The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-03-29
4S OF PRINCETON
SENIORS UNKISSED
Nineteen Men Of 23O in Class
Are Sclf-supporting, Say
Glass Statistics.
AVERAGE AGE, 21.7 YEARS

PRINCETON, March 2s.-Sevcral sur
prises appear In the statistics Of the
senior class at Princeton taken by the
secretary Of the class. l.. q. Payson.
OF the gao men who answered the
secretary's appeal nineteen are entirely
self -supporting. while thirty-eight are
partly so. The average age Of the class
10 ell years and the youngest member
Ia but 10 years old.
Lamb Heyniger Of Cornish. N. ". was
voted the best all round man. everything
considered, while Buzs Law Of Merton,
Pa, rot the title Of The best all round
athlete. Law plays football. ID captain
Of tho baseball nine and has made a
name for himself In tennis besides par
t~icipating In numerous other sports. II
II. Harver. New York city. editor OF
the Dolly Prtncetonian. received tie po-
sition Of best all round man outside of
athletics and also was voted the most
respected man. /. q. Payson. according
to the statistics. has done most for the
class and Is the busiest man.
! F'orty-three confessed that they had
/ never kissed a girl. Their inability TO
Swing II" is given AZ the reason by
must. but some ave eschewed the prac-
tice on hygienic grounds. More Thar loo
deny that 1t IL morally wrong to KISS
D XIII Out IOTtN dT6 eti'hiVIS VIZ '''''
point and refuse to concede the principle.
The statistics do not say whether thes"
forty are among the same ones VINO
declared that they had never kissed =
girl, but the committee assumcs thar
they are. .
Thirty-nve seniors do not correspond
with girls. but the others have various
numbers of correspondents. Fifty OF the
1875 smokers made the acquaintance OF
the weed in college. while seven have
stopped since coming to Princeton. Dane
! ers number 1874. but thirty-six believe II
| morally wrong to dance. Nineteen frown
| on lard playing as an evil. but 12s
| members Of the class indulge IN this
diversion.
Yale is termed the favorite mans col
lege after Princeton. but IL closely
pressed by Harvard~ Dartmouth. Will
Jams and Cornell. Vsssar stands prac-
| tically alone a. the most favorite gir's
college.
The favorite fiction writer is Booth
Harrington and Penrod Schofeld, his
creation, Is the ~favorite character IN MS
Action. Lincoln IN the ~favorite charac-
ter In history. but Bryan received sew
eral votes. The favorite dramatist Is
Shakespeare and the favorite play is
Macbeth" but FalsfaG Is the favorite
| character in literature. George Bernard
| Shaw Is second choice among dramatis's.
Tennyson Ia the favorite poet and
Crossing the Bar the favorfe poem.
'~.Ivanhoe" is the first choice novel. The
position Of the worst poet goes to Ed
| mund Wilson. q memher OF the class.
with Ella Wheeler wilcox running "A
close second.
Large majorities prefer football as a
| game TO watch. but say that tennis -
the best game to play.
Prof. George Il. Mcclellan. ex-Mayor
Of New York city. Is voted the favorit''
Instructor. The movies again drew their
share Of honor in the elections. Mar
euer,te Clark Is the favorite actress. bur
Ia closely followed by Elsie Ferguson
! Martha Hedman. Mary Pickford, Maude
| Adams and Anita Stewart, John Barry
more and Charles Chaplin head the list
NJ actors, with Forbes-Robertson an'
leo p~itrichstein following.
Indicating their choice among the
| honors attached to Winning a varsity
| .P'. for athletic excellence, a Phi Beta
| Kappa key for scholarship and a posi-
| ton on the senior council the athleti"
emblem was voted most to be desired.
| The vote stood Varsity letter. TO-. PM
| Reta Kappa key. 100 senior council. Is
| .Money and Banking was voted the
| most valuable course.