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HILE watching the progress legged, the latter guarded, English W of a practice game of base fashion, with tightly - strapped and ball, on the School campus, buckled shin - protectors, engaged in the other day, I could not but remem mortal combat over the possession of a ber, as I observed the keen-eyed and melon-shaped ball, which, as far as interested group of spectators, and list their darkened intelligences could see, ened to the enthusiastic comments of was not worth possessing anyway, still approbation or disapprobation-, as the less -fighting for. •case m ight be, a vastly different scene, The teams were no longer mobbed, which took place under the auspices of the police no longer interfered, with two athletic clubs in South America, drawn swords in hand, and the curi about seven years ago. osity of the natives had diminished to At that time all the athletics of the the point where it was possible to play whole country of Chile were in the without having to stop to have the field hands of the English and German clubs forcibly cleared every few minutes. of the two largest ports of Valparaiso All this was exceedingly jolly for and Iquique. In the former, especially, Valparaiso, but we unfortunate dwellers the clubs were very strong, each col in the capital, five houts distant by ony having its polo, tennis, cricket, rail^what of us? Well, our English foot-ball, and hunt clubs. You will colony, all told, counting the old, observe, I have not mentioned an feeble, and young children, amounted American colony, for the very good to something over three hundred. We reason that the number of Americans had a fairly good tennis and racquet was too small to form one, and was, club, and also a polo club, but for any hence, very naturally included in the thing further, we had to content our English colony. I may say, in pass selves with newspaper accounts of the ing, that they dwelt together in a peace Valparaiso doings. and unity most edifying to behold, only Finally, it occurred to some one that disturbed by a semi-occasional compari the foot-ball game might be played in son of the respective merits of cricket the capital by inviting two teams from and base-ball, or foot-ball played ac Valparaiso and making all due arrange cording to Rugby or Association rules. ments for their reception and comfort. The natives in Valparaiso had, from So, a Committee was formed, the invi long custom, gotten used to seeing tation was made and accepted, the day groups of men, most fearfully and won was set, circulars were sent out order derfully arrayed, bare-armed and bare ing all loyal Americans, Britishers and 104 THE SIGNAL
Germans to turn out in full force; each pulled by four horses, being drawn notices were inserted in the native up immediately before the station. An newspapers, couched in the most forci ever-increasing crowd surrounded ihe;e ble of English-Spanish, over which the vehicles—a crowd composed mainly of natives puzzled long and vainly ; the the great "unwashed"—and the live girls began to make flags and re-cover liest speculations as to what was going their parasols in the most brilliant of on inside were indulged in. They in reds and blues, the colors of their re clined to the belief that the coaches spective teams ; and great excitement were some sort of funeral car or hearse, prevailed, not to say positive "derange but were puzzled as to the whereabouts ment." of the corpse, and anxiously awaited A large oval had been secured in the developments. park as the site of the game, a small When, some fifteen or twenty min stand was erected for the feminine part utes later, the doors opened and the of the spectators, with specially draped men stepped forth, resplendent in all seats for the three diplomatic ministers, the glories of gorgeous sweaters, in and the oval itself was securely roped credibly short'' knickies," striped caps, off. But it did not occur to the com white shoes, shin protectors, and, above mittee to get special permission from all, displaying such a formidable amount the municipality for all these proceed of strong white '' biceps,'' they were ings, or request a special guard of greeted by such a yell of mingled terror mounted police for the day. and derision from the rapidly-retreating The eventful day at length dawned. crowd, as has seldom been heard out The team, who came up in the morn side of a revolution. From a safe dis ing express, had decided to bring tance, the mob watched the teams with them their club coaches—regular mounting, and perceiving that they "Tally-Ho" affairs—on the tops of entertained no immediate hostile de- which they were accustomed to drive signs, plucked up courage and formed triumphantly through the streets of such a dense guard of honor that it Valparaiso, out to the club