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r/CrOff:l Allf1~fr COLLECE LIFE;

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INTRODUCTION.

For a. long time the publication of a paper of some kind, has been spoken of among the students, but it is not until within a very few months that any decisive steps have been taken towards the ac­complishment of a project, which, until then, had existed only in the minds of a few, and in the most vague and undetermined fOl'm. When at last it was decided that a pamphlet, appearing annually, should be published by the junior class, the most important question which arose was: what should be the character of this pamphlet?

The opinions of the students were widely l1ifferent on this point. To say nothing of those who were opposecl to the publication of a paper of any kinc1, there were three classes of opinions expressed. Some held, that as a scientific school, a paper pub­lished by us should treat mainly of scientific sub­jects, and were oppospd to, what they termed, "filling up the pages with lists of names." Others there were who, on the contrary, wished the "Ec­cE~Tmc" to be what su('h a paper as publishecl in most colleges usually is, or in other words, to have what may be calleel a local character. There were still others, who, although opposed to the publica­tion of a scientific journal, were in favor of treating subjects of geneml interest.

"\Ve shall not attempt to discuss these opinions, there is a great deal to be said for and against them all, but it is not for us to do so. No doubt the char-

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acter of the ECCEXTRW will be local, the charac­ter of any paper of the same type, must necessarily be such; and indeed we see no objection to this; the circulation of such a publication is limited. to the students, and those interested in them, tLncl con­sequently we address ourselvefl to such only as can understand and al)preciate the local item::; spt before them. Still, it has been our endeann' to aclapt our­selves, as far as possible, to all opinions, being, how­ever, fully convinced by so cloing we huy(' inculTPcl the risk of being in accordance with nOlH'.

Thus, the scipntific nmn will be intel'E'st('cl in pe­rusing our published list of instrument::; anel appa­mtuR; the antiquarian or the elas~ical "tudent if; particularly referred to the fragmentary tl'an::;la.tion of the" Vision of Leviticus," rect'ntly discovered in the catacombH of Gotham, and sent us by a spe­cial correspomlpnt; again, the literary man will, 'we have no doubt, find something to interest him, in some of our riunwrous al'ticlps, on varion" sub· jPcts; the 10\'('1' of arts will gaz(' with admiration upon our frontispiece, (5opi('el from Olll~ of the old masters by our special al'ti::;t ; allel finally all tho::;e specially inten'sted in seeing t]l('ir nalllt's in priut, will undoubtedly have good l'pason to be satisfieel with our labors.

But enough of this, om- mod('sty if 80 it 1w, that editors were ever possessed of such ~t quality, fol'­bids our sounding our own trumpet. Then·fore we leave tho "ECCENTHW" to spea.k for it~elf, and cloBe our introduction here, believing that when the im­mortal 'William wrote

't we're well It were done quickly.

( 111acbeth, Act I, Scene VII.) he meant it, as well of an introclnetion, as of a murder.

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SALVETE! SALVETE! As the transit of Venns is lookpd for on earth; As the heir of a kingdom is hailed at his birth; As tlw conqueror's welcome floats out on the breeze; Is the hope of the Cla,S::l, that these pages will please. Eccentric in fact and E('(Jl':wI'RIC in name, To fulfill what we pledgt is our ultimate aim: To have boldness in action and freedom of mind, rro be clifferent insooth, from that part of mankind Who think they'll gain nothing, and even may lose, By leaving the tracks of their grandfathers' shoes; 'Vho old theories accept, and reject all the new, Because some old ancestor thought they were true! The task is not ours to untiringly seek For rrhucidides' thoughts in Original Greek! Or to burden the senses and weary the brain, To make Metaphysics more simple and plain! But to Science and Nature our efforts to lend, Encoura,ged by hope of reward at the end. Could the spirits of those who gave Science its

worth, Be called from the shades of the past back to earth, The sights that would meet their astonished old eyes vVonld impress them with wonder and boundless

surprise. \Vith what words would Sir Herschel express his

delight, At the strange fluoresence discovered in light ~ What would Galileo, so wise in his day, That far-seeing sage, were he living now, say, Did he know as we do, of what are composed Those spots on the sun, his rude glass just disclosed ~

From his seat on Parnassus might Dante look down, And rpjoice at the fruit of the seed he had sown; And Goethe sublime, the man ·without peer, Know the sound of that language he loved well to

hear. But in this progressive and liberal a.ge, ,Ve forbear to seare h further on History's page, \Vhen the actions of those who a.re living to-day, Stand boldly before us in brilliant array. There are regions unopened, and fields yet untilled, There are niches in Science that soon must be filled, And her walls be illumined ere years shall have

flown, With as glorious names as of those who are gone. Then a word in good friendshi.p pray kindly accept; Let it never be said, that a student has slept ·When such lessons of worth, opportunities teach, That are scattere(l profusely within his own reach. An<l to all of its friends, who, to win a good name, Han' joined in the strife for distinction and fame, And are well on the highway to victory's meed, The ECCEXTRIC adds only a hearty "God speed."

A. M. Cl\LY, '76. MaTch 17th, 1874.

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WM. ,V. SlIIl>l'EN, REV. S. B. DOD.

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PRESIDENT.

HENRY MORTOX, PIT. D.

ALFRED M. MAYEH, PH. D., P?'ojesso)' 0/ Physics.

ROBT. H. Tm.' RsToN, C. E.,

DENoI,SON "\VOOD, C. E.,

C. W. MACCORD, A. M.,

REV. ED. WALL, A. M.,

Prof. of Engineering.

Prof. (!f !I[athernatics.

Pn;f.o/ Mech. Dmwing.

PTo/. of Belles LettTes.

CHARLES F. KROEH, A. M., P1·of. of Languages.

ALBERT R. LEEDR, A. M., P1·of. of Ohemist?·y.

1YILLIA)[ HEWITT,

P. PORTER POIXn;n,

HRNRY 'V. PO~T,

tFJ"OYD S. TJuYJm,

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Je?'sey Oity Heights.

JlIendota, Ill.

SPECIAL STUDENT.

Fmm. GAHRE'l'BON, M. D, Hoboken.

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" Ne quid nimis."

The year of 1874 was, and still is, in 8cie1dific c'ircles, regardecl as an event of more than ephemeral inter­est. During its earlier l,art, and a little previous to that perhaps, Pl'of. Tyndal had had time to recuper­ate bis energies, from the effects of the supper ten­dered him, by the savants of Hoboken, and the rest of North America ; which recovery was short­ly followed by his remal'kable discovery in C11Ol­eric;-that the Americans do not hate the English. Its enunciation, as is well known, was followeu by H, heated discussion and its experimental verifica­tion, ( e. the dinner table, as in the case of his other memoirs on Hea-t, was also criticised. This time by a rival "diner out," the brazen-tongued Goldwin "Hello Smithy, oltl boy."

Scarcely, etc., etc., etc. , when appeared that then lInexampled slwcimen of N . Y. Herald enterprize; the spl>ctacle of a New York daily newspaper criticising a planetary theory, the novelty of which attracted the attention of the \Vorld.

No less popular, though perlu.q.s of less impor­tance, was the ohservation of Veuus eclipse by various pa,rties of interested individuals, stationed at different l)oints on the surface of the civilized ancl uncivilized world. 'rheir object being, com-

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paratin'ly f'penking, to n$('C'rtnin tIl<' pOf'f'.ibilityor reliability of that oft warb]pcl maxim: "Tho'l od so near and yet 8() f(lr," am1 the cOllHeqlH'nt cor­rection, if any, to 1)(' applip<l.

