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THE WAR WHOOP

OP NORWICH UNIVERSITY

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1 9 0 i)

WHOOP THE FIFTH

PUBLISHED BY THE CLASS OF IOIO

NORTH FIELD NEWS PRESS NORTH Fl El. D, VT.

1»M>9 I N T R O D U C T I O N

HH In presenting to the public the fifth volume of the War Whoop we, as editors, wish to dwell neither on its faults nor on its merits. These are for the reader to judge. He will doubtless find many of the former; we hope that he may, if he is diligent, discover the latter. 1H We are prepared for criticism, we will not be squelched, however, much of it may come our way; on the other hand, if anyone should be so condescending as to bestow us a little praise, we will accept it gratefully. It must be borne in mind that the Editors of the War Whoop serve but one year. Therefore, this volume is our first attempt. With the experience we now have, we might produce a better volume, should we try again, but this cannot be—we must resign to 1911. UU We have returned to our old cover design, which is arranged in the Norwich colors, maroon and gold, instead of in the class colors, which appeared on the cover last year. While we, representing 1910, are proud of our class colors, green and white, we believe that a volume of this wide scope should extend further than to one class. It should extend to all having any interest in our college. The time will come a century from now, when none will remain to proclaim the honor of the green and white as the colors of 1910, but we trust there will never come a time when loyal supporters will not reverence the maroon and gold, those colors so sacred to old N. U. HI Our work is done. We lay down the pen regretfully. Our task has seemed arduous at times, but on the whole we have enjoyed it most thoroughly. We feel that our experience has been a benefit to us and we hope that our book may contain something of interest to you. This Book is Dedicated to Our Commandant Capt.L A. I. Chapman, B.Di.;M.Di. Through whose work and self sacrifice, Norwich has been enabled to stand where she now stands in the military world of today. « Norwich University Calendar.

FALL TERM, 1908. September 1, Tuesday—Term began at Retreat. November, 24-30—Thanksgiving Recess. December 18, Friday—Term ends at 12 noon. WINTER TERM, 1909. January 5, Tuesday—Term begins at Retreat. February 22. Monday—Washington's Birthday. April 2, Friday—Term ends at noon. SPRING TERM, 1909. April 13, Tuesday—Term begins at Retreat. May 1, Saturday—Dewey Day. May 30, Sunday—Memorial Day. June 9, 10, 11—Examinations. June 14-19—Target Practice. June 20, Sunday—Baccalaureate Address. June 22, Tuesday—Prize Speaking. June 23, Wednesday—Annual Meeting of the Trustees at 10 A. M. June 23, Wednesday—Alumni Day. Meeting of General Association at 8 P. M. June 24, Thursday—Commencement. Year ends at Retreat. June 25, Friday—Entrance Examinations. SUMMER SCHOOL, 1909. August 10, Tuesday—First and Second Classes meet at 10 A. M. August 24, Tuesday—Third Class meets at 10 A. M. FALL TERM, 1909. September 7, Tuesday—Entrance Examinations at 10 A. M. Term begins at Retreat. Recess from Tuesday before till Monday after Thanks- giving. December 23, Thursday—Term ends at 12 noon. WINTER TERM, 1910. January 4, Tuesday—Term begins at Retreat.

4 To the Color. Tune: Heidleburg Song.

Oh Norwich, Alma Mater, dear, We pledge thy name today For all the strife of years gone by Has passed fore'er away; We only seek thy honor now Whate'er our sign or name For old N. U., so good, so true, Holds all her sons the same. For old N. U., so good, so true, Holds all her sons the same. CHORUS Here's to the frat of white and red, Here's to the white and blue Here's to the purple and silver grey, To hearts that are ever true; Theta and Sig and Delta Kap Commons and grads of old, We'll join in a toast that we love to drink, Here's to maroon and gold. The blue of Alpha Sigma Pi Is truth, eternal, sure; Devotion's red, in Theta Chi, Shall live for ever more. The white of purity unites These two in one great whole; Red, white and blue—brave, pure and true— Shall ever be our goal. Red, white and blue—brave, pure and true— Shall ever be our goal. CHORUS Here's to the frat of white and red, Here's to the white and blue, Here's to the purple and silver grey, To hearts that are ever true; Theta and Sig and Delta Kap, Commons and grads of old, We'll join in a toast that we love to drink, Here's to maroon and gold.

5 Administration.

PRESIDENT, CHARLES H. SPOONER, A M., LL. D. VICE PRESIDENT, CHARLES DOLE, A. M. SECRETARY, MARSHALL D. SMITH, B. S. TREASURER, HEBER C. CADY, C. E. ASSISTANT TREASURER, LELAND J. GRAVES. MARSHAL, LIEUT. COL. FRANK L. HOWE. Trustees. Term expires CHARLES DOLE, A. M. (Vice President) Northfield 1909 JOHN J. DEWEY, A. M. Queecliee " LIEUT. COL. FRANK L. HOWE Northfield " THE REV. ISAAC P. BOOTH, I). I). Chester " COMMANDER EDWARD MCC. PETERS, A. M. Brooklyn, N. Y. " GEORGE D. THOMAS, A. M. Waltham, Mass. 1910 J. Q. A. MCCOLLESTER, M. I)., LL. I). Waltham, Mass. MAJ. GEN. OLIVER O. HOWARD, LL. D. Burlington " CAPT. HENRY V. PARTRIDGE, A. M. Norwich " THE REV. HOWARD F. HILL, PH. I)., I). I). Concord, N. H. " CAPT. JOHN L. MOSELEY Northfield 1911 WILLIAM A. SHAW, M. S. Northfield " THE REV. HOMER WHITE, D. D. Randolph %t EDWARD D. ADAMS, A. M., LL. D. New York City •' MARSHALL D. SMITH, B. S. Northfield " COL. HENRY O. KENT. A. M., LL. D. Lancaster, N. H. 1912 MAJ. GEN. GRENVILLE M. DODGE, LL. D., M. M. S. Council Bluffs, la. '• JOHN H. JUDKINS, M. S., M. D. Northfield THE HON. FRANK L. FISH Vergennes " THE HON. FLETCHER D. PROCTOR, LL. D. Proctor " WALDO P. CLEMENT. M. S. New York City 1913 THE HON. WILLIAM B. MAYO, M. D. Northfield " THE HON. KITTREDGE HASKINS, LL. D. Brattleboro " THE HON. FRANK PLUMLEY, LL. I). Northfield " JOSEPH K. EGERTON Northfield "

6 Alumni Trustees. Term expires THK HON. ERNEST W. GIBSON, A. M. Brattleboro 1909 PROF. JOHN B. JOHNSON, C. E., A. M. Pasadena, Cal. 1910 HKBER C. CADY, C. E. Northfield 1911 THK HON. FRED E. STEELE, B. S., M. I). Montpelier 1912 NELSON L. SHELDON, M. S., A. M. Boston, Mass. 1913

Committees of Board of Trustees. EXECUTIVE: MESSRS. MAYO, DODGE, SHAW, SMITH ANI) JUDKINS FINANCE: MESSRS, CADY, DEWEY, MAYO, CLEMENT AND SMITH. AUDITORS: MESSRS. MOSELEY, EGERTON AND HOWE. DEGREES: MESSRS. EGERTON, WHITE AND THOMAS. APPROPRIATION; MESSRS. SMITH, CADY AND JUDKINS. ENDOWMENT: THE PRESIDENT, MESSRS. PLUMLEY, MAYO, DODGE AND J. J. DEWEY. Board of Visitors. Appointed bv the Governor, in pursuance of an act of the Legislature, approved November 29th, 1S98, for the Biennial Term ending Dec. 1st, 190S. THE HON. MASON S. STONE, A. B. Montpelier PRINCIPAL HARRY I. STANNARD Barton THE HON. LUTHER B. JOHNSON, M. S. Randolph THE HON. ERNEST W. GIBSON, A. M. Brattleboto MR. MARSHALL M. STOCKER, B. S. Danville Military Staff. COMMANDANT, LESLIE A. I. CHAPMAN, A. M., CAPTAIN 2ND. CAV. U. S. A. SURGEON, WILLIAM B. MAYO, M. I). CHAPLAIN, THE REV. WALTER DOLE, D. D. RESIDENT SURGEON, HARLOW A. WHITNEY, M. D.

7 In yonder hall a Worthy group Of Wise professors, reigns "Prexy," their king, sits on the throne And dignity maintains, His satellites around him Wait To further his commat\d*s, And to teach the martial NorWichers Brought in from maryy lands.

8 THE FACULTY OF NORWICH

UNIVERSITY

9 CHARLES H. SPOONER, A. M., LL. D., PRESIDENT, OX

10 Herbert R. Roberts, A. M., D. C. L, A T A Major and Dean of the Faculty. Prof, of French and Latin. Boston University, '92.

Capt. Leslie A. /. Chapman, B. Di.; Af. Di.; ASTT 2nd Cavalry U. S. A.. Prof, of Military Sci- ence and Tactics. Iowa State Normal School, B. Di., '92, M. Di., '93. Uni- versity of Michigan. Infantry and Cavalry School, U. S. A. Staff College.

Ethan Allen Shaw, A. M.; C. E.; A $ TT Major. Prof, of Mathematics. N. U. '91.

11 Charles Sargent Carleton, C. E., 0 X Captain. Prof, of Field Engineering and Drawing. N. U. '96.

Arthur Ellsworth Winslow, C. E., A t TT Captain. Prof, of Civil Engineering. N. U., '98. Associate Member American Society Civil Engineering.

Carl Vose Woodbury, A. B.; 0 A X, * B K Captain. Prof, of Chemistry and Instructor in Astronomy. Bowdoin, '99.

12 William A. Shaw, M. S.; A S TT 1st Lieutenant. Local Forecaster, U. S* Weather Bureau, Prof, of Meteorology. N. U., '88.

Frank E. Austin, B. S.; S X 1st Lieutenant. Prof, of Electrical Engi- neering and Physics. Dartmouth, '95.

Austin E. Spear, A. B.; $ K 2nd Lieutenant. Assistant Prof, of Modern Languages. Bowdoin '04.

13 Kemp R. B. Flint, B. S.; A § TT 2nd Lieutenant. Assistant Professor of Eng- lish, History and Philosophy. N. U. '03.

Charles N. Barber, B. S., 0 X 2nd Lieutenant, V. N. G. Instructor in Phy- sics and Drawing. N. U. '08.

Harlow A. Whitney, M. D., A M 1st Lieutenant. Prof, of Hygiene and Sani- tation. Resident Surgeon. U. V. M. '07.

14 THE CLASS OF 1909

15 16 Senior Class History President, Captain W. L. Clark, Secretary, Major Guy I. Rowe, Vice President. 1st Lieut. G. E. Ames, Jr., Treasurer, 1st Lieut. H. W. Patterson, Marshal, Colors : Pearl Grey and Crimson.

Again the year rolls around and with it must come a history of the class of nineteen nine. It must be a repetition of that of last year with but few exceptions, naturally, but as this is the last year of the life of the class at Norwich it may be well to enumerate some of the things that it has accomplished. Four years of good conscientious work has led us to the door of graduation. Some of us are glad to go while others would linger longer if they might. It is the hey-day of life and critical point, for now comes the choosing of a profession. Some are to seek glory amid the ranks of Uncle Sam's army and other in his Civil Service. Still others take up the profession of teaching and another contingent takes up the line of Civil Engineering. When the class of ninteen nine entered the portals of old N. U. it was the largest in numbers up to that time (1905) but since then it has been outdone by all three later classes and this we are glad to see as it adds to the popularity of N. U. and increases her sons. We were then fifty-six. A year of toil led some to get cold feet as it were and seek education and recognition elsewhere. This was repeated the third year till upon the opening of college last fall there were but twenty-six of us left. Of course there is something to be said in favor of small numbers, as to their being more select etc., but we all wish we might have had fifty- six diplomas handed down by the governor this June rather than twenty-six. Since last fall another of our number has left us and Dame Rumor has been anxious to get rid of three others who took the examinations for the United States Coast Artillery. How far she has been successful we will leave for the records to show, and the government reports. In the life of the college we have been most prominent as we as a class have given the best Junior Prom that it has been the lot of the college to witness. In our freshman year we established the characteristic of stick-to-it-tiveness as can be seen by the smoke- stack incident that year. One of our number carried off the first prize and another the third of the Sheldon Prize Contest. This too was considered well done for "rooks." When the Glee Club was established it was natural that the manager and reader should be chosen from our ranks. A little later on came the orchestra which may have been said to have originated with us. Here too one of our members took the initiative to relinquish it when the band became an assured thing. However he had an able assistant who took up the reins of the orchestra and he being from the class of '09 brought 17 2 both of these organizations under our control. Thus we had Andrews and Clark, F. S. with the gift of gab (which is no small factor in this vain existence) and Brush first in the orchestra and then the band and Clark, E. N. in the orchestra. In the literary line we had Andrews to bring out the "Reveille" and " War-Whoop" and Heyer to assist in the reporting of events for the Northfield News. In athletics we had a number of stars chitff among whom were Barney and Damon as Captains in football, and Clark, W. L. as Manager of the baseball. Harbour and Ames as Captain and Manager of basket-ball brought that game up to a long hoped for standard. The football men in office did much to bring Norwich into contact with various New England colleges which had failed to recognize her before. In fraternal life the goal of rulers was sought and won by some of the men and in the Commons Club several of our members came steadily to the front and made a worthy organization which does old N. U. credit. We have gone in for all there is in life here and horsemanship even has not had any terrors for us. As to our being crack-a-jacks is not for us to say but at any rate we can ride. In every walk we know we have had a hand and have been successful and therefor have no conscience strokes in that line. And now it is all over. We are to go helter skelter through the world and perchance meet again here in the halls of N. U. Let us hope and work for this meeting and be in the truest sense "loyal alumni." How well it were to end by saying as the preacher does "Here endeth the first lesson," but we cannot call our existence here a lesson. It has been more in the line of precedent and we but ask those who are to follow to keep it in its establishment and hand it down to prosterity in the word of the prophet, "Do things." ANDREWS.

18 1st Lieut. George Edgar Ames, 0 X Lowell High School, Lowell, Mass., Corporal 2, 1st Sergeant, Ordnance Sergeant 3, Varsity Basket-ball 1, 2, 3, Vice Presi- dent of Class '09, 1, 3, Athletic Editor of War Whoop 08\ 3, Chairman of Junior Prom committee, 3, Vice President of N. U. Athletic Association, 3, Captain Basket ball 4. Course in Electrical En- gineering.

"SHINE" 2nd Lieut. Roy Lyndyn Andrews, 0 X Poughkeepsie High School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., Winner of 1st prize, Sheldon Prize Speaking 1, Exchange editor of Reveille 2, Editor-in-Chief of Reveille 3, Editor-in-Chief of War Whoop '08, 3, Corporal 3, Reader for Glee Club 2, 3, Member of Junior Prom Committee, 3, Assistant Manager Baseball 2. Course in Science and Literature.

"ANDY"

2nd Lieut. Luther Parker Bayley, A t TT Peacham Academy, Peacham, Vt., Corporal 3. Color Sergeant, 4. Course in Civil Engineering.

"BILL"

19 Captain and Adjutant Earle Albert Boyce, A S TT Waterbury High School, Waterbury, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Business Man- ager of War Whoop '08, 3, Treasurer Y. M. C. A., secretary and treasurer of N. U. Athletic Association 3, vice Presi- dent Class '09, 4. Course in Civil Engi- neering.

"GUMP" 2nd Lieut. Harold Mortimer Brush, ASTT Stowe High School, Stowe, Vt., Chief Musi- cian 3, 4, Leader of N. U. Orchestra 2, Manager of N. U. Glee Club 2, 3, Leader of Band 4. Course in Civil Engi- neering.

"WAG" 1st Lieut. Merritt Elmer Carpenter, A S TT Burlington High School, Burlington, Vt., Varsity Football 1, 3, 4, Varsity Bas- ket-ball 1, 2, 3, Winner of 3rd Prize, Sheldon Prize Speaking 2. 2nd Lieut., 4. Course in Civil Engineering.

20 Captain Edward Nathan Clark, A ^ TT Waltham High School, Waltham, Mass., Cor-' poral 2, Sergeant 3, 1st Sergeant 3, Leader of Orchestra 3, 4. 1st. Lieut., 4. Course in Civil Engineering.

"TIGHT" 1st. Lieut, and Quartermaster George Walter Clark Lowell High School, Lowell, Mass., Corpor- al 2, Sergeant 3, Assistant Business Manager of War Whoop '08, 3, Military Medal 1, Member of Junior From Com- mittee 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

"GRANDMA" Captain Frank Sheldon Clark, A 3 TT Greenfield High School, Greenfield, Mass., Corporal 2, Assistant Editor of Reveille 2, Winner of 3rd prize, Sheldon Prize Speaking 1, Sophomore Military M^dal 2, Treasurer Class '09, 2, Secretary Y. M. C. A. 4. Course in Science and Li- terature.

"LIZ"

21 Captain Howard Theodore Clark, c. C. Middletown High School, Middletown, Conn., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, 1st Sergeant 3, Grind Editor of War Whoop '08 3, Sec- retary of Y. M. C. A. 3, Academic Med- al 2, General Average Medal 2. Course in Civil Engineering.

"SLIDE-RULE'' Captain Walter Lucas Clark, $ 0 E St. Albans High School. St. Albans, Vt., Corporal 2, 1st Sergeant 3, President of Class '09 1, 2, 3, 4, Varsity Baseball 1, 2, 3, Varsity Baseball Manager 3, Assistant Manager Varsity Football 2, Juckett Medal 2. 3. Co irse in Chemis- try.

"WALLY"

Captain Melvin Hiram Damon, 0 X Bellows Falls High School, Bellows Falls, Vt., Corporal 2, 1st Sergeant 3, Quar- termaster Sergeant 3, Varsity Football 1, 2, 4, Manager 3, Captain, 4, As- sociate Editor of Reveille 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

"PUG"

22 1st Lieut. John Thomas Gilmour, t 0 E Barton Academy, Barton, Vt., Corporal 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

"D. HILL" Captain Carl Frederick Wilhelm Graeser, C. C. Royal High School, Kreuzburg. Germany, Corporal 2, Sergeant 3. Course in Civil Engineering. 2nd Lieut., 1st Lieut., 4.

"TAKE A SHANCE"

Ordnance Sergeant Grant Roebun Haight, S 0 E Vergennes High School, Vergennes, Vt., Cor- poral 2, Sergeant 3, Varsity Football 1. Course in Civil Engineering.

"RUBE"

23 Quartermaster Earle Spence Harbour, 0 X Bennington High School, Bennington, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Varsity Basket- ball 1, 3, Assistant Manager 2, Manager 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

1st Lieut. Earle Crawford Hayden, 0 X Spaulding High School, Barre, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Vice President of Class '09, 2. Course in Civil Engineering.

Cadet Robert Emerson Heyer, C. C. Enosburg Falls High School, Enosburg Falls, Vt. Course in Chemistry.

"HOBIE"

24 1st Lieut. Henry Edward Leonard, A S TT Newton Academy, Newton. Vt., Corporal 3, Sergeant 3. Course in Civil Engineer- ing.

"MARY" 1st Class Hospital Sergt. Harold Merton Lord Westbrook High School, Westbrook, Maine, Corporal 3, Assistant Editor of War Whoop '08 3, Associate Editor Reveille 3, Academic Medal 1, General Average Medal 1. Course in Arts.

"WILLY"

1st Lieut. Harry Wiltern Patterson, A S TT Barton Academy, Barton, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Class Treasurer 3, 4. Course in Civil Engineering.

"PORKER"

25 Major Guy Ichabod Rowe, t 0 E Peacham Academy, Peacham, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3. Sergeant Major 3, Vice President Y. M. C. A. 3, Associate Edi- tor of Reveille 3, Class Secretary 2, 3, President of Y. M. C. A. 4, Secretary Class '09, 4. Course in Civil Engineer- ing.

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2nd Lieut. John Sabine Smith, A £ TT Stowe High School, Stowe, Vt., Corporal 3, Sergeant. Course in Civil Engineering.

"JERRY" st Lieut. and Ordnance Officer Chester Clarence Thomas, C. C. Pittsford High School, Pittsford, Vt., Ser- geant, Art Editor of War Whoop '08.

"GRIND"

26 1st Lieut. Ernest Monroe Wheatley, C. C. Northfield High School, Northfield, Vt., Cor- poral, Sergeant 3. Sergeant Major, 1st Lieut, 4.

Far well! Farewell, ye seniors wise, Your work with us is done And you have reached the goal, Your worthy prize have won. Through four long years you've toiled, And plodded patiently To earn your shoulder straps, To win your high degree. And now as you look back On scenes you can't forget, You view your former track With pleasure or regret. But be that as it may The past remains as past, Look to your future course, Ponder its prospects vaste. Seek for your proper place And if haply you may find, Strive to do well your part With heart and will combined. And so in future years To old Norwich e'er be true. Remember oft the comrades Whom you left at old N. U. And as a parting toast To cheer you 'long the line, We'll give you "Long Live Norwich And success to 1909."

27 28 THE CLASS OF 1910

The Tribe of 1910.

The tribe of 1910 Is here displayed to view, Behold our royal men, Behold the works they do, Uneonquered through the years, Our banners we display, Beneath our emblem, green and white, We've won our valiant way. All elements combined We form a band complete Some of our tribe admire the sword, And for oak-leaves do compete. Others on football field Rush the pig-skin o'er the goal, While others dance with ladies fair, Or in the moon-light stroll. But some extol the pen, And hope to welcome fame By dabbling in the literary line, And make themselves a name. Yet others rave o'er book, And to wisdom do aspire, Others in music take delight, And harp the melodious lyre. Various as we are, Diverse as we may be, We'll never break our sacred ties, Those bonds of sympathy. So onward through the years, All our royal men Will ever faithful be To the class of 1910.

bl Junior Class History.