grounds. was with difficulty the coaches could The lower part of these coaches was be started. fitted up as dressing rooms, the whole Before the motley procession had arrangement being convenient and at traversed a couple of blocks, the crowd the same time extremely stylish. was so dense that the trams, and, in When the teams arrived at the sta fact, all traffic, was blocked. Before tion, they held a consultation and de half the Alameda was passed, the cided to change their clothes there, authorities had sent a small squad of after which they purposed driving up mounted police to the scene, really the Alameda—the main promenade— fearing that a popular revolution had and breakfasting at one of the hotels been sprung upon them. Forcing a where they were expected. This would passage with the naked sword, the leave them ample time to get out to police arrested not only the unhappy the park by two o'clock, the hour at foot-ballers, but coaches, horses and which the game was called. drivers, on a charge of disturbing the So the teams disappeared into their public peace and wearing indecent cos respective dressing rooms, the coaches, tumes. The most eloquent and touch- TILE SIGNAL m
Ing explanations were made, in the Some thought that the idea was to most convincing German-Spanish and kick the ball out of the oval entirely, British-Spanish, without the slightest and when, after a long series of " drib effect, a failure caused, doubtless, by bling," the ball was actually kicked the fact that the police did not under over the ropes, among the specta stand a word of it. tors, the feat was most vehemently After a couple of hours spent igno- applauded. miniously in solitary confinement, they During the intermission between the were released, with the most abject and first and second halves of the game, profuse apologies on the part of the the mob stole the ball itself, another authorities, to whom the situation had one having to be substituted to finish been made clear by consular interven with. tion. A second mounting was made, I do not remember how the game after a compromise in costume had been ended, but I do remember that we effected by the addition of coats, and could never again persuade a Valpa accompanied by a guard of mounted raiso team to go to Santiago until police, the team started a second time. years afterwards, when we had our They reached the park without fur own team and the natives were better ther adventure, and after they had par trained. I do not mean you to under taken of some slight refreshment in stand that they have fathomed the place of the sumptuous repast prepared "why" and the "wherefore" of foot for them in the hotel, the game was ball. On the contrary, just why the called, an hour late. "gringos" persist in making scare From the moment of the kick-off crows of themselves, in order to chase until the close of the game, that oval a ball back and forth in the hot sun, was a scene of the wildest confusion. when they might spend the time so Nothing could dampen the curiosity much more profitably eating or sleep of that bareheaded, barefooted, dark- ing, is one of the things no Latin- skinned mob. They had determined American can ever find out. to find out what it was all about ; and being trampled under foot, pricked by the swords of the police, or charged Success. by the teams themselves, seemed but to incite them to still further efforts. BY ONE WHO HAS IT YET TO ATTAITF. At first they thought the ball might HO in our school will be truly contain something explosive, and they W successful ? Some say one, regarded it with suspicion until it had others point to another. But been kicked several times. Then, as what is success ? Is it great learning, they observed a broken collar bone and enormous wealth, fame or virtue ? a sprained ankle being removed from Everyone measures success by his own the conflict, they decided that it must standard. The tramp thinks if he can be a new species of concerted duel, in live without work and washing, he is which all fought until dead or disa successful. The criminal hopes he bled, but dropped this theory as they may be successful in to-morrow night's observed that the places of the wounded bank robbery. The student strives to were immediately taken by others. be successful in his studies. 106 THE SIGNAL
A man, born a hod-carrier, remains Did you ever see two men alike, one throughout his life. In the world's two battles fought in the same way, measurement, he has made very little, two minutes that contains the same if any success ; in his own he has per actions ? haps fulfilled his highest ambition—that Live in the present, learn from the of being successful in his own line of past and plan for the future. work. Ambition determines success. COLLIS. Succeed in your good ambitions and you will be truly successful.
