REVOLUTION No. X.

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"ONE REVOLUTION PER ANNUM."

PUBLISHED BY THE STUDENTS

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Ste\?ens llnstitute of Uecbnolog~,

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May, 1883.

COPYRIGHT, 1~83, BY

A. SAUNDERS MORRIS.

"For IJYlIl -:r'I'lS levi!re /UlV/! at his luddt'.$ /u~d Ta1e711y bookes, clud ill- blak 01' reed, Tha'J ri.Jbcs ricke or fithde or gay .faub ie."

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130ARD OF ~DlfOR51

A. SAU.::<DEHS l\loRRIS, Ghai1'rl1an.

En"ESl' H. FOS·rEH. ALv.rn P. KLEl'ZSCH.

SAl.-UfAfORY,

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new 8t!lles, lIewfllslliolls, alld nell' tastes.

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tlwil' wisdom, ({1lI1 tv tile foolisll, ill ()I'llu' that tIle!) ma!l iIlCl't:ll& tlwi!' stoe:!.' ({i' j(/()li8/llIt8s.

~1l1 are Itt /iI1/3d!! tofl'ue1!! cl'itic:i8e, Illlt I"'tat r,JOllrlll'ill it I/V '?

EDWIN A. STEVENS.

fRUSfE:E:S,

"JIns. E. A.. STEYEXS. Rm·. S.nmEL B. DOD.

'YILLLDf \'iT. SHIPPE:,(, ESQ.

F ACUL.. fY AND INSfRUCfORS.

HEXRY MORTON, PIT. D., . River Street, Hoboken. P1'f'.~'id en!.

ALFRED ]VI. MAYER, PIT.D., . South Orange, N. J. Professor of Phy.~ic,'<.

ROBERT H. TITURSl'ON, A.M., C.E.,. . 324 Hudson Street, Hoboken. P7'Ofes.~or lif lJ.1echanical gngillee?·ing. Di1'ectG?' of the lJ[echallical Labomtm·!J.

DE VOLSON WOOD, A.M., C.E., Boonton, N. J. P?'ojessor of 11Ia!hernatics alld lJIechanics.

CHARLES W.l\:J:ACCOHD, A.M., 6 Tenth Street, Hoboken. P1'ofe8so1' of Mechanical Drawing.

ALBERT R. LEEDK, PH.D., " The Trenton," Hoboken. P1·ofe.~I:;o?· of (}hemi.~t/'y.

CHARLES F. KROEll, A.l\I., Orange, N. J. Secretary of the Faculty and Professol' of lJIodem Languages.

REV. EDWARD WALL, A.M., . . 12 Ninth Street, Hoboken. Pl'ofes801' of Belle;;-Letll·e;;.

JA)[ES E. DENTON, l\1.E., . 253 Garden Street, Hoboken lnstrueto?' in EJperimelltal lJ[echallirs and Shop-work.

ADA)I R[ESE~'BERGER, l\I.E., . . Union lIill, N. J. InstnlCto?' in ]I[erhallical Dmwing.

EDGAR EVERilART, PH.D., 170 Fourth St., Jersey City.

fnst?'uctG?' in Che11li.~i/'y.

CLARENCE A. CARR, Ass'tEng'r, U.S.N., Jersey City, N, J. b,siruclor in ]lIathematics.

THmus B. S1'ILL)I.\..'\, PH. D., "The Trenton," Hoboken. Illstructol' in Chemi.,l1'!/.

~DlfORIAI..,

I N presenting to our reac1ers this year's ECCE:S-TRIC, ,,-e deem it proper to <haw attention to a ehange whieh has occurred in

its editorial management within the past few months. It will be remembered that fmm 1874 to 1879 THE ECCENTRIC

was edited by the Junior Class, with more or less success. In the spring of 1879, for reasous the propriety of which we need not here discuss, at a general meeting of the studellts the management of THE ECCENTRIC was vested in a Board of El1itors composed of one member of each of the three established Greek-letter fraternities, aud one to represent what had come to ue known as the" neutrals," or non-fraternity lIlen in College. :No provision "'as made for the admission of any new fraternities which might from time to tillle become establishell, and, inc1eell, up to the present year no occasion arose upon which aetion was necessary. THE ECCE:S-TRIC board neyer had any permanent organization except such as custom and usage gradually imposed upon it.

THE ECCENTlUC uoarc1 for the present coll£lge year was organized on the first of Decemh£ll', and (lue notice was given of the fact. The work of preparation hnd made some progress when, about the first of ::.\Iarch, three new fratel'1lities anllouuced their desire to be rep­resented in the board. A yote of the board being taken, the Beta Theta Pi editor declal'ed himself in favor of their admission, as did also the neutral editor, without, however, for a moment consulting his constituents.

In the absence of any precedent to govern a case of this kind, and with a view of uringing the entire matter before a general meeting of tlle College, which alolle coultl formulate sOllle definite rules, the remaining two fraternities instructed their representatives in the board to make the yote on the question a tie. This action was not prompted by any ill-feeling toward the new-comer~; it was confidently expected that the latter would, without delay, take the steps necessary to ascertain the sense of the entire College in the matter. This they neglected to do, but threatened to issue a riyal aUllual-l1w 1Mlcalor.

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"'ithiu a few days, however, they gave notice that they lmd decided to manage THE ECCENTRIC themselves, the notice being signed by one representative from each of the new fraternities . At the same time every member of the old E(,CE~TRIC board received an invitation which read as follows:

l\[AHCII 1.5, 188:~.

Mr.--We, coustitnted by our ~everal fraternities editors or the College annual,

invite YOll to associate yourself with us in that capacity as editor from your fraternity.

(Signed) C. D. BOYN'l'ON, K.A. of A.Ln.

Fn'\NK V AN VLECK, E. of x. '1'.

JAS. N. WARHINGTON, A. A. of ~. x.

It is needless to dilate upon this piece of effrontery, which lost them the good win of many who, until now, had sympathized with the new-comers. ~evertheless, the neutral editor, upon his own re­sponsibility, accepted the proposition; so also did Beta Theta Pi, whose motives we will charitably not e-xpose. To make matters worse, the latter appointed another editor for the old board, thus g'iving evidence of a lack of principle amI self-respect which seems incredible. Public opinion, however, was so decided that he never asserted his claim to recognition; at a meeting of the neutrals their editor was summarily deposed ancl another elected in hi;; stead. This plain expression of disapproyal on the part of the neutrals necessitated a change of programme, ancl hence the ne\y annual was very appropriately baptized 'l'lte Bolt. This left matters in the best possible shape under the circumstances, and we look with interest to the appearance of our rival, feeling that we haye nothing to fear but rather to gain by this competition.

This is a plain, unvarnished statement of the entire transaction. For their own sakes it is much to be regretted that the new fraterni­ties have made their debut under such peculiar circumstances, be­cause until their advent the gooll relations between the several fra­ternities had never been particularly disturbed, and we regret to see the fraternities as a whole thrust so prominently and unpleasantly in to College affairs.

In conclusion, we hope that the new fratemities, if they so elect, will be represented in the Board of Editors of the next ECCENTRIC, while this year we hope they will be satistied with the recognition which we give them in the pages of THE ECCENTRIC for Eighteen Eighty-three.

HIStORY OF

I T is said that in seven years the human hody becomes entirely renewed, not a particle of the original fabric remnining. It

seems probable that the same rule would hold good of the Class of '83 were its course lengthened to seven years; for only tell of the original twenty-fiye men who entered are now inclmled in our ranks. Of the thirty-six humnn machines that have from time to time formed '83's equipment, nineteen only have been able to wit.hstand the wear and tear of the course at Stevens. Since our last llistory was written four of our number have disappeared , and in their stead we haye three new members.

At graduation the total age of our preseut Class will be just four centuries, being twenty-two years three months for each member. The greatest disparity in age between any two members is five and a half years. That our Class contains n large proportion of big men is shown by the fact that the average height is 5 feet 9} inches, and average weight 152 pounds. Nine of the Class smoke" sometimes generally, certainly frequently;" the rest usually never, perhnps rarely. None of us ever drink anything stronger than Philadelphia water. No one is married yet, though nineteen are willing to be, and one was recently heard to ask, ,,'Where is it you have to go to get those papers which allow you to get married? "

During the month of Septemher the Class were engageel in de­termining how near they could come to killillg themselves without receiving any injury whatever. SOllle trie<1 to blow up an old vertical boiler, others sought the efficiency of a loose fast-running belt in knocking a man down, still others the effort required to drive a skit­tish horse along a railroad track over a frightfully bad road. A stranger visiting the Institute in the preliminary term, observed a part of the Class making some experiments on the strength of iron and steel bars, and asked if t.hat was a test going on. He was tolt1 by his cici§?'one that it was not a test, but" only some students."

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Last fall Prof. Wood took the Class out quite frequently for a pleasant walk in the cool afternoons, recounting to them some of the experiences of bis younger days, and providing telescopes for the better obsenation of the Hoboken damsels who came within focus of the instruments. ;\Io1'e recently we have built imaginary bridges, determilling the strains by methods suggested by our professor, only to be tolll that it was all wrong, and that the briclges must surely fail if erected.

In the physical laboratory we were shown the latest improve­ments in fishing-rods, aml were toM how a fly should ue cast amI a bird shot on the wing.

In Prof. Thurston's department nearly all of the Class easily soh·ed some equations, which but two of the previous Class suc­ceeded in mastering. By the aid of inaccurate noteR on water-wheels (including formulas for the rate of flow of lcater through fan-blowers) we (lesigned turbines and centrifugal pumps which have not yet been built an(1 probably never will be.

Our courHe of instructioll in drawing has 1"1111 smoothly, and con­sidering the amount of work done, another page will surely have to be adlled to the Catalogue this year to recort1 our achievements.

In April such of the Cla:lS as chose listenetl to SOUle interesting lectures on marine engineering by Lieut. Carr, U. S. N., with graphic bbckboanl illm;trations, an(1 pertinent remarks by Prof. Thurstoll.

Last year tll(' annual Uleeting of the American Society of lUe­chanical Engineers was helll at New York; amI by the courtesy of its presit1ent our Class were invited to ntten(l all meetings and join the society on its excursion. Nearly the whole Class availed them­sel ves of the privilege, showing lllllch greater courage in crossing the dizzy heigbts of Brooklyn Bridge on a single plank than the older heads.

The three tours of inspection which the Class haye made this year haye been Yery instrnctiye and enjoyable. On the first of these, to Bethlehem, Mr. Denton undertook to manage the Class alone. But finding himself unable to induce the men to step aboard the train, which gracefully departed without them, he deemetl it advis­able to take our athletic librarian on the next trip to maintain proper discipline. Even with this protection, being maLle the object of a stupid practical joke at a Philadelphia hotel, it became necessary for three members of the Faculty to accompany the few of the Class who weut upon the third trip. ~o seriolls misbehavior has been reported on this trip. The thanks of the Class are due to the Pennsylvania

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Railroad for their courtesy and liberality in providing passes to Al­toona, and ill furnishing a special engine for the Horse-shoe Curve, thereby adcling greatly to the interest amI enjoymeut of the trip.

The recent embellishment and, in general, the greater interest of the Class in the appearance of the c1aRR-room are Rubjects worthy of remark. Nearly everyone has contribute,1 mm·al decorations, and the general aspect of the room is much more iuviting than when under the control of previous ClasRes.

In dosing this history of our last year at Stevens, I take pleasure in saying how much the efforts of Dr. aull :.\I1'8. Leeds to bring the Class and College together socially are appreciated by the Class, with the hope that nothing will preyent the continuauce of the same pleasant custom with future Classes.

Cl..A55 OF '83, (J)tfic'c1.:s.

L. C. DAWES .................... President.

J. E. SAGl:E ..................... Vice-Pre.~idel1t .

• J. N. 'V.\R=GTO~ ............... Sec1'etal'Y.

J. E. STEWARD ................... Tl'eastl1'er.

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J OIL\' B.ULEY ADGER, Jl~ ...................... Charleston, S. C.

MORGAN BROOKS, u.K.E ...................... Boston, Mass.

LEWIS CIIESBROUGII DAWES, ®.E ............. .. Englewood, N. J.

ESTER.\.." DUQUE ESTRADA, .l. T.j. ................ Havana, Cuba.

FREDERICK CHARLES FRIENTZEL ................ Newark, N. J.

l\1Ax HARTI<G ..................... ... ....... Aurora, 1n<1.

ARTHUR PAUL HE~DERSO){ ..................... Brooklyn, N. Y.

HE){RY ADDISON HICKOK ...................... Orange, N. J.

FR~)"KLI~ KrLSHAW lRwI~, B.G.II ... . .......... Mobile, Ala.

FRI~K ALLIN l\IACmE, B.G.II . .................. Hoboken, N. J.

l\Lu,COM McNAUGHTON, ~.T.u ................. Mumford, N.Y.

HAnoLD )I.~so~ PLAISTED .......... , .......... Portland, Me.

L~G.~N STROTHER RA=OLPH, .................. Baltimore, :;'lId.

ALBERT B,IRRET'f ROPES ........... ... . , .... ... Orange, N. J.

J A.'IES EDWARD SAGGE ...... . ............. , ... l)oughkeepsie, N. Y.

JOSEPH EDWAHD STEWARD, u.T,U , ........... , .. Trenton, N. J.

FREDERICK ,V I){RLOW TAYLOR . ..... . .... , , ... , . Philadelphia, Pa.

JAYIES NELSO~ "r.\BRIXGTON, ::S.X .............. . Chicago, m. ERNEST NEALL ,VRIGHT, G.E . ...... , ........... Germantown, Pa .

.§\p-cciat .§\hulcnts. ALFRED ,VA11XER AmIs'I·RO~G .... , .. '" ......... Cleveland, O.

PETER HERDIC .... , ... , ...................... New York City.

HISfORY OF '84,

., Time IS but u meteor glare. "

THE velocity of electricity is something like five hunched thousand miles per second, anu the velocity of tLe Class of '84 in its

course seelllS to our fired and electrified imagination beyond all ob­servation or determination by any of the most delicate means known to the "minute measurements of modern science." But a mOlllent ago we were freshmen, in an infinitesilllltl of this moment we were sophomores, we are no'IY instantaneously juniors, and in another ill­stant will be seniors and alumni. Though going at this lightning mte, we have lost nothing in the way of knowledge. "-e have as a magnet attracted to ourselves, and absorbed into our very nature, all that was worth knowing and a great deal that WltSn't.

''Ie boast of few wLo, having entered with us, but for a moment flashed as brilliant (?) meteors in the intellectual firmament of the Class and then disappeared in darkness.

0111' numbers remain about the same as when we for the firflt time, with our consummate greenness and most unrefreshing fresh­ness in face, manners, aml knowledge, were huddled together in a certain room, around which were arranged ominous-looking boanifl of a hue suggestive of night, on which our frightened imagination saw chlliked the words-

" Leave every hope ye who enter here."

Then appeared one of ponderous nI1(l awful mien, who after making a careful survey of the agitated forms before him, wrongly judged us equal to the average specimen of stlll1ellt. He then pro­ceeded to calm our disquieted feelingfl by methods peculiarly his own. "Gentlemen, this is the largest Class that has yet elltereu the Institute. Our accommodations are limitetl. lYe will see what a term or a year in the way of elimination can pro luce."

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A spark of ambition V\aS then kindled in us, and we firmly re­solved that he should see what elimination could accomplish. "Te fanned this flame then started until it was prodigiously increased al1l1 swept el·erything before it in its resistless com·se; conditions were scarcely heard of and elimination was impossible of applica­tion. "TlJat were the results? Two years later, when returned as juniors, this same professor, being deeply convincell of what we were and were likely to be, complimented us in the most glowing terms. "You entered, I believe, a Class of forty-five, and I now see before me the same number. Gentlemen, this is a feat totally unprece· dented in the annals of the College. It is customary for us to eliminate at least bvo-thinls of each Class, but now I perceive in you, with the greatest allmiration, a notable exception." 'Ve were only smprised that he had not observed us before in the same light-any one with half an eye could have seen our astounding ability. Hold! This is much like boasting. 'Ye hlwe no need of sounding our own praises for fear that they never will be sounded. The Faculty, the Classes, all ascribe to us the highest praise, thus proving their own worth.

This year in College history has no time-honored cane-rush to chronicle, the verdant fresh. and strutting sorh. having looked to '84 for their instructions and amlience, as we were formerly very proficieut in such matters, ·S8 and 'Si) testifying to it, but with rather ill grace. They ohsel"l"ed that it would be useless for them to divert our attentioll to their chiltlish aetions, as now" we measure our valor by our power to cope with iutellectual giants."

The time that has been long looked for has at length arrived, the time when we should enter the department of :.\Iechanical Engineer­ing, as here the most interesting and real work of the course begins. "\Ye have been introduced to the great engineering authorities of the age, and hope to make an extended acquaintance of them. Although they may lead us into most learned depths, still ,ve will follow though they plunge to the very hottom of the mathematical or scientific abyss. "\Ye may here say that our great progress in this depart­ment is in no slUall way due to the publication of Prof. Thurston's notes on the "Materials of Engineering," which have been the llJeans of greatly extending our time and facilitating our study, as they bave been made ont in a very concise and interesting .form. Taken altogether, this is the most satisfactory text-hook which we have had in the course.

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An event of great importance to any Class is the obtaining of a class-room. lYe llave obtained a room which some whose tastes are not extremely elemted 113,\'e even ventured to call a class-room. The architect of this portion of the edifice evidently made this the chef d'muvre of his cm·eel'. It is impossible to form an adequate con­ception of the effect of it until, reclining on the solitary table attempting to study, one admiringly surveys, through the blue haze produced by consumers of the weed, the whole magnificence and almost oriental grandeur of the interior decorations.

Among the numberless other important influencing deeds for which we havc made ourselves famons, is the alarming extent to which we indulge in the circulation of petitions. All which are ever seen are invariably recognize(l as coming from us. There is nothing too trivial or too great for us to refrain from petitioning for, Le it the obtaining of a Class clothes-brush or the changing of the entire curricnlum of thc course. One of out' number who has devoted his entire energies to the writing of these productions has become so well-skilled that he has originated an entirely new species of composition-a petitionary literature. It is quite prob­able that the Faculty, in self-defence, will soon circulate a petition petitioning us to cease from petitioning them.

It is of course proper bere to rcmark about our great progress in chemistry. All other Class "Titers havc considercd it absolutely necessary to comment at great length upon it when they have attailled to practice in this department, wllCtllCl' tbere has been any real progress or not; and so will we say something, but more moilestly. We have progressed-backward or forward is ullcertain; still, as occasional red discolorations are observecl on garments, it is to be inferred thut the wearers have been in PiC "L.tb." striving for the "Priestly." l\Iany, however, seem to }1:1\,e l)een seized ,,,ith an ambition to obtain t.he new prize -the" Beastly"- which \ve under­stfl1lcl 'was instituted by means of fUlHls contributed by '83; the income of which, amounting to $00.05, is annually uesto\\'ed as a l)rize in the form of a leather medal upon the student who bas the least distinguished himself in the Department of Chemistry.

