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"ONE REVOLUTION PER ANNUM."

PUBLISHED BY THE

JUNIOR CLASS,

S!lll'ell~ lD~~Ullb of ~0(!~Dolo~1'

HOBOKEN, N. J.

j\£ARC~ 18'75.

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EDrroas .

• ]. 1\1 A.l'lIElt W ALLl~,

EDWARD BAIU~Y 'YALL,

How ARD DLTANK

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EDITORIAL.

"One Revolntion per Annum." Such was the motto with which the" ECCENTRIC"

struggled into life under the auspices of '75; and, tllat revolution accomplished, the "ECCEN'l'RIC" once more greets its friends, bearing, however, unmistakably the stamp of '76.

The" ECCENTRIC" is now a fact-not a mere visionary idea in the minds of a few gentle youths, but a thing of life, welcomed, we hope, by all.

Last year but an experiment, its success was so Ull­

looked for and complete, that it is as much expected as the" Announcement" itself.

Published by each succeeding Junior Olass, believing' in the "One l{evolution per Annum" theory, we hope it will continue for all time.

The object of the "ECCENTRIC" is to give a risU1ne of our college affairs for each suceeeding year, the histo­ries of the several classes, accounts of all out-door sports and games, and lists of societies and other organizations.

We thus see that the paper is in no,vise a "literary" paper; and inasmuch as it is published but once every year, it cannot be used as an "organ" by the students. Such a paper we ought to have-in fact, 1nust haye. What we want is a small paper published once a month, in which the students can state their views on matters

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I We mention the fact of the want of a paper of thi~ f

description here merely to let the students kllow about I

it, and hope that they will take definite action upon the matter immediately; and should such a paper appear, we cannot donbt that it will be strongly patronized.

Om College is steadily advancing in its progress, and is now widely knowll as among the foremost of mechani­cal schoolR in the country.

The fact of the Institute having been founded in IIobokell at first precluded all possibility of om becoming famous as rapidly as wp deserved, but perhaps it is best as it is.

We arc working ourselves up to our level according to the first law of Hydrostatics, and Roon our reputa­tion, if it gOt'R Oil inCl'easing as heretofore in the direct proportion of the cubes of the time, will place us in an enyiable pm;itioll among tlw Rehools of mechanical scienees.

vYe can lik('u om College to the BeRsemer process; it takes but a short time to accompliNh the oQject, but the product is "doosed" fine. While the College has been advancing in scientific eircles the students haye been pushing it in athletic sports. Our Athletic Association held it::; first meeting last fall on their grounds (formerly the St. George Cricket Grounds), the 17th day of October, 1874. The meetillg was quite spirited-the delays usual in such cases being for the most part done away with­and considering that it was the first attempt, was a decided success.

:Foot-ball still holds the foremost place in athletic sports at Steyens.

Of four matches played, we won two and lost two. Practising for the matches was not attended to aR much as was desirable, and the students must all see by this time, that if we want to obtain a place in the college

~ foot-ball arena, we must do faithful practice. ~

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Boating has not eng'aged the attention of till' Fltudl:'nts to any exteut since lal:lt >lUllllllel', a fact wltieh SOIll(' of the more arflf'nt deplore; hut as there seemFl to he a fair chance that Troy will accept our challenge' to l'OW

them this coming' June, we will proba hly hpar the" llH'lT'y

zip of the oar" more oftell. If the ehallengp Rhoulll he accepted, WE' bespea k tlu? hc>arty support of the \d\01e

college for "our ho'yt':' TI)(' tlieatrH'als gin' ll h~' tliP Theatrical Assoeiation l(n' tlip lWllP/i t of tllp Boat ('Inb \\'I:'rl:' very good, but the pn)('eedN wpre not a>l large as the,\' ought to have heen. 'l'llp plaYA WfOn ' ",Vho'l' \\~hn? " and" BomlmHtes Fnl'io::;o."

One or two matcheR ill baRC-balll'lllivenell Im;t Hpring. We ullderstand that Crlpt. Zimmerman hm; some Ilew

men" 0]] thC' hooks," and tliM a.s ROOll as tIlt, Sf'HSOll

opens a good uinp will he ]lut ill tll(> fiel!l.

In all new collegeI' tllose "old cnstOJ 11 I' -, ,,'hidl b(,jp to make college life so Pll,ioyable fil'l:' of C0111'1'1' ,,'auting; Fltill, a beginning' lHlR to be madf',

The Faenlt.y ill RllCIl inl'titutiolls mmall,Y ]l1Ir thl'il' toot ( reet would probably Ill' 1I101'1' appropria fI' ) 110""11

in quite a decided, amI, to till' stlllll'nts, fooliFlh 1Illlllllel'. Om Fa.culty Ilflve alwars ,).Yoid('d tIllS pE'rIlicions (pe],lIi ­

cious i" good!) habit, and ha\'e heen qnit!' IplIil'111 ill rrgarrl to sneb mathu-s.

Still, belienng that til(' :Facnlty woulll li]{1:' to he informed of anything in rcganl to tIll' workin gs of tIl(' College which tll(> Rtudents oh.il'd to, and this 1willg' the only meanFl at our disposal, " ' P heg lean' hel'(, to make a few COllunents. The first is on what tIl(' I'Itnd(>lIts eall tbe "frye O'clock hnmbug"~ev('ry student is obligell to leave tIl(> Institute blliiding at five o'eloc1;: pl'P('i sely,

We fail to Flee the jUFltiee of' this, and the only motiw that we can see which led to I'lli'll a stflte of <lfl ~ljt',~

was some mistaken kindness to tIle jflllitor, aR tllPl'ehy ~ he can take his "drop 0' eOJ1lfort" S0111(, two hOlll'R 1;$ ~~,~ ---~

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earlier than he otherwise would bt' able to; while on tIl(> other hand the students bave to leave tIle building­at a time which could often bp made valuable in looking lip 1Iotes in the library, etc.

o .'Ie most respcetpd Fanllty! is it not about time to ehang-e tbe lH1Jlll' "Announcement" to that of the more diguifil'd "Catalogue" ~

'l'lIe Aunouw'Pllleut as now prillted would do justice to allY iWitl'llllll'llt-llIuker's shop, where a list of apparatus with the explallatiolt of the same is all that is required; but aR to it::; lJeiug the catalog-ne of a Teelmological [m,titute, h; rather absurd.

The body of thp hook is takeu up with explanations of maehines frolll "8aleron, of I'm'is," amI the names of the studentR an' plated at the \'ery end, and designated m; "1"i1'st (,la88," ":::;econd ('hiss," etc. Evidently a l"(·t()l'1J1 i:-: l1eCeSSHl).

Alld now we are relllillded that tIlt' welcomed, dreaded "Olle Hcyolutioll pel' AnullIlJ" hid8 us stop.

We feel sud as '/ti leuyeH t Ite "ECCENTIUC" behind. We IHln> lintl three· happy ,Y(';n's uuder the protection of our deal' "Alma Mater," :Illd as we leaye behind the laJl(l-mark \ the" ECCEN'l'ItW") to which we looked for­wHrd with sud1 plea:mre, Hltd are reminded tbat '76 has but olle short yt'~ll' to run, and theil-a feeling of H~Hlness overcomes us-how we wil;u we were Freshmell! Our tlu'('(' years to go oveL' again! But no, we llilU!t go 011 .

So we will (b'op tItp pen tin"77 to take np; we hope to wield it in a mol'(' Hkillful manlier.

In ('onclusion, Wt' beg om friends to look leniently upon the H1Ults which way be tbund scattered through our 'pages, and if the "ECCENTRIC" is received in the spirit with which it was written, then we have pleased all, "and none have we offended."

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MH~. E. A. S'l'EVENS,

REV. S. B. DOD, W. V\T. SHIPPEN.

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HENRY MOlt'l'ON, PH.V., Pre.~idellt, alld Professor of Theo-retical Physics, l{inr Street.

ALFRED)!. ~IAYElt, PH.D., PI'ojeslfor of Physics, S. Orange. l{ommT II. Trrl'RSTON, A .. :H., C.R. PI'(!feSNOr of 1I1echani-

C(lt Bllgilleerill(l, Hudson Street. DB ~ OLSEN vYOOD, C.K, PI'O/e88or (!f J[((tlwlIICltics atal

Mechanics, Roseville. ALBERT R lil,jlmS, A.~\t., PH.D., I'ro/essor of Ohemistry

alld 1lletal/lo'fIY. Hudson Street. CHAS. V KROElI, A.M., Secretary of th(' P(I('nlty, PTofessoT

of Jllor/frll TAIII.rIIUt.fjC~ . Eighth Street. li;DWAHD \\' ALI_, A ~L, Profe.~.w)/· of ReTles-Lettres an(1 His-

tory. I1H River Stl'(>(>t. P. P. POLN1ER, :\f. K, Ills/nu·tor in l'''l'rmo - J)Yllamic.~,

TIudfwn Street. TUO)IAS B. H'l'ILL)IA'N, RH., 1/1.\'/l'Iu'tol' ill QuaUtatil'e and

Blol(' Pip" A11((lysis, LIudson Str(>et. W'iVI. B. (} EYE1~, A.M., Registrar of the ]i'1((·ulty. HENRY A. IlIWKMKY]<jl~, LibJ'((l'i((ll, .T(>J'I'l(>Y Cit~· .

• TAMES DONALDSON, .Janitor. SAl\t:UIU_ IlAWKl~IDGE, EII(lincer . • JOlIN ::\1c'CULLocn, JJ((('/tinist. J;]DWARD IIAWKRIDGE, 118sistant Ellgineer. LoUIS BECKER, lI[oulder. \,y ALTElt DUHNETT, 1issi8tant Janitor.

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C!ttass of '75.

(, Ut ten.~io sir vis."

G. F. A. SORGE,

• J. E. DE~TON, TIIEO. F. KOEZJ" Y,

YOKICHI Y.<DIADA,

FRA~K M~AVITT, . J. H. FEZANDLE,

G. BAnRY vV ALL,

President. Vice-President . Secretary. TrCl1Su1·er. Historian. Censor . Poet.

NAME. ADDHESS. HESIDENCE.

VALENTINE BACHMAN, 1·1 B 'udson St. Louisville, (jj) JAS. ERNEST DENTON, Hudson City. H'ltilson ()·ity.

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*GORDON K. DICKINsoN,Jersey City. Jersey City. *BENJAMIN P. Dow, BrooNYII. Brooklyn, \l!.:...-Y ) J. HECTOR FEZANDIE, N. Y. City. New York City. S. DAYTON GRAYDON, 14 Hnilson St. Ridgewood.

*C. E. HABKEMEIEI~, N. Y. f'it,lj. New York Oity. *FRANK E. WELL, 102Blo()lI~f'dSt.Hoboken.

NICH.loVANOVITCH, 14 Hudson St. Belgrade, Serl1ia. ~ '11M. C. K:rMnER, 130 Hurlson St. Gerl1wntow~~

'III. NEWTON KNAPP, 1H 1(;;1'('1' St. Fai1'haven,t.!.!V THEODORE F. KOEZLY, N. Y. City. Kew York City.

*JOSEPH LAFON, 10 Hudsoll St. Neu'ark. FRANK LEAVIT'I" Orange. Orange.

*CHARLES MORRIS, 1 0 H~{dsoll St. Bloomfield. *J.A.tlrnS MORTON, 10 Hudson 8t. Fitchburg, f.¥~ *JOHN MORTON POOLE, 133 Hudso/1 8t. Wilmington, 'Pel: ' *WILLIAM POLLOCK, Hoboken. Hoboken. ....-*G. W. ROBINSON, 358 Wash'n St. Hoboken.

