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LEGE AND EXPERIMENT STATION W RI{ER ...... G5 SER,rATIONS OF TUDENT ...... 66 66 THE PIR T LAWS HOOL IN THE UNITE D 'l'AT!E ...... 68 69 ,4 fiR/fAT Gooo Cows
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THE BULLETIN CO., NORWIC H, CONN . The Public Demands Hig her g rade Dairy an d Crean1ery products. BE TTER M I LK! BETTE R BUTTE R ! ! BETTER CH EE E . ! ! Best Go ds Bring Best Prices. T o produce such good yon need the BEST EQUIPMENT POSSIBLE. F or dairy use, such an equipment m u st include atnong ther things: - A De Laval Crea1n S eparator, Stoddard Barrel Churn, and W aters B utter Worker or a Victor Co111bined Churn and Worker. \Vi th these machin s as a basis, add the appliance: included in our " uperior" airy Goods lin e and you haYc a perfect utfit. In or der to increase the Q uantity, usc A Green Mountain Silo. It enables you t o keep more c w , feed then1 cheaper and in crease the flow of rnilk. \Ve are headquarters for Steam Engines and Boilers, Gasoline En gines , Ensilage Cutters and Corn Planters .
C~ hl1o ~;s a nd P rice s on A Jlplicatjon. STODDARD MFG. CO ., Rutland, Vt.
BUSINESS BRED BIRDS.
EGGS FOR HATCHING. ha b en cu. ton1ary the I oultry D epartm nt is pr pared to supply a limited number of o·o· f r hatchino- . the bj ct b ina· t en urage the \\·ider di tribu~i o n f tll rou o·h bred f \rl throughout the tat -. The f 11 wing varietie are offered: arr c1 and \\bite 1} mouth R ck ; \Yh ite \ Vyandott - ; Dlack L angJwn · . C. \\ hi te Leg·horn ; R . C. Brown L eo·l:orn-. Eo·gs, 75c per r 3· \Vhite Pekin Ducks. Eggs, 75c per ro.
After S epte mber 1 t, Breeding Stock will be furnished at R eason al"J le R ates.
POULTRY DEPARTMENT, Connecticut Agricultural College, STORRS, CONN. C. A. C. DIRECTORY.
Board of Trustees. E. R. Bennett, B. S., Instructor in M111tary His Excellency Abiram Chamberlain, President, Science and Drill. e~~-otficio. Miss Emma H. Koller, Assistant to the Lady E. H. Jenkins, Ph. D., Vice-President. Principal and Instructor in English and Music. G. A. Hopson, Secretary. H. L. Garrigus, B. Agr., Instructor in Field WorK, B. C. Patterson. and Farm Superintendent. The Hon. E. S. Henry. G. H. Hollister, Instructor in Greenhouse Work G. S. Palmer. H. W. Conn, Ph. D., Lecturer on Bacteriology. D. W. Patten. Mrs. C. M. Knapp, Boarding Department Mgr. C. A. Capen. A. J. Pierpont. College Shakesperean Club. L. J. Storrs. President, H. S. Comstock. Vice-President, C. H. Welton. Officers of Instruction and Administration. Recording Secretary, F. S. Koons. R. W. Stimson, A. M., B. D., President. Corresponding Secretary, P. W. Graff. B. F. Koons, Ph.D., Professor of Natural History Treasurer, D. K. Shurtleff. and Curator of the Museum. First Director, F. J. Ford. L. A. Clinton, M. S., Professor of Agriculture. Second Director, S. P. Hollister. Third Director, H. B. Risley . .A. G. Gulley, M. S., Prof~ssor of Horticulture. C. L. Beach, B. Agr., B.S., PNfessor of Dairying. Eclectic Literary Society. E. H. Lehnert, B. S., D. V. S., Professor of Phys- President, R. T. Dewell. iology and Veterinary Science and Animal Vice-President, H. D. Edmond. Husbandry. Recording Secretary, J. C. Snow. E. A. White, B. S., Assistant Professor of Botany, Corresponding Secretary, H. D. Edmond. Forestry and Landscape Architecture. Treasurer, E. W. Baxter. Marshal, E. L. Barnes. C. A. Wheeler, M. A., Professor of Mathematics. H. S. Patterson, Professor of Shop Work and Athletic A5sociation. Mechanical Drawing. President, R. T. Dewell. H. R. Monteith, B. A., Professor of History, Vice-President, C. H. Welton. Civics, Latin and Mathematics. Secretary and Treasurer, R. G. Tryon. E. 0. Smith, B. · S., Professor of English and Political Economy, Secretary of the Faculty Football Team. and Treasurer of the Board of Trustees. Captain, C. H. Welton. The Rev. H. E. Statr, A. B., Professor of English Manager, S. M. Crowell. and College Chaplain. Basket Ball Team. B. Bernard Turner, Ph.D., Professor of Chemis Captain, S. 1\I. Cro.well. try and Physics. · Manager, G. M. Chapman. Miss Alberta T. Thomas, Professor of Domestic Science and Art and Lady Principal. Students' Organization. Miss Anna W. Brown, Professor of English, Elo President, F. J. Ford. cution and Gymnastics. First Vice-President, H. S. Comstock. Second Vice-President, P. H. Cornwall. W. A. Stocking, Jr., B. S. A., Assistant Professor Secretary, C. H. Welton. and Bacteriology. Treasurer, R. G. Tryon. F. H. Stoneburn, Assistant Professor of Poultry Culture. Class Officers. ' Miss Edwina M. Whitney, Ph. B., Instructor in Seniors, 1904- R. T. Dewell. German, and Librarian. Juniors, 1905-I. W. Patterson. E. D. Proudman, Instructor in Shorthand, Type Sophomores, 1906-:---R. G. Tryon. writing- and Penmanship. Freshmen, 1907-C. A. Watts. C. A. C. LOOKOUT.