Yet again in our cour"e have we been s01'1'0wfu11y remin(led that

.. \\'e cannot bold mortality'S stl'ODg band."

By the death of William MacFarlane we have lost a genial classmate aml a true anc110vely companion, the pleasant remembrance of whom will ever remain with us.

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Another short year and we shall be precipitated into the world as full-fledged mechanical engineers. Three years have the Faculty been adding fuel to our intellectual fires; the pressure of our poten­tial energy is being grauually augmented; soon the throttle-valve will be opened and we will be forced into the mighty engine, the world, there to expand and to push until all resistances are overcome and we win for ourselves fame and success. Let us but continue as we have begun, and we will shake the earth to its yer'y foundations with our enginery.

" Be wise to-day; 'tis madness to defer: Next day the fatal precedent will plead; 'rhus on, till wisdom is pushed ont of life."

Q)ttic'c\:s.

H. R. REA . .• . .............. President.

D S. J,ICOBUS . . . . . . . . . ..• Vice-President.

C. F. PARKER ........ .. ... " .. Ree. Sec)·etm·y.

E. B. RE)\'WH'K ... . ..... . .. .. COl'. SeC1·etary.

,Yo H. BIUSTOL .... ... ........ Treasure)'.

F. V.IX VLECK ......•..•.•... IIi.'/ol'ian.

A P. KLETZ8CH .... . .......... Pool-Hall Captain.

C. L. GATELY. . . . . . . .. . ...... Base- Ball Captain.

H. L. BEESE ... . . ....... ..... Chaplain.

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JA:UES STRO)\'G ALDE~ . .............. . ........... Passaic, N. J.

WILLL\){ OLIYEU B.~RXER, E.G. II .................. Paterson, N. J.

J .UIES BEATTY, Ju., B.E>. II .... . ......... . . .. .. . .. Baltimore, 1\1il.

JOIDi A)\'DEllSO)\' BEXSEL, .1.T . .1 ... .... . .. ... New York, N. Y.

ALLEX 'VIXG BRA!)\'ARD ......................... Brooklyn, N. Y.

-n'ILLLnI HE~m: BRISTOL ...... . ............ . ... -Waterbury, Ct.

8.\)ll'EL PRESCOTT BrsH, .1. T . .1 .................. Staten Island.

·L .\PAYETTE D.\LY CAHROLL, <P. K. 'v ................ Ashland, Va.

WALTER CARROLL, :S.X ........................ .. New Orleans, La.

EDW.ffiD LINTHICU)I DE)\'T, X.<l> ............ .. . . .. " 'ashington, D.C.

ADOLPH FABEH DU F .lcn, JR .... ' . . ............ .. Newark, N. J.

RICH.IRD LEE FEAR~, B.G.II . . . . . . . . . . .. . . ..... ~Iobile, Ala.

EU)\'EST HOWARD FOSTER, .1. T.~ ....... . . ....... Englewood, N. J. FRA:iK WEBSTER FOSTER ........................ Brooklyn, N. Y.

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CHAHLES LrxcoLN GATELY, e.::: . .. .. ...... ....... ~ ewton, ct. DAYm SCIIEXCK J .ICOBUS ........................ Ridgefield, N. J.

ALYIX PAUL KLETZSCH . ............... .... . ..... :'Ililwaukee, " Tis.

'\YILLLlM LORD LYALL, D.:r . .1 . . .................. Xew York, N. Y. VICTOR MACKIEWICZ ........ . .................. New York, N. Y. DAB:\"EY HEHx.nr :\I.mHY, K. !\ ..... ...... ........ Richmond, Ya.

HENHY JACQUES lHILLEH . . . . . . . . . . .. . ........... Elizabeth, N. J.

HARYEY FORREST MITCHELL, B.e.II ..... .. .. . ..... Brooklyn, N. Y.

r1Sl'lIOXY S.IUNDEHS MOHnIS, e.:: . . ............. . .. Philadelphia, Pa .

CHAHLE~ FRANcrs PAHKEH, D..T.D. .......... . . New York, N. Y.

H .lInlY DE BEHKELEY PAHSOXS, D..>¥ . . . . . . .. ... . ., New York, N. Y.

HENHY Sonn[ PUENTISS .. . . . ............ . .. ... . New York, N. Y.

HElmy ROBIxsoN HEA, e.::: ... . ................ Pittsburg, Pa.

HAll"£> LAWllJo."'XCE REESE ........ " ............ P ittsburg, Pa.

EV\\,AHD BUEYOOHT HExwrCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... Milburn, N. J.

GEOlWE HOBEH'l'S . . . . . . . .. . .. ..... ............ Hichrnond, Va.

GEORGE FLEmnNG S.·INDT, B.e.II . . . . ............. Easton, Pa.

EUNEST HElmy STEPHENS . ...... . ................ Louisville, Ky.

'\YILLLm N'ORTOX STE"ENS, X.>¥ .................. Montclair, N. J.

GEOHGE :MARSHALL SIXCUIH .......... . ... .. ..... Philadelphia, Pa.

CnARLEs W.-ILTEU THmIAS, X. >¥ .... . . . ........... . Jersey City, N. J.

KENNETH TOHHANCE, D..T . .1 .. .. ......... ' . ... .... Tenafly, N. J.

BENJAouN WllITEHEAD TUUKEU, X.>¥ ......... .. ..... Newark, N. J.

'\YILLAHD S'l'E\I'.\RT TCTTLE ..................... . Brooklyn, N. Y.

FRAXK VAN VLECK, X.>¥ ... . ........... . ........ Hoboken, N. J.

JOHN FALCONER VAN VLECK .............. ........ . Hoboken, N. J.

CHARLES ,\VILCOX ,\VIIITING, D.. T. D. . ..........•.... Pottsville, Pa.

HISfORY OF

THE office of an historian, according to the world-renowned rh.etoric of John S. Hart, LL.D" i!:l to record important

events for the instl"Uction of mankill(l. An historian must also, con­tinues the aboye-nallled author, be impartial, faithful, and accurate. Whether we reach this high stanc1anl or not remains to ];e seen, awl \\'e trust tbat our reatlers will !lot be severe in their criticil:lllis, if ilHleed they find anything in thi!:l hllmble attempt worthy of their attention. Being fully impressed, hO\\"eyer, \yith the idea that an account of the trials and tribulatiolls, successes ant1 vicissitlHles of the Class of 'HiS canllot fail to contain something of interest to the iutelligent realler, and having no desire to please the unilltelligent one, we will not tlespair, hut will endeavor to present, in a con­dellsetl forlll, the history of the ClaS!:l aforesaill

lYe \Yill here state, as a valuaule piece of information not to be withhehl, that the abo\'e production does service as a preface; the stereotyped reply to which piece of intelligence will of course be, " r ill gbd you told me, for lneyer would have known it." lYe are accustomed to being <, sat npon ;" it is the order of the day. lYe are as elastic as the spirals of Archimedes and as tough as a chapter of Roscoe's" Chemistry;" hence you need anticipate no f,ltal results in case of the above emergency.

'S5 entered upon its sophomore career with great eagerness and with the brave and meritorious determination to surlllount all difti.­culties; hut since a history must be trne, \\'e will mention paren­thetically that our an lor '"as considerauly damped after the first lecture ill chemistry was ueliverell . In justification of ourseh'es, however, we may remark that our elastic miuds soon recoveretl from the shock, and have long been in a position of most stable equi­librium ana perfect tranquillity-when Ice are asleep.

It was discovered in the early part of last October that '85 was the hallllsomest Class in the Institute; and, as a natural cOllsequellce of snch a discovery, a photographer was immediately sent for. On the arrival of the last-named \\"orthy, we were arranged on the In­stitute steps in the most uncomfortable and awkward positions that his fertile brain could imagine. When tolll to take off our hats we submitted with meekness; but \"hen our cruel tyrant commanded us in a stern voice to look at the suu-the broiling, baking, stewing

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October sun -then an illllignant l11nrmur was heanl, and the expres­sion of humility on onr faces gave way to a look of ferocity; our eyes flasbed fire and our bosoms heayed as thongh to burst asunder. The wily scou1ll1rel was seen to tremble and to blanch through fear, but soon recovering his self-possession, he explained in oily tones that the light of the sun would cause mu' countenances to beam with an angelic light, aml ,,'e-lC/-' Illelllbers of the Class of '85 of the Stevens Institute of Technolog':', HobokeJl, N. J ., "'ith tears of au­guish rolling down our cheeks, glnec1 our eyes to tbe blistering orb of light. Just as the critical moment arriYec1, and we were told to "wink naturally :md keep perfectly quiet," the torture became un­bearable, and the eyes of the Class were r;imultaneously closed. Far from being overwhelmed by this last calamity, our persecutor coolly packe(l up his instruments aIHl proceeded on his way. A few days later the pictures were (listrilmtell. In order to do full. justice to the photographer, we Iyill affirm that each one of us was enabled, after most laborious research, to recognize himself aUll the majority of his friends . To sum up a great deal in a few wonls: the photo­graphs were hi.deous, while eyery uuprejmliced person will acknowl­e(lge that we are quite the reverse. The unprejudiced persons mentionell ahol-e may perhaps be hani to find. The photographer, however, seemetl delighted with the appearance of the pictures, say· ing that they were the most life-like he had seen, amI he was actu­ally joined by the other Classes in atlmiring the wonderful resem­hlallce between the photographs and the originals-jealousy, of course, being the cause of their slanderous remarks.

The above pathetic narrative is founded upon a fact. Let us now expatiate upon our merits. 'Ye are a magnanimous

Class, as is illustrated by our conduct towani the "freshies." Tiley are unable, poor fellows, to cope with us in any respect; so ,,-e, in onr great gcoc1ness of heart, have spared their delicate constitutions a shock which they could never have sustained-the shock of a rush with such a Class as ours of '85. 'Ve would, however, advise them to )Jractice 011 ml a little, allll we promise to eleal " 'ith them gently, for "'ithout that assurance we fear that they "'ould never llluster courage enough for such a hazardous step. The reason Ivhy we wish the present freshmen to obtain some experience in the noble art of "rushing," is that they may be al)le to control the Class of '87, which will soon be looming up in the distance, for we shall prefer that the task of quelling their" freshness " llligh t not devoh'e upon us. But lYe digress, since a history should treat of the past aud not speculate as to tlle future.

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The career of om Class in foot-ball has been long and successful. We playeu quite anum bel' of games last season, and were victorious in all, it being universally acknowledged that we haye the best class· team that has eyer been in the Institute.

Our Class, as a body, is by no means deficient in "cheek," anel we cite the following as an example of the unparalleled assurance of one of our members: Professor assigns a topic to Mr. Blank, and after a few moments' consideration, adds, "I'll allow you to take yom' book to the board, since that is quite a difficult subject," lUI'. Blank, with a patronizing . mile, "Oh, I haye it, of course, sir.' Dill we laugh? So; we simply exploded.

Xeither are we cleficient in musical talent, )Ir. B~-'s bass voice having already receiveLl llOtice from 011e of onr professors; but we regret that we are not authorized to state whether the notice was laUllator.Y or the reverse.

We are making rapid progress in chemistry. One of our mem­bers has actually discovered that cork is obtained by the destructive distillation of coal.

We desire to express our thanks to the Faculty for the kindness amI consilieration they haye always shown us, and "'e feel that we are uuder especial obligatious to our worth)' Professor of Languages for the interesting manner in which he cOlllll1cts our course in Ger­man : and although we may not at present fully appreciate all the advantages we now enjoy in his tlepartment, yet we assure him that his ('are is 110t altogether tln'oml away.

Here elllls our history as sophomores; but the threall \\'bich is now dropped hy sophomores \yill 1e taken up 1)}, juniors in the next l'evolntion of THE ECCEXTRIC. That the junior year may £ina in '85 the salDe jolly collectioll of happy Illortnls "'1lD cOlnposeli the Sopho-more r 1'lSS of '85 is tlle sincere \yish of its H ISTOllEN.

Ct.-ASS OF '85 ,

RI( lLIHD H. RrcE Osc III H. BALD\\I~

(Otfi (1:\:05.

........ Pn'.,id('llt.

... . .. .. rTice- l'l'ci'idl'lIt.

\Y]J.LIDI A. . . '\DJU.\~( L . .. .• .... . 8c(,1'I'I([1·!I.

~()HTIl ::\fc LFI)/. . . . . . . . . .. '" T,·easlll'el'.

A. HmIHY sr. J()ll;\~();\ ......... Poot-Rall ('a1dain.

ED\\'.I!l1) H. :\Ir~K\\TrZ ......... JJa.~e-lJall Calilain.

:I\'t.cm bet,S.

'Yn.LLDI ALLE;\ ADlU.I~CE, G.:::: . ........... l)oughkeepsie, X. Y.

Osc.m H()w \lID B.ILDWI:'>, B. 0. n. .......... X('\\"Ill'k, X. J.

ED\\,IX BrRllOllX ........... , .......... Hollo],en, X. ,J. Axsox 'YOOD BrUl'll\llD ................. Hoosac Falls, X. Y.

CllAllLES D()rm .. ls ]301XTO;\, A.T.n .. ....... Syeamore, Ill.

'YALTEll .JosEPH Bllo.lmlE IDO\\' . . .. . ...... Shrewshury, :X. J.

"-ILLLUI TlHnll'f)(l;\ CLEHK .............. .Jersey City, ~T. J.

BIllTO;\ H .IX.ILLCOrrEY, X."' . ... ....... .. Xc\\' York City.

'YIT.Ll.DI HEIDf.I:'> COIl WI:'> ............... X e\\'ltrk, X. J.

'Yn.LI.DI S. DII,\\'OltTlI, E.G. IT ..... . ... .... Hoboken, ~. J.

Ell;\E~T DHEyspm:w .................... )Iontgomery, Ala.

FHEDEHIl'K F. FnHlEu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .Pittsburg, Pa.

JOE BOCKFIELD FrmLI;\ ........•......... ~ew York City.

,Yrr,LIA)! )I\IT1.I~lJ Gms();\ .............. Hoboken, X. J. AUTBl'n GUIH,DIE G1.IS(;o\\' • .J..T . .J. ... .... . RicllltlOllll , Ya.

LEO;\ GHEE:'>'EIJ.ID! . ....... .. ........... San Francisco, Cal.

.-lUlEllT BLElJSOE HEllIUCK. . . . . . .. ... . .. Bergen Point, X .. J.

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PACL GORDO:-l HeSSEY. . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... Brooklyn, N. Y.

A. HEXRY W. Jomso:-l .................. uersey City Heights, N. J.

EDW.\RD Fox LEWIS, B.e.n.. . . . .. . . . . .. . 'Yaterbury, Ct.

LEWIS NEVlliSLuKE:-Is ................ ~ .. Elizabeth, N. J.

NORTH MeLEA:-I, X. 'l' ............. . " ... Hoboken, N. J.

CHARLES EmIETT J\IACIIOLD, ~.'r.~ ......... Hoboken, N. J.

SnIEO-" lIIIRTlliEZ, X. 'l' .......... . . ...... Guanajuato, Uexico.

JOSEPH Sl'LYESTER J\IcCOY ................ 'Vashington, D.C.

EDWARD HER)[.\:-I 1\lU:-IKWITZ, A.T.n . ....... Milwaukee, ,Vis.

WILLI.Uf HER)lA:-I 1\IU:-IKWITZ ............. J\Iilwaukee, 'Vis.

- ROLLI:-I NOIUUS, B.e.II ..... " ............ Baltimore, :\Id.

WILLm[ H. PIERCE, ~.X ................. Baltimore, Md.

OTTO FERDINAND PFORDTE ... , .......... Hoboken, N. J.

CL.U'TO:-l Ar,LE:-I PHATT .................. Chicago, Ill.

JosE CH.UlLES RE:-IDO:-l .................. Guayaquil, Ecuador.

RlcH.um HE:-IRY RICE, ~.T.~ .............. Rockland, 1\le.

WILLl.\)! \\'HITTE:-I RE:-IWICK .............. ~Iilburn, N. J.

JESSE HmIER SA:-IFOR~, X. 'l' .............. Dunbar, Pa.

ALBERT AXTOX AUGt:ST SIL.BER ............ Hoboken, N. J.

THO)lA~ GARD:-IEH Sm'rH, JR., B.e.II ....... Cincinnati, O.

JOH:-l HEXDEHSO:-l STEWART, e.=: . ... ....... Pittsburg, Pa.

EDGAR F. R. VARICK ................... Jersey City, N. J.

S.nleEL BllEWS'l'ER ,\VILEY ................ Brick Church, N. J.

CH,IRLES LUDLOW WET:)IORE. e. a .......... New York City.

PAC!. WILLIS ... . " .................... Orange, N. J.

HISfORY OF '86,

ON a memorable 'iVednesday of last Septemher there assembled in n, lecture-room of the Institute fifty youllg llIen who had suc­

cessfully stood the fire of the week before_ Some, it is true, were woun(lec1, but the doctor reported their" con(litions "as favorable for a speedy recovery. From that mOl'l1ing we became the Class of '86, or Freshman Class (as the entering Class of a college is called). As we said before, we are FreHhmen, and wboever will obsene us for!l short time will soon be cOllvinced of tbis fact. In most colleges the Sopbs. a11(l Freshies are supposed to rush or be rushed-it (loes not matter which, so long as it is fixe<l up all right in tbe History.

'iYhile we were on the e,'e of a splenc1ill victory over tbe Sopho­mores, one of the professord, be('oming- alarmec1 for the safety of tbe Sophs., interferec1 and thus prm-ented the imminent annihilation of '85. Since then the Faculty havf\ taken pi'ecautions against rushes by dividing- the Freshman Cl:1.ss in such a manner that it ('anllot meet'S:> in a body. All this hlUi been <lone mainly for the safety and protection of the Hophs, In foot-ball we have been eminently suc­cessful, having score<l a defeat in every game but one and tbat Olle was a " dra,,-," although I\"e ('an, name an " eleven" ,,-ho are fully COll­yinced that this particular game was a decided yict<tr,Y for Stevens, 'iYe haye often heanl of "(lialllOmls in the 'rongb," but we neyer had the pleasure of beiug personally aequnintel1 with any ulltilnow: 'iY 0 have discovered that we are "(liamonds in the rough "- yery rough-but we hope that after ueing" "polished off" by ahout a dozen teams we \Yill he able to shine hy 01ll' own light; until then­well, we had better talk of something else.

The one thing- ill which '86 roally excels is its musical talent. For the proof of this seemingly remarkahle statement we refer to Profs_ Thurston and MacConl. It is a matter of record that while the Freshmon were waiting for the car(r) to start, they were also delighting a large amlience with several new songs. These songs had sucll a soothing effect that the Juniors who were working with Prof. Thurston in un adjoining room stoppel1 their work, em'up­turec1, as it wore, with the sweet strains \yhich came Hoating ill

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from the hall. Some of the Juniors have been envious enough to say that the only reason why they stopped work was that they could not heru' themselYes think. 'Ye are sure that Prof. UaeCol'll appre­ciates our effort because he makes such frequent mention of it and always applauds with the end of his pencil.