G. F. ADOLF SORGE, 122 Hudson St. Hoboken. GEORGE B. WALL, 118 River St. Englewood.

*WILLIS N. WHITNEY, Newark. Newark. I YORICHI YAMADA, 14 H'ltdson St. A-Miodo, Jap'an.

*WILLIAM ZURN, Union Hill. Union Hill. ~

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Although lIlany months have elapsed since the day of our last class election (the last in two senses), its stirrillg sceues retlU'u to us with a vividness which thrills us with excitement-tbouglt all cause for excitement is long over, aud the day itself dwells only ill the past and in the memory of those who-who remember it-a band which, though small in number .on that occasioll, was destined to be decreased still more as time rolled on.

"Vhat enthusiasm was exhibited Oil that election da.y! What zealolH; stamping elicited sYlllpathetic clouds of dust fi'olll the carpet, \vhicll, as('elllliug Oil high (to speak figuratively, in a room Oldy s('Yell f('et fi'OIll floor to ceilillg), formed halos of glory at'oUlHl the heads of the honoredJclV who were chm-;en to office.

We will now give the result of that election in the following statistieal report, although we arc aware that to tIle casua I reader it may, like the tirst e1wpter of Matthew, appeal' ratlter monotonous, but to a careful observer like you, "gentle reader," \yill ]H'eseut great significance; and it is with deep reluetuuee amI lUlfeigned humility that we undertake so arduous n task.

Because why ~ Look at the Pyramids of Eg.ypt, and then answer the

question! Those vast piles wllich have for ages reared their heads, or rather their apicps, high up into the

I translucent azure of the circmnambient atmosphere-~hose enormous blocks of "what-d'ye-call-ulll" form gian~

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steps as high as a dinner-table, and which raise in the mind of thp wondering and awe-inspired traveler the question "How the deuce did they get there~" 'l'hose vast piles, we say, what are they~ Stone and mortar, think you ~ No more than the paper on which we write forms the history of the Class of 'i5. Those pyramids, sir, are the history of a departed empire-the monuments of a past generation! A word to the wise iR sufficient. By the parallel thus delicately drawn, the shl'ewrl rl.'adl.'l' will be able to see the destiny of this history.

Having, we trust, in the above sublime passages, clearly proved the importance of the statistics, we will proceed to mention in detail the-we had almost said blocks, we shonld Ray bricks, which form the classical pyramid '75.

First, of comse, we must mention the President, though that is a mere matter of form, for his sphere (if a Pill can have a sphere) is-it would really take a great deal of consideration to tell ,yhat it is; indeed, everybody for­got that he was PreHident-he among the rest-and it was only discovered by our researches for the present compilation.

Then, there is-or, more correctly, there is not-he who was honored with the Vice-Presidency, or rather, who honored the Class by accepting that difficult and respon­sible office, but who has, alas! removed his gentlemanly corpus from '75.

There is om second differential of a Secretary, who, though small in volmne, completely fills his office.

Then, there is our Treasurer; and we are thoroughly convinced of his honesty, for he preferred, with praise­worthy fidelity, rather than borrow from the funds of the

I Olass, to give a second mortgage on an old pair of breeches to his washerwoman for services rendered, I l ~terest payable semi-annually. Such self-sacrifice is I

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:Next there are the Censor, Poet, Jestel', and HiRtorian; but we pal:>s them over ill silence, for, as Milton or Shakspeal'll I:>ome\yherc remarks, "Act.iolJs speak louder than words." OUT bootblack hmi departed-gone east, gone to Sel'yia. Pax vobi8cum. (l'llut Latin qnotation, now we look at it, Heems to be wl'ong somehow). rn hilS place, however, we have received au uddit.ioll t.o the Class, whicll t.hns rOUlHllol ont our Humber of tell. The decimation ill Olll' ranklol is paillfnll.v appare1lt when we look about and fiud that ouly five, out of the twenty veterallH who entered tlle (,ollege at the begiullillg', now remain.

We are glad to :lUllOllUee t.hat om' JanitOl'-a very deserving young mall L.Y rea SOl! of conscientious pel'­tormance of hil:> dutielS-haH beell adnUlced to the exalted position of Yice-Prel:>ideut, and his worthy assistant iu­stalled in hilS place a:-; Head .JanitoI',

Under the go\'cI'lIlIleut of this" Council of '1'ell" we prosper well, and have the prospect of a clear politicaJ horizon. 'i'

In the autullll1 games, '73, 'with itlS usual wl:>cretion, held itl:;pjf ill reserve (!) until the mile wnlk, and was crowned with Yictol'Y, tor tlw beHt 10m' Ulell were from that clas~, The other clasl:>el:; wert' nowhere!

This year, haYing' left the domaill of Chemistry, we gl'eatlJ' miss that touching little opelling address all about moonlight I:>leigh-l'ides and I:;katillg in vacation, which was \VOllt to Le delivered tllrt'e times a year for the last three years, bnt which \Val:> not adapted to all ca8es-when, for example, ttl:; I:>ometimes happened, there had been no snow, nOl' moon, nor ice. Ilowever, it did very well, lor ill winter it sounded natural, and in SUll1-

Iller cool and refi:'eshing' .

• If any mistakes (ire fouud in tho above statistics, it must be ascribed to our [lI,.jng "gotten tho decimall'oiut wrong."-Robert8' Read,y Relief, _ ~

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And now when we, through the medium of this mag­azine, address the public for the last time, we close our inkstand and wipe our pen with mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; of joy for the near approach of that time to which we have £01' the last four years steadily looked forward, when we should enter life with sheepskins in our pockets awl handles to ollr names; of sorrow, that one of the happiest portions of our life is nearly over-that we shall be parted from om'many friemls and intimate companions, and the haullts wlJich have knowll us for four years shall know us no more forever. But with pride shall we be aule to look lJack, in future years, upon our Alma StC'Dens, when she will have her Alttm'll i scattered far and ,<,-ide over the world, and remember that ours was the first regular Class,

AndlJaving said farewell to Oollege and friends, let us, with the last words we shall pen on these pages, pro­nounce a benediction upon om protege-this little period­ical, and utter a hope and prophecy that, in the futm'e years ofwhidl we have spoken, we may have reason to be proud of a magazine, grown larger aud more influential, the initial number of which bears tile proclamation, "Published by the Ola,ss of '75,"

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Q)tass of '76 .

. , Volf ns et Jln te n.~.'·

HENRY A. BECKMEYER,

IlOWARD DUANE,

ALBERT W. STAHL,

EDWARD BARRY WALL,

President. Vice·Presiilent. Secretary. Historian.

NAME. ADDRI~ RS. RESrDENCE.

H. A. BECKMEYER, Jersey Oity. .Jersey City. S. BU,AINARD BREWER, Cranford. Cranford. . JOHN OTIS BUERK, 14 H1lilson St. New Albany, r[nd. ,

*F. Drx BUTTOLPH, 93 H1tdson St. Trenton. *OHAS. B. OHANDLER, 90 Gctrden St. Pensacola, 11z(/. * ALAN MORGAN OLAY, 133 Hudson St. Westwood. J. MORTIMER OREMER,] 33 Hu(7soll St. Phila(7elphia, 11a.

*JUAN DAMASCENO, Xew York. Lima, ?E:.,.u. *W ARREN E. DENNIS, Newark. Newark.

\VILLI.A.M DIEIIL, 133 H1ldson St. Philadelphia, Pa. IlOWARD DUANE, 14 H?a7son St. Bergen Point.

*JUAN GANDARILLAS, N. Y. City. ~ *WILLIAM E. GROVE, N. Y. City. Chili. *F. EUGENE HILGARD, 133 Huilson St. Washington,~. (J,

GUSTAVUS O. HENNING, W. Hoboken. West Hoboken. JOSEPH KrNGSLA.ND, Franklin. Franklin.

*GEORGE G. JEWETT, 135 Bloomfield. Hoboken. *EDWARD MILLE'1'T, Harlem. Harlem. *EDWARD PHILLIPS, Newa1'7c. Newark. t OYRUS K. POTTER, Jersey City. Jersey Oity.

PHILIP E. RAGUE, Jersey Oity. Jersey City. ADAM RIESENBERGER, North Bergen. North Ber~. GEO. M. ROBERTSON, 59 Bloomj'fl St. Savannah,'-Ga.

~WM. H. A. RUMPFF, N. Y. City. New York. ~

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rNAOSlIIN ~, I ALBERT WM:. STAllL,

, ALF. r. TRAUTWEIN,

EUGENE L. V AIL,

EDW AIW B. ,V ALL,

J. MATllER WALLIS,

EDWIN L. ,VILES,

*EDWIN B. WILSON,

ALFRED R. 'VOLFF,

W. F. ZmMMERMAN,

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92 H1ldson St. J!!!f!JJJJ... N. Y. City. New York City. 2% Bloomf'd St.Hobo7cen. 100 Biver St. Hoboken. 118 Bit'er St. Hoboken. 1:35 Hudson St. New Or'lerms, ~a) 14 Hudson St. Grassy Point. 92 IItulson St. Bt·oo7clyn. 112 River St. Hobo7cen. Orange. Orange.

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This is a history-a history with an end and a beginning. This is the beginning; later on you will reach the end. Let us sigh for that portiou-look forwanl with expecta­tion, and read on. But, to reclU', to go back, to begin again. In the first place, the public has seen improve­ment-vast improvement, gentlemen-in the institution which we have favored with om presence and graced with om names; consequently, they demand a statement -a true statement-of all the influences which have been brought to bear to effect this end, this imprOYClllent. Where is the why ~ and where the wherefore ~ We haye struggled bard to avert this inquiry, for we are not proud-we are bashful.

IIave the fOllndations of our noble college, of IIoboken, and of the scientific world at large, been shakell by nat­mal agencies ~ IIave the Sontb American earthquakei'l, the transit of Venus, tbe tunnel-blastings in Hudson Oity, or Prof. Mayer's little gray spider been influential in effecting this change ~ No, gentlemen; most empbati­cally, No! Let us go deeper, push om inquiries farther, pass over minor detailS, and" skip the gutter." Why, friends, if Arcbimedes, tbe ancient Greek, were sti1l among us, he would find tbe long-Iooked-for fulcrum, and could crawl out to tbe end of his lever and hustle Old Mother Eartb all around, turn-er, and get her a tilt-on,

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and finally beech-er on some desolate planet where we would be uuable to find either Hoboken, New York, or Brooklyn (which would be au exceedingly fortunate ca­lamity, and we might say tbe loss of the latter locality would be especially fortunate). But, snppose we bad neither of these; where would the fulcrum be ~ Why, gentlemen, on your shoulder:,;, on Olu' shoulders, on the shoulders of '7u.

We have profited by advice and matured lmder ex­ample. In Chemistry we have been particularly favored; advice has been scattered around freely and promiscuous­ly. Some has been hard· to live up to and some difficult to follow. Witness, with regard to mow-pipe Apparatus: we were advised to follow the example of a Senior, who had made a case so small and so complete that he could take it, together with his tooth-brush, etc., etc., and depart on ajourney. This advice was good; but the difficulty was to do likewise, for, on inquiry, we found the gentleman used no tooth-brush and never journeyed. Then again, some of om men one morning caused the sleepy old Ger­mans of Hoboken to rub their eyes and wake up, and the SeniorH, Sophs, and Fresbmell to say wicked words indi­cative of jealousy and chagrin, by displaying the snowy white ensign of '76 from the tower, where it waved glori­ously in its full beauty, indifferent to the machiuations of an army of supes bent on tearing it down. Now comes the advice. President Morton, after stating that the cost of removal-something immense-would be as­sessed on the Class, said that if any student felt snch assessment unjust, it would be removed by calling on him. We of course felt it unjust and most tyrannical, and, like tbe Dutch Republic that Motley writeH about, there was a rise, for all the Class rose up as one man, and were about to rush headlong into the President's sanctum, when something or other intervened; and so, to complete the simile, there was also a fall.

