The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-06-18
STUDENT LIFE ENDS
Commencement Season
Opened at the Various
Seats of Learning.
STEVENS ELECTROCUTEs CALCULUS
Musical and Undergraduates En-
tertainment at Hasbrouck
q Institute a,soa sdt a
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The class of 81 of Stevens Institute
had not near the success in their cleo
trocution of Calculus last night that the
previous class had when they cremated
the dreaded fend over a roaring fire
upon the campus
This year the member of the class
thought 1t would be a good idea to use
a more modern mode of killing and so
keep up with the times. w. D.. Ennis,
of the class. wrote a comic tragedy and
it was presented at Quartette Club Hall
last evening. The participants. instead
of meeting as in former years at the In
stitute and parading through the city.
met at the hall, and left the other classes
to do the parading. The consequence
was the parade, which is considered real
ly the best feature of the affair. was
a total failure.
THE TRAGEDY OPENS.
The tragedy opened with a tableau
which showed the fiend in his glory.
Calculus, who was unprecedented by Mr..
Olaf M. Kelly, was attired in the. garb
of Mep~histopheles. He stood in the rear
with uplifted sword, standing over the
bodies of the covering students.
Act two was the trial scene. in which
kAAS CARhti SaSi PdA
the Court Crier, Richard H. Lane, an
nouncing the case of the class against
Calculus, and that the Court would sit.
Warren, followed by the Judge, g. P.
Richardson; Clerk, Harold w. Anderson;
Jurymen, Messrs. Christy, Chaplin. Rug
giles, Meister, Baldasano, Thomson, Beut-
Ter, Terry, Bruno, Williamson, Kidde and
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defence, and John Munby for prosecu-
ton; witnesses, Messrs. Doughty, Hid
den, Cromwell, Weichert, Macbeth, Smith
and Dates. Then came the jailer, Jos.
NJ. Towne. with the prisoner, Calculus.
The trial was very funny. the jokes
and gag upon the members of the IA
Guilty with which it was embellished were
appreciated by everybody, including the
faculty, all of whom were present.
A NOTABLE JURY.
The jury was a novelty and made a
big hit. Instead Of a foreman there was
Kidde, who was attired in boomers, tan
shoes, a shirt waist and an outing cap.
The others im~personated the negro. dude,
o efh,np' ch auasaais.' AftlS'e a FAIR AIR trial ni ! IN
which all the witnesses We're examined
and eross-examined to the satisfaction
was out. the Prosecutor sang a song, the
Judge took a drink. Calculus performed
a skirt dance. n the jailor went to
returning. the forewoman said that the
jury had found the fiend guilty of kill
Ing a number of students" and recon-
mended that he be electrocuted. The
Judge then sentenced him to be killed
by electricity in ten minutes, %whereupon
the clerk read the sentence. and Cal
culus was led back to his cage in irons.
Act three was the Judgment and FIX
ecution." A perfect but comical electric
chair and apparatus vas con-
structed. and Calculus was led forth.
placed in the chair. n the current
turned on. No one in the audience
could tell what happened. for all that
they could gee was a vivid fash which
blinded them for a moment. and when
they got so that they could see again
the curtain was down. and Calculus and
the whole cast were in the room laugh
ing.
Following the entertainment, Presi-
dent Morton entertained the students at
supper in the Hall.