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Reveille. 

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I. 

Once  upon  a  morning  dreary,  while  I  slumbered  weak  and  weary, 
Slumbered  sweetly  to  the  music  of  a  most  harmonious  snore, 

Suddenly  there  came  a  blowing,  like  a  cyclone  fiercely  flowing. 
Or  a  hurricane  a-going,  going  past  my  chamber  door : 

"  'Tis  the  devil,  sure,"  I  muttered,  "come  from  night's  Plutonian  shore. 
After  me — and  nothing  more." 


II. 

Presently  my  soul  grew  stronger — hesitating  then  no  longer: 

"  Mr.  Devil,"  said  I,  "  truly  your  forgiveness  I  implore — 

But  the  truth  is  I  was  sleeping  " — then,  through  transom-light  a-peeping 
I  could  see  no  evil  spirit,  in  the  air  or  on  the  floor  ; 

But  I  saw  the  bugler  creeping,  creeping  from  my  chamber  door — 
Simply  this,  and  nothing  more. 


III. 

And  the  bugle  still  is  blowing,  still  is  blowing,  still  is  blowing, 

Every  solitary  morning,  just  outside  my  chamber  door ; 
And  the  sound  has  all  the  seeming,  to  a  man  who  still  is  dreaming 
Of  a  screeching  fiend  of  hades,  just  outside  my  chamber  door— 
And  I  cuss  the  blasted  bugle  as  I  jump  upon  the  floor — 
REVEILLE,  forever  more ! 

— C   5,  /?. 


Cdwptd^in  Cloug'h  Overton. 


!^     <e<     !(« 

CAPTAIN  CLOUGH  OVERTON,  of  the  Fiftecntli  Cavalry,  who  was  killed  on 
May  14th  hy  being  cut  to  ])icces  hy  the  Philipjiine  insurgents  at  Sucatlan,  was  a 
native  of  Indiana  but  was  ajiijointed  to  West  Point  from  Texas.  After  gradu- 
ation he  was  recommended  for  the  Artillery  Init  selected  the  Cavalry  and 
was  assigned  to  the  Fouitli  Cavalry,  with  which  regiment  he  w^as  very  ]i()])u- 
lar.  While  stationed  in  Aiizona  he  made  a  special  study  of  heliograiihic 
signaling  and  irrigation.  In  1893  he  organized  the  relief  expedition  which 
rescued  the  Carlin  party  of  hunters  who  were  lost  in  the  snows  of  Idaho.  For 
this  he  received  "recommendation  in  orders."  Later  he  was  commandant 
at  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  but  gave  up  this  detail  to  join  his  regi- 
ment in  the  Cuban  campaign.  He  led  a  trooj)  at  San  Juan,  in  Wheeler'.s 
brigade,  and  was  recommended  for  brevet  for  bravery  m  action.  Capt. 
Overton  was  of  a  literary  disposition,  and  his  short  stories  of  Mexican  frontier 
life,  i)ubHshed  througliout  the  country,  attracted  consideralile  attention. 
James  Gordon  Bennett  thought  so  well  of  his  st^de  that  he  wanted  him  to 
act  as  war  correspondent  to  the  Herald  in  the  Chinese-Japanese  war.  He 
had  man)-  friends  in  New  York,  Philadelphia,  and  Washington,  as  w-ell  as  Texas  and  California,  ami 
throughout  the  army. 

Capt.  Overton  came  of  good  fighting  stock.  His  father,  a  gallant  Confederate  Cavalr\nian,  led  the  charge 
at  Fort  Donelson.  He  was  from  Kentucky,  and  raised  and  ei|uippeil,  at  his  own  exjjcnse,  the  Twelfth  Ken- 
tucky Cavalry,  the  first  troop  that  ever  marched  out  of  that  state  to  hght  for  the  Confederacy. 

The  members  of  the  faculty  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  nearly  all  of  whom  were  associated  with 
Capt.  Overton  during  the  period  of  his  detail  as  Commandant  at  the  College  from  j<Sq5  to  i8g8,  were  much 
shocked   and   grie\'eil   to   hear  of   his  untimelv   death. 


Captain  (Jverfon  was  an  accomjilished  o^entleman  and  a  thoroxigh  soldier.  He  practically  reorCTanizeil  the 
military  discipline  at  the  College,  and  his  jjohcy,  though  strict,  was  soon  recognized  by  the  cadets  as  lair,  and 
the  effects  of  his  influence  are  even  yet  apparent  in  the  cadet  battalion.  He  directed  the  military  encampments 
held  by  our  battalion,  in  i8g6  and  1S97,  both  of  which  he  conducted  with  signal  success  and  with  marked  bcnclit 
to  the  discipline  of  the  cadet  corps. 

No  cadet  came  within  the  sphere  of  Capt.  Overton's  influence  without  becoming  imbued  with  that  sense  of 
honor  and  bravery  which  goes  to  make  a  good  soldier  and  a  capable  officer;  when  war  was  declared  with  Spain, 
a  large  number  of  our  cadets  enlisted,  and  were  soon  promoted  for  their  excellent  military  training. 

Capt.  Overton  scorned  a  lie  and  all  subterfuge,  and  his  fearless  bravery,  which  oftentimes  approached  reck- 
less daring,  was  an  inspiration  to  those  who  were  with  him  or  under  his  command. 

As  this  hero  lies  dead,  shrouded  in  his  country's  flag,  he  is  mourned  by  none  more  sincerely  than  his  former 
oolleagues  and  students  of  the  Agricultural  College  of  Maryland. 

Henry  T.  Harrison,  Sec't.  of  Faculty. 


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|E,  in  making  our  initial,  and  doubtless,  final  bow  to  an  indulgent  public,  do  not  intend  to 
inflict  upon  them  a  long  recital  of  the  reasons  why  ' '  The  Reveille ' '  of  Nineteen  Hundred 
and  Two  is  not  all  that  it  should  be. 
Against  many  difficulties  we  have  labored  and  struggled  to  make  it  at  least  as  good  as  its  prede- 
cessors.    We  hope  that  we  have  succeeded.     If  so,  we  are  more  than  repaid  for  our  labors; 
if  not,  we  have  only  the  consciousness  of  an  effort  to  do  our  best,  to  console  us. 

A  college  annual  is  more  or  less,  from  necessity,  mainly  of  interest  only  to  those  connected  with 
the  College  itself.  Therefore,  if  our  work  may  seem  mediocre,  and  our  jokes  pointless,  to  other 
readers,  we  hope  that  they  will  find  some  consolation  in  our  sketches,  of  which  we  are  really  proud. 
We  give  most  hearty  thanks  to  all  those  who  have  so  kindly  assisted  us  in  the  literary  and  ar- 
tistic work  incident  to  the  preparation  of  "Reveille,"  and  frankly  confess  that,  if  the  book  has  any 
points  of  merit,  it  is  due  mainly  to  their  efforts. 

Hoping  that  a  perusal  of  the  following  pages  will  be  of  some  interest  to  those  for  whom  it  was 
prepared,  our  friends,  and  that  its  contents  may  add  something  to  the  laurels  won  by  the  five  pre- 
ceeding  volumes,  we  subscribe  ourselves. 

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The  Board  of  Editors. 


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OR   OUR   ESTE  EM   ROR   HER   AS   A   TRUE 

TVRE  <z>  R  American  \A/omanmood  and 
as  a  mark  or  our  aprreciation  or 
manv  kindnesses  rendered  us  v\/ h  i  1_  e 
Students  at    the    Marvland    Aqricuu- 

TURAl-    COI_I_EOE. 


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Officers  &.nd  Faculty  of  Instruction. 

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R.  W.  vSii.vKSTEK,  Prt-sidc?!/.  Thomas  H.  Spence,  A.  M.,   I'icc-Prcsidnit. 

Professor  of  Mathematics.  Professor  of  Languages, 

Maj.  J.  C.  ScANTi.iNc;,  U.  S.  A.  Retired,  Coiiniiandant  of  Cadets. 
W.  T.  L.  Taliai'Kkko,  a.  B.,  J.  Hanson  MitciikiJv,  M.  E., 

Professor  of  Agriculture.  Professor  of  Mechanical  Engineering. 

H.  B.  McDoNNKi.L,  M.  D.,  B.  S., 
Professor  of  Chemistry. 
Henry  Lanahan,  A.  B.,  James  S.  Rohinson, 

Profes.sor  of  Civics  and  Civil  Engineering.  Professor  of  Horticulture. 

A.    L.    QUAINTANCK,    M.     S., 
Professor   of    Entomology. 
J.  B.  S.  Norton,  M.  S.,  K.  B.  Bomberger,  A.  M., 

Professor  of  Pathology  and  Botany.  Professor  of  English  and  Civics. 

Samuei-  S.  Buckley,  M.  S.,  D.  V.  S., 
Professor  of  Veterinary  Science. 

Henry  T.  Harrison,  Ch.\s.  vS.  Richardson, 

Principal  of  Preparator\-  Department.  Director  of    Physical    Culture    and 

Instructor  in  Public  Speaking. 

J.   C.    Hl.ANDI'ORlJ,  B.  S., 

Assistant  in  Mechanical  Engineering. 
E.  P.  San.sten,  M.  S.,  E.  H.  Bi.odoett,  M.  S., 

Associate  in  Horticulture.  Assistant  in  Patholog>-  and  Piotany. 

R.  I.  Smith,  B.  S.,  M.  N.  Straughn,  M.S.,  J.  B.  Kohh,  B.  S.,  T.  R.  Gough,  B.  S., 

Assistant  in  Pjitomology.  A.ssistant  in  Chemistry.  Assistant  in  Chemistry.  Assi.stant  in  Chenii.stry. 

C.  G.  CiiuKCii,  M.  S.,  W.  H.  VVhigand,  B.  S., 

Assistant  in  Chemistry.  Assistant  in  Chemistry. 

Jos.  R.  OwKNS,  M.  D.,  Regi.strar  and  Treasurer.  W.  O.  I^VERSi'iEi.n,  M.  D.,  Phy.sician  in  Charge. 

Miss  M.  E.  Si'KNCE,  Stenographer  and  Typewriter. 


Cdwlender  for  19OM902. 


FALL  TERM. 

September  19th,  20th  and  2i.st Kntrance  Examinations. 

Monday,  September  23rd,  9  A.  M College  Work  Begins. 

Friday,  October  nth Meeting  of  Board  of  Trustees. 

Friday,  December  13th Meeting  of  Board  of  Trustees. 

Friday,   December  20th Fall  Term  Ends. 

Friday,  December  2otli,  noon,  to  Friday  January  3d,  9A.M.  Christmas  Hollidays. 

WINTER  TERM. 

Friday,  January  3d,  9  A.  M Winter  Term  Begins. 

Friday,  March  14th Meeting  of  Board  of  Trustees. 

Thursday,  March  27th Winter  Term  Ends. 

Thursday,  March  27th,  noon,  to  Tuesday,  April  ist.  9  A.  M  .  Easter  Hollidays. 

SPRING  TERM. 

Tuesday,  April  i.st,  9  A.  M Spring  Term  Begins. 

June  2d  to  7th Final  E.xaminations. 

Sunday,  June  8th,  4  P.  M Baccalaureate  Sermon. 

Monday,  June  9th Class  Day. 

Tuesday,   June   loth Alumni  Day. 

Wednesday,  June    iith,  11    A.  M Commencement  Day  Exercises. 

Friday,  June  13th Meeting  of  Board  of  Trustees. 


Stdwnding  Committees  of  the  Fd^culty. 


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AMUSEMENTS. 

Prof.  Bt:cKij':v. 

bomberger. 
Sandsten. 


DISCIPLINE. 

Major  Scantung. 

PrES.    SILVE.STER. 

Prof.  Spence. 


CLASS  DAY. 

Prof.  Spen'ce. 

Taliaferro, 
bomberger. 
Richardson. 


LIBRARY. 

Prof.   McDonnell. 
Spence. 
bomberger. 
T.^liaferro. 
Blodgett. 
Lanahan. 


REVEILLE. 

Prof.  Bomberger. 
Buckley. 
Straughn. 
Sandsten. 

collegiate  routine. 

Prof.  Spence. 

T.\liaff;rro. 

H.\RRIS(JN. 

Quaintance. 

McDON.NELL. 

]VIitchf;ll. 
Bomberger. 

BlCKLEV. 


SANITARY  AFFAIRS. 

Dr.  Ever.sfield. 
McDonnell. 
Owens 
Buckley. 


COMMENCEMENT. 

Prof.  Harrlson. 
Spence. 
Bomberger. 
Blandford. 
Richardson. 


SOCIETIES. 

Pkoi'.   Rich.vrdson. 
Bo.mberger. 


schedule. 

Prof.   Mitchell. 
Spence. 
Taliaferro. 
Norton. 
McDonnell. 
Harrison. 

L.ANAHAN. 


ALUMNI  MATTERS. 

Prof.   Bojiberger. 
Buckley. 
Robb. 
Straughn. 


ATHLETICS. 

Prof.   Richardso.n'. 

H.\RRISON. 

Bl.\ndford. 

Mitchell. 

Church. 


The  New 
Infirmd^ry: 


\°Ali id  I  lupjpil! 


/*  i"^-^'  -ifjor 


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Ma^ryland 

Agriculturdwl 

College. 


The  Development  of  the  M.  A.  C. 


By  Frank  Byers  Bomberger,  '94. 


EARLY  a  half  century  ago,  "certain  wise 
and  virtuous  citizens  of  Maryland,  being 
desirous  of  establishing  an  agricultural  col- 
lege and  model  farm,  in  which  those  arts 
and  sciences  indispensable  to  successful 
agricultural  pursuits  may  be  taught,"  applied  to  the 
State  Legislature  for  a  charter  incorporating  the  Mary- 
land Agricultural  College.  The  Legislature,  in  1S58, 
not  only  granted  the  charter  as  applied  for,  but  actuated 
by  a  spirit  of  liberality  in  harmony  with  the  motives  of 
the  advocates  of  the  new  educational  movement,  granted 
an  annual  appropriation  of  $6000  ' '  for  such  purposes 
as  shall  promote  the  welfare  and  success  of  the  said 
College." 

This  movement  to  establish  a  .school  for  instruction  in 
the  art  and  .science  of  agriculture  in  the  State  of  Mary- 
land was,  at  that  time,  very  popular  ;  and,  under  the 
charter  granted  by  the  legislature,  stock  to  the  amount 
of  nearly  $50,000  was  sub.scribed  and  paid  for  by  nearly 
four  hundred  persons  residing  in  Marylaijd  or  the  District 


of  Columbia.  The  plan  was  especiallj'  popular  among 
the  agricultural  population,  which,  at  that  time,  exer- 
cised such  complete  control  over  legislation  in  this  State. 
Hence  the  liberality  in  the  provisions  of  the  legislative 
grant. 

Land  having  been  secured  and  proper  buildings  erected, 
the  Maryland  Agricultural  College  opened  her  doors  to 
students  on  October  5,  1859.  Then  began  the  career  of 
this  new  departure  in  educational  work.  Being  a  pioneer 
in  this  field  (for  only  one  other  agricultural  college — that 
of  Michigan — takes  precedence  over  the  Maryland  Col- 
lege in  point  of  age )  the  success  of  the  institution  was 
naturally  problematical.  But  every  circumstance  seemed 
to  point  to  a  successful  career.  Her  estate  was  ample  ; 
her  buildings  were  adequate  for  her  immediate  needs  ; 
she  was  under  the  fostering  care  of  a  liberal  legislature  ; 
her  directors  were  men  of  broad  mind  and  sterling  integ- 
rity ;  she  was  supported  by  a  wide  clientele  of  patriotic 
citizens ;  while  her  aims  and  aspirations  received  the 
sympathy  of  the  mo.st  influential  class  of  the  people  of 
the  State. 


II 


THE     PROPOSED     MECHANICAL     BUILDING. 


The  College  rejoiced  "as  the  young  giant  to  run  a 
race."  Her  loins  were  girded  up  for  victory.  Pros- 
perity smiled  upon  her ;  no  prophet  could  have  predicted 
aught  but  a  useful  and  successful  future.  But  it  was 
then,  when  all  the  present  was  secure  and  all  the  future 
.seemed  bright,  that  the  awful  storm  of  civil  war  burst 
over  this  fair  land.  We  shall  not  trace  the  vicissitudes 
of  that  dark  and  dreary  period.  But  when,  at  length, 
the  war-cloud  lifted,  and  the  light  of  peace  shone  over 
the  land,  it  .showed  the  College  crippled,  burdened  by 
debt,  the  fortunes  of  many  of  its  founders  wrecked  bj' 
the  tide  of  war,  and  the  great  agricultural  class  of 
Maryland,  upon  whom  it  had  depended  mainly  for  its 
sympathj'  and  support,  impoverished  and  weakened  in 
political  power. 

But  the  need  for  such  an  institution  in  this  State, 
ajiparent  to  the  people  before  the  ravages  of  war  had  left 
their  mark  upon  our  land,  was  now  so  urgent  that  again 
the  State  came  to  the  aid  of  the  struggling  school.  In 
iS66  the  Legislature,  in  return  for  a  half  interest  in  the 
estate  of  the  College,  and  on  condition  that  the  State 
should  enjoy  representation  on  the  Board  of  Tru.stees, 
appropriated  $45,000  for  the  u.se  of  the  College, 
such  sum  representing  approximately  the  value  of 
the  College  estate  at  the  time.  This  grant  having 
lieen  accepted  by  a  majority  of  the  stockholders,  the 
career  of  the  College  as  a  private  institution  was  ended  ; 
and,  instead  of  having  onh'  a  nominal  interest  in  th.e 
school,  the  State  came  to  be  the  main  factor  in  the 
development  of  its  destiny. 


Under  the  new  regime,  the  College  did  not  progress  as 
its  founders  had  hoped  and  expected.  The  Trustees 
having  failed  to  carry  out  the  main  idea  of  its  e.stablish- 
nient — the  maintenance  of  a  .school  for  instruction  in 
agriculture — the  Legislature  refused  to  make  the  annual 
appropriation  of  $6000,  which  the  College  had  hitherto 
enjoyed.  The  darkest  period  in  the  history  of  the  insti- 
tution followed  the  withdrawal  of  the  aid  of  the  State  ; 
and  it  was  not  until  the  )-ear  1888  that  interest  in  the 
school  began  to  revive. 

In  that  year  the  Congress  of  the  United  .States,  by  the 
so-called  Hatch  Act,  established  in  each  State  and  terri- 
tory of  the  Union  an  agricultural  experiment  station. 
That  of  Maryland  was  fixed  upon  the  estate  of  the  Mary- 
land Agricultural  College.  Two  years  later,  under  the 
provisions  of  the  second  Morrill  Act,  the  Congress  appro- 
priated $15,000,  this  sum  to  be  increased  by  $1000 
aiuuially  until  the  sum  of  $25,000  should  be  reached,  to 
provide  for  ' '  the  salaries  of  instructors  and  facilities  for 
instruction,"  in  each  of  the  agricultural  colleges  in  the 
I'nited  States.  ITnder  the  provisions  of  the  first  Morrill 
Act,  the  original  Land  Grant  Act,  by  which  the  various 
agricultural  colleges  of  the  different  States  had  been 
brought  into  existence,  the  ^laryland  College  had  been 
a  beneficiary  since  1862.  The  lands  donated  by  the 
Federal  Government  to  the  State,  had  been  sold  by  the 
State,  and  the  proceeds  of  the  .sales  had  been  invested  as 
a  permanent  fund,  the  income  from  which,  about  $5,760 
annually,  can  be  used  for  no  other  purpose  than  for  the 
support  of  the  Agricultural  College. 


13 


The  Maryland  College  has  enjoyed  these  liberal  pro- 
visions made  by  the  Congress  until  the  present  time  ; 
and  by  this  means  has  been  enabled  to  secure  the  ser\'ices 
of  a  staff  of  instructors  competent  to  take  charge  of 
many  times  the  number  of  students  for  which  the  State 
has  provided  accommodations.  On  its  part  the  State  has 
granted  an  annual  appropriation  of  $9000  to  provide 
for  the  general  expenses  of  carrying  on  the  college 
work. 

The  interposition  of  the  liberal  hand  of  the  Federal 
Government  began  a  new  career  for  the  College.  Since 
the  passage  of  the  .second  Morrill  Act  the  institution  has 
gone  .steadily  forward,  increasing  its  efficiency,  multi- 
plying the  number  of  students  receiving  the  benefit  of 
its  courses  of  instruction,  and  greatly  extending  the 
scope  of  its  influence  on  the  agricultural  development  of 
the  State. 

This  latter  growth  may  be  noted  by  a  mere  reference 
to  the  following  lines  of  work  in  which  the  College  is  the 
leading  factor.  Under  the  terms  of  the  Hatch  Act  above 
referred  to,  the  College  entered  into  a  mutually  beneficial 
cooperation  with  the  Experiment  vStation.  On  the  one 
hand,  the  College  profits  by  having  available,  for  pur- 
poses of  instruction,  the  various  experiments,  methods  of 
investigation  and  scientific  research,  carried  on  by  the 
Experiment  Station ;  on  the  other  hand,  the  latter,  by 
reason  of  similarity  of  aims  in  many  particulars,  is 
enabled  to  have  the  .services  of  certain  members  of  the 
College  Faculty ;  while  together  both  institutions  work 
for    the   dissemination    of  information   valuable    to   the 


great  agricultural  interests  of  the  State.  There  is  al.so 
a  verj'  great  benefit  to  these  interests  resulting  from  the 
establishment  of  the  State  Fertilizer  In.spection,  the 
Department  of  Farmers  Institutes  and  the  vState  Horti- 
cultural Department,  all  of  which  are  the  results  of  the 
effort  on  the  part  of  the  College  to  extend  its  usefulness 
within  the  sphere  of  its  allotted  work. 

But  the  influence  of  the  College  on  the  agricultural 
development  of  the  State  does  not  end  here.  Recent 
3'ears  have  witnessed  a  great  extension  of  its  scope  of 
usefulness  by  its  cooperation  with  the  State  Highway 
Commission  and  the  local  Road  Commissions,  under 
whose  management  the  roads  of  the  State  are  being 
gradually  but  surely  placed  on  a  better  basis.  All  of  these 
evident  efforts  on  the  part  of  the  College  to  make  felt  its 
influence  for  the  betterment  of  the  agricultural  interests 
of  the  State  have  not  been  made  by  it  unaided  by  any 
other  force.  On  the  contrary,  it  has  ever  been  the  aim 
of  the  College  to  recognize  and  cooperate  with  the 
various  agricultural  organizations  existing  throughout 
the  State,  and  to  further  in  every  way  possible  the  com- 
pleteness of  such  organization.  It  is,  indeed,  by  an 
intelligent  recognition,  on  the  part  of  such  organizations, 
of  the  usefulness  of  the  work  which  the  College  has  been 
trying  to  perform,  that  has  made  possible  the  above 
extensions  of  its  sphere  of  influence.  Upon  this  recog- 
nition, and  the  .sympathy  and  support  resulting  there- 
from, the  College  has  relied  in  the  past  and  will  continue 
to  rely  in  the  future.  And  there  should  be  required  no 
better  evidence  of   the  fact  that  the   College  has  been 


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M.^iiYLAND  AGWeytT'JRAL  rOLL&C L 


THE  ORIGINAL  PLAN  OF  THE  BARRACKS. 


doing  a  useful  work,  than  that  todaj^  it  has  the  almost 
unanimous  indorsement  of  the  agricultural  organizations 
of  the  State.  That  this  should  be  true  augurs  well  for 
the  future  career  of  the  College ;  and  we  think  that  it 
presages  still  greater  benefit  to  those  interests  upon  which 
so  largely  rests  the  prosperity  of  our  people. 

Resting  here  the  discussion  of  the  extension  of  the 
scope  of  the  College  work  in  the  line  of  the  practical 
application  of  scientific  principles  to  the  development  of 
the  agricultural  interests  of  the  State,  we  proceed  to  a 
consideration  of  the  question  of  the  development  of  the 
school  as  a  source  of  technical  instruction  in  agriculture 
and  the  mechanic  arts. 

We  have  seen  that  it  was  the  intention  of  the  founders 
of  this  College  to  establish  a  school  for  training  young 
men  in  scientific  agriculture  ;  that,  after  the  vState  had 
interposed  to  aid  the  College  in  its  recuperation  from  the 
vicissitudes  incident  to  civil  war,  such  idea  was  widely 
departed  from  by  the  existing  management  of  the  insti- 
tution ;  and  that  such  practice,  after  a  number  of  years, 
resulted  in  the  withdrawal  of  the  financial  support  of  the 
State.  When  the  Federal  Government  extended  its  aid 
to  agricultural  education  throughout  the  United  States, 
a  new  feature  was  established  in  the  work  of  colleges 
receiving  such  support.  Under  the  provisions  of  the 
Morrill  Act  of  1890,  such  schools  must  provide  for  tech- 
nical instruction  in  agriculture  and  the  meehanic  arts. 

This  period  marks  a  new  epoch  in  the  development  of 
the  Maryland  Agricultural  College.  From  this  time  it 
has  been  an  agricultural  and  tncchanical  school,  though 


the  original  name  has  not  been  changed  to  conform  to  the 
change  in  the  scope  of  its  work.  This  fact  should  not  be 
lost  sight  of  ;  for,  in  the  itUention  of  the  author  of  the 
Morrill  Act,  and  of  those  by  whose  support  it  became  a  law, 
this  additional  feature  was  deemed  of  equal  importance  to 
the  instruction  in  the  art  and  science  of  agriculture. 

In  conformity  with  the  spirit  of  the  above-mentioned  act, 
b}'  which  the  institution  receives  by  far  the  most  important 
part  of  its  financial  support,  the  College  at  once  began  to 
make  provision  for  the  additional  feature  of  the  work. 
But,  in  order  to  give  instruction  in  the  mechanic  arts, 
there  must  be  available  a  building  and  equipment  suffi- 
cient for  the  purpo.se.  This  the  College  could  not,  out  of 
any  fund  available,  provide  ;  for  the  State  appropriation, 
though  not  required  by  law  to  be  so  used,  was  necessar}' 
to  provide  for  the  twenty-six  scholarships  which  the  lib- 
erality of  the  Board  of  Trustees  bad  provided  for  the  benefit 
of  the  people  of  the  State  ;  for  books  and  tuition  free  to 
all  students,  and  for  repairs  and  insurance  on  the  buildings 
already  provided.  Moreover,  by  the  terms  of  the  grant, 
not  one  cent  of  the  federal  appropriations  might  be  di- 
verted to  the  procurement  of  any  permanent  plant  or 
building,  or  for  any  purpose  other  than  for  the  salaries  of 
instructors  and  facilities  for  instruction.  In  1894,  however, 
by  careful  husbandry  of  its  resources,  the  College  was 
enabled  to  use  enough  of  its  general  appropriation  to  erect 
a  building  and  to  purchase  a  partial  equipment  ;  and,  for 
the  time  being,  the  Department  of  Mechanical  Engineer- 
ing was  provided  for.  The  Maryland  Agricultural  Col- 
lege had  become  an  agriculturaland  mechanical  school. 


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It  might  be  well,  if  space  permitted,  to  show  here  that 
a  course  of  instruction,  such  as  that  intended  by  the 
author  of  the  Morrill  Act,  is  the  ideal  course,  viewed  as 
an  aid  to  the  agricultural  development  of  a  nation.  The 
comparativelj-  recent  introduction  to  this  country  of  the 
idea,  following  the  German  method,  of  training  the  hand 
while  educating  the  brain,  working  upward  from  the 
kindergarten  to  the  Manual  Training  School,  is  yet  a 
most  important  advance  over  old  methods  of  instruction. 
He  who,  while  acquiring  a  principle,  is  taught  the  prac- 
tical application  of  that  principal,  whether  it  be  of 
mathematics,  or  of  agriculture,  or  of  mechanics,  is  better 
equipped  for  his  life  work  than  is  he  whose  mind  is 
.stored  with  facts,  the  true  relation  and  value  of  which 
are  lost  to  him.  The  hand  occupies  such  an  important 
place  in  giving  expression  to  ideas  of  the  mind,  that  in 
an  age  of  specialization  as  is  this,  the  manual  training 
becomes  a  prime  necessity.  The  College  is,  therefore, 
not  only  acting  in  conformity  with  the  ideas  of  its 
founders,  but  it  has  also  caught  the  inspiration  of  the 
modern  idea  in  education. 

But  while  provision  was  being  made  for  the  establish- 
ment of  the  Mechanical  Engineering  Department,  the 
number  of  students  had  gone  on  increasing  from  year  to 
year,  until  the  old  main  building,  used  as  well  for  dormi- 
tory as  for  lecture  rooms,  proved  inadequate  to  the  needs 
of  the  institution.  The  Legislature  of  1898,  therefore, 
provided  a  sum  of  money  to  improve  the  sanitar}'  condi- 
tion of  the  old  building  and  to  provide  an  additional 
building  to  be  the  home  of  the  various  scientific  depart- 


ments. Morrill  Hall  it  was  named  in  honor  of  the  ven- 
erable .senator  from  Vermont,  who.se  name  is  indelibly 
written  in  connection  with  the  development  of  agricul- 
tural education  in  the  United  States.  In  1896  the 
Chemical  Department  had  erected  a  new  building  ade- 
quate for  its  purpo.ses,  the  funds  therefor  being  provided 
from  the  income  of  the  State  Fertilizer  Inspection.  This 
relief  of  the  crowded  quarters  of  the  College  was,  how- 
ever, only  temporary,  for  increasing  attendance  of  stu- 
dents made  the  demand  for  a  new  dormitory  building 
imperative.  The  College,  therefore,  went  before  the 
Legislature  of  1902,  a.sking  for  an  appropriation  to  enable 
it  to  receive  the  full  measure  of  the  liberal  support  which 
the  Federal  Government  has  always  granted. 

It  is  .scarcely  necessary  to  argue  the  justice  of  the 
demand  made  by  the  College.  It  is  preeminently  the  State 
College.  The  need  for  such  a  school  in  the  State  of  Mary- 
land, which  has  always  been  and  will  ever  be  an  agricul- 
tural State,  is  obvious.  The  important  agricultural  and 
horticultural  interests  of  the  State  demand  careful  atten- 
tion, and  require  the  application  of  .scientific  principles 
to  their  development.  The  College,  with  this  fact  in 
view,  aims  to  provide  for  the  practical  training  of  the 
youth  of  Maryland.  It  aims  to  1)e  the  logical  climax  to 
the  Public  School  system  of  the  State  in  so  far  as  that 
sy.stem  leads  to  scientific  ends.  The  College  does  not 
offer  a  high  course  in  belles-lettres.  Other  schools  there 
are  in  the  State  which  .seem  better  adapted  to  that  work  ; 
but  for  training  in  the  sciences,  in  agriculture,  and  in 
the  mechanic  arts,  it  aims  to  be  second  to  none  in  the  Union. 


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And  when  the  fact  is  considered  that  the  Federal 
Government  has  provided  funds  sufficiently  large  to 
provide  for  a  Faculty  capable  of  teaching  many  times 
the  number  of  students  for  which  the  State  has  provided 
buildings,  it  must  be  evident  to  every  thinking  per- 
son that  the  State  should  cooperate  to  the  extent  of 
putting  the  College  in  position  to  receive  the  full  benefit 
of  the  federal  grants.  Other  States,  and  especially  those 
of  the  great  West,  have  shown  a  keener  appreciation  of 
the  liberality  of  the  nation.  The  agricultural  colleges 
of  the  West,  by  the  fostering  care  and  patronage  of  the 
legislatures,  have  become,  in  almost  every  case,  the  key- 
stone of  the  educational  system  of  the  State.  When  we 
see  the  Legislature  of  Wisconsin  appropriating  $316,000 
in  one  year  for  the  proper  equipment  of  her  State  Col- 
lege, we  cannot  but  feel  that  Maryland  has  not  treated 
her  State  institution  fairly. 

But  now,  at  length,  it  seems  that  a  brighter  light  is 
breaking  over  the  horizon.  The  Legislature  of  1902  has 
provided  for  a  suitable  dormitory  building  and  for  an 
extension  of  the  Department  of  Mechanical  Engineering. 
This  means  more  students  and  more  effective  instruction. 
The  aid  given  to  the  Experiment  Station,  the  State  Horti- 
cultural Department,  and  to  the  Department  of  Farmers 


Institutes  will  extend  the  scope  of  their  influence,  and 
every  circumstance  points  to  a  long  stride  forward  in  the 
near  future. 

Tho.se  who  have  followed  the  College  through  the 
many  vicissitudes  that  have  marked  her  career  must  feel 
a  thrill  of  deep  pleasure  in  the  prospect  of  success  thus 
spread  before  her.  That  much  of  the  trouble  of  the  pa.st 
has  been  caused  by  a  failure  to  appreciate  the  true  worth 
of  the  institution,  bj'  those  whose  welfare  is  greatly 
dependent  upon  its  success,  is  undoubtedl}-  true ;  that 
the  cloud  of  misunderstanding  and  doubt  is  gradually 
dissolving  in  the  light  of  its  real  merits,  must  be  to  the 
friends  of  education,  and  especially  to  those  sturdy 
friends  of  the  College,  who  have  .stood  by  her  through 
adversity  and  defeat,  a  source  of  unfailing  gratification. 

These  have  ever  believed  in  the  success  of  the  College. 
Their  faith  in  the  triumphant  destiny  of  the  school  has 
never  wavered.  And  now  that  the  light  is  breaking, 
we  may  hope  that  the  dream  will  be  realized.  May 
the  forward  movement  never  be  checked.  May  the  old 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  stride  onward  and  upward 
until  .she  becomes  what  her  friends  have  always  wished 
to  .see  her — the  crowning  point  in  the  system  of  Public 
Instruction  in  the  State  ! 


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AN  EXPLANATION 


THE  EDITOR  of  Reveille,  in  outlining  his  plans  therefor,  thought  that  it  would  be  an 
excellent  idea  to  allow  each  class,  ( except  the  much  imposed  upon  Preps.,  who  need- 
less to  say,  did  not  furnish  theirs,  )  to  furnish  its  own  class  heading. 

But,  alas!     Human  frality  did  not  forsee  the  terrifying  effects  of  such  a  course,  as 

evinced  by  the  class  headings  following. 
The  Seniors  and  Juniors,  as  usual,  acted  with  great  discretion,  and  succeeded  in  securing  friends 
who  kindly  did  the  work  for  them,  and  did  it  excellently. 

The  "Sophs''  and  Freshmen,  however,  decided  to  allow  members  of  their  respective  classes  to 
do  their  headings.  Of  course,  such  an  opportunity  for  "kindly  offices''  so  often  rendered  be- 
tween the  two  distinguished  classes  could  not  be  lost,  and  they  proceeded  to  "do"  each  other  most 
beautifully. 

Rumors  of  each  other's  doings  filled  the  air,  and  finally,  when  the  sketches  were  handed  in,  the 
unoffending  editor  was  forced  to  push  his  bed  against  the  door,  and  figuratively  speaking,  sleep 
under  arms,  to  prevent  some  irrepressible  classman  of  nineteen  hundred  and  four  or  of  nineteen 
hundred  and  five  from  seizing  the  drawing  of  the  other  class. 

They  were  preserved  intact,  however,  and  appear,  in  toto,  an  exhibit  of  the  '  'there  is  a  friend 
dearer  than  a  brother, ' '  spirit  existing  between  the  two  learned  classes. 


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Class  of  1902. 

Colors : — Old  Rose  and  Royal  Purple. 

Motto: — Palma  Non  Sine  Pulvere. 

Yell .— Hickety  !  Rickety  !  Rah  !   Rah  !   Rhu  ! 
Hociini  !  Slocum  !  Nineteeii-two  ! 


Officers. 

John  Darby  Bowman,  Prciidcnt . 

Luther  Eugene  Mackall.   Secretary  and   Treasurer. 


Robert  Laurie  Mitchell,    Mcc-President. 
Arthur  Roscoe  Hirst,  Historian  and  Prophet. 


Class  Roll. 


John  Darby  Bowman,   Hyattstown,  Md. 
Samuel  Porter  Darby,  Sellman,  Md. 
Arthur  Roscoe  Hirst,  Cambridge,  Md. 
Luther  Eugene  Mackall,  Mackall,  Md. 
Thomas  Baddeley  Symons,  Easton,  Md. 


Joseph  Coudon,  Jr.,  Perryville,  Md. 
William  Samuel  Fendall,  Towson,  Md. 
Harry  Nelson  Lansdale,  Dama.scus,  Md. 
Robert  Laurie  Mitchell,  La  Plata,  Md. 
John  Irving  Wisner,  Baltimore,  Md. 


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JOHN   DARBY   BOWMAN,  Captain   Company  "B" ' Hyattstown. 

MECHANICAL   ENGINEERING. 

President  Class  of  '02,  '99-'02;  Manager  Baseball  team  '02;  Vice-President  June  Ball; 
Treasurer  Rossbourg  Club  ;  Vice-President  Athletic  Association  ;  Tennis  Champion  '01 ; 
Associate  Editor  "Reveille." 

"  Go  !  fair  example  of  untainted  youth, 
Of  modest  wisdom  and  pacific  truth. ' ' — Pope. 


Alias  "  Bow." — Born  on  Sugar- Loaf  Mountain,  and  has  never  lost  this  first 
accession  of  sweetness.  Has  always  been  noted  as  a  good  little 
boy,  receiving  a  book  of  poems  as  a  reward  for  good  behavior 
while  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town.  "He  is  tall  and  fair,  with 
curly  hair,"  and  wears  a  continual  smile  upon  his  face  which  is  not 
unlike  the  famed  expression  of  the  historical  Cheshire  cat,  but  this 
is  only  a  token  of  his  extremely  good  nature  and  sunny  disposition, 
which  have  made  him  the  most  popular  man  in  school. 

He  is  noted  for  love  of  home,  and  an  unconquerable  propensity 
to  pamper  the  inner  man.  A  great  frequenter  of  the  theatre,  where 
he  picks  up  love  speeches  to  try  upon  the  first  unsuspecting  young 
lady  he  meets. 

Perhaps  his  greatest  claim  to  fame  lies  in  the  fact  that  he  has 
never  been  on  the  sick  list  in  a  four- year's  course  at  M.  A.  C. 


22 


JOSEPH  COUDON,  JR.,  1st  Lieutenant  Company  "A" 

AGRICULTURAL. 


PerryviUe. 


Chairman  Invitation  Committee  Rossbourg  Club  and  June  Ball. 
Literary  Editor  "  Reveille." 

Then  he  will  talk.     Good  gods  !  how  he  will  talk. ' ' — Lee. 
"An  abridgement  of  all  that  is  pleasant  in  man. " — Goldsmith. 