VoL. 8. SToRRS, CoNN., NovEMBER, 1903. No. s.
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BOARD OF EDITORS. H. S. COMSTOCK, '04,· Editor-in-Chief. F. J. FORD, '04, Business Manager. F. KOENIG, '05, Assistant Manager. H. R. MONTEITH, Treasurer. D. K. SHURTLEFF, '04, Athletics. R. T. DEWELL, '04, College Notes. S. P. HOLLISTER, '05, Alumni Notes. F. S. KOONS, '05, Exchanges.
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Editorial. meekness. Even Rhode Island paid out to us the drubbing that Massachusetts gave The football season ended with the game her. dropped to Norwich on Saturday, Novem~ ber 21st, leaving us with little to cause us The editor-in-·chief of this n1agazine, in to remember its .score, except perhaps the the effort to do his duty by his college and score or so of cripples that hobble round his team, came out of the Rhode Island the campus. Just what the difficulty has game wi'th a broken leg. His substitute in been, we do not profess to know, and there~ the editorial chair extends to him sympathy, fore . have no sage advice to offe~ to the as, _indeed, do all the corps editorial-a team or to the coach. We suspect that sympathy that is all the more profound hard luck, pure and simple, had a good deal since it lays upon their shoulders the work to do with our failure to make a brilliant that should, save for his fractured support, season of it-witness the game with the have come to him. team from Wilbr~ham. A small suggestion Meanwhile, bad as was the injury, we has reached us to the effect that the men, may rejoice that it was no worse; and we some or all of them, refused to carry out have the satisfaction of a reasonable ex the rules established by the trainer. At all peetation of soon beholding him about his events the season has, as we said, ended; accust01111ed duties. and we have a fair victory over Hartford High School, and another over the school A very pleasant addition to college life is at Pomfret to console ourselves with. In the orchestra. We are aware that such our other games we seem to have gone an organization formerly flourished here, down to defeat with equal regularity and but for some years past it has not been in LOOKOUT. evidence. We welcome the revival, and interest. ·We found to our surprise, on bespeak for it the hearty support of both reading the address of Prof. Stoneburn, faculty and students. that the hen is likewise a subject of wide We are given to understand, too, that a and immediate interest. We are inclined glee club once flourished among our other to think, however, that notwithstanding organizations. Why not try to revive that the admitted usefulness of the hen, the in as well? It is true that our number dur terest of this p:aliticular address lay rather ing the past two years has been too small in the speaker than in the subject. But we to include the requisite number of voices. think we have noted the appiicability of But with our growing roster, a beginning this profound observation to other subjects ·at least might be made. and lecturers. ·We note, too, that Prof. Gully, while not down for a formal address, was prominent The committee on the course of study in the discussions relating to horticulture. seem to be of opinion that the time of the His contributions to the proceedings here, seniors is elastic. Thirty-five out of a pos as is usually the case with him, have the sible thirty-six hours of work looks, no advantage of being clear, pointed and con doubt, to these gentlen1en, like a moderate densed. and gentle degree of business. Viewed The publication in question is interesting from senior stand point, it appears like th~ and suggestive, and as its contents are of what Mr. Mantelini was wont to call "a · permanent value, the fact that the report demnition horrid grind." The amount of halts so long behind the event is of less effort required to keep up with the speedy importance. hours makes all outside effort-even our beloved Lo KO -T-appear like work of supererogation. May we suggest to the We had intended to notice, for the bene committee in question that they modify our fit of our readers, no less than for out own