Commencement Number • VoL 1. No. 60. H ARTFORD, CONN., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 28, 1905. PRICE, FIVE CENTS. which the industrious freshmen bad COMMENCEMENT, 1905. 1905 Class History. scattered far and wide. When chapel Class Day Dance. approached we felt we deserved a well­ Reception Committee. earned rest. But after chapel, the fresh­ By FRANCIS GEORGI£ BURROWS. men in a body broke for the athletic The festivities of the class clay were field, and the sophomore , nothing loth, brought to a close at a late hour Tues- Honorary. It is ever the historian's privilege to took up the chase. Over briars, through clay morning, with the endin g of the Gurdon vVadsworth Russell, M.A., Senior Promenade. The promenade was M.D., '34. boast of the heroic deeds of his class; mud and water they floundered, and 1 which gratifies the vanity of the class, finally stopped in a free fight at the bot­ held in Alumni Hall, which was simply Rev. J ohn Bours Richmond, '40. delights the parents and friends, and tom of a ditch. Then came the tidings but very tastefully decorated for the ' Rev. Samuel Fermor Jarvis, M.A., thus makes the history a great success. that there was a larger banner raised on occasion. The colore scheme was green '45. It therefore requires no little assurance the campus, and all floundered back the and white. The walls were draped in ' Rev. J ohn Taylor Huntington, M.A., for me to admit that other classes just way they came, and again started a free white and hung with smilax. Over the 'so. as good have graduated before ours or fight under the electric light pole. Here stage, which was also draped with white 1 Col. George Abishai Woodward, that the college will be able to exist after the faculty intervened. Dr. McCook and decorated with palms, hung a huge M.A., '55. we are gone. old gold and blue Trinity banner, whlle , William Gilbert Davies, B.S., '6o. The truth is 1g05 is very nearly the underneath was a smaller 1905 banner, J Edmund Sanford Clark, M.A., ·65. normal Trinity type of class. As fresh­ ·which will now take its place with the George Lewis Cooke, M.A., LL.D., men we did the work we were told to banners of other classe$ ,on the walls. '70. do unless we could shirk it. As soph­ The lighting effect was very pretty. Fes- William Robinson Blair, B.A., '75: omores we labored energetically to pre­ toons of tiny Japanese lanterns, in which Bern Budd Gallaudet, M.D., '8o. vent the new class from following our were concealed electric lights, hung Sidney Trowbridge Miller, M.A., '85 example. As juniors we chose only from corners of the ceiling and met in Rev. George Winthrop Sargent, such courses as led to a life of leisure, the center. S.T.B., 'go. and as seniors we lamented our mistake Downstairs the gymnasium, where the Philip James McCook, LL.B., '95. and burned the midnight oil gaining midnight supper was served, was also Samuel Vv'illiam Coons, B.A., 1900. knowledge enough to pass off conditions. adorned. Here the color scheme was For the Faculty. And this, in one way or another, is old gold and blue. The running track Rev. John James McCook, D.D., '63. the life of the average college man. was hung with the college colors, inter- Robert Baird Riggs, Ph.D. Yet there are certain events such spersecl with American flags. The pil­ as every one must encounter during a Ja·rs of the gymnasium were draped four years' stay at Trinity, which to us with the same colors, while streamers 1905 Statistics. were of great import and now are of of old gold and blue hung from the fond memorv. For the sake of the class, corners to the center of the ceiling. then, I ask that you bear with me while Here they met in a huge old gold and Compil~d by CHARLES :M:. RHODES. I speak of them. blue "T". A light collation was served After the presentations, President Few of us will forget that evening in after the twentieth dance. Luther announced the names of those September, rgor, when we fir t met in The committee of the senior class who who had won "T's" and "aT's" during chapel and curiously looked about the had charge of the arrangements, and to the year, and presented the former with place in which we were to gather for whom the success of the reception is certificates, granting the right to wear the next four years; when for the first largely clue, were Charles Edward them. The statistician, Charles Milton time we joined with the sophomores and Gostenhofer, chairman, Frederick Rhodes of