The  subject  of  this  sketch  was  born  at  PerryviUe,  Md.,  on  the  banks  of  the 
Susquehanna,  the  ninth  of  September,  1880.  He  graduated  from 
Cecil  High  School  after  being  twice  suspended  for  disobeying  the 
most  stringent  mandate  of  the  school  authorities  forbidding  the 
boys  to  walk  with  the  fair  sex.  But  Joe,  like  Love,  "laughs  at 
locksmiths."  His  veracity  is  never  doubted,  but  on  account  of 
his  many  miraculous  adventures  many  of  the  boys  stand  much  in 
awe  of  him.  Joe's  chief  delights  are  to  plague  S.  P.,  his  room- 
mate, and  to  pay  extended  visits  to  "  God's  own  country,"  Southern 
Maryland. 


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SAMUEL  PORTER  DARBY,  Captain  Company  "A" Sellman. 


AGRICULTURAL. 


Treasurer  Athletic  Association;   Humorous  Editor  "Reveille, 
Morrill  Literary  Society. 


"  Vice-President 


The  world  knows  nothing  of  its  greatest  men. " — Taylor. 
Man  delights  not  me;  no,  nor  woman  either." — Shakespeare. 


Alias  "  S.  P."  or  "  Sporter." — Born  at  Barnesville,  Montgomery  County, 
Maryland,  on  the  sixteenth  day  of  April,  1881.  Attended  the  high 
schools  of  Washington  until  the  fall  of  '99.  when  he  entered  the 
Sophomore  class  at  this  College.  A  model  of  military  propriety 
and  a  worthy  successor  of  the  preceding  captains  of  Company  "A." 
Does  not  care  for  society,  but  appears  at  the  "hops"  in  the  most 
business-like  manner.  Has  been  known  to  leave  the  hall  in  the 
height  of  the  dance  to  study  German,  which  is  his  first  love  among 
the  languages. 

Has  never  been  known  to  commit  any  criminal  act  other  than  the 
procuring  of  a  pony  under  false  pretenses.  Some  suspicion  aroused 
by  his  holding  such  an  important  position  upon  the  Strategy  Board. 


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WILLIAM   SAMUEL  FENDALL,  2nd  Lieutenant  Company  "B" Towson. 


MECHANICAL   ENGINEERING. 


Assistant  Business  Manager  " Reveille ;  "  Tennis  Champion '00 ;   Manager  Tennis  Team,  '02. 


'  A  youth  was  there  of  quiet  ways, 
A  student  of  old  books  and  days." — Longfellow. 


Alias  "Billy." — Was  born  at  Towson,  Md.,  August  23rd,  1882.  Graduated 
from  the  public  schools  of  that  lovely  town,  and  entered  the  Freshman 
class  of  Maryland  Agricultural  College  September,  1898.  Here  we 
have  a  hard  student  and  a  popular  man ;  born  a  soldier,  but  never  a 
disciplinarian.  Is  known  as  the  swift  man  of  the  Senior  class,  and 
the  feminine  hearts  which  have  succumbed  to  his  fascinating  arts 
may  be  counted  by  the  score.  After  his  return  this  year,  having 
had  a  severe  attack  of  typhoid  fever,  he  threatened  to  wreck  the 
Commissary  department,  but  he  has  since  settled  down  to  only 
double  the  usual  allowance  of  food. 


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ARTHUR   ROSCOE    HIRST,  2nd  Lieutenant  Company  "A" 

PHYSICAL— SCIENTIFIC. 


Editor-in-Chief   of    "Reveille:"  Class  Prophet  and  Historian,    '02;  Secretary  and 
Treasurer    Morrill  Literary   Society;  Valedictorian,    '02;    Baseball  team,    '01-'02. 


Cambridge. 


"  Talent  alone  cannot  make  a  writer, 
There  must  be  a  man  behind  the  book. 


-Emerson. 


"  No  wher  so  busy  a  man  as  he  ther  was, 
And  yet  he  seemed  busier  than  he  was.  " — Chaucer. 


Commonly  known  as  "John  E."  Born  at  Elmont,  L.  I.,  on  the  thirty-first 
day  of  March,  1881.  At  the  tender  age  of  six  he  moved  to 
Cambridge,  Md.,  and  attended  the  public  schools  there,  graduating 
in  1898  with  honor.  Entered  the  Junior  class  of  Maryland  Agricul- 
tural College  in  the  fall  of  1900,  leading  that  class.  He  is  a  favorite 
with  all  and  a  hard  student,  yet  never  failing  to  have  a  good  time. 
The  length  and  number  of  the  scented  billet-deux  which  he  receives 
prove  his  ability  to  fascinate  the  unsuspecting  fair  sex. 

Mr.  Hirst  has  evinced  great  interest  in  literary  work  and  in 
baseball,  playing  both  years  on  the  team,  and  to  him  may  be  credited 
a  large  part  of  its  success.  Noted  as  a  "Jack  of  all  trades"  with 
the  usual  result. 


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HARRY  NELSON  LANSDALE,  1st  Lieutenant  Company  "C" 

CHEMICAL. 


Damascus. 


Business  Manager  "Reveille:"  Manager  Second  teams,  '01-'02 ;  Chairman  Floor  Committee 
June  Ball ;  Chairman  Floor  Committee  Rossbourg  Club  ;  Vice-President  New  Mercer  Literary 
Society. 

"  My  only  books  were  woman's  looks, 
And  folly  all  they've  taught  me-" — Moore. 

"  A  lion  among  ladies  is  a  most  dreadful  thing." — Midsummer  Night's  Dream. 


Alias  "Partridge." — Born  at  Damascus,  Montgomery  County,  Maryland, 
September  30th,  1879.  He  attended  public  school  at  Cold  Hill 
Academy,  but  has  never  since  been  frozen  out.  At  a  tender  age  he 
manifested  a  strong  antipathy  to  the  fair  sex  which  he  still  manfully 
labors  to  overcome.  He  is  always  found  present  at  gatherings  of 
social  kind,  usually  accompanied  by  one  of  the  sharers  of  our  fates. 
Has  been  known  to  traverse  the  road  to  Captain's  on  other  than 
official  business.  Cause  unknown.(?)  In  his  various  positions  of 
trust  he  has  acquitted  himself  most  creditably.  Mr.  Lansdale  is  also 
noted  for  his  ability  to  read  German,  never  making  less  than  a  ten. 


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LUTHER   EUGENE   MACKALL,  1st  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant Mackall. 

CLASSICAL. 

Manager '01  Football  team  ;    Vice-President  Rossbourg  Club  ;    Athletic  Editor  "Reveille;" 
Chairman  Refreshment  Committee  June  Ball;  Class  Historian  '98-' 01. 


' '  A  fiery  soul  which,  working  out  its  way, 
Fretted  the  pigmy  body  to  decay. 
And  o'er-informed  the  tenement  of  clay.  " — Dryden. 


Alias  "Rat." — Born  in  Calvert  County,  December  8th,  1882.  Graduated 
from  the  public  schools  there  and  entered  the  Freshman  class  of 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  in  the  fall  of  '98.  He  is  a  man  of 
great  possibilities,  and  has  already  refused  several  fine  pecuniary 
offers  from  circus  companies  to  appear  as  a  "Living  Skeleton." 
Impulsive  to  the  last  degree,  there  has  been  much  danger  of  losing 
him  from  the  class,  but  by  dint  of  much  persuasion  he  decided  not 
to  enter  the  Hymeneal  state  until  after  graduation. 

In  jockeying  he  is  a  veritable  Tod  Sloane,  having  ridden 
successfully,  as  well  as  prudently,  for  two  years,  to  the  extreme 
satisfaction  of  the  Chair  of  Classics. 


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ROBERT  LAURIE  MITCHELL,  Captain  Company  "  C  " La  Plata. 

CHEMICAL. 

President  Rossbourg  Club ;  President  New  Mercer  Literary  Society;  Associate  Editor 
"Reveille;  "  Salutatorian,  1902, 


' '  A  man  of  ready  smile  and  facile  tear, 
Improvised  hopes,  despairs  at  nod  and  beck, 
And  language — ah,  the  gift  of  eloquence  !  " — Browning. 


Alias  "Mitch."— Born  at  La  Plata,  Md.,  August  13,  1883.  Graduated  a 
Hanson  Hill  Academy,  and  entered  Maryland  Agricultural  College 
in  September,  1898.  Independent  in  the  extreme,  afraid  of  no  one, 
and  consistent  in  all  his  duties,  is  the  best  description  possible  of 
his  character.  Is  known  to  be  the  only  man  in  his  class,  except 
Wisner,  who  has  never  been  beguiled  into  falling  in  love  by  the 
alluring  ways  of  "  woman,  lovely  woman." 

Mr.  Mitchell  is  famed  as  an  orator,  and  has  been  known  to  bring 
tears  even  into  his  own  eyes  by  his  eloquence.  He  is  also  noted  as 
a  financier,  having  once  even  gotten  a  dime  from  Professor  Pond  for 
the  Junior  Hop.  His  natural  talent  for  law  will  undoubtedly  make 
for  him  a  high  place  in  that  profession. 


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THOMAS    BADDELEY  SYMONS,  Major  Cadet  Battalion Easton. 

SCIENTIFIC— BIOLOGICAL. 

President  Athletic  Association  ;   President  June  Ball  Organization  ;   President  Reception  Committee 
Rossbourg  Club  ;   President  Morrill  Literary  Society  ;   Editor  Rossbour^  Club,  "Reveille." 


"  A  huge  idolator  of  monosyllables.  " — Swift. 

Upon  what  meat  does  this,  our  Caesar,  feed, 
That  he  has  grown  so  great  F  ' ' — Shakespeare. 


Alias  "  Sy." — Easily  distinguished  as  the  finest  specimen  of  physical  man- 
hood in  College.  "  Sy  "  is  English  to  the  core  and,  therefore,  never 
fails  to  appreciate  a  good  joke.  Bugs  are  his  hobby  and  he  will 
never  tire  of  astonishing  one  with  words  of  infinite  length,  culled  from 
his  Entomological  vocabulary.  With  the  ladies  he  is  "Major  "  as 
well  as  with  his  battalion,  and  makes  with  them  an  infinite  number  of 
conquests.  "  Sy  "  can  often,  on  Sundays,  be  seen  wending  his  way 
to  town  in  quest  of  two  o'clock  dinners  with  "  his  own  bestest." 
"  And  that  is  a  picture  no  artist  can  paint." 

To  Major  Symons  belongs  much  of  the  credit  for  the  almost 
perfectly  drilled  cadet  battalion  of  this  year. 


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JOHN   IRVING   WISNER,  1st  Lieutenant  Company"  B" Baltimore. 

PHYSIC  AL— SCIENTIFIC . 

Chairman  Refreshment  Commintee  Rossbourg  Club;  Assistant  Business  Manager  "Reveille;" 
Chairman  Programme  Committee  Morrill  Literary  Society. 


'  For  he,  by  geometric  scale, 
Could  take  the  size  of  pots  of  ale  . 
And  wisely  tell  what  hour  o'  day 
The  clock  does  strike  by  Algebra. ' 


-Hudibras 


Alias  "Billy,"  also  "Ikey."  Born  at  Martinsburg,  West  Virginia,  but 
moved  to  Baltimore  while  still  in  kilts.  Attended  the  Baltimore 
public  schools  until  1896,  when  he  became  industrious  for  three 
years.  Entered  the  Sophomore  class,  Maryland  Agricultural  College, 
in  1899.  Wisner  was  never  known  to  hurry,  being  best  known  by 
the  cognomen  of  "  old  cow's  tail."  Is  a  slow  but  sure  thinker,  and 
bears  all  the  ear  marks  of  some  day  being  a  great  professor  of 
higher  mathematics.  Has  been  known  to  fall  from  virtue  on  one  or 
two  occasions  but,  fasted,  prayed  and  read  Scripture  all  day  Sunday 
in  expiation.  Has  a  tender  spot  in  his  heart  for  the  ladies,  but  it  has 
never  been  touched. 


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I. 

Ye  olden  heralds,  grim  and  grave, 
Blew  loudly  when  a  blast  they  made 
To  usher  in  a  knight  of  old, 
When  bent  on  some  great  action  bold. 


II. 


But  I,  a  simple  maiden,  blow. 
For  acts  of  peace  and  conflicts  slow ; 
The  past  and  future  of  Nineteen  Two, 
Whose  deeds  I  now  proclaim  to  you. 


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History  of  the  Cl&ss  of  Nineteen-Two. 


T  is  needless  to  recite  the  history  of  our  vari- 
ous trials  and  tribulations  since  we,  as  the 
class  of  1902,  entered  the  portals  of  Mar)-land 
Agricultural  College,  some  four  years  ago. 
Sufficient  is  to  saj-.that  as  Freshmen  we  re- 
ceived the  necessary,  or  more  than  necessary,  amount  of 
"fanning,"  usually  inflicted  upon  that  unsophisticated 
class  ;  and  that,  as  Sophomores,  we  endeavored,  without 
malice,  to  return  the  favor  in  kind.  In  the  Freshman  year 
we  numbered  thirty-four  members  ;  but  each  year  has 
served  only  to  decrease  our  number,  and  tonight  we  stand 
before  you  reduced  to  ten.  However,  we  have  done  re- 
markably well  since  the  beginning  of  the  Junior  year, 
losing  only  three  men,  one,  much  to  our  regret,  leaving 
in  his  Senior  year. 

Since  our  first  organization  we  have  stood  together  as 
a  class  with  a  solidarity  and  an  unanimity  of  aims  which 
has  been  the  keynote  of  our  collegiate  career.  No  trace 
of  dissen.sion  of  any  kind  has  been  present,  and  we  stand 
as  united  in  views  and  purposes  today  as  we  did  at  our 
first  class  meeting. 


The  class  has  taken  a  determined  stand  against  hazing 
and  we  think  we  can  say  that,  .second  only  to  our  hon- 
ored President  and  F'aculty,  do  we  deserve  the  credit  for 
the  reform  which  has  taken  place  along  this  line  during 
the  last  year. 

The  social  features  of  the  college  have  more  than  been 
kept  up  to  their  old  state  of  enjoyableness,  (if  we  may 
coin  a  word,)  while  under  our  charge;  and  never  have  the 
dances  been  more  select  and  more  pleasant  than  they  have 
been  this  last  season. 

In  athletics,  including  tennis,  we  have  furnished  many 
men  who  have  done  both  their  class  and  the  college  credit 
on  the  field  of  sport  :  and,  perhaps,  the  loss  of  one  of  our 
number  had  much  to  do  with  our  football  team's  lack  of 
success  during  the  past  season. 

The  class  has  also  adopted  a  school  pin  which  would 
do  credit  to  any  college,  and  which  is  a  vast  improvement 
on  anything  we  have  as  yet  had.  "The  Reveille"  too, 
has  received  a  .share  of  our  attention,  and  we  hope  that 
the  resumption  of  the  old  form  and  the  minor  changes 
which  we  have  made  will  meet  with  general  approval. 


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The  j^ear  of  1902,  such  an  eventful  one  to  us,  has 
passed,  it  seems  now,  as  swiftly  as  the  cloud  of  a  summer 
da\'.  In  vain  are  regrets!  Time  has  turned  once  more 
his  hour  glass  and  Fate,  in  its  remorseless  decree,  hassaid 
that  we  have  finished.  Classmates,  schoolmates,  teach- 
ers, all,  must  separate,  perhaps  never  again  to  meet  on 
this  side  of  the  bourne,  toward  which  all  of  us  are  wend- 
ing our  ways. 

But,  classmates,  as  we  part,  let  us  gird  ourselves  for 
the  impending  battle,  and  let  each  of  us  enter  it  with  a 
determination  to  conquer  in  the  strife.     May  we  all  make 


lasting  impressions  in  our  own  lines  of  work,  andmeetin 
the  great  beyond  to  attend  the  final  roll  call,  and  to  receive 
our  just  reward  for  dut}'  well  performed. 

L,et  us  trust  that  our  loved  Alma  Mater  will  ever  press 
upward  and  onward  until  she  shall  reach  the  position  due 
her  in  the  niche  of  fame,  side  by  side  with  the  great  uni- 
versities of  America  ;  and  may  she  ever  send  out  into  the 
world  classes  which  have  as  deep  an  appreciation  of  her 
services  and  as  great  a  desire  for  her  advancement  as  has 
the  class  of  1902, 

Historian. 


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THE  GIRL  or  NINETEEN  HUNDRED  AND  TWO. 


I  tune  my  lyre,  the  muse  attend, 

And  to  my  aid  her  efforts  lend; 
Inspire  my  pen  to  sweeter  strain 

Than  e'er  issued  from  mortal  brain. 
For  a  subject  now  consumes  my  time 

For  whom  the  most  impassioned  line; 
But  shadows  forth  the  charming  grace 

That  changeth  not  for  time  nor  place. 


Ill 

In  nature,  sweet  as  the  gentle  dove; 

Her  smile,  a  glimpse  of  Heaven  above. 
Her  teeth,  so  small  and  pearly  white. 

Shame  the  poor  sheet  on  which  I  write. 
Her  form,  the  perfection  of  airy  grace, 

As  'twould  have  to  be  to  match  her  face. 
In  her,  the  graces  all  unite. 

To  dance  with  her  is  rare  delight. 


II 
Born  in  the   purple,  sweet  as  the  rose. 

She  rules  the  world  where'er  she  goes. 
Her  beauty!     Words  can't  tell  the  tale! 

Immortal  poets  e'n  would  fail 
To  tell  one  half  the  charms  that  grace 

Her  blushing,  ever  changing  face. 
In  form,  now  large  and  now  petite 

But  never  aught  but  dear  and  sweet. 


IV 
To  complete  the  picture,  add  a  vim 

To  drive  a  man  to  any  sin; 
Or  to  live  anew  to  win  one  smile. 

From  lips  so  free  from  sin  or  guile. 
She  is  the  bulwark  of  our  might. 

The  champion  of  all  that's  right. 
Long  may  she  live  beloved  and  true, 

Is  the  wish  of  the  Class  of  Nineteen-two. 

—A.  R.  H. 


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Class  Prophecy,  Nineteen-Two. 


"A  Prophet  is  noi  without  honour,   save  in  his  own  eouiitiy.' 


NE  evening  in  early  June,  nineteen,  twenty- 
one,  I  was  sitting  in  the  greatest  ease  and 
comfort  in  my  office,  the  inevitable  cigar  in 
my  mouth,  and  with  my  feet  resting  com- 
fortably on  the  desk  before  me.  The  time 
being  so  near  that  of  my  graduation,  nineteen  j'ears  be- 
fore, my  thoughts  naturally  turned  to  old  Maryland  Agri- 
cultural College  ;  and,  half  asleep  and  half  awake,  I  was 
dreaming  of  old  times  and  the  many  merry  days  of  long 
ago  at  the  college.  Recollections,  some  almost  tragic,  but 
for  the  most  part  merry,  thronged  upon  me  ;  and,  as  I 
lived  anew  the  old  life,  one  by  one  the  old  faces  seemed  to 
pass  before  my  eyes,  filling  me  with  a  vain  desire  to  pass 
again  through  those  days  and  see  the  boys  as  they  used 
to  be. 

Suddenly  there  came  a  knock  at  my  door,  disturbing 
my  musings,  and  in  answer  to  my  inquiry:  "Who's  out?" 
there  entered  a  man,  bearing  all  the  awe-inspiring  ear 


marks  of  a  book  agent.  He  had  the  usual  affable,  oily 
demeanor  of  the  clan,  and  carried  his  propaganda  in  a 
huge  ca.se.  I  anticipated  him  by  saying:  "I  don't  care 
for  any  book  or  books  to-day.  I  have  an  Encyclopedia, 
a  'History  of  the  United  States  Empire,'  and  an  'Ever\' 
Man  His  Own  Physician,'  and  I  have  no  desire  to  hire 
any  storage  room  just  at  present." 

Of  course  this  had  no  more  effect  upon  him  than  did 
the  report  of  the  Schley  Court  of  Inquiry  have  on  the 
mind  of  the  American  public.  In  a  beautifully  worded 
speech  he  informed  me  that  he  was  selling  a  history  of  all 
the  men  composing  the  classes  which  had  graduated  from 
the  Maryland  Agricultural  College  since  the  century 
began.  Of  cour.se,  my  interest  being  aroused,  I  ordered 
a  copy. 

After  waiting  the  usual  long  period  between  the  time 
of  ordering  and  of  receiving  subscription  books,  my  copy 
did  finally  arive.     With  what  impatience  did  I  await  the 


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opening  of  the  case,  and  how  eagerly  I  turned  the  pages 
to  find  the  histories  of  my  old  classmates!     Ah!  here  it  is 
in  large  sized  type,  as  the  subject  deserves: — 
"The  History  of  the  Class  of  Nineteen  Hundred 
AND  Two,  Since  Its  Graduation." 

Arranged  alphabetically,  I  read  the  following  entries  : 

John  Darby  Bowman,  Mechanical. 

Soon  after  graduation  Mr.  Bowman  returned  to  Mary- 
land Agricultural  College  as  the  head  of  the  Department 
of  Mechanical  Engineering,  made  vacant  by  the  resigna- 
tion of  Professor  Mitchell,  '98,  to  accept  a  position  at 
Cornell  Universitj'. 

In  nineteen  hundred  and  three  he  married  the  noted 
belle,  Miss  Blank,  of  Washington. 

Professor  Bowman  is  noted  for  his  always  smiling  de- 
meanor and  an  unfailing  good  nature,  having  even  been 
known  to  meet  the  Sophomore  class  in  "Applied  Mechan- 
ics" without  losing  his  temper. 

He  employs  two  French  chefs  in  his  immense  establish- 
ment, and  has  gotten  out  of  the  habit  acquired  while  a 
student  of  making  a  daily  kick  on  the  menu. 

ITnder  his  care  the  mechanical  department  has  more 
than  kept  pace  with  improvements  in  the  other  depart- 
ments of  the  college,  and  is  today  sending  out  j'early 
dozens  of  graduates  who  easily  obtain  the  best  positions. 

Joseph  Condon,  Jr.,  Agricultural. 

Became  a  farmer  on  a  large  scale  on  leaving  college,  and 
now  owns  one  of  the  largest  stock  and  wheat  farms  in  the 
East.  Mr.  Coudon  was  nearl)'  ruined  bj-  numerous  breach 
of  promise  suits  in  the  five  years  following  his  graduation; 


but  in  nineteen  hundred  and  six  he  finally  married  and 
has  .since,  by  compulsion,  settled  down. 

The  Pennsylvania  Railroad  runs  a  special  mail  to  Cou- 
dontown,  Cecil  Count)',  Maryland,  to  accommodate  his 
immense  correspondence  from  people  seeking  advice  in 
love  affairs. 

During  his  leisure  hours  he  writes  fairy  tales  ;  first  for 
the  edification  of  his  children,  and  afterwards  in  respon.se 
to  a  universal  demand  for  publication.  These  have  an  im- 
mense sale,  and  Mr.  Coudon  is  known  as  "The  Grim  of 
America."  Among  these  "The  Hyatt.sville  Nights;" 
"Girls  Who  Have  Loved  Me,"  and  "I'm  Giving  It  To 
You  Straight,"  are  the  most  read.  The  proceeds  of  their 
sale  Mr.  Coudon  has  generously  donated  for  the  support 
of  the  Coudontown  Free  Library. 

S.  Porter  Darby,  Agricultural. 

He  too,  became  a  farmer  on  a  large  .scale,  settling  in 
"Old  Montgomery."  Has  never  married,  as  he  says  it 
was  easier  to  keep  Companj'  "A"  in  order  than  it  would  be 
to  manage  one  woman.  He  keeps  "Liberty  Hall"  on  a 
large  scale,  and  some  exciting  tales  of  the  jolly  times  there 
are  extant  in  his  county.  His  fine  figure  and  military 
bearing  are  so  fascinating  to  the  fair  sex,  that  he  has  been 
forced  to  build  a  six  foot  wall  around  his  demesne  to  de- 
fend himself  from  their  importunities.  Rumors  of  his 
final  capture  are  now  current,  but  his  friends  hope  for  the 
best. 

The  time  Mr.  Darbj'  can  spare  from  his  ponies  he  spends 
in  writing  for  "The  Montgomerj-  Egg  Producer"  and 
"Rockville  Hayseed."     His  most  noted  works  are  "How 


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to  be  a  Successful  Farmer  Without  Labor,"  "German 
Without  a  Pony,"  and  "M3'  Experiences  on  the  Strategy 
Board." 

William  S.  Kendall,  Mechanical. 

Entered  the  drafting  department  of  the  Bureau  of  Naval 


Construction  of  the  United  States  in  the  fall  of  nineteen 
hundred  and  two,  and  has  since  become  head  of  his  de- 
partment, as  well  as  of  an  interesting  family.  He  is  noted 
for  his  proficiency  in  mathematics;  and,  for  recreation, 
has  written  "A  Discussion  of  my  Limits  in  Integral  Cal- 
calus.''  He  is  champion  tennis  player  of  America,  and 
is  especially  fond  of  high  balls  and  low  twisters.  Has 
been  proposed  (nineteen  hundred  and  twenty)  as  Secre- 
tary of  the  Navy,  but  the  appointment  has  not  yet  been 
made.  His  natural  antipathy  for  water  maj'  lead  him  to 
refuse  the  honor. 

Mr.  Fendall  designed,  by  himself,  all  the  parts  of  the 
great  battleship,  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  which 
has  revolutionized  naval  construction.  There  seems  to 
be  no  limit  to  his  powers,  and  his  friends  confidently  ex- 
pect him  to  become  a  second  Roosevelt. 

Arthur  Roscoe  Hirst,  Physical  Scientific. 

Could  not  tear  him.self  away  from  the  garden  spot  of 
the  world  for  some  time  after  graduation. 

Finally  however,  he  went  aboard  to  .study  mathematics 
and  physics  at  Leipzig.  Remained  there  some  time,  and 
while  there  "buncoed"  a  lovely  young  hieress  from 
America  into  marrying  him.  He  obtained  a  Ph.  D.  in 
Physics,  and  has  been  for  several  years  Professor  of 
Physics  at  Columbia  Universit}'. 

Owns  a  large  wholesale  tobacco  store  in  New  York 
City;  but  it  has  never  declared  a  dividend,  since  the  pro- 
prietor uses  so  much  of  its  stock  of  trade.  His  friends 
fear  he  will  be  as  unfortunate  as  Grant,  but  his  wife  haS 
so  much  of  his  heart  that  there  .seems  to  be  no  danger. 


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Dr.  Hirst  writes  when  he  is  not  sleeping,  and  some- 
times writes  as  if  he  were  asleep.  Is  dramatic  editor  of 
"The  Broadway  Magazine,"  and  is  verj-  fond  of  chorus 
girls.  His  books  "Some  Ca.ses  I  Have  Had,"  "The 
Curve  of  Sheer  Nonsense"  and  "The  Carrying  Capacity 
of  Man"  have  been  printed. 

As  a  member  of  Tammany  Hall  hea.'^sists  Mr.  Mitchell 
in  his  crusade  against  the  saloon. 

During  his  spare  time  he  endeavors' with  great  success 
to  teach  a  minature  Hirst  some  of  the  rudiments  of  base- 
ball. 

Harry  Nelson  Lansdale,  Chemical. 

Succeeded  Dr.  Remsen  as  Profes.sor  of  Chemistry  at 
Hopkins  in  nineteen  hundred  and  ten,  after  successfully 
holding  professorships  in  minor  colleges.  He  is  noted 
for  an  unusually  affable  manner  which  makes  him  ex- 
tremely popular  with  the  boys;  and  for  the  number  of 
"cases"  through  which  he  has  successfully  passed.  Was 
finally  captured  in  nineteen  hundred  and  five  by  a  charm- 
ing young  ladj'  who  graces  his  palatial  home  on  North 
Charles  Street,  Baltimore.  Dr.  Lansdale  is  a  great  pat- 
ron of  the  drama  and  owns  several  theatres,  since  he  finds 
that  the  cheapest  waj-  to  pay  his  ticket  bills.  Is  the 
author  of  several  exhaustive  works  on  Chemistrj-,  includ- 
ing "How  to  Make  Theory  and  Practice  Agree  in  Chem- 
ical Experiments."  "The  Minimizing  of  Errors,"  and 
several  standard  text  books. 

He  is  a  noted  society  man,  and  spends  much  of  his  time 
in  New  York,  where  he  has  succeeded  the  great  Harry 
Lehr  in  the  management  of  society  functions.     "Lans- 


dale on  Etiquette"  and  "Lansdale  on  How  to  Disembark 
From  Street  Cars"  are  widely  read. 

Luther  Eugene  Mackall,  Classical. 

Married  as  soon  as  he  left  college,  and  soon  after  at- 
tended Maryland  ITuiversity  Law  School,  from  which  he 
graduated,  nineteen  hundred  and  four.  Has  a  large 
practice  in  Baltimore  where  he  put  out  his  shingle  upon 
receiving  his  degree.  He  is  especially  sought  after  to 
conduct  breach  of  promise  suits  and  divorce  ca.ses,  in  the 
successful  conduct  of  which  he  has  gained  an  interna- 
tional reputation. 

As  an  auxiliary,  he  owns  an  immense  livery  stable, 
which  is  noted  for  sheltering  the  finest  horses  and  ponies 
and  equipages  in  the  city. 

It  is  his  chief  recreation  to  take  an  evening  drive  with 
his  family  on  some  of  the  fine  boulevards  of  Druid  Hill 
Park,  where  his  masterly  driving  of  his  four  horses, 
Horace,  Livy,  Lacitus  and  Juvenal,  excites  much  favor- 
able comment.  Hon.  Mr.  Mackall  also  derives  a  large 
income  by  his  lectures  at  the  various  ITniversities.  His 
best  known  efforts  in  this  direction  are  "How  to  Mini- 
mize Brain  Effort"  and  "Why  a  College  Man  Should 
Love." 

Robert  Laurie  Mitchell,  Chemical. 

Graduated  from  Vale  Law  School  with  high  honors  in 
nineteen  hundred  and  five.  Is  now  a  lawyer  of  large 
practice  in  New  York  City,  where  his  office  is  beseiged 
with  a  ceaseless  flow  of  clients.  Judge  Mitchell,  (for  he 
has  risen  to  that  distinction, )  has  won  manj^  cases  now 


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famous  in  law  annals,  by  his  eloquence  and  combative 
powers. 

He  married  earl}-  in  life  and  says  he  has  never  regretted 
the  step.  As  captain  of  Company  "C"  Seventy-first  New 
York  Volunteers,  he  is  vastly  popular  with  his  men  who 
admire  grit,  as  do  all  Americans. 

All  the  spare  time  left  to  him  after  the  demands  of  his 
practice  are  met,  he  devotes  to  the  study  of  higher 
physics,  which  is  his  hobby  now  as  at  Maryland  Agricul- 
tural College.  His  work,  "The  Delight  of  Physical 
Science."  with  an  introduction  by  Professor  Lanahan, 
made  an  immense  hit.  Mr.  Mitchell  is  a  prominent 
Tammany  leader,  and  has  won  great  commendation  by 
his  energetic  crusade  against  the  saloon  outrage,  in  which 
he  has  eclipsed  even  the  famous  Dr.   Parkhurst. 

Thomas  Baddeley  Symons,  Biological — Scientific. 

Soon  after  graduation  accepted  a  position  at  Cornell, 
where  he  has  since  risen  to  be  the  head  of  the  Entomological 
Department  and  State  Entomologist  of  New  York.  Pro- 
fessor Symons  has  a  slight  impediment  in  his  speech,  due 
to  using  too  many  pollysyllabic  words  in  his  youth.  His 
home  is  presided  over  by  a  lovely  Englishwoman,  whom 
he  won  while  she  was  on  an  American  tour. 

Mr.  Symons  is  the  beau  ideal  of  a  military  man,  and  is 
Colonel  of  the  Two  Hundred  and  Fiftieth  New  York 
Regiment.  Colonel  Symons  is  also  a  writer  of  great 
prominence,  both  in  the  scientific  papers  and  as  the  author 
of  several  books.  His  works,  "Some  Bugs  I  Have 
Known"  and  "A  Journey  Into  the  Unpronouncable," 
are  justly  famous.     Indeed,  so  great  have  been  their  suc- 


cess, that  he  is  thinking  of  retiring  soon  and  devoting 
himself  solely  to  letters.  His  fame  as  a  dancer  is  well  up- 
held b}-  his  children,  who  are  prominent  in  the  social  life 
of  Ithaca. 

John  Irving  Wisner,   Physical — Scientific. 

Became  interested  in  railroad  engineering  upon  gradu- 
ation, and  by  perseverance  and  engineering  talent  has 
risen  to  be  chief  engineer  of  the  great  Morgan  System  of 
railroads. 

He  has  never  married,  but  still  enjoys  life  greatly  as  a 
member  of  the  S.  P.  Darby  Bachelor's  Club.  He  is  also 
a  fencer  of  no  mean  ability,  and  has  been  known  to  foil 
many  feminine  intentions. 

Mr.  Wisner  is  head  of  the  "Society  for  the  Relief  of  the 
Maryland  Agricultural  College  Students  Financially  Em- 
barassed,"  which  has  been  known  to  render  aid  to  the 
whole  student  body  during  the  weeks  following  Christmas. 

Mr.  Wisner  also  is  the  chairman  of  the  Republican 
State  Central  Committee,  and  it  is  mainly  due  to  his 
efforts  that  the  party  still  lives  in  Maryland. 

Like  most  of  the  cla.ss  he  has  literary  tendencies  which 
have  for  the  mo.st  part  been  exhibited  in  the  form  of 
fiction.  His  "Some  Sports  at  Maryland  Agricultural 
College,"  "The  Fast  Set,"  "He  Fell  in  Love' With  His 
Grand-daughter,"  are  among  the  best  sellers  of  the  day. 

Here  ended  the  entries. 

You  can  only  half  imagine  the  joy  I  felt  in  reading  of 
the  triumphs  and  fame  of  all  of  my  classmates,  and  as  I 
saw  that  all  of  our  most  sanguine  dreams  were  more  than 
realized,  I  could  not  refrain  from  once  more  waving  my 
old  cane  above  my  head  and  giving  the  well  loved  class  yell: 

Hickety!  Rickety!  Rah!  Rah!Rhu! 
Hocum!  Slocum!  Nineteen  Two! 


July  I,  1921. 


Prophet. 


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PARTING  ODE  TO  CLASS  OF  1902. 

Air:     "AULD  LANG  SYNE." 

I.  II. 

Four  fleeting  years  of  happy  life  For  us  no  more  the  whispering  oaks 

Close  o'er  us  here  to-day.  Shall  wave  above  the  throng, 

And  from  this  marge  their  freighted  cnarge  That  long  delayed  l)eneath  their  shade 

Is  floating  fast  away;  To  join  the  swelling  song. — 

True  friends  and  tried,  we,  side  by  side.  The  old,  old  Ijugle  ne'er  shall  tell 

To  this  last  hour  have  come,  Of  anj-  student  care. 

When  we  must  part  with  saddened  heart.  Nor  one  old  hall  shall  e'er  recall 

From  our  old  College  Home.  The  steps  that  echoed  there. 

in.  IV. 

Ah!  sweet  the  hours  when  we  shall  turn  Farewell — though  change  shall  mark  our  path. 

To  these  last  parting  tears.  And  gray  become  each  brow; 

And  sweet  the  times  when  memory's  chimes  Though  bitter  care  may  be  the  share 

Ring  from  this  aisle  of  years, —  Of  those  we're  leaving  now. 

When  we  shall  trace  each  friendly  face  Vet  while  the  tide  of  life  shall  glide, 

Set  in  the  golden  past.  And  till  its  course  is  through, 

And  thoughts  shall  rise  of  tenderest  ties,  Each  heart  shall  find  its  love  enshrined 

That  bound  us  firm  and  fast.  In  M.  A.  C.  and  Nineteen  Two. 

JUNIOR  ODE  CLASS  OF  1902. 

Tune:     "MARYLAND,  MY  MARYLAND." 

I  CiioRis: 

I'pon  the  patli  of  knowledge  steep  O  Class  of  Nineteen  Hundred  Two! 

The  junior  Class  li;is  nianhed  along;  With  valient  niemljers  twelve  and  one. 

The  ohstncles  lieneatli  their  feet  The  M.  A.  C.  expects  from  you 

Have  all  been  crushed  liy  courage  strong.  The  highest  duties  to  be  done. 

II. 
With  lamps  of  wisdom  Ijurning  liright 

Tlie  Junior  Class  has  come  at  last. 
To  reach  the  dignity  to-night 
With  noble  Seniors  to  lie  classed. 

Chorus: — 

in. 
The  path  of  knowledge  still  before, 

The  lamp  of  wisdom  shall  make  bright, 
Until  the  journey  shall  be  o'er 

And  all  the  darkness  turned  to  light. 

Chori's — 
—H.  K.  Bradford. 

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Progress  in  Horticultural  Education. 


T 


O  discover  facts,  to  draw  conclusions  from  data 
collected,  in  a  manner  that  will  evince  our 
intimac\-  with  Nature's  processes,  is  the  goal 
of  every  progressive  horticulturist.  The 
rule  of  thumb  methods,  the  imperious  rul- 
ings of  a  narrow  and  self-inflated  tradition,  are  not 
methods  calculated  to  mark  a  man  as  either  progressive 
or  competent  in  any  profession.  These  times  call  for  a 
reverence  for  the  past  as  containing  sacred  memories  and 
grievous  mistakes.  The  former  should  keep  us  true  to 
ourselves,  and  the  latter  be  guide  posts  to  direct  our  future 
progress.  In  this  future — near  at  hand — is  an  awaken- 
ing, portentous  in  the  extreme,  in  all  matters  bearing 
upon  horticulture  and  its  kindred  professions.  There  are 
men  who.se  whole  time  is  employed  in  yearning  for  the 
days  of  yore;  who  can  see  nothing  substantial  in  their 
day  and  generation.  Such  beings  are  clogs  upon  the 
wheels  of  progress;  they  are  tied  to  the  past,  and  hence 
dead  to  the  future.  They  are  unable  to  see  aught  of 
worth  in  the  present,  and  the  future  is  teeming  with  eter- 
nal ruin  for  man  and  all  of  his  systems  built  upon  the  ac- 
cumulated wisdom  of  the  age.  These  men  are  not  built 
after  the  type  of  Whitney,  Fulton,  Field,  Cooper,  Gray, 


Darwin,  Agassiz,  Bailey,  Kerr,  Emory,  Harris,  Harrison, 
Hale,  Morrill  and  a  host  of  others,  the  roots  of  whose 
lives  reach  deep  down  into  the  past  and  partake  of  the 
fertilizing  power  of  its  wisdom,  in  order  that  the  blossom- 
ing of  their  present  lives  may  promise  a  fruitage  rich  and 
rare  to  their  posterity. 