Many other p_-ampl('f', too nmnpl"OUR to mpntion, could bp citl't1 to Hhow the wiclp-HprC'acl inh-l1igP1H'E' am1 UllllS1Wl adiYity, whi('h prpv:dlf'cl nt that tim!' amol1g Hcipntific 1111'11. But tlll'iI" nwntion woulcl spem h·ifiing. and tIt,,)" tht'm~('l\"('s sink into uttc'r in­Higuiii C:tIWf', Wl1l'll ('olllparl'c1 with that {'ypnt which it is tllp obj('ct of this artiel!' to COlllllll'tllOl'atc" which <"rent, mny w<' hp all 0\\'('(1 to ],(,lWtl"k, r!'IHlprs mel1lor:1hl (' the yt'al' of ' 74, am1 t h(' Cl'ut nl"y in wItie h it 0('c1l1'1'ed.

The' en'Ht which ,y(, Pl'Opos!' to ('1\ronic]c', wa~ tIH' gradua,tioll of tll<' ClaSH of lSi·1. :No Himilar feat ha(l }))'",-jously, i. r., in tIt" "History of ::)('i4'11('(',"

b(,C'll ('ffc'etc'cl. It w:t" tIll' \~I)(ln:-;)tallC'()llS outg]"()",th the fil":-1t tanp;ihlp 1"1':-1ult of tIl!' munificent b!'qupst of Mr. FJ. A. StPH'llS, of JIohnk!'ll, who lwqu!'ath­pel "all that hlo('k or lancl in IIobokC'll, bonnd!'cl by Hudson StrE'pt, Hiyt'l' Strel't, and Fifth :lllcl Sixth Strepts, UlHl a Hum of mOlll'Y, which, a t tIll' cliscre­tion of the p~pentOl's mi.ght bl' as grl'nt in tllt' aggrp­gate :1S ;" -for thl' exact amount of which WI' refpr the incl'l'(lulons to any of the Institute catalogues from 1871 to 2001, inclusi,e.

Til<" chss of '74, was of ml'ic'Ol';c origin, and through thE' ('ntirp ('onl'.~1' of its pxistpnce, had of­fprell n Temarkabll' ('xa mph' of tllp cohel'l'l1cy with which tnt!' scieftti1k lLoeirine i:-1 sOl1H'tim('s illustra­tell in N atme. By its birth and infancy, it fnl'llisllpcl a sb'iking proof of tll<' fpusibility of Prof. Sir \Y. ThOlllHon's thpory of crpation by celestial ag(,ll('Y· FOT it~ first sprout hncl bepn PjPc.tC'll from Troy, whence it wnlldprpd through spal't', until it landed

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-------------------------not on the Lavinian shores, but in a province of Germany called Hoboken; where, notwithstanding the shocks (electrical, etc.) which it experienced, it took root and has continued to sp(r)out there 6ver since. The next seed which fell upon this lo­cality, grew into a more advanced species of vege­table, viz: a post. In a not very great space of time he could hardly be caned vegetable, but rather a vegetarian, especially at noon times, when he formed an exeedingly good illustration of the class "fruges consumens nat." Bat not alone to him was progressiveness confined, for in an incredibly short time the other member, by the instruction of the Prof. of Physics, became eminently fitted to cultiva.te cabbages.

The Historian has here to perform a sad and solemn duty. The hitherto dual charact.er of the class, was about Christmas ronncled out by the pre­sence of Mr. F. S. Thayer, whosE' unohtrusive and quiet manllPl' won him there::;ppct of his associates. 'Vith his uutirrH')Y end the studpnts 3,1'e familiar, the flags being flown at half-mast in consequence. Grim death plucked from our trio a major-third, to render more complete the harmouies of Heaven. *>f.)(-

The next increment, by no means infinitesimal, which '74 received, was caused by the dropping in its midst of a star of the second magnitude, no less than the second prize star of his class in Bethlehem. The second advisedly, for he said, "the other chap was a damned mean cuss who studied like thunder." He was an Israelite indeed, in wholh there was no guile, which will be patent to anyone, when they hear that he went to the Vienna Exposition, of 1873, with the U. S. Board of Commissioners. Yet like Disraeli, he expects to rate as a gentleman, at least we suppose so, from the way in which he uses

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the spittoon during lpctur('s in Engineering. But as we have befort' u1l'utioned, tllt-' graduation

of '74 was a momentons aehit'vellwnt, which ::;tood without a prece(lpnt in annals of the S. 1. T. The quantity of sht't'p-skin us('d on tht' occasion, was enormous, aml it is l'ulllorpd, mOrl'OVCl', that this single term cost the l1lPmbel'R $3 apiece.

It was tlu' first wl'll d(,HE'rv('d triumph of the Facul· ty of the St('vens Institute, who lwrl' ~.;a \V for the fin;t tin1(', thHil' long contimll'(l lahors, aided by tht' in­strumentality of Chemical Laboratory, PhY8ical Apparatus, and N. Y. Safety Power Engine in the hasement, crowned with sue('t's:,;. "\Vith ,v'hat ill­conct'aled exultation clid they witnpss the gratifica­tion pxhibited by the mathematical public tlwn' aSRembled, as tlu'y listened to tIll' matll<'matical discoveries concerning the drcumfpl"l'l1cPR of Ell ip­ses, by our Star ot' Bdhlrhem, or thn gaping gra.ti­fication evident among thl' Fn'Rl111wn, as they hea 1"(1 of a (lesign for a more satisfactory govl'rnOl', or the (lvi(len t commpndation of tIl<' }lractical part ot tIll' audience, as they listened to tll(' highly utilitaria,1l (1i8covery that 1 lb. of water ('ould lw nUHlt' to gin' out by evaporation, Duu Ibs. of steam.

But we forhear to cOlltimlP, ('\-en as we \\Titt', tlll' memorips of that Junt' morning lwcome too much for us. The trepi(lation with which we ascend!'d thp rostrum, the deafening applausp which sllcceet1(>(l our humble effOl't8; ,. tll\' last 8Ul)pe1'," class snp-11er we mean.

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J. :Mo l{'l'()~ POOLJ;;,

A. Sowa:, TllEO. F. KOEZLY,

S. D. GltAYDON,

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Vice-P1·csident.

8ecTeta1·Y·

Histol'ian .

VALENTIN E B.\C'IDL\N, Louisville, Ky. ,':JA:)l1~S MORTDflm emmER, Philadelphia, Pa.

JA:)IE~ E. D]':~TO~, Hudson Oity.

GORDON K. DrCKIXSON, Jersey Oily.

B)':N.f.DIlN P. Do"" Brooklyn, N. Y.

J. HECTOR FEZ.\XVI:E, New York Oity.

S ,UlUEL D. GRAYDOX, Ridgewood.

'*FRANK E. IDELJ"

NrC1l0L.\~ IOVAXOVITCIl,

ISAAC' NEWTOX KXAPP,

THEil. F. KOEZL 1,

FUANK M. LEAVIT'l',

.T. :MOBTON POOLE,

G. F. A. SORGE,

GEORGE B.\1nw WALL,

YOKICIIr Y.\:MADA,

Hoboken.

Belgrade, Servia.

Fairhaven, Conn.

New York Cily.

01·ange.

Wilmington, Del.

Hobolcen.

Englewood.

A·~~Iiodo, Japan.

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The records of our class are coeval with a noblp evidence of wisdom and philanthrophy, the Ste­vens Institute of Technology.

'l'hat we, as members of the class of '75, have bePll connected from its commencement, with one of the most important institutions of leal'lljng, in this la11(l of liberal education, is a fact to be honpstly proud of as jnniors, one which we will n-'calJ with gTatiti­cation in future years, and, above all, one which suggests the hope, that our relation with the Insti­tute may be of the most cordial character until tIll' close of life.

