The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-06-20

I H. IL D. III brass lettefS plazlnS all over 1t, in order that every one may know what an important parsonage he is No doubt Franey would look well in uniform and we think it would be an excellent plan for the country to
 be equipped with a large standing army, provided that all the school boys were such big fellows as Franey himself is
 But If Franey will take visit to the school on the opening day of next term and review that all important class of scrubs he would think the board ought to furnish baby carriages with atten- dants instead of uniforms.
 MT. Frederick Merrels, the chairman of our class day committee, is also our class humorist. It comes as easy for Merrels to say something funny upon all occasions as it would be for him to translate Pope's Essay on Man into Greek. When the class were planting their class ivy, Merrels threw a copper cent Into the ground where the ivy was to be planted, just for good luck,' as he said. After the ceremonies were over Merrels was seen to bend over the plant and endeavor to inhale, some of l its fragrance.
 He was asked by Eberth what he was looking for. "Why I'm looking for the scent" said Merrels, whereupon Eberth pulled out his purse and gave him two, the first recompense Merrels ever received for being witty. At an- other time when the income tax was being discussed Merrels asked, Don't 1 you think the income tax sets prem ium on being lazy?" But his effort | was not appreciated, not even Ray | laughed. Freddie evidently thinks a | bicycle a good thing for he rides one | and very speedily, too He has a bell | on the bike and never fails to ring | it. It is one of those large, harsh sounding, hand-bells and he rings 1t with a vengeance when he approaches crossing. He says If all other bicy- cllsts would initiate his example, it would eventually do away with the idea Of bicycle bells. as even Freddie alone with his bell makes more noise than any half dozen electric cars But if Merrells had made his object ions known in this matter at the pro- per time, in that smooth convincing and silver-tongued manner of arguing of his, never would such a law have existed His words would have been accepted as a final decision of the matter, as they were by his classmates whenever he favored them with his views on any disputed point Clcero's plea for Archias is not to be compared to Merrelrs plea for Gilson when the latter worthy was the candidate to de- liver the farewell address. Merrells belongs to that class of orators of the after dinner type, one of that kind that even finds pleasure in telling of the different signs he has seen painted on fences and barns along the railway, especially those ubiquitous signs of Hoods Sarsaparilla," or Children Cry for Castoria" Merrelrs favorite subject is football, but smooth talking couldn't win the championship, even though 1t was done by the manager 1t needed eleven Becks to do that, but Hillhouse has only one Beck, another Freddie. whose Hlllhouse laurels would have been sufficient for whole class of some preparatory schools. Beck has made havoc with the records of the high schools athletic" events, not only in his own state, but in Massachusetts as well; and he Is now signing for more l Is what of a Thespian As an actor he is star, as an athlete he is constella- 2 tion, in himself alone Beck belongs to the rank of born rulers As chairman of our promenade committee he covered himself with glory and with debt but the latter went to the account of his class. The class will never forget 2 Becks' generosity in paying that bill of twenty-two cents for postage out of his own pocket--a most generous contri- button The class was on the verge of when Beck came to the res- cue with twenty-two cents! As Cap tain of the football team he covered himself with laurels and with scars. As manager of the athletic team he off fered a dozen prizes to the successful and succeeded In winning them all himself. When New Haven has new high school of which it can be proud, the coming lovers of athletic sports will see to 1t that an oil paint ing of Beck will adorn the walls of the gymnasium, which of course the new high school will have. Then Captain Beck, although when all this occurs you will be grayhaired, you will have a memento of your youthful days to comfort you in your old age. Accord Ing to Macauley every schoolboy knows or at least, ought to know, or Is sup posed to know about everything that Is worth knowing Macaulay's school boys are rare. about one in four hum dred is the ratio.
 Hillhouse is fortunate in having the one of the four hundred in the person. age of MT. Arthur Lowell What Lov- ell don't know must be written in some other language than Latin, Greek, Ger man or English It is to be regretted that Lowell did not live in the time of for if he had Lovel's name would have been added to the list of philosophers.
 If all the boys in our class were as luet and well-behaved as William Jooney, our school room would have been veritable paradise and our in- truotors would have been the happiest beings imaginable