These  are  the  men  who  with  one  accord  join  in  the 
acclaim: — 

"We  are  marching,  we  are  living. 
In  a  grand  and  awful  time  : 
In  an  age  on  ages  telling, — 
To  Ije  living  is  sublime." 

These  lines  are  applicable  to  horticultural  education. 
Never  perhaps,  in  the  history  of  the  world,  have  so  many 
problems  presented  themselves  for  consideration  as  horti- 
culturists have  before  them  today.  Plant  breeding,  and 
the  working  out  of  the  many  problems  which  it  presents; 
the  philosoph}'  of  variation,  whether  the  phenomena 
observed  are  accidental,  or  are  built  upon  a  great  under- 
lying principle  as  inviolate  in  its  action  as  the  laws  of 
gravity,  are  some  of  the  problems  inviting  attention.  The 
latter  conclusion  seems  inevitable  in  view  of  the  fact  every- 


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where  obsen-ed,  that  in  every  living  thing  or  being  an 
individiiaHty  marks  its  existence.  This  individuality  rests 
upon  the  unshaken  fact  of  the  power  of  adaptability  to 
environment,  and  this  environment  is  man's  handiwork. 
Do  not  understand  that  it  is  conceived  bj-  this  statement 
that  in  this  adaptability  characteristics  are  not  changed. 
Every  characteristic,  desirable  or  undesirable,  rests  upon 
the  resultant  force  of  favoring  or  unfavoring  causes. 
Man's  power  to  direct  these  is  self  confessed. 

Major  John  Adlum's  name  is  a  household  word  to  hor- 
ticulturists. His  close  study  of  our  native  American 
grapes;  his  keenly  trained  mind  and  eye,  analyzing  exist- 
ing conditions,  reduced  the  power  of  unfavorable  forces 
and  emphasized  by  his  masterful  control,  favorable  condi- 
tions, until  he  had  a  product  to  pre,sent  to  the  American 
people,  in  the  great  "Catawba"  grape,  which  Bailey 
claims  leads  all  successful  northern  varieties  in  its  wine 
making  qualities.  To  men  of  the  Adlum  kind  we  trace 
all  progress.  Men  with  one  idea,  men  with  lives  concen- 
trated to  a  single  purpo.se,  and  anchored  to  it  with  the 
chain  of  an  invincible  purpose  which  no  vicissitude  can 
weaken  and  no  obstacle  break.  His  faith  in  his  founda- 
tion principle,  that  successful  grape  culture  must  rest 
upon  our  native  stock,  was  the  one  idea  that  animated 
his  life,  and  led  to  a  final  recognition  of  the  truth  in  the 
minds  of  all  grape  culturists.  Like  every  other  funda- 
mental principle,  it  did  not  rest  with  this  one  product. 
Upon  the  same  lines  and  out  of  the  same  conditions, 
Ephraim  W.  Bull  gave  to  the  world  that  wonderful  vari- 
ety which  is  still  so  largely  cultivated  and  known  as  the 


"Concord."  Commercially,  it  stands  "primus  inter 
pares."  Numerous  other  instances,  such  as  the  "Wor- 
den"  and  "Moore's  Early"  may  be  taken  as  striking  evi- 
dences of  finding  a  principle  and  following  it  in  its  adjust- 
ment to  surrounding  conditions,  noting  carefully  the  re- 
sulting evolutions.  I  know  of  no  other  instance  in  which 
modern  horticulture  can  find  evidence  of  progress  more 
strongh'  emphasized  than  is  to  be  found  in  the  care  and 
culture  of  this  fruit.  The  same  reward  must  have  at- 
tended every  patient  investigator  in  everj'  other  line  of 
horticultural  development. 

The  centur)'  just  closed  is  full  of  victories.  The  edu- 
cational features  were  of  a  trying  character.  The  inves- 
tigators blazed  the  way  to  their  ends.  Through  many 
failures  and  much  tribulation  they  reached  the  goals  they 
.sought.  Out  of  an  abundance  of  thought  an  ideal  was 
born,  and  patient  work  produced  its  material  counterpart. 
In  this  opening  of  the  Twentieth  Centur}-,  how  different 
the  conditions.  We  face  the  future;  it  contains  full  hope 
and  most  favorable  promises.  In  every  State  of  our 
llnion,  trained  and  eager  men  stand  at  their  laboratory 
tables  and  in  the  fields,  conversant  with  all  the  past  con- 
tains, and  collecting  all  that  the  present  gives  birth  to, 
ready  to  announce  to  a  listening  multitude  the  solutions 
of  the  problems  which  must  come  as  the  result  of  such 
well  directed  effort.  The  one  imminent  danger  is  the  im- 
patience of  a  restless  American  public.  "Rome  was  not 
built  in  a  day,"  nor  can  the  solutions  of  problems  which 
affect  the  lives  of  those  engaged  in  agriculture  in  its 
broadest  or  highlj-  specialized  sense,  be  expected  in  a  few 


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months  or  years.  Nature  is  an  imperious,  j^et  trutliful 
mistress.  Her  answer  to  queries  when  properly  placed 
are  given  in  her  own  good  time,  unerringly  answered. 
The  responsibility  for  their  proper  translation,  rests  upon 
tho.se  who  attend  her  ways.  These  attendants  look  to 
practical  men  in  the  field  to  make  provision  for  their  best 
work.     How  can  this  be  done? 

First,  from  a  full  realization  that  the  work  in  which 
they  are  engaged  requires  a  storehouse  of  knowledge,  as 
complex  as  that  which  must  be  possessed  by  a  successful 
man  engaged  in  any  of  the  so-called  "learned"  pro- 
fessions. This  is  a  truism  not  realized  by  many.  It  is 
the  sheet  anchor  of  our  hopes,  and  the  touchstone  of  every 
pronounced  success.  Progress  in  any  of  the  vocations 
of  man  is  generally'  born  of  a  necessity  strongly  realized. 
In  the  business  world,  this  is  the  lever  that  has  raised  the 
extraordinary  activity  which  we  witness  on  the  great 
plane  of  human  endeavor.  Agriculture  in  its  widest 
sense,  as  well  as  in  its  highly  specialized  departments,  is 
beginning  to  feel  this  necessity.  Everywhere — in  the 
orchard,  in  the  garden,  the  green  hou.se  and  the  fields — 
men  are  turning  their  attention  to  the  solution  of  the 
problems  which  confront  them.  Tradition,  the  method 
of  thumb  and  mere  mechanical  proce.sses,  are  giving  place 
to  the  more  rational  conception  that  man's  dominion  over 
matter  and  force,  is  dependent  upon  a  trained  head. 

With  a  few  exceptions,  the  birth  of  this  thought  can 
be  placed  at  about  the  year  1888,  when  our  experiment 
stations  were  born.  It  was  still  further  emphasized  in 
1890,  when  the  Second  Morrill  Act  came  into  existance. 


The.se  two  agencies  mark  the  nativitj'  of  progress  in  agri- 
cultural and  horticultural  education.  The  march  of  this 
progress  is  shown  Isy  the  evident  appreciation  of  the  efforts 
made  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture  in  Washington, 
and  the  still  more  pronounced  support  in  many  States, 
of  the  institutions  devoting  their  energies  to  the  exten- 
sion of  the  idea  that  training  is  necessary  to  equip  a  man 
for  horticultural  or  agricultural  work.  Men  of  rural  com- 
munities are  realizing  that  the  curriculm  of  our  public 
.schools  must  be  changed  in  order  that  thosewho.se  educa- 
tional possibilities  are  limited  to  a  public  school  cour.se, 
may  have  at  least  an  insight  into  the  great  fundamental 
principles  which  underlie  their  future  work. 

Our  short  winter  courses  and  nature  study  leaflets  came 
into  existence  to  supply  a  demand  from  those  who  now 
realize  that  their  public  school  courses  failed  to  direct 
their  attention  to  the  elements  necessary  to  success  in 
modern  horticulture.  It  needs  only  a  little  time  for  the 
cultivation  of  a  public  sentiment,  which  which  will  rem- 
edy this  evil  from  the  standpoint  of  the  public  schools. 
It  is  not  to  be  understood  that  it  is  claimed  that  the  short 
courses  are  equal  to  the  task  of  giving  a  man  that  train- 
ing of  either  head  or  hand,  which  will  equip  him  for  the 
work  in  hand. 

Our  progressive  horticulturists  see  the  dawning  of  a 
brighter  day,  and  some  of  the  more  progressive  ones  are 
even  now  living  in  the  morning  of  that  day,  and  are  reap- 
ing the  fruits  of  its  blessings.  The  evolution  of  all  pro- 
fessions takes  place  along  identically  the  same  lines. 
First,  a  literature  is  evolved;  secondly,   the  reduction  of 


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this  to  a  pedagogic  forin;  and  thirdly,  the  training  of  men 
to  apply  this  form  to  the  practical  affairs  of  the  class 
rooms  and  fields.  The  first  condition  is  supplied.  A  lit- 
erature ricli  in  data  and  conclusion  is  at  hand.  From  the 
Department  in  Washington,  from  the  colleges  and  exper- 
iment stations  of  the  Union,  and  from  the  fields  of  the 
country,  a  literature  wealthy  in  data  and  recorded  results, 
is  our  heritage.  This  is  the  strongest  evidence  of  progress 
in  horticultural  education.  The  progress  of  reduction  to 
a  pedagogic  form  has  not  been  as  rapid  as  the  average 


American  wishes.     The  American  type  of  life  wants  re- 
sults right  now;  impatience  is  our  one  besetting  sin. 

The  same  may  be  said  of  the  third  step  in  this  evolu- 
tion. It  is  gratifying,  however,  to  realize  that  there  is 
a  leaven  of  con.servatism  in  American  life,  which  finally 
works  it  way  through  the  mass  of  hasty,  sensational  and 
ephemeral  progress,  and  gives  us  a  final  result  which 
connuands  the  respect,  admiration  and  acceptance  of  the 
civili/.ed  world. 

February,  1902.  R.    W.   Silvester. 


H$$i$$^$$i$$i$i$&. 


£*;''•&  fi'^J^Sl  ^\"^  3> 


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Junior 


Class   Motto : 

Esse  Quam  Videre. 


Class   Colors. 

Violet-bli'.e  and 
White. 


Cldwss. 


Class  Yell : 

Rah  !  rah  !  rhi ! 
Rah  I  rah  !  rhi  ! 
Heigh-ho  ! 
Heigh-ho  ! 

Nineteen  Three  ! 


Edgar  P.   Walls,   President.        Preston   L.    Peach,    \'ice-President.       John  P.   Coelier,   Secretary  and  Treasurer. 
Caevin  P.    Page,  Historian.  Emmons  B.   Dunbar,   Sergeant-at-Arnis. 

C1&.SS   Roll. 

■K     St     X 

Charles  H.  Bouic,  Rockville,  Md.  Enoch  F.  Garner,  Duley,  Md. 

Horatio  K.  Bradford,  Washington,  D.C.  J.    Marsh    Matthews,    Dulaney's   Valley,  Md. 

George  W.  Cairnes,  Jarrettsville,  Md.  Simon  B.  Nicholls,  Germantown,   Md. 

John  P.  Collier,  EUicott  City,   Md.  Calvin  P.   Page,  Frederick,  Md. 

Emmons  B.  Dunbar,  Springville,  N.  Y.  Edgar  P.  Walls,  Barclay,   Md. 

Joshua  H.  Warfield,  Florence,   Md. 


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JUNrOR     CLASS. 


History  of  the  Cld^ss  of  Nineteen-Three. 


THE   world   is    moving    on,    and    time    in    her 
hurried  perambulations  has  brought  us  to 
another  epoch-making  date,  the  appearance 
of  the  Reveille  by  the    class  of  1902  of 
the  Maryland  Agricultural  College. 
To  allow  the  Reveille  to  be  published  without  con- 
taining a  brief   history  of   the  class  of    1903    would   be 
nothing  less  than  a  calamity. 

This  class  has  a  mo.st  interesting  history.  It  entered 
these  ancient  walls  in  September,  1899,  with  thirty- 
seven  (37  )  members  on  the  class  roll.  What  a  wonder- 
ful gathering  of  humanity  this  class  started  out  with  ■ 
It  contained  boys  from  every  part  of  Maryland,  and 
from  all  the  walks  of  life.  But  the  .strictly  military  rule 
here  soon  moulded  them  into  men,  who  realized  that 
they  were  here  laying  the  foundation  for  their  future 
life,  and  had  at  heart  not  only  their  own  advancement, 
but  also  that  of  the  institution  which  they  hoped  would 
be  their  Alma  Mater. 

After  we  matriculated  we  soon  settled  down  to  our 
duties.  In  our  class  was  a  number  of  athletes,  and  as 
coming  events  cast  their  shadows  before,  so  we  .soon  saw- 


that  1903  would  become  famous  as  an  athletic  class. 

Several  of  our  men  made  the  football  team  after  hard 
training,  and  whenever  old  Maryland  Agricultural  Col- 
lege had  to  depend  upon  the  meiL  then  it  was  that  the 
sons  of  "  1903"  came  to  her  re.scue  and  pushed  her  on  to 
victor)-. 

Here  we  entered  upon  the  mid-winter  examinations 
with  a  steady  nerve,  and,  thanks  to  the  professors'  noble 
work,  we  nearly  all  passed. 

We  continued  on  with  our  work,  and  soon  June  rolled 
around,  and  we  were  then  to  take  our  examinations  for 
promotion  to  Sophomores. 

I  must  not  fail  to  mention  here  that  we  had  a  success- 
ful ba.seball  team,  and  .several  members  of  our  class  were 
on  it. 

June  finally  arrived,  and  after  all  its  pleasures  we  were 
to  leave  old  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  after  our  first 
year  here,  for  our  homes  to  spend  a  pleasant  summer 
and  return  as  Sophomores. 

In  September  we  returned  to  take  up  our  new  duties 
and  studies.  Some  of  our  last  year  classmates  decided 
to  follow  different  pursuits  in  life  than  studying,  .so  thej- 


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departed  for  other  fields  of  duty.  Althougli  we  lose 
some  old  boys,  quite  a  number  of  new  ones  entered  the 
class,  and  when  the  roll  was  called  twenty-seven  worthy 
Sophomores  answered  to  their  names. 

We  entered  upon  our  duties  with  a  spirit,  and  when  a 
call  was  made  for  the  football  team  our  class  responded 
nobly.  After  hard  and  .scientific  training  we  were  repre- 
sented by  five  of  our  men  filling  positions  on  the  team. 
We  helped  old  Maryland  Agricultural  College  to  add 
many  a  victory  to  her  long  list,  and  to  bring  her  forward 
in  athletics. 

We  all  passed  through  our  mid-winter  examinations 
and  were  eager  to  return  to  our  studies  after  a  pleasant 
Christmas  holiday.  It  was  at  this  time  our  President 
was  called  away  from  us  to  his  home.  How  well  do  I 
remember  the  parting  of  our  President,  and  how  sad  we 
all  were  for  a  long  time. 

We  continued  to  work  hard  through  the  Spring  at  our 
studies,  and  the  only  thing  that  distracted  our  minds  was 
baseball.  Old  1903  was  represented  there,  and  her  sons, 
as  well  as  the  whole  team,  made  an  enviable  record. 

At  last  June  came  upon  us  w'ith  its  pleasures,  exam- 
inations and  promotions.  Luckily  we  all  survived  the.se, 
and  once  more  we  went  home  after  putting  in  a  good 
year  of  studying. 

In  September  we  once  more  returned  to  find  only 
twelve  members  present  to  take  up  the  duties  and  respon- 
sibilities  of  Juniors.      What   was   lost   in  quantity   was 


made  up  in  quality,  .so  we  decided  once  more  to  put  our 
shoulders  to  the  ta.sk  and  work  hard  for  Senior  glory  and 
graduation. 

Once  again  our  class  had  its  full  quota  on  the  field  for 
football,  and  when  the  .squad  was  formed  we  heard  with 
much  pleasure  that  one  of  our  classmates  had  been 
elected  Captain. 

Once  more  our  class  was  without  a  President,  as  the 
one  elected  last  year  having  failed  to  return  to  carry  on 
his  studies.  We  at  once  elected  a  new  one,  and  we  all 
hope  he  will  not  meet  with  the  same  misfortune  as  his 
predecessors. 

After  Christmas  we  were  joined  by  an  old  last  year 
boy,  so  we  now  have  a  class  of  unlucky  thirteen. 

We  all  .studied  hard,  and  after  the  Easter  holidays 
returned  to  continue  our  good  work. 

Baseball  was  the  favorite  .sport  and  was  deep  in  the 
hearts  of  "old  1903,"  as  she  has  a  son  who  is  Captain  of 
the  nine. 

June  finally  came  with  its  examinations.  We  all  met 
them  as  men,  and  after  a  delightful  Commencement 
work  returned  to  our  homes — now  Seniors. 

Let  us  drink  to  the  health  of  "old  1903,"  and  may 
she  ever  be  the  brightest,  be.st,  and  most  learned  cla.ss  of 
her  Alma  Mater.  May  its  members  grow  ever  to  be 
patriotic,  loyal  and  worthy  men  of  the  State  of  Mary- 
land, with  this  their  motto,  as  ours — Esse  qua  in  vidcre. 


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ODE  TO  CLASS  OF  1903. 


Music  by  H.   K.   BRADFORD. 


I. 


II. 


Come,  gather  classmates  all,  once  more. 

The  milestones  swiftly  pass 
And  standing  at  the  Senior  door 

We  find  our  noble  class; 
While  peering  through  the  mist  we  see 
On  the  next  stone  written— 1903. 


Chori's:    Another  year  is  gone, 

Another  trophy  won, 
And,  in  the  volume  of  our  deeds, 
Another  chapter  done. 


Come,  boys,  let's  pledge  ourselves  to  try 

A  brilliant  race  to  run. 
Then  on  to  glorious  heights  to  fly, 

In  friendship,  still  as  one: 
And  proudly  then  to  take  our  stand 
As  valiant  sons  of  Maryland.— Chorus. 

III. 
Come,  rally,  boys,  let's  win  a  name  ! 

That  makes  the  ages  wonder — 
That  speaks  through  all  the  halls  of  fame 

Like  through  the  clouds  the  thunder; 
A  model  through  the  years  we'll  be, 
O,  noble  Class  of  1903  I— Chorvs. 


-P.  L.  P. 


JUNIOR  GRINDS. 

Boric — "  Religion  does  not  censure  or  exclude 

Unnumbered  pleasures,  harmlessly  pursued." 
G.\R.NER — "  What  sweet  delight  a  quiet  life  affords." 
Mayo — "Nemo  in  sese  tentat  descendere" 
Walls — "You  sun-burned  sickle  man,  of  August  weary. 
Come  hither  from  the  furrow  and  be  merry." 
Cair.nes — "Chaste  as  the  icicle  that  hangs  on  Dian's  Temple." 
Matthews — "Tidings  do  I  bring,  and  lucky  joys,  and  golden  times." 
Page — "Silence,  beautiful  voice." 
Warfield — "The  ladies  call  him  sweet; 

The  stairs,  as  he  treads  upon  them,  kiss  his  feet." 
NiCHOLLS  S  — "  Sweet  are  the  slumliers  of  the  virtuous  man." 
Collier — "Sweet  bells  jangled,  out  of  tune  and  harsh." 
Peach — "There  is  no  true  orator  who  is  not  a  hero." 
Di'nbar — "  It  is  a  great  plague  to  be  too  handsome  a  man." 
Bradford — "  I  to  myself  am  dearer  than  a  friend." 


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THEY  ALL   DO  IT. 


Class  of  Nineteen-Four. 


Class  Colors: — Violet  and  Maroon. 
Class  Motto: — "Labor  Omnia  Vincet." 


Class  Officers. 

Jas.   a.   AtiUTS.RSO'N,  President. 

Walter  R.   Mitchell,   Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


Class  Roll. 


Class  Yell : — Hi  yackety  yak  ! 
Hi  j-ackety  j^or  ! 
Yackety  !  yackety  !   1904 


Hknry  D.   Watts,   \lce-Presidcnt. 
Fred  A.  Jones,  Historian. 


Jas.  A.  Ander.son,  Deal's  Island,  Md. 
Edward  D.  Brown,  Lakeland,  Md. 
Thos.  E.  Bryan,  Centreville,  Md. 
Harold  W.  Burnside,  Hyattsville,  Md. 
Y.  V.  Caiidamo,  Lima,  Peru. 
Rich.  P.  Clioate,  Randallstown,  Md. 
John  C.  Cockey,  Gwyniibrook,  Md. 
Lewis  W.  Cruikshank,  Cecilton,  Md. 
T.  A.  P.  Deaner,   Boonsboro,  Md. 
Joshua  G.  Ensof,  Belfast,  Md. 
Laurence  M.  Ewell,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Thomas  A.  Gourley,  Burch,  Md. 


Percy  J.  Grey,  Glyndon,  Md. 
Ralph  Hamblin,  Wango,  Md. 
Fred  A.  Jones,  Beallsville,  Md. 
John  R.  Lewis,  Clark.sburg,  Md. 
E.  C.  Mayo,  Hyattsville,  Md. 
E.  W.  Merryman,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Robt.  J.  Meikle,  Baltimore,  Md. 
Jas.  M.  Merritt,  Easton,  Md. 
J.  E.  Moran,  Washington,  D.  C. 
Walter  R.  Mitchell,  La  Plata,  Md. 
Thos.  B.  Mullendore,  Trego,  Md. 


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Geo.  R.  Ogier,  Baltimore,  Md. 

P.  W.  Rolph,  Beltsville,  Md. 

E.  Ralph  Sasscer,  La  Plata,  Md. 

S.  B.  Shaw,  Rehobeth,  Md. 

Geo.  L.  Sincell,  Oakland,  Md. 

Ernest  W.  Stoll,  Brookland,  Md. 

J.  McL.  Street,  Rocks,  Md. 

J.  McLeod  Turner,  Taylor,  Md. 

Harry  D.  Watts,  Belair,  Md. 

Fletcher  O.  Webster,   Baltimore,   Md. 

G.  L.  Wentworth,  Washington,  D.  C. 


SOPHOMORE    CLASS. 


History  of  the  Class  of  Nineteen-Four. 


As  Gibbons  delighted  in  writing  the  history  of 
the  Roniam  Empire — as  Hume  reveled  in  a 
de-^cription  of  the  English  people — as  Ban- 
croft devoted  himself  to  the  pleasant  task 
of  placing  upon  history's  pages  the  great 
achievemei.ts  of  our  own  glorious  country  and  the  names 
of  her  inunortal  heroes — so  the  class  historian  is  equally 
inspired  to  record  the  names  and  deeds  of  the  class  of 
1904. 

True,  we  cannot  boast,  as  could  ancient  Rome,  of  an 
eloquent  Cicero :  but  we  can  point  with  pride  to  the 
silver-tongued  Sincell,  who  holds  an  exalted  position 
among  the  orators  of  our  class.  We  have  not,  as  had 
England,  a  Macauley,  with  a  giant  intellect  and  facile 


pen  ;  but  we  have  the  illustrious  Cockey,  whose  powers 
of  imagination  and  composition  are  marvels  to  his  class- 
mates. Indeed,  we  have  not,  like  America,  a  Washing- 
ton, noted  for  his  genius  in  military  affairs;  but  the 
honor  of  the  class  in  this  respect  is  upheld  by  cla.ssmate 
Deaner,  who  seems  to  combine  in  his  soldier-like  being 
the  wonderful  faculties  of  all  the  greatest  generals  of  the 
world. 

But  the  duty  of  the  historian  is  to  go  back  to  the 
beginning  and  trace  the  course  of  the  class  to  the  present 
time,  recording  all  the  important  events  incident  to  the 
subject  in  hand. 

The  class  of  1904  !  What  a  noble  bunch  of  boys  thej^ 
were,  who,  something  le.'-s  than  two  j-ears  ago,  forty-nine 


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strong,  passed  through  the  portals  of  these  classic  halls 
and  began  their  career  as  Freshmen.  As  the  poet  says 
of  man,  "How  rich,  how  poor,  how  abject,  how  august, 
how  complicated,  how  wonderful,"  was  this  class.  But 
notwithstanding  the  great  diversit}-  of  faces  and  forms, 
and  the  wonderful  combinations  and  exhibitions  of  dif- 
ferent natures  and  qualities,  they  were,  after  all,  a  pretty 
fine  lot  of  fellows ;  and  the  cla.ss  had  hardly  been  organ- 
ized before  the  strongest  feelings  of  fraternity  and  friend- 
ship sprang  up  among  the  members.  And  so  it  was  that 
with  the  kindest  feelings,  one  to  the  other,  we  began  our 
career  as  students  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College. 

From  the  very  beginning  the  strong  enthusia.sms  and 
class  spirit  which  has  distinguished  our  class  was  made 
manifest.  True,  the  first  few  weeks  of  our  college  life 
was  made  almost  unbearable  by  the  dreaded  Sophomores, 
but  we  soon  rallied  together,  and  by  the  time  football 
was  in  its  glory  the  flag  of  \'iolet  and  Maroon  could  be 
seen  waving  complacently  from  the  side  lines — a  privilege 
seldom  allowed  a  Freshman. 

Our  collegiate  work  began  almost  immediately  after 
reaching  the  halls  of  this  hi.storic  institution  ;  and  from 
that  time  on  there  was  little  to  interrupt  the  general 
routine  of  our  studies  until  ChrLstmas.  Then  came  the 
happiest  period  of  our  Freshman  year.  I  am  sure  everj' 
man  of  our  class  has  fond  recollections  of  a  fat  turkey, 
numerous  gifts,  and  last,  but  not  least,  the  parting  with 
some  dear  little  girl. 

Like  every  other  pleasure  in  life,  the  few  days  of  holi- 
day soon  passed,  and,  before  we  realized  it,  we  were  back 


again  at  our  post  ready  for  duty.  Little  can  be  said  of 
the  time  between  Christmas  and  Easter,  except  that  we 
studied  hard,  and  the  class  as  a  whole  made  an  excellent 
record.  School  was  clo.sed  a  few  days  at  Ea.ster  on 
account  of  scarlet  fever.  When  it  had  subsided  we  came 
back  determined  to  make  our  year's  work  a  success. 

At  last  the  final  examinations  came,  and  1  am  proud 
to  say  that  nearly  every  man  was  transformed  from  a 
timid  Freshman  to  a  worthy  Sophomore. 

Then  came  vacation,  towards  which  our  thoughts  had 
been  so  often  turned.  But  as  we  cast  a  parting  glance 
at  old  Maryland  Agricultural  College  in  all  her  so'.enm 
grandeur,  the  more  thoughtful  of  us  could  not  repress  a 
feeling  of  sadness  at  parting  from  our  schoolmates  and 
throwing  off  those  environments  and  influences  so  instru- 
mental in  preparing  us  for  our  future  life.  But  we  soon 
realized  that  we  were  free  from  school  duties.  New 
scenes  attracted  our  attention.  We  so  thoroughly  enjoyed 
our  vacation  that  we  felt  a  reluctance  in  returning  for 
the  resumption  of  duties.  But  this,  our  Sophomore  year, 
opened  with  much  brighter  prospects  than  our  Freshman 
year.  Many  had  resolved  at  the  beginning  of  the  Sopho- 
more year  to  help  to  in.stall  the  strangers  into  member- 
ship;  but  a  timely  "reception"  by  the  President  causes 
each  and  every  man  to  break  his  hostile  resolution. 

We  greatly  lament  that  our  ranks  have  been  thinned 
by  the  loss  of  nineteen  members ;  but  the  remaining 
thirty  have  worked  energetically  to  establish  a  class 
average  which  does  great  credit  to  our  beloved  institu- 
tion.     It  is  u.seless  to  sav  that  our  enthusiasm  will  cau.se 


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us  to  strive  for  greater  gain.  We  have  this  year  mani- 
fested great  interest  in  athletics,  and  while  we  have 
developed  no  phenomenal  men  in  this  line,  we  have 
greatly  assisted  in  maintaining  our  College  record  against 
competitors.  In  various  other  ways  we  have  rendered 
assistance  in  the  general  progress  of  the  institution. 

At  the  Christmas  and  April  examinations  our  colors 
still  waved ;  for  our  progress  during  the  first  part  of  the 
year  made  it  an  easy  matter  to  pass  them.  Now,  as  the 
year  is  drawing  to  a  close,  we  are  unable  to  comprehend 
the   changes   that    may  be   wrought    in    the    remaining 


inter\'al,  but  trust  that  the  results  will  be  the  same  as 
have  characterized  us  in  bygone  times.  During  our 
sojourn  here  we  have  constantly  been  harrassed  by  the 
difficulties  of  student  life,  but  have  been  able  to  ward  off 
these  blows  by  our  class  organization.  We  feel  glad  that 
verjr  few  have  fallen  by  the  wayside. 

Maj'  we  continue,  as  we  ascend  the  ladder  of  fame,  to 
add  many  fresh  laurels  to  those  already  won.  And  may 
the  class  of  1904  prove  by  its  industry  and  integrity  the 
fitness  of  its  motto,  Labor  omnia  vmcif. 

Historian. 


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Freshman  Class. 


Class  Colors  : — Blue  and  Gold. 

Motto  : — ViNCEMUS. 


Class  Yell:- 


-Yok-ko-me,  yok-ko-me, 
Yok-ko-me,  yive  ! 
Higho,  heiglio,  nineteen-five  I 


J.   H.   Gassoway,  President,  Darnestown,  Md. 
H.  H.   Evans,  Secretary,  Rolph's,  Md. 


Officers. 


R.   E.   N.WLOR,  Vice-President,  Washington,  D.  C. 
W.  S.   Hull,  Treasurer,  Lansdowne,  Md. 


J.  H.  Bay,  Garrettsville,  Md. 
W.  H.  Byron,  Williamsport,  Md. 
H.  J.  Caul,   Buffalo,  N.  Y. 
T.  Coburn,  Garrett  Park,  Md. 
W.  M.  Crone,  St.  Michaels,  Md. 
W.  P.  Dent,  Oakley,  Md. 
B.  S.  Dorsey,  Mt.  Airy,  Md. 
W.B.  Doub,  Hagenstown,  Md. 
F.  "m.  Duckett,  Bladensburg,  Md. 
T.  C.  Farrall,  La  Plata,  Md. 
W.  W.  Femby,  Westminster,  Md. 
B.  Goddard,  William.sport,  Md. 
E.  F.  Green,  Wye  Mills,  Md. 


T.   L.   HiNES,  Historian,  Baltimore,  Md. 


Class  Roll. 

y    IK 


W.  G.  Hardesty,  Willows,  Md. 

C.  G.  Hines,  Chestertown,  Md. 
T.  H.  Horner,  Ashland,  Md. 
R.  D.  Hooper,  Bynum,  Md. 

B.  Judd,  Washington,  D.  C. 
J.  N.  Mackall,  Mackall,  Md. 
G.  M.  Mayer,  Frostburg,  Md. 
R.  D.  Nichols,  Germantown,  Md. 
A.  C.  Parker,  Pocomoke,  Md. 
F.  F.  Phillips,  Centreville,  Md. 
L.  Price,  Hyattstown,  Md. 
J.  M.  Pophani,  Washington,  D.  C. 

D.  Riggs,  lyaytonsville,  Md. 


W.  P.  Roberts,  Landover,  Md. 
E.  L.  Shepherd,  Bristol,  Md. 

E.  H.  Snavely,  Sparrows  Point,  Md. 
W.  P.  Smith,  Ridgely,  Md. 

J.  W.  P.  Somerville,  Frostburg,  Md. 

H.  Stanley,  Laurel,  Md. 

H.  T.  Watts,  Belair,  Md. 

H.  A.  Weiller,  Catonsville,  Md. 

T.  West,  Howardville,  Md. 

C.  R.  W.  Whiteford,  Whiteford,  Md. 

L.  Whiting,  Hyattsville,  Md. 

R.  V.  L.  Wright,  Williamsport,  Md. 

F.  Zerkel,  Luray,  Va. 


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FRESHMAN    CLASS. 


History  of  the  Class  of  Nineteen-Five. 


^•y^ 


^«e 


WE  all  remember  the  day  we  entered  the  portals 
of  this  institution,  most  of  us  did  so  with 
heavy  hearts,  but  I  must  say  we  have  had  a 
most  enjoyable  year. 

Our  class  is  composed  of  forty-four  mem- 
bers, who,  I  think,  can  hold  their  own  in  athletics,  gal- 
lantry, and  studies. 

The  first  time  that  our  class  really  got  together  was 
All  Halloween,  but  our  achievements  of  that  night  are 
best  left  unrecorded. 

Football  being  the  prevailing  sport  of  the  fall,  we 
naturally  directed  our  attention  to  that  game  for  amuse- 
ment and  exercise.  Our  class  was  well  represented  in 
this  sport,  and  the  members  that  played  on  the  team 
certainly  did  uphold  the  honor  and  motto  of  the  class  of 

1905- 
As  the  enthusiasm  for  football  became  less  ardent,  and 


winter  with  its  long  and  dreary  days  came  on,  we  were 
closely  confined  and  had  little  to  occupy  our  minds  ex- 
cept our  studies ;  so,  in.spired  by  the  glory  of  excelling, 
we  bent  our  energies  to  our  work.  Time  wore  on  slowly 
until  we  began  to  think  of  the  Christmas  holidays.  Nor 
were  we  sorry  ;  for  who  is  he  that  is  not  anxious  to  go 
home  after  his  first  few  months  at  college? 

The  ne.xt  event  to  present  itself  was  the  time  for  exam- 
inations. As  everyone  deemed  it  a  serious  matter,  it  was 
decided  to  make  as  good  an  examination  as  possible. 
I  am  proud  to  say  we  conquered  this  difficulty  and  made 
a  most  enviable  record. 

The  next  day  we  found  ourselves  homeward  bound 
with  glad  hearts.  But  these  days  of  pleasure  were 
hardly  begun  before  it  was  time  for  us  to  return  to  our 
studies.  For  a  while  after  we  returned  we  all  felt  more 
or  less  homesick,  but  we  soon  settled  down  to  work. 


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The  time  sped  swiftly  on  now,  and  as  sprinj^  opened 
up  with  all  its  verdure  and  our  surroundings  became 
more  and  more  beautiful,  we  became  inspired  bj'  new 
feelings.  After  being  confined  all  winter,  both  mind 
and  body  busied  with  study  and  care,  we  needed  some 
recreation  of  a  new  kind. 

Following  in  the  steps  of  balmy  spring  came  baseball 
enthusing  the  student  body.  Between  the  games  with 
other  colleges,  inter-class  teams  took  up  the  gauntlet 
and  strove  for  the  championship.  We  held  our  own  in 
these  games  and  also  were  well  represented  on  the  first 
team.  At  this  time  of  tlie  year,  from  4  to  6  o'clock  in 
the  afternoon,  the  campus  presented  a  lively  appearance  ; 
everybody  either  training  for  the  team  or  simply  deriving 
all  the  fun  they  could  out  of  it,  each  for  himself. 

As  spring  grew  into  summer  we  were  cheerily  plod- 
ding, each  on  his  own  busy  way,  meeting  with  reverses 
and  good  fortune  as  the  Fates  decreed. 

Again  our  spirits  seemed  to  be  depressed.  Why? 
Because,  as  coming  events  cast  their  shadows  before,  so 
we  could  di.scern  in  the  dim  future  examinations  .slowly 


but,  as  death,  surely,  approaching.  We  feared  them 
becau.se  we  thought  they  might  have  a  tendency  to 
lower  our  excellent  year's  record,  and  cause  that  which 
was  a  delightful  reflection  to  be  but  a  painful  memory. 

At  last  we  came  to  the  end  of  our  studies  for  the  first 
year,  and  were  face  to  face  with  the  final  examinations. 
With  renewed  energy  we  set  to  work  to  accompli.sh  that 
which  must  prove  our  fitness  to  enter  a  higher  cla.ss. 
We  all  passed  an  excellent  examination  and  added  still 
another  laurel  to  the  honors  of  our  cla.ss. 

This  year  we  did  not  organize  a  Cla.ss  Literary  Society, 
but  all  of  us  were  admitted  to  the  College  Societies,  from 
which  we  derived  much  benefit. 

During  our  years'  cour.se  we  have  had  our  disappoint- 
ments. In  these  we  stood  united.  What  change  there 
may  be  in  the  future  we  are  unable  to  comprehend.  Still 
we  trust  that  our  efforts  in  the  past  may  reap  their 
reward  in  the  future,  and  that  every  member  of  the 
class  of  1905  may  look  upon  his  career  at  Maryland  Agri- 
cultural College  as  a  few  years  spent  in  profit  as  well  as 
in  pleasure. 

Historian. 


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PREPARATORY    CLASS 


PREPARATORY  CLASS. 


H.   D.   WiLLiAR,  Jr.,    lice- President. 


R.  Alfert,  Sagua  la  Grande,  Cuba. 
C.  O.  BiRCKHEAD,  Friendship,  Md. 
A.  D.  CocKEY,  Owings  Mills,  Md. 
C.  S.  Councilman,  Mt.  Wilson,  Md. 
C.  W.  Councilman,  Mt.  Wilson,  Md. 
T.  A.  Depkin,  Baltimore,  Md. 
G.  C.  Door,  Hyattsville,  Md. 

H.  A.  Duffy,  Webster  Mills,  Pa 
A.  C.  DuGANNE,  Washington,  D.  C. 
A.  T.  EwELL,  Baltimore,  Md. 
C.  R.  Fesmyer,  Centreville,  Md. 
J.  T.  Friend,  Hagerstown,  Md. 
S.  C.  Grason,  Towson,  Md. 
H.  A.  PoSTLY,  Baltimore,  Md. 
E.  Power,  Rockville,  Md. 


CLASS  OFFICERS: 

A.   D.   CoCKEY,  President. 

J.   C.    RuTLEDGE,   Secretary. 

A.   C.   DuggannE,  Treasurer. 

Class  Colors  .—Blue  and  Grey. 

E.  H.  Plumacher,  Maracaibo,  Venezuela. 
M.  C.  Plumacher,  Maracaibo,  Venezuela. 
J.  R.  Ramonett,  Puerto  Principe,  Cuba. 
R.  W.  Rice,  Jr.,  Baltimore,  Md. 
RiNCK,  Lakeland,  Md. 

J.  C.  RuTLEDGE,  Rutledge,  Md. 
R.  S.  Ruiz,  Puerto  Principe,  Cuba. 
A.  T.  SCHENCK,  Fort  Sheridan,  111. 
J.  E.  Tate,  Grand  Rapids,  Mich. 
J.  B.  Towner,  Perryman,  Md. 

