong. How Politi cal an im osi ties, religious con­ re1nove the restraint \Vh ich now in­ tentions, Communism, Nihilism, vice terposes between the man and the and ignorance are the forces which ballot r The right to cast a vote un­ are incompatible with freedom. Be-· tainted by external i ,fluence is the t\veen these burdens the civilized highest and noblest right of man. It world sways to and fro like ·a vessel is the liberty of all liberties, the foun­ on troubled waters. Are these dation of freedom. He who votes at forces ·patent or are they hidden ? the ·\vill of a n1aster is untrue to his Has time removed no evils from so­ country, untrue to his family, untrue ciety? Has the grave mellowed no to his God. He is no longer a free­ animosities. ? man. As Goethe called for • more It is not difficult to write grand light" so men plead for n1ore freedom, things about our glorious destiny, but what do they mean by freedom? but it is different to pilot the ship of Simply the right to act as they like, state in the harbor of safety when irrespectively of the fitness of their piratec;; are aboard and ·when offices actions ; cruel ambition beclouds and prizes are daily increased. Cor- thetn all. Men sacrifice friends, for- ruption is gro\ving and is there any sooth and even reputations to fur­ consolation in thinking that vve may ther individual desire. In these be near the turning point, or is there times men traffic in politics for base '' below this deep, a deep yet lower considerations. Politics mean sel- still?" fish ness, selfishness means tyranny. Men are dishonest, are vvorship­ Jealousy, spite and intrigue control er' s of false gods, are vassals and politics so that the upright man re­ have but little individuality. The coils in disgust from the ballot. Pol­ more selfish traits of humanity, and itics lack dignity. Will they ever the groveling, animal, material nature possess it? Intellectuality alone .will T I-IE CO,NCORDI ENSIS. --.------227 ------·--~-

'11 not give it, there ust be a change In the transit of time IS not that o; character. National degenerancy fair regent of Heaven, religion, be­ surely is patent when .men regard an set by adversity? There are not • oath "vith contempt. ·wanting those who hurl invective· af­ To a contemplative mind the tyr­ ter invective upon that force which anny of the times is as varied as the has given definite form, syn1metry, colors in a kaleidoscope. Politics, and b~='auty to sociP.ty. Men would alone, do not portend dissolution~ forcibly shatter the walls of Christian­ "'Freedom has become a drean1, re­ ity by telling us that life is an illu­ ligion a trade, virtue a laughter and sion and eternity the drean1 of a vice a business''. Society is a vast crazed imagination. Antagonists of bundleofantagonisn1sin which wealth Christianity are destructive, not con­ is the basis of division. But, ala?, structive. They would obliterate \Vealth brings luxury, luxury . brings without substituting. Convict thcn1 ease and ease brings tyranny! Every of error at the bar of conscience or \vhere abuses are apparent. society ·will fall back into frightful The grinding of the poor, the op­ chaos with force as la-vv and self as pression of capital and the develop­ God. rnent of pride and dishonesty are vVe may well pause and :1sk our­ universal. There is a vast growth selves " where vve are, what we are in social concerns-a conflict be­ and to what end we are tending! " tween powe~ and weakness, between Are we alive 1o the actualities of the light and darkness. In the rush of times? circumstances we bestow too little To-day as ever the few rule. The attention upon those elements ·which pr0blem is, ho'\V are the few to be are most disheartening. Crimes ruled ? So long as politics are re­ cannot shock us too much but surely garded as the highest vocation, so vice jars our better natures too little. long as young 1nen enter the arena Society is conservative in the ex­ 0 r life with the determination to be treme. The attitude of the wealthy, politicians) so long will governments the unhappy tendencies of individual be badly administered. What socie­ desire and the prevalence of egotisn1 ty, throughout the world, most needs are creating disaffection in every is a clearer conception by the unof­ clime. In a word, to live is to fight ficial citizen, by the young men es­ and he has been a :mighty warrior pecially of their true relation to the who passes from life to death clasp­ State. 1'he time for indifference to ing the flag-staff of victory. the actual condition of affairs i 8 zz8 'THF: COr~c·oRDIENSIS~ passed and daylight,. vvith its call for er prominent Greek L.. etter Societies vvise and upright n1e:n has dawned. ~n the various. colleges- in \vhich they meeL 'fhursday evening wzns devoted to TliE. PSI UPSIL.. ON FI~.ATE,R­ tb e literary ex erci .--es and the recep­ NITY. tion. I ...ot1g- before eight ot clock the The scn1i-ccatennial celebration ~1f Leland Opera House was well filled~ the Psi Upsilon Fraternity took The fir.st two hundred and fifty seats

place at 1\lban.y r,.1ay 23~ 24 and 25. were reserved for the de1eaates.<::":) 1'he hc:1J q uartcrs of the conven­ The exercises were opened by the tion Vv\~rc ztt the Delevan I-louse. singing of the convention ode which Jt:arly ·ruesclay 1norni ng (May 22d ), was written by Prof. Calvin S. Har­

de legates began to arri vc fro In the rington of VVcsleyan University. we.stcrn chapters-. By rfnesday night 1~hen followed a short address by ov·er one hundred men1ber:; had ar­ l-Ion. Alexander H. Rice (Union rived. 'fhe remaining delegates ar­ Chapter), ex-Governor of Massachu­ rived early \Vednesday tnorning. setts. The poen1 \Vas by Prof. Hjal·p mar H. Bovesen of Co hun hi a Col- Every chapter was represented. ~ The business meetings \Vere held lege, and the oration by the Hon.

111 thl:. Court of A.ppeals Chamber, Joseph R. Hawley, U, S. Senator Old Capitol. 'fhc first n1eeti ng was from Connecticut. The last of the held on \Veclnesda y morning. 1'he exercises was an essay· on Secret exercises were opened by a salutato­ Societies by the well-kno\vn humor­ ry address by Prof. Isaiah B. Price ist Charles .Dudley \!Varner. Several 'vVcdnesday evening a private his­ of the Psi LTpsilon songs were sung torical n1eeting was held. Prof. during the evening. Willard I-~"iske, of Cornell U ni versity9 1''he reception was held at Bleeck­ read an elaborate history of the Fra­ er Hall, immediately after the liter­ tcrni ty fron1 its foundation in the old ary exercises. It opened vvith a west college ( novv Union School, promenade dancing, beginning ~t Schcnectadv) tJ the establishment I I P. M. and continuing until about .I of the Beta Theta Chapter at 'rrinity 3 A. M. At r A. M. an elaborate College in I 88o. Mr. Albert P. collation was served in the club Jacobs, a protuinent Detroit lawyer, rooms of the Hall. At least six hun- read a statistical retrospection of the drcd persons were present. Fraternity, showing the co·mparative On Friday evening the banquet standing of Psi Upsilon with the oth- was held at the Delavan lfouse. THE CONCORDIENSIS . • Psi Upsilon banquets were also helu '~Then till the sands of life are run, by the Graduate A.ssociation of Bos­ vVe'll sing to thee Psi Upsilon, Long live Psi Upsilon ! Psi ton, Philade1phia1 Chicago, Portland Up- and Wilmington, DeL--Each send­ silon ! " ing greetings to the 1nen1bers at Al­ Cl-IESTERA. ARTf1lTR. bany. The telegran1 was read by Senator Hon. Hooper C. VanVorst (Union Hawley. I mtnediatcly every un e Chapter) Judge of the Superior arose and sung the lines above men~ Court of New York, presided at the tioned. ~fhe lines :tr~ taken from Albany banquet. An1ong the many the Psi Upsilon /\.nthcn1 by Francis pron1inent men who responded to M. Finch~ Judge of the Court of t'\p~ toasts were ex-G-overnor Rice, Sena­ peals anu the author of the well­ tor !-lawley, Prof. Goldwin Sn1ith. known poetn, "The Blue and the Grav." Judge Tourgee, Rev. Dr. Van Ran­ .,/ salaer, Hon. vVn1. B Ruggles, Hon. The banquet closed at 3 A. lVJ. John M. Wheeler, Prof. Willard with the usual convention song. Fis!