A glance about the room shows us pass me the champagne, Ross, will that its occupants, Jack and his chum, you ?'' are of the easy-going, don' t-care kind. The game proceeded in silence, but Text-books are conspicuous by their with many more frequent trips to the absence, but in all the corners are sideboard. different athletic arrangements. About one o'clock the party broke While some one was shuffling the up, the young men going to their cards, Ned Williams looked up and different rooms, with rather unsteady said : steps. " I say, Jack, what do you think of Brown helped Jack to bed, for he King's performance, yesterday?" was too intoxicated to help himself, and " What did he do ? " said Jack. after cleaning up Jack's room, he went "Why, you know, Jack, he pulled off sadly to his#own bed. a small boy from under a horse's feet." ****** "So he did ; I had forgotten it.'' At a gay summer resort, several Just then the door opened, and a young men are strolling along the quiet, studious - looking young man beach, laughing and chatting merrily. entered. Jack looked up, frowned and They are watching, with interest, the said : antics of a little colored boy, in the " How d'ye do, Brown? Sit down. water. Suddenly, the child screams, Have a cigar, won't you ? " throws up his hands and goes out of "Thank you ; no. What did you sight. say you had forgotten, Jack? Nothing One of the young men darts into the serious, I hope " water, and, as the child comes up, " Indeed, I should say not. Merely catches hold of him and gasps, "Here, forgot that King hauled a youngster Ross, take him." Ross grasps the out of a horse's way, yesterday." child and turns with him to the beach, leaving the rescuer to take care of him " I should not think you would for self. Oh, why did he do that ? The get that so easily, since you know King brave young man, seized with sudden was so badly hurt himself." pain, sinks, and when he is found by " Well, I don't see why you all make his companion, life has gone. such a fuss over that. King did not In the chapel of the university before have to do it. The kid was nothing to mentioned, over the pews occupied by him, and there were plenty of other the class of '92, in the Senior year, is a people around. Why did he not let marble tablet with this inscription : them risk their necks for the little good- for-nothing? " IN LOVING MEMORY OF '' King is too much of a man for any JOHN WARD HASTINGS thing of that sort. Now, tell me hon OF THE CLASS OF '92, OF estly, Jack, if you were in his position, UNIVERSITY. would you not have done the same 1872-1892. thing ? " '' Greater love hath no man than '' No, I would not. I am not ready this, that a man lay down his life foi to die yet. Living is too good. Hurry his friends."—John ij:tj. up and deal those cards, Ned; and L. G. THE SrGKAL
It was particularly gratifying to oar THE SIGNAL schools to have with us on Thursday,, Issued monthly by the students of the New Jersey the 6th inst., the entire membership of State Schools. the State Board of Education, the Sec HARRY G. DECHANT, LITERARY EDITOR. retaries of State and Treasury, and CLARENCE J. BUCKMAN, BUSINESS MANAGER. ASSISTANTS: other personages who are warm friends, EMMA JONES* Model, of public education throughout our t. CLAUDE PALMER, Normal. T Local Editors. GEO. A. BIRKLAND, Normal. I State. We need not say that the occa MARY BERRY, M odel. 1 sion was a most interesting, one ; and,, MABEL GASTON, Normaf. / Alumni Editors. from the complimentary addresses MABEL GASTON, Exchange Editor. MARY BERRY, Secretary. made by these persons, in the audito ANNA MURPHY, T reasurer. rium, where the entire school assem bled, we are safe to say that our inter TERMS—Sixty-cents-per year, Single copies, ten cents* ests will have the closest attention from Students, Alumni, and friends are invited to con tribute literary matter and items of interest. these distinguished personages. We were much disappointed that Governor All communications should be addressed THE SIGNAL, Slate Schools, N, J. Griggs was unable to be present, on account of onerous duties that de manded his attention. O our contributors : In order that we may not be crowded with the T Escuela Normal de Trenton, work for the Commencement nu m- ber of 1 HE SIGNAL, contributions for del Estado de Nu