H.  E.  Tarrington,  New  York,  N.  Y. 
R.  J.  TiLLSON,  Davis,  W.  Va. 
J.  C.  Verona,  Havana,  Cuba. 
R.  V.  Wood,  Barnesville,  Md. 
H.  D.  WiLLiAR,  Jr.,  Ruxton,  Md. 


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Nursery  Rhymes  for  Prep.  Classmen. 


By  Father  Goose. 


A    Is  for  Anderson,  he  of  red  hair; 

King  of  the  Sophomores,  he's  a  ruler  for  fair. 

]^    Is  for  Bowman,  famed  as  a  sport; 

Free  with  his  money,  which  never  runs  .short. 

^    Is  for  Condon,  the  great  ladies'  beau; 

He  loves  all  the  girls  or  would  love  to  do  so. 

^    Is  for  Darbj',  as  captain  he's  stellar; 

If  3'ou  beat  him  at  cards  he'll  say  "j'ou're  a  heller." 

£^    Is  for  Ewell,  a  big  man  on  the  Staff; 

When  his  girl  shook  him  we  gave  him  the  laugh. 

p*    Is  for  Fendall,  the  great  mathematician; 

In  Integral  Calculus  he's  generally  missing. 

fl    Is  for  Garner,  of  the  Junior  Class; 

He's  noted  for  being  as  tall  as  Spring  grass. 

JJ    Is  for  Hirst,  who  never  grows  wise; 

He  smokes  so  much  that  he  injures  his  eyes. 


J      Is  for  Idiot,  there  are  so  many  of  the.se; 

You  can't  fail  to  hit  them,  try  as  you  please. 

1     Is  for  Jones,  one  of  the  Agricultural  men; 
He  laughs  like  the  cackle  of  a  jubilant  hen. 

j^    Is  for  Kettle,  and  a  kettle  of  fish; 

We  fear  that  the  author  has  entered  b}-  this. 

I      Is  for  Lansdale,  the  great  heavy  lover  ; 
His  rule  for  success  we'd  like  to  discover. 

[^   Is  for  Mackall,  whose  specialty's  love 

He  falls  in  so  often  that  he  fails  in  his  grub. 

^    Is  for  Nichols,  our  great  baseball  player; 
At  banquets  and  feasts  he's  also  a  stayer. 

Q    Is  for  Ogier,  with  the  babyish  smile, 

And  a  countenance  open,  free  from  all  guile. 

p    Is  for  Popham,  a  man  from  the  West; 

In  working  the  sick  list  he  ranks  with  the  best. 


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Q 

R 
S 
T 
U 


Is  for  Quiet  which  is  not  to  be  found 
Except  when  the  O.  D.  or  Sy.  is  around. 

Is  for  Riggs,  a  tall  slender  boy  ; 

Playing  "  Sweet  Home  "  is  his  chief  earthly  joy. 

Is  for  Symons,  our  most  worthy  major  ; 

At  chinning  the  girls  he's  a  noted  old  stager. 

Is  for  Turner,  at  football  a  horse, 

If  he  hits  the  line  he'll  pass  it,  of  course. 

Is  for  useful,  which  surely  means  "  rats," 

If  they  don't  work  properly,  why  tickle  their  .slats. 


W     Is  for  virtue,  we're  entirely  at  loss 

"We'll  publish  an  ad  and  find  it,  of  course. 

^V  Is  for  Warfield,  a  favorite  with  all, 

Also  a  wonder  when  it  comes  to  football. 

Y     is  for  Cross,  the  best  we  can  find, 

Is  the  Professor  of  Physics  when  a  class  is  behind. 

"Y     Is  for  You,  who  have  followed  this  screed, 

'Twas  inserted  to  fill  space,  not  for  people  to  read. 

y      Is  for  Zenith  there's  no  more  to  be  preached, 
The  printer  in  frenzy,  says  finis  is  reached. 


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Hits  &.nd  Misses. 


^f^ 


Prof.  Spence: — 

"High  erected  thoughts,   seated   in  the  heart  of 

courtesy." 
Commandant: — 

"Backward  flow  backward,  O  tide  of  the  j-ears; 
I  am  so  weary  of  toil  and  of  tears, — 
Toil  without  recompense,  tears  all  in  vain — 
Take  them  and  give  me  ni^-  childhood  again  !" 
Prof.  Lanahan: — 

"The  lion  is  not  so  fierce  as  they  paint  him." 
Prof  Bomberger: — 

"Who  climbs  the  grammar  tree,  distinctly  knows, 
Where  noun  or  verb  or  participle  grows." 
Prof  Richardson:^ 

"Hear  me,  for  I  a'/// speak." 
Prof  Mitchell: — 

"Virture  is  a  stronger  guard  than  bra.ss." 
Reveille: — 

"The  foolishest  book  is  a  kind  of  a  leaky  boat 

upon  a  sea  of  wisdom.     Some  of  the  wisdom  will 

get  in  anyhow." 


SuND.w: — 

"At  my  feet  the  city  slumbered." 
Cl.\ssic.\l  Course: — 

"He  has  strangled  his  language  in  his  tears." 
Physical-Scientific  Course: — 

"Who  enters  here  leaves  hope  behind  !  " 
Agricultural  Course: — 

"Absence  of  occupation  is  not  rest, 
A  mind  quite  vacant  is  a  mind  distres.sed." 
Mechanical  Course: — 

"In  other  parts  stood  one  who,  at  the  forge  labor- 
ing, two  ma.ssy  clods  of  iron  and  brass  had  melted. ' ' 
Chemical  Course: — 

"The    starving    chemist     in     his    golden    views 
supremely  blest." 
Biological  Scientific: — 

"So  naturalists  observe,  a  flea 
Has  smaller  fleas  that  on  him  prey; 
And  these  have  smaller  still  to  bite  'em, 
And  so  proceed  ad  infinitum."    • 


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The   Maryland  Agricultural   College  Summer   School    for   Te&.chers. 


THE  SUMMER  SCHOOL  FOR  TEACHERS, 
opened  by  the  College  last  summer,  proved 
to  be  most  successful.  Nearlj'  a  score  of 
teachers  took  courses  of  instruction,  and 
both  students  and  faculty  enjoyed  the 
summer's  work. 

A  number  of  receptions  at  the  homes  of  the  members 
of  the  faculty  afforded  no  small  amount  of  social  pleas- 
ure. A  very  creditable  paper,  "The  Summer  School 
JouRN.VL,"  was  published  by  the  school. 

The  purpose  of  the  school  is  to  give  an  opportunity 
to  teachers  to  pursue  courses  in  those  branches  included 
under  the  term  "  Nature  Studies."  While  the  school  is 
primarily  designed  for  teachers,  it  is  open  to  all  persons 
who   desire  instruction    in    Botany,    Horticulture,  Soil- 


Physics,  Entomology,  Anatomy,  Chemistry,  Drawing, 
Literature,  Mathematics  or  Physical  Culture.  The 
feature  which  especially  commends  the  course  is  the  ver}' 
low  cost  of  tuition  and  board. 

The   Summer  School  is,  undoubtedly,  a  permanent 
organization  of  the  college  work,  but  owing  to  progress 
of  work    on  the    College  buildings  the   session  for   the 
present  summer  has  been  abandoned. 
The  officers  are: 

Capt.  R.  W.  Silvester, 

Director. 
Prof.  C.  S.  Richardson, 

Secretary. 
Dr.  Joseph  R.  Owens, 

Registrar  and  Treasurer. 


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Militd^ry  Depd^rtment. 


J.   C.   SCANTLING,   Major,  U.  S.   A.,  Commandant  of  Cadds. 

T  B.   SYMONS,  Cadet  Major. 


Staff  and  Non-Commissioned  Staff. 

s«  s«  s« 

L.    E.    Mackall,  1st.  Lieutenant  and  Adjutant. 

R.    Hamblin,  Sergeant- Major. 


R.   E.   Naylor,  Corporal. 


Acting  Color  Guard. 

S«  V  s« 
C.   N.   Bouic,  Sergeant. 

W.   S.   Huij,,  Chief  Bugler. 

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F.   C.   Farrall,  Corporal. 


Army  Org'&niz&tions. 


^^]^ 


By  Major  J.  C.  Scantling,  U.  S.  Army. 


Comi)ia)ida)i/  of  Cadcls. 


AN  ARMY  is  a  collection  of  troops  organized 
into  companies,  battalions  and  regiments  of 
infantry;  troops,  squadrons  and  regiments  of 
cavalry;  batteries  and  battalions  of  horse  and 
light  artillery;  and  consolidated,  separately, 
into  brigades,  divisions  and  corps;  the  latter  being  the  field 
units  of  organization  in  time  of  war. 

The  companies,  troops,  batteries  and  regiments  are  or- 
ganizations established  by  law,  and  are  the  administrative 
and  tactical  units  of  a  standing  army,  as  maintaince  in  time 
of  peace — the  brigades,  divisions  and  corps  are  units  of 
organization  established  by  a  system  of  drill  regulations, 
approved  by  the  General  Commanding  and  sanctioned  by 


the  Commander-in-Chief  for  the  convenience  of  adminis- 
tration and  command  of  an  army  in  the  field. 

The  regiments  of  infantry  and  of  calvary  are  composed 
of  twelve  companies  and  troops,  respectively;  and  for  tact- 
ical purposes,  are  formed  into  divisions  of  three  Ijattalions 
of  four  companies  and  troops  each.  The  artillery,  since 
February  .second,  nineteen  hundred  and  one,  has  no  regi- 
mental organization,  but  a  battalion  organization.  The 
enlisted  strength  of  the  regiments  of  infantry  and  calvary 
is  in  accordance  with  the  authorized  enlisted  strength  of 
the  companies  and  troops,  the  law  making  the  strength 
of  these  elastic,  to  suit  peace  and  war. 

In  time  of  war  the  companies  of  infantry  and  troops  of 


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cavalry  consist  of  one  hundred  each,  and  the  batteries  of 
horse  and  light  artiller}-  one  hundred  and  seventy-five  men 
each,  which  in  practice  settles  down  to  about  one  thous- 
and men  to  all  well  organized  regiments  of  infantrj'  and 
calvary,  and  six  hundred  men  to  battalions  of  horse  and 
light  artillery. 

The  brigades  of  infantry  and  of  calvary  are  each  com- 
posed of  three  regiments,  the  regiments  by  battalions  are 
the  tactical  units  of  the  brigades,  which  in  practice  should 
muster  three  thousand  men. 

The  brigades  of  horse  and  light  artillery — the  largest 
unit  of  organization  for  this  arm — are  composed  of  five 
battalions  of  four  batteries  each,  the  battalions  are  the 
tactical  units  of  the  brigades,  which  in  practice  should 
muster  three  thousand  men  or  one  hundred  and  twenty 
guns. 

The  divisions  of  infantry  and  calvary  are  each  composed 
of  three  brigades,  the  brigades  are  the  tactical  units  of  the 
division,  which  in  practice  should  muster  nine  thousand 
men. 

The  divisions  in  their  staff  organization  are  both  admin- 
istrative and  tactical.  The}'  provide  and  return  for  all 
field  transportation,  clothing,  rations,  ammunition  and 
equipage  for  their  own  units  of  organization. 

T lie  corps  of  infantry  and  calvary  are  each  compo,sed 
of  three  divisions;  one  brigade  of  light,  and  one  of  horse 
artillery,  respectively.  The  brigades  of  light  and  horse 
artillery  are  integral  parts  of  the  corps  to  which  they  are 
assigned,  each  is  commanded  In'  a  Colonel  of  artiller)', 
who  is  a  member  of  the  corps  staff,  and  has  with  him  his 


commissioned  and  non-commissioned  staff. 

The  corps  in  their  staff  organization  are  supervisor}'  in 
the  administration  of  their  own  units  of  organization. 
They  direct  the  march  of  their  own  divisions,  supply  all 
river  and  railroad  transportation,  collect  the  sick  and 
wounded,  and  take  charge  of  all  prisoners  and  contra- 
bands of  war. 

An  army  is  compo.sed  of  four  corps  of  infantry,  one  of 
calvary,  and  four  brigades  of  light  and  one  of  horse  artil- 
lery, the  former  acting  in  conjunction  with  the  infantry, 
and  the  latter  with  the  calvary. 

Armies  are  designated  b}'  name,  as  "The  Army  of  the 
Potomac,"  "The  Army  of  the  Ohio,"  "The  Army  of 
Virginia."  The  brigades  and  divisions  of  an  army  are 
designated  by  numbers,  as  the  First  Brigade,  First  Divis- 
ion, Army  of  the  Potomac,  etc.,  etc. 

In  organization,  the  infantry  is  the  great  ma.ss  of  an 
army.  The  proportionate  strength  is  about  seventy  per 
cent,  of  infantrx',  twenty  per  cent,  for  calvarj'  an  dten  per 
cent,  for  artillery. 

The  brigades,  divisions,  corps  and  armies  are  command- 
ed, respectivel}',  b}-  Brigadier-Generals,  Major-Generals, 
Lieutenant-Generals  and  Generals,  in  theory,  but  not  al- 
ways so  in  practice. 

Our  standing  army  never  attains  complete  army  organ- 
ization, but  remains  at  all  times  a  nucleus  to  the  state 
troops.  Its  brigades  and  divisions  in  time  of  war  are  in- 
termixed with  like  volunteer  organizations,  and  organ- 
ized into  corps  and  armies. 

In  times  of  peace  a  limited  number  of  state  troops  are 


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THE     BATTALION. 


organized  into  regiments  of  infantry,  squadrons  of  calvary, 
and  batteries  of  artillery,  under  the  orders  of  the  Gov- 
ernor of  the  State,  and  all  equipped  and  drilled  in  a  like 
manner  with  the  standing  arm}-.  These  constitute  a  nu- 
cleus in  their  respective  States  for  a  volunteer  force  in 
time  of  war, 

When  war  breaks  out  the  President  issues  a  proclama- 
tion, stating  the  nature  of  the  war,  and  the  number  of 
volunteers  necessary  to  sustain  the  Government.  The 
Secretary  of  War  under  the  proclamation  of  the  President, 
makes  requisition  on  the  Governors  of  the  States  for  their 
quota  of  the  number  of  volunteers  called  by  the  President, 
based  on  the  population  of  their  respective  States,  with 
instructions  as  to  where  the  troops  already  organized  shall 
report  for  duty,  and  muster  into  the  service  of  the  United 
States. 

The  Adjutant-Generals  of  the  States  make  .similar  re- 
quisitions on  the  Sheriffs  of  the  counties  in  their  respect- 
ive States  for  the  quota  of  the  counties.  The  Governors 
commission  all  field  and  company  officers  of  their  respect- 
ive States.  The  President  appoints  all  general  officers  of 
volunteers,  the  number  of  each  grade  appointed  from  any 
State  being  equal  to  the  number  of  brigades  and  divisions 
furnished  by  that  State. 

For  campaign  and  battle  the  four  infantry  corps  of  the 
army  are  designated,  respectively,  the  right  wing,  the 
center,  the  left  wing,  and  the  reserve.  To  each  divi.sion 
of  infantry  and  of  calvary  is  assigned  a  battalion  of  light 
and  horse  artillery,  respectively;  and  to  each  infantry 
corps  headquarters  is  attached  a  regiment  of  calvary,  to 


serve  as  couriers  and  headquarter  guard  during  the  cam- 
paign. 

The  calvary  corps  is  first  to  break  camp,  and  by  bri- 
gades and  divisions  prepares  the  wa}'  of  the  march,  cover- 
ing the  movements  of  the  army,  while  constantly  feeling 
the  eneni}'  and  reporting  his  movements. 

The  reserve  corps  is  last  to  break  camp,  and  follows  in 
the  march  of  one  of  the  leading  corps  of  infantry,  as  may 
be  directed  in  the  order  of  the  campaign. 

Armies  are  designated  according  to  their  objects  and 
duties  in  the  field  as  armies  of  invasion,  defensive  armies, 
armies  of  observation  and  armies  of  occupation. 

The  army  of  invasion  is  to  destroy  the  defensive  arm 3% 
and  take  possession  of  the  hostile  countrj'  until  peace  is 
signed  and  indemity  paid,  or  until  a  settled  and  respon- 
sible government  is  established.  When  successful,  the 
army  of  invasion  becomes  the  army  of  occupation,  as  is 
now  the  case  with  our  armies  in  Cuba  and  the  Philippines. 
The  Army  of  the  Potomac  was  the  principal  armj'  in  the 
east  during  the  Civil  War;  while  the  Army  of  the  James 
on  its  left,  and  the  Army  of  Virginia  on  its  right,  were 
armies  of  observation.  In  the  west  the  Army  of  the  Ten- 
nessee was  the  invading  or  principal  army,  while  the 
Army  of  the  Missouri  on  the  right,  and  the  Armj'  of  the 
Ohio  on  the  left,  were  the  armies  of  obsen'ation. 

In  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  when  Halleck  was 
assignedto  command  all  the  armies  of  the  North,  in  addi- 
tion to  the  six  armies  then  in  the  field,  he  placed  newly 
organized  brigades  and  divisions,  by  departments,  en 
cordon    along   the   extensive    frontier    of    the   Northern 


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States,  extending  from  Newberne,  N.  C,  to  Norfolk, 
Va.,  thence  to  Washington,  Baltimore,  Wheeling,  Cin- 
cinnati, Cairo,  Memphis,  and  finally,  to  New  Orleans. 
This  cordon  was  called,  in  derision,  "A  School  for  Bri- 
gadiers," so  numerous  were  the  soldiers  of  the  north. 

Under  Halleck  we  see  the  system  of  army  organization 
practiced  during  the  French  revolution.  From  the  cor. 
don  established  by  the  French  at  the  breaking  out  of  the 
revolution,  sprang  the  finest  body  of  army  officers  known 
to  history.  We  see  them  when  the  French  assume  the 
offensive,  and  in  Carnots  army  in  .seventeen  hundred  and 
ninety-three    and    four,    and    also    with    Napoleon  and 


Moreau  in  .seventeen  hundred  and  ninety-six  to  eighteen 
hundred  and  one,  and  finally  with  Napoleon  throughout 
his  brilliant  career. 

In  McClellan's  organization  of  the  armies  of  the  ea.st, 
we  see  Emperor  Napoleon  at  the  head  of  his  grand  arnn- 
of  corps  organization  within  adaj's  march  of  the  channel 
to  invade  England,  but  turning  on  her  allies,  and  defeat- 
ing their  combined  forces  at  Austerlitz,  December  second, 
eighteen  hundred  and  five.  It  was  Napoleon's  first  great 
battle,  and  the  first  under  his  new  system  of  army  organ- 
ization, which  all  nations  have  copied. 


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Officers  of  the  Companies. 


"A" 

S.  p.  Darby,  Captain. 

J.  CouDON,  Jr.,  nt  Lieutenant. 

A.  R.  Hirst,  2nd  Lieutenant. 

J.  M.  Matthews,  ist  Sergeant. 

R.  E.  Mayo,  2nd  Sergeant. 

J.  C.  CocKEY',  3rd  Sergeant. 

E.  B.  Dunbar,  4.th  Sergeant. 
Corpor&Is : 
J.  McL.  Turner.  G.  L.  Sincell.  F.  A.  Jones.  F.  C.  Farrall. 

"B" 

J.  D.  Bowman,  Captain. 

J.  I.  WiSNER,  1st  Lieutenant. 

W.  S.  Fendall,  2nd  Lieutenant. 

E.  P.  Walls,  1st.  Sergeant. 

S.  B.  NiCHOLLS,  2nd  Sergeant. 

C.  P.  Page,  3rd  Sergeant. 

C.  W.  Boric,  4th  Sergeant. 

Corpor&.ls : 

R.  P.  Choate.  J.  P.  Collier.  R.  E.  Naylor.  E.  R.  Sasscer. 

"C" 

R.  L.  Mitchell,  Captain. 

H.  N.   Lansd.\le,  1st  Lieutenant. 

P.  E.  Peach,  ist  Sergeant. 

H.  D.  Watts,  2nd  Sergeant. 

J.  N.  W.\RFIELD,  3rd  Sergeant. 

W.  R.  Mitchell,  4tk  Sergeant. 

Corporals: 

E.  F.  Garner.  D.  E.  Brown.  T.  A.  Gourley,  G.  W.  Cairnes. 

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STAFF    AND     NON-COMMISSIONED     STAFF. 


Comp&.ny  "A." 


S.  P.  Darby,  Captain. 

J.  Coudon.Jk.,  isl  I.icutcnayit. 

A.  R.  Hirst,  2mi Lieutenant. 


J.  Mc.  Turner. 


J.  M.  Matthews,  ist  Sergeant. 

R.  B.  Mayo,  2nd  Sergeant. 

J.  C.  Q.oz^^y ,3rd  Sergeant. 

E.  B.  Dunbar,  4th  Sergeant_ 

Corporals: 

G.  L.  Sincell.  F.  A.  Jones.  F.  C.  Fariall. 


R.  Alfert, 

H.  J.  Caul, 

T.  Coburn, 

W.  M.  Crone, 

L.  W.   Cruikshank, 

G.  F.  A.  Depkin, 

B.  S.  Dorsey, 
M.  B.  Doub, 

M.  Duckett, 

J.  G.  Ensor, 

J.  B.  Goddard, 

P.  C.  Gray, 

T.  L.  Hines, 

T.   H.  Horner 


Prlvzwtes : 

G.  M.  Mayer, 

F;.  W.  Merryman, 

A.  A.  Parker, 

M.  Phimacher, 
L.  Price, 

R.  S.  Ruiz, 

E.  H.  Suavely, 
A.  T.  Sclienck, 

S.  B.  Shaw, 

E.  T.  Shepherd, 

J.  M.  Street, 

F.  O.  Webster, 

C.  P.  Whiteford, 

H.  D.  Williar, 


Trumpeters: 


H.  A.  Postley, 


Rinks. 


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COMPANY     "A. 


(tn  >> 


Company  "B. 


J.  D.  Bowman,  Captain. 

J.I.  WiSNER,  rst  Lieutenant. 

W.  S.  Fendall,  2nd  Lieutenant. 

E.  P.  Walls,  ist  Seroeant. 

S.  B.  NiCHOLLS,  2nd  Sergeant. 

C.  P.  PAGU,jrd  Sergeant. 

C.  N.  Bouic,  ^t/i  Sergeant. 

Corporals: 


R.  P.  Choate. 


J.  P.  Collier. 


J.  H.  Bay 

H.  K.  Bradford, 

H.  W.  Burnside, 

Y.  V.  Candamo, 

A.  D.  Cockey, 

T.  P.  Deaner, 
Door, 

A.  T.  Ewell, 

C.  R.  Fesmyer, 

J.  T.  Friend, 

J.  H.  Gassaway, 

S.  C.   Grason, 

E.  T.  Green, 


R.  J.  Tillson, 


R.  E.  Naylor. 


E.  R.  Sasscer. 


Privates 


W.  G.  Hardesty, 

B.  S.  Judd, 

J.  N.  Mackall, 

J.  B.  Merritt, 

G.  R.  Ogier, 

J.  N.  Popham, 

R.  W.  Rice, 

D.  Riggs, 

C.  R.  Rutledge, 

J.  W.  P.  Somerville, 

G.  L.  Wentworth, 
L.  F.  Zerkel. 


Trumpeters; 


Birckhead. 


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COMPANY         B. 


Company  "C." 


R.  L.  Mitchell,  Captain. 

H.  N.  LansdalE,  ist  Lieutenant. 

P.  L.  Peach,  ist  Sergea^it. 

H.  D.  Watts,  Seeo7id  Sergeant. 

J.  N.  Warfield,  3rd  Sergeant. 

W.  R.  Mitchell,  4.th  Sergeant. 

CorporBkls. 

E.  F.  Garner.  D.  E.  Brown.  T.  A.  Gourley.  G.  \V.  Cairnes. 

Privates : 

J.  A.  Anderson,  J-  Ramonet, 

W.H.Byron,  W.P.Roberts 

W.  P.  Dent,  W.  T.  Smith, 

H.A.Duffy,  "-^^^K  ^^   Q,  n 

A.  C.  Duganne,  ^-  W.  ^toll, 

W.  W.  Fembv,  J-  E.Tate, 

C.  G.  Hines,  H.  E.  Tarnngton. 

R.  D.  Hooper,  J-  B.  Tomier 

jj.  c.  Mayo,  J-  C  Varona, 

J.  E.Moran,  ^-  ^-  ^"""a"' ,,r    n 

T.  B.   Mullendore,  H.  A.  Weiller 

Nicholls,  1^-  H.  West 

F.  F.  Phillips,  R-  V.  Wood 

E.  H.  Plumacher,  R-  V.  L.  Wright. 

Trumpeters : 

C.  S.  Councilman,  C.  W.  Councilman, 

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COMPANY        C. 


New  Mercer  Literary  Society. 


R.  L.  Mitchell,  Preside?!/. 

H.  N.  Lansdalk,    I'ice-Pirsldent. 

L.  E.  Mackall,  Seeretarv  and   Treasurer. 
C.  P.  Page,  l-:dilor. 

J.  M.  Turner,  Sergeant-al-Arms. 

Program  Committee : 

L.  E.  Mackall,  Chairman.  P.  L.  Peach.  C.  P.  Page. 

Members: 

Bowman,  Byron,  Cairiies,  Cockey,  A.,  Coimcilmaii,  W., 
Deaiier,  Dorsey,  Dunbar,  Duffy,  Ewell,  T., 

Friend,  Gassaway,  Goddard,  Hamblin,  Hardesty, 

Hine.s,  T.,  Hine.s,  C,  Lansdale,  Matthews,  Mackall,  J.  N., 

Mackall,  L.  E.,  Merryman,  Merritt,  Mitchell,  R.  L.,  Naylor, 
Nicholls,  R.,  Page,  Parker,  Peach,  Plumacher,  M., 
Popham,  Phillip.s,  Rip^g.s,  Rice,  Robert.s, 

Rutledge,  Ruiz,  Sasscer,  Schenck,  Sincell,  .Smith, 
Stanley,  Turner,  Varona,  West,  Webster, 

Weiller,  Whiteford,  Williar,  Wood.  Zerkel. 

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The  New  Mercer  Literary  Society. 


"As  the  grace  of  man  is  in  mind,  so  the  beauty  of  the  )nind  is  eloquence. 


-Cicero. 


THK  NEW  MERCER  LITERARY  SOCIETY 
was  organized  in  1861  by  Dr.  W.  N.  Mercer 
of  New  Orleans.  Dr.  Mercer  manifested 
a  great  deal  of  interest  in  behalf  of  this 
Society-,  and  presented  it  with  a  sum  of 
mone}'  and  a  large  collection  of  books.  Interest  in  the 
literary  lines  began  to  go  down  after  his  death,  and  in 
1889  the  New  Mercer  Literary  Society  was  no  more. 

Three  years  passed  and  no  desire  to  brush  the  dust 
from  the  record  of  the  old  and  honored  Society  was 
.shown  b}'  the  students.  But  in  1S92  it  was  reorganized 
by  some  of  the  most  appreciative  students  and  started  out 
with  some  of  its  pristine  glory,  The  New  Mercer  Literary 
Society. 

Short  lived  societies  have  sprung  up  and  faded  by  its 
side;  yet  on  and  on  it  goes,  honoring  the  name  it  bears, 
throw^ing  in  here  and  there  a  pleasant  and  instructive 
evening  for  its  members  and  adding  interest  to  the 
College. 


Among  the  names  of  these  who  deserve  a  special  place 
upon  the  roll  of  honor  are  F.  B.  Bomberger  and  W.  S. 
Weedon.  The  former  was  the  factor  in  its  reorganiza- 
tion in  '92,  and  the  latter  was  the  centre  of  its  interest 
and  instnictiveness  during  his  two  years'  stay  at  the  Col- 
lege, '96  and  '97. 

A  more  elaborate  hi.story  of  the  society  may  be  found 
in  other  volumes  of  the  REVEILLE,  so  we  deem  this  suffi- 
cient. Its  past  we  know  is  resplendent  with  glory — its 
future  is  what  we  shall  make  it. 

Membership  to  the  society  is  purely  vohuitary,  hence 
it  should  be  the  Faculty  and  student  body  to  make  the 
society  so  instructive  and  interesting  as  to  make  the  new 
student  feel  that,  though  not  compuLsor}',  he  cannot 
afford  to  omit  this  from  his  scheduled  work.  One  of  the 
great  ends  of  the  society  is  to  bring  the  minds  of  the 
.student  out  into  the  forum  of  discussion,  to  put  them 
again.st  each  other  in  the  arena  of  debate,  and  to  make 
them   free  and  easy  in   giving  forth  their  views  in    the 


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teeth  of  opposition:  for  it  is  an  uiicheckered  life  indeed 
into  which  there  does  not  come  some  time  when,  to  rise 
and  give  a  clear  expression  of  the  thoughts  and  ideas,  is 
certainl\-  necessary.  And  who  can  sa}'  that  the  discus- 
sion on  the  floors  of  our  societies  may  not  some  day  kin- 
dle a  spark  such  as  smouldered  in  the  mind  of  a  Clay,  a 
Webster,  a  Fox,  a  Pitt,  a  Demosthenes,  or  a  Cicero  ? 

The  society  being  a  student  organization,  credit  is  due 
the  students  who  take  the  lead.  However,  it  must  not 
be  forgotten  that  the  President  and  the  Faculty  have 
also  striven  to  raise  it  to  a  standard  of  excellence.  They 
have  done  much,  and  though  the  members  of  the  society 
may  not  see  it  now,  they  will  appreciate  that  help  in 
future  years  and  silently  thank  those  who  furthered  the 
interest  of  the  I^iterary  Societies. 

And  while  we  speak  of  those  who  aid  the  societies  wc 


should  not  forget  the  Alumni  Association.  The  hand- 
some medal  they  offer  to  the  finest  debater  in  the  school 
is  a  great  incentive  to  the  upholding  of  the  societies,  let 
those  who  yet  have  the  time  think  on  that. 

The  progress  of  the  society  during  this  scholastic  year 
has  been  very  encouraging;  the  President,  Mr.  R.  L. 
Mitchell,  has  done  his  duty,  as  have  all  the  officers,  and 
time  will  show  it. 

The  New  Mercer  Literary  Society  furnished  the  prin- 
cipal Orator  for  the  Intercollegiate  Association  last  year — 
P.  L.  Peach.  Maj'  it  go  on  furnishing  those  who  will 
not  only  speak  in  oratorical  associations,  but  who  will 
fearlessly  advocate  the  best  principles  in  places  of  high 
honor,  and  reflect  honor  upon  the  forum  of  their  first 
arguments. 

P.  L.  P. 


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1 

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^ 


Morrill  Literary  Society. 


T.  B.  Symons,  Prcsideni. 

S.  P.  Darby,    ] 'ice- President. 

A.  R.  Hirst,  Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

J.  I.  WiSNER,  Editor. 

E.  P.  Walls,  Sergeant-at-Arms. 


J.  WiSNER,  Chairman. 


Program  Committee: 

J.  P.  Collier. 


E.  P.  Walls. 


Members: 

Anderson,  Bay,  Bouic,  Bryan,  Choate,  Condon, 

Cockey,  J.:  Collier,  Councilman,  S.:  Cruikshank,  Crone,  Coburn, 
Darby,  Dent,  Depkins,  Duganne,  Ewell,  L.;  Farrall, 
Fenby,  Fesmyer,  Gourley,  Gra)-,  Green, 

Grayson,  Hirst,  Horner,  Judd,  I^ewis, 

L,evy,  Mayer,  Mitchell,  W.;  Moran,  Mullendore, 

Nicholls,  S.;  Ogier,  Palmer,  Postley,  Plumacher,  E. ; 
Ramonet,  Symons,  Shepherd,  Street,  Shaw, 

Suavely,  vSonimerville,  Stoll,  Tarrington,  Towner, 

Walls,  Watts,  H.  D.;  Warfield,  Wisner,  Wright. 

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The  Morrill  Litera^ry  Society. 


"  The  seeds  of  kfiowledge  may  be  planted  in  solitude,  but  must  be  eultivated  in  publie." — Dr.   Johnson. 

"  Eloquenee  comes,  if  it  comes  at  all,  like  the  outbreak  of  a  fountain  from  the  earth,  or  the  bursting  forth  of  volcanic  fires, 
with  spontaneous,  original,  native  force ." — Daniel  Wkbstek. 


|^^^|F  the  different  classes  of  discipline  which  a 
I  WJ  I  man  is  expected  to  acquire  at  college, 
kfiaaaBMl  what  is  more  often  called  into  exercise 
l^^^^l  throughout  life  than  the  abilit.v  to  express 
^OJS^Um  ljj>^  thoughts?  It  is  to  meet  this  important 
requirement  that  literary  societies  are  organized  in  our 
institutions  of  learning. 

It  was  the  response  to  this  demand  in  the  early  days  of 
this  College  that  caused  a  flourishing  literary  society  to 
be  founded. 

In  1894,  Professor  R.  H.  Alvey  felt  that  the  literary 
work  would  be  improved  by  introducing  an  element  of 
competition  in  the  formation  of  another  literary  society 
in  this  College. 

The  Morrill  Literary  vSociety  was,  therefore,  organized 
and  named  in  honor  of  Senator  Morrill,  who  did  so  much 
to  advance  the  cause  of  land-grant  Agricultural  Colleges 
in  this  country.  After  the  brief  life  of  a  single  year, 
however,  the  Morrill  Society  was  absorbed  by  the  other 
literary  organization  of  the  College. 


The  action  of  its  founder  was  a  step  in  the  right 
direction,  however,  for  during  the  .season  of  1899-igoo 
the  society  was  re-organized  by  Mr.  H.  J.  Kefauver, 
president  of  the  New  Mercer  Society.  Mr.  W.  H. 
Weigand  was  the  first  president,  and  through  his  efforts 
the  Morrill  Society  became  firmly  established  in  the 
independent  existence  which  it  has  since  enjoyed. 

This  society  has  held  many  very  interesting  and 
pleasing  programs  have  been  presented.  The  .several 
joint  meetings  held  between  the  two  societies  have  been 
marked  with  sharp  competition  which  has  proved  bene- 
ficial to  the  work  of  both  societies.  The  two  annual 
events  of  especial  importance  for  the  Literary  Societies 
during  each  season,  are  the  competitive  oritorical  contest 
in  the  winter  and  the  competitive  debate  in  June. 

The  oratorical  contest  is  for  the  selection  of  a  stu- 
dent to  represent  the  College  in  the  annual  contest  of 
the  Oratorical  Association  of  Maryland  Colleges.  This 
year  both  principal  and  alternate  were  sele<5ted  from  the 
Morrill    Societ\'.     The    prize  debate    in  June  forms   an 


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interesting  part  of  the  exercises  during  commencement 
week,  and  is  entered  into  with  great  enthusiasm  by  the 
candidates  elected  from  both  societies. 

The  success  of  the  Literary  Societies  is  largely  due  to 
the  encouraging  efforts  of  Professor  Charles  R.  Richard- 
son, the  efficient  instructor  in  public  speaking,  who  has 
general  oversight  of  the  work  of  both  societies. 

The  Program  Committee  also  deserves  thanks  for  their 
successful  efforts  in  the  preparation  of  interesting  and 
enjoyable  programs  for  each  meeting. 

Maj'  the  members  of  the  Morrill  Society  continue  their 
interest  in  this  important  work,  and  their  enthusiasm  for 


the  success  of  the  .society.  It  is  impossible  to  estimate 
the  influence  which  might  develoji  from  training  received 
in  this  society.  In  years  to  come  it  is  more  than  probable 
that  the  memories  of  many  men  may  turn  backward  to 
its  meetings,  as  seasons  when  there  was  enkindled  the 
flame  of  eloquence  which  afterwards  became  the  living 
fire  shining  from  some  pulpit, bench  or  hall  of  legLslation. 

If  so,  this  sentiment  will  rise  in  their  minds  though 
unexpressed  by  words. 

"May  continued  enthusiastic  effort  be  the  inspiration 
which  will  crown  with  still  further  victories  the  Morrill 
Literary  Society  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College." 

//.  A'.  B. 


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THE     GLEE     CLUB. 


Glee  Club. 


T.   B.  Symons, 

J.    P.    COLUKR, 


Manager. 
Director. 


FIRST  TENOR. 

S.  B.  Shaw,  '04. 

S.  B.  Nichols,  '03. 

C.  N.  Bouic,  '03. 


SECOND   TENOR. 

J.  P.  Collier,  '03. 

P.  L.  Peach,  '03. 

T.  L.  HiNES,  '05. 


FIRST   BASS. 

T.  B.  Symons,  '02. 

E.  W.  Stoll,  '04. 

F.  O.  Webster,  '04. 


SECOND    BASS. 

J.  E.  Tate.  '05. 

F.  H.  We.st,  '05. 

G.   Iv.  SiXCELL,   '04. 


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COMMENCEMENT  DAY. 


I 

Tis  commencement  day,  and  calm  and  clear 

The  bugle  notes  sound  through  the  air; 
Past  the  old  oak  tree  that  crowns  the  hill, 
In  a  final  call  for  parade  and  drill. 


ir 

They  soon  come  forth  in  happy  pairs. 
Light  hearted  youths  who  have  no  cares; 

Yet  some  there  are,  who' re  not  so  glad, 
The  seniors  all  feel  somewhat  sad. 


Ill 

The  roll  is  called,  reports  are  made. 
The  sword  is  drawn,  whose  shining  blade; 

Reflects  the  radiant  June  day  sun. 

As  at  command  the  squads  march  on. 


IV 

The  major  gives  his  loud  command. 

Each  man  keeps  time  with  the  playing  band; 
Until  at  last  the  drill  is  o'er, 

And  holidays  begin  once  more. 


V 


Each  Senior  drops  his  sword  to  rest. 
Strive  though  he  may  his  very  best; 

He  cannot  check  a  falling  tear. 

For  he  sees  the  end  of  his  college  career. 

R.  L. 


M. 


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The  Young  Men*s  Christian  Association. 

OFFICERS. 

C.   N.   Bouic,  President. 

ly.   E.    Mackall,    \  Icc-Presidcnt. 

P.   L.    Peach,   Secretary. 

T.   B.   Symons,    Treasurer. 

Prof.   C.  S.   Richardson,  Advisory  Officer. 


w^m 


THE  work  accomplished  by  the  Young  Men's  Christian  Association  during  the  past  year  has  demonstrated 
the  usefuhiess  of  this  Societ)-  among  us. 