greeting. Sing for lTI) sake the dear the following list : president, f--I 011. old refrain, F. Danforth; I st v1ce president, THE CONCORDIENSIS. • Benjan1in F. Dunning ; zd vice pres­ fused to entertain it. 1'he trustees ident, Rev. Nelson Millard ; 3d vice announced the appointment of Al­ presid{;nt, Douglass Can1pbell; 4th onzo P. Strong, George R. Donnan vice president, Hon. llenry 0'. Chese­ and Albert Smith as inspectors of boro ; corresponding secretary, el~ction. Harvey J. King, of Troy, Alexander J. Thompson ; recording presented Hooper C. Van Vorst's secretary, George R. Donnalil ; libra­ name for alumni trustee. Samuel rian~ I. B. Price ; treasurer, Jonathan Marsh, of New York, nom in a ted Pearson ; councillors, Robert Earl, David C. Robinson. The ballot re­ Warner Miller, G. M. Spier, Geo. F. sulted: Comstock, B. Platt Carpenter, Arnasa Judge. Van Vorst ...... r 22 J. Parker, I"ienry Teller, Charles E. ,Col. Robinson ...... I 59 7 Sn1ith, vV n1. H. NfcElroy, C. A. \\ a1- 'fotal ... 291-Robinson's n1aj .... 37. dron, Le11HH1 Thompson, J. L .. Baggs, The votes of the class of '8o \.Yere David Littley Cornelius Van Sant­ reeeived, inspector Strong opposed. voord ; executive con1n1ittee, Henry Fifty-two proxy votes were rejected. R. Pierson, Samuel Hand, J. A. De- . ~ The class of '8o voted I 6 for Robin­ H.en1er, Rev. Alexander Dickson, son and I for VanVorst. Several C. Rev. John A. Lansing, Marcus T. E.'s were challenged and several Hun, M.D.; finance comn1ittee, Chas. votes rejected. After the result was B. Warring, W. A. Righter, A. F. announced the meeting adjourned to Oln1stead, Fred. Blake, John E. Memorial hall where the annual Col­ Ashe; local con1mittee, John Foster, lation was partaken of. At the din­ John Can tine, S. T. Ben edict, A. P. ner a fine Juvet time globe was pre­ Strong,]. K. Paige, Dr. M; G. Planck. sen ted to the College by the Rev. Mr. Upon motion, the report was adop_ Johnson, President of the class of ted, 67 ayes, 59 nays. A. motion to '8 3, on behalf of his class1nates. make the election unanimous was de­ clared carried, n1any alumni voting ------·------·· ''no." Judge Danforth ruled that ~~Bditorial. the class of '8o were not voters as '-0~" their master's degrees had not been formally conferred. Hon. William HE commencement season Of D. Murphy 1noved a contrary resolu­ T 's3 has passed and and among tion, which was dec~ared out of order. the many graduates just entering up­ An appeal was made from the deci­ on the stage of action our "Alma Sion of the chair, but the chair re- Mater" sends out 32 to swell the list. THE CONCOH.DIENSIS.

Each of the:;-~ young Alumni, ask, nlencement, with a body of men on ed, vvould say that he felt glad to be the board who are good writers, through vvith his College course. everything stands favorable for a Youth with its high hopes ever de­ great improvement in the College sires to press onward to more re­ paper. We wish you every success, spoD:sible positions. The great world in your power to attain. It is not an of life and action of which we have easy job which you have in hand, .so dreamed since boyhood stands ready make up y()ur n1inds to work fron1 ·to receive us, and soon, ah, how soon the beginning. We expect your pa­ will we be swallowed up in the great per next year to reach the standard gulf. We are young yet and do not of the best College papers in the fully appreciate the n1an y pleasures Country. To all the Alumni whom · of that four years course which has this edition may reach we beg you been to us all a stream of sunshine now to lend a helping hand to support and happiness. E're long when the the Concordiensis. Send 1n your sub~ cares of life are pressing upon us, scription if you have not already, so then will we look back to the days at that you may all feel proud of " Old

"Old Union n and sigh for them all Union's literary production. again. May the ties which have bound us together in College,. tnay s promised, we give in this the associations of class room and issue ·the full list of games campus, may the A played this season. We have been Love to "Old Unions" walls, Love to her classic halls, able to sustain our past reputation, Love to the light th_at falls and have C()me off with flying colors. On Eighty-three, The three tennis Courts have each be the means of guiding us onward afforded much recreation to the own­ and upward to a useful, christian ers, and we are only sorry that they tnanhood. did not make a trial of one another's skill. E are very much pleased W that the. Concordiensis has fallen into such able hands as we be-· UR readers will find all the lieve the incon1ing board to be, and O Class Day Exercises except the it still more delights us to hand poem. Suffice it to ~a y that we over the paper to thetn with no in­ would have printed it if we could cumbrances whatever. With a good have secured the manuscript. Sor­ list nf snhsc.rihers secured at Com- rv that the Poet could not afford to 232 THE CONCORDIENSIS. intrust us \Vith his very able literary Colleg-e on Alumni Day, is the se­ production. cond proof of their affection for Alma l\1ater, evidenced in the last few N this n11 mbcr of the Concordi­ years. The first is fine bust ot Col. . ens is is to be found the happen·· 1 Peissner vvhich novv stands in the ings of Con1 n1enccn1ent \Veek. In Men1orial Hall. editing such an edition vve have had no easy task It has been our in­ tention during the entire year to E do not like to speak un­ keep aloof fron1 any of the discussions W justly of any n1ember of which have already caused so n1uch the class of' 8 3~ but \Ve cannot re­ disquiet and hard feeling. \Vc frain fron1 expressing the sentiment have allowed nothing to creep into of the class with regard to those our paper which \Vould cast a slur on n1en who failed to pay their class either President or Faculty. In do­ tax. It is right and has always been ing thiswe ha~,·e acted conscientiously the custom for every n1an belon rri n a- - b b and we think have been sustained by to the class to pay this tax whethtr the great body of our reaaers. Hav­ he left before Cotnmencement or not ing pursued sucb a course so far dur­ We thought each member of '83 re­ ing our editm·ship, we do so to the cognized this and would con1e end, tbinkinK \VC have no right and squarely up and pay , but we are no occasion to act otherwise. Every sorry to say that some failed to do Alun1nus has his own views in the so.Not only so, but when a telegram tnatter, and so we do not wish to say ·was sent by the TreasurF·r to a dis­ one wo,·d on the subject. Guided tant member, said member wrote a by such a course we only give the very uncalled for, insulting Jetter to facts as they con1e to us by observa~ the Treasurer. The position of Sen­ tion and reliable inforn1ation, hoping ior Treasurer is a very unpleasant that tbe feuds which now threaten one and when he, in a very gentle­ the very life blood of our noble insti­ nJanly n1anner tries to do his duty tution 1nay ere long be settled to the he should certainly be treated in like best interests of both parties and manner. We hope that this matter above all those of our Aln!a Mater. will be straightened and that '83 will not have cause for hard feelino-s b against any of her loyal n1embers. H f: class of '63 deserves the es­ teen1 of all " Unions" Alumni. T -Prof. Webster expects to spend The globe presented by them to the the summer in England. THE CONCORDIENSIS~ 233 - ~locaL CLASS Di\Y EXERClSES OF '83. On Monday evening, June 25th, the Class Day Exercises of '83 took COMMENCEMENT place in the State Street Methodist ~hurc~. The us~ers were kept busy WEEK. tn seating lady fnends and their es­ corts, but no one found trouble in securing gooC: seats. The class of­ ficers were as follows : President, !'HE BACCALAUREATE SER­ James Can tine ; Vice-President, D. MON. J?· Addison; Secretary, J. H. E. Sand ; Treasurer, R. W. Dent ; - On Sunday evening, June 25th, Orator, John vV. Adams ; Historian, the services of Con1mencement vVeek \V. \V. Belling-er : .c\ddresser, G. V. op~ned by the delivery of the Bac­ P. Lansing ; Prophet, R. H. Bene­ calaureate Sermon in the State dict ; Poet. L. J. En1erson ; B. B. Street Methodist Chur'ch. The J)irector, Frank Burton; Grand preacher, Rev Dr. Walton Batter­ lVfarshall~ B. C. Sloan . Editors, J. shall, Rector of St. Peter's Church, R. Hard1ng, Concle Han1lin and E. Albany. took his text fron1 Col. I r: H. Adriance. Music \vas furnished 10-"And Ye are Compl~te in Hin1." by Parlatti's Tenth Regiment Or­ I-Iis then1e was "Christ, the Inter­ chestra, {.)f Albany, engaged tor the preter of Man." After a very im­ entire Connnencen1ent Exercises. pressive discourse he closed with All the officers who were to take the following address to the Senior part in· the exercises were present, class : except the Poet, L. ] . Emerson-the "Young men of the graduating po.etn bei~g read, however, by the class of Union College, there are two V1ce- President, D. D. Addison. thoughts that gro\v out of my theme this evening which I wish to blend MEETING OF BOARD OF with my God-speed, as you go forth TRUSTEES. fron1 these venerable halls, in which so rnany before you have. forged the During the session of the Alumni weapons \Vith which they have done Association in college chapel on tnasterful work, and achieved honor­ Tuesday, the 26th, the Trustees of able natne. That colossal figure of Union College held their annttal Christ must counteract the infidelity n1eeting. There were present of the of the day. How will you resist the board, President Potter, Howard forces of evil ? A motive power for Potter, Joseph W. Fuller, Frederick good must be more persistent than a Townsend, David Murray, Judge rnoti ve power for evil. Next, the Judson S. Landon, Edward W. thought of incoming manhood. Vic­ Paige, Rev. J. Livingston Reese, tory or defeat lies there in the smoke D. D., Silas R. Brownell, Thos. H. and the dust. He drinks strength to Feary, Thomas Featherstonhaugh, his brain to clothe himself with LaMott W. Rhodes, David C. Rob­ knowledge and power. We are the inson Rev. Dennis Wortman, D. D., children of a splendid hope-a re­ Rev. Wm. Irwin, D. D., Judge Platt deemed and emancipated life. Re­ Potter and Rev. J. T. Backus, D. D. vere your manhood as a sacred thing The routine business of the meeting in the conflicts of life.'' was disposed of and the Board ad- 234 THE CONCORDIENSIS.

