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l(b~VOL1JTIO~V Alo, J,

QB r r elttri~

PU BLISH ED BY THE

JUNIOR CLASS.

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY) HOBOKEN, N. J.

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CONTENTS_

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CI.ASS 01 '76,

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('I.,\SS OF '79,

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EDITORS.

F. E. J I lEl.l.,

J. B. PIEI{CE,

f. \ ' .\t\ \V!1\KLE.

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ABBREVXATXONS_

-r- 1) I l I \~I II.

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EDITORIAL.

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Through the efforts of the Classes of '75 and '76, the ECCENTRIC

has hecome so essential a feature of our college life, that we deem it supernuous no\\' to enlarge upon its scope and character.

As we all knoll', it Il'as first originated 11.1' '75. and to them is due all honor and glory. l'nder the fatherly protection of '76, ho\\'­el'er, it became, as OUf worthy Professor of Engineering would say, "a practical and rommerci~11 stll'Cess," Its popularity has heen steadily increasing, and \I'e doubt if el'Cn the Professors would con­sider a student's college course complete, unless he has re:1d at least four ECl'F:NTRICS, ancl heen the editor of one, The decimated ranks of'77 have no\\' to bear-\\'e hope lI'orthily-the burden left to them as a legacy hy , 76, and lI'e wish all, as they read these pages, to consider that since i'X lIilli/o, /II/Ill fit. we are excusable for all bac! English, had spelling, und dergleichen, lI'hich Professor K.rach says is good German,

IVe cannot say as yet, hOll'ever, that the Faculty sho\\' that respect for the ECCE:-ITRIC \\'hich 11'(; think its suggestions deserve. The nuisances spoken of in last year's issue, have in no way abated, but, in fact, have been on the increase, with the exception that the "Announcement" has at last kindly consented to )Jut the students on almost an equal footing lI'ith the instruments of Saleron, the Torsion machine of Prof. Thurston, and the workshop of Messrs, Wale & Co. The 5 o'clock humbug still forces a number of youths

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hent on the j>msuit of science, to leale the College, thus enabling the janitor-a ncry worthy man-to take his" old ann chaiL" If the Fandty would only con,icler this, II·e are surc that they would allow the students to re:main in the College, at least in the Summer months, until si\ o'clock. This ,'"e kno,,· was spoken of last year, hut we think it again desnH's a ,pecial mention.

\\"e h:1\e abo to speak again of the Lilliputian sil.e of many members of the Fre~hlllen (lass. j t seems that S!elens is in a fair way to hecome a sch(h)l for small boys, many of 1\ hom cannot keep up with the cbss e"\(Tpt after haloing crammed like gorged vultures, to pa:;s the entering e\amination" As Prof. l\Iayer says to them, go make mince pies, Ily kites, but don't come here where you can't llilderstand anything that is said to you. Our gratitude is due to Prof. \Vall in this connection, as he conditioned almost everyone of them at the he;..(inning of the college year.

The perspedil·e of the new (;ymnasium no\\' looms lip grandly hefore us. It has heen the custom in colleges, hoth here ancl on the Cuntinent, to consider the physical as I\"ell as mental culture of their ~tudents" No man can stand well in his class llllless he takes a certain amount of physical e\ercise. \Ve had long thought that gymnastics should form a part of our course, and lIT were willing last year to do our best to hring this alJout, but for some unques­tionably good reason, the Trustees :1I1cl Facult)' did not encourage the idea. Hut they, "you all kno\\", arc honorahle men," and we acquiesce in their decision. This year they have given us their cordial approval and assistan( ·G, and we doubtless will at no distant cla\". ha\"e a gymnasiulll, which will supply the long-felt want. Our thanks are especially due to Prof. Thurston, whose kindly interest in all our pleasures and pasti mcs, has clone no 1 i ttle toward promot­ing our SU(TeSS in athletic c'(ncises. Boating has stil! held, and prohal)lyalway, Ilill hold. the foremost place in the athletics of Illany of the StevL'ns men: the: laurels of last year we hope will he as green and fluu,"ishing ill the cOllling season. In fad, we Illay say in resume, that we have reason to be proud of om position in the s, ·ale of muscular christianity, II·hen we consider how limited have

Ileen our opportunities. \Ve are especially proud of om last foot­hall season, and look back to it ,,"ith great pleasure. \\"e played a numher (If matches, and, with one exception, enjoved them all-

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though twice defeated, The l'\(,L'ptiun lie rl'fL'r to, is the match with Columbia, \Ve do not (IHH"e t() make (Omml'nt Oil the be­hal'ior of the Columbia men during the game, but we can hardly hrook the utter, \\ i1ful misreprl'''l'ntation of the game, as Iloticed in the last Arta CO/11I11/l illl/ll, There is al\\'als ill feeling engendered in every match with Columbia, and as it has nel'er been the case when we hal'e played other colleges, II e do not consider ourseh'es to hlame,

The Dramatic ~\ssociation has been I'er) suc'Cessful this year, and its good effects are apparent. It has gil'en rise to the College Orchestra, which, for a mechanical (ullege, is remarkahly good, The theatricals were gil-en for the benefit of the ROlying Club and

the Gymnasium fund, The plays on the first night were, "Cool as a Cucumber," and" An L'gly Customer;" on the following, the performance openecl II-jth the college Minstrel Troupe, and ended with the latter of the al)()I'e pieces,

Secret Societies hal'e as yet been little represented at our college, We refer principally to the number of so( ieties in the college, of which we hal'e three, There has been, we think, hut little of that pitiful and reprehensible spirit of furming cliques, to the exclusion of all other intimacies, \\'e see no n:ason \I'hy a man should be so bound by his connection with a certain SO( iety, as to cultil'ate no other associations and friendships, This is, in our opinion, the crying el'il of all societies of this character, and furthers the un­manly and foolish endea\'()r of a body of young men coyertl)' to control the ,lssociations and coerce opi n ions or' a college hy "stick­ing together," as they call it. \\'e fail to understand how a,ociety, which should I>e a source of pleasure and profit to its memhers, ( an stoop to such con tem pt i hie and pal t ry su hkrfuges, \I hen they know that el'ery one is perfectly cogni;:ant of all the workings and by­paths by which they attain their miserahle end: the facts stated al>ol'e gi,'e rise, \I'e think, to the violent prejudices of many anti­society men, They recoil in horror from the thought, and seem to consider that a senet society is a "II/OIlSinll/l //(Jl'l'l'lldllJll illjill'lI/l'

illgclls Clti Illmell adrll/flill/I,"

We cannot close without saying a fel\' words about the shop-or we \I'ould say, the ;'I[echanical l,abofalory, There we sec the graceful Torsion ;'I[achine \I ith \I hich '76 lI'ill electrify the Centen-

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nial Exhioition, and the no less useful, but far more imposing Lullricant Tester which '77 is fitting up for a like reason . These mach i nes wi II he, when ("om pleted, marvels of accuracy ana good

looks . And now' 77, as it kalTs the 1 <;u.·E~TR lc Ilehind her, II"t~ think

the joy most like slll>lime

Tll:tl WI- h:\\"l' ,-v,'r dr.'allit (Ii' kn\'\\",

'1'" St'l' lh",·, hcar lhee, "all ll,ce Jiline.

Ah misery ~ must liT lose that too) Indeed, we feel as Adam did when he was turned out of Eden, as if he wOllld like to go back and try it Ol"<:r 'lgain. Yea, we would even lI'elcome again the mi lk-bOltle and the sugar-r~lg as innocent Freshies. But the stident voit'e of ollr Professor, as he shouts to his victims, "per aspera at! aslra," hids us go on. So we do go on, and after' having done our oest, we 1::t)' down the pen, fully belie\'ing that angels can do no more.

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J~·CCENTRJC. 9

T 'RUS,TEES.

MRS. E. A. STEVENS,

REV. S. B. Do!>, \\!. 'N. SlIJPPEN.

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F'acult:y and Instructors.

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HENRY MOKrO)!, PH. D., Presidrlll, al/l! Prt!fc.I"Sor 1/ TI'{'(Jrdical

Physics, River Street.

ALfRED M. MAYER, PII.D., Prr:fcSJor r:f PIIl'sics, S. ()range.

ROBERT H. THURSTON, A.M., C.E., Pr,f!'ssor of jJfr:cltallical

EligiliNrilig, [I lldson Stn.:ct.

DE VOLSE0I \VOOD, C. E., Pr(fi·J·.ror (:/ Af"r,tlu'II/(f//{'s alld 11(('(/IIIIII(,S.

370 \V ash i ngtoil St., Hoboken. C. vV. MACCORD, A. M., Professor 0/ i);fl,dlillli((li Drtl1f'ing,

Ten t h S, reel.

ALBERT R. LEEDS, A.M., PH. D., Pn:!>s.wr If CI't'lIIislly till'; Mdalllt1:~)', Eighth Street.

CHAS. F. KHOEH, A.M., Srcrc/ar) , f!f IIIC FIIOII~)', Pnift'SS(lF of

Modern Lallgllages, BlI(lse>n Street. EDWARD WALL, A.M., Prf!fcssor (if Br/!rs Ldtres alit! Ifi"StOl:)',

Eighth Street. P. P. POlNJER, M.E., Instrllctor ill TI/{:rlllo-D..l'lIalllics,

Tenth Street. THOMAS B. STILLMAN, B.S., Instructor ill Qllalilativ{' allt! Blow-

Pipe Alla~vsis, Hudson Street. WM. E. GEYER, A. M., Rl'l;istrllr (If tile FtlC/f!~I'. VALENTINE BACHMANN, Librarian, Hlldson Street.

C([}lleg(t Punctionari"es. --------~z> ______ __

JAMES DONALDSON, Jallitor. SA~IUEL HAWKRIDGE, Ellgilleer. LOUIS BECKER, Moulder.

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I ECC:l':NTR£C. II

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"Volens et patens."

H F:NI'" A. BECKMEYER,

J. KI:-I(;SLA:-IJ),

l'resident,

r\L1lERT \\ '. STAHL,

EU\\ARl> BARRY \VALL,

Vire- Pres/tient. Secretar),. His/oriall.

:\:\"1':.

H. A. BEn:~IE\,ER, S. BIUI:-li\I~I) BRFlI'ER,

JOH:>1 On,; BlIER];:,

J. 1\r(lRTI~IER C'RF:\IF:R,

*\\'111.1 \\1 DI Ell I.,

13E:-.:-,.\\II:\ 1'. Dmv, tI !OII'.\IW J)!·.\:\E,

(;I''''T.\\T~ C. IlE:-.r:-':I;\(;.

\VII.I.I \\[ I-\.E:-i'l',

JOSEPIf 1-\.1;\(;"'1..1:>11>,

PIlILII' 1':. RAlJl'E,

: \I)A\1 Rll':SE:-IBER(;ER,

*CEO. 1\1. ROIlER'J'SON,

, \I.BI·:RI \\',1. SJ'AHL,

,\u·. I'. TR.Il''I'\\'El:->,

EC(;E:-> I·. L. ,,'AIL,

A DlJltI·;SS.

J,'rSIY City. Cra'!liml. I-/IIIIr!.I'OIl SI. 2 I 2 .I/lIdsOIl 51. I)) 1/;/11.\'1"1 St. Broolt/I'II.

1 -I 1111'/','1/1 SI. n: 110/10/.:('11.

