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GENERAL   BOOKBINDINO   CO«  ChESTERLAND.  OHIO 


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In  darkness  and  silence  the  College  sleeps, 
While  over  the  hills  the  grey  dawn   peeps,- 
A  light  breeze  steals  across  the  lawn, 
'Tis  a  scout  sent  out  by  the  coming  morn. 
The  sentinel   stars  fade  one  by  one, 
The  clouds  blush  crimson  to  greet  the  sun, 
Then  conies  a  note  so  sweet,  so  clear, 
The  waking  bird  has  paused  to  hear. 
'Tis  the  bugle's  salute  to  the  coming  day, 
With   the  clarion   notes  of — Reveille. 


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Professor    Martin     P.     Scott.    M.D. 


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PROFESSOR  Martin  P.  Scott,  M.D.,  to  whom 
the  Reveille  of  this  ^-ear  is  dedicated,  was 
born  in  Fauquier  count}-,  Virginia.  He  is  the 
youngest  son  of  Judge  John  Scott,  one  of  the 
most  distinguished  jurists  of  the  State. 

Dr.  Scott's  education  was  begun  at  the  University 
of  Virginia.  After  graduating  at  the  University,  he 
determined  to  prepare  himself  for  the  medical  profes- 
sion, and  with  that  end  in  view  became  a  student  at 
the  University  of  Pennsylvania,  entering  the  medical 
department.  Graduating  at  the  University  of  Penn- 
sylvania, he  went  to  Paris  to  complete  his  medical 
training.  For  two  years  he  remained  in  France  as  a 
student  of  Medicine  and  Natural  Science.  Part  of 
this  time  he  was  a  private  pupil  of  the  celebrated 
Claude  Bernard,  successor  to  Magendie,  in  the  College 
of  France. 

Soon  after  Dr.  Scott's  return  from  Europe  he  was 
elected  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  the  Medical  College 
of  Virginia,  which  chair  he  occupied  until  the  begin- 
ning of  the  Civil  War. 

Throughout  the  war  Dr.  Scott  served  as  surgeon  in 
the  Confederate  Army,  with  the  rank  of  major. 

After  the  war  Dr.  Scott  made  his  home  in  Marvland, 


where  he  assumed  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
While  living  in  Maryland  he  aided  in  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Washington  Medical  College,  now  the 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons  in  Baltimore. 

In  1879  Dr.  Scott  was  elected  to  the  Chair  of  Natural 
Science  and  Agriculture  in  the  Virginia  Agricultural 
and  Mechanical  College.  This  position  he  held  for 
about  eleven  years. 

In  1892  Dr.  Scott  became  Professor  of  Biolog}'  in 
this  institution.  The  chair  he  occupies  is  one  of  the 
most  important  in  the  College,  forming  as  it  does  the 
basis  of  the  agricultural  work  of  all  other  depart- 
ments. His  course  includes  Geology,  Physiology, 
Zoology  and  General  Biology.  In  all  of  these  branches 
his  work  has  been  attended  with  marked  success. 

Dr.  Scott  is  a  man  of  striking  personality,  strong 
character  and  wide  range  of  iiifornuUion.  His  influ- 
ence and  individual  force  have  done  nnich  towards 
developing  and  expanding  the  work  of  the  Scientific 
Departments  of  the  Institution. 

The  editors  of  the  REVEILLE  ask  Dr.  Scott's  accept- 
ance of  this  dedication  as  a  slight  mark  of  the  respect 
and  esteem  in  which  he  is  held  by  all  the  students  of 
the  College. 


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|t  is  with  not  a  little  anxiety  that  we  send  forth  this  the  third  volume  of  the  "Reveille."     The  success 
of  the  two  previous  works  has  been  such  as  to  make  us  realize  that  only  by  the  most  earnest  efforts  could 
.      we  hope  to  place  our  production  in  the  same  class  with  them,  and,  if  we  have  succeeded,  we  feel  man)' 
times  repaid   for  our  labors.      And  if,  perchance,  we  have  excelled,  our  cup  of  happiness  is  overflowing, 
our  highest  ambitions  are  fulfilled,  our  wildest  day-dreams  are  realized. 

It  is  customary,  when  placing  such  works  as  this  l:)efore  the  eye  of  public  criticism,  to  plead  excuses, 
to  apologize,  and  to  pra\-  clemency  and  forbearance.  To  this  we  are  conscientiouslj'  opposed;  we  have  no 
•excuses  to  offer,  and  in  our  opinion  apologies  cover  a  multitude  of  evils.  We  have  simply  done  our  best, 
we  have  toiled  faithfully  and  earnestly,  and  if  we  have  failed,  we  wish  the  defeat  to  rest  where  it  belongs — 
with  us.  Our  greatest  wish  is  that  this,  the  third  issue  of  the  "REVEILLE,"  may  be  of  interest  to  the 
students,  and  afford  amusement  and  pleasure  to  those  who  peruse  its  pages;  if  such  be  so,  we  are  satisfied; 
we  have  succeeded. 

And  in  conclusiou  we  would  like  to  thank  most  sincerely  those  who  have  aided  us,  either  materiall)- 
or  by  encouraging  words  and  well-wishes.  The  Editors. 


M$oal•^  of  i£Mtor9. 

J.  A.  English  Eyster,  Ediior-in-Chief. 
Robert  J.  McCanhlish  Matthew  H.  Galt, 

J.  Bernard  Robb,  H.  Edward  Collins. 


a5oar^  of  fiDanaocrs. 


D.   Fred.  Shambercer,   Bunness  A/iDiai^er. 
James  C.  Blandford,  M.  Norris  Straughn. 


EDITORIAL     BOARD. 


B\kUACKS. 


COLLEGE     BUILDINGS. 


faculty* 


R.  W.  Silvester,  Prcsiticut. 

Chair  of  Matlieiuatics. 

Martin  P.  Scott,  B.S.,  M.D., 

Chair  of  Natural  Science. 


W.  T.  L.  Taliaferro, 
Chair  of  Agfriculture. 


C.  O.  TowNsEND,   Ph.D., 
Professor  of  Botany  and  Pathology. 

James  S.   Robinson,  A.B., 
Professor  of  Horticulture, 


F.    B.    BOMBEKGER,    B.S., 

Assistant  in  Ensrlish  and  Mathematics. 


Guy  V.  Stewart,   B.S., 

Assistant  in  Botany. 


J.  R.  Laughlin,  B.S., 
Assistant  in  Chemistry. 


Richard  H.  AlVKY,    ricr-Prcs.  and  Actino    Cjtiuft  of   Cadets, 
Chair  of  English  and  Civics. 


H.  B.  McDonnell,  B.S.,  M.D., 

Chair  of  Cheuiislrv. 


Harry  Gwinner,   M.E., 

Chair  of  ^Mechanical  Engineering. 

Samuel  S.  Buckley,  B.S.,  D.V.S. 
Chair  of  Veterinary  Science. 

Henry  T.   Harrison, 
Principal  Preparatory  Department. 

J.  H.  Mitchell,  M.E., 

Assistant  in  Mechanical  Engineering. 

F.   P.  Veitch,    M.S., 
Assistant  in  Chemistry. 


Thomas  H.  Spence, 

Chair  of  Languages. 

W.  G.  Johnson,  A.M., 
Professor  of  Entomology. 

Henry  Lanahan,  A.B., 
Chair  of  Physics  and  Civil  Engineering. 

William  H.  Zimmerman,  M.S., 

Professor  of  Photography  and 

Electro-Metallurgy. 

E.  D.  Sanderson,  B.S., 

Assistant  in  Entomology. 

\V.  W.  Skinner,  B.S., 

.Assistant  in  Chemistry. 


George  W.  Cameron,  B.S., 

Assistant  in  Chemistry. 


Conformity  to  T>ypc  vq.  Quixotism. 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


/TjONFORMiTY  to  Type  is  the  Law  of  the  Workl. 
V^        The  yearly-  foliage  of  the  trees,   the  delicate 

^  painting  of  the  rose-bud,  the  morning  psalm- 
ody of  the  Springtime  songsters,  and  the 
delicate  weaving  of  the  cocoon  for  the  chrysalis,  all 
bespeak  the  fact  tliat  this  law  threads  the  universe — 
each  thing  conforms  to  its  type.  Does  this  law 
permeate  the  human  creation  of  the  universe  ?  The 
inherited  beliefs,  the  persistent,  blind  and  unyielding 
respect  to  traditions — all  bespeak,  in  a  language  too 
plain  to  be  misunderstood,  that  even  in  the  crowning 
act  of  creation  conformity  to  type  finds  its  home- 
And  yet  man,  in  distinction  from  the  brute,  possesses 
a  power  beyond  this. 

Quixotism  is  the  child  of  Don  Quixote.  Knight 
errantry,  as  an  institution,  was  called  into  existence 
at  a  time  in  the  history  of  the  world  when  the  ex- 
ercise of  its  functions  was  unique  and  of  vast  impor- 
tance to  the  world.  Many  of  the  names  which  adorn 
the  pages  of  history  did  work  in  this  order  and  moved 
the  world  forcibly  along  towards  the  position  of  its 
highest  ideal.  Perhaps  the  brightest  gem  in  this 
galaxy  was  the  Chevelier  Bayard,  "sans  perir,  a  sans 


rcproch,"  and  one  such  product  makes  it  impossible 
to  say  that  it  would  have  been  better  had  such  an 
institution  never  been.  Dike  many  good  things  in 
this  world  it  outlived  its  day;  the  death  of  the  period 
of  its  usefiilness  was  not  accompanied  by  the  death  of 
its  child,  and  this  child  grown  to  manhood's  sturdy 
strength,  with  many  accompanj'ing  exaggerations, 
became  a  monstrosity  when  incorporated  upon  a 
different  order  of  things.  Cervantes,  seeing  this,  set 
himself  the  task  of  eliminating  it  from  the  civilization 
to  which  he  belonged.  How  gently  he  handled  the 
subject  may  be  seen  in  the  tender  pathos  which 
threads  the  book,  and  make  its  perusal,  with  all  of  its 
exaggerations,  a  source  of  pleasure  to  age  as  well  as 
youth,  wherever  that  age  or  youth  ma}'  be  found. 
And  this  will  continue  in  all  time  and  in  all  places, 
so  long  as  heart  can  be  found  which  will  beat  in 
sympathy  with  a  human  heart  when  moved  by  a  pur- 
pose, (no  matter  how  exaggerated ),  whose  aim  is  to 
relieve  distress:  and  wherever  unhappiness  can  be 
found,  by  individual  effort,  weed  out  the  cause  and 
plant  the  growth  whose  only  flower  is  human  con- 
tentment. 


Here  is  the  origin  of  the  term  quixotic,  and  its 
inanj'  derivatives.  The  time  was  when  it  bore  a 
somewliat  different  interpretation  from  that  in  which 
it  is  here  used.  Like  all  comprehensive  terms,  with 
great  ideals,  its  origin  was  a  badge  of  reproach — syn- 
onymous with  exaggerated  motives;  a  striving  for  the 
unattainable,  an  abnormal  development  of  effort  in 
the  striving  for  a  state  or  condition  confessedly  ideal- 
istic— all  of  which,  in  the  eyes  of  practical  men,  is 
but  an  emanation  from  a  mind  distorted. 

The  demonstration  to  the  world,  by  men  with 
ideals,  that  sometime  their  children  may  become 
realistic  and  be  potent  factors  in  the  product  of  good 
found  in  the  world,  has  led  men  to  broaden  the  scope 
of  the  word,  until  now  it  is  used  to  characterize  actions 
or  ideas  which  are  not  in  the  same  category  with  those 
bearing  the  stamp  of  approval  of  the  general  com- 
munity. 

Conformity  to  type  is  plainl\-  seen  in  the  position 
of  the  defenders  of  tradition  towards  newly  arisen 
scientific  or  philosophical  teachings.  Such  can  only 
be  witnessed  with  genuine  sorrow  bj^  those  who 
heartil}'  and  sincerely  care  for  the  truth.  It  is  a  sa}'- 
ing  of  the  great  Spinoza  that  "human  affairs  are 
neither  to  be  bewailed  or  smiled  over,  but  to  be  un- 
derstood; to  read  them  in  the  light  of  calm,  sober 
judgment,  and  accept  conclusions  based  upon  such, 
no  matter  how  contradictory  to  the  usual  order  of 
things."     The  average  man,  like  trees  and  animals, 


clings  to  his  type.  The  old,  the  conventional  is 
agreeable  to  him;  customary  scientific  and  religious 
opinions  have  grown  into  his  very  being.  Although 
possessed  of  a  power  to  critically  examine  and  decide 
questions  b}'  the  criteria  of  truth.  Mental  indolence, 
defective  spiritual  mobility,  superfl.uous  respect  for 
authority  unite  with  dependence  upon  the  conven- 
tional and  the  love  for  long-cherished  habits  and  ideas, 
in  order  to  stifle  in  the  bud  thoughts  of  a  possibility 
of  a  change  in  such  deeply  settled  convictions  as  one 
has  been  acctistomed  to.  This  is  all  wrong.  Every 
thinking  man  must  see  and  know  that  the  world  in 
which  we  live  is  one  of  change,  so  far  as  he  is  con- 
cerned: must  be  conscious  of  something  within  him- 
self which  calls  upon  him  to  decide  questions  for 
himself. 

Conformity  to  type  and  veneration  for  it  have  been 
productive  of  most  of  the  great  tragedies  in  the  his- 
tory of  the  world.  It  lead  to  the  French  Revolution, 
and  by  a  reactionary  development  of  Quixotism,  made 
it  possible  for  the  key  to  the  Bastile  by  a  remarkable 
fitness  of  things,  to  hang  forever  off  duty,  on  the 
walls  of  Mt.  Vernon.  The  Inquisition  of  the  Middle 
Ages  was  its  child,  and  England,  during  the  dark 
eras  of  her  history,  was  suffering  from  this  leprosy. 
It  is  not  to  be  understood  that  conformity  to  type  in 
the  field  of  its  proper  activity  is  to  be  condemned. 
In  all  creation  up  to  man  any  other  state  of  things 
than  this  is  monstrous.     In  man  the  power  to  act  inde- 


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pendentlj-  would  never  have  been  given  without  the 
obligation  to  do  so.  Therefore  it  is  claimed  without 
the  fear  of  contradiction  that  no  man  should  inherit 
his  belief  in  anything.  Taking  the  world  as  it  is  at 
the  age  of  maturitj',  let  him  calmly  weigh  the  con- 
ditions upon  which  solid  judgment  rests,  with  all  the 
light  the  past  will  give,  all  the  aid  which  the  present 
affords,  and  with  such  prescience  as  he  can  summon, 
make  the  future  pay  tribute  to  his  power  in  forming 
his  views  of  all  the  various  conditions  of  life.  This 
is  the  only  rational  scheme;  this  the  only  sensible 
course  for  rational  man. 

China  is  a  nation  of  conformity  to  type,  and  with 
as  unerring  exactitude  as  the  birds  and  other  irre- 
sponsible things,  her  children  build,  sow,  think,  and 
live  in  their  vocation  as  their  fathers  did.  The  Celes- 
tial Empire,  with  its  teeming  millions,  with  its  almost 
infinite  power  for  good,  drags  its  weary  course  far  in 
the  rear  of  the  car  of  progress.  Innovation  to  them 
is  a  crime;  a  disease  upon  the  body  politic,  against 
which  the  strictest  quarantine  is  laid.  Confucius  is 
to  them  their  past,  present  and  future. 

America  is  tainted  with  this  same  conformity  to 
type.  The  millenium  is  not  yet  here.  Our  religion 
and  government  are  good,  but  we  have  not  yet 
reached  ideal  perfection.  Many  Americans  are  jealous 
of  any  criticism  upon  their  religion,  customs  or  laws. 

Dickens'  "American  Notes"  in  many  particulars  is 
exaggerated  and  I'ar  away  from  the  truth,  still,  at  the 


same  time,  every  honest  American  can  see  running 
through  his  vein  of  satire,  ridicule,  and  word-painting 
much  that  is  true.  One  instance  is  sufficient.  How 
far  away  from  being  true  to  nature  is  his  picture  of 
our  House  of  Representatives?  We  have  all  been,  no 
doubt,  spectators  of  its  deliberations;  what  do  we 
think  of  them?  Right  here  are  formed  laws  which 
constitute  the  chart  by  which  we  are  guided.  Is  it  our 
opinion  that  dignity  and  gravity  sufficiently  charac- 
terize their  deliberations?  I  am  sure  that  we  cannot 
be  far  away  from  Dickens'  own  notion,  in  this  one 
particular,  to  any  nothing  of  others. 

Any  man,  sincerely  and  praj-erfully  seeking  for 
help,  may  abide  in  the  assurance  of  perfect  faith,  with 
the  light  given,  no  matter  how  incompatible  his  con- 
clusions may  be  with  those  who  are  guided  alone  by 
the  law  of  conformity  to  type. 

Metzrott,  the  shoemaker,  Henry  George  and  Bel- 
lam)-,  each  and  all  announce  Quixotic  doctrines.  And 
why?  Because  their  ideas  are  awaj'  from  conformity 
to  type,  and  still  there  cannot  be  found  an  honest 
thinking  man  who  does  not  realize  that  the  present 
principles  upon  which  the  basis  of  society  rests  and 
is  accepted  generally  by  the  unthinking  are  radically 
wrong.  There  should  be  no  conflict  between  labor 
and  capital;  these  twin  elements  in  every  product  of 
man's  ingenuitj^  have  no  right  to  be  warring  against 
each  other;  symphony  alone  should  be  the  result  of 
their  combination.      Neither  extreme  will  ever  settle 


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the  vexed  question:  there  is  a  combination  some- 
where where  these  forces  will  so  act  as  to  have  as  their 
resultant  a  power  equal  to  the  sum  of  the  two 
elements.  It  is  reserved  for  the  Quixotic  mind — the 
one  not  content  with  things  as  the3-  are  simply  because 
they  are  so,  but  who  wishes  to  subject  everything  to 
the  criteria  of  truth  before  final  assent  is  yielded  to 
its  worth.  Old  scholasticism  held  that  truth  could 
only  be  self  evolved;  that  man  could  onl\- be  certain 
of  just  such  knowledge  as  had  for  its  basis  innate 
notions  of  truth.  It  was  reserved  for  the  immortal 
quixotic  Bacon  to  shatter  the  manacles  which  had 
held  the  human  mind  in  subjection  for  thousands  of 
j-ears,  and  bid  it  soar  among  the  laws  of  the  universe 
and  become  acquainted  with  them  by  his  powers  of 
observation.     He  first  realized  that — 

"The  works  of  God  are  fair  from  naught, 
Unless  our  eyes  in  seeing, 
See,  hidden  in  the  thing,  the  thought 
That  animates  its  being." 