.. I journed until after the Ah1n1ni ban­ ! Mr. Willian1 K. Gilchrist, Sche­ quet. vVhen the Board re-assembled nectady.-· Subject, '' The ·Chivalry in the afternoon the motion was of the Nineteenth Century.'' 1nade and seconded that the ser­ l\!Ir. Conde Hamlin, \Vinona, Minn. vices of Prof. Harrison E. vVebster, -. Subject, " Social Oligarchies." Professor of Natural History, be dis­ l\1r. John W. McCauley, Stanley, pensed with. 1\.fter wann di:;cussion N. Y. !{elation of Science to In­ the n1otion was adopted by a vote of cl us try" (excused). 9 to 8. A resolution to allow voting lVlr. Franklin W. McClellan, Cam­ by proxy at the future n1eetings of bridg-e, N. Y.-Subject, "The South the Alun1ni Associatron \vas then that L.ost.'' passed. rv1 r. Edgar M. Jenkins, Mr. Geo.rge W. Sherwood,' Ball­ l{egistrar of Union College and Sec­ ston, N. Y.-Subject, "The Irish retary of the Board of rfrustees then Question " (excused). tendered his resignation which was Mr. ] ames l{. VanNess, Osbornes accept eel. Mr:. J e~n1es L \iVood ward, Bridge, N. Y.-Subject, "Progress the recently appointed T'reasurer, of H.efonn." also resigned. rfbe Finance Com­ The Chancellor's address, by one n1ittee was re-organized by electing of the ablest American Divines, was n1en1 bers favorable to the President, listened to with intense interest bv to fi 11 the places of Rev. L. 'f. Backus all. His theme, " Beauty, Powe"'r and ] udge Platt Potter. and l\1anliness in the .An1erican Scholar,''' treated in a thorough com­ COMMENCEMENT Di\ Y. comprehensiv·e style, left an impres­ A beautiful tnorning, WeElnesday, sion not soon to be forgotten. We the 27th of June, invited. a lar:5e regret not to be able to print it in crowd to witness the Commencement full.- No degrees were conferred Day Exercises of '83. ]'he platform and diplomas vvere withheld until the of the church was occupied by Pres­ latter part of the week. The prizes iJent Potter, men1bcrs of the Facul­ were conferred as follow·s : ty, Trustees of the college, the Chan~ VvVarner Prize-Wm. J: Gilchrist. cellor, l{ev. Richard S. Storrs of VInghan1 Essay Prize-Conde Hatn- Brooklyn and visiting ..A.lumni of the lin. college. Exercises opened with 1 unior Clark Essay Prizes-1st, music by Parlatti's rrenth Regiment Dow Beekman ; 2d, George F. Al­ Orchestra and this was followed by lison. the singing of the I I 7th psalm to the 1 unior and Sophon1ore· Oratorial tune of "Old Hundred," the Or­ Prizes-] unior, I st, J. F. Delany ; chestra playing an accompaniment. 2d, C. B. Templeton ; Sophornore, Rev. Dr. Lansing of Brooklyn, Union Istv--Putman Cady ; 2d, Frank Bond. '44, made the opening prayer. 1'he v.A.llen Essay Priz~s-rst, Conde Orations then began, speakers and Hamlin ; 2d, Franklin W. McClel­ subjects as follows : lan; 3d, ] ohn W, Adams. Mr. John W . .t'\dams, Beltnond, ./Blatchford Oratorical Medals-tst, Iowa.-Subject, "Hungarian Fidel- John W. Adams; 2d, :F'ranklin W. 1ty.. " McClellan. Mr. ] ames R. Bolton, Belha1n, N. v Wilbur F. Watkins. Prizes for the Y.-Subject, "Crom·well·' (excused). best Essays on the Relation of Chris­ Mr. Wn1. M. Gilbert, Willard, N. tianity to Morality-awarded Ist, to Y .-Subject, "The Mechanical age" Conde Hamlin ; zd, to Gulian V. (excused). I~ansing. THE CONCORDI:r2NSIS. 235 --~ --~----~---~--- -- ·----