J(r,r<:l' Cd)',

.I'i'IIII/':/ill,

)"t'rsf:!' 0'(1'. 11'0,-111 Rf'I;f{f'II,

59 RI(lollj'irltl St, .N. Y Ci/l'.

295 Hloollljif'!t/ St, 100 RiZ't'r SI,

ltES[DI~~(,Il.

Je I'.f I!)' City. Crl7lt/orti, j\'rw Ailial/l', illrl. PIII/"r!f'I/,llia, Pa. PIII'!,,'/cl/'llia, Pa. JjrooidJ'II. 1V Y Bf'I;f{t'l1 Poill/.

ll~'sl .I["O"I':CII.

PIII'!,,'/I'I/,llill, Pa, Frlllti.'lill .

jl'rsf'Y CilJ', lVorll1 BI'l;f{c/l,

Sa71/l II 1111 It , Ga. i\'cw Yor/.: Cil)', /{O/",/.:(, II.

/Iooo/.:c II .

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EDWARD B. \\'.\1.1..

J. :\IAT111-:1< \\'AI.LlS,

EDWIN 1,. WILES,

AU'HED IZ. \VOI.FF.

\V. F. ZJ ~I'.I EH:lIA:-<,

ECCI,'/,·/TR1C.

[,',:>:1iI11 SI. / J5 I ['lilsOIl SI. j':;' .Tl;r,(soll SI. J J 2 J{/7't'r Sf. Ortlllgr,

[1,,/IORrll .

.l\Tt'W Or/OlliS, Ill. (;ra,rsl' Poilli. Ifotio/..,t'll.

Orallge.

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Hi.'.;fory QJ the Class oJ ':lQ.

Here we :Ire for the last time. The college, the professors, :Inti our connection \\"ith the s:lme. may be comp:lred to :I man experi­menting \\'ith a piece of clo("k-\\'ork driven by a weight . The clock-\\"ork is the college, it is neces:i:lry that it sktll ~lh'ance ~t a cert~in r~te, that it shall be kept running. ' Ve are the weight; and the professors ~re personified by the man. I n our Freshman year the weight is hookec! on the string, :Inc! the clock-\\'ork st~rted: it goes too hst, some of th~ p:lrticles are taken o IT, :lnd the clo('k­\\"ork travels at ih proper speed-before long it moves too slow, some weight i.:i added, :Inc! so on. Every vacation the weight is unhooked, the Institute stops going: vac:ltion over, it is hooked on again. Three times a year, the man tries the tension on the cord by pullil:g it up through the space it h:b trawlled O\'er since the tbt pull; this is the revie\\': he suddenly kts it fall, it rl'gains its former position, but the jar has been gre,1t, some p:utick loses its hold and drops ~gain, some other particle, not heavy enough, is left behind: the nun ('atc-he . .; it, examines it.; conditiun, and if it be found all right, it is re~tored. So, the weight has been tra l'cling for the last four years, it is now fast :I]JJlroaching the end of its cour:ie, soon it lI'ill touch the hotlom, :\1,<1 ih Ihlrticles will become fillally dissevered . ' Ve have arrived here sadly diminis hed in nUIl1-bcrs-thirty-six men have heen counted as our c\assnntes; sel"<:n­teen of these remain-but of the original thirty, only thirteen arc with \I';: consequently, only ::t little ol'er two-nfths of the

original c1a.-s will gradll::lte,

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or the nineteen that hale left lh, four are in mercantile pursuits, three practi~ing engineering, one at a classical college, one stud)'in,~ medicine, one drawing, (il'e we knoll' nothing about, tlVO have died, and tWll are recuperating lost health. In the class there hal'e been represented eight States, three South ,\meri( an countries, and one Japancse city. Of the seventeen no\\' II ith lh. all intend to pur,ue engineering-some fancy steam more than hydraulics, and some 'illce ,'(rSIl, The average age is about twenty-one, In matters of hL'licf, the majority are Episcopalians; in political opinions, the greater part are Republicans; in other matters of opinion-resent­ing an insult, for instance-thra'ihing is adl'o( at cd most generally, some favor litigation, and a fel\' believe in turning the other check. The left cheek game has been proved good in theory, but bad in practice. As regards facial ornamentations-such as whiskers­elevcn believe in the old Roman or Indian principle, and walk in the foobt ep . .; of C~,ar and O.'iceola, plucking out each offending hair-not that the opportunity was el'er furnished us for seeing, or them for so doing, but such is their belief--si\. are advocates of the hairy-or more elegantly, the Esau-principle. Of the names, the longest is Riesenberg-er, the shortest, Dol\'; the most popular of the nick-names are, Fiend, Gene, Jim, Shad-whiskey and Lupus, "Future happiness" has not received the attention it desen'es; only one Illan of the thirty-six is married, and but one engaged­we are glad to say lit, has not made a m is-deal, but h~s gone further, to make a Misses. The number thJ.t lIIigllf be engaged, is seven tee n,

The Ia,t college ye:.u hJ.-; glided calmly along, a good cleal of study has been clone, hut the out-door sports have not been neglected: there ha-; heen a gcneral endeavor to improve the ad­vantages extended in all the branches. The fact that we ~re rapidly approaching the close of this portion of our lives-denominated by many a worthy man gone before, the happiest-is slowly dawning lIpon us. It is greeted with bDth joy and al1\.iety-jo)" for a day of four years' expectation is near at hand; anxiety, [or we arc about to begin the real battlc of life, to begin in earne:;t. How arc we going to come out? is the que,tion: twenty-five years hence where ane! what "'ill we 1>.: or h,l>'e b:?en? Fifteen years, even ten, will decide the wltat part of the question.

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RCCR.VTRIC.

Ollr connectio:l II'ith the Profe . .;sors h~\s been pleasant, they have directed the course of our lives, and have started liS off. We have missed greatly, this year, the ('omp:lnionship of ~1r. Beckmeyer, who Ins b~en recuperating lost hC:llth. \Vhile with 1I", he supported the honor of the class in scholarship, and wa" withal, one of our leading men. All that anxiety felt in our 1"reshn1'ln )ear, regarding the future SlIcce.';s anti maintenance of h lating, foot and Inse-b::tll, then inaugurated, has passed away, and we noll' have the satisfaction of It.:a,·ing them-together with the Dranntic and OrciL'stral .\s.;o­ciations-in the lund.; of men eminently filled to carry them on.

The Historian has a grave and solemn dut), to perform. It is to record the death of How:1rd ])uane. \\'hcn a ( lass so small as ours has been intimately as.;ol·iated for four years, anti have been par­takers of the same joys ane! disappointmcnts, a feeling, stronger than tint engendered by mere acquaintanceship, stronger than that of respect antI esteem, grows lip between ir,; members. No man shared t his feel i ng more than 0\11' departed c\;tss-l11ate. So thor­oughly ha'i he entwined himself ahout our hearts, that it has been almost impossible to reali/.e th;lt he is gone. ,\ los:i to his friends, hi:i (las.> ant! his college, his memory will all\'a)'s remain as our example of energy, spirit and manliness.

Here we are reminded that we must close. This is the first of all our associations to which we must say good-bye: after the first, the others rapielly follow. Knowing this, '76 sorrowfully says its first adieu. Good-bye, ECCENTRIC, gooel-bye.

HISTURIA"I.

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ECCENTRIC

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"Boutez en avait."

J.'UJES B. PIERCE,

EDWARD A. UEHLI"C;,

JOHN RAPELJE,

FRANKLIN VAN 'W INKLE,

Preside Ill. Via-P!"l'j·idellt. Sec. 0~ lI·cas. IIistoriall.

NA~[E.

ALEX. BRINKERIlOFF,

MAURICE J. COSTER,

DEWlTT C. DE.\JAREST,

J. N. HORNBLO\\'ER,

F. E. IDELL,

LEWIS H. NASH,

JAMES B. PIERCE,

JOHN RAPELJE,

EDWARD P. l~OlJF.RTS,

ElJWARD A. UEHLING,

FRANK. VAN \VJNKLE,

AOIJHESS. nESll)E~CE.

Brookl),ll. BrooklYIl, N. Y 2IO Bioollljield St. Alball)', N. Y Rii'l'l" St. I25 I:fudsoll St. I02 BIl'ollljicld St. IIudsoll City. 22 Ifill/SOil SI. 22 I:flldj'OIl St. 59 Bioollljield St. ,Hittlj'o/l City. Patersoll.

Tfill'7(1ic/..', N. Y IIobokm. I£obo/..'{'I/. So. ,i\!olwalk, COIIll. S/ta/"/,csvilie, Pa. IIopcwcll, N. Y Elt'zabeth. Riel/wood, Wi's. Paterson.

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History Q/ the CIa,',',)' o.f ~l 7.

Ycs, "'Ve arc sevcn" -ty-sevcn, and had the prlJlH"etl rcducti<ln

been carried out, to-day IYC might ILl\'e sung tho,c tOll<"l1ing lines of the jJoet with as much gcnuinc satisfaction as a CI'cshll1a!l e:-.pe­ricnccs on passing his first cxaminatiun, or a junior on thc ae cept­

anec' of h is first thciis, ]ht, t lun L to the F,l~Ci, the el i 111 i nation

has been spared, and \I'e arc pcrmitted to congratulatc oursehes

tlut Sel'cIlty-selTn is still co:npo.sed of threc-thirds instead of one, anLI-to jJ:tss from thc ricliculol1'; to the sliblimc-th:lt lYe stilll'!1j()~

the reputation of "solid men," for, let the s~l\'age re:lcler tUrIl !J:lCk

a page, there to ga!.e upon that motto, or if so unfortllnate as to "hash" with a ~cI'cnty-seITIl man, he is easily convinced that

"the student of Enginecring, Ile"ide looking forward t() a \\'ide :lI1d attractive and lunatil'e field 01' Ial)()r," Ius a Illl'er-failing re\i.,h for

the stomac\J:lblc, Excu.;e liS, plea:ie, for so unconseiUlhl) halT Ire p:hsed 1'1'0111 in­

noccnt fre . .;hmen and rolie-some sophs, that lYe freCJuently lose sight

of our centre of gravity becoming to junior.;, and are broLight to

the stern realization that SOCJIl, like ekpartee! '75, the I\'()rld \\'i\l

look to lh for the solution of its greatest I'rullicll1s in Science anc1

1~11ginccril1g.

The first term of thc jlast year IVa, 0. tough struggle, a'1<1 \\'e take this opportunity of thanking the Fa"lIlty, and 1110,t e,pecially the

l'rofe:isor of Languages, for the cha'lge of ro.;tcr, believing that more work is thcrelly accompli-;hec1, anc1lhat it is a Vclsl impr()vellient over

the old time, giving more general satisfaction to all concerned,

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The history of SCI'ellty-seven is not ('on{ined to CITnts which

have occllrred within the sClentilil' and bger-ithmic prccin('[s of Hohoken , for , with larioll'; ohjects in I'iew, We hale madc a nlll1l­bn of pl.C-:lsant excursions. Bllt Il Oil l' of the,oiL' \I'as so c'lljO) ahk in any respcct, ~b that to the 1.:1ckall'anna Tllnnd II ith tlK' Professor

of CI.cmistry, .\fter some dday ill lI'a iting filf till' workmen to

enlargc the openings fur some of om afore-mentioned solid men. Wl' linally arrivell at the" II'e, t end," OI[1'S heing the {irst party to

make a complcte passagc throllgh the nell' wnner. 1':I"en after com­ing out, l'r()l~ssor Lecds tolll lb that liT II'ere not through n :t, at which statement we ojJened uur mouths so widc in ama/,e11lL'nt, that

it is no wonder lw II'as ahle to anal)'ze ollr appetite. For this year's nohlc deeds, thosc of Seventy-se l"en sball no 11lure

he fO-fgotten, than the heroism of our (ilrefather" a century ago, for "In the COllrse of human el'cnh. it hecomes necessar)',"

DI)\Vll ill tIl! ,,-o,"k:--hop, lI11dt·rlll';'lth tlt(· groulltl.