And,  realizing  this,  he  put  his  interrogation  to 
Nature,  and  she  answered  intelligently  his  questions. 
He  made  it  possible  for  Newton  to  announce  to  a 
listening  but  incredulous  world  the  laws  which  bind 
the  spheres  to  the  paths,  and  at  the  same  time  guide  a 
molecule  in  its  vibration.  These  are  quixotic  minds; 
men  who  cut  loose  from  the  slaver)'  of  conformity  to 
type  and  dared  to  be  quixotic  in  their  day  and 
generation. 


Every  epoch  in  the  history  of  the  world  has  its 
birth  in  what  is  called  quixotic  action.  How  prone 
we  all  are  to  regard  any  action,  on  the  part  of  anyone 
not  conforming  to  our  notions  of  right  or  usual  custom, 
as  of  such  a  nature  as  to  be  worthy  of  our  ridicule 
and  best  efforts  directed  to  its  extermination.  All 
this  is  wrong!  A  little  thought  will  unmistakably 
demonstrate  the  fact  that  our  only  safety  is  in  accept- 
ing conclusions  reached  by  patient  thought. 

Newton  was  once  asked  in  what  constituted  his 
superiority  to  other  men.  His  manner  was  marked 
by  his  usual  humility;  that  he  was  not  conscious  of 
such,  but  if  in  any  particular  he  was  superior  to  other 
men,  he  could  only  account  for  it  on  the  basis  of 
palie7it  thought.  How  few  have  this  power?  And 
those  who  have  it,  how  timid  they  are,  if  their  con- 
clusions reached  are  in  any  way  antagonistic  to  the 
usual,  accepted  doctrines  of  the  Church,  State,  or 
the  still  more  imperious  rulings  of  an  arbitrarily  con- 
stituted societj'.  Nothing  so  completely  foils  a  man, 
and  throws  him  back  upon  himself,  makes  him  timid 
in  expressing  thoughts  which  have  been  the  result  of 
long  mental  incubation.  I  say  nothing  so  completeh' 
terrifies  him  as  the  fear  of  what  the  world  will  say 
about  it.  T'-uth  is  not  his  first  aim,  but  rather,  the 
other  inconsiderable  thought,  of  what  will  be  thought 
of  it. 

John  Hampden  was  qtiixotic  in  the  extreme,  in  the 
eyes  of  practical  Englishmen,  when  he  ofi'ered  up  his 


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life  rather  than  submit  to  unjust  taxation.  Pestalozzi 
and  Froebel  were  regarded  as  quixotic  when  the}' 
breasted  the  torrent  of  mediaeval  notions  and  an- 
nounced the  doctrine  that  children  should  grow  men- 
tally, as  they  do  physically,  in  a  natural  and  pleasant 
wa}-.  Assigned  tasks  beyond  their  years,  long  and 
tedious  hours  of  confinement  were,  according  to  their 
ideas,  monstrous  impositions,  productive  of  no  good. 
They  outlived  the  odium   heaped   upon  them  as  the 


result  of  the  announcement  of  their  views,  and  to-day^ 
what  was  quixotic  and  notional  in  them,  is  the 
accepted  psychological  method  of  procedure  in  all 
early  education. 

In  conclusion,  pioneers  in  new  fields  are  the  ones 
to  whom  the  world  will  ever  be  in  debt.  Its  present 
and  future  progress,  if  such  it  is  to  be,  is  to  be  bora 
of  just  such  adventurous  spirits. 

R.  W.  Silvester. 


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Zbc  Cadet  Corps  of  )VI,  H,  C. 

ns  a  part  of  tbe  IHatlonal  ©uarO  of  iTRarglanO. 


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^1  REVIEW  of  the   Spanish-American   war  demon- 

^^      strates,  among  many  other  facts,  the  incom- 

I  petency   of  our   present   system   of   national 

^  defence  on  land.     Now  that  the  danger  is  past, 

we    can   consider   calmlj'    the    remedy    to    be 

applied  to  the  defects  therein. 

It  is  not  my  intention  to  suggest  a  general  sj-stem 
for  the  establishment  of  the  National  Guard  upon 
a  peace  footing,  so  constituted  as  to  be  immedi- 
ately and  effectively  available  upon  the  beginning 
of  hostilities.  Such  a  proposition  is  bej^ond  the 
scope  of  this  paper.  I  merel}'  wish  to  call  attention 
to  one  agent  which,  under  proper  conditions,  might 
do  much  to  increase  the  efficiency  of  the  National 
Guard  of  Maryland,  but  which,  unfortunately,  has 
not,  up  to  this  time,  been  considered  in  this  relation. 
I  refer  to  the  Military  Department  of  the  Maryland 
Agricultural  College. 

The  founders  of  this  College,  being  gentlemen  of 
wide  experience  and  exhibiting  a  livel}-  appreciation 


of  the  benefits  to  be  derived  from  the  military  training 
of  young  men,  early  established  the  Military  Depart- 
ment of  the  College,  and  endeavored  to  make  its 
working  effective.  The  department  has  existed  since 
1865,  and  is  to-day  in  a  flourishing  condition.  As  at 
present  constituted,  it  is  a  most  valuable  factor  in  the 
education  of  young  men,  though,  owing  to  circum- 
stances which  have  limited  the  area  of  its  influence,  it 
has  never  been  permitted  to  measure  up  to  the  full 
standard  of  its  usefulness. 

In  this  department  the  student  is  instructed  in  all 
of  those  branches  of  military  science,  a  knowledge 
of  which  is  necessary  to  produce  the  good  soldier 
Beginning  with  the  school  of  the  soldier,  the  student 
receives  theoretical  instruction  in  company  and  bat- 
talion formations  and  guard  duty.  The  principles 
learned  in  the  lecture  room  are  put  into  actual  prac- 
tice in  daily  drills  upon  the  field.  Additional 
instruction  is  given  the  higher  classes  in  the  art  of 
war  as  set  forth  by  the  leading  authorities  upon  the 


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tiubject,  as  well  as  by  a  study  of  some  of  the  cam- 
paigns of  famous  military  leaders.  When  practicable 
two  weeks  are  devoted  to  camping  away  from  the 
College,  when  instruction  is  received  in  all  those 
branches  pertaining  to  service  in  the  field.  This 
latter,  however,  is  dependent  upon  the  courtesy  of 
the  commander  of  the  State  National  Guard— for  the 
College  having  no  camp  equipment,  the  camp  can 
only  be  made  when  the  authorities  consent  to  loan  a 
part  of  the  State  equipment. 

The  whole  system  of  discipline  is  military.  Cadets 
march  to  and  from  meals,  chapel  exercises  and  class 
rooms,  while  the  preservation  of  order  in  the  building 
is  almost  wholly  in  the  hands  of  the  cadet  officers. 
Having  his  entire  conduct  and  mode  of  life  governed 
by  military  regulation  and  discipline,  the  student's 
mind  becomes  slowly  but  surely  impregnated  with 
the  ideas  of  obedience  to  constituted  authority,  and 
subservience  of  personal  sympathies  and  pleasure  to 
the  re<iuirements  of  law  and  order,  which  are  essential 
characteristics  of  the  perfect  soldier.  Four  years 
spent  amid  such  influences  cannot  fail  to  make  a 
lasting  beneficial  impress  upon  the  youthful  mind. 
The  tendency  of  this  training  is  to  develop  not  only 
well-drilled  men,  but  good  citizens.  To  be  able  to 
command  one  must  first  learn  to  obey:  and  when 
after  a  season  spent  in  the  subordinate  station  of  the 
private,  as  a  reward  for  soldierly  deportment,  the 
student  is  promoted  to  be  an  officer,  the  responsibili- 


ties incident  to  his  station  develop  and  broaden  his 
mind  better  than  any  other  training  to  which  he 
might  be  subjected. 

The  Federal  Government  long  since  recognized  the 
beneficial  results  which  must  inevitably  flow  from 
such  a  system  of  education;  and  in  order  to  direct 
such  instruction  and  insure  its  uniformity,  an  Act  of 
Congress  was  passed  and  approved  July  2,  1862,  under 
the  provisions  of  which  the  College  is  provided  with 
small  arms  and  two  field  pieces,  with  a  limited  sup- 
ply of  ammunition  for  both  rifles  and  cannon.  In 
addition  to  this  equipment  an  officer  of  the  United 
States  Army  is  regularly  detailed  as  instructor  in 
military  science  and  tactics  to  the  College. 

The  idea  of  the  founders  of  this  system  was  to 
produce  each  year,  from  each  State,  a  number  of 
young  men  well  trained  in  military  affairs  who  should 
be  a  complement  to  the  regularly  organized  National 
Guard,  and  a  nucleus  around  which  could  be  formed 
the  volunteer  armies  of  the  several  States,  and  who 
should  be  capable  in  times  of  necessity  of  drilling 
and  fitting  for  duty,  in  the  shortest  time  possible, 
these  armies,  upon  which  under  our  present  system 
we  must  depend  for  the  defence  of  the  nation  on  land. 
The  spirit  of  dislike  for  large  standing  armies,  inherent 
in  the  people  and  prevadingour  constitutions,  renders 
us  dependent  to  a  large  degree  upon  the  militia  of 
the  States  in  times  of  actual  war.  The  idea  of 
increasing  the  efficiencs'  of  the  militia,  therefore,  is 


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not  only  in  liarmony  with  the  spirit  of  our  institu- 
tions, but  in  view  of  recent  events  an  urgent  necessity. 

How  far  the  ideas  of  the  founders  of  this  system 
have  been  carried  out  has  depended  almost  entirely 
upon  the  several  States.  In  those  States  in  which  an 
enlightened  policy  has  prevailed  the  results  have  been 
most  excellent;  but  in  a  majority  of  the  States  (of 
which,  I  regret  to  say,  Maryland  is  one)  owing  to  the 
failure  of  the  Legislature  to  grasp  the  true  intent  of 
the  Act  of  Congress,  and  to  seize  upon  the  advantages 
growing  out  of  it,  the  success  of  the  system  has  been 
only  partial. 

A  brief  consideration  of  the  system  will  demonstrate 
wherein  it  is  deficient.  The  Federal  Government  has 
done  its  part.  In  providing  the  means  of  instruction 
it  has  faithfully  performed  its  share  of  the  compact, 
but  the  State  has  failed  to  reap  the  benefit  which 
might  under  a  different  system  have  grown  out  of  it. 
The  course  of  military  instruction  in  vogue  at  this 
school  is  theoretically  good  as  far  as  mider  existing 
conditions  it  can  be  carried;  but  it  does  not  go  far 
enough.  Not  only  does  the  State  not  provide  the 
means  of  completing  the  military  education  begun 
and  carried  to  an  advanced  stage  through  the  liberality 
of  the  Federal  Government,  but  it  fails  also  to  pro- 
vide the  means  whereby  the  knowledge  so  imparted 
can  be  immediately  utilized. 

I  am  but  quoting  from  an  oflScer  of  the  United 
States  Army  stationed  at  the  College  for  a  period  of 


four  years,  when  I  .say  that  the  present  system  is 
defective,  and  that  the  State  should  adopt  some  plan 
by  which  the  military  education  here  gained  by  her 
young  men  could  be  utilized  for  the  perfecting  of  its 
National  Guard.  As  it  is  upon  the  leaders,  rather 
than  men,  that  military  success  depends,  the  educa- 
tion and  training  of  young  men  to  a  point  at  which 
they  become  competent  to  lead  must  necessarily  be  a 
lasting  aid  and  improvement  to  the  existing  organized 
force  of  the  State. 

Nor  is  this  a  new  idea  and  a  plan  untried.  The 
case  of  the  Virginia  Military  Institute  might  be 
cited  to  show  the  advantages  resulting  to  the  State 
from  such  a  system.  The  records  of  this  institution 
show  that  it  furnished  more  officers  for  the  Confed- 
erate armies  during  the  Civil  War,  and  did  more  to 
elevate  the  standard  of  military  excellence  therein 
than  any  other  school.  Her  graduates  now  hold 
commissions  in  the  State  National  Guard. 

A  case  more  directly  in  point,  because  of  tlie  closer 
analogy  existing  between  the  institution  in  question 
and  our  own,  is  that  of  the  University  of  Missouri. 
This  University  is  simply  the  Agricultural  College 
of  the  State  which,  under  the  liberal  policy  of  its 
Legislature,  has  grown  to  the  station  of  a  university, 
by  no  means  insignificant  among  those  of  the  West. 
Under  the  laws  of  Mi.ssouri  the  Cadet  Corps  of  the 
University,  which  is  composed  of  cadets  appointed 
by  the  various  Senators  and  Representatives  of  the 


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State,  according  to  special  laws  provided,  and  all 
male  students  of  the  Universit}-,  who  voluntarily 
enroll  themselves  in  the  military  department,  subject 
to  the  rules  and  regulations  provided  for  the  govern- 
ment of  the  same,  is  a  part  of  the  National  Guard  of 
that  State.  As  a  part  thereof  they  are  "entitled  to 
all  such  provisions  as  are  or  hereafter  may  be  made 
for  the  National  Guard  of  Missouri."  Their  officers 
are  commissioned  by  the  Governor  of  the  State  upon 
the  recommendation  of  the  Faculty  of  the  University. 
Upon  graduation  each  graduate  of  the  military  depart- 
ment is  "entitled  to  a  commission  as  brevet  Second 
Lieutenant  of  the  National  Guard  of  Missouri,  subject 
to  physical  examination;  provided  application  shall 
be  made  for  such  commission  within  one  year  from 
the  date  of  graduation,  and  that  the  applicant  be  a 
resident  of  the  State  of  Missouri  at  the  time  of 
making  application." 

The  Federal  Government  provides  an  officer  of  the 
regular  ami}'  as  instructor  in  military  science  and 
tactics,  arms  and  ammunition,  targets,  etc.  The 
State  furnishes  camp  equipage,  utensils,  etc,  and  to 
those  cadets  appointed  by  the  various  Senators  and 
Representatives,  uniforms  and  the  cost  of  the  tuition. 
Here  again  we  see  a  system  calculated  to  yield 
beneficial  results  to  the  State;  and  it  is  submitted 
that  such  a  system  should  be  established  in  Maryland. 
There  are  certain  improvements  which  might  be 
suggested  for  this  scheme,  but  in  principle  it  is  e.xcel- 


lent.  Let  us  consider  how  such  a  system  would  work 
in  connection  with  this  College. 

As  a  part  of  the  National  Guard  the  equipment  of 
the  Corps  of  Cadets  would  be  more  complete  than  it 
at  present  is  or  can  be,  and  the  students  would  be 
enabled  to  receive  as  a  part  of  their  regular  course 
practical  instruction  in  all  the  branches  of  the  military 
art,  including  formation  of  camps.  Being  permitted 
to  participate  in  the  regular  encampments  of  the 
National  Guard  they  would  become  accustomed  to  act 
in  concert  with  large  bodies  of  troops,  and  their 
previous  instruction  in  battalion  drill  would  be  sup- 
plemented b}'  regimental  and  brigade  drill,  thus 
completing  their  military  education  begun  at  the 
College.  The  esprit  du  corps  engendered  bj'  associa- 
tion with  practical  soldiers  would,  in  itself,  be  a  strong 
argument  in  favor  of  the  arrangement.  On  the  other 
hand,  the  State  would  become  an  immediate  benefi- 
ciary by  having  annual  additions  made  to  its  military 
establishment  of  young  men  thoroughly  educated  in 
modern  military  science  and  capable  of  infusing  new 
life  into  the  organization.  The  young  men  so  educated 
would  form  a  reserve  corps  upon  which  the  State 
could  rely  with  confidence,  in  times  of  necessity,  to 
train  and  direct  its  raw  militia. 

I  do  not  wish  to  be  understood  as  suggesting  the 
idea  that  the  incorporation  of  the  Corps  of  Cadets  of 
the  various  Agricultural  Colleges  into  the  National 
Guards  of  their  respective  States  would  alone  accom- 


plish  the  desired  results  and  prove  a  panacea  for  all 
the  evils  of  the  S3'stem,  but  I  do  hold  that  such  a 
movement  would  greatly  help  overcome  the  conditions 
producing  these  bad  results. 

That  the  infusion  of  the  graduates  of  this  College 
into  the  National  Guard  of  this  State,  subject,  of 
course,  to  prudential  restrictions,  would  not  be  detri- 
mental to  the  standard  of  militar}'  excellence  therein 
existing,  is  proven  bj'  the  fact  that,  when  during 
the  past  year.  Congress  authorized  the  President  to 
appoint  two  hundred  second  lieutenants  for  service  in 
the  army,  it  was  thought  wise  to  limit  the  President 
in  his  selection  to  the  graduates  of  Agricultural 
Colleges,  the  inference  being  that  graduates  from 
these  colleges  are  more  competent  to  fill  such  stations 
than  are  mere  civilians,  or  those  already  enlisted  in 
the  ranks  as   privates  or  non-commissioned  officers. 

This  but  a  single  example — others  might  be  ad- 
duced equally  pertinent  and  f(5rcible.  If,  therefore, 
the  graduates  of  the  Agricultural  Colleges  are,  under 
the  present  defective  system,  considered  well  able  to 
serve  as  officers  of  the  regular  army  of  the  United 
States,  is  it  not  reasonable  to  suppose  that  under  a 
broader  system  of  training,  such  as  that  outlined 
above,  a  still  higher  standard  of  excellence  would  be 
attained? 

The  details  of  the  law  required  to  attain  these 
results  need  not  be  considered.  Two  officers  of  the 
regular  United  States  Army,  formerly  stationed  at  the 


College,  have  submitted  in  their  reports  to  the  presi- 
dent of  the  College  outlines  of  laws  by  which  the 
above  suggestions  might  be  made  effective.  These 
will  be  found  in  the  annual  reports  of  this  College  to 
the  Legislature,  published  in  the  years  1S93  and  1895. 
The  provisions  suggested  are  essentially  like  that  in 
effect  in  Missouri.  If,  then,  in  the  opinion  of  men 
like  these,  whose  profession  is  one  of  arms  and  whose 
life  is  devoted  to  the  stud}-  and  practice  of  the  art  of 
war  the  enactment  of  such  laws  would  be  beneficial 
to  the  State,  it  seems  that  the  proposition  merits 
some  consideration  by  our  law-makers. 

The  theory  of  the  proposition  is  founded  upon 
sound  premises  and  promises  good  results.  The 
theory  is  substantiated  by  the  experience  of  seven 
States  which  have  tried  it,  and  proved  it  to  be  emi- 
nently satisfactor}'.  We  waive  the  discussion  of  the 
proposition  that  war  is  barbarous  and  peace  alone  to 
be  desired;  but  we  are  compelled  to  acknowledge 
that  "it  is  a  condition,  not  a  theory,  which  confronts 
us."  If  we  are  compelled  to  have  militar5'  establish- 
ments, let  us  have  those  which  are  most  capable  of 
doing  eifective  service — following  the  advice  of  our 
greatest  leader  and  ststesman,  who  counselled  us  in 
time  of  peace  to  prepare  for  war. 

