The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-06-29

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~ Groot Of Troy and Poet Bert y Tag
/ CART Of Mixers Fails. Mass. sat In state
un an elevated platform facing the grad
uating class UsheTs PASSED church war
den pipes among the graduates viii H.
tornelA DE GrOOt and Taggart hung hand
tuis OF tohaccO to their CLASSMATES. Ia
a minute or two spiFals II blue smoke we're
! curling up through the treetOps and the
boys Of 10 were chanting comfortably.
! President George Harris Of the college
and Mrs Harris came into the grove pres
entity and uat on the side lines where they
could get a good view % the show. The
/ graduates received the president and
Mrs Harris standing. and saluted them
| with a mighty yell
Young DeOroot. the orator gYasped his
manuscript and stepped forward 20 face
tha uiusie. Ne ~ q vide shOuldered, stout
! bodied youth. with stubborn Dutch blood
/ IN him and he gave hack as good az he got
/ from the Kidding old boys
Another year has PASSED said De
/ GrOot, starting bravely.
We want some gestures howled %
| Give ~ gestures
~ GrOot Another paEs has been
turned down
'nin chorus --Gi W us the last PAGE
~ Groot--Ths climax has hen
reached
-O7 And this h supposed 20 h. funny p
The orator came 20 the mention of Dr
David Todd. professor Oi astronomy
And ma vigation, the same Todd Who sailed
skyward hunting Tor Hallsy's comet
Naturally all the old boys got up and
ang Everybody Works but Davy .
Prof Todd arrived a minute or two later
and they rendered the sang again Tor his
special iensfii lie liked Il There is
no more popular professor AZ Amherst
The orator referred to 'Old Doc. Prof
Edward Hitchcock
Who ~ old Doc?- yelled tho alumni
First Ia war. hrrt ia peace. first IN the
hearts q his cOuntryrNen Rat-ta-tat.
tat-rat -tat-tat And what does old doc
say? Trust in God and keep your win
VoiCe--That's not what he told In
Laughter
Tbev jos6ed Ds Groot for an hour He
mentioned New York The men Of "a
wanted 20 know when iIe had been in New
York They informed him that he was the
rottenest speechmaker IN America
-Evsn the tres are leaving. howled 20
You've passed a lot Of good stopping
places 10 shouted.
A. he spoke Of man after man IN the
graduating class the old boys yelled
sPu, mm up The ancient custom had
% fe obeyed, 40 the shrinking graduate
vas boosted for a moment on the shoul-
ds.4t u his classmates that the old grads
might 49, his face and whOOp their dis
approval
Bsrt TaEgrt. the poet. was grilled az
warmly a. De OrOot had been.
who Is this MAN. the assembled
iosherafnquired In chorus We thought
that poetry had rhymes In Il
The Kids % 10 rushed % the platform
and presented a handful q lemons 20
the poet An enterprising grad dashed
10 with an armful II S'udGH's 1.-THE college
paper damp from the pres. They con
tanned the poem that TaggRrt was read
ing. The papers were passed around
and 90 chanted the poem just ahead %
the disconnected poet. lining II out for
him. Apropos Oi nothing ~ yelled.
We have a man with a musiache.'
Put him up howled On. Up he went.
we have a man with a gOatee,- 'OO
informed all Amherst.
put him up demanded %. and the
Rnatae was raised 70 honor.
TagGart worked gamely through the
long poem. interrupted every half minute
with sharp but good humOred criticisms.
Then they called OF him % sing falsetto.
Class after class took np the yell We
want fals-tt0.' After a little coaxing
yOung Mr. TaERart. Who was the leader
~ the gles club. sang The Rosary" In
falsatto. cieverly burlesuuing the man
neriFms 81 concert singers.
The class statistics were made public |
after the irin in the grove The members |
have chosen their lie work a. follows.
Business, a.; law, N. teaching. 70: min |
istry. 2: undeCided. Z. engineering, I; |
medicine. I, forestry. !: architecture. 1; |
librarian. :, farming, !, Government ser /
vice, !.
Forty-niDe msmbers u the class are
n are' Democrats, ~ are i
Socialists. 1 is ProhibitiOntst and I a |
POpulist
-Four men are already ongnged 10 be- |
married. 81 say they intend b. h and Is /
are certain they viii remain single
The class voted Dr. Todd 90 ba Am
herst's mnst noted professor and William 4
Jesse Newlin the best teacher og me /
facility. The classs favOFite city h New
York. its favorite actress Mnude Adams.
iis iavorite sport baseball. its favorits
drink beer.
They voted that the most representa-
tive man IN the class 40 well as the one 1
most likely % suocsed was Max p. Hhoop /
~ Rochester; that Lawrence Mcclure, 1
ths BASEBALL star. was tho most popular 1
and the man who had done the most for
Amherst. that EustaCe J. SsliHman 81 (
New York was the brainiest, lockwood
Billiard of Medford. Macs. the hand
spmfst and most concnited; Barlow n. |
liall 4 Colorsdo springs the LATEST.
Mitchell B, De GrOot II Troy the biGRrst i
buffer and talker. Joseph b. Cornell Of /
East Orange the most confirmed woman Il
hatnr. Stuart Ten Brock Morrison OF Rad /
Hook, y. Y. the most thorough Rsntia- /
man; John Park Henry, the base5all /
catcher. the best all round athlete, and /