Wi' f'rr' a. r"y of "ilHlight H"I'/'r "<\11 1.(' I;/llll,j

to lay the fOllndation of a strtwture, which ( lI'hen ('ompleted ) shall be looked lIj)on with pride and awl' hy all future gl'neratinns. for it

i~ to he fearfully and wonrlerfulh maLle. \Vc do not rear this simply as a monltment, hut holl\ it tip a" a

l1lol\el of heatHY and a('curacy of workmanship. anll an e,ample

of dnrability and-perhap,-utility, This year I\T embarked into the department of Engineering. and.

to make llSl' of a quotation from (;riil1er ... Il'l' 11;lH' 113.<l a

-1_ at) (1 \. :-. j t ,) 1) 1 Il\ ,II

II h II r s)1 f ~ I- UI -,-

II ESS E 11 I': R -\- - \- KR( ' I'P

()llr history-for such i" the title imposed upon this grand literary protlll!'tion-\I'olli<l Ill' inc()mplete without making a prominent mention of that stepping-,tone to he;1l"l'n-ol\l' c,Lhs-r. , .\nd whl" hal"l'n't \'(lIl been around to sec us' \Ve hal'l' onll had 0('(':1-

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sj(lllal visitors, who greet us ,,- jtll the Illunutonous, "Gentlemen, is it possible)" or "Less noise there," etc AJthough in such a quiet and secluded location, ollr hay window-i. 1'. the one which over­looks the harbor-commalHls a fine view of Brooklyn and the Bremen I jocks. -" Fact, I assure YOll . "

Let ns put an end to the agony just here, sinn::, as publishers (If

the E(TF.:-ITRIC, we are e,-pectcd to set some good example; which again reminds IJS tJ1at lYe are "Juniors, s(Jon to I>e Seni(Jrs, and tben - -,.

H1STOR1AN.

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FR ETl. C. Sl I EI'I' ,UtD,

I [E:-IRY \V. IlA!.Alw,

\VJLL.1 1:11 Ll"rTELL,

RICILIIU) C;ER~ER,

Presfril'llt.

"?\ .'\ ~rF..

OSl" IIR ,\]\;TZ,

1l1{()1\·:-.l .\ VRES,

\\'. RA \ :lIOXD H.IIR]),

PI.fr\v T. BIRCHAJ{I>,

[-Ii 1.1 . 1 Bo:-;)/,

I-II':NRY TllEO. BKUCK.

:\. DE ]lllXXL\'ILI E,

\V. C. J)II.\\'OHTH,

\\'. ~hRK DOl'\:IIERTY,

FIC\NK ll()i'lIJ FOOTE,

RIIIlARIl GER:->ER.

,\I.Fl{ED W. (;IIlBS,

(hro (;S,INT:-.lER,

II I: "RI' \V. H AZAIW.

* ,\I.EX. P. HEXiI:-IER,

JIlII:--i KEI.LY,

J I:IIICS W. KIRCHOI(F,

\\':11. P. KI1{UIOFF,

I'. FRANK KREUDER,

PAL ' !. F. Kl:IJI.ICH,

\VII.I.IA:>I LITTELL,

R. llOWARD l\IA'rllfm, EIJWIN L. l\IYERS,

Vice- Presitiellt.

Sardal:I'. .lffs (0 I' illll .

ADllltESS.

jl/twar/:.

37 [ Can/ell St. Orallge. 2[0 BIU(!/lijicid St. [Tllioll .I.1i1!. 28 .I.111r1S0il St. 23 First St. 302 J[ (rs/i'gt(J1I St . jersey (1(1'.

J 92 .1.111./.1'011 S/. 2 Eki'l'lIt/1 St. 92 Ifu/,'Oll 5;t. lV('wa I' /: .

Eli;;" bdli. 103 .llil!lsoll 5't. J 25 II il'(lw St. 371 Cardell St. 371 Cart/CII St. 1';7 .IflitiSUII St. J 84 .l1iu/soll St. Fli;;a/ld/z. 10 .I.llltiSOIl St. Orallgl' Vall(v.

nE~1 IJENCK

jl/{"war/:.

Nl'zo Or/caliS, La. Orall,~cc.

A./, rrsll"lllowll , .fo.

UI! io II .I.fill.

.I.fobo/:m.

.I.Io/'o/:m.

.f.lObO!:cll.

jCI'S(JI Ci(\!. Cillcilll/ati, O. .Ifooo/:cll.

Newar/:. Rli;;abctlt. .I.I(I/IO/:CII.

.1.fooo/:('//.

l\-c7U Or/eaIl.r, La.

Ncw Or/caliS, La. .lfobo/:ell. .lfob(l/"'ell. Rli;;ao('(/z.

Ifar(ftJrd, COllll.

Pilltlsblllg, N. Y.

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F. B.IRTO:-l NIClIOJ.S,

JOSE 1\I. K()I)RI(;['EZ,

\\'1I,LJ.lbj H. :-;11 EL])()N ,

['REI). C. SIIEI'P.\RIl,

\\'11.1'1,1-:1) C. S~lITH,

JOII:-l R. STEI'HI'::-';S.

I I E:-':I,I :-it I I).\~l,

: \. \'0:-'; SFHRJE]),

EI)\\·I). P. TIIO:-II';;():-l,

R()BFRI' Z\IINER,

RCCKYTRIC.

21)7 I { ilSl/'X/olI .'ir, 258 Gan/t'll St. 252 /Jltl"Jlljidt! .sr, Jer.ltT Citl'. /1)2 I hlt/,t)11 St. 2.10 HltI{1!11jidJ St. 37 [ Cart/I'll ,~r. Nt'Wll r!:.

Eli:;a/lcl/t.

2-19 Hloollljidt! St,

2.1

11000!:1'1I. III(/!),(J, ['O/{':;/II'III. //(I/I(lI.'CII.

PIII/Ilt/I'Ij>I/ia. PII. .f"r,·'l{Iar!.', 0, Crl'llltlll/,JWII, Pa. Z1£I!'O!:CII, i \ ,'war!:.

RI/5tl/lel/t.

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Histoyv oj' t/ze Class oj' ~18.

'('he ,.;(:, 'o nd ,lupt('1' o( thi~ histurl being necessarily very long,

and the space to put it in, limited, the Historian must necessaril~

Ill' brief. Hesi<ie" " Brevity is the ,()ul o( wit," so it don't make

alll" dilfcren .. e, Know you 111l'n. all l,hOIll it ma) ConCCrTl, that '7'13 "laims the

Ilanller for oarslllClnship: in a short and gallant struggle last Fall.

she trillmphed u\'er '76 ill a three-mile race, the former having the

l'ight-o<\red gig, and the latter the six-oared shell, of the Stevens Institllte i{oll' ing ,\s,;ociation, v\'(' ~lre willing tu concedc, however,

that the water was rather rUIlgh for thl' shell, which squares

;u Tot tI1 IS.

The re~t 0" the freshman) ear of the ,'Ias~ passed off unel'entfull),

Theil .. alile along I<\cation, That hal'ing dragged all'ay ih

tcdious c',isten,'e. '711. fl'turned refreshed to its IaIJOr, with all the

,'onsciutt>. pride of IlclI'-iJorn ,ophoillores, ,\ nd ;b s()plwmorc,." II'C think we did our part well: the terrors

1)( the (rcshmcn's "dread," the ('(JI'riclor cOllnecting jl with :0:'0, 11

'Ill Plate \ ' o( the" ,\nnuunccl11enr," werc rcvived to the detriment

1)( '7<'), at'tel' hal'ing ,.,Iumbered peacefully through' 78's freshman

le~lf, for IT;lso ns best known to '77, i\Ianl' a rLish came to pass

therein, sl'lHling COl1l'llsioll and panic intu the freshmen's ranks.

until one day the lI'ar came to an end hy a stentorian, ., Stop there!

:-ltop it ~ I sal', Ll,t this he the last of it:" frum the mouth of 0111'

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\\-urthy Pr()fes~or of l\l::tthellwt ics, followt'd hl-;\ Idok of ~tern reliuke

and dark foreiloding_

One nighl '78 felt that Ill'r hlood II-~b up_ _\l all early hour there

was assel1lhkd on the campwi, a goodly ere\\- of spirited soph's, de­

liberating OITr the programme of the night. This sctlkd, they cried, ,. havoc, and kt slip the dogs uf liar_ -- TII-o unoffending

freshmen were \-isited at their respecti'T lodgings, and mildly hinted

that the hed-hour had approached: one look of n-nl()nstrance, and

they wen: seil.ed and stripped- In a moml-nt tht'ir fresh 100Tline"

was deposited hcLween the sheets_

13ut the spirit of' 78 diet not stop IH:re_ The (Towd split into

fr~lgl1lenh, and then hegan one of those raids pl" uliar to ('olkge

linlL's: the first step toward showing the J lol)(Jkenites that lhere

\l'as a college in the place, \ras taken_ The gates of their houses

\\"LTe torn from their hinges and deposited into the (-~lmJlus, !lmn'r­

I'ases II-ere lifted frolll their beds and planted uJlon hills, and madl'

ghastly monUlllents of stllcient life: houses prote'-ted ily the saCTed

influence of pink curtains, \\ere desenatl'd III "'I'hi, Jlouse to Let,'­

and the like: huge signs of real estate and comml'lTe II-ere uphea\-ed

and trodden under foot: poor little stray freshies were caught, bound and maltreated, crying "l\lercy I ,- But alas for I1H.:rn-,

none was shOll"n_ But l:nough of thl:se dark cleed~_

Visions of Snake Hill rose hefore the trou!Jkd minds of the

,. wretches," hut they "Tre dispelled, and '78 was itself again _

But ,,-hile we were sophomores in this respect, \I-e were also so in

another: the Faculty, \I-C flatter ollfseh'es, has every reason to bL'

satisfIed with us as students: the boncl~ of fraternity bind its melll­

bers, to the exclusion of class dissensions, antagonistic amhitiol1

ane\ mutllal ill-will; "-e nIlti\-ate ourseh-L's under the auspices of a

successful glee cluiJ and the like, and in the gymnastic tournament

last fall, we showed our friends and rivals alike, our proficiency_

Adieu, frl:~hlllan \'l:ar ~ ;\0 more doth thy friendh '-one fro\l'l1

upon liS: inste:J.d, huge, gaunt nappes, with parabolic, hyperholic,

cl iaiJol ic, etc_, bases_ No more doth the ex-soph greet us with a

"]Joor fresh ~" Instead, we expect to he ,'a iled lljlon to extend

these worels of wisdom and consolation to those that ('ome after us_

Hail sophomores and coming years! I ,ike \ 'a n _-\mberg, lI"e grel:t

you with a smile_

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If there is anything more for the Historian to say, he i~ \·ery sorry, for his space has come to an end: therdore, reader, farewell, until we greet you as juniors. Till thell, in the words of a pre­historian, the writer repeats, "Gael bless liS everyone." Amen.

