THE ANNUAL FIELD DAY. 



Starting from the Economics Build- 

 ing Friday afternoon, May 1st, some 

 twenty-odd men loaded with packs of 

 blankets, grub, and provisions for a 

 three days' stay, hiked in the annual 

 parade out Liberty Street to the For- 

 estry Farm, for the Fifth Annual 

 Foresters' Field Day. The weather 

 was clear and cool enough to make 

 everyone feel snappy, and it was not 

 very long after arriving at the old 

 camping ground before enough tents 

 were up to make the place look like 

 an encampment of United States 

 marines in Mexico. Everything was 

 hustle and bustle, and everyone found 

 something to keep him busy. The 

 wood was soon cut, the provisions un- 

 loaded, and the commissary depart- 

 ment put in order. During the after- 

 noon and along about supper time 

 more men came straggling in, and by 

 the many fires springing up when 

 eats were put under way, the camp 

 was shown to be one of very respect- 

 able proportions. The commissary com- 

 mittee was kept on the jump for a 

 while, until everyone was satisfied, 

 and the general joyful murmur run- 

 ning through the camp for a time 

 showed that appetites were being put 

 under control. 



As usual, after the evening "hunger 

 queller" a big fire was built, and with 

 the aid of the string instrument 

 artists in the crowd, a regular har- 

 mony fest took place around the fire. 

 When some half dozen finger nails 

 had been destroyed on the twanging 

 strings, and a much larger number 

 of throats put out of commission by 

 the vocal attempts, the gang broke up 

 to seek the "sweet and soothing" 

 remedy of all ills. Sometime in the 

 wee small hours, said to have been 

 around two o'clock, the beef for Sat- 

 urday's big feed was put over the 

 fire. Along about the same hour, it 

 is also rumored, a number of addi- 

 tions were made to the crowd; any- 



way several new faces were spotted in 

 the morning. 



Saturday morning was taken up 

 by various diversions, and a base ball 

 game was staged. Prof. Lovejoy cap- 

 tained one team and "Hank" Pottin- 

 ger the other. The Sporting Editor 

 gave up counting the score before 

 the first inning had elapsed, and we 

 are unable to give details of the 

 fracas. Shortly after the noon hour 

 the beef was in edible condition, and 

 the big feast was on. Roast beef, 

 boiled potatoes, beans, rye bread and 

 butter, coffee and lemonade, and 

 bananas; it makes one hungry to 

 write about it. It did not take long 

 to clean up everything in sight, 

 nearly everyone ringing the bell a 

 second time for a "re ." 



The program of the afternoon con- 

 sisted of various exhibitions. C. K. 

 Valiton, Grad, and O. F. Lovejoy dis- 

 played regular class in packing a 

 horse, while the "crew" J. D. Steere, 

 L. Hornby, J. E. Taylor, and C. C. 

 Delavan gave a neat exhibition of 

 breaking and setting up camp. R. 

 Valiton showed the proper way to 

 saddle and bridle a horse, while 0. 

 F. Schaefer and C. W. Boyce port- 

 aged a canoe for the onlookers. 

 "Hank" Pottinger gave an exhibition 

 of panning gold. During the after- 

 noon the athletes of the Department 

 were given a chance to exhibit their 

 skill, with the result that E. J. 

 Allmendinger won the fat man's 

 race, J. D. Steere the pack sack race, 

 C. W. Boyce the 100 yard dash, J. 

 Schlotthauer the potato race, R. W. 

 Hussey, the revolver shot, and J. W. 

 Sitler the rifle shot. Allmendinger 

 was the Master of Ceremonies, and 

 kept things moving in fine style. 



Before the exhibitions and the con- 

 tests Professor Roth and Regent 

 Beal gave short talks. Professor 

 Roth congratulated the Club on the 

 success of the Field Day programs 



