History of the Class of 85, of Princeton College, Vol. 16 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from History of the Class of 85, of Princeton College, Vol. 16 Usually known as "Calf, " and thereby hangs a tale. In order to check the abominable presumption and tone down the overweening spirit manifested by the worthless Class of '84, a few choice spirits, Arthur Tree and Harry Thorp among them, had decided to hire a small white jackass which they had seen grazing in the fields of a farmer near Princeton, paint a green '84 upon his side and tie him to the cannon that all College, as they came out of morning Chapel, might see him - a fitting type of '84. Unfortunately the Sophomores got wind of this, and proceeded to get off what we in our Freshmen days were wont to call a honeyman. Mutatis mutanda, however, of course, the figures '85 were substituted and imprinted upon the body of an innocent calf, which was tied to the Chapel door. That morning "Calf" Allen, horribile dictu, cut Chapel the first time, the first step in a long career of vice, but it proved the saving of the Class. As he came up from breakfast he saw the calf, and, fired with patriotic zeal, he rushed up. After a fierce struggle with that stalwart giant, Ben Butler, who was standing guard, he untied the bovine and drove it away in time, but was known as "Calf" ever after. "Calf" was a boy of uncertain tendencies, in fact, one might say of him that he never knew exactly what he was going to do next, or how long he would stick at it. He remained with us but a year, and then joined '86 Scientif, but he soon tired of so narrow a field, and at present writing is reported as doing well in the Altoona workshops, raising a full beard and becoming learned in the manners and customs of the Pennsylvania Dutch. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.