HISTORIAN.

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MAUNSEL WUITE,

CHAHLF.~ S. KINCSLAND,

S. CAMACllO,

Presidrllt.

PHIL I P "VALLIS,

A. CLAUDE A I K I N,

HENRY F. DAWES,

VIcc- Presidell!.

Sa r ('/ LIIJ'.

Trrasllrcr .

././/sloria ll.

CL'//Sor.

NA~IE.

A . CUUDE AIKIN,

C. AKTOINE,

J. BORCHARDT,

*GEOR(;E BRYAN,

S. CAMACHO,

J. S. COOKE,

F. S. CURRIER,

HENRY F. DAWES,

E. A. FALCAS,

B. HANDFORTH,

GEORGE C. HOD(;ES,

W . E. JACOllS,

Af)I)nE~:=; .

153 JJlmJlltji.c!d SI. rVe sl .fJobti/iC J/.

54 Gil r.lm St. 56 NIntlL SI. . Ncw lork C/~l'.

Palcr.roJl.

Newark. ElIglewood.

N, w Yi"'k CII)'. 92 SCi'Clltl, St. 212 I flldS{11I St.

JerSL:1' ot)'. LEOPOLD JAl:RE(;UI, 30 .fflld.wlI St. J AMES J. KELLY, 180 1l11low St.

nES11)E~rE.

Baill/llore, !lfd. !J,'si J.ft,bol.'I'Jl.

J-10/10;"C11. Hob(}kell .

New 1 urI.: City. Patersoll.

NC1c1ar/.:.

EJ/gkwood.

Bra;;i/.

Hoboken. UI iCll, l\T. Y.

Jerser CItl'. Cltr of AJexico. Hoboltell.

25

CHARLES S. KINGSLAND, .F'rallidill. J oml H. LO="CSTREET, 212 I J/ldsoll St. W. MILLER, 227 GardCll 5,[.

Fra II k!in .

Bordellto W/l , N. J. J-1o/lohlt.

HENRY" NEW, ll/twark. Newark.

EDWARD H. PECK, Newark. Nl'warl.: .

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FRANCIS n. POST,

J. B. RAMIREZ,

E. P. ROllBl NS.

THO~IAS S~lITIl,

*GEORCE VAIL,

PIIlUP \VALLI S,

MAUNSEL WHITE,

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-I TeIIlll St. lV('1(J YI)rk Ci~l' . .J Tml/) .)/.

203 GardcN St.

1VI'7U Orlf"a)ls, La. Vl'IlC:;l!eia.

j'i-tllIlijor/, O. J!o/Iokl')l. j \,<'7(, 1 1 rk.

IooRi"tr Tcrrall'. j/(!/;o/tCIl.

135 JIltds{!!t .';t. flew Oriralls, La. I53 Bloollljidrl St. New Orleans, La.

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Hisfor:y Of f!~e C/oss ()/ ~19.

It is a well-known fact, that "Tho~e nations are happiest whose histories are dull." If this saying \\ill apply to classes, surely the class of '79 of Ste\'ens Institute, must be the happiest set of fellows in e~istence. The year has been \'ery llull-tlut is, in class matters. \\'e have plodded along steadily, overcoming all obstacles-and they have not b~en few-by earnest and perse\'ering labor. We have groaned over Algehra, heen puzzled hy Chemistry, been delighted by Physics, and have carriell everything before us in Languages. \Ve have clone this, and yet have lahored under the disadvantage of having our first term shorter by a month, than any pre\'ious class. We did it by hard study, and that we ha\'e studied hard, will be seen from the bct that, at the first e~amination, we dropped only one memher of our class.

The tradition uf the classes of the ulltl years, has been verified so far as we arc concerned, in regard to numbers only, The small number in our class is due, in great measure, to the fact that the standard for admission was raised, and we were compelled to undergo a greater number of examinations, and tho.,e more rigor­ous, than precedihg classes. Thus it is that we are few in number. But what is quantity? Quality is what is sought after; and we assert that it would be very difficult to find the same numher of young gentlemen who have ever studied hankr, succeeded better, and desen'ed more credit, than have the memhns of the class of '79. (This is our opin ion.)

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It is owing to the fact that wc have a small class, that the "sophs" have bchaved as they have done. \ \'e do not mcan by this, thJt they han: been o\·erbearing, or haye attempted to dictate to us what we must do, or what wc lllllst not do-Oh no! wc would not ha\·c submitted to this. What we do mean, is, that '78 actually had the audacity to "rush" us.

Who can forgct the first (~(f,lir which the" so phs " dignified by the name of a" rush." ":\fark. now, how a plain tale shal! put you down." A few mcmbcrs of ';9 were waiting in the IKLssJge, when suddenly the whole chss of '78 cmerged from one of the

'j. !ccture-rooms and chargcd them. '79 was taken by surprise, but did it hC:iitate~ did it givc ground? No ~ Long and \Oaliantly it struggled; but ala:; ~ fate was against it, and it was forced to give way. '7X was about thirty strong; we, ten or fifteen: yet thi~ was called a "rlls/I," alHI '78 boasted that nothing-could oppose them.

\Vc were roused; we could not submit to stich things; we quietly bided our time, and at length it came. One day, as we were 1e;wing mathematics, wc found the "sophs" drawn up to reccive th. We hastily formed and advance(lj there was a sound of tram­pling feet, clouds of dust arose, shutting thc combatJnts from view; "long hung the war in bahnce, till" Prof. \V--- rnshing from his room, ordered us to stop. Unwillingly we were forced to ohey. This" ru"h," though not decisive, showcd that if '79 was few in number, it was able to take care of itself.

The case with which we held om ol\"n against the "50phs," :lngerecl themo They were insulted, they must be rcvengeu; so they held a class-meeting to find out what could he done. _\fter many wise (.?) schemes were discussed and abandoned, some one proposed to P'lt the freshlllen to ber!. This pbn 'Ilited the pllerile minds of the" sophs," and it \\'a~ at once agreed to, and they de­tennined to put liS to hed the same night, and thnswise was it done:

That night about twcnty-fi\Oc "sol'hs" went to a house where they knew only two freshmen hO:J.nkd, and marching bravely two abreast, each encouraging the others, they" scaled the steep (stairs) where Fame's prond temple stood," and fonnd one man getting ready for hed. The crowd informed him that he nHht retire, and he replied that he was already preparing to do so. The" sophs" waited until he had completed his prcparation and rctired j they

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then departed; their honor \\'a5 aVl:nged-twenty-five "sophs" had St'C1l one fresh man go to bed.

On the 9th of last November, we held our first regular class­meeting' for the purpose of forming a class organization and electing officers. The meeting was very spirited, and lasted for some time, but when it was over, '79 was a fully organized body.

In athletic sports, '79 has not been backward; it has done all in its power to encourage foot-ball, and we have no doubt that it will labor as earnestly in regard to hoating and other sports, in the Spring.

Om intercourse with the higher class men has heen very agree­able, and marked on their IKl.rt by many acts of courtesy and pieces of advice, for which we sincerely thank them.

But the lahor of the Historian is now at an encl, and we conclude with the hope that the official of next year will be able to show as creditable and honorable account of the class of 1879.

HISTORIAN.

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VALE:\TI:\E 1\\lIDI\X, M.E. FRANK L. B\IWEI':N,

EDWAIW 11\\\ 11I~J\EY, B.S. CHAS. F. Will I E, B.S.

SE'110RS,

JU"'IORS,

SOI'l 10:\\01{ 1-"-"

FRESH'IF".

SPECIAL::"

Tur\l.,

I..f. fflfdsull Strut. I67 Ifill/S{III Sireet.

..f.5 fTlfds{ill Street.

..f.5 Ilifi/.w// Sireet.

J 7 II

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~'rp't ~ori'1i's

In the Order of their Establishment.

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(ftamma of

lijf~a ti. Sa94.

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Tlteta Xi

JOHN O. BUERK,

JOSEPH KI NGSLANlJ,

EU(;F.NE L. VAIL,

EDWIN L. 'YILES,

MDCCCLXXVI.

*HOWARD DUANE,

tG. M. ROBERT~()N, M. E., B.S. EDWARD B. WAI.L,

\\'~1. F. ZI~IMER:\IAN.

MDCCCLXXVU.

JOSIAH N. HORNBI.OWER, EDWARD P. ROIHcRTS.

FRANK B. FOOTE,

EDWIN MYERS,

s. B. F. CAMACHO,

MDCCCLXXVIII.

HARRY''''. HAZ.\RD,

FREDERIC C. SHEPPARD.

MDCCCLXXIX.

CH.\IU.ES KINGSL.\Nll.

14 Members.

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RHO CHAPTER, Established 1874.

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Resident Graduates, J. E. 1 hxror-; , M.E., '75,

THEO. F. KOI-:zI.Y, M.E., '75.

HENRI A. l:lECK~I~,YEj{,

AI.BERT W. STAHL,

Seniors, WILLIAM KENT,

J. MATHER WALLIS,

AI.FREIJ P. TRAUTWEIN.

A.I.EX. BRINKERH()FF,

L. H. NASH,

Juniors, F. E. IDELL,

JAMES B. PIERCE,

.l0H;'; .RAPELJE. EDWARD A. UEHLING,

FRANK VAN WINKLE.

Sophomore, 1 \V I LLiAiVl LJ'J"l'EI.L.

Freshman, JOHN S. COOK.

16 Members.

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GAMMA CHAPTER, Established February. 1875.

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\r"1.TER (;. DI1.WORTH,

\\ ' . R..IY:llo:--;I' BAIRD,

FEj{j)I~ A:--; I> KREUIJER,

RICHARIl GERNER,

HII.L1 BONN,

WM. H. SHELDON,

FRANK H. NICH01.S.

J(>I-I~ H. LO:--;CSTREET, GEORGE C. HOVG ES.

10 Members.

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STEVE~S INSTITUTE ATHLETIC ASSOC'N, I

OFFICERS.

FIRS'I '1'1':101, SECOi'< Il TEIOL

"'REI), C, SHFI'PARD, '78, Prt'J',

\\'11 ,1. 1,.\11 KE!\"I, '70, li'(('-Pro,

\\"111.1 \\1 LI'I'II'1,I. '78, ['orNj'. St"',

. \I.IlERI \\'. S'I lillo, ' 70, Ra. Sec.

J. :\lHHIR ,,'IIIIS, '70, Tn·a ....

FRED. C. SHEPPARD, ' 78.

FlUNK VAN WINKLE, '77.

\\' II ,LlA,\1 LI'lTEI.L, ' 78.

EIl\I'ARIl 1'. ROBERTS, '77.

J. MArliER WAI LIS, '76.

BOARD OF DIRECTQRS.

FIRST TER~1.

EI)\\ IRII H. \\'.ILI., ' 76, CllIlirmall.

E. p, ROBER I ", 77· HENR\ W. HAZARIl, ' 78. J()SEPH KI:q;SI \, lJ,

, 76, Captain 0/ tlu TWl'lI~l'.

\\ .. F. ZI\DII';}OIA~, 7°, Captaill 0/ tIle Nim·.

SECO;-':D TEln!.

ElJWARl1 H. 'VALL, ' 76, ClwirlJlall.

J \\II':~ E. ))I.:N I'O:\, '75· JA~IES B. PIERCE, '77.

HENRY W. HAZARlJ, '78, Captaill oj Illl' T-Wt1lty .

