A year after the Class of '96 had instituted Class hats in 1899, the Class of '95 donned white pith helmets resembling ones then being worn by British troops in the Boer War. Classmates called these their "Lord Metuchen" helmets. The term was a New Jersey-centric pun on the name of Lord Methuen, a senior British commander much in the news back then.

The photo also shows (upper right) two of the "Japanese parasols" that classmates carried in that year's P-rade (somewhat incongruously, since they were already wearing sun helmets . . . ).

Note: Go here for the story of '95's contribution to the 1900 Princeton-Yale baseball game

In the center of the class photo at the top of this page is a father holding his young son on his lap. This child was 1895's Class Boy (also pictured in the photo directly above). “Class Boy” was an official alumni designation well into the 20th century, as late as the 1960s.

The title signified the first son born to the first classmate to father one after graduation. The class would officially proclaim him shortly after the class secretary received news of his birth. At their next reunion, he would be awarded the “Class Cup”. A Class Boy would frequently be included in the official reunion photo of his father's class.

The Class Boy often got to march (or be carried) at the head of the class in the P-rade, sometimes wearing full costume. And the Class Boy of the 5th Reunion traditionally got to throw out the first pitch at the Yale baseball game.

Tim Tulenko '67