Hablando del "Monitor"—nos ha eArbor ©bsefOed. llamado la atencion mucho la discusion sobre los examines escolares ; pu6s On Friday, April 30th, Arbor Day aquf tambien han habido muchos argu- was celebrated in our schools by fitting mentos en pro y en contra del modo and interesting exercises, in the audi antigud. Actualm6nte se da mCnos torium. The program, which was most atencion a los examines cada ano y en enjoyable throughout, was rendered cavnbio, se preocupe mas y mas del during the third and fourth recitation programa y del modo de ensenarlo. periods, before a large audience, con Tambien hemos sequido con mucho sisting of the whole body of students interez las cartas de la Senorita Amalia and the many friends of the school. Solano, de Bridgewater, Massachusetts, Features of the program which de por lo intelegente y razonable que son. serve special mention were the chorus, Puede ser que nu dia tendremos el by the Model girls, the violin solos by gusto de conocerla personalmente. Mr. Stretch, and club swinging by Ed. Mientras tanto, Senor Director, ase- Rittenhouse. gucrandole de mi£stro aprecio, desean- At the beginning of the exercises, dole el mas feliz porvenir al '' Monitor'' Dr. Green reported the amount of y saludandole respectnosamente, the contribution received and the quedamos de Usted, gifts which had been purchased. The S. A. S. S., whole amount contributed was $244.93, THE SIGNAL. $113.98 being from the school itself and the rest from outside sources. THE SIGNAL has many languages at Below are given the program and the its command. Hitherto, the editor has list of gifts presented : modestly limited himself to the vernac PROGRAM. ular. In this issue, however, those of Song State Schools our readers who are familiar with the Piano Solo—"The Tournament" Nevin Spanish tongue will observe that we Miss Alma Austin. have paid a deserved tribute to a con Song—" Pussy Willow " Win. Williamson temporary, " El Monitor de la Instruc " Thoughts from Ruskin on the Grass," tion Comfin," published in Buenos L. Well Song—" The Flower Waiting to Grow," Ayres, South America. Our special pur Misses Moore, Fletcher and Green pose here is to set forth, as we have Recitation—"The Secret" Stella Eccles above, the general meaning of the for May Song High School Girls eign words we have used to those who Misses Conover, Raymond, MacCrellish, do not read Don Quixote in the origi Martinet, Curtis, Rogers, Davison. Essay—" The Blacbka Flower Models," nal, or do not speak that language of Ada Rogers maxims in its Castilian purity. Song—" The Rosy Morning " B1 Class Recitation—" Fairy Umbrellas," Lottie Pope Club Swinging Edward Rittenhouse Lives of great men oft remind us, Recitation—" The Pansy "...Robert Lanning We may yet be shining lamps ; Vocal Solo—" Nita Gitana ".. May Chapman And departing, leave behind us Recitation—" The Petrified Fern," Other heads for postage stamps. Edith Decou Violin Solo Albert Stretch Ex. in Student's Pen. Song—" Hail, Smiling Morn " Glee Club 110 THE SIGNAL
ARBOR DAY GIFTS. Carbon Photographs — (Jlass flotes. Port of Bodoe, by Norman. MODEL. The Chase, by Ruysdael. Flora, by Titian. E have here a short study of Officers of the Archery Corps of St. Adrian character taken from the by Frans Hals. W Syndics, by Rembrandt. Senior class : Children of Charles I, by Van Dyck. H-r— La--e--e. Mother and Child, bv E- Vigee Le Brun. '' A gentle boy, with soft and silken Landscape, by Rousseau. Landscape, by Corot. locks." Bronze Doors, by Ghiberti. E—r—s. David, by Michael Angelo. "Lives of great men all remind us Statuary— Bust of Goethe. we should make our lives sublime." Bust of Schiller. —e—. Bust of Beethoven. "His ringlets so curly are Cupid's Bust of Mozart. Statue of Hebe, by Thorwaldsen. own net." Statuette, Venus de Milo. M—. Photo-Chromos— " Every note of song he sings, Dance of Apollo and the Muses, by Giulio Romano. Every murmur, every tone, Old Bridge Across the Arno. Is of l ove, and love alone." Lake Lucerne. , B-d-C-n-1. Castle of Chilian and Dent du Midi. Mont Blanc and Chamois at Base. "Fair tresses, man's imperial race Mer de Glace. ensnare. Mont Blanc. And beauty draws us with a single View of the Jung Frau. hair." Photographs— The Visitation, by Albertinelli. — L— L—-s -y. Angel of the Annunciation, by Carlo Dulci. '' Love is strong as death. Many Flora, by Titian. Waters cannot quench it." St. Agnes, by