burdens somewhat. satisfaction in the work of our college facul ty, the article on the treatment of bovine milk The State Board of Agriculture has fever, written by Dr. Lehnert. The article recently published the report of the meet was published in the June number of the ing held at Norwich. Copies may be ob Magazine of Veterinary Science, and is a tained frotn the librarian. The college was clear account of the application of oxygen well represented at the n1eeting, and the in an apparently hopeless case of the disease report contains in full the lectures by the treated by Dr. Lehnert himself. While it is President and Professors Stone burn and t'rue that the single case submitted to the Clinton. The president's address gave, as treatment cannot, as. Dr. Lehnert remarks, might be expected, a clear account of the be regarded as decisive, it is at .least suffi college, its conditions, its needs, and its am cient to warrant further experiment. The bitions. article deserved and received favorable notice among veterinarians, and with their wider application of the treatment that will The addresses by Professors Stoneburn undoubtedly follow the publication, its and Clinton are, both of them, interesting value will be fully determined. It is clear and point ~ d. Prof. Clint?n had the ad thC~Jt Dr. Lehnert himself has great confi vantage of a subject of wide and immediate dence in the efficacy of the treatment, and ' LOOKOUT.
regards i't as a valuable contribution to students wrote with the pen of a Dickens, veterina>ry science. but that a great many wrote with the The history of the case was published in dickens of a pen." the LOOKOUT last spring. It is exceeding! y pleasing to note the good influence which some students have As we write, the Thanksgiving recess is over others. It is said of an inhabitant of at hand. This number, belated by a series the "new dorm," that he has been known of accidents aggravated by a general falling to spend a whole Saturday, very profitably, off in the diligence of valued and regular in the delightful occupation of "pulling contributors-instead of bearing thanksgiv basting threads." ing greetings must be content to suggest What is sweeter and more entrancing thanksgiving reminiscences. By reason of than music in the moonlight? So thought the heartlessness of the faculty, we, who had our fair senior, when suddenly out of the expected to get away on Tuesday after stillness of the night, three male voices noon, are detained to spend a useless night were raised in praise of her many charms. a( Storrs-only to depart promptly after It brings to mind the days "When Knight breakfast on Wednesday morning. On hood Was·in Flower." second thought we are inclined to with We all give voice to the fact that Storrs draw the expression "useless night," for by is a jolly good place, and that its gift to a peculiarly happy inspiration on the part us is threefold-health, knowledge and hap of the authorities, the sophomores are piness. In the line of health, so says a doomed to exercise their talents in the n?ted athlete and a fair special, who are at matter of declamation on Tuesday night, present running a race for the two hundred and the rest of us are retained to make an limit, it is without a rival. audience for them. It is generally known that young ladies are fond of cake and all sweet things, but it College Notes. is funny to relate that this year, the young ladies at the cottage all unite in praise of The class of 1907 made its first public the· sweetness of "doughnuts." appearance Friday evening, November The military uniforms have arrived and 13th. The occasion being their rhetori the students begins to look quite soldierly. cals ; these were a credit both to the class One person was heard to remark that, and their instructor. judging by the number who had stripes, A couple of farces are to be given, just we must have more officers than men. before Christmas, for the benefit of the The Senior English instructnr, inter young Ladies' Basketball , Association rupted in his lecture by the entrance of two These give the local talent a chance to show young ladies of the s e ~ior dass, gave them its dramatic ability. a quotatinn which ran as foll ows: ' Too An instructor, after spending an evening late, too late, ye can not enter nov . ' It is in a vain attempt to decipher a set of ex noticed that since then, the e young ladies amination papers, remarked, "that few are in their seats when the lecture begins. LOOKOUT.