Owing to the fact, that the members of '75, when not at their work, have been wielely scattereel, its history is barren of those incidents which are com­mon to classes of larger colleges. It therefore as­sumes more of the character of a review of our prog­Tess and experience, during the past three years of student life.

During its existence, our class lws emolll'el twenty-nine membE'rs, of whom, many joined sub­sequent to its organization, but the names ofa great­er number have been called without responsl', and we now number tut fourteen. Many of those who dropped out, are regretted by none, or, by their particular friends only; but there were others, whose loss was felt by all, and among these, we l'f'-

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member with feelings of respect and kindly interest the names of Mortoll, Ide11 and Cremer.

Two literary societies and one spcret society have bl:'en ol'ganiz:ed within the cla::.>s, but, owing to press of studies, were discontinued.

In athletic games, '7[) has always been well repre­sen ted; and in itR nmk, we boast a leader at out­door spmts.

It has been our privilege to note the improvement in the course of instruction, in the text books, in the very tone of the Institution, which is so strong an earnest of its ultimate chamcter. It is there­fore om duty to recOl'd the indubitable fact, that a most important change for the Institute occUlTed, when the present professor took thp chair of math 1:'­

matics, and introduced his cordial impartiality and genial method of instruction, contl'al:lting so strongly with the desultory tmining of our freshman year, There can be no doubt, tha,t our number and our matlll:'matical status would now be higher, had the department been originally u11(ler its pre~cnt man­agement. A ('onsequ('nce of' the aboye change, es­pecially gratifying, is the ('olltimmnce of the studies in this department into the I:lenior year, an advan­tage the class of '7;) wiH be the first to enjoy.

It is a source of regret to many, that the cour:::e of sLudy :1nc1 oJ: labOl'atol'Y pmctice, announcpd by the faculty for the chemical c1ppartlllent, has not bel:'n followed; for we cannot but fpcl OUl'se]yes de­ficient of that knowlpdge of chemical analYl:lis anc1 metallurgy, which all intelligent person, aftt-r read­ing the" Announcement," wonlc1 justly expect us to possess.

Onr experiPllc<', tog<'tlwr with that of thp other classes, has suti:,di('d us, that the time devoted to

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chemistry during the fir::;t year, hi almost a total loss; that the exercises in it are the most laborious of all; and the l'e~mlts, the mo::;t unsatisfactory of all.

" Ganot' . Physics" ha::; become a book of refer­ence, and "as students of N atul'(', we actually touc 11 our work." But, ala::;! "Yhilo we muse on how our future labors in Nature' tl l'E'alm are to answer to the world the questions, ,Yhat is Electricity! Magnetism! Heat! Light? the voice of our distin­guished professor breaks harshly in upon our rev­erie, a 'suring us, that "no truly scientific man caretl for money," and that "science must be pUl'slwd for the love of science alone." It is not impostlible, how('ver, that some of us, in the society of such exquisite apparatuR, should become enamored of the charms of ::;eience, aml then-vain world­adipu!

In the department of Bellt's-lettre ,there has been much patching Ul) of rheLoric, and a better acquain­tanee with our mother tongue and most of her rela­tions. ",Yhile in the department of languages, thanks to the efforts of the professor in our bella 1 f, Wp are willing to believe that no constructions more difficult than have already fallen to our lot, await us in our futnre French and German reading.

,Vhat a dread we felt 011 entering the snbject of Engineering, lest we tihould be twisted till Wl'

cracked, by that menta.l torsion apparatus "(1(.­

v]::;(>c1 especially for the students, by the profetltlor of the department," am1 lest all our points of weak­ness should be mapped out by the" automatic register!" For the com.fort of future generationR, we take pleasure in recorc1ing, that after each stu­c1ent has becn subjectcll to a lllodemte strain, he is allowec1 to rest. Sincc recent experiments have

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proved that such a process increases the ultimate strength and elastic resistance of the material tested, we have gained courage, and expect to arrive at such a point, that though twisted, by enormous effort, through 360°, we will regain our original po­sition the instant the strain is removed. The curves thus obtained from '75, during the present year, will be exceedingly interesting, and will illustrate some very important facts, as yet unknown. vVe hope the professor will give them to our class to

. copy for the printer, before publica,tion, as we na· turally take the deepest interest in this set of ex­periments.

Our progress in draughting has been such, that we consider ourselves fully competent to draw the above curves in the most satisfactory manner.

Class feeling and rushes, productive of so much bad blood and clisgraceful conduct in other colleges, have been studiously avoided by our class; and we trust all future classes will adopt the same course, thereby securing to themselves freedom from the irksome restraint which printecl rules exert.

The history of '75 would be very imperfect, if given to posterity without mention of that mtle upper room, in which we daily gathered, and, while strengthening the inner man, stated and defended our individual views on the topics of the day.

The Unity of Science and Religion, the temper­ance crusade, the merits of Chrome Steel, and of Metalline, and the complete success of Wood's Rock Drill, have all been ardently discussed. The battles thus fought in that little arena, though neither lost nor won, as also the trials of skill at marbles or chess, and of luck at pitch-pennies and keno, were too exciting to be depicted by the pen of the historian, and must be recorded only in the

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minds of those who tried their metal, or who watch­ed with eager interest the progress of events.

In conclusion, we would remind our friends that the class hh;tory is to be continued.

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• RENRY A. BECK~fEYET:,

HOWARD DUAN]~,

ALBERT vV. STAHL,

EDW AIm B. VVALl"

P1'esident. Vice-P1'csident. Secreta1'Y· Histm'ian .

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HENUY A. BECK)mYEH,

SA)lUEL B. BlmWEH.

JOHN O. BUERK, In., *CnARI,ES B. CUANDLER,

'kA. MORGAN C1"A Y,

'VAnm~N E. DEN.:ns,

'VILLU)[ DIEHL,

HOWAlm DUANJ~,

Fmw. ELTGENE HnGAHD,

J OR]~PH KIN(1-SI"AND,

CYRlTR K. POTTER,

PHILIP E. RAQFE,

ADA)[ RIESENBERGE1:,

N AOSHIN SONE,

ALBERT WILLIAM ST"\IIL,

AI,FRED P. TRAUTWEIN,

EUGENI~ L. VAIL,

EDW AJm B. vV A:LL,

J. ~'L\TnER "TALLIS,

EDlYIN L. WILES,

Jersey City,

Cmrif01'd.

New Albany, Ind.

Talahas8e, Fla.

Westwood.

New(trlc.

Philadelp71io, Pa. Be1'fjen Point.

Washington, D. C. FranHin.

Hudson City.

Jersey City.

North Bergen.

Hi"osarno, JalJCtn.

New York City.

Hoboken.

Hoboken.

Hobolr,en.

New Orleans, La.

ALFRED RUDOLPH WOLFF,

Stony Point, N. Y.

Hoboken.

VVM. FHAZIER ZnBIER'lIAN, Orange.

-TIl(> public pal' wa,~ yihratp(l, pxcitP(l, alt0rnately

dilated and rontraded, wltPll it heanl, in the year 1870, that the St<:>vens institute ha(l been complet<:>d aml was to be opened in the following year. ]'01'

the remaincler of 1870 the Imblie ear was regaled with scientific lpctures on various subjects, gener­ally very grave, (lull and stupi(l, but at inter­vals, or on rare occasions, when PreRident Morton or Professor Mayt'r lecturl'd, it was rendered ut­terly mh,erable by a light joky from tlw former or a, sound joke from the lattpt'. At laHt the lecture season clo:,;ed; tlip S. 1. of T. was to open the fol­lowing Septembpr. Tlw public eat' ceased to vi­brate, but the owner thereoF, lookpd forward wHh pxpectant delight to the time when stu(lents should Hock from far alldnear to that comparatively Ull­

sophhlticatcd yet classic town of Hoboken, and fill the majestic halls and claRH-rooms or thp Institute with signs of work and coUpge lifE'. This fond hope, this (lclnsive dream, which the public thought would be rpaliz('d in tlip coming year, was slowly clissipatell a' time rolled on, and ~LS nothing was heard of from the Iu:-;titnte, it gmdually sank into oblivion and became as a thing ot the past.