In  addition  to  the  regular  Sunday  evening  meetings  and  Bible  Class  meetings,  social  features  are 
enjoyed.      A  room  has  been  opened  by  the  memliers,  with  tables  and  games,  and  many  pleasant  hours  are 
spent  in  innocent  amusement. 
The  membership  of  the  association  has  greatly  increased,  a  large  percentage  of  the  students  having  joined,  and 
there  seems  to  be  before  it  a  long  life  of  usefulness  and  of  uplifting  the  .standard  of  college  life. 


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YELLS" 


Hulla-ba-loo!  hooray!  hooray! 
Hulla-ba-loo!  hooray!  hooray! 

Hooray!     Hooray! 

M.  A.  C.  A.  A. 

Fee !  fie !  fo !  f um ! 
Bim!  l)aiii!  bim!  bum! 


Hi! 
M. 


yi!  ip!  see! 
A.  C. 


Chee  hitig!  chee  hing! 
Chee  ha!  ha!  ha! 
Maryland  Agricultural  College! 
Sis!     Boom!     Bah! 

Holy  Gee! 

Who  are  we  ? 

We're  the  boys  of  M.  A.  C! 

Chick-a-chick-a-boom 
Chick-a-chick-a-boom 
Chick-a-chick-a-chick-a-chick-a! 
Boom!     Boom!     Boom! 
Rah!  rah!  rah! 
Rah!  rah!  rah! 
Maryland  Agricultural  College! 
Sis!     Boom!     Ah! 

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YE  OLD-FASHIOr^ED  GIRL. 


./fi<. 


I. 


Maiden  of  the  dear  old  days, 

With  your  curls  and  flounces  gay, 

With  your  little  winsome  ways, 
You  were  passing  sweet  they  say. 


II. 


But  the  maidens  of  to-day — 
They  are  just  as  sweet  as  you, 

'Spite  of  all  our  grandma's  say 
Of  the  awful  things  they  do. 


III. 
Girls  are  girls — no  matter  when — 

Dearest  creatures  'neath  the  sun. 
Priceless  gift  of  God  to  men, — 
And  we  love  them  every  one. 

—C.  S.  R. 


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THE     ROSSBOURG     CLUB. 


The  Rossbourg'  Club. 

OFFICERS. 

R.   L.   Mitchell, President. 

L.    E.   Mackall \'iec- President. 

J.   D.   Bowman,       ......      Seeretary  and  Treasurer. 


H.  N.  Landsdale, 
T.   B.  Symons, 
Joseph  Coudon,  Jr. 

J.    I.    WiSNER, 


Chainiiaii  of  Floor  Committee. 

Chairman  of  Reception  Committee. 

Chairman  of  Programme  Committee. 

Chairman  of  Refreshment  Committee. 


ICO 


Rossbourg  Club. 


' '  77^1?  hidden  soul  of  harmony, 

Music  arose  ivith  its  voliiptiiozis  stvell; 

Soft  eyes  looked  love  to  eyes  zchich  spake  again. 

And  all  icent  merry  as  a  marriage  bell." 


QK  LIFE  were  all  work  and  no  play,  this  world 
would  be  a  dull  place  indeed. 
*  Something  must  be  radically  wrong  with 
that  man  who  scoffs  at  pleasure,  and  pro- 
nounces as  trival  and  unworthy  the  innocent  amusements 
and  diversions  of  life. 

College  life  is  a  laborious  existence,  if  the  student  fully 
and  completely  discharges  his  duty;  but  along  the  rugged 
road  there  are  some  flowers  of  pleasure  which  may  be 
plucked  by  the  weary  plodder — and  how  beautiful  and 
fragrant  are  the.se  flowers. 


Well,  the  Rossbourg  Club  is  a  whole  flower  garden — 
rich  in  roses  of  love,  dotted  with  blue  forget-me-nots  and 
fragrant  with  the  pure  lilies  of  peace. 

In  the  College  sometime  we  find  work  in  abundance. 
Worry  is  not  a  stranger.  Anxiety  is  a  frequent  guest. 
Long  evenings  of  study,  long  days  of  recitations,  are  nec- 
essary for  succe.ss;  and  oh! — Work!  Work!!  Work!!!  is 
written  all  over  our  college  walls  in  letters  of  living  light. 
Well,  we  know  this  is  necessary;  and  only  the  trifler  and 
the  sluggard  fail  to  do  their  share. 

But,    oh,   how  gladly   w^  hail  the  dance  night!     All 


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work  is  laid  aside,  all  care  forgotten,  and  we  revel  in  the 
glory  of  youth  and  health  and  the  sight  of  woman's  eyes. 

Woman's  eyes!  What  man  has  yei  lived  who  could 
resist  them?  They  speak  a  language  of  poetrj'  above, 
and  yet,  at  times,  this  language  kills  our  happiness  and 
blights  our  hopes. 

But  fear  not;  a  cadet's  happiness  is  hard  to  kill,  and 
his  hopes  are  hard  to  blight. 

The  dance  is  on.  The  music  thrills  the  soul;  the  fairy 
form  is  gently  guided  through  the  mystic  mazes  of  the 
waltz;  eyes  meet  eyes  in  glances  of  devotion;  and  tender 
words  are  trembling  on  the  lips.  The  cup  of  joy  is  filled 
to  overflowing,   and  from    its  golden  rim  is  quaffed  the 


sweetest  nectar  life  can  give.      How  lucky,  young  man, 
that  you  are  a  member  of  the  Rossbourg  Club. 

Five  or  six  dances  a  j'ear;  five  or  six  glimpses  of 
Heaven!  Well!  well!  life  is  not  so  bad  at  Maryland 
Agricultural  College! 

The  Rossbourg  Club!  It  is  the  origin  of  love,  pro- 
moter of  matrimony,  and  the  furnisher  of  that  heavenly 
alchemy  which  turns  the  dross  of  life  into  gold. 
Long  may  the  Rossbourg  Club  live  and  prosper;  and  long 
may  its  garlands  of  pleasure  adorn  the  halls  of  Maryland 
Agricultural  College,  is  the  sincere  wish  of  the  Class  of 
Nineteen  Hundred  and  Two. 


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iwt^rs^ 


Athletics. 


As  far  back  as  history  dates,  athletics  have  been 
one  of  the  chief  amusements  of  young  men. 
The  greatest  athletic  games  of  ancient  times 
were  the  famous  Olympic  games  which  were 
first  held  in  Greece  about  884  B.  C.  Here 
on  the  "stadium,"  or  racecourse,  men  trained  for 
months,  nay,  even  years,  for  the  honor  of  winning  the 
simple  little  olive  branch,  cut  from  the  sacred  tree;  but 
that  little  branch  carried  with  it  more  honor  than  the 
best  gold  medal  ever  won  by  any  of  the  famous  athletes 
of  today.  It  was  here  that  the  strong  men  of  ancient 
Greece  were  developed — the  men  who  formed  her  famous 
armies.  Here,  too,  though  not  to  such  a  great  extent, 
her  great  orators  and  statesmen,  in  their  boyhood,  devel- 
oped their  physical  strength  along  with  their  intellectual 
beings ;  and  so  it  is  today.  Athletics,  in  a  great  measure, 
go  to  make  up  the  man.  No  mind  can  be  properl_\- 
developed  unless  the  body  is  developed  along  with  it. 

Now  let  us  come  to  the  point  and  show  that  the  Mary- 
land Agricultural  College  is  .sending  out  into  the  world 


men  who  are  developed  fully  and  completely,  in  body  as 
well  as  in  mind,  and  I  know  no  better  way  to  do  this 
than  by  setting  before  you  a  few  of  her  records  along 
the  line  of  athletics. 

In  viewing  this  subject  at  Maryland  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, let  us  take  it  up  where  the  editor  of  last  year  left 
off.  First  on  the  list  is  the  famous  baseball  team  of  1901. 
Although  the  baseball  record  of  this  College  shows  many 
excellent  teams,  some  of  which  have  championship  ban- 
ners as  mementoes  of  their  success,  yet,  probably,  none 
ever  surpassed  the  team  of  last  year.  A  majority  of  the 
games  were  on  our  grounds,  and,  with  the  single  excep- 
tion of  Georgetown  University,  every  one  of  them  was 
crowned  with  success. 

We  were  not  a  member  of  the  so-called  ' '  Intercol- 
legiate League  of  Maiylaiid,"  which  was  composed  of  two 
of  Maryland's  many  colleges,  yet  we  think  that  our 
record  will  allow  us  to  sa}'  that  our  team  was  inferior  to 
no  college  team  in  tlie  State.  I  will  not  leave  you  to  take 
our  word  for  this,  but  will  give  you  our  .scores  against 


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the  principal  colleges  of  the  State,  so  that  every  one  may 
be  fully  convinced  of  this  fact.     They  are  as  follows,  viz. : 

St.  John's  College 9 — 7 

Western  Maryland  College 7 — 5 

Washington  College, 7 — 3 

Gallaudet  College 7 — 2 

It  might  be  worth  mentioning  that  Johns  Hopkins  Uni- 
versity, who,  in  athletics,  usually  clas.ses  herself  among 
the  colleges,  was  unable  to  put  a  team  in  the  field  able 
to  compete  with  her  sister  colleges. 

Last  year  tennis  received  more  than  the  usual  amount 
of  attention.  In  the  contest  for  the  championship,  the 
four  who  came  up  for  the  finals  were;  Choate  '04, 
McCubbin  '04,  Fendall  '02,  and  Bowman  '02.  Of  these 
four  the  latter  two  were  chosen  and  the  contest  between 
them  was  a  hard  fought  battle,  but  it  was  finally  decided 
in  favor  of  J.  D.  Bowman  '02. 

Track  athletics,  too,  received  no  small  amount  of 
attention,  and  some  good  records  were  made  in  the  final 
contest  in  June.  The  athletic  committee  arranged  a 
series  of  records  which  had  to  be  surpassed  before  the 
medal  would  be  given.  This  led  to  a  great  deal  of  addi- 
tional training,  because  the  records  were  rather  hard  to 
beat;  in  fact,  some  of  our  champions  failed  to  get  the 
medal  on  account  of  it  The  successful  ones  were  as 
follows,  viz. : 


100-yard  da.sh J.  M.  Matthews. 

220-yard  dash Iv  D.  Dickey, 

440-yard  dash H.  K.  Bradford. 

SSo-yard  run K.  I).  Dickey. 

120-yard  hurdle U.K.  Bradford. 

High  jnni]) J.  M.  Matthews. 

Broad  jump F.  H.  Peters. 

Let  us  now  turn  to  1901-02.  The  football  team  of 
this  year,  although  light,  was  very  good  and  played 
plucky  football  to  the  last.  There  was  scarcely  a  team 
on  our  schedule  that  did  not  outweigh  us.  Probably 
the  game  which  the  team  was  most  desirous  of  winning, 
and  the  one  in  which  every  man  used  his  utmost  powers 
to  win,  was  the  one  with  Hopkins  ;  but  weight  alone  con- 
quered, and  Maryland  Agricultural  College  was  forced 
to  suffer  defeat,  but  it  was  gratifying  to  know  that  Hop- 
kins made  but  one  touch  down.  It  was  beautiful  to  .see 
how  our  little  men  held  the  wild  plunges  of  the  big 
Hopkin.sonians. 

From  present  prospects  the  ba.seball  team  of  1902  will 
surpass  even  that  of  last  year.  A  number  of  the  old 
players  are  back,  and  the  places  left  vacant  are  to  be 
filled  by  probably  even  better  men  than  those  of  last 
year.  A  ver}'  fine  schedule  has  been  arranged  by  Man- 
ager Bowman. 

Now,  in  conclusion,  let  us  hope  that  the  baseball  team 
of  1902  will  be  a  success,  and  that  its  record  will  be  one 
worthv  of  our  glorious  Alma  Malir. 


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^  <>(?«  g======S  (?====5:S  g====~S  (?====s5  g===^ 


WMMmM 


T.  B.  Symons, 
J.  D.  Bowman, 
P.  L.  Peach, 

J.   I.   WiSNER, 

S.  P.  Darby, 


L.  E.  Mackall, 
J.  D.  Bowman, 

E.    B.   DlNBAR, 


J.  D.  Bowman, 
S.  B.  Nicholls, 


L.  E.  Mackall.    - 
J.  McLeod  Turner, 

W.  S.  Fendall,    - 


Athletic  Association. 


FOOTBALL. 


President. 

Vice-President- 

Recording  Secretary. 

Corresponding  Secretary. 

Treasurer- 


Manager. 

Assistant  Manager. 

Captain. 


BASEBALL- 


TRACK  TEAM 


TENNIS. 

ATHLETIC  COMMITTEE. 

T.  B.  Symons,  Chairman. 


S.  P.  Darby, 

H.  N.  Lansdale, 


Prof.  C.  S.  Richardson, 
Prof.  H.  T.  Harrison. 


Prof.  Bomberger. 


AUDITING  COMMITTEE. 

R.  L.  Mitchell. 


Manager. 
Captain- 


Manager. 
Captain. 

Manager 


A.  R.  Hirst. 


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Football  Team  of  Nineteen-One. 


E.  B.  Dunbar,  Captain. 


L.  E.  Mackali.,  Manager. 
W.  R.  Mitchell,  Center. 

E.  B.  Dunbar  (Capt.),  Right  Guard. 
C.  R.  Fesmeyer,  Left  Guard. 

R.  E.  Naylor,  Right  Tackle. 

E.  W.  Stoll,  Left  Tackle. 

W.  T.  Smith,  Right  End. 

C.  P.  Page,  Left  End. 

T.  E.  Bryan,  Quarterback. 

J.  M.  Turner,  Right  Halfback. 

D.  E.  Brown,  Left  Halfback. 

J.  N.  Warfield,  Fullback. 


L.  M.  EWELL, 


SUBSTITUTES. 

J.  M.  Matthews, 


F.  O.  Webster, 


E.  F.  Garner, 


H.  D.  Watts. 


SCHEDULE. 

October  5. — Delaware  College.  November  2. — Central  High  School. 

October  16. — Gallaudet  College.  November  9. — Rock  Hill  College. 

October  19. — Johns  Hopkins  Univer.sit)'.  November  12. — U.  S.  Marines,  of  Washington. 

October  26.— Rock  Hill  College.  November  16.— Walbrook  Athletic  Club. 

November  23. — Western  Marj'land  College. 


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FOOTBALL    TEAM. 


Baseball  Team  of  Nineteen-Two 


J.  D.  Bowman,  Manager 

W.  T.  Smith,' Catcher. 

D.  E.  Brown  and  F.  C. 

A.  R.  Hirst 

R 


S.  B.  Nichols,  Captain. 


J.  M. 


Farr.vll,  Pitchers. 
First  Base. 
V.  Wood,  Second  Base. 

R.  D.  HooPES,  Third  Base. 

S.  B.  Nichols,  Short  Stop. 

J.  H.  Gassaway,  Left  Field. 

C.  R.  Fesmyer,  Centre  Field. 

E.  R.  Sasscer,  Right  Field. 
SUBSTITUTES. 
Matthews,  P.  L.  Peach. 


SCHEDULE. 


March  19. — Georgetown,  at  College  Park.  Ma}-  7.- 

March  22. — Technical  High  School,  at  College  Park.  May  10 

April  5. — Naval  Academ}^  at  Annapolis.  May  14 

April  9. —  ■  May  17 

April  12. — Baltimore  City  College,  at  College  Park.  May  23 

April  16. — Gallaudett,  at  College  Park.  May  24 

April  19. — Western  Maryland  College,  at  Westminster.  May  28 

April  23. — Columbian  University,  at  College  Park.  May  31 

April  26. — Johns  Hopkins,  at  College  Park.  June   4 

May  I. — University  of  West  Va.,  at  College  Park.  June  7.- 

May  3. — St.  John's  College,  at  College  Park.  June  10 


-Business  High  School,  at  College  Park. 

— Gallaudett,  at  Kendall  Green. 

— Marine  Corps,  at  Corege  Park. 

— Walbrook  A.  C,  at  Baltimore. 

— Washington  College,  at  College  Park. 

— Mt.  St.  Mary's,  at  Enimittsburg. 

— Delaware  College,  at  College  Park. 

—Washington  College,  at  Chestertown. 
— Alumni  Association,  at  College  Park. 


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BASEBALL     TEAM. 


Track  and  Field  Team, 

L.  I',.  Mackai.i.,  Maii:iKer.  J-  M.  Tuknkk,  Captain. 

RELAY  TEAM. 

likADi'oki),  Tuknkk,  Mackaij,,  Mattiiicws. 


LONG  DISTANCE. 

Hkadi-okd,  Mackai.i,,  Stdi.i.,  Hines,  T.  1^.,  Grkkn. 


SPRINTS. 

MATTIII'.WS.  TUUNICK. 


HURDLE.  JUMPS. 

liKAi.i'C.ui),  Mackai.i,.  Mattiiicws,         TiiKiN'iCK,         .Stoi.i.,         IIik.st. 


WEIGHT   AND   HAMMER  THROWING. 

SvMoN.s,  1m;smvi;k,  Stoi.i.,  Niciiom.s,  Hkown,  I-akkam, 

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Oritoric&l  Associd^tion  of  M&.ryland  Colleges. 

Colleges  Constituting  the  Association. 

St.  Jdlms  ColloiL^f,  .\!ina]i()Iis. 

M.irslaiul  A};iiriiUural  Collc^i.-,  C<illt.-);f  Park. 

Weslcrn  MaiNiaiul  College,  Wcstiiiiiii.ster. 

WasliiiiKt'iii  Colk-gi-,  Chestertown. 
Officers: 
I'koi'.  CiiAS.  vS.  Kicii.\i<i).S().\,  /'rcsii/ni/,  iMarslaiul  Af;ii(niUni  .il  College. 

I'Koi'.   Iv.  J.  ClakkI'.,  Sidiiary,  Wasliin;;l<)ii  College. 

Pkoi'.  J.  W.  C.\i.\,   'I'lrdsiiiri ,  St.  Johns  College. 

Programme  Third  Annual  Contest. 

MAKvi.AM)  A<;Kicri.'riikAi.  C()i.i.i;(;i;,  i'riday,  ,mav  3,  lyot,  S  p.  m. 

OvivKTiKi: lly.ilt.s\ille  Orchestra. 

Wklco-mic    to   Associ.vtion President  U.  W.  Sylvester,   Maryland  Agricultural  College. 

Rkply Prof.  Iv.  J.   Clarke. 

Ski.KCTIDN I lyatlsville  Orchestra. 

iNTKOnrCToKV  Rkmakks Prof.   C.   S.    Richardson. 

Oration:   "The  .Self- Realization  of  the  Race" George  I  laniniond  Myers,  Western  Maryland  College. 

.Si-;i.i;cTioN Ilyattsville    Orchestra. 

Oration:    "  Unselfishness  the  Mother  of   Liberty" Oscar  P..  Cohlent/,  St.  Johns  College. 

Ski.KCTIon Ilyattsville  Orchestra. 

Oration:   "Political   Despotism"       iJaniel  O.   Anderson,    W.ishingtou  College. 

Ski.KCTION Ilyattsville  Orchestra. 

Oration:   "The  Requirements  of  the  Age  " Preston   M.  Peach,  Maryland  Agricultural  College. 

Ski.KCTION Ilyattsville  Orchestra. 

DiX'ISION  Ol'  ■i'lll'.  JlIKJKS. 

Ski.KCTION Ilyattsville  Orchestra. 

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Program  of  Public  Exercises  of  Nineteen-One. 

Saturday,  June  15. 

8  P.  M.— Annual  Meeting  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.,  in  College  Hall. 

Sunday,  June  I6. 

3.30  P.  M. — Baccalaureate  Sermon,  by  Rev.  Wm.  R.  Tuknek,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 

Monday,  June  17. 

9.00  A.  M. — Field  and  Track  Events  on  College  Campus.  6.30  P.  M. — Drill  and  Battalion  Parade. 

1.00 P.  M. — Tennis  Tournament.  8.30  P.  M. — Class  Day  Exercises  in  College  Hall. 

3.30  P.  M. — Base  Ball,  Alumni  Game.  Address   by  Judge  J.  W.  Bl.\ckistone,  of  Virginia. 

Tuesday,  June  I8. 

10.30  A.M. — Annual  Meeting  of  Alumni  Association.  S.30  P.  M. — Society  Night — Joint   Meeting   of  Literary 

2.00  P.M. — Base  Ball,  Alumni  vs.  College.  Societies.     Debate  for  Alumni  Medal. 

4.30  P.  M. — Review  of  Battalion  and  Inspection.  Address  by  Pre.sident  R.  W.  Silvester. 

Wednesdjk.y,  June  19. 

10.30  A.M. — Commencement  Exercises.  .  4.30  P.  M. — Exhibition  Drill. 

Address  by  Hon.  Oi.ix  Brvan,  of  Baltimore,  Md.  9.00  P.  M.  to  i.oo  A.   M. — Commencement  Ball. 

Music  furnished  by  Naval  Academy  Band. 
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Class  Da^y  Exercises,  Monday,  June  17. 

Exi-KcisES 8.30  P.  M. 

Music Overture,    "  Lust  spiel," Keler  Bela. 

Entry  of  Senior  Class. 

Class  History  and  Prophecy Captain  H.  C.  Whiteford. 

Music March,  "Emblem  of  Liberty." 

Announcement,  Senior  Lictor Major  \V.  W.  Cohey. 

Address,  Junior  Orator Captain  J.  T.  Hakdisty. 

Presentation  of  Class  Shield  and  Fasces. 

Senior  Armor  Bearers Captains  McDonnell  and  W'hitekord. 

Junior  Armor  Bearers Sergeants  Coudon  and  Mackall. 

Address,  Junior  Orator Lieutenant  J.  D.  Bowman. 

Music "War  Songs." 

CLASS  PIPE. 

Song,    "  Auld  Lang  Sync." Classes. 

Announcement,  Junior  Lictor Lieutenant  F.  H.  Peters. 

Installation  of  New  Senior  C1&.SS. 

resolutions. 

.\ddress  I'pon  Resolutions Sergeant  Major  R.  L.  Mitchell. 

Class  Ode  of   1902 Words  by  H.  (C.  Bradeurd,  1902. 

Formal  Adjournment. 

Mu>ic,  Ragtime "  Phoebe  Johnson's  Cake  Walk." 

Address  to  Classes Judge  J.  W.  G.  Blacristone,  of  Virginia. 

Music "  Greater  America." 

Music  furnished  lj\-  Hyatts\-ille  Orchestra. 

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Joint  Meeting'  Literary  Societies,  Tuesday,  June  l8. 

Debate  for  Alumni  Gold  Medal. 

"Morrill  vs.  "  New  Mercer." 

Exercises 8. 30  P.  M. 

Music,  "  M.  A.  C."  Mandolin  Club. 

Address President  R.  W.  Silvester. 

Debate — Resolved , 

That    the  Treatment  of  the  Chinese  Nation    by  the  Civilized    Nations  of  the  World 
during  the  Past  Centurj'  Has  Been  Justifiable. 

I.  Affirmative Mr.  A.  R.  Hirst. 

Music,  "  M.  A.  C."  Quartette. 

1.  Negative Mr.  F.  V.  McDonnell. 

Music,  Instrumental  Solo,  Mr.  C.  N.  Bohic. 

2.  Affirmative Mr.  E.  C.  P.'M.mer. 

Music  Mr.  J.  A.  E.  Evster. 

2.  Negative Mr.  R.  L.  Mitchell. 

Music,  "  M.  A.  C."  Quartette. 

Declamation,  Original  Verses Professor  C.  S.  Rich.vrdson. 

Decision  of  Judges. 
Music  "  M.  A.  C."  Mandolin  Club. 

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Maryl&.nd  Agricultural   College. 

Commencement  Exercises. 

WEDNESDAY,  JUNE   19,   10.30  A.  M. 


Invocation Rev.  J.  C.  S.  Mayo. 

Music. 

Address  to  Graduates By  Hon.  Oun  Bryan,  of  Baltimore,  Md. 

Music. 

Salutatory F.   V.  McDonnell. 

"  The  Dawn  of  the  Century." 

Valedictory •    •    .    .  W.  W.  Cobey. 

"  The  Conflict  of  the  Anglo-Saxon  and  the  Slav." 
Music. 

Presentation  of   Diplom&s. 

By  His  Excellency,  Governor  John  Walter  Smith. 

Benediction Kev.  J.  E.  Grammer,  D.  D. 

Music  furnished  by  Naval  Academy  Band. 

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Hdwps  d^nd  Mishd^ps. 


^7^ 


Mciklc : — "Hlection  day  comes  on   Thursday  this  year, 

don't  it?" 
Roberts  : — ' ' No ;  on   Friday . ' ' 

Palmer : — "Miss  S.  is  going  to  join  the  Colonial  Dames." 
La7isdalc : — "My  uncle  fought  in  the  war;  I  think  I  will 
join  too." 

Couneilman  11': — "Captain,  do  I  have  to  salute  the 
Major-Sergeant  ?  " 

/'ro/'.  LanahiDi : — (in  surveying  class)  "Mr.  Bouic,  in 
what  direction  does  the  needle  of  this  compass 
point  ?  ' ' 

Bouic: — (after  due  deliberation;  finalh'  pointing  due 
south)      "Out  there,  Professor." 

Circcn: — "Why,  by  gum;  they  used  to  wear  shoulder 
straps  on  their  arms." 

Warficld : —  (reading  invitation)     "Lansdale,  this  is  the 


first  verbal  invitation  I  e\-er  saw." 

Fenby  : — "I  have  a  fine  uuiini  bridge  dictionary  np  in  my 
room." 

Prof.  Lanahan  : — "Mr.  Kendall,  you  have  said  as  much 
nonsense  in  as  few  words,  as  it  was  possible  for  you 
to  say." 

Peach: — "Professor,  I  can't  find  the  temperature  of  this 
water  at  o°." 

Hirst : — "Say  "  Bow,"  there  is  the  store  where  they  sell 
antiquaries." 

Hull: — "They  say  so  much  about  Booker  T.  Washing- 
ton, but  I  bet  three  quarters  of  the  negroes  in  this 
countr}'  never  heard  of  him  'till  he  dined  with 
Roo.sevelt." 

Evans  : — "That's  right;  I  never  did." 


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June  Ball  Org'aniz&tion. 


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Major  Thomas  B.  Symons, 
Captain  J.  D.  Bowman, 
Captain  R.  L.  Mitchell, 


.   President. 

Viec-Presirlent. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer. 


Captain  R.  L.  Mitchell, 
Sergeant  J.  C.  Cockey, 
Corporal  J.  P.  Collier, 


Floor  Committee. 

1st.  LiEt'TENANT  H.  N.  Lansdale,  Chairman. 
Adjutant  L   E.  Mackall,  1st.  Sergeant  P.  L.  Peach, 

Sergeant  W.  S.  Hull,  Sergeant  J.  N.  Warfield, 

Corporal  G.  \V.  Cairnes,  Cadet  W.  R.  Roberts, 


Sergeant  H.  D.  Watts, 

Sergeant  E.  B.  Dunbar, 

Cadet  T.  L.  Hincs. 


Major  T.  B.  Symons. 

1st.  Sergeant  J.  M.  Matthews, 


Captain  ].  D.  Bowman, 
Sergeant  W.  S.  Hull, 


Major  T.  B.  Symons, 
1st.  Sergeant  P.  L.  Peach, 
Corporal  J.  M.  Turner, 


Reception  Committee. 

Captain  S.  P.  Darry,  Chairman. 
Captain  J.  D.  Bowman,  Sergeant-Major  Ralph  Hamblin, 

Sergeant  H.  D.  Watts,  Sergeant  J.  C.  Cockey, 

Corporal  J.  P.  Collier. 

Refreshment  Committee. 

Adjutant  L.  E.  Mackall,  Chairman. 
2nd.  Lieutenant  A.  R   Hirst,  Sergeant  VV.  R.  B.  Mayo, 

Corporal  D   E.  Brown,  Cadet  R.  Rice, 

Cadet  Bernard  judd. 

Invitation  Committee. 

1st.  LiEi'TENANT  Joseph  Corxws.,  ]r.,  Chairman. 
Captain  S.  P.  Darby,  Captain  R   L.  Mitchell, 

Sergeant  J.  N.  Warfield,  Sergeant  W.  R.  Mitchell, 

Cadet  L.  VV.  Cruikshank,  Corporal  F.  C.  Farrall, 


1st.  Sergeant  E.  P.  Walls, 
Sergeant  C.  P.  Page. 


Sergeant  S.  B.  Nicholls, 
Cadet  A.  T.  Schenck. 


1st.  Sergeant  J.  M.  Matthews, 

Sergeant  E.  B.  Dunbar, 

Cadet  A.  A.  Parker. 


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IT^EW^    DISTHIBVTORS 


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Gredwt  Men  of  M.  A.  C,  2wnd  Their  Specid^lties. 


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Astronomy S.  P.  Darby. 

Agriculture Walls. 

Botany "Sy." 

Bores Bradford. 

Brass Shaw. 

Bugling Councilman. 

Bungling Kendall. 

Chemistry Sophomore  Cla.ss. 

Cooking Ewell  T. 

College  Grove Jones. 

Dancing Rutledge. 

Disorder Non-Commissioned  Officers. 

English Ramonet. 


Football  

Baseball The  whole  team. 

Lc)VE Lansdale,  of  course. 

Military  Aff.virs Doub  and  Rincks. 

Oratory Cairnes. 

Ponies Bouic. 

Physics Collier. 

Prof,\nity All  except  Y.  M.  C.  A.  members. 

Pe.\rs Anderson. 

Sporting Wisner. 

Tobacco vSincell,   { es]ieciall_\-  borrowed  leaf). 

Tonsori.vl  Art Ruiz. 

Ver.vcity vSincell. 


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The  Great  M.  A.  C.  Vaudevillians, 

First  and  Probably  L2>.st  Appearance. 

30— Wonderful     Artists.— 30 

College  Hall,  Friday,  February  30th,   1902. 

OLIO. 


M  R.     BOU  IC 

In  liis  great  song  hit,  "I  Nevek  Saw  the  Streets  ov  Cairo;" 
assisted  by  Mr.  Bradford,  who  will  carry  the  bass. 

LIEUTENANT     LANSDALE 

Will  show  how  one  can  hold  lovely  hands  without  the  necessity 
of  ])laying  cards. 

The  tiianajj;cmciit  olVcrs  $ioo   to  the  l.idy  bold  enough  to  assist  him  in  the  act. 

E.     C.      PALMER 

(Especially  imported  for  this  one  appearance) 

Will    tell   a   few    V.   M    C.   A.  jokes.     (Anyone   laughing   will   be 
expelled.) 

DEANER 

Will  give  his  great  tragedy,  "How  I  Became  a  Soldier;"  closing 
with  the  ])athetic  ballad,  "I'd  Hate  to  be  a  Military  Man." 

SERGEANT     NICHOLS 

Our  mighty  shortstop. 

Will  demonstnite  how  he  hits  high  balls. 
This  act  cost  the  manageincnt  $3.?4  I'or  the  materials. 


MAJOR     SYMONS 

Will  demonstrate  his   ability   to  classify  bugs.     Big  bugs,  bug- 
houses and  bug  juice  included. 

L.     E.     MACKALL, 

Will  do  his  lightning  change  act,  "Love  at  First  Sight." 

WARFIELD 

will  show  the  projjer  method  of  taking  temperatures  in  all  appli 
cable  cases. 


PHILLIPS 

The  Great, 

In  his  ancient  farce,  "How  to  Work  the  Sick  List." 


The  whole  to  conclude  with  the  laughable  farce  by 

HULL,    WEST,    SHAVy,    GREEN    &.     CO. 

"Two  Weeks  in  College  Grove." 


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The  Inevitable  Statistics. 

SENIOR  CLASS. 


NAME. 

Alias. 

Favorite 
Expression. 

Where  From. 

Reason  for 
Being  Here. 

Famed  For 

Highest 
Ambition. 

BOWMAN 

Bow. 

"Oh,  I  don't 
know." 

Sugar  Loaf" 
Mountain. 

To  prevent  the 
hashing  process. 

Good  nature  and 

smiling 

countenance. 

To  go  home  to 

get  something 

to  eat. 

COUDON 

Cow. 
Joe. 

"  You  may  not 
believe  it." 

Lately,  Charles 
County. 

To  carry  on  an  im- 
mense correspon- 
dence with  girls. 

Miraculous 
anecdotes. 

To  get  married. 

DARBV 

S.  P. 
Speed  le. 

"She's  a  heller." 

Porters  ville. 

To  help  Collier 

hold  up  the 

Republican  party. 

Generosity. 

To  read  "The 

one  else  has  it. 

FENDALL 

Billv. 

Dosen't  own  one. 

Heart  of  Towson. 

To  talk  much 

nonsense  in  few 

words. 

Proficiency 
in  Mathematics. 

To  graduate 

June  11,  1902. 

HIRST 

John  E. 
A.  Roscoe. 

"Great  Ca;sar's 
Ghost." 

Cambridge 
Lowlands. 

To  be  near 
Washington. 

Devotion  to 
tobacco. 

To  skip 

formations. 

LANSDALE 

Partridge. 

"  I'm  in  love." 

Usually  College 
Hill. 

To  learn  to  love 
and  equivocate. 

Suavity  and 

geniality  when 

occasion  requires. 

To  visit  The  Hill 

MACKALL 

Rat. 

"You're  a  liar." 

Near  Rennert's, 
Baltimore. 

To  get  "jollied." 

His  record  in  love 
affairs,  1900-02. 

To  "do"  the 

other  man. 

MITCHELI 

Mitch. 

"Ah,  hush." 

In  the  tobacco 
region. 

To  live  and  learn. 

Love  of  Physics. 

Has  a  new  one 
every  week. 

SYMON-; 

Sy. 
John  Bull. 

"I'm  from  the 
Eastern  Shure." 

"God's  country." 

To  study  bugs. 

Getting 

anonymous 

letters. 

To  become  a  "big 

hug"  in 

Entomology. 

WISNER 

Ikey. 
Billy. 

"Oh,  go  'way!" 

Some  place  in 
Baltimore. 

To  guard  the 
premises. 

Being  always  on 
time. 

To  fan  "Pike  " 

The  Inevitable  Statistics. 

JUNIOR  CLASS. 


(Continued.) 


NAME. 

Alias. 

Favorite 
Expression. 

Where  From. 

Reason  for 
Being  Heki-;. 

Famed  For 

Highest 
Ambition. 

BRADFORD 

Horatio. 
Knight. 

"Jimminy." 

He  would  say 
Heaven. 

To  save  the 
School. 

O 

To  visit 
Hyattsville. 

BOUIC 

Tom-Hot. 

Religions. 

Senator  Bouic's 
home. 

To  institute  the 
reformation. 

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Tohold  Y.M.C.A. 

meetings. 

CAIRNES 

Rabbit. 

Usually  inaudible. 

Rabbit's  burrow. 

To  get  a  bugle 
Sergeantcy. 

n 

To  loom  near  a 
Bay. 

COLLIER 

Booker  T. 
Poodle. 

"You  know 
that's  right." 

Yankeetown. 

To  talk  about 

Roosevelt 
and  his  guest. 

I> 

To  be  a 
Republican 

Congressman. 

Dl'.MBAR    

Doc. 

"Gol  darn  it." 

Snow  banks  of 
New  York. 

To  play  foot— ball. 

H 

To  "  kid  "  Bouic. 

GARNER 

Knox. 

"Great  Jehovah!" 

Swamps  of 
Piscataway. 

To  "rush"  the 
ladies. 

To  become  a 
mechanic. 

MATTHEWS 

Marsh. 

"Let  nie  talk." 

Green  Spring 
Valli-y. 

To  make  the 
second  teams. 

O 

To  get  out  of 

Zoology. 

MAYO    R   

Long  Tom. 

"Hello,  Rat!" 

Phcebus,  Va. 

To  become  a 
polyglot. 

0 

To  relate  his 
achievements. 

NICHOLS,  S 

Nick. 

"Ah!" 

Baseball  regions. 

To  join  the 
Agricultural  flock. 

2 

To  win  the 
batting  medals. 

PAGE 

Rolph. 
Scaljby. 

"She's  gone 
on  me." 

Braddock 
Heights. 

To  make  a  noise. 

O 

To  become  a 
talking  machine. 

PEACH 

Sam. 

"You're  a  fool, 
man." 

Some  peachy 
place. 

To  become  an 
orator. 

n 

To  put  'Dr.  Doty" 

out  of  business. 

WALLS 

Farmer. 

"I  don't  care  a 
cuss." 

Off  the  Farm. 

To  wall  in 
Agriculture. 

- 

To  lead  the 

promotion  list 

June  11th. 

WARFIELD 

Josh. 

"Ain't  he  sweet." 

Farmersville. 

To  knock  down 
plastering  in  41. 

H 

Has  none. 

The  Morning  After  the  June  Ball. 


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A  man,  a  girl,  a  lot  of  traps,— 

What  can  this  picture  be  ? 
We'll  take  a  closer  view,  perhaps 

The  meaning  we  can  see. 

Let's  guess; 
Oh,  yes. 

A  man,  a  girl,  a  distant  look, 
A  lover's  quarrel,  that's  certain; 

Last  night,  the  ball,  a  secret  nook- 
But  let  us  draw  the  curtain, 

C.  S.  R. 


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The  Empty  Pocket  Club. 


J.  Cockev, 


J/oZ/o.—y  Got  no  money  but  I  will  have  some." 
Co/ors. — Green  and  Blue. 

Pass  U  on/.  —  '■  Come  around  next  week." 

JFon/s  o//?trog„//w».~"Und  me  a  dollar." 
Coimtersicrn. — I.  O    U 
ToRRiNGTON,  President. 

Phiixips,    \  'icc-Prcsident. 

PasTLEY,  Secretary  and  Treasurer.  {?) 
Members  in  Good  Standing. 

Fenbv. 

Towner. 

Ramonet; 

Page. 

Green. 

Verona. 

Shaw. 

Peach. 

Farrall. 

Occasional  Honorary   Members. 

Lan.sdale. 

Hirst. 

Mitchell. 

AK.„    -c  Mackall. 

Also,  ,f  appearances  are  to  be  believed,  some  niembers  of  the  facultj-. 

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standing  Committees  of  the  Student  Body. 

Elected  by  Themselves. 


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MILITARY  AFFAIRS. 

Deaner,  Chairman, 

Fenby , 

Doub. 


•RATS." 

Dorsey,  Chairman, 

Phillips, 

Anderson. 


ATHLETICS. 

Evans,  Chairman, 

Webster, 

Ramonet. 


PROFANITY. 

List  too  large 
for  insertion. 
Also  suppressed. 


GENERAL  KICKING. 

Gassaway,  Chairman. 

Bowman, 

Shaw. 


SMOKING  SUPPLIES. 

Sincell,  Chairman. 

Ensor, 

Naylor. 


SINGING. 

Ensor,    Chairman. 

Weiller, 

Darby. 