It came to pass in the year A. D., 1906, by the supreme will of Cuje Ellis and the fates which control the destinies of mankind, that there was assembled in the town of Northfield, Vt., a motley crowd, collected from the four quarters of the globe, and embracing all sorts and conditions of humanity, from the nobility of China and Venezuela to the simple and unsophisticated farmer lads from the back- woods of Vermont. This was the unpromising material which was eventually to develop into the class of 1910. It is safe to say that some of us found our bright ideals of military life sadly shattered during those few weeks. For sometime we had looked forward to the time when we should shine forth resplendent in gorgeous uniforms, and execute marvelous and intricate maneuvers before admiring crowds, and it was a cruel disillusionment to be set at work learning to tell our right hands from our left, under the supervision of a very much disgusted corporal with an extensive vocab- ulary. This was too much for a few of the embryo soldiers, who at once developed cold feet, and retired in deep disgust. The greater part, however, stuck it out, and in place of the old ideal discovered a new one, much less showy, but possessing a fascination of its own much more satisfactory than any artificial one could possibly be. At length the upper classes began to look upon our gallant array of peoples and nationalities with more favor, for we became famed, contrary to all expectations, in the glorious art of war. It must be admitted, however, that in academic our regard was sadly lacking. As for athletics, our class was famed far and wide as being the only class that had furnished any athletic material for years. Our ambitions as to the Freshman- Sophomore game started to make us to believe that the proper thing to do would be to polish the "Sophs" off handsomely; but our thoughtfulness for the feelings of our superiors induced us to allow the game to be a tie. As has been said we became famed as athletes for among our number were, such men as Reid the all round man of Norwich, Schakowski the man, who in one season made two hits out of twenty sever times at bat, Carswell, Campbell, Light, Maynard as football men. Cole and Earle appeared as a battery, while Brinkerhoff proved himself to be a worthy end. The most brilliant social function to the college year was the Freshman dance, and how expectantly the Sophs, awaited the time when the banner would appear and then by a glorious coup de tat it would be theirs, but their fondest dreams were doomed to an ignoble defeat. But enough of the class of '09 disappointment, it is only fitting that we should speak of the bevy of beautiful ladies, the exquisite music, and a hall decorated as it never was before and never has been since. By this time our ''rookie" days were numbered, the much talked of ''hike"

32 Came and passed. The first commencement we had ever attended as college men came off and with it the inevitable promotions, Stebbins carrying off the honors as ranking man then it was all over but the cheering until September. Our Sophomore year opened with the usual survival of the fittest, with a slight addition in the shape of another nationality. Our conduct towards the "rooks" was necessarily kind and gentle, with tne exception of bed shower baths at 1 A. M. chastisements with hair brushes, etc. Perhaps it may be interesting to you gentle reader to learn of the '10-'11 class game, which resulted in the magnificent score of 29-0, to the great astonishment of the assembled upper classmen. The celebration which ensued was a thing long to be remembered, and we are confident that when the time comes for us to drive the golden spike it will be driven with vigor hitherto unequalled in the history of the institution. Other events of interest during the year in the military line were the promotions of the large number, who failed to score at commencement. Strobe became a corporal, Freddie, Bill, Gut, Brick, Doc, and Brink, likewise. During the winter term there was a decided falling off in the bucking of the old men, but our honor was upheld by the ignominious defeat of the rooks in basket-ball. A mighty pot had been collected from some of the more gullible, and report had it that we could not, and dared not, cover the same. A short class-meeting brought to light a gratifying display of the mazuma, and when the freshman pool was looked up, $13.25 was the size of it. Again we have to chronicle a prodi- gious score for the sophs, with honor and glory to Reedie, Hoot, Shiko, Jack, and many others too numerous to mention. In baseball the same thing happened, the rooks no longer daring to hope for victory, and in accordance with all expectations, our athletes piled up another record of 9-6. The spring term was uneventful, except for an unexpected home game, in which our numbers were again called into play. Heck used his arm and his bun to good advantage. The sophomore dance was a brilliant one, adding another plume to our social history. The annual "hike" came next; on this trip the sophomore non-coms learned considerably more about loafing, and our Sunday stay in Ran- dolph resulted in the losing of man}' fair hearts to to khaki-shirted lads. Com- mencement arrived, and with it we lost the majestic Pinky, together with Monk. The grief of this parting as somewhat alleviated by the promotions, Steb, as usual, ranking, with Mut, Brick, and Hoot closely following. With another course of "set- ting up" on the promotions, and an accompaniment of handshaking, we disbanded for a whirl wind summer filled with the gentle art of fussing, in the manner known only to Norwich men. In summer school we were stars, ambitious and willing workers. One of our greatest difficulties was the frequent interruption of our work, owing to the necessity for correcting the problems of the class of '09, adjusting their instruments, etc., also an occasional swim in the Dog, or a smoke in some comfortable spot, out of the heat of the broiling sun. The junior year of all classes is a quite one, and so far as we can see, it is not up to us to break the custom. However, a bunch of juniors, mobilized into a so- called football team, played in Randolph, winning by a score of 12-0. Thus, in all 33 3 our career-as a class, we have never been scored on in football. Coming events cast their shadows before; just so with the Junior Prom. Preparations have been > made, and the class of 1910 will hold the finest dance Norwich has ever seen. Now, reader, you have persued the few chronicled events of the class of 1910, in spite of the fact that for a time it was doubtful if word or deed would be permissible, on account of that formidable document, the Constitution. Dad informs us that we hate to study the worst of any class he has ever seen. True it is, that academic honors have not been for us; rather have we chosen to fix our eye upon the guiding star of military preferment, and athletic renown, and although some have fallen by the wayside, still on the whole, we have been a class of ordinary, every day college men, endowed with healthy minds, and blessed with enough good, wholesome cussedness to keep us from mental stagnation. We have no grinds among our number; our atmosphere is not congenial to their development. If we have made mistakes in the past, let them be ascribed, not to any especial viciousness on our part, but to the inborn love of excitement characteristic of the human animal, and let us unite in woking for the good of N. U. and 1910.

34 Sergeant Crosby Adams 0 X, Pirates, Brattleboro High School, Brattleboro Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Editor-in-Chief of the War Whoop 3, Glee Club 1, 2, 3 Class Foot ball 1, 2, 3. Course in Elec- trical Engineering.

1st Sergeant Harold Augustus Ainley, 0 X Chester High School, Chester, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant, 1st Sergeant 3, Associate Editor of the Reveille 2, Class Football, 1, 2, 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Sergeant Julian Wilmot Alger, C. C. Stowe High School, Stowe, Vt., Sergeant 3, Class Football 3. Course in Civil Engin- eering.

35 Sergeant Louis West Balcom, C- Stevens High School, Claremont, N. H. Ser- geant, 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Cadet Charles Nelson Blake, C. C. Northfield High School, Northfield, Vt. Co- urse in Civil Engineering.

Sergeant C. Fred Campbell, 0 X Lowell High School, Lowell, Mass.. Art Ed- itor of the War Whoop 3, Varsity Foot- ball 1, 2, 3, Assistant Manager 2, Man- ager 2, Class Football 1, Associate Ed- itor of the Reveille 2, Class President 1, 2, Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, 1st Sergeant 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

36 1st Sergeant James Butters Carswell, X 0 Spaulding High School, Barre, Vt., Corporal 2, 1st Sergeant 3, Vice President Class 1910, 3, Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, Assist- ant Manager 2, Manager 3, Baseball 1, Captain Freshman Football 1. Course in Civil Engineering.

Sergeant Woon Loy Chun, C. C. Canton Guild School, Shanghai, China, Corp- oral 2, Sergeant 3, Associate Editor Re- veille 2, Editor-in-Chief Reveille 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Cadet Herbert Eugene Cole, ASTT, Pirates Middle town High School, Middletown, Conn. Varsity Baseball 1, 2, 3, Class Football 3. Course in Electrical Engineering.

V Reg. Sergt. Major Everett Collins, A 3 TT Nashua High School, Nashua, N. H., Corp- oral 2, 1st. Sergt., Bat. Sergt. Maj. 3. Reg. Sergeant Major 3, Academic Medal 1, 2, General average Medal 2, Military Medal 2, Assistant Editor of the Reveille 2. Course in Civil Engineering*

Bat. Sergt. Maj. Tyler Wesley Earle, C. C. Chester High School, Chester, Vt., Corporal 2, 1st. Sergeant, Battalion Sergeant Ma- jor 3, Class Football 1, 2, 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Sergt. Paul Sumner Emerson, ( \ 0. Brattleboro High School, Brattleboro, Vt., Sergeant 3, Assistant Editor-in-Chief of the War Whoop 3, Local Editor of the Reveille 3. Course in Science and Lit- erature.

38 Cadet Walter Bradshaw Frost, (\ (\ Instituto Alemen, Caracas, Venezuela. Co- urse in Civil Engineering.

Cadet Everett Trowbridge Giles, C. C. Lowell, Mass. Course in Civil Engineering.

Sergeant Benjamin Harrison Grout, A S TT Waterbury High School, Waterbury, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Class Football 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

39 Sergt. William Frederick Johnson, t 4> E Lynn Classical High School, Lynn, Mass., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Cadet Harold Albert Kendall, c. C. Gardner High School, Gardner, Mass. Cour- se in Civil Engineering.

Ord. Sergeant Lewis Underwood Kennedy, t E Gloversville, N. Y., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Ordnance Sergeant 3, Class Football 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

40 1st Sergeant Hermon Harrison Kinsman, A S TT, Pirates Rochester High School, Rochester, Vt., Serg- eant. 1st. Sergeant 3, Varsity Baseball 2, Assistant Manager 3, Class Football 1, 2, 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Sergeant Vard Mayhew Libby, 0 X Coburn Classical Institute, Waterville, Me. Sergeant 3. Course in Civil Engi neering.

Sergeant Freeman Light, A £ TT South Norwalk, Conn., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, Manager 3, Class President 3. Course in Civil En- gineering.

41 Cadet Walter Leroy Maynard, C. C. Greenfield High School, Greenfield, Mass., Varsity Football 1, 2, 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

Drum Major Thomas Joseph McGarry, t 4> E St. Johns Military Academy, Ossining, N. Y., Sergeant Drum Major 3, Class Football " 1, 2, 3. Course in Electrical Engineer- ing.

Cadet Charles Haw ley Moore, $ E, Pirates Maiden High School, Maiden, Mass., Grind Editor of the War Whoop 3. Course in Civil Engineering.

42 Sergt. Allan Walton Reid, 0 X Spaulding High School, Barre, Vt., Corporal 2, Sergeant 3, Varsity Football 1, 2, 3, Varsity Baseball 1, 2, 3, Class Basket- ball 2, Class Football 1, 2. Civil En- gineering Course.

Sergeant John Thurman Rich, A S TT, Pirates Horace Mann School, New York City, Corp- oral 2, Sergeant 3, Assistant Grind Ed- itor War Whoop 3. Civil Engineering Course.

Cadet Robert Kenneth Richmond Windsor High School, Windsor, Vt., Corpor- al 3, Class Football 3. Course in Sci- ence and Literature.

43 Si

Sergeint Frank Lewis Robinson, (\ (\ Stowe High School, Stowe, Vt., Sergeant 3* Arts Course.

Sergeant William Schakowski, S E, Pirates Stevens High School, Claremont, N. H., Serg- eant 3, Varsity Football 3, Baseball 1, 2, 3, Class Football 1. Civil Engineer- ing Course.

Color Sergeant Kenneth Foster Stebbins, A S TT, Pirates Northfield High School, Northfield, Vt.,Corp- oral 2, Sergeant, Color Sergeant 3, Business Manager War Whoop 3, Assist- ant Business Manager of the Reveille 2, Manager 3, Varsity Base ball 1, Class Football 1, 2, 3. Civil Engineering Course.

44 Sergeant Carl Percival Strobell, A t TT, Pirates Rutland High School, Rutland, Vt.. Corporal 2, Director of Mandolin Club 2, 3. Civil Engineering Course.

Cadet Ford Maurice Thomas, 0 X, Pirates Goddard Seminary, Barre, Vt., Corporal 2. Chemistry Course.

Sergeant Joseph Howard Whitney, C. C. Franklin High School, Franklin, Vt., Ser- geant 3, Assistant Business Manager War Whoop 3. Arts Course.

45 1911 T'was but a year or so ago, A host of "rookies" struck our land; They formed the class of 1911, Who now as Sophomores stand, The largest crowd of verdant rooks Who ever graced our halls, Who ever slouched about our grounds, Or leaned against our walls, Who ever did their little stunts, Pretending they were sport. Who ever disobeyed our rules And attended Summary Court. But now as Sophomores themselves Its quite another story,— Some as privates love to "buck"; Some in chevrons, glory, But all are wise, as wise can be, And free with information, For what would the "rookies" ever know; But for Sophomore education. So here's a toast to 1911, To the orange and the black: Hit the line hard, if you would win. Look forward; never back. And may you ever try to learn; Daily on precious wisdom feed, Of course we know, the way is slow— But persevere and you'll succeed.

46 THE CLASS OF 1911

47 48

History of the Class of 1911. President P. J. Lowell. Vice President G. M. Eastman. Secretary J. E. Creed. Treasurer L. N. Burhoe. Colors Mandarin Orange and Black.

On September third, in the year nineteen hundred and seven, there arrived in the town of Northfield a large number of youths destined to become members of the class of nineteen eleven, and to obtain the record as being the largest class which has ever entered the portals of "Old N. U." We were "rooks", and we received from the members of the Sophomore class, the entertainment due to "rooks". But after a short time, this kind of fun was brought to an end, chiefly on account of our overwhelming number. After a few days we settled down to work both for academic honors and for honors in that department in which the University stands foremost; the military. This was where we had to learn a few things that were new to us. The Sophs, were willing teach- ers and were very solicitous at times to make us do as they said whether it was strictly according to the regulations or otherwise. But we survived the ordeal and were soon "bucking for orderly" with zeal which made some of the "bucks" open their eyes and take notice. Some few of us soon began to inquire for work in "Cuges Broom Factory" with the idea of earning some pocket muney. But the only brooms which we found were those with which we were made to sweep the passages. Nevertheless work was obtained around the buildings and several tried to run a smoke shop, but finally gave it up. After we were fairly settled; we began to look for new laurels and quickly found places in the glee club, orchestra, and mandolin club. Others of us joined the social whirl and soon privileges were lacking. But that was not an impediment to "walking" which we found was a pleasant occupation on Saturdays, and from 4:15 to 6:00 on other days. Several secret societies were formed, and one on first passage in Alumni Hall was a source of grief for several sophomores who were endowed with authority over us. In athletics during our freshmen year we were not especially strong, in spite of the fact that we claimed three members of the varsity football team. The class of nineteen ten has the best of the argument in this branch of college activities and we will not dispute the fact; although we did surprise them in the spring by our strength at base ball. We are responsible for an innovation at Norwich. That is the formation of a debating club. In our freshman year we accepted a challenge from Middlebury College and did ourselves credit. During this, our sophomore year, we have been instrumental in organizing a college debating club which promises a very successful future. As freshmen we passed safely through our fall and winter terms and came to the spring term which is the most eventful term of the year. The first great event of this term was the dance by which we showed our skill in entertaining the "fair sex". Soon

50 our examinations came and then, sad to relate, a few stumbled. But we were soon iniat- ed into the mysteries of a "Hike"; through which we passed successfully and emerged as "bucks" in readiness for the "rooks" of the coming year. Commencement followed this. Here we received reward for our faithful service during the year. One of us was most fortunate in capturing all three of the freshmen medals. Others of us were made corporals in recognition of our military excellence, while some remained jolly "bucks" in order to swell the ranks of "Company A". Thus ended our freshmen year.. On August eighteenth, nineteen hundred and eight, the class of nineteen eleven assembled to engage in the work of the Summer School. We counted noses, but alas, our numbers were considerably thinned. Never-the-less we started the course with the de- termination to win out, and also to have as much fun as possible. Our fun consisted in braking tapes, wading the "Dog River", running polygons a - round the"Hill", leveling, and running a straight line through a house by going around it. We worked with a vim and then figured the results in the office. On the first day of September the school year opened and the"rooks" began to arrive. The class of nineteen eleven was on hand to meet and welcome them royally. At this time we also welcomed back several members of our class and also two or three men who were not with us last year. We next settled down to whip the "rooks" into shape for the fairs which came the last of the month. We accomplished this successfully, and then took our charges to the fairs and exhibited them. Everything passed off finely and we came back to Northfield and buckled down to study for the remainder of the term. There was one brake in the monotony. This was the time-honored football game which we played with the freshmen. Athletics is not our forte, but under the captaincy of Crosby and the generalship of Stevens, we played the "rooks" six to zero at the end of the first half. They tied this score in the second half and finally in the last few minutes of play gained the winning touchdown. The winter term was ushered in and with it the long talked of course in horsemanship. Several of us tried our hand at this and the experiences related sounded interesting to those who did not indulge. Nobody has been killed. We are now approaching the close of our second year of college life and the winning of honors. Two more years are before us in which we are to complete the making of a name that will long be remembered at N. U. We want to stand for all that is best a- mong the activities of Norwich. Loyalty to the college, high standards in academic, the highest in military, and foremost in promoting the welfare of Norwich. All these ideals are the aim of the class of nineteen eleven. Long may it live in the history of "Old N. U."

51 Sophomore Class Roll.

Name Course Home Address Merton Benjamin Badger C. E. Danville, Vt. Neal Webb Beattie C. E. Guildhall, Vt. Harrie Smith Bullard Chem. Swanton. Vt. Lemuel Newton Burhoe E. E. E. Bridgewater, Mass. John Edward Creed C. E. Rutland, Vt. Thomas Warren Crosby E. E. Brattleboro, Vt. Taraknath Das C. E. Calcutta, India Gordon Cushing Day C. E. Trevett, Me. Edward Joseph Donahue C. E. Proctor, Vt. Edson Warren Durfee C. E. Bristol, Vt. Glenn Matthews Eastman C. E. Rutland, Vt. Fred Martin Earl C. E. N. Bennington, Vt. Dorr Edward Field C. E. Northfield, Vt. George Goodwin Foster C. E. Sandwich, Mass. Julian Osgood Goodrich C. E. Royalton, Vt. Harold Norris Gordon C. E. Newton Center, Mass. James Edwin Helyar E. E. Brattleboro, Vt. Edwin Daniel Hovey C. E. Canaan, Vt. Harland Vance-JIoward C. E. Woodstock, Vt. Homer Asa Howe C. E. Terre Haute, Ind. Asa Parkhurst Leete C. E. Claremont, N. H. Philip Johnson Lowell C. E. Portland, Me. Roscoe Perrin Lynde C. E. Williamstown, Vt. Eugene William Magnus C. E. Bethel, Conn. Ralph Washburn Newcomb E. E. Morrisville, Vt. Frederick Joseph Noel C. E. Barre, Vt. Millard Warren Park C. E. E. Hampton, Conn. Neal Willard Richmond C. E. Northfield, Vt. Albert John Riley C. E. Lyndonville, Vt. Karl Danforth Sabin C. E. Keene, N. H.

52 Name Course Home Address Philip Raymond Shailer C. E. Middletown, Conn. Charles Freeman Snow Arts Newtonville, Mass. Denton James Smith C. E. Brattleboro, Vt. Henry Joseph Moody Smith C. E. Middletown, Conn. Frederick Abner Smith C. E. Ashley Falls, Mass. Gustave David Stahl E. E. Gorham, N. H. Daniel Hubbard Birdsey Starr C. E. E. Hampton, Conn. Leslie Eugene Stevens C. E. Rutland, Vt. Guy Edwin Thayer C. E. W. Brattleboro, Vt. Robert Edwin Walbridge C. E. Peterboro, N. H. Bert James Young C. E. Brattleboro, Vt.

53 Favorite Airs at N. U. The Good Old U. S. A. Capt. Chapman Soldier Boy Miles Nothing But Leaves Major Rowe Take me Back to New York Town Blest Be The Tie That Binds F. S. Clark McGarry I'm Wearing my Heart away for You Waiting at the Church "Wag" Brush "Ted"Ames College Life Putnam Yield not to Temptation "Gump" Boyce Old Hundred Hooper Take me out to the Ball Game A. W. Reid It's great to be a Soldier Man Ainley Fd Like to see a little more of You Little Boy In Blue Therrio Campbell The Girl I left Behind Parks Keep on the Sunny Side" Roger" Richmond Nursey Songs "Fat" Clark Work, for the Night is Coming Receive us again Roberts "Pug" Damon Poor John Rich My Irish Rosie "Jerry" Smith When you know you're not Forgotten Are you Sincere C. C. Thomas Howard Every Little Bit added to What Wont you come over to My House you've Got etc. Collins Colburn Keep on Smiling Parkman Do-Re-Me— Fa-Sol-La- Si-Do Ballard Listen to the Mocking Bird Andrews Peaches and Cream B. H. Grout Honey Boy R. C Grout II Trovatore Robinson Where is my Wandering Boy To-night Sweetheart Days Swallow Snow Hail the Conquering Hero Comes Beattie Good-bye Mr Greenback Rand Saved By Grace Heathfield I'm trying so hard to Forget You Just Before the Battle Mother Creed Newcomb You'll have to Wait till my Ship Throw out the Life Line Durfee Comes In Strobell Yankee Doodle Boy Sherwin Die Wacht am Rhein Graeser I need Thee every Hour Haight Waltz me around again, Willie I'm Old but I'm awfully Tough Giles Schakowski I'm Afraid to Come Home In the Dark Mamma's Boy F. M. Earle Inglis The Merry Farmer Boy "Brick" Earle Just as I am Leonard Down on the Farm D. E. Field Ring the Bells of Heaven G. W. Clark There's a Red Light on Crosby The Wearing of the Green Riley Coming Through the Rye Moore Kiss, Kiss, Kiss Hemenway Dixie Blossoms Das and Paul The Mikado Chun Just Across tne Bridge of Gold Light Dreaming Drew No Wedding Bells for Me Moody Smith When we are Married Gordon Come take a trip in my Air Ship The Cavalier (from Merry Widow) Libby W. F. Adams Down Where the Sweet Potatoes KinsmaGrow n Love me and the World is Mine I may be crazy, but I ain't no Fool "Tite" Clark Shailer I don't know where I'm going, but "AulI'dm Lanon mg ySyne Way" "Hoot" CarswelMagunsl Salome Frost

54 THE CLASS OF 1912

55 56 The "Rooks" Ye slimy, sloppy bunch of "rooks" Assembled from afar, Driven upon us as a pest Not wanted anywhere. What purpose do you have with us? Why did you come to bother? Why came you to this awful place So far from home and mother? The questions weigh upon our minds, And sundry doubts perplex us, But here you are in verdure clad Your kiddish habits vex us But since you choose to settle here. And be a soldier man, To make you walk the narrow plank We'll do the best we can.