If  the  incorporation  of  the  Corps  of  Cadets  of  the 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  in  the  National  Guard 
of  Marj'land  would  increase  the  efficiency  thereof, 
and  enable  us,  in  time  of  need,  quicklj-  and  effectively 


to  prepare  to  resist  the  danger  confronting  ns,  then 
let  us  hasten  to  secure  that  aid. 

It  is  submitted  that  this  would  be  the  logical  and 
inevitable  result,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  the  day  is 
not  far  distant  when  the  military  department  of  the 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  shall,  without  infring- 


ing upon  or  rendering  less  effective  the  able  work 
being  done  in  the  other  departments  of  the  college, 
rank  with  such  institutions  as  those  described  above, 
whose  graduates  have  been  and  are 

"In  pace  dccns,  in  bello  p>-aesidiu7n." 

F.    B.    BOMBERGER. 


^'^k$$  ^rganii5ation$. 


Class  of  'pp. 


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Class  Colors — Orange  and  Blue. 


M.   N.   Straughn,   President. 

H.  E.   Collins,   Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


James  C.  Blandford, 
H.  Edward  Collins, 

J.  A.  English  Eyster, 
Matthew  H.  Galt, 


Class  Yell — Tangent,  cotangent,  cosecant,  cosine, 
M.  A.  C,   M.  A.  C,  Ninety-nine. 


^ 


Class  ©fticcrs. 


^ 


I.   E.   White  HILL,    I'ice-President. 

R.  J.   McCandlish,  Historian  and  Prophet. 


Class  IRoll. 

J.  Frank  Kenly, 

Robert  J.  McCandlish, 
T.  Malcolm  Price, 

J.  Bernard  Robb, 
Ira  E.  Whitehill. 


D.  Fred.  Shamberger, 
T.  Owen  Sedwick, 
James  H.  Shipley, 

M.  NoRRis  Straughn, 


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CLASS   OF    '99. 


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..©be. 


Co  Class  ot  '99,  fID.  a.  C- 


Come,  class-mates,  let  us  all  unite, 

Our  voices  in  this  ode, 
With  joj'Ous  hearts  we've   won  the  fight. 

Prelude  to  life's  rough  road; 
We've  (lug  and  delved  at  wisdom's  store. 

Left  no  less  in  the  mine. 
We've  reached  the  goal,  the  race  is  o'er. 

Of  the  Class  of  Ninetj^-nine. 


Class  of  Ninetv-nine,  come  and 

Fall  in  line, 
Each  nerve  we'll  strain, 

The  goal  to  gain; 
Let  none  be  left  Iiehind. 


>^5<f-» 


Our  quarrying  tools  will  not  be  laid 

Where  they'll  be  used  no  more. 
When  journeymen  we've  learned  the  trade 

To  delve  the  mines  of  lore; 
We  hope  to  dig  still  richer  pearls. 

That  will  with  lustre  shine, 
To  guide   the  old  world  as  she  whirls. 

By  the  Class  of  Ninety-nine. —  Clio. 


On  tented  fields  or  halls  of  state. 

Or  traders  of  the  mart. 
What  e'er  our  station,  small  or  great, 

We  hope  to  do  our  part; 
Should  foes  assail,  we'll  be  on  hand 

To  take  our  place  in  line 
Defenders  of  our  native  land, 

The  Class  of  Ninety-nine. —  C/io. 


Words  am/  .U/isi,    /m'  Jra  E.  Whilehill. 


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r)istory  of  the  Class  of   1899. 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


Ix     SkI'TKMIUCK,     1S95,     alinllt 

liiity-two  younj;-  nicn,  np 
ifscntinj;  lla-  iMesliinaii 
Class,  lined  up  for  roll-call, 
and  were  dressed  into  shape 
with  all  promptness  and 
celerity  which  cluiracter- 
i/.es  the  M.  A.  C.  Sojilio- 
niore.  We  ha\'e  no  doubt 
that  this  was  e.\lrcnicl\  iK-ni'ficial,  but  we  wvvv  I'ar 
Ironi  realizinf,^  it  at  thai  liuK'.  Then  I'ollowed  a  >  ear 
of  simple  j^riiul,  nidiroken  except  !>>■  athletics  and  an 
occasional  tri]i.  In  base-ball  our  class  won  the  ciiam- 
pionshi]!  1)1  the  CoUej^e.  The  lollowing  year  we  were 
joined  by  Messrs.  Oorsuch,  Collins,  Price,  Shandierger 
and  Thorn,  who  heljicd,  in  a  measure,  to  fdl  out  the 
many  breaks  in  our  ranks.  We  were  full  of  the  impor- 
tance of  beini;  old  students,  and  ha\  ing  learned  a  few 
things  from  the  ])recediiig  year's  Soi)homore  Class — we 
went  and  did  likewise — thus  we  lived  out  the  hajipy 
free-froni-care  second  year,  which  makes  the  "Ioll\ 
Sophomore"  a  feature  of  oui   American  College. 

vSeveral  of  us  Inudiii;   failed  in  mathematics,  as  be- 
comes  a    good    Soiihiimort-,    we    lelt    for   our    Summer 


vacation  full  of  good  resolutions  for  the  next  year. 
This,  the  (.leventh  hour,  Messrs.  Kyster  and  Sedwick 
joined  us,  making  a  Jiniiiir  Cl.-iss  of  twenty-five.  We 
l)assed  a  year  of  liard  work,  only  relaxing  when  dis- 
playing the  usual  loudness  of  the  Junior  for  visiting 
Washington  and  \icinit\'.  Soon  the  June  examina- 
tions rolled  aroiuid,  and  we  were  confronted  with  the 
responsibilities  of  the  vSenior  year. 

Now,  when  this  is  being  written,  our  last  year  is 
nearl>-  done,  and  I  think  we  have  cause  to  be  proud 
of  our  record,  and  we  can  go  awa\'  feeling  that  we 
have  done  something  for  the  College  and  those  who 
come  after  us.  As  the  roll  now  stands  we  liave  Hland- 
ford,  of  Prince  George,  who  from  liis  Freshman  year 
has  led  his  class  in  studentshi]):  he  has  held  ses'end 
olTices  in  the  class:  has  been  a  member  of  the  foot- 
ball team  for  two  vt-ars,  and  is  now  manager  of  tin- 
base-ball  team  and  vice-president  of  tlu'  "June 
Ball." 

Collins,  of  Somerset,  euteri-d  in  the  Sophomore 
year:  he  is  our  leading  classical  student:  he  is  now 
secretary'  of  the  class,  salutatorian,  "June  Hall" 
committeeman,  and  associate  editor  of  tln'  Run'ICiij.k. 

ICyster,   of   lialtimore  c-il>',    entered    in    the    Jiuiior 


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year,  Init  in  the  two  years  lie  has  been  with  us  he  has 
accom])Iislie<l  imicli.  He  has  taken  a  j^reat  interest 
in  literar>'  work,  and  was  president  of  the  "Mercer 
Literary  Society"  during  the  first  term:  he  is  now 
editor-in-fhief  of  tlie  RiCViUl.iJC,  valedictorian,  cliair- 
nian  of  committee  of  tlie  Kossburg  Club,  and  manager 
of  tennis  team.  To  him  we  owe  our  first  well- 
organi/ed  track  team. 

(ialt,  of  Carroll,  has  taken  (|nite  an  interest  in 
athletics,  winning  the  medal  for  all-around  athletics 
last  June.  He  is  also  ])rominent  in  social  affairs;  is 
class  orator,  ca])tain  of  the  track  team,  "June  Hall" 
committeeman,  and  associate  editor  of  Ri'.n'i'.ii.i.e. 

Kenly,  of  Harford  County,  has  also  devoted  much 
time  to  athletics.  He  played  on  the  foot-ball  team 
for  three  years;  was  captain  oi  the  learn  this  year; 
he  is  now  a  "June  Hall"  committeeman. 

McCandlish,  of  West  Virginia,  has  taken  (juite  an 
interest  in  literary  work.  He  has  held  several  offices 
in  the  class  ancl  literary  society;  was  manager  of  the 
foot-ball  team  last  Fall;  is  now  associate  editor  of 
Rkvkim.i;,  and  class  historian  and  prophet. 

Price,  of  Harford,  entered  the  Soi)homore  year.  He 
is  much  interested  in  social  affairs,  and  has  played  on 
the  base-ball  team  for  the  past  three  years;  he  is  treas- 
urer of  the  Kossburg  Club  and  Athletic  Association. 


Robb,  of  V^irginia,  has  played  on  the  base-ball 
team  for  two  years;  he  is  president  of  Rossburg  Club, 
manager,  of  track  team,  "June  Hall"  committeeman, 
and  associate  editor  of  Kkvkiij.k. 

Sedwick,  of  Haltiinore  city,  entered  in  Junior  year. 
He  is  much  interested  in  social  affairs;  is  "June  Hall" 
committeeman,  and  one  of  the  class  lictors. 

Shaniberger,  of  Haltimore  County,  is  one  of  the 
first  in  scholarship.  He  is  now  business  manager  of 
Rkveii.i.K,  vice-president  of  the  Athletic  Associa- 
tion, i)resident  of  Sunday  Night  Clul),  and  treasurer 
(>{  "June  Hall." 

Shii)ley,  of  Prince  George,  has  taken  much  interest 
in  athletics.  He  has  played  on  the  foot-ball  team  for 
two  years,  and  is  now  one  of  the  class  lictors. 

Straughn,  of  Queen  Anne,  is  probably  the  most 
IKipiiIar  man  in  the  class.  He  has  held  several  i)romi- 
nenl  offices;  is  now  president  of  the  class  and  presi- 
dent of  the  Athletic  Association. 

Whitehill,  of  I'Vederick  county,  has  marked  musical 
aliility;  has  composed  two  marches  during  his  stay 
here;  he  has  organized  and  is  now  leader  of  our  first 
Mandolin  Club;  he  is  president  of  "June  Hall"  and 
vice-president  of  the  Class. 

Historian. 


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K^ropbccy 


♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


Baltimore,  Md.,  June  15,  1969. 

To  the  President  of  the  Aliivini  Association, 

College  Park,   Md.: 

Dear  Sir. — While  looking  over  some  old  papers 

of  my  father  I  found  this  letter,   and  it  being  such 

full    account   of  the  after-life  of  the   Class  of  '99,  1 

thought  perhaps  it  would  be  of  some  interest  to  you. 

My    father,    Ira    E.    Whitehill,    after   graduating    in 

medicine  at  Johns  Hopkins  University,  was  admitted 

as  a  surgeon  in  the  United  States  Navy,  and  it  was 

while   stationed    at   San   Francisco  that  he  received 

this  letter: 

Washington,  D.  C  ,  March  17,   1920. 

Lieut.  Ira  E.  WhitcliitI: 

Dear  Ira. — As  it  has  been  such  a  long  time  since  we  left 
old  M.  A.  C.  together,  I  felt  certain  that  you  would  like  to 
know  what  became  of  your  old  classmates;  how  differently 
some  people  turn  out  from  what  we  anticipate. 

Blandford,  instead  ijf  becoming  a  machanical  engineer, 
returned  to  M.  A.  C.  and  is  now  a  Professor  of  IMathematics 
there,  and  it  is  only  a  matter  of  a  few  years  when  he  will 
become  president  of  the  college. 


Collins  graduated  from  the  Maryland  University  in  1906, 
and  returned  to  Princess  Anne  to  practice.  He  is  now  the 
leading  physician  there,  and  also  mayor,  superintendent  of 
the  Sunday-school,  and  leader  of  the  city  band.  He  has 
been  prominently  mentioned  as  the  next  congressman  from 
his  district. 

Eyster  graduated  at  Johns  Hopkins  University,  took  a  two 
years'  course  at  Leipsic,  and  is  now  a  Professor  of  Entomol- 
ogy in  Johns  Hopkins  University.  He  lives  in  an  atmosphere 
of  bugs,  and  in  fact  he  is  so  busy  with  the  microscope  that 
he  has  not  even  had  time  to  get  married. 

Gait  took  a  special  course  in  languages  at  Yale,  and  is 
now  a  professor  of  Modern  Languages  at  Western  Mary- 
land College. 

Kenly  graduated  at  Stevens'  Institute,  and  is  now  in  New 
York  building  skA-  scrapers. 

McCandlish,  your  old  room-mate,  is  interested  in  the 
lumber  concern  in  his  own  State. 

Price  graduated  at  West  Point,  and  is  now  an  engineer 
assigned  to  the  Ordnance  Department  at  Washington.  He  is 
at  present  working  on  a  rapid-fire  gun  which  bids  fair  to 
make  him  famous. 

Shamberger  now  owns  and  operates  an  immense  concern 
in  Baltimore  for  the  manufacture  of  machinery,  and  is  one 
of  the  most  prominent  business  men  in  the  city. 


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Robb  graduated  with  high  honors  at  the  University  of 
Virginia,  and  is  now  a  Professor  of  Chemistry  in  a  Western 
college. 

Sedwick,  as  you  remember,  graduated  at  the  Maryland 
University  the  same  year  }-ou  graduated  at  Johns  Hopkins. 
He  practiced  medicine  for  some  time  in  Calvert  County,  but 
he  has  nearly  retired  now,  and  leaves  the  bulk  of  his  work  to 
his  assistant,  L.  E.  Mackall. 


Shipley  owns  a  large  farm  in  Prince  George's  County,  and 
is  President  of  the  Farmers'  Institute  in  his  section. 

Straughn,  who  graduated  with  you  at  Johns  Hopkins, 
has  quite  a  reputation  as  an  eye  and  throat  specialist  in 
Baltimore. 

Hoping  you  may  find  time  to  attend  our  annual  banquet 
in  June,  I  remain 

Yours,  etc.,  Prophkt. 


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-c-T-WaiTE- 


Grinds. 

♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


The  Faculty.— 

"  wise  above  that  which  is  written. 


The  Trustees.— 

"  From  great  folks,  great  favors  are  to  be  expected." 

Agricultural  Course. — 

"Blessed  be  agriculture,  if  one  does  not  have  too  much 
of  it." 

Scientific  Course. — 

"  O  Nature! 
Enrich  me  with  the  knowledge  of  thy  works; 
Snatch  me  to  heaven." 

Classical  Course. — 

"  They  have  been  at  a  great  feast  of  languages,  and  have 
stolen  the  scraps." 

Mechanical  Course. — 

"  Hear  ye  not  the  hum  of  mighty  workings  ?" 

Blandford. — 

"A  man  of  mark." 

Collins. — 

"  So  wise,  so  young,  they  say,  do  ne'er  live  long." 

Eyster. — 

"  Then  he  would  sigh,  and  sigh  again." 

Galt  — 

"Away  with  him!  away  with  him!  he  speaks  Latin." 


Kenly.- 


"  My  only  books 
Were  woman's  books. 


McCandlish. — 

"  Wit  and  wisdom  are  born  with  a  man. 


Price. 


'  He  is  a  soldier,  fit  to  stand  by  Citsar, 
And  give  direction." 


ROBB. — 

"All  mankind  loves  a  lover." 

Sedwick. — 

"A  merrier  man,  within  the  limits  of  becoming  mirth, 
I  never  spent  an  hour's  talk  withal." 

Straughn. — 

"  He  was  a  man,  take  him  for  all  in  all, 
I  shall  not  look  upon  his  like  again." 

Shamberger. — 

"  Memorj'  is  the  only  paradise  out  of  which  we  cannot 
be  driven." 

Shipley. — 

"  Thy  modesty  is  a  candle  to  thy  merit  " 

Whitehill. — • 

"  Music  is  the  universal  language  of  mankind." 

College  Girl. 

"  She  walks  in  beauty,  like  the  night 
Of  cloudless  climes  and  starrj-  skies; 
And  all  that's  best  of  dark  and  bright 
Meet  in  her  aspect  and  her  eyes." 


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Class  of   ipoo. 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

„     ,  Class  Colors— Roval  Purple  and  Garnet. 

Motto— Dirigam  Tueborque. 

Class  Yell— Hi  rickety  rit,  hi  rickety  rit, 

Yackety,  yackety,  nineteen,  nit,  nit,  ("oo). 


^ 


Class    ©tficcrs. 


A.  S.   R.  Grason,   President. 

S.   M.   Peach,   Secretary  and    Treasurer. 


^ 


E.  N.  Sappington,    Vice-President. 
W.   H.  Weigand,  Historian. 


Class    IRoU. 


C.  G.  Church, 
E.  S.  Choate, 
A.  E.  Ewens, 
W.  D.  Grofk, 


A.  S.  R.  Grason, 
H.  J.  Kefauver, 
R.  M.  Jenifer, 
T.  M.  Massey, 
W.  H.  Weigand. 


S.  M.  Peach, 
E.  N.  vSappington, 
A.  S.  Sudler, 
W.  H.  Talbott. 


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CLASS    OF    1900 


f)istory    of   the    Class  of   1900, 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


Another  cycle  in  the  lapse  of  time  has 
passed  since  last  we  were  called  upon 
to  give  a  sketch  of  our  existence  as  a 
class.  And  since  I  have  been  dele- 
gated by  our  honorable  bodj-  to  de- 
lineate upon  the  panoramic  screen  of 
this  book  the  principle  events  of  our 
College  career,  I  shall,  by  the  aid  of 
inspirations  afforded  by  the  gentle 
Muse,  give  a  faithful  account  of  the  ups  and  downs 
experienced  up  to  this  time. 

The  Autumn  of  'g6  saw  us  first  gathered  here,  a 
band  of  youths,  diverse  as  the  winds  as  to  objects  in 
view,  yet  all  intent  upon  advancement  and  improve- 
ment of  such  views  as  they  were.  After  being  duly 
installed  as  cadets  of  the  College,  our  painful  duties 
began.  Soon  the  unwelcome  vision  of  Sophomore 
shades  appeared  to  us  in  man)'  ways  and  forms. 

It  is  almost  useless  to  enter  into  a  recital  of  our 
complaints,  but  to  give  it  all,  in  a  nutshell,  we  were 
made  acquainted  with  all  the  forms  of  brotherly  (^?) 
reception  that  the  mind  of  the  ingenious  Sophomore 
could  devise. 

Notwithstanding  this  tortuous  burden  we  had  to 
bear,  we  started  under  very  favorable  circumstances 


with  thirty-eight  men,  determined  in  their  various 
inclinations  and  enthusiastic  as  to  expectations. 

In  our  new  sphere  we  had  a  task  before  us,  difficult 
in  its  nature,  to  make  ourselves  be  noticed  by  our 
superiors,  who  seemed  to  have  forgotten  they  were 
Freshmen  once  themselves. 

To  begin  with,  we  took  great  interest  in  foot-ball, 
the  prevailing  sport,  and  when  the  time  came  for 
choosing  the  members  of  the  first  team,  we  were 
read}-  with  our  full  quota  of  men. 

This  pastime  we  were  called  upon  to  forego,  as 
grind  was  soon  upon  us  and  compelled  us  to  seek 
milder  recreations  for  a  long  season. 