--Prizes for best Examinations in -After the voting for Trustee on 4J. S. Constitution-awarded, I st, to .i\hnnni Day, the visiting Alumni, Conde Hamlin; - 2d, to Richard \V. grztd uati ng class, representatives of Dent; 3d, to }arr1es R.: Van Ness. the press and specially invited guests repaired to Memorial Hall for the COMMENCEMENT NOTES. annual banquet. Every table -vvas filled and many \vere con1pelled to -· --- nly nine Freshmen registered wait or go without dinner. Music during Commencement examination. was given by Parlatti's Orchestra from the gallery. Judge Danforth --Largest cro·wd of Alumni pres­ presided and after dinner called for ent in a nun1 ber of years. toastsfrom the classesof'23, '33, '43, '53, '63, '73 and '83. The class of -The class of '8o banqueted at '53 was the first to resp0!1d and then the Carley House, Tuesday evening, down to '83. 1\tir. Roswell Benedict the 26th of June, and '6 3 t h e same gave a neat but short toast to ·· Olcl night bad a .:;pread at the vVindsor, '()3." One of the features of the af­ Albany. ter dinner speeche-5 was that of Rev ----The class of '73 supped at Mr. Johnso:1'.::; in which he pr~sented Schun1acher's, in this city, the even­ the globe el<;;ewherc spoken of in this ing of the Alu1nni Day. 1s.sue. -After the exercises on Com. -The appearance ofJ udge George Day the 1-re~ident, 8 . number of W. Curtis, '20, on the hill Tuesday, the Alumni, and lady friends went was gladly welcon1ed. con1ing as he immediately to Washburne Hall, and did, in b is roller chair. unveiled the !Jainting of Rev. Dr. \i\·ashburne. done by Huntington. -The following among other jour­ The painting n1akes a grest orna.ment nals were represented at the college for the Library hall. Alun1ni Meeting: N evv York Trz'b­ -'83 may well feel proud of her U1te, Wm. H. 1\tlcElroy; New York Commencement Ball. 'fhe new buil­ Titnes, Frank DePuy ; N evv York ding with the rooms of the two \vings Suu, Walter Benjamin; Albany made a most delightful place for the Evening 'Journal, Chas. R. Sher­ festivities. The system of charging lock; Albany Express, Daniel Shavv; admission proved an exce11ent plan Troy Times, Daniel S. H·asbrouck ; and we would advise future classes Trov Telegra1n, Senator McArthur; to do the same. The music; floor, An1.sterdam De11zocrat, Wm. J. Kline. refreshments, promenading and The Evening Star and . the Daz'l;, general management was very good, Unio1z were also represented by and in the name of the Class we take members of the force. off our bats to the ball Committee' who did their duty so n1 uch to their -Among the crowd of Alumni on own credit and that of the college. College Hill, the 26th, were noticed Hons. Amasa J. Parker, H. R. Pier­ -The President's reception was son, E. D. Ronan, Rev. Patrick H. well attended. The cornet solo frpm McDermott; Daniel Shaw and others. the highest stars of t~e hall was a from Albany; l-Ion. Chas. E. Patter­ treat tot hose who heard. son, Harvey J. King, T. G. Hamlin -8o's Triennial Bulletin is well and others from Troy; Dr. C. C. edited and contains some very good -Joslin, of Johnstown and others. hits on the stars of that noble class. THR CONCORDIENSIS.

-·On Tuesday evening the 26th -·Next followed the games for the .. of ff une, the Junior and Sophon1ore Yates championship Cup. The first priz.e speaking took place in tbe game of the series was played April State Street Methodist Church. The 24th, between '83 and '85. The score speakers. and their subjects were as is as fo!l ows : fo.JlO·\VS : I 2 3 4 S Total Sophomores-Mr. Frank Eond of '83. ~I 4 4 6 I-I6 Schenectady,. subject, ''the Rise of 'Bs · ·S 2 3 o S-IS U1npire, James Fairgrieve, '82. the R.epu blic ; " lVIr. Putnam Cady ofScher1ectady,. subject,~' French Re­ -'fhe second game of the series publicanism; '' l\1r. William Hutch­ between '8-t and '85 was postponed. ioson of Thorndike, Mass., sub­ On May f st the following game was ject,."' Heroes of Adversity;'' ML p1ayer1 between '83 and '86: W rn.. A. Jaycox of Garrison, N. Y., I 2 3 4 s Total ~~'The 2 0 sn bj ect, ,, Victims of Circum- '83 .• 5 5 2-L~ sant ce.; .. '86. ri 0 0 2 s- s U1npire, Bayard Whitehorne, '82. Jun iors-Mr. John F. L1elaney of Albany, subject, " Revolutions in --'The next game between '84 and Europe ; " Mr. Benjan~in G. Chis­ '85 resulted as follows: olm of Charleston, S. C., subject, I 2 3 4 S Total H Mazzini ; " Mr. Charles B. Tenl.­ '8+··0 0 0 IO 0--IO pleton of Albany, subject, "Progress '85 • .Q f I 0 2- 7 of the Nineteenth Century;" Mr. Utnpire, Bayard Whitehorne. Henry C. Young of Schenectady, 1 -In the next game the Freshmen subject, ' Jan1es H. Garfield. The were easily defeated by the Sophs. building, as usual on such occasions,_ The score is : was ·crowded ; music by Parlatti's Orlhestra. I 2 3 4 S Total '8s . .I I 3 7 I-I3 '86 .. 0 0 0 I 3- 4 -The following is the new Board Utnpire, B. Whitehorne. of Editors elected at close of third term : Delaney, '84; McFarlane, '84, -The postponed game between and 13enedict,-'S4; Cady, '85; · Mc­ '84 and ·ss was played on May 10th. Sorley, '85, and Morey, '8 5. Vee­ The following is the score: der' S6, and Lawler, '86, Mr. De­ I 2 3 4 5 Total laney was chosen Chief Editor. '84. ·0 I 0 2 D--3 '85 .. o 4 0 0 I-S. -~------·----~·-- -The following day the Juniors, although considerably used up from their last gan1e, met tbe Seniors for the first time this year. The game was very close, the score at the end CLASS GA.MES. of the fifth inning being the san1e -Athletics began this year by a for both sides. T'he score is : series of class games. The first game r 2 3 4 5 Total '83 • ·4 0 IO 0 3-I7 of the season was between nines se­ '84. ·3 4 2 2 6--I7 lected from '83 and '85 on one side and '84- and '86 on the other. The -At this time the interest for a following is the score by innings: "Varsity Nine" revived and no other class games were played. The I 2 3 4 Total '83 and '8s . . o 7 0 s--I2 series will be finished next fall, '83 '84and'86 .. 2 I ~ I- 7 of course, relinquishing all claims. THE CONCORDIENSIS. 237

-The players on the different First base on errors-~-~ Union 6, La­ nines were as follows; fayette I. Left on bases-Union 8, '83. McCauley, 2d b. ; Sherwood, Lafayette 4· Double plays -Pender­ ss. ; Hamlin, c. ; McElwain, p. : gast to Poucher I, Whitner to Maurer Sloan, rst b, ; Adams, 3d b. ; Hook, I, Updegrove to Maurer 1. Passed c. f. ; Van Ness, 1. f.; Ray, r. f. balls - Drissell 3, McCauley 6. '84. Phillips, 2d b. ; Hale, 3d b.; Struck out-Uni~on 10, Lafayette J. Delany, p. ; Naylon, c. ; Neagle, Two-base hits-- Mau ·er I. Umpire s. s. ; Heatly, c. f. ; Barney, I. f. ; -W. S. Arnold. Time of game­ Jervis, 1st b. ; Greene, r. f. T\vo hours and five rninutes. '8 5· Stanton, 3d b. ; Delaney, s.s.; McCauley, p. ; Ebaugh. r. f. ; Mitch­ -The following day the profes­ ell, c. f. : Ray, 2d b. ; Moulton, sional nine ofAlbanyvisited this city , 1st b. ; Wands, l. f. ; Perkins, c. and we were again defeated, but this '86. Pierson, r st b. ; Dorwin, c. ; was mainly due to the fact, that both Fletcher, 3d b. ; Landon, p. ; Ham­ McCauley and Pendergast w·ere nil­ lin, zd b. ; Pratt, 1. f. ; Edmunds, able to play their positions, which c. f. ; Gallien, s. s. ; Lamonte, r. f. made necessary changes in the whole --''VARSITY" GAMEs.-As was field. The score is: . ~ announced in a former issue, the ALBA:KY. A.B. R. B. T.B. P.O. A. E. Directors decided at first not to play Blagg, c ...... 5 3 2 3 I3 2 .2 Flemming, s. s ..... 5 3 2 2 I 0 0 any this year, but being repeatedly Batchelor, p ...... 5 .2 4 4 0 2 .2 challenged they finally consented Taylor, 1. f ...... 5 I 0 0 0 0 0 and with only four days of practice Sheean, ISt b ...... • 5 0 I I 8 0 I Dorsey, c. f ...... 0 I I 2 I I, and with five new men, played their 5 Strickland ...... 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 first game in Albany, May 2 5, against Arnold, 2d b ...... 5 0 0 0 3 4 2 a strong and well-trained nine. Fol­ Goodritch, 3d b ... ·· 5 I 0 0 I I I lowing is the score : ------Totals ...... ·4S !2 00 II 27 IO 9 LAFAYETLE VS. UNION. UNION. A.B. B. lB. T.B. P.O. A. E. UNION. A.B. R. lB. T.B. P.O. A. E. McCauley, rst b.c.c.l. 5 I 2 3 5 I 3 ~~IcCauley, c.: ...... 5 o o o IS 6 I Naylon, rst b. c ..... S 2 2 2 S 2 5 N.aylon, Ist b ...... 5 o o o Io o I Flefcher, 1. f ...... 5 I 2 2 o o o McCauley J., r. f .... 5 o o o o o I McElwain, p. c. f ... 4 I I 2 r 4 2 McElwaine, c. f. . . . . 5 o r I I o o Pendergast, c.f.,rb.p. 4 o o o S o o Pendergast, P· ...... 5 o o o I 4 o Porcher, 2d b ...... 4 o I I I 3 I Fletcher, 1. f...... 5 I I I I I o Hale, 3d b...... 4. I I r I o 3 Porcher, 2d b...... 4 o I I 4 2 o Stanton· ...... 4 I o o I I I Hale, 3d b...... 4 o o o 3 I 2 J. McCauley, r. f .... 4 I o o I I o Stanton, s. s ...... 4 o o o I 3 2 Totals ...... 39 8 9 II 27 II I6 Totals ...•.... 42 I 3 3 36 17 7 LAFAYETTE. A.B. R. lB. T.B. P.C. A. E. INNINGS. b • . • . 6 4 2 I Updegrove, 3d I I r I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Maurer, Ist b ...... 6 o 2 2 12 o I Albany ...... 2 I 3 2 o I o 2 1-12 Drissell, c ...... •· 6 o 3 3 13 5 o Union ..•..•. o o o I o 3 3 o I- 8 Swift, c. f; ...... 6 o o o I o o McDowell, 2d b .... 6 o o o 2 3 I Time of game-2 hours 5 minutes; Douthett, s. s ...... 5 o o o o o 4 Urnpire-· F. Maxon; Struck out­ \Vhitmer, p ...... 5 o 3 3 o r 2 Unions r 1, ..l\lbanys 7 ; Two-base Smith, r. f...... 5 I 3 3 2 I o Catnpbell, 1. f...... 5 o o o 2 I o hits-McCauley, McElwain, Blogg.