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But it is the other advice that has brought forth the fruit; to it we owe the status we now hold -- the statnswe have ever held, both in mental and pbysical acquire­ments. Gaze on OUl' past! What do the College l'ecorrls say ~ What the ..tUhletic Associa Lion H'POl'ts ~ Foot­ball eleyclls and base-ball nines have alike been van­quished before us.

The presence of the "Little God" has not been unno­ticed; and although Adoni!> has slept, so to speak­having been engaged in "raising a lloubt" and making " modest investigations "-the doughty "Oaptain of tile Highland Eagles" has not slept-not he, 1'01.' we llUder­stand he has got a " staple" article upon the hill.

As J lUliors we now look back upon the dim past, and we may almost say, into the brightening' futme. Nearly three years of our college life llaye flown-a fact we can with difficulty rNllize. It is with a feeling of sadness we see the Seniors about to leaye ns, and their old familiar faces giYe place to others that will be new and strangc. When we look back upon the younger clm,ses, we rell1elll­LJer when we occnpied their positionr:;- when we were Sopholllores, and even Frer:;hmen. And then again, ,,,hat familiar facer:; we miss from our own roll-faces we had learned to lo,-e; and more than all, the facc of om clafls­mate who was taken from us last snIlIlIler by a hand stronger and sterner thall that of Ulan.

The fhlits of OUI' labors in all departUlcntH will ue given to the world next year; but the frllitr:; of our labors in this department and ill this year are in thi::,; paper­this" ECCEN'l'RIC," 'which we send out in remembrance of the Junior Year of the Olass of '76.

HISTORIA.N.

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(!)\ass of

EDWARD A. UEHLING,

JOIIN RAPELJE,

President. Vice-President.

WM. r. COOPER,

FRANKLIN VAN WINKLE,

Secretary ((n(7 Treasurer. Historian.

NAME. ADDHESR. nEsrDENC~ ....

*BIDDLE BISHOP, Jersey City. Columbus, 'Q../. ALEX. BRINKERHOFF, Brooklyn. Brooklyn, ~. Y')

*CYRCS D. OHAPMAN, Orange. Irvington. ~ MAURICE J. COSTER, :210 Bloomjielr7. Albany, N. Y. WILLIAM r. COOPER, Newark.. Newark. DEWI'l'T C. DE:\IAREST, Ri~'er St. Warwick, N. Y.

*EDGAR FUIED:;\IAN, N. :1': City. N. Y. City. W. P. HARDENBERGH, Jersey City. Jersey City. J. N. HOl{NBLOWER, lOS lVash'n St. Hoboken.

*HAl{RY A. HORSFALL, Birel' St. Pongftk'psie, N. Y. *S. T. KIN.n[Em, 23 First St. J~

*JOHN Lmn,- N. Y. City. N. Y. City. * ALFRED E. LIGIITilIPE, Orange. Omnge.

A. E. LOWENTHAL, Hudson St. Hoboken. PIERREPON'r MINOR, N. Y. City. N. Y. City.

/-LEWIS n. NASH, Union Hill. So. Nonoalk"Ot. J

*R LOSSING NILES, River St. Fordham, N.'¥. *FRANKLIN PH[LLIPS, Newark. Newark.

JAMES B. PIERCE, 13:JHud.~on St. Shw])esville, Pa. JOHN RAPELJE, 13:J Hlulson St. Hopewell, N. Y.

* ARCHER RICHAIWS, 110 Hh'er' St. Germantown, l'i.t. EDWARD P. !{,OBlW'l'l;, 14 Hnrlson St. Elizabeth. J

t MAX S()HGl~, Hndsoll St. Hoboken. EDWARD A. UEIILLNG, Hudson City. Richwood, Wis. ) FI{ANIC. VAN ,VLNKLE, Paterson. Pa.terson.

(~ *JOHN H. ,VATS ON, Paterson. Paterson.

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As we reflect upon tbe hlstory of our Class for the past year, made up as it is of joy and sorrow, i)leasures aud disappointments, we caunot but feel that tile impression which it leaves upou oUt' memories is one which cau uever be effaced.

In the first place, out of the twenty-seyen innocent Freshmen who, on that memorable day-September 17, 1873-were gathered together from all parts of the world to make up the Illustrious" Class of '77" of tbe Stevens Institute of Technology, we fOlmd that but fourteen ventured to assume the responsibilitieH of Sophomore life, and to share the glory of another year's struggle in such an honorable cOJlnection.

Now, although we pretend to be ac(]uaintetl, at least to a "degree," with the mysteries of the Differential Calculus, and to have been instructed to some extent in the Physical Sciences, we are not at present prepared to draw any conclusion concerning this vast diminution.

It was with extreme regret that ·we made the above discovery; and censuring ourselves for lack of enthu­siasm, we took immediate steps towards the better perfection of our Class Organization, so that now, at the command of our officers, we are ready to take action in any movement as one man.

Still bowing beneath the weight of our laurels of last year, in most iustances we haye, by the sOlmd advice of our President, carefully avoidcd hazing and rushes,

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and will not therefore give a thrilling account of a bogus rush, or attempt to locate an imaginary "Fresllman's Dread," for then the historian would be intruding on the grounds of the poet.

In all our dealings with the Freshmen we have kept before our minds their tender natures, so unmistakably exhibited to us on the first day of their appearance, when, on hearing the sound of that hymn so deal' to their ears, "Gather the children in," as if seized by an irresistible desire to see" what for," they came sulking into the Lecture-Hall to hear the words of wisdom and consolation.

Besides being quite below our dignity as Sophomores, we bave many professional reasons for not mingling with the Freshmen.

One undertakes to discourage all future generations, and dash to ruins Otto's system of French, by making the startling announcement that in French a is pro­nounced like the English father.

Another, at the play of "Romeo aud Juliet," after boasting to a stranger of tbe numerous studies which be pursues at Steyens, etc., blandly inquires if the" ghost appears in the next scene." .Another has the audacity to inform us that-but, stop! for, to attempt to narrate the bulls and blunders of the Freshmen during the short time they haye come under om notice would be no less it task than to "describe the Ohinese Alphabet."

Although havillg passed through our Sophomore year, we make no particular boast of our Olass Societies and Organizations, but will venttue to make the assertion that we are better represented in secret aud social socie­ties than any other class in the Oollege.

It was a great disappointment to us on being refused a class-room for which we had waited so long and pa­tiently. NeYertheless, we are making the best of the

2lv situation by taking up om temporary abode in the south-

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east cornel' of the" Museum," where we may be found each moruing before recitations, discussing the various topics of the day. Our Class returns its most cordial thanks to the Professor of Mathematics for the great interest which be has always manifested in om progress. Althongb considerable in advance of any previous class, it is a source of extreme regret that more time is not devoted to Analytical Geometry and the Calculus, so as to thorougbly master tbe subsequent studies of this Department.

The greatest difficulty and objection which we find in the department of Chemistry is in the lilllited time given to laboratory practice. Although not having more than thirty hours in a term to "perform the reactions for ourselves," so great has been our progress that we have already learned to select for our blow-pipe analysis, a piece of charcoal cut in the form of a rectangular parallelopipod baving the plane of that surface with the scooped-out cavity for the reception of our substance normal to the annular rings of growth."

Our Professor of Physics has, by his untiring efiorts in our behalf, made that suqject both interesting and instructive; aud as recitations have so generally been replaced by lectures, we do not expect that subject to prove itself quite so efiectual a pbysic as it did to many last year.

Our advancement in moderulanguages has been simply marvelous. A daily illustration of this is afforded in the fact that most of our conversation outside of the class­room is carried on in, or about, French and German. We will not stop here to discriminate between these two prepOSitions, for who knows how soon we may stumble over a" Stone Wall" plainly marking the line of division.

As regards our progress in the Department of Belles­Lettres we merely have to say that our English Grammar is Fowler than when Hart was trumps. "You get the

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poiut, I suppose." "If not, put it ill the form of a 1>y11o­gism," and prove anything you please.

And now, after briefly reviewing' the history of' our Olass for the past year, tbere devolves upon the hiRtorian the sad duty of recording the deatIl of a class-matf', MAX SORGE, in the fiJll vigor of .'outll, was sulltlelll,Y removed from our midst, awl \Yf> shall nen'1' forget \\'ith what 1>OlTOW aud solf'mllit,Y for the fiTst time we followed a claRH-mate to the grave.

With the Graduating Class go our hest wisbf'R, he­speaking for them such RlH'('PHS ill lift' as is the ridl rewl'\nl of earnest diligeuee.

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@lass .of t78.

DANIEL MACDOUGAL,

OHARLES P. WEEKES,

W. RAYMOND BAIRD,

RICHARD GEl~NER,

P'resident. Vi ee-Pt'C.~ident. Secr·etary. Historian.

NAME. ADDRESS. HESIDENCE.

OSCAR ANTZ, Newark. Newa,rk. BROWN AYRES, River St. New Orleans, (La. W. RAYMOND BAIRD, Orange. Orange. IIARRY R. BAREMOl~E, Elizabeth. Elizabeth.

*MANUEL D. BARETTO, New York. Havana, Ollbet r

PLINY T. BIRCHARD, 210Bloomj'd St.JJ1al"shallt'1t, .fti'WlT:) HILLI BONN, Union Hill. Un'ion Hill. LEWIS F. BRIGHAM, Jersey Oity. Jersey Oity. HENRY TllEO. BI~UCK, 28 Httdson St. Hoboken.

*GEORGE T. OOBB, Jersey Oity. Jersey Oity. A. DE BONNEVILLE, ~3 First St. Hoboken. W. G. DIL WORTll, ;)02 Wash'n St. Hoboken. W. MARK DOUGIIERTY,Jersey Oity. Jersey Oity. FRANK BOND FOOTE, 56 Wash'n St. Cincinnati, O.

* H,EES PRICE FRANCIS, 84 Fifth St. Hoboken. I~ICHARD GERNER, 2 Eleventh St. Hoboken. ALFRED W. GIBBS, N. Y. Oity. OityojJJI exico.

*H. B. GROETSCHIUS, N. Y. Oity. New York City. OTTO GSANTNER, Newa,r7c. NewOt·k. HENRY W. HAZARD, Elizabeth. Elizabeth. ALEx'R P. HEXAMER, 103 Hudson St. Hoboken.

*JAMES J. KELLY, 125 Willow St. Hoboken. JOHN KELLY, 125 Willow St. Hobokc1l. WALDO R. KINGSLEY, Eliza,beth. ' Elizabeth. JAMES W. KIRCHllOFF, River St. Kew O)'leans, La.

~.. WM. B. KrnCHH.OFF, Rivet' St. New 0l'leans, La,. <!. ~ ~

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F. FRANK KREUDER, 147 Hudson St. Hoboken. PAUL F. KUDLICH, 184 Hudson St. Hobo7cen. WI.LLIAM LITTELL, Elizabeth. Elizabeth.

'*W:w. MCCANDLESS, Elizabeth. EUzabeth. DANmL MACDOUGAL, 13:3 H~lifson St. S. FranciscQ" €v R. HOWARD l\IATIIER" 143 Hzu7son St. Hartjon7, @.I EDWIN L. MYERS, Orange Valley. Plattsburg, N. Y. F. BAH'l'ON NlCIIOLS, 297 lVash'n St. Hobol.en.