Although the fact is somewhat puzzling, Department Notes. Dewell has made the discovery that sweet things are sometimes Sour. At the last meeting of the Grange, Prof. F. A. Waugh, Horticulturist at Massachu Comstock remarked, " I have not money setts Agricultural College, delivered an ad enough to get out of the state on a pas dress on "Rambles in Europe," Miss Koller senger train. So I shall have to go by and M.r. Hauschild . r~n:dered several musi freight, as I can not express myself." cal numbers, Mi'ss Brown finishing the pro gramme with readings. Refreshments were We are in doubt whether the fence 1n served. front of the cottage is to keep the inmates Doctor Lehnert and President Stin1son in or outsiders out. have just returned from a trip to several of In a lecture a professor retnarked that the largest stock farms in this country and minors were not allowed to purchase to Canada, their object being the purchase of a bacco, but Dolly says he has no trouble stallion. After some discussion, Artimo, a getting it. French coach, bred in France and im ported by Robert Ness & Son, was selected. There have been more casualties in the President Stimson attended the third football squad this fall than in any other meeting of the Geol?gical and Nat ural year on record. Capt. Welto11: is just get History Survey Con1mission, held in the ting around again. For the past two weeks Capitol building at Hartford, Monday, No he has been confined to his bed with an vember r6th. As will be remembered this injured hip. commission was appointed by the last gen eral assembly and consists of the presidents Ford has gone into the poultry business. of Yale University, Wesleyan University, Student-"But it makes my head ache to Trinity College and Connecticut Agricul study German." tum.l College. Professor-" Is there anything the study December sixth, G. A. Parker, superin of which does not make your head ache?" tendent of I(eney Park, Hartford, will de liver a lectu.re in the college hall on "The .It is reported that Shurtleff lost his class functions of a public park." ring somewheres between the main build President Stimson and Prof. Clinton at ing and the cottage. tended the meeting of presidents of the Ask Kimoto let you hear his slats rattle. Agricultural Colleges and directors of the Experiment Stations, held in W a.shington, A reward is offered for the production of D. C., commencing November 17th. any student who has not heard A. B.'s story It give~ us great pleasure to announce of the nickle dropped in the Salvation the marriage of Prof. F. S. Stoneburn and Army almsbox. Miss Grace L. Geer. The ceremony took We await the appearance of some fair plaGe in Norwich, Thanksgiving eve. Both enchantress who will tame the fierce hunter. of the contracting par.ties are well-known in circles familiar with Storrs. Prof. Stone It's strange how the sight of "Boots" af burn as our genial and efficient instructor fects one of the fai.r seniors. in poultry; and Miss Geer as music teacher tOOkotJt.
