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band was organized; it consisted of 16 members and was directed by John W. Finch, ’97. Dramatics, too, captured enough student interest to warrant establishing in 1890 under Professor Thomas’s sponsorship the first Dramatics Club. Though it seems to have disappeared about six years later it had among the productions to its credit The Rivals and The School for Scandal, with students taking the women’s roles.
Academic garb was not yet accepted as a matter of course. Occasiona1ly a senior class would adapt cap and gown to be worn in the spring or fall and the Class of 1897 requested the faculty to appear similarly attired at commencement but that innovation had to wait until President Merrill’s administration. The Quartette and choir as shown in the Salmagundi of 1893 had mortarboards and wore gowns over evening clothes.
Outstanding in this generation of students was Harry Emerson Fosdick,.’00, who was destined to a great career as New York City