History of the Class of 1912 President A. P. Swallow. Vice President G. V. Willard. Secretary W. F. Adams. Treaurer H. E. Paine.

When college opened on the first day of September, nineteen hundred and eight, the class of 1912 had begun to experience some phases of college life. To be sure, no studies had beer, looked at, but the class had already begun to demonstrate its value in the line of music, for who has not heard of the songs that were sung in the Theatorium by some of our members. Another phase of college life which we had experienced was that the upper classmen demanded genorosity from us. This we were glad (?) to give. The freshman class this year is one of the largest that has ever entered the college, and it is the aim to make its achievements correspond in proportion to its numbers. During the first three or four weeks we showed our aptitude for "Household Econo- mics", by the way we swept and dusted our rooms and the manner in which we washed the dishes for the Sophomores at camp. Also many of us learned how to cut bread and to dish coffee owing to the fact that we were very unlucky, and received a number of "sticks" for things which we didn't understand. Needless to say our understanding has increased greatly since then. After the return to college we received the first real hard example of study. Algebra came to the front to bother and perplex those who were not of a mathematical turn of mind. French and German came as a pleasure to some, but as a hardship to others. It was so with the other studies especially Military which seemed a hard subject to study. However we have learned a great deal about it from sources outside of books. About this time football practice began and continued until Thanksgiving. At the end of the season, three of our men had been able to make the team. The greatest triumph of the year however came when we trimmed the "Sophs" in football 12-6. It had been rumored about that the "Rooks" were very large under their hats, and that they might have the swelling reduced before the game was over. When the game ended however, it was evident that the "Rooks" had been therewith the goods. We owed a great deal of our success to Fred Campbell and "Tink" Barney who so kindly coached us. We have a number of Prep, school stars, and it is the hope of every man in the class that we will make good in Basketball and Baseball as well. Even if we fail, we have our champion checker player to fall back on, whose equal has never been at Norwich. We ought also to make a showing in military lines for we already have a General in our class. The Freshmen showed that they had already become loyal to Norwich, when they turned out in such good numbers to attend the Foot-ball game at Burlington. The Glee Club has about a fifth of its number Freshmen, and those who have heard

59 it rehearse have said that it is the best yet. A number of our class are also doing good work in the band which has been newly formed this year. We turned out to help in the work of saving property from the destructive fire, which started in the field back of Alumni Hall. This was not done by any of the upper classmen who room in Jackman Hall. The professors soon noticed our happy faculty cf appreciating jokes and since then there have been plenty. No one will deny the fact that we stood by the auction until the last thing was gone. Where could better support be found ? Under our class colors, Purple and Gold, which denote loyalty, we should try to develop an unending loyalty to Old Norwich, to her men, and to all for which the letters N. U. stand. If it seems that we have been a little boastful in telling of our achievements, we ask you to overlook it for this once, for we cannot help but feel that before our four years course is ended we shall be renowened in the annals of our school. We shall endeavor to follow in the foot-steps of our worthy predecessors in so far as they were right, and we shall always be thankful that we had such good natured fun-loving class of '4Sophs" to "hoss" the "Rookies".

60 Freshman Class Roll.

Name Course Home Address Walter Frank Adams E. E. Bellows Falls, Vt. Harold Tower Baker C. E. Manchester, N. H. Ralph Edmund Baker C. E. Manchester, N. H. Edward Griswold Ballard E. E. Montpelier, Vt. Carroll Francis Blanchard C. E. Peacham, Vt. William Harold Bradley C. E. Swanton, Vt. John Edward Buck - C. E. St. Albans, Vt. Myron Justus Buck C. E. E. Bethel, Vt. Samuel Clark Cannon C. E. Middletown, Conn. Fred Hope Col burn C. E. Concord, N. H. James Milton Conover C. E. Harrisonville, N. J. Archie Rice Cram C. E. Williamstown, Vt. Lindley Irving Dean C. E. Pigeon Cove, Mass. Harold Lucius Deane Chem. Greenfield, Mass. James Durant Dole C. E. Danville, Vt. Everett Frank Dowst C. E. Suncook, N. H. Lyle Stevens Drew E. E. Union, N. H. Raymond Walter Flint C. E. St. Johnsbury, Vt. Ralph Cooper Grout C. E. Brattleboro, Vt. Stuart Barlow Hawley C. E. Brandon, Vt. Ward Archer Heathfield C. E. New York, N. Y. Frederick Vinton Hemenway C. E. Woodford, Me. Norman Chapman Hooper E. E. Amesbury, Mass. Joseph Bass Hosmer Chem. Manchester, N. H. Giles Alonzo Hutchinson C. E. South Northfield, Vt. Warren Waldie Inglis C. E. Middletown, Conn. Milton Jacobs C. E. Berlin, N. H. Norman Jacobs C. E. Berlin, N. H. Clyde Frederic Joslyn C. E. Northfield, ^Vt. Herman Charles Kendall C. E. Gardner, Mass. Chester Joseph Langley C. E. Manchester, N. H.

61 Name Course Home Address Frederic Charles McCarthy C. E. Northfield Falls, Vt. Walter Isaac McCrum E. E. E. Berlin, Conn. John Everett Miles E. E. Graniteville, Vt. Hiram Dean Morrill C. E. Northfield, Vt. Oscar William Mountefort C. E. Nashua, N. H. Harrison Edgar Paine C. E. Fairlee, Vt. Earl Asa Parker C. E. Waterbury, Vt. Earl Harrison Parkman C. E. Orange, Mass. Fakirchano Paul C. E. Calcutta, Ind. Charles Andrew Plastridge C. E. Northfield, Vt. Alanson Egbert Piatt C. E. Swanton, Vt. Harry Lawrence Putnam C. E. Brattleboro, Vt. James Stearns Rand C. E. Randolph, Vt. Oscar Willard Ray C. E. Brattleboro, Vt. Howard Hill Reid E. E. Barre, Vt. George Wise Roberts C. E. Northfield, Vt. Earl Houston Rogers C. E. Northfield, Vt. William Emmett Scanlan C.E. Nashua, N. H. Herbert Macy Sherwin C. E. Hyde Park, Vt. Archibald Napoleon Shoro C. E. Brandon, Vt. John William Slattery Chem. Bellows Falls, Vt. Alpheus Peloubet Swallow S. & L. Gardner, Mass. Arthur Ernest Taplin C. E. South Ryegate, Vt. Edward Paul Therrio E. E. Littleton, N. H. Joseph Elijah Wadleigh C. E. Union, N. H. William Dortch Wallace C. E. South Ryegate, Vt. Charles Luther Whipple C. E. Perkinsville, Vt. William Walter Whitehouse C. E. Springfield, Mass. George Vedder Willard C. E. Vergennes, Vt. Perry Lambert Willis C. E. Vergennes, Vt. Louis Rice Witt C. E. Greenfield, Mass. Harry Joseph Woodward E. E. Montpelier, Vt.

62 Freshmen 12, Sophomores 6.

The annual foot-ball game between the sophomores and freshmen was played on the parade Saturday afternoon, November 14. The grounds were in poor condition on account of the snowfall, but it seemed to interfere but little with the playing of the oppo- sing teams, who played with the vim and dash, which has always characterized the games between these rival classes' The game was called at 2:30 and the freshmen kicked off to Stevens, who ran the ball back fifteen yards. The ball changed hands several times during the half and the playing was mostly near the middle of the field. Toward the end of the half the sophomores got the ball on the freshmen's thirty-yard line, and after a series of rushes Leete was pushed over for the first touch down of the game. Crosby kicked out to Leete and Gordon kicked the goal. This ended the first half. In the second half the freshmen advanced the ball steadily down the field and Bene- dict went over the line with a touch-down for the rookies. Hemenway kicked the goal. The game was evenly contested until the end of the half, when the sophomores were pen- alized fifteen yards for hurdling and then lost the ball on a fumble on their own twenty- five yard line. With two minutes to play the rookies tried the line twice with no gain and finally sent Benedict around the end for the winning touchdown. Hemenway kicked the goal. Score 12 to 6. The game was one of the best seen here for a long time and the playing of the sophomores was a surprise, considering the fact that the freshmen were credited with having a much stronger team. Clark, Benedict, Hemenway and Cannon excelled for the freshmen, while Crosby, Starr, Gordon and Howard showed up well for the sophomores. The lineup: Sophomores. Freshmen. Young, Gordon, r.e. r.e., Scanlan, Rogers Howard, I.e. I.e., Hemenway Smith, r.t. r.t., Hawley Donahue, r. g. r.g., Brown, Whipple Burhoe, c. c., Reid Starr, l.g. l.g., Morrill, Cannon Stahl, Smith D. J., l.t. l.t., Kendall Stevens, q.b. q.b., Swallow Crosby, l.h.b. l.h.b., Clark Gordon, Day, r.h.b. r.h.b., Benedict Leete, f.b. f.b., Slattery

63 64 Greek Letter fraternities of Norwich University

Inthe Order in Which They Were, Established. 65

Theta Chi. Founded 1856. Colors, Red and White. Chapter Roll. ALPHA, NORWICH UNIVERSITY. BETA, MASS. INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY. GAMMA, UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. DELTA, VANRENSALEER TECH, TROY, N. Y. EPSILON, WORCESTER TECH. National Association. President, E. Wesson Clark Recording Secretary Cor. Secretary Treasurer Fratres in Urbe. Charles Dole, '67 J. M. Holland, '84 W. Dole, '70 J. H. Judkins, '90 R. A. Silver, '74 B. F. Allen, '00 C. M. Davis, '81 E. A. Chase, 03' W. M. Morrill, ex-'05 Fratres in Facultate. C. H. Spooner, '78 C. S. Carleton, '96 C. N. Barber, '08 Fratres in Universitate. 1st. Lieut. G. E. Ames Quart. Sergt. E. S. Harbour Capt. M. H. Damon 1st Lieut. E. C. Hayden 2nd. Lieut. R. L. Andrews 1910. 1st Sergt. J. B. Cars well Sergt. A. W. Reid 1st Sergt. H. A. Ainley Sergt. V. M. Libby 1st Sergt. C. F. Campbell Sergt. Crosby Adams 1911. Corp. L. N. Burhoe Corp. F. A. Smith Corp. N. W. Richmond Cadet H. N. Gordon Corp. K. D. Sabin Cadet H. L. Putnam Cadet W. L. Brockway. Cadet H. J. M. Smith Cadet T. W. Crosby Corp. F. J. Noel 1912. Musician E. G. Ballard Cadet J. S. Rand Cadet H. R. Clark Cadet O. W. Ray Cadet W. I. McCrum Cadet H. H. Reid Cadet J. E. Miles Cadet J. W. Slattery Cadet H. D. Morrill Cadet H. J. Woodward

67 Theta Chi Fraternity. The Theta Chi society of Norwich University was founded and organized in the year 1856 by Arthur Chase of the class of '56 and Frederick N. Freeman of the class of .1857 Mr. Chase was born at Bellows Falls 1835 and by hard conscientious work gained the de grees of B. S.; A. B. and LL. B. He became Bishop of the Prostestant Episcopal church of New Hampshire and died at Claremont, New Hampshire in 1888. Mr. Freeman became in later life General superintendent of an immense boat company at New York. He received the degree of A. B. from his Alma Mater. These men formed a close friendship and altho Mr. Freeman was the prime mover in the formation of the society he was most ably assisted by Mr. Chase. Meetings were held with great regularity and this was easily possible in those days as the college authorities alloted one room in the barracks for such meetings. In those days the membership was not large as now for Norwich herself was not as large but the Alma Mater grew so did her offsprings. Thus was the seed sown for prosperity. The society grew and grew, widening in many lines and at each stride becoming more and more firmly rooted into the life of the University and sending forth men, who became an honor to themselves, to their society and college. We find among our annuals such names as Ed. B. Williston, '57, who served thru the Spanish War and later became governor of the Soldier's home in Wash- ington; The late George A. Converse, B. S.; A. M. rear admiral in the United States Navy, class of '61; Henry E. Alvord, C. E.; LL D., who served in the 10th U. S. Caval- ry and was the donor of so many of the engineering instruments now in use at the university, class of '63; and many others equally famous. The society gave a place for the production of literary work and some men have shown their ability in this line in later life. When the society was in a flourishing condition rooms were engaged on the other side of the river, when Northfield became the home of the university and the rousing meetings were a true outburst of friendship. Onward and upward was the motto in those days and it was followed to the letter. These rooms were commodious and sufficient for all purposes till the society grew to a large extent and then rooms were engaged in the square in the center of the town. More enthusiasm was here shown and the life of the organization seemed assured but, who is here that can tell the future of any club or society? Up to the year 1883- 85 all had gone well and there seemed to be no drawbacks but what were easily sur- mountable. However in these years the membership of Theta Chi dwindled till only one man was left. This man was James M. Holland, B.S. ; LL. B. of the class of 1883. Mr. Holland is now a successful lawyer in New York city and has a home in Northfield. When here he often visits the society and enjoys telling over and over again, as well as his hearers like to listen, the making of order out of chaos. Mr. Holland found him self decidely "up against it," when it came to getting new men to join what had now become HIS society, but he was undaunted and alighting upon Henry B. Hersey of the class

68 of 1885 he began to "chin" him. Others were tried but Hersey seemed to be the man, who was to assist in the rebuilding. He was ever on the side of the under dog as he ex- presses it and although he received an invitation to join elsewhere he chose to cast his lot in with that of Mr. Holland. It proved to be a winning combination and the two working together brought the society up to its own position again. Major Hersey, (now United States weather inspector, and recently experimentor and inspector of war balloons for the United States,) was present at the House party of the Theta Chi last June and it was worth much to hear him tell of the old days and to see his astonishment over the growth of Theta Chi. Thus was the greatest gulf bridged. With the new members the struggle was taken up and Theta Chi soon gained her place again. Men went out from her hall, who brought honor to her in every walk of life and as the society now was widening with the growth of the university her influence was soon felt in other colleges. Following in this wake the society became a fraternity in the true sense. Fifty one years of struggles and overcoming of obstacles was enough to assure its worth as a national organization. In 1902 began this nationality by the establishment of a chapter at M. I. T. and the beginning toward a Grand Chapter. This was followed by the institution of the Gamma Chapter at University of Maine in 1907 and this by that of Delta at Rensaelear in Troy, N. Y., in 1908 and Epsilon at Worcester Technology in 1909. All of these chapters have homes of their own and are making themselves heard in the lives of several colleges. The fraternity has become incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts. The Grand chapter consists of seven members and has its headquarters in Boston. A personal pennant is flown from the mast of the chapter flag staff above the chapter flag when any member of the Grand chapter is visiting that chapter. Alpha chapter at Norwich has always sent out the best men she could obtain and has made men. The chapter rented the old Dole house seven years ago and each member at that time furnished his own eating utensils and whatever else he could afford. Soon the financial aid came by each member graduating leaving some amount to use for the house and thus was built up a home. These quarters soon were outgrown, and the house on Central street was purchased. Now the chapter has a home where it may entertain at will and enjoy all the comforts of home. Mrs. Ida Johnson, who has been the matron for seven years has done much to build up a home and to make it all that is pleasant and agreeable. Her influence for good over a number of the men has often been remarked. To her untiring efforts the excellent condition of the house is due so that a Theta Chi man can entertain a friend at any time. Banquets of initiation and commencement time are the features of the year. The fiftieth anniversary banquet of 1906 was one of the most famous and at that time the new house was just occupied and the roster of members was published in book form. This was a time never to be forgotten by any Theta man. The fifty-third banquet of initiation was held at the chapter house on February eleventh nineteen nine and was one of the most successful. Ten men had been initiated and with several old men back it gave a pleasant evening and a large number to sit down to the table to enjoy the delicacies. All that could be asked for is combined in the fraternity and it is now the aim and work of the men to do things and to send out from old N. U. men of whom she can be proud. May her life be ever a useful one to every man, who is chosen to become one of her sons. R. L. ANDREWS. 69

Alpha Sigma Pi Local: Founded 1857. Colors, Pale Blue and White.

Fratres in Urbe. F. L. Howe, ex-'80 M. D. Smith, '81 H. C. Moseley, '95 H. C. Cady, '91 C. A. Plumley, '96 W. A. Ellis, '97 I. C. Ellis, '01 R. A. Bullock. ex-'98 H. W. Orser, ex-'02 H. M. Howe, ex-'05 J. T. Lance, '01 W. E. C. Washburn, '04 H. J. Dane, '90 E. S. Ball, '03 Fratres on Facultate. E. A. Shaw, '91 K. R. B. Flint, '03 A. E. Winslow, '98 Capt. L. A. I. Chapman, (Hon.) W. A. Shaw. '89 Fratres in Universitate. 1909. Capt. F. A. Boyce 1st. Lieut. H.E. Leonard Capt. F. S. Clark 1st. Lieut. M. E. Carpenter Capt. E. N. Clark 2nd. Lieut. J. S. Smith 1st. Lieut. L. G. Billings 2nd Lieut. L. P. Bayley 1st. Lieut. H. W. Patterson 2nd. Lieut H. M. Brush 1910. Color Sergt. K. F. Stebbins Sergt. J. T. Rich Reg. Sergt. Maj. Everett Collins Sergt B. H. Grout 1st. Sergt. H. H. Kinsman Sergt. C. P. Strobell Sergt. Freeman Light Cadet H. E. Cole 1911. Corp. M. B. Badger Corp. R. W. Newcomb Corp. P. J. Lowell Cadet G. E. Thayer Corp. H. A. Howe 1912. Cadet W. H. Bradley Cadet R. W. Flint Cadet S. C. Cannon Cadet F. V. Hemenway Cadet F. H. Colburn Cadet W. W. Inglis Cadet H. L. Dean Cadet E. A. Parker Cadet F. F. Dowst Cadet G. V. Willard

71 Alpha Sigma Pi Fraternity.

The Alpha Sigma Fi Fraternity of Norwich University was founded in 1857 by Byron H. Kilbourn, '60. Julius R. Richardson, '61, Edgar Parker, '59, Robert E. Hitch- cock, '59, Charles R. Morton, '60, George W. Field, '60, Warren Joynes Clark, '59, and Henry Alfred Robbins, '60. Of these eight founders only two are still living, Charles R. Morton, a consulting engineer in Boston, and Dr. Henry A. Robbins, of Washington, D. C., a specialist in medicine* Hitchcock was first lieutenant in the U. S. Marine' Corps at the first Battle of Bull Run, where he was instantly killed by a cannon ball which carried his head away. He was a superb officer, and the first Vermonter to fall in the Civil War. Dr. Robbins, who was a surgeon of the Second Wisconsin Volunteers, saw him just before the battle, as it proved sadly enough for the last time. Richardson was captured by the Confederates in Galveston Harbor. Clark became a colonel of Georgia Volunteers in the Confederate Army, being one of the few N. U. men who fought on that side. While the University remained at Norwich the fraternity was housed in a room in the Old South Barracks. After the burning of the Old South Barracks in 1866, when the University, on account of its straightened circumstances, moved to Northfield, the fraternity changed its abode to a room in the Depot Building in Northfield. During the following twenty years Norwich University made a grim fight for its very existence, and A. S. P. shared its fortunes. There were sometimes no more than twenty in the whole University, and occasionally there were but six or seven in the fraternity. The room in the depot was poorly suited to the needs of the fraternity, and on March 24, 1877, it moved into the Old Barracks, now called Jackman Hall, in room 35, on third passage, just to the left of the old armory, as one comes up the stairs. The first fraternity meeting held in the barracks was on April 7, 1877, and was held in Cadet Quimby's ruom, as the fraternity room was not completely furnished. It was the first of April of the same year that Captain Curtis assumed his duties as President of the University. At first the members used the room directly across the passage, then a recitation room, as ante-room. However, a little later, the members secured permission to use the next room to the fraternity room, and had a door cut through. By an act of the Vermont legislature, approved November 23, 1872, the Alpha Sigma Pi Society was incorporated, and authorized to own property, and maintain "a library and cabinet". The incorporaters were William G. Owen, '71, James P. Caldwell, and Francis Kimball, '72. In 1908 the charter was amended, and its powers enlarged, with M. D. Smith, N. L. Sheldon H. C. Cady, F. S. Clark, and Everett Collins as Trustees. In the 80's the fraternity moved from the Old Barracks to the Central Block, over Richmond's store, where the members had two rooms. They remained there till they moved to the west end of the Mayo Block, in 1895.