and assistant lady· principal. The couple complish a large ~amount of work, and it will make Storrs thdr residence for the was not necessary for a mah to listen to present, occupying a part of the president's long technical discussions on subjects in house. which he was not interested. One important subject under discussion Convention of Agricultural College and was the arrangement of courses of s.tudy Experiment Station Workers. for agricultural colleges. An able paper was read by Director A. C. True of the Once every year there is held a conven O·ffice of Experiment Stations, Washing tion of what is known as the Association of ton, D. C. After all the discussion it was Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Sta evident to those who had given the matter tions. At this convention every agricul consideration, that the discussion was of tural college is entitled to one delegate, and value principally in suggesting lines of every experiment station. is entitled to one work which might properly be taken up in delegate. 'At the r-ecent convention, Presi an agricultural course. Those who have dent Stimson represented the Connecticut ha;d charge of the curriculum of the a.gri Agricultural College, and Director Clinton cultural college, have learned that the represented the Storrs Experiment Station. course must be adapted to the students of In holding these conventions it has been the institution, and that all agricultural the policy to meet every second year at colleges cannot be placed on the same Washington. This brings the col·lege and basis. The course of study must be ar station men from all over the country in ranged somewhat according to the prepara close contact with the Department of Agri tion the students have received before en culture, and with the Office of Experiment tering college. Stations at Washington. The recent meet Dr. H. W. Conn, Bacteriologist for the ing was one of the most largely attended Experiment Station, attended the conven ever held, and brought together men from tion for- the purpose of a conference with every state and territory. The chief value the Secretary of Agriculture, and the derived from these conventions, probably, Chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry · lies in the fact that men engaged along with reference to some co-operative work similar lines of work have an opportunity with the Experiment Station in the investi there to meet and discuss the problems gation of the making of soft cheeses. Di which are of special interest to them. rector Clinton and D·r. Conn had a most Twice each day the convention would meet satisfactory conference with the officers of as a body, ~nd consider problems which the Department of Agriculture, and the were of general interest to all agricultural samples of cheese which were exhibited, as college and experiment station workers. having been made by the Experitnent Sta A part of each day was devoted to the tion, were examined with considerable in meeting of the various sections. In these terest, and it is very probable that in the sections there would be presented papers near future some co-operative work will be of special interest Clllong certain lines. undertaken, financial aid being rendered Those engag~d in horticultural work would by the United States Department of Agri meet in the section for horticulture. Those culture. This cheese work promises to be engaged in agricultural work would meet of special value to the farmers and dairy in the section for agriculture. By meeting men of the state. No expensive apparatus in section this way, it was possible. to ac- is required to make the cheese, and the 66 LOOKOUT. n1an who has a little surplus milk, can etc. The same person told one of the readily make the cheese, providing he has freshmen to lock his key inside his desk so the proper information. that it would not permit the depredations The convention was received by Presi of fun-loving students. The e~periment dent Roosevelt in the east room of the was tried, but failed; the New Britain man White House, and a reception was given tried in vain to solve his own problem ; that by Secretary Wilson at his home. In also was a failure. 'Axiom: Practice first; every way the convention was the most preach afterward. successful one in many years, and the dele I might go on to describe other Interest gates representing our institution have re ing incidents, but I could hardly do so turned with information which can be put without becoming personal, and yet there to practical advantag-e in the development are a few things I should like to mention. of our work. Nearly every day since school started, small delegations of students have tested Observations of a Student. the dairy scales. Eager persons have looked timidly at the scales for a decrease in weight. Surprising results have been If it ever happens to be my good fortune evident. Stout people have looked for anti to meet a new student in 1905, who has fat remedies. Their less fortunate neigh had to endure the agony of a