Steubenville, 0., then read upperclassmen in the hymn which from Charles Merecli th, Harry Clayton Boyd, the statistics of the class. After giv­ long custom Trinity has identified as William F. Bulkley and Robert M. ing the average weight and height of the Ewing. The dancing, which should have her own. Nor will we forget the ser­ R. 1\I EWING, Chtss Day Presitlent. class Rhodes said:- vices following chapel, which in another begun shortly after 9 o'clock, did not The majority of the class are smokers, way were just as impressive. It was in­ commence until ro, owing to the band but owing to the varying tastes no fa­ spiring to walk down the stairs, while picked our learned statistician from a concert on the campus. vorite smoke was chosen. Clements pre­ the college outside, stretched in two long tangl ed ma. s of legs and arms, and the The music which was furnished by fen·ecl a dry pipe and Baker cubeb. The lines and yelling "Fresh! Fresh! Fresb !" statistician unwittingly dealt the pro­ Colt's Orchestra and consisted of forty selection of a favorite drink was one of at the top of their lungs, were waiting fessor a severe blow in the pit of the dances, was exceptionally good. the most burning of the questions sub­ to receive us. Would that you could stomach. There was no glory for 'o5 The patronesses were Mrs. F. B. Al­ mitted. The teetolalers were in the ma­ have seen '05 running, scrambling, that day, not even for the learned statis­ len, Mrs. T. C. Babbitt, Mrs. G. S. Boyd, jority, but were unable to carry the day sprawling, crawling between those in­ tician. The most eventful period of Mrs. Cranston Brenton, Mrs. C. C. through inability to agree on a candi­ fiinitely long lines. The calm repose and college life is in the two first years. Bulkley, Mrs. G. S. Burrows, Mrs. ]. S. date, their votes being divided among dignity which now marks them was not After that one is content to stand on the Camp, Mrs. C. C. Clarke, Mrs. C. M. tea, water and gin rickeys. Beer was present even in the remotest degree. sidelines and yell "Get at 'em, Fresh­ Clement, Mrs. C. L. Edwards, Mrs. Hen­ finallv selected. Harriman and Blakes­ But be it said in justice to them, the men!" The onlv excitement comes in ry Ferguson, Mrs. D. W. Goodale, Mrs. ley are respectively the noisiest and rest of the college, both faculty and the final heats of the race for degrees. C. H. Gostenhofer, Mrs. F. W. Harri­ quietest men of the class. Clement is the students were no better. For a few Many were the time during the past man, Mrs. A. E. Hart, Mrs. H. M. Hop­ most popular. energetic professors attempted to inter­ week when some desperate senior held kins, Mrs. T. M. Lincoln, Mrs. F. S. The election of the handsomest man vene, and were hooted with as great U.P a defenseless professor in his study Luther, Miss McAlpine, Mrs. ]. ]. Mc­ was difficult, owing to so many of the gusto as the freshmen. Vigorously ob­ and forced him to deliver a passing mark. Cook, Mrs. ]. C. Patterson, Mrs. C. A. fellows being too modest to vote for jecting, they treated the students with But such strenuous work is over now. Pelton, Mrs. H. A. Perkins, Mrs. R. B. themselves. Gostenhofer finally won out scant ceremony, and '05 rejoiced. All that remains is for us to receive our Riggs, Mrs. W. ]. Roberts, Mrs. W. G. with a handsome majority. Gussy also On the morning of March 17, the degrees in the firm belief that they will Roberts, Mrs. Walter Sanford, Mrs. H. divides with Baker the distinction of freshmen, peeping curiously from their provide each of us with a living. T. Stedman, Mrs. E . P. Taylor, Mrs. W. being the prettiest. Our favorite pro­ windows, viewed with great satisfaction M. Urban, Mrs. J H. Wells. fessor is also our president. a large rgo5 banner desecrating our The alumni gave an informal band Ewing and Baker were elected the honored flagpole and a small crowd of DR. LUTHER'S TRIPS. concert on the campus from eight to ten. sports of the class, Gostenhofer is the indignant sophomores below, vainly en­ Colt's Band played a great many popu­ neatest and O'Connor the most perfect­ deavoring to remove it. But as the flag On Tuesday, June 13, President lar airs, and both undergraduates and ly developed man. The vote for fresh­ could be reached only by flying machine Luther made an address at the grad­ alumni joined in singing and merry­ est freshman was practically unanimous or more mediocre pole climbers, the uation exercises of St. Luke's School making.