72 During all these years the fraternity had been acquiring a library which contained a number of valuable books. In the spring of 1899 the Mayo Block was burned, and again the fraternity lost nearly everything, the library (at that time about six hundred volumes) the furniture, bric-a-brac, and all the records except those which were kept in the safe. The fire caused an incalculable loss, because many old records and many valuable mem- entoes were destroyed Through the generosity of the Alumni members, the fraternity acquired the property which it now owns on Main and Parade streets. The land, consisting of about one and a half acres, extends from Main street to the University land, and is one of the most valuable sites in Northfield. The interior of the house was remodeled to meet the requirements of the fraternity, and when the University cadet mess abandoned, the members established a mess in the house for their own benefit. The fiftieth anniversary of the fraternity in 1907 was marked by the publication of a register of the fraternity and by appropriate exercises at the annual commencement banquet During her fifty-two years as a factor in Norwich life, the fraternity has had over four hundred and fifty active members, about a half of whom are now living. Among the honorary members of Alpha Sigma Pi are General Grenville M. Dodge Admiral George Dewey, and Captain L. A. I. Chapman, the present Commandant. In January of the present year, the following nine members of the Freshmen class were admitted to the fellowship of Alpha Sigma Pi, William Harold Bradley of Swanton, Vermont. Samuel Clark Cannon of Middletown, Conn. Everett Frank Dowst of Sun- cook, N. H. Harold Lucius Dean, of Greenfield, Mass. Raymond Walter Flint, of St. Johns- bury, Vt. Frederic Vinton Hemenway, of Woodford, Maine. Warren Waldie Inglis, of Middletown, Conn. Earl Asa Parker, of Waterbury, Vermont, and George Vedder Willard, of Vergennes, Vermont. The fifty-second annual initiatory banquet was held at the Waterbury Inn, February eleventh, 1909, and proved a most enjoyable occasion.

Sigma Phi Epsilon. Colors: Purple and Red.

Fraters In Universitate. 1909. Major G. I. Rowe 1st. Lieut. J. T. Gilmour Capt. W. L. Clark Ord. Sergt. G. R. Haight

1910. Drum Major T. J. McGarry Sergt. Wm. Schakowski Ord. Sergt. L. U. Kennedy Sergt. W. F. Johnson Cadet C. H. Moore

1911. Corp. J. E. Helyar Corp. R. E. Walbridge Cadet J. E. Creed Corp. A. P. Leete Cadet D. H. B. Starr Cadet F. W. Magnus 1912. Cadet W. A. Ileathf.eld Cadet J. D. Dole Cadet H. T. Baker Cadet R. E. Baker

75 Chapter Roll

Alpha, Richmond College, Richmond, Va. West Virginia Beta, West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Va. Pennsylvania Beta, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pa. Pennsylvania Gamma, University of Pittsburg, Pittsburg, Pa. Illinois Alpha, University of Illinois, Chicago, 111. Colorado Alpha, University of Colorado, Boulder, Col. Pennsylvania Delta, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa. Virginia Delta, William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Va. North Carolina Beta, North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, West Raleigh, N. C. Ohio Alpha, Northern Ohio University, Ada, O. Indiana Alpha, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. New York Alpha, Syracuse University, Syracuse, N. Y. Virginia Epsilon, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va. Virginia Zeta, Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Va. Georgia Alpha, Georgia School of Technology, Atlanta, Ga. Delaware Alpha, Delaware College, Newark, Del. Virginia Eta, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va. Arkansas Alpha, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Ark. Pennsylvania Epsilon, Lehigh University, South Bethlehem, Pa. Virginia Theta, Virginia Military Institute, Lexington, Va. Ohio Gamma, Ohio State College, Columbus, Ohio. Vermont Alpha, Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. Alabama Alpha, Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. North Carolina Gamma. Trinity College, Durham, N. C. New Hampshire, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N. H.

76 Sigma Phi Epsilon.

The Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity was founded at Richmond College, Richmond, Va., in 1901 and incorporated in 1902. The government of the fraternity is vested in a Grand Chapter. A quarterly called the Sigma Phi Epsilon Journal has been published by the fraternity since 1903. At the Conclave in Chicago in 1908 the enumeration of chapters by the state system was adopted. The Vermont Alpha chapter was established March, 1908, the charter being granted to the active members of Delta Kappa Psi, local.

77 Who's Who at Norwich. 1909.

PREXY—The All Powerful. Chief Who's Whoer. THE "COM"—Next in Power. "A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse." COURT ATTENDANTS Roberts the reticent, "Threesh" Shaw, the sagacious, Carleton the calculating, Winslow the wily, Woodbury the witty, "Bill" Shaw the seer, Austin the astute, Spear the specious, Flint the flippant, Barber the barbarous. AMES Quiet yet forceful; to the la- GRAESER- Military and law abiding; dies fond and devoted. holds theories of strict law enforce- ANDREWS—A babbling brook ; a flow- ment. ing pen. HAIGHT--A veteran member of the BAYLEY—A dashing cavalier; fond of Toozer's Club. mirth and music. HARBOUR -Conspicious by his absence BO YCE—Studious of habit; staid of from chapel formations. character. HAYDEN Remarkable for his sarcas- BRUSH—A musician; has a curious tic smile; but he puts in the report just attraction for West Berlin. the same. CARPENTER An ex-musician; pro- HEYER—A chemist and compounder of moted for valor. love potions. CLARK, E. N.—Jealous, spiteful; sub- LEONARD—A blushing maid from the ject to the "grouch." seminary. CLARK, F. S.—A constitutional, con" sumate and continual conversationalist. LORD Skilled in the lore of music and CLARK, G.W.—Personification of dig- medicine. nity; an erstwhile electrician. PATTERSON—Retainer of King CLARK, H.T.—A shark; flourishes fig- "Tish." ures and formulae. ROWE—Our Leader on the Parade and CLARK, W. L.—A chemist; leader of in the riding hall. the '09 tribe. DAMON—Illustrious by achievements; SMITH—An inveterate Toozer. weighed in the balance and not found THOMAS—A new member of the Too- wanting. zer's Club; is already a hopeless case. GILMOUR—A neophyte in the social WHEATLEY- An illustrious youth. world. Aid of "Take-a-Shance."

78 The Commons Club

The Commons Club. Founded 1906. Colors, Crimson and Grey.

Affiliated Clubs. Commons Club, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Conn. Commons Club, Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt. Commons Club, Norwich University, Northfield, Vt. Pyramid Club, Union College, Schenectady, N. Y. , Tufts College Medford, Mass. Hitchcock Club, Amherst College, Amherst Mass. Kasa Club, Brown University, Providence, R. I. Members. 1909. Capt, H. T. Clark 2nd. Lieut. C. F. W. Greaser 1st. Lieut. C. C. Thomas 1st. Lieut. E. M. Wheatley Cadet H. E. Heyer 1910. Sergt. W. L. Chun Sergt. Maj. T. \V. Earle Cadet \V. L. Maynard Sergt. P. S. Emerson Sergt. L. W. Balcom Sergt. J. W. Alger Sergt. F. L. Robinson Sergt. J. H. Whitney Cadet W. B. Frost Cadet E. T. Giles Cadet C. N. Blake Cadet H. A. Kendall 1911. Corp. N. W. Beattie Corp. C. F. Snow Corp. N. W. Park Corp. G. M. Eastman Corp. A. J. Riley Corp. D. J. Smith Corp. J. O. Goodrich Corp. B. J. Young Corp. L. E. Stevens Cadet G. G. Foster Cadet H. V. Howard Cadet G. D. Stahl 1912. Cadet W. E. Scanlon Cadet H. E. Paine Cadet E. P. Therrio Cadet H. R. Witt Cadet W. W. Whitehouse Cadet H. C. Kendall Cadet G. A. Hutchinson Cadet E. H. Parkman Cadet F. C. McCarty Cadet W. F. Adams Cadet H. M. Sherwin

81 6 The Commons Club.

The Norwich Commons Club, the avowed exponent of the democratic phase of our college life, had its inception in gatherings of the non-fraternity men of the University prior to 1906. These meetings took the form of occasional banquets, held from time to time, simply to break the dreary monotony which, up to this time, had marked the daily existence of those cadets who, having no affiliation with any of the fraternities, and with no home other than their boarding places to which to resort, had been in a large measure excluded from the right and proper enjoyments of college life. It was during the winter of 1905-1906 that the matter of a permanent organization of the non-fraternity element was first given consideration. The idea at once met with the hearty approval of the Faculty, and was warmly encouraged by many of the towns people, so on Friday, January 26th, 1906, a banquet of the non-fraternity men was held at the Northfield House. At this banquet a permanent organization was effected, and the Norwich Commons Club became a factor in college life. Progress was slow at first. Meetings were held weekly in Dewey Hall, and the pro- ceedings of the club were not unlike those of the oldtime "lyceums" and "literary societies" of our fathers. A diligent committee was hard at work, however, to secure a suitable home for the infant organization, and finally succeeded in securing the Dole house in the Center village, and life in the new home began with the first day of the spring term, 1906. At Commencement, two members of the club graduated, forming the first of the roll of alumni members, which now, at the end of the third year, numbers nine. The fall of 1906 marked an epoch in the growth of the club. It was known that non- fraternity organizations, with similar aims and purposes, existed in other colleges, and after considerable correspondence, a meeting of the representatives of these clubs was held at Dartmouth College in November, 1906, and the National Commons Club was formed, consisting at that time of the Wesleyan Commons Club, the Middlebury Com- mons Club, the Pyramid Club of Union College and the Norwich Commons Club. A little later, the Kasa Club of Brown University was added to the union, but has since disbanded. At present, the National Commons Club consists of the Commons Clubs of Wes- leyan, Middlebury, Tufts and Norwich, and the Pryamid Club of Union, with a total membership of two hundred and thirty-six undergraduates. As the club grew in size and confidence, it became evident that the house which it then occupied was not suited to its needs, and the present house was secured, and occupied for the first time February 22nd, 1908. This house, together with its spacious grounds, fine shade trees, tennis court, etc., forms a home of which every Commoner may well be proud. To those who have lived under the old regime nothing can be more apparent than the change which has been wrought in conditions at Norwich by the Commons Club. Before

82 its organization, the non-fraternity men were outcasts, lonely, weak and helpless. Now they stand on a firm basis, strong, self-confident, independent; doing their full share in the advancement of the college, and receiving their full share of respect and recognition from those about them. But this is not all. The Norwich Commons Club is proving, day by day, that even in an institution which lays its foundation on the ranks and grades of military power, a democratic organization may do a work for good in teaching us to look behind the super- ficliaities of rank and station to the intrinsic worth of the man himself. It is bringing us to realize the truth of Burns' lines:— "A prince can make a belted knight, A marquis, duke and a' that; But an honest man's aboon his might— Guid faith, he maunna fa' that!" Such has been the history of the Norwich Commons Club for the last three years—a very appreciable period in the life of a man, a mere incident in the life of a pyramid. As the growth of inanimate things is slow; so is their existence lasting. Bearing this in mind,we can safely prophesy for the Norwich Commons Club a future whose events and achievements shall far outshine the conquests of the past. H. EMERSON HEYER.

Pirates

The Pirates

Colors, Black and Red Crosby Adams H. E. Cole C. H. Moore .J. T. Ilieh E. \\\ Magnus T. \V. Crosby K. F. Stebbins Win. Schakowski H. L. Putnam H. J. Ix)well C. P. Strobell II. H. Kinsman

87 The Pirates. In all cases before there can be any history of any enterprises there must be the beginning of that enterprise. Some of these beginnings are under favorable, some under unfavorable conditions. Some do not show at first the great underlying principles from which they began. The latter is that of the Junior Society now known as the Priates of Norwich University. September 20th, 1908, the day before the start for the fairs by the cadets, two Ju- niors conceived the idea that while on this "Hike" it would be much more pleasant to have one tent in Company A. Signal Corps of men congenial to each other. This plan as satisfactorily carried out and a most congenial tent of Juniors and a few Sophomores was arranged. It was agreed that they should be known during this period as "The Pirates;" and as such, this group furnished so much fun and added so much to camp life that it became the center of attraction in the camp. It was at this time that "The Pirates/' at the request of the management, gave an exhibition drill during the play "The Boys of company B," thus showing at that time some of the "Norwich Spirit," which has since be- ome the characteristic of the society. Just before breaking camp at Brattleboro one of the "Pirates" proposed the idea that the "Pirates" become a permanent society retaining all the Sophomores then in included in it. This was discussed and October 1st, 1908. the first meeting of the society was held about the Pirate mess table and officers elected. For the next month few meetings were held but all were working. The result of this united effort was shown November 5th, 1908 when the "Pirates" adopted the constitution then presented and the ritual proposed. From then until the present time the society has grown a little stronger each day and is now well able to stand alone. In order that any enterprise may succeed it is necessary that the object of that enterprise be a worthy one. This truth, it is believed by the members, has been fully fulfilled. The primary objects of this society are to perpetuate Norwich Spirit in such a way that Norwich Alumni and Norwich Spirit will be synonymous, and to do all in its power to help the tie that binds between the three Fraternities that are now at Norwich. In the first object its early success was shown at the various Smokers given during the last fall. "The Pirates" were much in evidence and the"Spirit" shown last fall was directly due to their example at the Fairs and to their leadership at the Smokers. Its second object is one which all should unite in helping. In order that each Fraternity get the most good from its members it is necessary that all the Fraternities stand together. And as the "Pirates" are composed of Seniors and Juniors some from each Fraternity, pledged to stand by each other, it is a direct logical fact that these men will help a great deal to quell some of the feeling now existing between Fraternites. Some of these have and will have a great influence in their different Fraternities and this influence properly directed will do a great deal to help bring the Fraternities into one great whole which can never be over thrown by any outside influence; and the need of this is apparent to all. The time will come when being a Pirate will be fully recogniedas one of the greatest College honors which a Norwich man can obtain. The fact that the Membership is so limited is conducive to a greater loyalty to the fundamental principles underlying the "Pirates". Each of these principles in itself is sufficient reason to sanction the support and hearty cooperation of all Norwich men, the Faculty and the Trustees. 88 89 N. U. Athletic Association

President, Capt. H. T. Clark Vice President, Sergt. Freeman Light Secretary and Treasurer, Sergt. Maj. Collins Chairman of Board Directors, Lieut. H. A. Whitney, M. D. Secretary of Board Directors, Sergt. Freeman Light Alumni Representatives, H. C. Moseley, '95; I. C. Ellis, '01; H. W. Orser, '02 Faculty Representative, Lieut. H. A. Whitney, M. I). '09 Representative, 1st Lieut. (I. E. Ames Jr. '10 Representative, Sergt. Freeman Light '11 Representative, Cadet J. E. Creed

90 Wearers of the "N."

Football Capt. M. H. Damon (1adet W. L. Maynard1 Sergeant A. W. Ileid 1st Sergeant C. F. Campbell Sergeant Freeman Light Ord. Sergt, G. II. Haight 1st Lieut. M. E. Carpenter Cadet S. B. Hawley 1st Lieut. E. C. Hayden Cadet II. J. M. Smith Cadet F. V. Hemenway Cadet II. R. Clark

Base Ball Sergeant A. W. Reid ('apt. \V. L. (1lark Cadet H. E. Cole Bat. Sergt. Maj. T. \V. Earle Sergeant W. Schakowski Corporal N. W. Richmond 1st Sergeant K. F. Stebbins Cadet F. H. Colburn Cadet II. N. Gordon Sergeant 1st Class H. H. Kinsman

Base Ball, '08

The Team Catcher Corp. T. W. Earle Cadet N. W. Richmond Pitcher Corp. A. W. Reid Cadet H. E. Cole Cadet F. H. Col burn 1st Base Cadet W. Schakowski Cadet A. E. White 2nd Base Cadet R. M. Blanchard 3rd Base Cadet 11. N. Gordon Short Stop Lieut. T. W. Brown Left Field Sergt, F. M. Barney Cadet II. II. Kinsman Center Field Lieut. J. E. O'Donnell Right Field 1st Sergt. W. L. Clark 1st Sergt. \V. L. Clark, Mgr. Corp. J. B. Carswell, Asst. Sergt. F. M. Barney, Capt.

Schedule April 28, Cushing Academy at Ashburnham April 29, Holy Cross at Worcester April 30, Massachusetts Agricultural College at Amherst May 13, St. Michael's College at Northfield May 14, Middlebury College at Middlebury May 15, University of Vermont at Burlington May 21, St. Lawrence University at Northfield May 23, New Hampshire State College at Northfield May 29 Massachusetts Agricultural College at Northfield June 2 Manhattan College at Northfield

Football, '08

The Team Left End, 1st. Lieut. E. C. Hayden Cadet W. L. Maynard Cadet F. V. Hemenway Left Tackle, Sergeant Freeman Light Left Guard, 1st Lieut. M. E. Carpenter Center 1st Sergeant C. F. Campbell Right Guard, Sergeant W. Schakowski Cadet S. B. Hawley Right Tackle, Corporal F. A. Smith Right End, Cadet H. J. M. Smith Quarterback, Sergeant A. W. Reid Cadet F. M. Barney Full Back, Capt. M. II. Damon Right Half Back, Cadet II. R. Clark Left Half Back, 1st Sergt. J. B. Carswell Mgr., Sergt. Freeman Light Asst. Mgr. 1st Sergt. .). B. Carswell Capt., Capt. M. II. Damon Games Sept. 23, Norwich 0, Exeter 5 Sept. 28, Holy Cross 5, Norwich 0 Oct. 3 Norwich 0, Wesleyan G Oct. 10 Norwich 23, Middlebury 0 Oct. 17, Norwich 0, Vermont 11 Oct. 28 Norwich G, Vermont 11 Nov. 14 Norwich 0, Fort Ethan Allen G Nov. 7, Norwich 10, Middlebury 0 Nov. 14, Norwich 1910 11, Randolph 0

95 96 The Aftermath. It was some few hundred years after my graduation from old Norwich that I awoke to find myself surrounded with fire and flames that showed blue sparks as well as red. I wiped my eyes and gazed again, when I was roughly prodded with a fork of some descrip- tion and told to move along as the gangway was crowded. I needed no other incentive to force me to move on as the fork seemed to burn in to my flesh and as I never had enjoyed the smell of burning flesh I did not care for it now. I moved along the path but seemed to get at each step nearer to some walls that gave out heat and at times it seemed that I could hardly step upon the flooring, which seemed to be made of stone. There was always the smell of brimstone in the air and added to this was a dense smoke through which I ploughed on with some fear, you may easily guess. At last I came out into an open space in which was congregated a number of people. Upon the jutting rocks and shelves I saw numerous little horned people that stood as sen- tinels over those upon the floor. These queer little folk were armed with forks and were to me, in the glimmering light, all clothed or covered with a red skin. At a distance I could see a fire mounting high to the ceiling, which was also of stone. I could not give an idea of the size of the place in which I now found myself and so will not attempt it, nor could I get an idea of the number of people who composed the crowd about me. They were clad in all kinds of fantastic and ancient, as well as modern costumes. When these folks had realized that I was in their midst they rushed upon me and overwhelmed me with questions, the first of which asked by a man with a VanDyke beard and purple mantle was this, "Did Morrison believe in a devil?" I looked at him a minute and answered, "Youv'e got me old man, come again." Not being satisfied with my answer he withdrew to the outskirts of the crowd and another approached me with this, "Is Harry Thaw with yo\i?" I rubbed my hand across my brow and found that I had been dripping with perspiration and it made me think that if my old classmates at N. U. could see me they would think that I was "Perspiration in truth." I tried to answer my questioner with some degree of civility by saying, "No he is off to the races with the Queen of England." He too slipped into the crowd and they all turned from me. I thought that I would not make an impression among these inhabitants and so I aimed to correct my ways but as the crowd gave way there came toward me a man with his hand outstretched and yelled, "Hello Presp, how long you been coming and is Prexy along with you?" I thought this a funny place where every one had to have a traveling companion but said nothing and looked him straight in the face. "Guess you don't remember me, eh?" was the next bit of talk he offered me. To tell the truth I was so dazed I did not know what to answer nor what he expected me to say. Soon others came up and offered their Continued on Page 102. 97 7

Hockey at N. U.

Team. Capt. E. N. Clark, Left Forward Color Sergt. K. F. Stebbins, Right Forward Cadet E. D. Hovey, Left Forward Cadet H. N. Gordon, Cover Point Cadet R. K. Richmond, Cover Point Cadet C. P. Strobell, Right Forward Cadet H. T. Baker, Goal Cadet E. H. Rogers, Center

This last winter, during the months of February and March, cadets at Norwich had a chance to witness a sport rarely seen in this section. Owing to the unusual amount of good skating during that period, several of the best skaters in the University, formed themselves into a Hockey team called "Norwich Red Socks." This team played excellent hockey, and won two out of the three games played. But as there were no facilities for keeping the ice clear, skating soon spoiled; nevertheless this short season was enough to show that hockey could be made one of the permanent sports here in the University, and enough to create a desire to make it so. To this end Nature plays a very important part. The parade is a natural rink and is situated in an ideal spot for this purpose,. It slopes toward the center and an eight inch board along two sides banked with dirt would be sufficient to hold water for the rink. The water can be taken from the hydrant at the corner of the Parade, when needed, but the Parade in itself would be flooded from the slope in front of the University. The cost of this would be small in comparison to the benefits derived from it. Cadets could use the rink for skating at other times, thus getting the needed exercise, which can now be had in no way, except horsemanship, during the winter term. And it is an under- stood fact that some athletics must be provided in order that students be in the best form for study. These athletics are provided for Fall and Spring, and the benefit is acknow- ledged. This being so, for these two terms, it is a direct conclusion that it would be a benefit to have a Sport for the Winter term. Norwich is well represented for two terms, why leave out the third? If Norwich had a Gymnasium, the need would not be as great. But in view of the fact that there is nc Gymnasium and all exercises must be out of doors, should there not be a Winter sport provided? And granting this, what can be better than Hockey to gain the end sought? And therefore, it is the earnest desire of the Corps that we may see, next winter, a Hockey team at Norwich,playing upon its own rink, backed by the Athletic association and the Corps, and doing its share to win glory and fame for its Alma Mater.