carry-all ride from Eagleville to the C. A. C., I think I bors have seen a gain of a pound, then a few more and a steadily increasing weight. shall be able to sympathize with him. If it were a case of "bq~t" ,at twenty pounds It was a good, strong triplet of farn1 gain, there would many explosions. horses that drew our weary bodies up the be Drill, gymnastics, and athletics were good hills to the dormitories. They seemed to anti-fat cures, but the proteid bacteria still realize that they were only required to get keep up the good work. Connecticut will us here before chapel. The horses labored have a record breaking future. diligently to get us up one side of the hill; the carry-all worked just as hard to push 0LEY, '05. the horses down the other side. Many times Nature used her branches and leaves Athletic Notes. to brush away our languor. Swish! A C. A. C., 5· ~, B, S., 6. branch would brush along a mixed row of Connecticut Wq$ defeated by the Spring hairpins, caps, rats, etc., and would leave field High School Saturday, October 17th. only confusion behind. Then the other The game was sfngularly free from fumbles side would catch it and the 'bus gladly considering that it was played in a drizzling waited for some angular person to run rain. back for a lost hat or other ornamental. Springfield was completely outplayed in Some were standing in the narrow aisle! straight fo?tball, hut their trick plays won The corn folks timidly kept their feet out the game. of the line of direst peril. At last we ar rived. The dormitories soon rang with the Line up as follow~): ancient time of Hiawatha and other songs CONNECTICUT. SPRINGFIELD. of our forefathers. Snow ...... I. e. , . Stone & Littlefield A student of the "School of Jocular Arts" Risley ...... ' ... I. t...... H unn has favored us with his witty suggestions, Hollister ...... I. g...... 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Dewell...... c...... Lombard Koenig.: ...... I. g...... Burns Edmond ...... r. g ...... Lincoln Smith .. : ...... c...... Yost Patterson ...... r. t ...... Stearns Dimock ...... r. g ...... Wilson Comstock ...... r. e .... L •••••• Ruxton Miller ...... r. t ...... Foley Welton ...... q. b...... Battey \ Tinton ...... r. e ...... Hills . Shurtleff ...... I. h. b...... Kidder Doane ...... q. b...... Comas Cornwall ...... ·r. h. b ...... Southmayd Fuller ...... 1... h. b ...... Bliss Crowell ...... f. b...... Manning M. P. Laubscher. r. h. b ...... Holland Touch-downs, Patterson and Ruxton; Tryon ...... f. b ...... Schimusky Referee, Smith; Umpire, Pollard; Lines Touch-downs, Miller, Fuller, Tryon, men, Morse and Marshall; Halves, twenty and fifteen minutes. Laubscher, 3; Referee, Dewell; Umpire, Shurtleff; Linesm~n, Snow. and Smith. C. A. C., 0. wILLISTON, 24. Saturday, October 24th, Connecticut was C. A. C., o. WESLEYAN AcADEMY, rr. defeated by Williston Seminary at East Monday, November 2d, Connecticut hampton, Mass. The college team was went down at the hands of Wesleyan completely outclassed by their opponents, Academy. . and although their defence was good it was The game which was not a particularly not strong enough to stop the fast and hard one, proved very disastrous to C. A . C. heavy backs of the local team. Cornwall In the first half our quarterback and cap was forced to retire from the game in the tain, Welton, was forced to retire with an first half with an injured knee, and his injured hip. In the second, Watrous who place was taken by Comstock. relieved Welton, left the game with a The umpire who, by the way, was a cracked rib, and Nash, on the end, tore the Williston man, did not penalize nor even ligaments of shoulder. None of the vV es warn the Williston players for their open leyans were seriously injured. slugging and holding, but he ejected one The feature · of the game was a sixty of the Connecticut men· for apparently no yard run for a touch-down by Fowle. He, reason whatever. The team was accom in some mysterious way, managed to se panied on the trip by nine or ten of the cure the ball from Crowell, and before any fair inmates of Grove Cottage. one was aware of what had happened, had broken away from the heap of struggling C. A. C., 2n TEAM, 39· RocKVILLE, o. players and was down between the goal The sc·rubs met and defeated a team from posts. Rockville, Saturday, October 31st. The second team showed the result of The men lined up as follows : steady practice. They were fast and strong. CONNECTICUT. WE LEY N. especially in the interference for end runs. Snow, Nash & Miller .. 1. e ...... Buller The features of the game were a seventy Risley ...... I. t...... Rockle yard run for a touch-down and a goal from Hollister ...... I. g...... rseneaux the field by M. P. Laubscher. Dewell ...... c...... Fenner Line up as follows : Edmond ...... r. g ...... Keans C. A. C., 2D. ROCKVILLE. Patterson ...... r. t...... Aiken Laubscher ...... 1. e...... Rich Watrous & Doane .. r. e ...... Clark Neil ...... 1. t...... North Welton, Watrous & Chapman q. b. ' Greene 68 LOOKOUT.