Our Class has been especially honored in the way of individual invitations to visit President l\1orton in his private office. The stu­dents who have been fortunate enough to receive such im'itations must certainly have been entrusted with some great (?) secret, as they have beeu very reticent when spoken to about the nature of their interview. '1'0 their credit it may be said that their inherent modesty (\\'ho ever heard of Freshmen who were not modest '?) would have led them to decline such marked attentiolls had it been possible. As a Class, '86 has shown a tremendous amount of that element which in all bodies bears such an important relation to success. known as e'~ln'lt de corps. 'Ye fiatter ourselves that we haye proved this be­yond a doubt by our many rushes and the full attendance at class­meetings. At one meeting ,,-e actun.lly had twenty members present; of course there was a lllisulJ(lerstnn(1ing somewhere, or this ,,-oui<1 not have occurred. As to our abilities, embr acing, as they do, all that is requisite for a full-fleclge<ll\I. E., nothing but the desire to be a faithful Historian and to rec01',1 ouly that which is ti'ue, checks my pen; but that we may not be chnrgec1 "'ith being faithleBs to the high tmst imposell upon us, we must, in all faimess, aull in conclu-sion that '8G is, without other Classes. Our doubt or question, the relatiolls with our l'es-finest Class that was peeted professors have ever gatherell together uncler the distinctive title of Freshmen. Everybody whose opin­ion ~as been asked has said so; therefore it must be true. We have not asked the profes­sors because, knowing whftt their answer would be, we might ex­cite the jealousies of the

been to us very agree­able and profitable, and our most sincere wish is that ,ye may haye given them no cause to entertain other than pleasant thoughts of tlle time that we have passeL1 ana will pass witll them.

HrSTORIAX.

CL.ASS OF '86 ,

Q)tfiCC\:5.

\r. R. KIXG. . . . . . . .. .. l're:;idt!llt.

H. K. ::\loHHlsox . . .. . ... St!c)·eta1'Y.

J. S. )LEmUT"r . . .. . ..... Treasurer.

E. P. l\IowTox ........... lli~tlJ1'ian and F.-B. Cap.

H. B. EYEHll.IHT ........ . JJa8e-Ha/l Captain.

~tcm.bC\:5 .

• \.xTHOXY AGI'ILER I ........ . ................ Camagiiey, Cu bn.

GEORGE AJ.J3EIl'r ALDHICII .................... San Francisco, Cal.

Lons BAKER, JR., B.El.II .................... Wheeling, ,v. Vft.

'YILLU11 LOUIS B.IRR. . .. ,_..... . .......... Brooklyn, N. Y.

EDWARD TRICEY BnIDsILL, .l.ICE .............. New York, N. Y.

CORXELU'S DEHHE BLAI'YELT ........... ...... Orange, ~. J.

FH,\xK REYXOLTlS Bno.IDHE.m ........... , ..... Hoboken, N. J.

ED\\'Ix DIXOX CARXAGHAX . . . . . . ... ........ Olean, ~. Y .

. JOHX C][ITELLIER, E.G.II ..................... New York, N. Y.

,\VILLLm SIDELL CIIl;;;Tl::R, .l.T . .l ... . .. '. . .... Englewood, N. J.

EHXES'I' fkDIOun CL.IYTOX .................... New York, N. Y.

CH.IRLES RrRsELL COLLIXR .................... Philadelphia, Pa.

EDWARD J .IY COOl' .................... ...... Springfield, O.

E1IILE ::\IAUJucE COTIIHT, G.:: . ................ Havana, Cuba.

HE:-.-ny B.IXXEH EYEllHAllT, B.G.II. , ............ ;'\lontgomery, Ala.

COllXELIl',; J .nm; FIELD, B.e.II ................ Brooklyn, N. Y.

JOHX Gmsox ................... . .......... Hoboken, N. J.

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FRIXCIS EDWARD J.I(·KSOX ..•................. East Orange, X. J.

"'ILLmr ROIlEHTS KTh'G ...........•.... . .... Lambertville, . J. )fIRTIN GRANT LILLY, :S.X ................... York, Pa.

FRANCIK AUGrS'ITS LA POIN'!'}} ..•.•..•....•.... Hoboken, N. J.

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JOlIN ~IAXAJI.IN ••••...•........•............ West Hoboken, No J. JOlIN At'STIX MCCl'LLOCIl, X. W ................. Glen Cove, l\fd.

J.UIES ~hII'rH llIEHHI'I''r ...........•......•.... Philadelphia, Pa.

GEORGE RlcmIOND )LETCAU' ....•...•......... Stanwich, Ct.

FREDERICK NASIl MORTON .................... MOlTistown, ~. J. EDWARD PEln ALL ~\IOWTON, ~.T . .l. . . . . . . . . .. . New York, N. Y.

HD1RY KENT MORHISON . ..... .• .............. South Orange, N. J. CU.UtLER PAINE, JH., 0.:=: ..................... Tenafly, N. J.

WILLlA~r CXUB POST .•..... . ....•.•.•... . ... Jersey City, N. J. FRF.DERICK RIII'f, ~.X ........ , .. . .......... Philauelpbia, Pa.

ImING RIGHTEH ..................•......... Parsipanny, No J. EDw.\RD DANFORTH SELF ................ • .... Soutb Orange, N. J. LDII'EL " TILl.Lm SEIUlELL .................... Plainfield, N. J. "·ILI.mr "rJIELPLEY THo)Lls, JH., ~. T . .l ........ BrooklYll, X Y.

Eml'.llID FH.IXCIS 'YJIITE, B.0.n ... , .. , ........ Bergen Point, N. J. rILI.mr FHlillEllI<'K "YnITE, A.T.n ....... , ... ~Iexico, :'IIexico.

H.\l\\,EY DANIEL WILT..1A)lS ........... , ... , .... Benningtoll. Yt.

HOBOK~N DIR~OfORY OF SfUD~Nf5,

ADGER, J. B........ .... . .............. 190 Hudson Street.

AnIllIX(,E, ,Yo A. . . . . . . .. . ............... 12 Eighth Street.

ALDllll'H, G .• L. .. . .................... 1-.1,;3 iImlson Street.

BIKER, L., .Tn. ............ . ............ 284 'Yushington Street.

B.IS~, 'Y~I. L ............................ 427 Garden Street.

BEITTY, J., JH. .......................... 2H4 'Yashington Street.

BoYx')'o'X, C. D. . . .. . .................... :.l!l7 Bloomfieltl Street.

BRI~T()L, 'Y. H. .. . . . . .. . ............... Hteyens Institute.

BL [(CHIllD, A. 'Y ......................... 12;j Hudson Street.

BULnlOltX, E])\\[x. . . . . ... ........... ;110 'Yushillgton Street. . IkslI, S. 1'.. . . . . . . .. ... . ... ....... . .. J27 Garden Street.

C.llmOLL, L. D ..... . ................. 121 HUllson Street.

CAHHULL, "',ILTEH.... ... . .............. 121 Hu<lsoll Street.

COFFEY, 13. H. ... . ... . ................. 12:) HmlSOll Street.

CULLI\'S, C. H. .......................... 14 Eighth Street.

COOK, E .. J. ............ ' .......... . ... 11;') HtHlsoll Street.

COTL\ltT, E. ~J.. . . . . . .. . ................ 372 \Yashillgton Street.

DEXT, E. L. .... . ...................... 14 Eighth Street.

DrLwollTu, ,Yo S ......................... 802 'Yushillgton Street.

DIlEYSl'Hl:-W, Ellxf~,,'r. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . :212 HlHls011 Street.

ESTU\D.I, E. D. . . .. ....... .... .. .. .427 Gal'llen Street.

EYEllH lilT, H. B. . . . . . . . . .. ... ... . .. 119 Hu(lson • treet.

FE.lux, R. L ............. . . .............. :284 'Yashington Street.

FrsHEH, F. F ......... . .... " ............. 2:20 Gal'llen Street.

G .ITELY, C. L. . . . . . . .. .. . .............. 427 Garden Street.

G[£SO~, JOHX .... ... . .............. . . .4 Riyer Cottage.

Gmsox, ,Yo ::\1. . . .. .. . .. . ............. 4 Riyer Cottage.

GLI>lliUII', A. G. . .. ........... . ... 11 D HUllson Street.

GREEXE13lnr, L. .... . ................... 12.; HUllson Street.

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H.UlI~G, )IAx ........ .. ........ . .. . ... ... 121 Hudson Street.

HEISKELL, J. :Mcl\.. ...... . .. .. ... . . ....... 121 HUllson Street.

KIXG, W. R. . . ........... . . . ............ 251 Washington Street.

Kr.ETZSCH, A. P ..... . .................... ROO 'Washington Street.

L.\ POIXTE, F. A ..... . ... .. ...... . ... ... . 79 Sixth Street.

LEWIS, E. F.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ...... 372 '\Yashington Street.

)I.\CHOLD, O. E. .... . . . . . . . . . . .. . ....... 330 Hudson Street.

)l\GEE, FR,\XK ........................... Park Avenue.

)lUlTIXEZ, S ...... . . .. .. ... . ....... ...... 115 '\Yashington Street.

li\l'RY, D. H .... , ....... . .............. 392 Bloomfield Street.

)IcCoY, J. S.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ......... 125 '\Yashington f;treet.

)IcCt'LLOCH, J. S ...... ... .. .. . ..... ...... 251 Washington Stl'ef:t.

)IcLE.\:N, N ....................... . ..... 318 Bloomfield Street.

MERRITT, J. S. . ................ . ........ 14 Eighth f;treet.

)IrTCHELL, H. F . . . ...... .... .... . ........ Steyens Institute.

)IORRIti, A. S .......... . ....... . ... . .... 12 Eighth Street.

)IoRTo~, F. N ....................... . ... 145 Hudson Street.

:'IICXK\\,ITZ, E. H ...... .. ................ . 405 Bloomfield Street.

)JUXKIUTZ, W. H. . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .405 Bloomfield Street.

XORRIR, R. .................... ......... . 284 '\Vashington Street.

PAISE, C., J1l. ... . •.. .................... 12 Eighth Street.

PFORDTE, O. F ...... . .. ...... .. .. .... . .. 2G4 Bloomfield Street.

PR\TT, C. A ... ... . ........ . ........... . . 145 Hlulson Street.

R.IMT, F. A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 ~1 Hudson Street.

R.\~DOLPH, L. S. . . . .. . ...... ....... . . .. . ;100 '\Yashington Street.

REA, H. R. .... ....... ...... .. .......... 12 Eighth Street.

REESE, H. L .. . .... .. ..... . ............. 143 Hudson Street.

RE:';])()~' J. C ............................ 221 Bloomfield Street.

RICE, R. H . ............................. i3!l2 Bloomfield Street.

RODEnTs, G ........ . ............ . . . . .... 119 Hudson Street.

S.I~DT, G. F .................... .... ...... 284 Washington Street.

S.lsFonD, J. H . . ........ ...... .... ..... .. 1 Washington Street.

SERRELL, L . ,\Y. .... . . .. .. ........ . . .... 405 J3loomfield Street.

SILBER, "t A. A .. . . ... : . ...... . .......... 57 Ganlen Street.

S)IITH, T. G .......................... . .. 2 4 Washington Street.

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STEPHE:;S, E. H. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . ... 260 Garden Street.

STEWARD, J. E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .... 170 Hudson Street.

STEWART, J. H ..... '.' .................... 143 Hudson Street.

Sr:;CLAIR, G. 1\1. ., .. .... ............. .. .. 286 Bloomfield Street.

VA:; VLECK, F ................ _ ........... 340 Garden Street.

VA:; YLECK, J. F. . . . . . . .. . .............. 340 Garden Street.

'YAlmrSGTOX, J. N ....................... 121 Hmlson Street.

WHITE, W. F. ........................... 170 Hudson Street.

'YHI'rI~W , C. "' .. .... . ......... ... . . .... .,1,27 Gorden Street.

",,'RIGHT, E. N..... .. ..... ... .. .. . .. .. 12 Eighth Street .

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t

~TB8+ B8GInnInG~

31

OF

"~" {~ T HE TA ~~ X I ..@;;>" ··t~ *"~:

32

EH~BST K. sr HIGIIT.

LEWIS C. D.mBs.

RESRt R RE.\.

JOBS R. S'rEWART.

CU.mLBH L. "'ETlHORB.

CIIARLES PATh"E, JU.

A. SWNDEUS l\IOHRIs.

"TILLH~I A. AnULL'('B.

CHARLES L. G~TELY.

FnBDERICK 'V. TAYLOR.

E>!ILE :\1. COTI.\RT.

33

RHO CHAPTER

OF TIIE

7 ~raterltit1J of. of of. ~e1ht of. ~a1t of. ,~leltn ~

JAMES E. DENTON, M.E.

FRANK E. lDELL, l\I.E.

Lours J. BRUCK.

INRTI'ITTED 1874.

ALFRED P. 'l'R,IUTWEI:-I, ::\I.E.

Hmmy 1'. BRUCK, ::\I.E.

LOUIS A. MOTHEY.

'atu(lcxgraduates.

JOlIN A. BENSEL.

PRESCOTT BUSH.

WILLIAM S. CHESTEI1.

ESTEB.IN D. ESTRAD.I.

ERNEST H. FOSTER.

ARTHUR G. GLASGOW.

WILLI,\~r L. LYALL.

CHARLES E. l\l~CIlOLD .

• 35

;U.IL(,O~( ::\lIC;>\AUGHTON.

EDWARD 1'. :.HOWTON.

Cn.Il!LES F. P ,IRRER.

RWH.IED H. RICE.

JOSEPH E. STE,Y.-IRD.

'YILLlAlH 'V. THOMA';.

KmiNETH TOImANCE.

CHARLES 'V. 'YHITINU.

SIGMA CHAPf~R

O~' TIn:

{l'ldtmH~ o~ ~dll ~hdll ~i. 1 879.

~FOUNDED AS

GAMMA CHAPTER

Oy

~ B tp ba + $ig Ina + (t bi * 18 75.

36

S I G MAC H A~P T E R

OF THE

7 ~xatex1titg. of. ~cta • ~h,eht • ~i ~

INSTITUTED 1875.

EDGAR EVERHART, Pu.D.

WILLIAM H. SHELDON, M.E.

J. V. H. V AN REYPER, JR.

ADAM RIESENBERGER, M.E.

JOHN H. LONGSTREET, M.E.

HENRY F. OGDEN.

FRANKLIN K. IRWIN.

WILLIAM O. BARNES.

JAMES BEATTY, JR.

OSCAR H. BALDWIN.

WILLIAM S. DILWORTH.

CLASS OF 1883.

FRANK MAGEE.

CLASS OF 1884.

ROBERT L. FEARN.

HARVEY F. MITCHELL.

GEORGE F. SANDT.

CLASS OF 1885.

EDWARD F. LEWIS.

ROLLIN NORRIS.

'l'HO~IAS G. SMITH, JR.

LEWIS BAKER, JR.

JOHN CHATELLIER •.

GEORGE E. COOK.

CLASS OF 1886.

37

CORNELIUS J. FIELD.

EDWARD F. WHITE.

fuNRY B. EVERIIART.

KAPPA AL..PHA CHAPf~R

OF THE

1865. 1881.

38

.KAPPA ALPHA CHAPTER

OF TIlE

INSTITUTED 1882.

CLASS OF 7884.

MELLEN S. HAHLOW.

CLASS OF 7885.

EDWARD H. MUNKWITZ. CHARLES ,D. BOYNTON.

CLASS; OF 7886. -W IL~_ . W IIITE.

39

A("'PHA XI OHAPfE:R

OF THE

1841. 1888.

40

XI CHAPTER

OF TIlE

INSTITUTED 1883.

CLASS OF 7884.

WILLIA}[ H. STEVENS. FRANK V AN VLECK •

• CHARLES W. THOMAS. BENJAMIN "V. TUCKER.

CLASS OF 7885.

BARTON H. COFFEY. N ORTU McLEAN.

SIMEON MARTINEZ. JESSE H. SANFOIW.

D. CURTIS 'VILLIAUS.

CLASS OF 7886.

JOHN MCCULLOCH.

41

AL..PHA DE:L.. fA CHAPfE:R

OF THE

42

ALPHA DELTA CHAPTER

OF 'rilE

.* ~tat£rlXitl\ + ot + ~igmn + QEhi it·

L'1STl'fUTED FEmWARY 20, 1883.

CLASS OF 7883.

JA)fES N. 'VARRIN GTON.

CLASS OF 7884.

\V ALTER CARROLL.

CLASS OF 7885.

\VILLLU[ H. PIERCE, JR.

CLASS OF 7886.

FREDElUCK RAnT. W AL'I'EI{ CLARK. MARTIN G. LILLY.

43

MEMBERS OF FRATERNITIES XOT CHAPTERED AT T~E

.. .. ]( It ~ ti t tt t e , . Of ~c,h1toln!lS'

DELTA KAPPA .EPSILON.

MORGAN BI{OOKH, '83, EDWARD T. BIIWSALL, '8o,

Brown University. X ow York College.

DELTA l':-;r.

ALPHED \Y. ARMSTRONG, '85, RARitY DEB. PARSONS, '84,

Yale College. Col umbia College.

KAPPA ALPHA.

DABNEY II. MAUny, '84, Virginia ~Iilit.. IllFitttnte.

nrI KAPPA PSI.

LAFAYETTE D. ('AHIWLL, '85, llandolph-:\Iacon College.

I~EO); A. J)EL~(()NTE, '8u,

THETA ~'I,

DELTA TAU DEI,TA,

BE1'A TDETA PI, ALPHA 'l'AU O)(E(:\,

CUI P. I,

SW)lA CUI,

])ELTA PIlL.

('Ill PHr.

~n llUna r H.

('ollllllbia College.

Columbia College, D.('.

11 members. ]Ij " 18 "

4 " 10

,; 5 "

rratn'nitn Q:OntH~ntlon5.

THETA XI,

DELTA TAU DELTA,

BETA THETA PI,

ALPHA TAU O)[EO.\,

CHI PSI,

SImlA Cm,

Hoboken, N. J., February, 188!. Indianapoli~, r nc!., August, ] 81l3. Saratoga, N. Y., August, 1883. Philadelphia, Pa., December, 1884. New York City, February, 1883. Cincinnati, 0., A ugust, 1884-.

45

lfn Memorian1.

WALTER G. DILWORTH, M.E., '78,

Died Ootober 6, 188:e, at Bozentan, JI£ontana.

HENRY STEHR, '84,

Died JlIay 6, 188:e, at vliken, S. C.

WILLIAM MACFARLANE, '84,

Died September 19, 188:e, at Fairview, N. J .

JESSE K. MORRIS, '85,

Died Febrnary 16, 1883, a,t Bloomfielcl, N. J.

