The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1895-03-07
WABASH ALUMNI.
A Quiz Class Which Brings Some
Strange but True Answers.

About thirty members of the Wabash Col
lege Alumni Association were present at
the annual banquet, which was spread at
the Commercial Club last night. The ..old
Wabash boys imagined themselves back in
the class rooms of their alma mater for
two hours, while number of those present
answered a "quiz'' in the branches of
learning, which formerly were not SO anus
ing as they were presented last night.
Albert Baker made most excellent SYM
posiarch, and interspersed the remarks with
an unlimited number of jokes. For the
class in astronomy w. H. Ripley answered
the quiz, Calculate the next solar eclipse
He recalled the laws in astronomy which
govern an eclipse, and according to these
laws reckoned that the last eclipse was in
1892, when the brightness of prosperity ac-
companying the administration of one of
the ablest Presidents who ever at the
head of this government, and who a
citizen of the great State of Indiana, was
closed out by the interposition of another
body; and by the same principles of nature
Mr.. Ripley calcula ted that the next eclipse
will come in the year 1896.
The next class was that in geology, and
the quiz Where do we find &c footprints Of
Eastman He likened the students Of Wa
bash to that fossil reptile in numerous
points. Their large eyes mot caused, how
ever by night study and night-prowlng
customs were prominent among these re-
semblances.
G. b. Lands was called in the class in
logic to answer the quiz. What is dis
tributed middle?'' and, as his old school
mates said he formerly did in college, an
swered everything else but the question put
to him.
For the class in political science the quiz
What are governmental checksT was put
to Representatives George r. Cardwill and
J. r Statesman. They agreed that gov
ernmental checks are something they
both wanted very much, but stood a very
poor show of getting.
was asked in the class in natural philosophy
ant. j. r. CleIand undertook, the answer to
the question. He recalled the organization
of the college. cadets in the sixties and
told how the play soldiers had become real
ones and had fought through the war of the
rebellion. He spoke with great reverence
the college cadets but who had never re-
turned the lives of the college boys We're
the circles on the water which break
quietly at far separated points circles
following circles and circles following them,
to make room for yet others
The class in Greek was represented by
f.. Daniels, who answered the quiz, What
is the use OF the second perfect?" He said
the old Greek grammar stated that there
was no real use for the second perfect,
that the life at college is the first perfect.
but the after "reminiscences of that life as
told in such gatherings as that of the
annual banquets, is the second perfect and
therefore there is 2 need OF it.
Prof. II. u. Mccain called upon for
summed up the good things said during
the evening and concluded With glowing
description Of the present work of the col
iege Or. Burroughs president Of the col
some remarks. He confined himself to the
present generation of Wabash students as
the college. Several Others made extempor-
aneous remarks and the evening was closed.