"LOOKIN' BACK"
DUE TO LACK of space in the February issue, the editors of the MAGAZINE regretfully had to cut us short in the midst of first semester of Senior year—so—just read this installment right on from where that left off, and the continuity of our story will be intact.— (D. C. B.)
The football season closed, with this comment by a reviewer: The most successful season since 1908, aided by an offenceof Whilfiey's remarkable line plunging,Ghee's unerring forward-passes and Curtis's phenomenal punts—and. football D's went to 'isers Cannon, Child, Whitney, Cumisky, Curtis, Winship, Ellms, Ghee, Milmore, Murdock, Perry, Redfield; and shortly thereafter Walter Camp announced his selection for the All America team of 1914 and named '15's own Milt Ghee for quarterback.
To stimulate undergraduate interest incultural activities and to make greater useof Robinson Hall by non-athletic organizations, the announcement said, led to the organization on December 10, 1914 of "The Arts," with faculty, senior and junior membership. The '15ers were: Bennink, Child, Cook, Frothingham, Griffith, Grills, Horton, Hutchins, Jordan, Killeen, Kinne, Leonard, Mabie, Merrill, Mullin, Ruml, Smith, Sterling, Wanger, Woolworth and Young.
Manager George Dyke of the hockey team was appointed coach of the 1918 freshman hockey team George Piatt was second in the Rollins prize speaking contest Leon Tuck's hockey team avenged last year's defeat when on January 13 it took Princeton 4 to 1, and followed up a week later by defeating Harvard 4 to 2 ... . the ski squad reported on January 18 to Captain Johnny BacheWiig, who found he had veterans Jack Bowler, Sherm Hickox, Dabney Horton, Chaunce Hulbert as his nucleus for the new season.
And the college at this point went into theoretical sack-cloth and ashes as the semester ended and the mid-year exams became a stern reality for seniors who were counting hours to make the mystic 182.
No casualties among us at mid-years started us off for the final lap, and one by one we retired from various undergraduate offices to be succeeded by the Juniors of 1916—the first step toward realization that we'd soon be "out in the wide, wide world."
Senior canes arrived betimes and '15ers started the long trek to cover all their classmates to get their insignia for permanent record. I still have mine, (wonder how many others have?) and I don't think I missed anyone—"Charlie," "Jack," "Bud," "Dave"—and even the neatly shaped fish that "Fish" Atwood used! "Though 'round the girded earth they roam' M-memories!
But back to 1915—Announcement was made of resumption of athletic relations with Brown .... the hockey team with the regular three and Jack Bowler made good to the extent that Tuck, Wanamaker and Donahue were chosen by a leading expert for All-Intercollegiate honors Pete and Bud held forth on the basketball team, with both seasons on the wane by now Carnival came on apace and the usual '15ers graced the boards in Webster, and Dartmouth swept all the honors in the snow meet.
The debaters met Brown and Williams in the Tri-league and also met Chicago, Gov and King Cook on deck. The results of the mid-years added some more '15 scintillating brains to Phi Beta Kappa in Ben Borella, Gov Jordan, Leo Mac Hale, Thornt Pray, A1 Priddy, Beards Ruml, A1 Bradley and Paul Sargeant.
Final election of class officers resulted in the elevation of the following: Charlie Griffith, pres.; George Dyke, vice pres.; Red Folan, sec.; Johnny Loomis, treas.; Harry Ellms, floor director of the Com- mencement Ball; executive committee, n«rs Donahue, Gov Jordan, Carl Gish, Leon Tuck, Charlie Taplin, Fletch Low, Bob Bigelow; auditing committee, Zeke Carpenter,°Howie Wing, and Chuck Ingram.
Baseball to the fore, and '15 represented by Capt. Bags, Norm Parrott, and Sid Bull, with "D's"; and also Jim Sisk, Ray Perry and Leon Tuck in the lineup. Capt. Thornt Pray led his tennisers, with Stick Parnell as manager, and Russ Livermore and Fred Stone on the team.
Echoes of another war—funds were raised to support an ambulance unit in France, and Phil Smith and Dick Hall, the latter our first to lose his life in that war, were our contribution to the call two years before the rest of us answered. And it is recorded that Dick was awarded a rifle team "D" that spring.
We won the N. E. intercollegiate track meet, lost to Penn and sixth in the nationals—but as usual, "Bud" Whitney again hung up a record to close his college career.... the Prom Jacko was flooded with illustrations by Art Sterling and Freddie Day.... A soccer "£>" to Herb Potter.... an honorary baseball "D" to Fran Poor Pop Dennen on the golf team.... and non-athletically, Ceceil Whitney won the Barge Gold Medal.... still some more Phi Beta Kappas—Les Dunn, Carl Fletcher, Dave Kinne and George Young.
The Sing-Out June 6 and the WetDown on June 7—no, not quite yet "out in the wide, wide world," but mighty close to it, for theoretically, the Junior class of 1916 was heralded as "safe at last in the Senior Class."
Commencement, its honors and its ceremonies are reserved for the April issue and thus to complete our four years of undergraduate life—rapidly passing years which went by almost as quickly in retrospect as it has taken to tell of the highlights of a college generation.
And so to remind you agai--SEE YOU IN JUNE, '15 UP!