1i'0,-' a wholp yC'ur this Hta~(' of affairs continued; thp ('olh'ge was Plltin'l} forgottpn to the pnblic. The autumn of '72 at last arrived. Oll! what a glorions autumn it was-one or those l\.ind of

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thing that take a whole lifetime to see, as the Fre::>bmen say of a mathematical problem. Yes, the autumn came, aud tlw foliage burst into a flame of scarlet, crimson and gold; a pavilion of glory canopied the rising and the setting sun. Autumn camp-the sem~on of ('ontemplation and of thought­fulllesH-anc1 with it the cla::>s of '70 began its ca­n (r, like the sea::>Oll in its character, like tll(' rising sun in its asp ed, ulldmagniticent in its course.

r think it waH the 13th of Septemlwr when our chtf4H took po~s('::>:-;ion. How many little inchlents and adventureH an' brought back to our minds when we think of' that eventful day. "\Yith what mingled feelings of respect and awe, not to say iear, we lookpd upon the })l'ofessors wlll'n we as­sembled in the various class-rooms to learn the subject of thp following term's work. Then after the rounds had been complet!'d, with wbat critical looks we surveypc1 one another, noting th(' various impressions which Wl're produced upon our mindtl by the majestic stride and laYenc1er tie of one, the filed teeth of a second, a11(l the peculiar" Ya-yes" of a thinl. In fact, this, our first day, i' irrevoca­bly stamped on our ml'morips. and is perfectly in­delible, like the ink with which our fond mothers stampeclour clothe'S and which the second hand tailors find so hard to wash out. Th('re it and its events will remain, aml will, in after years, be looked back upon as one of the happiest of our lives, as will, imleed, all the prominent features of our college career.

The first w('eks of our course gradually rolled away, nothing occurring in any way to mar the eql~animity of the cluss. It::> spirit was first mani­fcr:;tpd hy calling a, meeting for the purpose of or­ganization, which was duly held, officers elected,

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antI a class-room procured. This move has t5ince proved to have bpen of infinite importance both to the class and to the co)]('ge at large. Ai'l the mem­bpI'S of the class becalllP bptter and better acquain­ted, as the time passed away, the necessity of hav­ing some exercise, which wouJU. develop the physi­cal powers of each H'spective member, was felt. 'Yith the first evidences of a spirit and pnergy, which has since so distinguished the class, boating, the very idea of which seemed at first preposterou , was chosen as tIl<' atltlrtic sport by which the class shoulc1 dit5tinguish i.t:-;el£'. Encouraged by the cor­dial snpl)ort its efforts hac1 so far been mpt with from Prof. Morton, a club was fOl'metI and a boat­honse wa~ soon procurpc1, together with an eight­oal'ed gig, the present of one of our trusteeR-an act of muniticenct' that was entirely unlookpd for. The spring season o}>('nec1, therefo1'P, with yery fa­vorable prospects for thp class of '76.

Although hoatillg had consumec1 most of our 1 eisul'e time, ypt we had ha(1 time to l)lay a foot­ball match with the SophomoI'Ps, in which the in­domitable spirit of '76 had carried off the victory. The studying and cramming for the term e_'amina­tions employed all tlH' spare time we had, in those seasons of the year in which they were the ordpr of thp day. 'What feeling::; of fear, disgust and c1('spair we would experience while going through each respective Professor's fiery ordeal, anc1 how anxiously we would wait in the libw,ry on the la,st day for the verdict which that all ]>OlVerfnl body, the Faculty, wPre a bout to pas::; upon us. Then what feelings of joy, sorrow, and relief woultl ac­tuate us when it ,vas all over-all Over for the time being with some, amI all over forever with others. 'Vhen these cases occUlTPtl, genuine sorrow and

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regret was felt on eYery hand, for in a college course nothing is so sOl'l'owiul, l:l0 delicate, and so touching, as the parting of one Htudent from another who has been llnfortunat<>, and llothing is so soon forgotten.

It was after our 8{'eond term examination, in March, that we received our boat and a, new float­ing boat-house, that hacl been built by !:\ubscrip­tion, partly from the students in onr class and partly from the friends of the ('ollege. "T t-' took our first row in May. \Vho of t11(' crew that rowed that day will eyer forget the extreme caution which everybody-hut himself-ul:lpd when they :;;tepped into the boat, and the sudden and nervous manner with which every onp-bm lw-would lean over on the opposite side of the boat to which a \YaY(' was approaching.

The summer t('rm soon cloH('(l and the C1a8S sepa­rated, jubilant and joyful at the idpa of the l)ieas­U1'PS of a long vacation, but miKerable and wretched at th<> idea of returning to hard work at the be­ginning of the emming ypar. But wlwn this year arrived, all its hardship::; an(l tri~Js wert-' balanced by the glory of being Sophomores. Placed in this dignified position, it was our especial duty to take care of, and look after, 'all the innocent l!~resh­men; to have a fa,thedy eye over them and a motherly care for them. Thi:;; trust has been carp-1ully fulfilled, as the re ' l.llts would seem to te::;ti­fy. Although on certain occasions, we fl'lt it our unpleasant but necessary duty to teach the naughty little fellows a lesson by foree, which seemed to them, in their igllorance, a vt'ry hard means, yet on all occasions, ~tfter the::w painful oc­currences, when the wisdom of our motives has manifeste(l ibelf, \\'c have b('en the recipient::; 01

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many heartf'('lt tokenR of gratitu(le. As the slip­per is dreadf'd by the eITing children, f'O was n, sma]] hall, knowll by the appropriate a})pellation of" The Fre:-;]unan'R Drpuc1," fl'al"<'Cl by the euing Freshman.

Foot-ball has bef'll, and ])l"obahly always will be, an important feature of Ollr college life, for in this Rport, as in boating, our cJass stands pre pmi­nent, since it furnislw::> ten of the members of the ('ollege t\wuty. 'Phis proportion is l·equisite to su('­ce s, not only in foot-baIl but also to all other un­dertakings, carried on u11(ler the aURpices of the college. As the claHH f'xcd ill all athletic games, HO tlu'y excel in study, tll(' ltighC'st gmde fOl' term ('xamimttioHs ever gin'H, Jlavillg been tak('n by one of OUrnH'll.

Many and voluminous would he the books, if written, which would recollut the number or times that each rpspectiYe Sophomore has fallen into the mpshes of Cupid HO d('sperate]y, that it was utt<orly impossible to reclaim him, suffice it to say, that a::; J ong as t hprp is H fOl'ce of a ttmc tion the "Dear Creailb?·es" will not be abJ{' to resist us. On onp oc­casion howevf'r, although the" demo creature" did not resist, an ignominious youth did. On another occasion the-but the fteJings of the })OOL· fellows lIlUSt bt' svared. Yet another occasion lllUHt bt' told, as an example of true love and its sall en<1-ing. il('retofore it hatl been an especial care not to mention the names of stuc1pnts in the other classes, ret in this instance, probably no onp will be offelld­pel if only the Jil'st name, Jack, i(,l glyen. The lady's fil"tlt name wa~, or ratlwr is, Daitly. This case of lllutual affection had such a sad an<1 sorrm\Tful end­ing, that it can only be touched upon in tIl<' most tpndpr termH, for fear of bring-lllg up sad l"('coU('('

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tions in the minds, or rather mind, of the remaining participant, for Jack "is gone where the ---" as they say of Ophelia in OLLr play. And Daisy now roams around with a mournful expression de­picted upon her countenance, the victim of discon­tent and despair. In slwaking of these affairs d'amour, it would be an unparclonable omiRsion to neglect stating where they all }Ja,n~ their sonrce; it is on the streets h>ading to the Po::;t Office, through which we take our daiJy con:-:titutional, this walk is one of the mOi'~t important featml'tl of onr life, as it is here, that all our theorietl, with the exception of the famour:; fish and balloon theori('r:;, have been })ropounde<l and discur:;sed. POl' tho benefit of the students who are not fully acquainted witli the lat­ter theory, it will be sufficient to tltate that it was a novel method to be employt'<l in the construction and raising of the halloon. TIl(' Jir"t waR effected by mf'ans of netwOl'k alone, alHl the raising by means of carbonic acid ga::i. The fir:;h theory is too well known to be at prespnt pxplnined.