The  joyous  days  of  the  Christmas  holidays  soon 
dawned  upon  us,  and  we  needed  no  special  persuasion 
to  betake  ourselves  home.  As  a  matter  of  course,  we 
spent  a  happy  and  a  seemingly  short  vacation,  which, 
no  doubt,  .served  equally  as  a  rest  to  our  brains  as 
well  as  to  answer  the  demands  of  our  epicurean 
inclinations. 

When  we  started  again  with  the  New  Year  we  saw 
before  us  the  bulk  of  our  year's  work.  We  also  soon 
became  aware  that  exams,  were  looming  above  the 
horizon,  so  it  was  deemed  prudent  to  provide  against 
such  emergencies  in  order  to  maintain  oxw  standing. 


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Needless  to  say  we  were  prepared  for  all  that  came 
our  way,  and  were  conditionless  and  happily  started 
on  the  home  stretch  of  our  first  year.  Several  new 
members  joined  us  at  this  time,  swelling  our  ranks 
and  increasing  our  strength. 

About  this  time  we  organized  a  literarj'  society. 
Only  members  of  the  class  being  members  of  the 
society,  and  all  took  part  in  the  programmes.  It 
was  doubtless  Ijeneficial  to  all,  since  encouragement 
to  speak  publicly  seemed  to  drive  away  the  fears  of 
the  more  timid  and  at  the  same  time  stimulating 
those  eloquently  gifted.  We  passed  an  evening  each 
week  in  this  manner,  and  the  pleasures  and  benefits 
derived  therefrom  may  well  be  remembered. 

By  means  of  our  strong  class  organization  we  have 
always  been  able  to  ward  off  many  attacks  and  promote 
the  general  welfare  of  all  its  members.  In  accord- 
ance with  the  time-honored  custom,  we  had  our  differ- 
ences with  the  Sophomores,  and  finally-  but  one 
alternative  was  left,  to  measure  strength.  It  was  a 
memorable  "scrap,"  and  while  neither  side  could 
justly  claim  a  victory,  we  had  the  satisfaction  of  not 
being  troubled  b}-  those  Sophomores  again. 

We  liave  ever  been  able  to  preserve  harmonj*  in 
all  matters;  no  dissensions  occurring  whatever.  It 
will  be  our  aim  to  continue  this  relation  until  we  are 
dissolved  by  graduation. 

Spring  opened  up  at  last,  giving  us  a  chance  to 
breathe  freelj',  and  to  give  our  minds  and  bodies  that 


choice  recreation  that  has  no  equal.  Quite  a  variet}' 
of  occupations  were  introduced  to  us  at  this  time. 
The  athletic  grounds  were  sadly  in  need  of  repair, 
and  we  Freshmen  can  claim  the  honor  of  doing  the 
real  work,  though  under  the  supervision  of  our  most 
dreaded  superiors.  Base  ball  being  in  order  we  in- 
dulged freely  in  the  sport.  We  organized  a  class 
team  and  competed  successfully  with  the  other  class 
teams. 

Spring  soon  grew  into  summer;  we  were  again  con- 
fronted b}'  new  troubles.  We  knew  the  only  gate 
giving  entrance  to  a  higher  class  was  successfully 
resulting  examination,  so  we  prepared  accordingly. 
After  examination  we  enjoyed  a  week  in  camp.  That 
week  should  be  held  a  pleasant  reminiscence  of  our 
college  life  as  it  was  our  first  military  encampment. 
Returning  again  to  college  we  were  glad  to  see  the 
commencement  exercises  hurried  through.  We  per- 
ceived now  what  a  chasm  lay  between  us  and  the 
coveted  goal,  our  own  commencement. 

Those  festive  da}'s  over,  we  again  wended  our  waj* 
home  to  spend  a  summer,  a  year  wiser,  and  with  the 
intention  of  making  the  best  of  onr  short  vacation. 
Our  year  of  hardship  was  at  an  end,  and  as  we  looked 
back  upon  the  scene  we  had  left  we  justly  felt  we  had 
earned  our  freedom.  We  were  pure-bred  Sophomores, 
and  the  thought  seemed  to  bear  a  feeling  of  pride 
with  it. 

Our  vacation,    like  everything  else,   had    its    end. 


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We  were  again  summoned  to  resume  our  duties  at  the 
college,  this  time  as  the  Sophomore  class.  Alas, 
however,  not  with  the  thirty-eight  men  we  started 
with  the  j-ear  before,  but  with  ranks  somewhat 
thinned,  and  some  new  members  joining  us,  we 
started  in  as  a  class  of  twenty-six. 

The  arrival  of  new  boys  reminded  us  of  our  most 
delightful  task,  that  of  ushering  them  into  their  new 
haven.  We  were  well  qualified  to  perform  this  duty 
as  we  had  taken  a  part,  though  it  must  be  confessed 
one  entirely  different  from  the  part  we  held  now,  in 
the  exercises  the  year  before.  No  one  will  ever  com- 
plain of  us  as  having  neglected  our  duty  at  the 
beginning  of  the  Sophomore  year. 

Autumn  passed  off  smoothly — foot-ball  absorbed 
our  spare  time  as  the  year  before.  Winter  came — 
Christmas  was  enjoyed  as  the  year  before,  and  we 
were  again  confronted  by  the  burden  of  examinations. 
By  this  time  we  were  alive  to  the  fact  that  this  year 
was  to  be  the  test.  But  ambition  was  running  high — 
all  anxious  to  excel — thus  showing  interest  in  our 
work.  Yet,  insurmountable  as  these  difficulties 
seemed,  we  were  led  by  self-confidence  and  the  assur- 
ance of  rise  if  we  only  did  our  part. 

There  was  little  to  vary  in  the  history  of  this  year 
from  that  of  the  year  before.  We  enjoyed  the 
holidays  and  entertainments  that  broke  the  monotony 
of  steady  work.  Before  we  were  aware  of  it  we  had 
arrived  at  the  end  of  our  second  \-ear.      We  attacked 


the  final  examinations  with  zeal  and  determination^ 
and  once  more  found  our  labors  for  the  term  ended 
and  sweet  recreation  before  us. 

Our  three  months  of  vacation  sped  away  swiftly, 
and  the  middle  of  September,  1898,  found  a  sad 
remnant  of  that  Freshman  Class  of  i896-'g7.  With 
one-third  our  original  number  we  started  as  Juniors, 
we  were  glad  to  welcome  a  new  member  at  this  time, 
and  again  took  up  our  work. 

Thus  far  we  are  very  proud  of  our  record.  We 
have  not  only  maintained  the  pace  set  by  our  prede- 
cessors, but  have  in  several  instances  raised  the 
standard  of  the  College.  We  will  endeavor  to  further 
advance  the  standing  of  our  Alma  Mater  bj'  making 
our  class  one  deserving  unlimited  praise. 

The  time  approaches,  mj'  classmates,  and  is  not  far 
distant,  when  we  will  be  called  upon  to  assume  the 
name,  its  accompanying  honors  and  responsibilities  of 
the  Senior  Class.  What  one  of  us  realize  it  is  so 
near?  A  moment's  thought  will  reveal  the  sad  truth 
that  it  is  almost  too  near.  Yet,  courage!  failure  has 
been  isolated  from  our  vocabulary  thus  far;  let  it  be 
barred  from  our  minds  forever;  let  there  be  one  aim 
and  ambition  common  to  us  all — 

To  bear  the  high  exalted  name 

Of  1900  to  the  skies  of  fame. 

Where  sun  and  moon  and  satellite 

Will   find  their  daylight  turned  to  night. 

HlSTORI.\N. 


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To  Wash. f^    f 


•    IJ[NllOR      IeSJS— 


Grinds. 


Church  \ 

EiWENS.     J 

"And  both  were  young,  and  one  was  beautiful," 

Groff. — 

"You   mav   relish   in   him   more   the    soldier   than   the 
scholar." 


Jenifer. - 


"  Thy  voice 
Is  a  celestial  melody. 


Massey. — 

"  Sana  mens  in  sano  corpora." 


Kefauver. — 

"Bid  me  discourse — 
I  will  enchant  thine  ear." 

Peach. — 

"That  Latin  was  no  more  difficile, 
Than  to  a  blackbird  'tis  to  whistle." 

SUDLER.— 

"  I  do  not  like  this  fooling." 

TAI.BOTT. — 

"Then  he  will  talk— good  gods!  how  he  will  talk." 

Weigand. — 

"And  still  the  wonder  grew, 
That  one  small  head  could  carry  all  he  knew." 


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Class  of    1901, 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

Class  Colors — Navy  Bine  and  Cadet  Gray. 


Class  Yell — Hobble,  Gobble,  Bing,  Bang,  Bung, 
Hoia,  Hoia,  Niiieteen-One. 


Qlass     ©fficers. 


W.  W.   COBEV,   Presiden/.  A.   R.  Nininger,    Vice-President. 

F.   B.   HiNES,   Secretary  and    Treasurer. 


efass     'Roff. 

FoxwELL,  Roberts, 

Hardisty,  Scott, 

McDonnell,  Viers, 

Peters,  Whiteford, 

Peyton,  Ynigo. 


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CLASS    OF    I90I. 


Class   History    1901 


♦♦♦♦ 


As  WE  recall  to  memory- 
the  scenes  and  hap 
pennings  of  our  past 
days  at   M.    A.  C, 
we  cannot  help  but 
be    impressed    with 
the  spirit  of  frater- 
nity and   fellow-feeling  that  was  born  in   our  ranks 
at  a  time   which   now   seems   but   yesterday,    but   in 
reality  nearly  two  years  ago. 

The  feelings  and  thoughts  which  coursed  through 
our  half-bewildered  minds  cannot  be  imagined  by  any 
but  those  who  have  experienced  them. 

How  we  envied  the  freedom  of  those  Sophomores 
and  dreaded  their  midnight  escapades;  how  bewilder- 
ing was  that  bugle,  and  how  we  feared  the  cadet  with 
the  shoulder-straps  and  clanking  sword.  What  did 
it  all  mean?  How  often  we  would  be  awakened 
during  the  stillness  of  the  night  and  wonder  whether 
it  was  reveille  or  taps;  but,  on  trying  to  rise,  would 
find  ourselves  supporting  our  beds  instead  of  our  beds 
supporting  us. 


Who  could  these  marauders  be,  upsetting  our 
slumbers  and  recalling  us  from  home  to  college  in 
such  a  short  space  of  time?  Our  final  conclusion  was 
— Sophomores;  and  further  developments  proved  to 
us  that  we  were  right.  We  proceeded  earnestl}'  with 
our  work,  trying  to  attend  to  all  duties  to  the  best 
of  our  ability,  but  as  the  hunted  deer  would  advance 
with  nostrils  distended  and  ever  on  the  alert  for  any 
sign  of  attack  on  the  part  of  those  dreaded  Soph- 
omores. 

We  would  listen  to  them  as  they  told  us  of  the 
hazing  and  marvelous  adventures  of  previous  years 
as  a  child  listens  with  gaping  awe  to  stories  of  great 
giants  and  prehistoric  adventures. 

Having  become  acquainted  with  our  surroundings, 
athletics  now  engaged  our  attention,  in  which  some 
of  our  members  became  prominent  and  made  good 
records  on  the  foot-ball  field. 

Now  our  hearts  began  to  feel  lighter  for  the  Christ- 
mas holidays  were  approaching  which  revived  our 
spirits,  and  gave  on  our  return  to  college  renewed 
energv  to  continue  our  work. 


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Time  passed  rapidly  until  the  base-ball  season 
opened,  which  brought  us  many  pleasant  moments  on 
the  campus,  and  after  giving  our  hearty  co-operation 
to  the  team,  were  overwhelmed  with  delight  to 
finally  see  the  banner  of  the  State  championship 
floating  over  us. 

Now  amidst  the  warmth  and  beauty  of  Spring  and 
the  restlessness  with  which  we  looked  forward  to  the 
coming  vacation,  we  entered  upon  our  final  examina- 
tions with  little  dread  of  failing,  for  we  had  not 
allowed  sports  to  lead  us  from  our  work. 

After  the  rush  and  excitement  of  commencement 
week,  we  departed  with  light  hearts  for  our  respective 
homes. 

On  the  dawn  of  the  following  September — the  Sum- 
mer having  rapidly  flown  by — we  found  ourselves 
again  congregated  in  the  halls  of  our  beloved  College, 
not  with  the  dread  which  we  formerly  experienced, 
but  heartily  greeting  our  old  companions. 

Although    our   ranks   of  the    previous   year    were 


somewhat  broken,  the  vacant  places  were  soon  filled 
bj'  new  members. 

We  now  entered  upon  our  new  year's  work  as  full- 
fledged  Sophomores,  possessing  that  mysterious  power 
which  had  caused  us  so  much  anxiety  one  3'ear  ago. 

Our  work  is  more  difficult  this  j'ear,  but  resorting 
to  that  power  of  all  earthly  powers — determination, 
we  find  ourselves  mastering  it  as  we  proceed. 

This,  our  Sophomore  year,  is  rapidlj-  drawing  to  a 
close,  and  we  can  see  glimmering  before  us  that  day 
on  which  we  are  to  assume  the  dignities  of  Juniors, 
and  take  up  higher  work  and  heavier  responsibilities. 

I^et  us  hope  that  this  class  of  ours  will  enter  upon 
its  life-work  bound  together  bj'  the  steel  fetters  of 
biotherly  love,  and  mark  the  dawn  of  the  twentieth 
century  with  an  unsurpassed  record,  and  with  a  deter- 
mination to  carry  out  our  respective  lines  of  work  in 
a  manner  which  becomes  the  true  citizen. 

Historian. 


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Sopl?omor^ 


"f4 


COEEY. 


Grinds, 
♦♦♦♦ 


"  Not  lighter  does  the  swallow  skim 
Along  the  smooth  lakes  level  brim. 


HiNES. — 

"  For  I  am  nothing  if  not  critical." 

Hardesty. 

''  When  I  behold  his  graceful  movements, 
I  mourn  for  Adonis." 


NiNNINGER. — 

"  Everj'thing  that  heard  him  plaj'. 

Hung  their  heads  and  then  lay  by. 

Peters. — 

•'They  only  fall  that  strive  to  move.' 

Peyton. — 

"As  merry  as  the  day  is  long." 

Scott.— 

"  There's  mischief  in  this  man." 


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Class   of   1902 


♦♦♦♦ 


Motto — Semper  primus. 


Colors — Orange  and  Maroon. 


Class  Yell — Rickity,   hickity,  rah,  rah,   ru, 
Hocum,  slocum, 
Nineteen-two. 


C.   E.   Dickey.   President. 

F.   M.   Posey,   Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


©Cass     ©ffl 


D.   G.   Carroll,    Vice-Presidefit 
R.  J.   Darby,   Historian. 


Beall, 

Bowman, 

Bradley, 

Branham, 

Carroll, 

Cooke, 


Darby, 

Dickey, 

Kendall, 

Gideon, 

Grimes, 

Harvey, 


Hopkins, 

Jenifer, 

Knox, 

Mackall, 

Mangum, 


(Sfass     ^oiL 

McGlone, 
Mitchell, 
Noble, 
Payne, 
Posey,  A. 


Posey,  F. 

Ray, 

Robertson, 

Reuhr, 

Shacker, 

scoggins, 


Shanklin, 

sozinskv, 

Stone, 

Symonds, 

Welsh, 

Wolf. 


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CLASS   OF    1902. 


Class   f)istory 


ftBOUT  six  months  have  now  elapsed   since  we, 
the  members  of  the  Freshman  Class,  arrived 
at  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College  to  begin 
an    epoch   in    our  lives  new   to   us    all,   and 
which  we  realized  was  to  be  a  most  important  one. 
We  quickly  viewed  the  surroundings  of  the  College, 
and  found  that  they  presented  a  much  more  pleasant 
and  home-like  appearance  than  we   had  anticipated. 


Soon  after  we  arrived  we  were  conducted  to  our 
apartments — large  convenient  rooms — which  were  to 
be  our  quarters  for  the  coming  year.  But  no  sooner 
were  we  comfortably  settled  than  the  dreaded  Sopho- 
mores, with  their  ever-ready  paddles,  came  in  and 
demanded:  "Have  you  anything  to  eat  with  you?" 
Of  course,  those  of  us  who  had  brought  anything  to 
eat  with  us  very  reluctantly  gave  it  to  them,  for  we 


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had  alreadj-  heard  that  "He  who  refused  a  Sophomore 
had  cause  to  remember  it  for  evermore." 

We  sat  and  watched  our  last  morsel  go,  for  they 
ate  voraciously — a  Sophomore  is  always  hungry. 
Nor  was  this  the  last  time  we  were  to  hear  from  them, 
for  they  chastised  us  in  all  possible  ways. 

To  disturb  us  in  our  slumbers  seemed  to  be  their 
greatest  amusement.  And,  indeed,  for  several  weeks 
the  Freshmen  never  spent  a  night  without  being 
disturbed  by  these  midnight  prowlers.  Those  of  us 
who  had  risen  from  the  preparatory  department  had 
no  fear  of  them,  for  they  had  received  their  just 
share  the  preceding  year. 

It  was  very  hard  at  first  to  conform  strictly  to  the 
rigorous  rules  of  military  duty;  but  as  time  wore  on 
and  we  became  used  to  them,  they  did  not  seem  so 
hard  for  us — in  fact,  we  rather  liked  them. 

The  foot-ball  season  now  being  at  its  height,  we 
naturally  turned  our  attention  to  this  game.  And  we 
are  proud  to  say  that  our  class  was  largely  represented 
on  the  first  team. 

No  sooner  had  the  enthusiasm  for  foot-ball  waned 
than  we  found  our  first  holiday — Thanksgiving,  had 
approached.  We  took  advantage  of  this  holiday  by 
visiting  our  homes  for  the  first  time  since  we  had 
entered  the  college. 

This    short  holiday   passed    quickly,   and  we  soon 


found  ourselves  back  at  college  ready  to  take  up  the 
work  where  we  had  left  off. 

We  now  began  to  look  forward  to  our  Christmas 
holiday,  which,  on  account  of  an  epidemic  in  the 
school,  came  about  a  week  earlier  than  usual;  there- 
fore we  had  quite  a  long  holiday  of  about  three  weeks. 

We  returned  inspired  with  a  feeling  to  try  to  make 
up  the  time  which  we  had  lost. 

Our  semi-annual  examinations  now  being  close  at 
hand,  we  began  to  prepare  ourselves  for  the  task.  We 
had  dreaded  this  for  a  long  time  and  had  some  mis- 
givings as  to  what  would  be  the  result.  But  when 
the  time  came  we  found  it  was  not  as  hard  as  we  had 
anticipated,  and  I  am  proud  to  say  that  the  majority 
of  us  accomplished  the  task. 

We  all  look  forward  with  great  pleasure  and  in- 
terest to  the  oncoming  base-ball  season.  Several  of 
our  members  are  candidates  for  the  first  team,  and 
from  the  present  outlook  they  will  be  successful  in 
helping  to  hold  up  its  reputation,  so  gloriously  gained 
last  year. 