ORATORY. 

Wisner,   Chairman. 

Bowman, 

Postley. 


SOCIETY. 

Lansdale,   Chairman. 

Anderson, 

Wisner. 


LOVE. 

Mackall,  Chairman. 

Hirst, 

Coudon. 


EDIBLES. 

Synions,  Chairman. 

Bowman, 

Warfield. 


DELINQUENCY  LIST. 

Hull,    Chairman . 

Dent, 

Ewell,  A.  T. 


LIQUIDATION. 

Dunbar,    Chairman. 

Goddard, 

Somerville. 


SICK  REPORT. 

Phillips,    Chairman. 

Ruiz, 

Shepherd. 

Y.  M.  C.  A. 

Naylor,    Chairman. 

Warfield, 

Dorsey. 


COLLEGE  GROVE, 

Green,    Chairman. 

Torrington, 

Shaw. 


STRATEGY. 

Darby,    Chairman. 

Walls, 

Collier. 


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The  Last  Straw. 


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Tp    XHIBITOR    ( to  gaping  crowd  ) :     "Gentlemen, 
^^^1      we  have  here  the  wonderful  Slocum,  the  Human 
2ffi2J     Billy-Goat,    who    chews    and    swallows    nails, 
glass,  spikes,  lamp  chimneys,  tin  cans  and,  in  fact,  any- 
thing or  everything  that  would  kill  an  ordinarj'  man." 

"  If  any  lady  or  gent  in  this  intelligent  and  accom- 
plished audience  has  anything  with  them  which  the}' 
would  like  to  see  the  wonder  swallow  let  them  come 
forward  and  test  Klocuni's  marvelous  powers.     He  will 


digest  it  without  a  qualm.  His  digestive  apparatus  is 
indestructible." 

William  Jones  pushes  his  way  forward,  bearing  a  plate 
of  Johnny  Green's  celebrated  breakfast  cakes.  "  Here's 
some  of  our  dis  mawnin's  brekfas  I  would  like  to  see 
him  try." 

Exhibitor  grows  pale,  cries:  "  We  are  undone!  "  (like 
the  cakes),  and  faints.  The  Human  Billy  Goat  goes 
into  spa.sms.  Curt.vin! 


Higher  Chemistry. 


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M 


R.  JAMEvS  McLEOD  TURNER,  who  is  without 
a  peer  in    chemical    astuteness,  handed   in    the 
following    notes    on    one    of     the     interesting 
experiments  in  Rem.sen's  Chemistry. 

E.XPRRIMENT  134. 

Treat  six-penny  wire  nails  with  sulphuric  acid.     Eet 
action  continue  until  you  have  five-penny  nails. 


Equation:    Nails  +   Acid  =  a  commotion. 

If  the  nails  are  dropped  into  a  test  tube  they  go  on 
through. 

Warm  and  filter  solution  and  set  away  to  crystallize.  I 
expect  to  find  cigar  box  nails  when  the  solution  does 
crvstallize. 


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Our  Fswculty. 


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First  comes  our  President,  R.  W.  S.; 

The  one  who  is  loved  by  far  the  best. 

A'ick-President  Spence  who  when  he  doth  speak: 
Putteth  forth  phrases  of  Latin  and  Greek. 

Major  John  Scantlinc;  a  fighter,  they  say; 
Commands  our  young  army,  hot  for  the  fray. 

W.  L.  Taliaferro,  agriculture  doth  teach — 
How  to  grow  all  the  fruits  from  banana  to  peach. 

H.  B.  McDonnell,  a  chemist  well  known; 
Can  teach  you  to  soften  the  hardest  of  stone. 

Henry  Lanahax,  it  docs  really  appear; 
Is  Civil  in  one  thing,   to  wit:   Engineer. 

A.  L.  Qr.viN"T.\.\CK,  bug  man  of  renown; 
Cock-roaches  can  no  longer  linger  'round. 


F.  B.  BoMBERGER  can  explain,  'tis  true; 
All  English  and  Civics  quite  plainly  to  you. 

Samuel  S.  Buckley,  the  veterinary  man; 
An  expert  with  bea.sts  of  ever}'  clan. 

Henry  T.  Harrison,  in  charge  of  the  "Prep;  " 
His  teaching  ability  has  gained  him  a  "rep." 

Ch.\rles  S.  Rich.^rdson,  an  orator  bold; 
Long  speeches  to  you  will  gladly  unfold. 

J.  H.  Mitchell,  professor  of  machines; 
Teaches  to  draw  mechanical  scenes. 

J.  B.  Norton,  who  understands  Botany; 
Will  sharpen  your  senses,  if  you've  got  any 

Assistant  ]irofessors  from  Sandston  to  Ronn: 
Ye  Gods!     What  a  mob  I     What  a  mob  I     What  a  mob!!! 

A'.   L.   M. 


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Wise   and   Otherwise. 


^^%^ 


Sy:moxs.  (  Making  annouiiceiiient  liefore  battalion. — 
"We  will  have  dinner  to-morrow  morning  at  eleven- 
thirty  p.  m." 

Profkssok  Lanahax. — "  Mr.  Gourley,  what  is  accel- 
eration ? " 

Mr.  GoiTRLKv.  —  "Acceleration  i.s  the  increase  of  a 
body  during  a  unit  of  time." 

Professor  Lanahax. — "  Mr.  Gourley,  do  you  mean 
that  a  body  swells  up  during  a  unit  of  time?  " 

Andersox. — "She  had  one  of  those  clarionettes 
(lorgnettes?)  in  her  hand." 

Greex. — "  Old  '  rats  '  don't  have  to  pa>'  the  initiation 
fee,  do  they?  " 

W.ARFIELD. — "  Lansdale,  when  I  went  wrong  this 
morning,   I  thought  you  gave  '  right  flood  into  line.'  " 

Symons.  —  "I  would  have  thrown  this  book,  but 
ill f /link  told  me  not  to." 

N.  B. — The  Professor  of  English  and  Civics  will  not 
meet  his  clas.ses  to-day,  owing  to  illness. 

Dice.  12,  1901.  (Signed)  F.  B.  Bomberger. 


TiRXER  (reading  above  notice). — "  Cockey,  what 
does  N.  B.  mean?  " 

CocKEY,  J.  —  "  No  Bomberger,  of  course,  youdummyl" 

Ode  written  by  one  of  the  love-sick  )Oiuig  men  of 
College  to  his  best  girl.      Metre  copyrighted: 

In  the  Spring  a  young  man's  fancy 

Lightly  turns  to  thoughts  of  love; 
Which  predominates  immensely 

Over  everything  save  "grub." 
And  he's  thinking,  as  he  listens. 

To  the  birdlets  cheerful  song. 
If  the  other  one  is  loving 

Half  as  ardently  or  strong. 
But  he  knows  that  she  is  not, 

For  to-day  she  wanders  wide  ; 
With  some  other  luckier  devil 

By  her  sweetly  charming  side. 
While  he  sits  disconsolate. 

Chewing  fingers,  pad  and  pen, 
For  he  knows  that  he  will  see  her 

— Heaven  only  knows  when!  " 

N.  B. — Since  the  above  was  written  the  poet  has  been 
deported  to  Bayview,  where  he  occupies  his  spare  time  in 
perpetrating  poetry  and  manufacturing  cla.ss  yells. — Eds. 


I      FRIDAY. 


II     SATURDAY. 


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HAPPENINGS     IN     THE     INFIRMARY. 


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Why  are  the  Commandant's  whiskers  hke  the  United 

States  flag  ? 

Long  do  they  wave. 

Why  is  Bowman's  smile  hke  a  brood\-  hen  ? 
Because  its  set. 

Wliy  are  class  pins  like  the  High  Tariff? 
The}'  are  for  the  classes  and  not  for  the  masses. 

Wh)'  are  the  oy.sters  in  our  soup  like  W.  J.  Bryan  ? 
They're  both  "not  in  it." 

Why  is  Grason  like  Washington's  Monument? 
Both  smallest  at  the  top. 

Why  is  Bouic's  hair  like  his  Bible  ? 
They  are  both  very  much  re(  a  )d. 

Why  is  Torrington  like  an  auger  ? 
Both  are  bores. 

Why  is  Mackall  like  the  letter  O  ? 
Both  always  come  .second  in  love. 


W'hy  is  Wisner  like  the  Athletic  Association's  debt? 
Neither  ever  leaves  the  College. 

Why  is  our  appropriation  like  Heaven  ? 
In  the  Sweet  Bye  and  Bye. 

Why  is  our  football  team  like  a  postage  stamp  ? 
Always  being  "licked." 

Why  is  Lansdale  like  our  "Gym  ?  " 
Usually  found  on  the  road  to  Captains. 

Why  are  "sticks"  like  our  worst  dinners? 
Both  are  served  on  Saturdaj-. 

Why  are  our  clothes  like  a  black-board  ? 
When  washed  they  become  blacker  than  ever. 

Wh)'  is  Levy  like  a  mule  ? 
His  feet  are  his  strongest  point. 

Why  is  the  top  hall  like  a  sheep  in  bed  ? 
Bedlam. 


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Rag-Time  Verse  in  Gas  Metre. 

I. 

Tell  me  not  of  Romeo,  Hamlet,  Leander,  or  Othello, 
Of  cases  hard  and  loves  severe  from  Rome  to  Buffalo  ; 
Of  all  the  men  beneath  the  sun,  the  lovers  fond  and  true 
Are  those  of  the  heavy  lover  class  of  Nineteen  Hundred-Two. 

IL 

There's  Symons,  who's  a  mighty  man  at  loving  as  at  drilling. 
And  likes  to  "  kid  "  the  pretty  girls,  who  seem  to  be  most  willing. 
He  goes  to  town  six  times  a  week  sometimes — more  or  less. 
And  every  time  he  cometh  back  "  She  "  has  a  new  address. 
III. 

And  Bowman,  who  for  constancy  is  most  model. 
He's  loved  the  same  girl  ever  since  they  both  began  to  toddle  ; 
But  yet,  'tis  said,  his  heart  has  fled  to  nearer  regions  now. 
And  has  pledged  itself,  in  ecstasy,  in  love's  eternal  vow. 

IV. 

S,  Porter  seemed  a  modest  boy  when  first  he  came  to  College, 
And  cared  not  for  woman's  looks,  and  was  only  bent  on  knowledge. 
But  though  he  studies  hard  and  well  his  "  Zoo  "  and  Trigonometry, 
His  thoughts  have  lately  turned,  full  tilt,  to  the  study  of  Astronomy. 

V. 

Coudon  is  known  throughout  the  state  for  movements  new  and  hours  late  ; 

His  calling  list  is  long  and  choice,  his  girls  are  simply  great. 

He  has  one  in  Charles,  in  Hyattsville,  and  yet  one  more  in  Cecil. 

His  postage  bills  and  lovers'  pills  would  surely  cause  a  whistle. 

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VI. 

Mackall's  love  is  like  the  wind,  the  dews,  the  rain,  the  flowers. 
Dispelled  with  time,  soon  out  of  line,  and  quickly  dimmed  with  hours. 
The  Rennert  is  his  hostelry  for  reasons  that  we  know  full  well ; 
His  wandering  footsteps  lead  him  there  by  some  far-reaching  spell. 

VII. 


Lansdale  is  "  a  peach,"  they  say,  with  truth,  when  it  comes  to  courting 
And  has  broken  (  ?  i  many  a  feminine  heart  in  his  course  of  sporting. 
Theatre,  flowers,  cab  and  all  appear  as  if  by  magic  trick  ; 
'Tis  slyly  hinted  by  the  boys  that  he  soon  appears  a  benedict. 


VIII. 


Hirst,  who  so  modest,  and  blushing,  and  bashful  did  seem. 
When  he  appeared  last  year  a  down- trodden  rat  in  sixteen. 
Has  quite  budded  out,  and  has  many  a  troublesome  case. 
And  can  scare  up  a  girl  at  most  any  time,  in  any  old  place. 

IX. 


Fendall  is  quiet,  and  studies  as  if  grinding  was  a  perennial  joy ; 
But  when  he  gets  out  he  makes  things  hum  with  most  any  man  or  boy. 
Our  Billy  meek  doth  there  waste  his  class  ring,  ribbons,  pins,  and  flags  ; 
The  girl  gets  them,  but  carries  home  a  heart  just  done  to  rags. 


Mitchell  and  Wisner  are  either  too  young,  or  too  bashful,  or  unwilling  to  know; 
But  if  they  did,  the  rest  of  us  would  not  have  a  ghost  of  a  show. 
Let  us  hope  they  enter  the  lists  ere  they  be  crowded  or  'tis  too  late, 
And  preserve  for  themselves  a  sweeter,  truer,  more  blissful  estate. 


'o3 


Neither  Rhyme  Nor  Reason. 


MR.  TRANCEMQUICK: 

Dear  Sir: — I  was  tailing  in  all  mj'  "exams"  and  ;?s  a  last 
resort  sent  for  your  book  on  Hypnotism.  After  reading  a  few 
pages  I  am  now  able  to  make  passes  most  beautifully.  If  you 
have  any  work  on  causing  loss  of  memory,  please  send  me  a  copy, 

on  credit,  as  I  would  like  to  use  it  on  Professor  B . 

Yours  truly, 

Sergeant  J.  C.  C. 


CONTINENTAL  TRUST  CO.. 

Baltimore,  Md. : 

Dear  Sirs  : — Thanks  for  money  lent  on  expectation  account. 
Think  you  could  do  a  lucrative  loan  business  if  you  established  a 
branch  at  this  College.  Guarantee  could  also  be  made  a  specialty, 
as  most  of  the  boys  seem  to  be  very  suspicious. 

I.  O.  U.,  Harold. 


S===:S) 


MELLIN'S  FOOD  CO., 

Boston,   Mass.: 

Dear  Sirs: — I  have  Ijccii  giving  your  food  for  several  months 
past  to  my  kid  brother  wiih  great  success.  No  mother  should  be 
without  it.  When  I  began  to  use  it  he  cried  all  the  time  Ijut  now 
he  only  cries  when  he  gets  "stuck"  or  falls  down  in  lessons.  I 
shall  recommend  it  on  all  occasions.  It  is  also  efficient  in  cases  of 
love-sickness,  as  I  have  found  b)'  personal  experience. 

Yours  thankfully,  L.  E.  M. 

NEW  YORK  CLOTHING  HOUSE: 

Sirs: — I  formerly  had  to  take  Turkish  and  Russian  liaths  to 
induce  perspiration.  After  using  one  of  your  famous  padded 
blouses  I  find  there  is  nothing  left  to  perspire.  Would  suggest 
them  for  third  degree  torture  in  extreme  cases  cjf  crime. 

Yours  for  anti-fat,  F.  W . 


CAPTAIN  SILVESTER: 

Dear  Sir :—l  had  a  severely  swollen  head,  on  account  of  my 
proficiency  in   mathematics,   before  entering    your  class.     After 
taking  two  of  your  noted  examinations  I  have  entirely  recovered. 
Yours  gratefully,  George  L.  W. 


(5==^^=S 


GROW-'EM-ALL  HAIR  RESTORER  CO.. 
Grizzley.  Col. : 

Wonderful  Sirs  : — I  had  six  hairs  on  the  right  side  of  ray  face 
and  two  on  the  left  when  I  commenced  to  use  your  wonderful 
remedy.  1  have  used  twelve  bottles,  and  now  have  twenty  well- 
developed  hairs  on  my  countenance  Please  send  down  a  carload 
of  your  valued  Circassian  Frizzle  for  my  lovely  locks,  as  the  damp 
atmosphere  keeps  them  out  of  curl. 

Yours  owingly,  H.  D.  W. 


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Yearly  Report  M.  A.  C.  Sartorial  Club. 


The  Shirt: 

"  I  have  been  on  and  oflf  for  t\^o  months." 

The  Collar  Button : 

"  I  have  just  come  out  of  Schenck's  band;  I've 
been  in  a  hole  for  some  time." 

The  Suspenders: 

"  I'm  still  holding  an  important  position." 

The  Socks: 

"  I've  been  near  the  sole  for  some  time  and  have 
determined  to  take  holy  orders;  but  if  I  do,  I'll 
be  darned.' ' 

The  Shoes : 

"  I've  been  tied  up  for  some  time  but  expect  to 
go  higher,  as  a  ballet  girl  has  just  bought  me." 

The  Collar : 

"  I  gave  it  to  my  owner  in  the  neck,  last  night, 
but  he  soon  wilted  me  down." 

The  Cuffs: 

"  I'm  always  around  when  good  hands  are  being 
dealt  out." 


The  Belt: 

"  I'm  usuall\'  in  the  winning  position,  too." 

The  Trousers: 

"I,  also,  go  around  the  waist." 

The  Vest: 

"  I  can  keep  time  with  any  of  3'ou." 

The  Coat: 

"  I'd  's  leave  back  myself  as  anyone  el.se." 

The  Head  Covering : 

"  I  don't  care,  I  cap  the  climax." 

The  Top  Coat : 

"I,  unlike  other  peaches,  spring  in  the  autumn 
and  blossom  in  winter." 

The  Cane : 

"  None  of  you  are  in  it — I  carry  off  the  ribbons." 

The  Looking  Glass : 

■'  But  I  am  usuall}-  the  end  in(g)  view." 


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THE  JUNIOR   BANQUET. 


ipoi  THIRD  ANNUAL  BANQULT  1902 


TO  7HZ 


GRADUATING    CLASS    OF    M.  A.  C. 


LITTLE    NECK     CLAMS 
HORSERADISH  ST.     JULIENNE 

KADItjHKS  OLIVKS  iSAUTEK^K 

BOILED     HOTOMAC     ROCK 

POTATOES      HOLLAXnAISE  S\>' EETI5RF:ADS.    Larpk))  IMTKKE      .-SPINACH 

STEWED    TERRIPIN  MARVLAND    ASPARAGUS  AVINE    AVAKERS 

SHERRY  FROZEN     EGU     NOG 

BROILED    SPRING    CHICKEN 

okken    pea«  claket  kancy    ices  assorted    <akes 

STRAWBERRIES    with     cream 

AMERICAN    CHEESE  CRACKERS  COFEEE 

CIGARS  CIGARETTE.S 

June     14,     inoi. 


TOASTS 
1901  JUNIOR      BANQUET  1902 

Toastmaster, 
LIE.UTE.NANT  J.  D.  BOWMAN,  '02. 


BA-rXAl-ION  :  MAJOR     W.     NA/.     COBEY,     '01 

"  An  Ornament  in  Peace,  a  Guard  in  War." 


ATH  L-E-rlCS  :  l_IEUX.      R.      H.      PETERS,     'o: 

"As  runners  with  a  race,  I  lay  me  down  a  little  while  to  breathe  " 


ROSSBOURO  CLUB:  CART.  J.  T.  HARDISTV,  '01 

"Go  on  with  the  dance,   let  joy  be  unconfined." 


THE      l_ADIESl  SERC3T.      H.      N.      1_A  N  S  D  A  l_E,      '02 

"  He  that  hath  no  Lady,  can'st  not  fight." 
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"Footprints  on  the  Sands  of  Time." 


IY     N  the  collection  of  .souvenirs,  the  delight  and 
1  past    time   of   many    college   students,    the 

M^J     boys  of  Company  "A"  hall  have  had  a  store- 
house containing  an  inexhaustible  supply. 
When    we    remember    the    summer   school 
which    occupied    the    rooms    on    that    hall    during   last 
summer  there  can  be  no  doubt  as  to  the  origin  of  the 
following  articles,  found  September  20th,  and  now  held 
and  prized  by  the  many  lucky  ones. 
2  silver  buckles. 
7  side  combs. 
I  gross  hair  pins. 
I  box  of  rouge  ( appropriated  by  Sergeant  Page. ) 


1  pair  of   curling  irons,    (used  with  great  success  by 
Lieutenant  Hirst. ) 

2  powder  puffs. 

I  life  size   sketch    of    Professor  Richardson,    (much 
prized  by  Sergeant  Cockey.) 

22  pictures  of  "  Billy  "  Fendall  (Price  24  for  ten  cents.) 

663  "Hunks"   of  chewing  gum,   much  the  worse    for 

wear,  varying  in  size  from  one-half  pound  to  two  ounces. 

66  safety  pins  (  unanimously  donated  to  the  "  Preps.") 

32    notes  from    H.   N.  Lansdale    upon    every    subject 

under  the  sun  except  chemistry. 

22,562  curl  papers. 


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A  Quiz  in   Economics. 


PROF.  BOMBERGER.— Mr,  Wisner,  what  do  you  mean 
by  pauperism? 

MR.  W. — Why,  it  is  that  state  in  which  we  find  our- 
selves after  having  had  a  visit  from  the  treasurers  of  the 
Athletic  Association,  June  Ball  Organization,  Rossbourg 
Club.  Y.  M.  C,  A.  and  "  Reveille." 

PROF.  B.— Mr.  Fendall,  what  was  the  first  state  of 
pauperism? 

Mr.  F. — The  state  of  a  new  boy  shortly  after  he  enters 
M.  A.  C. 

PROF.  B.— Why  so? 

MR.  F. — Because  when  he  first  enters  he  is  confronted 
Dy  about  "  forty-leven  "  boys  selling  old  uniforms,  caps, 
pieces  of  chairs  and  college  pins,  as  well  as  others  who 
want  to  give  him  dancing  lessons.  Consequently,  when 
he  has  given  each  of  these  his  share,  he  realizes  that  he 
has  become  almost  a  pauper. 

PROF.  B. — You  seem  to  understand  the  subject  fairly 
well. 

PROF.  B.— Mr.  Hirst,  define  labor. 

MR.  H. — Briefly  speaking,  it  is  that  which  a  "Rat" 
goes  through  during  his  first  year  at  college. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Bowman,  what  is  the  productive 
capability  of  a  community. 

MR.  B. — Do  you  mean  any  special  community? 

PROF.  B. — You  may  take  a  special  one  if  you  wish. 


MR.  B. — It  is  the  amount  of  noise  which  the  boys  are 
capable  of  producing  when  they  sweep  out  on  Thursday 
night.  I  think  this  would  equal  the  racket  at  the  Zoo  if 
all  the  animals  should  set  up  a  howl  at  the  same  time. 

PROF.  B.— Mr.  Mitchell,  what  is  the  theory  of  inter- 
national exchange? 

MR.  M.— Itis  the  new  theory,  that  it  is  beneficial  to 
education  and  international  speech,  to  put  a  foreigner  (a 
Cuban  or  Venezuelan  >  in  every  other  room  in  place  of  one 
Maryland  boy. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Lansdale,  what  is  meant  by  debased 
coin? 

MR.  L. — A  coin  used  for  a  bad  purpose,  as  the  pur- 
chase of  tobacco,  liquor,  etc. 

PROF.  B.— Mr.  Mackall,  Mr.  Mitchell  has  explained 
international  exchange,  what  is  the  effect  of  this  exchange 
upon  production? 

MR.  M. — The  effect  appears  to  be  an  evil  one,  it  pro- 
duces a  mongrel  speech,  which  no  one  can  understand,  not 
even  those  who  are  speaking  it. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Wisner,  What  can  you  say  of  the 
parties  to  the  distribution  of  wealth? 

MR.  W. — They  are  usually  members  of  corporations, 
for  instance,  those  who  shared  in  the  wealth  reaped  from 
the  dancing  class,  were  Mackall,  Lansdale  and  Bowman, 


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those  of  the  ' '  Consolidated  College  Pin  Trust, ' '  were  the 
two  last-named  gentlemen,  Symons  and  Mitchell. 

PROF.  B.— Mr,  Fendall,  what  is  interest? 

MR.  F. — That  which  a  cadet  pays  for  leaving  College 
without  permission,  a  privilege  which  he  has  borrowed. 
The  interest  on  this  is  usually  two  weeks  membership  in 
the  College  Grove  Club. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Hirst,  what  can  you  say  of  subsistance? 

MR.  H. — It  is  usually  some  form  of  beef  and  cold 
bread. 

PROF.  B.  — Mr.  Bowman,  what  are  profits? 

MR.  B, — There  are  two  kinds.  First,  those  zeroes 
which  you  often  make  on  Monday  as  a  consequence  of 
going  to  town  Friday,  Saturday  and  Sunday  night.  Second, 
three-fourths  of  that  which  you  pay  for  every  article  pur- 
chased from  the  store  at  College  Park. 

PROF.  B.— Mr.  Mitchell,  tell  us  something  of  trade 
unions  and  strikes. 

Mr.  M. — Trade  unions  are  those  unions  formed  in  the 
dead  of  night  to  exchange  a  note  with  "Johnny  Green," 
for  twenty  or  thirty  loaves  of  bread  or  a  few  pounds  of 
sugar.  Strikers  are  those  members  of  the  base-ball  team 
who  fan  at  the  ball  and  never  hit  it. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Lansdale,  what  is  bimetalism? 


MR.  L. — It  is  a  combination  of  the  indestructible  brass 
of  the  Juniors  and  the  soft  steal  of  the  Sophomores. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Mackall.  can  you  say  anything  about 
the  principles  of  taxation? 

Mr.  M. — Not  much,  there  seems  to  be  very  little  princi- 
ple about  it.  Every  one  is  taxed  for  all  that  can  be  gotten 
out  of  him. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Wisner,  what  is  the  standard  of  deferred 
payments? 

MR.  W. — It  is  a  practice  among  some  who  continually 
put  off  paying  their  dues  to  the  Athletic  Association,  and 
their  other  debts. 

PROF  B.— Mr.  Fendall,  what  are  hard  times? 

MR.  F. — They  are  the  times  when  we  "flunk"  in  an 
"exam."  get  licked  in  athletic  games,  reported  for  mis- 
demeaners,  etc. 

PROF.  B. — Mr.  Hirst,  what  can  you  say  of  the  destruc- 
tion of  wealth? 

MR.  H. — In  the  language  of  the  President  it  is  the  waste 
and  abuse  of  College  property. 

PROF.  B.  —  I  think  there  will  be  no  trouble  for  any  of 
you  to  pass  the  examination,  in  fact,  most  of  you  should 
make  a  hundred.  The  examination  will  cover  everything 
in  the  book,  and  as  it  is  now  ten  minutes  after  time,  the 
class  is  excused. 


'43 


The  Alumni  Association. 


IV  N  spite  of  the  difficulties  which  have  attended 
X  the  organization  and  growth  of  the  Alumni 
gr=a^^       Association  of   the   Maryland   Agricultural 

^/^^J  College,  the  interest  in  the  welfare  of  the 
College  manifested  by  its  members  has  not  abated.  In 
fact,  it  grows  stronger  from  day  to  day. 

There  have  been  many  expres.sions  of  this  interest. 
The  first  evidence  of  it  was  shown  when  the  Alumni 
Association  provided  for  three  medals,  which  were  to  be 
awarded  annually  for  excellence  in  three  of  the  depart- 
ments of  college  work.  The  first  was  a  recognition  of 
the  chief  aim  of  the  establishment  of  the  Agricultural 
College,  being  awarded  to  that  member  of  the  Senior 
Class  who  should  prepare  the  best  essay,  representing 
some  original  research,  on  some  subject  pertaining  to 
scientific  agriculture. 

The  second  aimed  to  make  prominent  that  other  feature 
of  college  work,  which  goes  to  make  the  Maryland  Agri- 
cultural College  distinctively  the  State  School  of  Tech- 
nology, the  Mechanical  Engineering  Department.  The 
awarding  of  this  medal  is  decided  by  competition  among 


the  members  of  the  Senior  Class,  and  is  fixed  on  the 
principle  of  excellence. 

In  connection  with  the  foregoing  medals,  it  may  be 
said  that  the  Alumni  Association  has  been  very  jealous 
in  guarding  the  granting  of  them.  In  order  to  insure  a 
high  standard  of  excellence,  it  was  formally  ordered  by 
the  Association  that  no  medals  should  be  given  unless 
there  were  competition  ;  or  unless,  in  the  discretion  of 
the  Executive  Committee,  the  character  of  the  work  was 
so  high  as  to  justif}'  the  waiving  of  the  rule. 

The  influence  exerted  by  the  granting  of  these  medals 
has  undoubtedlj'  done  much  to  direct  the  attention  of 
the  students  to  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  Courses. 
This,  we  believe,  is  the  true  policy  ;  and  that  the  Alumni 
A.ssociation  has  so  deemed  it,  may  be  evident  from  the 
fact  that  it  was  in  accordance  with  a  recommendation  to 
that  effect  by  the  Association,  that  the  Board  of  Trustees 
established  the  regulation  requiring  scholar.ship  students 
to  enter  the  Agricultural  or  the  Mechanical  Course. 
This  regulation  has  made  these  departments  very  prom- 
inent ;    and  the  condition   resulting  therefrom  will    un- 


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doubtedly  prove  the  MarN-land  Agricultural  College  to 
be  in  fact  an  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College — a 
School  of  Modern  Technology. 

The  third  medal  above  referred  to,  has  been  awarded 
for  excellence  in  debate.  This  medal  is  probably  more 
eagerly  .sought  after  than  any  other,  as  it  is  open  to  all 
classes.  There  being  two  literary  societies  in  the  College, 
they  usually  divide  on  the  question ;  and  the  contest 
becomes  not  only  a  means  of  determining  the  best  indi- 
vidual debater,  but  it  affords  an  opportunity  for  friendl\ 
rivalry  between  the  societies.  The  debate  is  judged  by 
members  of  the  Alumni  Association;  and,  as  the  contest 
is  held  on  Alumni  Day — the  day  preceding  Conmience- 
ment  Day — many  of  the  Alumni  attend  the  exerci-ses. 

In  the  matter  of  aiding  the  College  in  .securing  aid 
from  the  State,  individual  and  organized  effort  on  the 
part  of  the  Alumni  has  undoubtedlj-  proved  very  effec- 
tive;  and,  it  must  be  remembered,  that  this  is  a  factor 
in  the  growth  of  the  College  which  will  grow  stronger 
from  )'ear  to  )'ear. 

Recently  an  effort  has  been  made  to  arouse  among 
the  AUnnni  additional  interest  in  college  athletics,  and 
alread}-  a  great  measure  of  success  has  been  attained. 
For  the  past  two  years  there  have  been  held  competitions 


in  baseball  between  the  College  teams  and  teams  com- 
posed of  alumni.  Though  the  regular  teams  have 
appropriately  been  successful,  yet  the  contests  have  been 
exciting  and  clo.se. 

This  year  competition  has  been  arranged  in  track 
athletics  as  well  as  in  baseball,  and  a  great  deal  of 
interest  has  been  aroused.  Undoubtedly  these  arrange- 
ments are  all  means  to  one  end — the  increase  of  interest 
in  the  welfare  of  the  College.  And  when  we  add  to  this 
the  fact  that  the  association  is  increasing  in  strength 
daily,  and  that  by  holding  the  lianquets  and  annual 
meetings  at  the  College,  the  associations  of  the  alumni 
are  more  and  more  closel\-  identified  with  the  interests  of 
the  College,  we  feel  safe  in  predicting  more  power  and 
pre.stige  to  the  Alumni  Association,  and  a  greater  degree 
of  success  to  the  College.  These  are  the  true  aims  of 
every  alumnus  of  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College. 
The  officers  of  the  Association  for  tlie  past  year  were : 

President — F.  B.  Bomberger,  '94. 

Viec- President — J.  Enos  R.w,  '92. 

Seeretary- Treasurer — J.  R.  Lai"c;hlix,  '96. 

Members   of   Ji.xeeutive    Connnitlee — F.    B. 
Veitch,  'gr,  T.  M.  Price,  '99. 


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An  Intercepted  Letter. 


MARYLAND  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE, 

September  23rd.,  1904. 

My  Dear  Monimer, 

I  arrived  here  all  ris^ht,  and  was 
met  at  the  station  by  a  little  boy  they  call  Mack,  who 
walks  like  a  Gordian  knot  Ijefore  it  was  cut,  and  who  took 
nie  and  my  trunk  up  to  the  College  behind  a  black  horse 
with  no  tail,  who  travels  about  as  fast  as  I  used  to  when 
you  called  me  up  to  spank  me. 

On  arriving,  a  pompous  man  with  a  bay  window  who 
they  call  Mr.  Green,  escorted  me  to  the  president's  office, 
but  he  was  not  in;  had  gone  to  Annapolis  on  appropria- 
tion business,  so  they  said,  though  what  he  is  appropri- 
ating there  I  don't  know.  I  hope  he  leaves  the  State 
House. 

I  was  next  taken  in  charge  by  a  big  fat  man  they  called 
Cythe,  as  far  as  I  could  catch  it.  He  wore  straps  on  his 
shoulders — not  like  the  ones  pa  use.s — and  had  on  a  big 
curved  tin  sword,  which  almost  tripped  him  when  he 
walked,  and  had  on  white  gloves,  which  were  not  white — 
only  meant  to  he.      Mr.  Green  called  hini  the  O.  D.,   but 


I  guess  that  don't  mean  old  Nick.  He  took  me  to  pro- 
fes.sor  Spence's,  the  vice-president's,  room.  Say,  I  used 
to  think  old  deacon  Brown  was  tall,  but  may,  he  is  only  a 
fence  post  beside  a  telephone  pole  to  Mr.  Spence.  Pro- 
fessor Spence  .seemed  mighty  nice,  however,  and  told  me 
that  I  ought  to  be  a  Senior,  but  that  my  age  was  too  small 
and  he  would  have  to  assign  me  to  the  Freshmen  Class; 
but  that  I  could  be  a  Junior  in  the  agricultural  or  biolog- 
ical course  if  I  wanted  to.  I  took  the  Fre.shman,  'cause 
I  came  to  school  to  learn  something,  and  be  a  credit  to  the 
old  Frogville  Academy. 

Major  Sy.  then  escorted  me  upstairs  and  put  me  in  a 
room  with  a  couple  of  other  new  boys,  who  seemed  almost 
as  scared  as  I  was. 

After  four  o'clock  I  was  allowed  to  help  lay  off  the 
football  field,  which  is  a  lovely  job,  and  assist  greatly  in 
the  preparation  for  Geometry  next  year.  Finally,  after 
becoming  as  white  all  over  as  a  white  rat,  I  was  allowed 
to  retire,  and  some  Sophomores  and  Fre.shmen  kindly 
came  in  and  dusted  the  lime  off.  They  didn't  use  clothes 
brushes,  but  something  still  more  effective.      I  expect  to 


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thank  them  some  day  when  I  can  move  around  comfort- 
ably. 

After  supper  I  went  down  to  the  store  at  College  Park. 
There  is  a  lovely  old  man  there  whose  chief  delight  seems 
to  be  to  treat  the  Maryland  Agricultural  College  boys 
nicel}'. 

At  half-past  seven  they  have  what  they  call  "call  to 
quarters,"  after  which  only  the  non-sufficient  officers 
visit,  and  I  had  peace  for  three  hours.  The  Seniors  seem 
awfully  kind  and  friendly  like,  and  most  all  of  them  called 
on  me,  and  for  the  most  part  a.sked  me  for  money  for  one 
thing  or  another  before  they  left.  I  must  have  hdd  some 
more  visitors  after  eleven  o'clock,  however,  as  when  I 
woke  up  my  face  was  blacker  than  it  ought  to  be,  and 
there  was  an  extinct  cat  tied  to  my   toe. 

I  am  to  be  a  Company  "B."  man,  and  room  about 
seventeen  stories  above  ground  on  a  hall  that  they  call 
Buzzard's  Roost. 

Captain  Bowman  is  mj'  captain  and  he  is  awfully  hand- 
some, and  grins  all  the  time,  'cept  when  he  is  eating — 
and  that  is  pretty  often. 

I'm  going  to  take  the  electrical  engineering  course, 
'cause  there  isn't  any  here  yet,  and  besides,   I  like  to  be 


shocked.  If  Ti'c  get  the  appropriation,  they  are  going  to 
build  a  big  new  building  with  all  tlie  dynamics,  insulta- 
tors,  currents,  reduction  coils,  etc.,  in  it. 

I  expect  to  play  football,  as  it  is  a  nice  game  and  I  will 
be  plentj'  tough  enough,  in  parts,  to  stand  all  the  shocks. 
Besides,  I  can  save  my  hair  cutting  bill  and  spend  the 
mone)'  in  tobacco,  as  Mr.  Sincell  and  Mr.  Evans  use  an 
awful  lot. 

Some  of  the  boys  take  an  interest  in  our  drilling,  and 
let  us  drill  overtime  after  supper  on  "B."  hall.  I  expect 
to  get  a  sergeancy  next  year,  at  least,  as  Captain  Phillips 
says  I  am  a  fine  soldier. 

My  paper  has  run  out,  as  Lieutenant  Condon  borrowed 
twenty  sheets  to  write  a  letter  with  last  night. 

Please  send  me  ten  dollars  to  get  .some  stamps  and  paper 
with,  as  club  dues  have  broke  me  entireh*.     Write  soon 
and  send  a  box  up  by  the  first  mail.     I  will  write  again 
as  soon  as  the  money  comes,  so  I  can  buy  a  stamp. 
Your  loving  son, 


P.  S.     Tell  Mamie  I  will  write  as  soon  as  I  can  sit 
down  comfortably  for  a  definite  period, 

John. 


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For  Sale,  Rent,  Lease,  Loan  or  Give  Away. 


Oy     the     Buzzard's     Roost 

**  Social  Club.— 76  pie  plates 
(unwashed),  3  cork  screws,  2 
can  openers,  i  whiskey  glass 
(  never  been  used  ),  i  egg  beater, 
"silverware,"  too  numerous  to 
mention,  i  set  of  burglar's  tools, 
2  poker  chips,  i  "deck"  of  16 
cards,  i  rat  trap,  i  shin  guard, 
(useful  on  fire  escapes),  besides 
other  articles  which  can'/  be 
enumerated.  Will  sell  cheap,  as 
the  Club  is  in  debt. 


By  the  Adjutant.— A  Noble 
Stable  of  Blue  Ribbon  Win- 
ners, all  broken  to  harness  and 
will  stand  hard  driving.  Most 
of  them  sired  by  Harper  &  Bros, 
and  darned  (no  profanity  in- 
tended), by  the  Professor  of 
Classics.  Being  some  of  the 
famouslast  vear'sstableof  T-T.H. 


Dy  The  Sophomore  Class. — 

**  Complete  Synopsis  of  all 
Studies  pursued  by  the  class  this 
year.  ALso  a  Microscope  to  de- 
cipher same,  as  paper  was  scarce 
and  cut  in  thin  strips  when  the 
synopsis  was  made.  Freshman 
Class  have  the  refusal.  Also 
some  elegant  "flunks"  in  Ger- 
man, and  Mathematics  of  all 
kinds.  Will  trade  for  Junior 
Certificate. 