And now, in clo::;ing, it woulcl be affedation in our class, to }H'et('nd to be ignorant of the fact that the eyes of the world are U pOll us. "\ V e have been favored by nature, and we are favored by fortune. Ourr:; is the centennial class, for we sllall graduate in the hundredth anniversary of the birth of om country. And apart from our intrinsic merits, a cpntury mu::;t elapse bPi·ore anotl1('r class shall possess even this one distinction among t11p glories ·which crown us. Let us fill that centnry with the lnstre of great achievements, illuminating its dark­npss, ancllightirtg humbl('r n1<'n on thpir way, caus­ing them to look up as they how beneath their bur­nens, and rejoice thnt th('I'P have been snch men as formed the class of '7u.

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J. H: VY.\T:-;()N,

L. E. NA:-;U,

"\Y)[. J. CO()I'EH,

President. Vice· President. Sec1'etar-y.

AI~CIIEH RICI[ ATIDN, °Treas/tr'e1'. ROln'. L. N [LE:-;, HislO1·ian.

ONCA RANTZ, Newark. BWDLE Br:-;J[()]', Oolumbus, O. ALl~XANDEl~BHrNKF;RIIoFF,Brooklyn, N. Y. CYRUS D. ClL\P.'L\N, Irvington. GIWHGE T. COBB, Jersf'Y Oity. WILLIA1I J. CO()Plm, Newark. DEWITT C. DE)L\I:]~ST, Wa1'1vic7~, N. Y. EDGAR FHIED)fAN, New York Oity: "\YlIL P. HAHDExBmwlI, Jersey Oity. JONIAII N. HO]{NBJ ... OWEI!, Elizabeth.

HARRY A. HORSF.\ LL,

S. T. KINA)IEI!!,

JOHN LEIB,

ALFRED E. LrOll1' IlU'E,

A. E. LOWlmTJL\L,

PIERHEI'ONT MrN01~,

LEWIS H. NASH,

Poughkeepsie, N. Y. Japctn. New Y01'k Oity. Orange. Hobolcen. New York Oity.

South NotUJalk, Oonn.

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ROBEl~'l' LOt'rilNH NILES, F01'dlwm, N. Y.

FHANKLLN PHILLIPS, Newark.

J. B. PTEIWE, Sha1pesvillc, Pa.

J OIIN R.\'P]~L.rE, ~Hopcwell, N. Y. ARCHEI~ RICIL\.Im~, Germantown, Pa.

EDWARD P. ROBEWj'~, Elizabeth.

JOHN Ro: .. mNB.\G:lI, ~Hoboken.

EJ)\\'AIW A. "VETlLIN(;, Richwood, JVis.

FRANKLIN VAN ,VINKLE, Paterson .

.JOliN H. "V .\''l'~ON, Paterson.

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-It would bp impossible to give a full account of

this illustrious clast:>, even should we write until Gabriel sound the dinner horn, and all are called to thp, great examination, and even then we would not have it half said or time to publish the same. Even the ProfeHsors acknowledge that this class is the most promising in the Institute (!) but they have also obsprvec1 that its members have a most singular faculty for forgptting the promise. In fact, we have taken a contract to fill P. T. Bar­num's Transatlantic Balloon, next spring, as we feel perfectly assured that we can do it better than any other Gat:> (+pnerator; nor need the reader think that the members are not learned, many have travelled in various parts of their native town, and one has had the singular adventure of' ascemling a, mountain, 9,000 feet above the level of the sea, and there looking down a precipice 12,000 ft. in depth. Some are born geniuses, one offering to give the exact size of diamond type, upon the blackboard.

A Freshman in the eyes of the common world, holds a very low position, but not so with us, we consider ourselves as worthy as any class in the Institute, to be mnkpd in the annals of fame; and though the poet has said,-

,. He came a verdant :Freshman, 'V ith half' a dozen shirts,

A face unknown to whiskers, And a coat devoid of skirts."

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And should these arguments fail to convince arq reader, we could add, as an over-powering proof, that we wear beavers, carry canes, and set the laws of all Sophomores at defiance. Weare sure that the reader cannot fail to have been so excited by these manifestations of our powers, that they would be filled with a burning anxiety to be better ac· quainted with its members. To commence, their size varies from seven feet to knee high to a lightning bug, and should this be doubted, the two extremes can be seen any mOl'lling, leisurely striding towards the college, smiling gently as they crack the social pea-nut, and miscellaneously strew their looks along the pavement.

And as to strength, it is very evident to all out­siders, that we have a greater per centage of muscle, to a less per centage of brains, than any other In­stitutp can boast of.

And, though we do not altogether consent to obey the rigid laws usually enforced by Sophomores, t here is, nevertheless, a friendly feeling between all the classes, and a Senior is not over two miles high at the thought of being so near the haven of rest, where we all hope to revel some of these days; and I guess that the chief reason that we carry canes, weal' beavers, etc., is more on account of the lenien-

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cy of the Sophomores, than the herculean strength of the Freshmen; and in this Institute, the lamb may with impunity lie down with the lion, and not only do we cats Jook at kings, but even go so far as to talk familiarly with them upon the sub;jects nearest to the heart of every true "me­chanical engineer," the la}) and lead of a valve.

And though it is such a short time, since we Freshmen were torn away, by the rough hand of necessity, from our humble cottages, on the side~ of the far distant mountain, still with a fortitude seldom seen, not over eight out of ten weep salt tears of grief at miLl night, at the thought of his long lost home, the morning sansage, the gentle and mysterious hash, the soothing onion, with which we have been so familiar, and among which, we have been raised by the slipper of our loving pa­rents from the earliest infancy. Although, we can not snppress a few tears from trickling down the bridge of our nosE', as we smell the odor of a friend­ly laundry, and memory brings back with two-foJd force the familiar home on washing day, when free from care, we regaled ourselves with cold potatoes and baked beans, when the walls were wet, and the chimneys smoky, and Bridget with a voice like a fallen star, sang to no particular tune at all "Git up and git," we feel that they are manlymanifesta­tions of a noble heart. And thus we sit, recalling again and again, the l)recepts and the familial' tone::; of the loved ones at home, under the shade of the Hoboken Gas, listening to the enchanting and me­lodious strains of a distant hand-organ, and perus­ing with sleepy eyes, the inLlescribable torments of Analytical Geometry. 0 muses! we well might repeat with renewed emphasis, "Home, home, sweet home," for we, cast alone as a ship without a rud-

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I del', in this sea of life, might well say, "there is no place like home."

'Ve cannot wholly ignore those parting words and precepts, poured one after another into our ears, and though the reader may think us a little sentimental, and may weep crocodile tears at the thought, just trot him out, and let him put himself in our place, ancl see how he likes it.

And so, being exiled from home and parents, with no sisters to love, we make the best of our situation, by loving somebody else's sister, and don't find it such disagreeable work either.

