Now, second classmen, don’t be glum, First-class camp quite soon will come. And then you bet you’ll cut a swell, And spooney “femmes” at the hotel.
Oh! furlough is a very good thing, You wear Cit clothes and have your fling. The Cit you stuff with famous lies, And if he doubts, you punch his eyes.
Plebeistic youth, lift up your head, Your yearling path you soon will tread, Corporal chevrons will grace your arm, Which fills the beasts with much alarm.
And now we’ve done our level best, I’ve sung this song by request. If you don’t like it ’tis not a sin, To say you think it rather thin.
NOTE 1. The Howitzer, started by the late Colonel Arthur L. Wagner, Class of ’75, as a small paper, read on the hundredth night, has grown into a large beautifully illustrated book, published annually, that now takes the place of Class Albums.
THE PLEASURE OF YOUR COMPANY IS REQUESTED AT THE FAREWELL HOP GIVEN TO THE GRADUATING CLASS BY THE CLASS OF ’74.
J HANSELL FRENCH LUTHER R. HARE WILLIS WITTICH.
J. HANSELL FRENCH Wm. H. WHEELER LOUIS A CRAIG C. E. SCOTT WOOD EDGAR B. ROBERTSON LOTUS NILES WILLIS WITTICH. JAS. L. WILSON. LUTHER R. HARE.
As our days to wear cadet gray could now be counted by two figures, for the second and last time at the Academy, we selected clothes for “Cit” suits, and as we had all decided to enter the army as “Second Lieutenants,” we also selected uniforms and accoutrements for ourselves as officers of that high rank. Military goods dealers and tailors were frequent visitors at the Point on Saturday afternoons, each claiming to give the most for the least money. We had great trouble about the stripes on the pants, the color of the cloth in the shoulder knots and straps, the head gear, etc., because all did not know for certain what arm of service they would be assigned to, and those things are different for each arm. The result was that some gave conditional orders, while others guessed at it and ordered all or a part of their outfits. On the first of June our new clothes began to arrive, and we were permitted to have trunks in our rooms and from that day we began to feel that our cadet days were gone. And it was practically so, too, for even the ladies who came up in June began to show preferences for the coming first classmen, except, of course, where friendships were strong.