Andrea del Sarto. Lion, by Thorwaldsen. CI e B Columbus Before the Court of Ferdinand " Eager hearted as a boy, when tirst and Isabella, by Brozik. he leaves his father's field." St. Cecilia, by Carlo Dolci. The Princes of the Tower, by Millais. C-r— P—. Queen Elizabeth Confirms the Death War "The glorious arts of peace." rant of Mary Stuart, by Schrader. An Aged Woman, by Rembrandt. Flo E—e. Rembrandt, by Rembrandt. '' Wise but never rigid ; Two Groups, Fra Angelica's Angels. Color Prints— Gay, but not too highly free." The Capitol. M—y B --y. Capture of New Orleans. Battle of Mobile Bay. The voice was ever soft, gentle and Battle of Port Hudson. low ; an excellent thing in woman." Armor— Persian Shield. E L-R—. Indian Battle Axe. Sword. My books, the best companions Two Bunting Flags. are to me." THE SIGNAL 111
M-r- W-o-. THE RAINBOW. '' Her glossy hair was clustered o' er All of nature's flower children— a brow bright with intelligence, and fair Gifts to mortals—though they die, and smooth." Bloom again within the rainbow. Fl~ W—e. In the garden of the sky. "Music hath charms to soothe the TO A WHITE VIOLET. savage breast." Beautiful flower, so lovely and white, Ex— C—i-. Bathed in the sweet, sparkling dew, '' She draws them with her eyes ; Hidden so safely away from the light, repels them with her actions. " Nature is perfect in you. The H. S. A. rhetoric class, while SUNSET. studying versification, were requested Clouds of violet and crimson to bring into class original poems. The following is the glorious result of their Color the western sky, arduous labors : Change, then fade, then dimmer grow Till as the sun sets, they die. TO A VIOLET. Violet, modest, lovely flower. TROUBLE. Little harbinger of Spring; A visit to a famous play, Filling every verdant bower A test in mathematics; With thy dark, rich coloring. An average low the following day; Some weeping girls in attics. Come, sweet violet, why delay ? You were fed by April showers; Now that the warm days have come, It is now the first of May; all the young ladies spend their leisure Show thyself, O, Queen of Flowers. hours out of doors, playing tennis or amusing themselves otherwise. Some SPRING. of them ride wheels, too. The spring arose from fields and' hills, And fluttered o'er each tiny flower; '99 should ask our assistance in set She touched the mountains and the rills tling the class picnic question. We And made this world a bower. are sure we could arrange matters very satisfactorily for ourselves, at any rate. SUNSET. An eclipse, according to a new defi The glories of the setting sun nition, takes place when anybody gets Have sunk behind the hill. in front of the sun. And we are left to mourn its loss, And wander as we will. If e verybody has not seen the Venus de Milo, in Miss Brewster's room, they PRINCETON. are very cordially invited to come and Hurrah! hurrah! for Princeton, then, see it. With its orange and black still stream We are very glad to welcome Miss ing; Elizabeth LaRue, after her long illness. Three cheers for the noble Princeton men! NORMAL. Her students are active, not dream On account of illness, Miss Elizabeth ing. Newbury, a member of Senior II, has 112 THE SIGNAL. been compelled to leave school, and is The first division of A 2 boasts of now endeavoring to recover her strength having at least one perfect psycholo at home. gist. The universal question is, "Who Below we give the following resolu is he ? " tions : Mystery of the third floor of Normal TRENTON, N. J., Mar. 13, '97. Hall: "Who threw the water that At a meeting of a committee appoin ducked Mr. Coursen ? " ted by the class of '97, the following resolutions were adopted : There is one instinct about which we WHEREAS, Sickness has compelled have not studied in psychology, that our classmate, Miss Elizabeth Newbury, seems very marked in some of o ur A 2 to withdraw from our class, therefore, girls. This is the instinct to flirt. be it Resolved, That the June class of '97 Observation 1. Miss S—y was out has lost an earnest, faithful worker, be botanizing. She heard a note of a bird loved by classmates and teachers; that resembled the whistling of a Nor Resolved, We shall always remember mal boy, and she immediately replied with pleasure, her loving and helpful with a responding whistle and wave of companionship of three years; Resolved, That