Totals ...... 2 22 I2 36 I3 9 so -~ For Monday May 28th, a game BY INNINGS. had been arranged with the Detroits I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 IO II 12 of Detroit, but this was prevented by Lafayette .... o o I o o o o o o o o I-2 . Union ...... o o o o o o I o o o o o-I ra1n. THE CONCORDIENSIS. ------~------~----~------~~------~~---

Naylon, ISt :b ••••.•• --On Men1orial day Hamilton 3 I 0 0 9 0 0 Neagle,_ r. f ...... College visited us, and were defeat­ 4 0 2 2 I 0 I Hale, 3d b ...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 ed by the following score : Stanton, s. s ...... 3 0 0 0 0 3 I UNION. A.B. R. lB. T.B. P.O. A, E. - - --- A. lYicCauley, c .... 6 I 2 ') T'otals ...... • 35 3 8 5 .) 4 6 6 27 II ·5 Fletcher, l. f .....•. 2 0 0 0 5 3 3 WILLIAMS. A.B; R. IB. T.B. P.O. A. E. Porcher, 2d b ...... I ~ 2 0 0 5 3 Talcott, s. s ...... 3 o o o o I o McElwain, 3· f.···· I I I I 0 0 5 Yates, c. f ...... 3 o o o I o o Pendergast, p ...... I I I I I7 0 5 J. Safford, 1. f...... 3 o o o 2 o o Naylon, I st b ...... I 0 0 II I 0 5 Crowell,c ...... 3 o I I IJ 2 I J. l.VIcCauley, r. f ... I 0 0 0 0 0 5 W. Safford, 3d b .... 3 o I I o o o Hale, 3d b ... · . ·. · · 2 I I 2 I 0 5 P. Blackmer, Ist b .. 3 o I I - 8 o o Stanton, s. s ...... 4 0 0 0 I 3 I - E. Blacktner, 2d b ... 3 o o o · 3 2 I -- --- Carse, r. f...... 3 ·o o o o o I Totals ...... 46 10 IO II 27 27 4 Hubble, p ...... 3 o o o o I2 I HAMILTON. A.B. R. lB. T.B. P.O. A. E, Baker, 2d b ...... 4 0 2 2 3 I 2 Totals ...... 27 o o 3 3 27 4 Dalzell, 3d b ...... · 4 0 0 0 0 0 I SCORE BY INNINGS. Barber, c. f ...... 4 0 0 0 I 0 0 I 2 Rodo-ers 1. f ...... 0 I I 0 0 0 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ' 4 I 2 Sill, Ist b ~ ...... Unions...... o o o o o o I-4 4 0 I I 9 0 4 Williams ..... o o o o o o o o o-o Parsons_, r. f ...... 4 0 I I 2 0 I Van Auken, p ..... ') .) 0 0 0 I I4 7 First base on balls-Unions I ; Donaldson, c ...... ') j 0 I I 9 5 I3 Earned runs-Unions r ; Struck out Lathrop, s. s ...... 3 0 I I 2 I 0 ------Unions 8, Williams 6; Passed Totals ...... 33 0 7 7 27 2I 28 balls--Crowel12 ; Wild pitch-Rub­ INXINGS. ble I ; U n1pire--}. F. ·Delan·ey ; I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Tin1e--2 hours and 6 minutes Union ...... o o 3 2 o 2 I I I-Io Hamilton ... o o o o o o o o o- o -The day following, Jnne zd, \VC Two-base hits-J. A. McCauley, gave the professional nine of Albany McEhvain, I each ; Double play­ a return game and after a close cnn­ Nan Au ken to Baker to Sill ; Struck test were again success[ ul by the ap­ out--Union IO, Hamilton I 3 ; First pended score : base on balls-Union 3 ; Passed balls ALBANYS. A.B. B,H. T.B. R. P.O. A. E. -Union 2, Hamilton 3; Time of Fleming, s. s .. · · · · 5 I I I I 3 r Lanahan, c ...... · I I o I 2 2 20 5 7 game- hours tninutes ; U n1pire Duff, Ist b ...... ·. 4 o o o Io o o -Chas. Vanderveer. Wells, 2d b ...... 4 I I o I o I Dorsey, c. f...... · 4 o o o 3 I o -Two days la~er June rst \iVil­ Meehan, l. f ...... 4 I I o o o r Mullen, p ... ·. · · · · 4 2 3 o o 8 o liams College of Williamstown, Mass. Goodrich, 3d b ... · 4 o o o 2 o o came over and victory again was Chambers, r. f .. ·. 4 2 2 I o o o ours. In regard to this game vve -- -- Totals ...... 38 1 beg to say that the Williams paper ..J 9 2 2f I3 5 UNIONS. A.B. B.H. T.B. R. P.O. A. E. unjustly made statements which it McCauley, c ...... 4 0 0 0 IO 3 I cannot prove. We deny tha~ they Fl-etcher, I. f ...... 4 0 0 0 0 0 I Porcher, 2d b ..... were hissed, we deny that the um­ 4 0 0 0 l 2 I McElwain, c ..f . ... 3 0 0 I 2 0 pire was unfair, we assert that they Pendergrass, p .... 3 3 I I 0 I 5 0 Naylon, Ist b ..... 0 'Zvere met at the dgpot by carriages. 3 0 0 9 0 0 Eeagle, r. f ...... The score is given belo.w : 3 0 0 0 I 0 I Hale, 3d b ·. · . · · · · 3 0 0 I 2 4 2 OFFICIAL SCORE Stanton, s. s ...... 3 I I 1 I 3 2 UNIONS. A.B. R. IB. T.B. P.O. A. E. ------Totals ...... 29 2 McCauley, c ...... 4 0 0 0 ..IO 0 0 2 3 27 20 8 Fletcher, I. f ...... 4 0 2 2 I 0 0 SCORE BY INNINGS. Porcher, 2d b ...... I I I 2 0 I I 2 4 3 4 5 6 7 8 1\tlcElwain, c. f . .... I 0 0 2 9 4 0 0 Albanys ...... o 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-2 Pende.grass, p ..... I I I 2 4 7 I Unions .....•. o I 0 0 2 0 0 0 0-3 THE CON.CORDIENSIS. 239