4G

f HE: COt..t..E:GE: CHRONICt..E:,

June 8th, 1882.-THE EccENTlUc for 1882 issued. June 9th.-Close of Term Examinations and College Year. June 13th.-Sixth Annual Meeting of tile Alumni Association

at 2 P.)I.

June 13th.-Reception by Presitlout anel 1\1rs. Morton at five o'clock.

June 13th.-Commencement Exercises, ClrtHS of '82. at the Ger­man Club House, Hoboken, at 8 P.M. Hosea 'Yebster, Salutatorian; Rogel' H. " 'hitlock, Valedictorian. Addresses by James C. Bayles, Esq., of the Irun LJge, President :;\Iorton and Prof. Thurston.

June 13th.-Annual Dinner of the Alumni Associatioll at Xaegeli's at 11 P.~I.

June Hth.-Reullion of the Class of '77. June 15th.-Beginning of Preliminary Terlll for '85. July 15th.-Close of Preliminary Tel'lll. September -lth.-Beginlling of Preliminary Term for '83, '840

anu '85. September lIth.-Cricket at Hoboken: St. George C. C. L'S.

Stevens. Won by Stevens in Olle inning, 63 to 32. September 15tll.-:;\Ir. Clarence A. Carr, Assiotaut Eugineer,

U. S. N., appointed Instructor in ~Iathelllatics. September 19th. -Death of " -illiam ~Iacfal'!ane, '84, at Fail'l'iew,

XJ. September 27th.-Reception to Senior Class, by ~Irs. Leeds. September 29th. - Opelliug of Hegular Terlll aUll College Year. October :-kl.-Regular l\Ieetillg of tIle Athletic Associatioll for

the Election of Officers. October 6th. - Death of " -alter H. Dilworth, '78, at BozemaJl,

~lontana.

October 14th.-Trip of Seniors to Betlllehem Steel and Iron Oo.'s " Torks, under Prof. Denton.

October 20tb.-Foolr-Ball at Hoboken: '84 u.s. '85. "'on by '85, 2 goals, -l " touchdowns " to o.

47

48 TIfE ECCENTRIC.

November 1st. -Cricket at Hohoken: ~t. George C. C. us. Ste· vens. Won by St. George in one inning, 57 to .n.

'November -lth.--:Foot-Ball at Hoboken: Columbia, '85, V~. Ste­vens, '85. 'Von by ~teyeJl", ;) goals to O. Safety" touchdowDs : " 8 for Columljia.

November 6th.-Foot-Ball at Hoboken: Butgerfl, '85, Yellfl, '85. 'Von hy Stevens, 1 goal, 8 "touchLloWllS" to O. " touchdowns:" 3 for Hutgers.

I;~. Ste­Safety

November 7th.- Foot-Ball at Hoboken: College of the City of New York t's. Stevens. '1'011 hy Stevens, 2 goals, 11 "touchdowns" to O. Safety" tOllchdo\Yllfl," one for C. C. K. Y.

Novemher lIth.-Foot-Ball on Stevens Institute Athletic GrouDus: Harval'll r.~. Colulll hia. 'Yon by Hananl, 2 goals, -l "touchdowns" to O. Safety" lOllch(lowllI-;," fl for Colum bia.

November 1Hth.-Foot-Ball at Hoboken: '85 us. '86. Game DOt finished.

November 18th. - Foot-Ball at l\Iorristmnl, N. J. : Stel'ens, '86 L'S. :;Uorristown AcaLlelllY. Dr:nyn game; one" touchdown."

November 2bt.-:Ueetillg of "Xeutntls" for Election of EccEx­TRIC Editor. Hiekok, '80, electeL1.

November 2-!th.-Foot-Ball at New Brunswick, N. J. : Rutgers I'S. Stevens. "-on by Hutgers, :z goals to O.

Decem bel' 1st.-Formal OrgallizatioD of E'cCEXTRIC Board of Edi-tors.

Decelllber 11tll. - Term ExaminatiollR hegin. December 16th.-Christmas Vacation begins. Jalluary 8(1, 188H.-Opelling of Secon<1 Tenn. January 10th.-Hegulal· ~Ieeting of the Athletic Association for

the Electioll of Officenl. Jallllary 2-!th.- :\Ieeting of the New York Electrical Societ~' at

the Illstitute, an<1 Lecture lJY Prof. ;\Iayer, on "A Silllple Experi­mental Determination of Ohm's Law."

January 26th.-Yil;it of the~. M.E. 80clPt.Y ancl the 8enior Class of the :Massachusetts Institute of Technology, under Prof. Channing 'Yhitaker.

February 16th.-Death of Jesse K ;.\lorris, '85, at Bloomfield, N. J.

February 1flth- 2-lth.-Seniors' Annual Tour of Inspection to Al· toona, Philadelphia, Chester, Ellgellloor, and 'Yilmington, under Prof. DeutoH.

THE ECCENTRIC'. 49

1Iarch I st.-Application of Xew Fraterniticf; in THE ECCENTRIC :Jlatter.

:Jlarch 13th.-Junior Class Prescntation to Prof. Kroeh. :Jlal'ch 20th-27th.-Seniors' Annual TonI' of I nspection to New

England, under Prof. Denton. 11arch 21st.-Meeting of "Xeutrals" for Election of ECC'EN'fmc

Editor. Kletzsch, '84, elected, vice Hickok, '8H, ordered to resign. March 21st.-Close of Second Term. April 2d.-Openillg of Third Term. April 14th.-Base-Ball at Prospect Park, Brooklyn: l'olytecbnic

t.<. Stevens. Won by Steyeus, 18 to 7. April 18th.-Base-Ball at Hoboken: :Jlontclair es. Stevens. ' Yon

by Stevens, 7 to 2. April 20th.-II1eeting of the New York E lectricial Society at the

Institute, and Lecturc by Prof. ~Iorton, on " f:ltorage Batteries." April 21st.-Base-Ball at Hoboken: Btaten Island ~~ . Stevens.

Won by Stevens, 7 to G. April 23t1-Repetition of Prof. Morton's Lecture before students.

1876. EDWARD B. WALL. 1877. Not filled. 1878. J OHN F. KELLY. 1879. Not filled.

1876. J OIDl 11. WALUS. 1877. LEWIS H. Rum. 1878. EDWIN L. l\hEHS. 1879. 1£AuNSEL Wlll'l'E.

SALUTATORIANS.

1880. ' YUJ3UH V. BROWN. 1881. EDWIN TATHAM. 1882. HOSE.I WEBSTER. 1883. ER:-1EST N. ' YRIGHT.

VALEDICTORIANS.

1880. ROLAXD S. KURSHEEDT. 1881. H ARm: VAN ATTA. 1882. ROGEn H. 'YHITLOCK. 1883. J .UlES E. f:lAGl'E.

RECIPIENTS OF THE PRIESTLEY PRIZE.

For Proficiency in Chemical. Laboratory Work.

1877. JaR:< F. KELLY, '78. 1880 J E~wAHD E . J\lAGOVERN. 1878. 'YILLIA)I E. J ACOBS. . l " ILLIA)I T. MAGRUDER. 1879. DURAND WOOD)IAN. 1881. 'YIL)IEH G. C . .unwRIGH'1', '82.

1882. J OHN B. ADGER, '83.

RECIPIENTS OF THE MACY PRIZE.

1882. NORTH McL EA.c'<, '85.

50 THE ECCESl'lU(j.

CLASS HISTORIANS.

1874. 1875.

'74. P. POnTEl! POl~lEU. '73. FH.IXK ::\I. LEWI'fT.

'75. r-;I~IUEL D. GH.IYDO~. ·7(j. EllW.IHD B. " '.ILL.

'7(j. EDW.UW B. 'Y n.r.. '77. FIlIXKLIX VAX 'YIXKLE.

'77. HOBEuT L . ~ ICES. '78. HICH.IUD GEHSEH.

1875. 1877.

'7G. EnWAHD B. "\Yj.l,r.. '77. FIt.I~KLrX Y.IX " 'rxKLE.

'77. FRlXKLIS YIX "\rrxKcE. '78. ,\' n.LI Dr R. BlmD.

'7S. HrCH.\H]) (h:nXIm. '7D. GEOHtH: U. HOnGES.

'7V. A. OLII'DE .\.rKEx. '80. GEOHUE ill. ALLEN.

1878. 1879.

'78. ,y ILL!."I H. B.IllW. '711. A. Ourm: A1KEX.

'79. A. OL.n:llE . \.IKES. '80. Dl'l!.lXH "\roomr.lx.

'SO. HOLelXIl S. Km~l!IiliDT. '8l. "\YILLlI~I T. )IA(Hll'mm.

'8l. HOllEH'!' :'II. HmJlLE. 'H2. "\rIL,mIt G. OAllTWRIGllT.

1880. 1881.

'!-l0. ,YILHrn Y. Buowx. '8l. FIClXK LEDEHLE.

'S1. EXls L. ) [oOJm. '82. Y EIL'iOS H. Hoo)).

'82. JOII~ :'II. )IooHl;. '8H. ALBEH'!' B. l\)1\TE1\.

'S3. GEoncm Im:L.l xn. '8'*. Jom( ::\I. Rt'KBY.

1882. 1883.

'82. Jm;El'H 'YETZLER '8:1. :'IIOReLI:> BHOOKH.

'83. AI.BEltT B. P OHTER '8,* . FH.IXK YAX VLECK.

'84. Jow, 1\I. H[,::HlY. '8.3 . AHTm'u G. Gr..ISUOW.

'85. PAUL G. HrSSEY. '8(j. EDW.IRn P. )IoWTox.

PERMANENT CLASS SECRETARIES.

1875. THEonoHE 1". KOEZLY. 1879, Jt'.\X B. RnnllEZ. 187G. ALBEUT '1"\'. ST.\HL. 1880. ,rILl,.IUD P. P.I USO)!S.

1877. JOR)! IhJ>EJ~JE. 1881. 'YILLT.m T. 1\L\GUUDEH.

1878. FR.\sK B. X ICIlOLS. 1882. YEHSOX H. ROOD.

1874.

EDITORS OF "THE ECCENTRIC."

1875.

J. HEC"rOH FEz,lxm':;, '75. FR.IXK )1. LE.I\'ITT, '75. GEOHGE 13.IHHY ,rALL, '75.

HmrARD DnxE, '7G. EDW,\HD B. ,rALL, '76. Jom; ilI. 'Y,ILLIS, '76.

THE ECCENTRIC. 51

1876. 1877.

FR.-L"K E. lDELL, '77. JIMES B. PIERCE, '77. FIl-l.. ... HiLIN V L"< 'V I:<IU,E, '77.

BRAWN AYRES, '78. HAHRY \1'. HAZARD, '78. ROBERT ZAliNEH, '78.

1878.

A. CLATDE AIKE:>", '78. CHARLES S. Kr.w·sLA:!m, '79. JOHN H. LO:>"(+STREET, '79.

JOHN S. COOKE, '79. CHARLES A. GIFFORD, '81. ,rILLIAM L. LANGLEY, '80. WILFRED C . SMITH, '79.

1880.

PIERCE BUTLER, '82 JOHN W. HOWELL, '82. ROLAND S. KURSilEEDT, '80. JOH~ W. LIEB, '80.

1882.

:MORGAN BROOKS, '83. WILLWI E. H. JOBHL'<S, '82. ALBER'J: B. POR'rEH, '83. ERNES'r N. WRIGIlT, '83.

1879.

'YILLI.\}[ IV. DASHIELL, '79. \YILLIAlII E. JACOBS, '79. \VILLAHD P. P .msoN8, '80. HENUY C. \YHrrE, '81.

1881.

LE\\"If-l C. D.I\yEH, '83. J":lmi-l 13. LADD, '81. 'YILLL\1[ '1'. :;UAGRL"DER, '81. :JI.ILco}r :JIcX\l:GHTON, '83.

1883 .

ERNEST H. FOR'rEU, ' 8-1. ArxIN P. KLETZHCII, '8-1. A. S.\UNDERS l\Iomus, '84.

CAPTAINS OF THE FOOT-BA_ TEAM.

1 73. JAME~ E. DE:-!TON, '75. 1874. J .\:\IES E. DEN'roN, '75. 1875. JOSEPH KINGSLAND, '76. 1876. H.l.llRY HAZARD, '78. 1877. HAnRY HAZARD, '78.

1878. ROBERT~ , "'~ERRITT, '81. 1879. JOSEPH Pn.\C" ·8l. 1880. l\I.\LcQ)r :iHCR-I.UGHTON, '83. 188l. iHALcQ)r ]\ICN.-I.UGHTON, '83. 1882. Kli:NNli:TH TORRANCE, '84.

CAPTAINS OF THE BASE-BALL TEAM.

1873. WILLIAM F. ZIlVIMEmlAN, '76. 1878. JOH:!< R. STEPHE:-!S, '78. 1874. W ILLIAM F. ZnmERlIll...'<, '76. 1879. ERNES'!' N. ,y RlGIlT, '83. 1875. WILLIAM F. ZIlIIMER}IA~, '76. 1880. EUNEST N. WRIGHT, '83.

-1876. A. CLAUDE AIKX;N, '79. 1881. LEWIS S. COE, '83. 1877. JOHN R STEPHE.'<S, '78. 1882. ERNEST N. WRIGHT, '83.

1883. HENRY R. REA, '84.

".111(/ 1IIflny (/ hllppy hlllfl' thry sJleIll, Sill[/ill[/ SOli!!" ,ritll jOI'/{t/ II/el'r/lllent."

SfE:VE:NS

Fil'st Tenors,

A. \V. BRAIl'ARD, '84. C. PAl:-lE, JR., '8Q.

First Bass,

\V. H. BRISTOL, '8 L \V. S. TUTTLE, '84.

President,

A. W. BRAINARD, '84.

ll'il1'bler,

E. F. LEWIS, '85.

CL..UI3,

SrcOII(l Tenor.~,

II. F. MITCHELL, '84, E. F. LEWIS, '85.

SecotUl Ba,~,

C. \V. TUO.IIAS, '84. H. R REA, '84.

'84 QUARfE:ffE:, First TelloI',

A. \V. BHAINAHD.

Firllt BalIS,

\V'. H. BRISTOL.

First Substitute,

Second Substit II te, Third Substit II te,

Fourth SlIb"tiI II te, • J< Fifth S'llistit11 te,

D. H. MAURY,

H. R. REA,

C. vV. \VlIITING, C. \V. TIIO~IAS,

&cond TenO/',

H. F. MITCHELL.

Second Bass,

\V. S. TUTTLE.

First Tenor. Second Tenor. ]f'irst BalIS. Second Bass .

• The fifth substitute is a man by the name of J Aconus, who has a mar"el1ou~ly rich IUld tender voice\ but haR not yet Rllng in public, Rnd we have kindJy cOIlE'enterl to omi"; his name in the list, as he has an extreme avcnion to making his first appearance in Hoboken.

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PHOfOCOSMOS!

R. L, FEARN, 'S+, F, VAN VLECK, 'S,l,

E. H. FOSTER, 'S4-,

\\T, A, ADRIA~CE, 'S5,

A, S. ]Hounrs, '84,

E. T. BlIWS.\LL, '86,

H. DEB. PARSONS, '84-,

Mrss ----

53

Tripod.

(rame1'a.

Printing Frame.

Tripod SC1'ew.

Dark Cloth,

Ground Olass.

J~~lllose l' emil Timel'.

Pictll1'e.

S, I, I, Y ACHf CL..U13,

• <)'1'. 1 t !JdC )' 5.

REX-::UOWTox.-Length, 24 ft. Beam, 9 ft. Cat-rig. FEARLESs-ToRltANcE.-Length, 22 ft. 6 in. Centreboard Cat.rig. EUIW-ADRIANcE.-Length, 45 ft. Beam, 20 n. Sloop-rigged Ice

Boat. LA JEUNE MONITOR-PAINE.-Length, 12 ft. Beam, 2 ft. 6 in.

Keel Oar-rigged. IDLER-REA.-Le,ngth , 20 ft. Beam, 2 ft. G in. Keel Schooner-

rigged.

C. PAINE, JR., J. H. STEWART, H. R. REA, E. P. MOWTOX, K. TORRANCE, 1 W. A. ADlUANCE, I

®tti CC-r5.

~.el1tb'c-r5.

Rear Admi;-al. _.J dmiml. Commodore. 'Vice- Commodore.

Life Saving Corps.

KENNETH TORRANCE, '84. H. R. REA, '84. EDWARD P. l\I OWTON, '8G. J . H. STEWART, '85. WM. A. ADRIANCE, '85. C. PAINE, J R., '86.

54

STEVENS INSTITUTE

AfH("'~fIC ASSOCIAfION .

(otti cC'ts.

FIRST TERM. SECOND TERM.

j'/'{siticIII,

)[. )IcNAl"OIITOX, '83. l\f. )lcNAI'GlITOX, '83.

E. F. LJ::WIS, 'S.i. E. F. LI!:II'IS, '8;).

RCCOl'dill[/ 80'/'( Iii 1'1/,

E. H, FOSTEH, '84,. K ll. FosTEn, '8·L

('on'f!!jJolidillfj S<"CI'III/I'Y,

J. E. STEWARD, '83. O. L. UATELY, '84,.

l'}'((UO' I'CI',

L. M. lfEuxz, '83. A. S. )IOHRIS, '84.

(~/j!lllill Poot ]]I/il,

1(, TOR1{ANl'E, '84. A. P. KLETJlS<';II, '84.

n/jitllin J]I/.,e BIIU,

H. R REA, '84,. II. R. REA, '84.

FIRST TERM.

M. MCNAUGHTON, '83, Chairman.

K. TORRANCE, '8-1,. E. N. \VRIGHT, '83. H. R. REA, '84. C. L. GATELY, '84,.

SECOND TERM.

)1. :;'lIeN AUGlITOX, Chctinnan.

A. P. KLETZSCH, '84. J. E. I::lTEwARD, '83. H. R. REA, '84. E. N. \VRlGHT, '83.

55

BASE: "BAL..L.. SE:ASON OF 1882,

7nstitutc :ltin~.

E. N. "YRWUT, '83, Captain, 1st Base. 1\1. 1\IcNAUUIITON, '83, Pitche1·. S. P. BUSH, '84, C. Field.

L. S. COE, '83, Catcher. E. II. l\!UNKWITZ, '85, S. Stop. H. R. REA, '84, :let Base. C. L. GATELY, '84, R. Field. F. KEMPTON, Prep., L. ]'-'ield. A. H. JOHNSON, '85, 3d Base.

Substitutes,' A. "Y. BRAINAUD, 'E4. n. K. 1\IOIUUSON, Prep.

RECORD OF GAMES. Opp. BIer.

April 22.-At Brooklyn. BROOKLYN POLY'r. VB. STEVENS,

April 28.-At Hoboken. 1,AFAYETTE 0'8. STEVENS, .