a copy of these reso the hand to the unseen flirt. lutions be forwarded to Miss Elizabeth Observation 2. Two young ladies Newbury,jind that they be printed in were in church—but we need not finish. THE SIGNAL. At a certain residence on Yard street. BERTHA HINSDALE, BERTHA MATTHEWS, Murphy potatoes and Bartlett pears are MARY WELLER. occasionally a part of the course of the Dr. Boice—" Name an object shaped late evening meal. "We wonder like the cranium." why." Faint voice in back of room—"The Miss D-ns—" Who was Arrian ?" cocoanut.'' Mr. S-n—"Arrian was a second Debates are held daily in Miss hand historian." • Luther's room, from 12:55 to 1:35 In the chemical laboratory. Miss p. M. Mr. Zabriskie always takes the M-y—'' Why, how did you break your affirmative, while Miss Alden clings to test tubes ?'' the negative of the subject. Miss H-d. (Gazing ruefully at the If we all become inveterate match remains of t wo broken test tubes )—" I makers, Miss Hewitt should be held squeezed them too tight." responsible for it, as she was the one who initiated us into the mysteries of that delightful occupation. ^ottin^s. They say it's symbolic. We won der of w hat. Ol R successive victories for our base-ball team. Keep it up. Who is the " Turkey Gobbler," and F whence did he derive the appellation ? "Mumps?" Who's next? Our friend Lazarus has taken quite Some one suggests that as this is a fancy to snake charming. Be sure Tom Hill s second term as president, you're sober if you enter his den, or he will very likely soon follow Grover's you will ce rtainly see snakes. example and go off duck shooting. THE SIGNAL llS
Tom says he doesn't like to shoot the ©ur Societies. " dear things." Collecting botany specimens is quite ARGUROMEUTHOS DRAMA. popular among our Normal friends. ONE of the best society entertain Mr. Gleason claims to have found a ments ever given in our schools peculiar variety of the Daisy at Broad was the one presented by the Street park. He refused to be inter Arguromeuthos Literary Society, on viewed in regard to the matter ; says Friday evening, April 2d. he does not wish it to be made public ; The play was taken ffom the fourth so please don't mention it. He is and fifth acts of Shakespeare's "A watching it very carefully at present; Winter's Tale." The costumes and says he hopes in a short time to be decorations were very pretty and ap allowed to take it home and press it. propriate to the times they were to The musical entertainment given by represent. the Symphony Club, of Princeton, for Although the characters in the play the benefit of the Athletic Association, were by no means easy to represent, was well received by the audience. each part was carried out in an excel Financially, however, it was not much lent manner. The society deserves of a success. great credit for its work, and the We were very sorry to lose from our thanks of the unusually large audience number Richard Bacchus, formerly of for giving them so enjoyable an enter the class of '97. He has recovered tainment. from his long siege of sickness, but has The role of Autolycus, a RogUe, by decided not to come back to school Miss MacCrellish, was especially well this year. rendered and created much laughter.
Our genial friend Charles Scott, of DRAMATIS PERSONS. Clinton street, has also left school. LeonteS, King of Sicilla Anna C. Murphy If you want to hear " The Song of a Camillo, tT ,. - ( ....Margaret Rogers Cleomettes, of Anna Carle Shirt," just listen to that lovely red Dion, J &lcma> ( Mabel Compton plaid one of Sol's. Lindsley now Rogero, a Gentleman of Sicilia, claims to have one with a voice which Louise Kennedy can even outdo Lowenstein's, when it Polixenes, King of Bohemia, Henrietta Behtn comes to making noise. Florizel, Prince of Bohemia, John says that betting on base-ball Bertha Hinsdale games is quite remunerative. He has An Old Shepherd, reputed Father of Perdita Lucile Green found a way to bet whereby he is sure Clown, his Son Florence Earl to come out ahead, no matter how the Autolycus, a Rogue....Elizabeth MacCrellish game goes. He doesn't think it is Time, the Prologue Helen White right to gamble for a money considera Hermione, Queen to Leontes...Emma Jones tion, however. Now, John, let us give Perdita, Daughter to Hermione and Leontes Leonoro Snyder you a bit of fatherly advice. No matter Paulina, a Friend of Hermione's, whether the stakes are money or—well, Mary Weller anything else, it is gambling, just the Lords, Gentlemen, Shepherds and same. Shepherdesses. 114 THE SIGNAL