First base on errors-Albany 5, on I ; left on bases, Harnilton 7, Union 4· Unions 8; total base hits, Han1ilt­ First base on called balls-· U n- on 7, Union 12; 3-base hits, Pender­ Ion I. grass I ; 2-base hits D·Plzell I ; passed Left on bas~s-. Albany 8, Union 2. balls, Donaldson I ; out on strikes, Struck out-'Albany 8, Union 5· Hamilton 10, Union 8, time of game, 1"'wo base hits --Mullin I. I :27. Tmpire,, John P. Morrow. Double ,plays-Dorsey to Good­ -The day following the nine went rich, 1 ; :\[cCauley to N aylon, 1. to Utica, intending to go on, and Passed balls-Larahan 4, N cCau­ play the Syrcuse University Nine on ley I. Friday, but the Managers of the U mpire-Mt' .. Batcheller. latter telegraphed not to come Fri­ 1"'ime of game-Two hours. day, because it was raining there, Thursday. This was a ~trange and -l\1onday June 4th, we play~d in ttnheard of reason for breaking an Johnstown. On account of rain we eng;agement. played only five innings, the score by innings being as follows : -Tuesday following June I 2th we I 2 3 4 5 again played in J ohnstown,-append­ Unions ...... o I o 2 2--;;5 ed is the score ; Johnstown ...... o o :1: 2 0--3 JOHNSTOWN. A.B. R. IB. T.B. P.O. A. E. -Wednesday June 6th, we gave Hennesey, rst b .... 4 I I I Io o I Eagan, l. f...... 4 I o o 2 o o Hamilton College a return game. Case, s. s ...... 4 o o o o I o Our reception at Clinton calls for Bannister' 2d b. p .. 4 o I 2 I 6 2 Caven, c ...... ,. 4 o I I 7 4 5 this public acknowledgement of ap­ Argersinger, r.f.2db 3 o o o 6 3 o preciation and thanks, Appended is Finnegan, 3d b ..... 3 o o o 1 o I the score: Welch, c. f., r. f .... 3 o I I o o r . Ball,p.,r.f,'c.f... 3 o o o o 2 I U~ION COLLEGE. A.B. R. IB. P.O. A. E. McCauley. c ...... 5 I o IO 3 o To ta 1s • • ••••• 3 2 2 4 5 2 7 r 6 II Fletcher, c. f ...... 5 I 2 o o o UNIONS. A.B. R. IB. T.B. P.O. A. E. Porcher, 2d b...... 4 I 2 3 o I McCauley, c ...... I 2 2 2 o McElwain, 3d b .. · ... ·· 4 I o o 3 o 6 7 2 2 Pendergrass, p ...... 4 I I I o I Fletcher, 1. f ...... 6 I I o o Neagle, 1~. f ...... 4 o I o o o Porcher, zd b ...... 5 I o o 4 I I Jarvis, 1. f...... 4 o I I o I McElwain, 3d b .... 5 o 3 4 I o o Hall, Ist b ...... 4 o 2 Io o o Penpergrass, P· .... 5 I I I 2 I2 2 2 2 II Stanton, s. s ...... 4 o I I 4 I Naylon, Ist b ...... 5 3 I o N eagte, c. f .. ·...... 5 2 I I o o o Totals .. · ...... 38 5 Io 27 Io 4 Anable, r. f ...... 5 3 3 7 o o I Stanton, s. s ...... 5 2 2 2 I 3 I HAMILTON COLLEGE, A.B. R, IB. P.O. A. E. BY I~NI:N"GS. Dalzell, 3d b ..•...... 4 I I 2 o I Baker, 2d b ...... 4 o I 2 2 I I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 I 2 I Sill, Ist b ...... 4 o I Io o o Union .....•. 3 o 4 o o 4 o- 4 Johnstown .. o o o 2 o o o o o-- 2 Rodger, 1. f ...... 4 o 2 I o o Barber, c. f. . .. • . . • . • . . . . 4 o o I o o Home runs-Anable one. Parsons, r. f...... 4 o o I o o Double plays-Porcher to Naylon. Vrn Auken, p ...... 4 o o 2 2 2 Donaldson, c ...... ·· 4 o I 4 5 2 Passed balls-McCauley 1, Ca- Lathrop, s. s ...... 4 o o I 2 o ven I 2. Earned runs-Unions 6. Totals ...... · 36 I 6 24 I I 7 First base 01~ errors-Unions 5, INNINGS. J ohnstowns 4. I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Hamilton ..... o o o o o I o o o--I First base on called balls-U n- Union ...... o o o 2 o I 2 o . o-5 ions 3; J ohnstowns I. First base on errors, Unions 4, Total balls called on Pendergrass Hamiltons 3 : earned runs, Hamilt- so, Ball and Bannister I o6. THE CONCORDIENSIS. -----·----· ·~-

Struck out-Pendergrass 5. Ball on the Campus with the Johnstown and Bannister 4· Nine again, and for the third time Total strikes called--Unions 1 1, we were successful by the following J ohnstowns I o. score : Left on bases-Unions 6, ] ohns­ JOHNSTOWNS. A·B·R·L·B•T· B.p. O·A·E· towns 3. Bannister, 2d b.··· 4 r 2 2 4 3 I Jones, c. p ...... · · 4 I 2 2 6 4 I Two base hits-Fletcher, N aylon, Argersinger, s. s •• 4 o I I I 2 r Anable and Bannister. Parmentier, I. f., c 4 o o o 3 o r Tin1e of game, 2 hours, 5 n1inutes. Welch, r · - • • • • • • • • 4 I I 4 2 0 I Umpire-.).1 r. Jones, of Amster­ Nlurphy, c.f:,p.,l.f 4 o o o 2 8 1 Sageman, 3d b · · · · 4 I o o o o o dam. Pierce, rst b · · . · .. · 3 I 1 I 5 2 o Ball, p., c. f...... 3 o I I I o 2 -Thursday, June 14th, we met ~ ...... del eat at Williamstown owing to Totals ••• · · ·34 S 8 8 24 I9 8 costly errors at critical n]oments. UNIONS. A·B·R·IB·T·B·P·O·A·E· McCauley, c ...... S r I 2 I2 3 I The grounds there are difficult and F 1etcher, 1. f...... 5 2 2 3 o o o uncertain to play on. rfhe scor,e is Porcher, 2d b • • • · · · 5 3 2 4 2 2 o gi \·en belo\v : McElwain, c. f.··· 5 2 2 4 o o o Pentlergrass, P· . · · 5 I I I I I2 2 U~IO~ COLLEGE. A.B. R. IB. T.B. P.O. A. E. Naylon, Ist b · · · · .. 5 2 3 3 8 o I 11cCauley, c ... · .. · 5 o 2 2 12 I I Neagle, r. f .. · •. ·· 5 2 5 5 I I o Fletcher, 1. f...... 4 I I I 0 0 0 Hale., 3d b...... 5 r o o I 2 r I Porcher, 2d b ...•. 4 o I 2 I 3 Stanton, s. s...... 4 o o o 2 I I I\IcEl \vain, 3d b. . . . 4 o r I 2 2 I . . . . Pendergrass, p.... 4 o I I I I 6 Totals ...... 44 I4 I6 22 27 21 6 Naylon, Ist b •.•.•• 4 I 2 2 8 I I SCORE BY INNINGS. Neagle, r. f ...... 4 o I I 0 I I Jarvis, c. f ...... 4 o I I I 0 I I 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Johnstowns .. o o 3 2 o o o. o o-- s Stanton, s. s ...... 4 1 2 2 I 3 I Unions •..... I I 4 o I 2 5 o *-14 Totals ..... ·37 3 12 I2 27 IS Io Strikes called off-Pendergrass 5 ; WILLIAMS COLLEGE. A.B. R. lB. T.2. P.O. A. E. Ball, lVIurphy and Jones 7. W. Safl"ord, 3d b .. · · 5 o 3 3 o o o Balls called off-Ball, Murphy and Talcott, s. s. . . . . • . . 4 o I I 1 1 3 Yates, c. f...... 4 I I I I o o Jones 57 ; Pendergrass 59. J. Safford, I. f ...... t o o o o · o o Passed Balls-] ones and Parmen­ P, Blacktnan, 2d b ••. 4 o I I 2 1 2 tier, 2 ; McCauley, 2. E. Blacklnan, 2d b .. 4 o I I 2 I 2 Carse, r. f...... 4 o 2 2 I 3 o Double plays - Pendergrass to Hubbell, p ...... ·. 4 I 2 2 2 3 o Porcher to N aylon, and Neagle to Ketchum, c .....•... 4 I I I I2 3 2 McCauley. Totals ....•... 37 4 I2 I2 27 I2 9 Two base hits-- McCauley and Fletcher. First base on errors-Union 5, \Villiams 8. Three base hits-Porcher and Mc­ Elwain. Called balls-off Union 40, Will- iams 49· First base on errors-} ohnsto\vns, 2 ; Unions, 4- Struck out-Union 10, Williams 9· Earned runs- ohnstowns, 3 ; Strikes called-Union I 3, Will- J Unions, 3· ian1s 1 3· . Left on bases-Union 7, William 6. Umpire--Whitehorne, Union. Scorer-} ervis, Union. Passed balls-Union I, William 3· Wild pitch-Union I. Tin1e of game-two honrs and five minutes. Time of game-two hours. Umpire-Holt, of Willian1s. NOTES. Seven games won out of ten play­ -The next·day, Friday, June I 5, ed. The season lasted twe11 ty-two the season was closed by the game days and expenses amounted to a TI-lE CONCORDIENSIS. 241 ------~------little less than six hundred dollars. the·ir expressions of disapproval and Syracuse would neither play nor pay denunciation were both loud and any part of the guarantee, and also deep. After much discussion, how­ gave out that it was Union, in stead ever, ~he votes were finally r~eceived, of Syracuse, who broke the engage­ and w1th a single exception, the vote Inent. ·of the class was a unit in favor of the Lafayette tried to deceive both re-election of Col. Robins on as trus­ Williams and Union, respecting their tee. three hired players. After the result of the election Financially, the season was a great vvas announced the class met around success, the Manager requiring only a reserved table at the alumni ban­ $I z8.oo in addition to gate receipts quet, . aud did ample justice to the and guarantees, where $293.00 were c?llation. At . I I o'clock Tuesday used last year, and, also, more gan1es n1ght, they again assen1bled around were played abroad. the fest~ve board at the Carley house,