• \11-0.1-.', ' 79. Caplaill 0/ tilt' ,Ville.

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SEASON OF 1875.

COLLEGE TWENTY.

] .-\'\IES E. llE~T{):\, '75. JOHN O. BllERK, ' 76, ADA\! RIESEYBER(;ER, '76 .

ALE. P. TRAl:TWI':IN, '76, EmvARD B. \VALI., '76,

J. N .HoRNIlI.()\VEI\. '77. F. FRANK KRI;:L'I>FR. ' 71), FRAXK B. FOOTE. ' 78,

]. MATHER WALLIS, '76, ,V. F. Zl~!MER~rt\:'<, '76, EDWIN L. '\'ILES, '76, EDWARD P. ROBERTS , ' 77.

F. E. InEl.I., '77,

Captain' 76 Eleven, Captain' 77 Eleven, Captain '78 Eleven, Captain' 79 Eleven,

IV . G. DII.W()RTH, • 78, HEXHY \\'. HAlAIW , . 78. \VI~FRII) C. S~IITH. '78, , \. CI..·\I ' I!E /UKE:'<, '79. MAliNs EI. 'VIlIT E. '79,

'VII.LI \~I SHII'I'E:\, Prep. CIIARU:S EVI.A:-JIl, Prep.

JOSEI'll KIN(;SLA:'\I).

EnwARD P. Rn!)ERT'"

HF.:->RV W. HAZAIW.

Not chosen.

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CO LLEGE GAM ES.

October 12, IX7S.

N, y, University v.". Stevens,

U~IPIRES.

JO:-<F.s-For :'\. Y. U. SOI« ;1-:, '7S-For STE\' E:\'-,

REFEREE .

ROB I':RTS\):-<. '76, (Stevens.)

1St C;oal WOIl 1)1 STEI'ENS, Time, 91~ 111 in. 211 " " " 13L~

3d " " 13~ 2

-+th " .. 12

5th " ,. .39

College of the City of New York t' ... . Stevens,

1 ' ~IPIRES,

STRAITSHIlI'F-For c. (' , ='I, Y. ROIlERIS():\. '76-For SIEIF:\,,...

REFEREE.

PRICE. (Columbia.)

1st Goal won b)' STEVENS, Time, 4 nil 11.

2d " " 9Yz " 3d " " " 10 " 4th .. " 2

5th .. " 2 7~ " 6th .. " I J'~ "

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nutgers VS . Stevens.

uMPIRE".

ROBERTSO;:\, '76-For STEVENS.

RF.FEREE.

VAIL, '76, l Stevens. )

1 st (;oal won by RUT(;ERS, Time, 7 min . 2d ;( " 8 " 3d IS " 4th 20

5th " 40 " 6th " 20

November 2, 1875.

College of the City of New York v s. Stevens.

U~lPl}{E S .

CARROI.I.-For C. C. N. Y. SOR(;I': , '75-For STEVENS.

REFEREE.

ROBERTSON, '76, (Stevens.)

1 st Goal won by STEVENS, Time, 4 min. 2d " " " 47 " 3d " " " 9 " 4th " I Yz " 5th ., " " 4Yz " 6th .( " 22 "

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November G, 1875.

Columbia !-'.'I. Stevens.

U~lPIRES.

CARROLL-For COU; :'ll3IA. SORGE, '75-For STEVENS.

REFEREE.

KOLBE, (Colu111bia. )

1St Goal won by COLU ~!fl[ A, Time, G mm.

zd " STEVE:\S, " 42 " 3d " not finished at 5. 20, when the game was

called.

November 9, 18 75.

College of the City of New York 'Us . Stevens.

U)[PIHES.

BROOKs-For C. C. N. Y . STAIIL, '76-For STEVENS.

REFEREE.

PIERCE, '77, (Stevens. )

1St Goal won ily STEVE).'::;, Time, 16 111111.

zcl

3d " 4th "

5th " 6th "

" " " "

" 7

I7 I 5

" "

'5 Y, :~ __ ~ " "

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Princeton ",·S . Stevens.

L~lpmES.

II \RRlso'(-For I'RI'(CETO);. Kr·:" r, '76-For STEVENS.

REFEREE.

PIERCE, '77, (Stevens.)

rst Goal \\'on I..>y PRI:'<CETO!)l, Time, 5 T • /- min.

ld " 2 " 3d " " . IS;,~ " ..J.th

., I I

5th " ., 30

6th " " .,

i\on.:mher :q., r875.

Rutgers V~. Stevens.

U~II·IRES.

OWENs-For RUTCERS. Kr::\T, '76-STEVE~S.

REFl:RI:E.

PRICE. (COI.L'~IBIA.)

1st Goal \\'on by STU E:\S, Time, 20 min.

2cl " " " " 16 " 3d ,. " " IS " ..J.th " RUT(;I-:RS, " 3 " 5th unfInished.

Game decided a "draw."

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STEVENS BASE-BALL NINE.

SEASON OF' J87f).

WIl,LlAClI F, ZI~t:lIER~IAN, '76, CaP/aill llni! P.

J. E. DE:\TON, '75. C. CHAS. FRITZ, '70, Ist B. A. RIESENBER(;ER, '70, 2e1 D. J. N. HORNBI.OWl'.R, '77,3([ B. J. KINGSLAND, '7 6, S.S. J. O. Bn:RK, '76, L.F. \V. SIIIITH, '78, C.F. HENRY SUYDAM, '78, R.F.

J.

Captain of '76 r\inc, Captain of' 77 Nine, Captain of '78 Nine, Captain of' 79 Nine,

W. F. ZDDlER~IAN.

EIlWARIJ P. RODER'!'S.

\VILFREt> C. S~IlTII.

A. CLAllllE AIKEN.

May 8, 1875.

Class of '75 ." .... Class of '77, UmjJire, Scorer.

M. \V ALLIS, , 76. A. W. STAHL, '7 6.

Innings, 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Class of '75, 2 2 2 2 0 4 I-1 5

CJass of '77, 8 2 2 2 3 0 3-22

Arlington E, E, C, V.'1. Stevens, UlIljt'rr, Scorer,

E. L. WILES, , 76, (Stevens.) R. GERNER, '78, (Stevens. I

Innings, Arlington:;, Stevens,

2

2 0

4 3

345 6 002

3 00

7 8 9 8 4 2-I<)

4 0-I6

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fune TI. 1875.

Class of '76 ,',<;, Class of '77, Ulllpin' , .')(orl'r,

W. C. S~lITI r, ' 7'6· . \ . W. STAI-lJ .• ' 76.

Innings, 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 Class of ' 76, 2 3 2 6-18 Class of ' 77, 2 -+ 0 2 5 0 0- 1 5

FJiRST SPRING MEETING OF TilE

STEVENS ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, :NrA Y ~5, ~B75_

Timekeeper-F. J. E:'<GLEII.\ln'. of tilt· "TuJ'f. Field :tnd Fann," .Judges-WHEELER W. PHIL!.IP,"';. or tIl(' :\. J. ,\thl<:>ti(' .\~!->o('i;\li(HI. of lil(' Wnlk.>l'.

1\11'. HATTEHTTlW.\ITE. IIf tht· RUlls. j\J{<f-;f'J'~. {;HAYJ)O~ Hlld VE~TON. of tIl(' .lU1}JpS (TfI(i TIl1"(}/cs.

Reception ('oll/millee-F. C', ~HEI'I'AHJ) '7S. n. HAHHY \\'.\1.1., '7:1. El:GE:SE L. \'AIL, '7(i, 8. P. HUBEHTS. '77.

Ground OmmaUtcc-\V~r. KE:-\T. '7Ii, ,\ . W. RT.-\lll.. '7n. J. B. Pn;r:cE. '77.

r. TlI1W- AIde mIll:. \Vinn er, fiilotl', '78. Tim<:, 29 III i n. II., sec.

2. fOO Yllrds Daslt. Dlfanf, '76. Time, r r scc.

3· Puttillg tlte Slone. " Hlf I'rk , '76. Distance, 32 ft. 3}; in.

4· Tllrozoillg'tlte Base-Ball. XillllI/er1lla II, '76. iJistancc, 312.7 ft.

5· Stalldillg .J-h:r:11 JUlllp. " Killgslalltl, '76. Distance, -+ ft. 2 111.

6. Stalldillg LOllg JU1IIp. " BIII'I'I:, '76 . Distance, 9 ft. 51{ ill.

7· .f-£a(f- Mile R It II. Dllane, '76 . Time, 2 min. 23!+ sec .

8 . Blilld-FoM Race. .')111 ii/I , '78 . 9· RUIlllillg .lIigll JUIlIP. " Ifazanl, '78.

Distance, 4 ft. 6 in. 10. On e-Ll file l{1;/lk. Foote, '78.

Time, 9 min . 8 y: ~ec. II. RUllllillg LOllg JUllIp. " .l-£azanl, '78.

Distance, 16ft. I Ill .

r 2. Tllree-Le..r:ged Raa. " Daane alld .flazard.

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STEVE~S INSTITUTE BOATI~G ASSOC'N,

OFFICERS_

j 'rl'sidl'lI l ,

I ,'(('- PrI'.I'ide lit,

SI'(rt'!II/:J',

7n',/.mrl'r,

II EXR\ _\ . B El·r.:\IC \ ER.

H . \\' . I [ \I..\IW.

F. c. SIILI'I',\RIJ.

F. I \, FOO'l' E.

J une I , 1875.

'76 Shell Crew vs. '78 Gig Crew. ',Ci CREW .

\' \11 . ,\'/I't'/..''', \\" II Y", Xi,.,:;. \\" \1. 1.1"." -/-.

H I' ERr.:, " J. KI 'I;~ 1 ,\:'> 1),2.

D L \ , I':, .• / .

3 M iles.

'71', the Wi nne r- l' iml', 2S'j min.

',8 CREW. H \/ \RI), ,<"'/1'0/.:1'.

l~O"F:'> I L\nl, .l\ ~, . 7. \V I·:t-:I\.~, "6. SlIFI'I'.\RIl, " 5 · GI'RXER, -/-. F()on:, " J . D II.WORT II, 2.

B,\RF\lORF, "I.

SII 1-.1 PO:'> . Cl}c/~SWllill . I

J

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Nautilus 1'8. Stevens.

NAUTILUS CREW.

fORBS, Stroke. KUDLIClI, .iVI.I. J. \VASIIl~Gr():-I, iVo. 2.

SHIPPEN, flow.

June 19, 1875.

STEVENS the Winner, Time, 14;0 minutes.

STEVENS CREW.

DUANE, '76, Stroke. HAz \RD, '78, .iVo. 5 . \ VAI.LIS, '76, "4. DE~TO:-l, '75, " J . BUERK, '76, "2.

KIN(;~L.\ND, ' 76, .!107i l •

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MUSICAL.

College Orchestral AssQciatif[)7Il.

Preside III, Vice-Pusirie Ill, Treasll reI', Secreta ')', L {'aticr,

HR()\\"l\" AYRES,

W. P. KIRCHOI · ~ · .

E. P . ROBERTS,

CHAS. KINGSLAND.

J. M. CREMER,

H. HDINJN(;,

HER~1. l(l' VLllH ,

1',\.l;L Kl' DLICII,

\V~1. E. GEYER,

J. W. KIRCHOFF,

C;. C. HENNIN(;,

l \Y. LITTELl.,

WALL, 1st Tellor, KENT, [sf Bass,

BROWN AYRES.