99 Athletics at Norwich. It is a recognized fact that at any College or University the increase or decrease of the entering class is in the same ratio as the increase or decrease of Athletics during that period. And this does not mean one branch of Athletics but all of them. For the graduate of the High School, fresh from High School athletics, turns naturally to a Col- lege where there are new honors awaiting him in his especial branch. And the Col- lege which does not have this branch, whatsoever it may be, loses this man, thus losing one who might have made an Alumnus to have been pointed out with pride. Therefore in raising the standard of Athletics of a College great care should be taken to raise the standard of each branch, and equal time should be given to all. Norwich during the last twenty-five years has had a varied success along this line and it has not been until the last five years that her success has been assured. Foot ball was first played at Norwich in 1892. That year a few games were played between two teams in the College, the records stating that Captain Moseley's team always won easily. The next year Norwich began to play more, and in the fall of 1894 Norwich had a good Foot ball team winning from Montpelier and Goddard Seminary. From that time on each year the team grew steadily better, until October 26, 1904 the Norwich Football team won the State Championship by defeating University of Vermont 17 to 0. In the fall of 1905 the team was not as good as the year before. But in the fall of 1906 Norwich had a new factor on the Foot ball field, * 'Jimmy" Turner, and with his advent things began to move. Under his efficient coaching the team steadily im- proved. Turner not only taught the men foot ball, but he put into the players that "Never-say-die" spirit which is so characteristic of the Norwich team. With the better team came a better schedule, and where Norwich once played Montpelier Seminary, God- dard Seminary, Vermont Academy, etc., she now plays Exeter, Holy Cross, Wesleyan, Wil- liams, etc. This advance in schedule proves better than any other thing her rise along this branch and, retaining Turner as Coach, there can be no doubt but that she will, in this branch at least, always hold what she now has attained and shortly rise to even greater heights. But in developing this, how about the others? Basket Ball at Norwich is, I think, almost a thing of the past. While there was a team, it was one worthy to represent the College. But owing to the fact that several of the Colleges in New England whom Norwich played have dropped the sport, Norwich could not get games without great expense. This fact together with the fact that there is no good floor for games near by, caused the Athletic Association to decide this last Fall that there should be no Basket Ball for this year and it is improbable that the College will again take it up until the new Gym. is built. Although last year the Basket Ball team had a hard schedule never-the-less it won its share of games, winning very nearly all of the games played upon its own floor. And very emphatically Basket Ball was not dropped because of a losing team, for it had a winner but was dropped because of inade- quate floor room and scarcity of Colleges in New England now playing the game. There is a strong feeling in the Corps that Hockey should be given a chance in its place. The idea is a good one to develop and the Parade offers us, an ideal spot for a rink at small expense. Surely there ought to be a Winter sport.

100 As has been said, Athletics should be developed in all branches, not in one alone. The one branch which has needed the most development has been Base Ball. The career of Base Ball at Norwich for the last twenty-five years has been a varied one, and one interesting to note. Organized Base Ball has been at Norwich since some time in the'70's, the first record showing a team in 1874. From then until 1886 not much is known how this sport succeeded. But in 1887 the team composed of Terrill '89, Way ex'89, A. R. Shaw '89, Austin '87, Plastridge ex'89, Hassam '89, Juckett '89, Hayward '88, Prof. Cox, all now prominent Alumni, won the championship of Vermont. From then until 1893-94-95 the sport simply held its own in the race. During these three years it again came to the front. Much of Norwich's success during these three years was due to the efforts of Captain Moseley, and from then until the present time, he has at different times given valuable aid to the coaches. From 1895 to 1908 the teams have had indifferent success. During the period that Coloumbe was pitching the team was a standard College team but at other times the type of Base Ball played was somewhat below the standard. Last year (1908) the team was not what is usually considered as a College team in any sense of the word. This was not the fault of the players, for the material was there. It was simply that development in this branch had not begun again. But it seems to the Corps that now this development has begun, and it is believed that Dr. Whitney as Base Ball coach will do for Base Ball, what Turner as foot ball Coach did and is still doing for Foot Ball. This cannot all be done the first year. But when this is done and Base Ball comes back to the level it once had, as it surely will, Norwich will have just cause to point with pride to the record of her Athletic Teams. To gain this a large College can rely on enough Natural Athletes coming in from year to year; a small Col- lege cannot.. It then becomes the duty of the College Body to create and sustain such a sentiment in College as shall encourage, by every possible means, men in lower classes, who are beginning to identify themselves with some branch of Athletics; to aid them the best it can in gaining some degree of success, and where it is lacking to supply pluck and perseverance. If this record is not made who is responsible? Before there can be a past there must be a present and a future. And as the present and the future are, so, in later days, will be the past. In earlier days the undergraduate body, hampered by lack of opportunities and insufficient number, during their presence, have formed our past. It is the past of a College rising slowly to its proper level. It cannot be changed nor would we change it if we could. And now it is up to us, the undergraduate body of Norwich, by our present one, to form the future past. What record in Athletics shall we leave ? In order that we may leave one we can be proud of, it is necessary that we each do our part financially, mentally, and physically. Finan- cially in paying cheerfully all athletic dues, mentally in adding all we can to the Nor- wich Spirit, and physically in going into all Athletics possible. Without men trying for a team, that team cannot exist. All cannot make the first team. There must be the second. But it is the second team which makes the first and as is the second team so will be the first and the one who works hard all the season does as much to promote Athletics as the the player on the first. Each is doing his part in his place. The Freshman class increases as Athletics increase. In the increase of the Fresh- man Class lies the increase of the College and the College Spirit. In the increase of College Spirit lies the future, and therefore just so much as the present undergraduates promote, aid, and better Athletics just this much do they promote, aid, and better the future of Norwich. The past lies in the present and future, the present and future lie in the undergraduates and consequently we, the College body are directly responsible for the record left. What shall it be? 101 The Aftermath. Continued from Page 97. hands and of course I took them and made believe that I knew them but I was far from the same. The first speaker turned around to leave and then by his walk I knew him and shriek- ed, "Hey Tish wait just a minute for I guess I know you now." He came back and sure enough it was the former Major of my days at N. U. He told me he had entered the cavalry after his graduation and after he became too old for that he had taken to driving a stage coach on the plains. "And what is this place and why are you here," I asked. His answer was a strange one and almost staggered me. "This is Hades, the place of departed spirits," he said and I felt sure he was right for every few minutes 1 had to change from standing on one foot to the other, and now it was so hot upon the floor that I had one foot or the other in the air all the time. A shriek rent the air and "Tish" dashed away without any explanation and soon I saw him rushing about with a shovel. I had never seen him work so before and I am glad to say that he kept his end up with the rest in the crowd that now began to heap the fires with more brimstone. I stood still, panting from the heat, when there came to me another man and said, "Well Presp, this is the strenuous life eh?" and he put forth his hand. I at once recognized "Pug" Damon by the smile that won't wear off and I grabbed that hand and shook it with a vim. "Tish" said you had arrived and as he is at work on the other shift today I came up to make things pleasant for you. The boys you know will all be along now soon when the shift changes, for Tish sent the word around. How are you anyway? Just stand over this way and you won't be in the draft for a fellow catches cold quick here when the doors out beyond are swinging so much for those coming down." I did as he bid me but found a draft was a welcome thing but did not say so as I had always tried to accommodate myself to circumstances. I told him I felt well, only warm and that all the boys had slipped out of my mind entirely for I had not seen them in so long and yet it seemed only a few years. "Pug" said he had taken up civil engineering and made a success and was glad to escape his second wife even, though it was to enter Hades. He said he had never met his first here as she was in the other apartment. He took my arm and led me toward the fire and I drew back with fear. The shift is about to change and if you are right here you can see all the boys at once." And now a shriek, "Shifts change" was howled from some distant place and there was another skurrying of feet and soon I was surrounded by all the boys I had called my classmates in the old days. While they stood there we had time for a few questions and I found Bill Bayley was another who had become an expert in the cavalry and then he had married a red headed girl for her money and left her soon after. He said the Hades he now inhabited was nothing to some we get on earth. Then there was Wallie Clark who was time keeper of the gang and was some what disliked by the boys because he would not fudge the notes

102 and get the shifts changed a few minutes early at times. He had gone into the infantry after graduation and won fame in the war with China and I saw he had but one ear. Wallie was brave and his company was as cheerful as in the old days. Piggie Patterson was anxious to show me around and I was glad to go but the boys all wanted to talk and loaded me with questions I could not answer, about earthly affairs. Wallie said Piggie had tried to reclaim some lands or tried to tell the president of the U. S. how to run the Civil Service and had not been very successful; later he became a floor-walker in a N. Y. department store and that was why he wanted to show me around. I shook hands with Veatley and he was just as still as ever. He was covered with ashes of some kind and so I interested myself enough to inquire what he was doing. '•Well I got on all right here at first heaving coal but the fellows told "His Majesty" that I had tried sifting sand to find gold when on earth and so I'm at it sifting. I turned away to see if I knew any of the new arrivals for there seemed to be a number near that had just come down the gang plank and I thought, "By their works shall ye know them." That shriek resounded again and D. Hill Gilmour stepped up to me and said, " Come on over in the other part where it is warm and you can see some of the other fellows, I always get cold here when I stand without working." I hoped for the chance to get cold but complained not of the heat for I thought "they were right as regards it and that I must be in a fever from my quick run down the plank. Gilmour said he had entered the constabulary, settled in the Phillipines and left two of the most charming daughters there on his sugar plantation when shuffled off, and entered Hades. I felt for him and wondered what kind of a place I was in and if it was worth while staying. Now we had reached another apartment and I was again thunderstruck with the as- pect of affairs. Another large space and a coal fire here and wonder on wonders there crouched "Shiny" Ames and "Stub" Hayden picking the cinders out of the sifted ashes. Ames looked up at me as I approached and I saw there were large tears in his eyes so I said, "Rather warm here isn't it Shine?" He at once recognized me and we shook hands. He told me he did not mind the heat but his back ached so from bending over so much. He had built a dam across the Charles at home and on that his earthly fame rested but now he was figuring on one for the Styx. He had married and had been quite successful in dams but he considered his own damming the crowning point. "Well Shine we have all got to be dammed some time so the sooner it is done the less time we have to worry over it. He agreed with me and as Hayden had remained at work, Ames said he had proven himself quite a mining engineer in his day but had struck a vein of gold and had been trying to hunt for one in Hades but as yet was not successful. I said a cheering word to Hayden and told him I hoped his wife was well. A prolonged um-um-um-um- was all I received and then the horrible shriek to which I had now become accustomed rent the air. Gilmour yelled, "Gee that is my shift," and was gone like a streak of lightning. Ames sighed and said "Poor Gillie he is in for a blister." "What?" I asked and then he said he would tell me as we walked along to the river Styx for he had to go down to get a pail of water to throw on the cinders to make them burn better, and this is what he told. "Whenever we are late to the shifts "His Majesty" has us set on a "grid" and it doesn't feel very nice as that is the hottest place here." Continued on Page 127.

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Of Norwich University

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I)R. H. M. GOKKY 2nd LIEUT. R. L. ANDREWS Director . Reader The Glee Club. 1st Tenors Dr. II. M. Gokey Cadet R. I\ Lynde Cadet A. N. Shoro Cadet M. .J. Buck Cadet \V. H. Bradley 2nd Tenors 1st Bass Sergeant Crosby Adams Corporal A. P. Leete Corporal J. II. Whitney Corporal R. W. Newcomb Corporal K. I). Sabin Corporal B. J. Young Corporal F. J. Noel Cadet P. R. Shailer Cadet W. W. Whitehouse Cadet A. P. Swallow 2nd Bass 1st Sergeant C. F. Campbell Corporal N. \V. Richmond Cadet II. L. Putnam Cadet II. II. Reid Cadet E. G. Ballard Pianist Cadet II. T. Baker

107 The Glee Club.

The Norwich Glee Club, was conceived during the fall of 1906, and soon after a call was issued for candidates, to which a fairly large number of men responded. This organization did not exist very long. Later in the year, however, Dr. Gokey was secured as director and since that time the club has been steadily gaining under his able leadership. This has resulted in what is now a permanent organization in the college. During the first year of existence of the club only one concert was attempted, the annual senior concert, during commencement week. This was a pleasing success, for which, thanks are due Dr. Gokey, Cadet Andrews, as reader, and the orchestra. This concert was not made up of simple little ditties, but of selections, which showed time and effort for production. This is the class of music, which every glee club should endeavor to render; for instance, one selection was from DeKoven. Commmencement Program.

Part 1 Part 2 1. Pearl of the Pyrenees Frank 1. Courtship Waltz Spaulding Orchestra Orchestra 2. Student Song From The Prince 2. Shades of Evening Adams of Pilsen Luders Glee Club, Solo by Mr. Leete Quartet Messrs. Gokey, Adams, Leete, Putnam Words of quartet and chorus by Prof. Wood- 3. Peculiar People in Politics bury Mr. Thomas 3. Peculiar People in the Family 4. To Thee O Countrv Eichberg Mr. Thomas . Glee Club 4. Little Cotton Dolly Geibel 5. Serenade Roccovo E. Meyer Helmund Glee Club, Solo by Mr. Leete Mandolin Club 5. Lusts Piel Overture Keler Bela 6. Peculiar People Ad Libitum Mandolin Club Mr. Thomas 6. Over The Waves ' Geibel 7. The Old South Barracks, Oh, H. O. Kent '54 Glee Club Glee Club 7. Peculiar People in Music Mr. Thomas To a desultory thinker, a glee club is of no practical value to an institution. A man of that class is entirely wrong, either due to his unfamiliarity with college, affairs or to the feeling aroused by college activities and the effect of newspaper reports on the public. The athletic teams of a college or university very seldom play in any town or city

108 where there is not some other college or university; now, the actual appearance and be- havior of the students from the various institutions of the country are confined to a few cities. On the contrary, in a glee club tour, towns and cities are seldom visited where any college is situated, consequently the students and the name of the institution from * which they come is presented to a larger number of people. Again, athletic teams carry very few men as a rule, consequently the public has a very small number from which to form an opinion. On the other hand, a glee club carries three times as many men as any college athletic team and presents a larger field for the public to base its opinion upon. There are several things which are essential to a glee club; namely, a quartet and a reader. Cadet Andrews as reader of the glee club during the three years of its existence, has assisted the club greatly and has been instrumental in its success. Now let us say a few words as to the existence, of a glee club. For any organization to exist it is necessary that a fund of some sort be available for its use. Norwich should have some fund or fee of this sort, to be apportioned among various musical organizations of the college. With such a fund available, a trip could be planned and carried out with less trouble for the manager, and it would not be as difficult to arrange for concerts. Again, from this fund the director should be paid a stipulated amount, together with his trans- portation to and from rehearsals. All musical organizations should be under one manager, and their membership limited to those, who are best qualified. Sixteen good musicians work in better harmony than sixteen good ones and four poor ones. Therefore it would be better that the personnel of the various musical organizations be cut down to those, who show the most talent along their particular line. President Spooner favors a fee and if the corps wishes the musical clubs to flourish, it is up to them to respond along a financial line. Perhaps a fee of fifty cents per term would be advisable. At the same time, there should be one member or possibly two or three members from the faculty, appointed to assist the clubs in the same capacity that a like committee does for the various athletic teams. This change would add materially to the management along the business line, which is so important to the success of the clubs. There is one thing which Norwich sadly lacks, and that is songs distinctively of Nor- wich. A list of songs such as we have should be collected and published for the benefit of all concerned. Alumni, of Norwich, if they have the ability, should write songs, and poems, and send them back to their Alma Mater. Some of our alumni have musical talent; to these, it is a duty to compose and submit their compositions. It will be only by this method, and by the efforts of the undergraduate body that Norwich will ever be able to boast of her own college songs. Nearly all the songs in our possession are copied directly from some other college. Alumni and undergraduates get busy! The "Old South Barracks, Oh!" is very nearly original with Norwich, the words are entirely so, the tune originated with West Point. This old song has many sentiments attached to it which are very dear to the men of the fiftys' and of the sixtys'. Let us for our heroes sakes, and for the honoring of the name of Norwich, revise this song and make it revered by Norwich men, even as the Dartmouth college song is revered by Dartmouth men. The growth of the club and its present state of efficiency, is due entirely to the efforts of Dr. Gokey. He has given up much unbeknown to most of us, in order that

109 Norwich might send out a glee club of which any college would be proud. So, we should show our appreciation for his services in every possible manner.

Glee Club, Season '08-'09. Band Fair, Northfield February 10, 1909. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph February 12, 1909. Town Hall, Williamstown February 26, 1909. Auditorium, Stowe March 5, 1909. Armory Hall, Northfield May 14, 1909. Richmond Date not settled. Waterbury Date not settled. Waitsfield Date not settled. Commencement Concert June 23, 1909.

110 Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, Vt., Feb. 12, 1909.

This concert was the first public appearance of the clubs outside of Northfield this season. The different clubs left Northfield on the noon train, Friday the 12th. The concert was held in the Chandler Music Hall, before the largest audience we have had up to this time. Our reception was most cordial, thus insuring a warm welcome, whenever the clubs again met in Randolph. After the concert, the senior class of the high school gave a dance, which a greater part of the fellows attended, making many an acquaintance among the fairer sex and enjoying themselves generally. Most of the fellows returned on the midnight train, but a few could not resist the temptation, and remained in Randolph until morning, among whom we might mention, Whitehouse, who by the aid of a bass drum, a strong wind and an unruly cap remained until afternoon. I Program. Part 1 Part 2 1. Courtship Waltz Orchestra 1. Woodland Mandolin Club 2. Little Cotton Dolly Geibel 2. Mrs. Dugan's Discovery Mr. Andrews Glee Club. Mr. Leete, Soloist 3. IJttleTommy, Messrs. Gokey,Adams, Leete, 3. The Little Regiment Mr. Andrews Putnam 4. Selection from "Fantana" Mandolin Club 4. King Dodo Orchestra

5. Home Ties Messrs. Gokey, Adams, 5 Floating 'Mid The Lillies Rich

I,eete, 1 utnam Glee Club 6. Drummer Boys of'76 Orchestra , _ . , , , 7. Marching ' Troten 6" Selecled Mandolin Club Glee Club, Mr. Adams Soloist 7. Good Fellowship Glee Club The Norwich cadets were greeted at Chandler Music Hall, Friday night by a large audience that cordially manifested an appreciation of the concert given by the Univer- sity orchestra, glee and mandolin clubs. Dr. H. M. Gokey directed the glee club of twenty voices; Cadet E. N. Clark, led the orchestra of ten pieces, and Cadet C. P. Stro- bell the mandolin club of seven. The young soldiers appeared in uniform and, although they aimed at no high symphony performance, presented a program spiced with variety and fun. The voices were good in chorus and quartet and Cadets Leete and Adams sang well in solos. The playing of the orchestra and mandolin clubs made up for any lack of professional finish by a spirit and dash that caught the ear and set the foot to tapping. The impersonator Cadet R. L. Andrews, wandered onto the stage now and then with a story, so good that the house begged like children for another and was indulgently gratified. In recognition of the Lincoln anniversary, Whitman's "O, Captain, My Cap- tain," was recited by Mr. Andrews.—Randolph Herald and News.

Ill Town Hall, Williamstown, Vt., Feb. 26, 1909.

Last year the glee club and orchestra took a long cold drive over the hills to Wil- liamstown, where on arriving a bounteous supper was served to a bunch of hungery sing- ers. This year when it was announced that the trip would be made again, the first question asked was, "Do we get the feed?" On the afternoon of February 26th, the glee club and orchestra drove to Williams- town and received an oration which amply repaid us for the long cold ride. After the concert the usual dancing was indulged in 'till about twelve, then the start for the cold ride home. But first we demolished the eatables, which the Ladies' Village Improve- ment Society, under whose auspices we appeared, had arranged for us.

Program. Part 1 Part 2 1. Selection Orchestra 1. Selection Orchestra 2. Winter Song Bullard 2. Floating 'Mid the Ullies Rich Glee Club; Mr, I.eete, Soloist Glee Club; Mr. Adams, Soloist 3. Reading Selected 3. Reading Selected Mr. Andrews Mr. Andrews 4. Selection by Glee Club Quartette 4. Selection by Glee Club Quartette Messrs. Gokey, Adams, I

112 Auditorium Stowe, Vt., March 5, 1909.

Stowe presented to the glee club and orchestra a field entirely new and somewhat preju- diced against Norwich to an alarming degree. However, after some parleying, a concert was arranged under the auspices of the local high school. To reach Stowe it is necessary to travel by rail to Waterbury, transfer to the Mt. Mansfield electric railroad, then ten miles in a "box car." After an interesting trip of twenty miles to Waterbury in luxurious coaches of the Central Vermont, we alighted from the train and headed for the electric terminal; imagine our surprise at not seeing an ordinary electric car, but in its place a dingy freight motor. After various questions we were convinced that this was our only hope of ever reaching Stowe. We were "loaded," together with several high school girls and the start was made. Heretofore, we have been transported by team, by the Central Vermont, endured a breakdown in the middle of the night in a pasture, but this was the limit; carried as fourth class freight, while paying the tariff required on first class. We were greeted in Stowe by a large audience, and their ideas concerning Norwich fellows, were raised to a better level. The concert was a very successful one in every respect, each man doing his part in an excellent manner. After the concert, the auditorium was cleared and dancing enjoyed till 12:00 P. M., music being furnished by the cadet orchestra. The young ladies of Stowe were very pleasing, and helped make the trip a very pleasant one. The return trip was made next day, the only incident being Ballard's mixing himself up with the car window, to the detriment of his hand and wrist.

Program. Part 1 Part 2 1. King Dodo Orchestra 1. Doan You Cry Ma Honey Steele Trombone Solo by Mr. Robinson Cornet Solo by Mr. Brush N. U. Quartet 2. Little Cotton Dolly Geibel 2. Aunt Shaw's Pet Jug Glee Club; Mr. Leete. Soloist Mr. Andrews 3. Her Cuban Tea Party Mr. Andrews 3. Quartet Selected 4. Catastrophe Moore N. U. Quartet; Messrs. Gokey, Adams, 4. Society Swing Orchestra Leete, Putnam 5. The Jolly Blacksmith N. U. Quartet 5. Marching Trotene Glee Club; Mr. Adams, Soloist 6. Good Fellowship Connor 6. Drummer Boys of '76 Orchestra Glee Club

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2ND LIEUT. H. M. BRUSH CAPT. E. N. CI.AHK Manager Reader

The Orchestra. 1st Violins 2nd Violin Capt. E. N. Clark Corporal C. F. Snow Cadet It. E. Baker

1st Cornet 2nd Cornet 2nd Lieut. II. M. Brush Cadet H. E. Paine

Trombone Sergeant F. L. Robinson

/ Drums Piano Cadet W. \\\ Whitehouse Cadet H. T. Baker

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Band Organization.