:.,.. and amid hilarity and rejoicing cele­ brated their triennial class supper, EIGHTY'S TRIENNIAL. and followed it with the feast of rea­ son and the flow of soul. F. T. The commencement season just Rogers presided as toast-master, and closed has been a metnorable one in did it gracefully and well. Owing the history of the class of '8n With to the lateness of the hour and the the exuberance of class spirit which enforced departure of some of the always characterized them, and a boys, the list of toasts was shortened. unanimity of sentin1ent almost vvith­ Muhlfelder responded eloquently to out precedent, fully four-fifths of the the toast, "Old Union," and feeling­ graduated class, as well as many ly voiced the sentiments of the entire others who left its ranks before gra­ class in the loyalty to their al1na duation, assen1bled to celebrate its mater and their hope that order would triennial anniversary. Early in the soon be restored out of the present week before commeucement the confusion. Landon responded to the members of the class began to arrive, comprehensive toast, "The Profes­ and the intervening days were spent sions," and was frequently inter­ in convivial meetings,and in reviving rupted by detnonstrations of merri­ the scenes and associations of the ment and applause. R. D. Anable college days. Prof. Webster's study spoke in behalf of "The First was hospitably thrown open to the Dadd y,"and at the close of a congrat­ class, and \Vas used bv them as their ulatory address awarded the " baby h~adq~1arters. A large and complete prize," a neat silver cup, to its for­ triennial catalogue has been pub­ tunate winner, E. S. Godfrey, who, lished, giving with minuteness the in response to the toast, ''The past graduate history of each of the Proud Father," accepted the cup m e1n hers of the class. with a few happy and appropriale On alumni day the class assembled remarks. The concluding toast of in a body to exercise for the first the evening, "The Class of '8o/' time their right of suffrage in the was responded to by the president, election of alun1ni trustee. When R. C. Alexander. the attempt was made to disfranchise During the afternoon it became the entire class on the pretext that knovvn that Prof. Webster had been they were not entitled to their rnas­ dismissed by an accidental maJOrity ter's degree until the following clay, of Potter sympathizers in the board THE CONCORDIENSIS. of trustees, and their action, see.m­ a ing to the class generally to be_ v prompted more by feelings of revenge OBITUARY. c than by interest in the welfare of the b college, was heartily disapproved. Later in the evening the class · ALBE,R'f MO,ORE WESTING-­ unanin1ously adopted the following HOUSE. resolution : I WHEREAS, We have learned with l The tmembers of the class of '83 sincere regret that Prof. Webster's will be surprised and pained to see official connection with Union col­ recorded in this Commencement Number the death of one of their lege has been tenninated, and former classmates. Almost before WHEREAS, We believe that some the class has fairly left the walls of E expression of our strong attachment Old Union one of its men1bers has t. 1 to our loved instructor of f0nner been ~trick en down, at the very years \vill be gratefully received by opening of what seetned a most prom­ ising career, ) him ; be it '( VAll: ert Moore Westinghouse died r Resolz•ed, That we offer this pub­ at the residence of his parents, at ' f lic testimonial of the esteem in vvhich Schenectady, on Sunday, the 15th we hold Prof. Webster, and declare of July, 1883, in his 22d year. Early in the spring of 1882 he was com­ our honest belief be that as an to pelled to leave college, having con­ instructor he is unsurpassed within tracted, as was then supposed, noth­ 1 our experience ; that in his devotion ing more serious than a severe cold. to the proper development of the rfhough given the best of attention character of his pupils, he. has been and care he grew worse and soon it becatne evident that he was threat­ ever actuated by a sincere desire to ened with consumption in one of its accomplish lasting good, and that worst forn1s. ~verything that could whatever may be the outcome of the be done to stay the fatal ravages of present unsettled condition of Union the disease \vas done. He visited college, and wherever business incl­ Pittsburgh, Pa., Denver, Col., Nor­ folk, Va., the sea shore and various inations or duty shall call our gu~de, places in search of improvement and companion and friend, he will always health. While at these various carry with him the sympathy, regard places he would feel some\vhat im­ and deep-rooted affection of the class proved, but as soon as the stimulus of '8o. of change wore away he would again He his home, in this A resolution of thanks to the com­ fail. was at city, n1ost of last winter, feeling mittee who had compiled the trien­ cheerful and quite strong. As spring nial bulletin was then passed with came on he visited Norfolk, Va. and the usual unanimity, after which the the sea shore, from which place he meeting ·was fortnally adjourned till returned but a little over a week since, looking and feeling somewhat the decennial meeting in 1890, and better, and his voice which had for the class separated an1id mutual re­ some time been failing hin1 consid­ gret that the re-union was so soon .erably strengthened. On Saturday, ended. '8o. however, an alarming change set in THE CONCORDIENSIS. 243 and it was soon evident that the end Scotia, N. Y. ; Ceorge Warren, Fur­ was near. Those of his friends who beck, Little Falls, N. J. could be reached were called to see -Mr. Anable will remain as tutor him and to tbe others he wished a next year. good-bye said. On Sunday morn­ -A meeting of the Trustees has ing he died. l-Ie -vvas conscious be­ been called for the first week in fore his death and while desirous of August. living he was ·willing and contented -By mistake, the article "Tyr­ to leave this for another world. He anny .of the Times,'' failed to be was, through his long sickness al- marked, "Oration, by J W. Adams.'' way~s confide. nt and fought a. brave fight -'8o's Bulletin contains editorials \ bile in college he took the sci­ on 59 men. entific course in which he showed -List of the Alumrii of Union the greatest proficiency, possessing College \vho have died during the in a remarkable degree n1echanical year ending June 22, 1 883 : skill and ingenuity. His classmates '18. Rev. Samuel Van Vechten. ·will remei11ber hin1 as a quiet, stu­ '19. John B. Duane. dious, honest and genial fellow, with '2 1. Charles Bartles. a pleasant word and kindly greeting '21. Elijah H. Kimball. for all. He probably had not one '22. John Sanders. single enemy in the whole college. '24. Alonzo Chittenden. With the professors in his depart­ '24. Rev. Freeman P. Howlancl. ment his talents \vere greatly ap­ '25. Rev. John F. McLaren, :o. D. preciated. '27. Rev. Algernon S. MacMaster, He entered college from the Clas­ D. D. sical Institute. He was a member '30. Rev. Sylvester Woodbridge, of the Psi Upsilon fraternity and D. D. universally beloved and honored by '30. Rev. Mark Carpenter. its members, to whom his death, '30. Henry James. though not entirely unexpected. will '34. Anson Bingham. cau~e great sadness. His loyalty to '38. Daniel I. Rogers. and l·ove for his ·chapter was un­ '38. Rev. Alvi rfabor Irving, D. D. bounded and dt1ri11g his long illness '38. Thomas B. Sherwood. the visits of his brother society men '38. Stephen L. Magoun. were a source of the greatest cheer ~ 39· ..l\.m brose Wager. and cotnfort to hitn. '41. Charles B. Lawrence, L. L. D. '41. Rev. Josiah Obear. '43· Rev. N. A. Okeson. '44. William J. Niles. '46. Rev. Alexander B. Can1pbell. -The following is a list of '87 men '47. i\lbert C. Ingham. already registered : '47. Rev. Henry Allen Austin. Charles Backman McMurray, Lan­ '48. Charles H. Pierce. singburgh, N. Y. ; Edward Madison '49, Rev. Allan l\1cFarland. Catneron, Albany, N. Y.; Charles '56. Rev. Columbus Cornforth. Arthur Marvin, Elizabethtown, N. '62. Rev. Mortimer A. Hyde. Y. : Vernon E. Webster, Wilming­ '69. Edwin A. Kingsley. ton, Essex County, N. Y.; William F. Huyck, I .. eRoy, N. Y. ; George -Prof. Webster has received a Wentworth, Sandy Hill, Washington call to the chair of Nat. Phil. in County, N.Y. ; Willian1 Van Doren, Rochester U niv~rsity. 244 THE CONCORDIE'NSIS. --- --~------