And as there is little to say, and much to learn, we will make our bow, and retire from the admir­ing public with Tiny Tim's benediction, "God bless us everyone."

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J ()J[~ n. Brmn::.

'VILLIA)[ HE"'ITT,

IIE7\'I!Y , YO . POWl',

G. R\.lmy 'VALL,

ElH: .\l! FHIE]))rA~,

JOSEPH KIXC:I:lLAND,

EI ' (;};XE L. Y .\fL,

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H.\ Imy A. IIo I!:-iFALL,

AI!ClIER RI(,IL\ lm~,

ROBEl:T L()~:-iI~U NILl~~,

LEW [~ E. N A~Il.

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• OFFICERS.

SAMUEL D. GRAYDON, '75, P?"e-~ident. P. P. PorNIEH, '74, Vice-President. HENRY A. BEOK~lEYER, '76, ReeQ?-ding See1-etaTY . . r. MATIIlm WALLIS, '76, Oorresponding See'y. FRANK M. LEAVI'i'T, '75, Treasurer.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS. JOSEPH KINGSLAND, '76, Ohw·rman.

JAMES E. DENTON, '75, W}f. F. ZIMMERMAN, '76, EruENE L. VAn, '76, ARCHER RICHARDS, '77.

INSTITUTE TWENTY. JAMES E. DENTON, '70.

\VILT,lAM HEWITT, 74, EDWIN L. WIL1~S, 76_ P. P. POINIER, 74, WM. F. ZnOIER}IAN, '76, J. }b:CTOR FEZANDIE, , 75, BIDDLE BIsnop, '77, SA~ruEL D. GRAYDON,'75,AIWIIER RICIIARDS, '77, T. N. KNAPP, '75, JOlIN A. ROSENBAU}I, '77, JOHN O. BUElctK, '76, EDW Alm A. UEHLING, '77, JOSEPH KINGSLAND, '76, JOHN H. VVATSON, '77. EUGlmE L. VAIL, '76, WAf. SHIPPEN, JR., '77, EnwA_lm WALL, '76, HOWARD DUANE, '76,

J. MA1'HER WALLIS, '76.

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vVM. F. ZIMMERMAN, CCtpt., p. JA)IES E. DENTON, c. P. POl~TER POIxnm, 2nd b. ARcnEI~ RICIIARDS, 1st b. HOWARD DUANE, 3rd b. JOlIN H. ,\VATSON, 1'. l-J OIIN O. BUEJ{K, l. f. WILLIAM W. SHIPPEN, JR., s. ,<.

EDWIN L. W IU;S, c. f. '75 NINE.

J. E. DEN'fON, Capt., c. P. PO}{TER POINIER, p. J. H. FEZANDIE, 3rd b. G. BARRY WALL, l. f. J. MORTON POOLE, 1st. b. F. M. LEAVITT, 1'. f. G. F. A. SORGE, c. l-.J A My,s M. CRE)fER, s. s. F. E. IDELL, 2nd b.

'76 NINE. F. E. HILGARD, Capt., p.

vv. F. Zli\OfERi\rAN, c. ED. L. WlLER, 2nd O. J08. KINGSLAND, 3n7 b. HOWARD DUANE, 1st U. J. M. W' ALLIS, c. f. A. R. 'VOI,FF, s. S,

J. O. BURRK, I. f. A. RJESRNRE1WER, ?'.J.

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OFFICERS. 2nd TEllJ!.

G. BAHHY "'\Y AI,L, P?'esidellf, FR]~D. E. HIL<-I.\JW. \VrLUAi\f HE\\Tl',]" Vice·Prest. FHA~ KLlNPll [LLIP~. F. VAN WINKL1:, Secretary, V\TILLrA~[ HEWIT'I"

HOWAHD DUANE, TTeosU!'er, HO\\'AUD DI'A:'iE.

COLLEG}~ eRE'''. HOWARD Dux:n:, Captain, Bow. EDWIN L. "'\"" I U;i"4 , 2. J. MA'l'ITElt VVAJ.J.[~, 3. J m-n;PH KINGRJ,AKD, 4. \V LLLLU[ HEW ITT, 5. EI'(~E:'iE L. VAIL, St1"ol.-e.

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HEi'll!Y ,Yo POST,) 1st

J . MO]{'fOi'l" POOL E \ TenO?'

,y ~1. D 11m L, l 2tl

\ TenD?"

IIo\L\ltI) D t ' ,\:x E

J. M. \VAJ,L[:-l. i Bass.

E. L. V,\IL, G.BA1U!Y \Y.\ LL,Barilonc

'76 QPARTETTE CLUB. 'V)L DnmL, 1st Tenor. HC)\\".\HD DCAXE,2d Teno?·. E. L, VAIL, 1.st Bass. J. 1\1. VVJ\ LLlS, 2tl B((ss.

'77 Ql'ARTETTE CLl'n. E. PRIED~I AN, 1st TelloJ'. P. VAN ,VrN KLE, 2d Teno?' F. PHILLIP';, 18t Buss. J. H. '\'- ,\TSOX, 2cl Bass.

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Enw AR]) W A J,T" Stage JJIanaljer. How AltD DUA ")<:, Treasurei'. G. BARHY ""VALl" Musical Director.

HAMLET, (7'RA rBSTIE. )

FOR T HE BENEFIT OE THE

$trvens In' tittttc ~OlUinn 41ub February 13, 1874.

Ca.st of Charnct 1;11. .

Cr,AUDlrR, HA:~[LET, Por,oNI1Ts, LAER'l'EH, HOl'tA'l'IO, ROSEN(,RANTZ, GrIL:o..EXtlTE\{~ , MARUEJ,l,FR, THE DnKE, GnoR'J', THE DFUHESH, Qn<:EN, OPHELIA,

E. L. Yail, '76 A. R. ,Volff, '76 C. K. Potter, '76

- R. L. Niles, '77 J. Kingsland, '76

'V. D. Fmbes, '74 - IlowaHl Duane, '70

. E. Friedman, '77 G. Yail, '75

Howard Duane, '7G F. E. Niles, '77

""V. E. Dennis, '76 - H. Barry ,Vall, '75

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Although the game of Poot Ball has ~ypr lwld a prominent po~ition among thE' athletic sports, wb icll constitute so characteristic a feature of college life, the number of the studentK in an American college, who can be said to cultivate the sport, is compara­tively smalL It is, therefore, a somewhat remark­able fact, that in an Institute of l('l:'s than eventy­five Studl'llts, the game shoul(lhave been sufficiently well develop('(l, to warrant the contemplation of contests with institutions numbering many more. Our success in this respect, is due to the adoption of a systematic method of play, and a limited n um-ber of ~tudents seems to have been conducive to this. At first, our play was characterized by that same fiurry and excitpment, that seems ever to be associated with Foot Ball, in the mind of a begin ner ; the main desire wa~, to fiercely kick the ball irrespective of diTectioll and distance. There being but a few player', hmn'ver, considerable running was nec('ssary, in order to follow up the advantage gained by the kick, and it was natural, therefore, that the idea should soon suggf'st itself of manipu- J lating the ball, so as either to retain command of it oneself, 01' compel it to pass within control of another player of the same side.

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TIw idea, of ma,king the game dependent on tac­tics a,nd skill, so that weight should no longer be the most essentia,l qua,lification in a pla,yer, was first conceived and put into execution by a,few, but has rapidly developed into the present Stevens game. Batting the ball with the lland, and drop kicking, have been cultiva.ted, aml care exercised in the stationing of the players. These principles are particul:1rly advantagt'ous to us, because somE' of our best men are of such light weight, that they would labor at a St'rious diRadvantage in the l'ouglwr gamf' against heavier men. It is not, however, to be infC'lTf'd, that we pay no attention to the utiliza­tion of weight in a player. The" home ') is never safe, unless defended by a certain amount of brute force, which, however, is alwa,ys auxiliary to the more skjJlfu] form of play.