II  y  Coudon. — Several  Books 
"  on  the  Art  of  Letter  Writing. 
Also,  several  hundred  letters, 
varying  in  size  from  six  letters 
( g.  w.  b.  &  s.  d.  )*  to  thirty 
.sheets.  Will  sell  cheaply  to 
some  fair  maiden  of  a  love-lorn 
turn  of  mind,  who.se  epistolatory 
burdens  are  onerous. 
*(i()  wav  back  and  sit  down. — Ei). 


O  y  Room  24. — Several  Rats  of 
"  fairsize.good  squeaky  voices, 
and  generally  prepos.ses.sing  ap- 
pearance. Sold  to  make  room 
fornext  Fall's  crop,  which  prom- 
ises to  be  large  and  clamorous. 


Oy    The     Junior    Class. — A 

"  Class  Yell  which  sounds  like 
a  buzz  saw  striking  a  nail  in  a 
log;  also  .several  Enlarged  Cra- 
niums.  Sold  on  account  of  diffi- 
culty in  getting  summer  tiles  for 
same. 


Dy  the  Senior  Cl&ss. — Senior 
**  Respon.sil)ilities  at  a  discount. 
Senior  privileges  mo.st  of  the 
other  clas.ses  have  tried  to  as- 
sume for  themseh-es. 


\.. 


I 


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Wa.nts. 


By  The  Faculty : 

A  boy  with  all  the  cardinal  virtues. 

In  Room  42 : 

A  cage  for  the  ape. 

By  Capt.  S.  Porter : 

Standard    works    on    Astronomy    and    Shooting 
Stars  ;  Price  not  to  exceed  three  cents  per  copy. 

By  Capt.  Bowman : 

Mess  call  six  times  a  day. 

By  "Tessie:" 

A  batting  average  and    a  medal  offered    for  the 
same. 

By  Several  "Rats:" 

Good  "  fannings." 

By  Room  4I : 

Reveille  at  11-30  A.  M. 

By   "Sy:" 

A  professor  of  Hieroglyphics  to  decipher  his  writ- 
ing for  him  when  he  gets  twisted  up  '  'on  the  same. ' ' 

By  Sergeant  Cockey : 

The  earth. 

By  Horner  and  Schenck  : 

Cu.shion  or  pneumatic  tires  on  persuaders. 


By  College  Grove  Club  : 

The  limits  of  College  Grove  extended  in  an  east- 
erly direction  so  as  to  include  all  that  property 
known  as  ' '  The  Pie  Factory ' '  lying  in  College 
Park. 

By  Captain  : 

Lock  and  chains  to  attach  to  current  magazines. 

By  " the  Student  body  :  " 

A  mint  started  on  the  College  premises. 

By  Mr.  Thomas,  Sr. : 

Repeating  Colt  revolver  of  long  range,  and  an  in- 
strument to  estimate  the  pressure  of  water  when 
falling  from  the  different  dormitory  halls. 

By  Wisner : 

Several  cases. 

By  Coudon  : 

An  occupation. 

By  the  Football  contingent : 

\'ictories. 
By  Matthews : 

A  gag. 
By  Bay : 

Corporals  chevrons. 
By  the  kind  reader  : 

A  rest. 


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"And  That's  the  Sweetest  Story  Ever  Told." 


Only  the  old,   old  story, 

The  story  of  human  hearts, 
Of  Cupid's  wiles  and  his  subtle  smiles. 

As  he  smites  with  his  merciless  darts. 


Only  the  old,   old  story. 

First  told  in  Eden's  bowers, 
Yet  ever  new  as  the  morning's  dew, 

And  sweet  as  the  fragrance  of  flowers. 


Only  the  old,   old  story. 

Repeated  again  and  again. 
Of  Cupid's  wiles  and  subtle  smiles, 

As  he  pierces  the  hearts  of  men. 

—C-  S.  R. 


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Some  T&».med  "Birds"  We  Have  Known. 


#1^ 


MARYLAND  AGRICULTURAL  COLLEGE, 

Jiknuary  lOth,  1902. 

Mk.   Anthony  Comstock,   President  Society  for  Prcven- 
tation  of  Cruelty  to  Animals. 

New  York,  N.  Y. 
Honored  Sir: 

In  pursuance  with  your  valued  instructions,   I 

have  made  an  exhaustive  investigation  of  the  conditions 

existing  at  Maryland  Agricultural  College,   in  regard  to 

our  friends  and  allies,  the  animals  residing  in  the  College. 

I  have  to  report  as  follows: 

I  find  an  immense  number  of  rats  running  at  large,  and 
though  some  of  them  are  treated  ver)'  nicely  and  are 
allowed  to  improve  their  physical  condition  bj-  carrying 
water,  making  beds,  chasing  balls,  and  by  taking  nice 
long  walks  to  College  Park;  others  are  much  impo.sed 
upon  by  boys  who  take  the  stamps  of  government  ap- 


proval and  thus  entail  lo.ss  upon  them.  On  the  whole, 
however,  their  condition  is  ver^'  fair  ;  and  if  things  con- 
tinue to  improve,  their  state  will  be  all  that  can  be  desired 
by  next  year. 

There  is  an  unfortunate  Ape  in  room  fourty-two,  who 
is  forced  to  make  up  beds  and  sweep  out  in  fourty-one  for 
public  amusement,  who  is  still  too  j'oung  for  such  trials. 
W'e  should  suggest  that  he  lie  sent  to  some  country  asylum 
until  he  becomes  of  proper  age  to  appear  in  public. 

There  are  several  horses  and  ponies  kept  in  a  confined 
.state  on  one  of  the  upper  halls,  and  though  they  have 
reached  maturity' — having  been  several  hundred  years  in 
translation — it  is  feared  that  they  will  break  down  under 
the  fearful  strain  to  which  they  are  subjected.  Measures 
should  immediately  be  taken  to  remove  them  to  healthier 
quarters. 

There  is  also  a  Rabbit  and  a  Monk  on  the  second  hall. 


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Tlie  former  is  quiet,  but  the  latter  niakesenoughnoi.se  for 
both,  and  sometimes  strays  away  disturbing  the  ladies  in 
nearby  towns^ 

There  is  a  Bay  in  the  room  with  the  Bunnie,  and  it  is 
feared  that  the  latter  will  fall  overboard  some  night. 
Removal  to  room  thirty-two  where  there  is  a  verdant 
W'ood  is  advised. 

The  Monk  rooms  with  a  Jap,  and  the  latter  threatens 
to  devour  him  in  some  of  his  hungry  moments.  The  Ape 
and  the  monk  should  be  caged  togetlier. 

There  is  also  a  Chicken  on  the  next  roost  to  Buzzard's 
Roost,  which  is  in  dangerous  proximity  to  a  boy,  who, 
like  the  coon,  enjoys  salad  on  all  occasions.  If  not  moved 
to  other  quarters  it  is  feared  that  some  night  the  Chick 
will  be  absent  from  reveille  in  the  president's  barn-yard. 

There  are  two  Cows  stabled  on  a  hall,  one  of  which  fares 
ver\-  well,  since  she  rooms  with  an  agricultural  man;  but 
the  other  is  a  little  "ratty,"  and  suffers  accordingly.     If 


not  treated  lietter  she  will  kick  the  bucket  and  America 
will  lose  a  highly  prized  &\\\»iii/c'.  Removal  to  padded 
quarters  is  requested. 

This  is  a  brief  nsiiiiu-  of  the  needed  reforms,  and  we 
hope  that  they  will  be  attended  toby  your  puissant  honor. 

Please  send  me  money  for  a  new  S.  P.  C.  A.  uniform, 
as  it  rains  all  the  time  here,  sometimes  out  of  a  clear  sky. 
Al.so  some  cash  on  expense  account,  as  most  of  the  boys 
are  usually  out  of  tobacco. 

Your  humble  .servant, 

A.  Fake  Seekerout, 

vSpecial  Agent,  S.  P.  C.  A. 

P.  S.  There  is  :ilso  a  large  Porcupine  here  with  briijht  red  quills 
and  as  the  variety  is  most  rare,  we  suggest  that  "Sallie,"  as  the 
gifted  animal  is  called,  be  placed  in  cither  the  New  York  or  Deal's 
Island  /Coloogical  Gardens. 

A.  F.  S. 


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Final  Examination  in  Senior  Agriculture. 


Show  that  an  immense  correspondence  is  requisite 
to  occupy  the  mind  of  one  pursuing  this  course. 

If  a  potato  tuber  contains  seven  eyes,  how  many  eyes 
will  Coudon  cast  on  the  fair  sex  on  the  way  to 
Washington? 

If  a  practical  farmer  makes  $i,ooo  a  year  on  a  certain 
farm,  show  how  you  could  increase  the  yield  to 
$15,000  per  year  on  the  same  farm  by  a  careful  study 
of  "  Grimm's  Fairy  Tales." 

If  Coudon  studies  two  hours  in  four  months  prove 
that  his  term  average  will  be  99.99. 

If  it  takes  an  hour  for  the  class  to  reach  a  burdock 
plant  on  Berwyn  Hill,  and  one  and  a  quarter  houns 
to  return,  how  much  work  will  the  class  do  in  three 
periods  of  three  quarters  of  an  hour  each. 


6.  If  we  plant  beans   and  corn  in  alternate    rows   and 

cross  breed,  prove  that  in  six  generations  succotash 
will  result. 

7.  If  there  are  ten    ripe  tomatoes    in   the   green-house 

when  the  Freshman  Class  enters  it,  how  much    of 
the  vines  will  be  left  when  the  period  is  over? 

8.  If  a  colt  has  bone  spavin  prove  that  his  great,  great 

grandmother  was  fed  on  an  excessive  diet  of  ground 
bone  meal. 

9.  If  a  plant  grows  in  the  sun,  state  why  its  leaves  are 

as  green  as  the  Agricultural  Course  students. 

10.  If  one  acre  of  strawberries  will  yield  1,250  quarts  at 
Laurel,  wh)-  does  the  M.  A.  C.  Experiment  Station 
bed  of  three  acres  only  produce  300  quarts? 

N.  B.  Number  of  students  at  College  130;  height  of  fire- 
escape  90  feet. 


Note. — One  perfect  answer  gives  a  mark  of  100. 


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All  Hallowe'en. 


AND  it  came  to  pass  at  a  certain  season  of  the 
the  year  that  there  came  a  day  on  the  one 
and  thirtieth  day  of  October,  yclept,  in 
ordinary  parlance,  Hallowe'en.  And  it 
also  came  to  pass  that  early  in  the  day, 
yea,  before  the  sun  had  finished  his  course,  certain  wise 
men  did  put  their  heads  together  and  did  decide  that  the 
several  and  respective  lower  classes  should,  that  night, 
make  much  iioise  and  raise  hob,  generally,  before  the 
face  of  all  the  people. 

Captain,  being  a  wise  man  and  skilled  in  all  know- 
ledge, did  retire  early  after  stuffing  cotton  batten  in  his 
ears  and  turning  all  of  the  genus  dog  obtainable  loose 
upon  his  premises.  And  it  also  came  to  pa.ss  that  the 
Seniors  being  virtuous  men  and  addicted  to  much  work 
of  the  brain,  and  being  exceeding  tired,  did  also  retire 
earh'  and  left  the  l)uilding  to  stand  on  its  own  founda- 
tion. 

The  watchman,  however,  being  a  man  of  exceeding 
great  courage  and  long  whiskers,  did  gird  his  loins  for 
the  fray,  and  did  jirepare  many  blank  cartridges. 


And  it  came  to  pass  about  the  twelfth  hour  of  the 
night  that  many  shrouded  forms  did  jiroceed  from  the 
various  rooms  and  proceed  to  make  a  slow  and  cautious 
way  down  the  fire  e.scapes.  When  they  had  reached  the 
ground  they  made  a  large  noi.se,  yea,  a  mighty  racket, 
yelling  with  one  discord  many  frightful  class  j'ells. 
They  did  then  proceed  to  raise  cain,  generally,  about 
the  temple  of  wisdom,  and  did  move  many  strange  and 
various  vehicles  up  to  the  temple  door,  and  did  even  im- 
plant one  of  them  at  the  very  door  of  the  president's 
sanctum,  yea,  on  the  president's  hall,  itself. 

While  the.se  strange  doings  were  going  on  one  of  the 
classes  did  feloniouslj'  and  with  malice  prepense,  extract 
and  purloin  the  bones  of  an  extinct  man  from  the  higher 
temple  of  knowlege  and  placing  it  in  the  toga 
of  the  mighty  captain,  who  rules  our  mili- 
tary life,  did  hang  it  upon  the  chanda-  ^  •'J'^ 
Her,  in  the  latter's  office.  Whereat 
they  laughed  and  clapped  their  jM 
hands  and  were  exceeding 
glad.     And  it  further  came 


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to  pass  that  one  of  the  more  have  brained  classes  did  un- 
lawfully extract  the  chairs  from  the  hall  of  the  inner 
man,  and  did  remove  them  to  a  distant  place  upon  the 
campus  ;  and  early  in  the  morning,  when  the  first  meal 
was  served,  all  the  boys,  except  the  Seniors,  were  forced 
to  eat  manna  in  an  upright  position,  yea,  standing  upon 
their  feet,  though  there  had  been  no  punishment  to 
bring  forth  such  a  state  of  affairs. 

These  and  many  other  things  did  these  peaceful  peoples 
do;  and  after  much  noise  of  singing  (?),  and  divers 
other  noises,  they  did  finally  enter  again  the  temple  of 
Morpheus,  and  did  snore  prodigiously. 

And  it  came  to  pass  the  next  morning  that  captain 
rose  with  the  sun  and  did  look  in  the  direction  of  college 
to  see  if  the  barracks  were  .still  there,  and  seeing  it,  re- 
joiced exceedingly  and  was  glad. 


And  it  still  further  came  to  pass  that  the  mighty  cap- 
tain having  cau.se  to  enter  the  chief  centurion's  office, 
did  open  the  door  with  the  assistance  of  the  janitor,  and 
did  start  back  exceeding  frightened  at  the  sight  of  the 
skeleton  in  the  closet  there. 

And  it  is  further  recorded  that  the  janitor,  being  a 
Gentile,  did  allow  strange  language  to  escape  him,  and 
did  swear  exceeding  much,  whereat  he  was  condemmed 
to  keep  "  B  "  hall  clean,  all  day,  for  all  time. 

And  it  is  now  captain's  intention  to  lock  up  the  high 
temple  and  send  home  the  inhabitants  thereof  to  Hal- 
lowe'en, in  their  own  land,  when  the  season  shall  be 
upon  us  again. 

We  have  spoken. 


__gu  g^  1^^ 


'5^^ 


Base  Hits 


&.nd  Strikes. 


"By  Necessity,  by   Proclivity  and    by   Delight   We   Quote:" 


Rutledge.     '  'The  best  of  men  liave  even  loved  repose. ' ' 

Sincell.     "Lest  men  suspect  your  tale  untrue,   keep 
probability  in  view." 

Goddard.      "Mine  hours  were  nice  and  lucky.""' 

Farr&U.     "The  fire  i'   the  flint  shows  not,    'till  it  be 
struck." 

Anderson.     "Comb  down  his  hair;    look!    it    stands 
upright." 

Cockey.   J.     "Let    none    presume    to    wear    an    un- 
deserved dignity." 


Phillips.      "Neither  a  borrower  nor  a  lender  be." 

Gassaway.     "How  pretty  her  blushing  was,  and  how 
.she  blushed  again!." 

Wa^tts,  H.  D.     "What,  is  the  jay  more  precious  than 
the  lark,  because  his  feathers  are  more  l)eautiful?" 

Ba>.y.     "Thou,  who  hast  the  fatal  gift  of  beaut\-," 

Horner.     "The    elephant     has  joints   l)ul    none    for 
courtesy:  his  legs  are  for  necessity-  not  for  flexure." 

Alfert.     "The  soul  of  this  man  is  his  clothes." 


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Room  43.     "Temple  and  tower  went  down  nor  left  a 
site.     Chaos  of  ruins!" 

Whiteford.     "He  was  not  merely   a  chip  of  the  old 
block  but  the  old  block  itself." 

Hatnblin.     "They  look  into  the  beauty  of  thy  mind, 
and  that,  in  guess,  they  measure  by  thy  deeds." 

West.     "Quoth  Hudibras,  I  .smell  a  rat." 

Smith.     "His  fame  was  great  in  all  the  land." 

Brown.      "A    face    with    gladness    overspread;    Soft 
smiles,  by  human  kindness  bred!" 

Jones.     "Fie,  my  lord,  fie!  a  soldier  and  afear'd?" 

"Johnny"    Green.     "What    say   you    to    a    piece    of 
beef  and  mustard?" 

Ewell,  T.     "Unquiet  meals  make  ill  digestion." 

The    Waiters.      "But    by    the    barber's    razor    best 
subdued." 

ShSkW.     "The  labor  we  delight  in, — Physics  pain." 

Green.     "When  a  gentleman  is  disposed  to  swear,  it 
is  not  for  slanders  by  to  curtail  his  oaths." 


Roberts.      "Alas,    the  love  of  women!  it  is  known  to 
be  a  lovely  and  a  fearful  thing." 

Schenck.     "As  merry  as  the  day  is  long." 

Popham.      "He  trudges   along,   unknowing  what   he 
sought;   and  whi.stled  as  he  went  for  want  of  thought." 

Weiller.     "Think  you  a  little  din  can  daunt  my  ears?" 

Hines,  T.     "I  have  a  passion  for  ballads." 

Evak.ns.     "The  artillery  of  words." 

The  Juniors.      "Why    then    the    world's    my    oyster 
which  I  with  my  sword  will  open. 

Dorsey.       "The     jsink,     in    truth,     we    should    not 
slight. 

Parker.     "Feet  that  run  on  willing  errands." 

Turner.     "Wisely  and  slow;  they  stumble  that   run 
fast." 

C!vul.     Ask   me  no  questions,  and  I'l  tell  you  no  fibs. 

Webster.     "Great  things  astonish  us." 

Fesmeyer.     "A  stirring  dwarf  we  do  allowance  give 
before  a  sleeping  giant." 


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Hull.     "The  still  .small  voice  is  wanted." 

Wentworth.     "I  have  a  good  eye,  uncle;   I  caii  see  a 

church  liy  day  light." 

Powers.     "Thanks  to  the  gods!   My  boy  has  done  his 
duty." 

Ensor.     "What  man!  defy  the  devil;  consider,   he's 
an  enemy  to  mankind.'' 


Choate.     "vStruck  me  very  much  like  a  steam  engine 
in  trou.sers." 

Postley.     "Sweet  childish  days  that  were  as  long  as 
twenty  days  are  now." 

Naylor.     "None  but  himself  can  be  his  parallell." 

The  Compiler.    "O  weary  heart!  O  slumbering  eyes." 


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Diplomacy. 

Copyright  Acting  Edition. 
Scene:  Little  Store  at  College  Park,  Store  Closed.  10  P.  M. 

Hirst — (  Outside  door.  )    "Hello,  I  say,  open  up!" 

Muffled  voice  from  within — "What  do  you  want?" 

Bowman — "Something  to  eat." 

M.  \.  F.  W — "How  much  do  you  want?" 

Hirst  and  Bowman — (in  chorus)    "Oh,  about  ten  cents 

worth." 

M.  V.  F.  W — "I  won't  come  down  for  that." 

Great    consternation    on    the    outside    and    .sound    of 

snoring   within.     After  a  long  consultation  H.   and   B. 

conclude  to  rai.se  their  bid  to  twenty  cents  apiece. 
Hirst — "Hello,  tip  there." 
M.  V.  F.  W— Um— m— ni— ni. 
Hirst — "We  want  twenty  cents  worth  apiece." 
M.  V.  F.  W — (with  great  energy)    "All  right,  I'l  be 

down  in  a  second." 

Bowman  and  Hirst  do  a  war  dance. 
Curtain. 


A  Rhapsody. 

Poets  tell,  in  dulcet  strains,  the  tales. 

Of  birds  and  flowers  and  sunny  Spring; 
'Till  language,  e.xhausted,  nearly  fails 

To  pay  its  due  reward  to  everything. 
But  still  theres  one  song  has  not  been  told, 

'Tis  not  of  a  girl  most  transcluding  fair 
Nor  yet  of  Free  Silver  or  of  unlimited  gold, 

'Tis  sim[)ly  of  hash — and  the  hair  that  is  there. 


A  Ratty  Episode. 

I. 

Amid  ray  dreams  of  home  and  friends 

There  comes  a  fearful  din, 
That  makes  my  hair  stand  up  on  end 

And  shivers  creep  o'er  my  skin. 

II. 

Obi  Can  it  be  some  awful  foe 

Steals  on  me  unwares.' 
Or  is  it  some  dread  Sophomore 

Come  raging  up  our  stairs? 

III. 

Or  can  it  be,  worst  fate  of  all 

That  I  hear  Bouic  in  a  rage; 
And,  being  moved  to  the  top  hall. 

Suffer  the  ancient  jokes  of  "Scabby"  Page? 

IV. 

Or  is  it  that  dread  Judgment  day 

Has  caught  me  in  my  bed? 
Oh,  nol   It's  just  the  Reveille, 

And  my  room-mate  at  my  head. 


From  the  Bulletin  Board. 

Lost,  Strayed,  or  Stolen,  Capt.  J.  D.  B.  A  letter 
addre-ssed  to  him  three  months  ago  having  remained  un- 
answered, it  is  feared  that  too  much  study  has  effected 
his  brain.  Any  information  as  to  his  whereabouts  or 
condition  will  be  thankfully  received  by 

Miss  

Washington,  D.  C. 


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The  True  Artist. 


Evening's  sombre  shades  were  gathering, 

Fast  the  daylight  passing  by, 
While  the  sun,  the  magic  artist, 

Painted  bright  the  western  sky — 
Painted,  too,  the  rippling  waters 

With  a  brush  of  golden  light: 
'Twas  indeed  a  lovely  picture 

Nature  furnished  to  the  sight. 
And  the  last  remaining  sunbeams 

Fell  upon  a  maiden  fair. 
Played  around  her  noble  forehead. 

Gilded  bright  her  raven  hair. 
And  the  maiden  stood  in  silence 

Gazing  on  the  scene  around. 
In  her  heart  a  wistful  longing. 

On  her  face  a  look  profound. 
"Oh,  that  I  could  paint  a  picture," 

Thus  the  maiden  breathed  aloud, 
^       "  Like  the  path  upon  the  water. 

Like  the  golden-tinted  cloud: 
I  would  be  a  mighty  artist, 

I  would  win  a  lasting  fame. 
Sweet,  indeed,  would  he  the  honor, 


Of  a  great  immortal  name." 
Then  a  sound  so  sweet  and  soothing 

Gently  fell  upon  her  ear. 
And  a  low  mysterious  answer 

Came  to  her  in  accents  clear: 
"  You,  indeed,  can  paint  a  picture — 

Life  is  but  a  canvas  spread 
To  receive  the  lines  and  colors 

That  will  last  when  you  are  dead. 
You  can  fringe  your  clouds  with  sunshine, 

You  can  mark  your  path  with  light, — 
Virtue  is  a  lovely  coloring, 

Truth  and  Honor  always  bright. 
Make  your  life  itself  a  picture, 

And  the  beauty  it  will  show 
Will  surpass  the  water's  lustre 

And  the  sunset's  brilliant  glow. 

Then  the  maiden's  heart  grew  lighter, 

Vanished  each  regretful  sigh — 
She  would  make  her  own  life's  picture 

Grander  than  the  sunset  sky. 

— C.  5.  Richardson. 


i6i 


Delinquency  List. 


Bowman. — Not  using  Friday  night  requests. 
Mitchell,  R.  L. — Devotion  to  ph3\sics. 
Gassawak.y. — Not  making  a  sufBcieut  number  of  kicks. 
Shaw. — vSame. 
Bowman. — Same. 

Hirst. — No  smoke  in  room  at  inspection. 
Lansd&le. — Out  of  thirty-eight  at  in.spection. 
Sophomore  Class. — Not  endeavoring  to  obtain  examin- 
ation papers  in  advance. 
Alfert. — Murdering  the  King's  English. 
Football  TeB..m. — Excessive  number  of  victories. 
Tarrington. — Taking  Sunday  dinners  at  Hyattsville. 
Cockey,  J. — Not  "Flunking"  in  "exams." 
Page. — Appropriation  of  red  paint. 


Sincell. — Not  "exaggerating." 

Non-Commissioned    Officers. — Not    visiting    during 

study  hours. 
Horner. — Excessively  clean  hands. 
Gassaway. — Winning  the  batting  medal. 
Byron. — Assuming  military  attitude. 
Phillips. — Not  at  Hyattsville  at  inspection. 
Nicholls,  S.— Talking  baseball. 
Horner, — Silence  during  study  hours. 
Schenck. — Same. 
Farrall, — Same. 
Mackall.— Detailing  the  O.  D. 
Wisner. — Excessive  promptness  at  classes. 
Cairnes. — I  disturbing  the  neighbors. 


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Note. 


Bureau  of  Information. 

-Some  niissiiiled  persons,  under  the  impression,  perhaps,  that  the  Editor  was 
a  miniature  bureau  of  information,  have  besieged  him  with  numerous  questions 
regarding  College  subjects,  which,  since  the  supply  of  stamps  was  small  and 
the  number  of  vacant  pages  large,  he  has  decided  to  answer  in  "  Reveille." 


"  Frederick."  Yes,  Mr.  L.  did  take  one  bath  while 
at  College,  appearances  to  the  contrary  notwith-standing. 

' '  The  Sun.  ' '  No  sirs,  Captain  has  not  subscribed  for 
extra  copies  of  your  "  Sand's  Issues." 

"Zoo."  Yes,  we  have  a  Monk,  but  don't  think  he 
could  be  confined  in  a  smaller-sized  cage  than  College 
Grove. 

"Cornell."  Yes,  we  do  know  that  Sy  attended 
Cornell,  as  he  has  often  told  us  al)Out  the  "Cornell 
Indians." 

"  Mr.  Sands."  No,  we  do  not  plow,  dig  fence  posts 
and  hoe  for  recreation.  Thanks  for  your  suggestions, 
however. 

"  Elkridge  Kennels."  No,  there  are  no  dogs 
around  the  premises.  The  location  is  unhealthy  and 
Johnny  Green's  minions  are  swift  of  foot. 

"  \\'.\R  I)ep.\rtm]';nt."  Artillery  drill  only  occurs 
at  night  and  then  only  in  extended  disorder. 

M.\RBrRG  Bros.  No  sirs,  you  are  incorrect,  Mr. 
Sincell  never  bought  a  package  of  your  tobacco  in  his 
life. 


"Post  Office."  By  clo.se  observation  of  Mr. 
Condon's  movements  we  think  you  could  locate  the  lost 
stamps. 

"  Pins."  Yes,  there  is  a  fortune  in  the  College  pin 
business  here,  but  a  trust  controls  it. 

Bell  Photo.  Co."  The  Sophomore  Class  must  have 
broken  the  instrument. 

"  Ordnancic."  Not  by  a  mile,  the  biscuits  are  needed 
in  base-ball  practice. 

"Smith  &  Wesson."  Yes,  Mr.  Hines,  the  watch- 
man, has  oiie  of  your  revolvers.  .Should  advise  not  sell- 
ing such  weapons  to  minors. 

"Ad,a:\is  E.xpress."  We  received  no  Christmas  box 
from  the  Washington  High  Schools.     Look  it  up. 

"Dicad  Letter  Oi-fice."  You  can  kee^i  all  of  Mr. 
Mackall's  returned  letters. 

"Laurel."  The  noise  you  heard  nuist  have  been 
made  by  Mr.  Ensor  at  dinner. 

"  Nu.MEROUS  Inoi'irers."  133'-?%  of  the  students 
enrolled  take  the  Agriculture  Course. 

"  Irrig.\tion."  Mackall,  Jr.'s  tears  are  not  used  to 
water  the  State  celerv  bed. 


163 


Glossary. 


For  the  Benefit  of  the  Uninitiated. 


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Buzzard's  Roost.  — Tlieskj-most  story  of  the  barracks; 
location  of  the  peacefully  disposed. 

Bum. — To  obtain  necessities  without  paying  cash 
therefor. 

Bluff. — To  convince  a  professor,  when  unprepared, 
that  you  have  made  a  careful  study  of  the  subject. 

Crib.    (  v). — To  make  u.se  of  purloined  statistics. 

Crib.  (h). — A  piece  of  paper  covered  with  micro- 
scopic characters,  used  in  examinations. 

Cinch. — The  Agricultural  and  Biological  Courses. 

Cab. — The  ruler  of  our  College  destinies. 

Commie. — The  be-whiskered  gentleman  who  directs 
the  military  department. 

Confinements. — A  state  of  rest  on  Saturdays. 

Fake.— To  bluff. 

Flunk. — Chronic  deed  of  the  Sophs. 

Kid.    (V). — To  jolly;  («),aPrep. 

Lanahan's  Delight. — See  Zip. 

List. — The  krank-roller,  presided  over  by  the  .sergeant- 
major.     A  means  of  escaping  too  onerous  duties. 

Mess  Hall. — Cxreen's  Hotel.     Bowman's  Delight. 

O.  D. — The  dignified  Senior  who,  for  the  time  being, 
is  monarch  of  all  he  surveys. 


Persuader. — A  paddle  of  various  sizes,  varying  from 
a  baseball  bat  to  a  hair  brush. 

Pony. — Ask  the  Classical  Course  men. 

Prep.  (a). — A  member  of  the  Kindergarden;  (b),  the 
Kindergarden  itself. 

Revielle.  (a). — A  disturber  of  rest;  6.25  a.  m.  call 
to  a  day  of  trouble;  {b),  the  brilliant  book  published  by 
the  Senior  Cla.ss. 

R.VCK. — To  get  warm  around  the  collar.  See  Tom 
Hot. 

R.\T. — One  of  the  unsophiscated.     A  new  boy. 

Skip. — To  forget  to  report  to  class.  Also,  Mr.  Evan's 
cognomen. 

Stick.    (  v). — To  report  for  an  offence. 

Stick.    (  n). — The  result  of  the  above. 

Swipe. — To  purloin  without  ceremony. 

Slats. — Tho.se  things  from  which  Eve  was  made. 

Tom  Hot. — One  of  the  irascible  Juniors. 

Taps. — 11  o'clock  call  to  the  arms  of  Morpheus.  Also 
gentle  strokes  of  the  persuader. 

Work  the  List. — To  convince  the  Dr.  that  you  are 
on  the  verge  of  collapse,  after  a  night  off. 

Zip.  {a). — A  circular  mark  too  often  described  by  the 
faculty  pencils,  (b).  A  mighty  member  of  the  Prep. 
Cla.ss. 


164 


Application  Form  for  Would-Be  Teachers. 

GOLD  BRICK  TEACHERS'  AGENCY, 
REUBENVILLE.  UTOPIA. 

What  can  you  teach  ?     First  Reader,  Jography,  Spell- 


ing, "  Fanning,"  Music  (to  rats),  Jew's  Harp,  Cribbing, 
Mathematics  (?),   Ritin  and  Rithniatic. 

When  and  where  did  you  graduate  ?  Expect  to  at 
M.  A.  C,  1910. 

Of  what  grade  is  your  certificate  ?     High  Grade. 

How  long  have  you  taught?     Five  feet  eight  inches. 

Do  you  wish  a  position  as  superintendent,  princippl 
or  as.sistant  ?     President. 

What  grade  of  work  preferred  ?     High  grade,  mild. 

Anj-  preference  as  to  locality?  Girl's  Boarding 
School. 

What  church  do  yon  attend?     The  only  church. 

Are  you  a  member  of  this  church  ?     Used  to  be. 

Name  any  secret  society  to  which  you  belong  ?  Col- 
lege Cribber's  League. 

What  educational  papers  do  you  take  ?  Nick  Carter 
and  Diamond  Dick. 

Do  you  play  the  piano  or  organ  for  singing  ?  No, 
for  pleasure. 


What  other  instruments?     Wind  In.strumments. 
Do  you  sing  at  all  ?     My  friends  say  I  don't. 
Have  you  determined  to  leave  your  present  position 
whether  you  get  a  better  one  or  not  ?     Yes. 

Where  have  you  taught?     vSquash  Hollow. 
In  what  grades  ?     Primer. 

Where  last  engaged  ?     To  Miss . 

Where  were  }'ou  born  ?     Podunk. 

What  is  your  age?     Sweet  sixteen. 

Your  w  eight  ?     350  pounds. 

Your  height  ?     5  feet  8  inches. 

Are  you  married?     No,  thank  goodness! 

Have  you  good  health  ?     Weak  heart  and  colic. 

What  .salary  do  you  expect  ?     $500,000.00. 

Least  salary  you  would  probably  accept?     $000.02. 

Your  present  salary  ?     Less  than  o. 

Are  vou  successful  in  discipline?     Never  been  mar- 


ried. 


When  will  you  be  ready  to  take  a  position?     June, 


1920. 


*The  fcinii  lielnw  was  made  out  liy  oneofour  learned  and  energetic  Juniors.     We  wish  him  complete  success  in  his,  prolialily  already 
secured  position. — Editors. 


165 


Morn  on  the  Mountains. 


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There  is  beauty  in  this  world  of  ours  for  him  with  eyes  to 

see; 
There  is  beauty  smiles  at  harvest  on  the  prairies  broad  and 

free; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  forest;  there  is  beauty  on  the  hills; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  mottled  light  that  gleams  along  the 

rills, 
And  a  beauty  out  of  heaven  over  all  the  landscape  spills — 
When  the  sun  shines  on  the  mountains  in  the  morning. 

There  is  beauty  where  the  ocean  rolls  majestic  on  the  shore; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  moonlight  as  it  gleams  the  waters 

o'er; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  sunrise,  where  the  clouds  blush  rosy 

red; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  sunset,  with  its  banners  trailed  o'er- 

head. 
And  a  beauty  past  expression  o'er  the  snowy  peaks  is  shed 
When  the  sun  shines  on  the  mountains  in  the  morning. 

There  is  beauty  when  the  green  returns  and  glistens  in  the 

showers; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  Summer  as  she  garlands  earth  with 

flowers; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  Autumn  in  the  mellow  after-glow; 


There  is  beauty  in  the  winter,  with  his  diadem  of  snow; 
But  a  beauty  more  enchanting  than  the  seasons  ever  knew 
Gilds  the  sunshine  on  the  mountains  in  the  morning. 

There  is   beauty  in  the  rainbow  as  it  gleams  above  the 

storm; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  sculptor's  vision  frozen  into  form; 
There   is  beauty  in   the  prophet's  dream  and  the  poet's 

thought; 
There  is  beauty  in  the  artist's  rapture  on  the  canvas  wrought; 
But  a  beauty  more  divine  than  art  can  ever  tell  is  caught 
From  the  sunshine  on  the  mountains  in  the  morning. 

Oh,  the  sunshine  on  the  mountains!     How  a  golden  web  is 

spun 
O'er  the  topmost  peaks  that  glisten  from  the  yet  unrisen 

sun, 
With  their  bases   still  in  shadow,  but  their  faces  glowing 

bright. 
With  their  forehead  turned  to  heaven  and  their  locks  so 

snowy  white; 
They  are  high  priests  of  the  sunrise,  they  are  prophets  of 

the  light. 
With  the  sunshine  smiling  o'er  them  in  the  morning. 

—Ex. 


166 


Diary. 


SEPTEMBER. 

23. — School    opened.     Companies    formed.     Meeting   of  27. — Meeting  of  two  debating  clubs  and  election  of  offi- 

old  members  of  the  Athletic  Association  and  elec-  cers. 

tion  of  officers.     Two  rats  blow  out  the  gas.  28. — Company   "  F,"   Captain  Dorsey,  drills  with  great 
24. — Election  of  officers  of  Rossburg  Club  by  old  mem-  unction. 

bers.     "Nervy"   Mitchell  president.  29. — Everybody  goes  to  church.     The  rest  go  to  sleep, 
25. — Setting  up  exercises  commence.  while  Palmer  tells  some  jokes. 

26. — Election  of  staffs  of  Reveille.  30. — Matthews  falls  from  grace  footballically  speaking. 

OCTOBER. 


I. — Webster  puts  the  heated  end  of  his  blow-pipe  in 
his  mouth  at  the  Chemical  Laboratory.  Dr.  .says 
"someone  is  burning  sulphur;  the  air  seems  sul- 
phurous. ' ' 

2. — We  didn't  have  a  football  game. 

3. — Commandant  finds  difficulty  in  obtaining  recruits 
for  his  finest — the  bugle  corps. 

4. — Commandant  did  not  publish  an  order. 

5. — Delaware  College,  24.  Maryland  Agricultural  Col- 
lege, 6.  "  There  .shall  be  weeping  and  wailing  and 
knashing  of  teeth."      A  day  of  arrest. 


10 


— A  day  of  rest. 

— Several  boys  go  in  for  raising  pears — via  the  fire- 
escape. 

— "Commie"  .says  "  Mackall  has  a  bad  case  of  that 
tired  feeling." 

— Church  attempts  to  kick  a  football  and  succeeds  in 
throwing  du.st  in  Professor  Blandford's  eyes. 

— Palmer  argues  long  and  warmly  on  the  "coon" 
question. 

— Board  of  Trustees  meet.  Half-holiday.  "From 
great  men  great  favors  are  expected." 


168 


12. — Second  football  team,  i8.  Laurel,  o.  Incidentally 
a  free  fight  thrown  in,  "  vSoft  "  cider  produces 
some  hard  cases. 

13. — And  the  next  day  it  rained. 

14. — Charlotte  Hall  football  team  couldn't  come,  as  they 
were  too  young  to  stay  out  over  night. 

15. — Temporary  captain  of  the  ba.seball  team  elected. 

16. — Gallaudet  "Reserves,"  (?)  11.  Maryland  Agri- 
cultural College,  10.  Andrea  shows  how  easy  it  is  to 
"  beat  "   if  one  has  only  had  sufficient  practice. 

17. — The  vSenior  and  Junior  "Farmers"  go  to  "The 
Great  Hagerstown  Fair"  and  S.  P.  does  some 
"powerful  heavy"  flirting  with  .some  damosels  in 
distress. 

iS. — We  had  oyster  soup  for  dinner.  Query.  Who 
found  an  oyster  ? 

19. — Hopkins,  6.  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  o. 
'  Tis  better  to  have  played  and  lost  than  ne'er  to 
have  played  at  all. 

20. — Black  eyes  among  the  football  contingent  the  chief 
characteristic. 

21. — Schenck  gives  a  concert  to  anon-appreciative  au- 
dience at    10.30   1'.    M. 


22. — Bowman  and  "Johnny"  Green  have  a  "  run  in  " 
about  "  too  much  hash."  Johnny  "  cu.s.ses  a  f ew  " 
and  Bow  says  he's  going  home  to  get  something  to 
eat. 

