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seems that the assistant anatomy professor suddenly collapsed in a manner
similar to that of the "one hoss shay,” or else he was murdered. The bewildered
Mr. "A. B.” found the bones brushed into a dusty heap when the lab was
opened the next day. Who was the culprit? Clue No. 1—ask the ’smoothest
sheik” in our illustrious class; he’ll smile diabolically for anyone.
Musically our class went forward with the Glee Club under the "Flit,” and
took a week-end trip to compete in New York in the Interscholastic Champion­
ship. It is well known that hay is made while the sun shines” and the boys cer­
tainly "reaped” while the reaping was good. Many were the lurid tales told late
at night about the dreadful escapades! Incidentally, we did take a place about
halfway down the list, which was very good, considering that it was our first
year at such endeavors.
Those of us still more musically inclined joined the Young People’s
Orchestra, which met in Alumni Hall every Sunday afternoon. Youths and
maidens from all over town come to play under the leadership of our then
famous chemistry prof, ABS, who, after a long time, had recovered from the
death of his assistant anatomy instructor. Such was the appeal of this orchestra
that we used to sneak in there and watch the girls sling a wicked bow with their
implements (violins). Later on in the year, though, a very agreeable and well-
chosen program was played before the public.
In a none-too-successful hockey season Fred Sawyer and the Lawson satel­
lites played excellently for the school, and helped give more prestige to our
class. In track Johnny "Cucumber” and A1 Davis showed up well, while in
swimming, our future captain S. H. W., Jr., Georgie Sprague, that merry old
soul, and R. C. S. did the team justice. In this latter sport we won the state
championship.
February and March having dragged by, spring vacation came and went.
We returned to daylight saving, the nightly game of "nigger baby” began in
earnest, little studying was done, and we all strove for that "coat of tan.” We
had a baseball team under Mentor Todd which was good enough to beat St.
George’s. In track we had Macomber, who was enough of a star to get our
only point in the interclass track meet. An outstanding incident happened in
tennis when Dick Scott was elected captain and played number one man on the
varsity. Bill Ferris proved a bang-up player this year too, and played third man
to give our class an outstanding representation in this sport.
The close of the year brought about the first Father and Son Day in Moses
Brown history, a day when all the "old men” gathered together at the school
on equal footing with the boys. A Lower School track meet and a baseball
game, the buffet lunch in the Grove, and the Upper School track meet in the
afternoon were the main preliminaries. But the real event of the whole day was
the Father and Son ball game, which ended in a 13-0 victory for the youths.

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