2nd Lieut. II. M. Brush, Solo Cornet, director Drum Major, T. J. McGarry Q. M. Sergt. F. L. llobinson, Baritone Corporal P. J. Lowell, Solo Alto Corporal R. W. Newcomb, Bass Corporal F. J. Noel, Solo Cornet Cadet II. T. Baker, 1st Trombone Cadet R. E. Baker, Bass Drum Cadet M. J. Buck, 1st Alto Cadet A. II. Cram, 2nd Trombone Cadet S. B. Hawley, 1st Cornet Cadet E. W. Magnus, Snare Drum Cadet II. E. Paine, Solo Cornet Cadet A. N. Shoro, 2nd Alto Cadet E. P. Therrio, Clarinet Cadet W. W. Whitehouse, Snare Drum

117 The College Band.

For the last two or three years there has been more or less spasmodic agitation concerning the organization of a band, but owing to the lack of material nothing has been done until recently. This year, however, there being an unusual amount of suitable talent, in the corps, a movement was set on foot by Captain F. S. Clark and Lieutenant Brush, which resulted in the starting of a band of about fifteen pieces, equipped for the most part with various grades of junk and old brass. In spite of such minor inconven- iences, however, the work was taken up with great enthusiasm, and considerable progress was made. Later the band was made a military organization consisting of two officers and fifteen enlisted men, including the adjutant and drum-major. It was quartered on the third floor of Jackman Hall, and was supposed to have infantry drill twice a week, the remaining drill hours being given up to practice. This arrangement was abandoned after a time and all the drills were devoted to practice, making in all, six rehearsals a week, including the Sunday inspection. The present instrumentation is as follows: cornets, Lieutenant Brush, Corporal Noel Privates Paine, Hawley; baritone, Sergeant Robinson; trombones, Privates Baker, H. T., Cram; altos, Corporal Lowell, Privates Buck, Shoro; Claironet, Private Therrio; bass Corporal Newcomb; drums, Privates Whitehouse, Baker, R. E.

118 Literary Organizations

110 War Whoop Staff

SKRGT. CROSBY ADAMS SERGT. PAUL S. EMERSON Kditor-in-Chief Assistant Editor-in-Chief

COLOR SERGT. K. F. STEBBINS Business Manager

BAT. SKRGT. MAJ. T. W. EARI.E SERGT. JOSEPH H. WHITNEY Assistant Business Manager Assistant Business Manager

120 War Whoop Staff

1ST. SERGT. C. FRED CAMPBELL SERGT. LOUIS W. BALCOM Art Editor Art Editor

SERGT. FREEMAN LIGHT Athletic Editor

CADET CHARLES H. MOORE SERGT. JOHN T. RICH Grind Editor Asst. Grind Editor

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Reveille Staff

EDITOR IN CHIEF, Sergeant W. Ix>y Chun.

ASSISTANT EDITOR, Corporal C. F. Snow.

BUSINESS MANAGER, Color Sergeant K. F. Stebbins.

ASSISTANT MANAGER, Corporal N. W. Richmond.

enter LA TING M A N AC i K R, Corporal Karl I). Sabin.

ASSOCIATE EDITORS, Alumni—Sergeant W. F. Johnson I/>cal—Sergeant P. S. Emerson Intercollegiate—Sergeant F. L. Robinson Athletic—Sergeant F. Light Military—Corporal P. J. Lowell

123 124 Cadet Corps Organization.

COMMANDANT. Captain Leslie A. L Chapman, 2nd Cavalry U. S. Army. SURGEON. First Lieutenant and Assistant Surgeon Harlow A. Whitney, M. D. FIELD AND STAFF. Cadet Major Guy I. Rowe, Commanding Battalion. Cadet Captain Earle A. Boyce, Adjutant. Cadet First Lieutenant Chester C. Thomas, Ordnance Officer. Cadet First Lieutenant G. Walter Clark, Quartermaster. Cadet First Lieutenant George E. Ames, Jr., Battalion Adjutant. NON-COM MISSIONED STAFF. Cadet Sergeant Major Everett Collins. Cadet First Class Hospital Sergeant Harold M. Lord. Cadet Color Sergeant K. F. Stebbins. Cadet Battalion Sergeant Tyler W. Earle. Cadet Ordnance Sergeant Grant R. Haight. Cadet Ordnance Sergeant Lewis U. Kennedy. Cadet Quartermaster Sergeant Earle S. Harbour. COMPANY A. SIGNAL CORPS. Cadet Captain Edward N. Clark, Commanding. Cadet First Lieutenant Henry E. Leonard. Cadet First Lieutenant Merritt E. Carpenter. Cadet First Lieutenant Ernest M. Wheatley. Cadet Sergeant First Class Hermon H. Kinsman. Cadet Sergeant First Class William F. Johnson. Cadet Sergeant John T. Rich. Cadet Sergeant Crosby Adams. Cadet Corporal Neal W. Richmond. Cadet Corporal Newton B. Badger. Cadet Corporal Karl D. Sabin. Cadet Corporal Fred M. Earle. Cadet Coiporal Gordon C. Day. COMPANY B. Cadet Captain Melvin H. Damon, Commanding. Cadet First Lieutenant John T. Gilmour. Cadet Second Lieutenant Roy L. Andrews. Cadet First Sergeant Harold A. Ainley. Cadet Quartermaster Sergeant W. Loy Chun. Cadet Sergeant Julian W. Alger. Cadet Sergeant Paul S. Emerson.

125 Cadet Sergeant Vard M. Libby. Cadet Corporal Millard W. Park. Cadet Corporal Julian O. Goodrich. Cadet Corporal Denton J. Smith. Cadet Charles F. Snow. Cadet Corporal Asa P. Leete. Cadet Corporal Edson W. Durfee. COMPANY C. Cadet Captain Carl F. W. Greaser, Commanding. Cadet First Lieutenant Harry W. Patterson. Cadet Second Lieutenant Luther P. Bayley. Cadet First Sergeant C. Fred Campbell. Cadet Quartermaster Sergeant Freeman Light. Cadet Sergeant Louis W. Balcom. Cadet Sergeant William Schakowski. Cadet Sergeant Carl P.Strobell. Cadet Corporal Lemuel N. Burhoe. Cadet Corporal Fred A. Smith. Cadet Corporal Dorr E. Field. Cadet Corporal Horner A. Howe. Cadet Corporal Leslie E. Stevens. Cadet Musician Edward G. Ballard. COMPANY D. Cadet Captain Walter L. Clark, Commanding. Cadet First Lieutenant Earl C. Hayden. Cadet Second Lieutenant John S. Smith. Cadet First Sergeant James B. Carswell. Cadet Sergeant Lewis U. Kennedy. Cadet Sergeant Joseph H. Whitney. Cadet Sergeant Allen W. Reid. Cadet Quartermaster Sergeant B. Harrison Grout. Cadet Corporal James E. Helyar. Cadet Corporal Robert E. Walbridge. Cadet Corporal Bert J. Young. Cadet Corporal Glenn M. Eastman. Cadet Corporal Neal W. Beattie. Cadet Corporal Albert J. Riley. BAND. Cadet Second Lieutenant Harold M. Brush. Commanding. Cadet Drum Major Thomas J. McGarry. Cadet Quartermaster Sergeant Frank L. Robinson. Cadet Corporal Phillip J. Lowell. Cadet Corporal Ralph W. Newcomb. Cadet Corporal Fred J. Noel.

126 The Aftermath. Continued from Page 103. I asked no more but as we reached the river he drew his pail full and I was about to put my feet into the water to cool them when he stopped me and said I was too warm and my feet would blister, the water was hotter than my feet no mattei what their tempera- ture. I could hardly believe this and so he called loudly,"Hobie, Hobie, Hobie" and then up ran Hobert Heyer with the thermometer. He was still at the old chemistry business and soon decided that I better keep my feet out of the water. Ames returned with his water and Hobert told me his story. He had lived a happy life far from the bounding deep and had striven to discover a soluble Prussian Blue but had died without accomplishing it and now was trying to turn the blue fumes of the brimstone into a soluble blue of some kind. The ferry now approached and I saw distinctly Gump Boyce and Tin-Lip Carpen- ter hurrying about on board. Hobie said the regular man was fixing another boat for the traffic was so great they had to put on an extra ferry. The boat landed and we shook hands. Upon my inquiring, Boyce said he had tried engineering but had given it up and gone into lumbering and had made money. His son was now mayor of Water- bury and he said he had hoped to get word of him but no one had any as they came down. Vermonters were scarce he said as they lived so long. Carpenter had been a consulting engineer for the city of Roxbury, Vt., and from there had emigrated to Africa to hunt but all the hunting he did, was to hunt a way back. They told me if I had not had a consultation with "His Majesty" and had my work assigned that I had better beat it back before he called for me. I decided this was the better course and although I had never lived under a king's rule I felt that I must do as the others did when 1 was in their territory. Neither of them could go with me and after directing me on the road they jumped aboard the boat freighted with souls going somewhere—nowhere or anywhere. I walked along feeling that the heat was now not as oppressive as it had been, when I almost ran into a man. I stepped aside but he spoke and called my name and I saw it was Wag Brush. He said he had tried hard to make a success in life but had found it all up hill work. He had tried the army a while, then the engineering and then he had settled down on the plains as a cattle raiser. There he found the niche into which he fitted. He was anxious to get away as he had to make the rounds and blow the horn for dinner. He had it swung over his shoulder and it put me in mind of a large gourd. He hurried on and I turned to resume my journey. Hobie had said this was a shorter way back and I soon found myself in the place where I had left Tish and now I saw Beany Harbour, Dutchy Graeser, and Rube Haight running a- long with wheelbarrows full of brimstone. I asked why they were in such a hurry and they said that Billie Lord, Mary Leonard and Lizzie Clark had just arrived and the the orders were that they were to be used to celebrate with in the great play that was to be act- ed that night entitled "Three on a Grid." This was after Kipling and the grid was to be made red hot so as to bear out all tradition. Harbour, I learned had been a sport in life and had married a German Countess. He had been very active in the brewery life of Germany. Lord had tried to be a chemist but failing in this had taken to inventing and the only successful invention of which he was author was the way of living easy on

127 $7.50 per. Lizzie, dear girl, had been an artillery officer and a terror to the Russians in the war of 1937 but was soon retired and took to running a millinery establishment. I had no idea as to the time but was in hopes to see the performance, but just as things looked as if there was going to be too much smoke, someone grabbed me by the hand and as I saw it was "Cissy Thomas" 1 began to ask him a few questions, mainly on the manner of getting out of this place. He did not see fit to enlighten me but said, "Don't be in a hurry and you will see Mary Leonard do the Can-Can on the gridle." He said Mary had been a teacher and had started many a man on his way to the presidency, but had ended in a grave, unmarked and this fact alone had been the one sorrow of her life. Cissy had been a successful Broker in Boston. About this time another fellow came up to me and I saw it was Grandma Clark. Grandma had gone into the Coast Artillery and became a Gigedear Brindle or some such thing and had married some ex-president's daughter. He felt his prestige with the Most High of these regions would warrant his taking me down to the nearest place we could get so as to see the performance, so we started. He was armed with an immense fork and so all seemed now like a holiday. I wondered why he carried it. We were soon joined by Slide-Rule Clark and I was surprised at the sight of him. He was robust and strong looking, but rather wrinkled. He had built up a reputation in the C. A. C. and married his children all to army men or women and then had felt his service to his country at an end. He carried a fork also, and as we drew near the fiery furnace, as the brimstone furnace was now in truth, we met Jerry Smith and he was yelling something in a loud voice about this being the last and only chance to see something for nothing. We shook hands and he said he had done well in the Marine Corps and had been married three times. He had left his name emblazoned on the annals of history by his having been in the war with China in 1932. He seemed to be the Marshal of the occasion. He took us down to a place near the furnace, where the gridles were smoking hot. Jerry always was a favorite with the girls and even in his old age he delighted in serving them, and now he seemed to be here, there and everywhere to wait upon them. Our old class all seemed to be near together and I thought what a grand thing it was to be united once more even though the place was not the best. I began to perspire freely again and in fact had never stopped and I soliloquized, "What is the use of life anyway, when it all comes to this and we are nothing." I began to look the place over to try to realize just where I was, when that awful shriek rent the air again and down from their places rushed all the little red-clad folk, whom I had almost forgotten. They surrounded us and did some fancy Can-Can step, while the most blood-curdling yells resounded, that I had ever heard. Suddenly all the forks were brought to an angle with the chest, something after the style of the sword salute, and then there was a grumbling that fairly shook the place. I turned to look behind me, and there rushed upon me a mammoth red-clad figure and it seemed as if there was a fork thrust into my back, and horrors horrors—I was lifted aloft and the furnace was opened and all seemed to be laughter now, and as I swung there in mid-air—and, and, and, and, and,— ************* * * Gee Whiz, my knee hurts, where I struck that chair. Gosh, my pipe is out too, and there are the bed clothes on the floor, and I say my pipe is out. Say neighbor, have you got a match? 128 Holders of Honors at N. U.

GOLD MEDALIST '08. 1st Lieutenant Ordnance Officer Frederick S. Stow. MOST DISTINGUISHED IN MILITARY DEPARTMENT '08. Major W. P. Fraser. Captain K. F. Baldwin. Captain C. E. Day. WINNERS IN PRIZE SPEAKING. First, Cadet Guy E. Thayer. Second, Cadet George Dillingham. Third, Cadet James Larkin. WINNER OF THOMAS MEDAL '08. 1st Sergeant W. L. Clark. WINNER OF SHUTTLEWORTH SWORD '08. 1st Sergeant H. T. Clark. WINNER OF JUCKETT MEDAL '08. 1st Sergeant W. L. Clark. WINNERS OF SOPHOMORE MEDALS '08. General Average, Corporal Everett Collins. Military Average, Corporal Everett Collins. Academic Standing, Corporal Everett Collins. WINNERS OF FRESHMAN MEDALS '08. General Average, Cadet N. W. Richmond. Military Average, Cadet N. W. Richmond. Academic Standing. Cadet N. W. Richmond.

129 9 Norwich of Yesterday.

The history of any institution is of interest not only for itself alone, but also because it serves to set the standards and ideals of such institution for all time to follow. The history of our college is one of which we may well be proud. It is full of hardships, trials and discouragements. For Norwich was not of the mush-room type. Norwich did not spring up in a day, but has accomplished its present degree of success only after per- sistent struggles against obstacles. But, we now feel that the very overcoming of these obstacles will insure to Norwich a substantial permanency. History furnishes little data connected with the struggle. Norwich past, the phan- tom of our retrospect, looms up somewhat vague and indistinct. Let us go back to the early days of Norwich. The College was then situated in that quiet town from which our name, Norwich is taken. Here on the opposite side of the village green stood the old North Barracks, and the old South Barracks. Much of the former was occupied by recitation rooms, by the chapel, and by the officers of administration; the latter was used for housing the cadets. Just across the peaceful Connecticut stood the classic halls of Dartmouth. Her sons and the Norwich Cadets had, near the old bridge, many a dispute and many a conflict. The habits and dress of that day seem to us peculiar. Drum beats then took the place of our bugle calls. By the roll of the drum the cadets were awakened in the morning. Taps were beaten on the drums at nine o'clock in the evening. The uniforms re- sembled somewhat our present dress uniforms but the blouses were graced with a profusion of braid, and an abundance of brass buttons in front. The regulation height of collars was to the tips of the ears. Discipline was adminstered somewhat differently from the present method as then only one permanent cadet officer existed,namely the Adjutant. This" Adjutant*'supposed- ly reported for all formations, drilled the cadets daily and marched them to chapel, to recitations and to mess. The length of his term was half a year. Thus in one school year one man would serve as Adjutant until the middle of the winter term; then another man would do the honors of this position until Commencement. All members of the Senior class took their turns at being "Officer-of-the-Dayand the non-commissioned were also appointed from the Junior class, to serve daily. As is the custom with us to-day the Norwich men of old had their "Hikes," but, these were much longer and harder than are ours. On one occasion, we are told, the corps took a march into New York and travelled as far West as Niagara Falls. The barracks life, also, was much less comfortable than that of the present. We are told that in the old South Barracks, there were no bedsteads, no mattresses and the men slept on wooden bunks, over which was placed a gun rack for their rifles. Rooms were heated by separate stoves. The cadets went to the village pump for water every morning. Such was the life of the cadet at Norwich past. We will now look to Norwich present.

130 Norwich of Today.

Norwich present is perhaps so familiar to most of our readers, that no great amount of amplification seems necessary. Our University is the Military College of the State of Vermont and receives state aid. The Corps of Cadets is organized as a part of the Nat- ional Guard and is composed of Battery A, Vermont Field Artillery and Company A, Ver- mont Signal Corps. The University also receives government aid in that an officer is de- tailed from the United States Army to take charge of our Military Department and our arms and equipment are also furnished from government arsenals. Every year the Corps has both State and government inspections. Our military organization now consists of three companies of artillery, one company of Signal Corps and a Band. The Band was only formed this year, but has already proved its worth. Another new feature of the military department is the instruction in horsemanship, which is also new this year. The University now owns eighteen young horses and these together with several others owned by different cadets form the nucleus of our future troop of cavalry. Over fifty are now enrolled in the horsemanship classes, which are held daily. These men have been instructed in both saddle and bare back riding and have been taught to ride their horses in nearly every position. Horsemanship furnishes a healthful form of out door exercise, teaches us a knowledge and control of horses, and is now enrolled as one of the prominent activities of Norwich. The academic department seems to have kept pace with the military. We have now five different courses to offer to prospective students and new courses are being added every year to our curriculum. Our new library contains over twelve thousand volumes and offers an excellent opportunity for research work. Summer school is held every August for those members of the three upper classes taking the engineering courses. Here the men get together and work out practical scientific problems. The civil engineers go into the field, make land and topographical surveys and lay out possible railroads and the electrical engineers work in the laboratory. Amid our busy life at Norwich, we manage to find time also for outside college interests such as athletics, and social, musical or literary organizations. In the fall our foot ball squad holds practice daily and in the spring the base ball squad comes out We are also planning to put a track team in the field. Norwich supports an orchestra, mandolin club and glee club. These organizations have collectively given several concerts throughout different towns in the State, where they have drawn large audiences. Norwich maintains a monthly paper "The Reveille," and publishes annually "The War Whoop." The former is probably in the hands of most of our readers; the latter speaks for itself. Norwich also has a College Y. M. C. A. and a debating Club. The contrast between Norwich past with its somewhat primitive style of life, and Norwich present with its modern equipments and activities is perhaps apparent so I will pass on to Norwich future.

131 132 Norwich of To-morrow.

The future of Norwich seems hopeful. Within the next ten years we hope to increase our enrollment to three hundred, and we see no reason why we cannot do this. The course in horsemanship and our new band are both drawing cards. Not only do we expect to increase our enrollment but we will also augment our present policy of stiffening entrance requirements. Within the same time, we hope to have built another barracks, a duplicate of Alum- ni Hall, a Science Building, a Gymnasium, Armory and a Hospital. Along the military line we expect, of course, to have at least one troop of well drilled cavalry, also to have some companies of artillery familiar with all phases of artillery drill. To do this we need much more equipment for cavalry and artillery than we now have, but we trust this equipment will be forthcoming from the government. We hope before long to be able to receive a definite amount of government aid every year. Inci- dentally we may mention the fact that plans have already been made for the errection of a United States Weather Bureau Building on the knoll east of Dewey hall. In like manner we hope to see all the interests of Norwich advanced. We feel that a college with such a diversified and such a glorious past offers a strong and wide foundation upon which to build a powerful institution. When we have been able to erect buildings enclosing all sides of our new parade, then we will have accomplished the first step in our onward progress. But, material gain is in itself not enough to steer an institution along the paths of success. What is vastly more essential is the high standard to be maintained by its roll of graduates. Norwich has never had an abundance of funds or endowments. At times our college has hardly been able to make her ends meet. And yet, Norwich has attained a great degree of success. She holds today an enviable position among colleges. Why? Because her graduates have been strong, masterful men, because they have made good in all walks of life. Such is the enviable record of the sons of Norwich. Let us see to it that we lose not this noble heritage handed down to us by our illustrious predecessor. "By their fruits ye shall know them." Let Norwich continue to send out to the world true, honest and useful men and her future is assured.

133 The Hike of 1908. June the fourth was a brilliant day and just the kind to start a hike with as it always seems better to start from old N. U. on a pleasant day for then we are not so cog- nizant of the joys being left behind. We had hoped for a good walk on this day, but were sadly disappointed as the itine- rary had not as yet been definitely planned and thus we were given the treat of a camp at home. Tents were pitched on the lot near the creamery and we took our meals at the various boarding houses for this day. The weather was quite warm, which is saying a great deal for a Vermont June day. And yet, the camp did not seem like one as to be near to the university, was not to get the memory examinations and strenuous duty as thoroughly erased as if we had been far away.