23. — We  fail  to  have  hash  ! 

24. — Richardson  fails  to  go  to  sleep  in  class. 

25. — Some  one  maliciously  and  feloniou.sly  extracts  a 
cake  from  S.  Porter's  box.  Great  indignation  in 
Room  47  caused  thereby. 

26. — Rock  Hill,  II.  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  6. 
Words  fail. 

27. — Great  indignation.  Some  chickens  old  enough  to 
vote  are  ruthlessl}'  slaughtered  for  dinner.  Fears 
expressed  that  it  may  change  the  result  in  the  State 
election. 

28. — First  platoon  drill  for  years  at  Maryland  Agricultural 
College. 

2y. — Ye  boys  practice  diligently  ye  Terpsichorean  art. 
30. — We  won't  mention  the  game. 

31. — The  boys  "Halloween"  some.  As  a  result  every- 
body, except  a  lucky  few,  stand  up  at  breakfast  ; 
Commie  finds  a  skeleton  dres.sed  in  his  best  Sunday 
clothes,  ' '  Mac ' '  finds  the  mail  wagon  .stabled  on  the 
president's  hall,  besides  sundry  other  turn-arounds. 
S.  P.,  however,  holds  the  trump  card — a  bugle. 


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NOVEMBER. 


I. — Class  of   igo2  makes  her  debut  in  College  Hall. 

2. — Reserves  defeat  Gonzagas,  20  to  o. 

3. — The  Janitor,  carrying  two  buckets  of  water,  is 
' '  accidentalh-  on  purpose ' '  tripped  by  some  one 
and  falls  down  stairs,  taking  an  unexpected  shower 
bath. 

4. — "  Commy  "  requests  the  First  Sergeants  to  teach 
their  men  to  execute  right  shoulder  arms  from  se- 
cure. 

5. — Election  Day  and  holiday.  Nearly  every  one  goes 
with  Reserves  to  see  them  play  Gonzaga.  Score  : 
Reserves,  6.     Gonzaga,  o. 

6. — John  Collier  hears  that  State  went  Democratic,  is 
taken  deathl}'  sick  ;  later  Baltimore  American  reports 
"State  Republican,"  Collier  rapidly  improves. 

7. — Bowman  goes  to  the  board  to  work  Calculus  ;  Pro- 
fessor Lanahan  requests  him  to  wake  up. 

8. — "  Josh  "  uses  the  thermometer  in  determining  tem- 
perature for  the  first  time. 

9. — Rockhill  comes  to  Maryland  Agricultural  College. 

I     II    Ml 

10. — General  rough  house  in  nearly  every  room. 
II. — "  Sy  "   distinguishes  himself  in  church. 


12. — Wisner  slides  down  the  .steps  most  gracefully. 
13. — At  last  the  first  team  wins  a  game. 

14. — "  Johnny  Green  "  establishes  a  precedent  of  turkey 
dinner  for  Thursday.  "Commy"  regrets  that  he 
cannot  come  to  dine. 


— ' '  Commy ' '  takes  two  pairs  of  glasses  to  see  a  pic- 
ture in  Page's  room. 


15 

i6.-^First  team  continues  its  previous  record. 


17. — College  receives  invitation  to  join  Berwyn  Sunday 
School.      Bouic  accepts. 

18. — Mackall  returns  from  Baltimore,  probably  to  go  on 
sick  list. 

19. — Bowman  appears  with  a  new  pipe,  and  indulges  in 
pipe  dreams. 

— "Partridge"   gets  "balled"   at  drill. 

— Senior  Class,  after  holding  a  class  meeting,  decides 
it  is  best  to  attend  reveille. 

—Commandant  of  Laurel  High  School,  Major  Sy- 
monds,  shows  his  cadets  how  to  execute  a  backward 
somersault  in  double  time. 

—Hirst  and  Darby  discuss  reveille  ;  final  agreement, 
Hirst  gets  reported. 


20 
21 


22. 


23- 


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24- — We  were  busily  engaged  in  a  great  work  and  could 
not  come  down  to  write. 


25. — Gassaway  assures  himself  that  a  ventriloquist  is  one 
that  can  change  a  tune. 


26. — Horatio  Knight  appears  upon  the  scene. 
27. — School  closes  for  Thanksgiving  Holiday. 


DECEMBER. 


2. — Students  return  to  books  and  hash. 


3. — Major  "  Sy  "  announces  that  the  tailor  will  be  here 
tomorrow  morning  at  8.00  p.  m. 

4. — Warfield  gets  bill  for  medical  attendance  from  his 
sweetheart's  father  for  allowing  the  former  to  take 
cold  while  out  with  him. 

5. — Symons  says  he  is  perspiring.  "Billy"  Fendall 
requests  that  he  use  a  more  .scientific  term  and  say 
' '  sweating. ' ' 

6. — Great  rejoicing  on  President's  Hall.  Profe.s.sor Tom 
fails  to  meet  Sr.  Dutch  Class. 

7. — Webster  takes  an  unexpected  cold  bath.  Bow- 
man comes  back  from  town  with  a  new  pipe. 

8. — Sunday,  scarcely  any  one  at  school.  Where  have 
the  boys  gone  ;  to  church  ? 


9. — Lansdale    describes    petroleum  ;    it   is    a    yellowish 
green  liquid  in  the  ntdc  state. 

10. — "Johnny  ' '  Green  cooks  the  usual  quantity  of  meat, 
yet  everj'  one  leaves  the  dining  room  hungry. 

1 1.- — The  mother  of  one  of  our  buglers  comes  to  College 
and  plies  the  hickory. 

12. — Lansdale  gets  from  his  best  girl  a  letter,  in  which 
the  love  is  so  warm  it  scorches  the  envelope. 

13. — General  stir  and  grand  preparations,  new  banisters 
on  front  steps,  and  a  real  dinner  of  oysters  instead 
of  the  usual  lunch,  as  a  consequence  of  the  Trustees' 
meeting. 

14. — "Bow"  calls  on  a  fair  friend.  Lady  from  sofa: 
"Mr.  Bowman,  your  chair  is  breaking."  Bow: 
"It  is,  is  it?     I'll  take  another." 


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15- — Sj'mons,  about  to  sign  his  name  in  a  letter  to  his 
grandmother,  asks  of  his  class-mate,  "What  am  I 
to  her,  grand-son?"  Laughter.  Sy  :  "Oh!  no, 
I  am  auisi?t,  aint  I  ?" 


i6. 


'/•- 


—The    bugle   blows   the 
classes  go  to  exams. 


flunk  ' '    march    and    the 


-The  Senior  Chemical  has  a  daj-  ofi'. 


i8. — S.  S.  C.  C.  eat  Organic  Chemistry  up. 

19. — An    eventful  day.      In  the  morning  it  snows. 
the  afternoon  the  Seniors  sail  through  Dutch, 
night  an  unequalled  Christmas  Hop. 


In 

At 


20. — Some  one  mentions  Booker  Washington.  Dan 
Jenifer  wants  to  know  who  he  is,  he  has  never  heard 
of  him  before.     Maybe  Teddy  can  tell  you,  Dan? 


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JANUARY. 


6. — School  opens  after  holiday's.      Bravest  members  of 
Senior  Class  make  New  Year  resolution  ;  decide  not 
to  go  to  Reveille. 
7. — Joe  Condon  was  really  studying. 
8. — Y.    M.    C.    A.    room  is  opened.      Everybody  enjoys 
old    maids,  dominoes,  and  carroms.     Checkers    are 
also  favorites. 
9. — Boys  in  bad  humor  ;  have  lunch. 
10. — Captain  returns  on  night  previous.     Lansdale  goes 

to  Reveille.     Lansdale  gets  9  in  "  Dutch." 
II. — Arthur  R.   paints  Washington  red.      Bryan  goes  to 

guard  mount,  two  da}\s  late. 
12. — Lansdale  makes  a  call  "on  the  Hill."      Y.  M.  C.  A. 
holds  an  interesting  meeting. 


13 
15 


18 
20 


—Unlucky  number.      Nothing  doing. 

— Commy  decides  to  open  a  broom  factorj'.     Orders  a 

number  of  broom  handles. 
—Major  gives  command  for  a  battalion  movement  at 

drill  and  S.  P.  proceeds  to  have  company  drill. 

— "  Billy"  Wisner  submits  request  to  go  to  town. 

—"Pike"  Ewell  fails  to  make  caramels.  Charles 
Rutledge  borrows  some  sugar  from  the  table. 

—"Scabby"   Page  returns  to  College. 
—Rough  house  in  17.     Ewell  sees  ghosts. 

—Commy  decides  to  give  the  battalion  instruction  in 
.signaling.  We  proceed  to  the  chapel.  We  are  dis- 
missed. 


21. — There  is  a  general   "rough  house. 
placed  on  halls.     Rats  delighted. 


Guards  are 


22. — Professor  Richardson  makes  an  address  to  the 
Freshman  Class  and  enumerates  the  advantages  to 
be  derived  from  their  subscribing  to  the  Snn  in  his 
name. 

23. — "Rat"   receives  a  letter.     Is  very  despondent. 
24. — Partridge  makes  his  debut  at  the  National. 
25. — Why  did  Sy  wait  .so  long  at  the  Ebbitt  House  ? 

26. — "Rat"  spends  the  day  in  answering  the  letter  re- 
ceived on  the  23rd. 


Captain    discovers    that  S.    P.    has   lost  forty-five 
minutes  of  very  valuable  time. 

27. — Professor  of  Physics  is  in  a  good  humor.  Juniors 
have  not  yet  been  in  to  recite. 

28. — Professor  Blodgett  decides  to  keep  up  membership 
in  Rossbourg  Club.  Pays  Treasurer  one-half  initia- 
tion fee. 

29. — "Slum  in  F'uU  Dress"   for  dinner. 

30. — J.  Ike}'  Wisner  actually  decides  to  go  to  town. 
Blizzard  looked  for. 

31. — Ensor  fails  to  make  double  the  usual  amount  of 
noi.se  at  table. 


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FEBRUARY. 


I. — Wisner  does  Washington  in  great  style.      "  Oh,  go 
way  !" 

2. — Peach  goes  to  sleep  in  chapel  and  snores  the  Dox- 
ology  in  B  flat. 

3. — Baseball  team  begins  practice.      Good  prospects,  as 
usual. 

4. — The   boys  skate  on   the  surface  of  the  snow,  and 
Tillson  decides  he  doesn't  need  the  skin  on  his  face. 


5. — Commie  instructs  the  Commissioned  Officers  in  the 
court  martial.      No  prisoner,  the  only  difficulty. 


6. — Dorsey  plays    "knuckles  down"   with  the  ice  and 
also  loses  some  of  /its  cuticle. 


7. — The  largest  mid-season  dance  ever  given  at  Mary- 
land Agricultural  College.  Everybody  has  a  good 
time  and  steps  on  everybody's  else  toes. 


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8. — Captain  gives  the  Seniors  a  reception  and  dance. 
S.  P.  eats  too  much  chicken  salad  for  his  health. 
Billy  and  John  E.  fall  in  love. 

9. — The  whole  school  sleepeth  in  peace. 

10. — S.  P.  and  Sy  tear  their  most  important  garment 
while  out  sledding. 

ir. — Profes.sor  Bomberger  returns  to  College  after  his 
unfortunate  illness  with  typhoid  fever. 

12. — Captain  surprises  the  Sophomores  by  meeting  them 
in  Geometry.     Fifty  o's  made. 

13. — Lansdale  takes  a  constitutional. 

14. — Hirst  and  Bowman  become  heavy  lovers. 

15. — Josh  calls  on  his  girl  and  she  skips  around  the  cor- 
ner with  the  other  fellow.  Josh  goes  to  Kernan's. 
Rest  suppressed. 

16. — Fendall  deals  Sam  Peach  a  heavy  blow. 

17. — Split  in  the  Chemical  Scientific  section.  "  Cher- 
chez  la  femme  ! ' ' 


18. — Trouble  in  the  air.  Professors  put  the  wrong  foot 
out  of  bed  first. 

19. — The  new  Cuban  thinks  the  vinegar  cruet  contains 
wine  and  drinks  it  accordingly.  Result  :  Castilian 
profanit}-. 

20. — Coudon  again  discovered  studying. 
21. — "Variety  is   the  spice  of    life."      Snow,  rain   and 
hail  unite  to  make  things  agreeable. 

22. — Maryland  Agricultural  College  does  Washington 
and  Washington  does  some  of  her  choicest  cadets. 

23. — "Not  a  soul  was  stirring,  not  even  a  mouse,"  or 
Rat. 

24. — Gentle  .spring  appeareth. 

25. — Gentle  spring  disappeareth. 

26. — Room   47    declares   war   upon  the  invading  tribes. 

27. — Lord  help  us,  rain  again  ! 

28.— Wonder  of  wonders,  the  whole  Freshman  Class 
pass  an  examination  I 


I. — First  ba.seball  practice  on  campus. 


MARCH. 


2. — -Captain    says    there's 
Right  again.  Captain. 


a    devil    in    the    school." 


3. — Reported  that  Po.stley  has  mumps.  "Bow"  com- 
mences to  pack  his  trunk. 

4. — Profes.sor  Lanahan  compliments  ( ? )  the  Senior  Class 
upon  its  record  in  Graphic  Statics. 


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5-  —  Commie  makes  a  hreak  in  court  martial. 

6. — Several  hampers  arrive  from  Washington.  Scrub- 
liing-,  par  excellence,  in  expectation  of  the  Legisla- 
tive Committee. 

7. — The  committee  came,  saw  and  were  conquered.  Six 
quarts,  two  turkeys,  six  terrapin  were  also  con- 
quered. 

8. — The  College  rests  from  its  labors.     It  also  rained. 

9. — Bowman  receives  company.  No  wonder  the  sun 
smiles,  not  in  vain. 

10. — Picture  of  Warfield  for  sale  cheap  in  41.     Same  of 
Hirst  in  21. 

1 1 . — Schenck  and  Horner  fail  to  create  disorder.  It  is 
believed  that  they  were  either  asleep  or  eating. 

12. — The  "peepers"   begin  to  "peep." 

13. — A  name  found  for  the  new  infirmary.  One  of  the 
professors  designates  it  "  The  Loafers'  Retreat." 

14. — Trustees  meet,  and  the  first  team  celebrates  the 
usual  half  holiday  by  beating  the  Reserves — 21  to  o. 

15. — Bowman  and  Hirst  bud  out  into  true  "dead  game 
.sports. ' ' 


16. — "  Rain,  rain,  go  away, 

and  come  again  some  other  day." 

17. — John  Irving  Wisner  actually  gets  to  a  class  on  time. 

18. — Lansdale  di.sconsolate.     He  has  no  beau  on   "The 
Hill." 


ly. 


-We  decide  to  go  skating  instead  of  playing  ball. 


20. — Profe.ssor    Bomberger    fails    to   change   his  necktie 
every  period. 

21. — Georgetown  is  afraid  (?)  to  play  us  at  baseball. 

22. — Maryland    Agricultural    College,    23.       Technical 
High  School,  o.     Enough  said. 

23. — Bouic  comes  home  with  the  scent  of  sen-sen  on  his 
breath. 

24. — "  Exams"   come  up  once  again. 

25. — The  Sophomores  break  their  necks  going  up  and 
down  the  fire-escape  in  search  of  knowledge. 

26. — Rocked  in  the  cradle  of  the  "cribs." 

27. — All  go  home  for  Ea.ster  except  the  financially  em- 
barrassed. 


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APRIL. 


I  — Captain  receives  an  April  Fool,  as  most  of  the  boys 
fail  to  return. 

2. — We  try  to  settle  down  to  work  once  more. 

3. — Schenck  and  Horner  fail  to  get  their  usual  daily 
"  fan." 

4. — 1902  excels  with  another  dance. 

5. — Navy,  10.  Maryland  Agricultural  College,  i. 
' '  What  might  have  been  had  we  ' ' ! 

6. — The  baseball  team  explain  how  it  happened. 

7. — Bowman  returns,  after  visiting  Washington,  with- 
out his  class  ring.      Married  or  only  engaged  ? 

8.  Reports  reach  College  that  S.  P.  studied  astronomy 
on  the  way  to  the  car  tracks  on  Friday  night. 

9. — Conmiandant  gets  "  obstreperous." 

10. — Commandant  cools  down  again. 

1 1. — Arbor  Day  and  we  all  plant  birch  trees  for  the  bene- 
fit of  the  coming  clas.ses  at  Maryland  Agricultural 
College.  Bouic  and  the  Y.  M.  C.  A.  give  a  vaude- 
ville show  entitled   "  Tom  Hot's  Minstrels." 


12. 


i.-^. 


15- 


16. 


17- 


iS.- 


19- 


—Baltimore  City  College,  6.  Maryland  Agricultural 
College,  27.  The  baseball  team  all  order  hats  of 
larger  size. 

—Josh  appears  in  a  white  vest  and  ' '  kills  the  boys 
dead."  He  calls  on  a  \'oung  lady  and  sends  up  one 
of  Lansdale's  cards,  and,  of  course,  is  denied  admit- 
tance. 

—The  Freshman  Class  have  a  bad  half  hour  in  Alge- 
bra examination.  It  is  reported  that  two  out  of 
forty-three  passed. 

—"Billy"  Fendall  and  "Commie"  get  tangled  up 
in  court  martial.  "Billy"  nearly  gets  "stuck" 
for  disrespect. 

—Maryland  Agricultural  College,  5.  Gallaudett,  4. 
Gallaudett's  supporters  break  several  fingers  while 
indulging  in  class  yells. 

—Officers  of  Y.  M.  C.  A.  elected  for  next  year. 
Schenck  and  Weiller  l)oth  decline  the  presidency, 
and  Bradford  is  elected. 

— Hir.st,  being  O.  D.,  manages  to  get  to  breakfast  on 
time. 

—Western  Mar\-land,  10.  Maryland  Agricultural 
College,  9.  (10  innings.)  "  How  have  the  mighty 
fallen  !" 


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20. — Mackall  falls  in  love  again  and  "Bow"  is  led  to 
Washington. 

21. — Hirst's  ankle  has  a  peculiar  relapse  at  drill  time, 
recovering  only  at  4  o'clock. 

22. — Evans'  voice  fails  him  for  lack  of  exercise.  Jones 
fears  that  there  will  be  "  a  squab"  (.squib?)  on  him 
in   "  Reveille." 

23. — Boys  have  artillery  drill  at  11.30  p.  m.  Mr. 
Thomas  does  .some  drilling  with  small  arms,  but  only 
hits  the  leaves  on  the  trees  and  not  the  boys  out 
without  leaves. 

24. — Two  members  of  the  baseball  team  report  for  prac- 
tice: the  remainder  have  sprained  ankles  or  hurt 
fingers. 


25. — Bradford  wins  third  place  in  the  oratorical  contest. 
Hard  luck  ! 

26. — Maryland  Agricultural  College,  3.  Hopkins,  2. 
"There'll  come  a  time  some  day.''  See  entry  of 
October  19th. 

27. — "The  Sun"   in  high  disfavor. 

28. — Juniors  all  make  lo's  in  Calculus.  The  Professor 
faints. 

29. — L,ansdale  returns  after  doing  Montgomery  County 
and  Dr.    ' '  Mack  ' '   at  the  same  time. 

30. — The  printer  tells  us  '  tis  time  to  .stop.     Good-bye. 


L'Envoi. 


I'R  task  is  done.  With  a  sigh  of  relief,  we 
hiy  down  our  pen  and  prepare  to  pumice  off 
the  ink-stains  which  have  disfigured  our 
fingers  these  many  moons.  For  the  first 
time  we  have  tasted  the  bitter  and  the 
sweet  of  an  editor's  life  and  have  emerged,  we  hope,  none 
tlie  worse  for  the  experience.  If  we  have  offended  any 
one  by  too  great  directness  we  are  truly  .sorry  and 
most  humbly  beg  his  pardon,  assuring  him  that  it  was 
not  done  with  malace  aforethought. 

We  .see  now,  when  too  late,  many  errors  of  commission 
and,  perhaps,  more  of  omission,  and  the  onl}^  plea  we 
have  to  make  is  the  time-worn  one  of  inexperience. 

We  owe  many  thanks  to  those  who  have  so  kindly 
assisted  us  with  articles  and  also  to  Prof.  Charles  S. 
Richardson  for  the  many  excellent  poems  which  he  has 
written  for  us.     To  the  artists  who  have  so  generously 


lent  us  their  time  and  talent  we  wish  to  give  all  credit 
for  the  artistic  in  the  make-up  of  the  book.  We,  as  a 
small  token  of  our  appreciation,  most  gladlj'  present  each 
of  them  with  a  copy  of  the  "  Revp:ii,le." 

If  this  book  adds  anything  to  the  high  reputation  of 
the  previous  volumes  of  ' '  REVEILLE  ' '  we  are  doubly 
repaid  for  our  labors.  We  hope  that  it  may,  and  that  a 
persual  of  its  pages  may  give  a  pleasant  hour  to  all  who 
are  or  have  been,  connected  with  this  college. 

Fnally,  we  say  good-bj'e  to  a,  we  trust,  indulgent 
public,  with  the  praj-er  that  for  many  Junes  to  come 
"  Reveille:"  may  continue  to  proceed  from  the  ancient 
portals  of  M.  A.  C,  a  perennial  incentive  to  still  higher 
achievements  bv  her  students. 


Fraternally, 


The  Class  of  1902. 


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The  end — of  this,  our  Reveille; 
Our  day  of  toil  is  past; 
The  star-crowned  angel  of  the  night 
Now  brings  us  rest — at  last. 


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Contents. 


^^% 


AN  INDEX  IS  A  NECESSARY  THING." 


^1^ 


Frontispiece 1 

Reveille 2 

Board  of  Editors 3-4 

Preface 5 

Dedication 6 

Faculty 7 

Calender  1901-1902 S 

Standing  Committees 9 

The  Development  of  M.  A.  C.  (Illustrated) 11 

Explanation  of  Class  Headings 19 

Heading  1902 2o 

Class   of   1902 21-41 

Progress  in  Horticultural  Education 42 

Class  of  1903 46 

Classofl904 51 

Class  of  1905 57 

Class  of  1906 62 

Nursery  Rhymes  for  Prep.  Classmen 65 

Maryland  Summer  School 68 

Military  Organization 69 

Army  Organizations 71 

Officers  of  the  Companies 76 

Staff  Picture 77 

Company  "A" 78-79 

Company  "  B" 80-81 

Company  "C" 82-83 


New  Mercer  Literary  Society 84 

Morrill  Literary-  Society 88 

Glee  Club ' ." 92 

Commencement  Day 95 

Y.  M.  C.  A ' 96 

College  Yells 97 

The  Old  Fashioned  Girl 98 

Kossbourg  Club 99 

Athletic  Department 103 

Public  Exercises,  1901 1 13-117 

June  Ball  Organization 119 

End  of  the  Serious 120 

Miscellaneous 121 

Statistics 124-125 

The  Morning  After  the  June  Ball 126 

Happenings  in  the  Infirmary 132 

Rag-Time  Verse 134 

Junior  Ban(|uet 138 

Alumni  Association 144 

And  Thats  the  Sweetest  Story  Ever  Told 1 50-151 

Base  Hits  and  Strikes 151 

Glossary- 164 

Diary 168 

L'Envoi . 178 

Poem,  The  End 179 

Tailpiece 180 

Advertisements.  .  .      182 


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BSTABLlStlED  1872. 


iNGORPORATED  1901. 


G.  M.  Bell  Photographic  Go. 

463  and  465  Pennsylvania  Avenue, 
WAShlNGTON,  D.  G. 


LIGHTING  AND  POSING  IN  PHOTOGRAPHY 

A    SPECIALTY. 


Special    Inducements    to     College     Students. 


Willidm  tl.  Moore. 


Charles  E.  Moore. 


William  H.  Moore,  Jr. 


W.   H.   MOORE   Sl   CO., 

...Commission  Merchants... 

Gkain,  Hay,  Stkaw.  Seeds  and  Pkodoce. 
307    S     Charles    Street.  H AIjTIMORi:.     MI). 

c.  e.  carr  &  bro.. 
Fine     Family     GtROCeries. 

FKKSH    MEATS   AND   PROVISIONS.    KLOUR.   KEBI). 
HAY    ANI>    OKNICKAL,   MERCH  AIS"  UIS  E. 


O.  M  P.    TKL.BPIIUNIC  NO.    7. 
HOME  TEL.B1MIONI!:  NO.    1. 


H  Y  ATTSVI  LT^K,     IVI  D. 


C.  V.  SAMUELS, 

VIOLINIST, 


4:51     M    Street.    Northwest, 

\VANnix<iTON.   r>.   c. 


Music 

FtJRNISHED 
FOR   ALL 

Occasions. 


Rawlings   Imple:ment    Co. 

FULL    LINE    IMPROVED     FARM 

IMPLEMKNTS.VEHICr^KS 

AIR     MOTOKS     AND 

ROOT'S     BEE     SUPPLIES. 
•JOO    S.     Charles    Street,  BALTIMORE,    MU. 

WRITB    FOK    OATAl-OGt'B      "G." 


KiNDs^'oF  Trees,  Shrubs,  Vines,  Evergreens,  Ete. 

GROWN    AND    I-(.)R    S.\LE    BY 

FftflNKlilN  DflVis  HURSEHY  CO., 


CALIEORNIA      PRIVET 
HEDGE      PLANTS 

send     for     descriptive 
catalogue. 

spring  season  : 
MARCH,    APRIL,    MAY. 

fall    SEASON: 

OCTOBER.  NOVEMBER. 
DECEMBER. 


Offiees,  Baltimope  and  Paea  Sts. 

C.    .i-    p.    -PHONK  215. 
.MARYLAND   'PHONE   !>S4. 


SPECIAL    ATTENTION  TO 

LANU.SCAI'E    WORK 

IN   ALL    ITS   BRANCHES 


AGENTS    WANTED 


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217     EAST     BALTIMORE    STREET, 

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BALTIMORE,         '^          MARYLAND. 

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We    Sell     'Eberything    in     Men's     Wear    except     Shoes. 


102-104  £.   'Baltimore  Street, 


HALTITIORZ.  MO. 


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THE.  TOLEDO 

Cafe    and    Lunch   Room 

JOHN    SMALL,  JR..    MANAGER. 

636  Pennsylvania  Ave.,  N.  W., 

WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


OPEN  ALL  N  IGHT. 


MEALS  COOKED  TO  OR   ER 


NLW  YORK. 


WASHINGTON. 


PARIS. 


WOODWARD    £r    LOTHROP 

DRY  AND  FANCY  QOODS,  ME-N'S, 
Women's  and  Children's  Furnishings, 
Tourists'  Requisites,  Books,  Magazines,  Card 
and  Wedding  E-ngraving,  Monograms,  Dies, 
y<KS<«(<K<i<!K     Fine   Stationery,  Etc.     vinwiintvif 

It  is  our  pleasure  to  answer  promptly  all  corres- 
pondence, giving  latest  and  best  information  Samples 
tree.    No  Catalogue. 


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War^land  Engraving  Comp^n^ 


[INCORPORATED.] 


three  color  va  ork.     duographs. 
half-tones.  zinc  etchings, 

color  work.    sketches.    designs. 

21-^-216  Water  Street.  Baltimore,  Md. 


184 


I  GEORGE  H.  CALVERT, 

I  College  Park,  Maryland. 


I    BEST  DUALITY  OF  GOODS,  Ai  WE  GIVE  W 

FULL  MEASURE, 
FULL  WEIGHT, 
LOW   PRICES. 


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ESTABLISHED   IS4S. 


Blank  Book  lakers,  Printers,  Engravers, 
and  Litho^rapliers. 


SCHOOL  BOOKS,  [DOCATIONAL  SyPPLIES,  B4NKING  REOUISITES. 
OfflCE  AND  SCHOOL  EURNITORE. 


404  and  406  EAST   BALTIMORE  STREET, 

BALTIMORE,  MD. 


CARD  ENGRAVING 
A  SPEGIAbTY. 


Telephones: 


G.  S  P.  682-M.  St.  Paul. 
Maryland  139  Gourtland. 


185 


JAMES  F.  OYSTER, 


DEALER  IN 


a  ^yjj  at7.^  Oifiir  A!7^  .iJocj  /Si 


Butter,  Cheese  and  Egos 


a  jiej-jy  Me/^  si^^  ais.^  ^£7^  a&iJiJ  n^jg  As'.j? 


Cor.  Pennsulvania  Avenue  and  9th  Street, 

MARBLE  BUILDING. 


Telephone  271. 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Patapsco  Flouring  Mills. 


Established  1774. 


MANUFACTURERS    OF    THE 

FAMOUS   PATAPSCO 
SUPERLATIVE  FLOUR. 


C.  A.   GAMBRILL   MANUFACTURING   CO., 

PROPRIETORS.  •:■  :•         :•      BALTIMORE,  MD. 


D.   N.  WALFORD, 

909  &  477  Pennsulvania  Ave.  N.W. 

WASHINGTON,     •:•     •:■     ■:•     :•     :■     ■:•     D.  C. 


ALL    KINDS   OF    REPAIRING 


HEADQUARTERS  FOR 

BASEBALL,      TENNIS. 

GOLF  and  all  Out-Door 

Goods. 

GUNS,    AMMUNITION, 

FISHING  TACKLE  and 

FINE  CUTLERY. 


BICYCLE  PERFECTION  REACHED   IN 

Victor  and  Reading  Standard,  1902  Models. 


victor  Roadster,  guaranteed  until  December  ,"51, 
Reading  Standard,  Road  Racer,  -  .  -  - 
Reading  Standard,  Model  C,  .         -         -         . 


$35.00 
40.00 

27.00 


.JUBILEE  RAZORS  HONED  FREE  OF  COST. 


ALFRED  H.  WELLS, 

Pharmacist. 


A  complete  and  selected 
stock  of  pure  Drugs  and 
Chemicals. 

None  but  qualified  assist- 
ants allowed  to  dispense 
prescriptions. 
A  fuH  line  of  Toilet  Arti- 
cles, Confectionery, 
Cigars,  Tobacco,  etc. 


HYATTSVILLE,  MD. 


WASHINGTON  STORE: 

14th  and  K   Streets,   Northwest. 


SODA  WATER  Ts^lso^'''' 


1 86 


DANIEL  MILLER  CO. 

Importers  and  Distributers 
of  Foreign  and  Domestic 

Dry    Goods^    Dress    Goods^    Silks^ 

Notions,   Hosiery,  Gloves,  Underwear, 
White  Goods,  Etc.,  Etc. 

Manufacturers  of  READY-MADE  GARMENTS. 


28  and  30  HOPKINS  PLACE  and 

25,  27  and  29  S.  LIBERTY  ST.  BALTIMORE,    MD. 


LERCH  BROS. 

Manufacturers  of 

Harness,  Saddlery,  Collars,  &c. 

no,  112  and  114  HANOVER  STREET, 

BALTIMORE. 


SADDLERY  H ARDWARK. 
BOOTS  ANli  TURF  COODS. 


^       TTN    OIK    STOCK    will   be 

(        U     found  all  the  latest  nov- 
DIAMONDS      AND      5       elties    for    presents    of    all 

kinds  at  the  lowest  prices. 


COLORED  GEMS 

SET    IN     ALL   THE 

POPULAR       DESIGNS. 


Watches  of  all  kinds,  Gold 
and  Silver  Jewelry,  Sterling 
Silverware.  German  Plaited 
Ware  at  their  prices;  Clocks, 
Lamps,  Fine  China,  Cut  Glass,  Knives,  Forks  and  Spoons  at  prices 
to  meet  competition. 

Gold  and  Silver  Medals,  Badges,  Class  Rings  for  Schools,  Col- 
leges and  Societies,  are  made  to  order  on  short  notice. 

\A/E1_SH     Sc     BRO., 


S   E.    BALTIMORE    STREET, 


BALTIMORE.    MD. 


ISroORE    H     HIRSHBERG  HENRY   WEISS,   JR. 

Maryland  Telephone  Courtland  2579. 

HIRSHBERG  ART  COMPANY 

Successors     to     Hirshberg,     Hollander     &     Co.'s     Art     Department, 

>irtist  Supplies  and 
£>rawing  Material 

PICTURES,  FRAMES,  MOULDINGS,  MIRRORS,  NOVELTIES,  &c. 

334  N.  HOWARD  STREET,       BALTIMORE,  MD. 

Headquarters  for  Pyrography.  Burnt  Wood  Material. 


H&ve  the  most    Delicious 
BON-BONS. 
CHOCOLATES. 
ICECREAM  SODA, 
and 
HOT  CHOCOLATE. 


No.   14  East  Baltimore  Street. 

FANCY    BOXES.    BASKETS,    AND    DAINTY    FAVORS 


Cld^ss    Stai.tionery 

SPECIAL  DESIGNS 
engraved  ivnd  Dies  furnished  for 
Cl&ss  Stationery  at  lowest  prices 
consistent  with  good  work.   WI<!K 


CALLING     CARDS. 
WEDDING  INVITATIONS. 

MONOGRAM     PAPER. 

*Ihe    NEALE    PUBLISHING    COMPANY, 


Publishers". 

431  Eleventh  Street, 


Engraver  J-. 


Stationery. 
WASHINGTON.  D-  C. 


S.    N.    MKYER, 

Army  and  Navy  Equipments 

Society  Uniforms  zvnd  Paraphernalia. 

141 1  Pennsylvania  Avenue, 

Telephone  739-  WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


Wm.   BdwUd^ntyne    6?    Sons, 


Correct  Engraving  in  all  forms  at 
Moderate  Prices.  Books  and  Sta- 
tionery   in   the   Greatest   Variety. 


428  SEVENTH  STREET, 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


SURETY    BONDS. 

IF  YOU  WANT  A  BOND 


As  a  State,  County  or  Municipal 
Official ;  Officer  of  a  Fraternal 
Society;  Employee  of  a  Bank, 
Corporation  or  Mercantile  Es- 
tablishment, Etc. 


As  Executor,  Trustee,  Guardian, 
Administrator,  Receiver,  As- 
signee, or  in  Replevin,  Attach- 
ment Cases :  and  as  Contractor. 
United  States  Official,  Etc. 


FIDELITY    AND     DEPOSIT    COMPANY 


OF   M  ARVLANO-- 


N.  W.  Cor.  Charles  and  Lexington  Streets.,       -      Baltimore,  Md. 

EDWIN    WARFIELD.    Pres  HARRY    NICODEMUS,    SEC.   AND   Treas 


ChdwS.  H.  Std^nley, 


1 

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. 

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400    EQUITABLE    BUILDING, 
Residence,  Laurel,  Md.  BALTIMORE,  MD. 


i88 


.^Gbbitt  douse... 


lUasbinflton,  D.  C. 

yirmi(  and  ^avi( 
headquarters 


H.  C.  BURCH, 


Manager. 


FURNITURE 


FUR 
THE 


STUDENT, 


Everything    necessity 
can    demand    or    fancy    prescribe 
in   the   way   of  furniture  is  shown  in 
its  best  form  at  Moses.       Furniture  for  the 
bedroom,  for  the  Fraternity  rooms,  substantial, 
sightly  pieces  of  artistic  merit — and  sensibly  priced. 


W.    B.    JSrOSES    &    SONS. 


F  STREKX,   CoK.    IIXH, 


WASHIN<iTO?v\     n.     C. 


The  Ghas.  H.  Elliott  Go. 

Works:  17th  and  Lehigh  Avenue. 

Salesroom :    1527   Chestnut   St. 

PniLADELHIA,  PA. 


Gommencement  Invitations 
and    Glass    Day    Programs, 

CLASS        ANNUALS 

AND    

ARTISTIC       PRINTING. 


Glass  and  Praternity 

Stationery. 

Fraternity  Cards  and 

Visiting  Cards. 

Menus  and  Dance 

Programs. 

Book  Plates. 

Glass  Pins  and  Medals. 


P.  P.  MAY  &  CO. 


HARDWARE 


634  Pennsylvania  Ave.,  N.  W. 


WASHINGTON,  D.  C. 


189 


WM.    H.    ROTHROCK. 

HYDRAULIC  ENGINEER 


di!:al.uu   in 

PUMPS,   HYDRAULIC    KAMS 
AND       WATHR        MOTORS 


105    Light    Street, 


BALTIMORI^  W) 


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STEPHEN  LANE  rOLGER. 

Diamonds,   Watches,    Jewelry, 

GLUB  AND  GOLLEOD  PINS  AND  RINGS. 

GOLD  AND  SILVER  MEDALS. 
200  BROADWAY.  NEW  YORK. 

F.   V.    FOSSETT    &    SON, 

SHIRT  TRIIiORS  flJlO  GENTS'  FURNISHERS, 

I'INE     IvID     GLOVE.^     A     SPECIALTY. 

4'Jl    E.    llALTiMORE    Street,  BALTIMORE,    MD. 

Agkncy    for    GARDNER    &  VAIL,   Nkw  York    Lai'.ndrv. 


R.    A.     BO  WEN.    Jr. 


'I'ki.ii:pih)>  k     l!>ti; 


Sxttornei/-  at-  jCaw, 


Pradlics  before  all  the    Courts 
of  Marvl<ind. 


1410    G     Stkekt.    N.    \V. 

MEMBCR   OP   THE    AI.UMNI    AS.SOOATION."  WASHINGTON       D.     C 


HflNlJiNE    Bt^OS.  BRUSHES, 

STAINS, 

Ready  Mixed  Paints  wnitb  leads,  sc 

23  and  25  South  Howard  Street^ 
30  S.   Liberty  St.^ 

Telephones:   !  ^b'^OT.^'  Baltimore.  Md. 

W.     F.     ROBEIRXS, 

■piiim],  mwm.  mm  [iosseo  sifliioiB!. 

y  730  FIFTEENTH  STREET, 

WASHINGTON  CITY. 


(  onsoliddlion  Coal  Co's 


Henry  C.   Winstiip.       Wm.   A.   Leefch.        John   C.  Lewis. 


CILf/IOR  IVIEREDITH  &  CO., 

^  WHc.H.ESALE    lH-:AI.b:KS    IN 

(H)       Georges  Creek  Big  Vein  Cumberland  Coal 


HALTIMORE    OFFICES: 


Georges  Creek  Big  Vein 
Cumberland  Coal. 


70S-709  Continental  Trust  Building. 
Tirlcpliones:— C.  &  P.  St.  Paul  605;  Md.  Court.  2959 
R.  R.  VARD-Carey  St.  and  B.  &  O.  R.  R. 
Telephone  :— C.  &  P.  St.  Paul  3407-Y. 


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ITTLE  PRICE 


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SPORTING  GOODS. 


Baltimore  and  Houiard  Streets. 


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