And  now,  my  classmates,  let  us  one  and  all  put 
forth  our  best  efforts  to  earn  for  the  Class  of  1902 
one  of  the  most  illustrious  records  that  ever  class- 
held  among  the  classic  walls  of  old  M.  A.  C. 

Historian. 


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Kpesr)rr)(2ir)  r)r)0C^s. 


Grinds, 


Branham — 

"  Behold  the  child,  by  Nature's  kindly  law, 
Pleas'd  with  a  rattle,  tickled  with  a  straw." 

Carroll — 

"Laugh  at  your  friends,  and  if  your  friends  are  sore, 
So  much  the  better,  you  may  laugh  the  more." 

Darby — 

"Let  nie  have  men  about  me  who  are  fat." 

Harvey — 

"He  hath  a  face  like  a  benediction." 


Hopkins  f 
Jenifer  •■ 


Hopkins  f  "Prudence  must  not  be   expected  from  a 

man  who  is  never  sober." 


Noble — 

"And  I  pray  you,  let  none  of  your  people  stir  me,  I  have 
an  exposition  of  sleep  come  upon  me  " 

SOZINSKY — • 

"Shut  up  in  measureless  content." 

Symonds — 

"He  hath  eaten  nie  out  of  house  and  home." 


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preparatory   Department, 


Joseph  Devon, 
Howard  Smith, 


♦♦♦♦ 


President. 

1  'ice-President. 


^ 


IRoll 


Carter, 

Hamblin, 

Devon, 

Irby, 

Gatch, 

] 

Lake, 


Merryman, 

Smith, 

Meikle, 

Warren, 

SlNCELL, 

WiLKINS 

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PREPARATORY     DEPARTMENT 


r: ,      * 

ll^ililflpg  #pgBni^aHQn 


-Jluiitar^    VS:;)rgaT)ijatioT\. 


R.   H.   Alvey,    Vice-President,  Acting  Commandant  Corps  of  Cadets. 
Ira  E.  Whitehill,  Major  Covimandiiiff  Battalion. 


Staff    at>cl    5'\on=©oii>intssione^    ©taff 

J.  Bernard  Robe,  ist  Lieut,  and  Adjutant.  D.   F.   Shamberger,  ist.  Lieut,  and  Quartermaster. 

A.   S.   R.   Grason,   Sergeant  Major. 


COLOR     GUART. 
Sergeant,   H.  J.   Kekauver.  Corporal,   G.   C.   Church. 

Corporal  E-  S.  Choat. 


LIGHT    BATTERY. 
T.   R.   GouGH,   2d  Lieutenant.  W.   H.   Hammond,   2d  Lieutenant. 

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"Jl"  Company. 

M.   N.   Straughn,   Captain. 
T.   M.    Price,    ist  Lieutenant.  H.   E.   Coixins,   2d  Lieutenant. 

W.  D.  Groff,   ist  Sergeant. 

SERGEANTS:  CORPORALS: 

Amos  C.  Sudler,  A.  E.  Ewens,  C.  E.  Dickey,  W.  W.  Cobey, 

Thomas  Massey.  S.  S.  Cooke. 

"B"  Companv. 

J.   C.   Blandford,   Captain. 
J.  F.  Kenly,   ist  Lieutenant.  M.  H.  Galt,   2d  Lieutenant. 

R.   M.  Jenifer,   ist  Sergeant. 

SERGEANTS:  CORPORALS: 

W.  H.  Weigand,  D.  W.  Cashell,  W.  H.  Payne,  E.  S.  Choate, 

H.  J.  Kefauver.  •    D.  G.  Carroll. 

"€"  Company. 

R.  J.   McCandlish,   Captain. 
J.  A.  E.  Eyster,   ist  Lieutenant.  J.  H.  Shipley,  2d  Lieutenant. 

E.  N.  Sappington,   ist  Sergeant. 

SERGEANTS:  CORPORALS: 

S.  M.  Peach,  F.  B.  Hines,  G.  C.  Church,  A.   R.  Nininiger, 

Wm.  H.  Talbott.  a.  N.  Scott. 

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The  jVIUitary  Department. 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


SHE  year's  work  in  the  Military  Department  has 
been  characterized  Iiy  unusual  zeal  and  effi- 
ciency on  the  part  of  the  cadet  officers,  and 
by  hard  work  and  rapid  progress  in  company 
and  battalion  drill  on  the  part  of  the  cadets  of  the  line. 
Since  the  departure  of  Lieutenant  Overton  in  May 
of  1898,  the  College  has  had  no  regular  army  officer 
detailed.  Professor  Alvey,  Vice-President  of  the 
College,  assumed  the  position  of  Acting  Commandant 
of  Cadets,  and  as  such  has  served  during  the  whole 
of  the  present  scholastic  year.  Professor  Alvey 's 
policy  from  the  first  has  been  to  place  more  responsi- 
bility in  the  hands  of  the  commissioned  officers  in 
matters  relating  to  military  instruction  and  the  con. 
trol  of  the  cadets  of  the  several  companies,  while 
exercising  a  general  supervision  and  a  final  authority 
in  disciplinary  affairs.  This  policy  has  proved  to  be 
most  satisfactory  in  its  results.  The  confidence  re- 
posed in  the  cadet  officers  has  been  in  all  cases 
jealously  preserved.  No  class  has  succeeded  in  gain- 
ing and  holding  the  respect  of  the  students  under 
them  more  thoroughly  than  the  present  one.  The 
moral  tone  of  the  cadet  corps  has  been  excellent,  and 
the  standard  of  honor  has  been  high.  The  frequent 
inspections  by  the  Acting  Commandant  have  found 
all    the  duties  given    to    the  officers  conscientiously 


performed.  Professor  Alvey  is  thoroughly  convinced 
that  the  key  to  good  discipline  and  success  in  the 
Military  Department,  is  to  be  found  in  the  assuming 
and  realizing  of  greater  responsibility  by  the  cadet 
officers.  No  part  of  the  militarj'  training  is  of  more 
practical  advantage  to  students  in  after  life  than  this. 
It  teaches  them  first  of  all  self-control;  makes  them 
mindful  of  what  is  due  to  those  over  them  and  to 
those  under  them.  It  encourages  a  generous  rivalry 
among  the  officers  of  the  several  companies,  and  is  an 
example  to  younger  students  which  bears  its  fruit 
when  they  themselves  are  called  upon  to  take  up 
similar  responsibilities. 

The  plan  was  adopted  at  the  beginning  of  the 
present  year  of  organizing  company  schools  for  pur- 
poses of  technical  instruction  in  tactics.  The  plan  has 
worked  admirably.  Each  captain  of  company  has 
conducted  once  a  week  regular  class  exercises  in  tac- 
tics. The  results  are  now  apparent  on  the  drill  ground. 

While  too  much  cannot  be  said  of  the  efficiency  of 
the  company  officers  in  the  training  and  management 
of  the  cadets  under  them,  especial  credit  must  be 
given  to  Mr.  Ira  E.  Whitehill,  who,  as  major  of  the 
battalion,  has  spared  no  effort  in  bringing  the  Col- 
lege Battalion  to  a  degree  of  proficiency  in  no  way 
less  than  it  has  been  in  former  years. 


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CADET   BATTAI<ION. 


© 


-Waitb- 


M,  NoRRis  Straughn,  President, 
Andrew  S.   R.  Grason,  Secretary, 


(gltWetic     (dissociation. 


D.   F.    Shamberger,    \'ice- President, 
T.   Malcolm  Price,    Treasurer. 


^■^1"I^« 


executive  Committee. 

M.   NoRRis  Straughn,    Chair»ian, 
Robert  J.  McCandlish,  Foot-ball, 
J.   Bernard  Robb,    Track  and  Field  Athletics, 


James  C.   Blandford,   Base-ball, 
J.   A.   English  Eyster,    Tennis. 


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Athletics 


IN  placing  before  the  public  eye  a  record  of  events 
of  the  athletics  in  the  years  of  1898  and  1899, 
let  us  look  back  upon  the  historj-  of  the  teams 
of  a  few  j-ears  previous.  Athletics  in  this  Institu- 
tion is  a  thing  of  recent  j'ears.  It  may  be  said  that 
the  Fall  of  '92  really  marked  the  commencement  of 
our  career  in  this  branch  of  college  life,  and  our 
progress  since  then  has  plainly  shown  with  what 
interest  it  was  taken  up  by  the  students.  Of  course 
but  little  could  be  expected  from  the  foot-ball  team 
of  '92,  but  in  the  Fall  of  '93  we  started  out  with 
the  determination  of  avenging  the  defeats  of  the 
previous  year,  and  how  admirably  did  they  carry  out 
this  determination  is  shown  in  their  record.  Nor  was 
the  success  of  the  Fall  of  '93  unbalanced  by  the  suc- 
cess in  base  ball  in  the  Spring  of  '94,  for  this  team's 
career  was  equally  glorious.  In  the  Fall  of  '94  we 
were  joined  by  Grenville  Ivewis,  whose  excellent 
work  at  full-back,  united  with  the  untiring  efforts  of 
Captain  Harris  and  the  support  of  the  other  plaj^ers 
led  the  team  to  many  a  well-won  victory.  The 
association  was  so  well   pleased   with   the    career   of 


the  foot-ball  team  that  it  unanimously  bestowed  upon 
Mr.  Harris  the  honor  of  captaincy  of  the  base-ball 
team  of  '95,  and  well  may  it  be  called  an  honor,  for 
the  team  left  the  field  with  but  one  blot  upon  the 
register  of  its  victories.  Unfortunately  the  following 
year  we  were  wholly  without  a  team,  owing  to  some 
dissension  between  the  faculty  and  the  student  bod3\ 

But  few  victories  greeted  us  in  the  Spring  of  '96, 
but  the  following  year,  the  fall  of  '96,  was  the  most 
successful  season  we  have  ever  had;  during  the  whole 
season  not  one  game  was  lost,  and  let  us  ever  remem- 
ber with  pride  this  j'ear,  the  brightest  in  the  annals 
of  athletics  at  old  M.  A.  C.  Our  success  in  base-ball 
the  following  Spring,  while  not  as  complete  as  in 
foot-ball,  gave  us  every  reason  to  be  proud  of  those 
who  represented  us  on  the  diamond. 

During  the  Spring  of  "97,  a  constitution  was  drawn 
up  and  an  inter-collegiate  league  established  among 
the  following  colleges  of  Marjdand  and  District  of 
Columbia:  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  Johns 
Hopkins,  St.  Johns,  Western  Maryland  College  and 
Gallaudet.     The  constitution  provided  for  a  pennant 


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which  was  to  be  awarded  to  the  victorious  base-ball 
and  foot-ball  teams  of  each  season.  We  regret  to  say 
that  the  foot-ball  team  of  '97  was  not  as  successful  as 
its  predecessors,  and  allowed  the  banner  to  be  carried 
off  by  Gallaudet  College.  But  the  failure  of  the  foot- 
ball team  of  '97  was  completely  revenged  by  the  ex- 
cellent management,  the  brilliant  work,  and  most 
successful  career  of  the  base-ball  team  of  '98.  For 
many  years  previous  it  had  been  a  vain  effort  with 
the  managers  of  the  respective  teams  to  arrange  a 
Southern  trip,  but  not  so  with  Manager  Houstin,  who 
after  much  hard  work  placed  before  the  association 
the  most  excellent  schedule  ever  arranged.  The 
team  left  M.  A.  C.  on  April  5th,  and  returned  April 
13th,  after  playing  the  following  games: 

April    6th — Washington  and   Lee  University  at  Lexing- 
ton, Va. 
April    7th — Virginia  Military  Institute  at  Lexington,  Va. 
April   8th — Alleghany  Institute  at  Roanoke,  Va. 
April    9th — Blacksburg  Pol.  Institute  at  Blacksburg,  Va. 
April  12th — Randolph-Macon  Academy  at  Ashland,  Va. 
April  13th — Fredricsburg  College  at  Fredricsburg,  Va. 

Out  of  these  we  won  at  l,exington,  Roanoke  and 
Ashland,  losing  the  other  three.  The  team  was  wel- 
comed back  to  M.  A.  C,  as  if  each  game  had  been  a 
victory,  to  begin  the  race  with  its  sister  colleges  for 
the  championship  of  Maryland  and  District  of  Colum- 
bia. The  work  of  the  team  was  excellent  under  the 
captaincy    of   Devon,    who,    with    Philip    L,.    Robb, 


formed  the  best  battery  that  M.  A.  C.  has  ever  pro- 
duced.    The  record  of  the  League  games  is  as  follows: 

April  6th — St.  John's  College— 5,   vs.   M.    A.    C. — 24;  at 

home. 
April  30th — ^Johns  Hopkins  University — 7,  z'S.  M.  A.  C. — 8; 

at  home. 
May  24th — Western  Maryland  College — i,  Z'S.  M.  A  C. — 26- 

at  Western  Maryland. 
May  2Sth — Gallaudet  College  — 22,   z's.   M.   A.   C. — 12;    at 

Washington. 
June    loth — Gallaudet    College — 6,    z'S.    M.   A.    C— 7;    at 

Washington. 

It  will  be  seen  that  in  the  iirst  game  with  Gallaudet 
we  lost,  but  shortly  after  this  Gallaudet  was  defeated 
by  St.  John's  College,  thereby  tieing  Gallaudet  and 
M.  A.  C.  for  the  championship.  The  deciding  game 
was  played  off  in  Washington  on  June  loth,  where, 
by  winning,  our  team  crowned  its  proud  record  with 
the  first  inter-collegiate  base-ball  banner.  The  news 
of  the  victory  arrived  before  the  team,  and  we,  its 
admirers,  up  to  this  point  half  hopeful,  half  doubtful^ 
burst  forth  in  one  long  shout  of  victory.  The  banner 
at  M.  A.  C!  It  was  an  occurrence  that  could  not  be 
passed  over  with  this  slight  demonstration  of  the 
joy  and  pride  which  was  mingled  within  each  of  us, 
and  which  cried  a  greater  vent  to  loose  it  from  its 
prison.  So  the  crowd  of  students,  surging  on  in  a 
state  of  inexpressible  hilarity,  surrounded  the  players- 
as  they  stepped  upon  the  platform,  and  escorted  them 
in  a  very  Juggernautal  procession  to  the  College. 


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The  team  was  made  up  as  follows:  Devon,  catcher; 
Robb,  P.  L.,  and  Whitehill,  pitchers;  Cashell,  first 
base;  Cameron,  second  base;  Harvey,  third  base; 
Peterson,  short-stop;  Price,  left  field;  Allnutt,  center 
field;  Mitch-;11,  right  field,  with  Robb,  J.B.,  and  Den- 
nison,  as  substitutes. 

The  Spring  of  1898  marked  the  introduction  of  the 
tennis  and  track  teams  into  our  athletics,  under  the 
management  and  captainc}'  of  Nesbitt  and  Ejster, 
respectively.  The  competitors  worked  faithfully,  but 
■as  we  "had  no  track,  much  progress  could  not  be  looked 
for,  yet  we  do  not  feel  ashamed  of  our  record  made 
on  last  field  day  in  Baltimore. 

As  tennis  was  also  in  its  infancj"^,  its  progress  was 
also  slight.  A  tournament  was  played  at  College, 
however,  the  honors  being  divided  equally  between 
P.  L.  and  J.  B.  Robb.  Among  the  new  members  who 
joined  our  ranks  for  foot-ball  in  1898,  were  Bradley, 
Symonds  and  Massy,  the  latter  of  whom,  b}'  his  fine 
work,  won  man}'  praises.  Manager  McCandlish  and 
Captain  Kenh'  worked  faithfully  with  the  material 
they  had,  but  the  team  was  deficient  in  weight  as 
compared  with  the  others  of  the  league,  and  although 
they  showed  splendid  determination,  they  were  over- 
powered by  mere  pounds,  and  once  more  we  were 
compelled  to  see  the  foot-ball  banner  slip  from  us  and 
be  hoisted  over  Gallaudet  College. 

As  yet  it  is  too  early  to  predict  anything  as  to  the 
athletics  of  the  coming  Spring,  other  than  to  state 
that  the  prospects  for  a  successful  base-ball  team  are 
verj'    encouraging.     Captain    Devon    is    back,  and  is 


selecting  from  the  many  applicants  now  hard  at  work 
good  men  to  fill  the  open  positions. 

We  are  glad  to  welcome  into  our  league  at  this 
time  Washington  College,  which  will,  no  doubt, 
place  a  fine  team  upon  the  field  and  make  the  race 
for  the  banner  more  exciting. 

Since  last  Spring,  by  an  amendment  to  the  consti- 
tution, the  league  has  provided  for  regular  tennis 
tournaments  among  the  colleges  of  the  said  league, 
and  a  banner  has  been  offered  to  the  victors.  From 
the  present  outlook  everything  seems  favorable,  and 
we  hope  to  meet  with  great  success.  Mr.  Eyster  has 
been  chosen  as  manager  of  the  team. 

The  applicants  for  the  track  team  are  many,  and  as 
we  now  have  a  track,  we  hope  to  make  a  better  dis- 
play on  field  day  than  last  year.  The  respective 
manager  and  captain  of  the  track  team  are  J.  B.  Robb 
and  M.  H.  Gait. 

In  conclusion  let  us  hope  that  the  success  hereto- 
fore won  by  the  teams  of  the  M.  A.  C.  may  be  con- 
tinued and  maintained  throughout  the  coming  years. 
Every  victory  will  incite  to  more  work  of  better 
quality.  The  alumni,  as  they  increase,  will  take 
pride  in  the  greater  and  greater  number  of  banners. 
A  high  standard  in  athletics,  as  well  as  in  other 
matters,  will  draw  students  who  will  beseige  the 
doors  for  admittance,  and  the  famous  lines  will  be 
illustrated  here: 

"Hang  out  our  banners! 
On  tlie  outer  wall — the  cry  is 
Still  they  come." 


Cook, 

Massey, 
Devon, 
Kenly, 
Peters, 


5^cct=3^aff     5'ean)     of     '98. 


R.  J.   McCandlish,   Manager. 


Shipley, 


J.   F.   Kenly,    Captai 


Full-back.  Hines,      . 

Right  Half-back.  Cashell,     . 

Left  Half-back.  Bradley', 

Quarter-back.  Blandford, 

Right  End.  Symonds, 


.      -Left  End. 

Right  Tackle. 

Left  Tackle. 

Right  Guard. 

Left  Guard. 


Center.    >/ 


Shamberger, 


SUBSTITUTES: 
Grason, 


Kefauver. 


^ 


Scbc^ule  of  (Barnes  pla^e^. 

Columbia  University,  at  College  Park.  Johns  Hopkins  University,  at  College  Park. 

Western  Maryland  College,  at  Westminster.  Gallaudet  College,  at  Washington. 

Eastern  High  School,  at  College  Park.  rock  Hill  College,  at  Ellicott  City. 

Central  High  School,  at  College  Park. 


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FOOT   BAI,L   TEAM. 


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^ase4aff     S'ean)     of     'g)g). 