Chapman ·& Snow .. I. h. b...... Thomas station, and if it were not for other build Shurtleff...... r. h. b ...... Hubbard i~gs, it could plainly be seen from that Crowell ...... f. b...... Fowle point. Touch-downs, Fowle, 2; Referee, Searles; Although the old school building has had Umpire, Smith; Linesm·en, Morse and an addition built on within recent years, its Brown; Time-keepers, Downing and Chap form has not been changed. The person n1an. who owned the property was very careful C. A. C., o. FRIEND~ ScHOOL, 33· that the historical place should not be dis Connecticut was defeated by Friends figured, so the addition was put on back of School at Providence, Saturday, Novem the old building, leaving the structure as ber 7th. it was. T~e school is very small and low ; Connecticut went into the game in a its design at once impressing one as badly crippled condition, owing to the loss antique. It is a story and a half high, with of her -regular fullback, quarterback, and the roof coming ·down nearly to the top of end. the windows. The defeat that we received, however, This first law school was founded in I784 was not due entirely to that, but rather to by Ron. 'Fappi~g Reeves, a judge of the the weak defence that we presented t~ the Superior Court. Reeves · was noted be opposing team. cause he was the first man to arraign the At no time did the Quakers have any severe common law of England. He was a difficulty in gaining the required dist~nce. lawyer of excellent standing, and reports Line up as follows : show him to be an honest and religious
CONNECTICUT. FRIENDS SCHOOL. man. Closely associated with him in his Risley .... 1. e ... Towne, Cuthbert, Mehan work was a man named Gould who took Miller ...... I. t ...., ...... H. Ehmke charge after his death, and gave the name Hollister ...... I. g ...... Hammond to the school by which it is generally Dewell ...... c...... Smiley known. Edmond ...... r. g ...... Brown The reputation of the school ~rapidly Patterson ...... r. t ...... Spaulding spread, and students from all the states Comstock & Doane .. r. e. then in the Union came to attend. These Beerham & Messinger students were obliged to get lodging at Watrous & Chapman q. b. Conant, Prouty private houses .in the village because the Laubscher ...... 1. h. b ...... Jones Shurtleff ...... r. h. b ...... Gleason school consisted of this one small building Chapman, Comstock .. f. b. which furnished a dwelling for Reeves, and Mehan & F. Ehrnke a lecture room for his classes. This school was attended by Calhoun, Clayton; and many other noted men; but as larger in The First Law School · in the United stitutions of this kind grew up, this· small States. or{e gradually declined in impo~tance until Litchfield, Conn., boasts of the first law now very few people, beside those who live school in the United States. The structure in the vicinity of Litchfield, know that it 1s but a short distance f.rom the railroad ever exisited. .PATTERSON, '05. ; i LOOKOUT.
An Indian Boat Race. before the festivities, and camped over night on the reservation. The most important Although it is often stated that the Indian feature the next day was to be a canoe race will become extinct, the time is a long way bet\yeen the "King George Men" and the off when British Colombia and the adjoin "Boston Men." ing portion of the United States will see the About eight o'clock the next morning, last of these aboriginees. A tribe, known preparations for the race were made amid as the Siwash, inhabits the coast of this a great howling and shouting. The boat section in large numbers. While these men entered their canoes and paddled about Indians adapt many. customs of the whites, a few minutes for exercise. The boats and are more or less civilized, they retain varied considerably in length, but very most of their ancient beliefs and supersti little in pattern. They were very sharp at tions. Although of the same tTibe, there both ends and very narrow for their length. seems to be a slight d~fference between the Dugouts were the only boats used. The Indians of Vancouver Island and the main Indians of the northwest do not know a land north of the United States and birch-ba-rk, and never make their boats by ' those of northwestern Washington. These white men's methods. The boats and boat northern Indians are known by the whites men of the opposing sides could not be told of the region as "King George Men," and apart, and they evidently intermingied with the southern Indians as "Boston Men." In out restraint, although the race was about both section~ the Indians are boatmen from to begin. About twelve or fifteen boats of the time they are able to walk; and are different sizes were prepared to enter the known as "canoe Indians" to distinguish race. Each boat seemed to have its own them from the "horse Indians," who live captain, and no one seemed to have com farther inland. It is nothing for them to mand of all the boats of the different sides. cross the straits between Vancouver Island The boatmen in each boat varied from five and the mainland, a distance of over thirty to ten. After about five minutes from the miles; while trips of over one hundred miles appearance of the racers, a stir was seen are often taken for the purpose of fishing. among the Indians on the shore. The