}Iay 6.-At Tew Haven. YALE, '85, vs. ~TE"ENS,

May 15.-At Statenlsland. STOCK EXCHANGE VS. STEVENS, '

May 22.-At Hoboken. BUOOKLYX POLYT. VB. STE\'ENS,

:May 24 -At Sing Sing.

:May 30.-At Hoboken.

OLY~IPIC VB. STEVENS, .

YOUNG A)[ERWA 'IJ8. STEYENS,

.June 2.-At Trenton. T ltENTON VB. Sn:n:NS,

June 3.-At Philadelpllilt. YOUNG A~I ERl<.:A V8. STEVENS,

June 12.-At Easton. LAFAYETTE VB. STEVENS,

SC1fJIARr:

Games won, Games lost,

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3. 7.

4- l~

G 3

10 9 G 5

7 11 3 30

17 J

7 5

20 12 13 2

THE past I:;eason was IlOt a f;neces~ful aIle if we compare the UUlll­bel' of gamcs WOIl with those playe(l. Olle object of playing is

to win, lind that ohject we certaiuly <li(l not attain. Tlw real:;ou is ohviolls: the opposing clubs were mnch l)ettcr players than onr­elres, and, iudeed, were IlHICh hetter dubs than ,,·e had eyer before

I'laycl1. To some it will seem that the past year's work was n failure; hut

Ii l-(l'('l~t deal was gltilletl by mi::;illg the stmHlanl of play, while the illdiyiduallt\'erages are fully as gOO(] m; those of past yean;.

We plllyecllllore games last year than ill all~' f01"1ner season, alld it will be seen from the tabulatet1 shttelllellt that the tealll played togetber in almost cyery gamc. This is OIlC of the secrets of strollg play.

Our prospects for this year are yery good, and ,,·ith judicious se­ledion of players amI careful lllnnagellleut of the nine there is ])0

reason why Stereus shouhl not cOlJlpare fal'omuly ,vith other col­lel-(es in tlJis scientific sport.

There is no reason \\"hy we sllOultl not play against Princeton and Yale, and do better than am foot-ball tealll has done.

, Ve nre glnd to notice that a rcgular manager has been appointed, ·lIso that we are to have all official umpire who will travel with the niue fUl(l be ready to tnke his position whenever called upon.

It lllay not be out of place to notice here the urgent need, not alone b~ the base-ball III en, uut hy all the students, of a suitable g)'1J)IlflSiUllJ, This is, perhaps, a haelmeyccl subject, but owing to uur arduous course and cOJlfilling hours, therc is 110 opportunity of

king sufficient physical exercise; Illore cases of broken-clown health are due 10 this cause than is gelwrall." supposed, "::lIens sana in e.QI'pore sana" onght to be onr )!lotto. However, as we have 110 gym­nasium, let tIJe hall mell get into the fiel(l as soon itS the weather permits alld practise ill a systematie mauneI', especially batting, and tlll' result will be very apparent in the first game

Base-ball shouIa be recognized hy 0111' pl'OfeHSOrs as a part of the I o\U'~e, lmd lUelll bel'S of the nine Hhol1hl be allowed a little extra time, for the seaSOll is short, and lmll-players make good",ellgineers

)llletimes.

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BASE, BAL..L.. SEASON OF 1 882,

P".\YEH:-..

\Yrirrht ......................... . Mc:;''1ughtoll . . .. . ................ . Coe .............................. . Rea ............. , " .... " ...... , . Kempton ......................... . Bush ............................ . Munkwitz ........................ . Gately ........................... . .Johnson .......................... . Brainard ................... '" " ..

Final a\'('rages ................. .

Games ,,1,,),<,<1.

10 10 10 10 10 !l 7 n

10 ., .)

Batting Field; a.v~rage. avera~e.

.260 .8ll!

.H2H .S:3~

.14:1 .7iH

.184, .84o!

.13G .739

.17!1 .Slil;

.1l-! .7n

.200 .77;

. Ii!! .5i (i

.2:iO .500

. HHl .765

Tillles at bat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4olf2

Base hitf; ... , ... , ........... " ........................ .

Average base hits per times at bat ........................ .19r.

Fieltling chances offered ................................ , :jU

Fiel(ling chances accepte{l. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. !O!

Average chauces accepted to chanc(ls otleretl .. ............ ... 7

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F OOf("I3AL..L.. SE:ASON OF 1 8 8 2,

FORWARDS.

K. TORRANCE, '84, Oaptain. A. P. KLETZSCll, '84. "V. A. ADlUAN('E, '85. E. F. LEWIS, '85. J. S. McCoy, '85. E. H. MUNKWITZ, '85. P. 'VILLIS, '85.

Q[rARTER BACK

A. H. JOHNSON, '85.

IIAL}1' B.! ellS.

M. McNAUGHTON, '83. 'V. DILWOH'I'H, '85.

GOAL KEEPER. N. CA~lPBELL, Pl'ep.

Substitutes,' O. 11. BALDWIN, '85. E. P. MOWTON, '8(;.

RE:CORD OF GAME:S,

Nov. 7.-At HoLoken. C. C. OF N. Y. VS. STEVENS. Won STEVENS: 2 goals and 8 touchdowns to O.

Nov. 24.-At New Brunswick. RUTGERS VS. STEVENS.

RUTGERS: 2 goals to O.

Nov. 4.-At Hoboken. COLU)!BIA, '85, VS. STEYENS, '85. STEYENS: 3 goals to O. UOLU)IBIA: 8 downs. "

Nov. 6.-At Hoboken. RUTGERS, '85, VS. STEVENS, '85. STEVENS: 1 goal, 8 touchdowns to O. RUTGERS, 3 "safety touchdowns."

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I T again becomes our unpleasant duty to record the unsuccessful eft'orts of OUl' foot-ball team.

When we first started in the fall it ,ras founel that but few of last year's players were left, audmany who might well haye played refused to compete for positions on the tealll. ,Ye were much dis­appointed in the Class of '86, which, although large anel cOlltainillg some very fine material, showed but little interest in the game, and brought forward but few players.

No college in this country has finer athletic grounds more cen­trally and conveniently located. Unless something is done, how­eyer, and done very soon, foot·ball will certainly tlie out at Stevens. Let us hope that it "will not share the fate of boating. Xo one, of course, is going to take any interest in a team which brings us nothing but defeat; yet no team can expect to make a good record if it is not given opportunities for practice. Just here is the first great difficulty in the way of foot-ball at Steyens: there is no chance for practice, If one Class has a free afternoon, the others have to work in the shops and laboratories; and as there are only a limited number in each Class who play at all, it is almost impossible to get'll together a sufficient number of lllen to make up two respectable teams for practice.

Then, again, after the regular team has been c1JOsen, there is al­ways lJlu('h difficulty in forllling a team with which it might prac­tice. Everybody wants to he on the stronger siue. This is but uatural, to be sure; yet if everybody will show only a little willing­ness to s~cr~fice his own interests for the goou of the college team, we couhl stanel some chance for success.

Although it is not the custom, we deem it proper to say here at least f\ few \\"ords in commendation of the Class team of '85, which was the redeeming feature of the year. It was yery successful in the eady part of the season, and had it not been for an extremely annoying accident to its captain, it woulll very likely have been stillmore successfuL However, it ,Cc'l.usec1 the ColuJl1 bia Sophomores to open their eyes by defeat, and sent Rutgers '85, home for further practice before venturing to Hoboken again.

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62 THE EC('ESTRJ('.

lYe wish to take this opportunity of thanking" Prof. Leeds 3ml Prof. Denton for their kindness in granting us every reasonable re­quest for release from laboratory and SllOp-,York on practice after­noons. " 'e hope that they have found no reason to regret this considerate action.

As to our prospects for 1883, it may be sa ill that they are good. lYe lose but one man by gl'ULluation, m1l1 with our llsual gl'eat ex­pectation of the coming Freshman Class, it seelllS likely that with a fair amount of practice aml a number of Class games early ill the season, Stevens lllay once more resume her ohl position ill the foot­ball field.

CAPT.UX.

C. L. GATELY, 'S4,

E. F. LEWIS, '8;),

J . S. ]\fERHITT, '86,

J. H. STEWART, 'SI),

E. M. COTJART, '8G,

President.

Vice-P1·esident.

Secretary.

Captain.

Bugle?'.

J. E. STEWARD, 'S3.

E. N. WRIGHT, 'S3.

W. L. LYALL,'84.

E. F. LEWIS, 'S5. W. L. BAss, 'S6.

J. E. S'l'EWAHT, '85. E. L. DENT, '84.

IV. A . ADRIANCE, '85. J. S. 1\IERRITT, '86.

O. H. BALDWIN, '81i. J. R FUIOIAN.

C. L. GATELY, 'S-l.

G3

E. 1\1. COTIAUT, '86.

R T. BJRDSALL, '8G.

C> <:.J.

5_ t I, I.,AwN"'I~NNI6 GL..UI3 .

Q)fficcl.+s.

K. TORRANCE, '84-,

J. H. STEWART, '85,

L. C. DA\\"ES, '83,

J. E. STEWARD, '83,

1\1. MeN AllGRTON, '83.

E. N. \VRIGHT, '83.

L. C. DAWES, '83.

J. E. S'l'l,WARD, '83.

8. P. Bmm, '84.

E. H. FOSTEIl, '84.

~ncmbcr5.

J. A. BE~SEL, '84-.

C. I~. GA'l'ELY, '84,.

A. S. MORRIS, '84.

C. F. PARKER, '84-.

lI. R. REA, '8-L

E. B. RENWI<'K, '84,.

A. P. KLETZSCll, '84.

P 'l'esident,

Vice-P?·esident.

Treasure?'.

Ser,retm·y.

K. TOHHANt'E, '84.

\V. A. ADIUAXCE, '85.

J. H . STEWART, '8fi.

O. L. WETMORE, '85.

\V. S. OHESTEH, '80.

O. PAINE, JR., '86.

I :N presenting 011C(' more the stml('nts' yj(,\yS of current Inshlle affairs, we do f;O with the hope thaI, they "'ill receive the ki.l

consideration of tll(' Faclllty mHl the "powcrf; that be ;" anel we shall elllleavor to avoid all appearance of ftu(1acity 01' disrespect. and most humbly beg pm'don if we in any way exceed tLe limits of pro­priety.

In the first pInc(', we acknowledge om thankful appreciation of those improvements and changes for the better ,,,hich have been made (luring the paf;t year. 'We do not lmow and scarcely dare to af;sume that theHc chftugeR ftre in any way due to the suggestions of previous "CommentR." This, howm-er, we know, that many im· provements, adually accomplished, were suggested in former years, and we rest in the hope thftt the future may oft.en bear witness to a repetition of RO remarkable ft coincidence, au(l that we may have hit upon some of the thing8 whieh are to be.

Among the most noted improvements of the immediate past haw been the appointment of assistants to Prof. 'Yood and Prof. jIllc­Cord, the class-room so much needed by the .Junior Class, and-per­haps the greate8t of all-the new and spacious drawing-rooms, thall which better call 110ll"here be found.

The manner of presenting the subject of Lineal' Perspective duro ing the Junior year iR 'iUch as to lead to no re~;ults. 'Yith the pressure of other work and the time which elapses between succes­sive sessions, it iR illlpossible to make it a contilluous and profitable study. 'Would it not be better to begin the study of Descriptive Geometry in the Freshman year, and thus fillish the entire subject in the ~ophomore year"? The time of the Juniors could be much better devoted to machine-<1ra,rillg.

The Chemical Lfthorator,r, at present, is most injurious both to the health and clotLing of those who work there. The air is con·

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TllE ECCES1'RIC. 07

stantly filled with aciel fumes, and t.he "hood" and ventilating arrangements are imperfect and insufficient. It is indeed dangerous to spend three successive hours in such a plrtce.

Then, again, there should be two distillct laboratories, one for Qualitative and another for Quantitati\e Analysis, and some change shonld be matle in the roster. Very little can be accomplisI1ed in Quantitative work durillg a short afternoon, as the operations of fil­tration, desiccation, and cooling require so much time that they frequently have to be left over for a week, when a few ~ours more at that time might have completed them. :X01\-, we think that if one whole day were devoted to Quantitatiye work, much greater progress eould be matle in a given number of hours. The fact that more in­Htructors are needetl in tIle laboratory i::; also yery evident, for il.

chemical operation requires cOllf;tant supervision, and one assistant finds it·difficult to be everywhere at once, as is now expectcd froUl him.

The Department of Languages has always been made the sub­ject of much comment, and, if ,,"e may be allowed to use the phrase, is said to "break a fellow all up.·' The publication of "Die Anna­Lise" partly alleviates the grienmce of the ,,-retched work of the electric pen, and we can on13" keep up the cry of our predecessors in their denulJciatioll of that instrument. The ruinous effect of manu­script text ul)on a man·s eyes places this department at a great dis­atlyantage. 'Ye are often wont to shirk the reading of tlJese paper::; more from the dread of physical suffering than from any other cause. It seems unwise to thus eIll1allger those organs whose good condi­tion is of such vital importance to tIle student. Notwithstanding these difficulties, however, Prof. Kroeh's instruction is thoroughly I\pprecu\ted; and it must have been peculiarly gratifying to him when tbe Junior Class, at the close of its work in his department, walle it the occasion of a simple presen tat ion as a token of its e~teem.

In the Depm:tment of Engineering, the Junior Class is jo}'ful oyer the fact that the recen t publication of Prof. Thurston's lecture notes relieves them of the use of the former electric pen notes. The two-session examinations arc very ex1ll1usting, alld completely Unmfl,ll a student for the work of the lJext day; but they can lie withstood so long as they are made the last of all examinations.

Recitations should commence promptly on the hour, aUll be hrought to a clo. e as promptly. In certain Llepartments there is always a tendency to extend recitations beyond the allotted time,

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while ill others the regnlations in these matter,.; are carefully ob­served; this often leadH to serious inCOnYelliellce.

The Illstiiute is sorely ill nee(1 of a quiet liorary and reading­room, where hoob; ('an 1)e ohtnined ana cOlHmlt('(1 at all hours of the <lay, not ollly by students bnt also by otheri-l. who might then more frequently haw- occasion to l~efer to our library.

lYe remark with pleasure the preliminary steps which are now being taken ,,-itll a view to aftonl better facilities for ilJstruction in Electrical Physics. TIle Institute is eSI,ecially adapted. for post­gra(luate courses, and in arrallgillg for thifl, Olle of the mo. t promis­ing of all. it keeps pace with its Hi"ter institutiolls of Cornell, Colum­bia, and the )Tnl-lsncllUl-letts Institute of Te('hnology, where similar courses are !lOW h(-illg arranged.

Filially, we (lesire to make an appeal to the lower class men re· qucsting theIll to early correct that habit, which they would eventu nllyoutgrow, of makillg HO llluc-h undue lloifle while passing through the halls. lYe 'HlUld remind them that ill so doing they are taking unfair admlltage of the fact that we are lIOt bunlened here at f-lteYens with laws 01' pellaltie.· of any kiml, save the unwritten laws to which all gelltlemen submit their actions. These haIlf-!, moreorer, pass close to recitation 1'00 illS, and the Classes in session are fre. quently disturl)ed in a mOflt unpleasant manner.

t;ighth ~nltnat CCOnnnCltCClllcnt,

Tuesday , June 13, 1882, at 8 o'clock P. M.

GERJM:AN CLUE HOUSE_

YERTURE, " "Stl'adella," FLOTOW

Prayer by the Rev. S. B. DOD.

ELECTION, " Ll/rlinl'," \VALLAl'E

Address by President MORTON.

ELECTION, " ])ati l!ltce," ::)l LLI\'AN

Salutatory Address by HOSEA WEBSTER.

Announcement of Thesis by Prof. THURSTON.

rAL E, \YALDTECFEL

Address to Graduating Class by J. C. BOYLES, Esq.

ELECTION, "L(t lIIascottc," A UDHAN

Conferring of Degrees by the Rev. S. B. DOD.

Announcement of Priestley and Macy Prizes.

Valed ictory Address by ROGER H. WHITLOCK.

lEDLEY,

PIERC'E BUTLER.

WILMER U. CAUTWltIGIIT.

FREDEHIl 'K \\T. COOKE.

GEORGE GIBBS.

WILLIA'! E. GIBB .

WILJ.IA)I E. JOBBIN •.

VERNON H. HOOD.

DILLER

ALFI(EJ) ~TE]{N.

CHARLES \V .. "('ltiBNEIl, B. S. (Princeton.) HOSEA \V};BSTE H, ::\1.8. (Cornel l.) JOSEI' JI \VETZLER.

HOGER II. \VlIITLOt'!{.

EmlcNJ) 1'. 1 .. 0 liD, Ph.B. (Yale.) ALEXANDER A. HIGIITEII, Ph.B. (Yale.)

• THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

OF TIlE

StC\1cns 1fllstitute of trccbnoloo)?

INST1'l'UTED Jl:LY 1, 1876.

<Otti cl'1.'S to:c 188 2 .. 83.

AnOLP][ G. SOROE, l\I.E., 'if).

lice- Preside lit,

ROLAND ~. KUI!SIlEEDT, J'll.E., '80.

(IOl'rr.~]iolldin[J Sen'dary,

TlIEODOm,. F. KOEZLY, l\I.E., '7;).

360 Eru t 7!Jth St., New York City.

RrrO/'dillrJ &rrcla/'y,

ALFRED P. TRAlJTWE!~, M.E., '76.

Treasu1'e1',

ADA)! RIESE:-IBEIWER, M.E., '76.

Stevens Institute of Technology.

'Pl"l'Cll it UC (£:Ol1UnittL'l'.

ADOLPH G. SORGE, M.E., '7fl, P?·esident.

HENRY \V. POST, M.E., '74. \VILLLUl E. GEYER, Ph.D., '77. THEODORE F. KOEZLY, l\1.E., '7j. GEOIWE M. B,nm, l\1.E., '80. ADAM RIESENBEHGER, l\I.E., '76. JOHN 'Y. LIEB, l\I.E., '80. ALFRED P. TRAUTWEIN, M.E., 76. ROLA)lD S. KURSJIEEDT, M. E., '80.

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A F r.W WORDS FROM fHE: AL.UMNI,

By tIle courtesy of THE ECl'E"~l'mc the Alumni are again perlJlitt('d to address the undergral1uates upon subjerts of mutual inter­

est. It goes witllout saying tllat the Alulllui of u professional, ftlHl especially of a technical, school must of necessity take a deeper in­terest in their .Alma l1Iatel' than those of a elassical illstitution; the former, more than the latter, are tlirectly affected by the reputation which their . .:I{ma )Ia/I'I' enjoys. If there is any advantage, then, in being recognized as a graduate of the Stevens Institute of Tecllllol­ogy-und who will dell,}' that tlJere is not, both hom a sentimental and II business point of view ~- it is necessary that, as Alumni, we Ehould intelligently watch our Alma )[altT';; progress. 'Ye have, therefore, followed with much interest tile step of raising the staml­:ml of admission, the de\-clopment of the Department of Experi­mental :JIechanics anel of the course in shop-work instruction, and :he \'arious improvements in almost every <lirectioll of the Institute ';; work, all of which we heartily elluorse.