J. M. CREMER.

PAUL KUDLlCH.

J. W. KIRCHOFF.

G. C. HENNING.

MEMBERS.

Flute. Flute. Flute, Flute.

IS t Violin. ISt Violill. 2ri Violin.

Violinee/lo. Clariollet. Cia riollet.

Piano. Cornet.

WOLFF, 2d Tenor, vV ALLI S, 2d Bass.

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~?? Glee Club.

J. B. 1'1 ERCE.

FIRST TENOR.

E. I'. KOliF.RTS, J. RAPEl.JE.

SECO"1lJ T1<::-<OR.

E. .\ . U I':IILING, L. H. NASH.

nRST BASS.

J J. C. DEMAREST, J. N. HOHNJlLOIVER.

SECO:\D BASS.

F. E. I UELL, F. VAl'. WINKLE,

A. (;. BRINKERHOFF, M. ]. COSTER.

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Sl·YlJA~l, IS! TCllu!". FOOTE, 2d Tellur.

'1'l1o.\1I'so)l, 1St Bass. GER:-IER, 2'/ Bass,

~?9 Quartette.

\\TALLIS, 1st Tellor.

COOKF.. IS! Bass.

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W H ITE, 2'/ Tellu?".

AIKIN, 2t1 Bass,

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STEVENS INSTITUTE DRAMATIC ASSOC'N,

Presi 1011,

S('crdI7IY,

Ji·(t/SIII·(r,

Slag,· JJ!. lllagl'r,

OFFICERS.

1':II\\,\RI> ll. \\' \1.1..

IhRR\ \\'. I[\ Z\IW.

, \ I I:ERT \\ ' . ST \11 L.

FF \:\1'- n. FOOTE.

OF 'J II Ie

FOR '1'111 I:E).'I',FIT 0:: TilE

COLLE(tE ROWING CLUB aJul GYMNASIUM: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 18, 1876.

PART FIRST.

CAST. J[,. J,,'illwn nJo/)lll".'J " rdin'" !lr",'/''', ){1: .T 1\.[~li'r.\,\T). '71~ OfIJi. eu/,io({/I/u,"" /· ... '11 III I Jf".'111 II , 'f ('of,,,I,.!! u(lin'f, :\11: ~\ 1.1 I:J II I: \\"111.1'1-, ' ; 1;

JD' .I~(,., I 11"'</"1/ ,\'''I,I,i" ,'' !IIII/I/I/'I/II//, \11:. 1t.11:1:" \\". II IZ.IJ:II, ' ';'.,

i"'ojdllf/, ('U(jh,r/,/y,-:, c!ff,lI!Jhl('I', )11: ~ ('.\\1 \41111, .II! 'j!)

Jf<U!J, /lIIW I, :1[1: ll.\J:I:" !l,1 1\']''; , ' ';'!I

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PART SECOND.

AlrrU' ; l:,\!'11 WA LTZ):'.

COOL AS A CUCUMBER. C O,\lED\ J~ O~E , \ C f.

CAST.

O!,l lJlIl'llll.~.

Jr,.. li'nl jJ",./'-/fI, .. . (hI' ulrllilf l n',,, "WII,

.11,', i'/IfIll/Jr'I'. /', 1'1/ If/orln'f. IJlt! ItI.:.(',..:, lll.~ lillich, J f /:..:. .... ./, .';'-" I l fJ///(O}/. 1:111'1.-1,/1.,,' Iller'/',

l1~i:f://I"";' II/ rf fl!,

~! J:. E /l1\,\ IlD D, ' L \J.r., ' i n '\[l: , J , EI :>'mq ,A:>' f> , ' 'In

~r T! 1': 1 i,F:\ I: L. \~.\l l. , '7n 1\ f l:. FI:l\ XK H. F OOT !: , '7S

ilL I ! J L \l!I! \ ' V,un',;, ' , D

BUnIK.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY ~9, ~876.

PERFORMANCE OF THE

FOLlOWED IlV A REPETITION OF O~E OF THE ABOVE CO~lEDlES .

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OH! THE CAPACITY OF MAN!

THE GORGERS. 2~O BLOOJY.[FIELD STREET.

( '()~TER,

I\IRCIIARLJ.

THE CONSUMPTIVE CLUB. 37~ GARDEN STREET.

\V. 1'. K.IRCHOFF, J. \V. KIRl H()FF,

Sl'\"DA~I, A \ RES.

THE GLUTTONS, ~4 HUDSON STREET.

HCERK, BACII~IAN,

KIN(;SLANI>,

T. V. LUNCH CLUB. ~alle :1 manger,

Freres en manger. KIK(;;,LANJl, '76, ZIJ\t:lIEIHIAN, '7 6,

ROBERT~, '77, SHEPPARD, '7 8, ('AMAl ·HO. '79, 1'-1)/(;SI.A),']), '79,

l\[YERS, ' 7~.

MOTTO··" REQUIESCAT IN PACE."

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Frr'sidl'lll,

Vi(/' -PrrsiilcII/,

SccrdalT,

Treasllrer,

Cit/if 0/ !lu' S,!lIad,

Boss S;j;II-SJ7r7Ir/Ir'r,

F'irst ilra!l Iii RIIII,

\V. lVL\RK [lOI ' (;HERTY.

FRED C'. SIII·: 1'P"R\).

ED\Vli'i L J\[\"ER~.

HE:-JRY SL: \"llA~!.

FRA~K B. FOOTE,

HARRY \y, IhzAllD,

WILFRED C, SoIITH.

La!ltern Carrier, RICHARD G ER!'<F.R.

" r IJl goillg to joill Ilu' S,!lItld, " '" J\IACRICE J. COSTER, 'II'

20 ;\lcm bers,

1)1 ERl'E,

KNIGHTS .-' --:

r-< :.-~

....l r-< OF THE

"" '.I

< RQun~ Ta~re~ ~

'=' - \

\VALLIS, '79,

5.3

I

I I J

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ATHLETICS.

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Here our ad":lncement has been rapid, and materi:ll victories have heen won and successes recordcd, \"hich, whilc adding to our already existing annal-;. ha\'c spread abroad thc name of Ste\-ens, and caused her winnings and <lefc'ats to become nntters of interest among the athletes of sisler colleges. Possessing one of the finest Athletic Grounds in the country, we h~1\"e improved our advantages, and we han; not :lllowecl the Grounds to lie idk: we unclouutedly O\\'e much of our present position to this source, ancl the gift of the Trustees is flilly appreciated.

Tht: past s~\son was inaugllrated by the Second ,\ nnual Meeting of the /\.thletic Association. This meeting was a urilliant success, the ciaI' was aw,pieious, and the attcndance large. The times re­corded, and the distances made in the jumps and throws. matters of which \\'e ::m: still proud, and likely tu remain so: the timcs in the walks and runs were (',pel'ially good, being much hetter than those recorded by sister colleges in the imlllediate vicinity. They ",ill he found on an adjoining page, and the character and position of the time-keepers is a sufficient guarantee for their accuracy. In this connection we would remark, that the thanks of the .\thletic . \s,oeiation arc due to Mr. Englehart, of the "Turf, Field and Farm," Mr. Wheeler W. Phillips, of the N. J. Athletic Associa­tion. ane! to Mr. Satterthwaite, of the St. George C. C. The games were brought to an appropriate end with the presentation hy Mrs. :vforton--to whom, and to all the other ladies who favored us with their presence, we are duly thankful.

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BASE-BALL.

In B:he-DJII, little or nothing was accomplished . Tl.is we regret to mention, hut it seems to be explicalJic on the ground that the s:tl11e men who Iday IXlse-lnll, arc a l.;o needed for boating. IIap­liily, this year:t nel\" order of thillg~ ,,·ill be instituted, for. thanks to the class of ' 79, there will be enough men for both sports.

BOATINC.

D:>Jting is becoming more and more a feature in our college li re, and the labors of its promoters were last year (loubly repaid, by the success which these effort:; met: ' 78's triumph \\'as signal, and it probably did more toward the interest of the 130::l.t Club, th::l.n would have been thc casc had the older cbss won. As it was, it stimulated both classes to rcnewcd efforts, and giving rise to a generou; ri\·:tlr)', Jcll·ancecI materially the intercsts of boating. Tile damper bo:tting recei\·ecl at the beginning of the scason, by the second rdui11 of the Troy Polytechnic to meet us on their o\\'n waters, W,IS in a mea illre fori::\0tten in our victory o\·cr the" N:tutilus" Club. As stated, the r C~·llsal of Troy was a great disappointment. for om crew \YJ.S an

.exclcdingly good one, as \\·3S evinced in the Nautilu; Race, and \re think \\'e h:td reJson to expect from them soniC addition to the honor.) we have alre::tcly rcapctl in this li ne. The enthusiasm occa­sioned by our yictory, has not yet diet! out; :tlready the class crew,; are beillg c:tn\".l;sed, and this year in the cbs,; race.;, we will sec not only '76 :tnd '78, but also '79, who, with commendable energy, ha\'c taken hold of this matter: from all the:ie men it will be ea;y to Sllect a representati\·e six. When this is clone, Rutgers will probably he (hallenged, and let us hope the race will be a good and tough one.

'fhi ,;, and the representation of Stevens in a Regatta of Scientific Colleges, were among the last wj,hes and desires of the gl·eatcst pro­moter of bo:tting \\·e have ever had, and his remarks in bst year's ECCI-::-<TIUC on the latter sllbjt:ct, arc still very pertinent. \V e here take great pleasure in denying the rumor that the interests of boating are \Lll1ing. The stamp of Mr. Duane is lcrt too firmly on the an­!lab of this association, and on the minds of its members, to be eyer effaced. lIe ~pent the three best years of his life in bboring for its

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acll-ancement; and that labor has not gone unrequited, for every member feels, that while furthering the interc,ts of the Rowing Club, be is paying a direct trihute to tbe memory of HO\\-ard Duane, and the earnestness with which our men baye stri\'Cn to pay such tribute, will not he ,,-anting in the future, any more than it has been in the past _

FOOT-BALL.

If then; is anyone suilject in \I-hich our men unitedly concur, it is foot-ball. Lt has done more for Stevens in the llluscular line, than all the other athletic sports together have accomplished; it has made Stevens known and respected, and has raised her to a pm;ition helel by no other scientific college_ vVhen did the Massachusetts l nstitutc or Technology, or the Columbia Scbool of ~lines, contesf the honors of the fooL-bail arena with Yale or the Troy Polytechnic, and the Sheffield Scientific School meet Princeton, or c,-en Columbia, on an equ:tl (ooting)

Our season was succcss(ul. We played eigh t games: in {jye we were victorious, and in one ticd; of our two defeats, wc succeeded in wiping out one, but the other-that with Princcton-still remains _ \ Ve \I-ere disappointed in the result of our /irst game with Rutgers, as our men were in exccedingly good trim, but we afterwards en­joyeel the supreme delectation of defeating them three to one with the same men.

Our tie with Colum!JiJ also was not devoid of dis:1ppointment, as \IT had hadly heaten them the year before_ Her behavior in our last 111<ltch and while occupying our grounds, and her uniformity in disregarding all our requests regarding the grounds, h~lI'e forced us to the declaratioll, that in future, play with Columbia is out of the question_ The bad feeling seems to arise from the fa ct that Colum­bia regards LIS with al l the jealousy of a rival; but with liS no such regarrl is possihle, and we are safe to affirm, never wil l be possible, unti l C'oluillbia occLlpies a position as high in the scale or classical colleges as we do in the scale of scientifiC colleges.