line The particular race of which I shall speak of blanketed figures broke and two old took place several years ago in the harbor India~s, evidently of the highest rank, can1e of Victoria, B. C., on Queen Victoria's to the edge of the water and stepped into birthday. The whites of this section as a canoe. The canoe was shoved off and ' well as of all parts of Canada, had many two men paddled a short distance from the festivities on this day; and the Indians not shore and stopped. Decidedly different to. ?e o~tdone, held a grand reunion at 'vic from the boats of the racers was the canoe tona. ·A large reservation of "King of these old chiefs. The canoe was a dug George" Indians is situated outside of the out and appeaTed to be of great age, al city; and as they have room to spare, they though it showed no serious signs of wear, invite the Boston Indians to make them a probably because it was used only on im yearly visit. At this time, "King George" portant occasions. At a · command from Indians from the interior of the island, and one of the chiefs, the canoes immediately from the mainland, and large numbers of formed .in line. As these nearly naked "Boston" Indians poured into their reserva savages sat motionless in their canoes with tion as guests. They all arrived the day every back bent, waiting for the signal ; LOOKOUT. and their black hair falling over their bid farewell to the fading day: On the shoulders, they presented a , superb specta campus the routine of the day is complete. cle of Indian wildness and natural form. The elevens are returning from their prac There was a dead silence for a moment, tice; the tennis court is already desolate; and then a loud yell from the chief began the cyclers are speeding hom,eward ; and the race. The canoes shot forward as one, the slow chimes of the tower bell announce and the crowd began its hideous howling the vesper service. which sounded weird and wild. Which The students now assemble in the bril side won, I do not know; because of the liantly illumin~d chapel, ?-nd ·with voices sin1ilarity of the boats and boatmen; but I sweet and harmonious, offer hymns and do know, however, that the race was ex prayers to Him who guideth and shieldeth ceedingly close. The howling increased us through the day. From here, they turn after the race and the Indians jumped about their steps to the dining hall 1 where with like the spectators at a footbc_tll game after pleasant conversation and merry laughter, some brilliant feat. The noise was finally the supper hour is spent. stopped, and the spectators and racers en... It is now later, in the evening. The air gaged in gorging themselves on the fat of outside is cold and cheerless, and only the the land. melodious strains of music that pour forth This boat race is a yearly occurrence, and from the cottag-e piano break the monot is second to only one other festivity, known onous stillness. as the "potlash" or harvest feast. The The students are in thetr cosey rooms, feeling between the opponents is friendly musing over their lessons, or enjoying the rivalry and no hard feelings or fights ever characters of Thackeray or Eliot. Occa occur, although the beaten side has to en sionally a student friend comes ; ·they talk dure considerable good natured chaffing. about the day's events, the lessons, of some I. w. PATTERsoN, 'os. book of fiction, or the approaching Thank~ giving recess, when after a lapse of two months spent in the college atmosphere, Evening on the Campus. they will once again meet their beloved parents and friends in the dear old home. "The curfew tolls the knell. of parting day, The bugle call is now heard, the lights The lowing herd winds slowly o'er the ar:e blown out, and all is quiet on the col lea, · lege hill. Th'e plowman homewaTd plods his weary way Alumni Notes. And leaves the world to darkness and to me." -Gray. Once more the editor of this valuable The sun has completed his daily circuit, and interesting portion of the magazine is and only the western horizon is lighted with constrained to appeal to the reader for as the last lingering r:ays, reflecting a ·red sistance. If the column relating to the glimmering light on the surrounding hills al_umni is brief, does that prove that the and the lofty college steeple. A chilly editor has been careless, or tha:t lie· is given breeze such as marks the last October days to loafing in place of hustling? · Well, is swaying the bare trees to and fro. The hardly. Yet ttlis editor can scarcely, pad slight rustle of the ·fallen leaves seems to and pen in hand, sally forth and extort LOOKOUT.
items from the casual passer by, or from '99· The LooKOUT regrets to announce the urbane professor, as can the fortunate the illness of Miss Irene Cooke, recently genius who presides. over department notes. visiting with Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Cooke, of Nor can he evolve them from his inner Waterbury. consciousness. He must have facts, plain '02. Harvey. says, "0 Yes, I am stayinv, and unadornea facts; facts from many dif at home this winter; but I am g:oing to ferent sources. He can not go in search head out next spring." of his facts. They must come to him. Hence our appeal. The older and more Ex. '04. The n1ili
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