:Not very long ago the Alumni Association laboreLl under all tbe ,lifficulties inciLlent to young organizatiolls, and in devising some means which would give it a 1'I'OSO/t d'clre, as it \yere, a loon flllltl was created, to be ayailable to nIl undergraduates who lllay require temporary aid, This fund has alrea<l." <lone SOllle little gooll, aud its usefulness will grow with the fuull. It has, furtherlllore, hild the IWy good effect of enlisting the interest of the Alumni in the work ',f the undergraduates tllemsehes.

THE ECCEX'l'UIC has ah-ays recei yeu our cordil~l snpport, a11l1 it i,; Ilopec1 that it will continue in its allllual reyolutions. Thus far it has quite fllltille<l its mission of reconllllg ill permallent for111 the principal events of the year. Its spllere, lJOweyer, is limited ana lt~ influence is small as compareel with lhnt exercised. by a monthly undergraduate journal. There is no 110ubt that the time has come \\hen a publication of that character can be made to fill n long felt w:mt. That it would recei \-e the conlial support, financial as well

litemr)" of Stevens Alumui, may well be taken for granteLl, nor w"ultl it require much effort to show tlmt such an ul1l1ertaking can \ \ made to return at least a fail' llrofit for t.he lallor and time ,,-hich Jt will undoubtedly require,

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72 TUE ECCESTR!G.

As part of its systelll of practical instrnction, the Institute's course prescribes a serieH of visits to various engineering establish­nJents in this vicinity and elsewllere. We know that we express the sense of ever.)' alumnus " ,hen ,,'e say that the u1ll1 ergraduates will always be made particularly welcome at any establishments with which the graduates of the Institute are connected; and these are not a few, for they can now be found ill pm;itions of responsibility in the most representati\'e ellgin eering works throughout the COUll­

try. To mnlly, such n visit is the most welcome, because the only remillller of their 01Yll good college days, It has been our good fortune to thus meet at various times a llum bel' of the umlel'gmdu­ates, and we gladly bear witness to the fact that they all seemed fully to appreciate the responsibilities of tbe profeosion which they are about to emorace,

,Yo call1lot, howe\'er, hil to notice that the social siue of under­graduate life at f-)tevelis has undergone a great change. " 'hen THE ECCE~'l'Hl(" with the record of the eyents of the Jear, reaches the old er Ai Ullllli, they look in vain for any sign of life from the Boat Club, the Dramatic Association, with its enjo:'able entertainments, the fonner i::ipring ana Fall Field Meetings of the Athletic As oeia­tion; these ana other evitlences of ulll1ergradnate acti \'ity have all (1isappearetl. They ask themsel \'es whether a different class of young lllen, less able than formerl.,' to appreciate and cultiyate the,e harmless amllsements of stUl1ent life, now throng the halls of their Alma J[alel'; they ask whether the student body, now twice as large as several years ago, is so llluC'h divided hy cliques and clubs tbat the common interests are allowed to suffer '? It is hoped that the latter is not the active cause for all this change; nor does it seem that the fonner reason will bear analysis. Possibly we llla~'look for the real cause ill the fact that the legitimate l1nties of the Institute's improved course leave but little time for such evidences of esprit Ii, corps, If this be so, we who are now engaged in the active pur~uit of our profession, can only hope that the more highly educated young engineers which the Institute sendf; forth to-dny will, ill their own life's work, llleet with that success which is due them as the re' suIt of foul' years of close amI conscientious application to study.

Au:m;rs.

T ",YO people sat OIl the wille oak stair At the hall at the FOl'll's last night;

Everyone else was tla])('ing, Alld the german was a.t its height.

Fred Fal'nha.l11 sat on the lower step, Kate Danver just aLove-

Her LrolV11 oyes beame(l "'ith a mOlTY light, His blue eyes burned "'itll loyo.

His blue eyes humed- bel' brown eyef; gleamoll, And he took the slemler hn.n<1

That rested with easy grace on tho stail'­",Yhat ho saill ,..-as drownod by tLe banll

There waf; no one ehe in the hall hut thoi:le two: The music wa.s so inspiring

Thnt the dancers forgot all else Lut themselves, Anc1no one thought of inquiring

",Yhat hatl become of Fred and Kate, But danced on, canied away

By the maddening strains of mlltzef; by Stmuss, So laden ,vitll passion, so hright and so gay,

AmI bome along in its willI, mall course On an undercurrent withal so sall,

No\" mournful, then mocliing, 110W bittel', tben bright, Here leaden, there featherell, hero hopeless, there gIn.d.

A wildering accord of ple:1snre amI pain This king of the (huce so lleftly ulends,

That ono-would he try- could Imnlly tell ",Yhere pleasure comlllences alld hitternei:;i:; ends.

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74 TIlE HGf'ESTR[(,.

He rais('(l her halld to his lips Ullsern By the JOYOllS throng within.

"}\.ate, I 10\"0 yon," the blue eyes saill­Pmy di(l the blue eyes sin '?

" I lovo yon, Kate," he spokr, nt length, " Love you-what more can I sa~'

That ,,"oul(l adll to the power, the iufinite strength Of words so potent as they?

" I am poor, it is true, but your 10v(', were it mille, ,YouW leud a power to my life

To rope "'iib the "'orId and will fortune au(l faille To lay nt the feet of m,)" "'ife--"

* * * * * * * "\Yhy, Fred, don't you see :you have torn my glove '!

An(l I need HO many, that I hardly know How witlJOut (luite a fortune along with tll(' loye

I'd be able to have them, and--()h! .,

.Jm;t then 1\rc1 Lyman, missing his frien(l From the heated hall-room, sought the pair.

The sheen of a dress, a broadcloth form, Caught Lis eye, anll he stoppe(l at the stair.

" '1'11(')"1'e daneing the mitten fignre, F1'Nl, Come in, it's sH('1l lots of fUII - -"

" )\ 0, tll:mks," with a lJitter laugh, IH' said; " rye had lll.'· mitten. thankH to Kntt', AmI I dOll't waut llJore th:m oJle. "

G. B. W., 'ii).

PROFE:SSOR PASSE:D ME:_

p ROFESSOR passed me when I last

For examination stood.

Now that" finals" I have passed,

Secretary, write my name:

Say I'm lazy, say I'm baa,

Say I " skinned," and luck won't Inst me ;

Say I'm anything, but add-

Professor passed me !

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A MOM~NfOUS QU~stloN ANSW~R~D,

I~ olden times the man of rhymes ~eed only strike a lyre,

Alltl f;traightway came poetic flume, Perchance poetic tire.

But now to court a lllUll is brought, They might e'ru ('ensure IllC,

AJ](lllel1r him glooms the fitOlly "Tombs," (, AS>ianlt aml battery."

I do not cnre for prison fare So carly iu my yonth­

The realler here won't interfere If I should strike the truth.

" Tellllle," I said un to a clever lllan, "Tell 111(" I pray, what constitutes a college.

Is it so callNl from allY f;etth'd plall, Or uallled berause it boa;;ts of varied knowledge?"

The clever mau 100k('(1 up fllHl <lOWll, He named di;;tinctioll hut not difference;

Hi;; face began to \\'ear a ;;ettled frown A;; 1, with lllirth, to taunt him did commence.

But while I laughed I turned flIHl saw them come, The" college men," just ('udell recitation;

Tbeir voieoR rOHe ill OIl(, decided hUIll, But I u{ldreRsell tllClll without hesitation,

Aud asked the question of the foremost OJle, A " 'i tty lUall in Class (If '13-1,

But from his lips no answer. \Yas there none To satisfy Illy query? I forllOre

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Alld tlll'lled to go. A Freshman touched llIy sleeH'. "I thillk," lw said, with 8eeming deference,

" I think we make the thing, and I believo I will be crc(lited by lUell of sense."

'''ith this rebuke I left and \Yeut my \Yay In thoughtful mood. And lul,!'; it cOllle to this .)

I to myself right sorrowful did say. ,. And so the Freshman ClaHS the Col1rge is ! .,

But had I asked the plillnt Sophomore, Or Junior gay, 01' Sonior H:ttisfied,

Prrehance the ans\yer I recei I'ed before ,Youla meet mo. By this answer I abi(lc.

The Classes form a little cricket too To give a flavor; tennis for a sport,

A .. nine" for ball, some strong men for a crew: And here you have the definition song-ht.

With one exception, that is always hem'd From Alma ::\Iater's goo(l mHl loving SallS,

They throw in gratis every other wOl'll The lUeal • .'e.~t jokes aml most enfeebled 11IOJ,"

I do not care for prison fare f)o early in my youth,

So, studeuts, here don't interfere If I "are struck the truth.

M, T. B.

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A ~E:CfURE: IN PHYSICS BY

PROF, M, HAYE:R, FRmr THE NOTE-DOOK OF C. F. P..IRllt"ETTF.

I 'irISH to speak to the Class ihis lllomillg on the subject of­" won't you please clo!;e that door, sir? "-on the subject of "the

accurate determination of the veloeity of projectiles." There Lave been various forllls of apparatus devised for this pur­

pose, but I !;hall only haye time to explain bro or three of the sim· plest and best this morning.

Oue of these was devised hy Reg-nault, and was much used in France during his time. He firf;t used it on his place in the AGo/e d'Aj)l)licalion de l'Al'tillel'ie ei du Gellie at Fontainebleau. As soon as he brought it out the Emperor and all the nobility went to see it and ma<le a big fuss about it, and the Freuell ladies \\"Ore pieces of blue ribbon ,,,ith "Vive Regnault., on them, and all that nonsense, you kuow.

It took him some time to design a piece of apparatus which would illdicate the velocity of projectiles correctly, but fillally he succeeded. At first he tried to determine the velocity as follo\\'s:

He went to a small lake near the university, where the water was quite smooth, amI anchorecl a bloek of wood at a distance of about two huudred feet from the shore. He then took a loaded gun, and llis assistant !;tood near- all the professors in these French lmiversj· ties have assistants who perform all the experiments before the classes and prepare all the appamtuf;, and then all tbe professor has to do is to lecture. The professors there don't llllYe to get down at eight o'clock in the moming to make ice-\yater to test thermoruetelo in ; the assistant does all that, awl they ougLt to have assistants here to do the same, but they dOll't. 'irell, his assistant stood neal' him with a stop-watch, and then Regnault counted three and fired, fiDel at the same time the assistant started the watch. As soon as the shot struck the wooel, which he could tell by seeing the water splash aroul1tl it, he was to stop the watch. Knowing the distance of the block from the shore and the time between the starting and stop ping of the 'Ylltch, he could calculate the velocity of the shot.

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Regnl1ult made several determinat ions hy this method, but he aftemard discovered tLat they were all wrong, for the following reason: He very seldom Lit the block, and when he dill it scared the assistant so llluch that he forgot to ~top the watch for three or fow' seconds after the shot struck, which, of course, gave a false value for the velocity.

Failing in this way 1e tried the follolving, wlt:ch elicited uuiver­sal admiration: H placed over the muzzle of thO' gun a siren and then had his assistant fIre the gun. Threo 01' fom assistants had their shoulders broken in this lVa~', and Regnault shouhl have knolvn better, because if he hall put the gun against It saud-hank it "'ould have answered just as 'I"ell. Of comse, as the :>iren shot throug'h the air rotation was procluced, a]](l the speed of that rotation was cli­rectly proportional to the velocity, wlJich coulcl be easily cnleulatetl by means of an autographic recordillg appru'atus attached to the siren. Regnault tabulated most of IJis resultH, and I have them in this book. If any of the members of tho ehss care to look at them after recitation, I shall be pleased to show them.

The other appm'atus which I shall describe is ono of my own. It is extremely simple, awl tIle only womler about it is that SOIllO one didn't think of it before. The great beauty of it lies in the fact that it contains in itself the means of its own adjustment. I have hero a :quare ebony box. If you want to make this apparatus you needn't have an ebon}' box; a comlllOll starch-box ,yill answer just as well. In tbis box I cOJlfine it ray of polarized light. You will notice that just abo\'e the sliding cover of the box is placed an electro-magnet, so tbat ,vhen a ('unent of electricity i~ passed through the wire it raises the cover and allows the light to escape. 1'he ray of light after leaving the box passes through a tube containing cal­cium chloride, and is thus thoroughly dried. From the tube it passes through a Xichols prism, then co through a spectroscope, and after passing through a collimator strikes on a re\'ohing roll of photographic paper llriven by clock-work. Now suppose we wish to determine the velocity of shot. 'Ye first put the box containing the light ut a distance of two hllndrell feet from the gun and then set the photographic paper in rotation. :x ow, we fire the gun by an electric spark. and the same spark makes a spot on the paper. As soon I1S the shot strikes the box the polarized light is liherated and comes bnck and makes another spot on the paper. Taking the velocity of light as 185,000 Illiles per secollll, it will take the ray mho 0" of It second to travel from the box to the paper, and by su b­tracting this from the distance betwcen the spots Oil the roll we get the velocity of the shot.

~o 7'11£ RCCE.V'I'R1C.

Xow, if thNe are allY gC'ntlclllen ill the Class w110 are interested ill shooting, I can give thelll a few pointfl, so that they cau kill their bin1s every timo. ThC're's no use re;H1ing books like" The Hports­mau's Best Friend, or How to Shoot ~traight without a ilinster," because the men who write those books don't really know how to shoot scientifically at all. N ow suppose you are out with your guu anll you see a flock of ducks coming along, all strullg out like ducks fl.,", you lmow. ""ell, if you've beoll realling "How to Shoot Straight with011t a :JIastor," you take aim at the leader um1 nre, expecting to see it drop, but it doesld ; it flies right on, and in plnee of knocking over the lealler YOll hit the last one in the flock. If you shoot scientifically, though, you're bound to hit the Olle you aiUl at every time. The wa~' you oughi to go ahout it is as follo'l's: We know the velocity of shot hy means of the apparatus I hm'e just de­scribed, alill 110W we must know the velocity of the bin1, so that we may l1etermine how far to aiIll ahead of it. I (1etermined this velo­city sOlUe years ago by making a series of very elaborate experiments OIl SPi1lTOWS, which I took as a standard, and then reckoneu the velocity of all the other birds from that. The following formula expresses the veloeity :

al + 1/ "- --', + l' - ((Vh),' + 1 • ,

where :r is a numher which varies for different binls. For sparrows :r is 0, for partril1geR it is 10, a11(l for eagles it is 500. For lieltl, shooting it is best to lllemorize the fin;t term of the right halHl number, "'hich we will aSHUllle, as an illustration, is fifteen. Then if you are going along with your gun and a partridge flies up in frout of you, you Hay mentally: There goes a partridge; fifteen and ten are twenty-five; then you aim twenty-five feet ahel1l1 of it aud you hit it every tillle. There's DO doubt about it- yon\'e got to hit it.

,Yhen I first publil;hed these results some OIle over here in New York 'Hote to the" Ocean and Field" aIld saill tlley were all non­sense, ana that 110 one who knew anything at all about shooting woull1 think of aillliug twenty fiye feet aheall of a partridge. IYeU, that just showell all he kllew about it ; he llidn't think he aimeu so far ahead, 1mt lJill all the same. There's no Ul;e arguing "'ith such people , though, hecaul;e they can't ullllerstalll1 you, 0,11(1 eyen when they are wrong they 'YOD't aL1mit it. If you ask that kind of a man to giye you a reason for sOlllething he says, why, all he will say is, "'iYell, because;" and that's no reason at all, you kno\\'. I'll dis­miss the Class.

WHAf Is If?

" OH! tlw bull-clog Oll the bank, And the bull-frog ill the pool."

Thus sang the yenlnnt frC'slllUaIl As he walked along the r-;tred, ,fith a cane within hir-; lJ:lIHl And ;l beayer on hi!; lJcatl.

Ho,,· all the \\"olHlcrin 0" YOllll""Rters n ~ b

Yiewe<l lJilll from afar A!; he walked through Hoboken ,Yith an all-poHseHRing air!

And all the lovely maidens f:)carce dared to turn their IlCalls Till after he hall passed hy, Then their hearts' desire fetl.

Now if yon are deyoill of fllll<lR, AmI would like a snrety bet, On this stake all your money, That the end is !lot as yet;

For hang-iug to this frC'sl1Ill:1lI, By a conl of fill est Dill;:, Is a glass \\"itlwut /1, llIounting Tied loosely round his neck.

The use of this strange object Is It question for the \\"iHe, For had there been too much Htudy There'd be one for ellch bis eyes.

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But 'tween yon allll Ille, dear fri~llll.

Ou!' opinions we lllay pass; The rC'fractiyc co-eftkient

Is zC'ro in j hat glass.

His pallts, yon lllay heliere, \Yere always made quite tight,

"\.11<1 his r<'(l-topp~(l. poiuh'd Hhoe!; \y ~re e(lually as brigltt.

r1'o crOWll it all, this freshnl:l1I. " ' hen the ,,'inter days (11'C'\I' 1)(':11'.

Bought--it was all overcoat, "'bieh rellclie<1 fr01l1 toe [0 ('ar.

An(l now a(lorlle,l ill fashioll That ('ouM !lot be heat for toue, This pam<lox relllil\(ls you Of the frllstrulll of a COlle.

\Ye await with anxious " 'OlHler, Quitc curious to see \\'lwr this young mau's uext purchase Ell ('oll!;(,l'illl'(, will he .

fH~ ~VI~ INF~U~NC~S OF ,H~ NIGH,-­

K~Y ON F R~SHM~N.

THREE freshmen lived on Bloowfiehl Street-not that three freshmen didn't live on any otuer otreet, or that more than

three didn't live on Bloomfield Street; but the particular three that lived there wore possessed with all tbe pristine freslmess of just-out­of-the-nUl'Rer~' greenness. Before they left home they had taken the oath of "Little Robert Reed" of ltneimlt story, nllll the decoration of a blue ribbon proclaimed that they had also solemuly pledgetl themselves to drillk nothing but watel', except in tase of "sickness." And oh, how soon they had reducea " sickness" to a fine art! But we must not anticipate.

Theil' deal' papas had left them as It l:mcrell trust to ~Irs. Earle E--, one who promised to keep a motherly eyo on them, tenderly eare for them, anc1make their moral welfare tho object of her life. They prolllised that they wonhl noyer fail to COllle home before eleven o'clock at night; but she mado the fatal mistake of supplying each tender :vouth with a latch-key--one of those horribly dissipated little things that make you keep late hoUl's in Rpite of all promises and gooLl resolutionI'. ,rithin thnt npparently innocent bit of brass there lurks a po,yer for evil that he who does not carry one wouM never dream of. It has been well sait1 that the night-key is tLe root Df all evil. It is the pocket editiou of the Tempter; one of the favorite disguises of the Arch Fiend. The dellloralizing influence exerted by the night-key over ullsophisticated freshmen is most alarming. \Ylmt a world of misery woulll be prevented if the head of every house could be brougllt to realize this! How many sleep­less nights would be saved; how lUauy flunks avoided!