Mllch of our success in the past season is clue to Mr. Kingsland, whose io_-;s , togcther with the rest of his classmates in the graduating class, will be felt next year. This loss, it is hoped, will be com­pensated for by the greater proficiency of the men in the present

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classe", and by the. addition of 111.:11' men in the entering freshman (' lass. I l has been sa id, lha t foot- hall needs no encourage men t at Stl'\'ens, for it e1lcourage:; itself: and cl.:rtainly the enthusiasm of last year was enough to merit such an assertion. But enthusiasm, pluck and knoll'ledge of the game, arc not all that are required. l-'racti( e is essential; one cannot exist without the other; practice Ill'gets them all. I f we want to play foot-hall, I\'e lilliS/ practice. The hithnto unslIrmountable difficulty of having no place to exer­cisl', and thus keep up and presenT the muscle reqllired in the flelcl, is ahout to be removed, for, thanks to Prof. Thurston, the plans for a C;ymnasium have at last assumed a tangil)k form, The students

took hold of this matter with commendable zeal, and have already raiscd over fin: hundred dollars. This amount will be further SliT II cd I)), the receipts of the Dramatic Performance; and when finally doubled hy the Trustel.:S, will amount to a consideralJl e sum.

To sum up:-the Cuture certainly looks promising; on the one hanel, the men, tl,,' 1IIt/lerial fur the games, the crews, the foot-ball t\ITnty. and the base-ball nine; on the other hand, I\'e have the (~roullds to play on in the summer, ancI the Gymnasium to practice in in the lI'inter: we have a record which we must maintain and ,wcll. Our a(h'antages and encouragements are greater than those of our prc<ien:ssors, and in the measure in whieh they improved their advantages, it will be incumiJent upon us to improve ours.

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A SHORT ESSAY ON HUMBUG,

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" A /;(,II('ral (OI!/i'S,I"I'I! III Illy /,r(,S(II((" ' TIllTt he .ri"la 7Il'c/(JI)' fltrc{I'

I~)' 111('ji1rO' (If (01t'ar"'l(/' alld ill ((II/.I{(t/;' alld all adllliral, ' 7iiat

fill" {(Ill lit (?f frofl'F illldll:::f'!I(I'. Ill' brat lIlt' (,1If'!1l) , 10 WllOlIl Ill' illtelldcd

10 be/ray till' j/I'c/'" 7'hrt'C A'i/~t;S /,roteslcd to 1111'. ' Tltal ill tll('ir

who/c rt'l:,lls II/{:I' 111',',''- did {illa in;;'/, f7/~1' f,'rS("1 {if /l1t'ri!. {(1l11'SS by

1111:,'1£11:1', {lr Irl'ac/lI"Y {!lSOIIII' lIIillislcr ill whom tilly (ollfi.let/: 1I1'1/11cr

would tltey do it if tit!')' 7ih'I'<' to Iwe again,' " Cl'l.l.I\'ER'S TRAYELS,

"There n1:1n is, there i:i hum hug', Sholl me a man without hum­bug. anti I will shol\' you a man whom that an h-humhug Barnum would he gLld to get hold nf, I the writer, as also you the reader-­he you timid Freshman, rolli( king S()phomore, ur gran: Professor; be you gentle malden or worthy ni\ ine--hoth alike possess this commendahle qU:llity, With some, it displays itself in a happy faculty of transferring other men's money to our own pockets, \Vith others, h) honestly earning a high mark for some re( itation,

of the subject of \Ihich \Ie are entirely ignorant, by the aid of a fine now of Iangu:lge judiciously applied, (which 1 ha\'e often seen us do,) But be the IIItJ./{(S as it may, we have no hesitation in say­ing that it is the foundation of success in this lillie sublunary whirligig of ours helow, and it extends from the cradle to the grave, where it ends abruptly,

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In infancy, in youth, in m::tnhood, in old age; in the nursery, in the school, in society, in the government, in the Church-ay, in the Church-oil/ills /lItmblfg (st.

A poor devil of a school-bay-excuse the bad word-a poor devil of a school-boy, with high aspirations of becoming the President of these great United States, or some other high-cock-a-Iorum, looks over the catalogue of any of 0ur great colleges, (or little ones too, for that matter, ) anel is dismayed at the miracles of which he reads, and which he I\"ill lJe olJligeel to perform. He reads over the list of seniors, and tries to imaginc thc sublimity of their position. He thinks that when those young men graduate, a gabxy of learning and talent will be let loose lipan the earth such as it never experi­enced before, and is almost afraid that there wi II be no room for him. And yet, year after year, thou.,an<!s of ju;;t such geniuscs arc poured forth from the colleges allover the country, and it is sur­prising with what equanimity the 1\"0rl<1 swaIlOI\'S them up, and hOI\" quickly they settle down into nobodies. He reads long lists of studies; long lists of libraries; long lists of philosophical, chemical, physiological, meteorological, and el'ery () ther kind of logical appa­ratus, until he is completely bcwilder\.:d, and longs for the time when he will be able to use them, little knowing that comparatively few arc for him. He works terribly hard, and is rather surprised, judging from thc catalogue, at the comp[Hative ease with which he passes the (\readed ordeal.

Then, as time goes on, and as he gets behind the scenes, and beholds the working of the nnchinery, thc efficiency of which (when he comes to know II' hat the "efficiency of a machine" means) he sets down at auout 8 or 10 pcr cent., he again looks at the catalogue and tries to find the reality of the things there ele­scribed, and seeing their substitutes, he grins-he actually grins! For what is there calleel, "a fine physiological collection," he finds impersonatecl in an old skeleton held together "'ith II'ires and strings, and perhaps a fel\' of the Faculty's c<lst-ofr ham-bones; or else, instead of a "splendid Chemical Laboratory," he sees a few old uroken retorts, a little bake-oven of an assay furnace, (which he is never allowed to use,) and a few old dingy-looking bottlcs bear­ing such hieroglyphics as H,SO" HCI, and the like, which might, however, more properly be marked [H2SO,] [H,O]r." etc., since

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they undergo a certain prO(TSS, which j,; abo applied to (it) milk. And, as he carries his enormous bill for the usc of thesc, to his dad, he offers up, if he he of a dC\'out temperament, heartfelt thanks that he does not h~1\T to pay thc shot for thcse C'Pl'lbi\'c IU'dlrks.

Then, if he can manage to humhug along far enough, he becomes a senior. But unlL'ss he is ahle to hllmhJ1g himsL'lf:ls well as others, he C:lnnot but admit to himself-only himself, for perish the thought if it ('ould get hcyond th~ limits of his own \'cry naITOI\ bosom-that there arc yL't a fCII things which he doesn't quite under~tancl, and which, from that aforesaid glowing cawlogue, he reasonably expected to learn. 110\ll'\'l~r, hc (rams the thou!-;ht down, as he has crammed many a recitation in, and scowls upon the

smaller ign,)r:lmllSeS from his awful eminence. But II'hen he gradultl'S ~ )'e gods and little fishes ~ when he

graduates! He is nol\' too hig for his -- but that is a I'ulgar expression. \\'ith his passport to honor in his hand, he starts out from his little world of humbug, into the vast fields of the great world of humbug beyond, nothing douhting that his parchment talisman will stand him in the same stead that the "'onderful Lamp did ,\laddin But alas, how surprised and disgusted he is to find that it does not bring him quite the distinction he thought for, that, indeed, he might as well sholl' it to a Fiji Islander, ancl expect it to save him from being eaten. And his wonder and indignation arc amusing, whcn some little puppy of an office-boy tells him-him, the gr:ldllate of the lIumbugnological University­that he will not be good for anything until he gets the school-boy

smell off of him! And when at last h~ finds (which he will sooner or later, if he

have the average amollnt of common sense) that this is the actual fact, what d0es he do? Naturally, having been the victim of hum­bug all his life, he sets diligently to work and carns a living by

humbugging his fellow-humbugs. And all this is as it should be. For suppose for a moment-only

for a moment, for it i~ a terrible thought-that there was no hum­bug: what wOllld be the res11lt! Society would be overthrown. For what would society be, if Jones could not every day slyell around the p:lrk with his four-in-hand, and then hUI'e to lil'c in U garret to enable him to pay for it? What would --? but the

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\' ista of imposs ibiliti es in this direction is as long as that presented by the two opposite mirrors in a shaving saloon, and just as your

own head is there multiplied indefinitely , so old Humbug here pokes his head up at e\'ery step. GO\'Crnmcnt would be at an end, for it is a well -recognizcd fact, that those who ha\'e the least humbug in

their composition , will least often trouhlt' their heads to become

politicians ; and it thereforc follows, that if thcre wcre no humbug

at all, th ere would be no politicians at all, and there being no politicians at all, there would he no laws, which would he a great

calamity; for there would then he no lawyers, and this-besides

being a great calamity in ihelf-would throw out of employment

a legion of legal cap manufacturers, red tape men , c lerks, ('op~'ists, judges, sher iffs, and office-boys, none of whom would have a chance to make a living, because, you see, we started out with th e assump­

tion that there was to be no humbug.

Then, we would also have no churches, for it is the greatest humhugs who pay most for their support.

The only profession that could then thrive , would be that of

Engineering, for in this thcre is no humbug: but in all outside of this profession, anarchy would prevail.

A. HU~lBU(;.

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A SOPHmloRE, in albIYer tu a question as to the origin of the word ". \ nglo-Saxons," replied, "that the .\nglu-:;axons

were so calkd Iwe:1use they \\·ere very fund uf' illlglillg.

TilE ()TIIFR evening, one Junior gravely inquired of anuther

as to the probability of a person's alla~\':illg (alico.

1\ SE;-':J()J{, who had been ~tudying roofs and bridges, un

being asked une day what was the matter with his leg, said that

he thought a girder had hurst,

A SOPIJO\IORE \\'ho lI'anted tu make a very tiel ieate reo

action, \\'enl 11IInting arollnd the Iabor:ltory. inquiring for" that caustic ammonia in sti('ks."

A J[;:-110R, ill anslI'er to the query, "\\'hat is a \' iaducl?"

replied that" it is a bridge over a ri\'e r \\ hieh IS sUllletimes dry," !?)

HAV1N(; learned uf the pro pert) ,of electricity to facilitate the growth of plants, an illustrious Sophumore suggested that

it might he employed to advantage in hastening thl' growth of the Illustache,

(2I'ER\ for Freshmen:-"lf you get a condition 111 ;,olid geometry. 1I'0uld you he in a spheroidal state)"

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Galoot, alias Cm:1(b 13.:1.I-s:1m, Weally? \Vorm CC:1r, LimIJcrgcr, Boss,

Scream, Rolling HypcrIJoloirl, Genius, Snuffy, The Disscnter, Van, alias Stokem, Gustanls Cha-arles, Cupid,

(S) Wob, Gas Enginc,

C-ST-R.

V-L.

J. W -LL-S.

U-lIL-NG.

. N-SH.

CR-M-R.

l'I-R-CE.

E. \V -LL.

SH-PP-RD.

ID-LL.

V-N W-NKLE.

I-I-i\N-G. Sll-L-DN.

\VOBDERTS.

DE~ll.

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Van Nostrand's Catalog:te of American a n d Foreign Scientific Books, sent to any address on receipt of Ten Cents.