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======~7======~==~~'t"r . I -----E-t· I ~ I -~ I _,U) ~I I -~ I • ' p. I ~ .. - . I -~ A Ul I I ~ f-t Co) II: .. ' I A :;~:r ~ (..) ·t:4 (!) E-t z )-! rt: E-t """i - p ~ f;l;;l. t-1 <1 E-t 0 :I: E-t z '() en 1-i I ~ 0-t ""'------' - J. W. Adams ..•..... S . .t '<1. 23 5 ft. 8 in. !I40 De1n. Dlttch Reform' d. Iowa. Medkine. D. D. Addison .•... c. 20 s ft. IO in. ii68 Dem. Episcopal. D. c~ Ministry. E. H. Adriance ..... C. 266·ft. I tn. 185 Rep. Dutch Reform'd. N.Y. Law. W. W:. BeUinger •.... C. I9 S ft. 7~in~ 134 Den1.. Episcopal. S:. C .. Ministry. R. A. Benedict .•... C. 27 S ft. 7 in. I 15 Rep. Congregational. N. Y. Law. J. R. Bolton ....•.•. C. 245ft. 7.7Zin.·14I Rep. Episcopal. N.Y. ·1\'Iedicine. F. Burton ...... S. 22_5 ft. 10 in.147 Rep. Congregati~nal,.: N.Y. Law. J. Cantine, Jr ...•.•. E. ~ 22 6 ft. I6o Rep. Presbyterian. N. Y. Engineer. D. M. Counterm1ne. C. 26 5 ft. 8)-~in. 138 Rep. Presbyterian. N. Y. Ministry. R. W. Dent ...... C. 24 5 ft. Io in. 14I Rep. Baptist. N. Y. Law. H. F. DePuy ...•.•. E. 24 5 ft. 9Y2 in. 147 .De1n. Presbyterian. N.Y. \'Engineer. t . L. J. Etnerson ..•... C. 30 5 ft, 'ro in. 165 Dem. Presbyterian. jDel. Literature. C. L. Franklin .•.•. C. 216ft. r_7~in. 154 Detn. Catholic. N.Y. Law. W. M. Gilbert ....• ~ S. 21 5 ft. 9~ in. L46 Rep. Episcopal. N. Y. Literature. W. K. Gilchrist .... C. 22 5 ft.·9}~ in. I43 Rep. - PTesbyterian. N. Y. Law. .. A. T. C. Ha~lin .... C. 215ft. ro in. 149 Rep. Episcopal. N.Y. Law. J. R. Harding...... c. 2j 5 ft. IO in. I5o,Dem. Episcopal, N. c. Ministry. J. C. Hemphill ...... E. 24 5 ft. 8 in. t38 Rep. Bapt.ist. ,N, Y. Engineer)!. G. S. Hook ...... C. 2I 5 ft. 9}~in, 126 Detn. Episcopal. .\~N.-::V. Law. ., .. G. V. P. Lansing ... C. · 235ft. 8 in. 135;Rep. Episcop7al. N. ·Y-. Ministty. J. W. McCauley..... S.&E. 22 5 ft. 9 in. rSs:Dem. PresbyteTian. N,· Y. Engineer. F. W. McClellan .... C. 255ft. ro in. r89 Rep. Presbyterian. N. Y. Business~ 1 D. C. McElwain .... S. . 2I 5 ft. 9 in. r46 Dem. Episcopal. "N:· Y. Law. R. E. Morgan ...... S. 123 5 ft. 8 in. 1361Rep. Presbytel'ian. N. Y. Business. A. B. Nas? ...... C. 28 5 ft.r I,~in r58 Rep. Meth0dist. Conn. Ministry. A. W. Ray.· ...... S. 235ft. SJ6in. 157\Dem.1 Episcopal. S. C. Law. J. H. Sand ...... S. 22 6 ft. r75 Rep. Lutheran. N. Y. Medicine. G. W. Sherwood .... C.&E. 2I 6 ft.· r6o·Rep.1 Episcopal. N. Y. Engineer. B. C. Sloan ...... S. 23; 5 ft. gY2in. I45!Dem. Episcopal. S. C. Law. J.-R. VanNess ...... S. 225ft. gi!-1. I4S!Rep. Methodist. N.Y. Law. H. C. W?od ...... C. 195ft. 8 ~n. I30jRep. Episcopal. . N. Y. Law. J. C. Wnght ...... E. 29 5 ft. 9 In. 1531Rep. 'Episcopal. N. Y. Engineer. I

, ~· Law, I 3 ; Ministry, 6 ; Medicine, 3 ; Engineer,_ 6; ljterature, 2; Business, 2. New Y~rk, 23 ; South Carolina, 3; North Carolina, 1 ; District Col- umbia, I ; Delaware, r ; Mirines6ta, J ; Connecticut, I ; Iowa, I. Episcopalian, I 3; Presbyteriaq, 8; · J)utch Refo1:med, 3 ; Roman Catholic, I ; Congregational, 2; Baphist, 2 ;: Lutheran, I ; Methodist, 2. Republican, 20 ; Democrat, I 2/ Average Weight,, I 53 pounds. : Average Height, 5 feet 9 inch,es. Average Age, 22 years. ,. Classical, 18 ; Scientific, I o ; Engineering, 4 ; Two Courses, 2. &'..../ Number now in Class, 32. Number entered in all, 57·