This dangerous weapon placed in the hands of our three" fresh­jes" soon began to exert its influence. 'l'hey beeame strangers to their rooms at the witching hour of midnight, amI illyu.riably worked the night-key at ten ana fifteen miuutes past. One night two of them went out together and the odd one ,reut alone. 'Yhere they went shall not be toltl- perhaps to prayer-meeting, perhaps to Wareiug's ;

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llHt they ha<1uight-keYH mll1 11('11Ce might lutye heen anywhere. The night was not \\':\1'111. TIle lone OJle rame in at 1:2.374 A.M., and thinking hilllself the l;tr-;t onp in, 10cke<1 anll holted both doors care­fully amI stole quietly up to ~liH rOOlll in the uppermost story. He hegan to disrobp. ,Yhen he rpachetlhiH - welJ, a thin suit of gauze, he thought it beHt to make Hme tlmt his two brotln'en were in. He went to their 1'00111, antI 1>e1101d, tlley were not there. There was

nothing to do hut to go <1own stairs nnd un bolt that door. This he tlid, stealing dO\\'1\ like a thirf in tlle 11ight. He got to

thr olltsitle claar, awl \I·hile llnl)olting it the inner door was closed hy the wind; he waH n prisoner, caught like a mOllKe in a trap. He dill not tlare to awake the hOlme, for the "old woman" would then kllOW that he ('ame in late. The thought tlmt " the bOYR" would ~:iOOll returll ronHolecl llim for a ,,·hile. True, he tlid Dot like the iclea of beillg laugh('cl at ; yet it ('onlllnot be llClpel1. An haUl' had passell, still he waitetl in vain. Stretching himself all the fioor, with ollly the tloor-mat for a pillo\l' :tl1l1 nothing between him and the chilletl marble but that thill fillit of gauze, he triecl to sleep, But the 1)0,"8, 11owe\'e1', rUlllO ill. At ahou t 5.15 A.)l. the Sel'Yallt com­ing down to open tIle house, was startled by the sight of a Rparely clacl ghost flying IIp stairs,

Those who lllay rent! tlJis true tale will oblige ns hy 1l0t telling the old woman, as \\'e clOll't waut to be "gin'll :l.IY:l.Y."

TilE O'l'IIEIt Two.

fHE: SE:NIORS' (.,ASf Gooo .. I3YE:;

I T was a lovely llight in June, - The moon sholle full allJ clear,

And throngs of student!:l ill the Park Proclailllell the closillg year.

And on the calm, still summer night A song rose clear al1l1 high­

Came saJly through the heated air The Seniors' last good-bye.

Chorus-The Seniors' last good-bye, The Seniors' last good-bye,

Came !:ladly through tIle heated air The Seniors' last good-bye.

I sauntered slowly down the street To get a gla!:ls of beer,

And when at Busch's I arrived I found the Seniors there.

They stood all mournfully around, While "Charlie" there in tears

Strove manfully against his grief And poured the nilleteen beers.

Chm'us-The Seniors' last good-bye, The Seniors' last good-bye,

Came sa(Uy from the empty glass The Selliors' last good-bye.

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The foremost Henior grasped Ills llal1Ll AII<1 caHell the Juniors there:

"These," said he to Charlie, <, I Hesigll uuto your care."

Then Charlie seized the Juniors' hands Aud straightway dried his tears,

Anll onlercll theu upon the spot Home forty-seven beers.

Chorlls- The Seniors' last good-bye, The Hcniors' last gooll-bye,

The Juniors draine<1 their glasses to The Seniors' last good-bye.

The glasses clinked upon the bar \\'ith sad and mournful sounel,

"'hile Charlic tilled thcm up again And sadly passed them roul1l1.

Then from each foaming glass there came A melancholy sigh,

And each retiring beer-keg soul1l1s The Hcniors' last goo(l-byc.

Chorus-The Scniors' last good-bye, The Seniors' last good-bye,

And each retiring beer-keg sounas The Seniors' last good-bye.

G. B. 'Y., '75.

f HE: GL.E:E: GL.UI3'S SONG,

" L'p from tl,c Routh n.t brcak of day, Brin!(ing to "'inclwstcr fresh dismay, The afrrighted air with a ~hlldder hOl'C

Like a herald in haste to the chieftain's door."

-Shrl'idf/l"s Rill_.

U p in the College, in Prof. '" ood's 1'00111,

The Juniors sut waiting tllcir cf'rinin doom, '''hen word was brought tlu"tt they need llOt fear, For he was late and would not be there; The Glee Club carolled with joy sincere, Because they knew he couldn't appear, For he had, they thought, seyeral miles to come.

And sweeter aml clearer that Glee Club sings-One would think they were angels, except they've no wings­Till the close of the fifteen miuutes thaws nigh, And the bright rays of hope light up each fellow's eye, For they all are preparing to say tlleir good-bye; But they neyer got sold ill a much worse way, For Prof, 'Yood was only four blocks away.

For there is a road called Hudson Street, A goo<1, broad high way, trim an<1neat, And on it there walked, with l'ight gooa will, A lUan as large as a plumber's bill-Or the price he chm'ged for his Oll'n rock-clrill­As if he knew that he was late. He pegged awaJ' at a terrible gait; Streets came ana went- but his heart was gay, For now he was only three Llocks away.

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Under his spurning feet the road . Like Hoboken lager in summer flo~'ed, And the houses vanished as suddenly As the Juniors' dinner to '83. For he hears, as he nears the end of his trip, " He's a-comin', fellers ; come aheall, let's skip." And, half afraid that they'll give him the fllip, He dashes away like a shot once more, And now he has reached the College door.

'Twas then Jim Beecher hem·a in despair The sound of his footsteps upon the stair, But <luickly subduing the force of the shock, He started the Glee Club on "Grandfather's Clock i" And Professor Wood stopped in his onward flight, For the sound of that song had killed him outright. With yodels and trills Jim kept singing away; By the flash of his eye and his mouth's great play He seemed to appeal to the Class and say: "I have saved you, gentlemen-saved the day, But it's best to leave now without further delay."

Hurrah! llUrrah for Henry Ward! AmI three times three for the Glee Club too! Let its name stand forth both bold and bright To some future club as a beacon light. And other Classes, perhaps, will say, " Those were the fellows who saved the day." And when their lessons are long and tough, And they've crammed until they can cram no more, They will sigh and think that it's mighty rough' 'That they haven't a Glee Club like '84.

SOIf;NOf; Af (,OGGf;RHf;ADS .

.. OXE o'clock! time to shut up," saia Tom, the genius who pre­sided oyer the bottles and glasses of a certain little shop in

-- Street deyoted to the sale of "li(lUid (1:t1l111ation," as John B. Gough styles it.

I W[li:> leaning gracefully on the bar, leisurel." sipping my "hot .' otch" from a delicate glass. I felt pecl liarly comrortable just then. The wiml howled an(l the storlll-demon raged witllOut. The now wai:> whirled in fitful gusts and (hifted illto all the corners. A

cheering glow of caloric radiated from a "'ood-fire on the old-fash­ionetl hearth near me. And the hot Scotch c1ifti.lsed itself through­out my circll1n.tion, "rnoying the ichor or my being into wila (lances of exultant joy." Looking about, I notice(l a number of broken glasses, one or two smashel1 chai.rs, aml other eyidences of a row of some sort. " Tom" answered the unspoken inquiry which was plainly yisible on Illy manly and expressi \'0 countenallce.

,. Tell you what! there was a time here last night; jest as I was 8 sllllttill' up, in como lliue fellers, some of 'em pretty 01<1 chaps. They all had long coats on but one; he was a big reller with a bottle uutler his arm. T4ey jest nodded at me, anel set down round that big table there. Tho fat feller he locked tho <1001' and <hopped the key into his bottle and set down at another table. Pretty soon, one of 'em hops up, slings back his coat, am1 says to me, says he: , Base pro(luct or the earth, bring beakers, am1 syphon off those aIel elixirs that warm the blood of llIan and neutralize the acids of his ~Ulperall1ent. '

" 'Shut up, you old alchemist,' put in a little feller. He had a bad cye, he did; he winks at me, and says, '::\ly name's Ihukine, he's Priestley,' poiutin' to the feller what was blackguanlin' me; 'he wants beer-that's what's the matter with him-so do wo all!' Then the feller with the bottle and me passet1 round the beer. Then Priestley gets up again, and says, 'Pour 01l" the supernatant foam, tlecant the mother liquor into--' TheIl they all gets up and blows the froth off their beer, and afore Priestley could finish, he was half-way into his stein. I began to pump the fat feller. Ho wm;

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good-natured, and I learnt that I was a t1rawin' beer for some 0' the biggest guns in the scientific world. Besides Rankine and Priestley, there was Sir ISMC Newton, Koenig, La Place, Church, Taine, Poly­glot, and 'Yatts. La Place was the fat feller.

"They wn,s about the (hicst crowd I evor waited on. They fin­ished all the beer I had in the place, and then they took to fillin' in the corners with strong stuff: Talk about capacity! why them fellers would have drained the North River without half tryin', if they'd had a mind to. And all the time they'Ll jaw back an(l forth at each other in high-tolled lingo. Taiue, he talked like a 1)00k, he did. He'd spout ill oW English:

" , Ye must decbre yeur IDOotters to mine intelligence That I may the best perseyve all inconvenience, Dout, pro, contm, Ooud ambiguitie Through yeur declaration, ani! enfo1'l11yd be'-

anel so forth. 80me of 'em was gettin' slewed-not full, :'ou know. but jest invigorated-like and lively. TIle fat feller saJ's, 'Let's test the resistance of materials;' and with that he ups with one of them chairs with iron braces and pulls it apart. There was nine of 'em, and I thought best to be perlite, and I jest kinder hinted that if it '"\'as agreeable, my property might be spared. 'You shapeless mass,' says he, 'in breakin' this iron I increase the ultimate strength of its separate pieces,' says he. 'You don't understand the elevation of the elastic limit clue to the overstrain and suhsequent rest.' Then he took a piece of chalk and dmwed a lot of high reg-lifix on the pool­table, "'hich it took me an hour to scrub off, talked about 'moduli of rupture, horizontal cOlirc1inate axes,' and so on. I didn't know nothin' about them kind of axes. They ain't the kind I chop my wood with. \\T ell, he got lligher into his reglifix and began to gas about' approximate solution of the curve of flexure,' Rankine and Koenig a noddin', as much ItS to say' bully for you! ' when Church gets sarcastic and tells him to (lifi'erentiate into a diaphanous pa· leocryst, or soruethin' like that-then the fuss begun that's left this wreck I've been a c1earin' up. Lord! you oughter seed the tbings a flyin'. I never heard sich language in all my sixteen years of bar­tendin'. Jaw-breakers, them words was. If that's the way them sci­entific big guns cuss, I don't want to heal' no more scientific cussin'. You see, I haclno license to interfere. There was too many of 'em. I kept a doc1gin' behind the connter, and they paid no attention to

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me, but fircd beer-Illu~~ and scicntifie cu~s words at eac·h other, all 'ceptin' Taine. He stood up ngin' the wall Holelllll-likc, and "'hen any of 'em come too nen.r and met1ellc'c1 "ith him, he jest struck one from the shouldcr ill a scientific manner ;nul floored 'em. I noticed they kilHler stecret1 clear of him to'anlH the last, too. Sir Isaac, he'd Hay to Priestley, 'I'll get my electro-magnet to work on J'ou. I'll paralyze you with an ill(ludion coil. Dare to insinuate that I haven't elolle more for science than you, llllel I'll make a GieHlel' tube of yon. I'll (lifl'use yO\1l' mys tbrough a prism. I'll polarize you!' and a lot more such truck. Priestley says, cool lWeI <Iuiet, . The only propel' retort to such boast,; is to inforlll you that a qualitntiyC' anal­ysis leads me to heliere that your ('helllical constituents lad;: the re­quisite affillity to causc them to ullite· ill successfully pcriol'll1illg such an experiment on me. Yon anll hytlrous died ox hieIe, eIestru('­tire llistillatioll is too gooel for you,' lUlll he pro('eellecl to mace­rate Sir Isaac, as he callell it, in It bucket of stale beer. I ~mppose by destructi \'e distillation he hall rderel1('C to the elestrl1ctioll them flyin' beer-glasses was \\-orkin' among the llistilled liqnor:; on my bal'.

"Polyglot would fin;t let fly It Htring of 1I1oe1cl'll language,;, and then a match-safe, dodgin' an<l j llUlpill' around (Iuite actiH'. Hankine, he was spry too. He was ~mall, but 'twas l1111azin' how heavy he was, and what a hal'll olle to ma,;ter. Lob; of 'em Ihmkell on him. He was no easy one to tackle; you can gam ole on tlHl.t. To tell you the truth, none of 'cm was slouches. Not one of 'em eyer give in. They didn't agree Oll nothill' but the drinkH, alld OJl them th~'y was all sa tis­fietl,'ceptill' Church; he stuck to apph'jaek. \\hieh I 'spo~e is the tech­uicaln!lllle for it. Well, they fit like the tleyil allilight long, all the time a jawin' in their llitl'erent lingos aIHl takill' an atljoul'llmeut eyery Dye lllinutes for drill};:;;. Fiually, when 'tmul lIlost l1a.ylight, the fat feller-that's La Plaee-matle all assessment, eollectin' from each sci­entif in orller, antI laia a uig roll of bills on the bar, aua afore I howed what was goin' to happeu, they all filetl out the aoor wilho/lt opellin' il. I wasn't arunk and I wasn't asleep, :tllll I'll take my oath they got out with the door "hut al1'l lock/-d. The fat feller's hottle with the key in it was lyiu' ou that tahle all the timc. I took the key out myself as soon as I coulll ('o11ect my wits ana openetl the door. There was no sign of 'em up the street 01' down."

I didn't say anything, but my face lllUst have lookell "that's an­other one of yo un;, Tom," for he saia, "I'm not stuffin' you, sir. I wish I may neyer mix another cocktail, sir, if all what I told you didn't

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take place in here last night. P'raps I got some of them jaw-break­ers what they fire(l oft· a little twistetl; but as to facts, my story's like pure spirits-hard to swaller straight, but straight all the same."

I assllmed an expression of the most innocent and child-like faith in Tom's veracity, but coultln't forbear telling him tl1at his lively crew of the night before was made up of unmitigated frauds, and that the eminent scientists and leal'llell men they represented tbem­selves to be were dead and gone these many years.

" \\-ell, I don't care whether they 'was frauds or not," saill Tom in an injured tone. "They treated me quit,e handsome in payin' their score, settlin' for the damage as well as the ell'inks, and lertvill' a neat little X for a tip. I was quite took with 'em. I like science-when it pays-all but them jaw-breakin' scientifie cuss ,Yortls, and I'm gain' to get up a list of scientific mixed drillks. Priestley, he promised to gimme some points on the mixin' of 'em. Gootlnight, sir!" And as I buttoned up my ulster rtt the door I heard Tom saying over to him­self: "Electl'ifietl Jamaica rhumkorft·; lligh-pressure, super-beated steam drill-punch; exponential cosine cocktail; spherical triangl shandy-gaff; ice o'thennal sherry cobbler; thermodynamic sangaree; a trochaic tetrameter measure of old ale; hydrated sesqui-oxicle of ethyl-them 'ntllook bully on a price-list!" And I thought they ,,"aula.

X. PREP.

A VISION OVE:R fHE: WAY,

A s I sit alltl smoke ill my window, And dl'eam of my last l'ush in Kl'oeb,

1\ly listless eyes cal'elessly wandel' To a vision just oyer the way.

The vision takes forl11 in my fancy; A pail' of lace curbim; draped o'er

. "\ maidenly form tall and slellller, A pair of bright eyes nothing more.

Ah, yes! I forget thm:ie rieh tresses That clothe the fail' heacl ,,-ith their grace, And those rosy rell lips that parted Adll a heavenly smile to bel' face.

Just now comes a voice from the study, Drawling out in the sleepiest tone, "I heal' ,Yood is writing a ne\\' book : " I answer the voice with It groan.

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94 'nIB E('GENTRIC.

Ob, why should those wOllllcri'ul "'i~;e men Have made mathematics ~o tame? "'by, I could invent them a system That would put their oltl methoas to shame.

Hallg "Descartes' Law of Signs." In my system Each ne'" variatioll should show A constant increa, e of that passion That rules us poor mortals 1JC'low.

I \Voultl soh"e m)" Cupid eCluatioll ,\'itbout help from ola Xewton or StUl'lll, By making the Easter vacation Equal the tel1ious thinl term.

Anciellt forms of approximation Are yotml a hore ; so to prove )Iy equation h)' douhle positioD, I'd procee(1 with the locus of Ion'.

,Ye llll\'e given tllDgell tial eqnation To the cune of that (lelicate mouth, Also normal from point of coutaet To lips of amorous youth.

Now lettillg the length of the normal Decrease till a glnllce of her eye, Taitt II coup, makes it equal to zoro, ,Ye have without sohing--a cry.

A cry from a gOlltle maidon, ,Yho surely won't take it amiss If we, plating this equal to zero AmI ::;OlYillg once more, have a kiss.

The glow of the SUBset is fading, Ana the shadows of eyening at play In the street araw a "eil 'twixt my wimIolY AmI the vision just oyer the way.

"LYRE."

THE GIRL.

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SEE the girl in the street. It

is a hot e-Ye11-ing. She is waV-llla her ;:,

ker-chief to keep the mos-qui-to a­,yay. Are those boys in the win­dows wav-ino' their ;::,

hands to keep them a-way too? Do not call them boys, or they will slug you. They are sell­iol's, and. they are wav-ingtheir hands at the girl. \Vhy

are they laugh-ing so? Be-cause they think the girl is smil-ing at them, but she is on-Iy chew-iug taf-fy that some oth-er fel-low has been giv-ing her, and when her jaws get glued to-geth-er, and she tries to a-pen them, the sen-iors think that she is smil-ing. ,Vill the Hen­iors find out that the girl is chew-ing taf-fy? No, they will go to the col-lege and say they have mac1e a mash. Do they teach them to make mash-es at the col-lege?' Oh, no, they teach them to make lllach-ines.

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FAMIL.IAR QUOfAfIONS,

.. Shall qnil" nnel "CnteIlC('R nne! thc"c p"l'cr IJUlIet" of the brain awC a man from the career of hiR humor '! "-HJ[.\KE8J'g'\Hl~.

-dg-7',-" He wa" a Hcholrtr, aud a ripe [1,11(1 n. good one." -SI!.IKESPE.IRE,

-{d-n,-" " 'ith mm'I'eIlotHl eyeH a1ll1 wondrolls hail'," " PATIEXCE."

Jl- -tly,-" 1'ake carc: Wll()ll I am thwarted I nln ycry terrible." -" P.ITIEXCE." #

The In stiluje.-" For meu may come and mell may go, but I go on foreycr. "-TEXXYio;ox.