Devon, 
Reuhr, 
Massey. 
Cameron, 


James  C.  Blandford,   Manager.  Joseph  Devon,    Captain. 

Catcher.  Grason, Short  Stop. 

•         .        Pitcher.  Wolfe, Third  Base. 

First  Base.  PRICE, Left  Field. 

Second  Base.  Robb Center  Field. 

Mitchell, Right  Field. 

SUBSTITUTES: 
Peters,  Sappington,  Jenifer,  Shanklin. 


^ 


Scbe^ule. 


April    S— Baltimore  City  College,  at  College  Park. 
April  lo— Eastern  Athletic  Club,  at  College  Park. 
April  12— Georgetown  University,  at  Washington. 
April  14— Western  High  School,  at  College  Park. 
April  18— Gallaudet  COLLEGE,  at  College  Park. 
April  26— Eastern  High  School,  at  College  Park. 
April  29— Western  Maryland  College,  at  College  Park. 


June  3— Charlotte  Hall  College,  at  Charlotte 

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May  6— St.  John's  College,  at  Annapolis. 

Mav  10 — University  of  Maryland,  at  Baltimore 

May  13— Johns  Hopkins  University,  at  Baltimore. 

May  17— Episcopal  High  School,  at  Alexandria. 

May  20 — Naval  Academy,  at  Annapolis. 

May  24— Gallaudet  College,  at  Washington. 

May  27— Mt.  St.  Mary's  College,  at  Emmittsburg. 


UASE    BAI.I.    TEAM. 


c)  rach;     a^d     v^ield     vJ  eati). 


J.  Bernard  Robb,   Managci-.  Matthew  H.  Gai.t,   Captain. 

RELAY    TEAM:  SC'BSTITrTES: 

Weigand,  Ynigo,  Carroll.  Talbott.  Sozinsky,  Branham. 

SPRINTS:  LONG    DISTANCE: 

Galt,  Ynigo.  Weigand,  Ynigo,  Talbott. 

JUMPS. 
Galt,  Ynigo,  Weigand. 

WEIGHT   AND    HAMALER  THROWING,    Etc. 
SoziNSKv,                                        Ynigo,  Galt. 


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TRACK    TEAM. 


Vliony 


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t^. 


"  "^'-T- ' 


S'lev?     3Tlercer     i^iterar\^     Oociet\^. 


Officers— first  Cerm. 

J.  A.  English  Eystek,  President.  M-  Norris  Strauohn,  ricc-rrcsidnit. 

J.  Bernard  Robb,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  R-  J-  McCandlish,  Editor. 


Officers—Second  Cerm. 

Samuei,  M.  Peach,   President.  William  H.  Weigand,  Viee-President 

DORSRY  M.  Cashell,  .Secretary  and   Treasurer.  Harry   J.   Kefauver,   Editor. 


Officers— Cbird  Cerm. 

Robert  J.  McCandlish,  President.  D.  Fred.  Shambekgkr,  I 'ice-1'resident. 

William  H.  Weigand,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  Harry   J.  Kefauyer,  Editor. 


S(i 


^lev?     "^jlercer      v*terar^     ^^ociet^. 


€€€€»### 


IN  THESE  da5-s  of  advancement  and  intellectual 
prosperitN'  few  men  are  so  narrow-minded  as  to 
liold  the  opinion  that  a  literary  organization  in 
a  College  is  unnecessary  and  a  mere  waste  of 
time.  To  be  able  to  express  one's  thoughts  clearly, 
correctly  and  concisely,  with  that  freedom  onl)' 
obtained  by  intercourse  with  one's  fellowman,  is  a 
facult}^  most  earnestly  to  be  desired  and  cultivated  by 
every  individual  who  possesses  enough  inate  ambition 
to  encourage  him  in  the  pursuit  of  knowledge,  for  no 
matter  what  vocation  in  life  he  may  pursue,  often  in 
his  career  he  will  be  happy  in  the  possession  of,  or 
feel  most  forciblj'  the  need  of,  this  most  important 
power.  The  adaptation  of  language  to  thought — the 
primal  purpose  of  all  such  organizations — can  nowhere 
else,  nor  under  no  other  conditions,  be  developed  so 
rapidly  and  so  surely. 

In  life  we  feel  the  need  of  two  distinct  acquire- 
ments— one  of  these  is  ordinary  education  provided 
for  in  the  curriculum  of  our  colleges,  and  the  other, 
so    important    and    yet  so   long  neglected   and    kept 


smothered,  that  power  which  is  necessary  to  make 
the  facts  so  learned  of  some  use;  obtained  only  by 
intercourse  with  those  around  you  and  with  whom 
you  are  intimatel}'  associated.  To  saj'  that  either 
power  is  more  necessary  than  the  other  is  not  the 
purpose  here;  but  one  thing  is  obvious,  they  are 
mutually  inter-dependent. 

The  first  without  the  second  may  be  likened  to  a 
machine  with  no  power  to  put  it  in  motion — the 
thoughts  maj'  be  present,  one's  brain  may  be  stored 
with  knowledge,  and  yet  there  is  lacking  that  faculty 
which  would  enable  it  to  impart  this  knowledge 
gained  by  such  diligent  study,  and  to  express  those 
thoughts  which  arise  as  a  consequence.  And  not  only 
is  a  literary  society  exceedingly  beneficial  to  every 
man,  but  it  also  affords  an  opportunity  for  pleasant 
and  profitable  recreation  from  the  grind  of  ordinary 
college  duties. 

After  work  of  the  week  has  been  finished,  it  is  most 
enjoyable  to  meet  together  and  discuss  the  affairs  of 
the  day;  to  hear  improving  or  humorous  readings,  or 


to  enter  into  a  spirited  debate.  It  affords  a  relaxation 
and  refreshment  to  be  obtained  by  no  other  means, 
It  affords  also  a  very  valuable  means  for  becoming 
versed  on  those  occurrences  taking  place  in  the  out- 
side world — those  subjects  which  concern  our  govern- 
ment and  with  which  every  good  citizen  should  be 
familiar;  and,  indeed,  the  advantage  possessed  by 
such  an  organization  are  so  numerous  and  so  patent 
as  to  be  superfluous  if  here  entered  into  more  deeply. 
SuflBcieut  it  is  for  me'to  say  that  our  College  was 
early  to  recognize  its  usefulness,  and  has  always,  from 
its  earliest  infancy,  lent  its  support;  and  with  the 
exception  of  a  few  dark  periods  our  literary  society 
has  ever  been,  and  is  to-day,  in  a  most  flourishing  and 
gratifying  condition.  Let  us  rejoice  that  such  is  the 
case.  It  was  first  organized  in  1861  by  Dr.  William 
N.  Mercer,  of  New  Orleans,  from  whom  it  derived  its 
name,  and,  besides  his  untiring  eff'orts  in  its  behalf, 
he  manifested  his  interests  in  its  welfare  by  presenting 
it  with  a  sum  of  money  and  a  large  collection  of 
valuable  books,  which  were  afterwards  used  to  form 
the  nucleus  on  which  the  present  College  Library  was 
established,  and  which,  while  formerly  only  open  to 
the  use  of  society  members,  now  is  accessible  to  the 
entire  student  body.  This  collection  of  books  is 
notable  for  its  richness  in  rare  and  valuable  volumes 
of  history,  biography  and  the  works  of  great  states- 
men, and  is  distinctly  classical  in  its  character.  Since 
the   formation   of  the   library    many    new    and  useful 


books  on  different  subjects  have  been  added,  and  with 
its  constantly  increasing  additions  we  can  only  foresee 
a  brilliant  future;  and  we,  the  members  of  the  society, 
feel  a  just  pride  when  we  contemplate  that  it  had  its 
beginning  in  the  New  Mercer. 

The  society,  when  first  organized,  met  in  the  lecture 
room  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  and  included 
upon  its  roll  a  large  majority'  of  the  students;  but, 
unfortunately,  this  list  gradually  decreased,  until  in 
1S89  it  ceased  to  exist. 

From  that  date  until  1892  the  College  was  wholly 
without  any  organization  of  the  kind,  when  it  was 
reorganized  and  Mr.  F.  B.  Bomberger  elected  presi- 
dent. To  his  efforts  in  its  behalf  no  small  amount  of 
its  future  success  was  due;  and  during  his  term, 
which  extended  through  the  year  1894,  many  credita- 
ble public  entertainments  were  held. 

In  the  following  year,  1895,  the  literary  society 
had  its  existence  in  a  body  modeled  after  the  English 
House  of  Commons,  its  membership  being  drawn 
from  the  two  upper  classes.  A  great  deal  of  interest 
was  manifested,  and  the  next  year  it  was  reorganized 
and  continued  in  a  slightly  modified  form.  The 
Senior  and  Junior  Classes  constituting  the  Senate,  and 
Sophomore  Class  the  House  of  Representatives.  Its 
work  was  governed  strictly  by  parliamentarj'  rules, 
and  many  bills  and  resolutions  were  drawn  up,  dis- 
cussed, voted  upon  and  passed  or  rejected. 

This  was  superceded  by  the  society  that  now  exists — 


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the  New  Mercer — and  which  has  had  a  most  useful 
and  gratifying  career.  It  was  organized  by  the  Class 
of  '97,  with  Mr.  William  S.  Weedon  as  president, 
and  to  him  and  the  class  which  so  ably  supported  it, 
much  credit  is  due.  Its  success  was  evident  from  the 
start,  and  it  continued  through  1898  in  excellent  con- 
dition, and  now,  with  its  large  roll  of  members  and 
ever-increasing  attendance,  it  is  firmly  planted  as  one 
of  the  most  interesting  and  profitable  branches  of  our 
college  life. 

Three  elections  of  officers  are  held  during  the  year. 
The  society  meets  every  Friday  evening  in  the  room 
of  the  Chair  of  Languages,  and  regular  debates  are 
alternated  each  week  with  extemporaneous  speaking, 
thus  affording  a  wider  range  of  usefulness. 


Medals  are  offered  yearly  by  the  Alumni  Associa- 
tion and  the  College  to  those  of  its  members  who 
excell  in  its  various  branches,  such  as  debate,  oratorj-, 
etc.,  and  our  numerous  public  meetings  well  attended 
by  the  students,  as  well  as  many  from  outside  of  our 
College,  speak  more  forcibly  than  words  of  its  pros- 
perous condition  and  the  good  it  is  doing. 

Our  sincere  wish  is  that  it  may  ever  grow  and 
prosper,  and  we  do  most  earnestlj*  urge  those  whom 
we  leave  in  June  to  carry  oif  this  important  branch  of 
our  college  life,  and  we  feel  sure  that  tliej'  will  never 
regret  the  time  or  energy  they  may  spend  in  promoting 
its  welfare. 


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£juT\e    Jaall    Vb/rgai>tjatioT) 


*i* 


Major  Ira  E.  Whitehili,, 
Captain  James  E.  Bi^andford, 
Lieutenant  D.  Fred.  Shamberger, 


Captain  McCandlish. 
Lieutenant  EvsTER. 
Sergeant  Major  Grason, 


ffloor    Comnitftcc. 

Adjutant  J.  B.  Robb,   Chainnan. 
First  Sergeant  Sappington, 
Sergeant  Peach, 
Sergeant  Cash  ELL, 


President. 
Vice-President. 
Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


Sergeant  Massey, 
Corporal  Dickev, 
Cadet  MackalL, 


Captain  StrauGhn, 
Lieutenant  Price, 


IRcccption    Committee. 

Lieutenant  J.  F.  Kenly,   Chairman. 
Sergeant  Major  Grason, 
First  Sergeant  Jenifer, 
Corporal  Carroll, 


First  Sergeant  Sappington, 
Sergeant  Weigand. 


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Major  Whitehili,, 
■Captain  Stradghn, 


Captain  McCandlish, 
Lieutenant  Price, 


Captain  Straughn, 
Captain  McCandlish, 
Sergeant-aiajor  Grason, 


IFnvttation    Conimtttcc. 

Lieutenant  T.  M.  Price,   Chairman. 
vSergeant-Major  Grason, 
First  Sergeant  SappingTon, 


programme    Committee. 

Lieutenant  M.  H.  Galt,   Chairman. 
Lieutenant  Evsteu, 
First  Sergeant  Groff, 


IRefresbmcnt    Committee. 

Lieutenant  H.  E.  Collins,   Chairman 
First  Sergeant  Groff, 
Sergeant  Peach, 
Sergeant  CashelL. 


Cadet  Wolf, 
Cadet  Whiteford, 


Sergeant  CashELL, 
Sergeant  Weigand. 


Sergeant  EwENS, 
Sergeant  Sudler, 

Corporal  DiCKEY. 


Sergeant  Peach, 
Sergeant  HiNES, 


arrangement    Committee. 

Cadet  J.  O.  Sedwick,   Chairman. 
Sergeant  Talbott, 
Sergeant  Massey, 


Sergeant  CashELL, 
Cadet  Symonds. 


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M^ossbourg     ^^^lub* 


©fficevs. 

J.   Bernard  Robb,   President.  J.   Frank  Kenly,    Vice-President. 

T.   Malcolm  Price,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


J.   A.   English  Eyster,    Chairman  of  Floor  Committee. 

Matthew  H.  Galt,    Chairman  of  Reception   Committee. 

H.   Edward  Collins,    Chairman  of  Refreshment  Committee. 

W.   H.   Hammond,    Chairman  of  Programme    Committee, 


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vJ'yc     Jvossbourq     v^lub. 


SINCE  ITS  organization,  seven  years  ago,  the 
Rossbonrg  Club  has  provided  for  the  social 
education  of  the  cadet  as  well  as  for  his  amuse- 
ment. The  membership  is  made  up  of  a 
majority  of  the  students,  all  of  the  Faculty,  and  others 
connected  with  the  institution.  The  dances  given 
monthly  throughout  the  entire  year  by  the  club  affords 
means  of  bringing  the  students  in  contact  with  the 
gentler  sex.  These  occasions  are  invariabh'  attended 
with  great  success;  even  though  the  weather  be  most 
inclement  the  attendance  is  not  lessened  to  any  per- 
ceptible degree.  This  evidently  is  the  voicing  of  the 
popularity  of  the  dances,  the  fame  of  which  has  been 
spread  by  all  who  have  ever  attended  them. 

It  is  with  a  feeling  of  pride  that  the  students  main- 
tain and  preserve  this  renown,  since  it  is  a  source  of 
happiness  to  them,  not  only  directly,  but  as  it  also 
secures  happiness  to  others. 

The  dances  may  also  be  considered  as  reunions  for 
the  alumni  and  former  students.  It  is  with  a  feeling 
of  joy  that  they  return  to  scenes  of  former  conquests 


and  triumps;  past  memories  are  revived  and  made 
fresh  again  for  a  short  time  at  least.  The  dances  are 
held  on  one  Friday  evening  of  each  month.  As 
would  be  expected  considerable  work  must  be  per- 
formed in  preparation;  for  this  purpose  committees, 
headed  by  members  of  the  Senior  Class,  are  appointed, 
each  with  its  special  duty  to  perform.  The  hall  is 
decorated  with  bunting,  flowers,  evergreens  and 
autumn  leaves  in  season.  The  enjoyment  of  the 
dances  has  been  greatly  enhanced  by  the  excellent 
music  with  which  we  have  been  favored.  This,  with 
the  usually  fine  condition  of  the  floor,  cannot  help 
making  the  dances  a  success.  As  the  evening  of  the 
dance  approaches  all  is  in  readiness  to  receive  the 
guests.  Following  closelj'  their  arrival  the  halls 
gradually  become  thronged  with  young  people,  gay 
and  radiant,  and  light  of  heart;  apparently  for  once 
they  have  forgotten  all  else  but  the  fact  that  only 
enjoyment  lies  before  them  for  a  few  hours.  A  short 
time  is  spent  in  greeting  old  friends,  filling  pro- 
grammes, seeking   partners,  and  soon   the   music   is 


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heard  in  the  distance,  signifying  the  dance  has  begun. 
It  would  be  useless  to  attempt  to  describe  all  the 
happiness  and  unbounded  pleasure  experienced  by 
those  present.  Even  those  so  unfortunate  to  not 
belong  to  the  Terpsichorean  band,  stand  by  and  gaze 
with  envious  eyes  on  those  lost  to  all  save  their  fair 
partners.  Along  toward  the  middle  of  the  evening 
all  repair  to  the  dining-room,  where  a  new  vision 
greets  the  eye.     Tastefully  arranged  tables  await  the 


duty  required  of  them,  and  soon  another  phase  of  the 
evening  claims  exclusive  attention.  After  enjoying 
the  repast  the  guests  again  swarm  to  the  ball-room, 
tliere  to  complete  the  short  hour  of  ecstacy  yet 
remaining  to  them.  As  midnight  approaches  the 
hall  is  deserted,  the  guests  leave,  farewells  are  heard 
on  all  sides,  and  soon  all  is  quiet  and  forsaken,  but 
not  forgotten. 


c  -T-  W- 


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Zbc  6lcc   Club. 


J.  A.  English  Evster,  '99,  Manager. 

Tirst  tenor. 

J.  A.  E.  Eyster,   '99, 
R.  Wolf,   '02. 


Tirst  Bass. 

G.  Welsh,  '02, 

H.  E.  Collins,  '99. 


'^^..P^ 


Ira  E.   Whitehill,   '99,   Director. 

Second  tenor. 

R.  J.  McCandlish,  '99, 
C.  E.  Dickey,  '02. 

Second  Bass. 

I.  E.  Whitehill,   '99, 

A.    R.    NiNNINGER,    '01. 


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eUc   Club. 


ee6«-.j>-»9S 


AT  THE  opening  of  the  3'ears  'gS-'gg  it  was  a 
very  pleasant  surprise  to  find  added  to  our 
number  some  excellent  voices,  and  we  at  once 
set  to  work  to  reorganize  the  old  College 
•Glee  Club.  Mr.  Whitehill  was  chosen  director,  and 
through  his  untiring  zeal  and  the  interest  manifested 
by  each  individual  member  the  club  made  remarkable 
progress. 

Several  times  during  the  year  we  were  honored  by 
being  called  upon  to  appear  before  the  public,  and 
have  never  failed  to  win  the  applause  of  our  audience. 


There  is  no  organization  in  the  College  that  tends 
to  banish  all  care  from  one's  mind  and  to  lighten  one's 
heart  so  much  as  the  Glee  Club,  whose  melodious 
strains  ever  resound  through  the  old  halls,  and  shall 
ever  ring  in  our  ears  whenever  memory  recalls  our 
happy  college  days. 

Although  the  Class  of  '99  will  greatly  diminish  its 
number,  it  is  our  sincerest  wish  that  the  Glee  Club 
will,  in  future  years,  continue  to  progress  and  ever 
maintain  the  reputation  it  has  so  deservedly  won  in 
years  gone  by. 


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jMandolin   Club. 


H.   Edward  Collins,   '99,   Manager. 


Ira  E.  Whitehill,    '99,   Director. 


Tirst  mandolin. 

J.  E.  Whitehill,  '99, 
T.  M.   Price,   '99. 

Guitar. 