PROLOGUE. running around the campus, getting ACT IV. into condition for the running contests Scene 1—Bohemia. A room in the Palace to be held in the near future. of Polixenes Scene 2—The Same. Scene near the Shep NASSAU 8 ; STATE SCHOOLS 4. herd's Cottage. Scene 3—The Same. On April 3d the State Schools boys ACT v. met their first defeat of the season at Scene 1—Sicilia. A room in the Palace of the hands of the strong Nassau club of Leontes. Princeton. Our boys were particularly Scene 2—The same. Before the Palace. Scene 3—The same. A room in Paulina's weak in their batting, as they were un house. able to connect w ith Day's curves, ex
SHAKESPEAREAN. cept in the sixth inning, when they secured three hits and four runs. The Although the Shakespearean Society Princeton team easily outbatted us. has not been heard from for several Hennessey was very wild, giving six months, it has been working steadily. men base on balls, but only one of these We have had several interesting debates men scored. and essays given on the play of Julius The State Schools players do not Ctesar. The last, " Resolved, That seem to get into the game until it is too the speech of Brutus was more premed late to win, and finding that the game itated than that of Antony," was the is lost, they lose all ambition, and play best yet given. in a very listless manner. The score : The speakers on the affirmative side were Misses Lowe and Albright ; those STATE SCHOOLS. on the negative were Misses America R. H. P.O. A. E. Davis and Ada Allen. The judges de Dechant, 1st b. 0 0 14 0 0 cided in favor of the negative side. Walton, 2d b. 0 0 1 5 0 Hutton, 3d b. 0 2 1 0 0 Stites, S. S. 1 1 0 2 2 Peace, L. F. 1 1 1 0 1 aAtfyl^tiCS. Cornell, C. F. 0 0 0 0 1 E are very glad to notice the Riley, R. F. 1 0 0 0 0 Cresse, C. great interest that is being 1 2 4 1 0 W Hennessey, P. 0 1 0 8 0 taken in sports this spring. In former years all the interest seemed to 4 7 21 16 4 be centered in the base-ball team, but NASSAU CLUB. now other sports are being engaged R. H. P.O. A. E. under the management of the Athletic Pardee, 2d b. 2 0 5 0 1 Association. Andrus, 1st b. 1150 0 Every afternoon the campus presents Gulick, 3d b. 01 02 1 a lively appearance. Several tennis Evans, S. S. 0 0 0 1 1 Graham, 0 0 8 3 0 courts have been laid out and are in Poe, C. F. 21 100 almost constant use. Messrs. Howell, Mattison, R. F. 20 1 00 Poland, Bellis and Bilderbach are prac Kent, L. F. 10 10 0 ticing at putting the shot and throwing Day, P. 0 0 0 6 0 the hammer. Messrs. Lindsay and 8 3 21 12 2 Peace are practicing vaulting, while 2 3 0 0 2 0 1—8 occasionally you may see some one State Schools, 0 0 0 0 0 4 0—4 THE SIGNAL 11."
PENNINGTON 10 ; STATE SCHOOLS 8 PENNINGTON. On April 21st, we journeyed up to R. H. P.O. A. E. Pennington, hoping for a victory, but Lilley, C. 3 16 0 1 still not over - confident. The State Hann, 3d b. 2 0 0 3 0 Barton, 2d b. 0 0 4 2 1 Schools team was the first to bat and Smith, L. F. 1100 1 the first two men up were put out. J. L. Hunt, 1st b. 0 0 12 0 2 Then the fun began, and before it was Broods, R. F. 11 111 over we had six runs to our credit. It Pfeiffer, C. F. 0 1 0 0 0 looked as though we would win the Wriggins, S. S. 12 14 2 game hands down. But the Penning J. J. Hunt, P. 2 1 3 9 0 ton players proved themselves plucky 10 7 27 19 8 opponents, as they slowly but surely State Schools, 600 1 0000 1— S scored run after run until the score was Pennington, 0 1 2 0 2 2 2 1 x—10 a tie. Then we hoped that our lads could make one of their grand finishes, PEDDIE 17 ; STATE SCHOOLS 13. and yet win the game, but they failed On April 24, the Peddie Institute of and we were defeated. Hightstown, defeated the State Schools After Pennington giving us the game, team in an exciting eleven inning game, our boys were so gentlemanly, or rather by a score of t hirteen to seventeen. The ungentlemanly, as to refuse to take it. Peddie team scored four runs in the After the first two innings they seemed eleventh inning by a combination of to be trying to see who could make the errors by the State Schools boys. most errors, and nearly all succeeded in The game was full