134 Reveille on the fifth was at six o'clock and a good breakfast was enjoyed even though, we could not forget that the Bascom Brothers had not signed with us as cooks. How prone we are to be kept good natured by a good cook, was only too evident. At 8:20 the walk was taken up and all had shown their ability in the line of tearing up the camp, which was to be found easier than putting one together later. We passed through the South Village and on to East Roxbu.-y. We halted first at 9:15 a little below the Bailey place and the second halt was at 10:20 just above the first pond at East Rox- bury. The last hour was shadier and better walking. The third halt was in the gulch at Williamstown and here was the ideal place for luncheon. All fell to and devoured all that he had been allotted by the cooks. A near by brook furnished water and the road house, pies and other delicacies. Now we were on the last lap of the day's journey and new life seemed to fill all with the desire to arrive in the metropolis of East Braintree and rest. And so we did. As the wagon train was some distance behind we had the rest which is denied to the weary in the words of the poet. Chase was on hand with his canteen

135 and the ice-cream, was soon on the road to disappearance. The day had been a hot one and then to indulge freely in the ice cream was the downfall of many a poor cadet, who soon came to the conclusion, that he was overheated, and dizziness seized him. No one became ill, however, and all fell to with a will as soon as the wagons arrived and we had an orderly camp in a short time. There was a brook in the pasture and into this many dangled their feet and even their bodies. As a whole this was a pleasant place, but we were shut off from a view of the town and so to compensate this the town came to us. As soon as the camp was made we had numerous visitors, whose knowledge of camp life was wonderful. We had retreat at six o'clock and immediately after we gave "Pinkie" a chance to show the natives the practical side of "Military as she is done." And then the town doing. To do a town is to evidently show the inhabitants thereof how much money one can spend in a few moments and also, how smart one can be. The reputation was made at least and some of the natives not being satisfied with

136 the'show on the streets came to the camp and there were treated to one of the "greatest shows on earth," which comprised some marvelous feats of tug-of-war and exhibition of numerous champions and red men. This was all after supper and it is still a mystery to some how the men could be so lively after indulgence to over-flowing almost in such a fine supper. It was composed of tomato soup, roast beef, corn, mashed potatoes, bread and coffee. During the course of the evening songs of old N. U., were hurled upon the air one after another in rapid succession and to name a song was to sing it. The guard did its duty well in keeping the cows and horses from the tents and this strenuous duty did much to keep them awake in turn. The ever glorious taps sounded the rest that we believed we had dearly bought and not a man was prone to grumble, but put up with a bad bargain, if such it was. One day more to add to the life of a cadet at Norwich and history to the life of the institution and sleep claimed all without the thought of the future crowding the brain after the style of Omar Khayyan;

137 "And we,'that now makejnerry in the room They left, and summer dresses in new bloom, Ourselves must we beneath the couch of earth Descend, ouselves to make a couch for whom?" The sixth of June and the third day of the hike, was one to be long remembered, as on this day, we were to go forward to the great city of Randolph and the thoughts of the pretty girls, there filled the hearts of all with joy. What on earth can keep the spirits of a soldier up so well as the thought of a pretty girl? It is a challange. After a cold plunge in the brook and a hearty breakfast (all meals are hearty ones on the hike by the way), we obeyed the "general" and cast our tents to the ground before us. Packing was soon accomplished and we were on the road again at 7:30. We made one halt at 8:30 and arrived at the new camp, the circus ground in Randolph, at 9 :30. Tents were soon up and dinner was served a little after twelve. Then down to we rushed everybody in hope of seeing some fair damsel, who wore the smile that won't

138 come'off. This~was Saturday^and the'notice'was given that we would stay here over Sun- day, so the perambulating existence was forgotten for the time. Owing to an epidemic of some disease in Randolph,we were kept rather close in camp and but few visitors allowed within. However, a number attended the dance in town in the evening and had a good time. It is a fact that one cannot make the Randolphites believe that the cadets are anything else, but gentlemen. We are glad this is so and hope that all will follow the lead of this town on realizing that cadets are a good lot of men and are not rowdies. The walks in the parks and the views therefrom, were very beautiful and the kind treatment afforded us while in Randolph will never be forgoten. And now the horrors of true militaryism alighted upon us again. We had hoped that as we were far from the stringent rules of the barracks, that inspections would be forgotten, but this was a treat enforced. On Sunday the seventh the sun rose in all his glory and it was a good thing to be alive. Life has its sorrows, but when we think that there

139 are so many more joys, that can be had and made to overcome these sorrows, we are not so unfortunate after all. A miracle almost happened in the evening of this day and those, who are more able to catalogue miracles than I will probably give this incident its full value, which I am unable to in such a short article. It was simply this,—Hobie was chosen "ORDERLY." No, it is not a fable, but the naked truth and he made a good orderly, too, and evey man in the camp will carry to his grave the fine picture, that he made when Hobie saluted and reported to the commandant as orderly. A burst of applause had been his reward and this to my mind was evidence that Hobie, was the pride of the camp on that day. About all the cadets attended church today and perchance it was because of the difference in the manner of going, or in the church, or then, too, there might have been an attraction of a lady like nature. Dinner was a meal to be long remembered for one does not get its like served every day on a practice march. It was soup, fritters, roast veal, green peas, potatoes and peaches.

140 After dinner,those, who were not too full went walking or sought quiet in the nearby cemeteries, where they read the inscriptions and picked strawberries. One incident worthy of note was the fact that Sergt. Lord lost his watch and finally found it in Sergt. Clark, H. T.'s bed. They had slept on time, as it were. From Randolph to East Granville, was the march of the eighth of June and a hotter day could not have been made by the arts of "Bill" Shaw and the whole weather staff combined. This was a hike that can go down on record as such without blushing with shame, when it is read by our coming generations. Company C, had the honor of getting her tents all up first, and as soon as the camp was made the brook nearby was full of human beings. Bath robes were the greatest luxuries and they made up about all of the dress of the camp. The heat was so intense and the walk such a long one that a number had blisters or were quite badly chafed. To these Dr. Stowe, who is the erstwhile ordnance officer on the staff, when military rules are at their height, attended and be it said to his credit that he was not bungling at the

141 job'either. Lounging out in the shade of the tents was the only thing that gave signs of habitation and even this would have been in vain if it had not been for the songs that occasionally burst upon the air. Our meals were good and the scenery ideal, so nothing was lacking. On the morning of the ninth it was at first planned to leave and start for home, but as the time went on the heat became intense and so it was rearranged that we should remain in East Granville till night and then be treated to a night march. A number of the sen- timental ones therefore took books and climbed up the rocks that were the bed of a mountain stream and sat surrounded by waterfalls and the roar of the current and read to their hearts content. Chase's canteen, which had been in evidence all the trip was almost swamped with the wild rush for "Phoenix," bananas and candies. Dinner was served at the side of the brook and consisted of roast pork, potatoes, green peas, apple sauce, bread and coffee. In the afternoon we had several showers, which for a time seemed as an impediment to our forward march. However, after retreat the order was given to strike tents. It was done with a vengeance and it is worth noting that the canvass had been so hot that the water had had but little wetting effect. For this we were thankful for if there is anything that is disagreeable to handle it is a wet tent. All was readiness by eight o'clock and the start for home, sweet home was begun. The novelty of a night march was never sprung upon us before but we were glad for this one as it was somewhat cooler. Notice, I say, somewhat. We were on our way re- joicing when the showers began again and it was an experience that shall never be forgotten. We were all well supplied with the ponchos and thus a wetting was denied us. The night was as dark as the proverbial "stack of black cats," but was here and that made light by the long and brilliant flashes of lightning. As the dust had been settled before we started, it now became mud. Despite all these disadvantages, we came in to Northfield about mid-night and were a tired crowd of "weary wanderers." No more beautiful lightning flashes have ever been seen, nor had we ever had a cooler march, nor had the cadets ever been in livlier mood. Songs of home and old N. U., were joyously mingled as we trod the road and the people threw up the bedroom windows and watched us pass. With a little red fire and some booming of cannon, this might have come near to real warfare. Arriving at the barracks the news was spread, that we were to camp upon the creamery lot till morning in the "pup" tents. Howls, shrieks and lamentations rent the air and when the noise subsided, we found it was not so. The wagons were some distance behind and so the time was spent while waiting for them in making raids upon cup- boards of the mess houses and in changing clothes. The wagons arrived at last and were unloaded and rest overcame the entire battalion simultaneously. The next day the tents were raised to dry and then bundled off to "Pelier" the hike was now, but a memory. This was the end, and in the words of Longfellow now, "Each silently bowed his head, Tears fell on the page he read." 142 The Fairs of 1908.

The Dog River Valley Fair at NorthHeld. It were useless to try to tell the impressions one gains of others at country fairs, for an exhibition is but a thing to look upon, but the Norwich cadets became more than an exhibition at the fairs this year as they did things and did them in a way that was a credit to them. To think of taking seventy-six or eight "rooks" and breaking them in to do military acts as they ought to be done, in about a month, is to think of a Herculean task. However, this is what was accomplished with the Norwich "rooks" and be it said to the glory of all concerned, that we made the people sit back and take notice. The fair was on the 15, 16 and 17th of September and this was in truth, but half a month of actual preparation, but in that time had been crowded a month's work. There were almost, two hundred cadets and the cannon were taken along to use for saluting and to give exhibitions of firing. These all went well, but the horses tied near by did not go well. The march was made from the barracks immediately after dinner and we performed for about an hour and a half and then were free. Some of the "rooks" were court-martialed on the spot for daring to run off with the pretty girls and were severly sentenced to the extent of furnishing their accusors with drinks of "Phoenix" and boxes of confectionery. Each day the applause was great and the review was the crowning feature of the entire performance as that received the loudest and longest applause. We were announced from the judge's stand as we appeared on the track and all the animals had to give way to the new ones which had now been transformed from man and made to take the honors from them. Enough has been said to give an idea of the greatness of the exhibition by referring to the applause, for that is the thing that generally measures greatness in this world. After we did our stunts in the line of review, battalion drill, artillery drill, battalion or company Butts rifle we were free to delve into the mysteries of the gypsy palmist or to put the merry-go-round man out of business by the rush of trade. At the call of the bugle about 5 :30, we were assembled and marched to the barracks and the dust was fierce. This march each day back and forth was worse than the longest ones on the hike.

143 The State Fair at White River Junction. Whether pictures had been taken of us and sent on ahead or whether the people of White River Junction remembered us from last year we know not but we were somewhat surprised, when we arrived in town and saw our pictures everywhere. Such is the glory that accompanies fame and great warriors! The Central Vermont Railroad carried us from Northfield to White River and we were glad that we had no farther to go, for the comforts of traveling with about seventy- five pounds of warfare hung on your back are not heightened even by the Central Ver- mont Railroad. Unloading and making camp was the work of but a few hours and then we were left to ourselves, till afternoon at drill. The fair was on the 22, 23, Z4 and 25th of September and although the days were cool the men were made comfortable by use of the Sibley stoves. The drills here were in the afternoon and consisted of review, battalion drill, Butts' rifle, and a sham battle with one company and the artillery against the other companies. Every cadet worked hard to make a good impression and the outburst of applause showed that their efforts were not in vain. In the early evening parade was held and this was a source of delight to the late stayers at the fair. The boys were free after this

144 and a number took in the show, as Lorne Elwyn was there in town with "Why women Hate." Many wanted to get the answer to the title of the play and were well pleased with the performance. As a whole we liked the fair and had a good time with the cattle and also the Ferris wheel,but the best of all was when some of our number showed what they knew about shell games. Meals here were served as if we were on a regular hike and perhaps to say they were eatable, and hardly that, would be enough to describe them. Again perhaps it were well to modify this statement as boys do not care for hearty victuals, when they can get candy and such trash as they could at White River. One of the features of the fair was the football practice. The coach came with us and he put in some good work having the boys work out during their spare time. This was also a pleasing feature to the people, as was also the entire working of the camp. Strict discipline was maintained and it is but fair to say that the entire trip was managed by Captain Chapman, with an ease and ability of which his training has made him a master. All the boys were sorry to leave the grounds even though the prospects were good for a night's sleep away from the grunt of hogs and the mooing of cows.

145 10 The Valley Fair at Brattleboro. It was a new thing to be in Brattleboro. We came down by train and the task of load- ing and unloading had become a science now. White River Junction had been an old friend as we had been there last year, but now we were at a place entirely new to most of us and perhaps, as an ex- hibit rather than an exhibitor or spectator, new to all of us. Our camp was an ideal one, in a small grove of pine trees just at the further side of the track. Cool, perhaps too cool, and shady it invited rest and this all enjoyed. We came down on Saturday the 25th of September and had the tents pitched and camp made before dusk. All was as silent as the grave and was a very great contrast to the place that we had just left. As the fair was not opened until Tuesday the 28th we, had time to recuperate and get ready for another seige of the feminine eyes and the lorgnettes of the older matrons. We saw the Morgans, of which Ver- mont is proud and saw the ex- hibits arrive. On Sunday supreme quiet was observed and in the evening there was a sort of "camp meetings" in the true sense. The talk by the Super- intendent of Vermont Aca- demy, Chaplain Lawson of the 1st Regt. V. N. G., was enjoyed by all and was well worth remembering. Visitors were numerous and lent novelty as well as jollity to the camp. Profs. Barber and Woodbury and Dr. Whitney had accom- panied us on the trip from Northfield and now they seemed to enjoy the trip more and more. On Monday the 146 entire camp was deserted. Lunches were put up for all and a march of about five miles was made to the seat of action of the Connecticut Val- ley Electric Power company and there the new concrete work, and engines were ex- amined with interest by the engineers. Our pictures were taken in battalion formation just after we had eaten our lunches. We arrived back at the camp some time before dark. The walking had been hard as the roads were so dusty. Many took baths while we were at the river's edge and felt fresher than the others on the return. The fair was held on the 28, 29 and 30tn of September and on the 1st of October. The usual drills were gone through each day and be it said, that there was more freely given applause and more interest in the corps taken here, than at any of the other fairs. At night the boys attended the show in town "The boys of Company B," and a squad from our own "A" company did the manual upon the stage and took part in one of the military scenes of the play. The next day a number of the players visited camp and were pleased with their reception. We left Brattleboro on Thurs- day, September 30th about four o'clock and arrived in Northfield about eight. What laurels we had won, were received after the fairs were all over in the form of newspaper compliments and write-ups. Such is the chronicle of the fairs.

147 RIDING* N.U

148 Horsemanship at Norwich.

Our anticipations have been gratified and we have at last a good nucleus of our troop of cavalry at N. U. The movement started last year, when the government sent us equipment for one hundred horses. Next, we needed the horses themselves, so with a fund recently started for that purpose, the University bought last December, eleven horses, which are kept at the University stables at Centre Village. At present nearly sixty cadets are taking horsemanship and classes are held six days per week under the efficient instruction of Captain Chapman. These classes are held during drill hours, and vacant periods on school days and during the forenoon Sat- urdays. We use the old drill hall as a riding hall and by ripping out the old fioor and laying in its place a sawdust floor, and by putting in skylights, we have been able to trans- form it to its present state of efficiency. During the spring term we will do our riding out doors, and several trips to neighboring towns have already been planned. Most of the horses are Morgans to a greater or less degree. This type of horse is considered to be among the best tor riding purposes and all of them are young and un- trained, so in this way both the riders and the horses have a good chance to learn together. Some of the cadets have horses of their own, which are also kept at the University stables. Here, they are kept probably cheaper than would be possible at home, as the University buys its supplies in large quantities, thus getting them at reduced rates. There is no profit one must pay, for the University charges no more for the keep of the horses than actual cost. Thus a cadet may buy a young horse, train it, and sell it, at a large profit, not counting the benefits of the instruction and experience, which he, as a rider, receives. Our earlier instruction consisted in riding the horses at slow gaits, so as to become accustomed to them. Then we had bare-back riding, and riding in different positions, astride, sideways, backwards, etc., mounting and dismounting at the walk, trot and gal- lop, and jumping hurdles and lately we have been instructed in the elements of cavalry drill. It is announced that we will have mounted inspections soon, which will probably take place at the same time as the regular Sunday morning inspections. Our Commence- ment program will consist of exhibitions in cavalry drill, bareback riding, monkey drill and all sorts of stunts on horse back. To sum up, we may say that our season of horsemanship has so far been both enjoyable and satisfactory and next year we hope to add to our present cavalry equipment. The cavalry has surely come to stay, at Norwich and we hope before long, to make it one of our best departments in the line of military training.

149 150 151 152 153

Summer School 1908

Sharply at ten o'clock on the morning of August 4th, there gathered in Dodge Hall, twenty members of the class of 1909, (Seniors), and twenty-seven members of the class of 1910, (Juniors) for duty as students at the Summer School of 1908. These young engineers there met a force of five instructors under the leadership of Prof. Winslow (Dad). These five instructors were H. M. Hobson (Hobson), R. P. Watson (Bob), M. M. Stocker (The Boss), C. N. Barber (Charlie), W. P. Fraser (Monk). "Dad"called the classes to order and informed them that there was a small matter of sixteen "bones" that should be paid to "Square toes," as soon as convenient, also that a certain ruling of the noble trustees to wit: "No man, who is deficient in any subject on which Summer School depends shall be allowed to follow up such course until such condition be made up," would be rigidly enforced. He then turned the Seniors over to the tender mercies of "Hobson" and "Bob." These two exponents of the art of Railroad building were to give the wise Seniors further instruction in that all important subject, they were also to initiate them into the secrets of how to drive the "Golden Spike." These two gentlemen with their corps of engineers were assigned, as an office, the room in Dewey Hall, which is just to the right as you go into the gallery. After the extraordinary efforts exercised in getting rid of the railroad men "Dad" made a short address to the "Green and White," giving this aggregation to understand that the most important thing that man could do in this world was to go forth into the field with transit and note-book to determine where certain contours and corn-fields could be found. After this address "Dad" turned these "Would be Topographers" over to "The Boss," who was to be assisted by "Charlie" and "Monk" in the dispensing of the knowledge of contours, elevations, and mapping to the wonderful (?) class of 1910. The topographical office, was to be located in the southwest room of the first floor of Dodge hall. After details were attended to the classes were dismissed, with the warning that they were to meet at seven the next morning prepared for work. This announcement was met with many groans from these men, who had led a feather bed existence during the Sum- mer. The next morning it was announced that there was one man in the Senior delegation and two in the Junior delegation, who would be unable to continue with their work on account of the ruling of the trustees. It was whispered, about that there were two Seniors conspicuous by absence, namely; Rowe and Billings. After a little inquiry it developed that as usual Billings could not attend Summer School as he was able to study railroading first hand. It was also found that Rowe, having got lost in Boston,

155 wandered on board a small steamer and went to sleep. On awakening he found himself in England and from lack of time, would be unable to attend Summer School. The succeeding days were marked by a diligent search for knowledge (?) by day, and a more diligent search for pleasure by night. These searches, as may be supposed were interspersed with many peculiar occurrences. The most of these will have to be passed over for lack of space. There were many new methods discovered for the laying out of Railroads and the running of contours. The Seniors ran a railroad line from Harlow Bridge up Stony Brook about two miles. Many were the sights of the axe-men as they chopped their way through the underbrush, although they found that there was always one thing to cheer their drooping spirits.

That was the knowledge, that if they survived a few days longer they would in turn, be boss of the job and later would be promoted to the office- force (for two whole days). By the way did you ever notice the difference between the appearance of man's clothes, when he is in the field and in the office. If you have never noticed this difference just ask "diet" Thomas to show you how he dresses for office and field work. As time wore on the undaunted engineers were heard expressing the desire that it was time to drive the "Golden Spike." Question; Was this the desire to drive that "Spike" or the desire to evade cold dinners and four mile walks. Any day in the week except Sunday the Juniors could be found within a radius of a mile of the "Hill." Some with Level and Rod trying to guess, to the best of their ability

156 and that of their instruments, the elevation of some point or station which no one could see any use for. Others with transit and chain either chasing some lost fraction of a foot around a mythical polygon or chasing contours up hill and down dale. Did I hear you ask what a contour was. Don't ask me, ask Frost. Still others could be around a little table set on three legs with some odd looking instruments upon it. Just listen to what is being said as you approach this table, which is commonly called a "Plane Table." Chun is endeavoring to tell "Dad" that he is unable to see the applicability of the name of the device. Says he to "Dad," "I think that they must have made a mistake when they called this apparatus a 'Plane Table' as it looks very complicated to me." In the Topographical office there were always to be found two men, good and true.

These men might be lying on a settee asleep, but let "Dad" or "The Boss" come within two hundred feet of the office and they would be up, busy putting lines on paper. (A map.) These men were told that the contours on the map should not cross and if they did it would show their work was wrong. Says "Mac" one morning upon being told of this fact, "Well, Professor, what are you going to do when they cross in the field. Isn't it proper to have them cross on the map when such is the case or does it show that the field hands are at fault." "Monk," after finding that the unlucky "Mac" had already plotted some contours that crossed, informed him that the trouble was generally with the map- per and showed "Mac" that his East and West were true North and South lines. Thus the time was spent by that class that is proud to wear the "Green and White."

157 On the morning of August 18th the members of the Class of 1911 (Sophomores) otherwise known as "Last year's rooks" assembled in Dodge Hall. They were requested to pay a visit to "Square Toes" and were informed that "Irve" Chase sold note-books, text-books and plumb-bobs. Also they were put wise to the deficiency article of the trustees. These "Last year's rooks" were put under the immediate charge of Prof. E. A. Shaw, "Threesh," who had been giving instructions to E. S. Ball (Ball), L. N. Wheelock (Lyme), and S. M. Parker, (Squee), as to the best method of initiating the greenhorns into the mysteries of the chain, compass, and transit.

x After dinner on the 18th any observer would have seen a line of some forty men walking back and forth between certain points in the endeavor to regulate their paces so that they would be uniform. Next on the program for this noble class was the unlooked for pleasure on following a pair of range poles over hill and valley, with a chain to measure the distance between points. After destroying all the range poles and chains that they could find on the "Hill" Ball undertook to show some of them the uses of the transit. My ! but you should have seen the chests of these "Last year's rooks" swell out with pride, as they were allowed to gently touch the transit. While "Ball" was explain- ing the tansit "Threesh" had a couple of parties out with the "Lock" Level. These men proved themselves very proficient engineers, as they were able to run a line a round the hill and to check to one ten-thousandth of a foot. So ran Summer School of these classes doing the Summer of 1908, with the exceptions of Sunday. On this, "God's Day" the two upper classes spent either "Toosing" or walking. Among the "Toozers" were to be found Thomas, Haight, and G. W. Clark to represent the Seniors and Collins, Stebbins and Light to represent the Juniors. As the Seniors had four miles of walking each day during the week, they were not to be found in many long walks. Of the Juniors there was Chun, who succeeeded in making a complete exploration of Paine Mountain. Kendall and Giles also seemed to enjoy an occasional trip to Waitsfield; Adams and Ainley numerous trips to "Pelier" and Barre. While the Seniors and Juniors were enjoying their "Toozing" and walking, the majority of the "Sophs," were devising ways of making life miserable to the expected rooks, two of whom were already in town. Time passed along and at last the much desired 29th of August arrived, and the enjoyable Summer School of 1908 was at a close. That night the Seniors drove their "Golden Spike," and thereby finished one of the greatest railroads ever built. By the various shrieks heard around the barracks late that night, one might think that there had been more "Spikes," pulled than driven. Three cheers for "Summer School of 1908."