SCIENTIFIC BOOKS. The largest assortment of .\ meri('an and roreign Scientific Books in the (,()lIntr~. always on hand.

D. V AN NOSTRAND, Publisher, 23 Murray St. and 27 Warren St. , N, Y.

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s. J. SMIIH',S' FA S HID N A li L E

HAT ANI) FIJR I

ESTABLISHMENT ..

150 Washington Street, HOBOKEN, N. J.

WHOLESALE and RETAIL.

Trunks, Traveling Bags, Valises, Shawl Straps, Umbrellas, Canes and Gloves.

CLASS CAN""ES AN""D CAFS_

C. MEINERS & CO_

\\(at,e1w~~ Cloc11~ & J eW'p!ry"

Silver & Silver·Plated Ware, Spectacles & Eye·Glasses

752 Washington St., HOBOKEN, N. J.

HAIR JEWELRY MADE TO ORDER.

~pc('ial attention paid to the ll1allllf~l< turl' of

SOCIETY PINS & CLASS BADGES.

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J. R. W!(;CINS. T. '\1. ,\ I:FLI..

HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL, 106 -WASHINGTON ST.

HOBOKEN, N. J.

Spri71!{S. __ ,,>pOReS'. fJ'arrO'ZCfS.

d~n'i1el\tel(~) ~tl\<:1 ~ntdlil\i;.;tB' Too]~.

MILLER'S

(Jy~tet all J [ce Cl~eallt ,Salooll, COLLEGE TIINING :B:ALL,

112 WA.fUfLVOTON S'l'B;J:EET, H0I10LCEN.

BAlIAMN ~ 81~B1(JBG!J

GERMAN APOTHECARIES, I

I 84 Washington Street,

HOBOKEN, N. J.

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ESTAELISECED 1.857_

Lar[est Stock of House Fnrnishin[ Goods in the Country.

Wc always keep in stock, a linl: assortment of Trebl(' EIN/ro­

Fla/r'ri Good,l", :lnd l 'I'IIt' ClItln:]' 0/ tll(, best lIla/tt's.

:\gcnh [or the Celehrated

Ci,'c tbe lIIost j('lJI'l/ IZ;1(1tt Imowl/. An examination solicited.

" 'c sell our ~()()(b at /Jot/Olll frices, and to cash buyers we give

.J /,1'7' (l'IiI. r~(1: on all pur< hases or :!:r.oo and upwards.

136 WASHINGTON STREET,

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GEORGE WALE & CO. (Formerly HAWKINS 8(, WALE, )

philo~ophical In~tr'ul1lent f'() I If E

STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TEOHNOLOGY, HOBOKEN, N. J.

11:\\'(' O!l Ital!!! tl]' \!ladl' til flrd,·]'. 1111' fpllo\\"illg

BloWlliDB Annaratns: SIlBctrosconBS: Ma[ic Lanterns aIHl AttachmBnts, A=n OT:H:EE AFFAEATUS.

BLOWPIPE APPARATUS COMPLETE. Thl' ('(jIll hi nat inn ~P(,(·t J'1):-I('OPf', SIOn; till' P(Wkl" :=:p('('1 I'ns('olw, ~1.,); t 1](' ('OJlI'g-f' 1.;11111'1'11. ~::!(l();

tilt' 1'>qwrillH'lltt~I'," 1.:l11t pl'lI .. $7.-): 1111' '\1l'~aK('I!])(" to I'how :.olid ohjl'!'ts 011 tht, IlLq . .!,'" sl'al(', $;)0; V('rtil'Hi .\ ((al'iIIJl('rlt for /.:, pprir~I!'lItt'r'~ /,,( (Itt'n!. $7;); .UfadlIlH'llfl'> fol' Lard ('rll:o':ls tidloll'S:-1;la~s ('lIalltli-piatl' anti ('lamJl, :-':\.;: ('in'tlicl!' (;IH:-:; Tallk, $;~: Elliplil':lI HI':L:-i"; l:illg'. ~I; .\il' f)rlllll, rol' \\";tyl's. $1..)0; Oil :tllil Pipt'!!!'''. ::r~ .. io: I n~n Filin!..!'s, SiP'?t, and .:'Ila;.{Jlf't. $1: \\ratdl t; las~, fill' \Luel' L!'ll~l'S, ~.-) I'h.; Yl'rt il'al Tnnk. for ('Iwmil'al Ex PPril1ll'11h, $-I; J )itfo, /'01' J)Pi'Olllpo:·-i!inll of \\' all'l', ~ti,;if): I )i!hl, j"t)r "';oiar Prol11ineJlc(ls. Frost ('r)-"s!al Snilltillll, 2.i ets.; I;~dips,' :-:lidc. (l'ror. :'Iortol1 ' ''::,) ::'::,.;-}o: I':ll'd ril' Light I [awl Hn.:-ulato)', wi!h Hf)tati1)~ Tablt" >t:{; \djustllhl<' Slot, ::r!I: \\,hl'i'l \11' l)iaphr;IL!'1l1s. ,~l;: Pair of Ilollow Prism..::, ~I;i; .\daptp1', $::;;

TripI!' Tank, ";0; :-;odilllll Hand E'qH'rillli'lIt, :-;:;:;'.')0.

THE COLLEGE LANTERN.

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Mech~nlc~l Lacoratory, Prof. R. H. THURSTON, Director.

~r"I,·,.i"l, or ,'ol!Sln".li"" t..,,<\,·,I. <tllt! \))1'11' :-'!l""llgtll, 1,l;I:..:lir·ily. dill'

(ili!,\" fUll! 1'(',,,il]('IlI'I', dl'l('nnilu,d ;llld ;I11tnlll<llll-;dly l'I·j·(lrdpd I)y lhf~

AntO[l'RPhic Testin[ Machine. I,ll! tl'ilO,l11 t:..: (I "...:tf>rl. tIl(' r'n Inri fic

""I",· "I' i'",·1 ,j,.I"""III"·'!' illl<l tl,(' ilyllil \1111\11('11'1' iI U;'\I'] H,d to 111<1

\·llllll'I'Y

Malch'in2(~~Slhop, af the 8'1 II) S. H. HA WKRIDGE, Supt.

Machines for Testing Lubricants and Special Constructions, made r.o order.

Anto[l'aphic Recol'llin[ Testill[ Machines ,\SD

MACHJNES FOR TESTING LUBRICANTS.

In stew!.;: :llld In;ldr' tf! ortil r

'I'ER:M:S, CAS:H: VVI'I':H: ORDER.

Address the DIRECTOR.

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Th~ ~tmns Instltut~ of T~chnolog~ School of Mechanical Engineering

FOU\))EV BY THE LATE EDWIN A. STEVE:-<S, AT

HOBOKEN?)

I-Ir-::\,RY MORTON, Ph . D . ALFRED M. MAYEl~, Ph.D. ROBERT H . THlTRST()N, A.M., C.E. DE VOLSON WOOD, C.E. C. W. MACCORD, A.M. ALBERT R. LEEDS, A. M. CI!:IRLES F. KROEH, A .M. RE\". EDWARD \ VALL, A.M.

President Prof. Physics

Prof. Mech. Engineering Prof. Math. and Mechanics

Prof. Mech. Drawing Prof. Chemistry Prof. Languages

Prof. Belles-Lettres

Thf" C()lI)"~r of thp :-<lC\'('IW Ill~titut<- i" or f()ur .n·nr,,' dllr:llion, an'] ("o\,prK all thaI a)'I'P)"tnills In tll\' p)""f"~Kinn of :l 1h'l'hani"al 1-:nginl·\,)". By mean, of "\\""'k,IIf'[lK p)"o\·i.!",] \yilh pxr·l·llenl 11l,1l·hinl'J'Y. T'11~'Kil'nl La!){)ralnl'i,'" \\'I,,"e "1'),,,inllllPnl, al'p without all rqunl. an'] with till' fin"st (',\1>inl'lK of In,stl'LlIlIl'nts, "\'I'I'Y "1')"Jrtnnity 1'01' tlll' a"'lui"itiOll oj' thorough an,] J,mdicnl kno\\'le<.lge i~ a fl'o 1',] PI!.

Requirements for Admission. ('an,]i,lnt('~ for adllli"ion to thp nn't ~'l'Rr of tlll' ,.ourKl', mu~t he at If'ast ]1)

-,' "a)",s ()f agl', an,1 lilll"t ),,' 1')""1'H)"<"] to 1':1S' a wli'9(fI'/ul'.'Il·x'IJl1ination in all the )':I"lIl<'lItHIT 1>1';111 .. )1<·K of i-:lll,(li"h Stn,]i"", al"" tIl<' wholr 0[' ,\lg"lml, Phnp :1nu :--:!dlt'J'il'al (lpOIIlI'tI',\', alld Tl'igfll1()ll1f'tl',Y.

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A,hal"'('d "lll,j"ll('; alld 111"11 or ,;('i"I"'" ,j"¥ll'ing to fwail tl,(·lll,;,·ln·,; of the "I'pliall''l'' of tl,,· i:lhol':ltol'il'K of (h(· :-il"\"'l1> In,;litutc. to ('il1'l',\" on "l'e('ial illl'(Aigiltion,;, mn,l" "I'I,h' [0 li,,, PI'""i<lenl.

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The Stevens High School is a Preparatory Scientific

School, connected with the Stevens Institute of Tech­

nology. Pupils are also fitted for College and for

Business.

French. German and Drawing, taught In all the

Classes.

Instruction gi\'Cn 111 the Elements of Natural His­

tory, of Chemistry. and of Physics, hoth by Lectures

and by Text-Books.

Four free Scholarships 111 the Stevens fnstitute.

open to the competition of the Graduates of the

Stevens ]- ligh School.

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Stevens Institute Brass Foundry. I

HAWKRIDGE & DONALDSON, Manufacture of fine BRASS allll COMPOSITION CASTINGS,

111,tl) 'OX.'~H %.UTTOSC:K, (T obacconist to th e Co ll ege,)

~[mportl'r & l}tlllu(ildurcr o( JfinC (illi1l'~ J

.\ l;t\,~t' ;tIHI ... (·It·d :1 ...... lIl'tIIH·l11 rd' ~IJl{Jklll...! TlIll(l""lI ilild ;'1110].;:1'1'''­

\i;li{'I'I:Ii" ;lhr;ly~ nil IlnlHI ill till' 111\\'1':-<1 jll'il'j':-:'

;Yo. 108 " 'mol/Ii /If/tOll, Street, Jlo{)o}rCII. N .• 7.

KEUFFllL & ESSEB~ 111 Fulton St., N. Y.

MANUFACTURERS AND I MPORTERS OF

Mathematical Instruments DRA WI NG MATE RIALS.

Hard Rubber Triangles, Curves, T Squares, Scales,

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Ope7l .(ron1 7 .--l.A/' to 7.30 jJ.JI.

Mails Close. Mails Arrive.

10.00 o'clock, .\.1\1. 7.30 o'clock .. \.M .

[,00 P.1\1. 11.30 .\ .1\f.

5. 00 P. :Vf. :\.00 I'. ?If.

9. 00 I).M. 6,30 P.l\I.

Money Or(ler and Re[istered Letter DeDartment, Open frolll Ii .\.M. to 7 P.l\T.

Forei[1l Mails Closc' 1 0 :\ .:\1. on thl' day of sailing of steamers.

Collection from Street Boxes; 9.:\0 .\ .1\1. [ 2.00 1\ l. 4.30 P.M.

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