'S.! Olee Club.-"\\'llOse ten(ler carolling scts all ean! listening," -BnOIl'XIXG,

EJ'aminalioJlS.- "The melancholy (lays have come, the sauuest of the year." -BHnXT.

JJ-J/s--l.-" Xa~', fnith, lct lllC not playa woman; I have a beard comillg,"-SII I}'ESPE.IHE.

8111-lll.-"1 am lllollarch of all I sUl'vey."-CoWPEIl. lI-ht.-" 011 that thiH too, too solid fiCf!h woul(lmclt ! .,

-SU.IKESPEARE.

L-1C-.~.-" I neyer thaw him mythclf, yon kuow, hut I've heard he had a thort of way with him that no woman could wCHist.·'

--D{·XDHE.illY. F. lJ~ P-,'l r,-" He WIlS, in fact, an oila mixture of HIllUll shrewd­

ness and simplc <'re(lulit.l'. ·'-IHYIXn.

,. Eccenlric,"-" (to, little hooke, God selld thee goou passage." -CHAUCER.

lIIcN- -ghtn.-·" ::\ 0, not pretty-mttsHiYe. "_." PATlE:!\CE."

T-7'/'-nc-.-" He was always rcady for either a fight or [1, frolic." -lRYUIG.

·8;~.-"Tlje fl'iYoloUH work of poliHhed itlleuess."-l\LlcKINTOSH. llen?'y (Lab.).-" Something between It bimlrance and a help."

- ,YonnHwoIlTH.

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J-c-b-s.-" And he himself was tall and thin, With sharp blue eyes, each like a pin, And light loose hair, yet swarthy skin, No tuft on cheek nor beard on chin, But lips where smiles went out and in."

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-BROWNING. p- -n-.-" A fellow that hath hatllosses ; and one that hath two

gowns and everything handsome about him. "-SHAKESPEAHE. R- --.-" Shall I not take mine ease in mine inn? "

-SHAlillSPEARE. F- - rn. _" He multiplieth words without knowledge."

-JOB, xxxv., 16. D-nt.-" Yea, my very gravity wherein (let no man hear me) I

take pride."-SHARESPEARE. Wr-ght.-" I tire of globes and aces,

Too long the game is played."- SHARESPEARE. " C1-ibs."-" How use doth breed a habit in a man."

-SHAKESPEARE. " Preshies."-" Who think too little and who talk too much."

-DRYDEN. W-tm- r-.-" I have a kind of alacrity in sinking."

-SHAKESPEARE. Br- -n-rd.-" Shook from his little throat such floods of delir-

ious music."-LoNGFELLOW. St-w-rd.-" "When found, make a note of."- DICKENS. B-rn-s.-" Thy wit shall not go slipshod. "-SHAKESPEARE. J. V-n Vl-c1c.-" He made an instrument to know

If the moon shine at full or no." - BuTLER. Prof. lJ1.acC-rcl.-" Petition me no petitions." -FIELDL.'!G .

..

~CCE:NfRIClflE:S ,

GRAPHITE is the best lubricant for heayy jOllrnals. This is the relation our lead-pencil bears to TIIE EccExTlUC'.

SOPR. "'Yhy is the Senior drawing-room like a dentist's office? Because they draw teeth (of spur-wheels) in there."

SE1>IOU. ":No-two cards."

PROF. (to Juniors, who are studying maiden edition of Professor's own book). "Gentlemen, when I gave out this lesson I did not real ize that it was quite so long. In fact, there are some things in it which I don't quite sec through myself." (Class laughs long and loud, but Prof. gets square with them in recitation ,,-hich follows.)

PROF. "lUr. Jones, did you eyer study dyeing?" MR. Jmms. ":No, sir, but I expect to die studying." SO~IE Ol1e has remarked that those lllell who wear eye-glasses and

knickerbockers may need the eye-glasses to see their legs.

F,uu O~m. "illr. Blank, why are you so like a chair? " ::IIR. B. "Because I'm so accommodating." F. O. "No-because you are HO easily sat on."

A SHREWD landlady has recently discovered that the boys have a great deal of rr at the Institute, and has in consequence cut. oft'their desserts.

STuDEx'r (to fail' one at ball). "Oh! you little birdie!" F. O. "You old goose." S. "Yes, same family; that was the kind of bird I referred to."

STUDEXT (to Prof. after class). "'Yhy does a hollow cylinder sustain more than a solid one of the same diameter? "

PUOF. "'Vhy do.es a tree fall against a tOl'llac1o ? " S. " Well, why is that, sir?" PROF. "Because it doesn't." (Prof. laughs and student disap­

pears.) SOME fellow has started the story that the new Institute catalogue

will contain the usual statement of yisits having been made in the Department of Engineering to "the Stevens battery, to examine into the construction of the iron hull and machinery of that power­ful yessel." He lllust llot forget that the battery, several years ago, was rolled into railroad iron.

'VIDE-.~W,\}m Junior to Soph.: "I say, where are those grounds that you fellows play your foot-ball games on? I've been here three years, but have never been there." (Soph. turns away in disgust.)

"'Yell did" (welded), said the blacksmith, as he finished a weld.

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VAL.~DICfORY,

A T last! The end is reached. lYe are shrewd enough to see that because this is last you have-read all of our work unless

you have been so impolite as to skip anything. IVe hope that none have been seriously overcome or that no alarming cases of hysterical convulsions have been created. Should, however, such a misfortune have occurreLl, we hasten to recommeml a sure remeLly. If he is homooopathist, let him read one sentence ill some celebrated work by Prof. Rankine; or if allopathist, we ad rise him to attend an hour lec­ture by one of our distinguished professors. Either remedy is bound to cme. (Laughter.)

This is but olle resolution of the lllany which THE ECCENTRIC has made and will make hereafter. We hope that it will continue to re­solve as steadily as it has, and that it will 1,ecp sil1e by side with old Father Time in onler that it lDay be alllong tlJe first to receive of his benefits. (Sob1·iety.)

Years will roll 011, ola things will pass away, all things will be­come new. ~Ien who worked for this ECCE};TRIC will pass into faint memories of by-gone clays, and will eventually be forgotten entirely. When the grass grows green on the little cold mound o'er their life­less forms, who will think of THE ECCENTRIC while reading the plain

, inscription on the marble slab "'bieb marks the spot '? (Tears.) We fain woultlmake our bol\' ; tlJe present is too pleasant; but we

are spurred by the air of perpetual motion that surrounds this wait­iug-for-no-one ECCENTHlC1, and we hasten to retire lest it sball turn completely over allc1 we sh[\,11 find ourseh'es on the under side and be precipitated in a less gl'l1cefulmannel'. (Applause.)

Acti labores jucundi.

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PHILIP HEXAMER'S

HOBOKEN RIDING ACADEMY AND LIVERY STABLE,

703, 705, 70 7, 709 & 777 Hudson St., Hoboken, N. J., Only two blocks from the IIobokcn Ferries, and Morris ~ anrl Essex Railroad Depot.

CI-I A S. G. AM ENDE ,

ApOTH~ARY AND MANUFA CTURING DRUGGIST Grand Centennial Medal. Medals of Excellence, Superiority and

Maintained Superiority at the American Institute. Silver Medal from the S ew York

State Board of Health.

SFEOI..A..LTIES:

Pure Chemicals. Ready-Prepared Wound Dressings. Chemicals for Batteries. Mineral Waters in Syphons or

Bottles. Soda and SeIfers.

THE ANTISEPTIC WADDING ARRESTS OR PREVENTS FESTERING on Burns, Wonnds, Cuts, etc. , and affects their very rapid healing.

It .hould be kept in every Machine Shop.

RICH STOCK OF FANCY GOODS, SOAl'S, ETC., AT LOWEST PRICES.

268 Washington St. , Sonth-west cor. seventh St., Hoboken, N. J.

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

WIGGINS & ABELL,

HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL,

106 -W-ashi::o...gto::o... Street:)

HOBOKEN, N. J.

SPRINGS, SPOKES, BARROWS,

Carpenters' and Machinists' Tools.

A. RIEMANN, (Sucussor to A . & E. ASMUS.)

~tcFLORISTJt~ 207 Washington St., Hoboken, N. J.

ar- Bouquets, Baskets. Floral Decorations for Parties, Wed­dings and Churches. Also Emblemtic Designs for Funerals.

F_ L""uT:E:IN"-:;J If)'I TVashiugton St'l>eef,

HOBOKEN, N, J.

Books, Stationery, Sheet Music, DRAWING INSTRUMENTS AND MATERIALS.

TEXT BOOKS SUPPLIED AT SHORT NOTICE.

DISCOUNT ON ALL BOOKS.

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RELIABLE and STANDARD

CIGARETTES & TOBACCO. WM. S. KIMBALL & CO.

The ConnoiSRCUrti and Pionrers of America. in !i'ine Goods.

Established, 184G. 12 FI,·.t Pri .. JftdaZB.

FRAGRANT VANITY. NEW VANITY FAIR.

THREE KINGS. S OLD IN A LL P ARTS OF THE W ORLD .

C _ ZE:::H:::M..ANN,

BJ.tvJ.tnJ.t ~nD DOm€$tHl (lIGJ.tR~,

CIGARETTES, PIPES AND ALL KINDS OF TOBACCO.

322 Washington St., bet. 8th and 9th Sts., Hoboken, N. J.

DA OAPO SEGAR STORE.

C. & G. SPOHR,

MANUFACTURERS OF FINE SEGARS - AND DEALERS IN-

TOBACCO, PIPES AND SMOKERS' ARTICLES.

191 W ashing eon S t r eet, Hobo k e n. N. J

LOUIS EISBERG,

@ONFECTIONER }IND R>AKER.,

790 Washington St .. Hoboken.

Orders for Weddings and Parties Promptly Filled.

::MILLER:JS

Oyster and 'Ice Cream Saloon, -AND-

i::j ~OLLEGE ~ UINING(;, nqALL ~:::~

! 1 ~ 2 -W-ashi:::n.gto:n.. St., E3::oboke:n.._

CHAS. F. l~/EGEBEHN,

Wines and Brandies, IMPORTED HAVANA CIGARS, Etc.

31-:b & 31G Wa~billu:ton St., IIoooke n , N . .T.

H. M. STURKEN, •

. feE @BREAM ~ALOONJ. A LARGE ASSORTMENT OF FINE CANDlES.

244 Washington St., bet. 6th and 7th Sis., Hoboken, N. J. Parties and Weddings snpplied at the shortest notice.

"OWL)) SEGAR STORE) 134 Washington St. , Hoboken, N. J.

STRAITON & STORM'S CElEBRATED NEW YORK SEGARS.

The Finest Brands of Imported and Domestic Segars.

LOUIS GOLL:J FINE

MEN'S FURNISHING GOODS, SOLE AnENT ];'OR

Keep' s Dress Shirts,

'L'he ve,'y best. luade to order.

KEEP'~ P7IWEj\1lF P7I~lFli¥·Jd7IDE D~E~~ ~fII~lJ.Y~, 6 FOR 6 .00.

An elegant set of gold pla.ted collar and ~leevc studs will be enclosed with the above.

KEEP'S SILK UMBRELLAS, BEST QUALITY, $3.00.

K id Gloves, Coll ars, Cuffs, Handkel'chir:fs, Hosiery, Neckwear, Snspenders, Jewelry, Underwear, &r.

ALL COODS WARRANTED.

219 Washington Street, near Sixth Street, Hoboken, N. J.

JOSEPH C. LLOTT"S STEEL PENS.

THE FAVORITE NUMBERS, 303,404, 332,351, 170, AND HIS OTHER STYLES

SOLD BY ALL DEALERS TJ:IROUGHOUT THE WORLD.

G- lVLEINERS~

Watchmaker, ODtician and Jeweller, REMOVED TO

130 Washington Street.

R~PAIRING OF FIN~ WAfCH~5

A SPECIALTY.

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SCOVILL MANUFACTURING 419 &421 BroomeSt

-:N" em 1::<----,'-W.I RVI NG ADAM Sf -AGENT

DESCRIPTIVE PRICE'iISTS FREE.

425 Si:x:.th A--ve_,

Between 25th and ~6th Sts. NEW YORK.

Mft'lt uj'actuJ'm's oj'

BASE AND FOOT BALL, ATHLETIC,

ROWING, LAWN TENNIS

AND

LACROSS GOODS. ALSO

C ricket and G ymnasiu m

O UTFIT S :7

Send {m' Pr'ice List.

J _ JY-[_ P ...A.TTERSON""jS

~XPR~SS, Bag gage Delivered to all Ralf Roads and Steamboats.

PARCELS SENT TO ALL POINTS IN THE UNITED STATES.

ALSO FURNITURE AND PIANOS REMOVED.

Office, 254 Washington Street, Hoboken.

Dr. A. M. HEDGES,

IDentistt

l2B a::n..d 300 "'W"ashi::n..gto::n.. Street,

I-IOBOKEN, N. J.

Gas Administered foy the Painless Extraction of Teeth.

L. H. BATES, - DEALER IN-

LADIES,' MISSES' AND CHILDREN 'S

- ALSO A FULL LINE OF -

Gont's Hann-~owon Button ann Gon[ross Gaitol's IN THE LATEST STYLES.

202 WASHINGTON STREET, HOBOKEN, N. J

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JUST LOVELY! TIIEnE ARE SO :\L\.NY IL\~DSO:\IE TmNGS IN OCR SPRING

OYERCOA'[' STOCl{ TIIAT ONE I AL~IOST BEWILDERED IN

AT'I'EMPTING TO MAKE A sm.EC1'ION, IT'S A Goon PLAN

TO DETERi.\UNE BEFOHEIIA.!\]) HOW :Muen YOU WISH TO

INVEST IN A SpnING OYEnCOAT AND TUEN LOOK AT GAR­

)IENTS AT AND U~DER TUA'r FIGUnE, YOU TUUS AVOID

'1' 11 8 (;IfANCE OF BEOOMING FASCINATE]) WJTn mOHER

COS'1' THINGS TITAN YOUR I'OOK&'f-llOOK WJLJ~ I'ERMIT THE

lNDVLGENCE IN,

Fon INSTANCE, IIERE IS A Luxumous OVEHCOAT OF

GENUINE SC01'('H CIIEVI01" A 1,1011'1' DRAR IN COLOR,

SOFT AN!) BEA.UTn""L'L, L1NED TOUOUUIIOUT WITU SJLK,

AND ALTOGETHER 81TH A GARMENT AS WOt'1.D COST $50

IF CI'~TOM MADI" OUII pItIOE IS *~;, HU1' REVEN llOI.LARS

O~' THAT IS 1'011 THE EXTRA FINE 'rHTM~rrNGS, AS WE

HAVE TilE SA~IE GOODS MADE UP WI'1'I1 TIlE COAT LAPI'EL

ONLY RII~K-r',\CED AND A MOII ,\Ilt SEIHlE LINI:<G, FOn I~,

AND ~O 1'1' GOES; THEilE'S HOMETHING IN KNOWING I10\\

TO CHOOSE; TIIEm,,',; ~lOnE IN KNOWING WBEnE TO BUY,

OUlI SI'IIING IlOOI( OF DESCRIPTIONS AND PllICES IS

m,ADY FOa ]\[ AlLING 1'0 PEllSONS NIMH oa FAR DEsmous

01' OBDElIlNG MEN'S on ROYS' OLO'rIIlNG, &C, / # <: Roge r s, Pee t & Co., ~ M E N ' S AND BOYS' O UTFITTE RS,

569- 575 Broadway, opp, Metropolitan Hotel

HAMANN & SIEBURG,

~ERMAN kipOTIiECAF\IES 184 W ash in gton S treet,

::a::::OEOK:EN" ,

I-IENRY N. PETERS, WlIOLEBAUi: AND RETAII. DK\LER IX

¢ca~! :<t,nff~cc~;t $l'h:c~! 4'inc ~l+O(C"'C~f WINES, LIQUORS AND CIGARS,

No. 223 Washington, Corner Sixth Street

STILLMAN & KOEFOED,

Bssa~ers anb (tonsuItino (tbenlists {5,cJ cfj7'oarlIVU!) and :JlJ JVelv SL.)

~E-W- """YORK_

AHHa)'s of Orcs a1l(1 all Commcrcial Producls. 1'/"111"//1"111 COI\)"SCH of illHtrl1etion in Assaying and Analytical Chelllistry. Priec lists and descriptive circl1l:1rH furnishcd upon application.

'1'110:-;. II. H'l'fLJ.~I.\N, ~1. .\.

WEIGHTMAN

MEC~I.LINICAL

~\LBEJlT II. KOEl,'OED.

& WOLFF, ENGINEl~~I-(S,

No. 85 Astor House, New York. Advice as to the Actual Performance of all Forms of Prilll' Movers:

WtndmillH, PIIIIlPR, Steam, Air am1 G(I..~ EngillcR, and the like. I'hws and Specifications, alRo Estilllates prepared for Works in Mechanical

Construction. Tc.~tH of BngillcH, Roilers and other Machines. Ad"ice (1.." to, or Pllrcllase of Macbinpry for Homc and Forcign Use. Rpccialty: All relating to thc Economical Production and Use of Steam.

FITTSEURG:::a=

TES1"'ING L£\BORAT()RY, KENT & ZIMMERMAN, Proprietors,

91 Fourth. A venue, I>ittsburgh. Mechanical and Chemical Tests of All Kinds of Materials, Inspection of

Materials for Structures. vnLLIAM KENT, 'NM. F. ZIMMERMAN,

.Afecha71,{cal EIIUineer.fJ.

ALFRED E. HUNT, GEO. H. CLAPP,

CfLemi,tll Gnll l'ropJ'relors Ch~mical nflpar'tmellt.

ACENCY FOR TINIUS OLSEN 8c CO.'S TESTINC MACHINES.

LAND'S

FAMILY OYSTER SALOON, ~gg -W-ashiILgtOIL St_;J

Betwe('ll 5th and 6th Htl'erts, HOBOI(EK, N. J

FAMILIES SUPPLIED AT SHORT NOTICE.

Chops and Steaks Cooked to Order. Clam Chowder a Specialty.

OFFICE, MANUFACTORY,

)0) (3JI7IJd:BE~~ srr~., J\1. ¥.

We 7nake (£ fnll-weighl, mrwhine-cI£l File-besides the variOl£s shapes of rcgu,Zar Files. We 71l,ake a fnll line of Stz£bs, Cuts and Shu pes.

Illustrated Catalogz{'e of Fil es mailed on receipt of Twelve cents in Three-Cent Posta,ge Stamps.

The following gnarantee is printed on every package of Files sent ant by ns: "Shonlcl a file be defective, by taking it to the parties from wlum'/, plu'chaserl, (/, perfect one wiLL

be given in exchange, free of charge."

HOFFMAN HOUSE Broadway and Madison Square,

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RESTAURANT, CAFE AND SALONS UNEXCELLED, Central to all principal theatres and points of interest in the city.

C. H. READ & CO., Proprietors.