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THE ALUMNI JOURNAL. 



at the time of writing the ground up there was 

 covered with snow. He seems to be well satis- 

 fied up there but says he will make it his busi- 

 ness to be present at some of the Alumni 

 affairs . 



I HOPE to see a large delegation of '96 boys 

 at the Alumni Dinner, which will be held at the 

 "Empire Hotel" on the night of Dec. 2, 1896. 

 If all those who have expressed their desire to 

 be present will appear the banquet cannot fail 

 to be the reunion it was meant for. Now boys, 

 don't fail to be present to make merry, eat and 

 drink, meet old friends, and talk over the hap- 

 penings of our college days, 



I HAVE been asked by Mr. Kirk to remind 

 the members of our class that although the 

 Journal has been sent to everyone, he is still 

 awaiting a reply from a number. An early and 

 substantial response will be much appreciated 

 by him. 



Put your shouldei-s to the wheel boys and 

 don't forget to boom our Ball; work early and 

 late, and it is bound to become a greater suc- 

 cess than the first one. 



Ethane, Methane, Cochineal, 

 Argol, Menthol, Bromethyl, 

 Wahoo, Wahoo, Wahoo, Wix, 

 N. Y. C. P. '96. 



Boomerang ! Boomerang ! Sis ! Boom ! 

 Bah! 



Don't forget to have this ready at the dinner. 



JEANNOT HOSTMANN, Ph. G. 



]post-Gradaate Notes. 



The class has now eleven members, Mr. 

 H. Blackmore, '88, having entered Oct. 19. 



The boys are rapidly gaining knowledge. 



The class was suddenly awakened from its 

 slumbers one morning by two loud explosions 

 of a hydrogen apparatus. One of the students 

 had been trying to ignite hydrogen combined 

 with air; luckily there were no serious results. 



So attentive was Eberhardt the other day, 

 listening to the knowledge imparted by the 

 "Wallflower," that he was minus a part of his 

 sleeve before he discovered that he had been 

 holding his arm in the flame of a gas burner; he 

 saw his position in time to save himself from 

 further destruction. A few days previous to 

 this he had made the wonderful discovery that 

 carbon disulphide was inflammable, "mirabile 

 dictu ! " 



Would you advocate the use of HjS water as 

 a refreshing drink, Potter ? 



Gerken now knows a red hot iron when he 

 sees it . 



Eckhard has become familiarly known by 

 the name of "solids." 



Bear's "Byronian whiskers" are the envy of 

 the class. 



We are on the eve of great discoveries — 

 Euclid is wrong, a part is greater than the 

 whole — Stoerzer's latest achievement is finding 

 323 per cent, of antimony in antimonous oxide; 

 at this rate of progress he will have discovered 

 the Alchemist's wand before Commencement, 

 and gold will be the cheapest of all metals. 

 Madge O'Connor, A .B. 



^Ty. G. p. Cyclers. 



A VERY pleasant run was held on November 

 1st, start being made from the College at 1.30 

 p. M. The intended route was to Tarrytown 

 via Kingsbridge, Yonkers, Irvington, etc., but 

 owing to the fatigued condition of the novices, 

 the destination resulted in Yonkers, where a 

 pleasant hour was whiled away in Room No. 7, 

 of one of the Hotels. Here Dr. Hess and Stoer- 

 zer vied with one another in jokes which were 

 extremely interesting. At 4.30 the return start 

 was made, a comfortable pace being set by Capt. 

 Erb, which landed the division in New York at 

 6.30 p. M. 



On November 15th, the division met at West 

 42d Street Ferry. The 2 p. m. boat was taken 

 to Weehawken, Kirk leading to Hudson County 

 Boulevard, From there to Guttenburg they 

 were ' 'all in a bunch." Upon arrival, two races 

 and a "smash-up" were witnessed, after which 

 the racing men of the N. Y. C. P. Cyclers lined 

 up for a mile scratch. Erb led with a good 

 start for the first quarter, when Kirk moved up 

 and passing him led to the stretch; here Kreud- 

 er came through and won easily, Kirk second, 

 and Erb third. Time, 3.10. Dr. Hess now led 

 the division to Fort Lee, where a brief stay was 

 made at Richter's ('94). "Back pedaling was 

 then indulged in to the Ferry, the City being 

 reached at 5.45, where the participants seeked 

 their respective abodes. 



H. C. JORGENSON '98, has been elected Sec- 

 retary-Treasurer in place of Otto Hensel lesign- 

 ed. "Scorcher." 



