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HISTORY OF THE CLASS OF ’27
upper classmen entered on the field of battle and to the amazement of the Frosh,
the “war” soon took an aspect of the Freshman against the world for, the upper
classmen were pitching into the Frosh with all the zeal of a Sophomore. Thus the
decision was awarded unanimously to the “world.”
The aftermath of the uprising turned out just as could be expected. All of the
Freshmen rules were rigidly enforced and more rules were added to the already
long enough “Freshman Litany.” Those who burned their Frosh caps were obliged
to buy new ones or “take the consequences,” as the Vigilance Committee put it. We
had violated tradition-we must pay the penalty. At this meeting, called by the up-
per classmen, we were informed by them that we had behaved very naughty, and
after being severely reproved and promising to be good in the future, we were (lis-
missed from the meeting and thereupon unanimously agreed agreed of our own oc-
cord that we would never start another revolution-especially if the odds would be
so heavy against us.
Now that basketball had been laid on the shelf until next winter, baseball and
track occupied the limelight at Villanova for the remainder of this school year. It
has also been rumored that we have some tennis stars in our midst. It is hardly
necessary to mention the fact that our class contains one of the foremost wrestlers
in intercollegiate ranks in “Admiral Sims.”
To date, the Freshman Class has done very little in a “social way,” but the
“smoker and entertainment” which took place on the evening of Tuesday, March
fourth, foreshadows what may be expected of us in the near future. Musical selec-
tions, singing, pie-eating contest, professional magician, wrestling, boxing, exhibi-
tion of strength and “smokes” comprised the entertainment for the evening. The
singing and piano accompaniment resembled a McCormack-Paderewski combina-
tion and the pie-eating contest would suggest dinner time in that pen across the
Philadelphia and Western tracks. The professional magician,the only outside talent,
was as clever as he was entertaining-and he was entertaining. A second edition
of “Strangler” Lewis made his appearance in the wrestling match in the personage
of Joe Burlington. Of the four boxers, who displayed their wares, Lawrence Shea,
of Concord, showed the most promise. “Larry” is in a class by himself when it
comes to the “squaring-off” game. He hopes to be crowned king of the paper-
weight division some day. The last lap on the program was a strength exhibition
by Henry Snyder, “the tatooed skipper of the pickle boat.” Bending a ten-foot iron
bar with his teeth, lifting a 220-pound weight from the floor to an arms length above
his head, bending a six-inch iron spike into the shape of a Reading pretzel, with
his hands and holding the weight of “Connie” Ryan, who stood with his 360 pounds
parked on his stomach for the period of 30 seconds, were some of the remarkable
accomplishments of the Admiral in his scheduled performance. In the course of
the entertainment, cigarettes were distributed to the students present, and cigars
were passed around to the members of the Faculty who attended the “smoker.”
Our first social affair was a crowning success, one worthy of commendation,
but by no means do we intend to rest on our laurels. The paramount Freshman
event, however, was the Freshman dance given in Aumni Hall on Commencement
night.
AUGUSTUS A. BARON, JR., 1927
ROY T. SHEA, 1927.
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