J.  A.  E.   Eyster,   '99. 


Second  mandolin. 

T.  F.  BoRST,   '00. 
T.   B.  Symonds,   '02. 

TIagcolctte. 

A.    R.    NiNNINGER,    '01. 


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jVIandoUn   Club. 


♦♦♦*♦♦♦♦ 


w 


'hat  is  a  College  without  its  musical  organi- 
zations? A  few  members  of  the  Class  of  '99, 
realizing  the  need  of  such  in  our  College, 
formed  a  Mandolin  Club  in  the  Fall  of  1897, 
and  although  its  practicing  occasionally  no  doubt  dis- 
turbed the  peace  of  the  more  ardent  students,  it  finally 
proved  a  success,  notwithstanding  numerous  discour- 
agements. The  charter  members  of  the  club  were  as 
follows:  I.  E.  Whitehill  ('99),  leader,  G.  L.  Dulaney 
('01),  T.  F.  Borst  ('00),  J.  A.  E.  Eyster  ('99),  and  A. 
R.  Nininger  ('01).  The  first  public  appearance  was 
greeted  with  considerable  applause,  and  assured  to 
•us  the  respect  and  support  of  the  student  body. 


Since  the  time  of  its  organization  the  Mandolin 
Club  has  taken  an  active  part  in  all  the  entertain- 
ments given  by  the  College,  besides  making  several 
trips  which  won  for  itself  many  outside  admirers. 

At  the  beginning  of  the  scholastic  year,  '98-'99, 
two  new  members  were  added  to  the  list — Messrs. 
Price  and  Symons— who  deserve  great  credit  for  the 
enthusiastic  manner  in  which  they  have  taken  up  the 
work  of  the  club. 

Though  as  yet  a  struggling  organization,  we  sin- 
cerely trust  that  this  so  beneficial  and  entertaining 
factor  of  college  life  may  be  kept  up  in  future  years, 
and  thereby  add  new  laurels  to  those  already  won. 


«>^:g: 


95 


MANDOLIN    AND    T.LEE    CI.UB. 


The   Hlumni  and  the   College. 


fiIKE  many  other  worthy  projects,  the  Maryland 
Agricultural  College  was  planned  before  the 
conditions  were  ripe  to  properly  appreciate 
the  value  of  such  an  institution.  The  strug- 
gles which  it  had  to  undergo  were  more  disastrous  to 
its  future  welfare  probably  than  a  few  years'  delay  in 
its  organization  would  have  been. 

It  is  needless  to  recall  those  trying  days  when  it 
seemed  to  hover  between  existence  and  decay — it  is 
enough  to  know  we  are  able  to  glory  in  her  successes. 
We  stand  to-daj-  within  the  threshold  of  her  pros- 
perity, and  see  her  enjoying  the  support  and  confidence 
of  those  who  once  scoffed  at  her  efforts  and  who 
urged  the  abandonment  of  the  project.  Within  the 
past  ten  years  she  has  been  relieved  of  a  debt  of 
more  than  fifteen  thousand  dollars;  has  grown  from 
one  building  to  seven ;  has  been  appropriately  equipped 
in  all  of  her  departments,  and  true  to  her  charter  is 
instructing,  thoroughly,  her  students  in  those  branches 
of  science  which  are  indispensable  to  the  successful 
pursuit  of  agriculture  and  the  mechanic  arts. 

We,    the   Alumni   of  the    Maryland    Agricultural 


College,  have  at  last  become  a  permanent  organized 
body,  upon  whom  a  share  of  the  responsibility 
devolves  towards  maintaining  and  increasing  her  use- 
fulness. Our  organization,  like  the  institution  of 
which  we  are  a  part,  has  had  its  reverses  also.  But, 
had  we  struggled  as  persistently  to  overcome  those 
seeming  obstacles  as  she  has  done,  would  not  we  as 
an  organization  be  a  stronger  and  more  important 
body?  Might  not  the  institution  have  fared  better  as 
a  result  of  it  as  well?  True,  it  is  easier  to  stand  ofi" 
and  criticise,  but,  being  an  inseparable  part  of  her,  is 
it  not  more  becoming  in  us  to  interest  ourselves  a 
little  more  than  we  have  done  in  the  past? 

We  can  honestly  say  that  our  organization  has 
attained  a  greater  degree  of  permanancy  within  the 
past  few  years  than  ever  before;  still  we  do  not  num- 
ber among  us  one-half  her  graduates.  It  is  plainly 
the  duty  of  each  one  of  us  to  secure  as  many  members 
of  his  class  as  possible  for  membership  in  our  associa- 
tion. A  slight  effort  may  yield  verj'  gratifying 
results,  and  such  is  due  our  Alma  Mater. 

Can  we  feel  proud  of  our  achievements  in  behalf 


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of  our  College?  Hardly.  Within  the  past  two  years 
we  have  appropriated  several  gold  medals  to  stimulate 
the  eiforts  of  students  in  special  departments,  and 
have  assisted  financially  in  the  production  of  the 
"Reveille,"  the  College  annual.  This  much  as  an 
association.  As  individuals  a  few  have  made  dona- 
tions to  the  College.  But  this  is  the  extent  of  our 
liberality.  Are  we  to  be  satisfied  in  thus  expressing 
our  devotion  to  the  old  College  and  not  make  an  effort 
to  do  more?  It  is  to  be  hoped  not.  There  is  an 
opportunity  for  us,  individually  and  collectively,  to 
aid  her  advancement  by  sending  her  students  whom 
we  know  to  be  capable  of  doing  creditable  work.      A 


larger  number  of  students  can  be  accommodated  at 
this  time  than  was  possible  previous  to  a  year  ago. 
Contribute  to  some  worthy  cause  about  the  institu- 
tion; aid  the  Library,  for  example;  contribute  or  at 
least  suggest  one  of  those  features  which  you  deemed 
desirable  when  j'ourself  a  student,  and  which  she 
does  not  now  have;  contribute  to  the  revival  of  the 
"Cadets'  Review,"  or  the  establishment  of  an  alumni 
annual,  and  if  begun,  contribute  to  its  success.  Last, 
but  not  least,  show  your  loyalty  and  appreciation  of 
the  efforts  being  made  by  your  Alma  Mater  by  visits 
and  inspection  of  the  work  done. 


•A*^' 


•,w 


98 


5'ir$t  (Slnnual  %mmt  5R,  (SI.  (^.  (Sllumnl. 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


^r^^ HANKS  to  the  untiring  efforts  of  our  President 
CI.  F.  B.  Bomberger,  we  have  at  last  realized  the 
■■^  consummation  of  our  wishes  for  an  Alumni 
Banquet.  Only  those  who  have  made  an  effort 
in  the  past  to  accomplish  this,  can  appreciate  the 
work  and  worry  attending  it.  However  it  has  been 
accomplished  and  was  a  glorious  success. 

Beginning  with  the  Rossbourg  Hop  on  the  evening 
of  April  7th,  our  friends  began  to  arrive  at  the  college, 
and  were  soon  entering  into  the  gaities  with  all  their 
old-time  enthusiasm.  After  a  delightful  evening  those 
remaining  over  night  were  quartered  on  "Madison 
Avenue"  and  made  as  comfortable  as  our  accommo- 
dations would  permit. 

The  next  day,  Saturday,  was  given  to  an  inspection 
of  the  various  departments  of  the  College.  The  appli- 
ances and  methods  of  instruction  were  presented  by 
the  heads  of  the  departments.     When  the  tour  was 


completed  we  were  invited  to  partake  of  an  elaborate 
dinner  provided  by  President  Silvester.  During  the 
few  minutes  devoted  to  the  enjoyment  of  our  cigars, 
a  call  upon  President  Silvester  for  a  speech  was 
given,  to  which  he  graciously  responded,  welcoming 
the  alumni  to  the  institution  at  all  times,  and  assur- 
ing them  of  a  hospitable  reception  by  the  members  of 
the  faculty.  That  evening  we  assembled  at  the 
Ebbitt  House  in  Washington,  D.  C,  where  many 
others  joined  us.  A  business  meeting  was  held  at 
7.30  o'clock,  at  which,  after  disposing  of  some  routine 
matters,  the  following  gentlemen  were  elected  mem- 
bers of  the  association: 

Henry  H.  Holzapfel,  Class  of  '93:  John  S.  Buckley, 
Class  of  '94;   C.  C.  Ausherman,   Class  of  '94;  O.  H 
Fowler,  Class  of  '97;  E.  Parker  Lindsay,  Class  of  '97; 
F.  Sherman,  Class  of  '97. 

After    adjournment    general    greetings    were    ex- 


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changed  among  the  representatives  of  classes  from 
the  first  in  1S62,  to  those  members  of  the  present 
senior  class  at  the  College  who  were  with  us.  We 
then  filed  into  the  beautifuUi'  decorated  banquet  hall 
to  enjoy  the  feast  there  awaiting  us.  President  R. 
W.  Silvester  was  the  guest  of  honor.  F.  B.  Bomber- 
ger,  of  '94,  delivered  the  address  of  welcome,  in 
which  he  especially  urged  the  continuation  of  annual 
banquets,  of  which  this  was  the  first,  stating  that  it 
was  necessarily  a  strengthening  factor  in  the  stability 
of  our  organization.  President  Bomberger  acted  as 
toastmaster,  and  introduced  the  gentlemen  who 
responded  to  the  following  toasts: 


'Our  Alma  Mater,"     . 


A.  C.  ToLSON,  '88. 


"Militarj'  Training  a  Factor 
in  Education,"    ....     F.  A.  Soper,  67. 

"Maryland,  My  Maryland,"     R   R   Beall,  '73. 

"Agriculture    and  the    Me- 
chanic  Arts,"      .     .     .     .     U.  B.  Sands,  '62. 

"The  Alumni  Association,"     R.  B   B.  Chew,  Jr,  '82. 

"Maryland's    Duty   to    her 

State  College,"   .     .     .     .     S.  S.  Buckley.  '93. 

"The  Ladies," A.  S.  GiLL.  '97. 

Having  merged  into  the  small  hours  of  another 
day,  our  meeting  was  declared  adjourned,  not,  how- 
ever, without  a  tinanimous  expression  of  enjoyment 
and  approval  of  our  first,  and  the  wish  for  a  repeti- 
tion, of  our  Alumni  Banquet. 


•"^NHSiirVSJ 


College  Y^lls. 


Chee  hinj;,  chee  hiiig, 

Chee  hal  ha!  ha! 
Maryland  Agricultural  College, 

Rah!  rah!  rah! 


One-a-zip,  two-azip, 
Zippy,  zippy,  zam, 

(Opposing  team;  ain't  worth  a  

Umyenk!  yenk! 


Chick-a-chick-a-booni ! 

Chick-a-chick-a-boom ! 

Chick-a-chicka-chick-a-chick-a, 

Boom!  boom!  boom! 

Rah!  rah!  rah! 

Rah!  rah!  rah! 

Maryland  Agricultural  College, 

Sis!  boom!  ah! 


Skin-ah-ma-rink, 
Skin-ah-ma-rink, 
Tad-dah,  hoo-da-dah, 
Flippy-ty  flop, 
We're  on  top. 
Sis!  boom!  rah! 


flehniy! 


Fee,  fie,  fo  fum; 
Bim,  bam,  bim,  bum! 
Hi,  yi.  ip,  see? 
M.  A.  C! 

Hulla-ba-loo!  horay!  horay! 
Hulla-ba-loo!   horay!  horay! 
Horay!  horay! 
M.  A    C.  A.  A.! 

Hippity  huss! 

Hippity  huss! 

What  in  the  h — I's  the  matter  with  us? 

Nothing  at  all, 

Nothing  at  all, 

We're  the  boys  who  play  (base,  foot)  ball! 


Wisky-go-wish,  go-wish,  go-wish, 
Wisky-go  wish,  go- wish; 
Holly  wolly,  gee  golly, 
Um-m-m! 


Cliing,  ching,  ching; 
Chow,  chow.  chow. 

(Opposing  team): 
B-o-w,  wow,  w-o-w! 


Holy  gee! 

Who  are  we? 

We're  the  boys  of  M.  A. 


\sDbcn  the    5"rusteM    ©ome. 


Once  in  every  quarter  our  excitement  is  intense, 

They   cover   up    the   farming   tools    and    mend    up    every 
fence; 
No  sound  is  heard  on  every  side  but  the  workman's  busy 
hum, 
For  everybody  hustles 
When  the  trustees  come. 


When  the  happy  day  approaches  the  kitchen  takes  a  brace, 
We  have  turkey  for  our  dinner  and  peaches  by  the  case; 
We   have   apple   pie    for    breakfast,  all    the    waiters  on  the 
bum; 
We  often,  too,  have  table  cloths 
When  the  trustees  come. 


When  they  inspect  the  rooms  and  buildings  we  have  water  in  the  tubs, 

And  all  the  college  workmen  get  on  to  their  jobs; 
We  have  steam  heat  in  the  building,  if  it's  ninety  in  the  sun. 

For  you  don't  care  for  expenses 

When  the  trustees  come. 


103 


^tf>cr    portrait— Song^H^- 


m^^i^ 


©/ 


UAINT  little  maid,  who  hangs  on  the  wall, 
"SJ^         What  was  your  name,  in  the  long,  long  ago? 
^   There  are  girls  of  to-daj',  but  you  hold  from  them  all 
My  heart,  that  is  longing  to  love  you  so. 


Dear  little  girl,  in  the  picture  there. 
Come  to  me  to  night  in  my  dreams; 

They  tell  me  you  lived  'till  grey  grew  your  hair, 
But  now  it  is  naught  but  golden  gleams. 


Somebody's  great  grandmother,  they  say, 
That  is  all  I  can  learn  of  you  now, 

But  I  gaze  at  your  face,  and  by  night  and  by  day 
You  seem  to  live,  and  to  breathe  somehow. 


Just  as  you  are,  come,  fly  to  my  arms. 

You  cannot,  I  know,  be  naught  but  true; 

You  smile  from  the  wall,  and  my  faint  heart  warms,. 
Come,  and  for  aye,  I  will  love  but  you. 


104 


^^Kiss  )VIc,   noncy,   Do/' 


IN  the  city  of  Baltimore,  which  is  a  city  of  mol- 
lusks  and  monuments,  lived  a  maid  who  was 
full  of  the  wiles  of  woman,  and  loved  mightily 
to  take  the  verdant  youth  and  pull  him  on  like  a 
boot.  Unto  this  maid  there  came  a  youth  who  was 
wonderous  fair,  but  shy  as  the  young  gazelle. 
"Truly,"  said  she,  "this  is  an  easy  thing,"  and  com- 
menced immediately  to  exert  her  craft  upon  him,  but 
to  no  avail,  and  the  maid  was  sore  puzzled.  "Verily," 
said   she,    "I   will    go    to    a    wizard  who  resides  on 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

Baltimore  street  and  procure  a  charm  with  which  I 
will  blow  this  youth  up  like  a  balloon."  And  she 
went  and  returned  exultingly.  Calling  the  youth 
before  her  she  made  a  few  passes  before  his  eyes,  and 
he  sunk  into  a  deep  slumber.  Now,  said  she,  making 
strange  motions  with  her  eyes,  as  she  had  been 
bidden,  "Kiss  me."  But  the  youth  was  abashed, 
and,  throwing  off  his  spell,  he  flew  from  her  presence, 
but  the  maid  said,  "Kismet,"  and  called  up  another 
victim. 


105 


Sambo— Professor,  can  you  tell  me  what  Professor  Bomber- 
ger  was  doing  up  and  dressed  the  night  of  the  fire? 

Interlocutor— Why  no,  Sambo;  how  did  that  happen? 

Sambo — Why  he  an'  Dr.  Buckley  had  been  sitting  up  until 
three  o'clock  playing  'There  will  be  a  Hot  Time  in  the 
Old  Town  To-Night." 


Bones — Boss,    did   you    hear  those  awful  yells  over   in   the 

Science  Building  3esterday? 
Interlocutor — No,  what  was  the  trouble,  Bones? 
Bones  — Why — a  bug  flew  down  Professor  Sanderson's  back. 

Bones— Boss,  do  you  know  what  Robb  was  doing  over  in 
the  Science  Building  the  other  day  when  he  created  quite 
an  excitement? 


Interlocutor — What  was  he  doing,  anyhow? 

Bones — He  was  trying  to  weigh  hisself  on  San  Jose  scales. 

Sambo— Look  here,  Professor,  don't  it  look  to  j-ou  like  Bones 
was  "wasting  his  sweetness  on  the  de.sert  air?" 

Interlocutor — Why.  Sambo,  I  don't  see  how  he  could  do 
any  better. 

Sambo — Why  he  could  make  his  fortune  teaching  the  faculty- 
some  new  jokes.  

Sambo — Professor,  I  have  a  good  joke  on  Kenly. 

Interlocutor — What's  that,  Sambo? 

Sambo — Professor  Spence  asked  Kenly  who  was  the  father 
of  Zebudee's  children.  Kenly  said  that  he  was'nt  any 
Bible  scholar,  but  he  knew  enough  to  know  that  the 
father  of  Zebudee's  children  was  Zebudee's  husband. 


Bones — Boss,  can  you  tell  me  why  Collins  is  like  an  elephant? 
Interlocutor— No   Bones,  I  fail  to  see  any  similarity. 
Bones — Because  he  always  carries  his  satchel. 

Bones — When  the  Commedant  was  inspecting  Co.  C  the  other 
day  he  couldn't  see  through  Tuby  Stone's  gun.  What 
do  you  think  was  in  it? 

Interlocutor  — I  am  sure,  I  don't  know.  Bones. 

Bones — Oh!  nothing  but  a  breech  block 


Sambo— Professor  that  was  a  mighty  disasterous  fire  we  had 
i"  '33- 

Interlocutor — Yes,  it  was.  Didn't  you  have  any  fire  de- 
partment? 

Sambo — Yes,  we  had  one,  but  he  was  too  busy;  he  was  down 
to  Calvert's  store  with  only  60  minutes  to  catch  the  train 


107 


a 


Vfc'Q  englisb,  \ou  Know. 


ff 


♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦ 


0  he's  a  great  beau! 
The  girls  tell  tne  so, 
That  he's  all  the  go, 
And  they  ought  to  know. 

For  he's  "English,  you  know." 

Now  why  is  it  so, 

And  what  does  he  know? 

1  can  tell  you,  I  trow; 
His  music,  oh!  oh! 
Puts  one  all  in  a  glow 

A  guitar  if  you  bring, 

He  can  tinkle  the  string 

To  a  love  jing-a-ling. 

That  would  waken  a  ring 

In  an  oyster  heart,  or  any  old  thing. 

To  the  niandolin  notes, 
With  impassioned  volts, 
He  hourly  quotes. 
From  all  the  great  Po'ts. 
With  a  voice  that  ne'er  bolts. 


On  the  Piano  Fort-e, 

He  can  draw  melody; 

So  you  can  now  see. 

That  in  music  this  E 

Is  not  a  flat,  but  a  sharp, — see! 