*CUARLES O'SVLLIVAN, D6 Pint St. Hoboken. W lLL lAM B. ROllINSON, 358 Wash'n St. Hoboken. JOSE M. RODRIGUEZ, 258 Garden St. Pocuyo, Venez1wla. JOIIN A. l{.osENllArM, 234 Fm'k Ave. Hobo7ccn. -

* H. V. R. SCHRADEH, 100 Hudson St. Hoboken. l~ICARDO SEGURA, 258 Gar-iien St. City o/Me:cico, ;lIe. WILLIA::I-1H. SID"}LDON, 252Bloom./'d St. Hoboken -:-FRED. C. SIIEPPAHD, Jersey City. PhiZa(7clphia,1'a.

*PElmy F. SMITII, 23 WillolC St. Boston, J[((88.

,VILFRED C. SMITII, 210BZoolI(f'cl St. Newark, Ohio. JOlIN H. STEPHENS, 210Bloom/'d St. GermantolCn, Pa. HBNRY SUYDAM, Rlva St. Hoboken. A. VON SEYFRIED, Newark. Newark. EDW'D P. TUmlPSON, Elizabeth. Elizabeth.

'* f,EOPOLI) TmCKEL, 10 Blooru/'d St. Hobo7cen. '~.J OlIN V AN REYPER,JR., Jersey City. Jersey Olty.

CUARLEt> P. VVJ;;EKES, Brooklyn. B7'ooklyu. * gD\VIN WILLIilfS, Brooklyn. Brooldyn.

TlKASKI T. YOICOT, 14 Hudsoll St. Jal)((n.

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A more motley assemblage than tllat which presented itself'for constituting the Class of '78, in the rail of 187,1, was probalJly 1)('\'e1' lJefore witnessed ill allY American college. We will um'er torget that array of anxious, hoping l'a("Ps whosp owuers our mutual frie1ld, :'Ill'. Donalel· SOll, ushered into the room of thc Professor of Mathemat· ics, for tIle pm'pose of there h~wiIlg to exhibit the result of long alHI patiPllt study to all apparelltly stern, relent­less, and merciless lIlan. It seemed like 11 Congress of Nations! The fnil,-ltaired German and the swarthy Span· ianl entered si(lc by side; the nonchalant English phys­iognolll,)" aIHl the precocious Irish alike bore the same tronlJled look, aIHl the sharp-set American features clash­ed ill unison or exprei'.isioJl witlJ the bland and child-like C('kstial. Hcre a little fello\y, with straight-combed hair am] ul1sophistieatC'([ extC'riol', would cast 11 wistful and en­treatmg glance over to the Professor's desk; there a tall, CODRcions ,vonth wonld Rend a (h'fiant, dagger-like look into the ProfpssOl"S ('ountcllanee; aud still ll7lother, a dignified and ariRtocratie s('ion of a noble honse, wonld sweep his fellow·eandidater,; and the llnsuspeeting Profcssor with a look of ineffable disdain, while a smile of pity, accom­pallied by a scomfnl cnrl of the lipR, would play about hiR patrician mouth. rl'he first-mClltionclllittle boy would reply to the Pro('pssor's questions with quivering lip and be(]imllwd eyes, the secollll would answer with au easy I

;':..., and you-call't·stick-llle air, while the last would respond ~ ~ . "'~:W ~ cF.!.~

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with sovereign contempt at the primary nature of the catechism. The ordeal was Hoon over, and forty smilillg, proud ,YouthH of all ages awl Hizes pOUl'cd from the Imiltling-, with ]Jeaving breasts and joy awl gratification depieted 011 every countenance. Besides these, a dozen..." PI'(,:IH:\"

graduated into the College with all tile h01l01's <Ille to their industry, and thus it came to llaHS that on the first day of the COl use fifty-five answered to their Il<lIII C;;, to tl1eir own personal astonishment,

It is a remarkable fact-but a fact" neverthele"'i-tllHt the valiant Sophomores displaye(l a Ipllicncy llnd forbea]'­ance to the "poor Fresllies" whieh was as magnani­mous as it was strange. Now, we do not want to illHinu<l te that the differential state of the SOpholllOl'ial "lIlUckle" and" tonghness" hall aJ)~,thing to do witi! this relilark­able fact; bnt it does appeal' that a re;;pp('t for 'iOll1e of those fresh-looking youths prepollderatell to an extraOl'­dinary degree among the "Sophs." Hoboken waH ali\'e throughout the fall and winter with "'ito\'(~-piPl''i,'' canes, hea\'ers, kids, and otl1er forbidden article;;) ill and Oil the hands and on the heads of the FreRlnuell, and eyel'y one of them is as unsullied to tIli;; (lay by a tonell frolll Rac­rilegious Soph-t hands as 011 the day of lllll'cllasl'. Fads are facts, evell if they are Kometinw'i hanl.

On the 21st of Septemuer laHt, a ChlSH-lll('ptillg was held in the lectme hail, and after a "big talk," Rometlling Ii ke a demoralized organization was brought ahout, ill ,Thiell it appear('(l that the back of the stage had a port-hole, aml that through this some indi\' idunl of mischieyouH pro­pensities was more apt to concentrate the attention of the audience than the speaker occupying the Htage.

Earnestly speaking, the Class displayed a joviality and good-fellowship which is but rarely met with ,nuder such circumstances; there appears to be more rcal inner worth, greater fixedness of purpose and mOre nobility of Renti­ment and action than is usually displayed ill Freshma~

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Classes; there is more ripeness of thought, more ma­turity of dealing, and less boyishness than it has ever been our gootl fortune to see or hear; and there is a greater love for the duties before them, a gTeater ap­plication for the branches to be pursued, and more ear­nest purpose shown than is recorded in any annalR of class standing.

This latter was forcibly confirmed at the last Christmas examination, when the standing of the Class was thirt;y pel' cent. above the general expectation on the part of the other Classes, and where, instead of the expected score, but tlll:ee were dropped from the list.

The relation of the Class with the Faculty of this Insti­tute is a deci(leclly pleasant one; one, in fact, which gro\\'s more pleafol}111t every term, as seen from a comparison of the demeanor of some of the Professors at the beginuing of the Freshman year and that at the present day.

It is not for us to enter into an enumeration of the individual merits and capacities of the Ulembers of thr Olass; but it must be admitted that the Clai'S is highly in advance of its social standing, as far as certain branches of the fine arts are concerned. Their phy"ical capabili­ties, also, are by no meallS at a discount, as the older students recognized in the beginning, aR seen ii'om thr ihct that no small fraction of the College foot-ball twenty is made up of Freshmen.

The spirit of the Olass is such that, when a year or two shall have seen its members together, it will break out ill a manner which is now probably but little looked for. Oircumstances will not remain as they nre; there will be life, spirit, and action visible everywhere. .Tust give them an opportunity to familiarize themselves a little more with their surroundings and to feel more at ease, with the panlonable consciousness and gratification of having classes beneath them. Then, oh, then will be the time! I ~ If the members of the Class of '78 are "the deuce o~

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'muckle' " and are students comme-iljaut, they are also something more; they are society men, they "do" the honors of the College up in style in social circles. Take a look over the popular and fashionable drivmg courses 011

pleasant afternoons. "WLo is that young geutleman, with the fom span, by the side of that beautiful young lady ~" you will ask, as the most noticeable of the car­riages dashes gayly by. "That 'l Lor' sakes, sal'," even the lowest of the community will be able to tell you, "dat am de Pres'dent of de Class of '78, ill de Steeb'lls Coll'ge." S~umter along the promenades of the bon-ton on "Salubri­ous matins." Again you will ask : "vVho is that young gentleman yonder, who seems to know every passer-by, and whom all appear to recognize with so much avidity 'l What a, charming young girl he is with !" you will add. To the question any of the promenaders will reply: "That '~

AlL, that'" the Apollo of the Class of '78, and their Trea­snrer; the handsome Myers; lion of the city; the topic of the day. Visit the soirees (lansantes. As yom eye roves . I

over the hall, it eucounters groups of the fairest flowers of society here and there congregating about a handsome cavalier. You immediately ask who the gentleman might be. "That ~ That's X; yonder is Y; this one is Z. --all Stevens '78 men. The other fellows haven't a shadow of a shOll' to-night," some uninterested looker-on will tell you. And thus you will fare wherever you go.

But enough. In the words of a pre-historian, tLe writer repeats: "The history of this class is yet to be continued." But not here.

ilISTORIAN.

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J OIlN M. CUILD,

GEO. W. ELY,

WILLIAM KENT,

CUARLES FRITZ,

EDMUND PIERSON,

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167 Hudson Stt·eet. No. 57 10th Street. Jersey City Heights. Jersey City. 310 Garden Street. 176 Hudson Street.

SENIORS ... ... ..................... _ ... _ . . 10 JUNIORS. _ ... _ .. _. _ ... _. __ .. _. __ . ___ ...... 19 SOPIIOMORES . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .............. 14 Fl'tESUMEN . .. . ........................... 42 SPECIALS ................... . ............. _ 6

TOTAL ........... _ ............ 91

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GAMMA OF

THETA XI. JOIIN O. BUERTC,

FRANK B. FOOTE,

JOSEPH KINGSLAND,

E. P. ROBERTS,

EUGENE L. VAIL,

EDWIN L. WILES,

IIow ARD DUANE,

J. N. HORNBLOWER,

D. MACDOUGAL,

F. C . SHEPPARD,

G. BARRY WALL,

CRAS. P. WEEKES,

VVM. F. ZIMMERMAN.

~ 13 Members. _ ~

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RHO OF

Delta Tau Delta.

HENRY A. BECKMEYER,

WILLIAM DIEHL, .. F. E. HILG.A.RD,

tC. K. POTTER, J. MA~I.'HER WALLIS.

WILLIAM 1. COOPER"

J . RAPELJE,

A. BRINCKERHOFF,

J. B. PIERCE,

EDWARD UEHLING,

F. VAN WINKLE.

~ !:l Members. _~

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I LBWlS F. BHWHA.\l ,

~ _ 1~ICHARD GERNEIl , ~HN A. ROSENBAUM ,

CHAJ''!'J;; I:.

W AL'I'EH U . DIL WUH'I'Jl ,

W;\f. B. ROBINSON , ~ .J. VAN HORN VAN REYPER, JR.

t> Members.

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,T A:\IE::; E. DENTON,

,1. HEC1'OR FEZAl.\'DIE,

FRANK M. liRA VIT'f,

ADOLF SORGE,

G. BAR]{'Y WALL,

YORICH I YAMADA.

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SOCIETIES

HAViNG NO CH .L1PTEH::) .LiT THE

s. I. OF T.

THOMA~ STILLl\IAN,

EDMUND PIEH,SON,

T)elta ~~i.

Rutgers.

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BROWN AYltE~. Washington Lee.

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fi)FFJ!CERS.

FIRST TERM. SECOND TER1>L

S. D. GRAYDON, '75, Pres. H. A. BECIOIEYER, '76.

C. P. WEEKES, '78, Vice·Pres. C. P. ,\Vrmrms, '7:-> . • T. ~lATIIER \V ALLl~, '7(), 001'. Sec . • T. MATHER vV ALLIS, '76.

II. A. BECJL.~EYEl~, '76, Rec. Sec. ALBlmT 'Yo STAHL, '76.

P. P. POINIEI~, P. G. Trea8. HOWAIW DrA~E, '71l.

BOAS,U OF DIRECTORS.

FIRST' TEltM.

EDWARD B. WALL, '76, Chairman.

L. F. BRlGIIA)l, '78. E. P. ROBl<:R'fS, '77.

JA'JIES E. DENTON, '75, Capt. of the Twent~'.

W. F. ZOGIER}rAN, '76, Capt. of the Xine.

SECO};D TEUM.

EDWARD B. "~ALL, '76, Chairman.

FRANK B. FOOTE, '78. E. P. ROBERTS, '77.