The "shouldering " "bunking" and" trip})ing" seems to have originatt'd wlwre foot hall is })ractis­ed with so large a number of playprs, that the field is comparatively cl'owde(l, for in snch cases, the game is one continual crush and jam, a,nd amounts to little more than a trial of physical strength. ",Vhen, therefore, on a field 200x400 f{'et, twenty players who hav<, pl'adis<,d this ganw, ('ontest with an equal number, who play the scientific game, the former will labor under the c1isac1vantage of having to exert themselves, in order to cover the entire fielcl, and although hard play, and sll})eriorweight gain the advantag<, at tlH' ontset, onr expeJ'iencl' shows that the heary weights suffer the mosUnjury, and that final success is with the opposite party .

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-In acconlance with the principles of pitre 8cience ctnd

progressive development.

INTRODUCTION. In the days when our grandmothers wore pantalets,

And the world altogether was terribly young, vVhen they danced not the German, but stiff min­

uettes, And the classicall:ionnets were written and sung.

In those early ages, it did very well, One's mistress's eyes, cheeks and lips to compare

To sta.rs, lilies, roses and coral, and tell How like tendrils of vine, coiled the curls of her

hair. But now, thanks to Darwin & Co., very much,

We're advancing beyond all snch commonplace things;

And, therefore, I write you an ode, -- --, such As befits the new era, which science now brings.

This is the end oj the" Int·rodtlction." Next comes the ode PROPEl~, (extt·emely).

The flame of the best Oxy-hydrogen blowpipe, For the warmth of my affection is but a feeble type; Such a glmv of love for -- --, continually does

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At; would mplt tll(' most refractory bricks of' a Siemall's Rl'generativl' Furuace.

lIer attractions r c1 ('xpn'ss, But tll!'y're simply lll('lu:ilu'eless, And iml('cd, f'or their description, it is a mcre

apology '1'0 say, that tJH'y excpcd in power, the great eledro

magnet of tIle Stevens Institute of Tpclmo1ogy. HltH'OS<', Lncro:lP, Fructol::le and Melitose, -l\ Jlll atldec1 to them every sweet that gro,,'s, .Awl it would not then comllose, g't'll with ::mdt dl'gre('s as those, A range of sweetness fit to limit her, \Vho pxcpeds the highest of the scale of a DllOOSCq

Soleil, or a, 'Vildp Saccharimeter. lIc1' pyes, her ears, 1)('1' mouth, her nose, H('1' clJignon, cmlti, aml a1l he1' othpr dothes ; But if thesl' vast details, I shouhl once begin UI)Ol1,

I should write ntOl'e line::;, than are to be foulHl in Mr. Louis M. Rutherfonl's 1)hotograllhic s1)ec­trum of the sun .

• \.11(1 ::;0, lest I Hhoultl fill this hook, AlHl1l'ave no otlH'l' fdlow e'en a, nook, I will-in order to avoicl so :-lhoeking an atrocity, Stop -like the falling weight in Gen. Morin's allpa-

l'<l,tus for studying the lllws of' accelerated ve­locity.

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Of late years Boating seems, in a great measure, to have taken the place of all other out-door sports.

Not many years ago, it was looked upon as a luxury, in which but a favorecl few could hope to indulge, and c.onsequently was confined to a few of the richer colleges, as, for instance, Harvard and Yale, and to some amateur clubs mostly arollnd New York.

Ball playing was then the sport pm' excellence,and we shall have to thank the "professionals" that it is not so now. The disgraceful manner in which "professional" hall game::; were conducted, at last disgustecl ball players, and a sport was looked after which the professionals could not so much control with their rules, regulations, etc. Boating, more so than any other out-door sport, satisfied the conditions, and is now the most popular pastime in thi::; country. It has a peculiar intel'­est for college students. Thrown together for foul' yem's of college life, in many cases water near at hand, it is no wonder that they fil1Ll such pl(jasul'e in this delightful pastime, around which, from the em'liest times, a "halo of glory" hal:l always been thrown.

Aside from the glory obtained, if one's crew should happen to win a race, I'owing, in itself, il:l a great pleal:ll1l'e.

So thought the present class of '7G, in tl1is Insti­tution, and to them belong::; the honor 01 introduc­ing boating. And nmy we Hot some clay, al:l Alnm-

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ni, after the" greedy world" has swallowed us up in his grasping embrace, be called back to the re­collections of our college days and our "Alma Mater" by hearing that "old Stevens" stood "at the head of the river~" Such an event, even if delayed to the misty future, would well repay all the effort and energy which we can now put forth.

And yet, if we hope to make boating a success here, we must use much energy and effort. The class of '76 has entered upon this nobly; let her sister classes back her up.

It was a precarious enterprise, and that class un­dertook the work, although with much fear, yet with the determination that it must and should succeed.

As all the students may notknow the manner in which boating was introduced, and how much was accomplished last year, it may not be out of place to give a Tesume of the whole affair:

In December of '72 the question of starting a boat club was raised by some of the members of '76, and the 'l'rustees were consulteu. on the mat­ter, a rumor having gone the rounds that they (the Trustees) wished, as fm' as was in their power, to encourage boating in the College. And this time Dame Rumor did not lie. Mr. Shippen pre­sented us with a magnificent eight-oared gig-the finest of its kind in the country-and the Trustees allowed us the use of a boat-house at the Elysian Fields, which, though much out of repair, was yet very acceptable. For this action of the Trustees we shall ever be grateful.

It was, however, found inadequate to our wants, so $600 was quickly raised, $300 in the class, and $300 among the friends of the club, the Faculty proving "friends indeed." With this money, a

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floa.ting house was purcha.s<,d, just large enough to hold our boat, and answered our purpose very well last year; but as our club has grown, so have our wants, and now the house is too small.

The only event that broke the monotony of r<'gu­lar practice last spring, was an im;ignificant race with a local club styleel the" Pkkwicks." rrhey were the happy owner::; of ~1 six-oal'etl barge, some­what resembling a whale-boat. ,Ye allowed the "Pickwicks" one minute start in a race of three miles, amI came in, exclusive 01 time allowance, one minute and a half ahead. At the commence­ment of this college year, the clasB club was dis­banded and a colI pge club formed., and now onr work commences in earnest.

It has been detenninl'c1 to sl'11l1 a crew to row the Troy Polytechnic in June. It is ont of place here to enter into the diHcllH~ion of the wisdom of tlii::; sb'p, Suffice it to say that we 11av<, evprything to gain and nothing to lo::;e, amI that n race of this dp­scription wiH do morc to "promote the boating in­tm'csts of thiB College tlUtn anything else. The crew hnve already been chosen, and are hard at work in the best gymnasium we can procure, They hope, however, soon, to have a better one. There sP('ms to have been a little show of class feeling in tlds sdection of the crew, which is extremely fool­hih, If we expect to have any success at rl'roy, in J lllW, everyone must work, and all must work to­gether. The J3I~ST men must be selected, r<'gardless of the class from which they come. The crew will commence to row in the eight-oareel gig, on thp IIml::;oll, as soon as the weather moderates, amI by the mitl(Ue of April the shell which has been or­dl're(l of Elliott, of Gret'llpoint, will be reatly, and the tTl'W will then train at Newark, on the Passaic,

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• Consklenl.ble interest has been awakenec1 lately

among antiquaries, by the uiscov('l'Y of an ancient Latin MS., in the catacomus nf Gotham. It has bel'n rendered into English, by an able transla.tol', and is foun(l to bear marks of great antiquity. U nfol'­tunately, several passag<'s are illegible, which, if translatl'd, would probably reveal some cUl·ious facts. ,Ve are surprised to see an all nsion, which shows that Laplace was forstall{,d in his opinions, by the ancients. As regal'lls the country spoken of, no such name is to be found in any other MS. now extant. There is also much dispute about the ri,-er mf'ntioned, which has been supposed, though with­ont sufficient authority, to be the Jordan. Alto­gether, it prest·uts a sllbj('ct of great interest and curiosity.