He  middles  his  hair; 
It  curls  on  each  ear 
With  maddening  snare; 
So,  girls,  have  a  care. 
Of  these  jet  locks  so  rare. 

He  can  argue  with  ease. 
Foot-race  like  a  breeze, 
And  under  the  trees 
Make  love  vis-a-vis. 
And  softest  hands  squeeze. 

Sum  up  what  I've  said, 

And  keep  a  square  head, 

Dear  girls,  do  be  led; 

Be  quick,  or  you're  dead 

In  love  with  "English,  you  know." 


io8 


Oe   f^armer   ^mbman's    Confession. 


Reckon  as  how  you  never  knew 
A  gal  that's  anjthing  like  my  Sue, 
If  3'OU  had,  you'd  surely  know 
Why  it  is  I  love  her  so. 

Pretty?     Prettj-  as  a  picture,  an'  twice  as  fair 
As  anything  else  with  her  golden  hair, 
An'  a  little  dimple  in  each  rosy  cheek 
That  jest  seemed  to  be  playin'  hide-an'-seek 
With  the  smiles  that  she  always  has  for  me — 
Think  I'm  strechin'  it?    Jest  wait  an'  see. 

Eyes?     Blue — course  they're  blue  — 
Bright  as  the  summer  evening  star; 
An'  when  they  look  at  me  kind  an'  true, 
Recon  they're  the  kind  for  me — they  are. 

I  'member  last  Summer  my  Sue  an'  me 

Went  over  to  Squallin's  huskin'-bee; 

And  I  was  jest  hopin'  and  hopin'  all  the  way 

That  jest  one  red  ear  would  come  my  way: 

If  it  did?  well  then  I  knew 

Some  nice  young  gent  would  soon  kiss  Sue. 


Luck  was  agin'  me  that  night  it  seems, 

For  that  long,  lank,  hungry-looking  Cyrus  Jeems 

Found  a  red  ear,  and  what  should  he  do 

But  jest  walk  over  and  kiss  my  Sue. 

Well,  it  jest  fairly  made  me  bile, 

.\n'  I  called  him  out  in  a  little  while; 

An'  the  lickin'  he  got  he'll  never  forget, 

He  ain't  done  any  more  kissin'  yet. 

Going  home  that  night,  I  ask  Sue  as  how 
She  liked  Cyrus  Jeems,  an'  she  didn't  allow 
That  she  liked  him  at  all;  an'  she  wished  it  was  me 
Had  found  that  red  ear,  an'  not  such  as  he. 
Then  I  up  an'  I  told  how  I'd  loved  her  so  well; 
An'  when  she  said  yes,  I  never  could  tell 
How  happy  I  got;  but,  between  me  and  you, 
It's  a  mighty  nice  thing  to  have  a  gal  like  Sue. 

She's  coming  down  to  the  dance  in  June, 
An'  I'll  show  her  to  you — introduce  you,  too; 
An'  you'll  find  out,  an'  that  pretty  soon, 
There  won't  be  a  gal  hold  a  candle  to  Sue. 


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Eyes  of  teuderest,  sweetest  blue, 

Eyes  of  brown,  so  soft  and  true, 

Eyes  of  black,  or  eyes  of  grey. 

Her  eyes  have  stolen  my  heart  away; 

No  matter  their  color,  our  banners  unfurl. 
And  bow  to  the  charms  of  the  M.  A.  C.  girl. 


The  seniors,  the  juniors,  yes  every  cadet, 

Each   heart  glows  with  pleasure  to  hear  her  light  step; 

She  is  here  at  our  dances,  she  comes  when  we  sing, 

She's  as  dear  to  us  all  as  sweet  violets  in  spring; 
In  a  cluster  of  jewels  she  is  always  a  pearl. 
The  dainty,  bewildeiing  M.  A.  C.  girl. 


vShe  may  think  that  the  chevrons  are  more  than  the  straps, 
She  may  even  call  Sergeant,  Lieutenant,  perhaps; 
She  may  cooly  and  carelessl)'  set  at  defiance 
All  the  laws  of  Biology,  Physics  and  Science. 

No  matter — we'd  each  of  us  die  for  a  curl, 
As  we  bow  to  our  queen,  the  M.  A.  C.  girl. 


Delinquency    List 


Ariiis/ead -'iioi  moving   quarters. 

Btandford — Putting  in  morning  report. 

Cooke — Not  getting  excused  from  drill. 

Collins — Disturbing  room-mate  by  rising  before  Reveille. 

Collins — Eating  six  plates  of  ice  cream. 

Darby — Absent  from  meals. 

Ey   ■••/'— Not  preparing  lessons. 

.^.r/f;'^ Working  overtime. 

Grason — Holding  sword  between  his  knees  at  guard  mount. 

Gait — Absolutely  refusing  to  take  proffered  tobacco. 

Hincs — Not  visiting  College  Park  on  Saturday. 


Jenifer — Giving   command    so   low   his    company   failed   to 
hear  him. 

A'tv//y— Absent  from  Hyattsville  during  study  hour. 

Nininger — Getting  excited. 

Price — Frizzling  his  hair. 

Robh — Using  snuff 

Sedwick — Hunting  a  match  when    the   rat   was   in    hearing 
distance. 

Sliauibcrgi-r — Preserving  silence  on  hall. 

SyiHoiis — Out  of  quarters  while  room-mate  had  a  box. 

Talbott — Not  reading  morning  papers. 


Xn  the  X^wlnHling  of  an  Gvc 


isi  Student: 

Those  eyes  of  blue,  those  eyes  of  blue, 

They  melt  my  heart  quite  through  and  through, 

And  put  my  feelings  all  awhirl. 

This  charming  blue-eyed  college  girl — 

Ah!   this  poor  heart  of  mine. 

2d  Student: 

O  take  away  3-our  blue-eyed  one! 
Give  me  a  daughter  of  the  sun; 
The  black-eyed  sireen,  crisp  and  dark, 
Can  kindle  best  love's  glowing  spark 

In  this  warm  heart  of  mine. 


♦♦♦♦♦♦ 

jd  Student: 

Ah!    boys,  I've  seen  of  brown  two  eyes. 
That  not  a  line  of  earth  or  skies, 
Or  flash  from  dusky  orbs  of  jet. 
Could  cause  me  ever  to  forget 

Those  eyes  of  brown. 

4th   Student : 

I,  too,  love  eyes  of  black  or  blue. 
Eyes  of  brown  are  pretty,  too; 
Gray  eyes  lend  a  charm  and  joy — 
In  fact,  I  have  no  choice,  dear  boy, 

I  love  the  whole  sweet  business. 


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Giving  the  "Owld  Sod"   due  credit  for  being   the   cradle  of  bulls,  we  take  pride,  however,  in  saying 
that  they  are  not  the  only  ones.     Here  are  a  few  of  ours: 


Pretty — Yes,  it  was  entirely  debolished. 

Ira — I  come  to  marry  C:esar,  not  to  praise  him. 

Captain  Billy — I  have  just  been   reading  where  they  hung 
a  man  in  an  electric  chair. 

C/7>««-What  do  you  think!     Mr.  Carroll  is  going  to  send 
me  to  the  House  of  Representatives. 

Vnionville — Mr.  McCandlish,  your  statement  is  felonious. 

Taneyiotvn — Have   you    Washington's   farewell   address  ?     I 
would  like  to  pursue  it. 

'  Tis  Mince — I  don't  know  who  Ulysses  is.     I  never  studied 
Psychology. 

Talbott — The    officers   of    the    Mass    Township   were    select 
men — school  commissioners,  sheriffs  and  pile-drivers. 


Satchel— T)&x  guides   are  posted  when   der  major  gives  der 
command. 

Kcnly — I  must  say  I  don't  believe  in  this  fanatic  spelling. 

Eyster — A  subriquet  is  a  music  hall  singer. 

Stone — Choate  has  been  studying  theatrical  mechanics. 

Vein — They    celebrate    the    centennial    there    every    year, 
don't  they? 

Syntons — The  gentlemen  wore  a   pair  of   cutaway  trousers. 

Mac — No,  he  didn't;  Pope  wrote  "Pilgrims  Progress." 

"  O,  Mr.    Kenly!  don't    you   think    Rosa   N.    Carey    is    just 

delightful?" 
"Yes;  I  enjoyed  her  'Reign  of  the  Snowbird'  extremely." 


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Three  fishers  went  sailing  out  into  the  west 

As  the  evening  fell  on  the  little  town, 
Gathered  in  herring  from  far  and  wide, 

Towed  them  ashore  and  salted  them  down. 
They  served  them  up  at  the  M.  A.  C, 

All  garnished  with  lettuce  and  onion  a  bit; 
The  students  rushed  in  with  a  famished  howl, 

Gazed  on  the  platter  and  fell  in  a  fit. 


For  students  must  feed, 
All  late  comers  must  weep; 

For  there  is  little  to  serve, 
And  there's  many  to  eat. 

While  the  breakage  bill  is  increasing. 


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The  editors   would   suggest    to   the   young   men    who   are    making  pillows   out  of  tobacco  sacks  that 
perhaps  if  they  would  apply  to  the  ladies'  sewing-circle  they  could  get  a  piece  of  whole  cloth. 


OFFICER    OF    THE    DAY    BELL. 


Twenty-nine  loud  rings  on  the  O.  D.  bell.  O.  D.  thinks 
a  delegation  of  farmers  have  arrived  to  inspect  the  new  barn, 
and  tears  down  from  the  top  hall  three  steps  at  a  time,  but- 
toning his  coat  with  one  hand  and  putting  on  his  sword  with 
the  other. 

Will  you  please  get  me  a  spool  of  white  cotton,  No.  40? 

O.  D.  goes  back  and  decides  to  put  in  an  application  for 
the  track  team,  and  "  sticks  "  a  new  boy  for  asking  him  for  a 
match.  

To  those  officers  who  are  "kicking"  against  the  sword 
furnished  by  the  military  department,  we  would  say  that  the 
general  hard  times  and  high  tariH  on  tin  makes  it  necessary 
to  economize. 


We  would  like  to  see  the  militarj'  department  follow  the 
forms  of  the  regular  service,  but  we  want  to  register  a  kick 
right  here  against  being  fed  on  army  beef. 

First  Cadet — Say,  I  heard  Jenifer  took  a  car  down  to 
Hyattsville  last  night. 

Second  Cadet — Yes;  you  know  there  is  always  room  for 
one  Moore. 

KENT   COUNTY    FAIR. 

I  went  to  the  Kent  County  Fair. 

Sozinsky,  he  was  there; 

Bradley  got  drunk, 

And  climbed  into  Massey's  trunk, 

And  what  became  of  the  monk,  the  monk,  the  monk? 


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Xlbirty   Days, 


Oh  it  was  pitiful, 
Near  a  whole  city  full, 

Fun  they  had  none. 
So  thought  the  Senior  Class, 
And  almost  to  a  man 

Vowed  they'd  have   some. 


Nine  Seniors  with  straps 
Said  to  each  other,   "perhaps 

If  to  Lakeland  we  go 
There's  a  Medicine  Man  there, 
There'l  be  fun  rich  and  rare. 

For  he's  holding  a  show.' 


They  asked  not  for  leave, 
And  they  did  not  believe 

That  caught  they  could  be. 
So  these  officers  stately. 
So  dignified  lately, 

Set  off  in  a  glee. 


They  had  not  a  brother, 
Nor  even  another. 

To  bid  them  beware. 
But  started  pell-mell. 
And  with  wild  college  yell 

They  rent  the  night  air. 


But  the  Commandant  stern 
Now  thought   it  his  turn, 

"Inspection" — he  called; 
In  College  they  pine, 
These  officers  nine. 

With  "confinements"  appalled. 


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^By  Cbcir  Signs  Vc  Shall  Rtiow  Cbem.*^ 


-A  student  is  known  by  his  deep  love  for  chicken, 
Secured  in  the  midst  of  some  dark  midnight  raid, 

-For  flunking  in  math  and  sleeping  till  dinner, 
And  falling  in  love  with  a  College  Park  maid. 


An  instructor  is  known  by  his  great  stock  of  knowledge, 
A  collection  of  jokes,  prehistoric  and  choice, 

An  inordinate  fondness  for  meting  out  zeros, 
A  dignified  air  and  a  deep  bass  voice. 


Warren — Wh}-  is  hazing  like  a  poison? 
Hopkins — Because  it's  rough  on  rats. 


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-Battalion  performance. 


Sometime  during  the  ensuing  month  a  continuous  performance  will  be   given    by  the  Ijattalion  for  the 
benefit  of  the  Athletic  Association.     The  following  programme  is  announced: 


1.  Having  been  put  to  sleep  with  a  club,  Mr.  Ewens  will 
snore  a  solo,  with  nasal  oblogato  by  Mr.  Wolf. 

2.  After  exhibiting  himself  to  the  audience,  and  showing 
himself  to  be  perfectly  sound,  Mr.  Cooke  will  get  on  the 
sick  list  with  all  the  symptoms  of  pneumonia. 

3.  Mr.  Price  will  run  once  around  the  bases  before  a  rat  can 
go  to  the  station,  make  change  and  get  back  with  a  sack 
of  tobacco. 

4.  Mr.  Shamberger  will  stand  on  the  hall  and  without  any 
device  but  his  natural  voice,  give  a  correct  imitation  of  the 
sound  of  a  fog  whistle,  a  hot  box,  a  poisoned  dog  and  a 
buzz  saw. 

Ditto  Mr.   Blandford. 

5.  Captain  Sedwick  will  drill  his  rats  by  command  at  100 
yards. 

6.  Mr.  Ej'ster  will  exhibit  12S  portraits  of  the  only  girl  he 
ever  loved. 


7.  Mr.  Hines,  the  famous  critic,  will  deliver  a  short  lecture 
on  vocal  music,  laying  particular  stress  on  the  male  quar- 
tette. 

8.  Mr.  Talbott  will  recite  for  twenty  minutes  in  his  natural 
voice,  and  any  one  discovering  what  he  is  talking  about 
will  be  awarded  a  medal. 

9.  Mr.  Peters  will  run  50  yards,  fall  down  three  times,  turn 
two  somersaults  and  a  double  flip-flop,  and  catch  a  high  fly_ 

10.  Mr,  Irby  will  recite  his  full  name;  this  will  give  the 
spectators  desiring  to  do  so  ample  time  to  go  out  and  take 
a  smoke. 

11.  Mr.  Gait  will  give  a  paraphrase  at  sight  of  a  chapter  in 
Telemaque. 

12.  Mr.  Collins,  the  youthful  phenomenon,  who  is  smaller 
than  Mr.  Kenly,  will  sing  "Sweet  Bunch  of  Daisies." 


Note.— Any  one  attempting  to  go  to  sleep  during  the  course  of  the  afternoon  will  be  promptly  attended  to  by  Messrs.  Massey  and  Grason. 


^POgFammg   of  ypublie   %s^.er^i#^#, 


Sunday,  June   12th. 

4.00  P.M. —  .         -         -  Baccalaureate  Sermon  by  Rev.  H.  St.   Clair  Neal, 

of  Baltimore. 
Monday,  June   13th. 

2.00  P.M. —  .-.---  Field  Sports  on  College  Campus. 

4.00  P.M. —      -----       Drill  and  Dress  Parade  on  College  Campus. 
8.00   P.M. —  Public  Meeting  New  Mercer  Literarj^  Society.     Debate  for  Gold  Medal. 

Tuesday,  June  14th. 

4.00  P.M. —  -  -  Battalion  Drill  and  Dress  Parade  on  College  Campus. 

8.00  P.M. — Class  Day  Exercises,  College  Hall.     Address  by  Hon.  H.  Irving  Handy. 

Wednesday,  June   isth. 

2.30  P.M. — Commencement  Exercises,  College  Hall.     Address  by  Hon.  H.  G.  Davis. 
4.30  P.M. —        ------        Exhibition  Drill  on  College  Campus. 

5.00  P.M. —  .  -  -         -  Annual  Meeting  of  Alumni  Association. 

9.00  P.M. —      -----      Thirty-ninth  Annual  Ball  in  College  Hall. 

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— -^-*— i- — 
Call  to  Order,  ...... 

Roll  Call  and  Reading  of  the  Minutes,  ... 

Address,  .  .  .  .... 

Reading,  ........ 

Declamation,         -..--.. 

Reading,       ....... 

Music — Piano  Solo,  -  -  -  -  -  - 

Debate — ''Resolved,  That  the  Advent  of  Prosperity  Marks  the  Decline  of  Patriotism." 

Affirmative,     -  -  Mr.  Straughn,  Mr.  Kefauver,  Mr.  Barnett. 

Negative,  -  .         Mr.  Weigand,  Mr.  Barber,  Mr.  Burroughs. 

Music,  --.-.-..  Mandolin  Club. 

Declamation,        ....  -  .  .  .  Mr.  Ninninger. 

Reading,  ...  ...  ...  Mr.  Allnutt. 

Declamation,  .........        Mr.  Barber. 

Journal  -  .......  Editor,  Mr.  Thorne. 


President. 

Secretary. 

President. 

Mr.  McCandlish. 

Mr.   Cobey. 

-      Mr.  Gait. 

Miss  Briscoe. 


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ADJOURNMENT. 
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Tuesday,  June   Mth,  1898. 

MUSIC. 
Piano  Solo,  ..--...  Miss  Spence. 

EjSTRY    OF    SKjVIOR    Clt^S^. 

Class  History  and  Prophecy,  .  .  .  Mr.  Edwin  T.   Dlckerson. 

ENTITY    OF    jajVIOR    Chn^^. 

Announcement,  Senior  Ldctor,  -  -  _  -  Mr.  Will  C.  Nesbitt. 

Address,   Senior  Orator,  ....  Mr.   Charles  H.   Ridgely. 

PRESE]VT^iFr6]VI    0F    Chfi^^    gpiEIiD. 

Address,  Junior  Orator,  -  -  -  -  Mr.  J.  A.   English  Eyster. 

Star  Spangled  Banner,  -  -  Chorus  by  Senior  and  Junior  Classes. 

CLWfSS     PIPE    n^O    ^OIMG, 

Announcement,  Junior  Lictor,  .  -  .  .  Mr.  James  C.   Blandford. 

Installation  of  New  Senior  Class. 

i^Ej^eiiaTioiM^s. 

Address  Upon  Resolutions,  ...  Mr.  Robert  J.   McCandlish. 

KORP^L    ^DjeURIVpEjVT. 

Address  to  Classes,  -----  Hon.  H.   Irving  Handy. 

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Wednesday,    June    15th,    1898— College    Hall. 
:  MUSIC  : 


Address  to  Graduates, 

Salutatory  Address, 
Valedictorj'  Address, 


MUSIC 


:  MUSIC: 


Presentation  of  Diplomas  and  Prizes, 


Hon.  W.   L.  Wilson. 

Mr.   Claude  V.   Allnutt. 
Mr.   D'Arcy  C.   Barnett. 

By  Mr.   C.   B.   Calvert. 


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