JOSEPil KINGSLAND, '7G, Capt. of the Twenty.

W. F. ZIMMERMAN, '7G, Capt. of the Nine.

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COLLEGE TWENTy-.TAMES E. DENTON, '75, Captain.

'76 ELEVEN-DuANE, Captain.

RIESENBERGER, KINGSLAND,

WALLIS, VAIL,

BUERK, ZIMMERMAN,

WILES, E. WALL,

STAHL, TRAUTWEIN.

'77 ELEVEN-RoBERTS, Captain.

UEHLING,

NASH,

MINOR,

PIERCE,

DE1\UREST,

HORNBLOWER,

LOWENTIIAL,

VAN WINKLE,

RAPELJE,

COOPER.

'78 ELEVEN-BRIGHAM, Captain.

BAREMORE,

HAZARD,

DILWORTH:

FOOTE,

SMITH,

WEEKES,

ROSENBAUM,

KREUDER,

VON SEYFRIED,

HEXAME~

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WlVI. F. ZIMMERMAN, '76, Captain and P. JAS. E. DEN'l'ON, '75, C. J. OTIS Bl:TERK, '76, L. F. A . R:rnSENBERGER, '76, 1st B. A . l~ICIIARDS, '77, 3d B .

HOWARD DUANE, '76, 2d B. E. WILES, '76, C. F . WM. SnIPPEN, Prep., S. S. J. KINGSLAND, '76, R. F.

Games Played during 18 74, on the Stevens Institute Athletic Association Grounds.

OCTOBER 31.

UMPIRES.

JOHNSON, FOR RUTGERS. SORGE, '75, FOR STEVENS.

REFEREE.

BABCOCK (Columbia).

RUTGERS. LYD~;CKER, P. G. MARTINE, P. G. Captain.

'75. ANDERSON, KJ.~MLO, HE~'DIUCKSON, WALRER.

'76. LYALL, MILLIKEN, PRICE, VANZANT, PmnCK

FISCHER, K.'<OX,

'77.

V AN \VINKLE, WARREN, WUITETIEAD.

'78. HERBERT, OWIINS. TEARS, MAYNAHD.

RUTGERS, 6 goals.

STEVENS. PorNIER, P. G. - - '75.

DENTON. Captain, GRAYDON, FEZANDm.

'76. 'VILER, BUEHl(, DUANl~, KINGSLA...'\D, WALLIS, HIUSENBERGER, ZIMMBHMAN.

'77. MINOR, HOBERTS, LTORNBLOWER.

'7t:!. BRIGHAM, 'VEEKEH, HAZARD, DILWORTH, SMITH, G. VArL.

STEVENS, 0 (I

~ Time of the 6 goals, 2 hr~. 42 min.

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NOVEMBER 3d.

UMPIRES.

SIMMONDS, FOR COLUMBIA. SORGE, FOR STEVENS.

REFEREE.

MARTINE (Rutgers).

COLUMBIA. '75.

KING, Captain, B. ofM. McMAIlON, S. ofM.

ROOT,

PRICE,

BAClIE,

HURRY,

GEORGE,

HALL, S. of L.

'76. MOREWOOD, S. of M.

'77. RADJ<'ORD, S. of M. LINDLEY, S. ofM.

RnODES. S. of M. SPRAGUE,

BRAUER,

WEEKRS, S. of M.

KOBBR, P. G.

1s t goal

2d WOll by STEVENH,

3d " " COLUMBIA,

" STEVENS,

STEVENS. POINIER, P. G.

'75. DENTON, Captain,

FEZANDIE,

GP.AYDON,

'76. WILES,

BUERK,

DUANE,

KINGSLAND,

E. WALL,

RmSENBERGER,

ZDIMERMAN,

'77. ROBERTS,

'78. BIUGIIA.'f,

WEEKES,

HAZARD,

DILWORTH,

SMITH,

BARl'~MORE,

KREUDER,

ROSENBAUM.

Time 21 min.

" 17 13

"

4th ,. " COLU~lBlA," 10 5th ,. " STEVENS, (( 1 h. 30 " 6th " " "STEVENS, (( [) "

~tal' 4 goals for STEYEfolti, 2 goals for COLUMlllA.

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UMPIRES.

V AN SCIIOON110VEN, N. Y. UNIVERSITY. HOBERTSON, '76, STEVENS.

REFEREE.

SORGE, '75 (Steven").

N. Y. UNIVERSITY. STEVENS.

'75.

SLADE, Captain,

TOMLINSON,

CHA~M13ERS,

EDWARDS,

GILLET, '74 .

'76. ALVORD,

COOK,

FERGUSON,

FISK.

'77. BACON,

CONKLIN,

FUNKHOUSER,

LEE,

MCCAULEY,

TUCKER.

Y ANDENIIOlfF.

'78. ATWOOD,

SCUDDER,

ZABRISKIE,

THOMPSON, Law.

STEVENS, 6 goals.

N.Y. U. 0

POINIER, P. G.

'75.

DENTON, Captain.

GRAYDON,

FEZANDIE.

'76. WILES,

BUERK,

DUANE,

KINGSLAND,

E. WALL,

WALUS,

HIESENBERGEH,

ZIMMERJ\1AN.

'77. HOBERTS.

'78. BRIGHAM,

VYEEKES,

HAZARD,

DILWORTH,

SMITH,

KREUDER,

HOSl<~NBAUM.

Time of 6 goaJ8, 29 min.

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November 18th,

.71t H{mz iUon Park, Hew Hm'en.

---, YALE,

YALE.

DEMING, P. G. BRISTOL, P. G.

BUSHNELL, Theology,

PETERS, Theology.

'75. McBIRNEY, Captain,

AVERY,

COCHRANE,

TILLINGHAST,

GRINNELL,

MCCLINTOCK,

FULTON,

JLu.L, S. S. S.

'76. ARNOLD,

TRUMBULL,

VAILLE,

WRIGHT,

PHEI,PS,

WAKEMAN.

'77. BAKER.

'78. WURTS.

YALE, 6 goals.

UMPIRES.

SORGE, STEVENS,

REFEREE.

BETTS, YALE.

STEVENS.

POINIER, G, G.

'75. DENTON, Captain.

FEZANDIE,

GRAYDON.

'76, WILES,

BUERK,

DUANE,

KINGSLAND,

E. WALL,

RIESEN BERGER,

ZIMMERMAN.

'77. ROBERTS,

UEHLING.

'78. WEEKES,

W, KIRCHHOFF,

SMITH,

DILWORTH,

KREUDER,

ROSENBAUM,

G. VAIL.

Time of 6 goals, 1 honr 37 min.

STEVENS, 0 goals. _ ~

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OCTOBER 31.

'76 Ele\"eu V8. '70. 'Von by '76. 6 goals to O.

NOVEMBER 12.

'i6 v,. '77.

1st goal \\'on by '76 ill 1" ll1illute~. ~d I' " '77 t( G ;ld 4th ..

.. '76 If 21

.. '76 t, ;)

.FIRST MEElTNiG OF 'FHE STEVENS ,A'nll!.ETIC

ASSOCIlA 'FION.

1. OTAN1JlNU LO)lG Jl'~lP-'YOII by KI:-;GSL.l~U, '76, HUEBK, '76, "etollll. He,;t jump, Uti. 6in.

:2. IUO 1'.\lW8 DA~lI-'VOIi by ZDDII'H~IA.'(, 7ti, DUANE, '76, secolld.

:3. Un,NING LONU JC)lP-'Von 1y Bl'EHK, 'iti, DENTON, 'iG, secolHl.

4. 1101', I'KII', .IND ,)u,\\P-\\TUll by Bl' l<~H1(, '7 (i.

~). TllIlim-LlwGED HACg (100 yaJ'd~) WOII by E. WALL, 'i6, alld ZI:lD1EH:I'U.'(, '7(i . Tillie, l:3Yz ~ecollds. "VALL, '7G and l<'EZANDU:, '7;), ::it!COIHl.

0. oTANl>I.'(U HIGH J(,~ll'-Woll liy KINGSLAND, 'i6. Best junlp, ;ltl. viII. Bl'EItJ(, '76, second.

i. Hl'NNING l-lIUli Jl'MP-'VOIl by BUEHl" '76, and MINOH, '77, lie. Be~t.illlllp, 4ft. 1ill. DL'A.'(E, '76, tl,il'd.

tl.l'l"l'TING '1'111, STONE - 'Yon 1y ELY, '78, ~utt. 3in. McDOUGAL, '78, ~econd, 2tJti. oin.

9. MIL" \\' ,ILI(-'VOII liy UHAYDON, 'i5, alld DE.'(TUN, '75, tie. Tillie, 9 IlIillllte~. 2t1 secouds. LIlA "ITt', '7::', tbil'd.

10. KIC1([NU FOOT-RilL-WOIi by :lDIMEIDIA:\, '71i, best kick; DEN­TON, '75, sccoud.

11. 'l'lIIWWINU B.\SJ.;-ll.U.L-"VOII by :lnD1EluLIN, '76. J3e.;t 1111'UII',

:.100ft. 81l1PPE)I, Prep., secollll.

12. HALI'-l\lILE HUl'i!-Won by Dl'ANE, '70. Time, ~ llIinute" 22 seconds. :lIMMElllllAX, '76, second.

1:.1. CONSOLATION RACE-IOO ¥ck-Won by BUEI{K, '713, 'VEElilll5, _ c:1 ~8' "econd. - ~

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OFFICERS.

President p1'O tern., HOWARD DUANE, '76. Vice-President, . ___ .. __ . __ .... ____ .

Secretary pro tern., G. C. HENNING, '76. Treasurer, Inspector, P. P. POlNIEI~, P. G.

27 Members.

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OFFICERS.

1st Term. 9Jd Tern'b. J. KINGSLAND, '76, President, II. A. BECKMEYER, '76. F. PllILLIPS, '77, Vice·Pres., II. llAZARD, '78. G. BARRY WALL, '75, Secretary, E. WILES, '76. HOWARD DUANE, '76, Treasurer, HOWARD DUANE, '76.

College Crew not yet selected.

'76 Shell Crew. '78 Gig Crew. DUANE, Bow. F001'E, Bow. KINGSLAND, No.2. DILWORTll, No.2. BUERK, "3. BAREMORE, " 3. WALLIS, "4. GERNER," 4.

WILES, "5. ROSENBAUM, " 5. VAIL, Stroke. HAzARD," 6.

WEEKES, "7. SEGURA, Stroke. _ ~

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G. W. ELY, '78, Direotor. G. J\fOl~TO:N ROBEl~TSON, '76, Pianist.

1st Basses. 2d Basses. VAIL, '7G, '\YEEKES, '78, BAZA1W, '7S.

18t 'Teno),8. ELY, '78. :FOOTE, '7S. E. vV ALL, '7li,

DlEIIL, 18t 'TCIlU1'. ,VALLm, '.!.cl Ba1>8.

VAN WINKLH, '77, BIUGHAM, '78,

'.!.cl 'Tenors. WALL, '75. DrANE, '7li. NASll, '77.

DUANE,:Jd Tenor. VAlL, 1st Bass.

"7(1 QUAR'fET'fE. NMm, 1st 'TelloI'. PIERGE, '.!.c1 Bass.

VAN WINKLE, 2d 'Tenor. OOOPER, 1st Bass.

'18J QUAB'I'E'f'fE. ELY, 1st 'Tenor. BRIGIIA~I, 2d Bass.

FOOTE, 2rl 'Tenor. WEEKES, 1st Bass.

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--- ---, President. ALFRED R. WOLFF, Secretat·y. HOWAl~D DUANE, Treasurer. G. BARRY WALL, ],!usical Director.