"The word of Leviticus, the Hon of hi::; father, unto all the frienus anu brethren throughout---.

" Peacl' be multil)lied unto yon. "Behold I, even I, Leviticlls, being in a trance,

saw yisions of great things anumarvelous. "And, bellOld, I was tran::;portec1 in the spirit, to

a small town, which lietll over against the great riv(,r, which flowdh 80uthwarc1 into the sea, a town 01 the land of Gal'sie, which, being interpeied, meaneth the ulterior ~xtremity of nowhere;

(" For there i::; a trauition with the l)('ople of that country, tllat in the beginning, w11,'n the hf'aven:..; and em-th WP1'e created, and tIl<' em·th was without for111 and vohl, a test specillwll Wal:; taken from out

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the burning fiery flll'nac(', wherein the materials of the future wodd wpre being melted down, which melting down has bpen called, by the childn'u of men, the ' Nebular Hypothesis' [Hypothesis Nebn­l((sus], and, behold, the gods saw that it was not good, and forthwith, being cast out, it fell over ~Lgainst the great sea, and a curse c1icl fall upon the land, insomuch that it brought forth all manner of cl'peping things, alul :fiies, and mnsquitoes, whose bite is terrible awl ('xt'eeding grievous. And the land is lnlOwn as Ga,Ysie unto U\.il!> (lay,)

" Aml being tmnsport(~(l in the s11irit to this 1)lace of abomination <lnd lager, I looked, aml beholtl, from the 'Vest and from the South, there came seven bpasts, fearfnl and mighty, and they were a terror unto the Freshie~.

" And the first brast was like unto a Lalllpyris }.()ctillisca, y('a, for verily }1(> r('sembled a glowing :finorescent light ~hil1ing in a dark place. Aml he was a Ipader unto tIt!' other beasts, ovel' and above them all, and was, withal fail' to speak with, but was possessecl of the obnoxious habit of placing clown circular marks after thr names of' the ]'1'esh­ies, and forgetting to 1)l'Ptix a vertical line thereto, wlwnever he had asked thrm a question to which they answered a lie', or which, 1)erchance tlH'Y could not answer at all. And the li'reshies were as grass­hoppers before him.

"And as I looked, lwhold the ~econd beaf:;t which came up, was like unto a whale, for behold, he was perpetually spouting. Ancl he was covered with many 1's, like a peacock, and all over him was writ­ten, 'I am the man, aml behold, when I clie, wisdom dies with me.'

" Aml I perceived tlmt betweell this bea~t and the first beast, that outwardly there existecl --"

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Here several lines of the original al'e illegible. "And the next beast which came, was possessed

of a 'genial countenance,' wonderful to behold, And the words which proceeded out of his mouth were of iron, and in volume like unto the gases belched forth from a gas furnace; yea, even as a mighty volcano. And though small in figure,am1 of a diminutive frame withal, he snappt'th steel as it had been straw. Yea, he was an iron man, for verily, there be iron nwn, am1 also 'Voocl.

"Andlo! 'Vllen I, Leviticus, beheld the fourth beast, my IUl(>PS waxed limp, my jaws yibrated grievously, and I was sore smitten with feal' ;

"For, since the world began, never was two hunched pounds of \Vood seen to penetrate a solid rock with the rapidity of this animal. And he ceased not to evolve pebbles [calclllus] from his mouth, which were for the puzzling of the sophs. And, verily, strength and wisdom had their abode with him.

"And when my agitation at the sight of this one ha(l subsided, I again beheld, anc1 lo! there came a fifth one, and whomsoever he buttonholed the same got not soon loose, but constitutec1 his legiti­mate prey, at which he ceased not to lecture grievously; talking sagely round the point; com­pleting the chain of evi<..lence, and at length arriv­ing safely at the starting point. And this was for an example of perpetual motion.

" After him came another, jabbering11things in a strange tongue, the interpretation of which I, Le­viticus, knew not. It was hidden from me. So I passed-on to the next,

"\Vhich was as one who bendeth neither to the right nor to the left, and who believed not' better late than never,' for behold, his maxim was' bet-

ter next time than late.' And he was well versed in all the sayings of the beasts which Uvea afo1'e­times, even from the beginning until now.

"And when I, Leviticns, saw these seven beasts come up, I thought not to see any more; but again looked, and bPllOld, an eighth beast, exceeding small, and having his head filled with ---"

Here the MS. is again illegiblp. "And after seeing all thh; I awoke, and behold,

it was a dream. Nevertheless, the thonghts of my head t1'ouble(l 111<'" for I wist not what they meant, nor do I yet fnlly und('rstaucl the interpretation thereof, of which judge yf'."

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The Faculty take this opportunity, kindly prof­fered tbem by the editors of the Ecc:ENTRIC, to sup­ply an omission in the last issue of the Announce­ment. They are pleased to acknowledge the re­ceipt of the following:

1 Sojety Engine, the peculiar merits of which are the amount of' steam it consumes and the drli('(lcy of' its operation; any child of ordinary intellect (even a Freshman) being able to govel'll it, and effectually check its motion by simply holding the fly-wheel.

1 Blowing Engine (extra size). ':Chis may be seen in operation, daily, at the Institute. Presented by P. M-n-r.

1 Tin Hash-pot, with aU modern appliances (in­cluding spoon). Presented by VV. I-v- n-w-tch.

The visitor to the Institute will not encounter science alone; art, in its highe t form, is visible in four oil paintings, by the old masters, which Ol'lla­ment the --- workshop.

The subject of th€' first of these paintings is "The Chase." At the left, the ducal palace rises in all its majestic grandeur. In the foreground rides the Duchess and her ' suite; in the background, and to the right, is the Duke, followed by a pack of dogs and his other attendants, in full chase of a graceful creature, which by some has been sup­pose to be a deer, and by others a kangaroo.

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" 'rhe Babes in the \V 00(1" is thought to be the subject of the next, although the artist has given the robins double work, there being four little inno­cents, instead of the orthodox two. The birds have not yet arrived with the leaves.

The third of these master pieces, represents the J ordau. We know this, because we have traveled on every other river and have never seen the origi­nal of the picture.

After impartially weighing the evidences, we declare our firm conviction, that we don't know the suhject of the last..

• We learn, with pleasure, that Mr. 1. "V. Knapp

is about to publi~h a collection of his Sunday School stories, in book form, for the use of Hobo­kE'n jmreniles (i. e. Freshmen).

FOR SENIORs-What are the conditions for the tempering of a lead center-punch ~

FOl~ JUNIORS--If a lwessure of' ten lbs. of steam be required to plane a piece of wrought iron, the same being strapped to the bed·plate with ordinary belt-lacing, what pressure would be required to plane the same piece, if paper string were substi­tuted for belt-lacing ~

PROBLEM FOR SOPJImroRE8-If ten cents be paid for three beers, at five cents apiece, and the waiter keeps the change, how many beers will twenty· five cents purchase, allowing the same commission to the waiter ~

FOR FRESHMEN-If a Freshman, of ordinary ca­pabilities, can climb a mountain 9,000 feet high, what length of time (expressed in decimals of' a week) will it take the same Fresh to discern the bottom of a precipice, in the smne mountain, 25,000 feet in depth?

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