of good batting placing several to their discredit, much by both teams, and very sharp fielding to the chagrin and disappointment of by the Peddie boys, which spoiled sev their friends from Trenton. eral well-intended hits. The Pennington boys outbatted us, In the tenth inning, with two men out, and they succeeded in bunching their Hennessey came to bat and hit the ball hits so that they helped in scoring runs. into right field for what looked like a The State Schools team was some home run, and started to circle the bases. what handicapped, as Walton, our reg After passing third base he ran into one ular second baseman, was laid up with of th e spectators who had crowded upon a broken finger. This necessitated sev the base line, and when he recovered eral changes. Stites, who usually plays himself it was too late to get home and shortstop, played second, while Hutton, he was thrown out at third. This spoiled our third baseman, played shortstop, our last chance of winning the game. Shaw and Holcombe alternately played Pumager knocked out a home run, third base, botn of whom made several and Walton and Hutton each made bad errors. The score : three base hits, and Dechant and Cor STATE SCHOOLS. nell doubles. The score : R. H. P.O. A. E. STATE SCHOOLS. Dechant, 1st b. 0 0 10 0 0 R. H. P.O. A. E. Shaw, 3d b. 0 1 2 1 2 Dechant, 1st b. 2 2 13 0 1 Hutton, S. S. 1 0 2 3 2 Walton, S. S. 2 2 3 2 1 Stites, 2d b. 1 0 2 2 1 Hutton, 3d b. 2 3 5 3 0 Cornell, C. F. 1 1 0 0 1 Stites, 2d b. 1 1 2 2 3 Riley, R. F. 1 0 1 0 3 Peace, L. F. 1 0 0 0 0 Cresse, C. 1 1 7 0 0 Cornell, C. F. 1 2 1 1 0 Peace, L. F. 2 1 1 0 1 Riley, R. F. 1 0 1 0 0 Hennessey, P. 1 1 0 11 0 Cresse, C. 1 1 8 3 1 Holcombe, 3d b. 0 0 0 0 0 Hennessey, P. 2 3 0 6 0 8 5 24 17 11 13 14 33 17 6 116 'I HE SIGNAL
PEDDIE. STATE SCHOOLS. R. H. P.O. A. E. R. H. P.O. A. E. Collier, 2d b. 3 2 8 2 1 Stites, S. S. 3 3 0 3 1 Smith, C. F. 2 1 3 0 0 Dechant, 1st b. (1 1 11 0 0 Robbins, C. 1 2 3 1 0 Hutton, 3d b. 1 2 1 3 1 Castleberry, L. F. 2 2 1 0 1 Cornell, C. F. 1 2 3 0 0 Keen, 1st b. 2 0 11 0 0 Hennessey, P. 2 1 0 10 0 Pumager, S. S. 3 1 1 0 0 Cresse, C. 1 3 9 0 1 Burrows, 3d b. 3 0 1 2 1 Peace, L. F. 1 2 1 0 0 Prichard, R. F. & P. 1 1 1 0 0 Shaw, R. F. 2 0 0 0 0 Wright, P. 0 0 9 0 0 Walton, 2d b. 2 1 2 1 0 Howard, R. F. 0 0 1 0 0 13 15 27 17 3 17 8 33 14 3 PENNINGTON. St. Schs, 0051007000 0—13 Peddie, 0412 2 04000 4—17 R. H. P.O. A. E. PENNINGTON 1 0 ; STATE SCHOOLS 13. Lilly, C. 2 110 0 Hann, 3d b. 2 113 0 At last we have won a game. After Barton, 2d b. 1 0 3 3 1 losing four games straight, we have Brooks, C. F. 112 0 0 struck a winning streak. Our boys Pfeifer, R. F. 1 0 1 0 0 were determined to win, and played J. L. Hunt, 1st b. 1 1 10 0 0 J. J. Hunt, P. 12 110 winning ball. Indeed, it was an ele Wriggins, S. S. 112 4 2 gant game, filled with good batting and Stanton, L. F. 0 1 3 0 0 brilliant fielding by both teams. Few 10 8 24 11 3 errors were made, and most of these State Schools, 3 1 0 1 0 5 0 3 x—13 were excusable. Our boys played a Pennington, 23130010 0—10 good, steady game throughout, and in no inning did they go to pieces or get a bad case of "rattles," as they have Tiffany & Co., been in the habit of doing. Except in the first two innings, Cresse caught his usual good game and did Jewelers to effective work with the stick, securing one two-base hit and two singles. College Men. Walton, at second, made an elegant Designs and estimates furnished for one-hand catch, which set the crowd Fraternity Pins, Class Rings, wild. Class Cups, Stationery, Etc. Hutton, at third, accepted some very difficult chances, and kept the young ^ ladies laughing by his peculiar moves. No order can be accepted for execu Peace and Cornell, in the field, ac tion at a price not consistent with cepted every chance that came in their the best workmanship and a qual territory, without an error. ity worthy to bear the name of At the end of the fourth inning, the the house. score was four to nine, in favor of Penn ington, but in the sixth inning the State UNION SQUARE, Schools boys pulled themselves together and with a few h its, combined with good NEW YORK. base running, they secured five runs, which practically gave them the game. Correspondence Invited. The score : FORM 701. Jan. 28, '97. J. J. Jp^urgner & Sons-^
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