KREUDER, '78, DUANE, '76, EUG. VAIL, '70, B. WALL, '75,

WOLFF, '76, STAHL, '76,

GERNER, '78, KINGSLAND, '76, BECKMEYER, '76.

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l'E ANGELlC HOST I

18 0 HUDSON STREET,

i'OINUm, 1'. G. l{,OBERT~()N, '70, HOBEHTS, '77, lOVANOVl'l'Ull, 'i'3, DUANE, '7u, Bli.UIIMA);, '73, URA \ DOi\, '7;">, KiNGSLAND, '70, Y OlWl, '78, FOOTE, '78, \V ILEN, '7u, YAMADA, "i5, BUElu\:, '7u,

KKi'i'l', '7ii .

HASH WALLOPERS. 210 BLOOM FIELD STREET,

BISCllARD, S'I'EPllKNt:l,

\Y. S:3llTll, COt:lTER.

THE RAMPHYRECUS. 202 HUDSON STREET.

AYRES, '78, J. KnwllHoFF, '78,

"V. KmclllloFF, '78, NILml, '77.

THE MISDEAL :ElATING CLUB. 138 HUDSON STREET,

DIEllL, MuDo'GGAL,

~ _____ RAPELJE,

CREMER, PIERCE. cJ:e

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P. POWl'ER POlNm]{, .. - ___ .. _. _. _____ The AvengPl'. W)f. M. DOUGHJ;;R1'Y _ .. ___ . ___________ "Sic 'em."

* --- -----. ------... --•. -. -t:)hoots like --. " t:)iUl" llA \n:u 11)(+].; .....• _ . Keever of the Hound. M . . T. COSTER - - . - - .. _ .. _____ .. _____ .. _ . President.

Policemen, small boys, excited matrons, etc.

* Mr. Pierrepont, minor, does :t wish lJis naIDC to appear in the ,. Eccentric." I.

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(( Bocmeke," "Deteetiye Agency," Our Small Bo,)', Don't Believe ill it, '(0,"

G. MORTON l{oB1!:WfBON,

"HOWARD DUAN1!:,

E. WALL,

Lupus,

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DUAN1!:, '7U. l<'oo'l'E, '78.

VALL, '76. HOBER'l'B, '77.

WALL, '75.

1st Supe.

The Naked Omicron. False Impostor.

* Thi t-i JUun waH 811IllllHu'iJy ejected.

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'l'he Stevens game, the chamcteristic features of which were discllsRed in a former issne of tllis annual, has, by the praiseworthy efforts of itR RnpPOl't('l'S, deyeloprd to a degree Hurpa8Ring the most :'Ian g-Uill \:', expeetationi'l of its original pr~iecton;. To its instrumentality is largely fIne the pORition to wlli(']1 \\'r, H Re1entific Rrho01 in t,lle ('arliest years of its growth, IUlye aHa,illed.

But ]Jot to our game alone do \YC owe our pl'eReut suc­cesses or onr paRt glories, but to the ,,,kill, pluck, and in­domitable energ.v which lw\'(' :dwaYf> lwen di:-;played by ,the men compm;illg' our twenty. \\Tithout these acceRRO­ries, the execution of the tactieR of the game would be im­possible. au their amount awl Oll the (legree of de­velopment of OLIT methods of play depends all onl' vic­tories and all OlIT defeatR. ,]'Ile forme1'-01l1' succeSRes -are a resultant of the eomhination of hoth in their higheRt states; and the lat,ter- the defeats-the reFml ta]Jt of a deficiency in one or hoth. Of the defi('ieuey in one, that of tile individual qualities-RkilJ, pluck, and muscle -there was given a most, humiliati~lg example at Yale, and of the deficiency i It hoth an <'xmnple WflS fiIl'lliRltpcl in our diRgra.cefnl defeat by H.ntgf'rs.

Onr pla,y opened last year umler tlle most lllJpropitiolls nU'CUlnRtances, awl onr JwoRJlects of sncceSR ''>I' 1'C in the earlier pa.rt of the sea ROll very diRconraging. The SeJlioT'R felt that a more zealous attention than they had hitherto paid to their stnclies was incnmbent upon them, and that

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a N]Jort whose pr08eeution would ma.ke large delllan(]K npoll tlleir time. The JuuiorN eould uot ill the firNt illNhwce reeolJeile ill their ltliwl" the idea tlH1t tlleil' l:ltlldieN a1)(l the playing of foot-ball eould ue cal'l'ied Vll ill eonjUlwtioll witb one <Lllother to tIl e e\'idellt pl'ofit of both-the olle fUl'uishiug the mental relaxatioll to the physical exercise, which is lleeessttry for tIle higlwst proficiency iu the othel'.

\Vith tlliN lad: of ardor, ellel'gy, aud euthm;iaslll Rut­gers wa:-; challellge(l, and the disast,rollN l'esuU lIIet with was a eOlLsequen t. Om' defeat wa:-; disgnweful; for it we offer uo eX('USeN 01' al'ologieN. 0111' plluishment, thongh sevel'e, wa:-; of the gn'att'Ht lLeeeslSity, and the lesson it taught was Hot lllllie('ded. The plall of the game was re­constructed; uew lUt'll ',,'cre seleetetl, amI a life amI spirit imparted to the wlwlt, twenty pre\'iously l111equaled. The relSults were :-;110\1'11 tlJl'pe day" later ill OUI' ('omplete vic­tory over Columbia. or this \' idOl'Y wc wen' ill the first im;tance proud-we llIight Nay .iustly pl'o\l~l, WOlI as it was under the mONt ullfa vOl'able eil'Clllllstauces-our men not having yet recovered frolll their fatigue cOllsequent upon the Rutgen'UlHtdl. 'l'II 'e illljlol'tauce of tliiN vi('tol'Y, itow­ever, gnl.tlu£l.ll.v les:,.;eJle([, and it::; nJ luI' grew smaller alltl smaller, aN we ueheltl (;olUlJl bia beatell b.y college after college, in lIlatell after lImteit, until there l'elllaiued not a college twenty but by whom she had been vanquished. Then it was tllat we l'erceivt:'ll that if we had not been v~ctorious, om positioll Oll the list of foot-ball colleges would Imve been very low, and our abilitieil ili:-;credited. Of the account of this match published in tlJe "Acta Columbiana" we wi::;h to say nothing, That it is untrue, unjust, and dishonorable, is ilelf-evident, and that it was written by one llJJa.cquainted with the game of foot-ball and the rules and laws by which it is govel'lled among gentlemen in American colleges, is alike obvious.

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skill and strength which we possess for the development of the "GaHlc." We are principally indebted to the former captniu of om' twenty-a man to \Vhom is due, in as large a measure as it is possible to be dne to one man, the vic­tories we haye ·won, and the pOl';ition to which we have attained. His brilliant pIny lias always seryed as an example to the members of our twenty-an exnlllple which will not be forgotten as long as tlteYel1i:l has a twenty or a man who kicks a ball. In the loss of Mr. Denton, together with that of the President of tIle Athletic Associatioll, Mr. Graydon, both members of the Graduat­ing Class, we lose two of tbe most eamcst supporters of foot-ball we have ever possessed.

It lias been mentioned tllat the de\'elopment of our " Game" exceeds the amount of muscle and strength we lwve thus far acquired.vVJlat wp \nlllt, therefore, is this strength, this mUkde-lIot brut(-' stl'pngth alone, but strength joilled with its full complement of skill and agility. Hitherto, ill om twenty, there IUlye always been from fifteen to sixt('eu men who were absolutely certain of their position, kno wing tlla t w ltether they practiced much or little, or even not at all, their retention would be un­disputed; consequently, the remaining four or five men were the only ones encouraged to practice, as tlley were at any time liable to be replaced by a student equally proficient who exceeded them in this particlllar.

Kow, our aim-olU' great desideratum-is to decrease tlw llumber of students wLose positious are aSHured, to say eight, or ('ven five, tlms forcing all those to practice and employ all po1,;sible means to increase their individual muscle and agility, who wish to remnin on the twenty. The consummation of this design will be effected next year oy Hie numbers ot' those who play foot-ball, and their respectiYe pl'oficieneies; if the former is large aud the

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fest-there will be a large number from whom to choose the twenty, and no one will be assured of his retention for any length of time. Oonsequently, all will be encolU'aged to practice and exercise in the gymnasium, and the general strength will be increased to a degree that at the present time seems almost unattainable.

At Stevens, foot-ball is in embryo. Stevens is in em­br.vo, and Oil the abilities and capabilities of its Oaptain, On the efficiency of its Board of Directors, and lastly on the individual efforts put forth by the students, depends the character of the position we shall hold, and the rank to which we Rhall attain in this noble game among Amerieall colleges and sister institntions. A game that will grow <lS the College grows, supporting in the scale of physical, the reputation it has already gained in the scale of mental excellence.

E.B.W.

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The boating interest in tllis College seems for some un­aceountahle reason to lJave flagged. ~re are at a 10S1; to account for this. What two years ago was commenced wi th such energy and hard work by the then Freshman ClaHs (,76 ), aud kept up with equally commendable efiort on the part of the whole College last .rear, should not nOIl- be allowed to drop.

As far as we can see, the only reason that boating mat­ters are not 1l0W in a flourishing conditioll, is that the Freshman Class has not taken hold of the matter at all. Out of such a large class as fifty-five we should have at least twenty-five in the Boat Club.

We lJave accomplished much already in boating, for which we should be justly proud. Within one year after this Institutiou opened, we had organized a boat club and within two years had sent a challenge to the Troy Polytechnic, a sister college, to row a three-mile race, offering to go up to 1.'roy, and meet them on their own water. The Trojans refusedomchallenge, owing, as they said, to their" press of college duties," and we were thus deprived of any opportunity we may have bad of winning laurels in boating for that year. We will repeat om clJal­lellge this year, and we sincerely hope that Troy will ac­cept it this time.

The Troy Polytechnic, like Stevens, being a pmely ~cientific college, why should we not haye "that gene~

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We on our part wish these races to become a regular thing-as much a matter of course as the recitations in Engineering or the annual foot-ball game with "Columbia," and it is om' fond hope that they may proye equally as successf-ul. In regard to the place of such contests, a word may be said: laiit year we challenged 'troy to race on the Troy course, which iii a turn cOlU'~e, and conseq nently not a good one. Tbiii year we shall challenge her to row at the same place.* But when these races become fully started (if iudeed they ever be­come so), why could not the IJlace be changed to Saratoga, and the time the sallle <lIS that of Academic College raceR '?

Howing all over this country, and el:lpecially in the col­leges, seellls to be deci(ledly 011 the increase. Every year more and more colleges seek admission to the Aiisociation of American CollegelS, which is ah'eady too large, and cou­sequently many call1lot be admitted. Among these are I:lome scientific college ii, and in all probability, before long there will be mauy more. Now, why cannot the I:lcielltitic schools forlll an association of their own, haye their races at the I:lame place and either the day before or the day after the Unh-ersity race ~

Before many years we will I:lee a whole week in the year devoted to inter-collegiate contests in athletie sports of all kinds, aud a race like the one abo\-e propose(l would form a very intereiiting feature of the sports. We I:lincerely hope th::! t such races will be institnted, and that when the time comeii, "Stevens "-" Little Stevem; "-will

I * :Since this article wn~ written we have received an answer from Troy refusing

I UUl' challenge for six oars, but offering to row us four oars. Of course sucb a pro·

position is entirely out of the questioll. This makes the second time thut Troy has

~"SC<1 to I'OW ~I~- EI~' ~

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--~ be ready and able to dispute tile title of "Ohampion of Scie])tifi(~ Colleges" against all (·Olller~.