158 159 160 General Alumni Association.

OFFICERS FOR 1909-'10. PRESIDENT, E. A. Shaw, C. E., A. M. '91, Northfield, Vt.

FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT, John A. Holmes, B. S., '95, Somerville, Mass.

SECOND VICE-PRESIDENT, Frank A. Gokey, B. S., '93, Everett, Mass.

THIRD VICE-PRESIDENT, E. Wesson Clark, C. E., '92, Boston, Mass.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER, Marshall D. Smith, B. S., '81, Northfield, Vt.

Local Alumni Associations.

BOSTON. OFFICERS FOR 1909-10. PRESIDENT, N. L. Sheldon, M. S., A. M. '84.

VICE PRESIDENTS, E. A. Stowell, '66, Boston, Mass., C. H. Cheney, '86, South Manchester, Conn., J. A. Holmes, '95 North Cambridge, Mass., W. E. Hassam, '87, Worcester, Mass, F. F. Hayward, '88, Lowell, Mass.

SECRETARY AND TREASURER, Harry K. Briggs, '03, Everett, Mass.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, Dr. E. W. Gaynor, '93, Boston, Mass., Dr. W. G. Huntley, '95, Newton Highlands, Mass., George H. Chapin Jr., '04, Boston, Mass.

161 11 CHICAGO. OFFICERS FOR 1909-10. PRESIDENT, Judge A. N. Waterman, M. S., LL.D., '56. SECRETARY AND TREASURER, Fred S. Palmer '89. NEW YORK. OFFICERS FOR 1909-10. PRESIDENT, General Grenville M. Dodge, LL. D., M. M. S., '50, Colorado and Southern Railway, 70 Broadway, New York City. VICE-PRESIDENT, Edward McC. Peters, B. S., '80, 9th Street and Gowanus Canal Brooklyn, N. Y. SECRETARY AND TREASURER, W. N. Jones, A. M. VERMONT. OFFICERS FOR 1909-10. PRESIDENT, F. E. Steele, M. D., '82, Montpelier, Vt.

VICE PRESIDENTS, Luther P. Johnson, M. S..'88, Randolph, Vt. W. E. Robertson, B. S.,'01, St. Albans, Vt. W. E. C. Washburn, B. S., '04, Northfield, Vt. SECRETARY AND TREASURER, K. R. B. Flint, B. S., '03. Northfield, Vt. ST. LOUIS. OFFICERS FOR 1909-10. PRESIDENT, Robert H. Ford, C. E., '92, No. 1335 Laurel St., St. Louis, Mo. VICE PRESIDENTS, Dr. W. E. LaFavor, M. D., '66, Beach Avenue, St.. Louis, Mo. P. V. Sherman, B. C. E., '07, 5130 Fairmount Ave, St. Louis, Mo. SECRETARY AND TREASURER, C. J. Scribner, C. E., '96, 1480 Goodfellow Avenue, St. Louis Mo.

162 Banquets.

Theta Chi Initiatory, Chapter House, Central Street, Feb., 11, '09. Alpha Sigma Pi Initiatory, Waterbury Inn, Waterbury, Vt., Feb., 11, '09. Sigma Phi Epsilon Initiatory, Northfield House, Northfield, Vt., Feb., 18, '09. Commons Club Initiatory, Pavilion, Montpelier, Vt., Feb., 18, '01). Commencement Banquet, Theta Chi, Chapter Mouse, Central St., June 22, '09 Commencement Banquet, Alpha Sigma Pi, Northfield House, June 22, '09 Commencement Banquet, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Chapter House, Central St., June 22, '09. Commencement Banquet, Commons Club, Club House, Main St., June 22, '09

lo.J SOCIAL

164 Receptions and Dances.

Friday, October 2, 1908. Reception to the cadets by President and Mrs. C. H. Spooner at their home No. 5, Main Street. Friday, October 16, 1908. Senior Series Dance, Dewey Hall. Friday, October 31, 1908. Faculty Hop, Dewey Hall. Friday, Noveml)er 6, 1908. Senior Series Dance, Dewey Hall. Friday, November 13, 1908. Commons Club Dance, Dewey Hall. Friday, November 20, 1908. Senior Hop, Dewey Hall. Friday, December 12, 1908. Leap Year Dance given by the Ladies of Northfield. Friday, February 19, 1909. Junior Prom., Dewey Ilall. Friday, April 30, 1909. Sophomore Dance, Dewey Hall. Friday, May 7, 1909. Freshman Dance, Dewey Hall. Friday. May, 14, 1909. Senior Series Dance, Dewey Hall. Friday, May 21, 1909. Senior Series Dance, Dewey Hall. Thursday, June 24, 1909. Commencement Hop, Dewey Hall.

165 N. U. Calendar

Aug. 4th —Seniors and Juniors (part of them)return for summer school. Aug. 5th Word received from Billings that he will not be present, as usual. Aug. 6th—Little rain, less work. Aug. 7th —Ladies men dig for home,"Dad" announces double cuts, be careful. Aug. 10th Did you ever study the stars before? Aug. 11th Chun starts to explore Paine Mountain (by moon light). Aug. 12th- -Talk of driving a golden spike in Senior railroad. Aug. 13th—One party makes some new bench mark elevations varing two feet from the old. Aug. 14th- -Light enters the social whirl. Aug. 18th Sophomores back and at work. Aug. 20th—Ainley and Grout find a new way to run contours. They run several, many feet in the air. Aug. 21st—"That a new rook, come on" Aug. 24th -Rich takes advantage and a swim. Gets caught. Aug. 26th- Party No. 3, Sophs, win record for number of broken chains and range poles. Aug. 27th -Chun strikes party loafs. Aug. 29th--Summer school over, rooks arriving. Aug. 31st- -Great time at the Theatorium. Rooks ought to make good with the Glee Club. Sept. 1st—Hazing must be cut out. Sergeant and several Corporals reduced, bucks get confinement and tours. New Corporals made. Sept. 2nd—New ideas get wise. Two hours drill daily, except Saturday and Sunday of course. Sept. 4th First rook leaves for home. Sept. 6th - Rooks first inspection—poor things. Sept. 7th—Labor Day, Something is the matter, we get a half holiday. N. U. athletes work out on parade. Funny part of it is, they win a lot. Sept. 8th—Straglers return. Sept. 10th DRILL- ,DRILL— DRILL. Sept. 12th- Saturday and more drill. Sept. 14tb—Well, well. Jackman Hall stories start—and never end. Sept. 16th- Attend Dog River Valley Fair and took our fancy drills along. Sept. 17th- The fair again. Every one sore and good reason too. The cry—"Wait until next year." iJept. 18th—Get some new Sergeants, three provisional. Sept. 19th—Rooks are going on guard. They look lost.

166 Sept. 21st—Lieut. Clark E. N. and Sergt. Chun find graft at N.U. They get in the com- missary department. Sept. 22nd—Reveille at 4:30 A. M., and we leave by special train for White River. Junction and the State Fair. Sept. 23rd—We have decided we are a "candy bunch. "Co. "A" shows 'um up in Butts Rifle. No one sees the barber today. Foot-ball season opened with first game at Exeter to-day. N. U. 0 Exeter 6. Sept. 24th—Moore finds some old friends from Maiden we get a moon-light lecture, one rook faints. Sept. 25th—Who got caught running the guard? Sept. 26th—Break camp and leave for Valley Fair at Brattleboro. N. U. looses second game to Holy Cross, only 5-0. Sept. 27th—Who saw Barney trying to break away at Claremont Junction? Sept. 28th—Twelve mile hike. But we saw the dam just the same. Sept. 29th—Fair opened—a good one too. Rooks try to get on light duty, too much hike. One succeeds, too much—. We send military critics to "The Boys of Co."B"." Sept. 30th—"Pirate "squad attends '-The Boys of Co. "B" " in a body drill and sing, pretty snappy too. Rook Parker finds a girl and looses her, others have better luck. Oct. 1st—Back at N. U. We are glad but all hope to visit Brattleboro again. Oct. 2nd—Gen.G. M. Dodge of New York pays his Alma Mater a visit. He appears well pleased. Hurrah for N. U. Cole and Moore find door broken after a quiet "pink tea". Oct. 3rd—N. U. 0 Wesleyan 6. Oct. 4th -6th- Writer absent, sorry. Oct. 7th—N. U. 2nd team trims Montpelier Seminary 37—0. Chun finds more graft, he is a Summary Court clerk now. Oct. 10th Middlebury gets a goose egg while N. U. piles up 23 points. Oct. 14th—Juniors take a Geodetic trip. Some on Paine Mountain, others on South Hill and Fair Grounds. Heard from "Pat"—"As straight as the fly crows.." Oct. 15th—Mass meeting and smoker in Dewey Hall. Oct. 17th—N. U. lost to U. V. M. at Burlington, 11—0. We won't kick. Great game. Oct. 19th—Authorities discover Cole's and Moore's doer broken. Quick work (Detective Clark on the trail) Oct. 28th—N. U. lost to U. V. M. at 'Pelier. Entire corps attends. If we had only had a dry day. Great work by cheer leader Moore and assistant Clark, F. S. Oct. 31st—The regulars trim us 5-0. Nov. 10— Writer home again sick? Nov. 14th—Football season closes with two games. Juniors win from Randolph High 11—0. Rooks trim Sophs 11—6 Nov. 16th- Corps learns with sorrow of death of Maj. Hovey, U. S. A., (retired), and ex-commandant of N. U. Nov. 20th—Third successive test in Mechanics. Nov. 24th School closed for Thanksgiving recess. Most every one "beats it." Nov. 25-30—Fellows at home- use your own imagination. Nov. 30th School opened to-night. Corps will probably return shortly. Dec. 1st—Looks as tho the fellows who stayed at N. U. during vacation had a good time

167 Dec. 2nd.—Bunch on the carpet to-day Please pay $50 Dec 4th -Some one said Collins, Carswell, Kinsman and Reid were on the way. Dec. 7th Billings, Libby, Helyar, Burhoe, Parks and Thayer agree with Chun. Graft at N. U. Extra dutv and two dollars per. Dec. 8th Inspector of artillery here. Haven't seen him yet. Dec. 10th -Little inspection but no recitations, how did it happen? Dec. 12th—Every one plugging hard. Dec. 14th-18th- Examination week some look happy,some blue, others don't care. Dec. 18th—HOME again until Jan. 5th. Jan.5th- Every one seems glad to get back Ames late. Billings absent. Jan. 6th—Have you noticed Clark E. N's smile? Jan. 7th—Riding lessons for three upper classes begin. Old drill hall rechristened. New riding hall now. It makes a good one. Jan. 8th- Lowell takes the first spill. Jan. 11th—Hard luck for flunkers, no privileges. Jan. 12th—We are glad to hear it is no longer Lieut. Chapman. Capt. now. Good work. but we are sorry to loose you this year. Jan. 14th -Eight ranking officers attend V. N. G. officers school at Hartford, Vt. Jan. 15th—Still running without "Big Chiefs." We can't be so worse. Special exams. today. Flunkers fall in. Jan. 17th—Church optional. Many went thinking there was a mistake. Jan. 18th- -More specials today. Too many flunks for one day's exams. Jan. 19th -Freshmen receive fraternity bids today. Jan. 20th Strenuous times. Jan. 21st—Pledging done—now back to work. Jan. 22nd—Thayer and Lowell get theirs in Waterbury. Jan. 25th—D. F. Smith pays us a visit. Wonder does he remember it. Jan. 26th—Colburn, Parker and Cannon make first public appearance Jan. 27th- Crosby not satisfied. Why? Jan. 28th—"You smoke too much, cut it out." Jan. 30th -N. U. Cavalry appears for first time out side riding hall. Feb. 1st—Test in Junior Mechanics. Feb. 2nd—Ditto. Feb. 4th Ditto. Feb. 5-6th Freshmen make friends with different fraternity "goats" Feb. 7th Every one all in. Take a brace-r. Feb. 8th Be-good, be-kind, be-gentle, be-ware. Feb. 11th— Fraternity banquets. Feb. 12th Dartmouth, ex-N. U. boys pay us a visit. Feb. 13th—Disturbance in Jackman Hall. Feb. 14th -And no holiday. Feb. 15th—A rook has a bad dream, thinks he is Major. Paul has a worse one, thinks he is doomed. Feb. 19th—Junior Prom. Sure a swell affair. Feb. 20th -Collins becomes battalion sergeant major and Ainley first sergeant of Co."B."* Feb. 21st—Lots gone home for holiday to-morrow.

168 Feb. 22nd—Holiday. Prior, '89, and Juckett, '89, meet by accident at N. U. Feb. 23rd One squad left for each company. Leaves run out to-night. Feb. 26th Thayer visits Waterbury again. Lowell didn't dare. Feb. 27th- Lecture. "Do not cross the river, dear" Mar. 2nd—We get a half holiday while Northfield goes license. Ice hockey. N. U. 11— Bethel 0. Mar. 3rd—N. U. 2—Randolph 1, Hockey. Mar. 5th--Glee Club makes a hit in Stowe, also Whitney succeeds. Mar. 7th Editor jumps me for not writing this up ahead. I'm no prophet. Mar. 8th -Riding gets interesting. Mar. 11th Capt. Chapman fools pluggers by postponing Constitutional Law exam. Mar. 13th General brace in military taken and a few sticks put in. Mar. 16th -Junior exam, in law, thought we were engineers. Mar. 17th—"Com." trying to find out if Juniors have taken oath never to study. Should think he could guess. Mar. 18—"Fritz" spoke few words last night. Also several bombs. Mar. 20th Riding hall chief attraction now days. Mar. 21st—Ask Whitney and Grout for reference. Mar. 22nd—Who skipped? Mar. 24th Several try to do a terms work in one night. Mar. 25th —State inspection. Some stiffer than usual. Riding exhibition. Mar. 29th—Final exams, begins. April 2nd -Vacation begins at noon. 10 days. April 13th—Spring term opens. Additional hours at stables. April 14th—Right down to work. April 15th—Juniors commence railroad work outside. April 16th—Very much quiet. April 19th—It was supposed to rain to-day, anyway we did not work. April 20th Capt. Clark, F. S. and Capt. Clark, H. T. receive appointments as Second Lieutenants in Coast Artillery, gained by examination. Many promotions made. April 21st Midnight oil burns till wee hours of morning. April 22d- "Flunkers, attention!"' Special exams, today. April 23rd More specials. April 26th—N. U. lost to Goddard Seminary in a practice game today, 10 innings 6 to 3. April 27th- Measles become the fad at Norwich. April 29th Colburn becomes a star, "Rio Grande," produced with great success. April 30th -Sophomore dance, and the same old story. May 1st Light and Richmond charged with kidnapping. May 3rd—N. U. 2nd team trims Montpelier Seminary at 'Pelier 22, to 11. May 4th—Junior scruffs get trimmed at Bethel, 11 to 2. May 5th—Baseball team leaves for northern New York. May 6th—Clarkson Tech., 7, N. U. 2. May 7th—St Lawrence 9, N. U. 2. Freshman dance. May 8th—Eighteen fellows enjoy mounted passes to 'Pelier. First of the season. May 10th- Goddard Seminary 15, N. U. 2nd 3. May 12th—How about a sand storm in Northfield?

169 May 13th—N. U. 8, Vermont Academy 0. At Saxons River. May 14th—N. U. 2, St. Anselm 6. May 16th—Sunday and rain. May 17th—N. U. 7, St. Michaels 2, at Northfield. May 18th -N. U. 7, V. A. 2. May 19th- News is out that Boyce and Carswell have missed one "Reveille." May 20th Field manouvers for practice. May 22nd -Annual Government inspection commenced today. Sure, working some. N. U. 3, Middlebury 1, at N. U. May 23rd—More inspection. No church. May 24th Still more inspection. Extended order, but we are good for it. St. Lawrence 9, Norwich 10. At Northfield. Great celebration. May 25th— Recitations in afternoon. Everybody all in. May 26th -All quit. Last copy goes to printer.

170 171 Who's Who in 1910

Adams —An eminent electrician and editor. Ainley—A soldier; proud of his stripes and jealous of rivals. Alger—An exponent of the simple life. Balcom—Active, adventurous. Blake—Class gossip and bulletin. Campbell—A man cannot serve two mistresses. Carwsell -Professes innocence. Chun—An expounder of synoptic syllogisms. Cole—Admirer of the fair sex. Collins—Distinguished by diligence. Earle—"The smith a mighty man is he." Emerson Silence is golden. Frost—An apparition from the shadow world. Giles—Tries hard to be a sport but does'nt know how. Grout—A tonsorial artist; a wielder of the stick blank. Johnson—Courteous and respectful. Kendall—Too bad Norwich did not have a Basket ball team. Kennedy—Ingenious but harmless. Kinsman—But he gets there just the same. Libby—A horseman superior in mind, but— Light—An energetic foot-ball manager. "God knows he's pure." Maynard—A breaker of hearts at Randolph Center. McGarry—Weilder of the baton. A standard authority on Bowery ethics. Moore—Commander of the "Pirate" brigade. Reid—"None but the brave deserve the fair." Rich—One of the four hundred. Richmond -Wearer of the sunny smile. "If you don't at first succeed, try, try again." Robinson—Basso profundo. Schakowski—A social light; shines in the ball room. Stebbins—A'vowedly ambitious; a man of affairs. Strobell—Easy going, economical. Whitney—Abounding in antique anecdotes.

172 Grinds

Lieutenant Billings at company Drill—Wake up some of you farmers and dig the sea-weed out of your ears. Cole at Burlington—Give me a lemon, sour please. (Great Heavens what next). (In Chapel). President Thomas of Middlebury College, quoting—"Fuzzy Wuzzy, was etc. They say that Leete got stuck for cribbing. How about it? Greasers Idea of the Corps. "They should all go back to the deestrict school." Ask "Vagger Butch" about it. Gordon (Telegraphing). Am sick and have no money. Father (Answering). Am well and have plenty. Now that we have cavalry at N. U. it is expected that "The Bow Legged Club" will be reorganized. Applicants see or write Captain Damon. McGarry's idea of the Wheatstone Bridge. A field of wheat, a large stone and a couple of boards over a brook. Prof. Carleton. (In railroad recitation trying to find cylindrical object for descrip- tive purposes). Has any gentleman got a bottle on his hip? Prof. Albino in his mental telepathy. Does Magnus love me as much as I love him ? No need of Collins and Brush taking the Northbound trains for Gouldsville now that mounted passes are in vogue. Jacobs M. (Handing a piece of platinum wire carelessly). Jacobs N. Look out brudder it vos as goot as golt. Speaking about baseball, they say that "Mysterious Bill," used to play 2nd base—in the orchestra. Official paper put in by Paul. "I had a fight with one, Private Rogers, Company D over which I am greatly discouraged."

173 Adams (In Law). "Sir, it is 11:45, are you going to excuse the baseball men? Prof. Spear—Yes, but my watch says 11:30. Adams—But I set mine this morning. Prof. Spear—So did I. The Commandant at Mass meeting. "It gives me great pleasure to take another cruise with the Pirates. Prof. Shaw (In Geology). "What are the different kinds of coal, Mr. Frost? Cole (awakening quickly). Did you speak to me sir? After three years of obscurity, Thomas has at last made his debut in Northfield society. Stebbins (To disorderly A company at Brattleboro). "You might as well have your fun now boys, you may not have it later." Copy of Prof. Winslow's Exam. (Part of 1st problem). Given four loads of 2, 6, 3, 4 and 9 tons placed respectfully, etc. Corporal Field—"You deon't neow, who wants ter swap a dern good typewriter fer a thunderin good keow. Please take notice that Ames has not returned on time from vacation. Prof. Shaw--"Schakowski, what is the depth of the earth's crust? "Bill"—(After listening in vain for whispered information). Two hundred and fifty feet and eleven inches, sir." Juniors at Jackman Hall never use privileges. (Sergeant of Guard at Jackman Hall over telephone). Why in the devil don't you send over the mail? Do you think that we are going to sit up all night for it? Who is this that I am speaking to? The O. D. (up goes the receiver.) Rich in Geology.—"Sir, is the hitching post in front of Dewey Hall petrified wood?" How about Grout and Light reading different results from same set of computations in Hydraulics? Frost on trip to great Plate Girder, "Now watch for the bending moment." Heard at night shirt parade,. Wonder if Professor Shaw will recognize his old * friends in new suits of clothes.

174 How about Prof. Woodbury being held up during the rainstorm at Brattleboro, dressed in his pajamas, when rolling down his tent and kept standing in the rain until "recognized,"by the corporal of the guard? (post No. four). Junior Mechanics.—The weight of McGarry's dam is 15,000 cubic feet. Called for one of Pat's funny little marks. How about playing woodchuck at West Berlin, when the eavarly came in sight? Were their passes approved? Who set up the cigarettes while the Juniors were at the Red Bridge?

Some Popular Plays and Their Authors.

The Rivals Durfee and Heyer A Grand Army Man Graesar The Fair Co"ed Lord Fluffy Ruffles Leonard The Devil Magnus Ten Nights In a Bar Room Shailer Samson Scakowski The Lion and the Mouse The Thief Hovey Whitehouse and Therrio Why Women Sin Putnam The Follies of 1908 Crosby Why Women Leave Home Adams Love Watches Gordon The Parisian Model Frost Up on the Farm Gilmour and Bayley The College Widow Heathfield The Little Nemo Jacobs Miss Innocence Carswell The Man Who Stood Still Drew The Music Master Brush The Man of the Hour Rowe

175 17 f» Finis.

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