And now, fellow-students, if we \\";mt to sllccee(l, we lllllSt work, all must \\' 01'1>. Take hold of the thing at once-we will have lUuch oppositioll to on'rl'owe. Me)) don't corne here to row, they cowe here to study; we grant that, but can't a lIIan spare aJj Iwu!' 01' two hou],s a day in the rowing season T \\,h.)', it is lJealthy exercise, aud lIlon'o\'el', it's needfill for Ililll to take exercis(' if lie intCllds to study hard.

It may Ilotbeontofphwc, hl'l'e, to gin' au extrattfi'OJlJ one of the recent llUlllberti .of the Harvard" Advocate."

"At the foreign universitil'S tll(, athleties often recruit ii'om the best scholar::;. 1\11-, Chitty, Olll' of the first men of his day at Oxford, wa", if l'eport iti tOl'l'ect, captain of the Uuiver::;it,r 'eight.' BisllOl' t:)l'lWYll found time to pull a lusty oar in the tirst Oxford-Cambridge nlte ill 18~!); Ol', if au archbishop is wanted, hel'e is what it

l'eceut writer says of a very distinguished oue: 'vVhell a school-boy, he was not Ull'l'ely all elegant scholar; he was a fail' cricketel', a fail' racket-player, and an ac­tive strategist in the toot-ba II field. . . No one ever asked Hl'lll',Y Mannillg to joilJ a II expedition 01'

a pastilllc, l.Uld J'ccei "ed a, refnsal 011 the gl'ound tlmt he had no tillle. No oue e\'er dOllbt('d r 8iGJ he would take a first class ill the ticllool~.' It hardly damaged Charle::; t:)ulliuer fol' hiti afteJ' lVork that he was the best boxer in the University. Nor did beillg

'oue of the waist oars of the 'J~ crcw uufit another llar­yard man for what keep:,; hilll at Cambridge ,Yet. Nor among the younger meu, if reports are correct, has Mr. Ward, the stroke of the '73 Amherst crew-a l:ltal­,vart fellow, been hindered frolll leadillg hiH ela~s by his devotion to boating."

We hold to the opinion that a mall-a hard ~hldellt,

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than jf he neglectR such exercise, and we also hold that therc is no finer exercise than rowing.

Here in Hobokcn we have peculiar facilities for rowing, the boat-hOURI' heing only a five-minutes' walk fr~m the Institute.

Look at what Amhf'rRt Agricultural has accomplisbed iu boating! and we llave it from the stroke of her finest crew, that the men had to walk FOUR mileR to even get to water.

Let us heal' no more of this talk of no timc and neg'lect­ed lessons. Yon can get time if yon want to, and yon need not neglect ,Your lessons. FrCRhmen! npon 'yon to a gTf'ut (':dent depeudR whethel' boating' RlwU Jive or die in this Gollege. You have done nothing' as yet, bnt we shall expert ;;oon to Ree " a goodly number" enrolled as members of the boat-club. If our challenge to Troy should be accepteu, it iR necessary that those ",.ho 'wish to obtain placeR on the crew Rltould train and get them­selves into gooll trim, and from this number the erew will be Rclected.

vVe would state for the benefit of any arclent boating man WIIO wisheR to "get up his nnu;cle," tllat arrange­ments !taye been made with the proprietors of the new gymnasium, corner of Fifth street and Willow, so that any student of thiR ·College can attend at a moderate CORt.

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AN RPIU IN FOUR CANTO::;.

" }lUI' l.b jield of the clutd 1'£I"he8 ,'ed on my "ight,

And the clans oj Collodon Me 8cattc?wl ill fight."

--" 0 mercy! di8pel Yon sight that itfl'eeZC8 ?11.y I<pirit to tell. Life flutters, cOhvul8ed, in his quiQel'ill{f lilllo", Ani! hi. blood."t?'ea'llbin{j IW8tril in agony swim" ! "

PROLOGUE,

Ala:s! that in thi:s peaceful tOWlI, On which the Muses :seldom frown; Where science sprout:s frolll Jer:sey soil,

CAMPB}';LL.

And shines like sparkl:! from l{lnullkorff'H coil; Where naughty :student:s walk the l:itl'el't And tlirt with gil'll:! they chance to meet . .Alal:!! that in this place of peace, Where mournful street-oHml:,; ne'er 'rill ceal:ie; Where organ men, JUOl'll, night, anti 110011,

Griutl :slowly out their di:Slllal tune; ·Where Tom-cats nightly roam tlw :street, ·Where butchers hash them into meat; Where lagerbier in glory reign:s, And water everyone disdainl:i (And truth to say, 'tis right they l:ihould, £01'-1 use the mildest words I could­Passaic water is not good). Alas! I say, that in this place

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Should happen deeds both foul and base; But yet we know, e'en Paradise Was blighted by man's (~) wanton vice­(Two lineR which end the prolog'ue nice).

CANTO .1.

In Hudson street liveR N oRey G-­In happy Rolitude serene, And naught he does, but, comes and goes, Writes penny lines, and blows his nose. Re meddles not with cold world's strife­No such fool he to get a wife. (Though, jf perchance to wife he would, 'Tis no means certain that he could.) However, be that as it ma,y-For legend there has naught to say­'Tis true a servant-gjrl has he, To sweep, to cook, to pour his tea, To do all work, at table wait, To dish the hash and pass the plate, To build the fires, remove all dirt­In fact, do everything but-flirt. But, flirt she did-oh, sael to tell! For students from the college dwell .Just across on River street, Where crowds of them would nightly meet; And these wicked students made, Sly glances at the naughty jade. (The curtain drops upon the view, To rise again in Canto Two)

CANTor!. The shades of eve come slowly down, The streets are wrapped in deeper brown; Enough remains of glimmering Hght To guide a sober man aright,

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To one who was" How-came-ye-Ro ~" Naught is seen in the vault on high, But the moon and starR and clolldlesR sky. ThomaR Cat-o leaves hiR bed, And mounts upon an old back Rhed. He gave a 10ur1 terrific can, Aud he waR answered from the wall. \\1'ild UR the scream of the curlew, From hOllRe to house the signal -Amy. Im;tant. in yards and KltedR arise 'folll-catR of every shape and Rize; On right, on left, at front, at ),pal', Itinerating cats appeal'. From shingles gray they rusbing come­Each swiU-tub giveth forth its Tom. Old rubbish piles and empty pailI'; Are bristling with their uptlHned tails, And every tuft and broom gives life, To mottled Tom prepared for strife. That signal garrisoned the. l)lace With fi.lll five hundred Tom-cats base As if the Mother Earth to heaven A subterranean host bad given. All night long with dismal yowl Up and down these vermi.n prowl. All night long-If you would see The ending of this tragedy Looks below in Canto Three.

CANTO III.

The ending scene of Canto One Had not so very long begun; The culprits gazing in the yard, And little heeding Nosey's Guard­His fema,le relati\Te-whose place Was close beside the window case: So she could see but not be seen,

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And tell it all to Nosey G--. Suddenly, like devils' screech, Their startled ears strange noises reach, As fiends who down in Hades dwell, Had sent towards heaven their loudest yell; As if the fiends of upper air Return('(l the shout, by louder far. Hoboken Toms, by Cat-o led, Had begun their foray dread! Tlle students swear a good round oath, And scize their pistols, nothing loth, And-oh, let creation pause and see The ho1'1'ol's of this tragedy! BnllA'! bang I bang! The deed is dOlle, Vanquished the Toms! The students WOII. Aud wilen the smoke cleared off the lund, Down sank the di8appearing band. Each Tom-cat vanished where he stood­In pail, in swill-tub, where he could, It Reemed as if their Mother Earth, lInd swallowed up her warlike birth. ThiR was DeRtiny's decree, Am1 Fate thus solved her prophecy. Oue moment had the moon looked down, On TOIll-cats white, and black, and brown. The next, all unretlected shone 011 empty walls and paving-stone. For thus spake Fate by Prophet bred, Between the living and the dead: " Who spills the foremost foemau's life, His party conquers in the strife." Cat-o only held his ground, And was expiring with a wound, For with sorrow be it said, His eyeball had been changed for lead. _~

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CANTO IV. \"hen Cat-o fell upon the field (For heroes e'en to wOUlHls must yield), His feet presented to the fo<', Ilis ghastly f~lCe unto the sky, He bit tIle dust without a cry; ·While fi.'ightelled ('olllra<i!'H scampered b,Y, Aud left their champion lyillg' low \V t"ltl'riug in his \'rimxon gore, lIiH eyeball feeling Yel)- Hore.

His friends now came upon th(' scene­The spinster aud old Xoscy 0--, TII!'y carried otf tllcir fa II ell chief, And ill conceal tlJ('ir inward grief. They nurse him np with (,\-NY care, All sorts of poultkes prepare . ..:.\.las! not e'en nill(' lin's ('ouI(1 stand The treatment at the rutlian hand Of that rowdy SteH'llS baud. One night they xa\\' 'twax ill hiH looks, That he was going off thl' hooks. ~o sadly then they gatherNl by To witness how a l'hief can die. Like the snow-flake on the riw1', One monl('nt white, then gone foreyer­Like cockroach squashed upon a post, This hero Tom gaYe up the ghost.

~Iowly aud sadly they all came UOWll

From his room in the nppermost story; One last sad adien and they let him sleep on, And left him alone in hilS glory.

EPILOGUE.

'fhc houlSe is hushed at Nosey G--'s, Closed are the blinds and window-screens; Sorrow now rests where peace once dwelt,

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Despair, whel'e naught but joy was felt. For t,he days of Cn.t-o now are o'er Awl the warrior l'oams on 11is raid no more. Peaee to his ashes, if to ashes he tUl'lled, For he was cremated, uut was not um'lleu­That is, not to ('inders, fol' the ]c>genu8 all say, He ,,,as made into hash for those students next day.

WALTER SCO'l'T.

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"Why," says the sarcastic Sopholllore, "are the Freshmen like the present occupant of the president.ial chair of the U. S. '?" Because they are both ~trivillg to attain an end whicb is alike impo!',dble-tllat of remaining during n third term.

Ha,wkridge had a dog once upon a time, who wen! and bill'ked under Poinier's window. The tntor told him to close lJp or he woul(l shoot llim; but tbp dog mlly har1,ed amI Rtuck out his tongue. Whereupon tbe tutor ju!'\tl.v killpd llim. Poinipr say" the dog was mild, but Hawkridgp ~a'yR he had It pain iu bi" Rtomach; and Ollr old friend MI'. McCulloch takeR up this tale by privately Rtnting that he hilmielf has a pain f<()mpwl'ere about that region; l)llt WI' IlI1ll'tn't tpll PoiniC'l".

A Freshmall the othfll" day, wlipll Hf\kPfl the diRtallce to Philndfllpbia, said that it was alwa.YH lJinety miles by thp fnl't train. He, didn't know how far it wal' hy thr I'low tJ"nin.

The ancient 81tying, "Alike al' two pins," haR lost its fligni­ficance at the College, baving given place to one eqnally exprefl­~ivp-" Alikp aR two KirchlJOflk"

The Captain of the EagleR Hay" he iRII't very fond of mixed drink I'; , hut that he sometimes findR onl' whic11 iR quite accept­ahlp, IIlHl tllat is a Rl,erry Gohl)1I"r.

HUl"rk forgo I to put in the arrow in hi" Examinatioll paper, the other day. Prof". Thurston waR >11"1"11, in consequence, parading the spacions park in front of tIll" College, for threp

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CQI!..LE~E CJE1EBR]TIES.

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d ',Y t' '7" ux' 0 .)

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(~o,;IL ..... .

The Ben,;!

7 Years .. \)<> Jalll' ..

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The Fielllt. . p Ol .......•...

,V 011 ............. . Helpiug' Haud, aliaH \Y 1'\'1 t' hed Boy ... . ... . I-lammie Hrew"tel' ............ .

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Mis.- Deal ........ " . "'" . . .. . . " . . .. . ......... D IlL

Captain of the Iligll bill! I Eagle,;. . . .. . ................ RA eli: I

Adam Belle ................................... l{ ·t;-IHW-l{

jl;im Zilli. .......................... . ........... jI; M-RM-N

7th Devil ... __ . . . . ... _ .. _ . . . . . ...... " __ .... H-X-~I-R

The Last Hupe. . . .. . . . . . _ ...... _ ......... _ ... " .HH-PP-l{D

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BU •• LPH LU~~OIOH~

(TOBA('('O~IS'r TO TIlF. (,OLLRGE.)

Importer and Manufacturer of Fine Cigars.

A large and seleet assortnH'nt of Smoking' Tobaeco

",nd Smokers' 1\{atel'ifllf; always 011 hand,

:-It tlH' lowest pricps.

No. 108 Washington Stl'eet. Hoboken, N .• T.

HAMANN & SIEBURG,

GERMAN APOTHECARIES /84 Washing~ton St,

L. NAGEL, PBOTOaSA!P!HIO ARTl lST~

192 Washington Street.

F. LUTHIN!) 1f)7 Wash1ugton St.,

~ Books, Stationery, Sheet Music and Musical Merchandise. ~ TEXT-BOOKS SUPPLIED AT SHORT NOTICE. ~

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WALE co., (Formerly Hawkins & W ale)

TO THE

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, HOBOKEN, N. J.,

Have 011 ilH1H..l or rnade to order, the following;

Blowpipe ADparatus. Spectroscopes. Magic Lanterns and Attachments. AND OTHER APPARATUS.

BLOWPIPE APPARATUS COMPLETE. 'rile COlUuillutioll HpectroI:3CUI'l', ~lOO: the Pocket SpeClI'O:iCO Pl', $15; the Cu llege

Lantern, ~2OtI: the Experimcutel't:i' LUJltCl'll . $75: the Meguscupe, to show sontI objectr3 011 the lurge gettle. $!)U; VCl'ticul A ttachment for Expel'jmcntcr~' Luutcl'n, :;7t): At­tacblllentH for Lallterns UM followM: (:!uI"KChluuni.plntcuml (~ltlm p , :;;;15: Cil'culol' {; lnHs Tank. i:i3; ~l!~~tical ¥.l'U88 lUuK. ~l; ..d.il' Drulll, for \Vnvl'~. ~.~: Oil and Pipt'ttcx. S2.50 : Iron lqling's. SIeve and Mug'U(~1. $1: \Vatch GJUMtoI. for \\ HIpI' LenHcH, ~.5cts.: Verticlli Tauk for Chemical Expcrimellls1 $4; Ditto. 1'01' Dl'cOJllPo~iti()1l of \\~ater. ~6.50; Ditto, for Solar Prominences. Frost Crystal Solution. ~.-,et • . , Eclipse Slid" (Prof. Morton'. ). 67.50; Electric Light Hond Regulator, \\'ith j{u[I1tillg Table, ~43, Adjustable Slot, $9; \Vhecl of Diaphragms, $6; Pair uf lIollow Prism •. S15; Adupter, ~3; Triplr Ta1lk. :l;(i: Sodiulll TIIlTltl F.xprriment. $3.50.

TH E COLLEGE LANTERN.

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116 & 118 Hudson Street.

IN HOBOKEN,

CONTAINING EIGHT COLLENDER TABLES.

- --.------CLASS SUPPERS A SPECIALTY. -.----Senmty-fixe First-class Rooms for 'l'ransicllt Visitors.

GEORC}E JANN,

154 Hudson Street, Corner 4th.

FIRST -CLASS CONFECTIONERY AND

----~ 0, ye Student of the Sweet Tooth, Behold! ~~ ~ ~ ~ --- --~~

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G. J. 'W"EBEB,

Merchant Tailor and Draper, 201 "Washington Street,

B etween 4th (tnd 5th Sts.

OELSCHLAEGER BROS.,

Bra n c h o f 16 9 Willi a m S t ree t , N. Y. 2 1 NEW A RK STREET.

B. McCLOSKEY,

DEALER IN

BOOT\S AND S}][OES~

STUDENTS ESP ECIAL LY SUPPLIED WITH

Walking-Shoes, Foot-Ball Shoes, and Gymnasium Slippers.

52 Washington Street, Hoboken.

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CIIAaLES B. ELLIOT.T~,

(jJOflNIi;B (JrNU' ~ Jj?ll;J1KE~.fN S1!BBln!S8

CREENPOINT. L. I.

RACING SHELLS A SPECIALTY.

Builder of nearly all the boats lIsed in International races by the Paris (St. John) crew, Ilarvard, and others; \Vard Brothers,

Biglin Brothers, Yale, Harvard, Dartmouth, Bowdoin, Trinity

and Cornell College Crews; the lI'inning boats in important match races; the Biglin pair-oar boat; also of single Shells used by the renowned amateur sculler George Englehart, and many others.

,T. AESBAOH~

~tuiSS ~~ttntI~r ?tn~ U( ?tf~~ ~?tIut~t \fA ,\,UF\(' 11IRF.K 01

College Society Pins of every Description.

FINE JEWELRY AL WA YS ON HAND.

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D. SMITH~

II "III , ·t· f' " ':~ , -::- .a, .,s~ ,~ , , "

No. L30 vVashil1.gtoll Street.

ALL TIlE LATEST STYLE~ OF

Also, Fine Furs and Straw Goods. lInt, .. Pitted by fll(' PARIS CONFURlIII1'EUR.

rrtUI(k~, Vali~eB ~tlll1 Tl(~Lyelilut 2ag~. Class Canes and Caps.

G. MEINERS & CO.,

l\i!ft~lHlJ G5IntI{s i!lt~ i-gltt-glrqt Silver and Silver-Plated Ware,

Spectacles and Eye- Glasses,

117 Washington St., HOBOKEN, N. J.

Hair Jewelry n"lade to order,

~lH'('inL att('ntioJl paid to tILl' IlHtllUfll('tUl"l' of

SOCIETY PINS AND CLASS BADGES.

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J. R. WIGGINS. T. M. ABELL.

HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL, No. 106 W ashington Street,

H000kell, N· J.

SPRINCS, SPOKES, BARROWS,

Oarpenters' and lMachini.sts'ToOls C!l

M I LLE1.~'~

OYSTER and ICE CREAM SALOON,

College Dining Hall.

Herman M. Hill,

lJ17'lJlffilv~lt &;j(.bd A7&&th,(ft{/&l?Jj

Cor. Hudson a.nd Newark Sts.,

HOBOKEN .

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PHILIP HEXAMER'S

~nhnk~n .i~ing )tn~~m~ And Livery Stable,

/03, (05 & /07 Hudson St" betw, 2d and 3d Sts,

HayseI' tal,en at liypry at. reaRonablp terms, including t.lle \lSP. of tIl(' ring.

Horses broken to the saodlp or hnrllflAR for iadif'A a.no g'entle­men , on reasona.ble terms.

Coaches, C'larences, Coup6s, Barouches, Phaf'toIlR, 'fop amI Open Buggies to let; also taken on Atorage.

Raddle Horses and Carriage Horses for salE'. Use of the ring for persons bringing horst's from othPl' stables,

for one ride, 1)0 cf'nts; by music, $1.00.

J. D. STURKEN. Oyster and Ice-Creanl Saloon,

244 Washington Street.

We a-re Just able to announce tha t the first number of a paper, to be issued monthly in the interests of the Students of Stevens, will be out during the month of May. The p(,per is to be called the ({ STEVE.NS TUYErRE,JJ

Subscription, $1.00 a year (10 copies). Single Copies, 10 cts.

Address T. D. L., Box 108, Hoboken, N. J. _ ~

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Mechanical Lab 0 ratory,

PrQf: B, ;~H. THURSTON, J)i'J'ect01',

Materials of construction tested, and their strength, elasticity, ductility, and resilience determined ,and automatically recorded by tht'

Autographic Testing Machine. Lubricants tested, the (,(Ilorific va lue of

fuel determined, and the Dynamometer attacbed to machinery.

Machine8 fo'l' testing L,J,lnv;,cants and ~l)ec'i(tl CQnsfll"ltc­tions 'fnatte to m'del'.

Maehi1ne""8hop of the 8" I@\ T l., S. H. HA WKRIDGE, Supt.

Autographic

RECORDING TESTING MACHINES in Rtock and mad(· to orde r.

TERMS, Cash vvith Order.

~ Address the PROF. OF ENGINEERING. ~

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RIVER STREET,

Between Fifth and Sixth Streets,

HOBOKEN, N. J.

The Stevens High School is a Prepara­

tory Scientific School, connected with the

Stevens Institute of Technology. Pupils

are also fitted for College and for Business.

French, German, and Drawing taught

in all the Classes.

Instruction given in the Elements of

Natural History, of Chemistry, and of Phy­

sics, both by Lectures and by T ext- Books.

Four free Scholarships in the Stevens

Institute, open to the competition of the

L Graduates of the Stevens High School. _~

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OF TECHNOLOGY

SCHOOL OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING, FO('NDED BY TIlE 1.\1''': EDw!'" )., :O;TE\'EK", AT

HOBOKEN, N, J.

HENRY MORTON, Ph. D.'''' " " , '" '" , " , " , " , , "l'resident. AU'UED M. MAYER, Ph.D. _____ , , __ , , ________ , ___ Prof. Physics.

HOllEHT H. TIIURSTON, A.M., C.I·;", _" ,Pr·of'. Mech. Engineering. Dr·; VOLSO=" 'WOOD, C.E.", __ , _, ,,' _, ,Prof. Math. and Mechanics. C. W. MCCOHD, A.~I., ____ , -"" _, ,,'" :,' ,1'I·of. Mech. Drawing.

ALBERT H. LEEDS, A.:\I. __ " _,' _, '" _" _, _, ,_, ,Prof. Chemi8tl'Y. CnAltLES F. KUOER, A.)I.",' ,, ___ . ,_, __ , "_ -, ,Prof. LaIlgnage~. HEY. EDWARD 'Y.\ LL. "\.:~r. __ " __ , __ , __ , ______ Prof. Bell(>s-lettl·PK.

The course 01' tIre :--;te\'('118 Inbtitl1te is of fOllr years' dnl'ation, alld coyel'S

all that appertain" to the Profession of' a Mechanical Engineer. By means of \YorkshopR prO\'ided with excellent machinery, PhYRical Labol'atol'ieH

whose appointments are without an equal, ami "'ith the nllest Cabinet~ of Instruments, every opportuuity iOI' the acquisition of thorough :lnd prac­

tical knowledge is afforded.

REQUIREMENTS FOR ADMISSION. Candidates for admission to the first year of the COllrse must be at least

16 year~ of age, 'Illd must he prepared to pass a satisfactor.'I examination in all the Eleilielltary bl'ancheR of' En~lish Studies, also the whole ot Algebra, Plallt' and :O;phel'ical Geometry, and TI·igonometry.

Candidates tor admis,ioll to the highet· classes lUust be prepared to pass '[ satisfactory examination in all tlrp studies previou~ly purslled l,y the classe~ whi('h they propose to enter.

Advanced stuclf'nt,.; alld men of 8cien('p desiring to al'ail tilemseh'es of the appliance,; of the labor'atorieH of t.he t;te\'eIlH Institute, to cmTY on

speCIal inl'eHtigat.ions, may apply to the President. For further particular,.;, ad(lre~s the Pr·esideut.,

H. MORTON, Hoboken, N. J.

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